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SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 • 24 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6517 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Applications Summer Festival 2015 for commercial plots sought Land to be mainly allotted to SMEs

DOHA: The Ministry of agreement, he will receive a mes- Economy and Commerce has sage saying that the application is begun to accept applications successfully submitted. online for the allotment of plots That, however, does not mean of land in one of Qatar’s biggest that the application has been industrial and logistics projects accepted and the applicant has met located in three places, namely, the required criteria for allotment. Southern Al Wakra, Birkat Al Specialists appointed for the pur- Awamir and Aba Salil. pose will study the applications and The projects primarily aim at they will decide the eligibility and encouraging small and medium- allotment. Applicants must pro- sized entreprises (SMEs) and vide bank guarantee based on the the plots of land to be allotted size of the plot of land applied for will be on nominal rent for set- allotment. In case the number of ting up warehousing facilities for applicants are more than the plots cars, assembly units, cold storages, of land available for allotment in shops and showrooms, commercial each category (there are six catego- offices, labour camps, workshops, ries), the allotment will be decided service centres and depots. through lottery to be held publicly. Children enjoying a magic show at the Summer Festival 2015 at Doha Exhibition Centre, organised by Qatar Tourism Authority, yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP The last date for applying is Aside from the lottery winner, November 9 (by 12 noon) and the two more nominees will be short- lease contract for the plots will be listed as reserves for a plot in ques- for 30 years during which QR40 tion. The winners will be announced per sqm will have to be paid as rent through the media. Mosque suicide annually. The logistics committee The projects include green Hot, humid weather to continue of the economy ministry yesterday spaces, including trees, roads, san- DOHA: It was a very hot and from 20 percent early in the day. Abu Samra and Al Khor and 31 in bomber was announced that applications from itation, sewage, accommodation humid day yesterday and it The day is likely to be hot- Al Wakra and Messaieed. companies (with commercial regis- for labourers, a centre for Civil isn’t going to be any different ter than yesterday as the maxi- The day will be hazy at first tration or CRs) for land allotment Defence, parking for trucks and today, according to a weather mum temperature forecast is 46 becoming very hot during daytime Saudi: Riyadh can be made through the website trailers, mosques, parking lots, and forecaster. degrees C in Doha. with slight dust hanging in the air RIYADH: Saudi Arabia www.manateq.qa plots of land for supermarkets. Maximum humidity was 80 In other places day tempera- at times and some clouds. said yesterday that the sui- When an applicant has filled up Smaller companies will be allot- percent yesterday and coupled tures will vary from 40 degrees C About high humidity levels, cide bomber who detonated the form and specified the size of ted plots admeasuring 1,000 to 2,000 with the fact that day tempera- in Al Ruwais to 42 in Dukhan and the weather forecaster said that an explosives-packed vest in the plot required and attached the sqm while medium-sized companies tures soared up to 42 degrees C, Abu Samra and 45 in Messaieed, August is the month known for a mosque inside a police head- required documents (including a will be eligible to apply for plots of made things worse for people. Al Wakra and Al Khor. high humidity. quarters, killing 15 people, was clear business plan for which the areas of 2,000 to 67,000 sqm. It isn’t going to be any different Mercury levels at night will Humidity levels would begin one of its own citizens. land is being sought) and agreed to Pictures on page 4 today as humidity is expected to drop to 33 degrees C in Doha, 32 easing from the mid of next Thursday’s bombing of a the terms and conditions of lease THE PENINSULA peak at 70 percent, starting off in Al Ruwais, 29 in Dukhan, 30 in month. THE PENINSULA mosque frequented by members of a police special weapons and tactics unit in the southern city of Abha was claimed by the Islamic State group. The Saudi interior ministry named the bomber as Yussef bin Second arson death stirs Hamas call to confront Israel Sleiman bin Abdullah al-Sleiman, aged 21. A ministry spokesman, DUMA, WEST BANK: The treated for third-degree burns for four-year-old son Ahmed are of David spray-painted on a wall unrest in the occupied territory quoted by El-Ekhbariya state father of a Palestinian toddler the past eight days, Palestinian still fighting for their lives in along with the words “revenge” and for “Palestinian revenge television, said 11 of those killed killed when their home was official Ghassan Daghlas said. another Israeli hospital, near Tel and “long live the Messiah”. attacks.” were policemen and four were firebombed by Jewish extrem- The head of the hospital’s inten- Aviv, after the attack that killed “Nothing will stop these mur- The United Nations has called Bangladeshis who worked at the ists last week died yesterday sive care unit said his prospects 18-month-old Ali. derous settler attacks and... we for restraint. “Political, commu- police compound. from injuries he suffered in the had been slim from the outset. However, a doctor said Ahmed cannot wait until they come into nity and religious leaders on all IS affiliate “Al-Hijaz Province” attack, prompting a Hamas call “He arrived early Friday a week was showing some encouraging our villages and our homes,” sides should work together and said in an online statement that for “confrontation”. ago by helicopter in very bad con- signs. “He is conscious at the Hossam Badran, spokesman of not allow extremists to escalate it was behind the attack, the lat- The July 31 attack in the village dition, critical,” Motti Klein told moment, communicating with the Palestinian Islamic movement the situation and take control est — and deadliest — against of Duma led to angry Palestinian Israeli public radio. “With burns relatives,” Marina Rubinstein Hamas, wrote on Facebook from of the political agenda,” wrote security forces in Saudi Arabia protests and an international covering 80 percent of the body, told the radio. “Yesterday he was his base in Qatar Saturday. UN peace coordinator Nickolay in recent weeks. outcry over Israel’s failure to chances of survival are very, very licking ice lollies and was pleased “Our people in the West Bank Mladenov. “I reiterate the secre- It had identified the bomber curb violence by hardline Jewish slim, almost zero,” he said. with that.” “His condition is still have only one choice: that of open tary general’s call for the perpe- as Abu Sinan al-Najdi and settlers. “He underwent a number of serious,” she added. and comprehensive confrontation trators of this heinous terrorist vowed to carry out fresh strikes Saad Dawabsha died in hospi- skin grafts but, despite every- The Dawabsha family’s small against the occupation.” act, which was universally con- against “tyrants in the Arabian tal in the southern Israeli city of thing, his vital systems collapsed.” brick and cement home was gut- Israeli media reported that the demned, to be brought swiftly to Peninsula... in the coming days”. Beersheba where he was being Dawabsha’s wife Riham and ted by the fire, and a Jewish Star army was on alert for possible justice,” he added. AFP AFP

Typhoon nears China Ministry recalls 2014-2015 Qatar population crosses Jaguar XJ 2.34 million mark in June DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce, in co-operation with Al Fardan DOHA: Qatar’s popula- Vehicles registered in June and 24 women), while 113 deaths Premiere Motors (Jaguar), has tion crossed the 2.34 million totalled 9,933 up slightly from were recorded among non-Qataris recalled 2014-2015 Jaguar XJ in mark in June, the Ministry May, 2015 when their number in the month, 14 being women. order to install the brake pipes of Development Planning and was 9,853. Radar-related viola- Passenger arrivals in the month to meet safety standards. Statistics announced yesterday. tions totalled 79,771, accounting totaled more than 1.17 million The ministry said the recall The population was 2.15 million for a majority of the total. (1,178,5200 while departures comes as part of its decision to in June 2014. In other words, more Traffic violations recorded in recorded were 1,196, 474. ascertain the extent of car deal- than 193,000 people entered the June totalled 126,503, up almost Some 400 driving licences were ers’ commitment to follow up country in a year until last June. 13 percent in a year. Some 1,932 issued to Qataris in the month of vehicles’ defects and repair them According to monthly statistics of these violations were serious June and the number was much to protect consumers’ rights. released by the Ministry for June, offences of jumping the red light. larger at 7,409 for non-Qataris. The ministry stressed that it visitors to Qatar increased by 7.3 The bulletin put the number of The US, China and the UAE will coordinate with the dealers to Residents gather to see huge waves stirred up by strong wind as percent in the month over June Qatari births in June at 500 (283 were the top three origins of follow up maintenance and repair typhoon Soudelor draws near the mainland China in Wenling, east 2014. male, and 213 female), while non- imports in the month while Japan, operations and will communicate China’s Zhejiang province yesterday. Soudelor battered Taiwan with Visitors from the neighbour- Qatari births recorded were 1,502 South Korea and India continued with customers to ensure imple- fierce winds and rain, leaving four people dead and a trail of debris in ing GCC countries had the larg- (775 male and 727 female). to be the three major destinations mentation of the procedures to fix its wake. Report on page 11 est share in the total, with their As for deaths, 59 were recorded for Qatari exports. defects. THE PENINSULA ratio reaching 40.7 percent. in the Qatari community (35 men THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME QRC delivers drinking water to Syria homes Office in Lebanon rehabilitates two refugee camps gutted by fire DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent each tank. Over 13 days, the (QRC) has launched a new water management in Aleppo project to deliver clean drink- received three tankers to deliver ing water to local communities 1.17 cubic million litres of clean in Syria, at a cost of $179,000 water to 40 districts. (QR651,170). Yet, the needs are much During the first phase, QRC’s higher and another eight www.swiss-belhotel.com office in Turkey purchased four tanks are required to cover the Tel large tanks to provide drinking 500,000-people city of Aleppo. water to civilians in Syria. In parallel, QRC’s mission Fax Many water facilities and net- in Lebanon rehabilitated two works have been destroyed due Syrian refugee camps, dam- to the four-year Syrian crisis. aged by fire due to lack of safety There are no official authori- standards. Tel ties to secure drinking water for Once the fire incidents were Fax households and public utilities. reported, QRC staff moved to Amid the siege of most north- assess the situation and inter- ern areas of the country, local view victims. communities are almost facing a They were told that the fire humanitarian disaster in water was caused by gas leak in a tent Tel supply, added to the insecurity where a housewife was cooking, Fax and loss of sources of income. and the other poorly-made tents To alleviate their suffering, quickly caught the fire. QRC staff in Turkey made a Financial aid was given to the situation assessment and out- affected families to help them Tel + 974 44298888 lined a practical solution. secure their basic needs, and As a first step, four water new infrastructure was built in Fax tanks were purchased and taken the camps as a permanent solu- into Aleppo city and countryside tion to prevent such incidents in and Idlib countryside, under the future. Tel the supervision of a team for THE PENINSULA Fax

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THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Hassad to provide second batch of Australian sheep to meet demand DOHA: Hassad Australia, a provider of high quality food now supply a second and bigger subsidiary of Hassad Food, products. The same quality and batch, almost double the quantity Qatar’s premier investor in food almost double the quantity of the of the last batch, of Australian and agri-business sectors, has last batch will be distributed by sheep to the local market to sup- announced that it will supply Widam to the local market over port and meet demand. the local market with a larger the next six months. “We are privileged to provide batch of Australian chilled car- In line with Hassad Food’s the second batch of Australian casses according to the Islamic strategy of investing in global livestock with the same high qual- Shariah, through Widam Food. markets to secure high quality ity of our first batch and accord- The collaboration follows food resources for Qatar, Nasser ing to specifications set by Widam the supply of chilled carcasses Mohamed Al Hajri, Chairman, Food,” Al Hajri added by Hassad Australia during Hassad Australia, and Chairman Hassad Australia owns and Ramadan. and Managing Director, Hassad operates 300,000 hectares of land Hamad International Airport’s future development strategy will focus on increased capacity and additional facilities. Hassad Australia plays a vital Food, said: “Following our coop- that supports 250,000 sheep and role is realising the vision of eration with Widam Food during produces 130,000 tonnes of grains Hassad Food to become a global Ramadan, Hassad Australia will a year. THE PENINSULA HIA serves 28 million passengers in first year DOHA: Hamad International tonnes of cargo in its first year, first in the Middle East for Airport (HIA) has completed demonstrating a 12 percent Cleanliness of Airport Terminal, a year of operations and served increase compared to the previ- Speedy Baggage Delivery and 28 million passengers from June ous hub. Comfort of Waiting Areas. 2014 to May 2015. Along with the exponential Badr Mohammed Al Meer, HIA saw 7.28 million pas- growth of its passenger numbers Chief Operating Officer, HIA, sengers arriving, departing and and cargo, HIA accommodates 36 said: “We owe our accomplish- transferring from April to June airlines having efficiently handled ments to our focus on customer with 2,495,191 in April, 2,419,783 193,173 aircraft movements in the satisfaction. We put the customer in May and 2,367,230 in June. past year — 11.4 percent more at the heart of everything we do. HIA seamlessly transitioned than those handled per annum “With this in mind, we have from its previous hub, Doha in the previous airport. invested in a bespoke research International Airport (DIA), to Within less than a year of com- programme to get to know our its current state-of-the-art facili- mencing operations, HIA has passengers and their needs. We ties and full commercial opera- won six Skytrax 2015 awards at not only offer passenger services, tions of the airport began on May Skytrax Airport Award ceremony we also offer an overall passenger 27, 2014. at Passenger Terminal Expo 2015 experience. The transition was a testimony in Paris. “Our future development strat- to intensive planning efforts by These include the Best Airport egy will focus on increased capac- the airport management, Qatar in the Middle East award and ity and additional facilities. Airways and its subsidiaries. HIA the second position as the Best “The development of our core has now matured into a globally- Airport in Performance and aviation facilities is based on The second consignment of the same quality and almost double the quantity of the previous one will be distributed recognised airport. Services. forecasts of passengers, aircraft to the local market over the next six months. The past year saw 28,047,750 HIA has also won the ‘Strategic growth figures and KPIs relating passengers arriving, departing Project of the Year’ award at 2015 to service levels, which will dic- and transferring through the Global Projects of the Year awards tate our development plan. airport — a 23.6 percent year- ceremony organised by CG/LA “We have also created proc- on-year increase — having served Infrastructure. esses and management structures 22.6 million passengers in its pre- HIA has also performed well to manage and deliver our multi- vious hub at DIA. in the surveys by Airport Service million-dollar future investment Non-resident Bihari honoured The airport has also handled Quality in the first quarter of programmes strategically.” more than one million metric 2015. This includes being ranked THE PENINSULA

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar presents the award to Kakvi at Sri Ram Auditorium in New Delhi.

DOHA: Shakil Ahmed Kakvi, organisation linked to the foun- for Children organised by a non-resident Bihari living dation, under the aegis of the NCERT, and Children Science in Qatar, has been honoured Indian embassy, to address Congress, supported by the with the first Parwasi Bihari issues of non-resident Biharis. Indian Ministry of Science and Samman by Bihar Foundation His efforts resulted in visits of a Technology. of the government of the business delegation and student Kakvi also established CBSE- Indian state of Bihar. teams from Qatar to Bihar. affiliated Kainat International Kakvi has worked for the Kakvi also served MES School in Kainat Nagar in Indian community in general Indian School here as coordi- his native village Kako in the and people from Bihar in partic- nator for scientific and envi- Jehanabad District of Bihar to ular in Qatar. He is first Indian ronmental affairs and attended provide quality education for in Qatar to become member of United Nations Environment villagers. It is only minority Qatar Scientific Club. Programme conferences. school in the district. His Green Qatar-Clean Qatar To ensure all-round devel- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish project was the first Indian ini- opment of Indian students in Kumar presented the award to tiative in the Gulf to receive a Qatar, he introduced project Kakvi at Sri Ram Auditorium in grant from Ford Conservation such as Bharat Scouts and New Delhi. The award carries a in West Asia. Guides, Jawaharlal Nehru certificate, a shawl and 50,000 Kakvi set up a socio-cultural National Science Exhibition rupees. THE PENINSULA

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Defying harsh and humid weather some enthusiastic couples are seen taking photographs on the Corniche. SALIM MATRAMKOT SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME / MIDDLE EAST

Ministry projects People urged not to crowd sites of accidents DOHA: The Ministry of Interior has urged people on its Facebook account not to crowd at the sites of road accidents or where fire has taken place or even where people are quarrelling. “This is uncivilised behav- iour. Plus, crowding at the places of accidents can cause unwanted obstructions for police, firefighters, rescue workers and others,” said the ministry. Crowding at such places can also disrupt traffic and some- times the lives of the people who have gathered at such spots can be at risk. Crowding in such places can cause obstructions in investi- An artist’s impression of the industrial and logistics projects announced by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce. gations as well, the ministry said. THE PENINSULA Home ‘losing importance in the lives of Qataris’ DOHA: Amid fast-changing The daily spoke to a cross- catering. Then, there is the ques- The situation today is such that work or go to school and college. be held. Earlier, there were fewer lifestyle whose hallmark is section of Qataris and found that tion of parking space for guests. even condolence meetings on the “Homes have become like grave- people so they could gather in a money and modernism, home is opinion was divided on the issue as Hotels and halls have ample death of a family member is held yards,” said Hamad. home. Now, the numbers have losing its importance in the lives some said that due to the demands facilities. in a modern tent outside the home, Mohamed Al Azmi, agreeing gone up massively so these func- of Qatari men and women, rue of modern living it was almost However, for Saeed Hamad, one rued Hamad. with Hamad, said one could save tions can be held only in profes- community members. impossible to hold family functions of the casualties of modern living For members of the younger money by holding events at home. sionally managed places like halls Home was the place where like weddings at home. has been the disappearance of generation, home is where one He was of the opinion that mar- and hotels. “Home is where family nearly every event, including Hotels and halls are preferred home as a centre of family activi- only sleeps after getting tired riages should be held in homes members should meet and share marriages, was held and where for marriages and other family ties like marriage and other cel- after a day’s work and wandering, and only relatives and neighbours food and their sorrow and hap- relatives, friends and neighbours events because it is convenient to ebrations. “In the days gone by all he said. Home is not where most should be invited. piness,” said yet another Qatari, gathered for celebrations. host and entertain guests, argue of our relatives gathered at home younger people eat. They eat in But Hussain Abdullah didn’t Ahmed Al Nehari. “It is not logical That is history now and even some. for a family event and we shared restaurants. So late at night people agree with Hamad and Al Azmi today to organise functions as big condolence meetings for dead fam- Homes can’t compete with pro- meals three times a day and we only come home and get into their and said he was of the opinion that as a wedding at home. The home ily members dead are organised in fessional hotels and halls in clean- enjoyed, “Then, neighbours used to rooms to rest, he said. due to the changing situation, the cannot compete with the hotel and modern tents, not homes, reports liness, hosting large numbers of drop in and join us in celebrations. They get up in the morning, get home cannot be the place where halls in this regard.” local Arabic daily Al Arab. guests and providing services like That is all history.” ready, take their cars and leave for family events like weddings can THE PENINSULA New Swagat Restaurant opens today India-Pakistan friendly cricket match on August 14-15

Officials announcing the match at a press conference.

DOHA: Ibin Ajyan Projects will conduct the 20-over tourna- Ajayan Group of Companies and (IAP) — Asian Town is organ- ment with the participation of IAP-Asian Town. ising an India-Pakistan friendly Indian Royal Club and Pakistan “I request all to support us cricket match with How Royal Club. to fulfil this aim by playing and Automobile Center. “Our aim is to promote the cheering up their favourite teams. It will be held at Asian Town sport in the community as one of This will be a great beginning for Cricket Stadium next to Grand our first steps to achieve our goals. cricket,” he added. New Swagat Restaurant in Old Al Ghanem Street behind Arab Bank opens today at 7pm. The menu includes Mall on August 14 and 15, from I believe that cricket has a won- It is expected to be an annual delicious food, including Indian, Continental, Chinese cuisine, at the most affordable rates. The restaurant is 5.30pm. As part of the 69th derful future in Qatar, along with event of IAP and How Automobile open from 9am until midnight. Management includes Managing Director Moossa Kurungot, Ibrahim Kanjali, Independence Day celebrations of soccer,” said Mohammed Mahdi Center. It is coordinated by Qbiz Rasheed Malayankandi, Backer Koiloth, Kasim Kurungot and Manager Rathnakar. India and Pakistan this year, IAP Ajayan Al Ahbabi, Chairman, Ibin Events. THE PENINSULA Yemen pro-govt forces launch Abyan offensive

ADEN: Pro-government forces in Yemen, strength- ened by tanks newly supplied by a Saudi-led coalition, launched an offensive yesterday to retake the rebel- held capital of Abyan province, military sources said. A drive on the southern province’s capital of Zinjibar was launched from the northern and southern sides of the city. It came two days after tribal and military sources said Saudi Arabia, leading an Arab coalition air war on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, had sent new tanks to Yemen. The tanks were part of a package, including other armoured vehicles and personnel carriers as well as hundreds of Yemeni soldiers trained in the kingdom, a military source said. This week has seen fierce fighting in Zinjibar and heavy coalition air strikes against positions of the 15th Army Brigade allied to the Houthis. Since March 26, the coalition has supported loyalists with air strikes to halt advances by the Houthis, who seized Sana’a last year before pressing south into the port city of Aden. Pro-government forces retook Aden last month and on Tuesday seized the key air base of Al Anad to its north. Military sources said at least 22 people, mostly return- ing civilians, have been killed since Thursday by explosions caused by mines planted by retreating Houthis in Aden and Lahj provinces. Aden was the last refuge of President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi before he fled into exile with his government in Saudi Arabia in March. The official UAE news agency yesterday reported the deaths of three Emirati coalition soldiers. Without saying where or when they were killed, WAM said they died while taking part in “the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia to support the legitimate government in Yemen”. On August 3, Saudi-owned newspaper Al Hayat reported that 1,500 troops, mostly from the UAE, had entered Aden. The United Nations says nearly 4,000 people have been killed since March, half of them civilians, while 80 per- cent of Yemen’s 21 million people are in need of aid and protection. AFP SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Three Emirati Garbage crisis Saudi FM to soldiers killed in Yemen attend Syria DUBAI: Three soldiers from the United Arab Emirates have been killed while taking part in a Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen’s dominant talks in Russia Houthi group, UAE state news agency WA M said yesterday. Saudi Arabia and a coalition Rocket fire kills five in Damascus of other Sunni Muslim states have been fighting since March MOSCOW: Saudi Foreign Street in Damascus and on the to restore Yemen’s exiled govern- Minister Adel Al Jubeir will city’s Bab Touma area,” the ment and to repel the Iran-allied, visit Moscow on Tuesday to agency said. Shia Houthis, who took control of discuss Syria conflict and the Britain-based monitor the the capital Sanaa in September. Islamic State (IS) group with Syrian Observatory for Human At least two other Emirati sol- his Russian counterpart Sergei Rights, which gathers informa- diers have been killed in Yemen Lavrov, the Russian foreign tion from a large network of since the offensive began. The ministry said yesterday. sources on the ground, confirmed UAE has not given details on how The two ministers last met in the death toll. they died. Qatar on August 3 when Lavrov, It also said a large number of The coalition has been support- Jubeir and US Secretary of State people were critically wounded. ing anti-Houthi fighters with air John Kerry held a three-way Sana said the five were killed strikes, military training and the meeting, with the situation in and 36 wounded in “Ath-Thawra delivery of tanks and heavy artil- Lebanese activists chant anti-government slogans during a protest against the garbage crisis, at Martyrs square Syria topping the agenda. Street in central Damascus by a lery, and the Houthis have suf- in downtown Beirut, yesterday. Citizens gathered to protest against the government and its inability to find a The ministers will continue “a rocket fired by terrorists in the fered weeks of setbacks. solution to the garbage crisis in Beirut and elsewhere in the country. discussion on ways to resolve the Jubar sector”, a city suburb. Gulf-backed southern Yemeni crisis in Syria,” the Russian for- It also reported one wounded fighters who are based in the eign ministry said. when a rocket hit Baghdad Street, southern port of Aden, which Moscow said topics would while five rockets that hit the Bab they won back from the Houthis include the “sharp growth in Touma area caused only damage. last month, made gains against strength of various extremist Rebel groups took the stra- the Houthis in heavy fighting in ICRC head in Sana’a to groups, primarily the so-called tegic Jubar district in summer the southern province of Dalea Islamic State”. 2013, and loyalist forces began an on Saturday. “The ministers will discuss the offensive aimed at retaking it last possibility of Russia-Saudi coop- September. assess Yemen conflict cost eration in fighting terrorism, Residential districts of Policeman shot which is in the interests of both Damascus come under regular SANA’A: The head of the that he would hold talks with uni- today has been left unaffected,” countries,” the ministry said. rebel rocket attack, while rebel- dead in Cairo International Committee of dentified “leading officials”. Mauer said in a statement ahead It said they would discuss held sectors are often the target the Red Cross began a three More than four months of of his visit. Russia’s proposal to create a of regime air raids and artillery CAIRO: Gunmen killed an day visit to Yemen yesterday ferocious fighting in Yemen “We are particularly concerned “broad international coalition to bombardment. Egyptian policeman southwest to assess the dire humanitar- between the rebels and loyalists about attacks on medical facilities fight the IS gunmen inside Syria.” On June 17, rockets fired by of Cairo yesterday, the interior ian situation in the war-torn of the exiled government have and personnel. Moreover, deliver- Moscow said the ministers rebels at central Damascus killed ministry said. country. devastated the impoverished ies of food, water and medicine would also pay “great attention” nine people, and on June 28 four The assailants were hiding in a Peter Mauer flew into the country. must be facilitated not ham- to the conflict in Yemen where people died in a similar attack on field and fired on a convoy trans- rebel-held capital Sana’a where The loyalists have been backed pered,” he added. a military coalition led by Saudi the city centre. porting two prisoners due for he was welcomed by Houthi by air strikes and an air and sea It was not clear if Mauer will Arabia is fighting Iran-backed According to a toll compiled by release, before fleeing the scene, rebel officials, a correspondent blockade by a Saudi-led coalition. visit loyalist-held second city Huthi rebels and discuss strate- the Observatory, the Syria con- a police general said. The shooting reported. The United Nations says that Aden during his trip. The south- gies for a “speedy resolution”. flict has killed more than 240,000 came days after policemen killed Mauer is to hold talks with nearly 4,000 people have been ern port has been devastated by Meanwhile, rocket fire from people. five suspects in Fayoum province, Huthi leaders and with their killed, half of them civilians, while the fighting. rebel-held areas around the It was triggered in March 2011 southwest of Cairo. allies from the General People’s 80 percent of the 21 million people Last month, the government Syrian capital killed five people by the bloody repression of peace- Militants have killed hundreds Congress party of ousted presi- are in need of aid and protection. announced it had “liberated” and wounded 37 yesterday, state ful anti-government protests and of soldiers and policemen since dent Ali Abdullah Saleh. The ICRC says that 1.3 million Aden, the last refuge of President news agency Sana reported. degenerated into armed revolt the army overthrew Islamist The ICRC said in a statement Yemenis have been displaced by Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi before “Five dead and 37 wounded and a bloody and devastating president Mohamed Mursi in ahead of the visit that his trip the conflict. he went into exile with his gov- in a terrorist rocket attack on civil war. 2013. would focus on the “dire human- “The human cost of this conflict ernment in neighbouring Saudi Baghdad Street and Ath-Thawra AFP AGENCIES itarian situation” in Yemen and is such that no family in Yemen Arabia in March. AFP SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Pro-Kurdish party leader calls for truce, dialogue Iran advises citizens to avoid land travel to Turkey

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: on July 24. Peoples’ Democratic peace process launched with jailed The leader of Turkey’s pro- Party (HDP) leader Selahattin PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kurdish HDP urged the mili- Demirtas told reporters: “Today 2012. Demirtas’ HDP won 13 per- tant Kurdistan Workers Party we call to both sides: the PKK cent of the vote in a June 7 election yesterday to “remove its finger must immediately remove its fin- which has yet to produce a coali- from the trigger” and said the ger from the trigger and declare it tion government. He had regularly government should launch talks will observe the ceasefire.” visited Ocalan in his Imrali island to halt a surge in violence. Speaking in the southeastern jail south of Istanbul. The militant PKK announced it city of Van, a day after six people Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin was stepping up attacks in mid- were killed in clashes between Akdogan said the state was con- July, saying Turkish forces were security forces and militants in tinuing talks with Ocalan but the violating a 2013 ceasefire. Turkey the mainly Kurdish southeast, he HDP could no longer visit him began an air campaign against said the government must halt because it had “betrayed” the PKK camps in northern Iraq security operations and revive a process. In comments to Milliyet newspaper published yesterday, he said tactical PKK declara- tions on halting violence were Kurds in Germany march unacceptable. “Their withdrawal from Turkey and a complete halt to activities Kurdish people carry coffins of three civilians, including a teenager, during their burial in the district of Silopi in against Turkish air strikes is now a pre-requisite,” he said. Sirnak yesterday. They were killed in a gunbattle on Friday night. COLOGNE: Several thousand people marched yesterday “A coalition may be formed through the western German city of Cologne in protest at con- or not but peace is urgent. Mr targeting the IS militants to use advisory warning its citizens the foreign ministry advises our tinued Turkish air strikes against Kurdish separatists. Davutoglu, we are not requesting its air bases. yesterday to avoid land travel citizens travelling to Turkey to Some 5,000 people demonstrators gathered in the centre of the this from you. You are obliged to In a show of support for the to neighbouring Turkey after avoid land routes until further city, police said, with organisers hoping that more of the region’s do it,” Demirtas said in comments army, Davutoglu yesterday visited an Iranian bus was attacked notice and to use air routes,” a substantial Kurdish and Turkish populations more would join them addressed to Prime Minister a border outpost in Kilis province by gunmen. No one claimed foreign ministry travel advisory later. Another much smaller protest was held in Brussels. Ahmet Davutoglu. near where a soldier was killed responsibility for the attack but read. The Iranian bus was hit on The rallies were called by an alliance of pro-Kurdish groups to As well as PKK targets, Turkish in clashes with IS militants on Turkish authorities blamed PKK Friday morning in Dogubayazit say “No to the war”, after the two weeks of Turkish air raids on jets have hit Islamic State posi- the Syrian side of the border last militants. district of the eastern Agri prov- Kurdish separatist targets, mostly in northern Iraq. AFP tions in Syria. Ankara has also month. “Based on recent movements ince. The driver was fatally shot allowed the US-led coalition Meanwhile, Iran issued an and insecurity in Turkey’s east, in the head. AGENCIES

Mursi complains about prison food, requests medical exam Iran’s military chief backs CAIRO: Egypt’s ousted former Mursi, who has diabetes, his requests to receive food from that he be seen by two doctors, mass protests against his rule. president Mohamed Mursi, who described the meals served to him outside the prison. Prison offi- Mena said. Authorities have since pursued has been in detention for two as “very bad”, and has refrained cials could not be reached for Mursi, a senior member of the a crackdown on Islamists that has nuclear deal years, is to undergo a medi- from eating prison food “because comment. Mursi currently faces now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, seen hundreds killed and thou- DUBAI: Iran’s military chief cal examination at his request he senses it is not safe for him,” charges of giving state secrets to was elected president in Egypt’s sands detained. Mursi was sen- and a close ally to the Supreme after he complained about state news agency Mena reported. Qatar while president. The judge first competitive elections in 2012. tenced to death earlier this year Leader expressed his support prison food, state media said on According to Mena, Mursi said overseeing the case adjourned the He was removed from power by over a mass jail break during the yesterdayfor the country’s Saturday. that prison officials had denied hearing until today and ordered the army in mid-2013 following 2011 uprising. REUTERS nuclear deal with world pow- ers, a key endorsement for the accord that faces strong opposi- tion from hardliners. Conservative members of the Iranian parliament and chief com- Execution deadline for mander of the elite Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Ali Jafari, have sharply criticised the deal, Croat held by IS passes saying it undermined the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities. CAIRO/VRPOLJE: The fate of a the past two years. The video did not While Supreme Leader Croatian abducted by the Islamic specify when the countdown began, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not State (IS) group near Cairo was but more than 48 hours have passed publicly approved or disapproved unknown yesterday, hours after a since it was put online, with no word of the deal, he has told officials deadline set by the jihadists to exe- early yesterday on whether the exe- and experts to take legal proce- cute him apparently passed. cution had been carried out. dures to ensure the other side Egypt’s foreign ministry said it The abduction — unprecedented does not breach it, saying some was making “intensive efforts” to for Egypt — has rattled foreigners of the world powers involved were locate Tomislav Salopek, a 31-year- working for multinational companies untrustworthy. old working for French geoscience and underscored the jihadists’ reach Major General Hassan company CGG kidnapped last month. despite a massive military campaign Firouzabadi listed 16 “advan- Salopek appeared in an IS against IS. tages” to the deal, which Iran video released on the Internet on Although it has been battling an IS signed in Vienna in July, without Wednesday, kneeling next to a insurgency in the sparsely populated detailing any drawbacks. “The masked militant holding a knife. Sinai Peninsula, the North African armed forces have the most con- He read out from a piece of paper country has been spared the hostage- cerns about the effect of the deal that his captors would execute taking of foreigners and horrific kill- on Iran’s defence capabilities ... him within 48 hours if Cairo failed ings carried out by jihadists in Syria but this agreement and the UN to release female prisoners, a key and Libya. Security Council resolution have demand of Islamist militants over AFP many advantages that the critics ignore,” Firouzabadi was quoted as saying by Fars news agency. Tahrir Hamad (left), the first Palestinian woman justice of the peace, authorising the marriage contract of The agreement, a major initia- Thaer (right) and Rawan at the Islamic Shariah Law Court in the West Bank city of Ramallah. tive for both US President Barack Obama and Iran’s pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani, has been met with resistance from Married by a woman: A hardliners in both countries. “The tone of the U.N. Security Council resolution has changed quiet Palestinian revolution compared to the previous ones. Regarding Iran’s missile activities, RAMALLAH: Holding the cultural rather than theological. a problem for them.” it doesn’t order but only asks for young couple’s identity cards in “The only obstacle comes Some, like newlyweds Thaer Iran’s compliance,” Firouzabadi one hand and the Koran in the from our patriarchal society, and Rawan Schuman, are proud said, referring to an international other, the Palestinian justice of because there is no religious to have been married by a resolution passed in the wake of the peace pronounces Thaer or legal reason that prevents woman. Of Palestinian descent the deal. and Rawan man and wife. women from filling this post.” but living in the United States, It’s an everyday scene at the Her conviction has been they have come for the sum- ACCUSATIONS REJECTED Islamic sharia law court in the forged during 10 years of mer to marry in their ancestral Iran’s foreign minister said West Bank city of Ramallah Islamic studies, culminating homeland. yesterday that accusations about except for one glaring differ- in a master’s degree in Islamic “This is amazing. I’m totally activity at its Parchin military ence — the justice is a woman, law. She explains it to couples defending the rights of women site were “lies” spread by oppo- the first in the Palestinian ter- planning their weddings so they and this is great,” says Rawan, nents of its landmark nuclear deal ritories licensed to perform can decide whether to let her 24. “It furthers the cause of with world powers clinched last Muslim marriages. officiate or use one of the four women in Palestine.” month. Wearing a long black robe male justices at the Ramallah Her Brazilian-born den- A prominent US think-tank on decorated with the Palestinian court. In the week since she tist husband Thaer, 26, is also Friday questioned Tehran’s expla- flag and with a keffiyeh scarf began, she has performed eight enthusiastic. “The Palestinian nation for activity at its Parchin draped over her shoulder, marriages and had two categor- people are smart people, military site visible in satellite Tahrir Hamad, 33, is leading a ical refusals. respectful people, educated and imagery, saying the movement of quiet revolution in Palestinian One of those who objected, it’s a great thing that they are vehicles did not appear related to society. she says, “could not give a rea- progressing and I support it,” road work. On July 29, she became the son. He just said, ‘I don’t want he said. “We said that the activities first, and so far the only, woman a woman performing my mar- In the traditionally closed in Parchin are related to road appointed as a “mazouna” - a riage and that’s it!’” male world of the secular construction,” Foreign Minister Muslim official authorised to Such an attitude, she says, is courts, three women have Mohammad Javad Zarif was carry out marriage and divorce. the exception rather than the already made a breach and are quoted on Saturday as saying Until now in the Arab world rule. “People come to get their serving as judges in civil law by the IRNA state news agency. only Egypt and Abu Dhabi have wedding contract signed and cases. In approving marriage “They (opponents of the deal) appointed women to the post. leave when they have what they contracts, Tahrir Hamad is also have spread these lies before. The reason there are not want. Whether the signature is helping ensure the future rights Their goal is to damage the agree- more, she says smiling, is that of a man or a woman is not of the bride. AFP ment,” he added. REUTERS EUROPE SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Spain wildfire forces more evacuations MADRID: A wildfire that offi- Red Cross official Jose Lopez “For families it is very hard not cials suspect was started delib- Santana told Spanish public radio. being able to remain at home but erately forced the evacuation of The blaze, which broke out saving lives must be our top prior- a third town in western Spain in the Sierra de Gata mountain ity,” the head of the regional gov- yesterday, officials said. range amid scorching tempera- ernment, Guillermo Fernandez Firefighters evacuated about tures on Thursday, has burned Vara, told reporters. The cause 1,000 people from the town of over 15,000 acres of land. of the fire was still undetermined Hoyos in the early hours of About 300 firefighters and but “everything seems to indi- Saturday, a day after another other emergency crew mem- cate” that arson was to blame, 1,400 people were ordered to leave bers worked overnight to battle he added. their homes and campsites in two the blaze, the government of the “When a fire is concentrated in other nearby towns. Extremadura region said in a a very specific area it is because “The wind fanned the flames statement. the hand of man must have played and caused the fire to spread, Firefighters took residents of some kind of a role, because it forcing the evacuation of Hoyos a retirement home in Hoyos to is not hotter and drier in the due to the proximity of the blaze a hospital in the nearby town of Sierra de Gata than in the rest and especially the smoke,” local Coria, the statement added. of Extremadura,” he said. AFP

Princesses day out Three dead as French train hits car at crossing

RENNES: Three people were killed late Friday when a regional train hit a car in northwestern France and dragged the burn- ing vehicle several hundred metres down the track, officials said. The three victims were in the car “which seems to have stopped in the middle of the track” at Conde-sur-Huisne, some 150 km southwest of Paris, at 1822 GMT, local official Pascal Vion said. A fourth person, whom Vion described as an elderly woman, was outside the car when the collision occurred, he said. A local prosecutor told the daily Ouest-France that the woman’s husband, daughter and grand- daughter were in the car, which apparently had stalled on the track. “It appears there were two elderly people who were the grandparents, there was also their daughter and their grand- daughter,” he said. “One of the occupants of the vehicle got out to try to push it,” he said, adding that an investigation was under way to deter- mine why the car had stopped on the track. Spain’s Princesses Sofia (left) and Leonor pose with Firefighters said the collision set the car Queen Sofia aboard a sailboat at the 34th Copa del Rey on fire and that it was dragged several hun- sailing race in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, yesterday. dred metres. None of the 34 passengers on the train, which was travelling from Le Mans to the French capital, was hurt. AFP SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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s the war between Kurdish militants and Turkish government forces is escalating, a pro-Kurdish party has come out with a call for peace by asking Aboth parties to remove fingers from the trigger. The leader of Turkey’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Singapore can turn democracy that openly supports the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), made a U-turn yesterday by urging both sides, especially the PKK, to observe ceasefire immediately. Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has also called on the deficit into surplus government and the PKK to end violence and return to the negotiating table. BY PANKAJ MISHRA the small-town civic haven witnessed by slaves. But citizens in the Athenian city- It was the PKK that pushed rising tensions into violence in Tocqueville. The runaway candidacy of state enjoyed a degree of control over mid-July by announcing the end of a two-year-old ceasefire and ODAY, Singapore celebrates Donald Trump exposes a growing con- their lives and protection from harm days later began killing Turkish security personnel. When a the 50th anniversary of its stituency for demagogues in the world’s that their modern counterparts can suicide bomber trained in Syria by Islamic State (IS) killed independence. There’s much to oldest democracy. only dream of. 32 pro-Kurdish volunteers as they gathered in the border Tcelebrate — for some at least. India, routinely described as the The demos, the people, held actual The city-state is indeed “exceptional” world’s “largest democracy,” has been power in the absence of such medi- town of Suruc, Turkey, the PKK’s response was to blame the (as its leaders like to say) as a global undergoing its own disturbing muta- ating institutions as a professional Turkish security services for allowing the attack to happen, hub for finance, trade, travel, and ship- tions. During the decades that Lee Kuan bureaucracy, executive, and legislature. and it retaliated by killing four soldiers. The government’s ping. Its mix of languages, which include Yew pulled Singapore out of economic By contrast, today’s democratic states response was swift and devastating — air strikes against IS English and Mandarin, has made it the backwaters, many in the Indian mid- concentrate too much power in a few targets inside Syria and PKK targets inside Iraq. perfect gateway to an economically dle class longed for a leader like him: institutions and individuals. On Thursday, Selahattin Demirtas, the political leader of resurgent Asia. an authoritarian technocrat who could The “traditional” media, mostly At the same time, inequality is ris- make big decisions about economic owned by corporate interests allied with HDP, urged the world to denounce “unjust war” on rebel ing. A Malay minority continues to lag development without going through political elites, and prone to sensational- Kurds and asked the EU to push clearly for a truce during behind Chinese and Indians. parliamentary democracy’s messy ism, was always a poor substitute for the his visit to Brussels last week. Just months after Turkish Most damagingly, Singapore has a and arduous processes of deliberation, Athenian assembly of free citizens that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan democratic deficit. The same party has debate and consensus. facilitated open discussion and debate. came close to striking a grand ruled it for 50 years. The media is com- After flirting with one authoritarian Social media seems more suited to self- Turkish peace deal with the Kurds, which pliant. Politicians prime minister (Indira Gandhi) and promotion and slander than democratic have long used two technocrat-type successors (Rajiv symposium. As for routine elections, government would have ended a 30-year-old defamation suits Gandhi and Manmohan Singh), middle- they increasingly validate Rousseau’s insurgency in southeast Turkey to bully dissenters class Indians may have found their ideal sneer that the English were free once should look into that has claimed nearly 40,000 and even intimi- leader in Narendra Modi, who concen- every seven years. the possibility lives, the war is on again. Singapore has date the foreign trates power at the top while shopping Rule by and for the people seems The White House has warned press. fantasies of squeaky-clean smart cities to have been replaced in many formal a democratic But it is com- and bullet trains. democracies with rule by and for the of a peaceful the Turkish government that the placent, and even Modi is unlikely to match Lee Kuan rich and powerful. It’s clear now, after solution to war against IS in Syria must be deficit. The dishonest, to Yew’s achievements as an economic decades of rhetoric about democracy, ‘carefully bound’ so as not to go same party has judge the place moderniser. In prosecuting his oppo- that its original ideal — a community the current on the offensive against Kurdish without also ask- nents, however, he has already sur- where human beings live together with- problems. fighters. The Kurds have been ruled it for 50 ing what democ- passed the Singapore patriarch. out holding power over another — can effective allies of the US as the racy really means Lee deployed stern libel laws against only be realized, imperfectly if at all, years. The media today — and what his detractors; he did not resort to in small states. Here, Singapore has a only fighters to claim major it could mean for large-scale subversion of Singapore’s huge advantage over centralized and and sustained victories against the IS group. But Erdogan is compliant. a small city-state genuinely meritocratic and honest dysfunctional democracies. It’s actually considers the Kurds in Turkey and Syria to be enemies. His Politicians like Singapore. bureaucracy. The ongoing campaign a functional city-state with a relatively stand is clear: It is not possible for Turkey to continue the The moral high against Teesta Setalvad, one of Modi’s small (5.5 million) and highly literate peace process with those who threaten national unity. Last have long used ground should most resilient critics, has revealed yet population, and it has no enemies. week, Ankara appointed a new army chief to wage a dual not be so easily again that the Hindu nationalist right Astute management appears to have defamation accessible to citi- won’t balk at undermining India’s very assured Singapore’s economic future. It offensive against PKK and IS militants. zens of present- few sacrosanct institutions while set- can weather the shocks that make both A recent survey revealed that Erdogan’s ruling Justice suits to bully day democracies. tling political scores. Any criticism of haves and have-nots elsewhere crave the and Development Party (AK Party) could secure enough dissenters and Democracy has Singapore’s democratic deficit should sweeping broom of authoritarianism. support to regain the parliamentary majority it lost in June not been much begin by acknowledging that there’s The conditions certainly exist for if a snap election is held immediately. Negotiations to form a even intimidate in evidence in hardly any resemblance between the Singapore to move from being a show- the workings of original idea of democracy and its cur- case of efficient authoritarianism to government have been overshadowed by Ankara’s offensive the foreign press. the European rent incarnations in India, Europe and an exemplar of that much-invoked but against PKK. The conflict with Kurdish militants has always Union’s techno- the United States. nearly extinct thing: democracy. Its helped arouse nationalist feelings, and it may push voters crats, or indeed In its classical Athenian form, democ- insecure leaders may feel no sense of towards the perceived greater stability of a single-party among the radicals of Syriza. Feckless racy was a political regime where the urgency to change the status quo. But government. But the focus should be on for a ceasefire and wars, special-interest lobbyists, and equality of citizens was taken deeply it’s never too late for a 50-year-old the government should look into the possibility of a peaceful political dysfunction have made the US seriously. The idea of citizenship itself nation- state to grow up. resemble late Byzantium rather than was restrictive: It excluded women and WP-BLOOMBERG solution to the current problems• The other side Quote of US needs clearer view in joint anti-terror fight the day HINA AND the United agreed to boost cooperation in areas terrorists a fatal blow. As for China, it considering retaliatory measures against States held their second such as information sharing and law is willing to join hands with the world China because of unfounded accusa- consultation on anti- enforcement. community, the US included, to combat tions that it hacked the networks of the terrorism issues on Tuesday Against the backdrop that the world East Turkestan terrorist groups such as US Office of Personnel Management. Cin Beijing. The vice-ministerial-level is facing an increasingly severe challenge the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. The US authorities are under growing Activities in Parchin meeting, which is a follow-up step to from terrorism and extremism, anti-terror But to keep the desirable momen- pressure at home to ferret out the per- carry out the agreements both sides cooperation between China and the US tum going, Washington needs to see all petrators, but making China a scape- are related to road reached during this year’s strategic and not only caters to the interests of both international terrorist activities using the goat is not the answer. Rather, it will construction. They economic dialogues in June, signals countries, it also contributes to safe- same standards. Terrorism in all forms cast a shadow over bilateral coopera- enhanced cooperation between the guarding security and stability in both is a common enemy of mankind, and tion in Cybersecurity. During Tuesday’s (opponents of the two countries in the war against terror. the regional and international arenas. there is no room for the practice of consultation the two countries reached deal) have spread During the consultation, the two Obviously, the two powers can con- double standards if it is to be defeated. a new consensus on combating terror- sides exchanged views on interna- tinue to expand their counterterrorism Nor is the practice of one country ism in cyberspace. However, the US lies before. Their tional and regional counterterrorism cooperation. The US is leading an inter- using anti-terrorism as a tool to exert practice of blaming China for its own goal is to damage the threats, as well as on each other’s anti- national coalition conducting airstrikes pressure on another the right approach. woes in the virtual world will not help terrorism policies. And as an outcome against the Islamic State group in Iraq The US is on the verge of making a bilateral Cyber cooperation yield sig- agreement. Mohammad Javad Zarif of their talks, the two countries have and Syria, in an attempt to deal the mistake of this kind, as it is reportedly nificant results. CHINA DAILY Iranian Foreign Minister SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 WWII: Abe must admit ‘aggression’

rime Minister Shinzo Abe must If suspicions are harboured over Japan’s send a clear message that Japan actions and trust in the country is shaken made a fresh start in the postwar because of this, it will damage national Pperiod based on its reflection on interests. the past misguided war. There are concerns that not offering The Advisory Panel on the History of any gesture to the many people who were the 20th Century and on Japan’s Role forced to endure tremendous suffering and World Order in the 21st Century and sacrifice because of Japan’s actions has submitted to Abe a report compiled before the end of the war could generate after its discussions on the statement he the misunderstanding that “Japan does will release next week to mark the 70th not feel remorse for what happened.” anniversary of the end of World War II. We can understand why many Japanese The report evaluated the postwar people feel uncomfortable about continu- international contribution Japan made ing to apologise generation after genera- after learning lessons from its prewar tion. We suppose it is time to draw a line, failures and pointed out the need to make and make this the final apology, for once greater efforts to realise its proactive and for all. contribution to world peace. Even if Abe’s statement uses expres- The report determined that Japan sions that indirectly touch on the views expanded its “aggression” against the of previous cabinets, such as quotes from continent after the Manchurian incident the Murayama statement, it should also of 1931. This historical perspective can be include words that convey sincere feel- regarded as hitting the nail on the head. ings of apology regarding Japan’s “aggres- However, the report contained a foot- sion” and “colonial rule.” note that there were some dissenting Or it should incorporate words of apol- views among panel members concerning ogy from the prime minister that will the use of the word “aggression.” resonate in the hearts of people who suf- According to the report, the reasons fered during the war. for this included that the definition of Leaders of Germany, a nation that has “aggression” has not been established squarely reflected on its Nazi-era past, under international law and there is an have gained the confidence of France and objection from a historical perspective to other nearby countries by using heart- stating that the series of events from the felt expressions, even if they did not use Manchurian incident onward constituted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) receives a report from Taizo Nishimuro, Chairman of the government’s advisory panel on the direct words of apology. “aggression.” history of the 20th century and Japan’s role and the world order in the 21st century, in Tokyo. This could be an example from which But acts of sending troops into terri- Japan can learn. Abe has spoken of his tories of a foreign country and infringing second half of the 1930s on. Japan’s post- reference for the statement to be issued Be that as it may, the international com- desire to issue a future-oriented state- on its sovereignty have been defined by war trajectory is based on a thorough on the 70th anniversary of the end of the munity will be carefully observing what ment. However, he should keep in mind historians as “aggression.” reflection of its actions in the 1930s and war.” kind of historical perception is displayed that properly reviewing the past is pre- In this sense, the series of acts from the the first half of the 1940s.” One closely-watched element of Abe’s by the Japanese prime minister. cisely the way to ensure that Japan’s Manchurian incident onward obviously It pointed out the need to work towards statement will be his handling of key Abe previously stirred up controversy international contributions and policy constituted “aggression.” It is irrational achieving reconciliation with China and words that were contained in the state- when he said the word “aggression” has of proactive contribution to peace are to refute that it was for the purpose of South Korea. Both points are significant. ment issued by then prime minister no established definition in the interna- positively evaluated. defence. The events also constituted a The report expresses no opinion on Tomiichi Murayama to mark the 50th tional community. Opinions within the government and violation of the antiwar treaty signed in whether Abe should offer an apology. anniversary of the end of the war, and In an article contributed to The Yomiuri ruling parties are split over whether 1928 that banned wars except for defen- “Whether or not to make an apology the statement by then prime minister Shimbun, former prime minister Yasuhiro the 70th anniversary statement should sive purposes. is the prime minister’s decision,” Shinichi Junichiro Koizumi to mark the 60th Nakasone asserted, “From the viewpoint be issued after a decision by the cabinet It is not acceptable to argue defiantly Kitaoka, the panel’s Deputy Chairman anniversary. Both statements explicitly of those peoples, the Japanese military to support it. Considering that this is a that the US and European countries also and President of International University expressed “deep remorse” for Japan’s stepped into their countries with their statement for which the cabinet should committed aggression. It is also wrong to of Japan, told a press conference. “colonial rule and aggression” and stated boots on, and this was unmistakably an take responsibility, we think it needs to assert that Japan waged the war for the Even so, we think it would have been a “heartfelt apology.” act of aggression.” make such a decision. liberation of Asia. good if the panel had considered how such We don’t think the political meaning of If Abe omits the word “aggression” The statement should confidently tell The report said: “Japan acted counter an apology might be offered. Abe’s statement should be judged auto- from his statement, he will inevitably the world about the path Japan has taken to the tide of self-determination. Colonial The report’s introduction says: “The matically by its use — or omission — of be viewed as not wanting to accept the in the 70 years since the war ended. rule became particularly harsh from the Panel hopes that this Report serves as a key words from the earlier statements. fact that Japan committed aggression. WP-BLOOMBERG US interests and Iran nuclear deal Tube strike impact BY RAY TAKEYH could be weakening he nuclear deal between the US and Iran is BY LIONEL LAURENT and JOHN GEDDIE already proving to be Tone of the most contro- or tech-sector workers like Chris McClelland, whose job only versial arms-control agreements requires a laptop, a Wi-Fi connection and maybe a coffee, in history. London’s underground rail strike has had little impact. All key aspects of the accord, F A London-based employee for San Francisco-based startup from its enforcement mechanisms Planet Labs, McClelland is one of an estimated 250,000 people who to sunset clauses to verification work in inner London’s digital economy and who are less tied to a daily system, are subjects of contention. commute than most employees. However, in the end, the via- Changes in technology and work habits are having a big impact on bility of the deal rests not so estimates of just how much such strikes actually cost. much on technical formulations “Obviously some people have jobs that require them to be physically but on something as ephemeral present at work, but many other people can work productively from as hope: The hope that once the home, and their numbers have probably increased over the last 10 deal’s essential restrictions fade years or so,” said McClelland. in a decade, Iran will have been The tech sector’s 250,000 workforce is a small part of London’s total transformed into a responsible population of 8.6 million, and there were obvious scenes of disruption member of the global society; this week for commuters lining up to squeeze onto buses or overground the hope that with the passage trains. of time, the theocratic state will But the number of companies operating primarily over digital plat- shed its revolutionary attire and forms is growing. Government agency TechCityUK estimates that 15 become a reliable member of the percent of the companies formed in 2013-2014 were digital. “The Tube international community. strike has brought headaches, but not chaos,” said its head, Gerard This is a big bet to place on one Grech. of the most peculiar regimes in Estimates of the hit to London’s economy from such stoppages vary modern times. US President Barack Obama takes a question on the Iranian nuclear deal from a reporter during a press conference wildly depending on the source and methodology. The notion that revolutionary in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The UK Federation of Small Businesses last year reckoned a 48-hour regimes evolve to accept the legit- shutdown had cost the capital’s small firms £600m ($930m in lost imacy of the international order ex-Marxist, as this is a sign of the US global system of economic may hope that a benign Iran at working hours, business and productivity. has many precedents. intellectual maturation. But how exploitation. ease with the prevailing norms The Centre for Economics and Business Research said that in the Indeed, most revolutionary easy is it for clerics to abandon a Although Western pundits and will emerge after the agreement new “Flat White Economy”, digital companies were more flexible and states eventually concede their mandate from heaven? politicians are fond of invoking expires. that people could work from home with little if any loss of productivity. animosities for the sake of com- The hardliners who dominate China as a model for approach- Khamenei, however, sees the It put the cost per day of last year’s strike at £10m, saying the increase merce and trade. Pragmatism Iran’s unelected and most con- ing the theocratic regime, China’s future differently. “According of cycling also helped. often overwhelms rigid orthodoxy. sequential institutions earnestly evolution is what Supreme Leader to Quranic principles, fighting “It would be very difficult to quantify the impact of Tube strikes Today, for instance, China’s believe in their mission of salva- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his against arrogance and global on the economy, but my sense would be that they have a more limited foreign policy is hardly shaped tion. Even the regime’s loss of disciples are trying to avoid. imperialism is never-ending, and impact now than in the past given the changes in working practices by Mao’s call for Marxist mobi- popular appeal is immaterial to A state that abandoned its today, America is the very epit- which allow more people to work from home,” said Andrew Goodwin, lisation against the world order. a political class that perceives its revolutionary inheritance for the ome of arrogance,” he insisted an economist at Oxford Economics. President Obama is seemingly legitimacy as deriving from the sake of trade and profits holds recently. So what does this mean for the striking workers? Might the lessen- convinced that once Iran’s inter- will of God. no attraction for men seeking to Iran is an outlier that has ing impact of a Tube shutdown reduce bargaining power? ests are taken into account by the Since the inception of the preserve their republic of virtue. defied the normative patterns of Not necessarily, argues Sean McKee, Director of Policy, London world and its coffers filled, it too Islamic republic, Iran’s clerical Indeed, the Islamic repub- how revolutionary regimes evolve. Chamber of Commerce and Industry. will find the temptations of prag- rulers have woven complex con- lic’s foreign policy has long been A segment of the conservative “Thanks to more flexible working patterns, many office-based staff matism difficult to resist. spiracies about the US. fashioned to sustain its ideologi- elite, commanding key institu- may have had the option to work from home yesterday, lessening the But this view displays little The US is seen as a cruel cal character at home. The cleri- tions of the state, has forged an impact on their employer,” said McKee. understanding of the clerical imperialist power plundering the cal rulers appreciate that their aggressive foreign policy to pre- “However, it stands to reason that the service industries, restaurants, state and the role religion plays Middle East, and the themes of revolution can survive only if Iran serve the ideological foundations cafes, event spaces in particular, and those that rely on foot traffic, in its self-image. clashing civilisations and eco- remains isolated from subversive of the regime. like retail, will have been hardest hit as they faced a city with fewer Unlike its revolutionary coun- nomic exploitation condition their Western influences. The legacy of the nuclear workers and most likely a significant drop in trade.” terparts, the Islamic republic’s international perspective. A confrontational foreign policy agreement will not be a trans- Union officials say such strikes are not about inflicting economic cost ideology is its religion. To be sure, Then, Islamist assertions are rooted in anti-Americanism and formed Iran but a revolutionary but over the terms of a new 24-hour Tube service and its toll on staff. this is a radicalised variation of never far behind, as the US is also anti-Zionism not only affirms the regime possessing an elaborate Trade Unions Congress Assistant General Secretary Paul Nowak Shia Islam, but nonetheless reli- seen as a sinister source of cul- regime’s values but also ensures nuclear infrastructure and seek- said: “An industrial dispute is with an employer, not the economy, and gion is the official dogma. tural pollution seeking to delude its continued estrangement from ing to dominate the Middle East. unions strike only as an absolute last resort.” Revolutionary regimes usually young Muslims in the name of the West. In the end, the shadow of this Strike action apart, a broader debate has emerged about the impact evolve when their once-ardent modernity. To this elite, Obama’s prom- deal is likely to haunt the US of technology in the global economic recovery since the 2008-2009 crisis. supporters grow disillusioned and Thus, coexistence with the ise of global integration is not an interests in the region for years Some economists argue that official figures are failing to capture the abandon their faith. West can lead to a loss of reli- invitation but a threat. to come. effects of the sharing economy and other innovations. It is, after all, simple to be an gious identity and submission to The Obama administration WP-BLOOMBERG WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com AMERICAS Trump defends ‘blood’ comment about debate moderator WASHINGTON: US Repub- Erick Erickson, who heads The Trump campaign issued sorry,” Trump said. “I’ve been lican presidential candidate the influential RedState website, a statement yesterday, saying, very nice to you, although I could Donald Trump, disinvited from said on Friday that he cancelled “Trump made Megyn Kelly look probably maybe not be, based on 24 million watched debate a conservative conference and Trump’s address because of the really bad — she was a mess with the way you have treated me. But WASHINGTON: A staggering 24 million viewers tuned in to Fox under fire because of remarks candidate’s “demeaning” com- her anger and totally caught off I wouldn’t do that.” News to watch the first major Republican US presidential debate, about a female debate mod- ments about Fox News’ Megyn guard. Trump said ‘blood was Former Hewlett-Packard Co the highest-rated non-sports telecast in cable television history, erator, defended his comments Kelly, who was one of three mod- coming out of her eyes and what- Chief Executive Officer Carly Nielsen figures showed. The viewership of the prime-time 9pm yesterday while denouncing erators at the candidates debate. ever’ meaning nose, but wanted to Fiorina, the only woman in the to 11pm debate, in which frontrunner Donald Trump squared off politically correct “fools”. Trump, who was leading in polls move on to more important top- Republican field, directed a tweet against nine of his top Republican challengers for the nomination, is Trump had been scheduled to going into the debate, thought ics. Only a deviant would think at Trump, saying, “Mr Trump: by far the highest rating of any presidential primary debate. give the keynote address yester- Kelly was unfair in asking him anything else.” There. Is. No. Excuse” and voicing “Fox had 24 million viewers last night. That is an absolutely monster day night at the RedState gath- about his previous comments on Trump also took to Twitter her support for Kelly. Another can- number,” tweeted Fox media commentator Howard Kurtz. Ratings ering in Atlanta, where several women. “You could see there was to renounce politically correct didate, Senator Lindsey Graham, monitor Nielsen Media Research said that among the telecast’s view- other members of the 17-person blood coming out of her eyes,” attitudes, as he had done at the applauded Erickson for revok- ers, 7.9 million were in the 25-54 age range, the key advertising demo- Republican field were appearing. Trump said in a CNN interview debate. “So many ‘politically cor- ing Trump’s invitation and said, graphic. By comparison, the first Republican debate of the 2012 primary The comments by Trump, the on Friday. “Blood coming out of rect’ fools in our country,” he “Enough already with Mr Trump.” season, on May 5, 2011, averaged 3.3 million viewers. billionaire New York developer her wherever.” Erickson, who wrote. “We have to all get back to Wisconsin Governor Scott Numbers were also huge for the second-tier debate which took and reality television star whose invited Kelly to replace Trump at work and stop wasting time and Walker and former governors Mike place at 5pm on Thursday and featured the seven low-polling can- blunt manner has brought a new the RedState conference, said he energy on nonsense!” Huckabee of Arkansas, George didates who failed to make the cut for the prime time event. Some dynamic to the 2016 presidential revoked Trump’s invitation because During the debate, Kelly had Pataki of New York and Rick Perry 6.1 million people watched the preliminary debate, Nielsen said. race, come during a campaign in he did not “want someone on stage asked Trump about comments of Texas — all members of the The debate night appears to have been a multi-platform smash. which Republicans are trying to who gets a hostile question from a referring to women as slobs. Republican field — also said they Facebook, which co-sponsored the showdowns, said 7.5 million people overcome what Democrats say is lady and his first inclination is to Trump told her: “And honestly thought Trump had gone too far. in the United States made 20 million debate-related interactions on their “war on women”. imply it was hormonal”. Megyn, if you don’t like it, I’m REUTERS Facebook, including likes, posts, comments and shares, the social media giant said. AFP Cinema shooter French hikers die in US desert, son survives WASHINGTON: A French rangers found the mother first States, visiting national parks and becoming ill on the hike. He car- couple died while hiking in the while on a routine patrol. They monuments. ried on with his father. House said New Mexico desert but authori- checked her camera and saw that The officers who rescued the temperatures had been between Holmes escapes ties rescued their nine-year-old she had been with two other peo- boy found two empty 20 ounce 100 and 101 degrees Fahrenheit son after finding photographs of ple, Hunter said. (0.6 litre) bottles with them. The (38 degrees Celsius), according to him on his dead mother’s cam- Authorities followed her tracks boy told the officers they had the Alamogordo Daily News. era, officials said. and found the body of the father, been full of water when they set National Parks spokesman David Steiner, 42, and Ornella with the son nearby. He was out at White Sands. “The father Patrick O’Driscoll told the news- death penalty Steiner, 51, both from the small dehydrated but responsive and and mother would take one drink paper there was no shade or town of Bourgogne near Reims, was taken to a local hospital for while they made the child take water along any of the trails in had been hiking in the White treatment. two swallows of water,” House told the dune-filled White Sands Sands National Monument on The New York Daily News the Alamogordo Daily News. National Monument. Jury gives man life without parole Tuesday afternoon when they said authorities had contacted “It might have been why the Prior to this, two people this apparently died from heat exhaus- the French consulate and the child fared so well due to his century have died of exposure CENTENNIAL: The American not guilty because of his mental tion, Otero County Sheriff’s boy’s grandmother had flown smaller stature, plus he probably while hiking in the park, in 2009 gunman who stormed a Batman illness. Detective David Hunter said. from France and taken cus- consumed more water than they and 2011, the Alamogordo paper movie premiere and killed 12 cin- Robert Sullivan, grandfather “They underestimated the tody of him on Thursday. Otero did,” House was quoted as saying. said. The Steiner couple loved emagoers escaped the death pen- of the youngest victim, Veronica elements,” Hunter said late on County Sheriff Benny House told House said the boy told traveling and had visited the alty on Friday but will spend the Moser-Sullivan, criticised the Friday, adding that autopsy local media that the family had authorities that his mother had southern United States for 10 rest of his life behind bars. jury. “They didn’t buy his san- results were still pending. Park been traveling across the United headed back toward the car after days in 2014. AFP A Colorado jury failed to ity ... and then they bailed at the unanimously agree on execution end. No, I’m sorry,” Sullivan said. for 27-year-old former graduate “It’s not justice. Our loved ones student James Holmes, obliging are still gone.” The prosecution Gang violence rises in Los Angeles the judge to impose a sentence of had argued that Holmes should be life without parole. executed through lethal injection. Efforts on to Last month, the killer had been “He picked the time, manner convicted on 12 counts of mur- and method of their deaths. Does der in the first degree and scores he deserve a life sentence for meet Obama more charges including murder, that?” District Attorney George attempted murder and explosives Brauchler said in his closing possession. But defence counsel arguments on Thursday. “This goal to close argued he has a mental illness and is about justice.” urged jurors to show clemency, But Assistant Public Defender Gitmo prison an appeal apparently heeded by Tamar Brady disagreed, argu- at least one of the panel of nine ing before the jurors began their women and three men. deliberations that “justice without WASHINGTON: The United On each of the 12 murder counts mercy is raw vengeance.” She also States has secured commitments that could have merited the death objected to Brauchler’s characteri- from a dozen countries to accept penalty, the jury said in a state- zation of the defendant as “evil”. nearly half of the 52 Guantanamo ment read to the court: “We do not “It is easier to ask you to kill prisoners already cleared for have a unanimous final sentencing a monster than to ask you to kill transfer, US officials said on verdict on this count.” someone who is mentally ill,” Brady Friday, as the Obama adminis- District Judge Carlos Samour said. “This tragedy was born of tration tries to accelerate efforts thanked jurors for their service disease.” Twice previously in the to close the military prison. and set August 24 to 26 as the 15-week trial, jurors had rejected But the moves will require dates for Holmes’s formal sen- the mental illness defence. First the final signature of Defense tencing. Holmes attacked the they found Holmes guilty rather Secretary Ashton Carter, which packed premiere of The Dark than not-guilty by reason of insan- could still delay the process, Knight Rises at the Century 16 ity. Then they found that mental despite President Barack Obama’s theater in Aurora on July 20, illness was not a mitigating factor push to empty the prison before 2012, spraying bullets into the in the shootings. he leaves office in 2017. dark auditorium. In the closing hours of delib- With the White House drafting Clad in body armour and with erations the jury reviewed a a broader plan to shut the facility, peculiar dyed-orange hair, he 45-minute, silent video of the the office of the State Department’s fired hundreds of rounds before gruesome crime scene — a theater Guantanamo envoy has finalised police halted a spree that left 12 auditorium littered with bullets, deals with several foreign govern- people dead, including a six-year- bodies, popcorn, blood and gore. ments and is in advanced nego- old child. Three years later, in July But finally they were unable to Members of a coalition of local activists, church groups and community leaders try to promote peace amongst tiations with others, the senior of this year, he was convicted on agree a sentence. Holmes looked rival street gangs in an area known as ‘death alley’, where the highest rates of homicide occur, in Los Angeles, officials said. 165 charges, the jury rejecting the calm and showed no reaction to California, late on Friday. Gang violence has increased in Los Angeles this year with reports of two gangs They said the transfers from defense’s argument that he was the verdicts. AFP the prison at the US Naval Base in allegedly entering into a competition to see which one can kill 100 people in the next 100 days. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which has drawn international condemnation for the harsh treatment of foreign terrorism suspects held there, could take place by the end of the McAfee arrested year, whittling down the current Jailed FARC rebels call for amnesty prisoner population of 116. Obama has faced opposition for DUI: Media BOGOTA: Any peace deal to end Colombia, according to a government Marulanda — no relation to late FARC from congressional Republicans Colombia’s five-decade guerrilla war report compiled for the peace talks. leader Manuel “Sureshot” Marulanda — who passed laws blocking any WASHINGTON: John McAfee, the must include an amnesty for imprisoned Their fate is one of the agenda items on spoke from La Picota prison in Bogota, move to transfer Guantanamo reclusive anti-virus software creator FARC rebels, two of them said in a rare the road map for the Havana talks. which holds inmates from across the spec- inmates to prisons in the United who in recent years has had recurring interview from jail. trum of the South American country’s tan- States. The White House says it trouble with the law, was arrested in the The issue is one of the most delicate at URGENT APPEALS gled conflict: Leftist guerrillas, right-wing is crafting a detailed proposal it US this week for driving under the influ- peace talks in Cuba between President But despite urgent appeals from FARC paramilitaries, drug traffickers and politi- will present to Congress soon for ence, American media reported. Juan Manuel Santos’s government and negotiators to begin discussing the issue, cians linked to the various armed groups. shutting the facility. CNN reported that McAfee was arrested the Revolutionary Armed Forces of there have so far been no official statements. Another FARC member held at the The State Department is push- in the US state of Tennessee, where he now Colombia (FARC). Marulanda said Colombia needs the prison, Diego Restrepo, said peace negotia- ing ahead with one of the main resides. He was also charged during his The talks, which opened in November FARC’s commanders to play a part in tors should think outside the box to settle thrusts of Obama’s strategy: arrest with possessing a gun while intoxi- 2012, are seen as the best chance yet to end building the country’s future rather than the question of justice in ways that will be sending home or resettling else- cated and reportedly has been freed on a a war that has killed more than 200,000 languish in jail for events in the past. acceptable to both sides. where as many as possible of the $5,000 bond. people and uprooted six million. “They are leaders, they are the ones we “To reconcile and rebuild after these 52 prisoners who have been ruled After being released, McAfee told CNBC But to succeed, they will have to find a really need in the journey that will only just nearly 52 years of conflict, we have to look safe for release. television: “I was impaired, I must admit.” way to balance the desire for justice with begin when a peace deal is signed,” said the at other options besides prison bars,” said One official said there were He explained that at the time, he was the need to move on from a messy conflict clean-cut former fighter, who joined Front the 42-year-old rebel, who fought under “political commitments at vari- having bad reaction to the anti-anxiety in which human rights groups say atroci- 57 of the FARC’s Ivan Rios Bloc in 1994. the nom de guerre “Mateo Ramirez” for ous stages” with US allies and medication Xanax, which he had been pre- ties have been committed on all sides. “They know the country and the historic Front 45 of the FARC’s Eastern Bloc partners around the world. scribed for stress. “Everyone —first and foremost the problems of Colombian society,” he added. before being captured in an ambush on Some have accepted detainees McAfee made international headlines in Colombian government’s forces — has made “If there is a peace process, we have to Good Friday in 2002. before and others will be doing 2012 after being questioned in the death of mistakes,” said Luis Marulanda, 44, who forgive and forget.” “We would have no problem” with house so for the first time. The main his neighbor in Belize, where the software was captured in 2001 when the Marxist Among the agreements already reached arrest or being sent to work on farms, he focus is on dozens of Yemenis no entrepreneur lived at the time. Since sell- rebels raided a police station. at the peace talks, which have made halt- said. Founded in 1964 in the aftermath of longer considered security risks. ing McAfee antivirus software he has been “If the armed forces aren’t going to be ing progress in several areas but have yet a peasant uprising, the FARC today has an Washington has ruled out repat- running a cybersecurity firm called Future punished, we can’t be punished either, or to yield a final deal, is one providing for estimated 8,000 fighters. It is the largest riating them because of the war Tense Central, US media reported. our leaders.” Some 3,300 captured rebels the political participation of former rebels rebel group still active in Colombia. in their homeland. AFP are serving time at 142 prisons across after the conflict. AFP REUTERS SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Foreign hostages freed from central Mali hotel Five militants, who killed seven, gunned down

BAMAKO: Twelve people were MINUSMA was killed in the A spokesman for the Russian killed, two of them foreigners, attack”. Sources said three South embassy in Mali told the RIA in a hostage siege at a hotel in Africans, a Frenchman and a Novosti agency that the Russian central Mali that ended early Ukrainian had been registered at hostage was an employee of yesterday when government the hotel at the time of the attack. UTAir, an aviation company that troops stormed the building, the A diplomat from Russia said a works with the UN peacekeep- army said. Russian was among the hostages. ing mission. A Ukrainian hos- “There are 12 dead in all,” an A source said that a Russian tage managed to escape from the army officer said after the opera- man “hidden inside the building” hotel and said up to five gunmen tion at the Hotel Byblos in Sevare, had supplied “useful information” had led the hostage-taking in listing the fatalities as five “ter- to Malian forces during the siege. Sevare, which lies 620 kilometres rorists”, five soldiers and two Gunmen had burst into the (385 miles) south of the capital “white people”, whose identity hotel at around 7:00am (0700 Bamako. was being checked. GMT) last Friday, according to French President Francois The body of one of the foreign the government. At least one of Hollande said French citizens victims had lain in front of the the attackers was said to be wear- could also “possibly” be caught up hotel since last Friday when the ing an explosives belt. Malian in the attack. No one has claimed A man looks at a car damaged by fallen roof near a traffic signal caused by strong winds from Typhoon Soudelor gunmen stormed the building, the forces cordoned off the area, responsibility for the attack, in Taipei, Taiwan, yesterday. officer said. A source said that “a but their efforts to dislodge the which comes as Mali battles a number of hostages” had been attackers were complicated by the resurgence in jihadist violence, freed from the hotel, including presence of hostages. two years after a French-led five foreigners, although their There were exchanges of fire offensive routed three Islamist nationalities were not specified. throughout last Friday and the factions from most parts of the Four missing, 101 injured as Located a few kilometres from army brought the siege to an end country. France has more than the regional capital of Mopti, early yesterday, with one source 1,000 soldiers based in northern Sevare is a key staging post on the saying foreign special forces were Mali as part of regional anti-ter- road to Mali’s desert north which also involved. The UN mission rorist efforts. The hotel attack typhoon Soudelor hits Taiwan fell to Islamic extremists in 2012. said the initial target of the attack was the third assault in just a The UN peacekeeping mission was a Malian military site. week in Mali, which is still strug- TAIPEI/YILAN: A powerful “This is one of the worst Taiwan Power, the island’s (MINUSMA) said in a statement “The attackers, who were gling to restore stability despite typhoon battered Taiwan yes- typhoons I have ever seen,” said main power company, said 3.62m last Friday that “reports indicate pushed back by the Malian a landmark peace deal agreed in terday with strong wind and a sewage station engineer sur- households had lost power. While that a member of the interna- Armed Forces, then took refuge June to end years of unrest and torrential rain, cutting power to named Jiang, who was inspecting some supplies had been restored, tional personnel associated with in a hotel,” MINUSMA said. ethnic divisions. REUTERS 3.62mn households as the death pumping stations early yesterday 1.5m households were still without toll rose to six. Four people were in eastern Taiwan. power since yesterday afternoon, missing and 101 were injured, “My car was shaking when I it said. authorities said. was driving. There are too many Fears that Soudelor would be as Hundreds of flights were trees down, and I even saw six devastating as Typhoon Morakot Cameroon tense delayed or cancelled and more downed power poles.” in 2009 were unfounded. Bangladesh vows to nab than 9,900 people were evacuated In the capital, Taipei, large Morakot cut a path of destruc- from their homes. steel sheets and rods were blown tion over southern Taiwan, leav- as Boko Haram Television footage showed trees off a half-constructed stadium ing about 700 people dead or uprooted and power poles toppled and city authorities shut down missing and causing $3bn worth fear looms large secular blogger’s killers over, a moped being swept into much public transport. of damage. the air by wind and shipping con- “The metal roof of the house The Tropical Storm Risk YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: DHAKA: Dhaka vowed yes- well-prepared for the assault. tainers piled on top of each other next door to mine was completely website downgraded the Empty streets, body searches terday to hunt down the kill- Police confirmed Chakrabarti, at a port. blown away,” said resident Jack typhoon to a category 1 storm and tips to police embody the ers of secular blogger Niloy 30, was murdered at his home in “The storm will weaken but we Lin. “I saw a car crushed to bits.” by yesterday afternoon, on a fear that Boko Haram has Chakrabarti who became the the capital’s Goran neighbour- expect more rain, particularly in Authorities issued flood and scale of 1 to 5, and indicated it instilled in northern Cameroon, fourth such writer to be mur- hood by a group of four people southern Taiwan,” said Wang mudslide alerts and television could weaken as it moves towards where they killed more than 40 dered in Bangladesh by sus- who had pretended to look for a Shih-chien, an official with the showed mud trapping people and the Chinese province of Fujian, people in suicide bombings in pected Islamist militants this place to rent. island’s Central Weather Bureau. murky water nearly covering which it is due to hit late yes- July. year. Asha Moni, wife of the slain The storm made landfall early the roofs of cars in some areas. terday. Authorities there have Raiders from the Nigerian Home Minister Asaduzzaman blogger, later said that one of on the island’s east-coast coun- Among the dead was one person evacuated people on the coast sect later kidnapped 135 villag- Khan said the nation’s intelligence the men attacked her husband ties of Yilan and Hualien, bringing who drowned in his flooded home and begun cancelling flights and ers and killed eight others in a agencies went straight to work shouting “Allahu Akbar (God is more than 1,000 mm (39 inches) and another who was killed by a trains. pre-dawn strike across the bor- after a gang of machete-armed greatest)”. of rain in mountainous areas falling tree. Fujian has issued its highest der last Tuesday, police and local attackers hacked the blogger to The Bangladesh branch and wind gusting up to 200kph Earlier, authorities said one typhoon alert, media reported. sources said. Boko Haram has death at his home in the capital of Al-Qaeda in the Indian (124mph). adult and one child had drowned Typhoons are common at attacked villages in Cameroon’s last Friday. Subcontinent (AQIS), Ansar al- Although the eye of Typhoon at sea, while a foreign worker this time of year in the South Extreme North region for about “We hope we’ll catch the kill- Islam, claimed the murder and Soudelor passed Taiwan, and was was killed by a falling sign and China Sea and Pacific, picking up two years, but the horrific bomb- ers soon. They’ll be hunted down,” warned of more to come, accord- heading towards mainland China, a rescue worker was hit by a car strength from warm waters but ings mark a change of tactics, the minister said, adding that ing to monitoring group SITE. rain was expected to lash the and killed while clearing downed losing it over land. while Cameroonian troops have the killers appeared to have been AFP island until tomorrow morning. branches from a road. REUTERS joined a regional force to tackle the Islamists. The suicide bombers can be young women and even teenage Enjoying the freedom girls, who behave like locals and blend in at crowded places to Mongolia PM Chimed cause maximum casualties. Residents of Maroua, the main town in the Extreme North, were spared until successive blasts tore reshuffles cabinet though the bustling central mar- ket and a bar on July 22 and 25. ULAN BATOR: Mongolian investment in the mining sector, Those bombs killed 33 people and Prime Minister Chimed and will retain his position as wounded dozens more. Saikhanbileg has replaced prime minister. “We’re very worried and no six members of his cabinet, a “(The) vote came after heated longer know where to turn,” says change the president said could debates in the legislature with ‘no Albert, a worried father. hurt an already limping econ- love lost’ between MPs from major The sect’s name loosely trans- omy and further deter foreign parties,” said Dale Choi, head lates as “Western education is investors worried about politi- of the research firm Mongolia forbidden”, and Boko Haram cal stability. Metals & Mining. notoriously abducted 276 Nigerian Mongolia has promised to The coalition was originally schoolgirls in April last year. use its vast untapped mineral expected to last until July 2016 AFP reserves to develop its tiny, land- parliamentary elections and its locked economy, but flagship early dissolution threatens to projects have been delayed and disrupt parliamentary decisions foreign investment deterred by on a number of lucrative mining Soldier kills five political disputes and regulatory projects. uncertainties. The Toronto-listed Centerra mates, injures Parliament endorsed the prime Gold Inc. is awaiting a decision minister’s proposal to remove the from parliament on the stake size eight in Rwanda Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) the government will take in the from the coalition government on Gatsuurt gold mine it hopes to put BANGUI: A Rwandan UN yesterday, meaning the party’s six into production. peacekeeper in the Central cabinet members lost their jobs. Parliament also must vote on African Republic shot dead four Saikhanbileg, a member of the a proposed investment agree- colleagues yesterday and injured A mahout feeds an elephant at a zoo in Hanoi, Vietnam, yesterday. The elephants were free to roam inside a Mongolian Democratic Party, ment with a private consortium eight others before being gunned semi-natural enclosure of the zoo for the first time after an electric fence was set up with the help of sponsor- was appointed last year with a led by China’s Shenhua Energy to down, military sources said. mission to rejuvenate the flag- develop and mine the huge Tavan ship by the charities Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) and Change for Animals Foundation (CFAF). It was the worst such incident ging economy through foreign Tolgoi coal mine. REUTERS to hit the UN peacekeeping mis- sion in the country, known by its French acronym of MINUSCA, since it was deployed in September last year following inter-religious Philippines files corruption charges against Aquino advisor clashes that claimed hundreds of lives. MANILA: Philippine authori- congressman who is now Aquino’s determine whether there is suf- Aside from Villanueva and In return, she apparently “A Rwandan soldier picked up ties have moved to file corrup- top advisor on vocational edu- ficient basis to subject them to Honasan, the justice department’s received $200m from congres- his gun and killed his colleagues tion charges against two top cation, and Senator Gregorio preliminary investigation and investigating arm is also seeking sional funds which were sup- before being felled. There were politicians, including an ally of Honasan, an ex-military colonel later, to file cases.” to file charges against three other posed to help poor Filipinos. five dead and eight injured,” said President Benigno Aquino, the who plotted failed coups against The DOJ recommendation is legislators, four former lawmak- Napoles, who is already in jail in a source close to the UN mission justice secretary said yesterday, Aquino’s mother, former presi- the first step before the filing of ers and their aides. the Philippines for kidnapping her in Central Africa, known by its as part of a massive graft scan- dent Corazon Aquino, accord- criminal charges and the possible Villanueva is the most senior cousin in 2014 in an alleged cover- French acronym of MINUSCA. dal that has embroiled numer- ing to Justice Secretary Leila de arrest of the officials, she said. Aquino ally to be entangled in the up attempt. A Central African army offi- ous officials. Lima. The office of the country’s scandal involving businesswoman Aquino’s spokesman Herminio cial also confirmed the toll but The justice department “DOJ... endorsed to (the) Ombudsman separately said it Janet Lim Napoles, who allegedly Coloma, said Villanueva was “a Rwandan military officials were (DOJ) has asked a special anti- Ombudsman the charges against would start a preliminary inves- paid tens of millions of dollars in conscientious public servant”, and unavailable for comment. corruption body to file charges them,” she said. tigation against Villanueva and bribes to Philippine politicians was not required to resign. AFP against Joel Villanueva, a former “The Ombudsman will still other officials. and officials from 2004-2012. AFP SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Kabul bomb blasts toll rises to 51 Taliban carry out spate of bombings as Mullah Mansour takes over; NATO official also dies, hundreds injured

KABUL: Fifteen more fatali- themselves from the truck bomb- ground fighters. Hitting Kabul ties were confirmed yesterday ing which struck near a Kabul with a wave of powerful attacks from a barrage of bombings in military base -- as they usually is a way of showcasing their Kabul, taking the toll to 51 in do in attacks that result in mass strength.” the deadliest day in the Afghan civilian casualties. Mansour is seen as a prag- capital since the NATO combat But they claimed responsi- matist and a proponent of peace mission ended in December. bility for both other attacks, talks, but he also has powerful The explosions last Friday, which marked a serious breach rivals within the Taliban who are which devastated buildings and of security at a premier training strongly opposed to negotiations overwhelmed hospitals with institute for Afghan forces and a with the Afghan government. hundreds of casualties, were the foreign coalition facility. After 13 years of war US-led first major militant assaults on The carnage highlighted the NATO forces ended their com- Kabul since the announcement risk of a bloodier insurgency bat mission in Afghanistan of Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s under a new Taliban leadership in December, leaving behind death. as Afghan forces face their first a 13,000-strong residual The attacks underscored the summer fighting season without force for training and coun- volatile security situation in full NATO support. ter-terrorism operations. Last Afghanistan amid a faltering Last Friday’s bombings were Friday’s attacks marked Kabul’s peace process and the potency of the first major attacks since deadliest day since the end of that the Taliban insurgency despite Mullah Akhtar Mansour was mission. being riven by growing internal named as the new Taliban chief People wounded in the attacks divisions. last week in an acrimonious were pouring into city hospitals, In the first attack, a powerful power transition after the insur- officials said, with reports emerg- truck bomb tore through the cen- gents confirmed the death of long- ing of blood shortages and urgent tre of Kabul just after midnight time leader Mullah Omar. appeals for donors circulating on last Friday, killing 15 civilians and Experts say the escalating social media. wounding 240 others. violence demonstrates Mullah In the deadliest attack, a sui- Less than 24 hours later, 27 Mansour’s attempt to boost his cide attacker managed to place cadets and civilians were killed image among Taliban cadres and himself in a queue as police train- when a suicide bomber dressed drive attention away from inter- ees were waiting to be searched in police uniform blew himself up nal rifts over his leadership. before entering the academy, Afghan firefighters hose down the street outside Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was at the entrance of Kabul Police “The new wave of attacks is a killing 27, two security officials attacked by militants, in Kabul yesterday. Academy. tactic by the Taliban’s new lead- said. Explosions and gunfire also ership to show they are capable, Anguished relatives of cadets suicide car bomber also launched nationalities of the victims, but a homes across the city, ripping erupted when Camp Integrity, a potent and operational,” said gathered near the academy, which an attack on Camp Integrity, trig- local security firm contracted to off the facades of buildings and US special forces base in Kabul, security analyst Abdul Hadi was cordoned off by heavily armed gering explosions and an hours- guard the camp said eight were leaving scattered piles of rubble. came under attack last Friday, Khaled. security officials as ambulances long firefight, with military jets Afghans. Earlier last Friday, a That attack left 15 dead and 240 killing nine people, including a “The demise of Mullah Omar with wailing sirens rushed to the heard flying over the centre of truck bomb detonated near an wounded, deputy presidential NATO service member. divided the movement and scene. Kabul. army base in the neighbour- spokesman Sayed Zafar Hashemi The Taliban distanced affected the morale of their Four militants including a NATO did not reveal the hood of Shah Shaheed, rattling said. AFP

Terrible civic services at Taliban fighter guilty of terror: US jury

RICHMOND, VA: A former before reaching their verdict. The charges include ordering Prosecutors contended that legal, illegal settlements Soviet army officer accused of Prosecutors said Hamidullin his men to set up a machine gun Hamidullin planned the attack being a Taliban fighter was found was the mastermind of the attack and a recoilless rifle to bring down for months - receiving approval ISLAMABAD: The civic connection taken from a neigh- guilty on terrorism charges whose goal was to lure US troops US military helicopters. The jury from the Taliban and Haqqani facilities at 10 ‘legal’ slums in bour against a monthly payment last Friday by a federal jury in into a trap and then pound them heard testimony for a week and Network, recruiting fighters and Islamabad are as bad as in the of Rs700. The civic agency issued Richmond, Virginia, a court offi- with heavy weapons and shoot viewed evidence that included acquiring weapons. One major 40 odd illegal settlements. a conditional NOC, and only those cial said. Irek Hamidullin, 55, a down US helicopters. a battlefield videotape showing dispute at trial was whether Six of the legal slums will be with money got separate electric- former Soviet tank commander “He clearly was setting up for Afghan insurgents being raked Hamidullin fired his AK-47 rifle rehabilitated at existing sites ity meters, Masih added. who converted to Islam, faced American forces he knew would by heavy fire from US helicopter at US and Afghan troops. Three while the remaining four would be “Instead of paying huge sums 15 counts ranging from sup- respond,” said Assistant US gunships. soldiers testified that they either moved. 42 settlements were found of money and visits to different porting terrorists to firearms Attorney James Gillis. More than 30 insurgents died saw him raising the rifle to shoot illegal and CDA managers plan to offices, I like several other house- charges stemming from his Hamidullin faces a maximum in the attack. No American or or saw fire coming out of the demolish them. The Afghan Basti holds decided to get connections, orchestration of a 2009 attack penalty of life in prison when Afghan military personnel were rifle’s muzzle. in sector I-11, was demolished last though illegal, from nearby houses on an Afghan Border Police base he is sentenced on Nov 6. His killed, and no American helicop- But an American marksman week. by sharing a monthly amount,” he in eastern Afghanistan’s Khost defense attorney had countered ters were fired on. Authorities say credited with bringing down Azmat Masih, is a staffer of explained. province. that there was insufficient proof Hamidullin was the sole insur- Hamidullin said he never saw the CDA’s sanitation wing is a Absence of formal sewage, elec- He was the first military pris- that Hamidullin had intended to gent survivor of the attack and him fire his weapon. A defense resident of the 100 Quarters legal tricity, and water supply systems oner from Afghanistan to be tried kill Americans. he received serious wounds to his attorney for Hamidullin was not slum in Sector F-6/2, but uses makes the lives of thousands of in a US federal court. The jury of Hamidullin was indicted by a hip and lower parts of his body. immediately available for com- illegal electricity for his house. legal slum inhabitants miserable. seven men and five women delib- federal grand jury in Virginia last Hamidullin was brought into the ment last Friday evening. Masih, 52, has an illegal INTERNEWS erated more than eight hours year. courtroom in a wheelchair. REUTERS

Homes caught in the crossfire Most traders protesting Infrastructure body to build tax have never paid any raods in Punjab ISLAMABAD: The protesting added, saying 90 per cent of his LAHORE: An Infrastructure trade leaders across Pakistan fellow traders don’t do this either. Development Authority (IDA) and tens of thousands of their Ajmal Baloch, the president of in Punjab province will con- members are virtually out of the All Pakistan Union of Traders, struct roads for the local dis- national tax net, many admit. claims having filed tax returns trict governments, with Chief Few of those currently pro- but a close look at the National Minister Shahbaz Sharif chair- testing a 0.6 per cent tax on each Directory of Taxpayers placed by man of its board of governors. bank transaction levied on those Federal Board of Revenue on its The proposed IDA will plan, who do not file their income tax website does not include his name. design and construct roads, hire returns and pay taxes are regis- Naeem Mir, the secretary gen- international and local consult- tered for the sales tax, trade lead- eral of the All Pakistan Union ants and contractors, manage, ers admit. of Traders, says he filed his tax operate and maintain the roads . A majority of even these reg- returns and his name is included An official said the IDA, head- istered traders don’t pay sales in the directory. Despite his quartered in Lahore, would com- tax, let alone file the mandatory large business he paid a sum of mand all expressways, highways, income tax returns, it transpires. Rs19,343 as tax. motorways, public roads, cart- Atiq Mir, the chairman of All In contrast with the number ways, culverts, bridges and works Karachi Traders Front, who of over four million commercial of every description built on, claimed a successful shutter-down electricity meters used by busi- under or across any road. in the port city last week, neither nesses, records show there are It would plan, promote, organ- A Pakistani Kashmiri, affected by cross border firing, shows the wall hit by a mortar shell at her home in Dhair files tax return nor pays sales tax. only 35,483 business entities and ise, re-organise and implement Bazar, Madarpur sector on the Line of Control, some 150 kilometres from Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan “I have not filed tax return for their contribution under the head programmes for construction, the last four years,” Atiq admitted of sales tax – a total of Rs16.2bn development, operations, repairs, administered Kashmir yesterday. Both countries accuse each other of violating a 2003 ceasefire agreement. last week. His furniture business in the last fiscal year 2014-15. security and maintenance of the doesn’t pay sales tax either, he INTERNEWS roads and infrastructure. IDA will acquire or dispose of property or any interest in the property, and raise funds through borrowing, investments, leasing of Minister for close police-media ties for better security assets or any other means. IDA will be empowered to ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s reporting by media and serious counter rumours. People should department were not less than fast and diverse growth of infor- develop commercial sites along Minister for Information, comments by the concerned offi- be convinced that terrrorists any other institution as they fight mation technology. side roads and on its property, Broadcasting and National cials of the government. exploit religious sentiments of terrorists, robbers and smugglers He said despite introduction of sign contracts with local and Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid was speaking at the people and collect money in the in harsh weather conditions and new means of communication, the international firms, collect tolls Rashid has said that close liai- opening session of a training name of charities ultimately used due to their sacrifices, Pakistan is traditional media including news- on the roads. son and coordination among workshop on counterterrorism for making bombs and suicide a safer place now. papers, radio and television are Other proposed powers include senior police officers and media strategic communication and jackets to kill innocent people, he He asked the police depart- still recognised as indispensable developing and maintaining green can result in cohesive messag- media engagement for senior law said. ment to further improve its liai- of mass communication. areas like parks alongside the ing that would have a positive enforcement agencies officers in This task cannot be fulfilled son with media so that they get The media houses have trans- roads, implementing axle load impact, rather than creating Islamabad. by any single institution but eve- verified information and spread of formed and developed into an management and road safety panic among the people. He said it was responsibly of rybody has to play its role as a rumours is discouraged. industry and they have their regime, district administra- He said this was particularly the media and state institutions national obligation, he added. The minister said communi- own compulsions and internal tion, police, transport and excise true about incidents of terror- to provide the masses correct and The minister was of the view cation with media has become a competition. departments. ism which require responsible timely information to also help that the sacrifices of the police challenging task because of the INTERNEWS INTERNEWS SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Gita’s coming home; What about Salman? Sushma tweets on Gita’s homecoming; Pakistan activist Burney wants Salman Ahmed to return home as well

NEW DELHI: Gita, a 23-year- strong resemblance to Gita. NEW DELHI: Just like Gita, explaining the circumstances old hearing and speech-impaired They said the girl went missing an Indian who lived in Pakistan under which their son came to Indian woman stranded in more than a decade ago while they for nearly 15 years before efforts live in Pakistan. Pakistan for the past 15 years, were out begging at the Amritsar were initiated to bring her back, On April 5th this year, the fam- will be brought back to India railway station. another ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ ily also reached out to Samajwadi and efforts are on to locate But Gita denied the couple’s tale is unfolding as 24-year- Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, her family, External Affairs claim. When a private TV channel old Salman Ahmed too needs but is yet to get a response from Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Pakistan showed her a picture India’s assistance to get back any of them. yesterday. of the couple, the girl couldn’t rec- home — after over two decades. Burney said the parents have In a series of tweets, Sushma ognise them. She said her mother “Thank you Sushma Swaraj for been running from pillar to post Swaraj said the government was used to wear sari, but the woman helping Gita,” Pakistani human to get Salman Ahmed, 24, back completing the “necessary for- in the picture was wearing salwar rights activist Ansar Burney, who home. malities to bring Gita back to kameez. has played a pivotal role in pur- “Salman has no documents India”. Last Tuesday, Sushma Swaraj suing Gita’s case with the Indian to show he is either a citizen of Sushma Swaraj tweeted that had announced that the govern- government said yesterday, a Pakistan or of India. Pakistan says during the past few days, “four ment will bring Gita back to India day when the Indian external his father holds an Indian pass- families from Punjab, Bihar, after Indian High Commissioner affairs minister said all efforts port, so he is technically Indian. Jharkhand and UP have claimed T C A Raghavan met the woman were being made to ensure Gita India says he has been living in Gita as their daughter” and that Gita will return to India soon. at the Edhi Foundation, a well reaches home quick. Salman languishes in Pakistan. Pakistan for 22 years, it is best she has requested the chief min- known charity in Karachi where “But it is my earnest request to that he gets a Pakistani passport,” isters of the respective states to Ramraj and Anara Devi, who the woman has been staying her that she should help Salman returned to her large family in he said. “verify and report”. hail from Dhamohan village for the past few years. Sushma Ahmed also. There should not be Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. The hapless couple approached “Gita conveyed to the Indian in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh Swaraj had requested the envoy to any discrimination on the basis “With several small children to officials in Aligarh with copies of High Commissioner by gestures district, claimed Gita was their go to Karachi to meet Gita. of religion that Gita, a Hindu, take care of and the death of par- their ration card and passport, that they are seven brothers and daughter Savita who went miss- Pakistani human rights activ- received help, but Salman, a ents-in-law and failing health of which show Salman Ahmed as sisters. She also conveyed that ing from an ashram in Bihar 11 ist Ansar Burney, who has been Muslim, did not,” he said. her husband Hafiz Viqar Ahmad, their son. They also have his birth she had visited a temple with years ago, according to media closely pursuing Gita’s case, had In “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, actor diagnosed with complications, certificate. Officials, they say, her father. Then she wrote down reports. travelled to India in October 2012 Salman Khan takes a mute she found it hard to plan a trip plead helplessness, Burney said. ‘Vaishno Devi’.” The couple approached the with photographs of the woman Pakistani girl lost in India to Pakistan to bring her son back. A couple of years back, Salman “With these details, please help authorities after seeing TV news but was unable to make progress. back to her country. The movie “Salman, who has spent over Ahmed’s family got in touch with locate Gita’s family,” the minister reports and pictures of Gita, who In 2003, Gita, then 11 years became an instant hit in both the two decades in Pakistan, wants Burney who is now pursuing his tweeted. they say is one of their six chil- old, was spotted by the Pakistan countries. to return to his parents. He is case. Burney said the youth now Gita’s story has the elements dren who went missing at the age Rangers in Lahore, after she Born to an Indian father and a unable to work in Pakistan and lives in abject poverty with his of recent Bollywood blockbuster of nine. A couple from Bokaro in strayed across the border. Pakistani mother, Salman Ahmed lives with the fear of being dis- maternal grandmother who is ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ in which actor Jharkhand claimed Gita was their The girl was handed over to was two-years-old when his par- covered as an ‘illegal’ resident,” very sick. Salman Khan crosses the border fourth child Kokia Kumari who the Edhi Foundation, a social ents visited Pakistan’s Karachi Burney, Pakistan’s former federal “We have written to the Indian to escort a six-year-old mute went missing more than a dec- welfare organisation in Pakistan. city in 1994, Burney said. minister for human rights who government, but have never got Pakistani girl back to her village. ade ago. Bilquis Edhi, who runs the Edhi But when it was time to return now runs Ansar Burney Trust any response from them. This Since her story hit the limelight Earlier, another couple from Foundation, named her Gita. to India after their visa expired, International, said. is an opportunity to send out a earlier this week, four families Amritsar claimed Gita was their According to reports, Gita is a Salman Ahmed became seriously Salman Ahmed’s family wrote beautiful message of helping a have come forward to claim that daughter Pooja, who they used to vegetarian and has set up a small ill and his mother, Salma Viqar, to the Indian High Commission Hindu girl and a Muslim boy,” Gita was their long-lost daughter. call Guddi. ‘mandir’ in her room at the Edhi had no option, but to leave him in Islamabad in March 2013, and Burney said. For the hearing and A family from Uttar Pradesh Rajesh Kumar and Ram Dulari Foundation where she prays to at his maternal grandparents sought aid in getting their son speech-impaired Gita, he prays and one from Jharkhand came are also hearing and speech- Indian gods, goddesses. care in Pakistan. The mother of back. In 2012, they had sent a fax she returns home soon. forward last Friday. impaired. Ram Dulari bears a IANS seven (Salman is her fifth child) to the ministry of external affairs, IANS

Back in to the Ganges Central, Delhi Woman escapes rape governments join to clean up bid in running train MUMBAI: Mumbai Police the compartment from the run- Yamuna river are investigating an incident ning train and ran away in the of attempted rape of a 22-year darkness. NEW DELHI: The central and old woman by an unidenti- An MBA graduate, hail- Delhi governments have decided fied person in a running sub- ing from Pune, the victim had to come together to clean up the urban train of the Western boarded the train at Malad, a Yamuna river in the capital. Railway, officials said here Mumbai suburb, around 11pm They will be using a Special yesterday. and was commuting alone in the Purpose Vehicle for this purpose, The incident occurred shortly ladies compartment. a Delhi government official said before midnight last Thursday Though it is mandatory, there after a meeting between Chief at Charni Road station in south were no security personnel on Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Mumbai when an unidentified duty in that compartment, a rail- union Water Resources Minister youth barged into the ladies way official admitted. Uma Bharti. compartment. The victim complained to the A blueprint will be prepared in Seeing a lone 22-year old Marine Lines station manager 45 days, the official added. woman in the compartment, he and later the railway police were Beautification of the Yamuna attempted to overpower her and summoned. river front also came up at the rape her. But she resisted and The railway police have recov- meeting, attended by Delhi Water screamed for help. ered the CCTV footage of the Minister Kapil Mishra. The man then tried to smother youth — seen sporting a blue tee- The Yamuna, venerated by her and tore off her clothes. As shirt and red Bermudas — and Hindus, originates from the the train slowed to halt at the are on the lookout for him. Yamunotri Glacier, at 6,387 next station, he jumped out of IANS meters above sea level in the Boatmen push a boat into the river Ganga as flood waters recede in Allahabad yesterday. Himalayas. It flows through Uttarakhand, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh (1,376 km) before merg- ing with the Ganges at Allahabad. The river accounts for 70 per- cent of Delhi’s water needs. The Mughals did not support cow slaughter: Home Minister Yamuna is considered largely clean from Yamunotri until NEW DELHI: Home Minister long period,” he said. “After the British came to Employment Guarantee Scheme government in Haryana, which Wazirabad in Delhi when the pol- Rajnath Singh yesterday The minister even quoted the India, the way Indian tradition and making the grass available to has announced a subsidy. luted stretch starts. stressed on the need to protect founder of the Mughal dynasty had to be respected... it was not farmers in villages without charg- “Until what time our cows will Kejriwal said all concerned cows, saying even the Mughals, Babur. “Even Babur, in his will, done. ing for it. “The scheme shall be continue to produce milk up to ministries and departments who ruled India between the has written, we can’t do two “In fact, it became worse. One made effective soon,” he added. 2 litres? We need to increase it. would have to work together for 16th and 18th centuries, knew things at one time. Either rule the of the main reasons for the first The minister further said the “The Haryana government cleaning the “historic river and that they could not rule with hearts of people or eat cow’s meat. war of independence (1857) was government was considering has taken initiatives to encour- reviving its past glory”. open support to cow slaughter. Only one thing can happen... They cow fat which was used in car- increasing grants offered for set- age those who increase cow milk He requested Uma Bharti “Whatever little information cannot be done together.” tridges. This shows the faith of ting up “goshala” (cow-sheds) production from two litres to six to convene a meeting with I have about Mughal rulers... I Speaking at a conference on people towards cow,” he said. from the current `22 lakh. litres with a reward of `10,000 Urban Development Minister can say that the Mughal rulers conservation of cows, the min- Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar identified increasing and thereon for more production. M Venkaiah Naidu and Road were aware of this fact. They ister said the British rulers Javadekar said the govern- cow milk productivity as another They are also offering subsidy to Transport and Highways Minister understood that by killing cows failed to understand this aspect ment was mulling cultivating challenge before the govern- purchase cows which is a progres- Nitin Gadkari on this issue. and giving open support to cow which led to India’s first war of grass in forest areas under the ment and lauded the role played sive incentivisation,” he said. IANS slaughter they cannot rule for a independence. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural by the Bharatiya Janata Party IANS

Mysuru is number 1; Southern states top ‘Swachh Bharat’ rankings

NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Besides Mysuru and total sanitation practices covering The survey conducted during figured among the top 100 per- and Sambalpur in Odisha at 467th Mysuru in Karnataka and Thiruchirapalli, other cities in a set of parameters. The param- 2014-15 was commissioned by formers. Bengaluru leads the rank. Thiruchirapalli (Trichy) in the top 10 are Navi Mumbai, eters included extent of open the ministry as required under list of capitals at 7th rank while Since the “Swachh Bharat” Tamil Nadu were ranked first Kochi, Hassan, Mandya and defecation, solid waste manage- the National Sanitation Policy of Patna came at the bottom at 429. mission is being implemented in and second among 476 cities Bengaluru in Karnataka, ment, septage management, waste 2008. Among the bottom 100 cities, urban areas with the focus on in the “Swachh Bharat” rank- Thiruvananthapuram, Halisahar water treatment, drinking water “Mysore (Mysuru) city in 74 are from the North, 21 from construction of individual house- ings announced by the union in West Bengal and Gangtok, the quality, surface water quality of Karnataka has topped the rank- the East, 3 from the West and 2 hold, community and public toilets urban development ministry ministry said. Thiruchirapalli is water bodies and mortality due ings of 476 cities in the country from the South. to eradicate open defecation and yesterday. around 350 km from Tamil Nadu to water-borne diseases. with three more from the state Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) came ensure door-to-door collection Over all 39 cities from the capital Chennai, which bagged the “Thirty nine cities from the figuring in the top 10. West Bengal at the bottom of 476, preceded by and disposal of municipal solid southern states of India were 20th position. southern states are among the does well with 25 cities/towns Bhind (MP), Palwal and Bhiwani, waste, all the 476 Class-1 cities declared among the top 100 fol- All the 476 Class-1 cities in 31 top 100 followed by 27 from the from the state finding a place in both in Haryana, Chittorgarh have been ranked-based on the lowed by 27 from the eastern states and union territories, each east, 15 from the west, 12 from the the top 100 cities,” it added. (Rajasthan), Bulandshahar data pertaining to these elements states in the Swachh Bharat with a population of above one north and seven from the north- According to the rankings, 15 (UP), Neemuch (MP), Rewari from out of the data generated in Rankings. lakh, were surveyed for assessing eastern states,” the ministry said. of the 27 capital cities surveyed (Haryana), Hindaun (Rajasthan) the survey. IANS SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Villagers lynch alleged witches Four held for helping The five women were blamed for bringing bad luck using black magic Pakistani terrorist SRINAGAR: Four accomplices the IAF station in Awantipora NEW DELHI: Villagers in a of a Pakistani terrorist captured while Md Altaf Wani and Parray rural part of eastern India have after the August 5 Udhampur were a salesman and a driver killed five women whom they terror attack were arrested respactively. accused of practising witch- from the Kashmir Valley yes- Intelligence sources said the craft, police said yesterday. terday, an official said. arrested people were part of a Police in eastern Jharkhand The National Investigation LeT sleeper cell in the Kashmir state said a group of assailants Agency (NIA) made the arrests Valley. dragged the women out of their after Usman alias Qasim Khan In intelligence parlance, sleeper huts and beat them to death at was brought to the valley to iden- cells are members of a terrorist around midnight last Friday in tify those who helped him reach group who lie low and do not Kanjia village, some 40 kilome- Udhampur where he was caught. carry out any terror attacks tres (25 miles) from state capi- Usman, a member of the unless ordered to do so by their tal Ranchi. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers. “A group (of villagers) dragged (LeT) terror group, was brought Pakistani terrorist Usman, the women out and beat them to to the valley from Jammu region from Faisalabad, was overpow- death with sticks, accusing them by road. ered by villagers after he and a of practising witchcraft,” Ranchi “The NIA today arrested four fellow Pakistani terrorist shot deputy police chief Arun Kumar people from Pulwama district dead two Border Security Force Singh said by phone. after Usman identified them,” a (BSF) troopers on the Jammu- Singh added that 24 villag- police officer said here. Srinagar highway in Udhampur ers have been arrested over the “The NIA took Usman to district. killings of the women, who were Pulwama and Kulgam districts The captured Pakistani is now mostly aged between 45 and 50. following disclosures by him. in the custody of the NIA. Jharkhand police spokesman More arrests are likely to take While NIA officials reached S N Pradhan said the villag- place following the leads given by here last Friday from Delhi, ers also used stones and knives the accused,” he said. Usman has been brought to estab- after blaming the five women for The arrested people are Fayaz lish the route he used to reach bringing illness, poor crops and Ahmed Wani and Javed Ahmed Udhampur and to identify accom- bad luck on the village through Wani - both brothers - Md Altaf plices who facilitated his passage witchcraft. Wani and Javed Ahmed Parray. to Udhampur. “It looks like the village held a All are rasidents of Pulwama The NIA is also trying to know grudge against these women for Local cops interact with villagers after the women were killed for practising witchcraft in Kanjia village in eastern district. more about the larger LeT net- a very long time, holding them Jharkhand state yesterday. Fayaz Ahmed Wani and Javed work in Jammu and Kashmir and responsible for... various misfor- Ahmed Wani were working as elsewhere in India. tunes,” Pradhan said. being witches to settle disputes witch and casting evil spells on Jharkhand have introduced spe- carpenters for a contractor in IANS “The whole village is ganging or grievances. her village. cial laws to try to curb crimes up against the police now saying In some cases women are According to India’s National against people accused of they all killed the women,” he stripped naked as punishment, Crime Records Bureau, around witchcraft. said, adding that an investigation burnt alive or driven from their 2,000 people, mostly women, were Jharkhand Chief Minister was underway. homes and killed. killed between 2000 and 2012 on Raghubar Das condemned the Experts say belief in witchcraft In July, machete-wielding vil- suspicions of practising witch- latest killings in a statement yes- Three held in Bengal and the occult remains wide- lagers in the northeastern state craft. Jharkhand accounted for terday, urging society to “ponder spread in some impoverished of Assam dismembered and 54 of 160 “witch hunt” murders over it”. “In the age of knowledge, and remote areas in India, where beheaded a 63-year-old woman in 2013, government data showed. this incident is sorrowful”. women are sometimes accused of after accusing her of being a Some Indian states including IANS for lynching student

KOLKATA: Three people have attributed the death to internal been arrested for lynching a feud among the Congress affili- student inside a college in West ated Chhatra Parishad activists. Bengal, police said yesterday. An eye witness and complain- Amarnath Yatra The incident took place ant in the case Somen Ganguly Bihar, Himachal get new governors at Sabang Sajanikanta claimed Jana was killed for his suspended due Mahavidyalaya in West refusal to felicitate state minis- NEW DELHI: President yogic sciences. July 9 issued notice to the central Midnapore district last Friday ter Soumen Kumar Mahapatra. to heavy rains Pranab Mukherjee yesterday The appointments of Kovind government, Madhya Pradesh when Krishna Prasad Jana, a BA “When Jana refused to go and appointed Ram Nath Kovind and Dev Vrat will be effective government and Yadav on a plea student, was beaten to death dur- join the felicitation of the min- JAMMU: The Jammu- as governor of poll-bound Bihar from the date they take charge of challenging the Madhya Pradesh ing a clash between two groups of ister, a group of 30-40 students Srinagar national highway was and and Acharya Dev Vrat of their respective offices, the state- High Court order quashing an students. attacked him with sticks and closed yesterday after heavy Himachal Pradesh. ment added. FIR against “Six people were named in rods. We want those who killed rains triggered landslides at West Bengal Governor Kesri The appointment of Kovind Yadav for his alleged involve- the complaint and last night last him be given exemplary punish- various places along the route, Nath Tripathi and Rajasthan comes months before crucial ment in the forest guard recruit- Friday, we arrested three of them. ment,” said Ganguly. also leading to suspension of the Governor Kalyan Singh pres- assembly elections in Bihar where ment scam on the ground that he We are looking for the rest three,” While Mahapatra has denied annual Amarnath Yatra. ently held additional charge of a keen tussle is expected between enjoyed immunity of the consti- a police officer said. the charges, former minister Due to heavy rains last Bihar and Himachal Pradesh the BJP-led NDA and the ruling tutional office he was occupying. While the officer refused to and Congress leader Manas Friday night, massive landslides respectively. Janata-Dal-United and its allies. The governor’s son Shailesh comment on their political affili- Bhuniya indicted the Trinamool blocked the national highway in Kovind, who hails from Uttar Congress leader R P N Singh Yadav, an accused in the ation, he said the arrested trio Congress Chhatra Parishad for Reasi, Ramban and at Kheri in Pradesh’s Kanpur and is a lawyer yesterday took a dig at the Madhya Pradesh Professional were former students of the the lynching. Udhampur district of Jammu by profession, was the president BJP over the appointment of Examination Board (or Vyapam) college. Besides the Congress affili- region, a senior police official said of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s governors. scam, was found dead under mys- The incident has taken a politi- ated Chhatra Parishad observ- here. Dalit Morcha and also a two-time “New governors appointed terious circumstances in March cal colour with the opposition ing a students’ strike yesterday, The landslides forced the Rajya Sabha member (1994-2006). yet MP Governor (remember at his father’s residence located Congress accusing the Trinamool the Communist Party of India- authorities to suspend the passage Acharya Dev Vrat has been Vyapam) holds on to his job. Why in Lucknow. Congress students’ wing of orches- Marxist (CPI-M) backed of devotees to annual Amarnath principal of Kurukshetra Gurukul this special treatment from BJP, There was speculation that trating the attack while West Students’ Federation of India Yatra towards holy cave in south since 1981. Besides being a post what secrets does he know?” he Yadav would be removed but no Bengal Chief Minister Mamata (SFI) is overseeing a ‘condemna- Kashmir from Jammu base camp. graduate in history and Hindi, said. action has been taken yet Banerjee as well as Education tion day’ to protest the incident. The Border Roads Organisation he is a doctor in naturopathy and The Supreme Court had on IANS Minister Partha Chatterjee IANS (BRO), that maintains the high- way, has deployed men and machinery to clear the road for vehicular traffic. Landslide clean-up “Work on clearance of land- slides is going on and the highway Odisha godman sent is expected to reopen by yesterday evening,” the official said. “Due to blockades along the road, there are some vehicles to judicial remand stranded on both sides of the highway that will be allowed to BHUBANESWAR: A local Arms Act and provisions of the ply once the road is through,” he court in Odisha yesterday Scheduled Caste and Scheduled added. IANS allowed the crime branch to Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) take controversial godman Act. “Sections 120-B (criminal Sarathi Baba on three-day judi- conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 468 cial remand while rejecting his (forgery with the purpose of Heavy showers bail plea. cheating), 471 (using as genuine He was arrested in the morn- forged document), 341 (wrong- in Himachal ing for his alleged involvement in ful confinement) 506 (criminal a sexual escapade as well as cases intimidation), 379 (theft) of the claim one life related to cheating and forgery. IPC and SC and ST (Prevention The sub-divisional judicial mag- of Atrocities) Act (offences of SHIMLA: Heavy rain in istrate (SDJM) court, Cuttack, atrocities against the members Himachal Pradesh yesterday sent Sarathi Baba alias Santosh of the Scheduled Castes and the claimed one life, as hundreds Raul to judicial custody. Scheduled Tribes) have been of people were stranded across The crime branch will take slapped against the baba,” said the state following landslides him on remand today for further Sharma. and snapped road links, officials interrogation. During the investigation, the said. Additional Director General crime branch had seized some Three members of a fam- (ADG) of crime branch B K arms besides bank and prop- ily were buried when boulders Sharma said Sarathi has been erty documents, 15 kg silver, 54.1 Local villagers clear the way near a damaged house after a landslide was triggered by incessant rains in the ` hit their house in a village in arrested under various sec- grams of gold, 2.28 lakh in cash. village Jalot, some 50 km from Dharamsala, yesterday. Dharampur sub-division of Mandi tions of the Indian Penal Code, IANS district, Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Kadam said. He said one body was found and efforts were on to trace the two Will ensure more security for Bihar polls, says CEC Zaidi other people. Official sources said the chances of survival of the two missing people were bleak as they PATNA: Chief Election secretary to DGP and DMs to SPs review poll preparations following anti-social elements and launch electorate in Bihar with 99.9 were buried under a huge mass of Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said to ensure free and fair upcoming which they are likely to finalise a drive against illicit liquor and percent of them having photo boulders. Kadam said panchayats here yesterday that the Election Bihar assembly polls,” Zaidi said the dates for the state elections. illegal arms. The CEC said that identity cards,” he said, adding in Dharampur have been badly Commission (EC) would deploy in a press conference here after He said the EC has directed DMs have been directed to pro- that officials have been asked to affected as many houses were adequate security forces for meeting state district and police the district magistrates (DMs) vide basic facilities to people at ensure the uniform application of damaged in the floods. peaceful, free and fair Bihar officials and taking stock of the and superintendents of police the polling booths. “Our focus is the model code of conduct. Mandi, Kangra and Hamirpur assembly polls. poll preparations. (SPs) to maintain commu- to ensure people-friendly polling He said all “officials will be districts also experienced moder- “The EC has directed the con- Zaidi and his team arrived here nal harmony at all costs, take booths,” he said. under keen observation of the ate to heavy rain. IANS cerned officials including chief last Friday on a two-day visit to precautionary action against “There are 6.68 crores EC” till the polls end. IANS SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 FEATURES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Eating oily fish may help kids avoid nasal allergies: Study

By Lisa Rapaport “Children who are picky eaters may with furry pets or pollens after age four, avoid foods high in omega-3 polyunsatu- and 19 percent of the children did. hildren who eat certain types of rated fats including fish and seafood, wal- Among the 1,590 children who didn’t fish may be less likely to develop nuts, spinach and soybeans,” she added. have rhinitis symptoms at age eight, 21 Cnasal allergies, according to a “Similarly, children who are more likely percent of them developed allergic rhini- study from Sweden. to consume those foods may also have a tis and 15 percent developed non-allergic Researchers studied what children ate more adventurous palate and be more rhinitis by age 16. at age eight and then monitored whether likely to consume a balanced diet.” Total fish consumption didn’t appear they developed nasal inflammation due Rhinitis is one of the most common related to the development of rhinitis to allergies or colds by age 16. Regular chronic diseases in childhood, note lead between the ages of 8 and 16. Nor did consumption of oily fish like salmon was study author Jessica Magnusson, a nutri- fish fingers, or the less-oily options like linked a reduced risk of allergic rhinitis, tionist at the Karolinska Institute in tuna and cod. or inflammation of the mucus membrane Stockholm, and colleagues in the Journal But eating oily fish was linked to a drop inside nasal passages. of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in risk of allergic rhinitis by roughly half. While it’s possible that fish consump- At the start of the study, parents and It was also tied to lowered risk of non- tion may help prevent the development kids completed questionnaires detailing allergic rhinitis but not enough to rule of rhinitis, a healthy diet complete with how often the children consumed 98 foods out the possibility that the reduction was a variety of items from all food groups and beverages common in Sweden. For due to chance. may have a similar effect in promoting fish, they were asked specifically about It’s possible that fish consumption dur- general wellbeing, said Diana Di Fabio, oily varieties such as herring, mackerel ing infancy, or how much fish mothers ate a pediatric dietician at Cleveland Clinic and salmon, as well as less oily alterna- during pregnancy might have influenced Children’s in Ohio. tives like codfish, Pollock, pike, tuna and the odds that children developed rhinitis the take-home message is one that peo- Performance who wasn’t involved in the “Fish consumption at eight years old fish fingers. later in life, the researchers acknowledge, ple hear all the time: eat more plants, study, said by email. may simply serve as an indicator of high They also asked parents if kids had and they didn’t measure these things in less animals,” Samantha Heller, a nutri- SOURCE: bit.ly/1KVzHoq Journal of Allergy dietary quality,” Di Fabio, who wasn’t symptoms of rhinitis, such as sneezing their study. tionist at New York University’s Center and Clinical Immunology, online July 4, 2015. involved in the study, said by email. or runny nose or eye symptoms in contact “Since we don’t eat single nutrients, for Musculoskeletal Care and Sports REUTERS Could you improve on a classic? Yes By Joe Yonan harmonize. More often than not, that sandwich is dry and boring. have something heretical to get off Still, I love the combination — at my chest. Heretical to the locavore, least in theory — of creamy pale cheese, food-obsessed, Italophile crowd, that tart tomatoes and basil, so I decided to Iis. remake the sandwich into something that I don’t like Caprese sandwiches. hews close to the spirit of the salad but Do you know them? They’re the with fewer pitfalls. between-bread-slices version of a Caprese For the bread, I chose a thin-crusted, salad, sold by too many sandwich shops soft-interior sub roll, the kind that as their lone — and often pathetic — veg- doesn’t resist your teeth when you bite it. etarian offering. I replaced the basil leaves, which end up The salad, of course, is one of sum- falling out or being consumed whole, with mer’s great pleasures, born on the island a quick pesto that stops short of a puree, of Capri and made up of layers of per- so it has a little texture. The mozzarella fectly ripe tomatoes, fragrant basil and became ricotta, which I whir in a food fresh buffalo-milk mozzarella, drizzled processor to make it super creamy and with fabulous extra-virgin olive oil and easy to spread; it adds that pure dairy a little sea salt. In some circles, a drizzle flavor plus the right amount of moisture. of aged balsamic vinegar is considered (In essence, I turned the cheese and the essential; in others, it’s proibito. basil into condiments.) The salad sets a high bar: If everything The tomato? Well, that’s the center- in it is of the highest quality, it’s a rev- piece of the sandwich, and I can’t argue elation. If one element falls short, the with it — except to demand that it be whole thing disappoints. If the tomatoes local, in season and perfectly ripe. In the are pallid and/or mealy, the mozzarella winter, I’d make something else. too firm, the olive oil bland, the basil less than pungent — well, you might as well 1 clove garlic Combine the cup of basil, the walnuts, slices and a torn basil leaf or two, if have a Caesar. Tomato, Pesto and 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmigiano- garlic, cheese and oil in the bowl of a mini desired. Spread about 2 tablespoons of All that is also true for the sandwich, Reggiano cheese food processor; process in long pulses pesto on the cut side of each of the top which raises the bar even higher with Ricotta Sandwiches 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil until combined but still chunky, scrap- roll sections, then invert to complete the another risky element: the bread. When 1 cup whole-milk ricotta (see NOTE) ing down the sides of the bowl as needed. sandwiches. Cut in half, if desired. it’s too crusty or thick or chewy, even MAKE AHEAD: The pesto and 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more Scrape the pesto into a small bowl; clean NOTE: If you cannot find whole-milk the best filling is ruined (along with, pos- whipped ricotta can each be refrigerated as needed and dry the food processor bowl. ricotta, part-skim can be substituted, but sibly, the roof of your mouth). Frankly, for up to 3 days. 4 kaiser rolls or other thin-crusted, Combine the ricotta and 1/4 teaspoon add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil when even when the ingredients are top-notch, 4 servings small sub rolls or buns, halved of salt in the food processor; puree until you puree it. there’s something about eating this com- 1 pound ripe, in-season tomatoes (2 smooth. (Or you can whisk them together Nutrition | Per serving: 500 calories, 21 g bination in sandwich form that doesn’t Ingredients large or 3 to 4 smaller, or a combination), by hand.) Taste and add salt as needed. protein, 45 g carbohydrates, 27 g fat, 9 g satu- work for me: When I can’t cut things up 1 cup lightly packed basil leaves, plus a cored if needed and cut into 1/2-inch slices Spread about 1/4 cup of the whipped rated fat, 35 mg cholesterol, 630 mg sodium, with a knife and fork, rarely can I get few more for optional garnish ricotta on the cut side of each of the bot- 2 g dietary fiber, 7 g sugar that perfect bite in which all the elements 1/4 cup walnuts Method tom roll sections. Layer on a few tomato WP-BLOOMBERG

Sonam’s bridal avatar for Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla’s IBFW show fter a few hiccups due to rain different moods and unique spirit of Like the silhouettes, the music was less than a bride. “I feel like a bride. I prior to designer duo Abu the city. Colours like white, yellow, a mix of western and Indian numbers. loved every moment of it”, Sonam, who Jani and Sandeep Khosla’s saffron and orange and a riot of Holi There was a mix of Bollywood classics is “happy to be single”, told reporters Ashow at the BMW India hues were used in abundance, even for like “Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam” after the “spectacular and dramatic” Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW), actress menswear that consisted of sheer vest, and “Pyar mein sauda nahin” and Ellie show at the luxury shopping destina- Sonam Kapoor, in a golden gown that dhotis, long jackets and more. Goulding’s “Love me like you” too. tion DLF Emporio in New Delhi on trailed across the ramp, opened the “Varanasi has always left a deep While there were many moments Friday. show to a packed audience. impression upon us. Its history, when the audience lauded during the The “Khoobsurat” actress wasn’t The show by Jani and Khosla, energy, spirituality and symbolism show, one particular time was when the only one who contributed to the known as the masters of ‘revival and as well as its astonishing legacy of a Sikh model, who matched his blue star factor of the evening. reinvention’, having transformed craftsmanship. turban with his dhoti and bandhgala, Veteran actors Dimple Kapadia and chikankari, zardozi and mirror-work “We’ve worked with weaves indig- took the stage. Jaya Bachchan, a loyal client of the into their signature contemporary enous to the city over the years. But Sonam’s confident walk, though she designer duo, were also seen lauding style of classical elegance, featured an there is always a moment... a time sported heavily embellished garments, the new bridal collection. elaborate theatrical set that recreated when those impressions are translated was also praised by many. She even From the Bachchan family, Shweta the Varanasi ghats. into a solid and dedicated expression. lip-synced Lana Del Rey’s song “Will and her daughter Navya Naveli were Their collection showcased the rich This is that moment for us. And the you still love me” as she made a dra- also spotted though they sat far from legacy of silks, brocades, gold and sil- collection is the result. matic entry on stage. Jaya, who smiled and waved at them ver thread work and carpet weaving. “It is an ode to everything we hold Sonam, who wore two creations of before beginning of the show. The designer duo, for whom India dear about the city and its indestruct- the designer duo, certainly looked like Ace designer Ritu Kumar was also has always been their muse, pre- ible soul,” Jani said. a diva in the gown when she opened seen sitting in the front row. sented their bridal collection titled If there were a few western inspired the show and when she donned a Suneet Varma, who will bring the cur- “Varanasi”, which paid homage to the ensembles, the collection also had the vermilion lehenga with a zardozi and tains down on the event on August 11, city. traditional saris, suits and ghaghras Swarovski blouse and a dupatta on also attended it. The palette too reflected the with Banarasi dupattas. head, the 30-year-old looked nothing IANS SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

Prayer Timings Weather Hazy at first be- comes very hot Fajr 03.42 am Zuhr 11.39 am Maghrib 06.15 pm Minimum: 33o C Maximum: 46o C daytime with slight Shorook 05.04 am Asr 03.08 pm Isha 07.45 pm HIGH TIDE 13:45 - 23:45LOW TIDE 06:00 - 20:45 dust at times and some clouds. Eat, paint and get along the Mexican way

PACHUCA: Palmitas, a hard- scrabble neighbourhood in the Mexican city of Pachuca, used to have a reputation as a bat- tleground where gangs fought deadly turf wars. But recently the bloodshed on the hillside slum’s narrow streets has fallen dramatically and it has gained a far more welcome kind of attention. A Mexican artists’ collective called German Crew has painted a giant mural across the shan- tytown’s houses, working with residents to transform their crum- bling walls into a vibrant artwork. Viewed at a distance, the entire neighborhood now forms a bright, rainbow-colored wave that has brought new pride for residents and opened new horizons for local youths. Viewed up close, the giant mural contains still more mini-murals LEFT: Estefania Garcia, in charge of urban development at Pachuca city council, explaining the project of “Las Palmitas” hill in Pachuca, Hidalgo state, Mexico. RIGHT: A partial view of the hill. that interact playfully with the overall design. The artists repainted some employed 20 local painters. “We the rusted-out remains of junked percent since the project was and member of German Crew. a thug, no matter what color the 20,000 square metres of gray walls had to convince residents to let cars and installed new streetlights launched in 2012,” said Garcia. “Art makes a big difference. walls are,” said Adante Lopez, who across more than 200 houses to us repaint their houses,” said Ana and eight security cameras. “Members of rival gangs worked Colors change people’s mood. Gray initially refused to have his house create what the city govern- Estefania Garcia, the head of city The sprawling artwork was then together on the project. They got immerses them in monotony,” he repainted before finally giving in. ment bills as the largest mural in planning for Pachuca, a two-hour painted across this new facade, to know each other.” said. “One boy told me that since But the mural has not been Mexico. The project was launched drive northeast of Mexico City. relaunching the tradition of the The gangs still exist, but today we painted his house, he feels like touched by graffiti or vandalism in 2012 with the goal of using art “First the neighbourhood was Mexican mural, brought to world they “eat, paint and get along,” she going to school more because he’s since its completion. to repair the neighbourhood’s repainted in white, as if to say, fame by artists such as Diego said. “They’re not best friends, but happier.” Some are skeptical, how- German Crew is now working tattered social fabric and reduce ‘We’re starting from scratch.’ That Rivera (1886-1957). they know they can work together ever, including the lone resident on more detailed individual paint- crime. was a shock for them.” City officials credit the project to take care of their community.” to resist the mural project. “The ings on the walls telling the story Funded by the Mexican gov- The city meanwhile cleaned the with a dramatic drop in crime. That view is echoed by Roberto cameras are the main thing that of the neighborhood and its resi- ernment, it cost $310,000 and neighbourhood’s streets, removed “Crime has gone down by 35 Robles, a 36-year-old graffiti artist reduced the violence. A thug stays dents. AFP ‘Face of War’: Ukraine Online death records let anyone be ‘killed’ LAS VEGAS: Hackers at an infamous step into that void, and borrow the identity of a “You could kill anyone you want,” Rock said artist creates Putin annual Def Con gathering in Las Vegas on doctor. Setting up accounts requires a doctor’s after the presentation. “No one is off limits.” Friday got schooled in how to be online kill- name, address, and medical licence number. A A humour-infused list of scenarios included ers. A rush to go digital with the process of basic Internet search will turn up that infor- killing oneself off to get life insurance cash or portrait with bullets registering deaths has made it simple for mation, which is publicly available for the well- going after others for vengeance. maliciously minded folks to have someone intended purpose of letting people check that Someone targeted might not even know they who is alive declared dead by the authorities. physicians are legitimate before seeking care. were declared dead until doing something offi- KIEV: A young Ukrainian art- “This is a global problem,” Australian com- Drop down boxes containing illness catego- cial like trying to renew a passport or driving ist has captured global media puter security specialist Chris Rock said as ries and online guides are available for filling in licence. attention by creating a striking he launched a presentation titled “I Will Kill “doctor speak” on forms and avoiding medical Rock began digging into the death industry portrait of Russian President You.” The process of having someone officially causes or circumstances that might trigger a year ago after an Australian hospital acci- Vladimir Putin out of 5,000 bul- stamped dead by getting a death certificate needs for autopsies or investigations, Rock’s dentally declared 200 patients dead. let shells collected in the sepa- issued typically involves a doctor filling out one demonstration showed. Getting birth certificates for virtual babies ratist east. form and a funeral home filling out another, Borrowing a funeral director’s identity to was demonstrated to be even easier than kill- Daria Marchenko’s “The Face according to Rock’s research. establish an online account for death certifi- ing off people in the digital world, because reg- of War” — a remarkably realis- Once forms are submitted online, certifi- cate purposes was shown to be simple as well. istering births online only involves doctors and tic and politically tinged depic- cates declaring the listed person legally dead Required information about legitimate funeral parents. “Once you log on as a doctor, not only tion of Putin in a dark suit and are generated. A fatal flaw in the system is directors is posted on the Internet, and one can you kill someone, you can actually birth red tie — stands more than two that people can easily pose as real doctors and could even claim to work at a funeral home. someone,” Rock said. metres (nearly seven feet) tall funeral directors, Rock demonstrated to a rapt In Rock’s case, he made a website for a Given the time it takes for even a make- and dominates the artist’s studio audience. bogus funeral home and used that to back his believe baby to grow into adulthood, he saw apartment. “Sleeping in the same Doctors practising general medicine often application for an account as director. He got that as more tempting to crime gangs who room with him was a bit scary at don’t bother setting up accounts at online an automated call days later saying he was could invest in the future by creating legions of first,” says the 33-year-old artist portals for filling out information for death approved. With both online accounts in place, virtual people for shady doings involving loans, and graphics designer. “But I got certificates. An aspiring online assassin can deaths can be registered in the real world. stock trading, imports or other activities. AFP used to it.” She draws the window cur- tains and picks up a hand-held Ukrainian artist Daria Marchenko lamp to reveal how the 62-year- holds bullets in her hands in front old Russian leader’s face changes of her portrait of Russian President expression under different light. Vladimir Putin in her studio in Kiev. His deep-set eyes turn from Pompeii set to rise again from troubles gloomy to more lighthearted as Marchenko — her own right people since breaking out after POMPEII: Pompeii is rising eyebrow pierced and fingers Kiev’s ouster of a Kremlin-backed from the ashes again — despite weighed down by heavy metal president. “When people see his the worst that Italy’s mafia, and rings —shines the lamp around expression change, it reveals cer- bureaucracy, could throw at it. her unusual work. “He can be tain things. To me, this war is dif- The ancient city, buried dur- proud, confused or serious,” says ferent from all others because it ing a volcanic eruption in the first the artist. “He can look like a per- is built on a lie”. century, is undergoing a multi- son on a Soviet poster or he can Buckets and wooden crates million euro restoration which be Superman.” filled with bullet cases occupy the will see the preserved bodies of Her story has been covered by centre of the artist’s small room. victims go on display at the site. Britain’s top media outlets as well Her first handful of shells came But the transformation of one as major European and Australian from her boyfriend — an active of the world’s most treasured papers and television channels. member of the Euromaidan move- archaeological sites has been a But the artist has received ment that toppled the corruption- challenge both for archaeologists barely a mention in Russia — stained and deeply unpopular and for Italy itself. Ukraine’s giant neighbour where president Viktor Yanukovych Archaeologist Massimo Osanna Putin’s approval rating is huge and forced him into self-imposed was sent in to turn around the and denial of any involvement Russian exile. project two years ago amid reports in the 16-month conflict is ever- But her peculiar art supplies of degradation of the ruins, of present in the state-dominated now come from friends fighting theft and even of looting by the media. Only Russia’s popular across the war zone in eastern Neapolitan mafia, the Camorra. Moskovsky Komsomolets broad- Ukraine’s industrial heartland. He now has a €130m budget, sheet broke ranks by devoting “A bullet shell is a symbol of an most of it from the European a two-sentence paragraph to interrupted life,” she says gravely. Union. In March, Unesco inspec- Marchneko’s work last month. “The world does not realise just tors — who had threatened to Marchenko does not conceal how much my country has lost. take Pompeii off the list of World Visitors walk in the Menandro house in the ruins of ancient Pompeii during a night visit. her deep-seated suspicion that So this desire to work with more Heritage sites — acknowledged Putin personally instigated a con- and more shells came naturally.” that there had been considerable fixed at the very moment they give visitors the chance to explore as a symbol of the challenges in flict that has killed nearly 7,000 Putin’s portrait is the first in a improvements to the site’s con- met their fate, carbonised by the the site by moonlight, with guided preserving Italy’s cultural herit- series entitled “The Five Elements servation. “This is a really excit- intense heat of a 300-degrees tours and video installations. age. “This is a new era for Pompeii of War”. Two others — to be pos- ing time for Pompeii,” Osanna Celsius gas cloud. “We have followed Unesco’s and our efforts are bearing fruit,” sibly constructed out of weapons said. “Thousands of people are Displayed for the first time, the advice to extend projects beyond said Italy’s Minister for Culture or other battle remnants from the working together. We currently bodies of men, women and chil- the initial deadline of 2015,” said Dario Franceschini, as he inaugu- devastated front — will be dedi- have 35 construction areas on the dren from Pompeii and neigh- Osanna. “We have the resources rated the Palestra Grande (Large cated to the “heart and spirit” of site.” bouring Herculaneum — which and we will carry on working.” Gymnasium) on Tuesday, after warfare, Marchenkpo says. Pompeii’s transformation was also engulfed by the eruption With 2.7 million tourists visit- seven years of restoration work. Another might be called “The includes a new special exhibition — are laid out in a wooden pyra- ing the ancient city last year, the The enormous space surrounded Brains Behind the War” but she of around 20 victims of the erup- mid in the middle of an ancient ruins are the second most vis- by columns is where young Romans says the final work’s title is still a tion, preserved in plaster with amphitheatre. A series of night- ited attraction in Italy after the played sports until Mount Vesuvius secret. AFP their expressions and positions time visits until September 27 Colosseum in Rome, and are seen erupted in 79AD. AFP Sunday 9 August 2015 24 Shawwal 1436 Volume 20 Number 6517 Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Drought causes QR2.2bn deal signed for reservoirs project Panama Canal to Doha Bank, Leighton Contracting Qatar sign project financing agreement reduce ship size PANAMA CITY: The Panama DOHA: Doha Bank has of the Group which was awarded Canal will temporarily limit the announced the signing of project this project for Kahramaa last size of ships using the waterway finance deal to the value March. due to a drought caused by the of QR2.2bn with Leighton “We are pleased at the oppor- El Nino weather phenomenon, Contracting Qatar, a divi- tunity to participate in a project authorities said on Friday. sion of UAE-based Habtoor that will form the bedrock upon The Panama Canal Authority Leighton Group, for support- which Qatar’s water security said the maximum ship draft ing the construction of Qatar initiatives will be built,” said Dr will be cut to 11.89 metres General Electricity & Water R Seetharaman, Group CEO of (39 feet) from September 8, Corporation’s (Kahramaa) Water Doha Bank, adding that the Bank affecting 18.5 percent of ves- Security Mega Reservoirs has already issued project-related sels that normally transit the Project- Rawdat Rashed. guarantees. link between the Atlantic and The Habtoor Leighton Group “Doha Bank is committed to Pacific oceans. (HLG), focused on two core using our considerable resources A ship’s draft is its depth in the market sectors, Infrastructure to support infrastructure devel- water, and changes as the vessel and Building, is one of the lead- opment in Qatar and help build becomes heavier or lighter. ing diversified international con- a more prosperous and sustain- The canal authority said fur- tractors in the Middle East and able future for our nation and ther restrictions could be imposed North Africa having an exten- its people. on September 16 if weather con- sive track record in large-scale “As such, we continually look ditions do not change. The maxi- projects across the region. For for opportunities to play a greater mum draft of vessels would be cut more than 40 years the Group role in Qatar’s growth story by to 11.73 metres. has built a strong and loyal cli- catering to the financing needs of Canal administrator Jorge ent base across both the public key strategic entities, both public Quijano said the month of June and private sectors. and private, and we hope to fur- and the first half of July was the The Mega reservoirs, with a ther grow our relationship with driest period in 102 years. capacity of 100 million gallons Leighton Contracting in the years As a result, water levels in the each, are the largest reinforced to come,” Dr Seetharaman said. lakes that feed the canal have concrete reservoirs in the world. Launched in response to the Officials pose for a group picture at the signing ceremony. dropped. The canal’s locks can The Habtoor Leighton Group huge increase in water demand usually accommodate ships with (HLG) CEO and Managing due to the continuous growth Kahramaa’s network system, cov- will provide seven days of water of water storage for expected a draft of up to 12 meters. Director, José A Lpez-Mon s, said and development in Qatar, the ering the new mega reservoirs storage for the expected water demand in 2036 by adding more Dry weather conditions in the award validated the high value Water Security Mega Reservoirs and the existing and future sec- demand in 2026, with five mega reservoirs within the 5 mega March 1998 saw authorities take placed by the client on the capa- Project aims to provide seven days ondary reservoirs. reservoir sites, while the second reservoirs sites. similar measures. bilities and proven performance of strategic water storage within The first phase of the project phase will provide the seven days THE PENINSULA AFP SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS China’s July Oil prices forecast to remain lower exports and Current glut in world oil markets likely to persist well into 2016, says QNB imports drop DOHA: Oil prices have again Oil Price Forecasts (Brent, USD/b) SHANGHAI: China’s foreign collapsed to sub-$50 per bar- Oil prices trade performance worsened rel levels. A bear market in (Brent, USD/b) in July with both exports and Chinese equities has shaken imports falling on an annual confidence in the global growth basis, customs said yesterday, outlook while oil markets have spelling more worry for the been surprised by continued world’s second largest economy. increases in global oil output, Exports plunged 8.3 percent despite lower oil prices. year-on-year to $195.10bn while Therefore, the current glut in imports dropped 8.1 percent to world oil markets is likely to per- $152.07bn, it said in a statement sist well into 2016. From 2017, as on its website. producers and consumers adjust Sources: Bloomberg and QNB Economics The country still recorded a to lower prices, oil markets should trade surplus of $43.03bn, cus- begin to tighten, leading to gradu- hit hardest by lower oil prices, From 2017, oil markets should toms said, but gave no compara- ally firmer prices. As a result, production has been resilient, begin to tighten, leading to rising tive figure. Separately, the agency QNB forecasts oil prices to average averaging 9.5m b/d so far in 2015, oil prices. In terms of supply, non- said the trade surplus in yuan around $55 a barrel (b) in 2015-16 compared with 8.7m in 2014. Opec producers will eventually be currency terms narrowed by 10 before rising to $60/b in 2017. What does this mean for oil forced to cut back on investment percent on the year. Oil prices rallied 45.5 per- prices going forward? The latest in response to lower oil prices, Exports are a key driver of cent during the first half of the report from the IEA suggests that leading to slower output growth. China’s economic growth, while year, mainly driven by improving world oil markets will be oversup- Production with higher costs falling imports can indicate weak expectations for global growth. plied by around 1.9m b/d in 2015. is likely to be the first to be domestic demand. Subsequently, oil prices have lost Based on the IEA projections, impacted, including shale oil in “China’s trade slump dete- almost all the gains, falling back Sources: Bloomberg and QNB Economics we expect another supply glut in the US; oil sands in Canada; and riorated further in July,” ANZ below $50/b at the beginning of 2016 of around 1.1m b/d. Opec pro- offshore producers in the Gulf of Banking Group said in a research August. A mixture of supply and IMF revised down its 2015 fore- increased, confounding expec- duction should remain elevated— Mexico and off west Africa. note. As global growth mod- demand factors were behind the cast for world GDP growth by 0.2 tations of production cuts in Iran is expected to add around Major oil companies have already erates and commodity prices recent drop. percent to 3.3 percent in July. response to lower oil prices. 0.7m b/d to global production by reportedly cut back on $200bn of remain depressed, he said, it will The weaker demand picture On the supply side, the agree- Saudi Arabia’s production rose the end of 2016 and Saudi Arabia capex on new projects ($5.6bn be “unlikely” that China’s trade was mainly driven by concerns ment to remove international to a record 10.3m barrels/day is expected to maintain current in Canada, the worst impacted growth will pick up significantly about global growth emanating sanctions on Iran and persist- (b/d) in July, according to the output levels. region), which will lead to lower in the remainder of the year. from China. The largest drops in ent increases in global produc- International Energy Agency Meanwhile, non-Opec produc- future production growth. On the The latest trade figures wors- oil prices were at the beginning tion have further weakened the (IEA). Production is also rising in tion shows no signs of slowing demand side, oil consumption is ened from June, when exports in and end of July as sharp selloffs outlook for prices. An Iranian other Opec countries, particularly down either. The IEA expects US likely to increase in response to US dollar terms eked out a 2.8 in Chinese equities triggered nuclear agreement was initially Iraq (4.1m b/d in June, up from production to rise by 0.3m b/d in lower prices, mainly in emerging percent annual rise and imports concerns about potentially nega- announced in April with the 3.3m on average in 2014). Total 2016. Rising supply is likely to off- markets, and as global growth is still fell but a lesser 6.1 percent, tive knock-on effects on the real final details made public on 14th Opec production was 31.7m b/d in set any pick up in global demand. expected to rise. previous data showed. economy. July. Assuming international July, up from 30.3 on average in As a result, we expect oil prices Therefore, from 2017, slower A stronger yuan currency, China is highly important for sanctions are lifted in the next 2014. Opec made no changes to to remain broadly flat at around supply growth coupled with rising which makes Chinese goods more global oil markets — on August few months (ratification by the its production target in its meet- $55.5/b in 2016. One caveat to our demand should erode excess sup- expensive overseas, has hurt 3, oil prices fell 5.2 percent after EU, US and Iran itself is still ing at the beginning of June, bol- supply outlook is the risk of supply ply in global oil markets, leading exports, analysts said. disappointing manufacturing data required), Iranian production stering the outlook for supply. In disruptions from security or geopo- to a gradual increase in oil prices China’s economy, a key driver of was released in China. Looking would increase. the US, where high-cost shale oil litical factors, which could lead to to around $60/b. global growth, expanded 7.4 per- at the overall global picture, the Elsewhere, supply has producers were expected to be higher than forecast prices. THE PENINSULA cent last year, its weakest since 1990, and has slowed further this year, growing 7 percent in each of the first two quarters. The government has targeted annual economic growth of around 7.0 Logistics Committee, percent for all of 2015. The People’s Bank of China, the central bank, in June announced its latest cut in interest rates, Manateq sign pact marking the fourth such move since November to boost lending as a driver for the economy. AFP with Masraf Al Rayan Fitch upgrades DOHA: The Logistics Manager, Mohammed Ismail Al Committee and Manateq have Emadi. Ireland outlook signed an agreement with The Logistics Committee said Masraf Al Rayan on financing that the signing of the agreement WASHINGTON: Rating firm the logistics areas project in is an important step towards the Fitch raised its outlook on Wakra zone, the largest logis- implementation to achieve the Ireland to ‘positive’ from ‘sta- tics and industrial project in objectives of the project including ble’, citing the eurozone coun- the south of the country aimed the diversification of the Qatari try’s strengthening economy at promoting competitiveness economy base and support of pri- after exiting an international in the commercial sector and vate sector competitiveness. bailout in 2013. encouraging the private sec- It also stressed the importance Fitch highlighted that tax rev- tor to participate and contrib- of the role of national banks in enues increased by 11.7 percent ute effectively to the National economic development and infra- in the first half of 2015 compared Development Strategy. structure projects while welcom- with the same period a year ago, A press release issued by ing the offer made by Masraf Al notably on strong corporate tax the Ministry of Economy and Rayan, which proves the feasi- receipts. Revenues from VAT and Commerce Saturday said the bility of the project in terms of personal income tax grew 8.0 per- value of funding under the agree- investment efficiency. cent and 6.0 percent, respectively. ment amounted to QR 1.8bn. Mohamed Hassan Al-Malki, Ireland also benefited from The agreement was signed by Business Development Director Officials exchanging the documents. a low interest rate environ- Head of the Logistics Committee, at Manateq expressed Manateq’s ment which has allowed it to Hamad bin Ali Al Mannai, pleasure to sign this agreement, investment and construct logistics Commerce said the Logistic Sufficient time will be provided to make ahead of schedule an Business Development Director which will enable it to complete the area with high standards in accord- Committee will start receiving the potential investors to submit ¤18bn ($19.7bn) repayment of at Manateq, Mohamed Hassan infrastructure project construc- ance with Manateq ‘s strategy. applications from investors for their applications. The last date for its International Monetary Fund Al-Malki and Head of Wholesale tion, provide lands for investors In a separate press note, the allocation from today, in line receiving application is November loan, resulting in interest savings, Banking and Assistant General with full services and attractive for the Ministry of Economy and with Manteq’s allocation policy. 9, 2015. THE PENINSULA the rating firm said. AFP Greece on track to complete draft deal on third bailout BRUSSELS/ATHENS: Greece is on parliament would be expected to approve the immediate actions to be implemented, chief Jean-Claude Juncker on the chances and squabbles over protocol and access to track to complete a draft deal on a them by Thursday. This would open the the source added. Tsipras and French of a deal. Greece would not get a free data and ministries that marked previous third bailout by Tuesday and possibly way for eurozone finance ministers to President Francois Hollande agreed at ticket to new aid, the coalition politician rounds under Tsipras’ leftist Syriza party. get a first disbursement by August 20 meet or hold a teleconference on Friday a meeting on Thursday that a new deal added. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung said A senior EU official said cooperation to meet a key payment, sources famil- to endorse the up to ¤86bn three-year should be concluded soon after Aug. 15. the German Finance Ministry favoured from the Greek side has been “outstand- iar with a conference call of senior EU loan programme for Athens. “The objective is for the negotiations on another bridge loan to give Greece and ing” with the institutions having had full finance officials late on Friday said. the programme ... to be concluded at the its creditors time to negotiate a compre- access to ministers, ministries, files and Athens is negotiating with European PLAN A end of August. We know it’s difficult but hensive reform programme. figures. There have been few leaks on the Union institutions and the International Greece would be expected to enact we must make sure that the conditions The ministry says a range of issues substance — partly because many officials Monetary Fund for up to ¤86bn ($94bn) another package of reform legislation are met, in a good spirit,” Hollande told remain to be settled, “especially around are on holiday but also perhaps a sign of in fresh loans to stave off economic col- before August 20, in parallel with national reporters. Talks were going “in the best future conditionality,” including macr- serious intent on both sides. lapse and stay in the eurozone. ratification procedures to receive a first of directions,” he added. oeconomic and budget targets. Greece reported progress this week Senior EU officials assessed the aid payment in time to meet the ECB The European Commission also has That appeared to reflect Schaeuble’s on pension reform, a sticking point in progress in talks between Athens and its payment. “Everyone is working on Plan said talks are moving “in a satisfactory scepticism about whether Greece is fit to the past. Other sensitive issues include international creditors, with Germany A — a deal with disbursement by August way” and is keen to wrap them up soon, remain in the 19-nation monetary union. taxation of farmers, labour law, liberalis- warning against haste. 20,” the source said. not least because of the political sensitiv- He proposed last month that Athens take ing product markets and cutting defence Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Negotiations began on July 20, a week ity of arranging another bridge loan for a “time out” of up to five years from the spending. On the creditors’ side, the most has tried to force the pace of the talks, after euro zone leaders agreed at an acri- Athens if a deal is not ready in time. euro if it could not meet the conditions, sensitive issue is debt restructuring to keen to wrap up agreement on sensitive monious all-night summit on stringent Earlier on Friday, commission spokes- an idea seen as a veiled expulsion from ease Athens’ burden. economic reforms by mid-August, while conditions for opening talks with Greece woman Mina Andreeva said negotiations the common currency. A senior Greek official said the two many Greeks are on holiday, and receive on a third bailout to save it from bank- had begun on drafting a memorandum Schaeuble was overruled by Chancellor sides’ assessments of the macroeconomic an initial aid disbursement by August 20 ruptcy and keep it in the euro zone. of understanding on a loan agreement. Angela Merkel, who negotiated a July outlook and primary budget balance tar- in time to make a bond payment to the The source said no major differences Germany, keen on fiscal discipline and far- 13 euro summit deal in which Tsipras gets were very close and unlikely to be an European Central Bank. had emerged among creditor nations on reaching economic reforms, is sceptical of accepted tougher terms than those he had obstacle to a deal. The view of EU officials was that the one-hour call of the Economic and any early deal and doubts a multi-billion- previously rejected in return for talks on a However, the official said Athens sought talks are proceeding smoothly and may Financial Committee of deputy finance euro bailout can be agreed by mid-August. three-year loan to keep it in the euro zone. to defer removing tax breaks for farmers, be completed over the weekend, one ministers, partly because there was noth- “It remains completely open,” said one particularly sensitive for the pro-Euro- source said. If a draft memorandum of ing immediate to decide. politician from the ruling coalition gov- SMOOTH NEGOTIATIONS pean opposition New Democracy party, understanding and an updated debt sus- Some countries, led by Germany, were ernment, adding that Finance Minister All sides agree the negotiations that until after aid is disbursed and the first tainability analysis are ready as planned keen to nail down more specific long- Wolfgang Schaeuble was taking a cau- began at expert level on July 20 have gone bailout review completed, three months on Tuesday, the Greek government and term reform commitments in addition to tious view of comments by commission smoothly, with none of the obstruction into the programme. REUTERS

SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Commodity prices slump to new lows Ample supplies and strong dollar weigh down crude; gold, platinum and palladium fall further; sugar drops

LONDON: Oil, metals and high levels and output by the By Friday on London’s dipped to $1,093.50 an ounce from last year’s sharp falls, which were sugar from the ongoing harvest sugar prices all slumped this Organisation of Petroleum Intercontinental Exchange, $1,098.40 a week earlier. Silver an indicator of much weaker- on the world markets,” said ana- week to new lows, weighed Exporting Countries continues Brent North Sea crude for deliv- climbed to $14.75 an ounce from than-expected growth in emerg- lysts at Commerzbank. down by ample supplies and a to exceed the cartel’s quota of ery in September slumped to $14.56. On the London Platinum ing markets,” Barclays said in a By Friday on LIFFE, London’s strong dollar, analysts said. 30 million barrels a day as Opec $49.02 a barrel from $52.69 a and Palladium Market, platinum note to clients. It noted however futures exchange, a tonne of white “Commodity prices have had a seeks to maintain market share. week earlier. On the New York slipped to $946 an ounce from that this time around the decline sugar for delivery in October weak start to August as concerns The US Department of Energy Mercantile Exchange, West Texas $979. Palladium dropped to $602 in prices generally for base, or dropped to $348.50 from $354 one about China’s demand continue on Wednesday said that crude Intermediate (WTI) or light an ounce from $610. industrial, metals “seems more week earlier. On the ICE Futures to weigh on investor sentiment, stockpiles in the world’s top con- sweet crude for September slid BASE METALS: Prices linked” to oversupply. US exchange, unrefined sugar for particularly towards energy and sumer slid 4.4 million barrels in to $44.21 a barrel from $47.66. remained pressured by more dis- By Friday on the London Metal September fell to 10.87 US cents industrial commodities,” Capital the week through July 31, indicat- PRECIOUS METALS: Gold appointing Chinese data. A private Exchange, copper for delivery in a pound from 11.32 cents. Economics research group said in ing robust demand. fell further, while platinum and survey of Chinese manufactur- three months fell to $5,162 a tonne COCOA: Futures fell back. By note to clients on Friday. But it also showed US produc- palladium struck multi-year low ing activity released on Monday from $5,218.50 a week earlier. Friday on LIFFE, cocoa for deliv- OIL: Prices hit multi-month tion rising by 52,000 barrels a points. Platinum hit $945.20 an showed a decline to a two-year Three-month aluminium ery in December slipped to £2,043 lows on Friday, extending a pro- day to 9.5 million barrels daily, ounce — the lowest level for five low, suggesting the world’s second dropped to $1,594.50 a tonne from a tonne from £2,154 a week ear- longed losing run caused by a rebounding from the previous and a half years, while palladium largest economy faces challenges $1,631.50. Three-month lead slid lier. On ICE Futures US, cocoa for global supply glut. Excess crude week’s dip. The dollar, which dropped to an almost three-year in the third quarter. to $1,693 a tonne from $1,703.50 September slid to $3,028 a tonne supply is seen as the main driver remains strong despite falling trough at $589.30 an ounce. The final reading of Caixin’s Three-month tin declined to from $3,237. for a slump in oil price of more Friday on a mixed US jobs report, Silver managed a rise. “The Purchasing Managers’ Index $15,305 a tonne from $16,105. COFFEE: Prices slipped. By than 50 percent since mid-2014. is also weighing on oil. sentiment in gold and other (PMI)came in at 47.8 for July. Three-month nickel retreated Friday on LIFFE, Robusta for Brent North Sea crude on A strong dollar discourages metal markets has been turning The figure was below the 49.4 to $10,845 a tonne from $10,940. September retreated to $1,649 a Friday hit a six-month low at crude purchases outside the United increasingly negative during the registered in June and was the Three-month zinc decreased to tonne from $1,667 one week ear- $48.55 a barrel, while New York States because oil is priced in the past month,” said Saxo Bank ana- weakest reading since 47.7 in $1,853 a tonne from $1,942. lier. On ICE Futures US, Arabica prices struck a 4.5-month trough US currency. Investors also are lyst Ole Hansen. July 2013. A figure above 50 sig- SUGAR: Prices fell to 10.64 US for delivery in September fell to at $43.94. “Crude oil prices con- looking ahead to additional supplies “No signs of inflation combined nals growth and anything below cents a pound in New York — the 126.60 US cents a pound from tinue to trade under significant of oil coming onto the market as with rising bond yields, collapsing indicates contraction. lowest level for six-and-a-half 127.45 cents. pressure owing to ample global part of last month’s historic deal emerging market currencies, no On commodity markets, there years. In London, they hit $342.80 RUBBER: Prices declined supplies and an unimpressive between six major powers and Iran safe-haven demand, a rising dollar, were five-year lows for copper a tonne — the lowest point for mainly on concerns about falling demand outlook,” Kash Kamal, over its nuclear programme. and rising expectations of an early at $5,121 a tonne, aluminium at five-and-a-half years. “One rea- Chinese demand, traders said. senior analyst at Sucden Financial In exchange for curbing its sus- US rate hike have all helped trigger $1,576 a tonne with lead dropping son for the low sugar price is the On Friday, the Malaysian Rubber Research, said on Friday. pected nuclear activities, Tehran an exodus out of gold,” he added. to $1,672 a tonne. weak Brazilian real (against the Board’s benchmark SMR20 fell to The United States is pro- will see the lifting of sanctions, By Friday on the London “The recent decline in com- dollar), which makes it attractive 155.00 US cents a kilo from 157.05 ducing oil from shale rock at which have slashed its oil exports. Bullion Market, the price of gold modities prices is reminiscent of for Brazilian exporters to sell raw US cents a week earlier. AFP

China property market Tata Motors cuts Berkshire profit sales, production targets for JLR falls 37pc in Q2 unit in China MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: NEW YORK: Warren Buffett’s irrelevant, and not reflective of India’s Tata Motors Ltd has cut Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Berkshire’s business performance. prices, sales and production tar- Friday that its second-quarter Earnings from insurance, gets at its luxury Jaguar Land profit fell 37 percent, reflecting Berkshire’s best-known operating Rover (JLR) arm in China, a a significant decline in invest- sector, fell 39 percent to $939m, top executive said, as it strug- ment gains and an underwriting and included a $38m underwrit- gles with high inventories in a loss from insurance operations, ing loss versus a year-earlier $411m slowing market. which include Geico. profit. Much of that weakness Economic growth in China, the Net income for the Omaha, stemmed from the Geico car insur- world’s biggest car market, has Nebraska-based insurance and ance unit. Its pretax underwriting slowed to a 25 year low and a drop investment company fell to gain fell 87 percent to $53m, as it in consumer confidence is hurting $4.01bn, or $2,442 per Class A paid out more of the premiums it sales of carmakers from BMW to share, from $6.4bn, or $3,889 per collected to cover losses from acci- General Motors. “Production and share, a year earlier. dents. Berkshire is boosting pre- sales targets (for JLR in China) Operating profit dropped well mium rates as a result. have been adjusted to reflect the below analysts’ forecasts, declin- Meanwhile, a Berkshire busi- slowing market,” Tata Motors ing 10 percent to $3.89bn, or $2,367 ness that insures against major finance chief C Ramakrishnan per share, from $4.33bn, or $2,634 catastrophes suffered a $411m said after the group posted a near per share, despite improvements at pretax underwriting loss, reflect- halving of quarterly profit. He did the BNSF railroad and Berkshire ing currency fluctuations and a not elaborate on the extent of cuts. Hathaway Energy units. storm loss in Australia. Berkshire Tata Motors has also cut the Analysts on average expected has been paring back in some price of JLR’s locally-made Range operating profit of about $3,038 insurance areas, particularly rein- Rover Evoque sport-utility vehi- per share, according to Thomson surance, as new investors enter cle (SUV) by up to 6 percent, Reuters I/B/E/S. Revenue rose 3 the industry, reducing the premi- and lowered the launch price of percent to $51.37bn. Book value per ums that Berkshire can charge. its Jaguar XE compact sedan, he share, Buffett’s preferred measure “Everyone is chasing the busi- said, but did not give price details. of growth, rose 2 percent from the ness,” said Jeff Matthews, a prin- The cut in price and targets for end of March to $149,735. cipal at the hedge fund Ram JLR comes weeks after automak- Net investment and derivative Partners. “Outside of insurance,” ers such as BMW, GM and Ford gains plummeted 94 percent to he added, “things look fine.” Motor Co announced price cuts $123m from $2.06bn a year earlier, Profit from BNSF rose 5 per- on their Chinese models to com- when Berkshire shed its 40-year cent to $963m as improved oper- bat weak sales growth. stake in former Washington Post ating performance offset lower China’s carmakers associa- publisher Graham Holdings Co. demand to ship petroleum prod- tion has cut its 2015 sales growth The most recent quarter ucts, reflecting lower crude oil forecast to 3 percent. JLR should included losses on contracts bet- prices, and fertilizer. see a return to sales growth from ting on long-term gains in major Berkshire Hathaway Energy, the December quarter driven by stock market indexes. a utility mostly owned by new launches and as manage- Accounting rules require Berkshire, saw profit rise 34 ment improves brand awareness Berkshire to report investment percent to $502 million, helped for the China-made Evoque, said and derivative gains and losses by higher retail rates and a Residential houses are seen in a vally in Tengchong, Yunnan province. China’s property developers are return- analyst Nitesh Sharma at broker- with earnings. Buffett considers lower income tax rate. ing to the asset securitisation market after a three-year absence, prompted by lighter rules on how they can age Phillip Capital. the amounts in any given quarter REUTERS package up and sell future cash flows to raise funding. NET PROFIT FALLS Tata Motors’ net profit for the April-June quarter fell 49 percent to Rs27.69bon ($434m), compared with the same period a year ago. Analysts on average expected GCC powering ahead in transport sector: Report profit to be Rs34.59bn, according to Thomson Reuters data. DOHA: Gulf statss are powering ahead Expectations for this year are in higher investment to continue. In the private avia- ports and logistics subsidiary Gulftainer Net sales fell 6 percent to in all aspects of the transport sector, with Dubai Airports expecting 79 mil- tion sector specifically it anticipates some registered a strong growth in throughput Rs601.8bn. JLR’s sales in China fell from aviation and rail infrastructure, to lion passengers to come through Dubai consolidation as competition increases. across all its terminals of eight percent by a third to 21,920 vehicles dur- ever-more and improved public transport International Airport. Meanwhile Abu It’s not just the region’s airports that are from 6mn to 6.4mn TEUs (20-ft equiva- ing the quarter, pulling down total initiatives, through to a highly lucrative Dhabi International Airport, which upping their capacity. Ongoing progress lent unit) while its Iraq operations saw a sales at the luxury carmaker by 1 ports and cargo industry, a Crescent is spending nearly $3bn on a Midfield on the $200bn Gulf Railway project will combined through of 46 percent. Container percent to 114,905. Sales in Europe Enterprises infrastructure report said. Terminal project that is due to open in open up new, faster, and more convenient volume in Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi is up rose 28 percent to 28,878 vehicles. Within this sector, aviation in particu- 2017, is gearing up to receive 23 million cargo routes across 1,940km of the GCC, by 26 percent; DP World announced 8 per- The company, which began local lar has set the tone for how our prosper- travellers in 2015, up from 20 million pas- connecting the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, cent growth in gross container volumes production of its Range Rover ing part of the world intends to proceed. sengers last year. Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait with its pro- and Oman’s Salalah port saw a historical Evoque SUV in China in October, The latest figures from Oxford Economics The business aviation company, Gama posed launch in 2017. high of cargo tonnes achieved last year with has been criticised for pricing it too estimate that in the Middle East, two mil- Aviation Plc, which opened a new busi- Developing rail infrastructure is not only growth of 30 percent fuelled by surging high and was also forced to recall lion jobs and around $116bn of GDP are ness terminal at Sharjah International an important driver of sustainable growth as limestone and gypsum exports. In addi- some vehicles over quality issues. supported by aviation. With impressive Airport in July 2014, welcomed over the GCC looks to diversify its reliance on oil tion, Saudi Arabia’s Ports Authority last “With the slower retail sales numbers such as these, it is no surprise 1,000 VIP passengers to the lounge but also an excellent opportunity for job crea- year committed $7.9bn to developing the and the headwinds we have seen that the demand for travel is growing as between August and December, demon- tion. The intra trade between GCC countries Kingdom’s ports facilities. in China, there has also been a well. According to the new IATA 20-year strating increasing demand for private reached $121bn in 2013, and further growth Crescent Enterprises is optimistic about pipeline inventory build up,” said forecast, the Middle East is be one of the aviation travel in the region. is expected following the launch of the final the overall growth of the transport sector Ramakrishnan, adding JLR had fastest growing regions and by 2034, there In addition to increasing passenger phase of the unified customs system this year as it continues to build on the momentum an inventory of 8,000 to 10,000 will be more than 380 million passengers demand, declining oil prices will con- — all of which will rely on the rail infrastruc- experienced in 2014 with the support of oil vehicles. Strong sales of its JLR passing through the region every year. tinue to have a significant impact on the ture to facilitate its growth. prices reducing overall costs. With numer- cars, especially in China, have long In fact, Dubai International Airport aviation sector. With oil accounting for The region’s waterways have also proven ous projects under way — air, land and sea- propped up profits at Tata Motors, overtook London’s Heathrow Airport as approximately 30 percent of an airline’s to be a consistently growing transport of the region is strongly positioning itself to which has been struggling with the world’s busiest for international pas- operating cost, Crescent Enterprises choice, witnessing substantial growth of become a global force in terms of transport sluggish demand for its cars in the senger traffic last year, with 70.5 million expects declining oil prices to continue to late amid enhanced capacity and greater capacity and infrastructure. last few years in India due to an passengers travelling through it in 2014. positively impact the aviation industry and productivity levels. Crescent Enterprises THE PENINSULA downturn. 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A Japanese development Brazilians’ debt is course for India BY NOAH SMITH

or decades I’ve been hearing about India’s need to modern- mostly not their fault ize its infrastructure. Infrastructure is crucial for manu- facturing, since various inputs need to travel quickly and Freliably between and within cities in order to create stable BY MAC MARGOLIS longer deploy clowns to family University of Sao Paulo, in on the whims of the presiding supply chains. Manufacturing, in turn, is central to development doorsteps to shame debtors into Ribeirao Preto, calculated the judge, where “social justice” — it moves people from farms to cities, where they become more fter a nasty row compliance — that’s illegal — but size of such folly: A client who can trump the law, according productive, and it helps local companies absorb advanced technol- with a Brazilian they are relentless and too often borrowed 100 reais in 1994 to a much-cited 2003 study by ogy from the rest of the world. airline that bumped press their claims with all the (around $100 at the time), and economist Armando Castelar Although manufacturing is declining in importance in the global him from an over- finesse of a Corleone. repaid nothing since, would have Pinheiro, now at the Getulio economy, there is still a chance that India can hop on the man- booked flight some Rodrigo dos Santos, one of seen his debt balloon to 7.2 mil- Vargas Foundation in Rio. ufacturing-based development bus. At a minimum, it’s definitely Ayears ago, Mauricio Vargas Vargas’s clients, knows the drill. lion reais by 2013. Consumer champions coun- worth a shot. And to do so, India needs much better infrastructure started a consumer complaint He doesn’t dispute his 12-month “The problem is not how tered that it’s big businesses — roads, railways, airports and power grids. Economic research even service. Now he’s the one that’s debt with a cable television com- deeply Brazilian households are that owns the courts, fueling supports this hypothesis — India’s Golden Quadrilateral highway overbooked. pany, just the ten-fold penalty leveraged but the onerous terms debate for the next decade. Soon project, started in 2001, has helped Indian companies and boosted Vargas’s 1999 startup, Reclame and the collection methods. of debt,” said Alberto Ramos, of to come is a still unpublished productivity. Aqui (“Complain Here”), is a “They call me day and night, Goldman Sachs. study by political analyst Bolivar Yet India needs to do a lot more in the infrastructure department. wall of woes, with 15 million Sundays and holidays and at Enter the collection industry. Lamounier, with Augurium A 2013 report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers puts it thus: online visitors lodging more than work,” he told me. “They even Rio de Janeiro consumer attor- Consultants, who found that 60 Rapid industrialisation is intensifying the strain on India’s unre- a million quarrels a month — a call my mother.” ney Ronaldo Gotlib thumbed percent of lawyers say judges liable networks for electricity and water. The railway system — mounting number of them over Santos’s is a cautionary tale through a sheaf of creditor let- should rule not solely on the evi- already infamously overcrowded — faces rising demand for freight crushing personal debts. “Debt for a country that just a few ters to his clients, one more dence but also to compensate an capacity. And the government has fallen far short of its plans to accounts for 54 percent of our years ago ushered the rising poor ominous than the next. “They unfair society. build 20 km of roads each day — an urgent requirement in a nation clients’ income,” Vargas told me. to the malls and boasted the are written in pompous, often But Robin Hood justice can where 65 per cent of all freight is transported by road, and where “This is the worst we’ve seen in largest emerging middle class threatening language, some ter- backfire. “A judge who rules with traffic is so severe that the maximum highway speed for trucks 15 years.” in the hemisphere. Borrowing rorizing debtors into believing his heart doesn’t realize that the and buses is only 30-40km per hour. The need to upgrade India’s It’s going to get worse. Some fueled their binge, and lenders they stand to lose everything in market prices in the difference infrastructure is especially acute in huge cities such as Mumbai, 55.6 million individual borrow- piled on. a matter of days.” anyway,” said Gilberto Paim, a New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore. Massive investment will be ers — 40 percent of Brazilian Before the current downturn, Creditors counter that credit analyst in Sao Paulo. “The required in everything from metro systems to clean water supplies, adults — are now in arrears, Brazilian retailers lured con- Brazilian law is plainly pro- con- result is higher borrowing costs power generation to affordable housing. Serasa Experian, a credit agency, sumers with offers for iPhones sumer. Lenders forfeit the right and risks for everyone.” Why is India such an infrastructure laggard, always struggling reported last month. By April, to SUVs in up to 60 monthly to collect unpaid debts after five Vargas, of Reclame Aqui, to patch things together, while China races ahead? The traditional household debt swallowed up 46 installments. Shoppers new to years, an invitation to deadbeats. believes that lenders and bor- answer is that democracy is holding India back. China, we are told, percent of disposable income. the wonders of consumer capi- And in theory a judge can cancel rowers alike have lost sight of was able to build top-notch road, rail and water transport networks Cue the skip tracers. As Latin talism gladly paid the entry price a debt that surpasses the legal the need for mutual trust in because, as a dictatorship, it could simply order peasants to move America’s biggest economy tanks — double and triple-digit credit limit of 30 percent of a borrow- business, a conviction strength- out of the way. Many take this as a received truth — India, they say, and jobs disappear, debt collec- card lending rates be damned. er’s disposable income. ened during his recent talks simply has to choose between democracy and efficient government. tion has become a growth indus- Economist Fabiano Guasti When debt disputes land in to launch a branch in Portugal. But this story, convincing as it sounds, isn’t right. History shows try. Collection agencies may no Lima, a professor at the court, the outcome often turns BLOOMBERG that it’s possible for democracies to build effective infrastructure. Perhaps the best example is Japan. Japan is a strongly democratic nation, consistently receiving high marks in terms of political freedoms. And it’s impossible to deny that the country has built one of the world’s best infrastructure systems. It’s shocking how easy it is to get from Point A to Point B in Japan, whether you’re a business traveler riding a high-speed train or a trucker driving down the highway. One general lesson many people took from Japan’s success — at least, before the Japanese economy stalled out in the 1990s — is the power of technocracy. If they work efficiently, technocracies allow democratically elected legislatures to give small groups of experts the ability to make policy in the short term, while keeping them accountable in the long term. If the technocrats overstep their bounds and do something strongly contrary to the public’s wishes, the legislature can rein them in. But most of the time they can operate with a long leash, getting things done quickly and decisively. During its early develop- ment, Japan combined powerful ministries, with members recruited from top schools, with powerful public corporations. India seems to be taking that general lesson to heart. The govern- ment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has established a National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, for which it promises to recruit the “best talent in the world.” With India’s huge population and deep talent pool, it will not have to look far. In addition, Modi has promised $1trn of infrastructure spending by 2017. Of course, bureaucracies are not omnipotent. Some research- ers claim that Japan’s system of competition between government ministries has reduced the effectiveness of Japan’s infrastructure programs in recent years. And Japan has overbuilt infrastructure, according to a recent McKinsey report, in a misguided effort to stimulate growth. As for those vaunted public corporations, many are now unprofitable. That said, India is still poor enough that a powerful elite bureauc- racy may be an effective way of getting a fractious democracy to build modern infrastructure. In addition to copying Japan’s classic approach, India can also leverage Japanese expertise more directly, by hiring Japanese companies to build its roads and rails. Moreover, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to foster an alliance with India in order to hedge against the rise of China, so, Japan’s government may be prepared to offer India cheap infra- structure financing. Abe recently unveiled a $110bn on funding initiative to help poor countries in Asia — invest in infrastructure. BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Of political banks and academic activism

BY MATT LEVINE’S playing at being a real banker: fly- they doubted it would help. There In 2006? Really? I was in law But that academic consensus of impulse-shopping opportuni- ing commercial, walking through are limits to “commercial.” school in 2004, and I feel like back is what trains the investment ties, unless Wells Fargo is plan- ere is a generally glow- midtown talking on a BlackBerry, Activists in the academy then the corporate-academic managers and corporate execu- ning to get into payday lending. ing portrait of Jeb adding value, talking about adding Here is a story about how all consensus was very solidly pro- tives and bankers of the future, Like, who takes out a car loan just Bush’s time working for value. He was doing this not as an business-school students have activist. Like the basic model and it still seems to be pretty because their phone tells them HLehman Brothers and employee but as a “senior adviser,” crushes on Bill Ackman, which is separation of ownership and pro-shareholder-value. to? Or: “Customers may be more then Barclays from 2007 through spending “about 40 percent” of is obviously true. (“There are control, agency costs, empire- I don’t understand any- receptive to offers or notifica- 2014. his time working for the bank students at Columbia with the building, activism and the market thing that is going on here. The tions if phone sensors show they Unlike most former politicians and earning “about $1.3m a year singular goal of getting hired by for corporate control as the only lender bought a small stake in are commuting by train, watching in finance, Bush was seen as a at Lehman and some $2m from Pershing Square,” says a Columbia disciplining force for manage- Context360 Inc., a startup that soccer practice or otherwise in a “commercial,” almost a term of Barclays,” and I have to say that professor.) Here’s what struck me ments, etc. If anything I feel like makes behavior-predicting tech- place where they can look at their endearment on Wall Street mean- 40 percent of your time seems like as weird though: academia is now more skeptical of nology used by game-makers phone.” I guess there are some ing he understood how bankers a pleasant amount of time to work In 2006, when Harvard activism than it was a decade ago. to retain mobile players. For parents watching soccer practices prepared for meetings, advised for an investment bank, particu- Business School professor Robin Perhaps the students are taking Wells Fargo, similar technology who would jump at the distraction clients and made money. He fre- larly for a seven-digit paycheck. Greenwood first taught a case longer to catch up. could help it pitch car loans on offered by a mortgage- refinanc- quently reminded clients he was Of course Bush was working at study on a 2005 campaign by Activist ideas—chiefly, a focus Saturday mornings when custom- ing pitch, but it all feels like the part of a team and ended meet- Lehman in interesting times; he activists Barry Rosenstein and on maximising shareholder prof- ers visit dealerships, for example, sort of fake ooh- we’re-a-tech- ings with a “thank you for let- pitched Carlos Slim on an invest- Carl Icahn against oil-and-gas its—have found supporters even or block a suspicious credit card company-too stuff I’ve come to ting us work for you,” or a direct ment in Lehman in July 2008, firm Kerr-McGee Corp., “the among students bound for careers transaction, according to Stephen expect from banks talking about appeal to hire the bank, recalled which did not succeed. There was overwhelming sentiment in the as corporate managers. Burke, Context360’s chief operat- technology. . one former Barclays banker. someone else whom Bush could room was that activist investors One aspiring banker says, “’If ing officer. And the Fed’s Jerome Powell I would take out the “almost” have pitched on rescuing Lehman were harassing the company and I invest in this company, how Like, one, why do you need said on a panel, “If trading is at there; “commercial” is some of in 2008, but he held off: they’re just in it to make a short- can I make the biggest returns?’ to own equity in your market- nanoseconds, there won’t be a lot the highest praise in finance, Fuld had weighed asking Bush term buck,” Greenwood said. Whatever career I end up going ing or fraud-prevention service of ‘fundamental’ news to trade on especially for classes of people to call his brother, the president, Now, he said, “a larger por- into, I’ll always have that in the provider? Like, this Context360 or much time to formulate views — lawyers, compliance, technolo- and raised the idea to some of his tion of students come in with the back of my mind.” That feels like thing helps companies market about the long-run value of an gists, out-of-work politicians col- executives, people familiar with perspective of the activist,” with the traditional academic con- stuff. It has customers. Why do asset; instead, trading at these lecting paychecks for their star the matter said. They urged their students quickly pointing out mis- sensus, and that consensus is the customers also have to be speeds can become a game played power — with reputations for boss against it, arguing it would management, such as misalloca- perhaps slipping a bit. There is owners? Also one thing that dis- against order books and the mar- impracticality. 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aYESTERDAY’S ANSWER SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Wallabies finally conquer All Blacks Australia win Rugby Championship; New Zealand lose only third match since 2011

SYDNEY: Replacement Nic last-ditch tackle from counter- White proved the unlikely part Ben Smith. hero as the Wallabies ended a The Wallabies then botched 10-match losing run against a try-scoring chance with Dean the All Blacks to win the Rugby Mumm fumbling a poorly directed Championship title in Sydney Nick Phipps in the next phase. yesterday. A thundering burst from prop The Brumbies scrum-half Owen Franks put New Zealand scored a try and kicked a long- on the attack on half-time but a range penalty goal along with a great covering tackle by Hooper conversion in the final minutes to on winger Julian Savea saved the give Australia a 27-19 win before situation for the Wallabies. 73,824 fans at the ANZ Stadium. Aaron Smith was sin-binned The Wallabies last beat the for a head-high tackle on Adam All Blacks 25-20 in Brisbane in Ashley-Cooper but the Wallabies 2011 on the way to winning the hit the front through an unlikely Tri-Nations. In between the All source minutes later. Blacks stretched an unbeaten Tight-head prop Kepu steamed 10-game run. through Kieran Read’s tackle and But in Michael Cheika’s big- another to score under the bar for gest win as the new coach, the a 10-6 lead. Wallabies showed plenty of resolve Carter kicked the All Blacks to beat the world champions three to within a point with his third tries to two, just a month out penalty to become the first player from the World Cup in England to raise 1,500 Test points. and Wales. Phipps capped a miserable The Wallabies now have the night when he was sin-binned for chance in Auckland next week- tackling Conrad Smith in an off- end to win back the Bledisloe Cup side position off a quick tap kick they last held in 2002. to leave his team down a man at “It’s probably the biggest chal- a critical time. lenge in world rugby going to The All Blacks made the Eden Park and we know that,” Wallabies pay when debut winger Cheika said. Nehe Milner-Skudder finished off “You don’t just say you’ve won a Ben Smith break to put New once in quite a long time and Zealand back in front two min- you’ve done something special. utes later. It’s about preparation, trying to Replacement Matt Toomua put improve every day, and we’ll try in a clever kick for Ashley-Cooper and improve again tomorrow,” he to score in the right corner for said. Giteau to convert for a 17-14 lead. “The path that we need to go Australia’s Wallabies pose with their Rugby Championship trophy after defeating New Zealand’s All Blacks in Sydney yesterday. Milner-Skudder retrieved the on if we want to be competitive. lead for the All Blacks with his It’s nice for the lads, but it’s an next weekend in Auckland. not a thing that we’ve had to do pushing back the All Blacks in the but the Wallabies suffered no second try, wrestling the ball over abridged Rugby Championship “They outmuscled us at scrum too often. It still sucks. first scrum and winning a couple further damage during Kepu’s the try-line. so it’s only the three games. We time. They won the battle over “It will still build resolve within of turnovers but they went a man absence and levelled with a Matt White then kicked a 47-metre want to test ourselves over more the ball and under the body at the us and what we’re going to get down when prop Sekope Kepu Giteau penalty in the 27th minute. penalty goal and broke through games.” breakdown,” Hansen said. next week is another pressure- was yellow carded for off-side as Carter kept the All Blacks in two tackles close to the All Blacks Coach Steve Hansen said his “We’ve just got to go away now cooker game, an ideal build up for New Zealand pressed Australia’s front with a 40-metre penalty line to dart over for Australia’s All Blacks were hurting from the and have a really look at ourselves the World Cup. try-line. before Israel Folau sliced through clinching try with eight minutes defeat and were keen to hit back and whilst we’re hurting, which is Australia started promisingly Dan Carter kicked the penalty only to be brought down by a left. AFP San Francisco 49ers release Aldon Smith after DUI arrest

SAN FRANCISCO: The San arrested on Thursday night. He differently,” Smith said. “I apolo- the Mercury News. Francisco 49ers released line- is accused of hitting a car while gize to everybody I did let down A 2012 Pro Bowler, Smith has backer Aldon Smith on Friday, parking, causing vandalism by and I apologize for how it all amassed 44 sacks in 50 games a day after police in Northern hitting the same car with his played out.” since San Francisco selected him California arrested him on door when exiting his vehicle, He was released on $26,000 bail with the seventh pick in the 2011 suspicion of driving under the and then leaving the scene, police and had his arraignment set for NFL Draft. He recorded 14 sacks influence, hit-and-run and van- said, adding that Smith later Oct. 6. in his rookie season and 19.5 sacks dalism in the latest in a string returned to his car and was Smith was arrested at Los in his second year, but had just of brushes with the law for the arrested. Angeles International Airport two sacks in seven games last former Pro Bowl player. Smith, 25, who had been in in April 2014 during an incident season. “This organization has tried training camp this week, was sus- police said stemmed from a false Smith reworked his contract very hard to help Aldon fight his pended for nine games last season bomb threat he made to security in March, moving from a $9.75m issues,” the 49ers said in a state- after a previous DUI arrest and screeners. Prosecutors declined guaranteed deal into a package ment announcing his release. weapons violations. to file charges. featuring a $1m base salary and “Although he is no longer a After his release from jail on In 2013, he was charged with monthly roster bonuses. member of this team, our sup- Friday, he denied he was driving possessing illegal assault weapons “He won’t have to walk this port and concern for him will under the influence on Thursday and driving under the influence path alone,” 49ers head coach Jim continue,” it added. night. and later pleaded no contest to the Tomsula said. “We’re not worried The Santa Clara Police “The situation that hap- charges, resulting in a three-year about football. It has nothing to San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith Department said Smith was pened could have been handled probation sentence, according to do with football.” REUTERS Bautista’s homer helps Blue Jays beat Yankees

NEW YORK: Recently Jose the last 27 meetings in New York. third baseman Josh Donaldson (I’m) very excited.” Bautista was watching a broad- “Coming in here, this is a team on a groundout with the bases Bautista’s blast capped a cast discussing how the Toronto we’re chasing. We got to beat loaded in the seventh and Miller pitcher’s duel involving Toronto Blue Jays hit better against them sooner or later.” stranded a runner at third in the knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and hard-throwing pitchers. The home run capped a tight, ninth. New York right-hander Nathan The Blue Jays right fielder more well-played ballgame and came “It was a fastball inside,” Pinder Eovaldi. than welcomes those pitches. after Bautista took a slider and said after his 14th career appear- In the first of 13 games over the When Bautista saw a fastball a fastball from Branden Pinder ance. “It just cut on me a little bit. final eight weeks between the top over the middle of the plate with to fall behind 0-2. I would have liked two offenses in baseball, neither one out in the top of the 10th After taking to get it a little team scored after the second. inning, he gladly accepted it and a slider, Pinder Baseball Results more inside.” Donaldson hit his 30th home turned it into a tie-breaking solo threw a fastball Chicago Cubs 7 San Francisco 3 Bautista’s third run on Eovaldi’s 13th pitch of the home run, lifting the Blue Jays to over the middle Toronto 2 NY Yankees 1 career extra- night, sending a 2-2 fastball over a 2-1 victory over the New York of the plate and Colorado 5 Washington 4 inning home the right-field fence with one out Yankees on Friday. Bautista did not Pittsburgh 5 LA Dodgers 4 run came after in the first. “We like hard-throwing pitch- miss, sending the Boston 7 Detroit 2 Toronto relievers Yankees first baseman Mark ers,” Bautista said. “I think I pitch over the NY Mets 4 Tampa Bay 3 LaTroy Hawkins Teixeira opened the second with a heard in one of the broadcasts left-field fence. and Brett Cecil controversial home run. Teixeira Minnesota 10 Cleveland 9 that we hit better on hard-throw- “He just made induced key dou- drove Dickey’s 0-1 pitch to left ing pitchers. a mistake with a Atlanta 6 Miami 3 ble plays in the field and stood on second with “So I don’t think that fazes any- fastball,” Bautista St Louis 6 Milwaukee 0 eighth and ninth. a double. Replays showed a fan body here. We love the fastball. said. “I felt like it Kansas City 3 Chi White Sox 2 Hawkins got reaching over and touching the We actually invite people to throw was right down Arizona 2 Cincinnati 0 designated hitter ball, and following a nearly four- fastballs.” the middle, and Oakland 3 Houston 1 Alex Rodriguez minute review, Teixeira had his Bautista’s 25th home run on a 1-2 count, to ground into a 30th home run. LA Angels 8 Baltimore 4 gave Toronto (59-52) their sixth I’m looking for double play for New York faced a knuckle- straight win and inched them to an extra-base hit. Philadelphia 4 San Diego 3 the first two outs ball pitcher for the second time within 3 1/2 games of the Yankees I’m not trying to Seattle 4 Texas 3 of the eighth, and in three games after losing (61-47) in the AL East. poke a single to Cecil (3-4) ended to Boston’s Steven Wright on It also marked the sixth the right side in that situation. I his inning by getting third base- Wednesday. The Yankees had straight time he reached 25 home need to get on second.” man Chase Headley on a double six hits off Dickey but had more runs in a season, though this Pinder was pitching after play. After the Bautista home opportunities Friday. time was more significant due to New York’s top three relievers, run, Roberto Osuna closed it “It’s like hitting a butterfly,” Toronto’s place in the standings. Justin Wilson, Dellin Betances out, needing six pitches to get his New York manager Joe Girardi Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista rounds the bases on his “We’ve been playing really and Andrew Miller, kept the ninth save in 10 opportunities. said. “I thought we had better game winning home run during the 10th inning against the New York well,” said Blue Jays manager game tied. Wilson struck out left “Excited,” Osuna said of swings tonight than we did the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on Friday. John Gibbons after his team beat fielder Ben Revere for the second Bautista’s home run. “I want to other night. We just weren’t able the Yankees for the sixth time in out of the seventh, Betances got pitch today and I want to win, so to score any runs.” REUTERS SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Nishikori to clash with rival Cilic Washington semis: Japanese star wants US Open final revenge, Croatian ready for battle

WASHINGTON: Japan’s Alexander Zverev 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) fifth-ranked Kei Nishikori and while Nishikori, the top remain- Croatia’s eighth-ranked Marin ing seed after Britain’s Andy Cilic will meet in a rematch of Murray crashed out, ousted last year’s US Open final after Australia’s Sam Groth 6-4, 6-4 advancing on Friday to the ATP in quarter-final matches. and WTA Washington Open That set up their first meeting semi-finals. since Cilic downed Nishikori 6-3, And Nishikori made it clear he 6-3, 6-3, at Arthur Ashe Stadium seeks a measure of revenge for in September for his first Grand Cilic denying his bid to become Slam crown. the first Asian man to win a “To play Kei again is for sure Croatia’s Marin Cilic Grand Slam title. going to be an entertaining and celebrates after defeating “It’s going to be great moti- exciting match,” Cilic said. “I Germany’s Alexander vation for me,” Nishikori said. wouldn’t say I’m at the same Zverev in their quarter-final “I think it’s going to be very form as I was at the US Open. match at the Washington interesting.” Emotion-wise, it’s going to be Open in Washington Reigning US Open cham- extremely different. Before the on Friday. RIGHT: Kei pion Cilic defeated German teen Slam final we were both nervous. Nishikori of Japan returns “For sure I’m going to take a shot to Sam Groth of some things out of that match to Australia during their ATP and WTA get the win.” Nishikori, who has a 5-3 edge quarter-final match. Washington Open on Cilic in their all-time rivalry, said he recalls not being at his Results best for the biggest moment of WASHINGTON: Results on his career thus far and welcomes Friday from the fifth day of the another chance at the man who ATP and WTA Washington frustrated his dream. Open (x denotes seeding): “I was really nervous and I wasn’t really into the match,” Men Quarter-finals: Kei Nishikori (JPN x2) Nishikori said. “Physically I bt Sam Groth (AUS) 6-4, 6-4; Marin Cilic wasn’t 100 percent. (CRO x3) bt Alexander Zverev (GER) 7-5, US eighth seed John Isner, 7-6 (7/3); John Isner (USA x8) bt Ricardas coming off his 10th career title Berankis (LTU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3; Steve Johnson last week in Atlanta, fired 20 career. Nishikori took advantage Groth on two break points in the points of the tie-breaker, reach- a left abdominal strain. Stosur (USA) bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1. aces in a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over of his fifth break chance in the eighth game and held at love to ing only his second semi-final of plays American Sloane Stephens Women Quarter-finals: Samantha Stosur Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis to seventh game, grabbing a 4-3 lead end matters after 86 minutes. the year when Zverev netted a next in a shock 10-match win run (AUS x2) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 4-0, grab a spot in the other semi-final when Groth hit a forehand drop “It wasn’t easy,” said Japanese forehand. for the Aussie after a July clay retired, left abdominal strain; Anastasia against compatriot Steve Johnson, volley wide, and held twice more star Nishikori. “Luckily I played solid at the title in Austria. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Christina McHale who beat American Jack Sock 7-6 for the first set. Cilic, 26, broke in the last game end,” Cilic said. “Probably a little bit surprised,” (USA) 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5); Sloane Stephens (7/5), 6-1. Groth, ranked a career-best of the first set and the second On the women’s side, Australian Stosur said. (USA) bt Louisa Chirico (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Nishikori, 25, chases his third 62nd, double faulted to gift game of the second set and served second seed Samantha Stosur Didn’t feel ready to play in a lot Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x1) bt Irina- title of 2015 after Memphis and Nishikori a break for a 3-2 edge for the match before Zverev broke advanced 4-0 when Romania’s of ways. I’ve been able to adapt Camelia Begu (ROM x6) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. Barcelona and the 10th of his in the second. Nishikori denied back. Cilic took the last three Monica Niculescu retired with really well.” AFP After Wimbledon glory, Djokovic

Eugenie Bouchard reacts during makes return in Montreal event her match against Duan Yingying MONTREAL: A month after in London, winning Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic will pick up a rac- in this July quet once again as the world 1, 2015 file number one plays as top seed Serbia’s Novak photo. in the Montreal Masters, which Djokovic beginstomorrow. celebrates The Serb, who won the first of after beating his three Canadian titles in 2007 Croatia’s Marin in Montreal, also added another in Cilic during their 2011 and a 2012 honour in Toronto men’s quarter- to his list of North American suc- final match on cess stories. day nine of the Struggling Bouchard Since beating Roger Federer – 2015 Wimbledon who will not compete next week Championships but will save his energies for the at the All England Cincinnati Masters and US Open Tennis Club in splits with another coach to follow – Djokovic has seemingly done everything possible to keep Wimbledon, TORONTO: Eugenie Open, the former world number his distance from tennis. southwest Bouchard’s coaching merry-go- five’s ranking has slumped to 25 He missed the Davis Cup quar- London, in this round will take another turn and she has been beaten in open- ter-finals last month to rest and July 6, 2015 file after the Canadian announced ing matches at eight tournaments, was seen on holiday with the fam- photo. on Friday she had split with including the French Open. ily and on the golf course in and Sam Sumyk following a six “I just feel like I haven’t been around his base of Monte Carlo. months blighted by injury and quite myself, my confident, The 28-year-old had said fol- a succession of early exits from aggressive game lately and that’s lowing Wimbledon that he would tournaments. something that I’ve been work- be decompressing after a tough The 21-year-old will be coached ing on very hard in practice,” first half of the ATP Tour season take it right away.” The Serb and Murray is about to join fellow Cilic. Rafael Nadal will be on temporarily by Serbian Marko Bouchard told reporters. which yielded four Masters 1000 the remainder of the leading seeds tennis elites Federer and Djokovic seventh as the Spaniard takes Dragic at the Roger’s Cup in “I have the belief and I know my titles and a third Wimbledon. benefit from first-round byes in as a new father, with British tab- his first tentative steps onto the Toronto as she seeks to rebound skills are still there and nothing “There is no reason not to the Quebec City whose tennis sta- loids reporting wife Kim Sears is hard courts which have been so from her first-round loss at can just vanish ... It’s just about be satisfied with what I have dium was carved from what was due to give birth in February. damaging to his body. Wimbledon. working hard to getting back on achieved. In contrary, I’m thrilled originally a baseball pitch. Stan Wawrinka, the French The Spaniard built up a small Bouchard parted ways with track.” and very proud with all the suc- With world number two Open champion, takes the third store of confidence by winning the long-time coach Nick Saviano in Bouchard said she had no plans cess that I had so far in the career, Federer missing, Andy Murray seeding, with the Swiss now healed Hamburg clay title this month, November, ending a partnership in place for a permanent coach- everything I reached,” Djokovic takes the second seeding, with from a shoulder injury which but that will likely count for little which saw her reach the semi- ing appointment. “I’m looking said after his All England Club the Scot trying to put aside an bothered him at Wimbledon and on the gruelling cement. finals of three of the four grand for someone who can help me success. embarrassing opening-match loss forced him from an appearance Canadian Milos Raonic, also slams during last year’s break-out improve all areas of my game,” “If you would ask me as a in the Washington Open. on home clay in Gstaad. returning from injury is seeded season, including a maiden final she said. Bouchard opens her 14-year-old back in Serbia try- He won back-to-back Canadian Japan’s Kei Nishikori is seeded eighth and will carry local weight appearance at Wimbledon. Rogers Cup campaign against ing to find my way, that this is trophies in 2009 and 2010 but has fourth. Newly married Czech after losing the 2013 final to Nadal But since a run to the quarter- Swiss teen Belinda Bencic on how I’m going to end up at 28, of not been past the quarter-finals Tomas Berdych is seeded fifth, and going out to Spain’s Feliciano finals at this year’s Australian Tuesday. REUTERS course I would sign the deal and since. ahead of US Open winner Marin Lopez in the quarters. AFP

Jim Furyk Furyk secures four-shot lead reacts after a putt on AKRON, US: Former US Open Championship at Whistling Lowry and Watson matched the 18th Bridgestone champion Jim Furyk fired a sec- Straits in Wisconsin. Furyk’s 66 while Johnson fired a green during ond consecutive four-under-par “I felt like I had more confi- three-under 67 for a four-under the second Invitational Scores 66 to open up a four-shot lead dence,” said Furyk. “I hit the ball 136 total. round of the 132 Jim Furyk 66-66 after the second round of the more solid and I am just hoping Furyk, 45, always seems to be World Golf 136 Shane Lowry (IRL) 70-66, Bubba Watson WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to improve a little bit every day.” in contention at this event as he Championships 70-66, Dustin Johnson 69-67 on Friday. Reigning Masters and US Open has finished in the top-15 at the - Bridgestone 137 Graeme McDowell (NIR) 66-71, Danny Furyk finished 36 holes at champion Jordan Spieth, who is WGC-Bridgestone four of the Invitational Lee (NZL) 65-72, Henrik Stenson (SWE) eight-under 132 and has a solid trying to dethrone Rory McIlroy past five years. at Firestone 68-69 lead heading into the week- as the No. 1 ranked player in the He also finished runner-up Country Club 138 Brooks Koepka 69-69, Lee Westwood end over Ireland’s Shane Lowry world, climbed the leaderboard twice, losing a playoff to Tiger South Course (ENG) 68-70, Jordan Spieth 70-68, and Americans Dustin Johnson with a two-under 68 and is tied Woods in 2001 and in 2012 when on Friday. Webb Simpson 68-70, Justin Rose (ENG) and Bubba Watson in the final for eighth, six strokes adrift of a bogey at the 72nd hole left him 67-71, Jason Day (AUS) 69-69 tune-up for next week’s PGA Furyk. in second. AFP SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

10-year old swimmer Alzain Tareq of Bahrain - the youngest competitor - steps out of the pool after competing in the women’s 50m freestyle heat during the FINA Swimming World Championships in Kazan, yesterday. Ten-year-old finishes USA’s gold medallist Katie Ledecky (centre), New Zealand’s silver medallist Lauren Boyle (right) and Great Britain’s bronze medallist Jaz Carlin pose on the podium after the final of the women’s 800m freestyle swimming event at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, yesterday. RIGHT: third in heat at Worlds Ledecky celebrates after winning the women’s 800m freestyle final. KAZAN: Tiny 10-year-old on Friday. Her presence here has Alzain Tareq grinned from ear- sparked plenty of attention from to-ear yesterday as the world fellow competitors and the media championships’ youngest com- persons. petitor in Kazan swam her per- “A few other swimmers spoke Unstoppable Ledecky sonal best to finish third in her to me after my race yesterday, 50m freestyle heat. they were taking pictures and The Bahrain schoolgirl had wishing me good luck,” she said. caused a splash at the Kazan Tareq was delighted to have pool on Friday morning when she met Franklin, Sjostrom, plus raced in the women’s 50m butter- Australian sisters Bronte and fly heats and finished last of the Cate Campbell who took gold powers to fifth gold event’s 64 competitors. and bronze respectively in Friday She is believed to be the young- night’s 100m freestyle final. est swimmer to have ever swum “I have their pictures in my at a world championships. phone, but when I get home I am American breaks 800m world record, Le Clos wins first gold She was back in the pool yes- going to print them all out, so I terday to finish third in her 50 have them,” Tareq said. KAZAN: American Katie freestyle heat and was 105th over- “It’s a great feeling to have World Championship Ledecky entered the record all of the event’s 113 racers with a swum here. books as she smashed the wom- new PB of 35.78 seconds – nearly “It was a lot of fun meeting Results en’s 800 metres world record to three seconds faster than her Sarah. claim her fifth gold medal of a qualifying time. “My mum isn’t here, only my KAZAN, Russia: Results of remarkable world champion- She was more than 11 seconds Dad, he wanted me to beat my the swimming world champi- ships on Saturday. slower than Cate Campbell of own time and I did that, so he’s onships in Kazan yesterday: Ledecky, the 18-year-old high Australia’s fastest qualifying time. happy.” Men 50M Freestyle Final: 1. Florent school graduate, blitzed her way But the pint-sized Bahraini is It is unlikely Tareq will ful- Manaudou (FRA) 21.19; 2. Nathan Adrian to gold in eight minutes 7.39 just happy to have met her idols fil her wish to swim at next (USA) 21.52; 3. Bruno Fratus (BRA) 21.55. seconds, setting her third world like Missy Franklin of the USA year’s Olympic Games in Rio de 100M Butterfly Final: 1. Chad Le Clos record of the week and 10th of a and Sweden’s butterfly world Janeiro, even though there are no (RSA) 50.56; 2. Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 50.87; glittering career. Chad Le Clos champion Sarah Sjostrom hav- age restrictions to competing at 3. Joseph Schooling (SIN) 50.96. New Zealander Lauren Boyle of South Africa ing now swum both of her events either a world championships or 50M Backstroke Semi-Finals Race 1: upgraded her 2013 world bronze celebrates after in Kazan. an Olympics. 1. Matt Grevers (USA) 24.59Q; 2. Mitchell to claim silver, 10.26 seconds winning gold “I didn’t get the time I wanted, She qualified for Kazan as the Larkin (AUS) 24.65Q; 3. Liam Tancock (GBR) behind Ledecky, as she just held medal of Men’s but I still beat my personal best, Bahrain’s fastest female swimmer. 24.75Q. off Jaz Carlin of Britain by 0.50 100m Butterfly so I am happy,” beamed Tareq. But to swim in Rio she will Race 2: 1. Camille Lacourt (FRA) 24.27Q; seconds. at the 16th She was clearly proud of jher need to lower her 50m freestyle 2. Ben Treffers (AUS) 24.64Q; 3. David Ledecky’s one-way win also FINA World newly-acquired bright pink race personal best of 35.78 to meet the saw her become the first swim- suit and said a highlight of her Olympic’s minimum qualifying Plummer (USA) 24.82Q. Championships mer across both genders to secure Kazan trip had been warming time of 26.17secs to race in her Women 800M Freestyle Final: 1. Katie in Kazan, world titles over the 200m to down in the same lane as Franklin strongest event. AFP Ledecky (USA) 8:07.39 - WR; 2. Lauren Russia, Boyle (NZL) 8:17.65 ; 3. Jaz Carlin (GBR) 1500m distances. yesterday. 8:18.15. Sun Yang of China had the Phelps eases into final 200M backstroke final: 1. Emily Seebohm same ambition, but was defeated (AUS) 2:05.81; 2. Missy Franklin (USA) in the men’s 200m freestyle final 2:06.34; 3. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:06.84. on Monday. Chad le Clos won his first indi- 50M Butterfly Final: 1. Sarah Sjostrom vidual title of the week as the (SWE) 24.96; 2. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) South African smashed his per- 25.34; 3. Lu Ying (CHN) 25.37. sonal best in winning the men’s 50M Breaststroke Semi-Finals Race 1: 100m butterfly. 1. Jessica Hardy (USA) 30.25Q; 2. Mariia Le Clos, unbeaten in the event Liver (UKR) 30.64Q; 3. Alia Atkinson (JAM) since London 2012, held the lead 30.78Q. at the turn before creating day- Race 2: 1. Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) 29.98Q; light between himself and Laszlo 2. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 30.14Q; 3. Jennie Cseh to post 50.56 seconds. Johansson (SWE) 30.39Q. The Hungarian took silver, a flagging Franklin, who gamely compatriot Bruno Fratus took up 50M Freestyle Semi-Finals Race 1: 1. 0.31 seconds behind, with Joseph held on for silver. the mantle to claim bronze. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 24.23Q; 2. Schooling of Singapore setting an Katinka Hosszu of Hungary Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom pow- Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (BAH) 24.38Q; Asian record to claim bronze. took bronze. ered to the women’s 50m but- 3. Fran Halsall (GBR) 24.50Q. Emily Seebohm garnered Olympic champion Florent terfly title for her second gold Race 2: 1. Cate Campbell (AUS) 24.22Q; Australia’s sixth gold medal of the Manadou’s sprinting prowess con- of the week to become the first 2. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 24.31Q; 3. Bronte championships with a remarka- tinued as the Frenchman took the woman to claim the world but- Campbell (AUS) 24.32Q. ble final lap to take the women’s men’s 50m freestyle gold in 21.19 terfly double. Mixed 4X100M Freestyle Relay Final: 200m backstroke title. seconds. A boisterous crowd of 10,000 1. United States 3:23.05 – WR (Ryan Defending champion Missy Manadou had already won the inside the Kazan Arena roared Lochte, Nathan Adrian, Simone Manuel, Franklin, of the United States, men’s 50m butterfly title and raw on Russia in the mixed 4x100m Missy Franklin); 2. Netherlands 3:23.10 had led at 100m, but Seebohm power secured him gold here, with freestyle relay. (Sebastiaan Verschuren, Joost Reijns, timed her finale to perfection to Nathan Adrian, of the United But it was the U.S who stole Michael Phelps competes in the Men’s 100 LC Meter Butterfly prelim Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk); snatch the lead in the final 25m, States, taking silver in 21.52 their thunder took, claiming during the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships at the Northside 3. Canada 3:23.59 (Santo Condorelli, striking gold in 2:05.81. seconds. a world record time of 3:23.05 Swim Center, yesterday in San Antonio, Texas. “Kind of blah,” was Yuri Kisil, Chantal Jean Van Landeghem, The 23-year-old Australian’s With Brazil’s defending cham- as Franklin overtook the Phelps’ assessment after he won his heat in the second-fastest time of Sandrine Mainville). final split of 31.14 seconds was pion Cesar Cielo forced to return Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk the morning, behind Jack Conger’s 51.97. nearly two seconds quicker than home with a shoulder injury, on the final stroke. REUTERS Doping allegations: IAAF attacks ‘naive’ experts PARIS: World athletics’ ruling denied any negligence in its test- of Athlete Biological Passport have access to the IAAF testing the public domain.” It called for when it comes to catching cheats body the IAAF yesterday con- ing procedure in an affair that (ABP) cases related to the sport records and are therefore not the two men to supply the World and protecting the integrity of its demned as ‘naive’ the two blood has marred the build-up to this of athletics,” the IAAF contended. able to know whether proper Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sport,” said Ljungqvist. experts at the centre of mass month’s world championships in According to the IAAF, testing follow-up was conducted with any evidence they have of “The IAAF did more than oth- doping allegations. Beijing. Ashenden and Parisotto “also by the IAAF. doping. ers, before the others, but is now Australian scientists Michael And in their latest defence conveniently ignore the fact that “On this basis, how can these “If they do not have evidence, criticized by people, who have no Ashenden and Robin Parisotto world athletics’ rulers accused more than 60 athletes have been experts claim that no action then we urge that they refrain insight into the work of IAAF, for have claimed hundreds of athletes Ashenden and Parisotto of arriv- sanctioned on the basis of abnor- was taken by the IAAF without from making assertions of not having done enough,” added had returned “suspicious” doping ing at “seriously incorrect asser- mal blood values collected after checking which athletes were wrong-doing.” the chairman of the IOC’s medical test results. tions”. “Of most concern to us is 2009.” sanctioned, and without any pos- Later, Arne Ljungqvist, a commission between 2003-2014. Their allegation was based that the two scientists continue And the organisation added: sible access to the IAAF’s exten- former kingpin in the Olympic’s Saturday’s latest interventions on the examination of a leaked to defend their statements that “The two scientists were not, sive out-of-competition targeted fight against doping cheats, gave in the debate follows Friday’s database provided to them by the IAAF did nothing to act on and still are not, in a position testing information?” his full support to the IAAF’s WADA announcement of “an Britain’s Sunday Times news- “suspicious profiles”. to know which cases have been The IAAF “condemn the fact efforts to root out dopers. urgent” probe into suggestions paper and German broadcaster “And that the scientists also sent to the independent panel for that two experienced scientists “The IAAF has historically of widespread cheating. ARD containing more than 12,000 continue to believe that they were review, nor to know which cases were naive enough to place them- been at the forefront of all impor- This week, IAAF presidential blood tests from 5,000 athletes in a position to make this analy- are currently under review or selves in a situation where their tant developments in the fight candidate Sebastien Coe called between 2001 and 2012. sis based on their background under appeal. analysis of incomplete data is against doping and has always the allegations “a declaration of This week the IAAF robustly and involvement in a number “More importantly, they do not being used against athletes in taken its responsibilities seriously war” on the sport. AFP SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Chelsea’s Oscar celebrates after scoring a goal against Swansea City during an English Premier League game at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. CENTRE: Manchester United’s midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger gestures during his side’s match against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford yesterday. RIGHT: Leicester City’s Belgian defender Ritchie De Laet (left) and English midfielder Marc Albrighton react after the final whistle of their game against Sunderland at the King Power Stadium in Leicester yesterday. Rodgers confident 10-man Chelsea held amid of Liverpool revival STOKE-ON-TRENT: Liverpool manager Brendan high drama; United win Rodgers believes Stoke will face a much different team than the one they humili- Bournemouth suffer opening-day loss as Leicester City start strong ated at the end of last season when the Reds return to the Britannia Stadium for their LONDON: Chelsea were newcomers with Watford pegged Referee Michael Oliver showed rampage down the right flank. Premier League opener today. embroiled in familiar Premier back to a 2-2 draw at Everton the Belgian keeper a red card and Ashley Young’s cross looked Rodgers’ side suffered a League high drama as the after twice leading and Norwich English Premier Gomis got up to slot the penalty to have put Wayne Rooney in at chastening afternoon in the champions were reduced to 10 City losing 3-1 at home to Crystal past his replacement in goal, new point blank range only for Walker Potteries in the final game of men and held 2-2 by Swansea Palace. League Results signing Asmir Begovic. to dash back madly to rescue the the last campaign as they were City yesterday in an entertain- Bournemouth, the romantics’ Collated English Premier As Swansea sniffed a simi- situation before his attempt to thrashed 6-1 by a rampant ing start to the defence of their favourites after their extraor- League results yesterday, the lar sensation to when they beat rob the United captain saw him Stoke side. title at their home fortress. dinary six-year march from opening day of the top-flight Manchester United in last sea- nudge the ball into the corner of Despite the close-season The new season had earlier near-bankruptcy to the Premier season: son’s opening game, Gomis even his own net. departures of Steven Gerrard kicked off in unique fashion League, had their fairytale rudely had a goal disallowed for offside Watford, back in the top flight and Raheem Sterling, Rodgers Bournemouth 0 Aston Villa 1 (Gestede 72); with a 22nd minute own goal by interrupted at a vibrant, emo- amid thrilling combat. for the first time in eight years is adamant there will not be a Chelsea 2 (Oscar 23, Fernandez 30-og) Tottenham Hotspur’s Kyle Walker tional Dean Court as Aston Villa The marquee match of the day with another new manager, repeat of Liverpool’s heaviest Swansea 2 (Ayew 29, Gomis 55-pen); giving Manchester United a 1-0 defeated them 1-0 in their first- had seen Tottenham dominate Quique Sanchez Flores, and a Premier League defeat as he Everton 2 (Barkley 76, Kone 86) Watford 2 victory in an undistinguished sea- ever match in the top flight in 125 early on until Walker’s own goal completely revamped lineup, has strengthened his side with (Layun 14, Ighalo 83); Leicester 4 (Vardy son opener at Old Trafford. years. 11, Mahrez 18, 25-pen, Albrighton 66) enabled United, with five expen- enjoyed a thrilling return at seven new players. Never before had the competi- Six minutes after Oscar had Sunderland 2 (Defoe 60, Fletcher 71); sive debutants in their ranks, to Goodison with Mexican Miguel “We’ll certainly be better tion begun with a player putting put Chelsea ahead with a 23rd Manchester United 1 (Walker 22-og) take the points even though they Layun scoring his first goal for than what we were last season, the ball into his own net but the minute free kick, Swansea’s new Tottenham 0; Norwich 1 (Redmond 69) only had one shot on target. the club in the 14th minute. that’s for sure,” Rodgers said. day’s late fixture at Stamford signing Andre Ayew equalised Crystal Palace 3 (Zaha 39, Delaney 49, A late attacking flurry from After Ross Barkley had equal- “That was a one-off game Bridge also featured an own goal, only for the hosts to restore their Cabaye 90) Spurs was repelled by the hosts’ ised with a dazzling effort, Odion in terms of the whole expe- plus much, much more. lead within 92 seconds thanks to new Argentine keeper Sergio Ighalo put the visitors ahead with rience. It was incredible; in The rich entertainment a big, looping deflection off luck- Today’s Matches Romero. seven minutes remaining before every aspect of football and included Chelsea goalkeeper less defender Federico Fernandez Arsenal vs West Ham (1230 GMT), Newcastle Romero, replacing David De Arouna Kone equalised two min- high-class football, we lacked Thibaut Courtois being sent off from a Willian cross. vs Southampton (1230 GMT), Stoke vs Gea, dropped because Van Gaal utes later. in everything. and the danger of that rarest of The own goal, which left goal- Liverpool (1500 GMT) felt his mind would not be on Bournemouth, playing in the “It was something that was events — manager Jose Mourinho keeper Lukasz Fabianski hope- Tomorrow’s Matches the job amid speculation over his smallest ground ever to stage very surprising and something losing a home match to inspired lessly stranded, seemed to have possible transfer to Real Madrid, Premier League football, saw that was very disappointing. West Bromwich Albion vs Manchester City opponents. settled Chelsea only for Swansea made three late saves. their party pooped by Rudy “We’ll look to return to the (1900 GMT) The games involving the big to roar forward again, with Spurs had been firmly in con- Gestede, Villa’s new signing from levels that we’ve had over a guns, neither of whom were near Jefferson Montero in wonderful offside trap in the 55th, he was trol until Nabil Bentaleb care- Blackburn Rovers who headed couple of seasons here in terms their best, bookended a tough form, following the break. hacked down by Courtois on the lessly gave away possession in home a 72nd minute winner. of organisation and fight. Then afternoon for the unfancied After Bafetimbi Gomis beat the edge of the penalty area. midfield allowing United to REUTERS obviously you add the talent to that and it gives us the chance to win the game. “Stoke is always a difficult Bullish Wenger talks up Arsenal’s title chances place to go. We know it will be a tough game, but it will cer- LONDON: Arsene Wenger has behind Chelsea in third place last of the race well before Christmas this month, but Wenger believes tainly be tougher for them than warned Arsenal’s title rivals term, Arsenal have the feel of a last season. the midfielder could be back in it was last year.” that his resurgent side are team on the rise and Wenger is “Chelsea won it by a margin action in four weeks, while former Rodgers has confirmed finally strong enough to end the so confident in his squad that the last year so they are the favour- Manchester United striker Liverpool will be without Wales club’s 12-year wait to win the signing of Petr Cech, the veteran ites,” he said. “After that let’s see Welbeck is still recovering from midfielder Joe Allen for “three Premier League. goalkeeper lured across London how it goes. After 15 games you a knee injury. to four weeks” after he picked Wenger’s team kick off the from Stamford Bridge, was his will know more about that. Meanwhile, West Ham open up a hamstring injury dur- new campaign against West only major pre-season signing. “Last year after 12 games we their campaign looking to erase ing their pre-season friendly Ham today and the mood at the Asked on the eve of the new were 15 points behind Chelsea, the embarrassment of their hum- against Swindon Town. Emirates Stadium will be one of season if he feels Arsenal can and in the next 26 we took 58 bling Europa League qualifying Striker Daniel Sturridge unbridled optimism in the after- win the title for the first time points and Chelsea 55, so that exit at the hands of Romanian (hip) and full-back Jon math of a pair of Wembley victo- since 2004, the usually conserva- means we missed our start to the side Astra Giurgiu on Thursday. Flanagan (knee) are the only ries that are being hailed around tive Wenger cast caution to the season because it was after the Having replaced Sam Allardyce other major absentees for north London as the foundations wind as he said: “I believe yes, all World Cup. as manager ahead of West Ham’s Rodgers, who is poised to hand of a sustained title challenge. going well, and us maintaining our “So let’s start strong this sea- final season at Upton Park full debuts to midfielder James After producing a swaggering game. son and I believe we have the before their move to the Olympic Milner, right-back Nathaniel FA Cup final demolition of Aston “That’s important as well -- needed ingredients.” Stadium, Slaven Bilic decided not Clyne and striker Christian Villa at Wembley in May, the that we develop what we do well Amid such positive vibes, the to prioritise the Europa League in Benteke. Gunners returned to the English and do not stand still. only immediate concern for a bid to guard against the fixture England international national stadium last weekend to “That means we develop our Wenger is the fitness of England backlog that can sink teams into Milner, who joined on a free secure a 1-0 victory over Chelsea cohesion, our passing game. If we internationals Jack Wilshere and a relegation battle. transfer from Manchester City, in the Community Shield. are capable to keep the cohesion Danny Welbeck and the physical “I would like us to play good has also been named as vice- While the eye-catching Cup and the solidarity we have at the condition of Alexis Sanchez. football, to win games,” Bilic said captain to club skipper Jordan final performance showcased moment through the 38 games, Chile forward Sanchez has when asked what would consti- Henderson. Arsenal’s array of attacking tal- we have a good chance.” recently returned to training tute a successful campaign. “James has got big character ent, it was the mature way his Wenger did concede that after helping his country win the “It’s easy to say now before the and a big mentality, and I felt players defended the lead against Chelsea will start as the title Copa America in the close-season first game. Our aim is to be mid- we needed that in the team to the Premier League champions favourites and the Frenchman and will miss the London derby table, to be as high as possible, the extent where he will be the last Sunday that provided most highlighted the importance of against West Ham. we will give everything we can — vice-captain this year,” Rodgers Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger encouragement to Wenger. making a strong start after splut- Wilshere suffered a hairline let’s say if we finish top 10 that is added. AFP Despite finishing 12 points tering early form left them out fracture to his left fibula earlier major success.” AFP SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

FIFA launches internal probe Lucas lifts 10-man PSG to of alleged corruption ZURICH: Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has rare season-opening win launched an internal investi- gation of alleged corruption, two people familiar with the French champions commence their Ligue 1 title defence with a victory matter said, in a development that may signal greater coop- eration with criminal probes PARIS: A second half goal by US and Swiss authorities. from Brazilian winger Lucas Members of FIFA’s execu- Moura gave 10-man Paris Saint- tive committee were briefed on Germain a 1-0 win, their first in the internal investigation at a a Ligue 1 opener since their new closed-door meeting in Zurich Qatari owners took over in 2011, last month, said the sources, at Lille on Friday. who spoke on condition of The three-time Ligue 1 champi- anonymity. ons were a player down after half Quinn Emanuel Urquhart an hour after midfielder Adrien & Sullivan, a US law firm, is Rabiot was given his marching LEFT: Paris Saint-Germain’s conducting the investigation, orders for two yellow cards in the players celebrate Lucas’ goal which is running parallel to space of five minutes. against Lille during a Ligue the probes by authorities in the Rabiot picked up the first on 22 1 game at the Pierre Mauroy United States and Switzerland, minutes for a dangerous tackle on the sources said. The results of Stadium in Villeneuve d’Ascq Lille midfielder Florent Balmont, the investigation are expected on Friday. BELOW: PSG’s new and minutes later was sent off by to be shared with the authori- referee Fredy Fautrel for a foul on signing Angel Di Maria (left) ties, they added. defender Sebastian Corchia. and PSG’s President Nasser FIFA was thrown into tur- The 20-year-old Rabiot, Al Khelaifi (centre) arrive at the moil in May when US prosecu- who had a spat with Zlatan Pierre Mauroy Stadium on Friday. tors announced the indictment Ibrahimovic during a friendly of nine current and former against Chelsea in July, had been soccer officials, many of whom favoured by Laurent Blanc over had FIFA positions, and five Thiago Motta despite several run- sports marketing executives. ins with the coach at the end of Prosecutors said the 14 cor- last season. rupted the sport by agreeing “It’s a fact of the game,” said to more than $150m in bribes Blanc of Rabiot’s expulsion. and kickbacks for media and “The first card was perhaps marketing rights. a little severe, the second foul It was previously known only was an error of youth: when you who pushed on to Blaise Matuidi, that FIFA had hired Quinn have a yellow card you don’t get returning the ball to Lucas for Emanuel to represent its inter- a second. a brillant solo run through the ests during the US and Swiss “The second was very prejudi- Lille defence and past goalkeeper investigations. Reuters was not cial for the team. But perhaps it Vincent Enyeama into an empty able to determine what stage was that which galvanised us. But net. the internal investigation had I prefer playing eleven.” “I’m very happy with my goal, it reached or how long it would The Parisians had been strug- was good for the club and for my take. gling to contain Lille who finished confidence,” said Lucas. “We’re FIFA is cooperating with eighth last season and were play- going to be even better with Di authorities and will not com- ing their first competitive match Maria who is an exceptional ment on ongoing investigations, under new coach Herve Renard. player.” said a spokeswoman for the Argentine playmaker Javier Despite their numerical infe- Zurich-based organization. Pastore filled in for injured Swede riority the Parisians were never “We are dedicated to improv- Ibrahimovic while awaiting the really worried by Lille. ing the organization, and will availability of new Argentinian “I feel a great sense of frustra- continue to strengthen FIFA’s recruit Angel Di Maria. tion,” said Renard — who coached governance and accountabil- PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, the Ivory Coast to Africa Cup of ity. Our work in this area con- who arrived from Frankfurt for Nations glory in February. tinuously evolves, and we are 12 million euros from Eintracht “We can have a lot of regrets. focused on achieving the high- Frankfurt this summer, was in Everything wasn’t perfect but est standards for the inter- goal at the expense of Italian with a bit more determination, national football community,” Salvatore Sirigu. even if there was already quite a the spokeswoman said in a But the misfortune of Rabiot, lot, and a bit of daring, we could statement. who has been no stranger to con- have gotten a draw. Representatives with the troversy, spurred Blanc’s side into “You can’t cause your rivals world’s six continental soccer action. problems when you’re afraid. confederations either declined After Rabiot’s explusion, Lille’s “It wasn’t PSG it was a PSG to comment or did not respond Eric Bauthéac stepped up but at ten. Of course they have qual- to requests for comment. Top failed to convert the resulting free ity players, they are the French former officials from the two kick which David Luiz and Trapp champions, but if they found confederations in the Americas managed to contain. themselves at 10 it was because every domestic trophy available these circumstances with three had no injuries this evening it’s are among those who have been Lucas, who scored seven Ligue of our good pressing. We had a last season. points at Lille, it’s very good,” really a very good night.” indicted by the US. 1 goals last season, finally got the great opportunity.” They have already won silver- said Blanc, whose side last won a The remainder of the Ligue In the corporate world, an breakthrough after 57 minutes to For Lille it was their first loss ware at the start of this cam- season-opener in 2010. 1 matches will be played on internal investigation like this give PSG their first away win in a of a season-opener since 2009. paign, beating Lyon 2-0 in last “It bodes well for what’s to Saturday and Sunday with last is a common practice if a com- season opener in 19 years. The capital club are bidding weekend’s Champions Trophy in come. For some time now, as a season’s runners-up Lyon opening pany could be the target of US At the heart of the action, for their fourth straight Ligue Montreal. group, we’ve been getting better their campaign against Lorient at prosecutors. By launching its Lucas passed to Edinson Cavani 1 title this season having won “Starting the championship in and better. And if you add that we the Stade de Gerland. AFP own investigation, often run by a big law firm, a company can Wolfsburg’s try to show it is committed to Nicklas cooperating with authorities Juventus lift Italian Super Cup and wants to get to the bot- Bendtner tom of a problem. “One thing (right) SHANGHAI: Juventus’ two to understand about these celebrates new strikers both scored on internal investigations is how with team- their debut as the Turin club de rigueur they are. Really, mate Daniel beat Lazio 2-0 to lift the Italian every company does them,” said Caligiuri after Super Cup in China yesterday. Michael Fine, an anti-bribery scoring a goal Croatian international striker and compliance expert at the against the Mario Mandzukic and Argentine New York consulting firm LRN. Stuttgarter Paulo Dybala, signed this sum- In exchange for voluntar- Kickers during mer for a reported 19m euros and ily disclosing wrongdoing, a first-round 32m euros respectively, breached a company may get treated German Cup Lazio’s net in the second half with more leniently when the US match at the two well-taken goals. Justice Department is decid- Gazi Stadion Both sides fielded strong sides ing whether to bring charges in Stuttgart in a match played in front of a and seek fines, according to yesterday. large crowd at 60,000-capacity official guidelines published by Shanghai Stadium, but there was the department. little entertainment on offer for US authorities have said much of the evening, save for a their investigation is continu- half-time performance by a trio Juventus players celebrate with the Italian Super Cup trophy in Shanghai ing and that additional people Holders Wolfsburg of Chinese traditional musicians. could be indicted. A Justice yesterday. It took until the 26th minute Department spokeswoman before either goalkeeper was The deadlock was finally bro- the net from the middle of the declined to comment on FIFA’s called into action, when Juventus’ ken in the 69th minute when box. internal investigation. win in German Cup Stephan Lichtsteiner unleashed a Mandzukic rose majestically to Dybala’s emphatic finish killed The Swiss criminal investi- long range shot which flew over head home a dangerous cross. the game somewhat, and Juventus gation into possible corruption BERLIN: Bundesliga club 04 and Bayer Leverkusen also the Lazio bar. An unperturbed Lazio almost went on to lift the trophy in a in soccer is specifically tar- Werder Bremen narrowly advanced. The first half was a torrid mid- equalised just moments later lively ceremony after the final geting the award of the 2018 avoided a fifth successive elimi- Werder’s new signing, striker field battle which saw Juventus’ when Brazilian playmaker Felipe whistle which delighted the club’s and 2022 World Cups. It is at nation by a third tier club in the Anthony Ujah, rescued the north- Paul Pogba heavily involved in Anderson unleashed a powerful numerous Chinese supporters an earlier stage than the US German Cup yesterday after ern club when he fired in from the much of the action, but he was half volley from edge of box which cheering on from the stands. investigation. scoring twice in extra time to right in the first half of extra time unable to create any clear-cut Juventus’ Gianluigi Buffon saved The Italian Super Cup is tra- Quinn Emanuel lawyers in overcome Wuerzburger Kickers with Fin Bartels sealing their win chances for his side. well. ditionally the curtain-raising their presentation to FIFA’s 2-0 and move into the second in the 108th minute. In the second half, the teams However Juventus wasted no fixture to the country’s domestic executive committee last round. Werder had been eliminated appeared to toil somewhat in the time in extending their lead, when season and is contested between month made clear that they Holders VfL Wolfsburg kicked in the past four editions by clubs humid 32-degree evening heat. in the 73rd minute Pogba neatly the reigning league champions are reporting to FIFA’s general off their title defence with a two divisions below them, three But not long after the restart controlled a high ball and laid it and current Italian Cup holders. counsel, Marco Villiger, not to trouble-free 4-1 victory over times in the first round of the Pogba again made his presence off in the box to Dybala. In recent years the fixture has FIFA President Sepp Blatter Stuttgarter Kickers with goals competition. German champi- felt with a spectacular 30-yard The Argentine striker, who been increasingly held outside of or Secretary General Jerome from Max Kruse, Bas Dost, Kevin ons Bayern Munich are in action drive which flew just wide of Lazio joined Juventus from fellow Italy, and was hosted in China at Valcke, the sources said. De Bruyne and Nicklas Bendtner today against fifth division club goalkeeper Federico Marchetti’s Serie-A side Palermo, then the Bird’s Nest in Beijing in 2009, REUTERS while fellow top tier clubs Schalke Noettingen. REUTERS right post. scored by smashing the ball into 2011 and 2012. AFP Sunday 9 August 2015 24 Shawwal 1436 Volume 20 Number 6517 Sport Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Ruthless England regain Ashes Hosts thrash Australia by an innings and 78 runs to win series with a match to spare

NOTTINGHAM: England said at the presentation ceremony ripped out the last three after announcing he will retire Australia wickets for 12 runs to from international cricket at the win the fourth Test by a crush- end of the final Test in the series. ing innings and 78 runs and “Alastair Cook and the England regain the Ashes at a euphoric team deserve a lot of credit – Trent Bridge yesterday. they’ve shown us how to execute Ben Stokes had Mitchell Starc good swing and seam bowling. caught by Ian Bell at second “It’s not for want of trying but slip for nought and Mark Wood the boys have been beaten by a bowled Josh Hazlewood for a duck. better side. Wood produced another fero- “England when they’ve had cious full-pitched delivery to momentum have grabbed it shatter Nathan Lyon’s stumps with both hands and run with for four and complete the rout, it. James Anderson and Stuart sparking wild cel- Broad and Ben ebrations on the Stokes in this pitch and around Scoreboard game showed the ground. what you need The England Australia (I innings): ...... 60 to do in games players cele- England (I innings): ...... 391-9 decl like this. brated in a hud- Australia (II innings): England dle before going C Rogers c Root b Stokes ...... 52 won the first on a lap of hon- D Warner c Broad b Stokes ...... 64 Test in Cardiff our to strains of S Smith c Stokes b Broad ...... 5 by 169 runs “Rule Britannia” S Marsh c Root b Stokes ...... 2 but Australia and “Land of M Clarke c Bell b Wood ...... 13 bounced back to Hope and Glory” A Voges (not out) ...... 51 level the series as the crowd P Nevill lbw Stokes ...... 17 with a crushing basked in the M Johnson c Cook b Stokes ...... 5 victory by 405 sunshine. M Starc c Bell b Stokes ...... 0 runs at historic England players celebrate after winning the Ashes series. BELOW: Fast “It’s unbeliev- J Hazlewood b Wood ...... 0 Lord’s. bowler Stuart Broad celebrates with fans after England beat Australia. able. I couldn’t N Lyon b Wood ...... 4 The hosts be happier,” Extras (B-20, LB-16, W-1, NB-3) ...... 40 dominated the England captain Total (all out) ...... 253 third Test at Alastair Cook Fall of wickets: 1-113, 2-130, 3-136, Edgbaston and told reporters. 4-136, 5-174, 6-224, 7-236, 8-242, 9-243. won by eight England were Bowling: Broad 16-5-36-1; Wood 17.4-3- wickets inside whitewashed 69-3 (2nb, 1w); Finn 12-4-42-0 (1nb); three days 5-0 in the last Stokes 21-8-36-6; Ali 6-0-34-0. before dismiss- Ashes series in ing Australia for Australia in 2013-14 and the tour- 60 on the first day at Trent Bridge ing side had been strong favour- to set up another overwhelming ites to retain the famous urn. victory. “For what we’ve been through “When you lose 5-0 there’s a over the last 18 months, to play big turnaround and a new side like we did has been fantastic,” develops pretty quickly,” Cook Cook said. said. Adam Voges was left unbeaten “There’s a lot of talent and on 51 in Australia’s total of 253 the guys have come in and done and Stokes finished with Test- incredibly well,” he added. England captain Alastair Cook (left) celebrates with Joe Root after winning best figures of 6-36. The hosts lead the five-match the Ashes on the third day of the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at “Our goal was to come here series 3-1 with one match to play Trent Bridge in Nottingham, England, yesterday. and try and have some success,” at the Oval starting on August 20. Australia captain Michael Clarke REUTERS Reaction to Australia Captain England’s Ashes Win One of Australia’s ‘all-time greats’ Michael Clarke NOTTINGHAM, England: NOTTINGHAM, England: Following is reaction to Factbox on Australia cap- England’s victory over tain Michael Clarke who Australia by an innings and Clarke to retire after the Oval Test announced yesterday he was 87 runs in the fourth Test yes- retiring from international terday which ensured they will NOTTINGHAM: Australia should be remembered as a great cricket after the final Ashes regain the Ashes. captain Michael Clarke, captain.” CA chairman Wally test. %Born on April 2, 1981 at Liverpool, New Former Australia leg-spinner Shane described by Cricket Australia Australian Edwards acknowledged Clarke’s (CA) as one of the “all-time contribution to the team. South Wales Warne on Twitter: captain greats”, will retire after the final “When Michael made his stun- % “Congratulations to Alastair Cook & the Michael Clarke Nickname: Pup, Clarkey England team on the Ashes victory. Played Ashes Test against England ning Test debut in Bangalore back looks on from % Made his Test debut against India at fearless & entertaining cricket, was nice to this month. in 2004, Australian cricket knew the pavilion Bangalore in 2004, hitting a century in the watch !!” Clarke announced his decision it had found a very special talent,” balcony after match. England batsman Ian Bell who became to quit international cricket after Edwards said in an Australian England wrap % Has played 114 tests, scoring 8628 the first England player since Ian England won the fourth Test at Cricket Board statement. Trent Bridge by an innings and up the game “He was earmarked as a future runs with 28 centuries and 27 half-centuries Botham to be part of five Ashes series and averaging just under 50 winning teams: 78 runs yesterday to regain the and regain leader and as his reputation grew % “It’s amazing. Performances from the whole Ashes. the Ashes at it was clear that he was the right His highest Test score of 329 not out group have been incredible. This win is right “I want to play the last Test Trent Bridge in man to one day captain Australia. came against India in Sydney in 2012 up there.” at the Oval and give it one more Nottingham, “Throughout his captaincy, he % A brilliant slip fielder, Clarke has taken crack. The time is right,” said the has been a thoroughly profes- Former England captain Ian Botham on England, 131 catches in tests and 106 in ODIs. 34-year-old, who stepped down sional player, a brave and daring Twitter: yesterday. %Groomed as a future leader, Clarke took from One Day Internationals in leader who has given his all for “Great day England win the ASHES ! It over as Australia captain after Ricky Ponting March. our country.” doesn’t get any better !! Well played boys !!” quit after the 2011 World Cup. “You never want to walk away. Edwards praised Clarke’s han- % Former England captain Michael My performances over the past dling of the death of his close One of the best players of spin bowling, Vaughan: 12 months have not been accept- the front so (my form has) been “I felt my performances weren’t friend and former team-mate Clarke has often held together Australia’s “Alastair Cook has led England with a real able to me. disappointing. “One-day cricket is as good as I wanted them to be,” Phillip Hughes last year after he innings. style in this series. He has put England in the “Test cricket is about the about the World Cup, Test cricket he said. was struck on the head while bat- %Made his ODI debut against England in right frame of mind to deliver their skills. This Ashes. We tried our best, I cer- is about the Ashes. We got out- “The decision is never easy. I ting in a domestic match. Adelaide in 2003 feels so much better than 2013. Australia tainly tried my best, but we got played, we got beaten. started playing this great game “His innings against India in %Ended ODI career after leading Australia were clear favourites, so this is an amazing outplayed.” “It’s time for the next genera- at six years of age. I’m 34. I wish Adelaide last summer stands as to World Cup victory in March. achievement.” Clarke has played 114 Tests and tion of players, the next captain, I could play for another 30 years.” one of the most memorable and % Scored 7981 runs from 245 ODI Former Australia fast bowler Glenn scored over 8,000 runs, including to have his opportunity to try to England captain Alastair Cook emotional episodes in the history matches with eight centuries and 58 half- McGrath: 28 centuries. build the team again and get them paid tribute to his Australian of Australian sport,” Edwards centuries “Australia will make changes for The Oval. “I certainly don’t want to jump ready for the next Ashes series.” counterpart. said. % There will be a few guys left out and a few ship and leave the boys now,” he Clarke revealed that he made “To Michael from the England “His leadership throughout Also played 34 Twenty20 Internationals, careers finished. You live and die by your said. the decision to retire from Test team you were a fantastic player, that tragic time was a mark of before quitting that format in 2011 to focus performances.” “I pride myself on leading from cricket on Friday evening. fantastic leader,” Cook said. “You his character.” REUTERS on the longer versions of the game.