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FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 • 8 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6501 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Rowhani, Kerry slam Palestinians clash with Israeli troops nuclear deal critics US Congress begins 60-day review of agreement

WASHINGTON: US Secretary aims — curbing Tehran’s nuclear began a 60-day review of the of State John Kerry and Iranian programme in return for an eas- deal to decide whether to sup- President Hassan Rowhani ing of sanctions which have badly port or reject it. “We can’t bomb counter-attacked yesterday hurt the Iranian economy. that knowledge away. Nor can we against conservatives at home Testifying to Congress, Kerry sanction that knowledge away.” trying to block last week’s fought back against accusations The committee’s Republican nuclear deal. by a senior Republican that he Chairman Bob Corker attacked In Washington, Kerry told had been “fleeced” by Iranian Kerry over the terms he secured sceptical lawmakers that rejection negotiators in the final round of in Vienna. “I believe that you’ve of the accord would give Iran “a Vienna talks. He warned of the been fleeced,” said Corker. great big green light” to acceler- consequences of rejecting the deal Treasury Secretary Jack Lew ate its atomic programme. between Tehran and world pow- said the agreement would not Rowhani defended the ers, including the US. prevent the US from imposing deal following criticism from “We will have squandered the additional sanctions on Iran over Revolutionary Guards and con- best chance we have to solve this issues such as human rights viola- servative lawmakers that it problem through peaceful means,” tions, a Congressional concern, if endangers Iran’s security. he told the Senate Foreign it felt this was necessary. Palestinian protesters from the village of Beit Ummar near Hebron, West Bank, clash with Israeli soldiers fol- In an unlikely common cause, Relations Committee. President Barack Obama lowing the funeral of Falah Abu Maria. The 53-year-old was shot dead by Israeli soldiers during a raid on his the US and Iranian governments “The fact is that Iran has expe- says he will veto any attempt to home yesterday to arrest his son. His two sons, in their 20s, were injured in the raid. See also page 8 need to sell the deal to domestic rience with nuclear fuel cycle block the deal. Overriding such a doubters if it is to achieve their technology,” he said as Congress veto would require a two-thirds majority in both houses, which means dozens of Obama’s fellow Democrats would have to reject his signature achievement to Saleh in talks on Yemen peace kill the deal, seen as an unlikely prospect. SANA’A: Representatives of “Negotiations have made sig- trainers seized in a surprise offen- Opposition is stiff in Iran, Yemen’s ex-leader Ali Abdullah nificant progress so far.” sive this week from the dominant though many hope the accord will Saleh are in talks with dip- Saleh’s loyalists in Yemen’s Houthi group after months of deliver prosperity by bringing an lomats from the US, Britain army are a key force in the stalemate. end to sanctions and the coun- and the UAE to help end four civil war, and talks are the first A wily political operator who try’s economic isolation. Supreme months of war in the impover- between the strongman and the played Yemen’s rival armed and Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ished country, a member of his key member of the Arab coalition tribal groups off each other for 33 has yet to deliver a final verdict. party said. opposing him. years, Saleh enjoyed Gulf support Conservative members of “There are negotiations in The UAE had been bombing his until Arab Spring unrest forced parliament and Revolutionary Cairo between the leaders of the forces for weeks and negotiations him to resign in 2012. Guards commanders say the Congress party and diplomats coincide with Emirati and Saudi- The ousted but still influential deal has breached conditions set from the US, Britain and the UAE backed military gains in the coun- figure in Yemen’s security forces by Khamenei, and want changes. to find a peaceful solution to the try’s south. forged an unlikely alliance with Rowhani rejected such doubts. crisis in Yemen and lift the siege It was not immediately clear old foes in the Iran-allied Houthi “The deal conveyed this message on the grounds as continuation whether forces linked to Saleh militia, which seized the capital US Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz shows a poster of to the world: Never threaten an of the war and the siege serve had pulled back from battlefields Sana’a in September and pressed Americans held in Iran as he talks with counter-demonstrators about the Iranian anymore,” he said in a extremist groups,” Adel Shuja, a around the port of Aden, which south towards Aden alongside Iran deal during a rally in Lafayette Park in Washington yesterday. speech broadcast live on televi- leader of the party Saleh leads, local fighters armed by Gulf states Saleh forces, triggering the Arab sion. AGENCIES said. and accompanied by UAE military intervention on March 26. AFP

South Sudan peace summit Turkey allows US to launch air strikes from Incirlik WASHINGTON: Turkey has The White House said but declined to comment on Turkey, which confronts IS mil- against IS and said only the ouster agreed to allow the US military President Barack Obama and whether they had come to a itants directly across its south- of Syrian President Bashar Al on August 5 to launch air strikes against his Turkish counterpart Recep deal on Incirlik. “I’m not able to ern border with Syria, has been Assad — not just air strikes on ADDIS ABABA: South Islamic State (IS) militants Tayyip Erdogan spoke on talk about some of those issues a reluctant partner in the US-led the radical Islamists — can bring Sudan’s warring leaders have from a US air base in Incirlik, Wednesday, but declined to say because of specific operations coalition fighting the jihadists. peace. Turkey’s stance has frus- been given an August 17 dead- the Wall Street Journal reported whether they had reached an security concerns,” Earnest said The US Air Force has not been trated some of its Nato allies, line to agree another peace yesterday, citing defence agreement on the air base. The when asked about the air base. allowed to fly any bombing sor- including the US, whose priority deal to end 19-month civil war, officials. Pentagon also would not confirm. “What we have acknowledged ties against IS from Incirlik base is fighting IS rather than Assad. mediators said yesterday. Local media in Turkey said an White House spokesman Josh is that our coalition has access in southern Turkey, but uses the The allies have urged Turkey to do Peace talks, led by the eight- agreement was finalised late on Earnest said Obama and Erdogan to a variety of bases throughout airfield to launch drones. more to prevent its 900km Syrian nation East African IGAD bloc, Wednesday, but it could not be agreed to “deepen” cooperation Europe and the Middle East for a Turkey has refused to take a border from being used as a con- have been taking place in Ethiopia immediately confirmed. in the fight against IS militants, variety of missions,” he said. frontline role in military action duit by foreign jihadists. AFP almost as long as the war, result- ing in at least seven failed deals and ceasefires — all broken within Earth-like planet discovered days or hours. “We hope the parties have trav- elled a long way and seen the con- Turkey hits IS targets sequences,” top mediator Seyoum Mesfin said, adding a summit ISTANBUL: The Turkish bombing. One soldier, a non- would begin on August 5 to agree military yesterday pounded commissioned officer, was killed the deal. Previous meetings have positions of Islamic State and two sergeants wounded by been repeatedly delayed. (IS) militants in Syria after a fire from five IS “terrorists” on The deadline to sign a deal is Turkish soldier was killed by the Syrian side of the border, the the latest in ultimatums since cross-border fire from jihadists, Turkish army said in a statement. the civil war started in December in a drastic escalation of ten- The soldier was killed in the 2013, when President Salva Kiir sions between Ankara and the region of Kilis. Four Turkish accused Riek Machar, sacked extremist group. tanks from the fifth armoured as vice-president, of attempting The deadly clash was the most brigade responded by opening fire a coup. The conflict was ethnic, serious yet between the Turkish on IS targets in Syria. pitting Kiir’s Dinka people against army and IS since the jihadists “Three vehicles belonging to Machar’s Nuer, and spread. Tens began to take swathes of Iraq and the IS terrorists were fired on of thousands have been killed, Syria up to the Turkish border and heavily damaged,” the state- according to the UN. from 2013. ment added. The last peace attempt broke The fighting erupted three days It said one IS militant had down in March, with the rebels after the killing of 32 people in a also been killed and his corpse, and government accused of seek- suicide bombing in a Turkish town a rocket launcher and an AK-47 ing a military solution. on the Syrian border, blamed on used by the militants seized. A new proposal to set up an IS, sparked an upsurge in violence Turkey has been accused of col- “inclusive transitional govern- in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated luding with IS extremists in the ment” was adopted yesterday by southeast. hope they might prove useful in mediators though many points on An artist’s concept depicts one possible appearance of planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to Authorities have confirmed a its aim of knocking out Syrian power-sharing were rejected by be found in the habitable zone of the star similar to the sun. The planet, about 60 percent bigger than Earth, 20-year-old Turkish man linked President Bashar Al Assad. both sides in past talks. to IS who had been missing for Ankara has always denied the is about 1,400 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. Report on page 24 AFP six months carried out the suicide claims. AFP FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

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Leaders send greetings to 20pc of school kids hit by asthma DOHA: Around 20 percent of one of the most common long-term If someone has asthma, they have of its kind in the Middle East to the body makes clogs the airways. Sultan Qaboos school students between six and diseases in children. it all the time, but will have attacks help doctors identify the flow of To prevent the disease, aware- 12 years in Qatar are affected by Adults can also have asthma, only when something irritates air into the lungs. ness programmes are being held DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh asthma, says an expert. which causes wheezing, breathless- their lungs. Asthma attacks happen in the for school students and parents. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Asthma is one of the highly pre- ness, chest tightness, and coughing Asthma is one of the main body’s airways or paths that carry The Primary Health Care has sent a cable of congratula- vailing diseases among children in at night or early in the morning. diseases leading children to get air to the lungs. As the air moves Corporation, with the Supreme tions to H M Sultan Qaboos the country, according to a find- The clinic has 13 units for chil- admitted in hospitals across the through the lungs, paths become Education Council, conducted pro- bin Said of Oman on the anni- ing by Hamad Medical Corporation dren and up to 5,000 patients world. Symptoms includes allergy, smaller, like branches of a tree get- grammes in 30 schools during the versary of his accession to the (HMC), said Dr Ibrahim Janahi, with asthma visit it for treatment difficulty in breathing and lips ting smaller than the trunk. 2014-2015 academic year. throne. Consultant, Paediatric Chest and follow-up appointments, in turning into blue colour due to lack During an attack, the sides of The awareness campaign Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Clinic at Hamad General Hospital addition to patients treated at of oxygen. the airways in the lungs swell and includes lectures and posters tell- Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani (HGH). primary healthcare centres and HGH has introduced LCI device the airways shrink. Less air gets in ing people how to prevent and con- sent a similar congratulatory Asthma affects the lungs and is private hospitals, said Dr Janahi. in the clinic for children, the first and out of the lungs, and mucous trol asthma. THE PENINSULA cable to Sultan Qaboos. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also sent a greetings cable to Sultan Qaboos. Congratulations Qatari culture highlighted at Milano Expo DOHA: The Qatar Pavilion ‘Seeding Sustainability. Innovative sent to Al Sisi Committee is holding cultural Solutions for Food Security’. events at Milano Expo 2015 in The theme is in line with the DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Italy. main theme of the exposition Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani The events continue for five ‘Feeding the Planet. Energy for has sent a cable of congratu- days to introduce Qatari cul- Life’, also highlighted by the lations to Egyptian President ture to international visitors and design concept of Qatar Pavilion Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on his form a cultural bridge with other that occupies 2,451 square metres country’s National Day. people. of the exhibition area. Qatari artists enthralled visi- Strategically located next to the Al Kuwari arrives tors with songs and musical pro- main entrance of the expo, Qatar grammes. Popular Qatari bands Pavilion is designed to reflect the in Morocco entertained audience with tradi- state’s present and past, show- tional songs, giving them chance ing the great harmony between RABAT: Minister of Culture, to get closer to Qatari culture. modernity and genuineness. Arts and Heritage H E Dr During a programme, ‘Hena The pavilion concept was Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari Night’ an artist explained how inspired by the past, when the yesterday arrived in Morocco to hena is applied to the bride a desert environment urged Qatari attend the opening of the 30th night before her wedding. It also men to be up to challenge in solv- Asilah Cultural Festival being threw light on traditional Qatari ing such interconnections. held under the patronage of weddings. Accordingly, the message being King Mohammed VI. Several handicrafts and other highlighted by Qatar Pavilion is Culture ministers from several traditional items are on display that despite the huge arid lands Arab, African Asian and Latin highlighting Qatari culture. and problems of agricultural American countries will attend. The pavilion is also displaying lands and production in Qatar, At the opening ceremony, Al ongoing projects in the renewable there are solutions and models Kuwari will highlight culture in energy sector, recycling of materi- to face them not only for Qatar, Qatar. The first festival was held als and environment protection. but also for the world. in 1978, featuring performances, Expo Milano 2015 began on Qatar Pavilion’s eye-catching exhibitions, workshops and lec- May 1 and run for six months design was inspired by Al Jefeer, tures. up until October-end, under the traditional food basket made Artists perform at Qatar Pavilion. the theme ‘Feeding the Planet, of palm leaves. Al Jefeer consti- Souq festival Energy for Life’. tutes a primary part of the Qatari symbol of trading and bartering. attract around 24 million visitors. news on social media networks, Qatar is participating in food history, as it was used to keep The expo, with over 145 par- The Qatar Pavilion Committee – on Twitter at Qatarpavilion, and attracts 45,000 Universal Exposition – Milano food and at the times of drought, ticipating countries and interna- Expo 2015 has provided links to Instagram at Qatarpavilion. Expo 2015 under the emblem used to store foodstuff. It is also a tional organisations, is expected to stay up to date with the pavilion’s THE PENINSULA DOHA: The six-day Souq Waqif Eid Festival ended yesterday evening, attracting about 45,000 visitors, according to Mohamed Al Salem, Director of the souq. The organising committee Patients experience launched the event on the sec- ond day of Eid. Al Salem said the problem of hot weather was delays at HGH solved by setting up a huge air conditioned hall at Al Hamad Yard. Visitors included Qatari, non-Qataris and GCC citizens. emergency department One of the unique features of the festival was a Qatari women DOHA: Many complain that are provided faster now at the band playing traditional songs they experience delays at department. which were appreciated by visi- the emergency department Ali Al Aji, a patient who visited tors. Sumo children wrestlers in Hamad General Hospital the department on Wednesday, entertained kids and the family. (HGH), especially when it’s a said, “The situation at the emer- About 1,000 prizes were given non-serious condition. gency section has improved a lot. to children who participated in Some say they had to wait for “Earlier we had to wait for like events. Visitor Ali Al Marri said several hours to be attended by a two hours. I’m also impressed by the festival was excellent and doctor, an Arabic daily reported Ambulance Service. It reaches to brought various events under yesterday. cases fast and paramedics start one roof. “The department has long treatment efficiently.” procedures, sometimes we have The department is one of the QU admission to wait for long hours to see a busiest with many patients being doctor. treated on a daily basis. results on Aug 16 “A nurse will do initial check- On Wednesday, it received up for patients, then it takes time 695 cases and the majority were DOHA: Qatar University will for the doctor to attend to them,” treated as outpatients left the announce admission results on said Mohamed Abu Shakra, rel- hospital. August 16 while the deadline for ative of a patient taken to the Al Wakrah Hospital which submitting documents is August department recently. eases rush at HGH, received 607 27. Orientation meetings will be “My father fell down, he has cases, 25 of which were admit- held from August 1 to 10 and blood pressure and diabetes. ted to the hospital, one is being studies begin on August 13, Al When we took him to the depart- treated at the intensive care unit Sharq reports. ment they took so long to com- and another has been transferred Any student who fails to attend plete procedures,” he added. to HGH. orientation meetings will not Abdullah Al Hajaji, a Qatari, HMC’s Ambulance Service be allowed to choose courses or said, “People who come with received 468 calls, including 362 attend classes of autumn of 2015. injuries from road accidents get from Doha and 160 from outside They will have to apply again in priority and others are forced areas. Twenty-three of them Spring of 2016. to wait for too long. But prob- were related to road accidents. The decision on the second lems like asthma and high blood The emergency sections of term of postgraduate programme pressure can lead to serious HGH and Al Wakrah Hospital will be announced on August 6. situations. received more than 1,000 patients All postgraduate students can “It’s better if they have two on average per day during Eid access admission application sta- sections for minor and major holidays. Ambulance Service tus for more information, the uni- cases, so patients can be attended dealt with more 600 calls per day, versity said. to faster,” he suggested. including major road accidents. THE PENINSULA/QNA However, others say services THE PENINSULA

Qatargas denies sponsorship of Saudi club DOHA: Qatargas has cat- The company reiterated that accomplishments made by Gulf egorically denied speculations no negotiations are going on and and Arab sports clubs; however, in media reports and on social there have been no talks. its corporate social responsibility media concerning its sponsor- Many social media activists programme mostly covers health, ship of Al Hilal Football Club in have spread over the past few safety, education and sports activ- Saudi Arabia. days images of Al Hilal jerseys ities within Qatar. There is no truth whatsoever in bearing Qatargas logo. As is the practice, the company the reports saying the company is The images appear to be false, will announce its signing of any engaged in talks with any sports said a company spokesman, deny- agreement or contract with other club, Qatargas said in a statement ing that any sponsorship contract parties through its official chan- yesterday, adding reports suggest- has been made with the club. nels, the statement added. ing otherwise are rumours. Qatargas is proud of THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM The call for humanity and equality BY DR MUHAMMAD RATIB AN-NABULSI

NE of Islam’s most Islam’s respect important char- acteristics is its for the principle of humanity; this is highly evident in human equality is Islamic legislation Oand other facets of the religion. evident in the Islam promotes the concept of a human brotherhood and the Muslim pilgrimage, equality of all humans. It maintains that all humans during which all are the children of one man (Adam) and one woman (Eve) Muslims, regardless and we all share the same line- of their differences age, as stated in the Quran: {O people, fear your Lord, wear the same Who created you of a single soul, and from it created its mate, and white cloth. from the pair of them scattered many men and women; and fear created you from a male and a God by whom you claim [your female, and made you nations rights] from one another and and tribes that you may come kinship ties. Surely God has been to know one another. Truly watchful over you.} (4: 1) the noblest of you in the sight Following his prayers, Prophet of God is the most God-fearing Muhammad (peace be upon him) among you. Truly God is Knower, used to say: “I am a witness that Aware.} (49: 13) all people are brothers.” In his farewell speech to the Through this statement, He pilgrims before his death, Prophet underscored the brotherhood Muhammad (PBUH) addressed that exists amongst all people all Muslims in simple words — not only Arabs or Muslims. stressing the fundamental prin- Regardless of race, sex, class ciples of Islam saying: status or colour we are all one, “O mankind, your God (Allah) according to Islam. is one and your father (Adam) Although we are, in essence, is one, there is no favoring for one — our humanity and free- any Arab over non-Arab nor dom of choice has created divi- for non-Arab over Arab, nor for sions. There are those who choose black (skinned) over red (white to know and serve God, follow skinned) except in God’s piety. His path and abide by His laws, O Mankind, God has declared respecting all of God’s creation; inviolable to you each other’s these individuals are intent on blood, money and honor, there- gaining eternal happiness in this fore your blood, money and life and the afterlife. honor is inviolable to you till the whoever takes the life of another of them still commit excesses in — whether they are relatives of difficult to be a relative to the And there are those who day you meet Him. O mankind, human, regardless of the status, the land.} (5: 32) the rulers or not, there is no dif- Caliph. The great principles of neglect God, slip away from His take my advice and you shall be creed, colour, sex or age of the vic- Islam’s respect for the princi- ference in punishment. The sec- humanity and equality are part of path and wrong God’s creatures; happy, don’t aggrieve, don’t treat tim, it is as though he has taken ple of human equality is evident ond Muslims’ Caliph (Umar ibn the divine laws God sent, through these individuals suffer miserably unjustly. O mankind, the money the life of all mankind, conversely in the Muslim pilgrimage, during Al Khattab) addressed his entire his messengers, to support all in this life and will experience of one is not lawful for another he who helps save another human which all Muslims, regardless of family and relatives when he mankind. When we choose to more of the same in the after- except with his own will and full is considered to have saved all of their differences wear the same assumed power over all Muslim overlook or disregard these laws, life. The human brotherhood is satisfaction.” mankind. white cloth. Whether they are lands, saying: we suffer. God said in the Quran: strengthened by the brotherhood Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) {Because of that, We decreed kings, presidents, businessmen or ”I have ordered the people with {If they had observed the of belief. Prophet Muhammad once stood up as the funeral pro- for the Children of Israel that just ordinary people they all call certain things and asked them Torah and the Gospel and that (PBUH) once said: “No one can cession of a Jewish man passed whoever slays a soul for other for unity, with one voice: not to do certain things, and as which was revealed unto them be a good believer until he loves by, to show his respect. This act than a soul, or for corruption in “O God (Allah) here I am! At you know people are like flocks of from their Lord, they would for his human brother all that he demonstrated his belief in the the land, it shall be as if he had Your service, here I am testifying birds, if they see you doing some- surely have been nourished from loves for himself.” (Al-Bukhari & equality of all humans. His com- slain mankind altogether; and Your unity, here I am testifying thing they will do just like you, above them and from beneath Muslim, 13) panions asked him why he stood whoever saves the life of one, it that thanks and credit for every- therefore don’t embarrass me and their feet. Among them there The principle of equality is cen- up, he said: shall be as if he had saved the life thing good is for You only.” do what I have told the people not are people who are moderate, tral to Islam‘s sense of humanity. “Isn’t he a human (like us).” of all mankind. Our messengers One of the greatest examples to do, otherwise I will double the but many of them are of evil con- God says: (Muslim, 961 b) have already come to them with of equality in Islam is the equality punishment for you.” duct.} (5: 66) {O mankind! We have indeed It clearly states in Islam that clear proofs, but after that many in punishment for all wrongdoers Umar’s comments made it WWW.ONISLAM.NET People are put in our lives for a purpose BY SHANNON ABULNASR she believes that the first driver for support in her learning but husband, because even though he was put in her life to teach her was faced with opposition instead. wasn’t meant for her, if it were not AVE you ever had not to trust people blindly, and He was encouraging her to not for him, she wouldn’t have learned someone enter your the second was a sign to her that implement Islam into her life to about Islam, and resulted in her life in one form or her prayers would be answered, remain at his level which he was finding her soul mate! another that served and the third gave her a sense of comfortable with. She refused and Did you ever consider that you a purpose that you hope in mankind, and that there eventually they ended in a divorce have been sent to someone else for a Hmay not have known until later were still good people out there because as she learned about her purpose, and not them being placed on in life? and to never lose hope. rights as a wife, she realised that in your life for your benefit? It hap- When contemplating life events her husband was not giving her pens. Allah has ways of putting you go through, you will discover A SPOUSE rights to her. people in our lives, and putting us that people served purposes that When Katherine looked to in the lives of others because He is you didn’t realise at that time. Katherine had married a Muslim remarry, she was armed with the the master of planners. Sometimes the person was man while she was a Christian. A knowledge of marriage in Islam, Even when He removes a per- placed there to be a friend in a few months after marriage, she and her rights, and knew what son from our live, we must say time of trouble, or a teacher when met his family, and they were talk- kind of man to look for that would “Alhamdulilah” because there you needed guidance, or even an ing to her about Islam. It triggered help her grow in her Islam. is most definitely a reason for enemy to teach you a lesson. her to learn more about it, because Looking back she realizes that it that we can’t comprehend at We never really know do we, her husband never talked to her maybe her first husband was put that moment. We will never really until later on, right? about religion. in her life to have Islam introduced know for sure what roles people Allah places people in our lives After contemplating Islam, she to her to expose what Islam really play in our lives, but Allah knows. at specific times to suit a specific to let me stay with them until I With no money, or phone, etc. later converted, and intensely was, and wasn’t, and what a good Nothing on this Earth happens reason, and removes them from was able to get my own place. she began to panic and she sat studied over the next 6 months. Muslim husband was and wasn’t. without His will. our lives at specific times. The During my stay with them, I down and cried. As the day went The more she learned and imple- It made her strong, and knowl- {Say: “Nothing will happen to lesson to take from this is that was always asking questions about on, another truck driver stopped mented Islam in her life, her edgeable knowing what to look for us except what Allah has decreed we should always be grateful for things that they did in regards and he was carrying chickens. The husband became more and more in a new spouse. She remarried, for us: He is our protector”: and everyone that crosses our path, to their faith, and one day they chickens were escaping from the distant. She began to realise that and has been happily married to a on Allah let the Believers put because we never know what we asked me what I believed in. truck and he saw she was down her husband was not a practic- practicing Muslim for over 10 years their trust.} (9:51) will gain, learn, or benefit from I explained that I didn’t have a on her luck and told her that she ing Muslim. She looked to him now. Alhamdulilah for the first WWW.ONISLAM.NET that person... even the bad ones. religion, but explained my beliefs, could earn some money by helping Say “Alhamdulilah” because each and that person told me that I was him catch them. Desperate with person was sent for a purpose. a Muslim. Subhan Allah. I had no other options, she helped out. We just have to learn to under- never heard of Islam, or Muslims Later a third driver stopped stand the roles they played in our before having this room-mate. and offered her a lift. She took lives at those times to grow intel- This conversation led me to his offer and while traveling over lectually, emotionally, socially, and meet some Muslims and even- a few days, she became really even spiritually. I’m sure if you tually learn more about Islam, sick, and the man cared for her. contemplate about people you and take my shahadah .... so, By the time she reached Chicago, have encountered in the past and Alhamdulilah for this person she felt like she wanted to just die present, you may awaken your entering my life! and her misery be over with. The mind and spirit to their purpose driver asked her for her clothes, and make use of it! THREE TRUCK DRIVERS so she gave them to him so that Let’s look at some examples I’ve he could wash them. He returned experienced, and experiences of Lynne was hitch-hiking and got with a bag full of new clothes that some other people, and maybe you a ride with a truck driver. When he bought her. He gave her the can relate to some of them. they stopped the truck for a pit clothes and some cash. She told stop, he sent her to get them some him that she couldn’t repay him, A HINDU ROOM-MATE coffee. When she returned the and he just told her to “pay it driver had ran off and left her, forward” when she was able to, At one point in my life, I needed stealing everything she owned by helping another needy person a place to stay, and a friend that that was in her bags. All she had later on as repayment. was a Hindu from India, offered left were the clothes on her back. In her words, she explained that FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Iran N-deal safeguards seem effective: Jubeir EU’s Mogherini to visit Tehran, Saudi Arabia next week

JEDDAH: An agreement joint news conference with his nuclear weapon. Mogherini hailed reached this month to curb any Egyptian counterpart Sameh the accord as a “sign of hope for Iranian attempt to get an atomic Shoukry. the entire world”. bomb appears to have effective Jubeir repeated his country’s Earlier this week, German safeguards, Saudi Arabia’s for- position that Iran should take Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel eign minister said yesterday. advantage of the deal to develop became the first top Western offi- But Adel Al Jubeir said its own country and not to sow cial to visit Iran after the nuclear Tehran’s support for regional regional disorder, which “will be deal. Gabriel, who is economy “terrorism” remains a concern. confronted firmly”. minister and deputy to Chancellor His comments came a day after In a related development, EU Angela Merkel, said the accord US Defence Secretary Ashton foreign affairs chief Federica paved the way for improved politi- Carter landed in Saudi Arabia Mogherini will visit Iran and cal and economic ties but his talks as part of a regional tour aimed Saudi Arabia next week, her office were marked by sharp differences at reassuring Washington’s allies said yesterday. The talks in Saudi over Israel, which Iran does not over the nuclear deal. Arabia on Monday will cover recognise. Riyadh and its Gulf neighbours “regional issues, in the aftermath French Foreign Minister share with Israel a concern that of the agreement reached on 14 Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday Iran, made wealthier under the July on the Iranian nuclear issue, he planned to visit Iran “next agreement, will be more able to as well as international issues of week” and expected to hold talks A woman holds a poster as she takes part in a rally late on Wednesday on Times Square in New York opposing support its regional proxies. They common interest,” a statement with President Hassan Rowhani. the nuclear deal with Iran. have also worried that Iran could said. “I will be there next week,” Fabius still be able to develop an atomic In Iran, Mogherini’s visit on told French radio. “My colleague Christian groups. “We’re here as the deal. A spokesperson for the side with Republican opposition. weapon — sparking a regional Tuesday “will provide an oppor- (Mohammad Javad Zarif) invited Americans to speak with one organizers said protesters had “It is a bad deal for Democrats. nuclear race — despite the agree- tunity for exchanges on the imple- me. I was invited before but didn’t voice to say stop Iran now, reject packed an entire block on both It is a bad deal for liberals. I am ment reached this month with six mentation of the agreement, on go but now I think everything is this deal,” said George Pataki, the sides of Seventh Avenue. here opposing this deal as a lib- major powers led by Washington. which the High Representative in place for me to go.” former three-term Republican Recent polls have sug- eral Democrat,” he said. He called But Jubeir said the deal will continue to play a coordi- Meanwhile, protesters poured governor of New York. gested that of the 79 percent the deal bad for America, bad for includes an effective inspection nating role, and on regional and into New York’s Times Square “This is a God-awful deal, this of Americans who heard about world peace and bad for the secu- mechanism, as well as a provision bilateral issues,” the statement late on Wednesday to denounce must be rejected. Congress must the deal, 48 percent disapprove. rity of the Middle East. to reinstate sanctions if world added. the Iran nuclear deal as a threat do its job and stand up for the Organisers played a montage of The Republican-majority powers feel Iran has not met its The EU played a leading role to Israel and global security, American people, stand up for our news reports about bombings Congress has 60 days to review commitments. in talks between Britain, China, demanding that the US Congress safety and say no to this Iranian around the world carried out by the deal. The Congress can pass “The US side assured us of France, Russia, the United States, reject the pact. deal,” he said. extremist groups linked to Iran. a motion of disapproval, but the agreement, and we are now Germany and Iran, holding the Speakers, including Republican Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, co-organ- “Iran has been killing Americans President Barack Obama can in consultation with the US gov- ring during years of tortured politicians called on Congress to izer of the Stop Iran Rally, claimed for 36 years,” it said. then veto that. An override of the ernment for the details, but in negotiations which finally pro- throw it out, whipping up the that there were 10,000 people in Scholar and Democrat Alan veto requires two-thirds approval general it seems these goals are duced an accord last week on pre- crowd that included supporters of the crowd. Protesters held up US Dershowitz, a Harvard law profes- in both the House and Senate. also achieved,” Jubeir said at a venting Tehran from acquiring a right-wing Jewish and evangelical flags and placards denouncing sor, appealed to fellow liberals to AGENCIES

694 executed in Iran till July, Saudi downplays visit says Amnesty by Hamas leaders LONDON: Amnesty Intern- JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia yester- of Egypt’s government, both of which ational yesterday protested at day played down the significance are at odds with the Hamas rulers of what it called a “staggering exe- of a visit by Hamas leaders, say- the Gaza Strip. cution spree” in Iran so far this ing it was only a religious pilgrim- “The position of the kingdom year that has seen almost 700 age and Riyadh’s position on the towards Hamas has not changed, people put to death. Palestinian Islamist movement nor its positions concerning support- “Iranian authorities are believed was unchanged. ing the (Palestinian) Authority and to have executed an astonishing “There was no (political) visit by Egypt’s efforts to preserve stability 694 people between 1 January and Hamas to the kingdom,” Foreign and security,” Jubeir said, referring to 15 July, 2015,” said the London- Minister Adel Al Jubeir said. The “some exaggeration” about the visit. based rights group, in what it official Saudi Press Agency reported Hamas said last weekend that termed an unprecedented spike. last Saturday on the rare Hamas visit. the delegation, including Meshaal’s “At this shocking pace, Iran is set “A group from Hamas, including deputy Mussa Abu Marzuk, also to surpass the total number of exe- (politburo chief) Khaled Meshaal... met Crown Prince Mohammed bin cutions in the country” recorded visited Makkah for Umra (the lesser Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince by Amnesty for the whole of 2014. pilgrimage). They performed the Eid Mohammed bin Salman, the king’s Said Boumedouha, deputy head (holiday) prayers there and offered son and defence minister. Relatives and onlookers gather on the bank of the Nile as the wreckage of a boat is pulled out of the water. of Amnesty’s Middle East and Eid greetings to the King,” Jubeir Ties between Hamas and Riyadh North Africa Programme, said the said. “There were no meetings.” deteriorated after the kingdom spike “paints a sinister picture of Saudi Arabia is a strong sup- supported the Egyptian army’s 18 dead in Egypt boat accident the machinery of the state carrying porter of the Palestinian Authority, 2013 ouster of Islamist president out premeditated, judicially-sanc- which governs the West Bank, and Mohamed Mursi. AFP tioned killings on a mass scale”. CAIRO: A cargo ship collided and security sources. Witnesses boats and from 8:30 until now Amnesty said death sentences with a boat on the Nile car- said fishermen had been first on we took out around 19 bodies,” in Iran were “particularly dis- rying people celebrating an the scene at night to pull out he said, reflecting confusion turbing because they are invari- engagement, leaving at least the corpses and survivors. over the exact toll. ably imposed by courts that are 18 dead, Egyptian police said The search was initially ham- Ahmed Helmy, another rela- completely lacking in independ- yesterday as divers searched pered by darkness but resumed tive of passengers, said at least ence and impartiality”. for missing passengers. after daybreak, with police and five of his family members were Trials in Iran are “deeply flawed, The captain of the cargo boat emergency vessels trawling the killed in the accident. “Two detainees are often denied access to and his assistants were arrested river looking for survivors. children are missing,” he said. lawyers, and there are inadequate following the accident late on A rescue diver emerged from Helmy accused emergency procedures for appeal, pardon and Wednesday in the Warraq dis- the water empty handed as a services of arriving late, but commutation”, Amnesty said. trict north of Cairo, the author- crowd of onlookers and rela- a health ministry official said “Iranian authorities should be ities said. tives of the passengers gathered that rescue efforts had initially ashamed of executing hundreds A police general on the scene on the river bank. Rescue work- been hampered by the crowd. of people with complete disregard said that 18 corpses had been ers used a mechanical digger to Family and friends of a young for the basic safeguards of due retrieved. Police and medics raise the wreckage of the party couple had hired the boat to process,” said Boumedouha. had earlier said 21 people were boat from the water. celebrate their engagement. It Amnesty said the reasons for killed. Five survivors were “At around 8-8:30pm, a big was not clear whether the cou- this year’s “shocking surge in plucked from the river but an cargo ship collided with the ple were among the dead. executions are unclear but the unknown number were still boat,” said Mostafa Al Soweissi, The captain has been detained majority of those put to death missing, the police general said. whose brother had captained for four days along with three in 2015 were convicted on drug At least two children the chartered vessel. “After of his assistants on suspicion of charges”. drowned, according to medical the collision we took fisherman manslaughter. AFP REUTERS

Early election in Turkey more likely: Oppn leader

ISTANBUL: The leader of Turkey’s as more likely. Well-intentioned steps have give the AKP a mandate strong enough to largest opposition party was reported been taken for a coalition but if we look deal with the country’s problems. yesterday as saying that he saw an early realistically there are various difficulties,” Veteran CHP deputy and former party election as more likely than the formation he told the pro-government Yeni Safak leader Deniz Baykal reportedly added to of a coalition government, in comments newspaper in an interview. scepticism regarding a possible coalition on adding to political uncertainty. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen Thursday, saying the AKP did not want to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu needs as favouring early polls, an option that form a coalition and that an early election to find a junior coalition partner after a would give the AKP he founded a chance was likely in November. “The AK Party does June 7 election left his ruling AK Party to win back a majority and revive his hopes not want to form a government,” IHA news without a parliamentary majority for the of furnishing his post with the strong execu- agency quoted him as telling reporters. first time since it came to power in 2002. tive powers he seeks. A grand coalition between the centre- The AKP and the Republican People’s Kilicdaroglu, despite his scepticism right, Islamist-rooted AKP and the centre- Party (CHP) are in coalition talks and an regarding the formation of a coalition, still left, secular CHP would likely be fragile and alliance between them is currently seen as the views this as the best option for political factious. But it could help placate jittery only likely option for a government, but CHP stability. He said a coalition would be a “very foreign investors and revive attempts to leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu voiced scepticism. healthy” way out of the current uncertainty settle a Kurdish rebellion in the southeast. “I see the possibility of an early election given that an early election was unlikely to REUTERS FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HILE diplomatic battles and insurgencies rage on the earth, space scientists explore new horizons. As governments on the earth last week wrangled Wwith multilateral deals and ways of reining in What happens if Obama furious insurgencies spilling across borders, the cosmos was probably easier to deal with, as space wonks launched a key initiative and scientists were boosted by major probes. Supported by physicist Stephen Hawking, Russian tycoon can’t close Guantanamo? Yuri Milner on Monday announced a $100m probe into the BY NOAH FELDMAN search for extraterrestrial life. The quest for aliens has been a 2017. They would have to be resettled trying to give them a fair trial before sustained one and has spawned a franchise of films and books, elsewhere. getting them executed. T’S BECOMING increasingly clear Then there’s the question of the 54 But these efforts haven’t been enough adding wings to man’s imagination of how extra-terrestrials that the US prison at Guantanamo detainees who haven’t been charged to tame the effect of Guantanamo on could look like — super-beings with ‘automated existence’ and Bay, Cuba, isn’t going to be closed with crimes but have been classified as the rule of law in the US. The deten- infinite power. Iduring President Barack Obama’s too dangerous to release. The only way tion hearings at Guantanamo, heavily Earlier, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft beamed administration — or beyond, despite the they can be moved off the island is if censored because of classified informa- extraordinary pictures of Pluto. Flying past the dwarf former administration’s efforts. That raises a Congress agrees to a plan the executive tion, haven’t managed to resemble cred- deep question about foreign policy and branch is supposed to put forward. ible legal proceedings in which people planet of the solar system at 14 kilometres per second, the the rule of law: What if Guantanamo But why would a partisan Republican are imprisoned on the basis of compel- probe revealed icy peaks rising about two to three kilometres never closes, and some of its detainees Congress, in the run-up to a presidential ling evidence. The Sept 11 trials, too, on the surface. The mountains, scientists believe, may have remain there for the rest of their lives? election, give the outgoing Democratic seem too remote, too militarised and been formed by the surface contracting — similar to fold The sad truth is that the continued president the victory of fulfilling his too inevitable in their outcomes to feel mountains on the earth. operation of the prison is unlikely to do campaign promise to close the prison? like fair criminal proceedings. Far from New Horizons was launched from the earth in June 2006 and any more long-term damage to the US Excuses won’t be hard to find — con- being closely scrutinised or watched reputation abroad — because the world gressional Republicans can just say in the US, the trials seem weirdly cut travelled close to 5 billion kilometres to reach Pluto. The probe has already come to the conclusion that they aren’t convinced a domestic mili- off from American reality — in large is seen to be a major victory for scientists who patiently, and the US is no better than anyone else tary detention facility would be safe part because they’re taking place in sometimes anxiously, waited nine years for the moment reached when it comes to dealing with terrorists. enough. To his credit, Senator John Guantanamo. a few days ago. More excitement lies But domestically, the continued oper- McCain has tried to negotiate a politi- The existence of these unique, Major space in store for scientists in the NASA ation of the prison will do ongoing harm cal compromise. But it seems extremely strange, outlying legal proceedings control room as the findings are a to the coherence unlikely he’ll be able to persuade House affects the broader legal community’s forays show and legitimacy Republicans to give the Democrats such commitment to due process. Fairness small percentage of what the probe of the US legal a gift. And it’s unclear what the Obama demands regularity. Irregularity there- the long arm has been able to send till now. The system. administration could realistically give fore challenges the ideal of fairness. distance of 4.7 billion kilometres Over the course of Start with them in return. Most lawyers’ response is to look away of astronomy and a small antenna on board the last decade, some hard politi- The costs of Guantanamo to in the hopes of not becoming infected. makes the streaming of data to the cal truths. America’s international reputation have But denial, which can work on the sur- delving into It’s true the been substantial. The abuse at the Abu face, doesn’t successfully suppress the earth painfully slow. All data picked well-meaning judges and lawyers US Supreme Ghraib prison in Iraq was in a sense deep knowledge that the US legal sys- realm of the up by the spacecraft will be beamed Court has taken more shameful, because of the public tem has been sullied. to the earth from September. have struggled Guantanamo into outcry and belief that the techniques It’s even worse with respect to the unknown. With two major events in the to incorporate its jurisdiction, used were more obviously a form of tor- permanent detainees. The US gov- realm of space science in a few days, Guantanamo within and the worst ture. But the US was able to respond by ernment says it’s within its rights to one wasn’t sure of astronomers springing another surprise. Al Qaeda detain- disclaiming those techniques and pros- keep them as prisoners of war in the existing legal ees are being put ecuting at least some of the (low-level) conflict with Al Qaeda. But the POW But they did, yesterday. Nasa said it has discovered an Earth- frameworks. on trial. But more offenders. But Guantanamo represents rules assume a conflict between inter- like planet outside our solar system. The mention of another than 50 others official government policy, and always national parties that might conceivably heavenly body similar to the Earth arouses instant curiosity, remain in legal has. The prison was — and to an impor- be ended by a peace treaty. There will be a mix of human instinct for things alike and the possibility of limbo, treated as permanent prisoners tant extent remains — a symbol of US no such end to the legal conflict between a link to extraterrestrial existence. The new planet is orbiting of war in a conflict that has no way to desire and capacity to create a zone of Al Qaeda and the US. That means the its star (sun) at the same distance at which the Earth goes end. Their detention calls into question lawlessness. It matters that it’s outside detainees can be held forever. the basic ideas of due process, no mat- the US and the fact that the Supreme This situation emphasises how unsat- around the Sun. The planet exists in a band of space called ter what legal justification the federal Court held that the Constitution applies isfying it is to rely on war-time deten- the Goldilocks Zone where life can exist because of relatively government gives for it. there has done little to mitigate the tion power, as the administration has moderate temperatures. There’s now a State Department offi- international perception. done with the Guantanamo inmates. The troika of events — search for alien life, Pluto tryst and cial responsible for finding countries Over the course of the last decade, Deep down, the legal system knows the discovery of Earth-like planet — has made astronomers fly willing to take detainees who’ve been well-meaning judges and lawyers have reasoning is doubtful, based as it is on recommended for transfer — and per- struggled to incorporate Guantanamo a creative theory of unilateral war. So through a ‘band of success’, to use a space analogy. That space haps before the end of Obama’s term he within existing legal frameworks. The long as the detention persists — which scientists can continue on their odyssey without being derailed might be able to find homes for some. Supreme Court deserves credit for could be indefinitely — it’ll remain a from their orbits by the rumblings of political upheavals and But most of the 52 detainees who are saying detainees there were entitled to stain on the rule of law. geopolitical travesties comes as a blessing for humanity. The cleared for release are Yemenis — and the protections of habeas corpus. And If Obama fails to close Guantanamo, US-Russia space cooperation is a prime example of this. Let there’s essentially zero chance Yemen the prosecutors who are trying Khalid it won’t just be a defeat for him. It’s a this journey continue till the edge of space, which probably will be secure enough to take them Sheikh Mohammed and his associates defeat for law itself. before Obama’s term ends in January for the Sept 11 attacks are sincerely WP-BLOOMBERG doesn’t exist. The other side Quote of Planet Earth’s grim check-up the day

HE climate got its annual setting new records,” the report found. Basic physics instructs us that these in recent decades,” the report found, physical last week, and the Among the most concerning are the gases absorb heat and direct it back noting that the current rate is about results were not good. cumulative chemical changes in the to the Earth’s surface. Using that basic one-eighth of an inch per year. “Part of The comprehensive report, atmosphere that have resulted from physics, scientists can calculate that the increase is due to more water being Tcompiled by the National Oceanic and burning fossil fuels. “Carbon dioxide, the effects of these accumulated gases added to ocean basins — meltwater The fact is that Iran Atmospheric Administration, found methane, and nitrous oxide — the on the planet’s energy balance are now from glaciers and ice sheets — and now has extensive that last year was the warmest in the major greenhouse gases released into 36 percent greater than they were just part of the increase is due to rising 135-year record of modern tempera- Earth’s atmosphere — once again all a quarter-century ago. water temperature: water expands experience with ture measurement. One very hot year reached record high average atmos- Most of the excess energy has been when it gets warmer.” nuclear fuel cycle doesn’t prove that the planet is on a pheric concentrations for the year,” stored up in the oceans — about 63 Another sign of warming is visible technology. We can’t dangerous warming path. But the long- the report found. Though there is a percent in the upper ocean and about in water salinity. “Sea surface salinity term trends indicating poor climatic bit of variability in greenhouse gas 30 percent lower down.That has pro- trends over the past decade indicate bomb that knowledge health are worrying. concentrations year to year, the long- duced significant, measured ocean that salty regions grew saltier while away. Nor can “Most of the dozens of essential term trend is steady and unmistakable: heat increases over the past two fresh regions became fresher, sugges- climate variables monitored each year Concentrations are up more than 40 decades. Among the consequences: tive of an increased hydrological cycle we sanction that John Kerry in this report continued to follow their percent since the Industrial Revolution “Sea level has been rising over the past over the ocean expected with global knowledge away. long-term trends in 2014, with several of the 19th century. century, and the pace has increased warming.” The Washington Post US Secretary of State FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 The political circus didn’t start with Trump

New Yorker Martin Van Buren. Though American elections Harrison was a Whig, rather than one of Jackson’s Democrats, he adopted many of Jackson’s tactics. When a newspaper have been ridiculed him as an unsophisticated yokel who would drop out of the race for a log ridiculous for nearly cabin retirement, Harrison turned that imagery on its head and made it into his logo. as long as we’ve His campaign went all out on its paraphernalia — these were no mere had them (with the buttons and bumper stickers. Instead, Harrison fans could show their sup- exception of George port with tea pots, handkerchiefs, sil- ver platters, all of them featuring his logo. One man even handed out drinks Washington’s — in log cabin-shaped bottles. The symbol- ism was straightforward — while Van the man was so Buren dithered in the White House during an economic downturn, Harrison was a man of the people who felt their revered he won the pain. No one seemed much bothered by the fact that Harrison was raised on presidency with 100 a wealthy plantation, while Van Buren was the son of a tavern keeper. “While Van Buren tried to run an percent of the vote). intelligent, issues-driven campaign — not the best of strategies when one’s country BY SARAH KAPLAN is mired in depression — Harrison’s went straight for the emotional heart,” writes historian William Freehling. “... Politics earch Google for the words had become a form of entertainment for “Trump” and “Circus” and you’ll the masses.” get more than two million results: Harrison also proved to be a master Sdebates on whether news about of the pun, calling his opponent “Martin his campaign ought to be filed under poli- Van Ruin” and “A First-Rate Second- tics or entertainment, laments that he’s Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures at a news conference near the US- Mexico border (background) outside of Rate Man.” Meanwhile, Democrats damaging the GOP, stories about Lindsey Laredo, Texas, yesterday. accused Harrison of an illicit relation- Graham’s scornful demand that Trump ship with Native American women and “stop being a jackass.” hermaphroditical character, which has Jackson was unlike any candidate who “jackass.” It seems to have worked out, attacked his war record. They referred And while it’s true that Donald Trump neither the force and firmness of a man, had come before him — he was born in a though — it’s thought to be the reason to the 68-year-old candidate as “Granny is the only candidate we know of who has nor the gentleness and sensibility of a log cabin to a farming family of modest why Democrats are represented by a Harrison, the Petticoat General.” responded to a put-down by giving out woman,” to which Adams responded with means, was only sporadically educated donkey. Though Harrison won the election, he his opponent’s phone number, he is not a leaflet deeming Jefferson “a mean-spir- and lived much of his life on the rough- Jackson kept up his campaign circus didn’t have much time to savour his vic- responsible for turning the presidential ited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half- and-tumble frontier that is now the act while in office, starting with a raucous tory. He fell ill and died a few weeks after campaign into a carnival. American elec- breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia state of Tennessee. Adams derided him inauguration party that nearly brought his inauguration, reportedly because he’d tions have been ridiculous for nearly as mulatto father.” as “a barbarian and (a) savage who can the White House down. refused to don a hat and coat during his long as we’ve had them (with the excep- See if you can find anything as bad as scarcely spell his own name.” “Ladies fainted, men were seen two-hour address in the midst of wet, tion of George Washington’s — the man that in your Trump insult generators. But Jackson was also a hero of the War with bloody noses, and such a scene of freezing weather — an image-based deci- was so revered he won the presidency After Jefferson was elected, campaigns of 1812, credited with saving New Orleans confusion took place as is impossible sion that turned out not to be worth it. with 100 percent of the electoral vote). remained relatively staid for a time. Then during that conflict. His supporters called to describe — those who got in could But that was the kind of campaign “Almost from the start, American scrappy upstart Andrew Jackson stepped him “Old Hickory” and had picnics dur- not get out by the door again but had Harrison had run — one as much about politics had its two sides,” Gil Troy, an into the arena. Often termed the “dirti- ing his appearances. He was a master to scramble out the windows,” writer appearances as it was about fact. His can- American history scholar at McGill est campaign in history,” the 1828 con- of the modern campaign — all shaking Margaret Bayard Smith said of the didacy was the “first true use of political University, told The Washington Post test between Jackson and President John hands and kissing babies. affair. “... But it was the People’s day, ‘handling,’ or public image-making, in an in 2008. “It had its Sunday morning Quincy Adams brought out the worst in He also gave as good as he got. While and the People’s president, and the American presidential race,” Freehling high church sermon side, and it had American politics. Team Adams accused him of bigamy (for People would rule!” writes. its Saturday night rough-and-tumble The two had run against one another marrying his wife Rachel before she had Ironically, when Jackson ran for re- And America never really looked back. ugly side.” four years earlier, in a tight race that finalised her divorce from her previ- election four years later, he was con- Even Abraham Lincoln, arguably the The latter side emerged in earnest wound up being decided by the House ous husband) and murder (he remains demned not for being a populist but for most revered president in American his- during the 1800 campaign, which pitted of Representatives after neither candi- to this day the only president to have acting like a monarch. Attack engrav- tory, was not above a little mudslinging President John Adams against Thomas date received the majority of electoral killed another man in a duel), Jackson ings portrayed him crowned and draped every now and then. During his 1860 Jefferson. Jefferson, who had lost the votes. Jackson believed that Adams and lambasted Adams as a pimp for report- in ermine, trampling over a copy of the campaign against Stephen Douglas he race four years earlier, paid the edi- Speaker Henry Clay had entered into a edly surrendering an American woman Constitution. compared the Democrat to an “obstinate tor of the Richmond Examiner to print “corrupt bargain” to secure the presi- to the appetites of the Russian czar while The 1840 election had much in common animal.” articles denouncing Adams’s politics, dency, and spent the years before their serving as ambassador there. with the 1828 race. It featured a Southern Quickly, he added, “I mean no according to PBS. His campaign issued rematch lambasting the president for his Trump might also be encouraged to war hero, William Henry Harrison, and disrespect.” a statement calling Adams a “hideous alleged malfeasance. know that Jackson, too, was called a an unpopular incumbent, the snooty WP-BLOOMBERG The case for the nuclear deal with Iran How a year BY JOHN F KERRY and The plan approved in Vienna does seems shorter ERNEST MONIZ Without this deal, Iran could expand its not expire — it is indefinite. Some pro- visions will be in place for 10 years, oth- hen President Barack existing stockpile of enriched uranium. ers for 15, and still others for 20 or 25 as you age Obama took office, he faced years. But the transparency require- BY ANA SWANSON Wan Iran that had mastered ments and Iran’s most fundamental the nuclear fuel cycle, had constructed With it, that stockpile will be reduced by obligation — to preserve the peaceful a covert uranium enrichment facility nature of its nuclear programme — are ave you ever observed that time seems to be inside a mountain, was on its way to 98 percent, and it will be capped at that permanent. Hgoing by faster as you get older? installing nearly 20,000 centrifuges for Meanwhile, economic sanctions will There’s a reason that one summer seems to uranium enrichment, was developing remain intact until Tehran has met stretch out forever when you’re a kid, but zips by advanced centrifuges and was building level for 15 years. its key commitments, which include before you know it when you’re 30. That reason a heavy-water reactor that could pro- supply chain, from uranium produc- Without this deal, Iran could take removing the core of its reactor at is perspective, as a gorgeous interactive visuali- duce weapons-grade plutonium. If Iran tion to centrifuge manufacturing and the steps necessary to produce a Arak, disconnecting and locking away sation, by Austrian designer Maximilian Kiener, wanted to develop a nuclear weapon, it operation. nuclear weapon. With it, Iran is pro- some 13,000 centrifuges and shipping demonstrates. was already well down that road and If Iran fails to meet its responsi- hibited from pursuing any of these most of its enriched uranium out of When you’re 1 year old, a year is literally forever the international community had little bilities, sanctions will snap back into steps. the country. to you — it’s all the time that you’ve ever known. insight into its programme. Against place, and no country can stop that If the international community For the United States to back away But as you grow older, one year is a smaller and this backdrop the president vowed from happening. If Iran tries to break suspects that Iran is cheating, the from this deal would be a historic smaller fraction of your total life. It’s like watching never to let Iran obtain a nuclear out of the deal altogether, the world International Atomic Energy Agency mistake. We would be isolated from something shrink in your rear view mirror. weapon. will have a longer time period — a (IAEA) can request access to any sus- our partners, face an unraveling sanc- This idea has stunning implications. It means The deal reached in Vienna this year compared with two months — picious location. Much has been made tions regime and give Iran the uncon- that parents actually see their children grow up month is not only the best way to to respond before it could produce about a possible 24-day delay before strained ability to push ahead with its much faster than children perceive themselves prevent Iran from having a nuclear a bomb. We also will have the moral inspectors could gain access to sus- nuclear programme. to be. weapon but also the only durable and authority that comes from exhausting pected undeclared nuclear sites. To be We recognise that Iran remains a It means that waiting 24 days for Christmas at viable option for achieving this goal. all diplomatic options. clear, the IAEA can request access to threat to stability in the Middle East. age 5 literally feels like waiting a year at age 54. It This comprehensive diplomatic reso- Is this a good deal for the United any suspicious location with 24 hours’ That danger is precisely why this deal might also explain why kids on car trips are always lution has the unified support of the States and for global security? Consider notice under the Additional Protocol is so necessary and why we fought so asking that annoying question, “Are we there yet?” world’s leading powers. It extends the the facts. of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which hard for the multilateral arms embargo A car journey actually feels longer to kids than it time Iran would need to develop a Without this deal, Iran could dou- Iran will implement under this deal. to remain in place for five years and does to adults. nuclear weapon, provides strong veri- ble its capacity to enrich uranium in a This accord does not change that base- the embargo on ballistic missiles for It’s a simple concept, but the feeling is explained fication measures that give us ample short time. With it, Iran must reduce line. In fact, the deal enhances it by eight. US sanctions related to terror- beautifully by Kiener’s interactive: http://www.max- time to respond if Iran chooses that that capacity immediately and sharply. creating a new mechanism to ensure ism, human rights and missiles will imiliankiener.com/digitalprojects/time/. The inter- path and takes none of our options off Without this deal, Iran could con- that the IAEA gets the required access also continue. active has you painstakingly scroll through each the table. tinue to rapidly develop advanced cen- and sets a firm time limit to resolve A nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to year, and experience how time seems to speed up Specifically, the deal blocks each of trifuges. With it, its programme will be access issues within 24 days. This our allies in the Middle East, as well as you “get older.” Iran’s possible pathways to producing significantly constrained. mechanism provides an important tool as to the United States and the inter- For example, when you are 1 year old, a year is fissile material for a nuclear weapon: Without this deal, Iran could for ensuring that Iran could not delay national community. By taking this 100 percent of your life. As Kiener writes, this the- the highly enriched uranium and the expand its existing stockpile of indefinitely. threat off the table, this deal makes ory was first put forth by Paul Janet, a French phi- plutonium production pathways, as enriched uranium. With it, that Most important, environmen- it far less complicated to address the losopher, in 1897. But the proportion falls sharply well as the covert pathway. This deal stockpile will be reduced by 98 per- tal sampling can detect microscopic many other problems that we have as you age. As you scroll through the years, you is based on verification, not trust. cent, and it will be capped at that traces of nuclear activities even after with Iran’s regional actions. notice that each year takes significantly less time Before obtaining significant relief level for 15 years. Iran will also be attempts to remove evidence. Iran’s The president has said clearly that to pass by than the first. By the time you’re 8, a from economic sanctions, Iran must required to get rid of its 20 percent own history provides a good example. Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. year is only 12.5 percent of your life. roll back its enrichment, its research- enriched uranium, which is most of In February 2003, the IAEA requested Neither sanctions nor military action By 18, that proportion has fallen by half again. and-development and its stockpile the way to bomb material. access to a suspicious facility in can guarantee that outcome. The solu- One year is now 5.56 percent of your life. As Kiener of enriched uranium. To preclude Without this deal, Iran could pro- Tehran, and negotiations dragged on tion is the comprehensive diplomatic writes, your summer vacation in your first year of cheating, international inspectors will duce enough weapons-grade plutonium as Iran tried to remove evidence. But deal reached in Vienna. college feels as long as your whole 76th year. have unprecedented access to Iran’s each year for one to two nuclear weap- even after six months, tests revealed Kerry is US Secretary of State. Moniz After 30, the proportion begins to level off, and declared nuclear facilities, any other ons. With it, Iran will not produce any nuclear activity despite Iran’s attempt is Energy Secretary. each year of your life is similarly short. sites of concern and its entire nuclear weapons-grade plutonium. to cover it up. WP-BLOOMBERG WP-BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Iraq prepares push to retake Ramadi Iran arrests over 200 Coalition-trained troops deployed to fight for first time; Carter makes surprise visit to Baghdad protesting BAGHDAD: Iraq has for the Carter has criticised Iraqi first time deployed troops forces in past for lacking a will to trained by the US-led coalition fight in Ramadi. He praised Abadi teachers in their campaign to retake the and Iraqi troops but also stressed city of Ramadi from Islamic that US-led coalition airpower PARIS: More than 200 teach- State militants, sending 3,000 of needed to be complemented by ers were arrested yesterday them in recent days, a Pentagon “capable ground forces”. “And get- during a protest outside the spokesman said yesterday. ting those forces, in turn, requires parliament in Tehran demand- Colonel Steve Warren told inclusive governance,” Carter said ing the release of their col- reporters travelling with Defence during his meeting with Abadi. leagues from jail, an activist Secretary Ashton Carter that 500 The loss of Ramadi was the group in exile said. Sunni tribesmen, whose training Iraqi army’s worst defeat since In Tehran, interior ministry by Iraqis was overseen by US Islamic State militants swept spokesman Hossein Ali Amiri told troops, were also taking part in through north Iraq last summer Iranian media that the gathering the operation. He declined to say and raised questions about the had been dispersed and a number how many Iraqi forces in total ability of the Shia-led government of people had been detained. were involved in the Ramadi in Baghdad to overcome the sec- “They arrested some of them operation. tarian divide that has helped fuel for some hours and gave them The Iraqi forces, backed by the Islamic State’s expansion in lunch and then freed them,” he US-led coalition air strikes, Anbar. said, adding that “three or four were in the process of encircling US President Barack Obama who wanted to turn the gathering Ramadi, the capital of Anbar responded last month by order- into a security issue” were still in province, in an effort to choke off ing 450 more US troops to set detention. Islamic State supplies and trap up at Taqaddum base, which is The Paris-based National their fighters, ahead of a push to closer to the fighting in Anbar Council of Resistance of Iran seize the city, Warren said. province and only about 25km (NCRI) said authorities launched Islamic State seized Anbar’s from Ramadi. a crackdown after more than capital Ramadi two months ago, One of the goals of a new US 2,000 teachers from across Iran extending its control over the deployment to Taqaddum is to gathered outside parliament car- Euphrates valley west of Baghdad encourage Sunni tribes to join US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter, joined by US Ambassador to Iraq Stu Jones (left) meets with Iraqi Prime rying placards and chanting “Free and dealing a major setback to the battle against Islamic State, Minister Haider Al Abadi in the Prime Minister’s office in Baghdad yesterday. those arrested”. Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi complementing efforts at the Ain Anti-riot police on motorbikes and the US-backed army he Al Asad air base, also in Anbar. reporting, Warren said Iraqi Shia militia commanders, who government in Baghdad had roamed the streets and there was entrusted with its defence. The Iraqi forces, backed by forces had advanced to the area have led much of the fight-back indicated the militia wouldn’t be a heavy security presence in metro Carter, on his first visit since US-led coalition air strikes, around the University of Anbar in in Iraq against Islamic State over involved in Ramadi. “The gov- stations, the group of Iranian pro- taking up his post in February, were in the process of encircling Ramadi, saying they were mov- the last 12 months, have said their ernment of Iraq has indicated democracy activists in exile said met US commanders as well as Ramadi in an effort to choke off ing “methodically, deliberately initial focus is not on Ramadi but that they have no intention of in a statement. “The number of Iraqi political leaders, including Islamic State supplies and trap and slowly”. The United States the nearby city of Falluja, under using the Shi’ite militia forces as those arrested in today’s teachers’ Abadi. He was briefed by Iraqi their fighters, ahead of a push to estimates there are about 1,000 insurgent control for more than part of the liberation of Ramadi,” protest gathering in Tehran has officials on the deployment of the seize the city, Warren said. to 2,000 Islamic State fighters in a year-and-a-half. Warren said. reached 200,” it said. coalition-trained troops. Citing Iraqi battlefield Ramadi, Warren said. Warren said that the REUTERS “The suppressive forces employed provisions to disperse the teachers, including by con- ducting attacks on the gather- ing... However, the freedom-loving teachers fought (them) off to Rebels, Qaeda Tunisia House okays death again form their gathering.” Protesters had gathered demanding the release of political launch assault penalty for ‘terror crimes’ activists such as Esmael Abdi, the head of the teachers’ union, who on Daraa city TUNIS: Tunisia’s parliament people who commit rape during are “imprisoned for their defence approved yesterday imposition the course of a terrorism-related of teachers’ rights,” the group said. BEIRUT: Rebels that include of the death penalty for “ter- crime. Sana Mersni, an MP with The NCRI is a coalition of Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate rorist” crimes, despite opposi- the Islamist Ennahda party, noted Iranian opposition groups, announced a fierce offensive tion from rights groups and a de ironically that the death penalty including the popular People’s on the major southern city of facto quarter-century morato- would not deter “terrorists seeking Mojahedin Organisation of Iran Daraa, saying their aim was to rium on executions. death in order to go to paradise”. which was struck off the US “purify” the area. Lawmakers were voting during The bill would replace the 2003 ter- blacklist of designated terror Operation “Storm of Truth” the second of three days of debate rorism law. groups in 2012 and a similar EU was announced on Twitter by on a bill aimed at beefing up pow- The death penalty already list in 2009. AFP the Southern Front, an alliance ers to confront a jihadist threat exists under Tunisian law, for of rebel groups, “to purify the following deadly attacks claimed such crimes as murder and rape, Bombing kills four province of Daraa from the filth by the Islamic State group. but no one has been hanged since of the gangs of (President Bashar President Beji Caid Essebsi 1991. Rights groups had hoped par- soldiers in Sinai Al Assad)”. Al Qaeda affiliate Al imposed a state of emergency liament would leave it out of the Nusra Front and other Islamist after a student went on a shoot- current bill. Among other things, CAIRO: A roadside bomb yes- Boys help members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent with the unloading militias were taking part in the ing rampage at a beach resort last the bill would make it easier for terday killed four Egyptian sol- of parcels of medical and humanitarian aid in the Douma neighbourhood fighting, said Syrian Observatory month, killing 38 foreign tourists, investigators to use phone-tapping diers in the Sinai Peninsula, of Damascus yesterday. for Human Rights director Rami most of them Britons. against suspects and make public where the army is battling Abdel Rahman. Lawmakers voted heavily in expressions of support for terror- Islamic State group loyalists, the “The violent attack began this favour of three articles impos- ism a jailable offence. military said. The Islamic State morning on regime-held parts ing the death penalty. Article 26 Advocacy groups, includ- group’s affiliate in Egypt claimed 9.8 million people in of Daraa city, with both sides applies to anyone who “knowingly ing Amnesty International and responsibility for the bombing, exchanging shellfire,” he said. “The murders someone enjoying inter- Human Rights Watch, have con- in a statement posted on one of groups are attacking government national protection,” a reference demned the bill. Critics say the its Twitter accounts. One officer Syria ‘food insecure’ positions in northern parts of the to such people as diplomats and bill would allow the authorities and three soldiers died in the city, but they haven’t seized build- international civil servants. to detain suspects for 15 days attack on their vehicle near the ROME: Favourable rains have more than half a million people ings yet,” Abdel Rahman said. The following article applies to without access to a lawyer or border town of Rafah. The attack helped Syria’s 2015 wheat har- have been displaced, which badly According to the Britain-based cases in which people die in hos- being brought before a judge, as came a few days after seven sol- vest but the country’s food disrupts farming activities and Observatory, five rebels — includ- tage-taking or kidnapping situa- well as put harsh restrictions on diers died in a jihadist attack on insecurity is worsening overall the food market. “Urgent donor ing two group commanders — tions, while Article 28 refers to journalists. AFP a checkpoint. AFP because of war, two UN agen- support is needed to ensure have been killed so far. Opposition cies said yesterday. farmers can meet the upcoming groups already control parts of Food production “remains way cereal planting season, begin- the city and about 70 percent of below its pre-crisis levels as the ning in October,” said Dominique the province of the same name, ongoing conflict continues to push Burgeon, director of the FAO’s which borders Jordan. more people into hunger and pov- Emergency and Rehabilitation yesterday’s offensive appears Israel troops shoot dead Palestinian erty,” the Food and Agriculture Division. to be a continuation of an assault Organization (FAO) and the Wheat production in 2015, esti- in June, launched by the same HEBRON: Israeli troops shot World Food Programme (WFP) mated at 2.445 million tonnes, is groups but dubbed “Southern dead a Palestinian during an said in a report. expected to be better than the very Storm.” That round of fighting arrest operation in the occupied Around 9.8 million people in poor harvest of 2014 and slightly left at least 60 rebels, 18 loyalists West Bank yesterday, a hospital Syria are estimated to be “food better than that of 2013. But it is and 11 civilians dead. official said, the second killing insecure,” with 6.8 million of these still 40 percent lower than pre- Syria’s regime has already lost within 24 hours. “severely food insecure,” it said. conflict production levels. Syria two provincial capitals — Idlib in Falah Abu Maria, 50, was shot “Severely food insecure” means a faces a wheat deficit of about the northwest, which is held by a in the chest in the village of Beit level of need that requires exter- 800,000 tonnes out of its yearly rebel alliance including Al Nusra, Omar near the southern city of nal food aid. needs of nearly five million tonnes. and Raqa in the Euphrates valley, Hebron, neighbours said. Since January this year alone, AFP which is held by IS. AFP He had run downstairs at his home to see what was happening when troops stormed it to arrest his son Mohammed, they added. The hospital said that the 24-year-old son was being treated Somalia captures town from Al Shabaab for a gunshot wound to the pelvis. An Israeli army spokeswoman MOGADISHU: Somalia troops have captured a been driven out of major strongholds by the African said that during the raid to detain southern town from Al Shabaab insurgents, the and Somali forces but continues to launch bomb and Mohammed, wanted on suspicion president said yesterday, the latest blow to the gun attacks against officials and politicians. of security offences, “forces were Mourners wave the Hamas and Fatah party flags as they attend the funeral rebel group which has been forced out of swathes “Our Somali National Army, supported by our attacked by a violent mob.” procession of Falah Abu Maria near Hebron yesterday. of territory over the past two years. partners in arms, yesterday secured one of the few She said that one man attacked The militants described the withdrawal from remaining hideouts of al Shabaab, the great city of a soldier, who in response shot She said that a soldier was raids are necessary to detain Baardheere, which lies about 300km east of Mogadishu, Baardheere,” President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud him in a lower limb. The wounded “slightly injured” by the stone- suspects and that troops can as a tactical retreat. Because of its hills in the out- said. “Let there be no doubt anymore, the fight to man was taken to hospital, she throwing. The incident was simi- face dangerous rioting during skirts, Baardheere has been the main stronghold of al secure our country may be hard, but my commit- said. The spokeswoman could not lar to one on Wednesday near the operations. Palestinians, how- Shabaab in the region since 2009 and has been a target ment and those of our partners, and the resilience confirm his identity but acknowl- Jenin, where troops shot dead ever, condemn the raids, and the for drone strikes on al Shabaab leaders. of this nation has never been stronger.” edged that the wanted suspect Mohammed Alawneh, 22, in Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant Somali troops and African Union Mission in Al Shabaab said the group’s fighters withdrew as a was not taken into custody. clashes that followed raids and groups hinted at revenge after Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeepers have been fight- tactical measure and would return. “We had been in “As the forces left the scene, searches at several houses in the Thursday’s death. ing al Shabaab to wrest control from areas it holds Baardheere district for years but we have abandoned they were attacked once again by village of Birqin. Alawneh was “We hold the Zionist occupa- in central and southern Somalia over the past weeks. for tactics. The district is now in AMISOM hands,” a violent mob who hurled rocks shot in the chest and died shortly tion’s forces totally responsible Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab, which wants to top- sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al Shabaab’s military and bricks at them,” she added. after arriving at hospital in Jenin, for the killing of the martyr Falah ple a Western-backed government and impose its operation spokesman, said. “The forces responded with fire a Palestinian medic said. Abu Maria in cold blood,” they own strict interpretation of Islam on Somalia, has REUTERS towards the main instigator.” Israeli authorities say such said in a joint statement. AFP FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Pope Francis Hollande steps US approval ratings on in to ease the decline WASHINGTON: Pope Francis will travel to the United States in several farming crisis weeks, but a new poll sug- gested that his popularity in the country is waning, espe- Farmers block France’s second city cially among conservative Catholics. The pope’s popular- PARIS: Hundreds of farm- entrepreneurs who “work hard ity is down to where it stood ers blocked roads to France’s to make sure that our food is of in 2013, when he was elected second city Lyon with tractors good quality and that our country leader of the 1.2 billion-mem- yesterday, angry at a €600m can shine due to its excellence,” ber Roman Catholic Church, ($658m) government package to said Hollande. according to a Gallup poll. In ease a farming crisis sparked by Prime Minister Manuel Valls the United States —where falling food prices. announced government procure- a quarter of Americans are Facing a growing political row, ment services would “renegotiate Catholic — the pontiff’s over- President Francois Hollande made all their supply contracts, because all approval ratings among a an impromptu visit to the eastern we have to be eating French meat.” random sampling of adults, city of Dijon to meet officials from For several weeks, farmers have slid to 59 percent, a drop the biggest farmers’ federations. blocked access to cities, ports and French President Francois Hollande (second right) and Labour Minister Francois Rebsamen (second left) speak with from 76 percent in early 2014. Speaking to reporters after- even the tourist hotspot of Mont In April 2013, the month winegrowers during a visit of their Domaine Humbert Freres in Gevrey-Chambertin, eastern France, yesterday. wards, the president described St Michel to highlight their situ- before he was elected pope, the emergency package as “vital” ation, with many saying they are Francis’s approval rating for an industry in crisis. on the brink of bankruptcy. A combination of factors, “The conditions are not in on “everyone to live up to their stood at 58 percent among all He urged local restaurants and Yesterday, protesters blocked including changing dietary hab- place to lift the blockades,” said responsibilities,” singling out the Americans. cafes to “buy French”, complain- the two main roads leading to its, slowing Chinese demand and the FNB union, which repre- abattoirs and food processing His unfavorable rating ing that “in canteens, two-thirds Mont St Michel, one of France’s a Russian embargo on Western sents beef farmers. And the main industries, which farmers blame nearly doubled between 2014 of food still does not come from most visited sites. products over Ukraine, has pushed FNSEA farmers’ union dismissed for keeping prices low. and 2015, jumping from nine France.” “The measures announced yes- down prices for staples like beef, the package as “insufficient”, say- The farming crisis has quickly percent to 16 percent. Others Hollande also announced he and terday do not go far enough. It’s pork and milk. ing it provided only a short-term spilled over into the political still said they had no idea who his ministers were in the process not what we want. We don’t want Acutely aware of the power of sticking plaster, not a long-term sphere with the centre-right the leader of the Catholic world of a sales drive around the world trivial measures, we want prices the agricultural lobby, the gov- structural solution. opposition launching broadside is, or did not have strong opin- — notably in China and North to rise over the medium and long ernment reacted on Wednesday FNSEA president Xavier after broadside at Valls during ions either way. Africa — to encourage other coun- term,” said Vincent Derieux, man- with an emergency package worth Beulin warned there would prob- a heated parliamentary session About one quarter of tries to snap up French exports. ning one of the barricades. €600m in tax relief and loan guar- ably be more protests “in the next on Wednesday. Former president Americans polled said they had “I will be going myself to China Protesters later lifted the antees. But the packages appeared two or three days” because farm- Nicolas Sarkozy, from the cen- never heard of Pope Francis or at the beginning of November, to blockade around Lyon. They had to fall short of expectations and ers “need to express their anger.” tre-right The Republicans party, had no opinion of him, up from support our dairy producers,” he previously said they did not want while some blockading farm- Speaking on French radio, Valls dismissed the government’s emer- 16 percent in 2014. AFP added. to hinder people travelling in the ers did stop their action, others said it was “essential that prices gency proposal as “not up to the Farmers should be valued as peak of the holiday season. stepped up their protests. rise in the beef market.” He called task”. AFP Putin wants me as minister, says Berlusconi Trump threatens independent run if GOP ‘not fair’ ROME: Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to give WASHINGTON: US presiden- leading Democratic candidate the local border patrol agents’ Silvio Berlusconi Russian tial candidate Donald Trump Hillary Clinton an edge in the union hosting the event said in a citizenship — and the job threatened to run as a politi- November 2016 election. statement that it was pulling out. of economy minister — the cal independent if he does not Trump said the RNC was Representatives for Trump were disgraced Italian billionaire get “fair” treatment from the “always supportive” when he not immediately available. politician was quoted as say- Republican Party, he said in an donated to the conservative party, Former Texas Governor Rick ing yesterday. “In Italy, I have interview published yesterday. the newspaper reported. But now, Perry has been a butt of Trump’s been relegated to the side- Trump said any third-party bid “the RNC has not been support- jokes for his studious-looking lines, but Putin has told me would depend on the Republican ive,” he said in the interview on glasses. Trump also revealed he is willing to give me citi- National Committee’s actions dur- Wednesday. “The RNC has been, I Republican candidate Lindsey zenship, and entrust me with ing the party’s primary selection think, very foolish.” Graham’s personal cellphone running the economy minis- process, according to the Hill. The RNC had issued a statement number on television after the try,” La Stampa newspaper “I’ll have to see how I’m being saying remarks by Trump, who on South Carolina senator called him quoted him as saying at a din- treated by the Republicans,” Saturday disputed the heroism of a “jackass” for his comments on ner party. Trump was quoted as saying. McCain, who was held prisoner for McCain. “My future? Becoming min- “Absolutely, if they’re not fair, that five years during the Vietnam War, Perry hit back, on Wednesday, ister for my friend Putin,” the would be a factor.” had “no place in our party or our likening Trump’s candidacy to can- 78-year-old former Italian pre- The comments by the real country.” After Trump earlier this cer, while Graham took to Twitter mier reportedly said. estate mogul and TV personal- month said most immigrants com- to joke about getting a new phone. The controversial Berlusconi ity followed rebukes by the party Donald Trump greets supporters and others at a Trump-owned building in ing across the US-Mexico border “He’s sort of a political car wreck,” has been hit by a string of legal establishment over his criti- mid-town Manhattan in New York City. were criminals, the committee’s Graham told MSNBC. Asked if he woes, most recently being cism of Mexican immigrants and chairman asked him to tone down would change his tone as president, sentenced to three years this US Senator John McCain’s war House contenders. With Trump party’s presidential nomination, his rhetoric, media reported. Trump told CNN late Wednesday: month for bribing a senator. record and for personal attacks hovering near the top of the an independent run would split Trump was touring the bor- “I think so. I would deal very dif- Putin and Berlusconi are against fellow Republican White field of 16 candidates seeking the Republican voters and could give der area in Texas yesterday, but ferently.” REUTERS longstanding friends and dur- ing a visit to Rome by the Russian leader in June month, the media tycoon pledged his Migrants in Italy Forza Italia party would work US lawmakers Four adults, three teens shot across to lift sanctions on Russia. AFP seek to change Baltimore in overnight gun violence Spain king urges Catalonia Cuba travel, BALTIMORE: Seven people, including three teenagers, were shot and wounded across Baltimore in a spate of overnight gun violence that comes two weeks after the city’s police commissioner was fired to respect law shipping rules amid a dramatic spike in murders, police said yesterday. The three teenagers sustained non-life threatening gunshot wounds BARCELONA: Spanish WASHINGTON: A US Senate around 11 pm on Wednesday in East Baltimore, police said. Interim King Felipe VI warned committee approved amend- Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who went to the crime scene, said Catalonia to obey the law in ments that would end restric- the community had seen enough violence. “It is certainly unacceptable its drive for autonomy, as ten- tions on Americans’ travel to for this community to see three teenagers being shot on a beautiful sion mounted over Catalan Cuba and ease some trading bar- summer night like this,” he told the Baltimore Sun newspaper. leaders’ campaign to break riers, advancing efforts to imple- No arrests have been made, police said. Four other adults males were away from Spain. The head of ment President Barack Obama’s shot across the city in the course of about two hours, police said. Two of state added his voice to warn- rapprochement with Cuba. the victims had been shot multiple times, according to the department. ings after Spain’s conserva- The Appropriations Committee The gun violence comes two weeks after Baltimore Police tive prime minister, Mariano voted with bipartisan support for Commissioner Anthony Batts was fired following criticism of his han- Rajoy, sharpened his tone a measure that would ease travel dling of rioting over the April death of Freddie Gray, a black man who against Catalan nationalists. limits, making it the first legis- sustained fatal injuries while in police custody, and a skyrocketing “Public authorities are sub- lation to pass any congressional homicide rate in the city of about 620,000. In early July, Baltimore had ject to the rule of law, and it is committee to facilitate the drive to tallied 155 killings for the year versus 105 in the same period in 2014, by respecting it that they guar- normalise relations. The commit- police said. REUTERS antee the orderly functioning tee also passed other amendments of the state,” the king said. to the Senate Financial Services “Respect for the law is the appropriations bill to allow private Mexican government says poverty source of legitimacy and an financing for US agricultural sales unavoidable requirement for and lift restrictions on ships that rate rose to 46.2 percent in 2014 living together democratically operate in Cuban ports. in peace and freedom.” Introducing the measures as MEXICO CITY: Two million more Mexicans fell into poverty He did not refer to Catalonia amendments to the larger appro- between 2012 and 2014, government data showed yesterday, high- or independence in his remarks, priations bill was intended to lighting the challenges President Enrique Pena Nieto faces in meet- although they were made in an make them more difficult to block. ing pledges to lift millions out of need. address in Barcelona where The full Senate would have to The poverty rate increased by 0.7 percentage point to 46.2 percent Catalonia’s pro-independence reject the entire financial services last year from 45.5 percent in 2012, equivalent to 55.3 million people in regional president, Artur Mas. bill to stop them. To become law, a the nation of nearly 120 million, said government social development Migrants disembark from the German navy vessel Schleswig Holstein was present. Political leaders in version of the bill with the amend- agency Coneval. The poverty level is roughly in line with that in 2010, in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy, yesterday. Traditionally a nation Catalonia, a rich northeastern ments also would have to pass the suggesting that the modest economic growth of the last four years of emigrants, Italy is now struggling to absorb a ceaseless influx of region of Spain, have formed an House of Representatives. “This is has not been enough to improve low-income people’s circumstances. immigrants from Africa and the Middle East. Prime Minister Matteo alliance to campaign for inde- a first step by the Senate to dis- The Coneval findings cover the first two years of Pena Nieto’s six- Renzi is under pressure to stem the flow and his government is fighting pendence in a regional election mantle a failed, discredited and year term. During his election campaign, he pledged to lift 15 million to calm tensions. Migrant arrivals have already exceeded 85,000 this in September. counterproductive policy that in people out of poverty. The figures also showed a 0.3 point drop in the year, following 170,000 in 2014. While many of the newcomers look to Rajoy is due to fight for 54 years has failed to achieve any rate of extreme poverty to 9.5 percent as government social programs move swiftly to wealthier northern Europe, some 85,000 are housed re-election in national polls of its objectives,” said Democratic supported those on the lowest rungs of the income scale, largely among in Italian shelters — up from 60,000 last year. around November. AFP Senator Patrick Leahy. REUTERS the nation’s indigenous population. REUTERS FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Taiwan’s $11.3m Over 50 die in twin suicide blasts drug haul from tuna cargo 11 die in Cameroon, 42 in Nigeria TAIPEI: Taiwan has seized a stash of amphetamines worth KANO: Suspected Boko Haram gruesome scenes of mutilated more than 1.4bn yen ($11.3m) attacks left more than 50 peo- bodies and flesh, according to one hidden in frozen tuna cargos ple dead on Wednesday, after one account. President Paul Biya’s at Kaohsiung port, the larg- Nigeria’s president warned the office said 11 people were killed est smuggling case of the drug United States that its policy and 32 wounded, condemning the bound for Japan, officials said. was hitting the fight against attacks against innocent civilians The two containers headed for Boko Haram. as “cowardly and despicable”. Japan’s Shimizu port held 138 Twin suicide attacks in Maroua, Biya called on Cameroonians to kilogrammes (304 pounds) of the northern Cameroon, killed at be vigilant, with the attacks the drug which was hidden in plastic least 11, while some 42 lost their second this month. bags and stuffed into the bellies lives in a series of blasts at two On July 12, two female suicide of the fish. bus stations in Gombe, northeast bombers wearing the full Islamic “A customs officer found shad- Nigeria. veil blew themselves up in Fotokol, ows in the belly of one of the The latest atrocities came after on the border with Nigeria, kill- tuna during a detailed scan,” the Boko Haram released a new video ing 10 civilians and a soldier from Ministry of Justice Investigation on Twitter, maintaining they neighbouring Chad. Bureau said in a statement. were not defeated and vowing: Regional authorities have since So far three people have been “We will be coming from where banned the use of full-face veils. detained in connection with the you never expected, stronger than In Gombe city, blasts ripped case, according to the bureau. before.” through the Dadin Kowa bus sta- Investigators had earlier A new, five-nation force tion at about 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) received intelligence that a -- from Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and the Dukku terminus about 20 refrigeration company in south- Cameroon and Benin -- is due to minutes later. Witnesses reported ern Taiwan was involved in deploy by July 30 to take on the hearing two blasts at both sites. smuggling drugs. All of those Islamic State group-allied mili- Lack of electricity in the area arrested work for the refrigera- tants, whose six-year insurgency made it impossible to say whether tion company. has left at least 15,000 dead and they were suicide attacks or The statement said amphet- increasingly threatened regional homemade bombs left at the amines are almost indiscer- security. scenes. Medical staff attend to victims of a bomb blast at a general hospital in Gombe, Nigeria, yesterday. Forty-two people nible from crushed ice after The attack in Cameroon saw “So far we have recovered 12 were killed and over 100 injured by explosions at two bus stations in northeastern Nigeria, according to Red Cross. freezing and an X-ray scan two girls aged “under 15” bomb dead bodies from the blast scene,” initially failed to detect the hid- the central market in Maroua, as said one rescue worker at the first explosions. We began pulling out helped Boko Haram. Boko Haram’s campaign of kid- den drugs. well as the adjoining Hausa neigh- site, who asked not to be identi- bodies. I counted up to 30 dead “Regrettably, the blanket napping and bombings, he added. The price of amphetamines bourhood, said regional governor fied. “The bodies are badly muti- bodies. I became sick and left.” application of the Leahy Law by “Unwittingly, and I dare say has surged in Japan almost Midjiyawa Bakari. lated and we have several people Nigeria’s President the United States has denied us unintentionally, the application 60 percent in recent years, A source close to local authori- injured.” Muhammadu Buhari on his access to appropriate strategic of the Leahy Law Amendment it added. ties said “two girls, who were Gombe state police spokesman first trip to Washington last weapons to prosecute the war,” by the United States government Authorities are still investigat- begging, blew themselves up” Fwaje Attajiri confirmed the Wednesday warned that a US he said. has aided and abetted the Boko ing the origin of the drugs and at about 3:00 pm (1400 GMT), blasts. A trader near the Dukku refusal to arm his troops because Nigerian forces were left Haram terrorists.” possible accomplices. causing “total panic” and leaving bus station, said: “There were two of “human rights violations” only “largely impotent” in the face of AFP AFP Philippines grounds rapper Chris Brown Protesters shot as MANILA: American hip-hop star Chris Brown, barred from leaving the Philippines over a punishment: Amnesty row with a powerful religious sect, insisted in a foul-mouthed NAIROBI: Burundian secu- protests have been violently rant yesterday that he did noth- rity forces crushed anti-govern- repressed, leaving at least 100 ing wrong. ment demonstrations, including people dead since late April. The 26-year-old’s private jet shooting protesters running “Treating largely peaceful dem- remains grounded at Manila air- away from them, to silence onstrators and entire residential port two days after he performed those opposed to President areas as if they were part of an at a concert in the capital, amid Pierre Nkurunziza bid for a insurrection was counter-produc- a fraud complaint filed against third-term, a rights group said tive and escalated protests rather him by the indigenous Christian yesterday. than defusing them,” the report group Iglesia ni Cristo (Church “Burundian authorities sought added. of Christ). not just to disperse demonstra- The president -- a former rebel, “Can somebody please tell me tions, but to punish protesters for born-again Christian and football what the f... is going on? I don’t expressing their political views,” fanatic -- faced no serious compe- know. I’m reading headline after Amnesty International said in a tition in the polls, but critics say headline. What the f...? What the report, titled “Braving Bullets.” a win by the incumbent will be a f... is going on,” the pierced and “They used excessive and dis- hollow victory, leaving him ruling tattooed singer said in a video proportionate force, including over a deeply divided nation. post on his official Instagram A private jet of Gulf Stream chartered by US singer Chris Brown is parked at a private hangar in Manila airport lethal force, against protesters, UN electoral observers -- some account. yesterday. at times shooting unarmed pro- of the few international monitors The justice department said the testers running away from them,” in Tuesday’s poll -- said parlia- row erupted after Brown failed travel to the Philippines at the said: “I didn’t do nothing”. concert but failed to arrive “to the added the report released in the mentary elections on May 29 took to show up for a scheduled New time because he had lost his The Grammy award-winning dismay of the ticket holders”. Kenyan capital Nairobi. place in a “climate of widespread Year’s Eve concert at an Iglesia- passport. singer then break-danced in front The Iglesia ni Cristo is a minor- Results from presidential polls, fear and intimidation”. owned indoor arena on Manila’s “He’s still in the country. He of a giant flat screen television. ity in the Philippines -- where 80 which were condemned as illegiti- The government has dis- northern outskirts last year. It has not applied (for the permit) The complaint, copies of which percent of its 100 million people mate by the international com- missed criticism of the poll after has named a prosecutor to look yet,” spokeswoman Elaine Tan were shown to the press, said are Catholics -- but wields consid- munity after sparking months of the United States, European into the complaint. said. that the promoter and Brown erable political clout and has two deadly violence that forced tens of Union and former colonial power Earlier press reports quoted In a second video post, Brown were paid over a million dollars to three million members accord- thousands to flee the country, are Belgium said the elections were Brown saying he was unable to raised both hands in the air and to appear at the New Year’s Eve ing to media. AFP expected today. Anti-Nkurunziza not credible. AFP China irked as its loggers are jailed Obama’s ‘suffocating’ security YANGON: Beijing yester- He said a further two males where a bloody civil war has raged NAIROBI: Presidential tours day hit out at long jail sen- under 18 were handed 10-year since 2011. are always expensive, but espe- tences handed to more than sentences without giving details, In 2013, China executed notori- cially so when the country being 150 Chinese nationals for illegal while a woman was jailed for 15 ous Myanmar drug kingpin Naw visited is, like Kenya, the scene logging in Myanmar, in the lat- years on narcotics charges. Kham for the murder of 13 sail- of regular terrorist attacks. est tremor to shake relations An editorial in China’s Global ors on the Mekong river in 2011. US and Kenyan officials are between the neighbours. Times slammed the “severity” of He was killed by lethal injection, making sure Al-Qaeda’s Somali The sentencing, sparked the sentences, expressing hope but the decision to first parade led affiliate, the Shebab, won’t outraged editorials in Chinese that intervention from Beijing him live on television stoked deep disrupt the US presidential visit. media, comes after the loggers could “reverse” the outcome. resentment in Myanmar. “The level of security is suffo- were arrested in January during Beijing was Myanmar’s closest Earlier this year, Beijing issued cating,” said Abdullahi Halakhe, a a crackdown on illegal forestry ally during the later years of mili- a strong rebuke to its neighbour regional security analyst. activities in northern Kachin tary rule, providing a shield from after a Myanmar plane dropped a President Barack Obama is state, which borders China. international opprobrium and a bomb in Chinese territory leaving due to address an international Beijing has asked its smaller lifeline as a trading partner for a five Chinese citizens dead as fight- business summit in Nairobi this neighbour to “deal with this junta that badly mismanaged the ing between government troops week. case in a lawful, reasonable and economy. and ethnic Chinese Kokang rebels “A US military cargo plane... justified manner... and return But observers say the scale of spilled across the border. will ferry in a whole range of those people to China as soon interests China accrued during In June Beijing hosted secure advanced communications as possible”, foreign ministry that period -- from dams and Myanmar opposition leader Aung equipment,” officials said. spokesman Lu Kang said. But mines, to a gas pipeline aimed at San Suu Kyi in a sign that key Three hotels -- the Sankara, Kenyan women pose for a photograph in front of a painted artwork depicting the Myanmar government said developing its southern Yunnan players in both nations are keen Villa Rosa Kempinski and US President Barack Obama, at Pre-Global Entrepreneurship Summit in it would not interfere in the judi- province -- caused friction and on tying down future relations. Intercontinental -- were scouted Nairobi on the eve of Obama’s visit to Kenya, yesterday. cial process. prodded Myanmar towards Both Myanmar and China have by the Secret Service. “When our citizens break the reforms in an effort to balance turned a blind eye to enormous Other military helicopters traffic-clogged city. Washington this month Obama law in other countries, (they) Beijing’s power. smuggling networks on their were flown in from a US Special The Kenya Civil Aviation bemoaned the heavy security face sentence by those country’s General election on November shared border, transporting eve- Forces facility at Kenya’s Manda Authority announced that restrictions during his visit to laws. We cannot use diplomacy 8 is being keenly watched rything from weapons and jade to Bay base. national airspace will be closed Kenya, his father’s homeland. to intervene. I think China will as a marker of the extent of timber and rice. Nairobi’s police commander for 50-minutes on arrival and “I will be honest with you, visit- understand,” government spokes- Myanmar’s liberalisation. One of Logging in Myanmar exploded Benson Kibue said last Wednesday 40-minutes on departure, unwit- ing Kenya as a private citizen is man Ye Htut said. the first major acts of President under the country’s former junta that 10,000 police officers would tingly publicising the exact dates probably more meaningful to me 153 Chinese loggers were Thein Sein, whose quasi-civilian as the ruling generals tossed aside be deployed to the capital. and timings of Obama’s travel. than visiting as president, because jailed for life for illegal logging. government replaced outright sustainable forestry practices in a Kibue also said that a series Obama’s three-nation tour of I can actually get outside of the Life in Myanmar is equivalent military rule, was to halt con- rush to cash in on the country’s of main roads would be closed Africa in 2013 was estimated to hotel room or a conference cen- to 20 years according to legal struction of the huge Chinese- vast natural resources. on Friday and Saturday, in a have cost between $60-100 million. tre,” Obama said. experts. backed Myitsone dam in Kachin, AFP move that will paralyse the In a press conference in AFP FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Now snipers on roof tops of all Tussle for Iran gas pipeline begins police stations ISLAMABAD : The Punjab China, Russia vie to woo Pakistan police have been directed to deploy two well-trained com- ISLAMABAD : A landmark Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said mandoes at rooftop and entry deal on Iran’s nuclear pro- the Vienna deal should allow gate of police stations across gramme has breathed new Islamabad to make good on its the province to check escapes life into plans for a gas pipe- agreement to finish the pipeline and keep an eye on people’s line through Pakistan -- and and buy Iranian gas. movement. sparked a geopolitical tussle, “Now hopefully, as the sanc- The directive was issued by with Russia looking to expand tions are removed, it facilitates the inspector general, Mushtaq its influence, observers say. us to address our energy need Ahmed Sukhera. He also directed With sanctions on Iran likely to and also meet the contractual the divisional police chiefs and ease and peace talks between the obligation,” Abbasi said. Tehran district police officers to visit Taliban and Afghan government has already built its part of the police stations on regular basis getting under way, wrangling is 1,800-kilometre (1,100-mile) pipe- to inspect security arrangements. intensifying over the proposed line which should eventually link The purpose of the security pipelines, which would link its South Pars gasfields to the around police stations was to Central Asia to the Middle East. Pakistani city of Nawabshah, close prevent escapes from police cus- Islamabad last week hailed the to the economic capital Karachi. tody which were on the increase nuclear deal, struck after long As part of an ambitious $46bn in Punjab. negotiations in Vienna, as reviving economic corridor linking west- He directed that each RPO a stalled project to pipe gas from ern China to the Middle East would conduct two formal and Iran’s southern fields to energy- throughPakistan, Beijing recently DPO two formal and two infor- starved Pakistan. started work on the section of the mal inspections of police station The South Asian state is des- pipeline between Nawabshah and in a month. The visits will ensure perate for solutions to a long-run- the port of Gwadar, close to the proper maintenance of record and ning power crisis that has sapped Iranian border. upkeep of police station. economic growth and left its 200 Once completed, Pakistan will No one other than the police or million inhabitants fuming over build the last 80 kilometres to the district magistrate is author- incessant electricity cuts. Iran -- before the 2018 general Iranian labourers work on a section of a pipeline — adorned with Iranian and Pakistan flags — in the Iranian border ised to see or read the said reg- The $7.5bn Iran-Pakistan (IP) election, the government hopes -- city of Chah Bahar. ister lying in the police station. pipeline was inaugurated with and it could in future extend the The gazetted police officer great fanfare in March 2013 -- connection northeast to China, rival, but is pivoting more to Islamabad and Moscow signed State Gas Systems, the pub- (below the rank of CPO and DPO) but the project immediately hit according to government sources. Islamabad as New Delhi and a defence cooperation agree- licly-owned company in charge could conduct inspection of the quicksand in the form of interna- Russia is interested in support- Washington become closer allies. ment in November last year. The of gas pipelines in Pakistan. He police station twice in a year. And tional sanctions on Tehran, which ing the IP pipeline through energy Yury Barmin, an analyst spe- two countries are also close to added, these moves meant that the police officers of the rank of meant cash-strapped Pakistan giant Gazprom, according to the cialising in Russia’s Middle East finalising an agreement to build the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- CPO and DPO could conduct struggled to raise the money to Russian embassy in Islamabad. policy, said that by using the IP a gas pipeline linking Karachi, Pakistan-India pipeline (TAPI), inspection of the police stations build its side. Moscow has historically had pipeline to get closer to Pakistan, which has an LNG terminal, to an even more ambitious project, or police posts only once in a year. Pakistan’s Minister of closer relations with India, Moscow wanted to show India it the eastern city of Lahore, said would likely take a back seat for INTERNEWS Petroleum and Natural Resources Pakistan’s neighbour and great had other options in the region. Mobin Saulat, the CEO of Inter now. AFP $203m for CPE corridor Obama invites Nawaz Sharif to visit US ISLAMABAD: The govern- approved for 81 km Zhob-Mughal ment of Pakistan has allocated Kot section of Kuchlak-Zhob-DI ISLAMABAD: Pakistani session, Sharif will also co-chair from Washington said that the expressed support for the Sharif Rs20,300m ($203m) for west- Khan Quetta-DI Khan Highway. Prime Minister Nawaz a summit on peacekeeping with other purpose of the White House government’s policy on reach- ern alignment of China-Pak Rs2,000m had been allocated Sharif has been invited by US Obama. invitation was to boost Sharif’s ing out to India. The on-going Economic Corridor (CPEC) in for rehabilitation of DI Khan- President Barack Obama for The White House invitation has government which is seemingly operations against terrorists the Public Sector Development Mughal Kot section of N-50. a visit to the United States, a not yet been officially announced. under growing pressure from the and Pakistan’s role in Afghan Programme (PSDP). Besides, Rs 10,000m had been senior Pakistani diplomat said This will be Sharif’s second military, particularly with respect peace dialogue have also been National Highway Authority allocated for land acquisition yesterday. visit to the White House during to its India policy. appreciated. (NHA) official said yester- and construction of western The dates for the visit are still his current tenure. He last visited Others say developments in Before Eid, Sharif had dis- day that Rs 2800m ($28m) alignment and other C-PEC being worked out, but the diplo- the US in October 2013. The visit the region were also behind the patched his Special Assistant have been allocated for 200 km projects. Western alignment of mat said the visit was expected helped reset ties that had been invitation. Tariq Fatemi to the US to prepare Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab section CPEC)was the first and foremost to take place towards the end of weighed down by events of the Sharif’s foreign policy aides for his upcoming visit. of Gwadar-Rattodero Highway priority of the government. The October. preceding years. have been particularly upbeat During his stay in Washington, including Khuzdar-Shadadkot- province of Balochistan would be It will be separate from the The invitation for this year, about the invitation and one of Fatemi met senior officials of Rattodero section. Rs 2500m have the biggest beneficiary of C-PEC New York visit in September the diplomat said, was meant them said that it would take the the Obama administration and been earmarked for improvement while all provinces and regions for attending the UN General to expand and deepen the strategic partnership to the next Congress leaders. He will also be of Hoshab-Nag-Basima-Surab would benefit from this historic Assembly session. On the mar- relationship. level. speaking at think-tanks. Highway. Rs3000m had also been opportunity. INTERNEWS gins of the UN General Assembly Another Pakistani diplomat The US government has INTERNEWS

Fleeing the flood Pakistan's 'RTI draft law best'

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is an strong law and we would then be the strength of legal framework ‘if’ away from grabbing the top very happy to work with them of RTI. It compared the ordinance global ranking as it can proudly and other stakeholders to support rating with the one earned by the claim to have the best Right to implementation.” newly-drafted RTI Act 2014 by Information (RTI) legislation in It will be another feather in the CLD: 146/150. the world to promote transpar- cap of the PML-N government “A draft Right to Information ency if the draft RTI Act 2014 is that earlier made tax data pub- Act prepared by the Government passed into law by parliament. lic making Pakistan the fourth of Pakistan has scored an aston- The Canada-based Center for country in the world to do so after ishing 146 points on the RTI rat- Law and Democracy (CLD) has Norway, Sweden and Finland. ing, which would put it 11 points examined the draft Act to con- The parliamentary opposi- ahead of the next best right to clude that it will be the best law tion equally shares the credit for information law in the world, in the world pushing Pakistan improving the draft RTI Act as it namely that of Serbia (which has atop in the country-wise ranking has been approved by the Senate’s 135 points),” reads an official note from the bottom position allo- sub-committee headed by Senator of the CLD. cated due to the existing Freedom Farhatullah Babar. “The PML-N government has of Information Ordinance 2002 The draft Act will replace always made tall claims about introduced by former president the Freedom of Information good governance but the enact- General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. Ordinance 2002. ment of this draft bill will be a “This is a remarkable draft RTI Being a weak RTI legislation, tangible proof of translating law,” said Toby Mendel, Executive the ordinance had garnered only rhetoric into reality,” said Zahid Director of CLD. “It would be 66 out of 150 on the rating of Abdullah, coordinator for the coa- People flee the flooded areas in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, yesterday. A wonderful if the Government CLD, an internationally recog- lition on RTI. of Pakistan were to pass such a nised methodology for assessing INTERNEWS week of heavy monsoon rains caused flooding in Chitral district of the northwestern province, cutting it off from the rest of the country, according to Ahmed Kamal, spokesman for National Disaster Agency. Punjab, Sindh polls may be in phases Pakistan goods through ISLAMABAD: Election September 20. will serve as a trend-setter in will be needed if polls are held Afghanistan duty free authorities have approached the “Keeping in view the terrible subsequent phases. the same day. Supreme Court seeking per- experience we had in K-P where Given the population size and The number of LG constituen- mission to hold local govern- the LG polls were held in the expected number of contestants cies is significantly greater than ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan the government has already ment polls in Punjab and Sindh entire province the same day, in these provinces, the LG polls the general elections for national has waived the financial guar- undertaken preparatory work for in phases. The request comes we want to organise elections in will be a larger and more compli- and provincial assemblies,” the antee of 110 per cent customs the meeting. He asked Secretary after massive administrative Sindh and Punjab in phases,” an cated exercise, an ECP officials official said. duty and $100 per 25 tonnes Economic Affairs Division Saleem mismanagement was witnessed official of the ECP said. said. The SC earlier this year charges on Pakistani goods Sethi to review progress on dif- during the LG elections in Due to administrative issues, After a blame game between had given a final deadline of transiting through the country ferent projects and ascertain Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in May the K-P polls held after a gap the two, the ECP had been advis- September 20 for LG polls in to Central Asian States. implementation status of deci- this year. of 11 years were a chaos, result- ing governments of Punjab and Punjab and Sindh. In a meeting with the Finance sions taken during the last com- Sources in the Election ing in questions over credibility Sindh to go for staggered election Elections in these two prov- Minister Ishaq Dar yesterday, mission’s meeting in November. Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of the whole exercise. The ECP in their provinces. inces are due since 2009 when the Afghanistan Ambassador Janan Dar said that the JEC meeting said that a petition has been filed and K-P government are blam- In a recent meeting LG rep- last local government system that Mosazai informed that a noti- would further enhance economic in the apex court before the Eid ing each other over the outcome resentatives along with the ECP Pervez Musharraf introduced in fication has been issued in this cooperation between the two holidays. of the polls. decided to jointly move a petition 2000, expired. regard. The two sides also final- countries. He proposed techni- It requested the top court The ECP claims it had advised before the SC to permit polls in After the restoration of democ- ised the date for holding 10th cal level meeting of Pak-Afghan to allow the ECP to hold LG the PTI-led provincial govern- phases. racy in 2008, provincial govern- Pak-Afghan Joint Economic officials prior to the formal JEC elections in phases. Under the ment to hold the LG polls in three “There were 147,000 officials on ments have been backing out from Commission (JEC) meeting - to meeting. Mosazai also expressed Supreme Court orders, the ECP stages. The provincial government election duties in K-P. For Punjab commitments to hold local gov- be held in Islamabad on August his gratitude on the progress of should hold the long-delayed LG did not agree to the proposal, say- and Sindh, you can well imagine ernment elections on one pretext 26-27. Jalalabad-Torkham road project. polls in Punjab and Sindh on ing the results of the first phase how much administrative staff or the other. INTERNEWS Dar informed the envoy that INTERNEWS FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Dictator Jung working at Fishing in the northeast Modi’s behest: Kejriwal Will make DCW ineffective like anti-corruption branch

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief government’ stands for the elected justice. Minister Arvind Kejriwal yes- government, not an individual.” “The issue of DCW is very terday blasted Lt Governor Hitting out at Modi, Kejriwal important and sensitive. For us, Najeeb Jung for rejecting the said it was at his bidding that this is not an ego battle.” appointment of Swati Maliwal Jung made the DCW “totally inef- In his communication of last as the chief of the Delhi fective” -- the same way he acted Wednesday rejecting Maliwal’s Commission for Women (DCW) vis-a-vis the Anti-Corruption appointment, Jung described his even as he sought Jung’s Branch (ACB). office as “the government” in approval for assigning her the Kejriwal maintained that the Delhi. job. Delhi government had every right Meanwhile, Maliwal said her A day after Jung termed to appoint members to the DCW. staff was locked out of the DCW Maliwal’s appointment “unconsti- But he said he was sending office, and her nameplate was tutional” and asserted his author- Maliwal’s appointment file for removed. ity by describing himself as the Jung’s approval as it was vital “I do not understand politics. “government”, a furious Kejriwal that the DCW should start work I am here to work and to solve shot back, accusing him of act- at the earliest. the problems of women. When ing at Prime Minister Narendra “Lt Governor, Prime Minister my staff reached there at 10.30 Modi’s behest. have won, and all of us have been am, the office was locked and my In a strongly-worded letter, defeated. I now pray with folded nameplate was removed from my Fishermen use a net to catch fish in Panikhaiti village on the outskirts of Guwahati, the capital of Assam, yesterday. Kejriwal also told Jung that his hands that you sign the file and cabin,” she said. claim that he (Jung) was the get the DCW going. I am send- She told the media that she government in the capital was ing the file to you,” Kejriwal said was positive. “I respect the LG “laughable and unconstitutional”. sarcastically. and will obey whatever decision AAP decries Delhi police brutality “The only purpose I see in Lt The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) comes.” Governor’s action is that the leader, who has had more than Kejriwal’s target - he has been NEW DELHI: An Aam Aadmi Dilip Pandey. He said he was “After a beating at the protest prime minister, through the Lt one public spat with Jung since at it for some time now - in Party (AAP) delegation yester- aware of the issue,” Vishwas said site, they were beaten up in police Governor, wants to make the taking power in February, said Thursday’s communication was day met union Home Minister after emerging out of the meeting lock-up too,” he added. Delhi government bow to him. Jung’s decision to lock up the clearly Modi, whose Bharatiya Rajnath Singh over its leader with the home minister. The meeting comes a day after “The Lt Governor says that DCW office and insist on seeing Janata Party was routed by Dilip Pandey’s allegation that The delegation also complained AAP leaders met Lt Governor he himself is the Delhi govern- Maliwal’s file was “totally illegal the AAP in the February Delhi a Delhi Police van tried to run to Rajnath Singh about Delhi Najeeb Jung and Delhi Police ment. How is this possible? How and unconstitutional. This is clear election. him over. Police’s alleged beating up of party over the issue. Pandey said a can one individual claim to be the blackmail”. Jung and Kejriwal have been The delegation, including workers during a protest against police van tried to run him over ‘government’? If that was that “But it is important for public locked in an acrimonious battle Kumar Vishwas and Pandey, the grisly murder of a 19-year-old when he was speaking with jour- case, there would be dictatorship good that the DCW should func- over governance in Delhi, partic- handed over to Rajnath Singh a woman. nalists outside Rajinder Nagar in Delhi. tion in an appropriate manner,” ularly on the posting of officials compact disc of a video recording “Beating up of our workers for police station in central Delhi last “There can be nothing more he said. in the Delhi government. Delhi of the incident. protesting over the Anand Parbat Tuesday evening. He was there laughable than this. India is a “Women are facing crime and Police reports to Jung, not to “We handed to the home min- case is another issue we spoke to get released the party workers democracy. There is an elected injustice in Delhi. I hope the Kejriwal. ister the video proof and a letter about with the home minister,” detained after the protest. government in Delhi. The ‘Delhi new DCW will be able to deliver IANS regarding what happened with the AAP leader said. IANS Kerala to run schools Rajya Sabha stalled on third day too NEW DELHI: The Rajya The opposition wants Sushma “Yesterday also the same thing demanded to know how Jaitley in the Middle East Sabha was disrupted again yes- Swaraj to resign first. The leader happened. The government agreed got the notice. terday as the opposition contin- of the house, Arun Jaitley, pointed for a discussion, I also agreed for a When Kurien clarified that the THIRUVANANTHA be opened in Middle-East coun- ued to press for the resignations out that the notice given by discussion. You wanted a discus- notice is shared with the parlia- PURAM: Kerala Education tries,” said Rabb. of External Affairs Minister Congress leader Anand Sharma sion,” he said, to which the oppo- mentary affairs minister, Yechury Minister P K Abdu Rabb told Sadath said that the backbone Sushma Swaraj and the chief did not mention the demand for sition retorted that they wanted called it a breach of privilege. the assembly yesterday that of Kerala’s economy is thousands ministers of Rajasthan and resignation. action before discussion, refer- However, Jaitley read out from the education department of people from the state, who are Madhya Pradesh. The house As soon the house assembled ring to their demand for Sushma the rule book which said the would conduct a study to see if working in Middle-East countries. finally adjourned for the day. for the day, Congress mem- Swaraj’s resignation. notices on motions should be dis- state-run schools can open in “The majority of Kerala diaspora The upper house, which has bers and other opposition party Kurien said: “I agree with tributed to all members. Middle East countries. Rabb is unable to fund for very high been witnessing uproar over the members were on their feet. They you... You want discussion with As the din continued, the house was responding to a submission fees charged by present educa- Lalit Modi row and the Vyapam refused to listen to the govern- some condition. My point is your was adjourned till 12 noon, then raised by Congress legislator tional institutions in these coun- recruitment scam since the mon- ment’s repeated appeals. condition is something I can’t till 2 pm and finally for the day. Anwar Sadath. tries, many of them are forced to soon session started last Tuesday, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien implement. If discussion is not The post lunch session too saw “There are lots of practical dif- leave back their wife and children saw more noisy scenes and angry said “I am at a loss to understand happening, what is the point of trouble, and most of what the ficulties in opening a state-run in Kerala. Hence, there has been exchanges between the treasury why this futile exercise because this protest?” MPs said was lost in the din. school in the Middle East due to a demand from our people for a and opposition benches. the other day there were some The leader of the house, Arun Meanwhile, Prime Minister technical and diplomatic reasons. state-run school there, he added. The government, which is in a notices under Rule 267 to sus- Jaitley, argued: “Anand Sharma’s Narendra Modi exchanged pleas- Despite all such difficulties, what The latest study report stated minority in the upper house, was pend business of the house... We motion today is without a condi- antries with former prime minis- we have decided is to see how we 90pc of Kerala’s 23.63lakh equally aggressive, insisting on a suspend business of the house tion. It does not say the minister ter Manmohan Singh and other can help our people and the edu- diaspora is in Middle-East of debate on the allegations against because this topic is important. I must resign.” opposition leaders shortly after cation secretary will be preparing which UAE accounts for 38.7 pc External Affairs Minister Sushma heard both sides and said I per- Communist Party of India- the house was adjourned after a feasibility report on what can be of Kerala emigrants followed by Swaraj’s links with former IPL mitted a discussion but a discus- Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury noon. done and if a state-run school can Saudi Arabia -- 25.2 pc. IANS chief Lalit Modi. sion did not happen... and some other opposition leaders IANS

700 roll numbers changed in Vyapam scam Uddhav: Pakistan has

BHOPAL: The roll numbers of 700 candidates in the 2012 n o t c h a n g e d m u c h Madhya Pradesh Pre-Medical Test were changed by a gang MUMBAI: Shiv Sena presi- Party both at the Centre and in that guaranteed success in the dent Uddhav Thackeray yes- Maharashtra. competitive examination, docu- terday urged Prime Minister Asked about the waving of ments reveal. Narendra Modi not to take Pakistani flags in Jammu and At least 300 of them were lying down any threats from Kashmir even though the PDP- eventually selected, out of which Pakistan and to give a “tit for BJP was in power there, Shiv 150 took admissions in govern- tat” reply to Islamabad. Sena chief Thackeray warned ment medical colleges in Madhya “Pakistan threatened to attack that certain elements in that Pradesh. Around 40,000 candi- India with nuclear bombs... state must be “crushed”, failing dates appeared in the test that with such a possibility, the gov- which the people would start year. ernment must respond in the comparing the NDA government “The revelations came from same manner...a tit for tat...it with the earlier one led by the the documents filed by the (Pakistan) can do anything as it Congress. Special Task Force (STF) in the has nothing to lose,” Thackeray Thackeray said he was sur- Madhya Pradesh High Court,” said here. prised over the BJP decision to Abhay Chopra, who had filed a The 54-year-old son of Shiv ally with the Peoples Democratic public interest petition against Sena founder Bal Thackeray Party in Jammu and Kashmir the Vyapam scam, said yesterday. pointed out that relations although Mufti Mohammed The STF had filed the docu- between the two neighbours Sayeed was labeled “pro-Paki- ments on January 28, 2014, continued to be “tense” and stani” and “confrontationist” in Chopra said. even when bilateral talks were the past. Chopra’s PIL at the Indore in progress, firing continued from “What can I do? It’s surpris- bench of the high court in across the borders. ing...BJP president Amit Shah September 2013 was later trans- “Pakistan has not changed comes here and advises us to ferred to Jabalpur. much...Its tail continues to fulfill alliance commitment... The STF even wrote to the remain crooked...once and for but there, he is game for an alli- Madhya Pradesh health depart- all, we must chop off its tail,” ance with the ‘Azad Kashmiris’ ment to inform that 150 of these Police personnel baton-charge protesters belonging to Indian Youth Congress who demonstrate against Madhya Thackeray said in the first part and ‘pro-Pakistani’ parties,” tainted candidates who took Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for deaths in Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or of his marathon three-part Thackeray said. admission in government medi- VYAPAM scam, in Bhopal, yesterday. annual interview in the party In the lengthy interview, cal colleges had been booked. mouthpiece Saamana, ahead of Uddhav Thackeray also expressed The Vyavsayik Preeksha busted a gang that got the can- such a manner that all these can- and arrested 2,100 accused. In all, his birthday. displeasure over several issues, Mandal or Vyapam conducts PMT didates clear the PMT in July didates sat in one room during the 491 accused are still absconding. He pointed out how he had including low representation to every year in Madhya Pradesh to 2013 with the help of dummy test. The STF has filed chargesheets said Modi had the guts to do this. the Shiv Sena in the union cabi- fill up 1,250 seats in government candidates who actually solved When the Supreme Court against 1,200 accused so far. “He can do it; This (NDA) gov- net, Maharashtra farmers’ sui- and private medical colleges in the paper. The alleged racket’s handed over the Vyapam The STF was assigned the task ernment must chop off Pakistan’s cides and Hindutva, and asked the state, including 800 in state- mastermind, Jagdish Sagar, in cases to the Central Bureau of of probing the scam in August tail,” he said. Modi to speed up “achhe din” or run medical colleges. connivance with Vyapam officials Investigation on July 9, the STF 2013 after the matter came to The Shiv Sena is in alli- risk losing people’s faith. The Crime Branch in Indore manipulated the roll numbers in had already registered 55 cases light in July 2013. IANS ance with the Bharatiya Janata IANS FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Lok Sabha paralysed again Yakub Memon meets Placard battles between Government, opposition stall work wife, daughter in jail NAGPUR (MAHARASH Barely hours after the Supreme NEW DELHI: The logjam Prasad told media persons outside Nabi Azad told reporters. session. TRA): Death row convict Court last Monday rejected his between the opposition and the parliament that Virbhadra Singh As soon as the Lok Sabha met In the upper house, the govern- Yakub Memon yesterday morn- curative petition, Memon sent a Modi government over the res- received crores of rupees as unse- yesterday morning, members ment, which is in a minority, was ing met his wife and daughter in clemency petition to Maharashtra ignations of a union minister cured loan. from the Congress and other equally aggressive, and insisted the Nagpur Central Jail amidst Governor C V Rao seeking com- and two chief ministers crippled “Venture Energy Technology parties were up on their feet, on a debate on the allegations tight security. mutation of his death sentence to functioning of parliament for Private Limited, whose project demanding action from the gov- against Swaraj’s links with former Memon’s wife Rahin (42), life imprisonment. the third straight day yesterday. was revived by Virbhadra Singh ernment on their demand for the Indian Premier League chief Lalit daughter Zubeda (21) and some Yesterday morning, he moved The government upped its ante ... and after a while, the owner resignations of External Affairs Modi. other relatives were permitted the apex court again, challeng- by firing yet another salvo at the of the company gave `1.5 crore as Minister Sushma Swaraj and the The opposition wanted Sushma to meet him in the visitors’ room ing the death warrant issued by Congress, accusing Himachal unsecured loan to the chief min- chief ministers of Rajasthan and Swaraj to resign first. Leader of inside the jail premises for around a Mumbai Court last week for his Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra ister’s wife and `2.4 crore to the Madhya Pradesh. the House, Arun Jaitley, pointed an hour. execution on July 30. Singh of receiving bribe in the chief minister,” he said. Several Congress members out that the notice given by Incidentally, Rahin Memon was Memon sought a stay on the garb of unsecured loan. Taking a dig, Prasad said moved near the Speaker’s podium, Congress leader Anand Sharma also an accused in the March 12, ground that due procedure was The ruling BJP also moved a Congress vice president Rahul carrying placards targeted at did not mention the demand for 1993, Mumbai serial blasts case, not followed for issuing the execu- privilege motion in the Lok Sabha Gandhi “who has been speaking Swaraj and raising questions over resignation. but was acquitted by Special tion orders. against Robert Vadra, the son-in- so much these days” should com- the “silence” of Prime Minister As soon the house assembled TADA Court Judge P D Kode in He also submitted before the law of Congress president Sonia ment on this as well. Narendra Modi. for the day, members from the 2006. Supreme Court that the death Gandhi, over his comments in a “It was nothing but bribery In the ruckus, BJP’s Prahlad Congress and other opposition Last Monday, Yakub’s cousin warrant was issued before he Facebook post. in the name of unsecured loan Joshi spoke on his privilege parties were on their feet. They and confidant Rahim Memon met could exhaust all his legal rem- The Lok Sabha virtually turned as the chief minister helped the motion against Vadra though his refused to listen to the govern- him in jail along with some other edies. The date of execution (July into an arena for placard battles company,” Prasad alleged. voice was mostly inaudible. Later, ment’s repeated appeals for a relatives. Memon, 53, is likely 30) was fixed even as his curative between the Congress and the The Congress hit back, accus- Joshi said he had moved the privi- debate. to be executed at the Nagpur petition was pending before the BJP. Similar scenes were wit- ing the BJP of taking “revenge lege motion against Vadra. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Central Jail premises in early apex court, he said. nessed in the Rajya Sabha, which instead of action”. Vadra, whose land deals in Modi exchanged pleasantries with morning of July 30. Memon, a chartered account- was disrupted repeatedly as the “Instead of taking resigna- Haryana and Rajasthan are being his predecessor Manmohan Singh Chief Minister Devendra ant, was convicted and awaded opposition continued to press for tions of their leaders, they (BJP) probed, had talked about “diver- as well as other opposition leaders Fadnavis will make a statement the death penalty for his role in the resignations of the ministers are raising non-issues and small sion politics” and “so called lead- shortly after the Rajya Sabha was in the Maharashtra legislature on the March 1993 Mumbai blasts concerned. issues to divert (public) atten- ers” in his Facebook post on July adjourned post-noon. July 29, a day before the planned which left 257 people dead and 712 Union Minister Ravi Shankar tion,” Congress leader Ghulam 21, the first day of the monsoon IANS hanging. others injured. IANS

Feathered visitors Serial rapist, killer sent Six killed, 29 missing as bus to judicial custody falls into river NEW DELHI: A court here The accused told the court KULLU (HIMACHAL yesterday sent serial killer that he feared for his life in jail, PRADESH): At least six peo- and rapist Ravinder Kumar to upon which the judge told him to ple were killed and 12 others Tihar Jail till August 5, declin- inform the jail superintendent. injured when a private tour- ing the police plea for four days Meanwhile, one man tried to ist bus from Punjab skidded off custody. assault Kumar as he was being the road and fell into the swol- Additional Sessions Judge taken to the lock up from the len Parvati river in Himachal Vinod Yadav remanded Kumar court room, but police stopped Pradesh’s Kullu district yester- in 14 days judicial custody after him midway. day, police said. he was presented before him, Kumar, who hails from Kasganj Twenty-nine passengers were observing the accused was in in Uttar Pradesh but lives in still missing and their chances of police custody from last seven Delhi, has admitted to raping and survival were bleak as the bus was days and investigation in the par- murdering more than 30 children still untraceable. ticular case has been completed. in and around the city. Officials said the toll could rise “Investigating officer is Police has sought four days as the bus had 51 passengers -- a directed to inform the con- custody on the grounds that last majority of them from Punjab’s cerned police station about the Wednesday the accused made Barnala and Mansa towns who cases, in which, the accused has disclosure statements about 16 were travelling to a famous Sikh made disclosure statements and more similar crimes, in respect shrine in Manikaran. thereafter it would be the job of the area adjoining police sta- The bus met with the acci- of the investigating officer of tion Begamapura. Police added dent in Sarsari village on the the concerned police station to the accused disclosed his involve- Bhuntar-Manikaran road, some seek custody of the accused, if ment in another similar crime eight km from Bhuntar, Deputy required,” the court said while in Bahadurgarh which had to be Commissioner Rakesh Kanwar denying police plea for custody. identified. IANS said. He said six bodies were fished out and a rescue operation Kashmiri men feed geese on the shores of Dal Lake in Srinagar yesterday. was on. “The bus is still untraceable. Most the bodies might be still stuck in the bus or washed away,” he said. The cause of the acci- R K Pachauri out of TERI, Dr Mathur made new DG dent was yet to be ascertained, he added. NEW DELHI: The Energy meeting held in Bengaluru yester- by the general council in its meet- in different parts of the world Fund, before taking over as the The injured were admitted to and Resources Institute (TERI) day took the decision to appoint ing held in Mumbai in September, would welcome this development,” director general of the BEE. government hospitals in Kullu, yesterday removed environ- Mathur as the new director 2014. it added. Pachauri was granted antici- some 200 km from Shimla. mentalist R K Pachauri, who is general. Subsequently a well-known Mathur holds a PhD and a patory bail on March 21 but was The government has sum- accused of sexually harassing “Mathur will take up his new search firm was entrusted with Master of Science from the directed not to enter the TERI moned divers of the Bhakra Beas a colleague, as the institute’s responsibilities as soon as he is the task of carrying out a search University of Illinois and com- offices till investigation is com- Management Board (BBMB) director general, and replaced in a position to do so, subsequent of candidates for the position. pleted his bachelor’s degree in plete. After the sexual harass- to locate the bodies. Governor him with Ajay Mathur. to being relieved from his cur- “The decision to appoint Ajay engineering from the University ment complaint, Pachauri stepped Kalyan Singh and Chief Minister Mathur is currently director rent responsibilities by the gov- Mathur is the culmination of an of Roorkee. He began his career down as chairperson of the UN Virbhadra Singh mourned the general of the Bureau of Energy ernment after a brief period of extensive search process and an at TERI in 1986 and rose to the Intergovernmental Panel on deaths. Efficiency (BEE) under the cen- transition,” the statement said. intensive evaluation of candidates position of dean, Energy and Climate Change in February and The chief minister directed the tral government. According to TERI, the issue of from across the globe,” TERI said. Environment Engineering, from proceeded on leave from TERI as district administration to inten- An official statement said the succession to the current leader- “We hope the GC is certain that 1995 to 2000. He later worked with its director general. sify the search operation, besides TERI governing council at its ship was first discussed in detail the 1,200 people working for TERI the World Bank, Green Climate IANS providing all possible assistance to the injured. IANS Holy dip Three arrested People’s forum calls for for 100 auto thefts in Delhi ceasefire on border NEW DELHI: Three people MUMBAI: The Pakistan India economy has suffered, it said. were arrested for their alleged People’s Forum for Peace and The PIPFPD demanded res- involvement in over 100 vehi- Democracy (PIPFPD) yesterday toration of “flag meetings”, cle theft cases in Delhi and condemned the ceasefire viola- contacts between the Director National Capital Region (NCR), tions and cross-border firing General of Military Operations on police said yesterday. between India and Pakistan, both sides and resumption of Gang leader Devender Kumar, and called for peace. structured dialogue between 33, was on last Monday arrested The forum, in a statement, India-Pakistan. with his associates Satpal, 40, and said though the issue was high- “We believe that the restora- Somveer, 22, from Darya Gang in lighted in a meeting between the tion of dialogue and peace talks at central Delhi. heads of both countries in Russia’s the highest level can bring back “The accused are involved in Ufa, a consistent lack of political normalcy to the lives of thousands more than 100 automobile theft will continues from both sides to of suffering people living in border cases in Delhi and NCR,” Joint address the issue. areas. Commissioner of Police (Crime “In the past two years, there A long-term solution depends Branch) Ravindra Yadav said. have been nearly 800 recorded on a stronger political will Devender and Satpal told police incidents of ceasefire violations within civil and political circles that they and their associate near border... In July, there were of both the countries,” the Bunty had stolen many vehicles 11 incidents. PIPFPD said. from Delhi and NCR. The recent firing last week The statement is signed by “After stealing them, Devender left one dead and 16 injured on PIPFPD Pakistan chairperson and Satpal would contact another Indian side and four fatalities on I A Rehman, general secretary man, Rakesh, to prepare forged the Pakistani side,” the statement Khwaja Wasim and India co- A Sikh devotee takes a dip in the holy sarover (water tank) on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru documents. Thereafter, the stolen said. chairpersons Anuradha B Jamwal vehicles were sold to Somveer,” The ceasefire violations have and Asha Hans, and general sec- Harkrishan Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar yesterday. Guru Har Krishan Sahib was the eighth of the 10 said the officer. adversely hit the lives of the retary Jatin Desai. Sikh Gurus. IANS border population and the local IANS FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Iran set to build $185bn oil and Creditors get ready for talks gas projects Wants two-way trade with Europe

VIENNA: Iran yesterday out- (IPC). “This model contract lined plans to rebuild its main addresses some of the deficien- after Greece passes bailout bill industries and trade relation- cies of the old buyback contract ships following a nuclear agree- and it further aligns the short- ATHENS: Greece’s creditors ment with world powers, saying and long-term interests of parties will head to Athens shortly to it was targeting oil and gas involved,” he said. begin talks on a mammoth new projects worth $185bn by 2020. He said the deals would last bailout, the government said yes- Iran’s Minister of Industry, 20-25 years — much longer than terday, as parliament approved a Mines and Trade Mohammad the previously less popular buy- second batch of reforms needed Reza Nematzadeh said the Islamic backs, which effectively were fee for the negotiations to proceed. Republic would focus on its oil paying deals with global oil majors Greece’s finance ministry said and gas, metals and car indus- such as France’s Total for serv- representatives from the European tries with an eye to exporting to ices they performed on Iranian oil Union, European Central Bank Europe after sanctions have been fields. He said Iran would intro- and International Monetary Fund, lifted, rather than simply import- duce the projects it has identi- from whom Athens is seeking a ing Western technology. fied and the new contract model third bailout worth up to €86bn “We are looking for a two- within 2-3 months. over three years, were likely to fly way trade as well as coopera- Deputy Economy Minister in today. tion in development, design and Mohammad Khazaei said Iran had But a European source said it engineering,” Nematzadeh told a already completed negotiations was not yet confirmed that the conference in Vienna. “We are no with some European companies talks would begin today, adding longer interested in a unidirec- wanting to invest in the country. that at most “only a few peo- tional importation of goods and “We are recently witnessing the ple” from the so-called troika of machinery from Europe,” he said. return of European investors to creditors would arrive before the The United Nations Security the country. Some of these nego- weekend. “Our people haven’t Council on Monday endorsed a tiations have concluded, and we bought their airline tickets yet,” deal to end years of economic have approved and granted them the source said. sanctions on Iran in return for the foreign investment licences Greece and its creditors last curbs on its nuclear programme. and protections,” Khazaei told the week struck a bailout deal aimed Sanctions are unlikely to be conference. at preventing Athens from crash- removed until next year, as the “Even in the past couple of ing out of the eurozone as it strug- deal requires approval by the weeks we have approved more gles to pay its enormous debts. US Congress. Nuclear inspectors than $2bn of projects in Iran by But the IMF warned yesterday must also confirm that Iran is European companies,” he said, that finalising the deal, which is Ministry of culture contract employees gather at the entrance to the Acropolis, in Athens, yesterday as they protest complying with the deal. without naming the firms or pro- conditioned on Greece implement- the delay in their salaries, some up to six months. While the Iranian and US viding further details. ing painful reforms, would not be presidents have been promoting Most European oil majors and easy. the accord, hardliners in Tehran oil service companies have so far The IMF has helped bail out and measures to shore up the spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili painful path does not stop here, and Washington have spoken out expressed caution about the pros- Greece twice previously but has liquidity of Greece’s banks. admitted the government was unfortunately,” he said. strongly against it. pects of a windfall of deals in Iran, said it will only participate this The bill passed by a resound- facing a “political problem”, tell- “We were at the limits of our Many European companies saying their compliance depart- time around if European creditors ing 230 votes out of the 298 mem- ing reporters after the vote: “The economy and our banking sys- have already shown interest in ments will want to first see sanc- reduce Athens’ debt burden to a bers of parliament present, after divide in the parliamentary major- tem, and at the limits of Europe reestablishing business in Iran, tions being fully removed before level it considers “sustainable”. a five-hour debate that once again ity is clear.” — where conservative forces, with Germany sending its econ- any meaningful work can start on “Clearly it’s a difficult path exposed deep divisions in the gov- Greece and its creditors are obsessed with austerity, dominate,” omy minister Sigmar Gabriel on projects. Beyond oil, Nematzadeh ahead, we’re just at the beginning erning Syriza party over whether under huge pressure to finalise the he added. the first top level government visit said Iran was looking to move of the process,” said IMF spokes- to accept more austerity. terms of the rescue before August Some 6,000 anti-austerity to Tehran in 13 years together away from state ownership in man Gerry Rice. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras 20, when Athens is scheduled to demonstrators protested near with a delegation of leading busi- many sectors, creating joint ven- Figures released by the finance suffered his second major mutiny make a loan repayment of 3.2 bil- parliament ahead of the debate, ness figures. tures for auto parts manufactur- ministry showed state spending in a week, with 36 Syriza MPs lion euros to the ECB that it can- with a handful of them lobbing Iran’s deputy oil minister for ers with the aim to produce 3 already down significantly this defying him by voting against the not currently afford. petrol bombs in the direction commerce and international million vehicles by 2025, of which year, falling 11 percent to €23.2bn bill or abstaining. A week earlier, The latest batch of reforms of the police. Ahead of the vote, affairs, Hossein Zamaninia, said a third would be exported. in the first six months, compared 39 of his lawmakers had opposed sparked fiery debate on Wednesday Vassiliki Georgiadis, a political sci- Tehran had identified nearly Central bank deputy gover- with €26bn in the same period a first bill linked to the bailout. In night, with weary lawmak- ence professor at Athens’ Panteion 50 oil and gas projects worth nor Akbar Komijani said Iran’s in 2014. But state revenues also both cases, Tsipras was forced to ers clashing on everything from University, said it would be “diffi- $185bn that it hoped to sign by financial sector was offering took a hit, coming in at €21.8bn, rely on opposition parties to get Marxism to submarines and the cult” for Tsipras’s Syriza-led coali- 2020. Opec-member Iran has the opportunities for cooperation down from €23.6bn in the first six the legislation passed. speaker of parliament comparing tion to remain in power if he was world’s largest gas reserves and is between domestic banks and for- months of 2014. While the 40-year-old premier the bailout deal to “a coup”. forced to rely on opposition MPs fourth on the global list of top oil eign investors. Nematzadeh said In the early hours yesterday, the is riding high in opinion polls, In a passionate speech to the to get laws passed. reserves holders. Iran aimed to join the World Greek parliament passed further some analysts believe the split chamber, Tsipras argued Greece Tsipras told parliament yester- In preparation for negotiations Trade Organisation once politi- reforms demanded by creditors within Syriza could force him to had to adapt to the “new realities” day that he would keep fighting for with possible foreign partners, cal obstacles were removed and for bailout talks to begin, includ- call early elections, just six months of the agreement if it wanted to Greece’s best interests, adding he Zamaninia said Iran had defined a would be interested in trade deals ing changes to the justice system, after he blazed to power on an avoid a default on its debts and a would not “voluntarily abandon” new model contract which it calls with Europe and central Asian a bank deposit protection scheme anti-austerity ticket. Government messy exit from the euro. “The the job. AFP its integrated petroleum contract countries. REUTERS Pearson sells Financial New York plans $15 minimum Times to Japan’s Nikkei wage at fastfood chains LONDON: British publisher combined paid print and dig- Pearson yesterday said it had ital circulation of 720,000, much NEW YORK: New York state agreed to sell its salmon-pink of which is via its popular sub- was poised to raise the mini- flagship business newspaper scriber-only FT.com website. mum wage to $15 in the fast- the Financial Times to Japanese Asked about the FT’s appeal, food sector, a key victory in a digital media group Nikkei. Steve Schifferes, professor of long-running workers campaign Pearson said it was selling the financial journalism at London’s for liveable wages. FT Group, which also includes City University, said: “The FT A three-person panel appointed FT.com, for £844m ($1.31bn) in has made one of the more suc- by New York Governor Andrew cash. The agreement does not cessful adaptations to the web, Cuomo said the state’s current include FT Group’s 50-percent driven by its ability to sell online minimum wage of $8.75 an hour stake in The Economist Group, subscriptions based on its unique should be increased to $15, a raise owner of The Economist magazine, information. of more than 71 percent. or the building where the paper is “This subscription base also Cuomo had indicated he would based in London. provides advertisers with the Copies of the July 23 edition of follow the panel’s recommenda- “Pearson has been a proud ability to reach high-value indi- the Financial Times newspaper are tion. “What a great, great day!” proprietor of the FT for nearly viduals,” he said. “However, it still displayed in London. Cuomo, a Democrat, said at a 60 years,” Chief Executive John faces challenges from the large news conference with the lead- Fallon said in a statement. “But number of free business news ers of the $15 campaign. we’ve reached an inflection point websites, and its paywall may traffic. “Pearson will now be 100 The wage increase will be in media, driven by the explosive limit its future growth, compared percent focused on our global edu- phased in, starting with fast- Labour leaders, workers and activists attend a rally for a $15 minimum growth of mobile and social. In to new web-based rivals.” cation strategy,” Fallon added. food chain restaurants operating hourly wage in New York City. this new environment, the best Launched in 1888, the widely- Pearson, which earns 90 per- in New York City. They are due way to ensure the FT’s journalis- respected FT business daily was cent of sales from its education to meet the new minimum wage tic and commercial success is for purchased by Pearson in 1957. division, had previously denied by 2018, while elsewhere in the minimum wage in the fast-food labor and social groups over low it to be part of a global, digital The FT’s European edition persistent speculation that the state fast-food restaurants will sector, notorious for low pay that pay. Cuomo said that New York news company.” first hit the printing presses in FT was for sale. “Rumours have have until 2021 to comply. workers say does not keep them out state’s $15 minimum wage deci- Tsuneo Kita, chairman and Frankfurt in 1979. The paper is been circulating for a while about The federal minimum wage of poverty. Under pressure from sion would “radiate” across the group CEO of Nikkei, said he was now printed all over the world, a possible sale of the FT, which is $7.25 an hour, but states and unions, McDonald’s announced in country. “If it’s right in New York, “extremely proud of teaming up including in New York, Tokyo, is not a good fit with the rest of municipalities cna set their own. April a pay hike for 90,000 employ- it’s right in California,” he said. with the Financial Times, one of Hong Kong and Dubai. Pearson’s business, which mainly Some 29 states and Washington, ees in company-owned restaurants, In May, Los Angeles, the sec- the most prestigious news organi- The paper has been printed concentrates on the education DC, have minimum wages above though that does not affect the ond biggest US city, passed an sations in the world”. on distinctive salmon-pink paper sector,” said Schifferes. the federal minimum. “We’re get- majority of its restaurants, which increase in its minimum wage Nikkei Inc, publisher of the since 1893. The FT.com website FT education products serve ting $15 before every other state,” are owned by franchisees. from $9 to $15 an hour by 2020. Nikkei business daily, is the larg- — which now accounts for 70 per- two-thirds of the world’s top said Eric Schneiderman, New From July 1 the starting wages That followed a similar move by est independent business media cent of total circulation — was business schools, according to York attorney general. “It’s a vic- for full and part-time workers in Seattle one year ago. group in Asia, according to the launched in 1995. Pearson. tory you have all built,” he said, its own restaurants were raised Other states and communities company. Shortly before the The newspaper’s digital sub- Back in February, Pearson fore- thanking the labor leaders and by one dollar above the local min- have also passed, or are weighing announcement, Germany’s Axel scriptions overtook print cir- cast that group earnings could Cuomo. “This is a victory for all imum wage. The move followed increases to, statutory minimum Springer newspaper group denied culation in 2012, while mobile soar by a fifth this year, aided by men and women who work hard.” similar wage increases announced pay, after years in which inflation it was buying the FT. — tablets and smartphones — cost-cutting and expanding online Activists have been pushing by Wal-Mart Stores, Gap and eroded the spending power of US The Financial Times has a account for about half of FT.com sales. AFP for several years to get the $15 others, all under pressure from workers. AFP FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Dollar sale Canadian $ hits 10-year low; US jobless claims pound up on bullish BoE NEW YORK: The Canadian lowest since 1973 dollar hit a 10-year low against the US greenback on weaker growth prospects and the Bank Data brings Fed a step closer to hike rates this year of Canada’s interest rate cut last week. WASHINGTON: The number variations. A Labor Department The claims data covered the Meanwhile, the British pound of Americans filing new applica- analyst, however, said there were survey week for the nonfarm picked up strength on the bullish tions for unemployment benefits no special factors influencing the payrolls portion of July’s employ- notes in minutes from the Bank last week dropped to its lowest data. Still, the decline unwound ment report. Though the four- of England’s last policy meeting. level in more than 41-1/2 years, the increase in claims in June. week average of claims increased The US dollar pushed up to suggesting the labour market The dollar was trading weaker 1,500 between the June and July as high as CAN$1.3047, a level maintained a sturdy pace of job against a basket of currencies and survey periods, payroll growth last seen in 2004, before slipping growth in July. prices for US Treasuries fell mar- likely remained above the 200,000 back a bit. The Canadian economy Other data yesterday also ginally. Technology shares on Wall threshold this month. has weakened with the plunge offered an upbeat assessment of Street rebounded from the prior The four-week moving aver- in oil prices, which fell again on the economy. A gauge of future sessions’ losses, while the rest of age of claims has been below the Wednesday. economic activity increased sol- the market was little changed after key 300,000 mark, which is nor- The central bank’s surprise idly in June and another meas- weak earnings from Caterpillar, mally associated with sturdy job rate reduction to 0.50 percent last ure suggested growth picked up the world’s largest construction gains, for 17 straight weeks - an week, the second cut this year, slightly last month. The bull- and mining equipment maker, and unusually long stretch. Payrolls only added to the downward pres- ish jobs picture, together with a diversified technology firm 3M. increased 223,000 in June after ris- sure. That was in sharp contrast firming housing market brings the Fed officials meet next week, ing 254,000 in May. Job growth has with the United States, where the Federal Reserve a step closer to but they are not expected to exceeded 200,000 in 14 of the last Federal Reserve is moving in the hike interest rates this year. tighten monetary policy before 16 months and at 5.3 percent, the direction of raising rates. “This should reassure policy- September. The Fed has kept its unemployment rate is close to the The US dollar was also slightly makers that their objective of short-term lending rate near zero 5.0 percent to 5.2 percent range higher against the euro and yen maximum employment is coming since December 2008. that most Fed officials consider on Wednesday. The pound pushed closer into view,” said John Ryding, The four-week moving aver- consistent with full employment. back above the $1.56 level helped chief economist at RDQ Economics age of claims, considered a better In a separate report, the by the record on the last meeting in New York.Initial claims for state measure of labor market trends as Conference Board said its Leading of the BoE’s monetary policy com- unemployment benefits fell 26,000 it irons out week-to-week volatil- Economic Index rose 0.6 percent mittee (MPC). to a seasonally adjusted 255,000 for ity, fell 4,000 to 278,500 last week. last month after advancing 0.8 “The July MPC minutes broadly the week ended July 18, the low- “We believe that retooling shut- percent in May. The increase reinforce the view that the Bank est level since November 1973, the downs were likely much smaller reflected the strengthening hous- of England is now getting nearer Labor Department said. in 2015 than in previous years ing market, which has been char- to an interest rate hike,” said However, last week’s drop likely due to lower auto inventories and acterised by a surge in housing Howard Archer of IHS. “While exaggerates the strength of the very strong vehicle sales,” said starts and building permits, as well all nine MPC members voted for labor market as claims are volatile Cheng Chen, an economist at TD as very strong sales. unchanged interest rates in July, during summer when automakers Securities in New York. The upbeat growth picture was this was significantly influenced usually shut assembly plants for As such, that would suggest also supported by another report by the crisis in Greece which annual retooling. an acceleration in motor vehicle from the Chicago Fed, which was peaking at the time of the Some firms keep production assembly this month, which would showed its National Activity Index A broker waits for customers as he sells and buys US dollars at meeting.” lines running, which can throw support the struggling manufac- rising to +0.08 in June after five a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday. The rupiah weakened Archer said the Bank of off a model the government uses turing sector and lift industrial straight months of negative read- again against the dollar. Indonesia’s economy grew at the slow- England could move before the to smooth the data for seasonal production. ings. REUTERS est pace in five years during the first quarter of 2015, the Central end of the year. AFP Bureau of Statistics said. Ferrari files for Wall Street listing Shell is not yet allowed to

MILAN: Italian sportscar market value of at least €10bn, distribute the rest of its stake chairman and son of the founder drill in Arctic oil zone: US maker Ferrari has taken a step according to Sergio Marchionne, to its shareholders. The float is Enzo, who died in 1988. closer to a stock market listing FCA chief executive and Ferrari expected after mid-October while As in FCA’s case, Ferrari’s float ALASKA: The US Interior Department granted Royal Dutch in New York, as its parent Fiat chairman. Some analysts said it the separation should be com- will also include a loyalty share Shell two final permits to explore for crude in the Arctic this Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) could be half that. pleted in early 2016. scheme for long-term inves- summer, but said the company cannot drill into the oil zone until seeks to boost its own coffers FCA, home to a stable of Following the blueprint of Fiat’s tors, set to tighten the grip on required emergency equipment arrives in the region. to fund an ambitious €48bn brands ranging from Fiat and marriage with Chrysler and a New the company by Fiat’s found- The department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental ($53bn)investment plan. Jeep to Alfa Romeo, has one of York listing of the merged entity ing Agnelli family. The Agnellis, Enforcement (BSEE) conditionally granted Shell permits for explo- FCA said Ferrari, the marque the highest debts in the indus- last year, FCA will create a Dutch- through their holding company ration in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, in a season which sea ice limits famous for its “prancing horse” try and needs the funds from the registered holding company for Exor, and Piero Ferrari together from July until October. But Shell must have emergency equipment logo and its Formula One racing flotation of its most prestigious Ferrari and list its shares on Wall could end up with a voting power to contain a potential blown-out well deployable within 24 hours team, had filed a request with US brand to help finance its own plan Street, according to the filing with of just under 51 percent, enabling before drilling into the oil zone, the office said. Shell discovered regulators for a New York initial to boost sales by 60 percent to 7 the US Securities and Exchange them to thwart any unwanted weeks ago that the Fennica icebreaker that holds the required public offering. million cars by 2018 and increase Commission. Ferrari may apply for takeover bid. equipment, called a capping stack, had a three-foot gash in it. The Maranello, northern Italy- net profit five-fold. a secondary listing in Milan. UBS will be the offer’s global “Without the required well control system in place, Shell will based maker of typically red mod- FCA said last year it would FCA currently owns 90 percent coordinator, with BofA Merrill not be allowed to drill into oil-bearing zones,” BSEE Director Brian els such as the 488 GTB and the sell up to 10 percent of Ferrari of Ferrari, with the remaining 10 Lynch and Santander joint book- Salemo said. REUTERS €1m LaFerrari, could attract a via the share offering and would percent held by Piero Ferrari, vice runners. REUTERS

Belgium’s budget talks Indian banks opt for offbeat tactics to tackle $49bn of bad debts

MUMBAI: Under pressure to Indian banks’ bad loans knowledge of the matter said. do more to cut a $49bn moun- Gross bad loans at Indian banks India’s bad debt pile, dominated by corporate loans, is at its tain of bad debt, India’s state- highest in a decade, at 4.6 percent of total loans. rose to Rs3.1 trillion ($48.83bn) owned banks are reversing as of end-March, or 4.6 percent 35%35 years of lax recovery efforts, Gross nonperforming loans of total loans, according to central naming and shaming smaller 30 Loan growth bank data. Including loans that

borrowers and even using big 25 are stressed but not yet classified TV screens at shopping malls to as bad, total troubled loans made advertise seized assets for sale. 20 up 11 percent of total lending.

India’s bad debt pile, domi- 15 Banks say they are now moving nated by corporate loans, is at faster to bring that down, step- 10 FROM LEFT: Belgium’s Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, Employment and Economy Minister Kris its highest in a decade, swollen ping in at the first sign of trouble, Peeters, Prime Minister Charles Michel and Interior Minister Jan Jambon attend a joint news confer- by an economic slowdown, loose 5 sending out more officers to chase

ence after a meeting to review the annual budget in Brussels yesterday. lending and, in many cases, banks’ 0 borrowers and putting more peo- 2004 2009 2014 own failure to do enough to chase /05 /10 /15 ple on the job through specialised down rogue debtors. Source: Reserve Bank of India Note: Fiscal years to March branches. Some are trying to Now, bank executives say speed up the sale of seized assets pressure — from a government court cases expedited. Less on by advertising them on large QE index loses 64.92 points past week needing to accelerate economic the paperwork and more on the screens at shopping malls. recovery and from a central bank fieldwork,” said Malhotra. “These days people are get- DOHA: Qatar Exchange index end of previous week. Banking sector accounted for 23.43 percent. that wants company owners to Executives say it’s too early to ting on to the job the moment lost 64.92 points, or 0.54 percent, and Financial Services sector led Real Estate sector accounted for take more responsibility — has measure overall success, but there you have an early warning signal past trading week which ended traded value past week with 38.77 17.23 percent and Consumer Goods left little choice but to get tougher have been some wins for India’s that something may happen in a yesterday when the bourse percent of the total traded value. and Services sector accounted for and faster. bruised banks. company and you have thousands closed at 11,944.62 points. On Industries sector accounted for 11.59 percent. Tactics include targeting Suzlon Energy this year sold its of crores at stake,” said a senior the daily basis, the index gained 21.46 percent. Real Estate sector From the 43 listed companies 18 smaller borrowers with aggres- German unit, Senvion, for $1.1bn banker at a big state-run bank. 33.31 points, or 0.28 percent, accounted for 17.09 percent and ended higher past week, while 20 sive ‘name and shame’ campaigns, in cash — less than what it paid to India uses crore to denote a unit yesterday. Consumer Goods and Services fell and five unchanged. with placards and groups of bank buy the asset in a deal completed of 10 million. Trading value during the week sector accounted for 10.82 percent. Gulf International Services employees protesting outside in 2011. It crystalised a huge loss SBI has set up branches focused decreased by 58.07 percent to reach Banking and Financial Services led traded value during the week offices, for example, and putting after banks piled pressure on the solely on recovering loans, and, QR302m compared to QR720m. sector led traded volume with and accounted for 9.9 percent of pressure on investors or execu- loss-making wind-turbine maker to speed up cumbersome paper- Trading volume decreased by 64.08 33.79 percent of the total. Real the total. Doha Bank accounted tives at larger firms. to cut its debt. work, encourages managers to percent to reach 6 million shares, Estate sector accounted for for 8.43 percent and Barwa Real PK Malhotra, a deputy man- More than two dozen lend- snap pictures of themselves on as against 17 million shares, while 29.02 percent. Industries sector Estate accounted for 8.14 percent. aging director at the State Bank ers led by SBI are looking for an seized assets - proof of the change the number of transactions fell accounted for 14.33 percent and On the daily basis, daily turnover of India, the country’s largest investor in Electrosteel Steels Ltd, of ownership. It plans to set up by 51.88 percent, to reach 5,531 Consumer Goods and Services sec- rose to QR175.4m with a volume of bank, said his team received extra whose near-$1.4bn bank loan is a web portal to showcase all the transactions as compared to 11,493 tor accounted for 10.63 percent. 3.6 million shares from 3,297 deals training, including in psychology, strained. Rather than ‘evergreen- seized assets available for auction. transactions. Banking and Financial Services compared to QR126.684m with a and was systematically chasing up ing’ the loan — a process of regu- “Companies can sometimes Market capitalisation fell by sector led traded number of trans- volume of 2.7 million shares from payments, as others in the bank lar review and renew — lenders fall in love with their assets, but 0.42 percent to reach QR633.9bn actions during the week with 33 2,234 deals on Wednesday. accelerated sales of seized assets. are getting involved in the buyer bankers can’t afford to do that,” as compared to QR636.6bn at the percent of the total. Industries THE PENINSULA “The focus (is) on getting talks, an individual with direct said SBI’s Malhotra. REUTERS FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

QE Indices Summary QE Index 11,944.62 0.28 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE QE Total Return Index 18,566.2 0.28 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,678 0.63 % RATE QE All Share Index 3,200 0.36 % INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial 3,138.36 0.47 % Services GOLD Buying Selling QE All Share Industrials 3,804.24 0.33 % All Ordinaries 5649.793 30.806 0.55 5963.5 5248.5 QE All Share Transportation 2,465.49 0.70 % QR129.3086 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 QE All Share Real Estate 2,761.56 0.43 % Cac 40 Index/D 5126.99 79.75 1.58 5283.71 4076.16 SILVER UK ...... QR 5.6505 QR 5.7303 QE All Share Insurance 4,880.39 0.54 % Dj Indu Average 18050.17 -3.41 -0.02 18351.4 15855.12 Euro ...... QR 3.9816 QR 4.0381 QE All Share Telecoms 1,137.92 0.61 % QR 1.7475 QE All Share Consumer Goods & CA$ ...... QR 2.7823 QR 2.8371 7,518.79 0.81 % Services Hang Seng Inde/D 25162.78 107.02 0.43 28588.52 22836.82 Swiss Fr ...... QR 3.7870 QR 3.8405 QE Market Summary Comparison Iseq Overall/D 6482.62 32.67 0.51 6449.95 5072.7 Yen ...... QR 0.0292 QR 0.0297 Aus$ ...... QR 2.6746 QR 2.7284 Today Previous day Karachi 100 In/D 35887.66 187.91 0.53 35725.16 28648.23 CRUDE OIL 23-07-2015 22-07-2015 Ind Re ...... QR 0.0566 QR 0.0577 Index 11,944.62 11,911.31 Nikkei 225 Index 20600.12 136.79 0.67 20952.71 16592.57 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0354 QR 0.0362 Change 33.31 98.23 BRENT Peso ...... QR 0.0795 QR 0.0812 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 2134.72 1820.66 % 0.28 0.82 $ 56.18 SL Re ...... QR 0.0269 QR 0.0275 YTD% 2.78 3.05 Straits Times/D 3353.45 14.59 0.44 3549.85 3249.89 Taka ...... QR 0.0464 QR 0.0473 Volume 3,644,556 2,717,685 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0356 QR 0.0363 Value (QAR) 175,384,697.02 126,684,901.88 Straits Times/D 3290.99 -1.82 -0.06 3387.84 2953.01 SA Rand ...... QR 0.2903 QR 0.2960 Trades 3,297 2,234 $ 55.32 Up 25 | Down 11 | Unchanged 04 Straits Times/D 3274.06 -8.82 -0.27 3291.83 2953.01

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LONDON: Usain Bolt said he had sympathy for his friend Mo Farah following the furore at Anniversary Games surrounding doping allegations against Alberto Salazar, coach of the Briton. London race will determine whether I’ll race again before Beijing: Bolt “I’ve come through the ranks with Mo, so I’ve seen the work that he’s put in,” said the LONDON: Usain Bolt’s suspect Jamaican sprint king yesterday hip and Mo Farah’s status as on the eve of the Anniversary the golden boy of British ath- Games Diamond League meeting letics will come under scrutiny in London. when both return to London’s “I’m sorry for Mo because every Olympic Stadium this weekend. day I hear he’s in the papers and The two-day so-called they’re trying to tear him down,” Anniversary Games, which incor- Bolt added.. porates a Diamond League meet- “I think he’s worked so hard ing, features a glittering cast but to get where he is for some- six-times Olympic gold medallist body’s mistake to be causing him Bolt is the undoubted top of the problems. bill when he goes in the 100m “I just hope that he doesn’t today. take it too seriously and it doesn’t The world record holder has make him stress out.” looked a long way from the Bolt added that he supported unbeatable sprinter who elevated Farah’s decision to stand by track and field above the murky Salazar. waters of its dope-stained past “When you have confidence in with stunning 100m/200m dou- your coach, you know who he is bles at the Beijing and London as a person,” he said. Olympics. “Of course you’re going to want This season though he is yet to to support him as an athlete,” said dip below 10 seconds in the 100 the sprinter before adding: “If he and missed the recent Jamaican believes in his coach, I believe in trials with a troublesome hip A file photo taken on July 27, 2013, shows Britain’s Mo Farah as he holds the Union Jack him.” injury. He has not run a 100m flag after winning in the men’s 3,000 metres event during the London Anniversary Games British track star Farah, the since April in Rio. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League International Athletics reigning Olympic and world Bolt’s fitness, and speed will be Championships at the Olympic Stadium in London. RIGHT: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt champion over both the 5,000 and under scrutiny a month before the attends a press conference in London yesterday, ahead of this week’s IAAF Diamond League 10,000 metres, runs in the 3000m world championships in Beijing London event. Bolt returns to action after a six-week injury-enforced break in the 100 metres on Friday. when American Justin Gatlin, on on the opening night of the London Diamond League meeting today. Farah has faced intense media fire this season, will be itching to scrutiny after allegations that have a crack at him. Salazar administered testoster- There will be no showdown in championships I always make Olympic champion Farah. Farah the those balmy nights in London Jessica Ennis-Hill, another with one to American distance runner London, however, and a fit Bolt sure I’m ready! I’m definitely has stayed loyal to Salazar, who three years ago, could apparently golden memories of London Galen Rupp in 2002 when Rupp – looks a strong favourite ahead of excited for Beijing, maybe a bit is being investigated by both do no wrong. 2012, will compete in a variety a training partner of Farah – was European record holder Jimmy nervous.” USADA and UK Anti-Doping “It’s not a nice thing but at the of events, beginning today with only 16, and encouraged misuse of Vicaut of France, who ran 9.86 With twice-banned Gatlin over allegations that he has vio- same time, I answered everything the 100m hurdles which includes prescription drugs. seconds in Paris three weeks ago. causing a stir in the athlet- lated doping rules and will run that I can and it’s not in my con- 2008 Olympic champion Dawn There is no suggestion however “The race tomorrow will defi- ics world, a sharp 100m by Bolt the 3,000m, also on Friday. trol, it’s nothing to do with me,” Harper-Nelson. Kenya’s Olympic that Farah has violated anti-dop- nitely determine whether I’ll race would be a timely PR boost for Although there is no sugges- Farah told ITV this week. champion David Rudisha, who ing rules, although he came under again before Beijing. I have two a sport still mired in suspicion tion of any wrongdoing by Farah, “I’m very excited to be able to broke the world record en route pressure after it emerged he 100s to make it right,” Bolt said at – most recently allegations sur- it has been an uncomfortable go back in that stadium and com- to 800, gold in the Stadium three missed two drug tests in the lead- news conference yesterday. rounding Alberto Salazar, coach few months for the Briton who, pete in front of my home crowd.” years ago, lines up over the same up to the London 2012 Olympics. “But when I get to to Britain’s 5,000m and 10,000m after his extraordinary feats on Olympic heptathlon champion distance. REUTERS AFP

Division winners might not be Experimentation adds intrigue to NZ-SA battle JOHANNESBURG: Fierce World Cup at the end of the year guaranteed NBA foes South Africa and New and we have to select the right 31 Zealand have opted for experi- players to go to that. play-offs mentation in their Rugby “We know we have to have an Championship clash in the caul- experienced side on the park to dron of Ellis Park tomorrow. compete but at the same time LOS ANGELES: The day could South Africa are beset by you have to be brave enough with be coming when a division win- injuries after losing three more selections that allow us to go for- ner might not make the NBA players from the 24-20 loss to ward in the future.” play-offs. Australia in their tournament He said a “confident” Sopoaga Speaking as part of a panel opener. will present a different challenge discussion at the Beyond Sport They have opted for two open- to the Springboks than the vastly United programme on Wednesday side flankers to try and negate more experienced Dan Carter. in Newark, New Jersey, com- the influence of All Black captain “He is a player that likes to play missioner Adam Silver said the Richie McCaw at the breakdown, the game nice and flat and chal- league might not guarantee a an area of the game that coach lenges the defensive line,” he said. play-off spot for division winners Heyneke Meyer believes will be “He’s also got a good kicking if they finish out of the top eight key. game, he brings plenty.” in the conference standings. The selection of Heinrich Broadhurst has improved over Currently, a division win- Brussow after four years out of the last two seasons and is finally ner is guaranteed no worse the side has raised eyebrows, fulfilling his rich promise. than a number four seed in the especially as he will be play- “He’s a guy we have been wait- postseason. ing alongside another fetcher in ing for a long time, but he’s 27 The league planned to do away Francois Louw. now and has filled out that big with that format but now might “It is a gamble,” Meyer said. New Zealand’s fly-half Aaron Cruden (centre) with Ma’a Nonu (right) and Aaron Smith perform frame of his,” Hansen said. take it a step further and make “You lose a little bit in the lin- the Haka before a Rugby Championship Test against South Africa at Westpac Stadium in “We expect him to be physical, division winners finish the season eout but they can cause havoc and Wellington, in this December 2014 file photo. he is in the tight-five so it’s his in the top eight to advance to the I truly believe the game will be responsibility to win us good ball play-offs. won and lost in the breakdowns, and scrum well. He is also a good “First of all, it’s never happened he added” over from injured lock Victor biggest test his side face in world “We know we are up against ball carrier.” before that a division winner did The Springboks will have their Matfield. New Zealand have a rugby. Lima Sopoaga will make probably the best side in the world New Zealand beat Argentina not finish within the top eight, third captain in as many matches rookie at flyhalf and another new his debut in the number 10 jersey, playing on their home patch,” 39-18 in their Rugby and our basketball analytics folks with number eight Schalk Burger, cap in their tight-five in what while James Broadhurst finally Hansen told reporters. Championship opener last week- calculate that there’s less than a 5 himself usually a flank, taking coach Steve Hansen said is the gets his chance at lock. “But we are mindful there is a end. REUTERS percent chance that it would hap- pen,” Silver said. “Where we’re leaning right now is that we would not guar- antee a spot for a division winner, in part because it’s so unlikely to Baseball Results happen; and, number two, if it Teixeira, Rodriguez lead Yankees to win LA Dodgers 3 Atlanta 1 does happen, it would be poten- C i n c i n n a t i 9 C h i c a g o C u b s 1 tially confusing to fans. Number NEW YORK: First baseman over seven innings as the Dodgers Tuesday in a 13-inning drubbing. Espinosa then came through with Washington 4 NY Mets 3 three, you would be displacing a Mark Teixeira and designated completed a 3-1 victory over the Cubs 6, Reds 5 (second game) the game-winner. team that did have a top-eight hitter Alex Rodriguez homered Atlanta Braves. Pinch-hitter Taylor Teagarden’s Matt Thornton (1-0), who Philadelphia 5 Tampa Bay 4 record.” to lead the New York Yankees to Bolsinger (5-3) did not allow RBI single off Cincinnati Reds pitched a scoreless eighth got the Cleveland 7 Milwaukee 5 Meanwhile, NBA fans eager to a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore a hit after the third inning and closer Aroldis Chapman lifted win, while Drew Storen got his Texas 10 Colorado 8 watch teams outside their home Orioles. retired 14 batters in a row before the Chicago Cubs to a 6-5 vic- 29th save with a perfect ninth. television markets will be in luck Teixeira hit his 24th home run a walk broke the streak with two tory in the second game of a Indians 7, Brewers 5 San Francisco 7 San Diego 1 starting in October. of the season in the first inning outs in the seventh inning. doubleheader. Centre fielder Michael Brantley Chicago Cubs 6 Cincinnati 5 The league plans to offer pay- off Baltimore right-hander Kevin Reds 9, Cubs 1 (first game) Nationals 4, Mets 3 had four hits, including a three- NY Yankees 4 Baltimore 3 per-view games at $6.99 apiece Gausman (1-2) and Rodriguez Joey Votto homered and Mike Third baseman Danny Espinosa run home run, while the Cleveland or $120 for the entire season (82 hit his 20th in the fifth, also off Leake allowed one run and four hit a two-out double to drive in Indians’ bullpen allowed only one Detroit 9 Seattle 4 games). Gausman. hits in eight innings to lift the Michael Taylor during a three- run over the final 6-1/3 innings in St. Louis 3 Chicago White Sox 2 The plan was part of a digital First baseman Ryan Flaherty Cincinnati Reds to a 9-1 victory run eighth as the Washington a 7-5 victory over the Milwaukee Kansas City 5 Pittsburgh 1 expansion first discussed last hit a two-run homer and right over the Chicago Cubs in the first Nationals came back to beat the Brewers. year by commissioner Silver, who fielder Chris Davis had a solo game of a doubleheader. New York Mets 4-3. The Indians’ relievers covered Houston 4 Boston 2 is striving to reach more fans home run for Baltimore. Leake (8-5) retired the final 16 Centre fielder Taylor had a a short outing by right-hander Miami 5 Arizona 3 through platforms outside cable Dodgers 3, Braves 1 batters he faced, giving Cincinnati two-run, two-out single in the Cody Anderson, who surren- Oakland 4 Toronto 3 and network television. Mike Bolsinger allowed just just what they needed after five eighth off reliever Bobby Parnell dered four runs on 10 hits in 2-2/3 LA Angels 5 Minnesota 2 AGENCIES three hits and an unearned run relievers worked 7-1/3 innings on to tie the game at 3-3 before innings. AGENCIES FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Hamilton and rivals try to refocus after Bianchi’s funeral BUDAPEST: Two days many of its safety procedures. after attending the funeral of Most notably with the intro- their colleague Jules Bianchi, duction of a ‘virtual’ Safety Formula One’s leading driv- Car scenario to try and avoid ers gathered again yesterday any repeat. The ruling body, to begin preparations for this the International Motoring weekend’s Hungarian Grand Federation (FIA) has also Prix, the 10th race of a season retired number 17, Bianchi’s rac- dominated by Mercedes and ing number. their dueling duo of defending Hamilton added: “I will carry champion Lewis Hamilton and Jules with me in my prayers and team-mate Nico Rosberg. thoughts, not only in this race, Following emotional scenes in but for the rest of my driving Nice, where Frenchman Bianchi days. I know he’d want us to race was laid to rest after his death hard, as he did, and so I will.” last Friday from injuries suffered Rosberg, winner of three out in a collision with a recovery of four races before the British vehicle at last year’s Japanese Grand Prix earlier this month, Grand Prix, the mood in the pad- echoed his team-mate’s thoughts. dock at the Hungaroring circuit, “It has been a very emotional north of Hungary’s capital city, is week,” he said. likely to be more subdued than “The drivers paid our final usual on the eve of F1’s mid- respects to Jules and said fare- season ‘summer’ break. well. He was a very talented Both Briton Hamilton and driver and a good guy. German Rosberg, as well as “My thoughts in these days Rosberg’s compatriot four-time are with his family and close La Mondiale rider Romain Bardet of France climbs during the break away in the 186.5km 18th stage of the 102nd Tour de France race, from Gap to champion Sebastian Vettel, friends. Everyone will be shar- Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in the French Alps, yesterday. were among many well-known ing the same feelings in the pad- Formula One personalities who dock this week, but we must race attended Bianchi’s funeral, on and race hard for Jules as he an occasion that marked the would have wanted to be doing first death of an F1 driver as a himself.” result of a racing accident since Much focus this weekend will Brazilian Ayrton Senna in 1994. be on the emotional and men- Bardet earns France Bianchi was tipped to become a tal stability of the drivers who Ferrari driver and enjoy an out- have appeared most affected by standing career. Bianchi’s death as Ferrari plan Hamilton, who leads Rosberg to decorate their garage in a vis- by 17 points in this year’s title ual tribute to the young driver race, is in pursuit of his third they were grooming for stardom. second Tour stage win title, but made clear this week Memories will be all around he will have much more on his them as they meet, talk, drive mind as he seeks to extend that and race and they will almost advantage on a sun baked, tight certainly be upset during the Froome efficiently retains overall leader’s yellow jersey and demanding track where he minute’s silence planned to has traditionally shone in past be held on Sunday 15 minutes ST JEAN DE MAURIENNE, shape early on and the group, percent, after Pinot and others of the yellow jersey group, who seasons. before the start of the race. France: Romain Bardet gave featuring Bardet and fellow had dropped back. easily reined them in before the “Saying goodbye to Jules was Mercedes, a team that has France a second win in this Frenchman Thibaut Pinot as Further behind in the yellow top of the Glandon. incredibly hard for everyone,” he experienced more tragedy than year’s Tour de France as he well as polka-dot jersey wearer jersey group, Frenchman Warren Contador upped the pace again said. most in the marque’s long his- showed his amazing descending Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain, built Barguil attacked and was joined in the Lacets de Montvernier, a “For myself, I wished I had tory in motor sport, insist they skills to clinch the 18th stage a five-minute lead over the pack. by Swiss Matthias Frank and short but steep, serpentine climb known him better. But from will help in the ongoing cam- yesterday. That group had been whittled Dutchman Robert Gesink. near the finish, but Froome was what I knew of him, he was a paign for improved safety in The AG2r-La Mondiale rider, down to less than a dozen mid- They were caught by Alberto never threatened. kind heart with a great spirit Formula One. sixth overall in the Tour last year, way through the ascent of the Contador, the only top rider who The Team Sky rider still leads and a bright future... “My first thoughts go to the timed his attack perfectly near col du Glandon, a 21.7-km climb dared to attack Froome, and the Movistar duo Nairo Quintana of “Now our sport embarks on family and friends of Jules - the the end of the long ascent to the at an average gradient of 5.1 four moved about 45 seconds clear Colombia by 3:10 and Alejandro a tough road ahead,” he added, loss of a child is something for col du Glandon before powering Valverde of Spain by 4:09. in quotes attributed to him in a which there are no words -- away from a breakaway group on Tour de France 18th Stage Results But Froome admitted he is news release by Mercedes. and on behalf of the team I send the descent. Results from the 18th stage of the Tour de France, a 186.5km ride from Gap to Saint Jean de concerned about Movistar pair “We have made great progress them strength for the days and The 24-year-old never looked Maurienne, yesterday: Quintana and Valverde, his clos- for safety thus far and I know weeks ahead,” said team boss back and crossed the line 33 1. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 5hr 03min 40sec est challengers. that the FIA will continue to Toto Wolff. seconds ahead of his compatriot Colombian Quintana is sec- make steps forward to improve “We will honour his memory 2. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) at 0:33sec. Pierre Rolland of the Europcar ond overall at 3min 10sec with even further.” by continuing to improve the 3. Winner Anacona (COL/MOV) 0:59. team, almost two weeks after Spaniard Valverde third at 4min Since Bianchi, 25, lost control safety of the drivers, team mem- Bardet’s team-mate Alexis 4. Bob Jungels (LUX/TRE) 0:59. 09sec. of his car in torrential rain at the bers, circuit workers and specta- Vuillermoz won the eighth stage. 5. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 0:59. But it was Movistar’s tactics Suzuka circuit and crashed last tors under the leadership of the Colombian winner Anacona 6. Serge Pauwels (BEL/MTN) 1:01. on Wednesday’s 17th stage from October, the sport has reviewed FIA.” AFP of Movistar took third place, 59 7. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 1:50. Digne-les-Bains to Pra Loup that seconds behind, as Chris Froome 8. Damiano Caruso (ITA/BMC) 1:50. most impressed Froome. British comfortably retained the overall 9. Andrew Talansky (USA/CAN) 1:55. While he was left alone without driver Lewis leader’s yellow jersey when he 10. Warren Barguil (FRA/GIA) 3:02. team-mates on the final climb to Hamilton of finished safely with the other top Overall Standings the finish, Quintana and Valverde Mercedes riders, 3:02 off the pace. 1. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 74h13min 31sec had two other Movistar riders for AMG waves “It was difficult to get in the 2. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) at 3:10. company. “It was a very impres- to fans at the breakaway. I knew that with a 3. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 4:09. sive ride by them to have numbers Hungaroring late attack in the Glandon I could in the finish there,” said Froome. 4. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 6:34. Circuit in then take time on the others Today’s 19th stage, a gruel- 5. Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 6:40. Mogyorod, thanks to my descending skills,” ling 138-km ride from St Jean de 23km north- said Bardet, who dropped out of 6. Robert Gesink (NED/LNL) 7:39. Maurienne to La Toussuire, will contention for a podium finish 7. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 8:04. be the penultimate chance for east of in Paris after a bad day in the 8. Mathias Frank (SUI/IAM) 8:47. Froome’s rivals to prevent him Budapest, Pyrenees. 9. Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 12:06. securing a second Tour title. yesterday. A 29-man breakaway took 10. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 12:52. AGENCIES De Grasse wins 100m title; St Lucia strike Pan Am gold

TORONTO: Canada’s Andre De De Grasse emerged this year as second with 64 gold and 173 event while Canada’s Whitney Grasse and Jamaica’s Sherone Canada’s biggest sprinting sensa- overall. McClintock won gold in the wom- Simpson won their respective tion since Donovan Bailey, who Levern Spencer won the en’s competition. 100 metres finals at the Pan won the 100m gold at the 1996 women’s high jump to give St. American cyclist Kelly Catlin American Games on Wednesday Atlanta Olympics with a then- Lucia their first gold medal in captured the gold medal in the while St Lucia enjoyed a land- world record time of 9.84s. six appearances at the multi- women’s individual time trial mark moment at the multi- He has covered 100m in under sport competition between coun- but the 19-year-old said after sport competition. 10 seconds three times this year tries from North America, Latin that she was unsure whether she De Grasse, Canada’s newest and is putting Canadian sprinting America, South America and the wanted to stay in the sport or sprinting sensation, took the back on the map. Caribbean. focus entirely on her university men’s final in 10.05 seconds in Simpson showed solid form Spencer, who represented her studies. front of his home crowd while in holding off Ecuador’s Angela country in the last two Olympics, Catlin, who is working towards three-times Olympic medallist Tenorio (silver) and American cleared 1.94m to secure the gold a double major in biomedical engi- Simpson crossed the line in a Barbara Pierre (bronze) but felt ahead of Antigua and Barbuda’s neering and Chinese, previously season-best 10.95s. there was still work to be done Priscilla Frederick and Barbados’ trained in athletics and soccer but “This is a once-in-a-lifetime before moving on to the Aug. Akela Jones. switched to cycling after suffering opportunity to compete at home 22-30 world athletics champion- “No other St. Lucian has ever stress fractures in both legs three in front of relatives and friends,” ships in Beijing. won a gold at a Pan Am so it’s a years ago. De Grasse, who will also compete “I tried to keep my composure great honour and I’m just happy “I really like being a college stu- in the 200m and 4x100m relay, and just ensure that I was relaxed to get a gold medal for my coun- dent so it’s really hard because it’s told reporters. in the last 20 metres of the race,” try,” Spencer, who won a bronze hard to be a professional athlete “I feel like I’ve got my first sen- said Simpson. medal at the 2007 Pan Ams in Rio and a college student at the same ior national medal, and at home, “Now I just need to get back de Janeiro, told reporters. time,” said Catlin, who was only so that’s a great feeling.” to work and improve what I Waterski and wakeboard, one added to the event because the Ramon Gittens of the Barbados have to improve for the world of the eight Pan Am sports not US did not have a big enough road finished second with a season- championships.” part of the Olympics programme, squad. best 10.07 while Antoine Adams The United States held had its day in the spotlight as the “It’s been hard for me to choose. Andre De Grasse of Canada celebrates after winning the men’s 100m of St. Kitts and Nevis was third their lead in the medals race by first medals were awarded. Do I put a priority on cycling or final at the Pan Am Games in Toronto on Wednesday night. in 10.09s, also his fastest of the upping their gold medal tally to Chile’s Felipe Miranda won schoolwork? I’m still trying to fig- season. 76 and 201 overall. Canada were the men’s water ski overall ure it out.” REUTERS FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 India pick leg-spinner Mishra for SL series

NEW DELHI: India’s selectors Yadav and Varun Aaron to per- took a cue from Pakistan yes- form on wickets that usually terday when they recalled leg- assist early bounce and seam Bangladesh cricketer spinner Amit Mishra after four movement. Litton Das reacts years for next month’s three- The series will mark the end after scoring a half Test series in Sri Lanka. of the international career of Sri century during the third Mishra, 32, who has taken 43 Lankan batting great Kumar day of the first Test wickets in 13 matches, last played Sangakkara, who will retire after against South Africa a Test at the Oval during the playing the first two Tests. at the Zahur Ahmed England tour in 2011. With the Indian board still Chowdhury Stadium in But the success of Pakistani to name a successor to coach Chittagong, yesterday. leg-spinner Yasir Shah during the Duncan Fletcher, whose term recent series in Sri Lanka, where ended after the World Cup in he claimed 24 wickets to lead his February-March, former Test team to a 2-1 win, prompted the captain Ravi Shastri will head the selectors to go with Mishra. squad as team director. “Having seen how the Sri Shastri will be assisted by Lankan batsmen fared against three assistant coaches in Sanjay Pakistan, our preference was for Bangar (batting), Bharat Arun Mishra who has also done well (bowling) and Ramakrishnan in domestic cricket,” chairman Sridhar (fielding). of selectors Sandeep Patil told India’s tour opens with a three- reporters in New Delhi. day warm-up match select team Mishra will partner two off- at the Premadasa stadium in spinners – Harbhajan Singh Colombo from August 6 before the and Ravichandran Ashwin – in first Test gets under way in Galle India’s first Test-series in the on August 12. The remaining two Bangladesh post their island nation since 2010, when Tests will be played in Colombo, the three-match series ended at the P Sara Oval from August in a 1-1 draw. Mishra replaces 20 and the Sinhalese Sports Club injured leg-spinner Karn Sharma from August 28. The tour does not in the only change to the 15-man feature any one-day or Twenty20 squad selected for the rain-ruined matches. AFP highest total against SA drawn Test in Bangladesh in June. Young batsman Lokesh Rahul, who missed the Bangladesh trip India squad Hosts score 326 runs to take lead, Das hits maiden fifty due to dengue fever, was back Virat Kohli (captain), Murali Vijay, Shikhar as one of the seven specialist Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, batsmen. Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman CHITTAGONG:, Bangladesh Scoreboard Bangladesh past South Africa’s The squad includes four Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan posted their highest total first innings total and then hit JP seamers in Ishant Sharma, Singh, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma against South Africa in the first South Africa (I innings) ...... 248 5-195, 6-277, 7-311, 8-319, 9-325, 10-326 Duminy a boundary past cover Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Test yesterday, after Litton Das Bangladesh (I innings) Bowling: D Steyn 22.1 - 5 - 78 - 3; V Philander to help Bangladesh surpass their scored a maiden half-century T Iqbal b Elgar ...... 57 20 - 2 - 40 - 2(nb-1); M Morkel 19 - 2 - 52 - 0; previous highest score 259 runs Australia beat England in second ODI and put on 82 with Shakib Al I Kayes st de Kock b van Zyl ...... 26 S Harmer 35 - 8 - 105 - 3; S van Zyl 13 - 4 - 23 against South Africa. Hasan for the sixth wicket. M Haque b Harmer ...... 6 - 1; D Elgar 3 - 0 - 6 - 1; J Duminy 4 - 0 - 15 - 0 “We get a lot of loose balls in Bangladesh took a first innings Mahmudullah lbw b Philander ...... 67 South Africa (II innings) domestic cricket, but it is the lead of 78 runs before they were M Rahim lbw b Steyn ...... 28 S van Zyl (batting) ...... 33 opposite in international cricket,” all out for 326 runs during the S Al Hasan c Duminy b Harmer ...... 47 D Elgar (batting) ...... 28 said Das, who was playing only his extended second session of the L Das c de Kock b Harmer ...... 50 Extras ...... 0 second Test. third day’s play in Chittagong. M Shahid c van Zyl b Philander ...... 25 Total (for no loss) ...... 61 “The wicket was slow. So it South Africa, who made 248 T Islam c Elgar b Steyn ...... 9 To bat: H Amla, F du Plessis, T Bavuma, Q de Kock, wasn’t easy to play shots. I had in the first innings, were 61-0 in M Rahman c Duminy b Steyn ...... 3 J Duminy, V Philander, D Steyn, S Harmer, M Morkel to be careful,” he said. their second knock when bad light J Hossain (not out) ...... 0 Bowling: M Rahim 5 - 0 - 21 - 0; T Islam 2 - 0 “There is a different need every forced an early stumps with 24.5 Extras (lb-7 nb-1) ...... 8 - 4 - 0; Mahmudullah 1 - 1 - 0 - 0; S Al Hasan 5 day. So today the demand of the overs left to be bowled. Total (all out) ...... 326 - 0 - 19 - 0; M Shahid 6 - 1 - 12 - 0; J Hossain situation was for me to play this Openers Stiaan van Zyl was Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-55, 3-144, 4-178, 2.1 - 1 - 5 - 0 way,” he added. Bangladesh, who unbeaten on 33 and Dean Elgar have lost their previous eight on 28 not out. The tourists still Tests against South Africa, most trail by 17 runs. contest. “I think there is still a Bangladesh the edge. Steyn had of them by an innings margin, had Fast bowler Dale Steyn finished lot of cricket to be played in this Mushfiqur Rahim leg-before for made an impressive start to the with 3-78 as he moved closer to match,” Harmer said after the 28 in South Africa’s only suc- match by bowling out the Proteas becoming only the second South third day’s play. cess of the morning session, but cheaply on the opening day. African bowler after former cap- “We have lost lots of time (due) Shakib (47) and Das stood firm to Mohammad Mahmudullah tain Shaun Pollock to take 400 to bad light... I think we need to defy the visiting bowlers. scored 67 and Tamim Iqbal added Test wickets. make sure that we set ourselves Rahim, who was initially given 57 in the rain-shortened second Off-spinner Simon Harmer also a good base tomorrow morning. not out before South Africa suc- day to lay a strong foundation for Australian players celebrate their victory over England in the second claimed three wickets, including Das made 50 off 102 balls with cessfully reviewed the decision, the home side. Royal London ODI, Women’s Ashes Series 2015 at the County Ground the key scalps of Das and Shakib, the help of seven boundaries and added 12 runs to his overnight The second match of the two- in Bristol, yesterday. The series has been levelled 2-2 after 63-run win to give South Africa a lifeline in tail-ender Mohammad Shahid score. Test series will be played in Dhaka by the Aussies. what is shaping up to be a close belted 25 off 19 balls to provide Das drove Steyn to take from July 30-August 3. AFP Pakistan urged to show Pakistan vs England in UAE 2015 PCB announces England series 30 Sept: England Team arrive KARACHI: Pakistan 1 to 5 at Sharjah. The One Day consistent performance 5-6 October: 2-day match vs Pakistan ‘A’, Cricket Board (PCB) yester- Internationals are scheduled Sharjah day announced the itinerary for November 11 and 13 in Abu KARACHI: Former captain is needed,” said Miandad, one of 8-9 October: 2-day match vs Pakistan ‘A’, for their neutral-venue series Dhabi, November 17 at Sharjah Javed Miandad urged Pakistan Pakistan’s greatest batsmen ever. Sharjah against England in the United and November 20 at Dubai. to focus on consistency after “We have to compete at the Arab Emirates from October to England will play one T20 13-17 October: 1st Test in Abu Dhabi their one-day series win away to top level and with teams like November. practice match against a UAE Sri Lanka. Bangladesh and England show- 22-26 October: 2nd Test in Dubai Pakistan has been forced to XI in Abu Dhabi on November Pakistan thumped the hosts by ing great improvement we have 1-5 November: 3rd Test, Sharjah play most of their home matches 23, before the two T20 matches seven wickets in the fourth one- to lift ourselves,” said the former 8 November: 1-day practice match in Abu Dhabi on the neutral venues of the UAE against Pakistan in Dubai on day international in Colombo middle-order batsman. after militants attacked the Sri November 26 and 27. 11 November: 1st ODI in Abu Dhabi to take an unassailable 3-1 lead “Bangladesh has proved Lankan team bus in Lahore in The series will conclude ahead of the final match. their rise by beating teams like 13 November: 2nd ODI in Abu Dhabi 2009. with the third and final T20 The win boosts Pakistan’s Pakistan, India and South Africa 17 November: 3rd ODI in Sharjah Zimbabwe were the first Test- Shahryar Khan International against Pakistan chances of qualifying for the 2017 so cricket is changing and to be in 20 November: 4th ODI in Dubai playing team in six years to tour on November 30 in Sharjah. Champions Trophy in England that race we have to rise consist- Pakistan in May, but top teams “We are most happy to be host- 23 November: T20 practice v UAE XI in but Miandad said the team must ently and stick to basics which we have continued to stay away followed by three Tests, four ODIs ing England for the first series of Abu Dhabi move on from the mercurial had not been doing.” because of the ongoing security and finally three Twenty20s. The our home season 2015-16. Like unpredictability of the past. Bangladesh rose to seventh in 26 November: 1st T20I in Dubai risk in the South Asian coun- first Test will take place in Abu ever, with few exceptions since “Our team is looking good now the ICC rankings after crushing 27 November: 2nd T20I in Dubai try, which is battling an Islamist Dhabi between October 13 and 1954, we expect this bilateral but we need consistent work on it series wins over Pakistan, India 30 November: 3rd T20I in Sharjah insurgency. 17, the second will be hosted in series to produce cricket of a very because we should belong to the and South Africa in home one-day The tour will begin with two Dubai from October 22 to the 26 high standard,” said PCB chair- 1 December: England depart UAE top four. For that consistent work series since April this year. AFP warm-up games for the visitors and the third from November man Shahryar Khan. AFP Day eyes more success after strong British Open

TORONTO: Australia’s Jason Thursday. “You’re expecting hard, Furyk and win for the second Day, who is coming off another tough conditions at the British time on the USPGA Tour. Furyk near miss at a major champi- Open. But not unplayable weather had a 12-footer for birdie to force onship, will try to build on an and conditions,” said Day. a play-off, but failed to sink the already superb season at this “You can attack this golf course putt. Australian golfer Jason week’s Canadian Open. a lot more.” His total of 263 allowed him Day tees off during the The 27-year old from Glen Abbey returns as the host to tie Johnny Palmer (1952) and fourth round and final Beaudesert, Queensland is one of this year for the 27th time. The Scott Piercy (2012) for the tour- day at the British Open the 20-something young guns who course had hosted 22 consecutive nament scoring record. Golf Championship at have been lighting up the PGA Canadian Opens before the Royal Clark, who had to skip the St Andrews, Scotland, Tour along with Jordan Spieth, Canadian Golf Association began British Open because of visa prob- Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler. opening it up to other courses lems, has missed time on the PGA Britain, in this July 20, Day, who finished tied for fourth throughout Canada. Tour over the last few years with 2015 file photo. at the weather-hit British Open Among those expected to head- a nagging elbow problem. on Sunday, and about two dozen line the field are Day, Jim Furyk The Canadian crowd favour- others from St. Andrews are and Bubba Watson. ites will be Graham DeLaet, Nick hoping for some more favourable Last year in Montreal, Tim Taylor and David Hearn. Taylor weather at the Toronto-area Glen Clark closed with a five-under captured the Sanderson Farms Abbey Golf Club course, beginning 65 in the final round to rally past Championship last year. AFP FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 SPORT 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Jamaica stun USA in Gold Cup semis Reggae Boyz beat defending champs as Panama yell ‘robbery’ after loss to Mexico

ATLANTA: Jamaica’s “Reggae his team was robbed of a rightful Boyz” delivered defending cham- victory. pion United States a humbling Mexican captain Andres 2-1 defeat on Wednesday, becom- Guardado scored on stoppage ing the first Caribbean squad time penalty kicks after the 90th to reach the Gold Cup final by and 105th minutes to give his shocking the heavily favoured team a 2-1 extra-time triumph hosts. over 10-man Panama in a Gold After Jamaican defenders dis- Cup semi-final before a sellout rupted US attacks for the first crowd of more than 70,000 at the half hour, Darren Mattocks nod- Georgia Dome. ded home the first goal in the 31st “This is a big robbery,” Gomez minute and Giles Barnes scored said. “It was robbery at gunpoint. on a free kick in the 36th — set It’s a very sad thing to say. We up by a controversial violation on were robbed.” US goalkeeper Brad Guzan — to The Mexicans, who also needed put Jamaica ahead 2-0 and signal a Guardado penalty kick goal after an epic upset was in the making at a controversial foul call beyond the sold-out Georgia Dome. the 120th minute to beat Costa US captain Michael Bradley Rica 1-0 in the quarter-final, answered in the 48th minute but will face Jamaica on Sunday in the Americans never managed Philadelphia in the title match an equalizer against the stub- of the biennial North American born Caribbean backline and lost regional football championship. to a Jamaican side that was 1-13 Gomez was angry at US referee with eight drawn in their prior Mark Geiger for ejecting Panama matches. striker Luis Tejada in the 25th “We made history by getting minute, but saw the Caneleros into the final. It shows what this take a 1-0 lead on a header by team is capable of,” Barnes said. captain Roman Torres in the 57th “We’ve shocked a few peo- minute. On the verge of an emo- ple along the way but we’ve not tional triumph in the 89th minute, shocked ourselves. We don’t fear Torres was whistled for a hand anybody. We put out a great team.” ball violation in the penalty area, On Sunday in Philadelphia, Members of Jamaica’s national team celebrate after defeating USA in the semi-final of the Gold Cup in Atlanta on Wednesday. falling onto the ball after contact Jamaica will play for the crown with a Mexico forward. against six-time champion “The referee was not good,” Mexico, which edged Panama The five-time champion making the final and we have to I would be making if I were a the 51st minute that Thompson Mexico coach Miguel Herrera 2-1 in the other semi-final of the Americans had won their past swallow that pill.” referee.” could not fully grip but Johannsson said. “The first penalty, it wasn’t a biennial North American regional five Gold Cup semi-finals but were A long throw from the left side Barnes curved a free kick from headed the rebound over the penalty, but sometimes it’s contro- football championship. undone by a Jamaican side that found Mattocks, who outleaped just outside the penalty area over crossbar. In the 57th, Bradley fired versial and it goes in your favour. “We cannot have a party now. matched its best runs in 1993 and two defenders and headed the the wall and into the upper right a hard outside shot that bounced It’s not our team. It’s the referee.” We still have one more match,” 1998 just to make the last four. ball in off the far post, and the corner of the goal. off Thompson’s chest, deflected off AGENCIES Jamaican coach Winfried Schaefer It was the first Caribbean semi- second goal came off a free kick The US scored when Aron the goalpost to his right and out said. “Bob Marley comes after the finalist since Guadeloupe in 2007. set up when Guzan was whistled Johannsson blasted a shot that of danger. Gold Cup Semi- match.” “The team is disappointed,” US for a throw with his foot outside Jamaican goalkeeper Ryan “The luck was not with us but In Jamaica, the late reggae leg- coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “I the area. Thompson stopped but couldn’t maybe we were not clinical enough finals Results end’s music might be playing all cannot complain about the per- “In all of my years of being pro- keep in his grasp. Clint Dempsey as well,” Klinsmann said. “We saw Results on Wednesday from the semi-finals day and night until the match. formance of the team. They kept fessional, I don’t think I’ve seen followed and spilled over prone a lot of good stuff but it’s the goals of the Gold Cup, North America’s biennial “Just incredible. The feeling pushing, pushing, pushing. We had that call,” Guzan said. “Especially Thompson as the ball came loose that matter.” regional football championship: right now is just insane,” Barnes enough chances. We had enough since seeing a still image of it -- and an onrushing Bradley buried Meanwhile in yesterday’s other Jamaica 2 (Mattocks 31, Barnes 36) United said. “The phone hasn’t stopped. chances to put three, four, five maybe (it was) an inch or two.” it into the back of the net. semi-final, Mexico advanced to States 1 (Bradley 48) Back in Jamaica there’s got to be in there and we didn’t do it and Bradley called it “a head From there it was a case of the final after a controversial pen- a party on. It will be even bigger that’s why we lost. scratcher,” adding, “You don’t see missed opportunities. alty kick goal that had Panama Mexico 2 (Guardado 90+10-pen, 105+1- when we lift the Cup on Sunday.” “Congratulations to Jamaica on it very often. It’s not a call that Johannsson fired a free kick in coach Hernan Dario Gomez saying pen) Panama 1 (Torres 57) Benitez plays Davis scores twice as Red Bulls stun Chelsea down tension NEW YORK: Sean Davis who were playing Chelsea for the his second on a poor clearance by scored twice in the second half first time. a Chelsea defender. This time he with Ronaldo as the New York Red Bulls upset Loic Remy in the 26th minute hammered a left foot shot into the Chelsea 4-2 in the reigning and Eden Hazard in the 75th bottom right corner past Begovic MELBOURNE: Real Madrid English Premier League cham- scored for Chelsea, who are on to make it 4-2. manager Rafael Benitez yester- pions’ first game of their pre- a three-game tour of North Sandwiched in between Davis’ day hailed his superstar striker season US exhibition tour. America. markers was a goal by Chelsea’s Cristiano Ronaldo as the best The Red Bulls scored four Chelsea field vastly different Hazard, who pulled one back by in the world as he played down times in the second half against sides in each half as just three scoring through a maze of players reports of tension between the mighty Chelsea FC on Wednesday players played the full 90 minutes. from just outside the box. pair. despite using a roster made up It was a difficult Chelsea debut Adams, who was making his Real Madrid take on English of mostly of young developmental for goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, who Red Bull debut after playing Premier League heavyweights players. came on in the second half. The mainly with the under-17 team, Manchester City in the final They were also coming off a Blues were without stars Willian gave New York their first lead of match of the International quarter-final loss less than 24 and Juan Cuadrado as they were the game, 2-1, with a header that Champions Cup in Melbourne on hours earlier to the Philadelphia both resting after competing in beat Begovic after a nice cross Friday, however Spanish reports Union in the US Open Cup the Copa America tournament. from Castellanos. say the atmosphere has become competition. Davis was in the right place at Remy opened the scoring for testy on the training pitch dur- New York head coach Jesse the right time on both of his goals Chelsea with a nice hesitation ing the club’s pre-season tour of Marsch went with a youthful in front of a crowd of 24,000 at move that froze Red Bull goal- Australia. lineup and it paid off as midfielder the Red Bull Arena. He blasted keeper Kyle Reynish before plac- But Benitez, who took over Davis scored in the 73rd and 77th a right footed a shot from the ing his shot into the top half of from Carlo Ancelotti in June, sug- New York Red Bulls’ midfielder Sean Davis (right) celebrates with team- minutes and 16-year-old Tyler center of the box in the 73rd the net. gested he had no problems with mates after scoring against Chelsea during their International Champions Adams scored in the 70th minute. minute to the top left corner to Chelsea’s next game is Saturday Ronaldo. Cup match at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, on Wednesday. Franklin Castellanos scored in make it 3-1. against Paris Saint-Germain in “Luckily, I have had the oppor- the 51st minute for the Red Bulls, Just four minutes later he got Charlotte, North Carolina. AFP tunity this week to spend quite a few days with him,” Benitez told reporters. “And I can say that he’s com- Guardiola guarded on Vidal arrival as Bayern lose petitive, he likes to win, and for that reason he is the best in the GUANGZHOU: Bayern everything goes as planned, he confirmed earlier that striker Robinho — who only arrived in world. I would like all players to Munich manager Pep Guardiola should be training with us next Thomas Mueller was going China on Tuesday — alongside have that desire to win and to (pictured) refused to comment week,” said Rummenigge. The nowhere, despite reports this compatriots Paulinho and Ricardo compete. You’ve all seen him train yesterday on the imminent deal is reported to be worth 35 m week that Manchester United Goulart. today and I think his performance arrival of Chile’s Copa America- euro ($38.5m). were poised to launch a 100m euro Guangzhou started brightly, will be up to scratch. winning playmaker Arturo But Guardiola was adding ($109m) bid to lure the World particularly Robinho who played “I talk to all the players a lot. I Vidal from Juventus. nothing. “There’s no comment Cup winner. You can’t put a price 45 minutes and was a constant have had the opportunity to talk Guardiola had just watched because he has not signed,” said on certain players. We’d be out threat. to him, too. We talked about foot- his side beaten 5-4 on penalties the manager at the post-match of our minds to let a player like “I think he’s lived up to our ball and yes, he is competitive. by Chinese champions Guangzhou press conference. him leave,” said Rummenigge on expectations, he’s really is a great “Seeing Ronaldo up close train- Evergrande after a goalless “Tonight was a wonderful the Bayern club website. “It’s all player,” said Scolari afterwards. ing, I can see that he’s doing very friendly and the Spaniard pre- match and I am completely sat- got injured so that was very good hot air.” “He’s not trained for 15 days well.” ferred instead to praise the efforts isfied with the condition of my for us.” Unfortunately it was Mueller and he gave them trouble so I Ronaldo, the world’s third- of his opponents while lauding the players after this tour,” Guardiola The 28-year-old Vidal will who was the only man to fluff think once we work with him he’ll highest paid sportsman this year success of his team’s pre-season said. be a replacement in midfield a penalty on the night, handing be a very good player for us, and of after boxers Floyd Mayweather China tour. Bayern had beaten Valencia 4-1 for former captain Bastian Guangzhou a famous 5-4 shootout course score a lot of goals.” and Manny Pacquiao, played Just before kick-off yester- in Beijing last Saturday, and Inter Schweinsteiger who departed for win over the German champions The visitors upped the pace the first-half on Saturday as day, Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Milan 1-0 in Shanghai on Tuesday Manchester United earlier this when keeper Cheng Zeng made when Mueller and Thiago entered Real Madrid lost their opening Rummenigge confirmed he had before their defeat on penalties in month. an instant hero of himself by sav- the fray after half-time,but Melbourne match on penalties agreed a deal for Vidal bringing Guangzhou. Vidal returns to the Bundesliga ing the striker’s tame effort. they could not find a way past to Italy’s AS Roma. Manchester an end to the speculation that had “Generally speaking, the train- after having played 144 games and A packed Tianhe stadium of an inspired Cheng between the City, who beat Roma in a pen- followed his club on their three- ing here was good. In Beijing and scoring 21 goals in a four-year around 25,000 fans had been Guangzhou posts. alty shoot-out on Tuesday, will match tour. Shanghai it was very good, but we spell at Bayer Leverkusen. treated to plenty of chances from “It was great opportunity to attempt to win the three-team “I can confirm that there is didn’t have enough time for a full He moved to the Turin club in both sides in a lively encounter. compete against a great team tournament when they take on an agreement between the two session in Guangzhou. 2011, making 124 Serie A appear- Evergrande boss Luiz Felipe and we had our chances. I think the 10-time European champions parties (Bayern and Juventus). “We won twice but the results ances and scoring 35 goals. Scolari made good on his vow to this was a wonderful game for our at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He still needs a medical but if don’t matter too much. No players Rummenigge had also give a debut to fellow Brazilian fans,” said Scolari. AFP AFP FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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Prayer Timings Weather Hazy to misty at places at first becom- ing hot daytime with Fajr 03.31 am Zuhr 11.40 am Maghrib 06.25 pm Minimum: 32o C Maximum: 43o C Shorook 04.57 am Asr 03.06 pm Isha 07.55 pm slight dust and some HIGH TIDE 11:45 - 21:45LOW TIDE 04:45 - 15:30 clouds and hazy by night. Tic toc: Why Nasa discovers Earth-like planet pendulums MIAMI: Astronomers hunting for another Earth have found swing in what may be the closest match yet, a potentially rocky planet circling its star at the same dis- harmony tance as the Earth orbits the Sun, Nasa said yesterday. Not only is this planet squarely PARIS: Almost 350 years ago, in the Goldilocks zone — where Dutch inventor and scientist life could exist because it is nei- Christiaan Huygens observed ther too hot nor too cold to sup- that two pendulum clocks hang- port liquid water — its star looks ing from a wall would synchro- like an older cousin of our Sun, nise their swing over time. the US space agency said. What causes the phenomenon That means the planet, which has led to much scientific head- is 1,400 light-years away, could scratching over the centuries, but offer a glimpse into the Earth’s no consensus to date. apocalyptic future, scientists said. Yesterday, a study in the nature Known as Kepler 452b, the journal Scientific Reports proposed planet was detected by the US a solution: The pendulums trans- space agency’s Kepler Space fer energy to one another through Telescope, which has been hunt- sound pulses. A pair of Portuguese ing for other worlds like ours scientists hypothesised that these since 2009. pulses might move from clock to “Kepler 452b is orbiting a close clock, perturbing the swing of the cousin of our Sun, but one that is pendulums and eventually causing 1.5 billion years older,” Nasa said them to synchronise. in a statement. Its star is four They developed a complex math- percent more massive than the ematical model before conducting Sun and 10 percent brighter. experiments with a pair of clocks If the planet is rocky, and sci- attached to a rail fixed to a wall. entists believe that it has a bet- The theoretical predictions and ter than even chance of being just simulation matched, they found. that, then it could be in the midst “We could... verify that the of a fearful scenario, as the heat energy transfer is through a sound from its dying star evaporates pulse,” co-author Luis Melo from Kepler 452b’s lakes and oceans. An artistic illustration compares Earth (left) to a planet beyond the solar system that is a close match to Earth, called Kepler-452b in this Nasa image Lisbon University’s physics depart- “If Kepler 452b is indeed a released yesterday. The planet, which is about 60 percent bigger than Earth, is located about 1,400 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. ment said. This not only solves “an rocky planet, its location vis-a-vis old, fundamental problem,” it also its star could mean that it is just “Kepler 452b could be experi- people have dreamed about for The new catalog includes 12 telescope. Other scientific tools boosts understanding of other entering a runaway greenhouse encing now what the Earth will thousands of years — another candidates that are less than are needed to judge whether the types of oscillators, he said. phase of its climate history,” undergo more than a billion years Earth,” Nasa said in a statement. twice the diameter of Earth and planet is gassy or rocky. Huygens is credited with mak- said Doug Caldwell, a Search from now, as the Sun ages and Yesterday, Nasa released the lat- which are orbiting in the habit- The Kepler mission has cost ing the first pendulum clock in for Extraterrestrial Intelligence grows brighter.” est catalog of exoplanet candidates, able zones of their stars. Nasa about $600m, and the US 1656. The speed of a pendulum—a (SETI) Institute scientist work- The Kepler mission launched adding more than 500 new possible Of those 12 new candidates, space agency said in 2013 that weight suspended from a string, ing on the Kepler mission. in 2009 to search for exoplanets, planets to the 4,175 already found Kepler 452b “is the first to be two of its orientation wheels had rod or wire—is determined mainly “The increasing energy from which are planets outside our by the space-based telescope. “This confirmed as a planet,” Nasa said. lost function, leaving the space by its length. Attempts to explain its aging sun might be heating solar system, particularly those catalog contains our first analysis Kepler identifies possible telescope beyond repair. But sci- the synchronisation have ranged the surface and evaporating any about the size of Earth or smaller. of all Kepler data, as well as an planets by watching for dips in entists have years to pore over the from the impacts of tiny air cur- oceans. The water vapor would “Today, and thousands of dis- automated assessment of these the brightness of stars, which data it has returned in order to rents to minute movements in be lost from the planet forever,” coveries later, astronomers are results,” said SETI Institute sci- could be caused by a planet pass- narrow the search for Earth-like the base on which the clocks are he added. on the cusp of finding something entist Jeffrey Coughlin. ing between the star and the worlds. AFP mounted. AFP Wheelchair dancers grace Bolshoi

MOSCOW: When the Bolshoi the dancers. Hero of Our Time theatrical version of Lars Von young soloists Igor Tsvirko, unveiled its take on a Russian comes out as Serebrennikov, Trier’s 1998 film, The Idiots. Artyom Ovcharenko and Ruslan literature classic this week, director of several critically He previously staged an opera Skvortsov to play three different among the dancers was a acclaimed films and cutting-edge at the Bolshoi in 2011. Pechorins over the course of the Paralympian who lost his leg to plays and operas, is rapidly falling His adaptation of A Hero of Our plot. Rising star Olga Smirnova frostbite while serving in the out of favour with Russia’s cul- Time was delayed several years dances the role of Bela, a proud Russian army, swirling on stage tural authorities. after a brutal acid attack in 2013 Caucasian princess Pechorin in his wheelchair. Last month, prosecutors asked on the Bolshoi’s artistic director abducts and who falls passionately Wednesday’s premiere of to check seven of his produc- Sergei Filin threw the theatre in love with him. Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero tions for possible pornography, into turmoil. Prima Svetlana Zakharova of Our Time marked the first and Russia’s culture minister The choreography is by Yuri plays Princess Mary, a naive time that wheelchair dancers denounced his adaptation of the Possokhov, a former Bolshoi prin- young girl Pechorin cynically appeared on the stage of the classics as inappropriate. cipal dancer who is a longtime seduces and woos away from his world’s premier ballet theatre, Activists from conservative choreographer in residence at the friend, a fellow officer. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) sufferer Ray Flynn, wearing a which had to modify its storied groups have protested against San Francisco Ballet. The ballet begins with a starkly “bionic eye”, at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. house near the Red Square to his state-funded theatre, Gogol The dense score by composer minimalistic set for the act in the accommodate them. Centre, once installing a naked Ilya Demutsky is inspired by Caucasus mountains before mov- “The Bolshoi is a traditional ode cutout of the director outside. Prokofiev and Stravinsky and ing to a busy spa resort where a World’s first: Bionic eye to the body, to health,” said Kirill Under fire at home, written in a “classic symphonic mix of high society and wounded Serebrennikov, who directed the Serebrennikov this month was style” despite the unusual use of soldiers use 19th century exercise production. “We wanted to show a rare Russian presence at operatic arias, the composer said. machines in a manner boarding helps UK pensioner see that people commonly associated the Avignon Festival, with his The ballet casts the Bolshoi’s on slapstick. AFP with a bodily deficiency are just as beautiful.” LONDON: A partially sighted Stanga, who led the four-hour “There has never been any- British pensioner has had most operation. “The dry form of AMD thing like this in the world,” said of his vision restored thanks to is a common, but untreatable con- Konstantin Vasilyev, who coaches a “bionic eye” — a device that dition. In the Western world, it the dancers. converts video images from a is the leading cause of sight loss. The lavish production, which miniature camera installed in Unfortunately, with an ageing blends ballet with opera arias, his glasses to his brain. population, it is becoming more marks several other firsts — the The University of Manchester common,” he said. first time that Lermontov’s classic announced the success of the The device was fitted in June has been made into a ballet and operation on retired engineer Ray and activated on July 1. the first ballet for Serebrennikov, Flynn, saying it was a world first Retinal degenerative diseases a film and theatre director who for the 80-year-old’s particular like AMD affect more than 30 has fallen out of favour in increas- condition. million people around the world, ingly authoritarian Russia for Flynn has age-related macular according to the US-based his socially-charged and edgy degeneration (AMD), a condi- Foundation Fighting Blindness. creations. tion which affects over 500,000 Bionic retinas are no longer The production adapts people in Britain and is the most restricted to the realm of science Lermontov’s 19th-century work common cause of blindness in fiction and already help blind or whose Byronic main character, people aged over 50 in developing partially blind people affected by Grigory Pechorin, callously casts countries. other conditions. aside romantic conquests while The condition means that his The technology has already serving in the Caucasus moun- vision is impaired and he cannot been used on dozens of people tains in the tsarist era. see things directly in front of him. with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The three members of Russia’s This prevents him from reading The technology turns images wheelchair dance sport team or driving and makes it difficult captured by the camera into small play wounded soldiers. Initially for him to recognise faces. electrical pulses, which are trans- the ballet’s producers planned The statement said Flynn was mitted wirelessly to electrodes on to use able-bodied dancers in now looking forward to watching the retina surface. wheelchairs. his beloved Manchester United The electrodes then stimulate “When we came to show them football team play and doing the the remaining cells and replicate what we can do, they decided to gardening. patterns of light for the brain, develop more complicated cho- “Flynn’s progress is truly which will eventually be inter- reography,” Vasilyev said. The remarkable... He is seeing the preted fully by Flynn, allowing theatre itself had to update Dancers performing during the premiere of the ballet “A Hero of Our Time” staged by Russian director Kirill outline of people and objects very him to regain vision. some of its facilities to make Serebrennikov at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. effectively,” said Professor Paulo AFP them wheelchair-accessible for