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TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 • 26 Rajab 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6785 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar OPINION Schools and colleges Emir meets UAE Foreign Minister in Qatar to introduce anti-graft lessons Dr. Khalid Al-Shafi Editor-in-Chief administration and pharmacy, among oth- ers,” Attorney General H E Dr Ali bin Fetais A two-year master’s Al Marri, who is also chairman of the Centre, Aleppo weeps programme on combating said yesterday. “Such a masters programme corruption has been has been introduced for the first time in the world,” he added. for urgent help introduced by the Rule of An anti-corruption curriculum is also Law and Anti-Corruption being developed in collaboration with the n intense series of Centre, in collaboration United Nations for students from primary killings and destruc- schools to the university level to combat the Ative bombardment with the UK-based menace of corruption. by different parties are tak- University of Essex. Qatar University has also shown interest ing place in Syria, despite to introduce anti-corruption subjects for stu- repeated promises to stop dents of its College of Law. Gradually it will them through the so-called be adopted in other specialisations, said Al Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Geneva talks. Negotiations By Sanaullah Ataullah Marri. He was addressing the third meeting Zayed Al Nahyan at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The UAE Foreign Minister is visiting Qatar are expected, they say, to The Peninsula of the Board of Trustees of the Rule of Law to participate in the Sixth Session of Qatar-UAE Joint Higher Committee. result in a ceasefire in order and Anti-Corruption Centre, at Ritz Carlton to pave the way for a polit- Hotel yesterday. ical process which will The event was organised by the Center involve all a wide political DOHA: Qatar will soon have a unique mas- under the theme “ Combating corruption in spectrum, and components ters programme on combating corruption the Arab World- challenges and prospects”. Expat worker tested positive for MERS of the Syrian people. and preparations are also under way to The meeting was attended by former The killings in Aleppo by introduce anti-corruption topics in school Tunisian president Dr Moncef Marzouki, Bashar Al Assad’s forces, curriculum. former president of the Swiss Confederation, supported by Russia and The two-year master’s programme Micheline Calmy-Reynian, former Jorda- The Peninsula eases that usually cause immunity suppression. other militias are horrific. on ‘rule of law and combating corrup- nian prime minister, Awn Al Khasawneh He was admitted to Hamad General Hospital Since the beginning of the tion’ has been introduced by the Rule of and former US secretary of justice Michael with common symptoms and was tested positive current wave of aggression Law and Anti-Corruption Centre, in col- Mukasey, among other board members for MERS-CoV during the routine medical examina- in Aleppo, more than 250 laboration with the UK-based University and dignitaries. “There is short, medium DOHA: A 40-year old expatriate camel worker has tions, despite that he did not exhibit any respiratory people have been killed in of Essex. The programme will be open and long term solutions to curb corruption been tested positive for MERS-CoV virus, in the sec- related symptoms. Currently, the patient’s condition brutal bombings in the first for Qatari and expatriate students from in the community. Anti-corruption educa- ond confirmed case in Qatar since the beginning of is stable and he is receiving the necessary medical two days. Some reports say September this year. tional programs for schools and university this year. The patient was neither in contact with a care in the isolation ward, according to the national the toll reached 700. Many “Initially the programme is only for law students is one of them,” said Al Marri. suspected MERS case nor he has been abroad over protocol for infection prevention and control. houses and hospitals were students but gradually it will be extended the past two weeks, the Ministry of Public Health damaged in the city. to all specialisations like engineering, → Continued on page 5 said yesterday. He is also free from chronic dis- → Continued on page 4 Everything has become clear to all regarding what is happening behind the scenes and agreements made behind screens. It is HMC to open seven clear that such things cannot take place without the con- sent of super and influential hospitals by next year powers. Our wise leader- ship has spared no effort to try to stop the massacres in The Peninsula of services,” he added. The new pur- Syria, particularly in Aleppo, pose built, 65-bed Communicable by moving at Arab and inter- Diseases Center will be dedicated to national levels. the care, treatment, prevention and Qatari diplomats, DOHA: Over 1,100 new hospital beds research of communicable diseases. headed by the Minister of will be created in Qatar by the end The new Women’s Wellness and Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh of next year, with opening of seven Research Center (WWRC) will be a Mohammed bin Abdurrah- new public hospitals under Hamad tertiary care provider and specialist man Al Thani, called for a Medical Corporation (HMC), includ- hub for women’s health services with meeting of the Arab League ing three facilities exclusively for a capacity for up to 15,000 births to discuss the ongoing expatriate male single workers. per year. The WWRC will offer 260 crimes in Aleppo, and to This the biggest expansion plan beds and 53 neonatal intensive care take necessary measures undertaken by the HMC in more than cots and 48 step-down (intermedi- to stop it. In addition, Qatar a decade, creating almost 60 new ate) cots. has used its contacts at a hospital beds every month over the The new Ambulatory Care global level to explain the next 18 months, HMC said yesterday. Center will provide outpatient clinic miserable conditions the New beds will be created in spe- services together with a range of Syrians are experiencing in cialties where there is high demand elective clinical procedures to adult Aleppo due to bombings by for services and enable more patients who will not require an the regime’s forces and its patients to access care at these new, overnight stay. Some of the patients supporters. state-of-the-art hospitals. will require anesthesia or a period of The international com- The new facilities include the post-procedure observation, or both. munity needs to take its Women’s Research and Wellness The 38,000sqm Qatar Reha- responsibility in accordance Center and three workers-only hos- bilitation Institute with 193 beds will with the rule of law and pitals being set up in Doha, Al Khor provide comprehensive and integrated global norms to stop this and Mesaieed Industrial Areas, with rehabilitation services for adults and aggression. While the world 112 beds each. “The delivery of these children. The three new hospitals for powers previously quickly seven new hospitals – including new male labourers will provide easy-to- intervened in other countries facilities for women’s health and the access, high quality health care closer to protect civilians, their luke- region’s first specialist ambulatory to their communities. warm response to the Syrian care center - reinforces Hamad’s Four of the new facilities- Com- crisis has cast serious doubts commitment to giving the people of municable Diseases Center, Women’s on their credibility. The horri- Qatar high quality, world class hos- Research and Wellness Center, Qatar fying crimes have compelled pitals, facilities and healthcare,” said Rehabilitation Institute and Ambu- the Arab and Islamic coun- Hamad Al Khalifa, HMC’s Chief of latory Care Center –are being tries to take a stern decision Healthcare Facilities. established in an around Hamad to end the disaster. “These new hospitals and facil- bin Khalifa Medical City (HBKMC). Countries in the region ities will revolutionise healthcare Building on recent new facility should also take a firm delivery in Qatar by increasing bed openings including the Neuroang- stand to end the sufferings capacity and giving our patients iography Suite at Hamad General of the Syrians. It is high time faster access to specialized care Hospital and the Enaya Continuing for them to reformulate the where and when they need it. The Care Center for women, children and region in line with security, new hospitals and facilities will also adolescents, HMC has also overseen stability, freedom and peo- significantly free up capacity at our a significant expansion of services ple’s dignity. existing hospitals to enable the con- outside of Doha bringing care closer tinued development and expansion to patients. 02 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 HOME

Emir meets Anti-Corruption Centre Board Members Emir meets US Senator

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met members of the Board of Trustees of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The members were in Doha for the third meeting of the board and included former Tunisian president Mohammed Moncef Marzouki, former Swiss president Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey, former Jordan premier Awn Al Khasawneh and former US attorney general Michael Mukasey. The Emir praised their efforts towards establishing the principle of the rule of law and combatting corruption at the regional and international levels Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met US Senator and Senate Intelligence Committee Member and expressed support, wishing them success in their meeting. The members praised Qatar’s efforts Marco Rubio and his delegation, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. They reviewed topics of mutual interest towards fighting corruption, establishing the rule of law and consolidating security and justice. and latest regional developments.

Advisory Council holds weekly CRA initiates better radio communication services meeting Faisal Al Shuaibi, CRA’s Spokesperson. The new ASMS ecosystem comprises four The nationwide Automated Fixed Monitoring Stations (FMS) and Directional QNA Spectrum Monitoring Finding (DF) systems, two Time Difference on System was launched to Arrival (TDOA) Monitoring Stations, two Mobile Monitoring Stations (MMS) and a National Con- help eliminate harmful trol Center (NCC). DOHA: The Advisory Council yes- interference and address The fixed stations are unmanned, remotely terday held the weekly meeting of controlled stations located in different parts of its 44th ordinary session, chaired interference issues of radio Qatar to maximize monitoring and geoloca- by Speaker H E Mohammed bin communication services tion results. The mobile monitoring stations are Mubarak Al Khulaifi. Secretary- installed inside customized vehicles deployable General Fahad bin Mubarak Al users in the country. in any area of the country as required. Khayareen read out the agenda The ASMS components are used by CRA which was agreed upon. The coun- to monitor operational radio communication cil endorsed the minutes of its equipment throughout Qatar to check “band- previous session. It took note of a The Peninsula width occupancy” and ensure all spectrum memo by the Cabinet General Sec- bands are used as specified. Idle spectrum bands retariat to the Ministry of Economy are also monitored and recorded for future plan- and Commerce on the council’s rec- ning purpose. Monitoring is conducted 24-hour ommendations on the draft law DOHA: Qatar’s Communications Regulatory a day through the National Control Center and amending the provisions of Law Authority (CRA) has launched a nationwide the fixed and directional finding stations. Mobile No. 8 of 2002 on the organisation of Automated Spectrum Monitoring System (ASMS) monitoring is conducted by CRA’s experts at the business of commercial agents. to help eliminate harmful interference and regular intervals and each time CRA receives address interference issues for radio commu- a complaint of interference or illegitimate use nication services users in the country. of spectrum. Officials from Communications Regulatory Authority testing the system. Prime Minister Monitoring the radio spectrum is essential The fixed and mobile stations of Qatar are under CRA’s Spectrum Policy and Regulatory being registered with the International Tele- meets Total CEO Framework to ensure its legitimate use. Mon- harmful interference complaints and to col- infrastructure to ensure all public and commer- communication Union (ITU), to empower CRA itoring identifies and eliminates sources of lect data for determining compliance by cial radio communication networks operate to be a part of international monitoring activities interference that degrade public or private tel- radio frequency users with national rules and effectively and without interruption. ASMS for research studies through ITU’s Radiocom- DOHA: Prime Minister and Inte- ecommunication networks, such as radio and regulations. infrastructure is also essential to provide the munication Bureau. CRA has urged consumers rior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah television networks, mobile telecommunications “Radio spectrum is a scarce national necessary support in managing spectrum during of radio communication devices to report any bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani networks, and frequencies used for aviation, resource and ASMS infrastructure is vital for major international and national events such as interference issues or concerns through their yesterday met Total CEO Patrick maritime operations and emergency services. preventing its illegal use, as well as reducing World Cup 2022, where high spectrum demand Hotline: 103, or email at spectrumaffairs@cra. Pouyanne and his delegation and Monitoring is also needed to investigate cases of interference. CRA has invested in this requires detailed planning and monitoring,” said gov.qa reviewed cooperation and means of enhancing it. Deputy PM reviews School teacher named top maths and science instructor QPost cuts rate ties with Oman for remittances to Bangladesh DOHA: Deputy Prime Minister The Peninsula and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah The Peninsula bin Zaid Al Mahmoud yesterday met outgoing Omani Ambassador DOHA: Wasan Yousif Muhsin Al Ani, Mohammed bin Nasser Al Wahaibi. a chemistry teacher at Amna Bint They reviewed ways of enhancing Wahab Secondary School for Girls, DOHA: Qatar Post (QPost) has relations between both countries has been named as the Qatar’s top reduced the rate for money trans- in various fields. teacher in maths and science. fer from Qatar to Bangladesh from Texas A&M University (TAMUQ) QR13 to QR9 to mark International at Qatar and Maersk Oil Qatar Workers Day. Qatar slams calls announced her as the winner of STEM Faleh Al Naemi, Chairman and Educator of the Year, a competition Managing Director, Qatar Post, to impose Israeli held part of the Dhia: Engineering said, “We are doing our best to Leaders programme. serve the Bangladeshi community laws on Palestinian The Dhia partnership between in Qatar; we have reduced the rate TAMUQ and Maersk Oil Qatar sup- from QAR13 to QR9, some of our territories ports the development of Qatar’s branches are now open every first knowledge-based economy through and last Friday of each month from DOHA: Qatar yesterday expressed outreach programmes designed to 4pm to 8pm in Lulu Hypermarket, strong condemnation and denun- inspire young people in Qatar to Mansoorah (Al Meera), Souq Al Ali, ciation of Israeli calls to impose take up science, technology, engi- Industriasl Area, Mesaieed and Al its laws on the Palestinian terri- neering and maths (STEM) in school Khor. tories. In a statement, the Foreign and university. “Customers benefit from Ministry said the calls jeopardise Al Ani was nominated for the receiving and sending money international efforts to resume award for her inclusive educational from and to over 2500 Post office peace talks and undermine any strategy — described as ‘hands-on in Bangladesh.” chances for peaceful settlement and minds-on’ — that has enabled QPost offers International based on the two-state solution. many of her students to achieve top Money Remittance service on the A selection committee reviews nominations for the STEM Educator of the Year competition. It said these actions worsen ten- rankings in the national comprehen- International Financial System sion in the region. The ministry sive exams during the past five years. platform of Universal Post Union. renewed Qatar’s refusal of the Lewis Affleck, Managing Director At present the service is oper- Israeli measures which aim at of Maersk Oil Qatar, said, “ The award award encourages educators to Eligible candidates for the award school for at least one full academic ational with Morocco Post (Poste Judaisation of the Palestinian ter- reflects Maersk Oil Qatar’s continuing instruct students in innovative ways are teachers of STEM disciplines in year and be currently employed by Maroc), Tunisia Post (La Poste ritories. It urged the international commitment to promoting STEM edu- and represents direct efforts to independent, private and interna- the nominating school. Nominations Tunisienne), Djibouti Post (La Poste community to assume responsi- cation in Qatar, building local skills support Qatar’s human and social tional primary, preparatory and high are due May 21, for the next com- de Djibouti) and Bangladesh Post. bility to stop violations by Israel capacity and to supporting develop- development, which will drive the schools in Qatar are eligible for nom- petition. A selection committee is Qatar Post is striving to reach out and oblige it to end occupation and ment and progress in engineering and country’s economic and environmen- ination for the STEM Educator of the reviewing nomination packets and into an agreement with many other fully withdraw from Palestinian science education.” tal development through engineers Year award. Nominees must have choose the winning teacher, who will countries to make remittance easy and Arab territories. The STEM Educator of the Year and scientists. been employed by their nominating receive a cash prize of QR20,000. for the residents of Qatar. HOME TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 03

QF Class of 2016 graduating today South Korean envoy visits The Peninsula

By Fazeena Saleem graduating from HBKU, including 55 development, helping tackle inter- The Peninsula percent Qataris; 108 from TAMUQ (45 nationally pressing issues by finding The students, 44 percent Qataris); 68 from GU-Q (28 and applying innovative solutions to percent of them percent Qataris); 41 from NU-Q (47 worldwide challenges.” percent Qataris); 33 from WCM-Q Mayan Zebeib, Chief Communi- DOHA: Qatar Foundation (QF) will Qataris, from Hamad (14 percent Qataris); 62 from VCU-Q cations Officer, QF, said, “I would like celebrate the Class of 2016, with 649 Bin Khalifa University (43 percent Qataris); and 43 students to congratulate our students and con- students graduating at the annual and QF’s eight from UCL Qatar, including 16 per- vey the pride we all feel at QF. convocation today. cent Qataris. “As our graduates embark on the Of them, 44 percent are Qataris. partner universities HEC Paris will graduate 94 stu- next stage of their journey, our doors The students from Hamad Bin will be honoured dents, with the highest percentage will always be open and we will con- Khalifa University (HBKU) and QF’s of 67 percent Qataris, among the tinue to support them in their pursuit eight partner universities will be at Qatar National universities. and acquisition of knowledge. Con- honoured at the ceremony at Qatar Convention Centre. Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Naimi, vocation marks a new milestone in National Convention Centre (QNCC). Chief Operations Officer, QF, said, their lives.” Dr. Khalid Al-Shafi, Editor-in-Chief of The Peninsula, shares a Alongside students from HBKU, “The occasion marks a new chapter About 3,000 students have grad- light moment with South Korean Ambassador Heung Kyeong the convocation will also honour in QF’s history and celebrates a new uated from the Education City since Park during the latter’s visit toThe Peninsula offices yesterday. graduates from Carnegie Mellon College London in Qatar (UCL Qatar), batch of promising and talented grad- its inception. Male students make up They discussed cooperation between the Korean Embassy and the University in Qatar (CMU-Q), Texas Georgetown University School of For- uates ready to make their mark on about 40 percent of total students newspaper. The ambassador praised the newspaper’s coverage A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ), eign Service in Qatar (GU-Q), and the future. and graduates and females about Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM- Virginia Commonwealth University “Not only will these students 60 percent. Education City students of activities of the embassy and the South Korean community. Q), Northwestern University in Qatar in Qatar (VCUQatar). advance Qatar’s prosperity and are from 43 Arab and international Pic: Baher A / The Peninsula (NU-Q), HEC Paris in Qatar, University A total of 111 students are progress, but also contribute to global nationalities. QU highlights immunisation issues

The Peninsula awareness booth that was set up in In the spirit of contributing importance of adult immunisations, the women’s Food Court to brief stu- knowledge and expertise towards and seasonal flu and epidemic vac- dents and visitors on immunisation public awareness, QU Health clus- cines, respectively. in Qatar, conduct a quiz and present ter members also joined the World QU Vice-President for Medical DOHA: Qatar University (QU) held a other interactive activities. Health Organization’s (WHO) social Education and CMED Dean, Dr Egon five-day event aimed at increasing Qatar children’s immunisation media campaign titled “Close the Toft, said, “In addition to its value public awareness on issues, myths schedule was also distributed at the Immunisation Gap” using the hash- in community service and public and challenges related to immuni- booth. tag #vaccineswork, and made use awareness, the campaign presents a sation. The booth also featured a flu shot of other WHO awareness material learning opportunity for our students Thirty-seven students from QU campaign for the provision of flu vac- including web banners, posters and to bear an understanding of their Health cluster colleges of Health Sci- cines. Free flu vaccination shots were others. future roles in educating the public ences (CHS), Medicine (CMED) and offered to around 150 students by a To contribute to community on important public health issues. Pharmacy (CPH) participated in an team of practitioners from Qatar Min- awareness through media outlets, “These service learning activi- immunisation awareness campaign istry of Public Health. faculty members Dr Sana Abudahab, ties complement their class work in organized by the Health cluster in Sali Mohsen Hafether, a disas- Prof Ala-edin El Mustafa and Dr Hadi no small measure and showcase the connection with International Immu- ter response coordinator at QRC’s Yassine, delivered radio interviews collaborative aspect of inter-profes- nisation Week. relief and international develop- throughout the week on Qatar Radio. sional medical education reflected in The Ministry of Public Health and ment office, delivered on Thursday They addressed a wide range the cluster. Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) supported a lecture “Insights on the Inside-Syria of topics such as the link between “The collaboration in deliver- the event. Immunisation Campaign”, in which autism and measles, mumps, and ing this campaign with relevant civil Twenty-eight public health stu- she highlighted the immunisation rubella (MMR) vaccine, vaccinations society and government organisations A visitor at the awareness booth set up within Qatar University. dents from QU contributed to an challenges in conflict areas. and specific types of cancers, the is also very important to us.”

Green drive in Al Khor Park

Qatar National Programme for Sustainable Development (Istidama), in collaboration with the Public Parks Department, planted some 50 trees in Al Khor Park. Sheikha Noor bint Jassim Al Thani, Chairman of the board of directors of the programme, officials from the department and about 50 people took part, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment said on its Facebook account yesterday.

Ashghal begins work on Civil Defence signal-controlled intersection

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DOHA: As part of works to upgrade intersections and convert round- abouts into signal-controlled intersections to enhance traffic and reduce congestion in major areas, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced the commencement of phase one works to convert Civil Defence Roundabout into a signal- controlled intersection, on the sides of the road on Al Istiqlal Street and Mohammed Bin Thani Street. All lanes will remain open to traf- fic in all directions, as shown in the map. The first phase lasts until June 23, in coordination with the Traffic Department. Phase two will begin in the last week of June and include temporary closure of one lane in both directions on both streets. intersections and roundabouts devel- and an additional lane to turn left for Two lanes of the road and the opment project in several areas under those coming from Sports Rounda- roundabout will remain open to Doha Municipality. bout towards Television Roundabout, traffic and the closure will last until The project includes developing to increase the road capacity. mid-September. Medical City Intersection by add- Ashghal will install signs to Works to convert the roundabout ing an additional lane to turn left advise motorists and has urged road into a signal-controlled intersec- for those coming from Civil Defence users to abide by speed limits and fol- tion are part of the fifth phase of the Intersection to Hamad Medical City low signs for their and others’ safety. 04 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 HOME

Qatar-Tajikistan ties discussed Customs officials attend Ministry recalls regional workshop Maserati Quattroporte and Ghibli models

Doha: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce, in collaboration with Alfardan Sports Motors, dealer of Maserati vehi- Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti cles, has announced the met Tajikistan’s Ambassador to Qatar Ardeshir Qaderi. Talks dealt with recall of Maserati Quattro- relations between the two friendly countries in the fields of transportation porte and Ghibli models and information and communication technology and means of further of 2014-2016 over the enhancing them. possible movement of Officials with participants at the event. the pedal cover and front floor mats. The minis- try said the recall is part ence in investigative operations. intelligence information is part of efforts to protect con- Experts from international of a legal and ethical process sumers and ensure that Investigative organisations for customs depending on gathering informa- car dealers follow up on QRCS hosts GCC Red techniques attended the workshop, along tion from different sources and defects and repairs. The with officials from regional analysing it to provide a clear pic- ministry said it will coor- highlighted countries. ture about various goods, their dinate with the dealer to Crescent delegations to enhance The workshop aimed to imports and exports and during follow up on maintenance enhance experiences of the transit. and repairs. It urged cus- participants’ participants in investigations, He said crimes today develop tomers to report any experiences. as the information today has quickly and the customs officials violations to its Consumer The Peninsula what audiovisual media can do for become available everywhere must increase their abilities to Protection and Anti-Com- humanitarian advocacy with a focus on for all people without trusted combat them and take inves- mercial Fraud Department Syrian Madaya, the role of International sources , while the work of cus- tigative support to catch the through call centre 16001; Humanitarian Law (OHL) in promoting The Peninsula toms officials needs gathering targeted people and seize sus- email: [email protected]; DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) humanitarian causes, and online tools of and analysing information, espe- pected shipments. Twitter: @MEC_Qatar; is hosting the fourth field visit by delega- publicizing and marketing humanitarian cially about smuggling actitivies The General Authority of Cus- Instagram: MEC_Qatar; tions of Red Crescent societies of the GCC, activities. including drugs, weapons and toms regularly hosts regional and the ministry’s mobile as per the recommendations of the first In his opening remarks, Saleh bin Ali DOHA: The General Authority of harmful goods. workshops in collaboration with app for Android and IOS: meeting of the GCC Red Crescent media Al Mohannadi, QRCS Secretary-General, Customs held a regional work- A senior official from the international organisations for MEC_Qatar officials in Riyadh last December. gave an overview of QRCS’s humanitarian shop on investigative techniques General Authority of Cus- customs to enhance abilities of Held under the theme ‘Preparation of strategy and its slogan of ‘Saving Lives’.. to enhance participants’ experi- toms said the investigative and its officers. Media Workers in Crises and Disasters’, Preserving Dignity’. the visit includes delegations from the “Besides the fact that our strategy UAE Red Crescent, Bahrain Red Crescent reflects a different humanitarian reality Society and Oman Charitable Organisa- that we want to face and change, it also tion (OCO), as well as QRCS and the GCC reflects a different QRCS that has grown WISE Prize Education Laureate visits Newseum Secretariat-General. in capabilities and stature, which ena- The event’s agenda involves intro- bles it to work, collaborate, initiate, and duction to QRCS, the role of the even lead a real change in the human- Communication Department’s role in itarian reality for the better,” said Al The Peninsula serving humanitarian causes locally and Mohannadi. abroad, joint GCC humanitarian pro- Badr Al Zubairi, Head of QRCS Sec- grams, training and case study on media tion, GCC Secretariat-General, said, “Joint in disasters, print and audiovisual produc- media work is a top priority for GCC Red DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Edu- tions of the Communication Department, Crescent societies. cation (WISE) recently hosted the WISE Prize for Education Laureate, Dr Sakena Yacoobi, at the ‘Newseum’ in Washington, DC. The event, focusing on Dr Yacoobi’s work People urged to avoid direct contact with camels as the winner of the WISE Prize For Education, was hosted by Andrew Rotherham, co-founder of Bellwether Education Partners, and by Sta- vros N. Yiannouka, CEO,WISE. It also provided Continued from page 1 The ministry has advised citizens and an excellent opportunity to bring the work of expatriates who suffer from chronic dis- WISE, an initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF), to Once the case was confirmed, the eases to avoid direct contact with camels the attention of an audience of high-level inter- rapid response team of the ministry and to wash hands with soap and water national stakeholders. carried out extensive search to list all thoroughly. It has also recommended res- Dr Yacoobi, a US citizen who founded the potential contacts, in line with the WHO piratory hygiene and cough etiquette and ‘Afghan Institute of Learning’ (AIL), has worked guidelines. All traced contacts will be boiling camel milk before drinking. diligently for over 20 years to bring education monitored over a period of two weeks, The Health Protection and CDC to those suffering from the effects of war, dis- while those who develop suspected Hotlines 66740948 and 66740951 are placement and oppression under Taliban rule symptoms will then be subjected to con- accessible 24/7 to respond to any noti- in her native Afghanistan. firmatory laboratory investigation, the fication or enquiry related to infectious During the event, Dr Yacoobi shared her ministry said in a statement yesterday. diseases, said the ministry. personal experiences and described the diverse strategies AIL uses to provide access to edu- cation and crucial healthcare services for young people and their families. In addition, The WISE Prize for Education Laureate Dr Sakena Yacoobi (left) with Mary Landrieu, the organisation endeavours to provide train- former US senator from Louisiana. ing programmes to educate communities about general health, hygiene and nutrition. Engaging guests in an informal conver- through education. Among the local guests were Foundation and Krishanti Vignarajah of the sation, Yiannouka praised Dr Yacoobi for her Mary Landrieu, former Senator from Louisiana; White House. creative dedication and personal courage in John Engler, President of the Business Round- Also in attendance were Sara Al-Saadi from spite of the many difficult circumstances she table and former Governor of Michigan; Roger the Qatari Embassy in the US and other dip- has encountered. Nozaki of the US Department of Education; lomatic representatives and US government He added that Dr Yacoobi is an inspiration Katherine Haley of the Philanthropy Round- officials, as well as several senior representa- for all who are committed to empowerment table; Giuseppe Basili of the Jack Kent Cooke tives of the US media. Doha Bank adds benefits to Expat Account Package

The Peninsula include a QR1,500 voucher to be Co-Branded Credit Card and Best Loans get approved in one redeemed when availing tint- Savings Account, respectively, at hour and can be paid back in ing services at Ziebart, dining the awards. easy, convenient installments. The vouchers with every new Doha By joining Al Dana Savings bank is also offering up to 25 per- DOHA: Following huge suc- Bank credit card, remittance Scheme, the most popular in Qatar, cent discount on the car insurance cess last year, Doha Bank has services that allow customers to customers stand the chance to win premium. announced the launch of an all- send money to home at the most life-changing rewards, including To make the package more new Expat Account Package competitive exchange rates and up to QR1m in monthly draws. rewarding, the bank is offering offering customers enhanced transaction charges in the mar- Tailored to give expat pro- customers a free-for-life Dream, rewards and benefits. ket, and a QR200 gift card from fessionals the best start to their Ladies or Platinum credit card with The package is a bundle of Jumbo Electronics for the first 500 life in Qatar, the package allows savings up to 1.25 percent and a banking products and services salary transfer accounts. them to open a salary account first-year-free Lulu-Doha Bank tailored to the needs of expat pro- Customers also enjoy zero with the bank in 30 minutes from Shopping Credit Card that allows fessionals from all nationalities interest payment plans when the convenience of their home or customers to enjoy five percent arriving in Qatar. purchasing furniture, electron- workplace, using their tablets or discount when shopping at Lulu Designed as the perfect wel- ics and other items using their smartphones. supermarkets in Qatar. come gift for professional-class, credit cards. The package also With buying a car often being Customers availing the pack- white-collar expats, the pack- allows customers to access prod- one of the first tasks on the check- age can opt for a low-interest age received an overwhelming ucts and services from the bank, list for new-to-Qatar professionals, personal loan from the bank to response from overseas pro- including the DBank Mobile serv- the bank has included in the pack- meet expenditure requirements fessionals upon its launch last ice with biometric banking, Apple age a heavily discounted car loan in Qatar and access cross-border year. Capitalising on the popular Watch features which won the offer with an annual interest rate financing solutions. demand for the product, the bank award for Best Web/Mobile Bank- of 1.99 percent a year — the lowest The package also provides has gone the extra mile this year to ing Service at Banker Middle East rate in the market — allowing cus- most competitive interest rates on offer customers a broader line-up Industry Awards 2016, Lulu-Doha tomers to drive home their dream deposit schemes. To know more of rewards, discounts and benefits. Bank Shopping Credit Card and Al car by following a simple, easy and about the package, visit http://goo. Offers introduced this year Dana Savings Scheme, named Best hassle-free process. gl/fOs98l. HOME TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 05

United fight against corruption urged Minister meets ambassadors

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Corruption exists in all com- DOHA: Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al munities and unfortunately Arab Attiyah yesterday met outgoing Omani Ambassador Mohammed bin Nasser countries are not excluded from it, Hamad Al Wihaibi. They discussed relations between both countries and despite the fact that this menace means of developing them in different spheres. Dr. Al Attiyah also met sepa- contradicts with the Arab social, rately ambassadors Roberto Abdullah (Brazil) and Tomislav Bosnjak (Croatia). historical and Islamic values, he added. “Corruption has became a culture in some countries where corrupt people are considered Ministry unveils new mobile clever. This thinking should be changed,” said Al Marri. “In Qatar, we realised that all services for businesses means should be used to fight cor- ruption. Our leaders have given us all support to curb this illegal prac- The Peninsula in economic affairs. tice in the country. Users are able to access a bas- “There is a suitable environment ket of unique electronic services; FROM LEFT: Awn Al Khasawneh, former Jordan premier; H E Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, Qatar’s Attorney to put an end to this practice. We for instance issuing and renewing have to stand to fight firmly against General; former Tunisian president Dr Moncef Marzouki; former president of Swiss Confederation, Micheline DOHA: The Ministry of Economy commercial licenses and records, irregularities,” he added. Calmy-Reynian; and former US secretary of justicer Michael Mukasey at the seminar at the Ritz-Carlton and Commerce has launched new accessing commercial company He said there is a separate yesterday. Pic: Kammutty VP / The Peninsula mobile services that enable busi- records, searching for commercial authority in Qatar to take concrete nesses to delete main and branch names, accessing company details action against corruption and pun- commercial registrations, add new as well as certificates of non-own- ish those found involving in it. on international level, people stood Al Khasawneh. people, said Calmy-Rey. commercial activities and issue ership; in addition to a variety of Replying to a question on the up to fight against it”. The Swiss government has made A strong monitoring body is also replacements for lost commercial administrative services that ena- possibility to curb rampant corrup- “I think only legislation and legislation not only to return the needed with a powerful legislation licenses, through its mobile appli- ble entrepreneurs to manage their tion all over the world, Al Marzouki punishment is not enough to elim- stolen money to the countries from to combat corruption, especially in cation. businesses easily and conveniently. said, “There is hope, we are here for inate corruption. We should prepare where it was taken away but also the recruitment process for public The services are available via The Ministry has recently won this very purpose, the action began our community for this reform,” said to ensure that they reach the right projects, said Mukasey. the app on both iPhone and Android a number of awards for its mobile devices under the name MEC_ application on iPhone and Android QATAR. The services enable users to devices including first prize in the process requests online at any time “best smartphone application” cat- without the need to visit the ministry egory in the Arab Region. or any of its branch offices. Last February, the Ministry 89 CMU-Q students receive diplomas The new services are part of a received the Best Mobile-Govern- number of smart-phone applications ment Service Award across the Arab provided by the ministry in order to world in the economy and trade cat- improve business processes in the egory in recognition of its mobile involved in community outreach, State of Qatar as well as streamline application on iPhone and android. and 41 percent have started or led and speed-up business incorpora- The awards reflect the ministry’s Carnegie Mellon a student club. tion procedures thereby promoting efforts in developing Qatar’s busi- University in Qatar Carnegie Mellon Qatar grad- Qatar’s business and investment ness sector, in line with its vision to held its ninth uates are highly sought after by environment. build a diversified and unique busi- local, regional and international The Ministry e has launched a ness environment that is attractive graduation ceremony, organizations. More than 90 per- selection of smart electronic serv- to investors. Launched mid-last year, attended by students, cent of the university’s alumni ices, representing a quantum leap the mobile application is one of the are either in graduate programs forward with respect to the means most important and innovate initi- family, friends, or employed in top organizations of communication between the min- atives implemented by The Ministry alumni, faculty and such as Google, Microsoft, Qatar istry and the public; whether they of Economy and Commerce, accord- Petroleum, Shell and Commercial are consumers, investors or simply ing to the highest international Carnegie Mellon Bank Qatar. those of whom who are interested standards. leadership.

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DOHA: Carnegie Mellon Univer- sity in Qatar yesterday held its ninth graduation ceremony where 89 stu- CMU-Q Dean and CEO Ilker Baybars with student Speaker Nada Arakji dents received their diplomas in the at the event. presence of family, friends, alumni, faculty and Carnegie Mellon lead- ership. volunteered their time and talents, its students’ diverse skills and talents There are now 570 CMU-Q organized large-scale events, par- – the variety of colours of the Tar- alumni representing the classes of ticipated in international academic tan weave are an apt analogy for the 2008 through 2016. competitions and conducted com- many talents that define us as a com- The 2016 graduating class is com- plex research projects. Graduates, munity to which we proudly belong. prised of students in five programs as your success is well-deserved; you The university enables us to thrive 11 in biological sciences, 41 in busi- have earned your place on this stage and grow by giving us opportunity ness administration, 17 in computer today.” to innovate, collaborate, flourish and science, 19 in information systems, The ceremony’s student speaker excel, all while offering steadfast and and, for the first time, one student was Nada Arakji, a business adminis- strong support, freedom, care and in the highly selective computational tration graduate and the first woman attention.” biology program. The students join to represent Qatar in the Olympics. The members of the graduating Carnegie Mellon University’s glo- Since competing as a swimmer at class represent 23 nationalities and bal network of more than 100,000 the London 2012 games, Arakji has speak a total of 26 languages. In the alumni. continued to work with the QOC to Class of 2016, 44 percent of gradu- Ilker Baybars, dean and CEO of promote sport and athletics to Qatar’s ates have studied abroad. Carnegie Mellon Qatar, said, “These youth. Arakji will compete for Qatar The Class of 2016 has compiled young men and women exemplify once again at the 2016 Olympic more than 47,000 hours of work the Carnegie Mellon qualities of Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. experience, with 72 percent of the hard work, collaboration across dis- Arakji said, “Carnegie Mellon has class completing at least one intern- ciplines, and innovation. They have always celebrated and taken pride in ship. More than 53 percent have been DFI to screen animated film Zarafa

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DOHA: Doha Film Institute (DFI) will screen the animated film Zarafa as part of its Cinema under the Stars programme on Saturday, 7.30pm at the Museum of Islamic Art. The French-Belgian film is directed by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie, and features voice-overs by Max Renaudin Pratt, Vernon Dobtcheff, Thierry Frémont and Simon Abkarian, among others. Set in the early 19th century, the film narrates the story of Maki, a 10-year-old orphaned Sudanese boy who is sold into slavery. He escapes the slave trader and A scene from the animated film Zarafa. comes across a young giraffe. A Bedouin nomad comes to the boy and the giraffe. The ‘Cinema enhances the shared entertainment rescue of Maki, who also names the under the Stars’ programme, part experience, for an evening of great giraffe as Zarafa. of DFI Cinema series, is designed cinema. The film follows a long journey to strengthen film appreciation in Screenings are free and seating through the desert, ancient cities, Doha by introducing insightful and is on a first-come, first-served basis. the high seas and finally to Paris, path-breaking movies, in a family For more details, log on to: www. charting the adventures of the friendly open air environment that dohafilminstitute.com 06 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 MIDDLE EAST

Iraqi forces Iraq in political retake road limbo after Green to Anbar city Zone storming AFP

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces advanc- AFP the same information but there was ing from two opposite directions no confirmation from either his office in Anbar have joined up, reducing or Tehran. the isolation of the city of Haditha, Iraq’s lawmakers looked unlikely military sources said yesterday. BAGHDAD: Iraq’s political reform to hold another session this week A statement from Iraq’s joint process was in limbo Monday after however, with the main parliament operations command coordinating protesters demanding a change of building requiring a massive cleanup the fight against the Islamic State government reacted to weeks of stall- following Saturday’s events. group said forces retook several ing by storming parliament. Thousands of mostly Sadrist villages from the jihadists along Security concerns were also protesters pulled down blast walls the Euphrates River. high due to the presence in Baghdad around the Green Zone and stormed The Iraqi army’s 7th division of thousands of Shiite pilgrims, who the chamber after MPs again failed to had been moving down the river were targeted for the second time in agree on reforms. from Al-Baghdadi and eventually three days with a suicide bombing Some MPs were roughed up on joined up with forces from the that killed at least 14 people. Saturday and their vehicles vandal- counter-terrorism service mov- Demonstrators pulled out of the ised, and lawmakers appeared wary ing up from the town of Heet. Green Zone, where parliament is of exposing themselves to another Iraqi soldiers check people as they make their way to the shrine in the Al Kadhumiya district of Baghdad, “The road is therefore open located, on Sunday evening, a day attack. yesterday. between Heet and Haditha, via after breaching the walls of the for- “It was decided to hold a parlia- Al Baghdadi, after an 18-month tified government district. mentary session next week in another siege by the terrorists of Daesh,” But the protesters, most of whom place because the (parliament) hall however. Abadi called for those who senior official in the Dawa party, of of the country in mid-2014. Backed the statement said, using an Ara- are followers of outspoken cleric was damaged,” MP Abbas Al Bayati committed violent acts on Saturday to which Abadi is a member, said there by a US-led coalition, Iraqi security bic acronym for IS. Moqtada al-Sadr, also warned they said. There was no official state- be arrested, but his grip on Iraq’s top was discussion within the party of the forces have made significant gains in “The siege of Haditha and Al would be back on the streets of Bagh- ment from the speaker on the issue job looked more tenuous than ever. A premier’s resignation. retaking territory from IS in recent Baghdadi was broken after liberat- dad on Friday if their demands were “We are in a debate inside the months, but still face huge challenges ing the strategic highway between not met. Sadr supports Prime Minis- party for the first time (on) the in rooting out jihadist fighters from Baghdadi and Heet,” Major Gen- ter Haider Al Abadi’s efforts to form a demand for Abadi to resign,” the the western province of Anbar and eral Ali Ibrahim Daboun, the army new cabinet of technocrats to replace 11 dead in suicide bomb attack official said. A Sunni MP, Ahmed Al the country’s second city of Mosul. commander responsible for the the current government of party-affil- Masari, said his bloc was demand- As the “caliphate” the jihad- area, said. iated ministers, accused of graft and ing the restructuring of the political ists proclaimed nearly two years However, a commander of sectarianism. Anatolia process through... meetings in the ago continues to shrink, they have Haditha’s tribal fighters said the There was no clear plan of action coming days”. increasingly reverted to targeting area of Al Dulab, which lies in a emerging Monday from any of the Another lawmaker said Kurd- civilians in bombings in Iraq’s cities. loop of the Euphrates just east main players and several sources said ish MPs in the federal parliament IS claimed responsibility for Mon- of Al Baghdadi, was still in IS Sadr himself flew to neighbouring BAGHDAD: A suicide bomb attack killed 11 people and wounded doz- were weighing their participation day’s bombing that left at least 14 hands. Iran, the main foreign broker among ens of others in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, local officials have said. altogether. Since coming to power dead, saying one of its suicide bomb- “The people are hopeful but Shia political blocs in Iraq. “Eleven people were killed and 35 injured when a bomb-laden vehicle in September 2014, Abadi has faced ers had detonated a car bomb against for now nobody will take the risk “The leader of the Sadrist move- exploded as Shia pilgrims crossed through an intersection in the Al-Sayyeda tough opposition from his predeces- Shias in southern Baghdad. of travelling on this road so long ment left at 11:00 am from Najaf district,” Ahmed Jebur, a local health official, said. sor and fellow party member Nouri They were walking to the north- as Al Dulab has not been retaken,” airport to the Imam Khomeini air- The pilgrims were in the area to attend a religious event, said Jebur, Al Maliki. ern Baghdad shrine of Imam Musa Sheikh Abdullah Al Jughaifi said by port” southwest of Tehran, a Najaf adding that the death toll was likely to rise further as many of the injured Abadi nonetheless enjoys the Kadhim, whose death in 799 AD is phone from Haditha. airport official said. “Sadr took two were in critical condition. support of Western powers, who an important date in the Shia calen- Haditha, 210km northwest of other clerics with him,” the offi- Monday’s attack comes only one day after 36 people were killed and have warned that continued politi- dar and is commemorated annually. the capital Baghdad, is the third cial said, speaking on condition of 90 others injured by two car bombs that went off in the city of Al-Sama- cal deadlock risks hampering Iraq’s Another 23 people were killed in a city in the vast province of Anbar anonymity. wah in Iraq’s southern Muthanna province. fight against the Islamic State group, similar attack on the outskirts of the and lies near the country’s second A political source in Baghdad had which seized control of large parts Iraqi capital on Saturday. largest dam. It has come under repeated attack since the jihadists launched their massive offensive in Iraq in June 2014, but the dominant tribes there were opposed to IS and able Turkey making ‘lot of effort’ for visa deal: EU to hold them off. For months, the city’s main lifeline was the nearby military AFP without visas by June, in exchange for roadmap are met,” Commission that will be adopted on Wednesday The EU struck the deal with base of Al Asad, which was only it taking back migrants from Europe. spokeswoman Mina Andreeva told so I’d ask for some more patience on Turkey to send back all “irregular” accessible by air. The European Commission is due reporters. that.” Turkey has threatened to pull migrants who arrive in Greece after “The engineering corps of the to to decide on Wednesday whether “Turkey has made a lot of efforts out of the migrant deal if it does not March 20 and fail to win asylum, in a army continues to remove explo- BRUSSELS: The EU yesterday praised Turkey has met the conditions, but over the past weeks and days to meet get the visa scheme. bid to halt mass migration which has sive devices to reopen the road Turkey’s efforts to meet the conditions there are still widespread concerns the criteria, including for example Germany and France have pro- created enormous strain in Europe. for goods, oil products and food,” for visa-free travel as part of Anka- among many of the EU’s 28 member extending the regulation on access posed an emergency brake or “snap In exchange the EU will reset- Daboun said. ra’s migrant deal with Brussels ahead states. to the labour market to non-Syrian back mechanism” under which it tle one Syrian refugee from camps Iraqi forces, with backing from of a decision on the issue this week. “As you know the Commission refugees, and progress continued over could halt visa-free travel if large in Turkey for every Syrian that Tur- the US-led coalition that carries Turkey has demanded its citi- has been working together with Tur- the weekend,” she added. numbers of Turks stay in the EU ille- key takes from the Greek islands, the out daily air strikes against IS, has zens be allowed to enter the European key to ensure that the outstanding “Obviously the Commission will gally or if there are a large number of aim being to discourage people from retaken significant ground from Union’s passport-free Schengen zone requirements of the visa liberalisation take stock of the progress in a report asylum applications by Turks. crossing to Greece in the first place. the jihadists in recent months.

Syrian-Australian suspect arrested in north Lebanon

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BEIRUT: Lebanese author- ities have arrested a dual Syrian-Australian national in northern Lebanon on suspicion of terrorism, Leb- anese security officials said yesterday. The man, identified as Mark Eddie Maximus, was Iranian President Hassan Rowhani and visiting South Korean President Park Geun-hye with Irainian officials arrested by military intelli- at the Presidential Palace in Tehran, yesterday. gence in the northern city of Tripoli over the weekend. He was picked up after author- ities tracked the car he was driving. Iran President urges nuclear One official speaking to The Associated Press said authorities had been pursuing Maximus for a weapons-free Korean peninsula while on suspicion of fund- ing a terrorist organization. He declined to elaborate AP especially freeing the Korean by a South Korean president to Iran and spoke on condition peninsula and the Middle East from since 1962. of anonymity in line with destructive weapons,” he said. Rouhani said both sides agreed to regulations. Park said she has asked for Iran’s increase their bilateral trade from the A local newspaper, the TEHRAN: Iran’s President Has- help in implementing UN Security current $6bn per year to $18 billion Daily Star, said the man san Rowhani yesterday pushed for Council resolutions calling for the in the coming years. They also signed was suspected of ties to a Korean peninsula free of nuclear nuclear disarmament of the Korean a number of agreements in the fields the Islamic State group and weapons, the official Irna news peninsula. The remarks were aimed of oil and gas, railroads, tourism, and had entered Tripoli around agency reported. Rowhani met with at North Korea, which has been hit technology, and agreed to re-estab- a week ago to prepare for an visiting South Korean President Park with tough UN sanctions over its lish direct flights between Tehran attack. It said authorities are Geun-hye and said Iran seeks a world nuclear weapons programme. North and Seoul. Iran has been seeking to pursuing another woman in free of weapons of mass destruction, Korea has conducted four nuclear reintegrate into the global economic the city who is suspected of “especially nuclear” weapons. bomb tests and tested a long-range system since nuclear-related sanc- working with the militant “Our demand is a world free rocket earlier this year. Park arrived tions were lifted in January under a group. of weapons of mass destruction, in Tehran on Sunday for the first visit landmark deal with world powers. MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 07 Lull in Aleppo as US tries to salvage Syria truce

to bolster the number of Geneva- themselves from the Al Nusra Front’s based ceasefire monitors, Kerry told jihadists in Aleppo. “We’re trying to reporters, pledging to work “in the Russia and Assad’s regime have press this as fast next hours” to rein in violence on the used the presence of Al-Nusra, which ground. was not party to a February 27 cease- as possible but I In and around Aleppo, a week of fire deal, as an excuse to press their don’t want to make fighting has killed more than 250 peo- offensive. The Syrian Observatory for ple. Kerry accused President Bashar Human Rights monitor says at least any promises that Al Assad’s regime of deliberately 253 civilians -- including 49 children can’t be kept,” US targeting three clinics and a major — have been killed on both sides of Secretary of State hospital last week. divided Aleppo since April 22. “The attack on this hospital is The city was initially left out of a John Kerry said. unconscionable,” he said. “And it has deal to “reinforce” the February truce to stop.” agreement. There was a relative lull in the The freeze in fighting, announced unrest later yesterday, allowing on Friday, applied to battlefronts in AFP some residents to venture out into the coastal province of Latakia and the streets. Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus. Kerry said a bolstered group of State television reported a Syr- ceasefire monitors will track viola- ian army announcement on Monday GENEVA: US Secretary of State John tions “24 hours a day, seven days a that the freeze has been extended for Kerry launched a desperate push yes- week.” A senior US diplomat, speak- another 48 hours in Eastern Ghouta, terday to salvage a ceasefire in Syria, ing on condition of anonymity, said until 1:00 am Wednesday (2200 GMT as the country’s second city of Aleppo the US, Russia and the UN have moved Tuesday). reeled from a week of fighting that forward on a new ceasefire mecha- The same “freeze” is set to hold killed hundreds of civilians. nism for Aleppo, but a deal was not until 1:00 am Tuesday in Latakia, a With the two-month old truce complete. regime stronghold. brokered by the United States and Kerry stressed that the goal was Syria’s conflict erupted in 2011 Russia under severe threat, Kerry to reinforce a broad truce capable of after the brutal repression of anti- said Washington and Moscow had withstanding further tests. A Syrian man walks past destroyed buildings in Aleppo’s Bab Al Hadid neighbourhood which was targeted government protests and has since made progress in trying to contain the “We’re trying to press this as fast recently by regime air strikes. Aleppo residents ventured out onto the streets yesterday, taking advantage escalated into a complex, multi-fac- bloodshed, but warned it was prema- as possible but I don’t want to make eted war, which has killed more than of a lull in violence. ture to promise success. any promises that can’t be kept,” he 270,000 people. The top US diplomat gave some told reporters after meeting de Mis- The renewed bloodshed has of his most downbeat comments yet tura and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel The two top diplomats “agreed on While agreeing in theory to sup- Qasr district, were hit, according to dampened hopes that the ceasefire after meeting the United Nations Syria Al Jubeir -- whose government has new measures to be taken by Moscow port a ceasefire, Russia has done correspondent in the northern city. could finally lay the groundwork for envoy Staffan de Mistura in Geneva, influence with key rebel groups. and Washington”, a Russian foreign little to rein in Assad’s forces around Despite the early-morning raids, an end to the conflict. saying the conflict was “in many ways Before leaving Geneva en route ministry statement said, without pro- Aleppo, which were in action again there was relative quiet in Aleppo’s Last month’s peace talks in out of control and deeply disturbing to to Washington, Kerry called Russian viding specifics. early yesterday. rebel-held east. Geneva failed to make headway, everybody in the world, I hope.” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to dis- De Mistura was due to fly to Mos- Several neighbourhoods, includ- Kerry said Washington would although de Mistura has voiced hope The US and Russia have agreed cuss safeguarding the flagging truce. cow for talks with Lavrov on Tuesday. ing the heavily-populated Bustan Al press moderate rebels to separate they can resume next month.

Saudi Arabia looks to UK, France and Israel to hold Palestinian scribe for 4 months without trial China for building AP because of his political activism. Has- political arrest,” the lawyer said. Israeli fire — the vast majority in what said they will not release security homes san noted that under the system of The number of Palestinians in Israel says were attacks or attempted camera footage of the incident until administrative detention, the defense administrative detention reached 627 attacks. Critics say Israeli security an investigation is completed, even DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s govern- is not shown any alleged evidence at the end of February, according to forces and civilians often used lethal though they have in the past made ment has authorised the housing RAMALLAH, WEST BANK: Israel’s against a detainee. official figures by the Israel Prison force unnecessarily. such images public within hours of ministry to seek the assistance military yesterday ordered a well- Nazzal, 53, has been in Israeli Service that are regularly published In a fatal shooting last week, stabbings. of Britain, France and China in known Palestinian journalist to be custody since he was seized at an by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem. 24-year-old Maram Taha and her Police initially said Israeli troops building hundreds of thousands held for four months without charges Israeli-run crossing between the West Critics say Israel’s large-scale use of 16-year-old brother Ibrahim were were involved in firing the fatal shots, of homes to ease a shortage of or trial, in so-called administrative Bank and Jordan last month, while the practice amounts to a violation of shot and killed at a busy West Bank but yesterday, authorities said that affordable housing in the kingdom. detention. traveling to a meeting of the Euro- rules of due process. crossing. Maram Taha was the mother private security guards shot the sib- The housing minister and his The military said Omar Nazzal is pean Federation of Journalists. The The number of administrative of two girls, four and five years old. lings. Police officers at the scene acted deputy were given the power to being held on suspicion of “unlawful journalist headed Palestine Today, a detainees has doubled since the start Israeli police alleged at the time “according to regulations,” including sign memorandums of under- activity” for the Popular Front for the TV station affiliated with the militant of the current round of Israeli-Pales- that the Taha siblings ignored calls firing warning shots in the air, the standing with those countries, Liberation of Palestine, a small PLO group Islamic Jihad, for five months, tinian violence in September. Since to halt and that the woman threw a police said. the official Saudi Press Agency faction that has been labeled a ter- but quit earlier this year shortly before the fall, Palestinians have carried out knife at a policeman before being shot The siblings’ family and Pales- reported. rorist organization by Israel. Israel shut it down. He also had ties frequent attacks on Israelis, includ- dead. The police statement did not tinian witnesses have disputed the It gave no details of what the Nazzal’s lawyer, Mahmoud Has- to the PFLP which in the past was ing stabbings or ramming by cars. The explain why lethal force was used and police account, saying the siblings agreements might contain, but in san, said he believes his client, a involved in attacks on Israelis. attacks have killed 28 Israelis and two why Ibrahim Taha was killed. Two were some 20 meters (yards) away March the ministry signed mem- leading member of the Palestinian Hassan denied his client was Americans. On the Palestinian side, knives were found on the teen, but from security forces and could have orandums with South Korea and journalists’ union, is being targeted linked to violence. “This arrest is a some 200 people have been killed by only after the shooting. Police have been stopped without deadly force. a Saudi-South Korean consortium to develop 100,000 housing units in northern Riyadh over 10 years. The consortium includes Dae- woo Engineering & Construction Paintings for peace EU warns Egypt over Co and Hanwha Engineering and Construction Corp. freedom of expression Under a broad economic reform plan announced last week, the Saudi government aims to Agencies respected,” the EU statement added. increase the rate of home own- More than 400 Egyptian demonstra- ership among its citizens by 5 tors were recently detained during percentage points by 2020 from nationwide marches on April 25. 47 percent now. The government CAIRO: The European Union warned Egyptian authorities yesterday will provide some funding and Egypt yesterday over the recent storm- ordered the detention of two jour- regulatory support. ing of a labor union building in Cairo nalists for 15 days after their arrest and the arrest of journalists. The on allegations of incitement to pro- statement comes after the country’s test, a judicial source said. security forces raided the Egyptian The decision comes a day after 11 PKK terrorists Press Syndicate’s offices on Sunday. police stormed the headquarters of the Undercover police officers detained journalists’ association in central Cairo dead in Turkey two journalists who had been hold- and arrested Amr Badr and Mahmud ing a sit-in in solidarity with detained Al Sakka. A judicial source on Sun- ANKARA: Eleven PKK terrorists colleagues. day said the pair had been wanted for have been killed in counter-ter- The EU described the situation as alleged incitement to protest in vio- rorism operations in southeastern “a worrying development, and con- lation of the law. The prosecutor of Turkey, said military sources Mon- tinues a trend of restricting space the Shubra al-Khaimah district of day.Four of them were killed in for civil society and the freedom of Cairo said the pair would be held for Mardin’s Nusaybin district and expression”. 15 days as part of an investigation seven others in the province of The 28-country bloc also called which also includes allegations they Sirnak, added Turkish military for the release of those detained and had called for a “coup”. Badr heads sources. urged that the law regulating free the website Babawet Yanayer which The number of terrorists neu- assembly be in line with Egypt’s is opposed to President Abdel Fat- tralized in recent operations in constitution. “Freedom of assem- tah al-Sisi. Sakka works for the same Visitors look at paintings by Yemeni female artists displayed at a gallery during an exhibition entitled Nusaybin thus rose to 318, and bly and press freedom are essential organisation whose Arabic name 288 in Sirnak. Women Creativity for Peace, in the capital Sana’a, yesterday. for democracy, to guarantee that means January Gate in a nod to the Moreover, the number of all peaceful voices are heard and 2011 uprising. destroyed improvised explosive devices in Nusaybin rose to 738 and 843 in Sirnak. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement two terrorists Sudan has ‘sovereign rights’ in dispute with Egypt: Minister were arrested in separate oper- ations in the Yuksekova district of the southeastern province of Hakkari and in the Inegol district AFP and Khartoum. Sudan has regularly Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a the Halayeb triangle.” Ghandour of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia of the Bursa province Monday. protested at Egypt’s administration move that triggered street protests said Khartoum was also trying to became a key factor behind street Meanwhile, a father and of Halayeb and Shalatin near the Red in Cairo. get a copy of the agreement between protests in the Egyptian capital last mother, who were trying to enter Sea, saying they are part of its sov- “We will not let go of our sover- Cairo and Riyadh on the transfer of month. the Oguzeli district of the province KHARTOUM: Sudan insisted yes- ereign territory since shortly after eign rights on the Halayeb triangle,” the two islands in the Straits of Tiran. More than 1,000 demonstrators of Gaziantep from Syria with four terday it had “sovereign rights” over independence in 1956. Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour “We need to gauge the impact of this rallied on April 15 in Cairo demanding children, were arrested on suspi- two border territories whose own- Since April, Khartoum has told parliament. agreement on our maritime borders,” “the fall of the regime” in the largest cion of being members of Daesh, ership has been the subject of a stepped up its claim to the terri- “We have adopted legal and polit- he told lawmakers. challenge to Egyptian President Abdel read the statement. long-standing dispute between Cairo tories after Egypt transferred two ical measures to assert our rights in Cairo’s transfer of the two islands Fattah Al Sisi’s regime in two years. 08 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Cheerful voyage S Korea: North Allegations over may abduct its wealth loom citizens abroad Reuters

large on Duterte SEOUL: South Korea said yes- terday that it was on guard for the possibility North Korea may by to maintain order in the business try to snatch its citizens abroad district where Trillanes’ support- or conduct “terrorist acts” after Trillanes went to ers also came, carrying posters the North accused it of abducting the Bank of the that read: “We don’t want corrupt North Korean workers from a res- candidates.” taurant in China. Philippine Islands A large throng of journalists, “All measures of precaution” and met with the TV cameramen and photographers were in place for the safety of stood outside the bank to await the South Koreans abroad including mayor’s lawyer but outcome of the meeting between an order to beef up security at dip- said the questioned Trillanes and Duterte lawyer Sal- lomatic missions, said the South’s account was not vador Panelo. Unification Ministry, which han- Panelo said the mayor author- dles issues related to the North. opened for scrutiny. ized him to ask that the questioned “We are on alert for the pos- account be opened to prove the alle- North Korean tourists wave during their tour on the Yalu River in Sinuiju, near the Chinese border sibility that the North may try to gations were false, but bank officials city of Dandong, yesterday. abduct our citizens or conduct told him it would take seven days to terrorist acts abroad,” ministry AP study the request. spokesman Jeong Joon-hee told “I have no problem with that,” a briefing. Panelo said he told bank officials. The two Korea’s have been Trillanes made public a signed fierce rivals since the 1950-53 MANILA: Allegations that the statement, where he named the Korean War and tension on the Philippine presidential election informant who provided him doc- Indonesia denies paying ransom peninsula has been high since Jan- front-runner had a large sum of uments showing Duterte’s alleged uary when North Korea conducted money in an undeclared bank secret bank accounts, including in its fourth nuclear test. account were not resolved yesterday, the bank branch where he met Pan- It followed that with a string allowing the issue to hang over the elo yesterday. for the release of 10 hostages of missile tests in defiance of U.N. final week of the closely fought race. “I believe it is important for our Security Council resolutions. Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has people to know about the gross South Korea said in April 13 alleged Mayor Rodrigo Duterte kept misrepresentation and pretensions Anatolia “We will never claim that the were flown to Jakarta at night and North Korean workers at a res- more than $4.2m in a joint bank perpetrated by Mayor Duterte that government did that [paid ransom] underwent thorough medical exam- taurant run by the North in China account with his daughter that he he is poor and he lives a simple life because we never do that,” Luhut inations at a hospital.An Indonesian had defected. North Korea accused did not declare publicly in 2014 as when ... he held bank accounts con- Binsar Pandjaitan told reporters at negotiator who worked for the men’s the South of a “hideous abduction”. required by law. taining hundreds of millions, if not TUBAN: Indonesia has sought to the presidential palace. “That’s com- release, Major Gen Kivlan Zein, also North Korea proposed send- Trillanes, who is running for vice billions of pesos,” he said in the underline that it did not pay a ransom pany business,” he added, when insisted Monday that no ransom was ing family members of the 13 president and is backing a rival can- statement. to secure the release of ten hostages asked if Patria Maritimes Lines paid to the Abu Sayyaf. to South Korea for face-to-face didate of Duterte, went to the Bank of The mayor, however, acknowl- held by a Daesh-linked group on helped out. “I don’t want to com- “The release was done without meetings but the South rejected the Philippine Islands and met with edged its existence on Friday in islands that lie between Malaysia ment on that.” ransom, but [resulted from] negoti- the suggestion. the mayor’s lawyer but said the ques- a news conference but denied he and the southern Philippines. The 10 Indonesian sailors, who ations,” national news agency Antara About 29,000 people have tioned account was not opened for had committed any wrongdoing, However, the coordinating were abducted in late March from a quoted Zein, a former soldier, as left North Korea and arrived in scrutiny. although he did not explain where political, legal and security affairs tugboat off Tawi-Tawi province, were saying. the South since the Korean war, When Trillanes stepped out of the money came from. minister would not comment yester- turned over on Sunday to the gover- Zein said that after the sailors’ including 1,276 last year, with the bank, some of the dozens of “I will admit there is money in day on reports that the sailors were nor of the nearby majority Muslim captures, Philippine and Indonesian numbers declining since a 2009 Duterte supporters yelled “liar” at that account,” Duterte told report- released after a contribution from island province of Sulu. negotiators reached out to the Abu peak. In the first quarter of this him before he was whisked off by ers, saying it was less than the $4.2m their employer to Philippine mili- The Abu Sayyaf had earlier Sayyaf with the help of local author- year, 342 North Koreans arrived escorts in a van. Riot police stood that Trillanes had alleged. tant group the Abu Sayyaf. demanded $1m their release. They ities, including Governor Tan. in the South. Hundreds held for backing Papua’s separation China airs two Japan announces $7bn more confessions Reuters no reports of violence. “In spirit UN-backed referendum in 1969. they support Papua’s separation Dutch colonial rule ended in 1963. by Taiwan plan to develop Mekong from Indonesia,” said Papua police Indonesian President Joko Widodo spokesman Patridge Renwarin. “We has made several trips to Papua fraud suspects JAKARTA: Indonesian police are trying to explain to them that this since taking office in 2014 and has AP with the Mekong region,” Kish- yesterday detained hundreds of pro- goes against the spirit of the unitary promised to bring development to ida said. Specific details have not independence demonstrators in the state of Indonesia.” the impoverished region after dec- Reuters been announced but he said Japan eastern province of Papua on the Papuan activist Markus Haluk ades of neglect. His govt has also would like to work together with anniversary of Dutch New Guinea’s said demonstrators had voiced sup- released several political prison- BANGKOK: Japan’s foreign the Mekong countries to create a 1963 integration into Indonesia. port for calls for an internationally ers and pledged to resolve cases of minister announced a multibillion- framework to support the various Around 500 people were monitored referendum for independ- human rights violations. But security BEIJING: Confessions by two dollar initiative yesterday to promote efforts, including regional issues detained in the provincial capital, ence. Papua has seen a long-running forces still maintain a strong pres- more Taiwanese telecoms fraud development in Southeast Asia’s and theme-oriented support, in a Jayapura, police said, and dozens in and often violent separatist con- ence in the restive region and are suspects, from among dozens Mekong region, which encompasses detailed manner. other cities of the resource province flict since being incorporated into often seen as taking a heavy-handed deported from Kenya to China parts of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand Kishida also renewed his call for of around 3.5 million. There were Indonesia after a widely criticised approach to peaceful demonstrations. last month, were aired by Chinese through which the river flows. the establishment of a code of con- state television yesterday, appear- In a speech at Chulalongkorn duct in the South China Sea, where ing to back China’s contention that University in Bangkok, Fumio China, Vietnam, the Philippines such crimes are lightly dealt with Kishida affirmed the importance and others have competing territo- in Taiwan. of Southeast Asia’s economic pros- rial claims, and that prosperity can Nurturing with care The case, and subsequent perity to Japan. He pledged $7bn in only achieved if there is peace and deportations of Taiwanese from funding during the next three years stability in the region. Malaysia for similar suspected to support development and growth “In this region, there are issues crimes, has infuriated Taiwan in the region. of terrorism, extremism, and ensur- and soured ties that were already The initiative will help promote ing maritime safety and security,” he strained by the election in Janu- “connectivity” within Southeast said. “There are multitudes of issues ary of a pro-independence party Asian countries and Japan, through now facing our Asean partners. We in Taipei. The videos are the lat- funding in infrastructure and need to face these issues together, est in a recent string of on-camera development of human resources. and maintain stability in this region. confessions in China that have Thailand has become a key man- What is necessary is respect for prompted international criticism ufacturing and export hub for diversity, and what is fundamental that the admissions could have Japanese manufacturers such as for that is the rule of law.” been made under duress. Toyota and Honda. Referring to Thailand’s current Chinese state television “Invigorating the flow of goods political situation and its military showed two men it said were from and people by connecting the region government, Kishida said he hoped Taiwan and had been deported through roads, bridges and railways that the people of Thailand will from Kenya. is indispensable for promoting eco- overcome the current difficult The men, whose faces were nomic development,” he said, adding challenges and “play more active blurred out, were identified by that Japan’s cooperation will go role in the region and international their family names of Lin and Hsu beyond just building infrastructure. community.” and spoke with Taiwanese accents. Over the next three years, “we The visit to Thailand is part of his It was not possible to verify their will make use of funds amounting regional tour that includes stops in A worker inspects flowers at his farm in the village of Badung, Bali, Indonesia, yesterday. origins independently. to 750bn yen toward cooperation China, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. China disciplines property tycoon for questioning grip on media

AFP statements contrary to the party line, Ren’s blunt views attracted a huge post as saying. “Is their money the par- according to Xinhua. The party brooks capitalist arguments and pursuing principles, policies and other aspects following -- 37 million on Sina Weibo ty’s?... Don’t use taxpayers’ money for no opposition to its rule and newspapers, Western constitutionalism. It argued and represents a serious violation of the alone -- until authorities closed his social things that don’t provide them with websites, and broadcasters are strictly that the Soviet Union fell because the party’s political discipline,” said a state- media accounts after he came under fire services.” controlled by the government. media failed to uphold loyalty to the BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist ment on the website of Beijing’s Xicheng in February. Twin articles in the state- Ren made the comments after Xi vis- Ren had previously drawn fire ruling party. Party has disciplined an outspoken district. affiliated news portal Qianlong assailed ited the official news agency Xinhua, state for calling CCTV “the dumbest pig “Any behaviour that stirs up chaos property tycoon who criticised its “It is decided to give Comrade Ren Ren for questioning on social media broadcaster CCTV and the ruling par- on earth” and for his blunt state- will inevitably encounter the peo- tightening grip on the media, it was one year probation,” the statement added. whether citizens’ money ought to be spent ty’s mouthpiece the People’s Daily. He ments defending the high prices of ple’s scorn, any attempt to provoke announced yesterday. Ren Zhiqiang, The businessman is also a mem- on pushing party propaganda. ordered them to follow the Communist real estate. One of the Qianlong arti- a disturbance and stir up hate will nicknamed “the Cannon” for his pro- ber of the ruling party and registered in “When did the people’s government Party line, focus on “positive report- cles -- headlined “Who gave Ren the encounter the people’s opposition, vocative opinions and blunt defence of Xicheng. Probation is one step short of change into the party’s government?” the ing”, and “speak the party’s will and confidence to oppose the party?” -- and netizens’ teaching him a lesson economic inequality, made “erroneous expulsion from the party. commentary quoted Ren’s since-deleted protect the party’s authority and unity”, accused the businessman of making in communism is the best proof.” ASIA / AFRICA TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 09 S Korea to build GPS backup navigation system

Reuters Korean government official involved involvement. South Korea has been Navigation Satellite Systems) fail, Authorities of the UK and Ireland, in the initiative said, requesting ano- on high alert against possible cyber transportation is impacted immedi- which tried to pioneer an eLoran sys- The need for us nymity as he was not authorised to attacks from the North following the ately. It slows down, becomes more tem in Europe, conducted simulated is especially high, speak to the media. North’s nuclear and missile tests and dangerous, and every mode can carry communications attacks on ships at SEOUL: South Korea has revived a The latest jamming campaign threats of war in response to new less capacity,” said Dana Goward, sea and said the results “demonstrated project to build a backup ship naviga- because of the from the North began on March 31, sanctions imposed by the U.N. Secu- president of the non-profit Resilient the devastating effects of jamming on tion system that would be difficult to deliberate signal lasting nearly a week and affecting rity Council and the South. Navigation & Timing Foundation. the ships’ electronic bridge systems”. hack after a recent wave of GPS signal signal reception of more than 1,000 The reclusive North and the rich, “As short-term backup clocks start Many vessels, such as fishing jamming attacks it blamed on North interference by North aircraft and 700 ships, originating democratic South are technically to desynchronize with each other ... boats, lack backup electronic navi- Korea disrupted fishing vessel oper- Korea: Official from five locations along the border, still at war since their 1950-53 con- cell phone towers start to fail, IT net- gation systems. ations, officials say. South Korean officials said. Aircraft flict ended in a truce, rather than a works slow down or fail, financial The United States, Russia and Global Positioning System (GPS) traffic was not affected because the treaty. The North routinely threatens systems are impacted, management India are all looking into deploying and other electronic navigation aids GPS system is normally used as a to destroy South Korea and its major of the electrical grid becomes prob- versions of eLoran, which sends a are vulnerable to signal loss from month to secure technology required backup, not a primary navigation tool, ally, the United States. lematic. That is the really scary part,” much stronger signal and is harder solar weather effects, radio and sat- to build an alternative land-based one of the officials involved in tele- No major disasters anywhere have said Goward. to jam, as backup. ellite interference and deliberate radio system called eLoran, which it communications policy said. been blamed on loss of GPS, although GPS vulnerability poses security Installing an eLoran receiver and jamming. hopes will provide reliable alternative The jamming prompted warnings the risks are growing as sea lanes and commercial risks, especially for antenna on a ship would cost thou- South Korea, which says it has position and timing signals for navi- by South Korea’s military to North become more crowded. ships whose crews are not familiar sands of dollars, although cheaper faced repeated attempts by the rival gation. “The need for us is especially Korea to stop what it called “prov- Part of the problem is that it’s not with traditional navigation techniques options could include incorporating North to interfere with satellite sig- high, because of the deliberate signal ocation” and a protest at the United easy to detect a GPS outage caused by or using paper charts. eLoran systems into satnav devices, nals, will award $13m contract this interference by North Korea,” a South Nations. North Korea has denied jamming. “When GPS/GNSS (Global The General Lighthouse according to technical specialists.

Kenya toll at 21; 60 still missing Bountiful catch

AFP previous count of 16 dead. Authori- authorities for the evacuation of the ties had previously put the number bloc, built only two years ago near of deaths in Friday’s collapse of the a river, went ignored. On Saturday, building in the low-income district President Uhuru Kenyatta called for NAIROBI: The death toll in the col- of Huruma at 16. the building’s owner to be arrested, lapse of a six-storey building in But the Kenya Red Cross said 60 A day later, the owner turned him- Nairobi rose to 21 yesterday after people were still missing, meaning self over to police. Several buildings four more bodies were pulled from the final toll could be much higher, have collapsed in recent years in Nai- the rubble of the residential struc- although it was unclear whether robi and other Kenyan cities, where ture that gave way during weekend those sought were at home when the a property boom has seen buildings storms. building buckled. shoot up at speed, often with scant “As of today we have 21 people The building, which was home to regard for building regulations. dead so far after four bodies were more than 150 families, many of them The deaths in Huruma bring to at retrieved in the night and another living crammed into a single room, least 28 the number of people who died in hospital,” the head of the had been earmarked for demolition died in Nairobi since the weekend in National Disaster Management Unit, after being declared structurally accidents linked to floods caused by Pius Masai, told reporters, revising a unsound. But an order by building torrential rains. French PM to supervise ‘Rumba king’ posthumously Aussie submarine deal awarded AFP would be “the recipient of France’s most sensitive and protected subma- AFP Burmese women carrying a basket with fish, mostly Tuna, as they unload a fishing boat near Ngapali rine technology and will be the most lethal conventional submarine ever beach, Thandwe township of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, yesterday. CANBERRA: A mega deal to build contemplated”. Australian submarines was so A Japanese government-backed KINSHASA: Democratic Repub- important, French Prime Minister consortium led by Mitsubishi Heavy lic of Congo’s rumba king Papa Manuel Valls said yesterday, that he Industries, and German group Thys- Wemba was posthumously pledged to personally supervise the senKrupp Marine Systems, were also awarded one of his country’s high- project as Paris and Canberra bol- in the running. But Canberra said est honours yesterday, a week after China probes search engine Baidu ster defence ties. French contractor DCNS was considered “best to meet he collapsed on stage and died DCNS last week beat off competi- all of our unique capability require- aged 66. tion from Japan and Germany to seal ments”. \The tender process was At a ceremony in the national the 12-submarine $39bn contract, politically sensitive domestically, parliament in Kinshasa, where over student’s death after treatment prompting Valls to make a surprise with national elections expected in Papa Wemba’s body lay in state, visit to Canberra. July. Canberra insisted that all the Congo’s President Joseph Kabila “I will supervise, myself, the subs be built in Australia amid fears made the singer a grand officer Reuters as well as the hospital for misleading condolences to his family. “Baidu implementation of our commitments any off-the-shelf purchase could of the Order of National Heros advertising in claiming a high success strives to provide a safe and trust- with the minister of defence who will kill off the domestic shipbuilding Kabila-Lumumba for “the merits, rate for the experimental treatment, worthy search experience for our be coming shortly to Australia,” Valls industry. the loyal and eminent services state radio said. users, and have launched an imme- told a press conference with Austral- “We are an island nation and we rendered to the Congolese nation”. BEIJING: China’s Internet regulator “Wei’s family says they trusted diate investigation of the matter,” ian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull. need to ensure that we have the best Papa Wemba collapsed while said yesterday that it will send an the treatment because it was pro- it said. The company added it wel- “It is an industrial and economic defences. Now, that is the primary performing at a festival in Ivory investigation team to Chinese search moted by one of the military hospitals comed the investigation and would partnership. It is also a partnership objective,” said Turnbull. Coast on April 24. The flamboyant leader Baidu Inc over the death of a which are considered credible, and fully cooperate. Baidu has been in that binds us for a very long time on “We partner with France to musician, who led the Kinshasa university student, who had used the the attending doctor had appeared on trouble before for medical related other issues, including security and ensure that we have the best tech- music scene for four decades, died search engine to look for treatment many mainstream media platforms,” issues. defence,” he added. nology and we work together to before reaching hospital. for his cancer. state radio said. This year, it was criticised for Valls said it was a “win-win” develop the supply chain here in An enormous red hat, mod- Wei Zexi, 21, died last month of a The regulator said in a short selling management rights for an deal, adding that Paris would ful- Australia right from the shipyard elled on the one the renowned rare form of cancer. He had turned to statement Wei’s case had attracted online forum related to haemophilia fill all its commitments including job to every person, every firm that is sharp dresser was wearing at the Baidu to look online for the best place widespread attention on the Internet. to an unlicensed private hospital, creation in Australia and the trans- contributing to this effort.” “This time of his death, served as the for treatment, finding a department It, along with the health ministry which then used the platform for fer of technology. DCNS plans to is a great national enterprise and roof of the chapel erected to house under the Second Hospital of Beijing and State Administration for Indus- self-promotion and deleted com- build a 4,500-tonne conventionally- it will drive our economic plan for his coffin inside parliament. Armed Police Corps which offered an try and Commerce, would investigate ments that challenged its credentials, powered version of its 4,700 tonne jobs and growth in the 21st century.” A Roman Catholic priest experimental form of treatment that Baidu over the case and “handle it in the official Xinhua news agency said. Barracuda, which the company has France has extensive background accompanied the coffin. He is ultimately failed, according to state accordance with the law” and publi- In 2010, China’s state-run tele- described as “the most technically in building submarines for others due to be laid to rest in a ceme- media. Before dying, Wei had posted cise its findings. vision accused Baidu of promoting complex artefact in Australia”. The while Japan still lacks experience tery on the outskirts of Kinshasa criticism online accusing Baidu of Baidu said in a statement it deeply counterfeit drugs through its search DCNS website says the new vessel in exporting military hardware. tomorrow. promoting false medical information, regretted Wei’s death and sent its engine.

Spiritual transition Cambodia charges six over bribing scandal

AFP MP, who is the deputy leader of the Cam- the alleged bribe. Under the criminal code bodia National Rescue Party. But she later the group face up to 10 years in prison if told a court it had taken place and accused a convicted. Khem Sokha has not publicly prominent advocacy group, the Cambodian commented on the accusations against him. PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court yes- Human Rights and Development Associa- A local administrator was jailed last terday charged six people -- including a tion (ADHOC), of instructing her to deny the week pending trial for allegedly bribing local United Nations employee -- over an relationship. the hairdresser’s family to pressure her into alleged attempt to bribe a woman so she On Thursday the country’s anti-corrup- denying the affair. would deny an affair with a top opposition tion unit arrested four members of the rights In addition prominent political analyst party member. group along with a former group employee. Ou Virak will appear in court next week It is the latest twist in a scandal that has They remain in custody. after being sued by Hun Sen’s ruling party for gripped the country since phone record- “We have decided to charge them with defamation. He had suggested the sex scan- ings of conversations allegedly between bribing a witness,” Ly Sophanna, spokes- dal was aimed at damaging the opposition. lawmaker Kem Sokha and a 25-year-old man for the prosecutor’s office at the Phnom Hun Sen’s main rival, opposition leader hairdresser were leaked two months ago. Penh Municipal Court, said. Sam Rainsy, has been forced to live in self- Rights groups say the legal proceedings A UN rights office staff member, Sally exile abroad to avoid arrest warrants which South Korean young novice monks stand under lotus lanterns after having their are the latest attempt by Prime Minister Hun Soen, was also charged with being an he says are politically motivated. heads shaved during a ceremony entitled ‘Children Becoming Buddhist Monks’, at Sen to undercut a resurgent opposition try- accomplice to an attempted bribe, he added, In a Facebook post last week, Hun Sen the Jogye temple in Seoul, yesterday. ing to end his 31-year grip on power. The although he has not been arrested. asked his officials to prepare lawyers to sue woman initially denied the affair with the Prosecutors have yet to reveal details of anyone who slanders his party. 10 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Sadiq Khan’s rise Donald Trump’s rise is driving

f Sadiq Khan, the Labour candidate in London’s mayoral race, gets elected, he will be the first Muslim to lead one of immigrants to become citizens the most important cities of the world, where only one in Ieight residents adheres to the Islamic faith. But that’s for Londoners to decide – whether to elect him or his closest applications are up 14 percent in US citizen, said she is so fearful of Conservative rival, Zac Goldsmith. But the fact that Khan is the the last six months of 2015 com- Trump, the GOP Trump becoming president that she strong favourite in this election is a testament to the diversity, pared with the same period in 2014, front-runner, has brought five relatives to a natural- tolerance and multiculturalism of London. When the rest of the according to the government. ization workshop in South Florida. And the pool of future US citi- pledged to deport “Trump is anti-immigrant,” Western world is plumbing the depths of Islamophobia and racial zens is large. Nearly 9 million legal the estimated 11 said Giraldo, who works cleaning venom, London is shining as an example for others to emulate. permanent residents, or green- houses. “I don’t know if it’s because This doesn’t sidestep the fact that the mayoral race was actually card holders, are eligible to become million people living he’s such a brute in his speeches marked by religious tensions and accusations of racism, but what Americans. Of those, about 4 mil- in the US illegally. or that he isn’t careful in what he’s matters is that most of Londoners have refused to be swayed by lion are Hispanic. He’s also vowed saying, but he’s very nasty toward such arguments. ‘Muslim Labour candidate, favoured to win, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill., Hispanics.” was featured in a public service to bar Muslims Her sister, Gladys Ceballos shapes London mayoral race,” said a headline of International announcement encouraging immi- from entering of Hollywood, Florida, agreed. New York Times, capturing the spirit By Sergio Bustos grants to become citizens so they She’s trying for the second time of the campaign and its positive AP can vote in November. He mocked the country and to become a citizen after failing The fact that consequences for British politics. Trump’s slogan, suggesting it was threatened to cut to pass the English exam. She says Sadiq Khan, Khan is the son of a London really: “Make America Hate Again.” off remittances that she’s not fearful of Trump, but she “We’ve seen it in the past and we doesn’t trust him. John Haughton, a Labour bus driver who grew up with seven Mexican immigrants siblings in a three-bedroom home in n a recent Saturday are seeing it again many times over 66, a Jamaican immigrant, said: candidate, morning in South Flor- this year,” he said. “When immi- “Trump is a man who would say public housing. He became a human in the US send back is the strong ida, 50-year-old Edgar grant communities feel they are one thing today and may modify rights lawyer and then a senior Ospina stood in a long under attack they react with a home. his views tomorrow.” favourite government minister, before rising to Oline of immigrants to take the first large number of eligible immi- “I want my voice heard,” said in London the top echelons of the British politics. step to become an American. grants becoming citizens and a Haughton, a legal permanent res- Ospina has spent almost half large number of eligible citizens are eligible for citizenship. ident since 2008. SeungBaik, 43, mayoral race is Interestingly, his rival Goldsmith is the son of a tycoon who inherited a his life in the US after emigrating becoming voters.” To qualify, immigrants must who was born in South Korea and from his native Colombia, becom- Erica Bernal of the National have been in the country five years, brought to the US as a teenager, a testament to fortune and was educated at Eton ing eligible for citizenship in 1990. Association of Latino Elected complete a 21-page application, get said he too believes Trump is too the diversity, College, Britian’s most exclusive But with Donald Trump becoming Officials said the tenor of the fingerprinted, pass a civics and Eng- divisive. tolerance and school. Both traded accusations at a more likely presidential nomi- presidential campaign is galva- lish exam and pay almost $700 in “It took me a little longer to multiculturalism each other. Among other things, Khan nee by the day, Ospina decided to nizing Latino immigrants. She said fees. Ivan Parro, citizenship coor- become a citizen because I didn’t was accused of supporting extremism wait no more, rushing the paper- today’s movement is reminiscent dinator with the Florida Immigrant want to apply and treat this as a of London. by speaking on the same platform work required to become a citizen. of the 1990s when Latinos in Cali- Coalition said immigrants laugh membership to something, like in the past as those who espoused “Trump is dividing us as a coun- fornia rose up against Proposition when he asks why they want to joining a club,” said Baik, a church try,” said Ospina, owner of a small 187, which sought to deny govern- become Americans. pastor. “The world and this nation ‘terrorist views’. Even Prime Minister flooring and kitchen remodeling ment services to those in the state “’You know why,’ they say, ‘I are changing, and my vote matters.” David Cameron has been accused of harping on Khan’s ethnic company. “He’s so negative about illegally. The courts overturned it. want to vote against racism and Baik said he won’t be registering and religious identity to discredit him. immigrants. We’ve got to speak up.” Her group and several local hate,’“ said Parro. as a Democrat or Republican but Sadiq Khan’s meteoric rise also speaks eloquently of the Nationwide, immigrants like ones in Los Angeles recently He says immigrants this year remains independent. He’s unde- beauty of democracy, how it propels to the top people with Ospina are among tens of thou- launched a regional campaign to are “desperate to be part of the cided about whom he will vote for political savvy, talent and sangfroid, irrespective of their ethnic, sands applying for naturalization encourage Latino immigrants to political process.” in his first presidential election as in a year when immigration has become citizens. About 775,000 Maria Cristina Giraldo, origi- a US citizen, but “it won’t be Don- financial and other backgrounds and identities. Politics has taken centre stage in the presiden- legal immigrants in the LA area nally from Colombia and already a ald Trump.” always been about communication and the ability to connect tial campaign, especially in the race with people in the best possible way. Khan’s popularity is for the Republican nomination. evidence of his success on all these parameters. Trump, the GOP front-runner, London mayor’s job is one of the most crucial positions in has pledged to deport the estimated British politics and Khan’s candidature comes at a time when 11 million people living in the US the West is intensely debating the role of immigrants and Islam illegally. He’s also vowed to bar Muslims from entering the country in their societies. Khan’s victory, if it happens, can reshape the and threatened to cut off remit- debate and even help change the narrative, and help burnish the tances that Mexican immigrants in image of a community that has been vilified and stereotyped. It the US send back home. And he’s will set an example as a British model, an example of the success called for building a border wall of multiculturalism. — among other proposals to deal with unlawful immigration, say- ing the federal government has failed to protect the border from people and drugs illegally enter- ing the country. Quote of the day That rhetoric, immigrant advo- cates and lawmakers say, is driving What is happening in Aleppo many foreign-born residents to seek is an outrage. It’s a violation citizenship. “There is fear of a Trump of all humanitarian laws. It’s presidency,” said Maria Ponce of a crime. It’s a violation of all iAmerica Action, a Washington- the understandings that were based immigrant rights group that reached during the Vienna is teaming up with other organ- izations to help those seeking process. citizenship — part of a national campaign called “Stand Up To Hate.” They’ve sponsored naturalization Adel Al Jubeir workshops from Washington state A woman carries a placard critical of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during one Saudi Foreign Minister to Nebraska and Massachusetts. of several May Day marches in Los Angeles, California. Nationwide, naturalization

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he ceasefire between Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s administration and rebel groups, generally observed by both sides Tfor more than two months, is on the brink of collapse. Fighting has resumed in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and else- where. Rebel groups are increasingly angered by the government, saying that a number of civilians had been killed by Syrian airstrikes, which they say is a vio- lation of the truce. It is reported that food and medical supplies are not reaching the needy because of obstructive activities. The Assad administration has refuted these arguments, saying the bombings were justifiable attacks on terrorist groups such as the Nusra Front not covered by the ceasefire. Under the circumstances, the pos- sibility of seeing an end to the five-year civil war could become even more remote. Relevant countries must expedite their diplomatic efforts to mediate between the two parties. Supported by Russian airstrikes, the Assad administration has a military advantage over the opposition groups. Spurred on by this, the government for- cibly held parliamentary elections in Damascus and elsewhere. Assad may have sought to emphasize the ruling party’s overwhelming victory, thereby keeping his administration in place. Given that votes were cast only in government-held parts of the country, however, he can- not gain legitimacy. The Assad administration and the rebel groups are to promote peace talks and establish a caretaker government. People hold banners as they take part in a rally in solidarity with the people of Aleppo in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, yesterday.

This is to be followed by a presidential The UN special envoy for Syria, who add to US mistrust of Russia. Salman to try to mend soured ties between election and other steps to launch a new presides over the talks, had good reason It is essential for Russia to exert influ- their countries. These moves should be Fighting has resumed in the northern administration. This is a road map for end- to urge the United States, Russia and other ence on the Assad administration while used to shore up the Syrian rebels in their Syrian city of Aleppo and elsewhere. ing the civil war. The UN Security Council related nations to hold an urgent minis- the United States does so on the opposition fight against ISIL, while also facilitating Rebel groups are increasingly also has adopted a resolution calling for terial-level meeting. groups, thereby urging the two sides to cooperative relations among pertinent the implementation of this process. It is also worrying to note that, after maintain the ceasefire and make progress nations. angered by the government, saying Ceasefire key to weaken ISIL withdrawing some of its airborne units in the peace talks. In top-level talks, five nations - the that a number of civilians had been It is extremely disturbing that the from Syria, Russia has continued its It should not be forgotten that achiev- United States, Britain, France, Germany negotiators from both sides have been intervention in the country, including ing peace in Syria would mark a step and Italy - have confirmed their coordi- killed by Syrian air strikes, which unable to come up with any compromise the deployment of artillery. toward weakening the Islamic State of nation in response to acts of terrorism and they say is a violation of the truce. regarding calls for Assad’s immediate A Russian warplane recently flew dan- Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group dealing with the refugee issue. These prob- It is reported that food and medical resignation. In the wake of the renewed gerously close to a US military aircraft over and overcoming the refugee problem. lems will also be addressed as important fighting, the rebel groups have announced the Baltic Sea and another Russian plane US President Barack Obama recently themes at the Ise-Shima Group of Seven supplies are not reaching the needy to suspend their participation in the peace came extremely close to a US destroyer in decided to send an additional 250 com- summit meeting later this month. Japan because of obstructive activities. talks. We feel they lack the will to end the same sea - both incidents only height- mandos and other US service members will be required to demonstrate leader- the civil war. ening tensions in the area. This will only to Syria. He also met Saudi Arabia’s King ship in this respect. 5 indicators of India’s looming demographic disaster

India over the next 35 years.” short-lived 2008 financial crisis, indi- the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural company jobs recede, jobs per com- With fears that India is experiencing cating that the current global slowdown Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGN- pany fall jobless growth and skepticism abound- is steadier, as IndiaSpend reported REGA), the wages of which were down The growth of eight core industries- ing that the country may not be able earlier. at 2005 levels in 2015, as IndiaSpend coal, oil, oil products, gas, electricity, to cash in on its “demographic bonus”, 2. Up to 93 percent of jobs in unor- reported. fertiliser, steel and cement-is now the the world’s largest working-age pop- ganised, insecure informal sector by The construction sector - building lowest it has been over the last ten years. ulation-869 million by 2020-because 2017 roads, bridges and ports - is rapidly Industrial growth of the last decade of limited progress on health, educa- The informal sector accounted for becoming India’s fastest-growing (represented here by the year-on-year tion and job skills, we identified five 90 percent of jobs through the period employment destination. More spe- growth in the Index of Industrial Pro- warning signs: 2004-05 to 2011-12, said the Economic cialised sectors of the economy cannot duction) shows a slump during the 2008 1. Organised sector, offering 10 Survey 2015-16. This is going to increase absorb those leaving farms because crisis; it recovers and again goes south By Abhishek Waghmare percent of employment and steadi- marginally to 92-93 percent in 2017, they do not possess the skills needed. till 2015-16. IANS est jobs, slows according to a report by the National Modi’s Skill India initiative aims to train The number of companies regis- A paradox unfolds, Employment shrank over two quar- Commission for Enterprises in the 400 million Indians over the next six tered every year is - after a peak in ters of four in 2015, the first time since Unorganised Sector (NCEUS). years-that’s a million every week. In 2012 - down to 2008 levels, an indi- with many young ndia will need to generate 280 mil- the 2008 global financial crisis, accord- The accelerated growth of the 2014, as we reported, no more than cation of business uncertainty. Indians, many lion jobs between now and 2050, the ing to the latest data from the Labour Indian economy over the past two seven million were trained; fewer than In 2014, as many as 70,043 com- with substandard Iyear when the working-age popu- Bureau’s Quarterly Employment Survey. decades is accompanied by increas- five of Indians have ever received for- panies were registered in India, lation (15 to 64) will peak, according The first quarter, January to March ing informalisation, notes the Report mal skills training. marginally less than 70,513 in 2008. education, unable to a new report, amid indicators that 2015, added 64,000 jobs, while the of the Committee on Unorganised Sec- 4. Under-employment: 60 percent Fewer than 2,000 companies to find jobs the country’s demographic dividend third quarter, July to September, added tor Statistics by the National Statistical working people can’t find a steady job were registered in April 2016, the could be at the cusp of disaster. 134,000 jobs in eight sectors that the Commission. Many Indians who report them- first month of the new financial year, commensurate with Over 22 years of unprecedented Bureau surveys on “changes in employ- 3. As farming recedes, menial rural selves as ‘employed’ do not get 2016-17, according to ministry data. In their education, economic growth (1991 to 2013), less ment” (not existing jobs): Textiles labour grows 34 percent; agriculture year-round work, or may have jobs comparison, 6,000 companies were than half the Indians who sought jobs (apparels), leather, metals, automo- stays India’s largest employer lagging their abilities and expecta- registered monthly, on an average, dur- while industry got them, 140 million of 300 million, bile, gems and jewellery, transport, From 2001 to 2011, the number of tions, said the Fourth Annual Report on ing the last decade. endures a shortage according to a new United Nations IT/BPO and handloom/power loom. farmers fell seven percent, from 127.6 Employment and Unemployment 2014. Large corporations are impor- Development Programme (UNDP) However, in the second quarter, million to 118.6 million. Over the same Only 60.5 percent of the working tant to India’s economy, RBI Governor of skilled labour. report. April to June, 2015, 43,000 jobs were period, agricultural labourers increased population (above 15 years) was able Raghuram Rajan said in February, but “In China, the number of jobs lost, and in the last quarter of the year, 34%, from 107.5 million to 144.3 mil- to find work through the year. many are struggling to repay loans and grew from 628 million to 772 million October to December, 20,000 jobs were lion, as IndiaSpend reported. Underemployment affects youth grow, potentially sparking a circle of between 1991 and 2013, an increase lost. These jobs were to be in industries Agricultural growth nosedived the most. Of 100 persons aged above low growth, low bank credit, job cuts, of 144 million, but the working-age that comprise Prime Minister Naren- over the last two years, with three, 30, only two persons report being low output and low growth. population increased by 241 million,” dra Modi’s Make in India programme, and possibly four (the data for January fully unemployed, while in the 18-29 So, a paradox unfolds, with many the report said. “A wider gap in India a manufacturing expansion meant to to March 2016 are not yet out), quar- age group, 13 in 100 are unemployed, young Indians, many with substandard than China suggests a more limited offer jobs to the millions moving out ters registering a contraction. noted the survey. education, unable to find jobs com- capacity to generate employment-a of agriculture. Rural wages are growing at a much Education only appears to increase mensurate with their education, while serious challenge given the contin- The employment generated per slower pace compared to the initial the prospect of unemployment. industry endures a shortage of skilled ued expansion of the workforce in quarter slowed since after the relatively years of India’s rural jobs programme, 5. As industrial growth slows, labour.

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Govt requests Minister raps Trump over vow to free doctor to Facebook

he would force the country to free Abbottabad that damaged relations to help the Central Intelligence a jailed Pakistani doctor believed between the strategic allies. Agency (CIA) track down bin Laden. rise sharply Trump said he would to have helped the CIA hunt down Washington views Afridi as a He has not been charged over those force the country to Al Qaada leader Osama bin Laden. hero but Pakistan sentenced him in allegations. for user data Trump, a 69-year-old billionaire 2012 to 33 years in jail on charges of After his original conviction was free a jailed Pakistani real estate developer, told Fox News belonging to militant group Lashkar- overturned, he was charged in 2013 doctor believed to on Friday that, if elected, he would e-Islam, which he denies. That with murder relating to the death of a Internews get Pakistan to free Shakil Afridi “in sentence was overturned and Afridi is patient eight years earlier. He remains have helped the two minutes”, saying that Islamabad now awaiting trial on another charge. in jail. In the Fox interview Trump CIA hunt down receives a lot of development aid from Trump has alarmed US allies with also said he supported leaving the the United States. his combative rhetoric and his calls roughly 10,000 US troops still based KARACHI: The government of Osama bin Laden. “Contrary to Mr Trump’s miscon- for an “America First” agenda that in Afghanistan instead of withdraw- Pakistan made 471 requests to ception, Pakistan is not a colony of the many see as a threat to retreat from ing them by the end of 2017. Facebook for data related to 706 United States of America,” Pakistani the world. “I would stay in Afghanistan,” he accounts/users in the latter half Interior Minister Cheudhry Nisar said In his comments about Pakistan said. “It’s probably the one place we of last year, marking a two-fold Reuters in a statement yesterday. and Afridi for Fox News, Trump said: should have gone in the Middle East increase in the number of requests The statement said Afridi’s fate “I would tell them let (him) out and I’m because it’s adjacent and right next to made to the social networking site would be decided “by the Pakistani sure they would let (him) out. Because Pakistan which has nuclear weapons.” during the first six months of 2015. courts and the government of Paki- we give a lot of aid to Pakistan.” The United States led the mili- The details were given in a ISLAMABAD: Pakistan angrily crit- stan and not by Donald Trump, even anniversary of the killing of bin Afridi has also been accused tary invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 bi-annual transparency report, icised Donald Trump (pictured), if he becomes the president of the Laden — architect of the September in Pakistan of running a fake vac- to oust the Taliban for sheltering bin “Global Government Requests frontrunner for the US Republican United States”. 11, 2001 attacks on US cities — during cination campaign in which he Laden and other Al Qaeda leaders fol- Report”, issued by Facebook presidential nomination, for saying The statement came on the fifth a secret raid in the Pakistani town of purportedly collected DNA samples lowing the September 11 attacks. recently. Between January and June of 2015, 192 such requests were made for data related to 275 users/ accounts, meaning that there was a Protests after Panama Papers 145 percent jump in the number of Water scarcity in requests made by the government to the social media giant during the second half of the year. The website said: “Based on Islamabad remains legal requests from the Pakistan Telecom Authority, Facebook restricted access to six items that were alleged to violate local laws unresolved prohibiting blasphemy.” Of the 471 requests made between July and December 2015, Internews at the mercy of an uncertain water Facebook cooperated and pro- supply or on private tanker services, vided information in 66.45 percent which supply water at exorbitant of the cases. rates. Founder and director of Dig- ISLAMABAD: Despite the already Murad said one of CDA’s turbines ital Rights Foundation NighatDaad irregular water supply in Pakistani was out of order, and was sent to said, “Not only is there an alarm- federal capital of Islamabad, the sit- Lahore for maintenance. He said it ing increase in the number of uation is set to get worse as summer has since been fixed and will become data requests made by the Paki- approaches. operational in a few days. stan government, but the instances Nearly a decade since the prob- He said 34 water tankers are when Facebook obliged the lem began, the Capital Development ready at all times to give citizens a requests are also increasing.” Authority (CDA) has not been able to respite from the shortage. He said Daad, however, questioned the come up with a concrete solution to illegal service stations operating in legal process adopted by both par- water scarcity in the city. Instead, the G, F and I sectors are also aggra- ties in the transfer of private data. the authority still supplies water vating the situation. Supporters of Imran Khan, head of the opposition political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, cheering as “All this is happening without any through tankers, an ineffective and Ever-increasing water boring has they listen to his speech during a protest against the Prime Minister in Lahore. Imran Khan launched judicial oversight,” she said. controversial solution in the eyes of also contributed to the situation by a country wide protest to demand the government of Nawaz Sharif to resign following allegations She went on to say that Face- Islamabad’s residents. disturbing the capital’s water table, on his family’s involvement in Panama Papers. book still held the right to accept When asked about the situation and the water level has been fall- or deny any request for data, but in Islamabad’s sectors, CDA Water ing rapidly. once the proposed Cyber Crime Management director general Ali One can spot water boring car- Bill was passed, the website would Murad said tankers have been sup- ried out by residents as well as by be bound by law to provide data on plying residents with water day and government officials. each request made to it. night and the authority is doing eve- A resident of G-13, Dr. Ijaz Islamabad administration offices The sole responsibility of rything in its capacity to alleviate Ahmed, said people have been uti- data privacy didn’t lie with the the shortage. lising their own sources to fulfil their government but also with the He said the CDA’s helplines water needs. run on makeshift arrangements international companies which are open 24/7, and the authority is He said residents were paying a otherwise preached freedom of responding promptly to complaints heavy cost for water boring, which expression, she said. filed by residents. has depleted water resources, and According to Facebook, the Waseem Abbas, a G-10 resident, water theft at leakage points was Internews as scores of corruption cases involv- Board, the decision-making body. recently released report provided said ‘We are facing a lot of problems another factor that was exacerbat- ing the wings were currently being But out of the six key posts, three are information about the number of due to the shortage of water for the ing the shortage. investigated by the Federal Investi- vacant and the wings are being run government requests it received past month.” The water shortage He demanded that the authori- gation Agency (FIA) and the National on an ad hoc basis. The minister of for data, and the number of items is not only a problem for the city’s ties give the practice attention, and ISLAMABAD: Finance, land and Accountability Bureau (NAB). state for CADD, Tariq Fazal Chaud- restricted for violating local laws. urban areas, as residents in rural control leakages at various points. environment form the central pil- The delay in the appointment of hry, said efforts were being made to The Facebook administra- areas - particularly in Ali Pur, Tarlai The director of the Paki- lars of any functional development the permanent members estate and appoint the permanent members. “I tion mentioned an overall global Kalan and BharaKahu — have also stan Meteorological Department, agency, but all these three wings of land, finance and environment has do agree, some important positions increase in government requests turned to private tankers to fulfil Mohammad Hanif, said climate the Capital Development Authority already raised eyebrows. are lying vacant but let me make it for user data and content restric- their requirements for water. change has contributed to the water (CDA) of Islamabad have been with- The CDA Board comprises the clear that we are going to fill these tions pursuant to local law. Abbas said the CDA supplies shortage, particularly the under- out heads for months. chairman and six members (offic- positions soon,” he said. “Government requests for account water through its own tankers, but ground water level. He advised that The three key departments ers of grade 20) member finance When asked how without data rose by 13 percent, from 41,214 it is difficult to get a hold of them. the concerned authorities adopt pre- are being run through temporary and accounts, member administra- appointing eligible officers, the work- requests to 46,763. The number of He said the tankers mostly provide ventive measures in this regard. arrangements, creating doubts on tion, member planning and design, ing of the CDA could be improved, items restricted for violating local water to people who are well-con- Murad said G-13 was not under the transparency of the affairs of the member engineering, member he said: “Of course, the positions of law increased over the first half nected. Bureaucrats, police officials the CDA’s domain as the Housing civic agency. Sources in the CDA said environment and member estate members are highly important, a of 2015, to 55,827 items, up from and business professionals are pro- Foundation had taken charge of that the key posts were being kept and land. The federal government, qualified person can properly run 20,568,” said the report. Face- vided tankers on a priority basis. it a few months ago and was now vacant intentionally by influential through the establishment division, the office but as I said there will be book said it only “responds to valid He said the rest of population is responsible. people eying the capital’s costly land appoints the members of the CDA no further delay.” requests relating to criminal cases”.

Pakistan’s first Oscar submission Polio campaign Jago Hua Savera goes to Cannes

Internews to restored prints, documentaries followed by semi-automated passes about cinema, tributes and cinema through Phoenix for stabilisation and materclasses.” removal of defects. When asked on what basis was Extensive manual cleaning, using KARACHI: Over 55 years after it Jago Hua Savera shortlisted, he MTI Nova, Diamant and Phoenix soft- became the newly-formed Pakistan’s added, “We never comment on the wares, restored the images as closely first Oscar submission, AJ Kardar’s selection. The fact that the film has as possible to their original projec- Jago Hua Savera (Day Shall Dawn) been selected speaks for itself. We tion screening. A DI theatre fine grade has been selected for screening at the receive submissions from all over the followed.” prestigious Festival de Cannes 2016. world; films belonging to the history He said the entire cast and crew Part of the non-competitive of cinema and those that have been of Jago Hua Savera comprised first- Cannes Classics programme, Jago technically restored.” timers and Bengali star Tripti Mitra Hua Savera will join a line-up that The film’s original negatives was the only actor of renown. also includes films made by Marlon were all lost and the restoration was “It is a great honour for Pakistan Brando, Andreï Tarkovski and Jean- carried out through various rolls of that Jago Hua Savera was chosen it is Luc Godard. 35mm black and white prints. This one of these rare gems from the past; An official at the Festival de tedious task was taken up by the perhaps the only Pakistani film to Cannes confirmed that this is the progeny of Nauman Taseer, the late win so many international awards,” first time a Pakistani film has been producer of the film. Anjum wrote in an email. A Pakistani health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio campaign in Karachi inducted in Cannes Classics. His son Anjum Taseer explained The restored version has previ- yesterday. Pakistan is one of only three countries in the world where polio remains endemic but years Requesting anonymity, he said, the restoration process, “The element ously been screened at the New York of efforts to stamp it out have been badly hit by reluctance from parents, opposition from militants “Cannes Classics is a section of was carefully scanned. Pre-grading Film Festival 2008 and the Three and attacks on immunisation teams. the Festival de Cannes dedicated on Nucoda optimised the tone scale Continents Festival 2007. INDIA TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 13 US & India discuss anti-submarine warfare

Reuters drawn into America’s embrace, agreed on an average four times every three cooperation with the US. But an locally-built submarine armed with last month to open up its military months. Some are seen near India’s Indian naval source said the focus of nuclear tipped missiles. So just as Both the United bases to the United States in exchange Andamans and Nicobar islands that the next set of joint exercises to take US attack submarines are seeking to States and India are for access to weapons technology to lie near the Malacca Straits, the entry place in the northern Philippine Sea track the Chinese nuclear armed sub- NEW DELHI: India and the United help it narrow the gap with China. to the South China Sea through which in June will be on anti-submarine marines in the Pacific, the Chinese growing concerned States are in talks to help each other The two sides also said their more than 80 percent of China’s fuel warfare. are expected to send their own attack at the reach and track submarines in the Indian Ocean, navies will hold talks on anti sub- supplies pass. Japan, a close US ally whose sub- submarines to the Indian Ocean in military officials say, a move that marine warfare (ASW), an area of India and the US, which already marines are believed to track Chinese greater numbers to scrutinize the ambition of the could further tighten defence ties sensitive military technology and conduct joint naval exercises, both fly submarines in the western Pacific, Indian patrols. Chinese navy, which is between New Delhi and Washington closely held tactics that only allies the new version of the P-8 aircraft, will also be a participant in the exer- Initially, the United States as the taking an increasingly as China steps up its undersea activ- share. “These types of basic engage- making information sharing easier cises. Two linked factors are driving world leader in anti-submarine war- ities. ments will be the building blocks for on highly sensitive submarine track- the co-operation, say regional mil- fare is likely to be bolstering Indian assertive stance in the Both the United States and India an enduring Navy-to-Navy relation- ing activities. itary attaches and security experts. capabilities in the field. But in time, South China Sea and are growing concerned at the reach ship that we hope will grow over time The P-8 is Washington’s most The prospect of active patrols experts say each country could be and ambition of the Chinese navy, into a shared ASW capability,” one US advanced submarine hunting weapon, by nuclear-armed Chinese subma- covering stretches of the Indian is challenging India’s which is taking an increasingly asser- official familiar with India-US mili- equipped with sensors that can track rines has sparked intense surveillance Ocean through which two-thirds of domination in the tive stance in the South China Sea and tary cooperation said, speaking on and identify submarines by sonar activity around the China’s southern the world’s trade moves. China for its is challenging India’s domination in condition of anonymity. and other means. An Indian naval submarine base on Hainan Island, part is seeking to secure its energy Indian Ocean. the Indian Ocean. New Delhi, shed- Indian naval officials say Chi- spokesman declined to comment on and nearby waters. India, mean- and trade transportation links by ding its decades-old reluctance to be nese submarines have been sighted the proposed anti-submarine warfare while, is preparing to launch its first building infrastructure for countries .

AgustaWestland Pipe of life Vijay Mallya resigns from row disrupts Upper House

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IANS in “uncertainty”. Immediately after the Congress raised the issue, TMC NEW DELHI: Beleaguered Indian member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya yester- demanded that Defence Minister day resigned as a lawmaker, even NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha yes- Manohar Parrikar should inform as a committee was preparing to terday saw repeated disruptions over the house about the beneficiaries of expel him from parliament over the AgustaWestland chopper deal bribes in the AgustaWestland chop- an unpaid billion dollar bank loan. bribery issue with the government per deal. The 60-year-old, a part-owner and opposition Congress engaging A ruckus followed, with the of the Force India Formula 1 team in a verbal spat inside and outside Congress protesting, forcing five who used to run a liquor empire Parliament House. adjournments through the day. and Kingfisher Airlines, left India The Congress, which has higher Both zero hour and question on March 2 despite calls for his numbers than the ruling Bharatiya hour were stalled, and an angry arrest and is believed to be in Janata Party (BJP) in the Rajya Sabha, Chairman M. Hamid Ansari in a Britain. countered the BJP’s charge on the stern action banished Roy from the “He has resigned from Rajya chopper scam by raising the issue house for the day for repeatedly Sabha (upper house) of the Indian Boys collecting drinking water from the main water supply line in Bhopal, yesterday. of mismanagement in the Gujarat raising the chopper deal issue, and parliament,” Mallya’s spokesman State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), disrupting the house ignoring the said. Last week the ethics com- pointed out by the Comptroller and chair’s request. mittee from parliament’s upper Auditor General (CAG), during the Roy, who was standing at his seat house asked the embattled busi- time Narendra Modi was Gujarat during question hour, kept repeat- nessman to explain his conduct, chief minister. edly asking who were “Gandhi and after it unanimously decided to The Bharatiya Janata Party AP” -- mentioned in the judgments CBI questions Tyagi over chopper deal expel him over huge bank debts. termed it an attempt to divert by the Milan court that gave jail He reportedly travelled to Brit- attention from the AgustaWestland terms to Finmeccanica’s former CEO ain on a diplomatic passport while payoffs for securing the India deal Giuseppe Orsi and AgustaWestland a group of public banks chased for 14 VVIP helicopters during the ex-head Bruno Spagnolini. IANS ceiling of the helicopter from 6,000 for Tyagi, who has denied the bribery him for $1.43bn in unpaid loans. UPA’s tenure, leading to repeated When he refused to sit down metres to 4,500 metres (15,000 feet) allegations. The Milan court has also A two-time independent MP, adjournments. The upper house also despite repeated instructions from so that AgustaWestland was included given details of how alleged bribes Mallya has an arrest warrant saw a Trinamool Congress member the chair, Ansari decided to invoke in the bids. were paid by AgustaWestland’s par- against him over money launder- being banished from the house for a Rule 255, and asked the member to NEW DELHI: The CBI yesterday Tyagi maintains the decision was ent company Finmeccanica as well ing charges. day for disrupting question hour, as withdraw from the house for the day. questioned former IAF chief SP reportedly taken in consultation with as AgustaWestland to Indian offi- Once dubbed the “King of he repeatedly asked who were the Other TMC members protested, Tyagi over alleged corruption in the officials of the Special Protection cials through middlemen to clinch Good Times” for his lavish lifestyle, beneficiaries in the chopper deal and staged a walkout soon after, Rs.3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP Group (SPG) and the Prime Minis- the deal. The order mentions Tyagi’s he represented his home state of bribe taking. boycotting the proceedings through chopper deal. ter’s Office. Twelve helicopters were name in several places. Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha in The issue was, however, not the day. Tyagi arrived at the Central to be bought by India. The CBI says The investigating agency had 2002 and became a politician raised in the Lok Sabha, where the BJP’s Naqvi accused the Congress Bureau of Investigation headquar- the reduction of the service ceiling, quizzed former IAF deputy chief J.S. again in 2010, a term expiring in Congress has only 44 members in of adopting “diversionary tactics” to ters around 10am and was questioned which is the maximum height at Gujral on Saturday. Both Tyagi and June 2016. An active Twitter user, the 545-member house. take away attention from the VVIP till 8pm. The investigating agency had which a helicopter can perform nor- Gujral were questioned in 2013 but his profile continues to introduce As soon as Rajya Sabha met, the chopper scam by raising the GSPC issued him summons on Friday. CBI mally, allowed the Britain-based firm the fresh round of questioning was him as a member of parliament. Congress sought a discussion on the issue. sources said Tyagi will be questioned to get into the fray. Otherwise its hel- necessitated after the recent order Last month the Indian govern- GSPC issue. Parliamentary Affairs “This is a diversionary tactic, to again today. Tyagi has been named icopters were not even qualified for of the Italian court. AgustaWestland’s ment revoked Mallya’s passport, Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said take away attention from AgustaWe- in the FIR in the chopper deal along submission of bids. Rs.3,600 crore contract for supplying after he repeatedly failed to appear it could not be taken up as the mat- stland and create ruckus through with 13 others including his broth- The chopper deal resurfaced after 12 VVIP choppers to the Indian Air before investigators looking into ter is related to the state assembly. such non-issues,” Naqvi said. ers -- Sanjeev, Rajeev and Sandeep an Italian court last month referred to Force was scrapped by the then UPA financial irregularities at King- The Congress quoted a Comp- The issue continued to simmer -- and European middlemen Guido Congress president Sonia Gandhi and government over charges of paying fisher Airlines, which shut down troller and Auditor General (CAG) in the parliament galleries, as rul- Haschke and Carlo Gerosa. Sources former prime minister Manmohan kickbacks to Indian agents. In Jan- in 2012 after several loss-making report pointing to anomalies in the ing and opposition party members said Tyagi’s brothers will soon be Singh among others in connection uary 2013, India cancelled the deal years. India has requested British GSPC’s KG (Krishna-Godavari) Basin blamed either side for disrupting summoned for questioning along with the chopper deal but gave no and the CBI was assigned to inves- authorities to deport him to face gas project. The CAG report said the the functioning of the ongoing par- with Gautam Khaitan, another details of any wrongdoing by the two tigate the matter. The CBI on March investigations in his home country. “future prospects” of the KG block liament session by politicising and accused in the case. leaders. The CBI, which has received 13, 2013 registered a first informa- His massive debt has become a project, in which Rs.19,576 crore raking up the AgustaWestland chop- The allegation against the former a copy of the Milan court order, has tion report against Tyagi and others symbol of Indian banks’ vast vol- were invested, remains shrouded per scam issue. IAF chief is that he had reduced flying now prepared a fresh set of questions in the case. ume of bad loans.

Protesting for a cause Aadhaar card downloads on the rise as it crosses 40 crore mark

IANS as proof of identity and also as proof certain details online. In case, a per- of address by service providers and son does not remember the details, the ease with which the residents the Aadhaar can be downloaded and can download Aadhaar from UIDAI printed from the nearest authorised NEW DELHI: Over 40 crore people website,” it said. The authority has Aadhaar Kendra for a nominal fee of have downloaded Aadhaar cards generated identity proof of 100.93 Rs.10,” UIDAI director general Ajay from the website to use them as crore people as on May 2. The Bhushan Pandey said. their identity proof, the authorities authority said that since the data in Govts have linked various social said yesterday. the electronic version of Aadhaar was sector schemes/projects to Aadhaar “The number of people down- the same as printed on the Aadhaar and have notified Aadhaar as a valid loading Aadhaar on the Unique letter, the downloaded version of proof of identity and address. Identification Authority of India the card will have the same validity As Aadhaar is being increas- (UIDAI) website is on the rise with as Aadhaar card received by a resi- ingly used as a proof of identity for the number of average downloads dent through post. It also said that the availing various services, wider use of Aadhaar per day at 6 lakh. As on downloaded version has also been of downloaded version of Aadhaar May 2, 2016, Aadhaar downloads notified as a valid proof of identity is expected. The UIDAI statement have crossed 40 crore,” the author- and address by the Reserve Bank of assumes significance as it has come ity said in a statement. India. against the backdrop of resistance “The reasons for popular- “Anyone who has misplaced his/ shown by opposition parties against Taxi drivers scuffle with police during a protest in New Delhi, yesterday. Hundreds of transport owners ity of download of Aadhaar cards her Aadhaar or is yet to receive Aad- the Centre’s encouragement to use it and taxi drivers protested in Delhi after the diesel taxies were banned by the Supreme Court. through website can be attributed haar card through post, can easily as a proof to take benefits of various to the increased usage of Aadhaar download an Aadhaar after providing government schemes. 14 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 INDIA

Supreme Court Italy: UN court to consider NEET exemption ordered bail applications today IANS for marine NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear today a batch of appli- cations seeking that NEET for admissions to undergraduate med- fellow Italian marine Massimiliano ical courses may not be thrust on Latorre on board oil tanker Enrica the states and they may be allowed Indian govt sources Lexie allegedly shot dead two fish- to conduct their own entrance rejected Italy’s claim, ermen off the Kerala coast during examinations. an anti-piracy mission in February A bench headed by Chief Jus- alleging that Rome 2012, reportedly mistaking them tice TS Thakur yesterday said was misinterpreting for pirates. While Latorre is already the hearing by the special bench back home on health grounds, Italy headed by Justice Anil R. Dave the ruling that has been seeking the return of will take place today at 2pm after “neither releases nor Girone also. a battery of senior lawyers, includ- But India has refused to let ing Gopal Subramaniam appearing frees any marine only Girone, who is housed in the Italian for Jammu and Kashmir, and K K recommends further embassy premises in New Delhi, Venugopal appearing for Associa- relaxation of his bail to leave the country. The case has tion of Private Medical Colleges of triggered a diplomatic row between Karnataka, mentioned the matter. conditions”. India and Italy even as the two coun- Various states, including the tries last year agreed to move to the associations of private medical Permanent Court of Arbitration in colleges are aggrieved by the top The Hague and abide by its decisions. court’s Friday order reiterating that IANS Italy argues that the marines admission to undergraduate med- should have immunity as they were ical courses will be only through Wildfires burn through jungle near the northern hill town of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, yesterday. servicemen working on a mission National Eligibility Entrance Test and that India does not have juris- (NEET) to be conducted by the NEW DELHI: Italy yesterday said diction as the incident took place Central Board of School Education a UN court has ordered that Italian outside its territorial waters. (CBSE).The first phase of NEET was marine Salvatore Girone, detained The Italian foreign ministry said Northern India battles worst forest fires conducted on Sunday. The second in India for the alleged 2012 killings the ruling, which is expected to be phase will be held on July 24. of two fishermen, be allowed home officially announced on Tuesday in A constitution bench of Jus- on bail while arbitration proceed- The Hague, comes after “a construc- tice Dave, Justice A.K.Sikri, Justice ings in The Hague continue in the tive attitude of India”. The court, Reuters Acharya said. The worst forest fires worst fire of 2012,” Indian Minister R.K.Agrawal, Justice Adarsh Kumar case that has soured ties between according to the ministry, has asked in four years in India’s northern Utta- for Environment, Forests and Cli- Goel and Justice R. Banumathi the two countries. But Indian gov- both Italian and Indian governments rakhand state have killed at least mate Change Prakash Javadekar on Monday upheld the Madhya ernment sources rejected the Italian to agree on the date and modalities seven people and disrupted the lives said in New Delhi. Four people had Pradesh law providing for com- foreign ministry’s claim, alleging of Girone’s return home. NEW DELHI: Nepal and parts of of thousands, an emergency official been arrested on suspicion of start- mon entrance test for admission that Rome was misinterpreting the Citing the court order, they said northern India are battling their said on Monday. ing forest fires, he added. to medical courses in private pro- ruling that “neither releases nor frees the arbitral tribunal clearly recog- worst forest fires in years that have The Uttarakhand fires have The number of reported forest fessional colleges and regulation any marine (but) only recommends nised that “Girone is under India’s devastated thousands of hectares of intensified in the past week, torch- fires has jumped to 1,689 so far this of fee. Justice Banumathi gave a further relaxation of his bail con- authority alone” and that “the woodland, killed at least 18 people ing more than 2,000 hectares (4,900 year in Uttarakhand, compared to separate but concurring judgment. ditions”. Supreme Court of India exercises and sent a pall of smoke across the acres) of forest. Indian Air Force hel- 207 for the whole of 2015, accord- Justice Sikri said: “There was According to the foreign min- jurisdiction” over him. southern Himalayas that can been icopters have been scooping and ing to data from the Forest Survey of no violation of right of autonomy of istry in Rome, the tribunal decided “(The) tribunal order, therefore, seen from space. In Nepal, 11 people dumping water from reservoirs in India. Forests cover about a quarter the educational institutions in the Girone be allowed to go “back to asks India and Italy to approach the have died while trying to fight fires an attempt to douse the flames, but of India’s total area. CET being conducted by the State Italy until the end of the arbitration Supreme Court of India for relaxa- that have razed 280,000 hectares operations were hampered by poor “The fire is under control and has or an agency nominated by the proceedings” which will decide on tion of the bail conditions (of Girone) (692,000 acres) of forest across the visibility. shown a downward trend in the past state or in fixing fee.” Under Arti- the Italian government’s plea that it under strict conditions to be laid country, the worst in six years. A dozen locations, including in two days,” said S. Ramaswamy, addi- cle 254 if a law enacted by the state is their jurisdiction and not that of down by the Indian Supreme Court,” “This year we have experienced Almora, Pauri Garhwal and Chamoli tional chief secretary of Uttarakhand. legislature is inconsistent with the India to proceed against the accused. a government source said. The a longer spell of dry weather and the districts, were badly hit, said Anil India typically sees a rise in for- law made by the parliament on a “The return of the conditions sources said the tribunal has sug- temperatures have risen significantly, Shekhawat, a spokesman at the est fires as temperatures rise from subject falling under the concur- will be agreed between Italy and gested that the UN court has allowed contributing to the disaster,” For- National Disaster Response Force. mid-March until the rainy season rent list, then the central law would India,” the ministry said. Girone and further relaxations of bail. est Ministry official Krishna Prasad “This can be compared with the begins in June. prevail.

Cattle fodder Over 75% of the child rehabilitation centres across 21 states nonfunctional: Minister

IANS concerned departments of the state are defunct. Out of 21 states, Naga- governments to assess the number of land is the only one to have all its 44 child labourers in all NCPL districts child rehabilitation centres function- through survey.” ing, followed by Punjab that has only NEW DELHI: Over 75 percent of India had 4.5 million child six defunct centres of its total 107. 11,652 child rehabilitation centres labourers aged below 14 years in 2011. Delhi has no child rehabilitation across 21 states of India are non- However, the International Labour centre sanctioned. functional, the labour minister Organization in February 2015 As per the International Labour informed parliament, yesterday. reported 5.7 million child labourers Organization, half of the Indian child “As per information received aged between five and 17 years in labourers work in the agriculture from various National Child Labour India, and 168 million globally. sector, about 25 percent work in the Project (NCPL), at present there are As per the report, the rehabili- manufacturing sector, including brick 2,876 special training centres func- tation or special training centres in kilns and mines. Many work in the tional,” Minister Bandaru Dattatreya Gujarat, Odisha and Uttarakhand are services sector. told the Lok Sabha. all non-functional. In March 2016, during the Lok The minister also stated that the Gujarat has 118, Odisha has 1,030 Sabha proceeding, Minister Bandaru government had issued a commu- and Uttarakhand has 10 such cen- Dattatreya informed the house that nication to all the concerned labour tres that are non-functional. At 2,061, the number of child labourers aged departments of state governments Uttar Pradesh has the highest number below 14 had dropped to 4.5 million to assess the number of the child of such centres of which only 113 cen- in 2011 as compared to 12.6 million labourers. tres function, and over 94 percent are a decade ago. “The major objective of NCPL defunct. The government is also working is to withdraw children from work Bihar has a total 1,723 sanctioned to amend the current law, which for Nazirkar, a farmer, cuts partially destroyed sugarcane to be used as fodder for his cattle at a village and mainstream them into formal centres, of which over 85 percent are now bans children below 14 years of in Pune, yesterday. education system. The ministry has defunct, while in Rajasthan 96 per- age from working in 18 hazardous issued communication to all the cent of total 1,179 sanctioned centres occupations and 65 processes. Heat wave: Telangana toll at 178; Delhi, Jammu & Shimla hottest

IANS conditions have forced the authorities conditions in the city were expected official said. In a tragic incident in since then, there has been no update at 18.8 degrees. Una town was the to change school timings in Lucknow. to come down due to rain or thunder- Adilabad district, two children died on the number of deaths. hottest place in the state, recording a The hottest day of the national storm over the next few days. of heat while crossing a forest. The In Jammu and Kashmir, both maximum of 43 degrees Celsius, the capital coincided with a protest by They said the maximum temper- boys aged 14 and eight collapsed and Jammu and Srinagar recorded their local Met Office said. NEW DELHI: The hot weather con- taxi drivers over the Supreme Court ature on Tuesday may hover around died while walking with their mother highest temperatures of the season It said most of the prominent ditions in northern India intensified decision to ban cabs operating on die- 40 degrees and similar pattern is from one village to another on Sunday. yesterday. While the maximum tem- tourist destinations like Shimla, Dhar- yesterday with Delhi, Jammu, Sri- sel and petrol. expected till Friday. Many parts of the state remained perature was 42.4 degrees in Jammu, amsala, Palampur, Manali, Kasauli, nagar and Shimla recording their School children and office-goers In Telangana, five more deaths in the grip of a heat wave despite rains it was 28.5 degrees in Srinagar. Kufri, Narkanda and Dalhousie are highest temperatures of the season. faced hardships in the scorching heat, were reported since Sunday, taking or thundershowers at a few places. The weather office has pre- likely to witness intermittent rainfall Down south in Telangana, the toll due particularly on the Delhi-Noida and the toll to 178 so far this season. Ramagundam was the hottest place dicted relief from heat in Jammu and till May 5, which will bring down tem- to the heat wave rose to 178. Delhi-Gurgaon borders. Nalgonda accounts for maximum with the maximum temperature at Kashmir with light to moderate rain peratures to comfortable levels. The mercury is expected to keep The maximum temperature in number of deaths (53), followed by 46.4 degrees Celsius. expected in Jammu as well as in the But no relief from heat is expected rising in Uttar Pradesh over the next Delhi on Monday was 44 degrees Cel- Mahabubnagar (33) and Medak (30). Unlike Telangana, authorities in Kashmir Valley during the next few in Uttar Pradesh as hot conditions are few days but people in Delhi and sius, five degrees above normal, while Seventeen died in Adilabad, 15 in Andhra Pradesh have not been pro- days. In Shimla, which also saw the likely to continue in the state. Jammu and Kashmir and tourist des- the minimum was 23.8 degrees, one Karimnagar, 10 each in Khammam viding information with regard to the season’s hottest day, the maximum On Monday, the heat wave in most tinations of Himachal Pradesh can notch below the season’s normal. and Ranga Reddy, nine in Nizama- toll. Deputy Chief Minister N. Chin- temperature was 29.8 degrees Cel- parts of the state intensified, and the expect some relief from the heat, Meteorology department offi- bad and one in Warangal. No deaths narajappa had said on April 2 that 45 sius, seven notches above the season’s regional weather office said the worse the weather office said. The heat cials, however, said the heat wave were reported from Hyderabad, the people died because of sun-stroke but average. The minimum was recorded was yet to come. EUROPE / UK TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 15 Syria ‘war crimes’ trial to begin in Germany today

Aria L, a 21-year-old German momentum particularly as 1.1 million committed in the Balkans. Congo from their homes in Germany. But with the mass arrivals of ref- national and suspected jihadist, asylum seekers arrived in Germany Other European countries took Yet during the costly trial lasting ugees, Germany is taking a pro-active Ten investigations posted on Facebook photos of him- last year, about 40 percent of whom similar action, with one of the most four and a half years, some charges stance by collecting information bit are currently being self posing next to two decapitated fled the wars in Syria and Iraq. active investigations carried out by had to be dropped due to lack of evi- by bit, and filing it away country by heads in Syria—and his case is not the Authorities dealing with their asy- Dutch police. dence and witnesses. country, rather than wait for specific examined by the only one from the war-torn country lum requests have picked up and sent German prosecutors eventually There are multiple geographical, accusations before taking action. federal prosecutor, on to occupy German justice. 25 to 30 tips every day to prosecu- examined 127 cases and heard 4,500 cultural and linguistic challenges The hope is that each minute “Ten investigations linked to Syria tors, as Germany since 2013 requires witnesses. But the Herculean effort led prosecutors face as they seek to build detail being collected could one day top of more than 30 or Iraq are currently being examined applicants to complete a form asking to only four trials, including a geno- a case, jurist Juergen Schurr wrote in help build a broader picture or point cases against former by the federal prosecutor, on top of if they have witnessed war crimes or cide conviction. a report for the association Redress. to a specific trend. jihadists. more than 30 cases against former could name perpetrators of violations. Undeterred, the prosecution “The mass crimes affect, typically, One shortcoming is that the jihadists over their membership in a “The refugee influx has provided service sought ways to refine their a large number of suspects, trauma- process rarely targets high-rank- terrorist group,” said a spokesman for new opportunities for prosecutors procedure, becoming more sophis- tised and often marginalised victims ing officials of President Bashar the prosecutor’s office. to collect specific information,” said ticated in tackling cases involving and witnesses with a foreign language al-Assad’s regime, as comparatively Among other key war crimes sus- Geraldine Mattioli, expert on interna- massacres in Africa’s Great Lakes and culture,” he wrote. few Syrian soldiers have become refu- AFP pects are Ibrahim Al F, a 41-year-old tional justice at Human Rights Watch. region. Investigators dealing with Syrian gees arriving in Europe, Mattioli said. Syrian and the alleged leader of an Germany is no stranger to try- There, the judiciary dispatched its cases face the additional challenge of At the same time, Mattioli said Islamist rebel group known for kid- ing war crimes committed abroad, investigators to collect evidence on access. With the war still raging, they about the search for justice, “it has to napping and torturing civilians in although past attempts have been the ground and sought to offer better are unable to travel there to gather start somewhere”. BERLIN: Germany will start today Aleppo. met with mixed success. protection for witnesses. evidence. And while propaganda After all, the proceedings carried its first war crimes trial over atroci- Another suspect is Suliman A S, a In 1993, pushed by an inflow of The painstaking task led to the images posted by jihadist fighters on out by Germany, the Netherlands, ties in Syria, as a mass refugee influx 24-year-old Syrian suspected of hav- refugees fleeing the war in Yugoslavia, convictions of two Rwandan rebel social networks offer a glimpse of the France, Sweden and Finland, are, for brings not only witnesses and victims ing kidnapped a UN soldier in 2013. Germany formed a special police unit leaders for masterminding massa- atrocities, it is difficult to authenti- the moment, the only ones that seek but also suspects into the country. Such investigations have gained dedicated to investigating war crimes cres in eastern Democratic Republic of cate the photos or their provenance. to curb impunity in Syria.

Daredevil flying Two councilors Abortion trials force of Labour Party political shift in Ireland suspended

AP AFP abortion in all cases except when the life of the mother is in danger. More socially conservative than LONDON: The anti-Semitism dis- most parts of mainland Britain, it pute bedeviling Britain’s Labour BELFAST: The prosecution of never adopted the laws on the issue Party ahead of an election Thurs- women in Northern Ireland over governing the rest of the UK which day has continued with the abortion has become a key cam- were passed in 1967. suspension of two city councilors. paign issue ahead of regional The only two European states The party said Monday that elections on Thursday, with unprec- with stricter laws—total bans on Nottingham City councilor Ilyas edented political support for abortion—are Malta and the Vatican. Azis has been suspended pend- reforming the law. Ireland also has tough legislation ing an investigation. Salim Mulla, a A 21-year-old woman was pros- banning abortion in the vast major- Blackburn with Darwen city coun- ecuted earlier this year for taking ity of cases. Cracks in the status quo, cilor, was suspended hours later. pills to induce a miscarriage, while however, are beginning to appear. The moves follow the suspen- a mother has been charged after The incumbent power-sharing sion last week of two other Labour ordering medication over the Inter- administration in the UK province figures, including former London net to help her daughter end an unites historic foes the Democratic Mayor Ken Livingstone, who was unwanted pregnancy. Unionists—a mainly Protestant party on the party’s executive council. The prosecutions have fuelled a which wants Northern Ireland to stay Aziz had suggested on Face- campaign against one of Europe’s in the UK—and Sinn Fein, Catho- book that it might have been most stringent abortion laws and lic republicans who want a united Hungarian aerobatics pilot and European champion air racer Zoltan Veres and his South African wiser to create Israel in the U.S., a backlash by anti-abortion cam- Ireland. teammates, Jason Beamish and Larry Beamish fly in team under the oldest Hungarian bridge, the and that Israel could be relocated paigners and the Catholic Church Unionists and republicans were ‘Chain Bridge’ and over the Danube River in Budapest yesterday, during their Guinness record attempt. “even now.” Mulla was reported to who have urged voters to boycott divided during three decades of sec- have posted derogatory comments candidates favouring reform. tarian unrest which killed around about Zionist Jews. “I am not coming at this from an 3,500 people and was largely ended ideological viewpoint but as some- by a 1998 peace deal. one who lives in the real world,” Ruth The Democratic Unionists point- Patterson, an independent union- edly fail to mention abortion in their ist candidate in the South Belfast election manifesto. FN leader Pen predicts daughter’s failure in polls constituency. Sinn Fein has pledged to legislate Patterson is one of a number of in favour of abortion in cases of fatal candidates calling for an extension foetal abnormality, rape and incest. of a more liberal abortion law cov- Launching Sinn Fein’s manifesto Reuters FN president will lose in the second protest votes and targets power. struggling to transform this into ering the rest of the United Kingdom this week, deputy first minister Martin round and maybe even in the first,” Following a strategy of “de-demoni- victories. The latest upset came in to Northern Ireland. McGuinness, claimed rival parties had Jean-Marie Le Pen told reporters at sation”, she has sought to make the FN regional elections in December where Northern Ireland currently bans “run away” from the issue of abortion. a Paris ceremony before a statue of a mainstream party and more polit- it won no constituency despite lead- PARIS: French far-right veteran Joan of Arc. ically respectable - something her ing in the first round. Jean-Marie Le Pen said his daughter For the first time, Le Pen father father regards as a mistake. After being uncharacteristically Marine was doomed to lose in presi- and daughter paid homage sepa- Marine’s growing popularity has quiet since the December upset, dential elections next year, throwing rately to the 15th century martyr, who not suffered from her father’s expul- Marine told a crowd of 2,000 at an the spotlight on their family feud. is regularly invoked by the FN as a sion. But while polls see her topping indoors rally on Sunday that she Marine Le Pen forced her father, nationalist symbol, after the 87-year- the first round of the presidential wanted to do politics differently. the National Front’s (FN) founder, out old gate-crashed a May Day event elections in April next year, she is “I want to be away from the Paris of the party last year over comments last year for his daughter, making an seen losing the run-off to former political swamp as much as possible,” playing down the Nazi Holocaust. unscripted and unwelcome appear- prime minister Alain Juppe from the she said, adding that she would focus The feud burst into the open after ance on stage. centre-right Les Republicains party, on debating with voters and using she had sought to soften the anti- Jean-Marie Le Pen was party media reports said. social media. immigration party’s image to help chief until he passed the helm to his Socialist President Francois “With you, with your strength, her quest for power. daughter in 2011 but they later fell out Hollande would not qualify for the your energy, we will make the “I say it with gravity and sadness over political strategy. run-off, polls show. impossible possible”, she told voters, but since there have been no efforts Unlike her maverick father, Though it is improving its scores who applauded cheering “Marine, Pro-choice campaigners take part in a demonstration in Belfast. (on her part) for reconciliation, the Marine is not content with attracting election after election, the FN is President”.

Airbus Helicopters lifts ban Costumed revellers on some Super Puma flights

Reuters would remain grounded for pub- the crash due to a warning light. lic transport in the UK and Norway, Boosting efforts to explain what where regulators have imposed bans, caused the crash, Norway said two but that commercial flights could ‘black box’ flight recorders, recovered PARIS: Airbus Helicopters is no resume elsewhere, subject to the from the wreckage hours after the longer recommending a blanket ban decision of each operator. crash, had been successfully decoded on commercial flights to operators of Some operators, including CHC in Britain and their data sent back to its H225 Super Puma helicopter, say- Helicopter whose helicopter crashed Norway for analysis. ing initial evidence suggested there while returning from a Norwegian oil The two orange canisters, one was no link between Friday’s crash platform on Friday, continued to keep containing voice recordings and the in Norway and two North Sea acci- their Super Puma fleets grounded. other flight data, were in good condi- dents in 2012. In 2012 Super Puma fleets were tion, the Accident Investigation Board On Friday Airbus Helicopters had grounded after a pair of control- Norway (AIBN) said. recommended that all commercial led ditchings in the UK sector of the The version of the Super Puma flights be suspended following the North Sea that were later linked to which crashed on Friday, the H225 crash, in which 13 people died. gearbox cracks, prompting design which is known to many pilots as the A workhorse for the offshore oil modifications. EC225LP, has been in use since 2004. industry, the Super Puma has been A spokesman for CHC said there There are 179 in service, 40 of them in operation since the 1970s. There had been no emergency radio calls in the North Sea. Participants take part in the annual Jack In The Green parade involving hundreds of costumed revellers are some 800 in operation world- from the pilots immediately before Fri- Besides serving oil rigs, Super joining a four hour procession culminating in the traditional ‘slaying’ of a Jack character to ‘unleash wide, including all variants. day’s crash and confirmed reports that Pumas are used mainly for coast- the spirit of summer’ on the May Day week end, in Hastings, southern Britain yesterday. A spokesman for Airbus Helicop- the same helicopter had been forced to guard operations, which remain ters said yesterday the helicopters return to base twice in the days before unaffected. 16 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 EUROPE

Denmark extends Greenpeace publishes TTIP documents controls on German border Greenpeace Netherlands pub- lished 248 pages of “consolidated The European texts” for 13 chapters, or about half, Reuters Commission said the of the deal on the website TTIP-leaks. org yesterday. They date from early documents reflected April, before a round of meetings in COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS: Den- negotiating positions New York last week. mark extended temporary controls “We’ve done this to ignite a at its border with Germany yes- and not the final debate,” Greenpeace trade expert terday, imposed to help control an outcome. Juergen Knirsch told a news con- influx of migrants, as the European ference in Berlin, adding that the Commission confirmed it would documents showed the negotiations shortly authorise more such exten- should be halted. sions within the passport-free Reuters “The best thing the EU Commis- Schengen zone. sion can do is to say ‘Sorry, we’ve Seven members of the Schen- made a mistake’.” gen zone, including Germany and European Trade Commissioner Denmark, have introduced tem- BERLIN: A sweeping free trade deal Cecilia Malmstrom called the leak a porary border controls. being negotiated between the Euro- “storm in a teacup” and told an audi- The European Commission, pean Union and the United States ence in Geneva the EU would not struggling to prevent the col- would lower food safety and environ- compromise its principles just to get lapse of the Schengen accord, is mental standards, Greenpeace said a deal before US President Barack expected this month to allow EU yesterday, citing confidential docu- Obama leaves office in January 2017. member states to retain emergency ments from the talks. “If it is not good enough we just border checks, which are due to But the European Commission have to say ‘Sorry but we have to expire in May, for a while longer. said the documents reflected negoti- put this on ice’ and wait for the next Denmark, which first intro- ating positions, not any final outcome, administration. Obviously we lose duced border checks on January and the EU’s chief negotiator dis- time and momentum but we cannot People read classified papers from the US-EU trade talks, presented by Greenpeace in a glass container 4, said it had prolonged them by missed some of Greenpeace’s points agree to TTIP-lite or something that’s near the Brandenburger Gate, in Berlin, yesterday. a further 30 days to June 2, citing as “flatly wrong”. not good enough,” she said. concerns about illegal immigra- Greenpeace opposes the proposed Greenpeace said the documents tion. In Brussels, Commission Transatlantic Trade and Investment showed differences had become the US wanted to replace Europe’s - the laws binding the EU together - and In Brussels, EU chief negotia- spokeswoman Mina Andreeva Partnership (TTIP), arguing with other entrenched betweeen the two sides “precautionary principle” — which Greenpeace’s assertion was not true. tor Ignacio Garcia Bercero dismissed said: “By May 12 at the latest (the critics that it would hand too much of the Atlantic. Malmstrom said it prevents potentially harmful prod- Malmstrom called on EU governments Greenpeace’s comments on the pre- Commission) should have a deci- power to big business at the expense of was “not very dramatic” to say there ucts from coming to market when to do more to explain TTIP’s merits. cautionary principle, adding: “We have sion ready which would allow (us) consumers and national governments. were disagreements and the EU was their effect is unknown or disputed In Europe, there is widespread made crystal clear that we would not to prolong internal border controls Supporters say the TTIP would being as open as possible about the —with a less stringent approach. opposition to allowing more imports agree on anything that implies changes under the Schengen Borders Code.” deliver more than $100bn of economic negotiations. Malmstrom said the precaution- of US agricultural products due to con- of our regulatory regime on GMOs “We have a decision on this gains on both sides of the Atlantic. Knirsch said the texts showed ary principle was part of the “acquis” cerns about genetically modified foods. (genetically modified organisms).” ready for next Wednesday,” she said.

Far-right crimes Poland Flag Day PIP founder faces rise sharply in Austria jail in France

Reuters AFP manslaughter—the implants were suspected in several deaths from systemic toxicity—and another VIENNA: Austria saw a sharp linked to financial implications of increase last year in the number AIX-EN-PROVENCE: A French the scandal. The court also upheld of incidents involving xenophobia, appeals court yesterday upheld a guilty verdicts against four other PIP Islamophobia and anti-semitism, a four-year prison sentence for the executives. One, the firm’s former report showed yesterday, following founder of PIP, the manufacturer finance director Claude Couty, will arrival of large numbers of mostly of defective breast implants that serve a one-year prison sentence. Muslim migrants and refugees. caused health scare across Europe The scandal first emerged in Authorities pressed charges and South America. 2010 after doctors noticed abnor- in about 1,690 cases related to The court in Aix-en-Provence mally high rupture rates in women right-wing extremism in 2015, the confirmed the fraud convictions with PIP implants. highest number to date in a single against Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) It gathered steam worldwide in year and up from 1,200 in 2014, founder Jean-Claude Mas, 76. It also 2011, with some 300,000 women the report by Austria’s domestic upheld the 2013 trial’s order that Mas in 65 countries believed to have intelligence service BVT showed pay €75,000 ($86,000) and be banned received the faulty implants. yesterday. for life from working in medical serv- In France alone, 18,000 women The number of far-right Agata Kornhauser-Duda, the wife of Polish President Andrzej Duda, holds Polish national flag as she ices or running a company. had PIP implants removed because “extremist acts” reported in 2015 attends the ceremony of the National Flag Day in front of Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, yesterday. Mas also faces two other pend- of a risk of rupture or because they - which range from hurling fire- ing legal cases, one for involuntary had become highly uncomfortable. works at migrant shelters to inciting violence on the internet - totalled 1,150 cases, up from 750 in 2014, the report also showed. Austria received around German politicians criticise AfD over anti-Islam policy 90,000 asylum requests in 2015, after large numbers of migrants and refugees, many fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghan- Reuters three years ago, backed a manifesto attack on almost all religions,” Armin “reactionary” and accused the party Merkel has said freedom of istan, arrived in the staunchly pledge at a congress on Sunday to ban Laschet, deputy chairman of the of dividing society with Islamophobia. religion for all is guaranteed by Ger- Roman Catholic country of 8.5 on minarets and the burqa, the full Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Opinion polls give the AfD support many’s constitution and that Islam is million people. face and body-covering gown worn told ARD television. of up to 14 percent, presenting a seri- a part of Germany. “If we look at these hate crimes BERLIN: German politicians from by some Muslim women. “They have identified Islam as a ous challenge to Merkel’s party and Germany is home to nearly 4 mil- more closely, we see ... (they seek) across the spectrum criticised the With concerns about Europe’s foreign body in Germany,” he said. other parties ahead of a 2017 federal lion Muslims, about 5 percent of the to create tensions and cause splits Alternative for Germany (AfD) yes- migrant crisis fuelling the AfD’s rise, “That is divisive, and startling to a election. They rule out any coalition total population. Community leaders in civil society,” Martin Weiss, terday after the party declared Islam Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conserva- CDU for which faith has meaning.” with the AfD. The AfD has no law- have called on politicians to ensure head of the BVT department for incompatible with the constitution. tive Christian Democrats led criticism Greens parliamentary party makers in the federal parliament in that no religious community be dis- information gathering and inves- The AfD, which has surged onto of the party. leader Katrin Goering-Eck- Berlin but has members in half of Ger- advantaged and that Islam not be tigations, told reporters. the political scene since its launch “What the AfD has decided is an ardt described AfD manifesto as many’s 16 regional state assemblies. defined as a “foe”.

Ukraine’s tense Odessa marks Dousing inferno two years since clashes

AFP bloodshed ratcheted up tensions and forces from Black Sea city and sur- Russia later accused Ukraine of cov- rounding regions were called in as ering up an investigation into who was a precaution to prevent fresh vio- ultimately responsible for the deaths. lence. But Ukrainian interior ministry ODESSA: Ukrainian police in tense The two-year separatist revolt spokesman Artem Shevchenko said southern city of Odessa yesterday Russia denies supporting has now police had discovered three grenades discovered three grenades near the killed more than 9,300 people hidden near Kulykove Pole—the site of commemorations marking two and—along with the annexation of square that was the scene of battles years since clashes between Moscow Ukraine’s strategic peninsula of Cri- and where the Trade Union House in and Kiev supporters killed 48. mea—plunged Moscow’s relations which the pro-Russians took refuge Street battles between armed with the West to a post-Cold War low. was torched. “Access to Kulykove Pole backers of pro-Western government More than 500 people bearing is being limited,” Shevchenko said. in Kiev and Moscow killed six people flowers and banners with pictures “Police and National Guard forces and culminated in a building inferno of victims massed yesterday outside are continuing to beef up their efforts in which 42 pro-Russians died. metal detectors set up around Odessa to enforce public order.” The violence erupted at the height square where the carnage occurred. Office of UN High Commissioner of Ukraine’s pro-Russian eastern insur- “Fascists, get out of Odessa,” a for Human Rights said the deadly gency and sparked fears in Kiev that group of several dozen pro-Russians chain of events was sparked when a the Kremlin was preparing an all-out chanted while waiting for police to group of pro-Russians armed with Firefighters fight to douse flames in a housing estate in Huskvarna, southern Sweden. The fire spread invasion of the former Soviet state. allow them into commemoration site. baseball bats and guns “provoked” the along the open attic, forcing 160 tenants to flee for their lives. That assault never came but the About 3,000 members of security participants of the pro-Ukraine rally. AMERICAS TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 17 Opposition submits signatures to recall Maduro

However, board official Tania collect four million more for the board D’Amelio suggested Sunday on Twit- to organize the vote. The opposition MUD ter that the authorities might not start Adding to Venezuela’s woes, said it submitted 1.85 verifying the signatures until late May. Maduro’s government has taken a That drew opposition cries of bias series of drastic measures to deal with million signatures to in favor of Maduro and the ruling the electricity crisis, instituting four- the National Electoral United Socialist Party of Venezuela hour daily blackouts across most of (PSUV). the country, reducing the public-sec- Board to launch “There’s no doubt about it... Tania tor workweek to two days and closing referendum process. D’Amelio is a supporter and uncon- schools on Fridays. ditional activist of the PSUV and is The power cuts sparked riots and working to prevent a recall referen- looting last week in Venezuela’s sec- dum this year,” said Henry Ramos ond-largest city, Maracaibo. AFP Allup, the speaker of the opposition- On Sunday the country also set controlled legislature. its clocks forward half an hour in an Opponents are racing to hold a attempt to curb evening electricity recall referendum before the end of demand. CARACAS: Venezuela’s opposition the year. Maduro blames the power crunch presented reams of signatures to elec- Under Venezuela’s constitution, on the El Nino weather phenome- tion authorities yesterday calling for a after January 2017 a successful recall non, which has unleashed the worst referendum to remove President Nico- vote would transfer power to Madu- drought in 40 years, reducing the res- las Maduro, whom it blames for the ro’s vice president rather than trigger ervoirs at Venezuela’s hydroelectric country’s crushing economic crisis. new elections. dams. Venezuelans fed up with food The constitution gives the author- But the opposition says misman- shortages, soaring inflation and now ities five days to verify the signatures agement is to blame for the power a paralysing electricity crunch have collected by the opposition. crisis as well as the recession and flocked to sign a petition for a recall But D’Amelio indicated that the shortages. referendum, according to the oppo- five-day countdown would begin only Maduro defiantly urged his sition Democratic Unity Roundtable once the full 30 days allotted for cir- supporters on Sunday to launch a (MUD). culating the petition had lapsed. “rebellion” if the opposition succeeds Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (centre) and Vice-President Aristobulo Isturiz (right) participate in It said it presented 1.85 million The opposition insists there is in ousting him. a rally in Caracas, Venezuela. signatures—more than nine times no need to wait until the end of the “If the oligarchy someday does needed to launch referendum proc- 30-day period because it already something against me and manages ess—to the National Electoral Board. surpassed the required 200,000 sig- to take this palace, I order you to palace in a fiery May Day speech. Once-booming Venezuela, which The import-dependent country MUD executive secretary Jesus natures “in record time.” declare yourselves in rebellion and A recent poll found that more has the world’s largest proven oil faces acute shortages of food and Torrealba said 80 boxes packed with If the electoral board accepts the decree an indefinite general strike,” than two-thirds of Venezuelans want reserves, has plunged into economic basic goods like toilet paper due to a referendum petitions had been pre- signatures as valid—far from a sure he told a large number of support- Maduro, elected president by a razor- chaos as global crude prices have lack of foreign currency, more than 96 sented to the authorities. bet—the opposition will then have to ers gathered outside the presidential thin margin in 2013, to leave office. collapsed. percent of which it gets from oil sales.

Guatemala arrests Bodies of US climbers found in Himalayas after 17 years dozens of gang

Reuters reach the summit of Shishapangma in generation when he and Bridges were Lowe-Anker married Anker in Glaciers in Himalayas have been members in raids Tibet, the world’s 14th-highest peak, swept away during an expedition that 2001 and the climber adopted her shrinking in the past few decades, when they discovered two bodies aimed to ski down the 26,291-feet three sons. She serves as president according to a 2013 report by the encased in ice on a glacier, the Alex peak. A third climber, Conrad Anker, of the Lowe foundation, which pro- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate AFP BOSTON: Bodies of renowned US Lowe Charitable Foundation said on was injured but survived. vides advice and financial support to Change. But it is unclear whether the mountaineers Alex Lowe and David its website. The bodies had clothing “Alex and David vanished, were humanitarian programs that operate emergence of Lowe’s and Bridges’ Bridges, who died in a 1999 avalanche and backpacks that matched the gear captured and frozen in time,” Lowe’s in remote parts of the world. bodies was related to glacial retreat. GUATEMALA CITY: Security in Himalayas, were found by another Lowe and Bridges were wearing when widow, Jenni Lowe-Anker, said in Lowe’s accomplishments included “It all depends on the conditions,” forces yesterday launched raids on pair of climbers, according to a char- they disappeared. NBC News reported a statement. “Now they are found. two climbs to the top of Mount Ever- said Cameron Wake, a glacier expert one of the biggest gangs in Gua- ity founded and run by Lowe’s widow. the bodies were found last week. We are thankful. Conrad, the boys est, the world’s highest peak, several at the University of New Hampshire’s temala, arresting 64 suspected Climbers David Goettler of Ger- Lowe, who was 40 at the time and I will make our pilgrimage to first ascents in Antarctica and dozens Climate Change Project, who has members in different parts of the many and Ueli Steck of Switzerland of his death, was regarded as the Shishapangma. It is time to put Alex of less prominent but highly techni- worked on Shishapangma. “Glaciers country, officials said. were preparing for an attempt to best American mountaineer of his to the rest.” cal ascents. are constantly in a state of flux.” More than 120 raids were carried out by nearly 300 law enforcement officers and pros- ecutors, said Julia Barrera, a spokeswoman for the public ministry. Prince siblings in court Sporting spirit The operation “has the aim of dismantling a criminal organisa- tion that belongs to the ‘Solo para Locos’ cell in the Barrio 18 gang in 1st hearing on estate that focuses on extortion against public transport companies that serve routes between the capi- AP commented afterward. tal and the southern coast of the Frank Wheaton, an attorney for country,” she said. Alfred Jackson, said afterward that The name of the targeted cell the siblings were cooperating in set- means “Only for Crazies.” CHASKA, MINN: Five of Prince’s tling the estate. “Everyone is in full The spokeswoman said the six surviving siblings appeared in accord,” he said. raids yesterday turned up weap- court yesterday for the first hearing Even if all the heirs really are ons and ammunition, grenades to start sorting out an estate certain in agreement, it’s going to take a and other explosives, cellphones, to be worth millions, a task compli- long time to settle the estate, Judith and cash. cated because the star musician isn’t Younger, a University of Minnesota They took place in the cen- known to have left a will. law professor who isn’t involved tral province of Guatemala, in the In a hearing that lasted a lit- in the case, told reporters. Other southern provinces of Retalhu- tle over 12 minutes, Carver County claimants are likely to come for- leu, Escuintla and Santa Rosa and District Judge Kevin Eide formalised ward, any disagreements with tax in Izabal, northeast of the capital. his appointment last week of Bremer authorities over the value of the Guatemala forms Central Trust to handle matters involving the estate could result in litigation, and America’s infamous “Northern estate of Prince, who died suddenly Minnesota courts haven’t settled Triangle” along with neighbour- last month at age 57. yet whether the rights to someone’s ing Honduras and El Salvador. The Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, likeness, such as Prince’s, can be three countries are prey to vicious requested the appointment so that inherited. gangs that murder, extort and deal the company can manage Prince’s “It a real mess that he left Britain’s Prince Harry (second right) and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) cheer on sledge in drugs. Some 6,000 people die in estate until an executor is named. behind,” she said. hockey atheletes during the Invictus Games media launch in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, yesterday. Guatemala every year in violence Eide asked the packed courtroom It’s also possible that a will could attributed to the gangs. whether anyone knew of a will, and turn up and that it could lead to the courtroom was silent. Lawyers fights over its validity, Younger said. for Bremer Trust said they hadn’t “I find it so hard to believe,” found one but would keep looking. Younger said, noting how careful “The court is not finding that Prince was to keep control of his Malia Obama to enter Harvard in 2017 there is no will, but that no will has music and other business affairs. yet been found,” the judge said. “How can there not be a will?” The hearing didn’t address how Susan Link, a Minneapolis estate long the estate may take to settle attorney who also isn’t involved in AP Obama made the announcement or how much it is worth. His prop- the case, said she doesn’t think any about Malia’s academic future. erty holdings alone in Minnesota, of the lawyers involved will “fan Harvard, where both parents including Paisely Park studios in the the fire” of any discord among the earned law degrees, encourages Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, siblings and that their decision WASHINGTON: A year off between admitted students to defer for one were worth about $27m, but music last week to sit the siblings down high school and college is becoming year to travel, pursue a special project industry experts say his earnings together was a good move. If the popular choice for US students and it or activity, work or spend time in after death are likely to be far more. siblings can’t agree, the personal has caught eye of President Barack other meaningful ways. The student Tyka Nelson is Prince’s only full representative will be going to court Obama’s daughter, Malia. The White must not enroll in another college sibling. Four half-siblings — Alfred a lot, she said. House says the high school senior will program that would grant the stu- Jackson, Norrine Nelson, Sharon Nel- A law enforcement official told enter Harvard in 2017, not later this dent a degree. son and Omarr Baker — were present. the reporters that investigators are year as had been widely expected. Obama said he is dreading the day A fifth, John Nelson, didn’t attend. looking into whether Prince, who The elder of Obama’s daughters is when Malia leaves for college. Her deci- Norrine Nelson and Sharon was found dead at his home on a senior at Sidwell Friends, an exclu- sion to take a “gap year” could keep her Nelson exchanged a hug in the April 21, died from an overdose and sive private school in the District of closer to home as her family prepares courtroom, and family members whether a doctor was prescribing Columbia that helped educate another for another major transition next year: chatted quietly. Tyka Nelson sat at him drugs in the weeks beforehand. first daughter, Chelsea Clinton, in the leaving the White House and return- a table between her two lawyers, The official has been briefed on 1990s. Malia is set to graduate in June ing to normal life. Obama plans to live while the four others sat side- the investigation and spoke on con- and turn 18 in July. Her sister, Sasha, in Washington for a few more years by-side in the well, just behind dition of anonymity as he was not 14, is a Sidwell freshman. so Sasha can finish high school. The A file photo of US President Barack Obama and daughter Malia at their lawyers. None of the siblings authorised to speak. Obama and first lady Michelle Obamas still own a home in Chicago. Chicago airport. 18 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 AMERICAS

Crucial day for Hillary courts Republican Cruz coal-country in Indiana today AP unions’ support LA PORTE, INDIANA: Facing a make-or-break moment for his slumping campaign, Texas Senator Ted Cruz was blitzing through Indi- primary contest in Indiana, Clinton ana yesterday in a desperate bid to was to meet the head of a local steel overtake Donald Trump in the state’s The Democratic workers’ union and retired mine primary and keep his own White candidate is trying workers in Kentucky, West Virginia House hopes alive. and Ohio. A victory for Trump in Indiana to siphon support Trump’s pro-coal, anti-trade today would be a dispiriting blow for from Donald Trump, message has resonated with voters Cruz and other forces trying to stop frustrated over job losses. Clinton the front-runner, leaving them with who says his has pledged more than $30bn to help few opportunities to block his path. outsider campaign regions that depend on coal, but her Trump is the only candidate in the will succeed with promise was overshadowed when race who can reach the 1,237 dele- she said in March that the coun- gates needed for the GOP nomination struggling voters. try would “put a lot of coal miners through regular voting, though Cruz is and coal companies out of busi- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets people at the Lincoln Square pancake house as she trying to push the race toward a con- ness.” Parts of Appalachia, a region campaign for votes in Indianapolis, Indiana. tested convention. that spans multiple states across the “This whole long, wild ride of an Reuters eastern United States, have struggled election has all culminated with the with poverty and losses of jobs. West succeed with struggling voters. if he comes out ahead in today’s Indi- are going to join my campaign.” entire country with its eyes fixed on Virginia’s unemployment rate of 6.5 It will be an uphill struggle for ana primary. His success in the race Republicans plan to tie Clinton the state of Indiana,” Cruz said at percent in March was well above the Clinton in Appalachia. Her husband, for the White House may well ride on to what they say is an anemic econ- rally. “The people of this great state, WASHINGTON: Democrat Hil- national rate of 5 percent, according former president Bill Clinton, cam- the support of Republican evangelicals. omy under President Barack Obama. I believe the country is depending on lary Clinton, turning her attention to Labour Department data. Ohio’s paigned in West Virginia, encountering Yesterday, Trump criticised a trade Republican National Committee Chair- you to pull us back from the brink.” to the November US election and an unemployment rate was 5.1 percent, protests from Trump supporters. deal signed by Bill Clinton, and threat- man Reince Priebus yesterday cited Several hundred people came to increasingly likely match-up against while the figure in Kentucky was 5.6 West Virginia last voted for a Dem- ened tariffs on goods from companies data released last week that showed see him yesterday at Bravo Cafe in Republican Donald Trump, yester- percent. ocratic presidential candidate in 1996, that move out of the United States in economic growth slipped in the first Osceola, where he predicted a close day sought to shore up union support Clinton has a large lead over US when Bill Clinton was running for his search of cheaper labour. quarter to its slowest pace in two years. finish in the primary and said: “We by visiting coal and steel workers in Senator Bernie Sanders for Demo- second four-year term. He is the only “People look for a job and they “Struggling Americans will never need every single vote.” the economically struggling Appa- cratic nomination, and she is making Democrat who has won Kentucky have to quit after four, five months,” get ahead under Hillary Clinton. They “You’re the perfect man for the lachian region. early moves like this week’s trip to since 1980. Trump said on CNN. “I think lot of peo- are going to keep getting taken to the job,” a man told him as diners con- While the Republican presiden- try to siphon support from Trump, Trump will take a leap toward ple are going to join my campaign. I cleaners,” Priebus said in an opinion sumed coffee and eggs. “God bless tial candidates focus on Tuesday’s who says his outsider campaign will winning the Republican nomination think a lot of the Sanders young people piece for RealClearPolitics. you,” Cruz said, gripping his hand. LA rally features strong anti-Trump theme Solar Impulse 2 soars

Reuters in his first 18 months in office, he fully over US Southwest intends to deport all 11 million-plus undocumented persons in the United States. We don’t take that lightly,” said LOS ANGELES: Hundreds of peo- Juan Jose Gutierrez, of the Full Rights AFP the sun is not shining, will make sev- ple marched through Los Angeles for Immigrants Coalition. eral stops across the United States, in a rally that took aim at Republi- Others waved Mexican or U.S. although the team is still examining can presidential front-runner Donald flags or signs that called for immi- potential destinations. Trump for his anti-illegal immigra- gration reform and an end to SAN FRANCISCO: The Solar Thanks to an inflatable mobile tion platform that includes building a deportations. Impulse 2, an experimental air- hangar, which can be packed up wall along the US border with Mexico. A Los Angeles Police Department craft flying around the world to draw quickly and transported, Solar The rally in Los Angeles remained spokeswoman said no arrests were attention to clean energy technol- Impulse 2 can be sheltered at a vari- peaceful and drew smaller crowds made and there were no reports of ogies, soared over the US Mojave ety of possible locations. than some past demonstrations in violence. Desert yesterday en route to the The plane will make a final US the city, with several hundred peo- Protests have become common southwest city of Phoenix. stop in New York before a transat- ple marching through downtown at outside rallies for Trump, 69, the New Pilot Andre Borschberg took to lantic flight to Europe. From there, one point but largely dispersing by York billionaire businessman. He has the air from Moffett Airfield south- the pilots plan to make their way midafternoon. Members of the crowd aroused criticism for his pledge to east of San Francisco just after 5am back to point of departure in Abu carried a blow-up effigy of Trump deport illegal immigrants, even as it (1200 GMT) on what is expected to be Dhabi. The mission aims to promote holding a Ku Klux Klan hood, along helped propel him in the race for the a more than 16-hour journey. the use of renewable energy, with an with signs that read: “Dump Trump.” Republican nomination for the Nov. 8 The plane had been in California aircraft powered by 17,000 solar cells. People march with an inflatable effigy of Republican presidential “He’s threatened that should he election to succeed Democratic Pres- for a week since crossing the Pacific “If an airplane can fly day and candidate Donald Trump in Los Angeles. become president of the United States, ident Barack Obama. in an approximately 60-hour flight night without fuel, we could all to land in Mountain View. use these same clean technolo- Borschberg, who has been alter- gies on the ground to develop new nating the long solo flights with industrial markets and stimulate WhatsApp his teammate, Swiss adventurer economic growth, while also pro- Court upholds cop’s conviction Bertrand Piccard, will pilot Solar tecting the environment,” Piccard Impulse across the United States said in a statement. message and to New York. Piccard piloted The plane’s wingspan is wider the craft from Hawaii to California. than that of a jumbo jet but its weight blocked in Brazil Reuters Ocasio, arrested in 2011, was con- Alito said prosecutors did not have “The sun is rising in the horizon. is roughly the same as a family car. victed in 2012 of four charges, three to show that each member of conspir- It feels good to be flying round-the- Solar Impulse 2 was grounded of extortion and one of conspiracy, acy agreed to commit each individual world with #Si2 again,” Borschberg in July last year when its batteries Reuters and sentenced to 18 months in prison. element of extortion plan. “In other posted on Twitter. suffered problems halfway through WASHINGTON: The US Supreme The two brothers pleaded guilty and words, each conspirator must have The 63-year-old adventurer took its 21,700-mile (35,000-kilometer) Court yesterday upheld a Baltimore testified at Ocasio’s trial. specifically intended that some con- off at the early hour to take advantage circumnavigation. The crew took sev- SAO PAULO: A Brazilian judge cop’s conspiracy conviction involving Ocasio’s lawyers had argued that spirator commit each element of the of a clear weather window as he flies eral months to repair damage from ordered wireless phone carriers an auto repair shop extortion oper- federal prosecutors overstepped their substantive offense. That is exactly to Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Ari- tropical high temperatures during the to block access to Facebook Inc’s ation in a ruling that could boost the authority in bringing the charges what happened here,” Alito said. zona, crossing some 720 miles (1,160 first Pacific stage, a 4,000-mile flight WhatsApp for 72 hours through- power of federal prosecutors to pur- against Ocasio. The court was not split on ide- kilometers) over the Mojave Desert. between Japan and Hawaii. out the country, the second such sue charges against public officials. The court rejected the argument ological lines, with Alito’s fellow The takeoff marked the begin- The aircraft was flown on that incident against the popular mes- The court ruled 5-3 against Samuel made by Ocasio’s lawyers that the legal conservatives Clarence Thomas and ning of the 10th of 13 legs in a leg by Borschberg, whose 118-hour saging application in five months. Ocasio, one of several police officers definition of the conspiracy charge did Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting journey that began last year in the journey smashed the previous record The in the northeastern state who referred motorists involved in car not cover payments or exchanges of along with liberal Sonia Sotomayor. United Arab Emirates. of 76 hours and 45 minutes set by US of Sergipe applies to the five main accidents to get their vehicles fixed at property among co-conspirators. In Thomas wrote in his dissenting “As the sun gets higher, #Si2’s adventurer Steve Fossett in 2006. wireless operators in Brazil. The Majestic Auto Repair Shop in Rosedale, Ocasio’s case, he received payments opinion the court had broadened energy reserves will start filling up, Born in Zurich, Borschberg is no reason for the order is not known a Baltimore suburb. In return, shop from the shop owners, who were part the reach of federal extortion law “to thanks to all its #cleantechs,” Bor- stranger to adventure—15 years ago due to legal secrecy in an ongo- owners, brothers Hernan Moreno and of the enterprise, not from members enable federal prosecutors to punish schberg wrote on Twitter. he narrowly escaped an avalanche, ing case in the Sergipe state court. Edwin Mejia, paid the officers between of the public. for conspiracy all participants in a The solar-powered plane, which and then in 2013 he escaped a heli- Representatives at Facebook in $150 and $300 per referral. Conservative Justice Samuel public-official bribery scheme.” stores energy in batteries for when copter crash with just minor injuries. Sao Paulo could not immediately be reached for comment, nor could executives at the five carriers - Tel- efonica Brasil SA, América Móvil SAB’s Claro, TIM Participações SA, Colombia deports top Peruvian crime lord Galvez Oi SA and Nextel Participações SA. Judge Marcel Maia Mon- talvão is the same judge who in March ordered imprisonment of AFP his home country, Colombian national America’s new ‘Chapo’ Guzman,” the a Facebook executive based in police chief Jorge Nieto said. Colombian defense ministry said. Brazil for failing to comply with As he was escorted toward an The jailed Mexican drug lord, who an attempted block on WhatsApp. awaiting Peruvian air force plane, formerly headed the powerful Sinaloa He was jailed and subse- BOGOTA: Colombia deported top Galvez repeatedly told journalists cartel, was captured in January after quently freed. Peruvian crime lord Gerson Galvez, a he had “the right to be presumed months on the run. This is the second time since day after arresting the man described innocent.” According to a wanted notice from mid-December that the ubiquitous as the new version of Mexico’s Joaquin Colombian President Juan Manuel Peruvian police, Galvez is “violent and text message and Internet voice “El Chapo” Guzman. Santos congratulated his national aggressive” and headed a network telephone service for smartphones Galvez, also known as Caracol police on Twitter, describing Galvez as “dedicated to extortion, aggravated has been target of a blocking order. (Snail), was arrested in a restaurant “one of the most feared crime capos robbery, illegal drug trafficking” and A judge in São Paulo ordered in Medellin, Colombia’s defence min- in the region.” other assorted crimes. the service be shut down for 48 istry said. He was then handed over Galvez “is described by Peru- Peru had placed a $150,000 hours after Facebook failed to to Peruvian authorities because of his vian police and the United Nations bounty for information leading to comply with an order. “dangerousness” and flown back to Office on Drugs and Crime as Latin his arrest. Gerson Galvez (right) is escorted by police officers in Bogota yesterday. AMERICAS TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 1917 First US cruise in decades docks in Havana

limits were restored after Carter left the Cuban government, council head office and US cruises to Cuba only John Kavulich said. He estimated that The Adonia’s arrival is become possible again after Presi- the cruise companies pay the gov- the first step toward dents Barack Obama and Raul Castro ernment $500,000 per cruise, while declared detente on Dec. 17, 2014. passengers spend about $100 person a future in which The Adonia’s arrival is the first in each city they visit. thousands of ships step toward a future in which thou- Carnival says the Adonia will could cross Florida sands of ships a year could cross the cruise twice a month from Miami to Florida Straits, long closed to most Havana, where it will start a $1,800 Straits, long closed to US-Cuba traffic due to tensions that per person seven-day circuit of Cuba most US-Cuba traffic once brought the world to the brink of with stops in the cities of Cienfue- nuclear war. The straits were blocked gos and Santiago de Cuba. The trips due to tensions that by the US during the Cuban Missile include on-board workshops on once brought the Crisis and tens of thousands of Cubans Cuban history and culture and tours have fled across them to Florida on of the cities that make them qualify as world to the brink of homemade rafts — with untold thou- “people-to-people” educational travel, nuclear war. sands dying in the process. avoiding a ban on pure tourism that The number of Cubans trying to remains part of US law. cross the straits is at its highest point Optional activities for the Adon- in eight years and cruises and mer- ia’s passengers include a walking tour chant ships regularly rescue rafters of Old Havana’s colonial plazas and a AP from the straits. $219 per person trip to the Tropicana The Adonia is one of Carnival’s cabaret in a classic car. smaller ships — roughly half the size Before the 1959 Cuban revolu- of some larger European vessels tion, cruise ships regularly traveled HAVANA: The first US cruise ship that already dock in Havana—but from the US to Cuba, with elegant in nearly 40 years crossed the Flor- US cruises are expected to bring Caribbean cruises departing from The first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades docked at the port of Havana, ida Straits from Miami and docked in Cuba tens of millions of dollars in New York and $42 overnight week- Cuba, yesterday. Havana yesterday, restarting com- badly needed foreign hard currency end jaunts leaving twice a week from mercial travel on waters that served if traffic increases as expected. More Miami, said Michael L. Grace, an ama- as a stage for a half-century of Cold than a dozen lines have announced teur cruise ship historian. The United Fruit company oper- and ended entirely after Castro over- despite dockside protests by Cuban War hostility. plans to run US-Cuba cruises and if New York cruises featured dressy ated once-a-week cruise service out threw the US-backed government. exiles, and continued protests and Carnival Cruise Line’s gleaming all actually begin operations Cuba dinners, movies, dancing and betting of New Orleans, too, he said. After Carter dropped limits on bomb threats forced Carras Cruises to white 704-passenger Adonia became could earn more than $80m a year, on “horse races” in which steward “Cuba was a very big destina- Cuba travel, 400 passengers, includ- cancel additional sailings, Grace said. the first US cruise ship in Havana according to the US-Cuba Trade and dragged wooden horses around a tion for Americans, just enormous,” ing musical legend Dizzy Gillespie The following year, however, since President Jimmy Carter elim- Economic Council said in a report ballroom track according to rolls of he said. sailed from New Orleans to Cuba on Daphne made a several cruises from inated virtually all restrictions of US yesterday. dice that determined how many feet Cruises dwindled in the years a 1977 “Jazz Cruise” aboard the MS New Orleans to Cuba and other des- travel to Cuba in the late 1970s. Travel Most of the money goes directly to each could move per turn. leading up to the Cuban Revolution Daphne. Like the Adonia, it sailed tinations in the Caribbean. Friend of Charleston Challenge to Seattle minimum wage law rejected church shooting suspect Reuters companies have until 2021 to do so. businesses, meaning they had to com- countered in the court that those Seattle was the first major US ply by the earlier deadline. perks come at a cost, namely roy- city to commit to such a high basic A federal judge in Seattle in March alties, fees and the rent. pleads guilty to lying wage amid pressure from unions 2015 rejected claims that the ordi- The association said the lawsuit WASHINGTON: The US Supreme and workers’ rights groups. The nance was discriminatory, and the was an attempt “to level the playing Court yesterday declined to hear a move has since been followed to San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit field” for the 600 franchise busi- challenge by business groups to a varying degrees by cities such as Court of Appeals last year agreed. nesses that employ 19,000 people in Reuters Meek told others with him that trendsetting Seattle law that will raise San Francisco and Los Angeles as Seattle officials and the Serv- Seattle, and it was disappointed with he knew Roof was to blame but the city’s minimum wage to $15 an well as by state lawmakers in Cali- ice Employees International Union, the court’s action. instructed them not to call the police, hour, leaving in place a lower court’s fornia and New York. which backed the city in the case, “Seattle’s ordinance is blatantly Assistant US Attorney Jay Richard- decision to uphold the ordinance. The International Franchise Asso- said franchises are not typical discriminatory and affirmatively CHARLESTON, SOUTH CARO- son said in court. The law, which took effect in ciation’s 2014 lawsuit took issue with small businesses because fran- harms hard-working franchise small LINA: The white man accused Meek later contacted investi- April 2015, requires businesses in the Seattle law’s treatment of local chising offers inherent advantages business owners every day since it of slaying nine black parishion- gators but for several days denied Seattle with more than 500 employ- franchises as subsidiaries of brand such as access to loans, brand rec- has gone into effect,” the group’s ers last year at a South Carolina previous knowledge of Roof’s crime, ees nationwide to raise minimum parents such as McDonald’s or ognition and bulk purchasing. president, Robert Cresanti, said in a church planned the shooting for the prosecutor said. wage to $15 by 2018. Smaller Burger King rather than independent But the franchise association statement. six months and wanted to start Meek’s defence lawyer, Debbie a race war, said a friend who Barbier, told reporters that he was pleaded guilty to federal charges scared and shocked immediately in a related case. after the shooting but now makes Derailment hits Details about suspected gunman no excuse for his conduct. Wage war Dylann Roof’s plot were revealed as “He would like nothing better his childhood friend, Joseph Meek, than for the families to forgive him, train service in 21, admitted during a hearing in but he certainly does not expect Charleston to concealing knowledge their forgiveness,” she said. More Washington of the crime and lying to authorities than a dozen family members of investigating the massacre. the Emanuel victims and two sur- Meek could be called to tes- vivors of the shootings attended the AP tify against Roof as part of an hearing. agreement with prosecutors and “I am miserable and I have suf- may be spared the maximum sen- fered,” Gary Washington, 54, said of WASHINGTON: A total of 16 cars tence of eight years in prison for losing his mother, Ethel Lance. “Eve- were involved in a freight train cooperating. rything has fallen apart.” derailment in the nation’s cap- “He told me the week before Roof faces 33 federal charges ital over the weekend, CSX said it happened, that he was going to including hate crimes, obstruction yesterday, not the 15 it previously Charleston and do what he did,” of religion and firearms offenses. reported. Meek said in court. Authorities have accused him of CSX updated the number fol- Meek, who is also white, is the holding white supremacist views, lowing an assessment of the site. only other person to be charged saying he targeted the victims The railroad says that overnight, in connection with the shootings, because of their race. rail cars that were not involved in which sparked intense debate about Defence lawyers have said Roof Sunday’s derailment were moved race relations and gun control laws would plead guilty if he did not face away from the site along with sev- in the United States. the possibility of execution. His eral cars that had derailed. He said Roof, 22, shared his federal trial has been repeatedly No injuries were reported as plans to open fire during a June 17 delayed while US prosecutors decide a result of the derailment, which Bible study at the Emanuel Afri- whether to seek the death penalty. happened around 6:40am on Sun- can Methodist Episcopal Church in State authorities are seeking the day, but hazardous material the Charleston. death penalty against Roof, who is train was carrying was spilled. Roof said he would conceal the charged with nine counts of mur- CSX said yesterday that etha- pistol he planned to use in a fanny der as well as attempting to murder nol from one derailed car and pack and would take his own life three people who survived the ram- A group of janitors estimated by police to number 3,000 march through downtown streets during a sodium hydroxide from another afterward, according to Meek. page, in a separate trial scheduled to demonstration over wages with the threat to strike in Los Angeles, California. were being offloaded so the cars On the night of the shootings, begin in January. could be removed from the site. Sodium hydroxide is used to pro- duce various household products including paper, soap and deter- gents, CSX said. Researchers collect indigenous stories to fill climate change data gaps CSX said the train had three locomotives and 175 cars, includ- ing 94 that were loaded with mixed Reuters Western climate data tends to generations, noted Lepofsky. because these had disrupted ances- seen before, the journal says. freight, and 81 that were empty. be absent from places like Cen- “You can’t look at indigenous tral farming, food-gathering or The observations, mostly col- Work at the site of the tral Africa, Central America and people, who are so in tune with their cultural practices. lected from indigenous people, derailment was affecting Wash- the Himalayas, Dana Lepofsky, specific places, without hearing about Sweden’s Sami herders, for generally align with data and mod- ington-area commuters Monday NEW YORK: Canadian scientists co-author of the paper, told the changes in the environment today,” instance, said they were abandon- els developed to predict changes in with one commuter rail line run- have collected stories from more Thomson Reuters Foundation. “But said Lepofsky. ing traditional ways due to changes the climate. ning reduced service and stopping than 90,000 people whose tradi- we have some people data.” Among a trove of observations in ice formation and weather. But the researchers hope they add before Washington. The MARC tional ways of life rely on nature, in In all, the researchers gathered - whose origins ranged from Crow In Bangladesh, an upsurge of layers of nuance that could guide pol- commuter rail system said its an effort to capture signs of climate observations covering 137 countries tribe hunters in Montana to farmers punishing windy and stormy days icy on how to adjust to climate shifts Brunswick Line was operating at change where weather stations are that were contained in more than in Iran - the researchers found some was forcing some fishermen to moor going forward. reduced service and stopping in absent. 1,000 published studies. 70 percent of those interviewed had their boats rather than set out to sea, “It’s not just observations of cli- Silver Spring, Maryland, the sta- Their findings, published in the Their approach to studying cli- witnessed changes in seasons, rain- the study said. mate change but people’s adaptations tion before the capital. Passengers journal Nature Climate Change, fill a mate change reflects an emerging fall patterns and temperature, it has And in Canada’s remote Nuna- (to climate change) too that were com- were being asked to transfer there knowledge gap in climate change sci- trend among Western researchers to been stated in the journal. vut, an Inuit community suspected piled,” Lepofsky said. “Ways that to the Metro rail system. The com- ence, which is dominated by data and tap into climate knowledge recorded In those places, farmers and oth- the grizzly habitat was changing people are diversifying crops - all muter rail system said passengers computer models, said the six research- by people who have subsisted off the ers with close ties to the land and when they noticed the bears roam- kinds of things people are doing that should expect the limited trains it is ers from Simon Fraser University. land and oceans, often for lifetimes or sea witnessed climatic changes ing in areas where they had not been are working.” running to be very crowded.

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Saudi Arabia’s SAGO buys 620,000 2 tonnes hard wheat HONG KONG: Yoga seems to provide small improvements in symptoms and More than a million people are quality of life in people with asthma, 3 unemployed in Algeria according to a new review. Dr. Jin-Ling Tang from The Chinese University of Hong Kong's Prince of Wales Hospital looked at the evidence from 15 studies involving TWEET OF THE DAY more than 1,000 asthma patients to see whether yoga provided significant ben- efits. Yoga slightly improved symptoms and quality of life and reduced the need for medications. The quality of the evi- dence, though, was moderate at best, and People record a water fountain show with their mobile phones in Hangzhou, China, yesterday. the effects of yoga on lung function were far from consistent. None of the studies reported any serious ill effects from yoga, but more research would be needed to make reliable conclusions about unwanted side effects. Jacket worn by Prince to be auctioned "We found that yoga probably improves quality of life and asthma symptoms to some extent," the research- ers conclude. "However, our confidence AFP gave the jacket to a makeup artist at The June 29 auction will also in the results is low as most of the studies the end of the shoot, auction house include costumes from Britney were flawed in various ways." spokesman Jeff Hare told AFP. Spears, Katy Perry and Alicia Keys, as "High-quality studies involving large It has an asking price of $6,000 well as a glove inlaid with Swarovski numbers of participants are required for us LOS ANGELES: An iconic jacket to $8,000, but is likely to fetch more crystals that Michael Jackson wore INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY to be able to draw a firm conclusion about worn by Prince in the 1984 film "Pur- at the June 29 sale. Prince wore the during his "Dangerous" tour in 1992. the effects of yoga for asthma," they add. ple Rain" will be auctioned in Los black and white jacket with leather Prince's death has revived inter- Dr. Holger Cramer from University of Angeles in June, auction house Pro- sleeves in a famous scene, as he picks est in his work and "Purple Rain" is Duisburg-Essen, Germany completed a files in History said. up his co-star Apollonia Kotero on a currently showing in more than 150 similar review in 2014. He told Reuters "It's definitely the most impor- motorcycle. They ride to a lake, where theaters in the United States. The Health by email, "Giving yoga, specifically tant piece of screen-worn Prince he convinces her to strip off her tight movie won Prince an Oscar for best Sheikha yogic breathing, a try can be worthwhile clothing that's ever come up for leather jumpsuit and jump in the cold soundtrack. Moza in asthma patients. As the evidence is auction," Profiles in History presi- water. His next two films, "Under the praises not really strong, no wonders should be dent Joe Maddalena said. "This is the One of his generation's most Cherry Moon" (1986) and "Graffiti dedication expected but yoga is likely to do more good first time ever for something like this, influential and prolific musicians, Bridge" (1990), were flops that ended of HBKU Class of than harm.” “More research is needed and it might be the only time because Prince died suddenly on April 21 at his screen career. 2016 before we can conclusively judge the effec- the rest of the costumes may be in his the age of 57 at his Paisley Park estate Prince also co-directed the con- tiveness of yoga in patients with asthma,” personal wardrobe." outside Minneapolis. The cause of cert documentary "Sign o' the Times" he agreed. The famously private singer death is not yet known. (1987). Boiling water may be cause of Martian streaks: Study

AFP That finding had left many scien- their creation. The lines, up to a few 30-degree plastic slope covered with tists scratching their heads as the low hundred metres in length and typi- loose fine-grained sand, and allowed pressure of Mars' atmosphere means cally under five metres (16 feet) wide, it to melt in a chamber in which that water does not survive long in appear on slopes during warm sea- Martian pressure and summer tem- PARIS: The results of Earth-bound liquid form. It either boils or freezes. sons, lengthen, then fade as they cool. perature was recreated. lab experiments appear to back up Identifying water on the Red "Under certain circumstances, They repeated the experiment the theory that dark lines on Martian Planet is complicated by our limited liquid water has been found on Mars," under Earth conditions to compare slopes are created by water -- though understanding of natural processes Nasa concluded at the time. the processes. in an otherworldly manner, scientists under conditions so different to those For the latest study, also published Under Martian pressure, they said yesterday. on Earth. In September last year, a in Nature Geoscience, researchers found, melting ice produced a liquid A team from France, Britain and team reported in the journal Nature took to the lab to try and explain how which boiled vigorously as it flowed the United States constructed mod- Geoscience that curious lines running water could have made the lines. downslope and filtered into the sand. Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson posing beside his art installation els and simulated Mars conditions to down slopes on the Martian surface The team, led by Marion Masse The evaporating water vapour "Ice Watch" made with parts of Greenland's ice cap, on display in follow up on a 2015 study which prof- in "summer" may be streaks of super- of the University of Nantes in France, blasted grains upward, creating front of the Pantheon in Paris. fered "the strongest evidence yet" for salty brine. They said they had found included several of the authors of last ridges which collapse onto them- liquid water -- a prerequisite for life evidence in the lines of "hydrated" salt year's headline-making study. selves when they become too steep, Artist Eliasson plans gigantic -- on the Red Planet. minerals, which require water for They placed a block of ice on a forming channels. fountain for Versailles Mitigating impact of global Fictional soldiers

AFP to because we need to leave it to the warming on plant flowering audience to make up their minds how high is high," he said. An enormous fountain did fea- IANS reduce the levels of a protein that PARIS: Danish artist Olafur Elias- ture in the original plans for the normally prevents flowering, allow- son, who wowed New Yorkers with baroque 17th-century palace drawn ing the plants to produce flowers in his 10-storey urban waterfalls and up by the "Sun King" Louis XIV's response to elevated temperature. Londoners with his giant trippy sun- architect Andre Le Notre, but was SYDNEY: Indian-origin researchers "This is very exciting as our set at Tate Modern, said yesterday he never realised despite attempts to have discovered a new mechanism understanding of how these genetic wanted to "make dreams come true" pump water over a hill from the that enables plants regulate their mechanisms work together opens up with his latest project in France. mighty river Seine. flowering in response to elevated whole new possibilities,” said lead He plans to follow Anish "We are going to make the temperatures. researcher Sureshkumar Balasub- Kapoor's controversial "Queen's impossible possible," the artist The finding could potentially ramanian, associate professor at vagina" sculpture at the Palace of declared, "to make dreams come lead to the development of tech- Monash University in Melbourne, Versailles outside Paris with "an true." Eliasson, 49, conceded that nology allowing us to control the Australia. "These mechanisms are incredibly high" fountain in its he was "behaving like a small arro- physiological response of plants present in all organisms, so we may gardens. gant king" by not revealing the and mitigate the impacts of warming be able to transfer this knowledge But he refused to say how big the enormity of his creation but said temperatures. The researchers made to crop plants, with very promis- jet of water which will be shot from "aesthetic and cultural muscle" was the discovery by applying a combi- ing possibilities for agriculture," the top of the crane in the Grand not decided by size alone. nation of genetic, molecular and Balasubramanian said. "It will be South Korean models (behind) with storm troopers, fictional Canal would be, telling AFP cryp- Nonetheless, he said he had computational biology experiments interesting to investigate whether tically that the "size is decided by designed it to be viewed from Ver- to the flowering plant Arabidopsis. similar mechanisms operate in the soldiers in the Star Wars movies created by George Lucas, at the confidence in the more cosmic sailles' Hall of Mirrors and from the In the study published in the control of other genes in response to Konkuk University in eastern Seoul, yesterday, two days before Baroque". "terrace in front of the palace, where journal Nature Plants, the research- environmental changes," the paper's 'Star Wars Day,' a global event observed by fans of the sci-fi "Of course I could tell you how it will be beautifully tall and well ers described how two key basic first author Sridevi Sureshkumar franchise, tomorrow. many metres it is, but I am not going proportioned to the horizon. cellular processes work together to from Monash University noted. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 QE 10,092.07 -95.91 PTS PAGE | 23 DOW 17,877.63 +103.99 PTS Ezdan’s Cityscape GOIC and Al Attiyah FTSE100 6,241.89 -80.51 PTS pavilion attracts large Foundation to host number of visitors BRENT $46.08 -$0.60 clean energy summit

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Qatar and UAE chambers plan Emir meets Total CEO panel to boost investments

UAE are implementing many mega the two sides to boost ties. He out- The committee will projects and sharing experience and lined the importance of strong ties knowledge in this field will benefit both between Qatar and the UAE. look for investment countries. He stressed on the need to He added that Qatar and the UAE opportunities in the further increase the visits of business have a common goal of diversifying delegations between the two countries their economies and it is the best time area of food security, to increase trade. to diversify given the low oil prices tourism, services, IT, Mohamed Thani Murshed Al in the global market. Qatar and the Rumaithi, Chairman of the Federa- UAE are very important destinations housing and other tion of UAE Chambers of Commerce for global investment. The two coun- sectors. and Industry, and Abu Dhabi Cham- tries share historic relations based on ber of Commerce and Industry, said mutual respect and understanding. the bilateral trade between Qatar Qatari market welcomes the invest- and the UAE will increase further in ment by the UAE in all fields. By Sachin Kumar coming years due to the positive steps It is estimated that there are over The Peninsula taken by both governments. 1,074 UAE companies operating in Addressing the Qatari UAE Eco- Qatar while the number of Qatari nomic Forum, Sheikh Khalifa bin companies working in the UAE is Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Patrick Pouyanne, the CEO of Total, and his Jassem bin Mohammed Al Thani, 4,200. In the field of air transport, the accompanying delegation, at his office at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. They reviewed bilateral cooperation DOHA: Qatar Chamber and the Feder- Chairman, Qatar Chamber, said the number of flights by the two national and means of enhancing it. ation of UAE Chambers of Commerce volume of bilateral trade between carriers to Qatar and UAE currently and Industry yesterday announced the two countries reached QR26bn stands at 175 flights a week. The a plan to form a committee that will or $7bn in 2015. The volume of trade number of Emirati visitors to Qatar is explore investment opportunities in the and investment between the two more than 117,000 while the number two countries and in the region. The countries is increasing every year, of Qatari visitors to the UAE is more Oil prices retreat committee or team will look for oppor- which reflects the efforts taken by than 231,000. Total to invest in tunities in the region and outside in the from 2016 highs area of food security, tourism, services, information technology, housing and Reuters other sectors. Qatar’s solar sector “The committee will be a six- member team comprising three LONDON: Oil prices retreated members from Qatar and three from 2016 highs yesterday as ris- from the UAE,” said Muhammed bin ing production in the Middle East By Mohammad Shoeb current oil price prolongs (which he Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari, Vice outweighed a decline in US output The Peninsula does not expect) it may put some pres- Chairman, Qatar Chamber, speak- and a sliding dollar. sure and lower the pace of growth of ing on the sidelines of the meeting. Crude production by the renewable sources of energy because Qatar Chamber yesterday organ- Organization of the Petroleum the sector partly emerged because the ised Qatar-UAE Joint Business Exporting Countries rose in April DOHA: The global energy giant prices of oil were very high, which Council Meeting and Qatari UAE Eco- to 32.64 million barrels per day Total has announced its plans to pushed for energy efficiency and gen- nomic Forum at the Sheraton Grand (bpd), close to the highest level in invest in Qatar’s emerging solar erated a quest for alternative forms Hotel. The businessmen from both recent history. energy sector by establishing part- of power. countries also discussed the idea of Russia, the biggest exporter nership with local companies. This “If the price of oil remains too electronically connecting the cham- outside Opec, also increased was announced by Patrick Pouy- low, this will neither be good for bers of Qatar and the UAE. monthly crude for seaborne anne, the French energy Group’s energy efficiency nor for renewables, Addressing the meeting, Al Kuwari exports by more than 7 percent Chairman and CEO during a press as we have witnessed significant Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassem bin Mohammed Al Thani (left), Chairman, said the linking of Qatar Chamber with to 3.117 million bpd in April. Brent conference here yesterday. improvements in solar technology the chambers of the UAE will help busi- Qatar Chamber, giving a memento to Mohamed Thani Murshed Al was trading at $46.77 per barrel “We have learnt recently that which has resulted in the continu- nessmen in both countries to easily Rumaithi, Chairman of the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce at 0840 GMT, down 60 cents from Qatar Petroleum (QP) is establish- ous decline in the cost,” he added. access information related to busi- and Industry, during the Qatar-UAE Economic Forum held yesterday. its last settlement. US crude was ing a new company in partnership “But we at Total will continue invest- ness and investment. Qatar and the Pic: Abdul B/The Peninsula down 40 cents at $45.52 a barrel. with Qatar Electricity and Water ing about $500m in renewables per Company (QEWC), the main pro- year, and continue working to lower ducer of utilities in Qatar, in order the cost further.” to develop some solar farms in the Speaking on the company’s US top court country,” said Patrick, who was here plan on bidding for Al Shaheen Oil Gold prices hit 15-month high to mark the 80th anniversary cele- Field, he said that Total has sub- rejects BP brations of the company’s presence mitted an offer to QP, and would be in Qatar. happy to be selected. Al Shaheen is shareholder suit He added: “We have estab- a big field located off the north east in thin trade as dollar wilts lished solar business in Abu Dhabi, coast of Qatar in the Arabian Gulf, AFP and would be pleased to do in Qatar 80 kilometres north of Doha, with a as well. We discussed with officials production capacity of over 300,000 concerned and intend to study it barrels per day. Reuters against further monetary easing. The get a bit of a follow through,” he said. seriously to establish a joint ven- On Total’s long partnership with WASHINGTON: The US Supreme US currency stayed on the back foot “I think we’re heading for new num- ture between SunPower and the Qatar he said: “We are not only pro- Court yesterday declined to hear a yesterday. bers on the upside.” new company.” ducing oil and gas in Qatar. We class-action lawsuit by BP share- Spot gold peaked at $1,303.60 European shares were up 0.2 per- SunPower designs and man- have developed a full spectrum of holders demanding compensation LONDON: Gold rose to a fresh an ounce, its highest since January cent, while the dollar index, which ufactures crystalline silicon business activities in the country, for a sharp fall in share price after 15-month peak yesterday in holiday- last year, before easing to $1,295.40 measures the dollar against a basket photovoltaic cells, roof tiles and including refining, lubricants and the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil thinned trade as an early retreat in by 1330 GMT, up 0.1 percent. US gold of currencies, fell for a sixth session to solar panels. Total, Europe’s third petrochemicals, and adding value spill. the dollar drove prices higher, though futures for June delivery were up hit an eight-month low before recov- largest oil company, owns major- to almost all segments of our activ- The justices’ refusal to hear the it later eased back below $1,300 an $7.10 an ounce at $1,297.60. ering some lost ground to trade down ity stakes in SunPower. ities in Qatar.” case means a 2015 decision by a ounce as the US currency pared “The dollar was the reason 0.2 percent. The QEWC and QP have signed a Patrick noted that Total partici- lower court which dismissed the losses. behind the spike up (last week), and Data on Friday showed hedge Memorandum of Understanding to pated with Qatar, the global leader in suit by the plaintiffs will be upheld. Many Asian markets and London we broke all the important levels on funds and money managers cut establish a 60:40 JV with an initial LNG exports, and today the company The shares in question were were closed for national holidays, the upside,” Afshin Nabavi, head of their net long position in gold capital of about QR1.82bn ($500m) to is considered as No 2 worldwide in purchased 2.5 years before the dampening momentum in the pre- trading at MKS, said. “$1,285 was a futures and options in the week to develop a solar power project with a LNG business, which is growing Deepwater Horizon disaster, which cious metal, which posted its biggest huge number, and we got through last Tuesday. capacity of 1,000 megawatt. every day. He also thanked Indonesia killed 11 men and saw millions of weekly rally since early February last $1,290 pretty easily. $1,300 is going “We believe that speculative Commenting about the impact where Total entered long time ago. barrels of oil flow into Gulf waters, week, up more than 5 percent. to be a very important one.” financial investors have been driv- of oil price volatility on the future “In Qatar we developed knowledge, in one of the worst environmen- That was chiefly driven by weak- “The dollar is very weak, espe- ing the gold price up significantly of of renewables, he said that the oil technology and marketing capaci- tal disasters to strike the United ness in the dollar, which had its worst cially against the yen, and the white late,” Commerzbank said in a note. market is expected to rebalance by ties with Qatargas 1 and Qatargas 2. States. BP stocks plunged after the week since 2008 versus the yen after metals all look very healthy, so “The same also applies to silver, plat- year-end or early 2017. So Qatar is an important partner for incident. the Bank of Japan unexpectedly opted maybe on the back of that gold may inum and palladium.” Patrick explained that if the Total and vice versa,” he said. 22 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 BUSINESS Oil output set to contract for first time since 2013: BofAML

entitled ‘The oil supply cliffhanger’ said. BofAML sticks to its True, there is still a large set of drilled but uncompleted shale wells view that Brent will that could come on stream over the average $61/bbl in next few months and we surely expect US companies to play a role in stabi- 2017. A key risk to lizing non-Opec supplies. However, this view is how fast cartelized producers at the moment have limited spare productive capac- GCC members decide ity or planned investment to meet to monetize their low demand on a forward basis, leav- cost reserves. ing the oil market exposed to huge supply uncertainties over the next 5 years. To balance the oil market by 2020, BofAML equity research team By Satish Kanady believes US oil & gas capex will have to The Peninsula increase by at least 50 percent. Thus, BofAML sees the need for forward oil prices to trade meaningfully above the current forward strip and into a $55- to come back in Libya, Yemen, or investment decision. North Sea, Mexico or even Russia.” UAE, are all likely to limit OPEC sup- DOHA: Global oil output is estimated 70/bbl range. Nigeria if politics allow. But low oil The string of twists and turns It’s true that Opec production has ply growth next year. to contract year-on-year in May for Supply risks include Saudi behav- prices could also trigger strikes and ahead of producer meetings in Vienna continued to increase but it is no longer BofAML expects most companies to the first time since the first quarter of ior, unplanned outages. So BofAML unrest in producing countries. In short, and Doha have helped turn develop- offsetting the steep output declines be focused on maintaining a lid on cap- 2013. The drop in supply is coming on sticks to its view that Brent will aver- if Saudi output remains constant, oil ments in the global oil market into a observed across non-OPEC. Moreover, ital expenditures and repairing their the back of massive cuts in global oil age $61/bbl in 2017. A key risk to this prices should trend higher. But don’t serial drama. Yet non-OPEC oil sup- while some Opec players have contin- balance sheet. According to its latest and gas capex, Bank of America Mer- view is how fast Saudi and other GCC miss the next episode of this oil sup- ply is indeed hanging off a cliff. “On our ued to grow output in recent months, estimates, derived from the previous rill Lynch’s (BofAML) Global Energy members decide to monetize their low ply cliffhanger. estimates, global output set to contract maximum production capacity in Iran round of earning announcements, indi- report noted. cost reserves. For now, Aramco’s output BofA Merrill Lynch does and seeks year-on-year in April or May for the is set to be reached soon and BofAML cate that global oil & gas capex will “Our new analysis points to non- is relatively flat compared to last year. to do business with issuers covered in first time since 1Q13, mostly as a result sees limited scope for further increases decline by 16 percent this year com- Opec oilfield decline rates of 4.9 With Saudi leaders pulling out of its research reports. As a result, inves- of steep non-Opec supply declines. On until Iranian leaders can manage to pared to 2015. Around the world, the oil percent on average this year, up from the oil freeze deal in Doha last minute, tors should be aware that the firm may our estimates, the countries experi- attract fresh capital and technology to rig count has fallen by 31 percent since 4.2 percent in 2014. However, as drill- the market keeps second-guessing have a conflict of interest that could encing the biggest declines this year their ailing industry. Meanwhile, Saudi October 2014. The only region where ing rigs in non-Opec countries have their next move. Also, disruptions are affect the objectivity of this report. include the US, North Sea, Mexico and and Iraqi production has recently flat- the oil rig count has been roughly been idled, the Middle East rig count relatively high at the moment, sug- Investors should consider this report Kazakhstan, and we see significant tened out and unexpected disruptions unchanged in the past 18 months has has held steady”, the BofAML report gesting there is room for production as only a single factor in making their production declines next year in the in Nigeria, declines in Venezuela and been the Middle East. Iran and South Korea set to triple trade to $18bn Ezdan’s Cityscape pavilion attracts many visitors AFP

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TEHRAN: Iran and South Korea have decided to triple their annual trade volume to $18bn, President Hassan DOHA: Ezdan Holding Group’s pavil- Rowhani announced yesterday after ion at the just-concluded Cityscape meeting his South Korean counter- Qatar 2016 attracted large number of part Park Geun-hye. visitors, including prominent figures “The two sides decided to and real estate developers as well as increase by three times the cur- a great number of visitors. The visitors rent trade volume of around $6bn to flocked to the exhibition to learn more $18bn,” Rowhani said in a joint tele- about Ezdan Holding Group’s five pro- vised press conference. posed mega projects. “We also spoke about tourism, Ezdan is set to launch five iconic direct flights between Seoul and projects, including an integrated Tehran, and Korean investment multipurpose project, two projects in Iranian tourism infrastructure, in the hotel industry, and two fur- like ‘Ezdan Oasis”. The project is a res- including building hotels,” he added. ther projects in shopping malls idential compound, consisting of six Park is the first South Korean sector. These ventures are catego- separate zones that include residential president to visit Iran since the two rized as huge in terms of size and units, offices and other commercial countries established diplomatic cost, in addition to their target mar- establishments, in Al Wukair area. relations in 1962, and as Seoul seeks ket and strategic locations across the It also includes five clubs and new markets to turn around a lengthy State of Qatar. eight mosques and a large hyper- decline in export revenues. On this year’s turnout to Ezdan’s market over an area of over 24,000 Her three-day visit comes just Cityscape pavilion, Ezdan Hold- square meters, in addition to two months after a historic nuclear deal ing Group CEO Ali Mohammed Al schools with an area of nearly with world powers lifted sanctions Obaidli (pictured) stated: “We are 48,000 square meters and an office crippling Iran’s economy in exchange South Korean President Park Geun-hye (fourth right) attends a meeting with Iranian officials in Tehran, grateful for this splendid turnout of complex spread over 2,965 square for limits on its nuclear programme. yesterday. visitors to our pavilion. We received meters. At the Cityscape, Ezdan Park, who is accompanied by a huge number of enquiries about also showcased its two swanky several ministers and a 230-strong sector, Rowhani said. The Ministry of Science, ICT and its nuclear programme. our projects this time,” he said. malls coming up in Al Wakrah and business delegation, will also be Talks also included discussions Future Planning in Seoul said it signed “In the ICT sector, in particular, At the event, Ezdan Holding Group Al Wukair. Both the Malls are in the received by Iran’s supreme leader about the situation on the divided a memorandum of understanding Iran was South Korea’s key cooper- unveiled Ezdan’s prestigious projects final phases of their completion. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Korean peninsula amid fears that (MoU) with Iran’s Ministry of Science ation partner in the region before the The two countries have pledged to Pyongyang is preparing to conduct Research and Technology on “var- economic sanctions,” South Korea’s develop their relations in the energy a fifth nuclear test. ious research cooperation” in both ICT Minister Choi Yang-hee said. sector. “We will expand relations in “The security of the Korean the basic and applied science fields, The ministry will try to actively US manufacturing growth slows energy projects and infrastructure... peninsula and security of the Mid- according to South Korea’s (Yonhap) use Park’s trip as an opportunity for and in oil, gas, railways and ports,” dle East are very important to us,” News Agency. South Korean advanced technol- Park said. Rowhani said. “We seek peace and The two sides plan to launch a ogy and ICT firms to tap into Iran, Tehran hopes this month to stability in the Korean peninsula and joint science-technology committee he added. AFP been puttering along, hampered by increase its oil exports to Seoul to categorically oppose building any next year to discussion the details, it Iran’s ICT market was valued at slow global growth and the impact 400,000 barrels per day from a cur- weapons of mass destruction.” added. $17.9bn in 2014 and it’s expected to of the strong dollar on exports. rent 100,000 bpd, according to Oil Park said she “explained South The ministry will also update an grow to $29.8bn in 2020. The Institute for Supply Manage- Minister Bijan Zanganeh. Korea’s opinion on... nuclear disarma- MoU with Iran’s Ministry of Informa- The Electronics and Telecommu- WASHINGTON: US manufacturing ment said its purchasing managers The two governments signed 19 ment of North Korea... and requested tion and Communications Technology nications Research Institute of South activity sputtered in April, falling to index for the manufacturing sec- cooperation documents in the pres- Iranian cooperation”. (ICT) for closer ties. Korea inked a separate accord with near the no-growth line in the ailing tor fell to 50.8 in April from 51.8 in ence of the presidents, and further South Korea and Iran also agreed South Korea signed the accord TEM Invest Co., a top Iranian firm sector after mostly contracting for the March. The one-point April slide was memorandums of understanding to promote partnerships in science with Iran in 1990 before joining inter- specializing in ICT investment, on past six months. larger than the 0.4 point dip consen- were due to be signed by the private and technology. national sanctions against Tehran for strategic partnerships. The manufacturing sector has sus estimate of analysts. World’s largest sovereign fund weighs in on executive pay row

AFP The publication date of the position paper non-binding and will not be followed, they by the specialised magazine L’Hebdo des AG. for moderation, especially in hard times when is not yet known, but it will certainly spike the illustrate just how sensitive the issue is. The Norwegian fund, which voted in cutbacks are called for. interest of investors who see the Norwegian In a report published on April 21, inter- favour of Dudley’s pay raise, has not been too The Norwegian fund has itself come in for fund as a good role model, and who are irri- national influential business figures said critical of executive pay so far. criticism. OSLO: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the tated by the ballooning pay of some executives. executive pay at major British companies In 91 percent of cases, it approved the sal- Dagens Naeringsliv has in recent days biggest in the world with shares in more than The issue has come to a head in recent sometimes rewarded failure. aries paid out to the top-paid US executives in revealed that the fund paid out bonuses that 9,000 companies, will add its influential voice weeks at some industry giants. The following week, several British groups 2014, according to Norwegian financial daily were sometimes as high as 200 percent of to those of investors increasingly concerned BP shareholders overwhelmingly rejected saw their pay deals rejected or contested by Dagens Naeringsliv. employees’ fixed wages, far more generous by executives’ skyrocketing pay. on April 14 a pay deal worth $19.6m for chief shareholders. But times are changing. than the EU recommendation of up to 100 Worth nearly 7 trillion kroner ($868bn), executive Bob Dudley, up from the $16.4m he In Germany, Volkswagen drew public ire “We have so far looked at this in a way that percent, or 200 percent in exceptional cases. the fund will lay out its stance on the thorny currently receives, as the group clocked up a for paying out ¤63m to 12 top executives for has focused on pay structures rather than pay The Norwegian fund’s investment policy subject in a “position paper”, a spokeswoman loss of $6.5bn for 2015. 2015, as the company suffered its first loss in levels. We think, due to the way the issue of is run according to strict ethical rules, with a for the division of the Norwegian central bank And last week, Renault shareholders also more than 20 years because of an emissions- executive remuneration has developed, that focus on sustainable economic, environmen- responsible for managing the fund said yester- said no to a pay deal for chief executive Carlos rigging scandal. we will have to look at what an appropriate tal and social development. day. “It is a theme that we will watch,” Martha Ghosn. “7.2 million euros for a part-timer?,” Nonetheless, negative votes like those at level of executive remuneration is as well,” Those rules bar it from investing in Skaar said. thundered the Proxinvest financial consul- BP and Renault remain rare. Yngve Slyngstad, chief executive of the fund, companies accused of serious violations of Positions taken by the fund, which holds tancy, which contested the remuneration, in In France in 2015, shareholders approved told the Financial Times. human rights, child labour or serious envi- the equivalent of 1.3 percent of world market an allusion to the fact that Ghosn also serves pay packets 87 percent of the time, compared In a globalised world with highly-compet- ronmental damage, as well as manufacturers capitalisation, are seen as important indica- as head of Japanese carmaker Nissan. to 92 percent in 2014, according to an analy- itive sectors, companies are torn between the of “particularly inhumane” arms, and also tors to other investors. While the shareholder votes were purely sis of 95 annual general meetings conducted need to attract top-notch talent, and the need tobacco firms. BUSINESS TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 23 Ratings pressure to grow on GCC corporates & sovereigns: Fisch

The Zurich-based Asset Man- the capacity to lever up. The region highlighted Emirates’ longstand- ownership. The report stated that cur- collapse. Oil is responsible for 90 ager believes that new issuances will has the highest average ratings glo- ing track record in successful airline rent low oil prices impacting Saudi percent of Kuwait government rev- Corporate governance offer diversity and improve liquidity bally, but budget deficits need to be operations as a strength, as well as Arabia’s economy had not impacted enues, and the country operates in the Middle East in the region, leading to a broaden- addressed through a combination of Dubai’s ideal operational and regu- STC, but pointed out that such a sit- a generous welfare state largely ing of the fixed income investor base. investment and reform. The funding latory environment. uation could change rapidly. The financed by oil income. would need to Fisch, whose subsidiary Independent of these deficits can be achieved at a Key weaknesses included geopo- report noted that up to 20 percent In March, Moody’s Investors Serv- improve, particularly Credit View (I-CV) contains a bench of sovereign level or among government litical and economic risks, along with of outstanding receivables could be ice said that lower oil prices would with regard to leading credit experts commissioned related entities. Privatization will also oil price erosion. classified as doubtful debts, which is slow growth and increase budget def- by investors, as opposed to issuers, play a key role. We think this is an Philipp Good continued: “The a significant concern. icits in GCC countries in 2016. transparency. also stated that Corporate Govern- exciting time for the region’s markets. market prices the 4 ½ percent Emir- In its latest sovereign analysis Last August, a credit analysis ance in the Middle East would need This scenario offers plenty of interest- ates Airlines 2025 issue with a risk for the GCC, I-CV rated Kuwait at A. for Dubai’s DP World by Fisch Asset to improve, particularly in regard to ing opportunities for investors, and we premium of 230bp over Treasury. This The report points to Kuwait’s abun- Management’s subsidiary, I-CV, rated transparency surrounding the use of intend to actively participate in those. is in line with BBB Emerging Market dant natural resources, large oil the port owner and operator at BBB The Peninsula proceeds. Corporate Governance still has room Corporate Credits. We currently don’t reserves and high per capita income (Marketweight), noting that despite This improved transparency for improvement, and this will have see much relative value, and therefore as important strengths, as well as a its efforts to diversify it remained would, in turn, require improved dia- an impact on pricing power – open are not currently invested.” relatively robust fiscal situation, a dependent on the UAE’s economic logue between issuers and investors. dialogue with investors will positively I-CV’s 19th April credit analysis well-endowed Sovereign Wealth Fund development. The analysis further DOHA: Fisch Asset Management, one Speaking in advance of his live affect credit assessments for issuers.” for Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and large foreign currency reserves. noted that the UAE’s economic growth of the world’s leading credit analysis interview at Euromoney’s Saudi Ara- An early April credit analysis by rated the company at A-, highlight- The report did, however, identify was expected to slow, as a result of and convertible bond specialists, has bia Conference on Wednesday, Philipp Fisch Asset Management’s subsid- ing its high and stable margins, free key weakness that have impacted low oil prices, and that proximity to said that it expects ratings pressure to Good, Head of Portfolio Management iary, I-CV, rated Emirates Airlines cash flow, pursuit of an expansion Kuwait’s rating, such as limited unstable geopolitical regions in the grow as leverage increases on GCC at Fisch Asset Management, said: BBB-/Marketweight for the issuance strategy in neighbouring coun- economic diversification and dim Middle East presented commercial corporates and sovereigns. “Middle East Countries have of senior unsecured debt. The report tries, and stability provided by state growth prospects due to the oil price risk.

GOIC and Al Attiyah Foundation ADB meeting to host clean energy summit

The Peninsula change. Technical advantages in clean energy, mitigation of GHS emissions and the energy efficiency improvement will be demonstrated DOHA: The Gulf Organization for and presented during this Summit to Industrial Consulting (GOIC), in asso- further improve the cooperation in ciation with the Abdullah Bin Hamad fighting the climate changes.” Al-Attiyah Foundation for Energy and “As a focus, the Summit, will Sustainable Development will be be an opportunity for Qatar and organising this year the Clean Energy other GCC states to demonstrate the & Sustainability Summit (GCESS) on efforts that they are implementing November 14 – 15 in Doha. IFP Qatar or planning to implements as part will be managing the event. of their commitment to support the The summit represents an ulti- international efforts in making the mate opportunity for Qatar as well production and supply of energy as the other GCC states to highlight to promote sustainable economic more environment and health the latest research efforts that are and social development by adopt- friendly. We, at the Foundation, are being implemented as part of their ing renewable energy solutions. He basically concerned with energy and commitment to support the interna- mentioned “A Green Economy for will be extending our hand to region Mario Draghi (on screen), President of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks during the annual tional efforts in producing more clean Sustainable Development”, an initi- and international community to meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, yesterday. The governors energy and reducing greenhouse gas ative launched by Sheikh Mohammed further making human life and the of all 67 member countries meet for the 49th time in order to decide on the direction of the Asian emissions. bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice environment are the targets of our Commenting on the Gulf President and Prime Minister of the economic development”, he added. development financing. More than 3,000 international policiy makers are expected to attend. Organization for Industrial Con- UAE and Ruler of Dubai, which has Georges Ayache, General Man- sulting (GOIC) role in this summit, become a vision and a platform for ager of IFP Qatar, said: “IFP Qatar, Abdulaziz bin Hamad Al-Ageel (pic- action for various green economy one of the leading event organizers tured), Secretary General of the Gulf activities in order to make the UAE in the GCC region has always been Organization for Industrial Consult- one of the world’s leaders in this field eager to provide its clients with the ing (GOIC) stated: “One of the most and an international hub for export- best means to reach professionals United Cars Almana wins important challenges that GCC coun- ing and re-exporting green products and decision makers from around tries and the entire world face today and technologies. Al Ageel wished the world to network and exchange is providing clean energy for people to see this experience disseminated knowledge.” and guaranteeing its sustainability in throughout the Gulf to benefit from The Clean Energy & Sustainabil- award for Best Performance light of climate change and its neg- its great accomplishments. ity Summit (GCESS) will represent ative environmental repercussions.” H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Atti- the ideal destination for leading Al Ageel said that GOIC is organ- yah, the Chairman of Abdullah bin innovators and policy makers in the The Peninsula brand for all original parts and acces- maintenance to repairs, Mopar has izing this summit to reiterate its Hamad Al Attiyah International Sustainability, Sustainable Energy sories for all FCA brands,” said Maher been the single-resource for Chrysler, commitment to environment and Foundation for Energy & Sustain- and Technologies and Green Tech- Abdalla - Director of Mopar Service, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and SRT vehicles GCC people and its endeavors to able Development, stated: “The nologies sectors, to network and Parts and Customer Care, FCA Mid- for over 7 decades. develop clean energy in the Gulf and Clean Energy & Sustainability Sum- discuss the most effective alterna- DOHA: United Cars Almana (UCA) dle East. “Our focus has always been to guarantee sustainable resources by mit (GCESS), as organized by the Gulf tive clean energy in the GCC region, has received a prestigious award for “The brand’s mission is to give our customers total peace of taking a series of measures to pro- Organization for Industrial Consult- especially in Qatar, as well as the Best Performance in the first quar- ensure that every customer of our mind,” said Multani. “UCA offers tect Gulf environment. ing (GOIC), in association with our challenges faced by the environ- ter of 2016 from the international brands can benefit from its excep- a comprehensive Moparoffering, The Secretary General also Foundation, will be a platform to dis- ment due to greenhouse gases on Mopar® Awards Committee, which tional worldwide experience in all and our customers know that they underlined the importance of coop- cuss further the energy issues that the international, regional and local is clear proof of UCA’s relentless areas of aftersales by offering top- don’t need to go elsewhere, which eration between GCC countries relate to GHS emissions and climate level. commitment to deliver world class flight customer service, cutting-edge is evident in our high level of repeat customer service and support. technologies and innovative, orig- customers - they can customise their “The Mopar Performance Award inal, high-quality products - I’m cars usingMopar Genuine Acces- is a tangible result of our commit- delighted to see the way that UCA sorieswhich come with a factory ment to putting the customer first - it has embraced this philosophy and warranty and have total confidence Record profits put Ferrari in pole position reflects our dedication to training and their commitment and performance in the top quality workmanship con- development as a customer-centric truly merits this award.” sistently delivered by UCA”. company,” said Gurdeep Singh Mul- Mopar parts are engineered “I would like to take this oppor- AFP first three months of the year from automaker’s eight-cylinder (V8) seg- tani, General Manager of UCA. together with the same teams that tunity to share this award with our the same period in 2015, to $89.7m. ment, including two new models, the Mopar - the service, parts and create factory-authorised specifica- valued customers and the entire Revenues were up just under 9 488 GTB and the 488 Spider. customer-care brand of Fiat Chrys- tions for FCA vehicles. This offers a team at UCA and I thank them for percent, and Ferrari cut its debt by Shipments of its V12 models ler Automobiles (FCA) - distributes direct connection that no other after- their loyalty and trust,” he added.“We ROME: Italian luxury sports car 15m euros to 782m. Ferrari deliv- declined by six percent. Among Fer- more than 500,000 parts and acces- market parts company can provide, will never stopworking to make UCA maker Ferrari said yesterday it ered 1,882 cars in the quarter, up 15 rari’s main world markets, Europe, sories in over 150 markets around the and means that the brandcan fully even more accessible, effective and clocked up its best profits ever in the percent, it said in a statement head- the Middle East and Africa recorded world. integrate service, parts and accesso- responsive and find new, innova- first quarter, setting it up for record lined “Strongest ever Q1, on the way the highest unit growth at 24 percent, “Established in 1937, Mopar (a ries to offer the very highest levels of tive ways to efficiently deliver our earnings for the full year 2016. to another record year”. while China, Hong Kong and Taiwan simple contraction of the words customer support worldwide. services”. Net profit rose 19 percent in the Volume growth was driven by the increased by 16 percent. MOtor and PARts) is the reference From parts to accessories, Halliburton and Baker Hughes struggle after merger scrapped

Reuters US oil industry grapples with a dive in crude fee. Baker Hughes moved swiftly Monday to Craighead, Baker Hughes chairman and CEO, The collapse of the deal came less than a prices that began almost two years ago and lay out its path as a stand-alone company, in a statement. month after the US Justice Department filed has led to production cutbacks, layoffs and announcing a series of actions to reduce costs Shares in Baker Hughes were up 0.3 per- suit to block the proposed merger, saying it bankruptcies. and streamline its business. cent in pre-market trade, while Halliburton would eliminate competition, raise prices and NEW YORK: US oilfield services giants Halli- Under the terms of the deal, initially val- It said it would use the $3.5bn merger gained 1.0 percent. reduce innovation in the oil services business. burton and Baker Hughes were picking up the ued at $34.6bn when it was announced in breakup fee to buy back $1.5bn of shares and Evercore ISI analysts said the termina- The Justice Department said the trans- pieces of their broken merger deal yesterday November 2014, Halliburton would have swal- $1bn of debt. tion of the deal was expected and favorable action would eliminate head-to-head after antitrust regulators’ opposition proved lowed Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes said it was now free to take for Baker Hughes. competition in markets for 23 products or too great to overcome. “Challenges in obtaining remaining reg- measures to slash costs that had been retained “The company has maintained a pris- services, creating a virtual duopoly for key Halliburton and Baker Hughes announced ulatory approvals and general industry in compliance with the merger deal. The ini- tine balance sheet through the downturn, oil services such as offshore well completions late Sunday they had called off their $28.6bn conditions that severely damaged deal eco- tial phase of the cost cutting is expected to and the $3.5bn fee from Halliburton will and onshore and offshore cementing. merger that would have combined the world’s nomics led to the conclusion that termination result in $500m of annualized savings by the only improve its cash position,” they said It said the merger would remove the incen- number two and number three oilfield services is the best course of action,” Halliburton’s end of 2016, the company said. in a client note. tives for two industry leaders to improve company to create a powerful rival to global chairman and chief executive, Dave Lesar, “The company will approach these “A crucial next step for Baker Hughes will technology and that low oil prices did not jus- leader Schlumberger. said in a statement. actions thoughtfully, decisively and swiftly be to put the managerial pieces in place to tify a bad deal for consumers. The deal was intended to strengthen the Now that the deal is scuppered, Hallibur- to position the company for success and to position the company to capture maximum US Attorney General Loretta Lynch wel- competitive position of both companies as the ton must pay Baker Hughes a $3.5bn breakup maximize shareholder value,” said Martin value in the impending industry upturn.” comed the deal’s demise. 24 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 BUSINESS Goldman targets ‘mass affluent’ borrowers with unusual lending plan

Reuters since most banks simply lend to their Lending to wealthy individuals and annualised return-on-equity in the lending in recent years. In addition to Goldman has already tripled loans own customers. It also carries more corporate clients represented less than first quarter, the lowest level since the the third-party initiative, Goldman to its own private wealth manage- risk because it may be harder to vet half of the balance sheet within Gold- second quarter of 2012 when adjust- also wants to wants to do more “mar- ment and corporate clients over the borrowers or the assets they post as man’s investing and lending business ing for one-time items. In its heyday, gin lending,” which allows clients to last three years, according to regu- NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs Group collateral. segment at the end of 2010, but that per- Goldman produced returns above 30 borrow against a percentage of their latory filings. It had $45bn in loans Inc, the banking gold standard for the The bank is looking to earn money centage is now more than 75 percent. percent. The measurement is impor- assets, and do more lending abroad. altogether at the end of 2015. world’s elite, sees a future in less pros- from a broader borrower base as prof- The new strategy will target cli- tant, because it shows how well the Later this year, it plans to offer con- That loan book soaked about perous investors. its from traditional businesses like entele who are lower on the economic bank uses shareholder capital to pro- sumer loans online through a new half of the deposits it had at the end A creative strategy taking shape bond trading have slowed down. In totem pole. Sources would not detail a duce profits. effort led by former Discover Finan- of 2015. The GE deal added another inside the bank calls for it to partner April, Goldman completed a deal to wealth threshold for borrowers Gold- Goldman’s return has slumped cial Services’ executive Harit Talwar. $16 billion in deposits, likely depress- with small brokerages and wealth buy $17bn worth of online deposits man will reach through third parties, because businesses like trading are Goldman’s moves mimic Morgan ing that ratio. By comparison, Morgan management firms to lend money to from GE Capital Bank to expand its but said they are likely to be “mass struggling to generate the type of Stanley’s in that both are trying to Stanley lends out around 55 percent their clients, many of whom have far reach on Main Street. affluent” — which is broadly defined earnings they once did. That’s partly lend more, mostly through the wealth of its deposits and has said publicly it less wealth than what’s in the typical “Growing the lending business to a as those with less than $1m in invest- because of weak markets, but also channel, and that many of the loans was targeting to grow that percent- Goldman private bank account. broader client base helps to offset some able assets. They declined to give because financial regulations intro- are backed by investment portfolios age to 70 percent. The idea is for Goldman to reach of the pain that has been happening on details on how its partnerships with duced since the financial crisis limit the of stocks and bonds. There is danger in being too a big set of borrowers, in the US and the trading side,” said Steven Chubak, brokerages will work in terms of fees, businesses banks can engage in, and But their strategies differ in that aggressive in expanding a loan book possibly abroad, without having to an analyst with Nomura. underwriting or collateral. require them to hold much more capital. Morgan Stanley is lending to its own when there is tough competition for acquire them through a merger or Bankers involved with the Gold- Goldman already has rela- These new rules are pushing clients, after having bought the Smith good borrowers, as there is today. build relationships one by one, peo- man plan say they are not upending its tionships with outside investment Goldman and its closest rival, Mor- Barney brokerage business from Goldman’s strategy may carry addi- ple familiar with the initiative said. business model of catering to the uber managers where it sells its own gan Stanley to move further into Citigroup Inc years ago in a transforma- tional risk: because borrowers are The plan is still in very early stages wealthy. The typical client in Gold- mutual funds, structured notes and traditional lending. It is still a rela- tional deal. Goldman does not currently not in-house, the bank may have to and may not be active until next year, man’s US private wealth unit has an alternative investments. Loans would tively new concept for the two, which have ambitions to acquire any kind of rely on other firms to vet credit his- the people added. average account size of around $50m. be an additional offering, people became bank holding companies large brokerage or depository bank, tories and assess asset values. It is The strategy is unusual not just Those customers are where Goldman involved in the strategy said. at the height of the financial crisis sources said, and hence it is pursuing unclear how Goldman plans to man- for Goldman, but across Wall Street, remains primarily focused. Goldman reported a 6.4 percent in 2008, and have only focused on loan growth through third-parties. age those risks. Sluggish factory activity in Asia and Europe

subdued picture of an economy that stimulus and weaker euro has yet grew an encouraging 0.6 percent to feed through to eurozone facto- While the Fed is between January and March. With ries which operated only marginally contemplating when manufacturing dogged by insuf- faster in April. ficient demand and excess supply, Markit’s Manufacturing Pur- to hike next, the the regional readings are likely to chasing Managers Index (PMI) rose ECB is preparing reinforce the view that a recent to 51.7 from March’s 51.6, a mar- pick-up in economic momentum ginal improvement from an earlier to buy corporate will be difficult to sustain and fur- flash estimate of 51.5. “The economy bonds as part of its ther policy stimulus is needed. is growing but the pace is still very trillion-plus euro “The backdrop remains one of moderate. There’s no reason to the sub-trend growth, inflation that is ECB to change its policy stance,” said asset purchase below target, difficulty in increasing Christoph Weil, economist at Com- programme. revenue as margins are sacrificed to merzbank in Frankfurt. win modest volume gains, slow wage Manufacturing growth was growth cramping spending and cen- strong in Italy and, buoyed by rising Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer during a press conference on Westpac’s half year results in Sydney yesterday. tral banks that have used up much of demand at home and abroad, hit a their policy ammunition,” said Alan three-month high in Germany. But Reuters Oster, chief economist at National in France activity contracted at the Australia Bank. steepest rate in a year. That has been a factor in foot- What will probably make par- Westpac shares savaged as dragging by the Federal Reserve over ticularly grim reading for ECB BENGALURU/SYDNEY: Asian facto- a follow-up to its December rate hike, policymakers is the deep price cuts ries barely grew in April and those in leaving the markets in a sweat in case factories were again forced in to in the eurozone did little better despite US policymakers move in June. The order to drum up new business. The interim profit inches up heavy discounting, setting a sluggish equivalent manufacturing reading survey’s output price index was 47.4, tone yesterday for the global econ- from the US Institute of Supply Man- higher than March’s 47.1 but the sec- omy in the second quarter. agement was forecast to dip back to a ond-lowest since early 2010. Eurozone Japanese manufacturing activ- modest 51.4, from 51.8, ahead of the inflation again fell below zero last AFP out volatile items, was Aus$3.90bn. changes, the bank raised around ity shrank last month at the fastest always-pivotal payrolls report out month as energy prices dropped. This was below expectations and Aus$6bn in equity over calendar pace in more than three years as on Friday. Doubts about the effectiveness of its stock was sold off, slumping 3.54 2015 which Hartzer said had “mate- major earthquakes disrupted pro- While the Fed is contemplating the global monetary policy arsenal percent to close at Aus$29.50. rially strengthened the group’s capital duction, while the former bright spot when to hike next, the European resurfaced last week when the Bank SYDNEY: Australian banking heav- “The increase in bad debt pro- base” but which impacted earnings of India sank to a four-month trough Central Bank is preparing to buy of Japan refrained from offering any yweight Westpac posted a three visions is a bit larger than generally per share. and growth in China was all but flat. corporate bonds as part of its tril- hint of more stimulus, hitting stocks percent rise in interim net profit expected,” said CMC Markets chief “Importantly, on most measures, The eurozone reading edged up lion-plus euro asset purchase as the yen surged — a trend that con- yesterday as it battles regulatory analyst Ric Spooner, explaining the overall asset quality remains sound, only marginally, painting a more programme. So far, the massive ECB tinued yesterday. changes and rising bad loans, dis- market reaction. with the level of stressed assets lit- appointing investors who savaged Impairment expenses of tle changed over the half,” he added. the share price. Aus$667m, to firms it did not iden- “There have been a few pock- Westpac’s Aus$3.70bn tify, were recorded for the first half, ets of stress, mostly related to lower (US$2.81bn) result in the six months almost double last year’s level. commodity prices, and an increase Air France-KLM Boat show to March 31 kicked off a week of half- “This was mainly about four large in provisions for a small number of yearly reporting from the nation’s top corporate debtors and problems in larger exposures, which contributed board picks lenders, which all face similar con- this area had previously been flagged to a rise in impairment charges.” cerns. Slumping commodity prices to the market,” added Spooner. Despite rising bank funding costs are squeezing Australia’s resources Chief executive Brian Hartzer and tougher capital rules, Westpac Janaillac as CEO companies, causing worries for banks said the result was sound given the managed to raise its dividend by one that have lent them billions of dollars. environment. “Westpac remains cent to 94 cents per share from the AFP The banks are also juggling new well-placed to respond to this chal- same period last year. rules by the Australian Prudential lenging environment,” he said. ANZ Bank reports its interim Regulation Authority that demand “We have strengthened our bal- profit today while National Australia PARIS: Air France-KLM’s board they hold more reserves as a buffer ance sheet and made good progress Bank follows on Thursday. of directors on Sunday appointed against mortgages — part of a glo- implementing our strategy to build The Commonwealth Bank, the Jean-Marc Janaillac, the current bal effort after the 2008-9 financial one of the world’s great service com- country’s biggest lender, follows a head of French transport group crisis. panies by investing in growth, service different cycle. In February it posted Transdev, as the group’s new chief Westpac’s cash profit, the indus- and productivity initiatives.” a modest two percent rise in first-half executive following the surprise try’s preferred measure which strips In response to the regulatory net profit to Aus$4.62bn. resignation of Alexandre de Juniac. “The board has decided that Janaillac will be co-opted as a group director when de Juniac leaves office on July 31 at the latest. Business travel cooling: Virgin Australia He will then be appointed chair- man and chief executive officer of Air France-KLM,” the board said. Reuters it may sell its 26 percent stake. The firm’s shares fell 5 per- The appointment of 63-year- cent to a two-year intraday low. The carriers say election old Janaillac was anticipated. De campaigns mean businesses delay non-essential travel Juniac announced his departure on until they know the outcome. Last month Prime Minis- April 5 to take charge of aviation SYDNEY: Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd joined rival Qan- ter Malcolm Turnbull named a probable election date 10 industry group IATA by the end tas Airways Ltd in slashing seating capacity, warning firms weeks out — double Australia’s usual campaign length. of July. He helped Europe’s sec- like mining companies are delaying business travel dur- “It does tend to create a situation where businesses ond biggest airline group return ing a 10-week election campaign that will fuel doubts on sit on their hands until they get clarity about who’s in to profit last year for the first time economic policy. charge,” said Bell Potter analyst John O’Shea. The mining since 2008, but his four-year spell As its focuses on a return to profit after years of losses slowdown is “still working its way through the system”. at the helm was also marked by in a damaging price war, Virgin Australia said yesterday Sliding commodity prices have slammed the coun- acrimonious relations with pilots. that it plans to cut seats on its April-June flights by 5.1 per- try’s resources sector. As miners hold off for now on “fly The airline praised succes- cent to ensure fuller flights. In April, Qantas also trimmed in, fly out” travel - shuttling staff to and from far-flung sor Janaillac’s “knowledge of the capacity plans citing the run-up to a likely July 2 vote. mines - Virgin Australia will focus seat reductions on Luxury boats are berthed in a marina during the Hong Kong airline industry and its custom- “This environment has been impacted by weak con- regional routes, while it works on a previously announced ers”. “His capacity for dialogue Gold Coast Boat Show at the Gold Coast Yacht & Country Club sumer demand and sentiment, uncertainty around the deal targeting that market with charter operator Alliance with employees and other group in Hong Kong. Sixty major international exhibitors displayed a federal election and the resources sector downturn,” Vir- Aviation Services. stakeholders will enable him to collection of vessels and related equipment at the show which gin Australia Chief Executive Officer John Borghetti said. Corporate travel is big business for Virgin Australia. meet the challenges that the Air ended yesterday. The capacity cuts add to clouds gathering since Virgin The carrier previously set a target of reaping 30 percent France-KLM group faces,” it added. Australia’s biggest shareholder, Air New Zealand Ltd, said of its revenue from business travel by end-June 2017. BUSINESS TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 25

Australia’s Craig The bitcoin economy Bitcoin is a digital currency that enables payment in a decentralised peer-to-peer (P2P) network that is pow- ered and approved by the consensus of its users. There is no central authority or middleman that controls it. Wright says he Transactions Mining A user generates a request to The request floats on the bitcoin During the mining process, Miners compete to match the block’s header with 12transfer a bitcoin value from network until users in the network 3transactions are packed into 4a nonce, an arbitrary number used only once, to their account to another using called “miners” pick it up for data blocks and are randomly get a short alphanumeric code called hash, which created bitcoin a mobile device or computer. processing. assigned with a header. must have a value below a certain difficulty target. Each hash Transaction Bitcoin network 5 Miners accepted by the bitcoin network significant for the future of bitcoin, is rewarded a computer-generated, digital alter- with bitcoins, Unlike traditional native to other currencies that has currently at 25, currency, bitcoins attracted the interest of banks, spec- but this will ulators, criminals and regulators. exponentially are not distributed Researchers believe Nakamoto decrease as more miners join by a central bank or may be holding up to one million bit- the network. coins, which is worth about $440m, Header 311 backed by physical and the price of the cryptocur- Header 312 Header 313 To: 16Ls6azc76ixc9Ny7AB5ZPPq6oiEL9XwXy It takes about 10 assets like gold, but rency could plunge if that was to be Block Amount:2.0 BTC SEND minutes to process are “mined” by users unloaded. Wright declined requests a transaction and from The Economist to provide further once it’s done, it is Block Nonce proof that he was Nakamoto. irreversible. who use computers to Bitcoin client software is chain Hash calculate increasingly “Our conclusion is that Wright could required to create a virtual well be Nakamoto, but that important wallet, a private key, and complex algorithmic questions remain,” The Economist public key for authenticating 6 The hash values are then added to the next block’s header, creating a block chain formulas. said. “Indeed, it may never be possible and securing each transaction. which serves as the public ledger of all transactions ever made in the bitcoin to establish beyond reasonable doubt network. who really created bitcoin.” Sources: Bitcoin.org; Bitcoin Ladder The BBC said prominent mem- bers of the bitcoin community had C. Inton, staff, 09/12/2015 Reuters confirmed Wright’s claim. “I was the main part of it, but other people nearly one million bitcoins, he will December 2014 that cryptocurrency perseverance have taken my small Roberto Capodieci, a Singapore- helped me,” the BBC quoted Wright be for sure closely watched by inves- should be considered an asset, rather contribution and nurtured it, based entrepreneur working on the as saying. Hopes that bitcoin would tors trying to guess his future moves,” than a currency, for capital gains tax enhanced it, breathed life into it,” he blockchain, the technology under- SYDNEY/SINGAPORE: Austral- become broadly used helped buoy Tomas Forgac, who runs bitcoin star- purposes. wrote. “You have given the world a lying the currency. That movement ian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright its price to more than $1,000 in tup Coin of Sale, said. Yesterday, the ATO said it had great gift. Thank you.” ranges from libertarian enthusiasts told the BBC that he was the creator December 2013, when its market In December, police raided no comment while police were not However Wright did not make to banks experimenting with crypto- of controversial digital currency bit- capitalisation was $13bn. Wright’s Sydney home and office after immediately available for comment. a clear admission that he was currencies, all of which pay homage coin, but some scepticism remained But the market cap has retreated Wired magazine named him as the In a blog post dated yesterday, Nakamoto. “Satoshi is dead,” he said. in some way to Nakamoto’s writings. about the identity of a person who since then, to about $7bn currently. probable creator of bitcoin and holder Wright appeared to out himself as “But this is only the beginning.” Top of the list of outstanding until now has gone by the name of Bitcoin fell more than 3 percent of hundreds of millions of dollars bitcoin founder by posting a techni- Unlike traditional currency, bit- issues is the future of bitcoin itself, Satoshi Nakamoto. after news of Wright’s claims, from worth of the cryptocurrency, which cal explanation, including examples coins are not distributed by a central where two groups are debating over The BBC reported yesterday that $454.89 to below $440, before recov- has attracted the interest of banks, of code, of the process by which he bank or backed by physical assets like changes to the size of the blocks in Wright gave some technical proof ering slightly. speculators, criminals and regulators. created the currency. He thanked all gold, but are “mined” by users who the blockchain, the digital ledger that demonstrating that he had access to Wright told The Economist he The treatment of bitcoins for tax those who had supported the project use computers to calculate increas- stores transactions. “He may help to blocks of bitcoins known to have been would exchange bitcoin slowly to avoid purposes in Australia has been the from its inception. ingly complex algorithmic formulas. settle the issues internal to the bitcoin created by bitcoin’s creator. pushing down its price. “If Wright is subject of considerable debate. The “This incredible commu- If Wright is Nakamoto he “is community: block size and new node Unmasking Nakamoto could be in possession of Satoshi’s original Australian Tax Office (ATO) ruled in nity’s passion and intellect and now the leader of a movement”, said protocols,” Capodieci said.

Japanese shares plummet Taqa mulls hiving off Loans and deposit growth help lift oil and gas assets Arab Bank profits

Reuters Reuters Netherlands and Iraq. But in the last two years it has suffered from the plunge of global oil prices and huge AMMAN: Arab Bank Group, Jor- debts taken on to fund its expansion. dan’s largest lender, said yesterday ABU DHABI/DUBAI: Abu Dhabi Taqa’s oil and gas assets were valued that its first-quarter net profit was National Energy Co (Taqa) is consid- at Dh30.10bn ($8.2bn) at end-2015, $218.3m, up from $217.2m a year ering whether to sell its overseas oil its annual report showed. earlier, helped by a rise in loans and gas assets to another Abu Dhabi Now it plans to focus on its core and customer deposits. state-owned entity as it focuses on water and power business and divest The bank, one of the Middle its core business of power genera- stakes in non-core assets, company East’s major financial institutions, tion and water production, sources officials have said. “Taqa’s invest- said in a statement loans and cus- told Reuters. ment strategy hasn’t worked as tomer deposits grew by 3 percent According to Taqa’s 2015 annual expected and weak oil prices are and 2 percent respectively com- report, the company has an agree- forcing it to sell its oil and gas assets pared with the same period last ment with a “related party” under to one of the Abu Dhabi government- year. Customer deposits were which, at the request of Taqa, that related entities,” one source familiar $35.4bn at the end of March while party would buy all its oil and gas with the matter told Reuters. loans were $24.4bn. assets in North America and Atrush The sources said they believed Arab Bank, present in 30 coun- in Iraqi Kurdistan, plus most of its one of three Abu Dhabi state entities tries in five continents, owns 40 assets in Europe, at an agreed price. might buy the assets: International percent of Saudi Arabia’s Arab Employees work under a monitor displaying the Nikkei Stock Average at a foreign exchange brokerage The annual report didn’t specify Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC), National Bank ANB. Chairman in Tokyo yesterday. Japanese shares plummeted, falling over three percent following the yen rise against the price or the related party. But the investment firm Mubadala, or Abu Sabih Al Masri said first-quar- the US dollar. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 518.67 points, or 3.11 percent, to end at 16,147.38. sources, who are close to Taqa but Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc). ter results reflected “the bank’s declined to be named because the Contacted by Reuters, Mubadala well-diversified asset based and matter isn’t public, said the company and Adnoc said they did not have any geographical spread”. was now considering exercising that agreement to buy Taqa assets. IPIC Chief Executive Nemeh option. Taqa declined to comment. declined to comment. On Thurs- Sabbagh said the ratio of non- Bell Canada buys Loss-making Taqa, 75 per- day, Standard & Poor’s affirmed its performing loans to net loans was Half of leading investors cent owned by the government of ‘A’ long-term corporate credit rating 4.7 percent at the end of March. Manitoba Telecom Abu Dhabi, has been scaling back of Taqa, although it said it considered Liquidity continued to be robust investments overseas and cutting Taqa’s stand-alone credit profile had with a loan-to-deposit ratio of 68.9 for Can$3.9bn costs to cope with the slump in weakened to ‘B’. percent. ignoring climate change crude oil prices. Founded in 2005, S&P cited not only continued In January, Arab Bank Taqa went on an expansion drive Abu Dhabi government support for reported 2015 net profit of AFP to create an energy giant to rival oil Taqa but also the agreement with the $442m, from $577m a year ear- Reuters mainstream issue for institutional majors such as Exxon and BP. Bil- related party, which it said gave the lier, after putting aside hundreds investors and last year has seen lions of dollars were spent acquiring company “an option to sell most of its of millions to cover a legal settle- MONTREAL: Telecommunications many significantly step up their assets in North America, Britain, the oil and gas assets at book value”. ment in the United States. behemoth Bell Canada announced action to manage this,” AODP Chief yesterday the purchase of Mani- LONDON: Almost half of the world’s Executive Julian Poulter said in a toba Telecom Services — one of top 500 investors are doing nothing statement. the few remaining independent to address climate change through “However ... it is shocking that regional telecoms in the nation — their investments, a study showed nearly half the world’s biggest Zain to buy Etisalat’s stake in Sudan firm for Can$3.9bn (US$3.1bn). yesterday. investors are doing nothing at all to Manitoba Telecom Services A report by the Asset Owners mitigate climate risk,” he said, add- (MTS) shareholders will receive Disclosure Project (AODP), a not- ing pensions funds and insurers that Reuters its subscribers in 2015. Although its voice and Internet licences so that Can$40 in cash or 0.6756 Bell for-profit organisation aimed at ignore climate change were “gam- Sudan operations have suffered for- they can provide these services in Canada shares for each MTS share improving the management of cli- bling with the savings and financial eign exchange losses following the bundled packages to consumers and tendered, according to a statement. mate change, found that just under security of hundreds of millions of plunge in the value of the Sudanese businesses. The sale price is 23.2 percent above a fifth of the top investors — or 97 people”. DUBAI: Kuwaiti telecom firm Zain pound, the local currency has stabi- This helps retain customers while MTS’s market value over the past managing a total of $9.4 trillion in The AODP rates the world’s 500 has agreed to buy Abu Dhabi-listed lised recently. business services usually gener- 20 trading days. assets — were taking tangible steps biggest pension funds, insurers, sov- Etisalat’s 92.3 percent stake in Suda- The pound’s woes also make it ate higher margins than consumer In order to defray the hefty to mitigate global warming. ereign wealth funds, foundations nese fixed line operator Canar for difficult for Zain to repatriate profits, mobile tariffs, which have slumped purchase costs, Bell said it would These include investing in low and endowments, which collec- Dh349.6m ($95.2m). leading it to invest in local real estate due to competition from other oper- also divest one-third of Manitoba polluting assets or encouraging tively manage $38 trillion in assets, The deal would strengthen Zain’s as a hedge against inflation as well as ators and rival services such as Telecom’s wireless subscribers and the companies they invest in to be on their success at managing climate grip on Sudan’s telecom sector where raising the unit’s capital expenditure. Internet-based messaging and calls. dealer locations in the province to greener. risk within their portfolios. it is already the top mobile operator Zain Sudan, which launched 4G Etisalat took a stake in Canar rival Telus. A further 157 investors managing Based on direct disclosures and by subscribers and has long sought services last month, reported a 77 in 2004 and three years later spent MTS was founded by the a total of $14.2 trillion were taking publicly available information, they to add a fixed-line licence. percent rise in 2015 profit to 1.04bn Dh584m to more than doubled its Manitoba government in 1908, “first steps” towards addressing cli- are graded from ‘AAA’ to ‘D’ while It is subject to approval from the Sudanese pounds. In dollar terms holding. In 2012 it took an impair- and was later privatised, all the mate change, while 246 managing those taking no action are rated ‘X’. Sudanese authorities, an Etisalat profit rose by 66 percent. ment of Dh459m on Canar due to while remaining the dominant $14 trillion were doing nothing at all, Best-performing was Britain’s statement said yesterday. In recent years, telecom oper- local inflation, currency fluctuations telecommunications provider in the report said. Environment Agency Pension Fund, Sudan accounted for 19 percent ators in the Middle East and Africa and difficult economic and political the province. “Climate change risk is now a with $3.96bn in assets. of Zain’s revenue and 26 percent of have sought to hold mobile and fixed conditions. 26 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 BUSINESS

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,092.07 0.94 % QE Total Return Index 16,328.3 0.94 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,950.63 0.81 % QE All Share Index 2,818.24 0.84 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,711.13 0.62 % QE All Share Industrials 3,110.93 1.30 % QE All Share Transportation 2,535.75 0.18 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,531.04 2.05 % QE All Share Insurance 4,325.26 0.16 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,160.38 0.56 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,571.53 0.07 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 02-05-2016 Today 01-05-2016 Previous day Index 10,092.07 10,187.98 Change 95.91 1.80 % 0.94 0.02 YTD% 3.23 2.31 Volume 9,337,098 7,972,435 Value (QAR) 268,406,172.16 185,321,050.29 Trades 4,599 3,927 Up 10 | Down 26 | Unchanged 03

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low All Ordinaries 5311.997 -4.007 -0.08 5379.6 4762.1 Cac 40 Index/D 4454.82 25.86 0.58 4607.69 3892.46 Dj Indu Average 17773.64 -57.12 -0.32 18351.4 15370.3 Hang Seng Inde/D 21067.05 -320.98 -1.5 21794.84 18278.8 Iseq Overall/D 6161.41 -76.67 -1.23 6791.68 5611.89 Karachi 100 In/D 34567.52 -151.77 -0.44 34881.67 29785 Nikkei 225 Index 16147.38 -518.67 -3.11 18951.12 14865.77 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 2134.72 1810.1

EXCHANGE RATE Currency Buying Selling US$ QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 UK QR 5.3015 QR 5.3758 INTERNATIONAL MARKETS - A LIST OF SHARES FROM THE WORLD Euro QR 4.1346 QR 4.2183 COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME CA$ QR 2.8832 QR 2..9393 NAME CHG TRADED NAME CHG TRADED NAME CHG TRADED NAME CHG TRADED Swiss Fr QR 3.7763 QR 3.8305 Yen QR 0.0339 QR 0.0345 A C C-A/D 1420.1 -22.9 13593 Electrosteel-B/D 18.8 -0.1 53017 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 299.4 -0.5 29801 Til Ltd.-T/D 320.3 -8.3 1002 Aus$ QR 2.7570 QR 2.8123 Aarti Drugs-B/D 460.4 -12.1 3026 Emco-B/D 27 -0.25 20602 Kalpat Power-B/D 211 1.15 1855 Timexgroup-T/D 36 1.4 80395 Ind Re QR 0.0543 QR 0.0554 Aban Offs-A/D 225 4.15 799944 Escorts Fin-B/D 4.05 -0.14 9685 Kalyani Stel-T/D 167.3 -3.4 25445 Tinplate-B/D 66.9 -9.15 252506 Pak Re QR 0.0344 QR 0.0351 Aegis Logis-B/D 117.35 2.15 115043 Escorts-A/D 173.75 4.75 481426 Kanoria Chem-B/D 65.05 1.1 10582 Ucal Fuel-B/D 104.8 -0.8 7081 Alembic-B/D 36.75 -0.45 52056 Eveready Indu-/D 248.6 -3.75 11242 Kg Denim-B/D 88 2.45 5797 Ucal Fuel-B/D 104.8 -0.8 7081 Peso QR 0.0767 QR 0.0782 Alok Indus-A/D 4.57 -0.04 599228 F D C-B/D 177.6 -2.55 4395 Kilburnengg-Xd/D 57.75 -1.65 2084 Ultramarine-B/D 122.7 0.9 3604 SL Re QR 0.0246 QR 0.0253 Apollo Tyre-A/D 162.15 1.95 177386 Federal Bank-A/D 46.55 0.6 1467616 Kopran-B/D 52.3 0.45 70884 Unitech P -A/D 4.74 0 4668646 Taka QR 0.0460 QR 0.0470 Asahi I Glass-/D 162 -0.95 8726 Ferro Alloys-B/D 5 0.05 19870 Lgb Broth-B/D 462 -15 3179 Uppergsugar-T/D 125.9 5.6 10627 Nep Re QR 0.0340 QR 0.0346 Ashok Leyland-/D 105.75 -0.85 1821473 Finolex-A/D 361 -2.6 4502 Lloyd Metal-B/D 27 -0.3 16160 LONDON SA Rand QR 0.2541 QR 0.2594 Bajaj Hold-A/D 1440.05 7.8 3306 Gail-A/D 367.1 6.8 106504 Lok.Hous&Con-B/D 6.42 0.4 307409 Ballarpur In-B/D 17 -0.29 328613 Galada Power-B/D 13.65 -0.49 1740 Lupin-A/D 1617 9.25 47774 3I Group/D 475.7161 -8 1708042 Bata India-A/D 580 -6.05 35605 Gammon India-T/D 11.91 -0.17 60966 Lyka Labs-T/D 77.6 -1.5 10213 Assoc.Br.Foods/D 3071.9 -4 704452 GOLD AND SILVER Beml Ltd-A/D 916.55 -2.8 9769 Garden P -B/D 24.15 0.55 6968 Mafatlal Ind-B/D 305 5.7 1371 Barclays/D 173.217132 -2.9 63013667 Bh Electronic-/D 1193 10.25 11087 Godfrey Phil-B/D 898.05 -7.05 35845 Mah.Seamless-B/D 202.1 -1.5 8485 Bp/D 376.420362 -8.55 37805374 GOLD QR152.6287 per gramme Bhansali Eng-T/D 18.8 0 10312 Goodricke-B/D 183.9 3.7 22151 Mangalam Cem-B/D 262.6 -5.3 7139 Brit Am Tobacc/D 4170.833872 -16 2656366 SILVER QR2.1002 per gramme Bharat Bijle-B/D 1082.5 27.25 15721 Goodyear I -B/D 502 -2.7 2650 Mastek-B/D 144.9 0.2 18655 Bt Group/D 444.4021106 8.95 23169247 Bharatgears-B/D 81.3 1.1 1408 Hcl Infosys-B/D 42.15 0.65 578563 Max Financial-/D 369.7 5.1 11387 Centrica/D 238.716531 -0.5 11161087 Bhartiya Int-B/D 546 6.2 6912 Him.Fut.Comm-T/D 18.1 -0.25 1077087 Mrpl-A/D 69.15 1.6 83402 Gkn/D 282.2586 -8.1 4791598 Bhel-A/D 127.8 2.4 670371 Himat Seide-B/D 243.45 9.25 107448 Nagreeka Ex-B/D 27.7 0.25 2590 Hsbc Holdings/D 457.1589 -14.85 37436672 Bhuwalka Stl-X/D 6.46 -0.34 2606 Hind Motors-T/D 5.2 -0.05 16437 Nagreeka Ex-B/D 27.7 0.25 2590 Kingfisher/D 364.958098 -6.2 6979129 Most stock markets Bom.Burmah-B/D 404 0.65 20780 Hind Org Chem-/D 17.4 0.95 38950 Nahar Spg.-B/D 105.5 0.95 10785 Land Secs Grou/D1139.6114 -8 2727085 Bombay Dyeing-/D 49.9 0.75 316075 Hind Unilever-/D 864.35 -2.3 38911 Nation Alum -A/D 46.4 0.55 87310 Legal & Genera/D 224.2 -4.1 15430066 Camph.& All-B/D 586 -1.1 2205 Hind.Petrol-A/D 841.15 6.75 66129 Navneet Edu-B/D 88.65 2.5 24624 Lloyds Bnk Grp/D 67.07 -1.04 160030652 in the Gulf fall Canfin Homes-B/D 1231.95 28.45 9165 Hindalco-A/D 98.65 2.3 1923255 Nepc India-T/D 1.46 -0.03 7400 Marks & Sp./D429.993013 -8.9 5237661 Caprihans-Xc/D 96.1 1.1 3965 Hous Dev Fin-A/D 1092.75 3.95 206820 Neuland Lab-B/D 736.25 -16.25 1193 Next/D 5120.284314 -65 809089 Reuters Castrol India-/D 394.85 -1.5 34762 I F C I-A/D 25.25 -0.2 458974 Nrb Bearings-B/D 124 -0.9 2161 Pearson/D 804.1864 -9.5 3187950 Century Enka-B/D 201.6 1 18214 Idbi-A/D 68.65 -0.55 536558 O N G C-A/D 218 0.1 279987 Prudential/D 1355.368231 -27.5 3802931 Century Text-A/D 638.55 0.1 161446 India Cement-A/D 92 2.8 512302 Oil Country-B/D 28.7 0.5 6181 Rank Group/D 241 -7 194307 DUBAI: Stock markets in the Gulf fell yesterday after Chambal Fert-B/D 63.7 2.85 197936 India Glycol-B/D 87.45 1.05 7888 Orchid Pharm-B/D 40.95 -0.55 68666 Rentokil Initi/D 177.6161 -0.8 2706170 oil prices pulled back and Dubai blue chip Emaar Prop- Chola Invest-A/D 849 53.15 31805 Indian Hotel-A/D 103.8 -1.35 10423 Orient Hotel-T/D 22 0.05 1975 Rolls Royce Pl/D 680.8282 -24.5 4964268 erties dropped following the release of its first-quarter Chowgule St-T/D 17.5 -0.01 1025 Indo-Tcount-T/D 1066.05 14.1 5430 Orient.Carb.-T/D 474.3 -1.7 2422 Rsa Insrance G/D 459.1 -0.5 1827027 earnings. Saudi Arabia’s index slipped 0.6 percent as Cimmco-B/D 71.7 0.85 1850 Indusind-A/D 1044.05 -5.15 69829 Orient.Carb.-T/D 474.3 -1.7 2422 Sainsbury(J)/D 288.9 -2.9 4524822 petrochemical shares in particular were weak, with Cipla-A/D 538.3 1.3 293764 J.B.Chemical-B/D 250.15 5 8058 Oudh Sugar-B/D 76.7 3.8 135396 Schroders/D 2517.459536 -54 438915 Saudi Basic Industries losing 1.2 percent. Saudi Ara- City Union Bk-/D 94 0.35 11372 Jagson Phar-B/D 34.3 -0.05 9015 Punjab Chem.-B/D 165 8 4808 Severn Trent/D 2227 -3 643032 bian Mining Co retreated 3 percent after jumping by Colgate-A/D 846 4.55 10858 Jamnaauto-B/D 142.9 2.5 32703 Radico Khait-B/D 88.3 0.1 12055 Smith&Nephew/D 1157.197846 -13 2564320 its 10 percent daily limit on Sunday. Container Cor-/D 1366.2 16.85 13730 Jbf Indu-B/D 222.8 11.85 73085 Rallis India-A/D 196.5 2 50166 Smiths Group/D1107.6676 -29 1346592 In Dubai, the index fell 1.8 percent. Emaar rose at the Dai-Tichi Kar-/D 400 -6.9 2253 Jct Elect P -B/D 0.31 -0.01 43652 Rallis India-A/D 196.5 2 50166 Standrd Chart /D552.017236 -18.5 9371469 opening but closed 2.1 percent lower; it reported a 17 per- Dcm Shram Ind-/D 129.8 4.5 3614 Jct Ltd-B/D 3.99 -0.12 485886 Reliance Indus/D 417.7 -2.7 73880 Tate & Lyle/D 588 -8.5 958661 cent rise in first-quarter net profit to Dh1.21bn ($330m). Dhampur Sugar-/D 89.35 0.95 151398 Jik Indust-B/D 0.81 0.03 3020 Ruchi Soya-B/D 27.2 -1.35 121873 Tesco/D 173.7329 -1.2 22425618 Dubai Investments, another stock commonly seen Dr. Reddy-A/D 3012.1 -82.2 18232 Jindal Drill-B/D 174.9 -5.3 24503 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 515.15 -7.9 4886 Unilever/D 3061.044153 -52.5 2010785 as a play on the Dubai economy, sank 5.1 percent. Dubai E I H-B/D 103.3 0.6 4054 Jktyre&Ind-A/D 83.7 -0.2 139481 Samtel-Xt/D 7.5 -0.08 1000 United Util Gr/D 939.5 2 1444677 Financial Market slid 4 percent after reporting a 27 per- E.I.D Parry-A/D 228 -1.65 26713 Jmc Projects-T/D 226 2 1045 Saur.Cem-B/D 62.65 -1.2 24589 Vodafone Group/D 219.2 -4.7 56098193 cent rise in first-quarter net profit on the back of an Eicher Motor-A/D19874.75 -157.9 2926 Kajaria Cer-A/D 1060.65 8.4 16337 Thirumalai-B/D 243.4 16.8 85861 Whitbread/D 3912.135683 -140 943150 increase in trading activity. But GFH Financial rose 0.9 percent after saying it had signed a preliminary letter of intent with Abu Dhabi’s Eshraq Properties, under which GFH might sell real estate assets to Eshraq in exchange for Eshraq shares. Eshraq dropped 1.2 percent and was Abu Dhabi’s most heavily traded stock. Auto stocks help Europe drive higher Abu Dhabi’s index lost 0.8 percent as some banks continued falling after last week’s disappointing earn- ings in the sector. Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) outperformed, rising early on and closing flat in unu- AFP for China,” said a note from the Wall Street was also higher released last week showed growth seen under Abenomics, particu- sually heavy trade, after sources told Reuters that Taqa brokerage house. Fiat shares got a approaching midday despite a in the US economy had unexpect- larly with the yen breaking to ever was considering whether to sell its overseas oil and gas bump early on, but ended the day key manufacturing report issued edly slowed to a 0.5 percent annual higher levels,” he added, referring to assets to another Abu Dhabi state-owned entity as it down 0.5 percent in Milan. Monday showed the sector slowed rate in the first quarter of this year. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s growth focuses on its core business of power generation and PARIS: European shares pushed However in Germany shares much more than expected in April. Tokyo stocks plunged more policy blitz. water production. Taqa declined to comment. higher yesterday in holiday- in Mercedes-maker Daimler rose The Institute for Supply Manage- than three percent leading a sell-off The yen has soared against the Qatar’s index fell 0.9 percent as real estate firm Ezdan thinned trading with shares in car 0.7 percent and BMW climbed 0.8 ment’s manufacturing PMI index across Asia, also in limited holi- dollar since the BoJ decision, which Holding lost 2.7 percent after reporting a 12 percent increase manufacturers leading the way, percent, with VW managing a 0.2 fell to 50.8 from 51.8 in March, near- day trades, after the Bank of Japan came soon after the US Federal in first-quarter profit to QR585m ($161m). But Dlalala Bro- despite a sharp drop in Tokyo as percent gain. ing the no-growth level. surprised markets by opting Thurs- Reserve indicated it was keep- kerage surged its 10 percent daily limit in unusually heavy a surging yen hit exporters. “However, Italian banking The report kicked off of a week day not to unleash fresh stimulus ing its eye on market movements trade. Egypt’s market was closed for a public holiday. “European equities are trading stocks are hamstringing the finan- of heavy of big US economic data despite signs of faltering growth. before hiking interest rates again. mostly higher in afternoon action, cial sector after a disappointing releases that includes April jobs and After Friday’s public holiday in And it remains elevated despite Japan HIGHLIGHTS though volume is lighter than usual banking stock initial public offering car sales data. After the ISM report Japan, the Nikkei closed 3.1 percent Finance Minister Taro Aso trying to SAUDI ARABIA: The index slipped 0.6 percent to with U.K. markets closed for a holi- (IPO) in the nation,” said Charles the dollar fell against the euro. lower yesterday, playing catch up talk it down by hinting at possible 6,716 points. day,” said market analysts at Charles Schwab analysts. “The euro-dollar rate crossed a with sharp losses on Wall Street on intervention if its strength continues. DUBAI: The index fell 1.8 percent to 3,385 points. Schwab. Germany’s DAX 30 ended Milan closed down 1.0 percent major technical level of $1.15 which Friday. “We expect short-term share On Saturday he said the rally ABU DHABI: The index dropped 0.8 percent to 4,470 the day up 0.8 percent, while France’s after investors were not seduced by opens up the possibility for a much market volatility to remain high,” was “extremely worrying”, add- points. CAC 40 rose 0.3 percent. an initial public offering by Banca higher increase,” said analyst Syl- Shane Oliver, the Sydney-based head ing that “speculative moves are QATAR: The index fell 0.9 percent to 10,092 points. “Automakers are moving higher Popolare di Vicenza, hitting other vain Loganadin at FXCM brokerage. of investment strategy AMP Capi- seen behind it”. “Tokyo will con- KUWAIT: The index dropped 0.6 percent to 5,372 to help buoy the markets, aided by banking shares, including sector “In effect, traders are position- tal Investors, told Bloomberg News. tinue watching the market trends points. upbeat comments from Fiat Chrys- leaders Unicredit, which fell by 6.9 ing themselves for the publication “Failure by the BoJ to do more carefully and take actions when OMAN: The index edged up 0.1 percent to 5,952 points. ler Automobiles NV’s Chairman percent and Intesa Sanpaolo, which of disappointing US non-farm pay- soon risks unwinding all the necessary,” he said. The greenback BAHRAIN: The index rose 0.2 percent to 1,113 points. (Sergio Marchionne) on the outlook shed 3.4 percent. rolls data on Friday,” he added. Data progress on inflation expectations bought 106.51 yen yesterday, BUSINESS TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 27

Slow bleed from low ECB deep freeze on 500-note bond yields drains risks German cold shoulder returns for life insurers

By Katherine Chiglinsky benefits and third-party asset Bloomberg management. Kandarian even announced in January that he was weighing a possible sale, spinoff or public offering of a domes- ETLIFE Inc Chief tic retail unit. An exit from that Executive Officer operation would limit risks tied Steve Kandar- to variable annuities, retirement ian has a $350bn products where results are pres- problem. That’s the sured by low interest rates. Mvalue of the fixed-income invest- Prudential, which counts ments held by his company, the Japan as its second-largest mar- largest US life insurer. When ket, is favouring 20-year to 40-year bonds mature, which happens a government bonds in that country lot in a portfolio of that size, he rather than shorter-duration secu- typically has to reinvest at rates rities that can have negative rates. that have been suppressed by The Newark, New Jersey-based years of central bank stimulus insurer has dropped 4.6 percent policies. from December 31 through Friday The rest of the industry has after falling 10 percent last year and been suffering, too, with the S&P 1.9 percent in 2014. 500 Life & Health Insurance Allstate Corp, which relies Index on pace for a third-straight more on property-casualty insur- annual decline. MetLife, No 2 ance, announced in March that it Prudential Financial Inc and helped form a rail-car leasing American International Group Inc company. Life insurer CNO Finan- are all expected to report a drop cial Group Inc said the next month in operating earnings per share that it would invest $250m with this week, according to analysts Tennenbaum Capital Partners, surveyed by Bloomberg. including a bet on direct lending. By Alessandro Speciale, Chiara Reasons for the unease over changes to headquarters in Frankfurt is that the eas- “It’s a slow bleed,” Alessandro Insurers are “looking at areas Albanese and Lorenzo Totaro the composition of cash in Germany, Austria iest way to phase out the 500 would be Valentini, a portfolio manager at where there may be yield that is Bloomberg and Luxembourg range from a simple pref- to simply stop producing it, and let wear Causeway Capital Management outside of their historical sweet erence for an anonymous payment method and tear do the rest, according to officials LLC, which oversees $40bn includ- spot,” Steven Schwartz, an ana- to the fear that if cash is abolished altogether, familiar with the matter. ing investments in Prudential, said lyst at Raymond James Financial central bankers can drive interest rates on This would also imply omitting the 500 of the pressure from low interest Inc, said. “You’ve seen a number of HEN European Cen- bank deposits further below zero. Without from the new line of euro banknotes that is rates. “But it’s clearly an issue.” companies enter bank loans. You’ve tral Bank policy makers adequate denominations of physical money, gradually being introduced by the ECB, one Low rates may prove a more seen companies enter real estate.” discuss the fate of the it’s more difficult for the public to withdraw of the officials added. An ECB spokesman enduring challenge than even Doug Kass, the founder of 500-euro note this week, their savings in defence. confirmed that the matter is on the agenda Kandarian’s fight against govern- Seabreeze Partners Manage- they may want to con- That said, most Europeans would hardly for discussion at the May 4 non-mone- ment regulation. He told a panel ment, has said that one way to sider the case of Fabio notice if the bank note were to disappear. tary policy meeting. The problem with this of regulators in 2014 that the big- profit from low interest rates is WRizzi. After the local politician in the Italian The 500 euro is rarely used in daily trans- option is that it would require stepping up gest risk for his company was being to short the stocks of life insurers. region of Lombardy was arrested on corrup- actions; in Spain it has even been nicknamed production for 50, 100, and 200 euro notes designated a systemically impor- “The reinvestment challenges tion charges in February, police found more “Bin Laden” for its elusiveness. Europol’s in relatively a short time, the person said, tant financial institution, a tag that are profound in a lower-for-longer than ¤17,000 ($19,500) including 500- and director has called it the “currency of choice” while banknote production schedules are can bring tighter capital rules. The interest-rate environment,” he said. 200-euro bank notes stashed in his home, for criminal and terrorist networks. usually set years in advance. By value, about next-largest challenge, he said, was The investor has written about how according to the arrest warrant. Some of Bank tellers raise suspicious eyebrows 300 billion euros of the 1.1 trillion euros in persistently low bond yields. he bet on declines of MetLife and the cash had been hidden in Rizzi’s freezer, when presented with one, as the transcript cash currently in circulation is made up of In March, a federal judge Lincoln National Corp, which is press reports confirmed by his lawyer Mon- of a phone conversation contained in Riz- 500-euro banknotes. struck down the SIFI label for the down 14 percent this year. ica Alberti said. zi’s arrest warrant testifies. The total cost, including transporta- company, a ruling that is being There are other headaches While holding large amounts of cash is Cashing in 500-euro notes “is a mess,” tion, could be as high as ¤500m to ¤600m, appealed by the government. But for the industry too. The Labor itself not a crime and Rizzi has not yet been an acquaintance complains to Rizzi accord- Austrian central bank official Kurt Pribil yields on 10-year Treasuries are Department announced rules in convicted of one, the case strengthens the ing to the document. Bank clerks “complain said. Even so, the officials anticipate that stuck below 2 percent, less than April that will add more hurdles to image already present in policy circles that about 200-euro notes. What do you do with there will be consensus among Governing half the average over the past two selling products including variable large-denomination notes are used only the 500 euro big bills you have upstairs?” Council members to abolish the 500-euro decades. And MetLife stock, even annuities, which are already sell- by those up to no good. The European Cen- Bank of Italy data show that 500-euro note, the people said, as the moral case after a rally on the judge’s deci- ing at a slower pace than a decade tral Bank may decide as soon as tomorrow notes circulate in the country’s economy for it trumps logistical and economical sion, still trades for less than its ago. More adults are opting not to to start phasing the 500 only infrequently. In 2015, almost ¤7.5bn considerations. 2013 closing price. buy life insurance. Lincoln, Pruden- out, even though it faces worth of them were returned to the central For example, Bank of France Governor “The macro environment tial and MetLife are all scheduled to suspicion in German- bank by lenders, companies or individuals, Francois Villeroy de Galhau is in favor of remains extremely challenging report first-quarter results on May 4. speaking countries that while only ¤65m were issued. scrapping the note, according to a report and shows little sign of near-term BlackRock Inc, which is by doing so officials are The controversy over the Rizzi case “is in Les Echos published yesterday. improvement,” Kandarian wrote among the top two investors in trying to abolish cash just the umpteenth example of the risks At a time when only one in three Ger- in his annual letter to sharehold- all four of the companies, has altogether. attached to large notes,” according to mans say they have trust in the ECB and ers. “Management actions seem expressed frustration over low “The whole debate has Giuseppe Ascoli, partner at Rome-based its policies have come under direct attack less relevant to MetLife’s stock interest rates, with CEO Laurence a certain taste to it. The tax advisory firm CMS. The 500-euro notes from politicians, President Mario Draghi price than daily movements in D. Fink saying last year that they argument that it is used “are often used to finance terrorism, illegal may need to communicate carefully the interest rates, equity markets and are “destroying the viability of The current thinking in the shadow economy activity and money laundering. This has also reasoning behind such a decision, or risk foreign currencies.” insurance companies.” at ECB headquarters won’t cut it, as you can social consequences,” he said. Rizzi’s law- opening a new front with the public of the Still, the CEO said there is Governments should embark easily find substitutes,” yer Alberti declined to comment further on euro area’s largest economy. plenty for the company to do to on fiscal stimulus to boost the in Frankfurt is that the said Stefan Schneider, the case on behalf of her client. “We risk running into a general debate improve its long-term prospects. economy, rather than relying easiest way to phase chief international econ- ECB Executive Board member Benoit about abolishing cash—that debate isn’t Kandarian has charged some pol- so much on monetary policy, he omist at Deutsche Bank Coeure said in February that the central justified, but it’s there,” European Cen- icyholders more for retirement said in an interview on Bloomberg out the 500 would AG in Frankfurt. “And bank is “actively considering” whether to tral Bank Governing Council member offerings and shifted the compa- Television on Wednesday. “The be to simply stop in Germany, at a time phase out the 500-euro bill, even as other Ewald Nowotny said. “I have learnt that ny’s product mix to focus more central banks could take their when trust in the ECB is officials look for stronger evidence from central-bank policy must be 50 percent on businesses such as workplace foot off the pedal,” Fink said. producing it, and let at record lows, it will cer- authorities that it actually abets crime. At psychology. I believe that for those psycho- wear and tear do the tainly be seen as a further the same time, officials are also consider- logical reasons we should be very careful, rest. step in the direction of the ing the costs of such a move. and my personal view is that we shouldn’t removal of cash.” The current thinking at ECB aim for phasing out the 500-euro bill.” Berlin cracks down on Airbnb rentals to cool market

AFP ¤10 per square metre this year, they are rela- to anonymously report any suspected misuse communist dictatorship in which denounc- tively low compared to other major European online. Tim Boening, a 41-year-old artists’ agent ing others was common practice. cities. Given that it is more profitable to rent who rents out a loft in the trendy Kreuzberg dis- Airbnb Germany said “Berliners want clear out whole apartments for short holiday lets, trict, said he wasn’t shocked by the new law, and simple rules for home sharing, so they can ERLIN from Sunday began restrict- some investors are holding on to apartments given the practices he has witnessed. continue to share their own home with guests”. ing private property rentals through for such rentals rather than having long-term There is, for example, “the nice cou- The practice differs from other types of accom- Airbnb and similar online plat- tenants. ple with two small apartments who move modation “and helps many Berliners pay their forms, threatening hefty fines in a San Francisco-based Airbnb.com — short in together into a bigger place and keep the rent,” spokesman Julian Trautwein said. Bcontroversial move meant to keep housing for the business’s original name AirBed & two apartments to rent them out on Airbnb,” “We will continue to encourage Berlin affordable for locals. Breakfast — is the biggest of several sites he said. “I don’t think that’s good, it should be policy-makers to listen to their citizens and The German capital fears that the grow- that allow people to offer and find such rental stopped,” he said, as these apartments are not to follow the example of other big cities such ing trend of people letting out apartments to accommodation worldwide. available to “normal” tenants. as Paris, London, Amsterdam or Hamburg Rents in Berlin shot up 56 tourists through sites such as Airbnb, Wimdu While Berlin has become one of Europe’s Marika, 48, couldn’t agree less and is furi- and create new, clear rules for normal peo- and 9Flats is cutting into a limited property top travel destinations, with 30.2 million ous about the change, having long rented out ple who are sharing their own homes.” percent between 2009 supply and driving up rents. overnight stays last year, the Airbnb trend four apartments near the centre of Berlin via Wimdu has meanwhile filed a suit, argu- and 2014, although at From May 1, the city-state will enact a has also impacted the local hotel industry. Airbnb. She believed that the city is making ing the law breaches the constitution of the new law known by the German mouthful of According to research firm GBI, the pri- Berliners pay for its failed housing policy city-state of Berlin. And the owners of start- around ¤10 per square “Zweckentfremdungsverbot”, or prohibition vate online bookings represent a “parallel while serving the needs of the hotel industry. up 9Flats said they had sold the brand to a metre this year, they are of improper use. It is “a necessary and sensi- market of an additional 6.1 million” overnight “This is unfair, we are forbidden from Singapore company. “We face a law in Ber- relatively low compared ble instrument against the housing shortage stays a year. The new law was passed in 2014 doing our work,” said Marika—not her real lin that would drive us into bankruptcy,” its in Berlin,” said Andreas Geisel, Berlin’s head and provided for a two-year transition period name. The only impact, she argued, would boss Roman Bach told the daily Frankfurter to other major European of urban development. that ended on April 30, after which owners be that some groups, especially families, will Allgemeine Zeitung. cities. “I am absolutely determined to return are only allowed to rent out rooms via such simply stay away. She was especially angry Several property owners who use Air- such misappropriated apartments to the portals, not entire flats or houses. Offenders about the request to turn in offenders, say- bnb have formed the “Apartments Allianz” people of Berlin and to newcomers,” he said. can face fines of up to ¤100,000 ($113,000). ing that “in Germany, of all places, maybe we to push back against the charge they are evil Rents in Berlin shot up 56 percent To catch them, the city has even appealed to should reconsider this kind of thing,” in ref- capitalists growing rich on the backs of fel- between 2009 and 2014, although at around the “civic spirit” of its residents and asked them erence to the Nazi and former East German low Berliners. 28 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 BUSINESS

BACK TO BUSINESS sight Carmakers see virtual reality JP Morgan sees yen climbing as US scrutiny beckoning buyers to dealerships impedes intervention

By Candice Zachariahs the biggest since 2008. It gained By Melissa Mittelman Chrysler Automobiles NV and Chikako Mogi earlier to 106.14, the strongest Bloomberg touted the 2015 Chrysler 200 Bloomberg level since October 2014. Japan’s sedan by giving viewers a vir- currency depreciated 0.2 percent tual reality tour of its factory. to 122.18 per euro from Friday. Volvo Car Group, owned A number of markets are S carmakers aim by Zhejiang Geely Holding APANESE officials con- closed across Asia and Europe to keep sales Group Co, used the technol- cerned at the yen’s surge yesterday including those in ahead of 2015’s ogy to introduce its XC90 Jto an 18-month high now China, Singapore, the UK and record-setting SUV to consumers before face the headache of being Russia. Japan’s markets will be pace, they’re it became available in US on a US watch list for currency closed from today to Thursday. pulling out all dealerships less than a year practices. JP Morgan Chase & Co “Aso’s comments make the Athe stops to draw in buyers. ago. And at this spring’s New says the potential for US opposi- market a bit more nervous and Virtual reality may be next in York auto show, Toyota Motor tion to exchange-rate intervention less brave when it comes to buy- their bag of tricks. Corp. enticed visitors by let- will probably help strengthen the ing more yen but in the end, this Volkswagen AG’s Audi plans ting them use headsets that yen more. is not something that is a clear to roll out Oculus Rift headsets demonstrated its cars’ safety The dollar-yen market is policy and therefore doesn’t have in a number of dealerships by features, including pedestrian orderly and it’s important for a big effect,” said Ulrich Leucht- the end of this year. Johan de detection. countries to keep their Group-of- mann, head of currency strategy Nysschen, president of General Virtual reality has blos- Seven and Group-of-20 currency at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt. Motors Co’s Cadillac, in Feb- somed from a far-out concept commitments, the US Treasury The US Treasury uses three ruary encouraged some of the to an almost-practical form said. The yen’s 13 percent surge criteria to decide if a country is company’s lowest-volume out- of delivering entertainment this year has prompted Japan’s being unfair, including the size of lets to go virtual. With dealers and information thanks to Finance Minister Taro Aso to its trade and current account sur- from Brazil to Berlin already improvements in image qual- say that authorities would act if pluses as well as whether it buys experimenting with virtual very profitable market. April sales US sales. While the Ford and others ity, computer bandwidth, and moves were one-sided. Recent foreign assets equal to 2 percent reality, carmakers see twin benefits will probably show gains for most have increased sales to fleet custom- investment by companies like Face- yen gains are “extremely con- of output over the year to depreci- of the technology: Enhance the cus- of the biggest US and Japanese car- ers so far this year, GM has reduced book Inc. Oculus VR Inc, which was cerning” and the US report won’t ate its currency. That means Japan tomer experience while also shaving makers, as the annualised selling rate, them. As a result, the Detroit-based bought by Facebook for $2bn in 2014, limit how Japan can respond, he could intervene in currency mar- off some of the $2.75bn US dealers adjusted for seasonal trends, rises to automaker delivered record North launched its virtual reality headset said on Saturday, according to a kets by up to 10 trillion yen ($94bn) spend annually on interest to keep 17.5 million, according to a Bloomb- American profits in the first quarter, for $599, compared with HTC Corp’s transcript obtained by Bloomb- a year, though the sum wouldn’t be new vehicles on their lots. erg survey. The pace and the month’s even as US sales slipped by a few hun- HTC Vive, priced at $799. erg. Germany, China, South Korea enough to support the dollar-yen, JP “You’re wearing the glasses and total are projected to set April records. dred. For April, analysts project a 1.7 While the gaming industry will and Taiwan were also included as Morgan’s Sasaki wrote in a report. you really think you’re in the car,” “Top-line performance of the percent decline for GM. likely account for most of virtual countries to be monitored. “The message from the US said Marcus Kuehne, Audi’s vir- industry remains robust — retail “The economic fundamentals are reality’s near-term use, Bloomberg “The risk of breaking 100 Treasury is important for Japa- tual-reality project lead. The brand demand is strong, transaction prices there,” McNeil said. “Interest rates are Intelligence analyst Jitendra Waral can’t be ruled out, and in that nese currency policy,” JPMorgan’s already allows customers to pre- are at record levels and consumers still low and gasoline prices may be sees it becoming a core part of the case Japanese authorities are Sasaki said. Japan hasn’t sold equip cars in a handful of highly will spend more on new vehicles than the lowest this summer since 2005.” consumer experience for a number likely to move,” said Tohru Sas- its currency to limit gains since digitized urban dealerships and sees in any other April on record,” John Nissan Motor Co’s sales may of industries, including autos, health aki, a former central-bank official 2011. The finance ministry made virtual reality as the next step in let- Humphrey, senior vice-president of rise 11 percent, the biggest increase care and tourism in the next four to who’s now head of Japan mar- a record daily sale of 8.07 trillion ting shoppers see what they want to the global automotive practice at J projected by the analyst estimates, five years. Sales tied to the headsets kets research at JP Morgan. “If yen on October 31, 2011, when the buy. “You get a good feeling for the D Power, said. “The slowing rate of followed closely by Honda Motor may top $1bn this year and reach dollar-yen breaks 100, and even yen climbed to a post World War size — do the rims fit to the body of growth, shift in consumer demand Co., seen gaining 10 percent. Com- $21bn by 2020, Waral estimates. if Japanese authorities move, II high of 75.35 against the dollar. the car, do the colors inside the car away from cars and toward SUVs, and bined sales of Volkswagen’s VW and “What companies are doing is probably that’s not enough to pro- While the currency hasn’t retested fit well together?” he said. “You can elevated fleet volumes pose signifi- Audi brands may fall 1.5 percent as they’re creating these consumer vide significant support” for the that level since, it remained under judge this much better through this cant challenges to manufacturers as Europe’s largest carmaker tries to touch points to differentiate them- greenback. 85 until it became clear in late technology than on a screen.” they compete in the marketplace.” overcome consumer distrust since selves and be more competitive in The yen was little changed at 2012 that Shinzo Abe would win Letting customers manipulate General Motors expects indus- its diesel-emissions cheating scan- terms of the experience,” he said in 106.44 per dollar as of 9:30am in office as prime minister and carry models, colour schemes and fea- trywide sales to rise 5 percent and dal that may cost about $18.2bn. a phone interview. “It’s completely London yesterday, following last out a massive programme of mon- tures in a virtual environment is a seasonally adjusted annualised Carmakers already have some different than the way you do things week’s 5 percent advance that was etary and fiscal stimulus. automakers’ latest tool to distinguish pace of 17.5 million vehicles or higher, experience using virtual reality to right now, so that novelty is what themselves in a slower-growing yet said Kurt McNeil, vice-president of promote their vehicles. In 2014, Fiat grabs the attention.”

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TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 • 26 Rajab 1437 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Doha to welcome a host of champions

traditionally attracted the elite of ath- letics despite its early season position 38 champions and on the competitive calendar and has 80 international always resulted in numerous records being broken and personal bests being medallists to open bettered. Diamond League The 2016 edition, set for May 6, campaign in the will not be an exception. On the men’s side of the pro- Qatari capital gramme, six athletes have won Olympic gold: LaShawn Merritt, Aries Merritt and Christian Taylor of the U S and Kenyans Asbel Kiprop, Ezekiel The Peninsula Kemboi and Brimin Kipruto. Fourteen have been crowned world champion outdoors –nine last year in Beijing— and nine earning a world indoor title. DOHA: The Qatari capital once Additionally 21 have won an Olym- again prepares to host the cham- pic medal, 30 a World Championships pions in the track and field events medal and 19 a World Indoor Cham- as 38 champions and 80 medallists pionships medal. In all, 20 men have from past Olympic Games and world bagged gold at a global competition indoor and outdoor championships and 43 left with medals. will open their Diamond League cam- In the women’s events Doha will paign in Doha. welcome 18 global champions and 37 Doha Diamond League has medallists. Of those, Olga Rypakova

Local hero Mutaz Essa Barshim reacts after winning the men’s USA’s David Oliver in action during Lashawn Merritt of USA in action during the high jump at the IAAF the men’s 110m hurdles final of the 400m final of the IAAF Diamond League in Diamond League in Doha 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Doha. Doha in this May 9, 2014 file photo. in this May 9, 2014 file photo. and Veronica Campbell-Brown have that athletics fans will enjoy another 54.27 in the 400m hurdles, dates back Eliud Kipchoge, who recently ran struck Olympic gold, 11 have claimed fantastic night on Qatar Sports Club’s to 1999. Two fell in 2015: Allyson Felix the second fastest marathon of all time, world titles outdoors --seven in Bei- track next Friday,” said Qatar Athlet- clocked 21.98 to break the 200m mark has collected four 3000m victories in jing-- and seven indoors. Furthermore, ics Federation President Dahlan Al and Jasmin Stowers ran 12.35 in the Doha and one in the 5000m for a total six have finished among the top-three Hamad. 100m hurdles. Both are also Diamond of five wins, the most on the men’s side. at Olympic Games, 21 at world champi- “Doha Diamond League will be League series records, joining Hellen The men’s record for the most succes- onships outdoors and 22 indoors. once more the ideal start to the outdoor Obiri’s 8:20.68 in the 3000m from 2014 sive wins belongs jointly to shot putter This long list of champions season with so many great athletes and Brittney Reese’s 7.25m in the long Reese Hoffa of the U.S. and Norway’s includes seven athletes who have competing and I am sure that many jump set in 2013. javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen grabbed at least one medal at all three records will be broken.” With six in all, Doha is currently with four. major global competitions, local hero Most of Doha’s meet records, a tied with Brussels and Monaco as David Oliver will be looking to Mutaz Barshim, LaShawn Merritt, competition first held in 1997, were the meeting with the most Diamond equal that record when lining up for Aries Merritt, David Oliver and Chris- set after the Diamond League tag was League series records. this year’s 110m hurdles race. Hof- tian Taylor of the U.S., Kazakhstan’s added. Just four men’s records were set An ankle injury will force Allyson fa’s wins span from 2005 to 2009, Olga Rypakova and Veronica Camp- before 2010, the oldest James Beck- Felix to miss this year’s competition Thorkildsen’s from 2006 to 2009, bell-Brown from Jamaica. ford’s long jump mark of 8.41m set in but her stellar record will remain safe. while Oliver’s first victory came in Overall 206 athletes (125 men and 1999. Three fell in 2015, at what was The American has amassed 11 victo- 2008 and his last in 2014! 81 women) will compete at the 2016 widely regarded as the best Doha Dia- ries in Doha, five successive at 400m Besides Kipchoge, other men with Doha Diamond League representing mond League competition. One of (another individual record) and three wins in different events include Jay- 50 nations from five continents. Hosts those, Pablo Pichardo’s 18.06m leap apiece at 200m and 100m. suma Saidy Ndure, who won the Qatar will field 14 athletes, while Ken- in the triple jump, is also a Diamond Like Felix, Târlea-Manolache has 200m in 2006 representing Gambia ya’s presence will be the largest with League series record. Another is Yenew won in three different events in Doha and the 100m in 2008 as a Norwe- 29 –composed of 20 men and nine Alamirew’s 7:27.26 in the 3000m set (200m, 400m and 400m hurdles) gian; LaShawn Merritt, who can boast women— with the U.S. bringing the in 2011. while Shelly-Ann Fraser, Kerron Stew- two 400m wins and one in the 200m; largest women’s contingent with 14. All but three of the current wom- art and Meseret Defar have emerged Asbel Kiprop, with two 1500m wins “Although 2016 is an Olympic year en’s meeting records were set during victorious in two: the Jamaicans in the and one in the 800m; and his compa- and many medal contenders elected to the Diamond League era. The oldest, 100m and the 200m and the Ethio- triot Augustine Choge, who twice won delay their outdoor debut, I am sure Romanian Ionela Tarlea-Manolache pian in the 1500m and the 3000m. both the 1500m and 3000m. Injured Federer out of Madrid Open, Lekhwiya prepare for Bunyodkor

Azarenka and Kvitova advance The Peninsula Group B, behind Iran’s Zobahan. On the other hand, Agencies of serve sealed victory in just under Bunyodkor are have failed TENNIS: MADRID OPEN 90 minutes on court. Azarenka will DOHA: Qatar Cup final- to impress in the group WRAP-UP face either 14th seed Ana Ivanovic or ists Lekhwiya have stage and their hopes of American qualifier Louisa Chirico in started their preparations advancing in this year’s MADRID: Former world number the third round. ahead of their AFC Cham- Champions League have one Roger Federer has pulled out of Victoria Azarenka extended her Defending champion Petra pions League contest with shattered. this week’s Madrid Open with a back winning streak to 16 matches with Kvitova remained on course for Uzbekistan’s Bunyodkor. A fully fit side trained injury. a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 victory over a quarter-final showdown with They started train- at the clubs training The Swiss great travelled to the France’s Alize Cornet to reach the Azarenka with a 6-3, 6-3 win ing on Sunday evening at ground under the watch- Spanish capital for the tournament third round of the Madrid Open. over Russian Elena Vesnina. The Lekhwiya Stadium, ahead ful eye of head coach but was unable to practice yester- The Belarussian clinched her last two-time Wimbledon champion of the Wednesday evening Djamel Belmadi. day and announced his withdrawal. two tournaments at Indian Wells and reached the semi-finals in Stutt- clash against the visiting Adding more strength Federer, however, said he would Miami and is the favourite to land her gart a fortnight ago and believes Uzbekistanis. to the side will be their be back for the Rome Masters next first title in Madrid in the absence of her positive start to the clay-court The Red Knights, who Spanish defender Chico week. world number one Serena Williams season is down to her new coach have qualified for the last Flores who returns to the “I don’t want to take more due to flu. David Kotyza 16 of the competition, will squad. The former Swan- chances as I know I’m not going to be Azarenka raced into a 4-1 first set “I have a new coach. That’s be looking to maintain sea was a late substitute in fully ready for Wednesday,” he added, lead against world number 48 Cor- always great to have someone who’s their good run in Asia’s the 2-1 Qatar Cup defeat referring to his opening match. net and, despite a blip dropping serve helping you and finding a good way top club competition. to El Jaish and could be “I would rather play it safe and for the only time in the match for 4-2, of your game and plan,” said Kvitova. They have won in line for a return to the rest up now and get ready for Rome. broke once more to seal the set 6-3. Kvitova faces Australian Daria two matches, lost two starting lineup. Lekhwiya’s Spanish defender Chico Flores will return I’m sorry to the tournament for com- The second set was even more Gavrilova in round three after she and drew one in the The match will kick- ing and leaving without playing. straight forward for the two-time ousted 12th seed Elina Svitolina 6-2, group stage so far and off at 20:15 at Al Sadd to the squad for their AFC Champions League game Meanwhile, world number five Grand Slam champion as two breaks 7-6 (7/4). are placed second in stadium. against Uzbekistan’s Bunyodkor . 30 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 SPORT

Injured Marsh out of IPL, Bailey joins Pakistan ignore Shehzad, Afridi Team Pune ahead of Test series in England AFP NEW DELHI: Australian bats- man Shaun Marsh has been ruled out of the rest of the Indian Pre- Newly formed mier League with an injury, while Moores turns down another Kangaroo player George selection committee Bailey made his season entry with chief says Afridi Team Pune, Australia’s cricket chance to coach Pakistan board said yesterday. needs to perform in Marsh, who played six matches domestic matches for IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab Reuters after England sacked him for the this season, is set to join national second time last year. teammates John Hastings (Kolkata “I was hugely flattered to be Knight Riders), Mitchell Marsh and AFP approached,” Moores, currently a Steve Smith (Rising Pune Super- LONDON: Former England coach consultant with Nottinghamshire, giants) back home. Peter Moores has turned down an told ESPNcricinfo. “And I was very Marsh though -- unlike Hast- opportunity to succeed Waqar tempted by such a prestigious role ings, brother Mitchell and Smith LAHORE, PAKISTAN: Pakistan’s Younis as the new Pakistan coach, with an exciting team. -- is not part of the 16-man Aus- new selectors yesterday dropped star the 53-year-old Englishman said. “But having thought about it tralia squad named for the West players Shahid Afridi, Ahmed She- Coaching Pakistan, tradition- deeply, I don’t think it is the right Indies tri-series starting June 3, hzad and Umar Akmal from next ally a fractious bunch of talented time for me or my family. I have which also involves South Africa. month’s tour of England, stressing individuals, is one of the tough- committed myself to a consul- Marsh picked up the injury dur- there would be no compromises after est jobs in international cricket tancy role with Nottinghamshire ing the game on April 19 against the country’s disastrous exit from the and Younis stepped down a dis- and I am enjoying spending time Kolkata Knight Riders and seemed Shahid Afridi (left) and Ahmed Shehzad World Twenty20 in India. illusioned man last month after with my kids as they grow up.” to have carried the back niggle ever Former Afghanistan coach the team’s poor World Twenty20 After the team’s woeful cam- since, the Cricket Australia web- Inzamam-ul-Haq, who is heading said at a news conference in Lahore. need to assess him in longer formats display in India. paigns both in the Asia Cup and site said. up the newly formed selection com- As for Shehzad and Umar, he before selecting him,” said Inzamam. Younis’ exit has forced the the World Twenty20, the PCB has Meanwhile Bailey signed up mittee as part of wholesale changes said, “the selection committee will Butt is also likely to face issues Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) into embarked on rebuilding the side, for the Mahendra Singh Dhoni- following last month’s tournament not compromise on discipline”. with obtaining a visa to England -- fresh head-hunting and Moores appointing former cricket captain led Pune to give some hope to the humiliation, announced 35 players Shehzad was declared best bats- though another spot-fixing convict, said he declined a chance to Inzamam-ul-Haq as the new chief team’s stuttering campaign, which would attend boot camp starting in man of the Pakistan Cup one-day Mohammad Amir, was included in return to international coaching selector. was further hit by a string of inju- Kakul from May 14 to June 4. tournament which ended on Sun- the squad as he is expected to get ries to its foreign recruits. He said Afridi -- who announced day, scoring 372 runs, but along with the visa after pleading guilty in a Englishman Kevin Pietersen he would continue playing the Umar has been involved in various UK court. and South Africa’s Faf du Plessis Twenty20 format after resigning disciplinary breaches. Butt, Amir and Mohammad Asif Twenty20 international on a two- Latif, Fawad Alam, Akbar-ur-Reh- were two early casualties before as captain in the wake of the event Former Pakistan head coach were caught in a spot-fixing case month long tour of England. man, Asif Zakir, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Mitchell and Smith also pulled out -- needed to perform in domestic Waqar Younis -- who resigned in on Pakistan’s last tour of England in Squad named for boot camp: Bhatti, Mohammad Amir, Rahat Ali, due to injury. matches. early April -- had also recommended 2010, taking money for no-balls dur- Mohammad Hafeez, Sami Aslam, Imran Khan, Sohail Khan, Wahab Bailey, who had captained the “Since we are playing only four dropping Shehzad and Umar. ing the Lord’s Test. Iftikhar Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Shar- Riaz, Junaid Khan, Hasan Ali, Sarfraz Punjab team in the previous edi- Twenty20 matches this year we want Spot-fixing convict Salman Butt Their five-year ban ended in Sep- jeel Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Shan Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Adnan tion, went unsold in the February to give new players a chance, and that was also not selected. tember last year. Masood, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul- Akmal, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, auctions only to make a late entry will also allow Afridi to rest and per- “Butt has not played four-day Pakistan will play four Tests, Haq, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Asgher, Imad Wasim, into the cash-rich league. form in domestic matches,” Inzamam cricket since his ban was lifted so we five one-day internationals and a Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Khalid Bilal Asif, Zohaib Khan “We lost four crucial players, but we are looking ahead,” said Pune chief executive Raghu Iyer. “Bailey has tremendous expe- rience and had a very successful Kaushik causes sensation in IPL season before last. He can contrib- ute to the leadership group. “Smith’s (injury news) been a bummer. He was just coming into with ‘frog-in-a-blender’ action his own and this happened. “It is a challenging time. Before we could settle down we lost the core group of players around whom Reuters you build a team.” Voges out of NEW DELHI: When Paul Adams burst onto the scene with his bizarre way of delivering the ball, many were hospital after Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Yusuf Pathan plays a shot during the convinced they would never see any- IPL T20 match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday. thing like it again. freak accident Two decades later, India’s Shivil Kaushik has emerged as the proud heir to the South African spinner’s AFP Yusuf Pathan guides KKR “frog-in-a-blender” action. Heads, including Kaushik’s own, turned at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket LONDON: Australia’s Adam Voges to victory over Bangalore Association Stadium when the left- has been released from hospi- arm chinaman bowler made his tal after suffering a bizarre head Indian Premier League (IPL) debut injury captaining English county for Gujarat Lions on Friday. side Middlesex. Agencies for 15 and eight respectively. Sreen- Pressed into attack in the eighth Voges was struck on the back Gujarat Lions bowler Shivil Kaushik bowls during the IPL T20 match ath Aravind, however, got the better over, the 20-year-old ambled slightly of the head Sunday by a ball lobbed of the southpaw when he caught him wide of the crease when a spirit against Kings XI Punjab at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium by sub fielder Ollie Rayner and in front of the stumps for 37 off 29. seemed to enter his body as he bent in Rajkot on May 1. missed by wicketkeeper John BENGALURU: Yusuf Pathan struck KKR were reeling at 69 for the his knees, twisted his torso and sent Simpson after a boundary hit by a quick fire 60 off 29 balls to help loss of four wickets, before Russell down the ball rotating his left-arm #FrogInABlender,” tweeted former outrageous action which got him a Hampshire’s Michael Carberry at Kolkata Knight Riders overhaul the and Pathan took charge to steer the around his head. Zimbabwe cricketer Pommie bagful of wickets, especially in his Southampton. 185 posted by Royal Challengers Ban- team out of trouble and lead them to “Shivil Kaushik. Wow!! Wouldn’t Mbangwa. debut home series against England. The batsman was taken to galore with five wickets remaining at their fifth win of the season. have thought we’d ever see that He was not alone. For many, it Adams, now coaching Cape hospital and ruled out of the the M Chinnaswamy Stadium yes- Earlier, fifties by Virat Kohli and action again. #Gogga #PaulAdams brought back memories of Adams’ Cobras, himself appeared amused. remainder of the four-day match erday. Lokesh Rahul, combined with 54 off “Remind you of someone! Wow under new England and Wales Pathan received good support the last three overs, saw Royal Chal- #Kaushik ! Great to see the art of Cricket Board safety directives from Andre Russell who scored 39 lengers Bangalore post a daunting #Chinaman bowling alive,” tweeted dealing with suspected concussion. off 24 deliveries to build a 96-run 185. ‘Gogga’, who played 45 tests and 24 But an update on Middlesex’s partnership for the fifth wicket. After a rather slow start, Kohli one-day internationals for South Twitter feed yesterday said Voges, KKR lost Robin Uthappa in the and Rahul garnered pace, finding Africa between 1995-2004. 36, was set to watch the remainder very first over but captain Gautam boundaries at will, to give the mid- Kaushik thanked all his coaches of the match at south coast county Gambhir held one end even as Chris dle order enough cushion to go after for not forcing him to dump the Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl ground. Lynn and Manish Pandey succumbed the KKR bowlers. action, however weird it maybe. “Adam saw the doctor yester- “I was eight-years old when I day (Sunday), who discharged him SCOREBOARD started playing cricket and the first from hospital. He is feeling better ball I bowled was this way and I have today but still has a headache. ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS not changed,” the spinner said after “Adam will come over to see K L Rahul c Pathan b Chawla 52 R V Uthappa c Kohli b Binny 1 claiming 3-20 against Kings XI Pun- the rest of the team later today & C H Gayle c Uthappa b Morkel 7 G Gambhir lbw Aravind 37 jab on Sunday. we will continue to monitor him “Batsmen found it a bit difficult over the next few days.” V Kohli c Russell b Morkel 52 C A Lynn b Chahal 15 because my action was a bit differ- Middlesex managing director A B de Villiers lbw Chawla 4 M K Pandey c S Baby b Watson 8 ent. I got a lot of support from all my of cricket Angus Fraser said Sun- S R Watson (run out) 34 Y K Pathan (not out) 60 coaches. They’ve not tinkered my day: “The feeling from our physio Sachin Baby c&b Russell 16 A D Russell c Binny b Chahal 39 action and been backing me.” was that he’s got concussion. It’s

S T R Binny c Pandey b U T Yadav 16 S A Yadav (not out) 7 Seeing him bowl is like watching sad for Adam - and obviously dis- a contortionist perform -- straining appointing for us, because we’re V R Aaron (not out) 0 Extras (B-4, LB-2, W-13) 19 every muscle in his torso but the not going to have any more use of Extras (W-2, NB-2) 4 Total (for 5 wkts in 19.1 overs) 186 spinner assures his body can cope him in this game.” Total (for 7 wkts in 20 overs) 185 Did not bat: P P Chawla, U T Yadav, S P Narine, with it. The England selector and former Did not bat: S Aravind, Y S Chahal, T Shamsi. M Morkel. “It’s something which comes nat- Test bowler added: “It’s a freak Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-92, 3-109, 4-129, Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-34, 3-66, 4-69, 5-165. urally to me so my body doesn’t take injury, as such, but when you see a 5-167, 6-184, 7-185. Bowling: S T R Binny 2-0-17-1; S Aravind 2.1- much of a load.” cricket ball thrown around the field Kaushik went wicketless in his as much as you do, you wonder why Bowling: A D Russell 4-0-24-1 (1w); M Morkel 0-13-1 (3w); S R Watson 3-0-38-1; Y S Chahal South African bowler Paul Adams delivers a ball to a Bangladeshi IPL debut but bounced back against it doesn’t happen more often. 4-0-27-2 (2w); V R Aaron 4-0-34-0 (4w); T 4-0-28-2; S P Narine 4-0-45-0; U T Yadav 4-0- batsman during the fourth day of the first Test match against Punjab, dismissing rival skipper “They’re hard things, cricket Shamsi 4-0-51-0. 56-1 (2nb, 1w); P P Chawla 4-0-32-2. Bangladesh at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, in this April 27, Murali Vijay and the Australian duo balls, and you’re not always 2003 file picture. of Shaun Marsh and Glenn Maxwell. watching.” SPORT TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 31

Pill cocktail Shin secures maiden behind NZ players’ Test LPGA Tour title ban: Report

AFP TEXAS SHOOTOUT from 38th to 24 in the world rankings. Korean becomes third Shin launched her 67 with three SCORES birdies in the first five holes, quickly first-time winner on 270 Jenny Shin (KOR) 68-70-65-67 whittling away at the four-shot defi- WELLINGTON: A group of Auck- the USLPGA Tour 272 Hur Mi-Jung (KOR) 66-69-66-71, cit she faced at the start of the round. land-based rugby league players Gerina Piller 67-65-67-73, Amy “I was chasing the leader all week has been stood down from inter- this year Yang (KOR) 68-68-65-71 so looking at the leaderboard didn’t national duties for abusing 274 Feng Shan-shan (CHN) get me nervous at all,” Shin said. prescription drugs during a night 72-69-65-68 “I practiced a lot of three footers out, reports said yesterday. AFP the first two days because I kept Six players were dropped 276 Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) hitting it too far past, and I know from the Auckland Warriors, who 69-66-69-72 that I’ve made almost every single play in the Australian National 277 Choi Na-Yeon (KOR) 74-67-68-68, one of them so that really helped Rugby League, last week and LOS ANGELES: Jenny Shin became Ji Eun-Hee (KOR) 67-66-71-73, Kim me with my confidence and I had subsequently barred from this the third first time winner on the Sei-Young (KOR) 68-67-68-74 a lot of them coming down the last weekend’s international matches USLPGA Tour this year, coming from 278 Lee Mi-Rim (KOR) 70-71-67-70, six holes. over their conduct. behind to close with a four-under 67 Cristie Kerr 72-67-69-70, Karine “As soon as I made the first one I The New Zealand Herald on Sunday and win the Texas Shoot- Icher (FRA) 71-67-70-70 went ‘OK, I know I’ll make the second reported that five of them had out tournament. Shin played the final 43 holes at one and make the third one,” added admitted taking a cocktail of “I was really nervous on the last the Dallas-area Las Colinas Coun- Shin.Piller, meanwhile, opened her sleeping pills and energy drinks. hole,” said South Korea’s Shin. try Club bogey free as she finished round with the first of her five bogeys. It said the players who made “Right now I have nothing on my at 14-under 270. She was two strokes “I mean, the conditions are pretty admissions were New Zealand- mind, I have absolutely nothing. in front of fellow South Koreans Amy tough, so it definitely wasn’t a cake- ers Manu Vatuvei, Ben Matulino “I think it will hit me when eve- Yang (71) and Hur Mi-Jung (71) as well walk out there,” Piller said. The pins and Bodene Thompson, along with rything is over and when I get on a as American Gerina Piller -- who were really, really tough today and Samoa representative Sam Lisone plane and home to my mom.” led heading into the final round but it’s tough to get them close, especially and Tonga’s Albert Vete. It took the 23-year-old Shin 135 closed with a two-over 73. Asian coming in. Another Tongan player, Konrad starts since turning pro in 2010 to players took nine of the top 12 spots “But I’ve taken nothing but good Hurrell, reportedly tagged along as record her first victory. on the final leaderboard, including things away from this week. That was the group’s driver. Her best showing prior to Sunday seven South Koreans in that group. my first time ever holding the lead, New Zealand national coach Jenny Shin celebrates with LPGA legend Kathy Whitworth after Shin’s was finishing runner-up at the 2012 Shin joins compatriot Jang Ha-Na especially for two rounds, so it’s just Stephen Kearney said he decided HSBC Women’s Champions to Angela and Japan’s Haru Nomura as first more confidence that I’m adding to two-stroke victory at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout at to leave the three Kiwis out of Fri- Stanford, who beat Shin in a playoff. time winners in 2016 and will jump what I already have.” Las Colinas Country Club on May 1, 2016 in Irving, Texas. day’s Test against Australia after consultation with the Warriors. “It is important that Test match football is the pinnacle of our game... if there are issues at club level ... we will make the appro- Vegas, Stuard share lead at Zurich Classic priate decisions accordingly,” he said.” The mix of sleeping pills and energy drinks reportedly achieves AFP World number one Jason Day of Australia an amphetamine-like high with- Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela was in a group of five players sharing fifth out breaching doping rules. reacts to a missed birdie putt on 10-under par. The Australian has 10 holes Similar substance abuse was on the tenth green during a remaining when play resumes on Monday -- suspected on the eve of the 2013 continuation of the third round of LOS ANGELES: Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas when thunderstorms are again in the forecast. Rugby League World Cup final, the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana birdied two of the five holes he squeezed in “We always say golf is a marathon, not a when the Kiwis crumbled 34-2 to in Avondale, Louisiana on Sunday. before the weather hit on Sunday, joining sprint. This is kind of a sprint now,” Day said. Australia in a lacklustre display. Brian Stuard atop the leaderboard of the None of the 82 remaining players have The latest incident came when Zurich Classic now slated to finish on Mon- completed 54 holes. the Warriors players went out the day after 54 holes. If weather prevents play on Monday, day after their team’s 42-0 defeat After rain and thunderstorms again officials would revert to the 36-hole scores. to the Melbourne Storm last week. brought the tournament in New Orleans to Stuard would be declared the winner of an “It’s an issue we had after the a halt, tournament officials said play would unofficial event. He would receive full FedEx last World Cup and we have a resume on Monday, and would conclude after Cup playoff points and prize money, but not stance on the issue,” NZRL acting three rounds. all the benefits that go with an official US PGA chief executive Alex Hayton told Vegas rolled in birdie putts at his first Tour title. The last time a PGA Tour event was Radio Sport. two holes of the third round while Stuard, completed at the end of just 36 holes ws the “So based on the information who held a one-shot lead overnight, made 2005 Nissan Open which was won by Adam we had from the Warriors the deci- one birdie before the round was suspended Scott. sion was taken not to select those after just over two hours of play. “It changes a lot,” Vegas said of the players.” Vegas and Stuard were both 13-under par 54-hole finish. “You have less holes to play, Hayton did not know when the through five holes of the third round. and being near the lead you have to make banned players would be allowed American Bobby Wyatt was at 12-under sure that you stay aggressive and start mak- back, saying the Warriors were through nine and Jamie Lovemark 11-under ing some birdies, because anything could leading the investigation into their through five. happen.” behaviour. “It’s not just a rugby league issue. It’s an issue that’s across pro- fessional sport,” he added. New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) revealed in 2014 that All Park begs for chance to compete in Rio Games Blacks Cory Jane and Israel Dagg took prescription sleeping pills while on a night out in Auckland during the 2011 World Cup. AFP banned anabolic steroid in out-of-com- and bowed his head to the floor, in a 400m and 1,500m freestyle events at Sleeping pill abuse has also petition controls before the 2014 Asian traditional Korean gesture of extreme the 88th Dong-A meet -- which dou- been a problem for Australian Games. But the 26-year-old remains remorse. bles as a national trial. swimmers, including triple Olym- barred from competing in Rio by a KOC Park was once the poster-boy of His performance reignited debate pic gold medallist Grant Hackett, SEOUL: Disgraced South Korean swim rule banned athletes from represent- South Korean swimming -- courted around the fairness of the KOC regu- who sought treatment for addic- star Park Tae-Hwan (pictured) literally ing the country for three years after the by advertisers and idolised by fans. lation, which remains the only barrier tion to sleeping medication Stilnox. got down on his hands and knees yes- expiration of any doping ban. He won 400m freestyle gold and to Park competing in Rio. His positive The same drug was at the terday and begged the Korean Olympic “I will be grateful if I could be given 200m freestyle silver at the 2008 Bei- doping test was only revealed in Janu- centre of a scandal involving the Committee (KOC) to let him compete in another chance to serve my country jing Olympics and two silver medals at ary last year, and was initially blamed Australian men’s swim relay team the Rio Games. and put on a good performance for the the 2012 London Olympics, as well as by Park’s management team on the at the London 2012 Olympics, The multiple Olympic medal- South Korean people,” Park told report- 400m world titles in 2007 and 2011. On incompetence of a doctor at the hos- when they used it at a “bonding list completed an 18-month drug ban ers at a press event in Incheon west of his competitive return to the pool last pital where the swimmer was receiving session” and misbehaved at their last month after testing positive for a Seoul. He then got down on his knees month, he easily won the 100m, 200m, treatment. living quarters. Snooker: Ding falls behind in gruelling world final

AFP served to inspire 2014 cham- Selby swept 4-0 in front at the former world number one, who had to pion Selby who won the next two SELBY LEADS 10-7 IN mid-session interval with breaks of qualify for the tournament after fall- frames to restore the Leices- CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 91, 76 and 120. ing out of the top 16, had been playing ter player’s dominance and put In the one frame where he did with a calmer demeanour over the SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom: Ding himself in a position to lift the not make a major score he arguably past fortnight Junhui’s (pictured) bid to become the world title, the same day that his the first session but never gave up inflicted a greater blow on Ding, tak- Selby remained on top, pushing first Asian to win the world title was hometown football team could hope, no doubt inspired by mem- ing it from a position where he needed out his lead to 6-0 and then looking on a knife-edge on Sunday when he be crowned Premier League ories of Dennis Taylor famously a snooker and a clearance. for all the world to be heading seven trailed former champion Mark Selby champions. winning the world title in 1985 A baffling attempt to cut in the clear, only to jam the blue around the 10-7 in the best-of-35 frame champi- “There were two warriors out from 8-0 behind against Steve green by Ding, when it looked an jaws of the yellow pocket. onship match. there today, when you require one Davis, while Ronnie O’Sullivan impossible shot, was the Chinese Ding knocked it in and finally had The opening day of the two-day or two snookers you’ve got to go for trailed Graeme Dott 5-0 in 2004 player’s downfall. a frame on the board. final at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre them, such is the standard of safety before winning 18-8. Ding showed no immediate His second swiftly followed saw 29-year-old Ding slip 6-0 down play, it’s astonishing. Ding looked as For Ding’s many millions of sup- response after an interval pep talk thanks to breaks of 31, 35 and 41 and at one stage before he pulled back to fresh as anything,” former six-time porters watching at home late at night from 1979 world champion Terry Ding had a foothold in the match at 8-7 courtesy of a marathon 66-minute world champion Steve Davis told the in China, there must have been a feel- Griffiths. last. 15th frame. BBC. ing of letdown as their idol struggled Griffiths has worked with Ding on In the end, the first player to 18 But that gruelling duel only Ding had fallen 6-2 down in so badly at the start. his mental approach and the Chinese frames won the world title. 32 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 SPORT Guardiola out to end semis misery against Atletico

Bayern Munich’s French German giants midfielder Franck Ribery Bayern Munich laughs during the final are desperate team training session one day prior to the to avoid losing a Champions League third consecutive semi-final, second-leg football match against semi-finals to Atletico Madrid at the Spanish opponents club trainings area in Munich, southern Germany, yesteraday. Reuters

MUNICH: Bayern Munich are desper- ate to avoid losing a third consecutive Champions League semi-final to Spanish opponents when they host Atletico Madrid today but coach Pep Guardiola has his work cut out to end with Bayern, who won the first of their fourth consecutive Bundes- on Saturday, Diego Simeone’s Atletico his time in Germany on a high. their five European Cups by defeat- liga title. Mueller’s return was one of are finishing strongly in Spain, hav- Coach Guardiola inherited the ing Atletico in the 1974 final. eight changes from the Atletico match ing won their last six league games reigning European champions when “It’s not over yet, we still have a made by Bayern, who were boosted and keeping four consecutive clean he joined Bayern in 2013, but has chance,” Guardiola told reporters. “If by the return of Jerome Boateng, who sheets. endured successive semi-final fail- we lose it, you can kill me, but we still had not featured since January. They are level on points with La ures since, falling to Real Madrid in have a chance.” Arjen Robben, sidelined for two Liga leaders Barcelona after defeat- Head coach of Bayern 2014 and to his former club Barce- Atletico coach Diego Simeone months with a hamstring injury, says ing Rayo Vallecano 1-0 on Saturday. Munich, Pep Guardiola lona last season. also believes the tie is open. that he is “fighting” to return this sea- “It’ll be a close game like today’s gestures during their His hopes of reaching a first “Playing in Munich means they’ll son but will miss out, while Guardiola match,” said Simeone after the Rayo Bundesliga match against Champions League final since his have their fans supporting them, but confirmed he does not know whether game. “We’ll see who makes the most Borussia Moenchengladbach Barcelona side beat Manchester we have the opportunity to score an Franck Ribery will recover from a of their chances.” at the Allianz Arena in United 3-1 in 2011 were dented after away goal.” back complaint. Influential central defender Diego Munich, Germany, in this April Saul Niguez’s brilliant solo goal gave “We need to be on fire on Tues- “We’ll do everything we can to Godin returns from a hamstring 30, 2016, file photo. Atletico a 1-0 first-leg victory. day,” said Thomas Mueller, who shone have Franck back,” said Guardiola, injury, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco With Guardiola leaving for Man- as Bayern were held 1-1 by Borussia who is also without defender Holger is also available and Tiago Mendes chester City at the season’s end, this Moenchengladbach on Saturday and Badstuber. travels despite not yet being passed is his last chance to conquer Europe were consequently made to wait for While Bayern were unconvincing fit to play.

Klopp frustrated Ex-Australia captain Neill by Liverpool’s declares bankruptcy in Britain learning curve AFP

SWANSEA: Jurgen Klopp admit- AFP ted Liverpool’s young players have much to learn after his weakened side slumped to a lacklustre 3-1 SYDNEY: Former Australian cap- defeat against Swansea. tain Lucas Neill (pictured), who Two goals from Andre Ayew spent 15 years at top English clubs, and one from Jack Cork at the Lib- has declared bankruptcy in Brit- erty Stadium on Sunday proved ain with administrators appointed enough for Swansea to guarantee to investigate his affairs, it emerged their Premier League safety. Jorge Benitez of Cruz Azul celebrates his goal against Toluca during yesterday. Christian Benteke pulled one London-based insolvency experts back for Liverpool, but Klopp’s their Mexican Clausura 2016 football tournament match at Nemesio Begbies Traynor were appointed trus- team were well beaten in a fix- Diez Stadium in Toluca, Mexico. tees to the case last week, they said ture sandwiched between the in a statement. The company’s head more significant business of their of creditor services Dale Hernon said Europa League semi-final against Teen Australian the 38-year-old former Everton, West Villarreal. Ham and Blackburn defender, who Liverpool will now turn their played 96 times for his country, was attention to overturning a 1-0 defi- declared bankrupt in January. cit in Thursday’s semi-final second goalkeeper dies “Mr. Neill is due to be inter- leg against the Spanish side at viewed when he returns to the UK Anfield and Klopp was quick to in the coming weeks, at which point concede the youngsters he brought Reuters his hat-trick against City taking his the trustees will be able to obtain the into a team featuring eight changes tally to seven goals in his last six background information required to were still some way short of the league appearances. determine the full scale of Mr Neill’s finished article. MELBOURNE: A teenage Austral- Koeman said the inconsistency debts,” he said. “The performance was differ- ian goalkeeper has died three weeks was down to his youth. “At this early stage of proceed- during his career in England. but was left out of the Socceroos’ 2014 ent to Bournemouth. We did not after being struck by lightning dur- “Sadio is a little bit unpredictable ings, it is currently unclear to what He reportedly invested in prop- World Cup squad, spelling the end of play as well as we could and our ing a training session with his soccer sometimes,” the manager told Brit- extent any funds will be recovered.” erty in both Australia and the United his international career. performance was not as good as it club in Malaysia. ish media. “He’s still a young player, The Australian Broadcasting States. As well as England, he had stints could have been,” Klopp said. Stefan Petrovski, an 18-year- and young players they need some- Corporation said it was estimated Neill, who made his international with clubs in Turkey, the Middle East “We tried to bring in fresh old reserve keeper for second tier times to be more consistent. he earned close to Aus$40m ($30m) debut in 1996, led Australia 60 times and Japan. legs, as we have done in the last side Melaka United, had been in a “Sadio was focused and clinical few weeks. However, I am only coma in intensive care since being (on Sunday). That was one of my crit- frustrated because we could have struck by lightning when stand- icisms of all of the strikers but we are played better. ing near goalposts, Australian state very productive at home with more “Had we have played a bit media said. chances to score more.” Major League Soccer: Ten-man nearer to 100 per cent, it would “On behalf of the Australian Also on Sunday, Mario Balotelli have been completely different. football community, FFA sends their missed a penalty as AC Milan, jeered “The first two goals were too deepest condolences to the Petro- off the field after a dismal first half, easy, they deserved the win and vski family, friends and team mates,” drew 3-3 with lowly Frosinone in Galaxy draw 1-1 at Kansas City we deserved the defeat. But our governing body Football Federation Serie A in Rome on Sunday while performance was responsible for Australia said in a statement. Palermo’s late survival bid contin- that and we have to recover and A team mate was also hit by the ued with a 2-0 win over Sampdoria. AFP yellow cards in the space of a minute -- the first for time- prepare for a big game in Thursday. lightning strike on April 5 and taken Fourth-placed Inter Milan’s lin- wasting on a throw-in and the second for an clumsy tackle “I cannot change my mind on to hospital but eventually regained gering hopes of Champions League on Benny Feilhaber. “Some days are going to look like players after every two days. Eve- consciousness and was stabilised, football next season ended when LOS ANGELES: Giovani dos Santos produced another this,” said Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, who had to make ryone said how good they were state broadcaster ABC said. they lost 2-0 at Lazio, ensuring superb goal on Sunday to help the Los Angeles Galaxy do without injured former England captain Steven Ger- after Bournemouth, but it is not M e a n w h i l e , S o u t h a m p t o n m a n - that Roberto Mancini’s team can no draw 1-1 at Sporting Kansas City despite being having rard. “To grind out and get a point here is important,” always a honeymoon period and ager Ronald Koeman has urged longer finish in the top three. Ashley Cole sent off in the second half. Arena said. “We’re pleased with that.” you have to prove yourself and Sadio Mane to show greater con- Juventus, who clinched a fifth Brad Davis put Kansas City 1-0 up in the 30th minute. Meanwhile, Villarreal secured their place in the deliver. It is not a problem for the sistency after the striker scored a successive Serie A title last Monday, Twelve minutes later, Gyasi Zardes found dos Santos on Champions League qualifying round with a 2-0 win at future, only for today.” hat-trick to guide his team to a 4-2 notched their 25th win in 26 league a counter-attack and the Mexican attacker lofted a shot local rivals Valencia on Sunday, guaranteeing fourth place Klopp also defended Dan- victory against Manchester City on games by beating lowly Carpi 2-0. over charging Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia. in La Liga. iel Sturridge’s decision to make Sunday. Carpi, in their debut season in It was dos Santos’s fourth goal in three Major League Samu Garcia and Adrian Lopez scored in the first half for the dressing room at full time, The Senegal-born striker has Serie A, stayed 17th, one place above Soccer matches -- a run of form that has seen him following assists from the outstanding Roberto Soldado as rather than joining his teammates endured a mixed season for South- the relegation zone, with 35 points included in Mexico’s preliminary 40-man squad for the Villarreal moved up to 64 points, six clear of fifth-placed in thanking the vast numbers of ampton, scoring 10 league goals so and are only ahead of Palermo on 2016 Copa America Centenario. Athletic Bilbao with a superior head-to-head record. Vil- travelling Liverpool fans. far, but failing to find the back of goal difference. The Galaxy, whose 18 goals are the most in the MLS larreal are in the hunt for the Europa League title after “He was not ignoring the fans, the net in 19 league appearances Frosinone, also in the top flight this season, will be happy to have escaped Kansas City beating Liverpool 1-0 at home in their semi-final first leg I went in immediately also, I hope between November and March. for the first time, are four points with the draw after seeing Cole sent off in the 70th minute. and could qualify for the Champions League group stage our fans know how close we are The 24-year-old is, however, fin- adrift of safety in 19th and look set The former Arsenal and Chelsea back received two rather than the play-offs if they win that competition. to them,” Klopp said. ishing the campaign strongly with to go straight back to Serie B. SPORT TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 33

Leicester French minister fumes at striker Euro 2016 song in English Vardy gets top award AFP PARIS: A French minister yesterday described as “incomprehensible” the choice of a song in English as the official anthem for French supporters at AFP Euro 2016. Andre Vallini, the secretary of state for Francophony, said the French Football Federation’s decision to choose a cover of “I Was Made for Lovin’ LONDON: Leicester City for- You” performed by French group Skip The Use was “very concerning”. ward Jamie Vardy has been voted “Euro 2016 will be a great festival of sport which is taking place in France the 2016 Footballer of the Year by and will therefore project the image of our country abroad. And our lan- the Football Writers’ Association guage too! (FWA), it was announced yester- “It is therefore incomprehensible that the anthem of the French national day. team should be in English,” Vallini said. The 29-year-old striker took The song, originally performed by American rock veterans Kiss, has the award as a clear winner ahead been renamed “I Was Made for Lovin’ You, My Team” for the tournament. of team-mates Riyad Mahrez, who Skip The Use’s lead singer Mat Bastard said the group was asked to record had already taken the Player of the the song ahead of others by French singers Charles Trenet and Jean-Jacques Year award voted on by his fellow Goldman “because it was the song which meant the most to us”. professionals, and N’Golo Kante. Vallini also bemoaned the fact that France’s entry in this year’s Eurovi- Vardy has scored 24 goals for sion Song Contest, “J’ai cherche” by Amir, features a chorus largely in English. club and country so far this season. “At a time when we are defending the place of the French language in In total seven Leicester play- international institutions, and especially European institutions... it is incom- ers received votes in the FWA poll, prehensible that for these two big popular events, the French language has Bayern Munich players (from left) Xabi Alonso, Arturo Vidal, Rafinha, and Javi Martinez are seen during with Danny Drinkwater, goal- lowered its guard,” he added. their team’s training session in Munich, Germany, yesterday. keeper Kasper Schmeichel, captain Euro 2016 takes place from June 10 to July 10. Wes Morgan and Danny Simpson also receiving votes. Vardy will be honoured with the prestigious FWA accolade, which has been running since 1948, at a gala dinner in London on May 12. Feared striker Ronaldo trains FWA chairman Andy Dunn, of the Sunday Mirror, said: “It is testa- ment to their all-round excellence that so many Leicester players polled votes from our members. The Jamie Vardy story, though, clearly captured the imagination with Real ahead of City return of so many writers. “His record-breaking feat of scoring in 11 consecutive matches is the jewel in what will surely be FIXTURES Former German captain Leicester’s Premier League crown. The Portuguese and Chelsea star Michael “And the Footballer of the Year MADRID: Fixtures from the Cham- Ballack poses for picture award is not just a reflection of his forward seems a pions League Semifinal second leg with fans at Upton Park fantastic season, but recognition of certainty in Real matches: yesterday. England a remarkable journey from non- Madrid’s Champions Main Tournament - Semi-final, hosted Germany in a league to the international stage.” second leg ‘Legends International’. Other players to receive votes League clash against Tuesday, May 3 (GMT) from FWA members were Totten- Manchester City Bayern Munich (Germany) vs Atletico ham striker Harry Kane, West Ham Madrid (Spain) (1845) playmaker Dimitri Payet, Man- tomorrow Main Tournament - Semi-final, chester City duo Sergio Aguero and second leg Kevin de Bruyne as well as Spurs midfielder Dele Alli. Wednesday, May 4 (GMT) Vardy said: “It’s a great hon- AFP Real Madrid (Spain) vs Manchester City our to win such a prestigious (England) (1845) award and to have my name added to a list of previous winners MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo’s second leg of their quarter-final with that includes some unbelievable chances of facing Manchester City in Wolfsburg to overcome a 2-0 first- players.” the second leg of Real Madrid’s Cham- leg deficit. The England striker added: pions League semi-final tomorrow However, he expects another tight “We’re all totally focused on get- were boosted as the Portuguese took match against City if Madrid are to ting over the line in the final two a full part in training yesterday. make it to their 14th European Cup weeks of the season and turning a Ronaldo has missed Real’s last final. great season into one we’ll never three games due to a thigh injury, but “If Manchester City have made forget. is expected to return against City with it to the semi-finals, it’s because “Hopefully I can contrib- the tie finely balanced at 0-0. they’re an excellent team,” Ronaldo ute to that and, if selected, carry French striker Karim Benzema told Madrid’s website. “Knocking out direct entry to the group stages should into fifth as they came from behind boost with a 2-0 win at 10-man some good form into the Euros also stepped up his recovery from a PSG is not an easy task, but they man- they go on to win the club’s first major to beat the Galicians 2-1 earlier on Deportivo la Coruna thanks to goals (European Championships) this hamstring strain picked up in the first aged to do it. They are a team with honour in the Europa League. Sunday. from Pedro Leon and Carlos Vigaray. summer.” leg in the hope of being fit to face the very few weaknesses.” First-half goals from Samuel Fabian Orellana opened the Getafe are now tied with Sport- English side. Meanwhile in Madrid, Villarreal Garcia and Adrian Lopez - who also scoring for Celta before Aritz Aduriz ing Gijon and Rayo Vallecano on 35 “Ronaldo and (Alvaro) Arbeloa warmed-up for the second leg of their struck the stoppage time winner in equalised with his 34th goal of the points, but remain in the bottom three completed the session with the group Europa League semi-final against Liv- the 1-0 frist leg success over Liver- season from the penalty spot. due to their inferior head-to-head while Benzema was out running alone erpool by sealing fourth place in La pool - moved Villarreal six points Gustavo Cabral was then sent- record against Rayo. on the pitch,” Madrid said in a state- Liga with a 2-0 win at Valencia on clear of Athletic Bilbao with two off for kicking Aduriz in the head Espanyol moved to the brink of ment yesterday. Sunday. games to play. However, Marce- and Athletic made the man advan- mathematically securing their place Ronaldo has been in blistering The Yellow Submarine are now lino’s men cannot be overtaken by tage count when Raul Garcia struck in the top flight for next season as form in the Champions League this guaranteed at least a place in the the Basques due to their superior the winner 18 minutes from time. Felipe Caicedo’s winner handed them season, scoring 16 goals in 10 appear- Champions League qualifiers for the head-to-head record. At the bottom of the table, Getafe a 1-0 win over Sevilla to move five ances, including a hat-trick in the first time in four years, but could gain Athletic leapfrogged Celta Vigo gave their chances of survival a huge points clear of the relegation zone. Pellegrini defends decision Ajax keep up to rotate ahead of clash narrow lead in Dutch title race

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MANCHESTER: City manager Manuel Pellegrini said he had no option but AMSTERDAM: Ajax Amsterdam to name a much-changed team for Sunday’s 4-2 Premier League defeat by kept up their narrow lead over Southampton with the club’s Champions League semi-final clash with Real champions PSV Eindhoven at the Madrid scheduled tomorrow. top of the Dutch league as both The Chilean made key changes to the side that held the Spanish club teams won on the penultimate to a 0-0 draw in last week’s semi-final first leg and City were beaten with weekend of the championship to Sadio Mane scoring a hat-trick after Shane Long put the Saints 1-0 up in set up a decisive final day. the 25th minute. Ajax crushed visitors Twente City travel to Spain for the second leg of their semi-final against Madrid Enschede 4-0 and PSV over- tomorrow and Pellegrini indicated his unhappiness at the scheduling of whelmed bottom side SC Cambuur the Southampton game for a late kick-off on Sunday, instead of Saturday. 6-2, leaving Ajax at the top with a Atletico Madrid’s “I would do exactly the same again because we have an important game better goal difference by six. Brazilian on Wednesday, that we play now for the final in the Champions League,” Barring a massive turnaround, defender Filipe said Pellegrini, who rested Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and Kevin de they will win back the title with Bruyne on Sunday. Luis arrives at his victory at relegation-threatened “Maybe if we played on Saturday we could have another option for this team’s hotel in De Graafschap next Sunday. game but playing with too many players that are not playing often is difficult. Munich Germany, Ajax looked tentative through “I tried to select a team that would win the game. I also had to select a yesterday. the first half against Twente but team based on who would play on Wednesday.” Atletico Madrid went ahead just before the break Pellegrini hoped the heavy defeat would not hurt his team’s chances will face Bayern through Czech-born teenager in Madrid and insisted City were still in a good position to seal Champions Munich in the Vaclav Cerny who was making Leicester CIty’s Jamie Vardy at League qualification by finishing fourth in the Premier League. UEFA Champions his first start for the club. the end of the match against “The best way to prepare is to win but we couldn’t do it,” he added. “I League semi- Three more strikes in the last Manchester United at at Old expected more -- especially defending. I’m very frustrated because I didn’t final, second leg 10 minutes boosted their goal tally. Trafford on Sunday. The match expect that performance. match in Munich Marco van Ginkel scored twice ended in a 1-1 draw thus “(Now) it all depends on what we can do in these last two games. We are today. in PSV’s win but two goals con- stalling Leicester City’s bid to three points behind Arsenal and if we beat Arsenal we’ll be in third posi- ceded were a blow to coach Phillip claim the EPL title on Sunday. tion before the last game.” Cocu. 34 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 SPORT Jordan rally revisits past glory to reaffirm its WRC ambition

The Peninsula World Economic Forum on several levels expected for such a prestigious Loeb, Sébastien Ogier - and mem- East title,” said the two-time Dakar occasions and played centre stage FIA MERC: JORDAN RALLY championship.” bers of the world’s media, the event Rally champion and the reigning FIA during three golden years when the The Middle East’s leading driv- also saw one of the closest and most Middle East rally champion. Hashemite Kingdom hosted a round ers have now arrived at the Dead Sea exciting finishes in rallying history. Stage reconnaissance will be DEAD SEA, Jordan: A number of of the FIA World Rally Championship its world-class standards to ensure for the third round of the FIA Mid- “This rally has a special place followed on Thursday (May 5) by an world renowned rally drivers will be in 2008, 2010 and 2011. that when the WRC family is ready dle East Rally Championship and will in my memories and was one of the official drivers’ Q and A session in in action at this week’s Jordan Rally Jordan is keen to return to the to return to this region then we are start their two-day reconnaissance most demanding rounds of the WRC,” Abdali from 14.30hrs that precedes as it makes a welcome return to the world’s premier rally series in the a willing long term partner,” said of some of the finest gravel spe- said Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah. an autograph signing session, the King Abdullah bin Talal Convention near future and the switch back to David Williams, spokesman for Jor- cial stages on the planet on Tuesday a clear favourite at the gruelling rally, ceremonial start and the opening Centre by Hilton on the sun-baked the convention centre is a clear mes- dan Motorsport. morning. says that the stages can be slippery, timed super special stage. shores of the Dead Sea. sage to the FIA that Jordan is serious “We continue to talk with our Seen as one of the most popular technical and unforgiving. The meat of the action is cen- Situated at the lowest place on about returning to the top echelon of friends at the WRC about a return rounds of the WRC amongst many of “I have an impressive record here tred around the Dead Sea and Jordan earth, the state-of-the-art com- the rallying calendar. to Jordan, but in the meantime we the leading drivers - such as former and would like to win again and con- Valley areas on Friday (May 6) and plex has hosted the prestigious “The Jordan Rally has maintained will continue to perform to the high winners Mikko Hirvonen, Sébastien tinue my quest for another Middle Saturday (May 7).

Kvyat, Red Bull Mercedes F1 apologise to boss hits back Vettel for crash Rosberg at conspiracy Reuters theorists

SOCHI: Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat Reuters apologised to Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, and braced for criticism, after crashing into the German in joins SOCHI: Mercedes team boss Toto a moment of May Day madness Wolff denounced social media at his home Russian Grand Prix conspiracy theorists after a Rus- on Sunday. sian Grand Prix weekend during Kvyat misjudged his brak- which Germany’s Nico Rosberg ing point and hit the back of the won his seventh race in a row and red car twice on the opening lap world champion team mate Lewis to leave Vettel in the wall and select Hamilton endured more engine fuming. problems. “There was a bit going on,” Wolff said he was speaking said Kvyat by way of explana- out because some of the abuse tion. “I think in the last moment directed at the Formula One team I didn’t expect it (the Ferrari) to could impact on engineers and slow so much. group other employees. “All the mess came from me,” “I don’t want to even ignore he added. this bunch of lunatics who think “Of course it doesn’t feel great that we would harm a driver who but these things happen some- Mercedes F1 driver Nico is our driver, who has been a dou- times. It’s probably the messiest Rosberg of Germany ble world champion for us,” the (start) of my career.” celebrates after winning the Austrian told reporters. “I will learn from it, and of Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, “He (Hamilton) hasn’t let us course apologies to everyone Russia on Sunday. down, and we wouldn’t let him involved.” down. This is a mechanical sport “Everyone will attack me, and these things happen.” but I’m okay with that,” said the Despite the Briton’s success Russian, who had been branded championship started in 1950 have winning and I enjoyed winning Wolff told reporters that data with Mercedes, there have always a ‘madman’ by Vettel for an over- won seven races in a row and only today. from the power unit on Rosberg’s been some who believe the Ger- take at the previous race in China The German becomes four have triumphed in the first four “Of course it’s not something car “gave us some grey hair” during man manufacturer really wants that triggered a collision between only the fourth F1 rounds of a season. I could have expected, to start the the race. a German champion. the Ferrari drivers. Just one, Rosberg’s compatriot season with four. But now that’s the “It looked at a certain stage that Hamilton has not won a race Vettel, who won his four world driver to win seven in Sebastian Vettel, has won more way it is and I’m very happy about he wouldn’t finish the race,” added since he took his third title in titles with Red Bull before depart- a row since 1950 than seven in a row -- nine for Red it. It’s been a great four races, very Wolff. Rosberg did not mention the Texas in October and has suf- ing to Ferrari and allowing Kvyat Bull in 2013 when he won his fourth enjoyable. problem on the podium or during a fered mechanical problems in to graduate from sister team Toro championship. “I’m aware it’s not going to con- subsequent news conference, when his last two races, starting from Rosso, went to have a word with All, bar Rosberg, were title win- tinue like that forever. Sport is always he said the car was “fantastic” and he the back of the grid in China and Red Bull principal Christian Reuters ners but he is well on the way with about up and downs and the down had driven flat out to the finish with 10th in Sochi. Horner when he returned to the a 43-point lead over triple cham- will come at some point,” he added. “I plenty of life in the tyres. He is now 43 points behind pit lane. pion, team mate Lewis Hamilton, just need to mentally prepare for that Asked about it later, the German Rosberg after four races. Horner accepted that his who suffered power unit problems to then come straight back up when conceded that he had lost “a fair Wolff suggested some of driver, who was handed a 10-sec- SOCHI: Nico Rosberg joined an ultra- in both qualifying and the race, with it does happen.” chunk of performance” but Hamil- the critics were “lying in their ond stop/go penalty by the select group of Formula One drivers 17 races remaining. That moment might almost have ton openly questioned that. beds with their laptops on their stewards, was at fault. with his seventh win in a row for Mer- “It sounds cool. But beyond that come in Sochi on Sunday, according “He was worried he wouldn’t fin- chests” and were not to be taken Australian Ricciardo, who cedes at the Russian Grand Prix on it’s not my focus,” Rosberg said when to Mercedes motorsport head Toto ish? As far as I’m aware, he didn’t have seriously. had finished fourth in the pre- Sunday but the German will remain asked about the streak that started Wolff, even if Rosberg gave every a problem that was going to stop him “The reason why I am being vious three races, ended up 11th the odd man out for some time yet. in Mexico last November. impression of enjoying a sunny after- finishing,” said the Briton, who fin- vocal about it is that I want to pro- with Kvyat crossing the line 15th. Only four drivers since the “It’s great stuff but I just enjoy noon drive in the Olympic Park. ished runner-up 25 seconds behind. tect the guys,” he said. Raonic back into ATP top 10 WTA top 10 unchanged, Prague champion Safarova rises AFP

AFP all season, and her advantage could be cut by next PARIS: Canadian Milos Raonic has moved back into the world’s week after she withdrew from the Madrid Open top 10 in the latest ATP rankings released yesterday, after Rich- because of flu. ard Gasquet opted not to defend his title in Estoril last week. Czech Lucie Safarova moved up three places The Frenchman also slips below Croat Marin Cilic, while PARIS: There were no changes in the top 10 of the to world number 13 after winning her sixth career Dominic Thiem continues his rise despite losing the final of latest WTA rankings released yesterday, with Serena title in front of her home crowd in Prague, while Ana the Munich Open to Philipp Kohlschreiber. Williams keeping her big lead at the top. Ivanovic and Sara Errani also jump up a couple of Novak Djokovic retains his massive lead at the top from The American has played only three tournaments spots. Andy Murray ahead of his first match at the Madrid Masters. ATP TOP 20: WTA TOP 20:

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 15,550 pts 1. Serena Williams (USA) 8,625 pts 2. Andy Murray (GBR) 7,925 2. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5,775 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 7,535 3. Angelique Kerber (GER) 5,740 4. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 6,460 4. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4,847 5. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5,915 5. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 4,530 6. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 4,290 6. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3,947 7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3,400 7. Simona Halep (ROM) 3,660 8. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 3,120 8. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 3,615 9. David Ferrer (ESP) 3,010 9. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3,431 10. Milos Raonic (CAN) 2,740 (+1) 10. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3,340 11. Marin Cilic (CRO) 2,680 (+1) 11. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 3,160 12. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 2,635 (-2) 12. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3,090 (+1) 13. David Goffin (BEL) 2,605 13. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 2,993 (+3) 14. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 2,480 (+1) 14. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 2,974 (-2) 15. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 2,460 (-1) 15. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 2,955 16. John Isner (USA) 2,235 16. Venus Williams (USA) 2,941 (-2) 17. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 2,015 17. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2,585 (+2) 18. Gilles Simon (FRA) 1,900 18. Sara Errani (ITA) 2,505 (+2) 19. Kevin Anderson (RSA) 1,840 19. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2,475 (-2) 20. Benoit Paire (FRA) 1,766 (+1) 20. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 2,420 (-2) Milos Raonic Czech tennis player Lucie Safarova SPORT TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 35

Giants crush Mets NBA: DeRozan, Raptors shoot as Red Sox down past Pacers in Game 7 Yankees Reuters

DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors NBA RESULTS I think everybody shoots a three-pointer as Monta Ellis NEW YORK: Highlights of Sun- Eastern Conference of the Indiana Pacers defends in the day’s Major League Baseball wrote us off and First Round second half of Game Seven of the games: gave us up for dead. At Miami Eastern Conference Quarter-finals Giants 6, Mets 1 I love that because Miami 106 Charlotte Hornets 73 during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at the Air Hunter Pence homered and (Miami wins series 4-3) Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. finished with three RBIs and the San Francisco Giants stole four I thought our guys At Toronto used it as motivation, bases on their way to a 6-1 win Toronto 89 Indiana 84 over the New York Mets, whose says Dwane Casey (Toronto wins series 4-3) eight-game winning streak ended Western Conference quietly. Second Round Left-hander Madison Bumgar- At Oakland ner (3-2) continued his mastery Agencies Golden State 118 Portland 106 of the Mets by throwing six shut- (Golden State lead series 1-0) out innings as the Giants (13-13) avoided being swept in the three- TORONTO: Dwane Casey read game series. the reviews of the Toronto Raptors’ Red Sox 8, Yankees 7 decisive Game 6 loss to the Indiana The Red Sox completed a Pacers. sweep of the rival Yankees as They were not good, and the Christian Vazquez clubbed a Toronto coach feels many of the critics two-run, seventh-inning homer dismissed his team heading into Game off Dellin Betances to lift Boston 7 of the first-round Eastern Confer- to an 8-7 victory over flounder- ence playoff series. ing New York. “I think everybody wrote us off Dodgers 1, Padres 0 and gave us up for dead,” Casey said. Ace left-hander Clayton Ker- “I love that because I thought our guys shaw put an end to the Los Angeles used it as motivation.” Dodgers’ six-game losing streak DeMar DeRozan, who had strug- almost single-handedly, throwing gled in the playoffs, took matters into a complete-game shutout against his own hands and led the way with the San Diego Padres and driving 30 points as the Raptors held on to in the only run in a 1-0 victory. defeat the Pacers 89-84 on Sunday. White Sox 7, Orioles 1 The Raptors advance to face the Chris Sale improved to 6-0, Miami Heat in the second round, with Brett Lawrie homered for the third Game 1 on Tuesday in Toronto. The straight game and the Chicago Heat eliminated the Charlotte Hornets White Sox routed the Baltimore in Game 7 earlier on Sunday. Orioles 7-1. Toronto led by 16 points with 7:31 Royals 4, Mariners 1 to play and then held on as the Pac- everything on the line.” which were problematic. You don’t the Raptors were ahead 28-23 after a 3-pointer for the Pacers. Field goals Eric Hosmer hit his fourth ers cut the margin to three points with “DeMar is special,” said forward win Game 7s on the road, but we were the first quarter. George guided the by Ellis and Solomon Hill trimmed home run of the season and 2:35 left. Paul George, who led the Pacers with positioned to do that.” Pacers with 12 first-quarter points Toronto’s lead to eight. the Kansas City Royals ended a Indiana had the ball with 26.9 26 points and 12 rebounds. “Guarding, Jonas Valanciunas had 10 points but also picked up two personal fouls. After Indiana cut the lead to nine five-game losing streak, and a seconds to go, down by three, but you’re not going to stop him, but you and 15 rebounds for Toronto, Nor- The Raptors led by as many as on a 3-pointer by George Hill, DeRo- 27-inning scoreless drought, with the Raptors made the stop. DeRozan just try to make every shot as tough man Powell scored 13 points off the eight in the second quarter before zan reeled off six straight points and a 4-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. sank two free throws to stretch the as you can for him.” bench, and Patrick Patterson had 11. settling for a 50-44 edge at the Toronto led by 15. Kansas City’s losing streak was the lead to five with 6.5 seconds left to The Raptors led most of the Kyle Lowry added 11 points and nine intermission. Toronto’s advantage was 78-64 team’s longest since August, 2013. clinch the game. way and used a 28-20 third-quar- assists, and Bismack Biyombo con- Neither team scored in the first after three quarters. The Raptors’ lead Blue Jays 5, Rays 1 “We stunk in the fourth quarter,” ter surge to take a 14-point lead into tributed three points and 11 rebounds two minutes of the second half before reached 16 points with 7:31 to play in Tampa Bay missed a chance for Casey said. “I don’t know if we ran the fourth. off the bench. Patterson hit a 3-pointer to give the the fourth on Cory Joseph’s jumper. an inning-ending double play in out of gas. The guys were so jacked “Credit their defense,” Pacers George broke Indiana’s playoff- Raptors a nine-point lead. Ellis got the Pacers to within the ninth and Troy Tulowitzki fol- up emotionally to start the game, I coach Frank Vogel said. “They played series record with 191 points, topping The Raptors increased their lead eight, and when Ellis hit a 3-pointer, lowed with a three-run home run thought we ran out of gas.” really well. They played so hard and the mark of 181 set by Reggie Miller in to 58-46 when DeMarre Carroll made the margin was down to three. Lowry as the Toronto Blue Jays pulled out DeRozan said: “We were just they’re so well-prepared. It’s not going the 1995 Eastern Conference finals. a 3-point shot. got the edge back to five points with a 5-1 win over the Rays. going to leave it all out there. It to be easy when you’re competing on George Hill added 19 points for the After a Pacers turnover, Patter- two minutes left on a driving layup. Nationals 6, Cardinals 1 was great. A lot of people don’t get the road. Pacers, and Monta Ellis had 15. son made a 3-pointer to extend the George cut the lead to three with The Washington Nationals a chance to play a Game 7 with “We made a couple of turnovers, Led by 13 points from DeRozan, margin to 15. George responded with two free throws. cracked open a classic pitch- er’s duel in the sixth inning and played add-on from there for their first-ever road sweep of the St Louis Cardinals since moving from Montreal following the 2004 NHL: Battling Blues level series with Stars season. St Louis native Max Scherzer fired seven shutout innings while Clint Robinson and Danny AFP Pavelski’s goal was his sixth of Espinosa cracked back-to-back the play-offs and first of this West- homers in the seventh as Wash- ern Conference second-round series. ington stopped the Cardinals 6-1. LOS ANGELES: David Backes scored He gathered a loose puck in front of Phillies 2, Indians 1 the winner halfway through overtime the crease after a shot by Matt Nieto, The Philadelphia Phillies took Sunday to lift the St Louis Blues to a tapping in the rebound. advantage of one rough inning 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars in game Couture’s goal came less than from Cleveland starter Danny two of their second round NHL play- a minute after the Predators were Salazar and won their sixth off series. penalised for having too many men straight game, 2-1 over the Indians. With the Blues on the powerplay, Joe Pavelski of the San Jose on the ice. Defenseman Roman Josi, The Philadelphia bullpen Alexander Steen’s initial shot was Sharks celebrates after scoring realising his team had six skaters on upped its scoreless innings streak stopped by Dallas goaltender Antti the ice, tried in vain to prevent the to 20 innings, the longest streak in a goal against the Nashville Niemi, but American Backes found penalty by climbing over the boards the majors this season. Predators in Game Two of the the loose puck and tapped it home to in front of the Sharks’ bench. Reds 6, Pirates 5 (11 innings) even the best-of-seven series at one Western Conference Second The series now shifts to Nashville Scott Schebler drove in game apiece. Round during the 2016 NHL for games three and four. Eugenio Suarez with a single “We just stuck with it found a way Stanley Cup Play-offs. The to right in the 11th inning as the to win,” said Backes. “We learned we Sharks won the game 3-2 Patrick Marleau of the San Jose Sharks battles for control of the Cincinnati Reds ended a six-game have to stay on our toes. The guys at SAP Center in San Jose, puck with Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators in Game Two of skid with a 6-5 win over the Pitts- were battling their butts off and California. the Western Conference. burgh Pirates, whose six-game Moose (Brian Elliott) made some big winning streak ended. saves.” Braves 4, Cubs 3 (10 innings) The Blues scored 17 seconds into Nick Markakis’ sacrifice to the man advantage with France’s deep left produced a 10th inning Antoine Roussel sitting in the penalty go-ahead run as the Atlanta Braves box after being called for interference. beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3. Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn Brewers 14, Marlins 5 scored the game-tying goal with 2:36 Chris Carter hit two home runs remaining in regulation. and Domingo Santana added a Benn scored off a rebound with third as the Milwaukee Brewers heavy traffic in front of the St Louis combined for a season-high 18 net. Canadian Benn was held without on in relief and stopped 19 of 20 shots. Nashville Predators 3-2 for a 2-0 hits and halted a four-game skid a point in game one. Then early in the third, the game series lead. with a 14-5 victory over the Miami Troy Brouwer had a goal and an was delayed for several minutes after Pavelski also assisted on Logan Marlins. assist during regulation time for the a Jason Spezza drilled a slap shot from Couture’s powerplay goal late in the Tigers 6, Twins 5 Blues, who got goals from Patrik Ber- the right side which exploded into the second period, and Joe Thornton Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s two- glund and Joel Edmundson. face mask of St Louis goalie Elliott. added an empty-net goal with 55.6 NHL RESULTS out RBI double in the top of the Alex Goligoski and Mattias Jan- After being attended to by a mem- seconds remaining -- a goal that eighth inning plated the winning Western Conference mark scored in regulation time for ber of the Blues training staff, Elliott’s proved the game-winner when Nash- run as the Detroit Tigers fin- Dallas, which got two assists from facemask was repaired, a contact ville’s Ryan Johansen scored with 3.2 At Dallas ished off a three-game sweep of Cody Eakin. that popped out was found and he seconds to play. St Louis 4 Dallas 3 the Minnesota Twins with a 6-5 It was a rough day for goaltend- remained in the game. The Predators had leveled the (Series tied 1-1) victory. ers as St Louis scored on its first two In San Jose, Joe Pavelski scored score at 1-1 at 12:56 of the third, when At San Jose Minnesota, which had its shots of the game and on three of the go-ahead goal with 2:40 remain- defenseman Mattias Ekholm’s snap San Jose 3 Nashville 2 second worst April in franchise five shots in the first period on Dal- ing and Martin Jones finished with shot from inside the blue line got past (San Jose lead series 2-0) history, lost its fourth straight las starter Kari Lehtonen. Niemi came 37 saves as the Sharks defeated the Jones. game. 36 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016

Students at the Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Kindergarten for Boys and officials pose with theEmir Cup Trophy during a reception held as a part of the Emir Cup Trophy Tour which is organized by Qatar Football Association (QFA). Emir Cup Trophy Tour makes its first stop

The Peninsula EMIR CUP TROPHY TOUR

DOHA: Students of Al Hikma Inter- extend our gratitude to the QFA for Jubilant El Jaish players and officials celebrate after winning the Qatar Cup at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Friday night national Kindergarten and Saoud Bin all their efforts in involving all seg- Abdulrahman Kindergarten for Boys ments of the communities in this were offered a golden opportunity important tournament. We are proud yesterday when they were invited to to be part of this historic moment be part of the first stop of the Emir and wish to take part in next year’s Cup Trophy Tour. trophy tour.” How El Jaish rode on stunning The tour is organized by the Not only will did the students Qatar Football Association (QFA). have a chance to hold the prestigious The QFA delegation received a warm trophy, they also had the opportunity welcome from the young students to take memorable pictures with it. who displayed different dance per- The tour also included gift dis- form to corner Qatar Cup glory formances and shows to express tribution and a briefing session their enthusiasm for the tournament. about the tournament and football Nahida Al Zaghlool, Physi- in general. cal Education Teacher in Al Hikma The students were invited to to Qatar Cup glory. progressed to the Qatar Cup final International Kindergarten com- attend the matches and take part SUCCESS STORY OF Former champions Lekhwiya with a 3-2 victory over Al Sadd, mented: “We thank the QFA for in the different community events Sabri Lamouchi’s EL JAISH slumped to fourth place in the QSL whom they pipped to second place organising the Emir Cup Trophy Tour which QFA is organising in the lead side savours maiden standings. However the Red Knights in the QSL standings. and making a stop in Al Hikma Inter- up to the final match. The final Qatar Cup triumph did qualify for the Qatar Cup com- Jaish’s attacking trio of Hamdul- national Kindergarten to allow the match is set to take place on May 20 QSL, finishing in second place. Sabri petition with a few weeks to spare in lah, Romarinho and Rashidov linked children to participate in the biggest at the Jassim Bin Hamad (Al Sadd following a consistent Lamouchi’s side enjoyed a consistent the league, holding off a late surge together on the night and all three football event in Qatar.” Stadium). Qatar Stars League season in the top 4, and has had the from fifth placed Umm Salal. players had a hand in the Jaish goals. Najwa Al Yazeedi, Vice Prin- The trophy tour is scheduled to formidable attacking trio of Romar- Despite just qualifying for the Whilst the Jaish backline weathered cipal of Saoud Bin Abdulrahman make stops at various schools in season inho, Rashidov and Hamdullah. competition, the defending Qatar a late comeback from Al Sadd to Kindergarten for Boys said: “We Doha in the upcoming days to allow El Jaish went into the Qatar Cup winners had been in every set up a third straight final against are honoured to welcome the Emir as many schools to take part in the Cup in confident form, boosted final of the Qatar Cup since it was Lekhwiya. Cup Trophy in our school today and Emir Cup. by impressive displays in the AFC re-branded, Djamel Belmadi’s side The scene was set for a showpiece The Peninsula Champions League. Crucially his- where confident of regaining their Qatar Cup Final between Lekhwiya tory was on Sabri Lamouchi’s side crown. and El Jaish. The match certainly going into the end of season com- The first semifinal saw QSL delivered with last minute drama petition, Jaish have always been in Champions Al Rayyan take on the and high quality football. Jaish took DOHA: Al Rayyan proved their the final of the Qatar Cup since the defending Qatar Cup winners in an early lead courtesy of a Moham- excellence in this year’s Qatar Stars competition was re-branded three Lekhwiya. The Red Knights put on med Methnani header on the 30th League season to remain the foot- years ago. a tactical masterclass in their 3-1 vic- minute. ball kings of the country when newly As for Al Sadd they welcomed tory against Al Rayyan, a side who In the second half Lekhwiya appointed coach Jorge Fossati lead Spanish superstar Xavi to their ranks they lost to on both occasions during found their way back into conten- his side to 20 wins during the season, in the summer. The newly appointed the QSL season. Djamel Belmadi set tion with an Alain Dioko penalty after only dropping points in six games. Saad skipper capped his debut with out a defensive side, with one recog- defender Khalif Muftah was cut down Their talismanic captain Rod- the first of many assists this season, nized striker. in the penalty area. Despite Djamel rigo Tabata led the side by example as the Wolves ran out 4-0 win- However Lekhwiya where mas- Belmadi’s side being in the ascend- notching an impressive 21 goals this ners against new boys Meisameer. terful on the break, putting the ency, it was Jaish who delivered the term. A change of coach at the start of current QSL champions to the sword killer blow in the final minutes of the The Lions found their place in December saw Jesaldo Ferriera take with three goals of superior qual- match. the Qatar Cup following their stel- the hot seat. ity, Al Rayyan grabbed a consolation Midfielder Magid Mohammed was lar league form. Many expected Jorge The Portuguese coach brought though defender Nathan. scythed down in the box and the ref- Fossati’s side to go all the way and stability to the club allowing the The second semifinal saw El eree pointed to the spot. Up stepped lift their first ever Qatar Cup. Wolves to qualify for the Qatar Cup. Jaish face-off against Al Sadd with Jaish’s top scorer Abdulrazak Ham- Young football enthusiasts at Al Hikma International Kindergarten Meanwhile, El Jaish registered Hopes were high in the Al Sadd camp a chance to meet Lekhwiya in dullah to calmly convert the spot kick their joint highest ever finish in the that resurgence in form could lead the Qatar Cup on the line. El Jaish and ensured Jaish lifted the Qatar Cup celebrate the arrival of Emir Cup Trophy.

Yacoub wins Qatar Open Amateur Golf Championship

Fahad bin Nasser Al Nuaimi, the General Secretary of Qatar Golf Association (QGA) (left) and Mohammed Faisal Al Nuaimi, QGA Executive Director with champion Nasser Yacoub of Bahain and other podium winners and officials after the presentation ceremony of Qatar Open Amateur Golf Championship at the Doha Golf Club. Yacoub defeated Qatar’s Abdul Aziz Al Boainain in a play-off to win this year’s Championship. RIGHT: Fahad bin Nasser Al Nuaimi, QGA General Secretary with legendary Indian cricketer Kapil Dev during the presentation ceremony. Pictures by Kamutty VP / The Peninsula