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Emir congratulates Air fares soar Chad President on Independence Day

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim as peak season bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Chad President Idriss Deby on his country’s Independence Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh nearing end Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani also sent a congratulatory cable to President Deby. Prime Minister and Interior airlines from most south Asian des- Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin tinations, are fully booked between Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent Most flights, September 14 and 17. a similar cable to President Deby, including budget The peak season this year reports QNA. started around June 25 and ends by airlines from south September 20, with a summer break Asian destinations, of about three months. Usually the Secondary school peak season ends by end of August are fully booked H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President, Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), with football legends or the first week of September. exam results between September However, the peak season for Zico and Cafu and young children after the Ooredoo Legends Match at Bayt Qatar in Rio, yesterday. 14 and 17. Nepalese expatriates returning announced home is from the first week of Octo- ber to the end of November and for Filipinos, December and January. Rio street kids take on legends DOHA: Undersecretary of the By Fazeena Saleem Most expatriate families pre- Ministry of Education and Higher The Peninsula fer to spend summer vacation back Education, Rabia bin Mohammed home as it coincides with the school in Ooredoo match at Bayt Qatar Al Kaabi, yesterday endorsed the holidays. Some travel to other coun- results of the second term exam- tries, especially in the Far East. ination of the Secondary School DOHA: Air fares to Doha from vari- Average off-peak ticket fares Certificate for the academic year ous destinations abroad have shot up for a round trip to Colombo are RIO DE JANEIRO: Sixteen talented H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad touching to see the excitement in 2015-2016. as the long summer holidays end by estimated to be around QR1,350, street children from Caracol Favela Al Thani, President, QOC said: ‘The their eyes. According to the ministry, stu- the third week of next month. Kozhikode QR1,400, Mumbai in the Complexo da Penha, Rio de QOC has come to Brazil for the “I can only hope the children dents can access their results via Expatriate families vacation- QR1,250, Kathmandu QR1,300 and Janeiro, yesterday took on a team Olympics with a simple ambition to enjoyed the day as much as we did as the website (https://nateeja.edu. ing back home will start returning Manila QR2,200. of international football legends in share our passion for sport and our being around people who share your gov.qa/Publish.aspx). to Qatar by mid-September, with During peak season, a return a surprise football match at Qatar culture with the world. love of the game and who have such Successful students can schools set to open on September trip to Colombo would cost about Olympic Committee’s (QOC) Bayt “It is an ambition that has no energy to play is very rewarding. receive their certificates starting 18 after the summer break. QR2,500, Kozhikode QR2,950 and Qatar. boundaries, borders or limits, so this “This is one day the children will Sunday morning at the 22 second Several citizens and residents Mumbai QR2,600. The youngsters were joined by specific event is very important to us never forget and I’m sure it’s what term exam centre in and outside holidaying abroad will also be back “During peak season, fares are Brazil’s World Cup winning captain as we want to reach out and engage they’ll remember most about the Doha, reports QNA. before Eid Al Adha holidays that fall almost double the average rate. Cafu and played against all-stars all communities, especially the next Olympics taking place in Rio. I really in the second week of September. Even if tickets were booked before Zico, Trezeguet, Karembeu, Dunga, generation. hope it encourages them to follow According to travel indus- three months, the fares will not be Petković, Felipe, Assuncao, Lucio “In Brazil, football connects their dreams. Every child should Kuwait temperature try sources, flights from Colombo, much less because this is the time and E Marcelo Travares. to communities, creates lasting share that opportunity.” Cairo, London and the Indian cities the airlines focuses on more rev- The stars were secretly waiting friendship and inspires people in After signing shirts, autographs may hit 53 degrees of Chennai, Mumbai and Kozhikode enue,” a travel consultant told this within the courtyard of Bayt Qatar a way that only sport can. We hope and posing for selfies with the kids would cost 75 percent to 100 percent daily yesterday. which was transformed from a tra- this experience will live long in the and their friends and family, the KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait could more during mid-September com- “There is no increase in peak ditional Qatari souk into a football memories of all who were part of this event ended with a message of good- witness a maximum tempera- pared to the off-peak fares. season fares this year compared to pitch overnight. special occasion and help children will and support to Brazil’s greatest ture of up to 53 degrees Celsius Average one-way ticket fare last year. However, the fares are sub- Organised by QOC and sup- realise their dreams.” living sportsman, Pele. Players and tomorrow, the Directorate Gen- from Sri Lankan capital Colombo ject to demand and availability of ported by Ooredoo to raise The children showcased their children were pictured alongside eral of Civil Aviation in country to Doha would be between QR1,500 seats,” she added. awareness about ‘Save the Dream’, skills to the legends and crowd a simple message – ‘Get well soon has announced. and QR3,000, from Cairo between Although most expatriates travel the official charity of Doha-based which included their friends and Pele. We love you.’ Kuwaiti news agency KUNA QR1,800 and QR2,240, from to their countries during the summer International Centre for Sport Secu- family watching the 3 on 3 mini Muhammaed bin Henzab, Pres- yesterday said the maximum tem- Kozhikode (in the southern Indian break, some have chosen to travel to rity (ICSS), the Ooredoo Legends tournament. ident, ICSS, expressed pride for perature today will be between 48 state of Kerala) between QR2,900 Far Eastern countries such as Malay- Match was created to celebrate and Two-time World Cup winner and having the programme in Bayt Qatar and 51 degrees, with northwest- and QR3,300 and from London sia, Singapore and Thailand. spread the true spirit of the Olympics Brazilian legend Cafu said: ‘Surpris- at Rio 2016. erly winds blowing at a speed of above QR1,800. to all communities in Rio, especially ing the kids on the bus was such an 12 to 32kmph, and the minimum Most flights, including budget → Continued on page 2 children from disadvantaged areas. incredible moment. It was really → Continued on page 2 temperature at 33 to 36 degrees.

Battle in Sirte Erdogan’s approval rating rises

AFP Fleeing diplomats face legal action Reuters ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s approval rat- ing soared by over 20 percentage ANKARA: A deadline for Turkish diplomats recalled to Ankara as part points after last month’s failed coup of investigations into a failed military coup expired yesterday and legal attempt, reaching the highest level action will be taken again those who fail to return, Foreign Minister Mev- since his election two years ago, a lut Cavusoglu said. poll said yesterday. In an interview with private broadcaster NTV, he said two Turkish civil In a survey of 1,275 people con- servants in Bangladesh had fled to New York and two military attaches ducted between July 28 and August in Greece had fled to Italy. Cavusoglu said problems caused by the July 15 1, the approval rating was 67.6 per- failed coup attempt at the Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey, used by the Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government prepare to capture university buildings during cent, a rise of 21 points over a poll in US-led coalition against Islamic State, had been resolved. Turkey would a battle with Islamic State fighters in Sirte, Libya. → See also page 4 late June, Ankara-based Metropoll from now on actively join coalition operations with warplanes, he added. research company said. The failed grab for power by In August 2014, he was elected a bigger surge in support with his elements of the military on July 15 President with 52 percent of the approval levels reaching 40 percent, has unleashed a surge in national vote. His opinion poll ratings since an increase of 23 percent. ‘Shutdown’ fuels #SaveTwitter frenzy unity, of which Erdogan has been then had, until now, been less than The main opposition Repub- the beneficiary. 50 percent. lican People’s Party (CHP) leader MEDAL STANDINGS AFP foreseeable future due to the bane All opposition parties denounced Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Peoples’ Countries G S B T of cyber bullying. the putsch, and many members of Simsek said on his official Twitter Democratic Party (HDP) leader Sela- Twitter said there is no truth at the public are tired of the coups account that the rating surge showed hattin Demirtas saw their approval United States 12 11 10 33 SAN FRANCISCO: Tweets regarding all to the gossip. Twitter’s platform which have dogged Turkey since “strong public support for his han- increase by two percent to 26 and 15 China 10 6 9 25 Twitter’s pending demise are greatly was being used as a springboard 1960. dling of the coup attempt”. percent, respectively. Japan 6 1 12 19 exaggerated. for the rumour, along with missives Erdogan’s highest approval rat- Prime Minister Binali Yildirim On the night of July 15, all three Australia 5 3 6 14 Despite a rumour to the con- poking fun at the angst sparked by ing in Metropoll surveys was 71.1 also received a boost, with approval opposition parties united to con- trary, the one-to-many messaging the idea of a tweetless world in 2017. percent in early 2012 when he was rising by 18 points to 58 percent. demn the attempted putsch against South Korea 5 2 4 11 service yesterday had no plans The commentary took flight serving his third term as prime min- But Nationalist Movement Party the ruling Justice and Development Hungary 5 1 1 7 to shut down any time in the with a hashtag of #SaveTwitter. ister, Metropoll said. (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli enjoyed Party (AKP) government. 02 FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 HOME

Envoys present credentials Bayt Qatar sold out until Rio Games

Proceeds will go to Brazilian charity and QOC’s hospitality house to become bilingual public school after the Games.

The Peninsula

DOHA/RIO DE JANEIRO: Bayt Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi Qatar, the hospitality house of Qatar yesterday received copies of credentials of new Non-Resident Olympic Committee (QOC) at Rio Ambassadors to Qatar Tan Bunpa (Cambodia) and Riitta Swan 2016 Olympics, has completely sold (Finland) and Resident Ambassador Faizullah Kakr (Afghanistan, out until the end of the Games on pictured). The Minister wished them success in their missions August 21 and proceeds will go to a and relations between and their countries further progress and Brazilian NGO. prosperity. Several officials from the ministry were present. The QOC is looking into how capacity can be increased so that more people have the opportunity to visit the hospitality house. Qatar’s Olympics medallist Nasser Al Attiyah (second right) and other officials touring Bayt Qatar. Bayt Qatar is showcasing Qatari culture and heritage and offering Gulf Safety Forum to exciting daily activities, including a fine-dining experience provided up to date with what is happening. by Olympic medallist Arnaldo de Arabic calligraphy, basket weav- by world-renowned chefs Alex Atala Education Above All will organ- Oliveira to take athletics to students ing and henna hand painting in the and Aysha Al Tamimi, and an inti- ise a ‘Challenges & Reality’ exhibition of Rio’s public schools and provide souq area. mate performance by the Doha and bring children from its project in them with education medical, social, discuss zero accidents Visitors and Brazilian fashion String Quartet. Brazil to experience Qatari culture and psychological assistance. fans have enjoyed unique events such Team Qatar’s athletes also toured and a Garangao night. QOC, Qatar Athletics Federation as the exquisite fashion show on Sat- and dined at Bayt Qatar, including Doha-based International Cen- and Aspire Academy have partnered urday, thanks to fashion retailer Al skeet shooting star and Olympic tre for Sports Security (ICSS) will with Futuro Olimpico and the Rio in workplace Siddiqi, which combined traditional bronze medallist Nasser Al Attiyah, organise special events for its Save de Janeiro Athletics Federation to and contemporary Qatari designs to swimmers Nada Arakji and Noah the Dream charity, and the Supreme establish ‘Shine’, a project which will highlight the creativity and innova- Al Khulaifi, weightlifter Fares Ibra- Committee for Delivery and Leg- provide an opportunity for under- tion of the Qatari fashion industry. him, the handball team, the beach acy (SC) will showcase the progress privileged young athletes from Rio de The Peninsula Paul Stanley Williams, Senior Bayt Qatar’s arts and crafts volleyball team, and flagbearer and towards the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Janeiro to train at world-class facil- Manager, Health and Safety, Qatar workshop attracted many youngsters equestrian Sheikh Ali bin Khalid Cup. ities at Aspire Academy for Sporting Rail, will also attend the forum. to Casa Daros — the historic build- Al Thani. The QOC’s national part- Qatar Foundation, Al Shaqab, Excellence, with specialised coach- “Qatar Rail is pleased to be tak- ing that hosts the hospitality house ners Ooredoo, Qatar Airways and Qatar Museums, Katara, Doha Film ing and sports science support. DOHA: The Gulf Safety Forum 2016 ing part in the forum as we have — for an afternoon of family-friendly QIC Group, and official suppliers Institute, Aspire, Aspetar, We Are Through Shine, QOC hopes to will be held in Doha on October 30 a strong culture of collaboration fun. Older visitors enjoyed beautiful Al Siddiqi and Qatar Airways Holi- Doha, SC, and ADLQ have contrib- leave a compelling legacy from the and 31. which enables learning and shar- melodies of the Kervansarai Band days are hosting their activities and uted films, photos and content to help Rio Games after which Bayt Qatar Organised by Euro Petroleum ing of positive health and safety whose music is inspired by cultural exhibitions. showcase the very best of Qatar. will become a bilingual public school Consultants (EPC) and the Gulf practices.” relations among Western and east- Media Partner Al Kass is broad- Fees on entry to Bayt Qatar will – Eleva School – and as a further leg- Organisation for Industrial Con- Franco Polli of DuPont Sustain- ern civilisations. casting live from Bayt Qatar daily so be donated to Futuro Olimpico, acy, QOC will donate a library to the sulting (GOIC), the conference able Solutions said: “We believe Guests were also able to sample that everyone back in Qatar can keep an NGO in Rio de Janeiro founded school. will bring together key industry that the forum is a very well recog- players from across the region to nised and visible platform to share discuss strategies for continuous new points of view and stimulate improvement of safety procedures discussion around ways to improve Long school break changed and share successful case studies safety. and roadmaps towards achieving “Workplace safety remains a expatriates’ travel pattern the goal of zero accidents. critical issue within the GCC, and International safety experts we are pleased to contribute to the Continued from page 1 and providers of safety tools and conversation about how to drive technologies will present the lat- improvement,” Polli added. “Some expatriates prefer to spend a few days in some Far est methodologies which can assist Colin Chapman, President, Eastern cities and the remaining at home. They mostly choose companies in achieving these EPC, said: “It is now widely recog- to travel from home to their preferred destinations because goals. Representatives will gather nised that as organisations develop it costs them less compared to travelling from Doha,” said from diverse industry sectors, on their safety journey, it is nec- another travel executive. including oil, gas, petrochemicals, essary to focus on plant safety, The travel pattern of expatriates has also changed this construction, manufacturing and reliability and human behav- year due to the long school holidays, he added. transportation. iour to achieve the target of zero “Some left Doha by end of June or first week of July and “The forum provides a unique accidents. returned by the end of July or first week of August. Many are arena for key industry stakehold- “A focus on safety is the leaving by mid- August and will return by mid- September,” ers to present their experiences number one priority for companies he said. However, children and most non-working women and share frontline developments and manufacturers and suppliers prefer to spend the entire holiday in their home countries. for the benefit of all participants. are developing innovative and “It is designed to share the lat- effective solutions in these areas.” est strategies for driving safety Keynote speakers include excellence with a blend of inter- world- renowned process safety Young visitors at the festival at Souq Waqif. Ooreedo Legends Match national and local expertise,” said expert Dr Sam Mannan, Regents Abdulaziz bin Hamad Al Ageel, Professor and Director, Mary Kay to be released as film Secretary-General, GOIC. O’Connor Process Safety Centre 45,612kg of dates sold at festival Main topics to be discussed at Texas A&M University; Dr Lau- Continued from page 1 at the conference include: The rence Cusco, Head of International regulatory environment; con- Unit, Health and Safety Laboratory, QNA Souq Waqif concludes on Sunday. Henzab also expressed gratitude to struction and safety in the UK. Other organisations to attend According to a statement issued by the H E Sheikh Joaan for support to ‘Save the Dream’ initiative workplace; improving workforce the event include Oryx GTL, Qata- ministry, 45,612kg of dates were sold so far and thanked Ooredoo. He praised the impressive high profes- competence; making safety com- lum, Qafac, Kuwait Oil Company, during the 18-day festival. sional and organisational level, which reflected the progress munications more vital; and how Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, DOHA: The Local Dates Festival 2016 There is also a huge demand for vari- Qatar has reached in every domain, especially in the field to develop and sustain process AspenTech, Honeywell, PTAI, and organised by the Ministry of Municipal- eties of dates produced by local farms, of sport. The event was captured on an inspiring film to be safety leadership. Dekra Insight. ity and Environment in collaboration with added the ministry. released by QOC. Al Jazeera to air My Cuba series Outgoing Peruvian envoy visits Katara

The Peninsula humour in everything. Some are handmade fireworks. benefitting from the possibilities Al Jazeera online will also roll The Peninsula of the ‘new Cuba’ but others’ lives out a series of stories that tap into have been completely untouched. the lives of unique individuals to DOHA: My Cuba is a new series of Avoiding clichés, the series provide deeper insights into Cuban six programmes from Al Jazeera attempts to get behind the sta- culture. DOHA: Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al English starting on August 22. tistics, the views of political The stories will feature the Sulaiti, General Manager, Cultural The series gives an insight into commentators and the soundbites work of local writers and photog- Village Foundation-Katara, met out- Cuba through the eyes of six peo- on the news to hear what Cuba raphers and explore topics from a going Peruvian Ambassador Julio ple living in places as varied as means to some of its people and day in the life of two Havana veg- Florian. buzzing Havana, the Afro-Cuban show their day to day lives. etable sellers and a profile of a They discussed cultural cooper- neighbourhood of La Marina in It features TV comedian Luis well-known performance artist to ation between Qatar and Peru and Matanzas, or a quiet village in the Silva (Panfilo); ballet dancer the experiences of a young santero cultural events hosted by Katara in mountains at the opposite end of Laura Rodriguez; community and a duo putting Guantanamo on the past five years. the country. worker and Female Rumba Asso- the map with their contemporary Dr. Al Sulaiti wished the ambas- Each intimate portrait takes ciation Founder Regla Gonzalez; dance company. sador success in his upcoming the viewer way beyond the head- rural shoe maker Alexis Martinez Ingrid Falck, Head, AJE Doc- mission and said Katara constantly Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager, Cultural Village lines and the familiar stories about Pena; wedding and event planner umentaries, conceived and strives to extend bridges of com- Foundation-Katara, with Peruvian Ambassador Julio Florian. ‘Cuba opening up’. We see people’s Ailed Guevara; and Jose Enrique commissioned the series. munication among peoples and individual struggles and the chal- Gomez, whose job is to make sure “My Cuba is part of Al Jazeera’s be open to different cultures and of countries of Latin America in gen- of visitors,” Dr Al Sulaiti said. lenges they set themselves; see his neighbourhood has the best commitment to give people from civilisations. eral and Peru in specific. Florian extended gratitude and their rewards and successes; hear fireworks, lighting and float dis- the global south a platform to tell “During the past five years, “Last month, Katara and the appreciation to Katara for efforts their frustrations and pleasures — plays at the Las Parrandas carnival, their own stories in their own Katara hosted significant cultural Peruvian embassy organised a to afford peoples glimpse on civ- and see the Cuban trait of finding even if it means preparing 150,000 words and directly to the world.” events and exhibitions that shed photo exhibition of Qhapag Nan ilisations and cultures of others, light on the culture and civilisation that attracted a significant turnout specifically the culture of Peru. ISLAM FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 03 The quest for true happiness

True happiness is in realising the purpose for which we were created. It is in worshipping the One who created us, that gives the hearts contentment and delight.

By Mariam Anwer

appiness is the ultimate goal in life for almost all of us. It is the motive behind every action that is taken in this world. HPeople eat, shop, study, work, marry or sometimes fall into forbidden relationships, go on vacations, throw lavish parties and sometimes go to weird, forbidden extremes just for the pursuit of happiness and delight. Eventually, there comes a time when they realise that these feelings are short-lived, temporary and bound to end at some point. So the question that arises is; what is it that gives one the feeling of everlasting happiness? What is it that would tend to make the heart content and at ease despite the day to day tests and hardships that life throws our way? Simply put, true happiness is in realising the purpose for which we were created. It is in worshipping the One who created us, that gives the hearts contentment and delight. It is in doing every action with the sole inten- tion of gaining Allah’s pleasure, avoiding His Anger while following in the footsteps of His never fill the void.” (Madarij Al Salikeen) remembrance of Allah and through follow- bed of roses for long and that we will be tested yourself, or which you have revealed in your beloved Messenger (peace be upon him). No doubt, this is the only reason our ing the teachings of the Quran. It is something and tried till we reach our graves. If we look Book, or you have taught to anyone of your Imam Ibn Al Qayyim said: “In the heart hearts are so much at peace and our souls that instills happiness in us not just during at the people around us, we will see people creatures, or which you have chosen to keep are disorders that cannot be remedied except so exuberant during Ramadan. It is because the moments in which it is done but also later who are being tested in one way or the other. in the knowledge of the unseen with you, to by responding to Allah. In it is a desolate we spend the whole month busy in doing what on. This is because; every type of pleasure It will be either by missing out on something make the Qur’an the delight of my heart, the feeling that cannot be removed except by we were created to do! We feel happy despite is enjoyed only once, except for (the acts of) that they like, or going through that which light of my chest, the remover of my sadness intimacy with Him in solitude. In it is sad- staying without food and water all day and worship, which is enjoyed three times: when they dislike. and dispeller of my anxiety.’” ness which will not leave except by happiness despite exerting ourselves for extra prayer you do it, when you remember it, and when Ibn Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with The Prophet (PBUH) said: “If he says this, of knowing Him and truthfulness in his deal- and worship. you are given the reward for it. him) rightly said: For every moment of joy Allah will remove his affliction and replace ings. In it is anxiety that is not made tranquil We can actually maintain this state of (Abdallah ibn Wahb) there is a moment of sorrow, and no house it with joy and happiness.” His They said, “O except by gathering for His sake and fleeing peace and contentment throughout the year Allah tells us in more than one place in is filled with joy but it will be filled with Messenger of Allah, should we not learn it?” to Him from His punishment. In it is a fire of if we persist in continuing all the good acts the Quran that the faces of the ones who sorrow. The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Yes, whoever hears regret which cannot be extinguished except that we do during Ramadan. The Creator believed and did righteous acts for His sake Beautiful is the dua that the Prophet it should know it.” by satisfaction with His commands, prohibi- and Master of everything that exists says will be glowing with happiness and delight. (PBUH) taught us. He said: “If any Muslim is (Ahmad 3704) tions, and decrees, and embracing patience in His Glorious Book: “Those who believe, He says: “(Some) faces, that Day, will be bright afflicted with distress and makes this dua, then Lastly, we need to understand is that with that until the time he meets Him. In it is and whose hearts find contentment in the — Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of reward his supplication will be answered: ‘O Allah, happiness is the spiritual experience of liv- a strong desire that will not cease until He is remembrance of Allah: for without doubt in and Jannah).” (Quran 80:38-39). I am your servant, the son of your servant, ing every minute doing good for the sake of the only one who is sought. In it is a void that the remembrance of Allah do hearts find con- “Faces, that Day, will show pleasure. With the son of your maidservant. My forelock is Allah, it is in being grateful for whatever we cannot be filled except by His love, turning tentment.” (Quran 13:28) their effort (they are) satisfied. In an elevated in your hand, your command concerning me have and in utilizing it all in being of service to Him, always remembering Him, and being The contentment and openness of garden (Jannah)…” (Quran 88:9-11) prevails, and your decision concerning me is to the creation of Allah. May Allah grant us the sincere to Him. Were a person to be given the the heart are aspects of happiness which As believers we need to know and have just. I call upon you by every one of the beau- happiness of this world and the next. Ameen. entire world and everything in it, that would are achieved through keeping up the strong belief in the fact that life will not be a tiful names with which you have described www.arabnews.com Health benefits of saying Alhamdulillah

By Karima Burns body, but the mind that controls it.” “The strong [person] is not the one the effects of stress are to simply be Dr Ted M Morter confirms this in who overcomes the people by his aware of the stress we are encoun- his book, Your Health… Your Choice, strength, but the strong [person] is tering, and to consume sufficient when he says that “negative thoughts the one who controls himself while nutrients and supplements such as here are many examples in are the number one acid producer in anger.” In fact, staying patient and herbs. the Quran and Hadith of the in the body (and high body acidity calm is key to physical strength. For instance, if a person is up late virtues of a positive mental levels are a major cause of disease) Phosphorus is not the only nutri- praying or reading Quran during attitude, perseverance and because your body reacts to neg- ent that can be depleted by mental Ramadan, they can eat phosphorus Toptimism in the face of adversity. ative mental and emotional stress stress and a lack of spiritual calm. If rich foods and those that will help However, did you know that patience brought about by thought the same the thyroid gland, the primary organ them maintain their phosphorus and a positive outlook on life are two way it reacts to ‘real’ threats of phys- to handle our emotions, works over- intake. If a person is moving, trav- of the greatest healing tools that you ical harm.” time, we can suffer from a deficiency elling or making Haj or Umrah, they can use? In fact, hospital studies show in iodine. Stress from a demanding may want to increase their intake of The Quran (2:155) says: “Give that, of all the patients who consult job, a divorce or relocating can cause foods high in potassium and sodium glad tidings to those who exercise outpatient clinical facilities in the a loss of potassium and sodium in as well as vitamin B complex. patience when struck with adversity United States, an astounding seventy the body because it effects the adre- If we completely ignore the and say, ‘Indeed, we belong to God percent are found to have no organic nal glands creating more of a need relationship between mental and and to Him is our return.’ Such ones basis for their complaint. That fig- for these minerals. physical health, we are missing receive the blessings and mercy of ure is amazingly high. However, Even hypoglycemia (low blood an important detail in the picture their Lord, and such are the guided although medically these patients sugar) can be caused by excitement. of personal health. And, as in most ones.” According to the findings of are not found to have an obvious The Prophet (PBUH) recommended health problems, practicing pre- modern science, it appears that this organic source for their complaints, and mental realms. The mind is in If we keep in mind that the brain our taking the more moderate path vention is superior to finding a mercy may often come in the form there actually is a physical basis the brain, and the brain is an organ. is an organ and that it works in har- in life; however, we often engage cure. Therefore, the best manner of improved health. for this phenomenon. Since Freud Like all other organs, it feeds from mony with the other organs and in or expose ourselves to intense to avoid having negative attitudes Bernard Jensen says, in his book popularised the idea of psychoa- the same pool of nutrients that other feeds from the same bloodstream, excitement by yelling, excessively and emotions control our bodies is The Science and Practice of Iridol- nalysis, people have often focused body organs feed from and is sus- we can understand how various watching television, and going to the simply to practice the wisdoms that ogy, “The doctor of the new day will exclusively on the mental realm to ceptible to all of the same problems. mental events can affect us physi- mall, movies, parties, amusement we have been given throughout the recognize that a man’s most impor- solve certain problems, forgetting Ultimately, the brain is just a part of cally. For example, simply using our parks, etc. When we see something Qur’an and Hadith. We should say, tant workshop is not the physical that we cannot separate the physical our body like all of the other parts brains to think and study burns up exciting, our adrenal cortex is stimu- “Alhamdullilah” for what we have; and is completely dependent on the nutrients in our system, particularly lated and there is an increase in our “Insha’Allah” for what we intend; body. It requires sugar to develop phosphorus. Heavily exercising the blood sugar. This, in turn, stimulates and, “Subhana’ Allah” when we energy unlike other tissues that can brain can cause us to suffer from a the pancreas to secrete insulin into see something exciting or amaz- “Give glad tidings to those who exercise develop it from potassium and fats. phosphorus deficiency. And we find the blood to lower the sugar level, ing. We should remember to say, patience when struck with adversity and say, Consequently, it is the first organ to that the reverse is also true in this causing us to then feel tired or weak. Astaghfir’Allah” when we lose our suffer from low blood sugar and it relationship. People who have high It produces calm and health to tempers or become weak, and most ‘Indeed, we belong to God and to Him is our reacts most severely. Freud himself intellectual capacity usually have practice saying, “Alhamdulillah” for importantly, “Allahu Akbar” when return.’ Such ones receive [the] blessings and said that psychoanalysis was not high levels of phosphorus in their what we have and for what we are we are faced with the challenges of suitable for treating diseases such system. faced with. We should try to keep life. These five phrases, said regu- mercy of their Lord, and such are the guided as schizophrenia, and he postulated There is much wisdom in the our home and work environments larly, are like taking a multi-vitamin ones.” (Quran 2:155) that their causes eventually would Prophet’s (peace be upon him) state- peaceful and as free from stress as for holistic health. be found to be biochemical. ment (narrated by Abu Huraira), possible. One way we can counteract Courtesy: Islamcity.org 04 FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 MIDDLE EAST Battle for Sirte in final phase Iraq Kurds: IS setback to the jihadists’ efforts to expand their self-proclaimed financier dead Forces made “caliphate” beyond Syria and Iraq a significant where they have also suffered a in joint raid string of losses. breakthrough Forces loyal to Libya’s UN- BAGHDAD: Kurdish yesterday in their backed unity government made a authorities said that their significant breakthrough yester- troops conducted a joint nearly three-month- day in their nearly three-month-old raid with US forces yes- old offensive to offensive to retake the city, seizing terday, killing a jihadist a conference centre where IS had financier near a west- retake the city, set up a base. ern Iraqi town that is far seizing a conference “The battle for Sirte has reached from where they usually centre where IS had its final phase, after the success- operate. ful offensive by our heroes,” a “A joint operation was set up a base. spokesman for the forces, General conducted by our Direc- Mohamad Ghassri, said yesterday. torate General of Counter The rapid advance comes after Terrorism and US Special the United States launched air Forces in the vicinity of Al AFP strikes on IS positions in the city Qaim near the Iraqi-Syr- for the first time on August 1. ian border,” the Kurdish The US Africa Command said 36 Regional Security Council strikes had been carried out against said in a statement. It said the raid killed TRIPOLI: Pro-government forces IS positions since the start of “Oper- Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government during a battle with IS fighters in Sirte, Libya, battled yesterday to clear the ation Odyssey Lightning”, including Sami Jassem Mohammed Islamic State group from its main seven on Tuesday. Al Juburi, a man sanc- Libyan stronghold of Sirte, after IS took advantage of the chaos as the Ibn Sina Hospital to the north. lies just across the Mediterranean the operation’s command centre in tioned by the US Treasury dealing a major blow to the jihad- that followed the ouster and killing Libyan television broadcast from Italy. It was unclear how many based. They have faced determined Department for super- ists by seizing their headquarters. of longtime dictator Moamer Kad- images of flag-waving soldiers in IS fighters were killed, but the centre resistance from the jihadists who have vising operations to fund IS fighters still control several hafi in 2011 to gain a foothold in the recaptured areas including the Oua- said that at least 20 jihadists had died struck back with sniper fire, suicide the Islamic State group, areas of the Mediterranean city, oil-rich North African country. gadougou centre, flashing victory in fighting for the university campus. attacks and car bombings. including via the sale of whose capture in June last year The forces loyal to the Govern- signs as they posed for photographs. In total more than 300 pro-gov- Reda Issa, another spokesman oil and gas.The statement sparked fears that the extremist ment of National Accord yesterday The pro-GNA forces said 16 of ernment fighters have been killed for the pro-government forces, said did not specify the exact group would use it as a springboard also seized the University of Sirte their fighters were killed and dozens and 1,800 wounded in the opera- IS fighters still controlled several res- location of the operation. for attacks on Europe. campus just south of the Ouaga- wounded yesterday in the fighting tion for Sirte, according to medical idential neighbourhoods in Sirte next The fall of Sirte would be a huge dougou conference centre as well in Sirte, Kadhafi’s hometown which sources in the city of Misrata, where to the sea. Iran diplomat to Growing Qatar-Turkey ties visit Turkey for US: Iraq politicians must talks today ANKARA: Iranian For- unite to retake Mosul eign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will hold talks in Turkey today, the AFP campaign, which we’re confident Turkish foreign ministry will go well, it’s also the humanitar- announced, in the most ian element to make sure that IDPs significant visit by a for- (internally displaced persons) are eign official to the country BAGHDAD: Feuding Iraqi poli- taken care of and then the stabili- since last month’s failed ticians should unite as a crucial sation to make sure that the ground coup. operation to retake the city of Mosul is laid to return the people to their Zarif will meet his from the Islamic State group draws homes,” he said. Turkish counterpart Mev- near, a top US envoy said yesterday. Earlier this month, Defence lut Cavusoglu in Ankara The latest turmoil in Baghdad Minister Khaled Al Obeidi accused and will be received by saw a bitter row break out between speaker Salim Al Juburi of corrup- Turkish President Recep Iraq’s defence minister and par- tion, the row escalating in a travel Tayyip Erdogan at his pal- liament speaker, who are also the ban on the head of the legislative ace, the ministry said in a country’s most prominent Sunni house. statement yesterday. politicians. The judiciary since dropped the The visit by a key The White House’s special envoy case against him after an expedi- regional player in the to the coalition battling IS, Brett tious hearing but the feud does not Middle East will please McGurk, said he had so far seen no bode well for efforts to unite Sunni Ankara, which has hit out impact on the campaign but called leaders in the run-up to an opera- at the lack of Western for greater cohesion ahead of Mosul. tion on Mosul. leaders coming to Turkey “I will say when it comes to Mosul, the country’s second since a rogue military fac- Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Binali Yildirim with Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Mosul it’ll be really important for city, has been the main jihadist tion tried to oust Erdogan H E Major General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem at the headquarters of the Premiership in Iraqi leaders to stay focused and be hub in Iraq since the Islamic State from power on July 15. the capital Ankara, yesterday. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral ties in the areas of military pulling together to get this right,” he group seized it and proclaimed its The announcement of cooperation and ways for further enhancing them. told reporters in Baghdad. “caliphate” more than two years the visit comes two days “It’s not just a military ago. after a key encounter between Russian Presi- dent Vladimir Putin and Erdogan, They met face-to-face for the first time since Saudi-led coalition jets pound Yemen rebels for third day relations were damaged after Turkey shot down a AFP rebels since March 2015, after they the pro-rebel Saba news agency other raids on the Houthi strong- Kuwait hosted UN-brokered peace Russian jet over Syria in overran the capital and drove south reported. Military sources loyal to hold of Saada, a northern province talks between and the Yemeni November 2015. forcing internationally recognised the Hadi government said the air near the borders with Saudi Ara- government and the Iran-backed Tehran and Mos- SANAA: Saudi-led coalition jets yes- President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi raids targeted only military posi- bia. It said Sanaa airport had been Houthis and their allies. cow are Syrian President terday pounded Shiah rebel positions to flee the country. tions held by the Houthis and their closed since the coalition on Tues- But the UN suspended the talks Bashar al-Assad’s main in and around Sanaa for a third con- In the morning, coalition war- allies, supporters of ousted president day launched a wave of air raids in last week after the rebels appointed allies in the over five-year secutive day, as shelling from Yemen planes struck the Al Dailami airbase Ali Abdullah Saleh. and around the capital, for the first a so-called “supreme political coun- civil war, putting them at killed a woman in Saudi Arabia. The near Sanaa airport and a military But Saba said civilian homes time in three months. cil” comprising 10 members to run loggerheads with Turkey. coalition has been fighting the Houthi school inside the Yemeni capital, were also struck, and reported The raids had been halted as Yemen. Fresh clashes in Aleppo as Russia opens aid ‘windows’

AFP the escalating battle for Aleppo. The city on Saturday, opening a new route for has been rocked by a recent surge in vio- goods through the southern outskirts. lence, with residents on both sides of the AFP’s correspondent in the east said front line living in fear of being trapped trucks carrying food were unable to enter ALEPPO: Fresh fighting hit Syria’s Aleppo by renewed hostilities. the city Thursday because of intense yesterday, the first day of a promised The United Nations said Russia was bombardment. Russian aid window the UN said was considering expanding three-hour pauses An estimated 1.5 million people live in insufficient to bring relief for the city’s in fighting every morning to bring in des- Aleppo, including about 250,000 in rebel- desperate residents. perately-needed aid. held districts. Syrian’s state news agency Even as Moscow pledged to pause “Any pause obviously should always said army troops seized territory south of strikes around the divided second city, be seen and looked at with great inter- Aleppo Thursday, adding that rebel fire it carried out raids further east on the est, because a pause means no fighting, killed four civilians in a government-held Islamic State group bastion of Raqa that but three hours is not enough,” said UN district. a monitor said killed 24 civilians. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura. But it made no mention of the Russia was meanwhile offered the Jan Egeland, who heads the UN- “humanitarian windows” announced possibility of joint operations against IS backed Syria humanitarian taskforce, by Russia. Fifteen of the only remaining by Turkey, which has backed rebel groups said he was “hopeful” talks with Russia doctors in the eastern half implored US against President Bashar Al Assad. could lead to aid entering the city. President Barack Obama yesterday to pro- The offer came one day after crucial But rebels and regime forces clashed tect civilians from atrocities in their city. talks between President Vladimir Putin in southern Aleppo yesterday, includ- “Unless a permanent lifeline to Aleppo and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip ing during the period when the pause is opened it will be only a matter of time Erdogan aimed at ending a crisis in ties. was meant to take hold, said the Syrian until we are again surrounded by regime People gather to buy fresh produce, that was brought into rebel held areas of Aleppo by A longtime ally of Damascus, Russia Observatory for Human Rights. troops, hunger takes hold and hospitals’ has provided air cover for pro-govern- Rebels and jihadists broke a three- supplies run completely dry,” the letter private traders from a newly opened corridor that linked besieged opposition held eastern ment forces for nearly a year, including in week government siege of the city’s east said. Aleppo with western Syria, in Aleppo, yesterday. ASIA / AFRICA FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 05

21 dead in explosion at Three-wheeled pillion Uganda removes Chinese power station 5,500 employees from govt payroll in the central province of Hubei, The massive blasts in Tianjin, and rescue efforts were underway, which caused over $1bn in damages An official report reports said. and killed at least 165, sparked wide- KAMPALA: Uganda says a high-pressure A photograph purportedly from spread anger over a perceived lack removed more than steam pipe has the scene showed a bare concrete of transparency by officials about 5,500 suspected “ghost” shell and metal scaffolding stand- the accident’s causes and environ- civil servants from the exploded at a power ing by a smokestack. mental impact. payroll, a minister said station. The local government said it was A government inquiry into the yesterday, as it fights investigating the cause. Tianjin accident released in Feb- endemic corruption and Three people were seriously ruary recommended 123 people be fraud in the public sector. injured and were being treated in punished. President Yoweri AFP hospital, reports said. Deadly accidents are relatively Museveni promised a Newspapers said the company common at industrial plants in crackdown on corruption operating the coal-fired plant was China, and anger over lax stand- after being sworn into BEIJING: A pipeline explosion at registered for power generation ards is growing after three decades office for a fifth consecu- a power station in China killed at and sales of slag ash and petroleum of swift economic growth marred tive term in May. least 21 people and injured five more products. by incidents from mining disasters “We are submitting a yesterday, the official Xinhua news Earlier this summer more than to factory fires. list of suspected fraudu- service reported. 130 people were taken to hospital China has vowed to improve lent cases to the inspector The blast, which Xinhua said after chemicals leaked from a plant safety at such facilities. President Xi general of government happened in a high-pressure steam in eastern China. Jinping has said authorities would for further investigations pipeline, came a day before the first In April a chemical fire burned learn the lessons paid for with blood and possible prosecution,” anniversary of giant explosions for 16 hours in the coastal province after chemical blasts in the port city Minister for public service that killed at least 165 people in the of Jiangsu after an explosion at a of Tianjin last August. Muruli Mukasa said. A construction worker rides a three-wheeled motorcycle down northern port city of Tianjin. facility storing chemicals and fuel, Tianjin is a metropolis in north- The latest incident occurred at a requiring 400 firefighters to quell ern coastal China and one of the five a small street on the outskirts of Hanoi. coal-fired power plant in Dangyang, the flames. national central cities of China. Mali to hold local elections US urges DR Congo to allow Militants blow up Nigeria pipeline in November return of rights researcher Reuters He also said protesters, mostly other operations in the area if the BAMAKO: Voters in Mali unemployed youths, were continuing company does not agree to their will be asked to go to a demonstration started on Tuesday demands. the polls in local elec- AFP in the DR Congo,” State Department ONITSHA: Militants blew up another at the gate of a Chevron oil depot to Communities in Nigeria’s south- tions across the vast spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau crude pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger demand jobs and housing, claim- ern swampland often complain Sahel nation in Novem- said. Delta, a youth and protest leader said ing the facility had destroyed their about oil pollution and houses ber, despite the threat of WASHINGTON: The United States The United States is urging the yesterday. Protesters also continued settlement. being moved to make way for drill- attacks by armed Islam- urged the Democratic Republic of country’s authorities “to allow to block the entrance to a Chevron “Our protest is going on peace- ing. They also say they live in poverty ists, the government has Congo on Wednesday to allow the the Human Rights Watch senior oil depot in the restive southern fully today (Thursday). Our despite sitting on much of Nigeria’s announced. return of a Human Rights Watch researcher to resume her impor- region for a third day. community workers inside the tank oil wealth. At a meeting led by (HRW) researcher forced to leave tant work...without delay.” On Wednesday, a previously farm have joined the protest as we The Niger Delta region has been President Ibrahim Bou- the country. DR Congo announced on Tues- unknown group called Delta Green- speak,” Edema said. hit by a wave of militant attacks on oil bacar Keïta, the cabinet The State Department said it day that Sawyer’s visa would not land Justice Mandate said it had “Nobody is going in and out of and gas pipelines, reducing Nigeria’s “adopted a draft decree was “very concerned by the govern- be renewed, giving no reason for a attacked a crude pipeline belong- the facility since we’ve started but crude output by 700,000 barrels a day, on convening (the elec- ment of the Democratic Republic of decision that effectively expels her. ing to state oil firm NNPC and local Chevron has airlifted their senior according to state oil company NNPC. torate), opening and the Congo’s decision not to renew Authorities had informed Saw- firm Shoreline Natural Resources in staff from there,” he said, a claim The militants, which are splin- closing the electoral cam- the visa” of Ida Sawyer, who has yer on Monday that she had 48 Urhobo in Delta state. could not verify. tered in many groups, say they want paign for ... electing local worked for the US-based rights hours to leave the country. “It is true but I don’t have details Chevron confirmed a protest had a greater share of Nigeria’s oil wealth councillors,” an official group in DR Congo since 2008. Sawyer has carried out research yet,” said Collins Edema, a youth taken place but did not say whether - which accounts for around 70% of statement said. “The forced departure of this across the country as well as in leader. He said the pipeline was on oil production had been affected. national income - to be passed on to “Campaigning will researcher... is incompatible with parts of neighboring countries fire, but Reuters was unable to con- Edema said the protesters communities in the impoverished begin on November 4 and efforts to support greater transpar- occupied by Lord’s Resistance Army firm this and it was not immediately might shut down Chevron’s crude region and for areas blighted by oil close on November 18.” ency, accountability and democracy (LRA) rebels. possible to get more details. flow in Abiteye, Jones Creek and spills to be cleaned up. S Africa questions candidates to replace corruption official who vexed Zuma

Reuters for the ruling party African National Africa’s most industrialised country, impeachment vote in April after the Congress in local elections last week. who feared it could lead to instability. court ruling, has since said he will Among the 14 candidates short- In one of her most high-impact repay some of the money, as ordered CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s parlia- listed to replace Madonsela in the investigations in 2014, Madon- by the court. ment yesterday began interviewing role of Public Protector are two sela found Zuma had included in a Madonsela has said she is inves- candidates to replace Thuli Madon- judges, several lawyers, as well as $16m “security upgrade” to his rural tigating whether Zuma allowed a sela, the head of a corruption the current deputy national direc- Nkandla home a raft of non-security wealthy business family, the Gupta watchdog whose findings under- tor of public prosecutions. items including a swimming pool and family, to decide on cabinet appoint- mined support for President Jacob The Public Protector has a amphitheatre. ments. Both Zuma and the Guptas Zuma and his administration and constitutional mandate to probe mis- She said Zuma should pay back have denied the accusations made worried investors. conduct and abuse in state affairs. the cost of those items, and her view by the opposition. Appointed by Zuma in 2009 It was not clear when a new candi- was supported in March by South South Africa ranked 61st out of for a seven-year, non-renewable date to replace Madonsela would be Africa’s highest court, which said 168 countries on Transparency Inter- term, Madonsela investigated sev- named but her term ends in October. Zuma had broken the law by ignor- national’s Corruption Perceptions eral scandals involving Zuma which The scandals investigated by ing Madonsela’s order. Index (CPI) 2015, which measures President Jacob Zuma Thuli Madonsela contributed to a sharp loss in support Madonsela have worried investors in Zuma, who survived an public sector corruption.

Tranquilised tusker Myanmar soldiers ‘admit killing villagers’

Reuters of wrongdoing by the still-power- the country’s lawless border zones, ful military, intelligence chief Mya but campaigners such as Amnesty Tun Oo told reporters the army was International say it is extremely rare YANGON: Seven Myanmar soldiers responsible for killing five men for soldiers to be held to account. on trial for murder have admitted from Mong Yaw and said the cul- Mong Yaw lies in a distant corner their involvement in the killing of prits would be prosecuted. of Shan State, where thousands of five villagers in northern Shan State, Witnesses had previously said people have been displaced by dec- according to witnesses at an unprec- that soldiers rounded up doz- ades of fighting between the military edented court martial. ens of men from the village, in an and ethnic insurgents. In a highly unusual move, the area riven by a long-running eth- Three officers and three lower- army invited 15 residents from the nic insurgency, on June 25 and led ranking soldiers have admitted remote village of Mong Yaw, where five away. murdering the villagers, according the killings took place, to witness Their bodies were found in a to the witnesses present at the court the court martial at a nearby mili- shallow grave a few days later. martial. tary base on Tuesday. Four of them The response this time suggests The seventh serviceman, the have described the proceedings to a heightened sensitivity about the highest-ranking of those on trial, Reuters. military’s image as it tries to present said he did not order the soldiers “The judge read the murder case itself as a responsible partner in to “kill” the villagers, but to “clear reports and asked for confessions Myanmar’s democratic transition them out”. from the soldiers, who admitted they and seeks closer ties with Western The soldiers said they had were responsible,” said Sai Kaung counterparts. arrested and interrogated five men Kham, a Mong Yaw villager who has Military representatives con- and found two of them were related been helping the families attending tacted in the capital Naypyitaw and to a local ethnic armed group. They the military trial. at the Northeast Command in Lashio said they asked their superiors for Military officials did not respond did not respond to multiple requests further instructions, villager Sai to requests for comment, and it was for comment about the trial. Kaung Kham said. not possible to independently verify Myanmar’s armed forces havof- The low-ranking soldiers then A tranquillised wild female elephant lies on the ground after being pulled from a pond by Bangladesh the testimony at the closed proceed- ten been accused by human rights proceeded to kill the villagers, act- forest officials and villagers in the Jamalpur district, some 150km north of capital Dhaka, yesterday. ings in the northern city of Lashio. groups of abuses during decades of ing on orders, the witnesses at the In July, in a rare public admission conflict with ethnic armed groups in trial said. 06 FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (right) meeting with Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (third left) and his party during a courtesy call at the presidential guest house in Davao in southern island of Mindanao. RIGHT: Coast guards in an inflatable speedboat rescue a crew member of a Chinese fishing boat near the waters of disputed East China Sea islands. Philippines urges China to respect maritime law

AFP “We have agreed that in the pur- Manila and Beijing have overlapping China Sea with respect to certain Benigno Aquino are to begin arriv- suit of the solution to the conflict in claims in the South China Sea. actions that use force, intimidation, ing in Manila by month’s end, Kishida the maritime area, it is important Kishida on Tuesday called in provocation in order to assert one’s added. Japan and MANILA: Japan and the Philippines to base ourselves on the rule of law Cheng Yonghua, Beijing’s envoy to claim over a particular territory,” With a severely under-equipped Philippines both joined forces yesterday to call on China and resort to peaceful means and not Tokyo, following what Japan calls said Yasay. military, the Philippines has been to observe the rule of law in resolving the use of force or coercion,” Kish- “intrusions” by Chinese ships near Kishida said Japan, while not seeking to strengthen ties with allies pledged to work maritime disputes after an interna- ida said, referring to the UN-backed the disputed islands for five consec- a claimant in the South China Sea, like Japan, the United States and Aus- closely to boost tional tribunal rejected Beijing’s claims tribunal’s finding published in July. utive days. would continue to cooperate closely tralia, which have called on China to to most of the South China Sea. “We invoke and urge China to Tensions over the disputes have with “relevant countries” for the comply with the ruling. maritime security Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio make sure that maritime security and mounted since the tribunal’s deci- peaceful resolution of maritime rows. China has conducted massive Kishida met his counterpart Perfecto the rule of law must completely and sion, with China angrily rejecting it He pledged continued Japanese reclamation in the South China Sea, while facing Yasay in the southern Philippine city uncompromisingly be respected,” and announcing penalties for “ille- aid for the Philippines to boost its with a US-based think tank releas- separate sea of Davao where both pledged to work Yasay said in his statement. gal” fishing in its waters including the maritime security capabilities. ing images this week showing what closely to boost maritime security Japan and China are locked in a disputed areas. Several patrol vessels ear- appears to be Beijing building mil- disputes with China. while facing separate sea disputes long-running dispute over uninhab- “We have the same experience lier pledged by Tokyo to President itary aircraft hangars on disputed with China. ited islets in the East China Sea, while in the East China Sea and the South Rodrigo Duterte’s predecessor reefs.

Birthday parade Thailand police want to intercept phone calls in Manila police ‘national security’ cases issue Pokemon Reuters given Thai authorities’ reckless and Go safety tips arbitrary use of security charges,” Sunai said. BANGKOK: A new scheme that “Steps will have to be estab- MANILA: Pokemon play- would allow Thai police to inter- lished to prevent the misuse of ers in the crime-plagued cept telephone calls in national surveillance.” Philippines were warned security cases has been put forward Dechnarong said the law would yesterday to play the to cabinet for approval, police said not be misused and needed court game in pairs for their yesterday, a move that has alarmed approval before calls can be tapped. own safety. rights groups. Thailand’s telecom regulator Police issued the alert The move aims to give police the on Tuesday approved in principle days after the hugely pop- authority to wiretap communication a requirement that foreign visi- ular game that has taken by amending a 1934 Criminal Proce- tors use and register special SIM the world by storm finally dure Code and is the latest security cards for their phones that can be launched in the country. measure rolled out by the military tracked by authorities in the inter- Community relations government which took power fol- ests of national security. group chief Gilbert Cruz lowing a 2014 coup. Since taking power in 2014, the Schoolchildren march with a banner of Queen Sirikit to celebrate her birthday in Thailand’s southern advised Filipinos to go “A cabinet meeting agreed in military has curbed freedom of “Pokemon-hunting with province of Narathiwat, yesterday. The queen consort of revered monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej will principle to allow tapping of tel- expression and has made full use at least one friend”. turn 84 today. ephone calls for criminal cases,” of Article 44 of the interim consti- He told people wan- police spokesman Dechnarong Sut- tution - often dubbed the “dictator’s dering the streets hunting thicharnbancha said, adding that law” by its critics - which gives the virtual monsters: “Don’t there were still several steps until military sweeping powers to silence go to crime-prone and the law is approved. opposition. dimly-lit areas. Always be Police seeking to intercept calls Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- alert.” Bird trade ‘threatens Indonesian species’ will have to ask court permission, ocha, who is also head of the junta, A children’s night said a senior police officer involved said on Wednesday that Article 44 curfew has also been in amending the law, who declined would remain in place until a new, imposed in Manila. AFP Wildlife trade monitoring net- endangered Black-Winged Myna, to be named because he was not military-backed constitution is work TRAFFIC recorded nearly native to Java and Bali, and other authorized to speak to media. endorsed in October or November. 23,000 birds for sale at five mar- rare species found nowhere outside Cases that would qualify include Criticising the monarchy is a Briton back JAKARTA: Tens of thousands of kets in three major cities on the main Indonesia’s vast archipelago. criminal, national security, royal serious criminal offence in Thai- endangered Indonesian birds are island of Java. More than two dozen Bird keeping has long been part insult and transnational crime cases land where Article 112 of the penal in court over being sold illegally at markets across species identified in the survey were of Indonesia’s national culture, with but not political cases, he said. code states that “whoever defames, the country, a wildlife trade watch- fully protected under Indonesian birdcages a common sight outside Sunai Phasuk, Thailand insults or threatens the king, queen, double murder dog warned yesterday, flouting laws law, meaning all hunting and traf- homes and shops, but increasing researcher at Human Rights Watch, heir-apparent or regent” can be aimed at protecting these species ficking of them is prohibited. demand for some species as pets has called the idea disturbing. punished with up to 15 years in from extinction. These included the critically led to dramatic population declines. “The idea is very disturbing, prison. HONG KONG: A British banker accused of mur- dering two Indonesian women who were found mutilated in his upscale Hong Kong apartment Activists slam Asean roadmap to stop smog appeared at the High Court yesterday, ahead of his October trial. AFP under the roadmap Asean members Singh, referring to the absence of the Rurik Jutting, a former would need to take “measures and Indonesian minister. Bank of America Merrill action” to fight forest fires and pre- “The haze issue in Indonesia is Lynch employee, listened KUALA LUMPUR: Southeast Asian vent the use of fire to clear jungles. fuelled by corruption amid lack of attentively at the pre- nations agreed to a roadmap yes- “But one of the challenges is that enforcement against the culprits. As trial hearing, which was terday to combat acrid haze from small land owners in Indonesia are usual, nothing tangible comes out of closed to the public. Indonesian fires that cloaks vast allowed to use fire to clear land and Asean meetings.” No details of the swathes of the region every year, so, Indonesian authorities have to An Indonesian official who hearing, which organ- but the move was greeted by activ- negotiate with them to stop the prac- attended the summit said the Indo- ised aspects of the trial, ists with scepticism. tise,” he added. nesian environment minister could can be reported at this Further doubts were raised about The ambitious roadmap ulti- not attend due to an important stage due to restrictions the agreement with the Indonesian mately aims to achieve a haze-free domestic political meeting. The min- imposed by the court. environment minister skipping the Asean by 2020. However, details istry in Jakarta declined to comment. Jutting has previously one-day meeting in Kuala Lumpur of the roadmap remain scant and Last year’s haze outbreak was indicated he would plead attended by environment ministers activists were doubtful the summit among the worst in memory, shroud- not guilty to two charges from the the Association of South- will result in progress. ing Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of murder. east Asian Nations (Asean). “Indonesia, as usual is not willing of Thailand in acrid smoke as an El Representatives join hands for a group photo at a one-day meeting of Malaysia’s environment minister to cooperate,” said prominent Malay- Nino weather phenomenon created Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said that sian environmental activist Gurmit tinder-dry conditions. environment ministers from the 10-member Asean bloc in Kuala Lumpur. INDIA FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 07

26 retrenched workers return I-Day rehearsal

visas expeditiously and agreeing to series of directives to address their of non-payment of salaries and dues, bear the expenses for the travel of problems, and earmarking 100m and had to be given food and shel- We appreciate the the workers,” External Affairs Minis- Saudi riyals ($26m) to address the ter in some 20 camps. Their crisis magnanimous view try spokesperson Vikas Swarup said concerns of the workers and end prompted the government to des- in his weekly media briefing here. their suffering. patch Minister of State for External taken by the Saudi “The swift action to tackle a King Salman also directed the Affairs VK Singh to this country. The Arabian government localised problem specific only Saudi passport department to facil- crisis also saw Saudi Arabian King to some companies of Saudi Ara- itate exit visas and other procedures Salman issuing a series of directives of granting exit visas bia signifies the deep and abiding for the distressed workers. Swarup to address their problems, and ear- expeditiously and relationship that our two countries said in his media briefing that the marking Saudi Riyal 100m ($26m) to share,” he said. first batch of 26 Indian workers left address the concerns of the workers agreeing to bear the Following reports of retrench- Jeddah for New Delhi yesterday by a and end their suffering. expenses for the ment of the workers by the Saudi Saudi Arabian Airlines flight. King Salman also directed the travel of the workers: Oger company, Minister of State for “Once they arrive, respective Saudi passport department to facil- External Affairs VK Singh visited state governments will be making itate exit visas and other procedures Vikas Swarup Saudi Arabia last week. arrangements for their travel to their for the distressed workers. According to Swarup, Singh home towns,” he added. Many of the workers at the air- “had very productive meetings” The first batch of 26 Indian work- port yesterday morning were seen with the Saudi Minister for Labour ers left for New Delhi from the King carrying the holy waters of Zamzam IANS and Social Development Mufrel Al Abdulaziz International Airport in in bottles for friends and relatives Haqbani and other senior dignitar- Jeddah yesterday morning. back home. The Saudi Labour Min- ies. “As a result of these meetings, the The workers, who were brought istry had announced free passage for process of lodging claims and mak- to the airport in a bus by the Indian workers who were willing to return NEW DELHI / JEDDAH: India yes- ing arrangements for those Indian consulate, were seen off by Consul home. terday appreciated Saudi Arabia’s workers wishing to come back to General Noor Rahman Sheikh, and Though Indian consulate officials prompt action to provide relief to India or relocate to another company senior officials Anand Kumar and M have assured the workers that they Indian workers who were retrenched has already started,” the spokesper- Fahmi. The 25 are among the esti- will pursue financial claims on their by a Saudi Arabian company. son said. mated 7,700 workers of the Saudi behalf, most appeared confused and “We appreciate the magnan- The crisis also saw the Custodian Oger construction company who apprehensive about what lay ahead imous view taken by the Saudi of the Two Holy Mosques King Sal- hit the headlines when they were -- including the onward journey to Arabian government of granting exit man bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issuing a affected by financial crisis because their states from New Delhi. Protesters extend Kashmir shutdown

A student holds a tricolour flag during a rehearsal for Independence Romanian IANS Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq asked people to march to “martyrs” Day Parade celebrations at a school in Amritsar, yesterday. and Yaseen Malik -- asked people graveyad in Eidgah of Srinagar. But questioned over to open their businesses from 6pm all roads leading to the sprawling SRINAGAR: Normal life remained to 6am. On all these days except for prayer ground in the heart of the vol- ATM heist crippled in the Kashmir Valley for August 15 when there will be com- atile Downtown city were sealed and the 34th day in a row yesterday and plete 24-hour shutdown. They have people in and around the area were Thiruvananthapuram: is expected to remain the same for also called for protest marches dur- not allowed to move out. Red Cross Society to Romanian Gabriel Mar- at least a week again after separa- ing these days. Authorities are likely Dozens of sympathizers of sep- ian, arrested for stealing tists extended their dawn-to-dusk to impose curfew and restrictions aratists were detained as they tried money through electronic shutdown call till August 18. to foil these marches, the way they to defy curfew and march towards shelter Irom Sharmila tampering of a SBI ATM The separatist leaders -- Syed Ali did yesterday. The separatists had the Eidgah. here, was interrogated yesterday after being flown in from Mumbai. IANS fasted against the Armed Forces Kerala Police officials (Special Powers) Act. accompanied him on a During the hunger strike, she commercial flight from took no food or water and was nasal Mumbai. He was taken IMPHAL: The Indian Red Cross fed. Although she is no longer in straight to a police camp Society will provide shelter to Irom judicial custody, the government is in the heart of the capi- Sharmila, who is being shunned by “looking after her”, an official said. tal city. One officer said many in Manipur after she ended L Ranbir, the hospital’s medical Marian was not cooper- her 16-year-long fast against a dra- superintendent, clears reporters and ating in the investigation. conian legislation. supporters who want to meet her. Police have also taken The Manipur branch of the Red Those who he feels are opposed into custody a mobile tel- Cross Society has decided to give to her are not allowed to meet ephone dealer here who her temporary shelter till the time Sharmila. reportedly provided Sim Sharmila finds a lasting place to live Sharmila’s dejection over the cards to these Romanian in Imphal. way many are treating her has nationals without securing After friends and many sup- affected her. A hospital source said proper documents. porters came out openly against her she often breaks down while talking decision to end the fast, Sharmila to visitors. She says people have not said: “I do not plan to go home and understood her and perhaps want Kejriwal returns meet my mother and others before her as a “martyr”. my mission is successful.” Hospital sources told IANS that to politics after The public animosity to a she was yet to resume taking nor- woman who for years was con- mal solid food on medical grounds. vipassana sidered an icon and earned the But she has started consuming sobriquet “Iron Lady” has stunned gruel rice, beverages mixed with DHARAMSALA: Delhi Chief many. Police have brought her back Horlicks and milk. And she “is men- Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the JN Institute of Medical Sci- tally and physically fine and there Kashmiri protestors shout pro-freedom and anti-Indian slogans as they throw stones towards government yesterday ended a 10-day ences in Imphal where she had been is no sign of fatigue and disorienta- meditation course a day forces during a clash in Srinagar yesterday. warded for 16 long years when she tion”, a doctor said. in advance and said “he’s energised to overcome challenges”. During the meditation that started on August SC refuses interim RS passes bill to increase maternity leave 2, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader had no access to newspapers or bail to Asaram Bapu IANS and adopting mothers. The surro- the Lok Sabha, will lead to the rat- telephones. gate mothers have, however, been ification of International Labour “I am feeling peace- left out, a point which was objected Organisation convention number 183 ful and energised. This will to by several opposition mem- that provides for at least 14 weeks of surely help me to meet IANS Agrawal asked the AIIMS Director NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha yes- bers. They sought Labour Minister maternity benefit to women. the challenges ahead,” to constitute the medical board to terday passed a bill to increase the Bandaru Dattatreya’s assurance that The bill also facilitates ‘work Kejriwal told reporters examine him. maternity leave to 26 weeks from the the government will examine it and from home’ for nursing mothers here. Directing for the submission of present 12 weeks. The bill provides take action. once the leave period ends and has NEW DELHI: In a setback to the board’s report in 10 days, the for maternity leave of 26 weeks to The minister assured the house made creche facility mandatory in Asaram Bapu, accused of rape of a bench did not accept Asaram’s plea women for two surviving children, he will examine the issue. respect of establishments with 50 or Over 2,000 minor girl, the Supreme Court yes- that he be released on interim bail and also includes the commissioning The bill, which will now go to more employees. terday refused to grant him interim for a month or two so that he could dengue cases in bail on medical grounds. travel to Kerala for ‘Panchkarma’ The court, however, asked ayurveda treatment. West Bengal the All India Institute of Medical The high court had said it was Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a not a fit case for the grant of bail Floral works KOLKATA: Dengue cases three-member medical board to when the trial is almost at its fag in West Bengal have examine him for the ailments he is end. Asaram had then moved the crossed the 2,000-mark complaining about. apex court. this year while the official Asaram is lodged at the Cen- Asaram’s counsel Raju Ramach- death count so far is at 14, tral Jail in Jodhpur in Rajasthan andran assailed the August 9 high a Health Department offi- since September 2, 2013, and is court order, contending that it has cial said here yesterday. being tried under the Protection of not taken into account the ailments Two more persons are Children from Sexual Offences Act afflicting the self-styled godman. suspected to have died (POCSO). Ramachandran told the apex of the mosquito-borne The 72-year-old Asaram was court that Asaram had poor con- disease. arrested after a 16-year-old girl trol over his urination and bowel While 132 fresh den- lodged a police complaint on August movement and the jail doctors have gue cases were detected 20, 2013, accusing him of sexu- said that he defecates in bed. in the state between ally assaulting her at his ashram The bench was unmoved as the Tuesday and Wednesday, in Jodhpur. Refusing to interfere senior counsel urged it to keep the 286 more persons were with the Rajasthan High Court plea for interim bail pending so diagnosed with the dis- order that rejected Asaram’s plea that the same could be taken up ease till yesterday. for bail, an Apex Court bench of Jus- along with the report by the med- People prepare floral garlands inside a market in Bengaluru, yesterday. tice Madan B Lokur and Justice RK ical board. 08 FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Palestine is here What Putin wants but

alestinians are waging an online war against the search engine Google to retain their identity. Thousands have signed a petition urging Google to reinstate doesn’t get from Erdogan Palestine on the maps service after the world’s most used search engine came under heavy criticism following its Pdecision to remove Palestine from its Google Maps application. A and there were even unconfirmed corridor with Turkey, where their Twitter hashtag (#PalestineIsHere) is also gaining popularity not only reports — never officially denied The resumption of weapons and provisions are com- among Palestinians, but people who oppose Israeli occupation and — that Russian intelligence had ing from. The convoys bearing warned Erdogan about the coup. Russian tourism to the supplies kept moving unob- call for an independent Palestinian state. And yet there was a visible Turkey is important structed across the Turkish Over 150,000 people have signed a Change.org petition difference of tone between the border after Erdogan apologised entitled “Google: Put Palestine on your maps” as of Monday, two leaders during their meet- to Erdogan, to Putin and after Putin called accusing Google Maps of “making itself complicit in the Israeli ing near St Petersburg on Tuesday. whose country, him following the coup attempt. government’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine”. The petition, drafted At the final press conference, according to a Erdogan’s “dear friend” by best selling author Zak Martin, slams the omission of the UN Erdogan called Putin his “dear Vladimir must have a hard time friend” no less than four times. squaring that with the Turkish non-member observer state’s name on the map as a grievous Russian estimate, By Leonid Bershidsky Putin, cool and unsmiling, did leader’s gushing. insult to Palestinians. If you search for ‘Palestine’ the Google Bloomberg nothing of the kind. lost $840m in the The rebel forces in Aleppo Map will redirect you to either Gaza or His attitude may have been first six months of are not likely to beat the Assad- Jerusalem instead of showing the entire reflected in the housekeeping this year because Irianian-Lebanese-Russian Palestine has been country with its name. details. Though the two leaders coalition, if only because the recognised as Google says there had never been he resurgent friend- ate off plates decorated with a Russians stopped strongest group among them, a Palestine label on Google Maps and ship between Russian picture of them shaking hands, coming. Fatah Al Sham, formerly known independent nation President Vladimir the talks took place in the Con- as Al Nusra, has no international by 136 countries they discovered a bug that removed the Putin and his Turk- stantine Palace’s Greek Room. support and isn’t being offered and Google’s labels for West Bank and Gaza Strip ish counterpart Recep Perhaps this had no signif- a place at the table at any peace decision to remove and now they are working to bring these TTayyip Erdogan is a strange thing: icance, as the pro-Putin daily talks. It uses suicide bombers to country’s name labels back to the area. Google Maps Putin knows what he wants from Komsomolskaya Pravda took progress on Turkish Stream, a attack government positions, and from its maps is are regarded as definitive by people Erdogan, and he’s gone his half pains to assure its readers — pipeline project to supply Russian it is a jihadist force. But Fatah Al of the way, but he’s not getting it the ancient Greek theme runs natural gas to southern Europe Sham’s relative success in recent designed to falsify who carry out research into the Israel- yet despite Erdogan’s exaggerated through the palace’s interiors — via Turkey. fighting makes it harder for Putin Palestine situation. Palestine —or at history. show of friendliness. but Turkey does have a strained All these matters were dis- to attain his goal of proving that least the Palestinian Territories — were They had been on good terms relationship with Greece. cussed at the Constantine Palace there is no good alternative to previously designated in Google Maps, before — until last year’s down- Putin’s apparent reservations and mentioned at the press con- Assad. At the Constantine Pal- but all mention of Palestine was removed ing of a Russian plane that had about the reconciliation are more ference. But that’s not uppermost ace, Putin must have told Erdogan at the insistence of the Israeli government, which claimed that briefly entered Turkish airspace than the natural residual mistrust in Putin’s mind: The big game — as he has said time and again — by including Palestine in its maps, Google was interfering with from Syria. of a man who demands complete he is playing at the moment is that Assad was Syria’s legal ruler the ‘peace process’ by pre-empting the outcome of any two-state Putin demanded an apology, loyalty. The Russian leader wants in Syria. The day before seeing and backing him was the same as but the Turkish president was ini- specific results from his friend- Erdogan, he met with a key ally backing Erdogan himself against solution that might be reached. It is alleged that Google’s two tially unwilling to make one, so ships, and Erdogan appears to in the Syrian conflict, Iran’s Pres- coup plotters. Jewish founders have close links with Israel and they are acting at relations between the two coun- have given him no promises. ident Hassan Rowhani. But neither leader expected the behest of its leaders. It is the online parallel of Israel’s policy of tries deteriorated into a state of The resumption of Russian Details of these talks were not the meeting to lead to a break- demolishing Palestinian villages and changing Palestinian place cold war and Russia introduced tourism to Turkey is important to released, but the conversation through on Syria: The discussion names in an effort to erase Palestine from the map. sanctions against Turkey’s tourist Erdogan, whose country, according could hardly have steered clear of this issue was scheduled to It is a fact that 136 members of the United Nations recognise industry, agriculture and con- to a Russian estimate, lost $840m of the siege of Aleppo, where Ira- take place after the press con- struction firms. in the first six months of this year nian forces and Russian planes ference, since both Putin and Palestine as an independent state and it has been given de Erdogan, who has few friends because Russians stopped coming. have been helping Syrian Presi- Erdogan knew they’d have facto recognition by the UN. Only Israel, the US and some other on the international state, was So is the end of the tomato and cit- dent Bashar Al Assad maintain a nothing to say publicly. For all countries are reluctant to do so. The Palestinian Journalists’ Forum apparently uneasy about this: He rus embargo. siege of a rebel contingent. of Erdogan’s anti-Western rhet- denounced Google for deleting the name of Palestine from its ordered his staff to look for a way Russia will be happy to build The rebels have just had some oric, fuelled by US reluctance to maps and replacing it with Israel. The Forum alleged that Google’s to make peace, and they found a a nuclear plant in Turkey, as pre- success in weakening the siege, if extradite his enemy Fethullah decision to remove Palestine from its maps on 25 July was part of roundabout one. viously agreed, and it welcomes not in establishing a stable supply Gulen and the European Union’s the Israeli scheme to establish its name as a legitimate state for The Turkish daily Hurriyet refusal to budge on granting reported that the chief of Tur- Turks visa-free travel, generations to come and abolish Palestine once and for all. The key’s general staff worked with Erdogan’s interests are not move is also designed to falsify history, geography as well as the a well-connected Turkish busi- aligned with Putin’s in Syria. He Palestinian people’s right to their homeland, and a failed attempt nessman who had interests in still wishes the rebels success to tamper with the memory of Palestinians and Arabs as well as the Russian region of Dagestan against Assad — and against Syr- the world. to signal Erdogan’s readiness ian Kurds, whom Fatah Al Sham to concede. The message trav- is fighting. elled to the Kremlin by way of the Gripes against the West may regional leadership. The response unite Putin and Erdogan, but they came via another circuitous route: are not enough of a platform on It was Kazakhstan’s ambassa- which to build a new alliance in Quote of the day dor to Ankara who informed the the Syrian war that would effec- Turkish leadership that Kazakh tively destroy Turkey’s affiliation President Nursultan Nazarbayev with the North Atlantic Treaty Any pause obviously had spoken to Putin and the Rus- Organisation. should always be seen sian leader would be amenable Putin would like Erdogan to and looked at with great to accepting a letter of apol- cut off supplies to the rebels, but ogy, should Erdogan write it. that may be more than the Turk- interest, because a pause Nazarbayev approved the even- ish president is willing to do for means no fighting, but tual text of the letter before it his “dear friend.” He can send lots three hours is not enough. went to Putin. of tomatoes though, and Turkish Putin appears to have paid hotels can cut great deals for Rus- Erdogan back with no less good- sian vacationers at the tail end of will. Not only did he accept a this season. Stefan de Mistura Russian President Vladimir Putin with Turkish President UN envoy for Syria weakly worded apology, he was the first to call Erdogan after he Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in St Petersburg, The writer is a Bloomberg view survived the recent coup attempt, Russia on Tuesday. columnist.

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By Tyler Cowen Bloomberg

razil, it is often and not quite fairly said, is the country of the future and always will be. As the Olympics focuses glo- bal attention on the country, Bit’s worth exploring the various ways in which this maxim is — and may not be — true. The puzzle with Brazil is neither its successes nor its failures, but rather the combination of the two. The country has such a dynamic feel, and in the postwar era it saw many years of double-digit eco- nomic growth. The Economist featured the country on its cover in 2009 as the next mira- cle take-off, and in 2012 Germany’s Der Spiegel published a long article titled “How Good Governance Made Brazil a Model Nation.” Yet Brazil never caught up to the Brazilian flag being carried during the opening ceremony of 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. developed world: Its gross domestic prod- uct per capita falls about 4 to 7 times short of the US — about where it was more than water and inadequate facilities have well. The country’s music may equal the culture and its opening ceremony for the of political accountability, though it falls a century ago. It is now experiencing one led many to wonder whether Brazil US in its creativity and sophistication, Olympics (despite having to skimp on the short of a well-functioning federalism, of the most severe depressions of any can pull of the Olympics without major thanks to the size of the country’s tal- budget). as illustrated by the fiscal troubles of country in modern times. embarrassment. ent base and also to the substantial local But it’s not an unalloyed positive: Rio de Janeiro and many other parts of The president, Dilma Rousseff, is in In parsing the contradictions of Bra- market for music. Harvard political scientist Robert D the country. the midst of an impeachment process. zil’s economy and history, I try to keep a Second, the country is extremely Putnam has shown that diversity can hurt Income inequality has been falling The combination of corrupt and violent few ideas in mind. diverse, both ethnically and culturally civic life and also translate into higher (contrary to the trend in most coun- police, muggings of athletes, polluted First, Brazil is relatively large, in — and in ways that go far beyond its his- levels of mistrust. tries), extreme poverty has virtually been terms of both surface area and popula- tory as a Portuguese colony. Sao Paulo is Brazil has a long history of under- eliminated and Brazil has moved up the tion. Big countries cannot easily establish the third largest Italian city in the world, providing public goods such as basic rankings in terms of education. the coherence and cooperativeness of and Brazil has the largest community of education, public safety, and clean water. I love to visit Brazil. I have been President, Dilma Rousseff, is in smaller countries such as Denmark and ethnic Japanese outside of Japan. The race between dynamism and chaos chased by aggressive pre-teens wield- the midst of an impeachment Singapore. Rousseff’s father was born in Bul- has been going on for a long time, with ing sharpened sticks and even shot at, China, India and Russia have all had garia. In some southern villages, people neither winning. yet I remain an unreconstructed opti- process. The combination of ongoing troubles establishing good, sta- speak German dialects and live in Ger- Third, Brazil’s political history has mist. It’s actually a major achievement to corrupt and violent police, ble governance — with the US being only man-style homes. Another was settled by been an odd mix of dictatorship and remain “the country of the future” for so a partial exception to the general rule. the remnants of southern Confederates extreme decentralization. Until the late long. Can you say the same about Argen- muggings of athletes, polluted On the upside, Brazil’s size brings from the American Civil War. The influ- 1980s, a series of autocratic leaders tina or Venezuela? If there’s one thing we dynamism. The country has a large pool ence of Africans, originally brought in as took power but failed to govern outlying know from Olympic competition, it’s that water and inadequate facilities of talent and an internal market large slaves, remains profound, particularly in regions successfully. if you remain in the game through suc- have led many to wonder enough to gear up manufacturing. Bra- the Northeast. Governance remained based on a cessive rounds, your chances of winning zilians are renowned for their ability to Diversity can be great for creativity colonial model with an authoritarian only go up. whether Brazil can pull of think big, whether it involves the steak on and achievement — as we know from the leader at the center and autonomous the Olympics without major the plate or ambitious plans to develop work of University of Michigan social sci- power blocs throughout the regions — a the Amazon. entist Scott E Page. system that, for all of its periodic dyna- The writer is a professor of economics at embarrassment. The country built its capital city, This is obvious in so many facets of mism, proved ill-suited for modern times. George Mason University and writes for the Brasilia, out of nothing in the jungle — a Brazilian life, including music, fashion, That colonial legacy is being dis- blog Marginal Revolution. His books include modernist dream that, for all the criticism architecture, design and cuisine — as mantled, in fits and starts. Brazil now “Average Is Over: Powering America it has received, actually functions fairly well as the country’s impressive business has a real democracy and some degree Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation.” Hillary to portray Trump plans as handouts for rich

“We’re going to stand up for Trump falsely said his Democratic small business and help create more rival wanted to revoke the right to of them to create more good jobs gun ownership. here and across America,” Clinton He then said there was no way said in Iowa. people would be able to stop a Pres- Trump wants to cut taxes for ident Clinton from stacking the businesses and workers, and go Supreme Court with anti-gun jus- with a three-bracket income tax tices, before adding, “Although the system that’s close to what House Second Amendment people, maybe Trump insisted he Republicans have recommended. there is — I don’t know.” was never advocating With few exceptions, Trump has Democrats said such comments Hillary has proposed provided more of a philosophical were further evidence that Trump violence against business income would benefit many basis for an economic plan than was undisciplined and unprepared a large public works By Catherine Lucey Clinton.He stirred and of his companies. specifics, although he did call for the presidency. Trump insisted Lisa Lerer project, pledged to Trump outlined a revamped eco- for greater child care deductions he was never advocating violence up another fuss by roll back tax breaks AP nomic package during an appearance for families. against Clinton. calling President in Detroit on Monday, and Clinton At a rally Wednesday in Clinton said it was one more for companies that attempted to draw contrasts when Abingdon, Virginia, Trump was example of words that could have Barack Obama the ship jobs overseas, he goal of Hillary Clinton’s she spoke at a rally Wednesday in Des dismissive of Clinton’s upcoming “tremendous consequences.” Clinton “founder” of the and said she would speech last afternoon at man- Moines, Iowa. speech and criticised her economic said the remark was a “casual incit- Islamic State militant Tufacturing company in Warren, She said that according to inde- record as a senator for New York. ing of violence” that shows Trump not raise taxes on Michigan, was to play up her focus pendent analysis “under my plans, He said her remarks would be “very lacks the temperament to be com- group — and Clinton the middle class. on job development, public works we’ll create about 10.4 million new limited.” mander in chief. its co-founder. projects and tax policy while trying to jobs. Under Donald Trump’s so-called Both candidates chose tightly Later Wednesday, Trump stirred She has promised undercut the celebrity businessman’s plans, we will lose about three and a contested Michigan — specifically, up another fuss by calling President more money for approach. Clinton was not expected half million jobs.” the Detroit area — to make their Barack Obama the “founder” of the to come out with any major new pol- Clinton has proposed a large updated economic pitches. The Islamic State militant group — and education, a higher icies during her remarks. public works project, pledged to former manufacturing powerhouse Clinton its co-founder. federal minimum She intended to try to make the roll back tax breaks for companies has been hard hit by the decline of Clinton’s campaign stepped up case that Trump’s agenda would ben- that ship jobs overseas, and said she the automobile industry and the real efforts to win over Republicans and wage and increased efit him and his wealthy friends, and would not raise taxes on the mid- estate market. independents, launching a group support for small to characterize his plans as an update dle class. Trump has struggled to keep that aims to use a wave of nearly 50 Catherine Lucey is Politics reporter for businesses. of “trickle-down economics,” accord- She has promised more money the focus on his economic pro- recent endorsements of Clinton by the Associated Press covering 2016 ing to her campaign. for education, a higher federal min- posal week after fresh controversy high-profile Republicans and inde- presidential campaign and Lisa Lere Also look for Clinton to argue that imum wage and increased support with his comments about the Sec- pendents to persuade voters to cross is a National politics reporter with Trump’s drive to cut taxes on certain for small businesses. ond Amendment. At a rally Tuesday, party lines. The Associated Press.

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AFP Kunduz city last September in their thousands of people fleeing to the insurgency, underscores a rap- we have been surviving on bread and biggest victory in 15 years of war. Lashkar Gah, sparking a humani- idly unravelling security situation in water. We will die of hunger.” Defence ministry “The security situation in tarian crisis as officials report food Afghanistan. The residents of Lashkar KANDAHAR: Fighting raged yester- spokesman ensures Lashkar Gah is under our control,” and water shortages. Around 30,000 people have Gah said the city was practically day in Helmand after Afghanistan defence ministry spokesman Dawlat The US has stepped up air strikes been displaced in Helmand in recent besieged, with roads from neigh- rushed military reinforcements to that the security Waziri said after special forces were supporting Afghan forces on the weeks, local officials said, with many bouring districts heavily mined by beat back Taliban insurgents advanc- situation in Lashkar deployed. ground, highlighting the intensity of of those fleeing to Lashkar Gah the insurgents. ing on the besieged capital of the Gah is under our “We have retaken control of the battle in Helmand. forced to abandon their lentil, maize Afghan special forces had southern poppy-growing province, Nawa. Fighting is still going on in the The Taliban effectively control or and cotton crops during the lucrative launched operations to flush out as officials downplayed fears the city control. outskirts but we are making progress contest 10 of the 14 districts in Hel- harvest season. insurgents controlling key highways could fall. with clearance operations,” he said, mand, the deadliest province for “We left everything behind in linking Lashkar Gah to the districts, Afghan forces fought back insur- adding that dozens of Taliban were British and US forces in Afghanistan Nawa -- our house, our grape and said interior ministry spokesman gents after they stormed Nawa But US and Afghan officials insist killed in the fight. over the past decade. maize harvests. We fled with 15 Sediq Sediqqi. district, just south of Lashkar Gah that they will not allow another Fierce battles in recent days The turmoil convulsing the long- members of my family to Lashkar Northern Kunduz was the first city, late Wednesday, raising alarm urban centre to be captured, after across Helmand, seen as the focal contested province, blighted by a Gah, fearing for our lives,” Moham- city to fall to the insurgents last that the provincial capital was at risk. the Taliban briefly overran northern point of the insurgency, has sent huge opium harvest that helps fund mad Ali said. “For the last three days September.

Harvest time Pakistan approves cybercrime bill

AFP “This should not be the task of telecommunications authority tried an executive body, this is a matter to ban nearly 1,700 “obscene” words for the courts,” she added. from text messages, which included ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday Gul Bukhari, an activist with the innocuous terms such as “lotion”, approved a controversial cyber- campaign group Bytes for All, said: “athlete’s foot” and “idiot”. crime bill the government says will “It authorises the state to exchange YouTube was banned from safeguard citizens against harass- the private information of citizens 2012 to January this year following ment and criminalise online child with foreign governments or agen- the upload of a US-made film that pornography, but which activists say cies without recourse to any judicial depicted Prophet Mohammed as a curbs free speech. framework.” thuggish deviant and triggered pro- The Prevention of Electronic Defending the bill, IT Minister tests across the Muslim world. Crimes Bill 2016 has been the focus Anusha Rahman said: “We have built In 2010 Pakistan shut down of heated debate over provisions that in safeguards against misuse. Facebook for nearly two weeks over critics say give the government the “It is not as sweeping as it has its hosting of allegedly blasphemous power to conduct mass surveillance been made out to be -- for most pages. It continues to restrict thou- and criminalise satire. offences, the government will still sands of online links. Farieha Aziz, director of the need to go to court to get a warrant Cybercrime is a fast-grow- Bolo Bhi digital rights group, said against offenders,” adding the only ing area of crime. More and more a section intended to tackle cyber- exceptions were child pornography criminals are exploiting the speed, stalking was drafted in sweeping and cyber-terrorism. convenience and anonymity of the language that would allow public She added that “dishonest Internet to commit a diverse range officials criticised on social media intent” was also a requirement for of criminal activities that know no to claim they were being harassed. an offender to be punished. borders, either physical or virtual, It was of particular concern, she Free speech campaigners in cause serious harm and pose very said, that the PakistanTelecommuni- Pakistan have long complained of real threats to victims worldwide. cations Authority would be allowed creeping censorship in the name A variety of internet scams, to ban speech considered “against of protecting religion or preventing many based on phishing and social An Afghan farmer harvests wheat in a field on the outskirts of Herat on Wednesday. the glory of Islam or the integrity, obscenity. engineering, target consumers and security or defence of Pakistan”. In November 2011 the businesses. Govt faces grilling in Senate over bogus bomb detectors

AFP was exposed as a sham years ago in floor of the House,” she wrote in a security forces in Iraq, where $85m Powerful vested interests are behind a global scandal. formal notice to parliament. was spent on them, before they were the scam and somebody somewhere Germany pledges “The continuous use of bogus Rehman said she would quiz the officially banned last month. is getting very rich at the expense of ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government bomb detectors to secure high-risk government on the issue at the next Pakistan’s variant device, known the safety and security of all of us,” $1.1m food will face a grilling in the Senate over facilities such as airports and govern- session of the senate on August 22. as the “Khoji”, claims an accuracy the paper wrote. its continued use of bogus bomb- ment installations has recently come The government did not offi- level of 90 percent, but uses the prin- The US Department of Justice security in Pakistan detectors to secure high-value to light in the media,” said opposi- cially respond to the queries about ciples of radiesthesia, or dowsing, warned in a National Institute of facilities, a lawmaker said yesterday, tion Pakistan People’s Party senator the ongoing use of the device. which experts consider junk science. Justice publication, “Guide for the claiming the devices “endangered the Sherry Rehman, referring to a report But senior officials conceded off Pakistan’s Express Tribune news- Selection of Commercial Explo- ISLAMABAD: The gov- lives of millions”. that drew attention to the issue this the record that they were ineffective. paper also slammed the devices in an sives Detection Systems for Law ernment of Germany has A Pakistani government agency week. Many creators of the original editorial called “A dangerous folly”. Enforcement Applications (NIJ Guide confirmed a contribu- has built and sold more than 15,000 “This is a serious security risk devices are serving long prison sen- “These ‘magic wands’ are based 100-99),” about the ongoing trend of tion of $1.1m to the UN’s of the so-called “Khojis” bomb that endangers the lives of millions tences for fraud, including British on the same crackpot science that is “Bogus” explosives detection equip- World Food Programme detectors, earning millions in rev- of people and merits an immediate businessman James McCormick. behind dowsing, the ability to detect ment being sold to unsuspecting (WFP) for resilience and enue. But the technology they use response from the Minister on the His ADE-651 became a mainstay of underground water with birch twigs. consumers. food security in Pakistan. WFP is comple- menting Pakistan’s reconstruction and development efforts No identification cards for and the Fata Sustainable Return and Rehabili- tation Strategy (SRRS) young Afghan refugees by addressing food security issues of tempo- Internews issue of the blocking of computer- rarily displaced people ised national identity cards (CNICs) (TDPs) and returnee of genuine Pakistani citizens, who populations. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Fed- were affected during the ongo- WFP relief food eral Interior Minister Chaudhry ing drive against aliens possessing assistance has been Nisar Ali Khan yesterday told the Pakistani documents. designed with the prime National Assembly that the children In its written response before objective to save lives of Afghan refugees in Pakistan can- the house, the interior ministry and avert hunger. not be issued Pakistani citizenship said that the National Database and documents. Registration Authority (Nadra) had Answering queries during Ques- taken several initiatives to facilitate Door-to-door tion Hour, he said that the children the general public. voter verification of Afghan refugees were Afghans Directions have been issued to and not entitled to the privilege, all registration centres that records campaign begins even if their mothers were Paki- should not be blocked merely on stani citizens. the basis of doubt, dialect or eth- ISLAMABAD: A nation- Persons who were born in the nic grounds. wide door-to-door territories now included in Pakistan It said that CNICs were mainly verification exercise or those whose parents or grand- blocked due to fake particulars/ kicked off yesterday to parents were born here before the documents, or on the report of a update the electoral Security officials gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta yesterday. commencement of Citizenship verifying agency regarding clar- lists, with estimates sug- Act 1951 are considered citizens of ification of national status of gesting that the number Pakistan. individual. of voters will rise to Under the law, any person born However, before blocking a around 98 million after in Pakistan after the commence- card, a legal notice is issued to an Bomb blast injures 13 in Quetta the revision process is ment of the act are considered individual under Section 23 of the completed. citizens. The children of foreign Nadra Ordinance 2000, asking The verification cam- diplomats and enemy aliens born them to appear before the zonal or AFP immediately after the vehicle of an No group immediately claimed paign will continue for 20 in Pakistan are not included in this regional board along with the req- Islamic court judge passed by it,” responsiblity for the attack, which days. The number of vot- category. uisite documents. Akbar Harifal, the home secretary came three days after a devastating ers is likely to cross 100 Those who migrated from terri- “If the individual fails to appear QUETTA: A roadside bomb appar- of southwestern Balochistan prov- suicide bombing at a Quetta hospi- million by the time the tories of Pakistan to other areas of before the verification board con- ently targeting a judge injured at ince said. tal killed at least 73 people, many of next general elections the Indo-Pak subcontinent for per- stituted by Nadra, their CNIC is least 13 people in Pakistan’s south- The judge, Zahoor Shehwani, them senior lawyers. are held in 2018. Accord- manent stay after March 1947 shall blocked,” the reply noted. western city of Quetta yesterday, survived, he added, but the blast hit Analysts said recently that the ing to the data shared by also be not considered citizens of Nisar, however, said that cases officials said, days after a major his security escort vehicle, injur- Monday’s attack had left a vacuum Nadra, a total of 4.8 mil- Pakistan. of “Confirmed Aliens” are not attack killed most of the city’s sen- ing four police personnel and nine in the close-knit legal community lion people have attained The minister told the house revoked until their national status ior lawyers. passers-by. which is seen as a crucial force for computerised identity that a parliamentary committee is verified by the verifying agency “The bomb was planted on a A senior local police official, con- justice in the country’s most danger- cards. was being formed to take up the as a “Pakistan National”. bridge in the city, which went off firmed the attack and the casualties. ous province. EUROPE FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 11 Russia & Ukraine talk tough over Crimea row

Wednesday, saying one of its offic- The reports by Russian intelli- ers was killed over the weekend a few gence about foiled attacks in Crimea Russian President kilometers from the de-facto border suggest the Kremlin is looking for a Valdmir Putin between Crimea and Ukraine after a pretext to up ante in its confronta- gun battle with a group of “saboteurs” tion with Ukraine. While local media accused Ukraine of from Ukraine. and social media users have largely plotting attacks. The FSB said intruders carried an corroborated reports of a shootout at arsenal of bombs, ammunition and Crimean border, there seemed to be mines. They also reported another no independent accounts of the sec- alleged incident in which two more ond incident reported by FSB, in which AP groups tried to force their way into Ukrainian army used artillery to cover Crimea early Monday, supported saboteurs who tried to enter Crimea. by Ukrainian artillery and armour. “A pretense of an anti-terrorism One Russian army soldier died in that operation staged by Russia is more MOSCOW: Ukraine’s president put clash, the FSB said. plausible than an actual Ukrainian his army on combat alert yesterday Ukraine rejected the claims as attack on Crimea,” prominent Rus- along the country’s de-facto borders “fantasy” and “a provocation.” sian journalist Oleg Kashin wrote with Crimea and separatist rebels in Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday on Slon.ru. “Russia delib- the east as a war of words between upped the ante yesterday morn- erately pushes for an escalation and Russia and Ukraine threatened to ing when he directly accused the ignores opportunities it has to pre- heat up the largely frozen conflict Ukrainian government of plotting serve the status quo.” over the Black Sea peninsula. the attacks and called a meeting of Military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer Ukrainian President Petro Poro- country’s top brass to discuss boost- says if Kremlin wanted to make gains shenko issued the order after Moscow ing security in Crimea following or solidify its positions in Ukraine, now accused his country of sending in “sab- reports of the foiled attacks. would be a good moment because the oteurs” to carry out attacks in Crimea. Within hours, Poroshenko world’s attention is elsewhere. Russia annexed Crimea from ordered the Ukrainian army to go on “The temptation is high to try and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (second left) speaking to the country’s high-ranking military officials Ukraine in March 2014 following a combat alert not only on the de-fac- use this occasion to solve Ukrainian at a meeting, yesterday. Poroshenko put the military on a heightened state of alert. hastily called referendum, a move tor border with Crimea but also along problem once and for all,” he said. that sparked fighting between the line of contact in eastern Ukraine, “While America is now not very oper- As soon as Russia forced the last — from cutting-edge fighter jets to both sides of the front line in eastern Russia-backed separatists and gov- where both sides were supposed to ational because it’s in a midst of a Ukrainian troops based in Crimea the newest missile defense systems. Ukraine. Hardly any disturbances or ernment forces in eastern Ukraine. have withdrawn heavy weaponry but divisive election campaign, Europe to leave in 2014, Moscow began set- Up until now, the de-facto Crimean let alone cross-border shootings have The Russian intelligence serv- have been sporadically using them, is also divided — on Brexit, on ref- ting up fortified border crossings and border and personnel bore no resem- been reported in Crimea since the ice FSB issued a statement on according to international monitors. ugees, on sanctions against Russia.” sending weapons to the peninsula blance to trigger-happy fighters on annexation. Wildfires tamed in France and Polish judges reject court reforms as standoff with Portugal but new blazes feared UK passenger government deepens plane escapes AFP Meanwhile fires in Madeira’s pic- Leal said the mercury topped 38 hit by a drone turesque capital Funchal, which had degrees Celsius, the hottest temper- turned the sky orange and forced for- ature there since 1976, while winds Reuters Wrobel said yesterday the tribu- eign holidaymakers to be evacuated, gusted to 90km an hour. nal was a guarantor of democratic LONDON: A passen- MARSEILLE: High winds and tinder- were brought under control overnight. On Portuguese mainland 1,800 checks and balances. “Any regula- ger plane has narrowly box conditions fuelled fears of new The fires broke out on island known firefighters were battling a dozen tions affecting it must not lead to a avoided being hit by a fires in southern France yesterday as “Pearl of the Atlantic”, where three major forest fires that have raged WARSAW: Poland’s constitutional situation where the court loses its drone in what police as blazes which killed three people people perished in their homes close to since last weekend. court yesterday ruled against a set of ability to act,” he said. yesterday called an on the Portuguese holiday island of historic centre of Funchal. Portugal’s EU partners have government reforms aimed at chang- The ruling party rejected “incredibly concern- Madeira were brought under control. “At this time only one active fire answered a call to assist and an Ital- ing how court works, deepening a the verdict before it was even ing” near miss as it Firefighters tamed wildfires on remains, in town of Calheta” in west ian air tanker will join two Spanish months-long constitutional crisis announced, saying that in order for approached an airport in the northern edge of the French port of island, while blazes have been water bombers already deployed, with a verdict the ruling conserva- the court’s rulings to be binding it southwest England. city of Marseille overnight but local contained in Funchal and neigh- while Morocco has also offered to tives said they would not implement. must first follow the new regula- The aircraft, carrying official Jean Rampon said “violent bouring town of Camara de Lobos, contribute two additional planes. The standoff over the reforms tions. The judges, however, said they 62 people, was travelling winds are exposing the area to risk a civil protection official said. In southern France, the fires and a series of new appointments could not rule on a law based on that at about 900 feet as it of new fires,” adding dry vegetation Smoke still lingered over Fun- took hold Wednesday afternoon and to the court has hurt investor con- law itself. prepared to land at New- was a “matter of concern”. chal, which had been covered by spread over 3,300 hectares of scrub- fidence in eastern Europe’s largest PiS’ leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski quay Airport in Cornwall Air tankers were seen taking off vast clouds of smoke when the blazes land and wooded areas. economy. The EU told the govern- has accused the court of trying to on Wednesday after- from the firefighters’ base in nearby raged on Wednesday. Some 1,800 firefighters, includ- ment last month it had three months deliberately block the government’s noon when it reported Aix-en-Provence heading towards Around 1,000 people were ini- ing many drafted in from elsewhere to resolve the crisis or face possi- reform agenda. a near miss with the Marseille, France’s second city, as tially evacuated, including many in France joined the battle backed ble sanctions such as a suspension The opposition says that if the drone which was flying fires continued to smoulder in the foreign tourists, and 400 people by around 500 rescue vehicles, five of its voting rights and freezing of Tribunal observes the new rules, alongside. bone-dry conditions in the area. spent a second night at an army bar- air tankers and two helicopters and its EU funds. it would be forced to admit to the Officers searched the At port of Fos-sur-Mer, north- racks. A hotel overlooking Funchal around 100 police, Rampon said. Since winning parliamentary bench three PiS-backed judges nearby area but found west of Marseille, 800 hectares went was destroyed and more than 150 “Three people suffered burns majority last year, the Law and Jus- whose appointments it has already neither the drone nor its up in flames on Wednesday, Rampon homes were left uninhabitable. including one who is seriously tice (PiS) party has repeatedly tried ruled illegal. operator. told reporters. Civil protection official Rubina injured,” he said. to change the court’s operational This would also make it rules, including changing the order impossible to admit three judges in which cases are heard. It has also appointed by the previous parlia- Russian judge scrapped the previous parliament’s ment but whom President Andrzej nominations for judges and put for- Duda, a close PiS ally, has refused gunned down ward its own candidates. to swear in. Critics say the reforms and The Council of Europe, a rights Moscow: A Russian judge nominations are aimed at stacking body whose opinions are non- was shot dead near his the court, called the Constitutional binding but carry weight with EU’s home in restive Caucasus Tribunal, with PiS supporters and executive, has recommended the region of Dagestan by an stifling its ability to challenge new three judges chosen by previous unknown assailant, inves- legislation as it comes up. parliament be admitted to bench. tigators said yesterday. The European Union has It is not immediately clear how An “unknown person launched an unprecedented rule the standoff between the gov- fired shots from an auto- of law procedure against Warsaw ernment and the court can be matic weapon” at judge and in July threatened sanctions, resolved by the Brussels-set dead- Ubaidula Magomedov a decision Poland described as line of October. If the government late Wednesday in the “premature”. upholds Kaczynski’s words, yes- courtyard of his home in Warsaw’s closest ally, the United terday’s ruling will join a list of 22 the mountain village of States, has repeatedly expressed court verdicts that the government Assab, Dagestan’s investi- concern over the crisis. President refuses to recognise. gative committee said. Barack Obama, who visited Poland Experts say this could lead to “The judge died on the for a Nato summit last month, called a split in Poland’s legal system, as spot. Magomedov’s pro- on the government to do more to some state institutions including fessional work is viewed break the impasse. lower courts say they recognise the as the main reason for the Remains of burnt vehicles lay on the ground yesterday following a fire which has devastated some 3,300 Rejecting key provisions of court’s verdicts against the govern- attempt on his life.” hectares in France. PiS’ latest reforms, Judge Andrzej ment’s will. Italy sacks council Renzi under fire for sending ‘special forces in Libya’ in Sicilian town Rome: Italy’s govern- ment has disbanded the AFP battling IS in its stronghold of Sirte. According to the Italian media, Star Movement, said in a statement. local council in Corleone “We do not have a military mis- the committee was secretly notified “First with the concession on air- because of suspected sion in Libya. If we did parliament of the special forces deployment last bases and now with our own men mafia infiltration of the would have been informed,” Foreign week. on the ground, this government has Sicilian town which helped ROME: Italian Prime Minister Mat- Minister Paolo Gentiloni insisted in The move followed Renzi’s agree- effectively involved Italy in a the- inspire Francis Coppola’s teo Renzi (pictured) came under fire an interview with Corriere della Sera. ment that US warplanes and drones atre of war without going through “Godfather” series. yesterday for reportedly sending spe- Asked if that also applied to could use Italian airspace and mili- parliament.” Despite its long associ- cial forces to help the fight against the secret service activity, Gentiloni tary bases for strikes on Sirte. To date the only practical support ation with organised crime, Islamic State group in Libya without replied: “By definition, I do not com- Opposition parties accused the for the Libyan forces which Italy has it is the first time the coun- proper clearance from parliament. ment on operations of a classified premier of abusing article 7bis to take confirmed has involved the evacua- cil in Corleone has been Renzi’s centre-left government nature.” Italy into a war situation by stealth. tion of injured government troops for dissolved on orders of the has refused to confirm or deny Under the controversial “arti- “The article speaks clearly of medical treatment. central government under media reports that dozens of spe- cle 7bis” of legislation adopted last sending men in support of intelli- The government has offered to a procedure that has been cial forces have been deployed to year, the Italian premier can send The parliamentary committee gence operations which has nothing lead a peacekeeping force into the applied to more than 200 help with demining and training special forces to combat zones for which oversees the secret services to do with what our special forces are former Italian colony if such a step is Italian municipal authori- forces loyal to Libya’s Govern- intelligence missions without par- has to be informed but this does not doing in Libya,” deputies from Italy’s requested by the Libyan government ties since the early 1990s. ment of National Accord, currently liamentary approval. have to be made public. most popular political force, the Five and authorised by the United Nations. 12 FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 AMERICAS Obama & Hillary Delta computer ‘co-founders’ outage included ‘small fire’ of IS: Trump NEW YORK: As flight can- celations and delays move into their fourth repeated it in an interview yester- day, Delta Air Lines isn’t day with CNBC. providing details on a Republican leaders His remarks followed a troubled “small fire” at its data urged Trump to focus week for the Republican candidate. centre and whether Party leaders urged Trump to focus that fire — or attempts on the campaign on the campaign to beat Clinton after to extinguish it — com- to beat Hillary in he drew strong criticism for a persist- pounded the airline’s ent confrontation with the family of troubles. the presidential Muslim American soldier who died Delta’s problems elections. in Iraq and for his initial refusal to started when a piece of support prominent Republican can- electrical component at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump greets people during his campaign event at the BB&T Center didates in their primary races. its Atlanta headquarters “He (Obama) was the founder in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. failed, CEO Ed Bastian Reuters of ISIS. And so was she. I mean I call said. That led to a shut- them co-founders,” said Trump, who down of transformer says he opposed the Iraq war. “He Republicans urge RNC to stop helping Trump providing power to air- shouldn’t have gotten out way he got line’s data centre WASHINGTON: Republican pres- out. It was a disaster, what he did,” “The equipment fail- idential candidate Donald Trump he told CNBC. AP letter so far, including five former someone I can work with.” ure sparked a small fire. It called President Barack Obama and Clinton spokesman Jesse members of Congress and 16 former Appearing at the Iowa State Fair, was put out immediately Democratic candidate Hillary Clin- Lehrich, in response to Trump’s RNC staffers. King said, “We don’t agree on very and there was no need to ton “co-founders” of Islamic State (IS) comments, pointed to US advances They want Priebus to immediately much,” but “I’ve sat across the table call the fire department,” yesterday, in remarks certain to ignite against the militant group in Libya WASHINGTON: Frustrated Republi- shift “all available RNC resources to from Hillary Clinton, eye to eye, Delta spokesman Trebor fresh criticism of his campaign style. this week. “FYI - US-backed mili- cans have drafted a letter to Republican vulnerable congressional candidates working” without staff present and Banstetter said yesterday. The New York real estate tias retook ISIS’s stronghold in Libya National Committee Chairman Reince to “prevent the GOP from drowning outside the view of the news media. developer has previously criti- today thanks to Obama-authorised Priebus urging him to stop helping Don- with a Trump-emblazoned anchor Two years ago, King said Clinton cised Obama and Clinton, for how air strikes,” he said in a tweet. ald Trump win the White House. They around its neck.” and other Obama administration Senate rooms the United States pulled out of Iraq Trump did not back down, ask- want the party to focus its resources The RNC did not immediately officials lied in their account of the after the war, saying it helped cre- ing on CNBC: “Is there something instead on protecting vulnerable Sen- respond to a request for comment. deadly attack on the US embassy in evacuated ate the militant Islamist group that wrong with saying that? Why — are ate and House candidates. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Benghazi, Libya. Clinton was secre- has seized swaths of Iraq and Syria. people complaining that I said he A draft of the letter warns that Huckabee is reassuring evangeli- tary of state at the time. WASHINGTON: The Sen- The idea that a sitting US pres- was the founder of ISIS? All I do is Trump’s “divisiveness, recklessness, cals that Donald Trump shares their King has endorsed Republican ate press gallery and ident created a militant group tell the truth, I’m a truth teller.” incompetence and record-breaking beliefs. Donald Trump, but made the chari- nearby rooms in the US determined to kill Americans and In a wide-ranging interview, unpopularity risk turning this election Devout conservative Iowa Repre- table comments about Clinton during Capitol have been evacu- other Westerners took that criticism Trump also said the United States into a Democratic landslide.” sentative Steve King, who once accused an appearance on the first day of the ated because of possible to a new level. Trump first made the will continue engaging in free trade GOP operative Andrew Weinstein Hillary Clinton of lying, now says the fair, according to video recorded by asbestos exposure. assertion in a speech in Florida. He if he is elected. says 70 Republicans have signed the Democratic presidential nominee “is The Des Moines Register. Officials from the Architect of the Capitol’s office say they’re inves- tigating the possible Ecuador to let exposure after workers Canada cops thwart terror attack; suspect shot dead discovered a broken air duct above the press gal- Sweden interview lery — which is on the AFP contribute directly or indirectly in third floor and adjacent Assange at the activity of a terrorist group,” the to the Senate chamber. agency said. A spokeswoman for London embassy The RCMP said an investiga- the architect’s office says OTTAWA: Canadian police shot dead tion was under way as the matter the Senate chamber isn’t an alleged Islamic State (IS) sym- “continues to unfold,” and no other affected. AFP pathiser armed with an explosive details from officials were immedi- device, media reports said, as police ately available. confirmed they thwarted a “poten- Public Safety Minister Ralph Olympic officer QUITO: Ecuador said it will let tial terror threat”. Goodale said he had discussed the Swedish officials interview Julian There was no immediate confir- incident with Prime Minister Justin shot in head Assange at its embassy in London, mation from Canadian police that Trudeau and that the security forces where the WikiLeaks founder is anyone had been shot, with a state- had acted effectively. RIO DE JANEIRO: Elite sheltering for the past four years. ment saying only that a suspect had “Canadians can be confident that special forces raided a Quito’s foreign ministry said in been identified and that they had whenever credible information is slum in Rio de Janeiro a statement yesterday that a letter taken “action” after receiving infor- obtained about a potential terror- yesterday after offic- has been sent by the Ecuadoran mation about a potential attack. ist threat, the RCMP, CSIS (security ers providing security at government to set up the meeting. “Earlier today, the RCMP received intelligence service) and other police Olympics made a wrong “In the coming weeks, a date credible information of a potential and security agencies take the appro- turn and encountered will be established for the pro- terrorist threat. A suspect was iden- priate steps to ensure safety of this gunfire. One police officer ceedings to be held at the Embassy tified and the proper course of action country and its citizens,” Goodale was shot in head, and of Ecuador in the United King- has been taken to ensure that there Police raid a home after they received information of a potential said in a statement. was recovering. dom,” the statement read. is no danger to the public’s safety,” terrorist threat at a small community some 225 km southwest of “These agencies conducted The officers from Bra- Prosecutors in Sweden have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Toronto in Strathroy, Ontario. themselves effectively in the cir- zil’s national security said they want to interview (RCMP) said in a statement. cumstances that developed today.” force were using a GPS Assange in connection with a 2010 They did not say where the inci- According to a relative who spoke an explosive device in a packed pub- Goodale said Canada’s terrorism device to navigate unfa- abuse allegation against him. dent took place. to CBC, police informed the family lic space in a major city. threat level remains at “medium”, a miliar streets when they “The prosecutor has requested Media reports said the suspect that he was shot dead after deto- CBC said the suspect had first ranking which it has maintained took a wrong turn off a permission to carry out an inter- was a 24-year-old man who had nating an explosive device, injuring come to attention of anti-terror offi- since October 2014 when two sol- highway leading to Rio’s rogation, so it is of course good for been arrested in 2015 for expressing himself and one other person, whose cials in October 2014 after he tweeted diers were killed in separate lone international airport. the investigation if it can be held,” support for the IS group in postings condition was unclear. support for IS. According to The wolf attacks by suspected jihadists Their truck was sprayed Karin Rosander, spokeswoman for on social media. He was released in They told the family they had to Canadian Press news agency, Driver in in Quebec and Ottawa. with bullets, and one the Swedish Prosecution Author- February but was being monitored. shoot him because he had a second had been under a court order not to On October 20, a 25-year- officer, Helio Vieira, was ity, told reporters yesterday. Canadian broadcaster CBC iden- device which he was planning to det- associate with any terrorist organi- old Muslim convert ran down two shot in the head. The Jus- She said however that the tified him as Aaron Driver, saying he onate, CBC said. sation, including IS. soldiers in a parking lot in Saint- tice Ministry said Vieira exact date of the interview has was shot dead during a police raid in Broadcaster CTV, citing internal According to the order, a peace Jean-sur-Richelieu, some 40km was recovering after a not yet been pinned down. Strathroy, a residential area in south- government documents, also said bond which was signed in February, southeast of Montreal, before being four-hour surgery, and “The information we have ern Ontario about 220km southwest the suspect was allegedly linked to there were were “reasonable grounds shot dead by police. One of the sol- was in stable condition. received from Ecuador is that they of Toronto. IS and had been planning to set off to fear that he may participate, diers later died. are favourable to an interrogation and they will get back to us about the exact details,” Rosander said. She added that the questions will be asked by an Ecuadoran Two dead and many hurt in Maryland apartment blaze prosecutor, but said “Swedish prosecutor Ingrid Isgren and a police investigator will take part.” AP authorities as people have still not nearby community centre. For his part, Assange, through been accounted for. Carden said those displaced are his attorneys, welcomed the Firefighters were called to four- primarily Spanish speakers. Trans- development. story apartment complex just before lators were being brought in to ease “Julian Assange’s defence SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND: At midnight and found people on upper communication. He said nature of team welcomes the fact that steps least two people died and dozens, floors who needed help, Montgomery explosion has been especially trau- are finally under way to take Mr including three firefighters, were County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said. matic. “To basically be in an event Assange’s statement, a request injured after an explosion and large “People were dropping children where people were blown out of their that Mr Assange has asked of fire at an apartment complex in a and jumping out of other windows,” of beds ... and what they own is lying the Swedish prosecution since Maryland suburb of Washington and Goldstein said. across the street, that’s a key differ- August 2010,” his lawyers said in searchers are looking for up to seven Goldstein said natural gas fur- ence” from a typical fire evacuation”> a statement. people who were still unaccounted naces and stoves are in each of the Mariana Turay, who has lived in It also said the Australian had for, authorities said yesterday. units. It took at least an hour and the apartment complex for 30 years long sought the opportunity to Assistant Montgomery County 45 minutes to put out the blaze and and spent night in the shelter, said testify in the case, but that “the Police Chief Russ Hamill two people Washington Gas helped safely turn she chooses to view the explosion as Swedish prosecutor has refused are confirmed dead but have not yet off gas, he said. Residents of nearby a blessing, so loud that it woke eve- to accept a statement by video been identified. He said the two were buildings that were not affected by ryone up and alerted them to get out. conference, affidavit or other located in the ruins of the building. the fire were allowed to return to “It was just like a bomb fell,” she standard means.” Hamill also said three firefight- their homes after several hours. said. When she escaped her first- Assange, 45, sought refuge in ers with minor injuries were among Paul Carden, regional disaster floor apartment, the fire was right in the Ecuadoran embassy in London 34 people taken to local hospitals director for American Red Cross, my face.” Hours after the fire, smoke in June 2012 after exhausting all after the blaze, and were released estimated that 100 people were dis- still was rising from four-level garden his legal options in Britain against yesterday. Hamill appealed for all placed, and 60 or 70 were staying at style apartment building. Debris from A burnt out apartment building is seen after an explosion in Silver extradition to Sweden. residents of the building to contact a Red Cross shelter established at a the blast scattered nearly 200 feet. Spring, Maryland, yesterday. CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 13

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ONLINE CHART BUST Saving bees: France’s thriving city hives www.thepeninsulaqatar.com offer token help

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Qatar’s property market on correction course 1 LILLE, FRANCE: Urban rooftops are buzzing across France, but the fad for CNA-Q signs MoU with Senseta beekeeping from Montpellier to Lille to 2 Paris that will do little do reverse declin- ing bee populations, experts say. Indian and Nepali win Mercedes-Benz cars The northern city of Lille was a pio- 3 in Lulu draw neer in efforts to defend the bee by providing pesticide-free environments, and it was among the first to sign on to a national public awareness campaign, TWEET OF THE DAY “Bees, Sentinels of the Environment”, back in 2007. Since then, 80 species of wild bees that had disappeared from the Lille area have returned. “In terms of diversity, 2015 was a good year,” says Lise Daleux, the city’s top envi- ronmental official, noting that three rare wild bee species were spotted. Lille’s free course on bees at the city’s Child protection at major sporting events is in focus at a special two-day forum being held at British House rail station, with its 10 hives, has a two- and Bayt Qatar, on the sidelines of the Rio Olympics. year waiting list, and in 2008 it became the first French city to appoint a munic- ipal apiculture pointman. The southern city of Montpellier also caught the buzz early, installing beehives Forum focuses child protection on the roofs of many high schools. Lille provides “a nice showcase to raise awareness among the general pub- lic, but it’s something of a fad that won’t in sporting events at Rio solve the problem,” says Jean-Marc Bon- INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY matin, an expert on neurotoxins. Around 40 percent of pollinators, the Qatar Olympic Committee and Dream, an initiative of the Interna- including the bee, are threatened with Massimiliano Montanari, Executive tional Centre for Sport Security and A woman car- extinction. Beehives in the countryside The Forum has Director of Save the Dream. the Qatar Olympic Committee. ries her child are showing a distressing rate of “dead- brought together The Forum has brought together Lessons learnt during major in a basket as outs”—deserted honeycombs pointing to high-profile experts and athletes to sporting events are currently being she walks on dwindling bee populations. high-profile experts discuss issues of child protection applied during the 2016 Olympic a road in Alla- “I am not against use of pesticides, it’s and athletes to during major sport events and will Games in Rio de Janeiro and will habad, India, just that they should be used sparingly,” include Ana Starling, National Secre- serve as reference point to be applied yesterday. Bonmatin says. discuss issues of child tariat for the Promotion of Rights of within the next host countries. REUTERS/ Since French agriculture introduced protection during the Child; Irina Bacci, the Ombuds- The “Power of sport for devel- Jitendra neonicotinoids—pesticides resembling major sport events. man for Human Rights and Dial 100 opment” conference also serves to Prakash nicotine that act on bees’ central nervous hotline Director; Cristiane Santana, promote use of the app Proteja Brasil system—in 1994, more than 300,000 bee Undersecretary of Social Devel- during the Olympic Games. The new colonies have died off, UNAF says. opment and Human Rights of the promotional video “Your hands can The Peninsula City of Rio de Janeiro among many change stories” encourages people others. to download the app Proteja Brasil. The publication “Agenda for The application is free to down- Convergence: mega sporting events load and aims to encourage people Smartphone use at night may DOHA/RIO DE JANEIRO: A publica- and children’s rights protection and to report violations against chil- tion documenting best practices on adolescents in Brazil” will be pre- dren’s rights in Brazil to the relevant child protection within major sport- sented to a special audience, which authorities and to empower mem- ing events will be presented today documents UNICEF Brazil and its bers of the public to play an active not be that harmful: Study by UNICEF Brazil and partners at a partners’ work encouraging the pre- role for the protection of children special two-day forum being held vention of violence towards young against violence. at British House and Bayt Qatar, people during mega events. Proteja Brasil features will be IANS associated with the evening-time use your sleep is more complex than gathering international experts, Beginning in 2011, the initiative presented during the conference of electronic devices. previously highlighted and there are children’s rights organisations and Agenda for Convergence, involved through the panel “Technology, The study showed daytime bright certain important factors (such as government officials. government organisations, NGOs Media and Child Rights”. The panel light exposure, by outdoor activities daytime exposure to light) that affect The conferenceis the result and child protection experts across will also address the initiative LONDON: Do you love to read or light interventions in offices, did this,” Frida Rangtell, doctoral student of a special partnership between Brazil with the aim of helping young Dial 100 hotline – a human rights e-books on smartphones or tablets not affect sleep in young healthy at Uppsala University in Sweden, was UNICEF, Save the Dream, Bayt Qatar people during the 2013 FIFA Confed- reporting tool maintained by the late at night but are worried about students who used a self-luminous quoted as saying to the thelocal.se. and British House. erations Cup and 2014 FIFA World Brazilian federal government and negative results of the blue light expo- tablet for two hours in evening time. The levels of melatonin—the hor- Speakers at the Forum include Cup that took place in Brazil. Team UNICEF – Get Active for sure? Take heart, as according to a “Our most important finding mone affecting sleep-wake cycle in Gary Stahl, UNICEF Representative Several child protection actions Children – a UNICEF engagement study, ample exposure to daytime light was the issue of whether screen light humans — were found have no sig- to Brazil, Sheikh Joann bin Hamad implemented in Brazil were devel- campaign that combines sports, may help combat sleep disturbances in the evening could interfere with nificant adverse effects. bin Khalifa Al Thani, President of oped in partnership with Save the technology and children’s rights.

Fowairet beach cleaned up Flooded canyons found on Saturn’s moon Titan: Nasa

IANS channels appear dark in radar images, much like Titan’s methane- rich seas, but it was not clear if the dark material was liquid or merely WASHINGTON: US space agency saturated sediment, which at Titan’s Nasa said its Cassini spacecraft has frigid temperatures would be made found deep, steep-sided canyons on of ice, not rock. Saturn’s largest moon Titan that are So during 2013 pass, the Cas- flooded with liquid hydrocarbons. sini spacecraft pinged the surface “The finding represents the first of Titan with microwaves, and the direct evidence of presence of liquid- returned signals indicated the sur- filled channels on Titan, as well as the face of the channels is extremely first observation of canyons hundreds smooth, meaning they are currently of meters deep,” Nasa said. liquid filled. The discovery, published in US The Cassini observations also journal Geophysical Research Let- revealed that the channels — in par- ters, was based on data collected ticular, a network of them named from a close flyby Cassini made over Vid Flumina — are narrow canyons, Titan in May 2013, during which generally a bit less than a km wide, the spacecraft’s radar instrument with slopes steeper than 40 degrees. A clean-up drive in progress at the Fowairet beach yesterday morning before it was opened to the public later in the day. The beach had focused on channels that branch The canyons also are quite deep been closed since April in view of the nesting season of sea turtles. Twenty-nine new waste bins have been put up along the beach to out from the moon’ s second larg- with those measured 790 to 1, 870 keep it clean and tidy, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment. est hydrocarbon sea Ligeia Mare. feet from top to bottom, Nasa said Previously, the branching in the journal. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,955.31 -41.10 PTS PAGE | 20 DOW 18,627.90 +132.24 PTS IMF agrees $12bn Alibaba reaps growth loan to boost FTSE100 6,914.71 +48.29 PTS from Jack Ma’s push Egypt’s economy BRENT $43.42 +$1.71 into media & cloud

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Gold investment hits record this year: WGC

drop in jewellery purchases, espe- negative interest rates,” he said. tonnes. Jewellery demand in China, back above $1,350 an ounce yes- earlier gains against a currency cially among leading consumers “Second, you have increasingly the world’s largest gold buyer in the terday as the dollar gave up earlier basket in afternoon trade. Forex Investment in gold China and India, to take overall fractious politics, aptly illustrated last quarter, fell 15 percent, while gains against a currency basket, with traders remain focused on whether surged to 448 tonnes first-half gold demand to the second by Brexit, and ... finally the slowing offtake in number two consumer uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. the Fed will press ahead with rate highest on record, at 2,335 tonnes. pace of US interest rate hikes and India slid by a fifth. “Steep price rises monetary policy continuing to under- hikes this year, after raising them in the second quarter, Investment in gold surged to 448 consequent slowdown of U.S. dol- have done little to attract demand in pin the metal. for the first time in nearly a decade more than double the tonnes in the second quarter, more lar strength.” the more price sensitive markets,” the Palladium slid, however, after in December. than double the figure for the same Gold tends to benefit from ultra- WGC report said. “Indian consum- surging more than 4 percent in the Investors expect the Fed, sup- figure for the same period of 2015, driven chiefly by a low rates, which cut the opportunity ers in particular are notoriously wary previous session in a rally triggered ported by positive economic data, period of 2015. year-on-year rise in ETF investment cost of holding non-yielding bullion. of price instability and this year has by a wave of short-covering after to lift rates again in December, to 236.8 tonnes, against outflows of While ETF investment was strong, proven to be no exception.” recent hefty gains. The metal is test- but other countries are increas- 23 tonnes a year before. consumer buying of smaller retail Consumer demand in China over- ing support at the $700 an ounce ingly looking to raise stimulus. The Preliminary data showed those products such as coins and bars was all fell 14 percent to 183.7 tonnes, well level. Spot gold was up 0.3 percent Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut Reuters inflows continuing into the second little changed at 211.6 tonnes, against below the five-year average of 251.3 at $1,350.80 an ounce at 1420 GMT, rates yesterday. half, with a further 80 tonnes added 209.1 tonnes a year earlier. tonnes. Poor consumer sentiment, a after rising around 0.8 percent over Palladium was down 3.3 per- in July, the WGC’s head of market The surge in investment helped lacklustre economic backdrop and the last two days. U.S. gold futures for cent at $699.10 after hitting a more intelligence, Alistair Hewitt, said. fuel a 25 percent rally in gold prices hallmarking regulations all weighed December delivery were up $4.60 at than 17-month high on Wednesday LONDON: Investment demand for “There are three structural fac- in the first half. Higher prices on demand, the WGC said. $1,356.50 an ounce. at $746.10 an ounce. It had rallied gold hit record first-half levels this tors prompting institutional investors weighed on other areas of demand, Central bank demand fell 40 per- Prices have risen 27 percent so sharply in thin Asian trading hourse year, a World Gold Council report to ... increase their exposure to gold,” leading investment to overtake jew- cent to 77 tonnes in the same second far this year, largely on expectations on Wednesday, apparently as inves- showed yesterday, fuelled by a push Hewitt told the Reuters Global Gold ellery buying as the largest single quarter. Higher prices led to a 23 per- that the Federal Reserve will hold off tors holding short positions rushed towards low and negative interest Forum on Thursday. segment of demand for the first half- cent surge in gold recycling rates to on further interest rate hikes. Rising to cover. Silver was up 0.6 percent rates, and concerns over political “The first is the unparalleled yearly period ever. 327.7 tonnes, however, which pushed rates lift the opportunity cost of hold- at $20.185 an ounce, while platinum issues such as Brexit. loosening of monetary policy, most Jewellery buying fell 14 per- overall gold supply 10 percent higher. ing non-yielding gold. was 1 percent lower at $1,159.85 an Strength in investment offset a notably the pernicious spread of cent in the second quarter to 444.1 Meanwhile, gold price edged The dollar index surrendered ounce.

IEA slashes oil demand Macy’s to close 100 stores World stock forecast on Brexit impact markets cheer retailers

AFP uninterrupted builds. This would “help pave the way AFP to a sustained tightening of the crude oil balance”. PARIS: The IEA said yesterday that it Meanwhile global oil supply LONDON: European stock mar- had cut its oil demand growth fore- rose by around 0.8 mb/d in July as kets and Wall Street ventured cast for 2017 because of a weaker production both by OPEC and pro- back into positive territory yes- outlook for the world economy fol- ducers outside the cartel rose. terday, buoyed by upbeat news lowing Britain’s vote to leave the Saudi Arabia pushed output to from global retailers and other European Union. its highest level ever and Iraq also corporates. Global oil demand growth is pumped more, helping to hold total European stocks started the now expected to slow to 1.2 mil- Opec production at an eight-year day mostly lower as the Interna- lion barrels per day in 2017 from high, the IEA said. But while Opec is tional Energy Agency sent a stark 1.4 mb/d this year “due to a dimmer providing the world with the fastest reminder that the world econ- macroeconomic outlook”, the Inter- sources of supply growth it “is also omy is headed for Brexit-created national Energy Agency said in its notching up some of the biggest out- uncertainty and therefore weaker monthly oil market report. put losses”, the IEA said. oil demand. The IEA had previously forecast Cash-strapped Venezuela and But investors took heart from growth of 1.3 mb/d for 2017. Global Nigeria, where oil installations have the IEA’s assertion that an oil demand will therefore reach 97.5 been the target of militant attacks, production glut is still set to disap- A man checks his phone as he walks past Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square in New York City mb/d next year after 96.3 mb/d this have each seen declines of around pear by the end of the year, which year, it said. 150,000 barrels per day compared yesterday. Macy’s announced plans to close 100 stores nationwide. prompted a bump in the oil price The IEA said it was basing its to 2015, partly offsetting produc- after earlier losses in Asia. projections on the International tion gains in Iraq and post-sanctions This, in turn, boosted energy Monetary Fund’s decision in July to Iran, it said. Non-Opec production and commodities stocks, nota- cut its world economic growth fore- has gained from Canada recovering bly in London, where the FTSE cast following Britain’s vote to leave from wildfire outages, but the US, 100 index reversed early losses the EU the previous month. China and Mexico have all produced Lloyds investors fret over CEO’s future to close 0.7 percent higher. Paris “As a result the global out- less. Russia and Brazil, however, even managed a gain of 1.2 per- look for 2016-17 has worsened,” have managed to ramp up output. cent, while Frankfurt rose 0.9 the IEA said, saying Britain itself The oil price fell early yesterday Reuters story alleging the married chief percent to close at a year-high. would suffer the most, but the rest for a third day after figures show- executive ran up a £3,826 ($4,962) Traders found inspiration from of the EU was also likely to be hit ing high US crude stockpiles and hotel bill while spending time with healthy earnings from China’s Ali- as trade prospects and confidence increased Saudi production. another woman. baba, and plans announced by weakened. At the same time oil “With US oil rigs coming back LONDON: Top investors in Lloyds The intense scrutiny of his pri- American retailer Macy’s to shut oversupply, which has again been on line and output declines stabilis- Banking Group are concerned that vate life has led some investors to 100 of its 728 stores and bolster weighing on the oil price since June, ing at a time when the International Chief Executive Antonio Horta- fear Horta-Osório could quit before investment in online shopping. will disappear in the latter part of Energy Agency is downgrading Osório (pictured) might leave the the task of restructuring Britain’s Sharp rises in both companies’ 2016, the IEA said. demand growth forecasts for next bank sooner than anticipated fol- biggest mortgage lender is complete. stocks helped lift Wall Street. “Our balances show essen- year, it’s no surprise that traders are lowing press scrutiny of his private England base rate cut that followed “It is definitely something the In foreign exchange mean- tially no oversupply during the becoming increasingly bearish on life and want its board to start look- has put Lloyds’ ambitious profit and board should be thinking hard about,” while, dollar gains were capped second half of the year,” the IEA oil once again,” said Craig Erlam, ing for his successor. dividend targets under strain, and one of the bank’s top 20 shareholders as traders await clearer signals on said. Although the drop in the oil an analyst at Oanda. After a stellar 2015, which saw cast fresh doubts about when the said. “It’s a concern allied to the fact the timing of a possible US inter- price by about $7 per barrel since But the price later recovered Lloyds swing back to profit, restore government might be able to recoup that the job for next couple of years est rate hike, with expectations its mid-June peak of over $52 “has in European and US business as dividends and millions of British the last of the taxpayer cash used in is going to be harder than he thought that the Fed will move cautiously. put the ‘glut’ back into the head- traders focused on stock draws. At government shares sold to private its 2008 bailout. now.” Lloyds said its chairman Nor- Investors were awaiting also lines”, excess supply would likely around 1450 GMT, US benchmark owners, 2016 has been less auspi- Then on Wednesday, Lloyds was man Blackwell had reviewed the the release of more Chinese eco- be soaked up in the months ahead. West Texas Intermediate futures cious for the Portuguese banker, who forced to defend Horta-Osório’s allegations and was satisfied Horta- nomic data due this week. Figures The IEA predicted “a hefty stood at $42.62, up from $41.55 seen took the top job five years ago. expenses after The Sun newspa- Osório had paid his own personal released yesterday showed China’s draw” on oil reserves in the cur- in Asia, and North Sea Brent futures Britain’s vote to leave the Euro- per, published by Rupert Murdoch’s expenses while attending a Singa- producer prices fell in July at their rent quarter after a stretch of at $45.10 against $43.91 earlier. pean Union in June and the Bank of News Corp, carried a front-page pore conference. slowest rate in nearly two years. 18 FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 BUSINESS

IMF agrees $12bn loan to Singtel profits rise boost Egypt’s economy

away tourists and investors, depriv- ing it of hard currency. The long-awaited The dollar shortage has all-but Extended Fund paralysed trade and made it hard for factories to import components, Facility (EFF) deal interrupting production and under- is subject to final mining growth. It has also made it hard for overseas firms to repatri- approval by the IMF ate profit, discouraging new foreign executive committee, investment. likely in the coming The IMF’s Jarvis told a news con- ference that the aim of the exchange weeks, the IMF said. rate and monetary policy was to end Egypt’s dollar-denominated hard currency shortages and cut 2025 bond rose to trade at its highest inflation to single digits. level since end-September 2015 after “Moving to a flexible exchange Reuters the deal. Egypt’s stock market edged rate regime will strengthen com- A Singtel (Singapore Telecom) logo is seen on its buillding in Singapore yesterday. Southeast Asia’s up 1.1 percent by mid-afternoon. petitiveness, support exports and Fund managers said the loan tourism and attract foreign direct biggest telecom firm by revenues said net profit totalled SGD 944m ($702m) for the quarter, up 0.3 could ease pressure on Egypt’s investment. This would foster percent from last year. CAIRO: The International Mone- finances and bolster foreign invest- growth and jobs and reduce financ- tary Fund has agreed in principle ment but were not rushing to buy ing needs,” he said. to grant Egypt a $12bn three-year stocks until they were more confi- Central Bank Governor Tarek loan facility, to support a govern- dent the deal would go through and Amer has said that fixing the Egyp- ment reform programme aimed at reforms would be implemented. tian pound had been a mistake but plugging a budget gap and rebalanc- In late 2012, Egypt reached an it would not be floated until foreign ing the currency markets. initial deal with the IMF for a $4.8bn reserves are rebuilt to at least $25bn. Yemen resumes oil output and The long-awaited Extended Fund loan, but it was never finalised. “We They are now at about $15.5bn, Facility (EFF) deal is subject to final don’t expect IMF lending to lead to enough for under three months of approval by the IMF executive com- an immediate turnaround,” Lon- imports and less than half their pre- exports from Masila fields mittee, likely in the coming weeks, don-based Capital Economics said 2011 levels. the IMF said. in a note. Economists say the IMF deal will “Egypt is a strong country with “In the near term, high inflation lead to interest rate hikes to stabilise great potential but it has some prob- and tighter monetary and fiscal pol- the currency and reduce inflation, Reuters from Ras Isa port, on the Red Sea, Hadi government, which is backed lems that need to be fixed urgently,” icy will prevent domestic demand which has reached 14 percent since and Balahaf on the Gulf of Aden, but by Saudi Arabia. the head of the IMF’s mission in from strengthening significantly. But a devaluation in March. gave no details on timing or quantity. Hadi’s government has regained Cairo, Chris Jarvis (pictured), said. we are more optimistic about what “In the near-term, a deal with the An oil ministry official said last control of large parts of the country’s Among the reforms agreed are the deal means for medium-term Fund is likely to lead to a devalua- DUBAI: Yemen has resumed pro- month that Yemen had sold 3 mil- south and east in the past year. Most subsidy cuts, introducing Value growth prospects.” tion of the pound and higher interest duction and exports from its Masila lion barrels of crude to commodities foreign oil companies left the coun- Added Tax (VAT) and reducing The IMF did not give imple- rates,” Capital Economics said, fore- oilfields for the first time since a civil trader Glencore , drawing criticism try after the war began in March 2015. bureaucracy for foreign investors. mentation timeline, though Egypt casting the pound would be devalued war began more than 16 months from the main refinery struggling to Yemen pumped an average of around The IMF also wants Egypt to focus began a five-year subsidy reform to 9.5 to the dollar by year-end from ago, state news agency sabanew. provide fuel for local power stations. 127,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2014 monetary policy on easing the programme in 2014 and announced about 8.78 now. net reported yesterday. Yemen is a small producer with but output declined to about 44,000 chronic dollar shortage and reduce further electricity price hikes this Egypt’s reform programme The agency, which is run by the proven oil reserves of around 3 bil- b/d in July 2015, the EIA had said. inflation to single digits. week. A VAT act is being debated in formed the basis of a $3bn three- exiled government of President lion barrels, according to the US Yemen has two primary crude “The programme aims to parliament. year loan deal with the World Bank Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, quoted Energy Information Administration. streams: the light and sweet Marib improve the functioning of the for- But the big question is the nature in December. But the cash has yet oil minister Saif Al Sharif as saying The country has been gripped by and the medium-gravity and more eign exchange markets, bring down and timing of exchange rate reforms to be disbursed as the Bank waits Yemen also hoped to resume pro- war pitting the Iran-allied Houthi sulphur-rich Masila. According the budget deficit and government in a country that has kept its cur- for parliament to ratify reforms, duction from the Shabwa and Marib group, backed by troops loyal to to the government, the southeast debt, and to raise growth and cre- rency artificially strong and rationed including VAT which has faced oilfields. Sharif said Yemen hoped to ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh Masila Basin holds more than 80 ate jobs,” Jarvis said in a statement. dollars since the 2011 uprising drove opposition. resume exporting oil and natural gas and the internationally recognised percent of the country’s reserves.

Libya needs big RWE posts further net loss Iraq and oil firms agree to spend to boost vital oil revenue: restart stalled investment NOC official Reuters implement these projects,” he said. Iraq has yet to reach agreements Reuters with Exxon, CNPC and Petronas on fields those firms are also develop- BAGHDAD/BASRA: Iraq has ing in the south. LONDON: Libya’s plans to reached agreement with BP, Shell Oil companies helping Iraq increase oil output by five-fold and Lukoil to restart stalled invest- develop its massive oil fields have by the end of the year will remain ment in oil fields the firms are to clear their spending with the gov- out of reach until the govern- developing, allowing projects that ernment each year. They are then ment allocates funds to repair were halted this year to resume repaid with income from Iraq’s the damage to oil infrastructure, and crude production to increase exports of crude oil produced from the National Oil Corp’s chief said. in 2017, Iraqi oil officials said. existing fields. “If we receive around $1bn, The agreements, reached in July The arrangement worked we can do a lot,” Mustafa Sanalla and August, effectively delay to the smoothly when oil prices were said, adding that the corpora- second half of the year projects that above $100 a barrel but since crude tion submitted its budget to the the three companies had planned to has collapsed to about $40 a bar- Presidential Council, the OPEC carry out in the first half, which had rel, Iraq has been struggling to find member’s government, on July 3 been suspended because of low oil enough oil to repay the companies and is still waiting for the funds. prices. As a result of the investment, for their investment. Libya, which holds Africa’s Iraq’s crude output should increase Iraq relies on oil for nearly all largest oil reserves, has seen it by 250,000-350,000 barrels per its revenues and is spending heavily The lignite-fired power plant of German energy supplier RWE in Niederaussem, western Germany. production hobbled to 207,000 day next year, the Iraqi officials said. to fight Islamic State in its northern barrels per day (b/d) this week German energy provider RWE recorded a further net loss in the second quarter 2016 as it struggles The country now produces about and western provinces. from a peak of 1.6m b/d before it to reposition itself in a changing energy market. 4.6m b/d, most of it from the south- With its finances stretched, descended into civil war. ern region. Iraq asked foreign oil companies It relies almost exclusively on Iraq is Opec’s second biggest last year to spend less than pro- oil revenue for its expenditure and producer after Saudi Arabia, and the posed, and all but cut off investment faces a serious cash flow problem increase in its output, alongside that entirely for the first half of this year due to the disrupted oil exports, but of Iran, could aggravate the global to the major projects. Sanalla said money going to NOC US labour market firming up oil glut and complicate discussions “The agreed investment budgets would multiply the country’s reve- between Opec and non-Opec produc- are covering almost the rest of 2016 nue by generating more in oil sales. ers on output limits to prop up prices. and it’s obviously a win-win deal,” The NOC, which recently Shell, BP and Lukoil all declined said another South Oil Company united rival eastern and west- Reuters than previously reported. July. In the 12 months through July, immediate comment. According official who declined to be identi- ern factions, is aiming to boost Claims have now been below import prices fell 3.7 percent, the to documents seen by Reuters, all fied. “The companies will be able oil output to over 900,000 b/d by 300,000, a threshold associated with smallest decrease since November three firms agreed to spend in the to resume work on many delayed the end of the year and to 1.2m a strong labor market, for 75 con- 2014, after declining 4.7 percent in second half of 2016 roughly half the projects that will help to raise Iraq’s b/d within a year. But the com- WASHINGTON: The number of secutive weeks, the longest streak June. budgets they proposed for 2015. production in early 2017.” pany has bumped up against both Americans filing for unemployment since 1973. The four week average Last month’s gain came despite BP agreed to spend $1.8 bil- “We are talking about at least security and cash flow problems. benefits fell last week, pointing to of claims, considered to be a better a rise in the dollar against the cur- lion this year at the Rumaila field 250,000 to 350,000 additional bar- Sanalla said the storage sustained labour market strength measure of labor market trends as rencies of the United States’ main it operates. It had initially agreed rels a day in early 2017,” he added. capacity at ports, a crucial part of in early August that could help spur it irons out week-to-week volatility, trading partners in July. The dollar to spend $3.5bn last year, which it The Iraqi oil ministry in Febru- exporting oil, had plummeted to faster economic growth. rose 3,000 to 262,750. lost some steam early in the year. later revised down to $2.5bn. Shell ary said the budget for foreign oil 750,000 barrels, from 6 million Other data yesterday showed an With the labour market perceived Oil prices which had started to rise agreed to spend $742m after pro- company development costs had barrels, due to repeated attacks on unexpected rise in import prices in to be either at or approaching full toward $50 per barrel, fell in July. Oil posing $1.5bn last year. Lukoil would been revised down to just over $9 export terminals over the course of July as a drop in petroleum prices employment, there is probably little prices are now below $45 per barrel. spend $1.08bn, compared to $2.1bn billion in 2016, while the companies the revolution, civil war and attacks was offset by gains in the cost of room for further declines in claims. The combination of dollar it had proposed last year. estimated their cost at $23bn, fol- from IS. Sanalla said NOC also other goods. However, renewed dollar A report on Wednesday showed lay- strength and cheap oil will likely “Many vital projects that for- lowing complex negotiations. owes tens of millions of dollars to strength will likely dampen underly- offs fell to a near two-year low in June. continue to dampen imported infla- eign firms were forced to halt due Among Opec members, Iraq’s international oil service compa- ing inflation in the coming months. Prices of US Treasuries were largely tion pressures and keep overall to lower oil prices will be brought supply rose the most last year and nies, and warned earlier this week Initial claims for state unem- unchanged by the data. inflation below the Federal Reserve’s online after the recent budget cuts output reached a record 4.775 mil- that a looming clash between Petro- ployment benefits slipped 1,000 In a separate report, the Labour 2 percent target. agreements,” said Basim Abdul Kar- lion barrels per day in January 2016. leum Facilities Guard forces and to a seasonally adjusted 266,000 Department said import prices Persistently low inflation sug- eem, the deputy chairman of South Iran also intends to boost supply the Libyan National Army, which for the week ended August 6, the edged up 0.1 percent last month after gests the US central bank is unlikely Oil Co that oversees oil operations after a deal to lift sanctions imposed is loyal to the eastern government, Labor Department said. Claims for increasing 0.6 percent in June. Econ- to raise interest rates in the near in the region. over its nuclear programme, making threatened to more oil infrastruc- the prior week were revised to show omists polled by Reuters had forecast term, even as the labour market “The companies now should it more difficult for Opec to agree ture damage. 2,000 fewer applications received import prices falling 0.3 percent in approaches full employment. have the needed budgets to production limits. BUSINESS FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,955.31 0.37 % QE Total Return Index 17,724.96 0.37 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,204.22 0.57 % QE All Share Index 3,020.79 0.38 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,980.71 0.65 % QE All Share Industrials 3,305.6 0.74 % QE All Share Transportation 2,575.49 0.70 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,772.54 0.26 % QE All Share Insurance 4,355.28 0.55 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,222.95 0.29 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,548.58 0.53 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 11-08-2016 Today 10-08-2016 Previous day Index 10,955.31 10,996.41 Change 41.10 77.88 % 0.37 0.71 YTD% 5.04 5.44 Volume 7,617,224 9,590,778 Value (QAR) 279,103,908.93 305,360,802.29 Trades 4,128 5,257 Up 09 | Down 28 | Unchanged 03

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low All Ordinaries 5599.385 -28.855 -0.51 5691.8 4762.1 Cac 40 Index/D 4479.06 27.05 0.61 4607.69 3892.46 Dj Indu Average 18495.66 -37.39 -0.2 18622 15370.3 Hang Seng Inde/D 22580.55 88.12 0.39 22618.04 18278.8 Iseq Overall/D 5961.41 52.08 0.88 6791.68 5286.65 Karachi 100 In/D 39861.6 55.72 0.14 39917.13 29785 Nikkei 225 Index 16735.12 -29.85 -0.18 18951.12 14864.01 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 2187.66 1810.1

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Eicher Motor-A/D 22306 581.8 3555 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 367 -13.5 16999 Sterling Tool-/D 685 13.35 3851 Unilever/D 3604 50 825970 He was speaking after the company posted a 45.1 Electrosteel-B/D 21.15 -0.4 58554 Kalpat Power-B/D 263.5 0.5 1182 Tanfac Indust-/D 43.8 -2.2 14411 United Util Gr/D 995.5 7 380909 percent drop in its second-half net profit to $39.2m Emco-B/D 28.3 -0.55 28635 Kalyani Stel-T/D 278.7 -6.4 84804 Tanfac Indust-/D 43.8 -2.2 14411 Vodafone Group/D 234.25 1.15 15149376 and 22.8 percent fall in profits to $90.1m for the full Escorts Fin-B/D 5.64 0.91 299488 Kanoria Chem-B/D 65.8 0.75 8229 Thirumalai-B/D 349 0.5 11066 Whitbread/D 3954 14 96719 year ended June 30. The company said the decline in performance was mainly due to a rise in operat- ing expenses as a result of expanding Investcorp’s resources and infrastructure. The company’s global staffing rose 8 percent during the period. IMF deal boosts Egypt index while Saudi bourse falls Founded in 1982, making it one of the oldest Mid- dle Eastern private equity investors, Investcorp was initially best known for buying into and then listing lux- Reuters rushing to buy stocks because value-added tax and the phas- with most banks and many sec- Over the long term, the reforms ury goods brands such as Gucci and Tiffany & Co, but of concern about how the deal ing out of state subsidies. “As a ond-tier stocks weak, though are expected to help persuade has long since branched out into many other sectors. would be implemented. headline the news is good, but the Arabian Pipes, a supplier to oil international index compiler MSCI Earlier this week it announced the sale of British The index’s rise was mainly devil will be in the details,” said giant Saudi Aramco, rose 1.2 per- to add Saudi Arabia to its emerg- snack foods maker Tyrrells for an enterprise value of DUBAI: Egyptian stocks rose yes- due to a 2.1 percent gain in Com- Sebastien Henin, head of asset cent in unusually heavy trade. ing markets index, would attract £300m to Texas-based Amplify Snack Brands. “We tend terday after Cairo and the IMF mercial International Bank, a management at Abu Dhabi-based The Capital Market Author- billions of dollars of fresh foreign to be opportunistic and look at hundreds of opportu- said they had agreed on a $12bn favourite of foreign investors, The National Investor. A senior ity said late on Wednesday that money to the kingdom. nities each year,” Kapoor said yesterday, adding that it loan, while major Gulf bourses and a 2.4 percent surge by real Egyptian banker in Cairo said the it would relax curbs on foreign Elsewhere, Abu Dhabi’s index only executed roughly a handful of those deals. pulled back and Saudi Arabia estate firm Talaat Mostafa. Most market’s rise was not broad-based institutional investors on Sept. 4, dropped 0.3 percent as Waha Under a new strategy aimed at propelling it into the fell despite news that foreign other major stocks moved little, because investors knew the econ- sooner than the mid-2017 dead- Capital sank 2.0 percent after it top tier of global investment companies, the company investment curbs would be eased and eight of the 10 most heavily omy still faced difficult times. line previously indicated. reported a 22 percent year-on- announced a plan in November last year, to more than sooner than expected. traded shares dropped. Some analysts expect the IMF Among the reforms are a year drop in second-quarter net double its assets under management in the medium term. Egypt’s index climbed 1.0 In late 2012, Egypt reached an loan to pave the way for another much lower minimum assets- profit because of lower income That goal will be aided by Abu Dhabi state percent to a 13-month closing initial deal with the IMF for a $4.8 devaluation of the Egyptian under-management requirement from financial investments and investment fund Mubadala, which will become the high after Cairo reached a pre- billion loan, but the agreement pound, which could in the long for foreign institutions, and an higher costs. largest shareholder of Investcorp after agreeing a deal liminary three-year, $12 billion never went through because of term boost exports and attract easing of restrictions on foreign Dubai’s index edged down announced last month to acquire a 20 percent stake. funding deal with the Interna- political instability. more foreign money but might in ownership of individual shares. 0.2 percent as construction firm Investcorp also said its board had proposed paying tional Monetary Fund. The current agreement is the short term mean fresh insta- But while fund managers say Arabtec, expected to announce a dividend of 24 cents per share for the financial year, But although the loan may more likely to be implemented, bility and uncertainty. the changes are good news, they second-quarter earnings on Sun- up from 15 cents in the previous year. The increase in ease pressure on Egypt’s finances but some investors said they In the Gulf, major markets fell believe there may not be any day, dropped 0.7 percent and was the dividend was “not a one-off”, said Kapoor. Fully and bolster the confidence of needed to see the details of moderately after oil prices and sudden increase of foreign fund the most heavily traded stock. diluted earnings fell to $0.94 per ordinary share last foreign investors, many fund reforms attached to the loan, global bourses pulled back. The inflows into Saudi Arabia, given Qatar fell 0.4 percent as Dlala year from $1.29 in the previous year. managers said they were not such as the introduction of Saudi index dropped 0.5 percent the economic slowdown there. Brokerage lost 0.7 percent. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016

Some green shoots emerge in Argentina’s Oil demand likely recession-hit economy

By Gram Slattery investment that will bring the rising in Middle East Reuters economic turnaround he has promised, especially as infla- tion comes under control. “That will generate stability to T a recent agricultural strengthen the investment proc- fair in Argentina, man- ess, which is what will generate ufacturers of threshers, jobs,” Macri said in an interview tractors and harvest- at the Casa Rosada presidential Aing combines did so well that palace. He said he expects the some encountered an unusual economy to grow 3.5 percent in problem in an economy hit by 2017 and was particularly enthu- recession and high inflation— siastic about Argentina’s farm excess demand. sector, a world powerhouse in “We’ve sold much better than soy, corn and wheat production. we thought we would, but the Farm investment was thing is we were planning too already surging and would lead small,” Marcos Formica, an engi- to increases of between 25 and neer representing manufacturer 40 percent in the next crop cycle, Mainero, said at the fair, known Macri said. “It is a very big pro- as La Rural, late last month. ductive leap.” “We were planning to sell Still, government data shows a few machines, and we sold important parts of the Argentine much more. We’ve lost some economy are still mired in crisis. sales because we didn’t have the The International Monetary stock,” he said, adding that Main- Fund and private economists ero now plans to start producing forecast a more than 1 per- machinery two months ahead of cent economic contraction this schedule for the coming season. year. Manufacturing output was Sales of agricultural machin- down 6.4 percent in June versus ery — a useful leading indicator the same month last year, after for the farm sector — jumped to a 4.5 percent fall in May. Con- 3,004 units in the first half of this struction was down 19.6 percent year, up 7 percent from the same in June, and 12.9 percent in May, period last year, government data year on year. shows. Despite plenty of gloom Consumer prices rose 3.1 about Argentina’s economy, there percent in June and 4.2 percent are signs of green shoots in other in May. The government says By John Kemp the grid increases. To help meet the extra Back in April, Saudi sources told Reuters areas of the economy as well. monthly inflation will fall stead- Reuters fuel demand from power producers, the production “would likely stay at 10.2 million A recent improvement in con- ily but economists still forecast kingdom usually ramps crude output up bpd and could rise by some 200,000- sumer confidence suggests some annualized inflation rate will end during the summer and then cuts produc- 300,000 b/d in the hot summer months to Argentines are expecting a recov- 2016 at around 40 percent. tion back in the autumn. In most years, around 10.5 million.” ery under President Mauricio Facundo Gomez Minujin, AUDI Arabia raised its oil Saudi crude production follows a pro- The recent increase in crude produc- Macri, who has pushed through executive director at JP Mor- production to a record last nounced seasonal pattern, peaking between tion appears to be in line with this plan, a series of pro-business reforms gan’s Argentina unit, said Macri’s month while much of the June and August before falling again. allowing for some extra crude burn in since taking office in December government is taking the right kingdom sweltered in record Crude and refined products are the the record heat. Something similar may after 12 years of interventionist, measures but that new invest- temperatures that have also hit marginal source of power production, so be occurring in Iraq, where record sum- left-wing rule. ment and economic recovery neighbouring countries across changes in fuel consumption are closely mer temperatures have also strained the By sharply devaluing the could be slower than it expects. Sthe Middle East. related to power demand and changes in grid to limit. peso, loosening price controls “There’s a lot of interest in There is not enough statistical data to temperature. Direct crude combustion Like Saudi Arabia, Iraq relies almost and hiking utility rates, Macri’s investing in the country but real draw a direct connection between the two averaged 850,000 to 900,000 bpd between entirely on burning gas, crude and refined center-right government has so investment always takes time, in but it is likely most if not all the extra oil June and August 2015 with diesel and fuel fuels to generate electricity, so as temper- far failed to rein in inflation or any country, because it is a very production was burned in the kingdom’s oil burning on top of that. atures rise, power and oil consumption ease the plight of the poor. long process,” he told the Reuters power plants to meet electricity demand. Like much of the Middle East, Saudi both increase. Iraq’s direct crude burn hit But developers say demand Summit. Saudi Arabia’s power generators rely Arabia has been hit by a heat wave during 225,000 b/d in July and August 2015 with is heating up in the high-end Some Argentines are losing heavily on burning unrefined crude as well as July which has persisted into early August. additional fuel oil and diesel combus- commercial and residential real patience and have taken to the residual fuel oil and diesel to meet electricity Temperatures have been above normal tion, according to figures provided to the estate markets, and the number streets to protest increases in demand. Combustion of throughout the kingdom, according to data JODI database. Iraq’s grid has struggled to of construction permits taken home heating bills that came as crude, heavy fuel oil and from the US National Oceanic and Atmos- meet soaring power demand this summer out in terms of square footage a consequence of Macri reducing diesel accounted for 68 pheric Administration. causing widespread power rationing and has been rising recently. energy subsidies. percent of the fuels used The implication is that air condition- blackouts. Billionaire investor Eduardo The number of people lin- to generate electricity in ing load on the grid has been higher than In most countries, when the grid comes Costantini told a Reuters Sum- ing up at Buenos Aires free soup 2014, according to the usual, which should increase combustion of under strain, companies and households mit on Argentina this week he is kitchens has doubled since the Saudi Electricity and crude and refined products. Saudi sources that can afford it turn to back up genera- eyeing a 100,000 square meter start of the year. Co-Generation Regula- have reported crude production was 10.55 tors, which run on diesel, increasing fuel mega-plot in Buenos Aires. In the working class Buenos tory Authority. million barrels per day in June 2016, essen- demand even further. Hot weather is likely Salaries have gone up as Aires neighborhood of La Boca, Crude combustion tially unchanged from June 2015. to have increased domestic fuel consump- much as 35 percent in real terms many residents say a combi- Crude and refined accounted for 44 per- Oil output hit 10.67m b/d in July, which tion for electricity generation. for top-flight wealth-manage- nation of rising prices and the cent of fuel burned was around 300,000 b/d higher than in July In general, the Middle East has expe- ment experts over the past few removal of electricity subsidies products are the in power plants with 2015, an increase of about 3 percent. rienced slower oil consumption growth in months as banks try to lure back by Macri’s government has put marginal source of heavy fuel oil account- Saudi Arabia’s combustion of crude 2015/16 as a result of the economic slow- Argentines who long ago moved them into an impossible bind. ing for another 13 and refined products for power produc- down stemming from the oil slump. to global financial centers such as “It’s bad, a disaster,” said Edu- power production. percent and diesel for tion amounts to more than 1 million barrels Most economies in the region are New York and London, said Nico- ardo Jovanian, a middle-aged 11 percent. Electricity per day during the summer months. barely growing, and some are probably in las Rocha, an executive manager shopkeeper. “And it’s hard to be demand surges during Given record heat across the king- recession, which limits growth in fuel con- at headhunter Michael Page. positive, because utilities have the summer months dom this summer it is likely most of the sumption. But the record heat this summer Macri says Argentina is gone up a lot, and people don’t each year as temper- reported increase in crude production has is likely to provide a short-term boost to oil starting to see an increase in have the money to pay.” atures rise and air been burned in the kingdom’s power plants consumption as power plants across the conditioning load on rather than marketed for export. region crank up. Alibaba reaps growth from Jack Ma’s push into media & cloud

By Lulu Yilun Chen and David Ramli Chairman Joseph Tsai told analysts on a call. to 577,000, driving a 156 percent leap in rev- Bloomberg Growth in users drove a 47 percent rise enue. The division also more than halved in revenue for the core commerce business its losses, and executives said it was now to 27.2bn yuan. The division posted adjusted approaching break-even. earnings before interest, tax and amorti- “Our results show the scale and leverage ACK Ma’s (pictured) diversification zation of 16.6bn yuan. Still, Chinese retail of our ecosystem, as we strengthen our com- strategy is starting to pay off as revenue e-commerce accounted for just 73 percent petitive positions in core commerce, cloud at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd acceler- of Alibaba’s revenue, as Ma pursues a goal of computing and digital media and entertain- ates to the fastest since its record initial getting half of sales from outside the coun- ment,” Chief Executive Officer Daniel Zhang Jpublic offering. Streaming entertainment try and in new sectors. And the company’s said. Revenue from media and entertain- and cloud computing bolstered a resilient investors doubt about its ability to maintain willing to spend to get there. ment almost quadrupled to 3.1bn yuan while e-commerce business, driving revenue up growth in its core e-commerce business,” “While the other companies are talking the innovation initiatives business, which 59 percent in the June quarter, beating ana- said Li Muzhi, a Hong Kong-based analyst about a billion investment, we are willing includes its operating system and map- Chairman Ma has spent lyst estimates. The results drove the stock at Arete Research Services LLP. “The busi- to invest multi times of that number,” Chief ping service, posted a 30 percent jump. But billions of dollars buying up as much as 6.2 percent to $92.77 in New ness diversification in digital entertainment Financial Officer Maggie Wu said. losses from entertainment almost doubled York, the most in more than three months. and cloud is icing on the cake.” The quarterly report is the first in which as Alibaba spent more on content to lure video website Youku Chairman Ma has spent billions of dol- Sales for the quarter were 32.15bn yuan Alibaba has broken out earnings into division customers to Youku Tudou and its fledgling Tudou, Southeast Asian lars buying video website Youku Tudou, ($4.8bn) compared with the 30.2bn-yuan aver- segments. The move toward more financial over-the-top TV service. Southeast Asian e-commerce company age of estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Net transparency comes after it disclosed in May International retail commerce revenue e-commerce company Lazada Group SA and web browser UCWeb income was 7.1bn yuan, also beating expec- an investigation by the US Securities and more than doubled on account of Lazada, Lazada Group SA and web to make Alibaba less dependent on a slow- tations. The company’s annual active buyers Exchange Commission into the company’s which granted Alibaba access to major ing domestic economy. That has combined increased 18 percent to 434 million. Adjusted accounting practices. Southeast Asian markets. Lazada, which browser UCWeb to make with a push into cloud computing to generate earnings-per-share were 4.90 yuan. As with Amazon.com Inc, Alibaba is at $1bn is the company’s biggest overseas Alibaba less dependent new growth for a company that dominates Alibaba’s main shopping service — the positioning cloud computing as one of its acquisition, was included in earnings for on a slowing domestic online shopping in China, and is cashing in Taobao online marketplace — was still find- faster-growing businesses, eyeing top share the first time and is expected to become a on the country’s shift toward services from ing favor among the younger users crucial in Japan in two years and beefing up its pres- linchpin of Alibaba’s global expansion. The economy. heavy industry. to engagement. Three quarters of the serv- ence in the Middle East and US. The cloud company yesterday affirmed its target of 48 “This quarter’s performance lifts ice’s users were under the age of 35, Vice unit increased its base of paying customers percent growth in full-year revenue. FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 21

‘Little Master’ no more: Legendary Hanif Mohammad dies

AFP with him for an illustrious career Mohammad’s heart had stopped history and a wonderful person. He that lasted until 1970 during which for some minutes in the afternoon, will be sadly missed.” he played 55 Tests. Mohammad sur- but that a team of doctors revived “The entire PCB family expresses passed Donald Bradman’s record him before he died hours later in the its deepest sorrow and sympathies KARACHI: Former Pakistan bats- for the highest first class innings, evening. Mohammad’s three broth- to the Mohammad family, through man Hanif Mohammad, player of scoring 499 for Karachi against ers -- Wazir, Mushtaq and Sadiq, as Hanif’s eldest son Shoaib Moham- the world’s longest Test innings, died Bahawalpur in January 1959 -- a well as his son Shoaib -- also played mad, on the great legend’s passing yesterday in a Karachi hospital after record which West Indian Brian for Pakistan. away. a prolonged illness, doctors said. Lara broke by scoring 501 not out for The Pakistan Cricket Board and “The prayers and wishes of eve- The 81-year-old was famous for Warwickshire county against Dur- former Pakistan players expressed ryone at the PCB are with Shoaib his dogged batting in Pakistan’s nas- ham in 1994. Mohammad died while their condolences. Mohammad and the entire Moham- cent years in international cricket, under treatment at the private Aga “We are saddened by the death mad family. May Allah give them all having opened as a schoolboy for the Khan hospital after suffering mul- of (the) legendary Hanif and it’s a the strength and fortitude to bear country’s first Test against India in tiple breathing and liver problems, great loss to world cricket in general this irreparable loss”, said PCB COO Delhi in 1952. having undergone an operation for and Pakistan cricket in particular Subhan Ahmad. Short in stature Mohammad – liver cancer three years ago. as he was an icon who served the Former Pakistan paceman one of four brothers who played for “Hanif has been declared as country in its early years,” said PCB Wasim Akram said he was saddened Pakistan and a former national team dead just now,” a hospital spokes- chairman Shaharyar Khan. message. by Mohammad’s death. captain -- hit a still unbeaten record man confirmed. Najam Sethi, Chairman of the “He was seen as the pioneer of of 337 in a marathon 970-minute Earlier in the day, local media Executive Committee of the Paki- Pakistan cricket and his death has stay at the crease against the West reported that Mohammad had stan Cricket Board said: “Pakistan left a big void...as he was always Indies in Barbados in 1958. died before he had officially been has lost a cricketing hero today. willing to pass his advice to young- A memorable picture of two batting greats dubbed as ‘Little Masters’ - That record earned him the epi- declared dead by the hospital. Hanif was a true great of the game, sters and I also benefited from him Pakistan’s Hanif Muhammad (left) and India’s Sachin Tendulkar. thet of “Little Master”, which stayed Hospital sources said that one of the greatest batsmen in test in my early days,” said Wasim.

Stubborn WI Moeen’s ton leads England fighting back AFP

GROS-ISLET: West Indies were making a solid reply at 107 for one at stumps after centuries by revival as Sohail grabs five Ravichandran Ashwin and Wrid- dhiman Saha lifted India to a total of 353 on the second day of the the match finely poised with England third Test in St Lucia on Wednes- 2-1 up in the series. day. Pakistan lose early Pakistan reduced the home team wicket after the hosts to 110 for five before Moeen and Jonny SCOREBOARD Bairstow shared a sixth-wicket part- wrap up first innings nership of 93 to drag them back into India (I Inning): for 328 on opening the match. L Rahul c Brathwaite b Chase 50 day of final Test at Moeen, who reached his century S Dhawan c wkpr Dowrich b Gabriel 1 with a six over mid-wicket off leg- the Oval V Kohli c Bravo b Joseph 3 spinner Yasir Shah, was last man out A Rahane b Chase 35 for 108. Bairstow made 55 and Chris Woakes 45. R Sharma c wkpr Dowrich b Joseph 9 England captain Alastair Cook R Ashwin c Blackwood b Cummins 118 Reuters won the toss and chose to bat in over- W Saha c wkpr Dowrich b Joseph 104 cast conditions. R Jadeja c wkpr Dowrich b Cummins 6 Alex Hales, on six, was caught by B Kumar c Johnson b Gabriel 0 LONDON: Moeen Ali made a superb Shah at mid-wicket off Mohammad M Shami (not out) 0 century to lift England to 328 all out Amir while Cook, on 35, bottom-edged after Pakistan had taken four early a short ball from Sohail Khan on to I Sharma c Johnson b Cummins 0 wickets on the first day of the final his stumps. Extras (B-7, LB-8, W-2, NB-10) 27 Test at the Oval yesterday. Joe Root moved fluently to 26 Total (all out) 353 The touring side reached three before he nicked a fired-up Wahab Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-19, 3-77, 4-87,

for one in reply at the close, leaving Riaz to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed 5-126, 6-339, 7-351, 8-353, 9-353, 10- 353 SCOREBOARD England’s Moeen Ali Bowling: S Gabriel 23-4-82-2 (7nb, 1w), celerbates scoring a century A Joseph 24-6-69-3, M Cummins 21.4-8- England (I Innings): Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-69, 3-73, 4-74, 5-110, on the first day of the fourth 54-3 (1w), J Holder 19-7-34-0 (1nb), R A Cook b Sohail Khan 35 6-203, 7-282, 8-282, 9-296 10-328 Test against Pakistan at the Chase 33-9-70-2, K Brathwaite 9-1-27-0 A Hales c Yasir Shah b Mohammad Amir 6 Bowling: Amir 18-1-80-2 (1nb, 6w); Sohail Oval in London, yesterday. West Indies (I Inning): J Root c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 26 20.4-1-68-5 (1w); Riaz 20-0-93-3 (7nb); Shah K Brathwaite (batting) 53 J Vince c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 1 16-2-60-0; Iftikhar 2-0-12-0 L Johnson run out 23 Pakistan (I Innings): G Ballance c Azhar Ali b Wahab Riaz 8 and the left-armer produced another before tea. Bairstow edged another struck two sixes and 13 fours when he D Bravo (batting) 18

J Bairstow c Sarfraz Ahmed b M Amir 55 Sami Aslam lbw b Broad 3 venomous delivery to account for catch to Sarfraz off Amir after the skied Sohail to Shah at deep square leg Extras (B-9, W-2, NB-2) 13 M Ali c Yasir Shah b Sohail Khan 108 Azhar Ali (batting) 0 James Vince (one) in similar fashion. interval but Woakes continued his to give the Pakistan fast bowler figures Total (1 wkt) 107 C Woakes c S Ahmed b Sohail Khan 45 Yasir Shah (batting) 0 Gary Ballance became Wahab’s excellent form in the series, hitting of five for 68. Fall of wicket: 1-59 (Johnson) third victim after lunch when he was eight fours in 57 balls to continue the Pakistan then had three overs to S Broad lbw b Sohail Khan 0 Total (1 wkt, 2 overs, 14 mins) 3 To bat: M Samuels, J Blackwood, R To bat: Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul- caught by Azhar Ali for eight while England momentum. negotiate before the close and Broad Chase, S Dowrich, J Holder, M Cummins, S Finn b Sohail Khan 8 Bairstow, on 13, was caught off a no He and Stuart Broad were dis- trapped young opener Sami Aslam lbw Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sarfraz Ahmed, Wahab A Joseph, S Gabriel J Anderson (not out) 6 ball. missed in the same over by Sohail but for three, the batsman failing to over- Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Sohail Khan Bowling: B Kumar 11-4-11-0 (2w), M Extras (B8, LB7, W7, NB8) 30 Pakistan also spilled Moeen Steven Finn and James Anderson hung turn the umpire’s decision on review. Fall of wickets: 1-3 Shami 9-1-35-0, R Ashwin 13-4-17-0, I Total (all out) 328 twice and he and Bairstow went on around to enable Moeen to reach his Azhar and nightwatchman Shah Bowling: Anderson 2-1-1-0; Broad 1-0-2-1 the attack, each hitting seven fours third test hundred. were unbeaten on nought at the close. Sharma 7-0-26-0 (2nb), R Jadeja 7-2-9-0 as they reached their half-centuries The England all-rounder had of opening day. Struggling Australia desperate to retain No.1 status

AFP to prevent either India or England tak- if we lost that -- we haven’t had it for The SSC is traditionally a high- squad will be considered,” Lehmann ing over at the top. that long, we were really hoping to try scoring venue but Australia’s batsmen said. “That’s what happens when you Australia were only handed the and stretch the gap.” have had a miserable tour and man- don’t have the results you would like.” ceremonial mace that the Interna- Australia had only ever lost one aged only one half-century between If Australia do suffer a third defeat COLOMBO: Struggling Australia tional Cricket Council awards the Test match against Sri Lanka before them in the defeats in the earlier Tests in a row, they will lose their top rank- face losing their crown as the world’s top-ranked Test team at the start of the series but were totally outplayed in Pallekele and Galle. ing to either India or England who are number one team unless they can the series and allrounder Mitchell by their hosts in the first two Tests Australia could well call up the both leading in their respective series prevent a rampant Sri Lanka from Marsh admitted it would be a bit- who have belied their place at number left-handed Shaun Marsh, who scored against the West Indies and Pakistan. completing a series whitewash in ter blow if they had to hand it back seven in the rankings. a century in one of the warm-up With their visitors in disarray, the final Test beginning this weekend. so soon. If Sri Lanka can win the series matches, after coach Darren Lehmann Sri Lanka know they have a won- Steve Smith, who had an unbeaten “It means a hell of a lot. It’s what finale at the capital’s Sinhalese Sports indicated there would be changes to derful chance of a clean sweep -- an record as Test skipper ahead of the we strive for,” Marsh said ahead of the Club (SSC), it will be their first white- the top order. achievement which would be all the three-match series, will be desperate final Test in Colombo. wash against a major team since they “Well anywhere from one to six more satisfying after losing five of Steve Smith to go home with a consolation victory “It would be very disappointing attained Test status 35 years ago (in the batting order), everyone in the their last six series. 22 FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 SPORT

TT: Ding Ning wins all China Football: Brazil find scoring women’s final Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO: China’s Ding Ning beat team mate and defend- boots as Argentina crash out ing champion Li Xiaoxia 4-3 in a high-speed battle of spins and smashes to win Olympic gold in the women’s singles table tennis two games we didn’t play badly, but on Wednesday. Neymar goes goalless the goals didn’t come and sometimes The world number two, who the fans focus solely on the result.” left the London Games with a sil- again but hosts Brazil Crisis-hit Argentina didn’t sur- ver medal four years ago amid put it past Denmark vive a sluggish start as they were tears after a spat with the referee, dumped out by Honduras, whilst fell to her knees and sobbed into in a Group A clash 2012 gold medallists Mexico were her hands upon clinching gold. but former champs also sent packing. “I feel that I am more mature Freiburg striker Nils Petersen than I was four years ago, and I Argentina exit scored five times as world champions feel that both parties showcased Germany smashed Pacific islanders very high standards in today’s Fiji 10-0 to seal their place in the last final,” Ding told reporters. eight behind South Korea, who beat The two were matched set for Mexico 1-0 thanks to Kwon Chang- set throughout, winning points by Hoon’s stunning strike in Brasilia. returning hard-of-reach shots, AFP Colombia moved into the knock- using trickery and sharp smashes out stages by beating Nigeria 2-0 before Li slid behind in the final with captain Teo Gutierrez and Dor- set, eventually losing 11-7. RIO DE JANEIRO: Sought-after star- lan Pabon on target. Brazil’s player Neymar heads The Olympic win gives the let Gabriel Barbosa struck twice as The Africans had already done the ball during the Rio 2016 26-year-old Ding a grand slam Brazil’s footballers finally got their enough to top Group B, render- Olympic Games Men’s Group of titles after her brace of World Olympic campaign rolling with a 4-0 ing Japan’s 1-0 win over Sweden A football match against Cup wins and two world cham- demolition of Denmark on Wednes- meaningless. pionships. Li, 28, said she had Denmark. day, while their arch-rivals Argentina Denmark progressed despite given her best. She said she had crashed out. defeat in Salvador as Iraq and South not trained sufficiently over the Barcelona star Neymar is still Africa played out a 1-1 draw in the last four years because of inju- yet to hit the net, but he played the other Group A match. ries and had vacillated on retiring. role of facilitator as Gabriel Jesus and Portugal secured top spot in before Barbosa fired in a deflected had been coaching the Argentine conquerors in the 2014 World Cup “I do think if I had spent one Luan were also on target to end a run Group D with a 1-1 draw against fourth 10 minutes from time. women’s team, took charge just final, Germany, remain on course for year properly training I feel that of over 200 minutes without a goal Algeria in Belo Horizonte to set up Argentina needed to win to weeks before the tournament after another Brazilian party at the Mara- I would have won today’s match. after stalemates with Iraq and South a last eight meeting with Germany secure a place in the quarters due to Gerardo Martino resigned citing cana on August 20 as they brushed I can say that with certainty,” Africa raised fears of an embarrass- tomorrow. their inferior goal difference with the power squabbles at the Argentine aside the hapless Fijians in Belo she told reporters. “But I have no ing early exit. South Korea face Honduras and Hondurans. Football Association (AFA) and clubs Horizonte. regrets.” The China vs China final Brazil’s much-needed victory Nigeria take on Denmark in the However, the Central Americans not releasing players. Fiji benefited from New Zea- reflected the country’s continued sealed top spot in Group A to set up remaining quarter-finals. sprang a huge surprise as Antony Legendary former player Diego land’s disqualification to qualify domination of the sport. a quarter-final meeting with Colom- Manchester City’s new recruit Lorenzo’s penalty 15 minutes from Maradona has branded AFA’s man- for the Olympics and conceded 23 The country took all six bia tomorrow Jesus said before the game he didn’t time put them in front in Brasilia and, agement a “mafia” and raged against goals over the course of their Group Olympic medals in the men’s and “We showed a lot of patience, care if Brazil’s sought after goal came despite Mauricio Martinez’s equaliser Argentina’s football administrators C games, having also been smashed women’s singles event in 2008, that was important and the fantasy “off a belly or a bum” and A Selecao deep into stoppage time, Argentina once more on Wednesday. 8-0 and 5-1 by South Korea and Mex- prompting a rule change to only arrived,” said Barbosa, a top target got the luck they needed when Bar- bowed out in embarrassing fashion. “Honduras can’t beat us. A coun- ico respectively. allow two players from each for a host of European clubs including bosa’s opener trickled into the far The Albiceleste’s chances were try for which I have a lot of respect, Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry also country compete. This, however, Premier League champions Leices- corner off his shin. severely hampered by chaotic prep- but they play baseball. They don’t scored twice to lead the competition’s did not stop them from sweep- ter City. Jesus and Luan put the game aration for the Games. know anything about football,” scoring charts along with Germany’s ing the gold and silver spots in “It was a beautiful win. The first beyond doubt either side of half-time Coach Julio Olarticoechea, who he told Radio La Red. Argentina’s Petersen on five. London.

From Chechen war to Rio All eyes on Bolt as athletics seeks redemption boxing fairytale

AFP AFP and 4x100m relay gold after sweep- ing the titles in 2008 and 2012. RIO DE JANEIRO: Boxer Arthur The first leg of Bolt’s “Treble Tre- Biyarslanov (pictured) escaped RIO DE JANEIRO: The history-chas- ble” quest gets under way tomorrow, the death and destruction of war ing exploits of Usain Bolt will take with the opening heats of the 100m in Chechnya to represent his centre-stage as the Olympic track before the final on Sunday. adopted homeland of Canada at and field competition begins today “As a young kid you grow up the Rio Olympics yesterday, a fair- with the drug-tarnished sport seek- looking forward to the big games,” ytale end to a traumatic journey. ing rebirth after a year of shame. said Bolt. “Championships are what The 21-year-old, nicknamed Ten days of competition in Rio de matters. This is what I do.” “The Chechen Wolf”, had to dig Janeiro’s Olympic Stadium get under Just as he was at the World deep on the way to a unanimous way with officials keen to draw a line Championships in Beijing, Bolt is points victory over Jordan’s Obada under a miserable 12 months which likely to find himself cast as the good Alkasbeh in his light welterweight has left the athletics’ image languish- guy in a hero vs. villain duel with Games debut. ing at an all-time low. long-time rival Justin Gatlin. He was left bruised and bat- As ever, it will be left to track Bolt has the 9.58sec 100m world tered, and sustained a nasty and field’s greatest showman, Bolt, record, but Gatlin is the fastest man wound to his right eye, and said to restore the feel-good factor as the in the world this season over 100m that he drew on the memories of sport attempts to turn the page on the and he continues to polarise opinion his war-scarred childhood to drag Russian doping scandal and corrup- over his two doping bans. him to an emotional victory. tion allegations. At an Olympics which has seen “It’s a great feeling, I always In his last Olympics, Jamaican ugly spats in the swimming pool wanted to come to the Olympics star Bolt is gunning for 100m, 200m involving athletes with drug-tainted Usain Bolt uses after the London 2012 Games and an Apple iPhone finally I’m here and I want to give while giving a press it all and try to win the gold medal, Isinbayeva to run for ARAF chief conference. it is one fight at a time,” he said yesterday. Reuters Biyarslanov has spent half records, it is a safe bet that Gatlin watching with excitement and they’re could face a stiff challenge from com- his life in Canada, after as a four- will once again find his past under watching with belief,” Coe said. patriot Elaine Thompson, the fastest year-old boy he and his family MOSCOW: Yelena Isinbayeva (pictured) is to run scrutiny. The first of 47 gold medals -- woman in the world this year with a escaped from the Russian army to for president of the Russian athletics federation Sebastian Coe, the president and 141 overall -- will be decided time of 10.70 seconds. seek refuge in Azerbaijan, before (ARAF), the double Olympic pole vault cham- of the International Association of today with the women’s 10,000m, Flying Dutchwoman Dafne immi- pion said. Athletics Federations (IAAF), says he where Ethiopia’s defending cham- Schippers could also be in the hunt grating to Isinbayeva, who is unable to compete at the hopes Gatlin will be treated politely pion Tirunesh Dibaba will attempt to for medals, but is widely seen as the Canada at Rio Olympics due to a doping ban on Russia’s ath- by fellow competitors. make Olympic history by becoming bigger threat in the 200m. Among age nine. letics team, said yesterday in an interview with “I can’t change my view on (Gat- the first woman to win three consec- other highlights on opening week- He lost the ARAF’s official website that she wanted to help lin) but he’s eligible to compete and utive times in an individual athletics end, Britain’s Mo Farah will attempt his father her country’s athletes return to elite competition. he should be accorded the same event. to retain his 10,000m crown four at a young The 34-year-old, who won gold in Athens and courtesy as any athlete who is within Dibaba’s tilt at history is just one years after his memorable romp to age, grow- Beijing, is hoping to replace Dmitri Shlyakhtin these rules is accorded,” said Coe, of several compelling storylines glory in London. ing up in a when he steps down in November. who last year said the thought of Gat- unfolding over the second week of Britain’s Jessica Ennis will begin rough area “The ARAF has a difficult path ahead in trying to return to interna- lin winning the 100m in Beijing made the Games. the defence of her heptathlon title of Toronto tional athletics,” she said. “The fact that I was not allowed to compete in him “queasy”. Coe said he hoped fans Tomorrow’s action will see today but will face a stiff challenge with his the 2016 Olympics will help me to try and make sure that the ARAF is a watching track and field would cast another star chasing three-peat from Brianne Theisen-Eaton, the mother member of the IAAF again. “I want our athletes to take part in interna- aside cynicism, even if “last year has immortality, when Jamaica’s world leader this year. The Canadi- and tional competitions. The chance to help Russian athletes return to the elite sorely tested all of us.” Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce attempts an’s husband, US star Ashton Eaton, brothers. is a huge motivation for me and will be some sort of compensation for not “I genuinely hope that those to complete an unprecedented hat- will be bidding to complete a family being able to compete in Rio,” Isinbayeva added. people that are watching our sport trick of Olympic gold in the woman’s affair with victory in the decathlon, are watching with hope and they’re 100m. The 29-year-old however which starts on August 18. SPORT FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016 23

Swimming: Ledecky gets third gold

400 freestyle on Sunday and 200 “I think I was prepared for any free on Tuesday, brought home the circumstance, whether we were Freestyle queen wins gold with a typically powerful swim ahead or behind. I just knew that third gold medal at from behind. these three girls were going to put Franklin, who won four golds in me in a good position to finish it out the Olympic Games London four years ago but suffered and I knew I could do it,” she added. in Rio de Janeiro by a dramatic loss of form at the US tri- “It’s so easy to get up and swim anchoring US in the als, swam in the heats and collected fast when you’re swimming for three a gold for doing so despite being other people.” 4x200m relay final dropped for the final. China led at the start before So too did Melanie Margalis and Australia, with Emma McKeon swim- Cierra Runge. ming the second leg, handed over in “It’s such a great honour to be the lead to Bronte Barratt. Reuters a part of a USA relay team,” said With DiRado closing in on Barratt

RIO DE JANEIRO: Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky won her third gold medal of the Rio Olympics by anchoring the US women to vic- tory in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay on Wednesday while strug- gling Missy Franklin opened her account without being in the water for the final. American swimmers Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya DiRado Australia, who led until Ledecky and Katie Ledecky pose with their gold medals. dived in and turned the race around, took silver and Canada the bronze. USA’s Katie Ledecky The US were the defending cham- competes in the over 100 metres to go and then pow- medleys. “I was so excited to get the but she was not ready to confirm pions but only veteran swimmer Women’s 4x200m ering home in seven minutes, 43.03 call up today to be on this relay,” said anything. Allison Schmitt, who swam the lead- Freestyle Relay Final in seconds. DiRado. “I am grateful for where I am off leg in Rio, was in the race lineup Rio de Janeiro. Tamsin Cook touched out for Aus- “It was a dream to be on a US right now, to be able to stand up from that London 2012 golden quartet tralia in 7:44.87 and Canada’s anchor relay and to win gold. I’m just so there and hear our national anthem that also beat Australia into second Penny Oleksiak finished close behind happy I didn’t mess it up and I gave is something I am definitely soaking place. in 7:45.39 with China fourth. Katie a chance. in,” she said. Leah Smith and Maya DiRado Ledecky, still only 19 but the out- but still behind, Ledecky had work DiRado’s gold completed her set, “We’ve got the rainbow now,” she “I think my emotions are so high swam second and third respec- standing female swimmer on the to do and she went about it with a having already earned a silver and added. “It feels really good.” The race right now that I just want to soak that tively before Ledecky, who won the US team. vengeance to take the lead with just bronze in the two women’s individual may have been Schmitt’s last swim in and figure out the rest later.”

Rowing: Grainger hails silver as Tennis: Marathon man Nadal into unbeaten Kiwi pair cruise AFP quarters with straight-set win RIO DE JANEIRO: Forty-year-old British rower Katherine Grainger described a fourth silver medal in five Olympics as her “greatest achieve- ment” yesterday, as dominant New Zealand pair Eric Murray and Hamish Bond stretched an eight-year unbeaten streak. AFP After two of the first five days of the disrupted Rio regatta fell victim to blustery conditions, the sun shone on a hectic first medals day when six golds were handed out at the picturesque Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon by RIO DE JANEIRO: Rafael Nadal Copacabana beach. reached the Olympic Games quar- Germany also struck double gold in the men’s and women’s quadruple ter-finals yesterday, winning the first sculls, Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic claimed the double of 10 matches he will need to sweep sculls and Switzerland the lightweight men’s four. in just four days if he is to secure tri- Grainger was agonisingly close to defending her double sculls title with ple Rio gold. Victoria Thornley, but they were pulled in by Polish pair Natalia Madaj and The 2008 champion defeated Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska in the final 500 metres. Gilles Simon 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 for his However, a fifth Olympic medal made Grainger, who has a degree in eighth win over the Frenchman in homicide, Britain’s most decorated female athlete. And the Scot hailed nine meetings. a fourth silver after also finishing second in Sydney, Athens and Beijing Nadal, a 14-time major winner, having taken a two-year sabbatical after finally landing gold in London. is playing in his first tournament “I don’t think anything would eclipse London,” Grainger told the BBC. in two months after a wrist injury “There were many dark, dark, days after my comeback but I would say this caused an early withdrawal from the is my greatest achievement.” French Open. Grainger and Thornley were only added to the GB rowing team in late After torrential rain wiped out June after failing to be selected for the women’s eight. Wednesday’s entire programme, the “At the beginning of the regatta you’d have taken that with both hands. 30-year-old faced an epic test of his I’m delighted.” fitness and stamina. Spain’s Rafael Nadal signs Kiwi superstar duo Murray and Bond had no such trouble, retaining He heads out to Court Three later autographs after winning his third- their Olympic title in the men’s pair to stretch a remarkable unbeaten record Thursday with Marc Lopez to take on round match in Rio de Janeiro. since they teamed up in 2009 to 69 races. Canada’s Daniel Nestor and Vasek The six-time world champions were well off the world record time Pospisil with a spot in the men’s dou- Then, in the evening, the Span- first match in mixed doubles of his second seed and Australian Open they set in London, but still finished nearly three seconds ahead of South bles final at stake. iard readjusts his compass for his career. champion Angelique Kerber tackle African pair Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling with Italians Giovanni Nadal is partnering French Open Britain’s Johanna Konta. Abagnale and Marco Di Costanzo taking bronze. champion Garbine Muguruza against The winner will face American “If we put out a good race and we don’t win we’ll take it, but we don’t Juan Martin Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek seventh seed Madison Keys who want to let the New Zealand rowing team down,” said Bond after landing Del Potro of of the Czech Republic. breezed into the semi-finals by see- New Zealand’s first gold of the Games. “We still have to execute, but the Argentina Simon’s only win over Nadal ing off Russia’s Daria Kasatkina 6-3, hard work is done in the four years leading up to this. It’s the nature of being celebrates came eight years ago, but he proved 6-1. undefeated, because we can’t exceed expectations - only match them.” after winning a thorn in the side of the Spaniard in Later, defending men’s cham- There was plenty of brotherly love for the Sinkovics as the siblings, born his match the opening set. pion Andy Murray faces volatile just 15 months apart, stormed past halfway leaders and silver medallists against Taro He broke for 2-1 before the Span- Fabio Fognini of Italy with the pair Lithuania with Norway picking up their first medal in bronze. Daniel of iard levelled at 2-2. standing at 2-2 in their career head to “My wife is here but my parents couldn’t afford to come,” said an emo- Japan. Del Nadal was quickly 4-2 up but the heads. The winner will take on 12th- tional Martin Sinkovic. “These are beautiful tears!” Potro won 6-7, dogged 15th seed hit back in the sev- seeded Steve Johnson of the United Valent dedicated the triumph to the pair’s parents. 6-1, 6-2. enth game. States for a semi-final place. “I can’t wait to hear our parents voices because they have sacrificed Nadal swept to a 5/1 lead in the Johnson brushed aside Russia’s everything for us to achieve this,” he said. tiebreaker but he still couldn’t shake Evgeny Donskoy 6-1, 6-1. Germany surged up the medals table as after winning just one gold on off the 31-year-old who clung on for Japan’s fourth seed Kei Nishikori the opening five days of full competition, they bagged the first two of the 5/5 before the former world number meets Andrej Martin of Slovakia. regatta in a matter one grabbed the opener. Juan Martin del Potro got an extra of minutes. The second set started far more day of rest then a come-from-behind The men’s crew comfortably with Nadal grabbing a three-set win to reach the quarter- of Phillipp Wende, double break to stretch to 4-0 on his finals. The 2009 US Open champ Lauritz Schoof, Karl way into the last-eight. stunned top-ranked Novak Djoko- Schulze and Hans After Wednesday’s deluge, the vic in the first round on Sunday, part Gruhne defended tournament was playing catch-up of nearly 7 hours on court between their title in the with the women’s singles quarter- singles and doubles in a span of about men’s quadruple finals to be completed. 25 hours. sculls Moments later Elina Svitolina, the conqueror Then his third-round match it was the women’s of defending champion and world Wednesday got rained out, and he turn as Annekatrin number one Serena Williams, is to looked strong in the final set in beat- Thiele, Carina Baer, face Petra Kvitova while Monica Puig ing 117th-ranked Taro Daniel 6-7 Victoria Thornley of Great Britain and Julia Lier and Lisa meets Laura Siegemund. (4), 6-1, 6-2 yesterday in 2 hours, 12 Katherine Grainger pose with their medals. 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Qatar draw with Tunisia in thriller

Egypt held their own in the sec- Handball: Kamal Aldin ond half. Eslam Eissa scored five of his six goals in the second half to Mallash stars for Al keep Egypt in it, but it wasn’t enough Anabi in 25-25 draw in to accommodate the Poland’s strong core of playmakers. Karol Bielecki, their third game at Rio Michal Daszek, Mateusz Jachlewski Olympics and Przemyslaw Krajewski all scored more than four goals. In women’s handball event, France finished Wednesday’s group play The Peninsula with a thumping over bottom dwell- ers Argentina. Argentina never stood a chance against the French arsenal. Turnovers plagued the Argentines, RIO DE JANEIRO: Qatar yesterday who scored only four goals in the secured a valuable point with a late first half. fightback as they earned a thrilling Manon Houette (seven goals) and 25-25 draw against spirited Tunisia Laurisa Landre (six goals) led the scor- in their third handball group match ing for the French side. at the Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. South Korea finally looked like Issam Tej, who was red carded semifinalists early in their match Qatar’s Kamal Aldin Mallash in action during the match against Tunisia, early in Tunisia’s second round match, against the Netherlands on Wednesday bounced back this time around, scor- yesterday. night, but the Dutch looked equally ing four goals. impressive. Qatar had an opportunity to fight Also coming into form was Gwon back in the game with a power play in enough for Qatar, with Kamal Aldin defending champions France in the Han Na, who was largely absent in the 17th minute of the second half, but Mallash levelling the game in the final second game. The Al Anabi will face South Korea’s first two games. She poor defense gave an undermanned 12 seconds of play from a shot in the Denmark tomorrow in their next dominated play on the court in the first Tunisia team space to work the ball bottom right. group match. half, generating 11 shots and scoring into the net. Rafael Capote scored 12 goals for Meanwhile, Egypt couldn’t over- on six of them. Another opportunity came in the the Qatari side. The team began their come a slow start in their loss to As for Netherlands it was the 23rd minute to level it at 22 all, but a Rio 2016 campaign with a big victory Poland, whose Olympic campaign is usual suspects: Nycke Groot, Esta- costly turnover gave Tunisia the fast over Croatia. officially back on track. vana Pollman and Tess Wester were all break to open the lead to two instead. The 2015 world Championship Poland stumped Egypt early, hold- exceptional. Groot and Pollman both Tunisia’s chances of an upset runners-up, were in complete con- ing Egypt to just 43% efficiency on scored three times for the Dutch, while seemed to fade away in the final trol of the game from start to finish, shooting in the first half. Poland also Wester made a heads up play to throw Qatari player Murad Abdulrazzaq celebrates a goal during group moments of play, as they missed despite the Croatian goalkeeper’s big dominated on the fast break, convert- the ball into the empty South Korean handball match against Tunisia at the Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, chances to put away the match. display and in the end won 30-23. ing on all five chances in the opening net to give the Netherlands the lead yesterday. Two goals in the final minute were However, they fell against 30 minutes of play. at the half.

Germany’s injured Rose makes history in Rio ‘Santina’ split: Hingis, Mirza call captain Goretzka time on doubles partnership returns home Reuters

Agencies RIO DE JANEIRO: Germany’s captain Leon Goretzka has left R I O D E J A N E I R O : The leading wom- the Olympic camp and is return- en’s doubles team of Martina Hingis ing home after having suffered a and Sania Mirza have opted to end shoulder injury in their opening their partnership after suffering a match against Mexico, the Ger- slump in form following a trophy- man Football Federation said laden 16 months together, the players yesterday. confirmed yesterday. The 21-year-old midfielder, “After three Grand Slam victories who plays his club football with and 11 WTA doubles titles together, Schalke 04, led Horst Hrubesch’s we have mutually agreed that we side out for their opening Group would each be open to playing C match in Salvador – a 2-2 draw with other players for the remain- Mexico – but was replaced in der of the season,” the pair said in some discomfort after 28 min- a statement. utes of the match. A former singles number one, “Despite the healing proc- Swiss Hingis partnered Indian Mirza ess going well and the fact he is for the first time at the Indian Wells already back in individual train- Open last year and the self-styled ing, he will not be able to reach ‘Santina’ team went on to claim 14 full fitness in time for the quar- Martina Hingis (left) of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India pose with titles, including wins at Wimbledon, ter-final or a possible semi-final,” and the US and Australian Opens. their Petersburg Ladies trophies in this February 2016 file photo. read a statement on the federa- Since their 41-match winning tion’s website. (www.dfb.de) streak was snapped at the Qatar “It was therefore decided, in Open in February, the pair claimed added. The pair will, however, reu- death”. Taylor spent four days in close consultation with the team, the Rome title but failed to advance nite to defend their WTA Finals title intensive care after becoming unwell that the best course of action beyond the quarter-finals in their in Singapore at the end of October. during her girls’ quarter-final match. would be for him to return to Britain’s Justin Rose competes in the men’s individual stroke play last four events. Meanwhile, police are investigat- Her mother, Milena, told the Germany to continue his recov- “Perhaps, because of out great ing an allegation that teenage British Daily Telegraph that her daughter ery there.” at the Olympic Golf course during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games past results, we have had very high tennis player Gabriella Taylor was had been staying “in a completely Germany thumped Fiji 10-0 in in Rio de Janeiro, yesterday. The 2013 US Open champion, fired expectations from our partnership poisoned at Wimbledon last month, healthy environment” and it was their final group match and face the first hole-in-one in Olympic history with an ace at the par- and unfortunately did not get the with her mother telling local media “impossible” for her to have become Portugal in Brasilia in the quar- three fourth hole on the new Rio Games course. results we desired recently,” they the 18-year-old had been “close to ill. ter-finals on Saturday.