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Mubarak may be Indian rupee freed; US warns on Brotherhood CAIRO: Egypt’s former leader falls to an Hosni Mubarak could soon be freed from jail, giving a new jolt to a nation in turmoil, after a court ruled yesterday that he could no longer be held in cus- all-time low tody on a corruption charge. His lawyer said Mubarak could be bailed within days. Remittances from Qatar feverish At 85, Mubarak may have no political future but his release DOHA: The Indian rupee fell “There is rush among Indians could stir emotions and raise new to an all-time low of Rs17.30 to to transfer money,” said the questions on whether the popular a Qatari riyal in the local for- exchange official, asking not to be uprising that ended his 30-year eign exchange market yester- named since he was not author- rule in February 2011 is leading day after tumbling to Rs63 to a ised to speak to the media. back to a new form of military- dollar. The latest trend is that Indian backed government. After their uptake, exchange businessmen have begun sending After the court ruling, the only houses and banks here were offer- money home, he added. The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah legal grounds for Mubarak’s con- ing Rs17.23 on average per riyal, A leading Indian banker here bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah at the opening tinued detention rest on a second which is pegged to the dollar at confirmed Indians in local trade session of the first annual meeting of heads of Qatari diplomatic, consular and representative missions, at Sheraton corruption case which his lawyer, QR3.64. and industry were indeed cashing Doha Hotel yesterday. Fareed El Deeb, said would be set- The depreciating rupee is trig- in on the trend as a falling rupee tled swiftly. “All we have left is a gering remittance flows to India offered more value for riyals. simple administrative procedure at a feverish pitch, sources in The banker, though, wouldn’t that should take no more than banks and exchange houses said comment when asked if he 48 hours,” he said. “He should be yesterday. thought that would somewhat freed by the end of the week.” Remittances on the Indian sec- affect bank deposit volumes in Emir hails role of Qatar Held in April 2011 as talk of tor have actually been increasing Qatar. The rupee has been the democracy swept from Tunis since the rupee hit lows of Rs16 worst performing Asian currency and Cairo across the Arab world, upwards to the riyal sometime this year. Mubarak appeared in a court- ago. Speculations are rife, backed “In the three months of May, diplomatic missions room cage at a trial in which he by opinions among some local June and July alone it has lost was convicted of complicity in Indian bankers and exchange 16 percent to the dollar,” said the murder of protesters. But operators, that the rupee might Akshay Randeva, from the DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad abroad and the need to remove all obstacles faced in January, the highest court continue to dip until general elec- Qatar Financial Center (QFC) Al Thani yesterday praised efforts of Qatari dip- by them to meet their needs. ordered a retrial which continues. tions in India in mid-2014. Authority. lomats abroad and the role of diplomatic corps in The Emir also wished Qatar’s representatives The US, a major provider of “The rupee-riyal rate was actu- The dip basically began with enhancing relations and cooperation between the every success in their assignments. military and other aid to Egypt, ally Rs17.30 early yesterday but increasing interest rates in the State and world countries in various fields. Dr Al Attiyah, in his address, referred to mod- warned against banning the the currency slightly firmed up US and that started sucking back This came as the Emir patronised the opening ernisation and development taking place in Qatar in Muslim Brotherhood and ques- by evening,” said an official of foreign funds parked in India, he of the first annual meeting of heads of Qatari dip- various fields and highlighted the need to cope with tioned an official account of how an exchange house active on the suggested. lomatic, consular and representative missions, at regional and international developments. 37 Islamist prisoners died on India sector. But Randeva added that alone Sheraton Doha Hotel. He said the prestigious status enjoyed by Qatar Sunday. Meanwhile, 25 policemen Exchange companies and banks was not to blame. A yawning cur- The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E at local, regional and international levels puts us were killed by suspected Islamists said remittances to India had rent account deficit and struc- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and all at a difficult test, with heavy responsibility that in Sinai near the border with increased feverishly, especially tural issues are also at play, he the Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed requires us to move forward and further improve Israel. State TV showed the coffins, as Indians in business here were added. Al Attiyah were present. performance. draped in Egyptian flags, arrive by joining their salaried compatriots THE PENINSULA Addressing the opening session, the Emir stressed QNA plane in Cairo. REUTERS in wiring money home. Continued on page 4 continued protection and care of Qatar’s citizens Continued on page 3 See also page 5

New AC bus shelter UK faces ire over Snowden-linked Al Qaeda planning attacks on 9-hour detention Europe high-speed trains: Bild LONDON: British authori- ties faced increasing pressure BERLIN: Al Qaeda is planning attacks Bild said authorities had tightened secu- yesterday to explain why they on high-speed trains in Europe and rity on high-speed Intercity-Express routes used anti-terror laws to detain authorities in Germany have stepped up and at stations with “invisible measures”, the partner of a journalist who security on the country’s rail system, a including the deployment of plainclothes worked with US intelligence German newspaper said yesterday. police. German federal police said efforts leaker Edward Snowden. The information about planned attacks were already commensurate with the David Miranda, the Brazilian came from the US National Security Agency “highly dangerous situation both at home partner of Glenn Greenwald, (NSA), which apparently intercepted a call and abroad” but said it had alerted its forces. an American journalist with between senior Al Qaeda members several The Bild report cited unnamed security Guardian newspaper, was held weeks ago, the mass-circulation daily Bild experts as saying attacks could include acts for almost nine hours on Sunday said. But the German Interior Ministry said of sabotage on rail infrastructure or bomb- as he passed through Heathrow it regularly received information about such ings on board trains. German rail operator Airport on his way to Rio de threats and was not planning to increase Deutsche Bahn would not comment on the Janeiro from Berlin. overall security. report, but said the company was always in Greenwald said authori- “It is known that Germany, along with regular contact with security authorities ties had “zero suspicion” that other Western states, is a target for jihadist over possible threats. Miranda was involved in terror- terrorists so we always assess warnings on Earlier this month the US shut around ism and spent hours questioning a case-by-case basis but we already have a 20 embassies and consulates in the Middle him about the Guardian’s report- An AC bus shelter being set up by Mowasalat is ready for opening near the parking area high level of protective measures and we do East and Africa after saying it had picked up ing on the US National Security of the Lulu Hypermarket on D-Ring Road. Work is almost complete on the covered shed, not plan to step these up at the moment,” information through surveillance and other Agency. Full report on page 10 equipped with split AC and lighting. Mowasalat, a few years ago, had set up a similar facility spokesman Jens Teschke said. means about unspecified threats. REUTERS Oil prices hit by near Lusail on an experimental basis but the project was dropped mid-way. KAMMUTTY VP Egypt, Libya woes NEW YORK: Brent crude oil Al Jazeera America goes on air to reach out to 48m households prices were lower in choppy trading yesterday, supported DOHA: Al Jazeera America begins its David Doss and award-winning investi- network may be able to remove several studies in Washington, said that the by unrest in Egypt and the loss telecast today, reaching to nearly 48 mil- gative journalist Edward Pound, among stereotypes many Americans have about channel was set to create a new vision to of Libyan oil exports but pres- lion potential households in the US. others. Al Jazeera for over a decade. address issues that concern the American sured by profit-taking after a The New York City-based TV network Speaking at a press briefing, Ehab Al He said that Al Jazeera’s image was dis- public in a different way. It should be able sharp run-up in recent days. is starting its highly anticipated launch in Shihabi, the channel’s Chief Executive for torted in America when statements and to compete in the US cable market and Brent crude oil futures for the US with a dozen bureaus across the International Affairs, said that Al Jazeera speeches of Osama bin Laden were telecast enhance political and media approaches on October delivery were 20 cents country, including Los Angeles, Chicago, America will focus on local and regional during the previous US administration. local and international levels. lower at $110.20 a barrel at Detroit and New Orleans. issues for the American people. “A few years later, the war on terror Deborah Bassett, professor of telecom- 12.24pm after trading as high Apart from hiring nearly 1,000 employ- The network bought Al Gore’s Current began which was considered by many to be munications at Carolina University, said as $111.00. Brent rose to a four- ees to kick-start the broadcast, the net- TV with half a billion dollars earlier to against American interests, especially when that the American audience was already month high of $111.53 on August work has also signed up with a host of US start its news service in the US, which gives it hit its peak during the invasion of Iraq. hooked on to a number of local television 15, and traders are taking prof- TV veterans. it a window to reach out to nearly 48 mil- The images of Bin Laden and September 11 channels that exist in all states of America its as the market tries to find its The list of high-profile journalists lion households through the cable network. events have been on the American minds and provided minute-by-minute update. footing, brokers and analysts said. includes John Seigenthaler, Soledad Senior Al Sharq journalist, Khalid Al for over a decade,” Al Jaber said. THE PENINSULA REUTERS O’Brian, David Shuster, Sheila MacVicar, Jaber, who is in the US, said that the new Paul Russell, a US academic in media Continued on page 4 TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar Airways’ Dreamliner set for India flights National carrier plans to launch ultra luxurious services to Delhi and Bangalore from September 1

DOHA: Qatar Airways is Qatar Airways has 254 custom- set to extend its Boeing 787 made seats across its 787 Business Dreamliner route network to and Economy Class cabins with India with the launch of services specially designed interiors. to and from Delhi and Bangalore Business Class is configured 1–2–1 starting September 1. with 22 seats, while Economy has Qatar Airways Chief Executive a 232 seating capacity in a 3–3–3 Officer Akbar Al Baker, said: “In layout. All seats in Business Class line with our commitment to are fully reclinable. offer our passengers the most The airline’s 787s are the exceptional travel experience, we world’s first fully connected are delighted to introduce Qatar Dreamliners with wireless facili- Airways’ Dreamliner on two of ties for passengers to remain our important Indian routes. The in touch with friends and col- introduction of our Dreamliner leagues on the ground through service provides our passengers the Internet and SMS mobile with an unbeatable level of service texting across both Business and and comfort besides reiterating Economy cabins. our firm belief in the 787s unri- The 787 Dreamliners comple- valled capabilities and the value ment the ultra luxurious cus- it will add to Qatar Airways’ tomer service and experience plans to continue delivering on Qatar Airways promises to its its promise of quality.” passengers. “Our 787s provide a game- India remains to be a key mar- changing experience with spe- ket for Qatar Airways having an cially designed interiors, spacious extensive route network offer- cabins and custom-made seats ing 95 passenger flights non-stop One of Qatar Airways’ Boeing 787 Dreamliners. in both Business and Economy each week from 12 gateway cities Class. We are confident that our to Doha. patrons flying to and from Delhi Indian operations cover daily Bangalore, together with Doha to popular cities in Qatar Qatar Airways has taken deliv- Jeddah, Zurich and Frankfurt. and Bengalore routes will luxuri- services to Doha from Mumbai, 11-flights-a-week from Cochin Airways’ global network includ- ery of eight of its 60 Dreamliners The airline will also be fly- ate in the enhanced travel experi- Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Goa, and double daily flights from ing London, New York, Montreal, and has been flying the aircraft ing the Dreamliner to Oslo and ence on-board the Qatar Airways’ Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Delhi. Washington, Dubai, Nairobi, from Doha to Dubai, London, Copenhagen from September. Dreamliner,” Al Baker added. Trivandrum, Chennai and Flights from India connect via Paris, Frankfurt and Oslo. Munich, Stockholm, Riyadh, THE PENINSULA

Breaking the rules QF seeks abstracts for Qatar’s flagship research, development conference

DOHA: Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference (QF-ARC) 2013 has called researchers and students to submit an abstract based on original research for considera- tion before September 1. If selected, candidates will have the opportunity to present their research at Qatar’s flagship research and development con- ference, and connect with lead- ing experts in their fields locally, regionally and internationally. Theme of this year’s conference is ‘Qatar’s Cross-cutting Research Grand Challenges.’ Qatar Foundation Research The Executive Director of and Development encourages Outreach and Communications of applicants to align their abstracts Qatar Foundation Research and with one of the 12 research grand Development, Dr Nabeel Al Salem. challenges that have been iden- tified for this year’s conference, including protecting the nation’s content, and relevance to the A resident enjoying a bicycle ride on the Doha Corniche yesterday, defying warning signs (inset) which prohibit activities like biking, swimming, fish- cyber infrastructure, developing research grand challenges. ing and barbecuing in the area. SALIM MATRAMKOT and deploying solar energy solu- Student abstracts will be con- tions, ensuring sustainable water sidered for poster presentations. supply, integrating health man- Abstracts submitted by expert agement systems, and support- researchers could be sched- ing Arabic culture, arts, heritage, uled for either an oral or poster Aljazeera calls media and language. presentation. Ooredoo crosses 100m call “Every year, we look forward The abstracts selected will be to receiving a large number of part of a special conference pro- on Egypt to abstract submissions from tal- ceedings publication by QScience, ented students and researchers a scientific publishing house in release reporter target during Eid Al Fitr break in Qatar who showcase innova- Qatar adhering to the highest tive research projects and novel scholarly publishing standards. DOHA: Aljazeera Network DOHA: Ooredoo smashed significant margin. part in a wide range of activi- ideas,” said Executive Director of Participants presenting outstand- yesterday called on the through its 100,000,000 (100m) The amount raised will be ties, including visits to hospitals, Outreach and Communications ing research will also be recog- Egyptian authorities to target for local calls made dur- donated to a number of charities appearances at local malls, and at Qatar Foundation Research nised at a special ceremony on the release its correspondent ing the Ramadan with the total at a special ceremony in the com- events for local charities. Ooredoo and Development, Dr Nabeel Al closing day of the conference. Abdullah number reaching 127,777,811 ing weeks. will continue to support its cus- Salem. “We are eager to excite A highlight of this year’s con- Shami calls by the Eid Al Fitr break. A spokesperson for Ooredoo tomers throughout the year, add- and inspire our youth about ference programme will be inter- (pictured) As part of its Alrabaa cam- said: “We are delighted to have ing a human touch to its work in science and research, and to active debate sessions on select who is paign during the fasting month, raised such a significant amount Qatar, as part of its mission to continue building a vibrant eco- research grand challenges. The detained Ooredoo announced that it would for charity and that the campaign enrich people’s lives. system for research excellence programme also includes research in Egypt. donate one dirham to charity received such strong support Customers can see more results and innovation.” presentations and parallel expert Egyptian for every local call made during from our customers.” Ooredoo’s from the Ooredoo Ramadan cam- Every submission will be panel discussions throughout the authorities Ramadan. Al Rabaa campaign was the most paign and learning about upcom- reviewed by a panel of experts in two days of proceedings. transferred The initiative proved to be very extensive community initiatives ing events via the Ooredoo website each of the research categories. The conference will be held for Shami to popular with Ooredoo’s custom- yet conducted by Ooredoo. at www.ooredoo.qa and Ooredoo’s Grading and selection criteria two days from November 24 at Abu Zaabal ers, and the total number of calls Throughout Ramadan, the col- Facebook page. will be based on research qual- the Qatar National Convention prison on exceeded the original target by a ourful characters of Alrabaa took THE PENINSULA ity, originality and merit, written Centre. THE PENINSULA Sunday, extending his deten- tion for a period of fifteen days, without due charge. A spokesperson on behalf of Aljazeera Media Network called on the Egyptian authori- ties to disclose the fate of Nearly 75,000 from GCC visit Qatar during Eid: QTA Shami, especially as Egyptian media sources confirmed yes- DOHA: Nearly 75,000 people circus, music festivals, cultural in the GCC, the largest source of of Marketing and PR. The sea- recording 100 percent occupancy. terday the death of a number from the GCC visited Qatar and artistic sightseeing tours, tourism to the country. Over the sonal festivals are part of QTA’s This year’s Eid activity part- of detainees who were being during the Eid Al Fitr holidays, theatrical performances, firework second quarter of this year, QTA efforts to stimulate the tourism ners included the Ministry of transported to Abu Zaabal according to Qatar Tourism and laser shows, as well as other announced GCC visitors increased industry as a driver of economic Culture, Arts and Heritage; prison. Authority (QTA). outdoor activities including parag- 17 percent and international arriv- diversification and solidify Qatar’s Katara Cultural Village (Katara), Aljazeera Network said it Hotel occupancy rates during liding and shooting. als increased 6.6 percent, over the reputation as a preferred family Souq Waqif, Aquapark, Sawt Al holds the Egyptian authori- the Eid holiday in Qatar reached They were held in various loca- same period last year. destination in the region, added Rayan, the Pearl Qatar, Museum ties responsible for ensuring more than 80 per cent in many tions including Doha Exhibition “We are delighted with the Zainal. of Islamic Art, Sheikh Faisal Bin the life and safety of Abdullah hotels, with some recording 100 Center, malls, Katara Cultural success of this year’s Eid Al Fitr “We expect visitors will have Qassim Al Thani Museum, Al Shami and urged them to percent occupancy, said QTA. Village, Souq Waqif, museums, festival and the thousands of citi- experienced something new in Dosari Zoo and game reserve, release him immediately, while The visitors joined a large Aquapark and The Pearl Qatar zens, residents and tourists who Qatar and will return throughout Qatar Air Sports Committee, enabling journalists to carry number of citizens and residents among others. have joined us for this week of the year to discover more of what Lusail Shooting Club, while par- out their professional duties of in the fun, games and entertain- The Eid Festival was organ- special celebration. We thank all we have to offer,” she said. ticipating malls and commercial relaying events and accessing ment as part of the QTA’s Eid ised by QTA to elevate Qatar as our partners for their support and Zainal explained that hotel centers comprised Villaggio, City information. Festival. a family tourism destination that contributions in spreading the occupancy rates during the Eid Center, Landmark Mall, Hyatt THE PENINSULA Activities on offer included was supported with QTA’s launch festive spirit throughout Qatar,” holidays in Qatar hit more than 80 Plaza, Lagoona Mall and Al Khor amusement rides, an international of the Eid destination campaign said Hend Zainal, QTA’s Head percent in many hotels, with some Mall. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with heads of diplomatic, consular and representatives of missions of Qatar, at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha, yesterday. Meeting a tribute to role played by Qatar’s diplomatic missions: FM Continued from page 1 and modernise the ministry’s work in various government bodies to coor- policy and upgrade it to the levels that and changes taking place within the He said the meeting is a tribute to through discussion of ways to promote dinate work and remove any obstacles meet the aspirations of the state and international community in a manner the activation of the role of Qatar’s and activate the diplomatic work to that may hinder Qatar’s interests, Dr efforts to promote international rela- that preserves national interests and diplomatic missions to carry out their keep pace with the era of innovation. Al Attiyah said. tions by developing modern diplomatic strengthen interaction and coordina- duties and responsibilities in accord- The meeting provided an opportu- The conference aims to strengthen means. tion between the ministry and its dip- ance with the leadership’s aspirations nity for the heads of diplomatic mis- the ministry’s role in promoting its Such methods should provide Qatar lomatic, consular and representation and ambitions to further develop sions to meet their peers and officials tasks in line with Qatar’s foreign with means of dealing with challenges missions. QNA Es’hailSat joins hands with Arabsat Strategic partnership to boost reach of 26 degrees East hot spot neighbourhood for television broadcasting

DOHA: Es’hailSat, the Qatar Es’hailSat’s second satellite, The agreement between Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber and providing the necessary capacity our customers and viewers with Satellite Company, and Arabsat Es’hail 2, will use these frequen- Es’hailSat and Arabsat will pave Fareed Khashoggi, Chairman of to enable our customers to sub- more alternatives and variety of yesterday signed strategic part- cies and it will be designed to the way for enhanced operational the Board of Directors of Arabsat. stantially increase their commu- contents that will be beneficial nership to promote co-opera- provide DTH and other telecom- flexibility and mutual in-orbit Commenting on the agree- nications capability, particularly for both operators and will make tion and strengthen the reach munications services from the 26 back-up between the two satel- ment, Al Kuwari, said: “We are in broadcasting in HD and 3D”. 26 degrees East the premium hot of the 26 degrees East hot spot degrees East hot spot. lite fleets. delighted to be able to work with “We are very pleased with this spot of the region“. neighbourhood for television This will significantly increase The agreement was signed Arabsat on the development of strategic long-term partner- “We wish Es’hailSat success in broadcasting. Es’hailSat’s capacity at the in Doha by Ali Al Kuwari, the 26 degrees East prime TV ship with Es’hailSat which will launching Es’hail 1 at the end of As per the agreement, 25.5/26.0 East TV broadcast- Es’hailSat’s CEO and Khalid broadcasting hot-spot. With our strengthen Arabsat hot spot 26 this month, and all the success Es’hailSat will acquire the rights ing hot-spot, and strengthen Balkheyour, President and CEO first satellite – Es’hail 1 - sched- degrees east and will provide and prosperity in launching and to 500MHz of premium Ku-band Es’hailSat’s in-orbit back-up of Arabsat in the presence of uled for launch on August 29 and a strong boost for Es’hailSat,” operating more satellites,” he bandwidth at the 26.0 East TV capability when both Es’hail 1 and Minister of Communication and our plans for Es’hail 2 now con- Balkheyour said. added. broadcasting hot-spot. Es’hail 2 are operational. Information Technology H E firmed, we are moving closer to “This partnership will provide THE PENINSULA

Emir receives messages from Kuwaiti Emir, Turkish president DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a message from the Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, containing an invitation to attend the third Africa-Arab Summit, slated for November in Kuwait. The Message was delivered by Kuwaiti Ambassador to Qatar Ali Suleiman Al Hefy. The Emir also received a message from the Turkish President Abdullah Gul, pertaining to relations between the two countries and the latest regional developments. The message was delivered by Turkish Ambassador to Qatar Hakki Emre Yunt. Emir and Prime Minister send greetings to Afghan president

DOHA: The H H Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of congratulations to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day yesterday. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani has also sent a similar cable to the Afghan president. QNA

Five-car pile-up

Five vehicles — a Nissan Pathfinder, Toyota FJ Cruiser, two Nissan pick-ups and an Audi saloon — were involved in an accident on the D-Ring road yesterday. An African Arab driver of the Nissan Pathfinder said he stopped the vehicle when the vehicle in front of him stopped suddenly, and as a result the rest of the vehicles hit one another from behind. SALIM MATRAMKOT Pay Kahramaa bills promptly and get rewarded

DOHA: The Qatar General accepting payment of utility bills outside Qatar as well. Kahramaa Electricity and Water at its customer service centres is also in the process of upgrad- Corporation (Kahramaa) is Customers can now pay bills ing its services centres that are planning to reward customers through Kahramaa’s website being linked with ministries and who are prompt in payment of (www.km.qa), its call centre (991), corporations to provide updated water and electricity bills. Ooredoo and Qatar National Bank data of the customers, Al Sharq Earlier in April, Kahramaa self-service machines, and other reported yesterday. stopped paper bills as well as banks. Bills can be paid from THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME / MIDDLE EAST Vodafone expands with three new stores QDB funds INJAZ

DOHA: Vodafone Qatar has re-opened its store in Villaggio mall. The 187sq m ultra-modern, student programme multi-functional super store is designed to ensure a premium DOHA: INJAZ Qatar, a non- entrepreneurial culture and help shopping experience with a profit organisation and mem- foster business innovation among highly-qualified and customer- ber of Junior Achievement (JA) Qatar’s youth”, said Aysha Al focused team at its core. Worldwide, has received fund- Mudahka, Executive Director, The Vodafone store’s innovative ing from Qatar Development INJAZ Qatar. design is built around delivering Bank (QDB) to further two of “Focus on entrepreneurship quick and professional service its key programmes, involving is key to driving private sector and showcases the latest range 300 students, during the aca- growth in Qatar, and INJAZ is of smartphones and tablets for demic year 2012-2013. doing a great job of encourag- customers to try. INJAZ Qatar received funds ing the entrepreneurial spirit The store also includes a sec- from QDB this academic year to in young people,” said Mansoor tion dedicated to great value support the ‘I-Camp’ (Innovation Bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, handsets, accessories and data. Camp) and ‘More than Money’ Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Differentiated post-paid and pre- programmes, both of which are Development Bank. paid sign-up desks were kept at designed to equip young people I-Camp is a half-day INJAZ the back of the store to offer cus- with entrepreneurship, work Qatar programme where young tomers a noise-free service space. readiness and financial literacy people gather and work col- Additionally, Vodafone’s skills. laboratively to address a specific Villaggio store houses a mezza- “Volunteering with INJAZ was business challenge and identify nine area allocated specifically for The Vodafone Qatar store at the Villaggio mall. a rewarding experience. It was business opportunities to solve post-paid and Business and SME extremely fulfilling to see the stu- that challenge. customers with a Retail Team technology and smartphone eve- services that customers expect Vodafone Qatar also announced dents learn from the programme Throughout the I-Camp, stu- providing tailor-made solutions nings and events for customers from the Vodafone Qatar brand. the opening of two additional and implement the lessons in their dents learn several entrepreneur- to their needs. while maintaining an uncompro- An estimated 1.4m shoppers visit franchise stores taking the com- daily lives and academics, as well ship skills and develop their team The area also offers a premium mised trade platform for other Villaggio every month and it is pany’s footprint to 20 stores in as in various programmes and building skills. It is an inspiring lounge for VIP customers who can visitors. therefore crucial to re-iterate our total, six of which are franchise competitions,” said Amna Jassim and motivational experience that enjoy a relaxing setting amidst Marc Norris, Chief Commercial superior customer approach with outlets. The two stores are located Sultan, Business Counselor, QDB. challenges students to be creative comfortable seating and access to Officer at Vodafone Qatar said: live and engaging retail experi- in Lulu Al Khor and in Old This year, Sultan delivered two working under tight deadlines. the latest news through newspa- “With the reopening of our store ences that are consistent across Airport Street, serving key Qatari programmes for INJAZ — I-Camp For the academic year pers’ decks, TV channels, hot bev- in Villaggio mall, it was essential all of our touch-points. This is populated areas and bringing ease and Company Programme. The 2012/2013, QDB funded the erages and free Wi-Fi. Moreover, to enhance our customer proposi- truly a reflection of our efforts as and convenience to customers student company she mentored I-Camp programme which was the store is adequately equipped tion with a completely new store we thrive in delivering operational working and residing there. for the Company Programme delivered for Mosab Bin Omair and fitted to accommodate special to offer world-class products and excellence.” THE PENINSULA participated in Mubadara 2013 School. QDB has provided funding and won the Best Social Impact for 150 students for I-Camp. Award, sponsored by Siemens. For the academic year INAZ Qatar facilitates links 2012/2013, QDB funded ‘More between private businesses and Than Money’ classes which were schools, allowing employees from delivered at three independent different partner companies to middle schools in Qatar. Mass exodus of Syrian Kurds into Iraq teach the INJAZ curricula at var- ‘More than Money’ teaches ious middle and secondary schools students about earning, spend- BAGHDAD/PESHKHABOUR: metal pontoon bridge spanning the from murder and terrorism, against US forces and Iraq’s and universities in Qatar. ing, sharing, and saving money, A sudden mass influx of 30,000 Tigris river said they were fleeing Iraq’s Kurdistan region will Shia-led government. “At INJAZ Qatar, we believe it and businesses they can start or Kurdish refugees from Syria into attacks by the Al Nusra Front, a make use of all of its capabili- On the Iraqi side of the is our duty to invest in the youth jobs they can perform to earn Iraq increases the likelihood that radical Sunni Arab rebel group which ties to defend women and chil- border, Al Qaeda has claimed of Qatar. It is important that money. Iraq’s Kurdish region will act to has merged this year with Iraq’s own dren and innocent civilians,” responsibility for repeated we motivate students through- The programme encompasses protect its kin across the border, resurgent branch of Al Qaeda. Barzani said in the letter. bombings targeting civilians out their journey and encour- economics and business curricu- an adviser to Iraqi Kurdish leader “There are bodies without heads A Barzani adviser told and the security forces that age Qatar’s business leaders to lum for students in middle grade Massoud Barzani said yesterday. at the morgue today. Why? Which Reuters yesterday that have brought violence to lev- mentor students to inspire an students. THE PENINSULA The United Nations said nearly international norms and which doc- the sudden refugee influx els unseen in more than five 30,000 refugees had crossed in the trine can justify their death? They increased the likelihood years, before US troops with- past few days, making it one of the are cutting off heads. Heads of chil- that he would order action, drew in 2011. biggest single outward migrations of dren are being cut off,” said Faris although he played down the In Syria, the opposition to a civil war that has killed more than Sulaiman, a refugee who fled from suggestion the leader might President Bashar Al Assad has 100,000 people and driven millions Qamishli in northeast Syria. dispatch his powerful security splintered on sectarian and No headway in Tunisia talks from their homes. “The Al Nusra Front have permit- forces across the frontier. ethnic lines after two years of “It is a massive movement of peo- ted the killing, the slaughtering of “Sure, Barzani’s interven- war, with rival rebel groups TUNIS: Tunisia yesterday The leader of the trade union, ple,” Dan McNorton, spokesman the Kurdish people,” he said. tion has become likely after turning on each other in a pushed ahead with talks to which is playing a mediating role, of the UN High Commissioner for Barzani, leader of Iraq’s autono- what has happened in the scramble for control of ter- resolve a political crisis sparked was due to present the Islamists’ Refugees (UNHCR), told Reuters mous ethnic Kurdish region in the last few days. But I do not ritory in the divided country. by the assassination of an oppo- proposals to the opposition today. yesterday. north, floated the idea this month for expect that he will involve the In Syria’s Kurdish- sition politician, but with no Ghannouchi, meanwhile, The UN agency has sent trucks the first time of intervening across military.” populated northeast, which sign of an end to the deadlock. insisted there had been progress loaded with emergency supplies and the Syrian border. In a letter posted “Mr Barzani has expressed Kurds in neighbouring coun- Rached Ghannouchi, the leader and that he had made certain erected plastic tarpaulins at a transit on his website on August 10 he said he his dissatisfaction with the tries refer to as “western of the ruling Islamist Ennahda proposals, which he did not elabo- site to provide shelter from the sun had sent envoys to Syria to investigate massacres suffered by the Kurdistan”, Kurds have flown party, and the powerful UGTT rate on. and heat. A refugee camp is expected reports civilians were being killed. Kurdish people in Syria and their own flag over towns and trade union’s chief Houcine They were due to meet again to open by the end of the month, “If the reports are true, showing asked the UN, US and neigh- villages in an apparent bid to Abassi held talks to seek a way tomorrow. McNorton said. that citizens, women and the children bouring countries to protect create an autonomous region out of the weeks-old crisis. With neither side showing any Refugees who crossed a newly built of innocent Kurds are under threat the Kurdish people who are modelled on the one in Iraq. But the meeting failed to make sign of softening its stance, the facing semi-genocide,” the Kurds have no state of their any substantive progress, while political impasse remains, nearly adviser said. own but predominate in parts a coalition of opposition parties one month after the assassina- Syria’s civil war has spilled of Syria, Turkey and Iran as renewed calls for the govern- tion of the opposition politician across the Iraqi frontier, with well as Iraq. Iraq’s Kurds are ment’s resignation. Mohamed Brahmi, an attack Syria’s Al Nusra Front merg- the only ones with self-rule, “We are not very optimistic... blamed on Muslim extremists. ing this year with Iraq’s branch having maintained autonomy There are no clear concessions Talks between the two sides of Al Qaeda — the same group since 1991. from Ennahda,” Abassi told pri- last week also failed to achieve that fought for the past decade REUTERS vate radio station Mosaique FM. any concrete results. AFP

Workers happy with falling rupee Continued from page 1 Financial experts advised Indians against taking bank loans and remitting funds home since that doesn’t make sense due to the rupee fast shedding value. Indians from the southern state of Kerala who are in proxy businesses, including neighborhood stores trade, are said to be particularly swayed by the rupee’s fall, and remitting funds home. Low-income workers, with little access to bank loans, are said to be sending home the last penny they can squeeze from their meagre savings. Ironically, less economically aware Indian expatriates seem to be happy about the falling rupee and sending money home, largely for savings, Those familiar with what a depreciating currency means in terms of rising costs, are highly concerned as consumer inflation at home is now touching almost 10 percentage points. “Anyway, a silver lining is that Indians are more sav- ings-oriented and whatever the reasons, they are at least sending money home for investment (savings),” said a banker. THE PENINSULA ‘Thinkers to follow Al Jazeera’

Continued from page 1 “Many prefer entertainment over news. The news sto- ries of stars and famous celebrities attract more viewers than international news and regional conflicts,” she said. “I think a number of political and intellectual elites and decision makers and those who can play role in creating public opinion will follow Al Jazeera America. They will also be able to make a comparison between leading US media institutions such as CNN, Fox News, and BBC. Al Jazeera gained recognition internationally through its coverage of news and events in conflict areas, which many Western news channels showed with shallow and narrow vision,” she said. During the Arab Spring, Al Jazeera English audience on the Internet increased by a staggering 2,500 percent, and interestingly, 50 percent of this audience was based in America. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Saudi pledges to fill Egypt’s financial gap EU ministers to meet tomorrow

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign that have taken a strange course... Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal as if the aim is to cover up for the yesterday pledged to fill any crimes, the burning of Egypt and financial gaps left by Western the killing of its people,” he said. countries withdrawing aid from Barack Obama last week can- Egypt over an army crackdown celled annual military exercises on Muslim Brotherhood pro- with Egypt, while European testers that has left hundreds Union foreign ministers were due dead since last week. to hold an emergency meeting in Speaking to state news agency Brussels tomorrow to discuss how SPA in Jeddah after visiting to press the Egyptian authorities France on Sunday, Prince Saud for a compromise. also accused Western countries On Sunday, after meet- of tacitly encouraging Muslim ing French President Francois Brotherhood violence with Hollande, Prince Saud warned their criticism of the Egyptian the West against putting pres- military. sure on Egypt to end its crack- “To those who have declared down, saying it would not achieve they are stopping aid to Egypt anything. or are waving such a threat, the The rise of the Muslim Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood shout slogans during a protest in front of Al Istkama mosque at Giza Square, south of Cairo, yesterday. Arab and Muslim nations are Brotherhood to power after the wealthy with their people and 2011 revolt that overthrew their resources and will not shy away long-time ally Hosni Mubarak from offering a helping hand to unsettled some Gulf countries, Egypt,” he said. who fear the Islamist group wants Militants kill 25 policemen in Sinai Saudi Arabia, the world’s top to spread its influence into their oil exporter, has given Egypt’s own countries. CAIRO: Militants killed 25 The Sinai attack raised fears The Interior Ministry said 25 since the army threw out Mursi. military rulers its full back- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab policemen yesterday in the of a return to the wave of deadly policeman were killed and two The security situation in the ing since they overthrew the Emirates and Kuwait pledged to deadliest attack of its kind in Islamist violence that swept the injured in the Sinai attack, which Sinai has deteriorated sharply in country’s first freely elected give Egypt $12bn in aid after last years. country in the 1990s. it blamed on “armed terrorist the past weeks, with near daily president, Mohamed Mursi, month’s ouster of Mursi. The assailants fired rocket- Egypt is struggling to put a lid groups”. attacks by militants targeting last month, saying mass protests According to Egyptian propelled grenades at two buses on a deep political crisis and vio- A border official said after- police and military installations. against him showed he had lost Finance Ministry figures carrying police in the Sinai lence that has killed almost 900 wards that the Rafah crossing Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil legitimacy. released in June, the state budget Peninsula, security sources said, people in days of clashes between with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Fahmy said yesterday in Sudan While Egypt’s Western allies deficit for the first five months of just hours after 37 Brotherhood Islamist protesters and security near where the attack occurred, that his country was on the “right have denounced the army’s 2013 nearly doubled from a year prisoners died in police custody. forces across the country. would be closed. path”. crackdown on the Brotherhood, earlier to 113.4 billion Egyptian The bloodshed came after Mursi loyalists vowed new dem- Security sources said another According to an AFP tally, Riyadh has instead said the pounds ($16.2bn). Saudi Arabia Egypt’s military chief vowed a onstrations yesterday, although policemen was killed in the north- more than 1,000 people have been country is tackling terrorism had a budget surplus of $103bn “forceful” response to violence a day earlier they had cancelled ern city of El Arish, bringing to killed since the mass demonstra- and sedition. last year. roiling the Arab world’s most some marches citing security at least 75 the number of security tions calling for Mursi to resign “We see international stances REUTERS populous nation. concerns. force members killed in the Sinai erupted at the end of June. AFP

Israel tacitly backing Egypt’s military Jordan to build parts of Turkey says two JERUSALEM: Israel is urg- Among them is any sign of from taking any stronger meas- pilots kidnapped ing the West to stick by Egypt’s weakened support for an Egyptian ures to try to curb the Egyptian army in its confrontation with military that maintained close military crackdown. Red Sea-Dead Sea link in Lebanon alive the Muslim Brotherhood, qui- security ties with Israel even dur- “When we speak (to US offi- etly echoing warnings by US ing the year-long rule of President cials), we clearly say what we AMMAN: Jordan said yester- south to Aqaba, while salt water regional ally Saudi Arabia Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim think. It doesn’t mean there is day it plans to build parts of a will be pumped to the Dead Sea,” ANKARA: Turkey said yester- against putting pressure on the Brotherhood leader deposed by a campaign. We share our views project linking the Red Sea to Nsur said. The Dead Sea, the day the two pilots kidnapped in military-backed government. the army on July 3 after huge and analysis,” one official said. the shrinking Dead Sea that world’s lowest and saltiest body Lebanon earlier this month are “Israel shares its views with protests against him. “With what other neighbour would supply the parched coun- of water, is on course to dry out alive, and that it knows roughly the US and some EU (European Responding to the mounting of Egypt can they speak about try with desalinated water. by 2050. The degradation of the where they are. Union) countries, and those views death toll on Egypt, the United this? We are the only nation they Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur Dead Sea started in the 1960s The Turkish Airlines pilots are to give priority to restoring States has postponed delivery of can speak to what’s right on the said the $980-million project is when Israel, Jordan and Syria were kidnapped on August 9 when stability,” a senior Israeli official four F-16 fighters and scrapped border; obviously there’s a lot to designed to provide Jordan with began to divert water from the gunmen ambushed a bus carrying said yesterday. a joint military exercise with the exchange.” 100 million cubic metres of water Jordan River, the Dead Sea’s main the national airliner’s crew from “And like it or not, the army is Egyptian armed forces, but has Israel, hoping to preserve its a year. supplier. Beirut airport to a hotel in the the only player that can restore not withheld $1.55bn in annual peace treaty with Egypt, was “The government has approved However, environmentalists city. “Their whereabouts are more law and order (in Egypt).” aid. That decision, one Israeli muted in its response to Mursi’s the project after years of techni- fear that an influx of seawater or less known. We know that they With Prime Minister Benjamin official said, “raised eyebrows” election as president a year ago cal, political, economic and geo- could undermine the Dead Sea’s are alive, in peace and comfort,” Netanyahu’s cabinet instructed in Israel, which signed a peace after autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s logical studies,” Nsur told a news fragile ecosystem. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent by him to avoid public comment treaty with Egypt in 1979 that has ouster, Netanyahu was vocal in conference. “We are thinking of selling Arinc told reporters after a cabi- about turmoil in Egypt, where been underpinned by a working the past about his fears of an Under the plan, Jordan will desalinated water to Israel and net meeting. about 1000 people, including 70 relationship between the armed Islamist takeover in Egypt. draw water from the Gulf of buying water from Lake Tiberias “I hope we will reach them soon,” police and soldiers, have been forces of both countries. Such a scenario, he said in Aqaba at the northern end of the (Sea of Galilee),” he said. he added. A previously unknown killed in nearly a week of violence, But other officials insisted 2011, represented a “tremen- Red Sea to the nearby Risheh The prime minister said Jordan group calling itself Zuwwar Imam government officials have been there was no formal Israeli lob- dous threat” to Egyptian-Israeli Height, where a desalination wanted water to supply its south- Al Rida has claimed the kid- speaking, anonymously, about bying drive in Washington to dis- cooperation. plant is to be built to treat water. ern regions, while Israel also napping, demanding Turkey use Israel’s concerns. suade President Barack Obama REUTERS “The desalinated water will go needs water in the south. AFP its influence with Syria’s rebels to secure the release of nine Lebanese Shias kidnapped in Syria in May 2012. AFP Iraq carries out 17 610-kg Saudi man forklifted death sentences for treatment BAGHDAD: Iraq has put 17 the rest were Iraqis. With the lat- people to death, 16 of them on est executions, at least 67 people RIYADH: A Saudi man weigh- terrorism-related charges, the have been put to death in Iraq ing 610 kilogrammes was fork- Justice Ministry said yesterday, so far this year, according to an lifted to hospital yesterday for the latest in a series of execu- AFP tally based on reports from medical treatment at the expense tions that have drawn interna- the justice ministry and officials, of the King to reduce his weight. tional condemnation. despite widespread calls for a Khaled Mohsin Shairi was They are the first executions moratorium on the country’s use flown from his southwestern announced by the ministry since of capital punishment. hometown of Jizan to Riyadh on brazen July assaults on two major Iraq carried out 129 executions a specially-equipped plane , SPA prisons freed hundreds of prison- in 2012 and Shammari insisted state news agency reported. ers, including some who had been earlier this year that Baghdad It posted a picture of over- sentenced to death, drawing criti- would continue to implement the weight Shairi being lifted on a cism within Iraq that executions death penalty. forklift out of the plane on arrival were proceeding too slowly. Executions in Iraq, which are in the capital. Acting on orders “The justice ministry carried usually carried out by hanging, of the Custodian of the Two out 17 death sentences,” a state- have drawn widespread inter- Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin ment on the ministry’s website national condemnation from Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, the said, without specifying when the the European Union, the United Health Ministry had to acquire a executions took place. Nations and various rights groups. specially-made bed and a crane to The statement quoted Justice UN human rights chief Navi transfer Shairi from his second- Minister Hassan Al Shammari as Pillay said earlier this year that floor apartment, SPA said. The saying that 16 of those executed “the criminal justice system bed was specially made for Shairi were convicted under Article 4 of in Iraq is still not functioning in the United States, Sabq news the country’s anti-terrorism law, adequately, with numerous con- website said. The ministry did not while the 17th was sentenced to victions based on confessions specify the nature of treatment death for an unspecified criminal obtained under torture and Saudi Civil Defence members use a forklift to move Khaled Mohsen Shairi from his house in the city of Jizan, to that the young man will undergo offence. One of those executed ill-treatment. be airlifted to the capital Riyadh for medical treatment, yesterday. and his age has not been disclosed. was an Egyptian national, while AFP AFP TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE Snowden saga took another cryptic turn yesterday. Britain has got much explaining to do over why it detained the partner of a Guardian journalist, Twho reported on the leaks obtained by Snowden. David Love your job? Thank the Miranda — the Brazilian partner of Glenn Greenwald was held at the Heathrow airport for nine hours and questioned extensively. Britain invoked its anti-terrorism law to question the journalist, who was passing through London from Berlin to country where you live Rio de Janeiro. BY EDMUND PHELPS The move by the British government has raised eyebrows rankings of countries by these two meas- law: protection from creditors through with the country’s opposition Labour Party calling for an ures are very similar to their ranking bankruptcy, protection from self-dealing investigation into whether terrorism laws had been misused. t is widely assumed that people in by job satisfaction. Among the Group of by managers, protection from employ- Glenn Greenwald is a Guardian journalist based in Brazil. economically “advanced” countries Seven, the US, one of the top countries ees who do not perform, limits on what He got hold of all the material provided by former National do not differ significantly in how in mean job satisfaction, scored highest employees may be asked to do, and so Security Agency contractor Snowden and reported it from Isatisfied they are with their jobs. in both pride and importance. forth. Law is needed to set limits on the Because they are about equally produc- A contrarian interpretation argues resolution of conflicts. Without it, an Hong Kong. The revelations had the US government and its tive, the reasoning is, they must produce that a country’s low score on reported entrepreneur or an investor might hesi- close allies, including Britain squirming at the allegations. It things the same way, and so their work job satisfaction may be more about how tate to embark on new creations. was revealed that the US, in collaboration with other Western experience must be the same, too. demanding the respondents are than A country’s economic policy may also governments, was closely monitoring the mobile and Internet In fact, there are striking differ- how unstimulating their jobs are. They induce or thwart entrepreneurship. data of citizens. This created a furore across the world and ences in job satisfaction within the may suffer low satisfaction because, as in Relying on scant data, conservatives West. Britain, with very low wages rela- Italy and France, they are spoiled by their leap to the conclusion that every ele- sparked off a heated debate between security and privacy. tive to the country’s wealth, reports a wealth. But the US and Canada have not ment of economic policy that provides The Obama administration had been caught completely off- pretty decent level of job satisfaction. lacked for wealth, especially in 2001, after a role for the government has a cost guard and the White House initially stuttered for a response, Yet Germany, with its fairly high wages the dot-com boom, and they continually exceeding the benefit. But while, in the of course later regaining its composure. When Snowden relative to wealth, reports an undistin- rank high in job satisfaction. And when pastoral economies of mercantile capi- reached the transit area of a guished level of job satisfaction — below Ireland went from being poor to rich in a talism, there may have been a presump- Moscow airport after coming out Italy and Spain. decade, it remained near the top among tion that this or that intervention by Britain has some The waves of advanced countries in job satisfaction. the state in the business sector — more explaining to with the revelations in Hong Kong, data on reported In recent decades, comparative stud- corn and less cloth — would be harm- Washington was ready to make job satisfaction ies of Western European economies ful, there is no presumption that, say, do for detaining it hard for him. Snowden found that have washed have implicitly assumed that their basic more money for education or less money the partner of a his US passport revoked and the up in recent dec- economic system — a corporatist system for education would disturb innovation. coming days were a cat-and-mouse The plausibility ades have led to that lets big business, big labour and There is evidence that countries with journalist who game with media persons at the of the job- misuses and mis- big government have a veto over mar- high levels of state spending on medical interpretation. ket outcomes — is about as effective as care, retirement benefits and education published leaked airport. As the international debate satisfaction Some observ- the modern capitalist system in meet- do not tend to have depressed levels of documents by on individual privacy and security levels reported in ers, pointing to ing a variety of goals. Some have argued job satisfaction. escalated, the Snowden drama Sweden’s high that European countries tripped up by Regulatory institutions appear to be Snowden. became full of suspense. Finally, the surveys receives score, take this to injecting one or more impediments and a significant depressant on job satisfac- former CIA analyst got an asylum in a big boost from be evidence that hindrances in the market — unemploy- tion, particularly credit-market regula- the Swedish eco- ment insurance benefits, high taxes and tions (such as interest-rate controls) Russia. the way people nomic system — so on — apparently in the belief that and goods-market regulations. An econ- And now the questioning of Miranda in London is again assess the pride a unique mixture their cost was negligible or modest omy consists of an economic culture as going to heat up the debate on how far the state can go in its of capitalism and enough to be worth paying. well as a set of institutions. Prevailing pursuit of securing its interests and that of its citizens. What they take in their welfarism with This view, pronounced by academic attitudes and beliefs have consequences did London want from the partner of Greenwald? Miranda is work and the little dynamism — economists from the University of for one’s efforts at work and for the not even a full fledged journalist and was it right to question is “best.” Others, Chicago to the Massachusetts Institute effectiveness with which one can col- importance they pointing out that of Technology, is a tenet of neoliberalism, laborate with others. him under an anti-terrorism law? place on their job. Denmark scored which holds that, to succeed, a country The French businessman Philippe A furious Greenwald said yesterday that he would now even higher, con- has only to prohibit the government Bourguignon, whose working life has been publish more leaked documents and would focus on Britain. clude that the and the market from overturning com- divided about evenly between the U.S. and Asked what the outcome of his partner’s grilling would be, Danish system — with its flexicurity petitive prices and wages. Yet a country Europe, has portrayed the two regions as Greenwald said that Britain would come to regret it. or some other attraction — is the best. cannot do well without high economic having quite distinct cultures. In his anal- Britain’s anti-terrorist legislation watchdog has taken a That way of using the data is absurd. dynamism. And it cannot have much ysis, the differences originate in the very It’s a schoolboy error in Statistics 101 dynamism without institutions and an different upbringings of children. French grim view of the incident. It called on the Home Office and to draw inferences from outliers rather economic culture that support conceivers mothers, he observed, watch their chil- London Metropolitan police to explain why anti-terror. than from the data as a whole. of new commercial ideas, facilitate entre- dren closely in the playground, warning Though the White House has denied asking London to The plausibility of the job-satisfaction preneurs to develop these new ideas, them to be careful. American mothers, on question Miranda, Britain now is in hot water over the levels reported in surveys receives a big allow employees to contract to work long the other hand, pay little attention and do incident. The treatment of Miranda by the British security boost from the way people assess the and hard, and protect against fraud. not teach caution. As a result, Americans pride they take in their work and the An institution that is basic to the oper- grow up taking failures in stride. agencies is an oppressive act and is not expected of a liberal importance they place on their job. The ation of modern capitalism is company WP-BLOOMBERG Western democracy like Britain • The other side Quote of Japan Atomic Energy Agency reform necessary the day APAN’S nuclear research will test its competence. The organisa- of nuclear power facilities. Containment organizations, according to the plan. headquarters should no longer tion plays a central role in the nation’s of radioactive materials is the basic The agency is a huge organization, remain dysfunctional. It is a nuclear energy field, conducting basic premise. It is only reasonable, therefore, with an annual budget of 180 billion yen Jmatter of urgency to rebuild the and safety research, and developing that the ministry’s reform plan has, first (about $1.8 billion) and 3,900 employ- Japan Atomic Energy Agency to regain human resources in the field, in addi- of all, called on all agency employees ees. Concentrating its work on key tasks Yes there is a crisis public trust. The Education, Culture, tion to operating the Monju fast-breeder to keep this premise firmly in mind. The will help strengthen its governance in Sports, Science and Technology Ministry reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. ministry then hammered out the drastic these fields. With regard to the Monju but we are on the has compiled a plan to reform the JAEA, Discussions on reforming the agency reforms the agency needs. reactor, the ministry says the agen- which faces numerous problems — as were prompted by faulty maintenance The plan divides the agency’s work cy’s mixed tasks of carrying out both right path and I experts have pointed out — including its checks of the reactor that were dis- into four major sections: research and research and operation of the reactor stance on ensuring safety in the nuclear closed in November 2012. In May, development of the nuclear fuel cycle, may have been responsible for the faulty believe in the future. energy field. radioactive substances leaked following including the Monju reactor; dealing maintenance checks. The ministry has Our top priority is The agency will work out a time an incident at a laboratory at the Japan with the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power decided to have the agency concen- schedule to implement concrete reform Proton Accelerator Research Complex Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power trate on the operational management the national security plans as early as this autumn, while aim- in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture. plant; enhancement of nuclear safety; of the reactor, which will be tentatively of Egypt. ing to impose necessary legal revisions. Maintenance and inspections are and basic nuclear energy research. renamed “Monju power station.” Nabil Fahmy Drawing up an effective work schedule essential elements in ensuring the safety Other work will be transferred to other The Washington Post Egypt Foreign Minister TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 US drone war echoes Cairo crackdown As ever in the war on terror, our only real safeguard against government abuse is the good character and self-restraint of US officials.

BY ROSA BROOKS That’s because the Egyptian govern- ment’s rationale for its recent killings can no longer keep track of all the is unpleasantly similar to our own gov- ways the US has lost the moral ernment’s rationale for drone strikes in high ground when it comes to Yemen, Pakistan and elsewhere. Egypt. To the international press, the hun- There was our initial namby- dreds of Islamists killed in Cairo this week Ipamby response to the popular uprising are protesters exercising their rights against Hosni Mubarak in early 2011: We to freedom of expression and assem- made vague noises about the virtues of bly. True, some among those protesters democracy, but we dithered over calling may have committed acts of criminal for Mubarak to step down, because we’re violence, assaulting police stations and Dictators R Us — Mubarak might have attacking members of Egypt’s security been a bastard, but he was our bastard. forces, but that’s no excuse for shooting After Mubarak’s ouster, we continued to people down. The security forces should sit on our hands as Egypt’s interim mili- use lethal force in self-defence only and tary government grew ever more repres- should otherwise respond to the ongoing sive in the run-up to elections. When protests using only non-lethal methods. the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Naturally, Egypt’s current leadership Supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Mursi stand among debris and smoke in background as they confront security forces Mursi won the presidency in the summer offers a different version of the story. In trying to clear the smaller of the two sit-ins, near the Cairo University campus in Giza, Cairo. of 2012 and began rapidly consolidating their version, they’re not dealing with power, we remained dithery, coupling the largely peaceful protesters — they’re streets of other states? When the US itself. (So far, many in Egypt seem con- combatants operating inside its borders occasional pious call for increased politi- dealing with violent Islamic extremists uses drone strikes to kill alleged terror- tent: As The New York Times reported if circumstances render non-lethal law cal freedom with expressions of faint sup- committing “terrorist acts” to “demolish ists — strikes that have killed thousands this week, many in Cairo apparently view enforcement methods impracticable. As port for the entirely unlovable Mursi and the pillars of the Egyptian state,” as an of people, not hundreds — it doesn’t show the killings as justified. The Times story ever in the war on terror, our only real faint distaste for the burgeoning secular Egyptian government statement put it. the world the evidence that led to those quotes one source explaining approvingly safeguard against government abuse is protest movement. The terrorists have already demonstrated targeting decisions. It doesn’t offer specif- that Egypt’s security forces need to “fight the good character and self-restraint of Then, when Mursi was ousted in a their commitment and capacity for lethal ics about the past bad behaviour of those terrorism” and that the military has been American officials. military coup, we took a leaf from Orwell violence by staging attacks on dozens of it kills, or details of the future damage transparent in its actions, moving in on To be clear, I’m not expecting black and insisted there hadn’t been a coup, police stations, government buildings, and they would likely inflict if left unmo- protesters during the daytime, rather helicopters to swoop down on the next just “an incredibly complex and difficult churches, and killing more than 40 secu- lested. It doesn’t acknowledge mistakes than under cover of darkness, so that Code Pink protest in Washington; I do, situation” in which there was “a decision rity officials. Naturally, non-lethal law or offer a public account of any civilian “everything was obvious.”) in fact, have a great deal of faith in our made by the Egyptian armed forces to enforcement methods are the preferred deaths unintentionally inflicted. And don’t be too sure the US gov- government’s commitment to using only remove President Mursi from power and means of dealing with terror threats, but On the contrary, the US does exactly ernment wouldn’t resort to lethal force law enforcement methods inside our bor- to suspend the constitution,” which is, of such methods have been tried and proved what the Egyptian authorities are doing: to kill domestic terrorists, if it comes ders. I’ll go further than that: Although course, nothing at all like a coup. inadequate. It asserts the existence of a threat to to that. Probably not with drones, but I regard most US drone strikes as stra- This week, our response to the news Because what’s a peace-loving state to national security, asserts its right to use weaponised drones are just a conven- tegically short-sighted and marred by that more than 600 Islamist protesters do when threatened by violent extrem- force to counter it, asks the world to trust ient way to kill people in regions where an appalling disregard for rule-of-law were killed by Egyptian security forces ists with a demonstrated determination in the good faith and good judgment of it’s impractical for the US to deploy principles, I accept the administration’s was to issue a stiff verbal rebuke and and ability to commit acts of terror? its officials, and otherwise tells critics to ground personnel. The US has not yet assurance that strikes are carried out cancel a planned joint military exercise Sometimes, it’s necessary to use lethal buzz off. faced a domestic threat of the magnitude only after an exacting review process. with the Egyptians. Yeah, that’ll show force. No, it’s not pretty, and occasionally, True, Egypt is using lethal force inside Egypt’s authorities claim to be facing, and But although I believe the US govern- ‘em. Since we still can’t bring ourselves to despite a conscientious government’s best its own borders, rather than inside the although American officials insist that ment has a far greater commitment to cut the annual $1.3bn in military aid we efforts, errors in intelligence or targeting borders of another state. But does this they would always abide by domestic legal safeguarding innocent lives and exer- give Egypt, Egypt’s armed forces are pre- will be made and the innocent will suffer, make it worse, or better? The US gov- requirements when countering any ter- cising self-restraint than the Egyptian sumably laughing their way to the bank. but what can you expect? This is war, and ernment does its killing far from its own rorist threats at home, the logic of the authorities, the utter lack of transpar- All that’s ample reason for shame. But war is hell, and kindly mind your own territory, away from the prying eyes of Obama administration’s argument about ency surrounding US drone strikes we’ve also lost the moral high ground for damn business, US. journalists, judges, members of Congress, drone strikes isn’t very reassuring. If the ensures that no one can prove it. another, less obvious reason: Given the To Egypt’s military government, and anyone else who might be dismayed US is legally entitled to kill suspected And that’s not good enough. How can disgraceful lack of transparency sur- American officials condemning the kill- by the bloody aftermath of what we’re terrorists in Yemen because they’re con- our condemnations of the bloody abuses rounding US drone strikes, we no longer ings are nothing but hypocrites. After so fond of viewing as “surgical” strikes. sidered combatants in our armed con- in Egypt have any credibility when we’ve have any principled ground on which all, is there any significant difference Egypt’s government is at least doing its flict against Al Qaeda and its associates, given the world no basis for believing to stand as we condemn the killings in between what Egypt is doing in its own dirty work right out in the open, where there’s no obvious reason for the US to we’re less savage ourselves? Egypt. streets and what the US is doing in the its population can judge its actions for refrain from killing suspected enemy WP-BLOOMBERG Afghan pullout is tricky business Scotland, England US units will need are growing apart to transfer security BY IAIN MACWHIRTER responsibilities to their hey think it’s all over. The leaders of the unionist Better Together campaign are already congratulating themselves on Afghan counterparts. victory in next year’s referendum. Indeed, the US statistician Tand election forecaster, Nate Silver, told the Edinburgh book BY MICHAEL BROUGH festival last week that the yes campaign had “virtually no chance” of winning. But unionist triumphalism may be premature. wo days before the US military mis- At this stage in the 2011 Scottish parliamentary elections, the sion in Iraq formally ended in 2011, I Scottish National party was more than 10 points behind in opinion left with the last convoy of Americans polls, and pollsters gave it little chance of winning. Yet Alex Salmond Tfrom Contingency Operating Site went on to secure a landslide, delivering what most commentators Kalsu, south of Baghdad. Safely crossing the — this one included — had said was impossible: an absolute majority border into Kuwait meant that we had accom- of seats in a Scottish parliament elected on a form of proportional plished our most important mission: getting representation. out of the country alive, without any strategic It has been a constant of Scottish politics for the last 20 years blunders. If the US troops in Afghanistan also that only around a third of voters tell opinion polls that they want to can attain this goal, which will not be easy, they leave the UK. The key to the referendum result lies in the majority — US Army Col Val C Keaveny Jr, speaking to unit leaders during a rehearsal of a concept drill on will have achieved the best we can hope for in between 50 percent and 60 percent — who say they want a Scottish Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khowst province, Afghanistan. that country. parliament with greatly enhanced economic powers. Supporters of what Now, as in the last days of Iraq, US hopes has been called “devolution max” or “devolution plus” have effectively are muted. Previous aspirations for democracy desire to avoid rankling local civilians, soldiers daily. At the same time, our Iraqi partners began been disenfranchised because there is no third option on the ballot and freedom have shrunk, and most of us will will confine their patrols to areas close to the to distance themselves from us. Some had long- paper. be happy if the US can extricate itself quietly base and directly linked to US force protec- standing familial or ideological ties with our The SNP first minister, Salmond, called for this third way to be without further damage or embarrassment. tion. Challenges will increase toward the end, enemies. Even our friends no doubt saw that included, but was rebuffed by Westminster. A significant proportion of The cornerstone of the plan to exit Iraq was as surveillance equipment, interpreters and closeness with us — which previously had been undecideds could be persuaded to lend their votes to the yes campaign, the training of Iraqi police and military forces, weapons systems disappear. US units will need the ticket to significant benefits — might become not just because they have been denied the opportunity to vote for their enabling them to create a safe environment to transfer security responsibilities to Afghans a liability after our departure. preferred option, but because they fear the consequences of Scotland during and after our departure. It’s the cen- as we did to Iraqis and they will need to pray Therefore, we did not wholly trust the Iraqi saying no. Scots have little confidence in the vague promises made by trepiece of operations in Afghanistan, as well. those forces hold their ground. security forces. We well understood that the last the unionists today of “more powers” for Holyrood if Scotland votes As the months march toward the end of the If the situation in Afghanistan mirrors ours moments at Kalsu would be the most danger- no in 2014. This is precisely what Thatcher promised before 1979, but major US military presence in Afghanistan, in 2011 Iraq, US troops will find themselves in ous, so when our Iraqi partners inquired about abandoned on the grounds that there was “no consensus” on what a the stresses on units will grow. Life becomes a quickly changing relationship with their host our departure plans, we temporised. Our small better devolution should look like. increasingly austere at the end: creature com- nation. For years, the Iraqi security forces were deceptions hid the details from our friends. One The unionist campaign has been patronising, cynical and relentlessly forts vanish, food quality worsens, mail stops. the recipients of US largesse, which both outfit- example: We challenged the Iraqi forces to a soc- negative, based on scares that Scotland would be ejected from the EU, Tactically, the focus alters. Yesterday’s top ted them with needed equipment and supplies cer tournament at Kalsu, and even bought soc- Nato and other international bodies. That Scots would be denied the priorities — defeating the enemy, building up and obligated them to support the US mission. cer uniforms and a trophy from an Iraqi vendor. pound, pensions and mobile phone tariffs if they voted yes. This is not the indigenous forces — become less important The situation changes as the flow of materiel As we left Iraq in 2011, we worried about the way to win hearts and minds. than leaving with each soldier safe. It becomes slows. At some point, US forces in Afghanistan the Iraqis’ dependability. Were they proficient England is dismantling the traditional welfare state through mar- clearer by the day that, barring some deus ex will have no more to give their counterparts, enough to prevent attacks? Were they com- ketisation of the NHS, welfare caps and free schools, while Scotland machina, the US endeavour will make no stra- and it will be time for the Afghan national secu- mitted enough to want to? The recent spate of retains faith in the monolithic health service, social security and uni- tegically significant gains, though the potential rity forces to work through their own systems green-on-blue violence in Afghanistan compli- versal comprehensive education. for significant losses increases by the week. for repair parts, construction materials and cates an already complex relationship between Scotland will likely evolve into a relatively high-tax, high-spend As troop densities diminish, soldiers take on medicine. Afghan national security forces and Americans. oil-rich Nordic state within the EU, emulating Denmark or Finland. new tasks, each of which constitutes a distrac- Goodwill and trust became the keys to our The challenge for US forces will be to navigate England may seek its own form of independence, probably leaving the tion from combat missions. Accounting for the survival in Iraq, and they will be central again between trust and distrust of Afghans so their EU to become a finance-led market economy with low taxation and detritus accumulated through a decade of war in the withdrawal from Afghanistan. We met transition, like ours more than a year ago, will diminished social protections. is not simple, nor is packing up and prepar- regularly with the Iraqi generals in charge of the be uneventful. The best outcome for the US Eventually both sides will realise that these increasingly divergent ing for departure. As a result of these tasks, province’s police and army capabilities, and their departure from Afghanistan? A safe exodus political cultures should accept their differences and seek a new and gradually decreasing combat power and the subordinate elements worked with our patrols and a slow news day. WP-BLOOMBERG looser constitutional arrangement. THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Rift among Rebels pushed out of Syria fighters making it Alawite mountains hard for ICRC

BEIRUT: Divisions among Troops retake Syria president’s stronghold rebel forces are limiting human- itarian access to opposition-held BEIRUT: Syrian army and of his father Hafez Al Assad, who for the Prohibition of Chemical areas in the Syrian conflict, the militia troops loyal to President ruled Syria with an iron fist for Weapons, will try to establish international committee of the Bashar Al Assad have pushed three decades. only whether chemical weapons red cross said yesterday. back a rebel offensive in the In a gesture of support for the including sarin and other toxic The ICRC delegation head mountain heartlands of his rebel fighters, and a sign of the nerve agents were used, not who in Lebanon, Jurg Montani, said Alawite sect, officials and activ- symbolic significance of their used them. President Bashar Al Assad’s ists said yesterday, after days advances, the head of the Free The team was due to visit three regime also had a policy of delay- of heavy fighting and aerial Syrian Army was filmed visiting sites in Syria, including Khan ing access to flashpoints until bombardment. Latakia province last week. Al Assal in the north, but it was after fighting has subsided. The assault by Islamist rebels But the army and pro-Assad not immediately clear when they “If the parties to a conflict are on the northern edges of the National Defence Force militia would make those trips. fragmented, this means that we Alawite mountains overlooking fighters pushed the rebels back, Syria’s turmoil has not only have to gain that (trust) from the Mediterranean drove hun- killing many fighters including torn the country apart, it is also every single group that might be dreds of Alawite villagers out to foreign Arab jihadists who formed dragging in neighbouring coun- involved where we want to go,” the coast and marked a major part of the Al Qaeda-linked bri- tries and stoking regional sec- Montani told reporters, referring challenge to Assad’s reassertion gades on the rebel front line. tarian tensions. Foreign Sunni to growing divisions among rebel of power over central Syria. Jets have also bombed the fighters have flocked to Syria to ranks. “This is incredibly hard to But the Syrian president, bat- Sunni Muslim town of Salma battle Assad and Lebanese and achieve today,” he added, noting tling a two-year uprising which which was the launchpad for the Iraqi Shia have joined the fight that ICRC teams work without has descended into a devastating rebel attack against the Alawite on the president’s side. armed escorts even in situations civil war, sent reinforcements villagers, a minority sect that is Fighters from Al Qaeda’s of extreme violence. to the rugged area of northern an offshoot of Shia Islam. Islamic State in Iraq and the The uprising, which erupted in Latakia to repel the attack. Syria’s conflict, which has Levant have also increasingly March 2011, has gone from being The Syrian Observatory for killed more than 100,000, began clashed with Kurds in the north driven by a rag-tag army of defec- Human Rights monitoring group as peaceful protests demanding and north-east of the country — tors to being composed mostly of said Assad’s forces have retaken Assad’s ouster but is now marred one factor behind a recent wave civilians who have taken up arms all the military observation posts by rising sectarian bloodshed of refugees into Kurdish northern against the Assad regime. A grow- which rebels had seized when between Sunnis and Alawites. Iraq. ing number of rebels are Islamist they launched their offensive two A team of United Nations More than 20,000 people have radicals who do not answer to the weeks ago, and regained control chemical weapons experts arrived entered northern Iraq since mainstream Free Syrian Army of nine Alawite villages. in Damascus on Sunday after Thursday in one of the larg- and who stand accused of having The army was still trying to months of delay and were due to est crossings since the conflict kidnapped hundreds of Syrian recapture two villages, the observ- start investigating reports dating erupted in March 2011, some com- activists and several foreigners. atory’s head Rami Abdelrahman back to last December about the ing from as far away as Aleppo, The government, meanwhile, said, adding that heavy fighting possible use of chemical weapons 450 km to the west. has “in principle” allowed the continued yesterday. in Syria’s civil war. The border between Syria ICRC to work in rebel-held areas State news agency SANA said The government and rebels and Iraq has been largely closed but has placed temporary restric- the army had “dealt with the last accuse each other of using chem- since authorities of the Kurdish tions on access to flashpoint areas, terrorist groups” in the area and ical weapons, a step which the regional government shut the said Montani. “In practice, if we seized their weapons. United States has said would crossing on May 19, apart from look at a situation like Homs or Rebels killed 200 people, mostly cross a “red line” in the conflict. a single formal crossing point at Qusayr, where we’d been trying civilians, and drove hundreds Like the broader Syrian war, Al Wahid in Anbar province. to get in during the times of con- from their villages in the first the issue of chemical weapons has The latest influx of refugees flict... that’s when we had prob- three days of the assault, activ- divided world powers. Washington crossed a new pontoon bridge over lems,” he said. Despite repeated ists said. They also shot down a said in June it believed Assad’s the Tigris river at Peshkhabour, calls by activists in Qusayr dur- military jet, according to amateur forces have used them on a small adding to the 150,000 Syrian refu- ing the fighting for humanitar- video footage released on Sunday. scale, while in July Moscow said gees already registered in Iraq. ian assistance, the ICRC was not At one stage a rebel commander rebels fired sarin gas near Aleppo The total number of refugees allowed in until after the army said the rebels had reached within in March. who have fled Syria is now close to had retaken the city in Homs 20 km of Qardaha — Assad’s The UN team, including weap- 2 million, and has nearly doubled Syrian refugees cross the border into the autonomous Kurdish region of province of central Syria near the hometown and the burial place ons experts from the Organisation in just five months. REUTERS northern Iraq, yesterday. border with Lebanon. AFP US shields Jordan against chemical arms threat

AMMAN: The United States is provid- raging, we need this (US) technical assist- the Syrian refugees the kingdom is hosting.” ing Amman with technical assistance ance,” he added. The Syrian regime admitted in July last against any possible chemical threat from Fearing a spillover of the Syrian conflict, year for the first time that it has chemical neighbouring Syria, Jordan’s prime min- the United States has deployed in Jordan weapons, threatening to use them to pro- ister said yesterday. F-16 fighters and Patriot missile defences tect the country against Western military Abdullah Nsur made the comment at a as well as about 1,000 US troops, to protect intervention but “never against the people”. news conference a day after UN inspectors its close Arab ally. Jordan is home to more than 500,000 tasked with investigating whether chemical A team of more than 10 UN inspectors Syrian refugees, including 130,000 in the weapons have been used in the 29-month arrived on Sunday in Damascus to begin northern Zaatari camp near the border with Syria war arrived in Damascus. their hard-won mission, which UN officials Syria. “We are ready for the possibilities of have said will last two weeks. US army chief General Martin Dempsey chemical wars. UN investigators are in Both the Syrian government and the held talks in Jordan last week on ways to Syria now, so apparently there are chemi- rebels fighting to overthrow President help the Jordanian military tackle fallout cal weapons,” Nsur told reporters. Bashar Al Assad accuse each other of using from the Syrian conflict, a Jordanian gov- “US teams are helping Jordan with this. chemical weapons. ernment official said on Thursday. They provide training and other things “As long as the UN is investigating, our A Pentagon statement quoted Dempsey as should something happen, God forbids,” he duty is to assume that such weapons exist saying that the types of possible US support A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency yesterday shows said giving details on the exact nature of the and take precautionary measures,” Nsur that were discussed include border surveil- demonstrators carrying national flags and pictures of President Bashar Al Assad US assistance. said. lance, intelligence, reconnaissance and sur- during a march near the central city of Homs, in support of the army. “We do not know how long the war in In such a context, he said, “our duty is veillance assistance and training Jordanian Syria will last, but as long as the war is still to protect our people, border villages and special operations forces. AFP

Festival high Iran may be curbing enrichment

VIENNA: Iran appears to be says, to yield fuel for a medical may help to push back any Israeli holding back growth of its most research reactor. decision on whether to attack sensitive nuclear stockpile by The diplomats, accredited to Iranian nuclear sites, Western continuing to convert some of it the United Nations’ International diplomats say Iran needs to do into reactor fuel, diplomats said Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), much more to allay suspicions yesterday, potentially giving said Iran might even have stepped about its atomic programme. more time for negotiation with up this conversion in recent They note that uranium oxide world powers. months. powder can be converted The stock of medium-enriched If this is confirmed in the back into gas form relatively uranium gas is closely watched in IAEA’s quarterly report, due quickly. the West; Israel has threatened to around August 27-28, the inven- The six powers negotiating attack if diplomacy fails to curb tory of 20 percent gas will rise by with Iran — the United States, Iran’s programme and it amasses less than the output, which has France, Germany, Britain, China enough of the material — a short been about 15 kg per month. and Russia — want it to stop technical step from weapons- One of the diplomats suggested enriching uranium to 20 percent grade — to make a bomb. the stockpile may show little or and suspend work at the under- The Islamic state says its pro- even no growth during the last ground Fordow site where most gramme is for power generation three months, saying: “Everyone of this activity is pursued. and medical purposes only, but expects there to be as much or Rowhani, a former nuclear the election of the relatively mod- more conversion.” negotiator who oversaw a previ- erate Hassan Rowhani as presi- But he and others cautioned ous deal to suspend Iran’s ura- dent has raised hopes that talks against seeing it as a signal by nium enrichment, has pledged to address the decade-old nuclear the new Iranian president as the to improve ties with the outside dispute could be unblocked. uranium conversion began in late world and secure an easing of Since Iran in 2010 began 2011. international sanctions. enriching uranium to a 20 per- Iran’s stockpile of 20 percent But he insists on Iran’s right cent concentration of the fissile uranium gas amounted to 182 kg to refine uranium, and the gov- isotope, it has produced more in May, according to the IAEA’s ernment has made clear that than the 240-250 kg that would last report, an increase of 9 per- it would expect a major easing be needed for one weapon. cent since February but still well of sanctions, which are hurting But it has kept the stockpile below the “red line” set by Israel, its oil-dependent economy, in A Bedouin man rides a horse during the Sanaa Summer Festival in Sanaa yesterday. The two-week festival below the stated Israeli “red line” believed to be the region’s only exchange for any agreement to aims to stimulate domestic tourism and reassure local and international tourists about Yemen’s stability. by converting part of the uranium nuclear weapons power. curb enrichment. gas into oxide powder in order, it While the conversion activity REUTERS TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Europe moves to calm Britain-Spain row British warship docks in Gibraltar

GIBRALTAR: A British war- in along the boundary of the ter- ship docked in Gibraltar yes- ritorial waters claimed by Britain terday in a pre-planned naval as it entered port, in a so-called exercise as European leaders sovereignty patrol which is stand- worked to calm a row between ard practice for visiting British Britain and Spain over sover- warships. eignty and fishing rights. “It is a routine deployment but The Type 23 frigate, equipped it couldn’t have come at a better with a weapons system including time,” said one local, Tony Evans, a torpedo launcher, Harpoon anti- as he stood watching the ships ship missiles, Sea Wolf surface-to- dock at the nearby naval base. air missiles and helicopter, arrived British and Spanish officials say under the gaze of onlookers, some the naval visits are unrelated to of them waving British flags. their disagreement over the con- The naval visit to the territory crete reef. bordering the tip of Spain was Amid the row, Spain has planned well before the recent imposed intense customs checks rise in tensions, but was seen as at the land border to Gibraltar, symbol amid the row, which has leading to daily hours-long queues led EU authorities to weigh in. of cars. It came a day after dozens of British Prime Minister David Spanish fishing boats sailed to Cameron described the border waters around Gibraltar in a checks as “politically motivated”. protest to demand it remove 70 The Gibraltar police said in a concrete blocks it has dropped in Twitter message that there were their fishing grounds. no such queues so far in mid- British frigate HMS Westminster arrives in Gibraltar for a naval exercise amid a furious diplomatic row with Spain over sovereignty and fishing rights in The Gibraltar government says afternoon yesterday. the surrounding waters. the concrete reef will regenerate Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose marine life and argues that the Manuel Garcia Margallo sug- Spanish raked for shellfish there gested in a press interview in officials said. Barroso held a simi- “is unacceptable and constitutes do so against the wishes of spokesman told reporters in illegally. early August that a ¤50 tax could lar conversation with Cameron on a violation of environmental Gibraltarians, who are staunchly London. “We clearly want to The Spaniards say they have be levied for travellers entering Friday. norms”, according to the Spanish pro-British. reach a quick resolution which been cut off from rich fishing Spain from Gibraltar. Speaking to Barroso, Rajoy statement. A spokesman for Cameron’s is acceptable and brings an end grounds, hurting the livelihoods Imposing taxes or toll fees invited EU experts to come to HMS Westminster and the two office yesterday played down to these totally disproportionate of fishermen in the poor southern at EU member-state borders Spain and Gibraltar to assess the support vessels are due to stay in rumours that Britain was con- border checks.” region of Andalusia. would be “illegal under EU law,” situation, a Spanish government Gibraltar for three days before sidering action to disrupt the Gibraltar’s First Minister It is the latest in a string of European Commission spokesman statement said. heading east for annual naval tourist industry in Spain — a Fabian Picardo told the BBC yes- diplomatic rows over the self-gov- Olivier Bailly told a news briefing Bailly said that visit was exercises. favourite destination for British terday that he had been “work- erning British overseas territory, in Brussels yesterday. planned for September and that Spain ceded Gibraltar to holidaymakers. ing on an extremely credible plan which measures just 6.8sq km and Spain’s Prime Minister the EU may consider whether the Britain in perpetuity in 1713 but “Our preference here is to to ensure that people who want is home to about 30,000 people. Mariano Rajoy spoke by tel- reef meets the bloc’s environmen- has long argued that it should be resolve this via political means to fish in these waters can fish HMS Westminster, accompa- ephone with the Commission’s tal regulations. returned to Spanish sovereignty. and through dialogue with in these waters in keeping with nied by two support vessels, sailed President Jose Manuel Barroso, Rajoy said the concrete reef London says it will not the Spanish government”, the Gibraltar law”. AFP

Switzerland DR Congo to blocks deal to Pistorius murder trial in March probe death PRETORIA: Paralympic next year amid backlogs in the sell ski lifts sprint star Oscar Pistorius will South African courts. of Norwegian go on trial in March charged Pistorius appeared in the dock with murdering his girlfriend wearing a black suit and light blue to North Korea on Valentine’s Day, a South shirt, occasionally wiping his nose prisoner African magistrate ruled yes- and breathing heavily. GENEVA: Switzerland yester- terday, after a brief but emo- Friends of Steenkamp were KINSHASA: Officials in the day said that it had blocked a tional court appearance. also present, dressed in black. Democratic Republic of Congo deal to sell top-notch ski lifts The 26-year-old double “Ironically the 19th of August are probing the death of a to North Korea, in a move that amputee wept and prayed with 2013 would have been Reeva’s Norwegian prisoner in a case could delay what is seen as brother Carl and sister Aimee as 30th birthday, a day that should of suspected murder or suicide, leader Kim Jong-Un’s pet ski he awaited the magistrate, who have been a celebration of her the government said yesterday. resort project. confirmed charges of murder, life,” their spokesman Ian Levitt The body of Tjostolv Moland Swiss company Bartholet which carries a life sentence, and said afterwards. was “discovered yesterday, Maschinenbau (BMF) had illegal possession of ammunition. “Instead it will now mark a Sunday, in the morning” in reportedly all but agreed to sell Reeva Steenkamp — a blonde court appearance related to her his death-row jail cell in the mechanical chair lifts and cable cover girl and law graduate who untimely passing six months ago,” Congolese capital Kinshasa, gov- cars to Pyongyang to help fulfil would have turned 30 yesterday — he added as three of Steenkamp’s ernment spokesman Lambert Kim’s vision of a “world class” ski died in the bathroom of Pistorius’ friends wept behind him. Mende said. resort, being built as rival South upmarket Pretoria home in the The Pistorius family said they “The first clues are being exam- Korea prepares to host the 2018 early hours of February 14. did not immediately wish to ined to find out whether (it was) Winter Olympic Games. She was shot in the head, elbow comment. murder or suicide. The doctor But Switzerland’s State and hip. Local media had said Pistorius required by the Norwegian consu- Secretariat for Economic Affairs The athlete known as “Blade may also be charged with gun late has examined the corpse. The (SECO) said it had blocked Runner”, who is currently out offences as the state tries to body has been taken to the Mama the deal, reportedly worth 7m on bail, has admitted to killing cast him as aggressive and Yemo hospital for an autopsy,” he Swiss francs ($7.6m), after the her but denied murder, saying trigger-happy. added. Swiss government in early July he shot Steenkamp through a However, no other charges Moland, 32, and his friend expanded its sanctions on North locked bathroom door because were listed on the indictment. Joshua French, 31, who has dual Korea. he believed she was an intruder. The document showed 107 Norwegian-British nationality, Confirming a weekend report Prosecutors will argue he is witnesses, including many of were sentenced to death in June by the SonntagsZeitung weekly, guilty of pre-meditated murder. Pistorius’s neighbours. 2010 after being convicted of spy- SECO spokeswoman Marie Avet “The accused armed himself “Some of the state witnesses ing and of killing the Congolese explained in an email why selling with his nine-millimetre pistol heard a woman scream, followed driver of a car they had rented. supplies to the Masik Pass resort and through the locked door, fired by moments of silence, then heard The men, both former soldiers, project in northeastern North four shots at the deceased. The gunshots and then more scream- rejected all charges against them Korea fell under the expanded deceased was wounded and died ing,” it said. and said that the driver was killed sanctions on luxury exports to on the scene,” the charge sheet Pistorius’s ex-girlfriend by bandits. They said that they the country. said. Samantha Taylor is also expected had come to DR Congo to set up “This is obviously a prestig- Magistrate Desmond Nair said to testify. a security firm. ious propaganda project for the the trial would start at the High Pistorius allegedly once fired “The other Norwegian (French) regime,” she wrote, adding that Court on March 3 and run until a gun through the sunroof of is being questioned by magistrates judging from North Korea’s March 20. Taylor’s car, and earlier this year in the presence of his lawyer and political-economic situation, “it Yesterday’s hearing lasted only reportedly discharged a gun by somebody from the consulate,” is inconceivable that this resort Oscar Pistorius appears in the Pretoria Magistrates court in Pretoria, South a few minutes, as lawyers had accident at a Johannesburg res- Mende said. will be used by the general public.” Africa, yesterday. already agreed to start the trial taurant. AFP On Sunday, Norwegian Foreign The Swiss government there- Minister Espen Barth Eide fore “considers it inappropriate announced Moland’s death but for Swiss companies to partici- gave no indication of the cause. pate in such projects,” she said. A Norwegian diplomat had been According to a report in sent to the jail, he added. Swiss daily Le Temps yesterday, Shortly after their convic- the world leading ski lift pro- Strike paralyses South African auto sector tion Moland and French wrote vider, Austrian Doppelmayr, had to Congolese President Joseph already turned down the North CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s Five of the seven companies Metalworkers of South Africa companies say they can ill afford Kabila to ask for a pardon or for Korean order “for political rea- auto manufacturing industry operating in the South African (NUMSA), its largest manufac- as metal prices slump. their death sentence to be com- sons”, as had French Pomagalski. came to a near standstill yes- auto sector, including Toyota, turing union, which wants pay Mining strikes over the last 18 muted to life imprisonment that BMF, which could not be terday when about 30,000 work- Ford and General Motors, said hikes of 20 percent for its mem- months have killed more than 60 could eventually be served in immediately reached for com- ers downed tools, adding to the production had been halted or bers, compared with inflation people, slowed economic growth, Norway. Norwegian authorities ment, had meanwhile report- labour woes of the continent’s affected. at 5.5 percent. Companies have hit the rand currency and led to have since been trying to negoti- edly accepted the order, but to be largest economy which has Underpinned by government offered 6 percent. sovereign credit downgrades. ate a transfer to the Scandinavian safe, had checked with SECO in been hit by violent unrest at its incentives, the industry contrib- The central bank has warned Zuma and the ANC have faced country. early June that the deal could go mines. utes at least 6 percent to gross about the inflationary impact of heavy criticism for their han- No executions have been car- through. The stoppage would cost the domestic product and accounts high wage settlements on con- dling of last year’s wave of wild- ried out in DR Congo since Kabila SECO first advised against industry about 600m rand ($60m) for 12 percent of exports. sumer prices. But workers are cat strikes in the mines, which came to power in 2001 and death the deal but said it was not ille- a day in lost production, the A fresh round of labour unrest stretched financially and often also dented growth and alarmed sentences have regularly been gal, only to revise that position National Association Automobile will be a political headache for have several dependents, with foreign investors. commuted to life imprisonment. after the government expanded Manufacturers of South Africa President Jacob Zuma and the the unemployment rate officially Elias Kubeka, national motor Penal facilities in the vast coun- its North Korea sanctions last (NAAMSA) said. ruling African National Congress at 25 percent, and at 40 percent, sector coordinator for NUMSA, try date from Belgian colonial month. “The strike affects the entire (ANC) ahead of elections next according to most analysts. said the auto industry strike was times and are decrepit and over- “Such exports were prohibited value chain of the indus- year. Strikes also loom in the min- “very well supported and all of the crowded. Inmates are exposed to on July 3,” Avet said. try,” NAAMSA director Nico The strike was called last ing sector with unions seeking pay factories, 100 percent, are shut many diseases, dehydration and AFP Vermeulen said. week by the National Union of rises of up to 150 percent, which down”. REUTERS starvation. AFP TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Britain faces furore over NY gun seizure Snowden-linked detention Guardian journalist’s partner held under anti-terror law

LONDON: British authori- subsequently released,” a spokes- ties faced increasing pressure man said. yesterday to explain why they Brazil’s foreign ministry said its used anti-terror laws to detain embassy in London had contacted the partner of a journalist who British officials prior to Miranda’s worked with US intelligence release and that Brazil would also leaker Edward Snowden. be seeking an explanation. David Miranda -- the Brazilian “This measure is without jus- partner of Glenn Greenwald, tification since it involves an an American journalist with individual against whom there Britain’s Guardian newspaper -- are no charges that can justify was held for almost nine hours the use of that legislation,” the on Sunday as he passed through ministry said in a statement. London’s Heathrow Airport on his way to Rio de Janeiro from REVENGE TACTICS Berlin. A furious Greenwald said Greenwald, a well-known jour- British authorities had “zero nalist in the United States, ana- suspicion” that Miranda was lysed and published information involved in terrorism and instead on documents released by former Guns seized by the New York Police Department (NYPD), in the largest seizure of illegal guns in the city’s spent hours questioning him US security contractor Snowden history, are displayed during a press conference yesterday. The operation, which involved an undercover about the Guardian’s report- revealing huge electronic surveil- agent buying guns smuggled from North Carolina and South Carolina, yielded over 250 guns. ninteen people ing on the activities of the US lance operations by the NSA. have been charged. National Security Agency, which Snowden has been granted has enraged Washington. asylum in Russia after spend- David Miranda and Glenn “This was obviously designed ing five weeks in limbo at a to send a message of intimi- Greenwald at Rio de Janeiro’s Moscow airport attempting to dation to those of us working Tom Jobim international airport avoid extradition to the US. He is journalistically on reporting yesterday. wanted by Washington on espio- CIA admits 1953 Iran coup: Report on the NSA and its British nage charges. counterpart, the GCHQ “But it is for the police to The Guardian said it was “dis- WASHINGTON: The CIA British believed that control of escalated and Britain sent in war- (Government Communications decide when it is necessary and mayed” by Miranda’s detention has admitted orchestrating the Iranian oil was vital to reviving ships -- as it would do three years Headquarters),” Greenwald proportionate to use these pow- and was seeking “clarification” August 1953 coup that toppled their economy from the destruc- later alongside France and Israel wrote in the Guardian. ers,” the spokesman said. from the British authorities. Iran’s prime minister after he tion of World War II. when Egypt nationalized the Suez “They completely abused their But authorities were under Arriving to meet Miranda tried to nationalize his country’s After taking office in 1953, US Canal. own terrorism law for reasons increasing pressure to explain at Rio’s airport, meanwhile, oil wealth from Britain, accord- president Dwight Eisenhower “Then not only would Iran’s oil having nothing whatsoever to do why he had been held, with Greenwald said he was now ingly to declassified documents. voiced more sympathy for the have been irretrievably lost to the with terrorism.” Brazil expressing “grave con- even more determined to con- The Central Intelligence British position than had the pre- West, but the defense chain around Miranda, 28, often assists cern” that one of its citizens tinue reporting on the intelli- Agency’s role in the overthrow of vious administration of president the Soviet Union which was part Greenwald with his work, the had been apparently “held gence leaks -- with a new focus Mohammad Mossadegh has long Harry Truman which had encour- of US foreign policy would have Guardian said. incommunicado”. on Britain. been known, with the coup haunt- aged the US allies to compromise been breached,” it said. He is not an employee of the Britain’s opposition Labour “I have many more documents ing relations between the United with Iran. The coup allowed the return newspaper but it had paid for his party called for an urgent inves- to report on, including ones States and Iran six decades later. The internal CIA history, of the shah, Mohammad Reza flights. He had stayed in Berlin tigation into whether anti-terror about the UK, where I’ll now But George Washington released by the National Security Pahlavi, who became a close US with Laura Poitras, a US film- laws had been misused. focus more,” he told reporters. University’s National Security Archive on Sunday to mark the ally. He was toppled in the 1979 maker who has been working “Any suggestion that ter- “I will be more aggressive, not Archive -- which obtained the coup’s 60th anniversary, offered Islamic revolution, with the new with the Guardian. ror powers are being mis- less, in reporting.” documents under the Freedom of a degree of understanding of leadership making hostility to the Miranda said he had been used must be investigated and British authorities would Information Act, a law that pro- Mossadegh’s position and rejected United States a cornerstone of questioned by six agents at clarified urgently,” said Yvette “come to regret” detaining motes government transparency Western media depictions of him Iran’s foreign policy. Heathrow who confiscated his Cooper, Labour’s home affairs Miranda, he warned. -- said that a secret internal his- as “a madman” or “an emotional Then secretary of State electronic equipment. spokeswoman. Rights group Amnesty tory marked the most explicit CIA bundle of senility.” Madeline Albright, in an effort to “They asked questions about Britain’s independent International said Miranda was admission. While recognizing that London mend relations with Iran, admit- my entire life, about everything,” reviewer of terror legislation, “clearly a victim of unwarranted “The military coup that over- needed the oil, the CIA history ted in 2000 that the United States he said in comments published the barrister David Anderson, revenge tactics”, while Reporters threw Mosadeq and his National said that British policymakers had “played a significant role” in over- by the Guardian. “They took my said he had asked for a brief- Without Borders said it was Front cabinet was carried out “little in their experience to make throwing Mossadegh and called computer, video game, mobile ing on what he described as an “outraged” by his detention. under CIA direction as an act of them respect Iranians, whom com- the coup “a setback for Iran’s phone, my memory card.” “unusual” case. “The world’s most repressive US foreign policy,” the document pany managers and Foreign Office political development.” A spokesman for Prime London’s Metropolitan Police states often identify journal- said, using an alternative spelling managers saw as inefficient, cor- President Barack Obama made Minister David Cameron said confirmed that a 28-year-old ism with terrorism and now the of Mossadegh. rupt and self-serving.” a similar admission after taking the British government takes “all man was detained at Heathrow British authorities have crossed Mossadegh had angered Britain But the CIA history cast the office in 2009 in another unsuc- necessary steps to protect the Airport under anti-terrorism a red line by resorting to this by moving to take over the Anglo- decision in Cold War terms, fear- cessful attempt at reconciliation public from individuals who pose legislation. practice,” the group said. Iranian Oil Company -- the pred- ing that the Soviets would invade with Iran, which has sought an a threat to national security”. “He was not arrested. He was AFP ecessor of modern-day BP. The and take over Iran if the crisis explicit apology. AFP

Anti-fracking protest Colombian rebels say they will free Canadian hostage BOGOTA, Colombia: Leftist guerrillas in Colombia said yes- terday they will free a Canadian engineer who has been held hos- tage since January, in a poten- tial boost for the country’s peace process. The National Liberation Army, known by its Spanish acro- nym ELN, asked the International Committee of the Red Cross to help arrange guarantees for Jernoc Wobert’s safe handover. “In the coming days Canadian citizen Jernoc Wobert, vice presi- dent for exploration of the Braewal Mining Corporation, will be freed,” Police remove anti-fracking activists who had glued themselves to the headquarters of Bell Pottinger, the ELN said in a statement. the PR firm used by energy company Cuadrilla in London yesterday.The protest coincided with demon- Interior Minister Fernando strations in the tiny village of Balcombe in southern England, as demonstrators blocked roads near an Carrillo said yesterday that the oil exploration site in protest at the drilling process known as ‘fracking’, run by by Cuadrilla Resources. ELN statement was a sign of good will that could clear the way for peace talks with the country’s second largest rebel group. “With these positive signs of Firefighters step up battle against Idaho blaze the handover of hostages, the pos- sibility of dialogue with the group SALMON, Idaho: Firefighters officials called “a heavy air show” Sunday turned in favour of the completely opens,” he said. mounted yesterday an all-out and ground assault in a drive to firefighters. The FARC, largest guerrilla ground and air attack on an gain the upper hand over a blaze A rise in humidity levels group, has been in talks with the Idaho wildfire that has forced stoked by dry, hot weather and overnight paired with calmer government since November, but the evacuation of some 2,250 strong, gusting winds. winds gave crews an edge in President Juan Manuel Santos has homes and threatened the “Every fire has a personal- efforts to subdue flames that refused to talk to the ELN until it world-class ski resort of Sun ity, and this fire has an angry have advanced on affluent releases all hostages. Valley, where snow-making personality,” said Beth Lund, neighborhoods around the tour- Wobert, 47, was captured by water cannons were used to incident commander with the ist town of Hailey and resort guerrillas in northern Colombia keep the flames at bay. US Forest Service team manag- communities of Ketchum and on January 18 along with two The fire raging across ing the blaze in central Idaho. Sun Valley to the north. Peruvians and three Colombians parched sagebrush, grass- Airplane tankers dumping Authorities have put the employed by the Toronto-based lands and pine forests near payloads of fire retardant and value of land and property mining company. The South high-end developments in the helicopters dropping water bol- threatened in the resort region, Americans were freed a month Sun Valley area has consumed stered the fight on Sunday to known as the Wood River later, but the ELN hung on to 101,000 acres (41,000 hectares) protect the 5,128 residences, Valley, at $8bn. The area con- Wobert, demanding that the com- and destroyed one home and 1,399 commercial properties tains the homes of such celeb- pany give up its mining rights. seven other buildings since and 3,729 outbuildings threat- rities as film director Steven In late July, Braewal Mining lightning sparked the blaze ened by the fire. Spielberg, actor Tom Hanks announced that it was pulling out on August 7. For the first time since the and singer and actress Barbra of Colombia because of “unfavoura- More than 1,000 firefight- so-called Beaver Creek blaze Streisand. ble market conditions,” relinquish- ers were engaged in what fire erupted, weather conditions on REUTERS ing its mining rights. AFP TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Malaysia police kill 5 in crime crackdown 200 detained as security forces set up nation-wide centres to target societies, drug pushers and other gangs

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police detention was scrapped in 2011 under in an exchange of fire early yesterday one of Malaysia’s largest banks in the Najib said yesterday that his govern- said they killed five suspected gang pressure from reform advocates. when police moved in on their hideout 1970s. ment was still debating whether to rein- members in a shootout early yesterday Critics blame the national police force, in Penang. He was gunned down in broad daylight state provisions for detention without and arrested 200 people in a crack- which is widely viewed as corrupt and Known for its beach resorts, multi- on a street in central Kuala Lumpur on trial. down on a spate of violent crime that unprofessional. cultural Penang has experienced several July 29. “The government is studying the mat- has shocked the country. National police chief Khalid Abu of the recent shootings, some in broad A day after Najadi’s killing, Prime ter so that individual human rights will Police launched the nationwide anti- Bakar told reporters in the northern daylight. Minister Najib Razak called on police not be offended, on top of protecting crime push on Saturday following a state of Penang where yesterday’s shoot- The Star newspaper reported the to curb “brazen” gun crimes. public interest and public order,” he was growing public outcry over lawlessness out erupted that 200 suspects have been five were suspects in the recent Penang The crackdown launched at the week- quoted by Malaysiakini as saying. “There that for the past month has seen near- rounded up nationwide. violence. end in the capital includes increased must be a balance.” daily shootings and other violence. “Since Saturday, we set up opera- Malaysians have complained for years roadblocks and patrols to corral “suspi- Najib’s administration -- which set The vast majority of crimes have gone tion centres and targeted operations to about a perceived surge in burglaries, cious” people, police have said. crime reduction as a key goal -- says unsolved. probe the suspects, secret societies’ nests robberies, and purse-snatching. Police are employing a previously lit- crime in the Muslim-majority country The Barisan Nasional (National and suspected drug traffickers,” he was But concerns have risen over the past tle-used law, which Khalid said would has fallen sharply in the last two years. Front) ruling coalition blames a turf war quoted by news portal Malaysiakini as month with a series of killings. They allow them to detain suspects for up The opposition says data is being tam- between criminals released when a tough saying. included the shooting of Bahrain-born to 72 hours for investigation without a pered with. security law that allowed preventive He said five gang suspects were killed Hussain Ahmad Najadi, 75, who founded court order. AFP Flood-ravaged Hunt for inmates after Jakarta jailbreak JAKARTA: Indonesian secu- soldiers regained control of the Qaeda involvement in those rity forces yesterday hunted for prison in Batubara district over- breakouts and other escapes that a group of inmates who escaped night after firing tear gas and occurred around the same time in from an overcrowded jail on warning shots into the air, said different countries. Sumatra island, in the latest district chief JP Sinaga. However, Indonesian officials breakout to hit the country’s The prison had been almost have played down the possibility decrepit prison system. three times over its capacity of of links between the jailbreaks Prisoners rampaged through 300 inmates when the violence and the terror network. Labuhan Ruku jail on Sunday, erupted. Anti-terror agency head setting fire to the building and Officials did not know what Ansyaad Mbai said he did not attacking wardens, angered at offences the escapees had com- suspect Al Qaeda involvement in a failure to give them sentence mitted although Labuhan Ruku Sunday’s escape. reductions and their treatment. is not a high-security jail and “We see no indications of Al Thirty prisoners managed to was unlikely to be holding seri- Qaeda links,” he said. escape but authorities had recap- ous offenders, such as terrorism Around 350 police were guard- tured 23 by 1.30pm, said national convicts. ing the roads around the prison police spokesman Ronny Sompie. Following two jailbreaks in complex, parts of which were fire- “Seven inmates have still not Indonesia in July, Interpol issued blackened and badly damaged. returned,” he added. Police and an alert saying it suspected Al AFP People stand in a flooded street after heavy rainfalls hit Fushun, Liaoning province China on Sunday. Devastating floods at opposite ends of China have left 105 people dead and 115 missing in the past few days, officials said. S Korea-US drill begins even as tensions ease with North Yangon’s tallest man in need of SEOUL: South Korea launched a mili- a joint industrial zone that was closed in The North on Sunday agreed to hold said any North-South thaw was inherently tary drill yesterday with the United April at the height of a surge in military talks on the issue and also proposed re- limited by the North’s refusal to give up medical help States against a simulated North tensions on the divided peninsula. starting South Korean tours to its Mount its pursuit of a nuclear deterrent. Korean invasion, even as a recent eas- After seven rounds of negotiations, Kumgang resort. “Unless the North takes some tangible YANGON: “Big Zaw” has ing of tensions between Seoul and the two rivals agreed last week on a The sudden flurry of proposals and pos- steps for denuclearisation, it will be hard known he was different since Pyongyang gathered momentum. framework for resuming operations at itive responses come just three months (for Seoul) to resume the Mount Kumgang a teenage growth spurt sent Although the annual Ulchi Freedom the Kaesong zone, which is an important after the two Koreas found themselves on tours that pump a huge amount of money him soaring above his neigh- Guardian drill is largely played out on hard currency earner for the impover- a virtual war footing with the North hurl- into the North’s regime, or other cross- bours in a remote Myanmar computers, it involves more than 80,000 ished North. ing threats of pre-emptive nuclear strikes. border projects,” he said. village. Now at seven foot South Korean and US troops and has Building on that breakthrough, South The crisis in April and May was trig- The defensive 10-day joint drill that eight inches, Win Zaw Oo is repeatedly been condemned by Pyongyang Korean President Park Geun-Hye urged gered by the North’s third nuclear test in kicked off yesterday is relatively low key, believed to be the country’s as a provocative war rehearsal. Pyongyang to “open its heart” and resume February and fanned by a series of large- with participating troops largely confined tallest man, and a recent rise This year, however, the criticism from reunions -- suspended three years ago -- scale South Korea-US military exercises. to barracks and no high-visibility land, sea to fame means he can seek the North has been relatively muted as for families separated since the 1950-53 Park Hyeong-Jung, an analyst at the or air manoeuvres. treatment abroad for the both Koreas have focused on reopening war. Korea Institute for National Unification, AFP health condition behind his towering height. Oo is set to undergo surgery in Singapore for a pituitary gland tumour, which causes the body to Germany criticises produce excessive growth hormones, because the pro- Beijing for jailing China official who doubted Bo murder case quits cedure is too advanced to BEIJING: A Chinese foren- Medicine Association, the Global of the country’s top 25 leaders -- “Comment is posted successfully, be carried out in Myanmar, activist’s relative sic expert who questioned the Times said. would face trial for corruption on but updating the server may be where the health system was murder conviction of top politi- The reason for Wang’s timing Thursday. delayed, please wait for 1-2 min- left chronically under-funded BERLIN: Germany yesterday cian Bo Xilai’s wife has resigned was unclear. In a video posted A guilty verdict is all but cer- utes. Thank you!” by the former junta. blasted a ruling by a Chinese one of her positions, state media online over the weekend she cited tain at the proceedings in the Virtually all of those posts that court to uphold an 11-year said yesterday, just as Bo’s trial her disagreement with a separate, eastern city of Jinan. appeared upheld the official line, Boy dies from prison sentence handed to the date was announced. unrelated case for her decision. The intermediate court there such as: “The Communist Party brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Wang Xuemei -- who openly The announcement by Wang, opened an account on China’s is great” and “Make every effort bird flu laureate Liu Xiaobo. doubted the ruling Communist who is also a vice-director at the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service to fight corruption!”. Bo’s wife Chancellor Angela Merkel’s authorities’ account of the death public prosecutor’s office, came on Sunday announcing the date Gu Kailai was given a suspended PHNOM PENH: A nine- spokesman said she had fol- of British businessman Neil as state media said that Bo -- of the trial. Posts on the site were death sentence in August 2012 for year-old boy has died from lowed the case of Liu Hui closely Heywood -- stepped down as vice- once head of the southwestern being moderated and would-be fatally poisoning Heywood. bird flu in Cambodia, the 10th and was “disappointed by this president of the Chinese Forensic megacity of Chongqing and one users received a message that: AFP victim this year, the World extraordinarily tough sentence” Health Organisation said which was confirmed Friday. yesterday, warning that the “We expect a minimum of kingdom’s deadliest outbreak respect for the rule of law and of the virus could continue. transparency from an important The boy, from the northwest- partner like China that has seen Clean-up begins after ern province of Battambang, impressive development,” the died in a children’s hospital spokesman, Steffen Seibert, told in the nearby tourist hub of reporters. Siem Reap on Sunday night “There are unfortunately clear Japan volcano eruption after falling ill last month, signs that the trial against Liu the WHO in Cambodia said in Hui is part of sweeping state TOKYO: Clean-up workers poor visibility, forcing car driv- a statement. Tests confirmed pressure against the family of yesterday started removing a ers to use their headlights. the victim had contracted the Liu Xiaobo.” layer of grey ash that spread Residents turned to masks H5N1 strain of avian influ- He said German and other across a city in southern Japan and umbrellas to protect them- enza, he added. foreign diplomats who had been after a volcano erupted at the selves against the ash cloud, but observing the proceedings had weekend, spewing a plume there were no reports of injuries Radioactive been barred from the courtroom 5,000 metres into the air. or damage, city officials said. during Friday’s hearing. Kagoshima city mobilised “The volcanic activity had dust hits two “We have a different idea of a more than 60 street sweepers as been subdued by yesterday diplomatic partnership,” Seibert well as water-spraying vehicles morning,” a local meteorologi- TOKYO: The operator of said. to remove ash that coated the cal agency official said. Japan’s crippled Fukushima “The chancellor once again streets, officials said. “There is no sign of large scale nuclear plant yesterday said urges the Chinese government to The eruption of the 1,117- eruptions in the near future, but two workers were found to release all people who are being metre (3,665-foot) Mount we have not yet lifted a two-kilo- be contaminated with radi- held in prison for the peaceful Sakurajima overlooking the city metre (1.2-mile) no-go zone just oactive particles, the sec- exercise of their constitutional happened on Sunday afternoon. in case.” ond such incident in a week right to free expression.” The volcanic activity spew- The eruption also caused involving staff outside the Police had detained Liu Hui in ing the highest ash plume from a small amount of lava to run site’s main operations centre. January on suspicion of commit- the volcano since an eruption in down the side of the crater. Two dust monitors sounded ting fraud in connection with a 2000. It was the highly active vol- alarms earlier yesterday out- real-estate deal. Television footage showed the cano’s 500th eruption this year. side the operations centre, Liu Xiaobo, a political activ- mushroom-shaped grey plume Japan is a seismically active where radiation levels are ist, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 shooting upwards against the country with regular earth- usually low enough to avoid for “subversion”. But Merkel backdrop of a clear blue sky. quakes and eruptions from vol- the need for full face masks, has repeatedly criticised China’s A large amount of volcanic ash canoes that dot the archipelago. Smoke is rising from the 1,117-metres Mount Sakurajima at Kagoshima city Tokyo Electric Power Co said rights record and recent trade fell in the northern and central Kagoshima city is about 950 in Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. The volcano erupted an ash plume in an emailed statement. disputes have strained relations. parts of the city, causing a delay kilometres southwest of Tokyo. AGENCIES up to 5,000 metres into the air on Sunday. AFP in train services and temporary AFP TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES

Youngsters look inside a car almost completely submerged and (RIGHT) rescuers on a rubber boat wade on floodwaters in Las Pinas City, south of Manila, yesterday. Floods submerge Philippine capital 3 people killed as torrential rains force schools, government offices and the stock exchange to close down

MANILA: At least three peo- Four other people are missing to get his car out.” Pascual lives in Aquino’s top aides said he did not was causing problems despite than 1,100 people died in the back- ple have died in the Philippines including three washed away by a middle-class district of Cavite, expect a major disaster. being more than 500km from the to-back disasters. after torrential rain engulfed floods and overflowing rivers and a coastal area that is about 15 “Compared to other calami- Philippines, weather forecasters Chaotic urban planning is parts of the main island of a local female tourist who got kilometres (nine miles) from the ties, this is not of the same grav- said. widely blamed for exacerbating Luzon including Manila where lost while exploring a cave in the heart of Manila. ity as the rest. I hope this will be The Southeast Asian archi- the impacts of storms in Manila neck-deep water swept through northern resort town of Sagada. Roads from Cavite and other done by tomorrow,” Executive pelago endures about 20 major and other parts of the country, homes forcing thousands into In the capital Manila, a megac- southern areas into the city were Secretary Paquito Ochoa told a storms or typhoons annually, gen- which has had to deal with mas- emergency shelters. ity of 12 million people, schools, impassable, while some motor- nationally televised government erally in the second half of the sive population growth over the The National Disaster Risk government offices and the stock ists who tried to get through the disaster briefing. year and many of them are deadly. past generation. Reduction and Management exchange were closed as a red flooded streets were forced to Nevertheless, thousands of peo- In August last year, 51 people Widespread deforestation, the Council said mountainous areas alert was raised in the morning abandon their cars. ple were believed to be sheltering died and two million others were conversion of wetlands to farms to the north of the island were — the highest level of a warn- Footage on ABS-CBN television in evacuation centres or trapped affected when more than a month’s or cities, and the clogging up of experiencing floods of 1.8 metres ing system in which widespread showed people in nearby shanty on rooftops while waiting for the worth of rain was dumped in and natural drainage systems with (six feet), following persistent floods are predicted. town communities standing on water to subside. around Manila in 48 hours. garbage are some of the factors rain that began at the weekend. “We are trying to save whatever their corrugated iron roofs, as Weather forecasters also said One of the most devastating that worsen floods. One person was killed in a we can. But it was so sudden,” JR fast-moving water swept through more rain was expected to hit storms to hit the capital was The deadliest storm in the world storm-related car accident in the Pascual, a father-of-four, said as he the windows of their homes. Manila and regions to its north in 2009, when Tropical Storm last year occurred here, when northern Apayao mountain region tried to take the most important By early afternoon, the rain in the early evening. Ketsana led to 80 percent of the Typhoon Bopha left more than while a child was crushed by a col- possessions from his home that was had eased and the red alert was The flooding was due to the nor- capital being submerged. 1,000 dead and 800 others missing lapsing wall and a man drowned flooded up to his waist. lowered for the capital. mal monsoon being exacerbated It was immediately followed by in the south of the country. in towns just outside the capital. “My neighbour wasn’t even able One of President Benigno by Tropical Storm Trami, which Tropical Storm Parma, and more AFP

Oil drilling halts Manila to hold military No armed struggle, say rebels over safety ORMOC CITY: The oil drill- MANILA: The Moro National adopt what Kosovo did by setting recognition for the BMR. ing in San Isidro town, some activities with US Liberation Front (MNLF) up the Bangsa Moro Republik He said the people of Mindanao two hours away from this yesterday said it would adopt (BMR) comprising Mindanao, and other areas would be the city, was stopped around MANILA: The panel tasked to negotiate with the United States the “Kosovo model” as a Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan, as ultimate judge on the fate of the two weeks ago due to “envi- regarding the plan to increase rotational presence of American peaceful means of attaining well as Sabah and Sarawak of BMR. ronmental and safety con- troops in the country is pushing for joint activities that would boost independence. Malaysia. “The MNLF is just expressing cerns,” according to Energy maritime security and disaster response capabilities. “Armed struggle is already Fontanilla also appealed to the its desire to be an independent Undersecretary Ramon Allan Panel member Defence Undersecretary Pio Lorenzo Batino said obsolete as proven in Syria and Philippine government not to take state and it will the people who Oca. Oca said the drilling maritime domain awareness and disaster and humanitarian relief are other countries. We will adopt the repressive measures that will go decide, it’s a war in winning the was the second done by the among the key areas that they would like to prioritise. peaceful strategy used by Kosovo against the will of the people for hearts and minds of the people,” Australian firm Otto Energy “There should be focus on high-impact, high-value exercises and in attaining self rule,” MNLF self-rule. he said. Ltd in the area. The first was activities that will focus on maritime security, maritime domain aware- spokesman Emmanuel Fontanilla Although the MNLF renounced Fontanilla said the MNLF last year and the company ness and our perennial problem with disasters,” Batino said in a state- said. armed struggle, Fontanilla said is now taking the next step in was “almost at the target ment yesterday. The panel ruled out any joint combat exercise that He was referring to the decla- they would act in self-defence organising its government in depth” when it encountered would involve American forces in efforts aimed at curbing local insur- ration of independence by Kosovo when the lives of the people are exile and later conduct a series an impregnable layer of rock gency. “In one case, the Supreme Court already placed limitations in from Serbia in 2008. in danger. of assemblies for every province which even sophisticated the operations of the US in the Philippines and we are strictly abiding Serbia said the declaration “It a sad fact that the peo- where Muslims, Christians and drilling equipment could not with the doctrine enunciated in that case,” Batino said. of independence by Kosovo was ple of Mindanao have been long tribal communities will express penetrate. While the Philippine and US panels have yet to finalize the activities illegal and sought international neglected, exploited and their their desire for self-rule. to be covered by the deal, Batino said they want an agreement that validation from the International ancestral rights violated,” he The series of declarations will Fire displaces would beef up the military’s security and disaster response efforts. Court of Justice (ICJ) which said said. be made province by province, The Philippines and the US have adopted a policy of increased rota- the declaration did not violate According to Fontanilla, at Fontanilla said. “The rest will be 90 families tional presence amid the growing aggressive actions of China in the international law. least five countries in Middle history.” West Philippine Sea. THE PHILIPPINE STAR Fontanilla said they wanted to East have already expressed their THE PHILIPPINE STAR ZAMBOANGA CITY: More than 90 families were left homeless when abig fire hit a slum community in Isabela City, Basilan Sunday night, Immigration a fire department official Cebu declares calamity as sunken ferry leaks oil said. No one was reported injured or hurt in the confla- overhaul set gration but 33 houses were MANILA: The Bureau of CORDOVA: The central Philippine prov- razed at Zone 2, Barangay Immigration (BI) will undergo ince of Cebu declared a state of calamity Kaumpurnah about 8:30pm a major overhaul that will see yesterday as an oil slick from a ferry that Sunday, according to city fire the reassignment of officers and sank late last week spread to about 20 per- marshal Senior Inspector personnel, especially those who cent of the coast. Dionisio Caduyong. have been staying in their posts A 40-year-old ferry owned by 2GO Group for more than five years. Inc sank about a kilometre offshore on Friday Insurance plan Siegfred Mison, BI officer-in- after a collision with a cargo vessel. At least 52 charge, said the overhaul plan people were killed and 68 were still missing, for therapy came after Justice Secretary Leila officials said. de Lima issued an order that reas- The ferry was also carrying 120,000 litres MANILA: Ordinary peo- signed and designated four of the of bunker fuel, 20,000 litres of lube oil and ple may eventually have the nine heads of the BI’s vital divisions, 20,000 litres of diesel fuel when it sank. The chance to undergo expensive namely the administrative, man- 2GO Group said it believes only the lube oil stem cell therapy. Health agement, regulation, registration, and diesel fuel were leaking. Secretary Enrique Ona said intelligence, law and investigation, The oil slick had reached Cordova munici- the Department of Health airport operations, verification and pality and Lapu-Lapu City, both on Mactan (DOH) is looking at the pos- compliance, and board of special island, home to five-star beach front resorts. sibility of including stem inquiry. Lantao town in Cordova, known for its sea- cell therapy in the benefit “All section chiefs and heads of food restaurants, was now surrounded by oil, packages of the Philippine other units lower than a division said its mayor Adelino Sitoy. Health Insurance Corp shall be designated by the OIC- A sheen of oil also covers at least 10 to 20 (PhilHealth) if the medi- Commissioner of the Bureau of hectares of mangrove plantations in Cordova, cal sector accepted it as a Immigration with prior notice to and a member of a local marine watch group standard care. “Our dream is the secretary,” De Lima said. said rehabilitation of the area would be costly. that when this type of ther- Mison said he had signed an “We have no livelihood now because no one apy already has a standard order implementing De Lima’s will buy the fish we haul, with a lot of bodies of care, its cost will definitely order and is also set to start a still in the water and oil in the sea,” Ernesto go down. By then, hopefully, reorganisation plan for sec- Cabiso, 49, a Cordova fisherman, told Reuters. A villager shows his hands with bunker fuel slick, believed to have come from the MV ST Thomas (PhilHealth) can offer it tion chiefs and heads of units or Authorities were using chemicals to disperse Aquinas after it was washed ashore along the mangroves of Cordova town, Mactan Island, Cebu already,” Ona said. middle level management of the the oil. The death toll has hit 55, with 65 people yesterday. AGENCIES bureau. THE PHILIPPINE STAR still missing, authorities said. REUTERS PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Sharif invites extremists for talks I want an end to terrorism whether it is through dialogue and reconciliation, or through full use of force ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime “Wisdom demands that we follow a those elements who have unfortunately said Sharif. “The nation is justified to war against hunger and poverty instead Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday path where we minimise the loss of inno- adopted the path of extremism.” know why concrete steps were not taken of indulging in armed conflict.” called for dialogue with extremists to cent lives,” said Sharif. But Sharif said dialogue was not the to stop the bloodshed and destruction.” Earlier, India’s defence minister said end bloodshed that has left thousands He campaigned for an historic third only option. “I want an end to terrorism In addition to Islamist militancy, he the Indian army would take “all possible dead in the country in more than a term as premier by offering peace talks whether it is through dialogue and recon- said the government would help the steps” to counter any ceasefire violations decade of violence. to the Pakistani Taliban, the leaders of ciliation, or through full use of force,” he southwestern Baluchistan province deal by Pakistan along the Line of Control. He made the offer in his first televised a devastating domestic insurgency that added. He blamed the government, secu- with a separatist insurgency waged by Skirmishes have erupted across the address to the nation since taking office has links to Al Qaeda. rity services and the judiciary for failing ethnic Baluch fighters. heavily militarised border since five after winning elections in May, a sweep- He said he was expanding on his origi- to crack down on terrorism, but stopped Sharif did not address recent violations Indian soldiers were killed earlier this ing, hour-long speech that focused on nal offer after the elections of inviting all short of naming names or unveiling any of the ceasefire along the de facto border month in an ambush which India has Pakistan’s myriad problems. political parties to discuss together how new policies to check the violence. with India in divided Kashmir, but said blamed on the Pakistan army. He stopped short of unveiling specific best to resolve Pakistan’s security and “The time has come when we should that both countries had to work together Last week, Sharif responded to the policies designed to tackle the enormous economic woes. admit that our administrative institu- to overcome social ills. tensions by calling for “restraint and budget deficit, solve a crippling energy “This policy of reconciliation is not tions, our agencies and our system of jus- “The wars they fought pushed them responsibility”. Kashmir has been the crisis or clamp down on Islamist extrem- confined just to political parties. I take tice have failed to appear competent in back to the past. The two countries should cause of two Indian-Pakistani wars since ists and separatist rebels. a step forward and invite for dialogue all dealing with the challenge of terrorism,” realise they have to wage a meaningful 1947. AFP

Afghan Independence Day US reaffirms commitment to strong and sovereign Kabul

WASHINGTON: US Secretary our countries, which is founded “During the past year alone, of State John Kerry renewed on mutual respect and common the Afghan people have also taken his country’s commitment to interests,” Kerry said. significant steps to prepare for assisting Afghanistan to be a “I have seen the people of the coming security and political strong and sovereign country in Afghanistan work to build a transitions, from the milestone which Afghans enjoy security, peaceful, prosperous and unified event on June 18 that marked peace and dignity. nation that respects the rights of Afghan forces taking the lead for “On behalf of President Obama women and minorities in every security across the country to the and the people of the United fabric of society. The US is com- new electoral laws that set the States, I send best wishes to mitted to working with you and stage for the coming 2014 elec- the government and people of supporting the efforts necessary tions,” he said. Afghanistan as you celebrate to achieve this goal and sustaining “As you celebrate your inde- your Independence Day on August the gains that have been made,” pendence, the US shares your 19,” Kerry said in a statement on he added. The US official said that commitment to a strong and the occasion of Afghanistan’s there has been inspiring progress sovereign Afghanistan where Independence Day. across Afghanistan in many sec- Afghans enjoy security, peace, “I have been to Afghanistan tors, including health care, media, prosperity, and dignity for gen- many times and seen firsthand education, women’s rights, trade erations to come,” he concluded. the enduring partnership between and commerce. AGENCIES Afghan President Hamid Karzai inspects a guard of honour during Independence Day celebrations at the Defence Ministry compound in Kabul yesterday. Pakistan province unveils Right Sentencing phase to open for US Afghan attorney to Information Ordinance general sacked soldier guilty of Afghan murders over talks with PESHAWAR: Pakistan's the environment, as long as they northwestern province of acted in good faith. Taliban leaders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa yes- Khan said the RTIO was the TACOMA: The military judge in would not preclude Bales from the mental health evaluation and terday unveiled Right to most important component of the court-martial of a US soldier receiving a fair trial. had provided him summaries of KABUL: Afghan President Information Ordinance (RTIO). the PTI’s election manifesto who pleaded guilty in June to the On Monday, Nance was set to statements that prosecution wit- Hamid Karzai has sacked The ordinance makes it binding and through it the government massacre of 16 Afghan civilians hear arguments from both sides nesses were expected to make his attorney general after upon the government to set up intended to ensure transparency was due to hear arguments yes- on procedural rules that should be during the sentencing phase. the chief law officer held an an independent information com- and accountability in its affairs. terday over rules for the sentenc- followed to avoid prejudicing the If anything the prosecution unsanctioned meeting with mission and makes obstruction He said other major items on ing proceedings that open this outcome of the sentencing phase. presents to the jury deviates from Taliban peace negotiators in in access to any record a penal the party’s agenda would also week in Washington state. The slayings marked the worst this, they argued, the judge could the United Arab Emirates, a offence punishable by up to two be implemented soon, includ- Army Staff Sergeant Robert case of civilian slaughter blamed demand that prosecutors show it senior Afghan official and a years imprisonment. ing setting up of an independent Bales’ lawyers argued last week on a single, rogue US soldier since was not based upon the inadmis- legislator said yesterday. The ordinance, promulgated by accountability commission for that prosecutors’ exposure to the Vietnam War and further sible statements Bales made to Attorney General the governor on Aug 13, was made which final touches were being statements he made during a strained US-Afghan relations military doctors. Muhammad Isaaq Aloko met public at a ceremony attended by given to a proposed law; introduc- psychiatric exam compromised after more than a decade of con- Bales, a decorated veteran of members of a Taliban peace Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief ing a genuine local government their client’s constitutional right flict in that country. four combat tours in Iraq and negotiation team in Dubai Imran Khan, Chief Minister system aimed at empowering to avoid self-incrimination. The sentencing hearings, due Afghanistan, acknowledged the despite being told by the Pervez Khattak, ministers and people at the grassroots level and Defence lawyers cited the mis- to begin with the selection of a killings upon pleading guilty in Presidential Palace not to MPAs. bringing revolutionary changes in take as the basis for a motion new jury today, will determine June and told the court there was attend the meeting, the offi- For the first time in the coun- education and heath sectors. to remove the prosecution team whether Bales will be eligible for “not a good reason in this world” cial said. try, the law provides protection to Chief Minister Khattak and from the sentencing phase of parole or spend the rest of his life for his actions. “He was instructed not “whistleblowers”, stating that no Information Secretary Azmat Bales’ court martial at Joint Base in prison. Defence lawyer John Defense attorneys have argued to go,” said the official, who one may be subject to any legal, Haneef Orakzai explained the Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma. Henry Browne has said he expects that Bales, a father of two from declined to be identified. A administrative or employment- salient features of the ordinance, The judge, Army Colonel Jeffery the proceedings to last between Lake Tapps, Washington, was prominent member of parlia- related sanction, regardless of any whose constitutional life was 90 Nance, rejected that motion last seven and 10 days. suffering from post-traumatic ment also said Aloko had been breach of a legal obligation, for days. After that it would be laid week, agreeing with the prosecu- Military lawyers for the pros- stress disorder and a brain injury sacked. releasing information on wrong- before the provincial assembly for tion that seeing a document was ecution last week told Nance they even before his deployment to But an official in Aloko’s doings, or which would disclose a making it an act. not equivalent to using it against had given him a DVD of their case Afghanistan. office denied that his boss had serious threat to health, safety or INTERNEWS a defendant, and that the error a day before mistakenly receiving AGENCIES been dismissed, saying he was at the Presidential Palace “cel- ebrating Independence Day” yesterday. Peace talks between the Karzai administration and the Taliban are seen as cru- Violence sparks armoured car boom in Karachi cial to averting another round of war as Afghanistan’s Nato- KARACHI: As an unprecedented wave of killings and These are worrying times for Karachi’s rich but boom led force prepares to end its kidnappings hits Karachi, the Pakistani city’s elite are times for companies such as Streit, which armours vehicles. military mission by the end of splashing out to have their luxury cars made bomb and Khalid Yousaf, head of Streit Pakistan, says business has next year. bulletproof. doubled since they started work in December. Talks with the Taliban began The sprawling metropolis of 18 million people on the In a spotless workshop with a polished concrete floor in 2010 but they have been Arabian Sea is Pakistan’s economic heart, with ranks of set amid the city’s carpet of dust and dirt, a team of Streit marked by a series of mis- factories, import-export wheeler-dealers and slick bankers. mechanics work on a dozen stripped-down 4x4s. steps, delays and allegations But it is also the crucible of the country’s worst excesses The hulking Toyota Land Cruisers are no more than of plotting and interference. of violence, criminality and inequality. Bloody gang wars fed skeletons: an engine, wheels and chassis with no bodywork, The senior Afghan official said by ethnic and political bitterness, drugs and the Taliban, doors or seats. some senior cabinet members and a steady drum beat of gangsterism have created a The mechanics insert thick metal plates, laser-cut for a were trying to persuade Karzai culture of impunity under the stunned gaze of police. precise fit, into the doors, reinforce the floor, fit bulletproof to reverse his decision to dis- The past two years have seen record death tolls. In the windows, protect the battery with a metal cage and beef miss Aloko. first six months of 2013, 1,726 people were killed in Karachi up the suspension to cope with the extra tonne of steel The meeting in Dubai was compared with a previous high of 1,215 in the same period and glass that has been added. in the first week of August last year, according to the Human Rights Commission of All this costs anything between $30,000 and $45,000, and involved other prominent Pakistan. said Yousaf -- an incomprehensibly huge sum for most Afghans including members of In 2012, nearly 130 people were kidnapped in Karachi -- Khalid Yousaf examining a vehicle at his factory in Karachi. Pakistanis. But the rich are happy to pay for peace of mind, the government’s High Peace another record -- according to the Citizens-Police Liaison and the armourers’ business is booming. Council, which Karzai set up Committee. The epidemic of killings and kidnappings shows no sign “We were expecting at the beginning to armour three to in 2010 to pursue talks with Like many successful businessmen in the city, Nadeem of slowing, so those who can afford it are kitting their four cars per month, but initially in the first months and the Taliban. Aloko had been Khan, who owns pharmaceutical labs and marble work- cars out with windows that can stop an AK-47 bullet and onward we had seven cars, then 10,” he said. “Now we are Karzai’s attorney general since shops, feels threatened and has no faith in the ability of chassis that will survive a bomb attack. around 15 cars per month. Maybe it is going to increase 2008. the authorities to protect him. “Karachi is more danger- Khan recently armoured two of his 4x4s and is waiting even more.” Karzai will travel to Pakistan ous than Kabul. We have police here and we have Rangers for two more to be completed for his father and brother. Discretion is a valued commodity in the armoured car on Aug 26-28 in an attempt to (paramilitary) here but they won’t lay a hand on the “I got threats many times. I am the head of the law and business and other firms were reluctant to discuss business patch up ties and breath life criminals.” order committee of the Korangi Industrial Area and there on the record, but several spoken to by AFP confirmed into the stalled Afghan peace “So the people are compelled to have themselves secured are so many dacoits (bandits) and robbers there,” he said. that orders were on the rise. “Before, we were watching process. by having their own personal bodyguards and armoured “There are bhatta (extortion) groups -- they always hurl movies where in Mexico or South America people were REUTERS vehicles.” threats on the phone.” roaming in armoured vehicles,” one salesman said. AFP TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Fuel leak forces ISRO to call off rocket launch Revised launch date to be announced later

SRIHARIKOTA, Andhra action that needs to be taken. The failures for ISRO. While two mis- Pradesh: Delaying India’s entry GSAT-4 communication satel- sions were successful, one is con- into a select group of nations lite was to carry into space costs sidered as partial success as the with cryogenic engine technol- Rs450m. rocket under-performed. ogy, the Indian space agency He said the revised launch date The two successful launches yesterday had to call off the will be announced after the leak were in 2003 and 2004 when the launch of its heavy rocket, the assessment. rocket launched GSAT-2 and geosynchronous satellite launch Nearly two hours before the Edusat, an educational satellite. vehicle (GSLV-D5), after a fuel scheduled blast off (4.50pm) while The rocket’s maiden flight in leak was detected. the cryogenic engine — developed 2001 was a failure as it was not Indian Space Research by Indian space scientists after able to sling GSAT-1 into its Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K around two decades of labour at intended orbit. Radhakrishnan said: “The count- an outlay of around Rs4bn — was The 2006 mission was sort of down for the rocket launch was being fuelled up, scientists and an historic flight for a dubious progressing well. (But) Two hours officials at the mission control reason. For the first time, ISRO before the scheduled launch time, centre got suddenly excited and destroyed the rocket mid-air soon we observed a leak in the fuel sys- huddled in a serious discussion. after the take-off as it started tem of the second-stage engine.” Small groups of scientists gath- backing up. “Because of that, we are call- ered around some monitors. The The 2007 flight is considered ing off the launch. The liquid countdown was put on hold for as a partial success. At that time, fuel in the second stage and the some time and an emergency 15 seconds before the lift-off, four strap-on motors of the first meeting was called where a deci- the rocket’s computers — which The GSLV-D5 rocket carrying the GSAT-4 satellite at the launchpad at Sriharikota. stage and the cryogenic engine sion was taken to hold the launch. takeover checking of the systems will be drained,” he told media at The fuel leak was also visible on 12 minutes before lift-off — put by another two days. cryogenic stage signals from the fuel booster turbo pump. the Satish Dhawan Space Centre the television screen at the launch GSLV on hold after detecting However, the detection of one rocket failed to reach the ground Another GSLV went down in here. centre. anomalies in the cryogenic fuel of the vent valves in the cryogenic stations. December 2010 after it veered off According to him, the rocket, The GSLV’s success-failure stage. engine that had not shut properly After a three-year gap, ISRO its designated path and exploded which cost Rs1.6bn, will then ratio is skewed towards the lat- The launch was postponed by led to its immediate rectification. flew a GSLV in April 2010 with mid-air. For the second time, a be moved to the rocket assem- ter. Out of the seven GSLV rock- two hours to set right the problem ISRO scientists were on ten- its own cryogenic engine. The GSLV rocket was destroyed mid- bly building to make an assess- ets that soared into the skies till even as ISRO officials were con- terhooks till the last moment as mission failed due to the prob- air for safety. ment of the leak’s cause and the date, four have turned out to be sidering rescheduling the launch for a few seconds during the final lem in the cryogenic engine’s IANS

Court reserves verdict on use of beacon lights, sirens No pilgrims turn up for NEW DELHI: The Supreme while reserving the order, said the allowing the use of beacon lights the Lok Sabha speaker, governors they did not deserve it. Court yesterday reserved its “question is you are distinguishing and sirens would be pruned if in states, chief ministers, state At one stage, when counsel rep- Amarnath Yatra order on a plea seeking strip- between an ordinary citizen and they included people not eligible assembly speakers, chief justices resenting the states referred to ping “high dignitaries”, other these officials (high dignitaries) for such facilities. of high courts, cabinet and other high dignitaries, the court wanted than constitutional authorities, on the use of the road”. The court in the course of its ministers, ambulances and police. them to explain what they meant on last day of beacon lights and sirens that Making it clear that it will hearing made it clear that the use The court directed the listing of by it. The court also rejected the they have on their vehicles as a bring down the curtain on the of beacon lights including sirens the matter on September 3 when contention that use of beacon JAMMU: No pilgrim turned status symbol and use to their hearing of a matter that is going was limited to constitutional it would take up the matter of the lights and sirens was a “sensi- up for the Amarnath Yatra here advantage while travelling. on for nearly two years, the court authorities that included the government including state gov- tive” issue, saying that it was a yesterday, the last date for the A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi said that notifications issued by president, vice-president, prime ernments providing VIP security small issue passage of pilgrims from winter and Justice V Gopala Gowda, different state governments minister, chief justice of India, cover to the people even though IANS capital Jammu to the Kashmir Valley. On Sunday, 19 pilgrims and 20 sadhus proceeded for the yatra YSR’s widow begins from here to the Valley. Officials of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) that man- indefinite fast ages the affairs of the yatra con- firmed that no pilgrim intending to use the 35-km-long track would HYDERABAD: Y S do justice to all three regions of be allowed to proceed to the cave Vijayamma, honorary president the state. shrine from Chandanwari yatra of YSR Congress and widow of She said he launched many camp near Pahalgam towards late Andhra Pradesh chief min- schemes for the development of the cave shrine after Monday ister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, backward and drought-prone morning. yesterday began an indefinite districts. “YSR Congress stands However, pilgrims using the fast demanding the centre for equal justice to all regions,” north Kashmir Baltal route refrain from bifurcating the she said. and those intending to avail state if it cannot render justice Vijayamma told the gathering the helicopter services for the to all the regions. that she had taken up the fast on to and fro journey from the Speaking on the occasion in behalf of her son Y.S. Jaganmohan south Kashmir route would be Guntur, Vijayamma alleged that Reddy, who is in jail for more than allowed till Aug 21, the last day the Congress party was acting a year in an alleged disproportion- of the yatra. in an “authoritarian” manner to ate assets case. Officials stated that no pil- bifurcate the state for political Political observers said her grims would be allowed to pro- gains. fast is aimed strengthening the ceed towards the cave shrine from She said the Congress had party position in Seemandhra Jammu after Monday. failed to do justice to all the (Rayalaseema and Andhra This year, the yatra started regions. regions) as she is reconciled to June 28 and over 3.5 lakh pilgrims “It is dividing the state to win the fact that whatever little base have had ‘darshan’ of the ice lin- 15 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana,” the party had in Telangana was gam inside the cave. Vijayamma told party supporters. eroded after it opposed the cen- The ice stalagmite structure is Vijayamma and 16 other party tre’s decision to carve out a sepa- believed to symbolise the mythical legislators have submitted their rate Telangana state. powers of Lord Shiva. resignations to the state assembly Almost all leaders of the YSR The number of pilgrims for speaker. Congress in Telangana quit the Amarnath Yatra this year has They had planned to launch the party after its legislators resigned been low as compared to last year indefinite fast at Vijayawada, but to protest the bifurcation. when six lakh pilgrims under- police refused permission in view Jaganmohan Reddy and took it. The fear generated in of the election code of conduct for another party MP, M Rajamohan the aftermath of the Uttarakhad by-elections to the Avanigadda Reddy, have also sent their res- tragedy is largely believed to be assembly seat in Krishna district. ignations to the Lok Sabha responsible for the lesser turn out Vijayamma said her husband speaker. of pilgrims this year. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy tried to IANS IANS

20 hurt in Bangalore building collapse

BANGALORE: At least 20 dangerously. The partially-built As the ill-fated building was on workers were injured and two floors cracked under the weight the verge of crashing down, the trapped yesterday when an of construction material. fire brigade directed residents in eight-storey apartment build- State Transport Minister adjacent houses to vacate their ing that was under construction Ramalinga Reddy, who is also premises till the area was cleared. developed cracks and partially in-charge minister for Bangalore “The tilted building, which is collapsed in a southern suburb city, told reporters at the spot sinking, may collapse anytime of Bangalore. that six additional floors were and its debris may fall upon sur- “Efforts are on to rescue the two being constructed, in gross viola- rounding houses. As a precau- people trapped in the debris. Twenty tion of building norms. tionary measure, we have asked labourers who narrowly escaped “The additional floors under the residents to vacate for safety with injuries have been rushed to construction are illegal, as the reasons,” the official said. nearby hospitals for treatment,” a sanction was only for ground plus Blaming the building owner fire brigade official said here. two floors in this area, where only and its contractor, who were not The mishap occurred at residential houses are allowed. present at the spot, for using poor Someshwarnagar, near Nimhans Apartments or flats are not quality building material, Reddy Hospital, around 10am, when allowed here due to inadequate said faulty design and weak foun- some of the main pillars on the space for roads, parking and other dation had resulted in the illegal ground supporting the struc- civic amenities,” Reddy said, in building’s partial collapse. ture gave in, tilting the building the presence of officials. IANS TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Parties assure 37 killed as train ploughs into pilgrims smooth running Angry mob sets coaches on fire; Rs500,000 compensation for victims of Bihar tragedy of Rajya Sabha

NEW DELHI: Twenty-eight NEW DELHI: Leaders of vari- people were killed and six were ous parties yesterday assured injured after they were mowed Rajya Sabha Chairperson down by a speeding train in Hamid Ansari of allowing the Bihar yesterday morning, question hour to run smoothly Railway Minister Mallikarjun as he agreed upon to have zero Kharge said in a statement hour every day, where members in the Rajya Sabha. However, can raise important issues. Bihar police said that 37 people As of now, zero hour is held on had been killed. alternate days in the upper house, “As per the last information, said Rajya Sabha officials. 28 people were run over and lost The decision was taken in an their lives while six were injured,” all-party meet called by Ansari to Kharge said in his statement. discuss change in rules to ensure According to the minis- orderly functioning of the house. ter, the incident occurred at “The chair agreed to have zero Dhamara Ghat railway station in hour daily starting Tuesday pro- Samastipur division of Bihar. vided members allow smooth func- Asked by members why he had tioning of question hour,” a source not described the tragedy as an said. The system will run on trial accident, Kharge said it was an basis for this session. “If it goes incident. well, then it could become a regu- He said it was a runover, an lar practice from winter session,” incident and not an accident. The the source added. minister said he had described the Ansari has been concerned tragedy as in incident under sec- about disruptions in the house tion 124 A of the Railway Act. leading to adjournments. He said that agitated mob had The upper house saw disrup- burnt some coaches but the loco- tions yesterday also, when it was motive driver was safe. adjourned till noon following noisy Giving the sequence of events, protests by Samajwadi Party Kharge said that at about 8.33am members demanding special sta- the Madhepura-Samastipur pas- tus for Uttar Pradesh. senger train heading towards Ansari had said last week: “Every Samastipur was halted at the sta- single rule in the rule book, every tion. At 8.48am the Samastipur- single (bit of) etiquette was being Madhepura passenger train violated,” and added that if members heading towards Madhepura too wished the house to become “a feder- was stopped to give precedence to ation of anarchists, then it is a differ- Rajyarani Express. ent matter”. As members protested, Some passengers from both Ansari later offered a clarification the trains got down “on the non- Burnt carriages of a train that were set on fire by protesters at Khagaria in Bihar yesterday. and agreed to review his comments. platform side”. The source said the issue of In the meantime at about The minister said that he had relief train left from Barauni at the incident, Kharge said while 27 should find out about “neglect “a federation of anarchists” was 8.50am, the Rajyarani express spoken to Civil Aviation Minister 9.55am. He announced a relief of died on the spot, one succumbed that led to a colossal loss”. also raised but parties left it to approached the Dharama Ghat Ajit Singh to issue directions to Rs500,000 for the next of kin of on his way to the hospital. Rashtriya Janata Dal member Ansari to consider withdrawal railway station platform. the commissioner of railway the dead and Rs100,000 for the Bharatiya Janata Party mem- Ram Kirpal Yadav accused the of the comments. Members have “The loco pilot after passing safety to inquire into the tragedy. injured. ber Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Nitish Kumar government of not demanded that the names of MPs home signal, which was on a cur- Kharge said he had spoken Asked about media reports that if the Railways had informed the having acted with alacrity in the who approach the chairman’s vature, saw some people stand- to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish 37 people had been killed, Kharge local authorities of likely rush due wake of rush of passengers and fail- podium while protesting should ing on the tracks and applied Kumar to maintain law and order said he had checked with senior to a festival and if they had shown ing to prevent burning of coaches. not be mentioned in the bulletin emergency brakes. However, by and take necessary steps for facil- railway officials that 28 people minimum degree of alertness. Members also sought higher com- of Rajya Sabha. The chair has the time the train stopped, some itating normal train operations. had lost their lives. Janata Dal-United member N pensation for the victims. agreed to consider this suggestion. people had been run over,” he said. Kharge said that the medical Expressing deep condolences on K Singh said that the Railways IANS IANS

Tunda’s son worked for LeT Army will retaliate against truce violations: Antony NEW DELHI: The army has Earlier, Antony read out the Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal and said. He said “incursions and provo- Antony said his statement mobilised all its resources to statement he made in the Lok Communist Party of India sought cations from Pakistan were increas- reflected the views of the govern- in Kashmir, effectively retaliate to any Sabha on Aug 8 on the “unpro- clarifications from the minister ing even as the civilian government ment. He said ceasefire violations ceasefire violation by Pakistan, voked attack” on Indian troops about his reference to conse- there talks of peace”. happen every year but their fre- say police Defence Minister A K Antony along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. quences of the LoC incident in Antony said the govern- quency has caused concerns. said yesterday. “Now the army (is) taking all his statement. ment fully understands the “This time (what) worried us NEW DELHI: One-handed Replying to clarifications from possible steps, sometimes strong Leader of opposition in the sentiments of the house. more is the frequency,” he said. bomb-maker Abdul Karim members in the Rajya Sabha action, to effectively retali- Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley made an “Our response and relationship Antony said there had been Tunda’s one son, out of seven on his statement on the attack ate every violation on the LoC. indirect query on speculation that with Pakistan will be on the 24 ceasefire violations between children from three wives, near the Line of Control (LoC) The army has mobilised all its Prime Minister Manmohan Singh basis of statements made by me,” August 6 and 6am yesterday. followed in his father’s foot- that killed five Indian soldiers on resources to effectively retaliate could meet his Pakistan counter- Antony said. “Our restraint should not be steps by working for Laskhar- August 6, Antony said the gov- any violation,” Antony said. part Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines In his statement, the defence taken for granted, nor should e-Toiba (LeT) in Jammu and ernment was taking the incident “Our forces, specially the army, of the UN meet next month. minister said that the killing of the capacity of our armed forces Kashmir and spent eight years “very very seriously” and that will take every step to protect the “Do we start the process of engage- five Indian soldiers “will have con- and resolve of the government to in jail, a Delhi Police officer said armed forces would take every sanctity of the LoC,” Antony said. ment at the highest level? Rules of sequences on our behaviour on the uphold the sanctity of the LoC yesterday. step to protect the sanctity of Members from the Bharatiya engagement are clear. Engage when Line of Control and for our rela- ever be doubted,” he said. “Abdul Waris, Tunda’s third the LoC. Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi an environment is there,” Jaitley tions with Pakistan”. IANS son from second wife Mumtaz, was involved in a terror activity in Jammu and Kashmir and was later arrested and remained eight Raksha Bandhan preparations years in jail,” said a police officer, who did not wish to be named, Arms ignition triggered Govt hopes to after the interrogation of Tunda, 70. pass food bill Like his carpenter-turned-ter- rorist father, Waris was also an submarine explosion active member of the LeT and he today in went back to Pakistan after com- NEW DELHI: Preliminary the possible ignition of armament. pleting his eight-year jail term in investigations into the sink- The cause of ignition is however Lok Sabha India, said the officer. ing of INS Sindhurakshak have yet to be established,” Antony said. Police said Tunda’s two wives revealed that the “near-simul- He said visual and forensic NEW DELHI: Keen to pass and six children were living in taneous” explosions that pre- examination would throw more Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s Pakistan’s Lahore city. His family ceded a fire which engulfed the light on the possible cause of igni- pet welfare legislation, the was looking after his cloth factory submarine were caused by the tion. “This will be possible only Food Security Bill, but con- and perfume business in Lahore possible ignition of its arma- after the submarine is afloat and cerned over the large number of and Karachi, police said. ments, Defence Minister A K dewatered. A board of inquiry amendments (over 260) moved “He first got married in 1964 Antony said yesterday. with all relevant specialists has by the opposition parties, the in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, his Making a statement in the been constituted to investigate government yesterday indicated native place. In search of work, Rajya Sabha, the minister said the likely causes of accident at it would accommodate some of he went to Ahmedabad in 1984 that cause of ignition is yet to be the earliest,” he said. them. and there he married Mumtaz. In established. Antony said extensive checks The government wants to pass 1985, he went to Rajasthan’s Tonk “Initial assessments indi- on weapons-related safety sys- the bill in the Lok Sabha Aug area where he started working in cate that an internal explosion tems and audit of standard 20, the 69th birth anniversary a mosque,” said the officer. occurred in the forward com- operating procedures have been of former prime minister Rajiv In Tonk, while making a pipe partment of the submarine where ordered on all operational subma- Gandhi. bomb his left hand got blown- ordinance was stowed, resulting rines of the Indian Navy. To mark the occasion, Sonia off in 1985 and he got the Tunda in further near-simultaneous He said though full details were Gandhi will launch the scheme moniker — meaning a one-handed explosions and major fire on board yet to emerge, the rapidity and in Delhi while Congress-ruled man. INS Sindhurakshak,” he said. intensity of the explosions and the Haryana and Assam are also Besides, making bomb Antony said that explosion and resultant damage sustained by the expected to start the right to food and indoctrinating youths in resultant damage were near instan- submarines indicated that none of plan today. Madrassas he runs his business, taneous and 18 naval personnel, those aboard would have survived. The Food Security Bill, police said. including three officers, inside the “We are deeply saddened by expected to be a game-changer for Besides a cloth factory in submarine “could not evacuate.” the incident and the resultant the ruling Congress ahead of five Pakistan, he recently bought He said that the submarine loss of lives. I would like to assure assembly polls this year-end and clothes and perfume shops in was rocked by a fire in the inter- that all support, assistance and the 2014 general elections, aims Karachi and Lahore, police said. vening night of August 13-14 at counselling will be provided to to provide subsidised foodgrain At the age of 62, Tunda, over the Naval dockyard in Mumbai. the families of the 18 naval per- at prices much below the mar- five-feet tall, bespectacled and A shopkeeper hangs ‘rakhis’ (sacred thread) for display at a market Antony had visited Mumbai Aug sonnel. A special family cell has ket rate to around 67 percent of sporting a flaming red beard, ahead of the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan in Mumbai yesterday. 14 to obtain a first-hand account been formed at Western Naval India’s 1.2 billion people; the bill married an 18-year-old woman The annual festival commemorates the abiding ties between siblings of the situation. Command in Mumbai for this would thus benefit about 800 mil- in Bangladesh, police said. of opposite sex. “Preliminary investigations indi- purpose,” Antony said. lion people. IANS cate that the explosion was due to IANS IANS TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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Prince George ‘a rascal’: William Paris suburb plans to fight dog droppings with CCTV cameras LONDON: Prince William has described his newborn son BOBIGNY, France: A Paris suburb has come up with an inno- George as a “bit of a rascal” and vative plan to fight a plague of dog droppings on local streets — admitted that fatherhood has catching offenders on closed-circuit television cameras. changed him already. The commuter town of Montereau-Fault-Yonne southeast of Paris In his first interview since yesterday said that municipal police would begin using a decade-old the birth on July 22, the British network of CCTV cameras to track down dog owners who don’t pick prince said he and Catherine were up their pets’ droppings. enjoying their new role as parents, “This will allow us to identify and seek out pet owners with no but admitted the new arrival was sense of civic duty and, in the event of repeat offences, to fine them” keeping them on their toes. ¤35 ($47), town mayor Yves Jego said. And he said his smooth fitting “I would not have installed cameras for this,” he said, but “we have of the child car seat before driving an existing network that we can use for other services.” his wife and son home from the He said using the cameras against irresponsible dog owners was hospital was the result of careful no different from filming traffic offenders and was not an invasion practice. of privacy because “we are not filming people at home”. Speaking to CNN about George’s character in an inter- view shown yesterday, William Giant 23kg tumour removed from said: “He’s a little bit of a rascal, I’ll put it that way. “He either reminds me of Bulgarian woman’s abdomen my brother or me when I was SOFIA: Bulgarian surgeons removed a giant tumour that younger, I’m not sure, but he’s weighed 23kg from a woman’s abdomen yesterday, likening the doing very well at the moment.” curious case to something out of an old medical textbook. William described George as a The 67-year-old patient was hospitalised with complications and “little fighter”. high temperature after a flu. But doctors from the university obstet- “He wriggles around quite a rics and gynaecology hospital in Sofia discovered that a giant mass lot,” he said. “And he doesn’t want was squeezing a number of vital organs. to go to sleep that much, which is “We removed a 23kg tumour, which is the size of a seven- or a little bit of a problem.” eight-year-old child,” surgeon Bozhidar Slavchev said in a hospital William, 31, who is second in statement. “I have not seen such a bad case of neglected health in line to the throne, admitted he my entire long-time career,” he added. does not get up in the night to The woman told the doctors she had known about the tumour for tend to the baby as much as his some 20 years now but was afraid to undergo surgery. wife and said she was doing a The woman lost one third of her total weight after the operation. “fantastic job”. He said fatherhood has already changed his outlook on life. Disobedient Swiss student lands “I think the last few weeks for me have been just a very different emotional experience,” he said. hefty bill for skipping detention “Something I never thought Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, with their newborn baby, Prince I would feel myself. And I find, George of Cambridge, and Lupo, the couple’s cocker spaniel, at the Middleton family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire. GENEVA: A student who spent two years trying to get out of a again it’s only been a short period, school detention has lost her case, landing her parents with a fine but a lot of things affect me dif- of $2,100, Switzerland’s highest court ruled yesterday. ferently now. “ wasn’t screaming his head off the with that seat, but only once.” “Driving your son and your wife The girl was given detention after skiing down off-limits slopes Asked about the moment he whole way through.” William said it was important to away from hospital was really with several fellow students during a 2011 trip in Klosters, eastern and Kate brought George out of William made a point of driving him to be able to drive his family important to me. And I don’t like Switzerland. the hospital in London and faced his wife and son home from the away from the hospital, as a way fuss so it’s much easier to just do The disobedient students were handed a 90-minute detention, but the world’s cameras for the first hospital, but joked he was “terri- of showing his modern face. it yourself.” the girl, who was 14 at the time and has not been named, failed to time, William said they were just fied” he would mess up attaching “Where I can be, I am as inde- William said last week he and show up and refused to make up the time. happy the baby did not “scream the baby’s car seat into the back pendent as I want to be. And same his family will leave their home All the school’s attempts to reason with the girl and her parents his head off”. of the vehicle as the press looked as Catherine and Harry,” he said. on the Welsh island of Anglesey failed, and the family hired a lawyer to contest the punishment, first “I was on such a high anyway,” on. “We’ve all grown up differently when his posting as a search and before the school board, then the regional education department and he said. “As any new parent He said: “I know there’s been to other generations. And I very rescue helicopter pilot with the then the canton-level court — each time unsuccessfully. knows, you’re only too happy to speculation about that. I had to much feel if I can do it myself, I Royal Air Force finishes next The verdict in their final appeal, to Switzerland’s Federal Court, show off your new child and pro- practice, I really did. I was terri- want to do it myself. And there month. was reached on July 24 and published on the court’s website yester- claim that he is the best-looking fied that I was going to do some... are times where you can’t do it He is widely expected to return day. The court ordered the girl’s parents to pay 2,000 Swiss francs or the best everything. it was going to fall off or it wasn’t yourself and the system takes to London to take on more royal ($2,100) in penalty fees, in addition to the undisclosed sum that they “It’s nice that people want to going to close properly. over or it’s appropriate to do duties from the 87-year-old Queen have had to pay their lawyers. AGENCIES see George, so I’m just glad he “So, I had actually practised things differently. Elizabeth II. AFP Tuesday 20 August 2013 13 Shawwal 1434 Volume 18 Number 5797 Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Qatar government QE index breaches 10,000 mark again spending grows to record QR178.2bn Bourse rises by 1.30 percent; investors await Doha global Investment listing DUBAI: Qatar’s government spending rose 2.2 percent to a DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) increased participation from local ahead, it could have a short-term QE would be formally upgraded QR25.70. Gulf International edged record QR178.2bn ($48.9bn) in Index breached the 10,000 investors. dampening effect on the market to the MSCI’s Emerging Market 2.63 percent to QR50.80. Al kha- its last fiscal year, official data resistance level yesterday, the Reuters reported some inves- as investors withdraw money to status, nearly all the stocks in the lij Commercial Bank added 2.86 showed. second time within a span of tors are still looking out for the buy the new shares. Some ana- QE index stand a good chance for percent to QR17.60 and Mazaya Total state spending came in two weeks, adding 1.30 percent planned listing of Doha Global lysts believe it could help Qatar being upgraded to the EM status, Real Estate Company was up by slightly below the initial plan of to hit 10,038.40 points. All the Investment Co, a $12bn invest- in the long run, however, by deep- they noted. 2.58 percent to QR11.94. QR178.6bn for the fiscal year that sector indices ended in green ment company backed by assets ening the market and attract- The volume of shares traded The Banking and Financial sec- ended in March, finance ministry with the real estate and trans- from Qatar’s sovereign wealth ing more foreign investment”, rose to 11.8m yesterday, from tor index added 1.19 points while data released by the central bank portation gaining the most. The fund. Reuters reported. Sunday’s 5.7m. The trade value Consumer Goods and Services showed. Development expendi- market capitalisation crossed “The listing was initially In Credit Suisse’s research increased to QR400m from sector index was up 0.58 points. ture was QR49.3bn. QR548bn. planned for late April but sum- update, its analysts reasserted QR220m. Among the top gainers The industrial sector gained Qatar spent a record QR34.1bn Analysts reiterated the pull mer and Ramadan have slowed that Qatar’s upgrade to emerging were QNB, Barwa Real Estate, 1.08 points while insurance sec- on public sector wages in 2012/13, factor was due to the QE’s pro- down the listing process; authori- market status is a milestone for Gulf International, Al Khaliji tor rose 1.24 points. Real Estate nearly 15 percent more than in the spective MSCI Emerging Market ties have not said when the share its market. In the long term, ana- Commercial Bank and Mazaya was up 1.87 percent. While previous year, the data showed. status. The enhancement of the offer may proceed. State-run lysts see a significant and expo- Real Estate Company. Telecoms sector rose 1.48 percent, But revenue jumped 24.7 per- market status expects increased Qatar Petroleum is also expected nential transformation, supported The bellwether QNB was up Transportation index added 1.77 cent to a record QR277.4bn. fund inflows from new interna- to list some units eventually.” by a strong growth outlook for 2.05 percent to QR179.00. Barwa percent. Receipts from oil and gas sales tional investors, encouraging If the Doha Global offer does go the market. In May 2014, when Real Estate gained 2.59 percent to THE PENINSULA accounted for roughly 62 percent of state income in 2012/13, down from 70 percent in the previous year because of a rise in invest- ment returns and other revenue. Qatar is one of the world’s most 30 development wells active sovereign investors in glo- bal markets. The government’s budget sur- plus therefore more than doubled ready for Barzan project to a record QR99.2bn last fiscal year, or 14.2 percent of gross DOHA: RasGas Company drilling takes the country’s land- domestic product. Limited (RasGas) has com- mark energy project one step The government plans to raise pleted offshore drilling for closer to completion. Construction spending to QR210.6bn in the 30 development wells for the of Barzan Gas Project onshore current fiscal year as it steps $10.3bn Barzan Gas Project, facilities recently surpassed the up the infrastructure building paving the way for subsequent 50 percent completion mark. programme. phases of the project to proceed The next significant step will be with connecting the wells to to connect the project pipelines Spanish banks subsea pipelines that will take running from Ras Laffan to the gas to shore. wells located 80km off the coast of report record bad The 30 development wells — Qatar,” said Nafez Bseiso, RasGas spread over three offshore well- Chief Venture Officer. loans in June head platforms — have a total “While the Barzan Gas Project MADRID: The level of bad length of approximately 138 is a prime example of Qatar’s push loans weighing on Spain’s banks kilometres and reach more than for sustainable development, it is hit a new record in June, official 3,000 metres below the sea sur- also a demonstration of RasGas’ figures showed yesterday, a sign face. The complex Barzan offshore commitment to high safety stand- of persistent weakness in the drilling operations required three ards and operational excellence,” bailed-out sector. jack-up drilling rigs working for a he added. Doubtful loans rose to ¤176.42bn combined total of 4,740 days and As of July, 2013, the Venture ($235.14bn), or 11.61 percent of involving more than 300 employ- Project Team reached an unprec- total loans, some ¤6bn more than ees at any given time working in edented 78m hours worked with- in May, the Bank of Spain said. challenging offshore conditions. out a lost time incident (LTI). One of the rigs at Barzan Well Head Platform 1. The June figure topped a previ- Dave Frye, Chief Subsurface This milestone achievement sur- ous record high ratio recorded for and Technology Officer, said passes all previous performance conditions and working at a rate Safety Excellence Award for the When the two trains are in opera- November 2012, which was 11.37 “Highly sophisticated drilling in Qatar. of over 1.5 million work-hours per Oil & Gas Industry earlier this tion, RasGas’ facilities (LNG and percent, according to adjusted fig- technologies and techniques “Successfully and safely execut- week,” Bseiso said. year. pipeline sales gas) will have a total ures from the bank. such as a Pressurized Mud Cap ing projects of the scale of Barzan Qatar Petroleum (QP) for- RasGas was appointed by production capacity of around Last year, the euro zone agreed Drilling technique were success- requires organisation and team- mally acknowledged the project’s shareholders, Qatar Petroleum 11bn standard cubic feet of gas to finance a rescue of Spain’s fully employed to address unique work. The team is effectively impressive safety performance and ExxonMobil, to execute the per day (the equivalent of almost banks, swamped in bad loans technical challenges allowing coordinating a multi-national by awarding the Barzan Onshore Barzan Gas Project and operate two million barrels of oil per day) since a property bubble imploded the wells to be drilled safely and workforce of more than 25,000 EPC (engineering, procurement the facilities, one of the largest making RasGas one of the world’s in 2008 plunging the country into efficiently.” staff across a three square kilo- and construction) main contrac- and technologically advanced gas largest single gas processor. a double-dip recession. “Completion of the offshore metre site, often in challenging tor, JGC Corporation, the 2012 QP processing plants in the region. THE PENINSULA AGENCIES

Japanese exports rise Real estate transactions double

DOHA: Despite summer sea- The Pearl project is the first female and male citizens in all the son and Ramadan the real real estate development project, conditions to obtain a loan, such estate sector transactions dur- which displays the exclusive own- as age and marital status. ing July doubled witnessing an ership of real estate property for The Real Estate Assessment incredible triple digit growth of foreigners in Qatar. According to Committee at Jeddah Chamber 103 percent to reach QR5.5bn the report, the real estate devel- said that the real estate sec- ($1.5bn) compared to QR2.7bn opment companies have greatly tor will witness a real boom in ($741m) during the correspond- contributed in the success of the the coming months, due to the ing period last year, according project over the years, where they decisions taken by the Ministry to Ezdan Holding’s monthly have maintained a high value for of Housing in the past months, report released yesterday. the region by providing a strong including the resolution of the The report said that Qatar’s infrastructure and facilities to Saudi Shura Council. real estate sector has benefited ensure the biggest degree of wel- While the UAE market is waiting from the boom of projects related fare and progress and to provide for the issuance of seven new legis- to the developmental strategy and the best contemporary lifestyles. lations to regulate the real estate Qatar’s National Vision 2030, and If compared to other GCC real market in Dubai in accordance to also due the commencement of estate markets, Qatari market has Dubai Land Department, where the mega projects related to the 2022 performed relatively much bet- department is about to issue such Fifa World Cup. ter due to host of favourable fac- legislations during the next two The report also noted that the tors here, including upcoming Fifa years, aiming to protect the mar- award of some tenders by Qatar related mega infrastructure projects. ket from speculations and harmful Rail for Doha Metro has reflected The real estate sector in neigh- practices to contribute in controlling positive impact stimulating the bouring Saudi Arabia is waiting the rhythm of the market and the real estate sector. for commencement of a new sustainability of the current boom. The report referred to the mortgage system application after In Bahrain, the Survey and Land growth of sales in The Pearl the Eid holidays where reformed Registration Bureau revealed the Qatar, which continues to attract mortgage policies are expected high value of real estate transac- investors interested in the lux- to play a major role in regulating tions from BHD25.3m ($67m) in ury residential sector, where this the sector. The sector received the first quarter of this year to Workers load containers from trucks onto a cargo ship at a port in Tokyo yesterday. Japanese exports rose in project has witnessed big develop- with great satisfaction with the BHD74m ($196m) by the end of July at the fastest annual pace in nearly three years as the benefits of a weak yen finally started to take hold. ment during the second quarter Saudi Shura Council’s resolution the second quarter. of 2013. approving the equality between THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

German JPMorgan probe investment clouded, says sends chill Bundesbank

FRANKFURT: The Bundesbank forecast yester- through banks day that the German economy, Europe’s biggest, will return to “normal, steady growth” in the second half of 2013, but sounded China princeling’s hiring on focus cautious about investment. “In the second half of 2013, HONG KONG: A US bank- Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), economic growth in Germany is ing regulator’s probe into the person added. likely to return to normal and JPMorgan’s hiring practices “If I were a competitor of steady rates,” the German central in China will have rival banks JPMorgan, I would definitely bank wrote in its August monthly scrambling to review their own start to do some internal inves- report. records, lawyers say, in a mar- tigations looking into the rela- Last week, official statistics ket where ties to political and tionships with princelings,” said showed that German gross domes- business leaders can be key to a China-based lawyer who works tic product (GDP) expanded by a winning big deals. with financial institutions. stronger-than-expected 0.7 per- Banks around the world com- Bank of America, Citigroup, cent in the second quarter follow- monly hire people with govern- Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and ing zero growth in the first quarter. ment connections, but this is Macquarie are just a few of the The data indicated that growth especially prevalent in China due banks to have employed relatives was driven mainly by domestic to the role the ruling Communist of top Chinese officials in the past demand, with consumer spend- Party plays in the country’s five years. The banks declined to ing and public expenditure both business. comment or did not respond to on the rise and investment was Offering a job to one of China’s requests for comment. also up on the previous quarter. so-called princelings —the off- Marie Cheung, a Hong But in its report, the spring of China’s political elite — Kong-based spokeswoman for The JP Morgan sign is pictured at its Beijing office. Bundesbank was doubtful is now a potential liability, with JPMorgan, declined to comment whether there would a noticeable the US Securities and Exchange on the matter beyond what was engagement to determine whether not authorised to speak publicly Shuangning, chairman of China revival in investment. Commission (SEC) investigating in the bank’s regulatory filings, the purpose of the relative’s hir- about the issue. Everbright Group, a state-con- Additional demand for German whether JPMorgan’s Hong Kong noting the bank was cooperating ing is to improperly influence the The SEC probe coincides with trolled financial conglomerate, companies’ products was largely office hired the children of China’s with probes. foreign official,” the report noted, a broader focus by the US govern- and a former Chinese banking coming from non-eurozone coun- state-owned company executives The distinction between hiring adding that in such cases FCPA ment on China-related corruption regulator. After the younger tries “where firms are tending to with the express purpose of win- a relative of a foreign official who violations may occur even if the and the impact on US businesses Tang joined JPMorgan, the expand their production capaci- ning underwriting business and may be well connected, and offer- employee is otherwise qualified and individuals. Violating the bank secured several important ties”. “This is curtailing fixed other contracts, said a person ing employment to such a person for the job. FCPA can result in criminal lia- assignments from the Chinese capital formation at domestic familiar with the matter. in the express hope of winning “If JPMorgan put the person bilities, the lawyer said, though in conglomerate, including advising production sites and the growth US law does not stop companies specific business is key to prov- down in their books as a legiti- this case a likely outcome, if the a subsidiary on a stock offering, of exports to third countries,” the from hiring politically connected ing FCPA violations, according to mate hire, and then it turns US government prevails, would according to the newspaper. Bundesbank said. executives. But hiring people in a report on the FCPA published out that the person is there be a civil fine and the admission The SEC is also probing Companies’ investment in order to win business from rela- last October by law firm Gibson, just to get certain connections, of wrongdoing. JPMorgan’s hiring of Zhang Xixi, machinery and equipment, which tives can be bribery, and the Dunn & Crutcher. then anything you pay can be According to the New York the daughter of a now-disgraced had stabilised at a low level at SEC is investigating JPMorgan’s “DOJ and the SEC will exam- considered a bribe,” said the Times, JPMorgan hired Tang Chinese railway official. the beginning of 2013 following a actions under the U.S. Foreign ine the circumstances of the China-based lawyer, who was Xiaoning, the son of Tang REUTERS significant fall in 2012, “gathered little momentum in the spring despite the sharp increase in eco- nomic output,” it said. And capital formation in the domestic corporate sector also remained largely subdued despite Ukraine snubs Russian gas for European imports enterprises having ample own funds and access to cheap sources of fund- KIEV: Ukrainian state energy Kiev hopes diversification will thousand cubic metres (tcm) in Black Sea and developing seashelf resources, Ukraine this year ing. “This was probably mainly due firm Naftogaz has reduced ease Moscow’s grip on its econ- the September 2012-September and shale gas deposits. signed a production-sharing to the long- standing gloomy sales Russian gas imports by 30 per- omy and persuade Russia to 2013 period. Stavytsky said a floating LNG agreement with Shell to develop outlook, above all in the euro area, cent this year and will cut them reconsider its stance — which has Naftogaz paid more than $400 terminal — which Ukraine plans the Yuzivska shale gas field in and the ongoing uncertainty about further in 2014 by doubling become even tougher this month per tcm for Russian gas in the to rent from US firm Excelerate eastern Ukraine. the economic policy situation in imports from Europe, Ukraine’s as Moscow stepped up customs same period. Energy — would be able to handle Stavytsky said it was close to view of the debt crisis,” it said. Energy Minister Eduard checks on all Ukrainian goods. Ukraine receives gas from five billion cubic metres of gas a signing two more deals with glo- “Domestic investment is Stavytsky said in an interview. “I think that (imports from Europe by reversing some of the year. bal energy majors. Local councils unlikely to pick up discern- The former Soviet republic has Europe) will be 2.0-2.5 billion pipelines that were originally He said Kiev saw signs that in western Ukraine are due this ibly until there is a long-term long asked Russia to cut the price cubic metres this year, and in designed to carry gas from Russia Turkey, which has threatened to week to review a draft agreement improvement in the economic of energy supplies. But with years 2014 no less than five billion cubic to Europe. block LNG shipments through its with Chevron on another shale prospects for Germany’s neigh- of talks producing no tangible metres, judging from the plans “Technically, we can facilitate straits leading into the Black Sea, gas project, the Olesska field. bours and the uncertainty sur- results, in late 2012 it started to and bids that I have already seen,” (imports of) 6.5 billion cubic was ready to soften its stance. And talks are progressing with rounding economic policy is replace Russian gas with cheaper Stavytsky said. metres (a year),” Stavytsky said. “It is not us, it is the compa- a consortium led by ExxonMobil further checked through suit- fuel purchased on the European He said the price of gas supplied In the longer run, Ukraine plans nies that want to supply us, they and Shell on a deal to develop able measures to combat the spot market. from Europe by one of Ukraine’s to further reduce its dependence are carrying out negotiations,” he the Skifska field on the Black debt crisis in the euro area,” the Although it is years away from partners, German firm RWE, on Russia by shipping in liquefied said. Sea shelf. Bundesbank said. potential energy independence, was expected to average $385 per natural gas (LNG) through the In order to tap its own REUTERS AFP

Landing rights battle Bahrain Investcorp sells Skrill to CVC Statoil funds expansion; OMV Capital for $800m raises output with North Sea deal

DUBAI: Bahrain-based OSLO/VIENNA: Norway’s Statoil has been short of cash in also highlighted how willing the Investcorp said yesterday it Statoil sold stakes in North Sea recent years as it spends heavily industry was to pay a premium agreed to sell a majority stake oil fields to Austria’s OMV yes- on the development of new discov- to access strategic resources in in British online payments serv- terday, in a $2.65bn deal giving eries in places like Brazil, Norway Norway - a stable and secure free ices firm Skrill Group to pri- the former cash to develop new and Tanzania — arguing that fund- market in the context of an indus- vate equity group CVC Capital projects and placing the latter ing the development risk there will try increasingly pushed to more Partners for ¤600m ($800m). on course to meet ambitious ultimately offer a higher yield. hostile investment climates. As part of the deal Investcorp output targets. As a result Statoil’s capital Although OMV produced only will keep an approximate 25 The deal, which analysts said expenditure jumped to $19bn this a fraction of its total output from percent stake in the company, came at a comfortable premium, year from $13.7bn in 2010 and its net the Middle East and Caspian sources said. It will also retain a gives OMV a foothold in one of cash flow is expected to stay nega- region in 2012 - 10 million barrels seat on Skrill’s board, the com- Norway’s top new developments tive until 2015. The company’s free out of a total 111 million — CEO pany said in a statement. and underlines a rebound in cash flow is expected to match its Gerhard Roiss said on Monday Investcorp Technology North Sea investments driven by capital expenditure this year, forcing the reduction of its exposure to Partners, the private equity firm’s new discoveries, high oil prices it to raise money, in part through the region was “an important technology arm, bought Skrill, or and better recovery technology. divestments, to fund dividends. dimension.. when you see what is Moneybookers as it was formerly Statoil sold minority stakes “The idea is to use the pro- happening today.” OMV has assets called, for ¤105m in March 2007, in the mature Gullfaks field, the ceeds to reinvest in high-return in Yemen and in Libya, where it according to Thomson Reuters brand new Gudrun development, projects,” Statoil Chief Executive suffered a major production out- LPC data and put the company Chevron’s Rosebank field in the Helge Lund said. “It will increase age during that country’s conflict. up for sale earlier this year, hiring U.K and BP’s Schiehallion field our financial flexibility in the sense OMV said it would finance the Barclays to run the process. for $2.65bn but the actual price it releases $7bn in future capital deal in part from its cash flow and CVC’s acquisition of a 75 per- will be higher to reflect capital expenditure from these assets.” the proceeds from divesting petrol cent stake in Skrill will be funded expenditure between January 1 Shares in Statoil rose 0.6 per- stations in the Balkans, its lubri- with around ¤250m of equity as and the closing of the deal. cent on Monday while shares in cants business and a stockhold- well as debt financing provided by It also agreed optional coopera- OMV were down 2.6 percent. ing unit, as well as from existing Credit Suisse, RBS and Jefferies. tion in 11 of Statoil’s exploration “This is a very nice price,” said credit lines. It said it would need The leveraged loan financing licences in the Norwegian North Trond Omdal, an oil sector ana- no capital hike or fresh loans for includes a ¤275m term loan B, Sea, West of Shetland and the lyst with Arctic Securities in Oslo. the transaction and forecast the paying 500bps over Euribor as Faroe Islands. “This is a very good Using the industry standard of new assets would contribute more well as a ¤30m revolving credit price: it’s at two times book value an 8 or 9 percent discount rate than $500m a year to operating facility. Debt totals around five while Statoil itself trades at 1.3 and basing his calculation on the profit from 2014, assuming stable times Skrill’s approximate ¤55m times book value,” said ABG oil sec- weighted cost of capital, he calcu- oil prices. OMV has not given an earnings before interest, taxes, tor analyst John Olaisen. “It shows lated that the deal brought a 41 operating profit target for 2014. depreciation and amortisation that Europeans are positive about percent or 50 percent premium. Operating profit in 2012 was ¤3.1bn. (EBITDA), two banking sources the Norwegian Continental Shelf.” For OMV, in the process of The deal lifts OMV’s proven said. The cash — in addition to funds exiting lower-margin downstream and probable reserves by about Investcorp initially invested earmarked for projects it will no operations to focus on more lucra- 320 million barrels of oil equiva- ¤25m for a controlling stake in A Japan Airlines (JAL) aeroplane (top) takes off behind All Nippon longer own — gives Statoil a size- tive upstream business, the deal lents, or about 19 percent, and will Skrill in 2007, when Skrill gen- Airways’ (ANA) aeroplanes at Haneda airport in Tokyo yesterday. The able budget to fund new projects, gives that effort, cheered by ana- boost production by about 40,000 erated revenues of ¤7.8m and airport is the latest battleground for Japan’s two big carriers, JAL and push on with new exploration and lysts, a major push. barrels in 2014 and almost 60,000 EBITDA of ¤3.7m. ANA, in a politically-charged fight over $400m worth of landing rights. appease investors worried about UBS analysts said the deal was barrels in 2016. REUTERS soaring capital expenditure. “transformational” for OMV and REUTERS TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Small Libyan oil port resumes operations PFG fires rogue Es Sider leader

TRIPOLI/LONDON: Libya’s Al Hariga and now he’s working largest crude oil export termi- on Zueitina,” one senior Libyan nals were still shut yesterday oil official said. but the reopening of a smaller Edris Abokhamada became one could pave the way to a head of the PFG at the start of wider solution to the worst August, replacing Rasheed Al disruption to the country’s oil Sabri. industry since the civil war. The loyalty of the PFG heads The Marsa Al Hariga port and some disunity among oil resumed full operations and is workers in the east is leaving the ready to export following worker leader of the Es Sider and Ras strikes, an oil ministry spokesman Lanuf protest somewhat isolated. said. “We received a letter from It was not immediately possi- employees at the Brega port say- ble to reach Arabian Gulf Oil Co ing they are against the port clo- who participated in closing the sures and will work under the oilfields, which feed the port and government,” a PFG spokesman the country’s largest refinery. said. But there was scepticism in the “Ibrahim has been removed market given false restarts last from his position by the chief of week at other ports. staff,” the spokesman added, and “We need to see a vessel berth he expected the other ports to and load,” one trader said, who reopen soon. has a tanker waiting nearby. The government said last week Pay strikes and other protests that Ibrahim al-Jathran, head of at Libya’s two largest ports as well the middle region for the PFG, T-50i advanced jet trainers at the headquarters of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) in Sacheon, about 440km southeast of Seoul yesterday. The as oil fields have pushed crude oil was seeking to sell oil for the T-50i to be exported to Indonesia, is based on the T-50 advanced jet trainer. output and exports to the low- benefit of his group of strking oil est levels since the civil war that workers. The senior Libyan offi- ousted Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. cial said Al Jathran was seeking Boeing undercuts rivals in S Korea fighter contest About half of the country’s over fame by changing sides and added 1.2 million barrel per day export that he knows nothing about the capacity was still shut down, a oil business. SEOUL: Boeing’s bid in the led the assessment of the fight- A Seoul-based Boeing spokes- Eurofighter remains in the race. variety of sources said, including The PFG operates under the 8.3 trillion won ($7.4bn) ten- ers, said on Friday that at least man declined to comment, but “We are open for any con- the largest Es Sider terminal. Defence Ministry to protect oil der to supply South Korea with one bid, which it did not identify, on Sunday a spokesman in the structive discussion with DAPA,” The crisis hit a peak at the end installations, but only about 2,000 60 fighter aircraft was the only came within its overall budget. United States said: “We believe Christian Scherer, head of sales of last week when the government of its 15,000 members have had one below the price ceiling set The decision on one of the our F-15 proposal can affordably and international operations at threatened military action should training from the military. by the country’s arms procure- world’s most closely watched meet the Republic of Korea’s EADS Cassidian, said in a state- the striking security guards at Es Libya’s still shut Es Sider has ment agency, sources close to military tenders will be made by requirements. We await their ment yesterday. Sider sell oil independently. around eight crude oil tank- the process said yesterday. a committee chaired by South decision and stand ready to The sources also said that the But the striking guards are ers at waiting to load at anchor. A final decision was not Korea’s defence minister after deliver on our commitments.” Lockheed Martin bid was over- under mounting pressure from However, there were concrete expected until mid-September, DAPA submits its final evalua- DAPA said on Sunday that an budget, though the company colleagues at other local ports, signs some oil deal, independent the sources said, but the price tion of the three fighters next unnamed bidder submitted a price responded on Sunday by saying several Libyan sources said, and of state National Oil Corp, might submitted by the US company month. that fell within budget “by arbi- that it had not received any offi- have seemingly failed to build be under way. appears to be a significant step DAPA will score the bids on trarily changing conditions that cial notification regarding the lat- wider momentum to sell oil Trading sources and employ- toward winning the contract. a fixed set of criteria, although were previously agreed upon” on est bidding results. independently. ees at Es Sider said there was one Boeing is pitching the latest Korean law prevents the govern- the last of the 13 rounds of bid- Lockheed said reports that it The chairman of the Petroleum mysterious tanker waiting out- variant of its F-15 fighter, dubbed ment from signing a contract that ding Aug. 13-16. This bid will be had been eliminated from the Facilities Guard (PFG), of which side that was unaccounted for and the F-15 Silent Eagle, against exceeds the allotted budget. considered as having “exceeded competition were not accurate, many are striking, has taken the market sources did not know who the Eurofighter consortium’s “We will conduct a compre- the budget,” it added. and it continued to work with the lead in negotiating settlements. had chartered it. “We are calling Typhoon and Lockheed Martin’s hensive evaluation on all three The sources close to the process US government on its offer of the Though it will be a test to see if the tanker, but we are not able to F-35 stealth jet. models,” DAPA spokesman Baek said this was the bid submitted F-35 fighter for South Korea. It they are lasting. reach the captain,” one of the port South Korea’s Defence Youn-hyeong said. “But ... only by the Eurofighter consortium, in said the South Korean competi- “(Edris) succeeded to defuse workers said. Acquisition Programme parties with under-budget bids which EADS is an investor. tion had multiple phases. the strike at Tobruk and Marsa REUTERS Administration (DAPA), which will be subject for final selection.” EADS maintains that the REUTERS

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Baseball Results Detroit 6 Kansas City 3 Miami 6 San Francisco 5 Reed triumphs at Wyndham Baltimore 7 Colorado 2 Atlanta 2 Washington 1 Arizona 4 Pittsburgh 2 The 23-year-old edges Spieth in play-off, claims maiden PGA Tour crown Philadelphia 3 LA Dodgers 2 Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 1 GREENSBORO, United Cincinnati 9 Milwaukee 1 States: Patrick Reed edged fel- Chicago White Sox 5 Minnesota 2 low rookie Jordan Spieth with a Europe rout USA to St Louis 6 Chicago Cubs 1 birdie on the second play-off hole Seattle 4 Texas 3 yesterday to win the Wyndham Championship and claim his Houston 7 LA Angels 5 maiden PGA Tour title. retain Solheim Cup Oakland 7 Cleveland 3 The 23-year-old Reed rolled in Patrick Reed San Diego 4 NY Mets 3 a seven-foot birdie putt to beat celebrates with PARKER, United States/ “It is amazing,” said Europe NY Yankees 9 Boston 6 fellow American Spieth who like the trophy after Colorado: Europe produced vice-captain Annika Sorenstam. Reed finished at 14-under 266 making a birdie the most dominant victory in “It has been an amazing week. after 72 holes. on the second Solheim Cup history, routing Our strategy turned out. Reed’s winning birdie came hole of a play-off the Americans 18-10 to retain “We made history and it is fun Wellington after his drive at the second play- to defeat Jordan the trophy and win the biennial to be part of.” off hole, the par-four 10th, landed Spieth during event for the first time on US Europe’s eight point win was Stadium gets in pine needles near a television the final round soil. the biggest margin of victory in cable. of the Wyndham Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall the history of the women’s golf He used a seven-iron to fire out went a perfect 5-0, sinking a four- tournament, breaking the old Championship the all-clear under a tree branch and landed foot putt to beat USA captain’s mark of seven points which was at Sedgefield seven feet from the pin. pick Michelle Wie 1 up and give achieved twice, by Europe in 2003 Country Club “It was the best shot of my life, the Europeans the 14 points they in Sweden and the Americans in for Test that’s for sure,” Reed said. in Greensboro, needed to make sure of keeping the first year of event in 1990 in Spieth called it “one of the best North Carolina, the trophy for another two years. Florida. WELLINGTON: Wellington’s shots I’ve ever witnessed”. yesterday. Hedwall is the first in Solheim Europe took a commanding Westpac Stadium has passed He had reached the green in history to go 5-0 and the only lead into yesterday’s 12 singles safety tests and will host two, but his 10-foot birdie putt player on either team to play matches after blitzing the USA Saturday’s Rugby Championship was wide. all five matches this week at the in the afternoon fourball sessions tie between the All Blacks and Reed said his birdie putt “felt Colorado Golf Club. on Saturday. Australia, New Zealand Rugby like it was 40” feet, but it left him “It’s just an unbelievable feel- They carried that momentum, chief executive Steve Tew said celebrating with his wife, Justine, ing and it’s so great. There are no winning two of the first three yesterday. who caddies for him. words to be honest,” Hedwall said. matches to finish and halving The stadium, which was closed “Just to get my first win means “I was a little mentally tired, but the other before Brittany Lang as a precautionary measure in the everything to me,” Reed said. seven-foot birdie attempt. The Fearing more rain yesterday, at the same time I was pumped finally got the Americans on the wake of an earthquake on Friday, Reed’s first career victory came 20-year-old Spieth won his first officials decided to send players up. I just managed to pull it off.” board with a two and one win over was granted approval following a in his 38th start on the US PGA PGA Tour tournament last month off two tees in threesomes for the USA skipper Meg Mallon fin- Azahara Munoz of Spain. detailed engineering assessment Tour. -- also in a playoff at the John fourth round. ished 5-3 in eight Solheim Cups Hull combined with country- for the sold-out match expected The win also vaults him Deere Classic. Reed, who had held at least a as a player, but will take much of woman Jodi Ewart-Shadoff to win to draw 38,000 fans. from 78th to 22nd place in the He was seeking to become the share of the lead since the end the blame for the embarrassing Saturday’s afternoon fourballs “It’s great news we can host a FedExCup standings with the youngest two-time winner in US of the second round, carded a defeat. match against Creamer and Lexi sell-out crowd in a safe stadium as tour’s playoff series set to begin Tour history and he moved up to four-under 66 in the final round, “We really got our butts Thompson. planned,” Tew said in a statement. next week. eighth place in the playoff point while Spieth shot a five-under 65 kicked,” said Mallon. Hull said she didn’t feel anxious “Public safety is of paramount Reed had let a three-shot lead race with his runner-up finish. Sunday. Europe dominated with their or apprehensive playing against importance to us, so it was essen- on the back nine get away. He also Reed entered the final round Brian Harman (66) and John putting, receiving big contribu- former US Women’s Open winner tial we received reassurances missed a chance to win at the first in a tie for the lead with fellow Huh (68) shared third place at tions from a half dozen Solheim Creamer. from engineers before continuing playoff hole, the par-four 18th. American John Huh after he shot 12-under, while Zach Johnson Cup rookies, including 17-year- “I didn’t feel nervous. I am not with our planning.” Spieth made a terrible drive, a one-over 71 in the third round (68), Matt Every (67) and Matt old Charley Hull of England. Hull going to die if I hit a bad shot. The stadium suffered minor but saved par with a 25-foot putt. on the soggy Sedgefield Country Jones tied for fifth at 11-under. overpowered American star Paula So I just hit it, find it, and hit it damage, such as chipped concrete Reed, meanwhile, missed his Club course. AFP Creamer twice in as many days, again,” said Hull, who even asked and broken glassware, but repair- winning the Saturday fourballs Creamer for an autograph for a ing would be complete well before and yesterday’s singles. friend. AFP the match, stadium chief execu- tive Shane Harmon said. FitzPatrick ends England’s “We can assure ticket-holders that the stadium is structurally sound and that there is no greater level of risk than existed before wait for US amateur title the recent earthquakes. Our engi- neers have said that the building MASSACHUESETTS: Teenager Matthew said that after his US Open that it’s nice to go down has performed as expected,” he Fitzpatrick became the first Englishman to win in the history books.” added. the US Amateur Championship in 102 years after Rose became the first Englishman in 43 years to Meanwhile, one of the he defeated Australian Oliver Goss in the 36-hole win the US Open when he won his first major at the Kangaroos’ greatest goal-kicking final yesterday. Merion Golf Club in June. wingers Noel Pidding has died The baby-faced 18-year-old from Sheffield, whose The amateur, who grabbed attention last month aged 86, the Australian Rugby younger brother acted as his caddie, sunk a par putt when he won the silver medal at the British Open League said. on the 33rd hole to close out a 4&3 victory in the as leading amateur, ended England’s wait for a vic- Pidding, a championship win- matchplay format tournament held at The Country tory in the tournament since Harold Hilton lifted ner with the St George Dragons Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. the trophy in 1911. in 1949, set a number of point- “I mean, it’s absolutely amazing,” said Fitzpatrick, The win earns Fitzpatrick, who is soon to begin scoring records during a deco- who won the title on the same course where ama- a golf scholarship at Northwestern University in rated first-grade career spanning teur Francis Ouimet claimed his famous US Open Chicago where former world number one and fel- FROM LEFT: Caroline Hedwall, Annika Sorenstam, Liselotte Neumann, 10 seasons. victory in a play-off against Harry Vardon and Ted low Briton Luke Donald studied, an exemption into Carin Koch and Anna Nordqvist of Sweden the European Swedish On the 1952 Kangaroos tour Ray a century ago. the 2014 US Open provided he remains an amateur. contingent with the trophy after they had won the match 18-10 during to England and France, Pidding “I can’t really describe how I’m feeling at the He is also exempt from next year’s British Open the final day singles matches in the 2013 Solheim Cup at The Colorado amassed 228 points, second only minute. That’s sort of what everyone wants in golf, and is likely to receive an invitation to The U.S. Golf Club in Parker, Colorado, yesterday. to Dave Brown’s record of 285. wants to achieve, and I’m pretty sure Justin Rose Masters at Augusta. REUTERS AGENCIES

Banned bowler Asif agrees Bowler Tremlett England’s T20 Starc attacks Australia’s eager for squad to give details of spot-fixing LONDON: England’s 13-man England recall squad announced yester- in-out selection policy KARACHI: Banned Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif has day to play Australia in two agreed to reveal details of spot-fixing to the Anti-Corruption and Twenty20 internationals later SYDNEY, New South Wales: Prominent ex-players and the Security Unit of the International Cricket Council (ICC). LONDON: Chris Tremlett is this month: Australia paceman Mitchell media have regularly criticised Asif, 30, who finally admitted last week to his involvement in spot- “dying” to revive his Test career Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire, Starc (pictured) has shown Australia’s contentious use of the fixing during the 2010 Lord’s Test against England, submitted an apol- against Australia after being captain), Ravi Bopara (Essex), his frustration over Cricket player rotation policy, particularly ogy and agreed to cooperate with the authorities after meeting with included in England’s squad for Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Australia’s selection policy say- for fast bowlers, designed to guard Pakistan Cricket Board officials yesterday. the fifth and final Ashes Test Jos Buttler (Somerset, wick- ing it’s difficult to deliver con- against them breaking down from He was banned by the ICC for seven years, two of which were at The Oval, his Surrey home etkeeper), Michael Carberry sistency ‘’when you play too much cricket. suspended, along with former captain Salman Butt and fast bowler ground. (Hampshire), Jade Dernbach one game and you’re Test leg-spin great Mohammad Amir in early 2011. The trio later served jail sentences The 31-year-old fast bowler (Surrey), Steven Finn dropped’’. Shane Warne once said: in Britain after being found guilty of cheating and corruption by a made his Test debut in 2007 but (Middlesex), Alex Hales The left-arm quick “When we were number crown court. has played just 11 Tests with inju- (Nottinghamshire), Michael has been in and out of one there weren’t mis- “I told the PCB officials I am ready to cooperate in every way with ries, including a career-threaten- Lumb (Nottinghamshire), Eoin the Australian side over sion statements flying them and the ICC,” Asif said. “I don’t know whether I will get a chance ing back problem, checking his Morgan (Middlesex), Boyd the past nine months, and around, but we got the to play for Pakistan again but whatever happens I want everyone to progress. Rankin (Warwickshire), James during the current Ashes selection process right know I want to make amends for my actions.” REUTERS But the towering 6ft 7in pace- Tredwell (Kent), Luke Wright series in England the pat- and the best 11 were man was called into England’s (Sussex) tern has continued. selected for every game.” 14-man squad on Sunday after Fixtures After starting in the Starc, who has taken Panesar to quit Sussex Yorkshire’s Tim Bresnan with- Aug 29: 1st T20, Southampton first Test he was left out eight wickets in two drew because of a back injury. Aug 31: 2nd T20, of the second at Lord’s matches at 27.12 in the LONDON: Monty Panesar (pictured) is to leave county side Sussex “I’m very hopeful,” the 31-year- Chester-le-Street before returning for the Ashes series, said he had after the club launched an investigation into the old told a news conference at The third at Old Trafford, only to be to show at training he was ready troubled England spinner being fined by police for Oval yesterday when asked about sidelined yet again at Durham. to return to the team. urinating in public. the chances of a Test recall. He now returns to an England The treatment has clearly upset “So in the end it comes back The 31-year-old, who is not in the latest England “It’s been a long time coming squad, who at 3-0 up with one the 23-year-old fast bowler, who is to getting better off the field and squad for the Ashes series against Australia, will and it’s been great to be back to play have retained the Ashes, the second-highest-paid player on making sure I’m nailing every- go off the Sussex payroll at the end of the season involved in the last two Test that have already won their third Cricket Australia’s books but has thing and making sure I’m knock- next month and go on loan to a second-tier team squads. successive Test series against been unable to nail down a per- ing down that door to be in the until then. “I’ve had my injuries over the Australia. manent place in the Test line-up, team,” he said. “I am grateful to Sussex for allowing me to be last couple of years and I’m dying “It was great to be involved in Fairfax Media reported yesterday. “I’m pretty happy with where released from my contract for 2014 and 2015 in order to get an opportunity to play,” the Ashes back in Australia and ‘’Yeah, I guess it would be nice my reverse swing bowling is and to explore other opportunities to further develop added Tremlett, who last played it’s great to be back involved in to get a few games back to back how much I am getting the ball to my cricket,” Panesar said in a statement yesterday. Test cricket against Pakistan the squad and getting a feel for and get that rhythm,” Starc said. swing but I guess it’s doing more “I want to give myself the best chance of playing all forms of the in the United Arab Emirates in being around the guys again,” “But to have a chance at that damage with the new ball and game at the highest level.” January 2012. Tremlett said. consistency that everyone talks being more consistent when the Panesar has been England’s back-up Test slow bowler in recent years Tremlett played an important “It’s great to be back at The about -- ‘you’ve got to be more ball isn’t doing anything at all... so but Lancashire left-armer Simon Kerrigan was picked alongside main role during England’s 3-1 Ashes Oval but unfortunately for Tim consistent’ -- well, it’s a bit hard I know where I need to get better spinner Graeme Swann in the squad for this week’s fifth and final series win in Australia in 2010/11, Bresnan he’s got injured and there when you play one game and and it’s just a matter of doing it.’’ Ashes Test at the Oval starting tomorrow. REUTERS with 17 wickets in three matches. was a spot there,” he added. AFP you’re dropped.” AFP TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (centre) ‘King of Clay’ looks and compatriot Nickel Ashmeade (left) to extend reign to celebrate after winning the men’s 4x100 metres relay hard-courts final at the 2013 IAAF World CINCINNATI: The undisputed King of Clay, Rafa Nadal could Championships soon extend his reign to the hard-court after establishing himself at the Luzhniki as the red-hot favourite for the US Open with back-to-back wins in Stadium in Montreal and Cincinnati. With eight French Open titles, Nadal may be the best ever on the Moscow on dirt but the Spaniard has also stood tall this year on the American Sunday. hard-courts, where he remains unbeaten with a 15-0 record. “On clay, we only had three (Masters events), I won two, and I played the final,” Nadal told reporters after grinding out a 7-6, 7-6 win over American John Isner in the final of the Western and Southern Open. “The results on clay were amazing. On hard, I play three, I won all three. Is only one more match. That’s all. “I think it’s just a coincidence, in my opinion, but no doubt I am better player on clay than on hard.” Some would debate that assessment based on Nadal’s play on the hard-courts this season which - based on his record - has so far been flawless. To be fair, Nadal has already proven himself to be a man for all surfaces with Grand Slams titles on clay, grass and hard-court. With the exception of grass and his opening-round slip up at Wimbledon, the Spaniard has impressed on all surfaces again this season. He added to his Grand Slam collection at the French Open and has captured five of seven Masters Series events, including three-of-four hard-court stops. The US Open has always been the hardest Grand Slam for Nadal because of its unforgiving surface and timing. Of his 12 Grand Slam titles, only one has come at Flushing Meadows and he only reached the final on one other occasion. Nadal usually arrives at the back end of the tennis schedule with his knees creaking like two rusty gates and nursing a mountain of aches and pains that are the payment for his relentless action-packed style. The ongoing battle with the debilitating tendonitis in his knees continues. But this year, after a long injury lay-off that bridged the end of last Bolt, Fraser-Pryce and season and the start of the current campaign along with a six week break following his Wimbledon exit, Nadal has arrived in US ready for action. “If I am able to be healthy for the rest of the year, probably the rest is going to be positive,” said Nadal. “For the last eight years before the injury, I didn’t stop, I played every Farah light up Moscow year long, very long seasons with very, very high intensity. “So mentally and physically, to have a period of rest and recovery, your body is great. The star athletes regale fans with top performances “When you are in tough moments, in hard moments, when you are suffering, working every day, trying to recover, when you are back, the only thing you want to do is try to enjoy every moment, try to be MOSCOW: Toppling Usain Bolt at your 100 percent and play with the higher intensity and passion. from his sprint throne could take “After from the place that I came, just to be here playing and com- a while yet with the untouchable peting is fantastic and that gives me this extra power, intensity to Jamaican star of track and field compete well.” REUTERS still looking down on those who seek to challenge his reign. While his jet engine still roars, others toil, with the fastest man on earth heading home from the Moscow World Championships with three more golds, despite never needing to be at his peer- less best. Bolt duly completed a 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay treble to match his feats of the last two Olympics, become the most suc- cessful athlete in world champion- ship history - and left promising Usain Bolt of Jamaica throws one of his running shoes his goal was more Games glory in into the crowd after winning the men’s 4x100m relay Rio in 2016. Jamaican sprinters lauding it final. BELOW: A spectator holds the shoe that Bolt threw over waning powerhouses the into the stands at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. United States was evident again in the Luzhniki Stadium, the twinkle-toed Shelly-Ann Fraser- Gold Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot to John Isner during the final of the Pryce powering to her own treble. medallist Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Centre in Cincinnati, In truth, it was far from a vin- Shelly-Ann Ohio, on Sunday. Nadal won 7-6, 7-6. tage championships, the buzz of Fraser-Pryce last year’s Olympics long gone, of Jamaica with some notable London cham- smiles at Nadal’s title wins in 2013 pions absent, a doping cloud hang- the women’s ing over the sport and not a world 200 metres CINCINNATI: Here’s a list of title wins posted by Spain’s Rafael record in sight. Nadal this season. Nadal, 27,has picked up the winner’s trophy at victory Like Bolt and Fraser-Pryce, nine different events in 2013. ceremony. an ever-smiling Mo Farah shone Finals won by Rafael Nadal this year: bright. The Briton confirmed his Brasil Open, Brazil, beat David Nalbandian, 6-2, 6-3 place among the long-distance Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Mexico, beat David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 greats by brilliantly repeating his BNP Paribas Open, US, beat Juan Martin del Potro, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 double. Barcelona Open, Spain, beat Nicolas Almagro 6–4, 6–3 Farah took 10,000 gold on day one she suffered a backlash for her 4-100m relay, he took his tally of inexperience to dethrone Sally Madrid Open, Spain, beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6–2, 6–4 of the championships and made subsequent anti-gay comments, world championship golds to eight Pearson while in the men’s one- Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Italy, beat Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3 light of a stitch during the 5,000 convincing nobody when she said - level with Carl Lewis, Michael lap event, Gordon, 21, pipped a French Open, France, beat David Ferrer 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 final six days later with another later she had been misunderstood. Johnson and Allyson Felix but tiring Michael Tinsley by one Rogers Cup, Canada, beat Milos Raonic 6–2, 6–2 sublime final lap. While Isinbayeva and the con- ahead of the American trio on hundredth of a second to confirm Western & Southern Open, US, beat John Isner 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3) Russia topped the United troversial Russian law divided silver countback. the promise that made him world Finals that Rafael Nadal has lost this year: States in the medals table, by opinion, the world is united in Apart from his false start and junior champion. Chile Open, Chile, lost to Horacio Zeballos 7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 4–6 seven golds to six, helped by appreciation of Bolt. ignominious disqualification from Of the Olympic champions to Monte Carlo Open, Monaco, lost to Novak Djokovic 2–6, 6–7(1–7) strong performances in the field He came to Moscow after a the world 100 final two years ago, flop in Moscow, Kirani James was ** Rafael Nadal lost to Steve Darcis 6–7(4–7), 6–7(8–10), 4–6 events and walks. low-key season but, in the absence the 26-year-old has won every the most surprising. in the first round of Wimbledon Popular drama queen Yelena of injured Yohan Blake and Tyson global sprint gold since claiming Defending world and Olympic THE PENINSULA Isinbayeva was roared to victory Gay, banned after failing a drugs his first Olympic 100 metres title champion James trailed home by an ecstatic crowd in the pole test, there was nobody able to in Beijing in 2008. seventh in a 400 metres final won vault, taking an emotional third pressure him. He regained his 100 “My goal is to defend (for a sec- easily by LaShawn Merritt. world title after a difficult sea- metres title with a workmanlike ond time) my titles at the next “I was hungry. Probably the son then announcing she planned win over Justin Gatlin, then saun- Olympics as it hasn’t been done hungriest person in the field,” said to return to action in the future tered to victory over his favour- before by anyone. And this world the American after regaining his once she has had a baby. However, ite 200. Anchoring the Jamaican championships is a stepping stone 2009 title and making up for last towards that goal,” he said. year’s Olympic disappointment The colourful Fraser-Pryce, when he suffered injury. Gold medalist half her long hair dyed pink, also Compatriot David Oliver did Mo Farah of led her rivals a merry dance. Her not even make it to London after Great Britain scintillating 100 metres triumph, a wretched time but the ever- poses with sealed from the moment she pow- cheerful American took his first his daughter ered out of the blocks, was fol- global title in the 110m hurdles, Rhianna on the lowed up with another virtuoso with world record holder Merritt podium during display in a 200 final that left sixth after an injury-hit year. the medal three-time champion Felix prone In the closest gold medal finish ceremony after and in tears after the American of all, Briton Christine Ohuruogu the men’s 5,000 tore her hamstring in the first 30 brilliantly punished an inexcus- metres final. metres. able lapse by defending champion New stars emerged in the hur- Amantle Montsho, who failed dles in the shape of American to dip at the line as the former Brianna Rollins and Trinidad champion edged her out by four Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with the ball kids after winning the Western and Tobago’s Jehue Gordon. thousandths of a second. & Southern Open title. Rollins, 22 on Sunday, belied her REUTERS TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Cavani salvages draw for PSG The former Napoli striker scores on his debut; Riviere hits hat-trick in Monaco’s win

PARIS: Edinson Cavani, the “I’m satisfied, it’s important to French league’s most expensive win but also to play well and I’m Edinson Cavani of Paris Saint Germain celebrates scoring player of all time, saved Paris happy about that. As for Riviere, Qatar’s Lekhwiya the equaliser during the Ligue 1 match against AC Ajaccio Saint Germain from a humili- well he trains every day with at the Parc des Princes Stadium, in Paris, France on Sunday ating defeat with a late goal on character and professionalism night. The Uruguayan became the fourth expensive player his debut to snatch a 1-1 draw and he’s in good shape physically in the world following his €64m move to the French giants. arrive in Guangzhou against Ajaccio on Sunday night. and mentally,” added Ranieri. Laurent Blanc was hand- The former Premier League Last season he finished as the Serie A’s top scorer with 29 ing a first start to Cavani, who and Serie A coach dismissed goals. for crucial ACL clash joined PSG from Napoli for reports of Falcao making a move €64m ($85m) -- the 26-year-old to Spain or England. GUANGZHOU, CHINA: Afif and Nasser Khalfan in the Uruguayan lining up in a dream “They are just rumours, always Qatar’s Lekhwiya yesterday first leg due to injuries. strike partnership with Swedish rumours and just to make up sto- arrived in China for the first- The duo have not properly hotshot Zlatan Ibrahimovic. ries. Falcao is staying here, he’s leg of their AFC Champions recovered from the injuries sus- Yet it was modest Ajaccio who happy and his daughter was born League (ACL) quarter- tained in the club’s pre-season, took control with their first attack here,” he said in reference to the final against Guangzhou for the clash against Guangzhou, when Benoit Pedretti curled the birth of the Colombian’s newborn Evergrande tomorrow. who are managed by former ball in to the far corner from out- daughter during the week. Lekhiwya’s Belgian Juventus and the side the box on nine minutes. Monaco took the lead on 18 coach Eric Gerets Italian 2006 World Ajaccio then had to dig deep as minutes when Argentine Lucas (pictured), who was Cup winning-coach PSG went on the attack, but the Ocampos took off on a weaving pleased with the Marcelo Lippi. Corsican visitors held firm until run before being hacked down in team’s qualification Goalkeeper Baba Cavani levelled with just four the box by Siaka Tiene, leaving to the last-eight of Malek will miss the minutes left on the clock. the referee little option but to ACL, put the squad match through a The new arrival sent the Parc point to the spot. through a rigorous shoulder injury. des Princes fans wild when run- Falcao stepped up and sent training camp held The return clash ning onto Hervin Ongenda’s pass, Montpellier goalkeeper Laurent outside the Malaysian will take place in and firing into the top corner. Pionnier the wrong way as he capital Kuala Lumpur four weeks time on Earlier Emmanuel Riviere made it two goals from two recently. September 18 in Doha. stole his Colombian team-mate matches since his reported €60m The team played Lekhwiya’s squad: Radamel Falcao’s thunder as his ($80m) transfer from Atletico a friendly against Amine Claud Lecomt, hat-trick carried Monaco into Madrid. Selangor of Malaysia which Ahmed Hatami, Khalifa Al joint top spot with a 4-1 thrash- The lead lasted just six minutes ended in a draw. Amari, Mohammed Musa, ing of Montpellier. when a second Colombian, this Gerets said all players are Tresor Kangambu, Khaled Monaco had followed up their time Victor Hugo Montano, got upbeat and looking to raise the Muftah, Adel Lamy Khaled, opening day’s 2-0 victory over the better of defenders Ricardo bar in the key clash. Dame Traore, Majid Bougherra, Bordeaux to move up to six points Carvalho and Eric Abidal before Algerian Majid Bougherra and Kareem Bodhiaf, Hussain alongside Lyon, Saint-Etienne powering home a header from Tunisian Youssef Msakni looked Shihab, Luiz Martin, Issiar Dia, and Marseille and second on goal a fine cross from Benjamin in peak condition in training Nam Taehee, Talal Al Qahtani, difference. Stambouli on the right wing. while Senegal’s Issiar is under Nasser Khalfan, Ali Mohammed, Manager Claudio Ranieri was The 2004 Champions League rehab, undergoing therapy ses- Abdulaziz Abdullah, Youssef more than pleased with his expen- finalists then went back in front way into the box before chip- the break when he kneed the ball sion on medical advise, Gerets Msakni, Adel Ahmed, Ismaeel sively assembled side’s showing. in controversial fashion on the ping the ball over the on rushing home following a corner from said. Mohammad, Sebastian Soria, “At the moment, it’s perfect, stroke of half-time when Riviere Pionnier. Yannick Ferreira Carrasco before Meanwhile, Lekhwiya will Adel Habib and Lassina Diaby. two matches, six points,” said the clearly tugged Montpellier Riviere then gave Ranieri’s the 2012 champions had Congre miss the services of striker Ali THE PENINSULA Italian. defender Daniel Congre on his men a cushion 12 minutes after sent off on 63 minutes. AFP Champions United’s bid for Baines, Coach Ancelotti frustrated League Fixtures PARIS, France: Champions Fellaini rejected League play-off, first-leg fix- with lack of Real balance tures this week: MANCHESTER: Everton have described as “derisory and insulting” a double bid from Premier League champions MADRID: Real Madrid man- of problems. It was a problem of Today Manchester United for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines. ager Carlo Ancelotti was a balance. There was a lot of space Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) According to media reports United, now managed by former relieved man after Isco’s late between our defence and midfield vs Celtic (SCO) Everton boss David Moyes, offered a total of £28m ($43.72m) for header handed his side a 2-1 win and Betis played very well in this Belgium midfielder Fellaini and England defender Baines. over Real Betis, but he warned area. Lyon (FRA) vs Real Sociedad “Everton can confirm it has received bids from Manchester United his side have a lot of improving “If we want to play quality foot- (ESP) for two players,” director of communications Alan Myers said in a to do. ball, we need players like Isco and Pacos Ferreira (POR) vs Zenit statement yesterday. “Those bids were immediately rejected out of Real looked set to drop two (Mesut) Ozil to do defensive work. St Petersburg (RUS) hand as derisory and insulting. vital points in the Italian’s first Right now it is a normal problem, “The club did not make public these details as it was vital (man- game in charge as they struggled but they are generous players and PSV Eindhoven (NED) vs AC ager) Roberto Martinez’s preparations for the opening game of the to break through in the second- we need to find the balance.” Milan (ITA) season were not disrupted,” Myers added in reference to Saturday’s half after Karim Benzema and On a typically hot August Viktoria Plzen (CZE) vs 2-2 draw at Norwich City. Jorge Molina had exchanged first- evening in the Spanish capital Maribor (SLO) United, who beat Swansea City 4-1 in their opening match on half strikes. both sides seemed to tire quickly Saturday, are yet to make a significant transfer-window signing However, despite claiming as the second-half wore on and Tomorrow although Wilfried Zaha, who joined in January and was loaned back the three points thanks to Isco’s Ancelotti believes the number of to Crystal Palace for the rest of the season, has arrived. intervention four minutes from his players involved in interna- Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs Austria Vienna (AUT) Moyes, who replaced the retired Alex Ferguson in the close season, time, Ancelotti wasn’t happy with tional matches in midweek meant signed Fellaini and Baines during his time at Everton and they are how easily Real were opened up they struggled physically more Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) vs both key players for the side who finished sixth last season. by Pepe Mel’s side. than their opponents. Basel (SUI) According to media reports, Fellaini had a release clause in his “I think we can improve, which The boss also made a big call contract that would have been triggered by a bid of £23.5m but that is normal. We had many chances in his first competitive game in Steaua Bucharest (ROM) vs element of his deal expired recently. to score and a lot of good combi- charge by starting Diego Lopez Legia Warsaw (POL) Former Wigan Athletic manager Martinez replaced Moyes at nations, especially on the wing,” in goal over Iker Casillas. Real Madrid’s coach Carlo Schalke 04 (GER) vs PAOK Goodison Park and has also gone back to his old club for reinforce- said Ancelotti who has taken over “I took this decision for the Ancelotti looks from the bench Salonica (GRE) ments, signing defender Antolin Alcaraz, goalkeeper Joel Robles and from Jose Mourinho. match today. It was decision made before the start of the La Liga striker Arouna Kone from the relegated club who are now in the “The problem was in defence. on fine details and we will see Fenerbahce (TUR) vs Arsenal match against Real Betis at Championship. REUTERS In the first-half we didn’t work what happens in the next match,” (ENG) Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. well together and we had a lot he said. AFP West battles to 17th place; Al Balooshi clinches play-off spot; Top Sucipto finishes race Fuel Teams advance to semi-finals INDIANAPOLIS: QMMF of making some good points was Racing Team rider Anthony already too far away.” BRAINERD, Minnesota: The defeated Bob Vandergriff and West battled hard in the Moto2 He added: “I was sort of stuck Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top David Grubnic before losing to Grand Prix of Indianapolis, but with the group I was with and Fuel Team, the two-time World Clay Millican in the semi-finals. missed out on world champion- I was able to fight with them Championship team owned by Langdon remains No. 1 in the ship points and crossed the line and lead them to the end of the Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point in 17th position. race. But all in all, it was a dif- Thani, had a very good weekend standings. He leads second-place The 32-year-old Australian had ficult weekend for me. The team in Minnesota. Spencer Massey by 121 points started from 23rd place on the is doing a great job and the bike Second year driver Khalid with one race remaining in the grid und moved up to 17th place is working pretty well, but I just alBalooshi clinched his spot in the regular season. on the second lap, but couldn’t need to concentrate more and try Countdown to the Championship “The Al-Anabi team had maintain his rhythm. to be a bit more focused on my NHRA play-offs, and Shawn another good weekend,” Langdon On lap 16, he mounted another racing. I was using the new swin- Langdon inched closer to the said. attack and moved ahead in the garm all weekend, but it’s difficult top seed in the play-offs at the He added: “We qualified well group he was in to take 17th spot, to predict how much of an advan- just-completed Lucas Oil NHRA Dubai driver Khalid alBalooshi, near lane, races TJ Zizzo in the first round and made two excellent runs but by that time, the front run- tage it will give us on other tracks, Nationals. of eliminations in yesterday’s Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, in the first two rounds today. ners were too far gone to break because Indianapolis is so strange AlBalooshi was the No. 3 quali- Minnesota. AlBalooshi advanced to the semi-finals and clinched his Unfortunately, we missed the into the point rankings. with its different surfaces. We will fier in Brainerd – his second- spot in the Countdown to the Championship NHRA play-offs. setup a little bit in the semifi- After the race, West said: continue to use the new swingarm highest qualifying position of the PICTURE BY: GARY NASTASE nals and smoked the tires, but “My start was okay, but in the at the next race in Brno and I season. overall, we had a good weekend. beginning I just was not able to hope it is an improvement there, In eliminations, he defeated Since we clinched our spot in the do any decent lap times. I don’t too.” TJ Zizzo and Doug Kalitta before “This race was a good one for in the Countdown, and the car Countdown, our goal has been to know why, I just found it hard to Team-mate Rafid Topan losing to race winner Spencer our team,” alBalooshi said. was very consistent. The car was get the No. 1 seed. I hope we can really concentrate properly this Sucipto achieved his goal of a race Massey in the semi-finals. He added: “The main thing on very fast, and one of the fastest of get that done in Indianapolis next weekend. I was a bit lost on the finish, but was not as consistent AlBalooshi moved up one this race is that I moved up to No. the weekend so it was a very good race.” first laps and couldn’t do good as he had planned to be and lost spot to fifth place in the NHRA 5 in points, and I am very close to weekend for our team.” The Al-Anabi Racing team will lap times. As the race went on, I his rhythm when the front run- Mello Yello Top Fuel point stand- being No. 4. I am so happy, and I Silver Al-Anabi driver Shawn be back in action on August 30 in started to go faster, but the group ners of the race started to close in ings and clinched his spot in the am so excited with what we did Langdon was the No. 4 qualifier Indianapolis. was already gone and any chance from behind. THE PENINSULA Countdown. this week. We clinched our spot at the Lucas Oil Nationals. 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NEW DELHI: India’s bungling The world number two claims her third trophy of the season sports officials were left red- faced yesterday after 17 track and field athletes were thrown CINCINNATI: Victoria ranked players initially failed to out of the Asian Youth Games Azarenka won a showdown Azarenka in 2013 deliver the high-quality spectacle underway in Nanjing, China for between the world’s two top Cincinnati: Wo n expected from two women who being overage. players by beating number one Carlsbad: Lost in final have captured five of the last The athletes, who were part Serena Williams in a three set Wimbledon: Withdrew after seven Grand Slams. of a 27-member track and field 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 thriller in the final 1st round Azarenka, who struggled with squad, were barred from taking of the Western and Southern French Open: Lost in her serve against Jelena Jankovic part in the Games because they Open yesterday. semi-final in the semi-finals and held just were above the stipulated age of For two hours and 30 minutes, Rome: Lost in final three times, opened the match 17, an official said. Azarenka and Williams engaged Madrid: Lost in last 32 with two double faults to hand “It should not have happened. in a seesaw battle before the Indian Wells: Lost in Williams the early break. We are trying to find out the Belarusian finally clinched the quarter-final Williams continued her assault reason,” the Indian Olympic victory, winning a nervy tiebreak Doha: Wo n on Azarenka with another break Association’s interim chief Vijay 8-6 to prevent the American from Australian Open: Wo n at 4-1 that left the Belarusian Kumar Malhotra told reporters ticking a Cincinnati win off her Brisbane: Lost in semi-final waving her racket in anger. in New Delhi. ‘bucket list’. “I felt like my energy wasn’t Two days ago, four Indian bad- “Obviously, a big win. It was maybe there 100 percent at the minton players were prevented a great match,” Azarenka told trophy, while a victory yesterday- beginning but that’s what the from competing in Nanjing reporters. “Really, really pleased would have moved her up a notch match is about,” said Azarenka. because organisers said their with the way I pulled it out. It on the career wins list into a tie “It goes up and down, and you names had not been entered for was a great battle. for seventh place with Britain’s battle against somebody and you the competition by officials back “There were no giveaways. It Virginia Wade and compatriot have an edge or then you don’t home. was pure fight.” Lindsay Davenport. have an edge. India has been suspended from In a career that has gener- But the day belonged to “That’s what is exciting about the Olympic movement by the ated 54 singles titles, including Azarenka, who bagged her third that to try to take your opponent International Olympic Committee 16 Grand Slams, Williams had title of the year and 17th of her to that place where they don’t feel (IOC) since December last year won just about everything there career. at their best.” for electing corruption-tainted is to win in her sport - but not “We go against each other In the second set it was officials to its local association. Cincinnati, one of the WTA Tour’s really tough, so I think, yeah, it’s Azarenka who had Williams talk- The country’s young sports most prestigious tournaments. a good rivalry,” said Williams. ing to herself as she turned the stars are taking part in the Cincinnati will remain a hole on “I’m number one, she’s number tables on the muscular American Nanjing Games as “independent” her resume for at least another two so we have that rivalry which by breaking her three times to Olympic athletes under the IOC year after Azarenka answered consists of meeting in the final, level the match. flag. the challenge by claiming just her which makes it even more so In the third, Azarenka and Athletics officials would not third win in 15 attempts against exciting. Williams finally produced the ten- comment on the over-age prob- the 31-year-old American. “I personally was thinking it is nis and edge-of-your-seat drama lems, but SAI chief Jiji Thomson Williams came into the con- a good rivalry and it’s good to have that fans had come to see, twice blamed the AFI for the mix-up. test with a chance to pass sev- someone out there that can play trading breaks to send the set “When a federation gives eral career milestones beyond a hard and fight so tough. into a tiebreak. us a list, we never question it,” first Cincinnati win but failed to “She’s a great player. There’s a The quality of shots and effort Victoria Azarenka of Belarus poses for photographers at the trophy cer- Thomson told the Times of India. secure any of them. reason why she’s winning grand sky-rocketed at both ends of the emony after defeating Serena Williams during the final of the Western He added: “It’s entirely the It was only the second time in slams and doing so well.” court before the contest ended & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, responsibility of the federation 10 finals this season that Williams A marquee final featuring with Williams’s forehand into the yesterday. to pick a team and ensure every- had failed to walk away with the the world’s number one and two net. REUTERS thing is in order.” AFP Wiggins to quit road for track, sets sights on 2016 Games

LONDON: Bradley Wiggins towards that. It would be nice Chris is probably a better Grand the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. will retire from road racing to finish the career with another Tour rider than me,” Wiggins He won an individual time-trial after one more season before Olympic gold.” said. gold at the London Olympics last returning to the velodrome with The Team Sky rider was unable “He is a much better climber, year, after his Tour de France the goal of adding to his gold to defend his 2012 Tour de France he can time-trial well. He has age success. medal haul at the 2016 Olympic title due to injury, with compa- on his side, he has no kids, that’s Despite that, Sky had thrown Games in Rio de Janeiro. triot Chris Froome winning a fine. its backing for team leader behind “I’m going to continue to the second title for the British team “If Chris wants to, he could 28-year-old Froome, even before next Olympics and try for a fifth in his absence. potentially win five Tours now. So Wiggins had to withdraw from gold,” the 33-year-old Briton told Wiggins had previously indi- if I want to win another Tour, I’d Tour contention with a knee The Times newspaper yesterday. cated he may never compete in probably have to leave the team. injury. “That’s the plan. Having lost the Tour again, but he said yes- “I love this team. This is my The pair have had a fraught weight and muscle the last few terday that he would like to ride home, I’m not going to go, ‘I want relationship, with Froome report- years I wouldn’t be able to walk it one more time, if selected, and to be the leader still, so I’m off’.” edly saying recently Wiggins had back into that team pursuit was willing to play second fiddle Wiggins won six Olympic track not congratulated him on his Tour squad, so I’m not taking anything to Froome. medals, including three gold, victory. for granted, but I am working “I don’t mind admitting that before switching to the road after Wiggins said there was a simple reason for that. “For a start, this is a pathetic A file picture of Britain’s Wiggins excuse - and it’s not an excuse - kissing his gold medal after win- Wiggins’s Olympic but I don’t have his phone number. FROM LEFT: British cyclists ning the cycling individial time “The second thing is, a lot of medals Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, trial event at the London 2012 stuff happened with me and him Olympics in this August 2012 London 2012 Geraint Thomas and and his girlfriend and it was left file photo. Gold - individual time trial Bradley Wiggins stand on in a very bad way and rather than the podium after winning me send him some naff (worth- Beijing 2008 the gold medal in the men’s less) little text message, I would Gold - individual pursuit track cycling team pursuit rather wait till I see him, genu- and then it would have been really Gold - team pursuit at the Beijing 2008 Olympic inely put my hand out and say naff to have sent one.” Athens 2004 Games in this August 2008 ‘you know what, that was a good The former Tour de France file photo. The gold medal ride’.” winner added: “But I will see Gold - individual pursuit was one of two won by “That is more genuine than one his at the World Championships Silver - team pursuit Wiggins at the 2008 Games. text message that might get lost where I will be riding to support Bronze - Madison in hundreds of others. him. So this was not me saying, “Obviously once the press got ‘I’ll never ride for him again’.” Sydney 2000 hold of it, it got chewed up a bit REUTERS Bronze - team pursuit