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WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 • 9 Dhul-Hijja 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6562 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 QTA lines up Emir chairs meeting of Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy slew of events for Eid festival Fireworks display at Katara at 9.30pm

DOHA: Eid Al Adha Festival 2015 begins tomorrow at loca- Banks pumping tions across Qatar with events and activities for all ages. QR3bn into ATMs With the theme ‘Capture the Joy’, the festival is organised by DOHA: Banks in Qatar will Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) pump over QR3bn to ATMs Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani chairing the third meeting of the Board of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for 2015 at the in partnership with the public and across the country to meet Emiri Diwan yesterday. The meeting was attended by Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, the Personal Representative of H H the private sectors, including sports an increase in demand from Emir and Vice Chairman of the Board H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser organisations, malls, cultural land- customers during the Eid bin Khalifa Al Thani, who is also a Board member, and other members. The meeting focused on plans in place to ensure that 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar marks and Qatar National Theatre. holidays, Al Sharq reported. is a real legacy for the country. It also reviewed updates and work progress in all projects related to 2022 as well as recent developments. For five days, malls are staging ATMs would see a huge rush entertainment shows for the entire during the holidays, with family, including Aladdin (City remittances by expatriates to Centre Doha), Bob the Builder their home countries expected (Dar Al Salam), Dora the Explorer to increase manifold. Citizens (Ezdan Mall), Cinderella (Lagoona and expatriates will require Qatar sends more Emir to receive well-wishers Pilgrims gather Mall), Play ‘Doh’ (Hyatt Plaza) and more currency to buy sacrifi- Kid’s Circus (Al Khor Mall). cial animals, give Eid gifts and aid to Yemen DOHA: The Emiri Diwan yesterday announced that Emir H H on Mount Arafat Participating malls will also offer other expenses. Several banks Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will receive well-wishers on MOUNT ARAFAT: Two mil- roaming shows from 4pm to 10pm, have also announced plans to DOHA: Under the directives of the occasion of advent of the blessed Eid Al Adha at Al Wajbah lion pilgrims from across the including Al Ardah traditional keep some of their branches Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Palace in the morning of the first day of Eid as follows: Immediately globe began the Haj pilgrimage dance, Arabs Got Talent sensa- open during the Eid holidays Hamad Al Thani, two aircraft after the Eid prayer and till 6.30am, the Emir will receive Their in Saudi Arabia yesterday. tion ‘Snoopy’; Mr Dropsy and The to serve the customers. carrying humanitarian aid left Excellencies the Sheikhs, Ministers, the Advisory (Shura) Council A sandstorm blew and light Bellboy; and Jig & Saw, along with THE PENINSULA Doha for Yemen yesterday. The Speaker, the ministries’ undersecretaries, the Advisory Council rain fell above the vast plain sur- face painting, Balloonatics and cir- aid includes relief materials, members and citizens. From 6.30am to 6.45am, with heads of the rounding Mount Arafat, where cus parade, among others. medical supplies, medicines and diplomatic corps accredited to Qatar. From 6.45am to 7am, with the the faithful began to arrive ahead A highlight is the ‘Frozen QR100, QR200, QR300 and QR500. foodstuffs. army and police officers and the directors of state departments and of the climax of Haj tomorrow. Sing-along’ where the film’s main Arab singers will perform The Standing Committee for national institutions. After Asr prayer and till 3.45pm, with sheikhs Many reached Arafat by bus but characters Elsa and Ana will sing nightly from second to fifth day at Rescue and Relief Operations and citizens. We ask the Allah The Almighty for a happy recur- others walked from Makkah. popular songs from the film along the open-air theatre in Al Ahmed and Humanitarian Aids for Areas rence of such a blessed occasion to our beloved people and more Most of the throng would pass with audiences. Theatre lovers Square in Souq Waqif at a music Afflicted by Catastrophes in welfare and goodness to the Arab and Muslim nations. the evening in Mina before moving can enjoy QTA-sponsored Arabic festival organised by Sout Al Brotherly and Friendly Countries early tomorrow to Mount Arafat play The Wrestler, featuring child Rayyan in partnership with Private headed by Qatari Research and where they believe the Prophet star Hala Turk and actors Nasser Engineering Office. Shadow play Rescue Team (Lekhwiya) coor- Eid Al Adha prayers at 5.38am Muhammad (PBUH) gave his final Mohammad and Najwa Al Kubeisi. will be staged at Katara at 7pm, dinated the mission with other DOHA: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs announced that Eid sermon 14 centuries ago after lead- It will run for seven days at Qatar culminating in fireworks display at authorities concerned. Al Al Adha prayers will be performed at 5.38am. The Ministry has pre- ing his followers on the Haj. National Theatre from 6pm to 9.30pm. Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 pared 296 mosques and prayer grounds across the country, including 33 AFP 8pm. Ticket prices are QR50, THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA mosques and prayer grounds with places reserved for women. QNA See also page 10

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Leaders send greeting MoI lines up Eid events for communities cables to Mali Five venues prepared for three-day ‘cultural, recreation and awareness activities’ president DOHA: The Ministry of Khor and Ras Laffan. students. Events for the Pakistan Interior, together with expatri- Celebrations for the Indian community will be held at Wakra ate communities, has organised community will be held at MES Sports Club indoor football sta- DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh more comprehensive events at Indian School Open Theatre in dium on Friday between 5pm and Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani increased number of venues to Mesaimeer on Thursday between 10pm. yesterday sent a cable of con- mark Eid Al Adha. 5pm and 11pm. Artists and singers will be gratulations to Mali President The three-day ‘cultural, rec- Variety of events will be held flown in and include Afshan Zebi, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on his reation and awareness activi- representing the cultural and lin- Noorjahan and Usman Bangesh country’s Independence Day. ties on the occasion of Eid Al guistic diversity of India, includ- who is based in Dubai. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Adha 2015 for communities’ have ing Bhangra dance, traditional They will perform in Urdu, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani increased venues to five — sepa- dances, Panjari Melam, thematic Pashto, Punjabi, Persian, Balochi also sent a congratulatory cable rate places for each community, show on Qatar-Indian relation- and Saraiki languages. to Keita. Prime Minister and Brig. Abdullah Khalifa Al Muftah, ship and songs in Indian languages A special comedy show will be Interior Minister H E Sheikh Director, Public Relations by popular singers in Qatar from performed by popular Pakistani Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Department, told a press confer- ‘Sariga orchestra troop’. comedian Khawaja Masood. Al Thani sent a similar cable to ence yesterday. Events for the Sri Lankan com- Events for the Bangladeshi Keita. QNA “This year’s Eid celebrations for munity will be held on Thursday community will be held on communities are more compre- between 5pm and 10pm at Sri Saturday at Wakra Sports Club Indian embassy hensive as we are organising sep- Lankan School near Midmac Indoor Stadium. Traditional arate programmes for different Roundabout in Doha. To be per- dances and songs in different closed tomorrow communities at different venues formed by the Sri Lankan com- languages will be performed by to make their participation more Brig. Abdullah Khalifa Al Muftah, Director, Public Relations Department, munity, events include soft music, Bangla artists. DOHA: On the occasion of Eid active and wide,” he said. Ministry of Interior, addresses a press conference yesterday. BAHER AMIN traditional Baila songs, songs by There will be separate sitting Al Adha, the Indian embassy On the first and second days Gayan, Evens and Priyantha in arrangements for families and will remain closed tomorrow, of Eid, a mega cultural event Recreation Complex in Al Khor 10pm. It will be for the Nepalese Sinhala and other languages single workers at venues. the mission said in a statement will be held at Barwa Workers Industrial Area between 5pm and community and those living in Al and traditional dance by school THE PENINSULA yesterday. THE PENINSULA Qatar Charity QTA launches two social distributes aid to Yemeni families media competitions Continued from page 1 The Qatari air bridge to Yemen Continued from page 1 Day, which coincides with the last day of specialised in transfer of aid has Families can enjoy entertainment options the festival, with visitors at HIA. resumed operation by sending at Pearl-Qatar and Al Dosari Zoo and Game “QTA’s annual Eid festival helps boost these two relief aircraft accom- Reserve from the second day of Eid. Sheikh inbound tourism by targeting and attract- panied by Qatari Research and Faisal Museum will offer tours from 9am ing visitors from the GCC looking for a get- Rescue Team (Lekhwiya) to Aden to 5pm. away in a destination with shared culture International Airport. Families seeking an action-packed Eid and heritage full of family-friendly enter- Another shipment of relief can take part in sports events hosted by tainment options,” said Mashal Shahbik, reached Aden Port carrying Aspire Zone, including cycling, horse rides, Director, Festivals and Events at QTA. 10,000 food baskets to be distrib- and boat-paddling, among others, while “Through the festival theme, QTA is invit- uted among needy families in Lusail Shooting Club offers clay target ing visitors and residents to capture the joy- Aden, Al Sharq reports. shooting from 4pm to 8pm. Qatar Air Sports ful memories associated with Eid, spiritual The consignment was received Committee is organising aerial paragliding happiness, and family during this special by Qatar Charity (QC) coordina- tours from 3pm to 8pm at Sealine Beach. period.” QTA has also launched two social tor in Yemen Hiyam Mubarak. QTA will welcome visitors at Hamad media competitions in line with the theme, QC distributed the food to dis- International Airport, where representa- with hashtags #ForYourEyesOnly and placed families in Maarib prov- tives will distribute festival brochures, #EmoJoy, where participants try to guess ince in East Yemen. including detailed event timings and loca- images related to the joy of Eid and share Some 5,987 families are tions, in addition to Eid gifts. their joyous moments for a chance to win expected to benefit from the aid. A scene from the Arabic play, The Wrestler, to be staged at Qatar National Theatre. QTA will also celebrate World Tourism prizes. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

FROM LEFT: Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Chairman, Woqod, and other top officials inaugurate the new service station and Fahes centre in Al Wakra yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT Woqod to launch 25 mobile petrol stations Chairman officially inaugurates new service station, vehicles’ technical inspection centre (Fahes) in Al Wakra

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB facilities in different areas where in cooperation with the govern- developmental projects and road new service station and Fahes linked to the Traffic Department petrol stations have been demol- ment. We are seeking support expansions. centre today (yesterday). The and insurance companies. DOHA: Qatar Fuel (Woqod) ished as part of developmental of authorities to expand our The Central Municipal Council centre will start inspection He said further sites will be will soon introduce 25 spe- projects. networks in specially identified (CMC) earlier this year dis- operations soon after finalising opened this year in ‘different cially-designed fuel tankers as “We have ordered about 25 areas. As soon as we get permis- cussed the issue and urged the small technical issues. It is the locations. Woqod has eight addi- mobile filling stations in areas more tankers to be used as mobile sion, we will immediately deploy Ministry of Municipality and 27th service station and the third tional service stations under con- such as Corniche Road, F-Ring fuel stations in some areas, which mobile fuel stations in those Urban Planning not to demolish Fahes centre Woqod has com- struction, which are expected to Road and others. are expected to be delivered places not properly covered.” filling stations any more. pleted so far,” added AI Kuwari. be inaugurated by 2015-end, or Many such mobile facilities within two months,” Ibrahim About 12 mobile fuel stations The new integrated service “In designing the project, we beginning of 2016.” have been deployed in localities Jaham Al Kuwari, CEO, Woqod, are in operation at different facility, which is Woqod’s 27 took into account the needs of Woqod also plans to establish that have no petrol stations. told this daily on the sidelines of strategic locations, including Al petrol station, is at Al Wakra- the community in Al Wakra and new Fahes inspection lines in Woqod is operating 27 petrol the inauguration of Woqod’s new Wakra, Al Shamal and other gov- Mesaieed road. Mesaieed.” existing petrol stations subject stations across the country and service station and Fahes (vehi- ernment-controlled places. Yesterday, it was officially It also has a Sidra convenience to availability of space. This is expected to open another 20 by cles’ technical inspection centre) Motorists in Doha face long inaugurated by Sheikh Saoud store, car wash and a multipur- in addition to other expansion 2016. in Al Wakra yesterday. queues at limited number of fuel bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, pose automobile service bay for projects which are almost com- The move apparently follows “We are trying to address stations as many were demol- Chairman, Woqod, and distin- basic maintenance. The new plete and expected to be opened demand from public represent- the issue of lack of petrol sta- ished due to safety and security guished guests. Fahes centre stands out with a this year. atives to provide petrol filling tions in some important areas concerns or to make way for “We are glad to inaugurate a single window system, directly THE PENINSULA

New expansion works Abattoirs to receive sacrificial animals after Eid prayers DOHA: Qatar’s Meat and Agency. The capacity of each also checks animals and slaughtering charges. Prices of Livestock Company — Widam slaughterhouse is 180 animals the Consumer Protection subsided sheep for citizens are begin on Corniche Road — says slaughterhouses per hour and operation continue Department monitors the available (Syrian at QR1,150 and throughout the country are during Eid from 5am to 6pm, entire process of slaughtering to Jordanian at QR1,050) until the ready to receive sacrificial he added. ensure consumers get safe meat. last day of Eid. animals after Eid Al Adha The company has a team of Al Khiyarain urged the peo- Subsidy on Arab-bred animals prayers. veterinarians to check animals ple to buy sacrificial animals at are limited to Ramadan and Eid It urged the people to come by before and after slaughter to noon or at evening on first day Al Adha. However, during the noon or evening to avoid crowd- ensure they are free from any of Eid to avoid huge crowd that remaining months, the company ing at the facility. disease, said Al Khiyarain. usually occure just after Eid offers small stocks of Syrian “Enough veterinary doctors The Ministry of Municipality prayers. meat because of high prices. are being mobilised to check and Urban Planning will coordi- Enough stocks of animals will Syrian sheep are imported on sacrificial animals, meat and nate meat quality. be available during Eid days and monthly basis and the company workers to meet demands of Additional veterinarians are slaughterhouses will be open focuses on selling meat stock citizens and expatriates at being deployed to check animals from 5am to 6pm. imported from Australia, India, slaughterhouse,” Abdurrahman at traders’ shelters until they Australian sheep will be Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan Mohammad Al Khiyarain, reach consumers. available at Widam outlets during the year. CEO, Widam, told Qatar News The Ministry of Environment at QR360 per head, including THE PENINSULA

Eid Al Adha festival preparations Toll-free number to call Karwa taxis DOHA: The Public Works turn left towards Mohammed Bin Authority (Ashghal) has started Thani Street through three lanes DOHA: Customers can now call new expansion works on the instead of two. single toll-free number (8008294) Corniche Road to address traffic Works also include widening of the to book taxis operated by Karwa congestions. road for 475 metres for those com- or private operators. Works being implemented in ing from Majlis Al Taawon Street The service is part of the unified accordance with recommendations into Mohammed Bin Thani Street call centre for taxis launched by of the committee dealing with con- and heading to Al Corniche Street, Mowasalat. gestions last two months and a half. to become two lanes instead of one. Mowasalat will deploy 12 new There will be no closures on the An additional lane will be built in buses and operate 70 additional main streets during the period; most part of Mohammed Bin Thani Street trips during Eid holidays to meet expansion works will be carried out heading towards Majlis Al Taawon an increase in demand, Al Sharq on the central islands and street Street, to become two lanes instead reports. verges, Ashghal said yesterday. of one for 230 metres. Karwa taxis will be available Expansion works include construc- This is in addition to a new lane round the clock during the holidays tion of an additional lane on the left on Mohammed Bin Thani Street, at all major destinations. side of Al Corniche Street for 375 from its intersection with Majlis Al More inspectors and supervi- metres towards National Theatre Taawon Street for about 50 metres. sors have been assigned to ensure Intersection to enable vehicles to THE PENINSULA smooth operation of buses and taxes as well as passengers’ safety. Waiting time for buses to Al Khor, Dukhan and Al Shamal routes have been reduced. THE PENINSULA Workers prepare the stage for a musical and drama show during the upcoming Eid Al Adha festival at Souq Waqif, yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT Eid offers for Hala, Shahry customers

DOHA: Ooredoo has data cards. online during Eid holidays. holders and the minimum pur- announced that customers The offer for iPhone 6, Thanks to a new partner- chase value should be QR500 or who purchase a new selected iPhone 6+, Samsung Note 5 ship between Ooredoo, Qatar more to benefit from the offer. smartphone this Eid will and Samsung S6 EDGE+ device National Bank (QNB) and This is the first time a com- receive benefits, including the purchases, can save customers Commercial Bank of Qatar munications company has option to spread out payments up to QR1,050, and will equip (CBQ), customers can now offered a service that offers for the device and free min- them with a month’s worth of choose to pay for latest Ooredoo flexible payment options to cus- utes and data on new devices. communications in time to get smartphone devices and tablets tomers in Qatar, and Ooredoo To reward customers for in touch with loved ones over through monthly instalments. expects strong demand as choosing Ooredoo, the company Eid Al Adha. The service allows QNB and people look to buy the newest is giving those who sign up or All Hala customers who CBQ customers to buy devices Samsung and Apple devices in upgrade Shahry Plan when buy an Alcatel Pixi3 device for at Ooredoo shops and pay via a more affordable way. buying a new phone a 100 per- QR199 (with QR100 discount) equal monthly instalments at To get started, visit an cent discount for one month on this Eid will get one free 6GB zero percent interest for 12 Ooredoo shop or go to www. selected Shahry Pack or Shahry data card worth QR100, so they months. The feature is available ooredoo.qa Super Pack, plus a three 6GB can browse, post and stream for QNB and CBQ credit card THE PENINSULA

WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Early detection may help treat gynaecologic cancers Human papilloma virus vaccine and screening can lower risk: Expert

DOHA: Although women are endometrial cancer because factors may increase the chance cause other symptoms, such as at risk of gynaecologic can- it forms in the lining of the of getting uterine cancer, pain or pressure in the pelvis,” cers and that increases with uterus called endometrium, is including, being older than said Dr Herod. age, they can lower it for cer- the fourth most common can- 50 and obese, taking estrogen Uterine cancer treatment tain cancers through human cer in women in the US and (without progesterone) for depends on the kind of can- papilloma virus vaccine and the most commonly diagnosed hormone replacement during cer and how far it has spread. screening, says an expert. gynaecologic cancer. menopause, having had trou- Treatments include surgery, Due to the rise in the inci- “When cancer starts in the ble getting pregnant, or fewer chemotherapy, hormone ther- dence of gynaecologic cancers uterus, it is called uterine can- than five periods in a year apy and/or radiation. throughout the world, women cer. The uterus is the pear- before starting menopause, He advised women showing Minister of State for Defence Affairs and Cabinet Member H E Major General Hamad are advised to take charge of shaped organ in a pelvis (the taking tamoxifen, a drug used signs and symptoms of uterine bin Ali Al Attiyah yesterday met French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. their health by checking their area below the stomach and to treat certain types of breast cancer, particularly vaginal body for unusual signs and in between hip bones). The cancer and having close family bleeding after menopause, to symptoms of cancers, includ- uterus, also called the womb, members who have had uterine, seek prompt help from their ing uterine cancer. With early is where the baby grows when colon or ovarian cancer. physicians. Qatar, France sign military detection, gynaecologic cancers a woman is pregnant,” said Dr “Uterine cancer may cause Under a new cancer strat- are often treatable. Jonathan Herod, Consultant discharge or bleeding not nor- egy policy in HMC, a well- Gynaecologic cancers are Gynaecological Oncologist, mal for you. Bleeding may be established cancer patient the uncontrolled growth and Women’s Hospital. abnormal because of how heavy pathway ensures that all suspi- training technical protocol spread of abnormal cells origi- He said there is no way to it is or when it happens, such cious cases are referred, within nating in the reproductive know for sure if a woman will as after you have gone through 48 hours, to cancer clinics in DOHA: Minister of State for bin Shaheen Al Ghanim and French organs, including the cervix, get uterine cancer. “Some menopause, between periods, either Women’s Hospital or Defence Affairs and Cabinet Ambassador Eric Chevallier were ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, women get it without being at or any other bleeding that is National Centre for Cancer Member H E Major General present. vagina and vulva. high risk.” longer or heavier than is nor- Care and Research. Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah yester- The meeting discussed ways of Uterine cancer, also called However, he said several mal. Uterine cancer may also THE PENINSULA day met French Defence Minister enhancing military relations. Major Jean-Yves Le Drian and his General Al Maliki and Brigadier delegation. General Pascal Roux of France Chief of Staff of Qatari Armed signed a technical protocol for joint 158,113 traffic Forces Major General (pilot) Ghanim training programme. QNA FNAC hosts signing of Ali Abdul violations Sattar’s new musical album last month DOHA: Traffic violations WISH to present cancer increased by more than 30 per- cent in August compared to July, reaching 158,113, accord- care research at forum ing to monthly statistical data released by the Ministry of DOHA: The World Innovation governments. Development Planning and Summit for Health (WISH), a glo- Professor Thomas, who led WISH Statistics. However, mortality bal initiative of Qatar Foundation research effort on ‘Delivering rate in traffic accidents dropped (QF) is bringing celebrated experts Affordable Cancer Care’, will present by 70 percent during the period, and research content to APAC actionable recommendations that will Al Sharq reports. Forum 2015, Asia-Pacific Region’s help policymakers ‘bend the cost A total of 8,309 vehicles were premier healthcare forum. curve’ and ensure sustainable access registered in August, an increase WISH will present its research on to cancer care. by 7.5 percent, from July when ‘Delivering Affordable Cancer Care Tackling the persistent belief that 7,729 were registered. and Transforming Patient Safety’ patient harm is inevitable in health, The population reached 2.28 in two special break-out sessions Schillings will head a panel compris- million, up 10.2 percent, compared tomorrow in Auckland, New Zealand. ing Gianluca Fontana, Senior Policy to the same period last year of WISH CEO Egbert Schillings, Fellow, Imperial College London, 2.007 million. Visitors number Professor Robert Thomas, Chief and Director of Operations, Centre increased by 6.4 percent until Cancer Adviser at Victoria for Health Policy, and policy fellows August this year, compared to the Department of Health and Human Jessica Prestt and Didi Thompson same period last year. Services, with Gianluca Fontana, from the centre. People from other GCC coun- Director, Imperial College’s Centre The session will highlight key tries formed a major portion of for Health Policy, are among speakers findings of this year’s WISH report, the visitors — 44.2 percent. at the world’s third largest health- ‘Transforming Patient Safety: A Officials at the ceremony at Lagoona Mall. Data also show the number of care conference later this year. Sector-Wide Systems Approach’. Qatari beneficiaries of social secu- Cancer is a global health prior- The panel will focus on critical DOHA: FNAC, international The ceremony offered Qatari present my latest album at rity reached 12,112 in August, up ity and new figures show there were issues in patient safety and present retailer of cultural, leisure fans opportunity to connect with FNAC. It is an ideal opportunity by one percent, compared to July 14.1 million new cases and 8.2 million innovative efforts to address them, in and technological products, Sattar and get a personalised for me to reconnect with my fans when the number was 11,993. deaths attributable to the disease in particular outlining Leading Health yesterday hosted the sign- autograph on the album. and admirers, and I hope the new THE PENINSULA 2012, an increase of over 10 percent Systems Network, a joint initiative of ing of Qatari singer Ali Abdul The album features 10 songs album meets their expectations. in four years. And the cost of treat- WISH and Imperial College London. Sattar’s new Album Ali Abdul in a fresh and modern way. I feel privileged to be the first Qatar-Senegal ing cancer is rising at a faster rate, The forum opens today at SKYCity Sattar Les Voyages 2 at Lagoona Regarded as one of the most artist selected to showcase my reaching $300bn Convention Centre, Auckland, and Mall, in the presence of guests, prominent and famous artists in new work at FNAC. I would like ties reviewed Over 50 percent of all new cancers end on Friday. media and invitees. Qatar and Middle East, Sattar to thank the team at FNAC and DAKAR: Senegal’s Minister for and two-thirds of the annual cancer About 130 speakers across 42 ses- Sattar chose FNAC as the started his career in early youth Darwish Holding for honouring Water and Sanitation Mansour mortality worldwide happen in low- sions are scheduled for the event, venue to promote the album due and has a rich record of tradi- me and my music, and congratu- Faye met Qatari Ambassador income and middle-income countries. including Ruby Wax, Professor to FNAC’s position as the leading tional and popular songs deep late them for further strengthen- Sarai bin Ali Al Qahtani and Without profound change, can- Charles Vincent, Professor Jonathon promoter of cultural activities rooted in the minds of local and ing our nation’s cultural fabric reviewed ways of enhancing cer care is too expensive for most Gray, and Itay Talgam. and the artistic hub that values regional communities. by introducing such innovative cooperation and issues of com- patients, many payers and nearly all THE PENINSULA creativity and arts. He said: “I am honoured to platforms.” THE PENINSULA mon interest. QNA Internal Medicine Clinic handles McDonald’s Qatar unveils ‘Create Your Taste’ DOHA: McDonald’s Qatar 1,000 patients per month has announced the launch of its first ‘Create Your Taste’ DOHA: Hamad Medical successfully implementing the new at City Centre Doha restau- Corporation’s (HMC) Internal service. rant. It is the first restaurant Medicine Clinic handles around “The clinic has established within in Qatar to launch the new 1,000 patients per month, and coor- HMC new practice models, systems platform. It is a new menu and dinates patient referrals from all and tools to enhance continuity of experience at a McDonald’s general hospitals, Qatar Biobank, care for patients affected by chronic restaurant and built around Hamad General Hospital (HGH) illness and has been particularly the concept of customisation. Emergency Department and HMC successful in utilizing subspeciality Using a new line of gourmet Mobile Doctors. services when patients are affected ingredients, customers can cre- A survey among patients shows by more than one disease. Staff have ate their burger in a convenient that over 90 percent of respondents implemented the new model well, and way and have it served to them would recommend the clinic to family the clinic and patients have benefit- at their table. and friends and their overall satis- ted greatly as a result,” he said. With over a dozen new, spe- faction rate was between 98 and 100 The clinic is staffed with doctors, cial ingredients to choose from, percent. nurses, pharmacists and administra- including avocados, jalapenos, The clinic marked its one-year tors, and has been designed to mini- pineapple and grilled mush- anniversary this week. The service, mise the movement of patients, who rooms, customers can create part of HGH, provides follow-up care receive all care in the same exami- their gourmet burgers tailored for patients and was established to nation room, with clinicians moving to their tastes, and in a new help streamline outpatient appoint- around the patient. and innovative way. Or they can ments at the country’s largest hospi- Features include co-location of choose one of the three signa- tal. It also takes appointments from outpatient and key support services, ture burgers built to order. other HMC facilities. including treatment rooms, phar- “As a modern and progressive The clinic, within Hamad Bin macy and laboratory services. brand, we aspire to cater for Khalifa Medical City, focuses on pro- Closer collaboration between care our consumers’ evolving needs. viding high-quality, accessible care providers across multiple services is And today is a testimony in this Customers can enjoy a new personalised dine-in experience of its kind in Doha. to patients with chronic co-morbid- designed to enhance overall patient journey with the introduction ities in an outpatient setting, and is experience. The clinic represents of ‘Create Your Taste’ in Qatar” customers this novel and crea- digital screens. They will have buns. an important component of HMC’s a new approach to HMC’s chronic said Kamal Saleh Al Mana, tive dining experience we plan the opportunity to see their To cap off the distinctive and ongoing transformation of its clini- disease management care services Managing Director, Al Mana to roll out in selective restau- food prepared in front of them high-tech dine-in experience, cal services. by seeking to reduce patient waiting Restaurants & Food Co., owner rants soon”. using the highest quality choice tables will be outfitted with GPS HGH Medical Director, Dr Yousef time and enrich patient experience and operator of McDonald’s res- Customers will be able to of premium Halal Angus beef, devices so that food is delivered Maslamani, thanked staff for efforts and their clinical outcomes. taurants in Qatar. place orders at self-ordering garden-fresh vegetables, signa- directly by a service team. during the course of the year in THE PENINSULA “We are proud to bring our kiosks using state-of-the-art ture sauces and new options of THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 HMC announces Eid Al Surveillance cameras Adha working hours DOHA: The Emergency resume normal operations on today from 7am to 3pm but closed Department at Hamad General September 27. OPD Pharmacy tomorrow and on Saturday. All Hospital, walk-in clinics and will be open for discharge pre- other services will operate as paediatric emergency centres scriptions only today and tomor- usual. across Qatar will have normal row from 9am to 5pm and on Al Khor Hospital’s OPD operating hours during Eid Al Friday and Saturday from 1pm (including obstetrics/gynaecology Adha holidays. to 5pm. Normal operations will and dental clinics) will be closed The Outpatient Department resume on September 27. from today until September 28, (OPD) at Women’s Hospital will Inpatient Pharmacy will oper- reopening the following day. be closed today and tomorrow ate as per normal hours through- OPD evening clinics will be and Newborn Screening Unit out the holidays. The hospital’s closed until September 27. Any tomorrow. radiology services will continue to patient requiring urgent care or Obstetrics High Risk Clinic, operate 24/7 during the holidays refill of medications during the Gestational Diabetes Mellitus but prior approval for some serv- holidays is advised to visit the Integrated Clinic and Feto- ices like X-ray, computed tomog- Emergency Department. Maternal Unit Clinic will be open raphy scan, magnetic resonance The Cuban Hospital’s OPD, on Saturday and Sunday from imaging, ultrasound and nuclear Physiotherapy and Pharmacy KAMMUTY VP and BAHER AMIN 8am to 1pm. medicine, may be required. departments will be closed from All other Women’s Hospital Al Wakra Hospital’s General today until September 26 and will OPD clinics will be closed from OPD, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, be open from September 27 to September 27 to 29, resum- Physiotherapy and Pharmacy October 1, from 7am to 3pm. The ing normal operations from will be closed from today until Emergency Department, includ- September 30. September 26 and will reopen on ing its pharmacy, will remain The Emergency Department September 27 from 7am to 3pm open throughout the holidays. and pharmacy service will operate until October 1. Normal working No booked surgical procedures as per normal hours throughout hours resume on October 4. have been cancelled; patients are the holidays. National Centre for Cancer advised to contact the hospital if Heart Hospital’s Outpatient Care and Research OPD and Day they wish to reschedule a booked Department will be closed from Care Unit will be closed today and procedure due to the holidays. today until Saturday. Clinics will tomorrow. OPD Pharmacy is open THE PENINSULA New surveillance cam- eras on F-Ring Road (top) and Al Waab Road in Doha to moni- tor major traffic viola- 311 pirated computer game CDs seized tions. 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T IS alarming that the primary debates in the US presidential election are turning into a flurry of anti- Muslim comments by some of the Republican presidential Iaspirants competing to replace Barack Obama, creating an ugly undercurrent of religious bigotry. Republican candidate Ben Carson started the controversy Why Scott Walker left by saying that Muslims were unfit to be president of the United States, arguing their faith was inconsistent with American principles. The remarks by Carson, who is near the top in opinion polls, followed a controversy triggered by front- the US presidential race runner Donald Trump when he declined to correct a man who said President Obama is Muslim and not an American citizen BY JAMES HOHMANN and wind and was studying the polls a little during a question and answer session last Thursday in New ELISE VIEBECK too closely. The Post reporter on the Hampshire. Walker beat, Jenna Johnson, seemed to Carson has refused to back off from his comment and cott Walker believed that sur- always be filing stories on how the gov- Trying to be all things his aides are saying the flap would actually help him in the viving the recall prepared him ernor was trying to clarify his position for the rigours and scrutiny that on this or that. to all people made him primary, with polls showing that Republican voters are deeply S come with running for president. He He flip-flopped on ethanol to try win- seem indecisive. He suspicious about Islam, a dangerous trend in the American was wrong. ning over Iowa agriculture interests. politics which cannot be encouraged. Winning three elections in four years He flipped on immigration, taking didn’t take a position Another Republican candidate, Jeb Bush, who is the in a blue state like Wisconsin clouded a hardline to match the mood of the brother of former president George W Bush, says the US his judgment and made him overconfi- moment and to have an issue with which on evolution, afraid should only take Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria whose dent in his own abilities. he could contrast himself from the right He shuffled off to his super PAC some with Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. of alienating social lives are in danger. The former Florida governor apparently of his closest, long-term advisers who He seemed to endorse ending birth- doesn’t think the US should give refuge to Muslims, echoing helped him get onto the national stage. right citizenship last month. Then he conservatives. statements by some European leaders. It is not a secret that From there, they could not coordinate said he didn’t have a position on the Jewish and Christian lobbying with him. He surrounded himself with issue. Then he said that he did not want His team thought they were being One cannot groups have an upper hand in US an oversized entourage that didn’t seem to change the Constitution, which many really clever when they had him presidential elections and both to understand believe guarantees citizenship to those announce he’d cancel the Chinese state imagine a future what made him born on US soil. Over Labor Day week- dinner if he was president. They went Republican and Democrats have tick. end, he refused to say if the United States out on a limb, assuming others would US president benefited from these tie-ups. He wound up should accept more Syrian refugees, tell- follow. Instead, he got mocked by con- subscribing to American Muslims feel Walker refused looking like a ing reporters that it was a “hypotheti- servative thought leaders, who said he exasperated by the growing wave of to say if the flip-flopper who cal question” and that he wanted to talk looked naïve. the views of far- Islamophobia fuelled by Republican was not ready for about reality — only to say soon after that 4) He never picked a lane. primetime and the US should not accept more refugees. It was not clear if Walker was try- candidates that sparked allegations US should right leaders of who was con- 2) He was out of his depth on both ing to be the evangelical candidate, the some European of religious bigotry. It came at a accept more stantly telling foreign and domestic policy. tea party candidate, the establishment time when a 14-year-old Muslim audiences what At the Club for Growth donor meet- alternative to Bush or something else. countries who boy from Texas was taken away in Syrian refugees, they wanted to ing this spring, he appeared not to Trying to be all things to all people propagate handcuffs last week for bringing to telling reporters hear. Walker understand what was actually in Dodd- made him seem indecisive. He didn’t his school a homemade clock that seemed to blame Frank financial regulatory reform or take a position on evolution, afraid of anti-Islam that it was a Donald Trump the ins-and-outs of the Export-Import alienating social conservatives. He said was mistaken for a bomb. Monday night bank, two issues big in Washington but early in the year that he didn’t know if sentiments. The Republican leaders who “hypothetical for changing the not Wisconsin. He claimed that Ronald Obama was a Christian. Several months indulge in anti-Muslim rhetoric dynamic in the Reagan firing the air traffic controllers later, asked the same question, he said to appease Jewish and Christian voters must learn the question”. race and causing was “the most significant foreign policy he still did not know. history of the nation. The founders of the United States him to drop out, decision of my lifetime.” Even support- 5) He staffed up way too much way have recognised Islam as one of the world’s great faiths and but he and his own senior staff deserve ers couldn’t believe when he likened too fast. more blame than anyone else. taking on IS to taking on Big Labor. “If A recent count put the number of one of the founding fathers and the third president Thomas Here are five of the reasons Walker I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can full-time Walker campaign staff at Jefferson’s contribution to the Library of the US Congress blew his very real chance to be the GOP do the same across the world,” he said around 90, including a full-time pho- includes two volumes of Holy Quran. It is a welcome sign that nominee: at CPAC in February. tographer. He spent the spring rolling the Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of 1) He came across as inauthentic. 3) He seemed unserious and thus out the names of consultants he hired state Hillary Clinton has announced her support for a Muslim Trump is leading in the polls because unpresidential. in the early states before he had dem- conservatives think he tells it like it is, On “Meet the Press” last month, onstrated that he could put together a to assume the position of president of the US quoting article even if they don’t agree with him on when Chuck Todd asked Scott Walker finance operation to pay their salaries. VI of the constitution. The candidates who adopt dangerous every issue or find some of what he says about building a wall along the northern Walker wrongly assumed that donors communal views are challenging the very concept of religious offensive. Walker, who has never held a border with Canada, Walker responded: who had given to him during the recall freedom enshrined in the US constitution. One cannot imagine real job outside of politics, made him- “That’s a legitimate issue for us to look fight would naturally support his presi- a future US president subscribing to the views of far-right self look like a career politician with at.” Then a few days later, he said he dential campaign. He was out of practice leaders of some European countries who propagate anti-Islam constant punts and recalibrations. It never supported the idea and blamed at running against other Republicans. always felt like he had his finger in the the media for twisting his words. WP-BLOOMBERG sentiments. The other side Quote of Nepal’s constitution was to unite people but has deepened rift the day EPAL IS among the oldest Constitution, through an elected con- Constitution was rammed through shrinks political representation for those states in South Asia. But it stituent assembly (CA). even as a mass movement was building in the Terai, both by reducing constitu- has never been a nation in Nepal’s new Constitution institution- across the Terai, curfew was imposed, encies in the region and the share of an inclusive, democratic alises some of the core elements of a and over 40 people killed. It was to proportional representation. It includes The investigation Nsense. Staggeringly diverse for its new Nepal — particularly republican- create a political order where excluded draconian citizenship provisions against on Sri Lanka was size, its various groups and ethnicities ism, secularism and federalism. Many social groups exercised greater politi- the interests of women and Madhesis. were tied together due to the force of Nepali citizens are relieved that the pro- cal power; instead, a tiny set of leaders India has rightly assessed that such not carried out by an autocratic monarchy rather than a longed political transition has ended. — all belonging to traditionally domi- a constitution will only lead to instability an independent common sense of citizenship. But the constitution also is a lost nant hill upper caste communities — and chose not to welcome it. Despite Democracy in 1990 opened up opportunity. This CA was to bring the hijacked the process and used it to PM Narendra Modi’s personal invest- Commission of political space, but it was only in nation together and overcome social entrench their power. ment in improving ties, Kathmandu’s elite Inquiry, but for the 2006, through a popular movement, cleavages; instead, it has deepened the The Constitution draws federal has not listened to wise Indian counsel. that Nepal’s political parties and Maoist rift between the hills and the Terai, and boundaries in ways that would perpetu- Instead, it has chosen to stoke chau- very first time, by the rebels succeeded in forcing the mon- between various communities. ate the dominance of certain commu- vinistic ultra-nationalism targeting India. Office of the High arch to accept that sovereignty lay with It was meant to give citizens a sense nities, at the cost of Terai’s Madhesi, New Delhi should have paid more atten- the people. The two forces together of collective participation in drafting Tharu and hill ethnic groups. It dilutes tion and prevented such an outcome. Commissioner on Mahinda Rajapaksa decided that they would draft a new a common document; instead, the the principle of affirmative action. It THE HINDUSTAN TIMES Human Rights. Sri Lanka’s ex-president WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 As hostility flares, Hungary Muslims Culture, between mobilise to help refugees authority and people Not all cultural BY ROBERT SAMUELS cuisine and raised their children On the first night of prayers at here. “We are worried about development uhammed Al Ahmadi, the future,” said Sulok, a native a Syrian who had lived the Islamic Centre in 2011, Sulok Hungarian who converted to activities Min Hungary for dec- Islam. ades, was handing out bread to There are only an estimated migrants camped out at this city’s said, someone set fire to a parked 40,000 Muslims in this nation conducted by train station when a man rushed of 10 million people, and many over to deliver the good news. car outside. Other vehicles were Hungarians barely realize a “She had the baby?!” Ahmadi, Muslim community exists. Just the authority 51, responded. He had first met steps from the mosque, Anna the new father a few days ear- vandalised. That explains the Csakuri said she didn’t know are only for lier, when the refugee arrived in much about the faith. Budapest after his journey from security camera. “Only the cliches,” said Csakuri, BY KHALID AL SAYED its interest, Syria with his pregnant wife. a 19-year-old student. “I’m not Now, Ahmadi walked with him Billboards have sprung up along the hardest. The language was against them, but many people to the hospital so that he could rural roads reading, “If you come difficult to master. Her headscarf, are against them, and if there are he dialectical cultural rela- sometimes its translate updates from doctors. to Hungary, you have to respect or hijab, attracted mean looks and going to be more Muslims here, tionship between author- For years, living as a Muslim our culture.” snide remarks. that would only add to the ten- Tity and people may not projects benefit in Hungary meant existing some- They are emblematic of the Two years ago, she said, she sion. A lot of people are concerned have been clear before the Arab where between obscurity and nationalist rhetoric rising in was walking by the Hungarian this will start World War III.” Spring, as it is now with telecom- derision. Muslims made up less Europe — in the Netherlands, parliament when someone spit in For some Muslims, the greater munications and the new media the community than one percent of the population for example, one leader recently her face. She considered giving up concern was whether they would revolution. in this overwhelmingly Roman warned of an “Islamic invasion.” the hijab but instead concluded ever win respect in Hungary. On Certainly this relationship and create a Catholic nation. But as thou- Many Hungarian Muslims have that “it’s my right, and it’s the a recent night, at a cafe popular exists in all Arab countries and sands of refugees and migrants responded to the crisis by pro- agreement I made with God.” with Muslims near the city cen- at all times and ages, and it is from the Middle East and Africa viding aid to asylum seekers. In On Fridays, when she can make tre, friends shared food, played not only confined to Third World kind of balance. have streamed into the country, recent weeks, they have donated it, she prays at the Islamic Centre backgammon and wondered about countries, but is also common hostility toward Islam has flared. pizza and Capri Sun fruit drinks, — the largest of Budapest’s four their futures. in developed countries because to avoid reactions within the In response, Hungarian bars of chocolate and contain- mosques. A typical Friday con- The scent of sweet tobacco from culture is a political tool since it community. Muslims have mobilized. Rarely ers of hummus to hundreds of venes about 300 local Muslims in hookah pipes and the sounds of helps reach political objectives. However, the problem arises had their acts of service felt so people camped out at Budapest’s a nondescript building that has a Arabic filled the air. Darin Saud, Focus in the Arab world may when the culture of the individual, necessary. “Yesterday, I helped Keleti rail station. They have small security camera on its side. a 35-year-old manager wearing a be more on the role of authority, class, or group is weakened, and two people find their families, and given out blankets and tents and More people have come to the bracelet of the Syrian flag, shifted because it governs the state and then the culture of the community today, I’m helping a new father have translated instructions from centre since the crisis began, from table to table. all its institutions. becomes incomplete and incom- with his baby,” Ahmadi said. “It the police on how to board trains said Sultan Sulok, President of She warmed the coals on the Due to lack of democracy and prehensive, not interrelated and has been such a blessing. Allahu to more welcoming countries in the Organisation of Muslims in hookah tray, creating an orange real civil institutions, in addition connected to each other, because Akbar!” God is great. Western and Northern Europe, Hungary. But they aren’t arriv- glow. Four college students to the presence of some intel- of biases of one class. This leads Few countries in Europe have such as Germany and Norway. ing at prayer time. “Mostly, (non- studying abroad hung around it. lectuals who are looking to back to the disintegration of society or been as blunt as Hungary in turn- “The Hungarians are good peo- Muslims) come because they have “Don’t be ashamed,” Milan Nana, the authority in order to achieve the state, the primary cause being ing away the asylum seekers, ple, but the politics have gotten questions,” Sulok said. The typi- a 22-year-old from South Africa, their own personal goals, and not cultural disintegration. many of them from war-ravaged bad,” said Josef Elhindy, a brain cal questions are: “Why does your told one of his friends. “It was forgetting also the weak finan- An integral cultural project Syria and Iraq. The Hungarian surgeon from Jordan, as he helped religion not respect women?” and embarrassing,” Fawad Momand, cial returns of cultural projects, in the community or the state Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, deliver medical supplies to refu- “Do you know any terrorists?” 22, demurred. establishes the urgent need for must be based on the culture of declared this month that he gees at the Keleti station. “We On the first night of prayers at Momand, who is from Afghanistan the authority to take over cultural the people, otherwise the author- would reject many of the new- have to show them who we are.” the Islamic Centre in 2011, Sulok and studies in Denmark, said he had development and to become the ity dominates the culture of the comers because “we do not want Some of the Hungarian travel- said, someone set fire to a parked joined about two dozen students on sole entity to conduct all cultural community and forms its intellec- a large number of Muslims in our lers watched the volunteers at the car outside. Other vehicles were a bus trip through Central Europe activities. tual, social and political relations country.” When migrants tried to railway station in awe, while others vandalised. That explains the recently. He and another Muslim Here we have to be a little bit according to its own interests. push through a new razor-wire glared in disgust. One day last week, security camera. student were questioned at every fair. Not all cultural develop- To keep its culture strong, the fence at the Hungary-Serbia bor- a young blond man looked at the sea When Orban began using more border, while the other students ment activities conducted by the state must promote the culture der, officers beat them back with of migrants and shouted: “Get out incendiary rhetoric in recent were not. The two weren’t let authority are only for its interest, of all factions of society, and must tear gas and water cannons. of our country. I hope they kill you.” months, Sulok sent a message into Macedonia at all. They had sometimes its projects benefit the also be part of a larger and more Since the number of asylum The ill will did not surprise to the prime minister reminding no choice but to turn back to find community and create a kind of comprehensive culture. seekers crossing Europe surged Randa Rustom, a 22-year-old him that there were Hungarian an airport in Albania to return to balance. The culture of the individual is in recent weeks, many Muslims dental student from Sudan, who citizens who were Muslim. Most Budapest. “They treated me like I It is true that the author- part of the culture of the group, say they are facing widening ani- had lived in Sweden and Saudi came as students during the Cold was a refugee,” he said. “People here ity may use or sacrifice the which in turn, is part of a larger mosity. “Go back to your coun- Arabia before coming to Hungary War, fell in love with Hungarians say it’s just politics. But it can’t just intellectual and any cultural culture — the culture of the state try” has become a familiar phrase for school. Of all the places she and stayed. They learned the be politics.” project for its own interests in and the nation. to Muslims shopping in stores. had lived, she said, Hungary was language, added paprika to their WP-BLOOMBERG order to remain in power or THE PENINSULA Some Iraqis ditch fight against IS for life in Europe BY SAIF HAMEED and STEPHEN KALIN Many in the security forces are ome Iraqi soldiers are also frustrated and disillusioned abandoning their posts and joining a wave of civilian migrants with elected officials, who they headed to Europe, rais- ingS new doubts about the cohesion allege abandoned them on the of the country’s Western-backed security forces in the fight against Islamic State militants. frontlines, while failing to provide Interviews with migrants and an analysis of social media activity adequate resources and enriching show scores of fighters from the national army, police and special forces as well as Shia militias and themselves through graft. Kurdish peshmerga have left in recent months or plan to go soon. highlights a pervasive sense of many times. Authorities said in They join more than 50,000 hopelessness among many Iraqis July they had recaptured most civilians who have left Iraq in more than a year after Islamic of the town, but Islamic State the past three months, according State seized a third of their coun- attacked central neighbourhoods to the United Nations, part of an try’s territory, threatened to over- days later, forcing pro-govern- even larger exodus from neigh- run the capital and declared a ment forces to pull back. bouring Syria and other conflict modern caliphate. Others echoed the policeman’s zones across the Middle East. Despite driving them back in concerns. A 33-year-old special The inability of Iraq to retain some areas, members of the secu- forces member who was based its soldiers threatens to further rity forces say they are leaving in western Anbar province — an erode morale in a military that because they face daily offensives Islamic State stronghold — said has partially collapsed twice in by the insurgents, sectarian vio- he had lost any reason to stay, Iraqi men walk past a shop selling life jackets on Rashid Street, as demand for the survival vests has peaked with the past year in the face of the lence, and economic depression. and joined 16 fellow soldiers who the increasing number of Iraqis trying to reach Europe by boat. Islamic State militant group. Many in the security forces are smuggled themselves to northern It could also undermine the also frustrated and disillusioned Europe last month. based in Ramadi said the elite return did not show up for duty, under these circumstances,” he efforts of a US-led coalition that with elected officials, who they “We were fighting while the unit alone had seen more than 100 enriching their commanders and told Reuters via Facebook from the has spent billions of dollars train- allege abandoned them on the government and political parties fighters leave for Europe in the hollowing out the military force. Stockholm area. The politicians ing and equipping Iraqi forces to frontlines, while failing to provide made it their mission to make past six months. Reuters could Iraq has since come to rely “ransacked the country in the take on the militants. adequate resources and enriching money and officials sent their not independently verify this. heavily on Shia militias and vol- name of religion. Iraq is not ours A spokesman for the Iraqi themselves through graft. children to live abroad,” he said Many soldiers who left have unteer fighters, grouped under a anymore; we are merely tenants.” defence ministry said the mili- “Iraq is worth fighting for but via online messaging. “What changed their Facebook profiles from government-run body called the Reuters could not independ- tary was not concerned about the the government is not,” said a drove us to leave was seeing our portraits in fatigues beside tanks Hashid Shaabi. But even some ently verify the fighter’s identity. migration of soldiers, which he put 22-year-old SWAT policeman guys getting wounded, killed or or holding machine guns to photos Hashid, who were called to take Hashid spokesman Ahmed al- in the “tens” out of a security force who decided to emigrate after his maimed, and nobody cared.” riding bikes or relaxing in parks in up arms by the country’s top Asadi could not provide an accu- estimated to number in the tens brother was killed in battle ear- Baghdad launched a campaign Austria, Germany or Finland. Shi’ite cleric, are leaving. rate count for fighters who had of thousands. “The armed forces lier this year at the northern Baiji to retake the Sunni heartland of Iraqis have long complained of A 20-year-old Shi’ite fighter migrated, but said the govern- are performing their duties. There refinery where he was also posted. Anbar after the provincial capital corruption and mismanagement from the eastern province of ment needed to do more to keep is no reason to be worried,” said “There is no concern for us at Ramadi fell in May, leaving only in the government, including the Diyala, who declined to identify young Iraqis from leaving. General Tahsin Ibrahim Sadiq. all. The government has destroyed a few government holdouts across armed forces. An official investiga- himself or the specific militia he Reforms launched last month by But Saed Kakaei, adviser to the us,” he said, saying Baghdad’s the sprawling desert territory. tion last year found 50,000 “ghost belonged to, said pro-government Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi minister of peshmerga forces in failure to reinforce soldiers had But fighting has progressed fit- soldiers” on the army’s books. The forces receive inadequate support seek to end a system of ethnic and northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region, caused avoidable losses in a bat- fully with sectarian tensions com- “ghosts”, the report said, helped to fight Islamic State. sectarian quotas that has spawned said while he could not provide a tle that has dragged on for more ing to a head and ground advances fuel the military’s collapse in June He recently made a month-long corruption and mismanagement. specific figure for how many pesh- than a year. delayed by explosives planted by 2014 in the northern city of Mosul. journey to Sweden to join two cous- The reforms also aim to improve merga forces had left, the num- Control of neighbourhoods Islamic State along roads and in These men were on the army ins who are themselves former accountability in the military and bers were “concerning”. in Baiji, about 190km north of buildings. payroll but paid their officers a Iraqi police officers. “You cannot other state institutions. The soldiers’ departure Baghdad, has changed hands A special operations member portion of their salaries and in fight a war or live in a country REUTERS WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GULF / MIDDLE EAST Pilgrims converge in Arafat today Authorities on alert for possible attacks by extremists as about two million people gather for annual pilgrimage

MAKKAH: Hundreds of thousands of of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Muslims from across the globe began Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). the annual Haj pilgrimage yesterday in The capital Riyadh saw a jump in one of the largest annual gatherings of infections last month, but health officials people in the world. say there has never been a case of MERS In what for many will be the highlight infection among pilgrims. of their spiritual lives, pilgrims began Saudi Arabia is the country worst moving from Saudi Arabia’s holy city of affected by MERS, with 532 deaths since Makkah to nearby Mina for the start of the virus appeared in 2012. the six-day event. The Health Ministry has mobilised Almost two million people are expected thousands of health workers to help to take part in this year’s pilgrim- secure a virus-free pilgrimage and to care age, undeterred by a crane collapse at for routine ailments. Makkah’s Grand Mosque earlier this The first day of the Haj is known as month that killed 109 people and injured Tarwiah Day, when pilgrims traditionally nearly 400 at Islam’s holiest site. watered their animals and stocked water Joyous pilgrims like 35-year-old for their trip to Mount Arafat, about 10 Egyptian Walaa Ali had been gathering kilometres southeast of Mina. for days ahead of the event. Pilgrims stay in specially-built fire- “It is a gift from God that He has proof tents in Mina, a city which only chosen us to come here,” Ali said with comes alive during Haj season. tears in her eyes, as preachers nearby At Mount Arafat they will pray and explained the history and rituals of the recite from the Holy Quran during the Haj to men and women sitting side by climax of the Haj season today. side in Makkah. Mount Arafat, a rocky hill on a vast “I am so happy to be here,” she said. plain, is where the Prophet Mohammed This year’s Haj takes place against a (PBUH) is believed to have given his backdrop of increased jihadist violence final sermon after leading his followers in some Muslim countries, a surge of the on the Haj. With the start of the Haj, potentially deadly MERS virus and the pilgrims enter ihram, a state of purity war in Saudi Arabia’s neighbour Yemen. in which they must not quarrel, wear The Haj is among the five pillars of perfume, cut their nails, or trim their Islam and every capable Muslim must hair or beards. perform the pilgrimage at least once in During ihram, men wear a seamless his or her life. two-piece shroud-like white garment, Previously marred by stampedes and symbolising resurrection and emphasis- fires that killed hundreds, the pilgrim- Pilgrims circle counterclockwise the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah, late on Monday. ing unity regardless of social status or age had been largely incident-free for the nationality. past decade after safety improvements. deployed to secure pilgrimage sites and to prevent terrorist groups from exploit- Arabia at war, leading an Arab coalition Women must wear loose dresses, gen- But preparations for this year’s event manage the crowds, and authorities say ing Haj season to carry out acts of sab- conducting air strikes and supporting erally also white, exposing only their were marred when a construction crane they are on alert for possible attacks by otage,” Interior Ministry spokesman local forces in Yemen against Iran-backed faces and hands. working on an expansion of the Grand extremists. General Mansur Al Turki said. rebels since March. Early yesterday some ihram-clad pil- Mosque collapsed during severe winds. The jihadist Islamic State group has “We take all possibilities into consid- Most Yemeni pilgrims performing grims could be seen wheeling suitcases Saudis, Iranians, Nigerians, Malaysians, carried out bombings targeting security eration during Haj. This includes the the Haj this year already reside in the out of their hotel in the Red Sea city of Indonesians and Indians were among the forces and Shia mosques in the kingdom kingdom being targeted by terrorist kingdom. Jeddah to begin the journey to Mount dead. in recent months. organisations,” he told AFP. Among other challenges facing Saudi Arafat about 140 kilometres away. About 100,000 police have been Security forces have taken “measures This year’s Haj also comes with Saudi authorities is potential transmission AFP South Sudan In Makkah, innovative ways of staying together vice-president MAKKAH: For the mil- to quickly identify each other Adha holiday. But even before the her three hours to find her com- hand-in-hand to stay together lions of Muslims who started among the uniform white tow- crowds of identically dressed pil- panions again, despite the fact and a line of African Muslims asks MPs to the annual Haj pilgrimage in elling robe that all pilgrims grims gather at the main sites to that she, unlike many pilgrims who each held a shoulder of the Makkah yesterday, the chal- must wear. perform the same rituals in uni- in Makkah, has the advantage of person in front. back peace deal lenge of reaching the city where Yesterday, the authorities son, the difficulty of finding the speaking Arabic. Other groups followed more Islam was born has paled in opened the route to Mina, a huge way around the city of Makkah, The Saudi authorities deploy experienced companions holding comparison with finding their tent city just to Makkah’s east particularly around its enormous 100,000 police and vast numbers up sticks or coloured umbrellas, JUBA: South Sudan’s vice- way once they got here. where all the pilgrims must camp Grand Mosque, is intense. of stewards to ensure safety while all around were pilgrims president called on lawmakers Islam’s holiest city doubles in for the next three days as the Haj Hejar, the Algerian woman, and help those who lose their talkling into disposable mobile yesterday to back a faltering size each year as pilgrims from reaches a climax with the ritual said she lost her party almost as way. They have also invested in phones they bought to contact peace agreement aimed to end across the world, speaking dozens ascent of Mount Arafat, a night soon as they arrived, during the expensive infrastructure, includ- friends or relatives in case they 21 months of civil war, despite of languages, throng its streets, on the Muzdalifa plain and the “tawaf”, when pilgrims circle the ing a new urban railway, to ferry got lost. “You make sure you heavy fighting with rebels since battling heat and traffic and stoning of the devil at Jamarat. black stone of the Kaaba in the pilgrims around safely. They give come back the same route,” said it was signed. improvising techniques to locate Around 2.6 million pilgrims centre of the mosque, the point useful tips like noting the number Abdulrahman, a pilgrim from “We are committed to peace, friends, compatriots and sacred are expected to make the Haj this towards which all Muslims pray of the mosque gate they use. Taiz in Yemen, where Saudi- and we are committed to imple- sites. year, although the Saudi Arabian five times a day. But in a crowd of such size, backed forces are battling the ment this agreement,” Vice- “Who did not get lost?” asked government will not announce “We walk in groups and we do many fall back on their own Houthi militia. “The best thing President James Wani Igga told Hejar, one in a group of about the figure until tomorrow when the rituals in groups. We stick techniques. The most disciplined is to write down the details of lawmakers in parliament yester- 20 Algerians who draped their the annual pilgrimage reaches to one another,” she said with a groups seen yesterday included routes you go along,” he added. day, before leaving for New York national flag over their shoulders its conclusion with the Eid Al laugh. When she got lost, it took parties of Asian pilgrims walking REUTERS for a United Nations meeting to bolster the struggling accord. The army and rebels have repeatedly traded blame, accus- ing each other of breaking an Anti-government protest internationally-brokered August 29 ceasefire deal, the eighth such agreement to have been signed Abbas warns of since civil war broke out in December 2013. Despite the fighting, both sides say the political deal remains in new intifada risk place. Facing the threat of inter- national sanctions, President JERUSALEM: Palestinian The 18-year-old later died from Salva Kiir signed the deal but President Mahmoud Abbas her wounds, her father said. annexed a list of reservations warned yesterday of the risk of Overnight in the village of Dura that he said would have to be a new intifada after clashes last near Hebron, another Palestinian addressed for the deal to take week at the Al-Aqsa mosque was killed by an explosive device hold in the world’s newest nation. compound and with tensions he intended to toss at a military But Igga said the deal would rising as Jews and Muslims cel- vehicle, an Israeli military spokes- still stand. “If there is anybody ebrate major religious holidays. woman said. Residents provided a affected by this agreement please Abbas’s comments after meet- similar account. stomach it... there are good things ing French President Francois Palestinian security officials in this agreement,” Igga said. “We Hollande in Paris came with however said he was shot dead are not blind, we are simply say- peace efforts at a standstill for by Israeli troops and named him ing, ‘this and that is wrong’, but more than a year and a recent poll as Dia Al Talahmeh, 21. it is not meant to stop the agree- showing a majority of Palestinians Hundreds later gathered for his ment from implementation.” support a return to an armed funeral in the village while declar- UN Secretary-General Ban uprising. ing him a “martyr,” with his body Ki-moon invited Kiir and his “What is happening is very wrapped in a flag for militant arch-rival, rebel leader Riek dangerous,” Abbas said, while group Islamic Jihad. Machar, to New York for a Lebanese anti-government activists gather near barbed wire and barriers blocking the road to the parliament, warning against “an intifada “I am very proud of my son. September 29 meeting. AFP where political leaders were meeting to discuss means of ending the garbage crisis, in Beirut yesterday. (uprising) which we don’t want”. I hope out of every Palestinian The Palestinian leader, whose house, a martyr will emerge,” said recent moves have stirred specu- his mother, who declined to pro- lation over whether he intends to vide her name. step down soon, plans to travel to The army spokeswoman said Russia after Paris as he seeks to a patrol had been deployed to UK expert going to Egypt to find Nefertiti tomb rally support before his upcom- clear stones blocking a road out- ing speech at the UN General side Hebron when the incident Assembly. Jerusalem was calm occurred. CAIRO: A British archaeolo- said. To this day, Nefertiti’s final political and religious role in Al Damati and “the best yesterday but under tight secu- “The soldiers heard an explo- gist who believes the legendary resting place remains a mystery. ancient Egypt in the 14th cen- Egyptologists in the ministry to rity, with thousands of police sion and during a search of the Queen Nefertiti may be bur- Renowned as one of history’s tury BC. examine the interior of the tomb”, officers deployed and authorities sector they found the body of a ied in a secret room adjoining great beauties, Nefertiti was Reeves thinks her tomb may be the statement said. closing off the city to residents of Palestinian killed by the explo- Tutankhamun’s tomb is com- the powerful wife of Pharaoh a secret chamber joined to that of In a study published this year, the occupied West Bank. sive device he intended to throw ing to Egypt to test his theory, Akhenaton, remembered for Tutankhamun in the Valley of the the Egyptologist at the American Unrest however hit the flash- at one of our vehicles,” she said. authorities have said. having converted his kingdom to Kings at Luxor in southern Egypt. University of Arizona said murals point Hebron area in the south- Tensions have been running Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves monotheism with the worship of He will arrive on September in Tutankhamun’s funerary ern West Bank, with Israeli forces high ahead of the Jewish Yom will arrive in the country at the one sun god, Aton. 28 to outline his theory and join chamber could conceal the exist- shooting a Palestinian woman who Kippur holiday which began at end of the month, a statement His queen played an important Antiquities Minister Mamduh ence of two doors. AFP allegedly tried to stab a soldier. sundown yesterday. AFP WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Russia sends Iran marks beginning of 1980 war with Iraq more arms to Assad regime Attacks on Islamic State increase DAMASCUS: Syria said yes- in jihadist-held towns in cen- terday it had received sophis- tral Syria. “The number of raids ticated new arms from Russia, is growing and the strikes are including warplanes, and more precise after the Syrian deployed them against jihadists, air force received arms and more as signs grew of a major shift in efficient planes from Moscow,” the country’s four-year conflict. Observatory director Rami Abdel A senior military official told Rahman told AFP. AFP Damascus had received a Moscow has been an unwaver- fresh batch of arms, including ing supporter of Assad during a at least five fighter planes, while conflict that has seen more than a monitoring group said there 240,000 killed since March 2011, had been a marked increase in insisting it would continue arms regime attacks on the Islamic deliveries. State group. But Russia’s intentions have The deliveries came amid a been unclear in recent days as it rapid Russian military build-up deployed a range of new weaponry in Syria, with US officials saying and troops to its airbase near Moscow had deployed 28 combat Latakia. planes and begun drone flights in On Monday, US officials said the country. Moscow had deployed 12 SU-24 The war in Syria has taken on attack aircraft, 12 SU-25 ground Iranian soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the beginning of the 1980 war with Iraq, in Tehran, Iran, yesterday. The war lasted a new dimension in recent days attack aircraft and four Flanker eight years. as Moscow has moved to boost its fighter jets. military presence there, raising They said there were also about deep concerns in Washington. 20 Russian combat and transport The Syrian military official said helicopters at the base and that the new warplanes had arrived Moscow was operating drone Petraeus for more US involvement in Syria Friday along with reconnaissance flights. aircraft at a military base in “They are not going to sit Latakia province, the traditional around,” said Jeffrey White of WASHINGTON: Former CIA US-led coalition fighting the flying. We have that capability,” in coalition airstrikes. heartland of President Bashar Al the Washington Institute for Near chief David Petraeus said yes- Islamic State group had made Petraeus said. “This would not Petraeus highlighted the Assad’s regime. East Policy. terday that the United States “inadequate” progress in Iraq and end the humanitarian crisis in dilemma the West faces over Damascus had also received “This kind of aircraft suggests should play a more active role in Syria, and called the Syrian civil Syria... it would remove a particu- Assad. While America and its “sophisticated military equipment that the Russians intend to exert Syria, including setting up safe war a “geopolitical Chernobyl.” larly vicious weapon from Assad’s allies do not want him in power to fight IS,” including targeting their combat power outside of havens and implementing no-fly “The fallout from the meltdown arsenal.” in the long run, they don’t want equipment and precision-guided Latakia in an offensive role.” zones to prevent regime planes of Syria threatens to be with us Petraeus’s comments came just his ouster without knowing who missiles, the official said, speaking The deployments have raised dropping barrel bombs. for decades,” he said. “The longer days after lawmakers on the same or what would replace him. on condition of anonymity. fears of an inadvertent confron- The retired four-star general, it is permitted to continue, the committee blasted America’s “He has to go ultimately, but The new weapons had already tation between Russian forces who became a household name more severe the damage will be.” strategy against the Islamic State the key word there is ‘ultimately,’” been deployed against IS in the and the US-led coalition that in America after overseeing the He said Washington had group in Iraq and Syria. Petraeus said. cities of Deir Ezzor and Raqa, the has been carrying out air strikes troop “surge” in Iraq in 2007, the capability to stop Syrian In Iraq, Petraeus described a “Until we have a sense of what jihadist group’s de facto capital against IS in Syria for more than also gave an emotional apology President Bashar Al Assad’s see-sawing battlefront in which IS will replace him, we need to be in Syria. a year. for sharing classified informa- planes dropping bombs over civil- fighters lose ground in some areas very careful not to push him out “Russian weapons are starting After an 18-month freeze in tion with his mistress in a scan- ian populations. only to gain it elsewhere. because what comes after could to have an effect in Syria,” the military relations triggered by dal that led to his resignation “There are actions the US and He said the US needs to boost actually be even worse.” official said. NATO anger over Moscow’s role from the Central Intelligence only the US can take that would support for Iraqi security forces, Petraeus said he supports the The Syrian Observatory for in the Ukraine crisis, US and Agency. make a difference. We could, for as well as the Kurdish peshmerga creation of secure enclaves in Human Rights said new Russian Russian military officials held Speaking before the Senate example, tell Assad that the use and Sunni tribal forces. One way Syria to protect the battered equipment was being put into talks Friday aimed at avoiding Armed Services Committee as of barrel bombs must end. And to do this, he said, would be to civilian population in a conflict action, with at least 38 IS fight- unintended incidents in Syria. an expert on US policy in the that if they continue, we will introduce controllers into those that has claimed nearly 250,000 ers killed Monday in air strikes AFP Middle East, Petraeus said the stop the Syrian air force from groups who would be able to call lives. AFP

HRW slams Hadi back in Aden after 6 months

ADEN: President Abdrabuh liberation of all cities and prov- Much of the city has been Egypt for Mansur Hadi flew in to war- inces,” from the hands of militias, reduced to rubble by months of ravaged Yemen’s second city he said in a statement. ferocious fighting, with the rebels yesterday after six months in In the immediate near term, backed by renegade soldiers loyal demolishing exile in Saudi Arabia, vowing the presidency said Hadi would to ousted president Ali Abdullah to make a rapid return to the remain in Aden for a few days Saleh. Rafah homes rebel-held capital. before heading to New York to Prime Minister Khaled Bahah Only hours earlier, warplanes attend the UN General Assembly. and several ministers returned to CAIRO: Human Rights Watch from a Saudi-led coalition killed In New York, UN chief Ban Aden last week, two months after yesterday accused Egypt’s mili- at least 21 people in Sana’a, a day Ki-moon was “extremely con- it was retaken from the rebels. tary of having “violated inter- after thousands of sympathisers cerned by the escalating ground The Saudi-led coalition national law” through mass took to its streets to celebrate fighting and air strikes that have launched air strikes against the home demolitions and evictions a year since its seizure by Iran- caused... an ever-growing number rebels on March 26, and began a over the past two years along its backed Shia Houthi rebels. of civilian casualties in recent ground operation in July. border with Gaza. Hadi, who is recognised by the days,” his spokesman said. Hadi’s return comes ahead of Egypt’s army in October cre- international community, arrived He reminded all parties of the Eid Al-Adha holiday. ated a wide buffer zone in the in Aden aboard a Saudi military their obligation to “take all fea- In July, Hadi said “Aden will border town of Rafah in the aircraft that landed at an airbase sible precautions to avoid loss of be the key to Yemen’s salvation,” north of the Sinai Peninsula, adjoining the civilian airport in civilian life and damage to civilian in a televised address marking where it says tunnels have the southern port city. objects.” the end of the Holy month of allowed militants and weap- Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi (second left) arrives at an He promised a rapid return to Aden was Hadi’s last refuge Ramadan. ons in from the Palestinian airbase adjoining the civilian airport in Yemen’s war-ravaged southern Sana’a. when he fled the rebel-controlled Since then, the Houthis have enclave. city of Aden yesterday. “The return to the capital capital after they took over the lost five southern provinces to “The large-scale destruction of Sana’a will come soon after the government. loyalists. AFP at least 3,255 buildings in Rafah to counter the threat of smuggling tunnels was likely disproportion- ate and did not meet Egypt’s obligations under international UN envoy’s human rights law or the laws of Two Kurdish ministers resign in Turkey war,” HRW said. ultimatum to Since July 2013 “the military ANKARA: Two Kurdish min- soldiers, guerrillas, women, chil- which broke down in July after (AKP), which failed to win a gov- has arbitrarily razed thousands isters accused Turkey’s govern- dren and the elderly have lost President Recep Tayyip Erdogan erning majority for the first time Libya rebels of homes in a once-populated ment of promoting a “logic of their lives”, Konca said, accusing launched an “anti-terrorism” in 13 years, dashing the presi- buffer zone on the border with war” as they quit the cabinet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan campaign against the militants, dent’s hopes of pushing through SKHIRAT, MOROCCO: UN the Gaza Strip, destroying entire yesterday, two months after the and his ruling party of preparing shattering a two-year ceasefire. constitutional reforms to boost envoy Bernardino Leon told neighbourhoods and hundreds resumption of fighting between for war “on a larger scale.” Erdogan has repeatedly accused his powers. Libya’s warring parties yes- of hectares (acres) of farm- the army and Kurdish rebels. NTV channel reported that the the HDP of being a front for the The timing of Erdogan’s cam- terday there would be no more land,” the New York-based rights EU Affairs Minister Ali Haydar pair — who have been vocal crit- PKK, which is blamed for a string paign against the PKK, coming negotiations on a UN peace plan watchdog said. Konca and Development Minister ics of the AKP — walked out over of bomb and shooting attacks that hot on the heels of the electoral and it was time for them to take Egypt has stepped up its bat- Muslum Dogan said the state’s a debate on terrorism during a have killed dozens of soldiers and wallop, has been viewed with sus- it or leave it. tle against jihadists — including two-month-old offensive against cabinet meeting. police in the majority Kurdish picion by his critics, who accuse As talks in the Moroccan sea- Egypt’s branch of the Islamic the militant Kurdistan Workers A statement from Prime southeast in recent weeks. him of reigning the conflict for side resort of Skhirat broke up State group in Sinai Province — Party (PKK) had created a “hell- Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s The HDP insists it has no political gain. for the Eid Al-Adha holiday that since army chief Abdel Fattah ish” situation “especially in the office said he had accepted the formal links to the PKK but it The HDP was the biggest win- runs from today until Sunday, Al Sisi ousted elected Islamist Kurdish cities”. resignations and that neither is generally seen as defending ner of the June polls, taking seats Leon told delegates from Libya’s president Mohamed Mursi in “A logic of war has been put into would be immediately replaced, Kurdish interests. from the AKP to win representa- rival parliaments that when they July 2013. place,” Konca, a member of the NTV reported. Konca and Dogan were brought tion in parliament — and later in returned he expected a straight Militants in the Sinai have pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Deputy Prime Minister Numan into government after an incon- government — for the first time yes or no answer. Libya has had killed scores of policemen and Party (HDP), told a press confer- Kurtulmus condemned the clusive election in June, which led in the history of a pro-Kurdish two parliaments and two gov- soldiers since Mursi’s overthrow, ence, describing the climate in the departing ministers’ criticism of to the formation of a caretaker party. ernments since August last year vowing revenge against a crack- country as worse than during the the government and president as cabinet tasked with running the The resignation of the Kurdish when militia seized the capital down on his supporters that has height of the conflict between the “unacceptable.” country until fresh elections on ministers comes as the army con- Tripoli prompting the govern- killed more than 1,400 people and state and the rebels in the 1990s. The resignations deal a fur- November 1. The June vote dealt a tinues airstrikes against PKK ment recognised by most of the jailed thousands. “Turkey has been plunged into ther setback to the peace proc- blow to Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted bases in southeast Turkey and international community to take AFP a bloody vortex in which police, ess between the state and PKK, Justice and Development Party northern Iraq. AFP refuge in the remote east. AFP WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Turnbull urges Three foreigners, Filipina abducted Beijing to ease tensions in Armed men sail on motorboats into a marina and seize the four from yachts in Philippines S China Sea MANILA: Gunmen kid- island, is famed for powdery white napped two Canadian tour- sand beaches and dive spots, with SYDNEY: Australia’s new ists, a Norwegian employee resorts there charging up to $500 Prime Minister Malcolm and a Filipina from a luxury a night. Turnbull has advised China resort island in the conflict- The area, about 800kms south- to ease off on island construc- wracked southern Philippines, east of Manila, is a popular stop tion in the South China Sea if while other foreigners narrowly for foreign tourists who sail it wants a reduced US presence escaped, police said yesterday. around the nation’s many tropi- in the region. Beijing claims The abductions add to a string cal islands. But the Philippines’ almost the whole of the sea and of kidnappings of foreigners in the southern region has endured over the past year has been south since the early 1990s, most decades of conflict, with Muslim converting reefs into artificial often by Islamic militants seeking rebels waging a separatist conflict islands, with military facilities, to extort ransoms, although the that has claimed tens of thou- sparking regional concern and latest culprits were not immedi- sands of lives. warnings from Washington. ately identified. Parts of Mindanao are also “There clearly are some ten- Police said armed men sailed home to more extreme Muslim sions with the islands in the two motorboats into a marina on militants, the most infamous of South China Sea, the reefs I Samal island just before midnight which is the Abu Sayyaf. The should say, shoals,” Turnbull last Monday and seized the four Abu Sayyaf is a ragtag group of said the Australian Broadcasting from aboard yachts, apparently several hundred men founded Corporation last Monday. knowing exactly who they wanted in the 1990s that has withstood “China would be better advised, to abduct, police said. US-backed military operations to in its own interest frankly, not to “They appeared to target the extinguish it. They have engaged be pushing the envelope there,” foreigners. They went straight in frequent kidnappings of locals Turnbull said in an interview a for the yachts,” Superintendent as well as foreigners in often suc- week after he grabbed power in Antonio Rivera, a local police cessful efforts to extort ransoms. an internal Liberal Party coup. spokesman said. They are also blamed for the “What we need to ensure is He said a Japanese couple was nation’s worst terrorist attack, that the rise of China... is... con- also nearly abducted, but the Philippine Army-Eastern Mindanao Command Public Information Office shows file photos of abducted Norwegian the 2004 bombing of a ferry in ducted in a manner that does not pair fought back, while some of national Kjartan Sekkingstad (left), Canadians John Ridsdel (centre) and his friend Robert Hall (right). Manila that claimed more than disturb the security and the rela- the more than two dozen guests 100 lives. In their most recent kid- tive harmony of the region upon jumped into the water to escape. demand for ransom.” Norwegian embassies in Manila monitoring developments and napping of foreigners, Abu Sayyaf which China’s prosperity depends. Law enforcement boats and A police report identified declined to comment. authorities were doing their best gunmen seized a German couple “The pushing the envelope in helicopters were scouring the the Canadian tourists as John A Norwegian foreign minis- to find the captives, his spokes- in April last year while they were the South China Sea has had waters around the island yester- Ridsdel, 68, and Robert Hall, 50. try spokeswoman in Oslo, Lothe man said. sailing off the far southwestern exactly the reverse consequence day to try to stop the kidnappers The Norwegian, who was working Salvesen, confirmed that one of its “The investigation is in full island of Palawan, a popular tour- of what China would seek to from leaving the area, according at the marina, was identified as citizens had been abducted in the swing, simultaneous with pursuit ist destination. achieve.” to Rivera, but they appeared to Kjartan Sekkinstad, 56. Philippines, but gave no further operations,” spokesman Herminio The couple was released six Turnbull stressed Australia have escaped. The 40-year-old Filipina, iden- details. Coloma said. months later, with the Abu Sayyaf enjoyed “very good relations” with “We still don’t have anything. tified only as Tess, was a compan- President Benigno Aquino, who Samal island, a short boat ride claiming it had received all of the China, but described Beijing’s We’re blank. No group has taken ion of one of the foreign tourists, was at the resort last week for a from the southern commercial 250m pesos ($5.4m) it demanded South China Sea foreign policy responsibility and there is no Rivera said. The Canadian and meeting with political allies, was centre of Davao on Mindanao in ransom. AFP as “counter-productive”. AFP

China probes official for graft

BEIJING: A deputy head of the Chinese government depart- Arrest warrant ment which oversees religious groups is being investigated for Suu Kyi urges ‘brave’ votes, suspected graft, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption for army officials watchdog said yesterday. Zhang Lebin, a deputy director of the State Administration of Religious Affairs, is suspected of “seri- on migrant row ous discipline violations”, the Central Commission for Discipline touts constituency growth Inspection said, using the usual euphemism for corruption. BANGKOK: Thai authorities It provided no other details and it was not possible to reach Zhang said yesterday arrest warrants KAWHMU: Myanmar opposi- And Suu Kyi has not revealed her boat or rutted tracks. The region for comment. Zhang, 61, joined the religious administration in 2003, have been issued for three more tion leader Aung San Suu Kyi preferred candidate for president, was thrust into the limelight in where he was initially in charge of rooting out corruption, according military officers over human said yesterday supporters need who is chosen by parliament in 2012 when Suu Kyi won a by- to his official biography. trafficking, as part of a crack- not be afraid when they cast the months after the vote. election that parachuted her into down that sparked a regional ballots in a landmark election, She herself is excluded by a Myanmar’s military-dominated Suicide bombings foiled in Cameroon migrant crisis earlier this year. as she railed against govern- clause in the junta-drafted con- parliament, one of the most dra- Previously only one senior ment neglect while campaign- stitution which bars those with matic signs of reform in the long- YAOUNDÉ: Two women suicide bombers who were foiled in a officer — Lieutenant-General ing in her rural constituency. foreign spouses or children from isolated nation. bid to attack a village market in northern Cameroon blew them- Manas Kongpan — had been Suu Kyi received a rock star top political office — her sons are Observers say the veteran selves up yesterday, wounding two farm workers, security sources charged over the smuggling welcome in her impoverished British. activist, who spent years abroad said. The women took their own lives at around 6.20am in the vil- of Rohingya Muslim and constituency of Kawhmu, as she She has also come under fire before she was swept into the lage of Gouzoudou in Kolofata district, which has seen three such Bangladeshi migrants through worked to bring her party victory for a lack of concrete policies, country’s democracy movement explosions by Islamists of Boko Haram so far this month. southern Thailand, after succes- in the first nationwide polls it has although the party has released in 1988, had little experience of A source in the security forces, asking not to be named, that the sive Thai governments largely fought for 25 years. a selection of broad priorities in rural life before representing the two women detonated their bombs at the entrance to the village. ignored the brutal trade. “It’s not 1990 anymore, so a recent manifesto — including region. “The two suicide bombers clearly planned to blow themselves People-smugglers abandoned people don’t need to be afraid. encouraging investment, improv- “If you look around Kawhmu up on last Monday, which is market day in the village, but it had thousands of migrants at sea They can be brave to vote for the ing tax collection and bringing township, some roads are very been secured by security forces,” a source close to local authorities or in jungle camps after a Thai National League for Democracy,” “new ideas” into agriculture. good but those roads are not con- said. clampdown on the multi-million she told a rally in remote Wah In her Kawhmu constituency, structed by the government,” Suu Unable to target a crowded market, the pair chose instead to “hide industry in May. Ba Lauk Tauk village, refer- where ramshackle homes nes- Kyi said at a rally. out” before setting off their bombs at dawn, the source added. “Two Arrest warrants have now been ring to elections that were won tle under graceful bamboo trees She said most road improve- people on their way to the fields were wounded.” issued for “four military officers by her party but ignored by the and most people scratch a living ments had happened after she — three from the army and one then-junta. from farming, people are begin- “requested help from interna- US woman suspected of spying in the navy”, Paween Pongsiri, a The NLD is expected to sweep ning to see flickers of develop- tional organisations”. southern deputy regional com- the November 8 parliamentary ment after decades of neglect The opposition leader has BEIJING: An American woman suspected of spying is being mander, said. polls, seen as a test of democratic under Myanmar’s former military showered Kawhmu with over $4m investigated, China’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday, as Manas is accused of being a progress in a nation that only rulers. in development aid from donors, President Xi Jinping left for the United States on an official visit. major kingpin in the lucrative emerged in 2011 from a half-cen- Schools and clinics have been disbursed by the Daw Khin Kyi Sandy Phan-Gillis, from Texas, has been held by Chinese authori- human trafficking and smug- tury of military rule. But beyond opened in the community 60km Foundation — a charity set up in ties for about six months, according to a statement from her fam- gling trade. Most migrants sought that, much remains uncertain. south of Yangon, while new con- honour of her mother. It has built ily that was released online this week. The statement said she is a new life in Malaysia, but many The army will still wield con- crete roads weave through paddy a hospitality school for young peo- suspected of spying and stealing state secrets. found themselves held captive in siderable political clout, with fields and rubber plantations. ple keen to join Myanmar’s boom- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Phan-Gillis dismal camps on both sides of the a quarter of parliament’s seats But many communities in the ing tourist industry. was suspected of “endangering China’s national security” and is Thai-Malay border. AFP reserved for unelected soldiers. area are still only accessible by AFP being investigated by “relevant Chinese authorities”. China has permitted her at least 6 consular visits as of mid- September, and she is in a good state of health and is cooperating with the investigation, Hong said. The Ministry of State Security Fishing trouble could not be reached for comment. Burkina army Breeders urge end to rhino trade ban frees president, PRETORIA: Two South African game owners went to court yesterday to fight the government’s ban on the trade in rhino prime minister horn, arguing that legalising the market is key to curbing the poaching crisis. John Hume and Johan Kruger are attempting to OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina overturn South Africa’s 2009 moratorium on the domestic trade Faso putschists freed the presi- in rhino horn, a measure put in place to stem burgeoning poach- dent and the prime minis- ing numbers. ter yesterday after the army But with the rhino poaching epidemic only getting worse breeders entered the capital to negotiate say selling legally harvested horns could stifle the lucrative black their surrender, but the coup market trade. The two game breeders will try to convince the High leader called for the troops to Court in Pretoria that it is their constitutional right to sell rhino leave the city. horn, what they describe as a renewable resource. Witnesses said cheering crowds greeted the military units along China calls for Myanmar border stability their march to the capital days after the coup launched BEIJING: China’s Defence Minister has urged Myanmar to on October 16 by elite troops maintain stability on their common border as the Southeast loyal to ousted president Blaise Asian country prepares for what Beijing hopes will be successful Compaore. elections in November, the defence ministry said yesterday. “All units reached Myanmar holds an historic election in November, when the mili- Ouagadougou” overnight, Colonel tary-backed ruling party will compete with the ascendant National Serge Alain Ouedraogo, deputy League for Democracy (NLD) party of Nobel laureate Aung San head of the Burkinabe police, said. Suu Kyi in the first free national vote in 25 years. With domestic and interna- Since taking power in March 2011, Myanmar’s reformist tional pressure growing on the government has sought to decrease the heavy dependence coup leaders to lay down their on China that grew when Myanmar was a pariah state under arms, they freed the country’s military rule. interim president and prime A group of traditional fishermen drag fishing nets in Aceh, Indonesia, yesterday. Indonesia still struggles to block AGENCIES minister, whose seizure last week access to the illegal fishing by foreign vessels that enter the Indonesian sea. kicked off the putsch. AFP WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 ASIA / PAKISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 No peace till foreign troops leave: Mansour Taliban chief makes demand ahead of Eid festival

KABUL: The Taliban’s new of Jawzjan, governor Lutfollah message posted in English on the leader told Kabul yesterday it Azizi said. Taliban’s website. must cancel a security deal with And six police officers includ- The Taliban, fighting a bloody the United States and expel ing a district chief were killed insurgency since a US-led inva- all foreign troops if it wants the same day by a roadside bomb sion ousted them from power in peace. in the neighbouring province of 2001, have long said the departure Mullah Mansour, who formally Balkh. of “occupying” foreign troops is a took charge after the death of Washington and Kabul signed necessary condition for meaning- Taliban founder Mullah Omar a deal in September last year ful peace talks. was confirmed in July, made allowing around 13,000 for- But Afghan military analyst the demand in a message mark- eign troops, including 10,000 General Atiqullah Amarkhil said ing the Muslim festival of US soldiers, to stay on after the demand for the cancellation of Eid-ul-Adha. NATO’s combat mission ended the security pact was new. “If the Kabul administration in December 2014. “By issuing such messages wants to end the war and estab- The residual force is not Mansour is trying to boost lish peace in the country, it is engaged in day-to-day fight- support among his followers possible through ending the occu- ing with the Taliban but and to get more concessions pation and revoking all military focuses instead on training, sup- during negotiations,” Amarkhil and security treaties with the port and counter-terrorism said. invaders,” Mansour said. operations. “Also Mansour wants to show Highlighting the precari- “The Islamic Emirate (Taliban) the Afghan people and the world ous security situation, 10 believes if the country is not that the Taliban are capable of soldiers were killed yesterday under occupation, the problem continuing the war.” after a collaborator allowed of the Afghans can be resolved The militants have spent recent Taliban militants access to their through intra-Afghan under- weeks trying to patch up a rift in post in the northern province standing,” Mansour said in the their movement sparked by the

Afghan security officials and relatives attend the funeral ceremony of a soldier killed in an attack in Balkh province, Taliban kill 10 Afghan soldiers: Officials Afghanistan, yesterday. power struggle which followed the Mansour addressed the rifts in peace settlement have ended in MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Taliban using a hand grenade, the Taliban attack took place, have seen a ris- admission that Omar had died in the Eid message by accusing the failure. militants who gained access to detained the others by tying their ing Taliban presence. 2013. Taliban’s “enemy” of trying to sow Civilian casualties in an Afghan army post through hands behind their backs. They The attack came as the Many in the movement were discord in the movement. Afghanistan hit a record high in a collaborator killed 10 soldiers then executed six more, while Taliban’s new leader Mullah unhappy the death had been kept “It (the enemy) directly and the first half of 2015, a UN report yesterday, officials said, in the three managed to escape,” Azizi Mansour told the government it secret for two years -- during indirectly spreads baseless said last month, as Afghan forces latest example of an “insider said. The attack was confirmed must cancel a security deal with which time annual Eid statements rumors regarding split and rami- struggle to contain the expanding attack” on government forces. by provincial police chief Faqir the United States and expel all were issued in Omar’s name. fication among the united ranks conflict without NATO combat Lutfollah Azizi, governor of Mohammad Jawzjani. foreign troops if it wants peace. Others said the process to of Mujahideen,” he said. troops. The report said 1,592 civil- the northern province of Jawzjan Jawzjan province, which bor- Mullah Mansour made the choose Mansour as his successor Despite its internal struggles, ians were killed, a six percent fall where the incident took place ders Turkmenistan, has largely demand in a message mark- was rushed and even biased. and the recent emergence of over last year, while the number at around 2am, said 14 soldiers been spared the worst of the ing the Muslim festival of Eid- Among Mansour’s opponents the rival Islamic State group of injured jumped four percent to were stationed at the checkpoint, violence from a bloody Taliban ul-Adha, his first such message were members of Omar’s family, in the country, the Taliban’s 3,329. The casualties have reached including one infiltrator who insurgency now in its 14th year. after the death of founder Mullah though the dead leader’s son and 14-year insurgency shows no their highest level since the UN allowed the attackers to enter. But some of its districts, Omar was confirmed in July. brother pledged allegiance to the sign of slackening. Recent over- began issuing its authoritative “After killing four soldiers including Qush Tepah where the AFP new chief last week, according to tures by the government of reports in 2009. Taliban officials. President Ashraf Ghani for a AFP

Prayer for the departed Pakistan postpones hanging of disabled death row convict

LAHORE: Pakistan has disabled man,” Usman, an official had called her to inform her postponed the execution of a at Faisalabad jail where Basit is “the hanging has been postponed paraplegic death row convict being held and who goes by one because of Basit’s sickness”. following appeals by human name, said. According to Justice “Why do they want his execu- rights groups, officials said Project Pakistan, prison guidelines tion? He is already severely sick, yesterday. require that a prisoner stands on what will they get from his hang- Abdul Basit, 43, who was con- the gallows and the rope’s length ing?” she added. victed of murder in 2009, con- is determined by his standing Basit’s case is the latest to shine tracted tubercular meningitis in height. They said in a statement a spotlight on Pakistan’s decision 2010 while in prison which left last week that attempting to hang to lift a six-year moratorium on him paralysed from the waist a wheelchair-bound convict may executions last December, after down, according to rights groups not work. Taliban militants massacred more and jail officials. Another jail official, who than 150 people. Basit was due to be hanged requested anonymity, said, “The Since that time it has executed yesterday, but a court delayed rules are silent on the hanging more than 200 people, including a the execution after Justice Project of a disabled person. It doesn’t convicted murderer amid a storm Pakistan, the human rights law explain how to execute a prisoner of protests from rights groups firm handling his case, raised who can’t stand on his legs. that his confession had been concerns about how the wheel- “The hanging has been delayed extracted by torture and he was chair-bound man would mount for the time-being and a new date a minor at the time of the crime. the scaffold. would be fixed after taking advice Amnesty International esti- “The hanging has been post- from the senior officials.” mates that Pakistan has more A member of the Pakistani Christian minority offers prayer for the victims as the second anniversary of the poned. A magistrate in the Basit’s mother Nusrat Perveen than 8,000 prisoners on death row, suicide bombing is marked in Peshawar, Pakistan, yesterday. Two suicide bombers targeted a Sunday mass morning ordered the postpone- also confirmed the execution most of whom have exhausted the on September 22, 2013 at a Peshawar church, killing 83 and wounding more than 135, in the country's deadli- ment because Abdul Basit is a delay, telling that a jail official appeals process. AFP est attack against Christians.

Executing new Australian military criticised over deaths in Afghanistan Nepal charter SYDNEY: The deaths of three Deputy coroner John Lock in “guardian angels”, a system Lock recommended the security measures in place at the Australian soldiers killed in an the state of Queensland said an requiring more than one armed Australian Defence Force review time Hekmatullah opened fire on tough: Minister insider attack in Afghanistan order from NATO’s International guard present whenever soldiers communication processes so his colleagues with an automatic may have been prevented had Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were mentoring local troops. intelligence information and weapon. KATHMANDU: Implementing the military passed down a to increase protections for troops “Would that have stopped risk reduction measures would Hekmatullah fled to Pakistan Nepal’s new constitution will NATO order to tighten security, after a spate of insider attacks Hekmatullah? I do not know and be shared throughout command before being captured and be a challenging task, Finance a coroner found yesterday. was not passed down to the pla- no-one can know,” Lock wrote in structures. deported to Afghanistan, where Minister and Nepali Congress Sapper James Martin, Private toon level. his 34-page finding following the Poate’s father Hugh said the he was last reported to be on leader Ram Sharan Mahat has Robert Poate and Lance Corporal He said there was a “failure at inquest into the troops’ deaths, inquiry, which started in February death row for the killings. said. Stjepan Milosevic were shot a number of levels in the chain which concluded in June. 2014, vindicated the soldiers fami- NATO struggled to counter the Addressing an event in Pokhara dead by Afghan National Army of command” to implement the The Australians were not in a lies’ fight to hold a civilian inquest. so-called “green-on-blue” attacks last Monday, Mahat said the Sergeant Hekmatullah in August order which required a reinforce- state of readiness, with some sol- An internal military report in which uniformed Afghans turn newly-promulgated constitution 2012 at a small patrol base in ment of protection measures. diers wearing gym gear, when the into the insider attack released their weapons against their inter- was the “most progressive, excel- southern Uruzgan province. It also called for the use of attack started. in 2013 was highly critical of national allies. AFP lent and inclusive in Asia”, The Himalayan Times on Tuesday quoted him as saying. Nepal on September 20 adopted the new constitution, NATO denies cover-up over boys’ abuse by Afghan police the first full-fledged one in the Himalayan nation after KABUL: The top NATO com- boys, even if it took place on mili- Gregory Buckley Sr said. carry out counter-terror opera- Ashraf Ghani on the issue. it became a democratic republic mander in Afghanistan on tary bases. The practice is known The report added that former tions, denied any such policy was The Afghan government has in 2008. A federal and secular yesterday denied reports that as “bacha bazi”, literally “boy US special forces Captain Dan in place. in recent times tried to crack Nepal will have seven provinces, the Pentagon had ordered US play” in local languages. Quinn beat up an Afghan mili- “I personally have served mul- down on the ancient and outlawed each with its own legislature, troops to ignore the sexual The Afghan Local Police, cre- tia commander for keeping a boy tiple tours of duty in Afghanistan practice of child abuse, which is according to the new constitu- abuse of young boys by Afghan ated by NATO to help fight chained to his bed as a sex slave, and am absolutely confident that prevalent across rural parts of the tion. It was endorsed by over police and militias. Taliban insurgents, has a poor and afterwards was stripped of no such theatre policy has ever country. 90 percent in the Constituent The New York Times reported reputation and is frequently his command and withdrawn existed here, and certainly, no Teenage boys are kept by pow- Assembly. last Sunday that US troops in accused by local residents of rape from Afghanistan. such policy has existed through- erful figures including warlords Mahat admitted that there Afghanistan had been instructed and extortion. Yesterday General John out my tenure as commander,” he for entertainment and illicit sex, were challenges in distributing by their superiors to overlook “My son said that his offic- Campbell, who oversees 13,000 US said. and are sometimes dressed up economic and social rights among cases of Afghan police or com- ers told him to look the other and allied troops in the country to Campbell also said he had as girls to dance for their male the seven provinces. manders sexually abusing teenage way because it’s their culture,” train their local counterparts and talked to Afghan President patron. AFP IANS WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA Draft encryption policy Mumbai’s lifeline withdrawn after outcry IT minister clarifies govt is in favour of social media

NEW DELHI: Following a pub- “Hence I have directed the The mass use encryption prod- lic outcry, the government made department to withdraw the draft ucts, which are currently being a U-turn yesterday, exempt- policy, review it and then make it used in web aplications, social ing social media sites and apps clear that on whom it is applicable media sites, and social media users, as also net banking and and on whom it is not,” he said. applications such as Whatsapp, password-based e-commerce, “I want to make one thing clear, Facebook, Twitter, etc. from saving data for a mini- the people who use the social SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets mum of 90 days from the date of media — they will be out of the Layer/ Transport Layer Security) transaction as under the draft ambit of encryption. It concerns encryption products being used encryption policy before with- those who encrypt their mes- in Internet-banking and pay- drawing the draft altogether. sages,” he added. ment gateways as directed by the “There was concern about the Earlier in the day, in a clarifi- Reserve Bank of India (RBI). draft in certain sections. When I cation to what it called as Draft SSL/TLS encryption products went through the draft policy, I National Encryption Policy, the being used for e-commerce and found that there were two-three department of electronics and password-based transactions. words which were giving rise to Information Technology said the “I want to make it very clear unnecessary misgivings,” said following categories of encryption this draft policy is not the final Communications and IT Minister products were being exempted view of the government. Our gov- Ravi Shankar Prasad. from its purview: ernment is in favour of freedom Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of the World Bank Group, Mulyani Indrawati (centre) is briefed of social media. But it is also a by railway officials after disembarking from a local train at Andheri station in Mumbai, yesterday. Indrawati is truth that cyber commerce, cyber ‘Govt sought to violate right to privacy’ dialogue and administrative work on four-day official visit. NEW DELHI: The Congress and the AAP yesterday accused through cyber space has increased the government of seeking to curb individual freedom, saying the in the country,” Prasad said. now withdrawn draft policy on encryption sought to violate the “In countries across the world, right to privacy of communication. it has been felt that there should Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the govern- be an encryption policy. Hence Haryana puts off panchayat polls ment did a U-turn under public pressure. an expert committee deliberated He said the government’s move of first circulating the draft and that there should be an encryp- then amending and withdrawing it was a “totalitarian, misconceived tion policy in India,” he added. pending Supreme Court ruling and a failed attempt” to override individual freedom of speech. Earlier, the draft policy had “Subjugation of individual freedom, surveillance of citizens and required every message that is suppression of dissent have emerged as the DNA of the Narendra sent through e-mail, Whatsapp NEW DELHI: The panchayat “we don’t want a half-way house”. its September 8 notification and Modi-led NDA government,” Surjewala said. or SMS to be stored in plain text elections in Haryana were put “It is best to decide the issue would require to issue a fresh The Aam Aadmi Party said the draft policy was a direct attempt format for 90 days from the date on hold yesterday as the state one way or the other,” Rohatgi notification as it agreed with the to influence communication between citizens. of transaction and made available government asked the Supreme told the court, which fixed Haryana government that the “The BJP government tried to push through a policy that appears to the law enforcement agencies Court to decide whether educa- October 7 for commencing hear- issue should be decided by the to have thrown all sense of individual rights and privacy out of the on demand. The draft proposed tional qualification could be an ing on a batch of petitions. These Supreme Court. window,” the ruling party in Delhi said. to introduce a New Encryption eligibility criteria for candidates challenge the amendment to the The state election commis- “The government wants to monitor (rather snoop) the way we use Policy under Section 84A of the aspiring to contest rural local Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, sion on September 8 announced modern communication platforms like WhatsApp, BBM, Snapchat, Information Technology Act, body elections. providing for several eligibil- three-phase elections to three- Facebook, Twitter, private server emails,” AAP said. 2000, and called for public com- An apex court bench of Justice ity criteria, including minimum tier Panchayati Raj Institutions, The Congress said that contrary to the stated objective of creat- ments by October 16. J Chelameswar and Justice educational qualification, for the including nearly 72,000 posts of ing an information security environment and secure transactions, “On demand, the user shall be Abhay Manohar Sapre was told candidates. panchayat members, panchayat the draft policy gave the government a “licence to indulge in 24x7 able to reproduce the same plain by Attorney General Mukul The state election commis- samitis and zila parishads. The surveillance, monitor private lives of citizens and introduce a new text and encrypted text from the Rohatgi that the Haryana govern- sion too told the apex court that polls were to be held on October registration and licence raj”. IANS given plain text,” it had said. ment would prefer the issue to be it could not go ahead with the 4, 11 and 18. IANS decided by the apex court, saying election process on the basis of IANS HC says Somnath violent, outrageous; dismisses bail plea

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Following the court decision, Deependra Pathak said. Bharti was not only “violent and the relevant medical papers. former Delhi Commission for Court yesterday dismissed the Bharti’s estranged wife Lipika “We need to arrest Bharti outrageous at home, but also Bharti’s wife has been “tolerat- Women (DCW) chief Barkha anticipatory bail plea of Delhi’s Mitra said, “I am glad that the to interrogate him in a case of before the public at large”. ing cruelty with brutal assault”, Shukla, who had first summoned former law minister Somnath HC has come to the decision they domestic violence and attempt Bharti was named in a first which was evident from the Bharti in the domestic violence Bharti in a domestic violence have taken. I am sure they saw to murder filed by his wife,” he information report (FIR) regis- e-mail sent by her to him, the case, said, “I request (Delhi Chief case filed by his wife Lipika merit in my case.” added. tered in Dwarka in west Delhi on court held. Minister) Arvind Kejriwal to Mitra. The court said Bharti Soon after the bail plea was On the dismissal of his antici- charges of domestic violence and The high court on September 15 advise Somnath-ji to cooperate was “not only violent and outra- dismissed, Delhi Police raided patory bail plea, Pathak said, “I attempt to murder, and attempt had granted protection to Bharti with the investigation.” geous at home, but also before the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hope he joins the investigation to cause miscarriage without the against arrest till September 17, Ajay Maken, who heads the the public at large”. legislator’s residence and office in quickly. woman’s consent. and again extended the protection Delhi unit of the Congress, took a The judge was referring to two Malviya Nagar, but he was miss- “Delhi Police’s stand has been The court in its judgment also till yesterday. potshot at the DCW for “keeping cases pertaining to the January ing, police said. vindicated. We always said cus- took into note an e-mail sent by The court held that Bharti quiet on Somnath Bharti’s issue”. 2014 Khirki Extension midnight “A team of Delhi Police offic- todial interrogation is essential.” Mitra to Bharti on March 20, “misused” the protection granted Police said they filed the FIR campaign that Bharti carried ers raided his house and office in The high court noted that the 2013, stating that Bharti’s dog by the court by visiting the police following a complaint on June out against some women African Malviya Nagar, but he was found allegations against Bharti were had bitten her six times when she station at 2am and compelling the 10 by Bharti’s wife who said he nationals when he was Delhi’s law absconding from both places,” “very serious”. was seven months pregnant. The officers to record his presence. abused her since their marriage minister. Joint Commissioner of Police Justice Suresh Kaith said court said police have produced Reacting to the court’s decision, in 2010. IANS

Tamil Nadu’s CMC opens ECP centre CHENNAI: To promote non-surgical procedures for heart ail- India summons envoy as bill sours Nepal ties ments, Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore town yesterday opened a new External Counter Pulsation (ECP) centre at the institution. NEW DELHI: India sum- ECP therapy, a non-invasive procedure, helps stimulate the growth moned its ambassador to Nepal of new blood vessels in the heart and, in some cases, improves the home for urgent talks, officials flow of existing blood vessels. Often, ECP is used when physicians said yesterday, following a sud- have exhausted other therapies. den downturn in ties after its The centre, inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijaya neighbour adopted a new con- Baskar, is the second such centre after the recently opened Madras stitution that sparked weeks of Medical College. border violence that killed more than 40 people. Delhi witnesses record diphtheria cases The new strain in relations with Nepal, a Himalayan nation NEW DELHI: India witnessed 4,071 cases of diphtheria and 104 that acts as a buffer state with deaths in 2014, while among the states, Delhi had the highest China, threatens to undermine number of cases at 1,418 and also the highest number of deaths Prime Minister Narendra at 60. Modi’s regional diplomacy push This was stated in the National Health Profile released by the aimed at countering Beijing’s health ministry yesterday. expansion of influence in South Diphtheria is a bacterial infection affecting the membranes of Asia. Nepal’s new charter took the throat and nose. Although it spreads easily, diphtheria can be effect last Sunday, despite fierce prevented through vaccines. If left untreated, diphtheria can cause protests from minority groups in severe damage to kidneys, nervous system and heart. the southern plains whose home- Haryana recorded the second highest diphtheria cases at 663. land provinces are to be split up. However, it was West Bengal that saw the second highest number India’s ambassador to Nepal, of deaths at 10. Assam recorded the third highest figure of cases at Ranjit Rae, arrived in New Delhi 506, followed by Maharashtra at 444. last Monday for day-long con- sultations, Indian foreign min- Two killed as army vehicle overturns istry officials in New Delhi and Kathmandu said. SRINAGAR: A woman and her daughter were killed and a sec- In a statement, India’s foreign Nepalese Hindu residents from India burn the copy of their newly adopted constitution during a protest in New ond girl injured yesterday when an army vehicle hit them after ministry criticised Nepal over the Delhi, yesterday. the driver lost control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara dis- unabated violence in its southern trict, police said. The vehicle, which was part of an army convoy, region, where police shot at least manner, could have avoided these and transporters moving goods against what it calls meddling in later overturned. three protesters last Monday. serious developments.” through Nepal’s southern plains its affairs by its large southern “An army vehicle, which was part of a convoy, went out of the driv- “We had repeatedly cautioned The comments highlight a have also complained about secu- neighbour. er’s control and turned turtle on the road at Panzgam in Kupwara the political leadership of Nepal deterioration in ties after India’s rity in the area, the statement Nepal’s new constitution cre- district,” a police officer said. to take urgent steps to defuse the swift response in aid efforts for added. India and landlocked ates seven states in a federal sys- “The vehicle hit a 35-year-old woman, identified as Naza Begum, tension in these Nepal this spring, following Nepal share an open border and tem, but is opposed by groups who and her two daughters. The mother died on the spot while her regions,” the foreign ministry two devastating earthquakes are bound by long-standing eco- want to re-establish Nepal as a 22-year-old daughter Saima succumbed to injuries at a hospital.” said in the statement late last that killed more than 9,000 people. nomic, cultural and ethnic ties. Hindu nation. The other daughter was undergoing treatment. IANS Monday. “This, if done in a timely Indian freight companies But Nepal has frequently railed REUTERS WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Resolve all differences, Remembering the martyrs Kejriwal urges Modi Court expresses concern about state of affairs in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief governments do not resolve their years, Kejriwal pointed out some Minister Arvind Kejriwal yes- disputes and create governance “aberrations” which led to the terday urged Prime Minister problem, then the people will pass standoff between his government Narendra Modi to resolve the appropriate verdict at appropri- and the authority of Lt Governor differences between the city ate time,” the letter quoted the Najeeb Jung. government and the Centre. Supreme Court as saying. “Never before has the LG, In a letter to Modi, Kejriwal Kejriwal, in his letter, said, “I, union ministry of home affairs, said, “I am informed that a PIL for one, have made all possible declared the orders issued by a was filed in the Supreme Court efforts to resolve the situation. democratically elected govern- last Monday regarding the dif- “I have personally met all the ment of Delhi as illegal and null ferences between the central concerned ministers of the gov- and void. Never before the LG government and the government ernment of India, approached the issued direct orders to the officers of the national capital territory lt. governor, even yourself and the of the Delhi government which of Delhi. The apex court has also President of India on a couple of are contradictory to the legal and expressed its concern about the occasions on this issue,” he said. valid orders of the government,” state of affairs in Delhi. Offering “peace-making”, the he wrote in the letter. To commemorate soldiers who died fighting in the 1965 war with Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi “I would urge that we should chief minister said, “I person- “In the last six months, several resolve these differences in the ally do not believe that there is such orders of the Delhi govern- salutes the martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyot at India Gate in New Delhi, yesterday. interest of the people of Delhi. I any such issue which cannot be ment have been declared null assure you that I shall be more resolved by two well-meaning and void by the LG,” complained than willing to work an extra mile governments in the interests of Kejriwal. in this direction.” people of Delhi. He further wrote that the lt. No extension of tax deadline: Govt The public interest litigation “All that is required is a little governor had “deprived” the Delhi (PIL) was dismissed, but the apex open-mindedness and primacy for government of its “primary tool” NEW DELHI: The Indian gov- stance of the government from He said that unlike the court made some observations the welfare of the people of Delhi.” to combat corruption by “usurp- ernment will not extend beyond the very beginning. Now the com- (Voluntary Disclosure of Income raising concerns with regard to Kejriwal asserted that his gov- ing” the Anti Corruption Branch September 30 the deadline for pliance window is in the last stage, Scheme) VDIS law of 1997, the the current state of affairs. ernment has tried to ensure that through an executive order. income tax assesses to disclose those who want to disclose can black money law is not aimed at “This is a matter of govern- the day-to-day lives of the people, “I have no doubt that had unaccounted foreign assets use the window,” V Anandarajan, revenue generation. ance deficit. We understand that and issues of governance do not appropriate cooperation been abroad, a senior official said joint secretary, Central Board of The finance ministry, in a there is the central government get affected by the ‘centre-state received from the government of yesterday. Direct Taxes (CBDT), said at an release last Monday, reiterated on the one hand and the govern- conflict’. India and the LG, the progress “It has been cleared that the event here. that September 30 is the last day ment of Delhi on the other. These Expressing that there were so of Delhi during the same period date is not extending. Those who Anandarajan also clarified that for individuals to declare undis- problems can be sorted at their many things which happened dur- would have been much more,” he want to disclose (unaccounted no deduction or exemption would closed foreign assets under the ends. If any order is bad then ing the past seven months that wrote. foreign assets), need to disclose be allowed to those who declare new Black Money act. we can look into it. If the two had never happened in the past 23 IANS by this period. This has been the such assets held abroad. IANS

Cops to be tried for 2014 custodial death Govt misusing CBI to quiz

NEW DELHI: Following a asphyxia as the cause of death, a to kill Manoj. They argued they against them, observing that Delhi court’s order, charges of result of ante-mortem compres- could not be charged with murder. the alleged act done by the pub- me in scam: Mayawati murder and kidnapping will be sion of the neck and chest, suf- The court, however, said their lic servants was not reasonably framed against six policemen ficient to cause death in ordinary contention was devoid of merit. connected with the discharge of NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj that the news had been leaked to today for the alleged custodial course of nature,” the court said. “From the statements of wit- official duty. Party chief Mayawati yester- the media. death of a man here in 2014. The court said the medical nesses and other evidence col- The court said the accused did day accused the Narendra Modi “The BJP is using its old tac- Additional District and opinion was sufficient for fram- lected during investigation, it is not made any record entry at the government of misusing CBI tics and is misusing the CBI to Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg last ing murder charge against the apparent the accused, in pursu- police station before proceeding to to question her in the alleged question me after four years in week found prima facie evi- policemen. ance of their common intention, pick up the victim, nor did they NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh, the NRHM issue even as both the dence against then head consta- According to the prosecution, abducted the deceased and took send any official information to saying she had nothing to do BJP and CBI know I have nothing ble Bhoop Singh and constables the six policemen picked up vic- him to an old building where he the police station after finding with the issue which is being to do with the issue,” Mayawati Uttam Kumar, Sudhir Singh, tim Manoj from J J Colony in was tortured as a result of which him. probed by the agency since 2011. said.The former Uttar Pradesh Rajesh Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Uttam Nagar on May 26, 2014, he died,” the court said. It noted that no first informa- Mayawati said she had been chief minister said that CBI was Yadav and Arvind to be tried for and took him to an old building After Manoj died, the accused tion report was lodged against the told by an officer of the Central free to investigate her. kidnapping, murder, destruction in Bindapur. destroyed his belongings and left victim at Bindapur for which he Bureau of Investigation last Alleging that the BJP was try- of evidence and common inten- The man died during custo- the body unattended at the Deen was required to be interrogated. Monday evening that they want ing to demoralise her and her tion under the Indian Penal Code. dial interrogation. The accused Dayal Upadhyay Hospital with Delhi Police charge-sheeted to ask her questions related to party workers, she asserted that The six were posted in west policemen then took the body to the intention of concealing his the men on the basis of the state- National Rural Health Mission she will not be cowed down. Delhi’s Bindapur police station a local hospital and left it there identity, the court noted. ments of witnesses, the post-mor- (NRHM) controversy. “The people understand that when the alleged custodial death unattended. The accused, in their The court refused to grant the tem report of the deceased and She said that CBI deciding to Narendra Modi government will occurred. defence, contended that from the policemen protection of obtain- call details of the accused and the question her “without reason” not desist from misusing CBI to “A perusal of the post-mortem material on record, it could not be ing sanction from the competent deceased. The policemen are now was result of “political vendatta hide its failures,” Mayawati said. report of the deceased shows said that they had any intention authority to initiate proceedings in judicial custody. IANS and conspiracy”, and also alleged IANS 9,042kg sandalwood seized

NEW DELHI: A 54-year-old man has been arrested here for Saudi minister allegedly stocking 9,042 kg of red sandalwood worth an estimated `4.52cr in the Indian market, police said yesterday. meets nurses Hussain alias Pappu was arrested last Sunday from his house in east Delhi’s Dayalpur area in a joint operation by Delhi Police and in Jizan city its Andhra Pradesh counterpart. “A stock of 9,042 kg red sandalwood was seized from Hussain’s THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: godown in Burari (north Delhi),” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Saudi Arabia’s Health Minister Veenu Bansal. Bansal said the recovered sandalwood stock was very Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih precious and it is found nowhere in the world, except a few districts has met around 50 nurses from of Andhra Pradesh. Police said sandalwood costs around `2,000-5,000 Kerala in the troubled city of per kg in India and is in demand at much higher prices in China, Jizan along the Yemen border, Japan, Myanmar and other Southeast Asian nations, where it is and assured them that those reportedly used in the manufacture of herbal aphrodisiac. who wish to stay will be trans- ferred to safe places. Third Front to form Bihar govt: Akhilesh This action by the Saudi min- ister has been appreciated by the PATNA: The Third Front led by the Samajwadi Party will form worried nurses, who termed it a the next government in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister “very nice gesture”. Akhilesh Yadav said yesterday. A nurse said over the telephone “I am confident the six-party Third Front will form the next from Jizan that after the meeting government,” Yadav said while launching of the party’s campaign with the minister last Monday, here for the upcoming assembly elections. Describing the Front as they feel assured that they would “the best alternative before the people”, he said, “The Third Front be safe. is contesting from all 243 assembly seats. It is a viable alternative. “The minister spoke to us and Yadav said his government had worked for the development of A man holds a Ganesh idol, the deity of prosperity, in a temporary pond after its immersion during the ten-day said that those who want to go Uttar Pradesh “but there is no talk about it in the media, I feel Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, yesterday. back can go, but it will take the bad about it”. He said if the Third Front took power in Bihar, the usual course (of time) and those Lohia Awas Scheme for construction of houses for the poor would who wish to be transferred to a be implemented in Bihar a la Uttar Pradesh. safe place will be given that,” the nurse said. Ban Sanatan Sanstha, demands Goa BJP NGT issues notice to ban dam She said 25 of them “have decided to return and our papers PANAJI: A Goa legislator yesterday called for a ban on Sanatan will be processed once the present Sanstha, a state-based Hindu right-wing organisation whose waters for Ganesh immersion holy season gets over”. members are being accused by police in Maharashtra and “The usual procedure for get- Karnataka of killing Leftist leader Govind Pansare in Kolhapur PUNE: The National Green others whose officials have been Ganeshotsav. She has contended ting an exit visa is around three in February this year. Tribunal (NGT) here has issued directed to remain present before that in view of the severe drought months,” said the nurse, who Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from St. Andre Vishnu Wagh said notices to various departments the National Green Tribunal situation in large parts of the was till recently working at the that while Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik, who he claimed of the Maharashtra govern- (NGT), Western Zone Bench, district and Maharashtra, no 150-bed Samtah general hospital was charged with lesser offences, could be banned from entering Goa, ment in an EIL to ban releasing tomorrow in the matter. discharge of water from the attached to the health ministry. the Sanstha which has its headquarters in Ramnathi village, 35 km drinking water from dams for The Environment Interest dam, meant for drinking pur- She said they will resume their from Panaji, must also be banned. Lord Ganesha idols’ immersion, Litigation (EIL) has been filed poses, should be permitted for duties at the hospital from next “In democracy, there is no scope for violence. All those who try to an activist said here yesterday. by Shivani D. Kulkarni, a legal immersions. week. use bullets to threaten the voice of opposition are terrorists, because The notices have been issued to practitioner, referring to the In Pune, for the main Another Kerala nurse, who they try to frighten the opposition. “It is evident in the Pansare and the state government, collector, plans of the concerned authori- immersion day, the last day of joined work very recently, said the the Kalburgi cases that the Sanatan Sanstha are doing just that. Pune Municipal Commissioner, ties to release water from the Ganeshotsav around 0.1 tmc minister assured them that they Their hand is evident in these cases,” alleged Wagh, known to be irrigation department, police Khadakwasla Dam for immer- water, equivalent to four days’ will be transferred to a hospital close to Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. IANS commissioner, Maharashtra sion of Lord Ganesha idols on the supply for the entire Pune city, is at a location where there is no Pollution Control Board and fifth and 10th day of the ongoing released per day. IANS tension. IANS WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE

French far-right EU backs plan for refugee sharing leader to face East European countries outvoted; imposing quotas could end in ridicule: Czech Republic trial for inciting

BRUSSELS: The European existence of the European Union. racial hatred Union approved a plan yes- But I am not a pessimist, I believe terday to share out 120,000 that we will find joint measures,” LYON: Marine Le Pen, the refugees across its 28 states, Slovenian Prime Minister Miro leader of France’s far-right overriding vehement opposition Cerar said in an interview. National Front, has been from four ex-communist east- Eastern states with no tradi- ordered to stand trial in ern nations. tion of integrating large numbers October on charges of inciting Diplomats said interior minis- of Muslims are anxious about the racial hatred after comparing ters meeting in Brussels had voted impact on their societies and keen Muslim street prayers to the to launch the scheme, backed by to avoid any signal that might Nazi occupation, legal sources Germany and other big powers, encourage even more desper- said yesterday. in order to tackle the continent’s ate people to set sail across the Le Pen was campaigning to worst refugee crisis since Second Mediterranean for Europe. take over leadership of the FN World War. Ministers had hoped to achieve from her father in December The Czech minister tweeted consensus at yesterday’s meeting 2010 when she made the com- that he had voted against, along rather than ramming through parison, complaining that there with colleagues from Slovakia, a vote in which the easterners were “10 to 15” places in France Romania and Hungary, with would be in the minority, fear- where Muslims worshipped in Finland abstaining. ing this could further poison the streets outside mosques when Prague had earlier warned relations. they were full. that any attempt to impose such French Interior Minister “I’m sorry, but for those who a scheme would be unworkable Bernard Cazeneuve said the plan like talking a lot about World War and could end in “big ridicule” for had been approved by a “crushing II, if it comes to talking about the governments and EU authorities. majority”. “This decision is testa- occupation, we can talk about it, “We will soon realise that the ment to the capacity of Europe to because that (Muslims praying on emperor has no clothes. Common take responsibility and progress,” the street) is the occupation of sense lost today,” Czech Interior he said. territory,” she told a crowd in the Minister Milan Chovanec tweeted But a diplomat from one of southeastern city of Lyon. after the vote. the countries opposed to the “It is an occupation of part Slovak Prime Minister Robert plan described the atmosphere of the territory, suburbs where Fico said pushing through the around the council table as “ter- religious law is applied. Sure, quota system had “nonsensically” rible”, adding: “This is a bad day there are no armoured vehicles, caused a deep rift over a highly for Europe.” no soldiers, but it is an occupa- sensitive issue and that, “as long The UN refugee agency, the Migrants queue to get food at a site dubbed the “New Jungle”, where some 3,000 people have set up camp, most tion nonetheless and it weighs on as I am prime minister”, Slovakia UNHCR, said the EU decision seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais, yesterday. residents.” would not implement a quota. was an “important first step in After the comments, which This year’s influx of nearly half a united European response to for relocation.” relocate a total of 160,000 people they alternately try to block the provoked outrage in France, Le a million people fleeing war and managing the refugee crisis”. The 120,000 people the bloc “in clear need of international flow or shunt the burden on to Pen was investigated for inciting poverty in the Middle East, Asia Spokesman Melissa Fleming was seeking to share out were protection” in the next two years. their neighbours. racial hatred but the probe was and Africa has plunged the EU added: “This must be coupled equivalent to just 20 days’ worth Refugees and migrants arriv- Norway became the latest later closed with no result. into disputes over border controls with the immediate creation or of arrivals at the current rate, ing in Greece and Italy have member of Europe’s 26-nation But a complaint by an associa- and bitter recriminations over expansion of facilities in Greece Fleming said earlier. been streaming north across the Schengen area, where people can tion led to a judicial enquiry which how to share out responsibility. and Italy to receive and assist Together with 40,000 cov- continent to reach more affluent normally travel across frontiers was opened in January 2012. “If we fail to find the right solu- large numbers of arriving refugees ered in an earlier agreement, nations such as Germany, trigger- without showing a passport, to say Le Pen was charged in July 2014 tion in the long term, the migrant and migrants, and where people the European Commission said ing disputes between governments it would intensify border controls. after her immunity as a member crisis could truly threaten the would be screened and identified the EU was now in a position to in central and eastern Europe as REUTERS of the European Parliament was lifted following a vote requested by French authorities. Le Pen said she intended to attend the trial. “Yes, of course. I wouldn’t miss such an occasion,” she said. Polanski Since taking over her father’s German Muslims could be Europe’s largest party in 2011, Le Pen has tried to extradition soften its image and has scored a BERLIN: When the flood of largest single contingent — esti- in the numbers. “We could sud- In addition, most are young series of election successes. ruling likely Middle Eastern refugees arriv- mated at about 45 percent — and denly have five million Muslims,” adult men, so the numbers will rise However the party remains ing in Europe finally ebbs and have the best chances of being said Thomas Volk, an Islam further when those who settle here staunchly anti-EU and anti-immi- asylum-seekers settle down granted political asylum here. expert at the Konrad Adenauer start families. Merkel’s critics have gration and Le Pen has seized upon on October 30 in their new homes, Germany The longer-term impact on Foundation, a think tank asso- raised security concerns about let- Europe’s migrant crisis to win could unexpectedly find itself Germany, which unlike Britain or ciated with Chancellor Angela ting in so many unchecked refu- votes ahead of regional elections in WARSAW: A Polish court will housing the continent’s largest France has no tradition of tak- Merkel’s Christian Democratic gees, but German security officials December. The FN is already lead- probably decide on October 30 Muslim minority. ing in immigrants from former Union (CDU) party. say they have not found any proof ing opinion polls in several regions. whether to extradite Oscar- The arrival of so many Syrians colonies, is unclear. Many are still France now has Europe’s larg- that jihadists are among them. Le Pen has leaned on traditional winning director Roman fleeing their country’s brutal civil struggling through problems all est Muslim minority with five A broader question is what party arguments, calling for an end Polanski to the United States to war is bound to change the face refugees face such as learning the million, followed by Germany kind of Muslims will be joining a to Europe’s borderless Schengen face charges of raping a 13-year- of Islam in Germany, which until language and getting a job. The with about four million. But the minority dominated by the local zone as well as actions seen as old girl in 1977, his lawyer said now has been dominated by the number of those yet to follow French figure is an estimate sev- Turkish community, which makes enticing migrants to France. yesterday. Turks who first came as so-called them is also unknown. eral experts say is too high. up two-thirds of the German However she also stepped up “We’re almost there. There’s “guest workers” in the 1960s. Some trends are emerging, Germany expects 800,000 Muslim population. Many Turkish the rhetoric, comparing the flood a good chance it will happen While refugees from though, and Germans familiar refugees this year, most of them immigrants were poor workers of migrants on Europe’s doorstep then. The judge mentioned it Afghanistan, Iraq and other with the Muslim minority see Muslims, and “this trend will con- from rural areas who struggled to the “barbarian invasions” of the himself,” Polanski’s lawyer Jerzy Muslim countries are also arriv- reasons for both hope and con- tinue,” Volk said. “It will not stop to integrate into German society. fourth century. Stachowicz said. ing, the Syrians make up the cern. The first change is simply abruptly on January 1, 2016.” REUTERS AFP The 82-year-old French-Polish fugitive was in court yesterday as his legal team presented new doc- uments, expert analyses and wit- Re-built Moscow mosque ness statements from Polanski’s earlier trials in the United States Ukraine chief presses and Switzerland. The United States filed the extradition request in January. The director of “The Pianist”, Nato for weapons “Chinatown” and “Rosemary’s Baby” faces sentencing there for KIEV: Ukraine pressed Nato defensive equipment, for the raping Samantha Geimer after a yesterday for Western weap- Ukrainians, could include more photo shoot in Los Angeles when onr y to help defend itself against communication equipment, they he was 43. pro-Russian separatists but the said. He pleaded guilty at the time head of the alliance resisted Hours earlier, Stoltenberg to unlawful sex with a minor, or for fear of threatening a fragile had signed agreements to help statutory rape, avoiding a trial, ceasefire with Russian-backed modernise the Ukrainian armed but then fled the country fearing rebels. forces. a hefty sentence. He now lives in In Kiev’s imposing Soviet- But Stoltenberg said that was France. US officials have regularly era government buildings, as far as NATO would go, tell- pressed for his extradition, to no Ukraine’s political leadership ing Reuters in an interview that avail. told Nato Secretary-General “NATO does not provide or supply The US attempted to have Jens Stoltenberg that their armed weapons.” Polanski arrested when he trav- forces were no match for Russia, “The main focus now is the elled to Warsaw for the opening of and needed help. implementation of the Minsk a Jewish museum in October 2014. “Our heroes, our warriors agreement,” Stoltenberg said, Polanski has said he doubts the belong to an army that was adding that Monday was the extradition bid will be honoured neglected for decades...they face first day since the peace deal was but added he will comply with the A person strolls across an open space in front of the Central Sobornaya Mosque, Moscow, Russia, yesterday. aggression and need defensive signed in February in which no legal proceedings in the southern The Mosque will be officially opened today after it was demolished four years ago and rebuilt to now hold weaponry,” the speaker of the par- violations of the ceasefire had city of Krakow. He testified for a an estimated 10,000 worshippers. liament, Volodymyr Groysman, been registered. marathon nine hours at the first told Stoltenberg making his first The ebb in violence in Ukraine’s closed-door hearing on February 25. visit to Ukraine as head of Nato, east, where the West say Russia Polish prosecutors argue there 18 months after Russia seized is supporting and arming separa- are legal grounds for the extradi- Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. tists and has positioned its own tion to go ahead, despite a statute Greek conservatives call leadership poll Prime Minister Arseny heavy weapons, was an opportu- of limitations on child sex crimes Yatseniuk, sitting alongside nity for new momentum for diplo- under Polish law. ATHENS: Greece’s conserva- Democracy trailing far behind on down that his successor would Stoltenberg at a national security macy, Stoltenberg said. If the court clears the extradi- tive New Democracy party, easily 28 percent and 75 seats. stay in place until spring 2016 at council meeting, was equally blunt Ukrainian President Petro tion, Poland’s justice ministry will beaten into second place in the Meimarakis took over in July the latest when New Democracy in depicting a threat from Russia Poroshenko, while accepting that still have the final say. weekend national election, said after former prime minister would hold a leadership ballot which, however, denies it has pro- non-NATO Ukraine could not Polanski, who became a French yesterday it would hold a leader- Antonis Samaras stepped down in among all party members. vided weapons to the rebels in the expect direct military aid, por- citizen in 1976 after moving to ship election as soon as possible. response to a strong ‘No’ vote in It was not immediately clear east. trayed his country as a bulwark France from Poland, is currently New Democracy went into a referendum on whether Greece if either Samaras or Meimarakis “Defence capabilities are essen- against Russian aggression that working on a new film about Sunday’s vote under interim should accept terms of what became would stand again for the party tial to us in the face of a nuclear could one day threaten other France’s Dreyfus Affair. leader Vangelis Meimarakis vir- its third international bailout. helm. Tsipras, who eventually country, which has spent tens of parts of the continent. The case featured an army cap- tually neck-and-neck in opinion Meimarakis “has played a very signed Greece up to its third bail- billions of dollars on modernising “De jure we are not allies, but tain wrongly convicted in 1894 polls with leftist rival Syriza. important role and fought hard in this out despite the referendum out- its army,” Yatseniuk said. de facto we are much more than of espionage and treason whose But Syriza, led by Alexis election”, senior party official Makis come, took the oath of office for Diplomats said the issue of partners. Ukraine is the most ordeal has become a symbol of Tsipras, won 35 percent of the Voridis, who was re-elected on Sunday, a second term as prime minister weaponry was raised at the secu- eastern outpost of the Euro- injustice and anti-Semitism. vote, giving it 145 seats in the told Mega television yesterday. on Monday. rity council, but the tone was less Atlantic area,” Poroshenko said. AFP 300-seat parliament, with New Samaras said after stepping REUTERS strident than in public. Initially, REUTERS WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 US Muslims fear new wave of Islamophobia Comments by Republican Party candidates fuel anti-Muslim sentiments ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: The remarks by Carson, who is are inconsistent with the United happens to us. They don’t under- Muslim Americans responded near the top of opinion polls for States Constitution.” stand that we are also voters.” with a mix of frustration, exas- the crowded field of Republican In an Anaheim neighbour- In Dearborn, a Detroit sub- peration and anger to what candidates for the 2016 election, hood known as “Little Arabia”, urb home to the country’s larg- many see as a growing wave followed billionaire Trump’s fail- Abdallah Soueidan said the com- est Muslim population, Marshal of Islamophobia fuelled by two ure to challenge comments made ments will inevitably cause trou- Shameri said Trump should have of the Republican Party’s most on Friday by a supporter who ble. “They are stirring things up,” done more to dispel misconcep- popular presidential candidates, labelled US President Barack said Soueidan, 57, who moved tions of Islam. But he did not Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Obama a Muslim. from Lebanon 37 years ago. view the comments as an attack At the Islamic Institute of Trump later clarified his His 18-year-old son, Radwan - on his faith. “As a candidate, as Orange County, which houses a silence, saying he was not obli- a college volleyball player in jeans a businessman, as a man who is mosque and a school in Anaheim, gated to correct an audience and T-shirt - said he reads hate- running for president, he should in southern California, tensions member and that “the bigger filled anti-Muslim screeds online have been much, much sharper were already mounting since a issue is that Obama is waging a all the time. But, referring to and clearer in his response and he group of white men screamed at war against Christians in this Carson, he said: “I don’t know how wasn’t,” said Shameri, originally mothers and children arriving at country. Christians need support a presidential candidate could say from Iraq. the center on this year’s anniver- in this country. Their religious a thing like that. It doesn’t sound Anti-Muslim tensions have sary of the September 11, 2001, liberties are at stake.” American at all.” been on display in another Detroit attacks, calling them cowards Some Muslims say they fear suburb, Sterling Heights, where who did not belong in America. that the remarks could strengthen WE ARE ALSO VOTERS city officials this month denied Many of the country’s 2.8 mil- the appeal of Carson and Trump, While the US Constitution an Islamic group’s request to lion Muslims say such tensions who have cast themselves as non- forbids religious tests for those develop a mosque in a residen- could become uglier during a politicians in a race in which blunt seeking public office, religion and tial neighborhood. The mosque’s presidential race that they fear is comments laced with misogyny presidential politics have long backers faced protests and filed a already tapping a vein of anger and and xenophobia have done little been a combustible mix. petition on Monday with the US bigotry. “It’s pretty troubling that to derail the popularity of Trump, In 2007, as Republican Mitt Department of Justice, seeking an someone running for president who is leading in opinion polls of Romney campaigned for his par- investigation into whether their would make those claims,” Zuhair likely Republican voters. ty’s nomination, he faced fears civil rights were violated. Shaath, Palestinian-American, said The comments also come after among Evangelical Christians In Kentucky, tensions flared of Carson, a retired neurosurgeon a 14-year-old Muslim boy from over his Mormon faith. In 1960, last week when vandals defaced who on Sunday said Muslims were Texas was taken away in hand- John F Kennedy stressed the a mosque by spray-painting in unfit for the presidency of the cuffs last week for bringing to his separation of church and state bright red the words “Moslems United States. Dallas-area school a homemade while campaigning to become the - Leave the Jews Alone,” “This Carson’s campaign defended clock that staff mistook for a country’s first Roman Catholic is for France” and “Nazis Speak his comments on Monday, saying bomb. Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest president. Aicha Fokar, 20, said Arabic”. Waheed Ahmad, presi- he was not suggesting a Muslim sparked allegations of racial pro- Carson’s comments perpetuated dent of the Louisville Islamic should be barred from running for filing and turned his school into “a really sick stereotype that’s Center, played down the vandal- president. But his campaign said an object of online outrage that been kind of embedding itself in ism, blaming it on “a bunch of he would not advocate for that culminated with Obama inviting the American culture.” little rascals” who “got drunk person becoming a leader and Mohamed to the White House. “It discourages young Muslims or something”. At Texas Tech would not support it. Nihad Awad, executive direc- from standing up for their rights University, Saba Nafees, 23, saw Later on Monday, Carson said tor of the Council on American- or for being proud about their some irony in Carson’s comments. he “absolutely” stood by his com- Islamic Relations (CAIR), called faith,” said the student n Lubbock, “What is being portrayed in ments but would be open to a on Carson to “withdraw from the Texas. “Everyone’s just trying to the media is extremism,” she said. moderate Muslim candidate who presidential race because he is say things to get as many votes. I “That’s what Islam is mistaken for, A man holds a sign for Republican presidential candidate Dr Ben Carson denounced radical Islamists. unfit to lead, because his views don’t think they understand what even though it’s not.” REUTERS at a campaign rally in Sharonville, Ohio, yesterday. Texas teen arrested over clock heads to UN DALLAS: A Texas teenager firestorm with many seeing his grader with a penchant for wear- been draining, his father told the handcuffed and questioned. who became a global sensation the arrest as being tied to his ing NASA T-shirts, attended Dallas Morning News, saying his He received a three-day sus- after he was arrested for bring- religion. Google’s science fair on Monday son has not been eating or sleep- pension from the high school ing a homemade clock to school He also won support from at its Mountain View campus in ing well. over the clock he put together that was mistaken for a bomb President Barack Obama who per- California. The father, Mohamed Elhassan to impress his new classmates will be meeting foreign digni- sonally invited him to the White He will be at the United Mohamed, also told the paper and teachers. taries at the United Nations House for an astronomy night and Nations in New York with his his son does not feel comfortable No charges were filed and this week, a family friend said Facebook Chief Executive Mark family on Wednesday, according returning to MacArthur High police said they would review yesterday. Zuckerberg, who said, “having the to Alia Salem, executive director School, where the incident hap- the decisions officers made in his Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a Muslim skill and ambition to build some- of the Dallas-Fort Worth chap- pened, and will withdraw from arrest. Police did not call out the student who dabbles in robotics thing cool should lead to applause, ter of the Council of American- the school district. bomb squad and the school was and attended a Dallas area high not arrest.” Islamic Relations. Ahmed Mohamed was not evacuated. Ahmed Mohamed school, touched off a social media Mohamed, a bespectacled ninth The boy’s social schedule has accused of making a hoax bomb, REUTERS

Venezuela behaving Mexico police, protesters clash over missing students aggressively near

TIXTLA DE GUERRERO, after the police refused to let border: Guyana MEXICO: Protesters angry at them through, some 200 masked the disappearance of 43 stu- students set a soft drink truck GEORGETOWN: Guyana’s dents clashed with police and that they had seized ablaze and President David Granger torched a truck in Mexico’s lobbed firebombs. said yesterday neighbour- southern state of Guerrero The protesters briefly held two ing Venezuela had launched an today, days before the tragedy’s officers. The clash came a day after “extraordinary military deploy- first anniversary. a group of protesters ransacked ment” in the east of the Opec The protesters threw Molotov the Guerrero state prosecutor’s country, near a disputed border cocktails at officers in riot gear office in Chilpancingo, breaking area. “We have noticed dur- who responded with tear gas on a furniture and computers. ing the month of September road near the Ayotzinapa teacher A protest is planned for Mexico an extraordinary escalation of training college, where the miss- City on Saturday to mark one Venezuelan military activity in ing students were studying. year since the 43 students disap- eastern Venezuela,” Granger At least five officers and two peared after they were attacked said at his Georgetown office. students were injured in the con- by police officers in the Guerrero “It is a persistence of aggressive frontation, officials and parents of town of Iguala. behavior, hostile behavior towards the students said. Prosecutors say the officers Guyana,” he said, adding the The clash erupted after rela- delivered the students to the deployment was “mostly marine tives of the 43 young men and Guerreros Unidos drug gang, and various forms of ground fellow students were heading to which killed them and inciner- forces.” He did not provide fur- the state capital, Chilpancingo, ated their bodies after confusing ther details. A Venezuelan Foreign in a dozen buses to hold a them with rivals. But independent Ministry official said there was no demonstration. investigators have contradicted immediate comment. Their convoy was blocked by those official conclusions, saying Granger’s announcement comes some 200 state police officers. there was no evidence that the amid a spike in tensions over a Parents of the students tried young men were burned in a gar- A truck set ablaze during clashes between students and police over the disappearance of 43 students along the centuries-old territorial dispute to negotiate with the officers but bage dump. AFP Tixtla-Chilpancingo highway in Tixtla, Guerrero State, Mexico, yesterday. between the South American neighbors that has been revived after an oil discovery. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has described newly- elected Granger as a “hostage of Pope arrives on first US visit Exxon Mobil,” which discovered LA unveils $100m for homeless the oil in a potential boon for poor ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, US: Pope Francis Guyana, whose economy relies LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles offi- the streets as opposed to shelters. With a number of luxury resi- arrived in the United States yesterday for his first visit, heavily on rice, gold, diamonds cials yesterday called homelessness Officials in New York, the nation’s dential buildings opening in recent a trip that will include a meeting at the White House and bauxite. Many in Guyana, an “emergency” in the city and pro- biggest city, say that last year they years, especially in the city’s down- with President Barack Obama and a speech to Congress. a small nation of 800,000 people posed spending $100m to provide had about 3,360 people living unshel- town core, some community groups Obama and his family, along with Vice President Joe Biden, sandwiched between Venezuela, permanent housing and shelters tered, a number that has decreased blame gentrification for making the were on hand to greet the 78-year-old Argentine pontiff at Brazil and Suriname on the shoul- for the city’s 26,000 indigent. compared to a decade ago. city’s housing less affordable and con- Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, along with der of South America, counter Mayor Eric Garcetti joined several The announcement of the $100m tributing to the homeless problem. US Catholic leaders. that their larger neighbor is seek- City Council members in unveiling the plan, which was introduced to the A declaration that homelessness The Argentine-born leader of the world’s 1.2 billion mem- ing to lay hands on its newfound plan, which follows an increase in the council on Tuesday, came a day after is an emergency in the city could ber Roman Catholic church arrived in the US capital from oil wealth. Maduro’s critics say city’s homeless population from just Garcetti proposed another $13m in potentially allow Los Angeles to Cuba, where he urged a continued reconciliation between the he is using the border dispute under 23,000 two years ago, accord- expenditures to tackle homeless- receive federal funding to combat the Communist-run island and its superpower neighbor, building — as well as a more recent one ing to figures from the Los Angeles ness, with a special focus on aiding problem, according to Wesson’s office. on a new detente he helped to broker earlier this year. The with Colombia — to distract vot- Homeless Services Authority. US military veterans. City Council “The city has pushed this problem first Latin American pope’s decision to go from Cuba to the ers from high inflation, a severe The nation’s second-largest city President Herb Wesson said the from neighborhood to neighbourhood world’s most powerful and richest nation is freighted with recession and rampant crime has a large share of its homeless, $100m would become available start- for too long,” Garcetti said at a news symbolism as he pushes the Church to pay greater heed to ahead of December’s parliamen- nearly 18,000 people, who live on ing in January 2016. conference. REUTERS people who live on the periphery. AGENCIES tary elections. REUTERS

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Je from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical DTNBP1.The study not only singled out addictions to this seemingly indis- (38.6 minutes), surfing the internet New target for School Singapore. the two genes -- DTNBP1 and BDNF -- pensable piece of technology become (34.4 minutes) and listening to their Je and his team analysed signalling as risk genes for schizophrenia, it also an increasingly realistic possibility,” iPods (26.9 minutes). activity in neuronal cultures that either showed that the two function together. Roberts noted. Men send about the same number Schizophrenia did not have a gene called DTNBP1 or The study noted that approximately of emails but spend less time on each. had low levels of it. 60 percent of college students admit “Women may be more inclined to Reduced DTNBP1 levels and genetic they may be addicted to their cell use cellphones for social reasons such cure found disruptions of DTNBP1 in mice resulted Female students phone, and some indicated they get agi- as texting or emails to build relation- cientists have been able to link the in schizophrenia-like behaviours. tated when it is not in sight, Roberts ships and have deeper conversations,” abnormal behaviour of two genes Using multiple model systems, they spend 10 hours said. Roberts said. Sto the underlying cause of schizo- found that the low levels of DTNBP1 The study -- based on an online survey The men in the study, while more phrenia. The findings provide a new resulted in dysfunctional interneurons of 164 college students -- examined 24 occupied with using their cellphones for target for schizophrenia treatment. and over-activated neuronal network daily on cellphone cellphone activities and found that time utilitarian or entertainment purposes, The major cause of the devastat- activity. omen college students spend spent on 11 of those activities differed “are not immune to the allure of social ing mental disorder -- that affects Reducing levels of DTNBP1 also low- an average of 10 hours a day significantly across the sexes. Some media”, Roberts said. nearly one percent of the total human ered the levels of the secreted protein Won their cellphones and functions -- among them Pinterest and They spent time visiting such population -- lies in impaired brain molecule, BDNF. male college students spend nearly Instagram -- are associated significantly social networking sites as Facebook, development that eventually leads to BDNF was then shown to be one of eight, reveals new research from a US with cellphone addiction. Instagram and Twitter, the study said. imbalanced signals within the brain. the most important factors that regu- university. But others that might logically seem “Cellphones may wind up being an This imbalance within the brain late the development of a normal brain “That is astounding,” said lead study to be addictive -- internet use and gam- escape mechanism from their class- is thought to cause hallucina- circuit. author James Roberts, professor at ing -- were not. rooms. For some, cellphones in class may tions and paranoia in people with Additionally, Je and his team also Baylor University in Texas, US. The Of the top activities, respondents provide a way to cheat,” Roberts said. schizophrenia. found that when BDNF levels were findings suggest that excessive cell- overall reported spending the most The study was published in the “We wanted to understand the mech- restored, brain development and activ- phone use poses potential risks for time texting (an average of 94.6 min- Journal of Behavioral Addictions. anism by which the brain circuit oper- ity were rescued and returned to more academic performance. utes a day), followed by sending emails Satisfy your sweet tooth sensibly! ates,” said senior study author Shawn normal levels, despite the absence of “As cellphone functions increase, (48.5 minutes), checking Facebook IANS

Dune London unveils new ladies’ collection his season’s new collection from Dune London Tdraws focus to reinvention. Influences are taken from the present-day modern icon, while textures and colours are revitalised, developing through the season from fresh and neutral to rich and luxurious. Shape and texture is still heavily influenced by the Seventies era, whilst deep midnight tones make for a dramatic day-to-evening collection.

Modern Icon A contemporary collection is introduced through clean, soft lines and minimal profiles. An understated palette of grey, foundation and profiles, with thick cross-toe straps being a key and reflect a contemporary movement. Modern The 70’s Edit winter blush bring a sense of newness. Soft leath- styling element. Hardware features are kept sim- lines and muted tones make for a clean transition An uptown feel is referenced through this collection, ers streamline previous loafer and ankle boot ple and versatile; buckles and trims add interest into autumn. with silhouettes and colour palettes reflecting the 70’s era. A rich, autumn palette provides endless versatil- ity; warm honey, chocolate brown and fox red elevate classic silhouettes. Playful styling elements of fringing and tassels elevate profiles to reflect the western trend.

Midnight Renaissance Drama is created through deep, luxurious tones; midnight blue, Bordeaux red, dusted metallic and shimmering lurex evoke subtle glamour. Intricate embroidery is enhanced with detailed stitching; weav- ing metallic threads, gem stones and beads together on high shine satin. Mesh is reinvented this season add- ing sheerness to delicate fabrications, while lace and brocade play into the Victoriana trend. In contrast, glossy patent and croc effect leathers adds a boldness to day-to-night dressing. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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Korean webtoons Flower festival intrigue Belgian comic artists

BRUSSELS: Belgium has long on smartphones or tablets. They been a leading exponent of the combine fixed and moving images, traditional printed comic book, changing colours, special effects, but a recent exhibition of South sound and music. Korean “webtoons” has caused And what works well in Seoul soul-searching in the land of is now being exported, with some Tintin and The Smurfs. leading webtoons being published The animated online comics, in English language versions. Yet which are wildly popular in South the traditional printed comic book Korea, have made some Belgian became what the French-speaking artists wonder whether they might academic world dubs the Ninth art be falling behind the times after a form thanks in large part to Belgian long period of global success. artists like Herge, who produced The Belgian-Korean Comics Tintin and his canine compan- Exhibition running until the end ion Snowy, and Peyo, who gave of October at the Korean Cultural the world The Smurfs, small blue Centre in Brussels offers a chance creatures who live in mushroom- to compare the old and the new shaped houses in the forest. And A ferris wheel is illuminated during a preview of the 2015 NightFest in Canberra, Australia, yesterday. The NightFest is part of the annual Floriade forms, with clips of webtoons old-fashioned comic books remain flower festival and runs from today until September 27. being shown on screens. enormously popular in Belgium. Belgian comic artist Bernard In South Korea, comic strips Yslaire, whose works include known as manhwa first surfaced the fanciful saga Sambre and in 1909 under the Japanese occu- the romantic series Bidouille et pation with the aim of stirring Violette, said Korean readers were people against imperialist rule, Maze Runner sequel dominates N America box office trend setters. “That’s (webtoons) exhibition organisers said. In all they read. It’s very rare in the middle of the 1960s, people LOS ANGELES: The Maze Runner: The prison on murder and racketeering charges A Walk in the Woods, starring Robert Korea to publish comic books,” started flocking to manhwabangs, Scorch Trials dominated in its first week in after years on the lam — a transformation Redford and Nick Nolte took the number says Yslaire, whose originals are libraries and private rooms where theaters, edging true-crime thriller Black for which Depp is drawing rave reviews. Two seven spot at $2.8m. In eighth was Mission: on show at the exhibition. they could read Manhwas. A dec- Mass to lead the North American box office, thrillers rounded out the top four, both in their Impossible - Rogue Nation, the latest in the “But that really grabs me. It’s ade later, the historic graphic according to industry figures. The Scorch second week in theatres. heart-pounding Tom Cruise series, which been 15 years that I have been novel dominated until a wave of Trials is the second in the series of Maze The Visit, M Night Shyamalan’s low-budget made $2.2m . It has so far made a total of trying to do the same thing. Japanese Manga comics invaded Runner films based on popular young-adult thriller about a visit to grandma’s house gone $191.7m overall. Everyone knows that Korea is South Korea in the 1980s. science-fiction novels about teenagers whose awry, took in $11.6m, and The Perfect Guy, Another major summer hit, Straight the future, but we have the weight Korean artists reacted by memories have been erased trying to escape about a woman’s tryst with a guy who isn’t Outta Compton, finished in ninth place with of the past,” he added. The cen- creating comics about sexual- a dystopian world. what he seems, earned $9.7m. $1.9m. The biopic about the pioneering rap tre’s director Chung Hae-tal says ity, everyday violence and other It made $30.3m in its first week in theat- A thriller of another sort, Everest, in which group NWA has earned $158.9m over its six South Koreans are now massive adult themes and distributed ers, according to box office tracker Exhibitor a group of climbers find themselves engulfed weeks in theatres. There was a surprise at consumers of webtoons. “People their work on the Internet and Relations. Black Mass, a biopic about Irish- in a blinding blizzard on the side of the iconic the bottom of the list, though, as Grandma are watching this everywhere in eventually via smartphones. Both American mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, mountain, debuted in fifth place at $7.2m, — getting major Oscar buzz for star Lily South Korea,” he said. Belgian authors and their South debuted in second place, bringing in $22.6m despite being in limited release in only 545 Tomlin — jumped from being number 22 Webtoons, sometimes known as Korean counterparts say they over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. theatres. War Room, about a struggling couple in North American theatres last week to web comics, are published online find similar sources of inspiration, The film stars Johnny Depp as the balding, who finds help through prayer, dropped from tenth place, at $1.5m. and are usually accessible for free often from everyday life. AFP scowling gangster, currently serving life in third to sixth place, making $6.2m. AFP Wednesday 23 September 2015 9 Dhul-Hijja 1436 Volume 20 Number 6562 Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 World’s largest Woqod holds plan to gas recovery project in Qatar set up Shafaf plant gets operational DOHA: World’s one of the largest gas recovery projects is now fully operational in Importing cylinders more feasible than manufacturing Qatar. Emerson Process Management, a global busi- BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB about 600,000 metal cylinders in lubricants under different brand ness of Emerson , has provided the market while the number of names such as Ghaf, the range of automation and engineering DOHA: Qatar Fuel (Woqod) Shafaf (transparent) cylinders is gasoline engine oils; and Qorm, services for a Qatargas project has decided to put on hold its only 150,000. the range of diesel engine oils. But that will reduce greenhouse proposed plan to establish a In 2010, Woqod launched a currently it sources the products gas emissions by 1.6 million transparent cooking gas cylin- campaign to phase out all the from other companies. tonnes annually. der manufacturing facility in metal cylinders with transpar- Its lubricants comprise high The $1bn Jetty Boil-Off Gas Qatar. ent ones as they are considered quality fully synthetic, semi syn- (JBOG) Recovery facility is Ibrahim Jaham Al Kuwari, absolutely safe as no incidents of thetic and mineral engine oils for Ibrahim Jaham Al Kuwari, CEO, Woqod, at the opening of the new Woqod the biggest of its kind and one Chief Executive Officer of Woqod leakage or explosion have been all types of cars, trucks and off service station and Fahes centre in Al Wakrah yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT of the largest environmental yesterday disclosed that the com- reported until now. road equipment. In addition to investments in the world. It is pany has no immediate plans to go On Woqod’s proposed engine oil the premium range of engine oils, expected to recover more than ahead with the ambitious project. production factory in Mesaieed there is a complete range of ancil- are involved, so it will be one of specific reason for freezing over- 600,000 tonnes of liquefied nat- “We conducted a detailed fea- Industrial City, Al Kuwari said lary products including gear oils, the biggest lubricant producers seas projects. ural gas per year — equivalent sibility study and decided not to the project is going on as per coolants, brake fluids, hydraulic in the region. “The company is currently to the energy supply for more go ahead with the project for the original plan. and industrial oils and Greases. On Woqod’s overseas projects focusing in the local market as it than 300,000 homes. The facility time being,” he told The Peninsula. “We have selected a local part- The proposed factory will pro- and investments, he said: “We requires to be given a lot of atten- is designed to recover the gas “We found that importing Shafaf ner, and both the parties are duce engine oils of its own, and have freezed all our activities tion,” he added. flared during LNG loading at cylinders would be economically reviewing (terms of) the agree- the company has already com- outside Qatar, and currently “Once we cover 100 percent the six LNG berths in RasLaffan more feasible than manufacturing ment. Once it is finalised we will pleted a feasibility study for the don’t have any projects overseas, area of the country with our serv- Port. The gas is compressed them domestically.” announce further details about proposed project. especially in the retail business, ices, and fully satisfied about it, and sent to the Qatargas and According to latest statistics the project,” he said. On the size of the project he including gas stations.” then we can go for outside invest- RasGas LNG production facili- available, currently there are Woqod supplies a wide range of said that since two big companies Al Kuwari said there is no any ments.” THE PENINSULA ties for use as fuel or as LNG. Emerson won this multi- million dollar contract based on its leadership in oil and gas automation technologies, serv- ices, and expertise. Emerson Real estate specialists managed key ele- ments of the project including Qatar’s retail sector gets bullish automation engineering, config- deals reach uration, startup, training, com- BY SACHIN KUMAR months. Quality Group is likely to missioning support and other open a new retail outlet in Rayyan services. “Without Emerson’s QR1.12bn DOHA: Retail sector in Qatar in the last quarter of the year and highly skilled team, complet- DOHA: Real estate deals in Qatar is bullish now as five malls and another in Al Khor by the second ing the project would have been witnessed sharp rise last week hypermarkets have opened here quarter of next year. vastly harder,” said Michael with total transactions reaching in the last 10 months. Demand for the retail sector in Koo, Qatargas’Project Manager. QR1.12bn, driven by huge deals in Entry of new players reflects Qatar is driven by high levels of Emerson’s automation solu- Doha and Al Rayyan. that there is no sign of slowdown disposable income. tion for the project included The total value of trading in in consumer spending in Qatar. Opening of new malls and the DeltaV distributed control real estate contracts registered New shopping destinations also hypermarkets has worked in system to control and monitor with the Real Estate Registration means consumers in Qatar will favour of consumers. New play- operations, as well as the com- Department at the Ministry of be spoiled for choices. ers have begun operations by pany’s Fisher control valves Justice from September 13 to 17 Gulf Mall in Gharrafa, announcing offers and discounts and Rosemount measurement amounted to QR1,124,934,699. A Lulu Hypermarket in Barwa for customers. instruments. total 124 transactions were regis- City, ‘Ansar Gallery’ in Barwa “We have seen encouraging “The Emerson team wel- tered during the week. Total trans- Commercial Avenue, Quality Mall response from customers because comed this opportunity to help actions in the week before (Sept 6 in Hilal and Smile Hypermarket of discounts offered. Offers and Qatargas execute the project to 10,) stood at QR326.75m. at Dragon Mart Complex are the discounts are very effective tool safely, reliably and efficiently,” The biggest deal was of QR90.72m new addition to retail sector. for attracting customers. We said Alvinne Rex Abaricia, for 10,012 square metre housing Experts believe that open- The Lulu Hypermarket at the Barwa City. expect to see increase in number Emerson’s senior programme complex at Al Gharafa in Al Rayyan ing of new shopping destina- of customers in the coming days,” manager for Qatargas. “We were Muncipality while the second larg- tions is due to growing demand. the Peninsula. “The strong spend- overcrowded and there is room said branch manager of a hyper- able to apply flexible approaches est transaction was of QR79m for “In the last two years, Qatar’s ing power within Qatar, growing for more players. Rising popu- market. Newly opened malls and to increase efficiency, such as 1,509 square meter housing com- retail market did not see entry population and rising levels of lation will keep the demand for hypermarkets offer a wide variety testing hardware and software plex in Fereez bin Dirham in Doha. of major malls. Opening of new tourism related visitors has seen retailers high in the near term. of products for household items, in parallel, and brought in doz- Another big transaction of QR75m malls shows that retailers are now significant increase in demand for A number of malls and hyper- including, grocery, garments, ens of experts from our own for 15,356 sqm housing complex catching up with rising demand retail accommodation from both markets are likely to open in the footwear, cosmetics, furniture, organization as well as other happened in Umm Ghawlina, Doha. which is growing due to increas- local and international retailers,” coming months. Ezdan Holding ceramic, sanitary ware, tiles, suppliers to manage interfaces A plot of land of 13430 square metre ing population,” Johnny Archer, he added. Group is set to open a mall in Al lighting and doors, electronics, between existing and new sys- was sold for QR57m in Gharafa. Associate Director Consulting Experts said that Qatar’s Wakra and a Al Wukair Shopping building and materials. tems.” THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA and Research, DTZ Qatar told retail sector is currently not Centre in Al Wukair in coming THE PENINSULA

Qatar Rail’s tunneling operations enter Guinness World Records Book

DOHA: Qatar Railways the machines. The inspec- story. I am confident in that our community in successfully Company (Qatar Rail), the tors were also supplied by Qatar Rail will be seeing more closing the tunneling phase company overseeing the the Geographic Information record-setting achievements in for the Doha Metro project. construction of Qatar’s inte- System (GIS) data of Qatar the future,” said Qatar Rail’s Qatar Rail is keen on meet- grated railway network, has Rail that confirmed works and Managing Director, Eng. ing and outperforming on its been officially recognized by status of all TBMs. Validating Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie. ambitious objectives and world- the Guinness World Records the results has been under- Works for Qatar Rail’s mega class benchmarks. We dedicate for “The Largest Number taken by Professor Arnold Dix, projects have been advancing at this achievement - that is a of Tunnel Boring Machines an independent record veri- full speed since their launch, clear indication of the scale Operating Simultaneously in fier and a highly accomplished thanks to groundbreaking and importance of the Doha a Single Project”. tunneling expert and lawyer technologies from leading Metro project - to our team, With this recognition, Qatar who heads a legal chapter in manufacturers and suppliers as well as to the State of Qatar Rail has broken the previous the International Tunneling and a strong focus on opera- and all our stakeholders who world record which had set an Association (ITA), and whose tional efficiency. Qatar Rail’s have shared our vision and initial benchmark of 19 simul- credentials were accepted by 21 advanced TBM, deployed ambition”. taneously operational Tunnel the Guinness committee. across the works for the Doha Currently, Qatar Rail man- Boring Machines (TBMs). The “This recognition by the Metro stations, have achieved ages the operations of 21 TBMs certification process for Qatar Guinness World Records many breakthrough mile- working underground as part Rail entailed a stringent veri- is a hard-earned and well- stones for the project’s overall of the Doha Metro project. The fication process undertaken by deserved testament to the progress. high tech machines imported the Guinness World Records collective power of our teams, Eng. Saad Ahmed Al from Germany, are set to Authority. our partners and our stake- Muhannadi, Qatar Rail’s CEO accomplish the tunneling phase A verification committee holders, who never lost sight said, “With a Guinness book in 2017, while the first stage of visit this month involved 20 of what is needed to deliver our recognition under our belt, the Doha Metro project will be Qatar Rail’s management team receiving the Guinness Book certificate at the company’s inspectors appointed for every ambitious plans. This certifi- we carry an even greater and delivered later in 2019. headquarters in Doha. operational TBM, which filmed cate is only a chapter in our larger responsibility towards THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Impact of China bigger QE benchmark than expected: IMF

WASHINGTON: The impact of China’s economic slowdown on the global economy is bigger than index slips previously thought, the head of the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. The slowdown of Chinese growth has “probably more spillover effects in the region in particular than what was anticipated,” Christine Lagarde said in a speech before holidays at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. According to Lagarde, the Chinese cooling has “downside risks... greater than they were estimated.” Other Gulf markets consolidate “Growth is lower,” she said, referring to the global economy. DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) ended. China’s slowdown, and questions about the govern- benchmark index slipped 0.28 News of a $100m debt issue, ment’s ability to manage it, have spurred concerns percent to finish at 11,433.75 however, appeared to offset some about the health of the world’s second-largest economy yesterday. The market is closed pressure on DAMAC as inves- that have rattled financial markets in recent months. for Eid Al Adha holidays and tors may see it as a step towards Lagarde noted the easing Chinese growth had already will resume trading on Tuesday, expanding the company’s business. helped push commodity prices lower, putting pressure September 29, 2015. Abu Dhabi’s bourse edged up on export-led economies and their public finances. Her QE’s weekly data suggested 0.2 percent with most blue chips remarks came as Chinese President Xi Jinping began the bourse’s market cap fell by posting small gains. Kuwait’s his first state visit to the United States in the West 0.53 percent in the past week to index inched down 0.08 percent Coast technology and aviation hub of Seattle Tuesday, QR602bn. Banks and Financial and Oman added 0.2 percent. aiming to woo US businesses. President Barack Obama International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde arrives to speak at the Services sector led the trading The Egyptian index climbed will host Xi for talks at the White House on Friday. Brookings Institution yesterday in Washington, DC. value during the week, while the 0.8 percent as Commercial AFP volume was led by the real estate International Bank, the country’s sector. The Industrial sector led biggest lender, rose 1.2 percent. the trading number, accounting for Bourse data showed that non- 32.9 percent of the total number Arab institutional investors were of transactions in the week. The net buyers of stocks. Gulf International Services was Among the losers was Telecom Gulf will stick to currency dollar-pegs: Fitch the value leader, followed by QNB Egypt, which edged down 0.4 per- and Masraf Al Rayan. Of the 43 cent. The stock has been under listed companies, 18 companies pressure since the company’s LONDON: Gulf countries’ cur- director at Fitch Ratings, adding Contracts used to indicate the but revised its outlook to negative advanced during the week, while chairman resigned on Saturday rency pegs to the dollar are that abolishing the pegs would direction of bets on the exchange at the end of August, citing lower oil 22 fell and 3 remained unchanged. after just four months in office. under pressure from low oil be a political rather than an eco- rate have shown Gulf curren- prices and a spending increase asso- Elsewhere in the region, most The Bahrain index rose 0.2 per- prices and a stronger dollar but nomic decision. “The pegs are the cies coming under increasing ciated with the accession of a new Gulf stock markets hardly moved cent to 1,278 points. there is no chance of them being key and really the only nominal pressure. One-year dollar-riyal king. The negative outlook signalled in thin trade ahead of the Eid Al Meanwhile, falling commodities abolished, ratings agency Fitch anchor in these economies and the forwards hit 12-year highs in a more than 50 percent chance of a Adha holiday while ex-dividend prices and worries about China’s said yesterday. pegs are backed by huge reserves,” August, though well off highs hit downgrade over the next two years, stocks dragged down Dubai and economy pulled global markets Oil exporters in the region Gamble said at a briefing. around early 1999 when oil prices Gamble added. “(The main reason) Egypt rose on foreign inflows. sharply lower, while bond yields including Saudi Arabia and the The pressure on oil produc- bounced around the $10 a barrel would be due to inadequate fiscal Saudi Arabia’s bourse was declined and the dollar rose to a United Arab Emirates have ers’ pegs has not been limited to level. “We have seen much worse,” policy response that would erode already closed for Eid, and most two-week high on bets US officials shackled their currencies to the the Gulf. Kazakhstan abolished said Gamble, adding governments’ their sovereign buffers.” other markets in the Middle East will soon hike interest rates. dollar in longstanding arrange- its peg to the dollar in August, foreign currency reserves built up Data published late in August will follow suit from today and Wall Street losses neared 2 per- ments that made sense when com- while Nigeria has already deval- during times when oil prices were showed that the world’s largest reopen next week. cent on selling driven by falls in modity prices were high and the ued twice in the past year and is higher would of course be eroded. oil exporter has been drawing Dubai’s index fell 0.8 percent as oil and copper, which also helped dollar was weak. “There is some under pressure to move further. “The central banks — they do down reserves to cover the deficit, property developer DAMAC and knock down shares in Europe pressure on exchange rate pegs in Saudi Arabia, world’s largest oil not have the tools, and they are though the speed of decline has telecommunications operator du and left the pan-European the region ... (but) it’s not going exporter, has pegged the riyal at not preparing to move for an slowed in July since the govern- fell 2.3 and 3.0 percent respec- FTSEurofirst 300 stocks index to happen. I really don’t see any 3.75 to the dollar while the United exchange rate arrangement that ment began issuing domestic debt tively as the period for claiming off 3.3 percent. change for these exchange rate Arab Emirates’ dirham is fixed at is not a peg,” Gamble added. to cover part of a budget deficit. the next dividend on the stocks THE PENINSULA/AGENCIES pegs,” said Paul Gamble, senior a rate of 3.6725 since 1997. Fitch rates Saudi Arabia at AA REUTERS

QNB confirms talks end Fossil fuel divestment movement reaches $2.6trn NEW YORK: A campaign to and all of its inhabitants, and we would increasingly be a bad busi- abandon fossil fuels to boost the must transition to a clean energy ness choice as opportunities rise with KFH over fight against climate change has economy that does not rely on fos- for cleaner energy. rapidly picked up steam, with sil fuels, the main driver of this “The alternative of business Malaysian unit institutions worth $2.6 trillion global problem,” DiCaprio said in as usual will leave firms and pledging to divest, a study said a statement issued as he sat in the investors locked into hundreds DUBAI: Qatar National Bank yesterday. audience for the study’s release in of billions of dollars in stranded (QNB) has halted talks with The commitment, made New York. fossil fuel assets as emissions are Kuwait Finance House (KFH) months before a high-stakes The actual amount pulled from ratcheted downwards and renew- to buy its Malaysian unit, the United Nations climate meet- fossil fuels was not announced but able energies win the price parity Gulf Arab region’s largest bank ing in Paris, marks a 50-fold major investors generally have race,” she said. said yesterday. increase from a year ago when between three and eight percent Profits of major oil companies “QNB announces stopping the Rockefeller family announced exposure to fossil fuels, said Tom have plummeted since last year, of preliminary talks to acquire it was divesting from fossil fuels. Van Dyck of the SRI Wealth although industry analysts point Kuwait Finance House Malaysia The study from consultancy Management Group which pro- to a variety of reasons including without reaching an agreement,” Arabella Advisors found that motes socially conscious finance. high output from Saudi Arabia, it said in a bourse filing. 436 institutions and 2,040 people That would mean at least $78bn the fracking boom in the United Earlier in the day, KFH’s chief worth a total of $2.6 trillion have has been divested. States and easing tensions with executive Mazin Al Nahedh said now pledged to get out of fossil Fossil fuels — especially coal, Iran. the bank had ruled out a sale or fuels, either entirely or in par- but to a lesser extent oil and gas US activists were at the fore- merger for its Malaysian unit, ticular sectors such as coal. — contribute to emissions of car- front of the divestment move- US actor Leonardo DiCaprio (centre) sits in the audience during a press adding the largest Islamic bank Some of the most notable have bon dioxide that have led to the ment but the report by Arabella conference to announce further business divestment from fossil fuels in in the Gulf Arab state “will begin been the University of California planet’s rising temperatures. Advisors found that it has spread, New York yesterday. restructuring the unit with System and the Norway Pension Scientists warn that, if left especially to Australia, Britain immediate effect”. Fund, which has drawn particular unchecked, global warming will and Canada. said. Religious groups that have Oxford and Stanford. The disclosure from KFH notice as the Scandinavian coun- seriously worsen droughts, floods Religious institutions have decided to divest include the A year ago during a similar comes after a source familiar with try — like the Rockefellers — grew and other disasters. divested some $24bn from fossil Church of England, the Church week of climate events in New the matter said last week that wealthy thanks to oil production. UN climate chief Christiana fuels, said the Reverend Fletcher of Sweden, the Episcopal Church, York, the Rockefeller family QNB had bid to buy the unit, with One of the latest, if least sur- Figueres said that the divestment Harper, executive director of the United Church of Christ, the announced that its $860m phil- the Qatari lender later acknowl- prising, pledges came from the pledges offered momentum for a advocacy group GreenFaith. “For Lutheran World Foundation anthropic group was leaving fossil edging it was in early talks about Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, year-end conference in Paris that faith communities, the Earth is and the Unitarian Universalist fuels. an acquisition. REUTERS the environmental charity led by aims to draft a new global agree- our home and it is a gift, and we Association. The family grew wealthy the actor and climate activist. ment to tackle the scourge. intend to pass it on to our next Minneapolis and Seattle are thanks to Standard Oil, making “Climate change is severely Beyond the moral case, generations in at least as good among cities that plan to divest. John D. Rockefeller the world’s Ooredoo appoints impacting the health of our planet Figueres argued that fossil fuels condition as we received it,” he Universities include Georgetown, richest person a century ago. AFP acting chief commercial officer

DUBAI: Ooredoo has appointed Lanxess sells 50pc in rubber ADB revises down regional Haroon Shahul Hameed as act- ing chief commercial officer after the resignation of Cynthia growth as China, India slow Gordon, the country’s top tel- business to Saudi Aramco ecom operator by subscriber HONG KONG: Weaker growth in China this year is expected numbers said yesterday. FRANKFURT: Germany’s Lanxess Chief Executive Eni’s chemicals arm Versalis to cause a slowdown in the rest of Asia, the Asian Development Hameed’s appointment was Lanxess sold 50 percent of Matthias Zachert said teaming up and Michelin collaborating with Bank said yesterday as it became the latest major body to revise effective from September 21, its synthetic-rubber business, with a supplier of petrochemicals Indonesian petrochemical com- down its forecasts for the world’s number two economy. Ooredoo said in a statement. the world’s largest, to Saudi used in synthetic rubber meant pany Chandra Asri. It also warned central banks to prepare for an expected Federal Haroon Shahul Hameed was Aramco, partnering with the following the example of its main Sources have told Reuters Reserve interest rate rise, with many nations already seeing huge previously chief operating officer leading oil firm to gain better rivals and this would cut exposure that Lanxess also held talks with capital outflows as dealers look for safer US investments. of Ooredoo Myanmar. access to petrochemical raw to swings in that market. European petrochemicals group The report comes as markets have been hit by extreme volatil- The parent company has oper- materials. Lanxess was the last among the Ineos, Russia’s NKNK and Sibur. ity driven by fears over the Chinese economy — and its leaders’ ations in around a dozen coun- The deal values the joint ven- world’s 10 largest rubber groups The search for a strategic part- management of it — after last month’s surprise devaluation of tries in the Middle East, Asia and ture that the two companies that had no affiliation with either ner for the German group’s syn- its yuan currency. “The combination of a moderating prospect Africa and has reported declin- will set up in the Netherlands a supplier of petrochemical raw thetic rubber business, the world’s in China and India, together with delayed recovery of advanced ing profits in four of the five past at €2.75bn and operational con- materials or with a tyre group, largest with about €3bn in sales, countries, weighed on our forecast for the region as a whole,” said quarters, data shows. trol will be assumed by Lanxess, Zachert told journalists on a call. began more than a year ago as ADB Chief Economist Shang-Jin Wei, who presented the report Gordon joined Ooredoo as chief the German group said in a “But we’re drawing level with the company sought to combat at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong. In an update commercial officer in January statement. phenomenal firepower. The oversupply in the industry. to its flagship Asian Development Outlook released in March, the 2012, according to her LinkedIn State oil company Saudi number one in rubber is merging Lanxess shares extended gains Bank said growth in the region would hit 5.8 percent this year and profile. Previously, she worked Aramco, which has been branch- with the number one in energy.” on the news and were up 3.1 per- 6.0 percent in 2016. March’s forecast was for 6.3 percent for both for France’s Orange and Russia’s ing out into more advanced chem- Its competitors in synthetic cent at 1245 GMT as market par- years. Inflation in the developing Asia region was forecast to ease MTS, her profile states. icals, will buy the stake for around rubber include Exxon Mobil, ticipants applauded the price. further, partly due to lower global commodity prices. AFP REUTERS €1.2bn in cash. which is working with Sabic, REUTERS WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Telecom users in Qatar mostly satisfied: Survey Customers believe international calling rates and roaming charges are expensive in the country

DOHA: A consumer sur- all aspects of pricing, consumers Ooredoo and Vodafone custom- by consumers in the survey,” she non-Qataris, 15-44 year olds, and competitive, and 22 percent said vey commissioned by the particularly believe international ers in Qatar, including all demo- added. prepaid users. not very/not at all competitive. Communications Regulatory calling and roaming charges to be graphic groups and geographic The survey shows that 15-24 Generally, customers were In terms of prices, 29 percent Authority (CRA) has showed expensive. locations throughout the country. year olds, and Al Daayen residents more satisfied with the clarity rated the market as extremely/ that majority of telecom users in The survey was conducted by “This survey was commis- are less satisfied than overall con- of rate plans (93 percent), clear very competitive, 45 percent said the country are generally satis- AMRB, a market research firm, sioned as part of our mandate sumers with the quality of their terms and conditions (90 percent) somewhat competitive, and 26 fied with the quality of services for the CRA. This comprehen- as the communications sector telecom service. Overall quality and competitiveness of tariffs (89 percent said not very/not at all provided by their service pro- sive research survey evaluates regulator to ensure a competi- of service (QoS) satisfaction lev- percent). This reflects positively competitive. vider. The survey indicates key consumers’ level of satisfaction tive marketplace and protect con- els are slightly higher than the on the impact and effectiveness of Dissatisfaction was high- areas of focus for improvement, regarding the delivery of tel- sumer rights,” said Amel Salem global average (84 percent) and the Consumer Protection Policy est among males, non-Qataris, including pricing, rate plans, ecommunication services, prices Al Hanawi, Consumer Affairs slightly lower than those in North issued by CRA in 2013. 25-44 year olds and prepaid users. and complaint resolution. charged, services provided, and Manager. “The survey find- America (91 percent). In terms of consumers’ percep- Customers’ wish list for the sector The survey also found that satisfaction with the complaint ings have been shared with both When consumers were asked tions of whether Qatar’s telecom included more competition in the about one-fifth (22 percent) of resolution mechanism, among Ooredoo and Vodafone and we are about their rate plan, they were market is competitive, for serv- market, better services at afford- consumers surveyed believe prices others. For the survey, 2,526 face- pleased that they are willing to least satisfied with the ‘variety ices, 32 percent said the market able rates, better Internet facili- of various services in Qatar are to-face interviews and nine focus work with CRA to address chal- of rate plans’, with the high- was extremely/very competi- ties, and protection of consumer priced low or very low. Among groups were conducted among lenges and concerns highlighted est dissatisfaction among males, tive, 46 percent said somewhat rights. THE PENINSULA Osborne supports China’s reforms commitments

BEIJING: Britain’s Finance showed the real-time performance as has the Shanghai Free Trade Minister George Osborne voiced of the Shanghai Composite Index Zone. Both had been hailed as support for the Chinese govern- and the hard currency Shanghai B potential game changing reforms ment’s commitment to financial share index — one of the first mar- that demonstrated China’s inten- reforms, in the wake of criticism ket experiments to allow foreign tion to relax its tight grip on capi- of its handling of a recent bout of companies to list in China. tal account transactions. market volatility. The main index enjoyed a mod- The Chinese stock market Speaking in Shanghai midway est, short-lived rally during the crash during recent months, and through a five day visit to China, British minister’s speech. declines in the yuan currency have Osborne was on a mission to Osborne said he wanted to see dampened investors’ appetite for forge stronger economic ties with a formal link between stock mar- Chinese assets. And, the prospect the world’s second largest econ- kets in China and Britain so that of China easing monetary policy omy, and said Beijing’s switch in British firms can raise money from further at a time when the United strategy away from an export- Chinese savers and vice versa, fol- States is expected to raise interest led growth would present more lowing up on the previous day’s rates could fuel capital outflows. opportunities. announcement that the two sides Osborne expressed confidence in “If we maintain our current would conduct a feasibility study. China, repeating calls for Beijing market share of trade with China, Previous market access schemes to be given a greater role in the Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivers a speech at the Shanghai Stock Exchange in UK exports could be worth over in China have had mixed results. International Monetary Fund Shanghai yesterday. $46.43bn by 2020. If China rebal- The B-share market is now widely (IMF) and for the yuan to be ances more significantly these regarded as a failure, and Beijing included in the IMF’s currency opportunities could be even has struggled for years to shut it basket. devaluation in August, Osborne volatility, and will increase in the from an expanded currency swap greater,” he said in a speech deliv- down. Responding to a question about said investors’ appetite for trad- future. agreement, Chinese investment in ered on the floor of the Shanghai The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock enthusiasm for the offshore yuan, ing offshore renminbi, the formal Britain and China had jointly a British nuclear power and more Stock Exchange. Connect launched in 2014 has also which has seen flagging inves- name for the currency, remains announced agreements on a series cooperation on infrastructure and As he spoke, giant monitors failed to live up to expectations, tor interest after a surprise “enormous” despite recent of initiatives on Monday, ranging energy investment. REUTERS

Boeing plans factory in China, submits proposal to govt China crude SHANGHAI: Plans for a Airbus has a final assembly opera- The newspaper, which is run by centrepiece of a new aerospace have our way... we have a different Boeing factory in China have tion for medium-range Airbus 320 the official news agency Xinhua, industrial zone in Zhoushan. path”. But he added that neither oil output rises been submitted to the gov- aircraft in the northern port of gave few details — including who China is expected to add 6,330 strategy was “right or wrong... we ernment in Beijing, state-run Tianjin and plans to open a new had put the proposal forward new aircraft worth $950bn to its always keep our options open for 4.9pc in August media reported yesterday completion and delivery centre for — but said an update could be commercial fleet by 2034, Boeing the future”. ahead of President Xi Jinping’s long-haul A-330s. expected as early as this week. said last month in its annual Bloomberg News reported BEIJING: Crude oil output in US visit, where he will tour one A plan for the Boeing plant in Xi is due to visit Boeing’s main China Current Market Outlook. earlier that Boeing was explor- China reached 18.3 million tonnes of its plants. Zhoushan, in the eastern province airplane factory in Washington At the launch, Randy Tinseth, ing whether to open a factory in in August, a year on year increase A Boeing factory in China of Zhejiang, has been submitted to state today, two days before he vice president of marketing at China to perform tasks such as of 4.9 percent, data from the top would represent an about-turn in the State Council, China’s cabi- meets President Barack Obama Boeing Commercial Airplanes, painting its top-selling 737 jetlin- economic planner showed. China the US giant’s strategy in the cru- net, the Shanghai Securities News at the White House. said that “Airbus has its way to ers, which would be its first such refined 40.37 million tonnes of cial market, where European rival reported. The factory would be the address the Chinese market, we facility outside the US. 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DOHA: The output of non- the commodity production sec- 15.9 percent in 2013H reaching and Construction sector contin- percent compared to 8.4 percent oil, non-gas sectors (NONG) tors witnessed an increase by around QR256bn. All Services ued accelerating in growth rate in the previous year. plant in Iran of Qatar grew by QR44.1bn, or more than QR12bn and 10.7 per- sectors have witnessed positive to 22.3 percent compared to 13.5 The growth rate of the 13.08 percent in 2014H compared cent compared to an increase growth rates. percent in 2013. nominal output of the Trade, COPENHAGEN: Danish drug to a 12.98 percent increase of 7.6 percent in 2013Hto reach The nominal output of the The nominal output of the Restaurants and Hotels sector maker Novo Nordisk will invest during the previous year, to QR125.6bn. FinanceHInsuranceHReal Estate Transport and Communication declined during 2014 to 14.9 per- ¤70m ($78m) to build a manu- hit QR381.6bn last year. The Commodity production sectors and Business Services sector all sector grew by QR3bn or 12.2 cent compared to 15.9 percent in facturing plant in Iran, joining NONG contributed around represented 32.9 percent of the grew by QR18.6bn and 20.5 per- percentcompared to an increase the previous year. a small group of European com- 141.2 percent of the total GDP NONG nominal GDPHcompared cent, compared to QR15.8bn or of 4.8 percent in the previous year. The nominal output of the panies to announce concrete growth at current prices during to 33.6 percent in the previous 21.3 percent in 2013. The nominal output of the sector services sector increased during deals there since the Islamic 2014. year. All commodity production ThusH its output increased to stood at QR27.6bn compared to 2014 by 5.8 percent and QR3.7bn Republic reached a nuclear deal The performances of the sectors recorded a positive growth QR 109.2bn from QR 90.6bn. QR24.6bn in 2013. to reach around QR 67.2bn com- in July. NONG sectors were mostly posi- during 2014. However, its relative share in The output of the Electricity pared to QR63.5bn in the previ- Novo Nordisk, the world’s larg- tive during 2014; as all NONG sec- SimilarlyH the nominal out- the overall NONG GDP has and Water sector witnessed a ous year. est diabetes drugs maker, has had tors have witnessed an increase in put of the services sectors wit- increased from 26.9 percent in rise by QR370m or 9.8 percent Most of the increase has a subsidiary in the country since their nominal GDPHQatar Central nessed a positive growth but 2013 to 28.6 percent in 2014H compared 11.4 percent growth occurred in the government serv- 2005 selling insulin and employing Bank’s (QCB) annual report for lower than a year ago where it maintaining its first rank among in 2013. ices, which accounted for 64.9 130 people. the year 2014 noted. increased by QR32bnH or 14.3 NONG sectors. The output of the Agriculture percent of the total increase. But the plant “signals our Among the NONG sectors, percentH in 2014 compared to a The output of the Building and Fishing sector grew by 9.5 THE PENINSULA long-term commitment to Iran”, the Danish company said in a statement. “We have been working on this for a long time, also before the nuclear agreement was set- tled, and we have confidence that 11m cars have the Iranian society and economy is developing positively,” Ole Moelskov Bech, head of the firm’s Near East unit, said. cheating device: Construction is expected to begin in six months’ time, the company said. The medicinal sector has escaped US, European Union and Volkswagen United Nations sanctions, which have focused on industries that FRANKFURT: The When the manipulation of could be related to nuclear activ- Volkswagen pollution cheating pollution tests was first publi- ity as well as on banking, technol- scandal escalated dramatically cally revealed on Friday, the US ogy and oil. yesterday when the automaker authorities said it concerned But the restrictions have nev- revealed 11 million of its cars nearly half a million diesel vehi- ertheless made doing business in worldwide could be affected, cles in the United States manu- Iran tricky, Bech said. wiping a third off the company’s factured by the Volkswagen group. “Even though the medicine market value and threatening “Further internal investiga- industry was never abandoned to topple its chief executive. tions have shown that the soft- in Iran (by foreign businesses), The United States has opened ware concerned is also installed the sanctions have been making a criminal investigation into in other diesel vehicles,” VW said it all much more difficult as a lot Volkswagen, a source close to the in a statement. of rules needed to be followed, on probe said. “Anomalies have shown up in information technology and bank- And authorities from France around 11 million cars worldwide ing, which made it necessary to to South Korea also said they that are equipped with a specific have individual systems for Iran,” would investigate, prompting engine type,” added the car manu- Bech said. Volkswagen to announce that it facturer, the world’s biggest by Novo Nordisk has not been able was setting aside ¤6.5bn ($7.3bn) sales in the first half of this year. to use the same IT platforms as in provisions for the third quarter “In order to cover the neces- in the rest of the business, forc- to cover the potential costs of the sary service and other measures ing the company to spend time on scandal. to win back customer confidence, A Golf diesel car is seen at a Volkswagen dealer in Berlin yesterday. work-around solutions, Bech said. Meanwhile, a German news- VW plans to set aside ¤6.5bn in Several European ministers paper said yesterday that provisions in the third quarter. Volkswagen to fix the defec- York late Monday, according to According to the US authori- have visited Iran with businesses Volkswagen would dismiss Chief The group’s earnings targets for tive vehicles and launched an video posted by CNBC. ties, VW has admitted that it had in tow since it struck the deal Executive Martin Winterkorn. 2015 will be adjusted accordingly.” investigation. French Finance Minister equipped about 482,000 cars in the with six world powers in July The Tagesspiegel newspa- The impact on the reputation The German firm has halted all Michel Sapin requested a Europe- United States with sophisticated under which it must curb sensi- per, citing unidentified sources of Volkswagen and other carmak- diesel vehicle sales in the United wide probe, telling French radio software that covertly turns off tive aspects of its nuclear energy on Volkswagen’s supervisory ers is hard to measure. States during the US probe, which yesterday that cars manufactured pollution controls when the car is programme in exchange for a lift- board, said Winterkorn would be German Chancellor Angela could lead to fines amounting to by other European carmakers being driven and turns them on ing of sanctions. replaced by Matthias Mueller, the Merkel called on the VW to show a maximum of more than $18bn. should be checked so as to reas- only when it detects that the vehi- Earlier this month, Austrian head of the carmaker’s Porsche “full transparency” to clear up the The shockwave of the scandal sure the public. cle is undergoing an emissions test. companies signed deals worth sports car business. matter. “I hope the facts will come has slashed VW’s market capitali- South Korean officials sum- With the so-called “defeat 80 million euros with Iranian A Volkswagen spokesman to light as soon as possible,” she sation by about ¤25bn to ¤51bn in moned VW representatives for device” deactivated, the car can partners. denied the report. A spokesman told reporters in Berlin. just two days. explanations yesterday, saying spew pollutant gases into the But most Western companies for Porsche said Mueller was Industry experts say VW chief Other automobile stocks were tests would be started by “no later air, including nitrogen oxide in say they will wait until the nuclear attending a Volkswagen board executive Martin Winterkorn’s also dragged lower with Daimler than next month.” amounts as much as 40 times agreement is implemented and meeting at its headquarters in job is on the line. He was due shares down 7.03 percent and In addition to the environmen- higher than emissions stand- sanctions removed before they Wolfsburg. to give a video statement later BMW shedding 7.17 percent tal probe already under way, the ards, said the US Environmental make any firm business commit- VW shares, which dived 17 yesterday. yesterday. US Department of Justice has Protection Agency, which ments in Iran. percent on Monday, plunged The regional daily Tagesspiegel “Our company was dishon- launched a criminal investigation, announced the allegations Friday Copenhagen Airport A/S by another 23 percent to a low said his dismissal had already est, with the EPA and the a source said. along with California authorities. said on Tuesday the first flights of ¤101.30 during trade on the been decided by the steering California Air Resources board, The investigation is being led by “Using a defeat device in cars to between Denmark and Iran would Frankfurt stock exchange as the committee of car maker’s super- and with all of you and — in my the US Justice Department’s envi- evade clean air standards is ille- begin in March 2016, resuming a automaker’s new revelations, visory board and would be offi- German words — we have totally ronment and natural resources gal, and a threat to public health,” direct service between the capi- including a warning that it will cially sealed at a meeting of the screwed up,” the chief executive division, the source said, speak- said Cynthia Giles, enforcement tals that had been suspended for have to lower its profit outlook, full 20-member board this Friday. of Volkswagen America, Michael ing on condition of anonymity and officer at the EPA. eight years. sent investors fleeing. US regulators have ordered Horn, said at an event in New confirming media reports. AGENCIES REUTERS

Slump in US home sale Microsoft launches IMF urges all lenders to ‘collaborative’ Office join Ukraine debt deal

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft and the Outlook email and mes- KIEV: IMF chief Christine upcoming debt exchange is para- launched its new Office suite, saging platform. Lagarde yesterday pressed mount, since Ukraine lacks the touting the key software as a A key feature of the updated Ukraine’s hold-out creditors resources under the programme collaborative tool which can suite is real-time collaboration on such as Russia and a handful to service its debts on the origi- work across multiple devices. documents. of Western investment houses nal terms,” Lagarde said in a The new software, one of Microsoft says its “co-author- to write off some of the crisis- statement. the key products from the US ing” feature “lets you see others” wrecked country’s massive “Together with the authori- tech giant, is being adapted to edits as they make them.” debt. ties and the Ad-Hoc Creditor Microsoft’s strategy shifting By integrating the telephony Lagarde’s statement came as Committee, I call on all creditors away from one-time sales to an service Skype, users can also have an International Monetary Fund to support this offer.” Internet cloud-based system that video or audio conversations dur- mission arrived in Kiev to assess Franklin Templeton and three can be accessed from PCs as well ing collaboration on documents. Ukraine’s committment to eco- other financial titans agreed in as mobile devices. Office 2016 will allow users of nomic restructuring and belt- late August to take either a cut “The way people work has Office 365 — which requires an tightening measures that would or delay in repayment of some $18 changed dramatically, and that’s annual subscription fee to down- warrant the release of another billion in Ukrainian Eurobonds. why Microsoft is focused on rein- load the new apps as part of their portion of its $17.5bn (¤15.7bn) But Kiev must ensure that venting productivity and business subscription. loan. a smaller group of commercial processes for the mobile-first, cloud- Automatic updates will begin A group of smaller private lenders that were not part of first world,” said Satya Nadella, rolling out to consumer and lenders have reportedly refused those discussions agree to the chief executive of Microsoft. small-business subscribers next to join a debt write-down agree- same terms. “These latest innovations take month, and to commercial cus- ment that Kiev struck with its Western media reports said that another big step forward in trans- tomers early next year. four largest commercial bond- Aurelius Capital Management — forming Office from a familiar set The suite is also available today holders last month. the same US hedge fund now bat- of individual productivity apps to as a one-time purchase for both Moscow is also demand- tling the government of Argentina a connected set of apps and serv- PCs and Apple Macs. ing the December repayment — is not only balking but also has ices designed for modern working, The release comes as Microsoft of a $3bn bond it had issued to a big enough share of the bonds collaboration and teamwork.” is rolling out its Windows 10 oper- Russian-backed president Viktor to sink the entire deal. Office 2016, available in 40 lan- ating system which can be used Yanukovych in months preceed- Moscow has also refused to guages, aims to further integrate across multiple devices, and inte- A home is offered for sale in the Bucktown neighbourhood in Chicago, ing to his February 2014 ouster by discuss more lenient conditions Microsoft products such as the grating its Cortana digital assist- Illinois. Sales of previously owned homes fell more than expected nation- waves of pro-European protests. with Kiev’s new pro-Western word processing program Word, ant software into its devices. wide in August following three months of gains. “High participation by all con- government. the Excel spreadsheet application AFP cerned Eurobond holders in the AFP WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

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New York Jets’ quarterback mentor pacer Amir Ryan Fitzpatrick (left) helps team- mate Leger Former speedster wants to buy a PSL team Douzable after he fell while leaving the KARACHI: Former Pakistan field at Lucas fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar yes- Oil Stadium, terday said he was eager to take youngster Mohammad Amir Indianapolis on under his wing and guide him Monday. back to the national team fol- lowing his return to cricket after a five-year ban. Amir, 23, was suspended along with then-captain Salman Butt and pacer Mohammad Asif for bowling no-balls to order as part of a complex betting scam exposed by a tabloid sting dur- ing Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010. The International Cricket Council (ICC) lifted all sanctions Fitzpatrick shines as NY Jets on the trio earlier this month, making them eligible for domestic and international matches. Akhtar, the fastest bowler in upset mistake-prone Colts history, said he was looking to buy a team in the upcoming Pakistan INDIANAPOLIS: It is on the road.” Marshall had yards and one touchdown. He Super League (PSL) Twenty20 Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick seven receptions for 101 yards and committed four of the Colts’ five tournament that will be staged threw two touchdown passes a touchdown, and team-mate Eric turnovers – three interceptions in Qatar in February, and wanted and the New York Jets forced Decker added eight catches for 97 and a fumble. to recruit Amir. five Indianapolis turnovers en yards and a score. “We got close there for a sec- “I am planning to buy a team route to a 20-7 victory over the Fitzpatrick threw two touch- ond. Credit to them for pulling in the PSL and would like to have winless Colts on Monday night. down passes, including a away,” Luck said. Amir in my team so that I can The Jets took advantage of their 15-yarder to Marshall with 6:20 “What we got to do is get a win, guide him and make him an effec- Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar (right) along with a Qatar opportunities, especially corner remaining in the fourth to cap a find a way to get a win.” tive bowler,” said Akhtar, who SC official at Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, in this April 2014 file back Darrelle Revis who recov- seven-play, 80-yard drive after Indianapolis drove 91 yards in retired in 2011.. photo. Akhtar said he wanted to buy a team in Pakistan Super League. ered two fumbles and intercepted the Colts closed within 10-7. eight plays for their only score, Now 40, Akhtar’s career briefly a pass for the Jets, who improved The Jets intercepted Luck a 26-yard touchdown pass from overlapped with Amir, who made to 2-0 in the NFL season. three times, recovered one of his Luck to wide receiver Donte his debut in 2009 aged 17. with Amir already playing grade Akhtar said it was right for them Fitzpatrick finished 22-of-34 fumbles and also recovered a fum- Moncrief with 10:07 left in the The pair shared the attack in cricket since April this year under to get a second chance. for 244 yards with one intercep- ble by running back Frank Gore fourth quarter. Moncrief finished two one-day internationals in the a special dispensation by the ICC. “I have seen them suffer in the tion for the Jets who used their at the goal line just as it appeared with seven catches for 122 yards. 2010 Asia Cup and two Twenty20s He picked up seven wickets in last five years so all three must plodding running game to march the Colts were going to score a Fitzpatrick countered with his against Australia in England the his last match, a non first-class be treated in the same manner,” down the field on offense, while third-quarter touchdown. second touchdown pass to make same year, before Amir’s career qualifier for the Sui Southern Gas said the former player, whose own Revis and the defense made life The Colts, one of the favorites it 17-7. With 4:35 remaining, Jets crashed to a halt following the Company, with a cunning mix of career was dogged by controversy uncomfortable for Colts quarter- to represent the AFC in the Super free safety Marcus Gilchrist ban. inswingers, outswingers, bouncers including a drug scandal, an infa- back Andrew Luck at Lucas Oil Bowl this season, also began the intercepted Luck along the right “Everyone knows how talented and varied angles from over and mous dressing room fight and fre- Stadium. 2014 season with back-to-back sideline, protecting a 10-point Amir was when he played cricket around the wicket. quent claims of insubordination. “That is special when you start losses. lead. so on his return he will have to While some influential voices, “Imagine Pakistan’s attack with the season 2-0 and you win on the “I don’t think we are necessar- After the Gilchrist pick, Nick work hard to become the same including ex-captain-turned- Amir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad road in Indy against an Andrew ily a perfect well-oiled machine Folk kicked a 46-yard field goal bowler,” said Akhtar. commentator Ramiz Raja, have Irfan, Shahid Afridi and Yasir Luck-led team,” said wide receiver right now I don’t think you ever with 57 seconds to play, stretch- The Pakistan Cricket Board voiced their opposition to the Shah and if they play together Brandon Marshall. “It wasn’t a are in week two,” Luck said. ing New York’s lead to a total of has devised a rehabilitation pro- spot-fixing trio ever being allowed we can win the next World pretty win but we will take it. Luck finished 21-of-37 for 250 13 points. AFP gramme for all three players, to represent their country again, Twenty20,” he added. AFP Younis may face action Samardzija, Sanchez help Tortorella to after outburst Chicago past Tigers 2-0 coach US at

NEW YORK: Jeff Samardzija Mets edged closer to the National World Cup over ODI snub tossed his first career one-hit- League East title by beating the ter while Carlos Sanchez scored Atlanta Braves. The Mets (85- LOS ANGELES: John LAHORE: Veteran Pakistan both runs as the Chicago White 65) increased their division lead Tortorella, who has been out of batsman Younis Khan (pic- Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 over the Washington Nationals to an NHL job since being fired by tured) is facing disciplinary in the first game of a double 6-1/2 games. The Nationals’ game the Vancouver Canucks in May action for lashing out when header. against the Baltimore Orioles was 2014, will coach Team USA at it became clear he was to be Samardzija (10-13) limited the rained out. the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. dropped for next month’s one- Tigers to a bloop single by Victor Left fielder Michael Conforto The 57-year-old Tortorella is day series in Zimbabwe. Martinez in the fifth and struck hit a solo homer in the second the winningest American-born The 37-year-old hit out at out six. He had been while second base- coach in NHL history with 446 selectors a day before the squad 1-8 with a 9.24 ERA man Daniel Murphy victories and he led the Tampa was announced last week -- with- in his previous nine Baseball (2-for-4) delivered a Bay Lightning to a Stanley Cup out his name included. starts. two-run double in the title in 2004. “If I am not selected the one- Sanchez went Results seventh. But he is a surprise pick for day team will not be able to stand 3-for-3, including a C White Sox 2 Detroit 0 Blue Jays 4, the USA job in the eight-team Toronto 4 NY Yankees 2 Australia’s Shane Watson (right), Mitchell Johnson (centre) and Brad up,” Younis said in a television solo home run. Yankees 2 tournament. Tortorella is known Haddin on the fourth day of the second Test match at Gabba in Brisbane, interview. White Sox 3, C White Sox 3 Detroit 2 David Price for his outspoken nature and ten- in this December 2014 file photo. The Tigers 2 (2nd game) Boston 8 Tampa Bay 7 pitched seven score- dency to quickly anger. head of the Erik Johnson tied NY Mets 4 Atlanta 0 less innings as the He was suspended by the league Pakistan his career high with Chicago Cubs 9 Milwaukee 5 Toronto Blue Jays for 15 days while coaching in Cricket nine strikeouts as the (86-64) defeated the Vancouver for trying to storm the Houston 6 LA Angels 3 Board (PCB) Chicago White Sox New York Yankees Calgary Flames’ dressing room to Watson endorses patient St Louis 2 Cincinnati 1 Shaharyar completed a double- (82-67) and increased confront their coach Bob Hartley. Khan said header sweep with a Pittsburgh 9 Colorado 3 their lead in the Tortorella said he is working on the batsman, 3-2 victory over the Arizona 8 LA Dodgers 4 American League controlling his temper. approach for rookies who has Detroit Tigers. East to 3-1/2 games. Tortorella was fired after averaged a Johnson (3-0) won for the Cardinals 2, Reds 1 coaching the Canucks to a fifth- MELBOURNE: Former some time to be able to find their dismal 18.32 third time in four starts since his Stephen Piscotty ripped a RBI place finish in the Pacific Division Australia all-rounder Shane feet and feel comfortable in the in 29 one- September 1 call-up. double off the left-center-field in 2013-2014. Watson has urged selectors to group,” Watson told Sky Sports day matches Mets 4, Braves 0 wall in the bottom of the eighth He coached the New York be patient with the rookies in Radio. in the last three years, was clearly Left-hander Jonathon Niese inning to cap a two-run rally that Rangers for four seasons before Steven Smith’s team as they “They are the best players that frustrated. combined with three relievers lifted St. Louis to a 2-1 win over that. The Rangers’ best season battle to cement places in the they can pick from at this point “I respect him a lot and we will on a five-hitter as the New York the Cincinnati Reds. AGENCIES under Tortorella was 2011-2012, wake of a string of retirements. in time. sit with him and discuss it with when they finished first in the Watson, former skipper “They’ve got to go with what him but we will consider taking Atlantic Division. Michael Clarke, wicketkeeper their judgments are to make sure action,” PCB chairman Khan said. He was fired by the Rangers Brad Haddin, opener Chris they stick with these guys.” “There are two actions, extreme after losing in the second round Rogers and seamer Ryan Harris Selectors have picked Usman or moderate, but we have to find Chicago of the play-offs in 2012-2013. all retired from tests after the Khawaja in the 15-man squad a position in between. Something White Sox’s He then lasted just one season Ashes defeat in England and to tour Bangladesh, a nine- should be done.” catcher Rob with the Canucks before being Smith will lead a raw side during test opening batsman who was It is the third series in a row Brantly (right) sacked along with assistant coach a two-match series in Bangladesh recalled for the 2013 Ashes in for which the selectors have over- and relief Mike Sullivan. next month. England then dropped midway looked Khan, who scored just 43 pitcher David Tortorella said he learned of Australia selectors have been through the series after scoring runs in three World Cup matches Robertson the World Cup job in a phone call criticised for lacking patience in a half-century in the first match. in Australia and New Zealand celebrate from USA general manager Dean the past and deflating the confi- The 28-year-old enjoyed a earlier this year. He was further after the Lombardi. dence of rising, young talents by productive tour of India recently piqued over an event on Saturday game against Tortorella said Monday there is dropping them after a handful of with Australia A and has long to launch the logo for the new a lot of coaching pressure when- the Detroit matches if they fail to perform. been fancied as a test player but Twenty Pakistan Super League. ever the Americans compete on Tigers at Watson, who was dumped after never quite managed to compile a “I was not invited and that the world stage. “I am nervous the first Ashes Test in Cardiff and career-defining score. made it easy for me to decide Comerica because it is your country, and in never reinstated, said selectors “He’s someone that just needs whether to play the PSL or not,” Park on today’s world where we (USA) are needed to play the long game with a bit of time to get his feet again, he retorted on Saturday night. Monday . at, and with what is going on with the rebuilding side. feel comfortable in the groove and But the PCB’s Khan said all the world. It is that big to me as “The best way to get the best continue to develop his game,” players including Younis were far as the USA and USA hockey,” out of players is to give them Watson said. REUTERS invited. AFP Tortorella said. AFP WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT F1: Speculation mounts FIFA set for post Valcke that Button will retire

SUZUKA: Jenson Button (pictured) has increased speculation he is set to retire from Formula One after telling British reporters executive committee meet that the ‘joy’ of competing was missing and he had made a decision about his future. Media reports suggested the McLaren driver, whose wife is a Blatter to take part in the meeting which starts tomorrow Japanese, was likely to announce at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix that he would be leaving Formula One at the end of the year. “The joy of being in the car is only there if you’re fighting at the ZURICH: Scandal-engulfed front, because you feel like you’re achieving something,” the 2009 world FIFA will be in the spot- champion said after Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix. light again this week during “If you’re fighting near the back, you’re driving an F1 car, but you the first executive committee can easily get joy driving something else. The joy you get is from com- meeting since the suspension peting. It’s about fighting at the front,” added the Briton. of Secretary General Jerome “It’s about the possibility of standing on top of the podium. That’s Valcke. the joy of F1.” Button’s words sounded markedly different to last FIFA’s executive committee will season, when there was also consider- be updated on the US and Swiss able speculation about his future but he corruption investigations which ended up staying while young Dane Kevin involve some of its own members, Magnussen was dropped to a reserve role. football’s world governing body Then, with the car still an unknown said. quantity, he was adamant he wanted to FIFA also confirmed that presi- stay. dent Sepp Blatter, who has not Magnussen would be a likely replace- spoken publicly since the suspen- ment if the 35-year-old does quit, although sion of his right-hand man, will McLaren also have Belgian Stoffel take part in the press conference Vandoorne, leader of the GP2 support following the two-day meeting. series, as a rising star to accommodate. The session which will open The Honda-powered team, who have tomorrow at 14:00 local time double world champion Fernando Alonso on a multi-year contract, (12:00GMT) and close on Friday are keen to find seats for both youngsters. afternoon, will be overseen by McLaren’s poor performance this season will hit the team financially deputy secretary general Markus and although Button has an option for 2016, his staying would likely Kattner, who has stepped in to have meant being paid far less. replace Valcke. The last driver to win for McLaren, in 2012, has had a tough season Valcke was put on indefinite with the team’s new engine partners Honda yet to come up with a leave last week over accusations competitive power unit. that he agreed to let World Cup With rivals constantly improving, there are no guarantees they will tickets be sold at a vastly inflated be much more competitive next year. price. The Frenchman strongly Both McLaren drivers have languished down the field and collected denied the allegations. multiple penalties due to repeated engine problems. His eviction has only served A picture taken on March 20, 2015 shows FIFA President Sepp Blatter (right) speaking to FIFA Secretary General Button has scored just six points from 13 races, with his best result to heighten the suspicion which Jerome Valcke at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. eighth in Monaco. is swirling around Blatter’s final The Briton, who made his debut with Williams in 2000, has won 15 months in office with the elec- Grand Prix – eight with McLaren. He won his title with Brawn GP, tion of his successor set for of the corruption probe. The 25 of Swiss lawyer Francois Carrard, the eve of a FIFA Congress. The now Mercedes. His 279 race starts make him the third most experi- February 26 next year. FIFA said committee members, including appointed by FIFA to carry out seven FIFA officials were among enced driver of all time. REUTERS in a statement that the execu- vice-president Michel Platini, reforms in the wake of the cor- 14 people facing charges in the tive committee agenda would the UEFA president and favour- ruption scandal that erupted last United States over more than include “an update on the Swiss ite to succeed Blatter, will also May, when seven football officials $150m of bribes for marketing Marussia return to Japan and US investigations” as part receive a first update of the work were arrested at a Zurich hotel on and broadcasting contracts. AFP with Bianchi in mind

Wenger urges Arsenal to keep cool SUZUKA: The late Jules Bianchi (pictured) will be foremost in the thoughts of the Manor Marussia Formula One team this week- LONDON: Arsene Wenger has to a morale-boosting win. “It’s end as they brace for a return to the Japanese Grand Prix circuit warned his hot-headed Arsenal Arsenal’s not good enough for a club like where he had his horrific accident last year. players not to lose their compo- head coach Arsenal to lose two games in a The 25-year-old French driver died in hospital in southern France sure again when they face bitter Arsene row,” Ramsey said. in July, nine months after suffering severe head injuries when his rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the Wenger “Hopefully now we can put Marussia skidded off a wet track in fading light at Suzuka and hit a League Cup third round today. attends things right on Wednesday. It will recovery tractor. Wenger’s side head to White the UEFA be a feisty game with hopefully Bianchi was the first F1 driver to die of injuries sustained during a Hart Lane for the first north some goals in our favour.” race since Brazilian Ayrton Senna in 1994. Champions London derby of the season after While Arsenal’s spluttering Marussia principal John Booth said going back to the circuit for League two successive defeats featuring start to the season has taken a Sunday’s race would be “extremely three red cards for the Gunners. group D turn for the worse over the last emotional” and challenging for eve- France striker Olivier Giroud football week, Tottenham have recorded ryone at the team and appealed for was dismissed in last week’s match three consecutive victories to understanding. Champions League loss against against revive hopes of a successful season “We were Jules’s team, and with that Dinamo Zagreb, while Brazilian Galatasaray after a sluggish opening. in mind I would ask everyone to under- defender Gabriel and Spanish in Istanbul, And Tottenham’s Belgian stand and respect that, this weekend, midfielder Santi Cazorla were in this defender Jan Vertonghen believes we wish to deal with the experience of sent off in Saturday’s painful 2-0 December boss Mauricio Pochettino is build- returning to Suzuka in a very private, defeat at Chelsea. 2014 file ing a young team capable of great introspective way. Wenger largely blamed photo. things. “Our commitments will be reflective Chelsea’s Diego Costa for provok- South Korea forward Son of this,” he said in a team preview. ing Gabriel into the kick that led Heung-Min, 23, is the new idol of Marussia went into administration to his dismissal. “But it’s another derby and get back on track after a pair of the Lane after his first Premier after last year’s accident, racing with But the centre-back has since that’s not guaranteed as well,” he defeats that raised renewed ques- League goal – and third in just one car in Russia and missing the final three races, but were rescued been charged with improper con- added. tions about their ability to win the three appearances in all compe- at the 11th hour and many of those who worked with Bianchi are still duct for his protests after being Yet there are few more testing Premier League and Champions titions – clinched a 1-0 win over with the team. sent off and the Arsenal manager environments in which to do that League. Crystal Palace on Sunday. Both current drivers, Briton Will Stevens and American Alexander acknowledges his team need to do than White Hart Lane on derby Although the League Cup is Son’s fine start following his Rossi, were in Suzuka last year in reserve roles. a better job of keeping their emo- day, when the hatred and bile traditionally well down Wenger’s transfer from Bayer Leverkusen Bianchi’s absence has loomed large over the season already, notably tions under control even in the will pour down from the stands list of priorities and he often fields is part of a youth movement also in Monaco -- where last year he finished ninth to score the team’s first face of extreme provocation. “It’s towards Wenger’s players. inexperienced starting line-ups including 19-year-old Dele Alli, and only points to date -- and in Hungary after his death. true that we played the last two Another factor that could in the competition, Arsenal mid- 21-year-old Eric Dier, 22-year- Many Formula One drivers had attended his funeral in Nice only games with 10 men in the second negate Wenger’s attempts to fielder Aaron Ramsey suggested olds Ben Davies and Harry Kane days before Hungary, where a silent tribute was held on the grid in half and I hope we play the next clamp down on the rash of red he wouldn’t mind skipping an and 23-year-olds Erik Lamela and the presence of his family. one with 11 v 11,” Wenger said. cards is Arsenal’s desperation to evening’s rest to help his club Christian Eriksen. AFP “We think of Jules every single day; he will forever be a huge part of our team,” Booth said. REUTERS Arsenal win Barcelona seek permission appeal over British man charged with Gabriel to field new signing Turan Singapore GP intrusion

LONDON: Arsenal have won BARCELONA: Barcelona have Haddadi starting in the win over SINGAPORE: A British national has appeared in court in an appeal against Brazilian asked the Spanish federation Levante on Sunday. Singapore charged with endangering the personal safety of drivers defender Gabriel’s sending- and soccer’s ruling body FIFA Coach Luis Enrique remains by walking across the track during last weekend’s floodlit Formula off in Saturday’s Premier to allow them to play Turkish relaxed about the situation. One Grand Prix. League defeat to Chelsea, the midfielder Arda Turan due to “I don’t see this as critical,” he Court documents yesterday identified the 27-year-old man as Football Association confirmed Rafinha’s long-term knee injury. told a news conference. Yogvitam Pravin Dhokia. yesterday. Turan was recruited in the “It is perfectly normal after Drivers in Sunday’s race were stunned to see the track intruder as Gabriel was dismissed follow- close season from Atletico the ban and also Pedro went (to they came around a corner, with camera footage later showing him ing an off-the-ball clash with Madrid, as was Aleix Vidal of Chelsea). emerging through a gap in the fence onto the racing line. Chelsea striker Diego Costa late Sevilla, with the understanding “It is typical of the types of He then crossed the track and wandered alongside the barriers as in the first half of the Gunners’ the pair would not be available situations that happen at Barca cars sped past. 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge and until January due to the transfer which is a special club,” he said The safety car was deployed before the man climbed back over a was facing a three-match ban for ban handed to Barca because they before adding: “The ban has barrier between turns 13 and 14. violent conduct. illegally signed under-age players. passed, those that play are moti- “He must have had a couple of beers,” Mercedes motorsport head “Arsenal’s claim of wrong- Rules stipulate that in emer- vated, those who do not perhaps Toto Wolff told reporters afterwards. “I was alarmed because that can ful dismissal in relation to gency cases such as injury, play- less so but there is still a competi- cause a massive accident and it’s dangerous for the drivers.” Gabriel has been upheld follow- ers can be replaced outside the tive atmosphere.” The formal charge sheet said Dhokia had committed an “act so ing an Independent Regulatory normal transfer windows. Luis Enrique added that Turan rashly as to endanger the personal safety of the drivers involved in the Commission hearing,” read a “The club has contacted the Arda Turan and Vidal had settled in well. Race, to wit, by crossing the Race track while the Race is on-going.” statement from the FA. “The Spanish federation and FIFA to “They are training well and are It added that he faced a possible jail sentence of up to six months player’s three-match suspension ask whether they can replace motivated. It is a difficult situa- and/or a maximum fine of 2,500 Singapore dollars ($1,765.66). has, therefore, been withdrawn Rafinha,” said a Barca spokesman. well, they meet Celta Vigo today tion for them because they have to Local media reported Dhokia, whose passport was confiscated, had with immediate effect.” Gabriel “Looking into the regulations it having won their four previous La complete a ban that had nothing been offered bail of $15,000 Singapore dollars but told the court he still faces a separate charge of seems as though it is possible to Liga matches, they have struggled to do with them,” he said. could not pay it. improper conduct for his reaction register him as the two transfer with injuries. “We are trying to keep them “I’m not working currently. I spent all my savings on tickets. I don’t after being shown the red card by windows are now passed.” That led to youth players positive and it isn’t long until really have that kind of money,” Channel News Asia quoted him as say- referee Mike Dean. AFP Although Barca have started Sandro Ramirez and Munir El January.” REUTERS ing. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29

Qatar’s young rider American rider Shelina Abdullah Naif Al Moreda takes a bend Qubaisi in action at at Losail International Losail Internatioal Circuit last week. Circuit.

QMMF offers support as senior, junior riders eye track glory Our championship is important for young and seasoned riders: QMMF boss Al Attiyah

DOHA: Qatar Motor and Motorcylcling Federation (QMMF) is backing experi- enced rider Essa Al Mutawa for the entire bike season, it was confirmed yesterday. QMMF will also be provid- QMMF President ing guidance to emerging talent Abdullah Naif Al Qubaisi, who Nasser bin Khalifa impressed fans with his lap time Al Attiyah is seen of 2.18.420 during the first round with experienced races of the Qatar Superbike rider Essa Al Championship last week. Mutawa (left) and According to QMMF President emerging talent Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, Al Abdullah Naif Al Mutawa (Yamaha) and Al Qubaisi Qubaisi at QMMF (Honda) presented sufficient cre- Headquarters in dentials to merit full backing from Doha. the game’s ruling body in Qatar. “We are ready to back Essa in the new entire season,” Al Attiyah said yesterday. “He is an experienced hand and we feel he should be provided all assistance in reaching his goals,” he added. “He is a very active rider who even finds time to nurture young mental make-up when they get to the MotoGP Academy in Asia like Essa to help the young rid- the top bike races in Asia,” he racing here. We have some of the talent,” Al Attiyah added. “We ready for action,” he added. so that we could fine-tune his raw ers,” he said. “You saw the huge said. most talent riders in the world will be the co-sponsors as he The new Qatar Superbike talent,” Al Attiyah said. popularity of our championship. “We have riders from the US, are here,” Moreda said. competes in the Qatar Superbike Championship season kicked off “In short he is a promising We had 26 riders in the Superbike Hungary and Serbia featuring at “It is great racing next to them Championship in the 2015-16 sea- last week under floodlights at rider who needs our backing,” he 600cc class and another 24 names our championship,” Al Attiyah and you learn a lot. I am really son,” Al Attiyah added. Qatar’s iconic Losail International said. “He is a star in the making. in the Supersport category,” Al said. excited at the start of the season,” “We will assist him in riding Circuit. “He will be at the MotoGP Attiyah said. Germany’s Nina Prinz she added. the course in the on-going sea- “We are not only supporting Academy from next year. At “This is a clear signal that our (Superbike category), American Al Attiyah said QMMF won’t son,” the QMMF President said. the senior riders, we are also the same we will give him expo- championship is massively impor- rider Shelina Moreda, Serbian stop now. “He has been an active rider for looking out for young talent like sure at our Qatar Superbike tant for young and seasoned rid- rider Manca Katrasnik and “Soon you will hear about a new many years now. He has agreed to Abdullah. He is an extremely tal- Championship,” Al Attiyah told ers,” he added. Victoria Kis from Hungary added championship for junior riders. help us as we develop young talent ent rider. He impressed with his The Peninsula. “We get plenty of requests from glamour to the first round last That will happen once we have in the country. lap time last week. That was sur- “”It is a good step for us that all over the world, especially from week. enough junior riders set to com- “He will work with budding rid- prising,” Al Attiyah said. we have somebody like Abdullah Europe. Our championship and “I am very honoured to race pete on the circuit,” Al Attiyah ers and help them improve their “We have decided to send him and then we have a seasoned hand the one in Japan are the two of again here in Qatar. It is amazing said. THE PENINSULA

‘Nobody fears Hosts face injury wait, Scots endure Japan hype the Boks after LONDON: No balls were kicked yesterday but the ten- England’s centre Japan defeat’ sion ratcheted up with England Jonathan Joseph sweating on an injury to key (left) vies with PARIS: South Africa have centre Jonathan Joseph and Fiji’s lock Leone become a team nobody will Scotland trying to keep focus Nakarawa during a fear anymore after their shock on their opening match against Pool A match of the opening Rugby World Cup Japan, the team surfing the 2015 Rugby World defeat against Japan, accord- Rugby World Cup wave. Cup at Twickenham ing to former Springboks coach Hosts England face an anxious Stadium in south Jake White. wait to see if Joseph, probably west London on South Africa lost 34-32 to their most dangerous player this Friday. RIGHT: New Japan in Pool B last Saturday in year, will be fit for their grudge Zealand’s scrum the biggest upset in the competi- match against Pool A rivals Wales half Aaron Smith tion since its first edition in 1987. at Twickenham on Saturday, after “We have become an ordinary (right) celebrates backs coach Andy Farrell told team,” former coach Jake White, with team-mate reporters he is struggling with a who led the Boks to the world chest injury. Sam Whitelock after title in 2007, told French sports While it is only England’s first scoring a try during daily L’Equipe yesterday. potential casualty – unlucky a Pool C match “Nobody fears us anymore. Wales picked up seven inju- against Argentina at (Pool B rivals) Scotland have ries during their 54-9 win over Wembley Stadium in started to fancy their chances and Uruguay on Sunday -- it threat- London on Sunday. it worries me.” ens to unsettle their midfield yet White, who now coaches again. French Top 14 side Montpellier, Rugby league convert Sam Then Japan shocked twice- but the Pacific Islanders hope features in the Wallabies side announced a starting line-up to added that South Africa’s mistake Burgess and 22-year old Henry winners South Africa in their to do better playing against the after three lean years plagued by face Namibia that included twelve was that they had underestimated Slade, who have just four caps opening match on Saturday and Wallabies’ high-tempo game than injury. changes from the side that faced Japan. between them, provide the cover leap-frogged Scotland in the they did facing England’s more The other fixture on Wednesday Argentina on Sunday - with a “The Japanese were perfectly with Farrell’s son Owen, normally world rankings. structured approach. is between France and Romania, bench containing players with a organised, they had a plan. The a flyhalf, also a potential to step Scotland assistant coach Matt For rugby fans, the prospect a Pool D match-up at London’s remarkable 660 caps. Springboks, instead, thought that in. Taylor said yesterday that he was of seeing Australian flankers Olympic Stadium. Only lock Sam Whitelock and simply turning up on the field Both England and Wales will be impressed by Japan’s upset but Michael Hooper and David Pocock French coach Philippe Saint- wingers Julian Savea and Nehe would be enough,” he said, add- keeping a close eye on the game not surprised. teaming up should certainly whet Andre is hoping the return of Milner-Skudder keep their places ing that the staff had failed to between Australia and Fiji today, “We’ve been watching Japan for the appetite. They have started centre Wesley Fofana from injury in the team to take on Pool C prepare the game properly. two other teams in their group, a long time and we always knew just one previous match together will add some French flair to a minnows Namibia at the Olympic “Apparently nobody knew what but it is Scotland’s match against they were an exceptional side,” for Australia, in Sydney last side that trudged to an uninspir- Stadium tomorrow. New Zealand to expect against Japan, nobody the Brave Blossoms that is likely said Taylor. “From our point of month, and that resulted in a ing win over Italy on Saturday. will be captained by flanker Sam knew the Japanese players. Yet to draw the most interest. view there are two even teams first victory over New Zealand in One team that has no shortage Cane for the first time, and are we have guys like Fourie Du Preez Before the tournament this playing tomorrow.” four years. of talent is New Zealand. That expected to run up a huge score who play in Japan. Have we asked looked like it would be a fairly Australia are expecting a big Will Genia, once hailed as the was shown on Tuesday when against the tournament’s lowest- them information? I don’t think routine victory for the Scots. challenge in the scrum from Fiji, best scrumhalf in the game, also All Blacks’ coach Steve Hansen ranked team. REUTERS so.” REUTERS WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Qatari players shine at GCC Judo Championship Frank Pallone reiterates call for Congressional hearing on fantasy sports

NEW YORK: Speaking during a roundtable discussion on the legalisation of sports betting in the United States, Congressman Frank Pallone urged federal authorities to introduce legisla- tion to legalise sport betting in the United States, as well as call- ing for a Congressional hearing to discuss fantasy (American) football. Speaking on a panel hosted by the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), which included Chris Eaton, ICSS Executive Director for Integrity, David Purdum, ESPN gam- bling reporter and Les Bernal, National Director for the advo- cacy group, Stop Predatory Gambling, Pallone’s call to action follows on from last month’s 3rd Qatar Judo team, which took part in the 19th GCC Judo Championship in Abu Dhabi, UAE, poses for a group picture. Qatar team finished their campaign on a high note, winning eight Circuit Court of Appeals motion medals including five gold, one silver and two bronze. Qatar senior team comprising of Waleed Aziz and Nasser Al Ansi won the gold medal in Kata class, while the youth team, including to rule against a state-wide law Mohammed Rabahi and Khalil Rabahi took two gold medals in the 73kg and 81 kg while Qatar’s Fadi Taofik clinched the bronze medal in the 90kg class. Top players from six GCC nations, that would legalise sport betting including hosts UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar took part in the championship. across New Jersey – a decision Pallone has condemned. Speaking during a one-on-one interview with American politi- cal commentator James Carville, Congressman Frank Pallone said: “History tells us that whether its alcohol or gambling, people Qatar bank on experience will still find a way to engage. We don’t want organised crime to profit from that tendency, which is exactly why we need to bring sports betting out from the shad- ows and regulate it.” Pallone’s remarks about regu- at FIBA Asia championship lating sport betting in the US were echoed by Chris Eaton, ICSS Executive Director for Integrity, Al Annabi begin their campaign today against Kazakhstan in Group D who added: “Gambling, like drinking dur- ing prohibition, is something peo- DOHA: Experience will not ple will always find a way to do. be in short supply when Qatar By pretending it isn’t happening, run onto the court to play at the government opens the door to the FIBA Asia Championship corruption. The key is to regulate, in their opener against monitor and bring sports betting Kazakhstan. out of the shadows.” Half of the 12-man squad Eaton noted that some experts that will compete in Changsha, estimate that the US wagers an China, from today to October 3 estimated $500bn on sports each featured at the 2013 FIBA Asia year, with approximately 80 per- Championship in the Philippines cent of those bets being made when the team reached the quar- illegally. ter-finals before falling to Korea. Eaton added: “That’s a lot of On the roster for the second money ending up in the hands of consecutive championship are organized criminals who have a Saad Abdulrahman, Daoud Mousa never-ending source of financ- Daoud, Khalid Suliman Abdi, ing their illegal, often violent Erfan Ali Saeed, Mohammed operations. We need federal Saleem Abdullah and Mohd policies that address this prob- Yousuf Mohammed. lem of corruption – and can Daoud had some big games, regulate it instead into a positive including in a 75-61 win over opportunity.” Jordan. Pallone also commented on The 1.94m guard was the team’s a number of other policy ideas, second-leading scorer two years Meanwhile, China are banking team that also has skyscrapers in including his recent calls for a ago averaging 10.8 points per on home-court advantage and a 21-year-old Wang Zhelin (2.14m), Congressional hearing on fantasy game and Saeed was fourth (10.2 tall frontline to help them knock 23-year-old Li Muhao (2.18m) and football, saying “The reason why points). Iran off the throne at the FIBA 19-year-old Zhou Qi (2.17m). sports leagues like fantasy sports Qatar, who are coached by Asia Championship. Others with experience are is because they have invested in it.” Vasileios Fragkias, will play in China and Iran enter the com- Chinese veterans Liu Wei, Guo However, fellow panelist Les Group D against Chinese Taipei, petition as favorites, with three Ailun and Zhou Peng. Bernal, National Director for Lebanon and Kazakhstan, with titles in the four editions of the Gong Luming, the coach of Stop Predatory Gambling, disa- only the top three teams advanc- event dating back to 2007. China, knows that Iran will be greed with the position that ing to the second round. China were once the dominant formidable. sports betting should be regu- The side that wins the FIBA side in the region, winning 13 of 15 The Iranians’ new coach, The members of Qatar lated, stressing that “solutions” Asia Championship will clinch a FIBA Asia Championships from former Germany and Poland boss basketball team taking to regulating sport betting in the spot in the Rio de Janeiro Games. 1975 to 2003. Dirk Bauermann, inherited a lot part in the FIBA Asia United States can be just as wor- The teams that finish second, The only time China has won of talent and experience. Championship pose for risome – or worse. third and fourth will claim places since was 2011. An Iran squad that features a picture in Changsha- Bernal said: “In a time when in one of the three 2016 FIBA At that tournament, Jordan giant centre Hamed Haddadi, Hunan, China yes- leaders from both parties are Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. upset Iran in the quarter-finals point guard Mahdi Kamrany, terday. RIGHT: A file highlighting how our system is Qatar final roster for 2015 and nearly beat the Chinese in the small forwards Samad Nikkhah picture of Qatar team rigged against everyday people, FIBA Asia Championship: Khalid title game. Bahrami and Oshin Sahakian - all in action. state-sponsored casinos and lot- Suliman Abdi, Mohammed Seleem A player that has been in players with a lot of national team teries are the prime example. If Abdulla, Mohammed Seleem the China senior team since games under their belts - should you can’t stop illegal operators Abdulla, Khalid Abdalla, Daoud the 2004 Olympics, the 2.13m also get a major contribution from how can you stop those that are Mousa Daoud, Clinton Finhoir J power forward Yi Jianlian, fig- promising youngster Behnam licensed to abuse the rules?” III, Abduallah Shaher Matalkeh, ures to have a prominent role in Yakhchali. The issue of regulating sports Mohamed Hassan Mohamed, Changsha-Hunan. “The mindset for us is always betting is just one of many areas Mohd Yousuf Mohammed, Yi was not at his best a couple the gold medal and qualify- the ICSS is working on and will Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, of years ago because of injuries ing directly for the Olympics,” be discussed further at the ICSS’s Erfan Ali Saeed and Yassin Mahdi but his athleticism and experience Sahakian said in an interview with annual conference. F Taha. will be important factors for a FIBA.com. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Women Basketball team off to Bosnia Qatar’s women basketball team delegation on QSWSF to host two arrival in Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday. The team events next month will participate in Bosnia International DOHA: Qatar Sailing and Water across the globe. Elite Qatari Friendly Basketball Sports Federation (QSWSF) sailors are due to compete in Championship to be is preparing to host Qatar both championships in frame of held from today. Sailing Open Championship QSWSF’s long term strategy to The team delega- from October 16 to 20 and Asian encourage Qatari youth participa- Optimist Championships from tion in sailing and water sports. tion is chaired by ctober 23 to 31 at the Katara In February, QSWSF hosted Noora Al Nuaimi, Beach. the Qatar International Regatta, the team Director The QSWSF confirmed that Sail the Gulf and Qatar Match along with technical the preparations are under way Racing. and administrative for the two prestigious champion- QSWSF also hosts national staff members and ships which are expected to bring and international competitions 12 players. together top world sailors from in Kiteboarding. Asian and different countries THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 31

Ferguson reveals Al Rayyan’s positive return, Al Rooney wage row, Balotelli interest

Arabi’s form impress Belmadi LONDON: Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has revealed that he refused to When strong sides do well, level of the game improves: Lekhwiya coach allow Wayne Rooney to be paid more than him during a con- tract stand-off with the striker DOHA: Lekhwiya coach Djamel players. We have to play to our in 2010. Belmadi has praised the per- potential to get a positive result,” Rooney vowed to leave United formances of Al Rayyan and Al he said. after accusing the club of a lack Arabi, saying the two sides have When asked about injury con- of ambition, only to perform a done well in the first phase of cerns in his camp, Belmadi said: sudden U-turn and sign a new Qatar Stars League (QSL). “Dame Traoré has been injured five-year deal reportedly worth Al Rayyan, who were demoted for a year and a half but he has a £180,000 a week. to the Second Division at the end strong desire in to play more as But Ferguson reveals in his new of the 2013-14 season, won a pro- he seeks to return to the national book, ‘Leading’, which is released motion to QSL last season. team again.” yesterday, that he engineered a Coached by Jorge Fossati, Al “We will be playing to win, deal of his own ensuring that no Rayyan have emerged as the there’s no doubt about that,” player could earn more than him, points leaders after two rounds Belmadi said. telling United’s owners the Glazer of QSL. “We know the games won’t be family and then-chief executive Al Arabi, coached by Gianfranco easy but we have what it takes to David Gill he “did not think it fair Zola, are also unbeaten in the first maintain our charge for the QSL that Rooney should earn twice two games so far. title,” he said. “Our target is to what I made”. “Both these sides have large get away from the other teams “It was simple. We just agreed fan bases and it is in the interest in terms of winning matches,” he that no player should be paid of Qatar football they play well,” said. more than me,” Ferguson said. Lekhwiya coach Belmadi said. When asked about Lekhwiya’s Rooney fell out with Ferguson “These two sides have ambi- 3-1 win over Qatar SC last week, prior to the Scot’s retirement in tions to do well and so do we,” he Belmadi said: “We have forgot- 2013, but was appointed United quickly added. ten that match. We are looking captain by current manager Louis “When strong sides do well, toward other teams now,” he van Gaal last year. the level of the game improves added. Umm Salal players training Ferguson says that Everton all around,” Belmadi said. “I think Al Kharaitiyat will ahead of their third round pulled out all the stops to prevent Lekhwiya, the defending cham- have extra bite in their play since match of the Qatar Stars Rooney joining United in 2004, pions, take on Al Kharaitiyat on they lost to Al Rayyan,” Belmadi League in Doha yesterday. including an emotional phone-call Saturday in their second match said. BOTTOM: Al Ahli players dur- from the player’s mother. this season. “Al Kharatiyat capable of cre- ing a training in Doha yesterday. “After we gave them our final “I think it will be a strong ating problems for big teams. I offer, (Everton manager Bill) RIGHT: Lekhwiya coach Djamel game,” Lekhwiya said about his expect a tough fight,” he added. Kenwright got Rooney’s mother Belmadi. next opponents. “They have good THE PENINSULA on the phone and she told me, ‘You are not going to steal my boy’,” writes Ferguson, who is now a United director. Other revelations in the book include the disclosure that Ferguson considered a move for wayward Italy striker Mario Balotelli in 2010, only to be dis- suaded by his contacts in Italy. “In 2010, I briefly flirted with the idea of signing Mario Balotelli, the talented but controversial Italian striker,” Ferguson says. “I did my homework on him, speaking to a few Italian contacts, but the feedback I got confirmed it was too big a risk.” Balotelli subsequently joined Manchester City from Inter Milan, returning to Italy for a second spell at AC Milan this year following a disappointing season with Liverpool. Ferguson hits out at Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy’s Ronaldo eyes history for depleted Real handling of Dimitar Berbatov’s move to United in 2008, describ- MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo “From there we have very 3-1 by Villarreal on Sunday. 2-1 win away at Sevilla moved off the bench to hand them a ing the experience as “more pain- has another chance to move good footballers and we will eval- “We haven’t started well. Three them up to fourth. “I expect an 2-0 win at Eibar on Saturday. “I ful than my hip replacement”. ahead of Raul as Real Madrid’s uate who is in better or worse points in the league isn’t enough extremely difficult game due to am very happy with the internal He also has choice words for top goalscorer of all time on shape. It is not just a question of and it is the league that tells you the characteristics of the oppo- competition and the enthusiasm Mino Raiola, the agent of French enemy territory as Los Blancos training sessions, but the qual- whether you are playing well or nent, the form they are in and everyone has to participate,” said midfielder Paul Pogba, who left make the daunting trip to take ity, power and experience of the not,” said Athletic coach Ernesto how they have won their points. Atletico boss Diego Simeone. United for Juventus in 2012 and on Athletic Bilbao today. player. Valverde. It will be an attractive and inter- “At a big club the quality of has since become one of the Ronaldo is just two goals off “I wouldn’t say it is an acid “I know what is coming now esting game for us,” said Barca minutes spent on the field is world’s most coveted players. matching Raul Gonzalez Blanco’s test, but they are difficult oppo- with Madrid, but we need to coach Luis Enrique about his more important than the quan- “There are one or two football record mark of 323 and has nents. Real Madrid lost there win.” former club. tity. I hope everyone can take agents I simply do not like and been described as Madrid’s only last year and it will be impor- League leaders Barca also “Last season it was very dif- advantage of their opportunity Mino Raiola, Paul Pogba’s agent, is “unquestionable” player by coach tant to be concentrated and face a tough task to main- ficult for us to win there. This and give us the option of having one of them,” he said. “I distrusted Rafael Benitez despite the star play with as much intensity as tain their perfect start to the year they have had a great alternatives.” him from the moment I met him.” names amongst his squad. they do.” campaign when they travel to transfer window and haven’t David Moyes also faces a cru- The 73-year-old Scot defends Benitez will have to do without Athletic have proven their unbeaten Celta Vigo yesterday. just had good results, but have cial match that could define his the quality of the squad that his Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez ability to perform on the big Barca will be back close to full done so playing in an attractive future at Real Sociedad when successor David Moyes inher- and Sergio Ramos for the visit occasion as they beat Barcelona strength as Gerard Pique is avail- way.” the Basques travel to Granada ited in 2013, saying criticism of to the Basque Country so Lucas 5-1 on aggregate to win the able for the first time in La Liga Atletico Madrid could move to on Tuesday. United’s players made it sound Vazquez, Jese Rodriguez and Spanish Super Cup at the start this season after serving a four- the top of the table for 24 hours La Real have taken just like “I had left 11 corpses on the Casemiro will battle for a place of the campaign. game ban, while Andres Iniesta at least when they host Getafe two points from their open- steps of a funeral”. in the starting line-up. However, they have taken just and Luis Suarez will return after in a Madrid derby at the Vicente ing four games with discontent Moyes, meanwhile, was only “We have one player who three points from their open- being rested for Sunday’s 4-1 win Calderon on Tuesday. towards the former Manchester approached after United had is unquestionable and that ing four league games as a side over Levante. Los Rojiblancos showed their United manager heightened by sounded out Pep Guardiola, Jose is Cristiano,” Benitez said shorn of the rested Raul Garcia However, they will face a Celta strength in depth as Fernando Saturday’s 3-2 defeat at home to Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Jurgen yesterday. and Aritz Aduriz were beaten side full of confidence after a Torres and Angel Correa came Espanyol. AFP Klopp and Van Gaal. AFP Minnows Nepal eye place in Qatar 2022 World Cup

KATHMANDU: Twenty-two last time when Nepal won gold, there. It will be a tough task to get infrastructure to empower young years ago, Nepal won gold in the I was that time a player. Of all through qualification and we need people, he said: “It’s very good for 1993 South Asian Federation the sports in the games, Nepal to improve in the FIFA rankings. us. I think it will make football big- (SAF) Games in football. won gold only in football and it Right now we have a good for- ger and more people will come to This was their last trophy in was very special and unique for eign manager coaching the senior watch in addition to us having bet- the sport until last month, when us. I am so proud because it took side, but if I get the opportunity to ter facilities.” the Nepalese Under-19 team re- us so long to reach the top again. coach them down the line, then I Maharjan also believes that enacted virtually the same 1993 We have been waiting for this will give my best to take Nepal to the World Cup returning to Asia final match versus India and achievement for a long time.” Qatar in 2022. It will be a step- will have a continental effect, not defeated their opponents on pen- Already looking to the future, by-step procedure, we need to go only on his home country of Nepal alties to lift the 2015 South Asian the enthusiastic coach added: through the first qualifying phase, but also on the host nation Qatar. Football Federation (SAFF) Cup. “The next step is targeting the then the second, and then Qatar. He said: “When the World Cup One pivotal person in both the senior side championship at the Nothing is impossible,” he added. was in Japan and Korea it was 1993 and 2015 victories is then SAFF Cup and to climb up the “The thing that hurts us the a big success for all of Asia, but Nepal international and current FIFA rankings.” most is the lack of infrastructure. Japan and Korea also did well, so U-19 coach Bal Gopal Maharjan. Currently coaching the U-19 We have to build new stadiums I wish Qatar to progress to the A young midfielder at the time, side, Maharjan is well aware that and facilities to achieve our goals, second or third round come 2022. Maharjan was a main feature in many of his players will soon and without government support Finally, there are many Nepalese the squad and has since turned break into the senior side. Eager we can’t do anything.” in Qatar and I hope they will get to passing on his experience as to remain working with the same When told about the Supreme the chance to go and watch the a coach. group of players, Gopal thinks and Committee for Delivery & Legacy’s games. Not only for leisure, but On a recent trip to Nepal, jour- hopes his chance will come at the Generation Amazing project, a they can observe and learn as nalists from Qatar visited his 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar . youth leadership programme which well, whether they are fans or A file picture of a football match between Qatar and Nepal women’s house in Kathmandu and heard “Qatar 2022 is a big opportu- uses football for development pro- administrators, it will help Nepal teams at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha in October 2013. from the Nepal legend: “The nity, but it won’t be easy to get grammes and the provision of pitch and Asian football.” QNA Wednesday 23 September 2015 9 Dhul-Hijja 1436 Volume 20 Number 6562 Sport Price: QR2

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Coach Sanchez Tickets go on sale for Worlds in Doha shortlists 27 DOHA: With only a few days best making the cut. for West Asian to go, the countdown to world Announcing the full athlete boxing’s signature event gath- line-up yesterday, Yousuf Ali ers pace as tickets go on sale Al Kazim, Executive Director Championship and the bestboxers are quali- for the Doha World Boxing fied for what is a historic occa- Championships and President DOHA: Qatar coach Felix sion for sport in the Middle of the Qatar Boxing Federation, Sanchez yesterday announced a East. had the following to say: 27-member squad for the West 260 boxers representing 70 “This will be a historic and Asian U23 Championship to be nations have been confirmed for special occasion for the box- held in Doha. the World Boxing Championships ing sport not only in Qatar, but The list includes the names of taking place at the state-of-the- throughout the entire Middle players who appeared at the 2015 art Ali Bin Hamed Al Attiyah East. The fact that only the U20 FIFA World Cup held in New Arena in Doha between October best boxers are qualified for the Zealand in June this year. 5 to 15. World Championships here in The Doha tournament is an The event is hosted in Doha is testament to the huge event that is expected to help the the Middle East for the first importance of this event, and participating teams prepare for time in history, and will see through these exhilarating 10 the AFC Asian U23 Tournament the global boxing elite from days of sporting action, we hope to be held in Doha next January. AIBA’s (International Boxing to inspire a new generation of The West Asian U23 Association) five confederations boxing heroes across the world. Championship will be held from fight to be crowned world cham- “With tickets on sale from September 30 to October 10. pions and for one of 23 qualify- today, we call on local sports fans The final squad of 22 will be ing spots to the Rio 2016 Olympic to come to the arena for what is announced closer to the event, Games. truly a once-in-a-lifetime oppor- Sanchez said yesterday. In the process leading up to tunity to witness world champi- Qatar squad will start their Doha 2015,the athletes have been ons across the different weight training camp in Doha on through rigorous continental categories try to protect their September 25, the coach added. qualification rounds at official titlesin the ring. We feel confi- Al Anabi take on Palestine on confederation events – another dent that Doha 2015 will be spe- September 30 followed by a game first in AIBA’s 69-year-long his- cial, and we promise to deliver a against Jordan on October 3. tory – thus making this year’s fun and unforgettable experience QR10-50 and can be purchased Mall and Landmark Mall, as the Doha 2015 AIBA World Qatar’s last group game will be World Championships the most for all the family.” onlinewww.boxing2015.qa and in well as at the Ali Bin Hamad Championships between October against Yemen on October 6. competitive ever with only the Tickets are priced between Virgin Megastores in Villaggio Al Attiyah Arena throughout 5 to 15. THE PENINSULA Squad: Nasser Saleh Khalfan, Khulaki Saud Abbasi, Ali Qadri, Fahad AlOthman, Younis Yahri, Mohammed Alaa Abdul Rahman, Sultan Bakhit, Muhannad Naim, Musab Al-Khader,Saleh Al Yazidi, Hamza Senhadji, Abdulrahman Al-Harazi, Ahmed Fathi, Ali 2022 Cup in Qatar can be an Abdullah, Salem Al-Hajri, Fahad Ali, Ahmed Akram Afif, Ahmed Al-Saadi, Asim Madibo, Ali Jassim Gelabi, Sultan Bareeq and Tamim Almuhaize, accelerator for change: Schenk Coach: Felix Sanchez ‘Qatar is most advanced in dealing with problems and changing things’

DOHA: German lawyer and One thing is the hardware, the former 800 metre runner buildings. Here the discussion Sylvia Schenk took part in the is: What will be needed after- 1972 Olympics in Munich, and wards for a small population? But has been a Board Member of something like the metro which Transparency International A German law- is being built here will be very Germany from 2006 until 2013. yer and former useful if you take a look at the She now leads their working athlete Sylvia congestion on the streets now. I group ‘sport’ as well as coor- know from the Qatar 2022 bid Schenk (right), dinating the Sport and Rights that solar energy is a big topic who took part in Alliance (SRA) with Amnesty here, in order to become more International, Human Rights the 1972 Olympics sustainable and move away from Watch, ITUC, Terre Des in Munich, and a oil and gas dependence. As for the Hommes, FIFPro and Football Board Member software, I find it very interest- Supporters Europe. of Transparency ing how mega-events can pro- On her second visit to Qatar International pel social change, if it is done in for a recent UNESCO confer- Germany during her the right way. I still remember ence, Schenk met with Hassan visit to Qatar. on the 2nd of December during Al Thawadi, Secretary General the bid presentations in Zurich, of the Supreme Committee for Qatar’s was the only delegation Delivery & Legacy (SC), and where a woman said something. was briefed at the SC offices on Everyone else, the Americans, the Workers’ Welfare Standards the English, the Australians, only being implemented across all 2022 had men who were presenting. So FIFA World Cup Qatar projects. themselves into modernity and I mood as a nation and it devel- the problems and said that it back then I thought: I would not Thereafter she took time to see find it a very exciting development. oped football in Germany and needs time. We talked already in have expected this, they surprised this implementation first-hand The interesting thing to see is how increased the quality of the stadi- Frankfurt about the Kafala sys- me in a positive manner. I knew on a visit to the construction strategically they are going about ums for the league. A World Cup tem reform and that any delays Monika Staab very well, who built site of the Khalifa International it. With the Qatar National Vision always moves a lot. Because Qatar on this are not helpful, but I saw up women’s football here, and I Stadium, and sat down with www. 2030 in mind, they are for example is doing so much in a short space here that there is a lot happening find that a huge step for equal sc.qa for an in-depth interview on also looking at women’s rights, all of time, such a World Cup can be on this Khalifa Stadium construc- rights and health issues. her thoughts on Qatar’s progress, the way to the women’s national an accelerator for change beyond tion site. One needs to extend this Question: You also had the areas for improvement, the team they are developing in foot- the infrastructure – more than in to construction sites not directly chance to meet the SC’s Workers’ changing city of Doha and how a ball. It is a very thorough approach a country which has already been linked to the World Cup and Welfare Unit and be briefed about mega-event can help to accelerate and very strategic, and I learned through a certain and especially can hope that this will spread to the Standards which they are social development. that even the concern for workers’ continuous development phase. other sites which are not related implementing. What did you take Question: This is your second welfare is a result of the National Question: You met for the sec- to the World Cup, and also into with you from these discussions? visit to Qatar. What impressions Vision, and not caused by external ond time with the SC Secretary the neighbouring countries. It is Answer: I have worked a lot in of the country do you take back critics. General Hassan Al Thawadi, fol- not only Qatar which has to deal terms of sustainability in differ- home? Question: What impact do you lowing your initial meeting in with these issues and perhaps ent areas, and I have seen many Qatar’s Nasser Al Ghazali in Answer: I did not see much, think the 2022 FIFA World Cup Frankfurt this summer. How did Qatar is the most advanced in such women who work in a very action in the Vienna Grand but I did my daily running. That is Qatar can have on a country that your conversations go? the region in dealing with these engaged way. I have the feeling important for me, to feel safe alone is developing so fast, compared to Answer: We had a very problems and changing things. the SC’s experts would fit into Prix, the penultimate round of at seven in the morning. This is the tournament in Germany? open conversation in Frankfurt That is sometimes portrayed in the same discussion in Europe Longines Global Champions not possible in every country of the Answer: When there is so already, at the start probing a a quite one-sided way in Europe or the USA: how do we take the Tour 2015 in Austrian capital, world. I am from Frankfurt, so I much construction everywhere, bit whether one can trust one and North America. next steps, how do we take this Vienna. Al Ghazali clocked a am used to a skyline. Here there there is certainly a lot of devel- another, but I think that is nor- Question: How do you think a forward. They were very cred- time of 39,95 seconds without are many more skyscrapers with opment taking place. It is inter- mal. I found it very interesting mega-event like the FIFA World ible and I believe they are doing any mistakes, jumped over an interesting design. Different esting to see how you can keep to hear re-confirmed from him Cup can leave a lasting legacy? the best to improve conditions. I 145m hurdle to win the first styles come together, and from traditions and still build the the ambitions and motivations he Answer: There are two parts think that is something positive place. The last round of the almost zero, something like a big future. To be honest even the has to improve and develop his to this. In Germany we have the and I hope they will have the sup- Longines Global Champions American city is being created. World Cup in Germany was a country through this tournament. debate also: What stays for the port needed to be successful. Tour 2015 will be held in Qatar. Qatari’s have their right to catapult catalyst with regards to our own He was also open to talking about country after the tournament? THE PENINSULA