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QSL: Al Sailiya win 2-1 Molotov cocktail Industrial plots kills 16 at Cairo restaurant

CAIRO: A Molotov cocktail to be auctioned hurled at a Cairo restaurant killed 16 people and wounded two yesterday, Egyptian security offi- cials said. One of the officials said the off tomorrow attacker was an employee who had been fired from the restau- rant in the Agouza area in the Public auction at Economy Ministry centre of the Egyptian capital. The victims were burned to DOHA: The much-awaited allot- for cars, assembly units and cold death or died from smoke inha- ment of plots of land in one of the storages, and to build shops and lation. The restaurant was located country’s biggest industrial and showrooms, commercial offices, in a basement, offering no escape logistics areas is being held at the labour camps, workshops, service route, the officials said. The Ministry of Economy and Com- centres and depots. interior ministry said an initial merce tomorrow. Priority in allotment is to be investigation indicated that the This will be the first phase of given to 100 percent Qatari com- Molotov was hurled after a dis- such allotment, which will be panies and the idea is to encour- pute erupted between restaurant decided through lottery since age small and medium-sized workers and others. the eligible applicants are much enterprises (SMEs) which hold REUTERS more than the number of plots the key to Qatar’s economic diver- Al Sadd’s Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan (right) in action with Al Sailiya’s Magdi Abdalla Musa and Abdulrahman available. sification effort. Mohammed Al Harazi during the QSL match at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Al Sailiya won 2-1. 4 Palestinians The lottery will be held at 10am One of the main eligibility cri- Full report on page 18 KAMMUTTY VP by the Economy Ministry’s Logis- teria was that the applicant must tics Committee at the Ministry provide a clear-cut business plan killed in premises and the plots to be allot- and bank guarantee depending on ted are in three industrial and the size of the land applied for. West Bank logistics zones in the south of the The Ministry said that it had country. These areas are, namely, received from the eligible appli- RAMALLAH: Four Palestinians South of Al Wakrah, Birkat Al cants cheques as bank guarantee German lawmakers okay military were killed by Israeli troops yes- Awamir and Aba Salil, according for a total amount of QR1.87bn. terday as they attempted to carry to a press statement issued by the The minimum plot areas are out attacks against Israelis near Ministry yesterday. 1,000 to 2,000sqm for smaller action against IS in Syria settlements on the West Bank. The total number of eligible companies, whereas bigger play- Israeli troops shot dead two applicants who will be partici- ers can apply up to 67,000sqm, BERLIN: Lawmakers approved 130 people in a series of attacks August 2014, although involve- Palestinian teenagers who pating in the lottery to be held according to earlier reports. yesterday plans for Germany to in Paris. The atrocities prompted ment in Syria has been more lim- allegedly carried out a stabbing publicly and with transparency As is the usual practice, aside take on a direct role in the battle France to invoke a clause requir- ited with some Western nations attack near Hebron. One Israeli is 2,994. This is a little over dou- from the lottery winner, nominees against the Islamic State group in ing EU states to provide military wary of how military action could soldier was injured in the stab- ble (202 percent) the number of might also be chosen for each plot Syria, answering France’s appeal assistance to wipe out the IS actually end up serving President bing incident. plots of land that are to be offered to cover up for the possibility of for help after the deadly Paris group in Iraq and Syria. Bashar Al Assad’s regime. Later, a Palestinian was shot for allotment, the Ministry state- failure of the winner to pay up the attacks. Britain joined the US-led In the Netherlands, the govern- dead after stabbing an Israeli set- ment added. full amount and take possession Parliament agreed to the man- bombing campaign over Syria on ment too is coming under pres- tler near Ramallah. Shortly after- The Ministry has invited all of the plot. date for the deployment of Tor- Thursday, striking an IS-held oil sure to widen the aerial campaign wards, a Palestinian rammed his eligible applicants to attend the The Ministry statement yes- nado reconnaissance jets, a frigate field. After repeatedly ruling out to Syria. Even in Germany, where car into Israeli soldiers, injuring lottery. terday said that more land was and up to 1,200 troops by an over- the use of “boots on the ground”, there has traditionally been reluc- two. The alleged attacker was The plots, according to earlier being developed in both, South of whelming majority of 445 votes in US President Barack Obama also tance to engage in military mis- killed. The two Palestinians in the media reports, are to be allot- Al Wakrah and Birkat Al Awa- favour and 146 against. agreed to send as many as 100 spe- sions abroad, the government’s stabbing attack near Hebron were ted on nominal annual rent on a mir zones. Total space in the three The green light for the mission cial forces to Iraq, with a mandate decision to take direct action in cousins, aged 19 and 15, accord- lease of 30 years. The plots are zones will be over 7.42 million sqm. that could become Germany’s big- to carry out raids inside Syria. Syria has been largely met with ing to the Palestinian Ma’an news meant to be used for develop- gest deployment abroad comes A broad coalition of 60 coun- support. agency. ing facilities such as warehouses THE PENINSULA three weeks after jihadists killed tries has been battling IS since AFP QNA

Dragon Boat Festival 18 patients EU weighs extending border die in flood-hit Indian state; checks, passenger data deal BRUSSELS: EU ministers mulled yester- say on whether the scheme is adopted, are death toll 298 day whether to extend border checks within showing increasing support for the idea after the passport-free Schengen zone for up to years of blocking it over reservations about CHENNAI: Rains eased in the two years and pushed for the sharing of air personal privacy. “It’s very important that we flood-hit city of Chennai in south- passenger name information following the have the Passenger Name Records (PNR). ern India yesterday, raising hopes Paris attacks. Terrorists use intra-European flights and we that rescue efforts could pick up, Border security has come under scrutiny have to trace their movements in order to after the death of 18 patients at a after the massacre in the French capital be able to prevent terrorist risks,” French private hospital added to the offi- involving jihadists able to travel freely, and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. cial toll of 298 confirmed killed in the pressure from nearly 900,000 refugees Differences remain between EU states the disaster. and migrants arriving in Europe this year. and the European Parliament over whether The commercial airport of Led by France, interior ministers from the data should be used on flights within the Chennai will also be partly opened the 28-nation European Union pressed for 28-country bloc and over how long officials today after being shut for the past the adoption by the European Parliament can store information that has not been three days, which should help by the end of this year of a US-backed data- “masked” to hide the passenger’s identity. move workers and relief materi- sharing system for air travellers. als badly needed in the city of six Participants during the 2015 Qatar International Dragon Boat Festival at Grand Hyatt European lawmakers, who have the final AFP million. Doha yesterday. BAHER AMIN Flood waters that had started to recede began rising again around noon after a new cloud- burst that sent residents run- ning for shelter under trees and US Muslim, Arab communities fear backlash from shooting in shop fronts. Parts of the flat, coastal city remained under as much as eight feet of water for a SAN BERNARDINO, United that there could be a backlash and the fallout from that,” he said, denied that. “We never saw a gious beliefs. “You can’t believe he fourth day. Many residents have States: Members of the Arab and that’s the reality we live in,” referring to the terror attacks in sign of radicalisation,” Mahmood did that for the sake of Islam,” he spent days stranded on rooftops and Muslim communities in the said Abed Ayoub, Legal and Policy France that left 130 people dead Nadvi, 39, an imam at the Dar Al said. “He was calm, shy, reserved. since more than 345mm of rain United States said they feared a Director for the American-Arab and were claimed by the extrem- Uloom Al Islamiyah mosque in I’ve never seen him disrespect fell over 24 hours on December backlash, as details emerged of Anti-Discrimination Committee, ist Islamic State group. San Bernardino, said. “If someone someone. 1, the most in 100 years. the Muslim couple who shot dead a civil rights group that will hold Muslim leaders and residents becomes nuts, you don’t represent “He was living the American In one of the most shocking 14 people in California. the talks. in San Bernardino reacted to the religion anymore.” dream, he was married, he had a incidents, 18 patients in the inten- One organisation was to meet Ayoub said that while there Wednesday’s shootings at a social He said the mosque had daughter and last year he made sive care unit of the MIOT Inter- officials with the Department of had been no reports of attacks in services centre in the city with received a threatening message $77,000. He had everything to be national hospital have died since Homeland Security yesterday to retaliation for the armed assault shock and disbelief. on its voicemail hours after the happy.” Wednesday, Health Secretary J assess safety measures after the on Wednesday by Syed Farook, 28, Several US media outlets said attack and has asked police to Muslim officials in San Ber- Radhakrishnan said, after floods attack that left 14 dead and 21 and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 27, it law enforcement officials believe provide additional security. nardino held a prayer vigil at a took out generators running life- wounded in San Bernardino, a was essential for the community Farook had become radicalised Gasser Shehata, 42, said he was local mosque late on Thursday support systems. An enquiry will city about an hour’s drive east of to remain vigilant. and had contact with known ter- convinced Farook’s actions were to honor the victims and urged be conducted into the tragedy, he Los Angeles with a large Arab and “We need to stay cautious given rorism suspects overseas. linked to a work-related dispute people not to link Islam with the said. Muslim population. the atmosphere and what hap- However, the imam at the — which is one line police are attacks. REUTERS “There absolutely is a fear pened in Paris a few weeks ago mosque that Farook attended looking at — rather than his reli- AFP SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

FM receives phone Gulf and Arabian Peninsula call from German counterpart DOHA: Minister of Foreign Studies Forum from today Affairs H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah received a telephone call from German Three-day forum to host 60 speakers Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, . DOHA: Under the patronage of Higher Education and Secretary- ing of the Forum. The SEC is They discussed bilateral rela- the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim General of Supreme Education scheduled to oversee a discus- tions and ways of enhancing bin Hamad Al Thani, the Gulf Council (SEC) H E Mohammed sion panel as part of the Forum’s them, and exchanged views on the and Arabian Peninsula Studies Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi programme on education licens- latest developments in the region, Forum, organised by Arab Centre and GCC’s first secretary-general. ing and school leadership while including international efforts to for Research and Policy Studies Following on from the success Qatar University will supervise Seventeen schools participated in the ‘Darb Al Salama’ road safety combat terrorism. (ACRPS), will start today at Ritz of Third Annual Conference of a session related to Gulf rela- initiative held at the Al Shamal Sports Club and the Al Thukhirah Youth The German minister also Carlton Hotel today. Arab Research Centers held in tions with East Asia in the axis Centre. briefed the Minister of Foreign The three-day forum will host December 2014, “The GCC Coun- of international relations. Affairs on the German parlia- 60 speakers in two parallel series tries: Politics and Economics in The ACRPS is an Arab ment’s decision of Germany join- in which a number of academics, Light of Regional and Interna- research institute with particu- Over 800 students attend ing the international military researchers and experts will dis- tional Shifts and Changes”, the lar interest in the social sciences, campaign against terrorism in cuss issues of education in GCC ACRPS is now launching the Gulf applied social sciences, regional Syria. Dr Al Attiyah reiterated states and regional and interna- and Arabian Peninsula Studies history and geostrategic affairs. road safety initiative Qatar’s full support for interna- tional environmental challenges Forum. To this effect the ACRPS coordi- tional efforts to combat violence facing those countries. Almost This annual Forum will be nates and develops research, pub- DOHA: More than 800 students and Road Safety Forum held in and terrorism, stressing the half of the researchers will be organised in two tracks. The first lications, projects and events on from 17 schools participated in Doha in October. The initiative importance of cooperation and from Qatar and other GCC states. will address a chosen topic of sig- issues and challenges relevant to the recently concluded ‘Darb Al was nominated for outstanding joining hands to bring security, The Forum’s programme nificance to the GCC states and the Arab world. The ACRPS pri- Salama’ road safety initiative innovation in road safety, out- peace and stability in the region. will feature a lecture on chal- will change each year while the marily conducts its work in Ara- held at the Al Shamal Sports performing several other pro- lenges facing GCC states in a second will discuss the broader bic but publishes in both Arabic Club and the Al Thukhirah grammes due to its interactive new international and regional challenges posed to GCC states and English. Youth Centre. and entertaining approach. Assistant FM environment to be delivered by by the regional and international The ACRPS was established in The initiative, launched by the The technology supporting the John Mearsheimer, a prominent environment and will feature as 2010 and is based in Doha, Qatar Ras Laffan Community Outreach initiative is based on the ‘Rakez- meets Indonesian American international relations a permanent item on the Forum’s with a second office in Beirut, Leb- Programme (COP), targets resi- Taslam’ programme, which stands theorists in the 21st century. agenda. anon. It is overseen by an executive dents of the northern commu- for ‘focus to be safe’ in English. officials in Jakarta The opening ceremony in the This year, ‘Education in the board composed of Arab academics nities, particularly drivers aged Adopted for the first time in the evening will have guest lectures Gulf’ has been selected as the and intellectuals. between 14 and 21 years, in a bid Middle East this year, ‘Rakez- JAKARTA: Assistant Minister by Minister of Education and topic for the first annual meet- QNA to reduce road fatalities and inju- Taslam’ was designed and tailored for Foreign Affairs H E Moham- ries as a result of car accidents. to Qatar’s roads and driving envi- med bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi It uses a mix of practical and ronment in order to help young met here yesterday with Deputy computer-based education tools drivers identify and respond to Foreign Minister of Indonesia Dr Dragon boat race to help change driving behav- potentially unsafe traffic situa- Abdulrahman Mohamed Fakher. iours, with the long term vision tions. Al Rumaihi also met separately of reducing fatalities and serious The Safe Journey initiative was with Deputy Speaker of the Indo- injuries resulting from road acci- launched by COP and is organised nesian House of Representatives dents. in partnership with the Ministry Fakhri Hamza and Vice President To date the initiative has of Interior, Traffic Department, of the Shura Council Hidayat Nur attracted participation from Qatar Red Crescent, and Com- Wahid more than 12,000 youth centres munity Policing Department. The meetings were attended by and schools across the northern The COP is a consortium that Qatar’s Ambassador to Indonesia communities and Doha. includes Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Mohamed Khater Al Khater and The Safe Journey initiative was Shell, RasGas, Dolphin Energy the delegation accompanying the among the front runners for the Limited, Oryx GTL, and Pearl Assistant Foreign Minister. Innovation Road Safety Award at GTL. the 4th Annual Middle East ITS THE PENINSULA Qatar’s efforts lauded

DOHA:, Chief of State Secu- rity H E Ghanim bin Khalifa Qatar holds events as part of COP21 Al Kubaisi received a phone call PARIS: Qatar is taking part in the events accompanying the United from Major General Abbas Ibra- Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) through him, head of Lebanon’s Directo- activities, projects and initiatives that shows the country’s role in rate of General Security (DGS), combating climate change. in which he expressed his coun- Abdulhadi Nasser Al Marri, head of the Ministry of Environment’s try’s gratitude and appreciation climate change department, gave a presentation on the sidelines of the to Qatar for the success of the conference within the Gulf pavilion on Intended Nationally Determined mediation in releasing a number Contributions (INDC) report that Qatar submitted in November. of Lebanese servicemen who were Al Marri reviewed aspects of the report and how it reflects Qatar’s captured in Arsal outskirts in ambitions and intended contributions to back international efforts to August 2014 and have been held Some of the best dragon boat crews in Doha are competing in the first Qatar International Dragon Boat Festival tackle the impacts of climate change. since then. which kicked off yesterday at Grand Hyatt Doha. Hundreds of paddlers are participating in the boat race being QNA QNA organised by Qatar Dragon Boat that runs until today. Ajyal film festival The Palm Tree wins best concludes today with documentary award

DOHA: A documentary on the world premiere Bilal ‘life story’ of a palm tree and a short narrative that mixes live action and animation won top DOHA: The third Ajyal Youth the festival’s competitive sections honours at last night’s awards Film Festival concludes today namely Mohaq, Hilal, and Bader. ceremony for the ‘Made in with the World Premiere of Tonight brings to close a week- Qatar’ programme of the third action adventure animated fea- long celebration of film, industry Ajyal Youth Film Festival. ture Bilal. deliberations and live events tai- Seventeen films were part Directed by Ayman Jamal and lored for film lovers and families. of the ‘Made in Qatar’ show- Khurram H Alavi, the film is a The festival showcase included 80 case presented with the sup- story of faith, hope and self dis- films from 36 countries including Lopez and Domitille Mellac. by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain port of Tarsheed. They were covery inspired by the real-life a showcase of 17 films ‘Made in Film-lovers also have the final Gagnol, at 2.45pm at Katara evaluated by a jury compris- story of Bilal Bin Rabah and Qatar.’ opportunity to watch some of the 12-Theatre B. ing Saudi actor and filmmaker involved creative talents from Several short films in the Bariq accomplished works in interna- At 2.45 PM at Katara Drama Ahd, award-winning Lebanese more than 22 countries. segment that are selected for chil- tional cinema today including Theatre, Wolf Totem by Acad- journalist Marcel Ghanem, and At the closing ceremony, the dren from the age of four will also Celestial Camel by Yury Feting emy Award-winner Jean-Jacques Qatari film producer Bassam Al winners of the Ajyal Awards, cho- be screened at 11.45am today at to screen at 11am at Katara 12 Annaud will be screened in 3D. Ibrahim. sen by a young jury aged 8 to 21, the Katara Drama Theatre. The – Theatre A. At 12pm, Katara Other films scheduled for screen- The Palm Tree, edited and will be honoured. films include Crush by Brent 12 – Theatre B will screen The ing today include Lamb (5pm, directed by Jassim Al Rumaihi, Three Ajyal Juries with mem- Dawes, The Law of the Jungle Greatest House in the World Katara 12 – Theatre), Mina Walk- won the Best Documentary bers aged eight to 21 were tasked by Pascale Hecquet, The Mitten directed by Ana V. Bojorquez and ing (5.45pm, Katara 12 – Theatre FIlm award. to choose a Best Film prize to by Clementine Robach, and My Lucia Carreras. B), The Second Mother (8.30pm, Announcing the awards, the short and feature-length films in Panda by Camille Billaud, Doriane Walls by Migueltxo Molina Katara 12 Theatre A) and Mia jury said The Palm Tree was and Pablo Iraburu will screen madre (9.15pm, Katara 12-Thea- chosen as the Best Documen- Winning director Jassim Al Rumaihi at 2 PM at Katara 12 – Theatre tre B. tary for its “ability to create a A and Phantom Boy , directed THE PENINSULA tie between nature, man and technology in a charming cinematic model, and for its high quality of treatment and cinematography, along with the director’s proficiency in delivering the idea with no dialogue.” Al Rumaihi said that it was not winning that mattered but partici- pating in the programme. In 2010, a film he co-directed had won in the ‘Made in Qatar’ programme. The Palm Tree was supported by the Doha Film Institute, and he says it is a tribute to the ubiquitous tree that is integral to the Arab world, yet somehow seemed to be not as celebrated as it should be. Heart of the House, written and directed by Gabrielle Sol, won the Jury Award, while The Notebook, with script, cinematography and direction by Amna Al-Binali, won the Special Mention for the docu- mentary category. Asfoora, written and directed by Mayar Hamdan, was named Best Narrative Film, and Man of the House, with script, cinematography, editing, music, production and direction by Khalifa Al Marri, won the Jury Award for the narrative category. The winners of the Best Documentary and Best Narrative Film each received $5,000 through the Ajyal Film Fund while Jury Award winners received $3,000 each. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Syrian oppn to seek unified stance at Saudi meet Riyadh conference to discuss agreement on a transitional period; 85 delegates to attend

BEIRUT: Syria’s competing would “discuss an agreement on that Saudi Arabia would host a next week’s talks. He said a total Change, an internal opposition the group has come under attack opposition factions, includ- a transitional period” in Syria broad opposition conference in of 85 opposition figures would be group, “the important thing (in from Turkey, which considers it a ing armed groups battling both and establish a “common list” of mid-December. present, including 15 from armed Riyadh) is creating a unified del- terrorist organisation. regime forces and extremists, will representatives to negotiate with But regional rival Iran this factions. egation that will negotiate with Nashar accused the YPG of meet in Riyadh next week to find the regime of President Bashar week warned that the Saudi It remains unclear which armed the government.” fighting the Free Syrian Army, common ground ahead of poten- Al Assad. conference would breach dec- factions will be represented at the But Nashar acknowledged that including rebel groups backed tial negotiations with Damascus, “This is the difficult part,” larations made by both sides in conference, as none have publicly his Istanbul-based National Coali- by the National Coalition, rather opposition sources said yesterday. Nashar said. Vienna seeking a list of mutually announced their participation. tion had exerted pressure to block than battling the regime. But pressure from Turkey Last month, top diplomats approved opposition groups. One opposition source said the the powerful Kurdish Democratic PYD head Saleh Muslim, who meant the leading Kurdish polit- from 17 countries — including key Iran is Assad’s staunchest ally several groups invited are “not Union Party (PYD) and its affili- confirmed that he did not receive ical and armed groups in Syria international backers and oppo- and insisted during the Vienna considered terrorist groups,” ated People’s Protection Units an invitation to Riyadh, rejected were not invited, they said. nents of Assad — met in Vienna talks that a demand from sev- and included the powerful Jaish (YPG) from being invited. Nashar’s claims. According to Samir Nashar, in search of a political solution eral countries that the president Al Islam and the rebel Southern Backed by air strikes from a “We are Syrians and we will not a member of the opposition to Syria’s war, which has seen be excluded from future elections Front. US-led coalition, the YPG has listen to the words of people in National Coalition, “the meeting 250,000 people killed since March be withdrawn. Opposition figures Jaish al-Islam is based near been the most effective fighting the hands of (Turkish President will be in Riyadh on Tuesday and 2011. were also quick to denounce the Damascus and is supported by force against the Islamic State Recep Tayyip) Erdogan,” he said, Wednesday, and maybe Thursday They agreed on a fixed calendar Vienna summit, with Nashar Saudi Arabia, while the Western- (IS) group in north and north- referring to the National Coali- if necessary.” for Syria that would see a tran- warning it “will not lead to a backed Southern Front coalition east Syria. tion. “Given that armed groups He said the Coalition would sition government set up in six political solution”. has taken on the regime in Syria’s The YPG recently allied with are participating (in Riyadh), the send 20 delegates, and that 10 months and elections within 18 Haytham Manna, co-founder south. Arab rebel groups in northeast YPG and the Syrian Democratic other prominent opposition fig- months. of the opposition coalition Cairo For Hassan Abdel Azim, Syria to form the Syrian Demo- Forces should be present,” Mus- ures had also received invitations. UN peace envoy Staffan de Conference, said 20 members of head of the National Coordina- cratic Forces, pushing IS out of lim added. Nashar said the meeting Mistura announced last month his group would participate in tion Committee for Democratic around 200 villages there. But AFP French aircraft carrier to move to Gulf: Hollande ON BOARD THE FRENCH AIR- CRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE: The aircraft carrier at the heart of France’s campaign of air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants will move from the eastern Mediter- ranean to the Gulf “in a few days”, President Francois Hollande told its crew during a visit yesterday. “In a few days, you will go into a new zone, taking over command respon- sibilities from our allies in the coali- tion,” Hollande said, after arriving by helicopter The Charles de Gaulle will take over duties from a US carrier in the Gulf, coordinating strikes on IS targets in Iraq and, increasingly, in Syria. “You will continue in another way the struggle that we have undertaken against terrorism,” Hollande told the crew. French President Francois Hollande arrives on French Navy aircraft carrier Charles A Syrian man stands amid debris following air strikes by government forces in the town of Jisreen France began bombing militant tar- de Gaulle, at sea off the coast of Syria, yesterday. in the rebel-held region of Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, yesterday. gets in Syria in late September, with planes using bases in the region. Konashenkov said in a briefing that tion near Kassab in Latakia region, But the carrier was only deployed the Russian air contingent carried out leading to Syrian army “taking the Regime raids near Damascus kill 35 last month after Hollande declared 431 sorties and bombed 1458 targets high ground,” the ministry said. that France would respond “merci- in several regions of Syria, without In Hama region, the airstrikes “liq- BEIRUT: At least 35 civilians were killed Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David lessly” to IS in the wake of the Novem- mentioning whether any of them were uidated” several field commanders and dozens wounded in a series of Syrian Cameron said yesterday that conducting air ber 13 jihadist attacks on Paris in affiliated with the Islamic State jihad- near rebel-held Latamina, and bombed regime raids on a rebel stronghold east of strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria which 130 people were killed. ist group. several strategic high-ground locations, Damascus yesterday, a monitoring group said. would help to bring a political settlement to Russian airforce has struck nearly Among the targets was a “com- including Hazm al-Abyad. According to the Syrian Observatory for the country. He also said reaching such an 1,500 targets all over Syria over the mand post” near the town of Khna- Some 40 large trucks and cisterns Human Rights, “regime warplanes targeted agreement was “absolutely crucial”. past nine days, the military said, its ifess in the Homs region, and a “large “used to transport oil” were destroyed the towns of Jisreen and Kfar Batna in the The prime minister’s comments come after bombers now flying under cover of ammunitions stockpile” near Morek during strikes on two groups of vehi- Eastern Ghouta region”, killing 35 people the British forces began bombing IS in Syria, strategic fighter jets following the in Hama region, which was captured cles near Aleppo and Raqqa, while including six children. following MPs voting to allow air strikes to downing of a plane by Turkey last from the Syrian army in early Novem- elsewhere 12 oil pumping stations and The toll has more than tripled from an ear- be extended from Iraq. week. ber. The airstrikes also “destroyed a eight oil fields were targeted. lier report of 11 dead. AGENCIES Defence ministry spokesman Igor large militant base” at a strategic loca- AFP

Female Kurdish militant killed in Syrian workers show underside Istanbul raid of Turkey’s refugee crisis ISTANBUL: A female suspected member of the outlawed Kurdis- ISTANBUL: As Turkey pre- with a Turkish worker. There are feel that the refugees are getting tan Workers’ Party (PKK) was pares to give more Syrians the lots of Syrian workers here now,” their jobs.” killed yesterday in Istanbul in a right to work, thousands of Turk- said Altan, the 45-year-old owner The Labour Ministry declined police operation against militants ish bosses are already benefiting of a hardware shop in Istanbul’s to comment on plans to give more suspected to be planning suicide from cheap and illegal Syrian run-down Kagithane district, who refugees work permits, so the attacks, reports said. labour, raising concerns about pays his two Syrian workers 25 lira shape or timing of the expected Counter-terrorism police the treatment of vulnerable mem- ($8.70) each a day, just under half of new legislation is unknown. raided a home in Istanbul’s San- bers of the world’s largest refugee what he would have to pay a local. Bekci, the lawyer, said the work caktepe district after receiving a community. “Everyone knows but no one permit process is complicated and tip-off that PKK militants had But while low wages have wants to stop it. The police think designed to retain qualified work- arrived in Turkey’s biggest city to brought suggestions that Syrians that if the Syrians don’t work ers, many of whom have already carry out suicide attacks, Dogan are being exploited, some fear they will be in the street,” he fled to Europe. news agency said. they could be priced out of the said, seemingly unfazed by the “The employer has to fill in a Police also detained 10 sus- labour market once new laws are threat of a $2,900 fine per illegal form of up to 50 pages, answer- pected members of the radical introduced—a dilemma that has employee. ing what is the purpose of hiring Marxist Leninist Communist prompted questions about efforts Recognised under Turkish law this employee,” she said. She said Party (MLKP) in a separate to integrate them into Turkish as “guests”, but not refugees, Syr- there were just 6,000 legal Syrian operation in several districts of society. ians working illegally don’t have workers who had a visa before the Istanbul, state-run Anatolia news Turkey, now home to 2.2 mil- employment rights or sound legal war and now have work permits. A Syrian man (right) who had fled the war in his homeland, sitting outside agency said. The MLKP, an off- lion Syrians fleeing war at home, protection. Those working with Anecdotally, it is clear the Syr- his coffee shop in a low-income neighbourhood of Ankara, Turkey. shoot of the Turkish Communist last week promised to help stem refugees say that must change ian labour force is popular among Party/Marxist-Leninist (TKP- the flow of migrants to Europe if Turkey is to become a place Turkish employers, with poten- Asked about the work permit Including the cost of insurance, ML) set up in 1994, is a small in return for $3.2bn in aid and where Syrians can build a new tially hundreds of thousands in plan he said it was bizarre to each Turkish employee costs him armed group that seeks to replace renewed talks on joining the life, which is what the EU hopes the informal labour sector. provide for other people’s needs more than 1,200 lira a month, a Turkey’s political system with a European Union. The money is will happen. In Istanbul’s Kagithane district when Turks’ went unmet, adding sum that will rise after the mini- communist regime. intended to raise living standards “If they have legal status and get where Altan works, Arabic can they “should go back to their own mum wage increases in 2016. It is considered by the Turkish of Syrians and convince more of rid of concerns about the future, I be heard from rows of shops and countries”. Syrian employees cost 850 lira authorities as close to the PKK, them to stay in Turkey. believe escaping to Europe could work rooms, with Syrians repre- Amid concerns that the work- but if they were working legally, which has over the years nar- Ankara has spent around $8.5 stop,” said Eda Bekci, a lawyer senting much of the workforce. ers will take jobs away from Turks, the employer would have to pay rowed its demands from an inde- billion on feeding and housing and head of Multeci-der, an NGO It is an even bigger political who already face unemployment them minimum wage and cover pendent Kurdish state to greater Syrian refugees since the start helping migrants on the western issue in the poorer provinces near above 10 percent, 35-year-old their insurance. With such cost autonomy and cultural rights. of the Syrian civil war nearly five coast of Turkey. the Syrian border. Cuma Usta defends illegally hir- differentials at play, some Syrians The Turkish government has years ago, but it has yet to bring So far, worries that Syrians “We are making our peo- ing three Syrians at his fast food worry that legal status and protec- been waging a relentless offen- in a long-awaited policy allowing could take jobs from Turks have ple uncomfortable,” said Oktay shop, despite paying them well tion will make them unemployable. sive aimed at crippling the PKK, them to work legally. delayed progress on the plan to Ozturk, a member of parliament below the minimum wage. “We won’t get a job in Turkey which has staged a string of Around 250,000 Syrians are allow refugees to work. from the right-wing Nationalist “I can’t find Turkish work- if we get work permits,” said one attacks against security forces now working illegally in Turkey, “It’s almost finalised,” said Fuat Movement Party, who comes from ers,” he said. “Even if I could, 23-year-old Syrian who works for in Turkey since a two-year-old an expert from the Centre for Oktay, president of Turkey’s dis- Mersin province, close to the Syr- they would find something else Usta. “Not having the work per- ceasefire fell apart in late July. Middle Eastern Strategic Stud- aster management agency, AFAD. ian border. “Our people think they and quit. My Syrian workers are mits is our only selling point.” ies (ORSAM) estimates. “There has to be a balance ... so (Syrians) are stealing jobs and more stable. I’ve never had an AFP “They are cheaper compared that the local community does not they worry about their future.” issue with them.” REUTERS SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GULF / MIDDLE EAST Khamis Mushait: The launching pad for coalition air strikes

KHAMIS MUSHAIT: At a sprawl- part in the country’s last war against tion said the coalition was “making an ing air base in southern Saudi Arabia, the Houthis, when Saudi troops were in effort” to respect international law, but it another warplane roars off into the action for several weeks in 2009 after a is “probably not 100 percent” successful. harsh sun carrying a payload of laser- rebel incursion over the southern fron- The close proximity of civilian and and GPS-guided bombs to drop over tier. military facilities means “it’s not easy to Yemen. He says he has flown countless sorties target”, the source said. Roughly 100km from the Yemeni bor- in this latest conflict — between 150 and Khalid says he has felt no danger dur- der, the King Khalid Air Base near the 200 hours of flight time. ing his missions and, so far, coalition air city of Khamis Mushait is at the forefront The coalition has sent ground troops forces have only reported a single loss. of the Saudi-led military strikes against to Yemen to support President Abdrabuh A Moroccan pilot died in May when Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen. Mansur Hadi’s forces, but the main focus his F-16 fighter crashed in the Houthi Launched in March, the campaign has been on air strikes. stronghold of Saada. aims to support Yemen’s internation- It has not released recent figures Rebels said they shot it down but the ally recognised government in its fight on how many strikes have been car- coalition blamed human error or a tech- against the Iran-backed rebels who seized ried out but the air campaign has been nical fault. much of the country, including the capital intense. Khamis Mushait, the city near the Sana’a. The coalition vehemently denies Saudi air base, came under attack in A coalition of mainly Gulf Arab nations reports of indiscriminate bombing and June from a Scud missile launched from led by Riyadh has for months been at the King Khalid base pilots say they Yemen but a Patriot missile shot it down, pounding the rebels almost daily with air take every precaution. the coalition said. strikes, many of them launched from this “We always use guided bombs to make The air war has been so intense that base in the mountainous southwestern the weapon more precise,” Captain Kha- the United States last month approved Asir province. lid says, his words difficult to hear as a $1.29bn deal to replenish the Saudi air Pilots, like Captain Khalid of the another fighter takes off, shaking the force’s depleted arsenal. Royal Saudi Air Force, collect helmets, insides of those standing near the run- US forces have also assisted the coa- green vests and pistols from a locker A Saudi F-15 fighter jet landing at the Khamis Mushait military airbase, some 880km from way. lition with aerial refuelling and intelli- room before walking through a wooden the capital Riyadh, as the Saudi army conducts operations over Yemen. “We target the military buildings and gence. door to the tarmac, where warplanes troops.” A few Americans in civilian clothes from coalition countries stand by for Standing beside his F-15, Khalid says of the campaign in Yemen. Khalid says the crew never release could be seen inside the base, which missions. his mission is to protect Yemeni civilians Khalid spoke under rules that forbid their weapons “unless we are 100 percent resembles a small city with its own post Saudi Arabia’s US-made F-15 fighters from the Houthis and their allies. him from giving his family name and sure” of the target, but he and others in office, bank, mosques, convenience store sit next to a desert-shaded Sukhoi from “We protect our country as well,” the which required the Saudi military to vet the coalition accuse the Houthis and their and laundry, on streets decorated with Sudan and a French-made Mirage from 32-year-old adds, speaking during a visit the interview. Khalid has spent nearly allies of using civilians as shields. large model warplanes. Qatar. by journalists to the base since the launch a decade in the Saudi air force. He took A source familiar with the opera- AFP

Long wait S Sudan rebels’ Tunisia closes main peace trip stalls on air ticket costs

JUBA: South Sudan’s rebels say airport to Libyan planes they’d love to return to the capi- tal after months of talks at high- end hotels in foreign countries Two arrested while planning suicide attacks: Ministry and join a government to end a bloody civil war. They just can’t TUNIS: Tunisia announced belts illegally brought from Libya in the centre of Tunis. afford the 550 plane tickets. yesterday the closure of its main and seized last year. They were Yousfi and twin Transporting such a large pack Tunis-Carthage international Tunisian authorities have brothers Hassan Ben Khalifa of insurgents back to government- airport to Libyan planes as part arrested two men for planning Bouchiba and Houcine Ben Kha- controlled Juba to enact a transi- of security measures since a sui- suicide attacks, the interior min- lifa Bouchiba. tion plan is expensive and they’re cide bombing in the capital. istry said yesterday, after the The bombing was claimed by asking East African mediators “We face a dangerous situation. bombing of a busload of presi- the Islamic State group, and as well as nations including the We have taken a number of secu- dential guards in the capital authorities identified the bomber US, UK and Norway to help out, rity measures,” Transport Minis- killed 12. as 26-year-old Tunisian travel- rebel spokesman William Gatjiath ter Mahmoud Ben Romdhane told “Following a thorough inves- ling salesman Houssam Abdelli. Deng said by phone. Mosaique FM radio. tigation, the national unit for The interior ministry said Sat- “Our team is a huge number He said that flights from war- terrorist crime investigation iden- urday it had carried out hundreds and each ticket costs almost wracked Libya would only be tified and arrested two takfiris of searches and arrested dozens of $200,” Deng said from Ethiopia’s authorised to land in Sfax, 270 (extremists),” a statement said, people since the attack. capital, Addis Ababa. “We are still km southeast of Tunis. without saying when or where the IS also claimed responsibility negotiating with them. We are Tunisair suspended its serv- detentions took place. for two attacks earlier this year asking them to share the cost.” ice to Libya in August, but Lib- The pair, who were not identi- at the National Bardo Museum He said the country’s United yan carriers fly between the two fied, “intended to carry out two in Tunis and on a hotel near the Nations mission has also been North African neighbours. suicide attacks, one on Habib Mediterranean resort of Sousse asked to provide logistics. Tunisia on November 25 closed Bourguiba Avenue,” the principal that killed a total of 60 people, It’s a further delay for a peace its border with Libya, a hotbed thoroughfare in the capital. all but one of them foreign tour- process that’s gone on almost as of Islamist unrest, a day after a The statement said they had ists. long as the two-year conflict and suicide bomb attack on a bus in been “radicalised by the fugitive Tunisia, the cradle of the packed out luxury hotels in neigh- Tunis claimed by Islamic State terrorist Walid (Ben Mohamed) Arab Spring uprisings, has been boring Ethiopia with rebel and (IS) militants. Yousfi.” plagued by Islamist violence since Palestinians wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt at the Rafah government delegates. The first The interior ministry said the Last week, Tunisia identified the 2011 overthrow of longtime border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, yesterday. Egypt opened the year of talks cost European Union explosive used in the attack that three suspects wanted over the dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Rafah border crossing on Thursday for two days to allow Palestinians donors more than $22m, accord- killed 12 presidential guards was November 24 suicide bombing on humanitarian grounds to travel in and out of the Gaza Strip. ing to unidentified diplomats. the same used to make suicide that killed the presidential guards AFP Tens of thousands of people have been killed in oil- producing South Sudan and over two million forced from their homes during Egypt unrest the war that began in December Mauritania blames 2013. Under an August pact, rebel Italy to pile up pressure leader Riek Machar will return ex-soldier of as President Salva Kiir’s deputy for the 30-month period leading inciting race hate to elections. The UN mission in on Libya militias South Sudan said it hadn’t been NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritania ROME: Italy hopes its interna- Libya to be along the same lines asked to transport the rebel del- has charged a retired colonel with tional conference on war-torn as a recent conference in Vienna egation. Norwegian Ambassador inciting race hate after he said Libya will up the pressure on aimed at ending the nearly five- Tone Tinnes said their Juba mis- its independence day was “tar- rival militias and speed up the year-old war in Syria. sion hadn’t received information nished” by the historic hanging of formation of a national unity gov- The conference, convened of any transport request. The U.S. 28 black soldiers, his lawyer said ernment, its foreign minister said by Rome and Washington, is and UK embassies didn’t imme- yesterday. yesterday. expected to bring to the table diately respond to requests for Oumar Ould Beibacar was The December 13 conference in Britain, China, France, Russia comment. arrested during the November 28 Rome aims to give “a decisive push and the United States, as well as South Sudan presidential celebration for fomenting “ethnic for the conclusion of a deal for a Algeria, Egypt and Morocco. spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny and racial hatred” and incitement national government in Libya”, US Secretary of State John said by phone he was aware that to undermine state security, Bra- where the Islamic State group is Kerry and Russian foreign sec- rebels were having difficulties him Ould Ebetty said. “This is a exploiting the chaos and taking retary Sergei Lavrov have both transporting hundreds of repre- very strong retreat of freedoms root, Paolo Gentiloni told journal- confirmed they will be present. sentatives. He said “the issue is in our country,” the lawyer said. ists. Rome has repeatedly stated its the number” and that the govern- But he welcomed his client’s “We want to speed up” the willingness to lead a peacekeeping ment will only accept an advance release on bail, saying he was glad negotiations, because a political force on the ground should it get team of as many as 50 people. prosecutors and investigators solution is the “only platform the green light from a national The conflict has only worsened understood that “you cannot send from which to counteract” the IS. unity government and get the living conditions for one of the someone to prison for their opin- “We want an agreement UN to sign off. Italy is also on world’s poorest nations, where ions”. Ould Beibacar was arrested between the Libyan parties, the frontline of a migrant cri- there are almost no paved roads after giving a lecture at the opposi- leading very quickly indeed to a sis fuelled by the chaos in Libya, outside Juba and at least half the tion headquarters in Nouakchott national unity government and a which has become an unpoliced population of 12 million lives in entitled “Has Inal definitively UN Security Council resolution,” launchpad for people traffickers poverty. South Sudan can only marred November 28?” — a refer- the minister said. shipping desperate people across achieve peace when the personal ence to the hangings 25 years ago Experts have warned the so- the Mediterranean, frequently financial ambitions of its leaders in the northern village of Inal. called Islamic State has been with deadly consequences. are trimmed to fit the country’s Accused of an attempted coup shifting to Libya as the world Meanehile, Turkish authorities capacity, said Alex de Waal, exec- to overthrow then-president focuses on its traditional power have rounded up in the past four utive director of the World Peace Maaouya Ould Taya, the troops bases in Iraq and Syria, taking days nearly 3,000 migrants plan- Foundation at the Fletcher School were executed on the 30th anni- advantage of the chaos as rival ning to cross the Aegean Sea to EU in Massachusetts. versary of Mauritania’s independ- militias and governments battle member Greece, local media said “Unfortunately, the way the ence. Ould Beibacar also said on for power. yesterday. The detentions were peace deal has been negotiated the radio he believed the Mau- UN-brokered talks on the for- part of a major operation that was and structured, has not done any- ritanian flag was “tainted with mation of a national unity gov- launched on Monday, a day after thing to dampen the expectation Onlookers gather at the scene of a restaurant that was attacked yes- blood” and that military parades ernment in Libya failed in the Turkey and the European Union that a peace accord involves a terday morning in Cairo, Egypt. A Molotov cocktail hurled at the Cairo near Inal were “a challenge” to autumn and have yet to resume. reached a deal to stem the flow of payoff for its signatories,” he said restaurant killed 16 people and wounded two, security officials said. relatives of the dead. Former colonial power Italy refugees into Europe. by e-mail. AFP wants its international summit on AFP BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Russia alerts Manila slum blaze leaves many homeless MANILA: A huge fire chased least 500 tin-roofed huts in the hundreds of Philippine inmates depressed central Manila district out of their cells and razed a of Quiapo, leaving up to 5,000 Thailand to sprawling shantytown near a people homeless in a community Manila prison yesterday, leaving sandwiched between decrepit thousands of residents homeless, buildings and elevated train lines, authorities said. said national fire bureau spokes- About 500 handcuffed female man Renato Marcial. prisoners were evacuated from Several firefighters fainted threat from IS Manila City Jail and moved on from the intense smoke and heat, a temporary basis to a nearby he said, but no residents were chapel, as towering flames from reported hurt. IS-linked Syrians targeting Russians the burning homes licked the Desperate locals, armed with jail’s exterior walls, said national buckets of water, tried to douse BANGKOK: Moscow’s top intel- “Yes it’s a threat, not only to my prison bureau official Superin- the flames and firefighters ligence agency has warned that country but also to other coun- tendent Carolina Borrinaga. manoeuvred their hoses through 10 Syrians linked to the Islamic tries as well,” he added, referring It was the second blaze to a maze of narrow alleys. State group have entered Thai- to the potential danger posed by sweep through the capital’s shan- Residents fled, clutching bun- land to target Russians, the king- the Islamic State group. tytowns in as many weeks. dles of clothes, television sets and Residents use plastic containers filled with water to put out a fire that gutted dom’s police said yesterday. Thailand is in its peak holiday “That was a close call. Thank- furniture. A leaked letter, marked “top season, during which international fully, the firemen arrived before A column of black smoke a shanty town near a jail building in Manila yesterday. secret” and “urgent” and signed arrivals surge, bringing huge sums the fire could hit the prison,” could be seen above Manila’s old by the deputy head of Thailand’s of money to the economy. Borrinaga told AFP, adding the quarter as dozens of fire trucks An inferno razed about 800 shelter in a public park, a gym special branch, was widely circu- Confirmation that Islamic State inmates would return to their crammed into the area, snarling homes in a shantytown in the and a school while authorities lated in local media last Thursday. jihadists have entered the country cells once the fire was under traffic. district of Mandaluyong on looked for emergency housing. It said Moscow’s Federal Secu- would likely send jitters through control. The fire also set off cooking gas November 26, forcing thousands rity Service (FSB) had told Thai the tourist industry, especially in Yesterday’s fire razed at tanks, causing loud explosions. to abandon their homes and seek AFP police that the group of Syrians busy resort areas such as Phuket entered the country between and Pattaya — both popular with October 15 and 31 potentially to Russians. target Russian interests. Pattaya police urged tourists “They (the Syrians) travelled not to be alarmed by the reports, Extremist linked separately. Four went to Pat- although they said security will Tanzanian president gives tax taya, two to Phuket, two to Bang- be beefed up. to abduction of kok and the other two to (an) Russia launched air strikes unknown location,” the letter said, against IS targets in Syria in Sep- Malaysians held citing information from the FSB. tember. A month later, a Russian evaders one week to pay up “Their purpose is to create bad passenger plane was downed by MANILA: A suspected Islamist incidents to affect Russians and a bomb over the Sinai desert in extremist linked to the kidnap- DAR ES SALAAM: Tanza- Businesses cite endemic cor- The suspension of Tanzania Russia’s alliance with Thailand,” Egypt killing 224 people, mainly ping of several Malaysians in the nian President John Magufuli ruption as one of the biggest Revenue Authority (TRA) chief the letter said, without naming Russian holidaymakers. Philippines, including one that has given tax evaders one week obstacles to investment in a nation Rished Bade and the five others the suspects. Islamic State jihadists later was beheaded last month, was to pay up what they owe or face that boasts a wealth of agricul- coincided with a visit to the coun- More than 1.6 million Russian claimed responsibility for the arrested yesterday, the army said. prosecution, the latest in a raft of tural land, mineral resources and try’s main port in the commercial tourists visited Thailand in 2014, bombing as well as the November Kadaffy Muktadil is a member measures by the new government gas reserves. capital Dar es Salaam by Prime the largest number from Euro- 13 attacks on Paris that killed 130 of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf to tackle graft. “My government welcomes Minister Kassim Majaliwa. pean nations. Arrivals from Rus- people. The brazen attacks have group, which security analysts say Magufuli, who was elected in investments because they create The port has been dogged by sia spike during the Christmas further raised global alarm over is behind dozens of kidnappings in October, issued the ultimatum new jobs and are a source of state allegations of inefficiency and cor- and New Year holiday season. the possibility of assaults by IS the past two years and has proven last Thursday in a meeting with revenues,” he said, adding that ruption. The Russian embassy in Bang- gunmen and bombers. increasingly brazen after behead- Tanzania’s top business leaders, his government would not toler- The World Bank said last year kok would not immediately com- Thailand was hit by a bomb in ing Malaysian national Bernard state-run television TBC1 said on ate corruption and tax evasion by inefficiencies cost Tanzania and ment on the letter. But Thailand’s August that left 20 people dead at Then in November. Friday. big businesses. neighbours served by the port up national police chief Jakthip Chai- a shrine in downtown Bangkok, The suspect, who also went by “I am giving a grace period of “I deliberately avoided accept- to $2.6 billion a year. jinda told reporters the “docu- rattling the tourist industry. the name of Kadaffy Camsa, was seven days starting from today ing any financial contributions Police are investigating the ment was real”. Mystery still shrouds the arrested on the southern island for all businessmen who have not from businessmen during my disappearance of about 349 ship- Since the middle of October motive for the unclaimed attack. of Jolo when he sought treatment paid their taxes to do so or face campaign,” he said. ping containers worth more than more than 200 Syrians have But two men from China’s at a hospital after a motorbike legal action,” he said. The new president has intro- 80bn shillings ($37m) from inland entered Thailand. Muslim Uighur minority have crash, the head of a counter-ter- Big firms are the main source duced a series of austerity meas- container depots that serve the “Twenty remain here,” Jakthip been charged over the blast. rorism military task force in the of taxes for the government ures since his inauguration a port, Majaliwa said in a statement said, adding he did not know if the That has heightened specula- area, Alan Arrojado, said. mainly due to the presence of a month ago and sacked several issued by his office. 10 people referenced in the letter tion of a link with supporters of Malaysian Prime Minister huge informal economy. officials as a sign of his determi- A follow-up visit by the prime were counted among the 200 who the Uighurs, who say they face Najib Razak has blamed the Abu The president said his govern- nation to fight corruption. minister to the same port last have entered this autumn. persecution in their homeland. Sayyaf for the murder of Then, ment was open to business and Tanzanian authorities last Thursday uncovered that another A second deputy police spokes- Thailand forcibly deported 109 one of two Malaysians abducted vowed to personally sack any week suspended six tax officials 2,431 shipping containers were man, Krissana Phattanacharoen, Uighurs to China just weeks by gunmen at a restaurant in the public official who blocks invest- including the head of the revenue smuggled without paying govern- confirmed “the content of (the) before the bombing. Sabah port of Sandakan in May. ments, part of plans to curb the authority, pending an investiga- ment taxes. letter is genuine”, but played down East African nation’s notoriously tion into claims of graft and tax a specific threat to the country. AFP AFP inefficient bureaucracy. evasion. REUTERS

King’s men Malaysia’s Thai migrant crisis meeting ends new security without any solution on offer law a path to

BANGKOK: Thailand called put forward by Thailand which “They focused on an informa- ‘dictatorship’ yesterday for concerted action five directly affected countries, tion campaign, that’s all. Not to tackle “irregular” migration Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, about helping people at sea and KUALA LUMPUR: Critics have in the Indian Ocean, but no sub- Myanmar and Bangladesh, would not about humanitarian assist- hit out against a new Malaysian stantial solutions emerged from consider. ance,” a U.N. official, who declined security law granting unprec- a regional meeting aimed at pre- “There is still no clarity. We to be named, told Reuters. edented emergency powers to venting this year’s “boat people” have discussed but not agreed,” Foreign Minister Don Pramud- the government, which they say tragedies in which hundreds Apichart Chinwanno, permanent winai said the region needed “an is aimed at quashing challenges drowned. secretary at the Thai Foreign explicit and efficient mechanism to scandal-tainted Premier Najib Representatives from South- Ministry, said. to manage and control the nega- Razak and is propelling the coun- east Asian countries met in Bang- The document being consid- tive impacts of irregular migra- try toward dictatorship. kok to hash out a framework to ered, as European countries tion”. Malaysia’s parliament passed deal with tens of thousands of struggle to cope with refugees The conference was the second the National Security Council Bill migrants, most from Myanmar fleeing war in Syria and Iraq, round of talks that were launched last Thursday, the final day of the and Bangladesh, who make per- focused on protection of migrants, in May amid a migration crisis chamber’s 2015 sitting, just two Thai taxi drivers pose for a picture as people gather at the Siriraj hos- ilous voyages across the Bay of prevention of irregular migration prompted by a human trafficking days after it was tabled, spur- pital, where King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been staying for months, on Bengal and Andaman Sea every and prosecution of human smug- crackdown in Thailand. ring opposition accusations that the eve of his 88th birthday, in Bangkok yesterday. King Bhumibol, the year. gling and trafficking networks, he it was quickly rammed through to world’s longest reigning monarch, is regarded as a demi-god by many The meeting ended with a plan said, but gave few details. REUTERS thwart scrutiny and debate. Thais and considered a unifying force in a politically turbulent nation. It gives a council headed by the prime minister authority to declare emergency powers to address security threats, arrest people without warrants and oth- Cops kill three in failed erwise curb basic constitutional Australia passes anti-terrorism freedoms without judicial over- sight, critics say. The legislation has struck a attack on police officer nerve in Malaysia, where Najib’s law to strip citizenship government already has been NAIROBI: Police in Burundi coup. Civil society groups say accused of eroding civil liberties SYDNEY: Australia’s parlia- said yesterday. “It will also ensure ing, recruitment and finance, said they shot dead three attack- more than 240 people have been and democratic rights as it digs in ment has passed legislation to terrorists who are dual nation- and are convicted of a terrorist ers and arrested three others killed since then. following electoral setbacks and a strip dual nationals of their citi- als are prevented from returning offence and sentenced to at least yesterday when they foiled an Niyonkuru said the foiled damaging scandal. zenship if they are convicted of to Australia and dual nationals six years in jail. attempt to ambush and assas- attack had targeted a car belong- It comes as Najib’s ruling party terrorism offences or found to who engage in terrorism within Those who fight for a declared sinate a top police officer in the ing to Christophe Manirambona, prepares for its annual meeting have fought with banned groups Australia can be removed where terrorist group also automatically capital. the head of the police bureau next week, the first such gath- overseas, despite concerns about possible.” lose their citizenship. Bujumbura police chief Domit- responsible for special units. ering since the explosive allega- deporting jihadists. Brandis said the changes were “Dual nationals who engage in ien Niyonkuru said the attackers “Fortunately he was not in his tion in July that the premier had Attorney-General George necessary given the current terrorism are betraying their alle- were wearing police uniforms, and car and those who were inside are received nearly $700m in still- Brandis said the Australian Citi- threat around the world and in giance to this country and do not weapons including rocket-pro- safe,” Niyonkuru said. unexplained payments. zenship Amendment (Allegiance Australia — where the risk of a deserve to be Australian citizens,” pelled grenades and rifles were Thomas Perriello, the US Spe- “The National Security Coun- to Australia) Bill, passed late on terror attack is deemed by offi- Brandis said. recovered. cial Envoy for Africa’s Great cil bill is nothing, but a brazen Thursday, updated existing law to cials to be “probable”. Civil libertarians have criticised Burundi, which emerged from Lakes region, said last Thursday attempt at silencing all criticism reflect “the new age of terrorism”. The Attorney-General said the the law for creating “two tiers of a 12-year civil war a decade that Burundi is “facing a real of the Najib administration,” said “The legislation will strip Aus- new laws, which will not render citizenship” — those who can have ago, began spiralling into chaos possibility of civil war,” though Azmin Ali, a top opposition leader. tralian citizenship from dual citi- individuals stateless, will apply in their citizenship revoked because in April when President Pierre there is still “a window, no matter “This law will take us only to zens who are involved in terrorist “very limited circumstances”. they are dual nationals and those Nkurunziza announced he would how small, to get a peace process one path, and that is the path to conduct overseas or convicted of a They cover people who engage who cannot. seek a third term, sparking going.” dictatorship.” terrorism offence in Australia,” he in terrorist acts, including train- AFP months of protests and a failed REUTERS AFP SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE European Union’s plan to monitor its borders more tightly and restrict entry in reaction to the migrant influx and the Paris attacks is Tcounterproductive and against the spirit of the Islamic State’s money Schengen system. According to reports, a new EU border force is likely to get powers to intervene and protect a member state’s external frontier to protect the Schengen open-borders zone. The plan is being seriously considered after Greece failed to manage a flood of migrants from makers take a hit Turkey. Better management of these refugees by Athens By Hugh Naylor would have averted the migrant crisis. The Schengen Through a complex bureaucracy that to have been scaled back, causing pov- uses the threat of violence, including erty to deepen, Syrian activists and aid system is devised in such a way that any failure by a y most estimates, the Islamic floggings and beheadings, the Islamic workers say. These areas, they say, are member state to strictly monitor entry of visitors will affect State is the world’s richest State also raises cash by taxing and fin- experiencing acute shortages of medi- the security of the entire zone because the visitors are terrorist organisation. But it ing the roughly six million to nine mil- cine for chronic diseases such as diabe- allowed to move freely without visas. appears to be wrestling with lion people in parts of Iraq and Syria tes, as well as prolonged electricity cuts. While the concern of the EU is understandable money problems that could who live under its rule. Aymenn Al Tamimi, a fellow at the Baffect its ability to wage war while try- An Islamic State official purportedly Middle East Forum who studies the considering the current security situation and future ing to govern millions of people in its told Arabic-language media in January Islamic State’s finances, said the group threats, any major changes in the Schengen system are not self-declared caliphate. that the group had a 2015 budget of took a big hit this summer when Iraq’s desirable. The current situation must be taken as a special US-backed forces in Iraq and Syria $2bn. Although likely an exaggerated government stopped paying civil serv- case and steps need to be taken to solve it rather than have retaken significant amounts of ter- figure, the group may have accumulated ants living in areas the militants had change the system. For example, the migrant deal between ritory from the group, depriving it of enough cash to run a large budget sur- captured, including the city of Mosul. Turkey and the EU will help immensely in stemming the traditional sources of income, analysts plus, said Benjamin Bahney, a terrorism For months, Iraqi authorities contin- say. Towns and villages that the Islamic analyst at the Rand Corp. ued to pay the salaries, and the Islamic flow of Syrian migrants into Europe. State had relied on for tax revenue have But the Islamic State lost as much as State taxed that income, earning the A German y official, in Brussels for a meeting of EU been captured by Arab and Kurdish a third of the territory it had controlled group a windfall that some estimates interior ministers, said he expected a proposal from the opponents. And lucrative spoils of war, in Iraq, including the city of Tikrit and put at tens of millions of dollars a EU executive due on December 15 to including oil fields, properties to con- the Baiji oil refinery. Iraq’s military and month. include giving responsibility for fiscate and captives to ransom off, have pro-government militias have captured Without such easy money, the Islamic The Schengen controlling a frontier with a non- become scarcer as those areas with the help of air strikes State has raised its fees, even on high the group strug- from the US-led coalition. In Syria, school registration and textbooks, system has Schengen country to Frontex, the gles to seize new too, coalition air support has aided an Tamimi said. EU’s border agency, if a member state areas. alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces in “Now, evidence seems to point to worked failed to do so. Under the Schengen “A problem seizing from Islamic State militants key hardship in Mosul, and (the Islamic effectively Borders Code, the Commission can “As it (Islamic they face is that areas near the group’s self-declared cap- State) has been resorting to measures now recommend a state accept help much of their ital of Raqqa. to try to deal with the new reality of State) loses income over the “As it loses control of cities and as having to pay those working under its and benefited from other EU members to control control of last two years its economy suffers because of the war, authority who no longer get salaries millions. Any its frontiers. But it cannot force it to has been through its tax revenues are reduced,” said Wil- directly from the Iraqi government,” changes must accept help, something that may in cities and as conquest, confis- liam McCants, an expert on the militant he said. any case not be practicable. its economy cation and extor- group at the Brookings Institution. Few expect widespread dissent in come as a last This plan can meet with some tion, and those The territorial setbacks also may Islamic State-controlled areas anytime opposition on the ground that suffers because are all one-time have compelled the group to turn to ter- soon, in large part because of fear of resort. things that aren’t rorism abroad — including the recent the group’s notorious brutality. The the states will have to surrender of the war, its sustainable,” said attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead threat of violence also prevents many sovereign control of their territory. Quinn Mecham, — as a way to apply new pressure on its people from fleeing, and war, anaemic While the major countries in the EU tax revenues are an assistant pro- enemies, analysts say. The group, they economies and sectarian-driven politics are likely to support the move, the opposition is likely to reduced.” fessor of politi- also say, appears to be shifting resources in neighbouring areas prevents others come from smaller members. cal science at to reinforce affiliates in other areas of from attempting to leave. Greece should have actually accepted help from the Brigham Young the world, including Libya, possibly to The Islamic State imposes fees and University. “And secure a safe haven in case it loses more taxes on refining, shipping and selling EU in handling migrants. Athens had come under heavy now they’re losing territory, and that territory in Syria and Iraq. oil, which largely is consumed within pressure from states concerned about Schengen this week makes it difficult to continue to extract There are signs that the group might territory held by the group, analysts say. to accept EU offers of help on its borders. EU officials had revenues. The pressure is on.” be tightening its budget. Fighters’ sala- “There will be a lag in seeing the even warned that Athens might find itself Information about the Islamic State’s ries have been reduced recently, from effects, but in order to keep opera- effectively excluded from the Schengen zone if it failed to finances is murky. But the group’s roughly $400 a month to about $300, tions going, the group will likely have diverse sources of income, which include said Columb Strack, a Middle East to reduce payments and the number of cooperate with the eurozone in controlling migration. extortion and antiquities smuggling, analyst at Jane’s Information Group. people working for it,” Clarke said. The Schengen system is a noble and wonderful idea have helped it weather more than a year In addition to a tax system rooted in That could affect thousands of people, that must not be compromised or curtailed. It has worked of air strikes from a US-led coalition, Islamic law, he said, the group appears causing local anger to soar and more effectively all these years and millions have benefited from analyst say. The US Treasury Depart- to be imposing more fees on everything discontent for the militant group to the open system. So any curbs on the system must come as ment recently estimated that the mili- from farming to mobile phones. manage. a last resort tants could be earning $40m a month Aid programmes that benefit the . from oil sales. needy in Islamic State areas appear THE WASHINGTON POST The other side Quote of Wrong move by Britain the day T seems David Cameron hasn’t learnt George Bush junior’s assertion after ibly complex” situation in black and destroyed; the Turkish priority is regime any lessons from the past, especially 9/11 that those who were not with him in white, forgetting that those whom he change in Damascus; oil powers Iran from the flawed policies of one of his his ‘war on terror’ were with the enemy. labelled “terrorist sympathisers” seem and Saudi Arabia are working at cross predecessors, Tony Blair, who was That 9/11 was a horrendous crime, as now to have become wiser under Cor- purposes, and a mysterious lull charac- Here is a man (Xi) prime I minister during the crucial 1997- was 7/7, goes without saying. byn’s leadership and have seen the terises the ground war, because Ameri- representing a 2007 decade. While winning the vote Men evil to the core perpetrated consequences of their blind support can and French strikes have not had on Syria bombing was easy because his those crimes and aroused the world’s for American policies. much effect on the IS’s fighting capability country once called Conservatives have a majority; what was conscience. If, therefore, Bush chose Blair was Bush’s sidekick in invading nor led to a shrinkage of the territory the poor. A country shocking was Cameron’s speech before to attack Taliban-ruled Afghanistan the an Iraq which, the UN confirmed, never militant group controls. the Commons voted 397 to 223 to give world could understand the wound had weapons of mass destruction. And Unless all powers first agree on the which never was our him the go-ahead. America had suffered. But the way yet the two launched a war whose con- target, merely pouring fire from the skies coloniser ... He is In a speech which Labour chief he perpetrated his ‘war on terror’ and sequences have produced the kingdom will mean not only misery for the Syrian Jeremy Corbyn said “demean[ed]” the the consequences this philosophy pro- of evil that is the militant Islamic State people, nearly 300,000 of whom are doing to us what we office of the prime minister, Cameron duced did everything except to kill the group. Who is the target of RAF bomb- already dead, but also the birth of more expected those who claimed that those opposed to the monster of global terrorism. ing now? Do all interested powers have IS-like hordes of butchers elsewhere in bombing were “terrorist sympathis- Cameron, too, seems blind to the a commonality of goals? For Russia, it the world. colonised us yesterday Robert Mugabe ers” — a remark that harkens back to grey and sees what he calls an “incred- is the anti-Assad forces that need to be DAWN to do. President of Zimbabwe SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Man’s hoard of guns shows ease of amassing arms in US

By Peter Eisler

s sheriff’s investigators threaded past the bat- The question of how one man amassed tered cars, cast-off tyres and rusted farm equipment such a stockpile of guns arises just as there cluttering Brent Nicholson’s Afront yard, there was no hint of the sinis- is renewed American soul-searching over ter stockpile hidden behind his window- less front door. the widespread availability of firearms in the Inside, the guns were everywhere: rifles and shotguns piled in the living room, wake of a series of mass shootings. halls and bedrooms; handguns littering tables and countertops. Outside, when they rolled up the door on the pre-fab metal garage, more arms spilled out at their feet. Now, the spate of mass shootings, serial numbers removed so they can’t be “This has completely changed our capped by Wednesday’s spree by a heav- traced. definition of an ass-load of guns,” said ily armed couple who killed 14 at an office “Getting him locked up dries up the Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks. holiday party in San Bernardino, Califor- outlet for this stolen merchandise,” Six weeks after the discovery, officers are nia, has pushed those issues to the fore in Brooks says. still cataloguing the weapons, many of the presidential campaign. The massacre, Brooks suspects Nicholson may have which have proved stolen, and the final which follows an attack that killed three been selling some of the guns. He had tally is expected to be close to 5,000. “I last Friday at a Colorado Planned Par- relatively few handguns — maybe a half- don’t know if there’s ever been (a seizure) enthood clinic and an October 1 rampage dozen large buckets full — and “that this big anywhere before,” Brooks says. by a gunman who killed 10 at an Oregon makes us believe he had a market for The question of how one man amassed college, prompted Hillary Clinton, lead- those and was moving them north,” Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Lieutenant David Lee removes rifles from a shipping container such a stockpile of guns arises just as ing candidate for the Democratic nomi- Brooks says, noting that the matter as he and other officers sort through thousands of guns found in the home and garage of there is renewed American soul-search- nation, to renew her call to “stop gun remains under investigation. Brent Nicholson in Pageland, South Carolina. ing over the widespread availability of violence now” with new firearm purchase South Carolina is a common starting firearms in the wake of a series of mass restrictions. Conversely, those who top point for firearms moving up the Iron of ammo, and other goods. Rifle Association’s position that they’re shootings. the polls for the Republican nomination, Pipeline, a route for many of the 230,000 “He was going up to Union County to unnecessary constraints on gun owners’ Even in a country where more people Donald Trump and Ben Carson, insist or so guns stolen nationwide each year. do something with those guns; we don’t 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. own more guns than anywhere else in the the answer to gun violence is to empower The South has more gun thefts than any know what,” Brooks says. “We’ve got None of the proposals being floated world, Nicholson’s cache is extraordinary. citizens to thwart such attacks by mak- other region, federal data show, and police information that he was moving some on either side of the political spectrum The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire- ing it easier, not harder, to buy and carry in New York and other northern cities say of these goods and we’re looking at his would limit the number of guns someone arms and Explosives doesn’t rank gun weapons. they regularly tie those guns to crimes, activities to see if he was part of some- can own. seizures by size, but a spokesman says It wasn’t hard for Nicholson. though there is no data on how often. thing more organised.” Nicholson’s hoard probably is among the Stemming the flow is a challenge, law Tracking Nicholson’s guns is a chal- A HUNT FOR OWNERS largest ever. A FAMILY TRADITION enforcement officials say, because it’s not lenge because many states, including So far, investigators have identified Yet when and why Nicholson set out to Just about everyone knows the Nichol- organised groups moving truckloads of South Carolina, don’t regulate private owners of just a fraction of Nicholson’s amass such an arsenal remains a mystery. sons in this struggling town of 2,700, weapons; it’s a loose web of individuals gun purchases, which are unrestricted guns. Even those that still have serial Investigators are trying to determine where the textile industry’s regional who sell guns more as an occasional side- and require no background check. So per- numbers can be traced only to the last whether he was simply a gun-obsessed decline has helped strand median house- line than a full-time endeavour. son-to-person sales, including gun show time they passed through a licensed hoarder or a supply valve in the “Iron hold income at $26,500 a year, half the US transactions that don’t involve licensed dealer. And since there’s no requirement Pipeline” of illegal firearms flowing from average, and burglary rates run well over A SHADOWY PATH dealers, are largely untraceable. that gun owners record those numbers, the south to New Jersey, New York and national norms. Firearms are a cultural On October 21, a sheriff’s deputy just There also is no national gun registra- many who believe their guns were stolen other northern states. staple — hunting clubs and cabins dot over the state line in Union County, tion mandate — only some state laws. So, and sold to Nicholson are unable to prove Nicholson, jailed on multiple charges the county — and people say Nicholson’s North Carolina, pulled Nicholson over unlike, say, cars, which can be tracked the weapons belong to them. of possessing stolen property, has not penchant for guns was a family affair. for running a stop sign. Nicholson’s pick- through registrations, guns often have Sharon Nicholson, 52, said in a brief entered a plea or retained an attorney, “Everybody knew he’d buy guns; his up had bogus licence plates — and the no traceable ownership trail beyond their interview at the family’s liquor store that court records show. His wife, Sharon father bought ‘em, his grandfather bought deputy noticed rifle barrels poking up last sale by a licensed dealer. her husband typically bought his guns Nicholson, facing similar charges and free ‘em,” says Al Padgett, 68, who keeps a from behind the seat when he approached It’s an issue that also is complicat- at stores, but Brooks says investigators on bond, declined to discuss specifics of booth at a local flea market and says he’s the vehicle. ing efforts to trace the origin of the two have found no records of any purchases the case but stressed in a brief interview known the family all his life. “He collected A search turned up 20 rifles, nine hand- assault-style rifles and two handguns used he may have made from licensed dealers. that her husband buys his guns legally. ‘em, hoarded ‘em, but I never knew him guns and nearly 200 hydrocodone pills, in Wednesday’s shooting spree in San Ber- Ultimately, the courts will decide what The Nicholson case raises issues to sell a gun. Not one. He did everyone a arrest records show, and several of the nardino. The guns initially were bought happens to Nicholson’s guns. Brooks sus- that are fuelling an increasingly heated favour keeping ‘em off the street.” guns were stolen. Nicholson was arrested legally: two by someone “associated with” pects many will be destroyed, particularly national dialogue on the modern-day Brooks sees things differently. Nichol- for possessing stolen weapons, trafficking the case and two by someone with no those with no serial numbers, because implications of Americans’ constitutional son had piles of allegedly stolen goods, in opiates and vehicular violations. apparent link, according to ATF spokes- their rightful owners can’t be identified. right to bear arms, which puts no limits including a zoo’s worth of taxidermy tro- Nicholson was still jailed 48 hours later woman Meredith Davis. But it’s still not Some locals scratch their heads over on the number of weapons citizens can phies, Brooks says, but his preference was when a deputy in Pageland stopped by clear how those guns got to the shooters. that possibility, arguing that it’s a waste own. The uncertainty over how he got guns and he provided a ready market for his house with a subpoena in a family President Barack Obama and the of good weaponry. Nicholson may not his guns — and what he was doing with burglars who grabbed them from cab- court matter. The deputy spotted equip- major Democratic presidential candi- have known if he was buying weapons them — underscores disputes over private ins and hunting camps. The sheriff still ment in the yard that had been reported dates support background checks for that prove to be stolen, some say, and he gun sales, gun registration and what the hasn’t determined precisely how many stolen, and investigators returned with private firearms sales; Leading Repub- should be allowed to keep any that do not. government should know about who owns guns in Nicholson’s cache were stolen, a search warrant. They’d spend the next lican candidates generally oppose addi- firearms and how they change hands. noting that hundreds have had their six days removing guns, hundreds of cases tional gun controls, echoing the National REUTERS Victims and killers: Venezuela youth at sharp end of crime

By Eyanir Chinea lavish parties in the barrio. kids, kids who handle guns and out. Though authorities are quick Ever more youths like Yeyo are are in crime gangs,” said Angegey- to solve the highest-profile crimes, t first sight, Yeyo looks choosing the gang life in Venezuela mar Gil, a children’s welfare such as the murder of beauty queen inoffensive: a small, thin where state rehabilitation pro- The number of crimes committed worker in Caracas’ Sucre district, Monica Spear, Venezuelans com- Aadolescent who still wears grams are failing, impunity is wide- which includes the vast and dan- plain the majority of crimes awaken shorts and talks with a slight spread, and an economic crisis is by minors under the age of 18 rose gerous Petare slum. “The kids are little interest from police, especially stutter. Yet the 15-year-old from weighing heavily on the population. going to keep committing crimes, in the poorest areas. the Venezuelan mining city of Crime is a top issue for voters about 70 percent in 2014 and a we know, because the state is not Not far from Yeyo and El Yei’s Puerto Ordaz, on the banks of the ahead of this weekend’s election properly prepared to stop them.” territory, in the neighboring city Orinoco river, is already a hard- for a new National Assembly child or adolescent was murdered Many young delinquents end of San Felix, the mud streets and ened criminal. which the ruling Socialists could up in one of Venezuela’s 32 young tin-roofed homes of La Victoria He stole his first phone at 10, lose for the fist time in 16 years. every 10 hours on average. offenders’ prisons. At one in a suburb are typical of poor areas then quickly moved on to robbing Children’s rights group Cecodap working-class part of the capi- all over Venezuela where locals homes, carjacking and assaulting says the number of crimes com- tal Caracas, youths with shaved often complain of abandonment customers at banks. mitted by minors under the age of heads, black boots and blue uni- by security forces. For the right money, he kills 18 rose about 70 percent in 2014 has witnessed the age of victims 69 per 100,000 inhabitants, from forms chant pro-government Del Valle Ruiz, whose nephew too. “You just pull the trigger and that a child or adolescent was and perpetrators dropping in the 39 in 2013. That in itself is one of political slogans in unison. was murdered just before he was and that’s it,” the teenager says murdered every 10 hours on aver- last two years. the world’s worst, but local moni- “Chavez lives!” a guard to graduate as a lawyer, runs a nonchalantly in the back of a car age, most of them shot dead. “In the barrios, those with toring groups say Venezuela’s real shouts.“The fight goes on!” they local group called Mothers Pro- in the humble neighbourhood, or UN children’s agency Unicef weapons and those behind crime rate is twice as high and the gov- reply, repeating a popular govern- moting Peace that seeks to organ- ‘barrio’, where he is part of a gang says Venezuela is the world’s are now kids aged 14, 15 and 16,” ernment is hiding the scale of the ment refrain before marching to ize activities for young people as of about a dozen members. third worst country for murders laments the white-bearded sep- crime crisis. their cells. an alternative to crime and vio- “I like the bad life. The power of young people, only surpassed tuagenarian priest of the Salesian Teenagers have been promi- Critics say such a rigidly politi- lence in San Felix. and the money,” adds Yeyo, who by gang-plagued El Salvador and order in his office at a school for nently involved in some of the cised prison regime amounts to Groups like hers have prolifer- takes instructions from older Guatemala. children of low-income families. nation’s highest-profile crimes brainwashing but government ated around Venezuela, trying to leaders aged between 25 and 30. Alejandro Moreno, a Roman Violent crime has totally dis- of recent times such as the 2014 supporters defend it as much- combat crime using innovative He has left his family and lives Catholic priest whose years living torted Venezuelan society. murders of a former Miss Ven- needed discipline and order. “It’s a methods like children’s yoga in alone though his criminal activi- in a poor Caracas neighbourhood City streets are often deserted ezuela beauty queen and a local 360 degree transformation of our a Caracas shanty-town or rugby ties enable him to provide for have enabled him to study crime after dark. Barrio thugs are folk singer, plus a grenade attack adolescents,” Prisons Vice-Minis- matches between ex-cons at a relatives and sometimes throw close up, needs no statistics. He role models for many children. on a police station this year. ter Ramon Garcia said during a ranch used for rum-making. Reporters camp at morgues to In response, the government rare media visit to the institution. Ruiz estimates 30 percent of report weekend death tolls. Even changed the law to double sen- For many young criminals, local youths are involved in crime, Venezuelans’ beloved beaches are tences for violent offenders over prison is no deterrent, given that with children as young as eight no longer a haven, with gangs 14. But it also protected those 90 percent of crimes go unpun- and nine used as drug “mules” sometimes arriving on speedboats under 14 from any legal action, ished and it is easy to avoid justice. and shootouts common on street to hold people up and take their even for serious crimes. Back in Puerto Ordaz, gang corners. “That’s our reality. These cash and phones. Children’s rights groups com- members recount how easy it is are desperate days,” she says. Former President Hugo Chavez plain that is helping create the to pay off the police and prosecu- At a meeting in a church in La was a firm believer that attacking conditions for youngsters to tors if necessary. Victoria on a recent day, some poverty, via a fairer distribution take up a life of crime, while also El Yei is a fellow gang member 50 young people were asked who of the Opec member’s oil wealth, reducing their chances of reha- of Yeyo, older and taller at 17 but thought their life was at risk. would eliminate crime. bilitation later on. lower down the hierarchy because Almost all responded “Yes”. But when that did not materi- The law also provides for prob- he only joined three years ago. He A few also admitted they were alize, his hand-picked successor lem youngsters aged up to 13 to says he averages at least 150,000 tempted to join local gangs. “They Nicolas Maduro, who won power enter state programmes for psy- bolivars per month — about 15 killed my two brothers here in the in a 2013 election after Chavez’s chological and academic orienta- times the minimum monthly wage barrio. I wanted revenge,” said death, took a more aggressive line tion, but those involved say the — though one job as a hitman can Jesus, 16. “Then I thought ‘I’ve not on crime, sending security forces schemes are few and far between, pay 200,000 bolivars. met anyone who turns to crime in to combat the gangs. and counsellors do not have the “If things get complicated, money and escapes death’. To die or to Relatives of a crime victim cry during a tribute prior to his burial in Caracas. There are no government sta- proper training. fixes everything and you negotiate suffer, those are the options.” Crime is a top issue for voters in Venezuela ahead of this weekend’s election tistics yet for 2015, but last year “We have had to attend kids your freedom,” he laughs, discuss- for a new National Assembly. the official murder rate rose to who have sexually abused other ing a carjacking he has just carried REUTERS SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PAKISTAN

Sri Lanka police Pakistani vendor Afghan Taliban chief’s guilty of violating international law COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police fate remains unknown were censured for the first time yesterday for violating interna- tional humanitarian law, in a Afghan official says Mansour is dead; rebels deny claim landmark decision after officers KANDAHAR: Confusion sur- Taliban spokesman Zabihul- Sarhadi, a commander in Man- assaulted students demonstrating rounded the fate of Taliban leader lah Mujahid rejected the claim as sour’s group and a former Guan- in the capital. Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who “baseless”, saying that Mansour tanamo Bay detainee, rejected the The Human Rights Commis- was shot in a firefight during an was alive and well. The group kept reports as “enemy propaganda”. sion of Sri Lanka ruled police argument with commanders of long-time chief Mullah Omar’s There was no independent veri- used excessive force in dispers- the divided movement, after an death secret for two years. fication of the file, which raised ing undergraduates, with at least Afghan government spokesman The reported clash, which the question of why the Taliban nine students taken to hospital tweeted yesterday that he had exposes dissent within the Tali- have not yet released an audio or following a protest in Colombo in died. ban’s top ranks, comes just four video clip from Mansour himself October. The Islamist group has vehe- months after Mansour was to bolster their claim. “Police action is a violation mently rejected claims by mili- appointed leader in an acrimoni- Mujahid said it would take some of the universal declaration of A man sells colourful lights at his stall in a market in Peshawar, Pakistan tant sources and intelligence ous leadership succession. time to put together an audio mes- human rights as well as the inter- yesterday. officials that Mansour was criti- “If Mansour has died, the Tali- sage from Mansour as he was in a national covenant on civil and cally wounded in a shoot-out at ban will do everything in its power “far away place” where only a few political rights,” the independent an insurgent gathering near the to keep that a secret for as long trusted militant commanders are commission said. Pakistani city of Quetta. as possible,” Kabul-based military able to contact him. It ordered the police to pay A government spokesman yes- analyst Atiqullah Amarkhil said. “The sheer volume of rumours compensation to nine students terday went further, claiming that “Mansour’s death could spark suggesting that something has hospitalised following the October Top official calls for Mansour did not survive the clash, new infighting over the Taliban happened to Mansour will pres- 29 protest when officers launched which threatens to derail a fresh leadership,” he said. sure the Taliban to offer proof that water canon and teargas in addi- regional push to jump-start Tali- The mystery surrounding the he’s alive,” a Western official in tion to a brutal baton charge that ban peace talks. fate of Mansour further deepened Kabul said. “Simply posting deni- was captured on television. The more transparency “Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar after the Taliban released an audio als... won’t be considered credible group of students were ordered to Mansour died of injuries,” Sultan clip on Thursday purportedly from enough, especially after Omar’s be paid a total of 145,000 rupees Faizi, the spokesman for the Afghan the militant at whose house the death was concealed for years.” ($1,035) from the police depart- in $46bn China deal first vice president, wrote on Twit- firefight is said to have occurred. ment. ter without citing any evidence. A man claiming to be Abdullah AFP AFP KARACHI: Pakistan needs to Pakistan has frequently strug- be more transparent about the gled to manage its cash flows details of energy and infrastruc- because the government is reluc- ture deals worth $46bn signed tant to tax the wealthy and pow- with China earlier this year, the erful. governor of the State Bank of In September 2013, Pakistan Pakistan said yesterday. faced a balance of payments cri- Ten held on suspicion of militant activity The deals, called the China- sis, with just over $4bn in foreign Pakistan Economic Corridor, reserves held by the State Bank. DHAKA: Security forces in UAE dirhams and Saudi riyals. Biharis are among the Urdu- Idris Sheikh, Mokbul Sharif, should help shore up Pakistan’s But since then, the state Bangladesh arrested six people “We are investigating whether speaking groups known as Mohammad Salam and Moham- crumbling infrastructure and bank’s reserves have recovered yesterday on suspicion of human they were mobilising funds for “stranded Pakistanis” who settled mad Mostafa and said they had reduce its electricity shortages by to $14.6bn, with the help of an trafficking and currency smug- militant activities in Bangladesh in what is now Bangladesh after recovered five mobile phones, 26 building more power plants. International Monetary Fund gling and possible involvement in and or planning to carry out India was partitioned. jihadist books, three Bangladeshi China will get a free trade programme agreed after Prime militant activity, a spokesman for destructive action in the coun- DCIDB spokesman Munta- passports, 4,000 Pakistani rupees zone in Pakistan’s Gwadar port Minister Nawaz Sharif took the special forces Rapid Action try,” said Khan. “We will be able shirul Islam said that the men and other currencies. and access to the Indian Ocean. power in 2013, a $1.5bn gift from Battalion said. to confirm only after the probe.” were members of a banned group, Police said evidence found on New Pakistani roads will open Saudi Arabia, an auction of tel- One Pakistani national was Authorities also found 21 pass- Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh Sheikh’s phone suggested he up routes for Chinese goods into ecommunications licences and the among the men detained at dif- ports and a large number of fake (JMB), and had planned to sabo- had been spying for a foreign Europe and the Middle East. issuing of a Euro bond. ferent locations in the capital document stamps, he said. tage key installations and carry government. They alleged that But the details, terms and “Our long-term solutions lie in Dhaka, Mufti Mahmud Khan In a separate case, the detective out targeted killings aimed at Sharif had been in contact with financing of many of the deals increasing exports and increasing said. Some 10 million counterfeit and criminal intelligence division destabilising the government. Abdul Kuddus Bormi, a leader remain unclear. FDI (foreign direct investment),” Indian rupees and 624,000 Bang- of the Bangladesh police (DCIDB) “They were arrested on charges of Rohingya militants based in “CPEC needs to be more trans- Wathra said. “Without these two ladeshi taka ($8,000) were also arrested three Pakistani nationals of spying, conspiracy to commit Karachi, and had been implicated parent,” Ashraf Mahmood Wathra strong inflows, it is very difficult found, along with large amounts and one Bihari man from Bangla- murder and acts of terror and in passport fraud and human traf- said. “I don’t know out of the $46bn to keep the economy on track.” of foreign currency including desh last Monday on suspicion of other crimes,” he said. ficking. how much is debt, how much is US dollars, Pakistani rupees, involvement in militant activity. Police named the suspects as REUTERS equity and how much is in kind.” REUTERS

Afghan-Swedish deal US-Afghan raid Imran Khan’s former Black marketing frees 40 from of fuel products Taliban prison wife sits in cockpit, goes unchecked KABUL: A US-Afghan military in Nepal operation backed by helicopter pilot faces probe gunships freed more than 40 soldiers and police held captive KATHMANDU: Nepal Police in a Taliban prison in southern LAHORE: Pakistan Interna- allowed to enter the cockpit. have arrested the proprietor of Afghanistan, officials said yester- tional Airlines has initiated an “The responsibility lies with a gas station and three others day, in a major raid against the inquiry against a pilot for allow- the pilot not to allow anyone to accused of black marketing die- resurgent Islamist group. ing Reham Khan, former wife of sit in the cockpit,” he said. “This sel near this Nepalese capital, an The operation was conducted Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chair- is against the law and a safety outcome of the blockade at the on Thursday in Nawzad district in man Imran Khan, to sit in the hazard.” India-Nepal border. the southern opium-rich province cockpit during her journey to “The PIA management has ini- Trishuli Oil Stores was caught of Helmand. Lahore from London. tiated an inquiry into the matter. selling diesel at double the given “Afghan special security “According to initial probe, it It will take appropriate discipli- rate of NRs160 (about $1.4) per forces... conducted a helicopter was found that Reham Khan vis- nary action against the pilot in litre. assault mission in Nawzad,” the Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (left) and Sweden’s ited the cockpit for a few minutes light of the inquiry’s findings,” Yesterday, vegetable vendor US military said in a statement. Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lovin (right) during her journey to Lahore from the spokesman said. The PIA had Bikas Gupta, hailing from India’s “After securing the prison, sign a ‘Bilateral Agreement on Development Cooperation’ in the pres- London last Thursday,” Dawn to launch a formal inquiry after Mothihari region, was arrested Afghan forces freed more than ence of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (back, left) and Swedish Prime online reported PIA spokesman pictures of Reham Khan sitting for selling a LPG cylinder for 40 prisoners comprised of Afghan Minister Stephen Lofven, in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday. Ghani is on Danial Gilani as saying. in the cockpit were uploaded on NRs9,000. Police also seized 19 Police, Afghan National Army a one-day official visit to Sweden. According to the pilot, he had social media, source said. LPG cylinders from his rented and Afghan Border Police mem- “entertained” the request of “It was very difficult for the PIA room. bers.” Reham Khan to sit in the cockpit. management to ignore this mat- Due to the blockade at major The statement did not say how Gilani said that Reham had ter after her pictures appeared on entry points along the India- and when the security personnel Japan, US vow to push expressed her desire to sit in the social media. All the guns would Nepal border since September were taken hostage. cockpit, which the pilot could not have been towards the PIA had it due to the protesting Madhesi It was unclear what role US turn down. not taken action,” he said. community, consumers are being forces played. The raid marks a Okinawa base relocation “Although it appears a courtesy Interestingly, the PIA offi- forced to pay NRs300-400 for rare success for Afghan forces on the part of the pilot, the PIA cials also accorded Reham Khan a litre of petrol and NRs6,000- struggling to beat back the stub- TOKYO: Japan and the US US Ambassador to Japan cannot ignore the rules,” Gilani a warm welcome at the Lahore 10,000 for an LPG cylinder. born insurgency rapidly expand- vowed yesterday to press ahead Caroline Kennedy said Friday said, adding that under the law airport. Most of the petrol, diesel and ing north from its southern with the construction of a new air that Washington backed the unauthorised persons were not IANS LPG cylinders being sold in the hotbeds. base on strategic Okinawa, and existing relocation scheme, and country is being smuggled into The insurgents captured pledged to speed up the return argued that the planned return the country from nearby Indian northern Kunduz city for three of some land on the island where of US base properties to Okinawa cities. Fuel and LPG cylinders are days in September in a sting- pacifist sentiment runs high. should ease its burden. Playtime comparatively cheaper in cities ing blow to Afghan forces, who The announcement came just “The US government remains near the Indian border and their have largely been fighting on two days after Tokyo pressured committed to executing this entire price skyrockets once they are their own since the end of Nato’s Okinawa in court to try and force plan at the earliest possible date,” brought into Nepal. combat mission last December. its governor to support the con- she said in a joint announcement Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) The emboldened insurgents have troversial transfer of a US Marine with Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secre- said the country is receiving stepped up attacks on govern- air base from one part of the tary Yoshihide Suga. around 30 percent of its require- ment and foreign targets since island to another. “We look forward to working mentss from India since the they launched their annual sum- Takeshi Onaga, the governor, with the government of Japan to embargo started. The rest of the mer offensive in late April. But opposes the move and argues make that happen.” requirement is being fulfilled by amid their rapid gains, confusion that the rest of Japan needs to Under the announced deal, black marketeers. surrounds the fate of insurgent share the burden of supporting some sections of land now used The fuel that NOC receives is leader Mansour, who was shot in the country’s decades-long secu- by US forces, including on being used by the security agen- a firefight during an argument rity alliance with close ally the Futenma, will be returned to cies, top government officials, with commanders of the divided United States. Okinawa as early as in fiscal year hospitals and the diplomatic com- movement last Tuesday. He wants the unpopular 2017, which Japan’s top-selling munity. The Islamist group has vehe- Futenma air base, located in a Yomiuri Shimbun reported was Nepal government officials mently rejected claims by mili- crowded urban area and widely at least five years ahead of an said that thousands of Nepali tant sources and intelligence seen as dangerous to residents, earlier timeline. and Indian citizens are involved officials that Mansour was criti- to move off the island entirely But the land covered under the in black marketing in bordering cally wounded in a shootout at rather than to a more remote announcement accounts for less areas and it is also emerging as an insurgent gathering near the and environmentally delicate part than one percent of the Futenma An Afghan child plays with a pipe on a hilltop overlooking Kabul, an alternative business for many. Pakistani city of Quetta. as pushed for nearly 20 years by facility, Kyodo News said. yesterday. AFP Tokyo and Washington. AFP IANS SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 18 patients die in Chennai floods Water level recedes Toll crosses 280; Army copters drop food to residents stranded on rooftops in parts of Chennai,

CHENNAI: Rescue helicopters efforts by the military and civil- were grounded yesterday by ian emergency services, help had hardships continue renewed rains that spread fear in yet to reach many areas and the flood-struck city of Chennai, city-dwellers grew impatient as CHENNAI: Life is limping back the Chembarambakkam lake. while the death of 18 patients at a it emerged that authorities had to normalcy in a some parts of The Southern Railway has private hospital added to the offi- released water from brimming Chennai as rains have stopped announced special trains to cial toll of 280 confirmed killed in lakes without much warning. and the water level has begun Tirunelveli, Rameswaram and the disaster. V Raghunathan, 60, a manager to recede. But, in water-logged Howrah from Chennai Beach Waters that had started to at an interior design company liv- areas, the people’s misery con- station. recede rose again after a new ing in the south of the booming tinues. However, communication lines cloudburst that sent residents industrial and port city, com- Some shops opened in Mylapore — landlines and mobile connec- running for shelter under trees plained about the lack of warning and Teynampet, while electricity tions — continued to be disrupted. and in shop fronts. Parts of the before flood gates were opened on supply was restored wherever In heavily flooded areas like flat, coastal city remained under some of Chennai’s 30 waterways. possible. Most areas were with- Mudichur and Tambaram, people up to eight feet of water for a “The authorities didn’t give us out power. are looking up to the skies and fourth day. adequate information about water Skeletal public transport was praying for the rains to stop — Many residents have spent days being released from a nearby lake. operational since yesterday morn- and for relief materials. stranded on rooftops since more Before we could take action my ing in areas where inundation has The heaviest rains in a century than 345mm of rain fell over 24 car had sunk and I had to move to gone down. Autorickshaws were and the resultant floods have left hours on December 1, the most the first floor of my apartment.” available and plying, but harried 280 people dead in Tamil Nadu. since the British ruled the city The Tamil Nadu public works commuters complained of over- Chennai has seen extensive then known as Madras 100 years Relatives gather outside Chennai’s MIOT hospital yesterday, as their family department said it did issue charging by drivers. waterlogging, with water gush- ago. members died as the ventilators stopped working due to power failure. warnings, but the information Many areas in Chennai still ing into homes, causing misery Chennai has boomed in the 21st apparently did not reach the remain under water and supplies and acute problems to residents. century as a centre for vehicle rescue effort. ing incidents, 14 patients in the public because of a breakdown of essential commodities have Prime Minister Narendra Modi factories and IT outsourcing, but Rescue teams urged people to intensive care unit of the MIOT in media and phone communica- been difficult to come by, said on Thursday undertook an aerial trash filled drains and building on leave inundated regions and hun- International hospital died after tions. The Chennai edition of The residents. survey of the flood-hit areas and lake beds in the rush to industri- dreds thronged the streets in the floods took out generators run- Hindu newspaper did not go to “Waterlogging continues to be announced `10bn as immediate alisation and prosperity has made morning seeking higher ground, ning life-support systems, Prithvi press last Thursday, apparently there. The only mercy was that relief to the state. it more flood prone. or trying to rescue relatives. Only Mohandas, a doctor at the hospi- for the first time in 137 years. there were no rains,” said Viswa- Home Minister Rajnath Singh Military helicopters dropped roofs in some villages remained tal, told reporters. The government restored some nath, a resident. has described the situation in food to residents stranded on visible. Where water had receded, Tamil Nadu’s health secretary commercial flights while the main The water flow in Adyar Chennai and three other districts rooftops and the defence minis- masses of black mud and garbage confirmed the deaths but said the airport remained closed and com- river has come down as has as “alarming”. try doubled to 4,000 the number piled up. cause needed to be investigated. pletely awash. the quantum of surplus water of soldiers deployed to help the In one of the most shock- Despite combined rescue REUTERS released into the river from REUTERS

Bill Gates in Delhi Committed to implementing Further probe 1984 riots case liquor ban: against Tytler, court tells CBI

Nitish Kumar NEW DELHI: A court here yes- in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Badal Singh was killed during terday refused to accept the clo- Verma also stated that Tytler the riots, said that in view of the PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister sure report and directed the CBI had tried to influence one of the seriousness of the offence, the Nitish Kumar yesterday said he to conduct further investigation witnesses by giving him a hefty court should not accept the clo- was committed to implementing into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case sum of money and promising to sure report. a liquor ban across the state from against Congress leader Jagdish settle his son abroad. The court was hearing a peti- April 1, 2016. “There will be a ban Tytler. The court also directed CBI tion filed by Kaur against the on the sale of liquor in Bihar from Additional Chief Metropolitan to record the statement of other CBI’s closure report - its third - April 1 next year,” Nitish Kumar Magistrate Saurabh Pratap Singh witnesses in the case. giving a clean chit to Tytler for said. Laler ordered the Central Bureau On the last hearing, the CBI his alleged role in the violence. Nitish Kumar said the work of Investigation (CBI) to conduct also submitted that it was pre- Phoolka said the CBI’s inves- was on to prepare a new excise further investigations and refused pared to investigate the matter tigation was “faulty, tainted, dis- policy. to accept the closure report that further on the court’s permission. honest and perfunctory”. After the policy it would be gives Tytler a clean chit. The CBI’s statement came Earlier, the agency gave a clean prepare, the government will The court also directed CBI to while replying to an application chit to the Congress leader twice. bring it before public. Before that verify the facts given by business- filed by the Shiromani Akali In April 2013, a sessions court it is pre-mature to say anything man and arms dealer Abhishek Dal in which the party told the rejected a closure report and based on some media reports. Verma, who was cited as a witness court that it would provide the ordered the agency to further “We need help and cooperation in the closure report. addresses of three material wit- investigate the killings. of all section of society, particu- Abhishek Verma in his state- nesses. The CBI had earlier The CBI did that but filed larly women, to impose a ban on ment told the CBI that Tytler informed the court that these another closure report on Decem- liquor in the state,” Nitish Kumar had told him in 2008 that he witnesses were not traceable. ber 24, 2014, saying there was no Microsoft founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said. had met the then prime min- Advocate H S Phoolka, appear- sufficient evidence to proceed Bill Gates (right) during a meeting with Union Minister for Health and Earlier, Excise and Prohibition ister after which he got a ing for victim/complainant Lakh- against Tytler. Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda in New Delhi yesterday. Gates Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan said clean chit for his alleged role vinder Kaur, whose husband IANS has promised to extend full support to the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’, a yesterday that Bihar would have sanitation campaign by the government. a ‘total’ ban on all kinds of liquor starting April 1, 2016 and not just on country-made liquor as some reports had suggested. “We will impose a liquor Lok Sabha adjourned ban in Bihar. It will be for desi Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over (country-made liquor), videshi (foreign-made liquor) or locally- made liquor,” Mastan said here, due to lack of quorum responding to some reports that V K Singh, Bhagwat’s remarks said the measure would be limited NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha to find the requisite numbers of to country-made liquor only. was adjourned yesterday for 30 members but his attempt went in NEW DELHI: The opposition noon after two brief adjourn- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said: “They “We are yet to finalise the minutes in the post-lunch session vain. He was heard saying, there yesterday created ruckus in the ments, Leader of Opposition Ghu- (opposition) are trying to make modalities for a liquor ban in the due to lack of quorum. A simi- was no member in central hall. Rajya Sabha for the second con- lam Nabi Azad said V K Singh an issue of non-issue. Only to gain state. (But) It will be a total ban”. lar situation arose in the Rajya The bell for quorum kept ring- secutive day demanding sacking should not only be removed from political score, they are raising Nitish Kumar had said last Sabha, where its proceedings ing until the house was adjourned. of union minister Gen V K Singh the ministry, but also from par- this issue.” month the government would ban were halted briefly. The opposition members were (retd) for his comments over liament. Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid the sale of alcohol starting April In the Lok Sabha, the house heard criticising the government the killing of two Dalit children “He has compared the killing Ansari tried to run the house but 1, 2016. The liquor ban was a key was scheduled to meet at 2.15pm for this. One of the Congress in Haryana, forcing four brief of two Dalit children with dogs. the Congress and the BSP mem- promise Nitish Kumar had made but when quorum could not be members said this situation con- adjournments in the pre-lunch He can’t remain minister in the bers kept shouting slogans against in his campaigning for the Bihar met by 2.25pm, the secretary gen- tinues every Friday. session. union cabinet and even a member the minister. Asked to comment elections 2015. eral announced an adjournment It seems Parliamentary Affairs The Congress and the Bahu- of parliament,” Azad said. on two Dalit children being burnt Mastan said the poorest of the till 2.45pm on the orders of the Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and jan Samaj Party (BSP) mem- The Congress and the BSP to death in Haryana’s Faridabad, poor had been consuming liquor, deputy speaker. The quorum to Chief Whip of BJP in Lok Sabha bers raised remarks made by the members trooped into the well of Gen V K Singh (retd) had said destroying their families and their constitute a sitting of the house Arjun Ram Meghwal are “weak”. retired army chief whereas the the house shouting slogans like “V it was a local incident and as it children’s education. Increasing is one-tenth of the total number Similar scenes were visible in Samajwadi Party created ruckus K Singh murdabad” and “Danga, happens, that even if a stone is liquor consumption was also a of members of the house. the Rajya Sabha. However, the over Rashtriya Swayamsevak fasado ki sarkar nahi chalegi (A thrown at a dog, the central gov- major cause for domestic violence, Meanwhile, Minister of State house was not adjourned here but Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhag- government that causes riots, vio- ernment is held responsible. The particularly against women. for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv the proceeding was halted briefly. wat’s statement over construction lence can’t work)”. remark was widely criticised. Pratap Rudy, who was present in of a Ram temple. Amid the din, Minister of IANS the house, rushed to central hall IANS Soon after the house met at State for Parliamentary Affairs IANS

Arrested ‘ISI handler’ Khan was to be introduced to Pakistan mission NEW DELHI: The alleged han- buying sophisticated spying tools and sharing it with Pakistan’s spy meet their agents there for this ials for issuing visa. Yadav, how- on those attending the World dler of “ISI moles” in Indian secu- for his contacts working in the agency, the Inter-Services Intel- purpose. ever, refused to divulge who was Tableeghi Congregation or the rity agencies, arrested recently, army and BSF, the top sources ligence (ISI). “Once Khan got the visa, his the man whom Khan was to meet Ijtema, a congregation for the was to be introduced to sen- said, speaking on condition of “After getting further direc- next mission was to reach Paki- for visa purpose. enlightenment of Muslims and ior Pakistan High Commission anonymity because of the sensi- tions from the Pakistan High stan by the end of December,” the Khan’s ISI handlers had also to spread the message of peace, officials and get directions on tivity of the issues involved. Commission, Khan was to get a source said. Joint Commissioner given him a target to recruit the scheduled from November 28 to recruiting new spies in the Indian The revelation was made by visa for Pakistan. He was told of Police (Crime Branch) Ravin- “maximum number” of Muslim 30. However, the plan never mate- Army and Border Security Force Khan alias Master Raja, the by his handlers in ISI he would dra Yadav said that Khan was youth, especially belonging to poor rialised as Khan was picked up by (BSF) from among disaffected 44-year-old library assistant be given some training (in Paki- to meet “someone” outside the families, who were unemployed or Assistant Commissioner of Police youth, high-level official sources who was arrested in the capital stan) for his activities in India,” a Pakistan mission gate in Chana- those who felt alienated or dis- K P S Malhotra of the Crime revealed yesterday. by Delhi Police Crime Branch source said. kyapuri, and to him Khan was to criminated against in the country. Branch at New Delhi Railway Kafaitullah Khan was also to on November 26 for obtaining Khan’s handlers in the ISI had hand over his passport and the For this purpose, Khan was Station on November 26. get logistics help from Pakistan sensitive and secret information allegedly asked him to visit the recommendation letter for the going to Bhopal at the behest of High Commission officials for related to India’s national security Pakistan High Commission and Pakistan High Commission offi- an ISI agent to get the details IANS SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA

Delhi assembly Modi vows to deepen passes Jan Lokpal Bill NEW DELHI: The Delhi assem- bly yesterday passed the Delhi economic reforms Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015, which the AAP government has described as the “strongest” anti-graft leg- Jaitley says no major worry on fiscal deficit targets islation in the country. The house NEW DELHI: Prime Minister on the first day of the two-day progress had to be seen in the cleared the bill with two amend- Narendra Modi yesterday vowed summit. global context. “If we overlook ments passed by the Delhi cabinet to move ahead with economic Referring to the push for use the past two or five years and The Indian Navy’s marine commandos demonstrate their rescue operation last Thursday evening after some reforms, while Finance Minis- of LED bulbs in 100 cities, Modi evaluate, it will not lead to the changes were suggested by activ- skills during Navy Day celebrations in Mumbai yesterday. ter Arun Jaitley said there was said it would save 21,500 MW right conclusion.” ist Anna Hazare. no major worry on meeting fiscal of power. Generating this much Modi got a standing ovation at “A strong law is being brought. deficit targets. power would require an invest- the end of his about 40-minute We will go to the Centre and the Addressing the 13th edition of ment of about `1.25lakhcr. speech, the gathering including prime minster and urge him that the Hindustan Times Leadership He said if he had made an top industrialists. Nation is proud of its the Jan Lokpal be passed,” Delhi Summit here, Modi signalled his announcement of such an invest- In his address, Finance Minis- Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal government’s intentions, say- ment, it would have made major ter Jaitley said the government said. Opposition leader Vijender ing reforms were not limited to news. “This (LEDs) will also lead was not concerned about keeping strong, brave Navy: PM Gupta called the bill as “political investment and disinvestment. to saving of `45,000cr every year.” to fiscal deficit targets on account document which was in the viola- He said his focus was on trans- He said the subsidy on cooking of the One Rank One Pension NEW DELHI: Prime Minister initiatives by young personnel of tion of the constitution”. lating good intentions into action. gas cylinders had been linked to (OROP) scheme and the latest Narendra Modi yesterday wished the Indian Navy, during the Navy The first amendment said a He outlined his government’s direct benefit transfer and led to Pay Commission suggestions as naval personnel on the 44th Navy Day reception. seven-member panel would select approach to achieving economic saving crores of rupees. But he the economy was showing signs Day and said nation was proud of A ‘Innovation and Indigenisa- two members and chairperson in objectives through efficiency and did not see it as a reform. “We of returning to growth path. the force. tion Pavilion’ over an approx area the institution of Jan Lokpal. targeting subsidies — and not have to change our thinking.” “Normally, when Pay Com- “India is proud of a strong of 3,000 square feet showcased The original bill said the panel necessarily through big-bang Noting “reformists” will say mission recommendations are and valiant navy that has always live demonstration of technologi- consisting chief minister, leader of announcements that grab news- the government should go for implemented, salaries and pen- risen to the occasion to protect cal innovations and indigenisation opposition, assembly speaker and paper headlines. disinvestment of public sector sions put pressure on the budg- our nation. Navy Day greetings initiatives in combat technologies, Delhi High Court chief justice will He cited instances to show units, he said there was a third etary limit of 2.5 percent under to navy personnel,” Modi tweeted. in a set-up that mimics the opera- select the members. how the government had sought option - to bring about efficiency these heads that financial plan- Yesterday morning, Indian tions room of a warship at sea. The proposed new members to bring about changes since he and make the process of running ners follow. Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan The displays included live will include another judge from led the BJP-led NDA to power 18 the sector apolitical. “This pressure on the fiscal laid wreath at the Amar Jawan demonstration of use of Naval the high court, any eminent per- months ago. Modi said India was moving at deficit will move up in the initial Jyoti here to pay tribute to the Satellite ‘Rukmani’ to provide sonality selected the rest of the The prime minister referred a fast pace among bigger econo- 2-3 years of the salaries, pension martyrs. At a function at Admi- telemedicine solution for patients committee members and the Lok- to expectations among industri- mies. payments. But the economy is ral Dhowan’s residence in the aboard ships at sea and medi- pal chairman from the next term. alists for big-bang reforms but “The condition of the world is also growing, with it the base of national capital later, the prime cal specialists at naval hospitals The second amendment said the said changes were being brought of slowdown. GDP in euro region the GDP... So the government’s minister gave innovation trophees ashore, models of indigenous ship Jan Lokpal would be impeached without causing social tensions has got stuck at 1.5 percent. A lot capacity to absorb expenditure to four awardees. and submarine design capabilities only after a high court monitored or creating banner headlines. of things about China have come is also increasing,” he said. The prime minister was also and demonstration of award win- probe against the ombudsman. “The country will move ahead to light in the past few days.” given a demonstration of salient ning innovations. for sure. You have faith,” he said The prime minister said IANS innovations and indigenisation IANS IANS Want climate action? Give us cash, India tells rich nations

LE BOURGET: Rich nations at a UN climate summit in Paris. the atmosphere... the higher cost opposition from any major party. a huge amount of development sions produced by an average responsible for the bulk of the He touched upon one of the of energy has to be met by them,” Some delegates are concerned challenges. You need money for Indian was “almost nothing” com- heat-trapping gases mankind has issues most likely to sink the said Mathur. India’s determined stance on con- education, you need money for pared to a person in a rich nation. spewed into Earth’s atmosphere decades-old talks for a pact to “It is because of the presence of tentious money issues could lead health, you need money for roads, “Even in 2030... each Indian must provide cash if they want stave off calamitous climate that large amount of carbon diox- to a weaker agreement. so again there are tradeoffs,” said would be producing emissions developing countries to make cli- change: how to share responsi- ide up in the atmosphere that we India pledged in the lead up Mathur, a senior official in India’s that are less than those from any mate-saving cuts, India insisted bility between rich and poorer are being told there is no longer a to Paris to cut carbon intensity state-run Bureau of Energy Effi- developed country,” he said. yesterday. nations for braking greenhouse space for more coal use in India.” by up to 35 percent by 2030. But ciency and climate negotiator. India gets about six percent of Developing countries are gas emissions. India is the world’s third big- unlike the world’s top two emit- “We don’t want to lock people its energy from renewables today. hamstrung by a poverty-reduc- “If we were to accelerate gest emitter of greenhouse gases. ters, the United States and China, into perpetual energy poverty and The only way to expand it is to tion imperative mixed with the it (renewable energy) for cli- It is widely seen as a potential it balks at net carbon reduction income poverty... People have to make renewable energy cheaper expense of energy from renew- mate change reasons, then the blocker in the Paris negotia- and plans to double coal produc- lead a worthwhile life on a worth- than that derived from coal, said able sources like wind and water, countries which put the largest tions, which cannot produce the tion by 2020. while planet.” Mathur. Indian official Ajay Mathur said amount of carbon dioxide up in hoped-for agreement if there is “Developing countries face Mathur emphasised the emis- AFP

Delhi smog Capping GST may Delhi govt’s new vehicle policy hinder taxing goods: Jaitley draws flak from city dwellers NEW DELHI: Fixing an 18 per- cent cap on the goods and serv- NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- of buses needed to change. The ing Delhi from other states. ices tax (GST) rate as suggested ernment’s new decision to allow easier way to curb pollution was The sweeping move will apply by the Congress would lead to a odd and even number vehicles to to increase public transport for to a large bulk of the some 90 situation where the government ply on city road on alternate days all routes, which would certainly lakh vehicles registered in Delhi, would be unable to raise taxes drew more flak from the citizens prevent people from using pri- where about 1,500 new vehicles on a host of “sin” products and than appreciation, as they believe vate vehicles,” said Rajeev Snehi, are added every day. luxury goods, Finance Minister promoting the public transport a sales manager, who travels to Many of the city dwellers also Arun Jaitley said yesterday. would have been a much better Noida every day from south Delhi suggested that the new policy “There are sin products (alco- step towards curbing the city’s through his car. would increase their expenditure hol, cigarettes) that need to be rising pollution. Bishwanath Vajpayee, a sen- for travelling. taxed high. There are polluting The majority of the city dwell- ior administrator at AIIMS, Calling the new decision by the products and there are luxury ers ideated that the new policy said, “The policy may be good to Delhi government a ridiculous items that should attract higher could have been tagged as anti- some extent, but what if there is one, Adtiyan Nair, a teacher of taxes,” he said answering queries pollution only if the new norm a person is out in his car during English in south Delhi’s St Mary’s at the Hindustan Times Leader- was applicable to all vehicles an emergency. 30 percent of the School, said, “If Government is so ship Summit here. including commercial ones. people use private vehicles cause concerned about reducing pollu- The GST bill, which seeks to They said the creation of new there is a emergency. I do not tion in Delhi then they should usher in a pan-Indian common zones where only public transport endorse such norms in the name first keep a check on old vehicles market by reforming the coun- could be allowed and not the pri- sake of curbing pollution. Will this and trucks which are responsible try’s indirect tax regime, was vate vehicles would have served policy be applicable for the Gov- for polluting our city.” passed in the Lok Sabha in May, the purpose in a much better way. ernment vehicles also?” Nikita Bhaskar, manager at a but has been opposed in the Rajya “What rubbish! Does the gov- The decision was taken at a private firm urged the govern- Sabha, where the ruling Bharatiya ernment even understand why meeting presided over by Chief ment to improve and increase Janata Party-led NDA does not most of the people useAprivate Minister Arvind Kejriwal and government buses before making have a majority. vehicles? Mostly people use will not apply to CNG-driven people travel in it. cars to cut the long duration in buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws IANS Pedestrians walk on Rajpath near the India Gate monument on a foggy buses and also avoid the number but will also cover vehicles enter- IANS morning in New Delhi yesterday. Court judgement on Khan’s Hi-tech survey of Mumbai slums launched appeal posted for Monday MUMBAI: For the first time, starting with the survey taken up ing pre-loaded survey forms. states or of doubtful nationality Maharashtra’s Slum Reha- in Mogra and Majaswadi areas After taking all relevant infor- who have in the past allegedly MUMBAI: The clock started dead and four others injured. bilitation Authority (SRA) has of Jogeshwari east - in all slums mation about the hutments and derived undeserved benefits at ticking yesterday for Bollywood The high court yesterday launched a ‘Door-to-Door Bio- where an estimated 55 percent of the personal details of the dwell- government expense, officials megastar Salman Khan with the posted for Monday the dictation metric-Enabled Slum Hutment Mumbai’s population lives. ers, the GIS map of the location later explained. The survey will Bombay High Court expected of judgement even as Salman’s Survey’ in Mumbai and Thane, The Smart Card will act as would be creating using satellite continue for a year to cover all to pronounce its verdict on the lawyer Amit Desai said the actor’s an official said here yesterday. a proof of survey as a slum- imagery, Li-DAR technology and the 1.25 million (12.50 lakh) slum actor’s appeal against the five- driver Ashok Singh was the only “Using GIS map, the survey dweller and his residence, ensure 360 degree panoramic images of homes in Mumbai and Thane. year sentence in the 2002 acci- one who had correctly described will compile digital maps of all the rehabilitation of the slums the entire slum area. After collecting the complete dent case next week. the route taken from J W Marriot the slums in the region which and hutments in a systematic The tablet will capture and data, the SRA will determine Justice A R Joshi will start Hotel at Juhu to the accident site will benefit genuine slumdwell- manner. Minister of State for store images of all the documents which slums fall on state govern- dictating his order on the actor’s in Bandra. Singh had appeared as ers and ensure proper housing for Housing Ravindra Waikar said submitted by each respondent ment lands, central government appeal challenging his conviction a defence witness at the fag end of the legal hutment dwellers,” SRA using the latest Li-DAR, GPS/ and submit them to the SRA, lands, civic lands or private prop- and five-year jail term awarded the trial in the lower court after CEO Aseem Gupta said. ETS technologies, the survey- Waikar added. erties before chalking appropriate by the sessions court last May in Salman’s statement was recorded. As part of the unique initiative, ors have started moving around The exercise was expected to rehab schemes, SRA CEO Gupta the September 28, 2002 accident the SRA will issue Smart Cards slums of Mogra and Majaswadi wean out many illegal slumd- said. which left one pavement dweller IANS to all the surveyed structures - armed with a Tablet contain- wellers besides those from other IANS SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 EUROPE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 US star power injected into struggling climate talks Danish voters PARIS: Oscar-winner Robert tions that local leaders can make. However, cutting emissions pho Mxakato-Diseko, who spoke phere at the moment, as I see it, snub more EU Redford added star power yester- We are speaking with one voice, requires a shift away from burning on behalf of the G77 group of 134 has turned fairly brutal,” Kelly day to struggling efforts in Paris and that voice must be heard.” coal, oil and gas for energy, as well developing and emerging coun- Dent, leader of British charity integration to forge an historic pact on global But at the venue for the the destruction of carbon-storing tries, plus China, said on Thurs- Oxfam’s delegation, said. warming, as negotiators battled 195-nation talks in Le Bourget on rainforests — costly exercises that day night the question of finance Another battleground is how COPENHAGEN: A Danish ‘No’ over a hotly disputed blueprint. the northern outskirts of Paris, powerful business interests are was “make or break”. much to try and limit global in a referendum on adopting EU The American actor-turned- negotiators were entrenched in determined to press on with. “It has to be clearly understood warming. The biggest polluting rules on cross-frontier policing environmental campaigner familiar battle-lines over who Rich nations have also been that finance is critical,” she told a nations, such as the United States shows a growing chasm between headlined a summit of local lead- should shoulder the cost for the reluctant during two decades of news conference. With frustrations and China, want to enshrine a the public and the establishment, ers from around the world on effort to tame climate change. UN negotiations to comply with at the conference mounting, UN target of 2 degrees Celsius above politicians and commentators the sidelines of the UN climate The planned agreement would demands from poorer countries Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pre-Industrial Revolution levels. said yesterday. conference, aiming to help inject establish a universal framework that they must pay for the shift called on the world’s developed Many weaker nations most at Against the backdrop of refu- some much-needed momentum for cutting greenhouse gas emis- to renewable technologies, as well economies to honour the financing risk want a much tougher target gee crisis, much of the debate on into the talks. sions that trap the Sun’s heat, as to cope with climate change. pledge they made at the last major of 1.5 C, which would require the whether Denmark should give up “We didn’t come to Paris to warming Earth’s surface and At stake is hundreds of billions climate summit six years ago. global economy to transform away its exemption on EU justice policies make history: we came to shape oceans and disrupting its delicate of dollars that would need to start “I have been urging the devel- from fossil fuels and be fully reli- came to be about the wider issue the future. This group is uniquely climate system. flowing from rich to developing oped world leaders that this must ant on renewables by 2050. of Copenhagen’s ties with Brussels. positioned to do exactly that,” said Scientists warn Earth will nations from 2020, under the be delivered,” Ban told report- Lower-level negotiators have The ‘Yes’ side had advocated for Michael Bloomberg, the co-host of become increasingly hostile for planned Paris pact. ers at UN headquarters in New until today to eliminate as many international coordination in the the local leaders’ summit. mankind as it warms, such as with But, with time running out York. “This is one very important disagreements as possible from a fight against cross-border crime, “We will put local climate rising sea levels that will consume before the talks’ scheduled end promise.” draft text, before handing it over including violent extremism. But action on the global stage. So far, islands and populated coastal areas, on December 11, the feuding sides Yesterday morning, observers to ministers for them to begin the ‘No’ camp won the referen- the international negotiations as well as catastrophic storms and had yet to bridge their differences. to the talks described them as debate on Monday. dum with 53.1 percent of the vote, have not recognised the contribu- severe droughts. South African negotiator Nozi- increasingly hostile. “The atmos- AFP an outcome the tabloid BT called “a gut punch for the elite”. It said the majority of the peo- ple had been “rather indifferent” Unusual friends towards the many newspapers and a majority of lawmakers in favour of a ‘Yes’. “Thursday’s vote underscored Denmark’s reputa- Belgium seeks two new tion as one of the most sceptical populations in the EU,” editor Olav Skaaning Andersen wrote. Much of the ‘No’ side’s success Paris attack suspects was due to skilful campaigning by the eurosceptic, anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (DPP), the Public urged to be vigilant; Paris cafe reopens Jyllands-Posten said. “Although the party is the biggest in the right- BRUSSELS: Belgium yesterday Hasna Aitboulahcen from a West- Another of those charged, Ali wing bloc, it continued to benefit said that it was searching for two ern Union office in Brussels, the Oulkadi, allegedly drove the key hugely from portraying itself as the new “armed and dangerous” sus- statement said. Abaaoud and Ait- suspect around the Belgian capi- antithesis of the elite,” it said. pects who used false ID papers to boulahcen were both killed the tal while traces of blood and two Prime Minister Lars Lokke help wanted Paris attacks sus- next day in a police raid north of handguns were found inside a Rasmussen admitted there was pect Salah Abdeslam travel to Paris, along with a still unidenti- vehicle of a fourth suspect, Lazez “considerable scepticism about the Hungary in September. fied third person. Abraimi. European project” among Danes, The fake identity card of one of Belgian police issued the ID Belgian media have identified as he reflected on the outcome. the suspects was also used to wire card photos of the two suspects the seventh suspect as Abdei- “We need common sense back. money from Brussels to Paris to along with apparent security lah Chouaa, whose link with the Most people can see that the single the cousin of attacks ringleader camera pictures of them at uni- attacks remains unknown, and Amur, a tiger, resting close to a goat named Timur in an enclosure at market is a good idea” but the bloc Abdelhamid Abaaoud four days dentified location. “These men are the eighth as Mohamed Bakkali, the Primorye Safari-Park. A tiger and a goat have become friends at needed “a better balance,” he said. after the massacre in the French armed and dangerous. Anyone who is believed to be the owner a safari park in Russia’s Far East. capital, the Belgian prosecutors who sees those men, is asked not of the home Auvelais that was AFP office said. Both men are uniden- to undertake any initiative and to raided. CNN on Monday said tified but carried the identities of contact immediately the police,” it Salah Abdeslam, who previously Belgian nationals Soufiane Kayal said in its wanted notice. lived in Brussels, had managed to and Samir Bouzid. Last month Belgium issued an slip out of Europe and into Syria “The Federal Prosecutor’s international arrest warrant for since the atrocity, though inves- Russia bans US-funded foundation Office and the investigating judge Mohamed Abrini, 30, who was tigators believe he may still be wish to appeal to the public again filmed along with Salah Abdeslam in Europe. MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors yesterday declared President Vladimir Putin and his then American to look out for two new suspects at a petrol station in Ressons, Meanwhile, a Paris café where a US-funded foundation an “undesirable” organisa- counterpart, George W Bush, said they wanted to the investigators are actively France on the motorway to Paris, five people were killed in the jihad- tion, the fourth entity to be banned under a con- promote economic development and strengthen searching for,” the prosecutors in a Renault Clio which was later ist attacks became the first to re- troversial law targeting foreign groups accused of bilateral ties, according to the organisation’s website. said in a statement. used in the attacks. open yesterday. A La Bonne Biere political meddling in the country. The US embassy in Moscow said it was “deeply According to the statement, Since Belgium opened its inves- opened for business in the east of The US-Russia Foundation for Economic troubled” by the decision to ban the USRF. Abdeslam was stopped by police tigation last month it has charged the capital and the first customers Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF), which “We see this move by the Russian government as at the Hungary-Austria border eight people and been through a pushed through the doors as if eve- promotes private sector development and institu- another deliberate step to further isolate the Rus- on September 9 accompanied by major terror alert that put Brus- rything was — almost — normal. tion building in Russia, will be banned as its activi- sian people from the world,” the US ambassador to two men who carried false ID sels on lockdown amid fears of a The manager, Audrey Bily, ties “present a threat to the foundations of Russia’s Russia, John Tefft, said in a statement. papers identifying themselves new Paris-style attack. said: “I would like to thank eve- constitutional system and state security,” Russia’s USRF could not be reached for comment. Crit- as Kayal and Bouzid. The ID of Two suspects were charged on ryone who has supported us for prosecutor general said in a statement. ics of the law on “undesirable” organisations say it Samar Bouzid was also used to Thursday in relation to the Paris your poems, your messages and Apart from declaring the foundation “undesirable” strips local NGOs of crucial funding they could not rent a house in the town of Auve- attacks, including a Frenchman posts that have so helped us,” Bily the prosecutor also banned its president, US citizen receive from domestic donors. Under the law, Rus- lias in southern Belgium that Bel- reportedly held at Brussels air- said. “What are we going to do to Mark Pomar, from entering Russia until 2025. sian activists who cooperate with banned groups can gian media reports say was used a port as he tried to board a flight start again, to bounce back? We Prosecutors accused USRF, which has had an face fines and prison time. hideout to plan the Paris attacks. to Morocco. Among the others have carried out some work, and office in Russia since 2009, of financing local NGOs On Monday, Russia banned the Open Society Meanwhile, Bouzid’s false iden- charged are Mohammed Amri repainted the walls to wipe away that “participate in political processes”, making Foundations, a charity founded by Hungarian-born tity card was used four days after and Hamza Attou who are sus- the signs of this nightmare.” them “foreign agents” in the eyes of the Russian US magnate and philanthropist George Soros. the Paris attacks to transfer 750 pected of having brought Salah justice ministry. euros ($800) to Abaaoud’s cousin Abdeslam back to Brussels. AFP In announcing plans to establish USRF in 2006, AFP

Letter to Mars? Boost to Corbyn as UK’s Labour Georgia revokes Royal Mail works Saakashvili’s it out for boy, 5 Party wins parliamentary seat citizenship LONDON: Britain’s Royal Mail OLDHAM, ENGLAND: Brit- has turned to Nasa for help after ain’s opposition Labour Party TBILISI: Georgia yesterday a five-year-old boy wrote in ask- held on to a parliamentary seat stripped former leader and ing how much it would cost to in northern England on Thurs- reformer Mikheil Saakashvili of post a letter to Mars. day with an increased share of his citizenship as he had acquired But Oliver Giddings prob- the vote, a relief to the party’s a Ukrainian passport to serve as ably won’t be able to send a let- new leader, Jeremy Corbyn, in his governor of the strategic Odessa ter to outer space as the price first electoral test. region. “Based on the law on Geor- Five-year-old Oliver Giddings poses — £11,602.25 ($18,000) — is well Left-winger Corbyn has split gian citizenship, President Giorgi holding a model space shuttle beyond the reach of most chil- Labour since his election as Margvelashvili signed a decree dren’s pocket money. at his home in Lytham St Annes, leader less than three months ago, terminating Mikheil Saakashvili’s In its reply to Oliver, who wants northwest England. prompting infighting that threat- citizenship due to his acquisition to become an astronaut, the Royal ens to tear the party apart. of a foreign country’s nationality,” Mail explained yesterday how very expensive to send a letter to Labour won the vote in Old- Margvelashvili’s press service said. the figure was calculated. “Fuel Mars. You would need so many ham West and Royton, triggered The move is purely a legal for- is very expensive and affects the stamps!” he added. by the death of the incumbent mality as the Georgian constitu- cost of sending letters around our Meanwhile, British astronaut lawmaker, with 17,209 votes, or tion forbids dual nationality. The planet,” senior customer advisor Tim Peake said he will be taking 62 percent. Its main challenger, British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves in a car after May appointment of Saakashvili Andrew Smout wrote. part in the London marathon — the anti-European Union United speaking to the media following Labour candidate Jim McMahon’s victory as head of Ukraine’s Black Sea “Nasa also told me that their harnessed to a running machine Kingdom Independence Party in the by-election for Oldham West and Royton outside Chadderton Town region was a pointed signal from last visit to Mars, carrying the 400km above Earth on the Inter- (UKIP), came second, with its Hall, northwest England, yesterday. Kiev to Moscow that it remains set Curiosity rover, cost about $700m. national Space Station. “As soon 6,487 votes representing almost on its pro-European course despite “The spaceship itself is very small as I got assigned to my mission to a quarter of those cast. The newly elected lawmaker, cent, and the party increased its a bloody separatist conflict in the so storage is at a premium. Based the International Space Station, Corbyn hailed the result, which Jim McMahon, fought a very local share of the vote by more than east blamed on the Kremlin. on how much the spaceship I thought wouldn’t it be great to was better than many pundits campaign — with little mention of seven percentage points from May. Georgia has issued an arrest weighed compared to how much run,” said Peake, a former heli- had predicted, as a “vote of con- Corbyn — focusing instead on his Voting in Oldham took place warrant for Saakashvili on abuse it costs to get to Mars, they said copter pilot who will be running fidence” in Labour. “It’s a clear four years leading the local coun- a day after 66 Labour lawmak- of power charges that he insists that something weighing up to for the Prince’s Trust charity. demonstration that Labour is the cil in what some said was a move ers, including some in his senior are politically motivated. 100 grammes would cost them “The London Marathon is a party working people trust,” he to distance himself from Labour team, rebelled against Corbyn to Several of Saakashvili’s top approximately $18,000 to fly to worldwide event. Let’s take it said in a statement. “This first turmoil in London. back the government on extend- allies have been investigated Mars.” out of this world,” the 43-year-old electoral test in the new parlia- Labour has held the former ing British air strikes to Syria. and some jailed since his United The Royal Mail added that the said. Peake is due to take off on ment has made clear Labour is industrial town outside Man- Prime Minister David Cam- National Movement party was price of the letter would be cov- December 15 from the Baikonur the real alternative for Britain.” chester for decades and in May’s eron’s ruling Conservatives trailed defeated in parliamentary and ered by 18,416 first class stamps. cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on “It shows just how strong, how national election won it with a in third place in Oldham, as had presidential elections in 2012 Oliver, from near Lytham St board a Soyuz rocket for a six- deep-rooted and how broad our majority of more than 14,000. been expected in a constituency and 2013, and Western countries Annes in northwest England, month mission to the ISS. party, the Labour Party, is for the While its majority slipped to 10,722 where they lack strong appeal. voiced concerns over what they wrote back to Royal Mail thank- whole of Britain,” Corbyn said on Thursday this was in large part perceive as a witch-hunt. ing them for their reply. “It’s AFP yesterday in Oldham. due to a lower turnout, at 40 per- REUTERS AFP SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com AMERICAS Cheney’s bust California shooters had unveiled at US Capitol massive arsenal: Police WASHINGTON: One of the most controversial vice presidents in US history will have a permanent Shooter pledged allegiance to Islamic State: Sources presence in the halls of power in Washington after a marble bust SAN BERNARDINO: A young tional rounds, 12 pipe bombs and with militant groups, according of Dick Cheney was unveiled on couple who killed 14 people in bomb-making material were found to officials in Washington familiar Thursday at the US Capitol. a shooting in California had at the home the couple shared. with the investigation. Cheney, 74, was vice president amassed a huge arsenal and One of the two people apparently “Nobody just gets upset at at the time of the September 11, carefully planned their attack, pledged allegiance to a leader of a party, goes home and puts 2001 attacks and was seen as one authorities said late on Thursday, Islamic State militant group, two together that kind of elaborate of the most influential hawks in refusing to rule out terrorism. US government source said. US scheme,” Burguan said, after indi- Weapons carried by the suspects in the December 2, 2015 mass shooting the George W Bush adminis- There were competing theories investigators are evaluating evi- cations that Farook had attended in San Bernardino, California. tration. In sign that the scars of as to what drove US-born Syed dence that Malik had pledged alle- the party organised by the health the war in Iraq and the Bush era Farook, 28, described as a com- giance to Islamic State leader Abu department and left following a have failed to fully heal, current mitted Muslim, and his 27-year- Bakr Al Baghdadi, two US officials dispute, only to return a short ‘GunTV’ to sell firearms to Vice President Joe Biden was the old wife Tashfeen Malik to spray told Reuters. They said the find- time later with Malik. He said only Democrat on stage for the gunfire at a holiday party in San ing, if confirmed, could be a “game the duo were dressed in black ceremony. Bernardino, about an hour’s drive changer” in the investigation. military-style gear and carried US viewers from January Cheney came in for some good- east of Los Angeles. The attack left CNN reported that one US offi- assault weapons and semi-auto- natured jostling from his former 21 people wounded. cial said Malik had pledged alle- matic handguns when they raided NEW YORK: Americans will 34 million subscribers of satellite boss. “Last time I showed up, I San Bernardino police chief giance to Al Baghdadi in a posting the Inland Regional Center. soon be able to snap up the lat- television. But instead of delivering was hanged at the White House,” Jarrod Burguan said Farook and on Facebook made on Wednes- Acquaintances said that est firearms from the comfort guns directly to consumers, it will said Bush, referring to his official his wife fired about 75 rounds day, the day of the attack, under Farook, who worked for the of their sofas with the launch ship the items to a local firearms portrait being placed in the White during the attack at a disabilities an account that used a different local county as an environmental in January of GunTV, a 24-hour dealer. GunTV co-founder Valerie House in May 2012. “This time, center that required “a degree of name. Farook, a US citizen born inspector, married his Pakistan- shopping channel. Castle told The Guardian newspa- I’ve returned only to find my vice planning”. But the latest mass in Illinois, was the son of Paki- born wife last year during a trip The new channel is being per that the channel would meet president getting busted at the shooting could have been worse, stani immigrants, said Hussam to Makkah, in Saudi Arabia. launched by an organisation existing demand while offering Capitol.” after Burguan revealed that Ayloush, head of the Los Angeles A fellow worshipper at the Dar called Social Responsibility Net- more education and information. President Bush’s father, George explosives rigged to a remote- area chapter of the Muslim advo- Al Uloom Al Islamiyah mosque work, which says it is addressing “I don’t really know that it’s going H W Bush (president 1989-1993), controlled car were found at cacy group Council on American- said Farook used to pray there two a need for “education, informa- to put more guns on the streets,” described Cheney — his defence the scene of the carnage but the Islamic Relations. to three times a week, but had not tion and safety regarding firearms she was quoted as saying. secretary during the 1991 Gulf device failed to go off. Christian Nwadike, who worked been seen for about three weeks. commerce in America.” Buyers will need to fill out war — as stubborn in a recent Another 1,600 rounds of ammu- with Farook for five years, told Another acquaintance said Farook The channel will also, it says, forms and go through required biography. But Bush was also gen- nition were found on the couple CBS that his co-worker had been met Malik online and they mar- responsibly provide “extraordi- background checks at licensed erous in his praise, saying: “For and in their bullet-riddled black different since he returned from ried in Makkah last year during nary access to purchasing the most dealers before taking the fire- eight years Dick stood by my side SUV after a police chase and Saudi Arabia. “I think he married Ramadan. “I saw her (Malik) a diverse representation of firearms arms home. One of the dealers and always did what was right for shootout in which they died. Two a terrorist,” Nwadike said. couple times, but never met her,” in the world.” It will function like signing on with the channel is our nation. I could not have asked police officers were wounded in Investigators are reviewing said Nizaam Ali, a university stu- other home shopping channels, Sports South, described as one of for a better vice president than the rapid exchange of gunfire on the couples’ computers and cell- dent. “She was covered from head displaying merchandise which can the oldest and largest gun sellers Dick Cheney.” a quiet residential street, though phones to see if they had browsed to toe in black.” be ordered by telephone or online. in the United States. Cheney, whose bust lines up neither seriously. About 5,000 addi- jihadist websites or had contact AGENCIES The channel will be available to AFP along with a host of other vice presidents from down the years, called it a proud day. “Every now and then, even in the distant future, someone will surely wander by the old Cheney bust, maybe even stop for a moment or two, trying Venezuelans vote tomorrow to recollect something of the man, and the era,” he said. CARACAS: Venezuela’s opposi- president of the Venezuelan poll- of supporters at his closing cam- AFP tion will fight to seize control of ster Datanalisis. paign rally in Caracas. “I am ready the legislature from the socialist “If the opposition wins and is to do much more to radicalise the ‘Grunge’ singer government in elections tomorrow smart, it will negotiate for change. revolution of our economy and pro- that leaders warn risk sparking But if opposition radicals take duction,” he bellowed. Scott Weiland dead violence in the major oil producer. control who just want to get rid One opposition leader, former For the first time in 16 years of of the president, they will lose a presidential candidate Henrique WASHINGTON: Scott Weiland, “Bolivarian revolution” under late golden opportunity” for reform, Capriles, called for peaceful best known as the lead singer of president Hugo Chavez and his he added. The opposition coali- change and warned radicals in popular “grunge” rock acts Stone successor Nicolas Maduro, polls tion MUD has vowed to rescue the opposition against stirring up Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, show their rivals could now win the country from the economic fresh unrest. “Venezuela is a bomb has died at the age of 48. The death a majority in National Assembly. management of the “Chavistas.” ready to explode,” Capriles said. of Weiland — a two-time recipient That would strengthen the Maduro has vowed to keep con- Venezuela has the biggest petrol of the music industry’s Grammy hand of the opposition even trol of the country “no matter how” reserves in the world but econo- award — was reported on the though several of its leaders are and dismisses the opposition as mists forecast its economy will singer’s Facebook page early yes- in jail, throwing up a challenge stooges of “Yankee imperialism”. shrink by 10 percent this year. terday. The singer “passed away in to the mustachioed Maduro as “They say they are for change. The government says inflation his sleep while on a tour stop in Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (left) and his wife Cilia Flores greet he grapples with a serious eco- They are a false change. They are is 85 percent but independent Bloomington, Minnesota, with his nomic crisis. “There will be a new useless. We have built a million economists say it is more like 200 band The Wildabouts,” the Face- supporters during the last campaign rally with pro-government candidates political landscape and balance of homes and they have not built a percent. book post read. for the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Caracas, on Thursday. power,” said Luis Vicente Leon, single one,” Maduro told thousands AFP AFP

Rousseff suffers two Star Wars, the space epic no one believed in

LOS ANGELES: It may well be setbacks in Brazil one of Hollywood’s biggest suc- cess stories, but when the origi- BRASILIA: President Dilma doing. In a speech yesterday in nal Star Wars film was released Rousseff suffered two setbacks Brasília, the capital, she said that in 1977 many people, including yesterday to her fight against the impeachment effort “has no creator George Lucas, believed it impeachment, as a minister from basis” and that she would use all would be a flop. her main coalition ally resigned legal means available to combat it. “I don’t think anyone could and the Supreme Court quashed An aviation ministry spokes- have predicted what a smash hit appeals from supporters seeking man declined comment on Padil- and what a cultural phenomenon to stop the impeachment process. ha’s departure and Rousseff’s it was going to become,” said Though not momentous enough office had no immediate reaction Jonathan Kuntz, professor at to reverse the likelihood that to the resignation. But politi- UCLA’s School of Theater, Film Rousseff can stop impeachment cians and analysts saw a delib- and Television. proceedings launched against her erate desire by the centre-right “As soon as anybody saw ‘Star in Congress on Wednesday, the PMDB, a restive ally even at the Wars’, they were converted and setbacks show that the Supreme best of times, to put further dis- they fell in love with it.” But the Court and even coalition partners tance between itself and the left- early beginnings of the space epic are willing to let the process play ist president. didn’t look that rosy. out and strategise for what may Even before the impeachment Twentieth Century Fox, the follow. proceedings began, many within film’s distributor, hesitated over Audrey Mata (left) from Washington DC in the US dressed as Princess Leia, comes face to face with a replica Aviation Minister Eliseu the party argued that the PMDB the film’s $8m budget and wasn’t of R2-D2 and a performer dressed as the Star Wars character Galen Marek, brandishes a light saber during the Padilha, an ally of Vice President should be positioning itself to convinced a science fiction movie unofficial Star Wars convention, ‘For the Love of the Force’, in Manchester, northern England, yesterday. Michel Temer and part of the assume the government, with would fill theatres. Such was the fractious party that is Rousseff’s Temer at the helm, if Rousseff is lack of enthusiasm that the studio rightly predicted the movie would will likely make it “the undisputed science fiction and fantasy era main coalition partner, submit- forced to leave office. planned a limited release and had be a hit. champion of the box office as far that we are still living in,” said ted his resignation on Friday, Padilha’s departure “is a clear to twist the arm of some theatres Still, Lucas was so convinced as franchises go,” said Jeff Bock, Kuntz, who has given courses on according to two people familiar indication that Rousseff will fight to agree to show the movie. the movie would flop that on May of the box office tracker Exhibitor the series at UCLA. “Star Wars with the decision from within the this battle alone,” said Gabriel Given the budget constraints, 25, the day it was released, he Relations. is a non-stop action movie with Brazilian Democratic Movement Petrus, a political analyst at Bar- Lucas agreed to a lower salary went on holiday to Hawaii instead The secret to the success of goofy characters and humour and Party, or PMDB. ral M Jorge, a consultancy in in exchange for full merchandis- of attending the premiere. Star Wars, studied and analyzed in portrays so many alien worlds,” Meanwhile, Brazil’s Supreme Brasilia. Temer, for his part, has ing rights to the movie and any And, as everyone knows, “Star universities the world over, rests he added. “It opens the door on a Court turned back appeals from been lying low since the proceed- sequels — a deal that would prove Wars” immediately became a primarily with its multigenera- fascinating new universe.” Rousseff’s allies to block the ings began. In a brief comment brilliant and make him very, very sensation and went on to become tional appeal, Kurtz said. And unlike other sci-fi hit impeachment proceedings. published in the Folha de S Paulo rich. one of the highest grossing films “Audiences of all ages could iden- movies like Blade Runner and The process, launched against newspaper yesterday, he said he Prior to the film’s release, Lucas of all time. It played in theatres tify with the characters,” he said. The Matrix, the series also gives Rousseff by opposition politi- hoped the proceedings would organised a private showing to a for one straight year, winning six “Even little kids three or four years fans reason for optimism. “It’s not cians for accounting moves that “pacify” Brazil’s bitter political group of film director friends and Oscars and earning $775m at the old got the basic structure of the total dystopia, there is still hope,” a congressional auditor said broke landscape. most, including Brian De Palma, box office. Overall, the space epic story and enjoyed being sucked into Kuntz said. public finance laws, is expected to At the Supreme Court, Jus- gave it a thumbs down. has generated $4.4bn in box office that kind of adventure.” Still, the reason behind the stel- mean at least six months of politi- tices Celso de Mello and Gilmar “It was a disaster,” recalls Gary revenue. The space saga, inspired by the lar success Star Wars may never be cal wrangling at a time when the Mendes rejected two appeals Kurtz, who produced the first two While that number is below Flash Gordon movie serials of the known, said Kurtz, the producer. government is struggling with from lawmakers in the ruling Star Wars films. earnings by the James Bond or 1930s, tells a classic story of good “I would have never thought that legislative gridlock, the deepest coalition, including one filed by “Everyone was like ‘Oh, I don’t Harry Potter movies, the upcoming versus evil in a “galaxy far, far 40 years after the first film was recession in three decades and a congressmen from Rousseff’s know, it may not work’.” release of the seventh instalment away,” and mixes in visual effects, released, people would still talk historic corruption scandal. Workers’ Party. The only voice of dissent came — Star Wars: The Force Awakens a romantic plot and battle scenes. about it,” he said. Rousseff has denied any wrong- REUTERS from Steven Spielberg, who — as well as two planned sequels “It jump-started the whole AFP SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Opec decides against cutting oil output Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is producing around 32 million barrels of oil per day

VIENNA: The Organization of awaits increased output from Iran at Opec headquarters in Vienna. with no mention of a new produc- the Petroleum Exporting Coun- after sanctions were lifted on the Opec’s poorer nations - notably tion ceiling, apparently allowing tries (Opec) has decided against Islamic republic. Venezuela, Ecuador and Algeria- member countries to continue cutting its oil output to lift “We cannot put a number now had led the calls for a cut to help pumping oil at current rates into prices, its president and Nige- because Iran is coming, we don’t boost prices and in turn their a market that has been oversup- rian Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe know when Iran will come, and badly-hit revenues. “Everyone is plied. Opec abandoned production Kachikwu said following a meet- we will have to accommodate concerned about... the prices, no quotas for individual members ing here yesterday. Iran one way or the other,” said one is happy,” said Iraq’s oil min- several years ago and most mem- Opec, whose members together Opec Secretary General Abdalla ister Adil Abd Al Mahdi. bers have been producing as much pump out more than one third of el Badri. Opec yesterday confirmed that as they want. world oil, is currently producing “We decided to postpone this Indonesia had returned to the Iran has repeatedly said it above its official target of 30 mil- decision to the next OPEC meet- cartel after a near seven-year would boost production by at least lion barrels per day. ing (in June) until the picture will absence, bringing the number of 1 million barrels per day when “Given the present position of be more clearer for us to decide member countries to 13. sanctions are lifted. Without the economy of countries that are on a number,” he added. Saudi Meanwhile Reuters reported curbs elsewhere, this would add purchasing (oil) and the world- Arabia yesterday repeated the Opec could hold another meeting- to a global glut, as the world is wide economy, we will retain kingdom’s stance that it would be before June if oil prices continue currently consuming up to 2 mil- production at current levels,” willing to cut as long as non-Opec to slide Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu lion bpd less than it is producing. said Kachikwu, who is minister also reduces its output. said yesterday. When asked if Benchmark Brent oil futures of state for petroleum resources “We have said on more than there would be a meeting before - which are near a six-year low - in Nigeria. Opec is currently one occasion that we are willing June 2 if prices continue to fall, lost nearly $2 on the news, falling pumping out around 32 million to cooperate with anyone that Kachikwu said: “Yes, potentially 1.5 percent to trade slightly above barrels of oil per day. The cartel will help balance the market... yes. We did say that we’d watch $43 a barrel by 1455 GMT. yesterday published no figures on with us,” Saudi oil minister Ali prices.” Abdalla el Badri attends conference at the Opec headquarters yesterday. output in its communique, as it al Naimi told reporters gathered A final statement was issued AGENCIES

Global stocks Auditors must be allowed to work like professionals fall as ECB DOHA: Navigating contradictory as, performance management, Perceived Value is whereby ‘I’ ronment is working as designed the education and competency and complementary stakeholder enterprise wide risk management perceive the utility ‘I’ received is and intended. When Audit discov- requirements including manda- expectations makes internal and, ethics and business integrity greater that what ‘I’ paid for it. ers that control weaknesses exist, tory Certified Internal Auditor underwhelms audit one of the most difficult management systems to meet However, it is a complex struc- it ‘implies’ that management is (CIA) qualification. jobs to do well, said an expert corporate governance and stra- ture, as a change in one impacts not doing what they are tasked to “This seminar indeed brought yesterday in his presentation to tegic objectives. other areas of the organisation. do. The recent case of Volkswagen a different insight and new per- investors the Institute of Internal Auditors The topic of his presentation The various stakeholder per- was cited to bring out where the spective to the Internal Auditors (IIA) Qatar chapter. was “Adding value with Inter- spectives were brought out and control environment was vitiated on their role of value addition” LONDON : World stock mar- Aarnout Wennekers, Govern- nal Audit”. The speaker took reckoned that Auditors must own with respect to demonstrated said Christian Adonis IIA Board kets churned lower yesterday on ance and Assurance Advisor the attendees through a journey those expectations, but must draw commitment to integrity and eth- member. “The stakeholder expec- lingering disappointment over at the Ministry of Energy and where he put various aspects in a very clear line between assur- ical values and ensuring that the tation’s that simultaneously com- “underwhelming” eurozone stim- Industry, said: “Board of direc- perspective and correct context ance value addition and that board is independent from man- plement and contradict the way in ulus measures and ahead of key tors, Audit/ Risk Committees, from the business side. He drew through consultation. His ques- agement in exercising oversight which Internal Audit is expected US jobs data. Management, Employees, Law the analogy between perceived tion to Auditors was: “Are you of the design and performance of to deliver value is a challenge. Equities had plunged Thursday makers, Regulators and custom- and actual value and emphasised playing to win, or playing not to internal control. However, it is not insurmountable as the European Central Bank’s ers all have different expecta- value creation is the collective lose?” There is a big difference Wennekers also suggested that and provides expansive opportu- latest stimulus plan disappointed tions and are at time unsure how sum of governance processes, between the two objectives and one way to own the expectations nity to auditors. That sums up investors, sparking a global sell off the Internal Auditor should add business processes and job proc- if Audit wants to add value and is for the governing body of the the speakers prime message” said that spilled over into Wall Street value.” Wennekers’ experience esses. Actual value is the condi- meet stakeholder expectations, Internal Auditors to become a Sundaresan Rajeswar, IIA Board and Asia. includes advising on accelerated tion whereby ‘I’ actually receive the choice must be very explicit. self-regulating professional body member. In late Friday morning deals, implementation of governance greater utility from the good or Auditors should let management like doctors, lawyers and account- London lost another 0.2 percent, structures and functions, such service than what ‘I’ paid for it. know whether the control envi- ants have and that will enhance THE PENINSULA Frankfurt fell 0.6 percent and Paris also slid 0.6 percent, one day after the key indices shed between two and four percent in value. Speculation had swirled for US trade deficit widens China pledges $60bn aid to Africa weeks that the ECB would ramp up its bond-buying programme and loosen monetary policy to JOHANNESBURG: Chinese ends today. “To ensure the suc- tries needed Chinese help to bolster growth and counter weak as exports hit 3-year low President Xi Jinping told Afri- cessful implementation of these process their abundant natural inflation. can leaders yesterday that his 10 cooperation plans, China has resources, which he said had Hopes were stoked Wednes- WASHINGTON: The US trade $57.37bn in September. Trade country would pump $60bn into decided to provide a total of $60bn made the continent vulnerable day by news that eurozone infla- deficit widened unexpectedly in subtracted 0.22 percentage point development projects, cancel of funding support,” Xi told the to exploitation in the past. tion languished at 0.1 percent in October as exports fell to a three- from gross domestic product in some debt and boost agriculture summit of the Forum on China- “That way what is buried in the November - far lower than the year low, suggesting that trade the third quarter, which expanded under a three-year plan that will Africa Cooperation. belly of the soil will translate into ECB’s official 2.0-percent target. could again weigh on economic at a 2.1 percent annual rate. extend Beijing’s influence in the “These plans (are) aimed at benefit for the bellies of our citi- The bank on Thursday cut growth in the fourth quarter. The dollar’s 18.6 percent appre- continent. addressing three issues hold- zens,” Zuma said. China is Afri- deposit rates further into negative The Commerce Department ciation against the currencies of Xi also said China would not ing back Africa’s development, ca’s largest trading partner and territory - meaning lenders must said yesterday the trade gap rose the United States’ main trad- interfere in African countries’ namely inadequate infrastruc- the trade volume between them pay to park cash with it and so 3.4 percent to $43.9bn, a sign ing partners since June 2014 has internal affairs, a stance that ture, lack of professional and amounted to $220bn in 2014, look to loan more - and extended that the worst of the drag from a eroded export growth. Exports drew strong applause from lead- skilled personnel and funding according to China state news the length of its bond purchases. stronger dollar was far from over. fell 1.4 percent to $184.1bn, the ers such as Zimbabwe’s Robert shortages,” said Xi, who this week agency Xinhua. Its investments However, the long-awaited September’s trade deficit was lowest level since October 2012. Mugabe who have faced strong also visited Zimbabwe. Despite in Africa amounted to $32.4bn announcement was seen as a huge revised up to $42.5bn from the Exports of goods were the low- Western criticism of their human its own slowing economy, Xi said at the end of 2014, according to let-down as it crucially failed to previously reported $40.8bn. est since June 2011. Food exports rights record. China would step up investment London-based BMI Research. increase the size of the stimulus The government revised trade were the lowest since March But China too has irked some in factories manufacturing goods Chinese influence is broadly while the rate cut was less than figures going back to April to 2012, while exports of industrial Africans in the past for using for export in Africa, in addition seen by Africans as a healthy hoped for. “Equity markets took incorporate more comprehen- supplies and materials were the Chinese firms and labour to build to building roads, ports and rail- counterbalance to the West, a notable shake out yesterday in sive and updated quarterly and weakest in five years. Petroleum state-funded roads and railways ways on a continent long seen though Western governments response to the underwhelming monthly data. Economists had exports hit their lowest level since in Africa while buying up com- as a major commodities source accuse China of turning a blind actions of the ECB,” said Trust- forecast the trade gap shrink- December 2010. Imports dipped modities and leaving little for for China. eye to conflicts and rights abuses Net Direct analyst Tony Cross. ing to $40.5bn in October. When 0.6 percent to $228bn in October. local economies, an image Xi is South African President Jacob as they pursue trade and aid poli- adjusted for inflation, the defi- keen to change during a two-day Zuma, co-chair along with Xi of cies there. AFP cit increased to $60.33bn from REUTERS conference in South Africa that the summit, said African coun- REUTERS

Gold rises to 2-week high after US jobs data

LONDON: Gold rose 1.6 per- weakness has driven further short gains, although remained up 0.5 rallied nearly 1 percent after cent to a two-week high yester- covering in gold,” said Tai Wong, percent against a basket of cur- monetary easing measures from day, after a US non-farm payrolls director of base and precious met- rencies, after the payrolls report the European Central Bank fell report, seen as likely to pave the als trading for BMO Capital Mar- and news that sources said OPEC short of expectations, boosting way for the Federal Reserve to kets in New York, adding this was countries had decided to increase the euro and sending the dollar raise interest rates this month, despite the fact that a December their output ceiling. to its lowest in a month. But the failed to aid the dollar’s ascent. rate hike was now more or less “The dollar has moved a metal had previously fallen to a Non-farm payrolls increased guaranteed. lot over the past 24 hours so near six-year low of $1,045.85 in 211,000 in November, the Labor Spot gold, weaker initially, rose that’shelped keep it here ... and reaction to a 12-1/2 year high in Department said. September and as much as 1.6 percent to its high- people are already expecting the the dollar and prospects of a US October data was revised to show est since November 20 at $1,080.90 Fed to move now that the next rate rise this month. The main 35,000 more jobs than previously an ounce after the data and was main reaction is only going to be focus for the gold market now reported. “The second consecu- up 1.5 percent at $1,078.86 an when we actually have confir- remains the Fed’s meeting on tive strong jobs report only briefly ounce by 1453 GMT. It was on mation on December 16,” ICBC December 15-16. blunted the gold rally as renewed track for a 1.9 percent gain for Standard Bank analyst Thomas Gold bars euro strength and US dollar the week. The dollar pared earlier Kendall said. On Thursday, gold THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Solid US job data a green light for rate hike Unemployment at seven-and-a-half-year low, Nonfarm payrolls increased 211,000 last month

WASHINGTON: US job growth “We cleared the last hurdle for 15-16. Market-based measures of near zero were mixed. increased solidly in November a rate increase. The Fed was look- Fed policy expectations assign a The labour force participation in a show of the economy’s resil- ing for some positive movement probability of 79.1 percent to the rate, or the share of working-age ience, which most likely paves the on wages, and we got a little bit of central bank’s raising interest rates Americans who are employed or way for the Federal Reserve to that. There is absolutely nothing at that meeting, according to the at least looking for a job, rose to raise interest rates this month in this report that will keep the CME Group’s FedWatch site. 62.5 percent from a near 38-year for the first time in nearly a dec- Fed from raising rates,” said Chris The dollar extended gains low of 62.4 percent. ade. Gaffney, president at EverBank against a basket of currencies, But a broad measure of job- Nonfarm payrolls increased World Markets in St Louis. while prices for US government lessness that includes people 211,000 last month, the Labour The closely watched employ- bonds fell. US stock futures who want to work but have given Department said yesterday. Sep- ment report came a day after extended gains. up searching and those working tember and October data was Fed Chair Janet Yellen struck The second month of strong job part-time because they cannot revised to show 35,000 more jobs an upbeat note on the economy gains should allay fears the econ- find full-time employment rose than previously reported. when she testified before lawmak- omy has hit a soft patch, after one-tenth of a percentage point The unemployment rate held at ers, describing how it had largely reports showing tepid consumer to 9.9 percent. a 7-1/2-year low of 5 percent, even met the criteria the US central spending in October and a slow- Manufacturing has been crip- as people returned to the labour bank has set for the Fed’s first down in services industry growth pled by a strong dollar, efforts force in a sign of confidence in the rate hike since June 2006. in November. Manufacturing con- by businesses to reduce bloated jobs market. Yellen said the economy needs tracted in November for the first inventory and spending cuts by The jobless rate is in a range to create just under 100,000 jobs a time in three years. energy companies scaling back many Fed officials see as consist- month to keep up with growth in Other labour market measures well drilling and exploration in ent with full employment and has the working age population. that Fed officials are eyeing as response to sharply lower oil dropped seven-tenths of a per- The Fed’s policy-setting com- they consider lifting the bench- prices. A job seeker talks to an exhibitor at the Colorado Hospital Association centage point this year. mittee will meet on December mark overnight interest rate from REUTERS health care career fair in Denver on April 9, 2013.

London to Euro holds gains, dollar weakens against Asian currencies lead housing TOKYO: The euro held most of pushed down the euro, and talk than material action.” central bank remained wary of a currencies, falling 0.7 percent its gains yesterday as the Euro- revived talk that it may soon hit The news sent the euro soar- interest rate rise because of con- against the South Korean won, pean Central Bank’s increased parity with the dollar for the first ing 3.1 percent against the dollar cerns about a strong dollar and 0.3 percent on Taiwan’s dollar, slowdown economic stimulus fell well short time since 2002. Thursday and 2.6 percent against the divergence between its mon- 0.1 percent against Indonesia’s of market expectations. “It appears that ECB President the yen in US trading. etary policy and those of other rupiah and 0.1 percent against LONDON: London’s housing Speculation had swirled for (Mario) Draghi wants to keep In Tokyo yesterday, the com- central banks. the Thai baht. market will suffer most in 2016 weeks that the European Cen- some ammunition on hand if con- mon currency was slightly lower While the Fed is still widely The Indian rupee briefly as stretched affordability in the tral Bank would further loosen ditions worsen,” Raiko Shareef, a at $1.0920 from $1.0947 in New expected to lift rates later this slumped to a two-year low past UK undermines demand, accord- its grip on monetary policy currency strategist at the Bank York and 133.95 yen against 134.23 month, Yellen’s comments caused 67 against the dollar, prompting ing to Halifax. and ramp up a vast bond-buy- of New Zealand, said in an email yen. However, it is still well above dealers to ease off a recent run- speculation among traders that Driven by a lack of supply, ing programme — effectively to clients. the $1.06 and 130 yen levels in up in the US unit. the Reserve Bank of India inter- British property price rises have pumping cash into the economy “But he has also hobbled his Asia Thursday before the ECB Traders are now awaiting the vened in the market by having outpaced wages, putting home — to breathe new life into the ability to move markets with decision. release of key US jobs data. state-run banks sell the green- ownership beyond the reach of 19-nation eurozone.. rhetoric alone, since this recent Also yesterday, Federal Reserve The greenback weakened back on its behalf. many first-time buyers who can’t Those expectations sharply experience has been much more boss Janet Yellen said the US against a string of emerging AFP afford down payments. That will begin to constrain price inflation, with London the most vulnerable region after a greater supply-demand imbal- ance there pushed values in the Nuclear power as panacea for city higher than the rest of the ECB under fire over country in the past three years, Halifax said. “Mortgage affordability in Lon- climate change? Experts divided don is now worse than its long-run ‘timid’ policy step average; the only region in the UK PARIS: As delegates at a Paris The IPCC, which tracks glo- gigatonnes of CO2 emissions since where this is so,” Martin Ellis, an summit haggle over how to bal warming for the UN, puts 1980, assuming that power would economist at Halifax, said. “This curb global warming, the role of nuclear power on a par with otherwise have been produced by FRANKFURT: The ECB was suggests that price growth will nuclear energy in limiting cli- renewables among the low-car- burning gas or coal. under fire yesterday for failing slow more sharply in London.” mate-changing emissions is the bon energy sources whose share To have a good chance of limit- to act as decisively as expected National values will increase subject of fierce debate between of electricity generation must ing global warming to 2 degrees to rekindle inflation, with some between 4 percent and 6 percent champions and critics of atomic grow to 80 percent by 2050 — Celsius the installed nuclear market players suspecting divi- by the end of next year, Halifax power. compared with 30 percent today capacity would have to grow sions among the bank’s top brass said. In October, prices gained 10 Energy production accounts for — if global warming is to be from 396 gigawatts currently to stopping it from doing more. percent from the same month a 35 percent of the greenhouse-gas capped at 2 degrees Celsius over 930 gigawatts by 2050, an invest- European Central Bank watch- year earlier. emissions that fuel global warm- pre-Industrial Revolution levels. ment of $4.4 trillion (four trillion ers accused bank chief Mario While record-low borrowing ing, with 25 percent coming from Dogged by security concerns, euros), the OECD said. Draghi of undermining the bank’s costs have kept mortgage rates electricity generation alone. the share of nuclear power in For the Nuclear for Climate credibility and even jeopardising down, Bank of England Governor Unlike polluting coal, oil and global electricity generation has initiative, which was set up by the the ability of the eurozone econ- Mark Carney has said officials are gas-fired power plants, nuclear been in steady decline over the French Nuclear Energy Society to omy to get back on its feet as the debating when to start tightening facilities do not generate emis- past two decades, falling from 17 promote atomic energy as a pana- policy measures announced at a policy for the first time in more sions by producing electricity. percent in 1993 to 11 percent in cea to climate change, nuclear is meeting on Thursday fell short than eight years. That will also Like solar panels or wind tur- 2012, according to the IPCC. “part of the solution” and should of the high expectations the ECB damp demand over the medium- bines, they only indirectly gener- The panel acknowledged the therefore “have access to climate officials had themselves helped Mario Draghi, the President of the term, Ellis said. ate emissions during their life need to find “acceptable responses” finance schemes such as the (UN) fuel in recent weeks. European Central Bank, speaks “House price growth is expected cycle, namely in the construction to fears over “reactor safety, radio- Green Climate Fund”. Europe’s main stock markets during an Economic Club of New to be broadly in line with income of reactors and the extraction active waste transport, waste dis- But not everyone agrees that sank further yesterday. “Markets York event in New York yesterday. growth beyond 2016 as steadily of the uranium they use as fuel. posal, and proliferation”. more nuclear is the answer. are facing a new reality with ECB rising interest rates increase the The Intergovernmental Panel For the International Energy A report by the WISE-Paris president Draghi disappointing the size of QE and the lack of step affordability constraint on the on Climate Change (IPCC) esti- Agency, nuclear power increases research agency commissioned by expectations,” said Christoph up in the monthly pace of asset market,” he said. “Gradual rate mates the median value of emis- energy security and sustainability several NGOs, including Green- Rieger, head of rates and credit purchases. It looks as if Draghi rises and increasing incomes sions from nuclear plants at 16 by being “one of the world’s larg- peace, concluded that the safety research at Commerzbank. had to compromise more than should nonetheless keep mortgage grams of CO2-equivalent per est sources of low-carbon energy” concerns over nuclear power — “The timid deposit rate cut and expected with the most hawkish payment affordability manageable kilowatt hour, about as much as with an average output to rival as exemplified by the 2011 Fuku- QE extension amid unchanged faction of the GC, but also wanted for the overwhelming majority.” a wind turbine and far less than “4,000 windmills”. The OECD’s shima disaster — rule it out as a monthly purchase volumes have to keep some powder dry,” said the footprint of plants that burn energy agency estimates that viable energy source. sent shockwaves through fixed UniCredit analyst Marco Valli. BLOOMBERG fossil fuels. nuclear power has avoided over 60 AFP income markets and beyond. Under the QE or quantitative Besides the tangible measures, easing programme, the ECB plans the implicit acknowledgement that to buy ¤60bn worth of assets each Draghi has lost the political back- month in a bid to stoke inflation. ing in the governing council for While the amount of monthly his aggressive and activist stance purchases is not being increased, seems most relevant,” Rieger said. the programme is being extended Investors await fresh Japan GDP figures Speculation had swirled for until March 2017, effectively boost- weeks that the ECB would ing the overall total to ¤1.5 trillion. TOKYO,: A revision of Japa- Shinzo Abe’s growth blitz, dubbed aggressively ramp up its bond- At his traditional post-meeting nese GDP will be a key trading Abenomics, has taken a hit as a buying programme and further news conference, Draghi conceded cue for Tokyo investors next string of weak data cast doubt on loosen monetary policy to inject that the decisions had not been week, after the European Cen- the effectiveness of his plan. some vim into a eurozone beset unanimous, but insisted they were tral Bank’s revised stimulus The economy has slipped into a by years of torpid growth and carried by a “large majority.” plan disappointed investors and recession twice in as many years, stagnant inflation. Repeated Andrew Cates at RBS described sent Asian markets into nega- and Tokyo is compiling an extra comments by top ECB officials, the measures as “a damp squib”. tive territory. budget to counter the downturn. including president Draghi, had “The combined package of easing Initial economic growth esti- The Bank of Japan is also fanned such expectations. measures was far less aggressive mates last month showed Japan expected to unleash further Instead, the ECB cut its key than markets had expected. This ... slipped into recession during the monetary easing over the com- “deposit” rate by a modest 0.10 will do little, in our view, to improve six months to September. ing months. percent to minus 0.30 percent and the ECB’s credibility. Indeed we But the revised figures, due Yesterday, Tokyo joined a glo- extended the length of its bond think it is, and will remain, quite on Tuesday, may instead show bal equities rout after ECB poli- purchases by just six months to damaging,” Cates said. flat or modest growth in the cymakers decided not to expand March 2017. Even though Draghi Financial markets would now world’s number three economy the size of the bank’s bond pur- vowed that the ECB was ready “re-assess the ECB’s willingness during the July-September chase programme as was hoped to do more if the situation war- and ability to get ahead of the quarter, analysts said. and lowered its deposit interest ranted, the moves were seen as a curve,” Cates said. “The failure “The key release of the com- rate by less than expected. A man walks past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average (top huge let-down as the ECB cru- to meet the expectations for fur- ing week will be the second pre- ECB chief Mario Draghi said of upper right screen) and the Japanese yen’s exchange rate against the cially failed to increase the size of ther policy loosening fuelled by liminary estimate of Q3 GDP,” the bank would broaden the types US dollar outside a brokerage in Tokyo yesterday. the stimulus and the rate cut was its own dovish signals has dented research house Capital Economics of bonds it purchases and extend smaller than hoped for. both (the ECB’s) reputation for said in a report. “A jump in capi- the end date of the bond purchase Securities Group, told Bloomberg. all first-section shares dropped Some analysts believed that key communication and, more impor- tal spending suggests that output programme. “The market was At the close, the benchmark 1.80 percent, or 28.92 points, to members of the governing coun- tantly, the outlook for the euro- may have been flat last quarter hoping for some Draghi magic, Nikkei 225 index was down 2.18 1,574.02. The broad-based index cil, such as Bundesbank chief Jens zone economy,” said Jonathan instead of the initially reported but instead got some Draghi percent, or 435.42 points, at was down 1.28 percent this week. Weidmann, had voted against the Loynes at Capital Economics. 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter shock,” Mitsuo Shimizu, deputy 19,504.48. It fell 1.91 percent over measures. decline.” Japanese Prime Minister general manager at Japan Asia the week. The Topix index of REUTERS “The main disappointment was AFP SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Capitalism can survive China’s huge steel mills cutting back on carbon By Noah Smith

T has been a source of enormous pleasure for me during need to be miniaturised the past five years to see the solar power skeptics proven wrong. Back in 2010, I almost never saw articles about solar’s By Adam Minter — small, relatively low-cost steel mills that the total to hit 30 billion tons by 2030. potential to replace fossil fuels as our primary energy source. rely entirely upon scrap metal and run on Repurposing that metal for use in the Then, in early 2011, futurist Ramez Naam posted one of the N the space of 30 years, China has electricity instead of coal. In most of the most advanced mills should be a top gov- Imost important articles in recent history. The post, titled “Smaller, become the world’s largest steelmaker world, scrap-metal recycling now accounts ernment priority. Merely lifting the pro- cheaper, faster: Does Moore’s law apply to solar cells?”, demon- by a long margin. Decades of rapid for almost 40 percent of steelmaking (in the portion of Chinese steel that’s made from strated how solar power prices had been declining exponentially economic growth fed huge demand US, it’s more than 60 percent). Mini-mills scrap to 20 percent by 2020, as many Chi- at a steady clip for decades. for infrastructure and housing, all of offer several advantages, including the fact nese officials believe can be done easily, Naam quickly brought media attention to the solar revolution, Iwhich required massive volumes of steel. that they can be customized and turned on could result in hundreds of millions of tons and the floodgates opened. Suddenly, everyone — including me — As the Chinese economy slows, however, and off easily. (Traditional blast furnaces of CO2 reductions annually. Jobs would was writing starry-eyed pieces about how solar would not only all that capacity is proving a burden both must run constantly, often for years.) That inevitably be lost in the shift to smaller save us from Peak Coal and usher in an era of energy abundance, economically and environmentally. Chinese allows producers to manage output more mills, as they were in the US. But the but might even save us from global warming in the bargain. steelmakers churned out 822 million tons readily. industry as a whole would emerge stronger But many skeptics remained. In November 2011, economics of steel last year, losing an average of $50 Thirty years ago, China wasn’t generat- and more competitive, while reducing its blogger Tyler Cowen wrote: on every ton. Meanwhile, their outmoded, ing enough scrap metal to justify a tran- carbon footprint. Is there any reason, based in industry-wide market prices, to polluting plants account for most of the sition to mini-mills. While industrialized Right now, government subsidies and be optimistic about the near-term or even medium-term future global iron- and-steel industry’s enormous scrap metal recycling goes back 150 years, other support for big steel mills and of solar power? I don’t see it. 6.7 percent contribution to global carbon the US itself didn’t start using mini-mills domestic iron ore miners have long placed Skeptics said that the fall in solar prices was a temporary emissions. As the United Nations’ climate on a large scale until the 1970s, after mid- scrap-metal producers and importers at phenomenon due to Chinese oversupply of polysilicon, an essen- change talks get under way in Paris, China dle-class consumers had begun recycling a serious competitive disadvantage. For tial ingredient in solar panels. They said that the intermittency needs to find ways to fix both problems. The enough cars, appliances and buildings for example, between 2005 and 2014, Chinese problem — the sun isn’t always shining — would prevent solar US may offer a useful model. scrap steel to become an affordable com- iron ore imports grew from 20 percent of from ever replacing coal and gas. They said that the industry was modity. Facing pressure from cheaper global tradeable totals to 43 percent. Yet only surviving because of subsidies. CHOKING CHINA competitors from the 1980s onward, US during the same period, China’s share of So far, the skeptics have been proven wrong. Prices have con- Unlike their American counterparts, Chi- steelmakers eagerly tapped the more effi- global scrap-steel imports fell from 11 per- tinued to plummet. Companies such as SolarCity have grown nese steelmakers remain dependent upon cient technology. cent to 4.7 percent, according to Chinese impressively. The solar industry has proven to be hugely disruptive iron ore and energy-intensive, coal-fired China may be nearing a similar transition. trade association data. to coal- and gas-burning utilities. blast furnaces for more than 90 percent of According to Wang Fangjie, the amount of That support — including an ill-advised This has been enormously pleasurable to watch. Not because I production, according to data presented in scrap metal generated in China grew from tax cut in May for iron miners designed to like scoring gotcha points over the skeptics, but because I always April by Wang Fangjie, an official at China’s 50 million metric tons in 2001 to 160 mil- keep them running during the economic enjoy seeing optimism pan out. For those who think that the days trade association for scrap-steel recyclers. lion tons in 2014. (For comparison’s sake, downturn — needs to end. Likewise, Chi- of heroic technological breakthroughs are behind us, solar’s rise That’s bad for a steel mill’s bottom line — on the US produced 88 million tons of steel in na’s import taxes and VAT on scrap metal is a reminder that our species can still do great things. average, blast furnaces require three times 2014.) There’s much more where that came should be eliminated entirely — and not Of course, even if solar becomes big business and makes elec- more energy per ton of steel — and for its from, too. China’s “scrap reservoir” — all just for the best-connected, biggest scrap tricity cheaper, there is still one huge question left — will it be environmental footprint. According to one the steel currently in use in China, from processors, as is currently the case. That enough to put a dent in climate change? recent study, Chinese steel mills emit as skyscraper girders to bicycle frames — grew would provide steelmakers more certainty There are good reasons to be skeptical here. Chief among these much as 12 times more carbon dioxide per from 1.3 billion metric tons in 2001 to 6.8 about supply and more incentive to invest is the huge number of coal and gas plants that have already been ton as more modern mills in the US and billion metric tons in 2014. The National in what should be a cleaner and more cost- built. Even if solar becomes cheap enough to replace new coal elsewhere. Development and Reform Commission, Chi- effective future. and gas plants — as it is now doing in many regions, even with The latter are mostly so-called mini-mills na’s top economic planning agency, expects BLOOMBERG reduced or no subsidies — it will be a long time before it becomes so cheap that it is economical to simply scrap existing fossil-fuel plants. Yet every day those old plants stay in operation is a day that they belch tons of carbon into the atmosphere. The second reason for pessimism is the income effect. If solar power becomes cheaper, we become effectively richer, and so our demand for energy rises. Since solar will not replace fossil fuels entirely, this income effect means that in some places, cheaper solar will mean more fossil fuel use and more carbon emissions — or at least a far smaller reduction than we might hope. Solar’s intermittency will add to this problem, since coal and gas plants will often be needed as backups for when the sun isn’t shining. But new numbers are showing that solar may be enough to save us after all. A research report by J P Morgan Asset Management, led by Michael Cembalest and assisted by energy researcher Vaclav Smil, says that “deep decarbonization” is within reach at current solar prices. Solar is intermittent, and requires fossil-fuel plants as backups. In a combined solar/fossil system, the fossil-fuel plants go unused for most of the day, including at peak usage times. The cost of maintaining fossil-fuel plants simply as backups is considerable, but it won’t necessarily break the bank, especially since most of those stand-by plants are already built. The J P Morgan team uses a German decarbonisation plan as a reference. They calculate that at current prices solar could reduce carbon emissions from electricity generation by about 63 percent. This enormous reduction would be costly — it would increase US electricity prices by about 90 percent from current levels. A 90 percent increase sounds like a lot. But it would only bring our electricity costs to about Japanese levels. Japan, of course, is able to sustain a rich consumer society with those high electricity costs, and so would the US. With further drops in solar costs and energy-storage costs, the price tag will naturally be even cheaper. The J P Morgan team estimates that the electricity price bump from a two-thirds reduc- tion in emissions might be only 20 percent — a small annoyance. In other words, deep decarbonization of our economy wouldn’t force us to return to a pre-industrial civilisation. It wouldn’t require the end of capitalism, or even a substantial modification. Solar power is for real, and it can do what we need it to do — as long as policymakers are willing and able to make the small sac- rifice needed. BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Strong currency can benefit Swiss economy

By John Miller and Brenna most competitive economies. Labour Organisation reached a and Arts’ tourism institute. Six years ago, German couple even if the franc dents results. Hughes Neghaiwi Economy Minister Johann four-year high of 4.9 percent in Swiss retailers will miss out on Frank and Mandy Klein started Swiss Tools, a tool and medical Schneider-Ammann said he was the third quarter. some 11bn francs in sales in 2015, a package reception service on instrument maker near Lucerne WISS alpine gear maker worried about a “creeping de- In the metals, electronics and Credit Suisse estimates, as thou- Constance’s main shopping street. whose products include vanilla- Mammut has made rope industrialisation”, with small machinery industry alone, 4,500 sands of Swiss residents make Swiss residents have mail-order scented screwdrivers, said the for mountain climbers in firms as well as big ones shipping jobs were axed this year through shopping pilgrimages to cheaper products from Europe shipped to strong currency forces firms to Sthe land of the Matter- jobs abroad. July, as the franc makes exports of Germany or France. Swiss retail the Kleins, who charge 5 euros to adapt. Chief Executive Eva Jaisli horn for 153 years, but after this The SNB precipitated the precision equipment more expen- sales have fallen five of the six hold packages for a week. said she has responded by raising year’s surge in the franc currency “frankenshock” with a sudden sive for buyers in Europe. The months through October, accord- German farmers in the coun- prices in Europe while increasing it is moving production to the move to lift a three-year-old 1.20 industry accounts for about 9 per- ing to the Federal Office of Sta- tryside have joined them in the the standard work week for her low-cost lowlands of the Czech franc per euro cap, which Chair- cent of Switzerland’s 642bn Swiss tistics. package-reception business, using 150 workers by two hours without Republic. The company blames man Thomas Jordan decided had franc ($626bn) gross domestic Guido Hoegger regularly drives barns once used to store tractors boosting pay. Exports had actu- the Swiss National Bank’s deci- become “unsustainable.” product. Holidays in the already from his northern Swiss village to to store packages from Amazon. ally risen as a share of production sion on January 15 freeing the While the franc has since pricey Swiss Alps look even less low-cost Constance, 45 minutes com. Across the border in Swit- since January 15, she said. franc to rise against the euro for retreated from a 30 percent spike, attractive to European visitors, away in Germany. Cosmetics for zerland, the neighbouring town In tourism, the Bernese High- finally bringing climbing rope it remains 10 percent higher, at hurting a tourism sector whose his wife and disinfectant for his of Kreuzlingen has empty store- lands surrounding Interlaken margins to the breaking point. about 1.08 francs per euro. share of GDP has stagnated at 2.8 bathroom cost 40 percent less, he fronts and a nearly deserted main responded to a sharp decline in “The recent strengthening of That left skidmarks on Swit- percent since 2011. said. Hearing aid batteries are a street. European visitors by luring more the Swiss franc increased the zerland’s economy, from com- Overnight stays in Swiss hotels tenth of Swiss prices. Germany Switzerland’s economic and Middle Eastern and Asian travel- pressure to improve the business panies like Mammut shuttering through September fell 0.5 per- refunds its 19 percent value added political stability have driven lers, more willing than French or economics by relocating,” said factories and offshoring produc- cent, as more visitors from China, tax at the border. high demand for the franc in the Germans to pay a premium for Christian Thalheimer, spokesman tion to Swiss shoppers flocking Gulf countries, India, South Korea A retired manager at a mill past, and the SNB says the Swiss Alpine scenery. for Mammut parent Conzzeta, of to suddenly cheaper Germany and the United States couldn’t machinery company, Hoegger economy can benefit over the long This summer, the region the move that means 24 Swiss for deals. offset plunging visits from Ger- knows some of his neighbours say term from the rigour imposed on hosted a concert by Chinese pop- job cuts. Mammut’s shift illus- Third-quarter economic mans, Dutch, Russians, Belgians it is unpatriotic to shop abroad. business by the strong currency. star GEM at 3,454 metres atop trates why the franc’s stubborn growth stagnated and the gov- and Italians. “I don’t feel guilty,” Hoegger Roche, the world’s biggest can- the Jungfraujoch glacier. Local strength despite negative inter- ernment expects growth of less “We’d have many, many more said. “We’ve been getting ripped cer drug maker, has announced officials and show sponsor Tag est rates and SNB intervention than 1 percent for 2015. The man- guests in Switzerland if it were off by high prices in Switzerland. plans to spend 300 million francs Heuer watches hope a broadcast has the government and business ufacturing sector contracted in cheaper here,” said Urs Wagen- And Swiss people’s sensitivity to on a new Swiss facility, saying in China boosts Swiss appeal. leaders fearing for Switzerland’s November. Swiss unemployment seil, professor at Lucerne Uni- the exchange rate has only inten- it can make some drugs more perch at the peak of the world’s as measured by the International versity of Applied Sciences sified since January 15.” efficiently at home than abroad, REUTERS SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CLASSIFIEDS

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77711129 www.helplinegroups.com SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT QSL: Heroic Gomis gives Al Sailiya full points Al Sadd lose 2-1 in coach Ferreira’s debut match, Umm Salal and Al Arabi share points in an one-all draw

DOHA: Al Sailiya keeper Gre- The Qatari international burst goals came from the penalty spot. gory Gomis was the star as Al through the Al Sailiya defense on QSL RESULTS & FIXTURES After a barren first half, both Sadd slipped to their second defeat the left hand side and scored with Yesterday’s Results the goals came in the second half. in as many games losing 2-1 to a a dinked effort over the oncoming Al Sadd 1 Al Sailiya 2 Umm Salal came into the resolute Al Sailiya side in coach Al Sailiya keeper Gregory Gomis. second half with renewed vigor Jesualdo Ferreira’s first game for Despite conceding, Al Sailiya kept Umm Salal 1 Al Arabi 1 and on the 47th minute Sagbo the Wolves. on attacking and deservedly took Today’s Matches spurned a golden opportunity In the other match, Umm Salal the lead on the stroke of half- 4:00pm Qatar SC vs El Jaish at from a few yards out, instead and Al Arabi shared the points in time. A well delivered near-post Qatar SC Stadium the Ivorian lifted his effort over an entertaining 1-1 draw. corner was met by the head of the bar. Al Arabi found their way 6:30pm Al Gharafa vs Al Al Sailiya started the tie on the Cameroonian Raoul Lowe which back into the tie, with Al Arabi Rayyan at Qatar SC Stadium front foot and promptly took the nestled into the top left corner striker Paulinho drawing two lead courtesy of striker Abdulqadir of the goal. good saves in quick succession Llyas. The on loan El Jaish player The former Osasuna man cel- their search for an equaliser. from Umm Salal stopper Baba found plenty of time and space to ebrated wildly and was mobbed by In fact they did have the ball in Malick. calmly slot past Wolves stopper his team-mates. Al Sailiya could the back of the net on the 61st Gianfranco Zola’s side took- Sadd Al Dosari. of gone into the second half with minute, although Brazilian striker the lead in the 62nd minute Shocked into action, Al Sadd a two goal cushion had Bahraini Muriqui was rightly judged off- when Arabi midfielder Ahmed went about looking for an equal- international Faouzi Aaish’s effort side. Fathi was bundled down in the iser but where mainly restricted to from distance not just sailed over The Brazilian striker was cen- area by Welington Silva the ref- shots from distance from the well the crossbar. tral to Al Sadd’s good work in eree rightly pointed to the spot, marshalled Al Sailiya backline. Al Sailiya went into the half- the second and was bundled over Paulinho stepped up to calmly However pressure eventually tolled time break leading 2-1. in the 72nd minute. The Brazil- tuck the ball into the bottom left on Sami Trabelsi’s side thanks to In the second half, Al Sadd ian promptly stepped up only for hand corner to score his 8th goal the fleet footed Hassan Haydoos. ramped up the pressure in his shot to be saved by Gregory of the season. Gomis, much to the delight of Umm Salal where thrown a his team-mates who mobbed the lifeline in the 75th minute when French born keeper. Yannick Sagbo was pushed in the Al Sadd coach Jesaldo Ferreira area, the referee pointed to the cut a lonely figure in the second spot and Sagbo picked himself half as his side pinned Al Sailiya up to level the match. That was back for large swathes of the sec- the Ivorian striker’s ninth goal in ond half. eleven QSL games. However Al Sadd where unable After the goal the Orange For- to break the Al Sailiya resistance, tress grew in confidence, finding but came close in the six minutes space in the final third. of injury time at the end of the Sagbo was again central to his match. sides attacking threat and on the First, a Xavi free kick was 83rd minute his curling effort just palmed away by Gomis, along with went past the post of Al Arabi a string of three fantastic saves stopper Rajab Hamza. denying Al Sadd an equaliser. Umm Salal pushed hard for the At the final whistle Gomis ran winner, but their efforts where in away in delight, and was duely vein with the match ending 1-1. mobbed by his team-mates. His Umm Salal drop to sixth place in Umm Salal’s Fabio Cesar (left) and Al Arabi’s Ahmed Fathi Abdoulla performance had secured Al the league, whilst Al Arabi have Players of Al Sailiya SC celebrate at the end of their Qatar Stars League vie for ball possession during their QSL match at Al Sadd Stadium Sailiya a vital three points against moved back into the top 4 with (QSL) match against at Al Sadd at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Al Sailiya yesterday. Al Sadd. the point. won 2-1. KAMMUTTY VP In the second match, both the THE PENINSULA

Qatar Fencing Grand Prix Tickets of Qatar ExxonMobil WTCC winners honoured by Open 2016 now Eurosport Events in Paris on sale in malls PARIS: The various FIA World The WTCC drivers and Yves Matton, the Citroën Rac- Touring Car Championship award teams honoured as follows: ing Director, celebrated the com- DOHA: Tickets for the Qatar winners gathered at a prize-giv- pany’s second consecutive WTCC WTCC Drivers’ championship first place: ExxonMobil Open 2016 can now ing ceremony with a difference in Manufacturers’ crown by pay- José María López be purchased in the malls starting Paris on Thursday night. ing tribute to his drivers López, from today, Qatar Tennis Federa- As well as celebrating the WTCC Drivers’ championship second place: Sébastien Loeb, Ma Qing Hua and tion (QTF) announced. achievements of a number of Yvan Muller Yvan Muller. The January 4th to 9th event WTCC drivers and teams, the WTCC Drivers’ championship third place: “It’s like a dream for us but brings the game’s greatest names inaugural Motorsport Awards by Sébastien Loeb you need to have the drivers to WTCC Manufacturers’ championship first Action from the Qatar Fencing Grand Prix at Ali bin Hamad Al Attiya to the city – world No. 1 Novak Eurosport Events recognised the do what we do and we have the place: Citroën Total WTCC Arena in Doha yesterday. Top fencers from over 50 countries are tak- Djokovic, World No. 5 Rafael success recorded by competitors drivers. It’s fantastic to be in the Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy first place: ing part in the championship which ends tomorrow. The preliminary Nadal, World No. 6 Tomas Ber- from the FIA European Tour- top four positions in the cham- dych and defending champion ing Car Cup, the FIA European Norbert Michelisz pionship.” rounds of the competition is being held at the Ali bin Hamad Al Attiya David Ferrer, are just some of Rally Championship and the FIM Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy second place: Honda-driving Yokohama Arena and the Grand Prix Semi-Finals and Finals for Men and Women the players starting their year in Endurance World Championship Mehdi Bennani Drives’ Trophy champion Nor- will be held at the Gate Mall. The Women’s final takes place today at Doha. for motorbikes. Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy third place: Tom bert Michelisz added: “After an 7.00pm and the semifinals at 6.00pm. Djokovic is returning to Doha Eurosport Events promotes all Chilton (awarded accepted by Francesca intense battle for the title I am after a 2015 season that saw four categories and the ceremony Valdani) quite proud not only for myself him win 11 titles in many events at the Paris Motorcycle Show Yokohama Teams’ Trophy first place: ROAL but for Zengo Motorsport. With- including US Open, Australian in the French capital brought Motorsport out them I wouldn’t be here.” Open and Wimbledon. This is together leading lights from two There was also a special award Djokovic’s second appearance in and four wheels, and from the rac- riders are watching the WTCC handed to WTCC emerging talent the Qatari capital. ing circuits of the world and the on TV, we thought it would make Hugo Valente. Another player returning to rally stages of Europe under one sense to organise a common prize The 23-year-old from France Doha trying to clinch his second roof for the first time for a truly giving ceremony for the four Euro- received the inaugural AUTO title here is World No. 9, Richard memorable and historic occasion. pean and world championships we BILD Goldenes Lenkrad (Golden Gasquet of France. Online ticket FIA President Jean Todt and have under the Eurosport Events Wheel) for his impressive quali- sales have been overwhelming and FIM President Vito Ippolito were umbrella. It was also unique to fying lap during the WTCC Race now fans can get their tickets in among the guests of honour. host the FIA and FIM Presidents of Germany weekend at the leg- person at the following locations: “It felt good to gather the tour- together, a very strong and posi- endary Nürburgring Nordschleife Villaggio, City Center, Landmark, ing car, rally and endurance bike tive message for motorsport.” in May. A jury consisting of rep- Lagoona, and the Khalifa Interna- families tonight in Paris for the José María López, who secured resentatives of the leading Ger- tional Tennis & Squash Complex. first Eurosport Events’ Motorsport his second WTCC Drivers’ title man publication, race organisers Tickets kiosks will be open Awards,” said Head of Eurosport in as many seasons with Citroën, ADAC Nordrhein, the German daily from 10:00am to 9:00pm. Events, François Ribeiro. said: “I never imagined these motorsport federation DMSB Tournament director, Karim “Many of our touring car or great things would happen to me and WTCC promoter Eurosport Alami, said: “We are thrilled rally drivers ride bikes on a day- but I am lucky to be with such a Events judged Valente as the win- with the response to initial sales to-day basis and follow motorbike good team. I was very happy when ner of the solid bronze trophy. online and are looking forward to racing. Vice-versa, when we real- I arrived in the WTCC and I still the start of sales at the malls and ised how many World Endurance enjoy every day.” THE PENINSULA Basketball: Stage set for at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex – the sup- port the fans give the players and the event each year truly shows Qatar Girls Championship how important the Qatar Exxon- Mobil Open has been for the past DOHA: The Qatar Women’s Sport Committee (QWSC) has completed 24 years and it only continues to its arrangements for hosting the Qatar International Girls Basketball grow.” Center Court tickets grant Championship which begins today at Aspire Zone. access to the Center Court, the The organising committee for the event is headed by Ms Ahlam Al Outside Match Courts and the Mana, the QWSC President. Complex. Ground passes pro- To conclude on December 08, the championship features the par- vide access to the Outside Match ticipation of four teams including; Jordan, Bahrain, Palestine and Hosts Courts and the Complex only. Qatar. Lower Sections and Middle B The event comes in light of the Qatari preparations for the Arab have reserved numbered seating. Girls Basketball Championship to be staged in Al Sharjah, UAE in Middle A and C and Upper February 2016. A, B and C stands do not have Meanwhile, the 2015 Qatar International Swimming Championship numbered seating and seating began today at Hamad International Aquatic Center. allocation is on a first-come- The event will feature the participation of 309 players from Qatar, first-serve basis. Tickets can still UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Palestine, Bosnia Herzegovina, Sudan, Saudi be purchased online by going to Arabia, Tunisia and Libya. www.qatartennis.org or in person The technical meeting of the event was held at Hamad Aquatic Center at the malls and Khalifa Interna- Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) President, Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah (right) is seen with where the attendees highlighted all the technical and administrative tional Tennis & Squash Complex. FIA President Jean Todt (second left) and Mehdi Bennani during the inaugural Motorsport Awards by Eurosport arrangements for the competitions. Events in Paris on Thursday night. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Al Gharafa aim to halt perfect Al Rayyan run QSL: We will try to forget the last defeat against Al Kharaitiyat, says Al Gharafa’s interim coach Sadeq

DOHA: Unbeaten Al Rayyan start of the league, Al Gharafa bench and the rest of the squad, seek ‘complete’ fan support as the where touted as one of the teams everybody was feeling the happi- Qatar Stars League (QSL) points with the ability to win the league,” ness. We are on family and this is leaders eye another in win against Fossati said. something that is essential to me Al Gharafa today. “They might not have the best as coach when you want to take Last week, Al Rayyan beat El results but it’s not enough for us titles,” he said. Jaish 2-1 to register their 10th to change our view of them. They Al Gharafa’s interim coach successive win this season. remain a tough team for us. But Habib Sadeq said his players have Al Rayyan have played their I have many reasons to trust in been planning a revival after their home and away games in front my team. So as always, we will loss to Al Kharaitiyat last week. thousands of fans following the go into this match looking for the “We will try to forget the last fortunes of the team in the first victory,” Fossati said. defeat against Al Kharaitiyat. 12 weeks of the season. The Uruguayan said Al Rayyan During training we have focussed Despite their rich vein of form players will pitch in with efforts on getting our players to play with head coach Jorge Fossati has on the playing field to create more concentration for this big urged Al Rayyan fans back the chances to win games. game,” Sadeq said. side in the remaining part of the “It will be a surprise if the “We will play this game with season. other team goes into the game full concentration and look to take “As we have said from the saying we will see how many goals maximum points. It might be spe- beginning, we need the Al Rayyan Al Rayyan will score against us. cial game for the supporters but fans to come to the stadiums to We are a team that doesn’t wait for us, we are only looking to take support us,” Fossati said ahead of for other teams to gift us with three points,” Sadeq pointed out. their clash at Suheim Bin Hamad anything,” Fossati said. Sadeq said Al Gharafa must Stadium. Fossati said Al Rayyan’s 2-1 play as a unit. “But if they come thinking win over El Jaish last week was “We know that Al Gharafa have that we will win every game, then scripted with a die-hard spirit a big history with big players but that’s unfair. If the team gets a among his players. now we have to focus on what we draw then you will get sad. You “I did celebrate the goal against have as a group. The last results are disappointed with the team. El Jaish. We had suffered a draw were difficult for us. But now we Al Sadd’s Nadir Belhadj (left) and Al Sailiya’s Sayaf Mohsin Karbi vie for ball possesion during the Qatar Stars The mentality of the supporter against El Jaish twice before this. are focussing on our team and the League match at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Al Sailiya won 2-1. KAMMUTTY VP must be that I am going there to We were controlling this game quality that we have,” Sadeq said. support the team, a team that without any problem and then “Yesterday many supporters has played a tough match,” Fos- they equalised,” Fossati said. came to the training ground and the beginning of the season there struggling Qatar Sports Club will must win to step away from rel- sati said. “But we were able to come cheered for the team to give them were a lot of changes in the team. get a chance to snap their woeful egation zone. Qatar SC, placed Fossati said former champions back and score again. The reac- confidence. Hopefully we will play The problem is that we didn’t form in the last two weeks when 13th, have just one win from Al Gharafa - placed 7th on the tion that my players showed was this match with full concentra- prepare our team well. With the they face second-placed El Jaish 10 QSL matches. El Jaish, who points table - will come hard at great. They showed us that we are tion and take three points,” Sadeq new players coming in, you need today. Hosts for this game, Qatar are placed second on the points them. a good team, a serious team,” he said. to give them a lot of time to find SC will be eager to stop the rot table behind Al Rayyan, get their “Al Gharafa are a very good said. Sadeq said Al Gharafa are the cohesion,” he said. The game after two humiliating defeats in chance to close gap on the leaders. team with very good players. We “It was not just the players in taking one game at a time in the starts at 6:30pm at Qatar Sports the last two matches. Coached need to remember that at the the middle but the players on the remaining part of the season. “At Club. In the first match of the day, by Sebaatiao Lazaroni, Qatar SC THE PENINSULA Courtois set Real Madrid to return as thrown out of Mourinho Spanish Cup over ineligible eyes ‘good’ player December MADRID: Real Madrid have been thrown out of the Spanish LONDON: Jose Mourinho Cup after fielding an ineligible confirmed goalkeeper Thibaut player in their tie against third- Courtois is back in the squad tier side Cadiz on Wednesday, Wendell Lira (left) of Brazil’s Goianesia celebrates his goal against after three months out injured the Spanish Football Federation Brazil’s Atletico Goianiense during their 2015 Championship Goiano, for today’s home match against (RFEF) confirmed yesterday. match held at Serra Dourada Stadium in Goias, Brazil in this March 11, Bournemouth, as the Chelsea Madrid began the game with 2015 file picture. Lira’s goal was nominated for the prestigious Puskas manager hopes the under-pres- Denis Cheryshev, who scored the Award for the best goal of the year. sure champions are finally turn- opening goal in the 3-1 win, in ing the corner. their starting line-up even though The Belgian goalkeeper has not the Russian should have been sus- played since the 2-1 defeat to Crys- pended after he received three Unknown Brazilian vies tal Palace on August 29 because yellow cards in the competition of a knee injury, but Mourinho for Villarreal last season. hinted he may start today, as he The federation’s competition described the 23-year-old as the Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho during a press conference at Chelsea committee judge ruled that the with Messi for best goal best goalkeeper in the world. player was “ineligible...so the Training Ground yesterday. “Courtois is selected (in the match is resolved in favour of SAO PAULO: When Wendell The journey since that rain- squad),” Mourinho said. “I didn’t Cadiz”. Lira soared through a rainy night drenched March night led first to tell them (if he will start), so they it’s very important that we have 3.15am on Thursday morning, He also slapped Real Madrid sky to score the opening goal of the opening round of the contest. must be the ones to know. But he’s him back.” Mourinho also con- pointing out how it was odd that with a fine of 6,001 euros ($6,520). a mid-season match in a Brazil- Lira learned on November 6 selected. firmed John Terry, Ramires and he was one of only three players Real Madrid president Floren- ian regional football league, there that world football’s governing “Courtois is Courtois. To miss Radamel Falcao are all still out, to be photographed despite 25 tino Perez said Thursday that the were 342 people in the stands. body had shortlisted his goal as Courtois for a couple of matches, but that Nemanja Matic is avail- attending. club “is not at fault” and should None of them could have imag- one of the 10 best scored and cap- we knew we had good protection able despite having to wear a face “I think the paparazzi had a not be disqualified from the com- ined that the unknown forward, tured on video in official tourna- in a good goalkeeper (like Asmir mask because of a double fracture problem with their memory cards petition because Cheryshev had who was released by his club, ments worldwide in the past year. Begovic). to his nose and cheek suffered in (at the Christmas party). There “not been personally notified” Goianesia, several months later, At the time, Lira -- who earned “But to lose your best goal- Sunday’s 0-0 draw at Tottenham were 25 players inside and they that he was suspended. would end up competing with about $1,300 a month when keeper for three months, and Hotspur. Diego Costa furiously only got three.” Perez also argued that accord- Lionel Messi for the Puskas he scored the goal of his life -- 19 matches in all competitions threw a bib to the ground during Mourinho added that the ing to the club’s interpretation of Award, FIFA’s prize for the best had been unemployed for three ... 19 matches without the best that game once it became appar- Christmas party had allowed the the competition’s by-laws, previ- goal of the year. months, since the end of his sea- goalkeeper in the world. It was ent that he would not be com- players to unwind. ous bookings are voided at the Lira, 26, was startled when he son with Goianesia and a brief hard for us. Now we are again in ing on as a sub, but the Chelsea “They consulted me about the start of the round of 32. found out -- quite literally. stint at third-tier side Tombense. a super situation by having the manager played down the ongoing moment to do it (party), and I In July, however, the RFEF had He had just left his house in He was in the process of best and a very good one. I don’t controversy, insisting there are no told them a bit far from Christ- given all clubs a list of the players Goiania, in the heart of Brazil, searching for a new club to con- know (if he starts). doubts over the striker’s future. mas because Christmas will be who were under the threat of a on Monday morning when a car tinue making a living from the “I have to speak with him and “For me, no question marks. really busy. So they chose this suspension for the season. suddenly pulled up and blocked game he loves -- like many of the make a decision. But, sooner or Always played. Was on the bench week. I agreed with them. And The head of the Spanish league, his path. working-class players who scrape later, he will be my number one. If one match, which is more than the next morning in training eve- Javier Tebas, earlier said he felt He thought he was about to be by in football-crazed Brazil’s lower not tomorrow, then against Porto natural. No problems. No prob- ryone was really good. They did the possible disqualification of robbed. But the driver got out, leagues. (on Wednesday).” lems at all.” well. They needed that. But the Real Madrid over the affair asked him for a photo, and told An estimated 20,000 profes- “Courtois was our goalkeeper Mourinho also laughed off the paparazzi was not the best.” “seemed a bit disproportionate”. him his stunning bicycle kick sional footballers in Brazil go all last season, and we know how pictures of Costa emerging from AFP Earlier this season, Span- against defending champions unemployed each year when the fundamental he was for us. So the team’s Christmas party at ish football saw second-division Atletico Goianiense eight months regional leagues end in May. Osasuna booted out of the cup in back had returned from the past “Life is complicated for a foot- an almost identical case. to change his life. baller who’s not in the first divi- And in 2001, Benitez was in “When I got the news, I didn’t sion. You go through a lot. A lot of charge of Valencia when they believe it at first. Then my wife times you don’t receive your pay- were thrown out of the same com- called me, crying, and I started check, and we have to support our petition for fielding four non-EU crying with her. I couldn’t believe families,” said Lira, who has had players when only three were per- it. It was very emotional,” Lira to find odd jobs to pay the bills in mitted. As soon as Real realised said, still dazed by the news. the past. When Lira’s nomination their error on Wednesday they Lira, a journeyman footballer started generating buzz, a leading substituted the player and claim schooled in the humble stadiums club in his hometown, Vila Nova, that neither the authorities nor of Brazil’s lesser leagues, will signed him as its star recruit for Villarreal had warned them. share the stage on January 11 in its return to Brazil’s second-tier The controversy comes during Zurich with Barcelona superstar league next year. a roller-coaster season for Real. Messi and Roma’s Alessandro “It’s changed my life. People They comfortably qualified for Florenzi, the other two finalists know me, they want to take pho- the Champions League last 16 but for the coveted award. tos with me, they ask for my auto- are third in La Liga on 27 points, The prize, whose past winners graph and I’ve had new job offers. six behind leaders Barcelona and include Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan But thank God, now I’ve got a job. two back from city rivals Atletico Ibrahimovic, Neymar and James It’s crazy,” he said. in second. Rodriguez, will be awarded dur- Lira still doesn’t know how his “It is a long road,” Benitez told ing the Ballon d’Or ceremony for goal traveled some 10,000 kilom- a news conference earlier yes- best player of the year -- a star- eters (6,000 miles) from Goiania terday ahead of the club’s league studded, red-carpet gala watched to FIFA headquarters in Zurich. FIFA presidential hopeful Jordanian Prince Ali Al Hussein prepares to address a luncheon at the National match at home against Getafe in millions of homes around the Press Club in Washington, DC, yesterday. today. world. AFP AFP SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Rahane, Jadeja put India on top in New Delhi South Africa 121 all out in first innings, left arm spinner rips through visitor’s batting line-up in fourth Test

NEW DELHI: Spinner Ravindra I was batting really well in the Jadeja ripped through South Afri- Scoreboard series and I just needed to spend ca’s batting line-up after Ajinkya some time in the middle,” said India (I innings): South Africa (I innings): Rahane hit the first century of Rahane. M Vijay c Amla b Piedt ...... 12 D Elgar c Saha b Yadav ...... 17 the series as India compounded “Shot-making was not easy but S Dhawan lbw Piedt ...... 33 T Bavuma b Jadeja ...... 22 the visitors’ misery in the fourth once you were set it was difficult C Pujara b Abbott ...... 14 H Amla c Saha b Jadeja ...... 3 and final Test yesterday. for the bowlers to get the bats- V Kohli c Vilas b Piedt ...... 44 A B de Villiers c Sharma b Jadeja ...... 42 Jadeja picked up five wickets man out.” A Rahane c de Villiers b Tahir ...... 127 F du Plessis c Rahane b Jadeja ...... 0 for 30 runs as India bowled out No batsman had previously R Sharma c Tahir b Piedt ...... 1 J P Duminy b Yadav ...... 1 the tourists for 121 off 49.3 overs reached three figures in a low- W Saha b Abbott ...... 1 D Vilas b Sharma ...... 11 in New Delhi. AB de Villiers was scoring series which India have R Jadeja c Elgar b Abbott ...... 24 K Abbott lbw Ashwin ...... 4 the only batsman to offer much sealed already after winning the R Ashwin c de Villiers b Abbott ...... 56 D Piedt c Rahane b Jadeja ...... 5 resistance, making 42 off 78 balls. first and third Tests. U Yadav (not out) ...... 10 M Morkel (not out) ...... 9 The top-ranked visitors, who Rahane thrived on the Kotla I Sharma lbw Abbott ...... 0 I Tahir c (sub-Rahul) b Ashwin ...... 1 have already lost the series, trail track, which seemed to have Extras (B-8, W-1, NB-3)...... 12 Extras (B-5, NB-1) ...... 6 by 213 runs in the first innings evened out after offering incon- Total (all out) ...... 334 Total (all out) ...... 121 although their hosts have decided sistent bounce and turn to bowl- Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-62, 3-66, 4-136, Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-40, 3-56, 4-62, 5-65, not to enforce the follow-on. ers on the opening day. 5-138, 6-139, 7-198, 8-296, 9-334, 10-334. 6-79, 7-84, 8-103, 9-118, 10-121. “We haven’t played good cricket His fine innings came to an Bowling: Morkel 24-5-58-0 (nb1; w1); Abbott Bowling: Sharma 12-5-28-1 (nb1); Yadav 12- in the last couple of weeks, so no end when he handed a straight- 24.5-7-40-5 (nb1); Piedt 38-6-117-4 (nb1); Tahir 3-32-2; Ashwin 13.3-5-26-2; Jadeja 12-2-30- excuses,” South Africa coach Rus- forward catch to de Villiers in 16-2-66-1; Elgar 11-0-33-0; Duminy 4-0-12-0. 5. sell Domingo in the close of play the covers off leg-spinner Imran press conference at the Feroz Tahir. Shah Kotla stadium. also removed skipper Hashim in three balls to send back Ashwin His 127 runs came off 215 balls “There was some very good Amla, who nicked behind to the (56) and Sharma (zero). and was studded with 11 fours and bowling from the Indian side, wicketkeeper. It was the second career five- four sixes. especially from the spinners. Amla scored just three from wicket haul for Abbott, who had Rahane played aggressively “They deserve a lot of credit for 34 balls, yet another single figure picked three wickets on the open- in the first session, lofting off- bowling so well and we have to score on what has been a hugely ing day. spinner Dane Piedt for two sixes take responsibility for some soft disappointing tour for him. After resuming at the over- in three balls, including one that dismissals.” Jadeja grabbed three more night 231-7, India added 103 runs sailed over the long-off fence. Left-armer Jadeja recorded his wickets in fading light, much to while losing three wickets, includ- He also shared 98 runs with fourth five-wicket haul in Tests to the delight of a sizeable crowd in ing that of Rahane (127). Ashwin, helping India steady the tighten the screw on the Proteas. the Indian capital. Rahane, 27, reached his fifth boat after they were struggling at Paceman Umesh Yadav (2-32) Ravichandran Ashwin (2-26) Test century and his first on home 139-6 at one stage. gave India the breakthrough by and Ishant Sharma (1-28) also soil with a classic straight drive Ashwin, the leading wicket- having opener Dean Elgar caught joined the party, helping India end off Abbott. taker of the series with 26 scalps, behind for 17 before uprooting the the day on a high. The stylish right-hander, on showed his skill with the bat as off-stump of J.P. Duminy for his The hosts were bowled out for 89 overnight, raised his arms in well, reaching his sixth Test half- India’s Ajinkya Rahane raises his bat after completing a century during 50th Test wicket. 334 five overs into the post-lunch celebration before waving his bat century with a six off Tahir. the second day of the fourth Test cricket match against South Africa at Jadeja dismissed the other session with recalled paceman towards cheering fans. The Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi yesterday. opener Temba Bavuma (22) and Kyle Abbott taking two wickets “I was very determined. I knew AFP ‘Dire’ crowd forecast puts Hobart under pressure

SYDNEY: The first day-night Compounding the problem is Cricket Australia chief James against New Zealand last month, dence-boosting showing ahead of age of 21. “It’s hard to say whether Test was a roaring success but the anticipation of a lop-sided Sutherland has said the Tasma- is likely to stage a day-night Test next week’s opening Test against it will be a psychological blow for organisers are bracing for swathes contest against the struggling nian capital needed to demon- next year in a bid to intensify Australia in Hobart, were hum- them (ahead of first Test),” said of empty seats at next week’s day- West Indians, the Sydney Morn- strate why it should be awarded interest in five-day cricket there. bled by a second-string CA XI. CA XI all-rounder James Bazley. time match between Australia ing Herald said. more international matches. “Cricket Australia is commit- “I still think they can play and the West Indies in Hobart, “Internal projections for next Barely 20,000 went through the ted to staging matches in Hobart, The Caribbean tourists were strong cricket this series. But reports said yesterday. week’s Test are dire, suggesting gates for a Test there against Sri but it’s a competitive market so reduced to 125 for seven off 43 we have outplayed them, in my After 123,000 poured through the match is tracking for an over- Lanka three summers ago. we have to show that there is overs in their second innings, still opinion.” Adelaide’s turnstiles for the day- all attendance of less than 10,000 “Down the track who knows demand for it,” Cricket Tasma- trailing the CA XI by 76 runs with In what summed up the Wind- night Test against New Zealand, over the first four days. Little what possibilities there are but to nia chief David Johnston said this just three wickets left heading ies’ plight, captain Jason Holder official forecasts predict fewer wonder that ticket prices have create a compelling case for more week. into Saturday’s final day. was left reeling on his back after than 10,000 over the first four been cut by a third,” the news- international cricket down here, Meanwhile, the West Indies In their only outing before the he copped a nasty blow to the days in Hobart. paper said. the only real way is for Tasmani- were on the verge of a humiliat- three-Test series against world groin from paceman Ryan Lees The prediction has forced The Herald said if such a poor ans to show up in force and send ing loss to a modest Cricket Aus- number two Australia, the near (3-37) late on Friday. organisers to slash ticket prices showing transpired, a first-ever a message to us,” Sutherland said tralia XI after a disastrous third full-strength Windies were facing Holder (26 not out) finally and is putting Hobart under pres- Test in the national capital Can- at the time. day in their four-day tour match an embarrassing innings defeat managed to get back on his feet sure as a host of international berra next year was likely to be Brisbane, which had disap- in Brisbane yesterday. against a side featuring six first- after treatment. cricket, according to reports. considered. pointing crowds for the first Test The Windies, needing a confi- class debutants and an average AGENCIES

Walker takes route 66 to Sweden’s Lingmerth share lead in Albany tops at halfway stage

NEW PROVIDENCE, BAH- big change, but I did it pretty GOLD COAST, Australia: The day’s best performance MAS: A missed cut in his last well today.” British Open cham- Swede David Lingmerth mastered came from US-based Australian start and an ongoing swing change pion Johnson, one of seven players windy conditions to hold a one Rhein Gibson, who fired a course proved to be no handicap for ranked in the world’s top 11 who stroke lead at the halfway stage of record eight-under-par 64 to be Jimmy Walker as he charged into are competing at Albany, joined the European Tour co-sanctioned two shots off the lead at one- a share of the lead in the opening Walker and Casey in a three-way Australian PGA Championship under. round of the Hero World Chal- tie for the lead after picking up at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast Meanwhile, starting with the lenge in the Bahamas on Thurs- five shots after the turn. yesterday. 2016-17 campaign, US PGA Tour day. The 36-year-old American, “I put myself in a position to Lingmerth carded six birdies in players will have to add at least taking advantage of light breezes make some putts,” said Johnson. his four-under 68 to lead a group one new event to their schedules on a receptive layout softened by “The greens have gotten, the last of six golfers, including South each season, according to a new recent rain, birdied four of the two days, a lot faster and a lot African overnight leader Zander policy. last five holes as he fired a sizzling better ... they are pure. Lombard, after 36 holes. The rule was approved last six-under-par 66 at Albany Golf “There’s no excuse on missing a Jordan Spieth of the United States walks alongside his caddie Michael World number 57 Lingmerth week by the tour policy board and Club in New Providence. putt. You hit it good on the right Greller to the first green during the second round of the Hero World appeared to be one of few golfers players were notified this week of That left Walker, a five-time line, it’s going to go in.” Challenge at Albany, The Bahamas in Nassau, Bahamas on Thursday. with a good handle on the new- the change, aimed at having top winner on the PGA Tour, in a tie Spieth, who tied for second on look course and the buffeting players in different markets. at the top with compatriot Zach his title defence at the Australian conditions. The “new” event must be one Johnson and England’s Paul Casey Open last week, was once again “I know that I’ve won on the that a player has not competed in in the elite 18-player event hosted back in contention as a reigning Korean An gets European PGA Tour, probably the strongest over the prior four years. Golfers by Tiger Woods to benefit his champion -- this time after his tour in the world and I know I can who played in 25 or more events foundation. hole-in-one and three birdies at do it,” Lingmerth said. in the current or prior season World number one Jordan Spi- Albany. Tour rookie award “Of course that gives me some would be exempt from the rule as eth spectacularly aced the par- “I just needed to hit a nice confidence going into the weekend would those members age 45 and three second with a six-iron on punch-draw with a six-iron, LONDON: Byeong Hun An yes- Championship. An, who in 2009 but at the same time, these are all older or with lifetime tour status, the way to an opening 67, ending 175 (yards) or so to the hole, it terday became the first Asian became the youngest winner of players that can shoot seven, eight 20 wins and 15 seasons on tour. the day level with fellow Ameri- was playing about 185, 190,” the player to be named as the win- the US Amateur Championship under, both rounds out there over “Depending on how many cans Bubba Watson, Bill Haas and 22-year-old Texan said of his ace. ner of the Sir Henry Cotton at the age of 17, went on to pro- the weekend. you’re playing, you do move your Brooks Koepka, and Australian Rookie of the Year Award by the duce an impressive finish to the “I’m going to have to play very schedule around a little bit,” US Adam Scott. AFP European Tour. The 24-year-old 2015 campaign - claiming top four well to win but I do feel like I PGA commissioner Tim Finchem Walker, who has been work- South Korean made an immedi- finishes in three of the four Final should have a good shot.” said. ing with his swing coach Butch Hero World ate impact in his first year at the Series events. He took a seventh Lingmerth said he was disap- “You’ll find some players who Harmon on a different head move, top level, sealing a first European place finish in The 2015 Race to pointed top US drawcard Brandt don’t like it, but generally speak- was delighted to rebound from a Challenge scores Tour title at one of its most pres- Dubai, five spots ahead of English- Snedeker failed to make the final ing the players are understanding missed cut at the Dunlop Phoe- New Providence, Bahamas: Scores after tigious events, the BMW PGA man Matthew Fitzpatrick, who cut, the 34-year-old American of it and supportive of it. It’s a nix in Japan last month with a Thursday’s opening round of the Hero World Championship at Wentworth was also in the running to win crashing out with a wretched little bit more balance field-wise scintillating eight-birdie display Challenge (USA unless noted, par 72): Club in May. the award given to the highest- 15-over-par for the tournament. with sponsors, but also it really at Albany. 66 Jimmy Walker, Zach Johnson, Paul An carded a closing seven ranked European Tour debutant. “I want to beat him really helps in the markets that we play “I ran off to Japan on a whim Casey (ENG) under par 65, to claim a six shot Last year the award went to bad ... but you want to beat the in to have some of these faces be and played really bad, I was kind victory and break the record for American Brooks Koepka. best players at their best, that’s there at some point.” 67 Adam Scott (AUS), Bubba Watson, Bill of embarrassed,” Walker told Golf Haas, Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka the lowest winning score with a “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime what gives you confidence and Major championships, World Channel. cumulative total of 21 under par achievement,” said An. “I worked strength,” he said. Golf Championship events, the 68 Dustin Johnson “Since then, I haven’t been 267. very hard for this and played South African pair Dylan Frit- Players Championship, the PGA doing much but we really started 69 Patrick Reed, Chris Kirk, Anirban Lahiri In the process, the America- great last season. There were a telli and Lombard, Englishman playoff events, Olympics and working hard (on the swing) ... (IND) based Korean - more commonly lot of other good rookie players, so Mark Foster, American Peter Ryder and Presidents Cups do not just a little head move, and I’ve 70 Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar known on Tour as Ben An - to win the award is very special. Uihlein, Spain’s Pablo Martin count toward the requirement. had a hard time getting it. Doing 71 Justin Rose (ENG), JB Holmes, Billy became only the second rookie Benavides and Australian Mat- it on the course is tough, it’s a Horschel in history to win the BMW PGA AFP thew Millar were one off the lead. AGENCIES 21 SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com European clubs attack proposed FIFA reforms Anger at discussion of expanding World Cup to 40 teams, proposals ‘will only lead to increased frustration’

ZURICH: A package of reforms tion to this latest development, Reform Committee, which con- proposed by FIFA to clean up the leaving all options open,” said the sisted of representatives from the Guatemalan scandal-plagued governing body club association in a statement. six continental soccer confedera- of soccer was angrily criticised Nearly all the world’s top play- tions such as Europe’s UEFA and judge arrested yesterday by Europe’s powerful ers are with European teams. Africa’s CAF. clubs, who said it would increase FIFA’s international competitions “The proposals relating specif- on bribery frustration among the sport’s depend on a calendar, agreed ically to the governance reform stakeholders. between FIFA and the clubs, are missing the involvement and The European Club Association which allow them to be released greater recognition of all stake- charges (ECA), which represents more for their national teams on cer- holders,” said the statement. than 200 clubs including top sides tain dates. ECA dismissed a proposal to GUATEMALA CITY: A top like Real Madrid, Barcelona and If the clubs were to pull out of create a stakeholders’ committee official in Guatemala’s Football Bayern Munich, said its members those agreements, it could throw representing clubs, leagues and Federation, Hector Trujillo, was were “not prepared to be further international football into chaos. players, saying it did not address arrested in the United States yes- ignored” and were leaving “all ECA was particularly angry the issue. terday after being indicted in a options open.” that a proposal had been dis- “ECA believes that rather than massive corruption scandal rock- FIFA is in the throes of an cussed to increase the four-yearly reduce the risk of tension within ing the sport’s world body FIFA, a unprecedented crisis, with crimi- World Cup to 40 teams from the the football family, the proposed top Guatemalan judge said. nal investigations into the sport current 32, even though the idea recommendations will only lead Trujillo was apprehended in under way in the United States has now been put on hold. to increased frustration among Florida, where he had been on a and Switzerland. Its president The proposal had been made stakeholders,” it said. family vacation, the head of Gua- Sepp Blatter is among officials “without prior consultation with “ECA had misgivings towards temala’s Constitutional Court, who have been suspended by its the clubs (in full knowledge of the the manner in which FIFA man- Gloria Porras, told reporters. own ethics committee. Luis Chiriboga (69) current Ecuadoran Soccer Federation President and impact this will have on the pro- aged this reform process, but She said the information was Soccer bosses from across member of the CONMEBOL executive committee arrives at the court fessional club game),” said ECA, agreed to give FIFA the benefit confirmed by the US embassy. South and Central America in Quito yesterday. which is chaired by former West of the doubt. In addition to his work as the were among 16 people charged Germany forward Karl-Heinz “Given the recommendations secretary general of the national on Thursday by the United States Rummenigge. that have now been presented, football federation, Trujillo is an with multi-million-dollar brib- The same day, FIFA announced 36-member FIFA council replac- This was proof “that the pro- ECA was right to believe that a alternate judge in the Constitu- ery schemes for marketing and a package of planned reforms ing the 25-member executive posed reforms are not at the reform process led from within tional Court, Guatemala’s highest broadcast rights, bringing the including limits to the number of committee. required standard allowing for a is unable to deliver a sustainable tribunal. total number of indictments so far terms top officials can serve and “ECA will now take the new and modern FIFA,” it added. governance model which is fit for “This is an event that impacts to 41 in a probe spanning dozens a new separation of policy and required time to assess how it ECA added that its members the 21st century.” the Constitutional Court because of countries. management positions, with a wishes to position itself in rela- had not been involved in the FIFA REUTERS of the serious accusations made against a judge, and this impacts all the people of Guatemala,” Por- ras said. On Thursday, the US Justice Questions rising over whether FIFA can save itself Department announced 16 indict- ments against present and past ZURICH: FIFA faced renewed body, some outsiders reissued calls in the same probe and will appear includes the leaders of all regional crisis. “I do not think a Presi- football officials around the world. doubt yesterday over its ability for outsiders to lead the clean-up, later this month before a FIFA confederations. Crucial to the dential election with the current They are suspected of taking to root out systemic corruption voicing doubt that FIFA was able ethics court that could ban him reforms announced Thursday was candidates, and the acceptance of bribes to attribute marketing after a new wave of US indict- to save itself. from football for life, a fate which an overhaul of the executive panel. this package is enough,” he told rights for major FIFA fixtures, ments targeting top officials and “It’s not enough to make may also await Blatter. If the changes are approved at a AFP. in the process violating US laws a mixed response to much-hyped changes on paper. You simply have Lynch, whose office is coop- congress in February, the panel’s One of those candidates, on wire fraud, racketeering and reforms. to change the individuals,” said erating with Swiss prosecutors, power will be reduced and its France’s Jerome Champagne -- money laundering. World football suffered another Mark Pieth, a respected sports said “the message should be clear members removed from the day- who is a favourite among some The focus of probe is on Latin dramatic day of negative headlines figure and legal expert who led a to every culpable individual who to-day management of world foot- calling for reform -- expressed American officials or ex-officials. Thursday, with a further 16 offi- previous reform bid at FIFA. remains in the shadows. ball. “satisfaction” with the measures Among the other indictees is cials charged over corruption in After guilty pleas from eight “You will not wait us out. You FIFA’s president and other sen- announced Thursday. the president of Guatemala’s foot- what the US justice department people, US Attorney Gen- will not escape our focus.” ior leadership will face 12-year The other four confirmed can- ball federation, Brayan Jimenez, called an “outrageous” betrayal eral Loretta Lynch said there Despite the wave of indict- term limits and their compensa- didates include Prince Ali bin Al who was also on the FIFA com- of trust by those who govern the remained 27 defendants from ments, acting FIFA president Issa tion will be published and audited Hussein of Jordan, South African mittee for fair play and social world’s most beloved sport. within global football alleged to Hayatou told journalists Thursday regularly. business tycoon Tokyo Sexwale, responsibility. There is also Rafael The fresh charges -- includ- have taken more than $200m (183 that the body “is not corrupt. But prominent sports market- Asia’s football chief Sheikh Sal- Salguero, a former FIFA execu- ing the pre-dawn arrests of two million euros) in bribes and kick- “There are just individuals ing executive Patrick Nally, who man bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and tive committee member. FIFA vice presidents at a luxury backs over decades. who have demonstrated poor has intimate knowledge of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, Platini’s deputy Hours before Trujillo’s arrest, Zurich hotel -- overshadowed the Aside from those charged in behaviour,” he added, echoing the said the reform package “is prob- at UEFA. Speaking before that Jimenez stepped down from his release of a reform plan that FIFA the United States, FIFA’s sus- standard line previously used by ably too little too late.” latest arrest, FIFA corruption FIFA responsibilities and said he leadership hoped would change pended president Sepp Blatter Blatter. With less than three months to expert and author Declan Hill was available to cooperate with the narrative about its tarnished is the target of a Swiss criminal Several of the US suspects had go until the February meet where said there were names in the “whatever investigation that organisation. investigation. been or are currently members Blatter’s replacement will be cho- group that should cause major might take place at a local or Given the extent of the rot His would-be successor, UEFA of FIFA’s increasingly notori- sen, Nally voiced doubt that FIFA concern. international level.” within world football’s governing boss Michel Platini is implicated ous executive committee, which was on track to pull itself out of AFP AFP

Packers shock Lions in NFL Celtics topple Kings in Mexico

LOS ANGELES: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw a 61-yard City, Heat beat Thunder in NBA desperation touchdown pass on the final play of the game as the MEXICO CITY: The Boston season matchups in Mexico, the Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena. Green Bay Packers pulled off one Celtics humbled the Sacramento most total games outside of the NBA Southern Division lead- of the most stunning comebacks Kings 114-97 on Thursday as the United States and Canada. ers Miami improved to 11-6 ahead in franchise history on Thursday. NBA held a regular-season game “I love the idea of the NBA of Saturday’s home game against Rodgers dropped back, scram- in Mexico City for the second year being a global brand,” Celtics LeBron James and the Cleveland bled to the right and then took in a row. coach Brad Stevens said. “I’m all Cavaliers. off for the scrimmage line and Four Celtics players finished for the globalization of basket- Oklahoma City, leading the launched a bomb into the end with at least 20 points, with point ball.” Northwest Division, dropped to zone where Packers’ tight end guard Isaiah Thomas scoring 21 Thomas said the crowd was 11-8. Richard Rodgers made a leaping, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) raises his arms in and dishing out nine assists in loud and energetic. Durant got into foul trouble two-handed grab to give Green victory during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field front of a crowd of 18,660 at the “We fed off the energy that early and then was hit with a Bay a stunning 27-23 win over on Thursday. Packers win 27-23. Mexico City Arena. they gave us, so I’m happy to be technical foul in the second quar- Detroit. Kings guard and former Celtic able to play out here in Mexico ter when he got into an exchange The Lions appeared to have the Rajon Rondo had a rough reunion and hopefully we can come back,” with Heat guard Goran Dragic. game won but a facemask penalty ized I could get it so I just jumped against the University of Miami with his ex-teammates, getting he said. Durant, who was attempting an against Detroit on the previous for it.” in 1984 for the winning score. The ejected midway through the third Meanwhile, guard Dwyane alley-oop dunk on the play, was play gave the Rodgers boys one Two-time league MVP Aaron play has been dubbed The Miracle quarter after a second technical Wade rattled in two game-win- upset that Dragic bumped him last chance to hook up at Detroit’s Rodgers passed for 273 yards and In Miami. foul for arguing with the referee. ning free throws with 1.5 seconds as he sailed by. Heat centre Has- Ford Field stadium. two touchdowns and also scored Matthew Stafford threw two Kings coach George Karl said left to lift the Miami Heat to a san Whiteside tallied 11 points, “It is the greatest game I been on a 17-yard run as Green Bay early touchdown passes for the that Rondo’s ejection affected any 97-95 victory over the Oklahoma eight rebounds and two blocks. part of except the Super Bowl,” improved to 8-4. Lions, who dropped to 4-8. chance of mounting a comeback. City Thunder on Thursday. He had a spectacular end-to-end said Aaron Rodgers, who released The Packers’ fourth quarter “No lead is safe in this league Sacramento’s star center “He somehow found daylight,” sequence in the second quarter, the ball from his own 35-yard line. rally and the Rodgers’ despera- particularly with a guy like that DeMarcus Cousins was held to 16 Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of scoring on an alley-oop dunk and “It felt good like it was going to be tion touchdown pass brought on the other end,” said Lions points, well below his 28.2 season Wade’s drive to the basket that then blocking a Durant layup in the end zone. back memories of other note- coach Jim Caldwell. average. drew a foul on forward Serge despite trailing the play on a fast “I got a nice run up to throw worthy “Hail Mary” victories. Calvin Johnson caught his 15th The Celtics improved to 11-8 Ibaka. “I’m surprised he found break. Elsewhere, guard Will it. I didn’t see Richard until the In 1974, Dallas Cowboys rookie career touchdown pass against and sit in second place in the energy to jump.” Barton scored 22 points, forward last second. When he caught it quarterback Clint Longley slung Green Bay, a record for a Pack- Eastern Conference’s Atlantic “Dwyane is a proven Hall of Danilo Gallinari added 21, and the I blacked out. It is the greatest a 50-yard touchdown pass to ers’ opponent, while Matt Prater Division while the Kings fell to Fame talent, particularly in the Denver Nuggets held on to defeat feeling on football field in a long Drew Pearson on US Thanksgiv- added three field goals. 7-13 and lie in fourth place in fourth quarter. He’s going to have the Toronto Raptors 106-105 to time.” ing Day in 1974. Prater’s 34-yard field goal with the Western Conference’s Pacific the courage to make plays.” end an eight-game losing streak. Richard Rodgers caught eight The Cowboys trailed 16-3 in the 8:54 left in the third quarter gave Division. Thunder coach Billy Donovan Forward Darrell Arthur passes for 162 yards for Green third quarter but won it on Dal- Detroit a 20-0 lead. The game was part of the also praised Wade. added 19 points for the Nuggets, Bay, which had its 56-game streak las’ final play of the game with The Packers needed good for- NBA’s drive to expand its inter- “It was actually good defence while centre Joffrey Lauvergne of scoring in the first half snapped 28 seconds left as the ball was tune to finally break through dur- national presence as part of its by Serge,” Donovan said, “but scored 14 points and grabbed 10 as they rallied from a 20-point caught right down the middle of ing their next possession. Running NBA Global Games series. Lon- Wade did a great job of drawing rebounds. Guard Randy Foye deficit. the field by Pearson for a 24-23 back James Starks fumbled at don will host the Orlando Magic contact.” Wade scored Miami’s added 12 points for Denver. “When I jumped I expected win. the Lions five-yard-line but the and Toronto Raptors on January final eight points en route to a In Salt Lake City, Orlando someone to hit me or grab my In the US college ranks, Bos- ball bounced forward and wide 14. total of 28 to overshadow guard Magic took advantage of centre arm but it never happened,” said ton College Eagles’ quarterback receiver Randall Cobb landed on The league has now staged Russell Westbrook and forward Rudy Gobert’s absence to beat the Richard Rodgers. Doug Flutie found Gerard Phelan it in the end zone. three regular season games -- in Kevin Durant, each of whom Utah Jazz 103-94. “Once I saw it in the air I real- on the final play of a 1984 game AFP 1997, 2014 and 2015 -- and 19 pre- had 25 points for the Thunder at AGENCIES SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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30 31 32 33 JUSTASEC ELDEST ASK IN TAO SNAPE 34 35 36 37 38 39 CH I C FORTY ORLE 40 41 42 43 44 KEA DONATOR BEN ARREAR FAKEPUNT 45 46 47 SIERRA EVENODDS 48 49 50 51 52 SNARKY SADTOSAY Yesterday’s answer 53 54 55 56 57 58 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 59 60 61 DOWN 30 Launch 1 Poker player’s words of locations Easy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1 to 62 63 concession 31 Thrash 9 in each empty cell so every row, every column 64 65 2 Bête ___ 32 International company with and every 3x3 box contains all the digits 1 to 9. 3 Small tower on a castle an acronymic name 4 Third class on the Titanic 37 John with the 1984 #1 hit ACROSS 36 She may give you the coat off 5 Former Big Four record “Missing You” 1 Some safety stats: Abbr. her back company 38 Latino star once named one 5 She queried a magic object 39 Press for change? 6 Like Russia, of all countries of “The 10 sexiest bachelors in the world” by People named twice in this puzzle’s 40 Annual charge 7 Having a day off shaded squares magazine 42 Darwin’s “The Descent ___” 8 Tends (toward) HYPER SUDOKU 14 Black cats and comets 41 Wrong start? 45 Step up 9 Longtime sponsor of the 43 Words of reassurance 15 Vied (for) 47 Parts of one’s inheritance Socceroos national soccer 16 Hang in the balance? 48 Pol. affiliation team 44 Speeding (along) 17 1980-83 Stanley Cup winners of British P.M. 10 Given the latest 46 Shop tool 18 Rivet William Gladstone 11 Monthly bill: Abbr. 49 Mess up 20 Cuttlefish feature 50 Implores 12 English title 51 Certain bulb component 21 Less than 53 Go from here to there instantly 13 Business page heading 52 Man: Prefix 23 Didn’t budge 57 Lecture 14 Not be settled with 53 Small 24 Impassive 59 Heavy, durable china 19 Many an songbirds 26 1992 Prince song or its peak 61 Lorenzo’s love “I Ching” user 54 Home of the position in Billboard 62 Winning line 22 Tailor’s measurement Lia Fáil 30 Stir stir 63 Former Yankee skipper in the 25 Annual Augusta event 55 Unhinged 33 Tempestuous talent Hall of Fame 27 Mood 56 Pita-like bread 34 In good order 64 Answer provided by the magic 28 Continually object named twice in the 58 Former G.M. make 35 Header on many a forwarded 29 Hounds or badgers email shaded squares 60 Having a large footprint? 65 Bygone sticker

Yesterday’s answer

How to play Hyper Sudoku: A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. BABY BLUES BABY

NOVO How to play Kakuro: SCREEN 1 Bus 657 (2D/Action) 11:15am, 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15pm & 11:15pm SHOWING AT The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any KAKURO SCREEN 2 In The Heart of The Sea (3D/Adventure) 10:30am, 3:30 & 8:30pm VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells 2D 1:00, 6:00 & 11:00pm TEL: 444933989 / 444517001 like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, SCREEN 3 Mune (2D/Animation) 10:00, 11:50am, 1:40 & 3:30pm some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some Spectre (2D/Action) 6:20 & 9:10pm Krampus (2D/Comedy) 12:00midnight cells will contain two numbers. SCREEN 4 A Second Chance (2D/Tagalog) 10:00am, 2:20, 7:00 & 11:30pm However, in a crossword the numbers reference Arbaa Kotchina (2D/Arabic) 12:30, 5:00 & 9:30pm clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! SCREEN 5 Krampus (2D/Comedy) 11:00am, 1:10, 3:20 & 5:30pm They denote the total of the digits in the row or The Keeping Room (2D/Drama) 7:40, 9:40 & 11:45pm column referenced by the number. SCREEN 6 Victor Frankenstein(2D/Drama)10:00am, 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15&11:30pm Within each SCREEN 7 Creed (2D/Drama) 1:00, 6:30 & 11:55pm Bridge of Spies (2D/Drama) 10:15am, 3:45 & 9:15pm collection of cells SCREEN 8 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2D/Adventure) - called a run - any 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm of the numbers 1 SCREEN 9 Spectre (2D IMAX/Action) 10:15am, 3:35 & 9:00pm to 9 may be used In The Heart of The Sea (3D IMAX/Adventure) 1:10, 6:35 & 11:55pm but, like sudoku, SCREEN 10 In The Heart of The Sea (2D/Adventure) 12:15, 4:45 & 9:15 each number may Bus 657 (2D/Action) 10:15am, 2:45, 7:15 & 11:45pm only be used once. MALL Yesterday’s SCREEN 1 Pathemari (2D/Malayalam) 11:00am Shankarabharanam (2D/Telugu) answer 1:00pm Blinky Bill (2D/Animation) 3:45pm The Keeping Room (2D/ Drama) In The Heart of The Sea (2D/Adventure) Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate 5:15pm 7:00 & 11:30pm A Second Chance (2D/Romantic) 9:15pm SCREEN 2 Hate Story 3 (2D/Hindi) 11:00am Rangi Taranga (2D/Kanada) 1:15pm Krampus (2D/Comedy) 4:00pm Victor Frankenstein(2D/Drama) 5:45 & 9:30pm Bus 657 (2D/Action) 7:45pm Pathemari (2D/Malayalam) 11:30pm ALL IN THE MIND SCREEN 3 Shankarabharanam (2D/Telugu) 11:15am & 11:00pm Hate Story 3 (2D/Hindi) 2:00 & 8:30pm Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, Pathemari (2D/Malayalam) 4:15pm vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. Arbaa Kotchina (2D/Arabic) 6:30pm LANDMARK SCREEN 1 Pathemari (2D/Malayalam) 11:15am & 6:30pm Rangi Taranga (2D/Kanada) 1:30pm Krampus (2D/Comedy) 4:15pm Arbaa Kotchina (2D/Arabic) 8:45pm Bus 657 (2D/Action) 11:00pm SCREEN 2 In The Heart of The Sea (2D/Adventure) 11:30am, 5:00 & 9:15pm Mune (2D/Animaton) 2:00 & 3:30pm Victor Frankenstein(2D/Drama) 7:15 & 11:30pm SCREEN 3 Victor Frankenstein(2D/Drama) 11:00am Hoy en la Historia Shankarabharanam (2D/Telugu) 1:00pm The Keeping Room (2D/Drama) 3:45pm Krampus (2D/Comedy) 5:30pm December 5, 2013 A Second Chance (2D/Romantic) 7:15pm Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s Bus 657 (2D/Action) 9:30pm Pathemari (2D/Malayalam) 11:15pm first black president, died at age ROYAL PLAZA 95. An anti-apartheid icon, he led the transition from white-minority SCREEN 1 Victor Frankenstein (2D/Drama) 11:30am & 6:30pm rule to democracy in 1994 Krampus (2D/Comedy) 1:30 & 4:45pm Mune (2D/Animaton) 3:15pm 1945:    A Second Chance (2D/Romantic) 8:45pm         In The Heart of The Sea (2D/Adventure) 11:15pm       SCREEN 2 In The Heart of The Sea (2D/Adventure) 11:30am & 3:30pm 1952: The Great Smog, a toxic mix of The Keeping Room (2D/Drama) 1:45pm fog and smoke, enveloped London, Arbaa Kotchina (2D/Arabic) 5:45pm Bus 657 (2D/Action) 7:45 & 11:30pm Victor Frankenstein(2D/Drama) 9:30pm AIRPLANE, AUTOMOBILE, BICYCLE, BOAT, BUS, killing an estimated 4,000 people CABLECAR, CIRCUIT, COACH, CONVEYANCE, 1998:     ! ASIAN TOWN CRUISE, DRIVE, EXCURSION, FERRY, FLIGHT,   " # Anarkali (2D/Malayalam) 3:15 & 6:30pm HELICOPTER, HOVERCRAFT, JAUNT, JOURNEY, 2012: Brazilian architect Oscar Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 5:30 & 9:00pm JUNKET, LINER, LOCOMOTIVE, MOTORBIKE, Niemeyer, who designed some of the Pathemari (2D/Malayalam) 2:00, 3:15, 4:15, 8:30 & 9:30pm Pathemari (2D/Malayalam) most famous modernist buildings of 10:45pm MOVEMENT, NAVIGATE, RIDE, ROWING, RUNNING, Shankarabharanam (2D/Telugu) 12:30 & 3:15pm SAIL, SHIP, SKATEBOARD, SLED, SWIM, TAXI, the 20th century, died aged 104 Rajini Murugan (2D/Tamil) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00pm & 01:00am TOUR, TRAIN, TRAM, TRANSIT, TRANSPORT, $  %  $  '' $()"*+ Rangi Taranga (2D/Kannada) 12:30 & 6:15pm TRAVEL, TREK, TRIP, TRUCK, VOYAGE, WALK.