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Emir meets GCC chief Expatriates Media seminar remit $60bn disappoints in 7 years DOHA: Foreign workers have remitted from here an astro- nomical $60bn overseas in the past seven years — between participants 2006 and 2012, according to Qatar Chamber, the represent- ative body of the private sector which is the largest employer of ‘Press was free before Jazeera launch’ the foreign workforce. Qatar Chamber said in its DOHA: It is wrong to believe “Al Jazeera is not part of the annual report for 2012 that some that Al Jazeera is a symbol Qatari media as it does not talk 54 percent of the workers’ remit- of media freedom in Qatar, about local issues”. tances of $60bn were routed to because much before its Director of Media at the Qatar Asian countries, followed by Arab launch Qatar TV was han- Foundation for the Protection of nations that accounted for nearly dling issues that were bold Women and Children’s rights, half that volume (28 percent). and almost a taboo, the first she hinted Al Jazeera was India was the top destina- Qatari woman to join TV said launched because of the media tion of the remittances, fol- here yesterday. freedom that existed in the lowed by the Philippines, while Dr Elham Badr Al Sada also country before. the US, Egypt and the neigh- said Al Jazeera should not be “Even before Al Jazeera, the The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with GCC Secretary General Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani bouring UAE trailed, Al Sharq included among local media Qatari media was outspoken at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Al Zayani briefed the Emir on the preparations for the 15th GCC consultative reported yesterday, saying that organizations as it never touches about many issues,” Mubarak summit, to be held in Saudi Arabia. the Chamber cited IMF figures upon Qatari issues. Jaham Al Kuwari, CEO of in its annual report. Al Sada was speaking at a semi- Qatar Media Corporation THE PENINSULA nar organized by the Doha Centre (QMC), said. for Media Freedom (DCMF) Speaking about one such yesterday to mark World Press instance, Al Sada said that when Attacked Indian spy Freedom Day, an event that sev- the passports of 5,000 Qataris Kuwait plans high service eral participants described as were revoked by the government, dies in Pakistan jail “irrelevant, unimpressive and she was able to speak about the badly organized”. issue on local television. LAHORE: An Indian national “It (the event) looked like “In the 27 years of my career charges on foreign workers on death row in Pakistan who an amateurish debate or dis- so far, I never received a call from was attacked last week by fel- cussions like the ones that the government to censor any- low inmates has died from his are held in our majlis (living thing,” Al Sada said. KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait plans ($21bn) a year on subsidies for that 213 expatriates had already injuries, reports said. Sarabjit rooms) every day,” said a Qatari Some participants of the semi- to increase service charges services like electricity and water been sent home for committing Singh, who was sentenced to participant who didn’t want his nar said they were shocked by on foreigners, media reports ... two thirds of which ($14bn) “grave” traffic offences. death 16 years ago on espionage name in print. the discussion on as crucial an said yesterday, triggering the go for expatriates,” the minister Last month, Minister of Social charges, was rushed to hospital The seminar was supposed to issue as media freedom by a ire of the main labour union said in remarks carried by Al Rai Affairs and Labour Thekra Al on Friday with multiple wounds, debate Qatar’s media landscape panel of speakers that consisted which also blasted the govern- newspaper. Rasheedi said the emirate plans including a severe head injury, but what was actually discussed of journalists who were not ment for deporting hundreds of He said that all neighbouring to deport around 100,000 expatri- after an argument in Lahore’s there were journalist-speak- independent. expatriates. Gulf states have raised charges on ates a year for the next 10 years to Kot Lakhpat Jail. ers’ —their so-called achieve- The moderator of the discus- State Minister for Cabinet expatriates and the government reduce the number of foreigners Officials at the Lahore hos- ments in the profession, said the sion also came in for criticism Affairs Sheikh Mohammad cannot follow suit because of a by one million. She did not say pital where Singh, 49, was being participant. from some participants who pri- Abdullah Al Sabah said in com- 1992 law that bans it from raising what measures would be adopted treated said he died at 1am local Taking part in a discussion on vately complained that he wasted ments published yesterday that charges without legislation. to put the plan into effect. time today. Sarabjit sustained Qatar’s media strategy, Al Sada time discussing resumes and the government has sent a draft The minister’s remarks come Kuwait has 2.6 million expatri- several injuries, including a frac- said of Al Jazeera, which is gen- experiences of the panelists. law seeking to raise public serv- amid government threats to deport ates who form 68 percent of the tured skull, when six pri-soners erally considered as a symbol of THE PENINSULA ices charges on expatriates. large numbers of expatriates and country’s 3.8 million population. attacked him. AFP media freedom in Qatar: Continued on page 5 “The state spends KD6.0bn after a senior traffic official said AFP Earlier report on page 14

Obama may name All-German final in Champions League new Gitmo envoy BARCELONA: Bayern all in the second-half, saw them WASHINGTON: President Munich beat Barcelona 3-0 in to an astonishing 7-0 aggregate Barack Obama is considering their Champions League semi- victory and a date with Borussia appointing a new senior State final second-leg in Barcelona Dortmund at Wembley on May Department official to work yesterday to set up the first 25. Barcelona — appearing in a out how to transfer detain- ever all-German final and the record sixth successive semi-final ees to permit the closure of Bundesliga champions’ third — never threatened to overcome the war-on-terror prison at final in four years. the first-leg deficit as they slipped Guantanamo Bay. Goals by Arjen Robben, an to their worst aggregate defeat in The White House said yester- own-goal by Gerard Pique and European competition. AFP day that Obama would consider a header by Thomas Mueller, See also page 28 the measure as part of the new effort to close the controversial facility that he promised during a press conference on Tuesday. With most of the remaining 166 inmates at Guantanamo Bay now on hunger strike, Obama said that the camp was no longer sustain- able and was not in America’s national security interests. Vehicles plying on a flooded street in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, yesterday. Obama ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay within a year when he took office in 2009 See also page 10 Flash floods kill 16 in Saudi Assad makes rare RIYADH: Sixteen people have Hail in the north and in the west. The vast Arabian Peninsula public appearance died and three more are miss- Earlier yesterday, the kingdom country has not experienced such ing in Saudi Arabia after down- said 13 people had died and four a high volume of rainfall for 25 DAMASCUS: Syria’s pours caused flash floods in were missing but later the civil years. President Bashar Al Assad several areas of the kingdom, defence statement updated the But around 10 people were made a rare public visit yester- the civil defence authorities said toll saying “the number of dead killed in 2011 when flooding day to an electrical plant in cen- yesterday. bodies retrieved until midday has swept through the western city tral Damascus to mark Labour Two others died in flash floods risen to 16”. of Jeddah, where 123 people also Day, the presidency’s official in neighbouring Oman, local It urged people to avoid valleys perished in floods in 2009. Facebook page said. media reported, as cloudbursts and plains that have been flooded The inability of Jeddah’s infra- “President Assad is now visit- swept across most Gulf countries. by heavy rainfall that began on structure to drain off flood waters ing the Umayyad electrical plant The official SPA state news Friday. and uncontrolled construction in in Tishreen Garden in Damascus agency quoted a civil defence Television footage showed 4X4 and around the city were blamed and congratulates its workers and statement as saying people died cars stuck in the middle of valleys at the time for the high number Syria’s workers on their holiday,” Barcelona’s Dani Alves heads the ball with Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery, in several areas including in the and people clinging to a tree to of victims. the Facebook page said. during their Champions League semi-final second leg match at Camp Nou capital Riyadh, Baha in the south, escape fast-flowing flood waters. AFP See also page 7 stadium in Barcelona, yesterday. THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar Airways’ Dreamliner back in skies Flight a tribute to Boeing: Official

DOHA: Qatar Airways yes- first to fly on Qatar Airways’ 787 terday resumed its Boeing once it returned to service, and 787 services after a worldwide I’m thrilled that our Dreamliner grounding of the aircraft in fleet is back in the skies, providing January. our passengers with an unparal- The airline’s first 787 operated leled level of service and comfort,” flight QR116 from Doha to Dubai said Al Baker. yesterday at 1315 hrs. “Throughout the grounding of The airline’s fleet of five our fleet we have worked closely Dreamliners was grounded ear- with Boeing to monitor the situ- lier this year following a directive ation and work towards getting from both the Federal Aviation our fleet up and running again. Administration (FAA) in the Safety has always been the No. 1 US and Qatar’s Civil Aviation priority for Qatar Airways and I Authority. have full confidence in the safety Qatar Airways Chief Executive and security of this aircraft.” Officer Akbar Al Baker was the Jeffrey Johnson said: “Today’s first passenger to board the air- flight is a tribute to the spirit of line’s reinstated Dreamliner 787, partnership, which led to the solu- joined by President of Boeing tion that made it possible. It is also Middle East, Jeffrey Johnson, testament to Qatar Airways’ con- Boeing’s Deputy Fleet Chief, tinued support for the Dreamliner David Silver, and a delegation of programme and to the strength of regional and international media. its relationship with Boeing.” Qatar Airways’ 787 Dreamliner (QR 116) which took off to Dubai yesterday. “I always said I would be the THE PENINSULA ‘Educate A Child’ drive takes off with Qatar Airways

DOHA: Qatar Airways will take dif- over, and with our network spanning ferent steps to make its passengers 126 destinations across six continents, aware about ‘Educate A Child’ (EAC), our global reach is perfectly suited to an initiative to support less privileged draw attention to the wide-ranging aims and marginalised children to access of ‘Educate A Child’, which is to enable education. over 60 million out-of-school children to Various communication platforms the have access to education,” said Al Baker. airline has in reaching a wide global pas- As part of the high level meetings, senger base will inform and showcase Qatar Airways affirmed its support dur- the initiative, including the in-flight ing the signing of the Memorandum of entertainment system, in-flight maga- Understanding with the programme. zines, the airline’s web site and social The airline pledged to provide support media channels. via a comprehensive suite of communi- Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer cations platforms, as well as financial Akbar Al Baker speaking at a high level donations collected on-board and mon- meeting of EAC, said: “The airline is etary contributions from the airline. proud to be a purveyor of communica- Qatar Airways CEO participated in tion to all of our passengers about the a Plenary Session during High Level noble ‘Educate A Child’ programme, Strategic Meetings in Doha yesterday Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker takes part in a Plenary session where he discussed details of the airliner’s involvement developed by H H Sheikha Moza bint for – Educate A Child – global pro- with ‘Educate A Child’ initiative. Nasser,” gramme launched by Sheikha Moza in “Our passengers travel the world November 2012. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Emir meets Libyan Congress President

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Libyan National Congress President Mohammed Magarief at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. After the discussions the Emir hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of Magarief and his delegation. A red-carpet reception was accorded to Magarief as he arrived at the Emiri Diwan. Cabinet okays joint rescue centre

DOHA: The Prime Minister satellite and pass them to the rel- public relations department at and Foreign Minister H E evant bodies with the implemen- the Ministry of Interior will be Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin tation of search and rescue work. included to this committee. Jabor Al Thani presided over Cabinet also approved a draft The Cabinet reviewed the fol- the Cabinet regular session held law related to the registration of lowing items and took the appro- at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. trademarks for GCC states. The priate decisions: A letter of the After the meeting the Deputy law addresses provisions related Minister of Business and Trade Prime Minister and Minister of to procedures for the registration concerning the proposal for set- State for Cabinet Affairs H E of trademarks, duration of the ting up a committee on supervi- Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud protection of a trademark, cancel- sion, coordination and follow-up announced the decisions. lation of its registration, transfer for managing the current Doha The Cabinet considered top- of its ownership, mortgage and Port works and a memo of the ics tabled on the agenda and seizure, as well as licensing con- Ministry of Economy and Finance approved a draft Emiri deci- tracts, collective marks, surveil- on the letter of the International sion establishing the Doha Joint lance marks and public interest Monetary Fund (IMF) on options Rescue Coordination Centre. bodies marks. of the member states of the deple- The Centre aims to coordinate Approved a draft decision tion of the second distribution of and enhance the effective regula- amending some provisions of Special Drawing Rights and the tions to serve the maritime and decision No.17 of 1998 on estab- recommendation of Qatar Central air goals of search and rescue in lishing a permanent emergency Bank (QCB) in this regard. accordance with international committee. The Cabinet approved the standards and legislations to this According to the amend- signing of the Beijing Treaty on effect. It will exercise all the pow- ment, three representatives Audiovisual Performances and ers and competencies to achieve of the national command cen- the draft agreement on security its objectives, including monitor- tre, the coasts and borders’ cooperation between Qatar and ing and receiving distress calls via security department and the Tajikistan. QNA THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME First indoor snow park at Festival City Entertainment a key component of Qatar’s biggest mall

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Entertainment would form a mall without the hotel which is key component of the mall set to linked to it,” said Douglas. DOHA: The first ever indoor be the biggest in Qatar and sec- Doha Festival City mall, snow park in Qatar will be ond biggest in the Middle East, according to Douglas would among the major attractions at said Greg Douglas, Development feature 550 shops, 200 of which the QR6bn Doha Festival City Director, Doha Festival City. are new to Qatar. In addition, it which will be completed in the “Through these state-of-the- would offer 70 choices of restau- first quarter of 2016. art indoor and outdoor enter- rants and cafes. “We did an extensive market tainment facilities, we want to “Already some of the region’s research which revealed snow raise the bar of entertainment top retail groups representing entertainment is something that in Qatar making Doha Festival the world’s most prestigious people here want to experience. City not just a mall but a com- and popular brands have com- The next generation snow park munity centre where everyone mitted expansive presence at will be something unique and will enjoy,” Douglas told the local Doha Festival City. We also plan cutting edge,” said Kareem M media yesterday, a day after a to have a retail mix catering to Shamma, Chief Executive Officer, preview of the retail component both mid and luxury markets,” Bawabat Al Shamal Real Estate of the mixed use development said Shamma, adding 180 shops Co (BASREC), the joint venture which was attended by over are already leased. representing the development’s 300 regional and international “We are creating something Qatari and Emirati shareholders. retailers. truly unique for Qatar, a desti- CEO of Doha Festival City, Kareem M Shamma (centre), is flanked by Development Director, Greg Douglas (right) The indoor snow park would Construction has already nation within a destination, a fes- and Senior Executive Manager, Jihad Zarkout, during the press conference yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL be complemented by an outdoor started for the mall — the sec- tive fusion of sights and sounds entertainment park which will ond phase of development which that will excite the senses, and comprise a rapid river, splash would run in parallel with phase will become a regular attraction Doha Festival City will also centre, all over a total site area with an efficient vehicle manage- fountains and a host of extreme three, which is the hotel. for residents and visitors alike,” be home to automotive show- of more than 430,000 sq m, that ment system. games, added Shamma. “We don’t want to open the said Shamma. rooms, as well as a convention will include 8,500 parking spaces THE PENINSULA

EQ hosts networking event India to award 100 ahead of major conference scholarships for

DOHA: Enterprise Qatar (EQ) from the private and public sectors in kids of NRIs, PIOs hosted a networking event yester- Qatar were also in attendance to find day under the title ‘Stakeholders out more about the upcoming event and DOHA: India’s Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs’ Engagement Day’ in preparation for the valuable opportunities it may have ‘Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children’ the first Government Procurement in terms of high-quality products and (SPDC) has announced 100 scholarships for the year and Contracting Conference and services, and nationalising the importing 2013-2014. Exhibition in Qatar. The event will and procurement process, a tactic that The programme awards children of Persons of Indian be organised by EQ and take place will reduce project cost. Origin (PIOs) and Non-Resident Indian (NRIs) in pursu- this month at the Qatar National Also attending were representatives Coast Guard officers with HMC Ambulance Service officials. ing undergraduate courses in several disciplines in India. Convention Center. of Ashghal, Qatar Airways, RasGas, A total of 100 scholarships are offered for undergradu- Nora Al Mannai, CEO of EQ, joined Shell Qatar, Oryx GTL, Qatar Chemical ate courses in several disciplines including Engineering, attendees along with a number of inter- Company Ltd (Q-Chem), Lusail Real Architecture, Technology, Humanities, Liberal Arts, national economists who are experts in Estate Company, HSBC, Aspire Zone, Coast guards get First Commerce, Management – BBA/BBM, Journalism, Hotel the field of developing small and medium SASOL, QCoat, QEZ, AJ Jaber Company, Management, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Science enterprises (SMEs), including Professor Al Mannai Company, Qatari Diar Real and Law. Murat Yulek, Dean of the Business Estate, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Steel Aid lessons from HMC The programme is open only to PIOs/NRIs from 40 Administration College at the Turkish and other companies that are ready to specified countries, having a larger concentration of Aviation Corporation; Richard Kopisz, offer local work opportunities to SMEs, DOHA: Hamad Medical Al Thani, said the training course Indian Diaspora. Fifty percent of the scholarship slots Executive Director of Maxwell Stamp- through engaging them in various bids Corporation’s (HMC) gave his officers confidence in would be reserved for PIOs. However, in the event of KSA; and Rohan Nagbal, Director of and tenders which were offered to cover Ambulance Service has con- their ability to provide timely first non-availability of suitable PIO candidates, the unified Dan and Bradstreet for Consultancy the importing needs of the giant projects ducted a specialist First Aid aid care to people in need. slots could be assigned to NRI candidates. and Research. being executed by each company. training course for officers from “We have learnt a lot from it, NRI candidates would be eligible for the grant of the Representatives of local companies THE PENINSULA the Coasts and Borders Security and it has helped us fill the gaps in scholarship only if their total family income per month Department. our practice. We are now assured does not exceed an amount equivalent to $2,250. Around 25 officers from the that we will be able to better clas- Children of NRIs should have pursued at least three Coast Guard completed the spe- sify and manage injuries offshore, years of education, inclusive of 11th and 12th or equiva- cialist first responder training, while making sure the patient lent (not beyond), in a foreign country during the last six which covered critical First Aid reaches the shore safely,” he said. years, and should have passed the qualifying examination techniques, with experts from Chief Operations Officer of abroad. The last date for receipt of application forms by the Ambulance Service and the the Ambulance Service, Brendon Educational Consultants India Limited (Ed.CIL) is June Hamad International Training Morris, said the coast guards 10. PIO/NRI students already studying in India on a self- Center (HITC). The unique train- were the “Ambulances Service’s financing basis or under any other arrangement will not ing programme also included a important partners in extending be eligible under this scheme, which is open only for fresh week of ‘on the job’ training with care offshore”. admissions in the first semester of year of undergradu- the Ambulance Service paramed- “We are committed to provid- ate courses. ics to see how these skills are used ing the best patient care nation- Candidates would be selected on the basis of their per- in the field. wide and I am delighted to see formance in the qualifying examination (equivalent to Senior Commissions Officer at their commitment to help us plus 2 stage in India) which decides the eligibility to apply the Coasts and Borders Security extend that care offshore,” he for the scholarship scheme. The candidates would also Officials during the networking event hosted by Enterprise Qatar yesterday. Department, Sheikh Abdul Aziz said. THE PENINSULA have to fulfil all the criteria prescribed for the purpose. The amount of scholarship admissible would be 75 per- cent of the total Institutional Economic Cost (IEC) or $4,000 per annum, whichever is less. IEC includes tuition fee, hostel fee and other institutional charges. Further information and application forms are avail- able online at: www.moia.gov.in or Ed.CIL: www.edcili- ndia.co.in. THE PENINSULA

Sidra gets General Counsel

DOHA: Leading health and biomedical research attorney, Clint Hermes (pictured), has been appointed General Counsel at Sidra Medical and Research Center. Key among Hermes’ immediate priorities will be to assess Sidra’s legal requirements and educate staff on critical areas such as com- pliance and legislation. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Board of Governors, Hermes’ responsibilities will also include management of a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including high value contracts and affiliation agreements. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Food consumption rising 5pc growth to continue until 2017 driven mainly by rising population

DOHA: Food consumption in to lead the region’s food sector Urbanisation (and the result- processing segment especially Qatar is expected to grow five accounting for 60 percent of the ant improvement in marketing bakery and dairy products. The percent annually between 2012 total consumption. However, due and distribution infrastructure) GCC, especially the UAE, with and 2017 driven mainly by rising to rising population, and increase has a profound effect on food con- the advantage of its location is population and amid a changing in tourist arrivals, consumption sumption. It helps attract large also emerging as a major food re- regional consumption pattern growth in Qatar is expected supermarkets (retail formats) exporting hub. Although UAE’s that shows a shift to a protein- to outpace that of other GCC and improve access to foreign food production capability is lim- rich diet such as meat and dairy countries. supplies (imports), thus widen- ited, its strategic location has products, says a report. During 2012-17, meat consump- ing the available range of choices. helped it to be a significant link But cereals would maintain tion is expected to increase by Increasing urbanisation, hec- in the region’s food chain. their dominant position among 3.9 percent annually, followed by tic lifestyles, growing popularity While there is a grow- food categories in the GCC region fruits, vegetables, milk, and cere- of large food retail formats and ing awareness and drive about as a whole, with increasing con- als at 3.7 percent, 3.4 percent, 3.1 presence of multinational food healthy living, obesity rates are sumption of protein-rich and percent and 2.5 percent, respec- companies in the GCC region are high and diabetes is a concern for high-value products such as meat tively. The consumption of pulses, expected to increase the popu- the region. and fruits due to rising affluence. sugar, oil, fish, eggs and potatoes, larity of high-value processed As a consequence, demand for Alpen Capital’s latest report is expected to grow at four per- foods among consumers, driving healthy food which is high on on the GCC Food Industry esti- cent during the period. consumption. energy and nutrition is expected mates that food consumption Per capita food consumption Increasing number of hyper- to grow. Demand for healthy in the region will expand at 3.1 in the region is low compared to markets, supermarkets, discount alternatives such as meal replace- percent annually over 2012-17, that in developed economies and stores, and various other forms ment products and low-fat dairy Serpentine queues of vehicles on Salwa Road. reaching 49.1 million tonnes by is expected to increase at a rela- of organised retail have also con- is expected to increase. 2017-end due to growing popula- tively higher rate with growing tributed significantly to the grow- There is also a rise in demand tion, increase in foreign tourists affluence. ing demand for food (particularly for organic foods which has as well as rising income levels. Another factor contributing to processed food) in the region. been driven largely through the Per capita food consumption the growth in food consumption There is a substantial oppor- increasing use of agrochemicals No relief for Salwa in the region is forecast to reach is the expected expansion of the tunity for local and international and other harmful pesticides, 971.2 kg by 2015 and 983kg 2017. GCC population from 41.7 million brands with GCC governments together with growing consumer Road motorists Saudi Arabia would continue in 2010 to 49.9 million by 2017. supporting the growth of food awareness. THE PENINSULA despite underpasses Keep roofs clean: CMC Scribes say felt let down by seminar DOHA: Opening of the under- through a narrow two-lane road passes at the Salwa road has not before they reach the Midmac fly- DOHA: The Central Continued from page 1 participants said. Some critical critical that the panellists did not helped solve the traffic conges- over and the Midmac roundabout. Municipal Council (CMC) “It was a waste of time. Were insights had indeed come from include independent scribes. tion in the area, say motorists. During peak hours, the queues has called on the Ministry of we here to know the achievements some members of the audience Editor-in-Chief of Al Sharq With work still going on, serv- on the highway extend from the Interior to launch a crack- of the panellists or discuss a seri- who raised the problems faced newspaper, Jaber Al Harami, also ice roads and intersections, ser- underpass near Qatar Décor to down on buildings storing ous issue like media freedom in by local journalists in the form of spoke on the panel. pentine queues of vehicles have the one near the Central Market. old goods and garbage on the Qatar? We thought they would be questions. Panellists also said that it was become a routine, especially in the “Opening of the underpasses roofs. discussing the challenges to press Khalid Al Jabor, one of the self-censorship that restrained peak hours. has in fact aggravated the situ- The civic council noted freedom in the country. It was a attendees who said he felt let local media organisations while Many people earlier used to ation and it is not going to be that this practice, if not pre- disappointment being here,” said down by the seminar, spoke about the government had never put a avoid the area due to hectic road solved until work is fully com- vented, could lead fires. The another participant on grounds the restraints on local media. bar on anyone. works. With all the underpasses pleted. Providing more diver- recommendation was made at of anonymity. “The local media such as news- “So far no journalist has been in both directions now open, more sions and alternative roads can a meeting of CMC’s Services Issues such as freedom to papers, radio and television are imprisoned or harmed in Qatar people are now using the road, be a temporary solution,” said a Committee on Tuesday. Roofs report and easy access to infor- kept like the Chinese foot bind- like other neighbouring coun- contributing to traffic jams. resident, who uses the road on a of some buildings are used for mation should have been in the ing,” Al Jabor said. tries,” Al Harami said. Exit points are available at daily basis. dumping garbage and other forefront of the discussion, some Mohammed Al Qahtani was THE PENINSULA the highway to major desti- With so many car show rooms, flammable material that might nations such as Ain Khaled, vehicle service centres and shops easily catch fire. This also gives Central Market, Abu Hamour and offices providing a wide range a bad look to the buildings, the and Mamoura. However, all the of services located on both sides committee said in its report. service roads and intersections of the highway, the area is still The report urged the leading to these areas get crowded suffering from severe shortage of authorities to take action to even in lean hours. parking space. clean roofs of such buildings “At most intersections, espe- The partial completion of the and encourage the occupants to cially the one near the Central road project has improved the grow some ornamental plants Market, one will have to wait for situation to a great extent helping or use them to do physical about half an hour to cross the the shops to revive their business exercise. It also recommended junction,” lamented a motorist. that was hit hard by the prolonged to the Ministry of Municipality Work is still going on at the road works. However, an increase and Urban Planning to include last underpass leading to the in the number of visitors to the a condition in the licensing Midmac flyover. All the vehicles area has further contributed to rules making it mandatory for coming through the highway and the heavy traffic. the building owners to keep the the service roads have to pass THE PENINSULA roofs clean. THE PENINSULA

A file picture of heavy traffic passing through the Abu Samra customs post. 800 trucks, 2,700 cars passing through Abu Samra daily

DOHA: About 800 trucks and through the border post every meet the Qatari standards. Mostly 2,700 cars are passing through month and 800 trucks every day, consignments are cleared without the Abu Samra customs post he said. This number would fur- delay. every day, making it one of the ther go up during special occasions. If there is a delay, it will that busiest ports of entry in the He said the Department the products may not have met the country, a senior official has said. recently seized a huge quantity of quality requirements or import- To meet this heavy traffic, the consignments that failed to meet ers may have failed to produce the Abu Samra Customs Department the country’s import require- required documents. is now gearing up for a major ments, which included a number There are strict rules in place expansion and upgrading of facili- of counterfeit products. regarding import of birds and ani- ties and equipment, says its direc- However, the volume of coun- mals and such consignments can tor Yousuf Ahmed Al Madadi. terfeit products being imported to be delayed due to legal issues. The The Department has com- the country has declined signifi- Department is coordinating with pleted preparations to implement cantly thanks to strict monitor- the Ministry of Environment on the much-awaited single win- ing at the ports of entry, although such issues. dow system at the port to ensure the phenomenon has not stopped As for export of fish from Qatar faster clearance of consignments. completely, he added. through land, the authorities have Training of staff is in progress He said the Department is fixed a maximum 50kg per car. and the new system will be coordinating with the Supreme Export of petrol, diesel and sub- implemented very soon, Al Sharq Council of Heath to check the sidised food and meat has been reported, quoting Al Madadi. quality of food items imported to banned, said the official. About 80,000 cars are passing the country and ensure that they THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Pullout won’t BRIEFLY bring peace: Egypt police arrest Netanyahu Islamist TV host CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested an Islamist tel- evision show host yesterday Root of conflict not territorial: PM after a court sentenced him to a year in prison for slan- JERUSALEM: Prime Minister But Netanyahu has categori- dering an actress, a police Benjamin Netanyahu said yes- cally ruled out any withdrawal to official said. terday that an Israeli with- the “indefensible” 1967 lines, and Police stormed Abdullah drawal would not bring peace on Wednesday said such a move Badr’s apartment early in the with the Palestinians because would not solve the conflict, which morning in the Nile Delta the heart of the conflict was was not about land but about “the province of Sharqiya and took their refusal to recognise Israel very existence of a Jewish state,” him into custody so he could as a Jewish state. the source said. start serving the sentence, the His remarks came a day after “If we reach a peace agreement official said. the Arab League announced I want to know that the conflict A court had convicted the moves to revive and modify its will not continue. That there fiery preacher and television 2002 peace initiative, drawing won’t be any more Palestinian show host for insulting actress praise from Washington and from claims afterwards,” Netanyahu Elham Shahin, who had sued Israel’s chief peace negotiator told the diplomats. Turkish riot police use tear gas against protesters during the May Day rally in Istanbul, yesterday. him. It also fined him 20,000 Tzipi Livni but no official response “The root of the conflict is Acre, pounds ($2,900). from the Israeli government. Jaffa and Ashkelon and you need According to press reports, “The root of the conflict is not to say it. You don’t need to apolo- Turkish police tear-gas protesters he had accused her of promis- territorial. It started a long time gise. You need to say the truth,” cuity. The television station before 1967,” Netanyahu said in he told them. that hosted Badr’s show, Al a meeting with foreign ministry US Secretary of State John ISTANBUL: Turkish riot A photographer said security for better working rights. Hafez, airs religious program- officials, referring to the year Kerry, who is engaged in efforts police in Istanbul fired water had been tightened around the Turkey has largely weathered ming and talk shows. Israel seized Gaza, the West Bank to relaunch stalled Israeli- cannons and teargas yesterday office of Prime Minister Tayyip the economic crisis that has swept and east Jerusalem during the Palestinian peace talks, believes to disperse tens of thousands Erdogan in the district of Besiktas through much of Europe, includ- Kuwait court jails Six-Day War. the Arab Peace Initiative could of May Day protesters, some of a short way from Taksim, where ing its neighbour Greece, enjoy- “You saw what happened when provide a framework for a future whom threw stones at security the heaviest clashes took place. ing steady growth over the past Saudi for five years we left the Gaza Strip. We evac- peace deal. forces as they tried to breach Erdogan was not in the office at decade. KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s uated the last settlers and what Speaking to Haaretz, two foreign barricades to reach the city’s the time. But many employees, as well lower court yesterday sen- did we get? Missiles,” he said of ministry sources who attended the main square. The incidents followed the pat- as rights groups, say workers in tenced a Saudi man to five Israel’s withdrawal of all troops meeting quoted Netanyahu as say- The city’s governor, Huseyin tern of past years, when May Day Turkey are denied their basic years in jail for insulting the and settlers from the coastal ing the demand to recognise Israel Avni Mutlu, said 22 police officers demonstrations in Turkey’s larg- rights to organise in trade unions, emir on Twitter, a human enclave in 2005. as a Jewish state was not a con- and three civilians were wounded est city have often been marked bargain collectively and take rights activist said. “The Palestinians’ lack of will dition for the start of talks, but in the clashes. by clashes between police and strike action, particularly in the The court passed the sen- to recognise the state of Israel as rather for their conclusion. Roughly half of Istanbul’s protesters. public sector. tence on Abdulaziz Al Mutairi the national state of the Jewish “Until the Palestinians rec- 40,000-strong police force was Dozens of people celebrating Turkey’s trade union movement in absentia, as his whereabouts people is the root of the conflict,” ognise our right to exist as a drafted in to the centre of the May Day were killed in Taksim was severely weakened following are currently unknown, the he said, in remarks communicated national state—no matter what city to block access to Taksim in 1977 when unknown gun- a coup in 1980, when martial law director of the Kuwait Society by a senior government source. the borders—and until they Square, earlier placed off limits by men opened fire on the crowds, was imposed and all trade unions for Human Rights, Mohammad The Saudi-led proposal, which declare that the conflict is over, authorities to a march organised although in the last three years were outlawed following years of Al Humaidi, said. offers full diplomatic ties with there will not be peace,” they by trade unions. protests have been largely unrest in Turkey with left- and The court also ruled that the Arab world in exchange for quoted him as saying. Avni said the clashes had been peaceful. right-wing groups clashing daily Mutairi should be deported Israel’s withdrawal from land Earlier, a cabinet minister con- instigated by “radical” groups Unlike other rallies through- on the streets. after completing his jail term, occupied in 1967, now includes sidered close to Netanyahu ruled numbering a total of 3,500 people out Europe yesterday aimed at Other marches took place in Humaidi added. a reference to the principle of out any acceptance of the 1967 who threw stones, metal objects protesting against government major cities, including the capi- Under Kuwaiti law, Mutairi mutually agreed land swaps, in a lines as the starting point for and Molotov cocktails at police austerity measures, crowds in tal Ankara, but they appeared to can challenge the ruling imme- move hailed by Washington as “a negotiations. lines. A total of 72 arrests were Turkey turned out to celebrate pass off peacefully. diately after he presents him- very big step forward.” AFP made during the day, he added. international labour day and call REUTERS self and the lower court is obliged to review his case. Turkish Airlines bans bright lipstick Sunni unrest ANKARA: Turkish Airlines Tunisian army, jihadists clash on border has banned air hostesses from wearing brightly-col- revives fears MOUNT CHAAMBI, Tunisia: On Monday, Tunisian forces began security source, without explain- some equipment,” he told private oured lipsticks such as red Tunisian troops clashed yes- their hunt for the group holed ing how he got the information. radio station Mosaique FM. or pink, a move which has terday with around 50 armed up in the mountainous region. “Yesterday (Tuesday) we found The standoff in Mount sparked fierce debate as the of sectarian jihadists in the remote Mount Authorities simply described them grenades, military and home- Chaambi is the worst of its kind government is accused of Chaambi border region, a secu- as “terrorists,” refusing to give any made bombs, documents on how since clashes in 2007 between the trying to Islamise the coun- war in Iraq rity source said, the first such further details because the opera- to make homemade bombs, coded army and Islamists in Soliman, try, local media reported operation since the revolution tion was ongoing. documents, maps and mobile near Tunis, under Zine El Abidine yesterday. RAMADI: Wearing military in January 2011. The gunmen laid homemade phones being used to make calls Ben Ali. A soldier, two policeman Numerous women posted fatigues with his cleric’s turban, “The group consists of more land mines in parts of the region abroad,” he added. and 11 Islamists died. pictures of themselves wear- Sheikh Ali Muhaibes brought than 50 Salafi jihadists,” the which have already wounded Unlike earlier in the week, Since the mass uprising that ing bright red lipstick on social Friday prayers in Iraq’s Sunni source said, adding that they were around 10 soldiers and members Wednesday’s operations were toppled Ben Ali more than two media websites to protest at Muslim heartland to a climax well armed and some were vet- of the national guard, some seri- being carried out by the army, years ago, radical Islamists sup- the measure, part of a new with chilling words for the Shia- eran Islamist militants who had ously, during the operation to which has the only units capa- pressed by the former dictator aesthetics code for steward- led government. come from northern Mali. flush them out. ble of detecting land mines. The have become increasingly asser- esses working for Turkey’s “If you want jihad, we’re ready. A journalist nearby reported The group originally con- national guard, or auxiliary police, tive and been blamed for a wave of main airline. If you want confrontation, we’re hearing an exchange of gunfire in sisted of 11 fighters for whom the are playing a secondary role. deadly attacks across the country. The lipstick ban is the latest in ready. And if you want us to go the area, close to Tunisia’s bor- Tunisian security forces have been Bassem Haj Yahia, a guard who The current government, led by a string of conservative measures to Baghdad, we’re coming,” he der with Algeria, which was sur- searching since December, when lost a leg after one of the bombs the moderate Islamist party Ennahda, adopted by the airline, which roared to the crowd in the west- rounded by soldiers and patrolled they attacked the Bou Chebka exploded, said the army was fac- has fully recognised in recent months have sparked the ire of fiercely ern province of Anbar. by helicopters. border post and killed a member ing an organised and well-armed the jihadist threat facing Tunisia. It secular Turks. “This measure For months, Sunnis have been The group is commanded by an of the national guard. adversary. has warned that groups linked to Al is an act of perversion. How protesting against Shia Prime Algerian and two Tunisians origi- “They then recruited some “It’s like they are installed in Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were else could you describe it?” said Minister Nouri Al Maliki, whom nally from the regional capital, youths from Kasserine and men a small village where they have infiltrating its borders. Gursel Tekin, vice-president of they accuse of marginalising their Kasserine, the security source said. who had come from Mali,” said the their hideouts, a training site and AFP the main opposition party CHP. minority sect and monopolising AGENCIES power since US-led troops toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. Now the mood is suddenly uglier. Government concessions had begun to defuse Sunni unrest, but, Gunmen press siege when security forces raided a pro- test camp in the town of Hawija on April 23, clashes swiftly spread to other Sunni areas, raising fears of Libyan ministries that Iraq might slide back into the kind of all-out sectarian bloodlet- TRIPOLI: Gunmen pressed the interior ministry twice, ting that ravaged it in 2006-7. their siege of two Libyan min- on Monday and Tuesday, “We worked together to bury istries yesterday, leaving the to demand higher pay and sectarianism, but it is rearing its authorities in a dilemma of promotions. head again,” Maliki told Sunni whether to risk a bloody con- Yesterday, vehicles equipped and Shia clerics at an Islamic frontation or reinforce the with anti-aircraft guns and “rapprochement and dialogue” image of a helpless state by rocket launchers blockaded the conference on Saturday. negotiating patiently. foreign and justice ministries as But many Iraqis fear such They have encircled the foreign traffic flowed smoothly on the efforts will prove futile. ministry since Sunday and the May Day holiday. War fatigue may be wearing off, justice ministry since Tuesday, “The siege of the foreign and US troops who once acted as a buffer demanding the sacking of former justice ministries is continuing are long gone and the war in neigh- officials from the ousted regime of and will go on until our demands bouring Syria is fuelling Sunni-Shia Muammar Gaddafi. are completely satisfied,” Aymen rivalry across the Middle East. The same groups, most of them Mohammed Abudeina, a mem- Protest leaders in Anbar have former rebels who fought to oust ber of a group committed to urged Sunni tribes to provide 100 Gaddafi in 2011, briefly occupied ensuring the exclusion of former armed men each for a self-defence the finance ministry on Monday. Gaddafi officials from public life, “army” for the province. On Sunday, former rebels who said. “We do not accept to live as had once been responsible for The justice ministry has dis- second-class citizens. We are the security at the headquarters of missed the idea of using force to sons of Iraq,” said Sheikh Abdul- Libyan national television, block- break the siege, saying the gov- Rahman Al Zubaie, a tribal leader aded it although broadcasts were ernment preferred to “let wisdom in Ramadi, the provincial capital. Members of the Libyan army, many of whom are former revolutionaries who fought against the late Colonel not interrupted. prevail.” REUTERS Muammar Gaddafi, protest in front of the entrance of the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Benghazi yesterday. And angry policemen invaded AFP THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Turkey probes Brahimi to quit use of chemical weapons as peace envoy, in Syria

REYHANLI, Turkey: Turkey is testing blood samples taken say diplomats from Syrian casualties brought over the border from fighting in recent days to determine whether they were victims of a International divisions frustrate envoy chemical weapons attack, local government and health officials UNITED NATIONS: troubleshooter, diplomats said. said yesterday. UN-Arab League Syria peace “He wants to resign because he The samples were sent to envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is on feels that the Arab League has Turkey’s forensic medicine the verge of quitting amid grow- taken themselves in a direction institute after several Syrians ing frustration at deadlocked which is a bit different from the with breathing difficulties were international efforts to end the UN,” said the Security Council brought to a Turkish hospital on worsening conflict, diplomats diplomat. Monday in the town of Reyhanli said yesterday. UN leader Ban Ki-moon and in Hatay province along the Brahimi, who took over from Arab League counterpart Nabil Syrian border. former UN leader Kofi Annan Al Arabi held new talks about the “We are taking the necessary in August last year, is “itching Syria conflict on Tuesday, officials precautions as we have received to resign but being persuaded said. unconfirmed information on to hang on for a few more days,” Brahimi, a former Algerian for- the use of chemical weapons,” said one UN Security Council eign minister and UN envoy in Reyhanli Mayor Huseyin Sanverdi diplomat. Afghanistan and Iraq, recognised told Reuters. “He has told everyone that he when he took over the position “So far I have not received con- wants to leave, there is little hope that he faced an uphill battle. Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad visits the Umawyeen electricity station at Tishreen park on May Day in Damascus. firmation from medical institutions that he will stay,” an Arab diplo- Russia and China have vetoed but there is a possibility that the mat at the United Nations said. three UN Security Council reso- State Department spokesman has been in a weak position since Meanwhile, Assad made a rare weapons were used and we have to Like Annan, Brahimi has been lutions seeking to increase pres- Patrick Ventrell, before the meet- making “a big push” to persuade public appearance yesterday, vis- act with caution in case,” he said. frustrated by international divi- sure on Assad. Arab countries, ing. “We reiterate our support for Assad to accept a peace deal four iting a Damascus power station, Sanverdi said the hospital in sions over Syria — with Russia the United States, Britain and his mission despite the challeng- months ago. while two bombs exploded near the Reyhanli had taken emergency backing President Bashar Al France have in turn stepped up ing circumstances.” “He has been trapped between the city centre and wounded 15 people, measures on Monday following Assad, while western nations and aid to opposition groups in recent “This is somebody who has, for Syrian regime, which has treated Syria’s state news agency reported. the claims but that those had Arab Gulf states give increased months. many months, laboured in the very him contemptuously, and the Sunni Sana said the blasts were now been lifted. He added that backing to the Syrian opposition. Ban, Al Arabi and all five noble cause of trying to help peace Arab governments that don’t want caused by two improvised explo- Monday’s patients had been The civil war has left more permanent members of the UN in Syria,” the spokesman added. to compromise with Assad. He sive devices which went off on brought from Idlib province. than 70,000 people dead since an Security Council — the United “If Brahimi resigns soon, it will deserves credit for persevering as Khalid Bin Walid street and the US President Barack Obama on uprising against Assad erupted States, Russia, China, Britain and come at a very bad moment for long as he has,” the expert said. nearby Bab Mesalla Square. It Tuesday said there was evidence in March, 2011, and the two France — want Brahimi to stay, the United States,” said Richard Some diplomats said Brahimi said the bombs were planted by that chemical weapons had been sides have become increasingly diplomats said. Gowan of New York University’s could keep a role as an advisor “terrorists,” a term the govern- used during Syria’s two year con- entrenched. The envoy on Monday met Center on International to the UN leader on Syria or the ment uses to describe rebels fight- flict, but that it was not yet known Brahimi, 79, has been criti- in Washington US Secretary of Cooperation. Middle East, who could step in if ing to topple the Syrian leader. how the chemical weapons were cized by the Syrian opposition, State John Kerry, who sought to “President Obama is already the Assad government collapses The Britain-based Syrian used, when they were used and and Assad’s government said last convince him to stay, diplomats under pressure to react forcefully and an international rescue oper- Observatory for Human Rights who used them. Washington has week it would no longer cooperate said. But it was not clear whether to the reports that the Syrian ation is needed. however said the Bab Mesalla long said it views the use of chemi- with him. Kerry made any promises of army has used chemical weapons. “Ban will not rush to appoint explosions were due to rockets cal weapons in Syria as a “red But the Arab League decision efforts to reinvigorate political Obama’s critics will inevitably a third person,” said the Security that fell in the area. It said initial line”, but wary of the false intel- to recognize the opposition Syrian efforts to end the conflict. argue that Brahimi’s exit proves Council diplomat. “You have had information indicated that there ligence that was used to justify National Coalition as the legiti- “We applaud Mr Brahimi’s that there is no chance of a diplo- Annan, you have had Brahimi, are were casualties, but the number the 2003 war in Iraq, it has said it mate government of Syria was efforts to advance a political solu- matic solution left, and it’s time to you going to get someone who can could not be obtained immediately. wants proof before taking action. the final straw for the veteran UN tion to the conflict in Syria,” said intervene.” Gowan said Brahimi do better than them?” AGENCIES REUTERS

Hezbollah Japan, Saudi condemn warns of possible Syria Assad rights violations JEDDAH: Japan and Saudi pursued by the kingdom of Saudi intervention Arabia condemned “grave” Arabia as a secure and reliable human rights violations by source in supplying oil to the inter- BEIRUT: The leader of Syria’s regime which they said national markets in general, and to Lebanon’s Hezbollah mili- has lost its “legitimacy”, in a the Japanese market in particular.” tant group said yesterday that joint statement yesterday after Voicing support for the oppo- Syrian rebels will not be able to a meeting of top officials. sition Syrian National Coalition, defeat President Bashar Assad’s Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo both countries hoped the umbrella regime militarily, warning that Abe arrived on Tuesday in Saudi group would play a leading role in Syria’s “real friends,” includ- Arabia, where he met with Crown a political transition in the war- ing his Iranian-backed militant Prince and Defence Minister torn country. group, were ready to intervene Salman bin Abdulaziz. They also “stressed their con- on the government’s side. “Both sides condemned the cerns for the rapidly deteriorating In Damascus, a powerful bomb continuation of grave violations humanitarian situation in Syria,” ripped through a bustling com- of human rights by the Syrian and pledged continued contribu- mercial district, killing at least 14 authorities,” said a joint Saudi- tions to answer urgent needs, in people and bringing Syria’s civil Japanese statement. coordination with international war to the heart of the capital for They also stressed that the organisations. Syria has been the second consecutive day. “regime had lost its legitimacy.” locked in a deadly conflict that Hezbollah, a powerful group, On the economic front, the two began with a peaceful uprising is known to back Syrian regime countries “stressed the impor- against President Bashar al-Assad’s fighters in Shia villages near the tance of the stability of the oil rule before it descended into a full- Lebanon border against the mostly market for the global economy.” scale war between his forces and Sunni rebels fighting to topple Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Salman bin Abdulaziz (right) with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Japan expressed its “appre- armed opposition groups. Assad. The comments by Sheik (left) in Jeddah yesterday. ciation for the balanced oil policy AFP Hassan Nasrallah were the strong- est indication yet that his group was ready to get far more involved to rescue Assad’s embattled regime. Thousands demand “You will not be able to take Damascus by force and you will not be able to topple the regime militarily. This is a long battle,” jobs at Morocco rally Nasrallah said, addressing the Syrian opposition. RABAT: Thousands took to the marched in Casablanca, Morocco’s “Syria has real friends in the streets of Rabat and Casablanca largest city and economic capital. region and in the world who will yesterday demanding jobs and Many of those participating in not allow Syria to fall into the higher pay during May Day yesterday’s demonstrations were hands of America or Israel.” demonstrations marked by ten- unemployed graduates, or public Hezbollah and Iran are close sion, with a large security con- sector employees demanding bet- allies of Assad. Rebels have tingent deployed in the capital. ter working conditions. accused them of sending fighters Several thousand people “When the PJD came to power, to assist Syrian troops trying to marched up Rabat’s central they said they’d find a solution to crush the uprising. boulevard around midday, wav- the job crisis. But they’ve done Deeper and more overt ing Moroccan and Berber flags, nothing to help us,” said Mohamed Hezbollah involvement in the holding placards and chanting Abdelmoneim, 27, who has been out Syrian conflict is almost certain slogans, some of them strongly of work since graduating last year. to threaten stability in Lebanon, critical of the government. For Abdelhamid Amine, a which is sharply split along sec- Scuffles broke out as the dem- member of the UMT, one of tarian lines, and between sup- onstrators passed the parliament Morocco’s largest unions, the porters and opponents of Assad. building, with riot police beating demonstration was “a success for It also risks drawing in Israel and up and wounding some of the pro- the working class and a repudia- Iran into a wider Middle East war. testers. “The people want the fall tion of the government, which has Nasrallah said on Tuesday there of the government!” shouted one made too many promises.” are no Iranian forces in Syria now, group of unionists. Morocco is grappling with an except for some experts who he The workers union affiliated to economic crisis linked to the said have been in Syria for decades. the ruling Islamist Party of Justice problems in Europe, its top trade But he added: “What do you imag- and Development (PJD) called for partner, amid widespread poverty, ine would happen in the future if an end to corruption and proclaimed rising prices and youth unemploy- things deteriorate in a way that its support for King Mohamed VI ment estimated to be as high as requires the intervention of the and Morocco’s ownership of the dis- 30 percent, which causes near- forces of resistance in this battle?” puted Western Sahara. daily protests in the capital. AP More than 10,000 people also AFP THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ARACK Obama has again vowed to take action to close the controversial prison camp at Guantánamo Bay declaring that he did not want any of its Bangladeshi workers need Bhunger-striking inmates to die of starvation. The statement has rekindled hopes as it comes after a long silence from the president on the issue and comes after a series of scathing reports in American media about the more than boycotts injustice being done to inmates and the irrationality and unsustainability of keeping a camp which has become a stain BY VIJAY PRASHAD legacy remains in the calendar: May that is harder now due to anomic work- on the country. The president’s statement is also the result Day is a national holiday. ing conditions in which unions are tough of a realisation that his options are narrowing and further HEN news of the building However, privatisation of industry to organise and police repression is inaction could cause serious damage to his reputation. A collapse spread around Savar, and state operations began in earnest intense. Following last year’s Ashulia hunger-strike which is going on at the facility, in which more Wnot far from Dhaka, the capi- in 1975, and picked up steam in the and Narayanganj riots, the government tal of Bangladesh, workers streamed out 1980s. That was the period when the created a crisis management cell and a than half the inmates are taking part, have attracted global of the poorly constructed factories ready government decided that Bangladesh force of industrial police – but not to media attention and inmates are speaking to the media to help with the rescue effort – and was to become a link on the global com- monitor labour laws. Their task was to about the injustices, tortures and humiliation they have ready, too, to smash cars and barricade modity chain for garment manufactur- spy on worker organisations. suffered, which has helped convince more Americans about roads. They felt in equal parts compas- ing, which now accounts for 80pc of Despite the difficulty of attract- the need to close down the camp. sion for their fellow workers and anger its export earnings. Export Processing ing underpaid and exhausted work- at the faceless system that grinds their Zones (EPZs) were established, where ers to union meetings, the National At a press conference on Tuesday, the president promised daily lives into hours making garments labour organisations were banned. This Garment Workers’ Federation and the to ‘go back at’ the Guantanamo issue and blamed the and minutes for rest. Fear of police ret- attracted multinational garment firms Communist-led Garment Workers’ Congress for frustrating his efforts to close the facility. But ribution did not stop them. They needed to Bangladesh, and they made arrange- Trade Union Centre are still active. the president must share equal blame because his action, or to be on the streets, to register their ments with local subcontractors – who NGOs have also entered the fray, nota- inaction, has precipitated the current crisis. His change of living humanity before a world that saw in turn controlled the production on bly the Bangladesh Centre for Worker mind is an act of wilting under them only hunched over their machines very tight margins. The only outlet for Solidarity, an initiative backed by US or as dead bodies being pulled out of dis- workers’ grievances at the miserable unions. However, this backing is no pressure, rather than resulting asters. Workers with blood in their veins conditions they were forced to endure protection: the centre’s chief organiser, Obama has from a genuine desire to bring are an unfamiliar was the anarchic outbreak of violence. Aminul Islam, was murdered last year. vowed to take justice to those who are suffering sight. This was how employees expressed their Dan Mozena, the US ambassador outside the boundaries of law. Factory owners anger – and it provided both factory to Bangladesh, told the BGMEA last action to close Obama, despite the aura of hastened to shut managers and the government with an June that if it were seen to ignore the controversial expectations he created in the Garment labourers down their subcon- excuse to tighten their repressive hold labour rights it could “coalesce into a are already tracting units and on the lives of workers. perfect storm that could threaten the prison camp. Muslim world at the beginning take refuge behind The credit crunch that started in 2007 Bangladesh brand in America”. of his presidency, has become fighting for fairer Atiqul Islam, dented the export-led model favoured by The reaction in the global north to His words must as draconian as his bête noire conditions. The the president of the Bangladeshi state. A slowdown in the latest “accident” in Bangladesh has be followed by George Bush in his anti-terrorism the Bangladesh the shops in the global north led to the been to talk about boycotts – to break policies, as has been exemplified best the global Garment sacking of a quarter of the workers in the global commodity chain at the point action. Manufacturers Dhaka’s EPZs. Over the past two years, of consumption. But that is not enough. in his stubbornness on drone north can do is and Exporters Bangladeshi workers have taken to the What is needed is robust support for the attacks. support them in Association streets to protest about the dismissals workers as they try to build their own In the coming days, Guantanamo will stay in the news their struggle. (BGMEA). This of their colleagues. organisations at the point of produc- as the hunger strike launched by inmates is set to intensify. man showed lit- Workers in Ashulia walked out tion. Pressure on north Atlantic govern- The US military has been rocked by the strike action tle care for the because one of their own – reported as ments that mollycoddle multinational that now officially involves at least 100 of the prisoners, injured and the dead. He worried about “Salman” – had been taken into custody. firms would create a breathing space for “the disruption in production owing to Their protest was met with police force, workers who otherwise suffer the full 21 of whom are being force fed. A forty-member military unrest” and said that this worker vio- and one man was shot dead. Workers in wrath of firms that couch their repres- medical team has arrived at the isolated base to administer lence was “just another heavy blow to Narayanganj went on strike after one of sion in the syrupy language of hard work treatment to keep the protesters alive. The military will the garment industry”. One expects such the firms fired 126 workers. When the and growth rates. go to any extent to keep the prisoners alive, because the officials to be discomfited by idle facto- leaders of the strike were attacked by The Bangladeshis are capable of doing death of any inmate will trigger complications which the ries and restive workers. Every second thugs believed to have been hired by the their own labour organising; what they administration will find difficult to resolve. that the machines are silent costs them factory owners, the workers responded need is political backing to do so. What money. Benevolence is a costly business. by demolishing Kolapatti, a marketplace is also needed, then, is clear-cut oppo- A country that detains people without charge simply Trade unionism and left political where the thugs had their HQ. As this sition not to this or that retailer, but because any charges would be thrown out of a proper court activity had deep roots in Bangladesh struggle unfolded, the Tazreen Garment to the system that produces pockets will forfeit the right to talk about human rights in other at its birth in 1971. In what had been Factory in Ashulia went up in flames, of low-wage economies in the south in parts of the world. And its behaviour to these inmates is no an eastern province of Pakistan, centres killing 125 workers. order to feed a system of debt-fuelled different from dictatorships which scoff at the rule of law. of anti-colonial struggle morphed into These actions are not a new phe- consumption in the north. None among labour and socialist movements. Out of nomenon, but draw on labour militancy us is against global connections, but it is The president must fulfill his promise this time and start these currents rose the Awami League dating back to the 1920s. In those early high time we put our minds to work to work on closing the camp. He has proved before that he has of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which led years workers’ movements could grow reject neoliberal globalisation. the way if he has the will • the charge towards independence. That out of spontaneous resistance. However, THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of Beyond war games the day fter an exhaustive military 10,000 US troops and South Korean two months back. Rather it has gone Sinmun newspaper described the drill on the Korean Peninsula, counterparts, have provided an apt over the brink and has unleashed a military drills as ‘attack rehearsals’ called Foal Eagle, they opportunity for Pyongyang to flex its new wave of terror in the region by that were ‘driving the situation of the Aperhaps have a reason to muscles. loading its missiles and putting forces Peninsula to a nuclear war’. We are deeply concerned believe that jingoistic North Korea has The point is what’s next for the duo on high alert. The White House has to do some- been coerced and shall be exercising that had, of late, also signed a new The United States had an oppor- thing special and out of the box to about the legal limbo that restraint. They are mistaken. The agreement stating any attack on Seoul tunity in disaster and that was to overcome this mentality and make a supports the permanent so-called uneasy détente prevailing would be tantamount to an aggression convince Kim Jong-un to step back serious endeavour to reach out to the and atrocious violation in the Pacific Rim is no criterion for against the United States. The show from the brink in exchange of a post- regime in Pyongyang. The US mindset lasting peace in the region. The joint of strength, coupled with the political ponement of the military exercises. that the drills were meant to defend of human rights at the military exercises that took place amid will, hasn’t made any difference as far North Korea now believes that the its ally and buoy peace could back- illegal naval base in high tensions with North Korea has as the intentions of the communist US has boosted its presence in the fire if Pyongyang started reading too Guantanamo, a centre angered the Stalinist state, which has state are concerned. This drives home neighbourhood by conducting mock much between the lines. Operation threatened to strike deep inside Japan the point that resorting to use of force war games and brought the warships Foal Eagle could turn foul for many of of torture and deaths of and destinations across the Atlantic. or politics of coercion hasn’t worked. much nearer to its territorial waters. the eagles in Washington. prisoners who are under Bruno Rodriguez The drills, which involved around Pyongyang is as dangerous as it was That is why North Korea’s Rodong Khaleej Times custody. Parrilla Cuban Foreign Minister THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 QATAR PERSPECTIVE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Mercenaries on prowl in cyberspace

be treated on equal footing with MARIAM AL KHATER international piracy, something that should entail punishment. I need to remind with what do not mean conventional related to national security. have stipulated in the Universal piracy, but rather means Mercenaries hide behind fake Declaration for Human Rights, Iof deliberate deception and accounts and borrowed names. article 19, says, “Everyone has recruitment on cyberspace. They use other people’s names or the right to freedom of opinion I received a phone call a few names and logos of institutions and expression; right to believe, days ago from a legal expert in to commit gross violations. They to obtain information, and to dis- the office of one of the ministers. pretend to be someone else and seminate opinion using any means He thanked me for the effort I spread hatred between individu- without restrictions. put into writing my articles and als and groups, and thus can have Moreover, Article 19 of the conveyed to me the greetings social, political and security impli- International Convention on Civil of the minister, and then asked cations for nations. The security and Political Rights underlines whether I had a Twitter account. implications of these violations the following restrictions to the The account he was referring to are the most dangerous part of exercise of the rights: was created using an alias, with it. This opens the way for cyber- A - Respect for the rights or no information about the person space gangs and the use of cyber- reputations of others; concerned. mercenaries by some countries. B – The protection of national I said no. I have only one Tunisian radio Mosaic launched security or public order, or of pub- account in my name, the pen a campaign on its website on April lic health or morals. name I use in my columns, “Pen 12 against those using a Facebook Article 20 added: “Any advo- Ink”. campaign to attack Qatar. cacy of national, racial or religious “This is strange, he said, “When Two days later, on April 14, hatred is prohibited by law as they we asked about the account we Italian newspaper Giornale il are considered incitement to dis- were told it was yours”. Referendum carried a report by crimination, hostility or violence.” I thanked him for his interest Valeria Velucci titled “Anonymous Dear United Nations, what is and inquiries and for drawing my announced that their next cyber- happening now is exactly what attention to the Twitter account. space target will be Qatar”. these conventions and declara- I repeated that I had only one According to the newspaper, tions prohibit. Why should not account in my name. this announcement was also car- countries regulate the tools that I mention this to show the ried on the Facebook page of the and hatreds. It should not also servers exist in the countries. by the international l community, have turned the world into an chaos reigning in the media in Tunisian group targeting Qatar. mean deceit and swindling of There is also a growing need there is need for social media arena for fighting? general and the fact that this Mercenaries in other sister individuals. for creating mechanisms to coun- companies to create binding The United Nations has moral media is sometimes used to harm countries have aimed their insults I remember the Pentagon’s ter cyberspace piracy in rela- standards for the registration of and legal responsibilities to move, individuals. The situation is worse and attacks at Qatar. It is unfor- decision to prevent American tion to the main servers in all individuals, including basic infor- to oblige social media companies in state affairs in the absence of tunate to see Twitter turned from soldiers and Pentagon personnel institutions. mation, their addresses and coun- to respect rules that require rules and regulations for social a peaceful dove into an aggressive from logging onto Facebook from This is a crazy world, where tries. Equally important is also individuals to register within the media, in which anyone can cre- hawk. Pentagon computers and through political chicanery thrives and the professional code for social framework of specific professional ate an account simply by giving This is a strange cyberspace its host servers under the pretext schemes aiming at creating disu- media companies similar to the codes, and according to interna- an email address, regardless of attack. We believe that the that this website is not secure. nity between the peoples of the traditional media code for news- tional conventions. Because these whether the email address is in media should be free, but slan- The fact that this decision same countries and tensions papers and satellite broadcasting. agreements are made to protect his name or someone else’s name. dering and defamation of others was taken by a country where among different countries flour- Media and freedoms are being individuals and people’s rights and Social media lack the neces- have nothing to do with freedom. Facebook and Twitter has been ish in a blatant violation of all reformulated everywhere in grant freedoms and privacies. sary regulations, accountability Service providers and users need created and this make it neces- international norms and rights the world according to personal Procrastination in taking the and legal redress for viola- to know that freedom in cyber- sary for our government institu- defended inside the United identities, for avoiding ambiguity, aforementioned steps can only be tions. However, some violations space is not mean to turn commu- tions to be cautious, not only as far Nations. opacity and plagiarism. interpreted as either failure or are not easy to discover, even nication companies into political as social media is concerned, but According to the International Freedom should bloom within a intentional recklessness aimed at for IT organisations across the tools, to undermine professional also as far as sending information declaration on Human Rights, specific regulated framework. Any turning social media into a politi- world, particularly if they are regulations or create divisions through email addresses whose international agreements ratified violation in this regard should cal arena for fighting and chaos.

KHALED AL JABER The bogey of Qatar occupying Egypt Democracy and the t seems that Qatari invest- about France being the third ments in Egypt irk some largest European investor in Ipeople who claim that Qatar ABDULLAH BIN HAMAD AL AZBA Egypt. Do they know how much is going to occupy Egypt for France invests in Egypt? Who peculiarity of Gulf reasons that are well known to are the first and the second larg- observers of the Egyptian politi- est European investors in Egypt ay after a day, the circle is widening and it is getting cal scene. However, investments and how much is the value of difficult to overlook it or stop its growth. Demands for by countries that support the their investments? Dchange and reform in the Gulf Cooperation Council mem- remnants of the former regime Do they even know that ber states, especially at the top of the power pyramid, have been do not cause similar irritation to France is going to fund the made strongly on the streets of these countries and have mani- this group of people. third phase of the third line of fested themselves clearly in the media, particularly the social The Egyptian minister of the metro project with €940m? media, among them the social networking website Twitter in information has indicated that Do our respectable readers know particular. the money spent on the media that Qatar National Bank’s The official reactions to this have been in the form of imposi- is three times advertisement acquisition of Egypt’s National tion of restrictive laws that gave the go-ahead for detention and revenues. No charity will fund a Société Générale Bank has arrest of tweeters and national figures. media machinery that works to angered some bodies in Egypt In his book “What is democracy?” French thinker Alain scare Arab investors away from although the French own 75 per- Touraine disregards the classical definitions of the concept of Egypt in order to overthrow cent of the shares? Is it reason- democracy and instead focuses on the nature, essence and forms Egypt’s elected president. able that foreigners have become of democracy across the world. My understanding is that dearer to them than their fellow Touraine also focuses on democracy as a modern and civilized these countries are afraid that Arabs? alternative upon which modern societies the revolution will spread from Qatar has made investments have been built. Many Gulf countries The authorities Egypt to them, despite repeated across the world as part of its have glorified this option for a long time, assurances from Dr Mohamed strategy to diversify its invest- but far from exercising it, they seem to in the Arab Mursi that Egypt will never do ments so that the national have turned against it. this. But leaders in these coun- budget does not depend solely This is a problem facing many Arab world are tries do not seem to get it. on revenues from oil and gas. societies before and after the Arab It is clear that these people These investments are welcomed Spring revolutions; they are passing trying, through have fear of the revolution being everywhere and Egypt needs its through the end of colonialism and exported, although President fellow Arab countries to sup- totalitarian regimes to political and these pretexts, Mursi said at the Arab Summit port it financially, create jobs ideological groups and movements. in Doha that Egypt did not and ensure a decent life for its Theories on the concept of democracy to justify their intervene in other countries’ citizens. focus on four main pillars, according to affairs. Nor will it allow any This was what the Emir HH the Tunisian philosopher Zuhair Al arbitrariness. country to intervene in its own how much did you hire the pyra- Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Khuaildy. First is political democracy, affairs, Mursi said. But every- mids?” I replied, “For $200bn for may Allah bless him, said in the which means civil freedoms, including body should know that there is five years!” He laughed and said, Arab Summit in Doha. freedom of thinking, creativity, political a limit to patience. “This is so good, we defeated you Some Egyptian and Gulf pluralism and the right to difference of opinion. I visited Egypt last month. in price”. media outlets keep repeat- The second pillar is economic democracy, which means the It was not my first visit to I watched the weekly TV ing that Qatar has funded the participation of workers in managing the institutions they work the country after the glorious show “Al Bernamege” (The Muslim Brotherhood with $5bn, for. January 25 revolution. I spent The strange thing Programme) presented by not Egypt. This is hilarious. The third pillar is social democracy, which means enabling last year’s summer vacation in is that Bassem Bassem Youssef on the private Egypt’s Foreign Minister said individuals to enjoy security and social justice. The fourth, August with my family between Youssef and other CBC channel. I saw Bassem talk- Saudi investments in Egypt according to Al Khuaildy, is personal democracy, which is based the country’s northern coast ing about the bugaboo of Qatar had reached $4bn. Can anybody on giving priority to individual motives over social ones, because and Al Maamoura beach in promoters of the wanting to buy the Suez Canal, claim that this money has been social progress will never happen unless there is the individual’s Alexandria. During my stay in Qatar bugaboo tale in the light of allegations made poured in for the sake of the progress. Egypt there were many electric- did not express by former presidential candidate Brotherhood, not Egypt? And Democracy is not a political system but rather an approach, ity outages due to the energy Ahmed Shafiq. anyone who thinks that Qatari a cultural, civilizational and social option that has been formed problems left behind by the any concern about His mocking Qatar in a sar- support to Egypt is intended for by the collective will of the rulers and the ruled. previous regime, and I heard the France being castic show did not bother me a specific group, let him show Claiming that there is a peculiarity (Gulf, Arab, national, Egyptians’ complaints about lack the third largest as much as his belittling our us how that can be done. The religious and doctrinal) that does not allow adoption of democ- of investments. greater Arab sister Egypt did. Muslim Brotherhood is in power racy is a pretext aimed at distorting facts, concealing them, and Back at the Cairo International European investor We Qataris cannot accept this at and Qatar has to deal with the evading the responsibilities democracy brings. Airport, when I was waiting for in Egypt. all. We also cannot accept what government, regardless of who The authorities in the Arab world are trying, through these my bags, an old man in his six- Bassem Youssef wrote about is in power. pretexts, to justify their arbitrariness, tyranny and hold on ties recognised my traditional Saudi Arabia, claiming that it is Egypt will become strong power. They use such justifications to stop the wheel of change Qatari attire and asked me if my providing Israeli jets with fuel to again, and the sun of the Arab and nip change in the bud. visit to Egypt was for tourism “Egypt is not for the Freedom kill our brothers and sisters in nation will rise once more by Perhaps one of the greatest benefits of the Arab Spring revolu- or business. I answered him by and Justice Party or its oppo- Palestine. We also cannot accept Allah’s grace. tions is that they have disproved the argument that Arab people saying, “Neither”. “I came here nents but for all Egyptians,” he his mockery of Salafists in the are not qualified or prepared for democracy due to their compo- to pack the pyramids after Qatar added. “We welcome you in your same article. sition, culture and religious heritage. Such ideas are associated hired them,” and the man burst second homeland,” the man said. The strange thing is that in Western societies with Arabs and Islam, despite the fact that into laughter and said, “I think Another man, who apparently Bassem Youssef and other pro- The views expressed in the articles on this even democracies have made wrong choices in many cases. our media wanted to destroy the was listening to our conversa- moters of the Qatar bugaboo page do not reflect the viewpoint of the newspaper. country.” tion, asked me: “You Qataris, for tale did not express any concern THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Obama may name new Gitmo envoy Fresh push to shut prison facility

WASHINGTON: President of Guantanamo Bay within a year Barack Obama is considering when he took office in 2009 and his appointing a new senior State failure to do so remains a blight on Department official to work his administration. out how to transfer detain- “There are things that the ees to permit the closure of president can do administratively, the war-on-terror prison at but this will also require congres- Guantanamo Bay. sional agreement,” Carney said. The White House said yester- “We will work with Congress to day that Obama would consider try to persuade them of the over- the measure as part of a new riding national security interest effort to close the controversial as well as economic interest in facility that he promised during a closing Guantanamo Bay.” press conference on Tuesday. Carney said all policy towards But the administration also Guantanamo Bay would be evalu- made clear that it would not be ated, including the current mora- able to achieve the closure of the torium on returning inmates to prison in Cuba, while Congress Yemen, which represent about continues to throw up obstacles. half of the camp’s population, to “There are a number of things their homeland. that we can do,” said White House The moratorium was imposed Federal investigators search the apartment of Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on April 19. The two were spokesman Jay Carney. after an attempt to down a US arrested for tampering with evidence while trying to help Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. “One of the options available airliner in Detroit on December to us that we’re examining is 25, 2009, was traced back to reappointing a senior official at Al Qaeda franchise in Yemen. the State Department to renew The administration reasons our focus again on repatriating that the chaotic situation in 3 charged with helping Boston bomber or transferring detainees that Yemen and limited security capa- we determine can be returned bility of the government would BOSTON/WASHINGTON: Kazakhs, Azamat Tazhayakov, a $250,000 fine. Kadyrbayev’s law- one of the bombers, the criminal to their home countries or third mean that the risk of released US authorities yesterday 19 and Dias Kadyrbayev, 19, with yer, Robert Stahl, said his client complaint said. countries.” detainees returning to or joining charged three men with inter- conspiring to obstruct justice was “not a target” of the bomb- After seeing Tsarnaev’s photo Earlier this year, the State radical groups is too great. fering with the investigation of by disposing of a backpack con- ing investigation, but declined to in TV news reports on the bomb- Department reassigned Daniel “We’re obviously evaluating the Boston Marathon bomb- taining fireworks they found in comment on any other specifics. ing investigation, Kadyrbayev Fried, who was the envoy for clos- this and other aspects of the situ- ing, accusing two students from Tsarnaev’s dorm room. He said his client had “cooper- texted the younger Tsarnaev to ing Guantanamo Bay, and he has ation in Guantanamo, but ... the Kazakhstan of hiding a laptop Tsarnaev, who attended the ated fully” with investigators and say that he resembled the suspect, so far not been replaced. moratorium remains in place,” computer and backpack belong- University of Massachusetts at “wants to go home to Kazakhstan.” according to the complaint. With most of the remaining said Carney. ing to one of the suspected Dartmouth, is being held at a According to court papers Tsarnaev’s response included 166 inmates at Guantanamo Bay Out of 166 inmates held at the bombers. prison hospital where he is recov- unsealed yesterday, the three the phrase “lol” and “you better now on hunger strike, Obama said prison at the remote US naval The third man, a US citi- ering from wounds sustained in a men admitted to investigators not text me,” as well as “come to yesterday that the camp was no base in southeastern Cuba, 100 zen named Robel Phillipos, was gun battle with police. His older that they had removed Tsarnaev’s my room and take whatever you longer sustainable and was not are now on hunger strike, accord- charged with making false state- brother, Tamerlan, died in the backpack from his dorm room on want,” according to court papers. in America’s national security ing to the latest tally from mili- ments to investigators. gunfight. April 18 — the day that investi- Tsarnaev’s roommate let the interests. But he also condemned tary officers. And of those, 21 The three were described The three new suspects were gators released photos of the three new suspects into his room, Congress for thwarting plans to detainees are being fed through as friends of surviving bomb- scheduled to appear in federal Tsarnaev brothers, saying they where they found a backpack bring inmates to the US main- nasal tubes. ing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, court in Boston. were suspects in the bombing. including fireworks that had been land and for imposing funding Obama has long argued for 19. They were not charged with Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov emptied of explosive powder. They constraints which are making it prosecuting enemy combatants direct involvement in the April 15 face a maximum sentence of five decided to “get rid of” the back- decided to remove the backpack more difficult to transfer detainees in civilian courts and transfer- Marathon bombings, which killed years in prison and $250,000 fine. pack, as well as a laptop computer to help their friend “avoid trou- who have been cleared for release ring those cleared of wrongdoing three people and injured 264. Phillipos faces a maximum sen- and fireworks, after seeing reports ble,” according to court papers. abroad. Obama ordered the closure to their home countries. AFP Authorities charged the two tence of eight years in prison and that suggested their friend was REUTERS

Boy shoots dead sister by mistake in US Venezuela MPs come

CHICAGO: A five-year-old boy who was playing with a .22 to blows in Congress calibre rifle he’d been given as a gift accidentally shot and killed his two-year-old sister in their CARACAS: Opposition and States, have recognised the elec- Kentucky home, officials said. government supporters flooded tion results. The shooting happened on Venezuelan streets in rival The volatile situation under- Tuesday in rural Cumberland May Day marches yesterday as scores the challenges of the county and the little girl was a continuing dispute over the “Chavismo” movement to main- rushed to a hospital where she results of last month’s presiden- tain Hugo Chavez’s self-styled was pronounced dead, the state tial vote kept political tensions revolution without his messianic police said. The rifle had been high in the Opec nation. but micro-managing leadership. given to the boy last year and was On Tuesday, opposition depu- “We’re not afraid of the govern- kept in the corner of a room. The ties were beaten in a fracas in ment. Even if they threaten, beat, parents didn’t realise a shell had Congress resulting from their and insult us, we’re going to con- been left in it. refusal to recognise the presi- tinue demonstrating like we are dency of Nicolas Maduro, who today,” said Graciela Perez, 61, a Putin restores award narrowly won the April 14 elec- housewife, marching through the tion triggered by the death of affluent east side of the capital of from Stalin era socialist leader Hugo Chavez. Caracas. Government officials, mean- “We only want the truth to ST PETERSBURG: President while, have threatened to jail be known — that they stole the Vladimir Putin likes to deny opposition leader Henrique elections.” A renewal of the post- that he is taking Russia back Capriles for allegedly orches- vote violence appeared unlikely to the USSR, but yesterday he trating violent demonstrations because the rival marches in Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Maria Corina Machado arrives at a news conference after a fight broke out at a dusted off another communist that killed nine people after the Caracas, involving tens of thou- session of the National Assembly in Caracas. The scuffle left a number of legislators bloodied and injured during relic by restoring a labour medal vote. Most foreign governments, sands of people on each side, did an angry session linked to the South American nation’s bitter election dispute. introduced under Josef Stalin. with the exception of the United not cross paths. REUTERS A week after telling the nation there was nothing in Russia that smacked of the late Soviet dictator, Putin pinned the Hero of Labour award on five recipi- ents in St Petersburg, the cradle of the 1917 revolution that swept Cameron tells UAE president to probe torture claims communists to power. LONDON: The UAE President years, were subjected to beatings intervention, but said: “I would deep concern about the escalat- second son. He laid a wreath at Bomb blast kills two came under pressure from and electric shocks, campaigners like him to go one step further ing humanitarian crisis in Syria,” its tomb of the unknown warrior. Prime Minister David Cameron have claimed. and see whether he can ask Hague said. In a final engagement before teens in Dagestan yesterday over allegations that Cameron and Sheikh Khalifa Sheikh Khalifa, if it’s appropri- The pair were “fully commit- leaving London, Sheikh Khalifa three British men jailed in also discussed Iran’s nuclear pro- ate, to expedite any pardons that ted to bringing an end to the visited Clarence House, the offi- MOSCOW: A bomb left in a Dubai were tortured. gramme, Syria, the Middle East are going to be given to the boys.” repression” caused by Syrian cial residence of Prince Charles, bag exploded near a shopping Cameron raised the issue with peace process and Somalia. Tracy Cameron said the case President Bashar Al Assad’s “bru- the queen’s oldest son and the heir mall in the capital of Russia’s UAE President H H Sheikh They talked about moves “to had been a “catastrophic” experi- tal regime”. to the throne, at which the pair turbulent Dagestan Republic Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan address the challenge of Iran’s ence for the three men’s families, Sheikh Abdullah said they dis- shared a light-hearted moment. yesterday, killing two teenag- during talks before the end of his nuclear programme, to end the but was “very confident” progress cussed how to “work together to After the president eased into ers, the internal ministry said. two-day state visit to Britain, his appalling and dangerous con- could be made. tackle the appalling humanitarian his chair, his translator said: “He Mainly Muslim Dagestan, in Downing Street office said. flict in Syria, and to bring new Britain’s Foreign Secretary disaster in Syria”. says you have chosen him a sofa recent years the home of the The British premier stressed momentum to the peace process William Hague underlined The two also announced where he sinks in and it makes parents of the two suspects in the the need for an independent between Israel and Palestine.” London’s unease at the allegations £1m each in funding to help him look shorter.” Boston bombing, has been affected investigation into the allegations The pair also spoke about the of mistreatment during a meet- Somalia tackle sexual violence. The first day saw Sheikh by an Islamist insurgency for over of police mistreatment made by defence and commercial rela- ing with his Emirati counter- Britain hosts a conference on Khalifa join Queen Elizabeth for a a decade since a war in adjacent the three Britons who were jailed tionships between Britain and part Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Somalia next week. The president ceremonial carriage procession to Chechnya, where Russian security for drug offences. the UAE. The mother of Grant Al Nahyan, when they also later visited Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle, west of London, forces forced Islamist separatists The three Londoners in their Cameron, one of the men jailed, expressed concern about the for a short private tour along with where a state luncheon was held. from power. AGENCIES 20s, who were each jailed for four welcomed the prime minister’s situation in Syria. “We share Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s AFP THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Concern over H7N9 outbreak in China 24 people died as health officials diagnose 126 cases of a new bird flu virus BEIJING: Scientists are seri- occurred, it could spread world- John McCauley, director of the of viruses from as many as four human cases were notified over which does not get reported, he ously concerned about a new wide with lethal effect. WHO Collaborating Centre for different origins, including ducks. the Easter weekend. “Whenever said, speaking by telephone from bird flu virus that is causing According to the World Health Influenza at the MRC National “Extensive global surveillance is an influenza virus jumps across Vietnam to a scientific briefing on severe disease in China, killing Organisation, there have been 126 Institute for Medical Research needed,” say the authors. from its animal host to human, H7N9 in London. a fifth of all those it infects. cases of H7N9 bird flu, all but one in London. “The WHO considers One of the biggest problems is it is cause for concern,” said Prof The virus has not been in the So far, the virus, known as of which were diagnosed in China, this a serious threat. We’re on an that the virus does not cause ill- Jeremy Farrar, director of the human population before. Unlike H7N9, is being transmitted only to with the other in Taiwan in a man alert and we’re developing diag- ness in chickens, so it is impos- Wellcome Trust major overseas swine flu, it is affecting small chil- humans from chickens, but there who had travelled from China. So nostics and vaccines specifically sible to know which are infected programme in Vietnam. dren and the elderly alike, so the are worries that it could mutate far 24 people had died from the against the virus.” and which are not. “This particular one has to oldest generation does not have into a form that could be passed disease. The first comprehensive genetic In the past, China has slaugh- be taken calmly, but seriously.” any inherited immunity to it. from one person to another. Five “The cases are going up daily analysis of the virus is published tered flocks to eradicate bird flu There is concern about the swift Public health experts are most mutations are known to be neces- — about 20 percent have died, in the Lancet medical journal yes- viruses, but H7N9 is now known rise in cases - and there may be concerned about the possibility of sary for that to happen — H7N9 20 percent have recovered and terday. It suggests the virus might to be present in chickens in all more undetected cases if some human-to-human spread. already has two of them. If that the rest are still sick,” said Prof have originated from the mixing 31 provinces of China. The first people suffer less severe illness GUARDIAN NEWS May Day protest Ink flap hits Malaysia’s Dhaka death toll passes clean election pledge 500: Report KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s problem. Otherwise it will be a DHAKA: Bangladesh res- opposition and clean-polls activ- black mark on the commission cuers said yesterday that ists said yesterday the integ- and undermine the public confi- more than 500 people had rity of weekend elections was dence in the results.” likely died in a garment fac- in doubt after revelations that The Barisan Nasional coalition tory block that collapsed last indelible ink meant to prevent that has ruled since independence week as the pope condemned fraud was easily washed off. in 1957 has been under pressure the use of “slave labour” in Pressured by huge demonstra- over charges it sought to manipu- the local clothing industry. tions for free and fair polls in late the vote through an allegedly As bulldozers and cranes recent years, the country’s long- biased electoral system. worked to remove the rubble ruling government is introducing The opposition has claimed of the eight-storey building on indelible ink in Sunday’s vote, the that electoral rolls in some closely the outskirts of Dhaka, senior first in history in which the opposi- fought constituencies contain army officers said the number tion has a chance of winning power. huge numbers of unaccounted- of confirmed dead now stood But reports have mounted that for voters and say the government at 405 but 149 people were still security personnel who took part has dragged its feet on addressing missing. in early voting had easily been such issues. They also accuse the The country’s worst indus- able to clean off the ink, which is Electoral Commission of being in trial accident, which has applied to a person’s finger to show Barisan’s pocket. The government focused attention on the use they had voted and is supposed to has promised a clean election. of factories in Bangladesh by remain visible for at least a week. But commission officials Western clothing companies, “Definitely we are concerned. appeared to acknowledge that drew tens of thousands of The whole integrity of the elec- the ink system was not foolproof. protesters onto the streets of toral process has come into ques- Commission secretary Kamaruddin the capital. Workers holding tion,” said veteran opposition Baria said some officials failed to red banners and flags chanted politician Lim Kit Siang. shake the bottles before apply- “Hang the killers, Hang the “(The Election Commission) ing the ink, meaning it could be Factory Owners!” during a Indonesian workers carry a banner calling for workers to unite during a march against outsourcing policy and low should immediately address this washed off. AFP May Day rally that was largely peaceful. wages to the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, yesterday. About 55,000 workers participated in the Labour Day rally. Man gored to China officials holding Beijing imposes 15-mile fishing rule death in bull ring TOKYO: A bull has gored to MANILA: Chinese surveil- mile radius around Panatag. an integral part of its maritime death a 40-year-old man in secret sauna parties lance ships deployed within the Mike’s sister, Jen, also said that domain, which is being opposed by southern Japan just a month Philippines’ Panatag Shoal are the Chinese fishing restrictions in the Philippines Vietnam, Malaysia after attacking his father BEIJING: Chinese officials storing luxury cigarettes in now imposing a 15-mile fish- and around Panatag has greatly and Brunie. and breaking the older man’s have been holding secret sauna boxes belonging to cheaper ing restriction around the con- affected their livelihood. A U-shape shoal whose ribs, police and a report said parties and hiding their alcohol brands, the report said. tested area, fishermen from China virtually occupied entrance to its lagoon has been yesterday. in plastic water bottles as they China’s new leaders have Zambales province complained Panatag shoal (Scarborough roped up by China, serves as a Owner Rikiya Tomi was set seek to get around a crackdown stressed austerity as they try to yesterday. Shoal) since last year after traditional fishing ground for upon as he tried to show the on extravagance, state media rein in extravagant feasts and The fisherman’s family from President Benigno Aquino III fishermen from Zambales and huge animal to friends on the reported yesterday. luxury spending, with newly- Masinloc town in Zambales said ordered the withdrawal of the nearby provinces. It is also located southern islet of Tokunoshima, “Constant reports of saunas installed President Xi Jinping that the Chinese’s menacing pres- country’s vessels following a tense 124 nautical miles from mainland broadcaster NHK said. held at farm houses” were evi- vowing to crack down on corrup- ence in the shoal has been pre- standoff triggered by the appre- Zambales and is well within the The 1,100kg beast speared dence of a growing culture of tion among high and low ranking venting fishermen from venturing hension of Chinese fishermen and country’s exclusive economic zone him in the chest as he tried to “low key extravagance” that was officials. into the disputed area, which is seizure of their fishing vessels by (EEZ). entice it from the ring. He was damaging the new president’s Xi has said that corruption locally called Bajo de Masinloc. the passing Philippine Navy flag- The area also once served as confirmed dead at a hospital anti-corruption campaign, the could lead to the Communist par- “We were warned to stay out- ship BRP Gregorio del Pilar, while impact point of joint air exer- two hours later, police said. People’s Daily, the mouthpiece ty’s downfall, and it often incites side the 15-nautical miles from conducting illegal poaching and cises by Philippine and US Air The bull attacked Tomi’s of the ruling Communist Party public anger, with 50 percent of the shoal,” said Mike. illegal fishing activities in the area Forces prior to the closure of father early last month, break- said. Chinese ranking official graft “a He alleged that his fishing boat in April last year. two US bases in the Philippines, ing a number of ribs, Kyodo Officials have been fill- very big problem”, according to a was recently intercepted and China, citing historical facts, the Clark Air Field and the Subic News reported, citing an asso- ing mineral water bottles recent Pew Research Centre sur- barred by a Chinese surveillance has been claiming almost all of Naval Base. ciation overseeing the island’s with expensive liquor and vey. AFP ship from entering the 15-nautical the entire South China Sea as THE PHILIPPINE STAR bullfighting industry. Tokunoshima, a small sub- tropical island off the south- ern Kyushu coast, is famed in Japan for its bull-on-bull fights, which have a tradition stretch- Hong Kong seizes ing back several hundred years. One dead in fresh Myanmar riots The incident came ahead ivory tusks of the opening of the island’s OAKKAN: Religious violence bull-fighting competition dur- HONG KONG: Hong Kong that saw mobs attack mosques ing the Golden Week holidays, customs officers have seized and torch homes left at least which start at the end of this 113 ivory tusks worth nearly one dead in central Myanmar, week and are expected to draw $400,000 on the Chinese ivory authorities said yesterday, as thousands of visitors. market, officials said yesterday. anti-Muslim unrest crept closer The smuggled ivory was seized to the commercial hub Yangon. Somali pirates at the airport on Tuesday in a Riots broke out Tuesday in the container marked “spare parts” small town of Oakkan, around free four Filipinos from Burundi which was bound 100km north of Yangon, after a for Singapore, said an official woman accidentally bumped into MANILA: Four Filipinos statement. The total seizure, a young monk, authorities said, along with two Danish sailors weighing 300kg (660 pounds), amid acute Buddhist-Muslim ten- were released by their Somali was worth an estimated HK$3m sions after a series of attacks in captors, the Danish govern- ($390,000). March. ment reported yesterday. “Upon X-ray image analysis, “A man died in hospital of his The Danish Foreign the consignment was detected injuries this morning,” a local Ministry reported through its to contain ivory tusks instead of police official said, adding that website that the six crewmen spare parts,” the statement said. nine others were injured. of Danish vessel Leopard are Customs officers made the Authorities have arrested 18 now safe and are receiving city’s largest ivory seizure last people after a series of arson medical attention and crisis October when they intercepted attacks on Tuesday evening, pres- counselling. The Danish vessel almost four tonnes worth about ident’s spokesman Ye Htut said. was seized by Somali pirates on $3.4m, hidden in shipments from Terrified villagers of both faiths A man looks at buildings on fire during riots at Oakkan village, 100km north of Yangon. Rioters attacked a mosque January 12, 2011 off Oman. Kenya and Tanzania. said police were not there to pro- and Muslim businesses in central Myanmar. The Danish Foreign Ministry In January, customs officers tect them when a crowd attacked said that the families of the intercepted another container a local mosque in Mie Laung satisfied,” Soe Myint said. mob will come and attack again the market had been destroyed crewmen have been informed of from Kenya carrying 779 pieces Sakhan village. The village mosque was seriously this afternoon. Even we were and a mosque damaged. their release. “The crew mem- of ivory tusk weighing 1.3 tonnes. “About 200 to 300 people damaged and around 10 homes threatened to be killed. We are Religious unrest has exposed bers will be reunited with their Anyone found guilty of import- arrived in our village on motor- burned, according to a journalist also scared. We need security deep fractures in formerly junta- families in Denmark, Chile and ing ivory into Hong Kong faces up cycles and destroyed the mosque. at the scene. No security presence urgently,” Than Soe said. run Myanmar and cast a shadow the Philippines as soon as pos- to two years in jail and a maxi- All the villagers ran away. We was visible until late morning, A heavy security presence over reforms under a quasi-civilian sible,” the statement said. mum HK$5m fine. were scared and didn’t resist. when about 30 police arrived. was visible yestreday morning in regime that took power two years AGENCIES AFP They destroyed until they were “We heard rumours that the Oakkan, where some 30 shops in ago. AFP THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Senior peace envoy Election candidate escapes attack KARACHI: An election can- didate escaped unharmed yes- terday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in southern Pakistan wounding two pas- killed in Afghanistan sers-by, police said, in the lat- est in a wave of attacks to hit the campaign. Death of official a setback to efforts to end long war The attack came in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, some KANDAHAR: A roadside Any future peace talks face 400 kilometres northeast of bomb planted by the Taliban numerous hurdles, including con- Karachi, when Mohammad killed a senior member of fusion over who would represent Ibrahim Jatoi, a candidate for Afghanistan’s peace council the Taliban and Karzai’s insist- the May 11 poll, was on the cam- yesterday, officials said, the lat- ence that his appointees be at the paign trail. est setback to efforts to end centre of negotiations. Violence has spiked in the more than 11 years of war. But the search for a political nuclear-armed country ahead Shah Wali Khan, the head of settlement has become a prior- of national elections on May 11, the High Peace Council (HPC) ity as the insurgency rages across with at least 61 people killed in Pakistani security officials inspect the damaged vehicle of Ibrahim Jatoi, in the key southern province of south and east Afghanistan and attacks on politicians and politi- an election candidate of National People Party, after a suicide bomb Helmand, died along with two as international combat troops cal parties since April 11, accord- attack in Shikarpur, yesterday. police bodyguards when an explo- prepare to withdraw by the end ing to an AFP tally. sion ripped through his vehicle. of next year. “A suicide bomber on a motor- Ghulam Azfar confirmed the sui- kilometres east of Quetta, the The HPC is a government- Three British soldiers were cycle blew himself up near the cide attack and said that up to capital of the troubled prov- appointed body set up in 2010 to killed in Helmand on Tuesday car of Mr Jatoi, but he was six kilos of explosives were used. ince, which borders Iran and open talks with the Taliban, but when their vehicle was hit by an unharmed,” local police station While suicide attacks are a Afghanistan and has been the insurgents refuse to negoti- IED on a routine patrol in the dis- chief Zaheer Mahesar told AFP. common tactic used by Taliban wracked by years of sectarian, ate with representatives of the trict of Nahr-e Saraj. Only the bomber died in the and other militants in northwest separatist and Islamist violence. US-backed President Hamid On Saturday the Taliban blast. Pakistan, they are rarely seen in “More than a dozen rockets Karzai. announced the start of their Jatoi, from the small National the south. were fired, two rockets landed The Helmand provincial gov- Shah Wali Khan annual spring offensive, vowing People’s Party, was returning Elsewhere yesterday, a rocket inside the city near the rally. Six ernment said in a statement that a nationwide series of attacks as from campaigning when the attack close to an election rally people have been injured,” Yasir Khan’s convoy was travelling in (improvised explosive device) foreign troops pull back. bomber targetted him at a toll by the conservative religious Khan, the deputy commissioner Gereshk district as part of the under his vehicle, it added. The Islamist militants broke off collection point, Mahesar said, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party in of Harnai city told AFP. handover of security from Nato- Taliban fighters have targeted tentative contacts with the US in adding that two passers-by were southwestern Balochistan prov- There was no immediate claim led troops to the Afghan security HPC leaders in the past. In 2011 Qatar a year ago after the failure wounded. ince wounded six people, a senior of responsibility, but Khan said forces. a suicide bomber with explosives of attempts to agree on a prisoner “We have found (the) arms local official told AFP. that soldiers deployed for the The Taliban “couldn’t bear hidden in his turban killed the exchange as a confidence-building and head of the suicide bomber,” The attack took place in security of the rally appeared to this beneficial step of our official council’s chairman Burhanuddin measure. he said. District police chief Harnai district, some 360 have been the target. AFP envoy” and detonated the IED Rabbani. REUTERS Pakistan police nab 24 suspects Military angered by treatment of Musharraf ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police conducted an over- night joint operation in the ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s but election officers disqualified pages. The military has ruled The chief justice, Iftikhar after they have retired. metropolis’ area of Clifton powerful army chief has sug- him because of court cases pend- Pakistan for than half of its Chaudhry, was embroiled in a On April 20, a court remanded and arrested at least 24 sus- gested the military is unhappy ing against him. 66-year-history, through coups confrontation with Musharraf, the former president in custody pects in Karachi. with how authorities have In what newspapers described as or from behind the scenes. It sets who removed him from office for two weeks, a term set to expire According to sources, police treated former army chief and a veiled reference to Musharraf’s security and foreign policy, even in 2007 after he opposed plans on May 4, as judges pushed ahead seized arms and ammunition president Pervez Musharraf legal troubles, Army Chief General when civilian governments are in to extend the general’s stay with plans to put Musharraf on from their possession. Police since his return from exile. Ashfaq Kayani said: “In my opin- power. in power. Chaudhry was later trial for a crackdown on the judi- and paramilitary forces have A Pakistani court on Tuesday ion, it is not merely retribution, Current commanders have reinstated. ciary during his time in office. been conducting searches imposed a lifetime ban on but awareness and participation of meddled less in politics, letting Musharraf’s has been embroiled On Tuesday, an anti-terror- since the end of last March in Musharraf from contesting elec- the masses that can truly end this civilian governments take the in legal issues since his return. ism court in the garrison city of Karachi, which is the commer- tions, undermining his efforts to game of hide and seek between heat for policy failures. He became the first former Rawalpindi put Musharraf on cial capital of Pakistan. regain influence by winning a seat democracy and dictatorship.” But Kayani has had an uneasy army chief to be arrested in 14-day judicial remand for charges They have arrested hun- in parliament. Kayani, arguably the most pow- relationship with civilian leaders, Pakistan when police took him of failing to provide adequate dreds, but the security situ- The former army chief erful figure in Pakistan, was deliv- as well as an increasingly inter- into custody at their headquarters security for former prime min- ation in the city is still returned in March after nearly ering a Martyrs’ Day speech at ventionist Supreme Court, which last Friday, breaking an unwrit- ister Benazir Bhutto before her deteriorating with increasing four years of self-imposed exile to army headquarters. Newspapers has questioned the military’s ten rule that the top ranks of the 2007 assassination. violence rates, especially tar- contest a May 11 general election, carried his comments on front human rights record. military are untouchable, even REUTERS geted assassinations. Kabul’s street art 3 UK troops killed US report warns of crisis in Afghanistan LONDON: Three British soldiers were killed in for Pakistan minorities Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explo- WASHINGTON: A US gov- Pakistan “rose to unprecedented sive device, the Ministry of ernment-appointed panel urged levels due to chronic sectarian Defence (MoD) in London Washington Tuesday to step violence” that targeted the Shiite said yesterday. up pressure on Pakistan over Muslim minority. The attack took place during religious freedom, warning “The government continues a routine patrol in Nahr-e Saraj that risks to its minorities have to fail to protect Christians, district, in Helmand Province. reached a crisis level. Ahmadis and Hindus,” the report The soldiers received imme- In an annual report, the US said, charging that blasphemy and diate medical care and were Commission on International other laws “are widely used to vio- evacuated by air to the Military Religious Freedom also raised con- late religious freedoms and foster Hospital at Camp Bastion but cerns about what it called a wors- a climate of impunity.” could not be saved. ening situation in China, as well as Sunni Muslim extremists over Next of kin have been problems in Egypt, Iran, Myanmar, the past year have killed hundreds informed. “Their deaths come Saudi Arabia and other nations. of Shiites in Pakistan, especially as a great loss to all those serv- The commission, which advises Hazaras — a community origi- ing in Task Force Helmand,” the government but does not make nally from Afghanistan that is said Major Richard Morgan, a decisions, called for the United known for its comparatively lib- spokesman for the task force. States to designate Pakistan as a eral attitudes. The Taliban launched its “country of particular concern,” “Pakistan is in a crisis right now spring offensive on Sunday, meaning it could be subject to with these particularly severe vio- saying it would target foreign sanctions if it fails to improve. lations of religious freedom,” said military bases and diplomatic Assessing the year through Knox Thames, the commission’s areas. January 31, the commission said director of policy and research. religious freedom violations in AFP Shamsia Hassani paints graffiti at the French Cultural Centre in Kabul yesterday. The 25-year-old Hassani, per- Call to install haps Afghanistan’s first serious graffiti artist, discovered street art after a visit by British graffiti artist Chu to the Afghan capital in 2010. vehicle jammers

ISLAMABAD: Candidates for Pakistan’s upcoming gen- ‘Pakistan polls to strengthen democracy’ Afghanistan blames opium eral elections should install jammers in their vehicles to foil attacks against them by ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s opportunity, which can usher in an public representation,” he added. surge on global demand improvised explosive devices, army chief said Tuesday that era of true democratic values in the Kayani added the army was according to officials. “We general elections scheduled for country,” the 61-year-old said. doing its part to ensure peace- TALLINN: Afghanistan, the is moving towards record levels of have alerted all law-enforce- May would be held on time and Pakistan’s powerful military ful elections following a wave of world’s largest grower of opium opium production this year. Opium ment agencies to terrorist help cement democracy in a is still seen as the driving force attacks against politicians and poppies, should not shoulder all is used to make heroin. threats to candidates and vot- country that has seen military behind the nuclear-armed coun- election workers that has so far the blame for its drug surge, its Afghanistan already cultivates ers, and directed them to take rule for half its history. try’s national security policy and claimed 61 lives since April 11, foreign minister said Tuesday about 90 percent of the global concrete steps for the security The polls are due to mark the is viewed with deep suspicion by according to a tally. while on a visit to Estonia. opium supply and now produc- of contestants and the elec- first democratic transition of the civilian political classes. “I assure you, that we stand “It’s not only Afghanistan but tion is expected to rise for a third torate across the province and power after a civilian government But Kayani, who took over as committed to wholeheartedly the global demand for drugs that straight year, expanding even to reorganise the district secu- has served a full, five-year term army chief from former military assist and support in the conduct should be blamed for illegal nar- poppy-free areas. rity branches to ensure timely with the last period of dictator- ruler Pervez Musharraf, said it of free, fair and peaceful elections; cotics from Afghanistan,” Zalmai Rassoul joined Afghan information about terrorist ship ending in 2008. was time to move forward. to the best of our capabilities and Rassoul told reporters in Tallinn. President Hamid Karzai for a two- activities,” provincial home “Allah willing, general elections “In my opinion, it is not merely remaining within the confines of Bringing that demand down day visit to Estonia, which has minister Fayyaz Ahmad Toru would be held in the country on retribution, but awareness and the Constitution. “requires an international effort”, troops stationed in Afghanistan. said at a news conference. 11th of May. We must not harbour participation of the masses that Fears of attack and a direct he added, as Afghanistan strug- According to the UN Office Toru said the reports of any suspicions or misgivings about can truly end this game of hide threat from the Taliban against gles to eradicate its rapidly grow- of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), intelligence agencies had sug- it,” General Ashfaq Kayani told a and seek between democracy the three parties in the outgoing ing poppy industry. Afghanistan had around 154,000 gested that terrorists could military remembrance gathering and dictatorship. “Our salvation government have curtailed public The United Nations released a hectares (380,000 acres) of poppy target election campaigns of in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. resides in transforming the gov- rallies ahead of the polls. report this month warning that the fields in 2012. the candidates. AGENCIES “This indeed is a golden ernment into a true platform of AFP country, one of the world’s poorest, AFP THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 New rape law Two killed as earthquake hits north

NEW DELHI: An earthquake that shook parts of north India yesterday left at least two peo- lacks teeth: UN ple dead and injured nearly 70 others, including 43 students, a report said. The moderate-intensity quake Rapporteur measured 5.8 on the Richter scale and struck along the border of the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, a govern- ment official who declined to be Insecurity in public places: Official named, said. Two people died in landslides triggered by the quake NEW DELHI: India’s and violence, dowry that was followed by a string of new sex crime laws related deaths, crimes aftershocks, the Press Trust of do not go far enough in the name of honour” India reported. to protect women or and other offences. She Another 69 people were injured tackle gender inequal- quoted one person on including 32 students as schools ity, the UN Special her trip as describing and other buildings were damaged Rapporteur on vio- violence against women in the twin districts of Kishtwar lence against women as spanning the “life and Doda in the Jammu region of said yesterday. cycle from womb to the Kashmir, the news agency said, The legislation was tomb”. quoting officials. passed following the Her trip came in the The quake, which sent people fatal gang rape of a student on a wake of a call in December by UN across the region rushing into the Delhi bus in mid-December that rights chief Navi Pillay for India streets in panic, was also felt in sparked nationwide demonstra- to help rid itself of the “scourge” Punjab and Haryana, but there tions over the lack of safety for of rape after the 23-year-old bus were no reports of any casualties women. victim died of injuries inflicted by or damage from those two states. New measures passed by Indian six drunken men. The epicentre was located lawmakers in March increased Manjoo said demonstrations in some 450 kilometres north of punishments for sex offenders the wake of her death seemed not New Delhi, according to an offi- to include the death penalty if a to have had any effect in curbing cial at the Indian Meteorological Patients outside a hospital after being evacuated following tremors in the eastern Kashmiri town of Badarwah, victim dies, and broadened the sex crimes. Department. yesterday. definition of sexual assault. “Sexual violence and harass- The US Geological Survey But Rashida Manjoo (pictured), ment in India is (still) wide- gave the magnitude of the quake the UN Special Rapporteur on spread, and is perpetuated in in eastern Kashmir as 5.7. Minor department said: “The maximum and buildings. Reports of cracks a local businessman in Srinagar. Violence against women, said the public spaces, in the family or in tremors were felt in the Pakistani impact of the quake was felt in in office and residential build- Kashmir is situated in an laws were still not tough enough. the workplace,” she said. capital Islamabad. Doda and Kishtwar districts.” ings and disruption of commu- earthquake-prone region where She told a news conference it “There is a generalised sense A powerful earthquake that According to Deputy Inspector nication systems came in from huge devastation has been caused was unfortunate that the oppor- of insecurity in public spaces, hit Iran last month also shook General (DIG) of police, Doda- Bhaderwah, Doda and Kishtwar by earthquakes in the past. tunity to establish a substantive amenities, transport facilities in buildings in New Delhi, prompt- Kishtwar Range, Ashkoor Wani, towns of Jammu region. Details of On October 8, 2005, more framework “to protect and pre- particular, and women are often ing frightened office workers to one person was killed when a damage caused were not immedi- than 40,000 people were killed vent against all forms of violence victims of different forms of sex- run outdoors. boulder hit him near Kishtwar. ately available. in a massive quake that struck against women, was lost”. ual harassment and assault.” The capital regularly experi- “Gosain Ram, who was tending “We have reports of many both parts of divided Kashmir. Her comments echoed those A total of 228,650 incidents ences minor tremors, usually goats, died when a boulder that buildings having developed big The quake measured 7.8 on the of other Indian women’s activ- of crime against women were from distant earthquakes in had slipped down from a moun- cracks while some mud houses Richter scale. ists who praised the intent of the reported in India during 2011 as remote areas of the Himalayas. tain hit him,” said Wani. in Chatroo, Thathri, Bhaderwah In Himachal Pradesh, Sandeep legislation but said it still had compared to 213,585 the previous “The quake happened at Twenty-nine people, including areas have collapsed,” an official Kadam, the deputy commissioner huge holes. year, according to the latest fig- 12.27pm,” R S Dattatreya, direc- 23 schoolchildren, were injured in Jammu said. of Chamba, told IANS over phone Campaigners are unhappy ures of the government’s National tor, Department of Seismology, when three school buildings col- The administration was gath- that there were reports of cracks about lawmakers’ refusal to crim- Crime Records Bureau. India Meteorological Department lapsed in Bhaderwah town of ering information, “but so far in some houses in Pangi and Tissa inalise marital rape or increase Manjoo said women belonging (IMD), said. Doda district. Another 24 people, there is no report of loss of life”, areas of the district. the punishment for acid attacks to minority Muslim and Christian “It is a moderate tremor in including 20 schoolchildren, were he added. Chamba is one of remotest on women from a minimum communities are also subjected to Delhi and other northern regions. injured when three school build- In the summer capital Srinagar places in the state where most seven-year jail term. “indiscriminate attacks” during We ask the public not to panic,” ings collapsed in Gandoh area of and other parts of the Valley, peo- of the houses in the interiors are The UN official, who toured religious rioting in India. Dattatreya said. Doda district, officials said. ple rushed out of their homes and made of mud. several Indian states to obtain “This issue is of particular con- “The quake was 10 kilometres The tremors, felt across large work-places in panic when the North India had felt two mild first-hand reports about violence cern to many as the wounds of beneath the earth’s surface ... the parts of Himachal Pradesh, tremor occurred. tremors in April alone. On April against women, said she would the past are still fresh for women possibility of aftershocks is very Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana “I witnessed the chair rocking 24, a series of tremors were felt release her findings to the world who were beaten, stripped naked, minimal for such a low inten- and Punjab, lasted six to seven as the earthquake occurred. It when an earthquake measuring body next year. She said she had burnt, raped and killed because sity quake,” added L S Rathore, seconds. The temblor caused took me a few seconds to realise 5.7 on the Richter scale, with heard on her 10-day visit about of their religious identity in the the IMD’s director general panic in some places, particu- what was happening. Everybody its epicentre in the Hindu Kush “sexual violence, domestic vio- Gujarat riots of 2002,” she said. (Meteorology). larly in hilly areas, some of started running out of the build- ranges off Afghanistan, occurred. lence, cast-based discrimination AFP In Jammu, an official of the Met which reported cracks in homes ing in panic,” said Sajad Ahmad, IANS

Peeved Sikhs Rahul hits out Woman gangraped at BJP for by five men in Delhi corruption in NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old “She left to go, but the men woman accused five people, overpowered her and took her Karnataka including two of her brothers- to an empty plot,” a police offi- in-law, of raping her in south cial said, quoting the victim’s MANDYA: Congress Vice Delhi, police said yesterday. complaint. President Rahul Gandhi yes- In her complaint to police, the “They snatched her bag and terday mocked the BJP’s attack young woman alleged that she took turns to rape her. The vic- on the federal government over was gang-raped by the five men tim somehow fled and sought corruption, saying that the near gate No 4 of the All India help from a passerby who made party does not talk about its Institute of Medical Sciences a call to the police control room,” former chief minister going to late on Tuesday night. the official said. jail for graft in Karnataka. The three others involved in “She was rushed to AIIMS “Yesterday (Tuesday) they the crime were friends of her Trauma Centre for medi- spoke in parliament about cor- brothers-in-law, police said. cal examination. Her medical ruption, but they will not talk The accused have all been examination confirmed gang- about it in Karnataka. They will arrested. rape,” the officer said, quoting also not say that a chief minis- According to the woman, a the victim’s complaint. ter went to jail (over corruption resident of R.K. Puram, the men On the basis of her statement, charges),” Gandhi said here at a came to meet her husband for the police officer said, a case of rally held as part of the campaign some personal work on Tuesday gang-rape was registered. for the May 5 assembly polls in night. The accused were arrested the state. The woman said her husband after late-night raids, and pre- B S Yeddyurappa, the BJP chief was not at home at the time, sented before a magistrate who minister, was forced to quit in July but when she returned to her sent the five to judicial custody 2011 over mining bribery charges. Sikh protesters squat on metro tracks in protest at the acquittal of Congress politician Sajjan Kumar in the house, she found the men drink- for 14 days, the officer said. He floated the Karnataka Janata Sikh riots case, at Tilak Nagar metro station, in New Delhi, yesterday. ing there. IANS Party, which is contesting the assembly elections alone. Mandya, about 80km from Bangalore, is considered the stronghold of the Janata Dal- Secular (JD-S). As UP top brass holiday abroad, state left to juniors Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of “mortgaging” Karnataka’s rich LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh’s off to South Africa to attend the seems to be no one from the never seen before in the state,” the chief minister on important natural resources like iron ore to top brass seems to have flown wedding of a state industrial- political executive to guide the said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) matters, other matters related to the Reddy brothers and using the coop, or at least the state! ist’s son. Azam Khan, who was government. spokesperson Vijay Bahadur governance are at a standstill,” a their money to acquire power in Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, detained at the Boston airport, There are others travelling as Pathak, accusing the Samajwadi senior official of the chief minis- the state. senior ministers like Azam returned from the US on April well. Minister of State for Science Party (SP) of trivialising govern- ter’s secretariat told IANS. Of the three Reddy brothers, G Khan and Shivpal Singh Yadav 29, only to go to South Africa the and Technology Abhishek Mishra, ance in the state. With the chief minister, who Janardhana Reddy has been in jail and even Chief Secretary Jawed next day. who also accompanied the chief Congress spokesperson left on April 23, extending his for over a year over illegal min- Usmani, everybody it seems is The state, said some, is “politi- minister, is staying put in the US Dwijendra Tripathi was equally trip till May 2, officials said the ing and export charges both in living it up in foreign lands. cally headless”. where insiders say he has many scathing about the government’s Samajwadi Party’s campaign in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. And the question doing the Chief Secretary Usmani, who friends and relatives. “casual approach” towards Karnataka, which goes to the His brother, G Karunakara Reddy, rounds here is, who is the political had accompanied Akhilesh Yadav N C Bajpayi, deputy chairman governance. polls on May 5, may be hit and is contesting the assembly poll on boss in Uttar Pradesh these days? to the US and replaced him at the of the state planning commis- “They (ministers) are busy left to his father and party chief a BJP ticket from Harapanahalli There are no clear answers lecture on the successful manage- sion, who was to join his wife and holidaying and having fun on Mulayam Singh Yadav. in central Karnataka. forthcoming. Akhilesh Yadav ment of the Kumbh Mela at the son in the US, also hitched on foreign shores while the state is Mulayam Singh Yadav has been The two were ministers in the has extended his foreign trip Harvard Business School (HBS), to the Harvard bandwagon and faced with power crisis, law and in New Delhi since April 28. Yeddyurappa cabinet. and has gone to London while went to New York from Boston is said to be off for another one order situations and a host of While technically no one was Rahul Gandhi said that his senior cabinet colleagues, to be with his wife, who works for month. other problems,” he said. anointed as caretaker chief min- Karnataka has lost out on devel- Urban Development Minister the UN. Another state minister, Even close aides of the chief ister, Akhilesh Yadav had a long opment in the last nine years Azam Khan and Public Works While his work is being seen Rajendra Rana, has also gone to minister admit that the situation meeting with Shivpal Yadav after the Congress lost power. Department (PWD) Minister and by agriculture production com- South Africa. is “rare and embarrassing”. before he left for the US. IANS uncle Shivpal Yadav, have flown missioner Alok Ranjan, there “This is an absurd situation, “While we are in touch with IANS THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Delhi issues fresh plea for Sarabjit’s release After return, family lashes out at government

ATTARI/NEW DELHI: India yesterday made a fervent appeal to Pakistan to release critically injured death row pri- sioner Sarabjit Singh or at least to shift him to a third country for “proper treatment”, even as his fuming family hit out at both New Delhi and Islamabad and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to quit for his plight. As India once again asked Pakistan to release Sarabjit on “humanitarian and sympathetic grounds” and said “this is not the time for invoking legal and bureaucratic reasons for not Sarabjit Singh’s sister Dalbir Kaur (second left), wife Sukhpreet Kaur (right) taking the right steps to save a and daughters Swapandeep (second right) and Poonam address the media human life”, his family, including at the Indo-Pakistan Wagah Border Post, yesterday. All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) members participate in a May Day rally in Allahabad, yesterday. his two daughters, returned to Workers from labour groups took to the streets on the occasion of the International Labour Day which is observed India through the Attari border. Gandhi and External Affairs to him now that we are back. Once across the world. An angry and upset Dalbir Minister Salman Khurshid. I meet the leaders in Delhi, I will Kaur, Sarabjit Singh’s elder sis- “I have an appointment with go back to Pakistan despite being ter, said she would not eat till the Home Minister Sushilkumar told by security that there is a Indian government takes concrete Shinde for 10 am on Thursday. Taliban threat to my life,” she said. Court fines Delhi govt for not filing action to save her brother. By noon, meetings with the Concerned at Sarabjit Singh’s “I feel ashamed that the gov- prime minister, Sonia Gandhi and deteriorating condition, India ernment of my country failed to Khurshid are likely to be final- asked Pakistan to send him to a save his life despite the threats ised,” Dalbir Kaur told IANS. third country for “proper treat- report on child labourers’ rescue to his life.” “I think that there was a ment” and said “every endeavour” “The worthlessness of this conspiracy by the Indian and should be made to save his life. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High The court had sought the 2009. Earlier on March 6, the government has been exposed. Pakistani governments. We “We believe that every endeav- Court yesterday slapped a fine report on rescuing child labour- counsel appearing for the peti- Manmohan Singh should quit hanged (Ajmal) Kasab and our should be made to save his of Rs10,000 on the Delhi gov- ers on a PIL filed by Save the tioner had told the court that the immediately,” she told reporters Afzal Guru, they have assaulted life,” said a statement issued here ernment after it failed to file Childhood Foundation, an NGO, labour department had failed to at the Attari border after her Sarabjit,” she alleged, referring by the External Affairs Ministry. a comprehensive report on the seeking elimination of child labour comply with the directions passed three-day visit to Lahore to see to the hanging of 26/11 Mumbai Sarabjit’s wife Sukhpreet Kaur number of child labourers res- from Delhi. Imposing the fine on by the high court in 2009 to res- her seriously injured brother. terror attack accused Kasab, a said she wants her husband back. cued and action taken against the government, a bench of Chief cue child labourers and rehabili- Besides Dalbir Kaur, Sarabjit’s Pakistani national, and parlia- “My husband is still alive. their employers since 2009. Justice D Murugesan and Justice tate them in accordance with the wife Sukhpreet Kaur and daugh- ment strike convict Afzal Guru. Please save him. I appeal with The court expressed displeas- Jayant Nath, said: “This court had action plan formulated by a com- ters Swapandeep and Poonam Refuting reports that Sarabjit folded hands. Manmohan Singh ure after the Delhi Police counsel earlier directed to rescue at least mittee comprising officers from crossed the international border had been declared brain dead, and Sonia Gandhi are sleeping on submitted some tabulation sheets 500 children per month.” various departments. gates at Attari-Wagah at 11.30 am. Dalbir Kaur said: “He is still his plight,” she said. instead of the report to the court. The court on March 6 had The counsel had also referred They were immediately escorted alive. His body parts show some “We met him (Sarabjit) five “We don’t want the tabulation asked the Delhi government to file to a report filed by the Labour by security officials to the brief- movement. We were not being times. He did not realise that his sheet but the report. We want to a comprehensive report by May 1. Department and said the court ing room of the Border Security told his medical condition by the family was with him. Please bring know whether you have contin- It ordered the authorities to had earlier directed to rescue 500 Force (BSF) at Attari, 30km from Pakistani doctors.” “There was a him back. We have no trust on ued with raids or not since our give details of how many child children per month but according Amritsar. The family is on its way big conspiracy to assault him. I am (Pakistani) doctors,” an emotion- last order in March this year,” the labourers were rescued and action to the report, only 682 children to Delhi and has sought meetings apprehensive that they (Pakistani ally charged Swapandeep said. bench said. taken against employers since were rescued last year. IANS with the prime minister, Sonia authorities) might do something IANS SC slams security for Ambani

NEW DELHI: The Supreme security to private individuals, the Narayana Murthy and others who Court yesterday adversely com- court said that businessmen can may need such security. He asked mented on the home ministry have their own security, and not why the CISF could not create an providing security to a Mumbai state security, at the cost of the exclusive unit to guard such peo- businessman, indirectly refer- common man. ple, on the basis of a payment. ring to the recent decision to Senior counsel Harish Salve, Additional Solicitor General provide Z+ security to Reliance who is amicus curiae in the case Siddarth Luthra said that pri- India Limited chairman and which has come to be known as vate agencies could not be given CEO Mukesh Ambani by the the VIP security case, told the licences for arms, as such a move Central Industrial Security court that he had inquired about would have the potential to cre- Force (CISF). the reasons for the move, and was ate a private army. He said that Referring to a newspaper told that they had only asked for another bench of the apex court report that the Ministry of Home arms licences, as they had their was seized of the matter. Affairs had decided to provide own security people, but the gov- Additional Solicitor General CISF security to an individual, ernment said it would provide Indira Jaisingh told the court the apex court bench of Justice CISF security. that that under the law there G S Singhvi and Justice Kurien They requested, “permit us was provision for the individual Joseph said that the state was not arms licences. We have our own to get licence for arms. She said obliged to provide security to pri- security. They (government) they could apply for arms under vate individuals. said we will not allow you arms the provisions of the statute. “Earlier, it was prevalent in licence. We will give you CISF The court said it would take up, Punjab that businessman got security,” Salve said referring to in the next hearing on July 9, the security; now it has come to his conversation. matter of the number of people Bombay,” Justice Singhvi noted. Having said this, Salve said charged with criminal offences, Observing that the govern- there were many big names in and of private individuals receiv- ment was not obliged to provide the industry like Ratan Tata, ing security cover. IANS

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A Mumbai Metro train passes through a residential area during its first official safety trial run in Mumbai yes- terday. The Mumbai Metro transit system’s full passenger service in the first phase will be thrown open to the public later this year. It is the country’s third metro system after Kolkata and New Delhi.

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PRAYER TIME IBM unveils News in Numbers QATAR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ‘world’s CHART: 1 2013 7 Fajr (Dawn) 3:36 smallest movie’ Shorook (Sunrise) 4:58 Zuhr (Noon) 11:31 using atoms Asr (Afternoon) 3:00 NEW YORK: IBM scientists Maghrib (Sunset) 6:06 yesterday unveiled what they Isha (Night) 7:36 called “the world’s smallest movie,” which tracks the move- ment of atoms magnified 100 million times. WEATHER The film, A Boy and His Atom, depicts a character named Atom who befriends a single atom Today Friday Saturday Weather Geopolitical concerns support currently elevated prices for crude oil, but demand Conditions: and follows him on a journey of and supply fundamentals—as well as still considerable uncertainty about the global Partly cloudy Mostly cloudy Partly cloudy dancing and bouncing that helps Partly cloudy explain the science behind data economic outlook—suggest that prices could yet soften. And as the price of Qatar’s with chance of storage. hydrocarbon basket is tightly linked to those for crude oil, a retreat in the latter would “Capturing, positioning and High: 30° light rain. High: 30° High: 31° shaping atoms to create an reduce the resources that the state has at its disposal. Yet GSDP calculations suggest Low: 24° Low: 24° Low: 27° original motion picture on the that the price of crude oil would have to fall sharply, to below $50 per barrel, to shift atomic-level is a precise science the projected fiscal surplus for 2013 into deficit, holding planned spending and other and entirely novel,” said Andreas Heinrich, a scientist at IBM factors fixed . But with projected increases in government outlays beyond 2013, a DOHA - SUN & SEA Research. protracted period of lower oil prices would underline the importance of efforts to “At IBM, researchers don’t just mobilise non-hydrocarbon revenue. The balance-of payments current account would, SUN TIDE SEA read about science, we do it. This SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND movie is a fun way to share the though, remain firmly in surplus, even with prices well below $50. atomic-scale world while open- 04:58 18:05 10:00 & 22:45 06:00 & 14:45 03-10 /25 KT ing up a dialogue with students Fiscal and current account balances, 2013 and others on the new frontiers THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW of math and science.” HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER To make the movie, the atoms (various oil price scenarios, per barrel) were moved with an IBM-invented $109.1 (baseline) $100 $75 $50 MUSCAT 37/28 Clear 37/29 Partly cloudy scanning tunneling microscope, a MAKKAH 36/25 Partly cloudy 37/29 Partly cloudy device which earned its inventors KUWAIT 29/24 T-storms 30/24 Clear a Nobel Prize. BAHRAIN 30/25 Partly cloudy 31/25 Clear The tool “was the first device 25.7 SANAA 27/13 T-storms 27/13 T-storms that enabled scientists to visualise 23.4 RIYADH 30/20 Clear 31/20 Clear the world all the way down to sin- DUBAI 32/26 Partly cloudy 32/26 Clear gle atoms,” said IBM researcher Christopher Lutz. BAGHDAD 29/17 Rain 28/18 Chance of rain “It weighs two tonnes, oper- 17.0 THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW ates at a temperature of negative 268 degrees Celsius and magnifies HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER the atomic surface over 100 mil- lion times. The ability to control ATHENS 31/18 Clear 30/17 Clear 10.0 the temperature, pressure and WASHINGTON 22/13 Partly cloudy 21/09 Partly cloudy vibrations at exact levels makes SYDNEY 22/10 Mostly cloudy 23/12 Partly cloudy our IBM Research lab one of the 5.4 LONDON 17/07 Partly cloudy 19/09 Partly cloudy few places in the world where 4.4 PARIS 19/11 Chance of rain 18/10 Chance of rain atoms can be moved with such 1.8 ISTANBUL 21/13 Clear 27/13 Clear precision.” MANILA 36/26 Chance of storm 35/25 Partly cloudy The movie was certified by the DHAKA 39/28 T-storms 37/27 Chance of storm Guinness Book of World Records DELHI 37/25 Clear 37/23 Clear as the “World’s Smallest Stop -1.2 ISLAMABAD 33/19 Clear 34/19 Clear Motion Film,” IBM said. Source : http://www.qsa.gov.qa/ AFP Nick Drake’s Amsterdam’s Van Gogh reopens after facelift songs get a AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam’s The Van Gogh Museum closed its “You will be able to see the Potato Eaters” and the ominous were funded party by the museum new airing four Van Gogh Museum reopened doors for renovations in September hidden treasures on some of the “Cornfield with crows.” and partly by the Dutch state. its doors to the public yester- last year and some 75 of Van Gogh’s paintings, for instance where Van Some of the early visitors yes- Earlier this month Dutch queen day with a stunning new display works moved to the Hermitage in Gogh painted one painting over terday — the first of some 1.2 mil- Beatrix, now Princess Beatrix, decades on of some of the Dutch master’s Amsterdam, where they attracted another,” Marije Vellekoop, head lion expected over the next year reopened the Rijksmuseum to greatest works, completing a some 665,000 visitors. “With the of collections, research and pres- — were Stellian Ciulacu, 65, and fanfare and fireworks after a dec- LONDON: Nearly four decades trio of renovations of the city’s reopening of our museum they’ve entation said. his wife Lucia, 64, from Bucharest. ade of refurbishment, while the after his death, British singer- most famous museums. come home,” said Rueger. Visitors can also see how “It’s fantastic that they are Stedelijk modern art Museum songwriter Nick Drake has The hanging of Van Gogh’s The exhibition also vaunts restorers worked painstakingly back,” Stellian Ciulacu said as he reopened late last year after a never been as popular. final 1887-88 “Self-portrait as a its hanging of the museum’s for the last eight years to bring scrutinised the newly-hung “Self- nine-year renovation. Tribute singers, car and cough painter” moments before reopen- own painting from the famous the new exhibition to life. portrait”, with his wife taking pic- The former queen abdicated syrup advertisements, radio and ing to the public was the last task “Sunflowers” series next to one The Van Gogh Museum is tures. “I paint as a hobby and can Tuesday in favour of her son, film documentaries, and word of after a seven-month multi-million from the same series on loan from located on Amsterdam’s his- learn so much from this.” Willem-Alexander, and reopen- mouth have combined over time euro facelift. London’s National Gallery, for the toric Museumplein where many “I think Van Gogh’s very accessible ing the Rijksmuseum was one of to turn Drake from unheralded “From today, visitors will be next three months. other Dutch art treasures like style is what really appeals to people,” her final jobs as monarch. 1970s musician into modern-day able to view the new exhibition Together with a third paint- Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” can added another early-bird enthusiast “We did not expect queen music lore. that displays Van Gogh as if they ing, “Woman rocking a cradle”, also be found at the recently reo- Tom Rounds, 31, from London. Beatrix’s abdication when we Now a new CD of Drake’s songs (visitors) were watching over his the arrangement is the one said to pened Rijksmuseum. The Van Gogh Museum is the announced the date of own reo- covered by other artists and a shoulder” as he painted, museum be favoured by Vincent van Gogh The Van Gogh museum fea- last of Amsterdam’s three major pening last year. But yes, for us it remastered boxed vinyl of one of director Axel Rueger said. himself. tures 200 works, 140 by the Dutch museums to reopen its doors after is of course an added bonus that it his few albums are set to add to the “It really shows how Van Gogh Visitors can now study the art- master himself and the rest by extensive refurbishments, under- was yesterday,” Rueger said with a phenomenon and put his haunting, developed as an artist and visitors ist’s methods in depth, including contemporary painters. lining the Dutch capital’s status laugh, referring to the almost one poetic music into the spotlight. can get into the ‘nitty-gritty’ of by peeping through microscopes They include other iconic as a top art destination. million visitors who attended the Joe Boyd, who produced Drake’s his methods in the new exhibi- at some of his canvasses to exam- works such as “The bedroom”, Rueger said renovations new king’s enthronement. records, says the musician’s appeal tion,” he said. ine strokes and paint selections. the colourful “Irises”, “The totalled some ¤21m ($28m) which AFP has been a real slow burner, mov- ing from aficionado to aficionado and even between lovers. “People would go out together. After a few days they would play Nick Drake to their new friend, Indonesian policewomen making clear ‘If you don’t get this, the relationship doesn’t go very far’,” he said. “It is music which was out of turn to Gangnam Style step with its time. As years go by, people see the richness and depth SURABAYA, Indonesia: A keep everyone calm and happy.” of what he was doing.” group of policewomen took an “They were all so beautiful,” she Drake’s heyday, such as it was, unusual approach to crowd con- added proudly. was in the late ’60s and early trol at a May Day protest in The festive atmosphere was a ’70s when he dropped out of Indonesia yesterday, breaking contrast to other rallies in the Cambridge University despite a into a performance of Gangnam country, including one which scholarship and went on to make Style to keep demonstrators attracted 55,000 people in Jakarta, three albums — Five Leaves Left happy. where police were faced with angry (1969), Bryter Layter (1970) and Thousands of protesters in workers complaining of low sala- Pink Moon (1972). the city of Surabaya in eastern ries and poor working conditions. There was also a quintet of songs Java cheered with excitement Protesters held rallies around recorded shortly before his death as around 80 female officers did the world on Wednesday to call from an overdose of antidepres- the signature horse-riding dance for a better deal for workers. sants in 1974, aged 26. It is never from South Korean rapper Psy’s Gangnam Style was a viral been resolved if his death was acci- global hit. sensation on the Internet and in dental or suicide. Over the years Some of the 5,000-strong crowd December became the first video his influence has grown, champi- even joined in with the officers, to pass a billion views on YouTube. oned by artists such as Paul Weller who were wearing standard-issue Meanwhile, the story of Psy’s and with a radio documentary dark police uniforms, sunglasses ascent to global stardom with his about Drake presented by actor and caps. “The crowd went wild. megahit Gangnam Style has now Brad Pitt, a big fan of the musician. They were so happy, and it was a been immortalised in full colour His music is rich with lyrics great feeling to get them excited,” and with appropriate dramatic such as: “Time has told me/You Elly Wahyuningtyas, the top flourishes in a comic book. came with the dawn/A soul with female police officer in the area, Fame:Psy, which went on sale in no footprint/A rose with no thorn/ said, adding they did the dance the US and South Korea yester- Your tears they tell me/There’s twice for around half an hour. day, focuses mainly on what went really no way/Of ending your trou- Indonesian policewomen and demonstrators break out into a Gangnam Style dance performance while securing “We’d been practising for three into making Gangnam Style. bles/With things you can say”. a Labour Day rally in front of the city hall of Surabaya in East Java province yesterday. days and I think it really helped AGENCIES REUTERS Thursday 2 May 2013 22 Jumada II 1434 Volume 18 Number 5687 Price: QR2

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BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB compared to $14bn in 2008. And Basel III requirements,” said the with that the volume of interna- Governor. DOHA: H E Sheikh Abdullah tional sukuk market increased Present were Dr Abdessattar bin Saoud Al Thani, Governor from $111bn (in 2009) to $131bn Khouildi, General Secretary of of Qatar Central Bank (QCB), in 2012.” IICRA; Hani Ibrahim, Head of yesterday said that Islamic The two-day conference, Debt Capital Market, QInvest; banks in Qatar issued sukuk which concludes today, is organ- Professor Ali Muhyi Al Din Al worth QR8bn by the end of the ised by the International Islamic Qura-Daghi, Secretary-General of first quarter of 2013. The QCB, Centre for Reconciliation and the World Federation of Muslim on behalf of the government, has Arbitration (IICRA) under the Scholars, and many other distin- issued sukuk worth QR39bn to sponsorship of the QCB, and guished speakers and scholars. help manage the liquidity of with Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) The establishment of Kula Islamic financial institutions to acting as a strategic sponsor. Lumpur-based ‘International comply with Basel III norms. The IICRA is aiming to raise Islamic Liquidity Management The sukuk issuances are likely the profile of islamic banking in Corporation’ (IILM) in 2010 is to grow by 20 percent annu- general and of sukuk industry in expected to play a vital role in ally driven by high demand for particular – along with discussing developing and expanding the Shariah- compliant products and the latest thinking on issues fac- volume of international Islamic finances globally. ing all kinds of sukuk in all their financial market to improve Sheikh Abdullah, in his open- processing stages: Issuing, trad- the capacity of liquidity man- ing address at the International ing, property, termination and agement by using high quality Conference on Sukuk, said the insurance. financial tools. total volume of investments of The QCB Governor said that In the first quarter of 2013, Qatar Central Bank Governor H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saoud Al Thani (centre) receiving a memento from Dr banks operating in Qatar in the conference will help find sukuk issuances reached to $15bn Abdessattar Khouildi (left), General-Secretary of IICRA, during the International Conference of Sukuk at The Four Islamic sukuk or bonds reached practical solutions to address and the issuance are expected to Seasons Hotel Doha yesterday. Qatar Islamic Bank Group CEO Bassel Gamal is also seen. KAMMUTTY VP. QR47bn for the same period. He sukuk- related issues regulating witness a double digit growth in further said that sukuk and other to supervision, organising and the years to come. “Sukuk issu- to issue more sukuks especially have surpassed $220bn since a 23 percent share in 2011 with Shariah compliant products are maintenance of sukuk. ances are likely to grow by a fur- in Qatar to provide liquidity to inception in early 2000. total issuance of $6bn. becoming increasingly popular “Taking into consideration ther 20 percent annually driven fund economic growth and large In 2012, Sukuk issuances con- “As for Qatari sukuk issuances among investors, particularly in about the importance of Islamic by increasing investors’ demand projects.” stituted 50 percent of market in 2012, they reached 12 percent Arab and Islamic countries. financial tools, the QCB, on behalf in the global marketplace,” added The global Sukuk market is share of overall bond issuances of the overall global sukuk issu- “Despite international finan- of the State of Qatar, issued sukuk Bassel Jamal, Group CEO of QIB. currently witnessing a steady (both Islamic and conventional) ances which accounted for $5.5bn cial crisis, 2009 witnessed the of QR39bn to manage liquidity for “This will encourage corporate growth. The latest reports have in the Gulf region with total issu- out of $46bn,” said Jamal. issuance of $23bn worth of sukuk Islamic banks complying with the entities and government bodies revealed that sukuk issuances ance of $21.3bn compared to only THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS QE market cap Manufacturing activity slows in China in April rises to QR480.11bn Bourse index up 99.38 points

DOHA: Qatari stocks showed insurance counters ended the last slight gains last month with the on the list with a slight 1.11 per- benchmark index of the bourse cent share. up 99.38 points (or 1.16 per- The lending and financial serv- cent) to 8,677.10 compared with ices sector led the traded volume March 2013. in the month with a 23.58 percent Fundamentally formidable and share in the total, followed by real large-cap Industries Qatar topped estate sector (23.50 percent). in terms of its share in the total The industrial sector contrib- trading value for the 22 trading uted 17.56 percent to the total days in the month, Qatar Exchange whereas the telecoms stocks said in its monthly report. accounted for 13.51 percent. The A migrant worker passes by The People’s Bank of China in Beijing yesterday. Manufacturing activity in China slowed slightly in April from the previ- The trading value, though, fell consumer goods and services sec- ous month, in a sign of further weakness in the world’s second-biggest economy. China’s economy expanded 7.8 percent in 2012, its slowest pace to QR4.21bn in the month, down tor accounted for 10.69 percent for 13 years, in the face of weakness at home and in key overseas markets. 10.27 percent as compared with and the transportation shares QR4.69bn in March. The trading had a share of 10.29 percent in volumes of more than 116 million the total. shares, though, showed an 8.76 Insurance stocks ended at the percent rise over the previous bottom of the list in terms of month (106.7 million shares). trading volumes as well with a The number of deals conclude meager 0.88 percent share. QFMA approves liquidity provision scheme on the bourse in the month also The market capitalization was went up (to 64,774) showing a 9.39 up 2.25 percent to QR480.11bn DOHA: Qatar Financial Group Securities Co. Other LPs ensure fair and orderly market”. between LP and the exchange. percent increase over March. by month-end, improving from Markets Authority (QFMA) has are expected to follow in the com- The Chairman of The Group, LPs can enter this activity either Sector-wise, the industrial QR469.52bn in March. approved the liquidity provision ing months. Hamad bin Khalaf Al Moudadi, at their own initiative or at the counters led the trading value with Some 23 of the 42 listed com- scheme that can be carried out QE CEO Rashid Al Mansoori welcomed the recent develop- request of a listed company. a 30.4 percent share in the monthly panies gained, while 18 fell and by the financial services firms, said: “This enhancement offers ment and expressed The Group’s Liquidity provider is a finan- total. The banking and financial one remained unchanged. With a which are members in Qatar a number of advantages for the commitment to work as a liquid- cial services firm which is a services sector accounted for 28.59 total trading value of QR663.47m Exchange (QE), said a press market and investors, such as ity provider for the majority of member of QE and licensed to percent in the total. Industries Qatar was the top con- statement yesterday. increasing the trading volumes market shares. He added: “This is practice Liquidity Provision The consumer goods and serv- tributor (15.75 percent). The scheme will enable such and liquidity of specific securities a helpful step in the development Activity. The Liquidity Provider ices sector had a share of 15.08 Barwa Real Estate came sec- firms to submit constant quotes because the liquidity provider is of the market.” offers prices on a continuous percent in the total, while the ond with QR336.5m, or 7.99 for the sale or purchase of a obliged to provide constant bids Liquidity providers accept the basis to buy or sell a specific real estate counters’ contribution percent, share in the total. Gulf particular security to increase and offers in the trading system. obligation to provide bids and security in order to increase amounted to 12.40 percent. International Services was third its liquidity as per the controls “This activity will assist in offers in pre-determined secu- liquidity in accordance with the The transportation counters with QR326.15m and the Qatar and conditions set forth in the reducing the prices volatility, rities and in exchange receive a regulations and conditions speci- had a share of 6.23 percent, National Bank was fourth with a Liquidity Provider Agreement. promoting confidence among volume related discount on the fied in the Liquidity Provider whereas the telecoms sector share of QR295.67m in the total. The first Liquidity Provision investors, fostering the listing of trading fees. These obligations Agreement. accounted for 6.19 percent. The THE PENINSULA (LP) license was issued to The new companies and helping to are reflected in an agreement THE PENINSULA

EFG Hermes, QInvest terminate venture QIB not to US oil supplies rise; DOHA/CAIRO: EFG Hermes, the leading invest- regulatory approvals in all other markets in which the ment ba n k i n the A rab world, a nd Q Invest, Qata r’s joint venture was initially to operate including Qatar, issue sukuk leading investment bank yesterday confirmed the the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, Brent falls to $99.75 expiration of a Joint Venture (JV) agreement among others. EFG Hermes and QInvest cooperated between the two, said a press statement. fully with all regulators, met all of their requirements this year NEW YORK: US oil stocks losing more than $3 a barrel but The long-stop date for the satisfaction of the con- and exercised the utmost diligence in addressing any reached a new three-decade high remained lower and below $100 a ditions precedent for their JV agreement to proceed regulatory requests in a timely and comprehensive DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank and pressed crude prices lower barrel. Brent crude futures were had been reached without receiving the necessary manner. Both institutions look forward to separately (QIB), the state’s largest Shariah- yesterday, as US oil production down $2.62 to $99.75 a barrel by regulatory approvals from the Egyptian Financial creating value for their shareholders and remain compliant lender by assets, is not continued to surge while domes- 1537 GMT, and dipped below $99 Supervisory Authority. As a result of the long stop open going forward to capitalizing on their comple- expecting to issue more Islamic tic demand remained anemic. for the first time since April 23. date being reached, the joint venture agreement will mentary strengths to pursue together suitable busi- bonds before 2014, its chief exec- US commercial stocks stood US oil was down $2.64 at $90.82 automatically terminate. ness opportunities in a less-structured framework. utive said yesterday. at 395.3 million barrels for the a barrel. It earlier reached a The parties received the necessary financial services THE PENINSULA “I don’t think it will be needed; week ended April 26, the high- low of $90.11, falling through its there seems to be enough liquid- est weekly inventory figure since 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day mov- ity currently,” Bassel Gamal told the US Energy Information ing average, key technical indica- reporters at a conference here. Administration began collecting tors watched by traders. QIB last tapped the market the data in 1982. “We got down to support near with a $750m five-year sukuk The build comes as US crude $90, then we saw a little short in October as part of its $1.5bn production has taken off on the covering ahead of the Fed report sukuk programme. Qatari banks rise in exploitation of shale oil coming out,” said Gene McGillian, remain very liquid, but much of and gas deposits. It’s just indica- an analyst with Tradition Energy this cash is held in local riyals tive of these shale plays ramping in Stamford, Connecticut. The with lenders keen for dollar fund- up,” said Matt Smith, an analyst contract slid 7 percent in April, ing to service a number of infra- at Schneider Electric, an energy its biggest monthly drop in 11 structure projects in the pipeline management firm. “It tells us months, on the back of indicators ahead of the country hosting the we’re in the middle of an oil suggesting the global economy 2022 football World Cup. boom.” remains in a fragile state. Corporate issuance of local cur- Oil production over the four- Fundamentals also appeared rency sukuk is expected in coming week period ending April 26 was bearish. Supply from the years as well, added Gamal, who 7.3 million barrels a day, up 19.4 Organisation of the Petroleum was appointed as QIB chief execu- percent from a year ago. During Exporting Countries is predicted tive in January. the same period, US domestic to average 30.46 million barrels “In the coming years, we expect consumption slipped 2.7 percent per day (b/d)in April, up from some corporations to issue sukuk to 18.3 million barrels, data show. 30.18m b/d in March, a Reuters in local currency, thus creating This week’s rise in oil stocks of survey showed. their own yield curve with the 6.7 million barrels came in well The Buzzard oilfield in the potential of issuing on the global above the 800,000 barrels forecast North Sea, an important contrib- markets in the years to come.” by analysts, according to a survey utor to the Brent crude bench- “Indeed, we have seen many by Dow Jones Newswires. That mark, was on schedule to restart countries encouraging local issu- sent the New York oil price tum- soon, trade sources said, after a ances of sukuk, such as Saudi bling further after an early fall steam release caused the field to Arabia and Malaysia,” he added. ahead of the data release. be shut down on Monday. REUTERS Oil pared losses after AFP/REUTERS Fed sticks to stimulus plan WASHINGTON: The US “Fiscal policy is restrain- the Fed starting to take its foot Federal Reserve stuck to its plan ing economic growth,” the Fed off the accelerator in the second to buy $85bn in bonds each month said in its policy statement. half of the year. Now, things are to push down borrowing costs and “The Committee is prepared to looking a bit more shaky. prop up the economy, citing risks increase or reduce the pace of its “Expectations for tapering off to growth from recent budget purchases to maintain appropri- of the Fed’s outcome-based pur- tightening in Washington. ate policy accommodation.” chases have been pushed back due Describing the economy as Kansas City Fed President to recent softening in the economic expanding moderately in a state- Esther George again dissented data,” according to a statement ment that largely mirrored its against the Fed’s support for from the private sector Treasury March decision, Fed officials cited growth, due to concerns about Borrowing Advisory Committee. continued improvement in labor financial imbalances and long- Economic growth rebounded in market conditions. term inflation expectations. the first quarter after a dismal But they reiterated that unem- Until recently, analysts had end to 2012, but the 2.5 percent ployment is still too high for pol- expected the Fed to buy a total of annual rate of expansion fell short icy makers’ comfort, reinforcing $1 trillion in Treasury and mort- of economists’ estimates, and their desire to keep buying assets gage-backed securities during its forecasters are already penciling until the outlook for jobs improves ongoing third round of quantita- in a weaker second quarter. substantially. tive easing, known as QE3, with REUTERS

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World growth Qatar Exchange down a tad still too slow to generate jobs: Egypt’s market and Bahrain’s bourse closed; Kuwait’s measure jumps 1.8 percent IMF official DOHA: Qatar Exchange was underlying optimism had not deal was expected from Emaar the uptrend,” said a note from previous session, after it said it had down 9.25 points or 0.11 percent changed. numbers. Whilst solid, there was NBK Capital. extended the maturity on $3bn of NEW DELHI: The world econ- to 8,667.85 points yesterday from Property developer Emaar no upside surprise and some profit- “The next target is 7,600. We loans for up to five weeks. It was omy is not growing fast enough the previous closing of 8,677.10 reported a worse-than-expected taking has been evident today,” view any pullback to the support the latest in a series of extensions to generate jobs for millions who points. Among the top losers net profit of Dh556m ($151.4m) said Julian Bruce, EFG-Hermes’ levels as a buying opportunity. since 2011, and investors had been have become unemployed due to were Industries Qatar whose in the quarter ended March 31, director of institutional equity The medium term target is 8,400.” hoping the company would finally the financial crisis but it is gain- share dropped 0.41 percent to compared to Dh606m in the same sales. “This prompted caution Kuwait Projects Co (Kipco) rose be able to put together a new long- ing strength gradually, a top QR1714.30, Qatar Islamic Bank period a year ago. Emaar shares from recent buyers in the broader 1.2 percent after it said it was on term financing package, reducing IMF official said yesterday. lost 0.87 percent to QR68.40, slipped 1.3 percent in response, market, and it was good to see the track for double-digit revenue uncertainty. While global growth is seen Ooredoo fell 0.87 percent to but they remain up 48 percent index taking a bit of a breather growth this year, although quar- at 3.3 percent in 2013 and four QR114 and Gulf International since the end of last year. The after recent exuberance.” terly profit was flat. HIGHLIGHTS percent next year, this masks a Services was down 0.61 percent profit drop was largely due to Other Gulf markets were Several blue chip stocks fell in DUBAI: The index rose 0.1 per- significant divergence in pros- to QR40.50. higher sales costs, the company mixed. Egypt’s market and Saudi Arabia after oil dropped cent to 2,137 points. pects, said Naoyuki Shinohara, The banking and financial sec- said, and revenue rose 16 percent. Bahrain’s bourse were closed, as below $101 a barrel on Wednesday, KUWAIT: The measure advanced deputy managing director of the tor lost 0.27 points, the insur- So investors decided the profit was much of Asia and Europe, for extending its biggest monthly 1.8 percent to 7,563 points. International Monetary Fund. ance sector added 1.40 points, drop made no difference to the a Labour Day bank holiday. drop in 11 months, as fresh con- SAUDI ARABIA: The bench- The world is seeing a “three- the industrial sector dropped 0.29 bullish outlook for the property Kuwait’s measure jumped 1.8 cerns over economic growth in mark slid 0.1 percent to 7,175 speed” global recovery without points and the services sector fell sector. Emaar’s chairman said percent to 7,563 points, rising for China weakened the demand points. “enough growth to generate jobs 0.37 points. yesterday that he expected his the ninth straight session. Some outlook. Saudi Basic Industries ABU DHABI: The measure for the millions who have fallen Meanwhile, Dubai heavy- company’s real estate business to said the rise above 7,500 points slipped 0.6 percent, weighing on ended flat at 3,274 points. into unemployment over the past weight Emaar Properties fell increase drastically. Dubai’s index was technically bullish. “Over the general index, which ended QATAR: The index slipped 0.1 five years”, Shinohara told a gath- after reporting a drop in quar- shrugged off early losses to end 0.1 the medium and short terms, the 0.1 percent lower at 7,175 points. percent to 8,668 points. ering of diplomats and business terly profit on rising costs, but the percent higher, though gains were index is moving in an uptrend. Loss-making telecommunica- OMAN: The benchmark rose people. overall market recovered from an smaller than in recent sessions. A break above this level (7,500) tions operator Zain Saudi fell 4.0 0.3 percent to 6,146 points. Creating jobs must be “an over- early slide, suggesting investors’ “As the UAE bellwether, a great would indicate a continuation of percent, adding to losses from the QNA/REUTERS arching issue” as it goes to the heart of the global economic cri- sis that is “falling disproportion- London stocks edge up ately on young people”, he said in a speech in New Delhi. The IMF official’s address came amid May Day protests in Europe amid May Day holiday against punishing government austerity drives and followed LONDON: The British stock Morris. “The bullish mood dissi- official figures Tuesday showing market rose in low-volume deals pated in afternoon trade however, European unemployment hit a yesterday, amid a public holiday as weaker than expected macro record of over 19 million. in much of Asia and Europe, and data from the States capped gains Shinohara said the best per- following disappointing US data. in the short term.” forming economies were in the London’s FTSE 100 index of In foreign exchange activity, the emerging and developing coun- top companies won 0.33 percent euro rallied to a nine-week high at tries, with Asia expected to grow to 6,451.29 points, as dealers also $1.3243 on growing hopes of a rate by an average 7.1 percent this year absorbed better-than-expected cut from the European Central and sub-Saharan Africa forecast British manufacturing data. Bank today. The single currency to expand by 5.6 percent. Investors digested US jobs and later stood at $1.3186, up from Other nations are on the mend manufacturing data. Payrolls firm $1.3165 late in New York on Tuesday. such as the United States, seen ADP reported that the American On the London Bullion Market, gold expanding by two percent in private sector added only 119,000 fell to $1,454.75 an ounce from $1,469 2013, but he said recovery in the jobs in April, the slowest job growth Tuesday. Wall Street fell in midday eurozone “remains elusive” with in seven months. Elsewhere, US trade. The Dow Jones Industrial growth expected to contract by manufacturing activity slowed Average fell 0.42 percent to 14,777.30 a quarter of a percentage point. sharply in April to the slowest points. The broad-based S& P 500 While US corporate bal- pace of the year, the ISM report lost 0.43 percent to 1,590.89 points. ance sheets and house prices released yesterday showed. In Asian trade, Tokyo stocks are improving, expansion is not “With European equities fell 0.44 percent as the yen’s robust enough to significantly closed for the May day bank strength and gloomy eurozone lower unemployment, he said. holiday, UK traders initially sent economic data offset positive sen- He added the US government’s stocks (higher) as strong corpo- timent after the S& P 500 closed “sequestration” efforts to slash rate earnings, optimism over a at another record high. Markets spending involving $85 billion European rate cut and better than in China, Hong Kong, South in budget cuts will result in “too expected (British) PMI manu- Korea, India, the Philippines, much short-term fiscal consolida- facturing numbers contributed Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and tion” while a longterm cost reduc- to strong risk appetite early on,” Singapore were all closed for the Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the morning bell yesterday. tion roadmap is lacking. said CMC Markets trader Tobias May Day holiday. AFP AFP

QATARI MARKET Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 104.31 0.47 % Aa2 AA Apple raises Opec meets in Vienna in bid to Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 106.44 1.34 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 125.38 2.00 % Aa2 AA record $17bn Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 118.88 2.21 % Aa2 AA break deadlock over top post Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 114.63 2.61 % Aa2 AA in bond sale Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 175.50 3.74 % Aa2 AA LONDON/DUBAI: Opec is stage of the producer group, helps output policy for the second half Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 137.00 4.11 % Aa2 AA NEW YORK: Technology giant again attempting to break the formulate its output policy and of 2013. Opec has often struggled Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 128.00 4.08 % Aa2 AA Apple confirmed yesterday that deadlock over selecting its next is in charge of Opec’s Vienna to agree on a secretary general. it sold $17bn in bonds in the big- secretary general, after rivalry secretariat. The appointment of Badri starting Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.63 0.93 % Aa2 AA gest corporate debt issue ever. between Saudi Arabia and Iran Opec’s panel, which consists in 2007 ended a three-year impasse Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 115.13 2.68 % Aa2 AA The bond sale, described in doc- last year prevented a new can- of Opec governors — officials over the job. When it reappointed Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 105.50 1.36 % A1 A- uments filed with the Securities didate being named to its top who represent their countries on him in December for one year, Opec Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.50 2.18 % A1 A- and Exchange Commission, broke administrative post. the board of governors — is only waived its own statute stating that QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.63 1.90 % NR NR the record of $16.5bn from Roche A panel of officials is meet- deciding criteria for the post- a secretary general should serve no QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 104.00 1.51 % Aa3 A+ Holding in 2009. ing this weekend at the Vienna holder. Oil ministers will then more than two, three-year terms. QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.88 2.04 % Aa3 A+ The debt-free Apple offered six headquarters of the Organisation have the tough task of appoint- The post has tended to go to tranches of debt, four at fixed rates of the Petroleum Exporting ing a candidate. “Every member- officials from smaller Opec pro- Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.50 2.28 % A2 A- and two at floating rates with the Countries to discuss criteria country has to agree on the new ducers to spread influence beyond Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 106.25 1.51 % A2 A /*- maturity between three and 30 for the secretary general post, secretary general, so it has to be top producer Saudi Arabia and Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 131.00 2.39 % A2 A /*- years. For the three-year bonds, Opec delegates said. Abdullah Al a candidate acceptable to every Iran, Opec’s traditional No. 2 Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 112.63 2.92 % A2 A /*- Apple will pay a rate of 0.45 per- Badri’s one-year term in the job country,” one of the delegates said. whose output was overtaken by Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 111.00 3.88 % A2 A /*- cent, which according to research ends in December. Opec delegates say that Iraq in 2012 as sanctions curb Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 106.13 1.08 % Aa3 A firm Dealogic is the lowest coupon The deadlock has highlighted for now, the three candidates Iran’s sales. As well as setting Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 108.38 3.22 % Aa3 A rate on record, tied with Texas political tensions within the are still Saudi Arabia’s Opec criteria for the secretary gen- Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 111.38 3.54 % Aa3 A Instruments, Unilever Capital and 12-country group that have Governor, Majid Al-Moneef; eral, the Opec governors are also Walt Disney for comparable notes. increased due to Western sanc- Thamir Ghadhban, energy due to recommend a successor to SOVEREIGNS The bond maturities go up to 30 tions on Iran. In a break with adviser to Iraq’s prime minister; Hasan Qabazard, a Kuwaiti, as Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P years, with a rate of 3.85 percent, tradition, Opec in December and former Iranian oil minister the group’s head of research, the Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 104.75 0.34 % Aa2 AA according to the SEC documents. reappointed Badri, a Libyan, for a Gholam Hossein Nozari. second most senior post at Opec Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 126.88 1.93 % Aa2 AA The company chose to issue debt third term after candidates from This could change, say Opec after the secretary general. to finance part of the $100bn in Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq failed delegates, once the issue goes There are two candidates, Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 110.38 2.28 % NR NR share buybacks and dividends it to gain a consensus. before Opec’s oil ministers at the an Iranian and a Saudi, for the Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.63 2.87 % NR NR pledged to undertake through the The secretary general is the group’s May 31 meeting in Vienna, research job, a delegate said. Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.75 3.75 % NR NR end of 2015. AFP main representative on the world where they will also decide Opec’s REUTERS Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 118.38 4.00 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 105.50 0.75 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.63 3.00 % NR BBB Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 110.63 3.74 % NR BBB DIB eyes double-digit profit growth Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 94.00 6.84 % Caa1 B- Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 107.13 3.41 % NR BBB- DUBAI: Dubai Islamic Bank Hamli said the bank was now *Periodic Distribution Amount • Bullion - Mumbai (DIB) has dealt with much of anxious to expand but was being IMPORTANT NOTE: Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 27600 its balance sheet weakness and held back in part by the unrest Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which Silver (1 kg) Rs. 46320 is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services should see profits for 2013 grow in dominating the Middle East. • Indian Rupees QR1 = 14.79 Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary the high double digits, allowing it His deputy Adnan Chilwan said data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising • Sensex to eye acquisitions in new markets the bank expects to see close to out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not BSE 19387.50 in Asia, officials said yesterday. 17 percent growth in net profit take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds NSE 5904.10 can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant Leaders at the world’s oldest this year after spending the last liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not • Short-term investment plan from LIC International upto 6.4 percent return Shariah-compliant lender said five years cleaning its books and a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and p.a. (in dollar) that it had put aside around strengthening its core banking consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. • Housing loan from HDFC LTD Dh5bn ($1.36bn) against the sort operations. “I can confidently • Mutual Fund: Buy & Sell: SBI MF, HDFC MF, UTI MF, Birla Sun Life MF, of soured property loans and say that Dubai Islamic Bank has Tata MF, Reliance MF etc. transactions which drew into nothing to hide. We are very • Advise on Indian Income Tax matters for NRIs. question Dubai’s future as a finan- strong, clean and ready for the Contact: Investec, Tel: 44325060/44365060 email: [email protected] cial hub in 2009. next growth phase,” Al Hamli said Chief Executive Abdulla Al yesterday. REUTERS THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Gulf banks seeking to expand regionally Intense competition, high liquidity prompting move; bankers see more deals coming out of Egypt, Turkey

DUBAI: For years, Dubai’s top a substantial jump from $800m Arab Spring uprisings has accen- greater the attraction for retail “You aren’t going to see the was plenty of scope, and need, bank Emirates NBD (ENBD) in 2011 and accounting for 27 tuated the desire to exit such non- banks to be present. So Egypt, rescue deals of 2007-8, where you for smaller lenders to consolidate relied on its home base and cosy percent of overall activity in the core assets, reducing valuations for example, with a population of saw Gulf money go into the likes within their home markets. relationship with leading gov- Middle East last year, according to and creating rare opportunities around 80 million, is a compel- of Citi,” said Richard Rollinshaw, Most of the Gulf is significantly ernment-related entities in the Thomson Reuters data. The sector for well-capitalised Gulf names to ling opportunity for some banks,” partner at PwC, pointing to the over banked — the UAE has 51 emirate to drive profit growth. was only slightly behind telecom- expand into neighbouring coun- said Klaus Froehlich, Morgan big losses suffered by Abu Dhabi banks in a nation of 5 million That strategy underwent an munications, which led the way tries at good prices. Stanley’s Mena investment bank- Investment Authority on its capi- people, and Qatar has 18 despite abrupt shift late in 2012 when the with 30 percent of activity. “Egypt has historically been a ing head. tal injection into the U.S lender. the largest player having over 20 bank agreed to buy the Egyptian The resurgence of financial very difficult market to enter due In Turkey, a 75 percent stake percent market share. operations of French lender BNP M&A looks set to continue this to a lack of new licences issued in small lender Tekstilbank has LEADING THE WAY Bahrain’s central bank has Paribas for $500m, securing a year as eager buyers are met by and the prohibitively high valua- been put on the block by parent Qatar’s QNB is probably the been pushing tie-ups for Islamic foothold in Egypt and diversifying willing sellers. “Pressure to reduce tions,” said Nabil Lahham, part- GSD Holding with interest seen most acquisitive Gulf Arab lender. banks badly hit by a real estate a business hit hard by debt prob- risky portfolio assets and delev- ner at Perella Weinberg Partners, mainly from Gulf Arab lenders. After securing stakes in banks in bubble. The largest so far was lems at the Dubai state-linked eraging requirements of Western which advised ENBD on its Bankers are also awaiting the Egypt, Libya, the UAE and Iraq, the purchase by National Bank of firms it banked heavily. banks have been key factors for Egyptian acquisition. announcement of a mandate it is scouting for a majority stake Bahrain and a local fund of a 51.6 “If you want to be a truly the increased activity we have Egyptian deals in the past were for the sale of National Bank of buy in a top 10 Turkish bank. percent stake in Bahrain Islamic regional bank, you need to be seen in the financial sector,” said often done between four and six Greece’s Turkish arm Finansbank, Commercial Bank of Qatar Bank in March. in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Wadih Boueiz, a managing direc- times book value but valuations were one of the best-run banks in the agreed to buy a 70.8 percent stake Mergers in the Gulf are com- United Arab Emirates,” said Chief tor at Bank of America Merrill now closer to the levels normally country, despite the Greek lender in Turkish lender Alternatifbank plex though as powerful local Executive Rick Pudner on a recent Lynch and co-head of the U.S. seen in the Middle East, he said. saying it was in no rush to sell. in March, while Kuwait’s Burgan families who are majority share- results call, adding that the bank’s lender’s corporate and investment Qatar National Bank’s (QNB) Turkey’s growth prospects and Bank, which bought the Turkish holders are typically reluctant to plans to grow by acquisitions would banking for the Middle East and $2bn purchase of Societe cultural affinity with the region arm of Greece’s EFG Eurobank give up control. There is a long continue even after his departure North Africa (Mena). “That’s a Generale’s Egyptian unit, one of has made it one of the top desti- last year, is looking for more list of failures, such as the col- at the end of this year. theme which is likely to continue, the largest financial deals in Mena nations for Gulf banks to expand. assets in Egypt. lapse of a tie-up between Qatar’s ENBD is among a growing list especially if the European situa- in 2012, came at two times book Net interest margins at Turkish Other regional banks, such Al Khalij Commercial Bank and of banks in the Gulf Arab region tion does not improve.” value. Bankers expect more deals lenders are above the 4 percent as National Bank of Abu Dhabi International Bank of Qatar in which, flush with liquidity and to follow, in Egypt and elsewhere. level, higher than 2.8-2.9 percent , National Bank of Kuwait, Dubai’s June 2011. backed by sound capital bases, CATALYSTS Top of the list are Credit Agricole’s for Gulf-based banks, according Mashreq , Abu Dhabi’s First Gulf “The market certainly welcomes are reviving mergers and acqui- Heightened deal activity has 61 percent stake in Credit Agricole to BofA’s Boueiz. Bank, Morocco’s Attijariwafabank more banking consolidation locally. sitions in the financial sector - an been driven by disposals from Egypt and Italian bank Intesa “Banks in the region are keen to and Lebanon’s Audi Bank are all But, some combinations, which industry which until last year had Western financial institutions Sanpaolo’s 70 percent stake in Bank deploy capital in markets that have keen on expanding through acqui- potentially would have made good seen little action since the 2008 under pressure to raise capital of Alexandria . No formal process higher returns and growth pros- sitions, bankers said. sense, haven’t happened because of credit crisis. levels in the post-credit crunch has begun for either sale. pects,” he said. This makes Europe However, while cross-border a lack of willingness to lose con- Deals worth nearly $6bn were regulatory clampdown. “The larger the country, partic- and the United States much less M&A will be the target of big- trol,” said Froehlich. agreed by finance firms in 2012, Political turmoil triggered by ularly in terms of population, the attractive for Gulf banks. ger players, bankers said there REUTERS

Rush for gold coins, Developers in Dubai talk tall jewels peters out amid property

LONDON: Gold coins, jewel- (customers) are waiting for recovery lery and bars looked like a bar- gold prices to come down after gain after prices crashed more Akshaya Tritiya,” said proprietor DUBAI: The Dubai builder of than $200 an ounce in two days Kumar Jain. the world’s highest tower, the last month, the steepest two-day Demand from mints and refin- Burj Khalifa, hinted it might plunge in more than 30 years. eries shot up in the immediate develop an even taller sky- Shops reported an unprec- wake of the price drop. Sales of scraper and two conglomerates edented surge in demand and American Eagle gold coins from outlined grandiose real estate mints and refineries were work- the US Mint are ten times last plans, underscoring recovery in ing overtime to keep up. month what they were in April the emirate’s bombed-out prop- But retailers say this enthu- last year while Australia’s Perth erty sector. siasm, which helped push prices mint had to double its minting The plans would have appeared back up again, is faltering with capacity. fanciful three years ago, when a some investors looking for The drop in the price of the crash in the inflated real estate another fall before they buy more. standard gold bars that are market triggered a corporate Ryotaro Tomori, shop man- traded on international markets debt crisis and a slew of company ager of Ginza SGC in Tokyo, said drove the markup price of bul- restructurings. some forms of coin and ingot are lion products such as coins and But Dubai, home to an archi- in short supply but more custom- smaller ingots, higher. pelago of man-made islands and ers now want to sell gold after the Premiums in Hong Kong, the an indoor ski slope in one of its mid-April rush. centre of bullion trading in east shopping malls, staged a dramatic “We’ve realised how sensitive Asia, rose to their highest since economic recovery last year, Japanese people holding spenda- October 2008, though they have partly because of a tourism boom. ble money are to gold prices,” said now steadied at that level. Dealers A salesman arranges jewellery at a shop at the Gold Souq in Deira, Dubai. Tourist arrivals grew 10 per- Takeshi Sakai, general manager of in the Middle East report that Gold falls 1pc cent and hotel revenue rose 19 Mitsubishi Materials Corp’s pre- premiums have drifted down from has helped arrest gold’s slide, it is (but) this is not something that is percent in the first half of 2012. cious metals division. “We had a their recent peaks. unlikely to negate the impact of ever going to drive gold upwards NEW YORK: A commodities Some state-linked companies rush of customers on April 15, 16 While buyers of coins, bars dwindling appetite among bigger in a sustained fashion for a long sell-off sent gold prices more have been working through their and 17, and then retail prices have and high-carat jewellery have investors. Outflows from gold- period of time. These buyers are than 1 percent lower yesterday, debt loads while some property somewhat settled down.” been quick to jump into the gold backed exchange-traded funds are price sensitive and they are not the biggest daily drop since bul- prices have started to rebound. In India, the world’s biggest market after its recent price drop, continuing apace, with holdings going to be buying indefinitely if lion’s historic decline in mid- “Maybe we will try to build buyers of the metal, households speculative investors, who favour of the ETFs tracked by Reuters the price goes up.” April, although the metal pared something a little taller,” said took advantage of the price drop, futures and gold-backed invest- declining more than 200 tonnes While the recent surge in some losses. Mohamed Alabbar, the chair- bringing forward purchases ahead ment funds have driven the gold so far this month. demand has been broad-based, it Spot gold fell 1.3 percent to man of Dubai’s largest developer of Akshaya Tritiya, an April-May market in recent years. “You have a continued flow of is the long-established but highly $1,457.90 an ounce by 1911 GMT. Emaar Properties, which built religious festival celebrated with It was these buyers who pushed metal out of ETFs, you’ve got price-sensitive Middle Eastern, US Comex gold futures for June the 828-metre Burj Khalifa. The gold buying, and the start of the prices to a peak of $1,920.30 an some bits and pieces of hedging Chinese and Indian gold bullion delivery settled down $25.90 at tower, which dominates Dubai’s wedding season. ounce in September 2011, more business going through, you have markets that are responsible for $1,446.20 an ounce. spectacular high-rise skyline, was Mumbai-based jeweller than double the level seen after investors who are liquidating from the lion’s share of buying. Among other precious metals, opened in 2010 but is set to be Umedchand Tilokchand Zaveri Lehman Brothers collapsed in other OTC sources when you get In recent years rising prices have silver fell 2.3 percent to $23.71 an overshadowed by the 1,000-metre said his customer footfalls have 2008. It was also largely their sell- close to the top of the range (from swiftly curbed demand in India and ounce. Platinum dropped 1.9 per- Kingdom tower under construc- now reduced to five customers in ing that precipitated last month’s $1,400 to $1,480),” Credit Suisse the Middle East, suggesting those cent to $1,475.50 an ounce, while tion in the Saudi city of Jeddah. peak hours from 15 customers two slide to two-year lows of $1,321. analyst Tom Kendall said. buyers will wait until they can find palladium was down 1.3 percent “Dubai needs another tall build- weeks ago, when prices slumped. While buying of coins, bars “That’s being offset at the another bargain. at $685.72. ing. Dubai is only about 30 years “Buying has slowed down as and other forms of physical gold moment by that physical demand, REUTERS REUTERS old. So we have a lot of time and lot of investment left, Alabbar told journalists at a conference. Meydan Group and the Sobha Group, two Dubai conglomerates, separately announced a joint ven- ture to develop a major leisure, US auto sales growth slows retail and residential complex near the city’s downtown area. The com- DETROIT: US carmakers 13 percent to 14.5 million light under way as housing construc- plex will include a 350,000 square gained share in a slowing US vehicles. That was still below the tion and home prices march metres water park, a 7-km lagoon, a u t o m a rk e t i n A p r i l a s i m p r o v e - 16.7 million vehicles the US auto higher. Sales of pickup trucks, retail spaces, leisure and sports ments in the housing sector industry sold on average in the 10 which are much favoured by con- attractions as well as 1,500 villas. played in to Detroit’s traditional years ending in 2007. tractors and tradesmen, have his- It will be the cornerstone of strengths: pickup trucks and GM said lower sales by some torically been tied to the housing a huge urban development plan sport-utility vehicles. of its rivals to rental car agen- construction market. announced last November by The overall pace of US auto sales cies, governments and companies, Truck sales have grown at Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed last month was the slowest since or “fleet” business, accounted for three times the rate of the US bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which October, due in part to lower fleet some of the shortfall in the sales auto industry this year, Merkle included the largest shopping mall sales and worse-than-expected rate in April. said. Ford said the small utility in the world, a park 30 percent sales from foreign carmakers, such Ford’s April sales rose 18 per- segment, which includes the Ford bigger than Hyde Park in London, as Toyota Motor Corp. cent, while GM and Chrysler Escape crossover, accounted for and over 100 hotels. The seasonally adjusted annual posted gains of 11 percent. Pickup 15 percent of the industry last Other grandiose projects rate of new vehicle sales is trucks and SUVs are traditionally month, 1 percentage point higher announced recently include a expected to fall short of the aver- the strongest aspects of the domes- than a year ago. replica of the Taj Mahal and bil- age analyst estimate calculated by tic carmakers’ lineups, even as all Toyota, the third-largest auto- lion-dollar theme parks including Thomson Reuters of 15.25 million. three have diversified to include maker in the US market, showed one modelled on the India’s so- General Motors Co said the sales more smaller cars since record- a drop of 1.1 percent in April called “Bollywood” film industry. rate would be around 15 million high gasoline prices in 2008 and sales, missing analysts’ expecta- Saeed Humaid Al Tayer, Meydan’s vehicles, while Morgan Stanley the industry downturn in 2009. tions. Honda Motor Co Ltd, the chairman and chief executive, said New Ford cars displayed on the sales lot at Serramonte Ford in Colma, predicted 15.1 million. GM, Ford and Chrysler Group No. 5 automaker by sales in the the complex would be funded California, yesterday. Ford Motor Co reported an 18 percent surge in April Monthly auto sales are an early LLC posted better-than-expected U.S. market, showed a gain of 7 through company capital, inves- sign of consumer spending. For sales for the month. Executives percent, in line with estimates. tors paying for off-plan property sales. Sales of F-150 pick-up were up 24 percent compared to a year ago. all of 2012, US auto sales rose said the boom in pickup trucks is REUTERS and bank loans. REUTERS THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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COMMERCE, Georgia: The hard work is beginning to pay off for Khalid alBalooshi, the DENVER, COLORADO: The real focused.” At Denver, Wilson second-year driver for the Denver Nuggets kept their NBA Results Chandler and Ty Lawson added 19 Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top NBA play-off hopes alive but points each for the Nuggets, who Fuel team, the two-time World touched off a controversy over WASHINGTON: Results on had six double-digit scorers, while Championship team owned by dirty tactics yesterday while the Tuesday from the first round Harrison Barnes led the Warriors Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Memphis Grizzlies moved one of the NBA play-offs (all series with 23 points, Jarrett Jack added Thani. victory shy of reaching the sec- best-of-seven): 20 and Klay Thompson netted 19. The Dubai native reached the ond round. Western Conference “They were the more physical semifinals near Houston, Texas Andre Iguodala scored 25 In Denver team. They were the aggressor,” last weekend, and the team con- points and grabbed 12 rebounds Denver 107 Golden State 100 Jackson said. tinues to improve. This week- as Denver downed Golden State (Golden State lead series 3-2) “They hurt us in the first half. end’s 33rd annual Summit Racing 107-100, but Warriors coach Mark In Los Angeles They scored in the paint. They Equipment NHRA Southern Jackson accused the Nuggets Memphis 103 Los Angeles Clippers 93 made us pay for our turnovers. It Nationals near Atlanta is the sev- of deliberately trying to injure (Memphis lead series 3-2) wasn’t magic. They outplayed us.” enth of 24 races making up the Warriors star Stephen Curry to Curry scored only 15 points on United States’ 2013 NHRA Mello raise tensions. Conference game, Zach Randolph 7-of-19 shooting. Jackson said a Yello Drag Racing Series season. “They tried to send hitmen on scored 25 points and added 11 screen set at the free throw line Qualifying is tomorrow and Steph,” Jackson said. “There were rebounds while Spaniard Marc in the first half was a bid to hurt Saturday with eliminations set some dirty plays early. Gasol had 21 points as the Curry’s ankle. for Sunday. The Nuggets pulled within 3-2 Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Jackson also hinted that some- AlBalooshi’s semi-final appear- of the Warriors in the best-of- Clippers 103-93 to take a 3-2 lead one in the Nuggets’ camp was ance last weekend was his second seven playoff series, which con- in their series. telling him there was an intent of the season, and he is tied for tinues Thursday at Golden State. Clippers playmaker Blake to injure. sixth-place in the point standings. The series winner will face West Griffin left the game in the third “I’ve got inside information,” He has now won six rounds of top seed San Antonio in the sec- quarter with a high right ankle Jackson said. racing in six races this year – it ond round of the playoffs. sprain, leaving his status in doubt “Some people don’t like that took him 19 races to win that “Tonight was a good fight for for game six Friday at Memphis. kind of basketball. many rounds last year. In addi- us,” Iguodala said. “We’ve got to “We can’t celebrate,” Randolph “We went up 3-1 (in the series) Denver Nuggets’ Guard Andre Iguodala celebrates after hitting a three- tion, AlBalooshi was the No. 2 go back there and figure some said. “We can’t get too happy. playing hard, physical, clean bas- point shot during the second half of their first round playoff game against qualifier last weekend; it was his things out.” We’re not done. We have to go ketball -- not trying to hurt any- the Golden State Warriors at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, yes- career-best qualifying position. \ In yesterday’s other Western home Friday and be ready and be body.” AFP terday. The Nuggets won the game. The Warriors lead the series at 3-2. He has qualified in the top six at five of the season’s first six races, and his qualifying position is going in the right direction. He qualified fifth in Las Vegas, fourth in Charlotte and second last weekend. Teemu pushes Ducks past Detroit in opener “Overall, our team had a good weekend in Houston because we ANAHEIM, California: power-play goal, and Francois playoff goal - and a reminder Coach Bruce Boudreau also won some rounds,” alBalooshi Teemu Selanne was skat- Beauchemin added an empty-net- of Anaheim’s wealth of talent looked smart for choosing Hiller NHl Results said. ing slightly backward when ter as the second-seeded Ducks despite an unimpressive finish to over first-year co-starter Viktor WASHINGTON: Scores yes- “Our car and our team are get- he decided he could still beat hung on in the final minutes of a fine season. Fasth for the opener. Both goalies terday from the first round of ting better and better, and we are Jimmy Howard. He received a the opener in just their second “It just came into my mind,” won 15 games in the regular sea- the National Hockey League doing the right direction. We go pass and instantly flung a pin- playoff series in four years. Selanne said with a shrug. son, but Boudreau went with his Stanley Cup play-offs (All to Atlanta now. I feel good about point wrist shot at the net, find- “That’s what we were expect- “Usually you try to hold the puck, Swiss veteran, who came up with series best-of-seven): Al-Anabi our car, and that we ing a small opening behind the ing,” said Selanne, in his 20th but it came into my mind that if a handful of spectacular saves. Western Conference are getting better as a team. I Detroit goalie. NHL season. “We know how I got the puck, I’m going to try “We wanted to start strong at at Chicago appreciate the job our guys and The 42-year-old Finnish good they are, and we needed a to shoot.” home, and it’s important to get Chicago 2 Minnesota 1 (overtime) our crew chief are doing for our Flash’s talents are pretty much good, solid effort. We know it’s not Game 2 is today at Honda that first one and have some con- (Chicago leads series 1-0) car, and I thank Sheikh Khalid for timeless, and his timely goal got going to be easy.” Center. fidence,” Hiller said. at St. Louis being confident in me. I think in the Anaheim Ducks off to a solid Selanne just makes it look that Captain Ryan Getzlaf and Corey “We played very solid in our Atlanta we can win more rounds St. Louis 2 Los Angeles 1 (overtime) play-off start. way sometimes. Perry led a strong offensive effort end, and that makes it easier for because the car is running better. (St. Louis leads series 1-0) Selanne scored the tiebreak- He came up with yet another by the Pacific Division champions, a goalie. Even the goal they scored It has been going down the track ing power-play goal early in the huge goal for the Pacific Division who finished the regular season was a lucky bounce for them.” at Anaheim perfectly almost every time. A lot third period, Jonas Hiller made champions, putting a perfectly with the best winning percentage Howard stopped 24 shots and Anaheim 3 Detroit 1 of the cars are going down the 21 saves, and the Ducks rolled to placed one-timer over Howard’s in franchise history. Anaheim also Daniel Cleary scored on a power (Anaheim leads series 1-0) track, but our car is going down a 3-1 victory over the Red Wings shoulder while gliding away excelled on the power play, little play for the Red Wings in their the Ducks evenly at full strength, the track with a fast ET (elapsed yesterday. from the net. The remarkable surprise for the NHL’s fourth- 22nd consecutive post season Anaheim’s special-teams skill time) almost every time.” Nick Bonino also scored a feat of skill was his 42nd career ranked unit in the regular season. appearance. While Detroit played decided it. AGENCIES THE PENINSULA

Football: QSL organise fun activities for final Rangers rip White Sox

ARLINGTON, Texas: Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish won for the fifth time in six Major League Baseball starts yester- day, striking out nine in six innings to spark the Texas Rangers over the Chicago White Sox 10-6. Despite allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks and giving up his first home run of the season to Dewayne Wise in the sixth inning, Darvish baffled batters much of the night for the American League West division leader. Darvish boosted his major league- high strikeout total to 58 for the season, although FROM LEFT: Abdulrahman Al Dosari, Chief of Commercial at Qatar Stars League (QSL), Hani Ballan, Deputy his scoreless streak was CEO of QSL and Jassim Al Hail, Head of Stadium Security at Ministry of Interior during a press conference at snapped at 18 innings Qatar Football Association office at Al Bidda Tower yesterday. The officials announced the fun activities that by the White Sox. “This will take place before the final of the Heir Apparent Cup final to be held on Saturday between Lekhwiya and Al is about as dominant as Sadd at Al Sadd Stadium. A fan zone will be set up in which people of all ages can take part in th fun activities. I’ve seen someone,” said Fans will also have a chance to win fantastic prizes such as a smartphone and a Lexus GS. Rangers manager Ron Washington. AFP PICTURE BY: SHAIVAL DALAL Baseball Results Ny Yankees 7 Houston 4 Japan, France sign partnership accord Cleveland 14 Philadelphia 2 Toronto 9 Boston 7 TOKYO: The Japanese and agreement was signed in Tokyo have Japanese athletes train in Detroit 6 Minnesota 1 French athletics federations by Yohei Kono, president of the Paris for a few weeks with French Atlanta 8 Washington 1 signed a partnership agreement Japan Association of Athletics athletes after the Japanese Miami 2 Ny Mets 1 yesterday to cooperate in boost- Federations, and French Athletic national championships in June, Texas 10 C White Sox 6 ing their competitive level as Federation vice president Pierre ahead of the world championships San Diego 13 Chicago Cubs 7 they head toward the 2016 Rio Weiss. in Moscow in August. de Janeiro Olympics. Japan can host training camps “For us, France is a perfect Kansas City 8 Tampa Bay 2 Under the indefinite agreement, for French athletes ahead of next partner as French men excel Milwaukee 12 Pittsburgh 8 the two sides will exchange infor- year’s world athletics champion- in the 100m and 200m sprints,” St Louis 2 Cincinnati 1 mation on athlete development, ships in Beijing, while Japanese Kono said, citing French sprinter San Francisco 2 Arizona 1 organise event-by-event joint athletes can train in France Christophe Lemaitre who in 2010 Oakland 10 LA Angels 6 training sessions, share training before they compete in Europe, became the first white European Baltimore 7 Seattle 2 camps and promote exchanges of Kono told a news conference. to run 100m under 10 seconds. coaches and junior athletes. The Weiss said there was a plan to AFP LA Dodgers 6 Colorado 2 THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Race calendar 2013 Super Boat International (SBI) calendar (Spirit of Qatar Sheikh Hassan set for SBI Team) May 17-19 Cocoa Beach, Florida May 31-June 2 Orange Beach, Alabama July 5-7 Sarasota, Florida July 19-21 *Miami, Florida August 2-4 Michigan City, Michigan turbine racing debut in USA September 6-8 New York, New York State September 27-29 Clearwater, Florida November 3-10 Key West World Championships, Florida Qatar’s Mohammed Al Nasser and Ali Al Neama set for 750 class 2013 UIM F1 H20 World Championship calendar DOHA: Sheikh Hassan bin “Both Mohammed and Ali have June 1-2 Brasilia, Brazil Jabor Al Thani announced his good experience and represented July 27-29 Kiev, Ukraine and the Qatar Marine Sports the Qatar Team in the last XCAT September 21-22 TBA, China Federation’s (QMSF) final pro- race and proved that they are October 3-4 Liuzhou, China gramme of racing events for the competitive,” said Sheikh Hassan. November 22-23 Doha, Qatar 2013 season at a press confer- “They will be in charge of this November 28-29 Abu Dhabi, UAE ence in Doha yesterday. boat and I would hope that they The defending Key West World could win their class at Key West December 12-13 Sharjah, UAE Champion confirmed that he and as well.” The final stages of the 2013 H1 Unlimited British throttleman Steve Curtis build of the turbine boat are now Championship calendar will begin their testing pro- in full swing and Sheikh Hassan May 31-June 2 Big Wake Weekend, gramme in the United States of arrives in the USA on May 4 with Sacramento America this week and that the a view to testing the new hull July 5-6 Madison Regatta, Indiana new Qatar/Mystic turbine boat later that week. July 12-14 APBA Gold Cup, Detroit may make its racing debut at “Steve (Curtis) is in the USA July 26-28 Colombia Cup, Kennewick, Cocoa Beach in Florida on May and has been making sure that Washington 17-19. the rigging is done as per our Curtis has been in the USA standard. We will carry out an August 2-4 Seattle Seafair, Washington recently piecing together details initial shakedown and then test August 30-SeptEMBER 1 Coeur d’Alene of the programme and oversee- the boat’s performance. But, I Diamond Cup, Idaho ing the building of the boat. He admit, that the real test will be in September 14-16 San Diego Bayfair, California and Sheikh Hassan will begin a race conditions on the racecourse. five-day test from May 5 before Our initial target was for six races World Champion Alex Carella will the pair take on the might of the and Key West, but we may go for attempt a second defence of his American offshore competition seven races.” UIM F1 H20 World Championship in what has been referred to as Both the Class 1 Spirit of Qatar title alongside Shaun Torrente in the ‘Qatar v USA’ version of golf’s 95 and 96 boats are now at the the Qatar Team and that Khalid Ryder Cup. QMSF’s headquarters in Doha Abdullah Al Kuwari will repre- “We are hoping to officially but Sheikh Hassan admits that sent the team in the UIM F-4S introduce the team in Cocoa he does have plans to use them Championship for the Eurofin Beach and this would be the first in the near future. Trophy. participation of the turbine team Kip Brown will represent “We will also be busy through- in Super Boat International,” the Spirit of Qatar Team for out the summer months closer enthused Sheikh Hassan, who the remainder of the 2013 to home running training pro- missed the opening round of the H1 Unlimited Championship. grammes for juniors,” enthused SBI series in Biloxi last weekend. Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani (centre), President of Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF), speaking to Our Gang’s 17 Miss Red Dot Sheikh Hassan. “I don’t know if it will be a dis- journalists during a press conference at Hotel Marriott yesterday. Khalid bin Arhama Al Kuwari (left), Head of hydroplane changed livery for “This will include swimming, advantage or not to miss the first Formula racing at the QMSF and Sami Abdullah Abu Sheikha, QMSF General Secretary were also present. February’s Oryx Cup in Doha diving and testing courses, using round as we were not sure how PICTURE BY: ABDUL BASIT and Sheikh Hassan, Ellstrom both aqua bikes and junior hydros. many boats were going to race. Racing and Our Gang Racing There will also be two aqua bike As the season progresses we will World Championship at Key West of T53 turbine engines, deliver- raceboat and this will be entered have now reached an agreement races for the juniors, a fly board get a good indication whether it later in the season.” ing around 1,600hp apiece and in the Superboat 750 class with that will enable Brown to run competition and four junior hydro was a mistake to miss the first Sheikh Hassan’s new turbine capable of propelling the boat to Qataris, Mohammed Al Nasser ’95 – The Spirit of Qatar’ for the races.” round or not. Hopefully, we can boat has been built in the USA a top speed of 354km/h (200 mph) and Ali Al Neama, at the helm. rest of the H1 season, starting Later in the season, the QMSF make up any deficit throughout in collaboration with Whispering using Five-Axis technology. The 42-foot Marine Technology with the Big Wake Weekend in will then host the Qatar Aquabike the season. In any case, our target Turbines, Five-Axis Industries Sheikh Hassan also confirmed catamaran is being fitted with Sacramento, California, on May Grand Prix on November 14-16 is to dial the boat in during the and Mystic Powerboats. The new that the Spirit of Qatar Team has twin 750hp Scorpion Racing 31-June 2. and the Qatar F1 H20 Grand Prix year as our test session will be Mystic Spirit of Qatar Extreme acquired the ex-Tony Abrahams engines for the Superboat 750 The President of the QMSF on November 22-23. short. 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WADA chief criticises Cycling not Sheikh Saoud visits National Sports Academy Bulgaria sport’s ‘ugly Puerto outcome duckling’ - MADRID: The Director “It is unfortunate that the evi- General of the World Anti- dence used in this proceeding is Doping Agency (WADA) David not now being made available to Tour boss Howman has criticised the anti-doping organisations to fur- decision of the judge in the ther the fight against doping,” the SYDNEY: Tour de France Operation Puerto trial to not International Olympic Committee boss Christian Prudhomme release over 200 blood bags for (IOC) said in a statement yesterday said the scandal- inspection. On Tuesday the Olympic body ridden sport of cycling had Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes was said there was “no place for dop- changed and is no longer “the given a one year suspended sen- ing in sport”. little ugly duckling” it is made tence on Tuesday for endanger- “We unreservedly condemn out to be. ing public health in the way he the actions of anyone involved in Cycling has been rocked by performed blood extractions and providing athletes with an unfair disgraced US cyclist Lance transfusions on a number of high- advantage through doping..” Armstrong’s admission that he profile cyclists. The IOC said that while it was doped throughout his career, However, Judge Julia Patricia constantly fighting the scourge in which he won the Tour de Santamaria did not release the of performance-enhancing sub- France seven times before blood bags seized from proper- stances -- which has brought being stripped of the victories. ties belonging to Fuentes in 2006 down top athletes like cyclist Prudhomme, in Sydney to Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary General, addressing and indeed ordered them to be Lance Armstrong -- the Spanish promote the 100th edition of faculty members and students of National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mohammad Bin Ali Al Noaimi - destroyed pending appeals from case had shown the importance of the world’s most famous bike the Ambassador of Qatar in Bulgaria, Petar Stoychev Minister of Physical Education and Sports of Bulgaria, those parties involved. cooperation from “a large range race from June 29 to July 21, Stefka Kostadinova, President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, and Prof Pencho Geshev Rector of the “The decision to order the of stakeholders including public acknowledged cycling has its National Sports Academy were present for Sheikh Saoud address. In his speech, Sheikh Saoud focused destruction of all the blood bags authorities.” problems, but insisted it has on sport as a national strategy for development and highlighted several key ideas relating to Qatar’s 2030 is particularly disappointing “We understand, however, changed in the wake of the National Vision and the National Sport Sector Development Strategy 2011–2016. He covered a range of sub- and unsatisfactory for WADA, that the Spanish government is Armstrong affair. and the whole anti-doping moving to approve anti-doping “That’s the past,” he said . jects which included the importance of Education, investing in development programs and hosting of major community,” said a statement legislation in parliament that “He (Armstrong) wasn’t there sporting events, all factors implemented in order to reach Qatar’s goals and aspirations. The QOC delegation from Howman published on the would bring Spain in line with last year, he wasn’t there the are in Bulgaria as part of the official mission of QOC. The QOC delegation visited some of the sport facilities WADA website. the principles of the World Anti- year before. in Republic of Bulgaria on Tuesday. “Access to this evidence moti- Doping Code and the UNESCO “We can’t keep an image vated WADA’s involvement in this Convention against doping in in the media from the past in case. This would ensure appro- sport and we express hope that what’s happening now. Cycling priate sports sanction processes this will lead to greater coopera- is not a perfect world, but it’s Cancer-survivor vows against the cheats who used Dr tion with anti-doping organisa- changed.” Prudhomme said Fuentes’ services. The Court did tions in the future.” an agreement between the consider that his conduct was a Meanwhile, Venezuelan climber International Cycling Union crime against public health. Jose Rujano has been dropped (UCI) and the French anti- to dethrone Klitschko “WADA is currently fully from the Vacansoleil team for doping body to conduct tests reviewing the decision and any the Tour of Italy, which starts in at this year’s Tour made cheat- MANNHEIM, Germany: of 28 wins and one draw. “I will possible appeal or other action Naples on Saturday, as a precau- ing even harder. The two bod- Undefeated challenger and can- bust my backside to get those with its Spanish legal advisors, tion due to his implication in a ies had been at loggerheads cer survivor Francesco Pianeta belts. I am sure that everyone is and the Spanish National Anti- doping case. since March’s Paris-Nice race (pictured) has vowed to shock beatable,” said the 28-year-old Doping Organisation (AEA). Rujano, who finished third at but have now found common undisputed world heavyweight Pianeta, who has a tattoo bear- “The deadline to appeal the the Giro in 2005, was named in an ground. It allows the French champion Wladimir Klitschko ing Julius Caesar’s famous phrase case is May 17. inquiry into a doping case in Italy Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) when the pair meet on Saturday “veni, vidi, vici” - “I came, I saw, I “WADA will not make any relating to 2009 and 2010. to have complete access to night with the Ukrainian’s four conquered”. 59 wins, 50 KOs, and three loses. further comment about this case Vacansoleil say he has not riders’ biological passports world titles on the line. Klitschko is looking for the “It is the opportunity of a life- until that date.” taken a banned substance but and their locations. “I would The 37-year-old Klitschko 60th win of his career and hav- time and he has already won his The case is also expected to they preferred to play it safe. like to know what would hap- will defend his WBA, WBO, IBF ing put in 143 sparring rounds in toughest fight, because he has damage Madrid’s bid to be the “The products concerning pen in other sporting events and IBO belts in Mannheim, preparation, he said he is ready. defeated cancer.” host city of the 2020 Olympics Rujano are not on the banned list. and sporting circles if they south-west Germany, against “I’m as ready as I always am, A crowd of 13,000 is expected Games and the International If we stick to the rules, he could were as rigorous in terms of German-Italian Pianeta, from but I will not underestimate him,” in Mannheim and the fight will Olympic Committee (IOC) also race, but we preferred not to take rules as the Tour de France,” Gelsenkirchen, who survived said Klitschko, who has used be broadcast in 150 countries, but reacted angrily to the decision on a risk,” the Dutch team’s manager Prudhomme said. AFP testicular cancer three years ago Pianeta as a sparring partner in Klitschko wants a quick knock- Wednesday. Daan Luijkx said. AGENCIES and has an unblemished record previous years and has a record of out. AFP THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Chelsea and Lekhwiya qualify Benfica target Amsterdam for next stage redemption LONDON: Chelsea’s relent- less march towards either more European glory or an heroic, QSL side secures top spot in Group B battle-weary failure, contin- ues yesterday when they face DOHA: Lekhwiya secured top received the ball just inside the Al FC Basel with the final of the spot in Group B and a place in AFC Champions Ettifaq half and exchanged a one- Europa League beckoning. the knock-out rounds of the two with Ahmed El Sayed before The Londoners, like Benfica AFC Champions League as League he unleashed a fierce half-volley who face Fenerbahce in the other goals by Luiz Martin and Khalid KUALA LUMPUR: AFC Champions League from 20 metres that arrowed semi-final, were eliminated from Muftah either side of half-time results yesterday: into the bottom right corner of the Champions League after the gave the Qatari side a 2-0 win Group E the net. group stage, but both dropouts over Saudi Arabia’s Al Ettifaq In Seoul Having broken the deadlock, could yet meet in the final at the yesterday. FC Seoul (KOR) 2 Buriram United (THA) 2 Martin nearly presented the Amsterdam Arena on May 15. The two-time Qatar Stars visitors with a way back into the Chelsea are well-placed after In Sendai League (QSL) champions only match in the 35th minute when a 2-1 victory in Switzerland but needed to avoid defeat at the Vegalta Sendai (JPN) 1 Jiangsu Sainty he surrendered possession on the Benfica trail their Turkish oppo- Lekhwiya Club Stadium to book (CHN) 2 edge of his box to Yahia Al Shehri nents 1-0. their place in the Round of 16 Group F who played the ball on for Saleh Victory in the Europa League for the first time and Martin set In Guangzhou Bashar to fire in a shot from 20 would not have been either club’s them on their way with a sensa- Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN) 0 Jeonbuk metres that goalkeeper Amine target at the start of the season tional long-range effort after 11 Hyundai Motors (KOR) 0 Lecomte did well to stop. but it now offers redemption at minutes. In Nonthaburi Al Ettifaq skipper Carlos shot the end of long and punishing Muftah then struck on the narrowly wide just two minutes road. Muangthong United (THA) 0 Urawa Red counter-attack midway through into the second half but there Chelsea, the outgoing European Diamonds (JPN) 1 the second half to give Lekhwiya would be no way back for the Champions, will be playing their Group A their third straight home win visitors when Muftah extended 11th match in 33 days against the which sets up a last 16 clash with In Riyadh Lekhwiya’s lead in the 66th Swiss champions at Stamford Saudi giants Al Hilal. Al Shabab (KSA) 2 Al Jazira (UAE) 1 minute. Bridge. “The players today had a great In Tabriz He was sent clear on the left Unless their tired limbs finally performance and they deserved to Tractorsazi Tabriz (IRI) 2 Eljaish (QAT) 4 flank by an excellent through pass decide that enough is enough, win the match and advance to the Group B by Karim Boudiaf and sprinted they look set to book their place knockout stage,” said Lekhwiya clear of the Al Ettifaq defence in the final and give interim coach In Doha coach Eric Gerets. before firing an angled left-footed Rafa Benitez the chance of a glo- “We put in a lot of effort to Lekhwiya (QAT) 2 Al Ettifaq (KSA) 0 shot across Al Subaiei and inside rious exit. qualify from this hard group and In Tashkent the far post. Benitez has managed to rotate our efforts paid off at the end. Pakhtakor (UZB) 1 Al Shabab Al Arabi (UAE) 2 Lekhwiya had several opportu- his squad and keep it fresh to “We played very well tonight nities to add a third in the closing challenge for both European hon- especially in the second half and lead was tenuous as they were minutes as Nam Tae-hee and Adil ours and a place in the top four of we could have scored more than only a point ahead of Al Ettifaq Ahmed both squandered chances. the Premier League and a return two goals. But the most important and Uzbek champions Pakhtakor Lekhwiya is the second team to the Champions League. thing for us is that we qualified and two in front of last-placed which will feature in the knock- A header from Victor Moses and hopefully we can do well in Al Shabab Al Arabi. But Martin out stage of the tournament. and a free kick from David our next match in the Round of put any jitters that the home Eljaish, who finished second in Luiz deep in stoppage time gave 16.” side might have had to rest with Group A are the other team Lekhwiya’s Issiar Dia Luiz Martin Carlos Junior (front) celebrates with Chelsea victory last week after While Lekhwiya entered the a superlative opening goal. which made it to the last sixteen team-mates after scoring a goal during their AFC Champions League Fabian Schaer’s 87th-minute pen- match as group leaders, their After a neat build-up, Martin stage. AGENCIES match against Saudi Arabia’s Al Ettifaq in Doha, yesterday. alty for Basel. REUTERS Minnows Buriram make history for Thailand

SEOUL: Unheralded Buriram The result was enough to take At the World Cup Stadium in But the lead was short-lived. Naoki Sugai’s opener for the hosts Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors edged United made history as the Buriram through behind Group Seoul, Carmelo Gonzalez should In less than two minutes, a shot was cancelled out by Liu Jianye fellow former champions Urawa first Thai team to reach the E winners Seoul after Japan’s have put Buriram in front from from Gonzalez was laid off by in the first half, but Hamdi Salihi Red Diamonds for a place in the AFC Champions League last 16 Vegalta Sendai, their main rivals the penalty spot before half-time, Kai Hirano for Ekkachai Samre, popped up on 62 minutes to give the knock-outs when they drew after a thrilling night’s action for the second qualifying spot, but goalkeeper Yu Sang-Hun who revived Buriram’s hopes Jiangsu a 2-1 lead. 0-0 with China’s Guangzhou yesterday. went down 2-1 to Jiangsu Sainty. dived low and to his right to turn by putting them level. Another However, Jiangsu needed to Evergrande.The scoreless draw in The club from provincial Buriram and Sendai went into the shot around the post. quickfire exchange of goals, in beat Vegalta by six goals to qual- Guangzhou was enough to put the Thailand missed a first-half pen- their final group games with iden- Nine minutes after the break, the 74th and 75th minutes, made ify, a result which never seemed 2006 champions through on goal alty but then twice came back tical records, meaning another the hosts carved open Buriram it 2-2. Kim Hyun-Sung’s header likely. With no further scores difference, despite Urawa’s 1-0 from a goal down -- within two matching result yesterday could for the opener with a move that from a set-piece was followed by both teams missed the cut -- news win over Thailand’s Muangthong minutes each time -- to snatch a have seen their fates decided by criss-crossed the pitch and was a raking free-kick from Buriram’s which was greeted with wild cel- United. Guangzhou, coached by 2-2 draw with Korean champions a tally of yellow and red cards or finished sweetly by Jung Seung- Theerathon Bunmathan which ebrations by Buriram’s fans in Italy’s Marcello Lippi, finished FC Seoul. even a special lottery. Yong, arriving late in the box. crept in untouched. In Sendai, Seoul. Meanwhile in Group F, top. AFP

Mike Gatting Pakistan appointed MCC Australia recall Marsh baffled by new president batting coach

LONDON: Former England for Champions Trophy KARACHI: Pakistan’s appoint- captain Mike Gatting (pictured) ment of Trent Woodhill as bat- was yesterday named President SYDNEY: Australia recalled Nathan Coulter-Nile also made ting coach for next month’s of the historic Marylebone all-rounder Mitchell Marsh to the grade and will be in conten- Champions Trophy has been met Cricket Club (MCC). the squad for their Champions tion for his ODI debut in the with bafflement, with former The 55-year-old, who played Trophy defence and named tournament. greats saying they had never his county cricket for Middlesex George Bailey (pictured) as vice “Nathan Coulter-Nile is an even heard of the Australian. whose home is the MCC-owned captain yesterday. emerging cricketer as a fast- The Pakistan Cricket Board Lord’s Ground, will assume his The 21-year-old Marsh, who medium bowler and explosive (PCB) Monday appointed the duties on October 1. played his only one day inter- lower-order batsman,” said 42-year-old Woodhill for three He was chosen by the current national in 2011 against South Inverarity. weeks after the team’s disas- President, Mike Griffith, who Africa, was rewarded with a place “He is also one of the finest trous performance with the bat announced the appointment at in the 15-member squad for his fieldsmen in Australian cricket on their recent tour of South the Club’s AGM this afternoon. strong domestic limited over per- and the energy he brings to his Africa. Gatting will serve as President when, already in the spotlight for formance for Western Australia. game is impressive. Woodhill is currently assistant during a momentous year for both an undignified row with Pakistani “Mitchell’s domestic season “While Nathan has played a coach at Delhi Daredevils, second Lord’s Ground and Middlesex. umpire Shakoor Rana on the was interrupted by (hamstring) T20 international for Australia, bottom in the Indian Premier MCC - who revised the laws of England tour of Pakistan in 1987, injury but there’s no doubt he has we are looking forward to seeing League, and has had previous cricket in 1788, reissue them from tabloid stories over a dalliance the potential to perform strongly him take his very good domestic spells with New Zealand and New time to time and hold the copy- with a barmaid brought his ten- at international level,” national limited overs form onto the world South Wales. right to them - will celebrate the ure to a close. selector John Inverarity said in stage.” Former Test captain Hanif Bicentenary of Lord’s in 2014, and He tarnished his image further a statement. Australia won the Champions Mohammad, one of Pakistan’s Middlesex the 150th anniversary in 1990 when he led a rebel tour Promising fast bowler Nathan Trophy in India in 2006 and all-time great batsman and for of its formation. of South Africa - which was still Coulter-Nile also won a call-up. South Africa in 2009 and start many years holder of the world- Gatting made his first-class seen as a pariah to official tours The eight-nation tournament this year’s campaign against record first class score of 499, was debut in 1975 and stayed with because of the apartheid regime starts in England next month There were few surprises in the England on June 8, with group unimpressed. Middlesex for his entire 23-year - but regained his place in the with Bailey getting the nod as squad with Inverarity previously fixtures against New Zealand “Who is Woodhill?” he said. “I career, scoring 94 centuries and England team after serving a Michael Clarke’s number two in announcing that players chosen and Sri Lanka to follow before have heard his name for the first taking 158 wickets. He made his three-year ban. place of Shane Watson. to represent Australia A in their the semi-finals. time in my life. I am surprised England debut in 1978 in Karachi, He has, though, since retiring Watson is in the 15-man squad England tour that will run at “As the two-time defending how the PCB chose him when his and, in total, played 79 Tests for as a player in 1998 proved himself but opted to stand aside as vice the same time as the Champions champion, the squad has been credentials are not known.” his country. to be a highly capable administra- skipper to focus on his batting Trophy would not be considered. selected with the aim of win- Inzamam-ul-Haq worked as He was appointed England tor in the sport. and bowling, in the same way This ruled out Brad Haddin, ning the tournament, while batting consultant with the team captain in 1986 and, although he Griffith said he was delighted he did with the Test side for the Steve Smith, Moises Henriques, also keeping the 2015 ICC ahead of their tour to India in managed to win only two of his someone who was so indelibly upcoming Ashes tour of England. Usman Khawaja, James Pattinson World Cup firmly in mind,” said December-January but negotia- 23 Tests in charge, they were the linked to Lord’s should succeed “Selectors have been impressed and Jackson Bird. Inverarity. tions with the 120-Test veteran two that secured England’s Ashes him. with George’s leadership when he But several of the Ashes squad Squad: Michael Clarke (capt), fell through in February. victory in Australia in 1986-87. “Few people are so closely iden- stepped in to guide the ODI team are on the team, including Clarke, George Bailey (vice-capt), David Former wicket-keeper and He also captained England to tified with Lord’s as Mike Gatting, in Michael’s absence last sum- Watson, David Warner, Phil Warner, Shane Watson, Phil captain Rashid Latif also claimed the 1987 World Cup final against and I am therefore delighted that mer and leadership of the T20 Hughes, Matt Wade, Mitchell Hughes, Adam Voges, Mitchell ignorance. Australia but his ill-judged reverse he accepted my invitation to serve team over the past two seasons,” Starc and James Faulkner. Marsh, Matthew Wade, Glenn “What can I say about a coach sweep which saw him caught off as President of MCC,” he said. national selector John Inverarity Paceman Mitchell Johnson was Maxwell, James Faulkner, whose name I have not heard Allan Border’s first ball was the “He made Lord’s his home said. also selected and will have a point Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, before?” said Latif. “Pakistan have pivotal moment in the Australians for Middlesex, and made more “Given George’s experience and to prove after being left out of the Clint McKay, Nathan Coulter- a batting legend in Javed Miandad winning the trophy. appearances for the county than credentials, he was viewed as the Ashes reckoning. Nile, Xavier Doherty. who should be helping the bats- His captaincy ended in disgrace any other player.” AFP ideal person for the role.” West Australian fast bowler AGENCIES men.” AFP THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Qatar’s Hassan Al Thawadi gestures while talking to officials at Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. RIGHT: Al Thawadi (left), Yousef Al Serkal (centre) of the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar Football Association President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani smile during a conversation at the hotel. Al Thawadi and Al Serkal, who are running for the FIFA’s Executive Committee and AFC Presidency roles respectively, will learn their fate whether they have been elected in today’s elections.

Al Thawadi’s Manifesto Mission Statement Asia is at heart of the “The strength of Asia lies in the diversity and dynamism of its nations. Together we will expand Asian representation at FIFA, create opportunities for education at all levels of the game, accelerate football development, and use football as an engine for economic growth across our continent. The fresh perspective that I bring, grounded in a professional background that includes football, business and the law, and strong relationships with global football stakeholders make me uniquely suited to empower matter for Al Thawadi our continent on the FIFA Executive Committee, while always working for the good of the global game. Together we will unleash Asia’s potential.” Education The Qatari to learn fate as AFC elections take place today Access to education for players and other football stakeholders is of the utmost impor- tance in building a sustainable industry around the sport. I will strive to broaden BY RIZWAN REHMAT football’s role in the nations that comprise the AFC by developing and implementing programs that connect Asia’s football associations and clubs with schools, universities KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The development of football and specialist sports education schemes. This will provide players with longer-term in Asia is at the heart of the careers in the game, and use football as a platform for building the knowledge and matter for Qatar’s Hassan Al skills that will accelerate human, social and economic development within neighbour- Thawadi who is bidding to win hoods, communities and countries across Asia. a seat on FIFA’s all-powerful Executive Committee. Development Al Thawadi, competing with Asia can become a global football powerhouse. To accelerate the continent’s progress Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman bin towards reaching its potential, football development programs must be tailored to the Ibrahim Al Khalifa in the two- differing needs of individual AFC member associations. I will work with FIFA to create and horse race set to be decided today, sustain locally relevant programmes that account for the current stage of development wants the world’s most populous continent thriving on a football of individual nations. These programmes will aim to nurture a new generation of stars pitch. Al Thawadi (right) and provide opportunities for current players. Together we will push Asia to the front The one-time anonymous law- and Al Serkal talk ranks of world football and contribute to the growth and improvement of football globally. yer also seeks greater Asian rep- in the lobby of the Commercialisation resentation at FIFA. Mandarin Oriental “My job is to reach out to Asia,” Hotel in Kuala I believe that Asia can harness the power of football, using it as a catalyst for economic Al Thawadi, just 34, said with his Lumpur, Malaysia, growth. Our continent is already a cornerstone of the global economy. Interest in Asian trademark exuberance. yesterday. football’s commercial potential is increasing both internally and externally. More fans “I want the game in Asia to are watching the AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Champions League, whether at the begin a new era of popularity. stadium or on television. European clubs view Asia as a key market for pre-season I have the confidence that this could be done,” Al Thawadi said at tours and for merchandise. The sponsorship potential of much of the continent remains Mandarin Oriental Hotel where untapped. In association with FIFA, I aim to establish platforms for dialogue and a the Asian football family is busy network of knowledge transfer across Asia and the world. Putting to use my legal and lobbying for key votes. business background and strong relationships with global football stakeholders, we Today, the same venue will will create the framework for increasing the organisational and commercial acumen be the centre of attention when the 47-member Asian Football of Asia’s football associations, assessing lessons learned globally and spreading best Confederation (AFC) sits down practices throughout our continent. More effective governance and greater transpar- to vote for a new president and a ency are central to my strategy for increasing efficiency within associations. This will member who would get a seat on minimise costs, maximise national, continental and global opportunities, and optimise the FIFA Executive Committee. resources and revenues. Those contesting the AFC Presidency race are Bahrain’s Representation Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al media. Al Thawadi smartly dis- warned. Al Thawadi underlined football,” the young Qatari said Our continent includes 60 percent of the world’s population. Three of the six FIFA Khalifa, Thailand’s Dato’ Worawi tanced himself from questions the importance of ‘uniting Asia’ to reporters. Partners are based in Asia. Yet we have only 17 percent representation on FIFA Makudi and UAE’s Yousef Al regarding the intense lobbying as it prepares to become a leader “I believe that the process of Committees. I pledge to take every possible step to increase Asian representation Serkal. for votes but he said: “I have in the sport. enhancing our stature at FIFA Al Thawadi, however, can’t be faith in my ability to deliver on “Asia’s strength is in its diver- begins in Asia. within FIFA, to ensure our contribution to the global growth of football. I believe that the distracted. my promises. I have built a case sity. We have 60 percent of the “In collaboration with national process of enhancing our stature at FIFA begins in Asia. In collaboration with national “Right now my focus is to get for myself because of the support world’s population living in this associations and my AFC col- associations and my AFC colleagues on the FIFA Executive Committee, we will train the confidence of the AFC mem- I get from various quarters. I have continent,” Al Thawadi said as leagues on the FIFA Executive and recruit representatives from across Asia to staff these crucial FIFA Committees, bers,” Al Thawadi said as his team got good advice from many people he delivered his key message one Committee, we will train and in line with Asia’s goal of becoming a global football power - on the field and at FIFA. headed by Sheikh Hamad bin throughout my career.” more time. recruit representatives from Khlifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, the The architect of Qatar’s suc- “Most of Europe looks to Asia across Asia to staff these crucial Qatar Football Association (QFA) cessful 2022 FIFA World Cup as its biggest market,” Al Thawadi FIFA Committees, in line with chief, got busy with meetings. bid, that was won in December said sporting a bright coloured Asia’s goal of becoming a global Biography “I have faith that I will give 2010, said Asian football was set full-sleeve shirt in the Mandarin football power - on the field and assan Al Thawadi, 34, currently serves as Secretary General something new to Asian soccer,” to embrace a new era of popular- Oriental Hotel lobby. at FIFA,” the Qatari added. of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, the organisation the young Qatari, who speaks ity and growth. “Three of the six FIFA Partners “There’s no reason why we Hresponsible for coordinating between public and private Spanish, French, Arabic and “We are approaching a new era are based in Asia (and) yet we can’t harness this strength, to entities in Qatar to ensure delivery of infrastructure and develop- English fluently, said. in Asian football,” he said.“The have only 17 percent represen- build Asian football into a global ment projects for a successful 2022 “Mine is a pragmatic approach. number of young athletes (foot- tation on FIFA Committees. I powerhouse. The only way we can FIFA World Cup. I want to develop the game that ball players) in Asia is increas- pledge to take every possible step do it is by being united and by His appointment in March 2011 Asia likes the most,” he added ingly rapidly and while this to increase Asian representation moving in one direction,” he said as Secretary General followed his standing in the middle of a huddle phenomenon grows up on us, within FIFA, to ensure our con- yesterday. role as Chief Executive Officer of of Doha-based and international we should be ready for it,” he tribution to the global growth of “We need to address the the Qatar 2022 Bid Committee. needs of every nation and grow Trained as a lawyer, Al Thawadi together,” Al Thawadi pointed out. has been widely recognised for Key points in Al Thawadi’s campaign FIFA Executive “Working with the AFC his contributions in the fields Committee President, the member associa- of sports, business and law. Enhanced representation for the AFC within FIFA with the tions, and colleagues on the FIFA Sport Business named him as FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) is an institution Executive Committee, I will work a “Top 20 Innovator in Sport”. aim of working toward fulfilling Asia’s latent potential to of FIFA (the world governing body of football). It to expand Asian representation Gulf Business called him one contribute to the growth of the football globally. is the main decision-making body of the organi- at FIFA, create opportunities for of the “Top 100 World’s Most sation in the intervals of Congress. education at all levels of the game, Influential Arabs”, while Arabian A focus on educational initiatives throughout football – to The members are elected by the FIFA accelerate football development, Business included him on a list provide players in the region with a future in the game Congress, it consists of a President, eight vice- and use football as an engine for of the “Power 500 World’s Most beyond their playing careers, to create links between edu- presidents and 15 members, appointed by the cational institutions and the national associations through- confederations and associations. economic growth across our con- Influential Arabs. Legal Business tinent,” he promised. hailed him as one of their “Top out Asia and to provide increased access to courses for CONMEBOL Last week in Doha, Al Thawadi 30 Lawyers Under 40”. administrators and officials – all with the aim of contrib- One vice-president and two members sketched his blueprint for Asia,  Al Thawadi serves as General Counsel of Qatar Investment uting to the sustainable growth of football within Asia. AFC saying effective governance and Authority (QIA) and Qatar Holding (QH) – entities founded by One vice-president and three members greater transparency were cen- Qatar in 2005 to diversify the country’s economy – that have Optimising existing development projects with an emphasis UEFA tral to any strategy for increasing invested in Porsche, Volkswagen, Barclays Bank, the New York Two vice-presidents and five members on ensuring that existing initiatives and any developed in the efficiency within sports bodies. Stock Exchange and Harrods, among other global entities. future are carefully tailored to the specific needs and require- CAF When asked if he deserved Al Thawadi holds board positions with Hassad Food Company ments of each member association. One vice-president and three members to win today’s election bid, Al (Qatar’s premier worldwide investor in the agriculture and live- CONCACAF Thawadi said: “The FIFA ExCo stock sector), Katara Hospitality (Qatar’s leading hospitality To work toward creating the best environment for com- One vice-president and two members seat is of monumental impor- owner, manager and developer), and Qatar Rail. mercial and administrative success across the continent – OFC tance. It’s a four-year term and His involvement in Qatari football has included playing for Al maximising the existing commercial potential that Asian One vice-president the focus should be on the person Sadd and working as a Legal Counsel for Al Sadd from 2006 football has in abundance. The FA, SFA, FAW and IFA who is most qualified to represent until 2009. One vice-president Asia.” THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

The Three Presidential AFC presidential election Candidates’ takes centre stage today Manifestos Saudi Arabia’s Al Medlej pulls out to leave three in the running

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: AFC’s Member Associations will convene in the capital of Malaysia in Extraordinary and Ordinary Congresses today, respectively, to elect a new set of office-bear- ers, including the President of the confederation, and chart the course for the future. A picture of the A total of 47 Member stage for the AFC Yousef Al Serkal Associations will be involved in Extraordinary the democratic exercise, which and Ordinary Nationality: United Arab will see several positions being Congresses in Emirati contested and filled. which the AFC AFC Extraordinary Congresses elections will take have always produced moments Reunite Asian Football. place today in for history to record. Improve governance. Kuala Lumpur. Two years after vote-buying Ensure a balance between profes- accusations prompted the even- sional and amatuer football. tual downfall of former presi- Decentralise AFC activities. dent Mohamed bin Hammam, Balance revenue distribution. the Asian Football Confederation Embrace the diversity of Asia at AFC (AFC) is at risk of new contro- House. versy as delegates gather to choose his successor. All three leading candidates for the presidency have been accused, at some point, of either corrup- tion or allowing outside powers in recent days, lending a testy hard-fought, it’s because the Bahraini royal has been on the which will worry some voters -- to meddle in the vote, tempering atmosphere to proceedings as stakes are high: the AFC, the defensive over vote-buying allega- especially after an accusation this hopes of a new era of openness representatives of the AFC’s 47 world’s biggest football confed- tions and claims that he oversaw week, by an ally of Sheikh Salman, and transparency. members meet at a five-star hotel eration, has significant revenues the arrest of footballers during that the Qatari businessman was Accusations, denials and in downtown Kuala Lumpur. and influence across a vast region a crackdown on pro-democracy meddling in the election. counter-claims have flown thick If the battle has been stretching from the Middle East protests. Worawi Makudi of Thailand, to Oceania. Sheikh Salman has also hit a long-standing but controver- In a possible indication of the back over comments, by disgraced sial presence on the Asian scene, vote’s importance, FIFA President former FIFA Vice-President Jack is the third serious contender. Sepp Blatter, who was instru- Warner, that he paid a British Worawi. mental in the spectacular fall of journalist to launch a smear cam- Saudi Arabia’s Hafez Ibrahim Hammam, is one of the promi- paign against bin Hammam when Al Medlej made a late with- A view of nent personalities present in the he challenged for the presidency drawal from the Asian Football the setting Malaysian capital. in 2009. Confederation (AFC) presiden- in which the Three candidates are in The UAE’s Yousef Al Serkal is tial election yesterday, leaving the elections the running to complete bin also confident about his chances, three candidates in the running. will take Hammam’s current term, which and has been perhaps the most No reason was given for the concludes in 2015. The Qatari persuasive about cleaning up pullout in an AFC statement place today. stepped down last year after alle- Asian football after vowing to issued late yesterday, less than Shaikh Salman gations of bribery and financial reveal his allowances and launch a 24 hours before today’s vote, but Nationality: Bahraini wrongdoing, and is barred from “whistle-blower” anti-corruption Medlej had earlier announced his football activities. scheme. intention to withdraw to avoid Wants to reunite the Asian Football Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al However, Al Serkal is a friend diluting the Arab vote. Community. Khalifa is the favourite, but the of bin Hammam, a connection Meanwhile the Kuwait-based Safeguard the universality of the Olympic Council of Asia has Laws of the Game. stayed silent on claims that it Re-establish the relationship manipulated the 2009 election for between FIFA and the AFC. Sheikh Salman, and also on accu- Ensure full financial transparency. sations that it is trying to inter- UEFA boss Platini pledges to Guarantee equality in the fair distri- fere with the current process. Chinese press speculated that bution of AFC commercial revenues the shock decision of caretaker Improve the level of all AFC leader Zhang Jilong not to stand competitions. help Asian football develop was taken by the country’s sports Introduce technology at AFC administration, in order to main- competitions. BY RIZWAN REHMAT tain OCA support for keeping Reinforce the financial support avail- badminton and table tennis in able for both refereeing and coach- KUALA LUMPUR, the Olympics. ing courses. MALAYSIA: European gov- Three Bahrain-focused human Ensure women’s football receives the erning body UEFA is waiting rights groups have been vocally support it deserves. for Asia to elect its new chief involved, and have urged FIFA to Embrace the social responsibility the today so the two continents block Sheikh Salman’s candidacy could carry out developmental and investigate claims he took AFC has towards all members. programmes as planned, former part in a purge of players and French great Michel Platini officials who were arrested and said yesterday. abused. Platini, who is the chief of Sheikh Salman is also stand- UEFA since 2007, was speak- ing against Qatar’s Hassan Al ing to a scrum of reporters in Thawadi for a seat on FIFA’s exec- the Malaysian capital where utive committee, with Australia’s the 47-member Asian Football Moya Dodd an uncontested can- Confederation (AFC) will elect didate to become the AFC’s man- its new head today. datory female vice president. “We are eager to cooperate A story on a wesbite says with AFC so that the game we Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) all love moves forward in Asia,” has taken as many as 25 rooms Platini said after being sur- at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel rounded by reporters for an in Kuala Lumpur where today’s impromptu interview. election takes place. “As chief of UEFA, I can guar- UEFA President Michel Platini (centre) greets Vice-President of FIFA for Asia, Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of AGENCIES antee that we would be working Jordan, at Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. together for the development of the sport,” the former French AFC Past captain added. that. I am here as an observer. his pictures taken with media Asia develop the sport in the Platini, 57, later confirmed that I was here a few years ago for people at the hotel lobby. region. Presidents UEFA and AFC had signed a a similar session. It is a normal Platini refused to answer ques- When his attention was 1954 Woraki Makudi Memorandum of Understanding situation for officials of football tions about his intention to run brought the possibility of Bayern Lo Man Kam (HKG) (MoU) to develop the sport in the bodies to be present for such for FIFA presidency in 2015, Munich joining Dortmund in Nationality: Thai 1954-1956 world’s most populous continent. occasions.” offering a definite “no comment’. the Champions League final to Kwok Chan (HKG) “We are waiting for the elec- Moments prior to his As for his relationship with be played at Wembley later this To increase the number of AFC rep- 1956-1957 tion of the new President so we impromptu interview, FIFA Blatter, Platini said that their month, Platini said: “If there are resentatives in the FIFA Executive Williams sui Tak Louey (HKG) can implement those plans,” President Sepp Blatter arrived relationship ‘was very good and two German clubs in the final, Committee. 1957-1958 Platini said in French. Today at at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel based on mutual respect’. then it would be the first time To restructure the distribution of rev- Nam Cheong Chan (HKG) Mandarin Oriental Hotel, AFC which is a beehive of non-stop When pressed on Serkel’s alle- that I would be handing over enue to member associations. family will elect its new president activity in the lobby of the five- gation that Sheikh Salman was the Champions League trophy 1958-1976 To invest additionally in grassroots for the next two years. star facility. getting undue support from out- to a German side (if Barcelona Tunku Abdul Rahman (MAS) development programmes for both In what is being considered a Barely half an hour earlier, side the AFC corridors, Platini is knocked out by Bayern on 1976-1978 ‘fireworks’ show, UAE’s Yousuf Al Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of said if a candidate had objections Wednesday night).” Kambiz Atabay (IRI) male and female players. Wants to establish an Asian Football Serkal, Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman Jordan, a FIFA Vice-President of any kind, he should present The former Juventus, Nancy 1978-1994 bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of for Asia, landed with his entou- proof to FIFA and present a case. and Saint-Etienne player, added: Hamzah Abu Samah (MAS) College offering degrees in relevant subjects and courses for football Bahrain and Thailand’s Worawi rage for today’s election. While talking to international “I have been president for almost 1994-2002 Makudi are the three in the elec- Sheikh Ahmed Al Fahad Al media, Platini said AFC needed six years and I don’t remem- Ahmad Shah (MAS) related programmes. tion race. Sabah, the Olympic Council to come clean and make a fresh ber a German side winning the 2002-2011 Wants to restructure the AFC When asked who he was sup- of Asia chief who is support- start after the elections today. Champions League title in my Mogammed bin Hammam (QAT) Champions League and allow porting, Platini smartly dodged ing Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman in He said after today’s election, time (as chief of UEFA).” 2011-2013 increased participation for member the query, saying: “I can’t answer today’s election, was seen having he would quickly move to help THE PENINSULA Zhang Jilong (CHN) associations clubs. Thursday 2 May 2013 22 Jumada II 1434 Volume 18 Number 5687 Sport Price: QR2 LATEST NEWS UPDATES LATEST NEWS UPDATES IN TAMIL FROM PHILIPPINPHILIPPINES Iguodala Asia is at heart TAMIL TIMES WEEKLY NEWSPAPER AVAILABLE shines in of the matter AT ALL LEADING BOOK STORES / SUPERMARKETS Nuggets’ win for Al Thawadi Available every Wednesdays in all leading IN QATAR supermarkets and shops in Qatar & Bahrain FOR ADVERTISEMENTS CONTACT: FOR ADVERTISEMENTS CONTACT: TEL: 4465 0600 TEL: 4465 0600 EMAIL: [email protected] Sport | 23 Sport |26 EMAIL: [email protected]

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The Bundesliga club thrashes the Catalans 3-0 at the Camp Nou LONDON: London’s Olympic Stadium is set to be announced as one of the venues for the 2015 BARCELONA: Bayern started tentatively and only a Rugby World Cup when organ- Munich cruised into their desperate sliding challenge from isers unveil their list of grounds third Champions League final Pique prevented Robben from for the tournament today. in four years as a 3-0 win over having a clear shot on goal after Bayern England 2015 chiefs have guar- Barcelona at the Camp Nou he galloped clear down the left on Munich anteed to deliver £80m ($125m) yesterday gave them an incred- 11 minutes. players in revenue to the International ible 7-0 aggregate victory. Pique had to be alert again celebrate Rugby Board (IRB) from the The absence of Lionel Messi seven minutes later as he again after scoring tournament and that means from the Barca starting line-up slid in to deny Philipp Lahm at a goal they must sell as many tickets as almost eradicated any hope of the end of a wonderful Bayern against possible. an unlikely comeback before the move. Barcelona Initially, officials hoped the game had even begun, but Bayern Pedro finally forced Manuel during their likes of Manchester United’s showed their 4-0 first-leg win last Neuer into a save on 23 minutes Champions 75,000-seater Old Trafford week had been no fluke with a dis- with a long-range effort that League semi- Stadium would be available to play of controlled dominance. the German number one turned them. final second Arjen Robben opened the scor- round the post and Xavi then had But with the World Cup coin- leg match at ing for the visitors with a trade- the hosts’ best chance of the first ciding with the English football mark left-foot strike just after period as he hooked over on the Camp Nou season the Premier League cham- half-time before a Gerard Pique volley after Cesc Fabregas had Stadium in pions have rejected overtures to own-goal and Thomas Mueller’s chested the ball down inside the Barcelona, stage rugby matches there, fear- header in the final 20 minutes area. yesterday. ing damage to the pitch. ensured Bayern booked their However, Barca were still out The Olympic Stadium has a place in an all-German final of sorts with a number of unchar- maximum capacity of some 80,000 against Borussia Dortmund at acteristically long balls failing but doubt remains over whether Wembley on May 25 in some style. to find their target and another retractable seating covering its Already without Sergio weak effort from distance by inside Adriano onto his favoured dribbled wide. A sustained period Luis Gustavo played in Ribery athletics track -- which would Busquets and Jordi Alba through Adriano was the only other effort left foot and buried a rasping of possession from the German down the left and his cross was take rugby fans closer to the injury and suspension respec- they managed on goal before the drive past Victor Valdes into the champions then brought cries of sliced into his own net by Pique. action -- will have been installed tively, Barca were handed another break. far corner. “ole” from the visiting fans, much And three minutes later in the by 2015. huge blow before kick-off as the It only took three minutes Robben ought to have had a to the chagrin of the locals as second-leg tie, it was 3-0 on the Today’s announcement at persistence of a hamstring injury after the restart for Bayern to second moments later as another Barca chased shadows in the way night as more terrific play from Twickenham, English rugby’s suffered in the first leg of the tie completely wipe away any linger- quick Bayern break caught Barca they are so accustomed to making French winger Ribery saw him headquarters, could see as many against Paris Saint-Germain in ing doubts they would be travel- outnumbered at the back, but this their opponents do. burst past Alex Song and dink as 13 football grounds including the last round forced Messi to ling to London for the final when time the former Real Madrid man But further pain was inflicted a lovely ball to the far post for Wembley, which will host the start on the bench. Robben collected a raking cross- couldn’t get the required touch to upon the hosts 18 minutes from Mueller to head home his third Champions League final selected Without their talisman, Barca field pass from David Alaba, cut Franck Ribery’s cross and the ball time when a beautiful pass from goal of the tie. AFP as World Cup venues. AFP Dhawan hits half-century as Sunrisers cruise; Delhi win

HYDERABAD: Shikhar third wicket between Dhawan and Sangakkara (21 off 21) back with victory in Raipur. Warner and Dhawan guided Sunrisers local boy Hanuma Vihari pre- a return catch. From there on, Chand formed 95-run partner- Hyderabad to a seven-wicket vented the visitors from defend- the southpaw made the chase look ship for the third wicket, which victory against Mumbai Indians ing the low total on a slow-pitch. easy. provided the platform for the in their Indian Premier League Playing another valuable Earlier, Mumbai managed 129 triumph. (IPL) match at the Rajiv Gandhi innings, Vihari scored 25 off 23 for four wickets in 20 overs on a However, Chand fell in the International Stadium here balls, including two hits to the slow pitch with Dwayne Smith 17th over to Brett Lee, with yesterday. fence. being the highest scorer with 38 Delhi requiring only 15 more Dhawan was the hero of the Akshath Reddy (7 off 9 balls) off 40 balls. runs to win. Warner then took match with his unbeaten 74, help- departed early in the chase It was once again a good show the responsibility to lead the ing Sunrisers achieve the 130-run with Mitchel Johnson having by Hyderabad bowlers. They Daredevils to home. target in 18 overs. him caught at covers by Smith. bowled with discipline and not Delhi Daredevils were dealt It was the fourth consecutive Skipper Sangakkara, who joined allowed the powerful Mumbai with early blows when skip- win for Sunrisers on their home Dhawan, steadied the innings. batting a free run. per Mahela Jayawardene and surface. They now have 12 points Under criticism for his poor Ishant Sharma was impressive Virender Sehwag were dismissed from 10 matches. form this season, the Sri Lankan with figures of 4-1-15-2 while in the powerplay. It was another impressive played some confident shots, Amit Mishra, already one of the Jacques Kallis took the first knock by Dhawan, who hit nine including two boundaries off leading wicket takers in the tour- wicket of hard-hitting Sehwag boundaries and a six in his 74 off Harbhajan Singh. nament, claimed two for 34. (17) by bowling a length ball 55 deliveries. The 27-year-old hit Dhawan, playing his first It was an unbeaten 50-run which the Delhi batsman edged his second unbeaten half century match at home ground, looked partnership (off 44 balls) for to the fielder in the slip position. in three matches he played in solid at the other end. For the the fifth wicket between Ambati Skipper Jayawardene was next IPL-6. second wicket they added 37 off Rayudu and Kieron Pollard which man to walk back to the pavilion Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot during his side’s IPL The 74-run partnership for the 34 balls before Harbhajan sent saw MI posting a respectable total when he too edged a Laxmipathy match against Mumbai Indians, yesterday. after they were reduced to 74 for Balaji delivery to the slips. Scoreboard three in 13th over. Earlier, a disciplined Delhi Local boy Ambati Rayudu Daredevils bowlers restricted the Scoreboard MUMBAI INDIANS SUNRISERS HYDERABAD scored 34 off 27 balls, which Kolkata Knight Riders to a mod- D R Smith lbw Mishra...... 38 P A Reddy c Smith b Johnson ...... 7 included four boundaries. Pollard est 136 runs. KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 4-0-37-1 (1w); U T Yadav 4-0-36-2 (2w); M S R Tendulkar b I Sharma ...... 14 S Dhawan (not out) ...... 73 was unbeaten on 14 off 19 balls. Nothing seemed to be going M S Bisla b Yadav ...... 4 Morkel 4-0-22-1 (1w); S Nadeem 4-1-23-1. K D Karthik c K V Sharma b I Sharma ...... 0 K C Sangakkara c&b H Singh ...... 21 Meanwhile, David Warner Kolkata Knight Riders’ way as G Gambhir (run out-Pathan) ...... 0 DELHI DAREDEVILS R G Sharma c I Sharma b Mishra ...... 22 G H Vihari c Rayudu b Kulkarni ...... 25 (66) guided Delhi Daredevils to they kept losing wickets at regular Y K Pathan c Pathan b Morkel ...... 20 M Jayawardene c Kallis b Balaji ...... 5 K A Pollard (not out) ...... 14 D J G Sammy (not out) ...... 1 a seven-wicket victory over the intervals against the Daredevils. J H Kallis c Rohrer b Pathan ...... 12 V Sehwag c Pathan b Kallis...... 17 A T Rayudu (not out) ...... 34 Extras (W-2, NB-1) ...... 3 Kolkata Knight Riders at the Knight Riders were put under E J G Morgan c Yadav b Nadeem ...... 10 U B T Chand c Balaji b Lee...... 37 Extras (LB-1, W-4, NB-2) ...... 7 Total (for 3 wkts in 18 overs) ...... 130 SVNS International Stadium in pressure from the beginning after D B Das c Jadhav b Nehra ...... 18 D A Warner (not out) ...... 62 Total (for 4 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 129 Did not bat: N L T C Perera, A Ashish Reddy, K Raipur. their skipper Gautam Gambhir R Bhatia (not out) ...... 26 B J Rohrer (not out) ...... 14 Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, M G Johnson, S V Sharma, A Mishra, D W Steyn, I Sharma. Warner completed his half-cen- was run out in the first over by S Narwal c Chand b Yadav ...... 23 Extras (LB-1, W-1) ...... 2 L Malinga, D S Kulkarni, P P Ojha. Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-53, 3-127. tury in 35 balls, with six 4s and Irfan Pathan without even facing B Lee (not out) ...... 16 Total (for 3 wkts in 17.5 overs) ...... 137 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-32, 3-74, 4-79. Bowling: M G Johnson 3-0-21-1; D S Kulkarni three sixes. a ball. Extras (LB-2, W-5) ...... 7 Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-27, 3-122. Bowling: K V Sharma 4-0-25-0; D W Steyn 2-0-13-1 (1w); Harbhajan Singh 4-0-35-1 Warner, along with Unmukt Next to go was Manvinder Bisla Total (for 7 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 136 Bowling: B Lee 4-0-26-1 (1w); L Balaji 4-0- 4-0-27-0 (2w); I Sharma 4-1-15-2 (1nb); N L T (1nb); S L Malinga 3-0-23-0; P P Ojha 4-0-18- Chand (37) took on the KKR (4). Umesh Yadav bowled a disci- Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-16, 3-37, 4-48, 5-50, 35-1; J H Kallis 3-0-29-1; S P Narine 4-0-14- C Perera 4-0-37-0 (1nb, 1w); A Mishra 4-0-24- 0; R G Sharma 1-0-5-0 (1w); D R Smith 1-0- bowlers as the Delhi Daredevils plined line and pitched up the ball 6-84, 7-114. 0; R Bhatia 2-0-21-0; Y K Pathan 0.5-0-11-0. 2. 15-0. recovered from early loses to to Bisla (4) who missed the shot Bowling: I K Pathan 4-0-16-1 (1w); A Nehra Player-of-the-Match: D A Warner register their second consecutive and was bowled out. AGENCIES