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The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has issued a decree stipulating that the official title of H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will be H H the Father Emir.

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The Emir H H DOHA: In his inaugural address to the nation as Emir, Sheikh Tamim H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Hamad Al Al Thani, yesterday made it clear that his focus was on Thani announces the progress of the nation and a 20-member hinted at an extensive overhaul of various ministries. Cabinet. He said the restructuring of the ministries, a project that began last year, was necessary to avoid I ask him (H H duplication and overlapping of work and improve efficiency. Sheikh Hamad) The Emir later announced not to deny us a major Cabinet reshuffle and named the former minister of his opinion and state for interior affairs, H E advice when Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, as Prime necessary: The Minister with additional charge Emir. of Interior Ministry. At least five new ministries including for youth affairs and sports, administrative develop- H E Sheikh ment, defence, and information Abdullah bin technology and communications have been created. Nasser bin Khalifa H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Al Thani named Attiyah has been named Foreign Minister, while a dozen new faces, Prime Minister and including a woman — H E Dr The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, and Interior Minister. Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, Minister the Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah. for IT and Communications — have been inducted into the Cabinet. Calling on fellow Qataris to to per capita income. It is rather are not achieved then how would responsibility in such organisa- H E Dr Khalid Other new faces include H E be productive, dedicated to the to do with one’s productivity, per- it be possible that we continue tions would, thus, have no right bin Mohamed Al Ali Sherif Al Emadi (finance and nation and focus on performance, formance and dedication to the with such investments. They to continue,” the Emir warned. economy), H E Jassim Seif Ahmed the Emir said wealth without nation,” said the Emir. could backfire,” said the Emir. He said Qatar would avoid sec- Attiyah is Foreign Al Sulaiti (transport) and H E these traits could be counterpro- Investment in sectors like edu- If there is bad planning in an tarianism and respect all religions Minister. Saleh bin Ghanem Al Ali (youth ductive as it could make an indi- cation, health, sports and culture organisation or there is misman- in the region and the world, as and sports). vidual lethargic and unproductive. will continue because they are agement and lack of performance, religious divisions would prevent The new Cabinet has 20 mem- “Everyone knows that people’s key to the development of an efforts should not be made to modernisation and development. Many new faces bers that includes the Prime living standards cannot improve individual. paint a nice picture. Wrongdoing The focus will be on maintaining Minister as well as the Deputy without economic growth, but “But we will keep a close track should not be brushed under the Qatar’s Islamic and Arab identity. in the Cabinet. Prime Minister, H E Ahmed bin whereas human resource develop- on the outcome of such invest- carpet. THE PENINSULA Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud. ment is concerned it is not linked ments and if the desired results “Those holding positions of Continued on page 17

THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Aspire, Messi Foundation to fight malaria in Africa FC Barcelona’s Argentinian star Lionel Messi travels to Senegal later this month to support the project

DOHA: Aspire Academy has joined almost all of these can be avoided by by up to 95 percent in certain regions. “Our approach is to use the power of forces with Argentina and FC Barcelona using bed nets. Football Combating However, of the 650 million individu- football to prevent this horrible disease, star Lionel Messi (pictured), and the Malaria is a very special project to me als at risk in Africa, only 125 million but we will also be working closely with Lionel Messi Foundation to combat because I know it will help save thou- currently have bed nets. local medical practitioners to ensure tab- malaria in Africa through football. sands of young lives, and I’m delighted The Football Combating Malaria lets and drips are administered as soon The prestigious sports academy runs to be involved and throw my support project will support the Programa as possible if malaria symptoms appear a humanitarian football project in 10 behind it.” National de Lutte le Palu (PNLP), in the villages we are working in.” African countries as part of its global The Aspire Academy’s Football an existing anti-malaria programme Minister of Health for Senegal, Prof scouting programme, Aspire Football Combating Malaria project, which has that is working to eradicate the dis- Awa Marie Coll-Seck, said: Dreams. the support of many African national ease throughout Africa. “Aspire Academy’s campaign Football Messi will travel to the Aspire football associations, leading players Ivan Bravo, Director General of the Combating Malaria is an innovative Academy branch in Senegal at the end and major pharmaceutical companies, Aspire Academy, said: “It is fantastic campaign that is to be applauded. The of this month to show his support and will see the Aspire Academy distribute that Lionel is so passionate about the engagement off all sectors of society association with the Aspire Academy’s an initial 400,000 mosquito bed nets Football Combating Malaria. His visit is crucial to put an end to malaria Football Combating Malaria project across the 10 countries in Africa that to Senegal will really help spread the deaths, a disease that is preventable which aims to reduce malaria infection the Aspire Football Dreams project message to children and their families and treatable.” in Africa. currently operates in. This will grow to in Africa that malaria can be avoided Fifa President Joseph S Blatter has Speaking ahead of his visit to Senegal, one million bed nets each year through- by using bed nets. Aspire Football already pledged to support the fight Lionel Messi said: “I know my trip to out Africa. Dreams will distribute 400,000 bed against malaria, along with many high Senegal will be difficult because I will The initiative will also see a medical nets initially and this will grow to one profile players including: Roger Milla see the suffering that malaria causes, person placed in every town where the million nets each year across Africa. (Cameroon), Kolo Toure and Didier but I know that we have a great chance Aspire Football Dreams project is active of medication to treat any detected cases. We have 86 coordinators in Senegal alone, Drogba (Ivory Coast), Michael Essien to use the power of football to help save to identify and control malaria symptoms Bed nets are the most effective pre- who will manage the distribution of the (Ghana), Frédéric Kanouté (Mali), and lives. Every 90 minutes 180 children die in players and their families involved in ventive measure for large scale deploy- nets, and visit families to ensure they are Landon Donovan (USA). from this horrible disease in Africa, but its scouting program, with the provision ment, reducing the incidence of malaria being used correctly. THE PENINSULA Qatar Airways supports Montreal contest MONTREAL, CANADA: Qatar Airways Chief to support such a prestigious winner will be named at the Qatar Airways is the co- Executive Officer Akbar Al event and help the Montreal end of the competition on presenter of Mosaïcultures Baker said: “We are proud to Botanical Garden brighten up September 29. Internationales Montréal 2013 be the co-presenting spon- the city even more.” This year, more than 50 crea- (MIM2013) at the Montreal sor of the 2013 edition of the Qatar Airways’ partnership tions from 20 countries are on Botanical Gardens. Mosaïcultures Internationales with the international horti- show. Almost two years to the day in Montreal. The botanical mas- cultural competition includes The event will test the par- since the launch of its inaugu- terpieces are truly impressive, a variety of activities that will ticipants’ ingenuity as they ral route to Montreal, Qatar showcasing wonderful talent allow MIM2013 visitors to travel compete to win the Grand Airways participated in the from around the world. around the world without ever Honorary Award given by the opening ceremony of MIM2013, “These exhibits show the leaving the city. international jury, as well as kicking off what has become the rich and vibrant experiences The Land of Hope exhibit at the Qatar Airways People’s world’s most prestigious com- this great city of Montreal the Montreal Botanical Gardens Choice Award. petition of horticultural art, offers year round to its own is open until September 29. Visitors will also be invited to and reinforcing the compa- citizens, as well as to travel- Visitors will have a chance to the Qatar Airways International ny’s strong ties with the local lers visiting Montreal either win a prize trip for two when Hub to discover the countries community. for the first time or on a they place their votes for their represented in the competition. repeat visit.” favourite botanical piece. While there, they can vote for Qatar Airways Country The Qatar Airways People’s their favorite horticultural work Manager Canada, Riyaz Choice Award will see two of art, thereby participating in Saduddeen added: “Qatar lucky winners set out on a the process of awarding the Airways believes in integrating trip to Doha with Business Qatar Airways Peoples’ Choice ourselves in the communities Class return tickets and five Award. we serve, and we are honoured nights’ accommodation. The THE PENINSULA

Weekend to be hotter, with 47 degrees DOHA: The Meteorology Department has forecast a gradual rise in temper- ature, probably reaching 47 degrees Celsius dur- ing peak hours over the weekend. The maximum temper- ature recorded in Doha yesterday was 44 degrees Celsius, which could rise by one degree today. “Analysis indicates a gradual rise in tempera- ture, reaching up to the mid-40s (43-47) which is the normal levels in this time of the year. Therefore, this weekend is expected to be hotter,” the department said yesterday. According to a weather forecast issued by the department, today would be “very hot with slight dust at places during the day.” Temperature would hover between 35 and 45 degrees. Northwesterly winds would blow at speeds ranging from 10 knots to 20 knots during the day, becoming southwesterly by night. The department has advised the public to take extra caution against the rising temperature. THE PENINSULA Qatar, Italy review cooperation ROME: The Diplomatic Adviser to the Italian Prime Minister, Armando Varricchio, met Qatar’s Ambassador to Italy Sultan Saad Al Marikhi. Talks dealt with means of enhanc- ing cooperation and latest political develop- ments. QNA THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Award-winning Tora Bora to be screened at MIA Tickets are on sale online and will be available at the venue on July 4 and 5 DOHA: Kuwaiti box office hit of a son can lead to hardships Tora Bora, directed by Walid for an entire family in the Arab Alawadi, will be screened on society. July 4 and 5 at the Museum of The film was screened at the Islamic Art (MIA) Auditorium 2011 Cannes Film Market and as part of Doha Film Institute’s won three awards at the 2013 (DFI) year round series Hekayat GCC Film Festival, including Khaleejiya. Best Feature Film, Best Music The screening of the award- and Best Actor for Saad Al winning film will be followed by Faraj. It also won the Special an extended Q&A session with Jury Award at the Gulf Film the lead actor Saad Al Faraj. Festival in 2012. Tora Bora is the journey of Award-winning filmmaker elderly parents in search for Walid Alawadi will also be their youngest son, who leaves present at the screenings. His Kuwait to join militant forces in work includes the documentary Afghanistan. ‘A Moment of Time’, which was The elderly parents are not named Best International Film prepared for the suffering and at the Houston Film Festival and darkness they encounter on his 9/11 documentary ‘Dreams their journey through the war- without Sleep’, which screened Scenes from the Kuwaiti box office hit Tora Bora. torn country, while their elder at Cannes in 2005. son attempts to find his parents Tickets are now on sale online and his brother with the aid of at www.dohafilminstitute.com/ auditorium) on July 4 from 12pm Tickets are priced at QR35 and Pakistani intelligence. Tora Bora hekayat and at the DFI Ticket to 8pm and July 5 from 2pm to QR25 for students. is a film about how the mistakes Outlet at the MIA (across the 8pm. THE PENINSULA

A delegation from the US-based National Institutes for Health during a visit to the Sidra Medical and Research Center. Sidra to open first reprogrammable cell therapy facility in the region DOHA: Sidra Medical and Research Sidra Medical and Research Center is a Center will open the Mena region’s major feat in terms of what it will con- first reprogrammable cell therapy tribute to the international medical and facility and. It would act as a resource research community. We are delighted for the entire region and Sidra will that this lab will be part of the Center seek to collaborate with local and and that Qatar is investing in advanc- regional medical institutions. ing this important research. When built, The facility will investigate a novel this will be one of the few labs in the treatment approach, called reprogram- world that is capable of investigating this mable cell therapy, where cells are innovative therapeutic approach,” said altered to treat or cure disease. Sidra is Dr Stroncek. currently collaborating with the National Out of the nearly 30 such centers Institutes of Health, a US-based medical internationally that are capable of research center, to plan the site. carrying out this research, none are “We are delighted to be working with based in the Mena region. H H Sheikha the National Institutes for Health to Moza bint Nasser in March endorsed build this cutting edge research facil- the need for such a facility in Qatar ity in Qatar. The research conducted to support local and regional research here will further our understanding programmes. of this potentially breakthrough treat- The lab is fully expected to fully func- ment option and, hopefully one day, allow tion within two to three years and the Sidra to offer it to the people of Qatar,” research conducted here will pave the said Sidra’s Chief Research Officer, Dr way for treating patients with seri- Francesco Marincola. ous and untreatable conditions that A delegation, led by Chief of the Cell are resistant to standard procedures. Processing Section at the National Research will initially focus on pediatric Institutes of Health, David F Stroncek, patients with cancer and inborn immune toured Sidra last week to discuss plans deficiency disorders, as well as hemato- for the facility. “The construction of logical problems. THE PENINSULA Brookings Doha internships for Georgetown University students

DOHA: their internship Brookings Doha will earn one is preparing to academic credit offer intern- toward their ships for quali- Georgetown fied Georgetown University University in School of Qatar (GU-Q) stu- Foreign Service dents according in Qatar degree. to a memorandum Director of of Understanding the Brookings (MoU) signed Doha Center, recently. The Dr Salman MoU enables Shaikh, said: Georgetown stu- “The Brookings dents to hone Doha Center is policy skills with ever-seeking Brookings Doha to expand its and one or more local capac- internships per ity and reach. Officials of Brookings Doha Center and semester for With this in Georgetown University in Qatar exchanging GU-Q students. mind, the BDC The MoU will the MoU. is proud to provide a structure have formal- for GU-Q students ized its long- to apply theories and skills learned in standing relationship with Georgetown the classroom to policy and research University’s School of Foreign Service work done at Brookings Doha Center. in Qatar. Students who successfully complete THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Fair prices at trade Exhibition 11-day Doha Trade Fair opens at DEC BY RAYNALD C RIVERA depending on the product. “The Ramadan which is the best time Municipal Ministry is also here for people to buy good products DOHA: Shoppers at this year’s to check on food products, specifi- which are offered at good prices,” summer edition of Doha Trade cally on the expiration date and he said. To facilitate shopping, the Fair can rest assured there quality of the products,” he said. organisers have introduced iServ- would be no overpricing as Doha Trade Fair 2013 occu- ice wherein shoppers can browse authorities regularly monitor pies a total of 18,000sqm, with through the catalogue and easily prices of goods sold in the stalls, 15,000sqm allotted for the exhi- locate the stalls through an inter- say organisers. bition and 3,000sqm for the active map. “The Ministry of Business and Entertainment Tent where chil- From the 2,000 who filed Trade has set up an office here to dren’s zone is located and cultural requests, organisers have only check the prices,” said Jaber Al groups from various countries chosen 585 hailing from 30 coun- Mansouri, Chief Executive Officer stage performances. tries to take part at the fair of Maraya Public Relations, co- “We have brought 14 groups due to space constraints. The organisers of the fair. from different countries to per- expo was officially opened by Al Mansouri was speaking to form onstage,” said Al Mansouri. Qatar Chamber Vice-Chairman media after the opening of the This edition of the Trade Fair Muhammed bin Ahmed bin 11-day fair yesterday at the Doha puts more focus on companies Towar, along with heads of dip- Exhibition Center (DEC). and products from the Gulf region lomatic missions, organisers and The fair offers a wide array of and Qatar, he added. Having other officials. Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Towar, Vice Chairman of Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry, after inaugurating products ranging from fashion been organised just days before He lauded the organisers of the the Doha Trade Fair 2013, touring a stall at the Doha Exhibition Center, yesterday. KAMMUTTY V P and accessories and household Ramadan, organisers expect big expo for introducing new features Thailand and Lebanon along DEC lobby. In addition, there are Doha Exhibition Centre. It is products to perfumes and cos- turnout daily. each year such as entertainment with groups of acrobats, magi- also games and puppet theatre open to the public from Saturday metics and food. Prices of goods, “We expect nearly 40,000 visi- to cater for the entire family. cians, stiltwalkers and mascots for children. Organised by Qatar to Thursday from 10am to 10pm Al Mansouri said, range from as tors daily because the timing is Performers from Serbia, entertain visitors both at the Tourism Authority, Doha Trade and on Friday from 2pm to 10pm. cheap as QR10 to over QR1,000 good as it is happening before Turkey, Egypt, Africa, Syria, Entertainment Tent and the Fair 2013 runs until July 6 at the THE PENINSULA SCH asks private clinics to instal surveillance cameras DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has asked all private clinics and hospitals to instal surveil- lance cameras in their premises. This is in line with the Emiri decree No. 9 of 2011 regarding the use of cameras and surveillance equipment, according to a circular issued by the Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Department at SCH. “It has been made mandatory for all private facilities to install surveillance cameras in important locations. The cameras in clinics and hospitals are to be installed only in public areas like reception and waiting rooms, without affecting the privacy of visitors. We have got approval from the ministry in this regard,” said the official. The cameras should be operational round-the-clock. The facilities have been given three months to comply with the directive. If they fail, their licences may not be renewed, warned SCH. All healthcare facilities have been asked to refer to the Security Systems Department at the Ministry of Interior for technical specifications and approval of locations for installing cameras. THE PENINSULA

Ashghal announces partial road closure DOHA: A partial closure of the Mesaimeer–Al Sakhama Roundabout near the Indian Educational Institution has been announced by the Public Work Authority ‘Ashghal.’ The Authority said the closure and the planned detour (as shown in the attached map) are part of the infra- structure development works in the Al Nuaija 44 area. Traffic will be diverted between today and Sunday, and alternative roads will be available to road users traveling on Al Sakhama Street. According to Ashghal, the closure has been scheduled over the weekend to minimise inconvenience. Diverting traffic away from the main construction area will ensure safety and smooth traffic flow on Al Sakhama and Mesaimeer Streets. THE PENINSULA

Vegetable imports drop

DOHA: Qatar imported 19,752 tonnes of vegetables last month, showing a decrease compared to April (22,240 tonnes), according to data released by the Consumer Protection Department at the Ministry of Business and Trade. India topped the source countries, with 44 percent of the imports, followed by Jordan (18 percent). Other major source countries included Pakistan (9 per cent), Saudi Arabia (8 percent), Egypt (6 percent), China and Iran (each 3 percent), Oman (2 percent) and Australia (1 percent). Local products accounted for six percent of the total supply. Onion, potato and tomato constituted the major share of imports. THE PENINSULA

THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Destiny has entrusted me with a great responsibility

Following is the translation tough and clear on the results of the inaugural speech of the and outputs. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Why do I say this, brothers? Hamad Al Thani. Because we cannot develop the humans without developing Fellow Citizens, health, education, culture and sports fields, which are in turn n behalf of all of cannot be developed without There is no you and my own investing effort and money. But alternative to the behalf I extend to if we made big investments and His Highness The did not get the suitable results, common interests Father all thanks then we should not condone Oand appreciation for his leading that, because here harm would and mutual respect our country over eighteen-years occur instead of benefits. in relations between with wisdom, vision, and diligent And how we couldn’t achieve work for the benefit of his people results if we invested all that is countries. This and to raise the stature of his necessary? Only if there is poor in the end is our country. planning or mismanagement, in His Highness has raised our short, poor performance, and if indispensable name high. During his term of incorrect reports are presented, yardstick, we office our country has derived its among other things that may strength from doing good, sup- not be covered up, and needed proceed from our porting the aggrieved party, and to be addressed promptly, oth- worked out reconciliations. His erwise we would be like those principles, interests Highness The Father has man- who corrupt the society and and dignity. aged to achieve a quiet, gradual the institutions by squandering and comprehensive revolution in money. all aspects of the State of Qatar, What applies to the outputs from all Arab territories occu- without exception: investment, applies also to appointments. pied in 1967, including East economy, media, culture, foreign No one shall regard himself as Jerusalem, the establishment policy, education, health, sports having the right to be appointed of an independent Palestinian and environment; to make in a in an office or a public position state, and the right of return for few years a true miracle in this without carrying out his duties refugees. No settlement without region, and provide a unique towards the society and the a just peace. paradigm for its peoples. state. “Qatar would remain a refuge We take great pride in for the oppressed,” these words recording that the reign of His Fellow Citizens, were uttered by the founder Highness represents a milestone No need to confirm that Qatar of the state Sheikh Jassim bin in the history of Qatar. respects its international and Mohammad bin Thani, and His Highness enjoys all this regional obligations. The lead- have been reiterated by HH The love, popularity, and special sta- ership of Qatar is known for its Father. We would remain faith- tus, that we all keep for him in commitment to even its verbal ful to this pledge of supporting our hearts, thanks to his mas- promises, as well as the cove- the aggrieved. sive accomplishments and dedi- nants and treaties. cation in serving his country But there is something deeper Fellow Citizens, and his nation, and because of than all this, we are people who We are a state, people and a his unique personality combin- their balance as a result of the Fellow Citizens, to carry out its functions as per are committed to our principles coherent society, we are not a ing wisdom and passion, as well eloquent praise and flattery; on In 2008, to pursue the march the law, regardless of the person and values. We do not live on the political party. This is why we as good planning and manage- the other hand it may stir envy of reform and modernity, we who runs it. sidelines of life, and we do not strive to maintain relation- ment on the one hand, and dis- among the envious who may drew up a road map for the The realities on the ground go adrift without a destination, ships with all governments and tinct spontaneity on the other. offend Qatar and its people in future of the country under the have not changed, and the we are not subservient waiting nations, we also respect all sin- H H The Father assumed the an unfair and slanderous man- title: “Qatar National Vision investment challenge in the oil guidance from anyone. cere, effective and active politi- leadership of Qatar, when the ner. We must not lapse into any 2030,” which is aimed at trans- and gas industry, and the infra- This independent pattern of cal trends in the region, but we State was stuck in the past and of the two extreme attitudes, forming Qatar in 2030 to an structure still exists. The chal- behavior has become factual in are not supportive of one trend was unable to rise, develop and since what is more important advanced country capable of lenge to diversify the sources of Qatar and to those who deal against another. We are Muslims invest its wealth. It suffered in Qatar’s new international achieving sustainable develop- income and reliable investment with us. We are people with and Arabs, respect the diversity from weak infrastructure and and regional position is that it ment, and ensuring a continued for the benefit of future genera- visions. of religious schools of thought a relatively modest standard of has transferred Qatar from a and decent standard of living for tions is also still there. With regard to international and respect all religions in our living. State struggling to survive and its people. We still face the challenge of relations, the future of the countries and abroad. As Arabs H H The Father has laid out grow to a State of a solid and The national vision pro- development, and I mean first region, the brotherly relations, we reject dividing Arab societies a project for reform and devel- confident stature. We must take vides a generalised framework and foremost the development neighborliness and friendship, on sectarian or doctrinal basis, opment that included his vision advantage of this status and for developing comprehensive of humans, who are our most we proceed from the interests because this affects their social as a leader and his boundless benefit others too. national strategies and plans to valuable asset. Investment in of our country and its people as and economic immunity and We must avoid arrogance; implement them, with emphasis education, health, infrastructure part of the Arab world, as well prevents its modernization and because the modesty with which on striking a balance between etc. is associated with this, and as the Arab and Islamic nations. development on the basis of citi- the Qatari people are known, is the achievements that real- this is the benchmark to meas- The State of Qatar has ties of zenship, regardless of religion, an attribute of the strong who ize economic growth, and the ure our success in development. sect or religious thoughts, and are self-confident. Vanity leads country’s human and natural We will continue, dear broth- because this split allows outside to mistakes. resources. ers, our keenness on advancing powers to intervene in internal We must avoid H H The Father decided to It is natural that we put the the national economy, develop- Arab issues and have influence end his reign while he can give interests of Qatar and the Qatari ing services, constructing public over them. arrogance; because his best. He wanted also to people on top of our priorities. facilities, and upgrading youth We have established coop- the modesty with translate his words into actions, This includes humans, society, and sports sector. Also we will I hope to be worthy eration relations based on especially the words about the economy, politics, and cultural give an attentive care to our common interests and mutual which the Qatari necessities of change and suc- identity. At the same time, we investment for future genera- of this trust, and to respect with many countries of cession of generations. He have to bear in mind that there tions, and diversify the sources be able to continue the world in the West and the people are known, handed over the banner to me is no identity without belonging of income of the State of Qatar. East, in America, Europe, Asia, is an attribute of the as an expression of confidence to wider circles. We would timely declare plans the path laid out by Africa, and in the region. There in his Heir Apparent. I hope to We are part of the Arabian on restructuring the ministries is no alternative to the common strong who are self- be worthy of this trust, and to Gulf region, and part of the Arab to reduce duplication, and in my father who is interests and mutual respect in confident. Vanity be able to continue the path laid world, and the Islamic world. We order to place all public domains actually the builder relations between countries. out by this man who is actually are also a part of humanity and under the responsibility of This in the end is our indis- leads to mistakes. the builder of the modern State the international community. well-defined and specific minis- of the modern pensable yardstick, we proceed of Qatar and the pioneer of its tries. It is a project we started State of Qatar and from our principles, interests awakening. Fellow Citizens, last year under the rule of the and dignity. confidence in the people of this Good governance in any Changing the person of the Father Emir, and we will con- the pioneer of its Yes, the State of Qatar has country. It was a calculated risk- country is made by justice, Emir in the State of Qatar does tinue to work on and apply it. awakening. aligned itself with the issues taking boldness. Qatar would not honesty and good example. God not mean that the challenges of the Arab peoples and their have been able to make all these has said in the Holy Quran: and tasks for the state have Fellow Citizens, aspiration to live freely and with achievements and lay down the “Allah commands you to changed, because Qatar has, Development and high liv- fraternity and cooperation with dignity away from corruption infrastructure for the oil and gas render back the trusts to those thank God, become a state of ing standards are not possible the Arab brothers, namely, the and despotism. industry, without this boldness. to whom they are due and that institutions; and every ministry, without economic growth. This Gulf Cooperation Council, which We have not created these He left office in a unique, or when you judge between men institution and a public body has is self-evident argument. But we seek to enhance our relation- aspirations. Rejection of des- rather unprecedented step, with you judge with justice.” and He when it comes to human devel- ship with to the highest possible potism and humiliation requires upright stature, after Qatar has says, “Allah commands justice, opment, then the issue wouldn’t levels of integration. looking forward to freedom, and become a developed country, and the doing of good and lib- be limited to the concept of In this context, Qatar is com- dignity. with modern facilities and insti- erality to kith and kin and for- growth as an increase in the mitted to its obligations toward tutions, where per capita income bids indecency, and injustice, rate of per capita income, but Arab solidarity and cooperation Fellow Citizens, has reached the highest levels in and wrongful transgression. it becomes the improvement of within the frameworks of the Much work awaits us all. the world. He admonished you that you his performance, the nobility of Gulf Cooperation Council and Many occasions would bring us H H The Father has left his may recall,” He also said: “O his values, his seriousness, work the Arab League and their insti- together to discuss the issues of position and Qatar is more like a ye who believe, Why do you No one shall regard productivity and devotion to the tutions, and do everything pos- our country, which we treasure. non-stop construction site, and say what you do not do? Most himself as having homeland. Without all these sible to help the Arab brothers But allow me in conclusion, its political and economic rela- hateful is it in the sight of what is the worth of wealth? when necessary. It is commit- on behalf of all of you and my tions are manifold, balanced and Allah, that you say what you the right to be Wealth without all these may ted to the national issues, Arab own behalf, to present my pro- growing, its community is safe don’t do.” corrupt the individual, and cre- national security, and respecting found thanks and gratitude to and stable and crime is virtually Destiny has entrusted me appointed in an ate a dependent and non-pro- the sovereignty, independence the knight who dismounted non-existent. with a great responsibility. God office or a public ductive individual. and territorial integrity of all and wish him and all those who Qatar has transformed from is my witness, I have acted as Hence, the measure of our Arab countries. Qatar is com- worked faithfully with him in a State that some people could dictated by the duty of the man- position without success in education and devel- mitted to the solidarity with the serving this country, good health barely know its location on the date as the Heir Apparent, and carrying out his opment is not confined to what brotherly Palestinian people in and longevity, and I ask him not map to a major player in poli- my conscience. we invest in these domains, but their struggle to achieve their to deny us of his opinion and tics, economy, media, culture Now, I am responding to the duties towards the also in the outputs that we can legitimate rights, and consider advice when necessary. and sport worldwide. call of duty to carry the banner society and the achieve. the realization of these rights a May God’s Peace, Blessings This new reality could be daz- with pride on the path of glory We will continue to invest in condition for a just peace, which and Mercy be upon you all. zling and may lead some to lose of great ancestors. state. these sectors, but we’ll be more includes the Israeli withdrawal QNA

THURSDAY 27 16 JUNE 2013 HOMEHOME New Cabinet members

H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed H E Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin bin Khalifa Al Thani Zaid Al Mahmoud Al Attiyah Al Attiyah Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Foreign Minister Minister of State for Defence Minister of Interior Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Affairs, and Cabinet member Municipality and Urban Planning

H E Dr Mohammed bin H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi H E Dr Hamad bin Abdul H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al H E Dr Ghaith bin Mubarak Saleh Al Sada Minister of Aziz Al Kuwari Qahtani Al Kuwari Minister of Finance Minister of Minister of Public Health Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) Energy and Industry Culture, Arts and Heritage and Islamic Affairs

H E Salah bin Ghanem bin H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim H E Dr Hassan Lahdan H E Dr Issa Saad Al Jafali H E Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber Nasser Al Ali bin Mohamed Al Thani Saqr Al Mohannadi Al Nuaimi Minister of Communication Minister of Minister of Minister of Minister of Administrative and Information Youth and Sports Economy and Trade Justice Development Technology

H E Dr Saleh Mohamed H E Mohammed Abdul H E Abdullah Saleh H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed H E Jassim Seif Salem Al Nabit Wahed Ali Al Hammadi Mubarak Al Khulaifi Al Humaidi Ahmed Al Sulaiti Minister of Development Planning Minister of Education and Higher Minister of Labour and Minister of Minister of and Statistics Education Social Affairs Environment Transport Sheikh Abdullah — the new Prime Minister

DOHA: H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: of Council of Ministers on 15 Khalifa Al Thani, named Qatar’s new Prime • Bachelor’s Degree in Policing February 2005. Minister yesterday, has long served in the Science from Durham Military • Chairman of Security Committee Interior Ministry and is seen as close to the College, the UK, in 1984. for Organising Qatar World Cup new Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al • Bachelor’s Degree in Law from 2022. Thani. Beirut University in 1995. A minister of state for internal affairs since • Chairman of National Anti- February 15, 1995 until he was promoted to Terrorism Committee. Interior Minister as well as Prime Minister, POSITIONS HELD : • Head of Security Committee for Sheikh Abdullah has worked on organising and • Appointed as an officer of patrols at Doha Asian Games 2006. developing different departments within the Rescue Police Section in 1985. • Head of the Committee to ministry. • Appointed as officer of stadium Protect State Properties. He graduated from Durham Military College, the UK in 1984 and received a Bachelor’s Degree security at Capital Police Section in • Head of Salary Revision in Law from Beirut University in 1995. 1989. Committee. Sheikh Abdullah joined the Interior Ministry • Appointed as assistant commander where he was appointed director of special secu- of Support Battalion at Emergency OTHER ASSIGNMENTS: rity forces in 2002, and commander of the min- Police Section. • Represented the country at istry’s special forces in 2004. • Appointed as commander of various conferences, seminars In 2005, he became the minister of state for internal affairs. Special Operations Battalion at and meetings. Sheikh Abdullah, a father of six, has taken Special Security Force Department. • Participated in drafting security several courses in security in Britain, the US • Appointed as commander of the agreement on countering and France. Special Unit at Special Security terrorism in the GCC countries. Forces Department. • Participated in the international • Appointed as assistant director conference on public security of the Special Security Forces and terrorism, New York. Department for operations affairs on • Participated in the ‘Protection 28 February 2001. and Preventive Security’ • Appointed as assistant director Program, New York. of the Special Security Forces • Participated in the coordination Department on 11 July 2001. meeting of institutions of • Appointed as director of the Special Organization of Islamic Security Forces Department in Conference on countering 2002. international terrorism. • Appointed as the commander • Participated in the team of for the Internal Security Force experts from the Interior Ministry (Lekhwiya) on 6 September 2004. to study the international • Appointed as Minister of State convention on terrorism. for Interior Affairs and member THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Emir receives greetings from leaders

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh received telephone calls from The King of Bahrain, H M Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, offerd received congratulatory phone President Gul, President greetings to the Emir on the occa- calls from the Custodian of Mohammed Mursi of Egypt, sion of taking the reins of power. the Two Holy Mosques King President Mohamed Moncef The Bahraini monarch was seen Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Marzouki of Tunisia, Prince off at Doha International Airport Saud of Saudi Arabia, President Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prince by H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Abdullah Gul of Turkey, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Al Thani. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Bahraini Crown Prince and Meanwhile, the Emir has sent a Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Deputy Supreme Commander, cable of greetings to the Speaker Minister and Minister of Najib Mikati, head of the care- of the Libyan General National Defence of Saudi Arabia and taker government of Lebanon, Congress, Nouri Abu Sahmein, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Hamas leader Khalid Meshaal, on his election as head of the Tayyip Erdogan on the occasion and US Secretary of State John parliament. The Emir extended of his assumption of the reins of Kerry, who congratulated him his sincere wishes to the Speaker power in the country. on the occasion of the Emir H H of the Libyan General National The Father Emir H H Sheikh Sheikh Tamim’s assumption of Congress. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani the reins of power in the country. QNA Close cooperation with GCC, says Emir

Continued from page 1 Talking of international rela- tions, the Emir said it will be based on the interests of Qatar and its people and mutual respect. There will be close cooperation with the GCC, the Arab world and the international community in general. “We are not part of any regional trend against any other,” he said. Meanwhile, the Emir’s inaugu- ral address seems to have infused a new sense of nationalism in the Qatari community. Local networking sites were yesterday abuzz with the talk of achievements of H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, dur- ing his 18-year tenure as Emir and how he had spearheaded the country to economic, social and political glory after Sheikh Tamim, in his address, recounted his father’s role in building mod- ern Qatar and rightly describing him as the architect of the mod- ern nation. The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the “This is the time to look back UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with former and see what we have done for our prime minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin country in these past 18 years,” Jabor Al Thani at the Doha International Airport. The UAE leader offered said a commentator. The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the King of Bahrain, H M Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, at the greetings to the Emir. THE PENINSULA Emiri Diwan yesterday. THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Polarised politics threatens democracy: Mursi Two killed, 200 injured in clashes

CAIRO: President Mohammed were treated for injuries in the Mursi, in an address to the city of Mansoura, north of Cairo, nation, said yesterday that the when Islamist supporters clashed polarised state of Egypt’s poli- with their opponents — the latest tics was threatening democ- street fighting over the past few racy and could plunge the days that many fear may pres- nation into chaos. age a massive showdown in the He acknowledged he had made streets this weekend. errors, but also blamed unspeci- Meanwhile, Egypt’s military fied “enemies of Egypt” for sabo- brought in reinforcements of tage the democratic system born troops and armour to bases near in the uprising of 2011 and under Egyptian cities ahead of weekend which the Islamist Mursi was protests planned by the opposi- elected a year ago. tion to try to force the president “Political polarisation and out, security officials said. conflict has reached a stage that The troop movements accom- threatens our nascent democratic panied speculation over the experience and threatens to put army’s role in the crisis. The the whole nation in a state of presidency says the military has paralysis and chaos,” he told an been coordinating with Mursi’s audience of officials and Islamist government in the run-up to the supporters in a speech that was protests, but activists say they are broadcast live on television. looking to the army for protec- “The enemies of Egypt have tion from hard-line government not spared effort in trying to supporters. sabotage the democratic expe- Some Islamists accuse activ- rience,” he added. The speech ists of paving the way for a coup, began promptly as scheduled, a charge that the opposition vehe- when Mursi, from the Muslim mently denies. By nightfall, thou- Brotherhood, offered greetings sands of Mursi opponents gathered ahead of the major Islamic holi- at Tahrir Square. Similarly, oppo- day of Ramadan, starting in about nents and supporters of Mursi two weeks. gathered in separate locations in “I stand before you as an the port city of Alexandria. Egyptian citizen, not as the holder The security officials said the Protesters chant anti-Mursi and anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans in Tahrir Square yesterday. of an office, who is fearful for his army deployments are restricted country,” he said before saying to the outskirts of major cit- to reach an understanding to 10 of the Holy month of Ramadan. country — plus the added weight Mursi attempting to intimidate he would review his first year in ies and inside existing military prevent bloodshed. There has The buildup to the Sunday of the army’s declaration that it the networks and hosts of talk office, which began on June 30 - a facilities. In Cairo, the focus been no sign of compromise by protests comes as the country will protect them against attacks. shows critical of the president. date protesters have chosen for of Sunday’s protests, the extra either side. is partly paralysed by an acute His backers say the mainly lib- Besides that complex, the mili- mass rallies they hope can force troops deployed to major bases El-Sissi also warned the mili- shortage of fuel that has cre- eral and secular political opposi- tary plans to protect the massive him to resign. to the east and west of the city tary would intervene to stop the ated traffic jams caused by the tion is fomenting a coup to remove Nile-side building housing state “Today, I president an audit of some 18 million people. The nation from entering a “dark long lines outside gas stations. an elected leader because they TV, the Suez Canal, the Cabinet of my first year, with full trans- protests mark Mursi’s first year tunnel”. Appointed by Mursi Egyptians have also been angered can’t compete at the ballot box. offices and parliament. Mursi’s parency, along with a road map. in office. last August, he also gave a thinly by a steep rise in prices that is The security officials, who spoke supporters have accused organ- Some things were achieved and Tension is building, and clashes veiled warning to Mursi’s backers caused in part by the sliding value anonymously, said army com- isers of the June 30 protests of others not,” Mursi said, without between supporters and opponents that the military will step in if of the Egyptian pound against manders have carried out recon- planning to use violence, but the elaborating. “I have made mis- of the president are growing in fre- the protesters are attacked dur- the US dollar. Cabinet ministers naissance missions in areas and protesters have repeatedly vowed takes on a number of issues.” quency, particularly in cities north ing the planned protests, as some blamed the fuel shortage on cor- facilities they intend to protect to keep their demonstrations At points, his speech was punc- of Cairo on the Mediterranean hard-liners have threatened. ruption, rumours and hoarding ahead of June 30. For example, the peaceful. tuated by cheers from supporters. coast. In Tanta in the Nile Delta, Mursi has sought to project the by a public that is nervous over commander of the central mili- Mursi backers plan a rally in Thousands of opponents gath- clashes between the two sides also impression of business as usual the protests. tary region on Tuesday inspected Cairo tomorrow for the second ered in Tahrir Square, cradle of broke out yesterday. There were no since El-Sissi’s comments. He Mursi’s opponents calculate a media complex on the western successive week. In last Friday’s the 2011 revolution, to watch the reports of casualties. has discussed fuel shortages and they can force him out through outskirts of Cairo that houses rally, hard-line Islamists address- speech but few expected Mursi to On Sunday, army chief Gen power cuts with Cabinet minis- the sheer number of people they several TV networks, some criti- ing the crowd vowed to “smash” make significant compromises. Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, who is ters. He urged other ministers to bring into the streets starting cal of Mursi. The complex was the June 30 protesters whom they Hours before he spoke, two peo- also the defence minister, gave ensure that basic goods are availa- Sunday — building on widespread besieged at least twice in recent denounced as Mubarak loyalists. ple were killed and more than 200 Mursi and the opposition a week ble ahead of the start around July discontent with his running of the months by Islamists loyal to REUTERS/AP

Saudi approves Turkey seeks tighter call for fewer Haj pilgrims grip on Twitter

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s reli- ANKARA: Turkey said yes- An official at the ministry gious authorities yesterday terday that it had asked Twitter said the government had asked approved a request by the gov- to set up a representative office Twitter to reveal the identities ernment to reduce the number inside the country, which could of users who posted messages of pilgrims permitted at Islam’s give it a tighter rein over the deemed insulting to the govern- annual Haj this year to allow micro-blogging site it has ment or prime minister, or which expansion work at Makkah’s accused of helping stir weeks of flouted people’s personal rights. Grand Mosque. anti-government protests. It was not immediately clear The decision to reduce num- While mainstream Turkish whether Twitter had responded. bers from abroad by a fifth, and media largely ignored the pro- In a statement, Facebook said from inside Saudi Arabia by half, tests during the early days of the it had not provided user data to comes as the kingdom’s authori- unrest, social networking sites Turkish authorities in response ties attempt to contain the Sars- such as Twitter and Facebook to government requests over the like coronavirus MERS, but the emerged as the main outlets for protests and said it was con- authorities drew no link between Turks opposed to the government. cerned about proposals internet the issues. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip firms may have to provide data Last year more than 3 million Erdogan has described sites like more frequently. pilgrims travelled to Mecca for Twitter as a “scourge” — although the pilgrimage, which all Muslims senior members of his party are ‘PROVOCATEURS’ US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Amman yesterday where he is expected to have meetings on the must perform at least once in regular users — saying they were Turkey’s interior minister had Israeli-Palestinian peace process. their lifetime, if they are capable. used to spread lies about the gov- previously announced the govern- The ruling family stakes much of ernment with the aim of terroris- ment was working on new regula- its legitimacy on its guardianship ing society. tions that would target so-called of Islam’s holiest sites in Makkah Police detained several dozen “provocateurs” on social media Kerry presses for ‘possible, And Madinah and has in recent people suspected of inciting but there have been few details on years spent billions of dollars to unrest on social media during the what the new laws would entail. expand the main pilgrimage areas protests, local reports said. One source said the justice and improve their safety. “We have told all social ministry had proposed a regula- but difficult’ Mideast talks In statements carried by the media that ... if you operate in tion whereby any Turk wishing official Saudi Press Agency yes- Turkey you must comply with to open a Twitter account would AMMAN: US Secretary of know how difficult,” Kerry told held direct negotiations was in terday, the Supreme Judicial Turkish law,” Transport and have to enter their national iden- State John Kerry voiced confi- reporters in Kuwait shortly before September 2010, but they broke Council said the reduction in Communications Minister Binali tification number, but that this dence yesterday that Israeli and taking off for Amman. down just weeks later when Israel pilgrim numbers was legitimate Yildirim told reporters. had been rejected by the trans- Palestinian leaders both wanted But in an illustration of the failed to renew a freeze on con- to ensure safety while work was “When information is port ministry as being technically peace as he called for progress uphill battle Kerry faces, an struction of new West Bank set- carried out to allow more pilgrims requested, we want to see some- unfeasible. “as soon as we can” in moving Israeli planning committee yes- tler homes. to come in future. one in Turkey who can provide Twitter last year introduced towards talks. terday granted final approval for The Palestinians want Israel to Similar statements were made this ... there needs to be an inter- a new feature called “Country After stops in Qatar, Saudi the construction of 69 new settler halt all construction and accept by top officials at the Prophet’s locutor we can put our grievance Withheld Content”, that allows Arabia and Kuwait, Kerry arrived homes in annexed east Jerusalem. the 1967 lines as the basis for Mosque in Madinah and the to and who can correct an error the service to narrowly censor in Jordan where he was to focus “The municipal committee has negotiations, while Israeli officials Grand Mosque in Makkah. if there is one,” he said. tweets considered illegal in one his energies on drawing Israel today given its final approval for say they will only talk if there are Saudi Arabia has so far had While Ankara had no problems specific country, causing some and the Palestinians back into the construction of 69 homes in no such “pre-conditions”. 62 confirmed cases of MERS, a with Facebook, which had been concern among users. direct negotiations after a hiatus Har Homa,” said Jerusalem coun- The Palestinian Authority yes- respiratory infection, of which 34 working with Turkish authori- The website implemented of nearly three years. cillor Meir Margalit, describing terday reaffirmed its position on patients died. ties for a while and had repre- the feature for the first time in On his fifth trip to the region it as a “blind provocation against settlements and 1967 lines, dis- On Saturday, international sentatives inside Turkey, Yildirim October in response to a request in as many months, Kerry was to Kerry”. “It proves just how missing as “misleading” Israeli health experts meeting at the said it had not seen a “positive by German authorities, blocking meet King Abdullah II in Amman much the government of Bibi reports that Abbas was poised to World Health Organisation’s approach” from Twitter after messages in Germany by a right- before holding talks in Jerusalem (Benjamin) Netanyahu wants water down his stance following Cairo office said countries where Turkey had issued the “neces- wing group banned by police. with Israeli Prime Minister peace,” he retorted. pressure from Kerry. MERS was a risk should put in sary warnings” to the site over Turkey last year said it had Benjamin Netanyahu today, then Har Homa is a particularly “The Palestinian leadership has place plans to handle any mass the matter. won a long-running battle to per- meeting Palestinian President contentious area on Jerusalem’s supported Secretary Kerry’s ini- public gatherings. “Twitter will probably comply suade YouTube to operate under Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan’s capi- southern outskirts where con- tiative... Unfortunately, the Israeli This year Haj will be in October, too. Otherwise this is a situation a Turkish web domain, giving tal a day later. struction is likely to have a serious government continues with poli- but many pilgrims will also seek that cannot be sustained,” he said, Ankara more control over the “I wouldn’t be here now if I impact on the sector’s boundary cies on the ground that contradict to visit Makkah in July during the without elaborating, but stressed video-sharing website and requir- didn’t have a belief that this is with the West Bank, experts say. and prejudice the very outcome of fasting month of Ramadan. the aim was not to limit social ing the firm to pay Turkish taxes. possible. But it’s difficult — we all The last time the parties negotiations,” it said. AFP REUTERS media. REUTERS

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HE Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s first address to the nation yesterday was in essence a policy speech – a look at the past, an outline of A new Pakistan is emerging Tthe future, and an assertion that the future will be a continuation of the past. Of course, the team which has been entrusted with carrying the mantle forward is a new one. The Emir announced a new Cabinet which consists of twenty from its troubled past members. The allocation of portfolios shows meticulousness expected of the Emir. There is no duplication of work, ministers BY MIRA SETHI all manner of threats. It sacrificed eco- the people of Khyber Pahtunkhawa for have proven track records and qualifications in their respective nomic growth at the altar of survival peace, and the Sindhis – mired in the fields and all sections of Qatari society have been given OR the first time in Pakistan’s his- – including shrewd appeasement of the tragic history of the Bhuttos – voted on representation. tory, a former army chief is to be military when the occasion demanded the compulsions of patronage. Caught in On foreign policy, the Emir has been emphatic. After listening Ftried for an offence, treason, that – to become the first government in a web of sectarian and state-sponsored to him, the international community should harbour no doubts until now has been reserved for trouble- Pakistan’s 66-year history to success- violence, Balochistan registered the low- about where the country is headed. Most important, Qatar will making journalists and Baloch nation- fully complete its term in office. The PPP est turnout. It is no small feat that the alists. Until Monday, the newly elected survived four major events – the Osama election commission still declared the continue its policy of equidistance from all countries, which Pakistani prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, bin Laden raid; memogate (in which voter turnout to be 60%. means independence in policies as in the past, while retaining had avoided making statements about former Pakistani ambassador to the US Sharif, the 63-year-old prime minister its distinct Arab and Islamic identity and discharging its the fate of the former president, General Husain Haqqani was accused of conspir- who was born in the cradle of dictator- responsibilities to other Arab countries and the rest of the world. Pervez Musharraf, who is in house- ing against the armed forces); “Salala”, ship, has styled himself over the past Equidistance doesn’t permit subservience or domination. Qatar’s prison on a number of charges, including in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed decade as the military’s wiliest baiter. complicity in Benazir Bhutto’s murder. by US-led Nato forces at two Pakistani Sharif’s clash with Musharraf in a 1999 role as a mediator and its positive interventions in conflict-ridden But when the PM addressed parliament military checkposts at Salala, along the coup – which led to a stint in prison fol- states have been made possible due to this policy. The recent this week, he made the boldest statement Pakistan-Afghanistan border; and resist- lowed by a decade-long exile – has left accusations hurled against the country of siding with one party a prime minister has yet made about a ance to an influential preacher-turned- Sharif with a deep suspicion of the mili- to the detriment of others have been the result of a jaundiced former army chief: Musharraf was to be activist, Tahir-ul-Qadri, who held the tary. One of the lessons Sharif grasped outlook stemming from a wrong tried under Article 6 for treason. country hostage for a week demanding during his decade-long exile is that if Qatar will understanding of Doha’s policies. Musharraf seized power in a coup the corrupt PPP government be brought Pakistan’s civilian leaders want to keep continue its policy in 1999, toppling down. President Zardari survived these the military at bay, then the paradigm Impartiality, fairness and a democratically events in addition to removing sweeping that keeps the military in power – of equidistance independence in foreign policy are elected govern- powers of the president and restoring enmity with India – must be changed. from all countries, difficult to achieve when countries ment, and in the them to the prime minister. His constituents voted in record num- last year of his Then, six months after Bin Laden bers for governance over ideology, pros- while retaining its tend to be swayed by huge domestic In prosecuting and international influences. Qatar Pervez Musharraf reign, imposed was killed, and rumours of a coup began perity over animosity (with India). distinct Arab and too has been buffeted by outside forces a state of emer- afresh, then prime minister Yousuf Raza Pakistan has a long way to go before for treason, prime gency, a kind of Gilani lashed out against the military, the benefits of representative democracy Islamic identity but has withstood them. The Emir mini martial law, saying: “They cannot be a state within trickle down to the poor. But the ground- and discharging has made a number of significant minister Nawaz by making him- a state. They are answerable to parlia- work of the past five years, including a its responsibilities points: that Qatar is committed to Sharif echoes the self both presi- ment.” This was the first time a prime successful transition to a new govern- dent and army minister had dared to refer to the cov- ment, indicates that Pakistanis want to to other Arab its principles and values and does will of the people. not go adrift without a destination chief. As Sharif ert actions of the armed forces – from participate wholeheartedly in elections as countries and the spoke, desks were intelligence-gathering to meddling in a means of discarding failed rulers and or vision (those comfortable with the thumped in agreement, and parliamen- Afghanistan – in clear terms. The media empowering those who talk about gov- rest of the world. epithet ‘maverick’ should take note); tarians from all political parties echoed picked up on it, and some columnists and ernance. The old respect for the military that Qatar would remain a refuge for the prime minister’s statements. talk-show hosts even lauded the former continues as a diffuse “feeling” but bread- the oppressed’ (these were the words uttered by the founder In a country where politicians can’t PM for his bravery and conviction. and-butter issues are far more impor- of the state H H Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammad bin Thani and agree on a national terrorism policy, Finally, the 2013 elections proved tant. In the run-up to the elections, the have been reiterated by H H Sheikh Hamad and would continue opposing the military’s interference that Pakistanis themselves desperately cricket-luminary-turned politician, Imran in politics is a stand embraced now by wish to experience uninterrupted rep- Khan, moved hundreds of thousands of to be followed by the Emir) and finally, the Emir has rejected all parties, from the nominally liberal resentative democracy. The most thrill- Pakistanis with his vision of a corruption- sectarianism which has been spreading like cancer across the Pakistan People’s party (PPP) to the reli- ing aspect of the elections was the sight free “new Pakistan”. Notwithstanding Islamic world. gious Jamaat-e-Islami. of voters coming out in record numbers continuing problems with terrorism and “I hope … to be able to continue the path laid out by my This is unprecedented. The distance in the midst of the most violent elec- energy, a distinct strain of a new Pakistan father who is actually the builder of the modern State of Qatar travelled over the past five years is signif- tion campaign Pakistan has ever seen. has indeed been born. It is not a country and the pioneer of its awakening,” the Emir said. He will lead icant. Much more instructive than spec- The Taliban had repeatedly warned in which entrenched codes of patronage ulating on the outcome of Musharraf’s Pakistanis to stay home, to spurn democ- have disappeared overnight or in which a as the Father Emir watches from the sidelines. The selection of case – likely to end in a brokered racy, to spurn parliament, to spurn the developing democracy has purged itself of the title for H H Sheikh Hamad as the Father Emir indicates amnesty and reciprocal exile of the kind western system of governance. They an abstract noun (corruption). The new a continuation of his role as a guide. To claim otherwise will be given to Sharif in 1999 – is understand- killed 125 people in the run-up to the Pakistan is a country in which shifting against the spirit of the Emir’s speech. ing Pakistan’s burgeoning commitment elections – especially members of the demographics and a rising, politically “I ask him not to deny us of his opinion and advice when to parliamentary democracy. secular Awami National party – to show aware urban electorate can increasingly For five years, from 2008 to 2013, they meant business. And yet, the people determine the outcome of its choices. necessary,” the Emir has said • the PPP government pushed through of Punjab voted en masse for governance, THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of Brazil’s short-lived Spring? the day HEN mass demonstrations of contention shifted from the gov- And her proposal is definitely more attitude might be because she is new galvanised in the Middle ernment’s plan to cut down trees in specific than the promises Bashar Al to power. Unlike Hosni Mubarak or East and North Africa Istanbul’s Gezi Park to Erdogan’s Assad or Hosni Mubarak made when Moammer Gaddafi or even Erdogan, Political polarisation Wtwo years ago, the alleged authoritarian policies and the protests in their countries intensified. who is serving his second term as and conflict has leaders were quick to dismiss them waning of secular institutions, Erdogan The leader of the Workers’ Party has prime minister, Roussef was elected as temporary agitation. Even when still appeared to stick his guns. The vowed to improve the health and edu- only two years ago and therefore does reached a stage the protests gained momentum with only real concession he is willing to cation sectors by investing 100 per not have supreme confidence in her every passing week, the dictators make is putting a halt on the construc- cent of Brazil’s oil royalties in educa- own power. More importantly, the that threatens our were hesitant to offer anything other tion plans at Gezi Park. tion and hiring foreign doctors to pro- World Cup will be held in Brazil next nascent democratic than a vague, half-hearted promise of So what is that made Brazilian vide medical services in remote and year and the country needs to have ‘reforms’ to the angry protesters. President Dilma Rousseff readily relent underdeveloped areas respectively. peace on its streets if it is going to experience and Interestingly, the democratically in the face of public demonstrations? She has also promised to invest heav- attract tourists and manage the grand threatens to put the elected Turkish Prime Minister Recep Roussef, faced with mammoth protest ily — nearly $25 billion — for public sporting affair. The Brazilian Spring Tayyip Erdogan treated the protests no rallies in over a 100 cities in Brazil, has transport and urban mobility projects appears to have been ‘cooled’ by the whole nation in a differently. As the protests in Istanbul been quick to propose political reforms and curb inflation. government’s reconciliatory posture. state of paralysis and expanded over time, and their point in her country. The reason for Roussef’s pliant Khaleej Times Mohammed Mursi chaos. Egyptian President THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Afghan peace fragile if schools attacked

of women and minorities. Negotiators We are confronted must be clear from the start that any settlement cannot be allowed to wipe out by a savage war the achievement of getting four million girls to school for the first time. Girls’ rights cannot be written off as a waged by Islamic bargaining chip to be traded in for a pre- tence of peace. Quite simply, the price of extremists against agreement cannot be girls finding school doors shut in their faces. Second, we must show a determina- young people tion that education will continue despite terrorist assaults and threats. Just as in seeking education. fragile areas, where healthcare is pro- vided by the Red Cross and Medicins BY GORDON BROWN Sans Frontieres, so, too, should educa- tion be provided by delivery agencies n the week in which America even if the area is less than secure. opened the door for negotiations This is essential for the world’s con- with the Taliban, three mas- flict zones and fragile states where his- sacres of schoolchildren — shot torically a breakdown in law and order down because they wanted to go has meant the curtailment of schooling. Ito school — raise questions about what A new initiative, Education Without kind of peace the Taliban offer. Borders, should be developed to provide Within days of the initiative, the a continuation of education — from Taliban shot to death nine foreign tour- Somalia to Syria. But, third, when set- ists on the peak of Nanga Parbat in ting the next Millennium Development northern Pakistan, saying the murders Goals, we must stand up to those who were in retaliation for a drone attack that do not see schooling for children as any killed one of their leaders. kind of priority. Children are the most But what kind of justification can pos- Pakistan police and volunteers gather at the wreckage of a university bus destroyed in a bomb blast in Quetta. marginalised group in our societies. sibly be offered for the firebombing of a They deserve international support. college bus carrying 40 girls from their their lives in Monday’s killing in the Jajeri brought to an end, any Taliban return to seeks to move children from exploita- At the UN’s Malala Day events, a Quetta campus in Pakistan? Fourteen ward of Nigeria’s Maiduguri metropolis power in Afghanistan may herald a back- tion into education. In Bangladesh, activ- report will be presented showing that defenceless girls died in the bombing; were students gunned down in the main ward step for girls’ and women’s rights. ists known as “wedding busters” have if you are a girl in a developing country, eight more people died when the terror- school hall just a few minutes after they Fortunately, girls and boys are no created 19 child marriage-free zones to your chances of being denied schooling ists ambushed the hospital. had started their annual exams. longer prepared to be cowed or intimi- protect girls from forced marriages at are one in five. If you live in a rural area We are confronted by a savage war This episode — and the Sunday killings dated into subjugation. Now they fight ages as young as 10. But the girls and this probability rises to 23 percent. And waged by Islamic extremists against at another Nigerian school — resemble back. In an immediate, defiant response boys who are becoming more assertive in if you’re poor, it is even higher, at 31 per- young people seeking education. In the earlier attacks in Pakistan. There, only a to the week’s atrocities, Malala, still demanding their right to education can- cent. Past policies have failed to reach wake of the outrage in Pakistan, two few weeks ago, bombs were thrown into recovering from life threatening injuries not succeed without far bolder worldwide the street child, the child labourer, the appalling massacres that killed 16 stu- the playground of an all-girls school just to her head and neck, has launched a support to counter terrorist extremism. girl bride, the trafficked child, the iso- dents were perpetrated in Nigeria by the as a Saturday morning open-air prize giv- petition to be presented to the Secretary First, the UN must debate the growing lated boy and girl in remote rural areas. country’s leading terrorist group, Boko ing ceremony began. The head teacher General of the UN. intimidation and brutalisation of children This includes the 15 million children Haram, whose name literally means, and three pupils died. Altogether 1,000 On www.aworldatschool.org petitioners who are being thrust into the front line who are working full time, the 10 million “Western education is sin.” Pakistan and Afghanistan schools have call on world leaders to fund the four mil- of a terrorist war by militants who want child brides who are taken out of school But a peace deal will not bring violence been bombed, burnt down or simply lion classrooms and two million teachers to stop all education. into forced marriages against their will, to an end without a credible pledge to closed through intimidation in the last required to ensure every boy and girl has The right to go to school in safety must and the millions more who are discrimi- respect elementary human rights. Since three years. a school they can go to. In Pakistan two be upheld by all international organisa- nated against and prevented form going last October, when a Taliban terrorist The Taliban may have embraced TV, million people — including one million tions — and the message sent out that the to school simply because they are girls. shot down 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai the Internet and new technology, but school-age girls and boys — have signed UN regards an attack on a child at school Here then, in any rewriting of the because she had stood up for the right they have yet to embrace human rights petitions demanding the right of educa- as seriously as it regards other murder- Millennium Development Goals, is a pri- of girls to go to school, there has been a and continue to prevent girls’ education. tion for children like Malala. In Nepal ous assaults in churches and in hospitals. ority for the future of these millions of clear pattern in the targeting of victims Indeed, until the destruction of schools the Common Forum for Kalmal Hari And in Afghanistan the US must not bro- the marginalised — and our own. by Islamic extremists. The five who lost — and the killing of girl leaders — is Freedom fights child trafficking and ker a deal that fails to protect the rights REUTERS Hezbollah leader’s political demise Voting rights: Onus Nasrallah’s shame at the death of his fighters shifts to Congress in Syria is so great, he has ordered that they be BY JOAN BISKUPIC and race. Once he joined the high court, as an appointee of buried at night, without customary ceremonies. or an often enigmatic fig- Republican President George W ure at the US Supreme Bush, Roberts asserted his oppo- BY RONEN BERGMAN humour, a pinch of sarcasm, and the exploita- Court, Chief Justice John sition to racial policies. In a 2009 tion of all the communications media of the FRoberts spoke to the case, in which the court ultimately he rebel forces in Syria have reported Internet age. essence of his legal philosophy on declined to review the constitu- that in the recent bitter fighting in Nasrallah inherited two roles from Tuesday in eliminating a voting- tionality of the key Voting Rights the strategic town of Qusair, they his predecessor, Sheikh Abbas Musawi: rights provision enacted to pro- Act section, Roberts warned that Tsaw very few Syrian army troops, Secretary-general of Hezbollah and repre- tect blacks and other minorities. the screening provision may no and that they were beaten back mainly by sentative in Lebanon of Iran’s supreme leader. His opinion for the court marks longer be constitutional because Hezbollah militiamen. But these victories — Musawi, who was assassinated by Israel in the culmination of an effort by “things have changed in the important as they may be in themselves — 1992, focused mainly on the second role and conservatives, many of whom, South.” won’t save the regime of Bashar Al Assad, and tried to create an autonomous, insulated, all- like Roberts, cut their teeth in He questioned why Congress no less significantly, they will have a largely encompassing Shia society within Lebanon, the Ronald Reagan administra- would still target Southern states detrimental effect on the future of Hezbollah embracing education and culture, health, wel- tion, to ensure that federal vot- when widespread blatant racial and its leader. fare and the economy as well as building up ing requirements on the states be discrimination had ended. Can One can imagine that Assad’s rule might a military force. limited and race-based rules fade members of Congress “impose end quickly, perhaps with a burst of automatic Nasrallah did the same, with Iran’s in contemporary America. this disparate treatment for- fire, a strike of the executioner’s sword or a financial and military assistance, but he In a tenure-defining decision, ever because of the history in town-square lynching. The political demise also aspired to become a powerful figure the Roberts majority undercut the South?” he asked during of Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Hassan in Lebanese politics. Thus, for example, a key section of the 1965 Voting oral arguments in the 2009 case. Nasrallah, will be gradual, but it is already he ordered his men not to take revenge Hassan Nasrallah Rights Act that requires states “When do they have to stop?” clear that his historic role has ended. on members of the South Lebanon Army, with a history of racial discrimi- On Tuesday, Roberts provided Even if the conniving Nasrallah, with Iran’s an Israel-backed militia, after the Israeli If, initially, Nasrallah believed it was possible nation to obtain US approval an answer: Now. support, holds on as head of his extremist withdrawal and treated the Christians with to save Assad’s regime, he hasn’t been con- before changing election laws. In his 24-page opinion for the Shia organisation for a long time to come, respect and generosity. vinced of this for a while, according to intel- The court struck down the for- court, Roberts criticised Congress his principal goal — to become a pan-Arab As part of this approach, he went to great ligence sources. Nevertheless, he followed mula used to determine which for leaving in place the criteria and Lebanese leader — is now unattainable. lengths to free the Lebanese terrorist Samir Iran’s orders in full and sent thousands of his states were affected. Nine mostly for targeted states that traced to The man who for some time was seen as Kuntar from an Israeli prison, by kidnapping best fighters to assist Syria’s Alawite regime. Southern states had been covered. the 1960s and early 1970s, despite Israel’s main strategic enemy has, with his two Israeli soldiers in a daring operation, Israel couldn’t have hoped for a greater the gains in voting equality since own hands, buried his accomplishments. even though Kuntar was a Druze and had miracle. The fighting has not only weakened CONSERVATIVE PRIORITIES then. Nasrallah’s achievements have been con- not been acting on Hezbollah’s behalf when the Syrian army, the strongest that Israel Last year at this time, Roberts Voicing irritation that lawmak- siderable. He understood, even before the the Israelis captured him. faces, and significantly eroded Hezbollah’s defied many people’s expectations ers had not acted on the court’s Israelis did, the strategic implications of He also provided much help in the devel- operational power. It has also completely when he provided the fifth vote to warning in 2009 to revise the their sensitivity to the loss of lives of civil- opment and reconstruction of Lebanese shattered Nasrallah’s image. uphold the healthcare overhaul formula used to determine which ians, the vulnerability of their home front government civilian agencies, even at the He used to justify the Hezbollah militia’s sponsored by President Barack states were covered, Roberts said and their willingness to allow the repatria- expense of Hezbollah’s institutions. existence, alongside the legitimate Lebanese Obama. But some legal analysts it had no choice but to strike it tion of many captured Hezbollah fighters in For a number of years, Nasrallah was con- army, by saying its role was to battle Israel. observed that such a case, test- down. exchange for the return of far fewer of their sidered, according to polls, the most popular Now he is sending it to assist in the massacre ing federal commerce and taxing As he wrote about the changes own soldiers, sometimes only in return of the of all Arab leaders: A man who says what he of Sunnis by a bloodthirsty regime. power, did not touch on his long- across the country in recent dec- soldiers’ bodies. means, isn’t corrupt like the tyrants and oil Nasrallah’s embarrassment at the death held conservative priorities. ades, the chief justice noted that Based on these insights, he adopted a mili- sultans, and who can defy Israel and defeat of his fighters in Syria is so great that he When Roberts served as a voter registration rates for blacks tary doctrine that allowed for a prolonged it. has ordered that they be buried at night, lawyer in the Reagan admin- and whites now approach parity war of attrition, with help from a deterrent In Israel, opinion was divided over without customary ceremonies. From here istration, he sought to curtail and blatant discrimination is rare. arsenal and abduction operations. whether he was merely an Iranian proxy on the road is short to entanglement in lies, government’s use of racial rem- “Our country has changed, and His grasp of Israel’s weaknesses enabled the Israeli northern border or an authentic coverups, political murders, corruption of edies and specifically narrow the while any racial discrimination him to expel the Israel Defence Forces from Lebanese politician acting ultimately in his senior members and all the other familiar reach of the Voting Rights Act. in voting is too much, Congress Lebanon in 2000, and to declare victory in own best interests and not those of Tehran. characteristics of the region’s old politics. In 1982, for example, Roberts must ensure that the legislation the 2006 confrontation. This is a relevant question in the debate over Nasrallah had his own Arab Spring dream advised the president to oppose it passes to remedy that problem Keeping his promise that the “muqawama” how Hezbollah would react the day after an — taking control of Lebanon without resort- pending legislation to enhance a speaks to current conditions,” (resistance) would face up to the Zionist Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear project. ing to arms and turning it into an Islamic section aimed at intentional voter Roberts wrote, joined by his four enemy was only part of the image Nasrallah The eruption of the war in Syria made state that leaned on a Shia majority but also discrimination. fellow conservatives. built for himself as a prominent figure in the things clearer — Nasrallah is, after all, more guaranteed the welfare of all its citizens. Roger Clegg, who worked with In the cool marble courtroom new politics of the Middle East. of an Iranian representative in Lebanon than It was to serve as a beacon of Islamic suc- Roberts at the Justice Department on a scorching June morning, The secret of his power lay in his commit- a Lebanese statesman. Nasrallah would cer- cess in the Middle East. Instead, he will end in the 1980s, said Roberts, like Roberts was expressionless. ment to speak the truth, openly, in language tainly be happy if the past two years in his up as a deceitful Iranian puppet who cares other young Republican lawyers, After decades of tension over the understandable by all; to tackle a wide range career could be erased, a period in which for the narrow interests of a small group was inspired by a broad socially scope of voting rights, he had his of topics without whitewashing or evasion; he either came to the rescue of his ally in and helps a dictator butcher his own people. conservative agenda that included majority. a readiness to admit errors, plus a dash of Damascus or was dragged into the conflict. WP-BLOOMBERG such subjects as abortion, religion REUTERS THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Syria peace meet prospects fade Hopes dim for end to bloodshed; death toll passes 100,000; US, Britain list 10 chemical attacks by govt forces

DAMASCUS: More than Kerry told reporters in Kuwait 100,000 people have been killed in in response to a question on why Syria’s uprising, a watchdog said there had been no military inter- yesterday, as a proposed Geneva vention as during Libya’s 2011 peace conference looked set to be revolt. The US State Department delayed, dimming hopes for an said it was eager for Geneva 2 to end to the bloodshed. go ahead but cannot “put a time- The Syrian Observatory for line on it”. Human Rights, which relies on a Syria has said it is willing to network of activists and officials attend any peace meeting, but on the ground for its information, has insisted it will not be going said the death toll from the civil to Geneva to hand over power and war was now 100,191 people. that Assad will not resign. The toll is a testament to the Assad’s resignation is a key levels of violence wracking the rebel demand, and the opposi- country, which has been ravaged tion has said it will not attend by the conflict that broke out in unless certain conditions are March 2011 with peaceful demon- met, including the withdrawal of strations calling for regime change. Lebanese Hezbollah fighters from Despite the violence, a Syria. US-Russian proposal dubbed Violence raged on the ground, Geneva 2 that would bring rebels with regime forces pushing into and regime representatives to the the countryside near the central negotiating table has yet to bear city of Homs, and their war- any fruit. In Geneva, the inter- planes bombarding the provincial national peace envoy to Syria, rebel bastion of Rastan, said the Lakhdar Brahimi, said the talks Observatory. were likely to be delayed, though The opposition National they were initially slated to start Coalition issued an “urgent call in June. “Frankly, I doubt that the to the United Nations” to pro- conference will take place in July,” tect civilians in Tal Kalakh east Brahimi said ahead of a meet- of Homs city, which fell Tuesday ing with diplomats, among them to pro-regime militia and army Americans and Russians. hands after days of clashes. A diplomatic source close to In Damascus, warplanes and Lebanese policemen search for evidence at the site where at least eight people were injured when masked assailants wielding knives attacked a bus in the talks said the United States tanks bombarded Qaboon in the Beirut, yesterday. The bus was carrying Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationals who were taking part in a joint Iranian-Hezbollah television production, and Russia still maintain irrec- northeast, which has suffered a security sources said. The attack took place near the flea market between Jisr Al Wati and Sin Al Fil. oncilable positions over President sustained offensive by the regime Bashar Al Assad’s fate in a future over the past week, said the adding the amateur video had after the kingdom urged global Tartus naval centre unstaffed alleged attacks to the UN for the transitional government. Observatory. Troops pressed an been shot in northern Syria. action against Assad’s regime because of escalating insecurity. team led by Swedish expert Ake Washington insists a transi- advance on Barzeh in northern The Observatory’s new death and said the war had turned into Meanwhile, the United States Sellstrom. tional government should exclude Damascus, home to pockets of toll includes at least 36,661 civil- “genocide”. and Britain have provided United The incidents started in Assad, while Moscow believes it rebel resistance. ians, more than 3,000 of them The conflict has left Syria with Nations experts with details of December and run through to should include representatives of Savage rights violations contin- women and more than 5,000 of few allies in the Middle East, and 10 suspected chemical weapons May, according to diplomats. his regime. After hours of discus- ued to come to light, with a video them aged under 16. Also among spilled over its borders. attacks by Syrian government The British and Americans have sion, the two states — which sup- distributed by the Observatory the deaths were at least 25,407 In the capital of neighbouring forces, a UN diplomat said. between them notified the UN of port opposite sides in Syria’s war showing non-Syrian jihadists soldiers, 17,311 pro-regime mili- Lebanon, men armed with knives The new revelations come 10 separate incidents, said one — have found no common ground. beheading with a knife two men tia and 169 members of Hezbollah attacked a group of Syrians, injur- as Western nations struggle to UN diplomat. Few details have Despite its support for the suspected of collaborating with who are fighting alongside Syria’s ing 20 of them. find ways to press for access to emerged of France’s evidence opposition, the United States said Assad’s regime. army. Another 2,571 unidentified And in a surprise develop- Syria for the UN team that has to the UN panel. But all of the there would be no military solu- “Such barbaric violations are people were killed. ment, a Russian daily reported been waiting more than three Western countries say they have tion for Syria. “This is not Libya. just as bad as the regime’s. This Syria kept up its tirade against key Assad ally Moscow has with- months for Damascus to let it in. no evidence that opposition rebels It is very different in many, many needs to stop,” Observatory direc- states that back the rebellion, drawn all its military personnel Britain, France and the United have used chemical arms. ways,” US Secretary of State John tor Rami Abdel Rahman said, lashing out at Saudi Arabia from Syria, leaving its strategic States have each sent evidence of AGENCIES Army officer assassinated in Benghazi TRIPOLI: Fighting erupted in to drive forces loyal to Gaddafi out officer died after a bomb placed Among them was an assault on Tripoli yesterday when gunmen of the capital during the uprising in his official vehicle exploded, the US consulate in Benghazi on tried to free comrades seized by against his rule. Since then, some medical and security sources said. September 11 last year in which ex-rebels, and an army officer of these groups have stayed in the The bombing took place a day ambassador Chris Stevens and was assassinated in Benghazi, capital, occupying former military after unknown gunmen killed six three other Americans were killed. highlighting Libya’s continu- bases and other state institutions. soldiers at a checkpoint south of On Tuesday, a top African ing insecurity nearly two On Tuesday, a group of gunmen Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown. Union counter-terrorism official years after dictator Muammar from Zintan attacked the head- Lieutenant Colonel Jemaa Al warned that post-Gaddafi Libya Gaddafi fell. quarters of the petrol installa- Misrati was “gravely wounded had become a major transit hub The clashes broke out in the tions guard, for reasons that are and died of his injuries in the for terrorists on the sidelines of Abu Slim area near the centre of still unclear, before other ex- operating room,” an official at a regional security conference in the capital, a security official said, rebels intervened with force to Benghazi’s Al Jala hospital said. neighbouring Algeria. and gunfire from heavy weapons stop them. Witnesses said the bomb “I have many reports which say could be heard in several areas of Members of the country’s high- exploded shortly after Misrati left Libya has become a major tran- the city. Plumes of smoke could be est political authority, the General home, with a security official say- sit hub for the main terrorist seen rising into the sky above Abu National Congress, said in a state- ing the vehicle had been “booby groups travelling from one coun- Slim, witnesses at the scene said. ment yesterday that clashes the trapped”. Eastern Libya, where try to another,” said Francisco “It’s a war here,” Meftah, a night before in the Tripoli suburb the 2011 uprising began, has seen Caetano Jose Madeira, the AU’s resident of the area, said. Rebels of Salaheddin had killed five people. attacks against the authorities special representative in charge from Zintan first entered Tripoli Meanwhile, in the restive east- and Western interests, which of counter-terrorism. in August 2011, when they helped ern city of Benghazi, an army have been blamed on Islamists. AFP Parliamentary Prince Alwaleed sued in UK vote in Kuwait on July 27 over sale of jet to Gaddafi KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti gov- LONDON: The secretive sale of contacts in Saudi Arabia and Despite her rejection of the ernment yesterday set a fresh a private jet to Libya’s Muammar Libya, says Prince Alwaleed sold marriage proposal, she says she Bahraini mourners hold the national flag and pictures of Hussein Abdullah date of July 27 for a parliamen- Gaddafi by a billionaire Saudi the Airbus A340 to Gaddafi for continued to act for the prince in during his funeral, in the village of Saar, west of Manama, yesterday. tary election, delaying by two prince came under scrutiny yes- $120 million in a protracted proc- negotiations and that it was only days the sixth assembly contest terday in a London courtroom, ess that lasted from 2001 to 2006. after the deal was finally com- in seven years in the politically where a businesswoman who says Sharab, 52, says the prince pleted in August 2006 that he cut Shias block Bahrain roads volatile Gulf country. she brokered the deal is suing the promised her $10m in commis- her off and refused to pay. The government had earlier prince for $10m. sion but she received nothing. Dressed in a smart black-and- scheduled July 25 for the poll, a Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and Alwaleed’s lawyers say she “played white jacket, with sparkling jewel- after blast kills leader snap vote ordered by its top court one of the world’s richest men, no part in the ultimate sale of the lery, Sharab began giving evidence earlier this month after the cur- is expected to give evidence, in aircraft” and is not entitled to yesterday and is due to continue DUBAI: A radical Shia group in BNA news agency, that Abdullah rent assembly was dissolved. “The what would be an extremely rare payment. today. The prince is expected to Bahrain said yesterday its sup- died after suffering severe burns ministerial council adopts a decree instance of a senior Saudi royal The case is linked to Britain give evidence on Monday and porters blocked roads with burn- when a bomb he had been making to invite voters to elect members being cross-examined in court. because Sharab has an apartment Tuesday next week. ing tyres after police alleged one exploded on the roof of his house. of the National Assembly (parlia- The jet in question has a his- in the country where she resides Sharab’s witness statement of its leaders died in an explosion The police had found five home- ment) on July, 27, 2013,” official tory as colourful as its customised for some of the year and says she describes a rarefied world where while making a bomb. made bombs and materials used news agency Kuna reported. interior which boasted a king-size agreed the commission with a multi-million-dollar deals were The February 14 movement to make explosives in the 35-year- On June 16, opposition sup- bed and a meeting room with a representative of the prince in a discussed on the prince’s yacht off said on Facebook that Hussein old’s home in the Shia village of porters lost a legal fight to undo throne-like leather armchair. London restaurant in 2001. the French Riviera, in exclusive Abdullah, one of its local leaders, Saar, near Manama. Abdullah’s changes to the voting system they Gaddafi sent the plane to pick In her written witness state- hotels, during flights on private had been “martyred in a terrorist family denied he had been killed said favour pro-government can- up Lockerbie bomber Abdel ment to the court, seen by jets, and in Gaddafi’s tent. attack carried out by the intel- in a bomb blast. didates - a dispute which aggra- Basset Al Megrahi when he was Reuters, Sharab describes a long In a separate legal action in ligence services”. He had “died while working at vated political tensions. The freed from a Scottish jail in 2009, business relationship with the London, Prince Alwaleed is suing His death triggered anger on a small workshop on the roof of Constitutional Court however and was shown off as a trophy prince. She says that in 2003, at Forbes magazine for libel over the streets of the state, with the the house,” it said in a statement, found fault in the process lead- by rebels who toppled Gaddafi in the height of negotiations over the an investigative article into his group saying its supporters set denying he was making a bomb or ing up to the last elections in 2011 and were photographed on aircraft, he asked her to marry wealth. He says the magazine’s alight tyres and blocked several that there were any explosives in December and ordered a new bal- its silver-coloured leather sofas. him. “I do not know whether he valuation of his fortune at $20bn streets in protest. Police said, in the residence. lot for the 50-member assembly. Daad Sharab, a Jordanian busi- was sincere about this but I did was short of the mark by $9.6bn. a statement carried by the official AFP AFP nesswoman who had high-level not think he was joking,” she says. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Snowden ‘stuck’ in Moscow for fourth day Ecuador warns it could take months to consider US intelligence leaker’s asylum request

MOSCOW: US intelligence this week raised the prospect crossed the Russian border at Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky said Russia could not extradite the in Hawaii and went to Hong Kong leaker Edward Snowden spent he would make a dash for Quito immigration. that unless Snowden received a 30-year-old former National on May 20 to begin issuing a series a fourth day at a Moscow air- after revealing that Snowden had “For us, this (Snowden’s new passport he risked staying at Security Agency (NSA) technician of leaks on the NSA gathering of port yesterday with his travel requested asylum, said it would arrival) was completely unex- Sheremetyevo indefinitely. as it has no extradition agreement phone call logs and Internet data, plans still a mystery as Ecuador take some time to decide the pected,” Putin said in Finland. “Who is he without documents? with the United States. triggering concern from govern- warned it could take months to application. “Snowden is a free man, the He could sit for 10 years in that But Putin also dismissed ments around the world. consider his asylum request. The leftist Latin American sooner he selects his final desti- room (in transit). He’s going to speculation that Snowden — a Hong Kong, a special admin- The man responsible for one state, led by populist President nation point, the better for us and be fed. But today, he is nobody,” potential intelligence goldmine istrative region under Chinese of the biggest intelligence secu- Rafael Correa, is already shel- for himself.” he said quoted by RIA Novosti. — was being purposely held up rule that has maintained its own rity breaches in US history has tering WikiLeaks founder Julian Snowden had been expected to In a curious development, Spain’s at the airport to be interrogated British-derived legal system, said not been sighted since arriving Assange at its embassy in London board a plane for Cuba on Monday renowned former rights judge by Russian spies. the US request to arrest him did in Moscow on a flight from Hong as he faces extradition to Sweden but he never took the flight and Baltasar Garzon, who is legal direc- WikiLeaks also denied he was not fully comply with its legal Kong on Sunday and according to over allegations of sexual assault. Putin hinted that his onward tor of WikiLeaks, said without fur- being debriefed by the Russian requirements. Russia is still in a transit zone at “It took us two months to make travel plans were still unknown. ther explanation that his firm has security services and confirmed But White House spokesman Sheremetyevo airport. a decision in the case of Assange Snowden’s extended stay in declined to represent Snowden. that Briton Sarah Harrison from Jay Carney lashed out at Beijing, The United States has revoked so do not expect us to make a Moscow has prompted compari- The dispute risks sharpening its legal team “is escorting him saying its failure to “honour his passport and is applying per- decision sooner this time,” said sons with the Tom Hanks hit tensions between Washington and at all times”. extradition obligations” had dealt sistent pressure on Moscow to Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino film The Terminal about a man Moscow as well as Beijing when There was no scheduled flight a “serious setback” to efforts to hand over Snowden, who leaked in Malaysia. living in an airport, while British they are struggling to overcome from Sheremetyevo to Havana build trust with new President Xi sensational revelations of massive Venezuela’s President Nicolas gambling website William Hill differences to end the conflict in yesterday but there is an Aeroflot Jinping. US surveillance programmes to Maduro, who by coincidence is has opened betting on his final Syria. “While we do not have an service at 1005 GMT today. RIA The United States is applying the media. expected in Moscow next week for destination. extradition treaty with Russia, Novosti quoted unidentified “ill-considered pressure” that Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, an energy summit, said Caracas “Cancelling Snowden’s passport there is nonetheless a clear legal sources as saying that Snowden will only serve to “bring Moscow which is assisting him and claims would also consider any asylum and bullying intermediary coun- basis to expel Snowden,” National had also booked on Tuesday’s and Beijing closer together,” Snowden left Hong Kong with a request from Snowden. tries may keep Snowden perma- Security spokeswoman Caitlin flight to Havana but the reser- Alexei Pushkov, head of the refugee document supplied by Putin had on Tuesday con- nently in Russia,” WikiLeaks said Hayden said and added he could vation had been cancelled a few Russian lower house of parlia- Ecuador, said he risks being stuck firmed that Snowden had arrived in a statement on Twitter. be expelled on the basis of travel hours before take-off. ment’s foreign affairs committee, in Russia “permanently”. in Moscow but said he had never Maverick Russian lawmaker and documents and pending charges. Snowden abandoned his high- wrote on Twitter. Ecuador, which had earlier left the airport’s transit zone or head of the Liberal Democratic However Putin insisted that paying intelligence contractor job AFP

US Senate okays Rudd returns as border security provision of Australia PM after immigration bill

WASHINGTON: The US toppling Gillard Senate yesterday approved a key provision on tightening border security of a landmark CANBERRA: Kevin Rudd elected me to be their prime min- immigration reform bill, setting returned as Australian prime ister. This is a task I resume today up a vote on final passage of the minister yesterday, executing with humility, with honour, and measure later this week. a stunning party room coup on with an important sense of energy If the overall bipartisan leg- Julia Gillard almost three years and purpose,” he told reporters, islation passes the chamber as to the day after being ousted by adding he wanted to rebuild trust expected as early as Thursday, it his former deputy and less than with voters. would move to the Republican-led three months out from a gen- “In recent years, politics has House of Representatives, where eral election. failed the Australian people. its fate is less certain. The reinstatement of Rudd There has just been too much The massive bill — backed by was a last-ditch effort to shore up negativity all round.” President Barack Obama and con- support by the governing Labour Gillard, Australia’s first female siderend the most comprehensive Party, which opinion polls show prime minister, stuck to her immigration reform effort in a gen- faces catastrophic defeat at a poll promise to quit parliament if she eration — has been months in the scheduled for Sept 14. lost the ballot. making. But in recent weeks, two The Mandarin-speaking “I am very proud of what this Republicans, Senators Bob Corker former diplomat draws strong government has achieved which People walk past a mural showing former South African president Nelson Mandela in Soweto yesterday as he and John Hoeven, scrambled to popular support but has divided will endure for the long term,” a spent his 19th day in the Mediclinic heart hospital in Pretoria. Emotional crowds gathered outside the hospital forge a compromise “Border Surge” and destabilised his party after gracious but business-like Gillard where Mandela lay in critical condition, as relatives and clan elders made preparations for the revered former amendment in a bid to appease launching two failed leadership told reporters, congratulating South African leader’s final journey. concerns within their party that bids in the past 18 months. Rudd on his victory. the bill sets 11 million undocu- Analysts said the leadership Senior ministers including mented workers on a 13-year path change could backfire. Treasurer and Deputy Prime to citizenship before the border is “I don’t think it will help Minister Wayne Swan, Education Obama embarks on first Africa made entirely secure. Labour. I think they’ve dug them- Minister Peter Garrett, Trade The Corker-Hoeven measure selves a deeper grave,” said John Minister Craig Emerson and would bring $4.5bn in muscular Wanna, professor of politics at the Climate Minister Greg Combet tour amid Mandela gloom new security measures to the Australian National University. announced their ministerial res- southern US border, including The return of Rudd could now ignations in the wake of the coup. 20,000 additional agents, a total of see Australia go to an election in Transport Minister Anthony DAKAR: US President Barack in the Pretoria hospital where he The White House sees Obama’s 1,125km of secure fencing and an August in an effort to cash in on Albanese was named Rudd’s Obama yesterday embarked on has been for nearly three weeks. visit as a chance to make up for expansion of drone surveillance. his greater popularity with vot- deputy. his first major tour of Africa And it has refused to say exactly lost time, as the president was It would also require that an ers and an expected honeymoon Gillard struggled to win public that comes at a poignant what contingency plans are in place unable to fit in a visit to Sub- electronic employment verifica- period with the electorate. support despite economic growth, moment, just as the world pre- for the week-long trip, designed Saharan Africa in his first term, tion system known as “e-verify” The leadership change followed low unemployment and low inter- pares to bid a reluctant farewell to highlight Africa’s emerging apart from a brief stop in Ghana. and comprehensive, biometric a series of opinion polls showing est rates at a time when other to Nelson Mandela. economic potential and growing There has also been disap- entry-exit tracking be in place Gillard’s minority government developed countries are strug- The possibility that the criti- middle class, as well as youth and pointment on the continent, after before illegal immigrants could could lose up to 35 seats, giving gling to keep out of recession. cally ill anti-apartheid icon could health programs. Obama’s 2008 election caused obtain green cards. the conservative opposition a Gillard has also pushed social fade away within days has sparked South Africa’s foreign minister euphoria and an expectation “Americans want immigration massive majority in the 150-mem- reforms that pour money into uncertainty about Obama’s itiner- Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said that the son of a Kenyan would reform but they want border secu- ber parliament. schools and which help disabled ary, which is due to take him to while Obama would have loved to put Africa policy at the top of rity first, and that’s exactly what Rudd, who was prime minister people gain access to much- Africa’s francophone west, demo- see Mandela, a meeting with the his agenda. US Africa policy has this amendment does,” Hoeven from late 2007 until June 2010, needed free care, but the changes cratic east and its southern tip. former South African leader would languished in recent years, with said on the Senate floor moments gave no indication of whether he have done little to shift her dwin- Plans to visit Senegal, South be impossible. The men met in 2005, Obama battling an economic cri- before the measure was agreed to would call an early election, or dling support in opinion polls. Africa and Tanzania over the when the former South African sis, rebalancing US attention to a by a vote of 69 to 29. AFP test his support on the floor of Voters have also remained next week could be complicated, president was in Washington, and rising Asia, facing revolution in the Australia’s hung parliament. angry that her government, shifting the focus of a trip meant Obama was a newly elected sena- Middle East and consumed by his Obama hails high He also made no comment on which holds a one-seat majority to ease the disappointment of tor, and the two have spoken several legacy project of ending US wars when he would visit the governor- with support from the Greens and Africans who saw expectations times since by telephone. abroad. US officials are aware that court ruling on general, Australia’s head of state, a clutch of independents, intro- for Obama’s presidency fall short. But there has been no face-to- emerging economic opportunities who will appoint him prime min- duced a controversial carbon tax The White House has said that face meeting between the first and energy resources in Africa same-sex marriage ister if she is confident Rudd can in a backflip from her 2010 elec- it will defer to Mandela’s family on black presidents of the United have attracted a clutch of interest control a majority in parliament. tion promise not to do so. whether the president would visit States and South Africa since from rising rivals. WASHINGTON: US President “In 2007, the Australian people REUTERS his ailing 94-year-old political hero Obama was elected in 2008. AFP Barack Obama yesterday hailed the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a law defining mar- riage as between a man and a woman — a major victory for same-sex couples. Murdoch rebrands British newspapers after hacking scandal “I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the DefenSe of Marriage Act,” Obama said LONDON: The British news- insulate its profitable entertain- including a murdered schoolgirl. Murdoch’s Australian business, executive, Mike Darcey. shortly after the announcement paper unit of Rupert Murdoch’s ment assets from slumping news- “News International apolo- News Limited, also announced More embarrassing revelations of the 5-4 decision ending the 1996 media empire said yesterday paper revenues. London-based gised to its victims and set up a that it would be known from July are on the horizon, however, as law. “We are a people who declared that it was changing its name News International said its new compensation scheme, closed the 1 as News Corp Australia. former News International chief that we are all created equal—and from News International to name and logo, which take effect News of the World and co-oper- Tomorrow, the reorganisation executive Rebekah Brooks goes the love we commit to one another ‘News UK’ as it seeks to rebuild immediately, reflected the com- ated with all the relevant authori- of the tycoon’s global empire will on trial in September on charges must be equal as well.” the brand following the phone- pany’s “ongoing commitment” to ties,” a company statement said. be finalised when two new com- related to the hacking scandal. The striking down of DOMA hacking scandal. the British market. “New policies and procedures panies arising from News Corp She will appear alongside her will allow married same-sex The renaming of News “The change follows the funda- are in place across the company, are incorporated on the Nasdaq. former colleague Andy Coulson, couples to enjoy the same fed- International, which owns The mental changes of governance and its main titles are all under new One company will focus on the ex-communications chief of eral benefits as straight married Sun, The Times and the Sunday personnel that have taken place leadership and the executive team news and publishing, and retain Prime Minister David Cameron, couples, including with regard to Times, comes ahead of the com- to address the problems of the has been transformed.” the News Corp name, and the seven other News International inheritance and hospital visits. pletion tomorrow of a major recent past,” it added. The rebranding comes three other will cover TV and film and employees and Brooks’ husband Obama said he had ordered reorganisation of Murdoch’s Murdoch abruptly shut down days after a new editor took over be known as 21st Century Fox. Charlie. Several journalists from officials to “ensure this deci- global News Corp. Shareholders the 168-year-old News of the at The Sun. Dominic Mohan, editor “This is an exciting time and I feel The Sun have also been charged in sion, including its implications this month gave the go-ahead to World tabloid in July 2011 after it since 2009, will take a new advi- privileged to be leading News UK a related police investigation into for federal benefits and obliga- a plan to split the media group emerged that it had accessed the sory role in News Corp and will be as it begins a bright new chapter,” illegal payments to public officials. tions, is implemented swiftly and into two distinct firms in a bid to voicemails of high-profile figures replaced by David Dinsmore. said the British company’s chief AFP smoothly”. AFP THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES 27 killed in West China space mission ends China violence Police open fire after attacks by knife-wielding mobs

BEIJING: Riots in China’s eth- and shot dead 10 rioters,” it said. Many of Xinjiang’s Uighur com- nically divided Xinjiang region The mobs were also “stabbing at munity complain of religious and yesterday left 27 people dead, people and setting fire to police cultural repression by Chinese according to state media which cars”. authorities. said police opened fire on “knife- Nine police or security guards Dilshat Rexit, a spokesman for wielding mobs”. and eight civilians were killed the World Uyghur Congress, an It was the latest spasm of vio- before police opened fire, the report exile group branded by Beijing lence to hit the troubled western said, adding that three other peo- as “separatist”, said “continued region, which is about twice the size ple were taken to hospital with repression and provocation is the of Turkey and is home to around injuries. cause of conflict”. nine million members of the mostly The clashes occurred early yes- Information about unrest in Muslim Uighur ethnic minority. terday in an area about 100 km Xinjiang is tightly controlled by Police shot at “mobs” who had (60 miles) from the desert city of China’s ruling Communist Party attacked police stations, a local Turpan and about 250 kilometres -- and the government blocked government building and a con- from the regional capital Urumqi. Internet access across the region struction site. The reason for the violence was for several months following the Astronaut Nie Haisheng sits inside Shenzhou-10 spacecraft that landed on the grasslands of north China’s “Seventeen people had been not immediately clear, and police in clashes in 2009. Inner Mongolia region yesterday after a 15-day mission. China completed its longest manned space mission as killed... before police opened fire Turpan refused to comment. AFP Shenzhou-10 and three crew members safely returned to Earth, in a major step towards Beijing’s goal of build- ing a permanent space station by 2020. American faces death Malaysian death blamed on smog Dhaka factory closed after KUALA LUMPUR: Smog since cleared the air over the that it has abandoned the sched- for smuggling heroin from slash-and-burn agricul- city state but southern Malaysia uled week-long trip to Malaysia cracks in walls tural fires in Indonesia has remains choked by smoke. -- home of its billionaire owner HANOI : An American man airport with the more than one been blamed for killing an Pollution spiked to hazardous Vincent Tan -- “due to the cur- DHAKA: Bangladesh could face the death penalty kilogram of heroin in his luggage, asthmatic woman in southern levels in some parts of the coun- rent poor air quality in the authorities yesterday shut in Vietnam after allegedly adding police were investigating Malaysia, the first reported try in recent days, with south- region”. down an eight-storey fac- attempting to smuggle more the case. death attributed to the crisis, a ern Malaysia seeing its worst air “It has been decided for the tory complex after cracks than one kilogram of heroin Vietnam’s drug laws are among media report said yesterday. quality in 16 years last weekend. welfare of all concerned to appeared in a wall, triggering from the communist country the toughest in the world and Li Cai Ling, a resident of the The smog has eased but con- delay the trip,” Tan said in the panic among thousands of to Australia, state media said anyone found guilty of possess- southern town of Muar -- which tinued to hang over some areas statement. garment workers, police and yesterday. ing more than around half a kilo- saw intense air pollution at the including the capital Kuala The air pollution has also officials said. The cracks were The 40-year-old, a US citizen gram of heroin faces the death weekend -- died on Sunday with Lumpur yesterday. forced the cancellation of other similar to those appeared in of Vietnamese origin, was trying penalty. a medical report blaming the pol- The situation has also forced sporting events in Malaysia the nearby Rana Plaza fac- to leave the southern business At present, there are more luted air. newly-promoted English Premier including a marathon in Kuala tory complex before it col- hub of Ho Chi Minh City on a than 400 prisoners on death row, Singapore initially bore the League side Cardiff City to cancel Lumpur and a national-level lapsed in April, killing 1,129 flight to Sydney on Tuesday when mostly for cases involving drugs brunt of Southeast Asia’s worst a Malaysia visit that was set to competition for disabled athletes. people in the worst industrial he was caught with the drugs. or murder, but executions have smog crisis for years with pollu- begin this week. But this summer’s recurrence disaster, the officials said. He was arrested at the city’s declined in recent years. tion reaching record levels last The club said in a statement has been the worst in years. Kamrul Hasan Molla, chief Tan Son Nhat international AFP week. Favourable winds have posted on its website on Tuesday AFP official in the Dhaka suburb of Savar, said factory own- ers suspended production and inspectors had sealed off the building as a precaution. Cracks had appeared in the Rana Plaza one day before it Hackers leak US troop details to S Korea websites collapsed, but the owner and factory management forced SEOUL: Hackers say they have office and some local newspapers, North Korea has been blamed “We have seen the sites where Division and the 3rd Marine workers to return to duty, leaked personal details of tens prompting cyber security officials for previous cyber attacks on the details were posted and clips Division were leaked to unspeci- assuring them that it was of thousands of US troops to to raise the alert. South Korean banks and gov- that supposedly capture the proc- fied websites. safe, officials previously said. websites, South Korean news The identity and motives of the ernment networks, although it ess of hacking into web sites,” The websites of the presiden- reports and online security offi- attackers were not immediately denies responsibility and has said an official at the South Korean tial Blue House and the Prime New species cials said yesterday, a day after clear, but the reports come as it has also been a victim. online security firm NSHC said. Minister’s office were down for cyber attacks disabled access to cyber security and surveillance The unidentified hackers said The US military in South more than six hours on Tuesday. of bird found government and news sites. have become a global issue, with they had secured and released Korea, where 28,500 US troops North Korea is believed to be The hacking attacks on the United States seeking fugi- publicly personal details of more are stationed, did not immedi- running a large corps of compu- PHNOM PENH: A new Tuesday, the anniversary of the tive former security contractor than two million South Korean ately comment. Personal details ter experts aimed at hacking into species of bird with a dis- start of the Korean War in 1950, Edward Snowden who leaked ruling party workers and 40,000 such as dates of birth and ranks the networks of governments and tinctive orange-red coloured brought down the main websites details about US surveillance to US troops, including those sta- of 40,000 US troops including financial institutions. tuft of feathers on its head of South Korea’s presidential the media. tioned in South Korea. members of the 25th Infantry REUTERS has been found in Cambodia’s capital city, conservation- ists said yesterday. The dis- Militant attack covery of the tailorbird, or orthotomus chaktomuk, in Phnom Penh — and several Mongolians vote with other locations including a construction site just outside of the city of 1.5 million peo- ple — has astounded conser- hope for mining spoils vationists. “The discovery of an undescribed bird species ULAN BATOR: Mongolians scheduled close of polls — amid within the limits of a large voted yesterday in a presiden- heavy rains in some regions that populous city is extraordi- tial election pitting the front- hindered road travel, according to nary,” Simon Mahood of the running incumbent against the General Election Commission Wildlife Conversation Society a champion wrestler and a (GEC). Final turnout for the 2009 said. The small bird, which woman, amid calls for a fairer presidential election came to 73 has a black-feathered throat distribution of the former Soviet percent. and is the size of the wren, satellite’s spectacular mining At one site in the capital Ulan lives in thick, lowland scrub wealth. Bator, electronic voting machines in Phnom Penh and other The exploitation of Mongolia’s were experiencing glitches, which sites in the nearby floodplain, vast coal, copper and gold reserves meant voters could not be identi- which the WCS said had kept has helped transform an economy fied by their fingerprints. it concealed for so long. once characterised by nomadic Accusations of vote-rigging lifestyles not far removed from in 2008 parliamentary elections Malaysia police its famous empire-building hero, resulted in deadly riots, and led to Genghis Khan, 800 years ago. Mongolia adopting an electronic chief ‘guilty’ Thai security personnel inspect a pickup damaged after an attack by suspected militants on a roadside in Pattani But rising inequality in the cit- voting system. But GEC chief province, south of Bangkok, yesterday. ies and environmental damage in Sodnomtseren Choinzon said the KUALA LUMPUR: A rural areas are dominating the computer problems were confined Malaysian court yesterday political debate, while recent falls to two voting stations and were found the country’s police in commodity prices and slowing “not widespread”. chief liable for the 2009 death New Manila warship makes history demand in the key market of Results of parliamentary polls in custody of a young ethnic China have sparked uncertainty last year were delayed by com- Indian, the victim’s lawyer ahead of the election. plaints about the electronic sys- said, in a closely watched MANILA: The BRP Ramon “She passed by Panama Canal between 29 to 31 knots. “I call upon citizens to par- tem. However, the election was case that has highlighted the Alcaraz, the second warship Tuesday evening,” said Philippine BRP Ramon Alcaraz is “sail- ticipate actively in the election,” largely considered a success. issue of police brutality. The acquired by the Philippines Navy spokesperson Lt Cmdr ing smoothly” and expected to President Tsakhia Elbegdorj said Polls suggest Elbegdorj, who decision by the High Court from the United States, suc- Gregory Fabic. meet its target date of arrival in after casting his vote. became president in 2009 after was a major blow to a police cessfully crossed the Panama The BRP Ramon Alcaraz the country. “Let the blessings be upon the twice serving as premier, will force already under fire over Canal, becoming the first entered the Panama Canal “Everything is on schedule as people,” added the incumbent, secure a second term to continue more than 200 such deaths Filipino warship to voyage the Zone almost five days after her per voyage plan. Target dates can a former journalist who played his policy of using foreign cash to since 2000 and could raise the historic waterway under her departure in Charleston, South be meet,” Fabic said. a leading role when Mongolia drive the rapid development of spectre of further civil suits own power. Carolina last June 10. The new warship is set to peacefully threw off 70 years of Mongolia’s economy, which is gal- in similar cases. The family The Philippine Navy said Before her arrival at the make its first port call in San communist rule in 1990. loping ahead at double-digit rates. of the deceased, Ananthan the warship successfully con- Panama Canal Zone, the war- Diego, California on June 30 and Voters appeared to be out in A June 14-16 survey by the Sant Kugan, sued Inspector cluded last June 18 (US time) ship stopped at Mayport, Florida will sail to Hawaii and Guam force in the hours after polls Maral Foundation in the capital, a General of Police Khalid Abu her crossing of the 82-kilome- to test fire her 76mm automatic before heading home. opened at 7am, with national tel- traditional stronghold of the rul- Bakar, who was a state-level tres Panama Canal, which con- cannon and for speed trials. It is expected to arrive in the evision showing huge queues in ing Democratic Party, suggested police chief at the time of nects the Atlantic Ocean (via The warship reportedly attained Philippines in the first week of some polling stations. that 54 percent of Mongolians the death, accusing him of a the Caribbean Sea) to the Pacific the speed of 25 knots without any August. Turnout was 57.7 percent at would vote for Elbegdorj. cover-up. AGENCIES Ocean. difficulty. Its top speed is placed THE PHILIPPINE STAR 7pm — three hours before the AFP THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Bomb attacks kill 12, injure top judge Shia judge targeted as he drove to high court in Sindh

KARACHI: Bomb attacks in Police said Baqir was in hospi- army operation in the area, part Pakistan killed 12 people and tal with critical injuries but was of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov- wounded 14 yesterday, including said to be out of danger. ince which borders Afghanistan, a senior judge who was critically “He received threats from the in 2007-08. injured in a blast in the business Taliban and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. “It was a powerful bomb which capital Karachi, officials said. Other militants had also threat- destroyed the vehicle completely. The first bomb targeted ened him,” Sheikh said. Hashim, his brother and nephew Maqbool Baqir, a judge at the Baqir has worked on several died on the spot,” a security offi- high court in southern province of cases involving militants, serving cial said, adding the bodies were Sindh, in the port city of Karachi, as a judge in special anti-terror- destroyed beyond recognition. killing at least nine people on a ism courts set up to hand down A spokesman for Pakistan’s busy street during the morning quick judgements in terror cases. umbrella Taliban movement, rush hour. Police said 6kg of explosives Tehreek-e-Taliban, claimed Baqir was a member of the were used to detonate the bomb. responsibility for both attacks. minority Shia community and Karachi, a city of 18 million, “We claim responsibility for had been threatened by militants, contributes 42 percent of GDP the attack on the judge because including hardline Sunni sectar- but is rife with murder and kid- he used to give verdicts against ian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, nappings and has been plagued Islam and Muslims,” Ehsanullah which has claimed devastating for years by ethnic, sectarian and Ehsan said. bomb attacks on Shias. political violence. “Taliban also attacked the head The bomb, planted on a motor- Last year around 2,000 people of the pro-government militia in bike, exploded as Baqir drove were killed in violence linked to Bannu because he joined hands past with his security detail on ethnic and political tensions, its with the government against the Burns Road in the centre of the deadliest toll in two decades. mujahideen,” he added. city. At least nine people, includ- In the northwest, another bomb Pakistan has for years been ing eight members of his security attack killed the head of a pro- fighting homegrown Taliban team, were killed and 14 others government tribal militia, along insurgents in its border areas wounded. “The dead include six with his brother and nephew in with Afghanistan. The Taliban police officers, two (paramilitary) Jani Khel, Bannu district, offi- frequently target tribal elders in Rangers and the judge’s driver,” cials said. They said that Malik the northwest, police and soldiers. Judge Baqir Maqbool is taken on a stretcher to hospital in Karachi yesterday. police official Ameer Sheikh said. Hashim Khan had supported an AFP

First private air Outages hit Pakistan Musharraf faces ‘emergency’ trial ambulance launched ISLAMABAD: The PML-N order settled the issue by ruling: as army chief on November 28. amid scorching heat government has decided to “The actions of General Pervez Emergency and its responses KARACHI: Pakistan’s larg- prosecute General (retd) Musharraf dated 3rd November, are attributed to the controver- est private jet service pro- LAHORE: As Pakistan sizzled in pre-monsoon sweltering heat, the Pervez Musharraf only for his 2007 were the result of his appre- sies surrounding the re-election vider, Princely Jets, has electricity demand also swelled beyond 18,500MW against a paltry November 3, 2007 extra-consti- hensions regarding the decision of of Musharraf on October 6, 2007, launched the first private generation of 12,000MW, forcing power mangers to resort to around tutional actions. The top mili- Wajihuddin Ahmed’s case and his including his holding of both air ambulance service in the 18 hour load shedding in the cities and even more for the rural feeders. tary brass has been taken into resultant disqualification to contest offices. country, a statement said According to power planners, 12,000MW generation was achieved confidence on the matter. the election of president. Chief Justice Iftikhar yesterday. Most advanced hel- late yesterday, when some plants, which were closed during the day, Sources said that the govern- “Therefore, it could not be said Muhammad Chaudhry reacted icopters are being used for the were managed back on line. Otherwise, the generation figure for the ment would not open the issue that the said actions were taken to the emergency declaration, service with trained paramed- better part of the day was 11,300MW. of the October 12 1999 coup but for the welfare of the people. convening a seven-member bench ics on board. The helicopters Reports from the most of rural areas indicated up to 20 hours load- would only focus on the November Clearly, the same were taken by which issued an interim order are equipped with advanced shedding yesterday as the deficit increased beyond 6,500MW. 3, 2007 unconstitutional action of him in his own interest and for against emergency and asked life support equipment, while According to an official of the National Transmission and Dispatch Musharraf. illegal and unlawful personal gain the armed forces not to obey any the medical team is trained Company, the current crisis is rooted in two causes: lack of money and It is said that not only the of manoeuvring another term in illegal orders. The 111th brigade to provide treatment for severe mismanagement. None of the power company has acquired money. Supreme Court’s decision of July the office of president, therefore, of the army entered the Supreme burns, cardiac, respiratory “The government is riveted on retiring huge circular debt and 31, 2009 squarely held Musharraf the same were malafide as well.” Court and removed Chaudhry and problems, trauma and other fresh oil purchases are not on its mind. This preference has put over responsible for his November 3 Musharraf declared a state of several judges and arrested them. emergencies. Princely Jets 3,500MW generation capacity off line. Out of 12,000MW generation, misadventure but the government emergency on November 3, 2007, After being sworn in for a sec- air ambulance service has around 50 percent is coming from hydel side.” has also not found anything con- and it lasted until December 15, ond term on November 29, 2007, started at its base at Quaid-e- “It could have been total disaster without it. To make the matter crete to conclude that others, in 2007, during which time the con- Musharraf declared that emer- Azam International Airport worse, some gas fields went out of operation and took down some plants the government or the military in stitution was suspended. When gency would end on December in Karachi and it will be with them,” he claimed. “There are two people, who are heading the 2007 had helped him in the abro- emergency was declared, he held 16, 2007, although it ended on expanded to other parts. The sector and both of them are not utility men,” says a former head of gation of the constitution. both positions of President and December 15, 2007. ambulance is being operated Pakistan Electric Power Company. INTERNEWS The July 31 Supreme Court Chief of Army Staff. He resigned INTERNEWS by a twin-engine helicopter that can cover a radius of 254 nautical miles. Murder suspect Afghanistan, US reaffirm support for Taliban deal granted bail LONDON: British police on KABUL: Kabul and fake Nato identification attacked dispatching US special envoy to the (Afghan government’s) High with the Taliban, which have Tuesday said they had bailed Washington reaffirmed yester- an entrance to the Afghan presi- Afghanistan and Pakistan, James Peace Council and authorised rep- long maintained rear bases in a man arrested a day earlier day that they would seek peace dential palace and a nearby build- Dobbins, for talks. resentatives of the Taliban.” Pakistan. at Heathrow airport over the with the Taliban despite attacks ing known to house a CIA base in “Both presidents talked about Dobbins said on Monday that Sharif assured Dobbins of 2010 murder of Pakistani on a CIA base and the Afghan one of the most brazen assaults the security agreement between Washington had been “outraged” “Pakistan’s full commitment to politician Imran Farooq. A presidency, repairing a row over in Kabul since Karzai narrowly Afghanistan and the US, the at how the Taliban opened the an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned 52-year-old man was arrested the Islamists’ office in Qatar. escaped assassination in April peace process and the Taliban office, which had been intended to peace process,” his office said. on Monday as he arrived US President Barack Obama 2008. office in Qatar,” Karzai’s office help foster a peace deal to end the A senior Pakistani official said in London on a flight from and Afghan President Hamid Tentative steps towards talks said after the call with Obama decade-long war in Afghanistan. that “Karzai thought he would Canada on suspicion of con- Karzai held a 90-minute confer- were wrecked last week when a late on Tuesday. Kabul insists the Taliban’s be left out” of peace talks but spiracy to murder Farooq. He ence call to revive early efforts to new Taliban office in Qatar pro- Obama appeared to have per- office in the Gulf state must only Islamabad “strongly believed was taken to a west London start peace talks as Nato troops voked anger from Afghanistan suaded Karzai to renew peace be used for direct talks with there will be nothing of the sort”. police station before being prepare to withdraw in 2014 after and the US. efforts. Karzai’s appointed negotiators. Pakistani Taliban spokes- released on bail until a date more than 12 years of fighting Karzai refused to send repre- The two leaders agreed that “an Karzai has previously opposed man Ehsanullah Ehsan has also in September, police said. against the Taliban. sentatives to Qatar and pulled Afghan-led and Afghan-owned direct contacts between the released a video message, pledg- Counter-terrorism detec- The level of violence still raging out of separate talks on a secu- peace and reconciliation process Taliban and the US, which focused ing to follow any decision taken tives had arrested the man at in Afghanistan was highlighted rity agreement with the US that is the surest way to end violence on securing a prisoner exchange by Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Heathrow and took him to a when the Taliban launched an would allow Washington to keep and ensure lasting stability in until the rebels suspended talks Omar with regard to talks with police station for questioning. assault on Tuesday in the heart some troops in Afghanistan after Afghanistan and the region,” the last year. the Americans. Farooq, 50, a founding mem- of Kabul in which three security 2014. White House said. Dobbins on Tuesday flew to About 100,000 foreign combat ber of the Muttahida Qaumi guards and all five assailants were Washington launched an “They reiterated their sup- Islamabad and held talks with troops, 68,000 of them American, Movement, was stabbed and killed. intense diplomatic effort to pacify port for an office in Doha for the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif are due to exit Afghanistan by the beaten to death in London as Gunmen and bombers using Karzai, with telephone calls and purpose of negotiations between on efforts to launch negotiations end of 2014. AFP he returned home from work in September 2010. Anti-drug day Call to counter US spying Tax law changes may ISLAMABAD: Latest dis- closures about surveillance of electronic communications not boost revenues worldwide by US secret agen- cies demand that Pakistan KARACHI: The government of Pakistan in the budget 2013-14 has should take counter meas- proposed major amendments to Income Tax Ordinance 2001, which ures to check the online may be difficult for revenue officials to implement. espionage, said Mushahid According to tax experts, the budget 2013-14 has proposed around Hussain Syed, Chairman 20 major amendments in the income tax laws which have further of the Senate Standing complicated the existing tax laws. The experts feel that complexities Committee on Defence. After may have far-reaching implications on revenue collection. his meeting with a delegation The Income Support Levy Act 2013, which has been introduced for of the Pakistan Information the first time through Finance Act 2013, would also be enforced and Security Association (Pisa) monitored by the Inland Revenue Service. headed by Ammar Jafri yes- Under this law, a levy of 0.5 percent will be charged on all moveable terday, Syed said he was pre- assets, such as vehicles, prize bonds, cash-in-hand or bank, shares of paring the draft of a private public and private limited companies, etc. member’s bill to be presented The tax consultants are apprehensive about capacity and ability of in parliament after consul- revenue officials to rightly monitor the collection after the enforcement tation with all stakeholders of the law. Similarly, by making it mandatory upon every taxpayer, suggesting measures to check Members of the Pakistani Anti Narcotics Force burn seized drugs in Lahore as part of International Day Against irrespective of quantum of income to file wealth statement would be online espionage. AGENCIES Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking yesterday. difficult to be monitor. INTERNEWS THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA TV channel Uttarakhand sacks reporter who rode on fears epidemic flood victim NEW DELHI: An Indian tel- evision journalist who reported after floods on deadly floods in the north of the country while perched on a survivor’s shoulders has been Mass cremation begins in Kedarnath sacked, the head of the channel told AFP yesterday. DEHRADUN/NEW DELHI: Badrinath would be evacuated in “What he did was very inhu- Fresh rains and dense fog yes- “one or two days” if the weather is man. You cannot ride on some- terday hampered rescue opera- conducive for air operations. one’s back for a story. We tions in flood-hit Uttarakhand, Bahuguna said state and cen- terminated him on Tuesday,” said where around 7,500 people are tral teams are testing the waters Nishant Chaturvedi, channel head still stranded, as the authori- and studying other factors to at News Express. ties said they were taking all ensure there is no outbreak of an Narayan Pargaien, reporting precautions to prevent the out- epidemic. on the flash floods and landslides break of an epidemic with hun- “There is a fear that an epi- in Uttarakhand state, triggered dreds of bodies reported to be demic may break out. Secretary outrage after a video clip went buried under the debris. health (of the state) and central viral on the Internet showing him The process of cremating the teams are surveying the areas speaking into the camera while bodies began yesterday with the and are carrying medicines,” sitting on the shoulders of a local National Disaster Management Bahuguna said. villager. Authority (NDMA) conducting The ITBP said its men based The reporter claimed that the a mass cremation of around 300 in Gaurigaon were conduct- survivor, who can be seen wob- bodies in Kedarnath. ing a search on foot in the hills bling under the strain while The bodies of 17 of the 20 peo- of Uttarakhand to recover the standing in ankle-high water, had ple killed in the Indian Air Force bodies. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (second right) and Congress party President Sonia Gandhi (third right) flag off hoisted him onto his shoulders as chopper crash Tuesday were The NDMA said it had per- a train service between Banihal and Qazigund at a station in Banihal, some 110km south of Srinagar, yesterday. a sign of respect. recovered. The IAF chief, Air formed the mass cremation The man “wanted to show me Chief Marshal N A K Browne, of around 300 bodies yester- some respect, as it was the first visited Gauchar, where the IAF day. NDMA vice chairperson time someone of my level had vis- has set up its rescue base. He N Shashidhar Reddy said the ited his house,” Pargaien said in expressed grief over the death mass cremations would be per- PM opens longest rail tunnel an interview to Indian media web- of the personnel belonging to the formed in batches and the process site newslaundry.com on Tuesday. IAF, the Indo-Tibetan Border would be completed by tomorrow. BANIHAL, INDIA: Prime year before India goes to the polls. the deadliest such attack since “So while crossing the river Police (ITBP) and the National “Our rescue operations will Minister Manmohan Singh During Singh’s visit, Pakistani July 2008 when a landmine killed he offered to help by carrying Disaster Response Force (NDRF) hopefully be completed by tomor- yesterday opened the country’s troops fired across the borders nine soldiers on a bus, also on the me... between which, I thought of in the crash. row. There is about 8-10 feet of longest railway tunnel during a twice in an hour, an Indian army outskirts of Srinagar. reporting,” he added. “We are proud to be here and debris in and around Kedarnath. rare visit to troubled Kashmir, spokesman said, dubbing it a The tunnel and railway stretch Chaturvedi said the channel did proud to be doing the job… we We need to clear it. Several bod- which has been marred by one breach of a ceasefire pact between have been added to a train line not broadcast the clip because it need to hang on there. The period ies may be trapped underneath of the deadliest militant attacks the estranged neighbours. running through the valley, part found it “highly distasteful”. will last for another 8-10 days,” it; the death toll may reach on soldiers in years. “This morning Pakistani troops of a Rs20bn project that will even- “He sent the clip to us. We were Browne said in encouragement to 1,000,” Reddy told reporters in Singh inaugurated a stretch fired at out positions in the tually link Kashmir to the rest of shocked to see him sitting on the the rescue teams. New Delhi. of line that runs through the Poonch sector. Our side retaliated India’s vast railway network. poor man. You have to be a part of Prime Minister Manmohan Survivors said they were thank- 11-kilometre long tunnel, part with small arms (fire),” Colonel Sections of the track have been the people and not ride on them,” Singh has condoled the deaths. ful to be alive. Vimla Devi from of an ambitious multi-year rail- Rajesh Kalia told AFP. drilled through the Himalayan he said. Chaturvedi said the chan- “Your men have done heroic work Patna, who was rescued from way project in the region, as he He added troops also engaged mountains, and Singh said it nel was investigating who uploaded in treacherous circumstances and Kedarnath, said she can never wrapped up his first visit to the up to three heavily-armed cross- was a “national dream” to link the video onto YouTube although saved thousands of lives,” he told forget the horror that unfolded region in three years. border militants in a firefight Kashmir with the network by the reporter claimed it had been Browne. after the floodwater receded from “It took seven years to com- in Kashmir’s frontier Rajouri 2018. posted online by the cameraman Bad weather held up rescue the temple. plete,” Singh said of this section district. Singh faced protests when he who filmed it. Pargaien was sum- operations at many places. While “There were bodies lying eve- of the project, during a speech Also yesterday, suspected arrived in Kashmir on Tuesday moned to the channel’s office to the skies opened up in some rywhere.. It was terrible.” in the town of Banihal, some 110 Muslim militants shot dead a after the region’s three main enable him to present his side of places, dense fog remained a cause A local in Guptkashi said all kilometres from the main city of man in the Kashmiri town of separatist groups called a strike the story and explain “what com- of concern in most places, holding their homes had been washed Sriningar. Sopore, police said. On of the eve against his visit. pelled him to do what he did”. up helicopter services. away. “We were without food for It is the first time the premier of premier Singh’s trip Monday, Shops and other businesses, “He said he thought he could do Uttarakhand Chief Minister three-four days, we drank water has visited the Himalayan terri- militants ambushed a convoy along with schools, banks and this. But then it means he did not Vijay Bahuguna said that the from the well and sometimes even tory — which has been the scene of troops on the outskirts of offices were closed throughout use his basic sense of judgement people stranded in Harsil would rain water.” of two wars with Pakistan — since Srinagar, killing eight soldiers Srinagar and security forces were as a human being,” Chaturvedi be rescued by today and those in IANS June 2010 and comes less than a and wounding 13 others. It was deployed in strength. AFP said. AFP

Fit to fight Execution of two Indians put on Pakistan denies Indian hold in Kuwait scribe being ‘thrown out’ NEW DELHI: The execution of two Indians — who were con- NEW DELHI: The Pakistan India and Pakistan have a proto- victed in Kuwait for murdering High Commission yesterday col to allow two correspondents a Sri Lankan — was put on hold said there was no change in its from each other’s countries to just 48 hours before they were media policy towards India and stay and report. From India it is to be executed on June 18, fol- termed as “very unfortunate” the Press Trust of India and The lowing the intervention of the and “a total falsehood” alle- Hindu, while from Pakistan it is Indian mission, an official state- gations that the long-serving the Associated Press of Pakistan ment said here yesterday. scribe of an Indian news agency and Radio Pakistan. However, no The execution of Suresh was being “thrown out” of Pakistan correspondent has been Shanmugasundaram and Kalidas Islamabad. Indian officials said posted in India since 2010 due Chellaiyan was put under suspen- Pakistani authorities have been to “selection procedures”, said sion after the Indian mission in “dilly-dallying” over clearing Memon. Kuwait intervened in the mat- visas for Indian journalists. Asked why the replacements ter and sought the intervention Manzoor Ali Memon, the for the PTI and The Hindu have of Kuwait’s Minister of Justice, press attaché to the Pakistan not yet been cleared, Memon said the Minister of Awqaf and Islamic High Commission, said the Press it is “under process and would be Affairs and the Minister of Amiri Trust of India (PTI) correspond- cleared soon”. Diwan, said a press release issued ent Rezaul Laskar had been in Memon said they had shown by the External Affairs Ministry. Islamabad from September 2007, “every courtesy” to the PTI’s The two Indians were con- and was allowed to stay in their Islamabad correspondent and victed for murdering Sri Lankan country for “five years and nine even allowed him to stay on national Sitheek Masudah. months”, which was much beyond despite his visa having expired the two-three years’ term allowed on March 15. to journalists. Memon said the correspond- Arthritis patient Asked if there was a change ent was also allowed to cover the in the media policy of Pakistan Pakistan elections in May though claims record towards India, Memon said he did not have a valid visa. IANS Bollywood actor John Abraham (left) and former WBA world heavyweight boxing champion David Haye pose “there was nothing like that”. IANS AGRA: Agra pathologist after a press conference for a fitness franchise in Mumbai, yesterday. Pramod Katara, suffering from acute arthritis, said yesterday that he had set a record after sitting for nine hours on a Swiss Ball. SC slaps notice on Bengal govt over panchayat elections Katara, 48, got off the ball last evening after ensuring the feat had been witnessed by neutral NEW DELHI: The Supreme by the Calcutta High Court by the Calcutta High Court. polling booth in normal areas. number of the security personnel umpires and also filmed. He used Court yesterday issued notice its May 14 order. The apex court also issued Meenakshi Arora told the court that will be available for conduct- a 120 cm ball. “It was not easy. to the central and West Bengal Directing that the matter be notice to the chief secretary of that the SEC sought deployment ing elections. I can’t suspend elec- Balancing on the ball needs lot governments on a petition by listed June 28, the apex court West Bengal and the secretary of 241,760 security personnel for tions to local bodies indefinitely,” of concentration and balancing,” the state’s election commission said the central and West Bengal of the state’s ministry of pan- conducting elections to panchay- said the counsel for the SEC. Katara told IANS. seeking adequate security for governments would “apprise it as chayat raj. The high court May ats spread over 60,000 polling “I am not asking for anything “I will now approach the holding panchayat elections in to how they propose to meet the 14 said that in “highly sensitive booths in three phases. beyond what the high court Guinness people to record my the state. deployment of the security forces areas” there would be two armed The court was told that the SEC ordered May 14,” said Arora, add- achievement,” he added. The apex court bench of mentioned by the May 14 order of policemen and two constables for had 145,000 armed and 96,000 ing that 10,000 panchayat seats Katara said he began exercis- Justice A K Patnaik and Justice the high court” and in two subse- each polling booth and in “sensi- unarmed security personnel. had already been decided with- ing on the Swiss Ball to get rid of Ranjan Gogoi issued the notice quent communications from the tive areas” there would be only Arora said the poll panel could out a contest. She said though the acute arthritis. after West Bengal State Election SEC. two armed policemen per polling not suspend the elections for long. West Bengal government gave an The Swiss Ball, developed by an Commission’s (SEC) counsel The West Bengal government booth. “It (holding elections) is a assurance and an undertaking, Italian in 1963, is used for ath- Meenakshi Arora told the court Tuesday suggested a four-phase In the less sensitive areas, one constitutional obligation and it recorded in the high court’s June letic training and exercising leg that the state government was polls instead of three stages as armed personnel and one consta- has to be discharged. I have no 3-4 orders, on June 12 it asked muscles. dragging its feet over providing notified earlier, but the state poll ble would be provided and there problem in (holding elections) in its officers to ignore the advisory IANS security forces though directed panel turned down the proposal in would be only one armed man per more phases but I must know the issued by the SEC May 22. IANS

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Qatari bourse Petrochemical index climbs 0.9 percent production hit DUBAI: Qatar’s benchmark rose yesterday as trading resumed after a one-day holiday during which the Emir handed over power to his son, calming 16.8m tonnes investor nerves. Doha’s index climbed 0.9 per- cent; its biggest one-day gain in Qatar second largest GCC producer two weeks that extended 2013 gains to 10.8 percent. DOHA: Petrochemicals pro- the GCC petrochemicals industry “The message from the out- duction in Qatar hit 16.8m is making positive strides towards going Emir gave confidence and tonnes in 2012, making it the becoming a worldwide market sent the right political and eco- second largest producer in the leader,” said Dr Abdulwahab Al nomic signals,” said Yassir Mckee, GCC downstream sector, after Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA. Wealth Manager at Al Rayan Saudi Arabia. Production in the GCC petro- Financial Brokerage in Doha. The Gulf Petrochemicals and chemicals industry increased by “Investors were a bit concerned Chemicals Association’s (GPCA) 5.5 percent, making 2012 a buoy- about the transition.” annual report highlighted several ant year for this sector despite a No dramatic change is expected strategic plans for development slowdown in global markets due to economic and foreign policies, and expansion in Qatar, including to the recession in Europe, inven- A worker rides a bicycle past gas pipes at Gas Connect Austria’s gas distribution node in Baumgarten some 40km according to analysts, but Mckee the establishment of a regulatory tory discrepancies and a deterio- east of Vienna. Nabucco West, the OMV-led consortium that was bidding to build a pipeline to bring Azeri gas to said new Cabinet members will body for the industry. ration in manufacturing. Europe, has not been selected by the gas field’s operators. give indications of how the coun- One of the key projects which The GCC’s petrochemicals pro- try will move ahead with mega- came on-stream last year was Qatar duction capacity rose to 127.8m projects in preparation for the Petrochemical Company’s (Qapco) tonnes in 2012, up from 121.1m Azeri group rejects Nabucco line 2022 soccer World Cup. inauguration of a new low- density tonnes in 2011. In 2012, global Banks led gainers; Qatar polyethylene LDPE- 3 plant, increas- petrochemical production grew National Bank (QNB) rose three ing their polyolefin production 2.6 percent, lower than the 3.8 VIENNA: The consortium aims to extract 16 billion cubic The Nabucco route had percent to a record closing high. capacity to 1.15m tonnes per annum. percent growth rate in 2011. developing an immense new metres (560 billion cubic feet) planned to transport it from In Egypt, shares in Orascom This plant now has the highest poly- “We are optimistic about the Azeri gas field, part of European of gas per year gas from under the Turkish-Bulgarian border Construction Industries surged olefin production capacity in a single future,” said Dr Sadoun. “Industry efforts to reduce dependence the Caspian Sea. Six billion to Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary 10 percent after Dutch-listed location anywhere in the world. growth will transform the petro- on Russia, rejected yesterday cubic metres will go to Turkey and Austria—a longer and more OCI NV received Egyptian Qapco also plans to expand the chemicals sector, into one that is the proposed Nabucco pipeline from 2018 and the rest will go to expensive 1,300-kilometre (810- regulatory approval to buy out production capacity of its ethylene focused on technology, sustaina- in favour of a shorter, cheaper Europe from 2019, BP says. mile) route, although unlike TAP, shareholders. plant. On completion, this plant bility and enduring partnerships.” route through Greece to Italy. It aims to pump the gas through it was entirely overland. The tender offers OCI NV will enable Qapco to produce up In 2012, Qatar also made strate- According to an announce- an expanded South Caucasus OMV said on Wednesday that shares or 255 Egyptian pounds in to 1m tonne of ethylene every year. gic expansions worldwide, by mak- ment by Austrian company OMV Pipeline (SCP) across Azerbaijan while it accepted the decision of cash for each ordinary Egyptian The Qatar Chemical and ing investments in Southeast Asia. which backs the Nabucco project, and Georgia and through Turkey the consortium, it believed that share in the construction and Petrochemical Marketing and Qatar Petroleum International the Shah Deniz II consortium, through a new pipeline known “the offer which was submitted fertilisers company; it will end Distribution Company, also known signed an agreement with Vietnam has opted for the rival Trans- as Trans Anatolian Pipeline ... met all the selection criteria on July 28. as Muntajat, was established by Oil and Gas Group to purchase a Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The con- (TANAP). It is set to be a key part and was highly competitive.” The OCI shares closed at 238.1 Emiri decree at the end of last 25 percent share in Long Son pet- sortium comprises Britain’s BP, of the “Southern Gas Corridor” owners of Nabucco, long dogged pounds. The 10 percent move year. Muntajat holds the exclusive rochemicals complex in Vietnam. Azerbaijan’s SOCAR, Norway’s from the Caspian Sea to Turkish by problems, had attempted to is the market’s one-day upward rights to purchase, market, distrib- Projects in the pipeline include Statoil and France’s Total. and EU markets. breathe new life into the project limit for shares. ute and sell the country’s chemical the development of a large petro- Sources in Athens also said that Yesterday’s decision to choose by shortening the proposed route. Most other regional bourses and petrochemical products world- chemicals complex in Ras Laffan by the Shah Deniz II had informed TAP means that from Turkey Either route though would have declined; Saudi Arabia’s meas- wide. “As a host of major projects Qatar Petroleum and Qapco. An ole- Greek Prime Minister Antonis the gas will flow from Turkey achieved the aim — supported by ure slipped 0.2 percent, heading come online, along with a collec- fins project, valued at $6.4bn is also Samaras on Wednesday that this through Greece and Albania and Washington — to reduce Europe’s into a sideways trend on a lack tion of significant new agreements, in development by Qapco and Shell. was the case. then under the Adriatic Sea to dependence on gas from Russia. of catalysts. Qatar is a prime example of how THE PENINSULA The Shah Deniz II consortium the heel of south-eastern Italy. AFP REUTERS

Qtel’s legal name changes Qatar commands 10pc of Mideast air charter: PJC DOHA: Qatar commands gives instant and accurate price Arabia and Qatar is gaining savings. He added that clients investment in information to Ooredoo 10 percent of the air charter quotations in several languages, ground as a preferred and cost were getting more tech savvy and technology and high-tech business in the Middle East. including Arabic.” effective alternative to commer- the company’s KSA portal has solutions. DOHA: Qtel, recently The Qatari businessmen make Ross Kelly, Managing Director cial air travel. been designed to cater to their At a very early stage, we devel- rebranded as Ooredoo, yester- around six charter trips a for Middle East, PJC added: “PJC Courtenay said that PJC’s cli- needs. oped a sophisticated state-of-the- day confirmed that the required year on an average,according has access to the largest and most ents make use of the company’s Kelly said that the company’s art aircraft sourcing technology legal and regulatory approv- to Private Jet Charter (PJC), comprehensive fleet of private jets global network as well as its clients from KSA and Qatar come that enabled our aviation consult- als have been obtained and one of the world’s largest inde- anywhere in the world. We are personalised services, which are from all walks of life and from the ants to source available aircraft at the company’s legal name has pendent private jet charter the only private jet company with preferred by discerning travellers widest range of areas of business, the click of a mouse, by aircraft changed to Ooredoo QSC. The brokers. 8 different language sites, includ- compared to regular commercial industry and commerce. He added type, number of seats, year of change was previously approved Hugh Courtenay, Founder and ing Arabic. We are delighted that airline offerings. that PJC client base in KSA and manufacture and from any loca- by shareholders at the company’s Chief Executive, PJC said: “We since the launch of the KSA ver- Courtenay says his company is Qatar includes royal families, tion in the world, which in turn extraordinary general assembly have created a dedicated portal sion of the portal, we have seen a pleased with the growing accept- CEOs, and other members of the provides our clients with instant meeting held on 31 March 2013. for the Saudi market as KSA… We remarkable rise in online requests ance among its Saudi customers affluent segment. details of the most suitable air- are proud to say that we are the for private jets.” of the strategic benefits of char- Kelly added: “The launch of craft available, complete with Oil price dips after only private jet company in the According to the company, ter jet services, particularly in the Saudi version of our portal indicative price.” surprise rise in region with an online system that the air charter business in Saudi terms of convenience and time is an addition to the company’s THE PENINSULA US stockpile Indian rupee hits new record low LONDON: Oil prices slumped yesterday after data showed an MUMBAI: India’s rupee touched a new record low of more unexpected rise in US crude Britain unveils more spending cuts than 60 to the dollar yesterday, deepening the abrupt slide in stocks, which combined with the currency as overseas funds continue to pull out of emerging earlier disappointing economic LONDON: British finance min- speak English are among those straightforward, Britain is mov- markets. Despite government efforts to slow the fall and inter- data to stoke concerns about ister George Osborne unveiled who stand to lose out. ing out of intensive care — and ventions from the central bank in recent weeks, the rupee slid the outlook for demand in the spending cuts yesterday to try Osborne said the budgets of the from rescue to recovery,” Osborne past its previous low of 59.98 against the dollar, struck last week. world’s top consumer. to tame the country’s big pub- justice ministry and local govern- told parliament. In evening trade, the partially-convertible Indian currency hit Brent crude for August deliv- lic deficit, but promised to rein- ment department had been cut by The Conservatives say they a new record low of 60.76, before finally ending Indian trading at ery was down 76 cents at $100.50 vest some of the money saved to a nominal 10 percent, but said the inherited the biggest peacetime 60.72, down 1.88 percent intraday from an opening level of 59.60. a barrel by 1355 GMT. US crude counter criticism of excessive government planned to spend 3 deficit from Labour when they “What we saw on the screens was really bad. No level was hold- was down $1.32 to $94.00 a barrel. austerity. billion pounds on affordable hous- came to power in 2010 and have ing,” said Naveen Mathur from Mumbai’s Angel Broking. Weekly crude stocks rose In a speech to parliament, ing projects. cut it by a third. Their favourite Dealers said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may have inter- 18,000 barrels to 394.14 million interrupted by jibes from oppo- The debate over the cuts, line of attack is that Labour can vened several times in recent days, particularly on Wednesday as barrels, according to the Energy sition Labour party lawmak- which will take effect just weeks never be trusted to manage the the rupee inched closer to the 60 mark. Information Administration ers, Osborne spelled out £11.5bn before the general election in economy again. Asian currencies, including the Indian rupee, have been falling (EIA), while analysts surveyed by ($17.8bn) in cuts for the 2015/16 2015, draws the battle lines for But Labour accuses Prime against the strengthening dollar as the US Federal Reserve looks Reuters had forecast a draw of 1.7 fiscal year, including steps to trim that vote as Labour and the rul- Minister David Cameron’s gov- set to scale back its stimulus plans as the US economy recovers. million barrels. Supplies increased the welfare budget. ing Conservatives try to prove ernment of pushing through too The stimulus, which has seen the US central bank buy billions of in Cushing, Oklahoma, the deliv- Tens of thousands of British their economic credentials to the many cuts too quickly, a tactic it dollars of assets to increase the money supply, had fuelled invest- ery point for the US benchmark pensioners living abroad in warm public. says is stifling growth and delay- ment flows into emerging markets. crude, further weighing on prices. climates and unemployed foreign “While recovery from such ing a recovery. REUTERS THE PENINSULA/REUTERS jobseekers in Britain unable to a deep recession can never be REUTERS THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Higher costs Ford Ecosport launched in India trouble Saudi telecom giant Annual profit of STC falls 43 percent

DUBAI: Saudi Telecom Co it sold shares to the public four (STC) is a company with a mar- years later, and the company is ket capitalisation of $21bn but now 84 percent owned by govern- no permanent chief executive. ment institutions. It has spent billions of dollars The share sale offered a chance to buy foreign assets, but com- to modernise what had been an petitive pressures may force inefficient, slow-moving fiefdom it to focus more on domestic of the state. business. Initial results were promising; Annual profits at Saudi Arabia’s STC nearly quadrupled its profit biggest telecommunications oper- between 2002 and 2006. But in ator have fallen 43 percent from 2005, the government ended their 2006 peak, and its part-pri- STC’s monopoly on mobile serv- vatisation has had only limited ices in the kingdom and the com- success in spurring it to make the pany has found the going harder cost cuts which analysts believe since then. are needed to reverse the slide. Profit plunged 79 percent from STC’s experience has implica- a year earlier in the fourth quar- tions for governments in the Gulf ter of 2012, and this year has which aim to sell shares in state begun inauspiciously, with first- President and Managing Director of Ford India Joginder Singh with newly-launched Ford Ecosport in New Delhi yesterday. Car sales in India slid companies as a way to subject quarter profit down 39 percent by over 12 percent in May, data showed, marking an unprecedented seventh straight month of decline. them to market discipline and because of writedowns on foreign make them more efficient. operations and a 17 percent rise The Saudi government has in operating expenses. begun to privatise parts of Saudi The company’s share price Total eyes UK Arabian Airlines, listing shares of is down eight percent so far Oman sukuk gets regulatory approval its catering unit on the local stock this year, underperforming by market last year. a big margin a 10 percent gain shale gas, But STC’s difficulties suggest by Saudi Arabia’s main stock DUBAI: Oman’s first corpo- close it in July.” The sukuk, rated be welcomed by local Islamic the benefits of privatisation can index. rate sukuk has received regula- BBB+ by Capital Intelligence, will banks, which are eager for access be difficult to achieve, as compa- According to STC’s annual tory approval and the five-year, pay a five percent profit rate and to more sharia-compliant invest- awaits bidding nies may still find it hard to limit report, “other costs” — largely RO50m ($130m) private place- use an ijara structure, a com- ment products while Oman’s staff numbers, streamline opera- consisting of predictable expenses ment aims to close next month, mon Shariah-compliant leasing Islamic money markets are for a stake tions and compete with private such as utility bills and rent of its lead arranger said yesterday. arrangement. underdeveloped. sector rivals. equipment, property and vehicles The sukuk will be issued by Al Madina says it has other Although the threat of mon- PARIS: French oil major Total “While revenue for the STC — rose by more than two-thirds Tilal Development Co and the Omani sukuk in the pipeline, with etary policy tightening in the would like to explore shale gas group is trending up, profit is in 2012. proceeds will be used to repay one deal targeted for later this United States is dampening issu- in Britain but is not currently trending down,” said Paul Budde, Much of the cost problem seems existing debt and expand the year. “We have two more in the ance in other markets, the Tilal in talks to acquire stakes in managing director of Sydney- linked to STC’s high staffing lev- Muscat Grand Mall. If successful, pipeline - one government-related sukuk will weather that because of exploration blocks, a company based telecommunications con- els, a legacy of its state-owned the issue could pave the way for entity and one family-owned com- its specific client base, Mohamed spokesman said yesterday. sultancy BuddeCom. past. Analysts estimate its head other companies in the sultanate pany,” Mohamed said. said. “What we see is that it will Britain’s Daily Telegraph news- “The reality is that they will count at about 16,000, equating to sell Islamic bonds. Tilal Development is 40 per- be a private placement and most paper reported on Tuesday Total have to significantly change their to domestic revenue of SR641,808 “We have already done our cent-owned by sovereign wealth are sharia-sensitive investors.” had held talks with several other cost base in order to stay com- ($171,100) per employee in the roadshows and also got some fund Qatar Investment Authority. Oman began to introduce energy firms to acquire a stake in petitive and profitable. So far, first quarter, according to Reuters commitments from pension Omani domestic investors such Islamic finance last year. The gov- their existing exploration blocks very few telcos have been able to calculations. This compares funds locally,” Mohsin Shaik Sehu as pension funds and insurance ernment has been laying plans to in the UK. do this.” with SR1.61m for each of the Mohamed, head of Islamic finance firms have expressed interest in issue a sovereign sukuk, but that “Total is interested in shale gas The Saudi government spun off 3,500 workers at Etihad Etisalat at Al Madina Investment, told the sukuk and it could have a issue is expected to occur next in the United Kingdom, but we the telecommunications arm of its (Mobily), the country’s second Reuters. broader regional appeal, in partic- year, according to the latest com- are in a phase where we’re are Ministry of Post, Telegraph and biggest operator. “Now the target is to close this ular from Qatar, Mohamed added. ments by officials. thinking about it, we are not in Telephone to create STC in 1998; REUTERS deal. We are trying our best to A corporate sukuk could also REUTERS talks, we are awaiting the bidding rounds,” the spokesman said. “There are several interesting areas for shale gas development and we continue to study care- fully the potential of each to allow Gold nears three-year low, set for record quarterly loss ourselves to be well prepared, in particular in the context of the upcoming onshore round,” the LONDON: Gold hit its lowest needed,” said Simon Weeks, head delivery were also down 3 percent biggest quarterly loss since 16.23 tonnes on Tuesday. That spokesman added. in almost three years yesterday of precious metals at the Bank of at $1,236.70, having hit a low of Reuters data began in 1968. brought the fund’s total outflow Britain’s bid to exploit shale gas and was on course for a record Nova Scotia. $1,223.20. “We bought gold for two “If you look at yields, they are for the year to 381 tonnes. deposits was boosted this month quarterly loss after US data rein- Strong gains in US orders for reasons — because we were worried going higher, and people are more “There has been 550 tonnes when utility Centrica Plc, parent forced expectations for an end to durable goods, the largest annual about the inflationary impact of bullish on the dollar - all of this of gold sold out of ETFs since of British Gas, bought a quarter ultra-loose monetary policy. rise in house prices in seven years policy and because we thought the creates a difficult environment for mid-February,” Natixis analyst stake in a major gas-bearing for- Prices could slide to levels and rising consumer confidence financial system was going to fall gold,” UBS analyst Joni Teves said. Bernard Dahdah said. “That’s the mation in northern England, ahead below $1,000 per ounce, investors fuelled speculation the Fed would apart,” said Sean Corrigan, chief European share markets were equivalent of saying we’ve added of expanded drilling next year. and analysts said, with stock mar- rein in its $85bn monthly bond- investment strategist at Diapason up Wednesday. Gains in global to the gold market an additional The UK energy ministry kets rising and scant potential for buying programme, which had Commodities Management. stock markets this year will be 11 percent on top of 2012’s gold expects to update domestic shale US or European data or develop- helped push gold prices to record “Although it may be completely a signpost of more losses in gold, (mine) output.” gas recovery estimates by the end ments to reverse an accelerating highs in recent years. the wrong judgement, the market analysts say. Demand in number one con- of July, in what is widely expected move out of bullion. Spot gold slumped to its lowest has decided that none of those at The world’s largest gold-backed sumer India is likely to fall this to be a major upgrade. But experts “Equities are up again. People since August 2010 at $1,223.54 an the moment is a concern.” exchange-traded fund, New York’s quarter as the government moves say only exploration drilling can want risk-on and gold is therefore ounce and was down three per- Spot prices have fallen more SPDR Gold Shares, reported the to curb gold imports to reduce a determine the extent of recover- seen as a source of cash and not cent at $1,237.81 an ounce at 1431 than a quarter this year and by biggest one-day drop in its hold- record current account deficit. able deposits. as a safe haven, because that’s not GMT. US gold futures for August 22.8 percent this quarter, their ings in more than two months at REUTERS REUTERS

Rise and decline of Poland Sharp to make China calls for stabilising cutting-edge LCDs in China market conditions TOKYO: Troubled Japanese BEIJING: China said yester- 5.79 percent in intraday trading electronics giant Sharp Corp day that authorities must “sta- Tuesday before paring losses to fin- is to produce cutting-edge bilise market expectations”, ish marginally lower on the day. LCD panels for smartphones after sharp plunges in the coun- The frantic selling was in a Chinese joint venture from try’s key stock market spooked prompted by investor panic that as early as 2015, a report said investors. China’s economy could become yesterday. The State Council, or cabinet, engulfed in a credit crunch. Sharp will provide its prized described China’s economic situ- For more than two weeks, IGZO panel technology to a ation in 2013 as “steady overall” funds have been in short supply new Nanjing factory being built in a statement released after a on China’s interbank market and by local giant Nanjing China meeting chaired by Premier Li the interest rates banks charge to Electronics Panda Group, the Keqiang. “We must maintain lend to each other have surged to Nikkei newspaper said. policy continuity and stability and record highs. Sharp will receive tens of bil- stabilise market expectations,” But instead of pumping money lions of yen (hundreds of millions the statement continued, though into the system, the central of dollars) in licensing fees for did not specifically mention People’s Bank of China (PBoC), sharing its energy-efficient and this week’s sharp stock market had stood by, as recently as high-quality IGZO, the newspa- declines brought about by fears Monday ruling out providing per said. Some of the funds would of a liquidity crisis. fresh cash and ordering banks go towards acquiring a nearly 10 China’s benchmark Shanghai to put their financial houses in percent stake in the plant opera- Composite Index fell a fur- order. tor, it said. ther 0.41 percent Wednesday to After financial markets closed The factory will be able to churn Shop assistant Malgorzata Zbikowska presents shoes to a customer in Roman Markowski’s shoe store, Step 1,951.50, its lowest close in nearly Tuesday, however, the bank out the equivalent of five million In, in Warsaw. Markowski’s shoe-selling business mirrors the fortunes of Poland’s economy over the past four-and-a-half years, following sought to calm nerves, saying in panels for 10-inch tablet comput- 20 years: built in the wreckage of communism, it prospered through years of hearty consumer spending and steep falls the previous two days. a statement that the situation ers per month, the Nikkei said. now the slowdown has left it in deep trouble. The index closed 5.3 percent lower would “gradually” improve. AFP on Monday and then fell another AFP THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 31

Germany growth forecast trimmed Recession in French jobless Spain easing: central bank total at record MADRID: Spain’s job-destroy- ing recession is set to ease in the second quarter of 2013 as activity improves, the Bank of Spain said yesterday, adding its high in May voice to an optimistic chorus emerging from the government. The central bank saw light ahead for Spain, wallowing since 33,000 hired in last few months 2011 in a double-dip recession, which has pushed the unemploy- PARIS: The number of unem- theree million mark last August ment rate to towering record of ployed people in mainland then hit an alltime high in March more than 27 percent. France was stable in May with and another in April. “Latest information related to a negligible rise of 100 peo- The unemployment rate, which the second quarter points overall ple, just nudging the total to a is published quarterly and based on to an improvement in most indi- new all-time high of 3,264,500, International Labour Organisation cators of demand and activity and labour ministry data showed (ILO) standards, hit a 14-year high an easing in the pace of contrac- yesterday. of 10.8 percent in the first quar- tion,” it said in a monthly report. The figures, coming after two ter of 2013, its highest level since The message arrived one week years of uninterrupted monthly early 1999. The INSEE national after the International Monetary rises, leave the number of job- statistics agency sees it hitting 11.1 Fund said the Spanish reces- seekers at the worst level since percent before the year ends. sion may be coming to an end records began in 1996 and will add Hollande said last week he still Containers are pictured at a terminal in the harbour of Hamburg. Germany’s Ifo institute has trimmed while warning that the “outlook to doubts over President Francois believed he could meet a goal to its forecast for economic growth this year to 0.6 percent because Europe’s largest economy had a sub- remains difficult”. Hollande’s pledge to reverse the have unemployment show a clear dued first quarter and only narrowly avoided a recession, it said yesterday. Prime Minister Mariano trend by year-end. drop by the end of 2013, noting Rajoy’s conservative government “This stabilisation in May comes that meant a drop lasting more is touting signs of recovery in within a trend which remains a than a couple of months. Spain after applying a bitter med- rising one and will remain so for In a sign of his determination, icine of austerity to curb a bulging the months to come,” the ministry having already missed growth and UBS fined over hidden accounts deficit, sparking mass protests. said in a statement. deficit goals, he has authorised Economy Minister Luis de Europe’s No. 2 economy, which raising the labour ministry’s 2014 Guindos last week said Spain, slipped into a shallow recession in budget by ¤1bn, despite the quest PARIS: France’s banking regulatory arm, had been alerted the former budget minister the eurozone’s fourth-largest the first quarter as output shrank to slash overall spending, so that watchdog said yesterday it had to the accounts between 2002 and Jerome Cahuzac who in April was economy, which has yet to recover 0.2 percent, has been hit by a more funds can be injected into a fined the French branch of 2007. himself placed under investigation from the blow of a 2008 property steady stream of industrial lay- state-assisted youth jobs scheme. Swiss bank UBS ¤10m ($13m) The investigating magistrates for tax fraud. crash, was emerging from the offs in recent months as domestic He has also promised to for helping hundreds of well- handling the UBS affair have sent After months denying the alle- recession. demand and export markets flag. improve jobseeker training and heeled clients to hide money in a list containing 353 names of gations, Cahuzac had admitted Budget Minister Cristobal The jobs crisis has become mobility. undeclared Swiss accounts. people suspected of having held a to opening an undeclared Swiss Montoro agreed, saying the econ- Hollande’s biggest headache a The labour ministry said that The bank immediately hit back Swiss account and have requested bank account in 1992. omy was at a turning point. year into his term, turning opin- some 33,000 young people have in a statement, protesting what it details from the Swiss authorities. He said that after Switzerland The latest Bank of Spain ion against him, particularly been hired in the last few months said was a disproportionate fine. The ACP said yesterday that pledged to cooperate with for- report said household and retail among low-income households, on the state-aided jobs. It said It also described the decision the bank had been “lax” in tak- eign tax authorities in 2009 he confidence in April and May and putting a strain on state other indicators suggested hiring as “contentious” and said it would ing corrective measures, adding had transferred about ¤600,000 had improved slightly since the finances just as he is battling to had recovered to some degree in lodge an appeal before the Council that the management “had waited ($770,000) to Singapore. first quarter, a positive sign for cut back the deficit. May after sliding in March and of State, which acts as France’s top 18 months to put in controls to Switzerland’s financial sector consumption which has col- Over two years of uninter- April, and it noted a rise in tem- authority for administrative justice. rectify this trans-border activity.” is a traditional refuge for foreign lapsed under the weight of mass rupted rises, unemployment has porary employment. The minis- UBS France has been placed The French probe was depositors and it has fought to unemployment. risen by more than half a million try data is the most frequently under formal investigation for launched after allegations from defend its long-cherished princi- Even in the devastated prop- in the country of 66 million. reported jobs indicator in France, trying to persuade rich clients to a former UBS employee turned ple of secrecy by giving ground erty sector, the Bank of Spain The May data marked a slight though it is not prepared according evade taxes through undeclared whistleblower. in some areas but refusing to said the available data pointed respite after several months of to ILO standards nor expressed as accounts in the small Alpine The issue jumped back to the allow the automatic handover of to a moderation in the slump in strong rises since jobless claims a percentage of job seekers. nation. top of the government’s agenda in account details. construction investment. soared past the psychological REUTERS The ACP, the Bank of France’s the wake of a scandal surrounding AFP AFP

Scepticism about Abenomics

A homeless man lies on the floor under an arcade in downtown Tokyo, yesterday. Scepticism is grow- ing about whether Abenomics (Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies) really is the answer to Japan’s sluggish economy. Ireland warms up to bank probe

DUBLIN: Ireland could try conversations in September 2008 The revelations are also seen to beef up an inquiry into the between executives at the now- as damaging to Ireland’s efforts 2008 rescue of failed banks that liquidated Anglo Irish Bank. to secure more European funds eventually forced the coun- In the tapes, Anglo executives to recapitalise the banks, wrecked try into an EU bailout, after joked about how much cash would when a property bubble burst after embarrassing revelations that be needed to keep the bank afloat, years of reckless lending, and so cut a major lender may have misled and sang the German national the debt it took on to bail them out. the central bank. anthem and laughed as they dis- The Irish have remained san- With public outrage growing cussed money flowing in from other guine through the country’s deep over bankers who were taped countries after a guarantee of economic crisis, rarely taking to laughing about the unfolding cri- deposits. Rescuing Anglo and two the streets in protest, but reac- sis, a government source said a other banks eventually cost tax- tion to the so-called ‘Anglo Tapes’ referendum rejected by voters in payers some ¤30bn — almost one- has shown there is latent anger 2011 to give lawmakers powers to fifth of annual output — and led among voters. point the finger of blame at indi- to Ireland’s ¤85bn IMF/EU bailout Distracted by a presidential viduals might be re-run. in late 2010. The executives have election on the same day, the gov- “Once the referendum was denied any wrongdoing or intention ernment ran a lacklustre cam- defeated, the attitude of govern- to mislead the central bank. paign in 2011 on a referendum ment was to accept that, but the Yesterday, the paper’s headline that proposed giving parliament manner in which this has burst cited Anglo’s then-chief executive, powers to examine the conduct into the public domain again David Drumm, saying “Another of individuals and make findings requires government to look at day, another billion”. of fact against them. Voters were every option,” the source said. The remarks are likely to stoke also swung by a late intervention Concerns over how robust any more fury among Ireland’s 4.6 from a group of former Attorneys parliamentary inquiry will be million people, many of whom General who warned that the have come to the fore after the have had salaries cut and faced a change to the constitution would Irish Independent newspaper raft of tax hikes to help pay debts give politicians too much power. released transcripts of phone resulting from the rescue. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Strike plans Central Bank of Sri Lanka projects high growth stir unease in Portugal 10-year bond yields surge

LISBON: Portugal’s fourth pay and that is something many general strike in two years workers’ families now simply today will highlight the dilemma cannot afford in the third year faced by the government, which of Portugal’s worst recession imposed dramatic austerity since the 1970s, and the unions’ measures to return to finan- demands for urgent moves to cial markets after a 2011 bailout boost growth may fall on deaf ears. only to see its bond yields soar “We’ll call for a new govern- this month. ment, because this one is the While unlikely to be eco- death blow to the youth and to nomically-crippling or violent, the country,” Vieira, who has the planned strike and protests been unemployed for over a year, should send a loud reminder to one of the record 42 percent of the administration that the popu- Portuguese youth who are now lation blames an economic slump jobless. and record unemployment on its It will be the second time spending cuts and tax hikes. the two largest labour unions, Its argument that the sacri- with over one million members fices have made it possible for the between then, have held a joint country to resume financing via general strike against the gov- bonds and start paving the way ernment, which came to power Men work at a construction site at Colombo port yesterday. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is projecting the economy will grow 7.5 percent this year, out of the European Union and right after Lisbon resorted to an much higher than the IMF’s 6.3 percent forecast. International Monetary Fund’s international bailout in mid-2011. bailout programme by mid-2014 Despite record low approval as planned, is wearing thin. ratings, the centre-right coali- Bond yields have spiked across tion has a comfortable majority the periphery of Europe’s sin- in parliament and is practically Nakheel gle currency zone since the US immune to the opposition’s calls Young funds bet big on Federal Reserve said it would to unseat it. in talks to wind down injections of cheap Portugal’s 10-year bond yield money that investors used to buy has soared from three-year lows refinance risky bonds. Portugal’s yields have of around five percent, reached free-spending seniors risen more than most. in May when the country sold its “If we think about it, our future first syndicated benchmark bond $2.2bn loans is a dark, living-under-the-bridge since the bailout, to almost seven PARIS/LONDON: Their birth and part of the reason for that is of old people — though it has shied kind of future... But we don’t stop percent now — its highest since DUBAI: Dubai’s state-owned heralded the longest phase of because they had money invested away from doing so thus far. believing, fighting and demand- December. Still, the yield is well property firm Nakheel, is in economic growth in living mem- in the stock market during the “Other funds have attempted ing,” said Catarina Vieira, 24, who below last year’s record of over talks with banks to refinance ory. Now, 65 years on, wealthy 1980s and 1990s when shares this, but they typically had too plans to take part in rallies and 17 percent. loans worth Dh8bn ($2.2bn) that “Baby Boomers” are doing the were doing exceptionally well,” narrow a way of looking at age- picket lines yesterday. “Thank God Portugal got its are due in 2015, the chairman of feeble global economy another said Johan Utterman, portfolio ing,” said Vafa Ahmadi, head of Analysts expect the one-day 10-year bond sold, it wouldn’t the company said yesterday. good turn, according to some manager of the Lombard Odier thematic and sector allocation stoppage to close many pub- stand a chance in hell to do Ali Rashid Lootah said the fund managers. Golden Age Fund. funds at CPR Asset Management. lic services, halt trains and the that now,” said Nicholas Spiro, company was in discussions with Millions of newly-retired Golden Age returned 34 “They didn’t consider ageing Lisbon metro and halve bus serv- Managing Director at Spiro local and international banks Europeans, North Americans and percent from its inception in except through health care in ices in the capital, but involve lit- Sovereign Strategy in London. but declined to give any further Japanese are breaking open bulg- November 2009 through the the larger sense, whether drugs tle participation by the private On Tuesday, Finance Minister details. ing pension pots, spelling big prof- end of May while Silver Age had or retirement homes.” sector or major utilities. Vitor Gaspar downplayed the rise Nakheel agreed a $16bn debt its for investors who can spot the gained nearly 50 percent since it Widening the net to the early State-owned airline TAP has in the yield, telling parliament he restructuring in 2011 and has companies best placed to cater to kicked off activities a month later. retirement years allowed the warned of possible disruption but expected to resume regular bond scaled back grandiose plans such their spending habits. Both have, however, lost ground in fund to make leisure and savings not cancelled any flights. auctions this year. as building a one-kilometre high A small but fast-growing class the equity markets rout in recent stocks key portfolio themes along Striking means losing a day’s REUTERS tower after becoming a high of mutual funds is buying shares in weeks — roughly five percent and with pharmaceuticals, health- profile corporate casualty of the firms with most to gain from age- six percent respectively. care equipment and wellbeing Dubai property crash in 2009. ing populations, from drugmaker Similar funds in Europe include - which includes cosmetics com- QATARI MARKET The loans being refinanced was Roche and Norwegian Cruise Schroder International Selection panies such as France’s L’Oreal Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P part of the agreement reached Line to funeral operator Service Fund Global Demographic and Germany’s Beiersdorf. Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 103.31 0.84 % Aa2 AA with about 30 banks. “We are Corporation International. Opportunities and, in Asia, the Beiersdorf, the maker of Nivea looking to refinance this debt and While the subject may not be somewhat more broadly themed face and body lotions, “under- Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 103.75 2.03 % Aa2 AA are talking to banks,” Lootah said racy, the returns can be, with two Chang Xin Jinli Equity Fund, stood as well as L’Oreal and per- Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.50 2.87 % Aa2 AA in a telephone conversation. of Europe’s biggest such funds, which has some $900m under haps better that they needed to Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.25 3.17 % Aa2 AA Lootah had said in February Lombard Odier’s Golden Age fund management. provide something that was less Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 106.25 3.64 % Aa2 AA that the company would look to and CPR Asset Management’s CPR, while investing only in top of the range in terms of price Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 152.50 5.09 % Aa2 AA extend the loans as the original Silver Age fund, achieving respec- European equities, says the old and which was focused on men,” Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 115.00 5.34 % Aa2 AA tenure was very short. tive returns about double and four age theme is broad enough to Ahmadi said. Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 106.50 5.31 % Aa2 AA Debts held by Nakheel, owned times the equivalent 13 percent of allow a diverse portfolio. The “This is what we like, when at the time by flagship conglomer- the Eurostoxx index since their fund has considered buying some (the ageing trend) impacts the Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.00 1.53 % Aa2 AA ate Dubai World, helped trigger 2009 launch. Japanese stocks — given that business model - you find real Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 109.00 3.55 % Aa2 AA the emirate’s 2009 debt crisis. “The over-65s tend to have Japan is the country whose popu- deposits of growth,” he said. Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.63 1.60 % A1 A- REUTERS much higher disposable income lation has the highest proportion REUTERS Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 102.00 2.81 % A1 A- QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.25 1.94 % NR NR QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.50 1.62 % Aa3 A+ QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 102.50 2.65 % Aa3 A+ Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 102.00 2.93 % A2 A- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.75 1.88 % A2 A Standard Chartered brushes off China fears Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 121.50 3.81 % A2 A Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 104.25 4.10 % A2 A LONDON: Standard Chartered target of 10 percent profit and Standard Chartered’s finance The profitability of banks in Asia Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 100.00 5.00 % A2 A brushed off fears that a slow- revenue growth. chief Richard Meddings said on has been squeezed by ultra-easy Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 105.75 0.85 % Aa3 A down in China’s economy would US activist investor group Wednesday actions being taken monetary policy in the West, Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 107.00 3.54 % Aa3 A hit the Asia-focused lender Muddy Waters has bet against by the government in China were which has created a flood of cheap Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.50 4.09 % Aa3 A hard and said it would meet the bank, saying that a slowdown appropriate and its interventions money that has pressured mar- analysts’ expectations for the in China would lead to “consid- in the inter-bank lending market gins for banks competing to lend SOVEREIGNS full-year following an improved erable stress” at the London- would not materially affect the to fast-growing emerging markets. Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P second-quarter. based lender. A cash crunch in bank’s ability to borrow there. Standard Chartered, which has Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 103.75 0.61 % Aa2 AA The bank, which makes about China’s money market over the “We think these are very good been one of the most consistent Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.50 2.54 % Aa2 AA four-fifths of its earnings in Asia last three weeks and consequent reforms that are being introduced. performers during the financial and the Middle East, said it was sharp rise in borrowing costs, has I think what it points to is per- crisis, said revenue for the first Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.50 2.79 % NR NR on track to meet forecasts for sent Chinese stocks to four-year haps slower growth but on a more six months of 2013 was expected Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 104.50 3.64 % NR NR full-year operating profit of about lows and spilled over into global sustainable level,” Meddings told to rise by about five percent. Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 115.50 5.17 % NR NR $8bn but would miss its usual markets. reporters on a conference call. REUTERS Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 105.00 5.72 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.25 1.23 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 111.00 3.99 % NR BBB Gem finds high-value diamond Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 98.50 5.77 % NR BBB Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 79.50 9.95 % Caa1 CCC+ BANGALORE: Miner Gem Diamonds Ltd said it recovered a 100 carat Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 99.00 4.66 % NR BBB- diamond from its Letseng mine in Lesotho, sending its shares up as *Periodic Distribution Amount • Bullion - Mumbai much as eight percent. The discovery of the rough diamond on June 22 is IMPORTANT NOTE: Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 28025 the third diamond of over 100 carats in size to be recovered from Letseng Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which Silver (1 kg) Rs. 45000 is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services since May. A 164 carat diamond from Lesotho sold for $9m last month. • Indian Rupees QR1 = 16.53 Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary “The recovery of three diamonds each with a likely price-tag in data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising • Sensex the $6m to $10m range should be viewed against total 2012 revenue out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not BSE 19245.70 of $202m,” Citigroup analyst Jon Bergtheil said. “The three diamonds take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds NSE 5822.25 can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant alone could come to represent more than 13 percent of 2012 turnover.” liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not • Short-term investment plan from LIC International upto 6.4 percent Letseng’s June export achieved an average price of $2,087 per carat, a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and return p.a. (in dollar) for a total value of $22m, compared with an average price of $1,599 consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. • Housing loan from HDFC LTD per carat for the first three tenders in the year, Gem Diamonds said • Mutual Fund: Buy & Sell: SBI MF, HDFC MF, UTI MF, Birla Sun Life MF, in a statement. “Mining will steadily increase in the higher value Tata MF, Reliance MF etc. and higher grade satellite pipe in the second half of this year, and it • Advise on Indian Income Tax matters for NRIs. is anticipated that revenues will therefore show a resulting increase,” Contact: Investec, Tel: 44325060/44365060 email: [email protected] Chief Executive Clifford Elphick said. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 33

Can philanthropists Tax havens are here to be that ruthless? BY FELIX SALMON stay, thanks to City UK harles Kenny and Justin Sandefur have taken over the cover of the latest issue of Foreign Policy, with a classic BY MARK DONNE appealed to City financial identities to assist today we will get that because there will of the QTWTAIN genre. in “derivative securities, securities market be a lot of push-back from companies that C The version of their 4,000-word article (which is free, he British media is now in mov- and the regulatory and administrative envi- have beneficial ownership.” These comments, behind a registration wall): No, Silicon Valley cannot save the ing-on mode on the issue of tax ronment”. Hence David Cameron is enjoying completely at odds with how the “deal” was world. havens. It would do well to pause, something of a press glow; his management broadly reported, are compounded by the Still, there are some very good development innovations out be less excitable about the pan- of the rolling tax avoidance scandal has been premise that the territories are independ- there; the surprising thing is that you’re likely to find them not tomime of brand shaming and first-class, for two reasons. ent in the first place. Sticking with Cayman, in Palo Alto but rather in Washington DC. The strongest point Tactually examine the depth to which tax First, he is always quickest out of the during 2012 while I was making my docu- that the article makes is simply that you can’t easily apply Silicon havenry is hardwired into our economic traps to condemn those exposed as “tax mentary, its sovereign budget, drafted by Valley techniques to development. model and columns of state. Among the dodgers”, often deploying language such as a directly elected ministerial cabinet was If you look at the bright ideas of the recent past, many of them millions of column inches generated in the “repellent” or “repugnant”. The fact, his gov- twice rejected by the Foreign Office in have failed — which is entirely typical of Silicon Valley. past two years on this issue, three words ernment legislated to make tax avoidance London. The problem is that the people who develop and fund those you will not find in sequential order are far easier for large transnationals is again When McKeeva Bush, the Premier of bright ideas tend to be the winners of the Silicon Valley lottery, “City of London”. Extraordinary, when one overlooked by most media. Cameron takes the island, was arrested for alleged corrup- tend to think that their ideas are golden, and are loathe to kill considers the critical advantage our tax credit for deploying strong adjectives. tion days after a meeting with Cameron them off. As Kenny and Sandefur write: haven network offers the preponderance Second, most likely due to his twin vulner- in London, the Foreign Office-appointed When working with new technologies and approaches, we of offshore lawyers and accountants that abilities of a personal offshore inheritance “governor” imposed a replacement without should expect lots of failures. Tech entrepreneurs are used to a cluster the Square Mile, siphoning off the and poor legislative record, he is careful to any electoral process or consultation with culture of failure. rewards of capital flight. And that network always be seen to “own” the issue; never on the Cayman people. Whitehall can reject a But the advantage of the system in which they operate is the that is growing, not receding. the back foot reacting, always proactive in sovereign budget and impose a head of state, market test. As a rule, the bad ideas go bankrupt (if sometimes Back in 2008, in the epicentre of the hunting down the bad guys; even confront- but when it comes to global tax negotiations only after the multibillion-dollar IPO). But by moving the model financial crisis, the City of London set up a ing our own union flag-flying network of tax it is on its knees, tinkering and appealing to development, we’ve taken tech entrepreneurs’ high tolerance new identity, City UK, to promote its affairs havens with his recent “clampdown” agree- for co-operation. If the political will existed, for failure and penchant for hyping harebrained schemes to an and sanctioned an immediate £500,000 per ment. The premier of the Cayman Islands all UK territories could be forced to comply arena where the market test is considerably diluted. annum grant. This body is “independent” and made clear after the meeting just how much with any regulations in a heartbeat. They Ideas get funding from Kickstarter and philanthropies on the private and so it’s exempt from freedom of of a clampdown had been secured: “All of will not be, because despite nearly half of the basis of their appeal to donors and philanthropists in the West information legislation, but City of London us have the ability to insert reservations in 73 jurisdictions listed in the global Financial rather than consumers in Africa. Corporation heads sit at the top of its govern- whatever agreements we reach and we get Secrecy Index being directly connected to And that’s what leads to the Soccket, the PlayPump, and One ing bodies, beside the major players in glo- to negotiate each of the individual agree- the UK, these places are too important to Laptop per Child. bal tax avoidance such as Ernst and Young, ments with each country.” the City and the economic model successive One of the joys of the cover story is the way in which it elegantly Deloitte and KPMG. As established UK tax This view was further verified by a rare UK governments have been devoted to. dismantles these innovations, using a combination of empirical havens are politely asked to show the world insight from a UK journalist, Channel 4 That is the elephant in the room of the evidence and simple logic. (“You can get a solar-powered lamp for some leg on transparency, City UK, with its News correspondent Gary Gibbon, who tax debate. And all the while the City enjoys $10. It isn’t clear why anyone would pay 10 times that for a light unparalleled expertise in the ways of the off- managed to accost the deputy premier of an estimated £93m lobbying war chest, it is whose power source you have to kick around for half an hour to shore world, is busily setting up a new “global the Turks and Caicos Islands, who explained safe to assume that Cameron will remain get less illumination.”) financial centre” in Nairobi, Kenya. It has that in terms of the deal: “We cannot say reluctant to budge it. THE GUARDIAN But after scolding “tech gurus” for being “wildly overoptimistic” in the first half of the article, it’s then a little jarring for Kenny and Sandefur to start getting all starry-eyed themselves in the second half, talking up a tiny division of USAID as the engine which, even if it won’t save the world, could at least save millions of lives and have an enormous positive impact on development. Kenny and Sandefur run down a list of three bright ideas funded by a Washington venture capital fund called Development Innovation Ventures; all of them seem very promising. But the whole point of the first half of the article is that prom- ising bright ideas are all too easy to come by, in the development world: the difficult thing is identifying which ones aren’t work- ing — and then killing those ideas with all the ruthlessness of a Silicon Valley venture capitalist. And there’s nothing in the article which shows DIV being par- ticularly good at that. This area — of judging non-profit development projects by their empirical outcomes — is one where GiveWell has probably done more work than anyone. And if you read down their analyses, you’ll learn quite quickly that it’s an incredibly hard thing to do. Kenny and Sandefur make it seem that “rigorous testing” is something which can be implemented relatively easily — but in reality it ranges from the incredibly difficult to the downright impossible. Remember that even in carefully-designed peer-reviewed set- tings, most published research findings are false. And when you’re out in the field, trying to create a replicable test — which of necessity will involve withholding aid from a control group of people who likely need it — becomes extremely fraught on both a practical and a moral level. In other words, what the article lacks is not only some kind of evidence that DIV’s bright ideas would not have been funded without it. It also could use, ironically enough, a rigorous demonstration that DIV is particularly good at rigorous testing, and that as a result it’s measurably more effective than the Silicon Valley crew. If Kenny and Sandefur really want to differentiate DIV from the rest of the field, they’re going to need to talk much more about its failures, and about the well-intentioned projects which it cold- bloodedly defunded for the greater good of the larger programme. Otherwise, we’re left basically where we started, telling feel- good stories. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate The darkness behind fracking’s silver lining

BY RICHARD SCHIFFMAN the continuing natural gas boom sympathetic to the benefits of than burning coal if leakages are attention. There has been an eye- 60 percent of the methane in the from fracking. Lured by record fracking, others, like the Sierra above 3.2 percent of the total out- opening 17 percent methane leak air, according to the EPA. The O2 levels in the atmos- low prices, about 150 US coal- Club, assert that, far from serving put, according to a Proceedings of rate from oil and gas operations lion’s share of that comes from phere topped 400 parts fired power plants have switched as a bridge to renewables, the glut the National Academy of Sciences in the Los Angeles area, accord- fossil fuel production. Ingraffea, per million on May 19, to natural gas in the last three of cheap gas is more likely to kill study. ing to a paper by NOAA scientist whose specialty is rock fracture Cfor the first time since years. Gas produces half the CO2 off alternative fuels. Given the crucial importance of Jeff Peischl, published in the May mechanics, was contracted in the the Pleistocene era, over 2.5 mil- that coal does when burned, and Bill McKibben, the founder of this question, it is odd that there issue of the Journal of Geophysical mid-1980s by the Department of lion years ago. President Barack almost none of the sooty par- the climate action group 350.org, is virtually no hard data from Research. Energy to conduct research that Obama’s historic speech on cli- ticulates, which contribute to says we must break our addic- the gas companies. They are not Los Angeles’s leaky pipes may be served as a basis for current shale mate change today highlights his asthma and other respiratory ill- tion to fossil fuels. “Natural gas,” required to measure methane loss typical of other cities, or not. What fracking practices. growing focus on this issue for nesses. It’s been a good year for McKibben says, “provides at best from their wells. we do know is that methane levels The gas industry-sponsored his second term. Climate scien- Big Energy. a kind of fad diet, where a danger- The Environmental Protection in the atmosphere, after briefly website Energy in Depth called tists have long regarded that 400 US production of natural gas ously overweight patient loses a Agency in April lowered its own stabilising from 1999 to 2006, have the study “a pretty poor piece number as the symbolic threshold. rose 4.9 percent in 2012, accord- few pounds and then their weight estimate of the problem, based on been rising. Perhaps not coinciden- of work,” claiming it “has been One step beyond, and it would ing to a new report from BP, stabilises. Instead, we need at this “tighter pollution controls insti- tally, the upswing started just as fully debunked and discredited.” be virtually impossible to put contributing to the biggest sin- point a crash diet, difficult to do.” tuted by the industry.” But the the current boom in natural gas On the contrary, Ingraffea told the brake on human-generated gle-year increase in petroleum But necessary, McKibben insists. agency’s analysis has been widely drilling was getting underway. me, the latest research from the climate change. The bad news production in American history. Natural gas is, of course, a fos- criticised by environmentalists. If methane continues to increase field has only borne out their ini- escalated last week when the Fracking supporters say the boom sil fuel. Benign when it is burned, In recent years, few local moni- at its current rate, Scientific tial fears about the scope of the International Energy Agency in gas drilling will ensure that the that is. Natural gas is mostly toring studies have been done. One American reports, within the problem. reported that global emissions of US is energy independent and methane (CH4), a smog-forming conducted jointly by the National next 20 years it will contribute a Howarth and Ingraffea are due carbon dioxide rose 1.4 percent in energy secure in the decades to greenhouse gas 70 times as potent Oceanic and Atmospheric whopping 44 percent of the green- out shortly with a new methane 2012, the largest annual increase come. Even some environmental- as CO2 in the critical first decade Administration (NOAA) and the house gas load produced by the US emissions study, which will include on record. ists view natural gas as “a bridge after it enters the atmosphere. University of Colorado Boulder, Natural gas production isn’t the measurements made in small air- The good news, by contrast, fuel” that can help ease our tran- During fracking, most of the in the Denver-Julesburg gas field, only way that methane gets into craft flying over Pennsylvania’s is that while CO2 emissions rise sition from high-carbon sources, methane is captured, or burned and another in the Uinta Basin of the air. fracking zone. elsewhere, in the US at least like coal and oil, to the renewa- off through flaring. Utah, by a second team at those After drilling, the next biggest This is just one of a half-dozen they have been going down, and ble energy of the future. But this But some of the volatile gas institutions, reported leakage anthropogenic source is cattle projects now in the works, which are now at their lowest level in argument remains contentious in escapes by venting into the air. rates of 4 percent and 9 percent ranching. In the US alone, domes- will help establish scientific data more than two decades. The US, the environmental community. If the venting rate is low, frack- of total production, respectively. ticated cattle belch out 5.5 million about whether fracking is the however, has succeeded in low- Though the Environmental ing is a net plus for the climate. Natural gas leaks in urban metric tons of methane each year. boon that industry says it is. ering CO2 emissions because of Defence Fund, for example, is But fracking is actually worse areas are also gaining increasing But human activities produce REUTERS THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 34 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Boxing: Mayweather, Inbee the player to beat Alvarez begin Women’s US Open: The South Korean star looking for third major title hype for showdown NEW YORK: It is very difficult Asked if she felt any extra to look beyond South Korea’s pressure coming into this week, WASHINGTON: Undefeated Park Inbee as a likely winner of Inbee replied: “I’ve had a lot of fighters Floyd Mayweather and this week’s US Women’s Open wins this year and that’s definitely Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, set for a in Sebonack, New York where taken a lot of pressure off of me.” September 14 showdown at Las the world number one will be She added: “Coming into this Vegas, are hyping the world title bidding to clinch her third season after last season I was Paula Creamer bout with a tour that launched major crown of the year. really doubting myself if I could hits a shot in New York and Washington. Inbee has dominated the wom- do as good as last year, but I’ve during a practice Mexico’s Alvarez, whose nick- en’s game this season, triumphing done a lot better ... that’s taken a round prior name is spanish for “Cinnamon”, five times on the US LPGA Tour, lot of pressure off of me, and it’s to the start of will defend his World Boxing and she will tee off in today’s just been helping my game a lot.” the 2013 US Council and World Boxing opening round at Sebonack Inbee, who at 19 became the Women’s Open Association super welterweight Country Club fresh from victory youngest ever winner of the at Sebonack titles against Mayweather in a at the Walmart NW Arkansas US Women’s Open with a four- pay-per-view show on Mexican Golf Club in Championship on Sunday. shot victory in the 2008 edition Independence Day weekend. Southampton, “I’ve played very good golf the at Interlachen Country Club in Mayweather, 44-0 with 26 last two or three months,” Inbee, Edina, Minnesota, triumphed New York. knockouts, has relied upon 24, told reporters at Sebonack twice on the 2012 LPGA Tour. Mexican fight fans, many cheer- yesterday while preparing for This year, she has been vir- ing for his rivals, to help make the third women’s major of the tually unstoppable, landing five him the world’s highest-paid ath- year. “Everything’s going the way titles in 12 starts on the circuit lete, with Sports Illustrated esti- I really want it to. after dramatically improving her mating he will make $90m this “I’m hitting the ball and strik- driving accuracy and the preci- year. ing it great and putting it very sion of her long game. Mayweather, who was jailed well. Especially last week, I hit “I was having a lot of trou- Stacy Lewis, who was replaced day she’s up there on the lead- most likely, tough pin positions. last June on domestic violence the ball very well and that gave ble with my tee shot, missing it at the top of the rankings by erboard again. She’s just always “It’s a second-shot golf course, charges, will make the bout the me a lot of confidence coming into right with push-type of balls,” said Inbee earlier this year, has been there, always giving herself a which I think suits my game second in a six-fight deal with this week. Inbee, an eight-times champion hugely impressed by the Korean’s chance, and nothing really seemed pretty well,” said Lewis, a double telecaster Showtime that could “This is the best I’m playing in on the LPGA Tour. “But I fixed consistency. to faze her. winner on the 2013 LPGA Tour. bring him record profits by the my career so far, and I’m trying that a lot and I am able to hit a “For the players, it’s frustrating “That’s the big thing. She just “You don’t have to drive it perfect conclusion of the deal. to keep this going.” lot more fairways. to see someone sit there and win makes putt after putt after putt, off the tees, but you’ve got to play Alvarez, 42-0 with one drawn Inbee, who won last month’s “I’ve also been giving myself week after week after week,” said and she’s there at the end of the smart into the greens. and 30 knockouts, suffered the LPGA Championship at Locust a lot of opportunities for birdie, the 28-year-old Lewis, who won day.” “You can take it off of ridges, only blemish on his record in Hill where she beat Briton whereas before I was putting for her only major title at the 2011 Situated on Peconic Bay in you can go multiple ways to get 2006 with a draw in his fifth pro- Catriona Matthew in a three-hole pars all the time. Now I have a Kraft Nabisco Championship. eastern Long Island, Sebonack the ball close, and I like that. I fessional bout and hopes to end sudden death play-off, is aiming lot of opportunities at birdies. My “But she’s making good putts and Country Club will tease the play- think it brings in another aspect Mayweather’s magical run. to become only the fourth player long game I think has improved she’s steady. ers off the tee this week with its of the game that the US Opens “In boxing everybody has their to claim three LPGA majors in a a lot more.” “Every time I feel like she may wide fairways before taunting haven’t tested in the past few time and this is my time,” Alvarez single season. American world number two have an okay round, then the next them with its tricky greens and, years.” REUTERS said. Everybody knows that Floyd is the best without question, but Frank ‘Toledo it’s my time. We’re going to win. “I’m younger and bigger, which Strongman’ are very important keys. Floyd Scott starts in Aussie is a very intelligent fighter, but Stranahan dies I’m going to have the right game plan. This is my biggest fight but NEW YORK: American Frank I’ve visualised it and prepared my Stranahan, a six-time PGA mind for it for a while.” Tour winner who was also a trio for Open tune-up Alvarez turns 23 next month world-ranked weightlifter, has while Mayweather, 36, fought his died at the age of 90, the PGA BETHESDA, MARYLAND: Rose, the new US Open cham- The third round last year was first pro fight when the Mexican Tour announced yesterday. Masters champion Adam pion, withdrew citing fatigue. played without spectators as a was only six years old. Stranahan, who enjoyed a stel- Scott will play alongside fel- Neither man will play another violent storm late Friday top- “It has truly been an amaz- lar amateur career before turning low Australians Jason Day and tournament until next month’s pled 50 trees across the course, ing ride,” Mayweather said. “I’m professional in 1954 and making Marc Leishman in the first and British Open at Muirfield and this grounds crews barely making blessed to be in the sport of box- fitness a linchpin of his playing second rounds of the US PGA will be the only event for Scott, the course playable Saturday and ing and be at the top for 17 years. career, died on Sunday in the National, his final event before who made bogeys on the last four unable to safely fix viewing areas I just want to give the fans a hell Hospice of Palm Beach County. the British Open. holes to cost himself last year’s until Sunday. of a fight. “He was a wonderful man, one World number four Scott, British Open crown. There’s a chance of severe “Canelo is a young strong of golf’s most accomplished ama- third in last year’s event at Scott, coming off a share of thunderstorms every afternoon champion. He has obviously done teurs and certainly one of the Congressional Country Club, 45th at the US Open two weeks this week. something right to be at this level. most interesting individuals to became the first green-jacket ago, adopted a reduced tour Scott can match idle American He’s a guy that I can’t overlook. play the game,” PGA Tour com- winner from Australia by winning schedule in 2011 to focus on win- Matt Kuchar for the PGA lead I’ve got to go out there and fight missioner Tim Finchem said in a his first major title two months ning majors and the move paid off. in consecutive cuts by making his the best fight.” statement. ago at Augusta National. “The frustration was really 19th in a row this week. Mayweather also warned that “Frank’s achievements are no Scott was grouped with his high in 2010,” Scott said. “I was Day, who has made 17 cuts in Alvarez has not faced anyone as doubt underappreciated today, compatriots yesterday ahead of playing well, not getting results a row, shared second at the US hard to stop. including the fact that he was a today’s start of the $6.5m event in that I wanted. I was frustrated Open and has four top-three fin- “When guys face me, it’s remarkable all-around athlete. suburban Washington, played on with a lot of things because of ishes in the past 10 majors. a totally different level,” Frank was a noted powerlifter the same 7,569-yard layout where that. I’d had enough of not play- Also in the field of 132 chasing Mayweather said. “I know what and an accomplished long-dis- Rory McIlroy won the 2011 US ing well enough in the big events a $1.1m top prize are PGA driving it takes in a fight of this magni- tance runner. Open for his first major triumph. when I felt I could. So I had to do distance leader Nicolas Colsaerts tude and I’m going to continue to “We look at the athleticism of Stacy Lewis looks over a green Scott has become the National’s something different. You have to of Belgium, US world number dedicate myself to my craft and our players today and can say that during a practice round prior to top draw after world number after a while if it’s not working. eight Brandt Snedeker, last be the best that I can be. Frank truly was well before his the start of the 2013 US Women’s one Tiger Woods, the defending If it’s broke, you’ve got to fix it.” year’s US PGA playoff champion, “The Earth is my turf. You can time when it came to golf and fit- Open at Sebonack Golf Club. champion, pulled out with a left People at Congressional know and Canada’s Graham DeLaet. put me in any ring and I’ll always ness.” REUTERS elbow strain and England’s Justin that all too well. REUTERS come out victorious.” REUTERS Ichiro steals the show as the NBA: Hawks take on Nets in showcase London game LONDON: The Atlanta Hawks will play the Brooklyn Nets next year in the latest regular season game to take place in London, Yankees edge past Rangers the NBA said yesterday. The game, at the 02 Arena on January 16, is part of the NBA NEW YORK: Ichiro Suzuki Baseball Results Global Games London 2014 and is the fourth year in succession the stole the show from dueling NBA has taken the series to London. NY Yankees 4 Texas 3 Japanese pitchers Yu Darvish A second game will take place in Mexico City between the Washington 7 Arizona 5 and Hiroki Kuroda with a walk- Minnesota Timberwolves and the San Antonio Spurs on December Baltimore 6 Cleveland 3 off home run that gave the New 4 as part of NBA Global Games Mexico City 2013. York Yankees a 4-3 victory over LA Angels 14 Detroit 8 It is the first time the league will stage regular-season games in the Texas Rangers yesterday. Boston 11 Colorado 4 two different countries outside of the US and Canada in the same The Rangers’ Darvish went Miami 4 Minnesota 2 season. Tampa Bay 5 Toronto 1 New York 5 1/3 innings, giving up three Yankees’ batter “With the addition of regular-season games in London and Mexico homers and striking out six, C W Sox 5 NY Mets 4 City, we will play one of the most comprehensive international games Ichiro Suzuki while the Yankees’ Kuroda also Atlanta 4 Kansas City 3 schedules in our history next season,” NBA Commissioner David runs and struck out six and surrendered Milwaukee 9 Chicago Cubs 3 Stern said. two home runs during his 6 2/3 St Louis 13 Houston 5 watches the ball “We will bring the NBA experience to more fans and provide innings of work. Both pitchers Oakland 7 Cincinnati 3 after he hit a showcases for basketball and the extraordinary talent of our play- had no-decisions. Pittsburgh 9 Seattle 4 walk-off home ers,” he said. New York’s Suzuki broke open LA Dodgers 6 San Francisco 5 run to beat the The Hawks, featuring two-times NBA All-Star Al Horford and a 3-3 tie in the final inning with Philadelphia 6 San Diego 2 Texas Rangers guard Lou Williams, have qualified for the NBA play-offs for six the Yankees’ fourth home run of in the ninth consecutive seasons. the game. Yunel Escobar and James inning of their The Hawks took part in the NBA’s first pre-season games in Yankees closer Mariano Rivera Loney each had three hits while MLB American London way back in 1993 with back-to-back clashes with the Orlando worked the top of the ninth to rookie Wil Myers had an RBI to League game at Magic. record the win and snap the give him eight in just nine games Yankee Stadium The Nets are led by Deron Williams, three-times NBA All-Star Rangers’ (44-33) five-game win in the Majors. in New York, and gold medallist with the US men’s senior national team at last streak. Nine-game winners Jason yesterday. year’s London Olympics. In Tampa Bay, Matt Moore Marquis (San Diego) and Justin The games are the latest added to the NBA Global Games schedule endured a wild day on the mound Masterson (Cleveland) both failed that now features 12 NBA teams playing two regular season and yet recorded his 10th win of the to reach their 10th win. eight pre-season games across 10 cities in seven countries and ter- season in the Rays’ 5-1 victory Marquis gave up six runs in the ritories, including Istanbul, Bilbao, Manila, Manchester, Taiwan, Rio over Toronto. Padres’ 6-2 defeat to Philadelphia de Janeiro, Beijing and Shanghai. The young left-hander struck as he fell to 9-3. It will be the most NBA teams to play internationally in a single out 11 batters but walked six dur- Masterson also surrendered six season in the history of the league. REUTERS ing six roller-coaster innings. runs. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 36 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Sponsors rewarded for keeping faith in cycling Some feel sport finally leaving its doping days behind

LONDON: Cycling sponsors A family having can enjoy great value for money a picnic lunch if they are willing to trust that cheers for a the sport is finally leaving its pack of riders dark doping days behind. cycling past Before the start of the 100th during the 213- edition of the Tour de France on km (132-mile) Saturday, cycling has been boosted stage from La by news that US consumer elec- Chataigneraie tronics company Belkin will spon- sor the former Rabobank team to Tours in the until 2015. 92nd Tour de The Dutch bank pulled out last France cycling year when cycling was reeling race, in this from the downfall of American July 4, 2005 rider Lance Armstrong, stripped file photo. Like Roger Federer of Switzerland returns to Victor Hanescu of Romania during of his seven Tour de France titles most things their first round match at Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis after admitting to doping. French, the Club, in London, Britain, in this June 24, 2013, file photo. The shoes with However, a feared rush for Tour de France the orange sole were especially made for Federer. After his first match the exits by sponsors has failed starts and ends with these shoes, the Wimbledon officials asked Federer to change the to materialise. The deal with around a lunch shoes in the next match, as they do not fit with the Wimbledon all white California-based Belkin shows or a dinner dress-code. The shoes were on sale in limited edition on Monday - they that companies still want to buy table. Food are already sold out. into a sport offering wide expo- is, and always sure to an affluent audience for a has been, a modest price. vital part of the Federer suffers foot fault “If they look at the fundamen- race. tals of the sport, they are really strong. More and more people over orange shoes: Report are taking up cycling,” said Lars Seier Christensen, chief executive LONDON: Seven-time champion Roger Federer has been told by of Saxo Bank, the Danish com- Wimbledon officials that his orange-soled tennis shoes contravene pany which sponsors the Saxo- Cavendish still the man the tournament’s strict all-white dress code. Tinkoff team. Federer wore the shoes in his opening round win over Victor Hanescu “It’s a much better deal than on Monday but has now been told to bin them when he returned to other sports - the doping prob- Centre Court yesterday to face Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine. lem instituted a discount in the “Players at Wimbledon must be dressed almost entirely in white,” pricing.” to beat on Tour sprints a spokesman told the Daily Telegraph. Sponsors are the main source Despite being a member of the All England Club, defending champion of revenue for most teams taking PARIS: Being likened to a “time time -- organisers have replaced will be Sagan, a big, powerful Federer is still expected to abide by the rules. part in events like the Tour. trial helmet on a bike” is not the the traditional prologue/time trial Slovakian who is fast and ver- The world number three, who is chasing a record eighth title, has Road races do not charge most flattering compliment, but opening day start and replaced it satile over all kinds of terrain, a specially-designed outfit provided for him each year by clothing admission fees for the hundreds it’s an image Mark Cavendish’s with a stage that is likely to finish Germany’s Andre Greipel and giants Nike. of thousands of fans who line rivals will be wishing they could with a bunch sprint. Australian Matt Goss, both of Wimbledon officials have often clashed with players over the issue the route, and event organisers emulate when they set out to An opening-day win in Bastia whom are out-and-out sprinters of on-court clothing where multi-million dollar deals at stake. tend to keep the bulk of televi- beat the British sprint king at would allow Cavendish to become like Cavendish. Last year, women’s champion Serena Williams pushed the boundaries sion revenues for themselves in the 100th Tour de France. leader of the world’s biggest bike However all of them, accord- with purple shorts under her dress while also sporting a headband in the absence of a standard formula Cavendish, who took his tally race for the first time in his ing to retired sprinter Robbie the same colour. for sharing them with the teams. of victories on the race to 23 career, a prestigious achievement McEwen, have a major handicap: Back in 2007, Frenchwoman Tatiana Golovin sparked a tabloid frenzy Tour teams could operate on an in last year’s edition while with despite the fact the sprinter -- none of them can get into the aer- when she appeared on Centre Court with crimson shorts beneath her annual budget of under 15m euros Team Sky, has since switched to who struggles in the mountains -- odynamic position which allows dress. ($19.6m), Christensen said. the Omega-Pharma team. But the could never hope to win the race. Cavendish to go faster than his This year, the debate became more hi-tech when Bethanie Mattek- The leading teams were spend- move has not made the ‘Manx “One of the big goals for Mark rivals despite having to produce Sands was rumoured to be pondering whether or not to wear Google ing only around 25m, he said, not- Missile’ any slower. is to go for the yellow jersey,” less power, as expressed in watts. Glass eyewear on court. ing that sum would buy only one He won five sprint stages at the Omega-Pharma Sports Director McEwen, who won 12 stages The American, who was knocked out of the singles in the first round top soccer player. Giro d’Italia last month to take Rolf Aldag confirmed this week. on the Tour de France in an by Angelique Kerber, uses the technology to study strengths and weak- Despite the importance of his Grand Tour tally to 41 and will Cavendish’s two objectives will era when Germany’s Erik Zabel nesses in her game. sponsors, cycling does not market line up in Corsica as the man to be winning stages and regaining was the race’s sprint king, said Although she appeared on court without the gadget, she still man- itself as slickly as other sports. beat over seven sprint-friendly the green jersey for the points of Cavendish: “His body shape aged to grab photographers’ attention by a flash of purple hair under “Formula One and football are stages from the 21 on offer. competition, which he won in and the way he’s positioned on her baseball cap as well as playing in knee-high socks. REUTERS more glamorous and are sold To boot, Cavendish has a 2011 but was beaten to in 2012 by the bike makes him so incredibly more professionally,” said Ulrich chance to claim the race’s cov- Peter Sagan. aerodynamic that he doesn’t need Lacher, a director of sports eted yellow jersey for the first Standing notably in his way to produce the same amount of marketing research company power as someone like Greipel for REPUCOM. instance, who is putting out 1800 Those sports have well-estab- watts.” lished methods to help sponsors British Cycling chief He added: “Cav can go the same receive maximum exposure for Brian Cookson speed by putting out 1350 (watts), their brands - a process known rides a bicycle in because he’s got pretty short legs as activation. Paris. Cookson and short little arms, and it puts “In cycling this has to be driven is challenging him into this aerodynamic posi- by the sponsor and although the controversial tion without having to contort activation opportunities exist, incumbent Pat his body. Just by reaching down they are more difficult to imple- McQuaid for the into the drops (bars), it’s pulling ment,” added Lacher. presidency of his head and shoulders so low. It Cycling can also learn from the International makes him look like a time trial sports like Formula One by giv- Cycling Union (UCI). helmet on a bike, and makes him ing TV viewers more of an inside Cookson, who has really, really hard to pass.” view on races through greater use been British Cycling Cavendish’s other main weapon British athlete Mo Farah (centre) does his trademark ‘Mobot’ pose in of features such as audio and data Federation president is his train of lead-out men, feeds. which at the Tour will be com- the box at centre court during play on day three of the 2013 Wimbledon since 1996, has “In terms of media distribu- posed of German Tony Martin, Championships at the All England Club, southwest London, yesterday. unveiled his key tion, cycling is improving but still Italian Matteo Trentin and Gert Farah is a Somali-born British international track and field athlete. He is proposals including faces some challenges like convey- Steegmans of Belgium. the current 10,000m Olympic champion and 5,000m Olympic, World and the establishment ing the effort, the pain and the All three, except Martin, European champion. tactics amongst riders,” said Ioris of a “physically raced at the Giro d’Italia where Francini, head of global sales and and politically Cavendish, having won the open- acquisitions for sports marketing independent unit” to ing stage to claim the race leader’s firm IMG. handle anti-doping. pink jersey, went on to win four Marathon man Isner retires IMG took over as the inter- more including the final stage. national distributor for the REUTERS Giro d’Italia race this year. The after just two games number of broadcasters taking the Giro and hours screened had Tour de France - the key climbs LONDON: Wimbledon mara- has emerged a significant force on doubled over 2012, Francini said, PARIS: The key climbing Ventoux (242.5 km) Stage 19: Bourg d’Oisans to Le thon man John Isner, who the men’s tour and, with Rafael a sign of the sport’s global appeal. stages of the Tour de France, Cote d’Eyzin-Pinet: 3.1 km at 4.9 Grand Bornand (204.5 km) played in the longest match in Nadal and Stanislas Wawrinka British pay television company held from June 29-July 21 (cat- percent (4) Col du Glandon: 21.6 km at 5.1 history at the All England Club both eliminated from his section Cote de Primarette: 2.6 km at 4.1 percent (unclassified) BSkyB has enjoyed spectacular egory of climbs in brackets): in 2010, admitted he was frus- of the draw already, he believed a Stage 8: Castres to Ax-Trois- percent (4) Col de la Madeleine: 19.2 km at returns since it launched its pro- trated to bow out after just two long run in the tournament was Domaines 195 km Cote de Lens-Lestang: 2.1 km at 7.9 percent (unclassified) fessional team in 2010. games yesterday because he felt on the cards before injury struck. Cote de Saint-Ferreol: 2.2 km 3.8 percent (4) Col de Tamie: 8.6 km at 6.2 percent (2) Team Sky rider Bradley he was ready to make a serious “I was the highest seeded player long at average gradient of 5.4 Cote de Bordeaux: 4.2 km at 5.7 Col de l’Epine: 6.1 km at 7.6 per- Wiggins became the first Briton challenge for the title. on a surface that I’m tough to beat percent (4) percent (3) cent (1) to win the Tour de France last Col de Pailheres: 15.3 km at 8 per- Mont Ventoux: 20.8 km at 7.5 Col de la Croix Fry: 11.3 km at Isner famously defeated Nicolas on, given how well I can serve,” year and his team mate Chris cent (unclassified) percent (unclassified) 7 percent Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010 in a said Isner. Froome is among the favourites Ax-Trois-Domaines: 7.8 km at 8.2 Stage 18: Gap to Alpe d’Huez Stage 20: Annecy to Annecy- tie that lasted 11 hours and 5 min- “That’s very disappointing. It’s for this year’s race. percent (1) (168.5 km) Semnoz (125 km) utes over the course of three days. tough to think about. I had a good “Having our brand on our Stage 9: Saint-Girons to Col de Manse: 6.6 km at 6.2 per- Cote du Puget: 5.4 km at 5.9 per- The final set finished at 70-68 chance to go pretty far here. I feel shirts is a huge benefit,” said Bagneres-De-Bigorre (168.5 km) cent (2) cent (2) in his favour, but the American like I always get better as events Tricia Thompson, director of Col de Portet d’Aspet: 5.4 km at Rampe du Motty: 2.4 km at 8 Col de Leschaux: 3.6 km at 6.1 has now also featured in the sec- go on. I just gain more confidence. cycling at BSkyB. The exposure 6.9 percent (2) percent (3) percent (3) ond shortest match in Wimbledon “It’s tough. Like I said, a little also helps the Sky brand in Italy Col de Mente: 7 km at 7.7 percent (1) Col d’Ornon: 5.1 km at 6.7 per- Cote d’Aillon-le-Vieux: 6 km at 4 history. unlucky, but I will get over it.” and Germany where the British Col de Peyresourde: 13.2 km at 7 cent (2) percent (3) Isner, seeded 18th, had to Isner’s premature exit came as company has sister channels. percent (1) Alpe d’Huez (1): 12.3 km at 8.4 Col des Pres: 3.4 km at 6.9 per- retire against France’s Adrian a total shock as he hadn’t expe- Another obvious benefit for the Col de Val Louron-Azet: 7.4 km percent (unclassified) cent (3) Mannarino with the score at 1-1 rienced any pain in the knee top cycling sponsors is that they at 7.9 percent (1) Col de Sarenne: 3 km at 7.8 per- Mont Revard: 15.9 km at 5.6 per- in the first set after he injured his beforehand. can get naming rights for teams La Hourquette d’Ancizan: 9.9 km cent (2) cent (1) knee while serving. “It was the third point of the as well as having their brands dis- at 7.5 percent (1) Alpe d’Huez (2): 13.8 km at 8.1 Annecy-Semnoz: 10.7 km at 8.5 Since that breakthrough win match,” he said yesterday. played on team kit. 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Qatar International Handball Championship Russia seeks rugby legacy from World Cup Sevens

MOSCOW: Russia is hoping to capitalise on a rich rugby union legacy after hosting the World Cup Sevens, according to Northampton winger Vasily Artemyev, currently one of the country’s best known players. “It’s definitely the biggest rugby tournament Russia has hosted, but let’s hope it’s not the last,” the Moscow-born Artemyev said of this weekend’s three-day tour- nament that features 24 men’s Qatar’s Mousa Al Khalaf (4) tries to shoot during his side’s match against Slovenia at the Qatar International Handball Championship at Al Gharafa Sports Club yesterday. RIGHT: Qatar’s teams and 16 women’s teams. Saad Maamoun (right) receives an award from officials after the match. Besides the Qatar-Slovenia match, Tunisia played against Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday. “I expect huge things to come PICTURES BY: ABDUL BASIT after this tournament. The legacy will be huge. “The fact it’s on Russian soil means the world to us Russian players,” said Artemyev, who was educated in Ireland and currently plies his trade for Northampton in the English Premiership. Confident Hamilton puts The Russian added: “The fact that no one expects anything from us is to our advantage. It should allow us to relax a bit and, I hope, to deliver a couple of surprises.” Wales were the shock winners in the last World Cup in Dubai in Mercedes trials behind him 2009, the 80-1 outsiders benefit- ting from a quarter-final round that saw the four favourites elimi- nated, a fact not lost on Artemyev. The Briton says he has a ‘better’ car and hopes for positive results “Anything can happen in sev- ens. Unlike 15-a-side rugby, there are only two seven-minute halves BRACKLEY, England: Lewis personal and the other was an and I’d get an email here and and upsets happen on a much Hamilton has put trials and international tribunal that could there from the lawyer explaining more regular basis. Everything’s tribulations behind him and is have imposed heavy sanctions on where we were,” he said. in our hands.” raring to make his first British his team for a “secret” tyre test “Of course, when I saw the team Bernard Lapasset, head of Grand Prix appearance for with Pirelli. at the weekend it was a relief for world rugby’s governing body, the Mercedes this weekend in a car Last week’s hearing handed everyone...that they could get on International Rugby Board (IRB), he says is better than last year’s Mercedes a reprimand and and start focusing on the next added that he thought the action McLaren. ordered them to miss a young race. And I’m happy as well.” in both the men’s and women’s With McLaren yet to finish driver test in July, but neither Hamilton said the team was competitions would be “the most higher than fifth this season, punishment will have much doing a great job, adding: “We’ve competitive yet”. after winning seven races in 2012, impact on Hamilton or Rosberg. got into a good position so far and “It is genuinely impossible to the 2008 Formula One champion In Montreal Hamilton had if we can get into an even better predict how the teams will fare has no regrets about the move to seemed abrupt and distant, telling one that would be fantastic. They against one another,” Lapasset Mercedes that many were still reporters he had “things” on his have been working so hard to get said. questioning only months ago. mind, but he was relaxed again. the results that we’ve had, a nega- “Four years ago, rank outsiders He heads for Silverstone as one “I feel good. I am really happy,” tive result was not needed.” Wales shocked the world to take of four British drivers but the one he said. “My mind was a bit Although Hamilton would not the (men’s) title in Dubai and I with the best chance of victory, clouded (in Canada), it didn’t have taken part in the young for one will not attempt to guess Mercedes already being a winner really affect my weekend in terms driver test, he said the lack of it who will make the semi-finals, let in Monaco thanks to Germany’s of performance and being able to would be a setback. The test is the alone who raises the Melrose Cup Nico Rosberg and being on pole do the job, but I feel good. And I sole chance for teams to try out on Sunday evening.” four times in seven races. am looking forward to this week- new developments. Lapasset said Moscow’s hosting “I feel like I have a better car end and just getting on with it. “That does suck a little bit,” of the tournament was a “dream this year so I think we should be “I can’t wait until Friday...And said the Briton of the team’s come true”. more competitive than we were I am on the simulator tomorrow exclusion. “It’s important because “Rugby is breaking new fron- last year,” he told reporters at the so I get to really focus on trying to we had a lot planned, upgrades tiers around the world. Russia has Mercedes factory, a short drive nail the set-up, so we start on the and stuff, on those three days. dreamed for many years about from Silverstone. right foot during the weekend.” “It’s also vital for the (reserve) welcoming the world’s greatest “It is definitely closer (to being Hamilton, who was at McLaren drivers who are always on the rugby sevens players to this great able to win) than what I have had in 2007 when the Woking team simulator to test the tyres, and stage.” for a couple of years, so I am look- were fined a record $100m and where they are, and come back in It was an event that “will show- ing forward to seeing what the car stripped of all their constructors’ here and feed back so they con- case our wonderful sport and its can do,” he added. points for a spying controversy, tinue working on developments character-building values ahead “I think the car will go really said he had not allowed the tri- and improving the simulator. of our Olympic Games return in well here.” bunal to unsettle him. “It definitely puts us back a lit- 2016”, he said. Two clouds that hung over “I tried my best not to give it tle bit but we’re going to have to “Russia is an important stra- Hamilton at the last race in much thought. (Team principal) try to figure out a way to recover A file photo of Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver tegic market for the IRB. It now Canada have lifted. One was Ross (Brawn) kept me in the loop it elsewhere.” REUTERS will be in action at the British Grand Prix which will take place on Sunday. has 30,000 registered players, a professional league and national men’s and women’s teams mak- ing their mark on the world stage. “And the evidence is that the USA World sport is continuing to grow rap- idly in Russia. With 14,500 play- Championship US nationals thrive without Phelps ers being registered in 2009, the number of participants has dou- Trials Results INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: bled since the decision was made The US National Swimming that year to return rugby to the INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Championships opened here Olympics. Results of finals yesterday yesterday, the first for the sport “This growth must continue on the first day of the US without the legendary Michael into the future. It is important Swimming Championships Phelps since 1998. that this hosting opportunity and world championship Phelps, the winner of six med- is converted into tangible ben- trials: als (four gold, two silver) at the efits and we have been working Men’s 2012 London Games, retired in partnership with the Rugby last year as the most decorated Union of Russia and the Russian 200M Butterfly: 1. Tom Luchsinger 1:55.57, Olympian of all-time. Government to achieve just that.” 2. Tyler Clary 1:56.58, 3. Tom Shields 1:57.39 The swimmers gathered at the AFP 100M Freestyle: 1 Nathan Adrian 48.10, 2. Indiana University Natatorium Jimmy Feigen 48.24, 3. Anthony Ervin 48.49 are competing for berths on the United States team for this McCabe out for 1,500M Freestyle: 1. Connor Jaeger year’s World Championships in 14:53.34, 2. Michael McBroom 14:59.12, 3. Barcelona, July 28-August 4. Do Sean Ryan 15:04.60 rest of the year they feel any pressure to replace 4X100 Freestyle Relay: 1. Schroeder Phelps as the face of swimming SYDNEY: Wallaby back Pat YMCA 3:22.28 (Mitchell Friedemann, Steven in the US? Haley Lips competes in the preliminaries of the women’s 200m butterfly during the 2013 USA Swimming Phillips 66 McCabe was ruled out of rugby Cebertowicz, Adam Mania), 2. SwimMAC “Absolutely not,” said Missy National Championships and World Trials at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana, yesterday. for the rest of the year after Carolina 3:27.54 (Matthew Josa, Kip Darmody, Franklin, a 2012 Olympic stan- sustaining a neck injury during John Manchester, Kyle Darmody) dout who won five medals (four last weekend’s 23-21 loss to the Women’s gold, one bronze) in London. year’s second-fastest time behind Fourth in the race was Ryan in the men’s 200-meter butterfly. British and Irish Lions in the “I think we have so many Australian Cate Campbell’s 52.83. Lochte, the winner of five medals Luchsinger was first in 1:55.57, first Test at Brisbane. 200M Butterfly: 1. Cammille Adams 2:08.10, incredible team members and so “I’m so excited with that 100 in London. The event was the first ahead of Tyler Clary, who was Specialists said he needed to 2. Maya Dirado 2:09.12, 3. Katie McLaughlin many incredible swimmers in our time,” said Franklin, who is for Lochte - the 2012 Olympic fifth in the 200 fly at last yar’s properly rest to prevent it becom- 2:10.41 sport right now. It’s an honor to entered in six events at nationals 400-meter individual medley Olympics. Luchsinger stroked to ing career-threatening. 100M Freestyle: 1. Missy Franklin 53.43, 2. be a part of it, and I feel like we but is still not sure about plans champ - at this year’s national an early lead and withstood a late The 25-year-old first fractured Shannon Vreeland 53.83, 3. Simone Manuel all kind of carry that responsibil- for Barcelona. meet. charge by Clary, whose time was his neck on last year’s European 53.86 ity together.” “We’ll see what happens,” she Another Olympic gold medal- 1:56.58. tour and will need to wear a brace Franklin, best known as a said. “We won’t even talk about ist who scored a win Tuesday Cammile Adams won the for at least six weeks before fur- 800M Freestyle: 1. Katie Ledecky 8:22.41, 2. Chloe Sutton 8:23.24, 3. Gillian Ryan 8:29.80 backstroker, won the women’s my schedule at Worlds until I see was 16-year-old Katie Ledecky. women’s 200 butterfly in 2:08.10. ther assessments are made. 100-meter freestyle on the open- what events I make the team in.” Ledecky, first in the women’s Adams took fifth in the event at “It’s unfortunate that having 4X100 Freestyle Relay: 1. Bluefish Swim ing night of the meet. Nathan Adrian, the Olympic 800-meter freestyle at London, the 2012 Olympics. completed the healing process 3:50.60 (Blake Zeiger, Brooke Zeiger, Lilly The 18-year-old from Colorado men’s 100 freestyle champ, claimed the event here Tuesday Connor Jaeger finished first in from last year’s injury, that it has Vivado, Elizabeth Zeiger), 2. SwimMAC Carolina came from behind to win in repeated as the national cham- in 8:22.41 the men’s 1500 freestyle. The win- happened again,” Wallabies doctor 3:50.98 (Nora McCullagh, Courtney Otto, 53.43. Her performance was a pion in that event by finishing Thomas Luchsinger pulled off ning time for Jaeger was a time of Warren McDonald said. Kathleen Baker, Elsa Welshofer) championship record and the ahead of Jimmy Feigen in 48.10. an upset with a first-place finish 14:53.34. AFP AFP THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 38 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Brazilian riots raise Ancelotti vows to win questions over trophies with Madrid sporting mega events BERNE: Brazilian anger organisation to adapt, respond against the cost of staging the and learn.” The Italian coach appoints Zidane as one of his assistants World Cup could undermine “FIFA has never been espe- the argument that host coun- cially open, direct or vociferous tries benefit from sporting in accentuating legacy as an ele- MADRID: Playing spectacular Labelled “the pacifier” in mega-events as they become ment of bidding and hosting,” football and filling the trophy Spanish media, the laid-back too big for most countries to he added. “Such discussions are cabinet at the same time is the Italian is an entirely different handle. often centred on the number of holy grail for football coaches character from the combative UEFA’s idea of splitting the people playing the game and the and Carlo Ancelotti promised Portuguese, who clashed with key Euro 2020 championship into development of grassroots and both as he took up the reins players, divided fans and had a mini-tournaments hosted in 13 competitions.” at Spanish giants Real Madrid testy relationship with journalists. different countries could be one While Brazil, which also yesterday. “I have a different character of the alternatives which organ- stages the 2016 Olympic Games Speaking in an entertain- (to Mourinho) but I have total isers could follow in the future, in Rio de Janeiro, struggles to ing mixture of Spanish, French respect for him,” Ancelotti said. analysts say. cope with the World Cup, other and his native Italian, Ancelotti “I don’t think it’s possible to Brazil has been hit by a wave countries appear to be losing the told reporters at the Bernabeu compare Mourinho and me. I of nationwide protests as it hosts appetite to stage major sporting Stadium his goal was to help Real am focusing on my work and the the eight-team Confederations events. win a 10th European title and president will decide if it has been Cup, a dry-run for next year’s Switzerland backed down replace arch-rivals Barcelona as good or bad.” World Cup which will be staged from bidding for the 2022 Winter the dominant club in Spain. Real have not been crowned in 12 different cities. Olympics after residents of the Flanked by Emilio Butragueno, champions of Europe for more Although the protesters have proposed host cantons voted a club director with whom he than a decade and Perez, a con- a multitude of grievances, one of against it in a referendum. locked horns when they were struction magnate in his second their main complaints has been “It is showing that major players in the 1980s, he con- stint as president, made clear at the contrast between shiny new sporting events have reached firmed former France and Real an earlier presentation that win- stadiums and shambolic state of a point where you need to re- midfielder Zinedine Zidane would ning the Champions League was public services including health, discuss what is being done and be one of his assistants on the the overwhelming priority. education and transport. what is really a legacy,” said bench along with Englishman “It’s a great goal for the club, They are also angry that Sylvia Schenk, senior advisor for Paul Clement. for everyone,” Ancelotti said. Brazil has broken a promise not sport at anti-corruption watch- “I love football and that’s why “I have the ambition, the to spend public money on stadi- dog Transparency International. Real Madrid is a dream for me responsibility for that. It is a huge ums, while failing to build many “Even the bidding itself has and today that dream is coming motivation. of the planned infrastructure become very expensive and costs true,” Ancelotti told the packed “I don’t think here the pressure projects. millions of euros.” press room in the bowels of the here is any greater than other “The stadiums for the World Chadwick warned of “indus- giant arena. clubs. Cup will be built with private trial concentration” where “the “I don’t think Real Madrid “It’s part of the coach’s work. money,” Orlando Silva, sports same small group of nations will be the end of my career but The problem is to deal with it but minister at the time, said in 2007 repeatedly host sporting mega New Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti (left) hugs Real my hope is that I will be here a it’s normal.” when Brazil was confirmed as events.” Madrid’s President Florentino Perez during his presentation at Santiago long time,” added the 54-year-old, Getting the better of Barca, the host nation. “There will not “This clearly would not be twice a Champions League winner who knocked his PSG side out of Bernabeu Stadium, in Madrid yesterday. Ancelotti said he is delighted be a cent of public money for the good for the public and for with AC Milan as both player and Europe last season, will be one of to have finally arrived to start his new role in the Spanish capital and rebuilding of the stadiums.” democracy in sport,” he said. coach. Ancelotti’s biggest challenges. announced that French former football player Zinedine Zidane will be Meanwhile, at least five host “The global economic downturn Real president Florentino Perez “They are the most competitive one of his assistants. cities will miss out on promised of recent years needs to sharpen lured Ancelotti from French team in Spain but I think that bus lanes, metro lines or tram people’s sense that sporting champions Paris St Germain fol- we are perfectly capable of taking services and cities are now likely mega-events have spiralled out lowing last month’s departure of them on,” he said. that Real Madrid will have the transfer market would be dis- to declare public holidays on of control.” Jose Mourinho, three years before “I expect some fantastic games edge.” cussed in coming days. match days to reduce traffic, a Last month, a UNESCO- the end of his contract, after a and I don’t think Real Madrid is He gave little away about pos- “We really haven’t talked about move which critics says reeks of organised meeting of sports season without major silverware. in any way inferior. I am confident sible player purchases, saying the the market yet. I can’t give you typical improvisation. ministers in Berlin issued a any information about the players “What is happening right now declaration which warned of the that will come in.” in Brazil should be a watershed way events such as the World Malaga playmaker Isco, a for FIFA and the World Cup,” Cup, European championship, key performer in the triumph said Simon Chadwick, professor Olympics and winter Olympics New Real Madrid’s Italian of Spain’s Under-21 side in this of sports marketing at Coventry were awarded and staged. coach Carlo Ancelotti (right) month’s European Championship, University in central England. It said that “many oversized poses with Real Madrid’s has been identified as a possible “It should respond by working stadia are not financially viable director of football Zinedine recruit in the short term with more strategically to ensure that post-event” and said increasing Zidane during his presenta- local media reporting he will be future World Cups are not just demands on host nations “may tion at Santiago Bernabeu presented tomorrow. two-week showcases, but have act as a disincentive to bid for “I can only speak about his a longer-term legacy for host major sport events and risk Stadium, in Madrid, yesterday. quality which is very high,” nations. excluding certain countries from Ancelotti said. “He can play at “It some ways, it’s an acid test the bidding for or hosting of such Real Madrid just as he can play for FIFA and its ability as an events.” REUTERS in any team.” REUTERS Italy plan innovations in Spain semi-final

FORTALEZA, BRAZIL: Weakened by injury and Pirlo missed Saturday’s 4-2 loss to Brazil with a calf team were swept aside. Although the two teams remain chastened by the memory of a crushing loss to the injury, while Montolivo took a blow to the head in the similar in terms of both style and personnel to the sides same opponents 12 months ago, Italy have vowed to same game, but both players have since resumed training. that faced off at Kiev’s Olympic Stadium, Spain defender use their imagination when they meet Spain in today’s Balotelli’s early departure from the tournament with a Sergio Ramos says it does not necessarily follow that today’ Confederations Cup semi-final. thigh injury is a heavy blow, the AC Milan striker having s game will produce a similar outcome. The match at Fortaleza’s Estadio Castelao is a repeat emerged in the last 12 months as coach Cesare Prandelli’s “We’ve practically kept the same style of play and the of last year’s Euro 2012 final, when Spain cruised to a 4-0 most important attacking player. same players, and so have they, so they’re fairly similar win to claim an unprecedented third consecutive major In the expectation that Spain will dominate possession to us in that respect,” said the Real Madrid centre-back. international title. as they habitually do, Prandelli has stated that Italy may recently. Cristiano Ronaldo (right) meets Having swept through the group phase at the have to do “something innovative” tactically. “They have young players and veterans, and they’re with tsunami survivor Martunis Confederations Cup with three consecutive wins, the world Italian media reports suggest the former Fiorentina extra motivated because they’re out for revenge. in Kuta, Bali, yesterday. and European champions were the favourites to advance manager will deploy a compact 3-5-2 formation, with an “At stake is the final of an important competition, and Martunis, survived the tsunami to the final even before Italy’s injury problems struck. all-Juventus back three of Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo everyone dreams of playing in a final at the Maracana. in 2004 and received aid from Right-back Ignazio Abate and key striker Mario Balotelli Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli. Spain have concerns over Barcelona midfielder Cesc Portuguese players after he have both been ruled out of the tournament, although mid- The system helped Italy stymie Spain in their opening Fabregas and Valencia striker Roberto Soldado, both of was found wearing a Ronaldo fielders Riccardo Montolivo and Andrea Pirlo are both match at Euro 2012, which ended in a 1-1 draw, and when whom had to go off due to muscle injuries in the 3-0 win Portugal shirt. expected to feature against Spain. Prandelli reverted to a four-man defence in the final, his over Nigeria on Sunday. AFP Qatar Futsal team arrives in Incheon Tevez set to join Juventus MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Argentinian inter- national striker Carlos Tevez looks poised to end his roller coaster stay at English Premier League side Manchester City by joining Italian champions Juventus, the Press Association reported late on Tuesday. The 29-year-old, who joined City from bitter Manchester rivals United in 2009, will undergo a medical today, although he has yet to agree personal terms on a deal which could cost the Turin club up to £13.5m (€16m). This follows talks between City director of football Txiki Begiristain and his Juventus counterparts and new club man- ager Manuel Pellegrini agreed Tevez should be allowed to end Juventus’ new forward Carlos Tevez (second right) is flanked by his controversial four-year stay. policemen upon his arrival at Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy, yesterday. Although Juventus will only be Qatar Futsal team members and officials pose for a picture following their arrival for the 4th Asian Indoor & paying an initial €9m, a further Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) 2013 in Incheon, Korea, yesterday. The Games will be held over eight days in six could be payable if various Tevez, who began his spell in goal that preserved their Premier Incheon, Korea, from June 29 to July 6, 2013. Featuring nine sports, the 4th AIMAG will be a high-profile test clauses are met over the course England in the 2006/07 season League status in 2006, captained event for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon in 2014. of what is understood will be a with West Ham and became a City to the 2011 FA Cup victory three-year contract. folk hero there by scoring the two years. AFP THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 39 Chess: Qatar ready for McCullum hails Rutherford Asian Indoor Games

DOHA: Grandmasters as Kiwis edge England Mohammed Al Medaihki, Chen Zhu and Mohammed Al Sayed will lead Qatar’s challenge at The visitors lead T20 series after five-run victory at The Oval the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Incheon Korea, the Qatar Chess LONDON: New Zealand cap- We were only two blows away Federation (QCF) informed tain Brendon McCullum praised from winning the game so the here yesterday. Hamish Rutherford for an “out- margins are very small. The 10-member squad also standing” innings as the Black “It’s not as frustrating as comprises of International Master Caps beat England by just five against India. That was an oppor- Husain Aziz Nezad. runs to win the first Twenty20 tunity missed but this was a great The other members of the international at The Oval late effort and we can take a lot of squad are Salama Al Khelaifi and on Tuesday. positives.” Aisha Al Khelaifi, both of whom McCullum may have top-scored England fielded just four play- will represent Qatar in the wom- with 68 but it was left-handed ers from Sunday’s side in Morgan, en’s section along with Zhu. opener Rutherford’s dashing 62 Bopara, Jos Buttler and James In May, Zhu won the women’s that caught the eye during the Tredwell. title at the 2013 FIDE-rated Asian pair’s second-wicket stand of 114 After Morgan won the toss, it Zone 3.1 Championship, held in after Boyd Rankin struck early took fellow Irishman Rankin just Doha and thus gained qualifica- on his England debut to leave the four balls to take a wicket when tion for the World Cup scheduled Kiwis one for one. James Franklin was out for a to be held in Norway in August Defeat meant England had duck, wicket-keeper Buttler hold- this year. again lost by five runs after ing an inside edge. The 37-year-old also won the going down by that margin in a Brendon McCullum saw a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Champions Trophy final against top-edge off Rankin fly 83 yards Games in Doha in the Women’s India reduced to 20 overs per side for a six over Buttler’s head and Individual event. by rain at Edgbaston on Sunday. Rutherford was even luckier QCF informed that Hamad Al England needed six for a tie when, on 25, a mistimed cut off Hamad Al Tamimi, will accom- off the last ball that would have Jade Dernbach was dropped by pany the team as Manager for forced a ‘super-over’ but that Bopara at point. men’s team and, Amal Al Mannai, proved beyond Ravi Bopara, who Rutherford used his reprieve to will be the Manager for the wom- finished on 30 not out as New slog-sweep and drive off-spinner en’s team. Zealand took a 1-0 lead in this Tredwell for two sixes in as many Victor Bologan and Ioulia two-match series. balls. Ryjanova are the two coaches who “Hamish Rutherford was out- But, going for another big hit, will make the trip to Korea along standing, the way he struck the off medium-pacer Wright, he with the squad. ball,” said Brendon McCullum. holed out having faced just 35 New Zealand’s Hamish Rutherford hits a shot watched by England’s wicketkeeper Jos Buttler during the first T20 The AIMAG will be held over “Boyd Rankin was getting steep balls including four sixes and six International cricket match at The Oval in London late on Tuesday. eight days in Incheon, from June bounce and to see Hamish strike fours. 29 to July 6. the ball so well settled the whole Wright, who led the bowling The AIMAG will feature 12 batting line-up.” with two for 31, struck again when cut by Morgan as the dangerman Scoreboard disciplines including Aquatics, Rutherford, one of six players he yorked Brendon McCullum fell for just seven. Billiards Sports, Bowling, Chess, who made ducks as Essex were before Ross Taylor’s rapid 32 not Wright, who made 52 off just 34 NEW ZEALAND E Morgan c Taylor b Butler ...... 7 Baduk, Dance Sports, Electronic dismissed for just 20 by Lancashire out helped New Zealand beyond balls to complete a fine all-round H Rutherford c Hales b Wright ...... 62 R Bopara (not out) ...... 30 Sports, Football, Futsal, Kabaddi, in a County Championship match 200. match, was then caught behind J Franklin c Buttler b Rankin ...... 0 J Buttler (run out-Latham) ...... 17 Kickboxing, Kurash and Muay. earlier this month, said: “It’s nice England openers Michael Lumb by Tom Latham, off Mitchell B McCullum b Wright ...... 68 B Stokes (not out) ...... 9 Around forty five Asian coun- to get a few out of the middle. (29) and Alex Hales (39) posted a McClenaghan. R Taylor (not out) ...... 32 Extras (LB-8, W-4, NB-1) ...... 13 tries will be taking part in the “Anything over 200 is com- fifty stand inside four overs before England needed 26 off the final T Latham c Bopara b Dernbach ...... 22 Total (for 5 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 196 AIMAG in Korea they include: petitive but it was only a par Lumb played on to off-spinner 12 balls under the floodlights C Munro (not out) ...... 0 Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-105, 3-134, 4-139, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, score considering the flat pitch Nathan McCullum. in front of a capacity crowd of Extras (B-1, LB-5, W-11) ...... 17 5-184. Philippines, Bahrain, Korea, Qatar, and the short boundary,” added However, the runs kept com- 23,500. Total (for 4 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 201 Bowling: McClenaghan 4-0-37-1 (1nb, 1w); Bangladesh, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Rutherford. ing from a side still missing star Buttler then produced his Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-115, 3-161, 4-200. Butler 4-0-35-1; N McCullum 3-0-37-1 (1w); Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, Meanwhile for England stand- batsman Kevin Pietersen, set to trademark ‘ramp’ shot for a six off Bowling: Rankin 4-0-24-1 (1w); Woakes 1-0- Hira 4-0-34-1 (1w); Anderson 4-0-40-0 (1w); Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Sri in captain Eoin Morgan it was return to England duty in the sec- Ian Butler but, three balls later, 19-0; Dernbach 4-0-31-1 (1w); Stokes 3-0-26- Franklin 1-0-5-0. Lanka, Cambodia, Lebanon, Syria another case of so near and yet ond match of this series at The missed with the same stroke and 0 (1w); Tredwell 2-0-32-0; Bopara 2-0-32-0 Result: New Zealand won by five runs. China, Macau, Chinese Taipei, so far after Sunday’s heart-break- Oval today. was run out. (8w) Wright 4-0-31-2. Man-of-the-match: Hamish Rutherford (NZL) DPR Korea, Malaysia, Tajikistan, ing loss against India left the side Brendon McCullum’s move to England needed 16 off the final ENGLAND Series: New Zealand lead two-match series Hong Kong, Maldives, Thailand, still searching for their first major bring a slip in as late as the 14th over, bowled by Corey Anderson. M Lumb b N McCullum ...... 29 1-0 Independent Olympic Athletes, global one-day international title. over was rewarded when Taylor Ben Stokes promptly hoisted A Hales c Franklin b Hira ...... 39 Remaining Fixture Mongolia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, “We got off to a flyer but we took a brilliant leaping one- Anderson for a huge six to make L Wright c Latham b McClenaghan ...... 52 Today: 2nd Twenty20, The Oval Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Iran, couldn’t continue it until the end. handed catch off a fiercely edged the target 10 off five balls. AFP Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Oman, Uzbekistan, Japan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Jordan New Zealand Banned Pakistan Palestine and Yemen. captain keen to Skipper Clarke urges bowler Asif THE PENINSULA face Pietersen in robbed in Lahore Al-Anabi team Australia to move forward keen to maintain today’s T20 clash KARACHI: Banned Pakistan pace bowler Route 66 success LONDON: New Zealand cap- TAUNTON: Australia captain Mohammad Asif (pictured) tain Brendon McCullum insists Michael Clarke has urged his was robbed of cash and valu- he is relishing the prospect of team-mates to put their recent ables at gunpoint in Lahore JOLIET, ILLINOIS: going up against Kevin Pietersen off-field problems behind them yesterday. Sometimes, a race track just in the second Twenty20 interna- and concentrate on the busi- Asif, who was given a suits a team’s racing setup, and tional at The Oval today, saying ness of regaining the Ashes seven-year ban - with two for the Qatar Al-Anabi Racing the “game’s better” when the after a troubled build-up to of them suspended - by the Top Fuel team, the two-time star batsman is involved. next month’s first Test against International World Championship team Pietersen hasn’t played for England. Cricket Council owned by Sheikh Khalid Hamad England since leaving the tour Clarke, Australia’s best bats- (ICC) in 2011 Al Thani, one of those race of New Zealand in March with man, returned to action against for spot-fixing, tracks is Route 66 Raceway in Australia’s a knee injury that sidelined him Somerset yesterday following a said the inci- Joliet, Illinois, a facility within from all cricket until last week. recurrence of a longstanding back captain Michael dent took place view of the world-famous But the South Africa-born problem in the first of two warm- Clarke (left) near Lahore Chicago skyline. shotmaker returned to action in up maches the tourists also face and Matthew airport in the The 16th annual O’Reilly Auto spectacular style by making an Worcestershire before the first Wade run early morning. Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals unbeaten 177 for Surrey in their Test at Trent Bridge on July 10. during a training “Although is the 12th of 24 races making up County Championship match The Somerset match was also session at the I have been the United States’ 2013 NHRA away to Yorkshire, an innings former Test batsman Darren County Ground through a lot Mello Yello Drag Racing Series featuring 17 fours and seven sixes. Lehmann’s first as Australia head in Taunton, in the last two season. It was a heartening innings for coach after Mickey Arthur was Somerset on years because The team has won two Top Fuel England ahead of next month’s sensationally sacked on Monday Tuesday. of the spot-fix- titles at Route 66 Raceway and Ashes defence against Australia just 16 days out from the Ashes. ing scandal but advanced to two semifinals. The and Pietersen was specifically “Our mindset as a group is to this incident team won at Joliet in 2010 with named as being available for move forward, there is no doubt was a nerve- driver Larry Dixon and went on today’s fixture. about it,” Clarke told Sky Sports. wracking one, to win the NHRA Mello Yello McCullum, no slouch with the “I think the boys trained really for one because they pointed Drag Racing Top Fuel World bat himself as he proved in top- well yesterday and a lot of guys guns in my face,” Asif said. Championship. The next year, scoring Tuesday with 68 off 48 have come down early today to He said four armed robbers driver Del Worsham won at balls, said he looked forward to get some work in. We’re working took 92,000 Pakistani rupees Route 66 and went on to win the facing Pietersen. really hard. ($930), his wallet containing team’s second consecutive Top “He’s obviously a world-class “We know that improvement’s cards, his passport and his Fuel World Championship. player and if he comes back into needed from what’s happened in expensive watch. Dixon advanced to the semifi- the mix on Thursday (today) then the past,” Clarke added. “It was scary and I have nals in 2009, and current driver we’ll have to do a little more stud- Australia made an early exit Clarke said now was the time to “Hopefully we can start with filed a report with the police Shawn Langdon was a semifinal- ying tomorrow to try and come up from the ICC Champions Trophy, focus on cricket. this game and build some momen- station of the area,” added the ist last year. with something. where they also lost to England, “In our team nobody’s guaran- tum into that first Test match.” 30-year-old. Driver Khalid AlBalooshi “But the game’s better when and are without opener David teed selection, you’ve got to earn Meanwhile Arthur arrived Asif was released from a said: “That is one of the reasons Kevin’s back involved so it’ll be Warner for the Somerset and the right to play in the first Test back in Perth, Western Australia, British prison in May last year the Al-Anabi team is so good. great from our point of view too Worcestershire games. match and we’ve got two practice where the South African con- after serving half of a one-year Everyone on our team does his job if he does play.” Warner was banned by Cricket games for the boys to make the firmed to waiting reporters his term for his part in bowling perfectly every day. This team has Pietersen, now with Oval- Australia after admitting punch- most of the opportunity,” he said. mother had died from cancer. deliberate no-balls during a won two World Championships for based Surrey, announced himself ing England batsman Joe Root in “There’s nothing more special Australia’s players in Taunton Lord’s Test against England in Sheikh Khalid, and that was his to the world by making the first a Birmingham bar following the for an Australian player, and I’m wore black armbands as a mark 2010. vision when he started the team. of his 22 Test hundreds, a stun- Champions Trophy defeat. sure it’s the same for the English, of respect. Also prosecuted were his I am proud to race for him, and ning 158 that secured the Ashes Warner’s suspension came just than an Ashes series. “Mickey as coach was very close team-mates Mohammed Amir I hope that one day soon, maybe for England in 2005, at the south a few weeks after he was fined for “We know we’re the underdogs to us all and we felt the desire and Salman Butt. this weekend, our team will win London venue. an abusive Twitter rant at two and we’re looking forward to the to mark our respects,” a Cricket REUTERS another race.” AFP Australian cricket journalists but challenge. Australia spokesman said. AFP THE PENINSULA Thursday 27 June 2013 18 Shaaban 1434 Volume 18 Number 5743 Sport Price: QR2

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Results LONDON, United Kingdom: Results at Wimbledon yes- terday, the third day of the Stakhovsky stuns Federer 2013 championship (x denotes seeded player): Men’s singles Second Round: Lukasz Kubot Wimbledon: Sharapova beaten; Murray wins; seven players pull out (POL) bt Steve Darcis (BEL) - walkover; Benoît Paire (FRA x25) bt Stéphane Robert (FRA) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4; Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt John Isner LONDON: Seven-time winner USA x18) 1-1 - retired; Dustin Brown (GER) bt Roger Federer and 2004 cham- A C Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2; pion Maria Sharapova suffered Nicolas Almagro (ESP x15) bt Guillaume Rufin humiliating Wimbledon defeats (FRA) 7-5, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-4; Jerzy Janowicz on an injury-cursed black yes- (POL x24) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-2, 5-3 - terday which turned the All retired; Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Julian Reister England Club upside down. (GER) 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/5), 6-2; Sergiy Defending champion Federer, Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Roger Federer (SUI x3) 6-7 the third seed, lost to Ukraine’s (5/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-5, 7-6 (7/5); Ernests Gulbis world number 116, Sergiy (LAT) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) 3-6, 6-3, Stakhovsky 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 0-0 - retired; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) in his worst Grand Julien Benneteau (FRA x31) 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/4), Slam defeat for a decade. 6-4; Juan Monaco (ARG x22) bt Rajeev Ram Sharapova, the third seed, (USA) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2; Kenny De Schepper slumped to a shock 6-3, 6-4 loss (FRA) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x10) - walkover; Viktor to Portuguese qualifier Michelle Troicki (SRB) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-4, Larcher De Brito, the world 131. 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x20) bt Vasek The defeats came just two days Pospisil (CAN) 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, after Rafael Nadal had exited in 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP x32) bt Nicolas the first round. Mahut (FRA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, 7-6 (7/5); Andy They also occurred on a day Murray (GBR x2) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) 6-3, when the famed grass-courts of 6-3, 7-5 . Wimbledon came under fire after Women’s Second Round: Mónica Puig (PUR) seven players pulled out with bt Silvia Soler (ESP) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Eva Birnerová injuries. B (CZE) bt Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) 6-3, 6-4; Sloane Women’s world number two Stephens (USA x17) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) Victoria Azarenka and men’s sixth 7-6 (7/2), 2-6, 8-6; Petra Cetkovská (CZE) bt seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x9) 6-2, 6-2; Marion amongst the casualties which Bartoli (FRA x15) bt Christina McHale (USA) 7-5, eased the title paths of Serena A) Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky celebrates on the 6-4; Camila Giorgi (ITA) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x22) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (8/6); Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Williams and Andy Murray. floor after beating Switzerland’s Roger Federer in Federer’s defeat ended his run Lucie Safarova (CZE x27) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Michelle their second round match on day three at Wimbledon Larcher de Brito (POR) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS of 36 consecutive Grand Slam at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest x3) 6-3, 6-4; Petra Kvitova (CZE x8) bt Yaroslava quarter-final appearances, having London. Stakhovsky won 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6, yesterday. Shvedova (KAZ) - walkover; Ekaterina Makarova not gone out of a major before the B) Stakhovsky celebrates taking the fourth set to a (RUS x25) bt Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 6-2, 6-7 last eight since the 2004 French tie-breaker. C) Federer (rear) walks past Stakhovsky (3/7), 6-4; Carla Suárez (ESP x19) bt Mirjana Open. (seated). The defeat ended Federer’s run of 36 Lucic (CRO) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Eugénie Bouchard It was his earliest Wimbledon consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final appearances (CAN) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x12) 6-3, 6-3; Vesna defeat since he was knocked out (starting at 2004 Wimbledon). Manasieva (SRB) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x16) in the first round in 2002 by 7-5, 6-2; Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x20) bt Bojana Mario Ancic. Jovanovski (SRB) 6-4, 6-4; Alize Cornet (FRA The following year he lost in x29) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 6-3, 6-2; Flavia the first round of the French Pennetta (ITA) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) Open to Luis Horna. - walkover. “I’m still in disbelief that it go back to work. This wasn’t sup- occasions and needed a medical “There’s a lot of grass that’s and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava actually happened,” 27-year-old posed to happen but I will be back timeout to treat a painful left hip. been cut that didn’t get swept off Shvedova. John Isner and Radek Stakhovsky said. next year.” The Russian’s dramatic loss so there’s a lot of dead grass on Stepanek both quit during their Federer, who will be 31 next Sharapova’s defeat out on Court came on a day when there was a the top and it made it quite slip- second round matches. Federer’s month, said: “I won’t panic. I will Two came after she fell on three Grand Slam record seven with- pery,” said Larcher De Brito after Azarenka’s fall happened on drawals either through retire- taking victory on a fifth match Court One, the same arena where Wimbledon defeat ments or walkovers. point. Darcis fell and hurt his right ■ It was his earliest defeat at Wimbledon since That could have been nine World number two and shoulder in his defeat of Nadal. losing in the 1st round in 2002 had Sharapova given up or even Australian Open champion “The court was not in a very ■ Caroline Wozniacki, a former fel- Azarenka withdrew just minutes good condition My opponent fell It was his earliest defeat at a Slam since low number one, had surrendered before she was due on Centre twice; I fell badly; there were losing in the 1st round at 2003 Roland Garros to an ankle injury picked up in a Court to face Italy’s Flavia some other people who fell after,” ■ It ended Federer’s run of 36 consecutive fall during her loss to Czech quali- Pennetta. said Azarenka. Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances (starting fier Petra Cetkovska also on the A right knee injury, suffered An All England Club spokes- at 2004 Wimbledon) troublesome Court Two. in a fall during her first round man denied the courts were ■ It was Federer’s worst defeat at a Grand “I don’t think I’ve ever fallen win over Maria Joao Koehler on dangerous. Slam (or any event) since losing to No. 154 three times in a match before Monday, put paid to her hopes “There has been some sug- Mario Ancic in the 1st round at 2002 Wimbledon in my career, so that was a lit- after an MRI scan showed exten- gestion that the court surface ■ It was Federer’s first defeat by a player tle strange,” admitted Sharapova. sive bruising to the knee. is to blame. We have no reason ranked outside the Top 100 since losing to No. “Well, after I buckled my knee French sixth seed Tsonga quit to think this is the case. Indeed, 101 Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals at three times, that’s obviously my his match with Latvia’s Ernests many players have complimented 2005 Monte Carlo first reaction.” Gulbis with a knee injury at the us on the very good condition of ■ It was the earliest defeat for a defending France’s Julien Benneteau (centre) lies on the floor after slipping as ball- Larcher De Brito, based at the end of the third set. the courts,” said a spokesman. Wimbledon champion since 2002 champion boys and girls run to his aid during his match against Spain’s Fernando same Bollettieri centre in Florida, Also withdrawing were Steve Meanwhile, Murray eased into Lleyton Hewitt lost to Ivo Karlovic in the 1st Verdasco. admitted the conditions had been Darcis, the conqueror of Nadal, the third round with a 6-3, 6-3, testing. Croatian 10th seed Marin Cilic 7-5 win over Lu Yen-Hsun. AFP round in 2003 Confed Cup: Late Paulinho goal sends Brazil into final

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil: The second half threw up few cardiomyopathy, a rare condi- Paulinho scored with a header good chances but Paulinho rose to tion that causes the walls of the four minutes from time to give head home a Neymar corner in heart to thicken and is very hard Brazil a 2-1 win over Uruguay the 86th minute and give Brazil to diagnose. and take the host nation to the victory, with Spain and Italy play- “We won the match 1-0 and final of the Confederations Cup. ing in today’s second semi. the players were dancing in the Diego Forlan missed a penalty Earlier, a capacity crowd held changing rooms afterwards,” then Brazil’s Fred scores a goal in the 13th minute after Chelsea a minute’s applause before the Cameroon manager Winfried between Uruguay’s Diego defender David Luiz wrestled semi-final in memory of Marc- Schafer told the BBC. Lugano (left) and Alvaro Diego Lugano to the ground. Vivien Foe, the Cameroon player “Then (captain) Rigobert Gonzalez during their Brazil took the lead in the 40th who died during a match in the Song came in and cried and said Confederations Cup semi- minute when Neymar latched same tournament exactly 10 years “Marcus, Marcus” and told us he final match at the Estadio onto to a long ball from Paulinho ago. was dead. Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, and his deflected shot fell to Fred, Foe collapsed unexpect- “Everyone was shocked and was yesterday. who bundled the ball home. edly in the 75th minute of the asking why. All the players were It took Uruguay three minutes Confederations Cup semi-final crying. I went out of the dressing of the second half to draw level. in Lyon between Cameroon room and heard two ladies cry- The Brazilian defence repeat- and Colombia on June 26, 2003. ing very, very loudly. Then I saw edly failed to clear the ball and Although medics tried to resusci- Marcus lying there, on a table, with when Thiago Silva’s weak pass tate him he was pronounced dead his mother and wife by his side. I fell to Edinson Cavani he made minutes later. touched his leg and I went outside no mistake with an angled drive. He died of hypertrophic and cried too.” AGENCIES