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OPINION Deputy Emir meets Pakistan speaker Terrorism Qatar to curb targeting use of fat mosques

fter a few days of the Abloody explosion at Ali in fast food bin Abi Talib’s mosque in Al Qatif, the same terror- ist again tried to detonate GCC bid to fight lifestyle diseases a bomb at Al Anoud DOHA: Intensifying fight permitted to be used in food. mosque in against lifestyle diseases like It said that thanks to its coor- Dammam obesity and diabetes, Qatar dination with GCC Specifications city in and its GCC peers are aiming and Standards Authority, it has Saudi to drastically reduce fat con- approved over 17,000 specifica- Arabia. sumption in their societies. tions for foodstuff at the regional It is Member states will target level. sad and restricting the use of industrially Also approved is an extensive Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani met Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz painful to produced vegetable fats in pre- set of health specifications for Sadiq and his delegation at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Talks dealt with means of enhancing relations between see such Dr Khalid Al-Jaber paring margarine and fast, baked food handlers. both countries and matters of common interest. Advisory Council Speaker Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi incidents and fried food available publicly. These are general rules for was present. targeting places of worship A GCC Technical Committee health and safety requirements such as mosques, churches for Food and Agricultural employees of hotels, restau- and temples in Iraq, Syria, Products meeting here will today rants, fast food joints, cafeterias Pakistan and recently Saudi discuss study-based suggestions and traditional kitchen must Arabia. of member-countries on reduc- fulfil and acquire certifications No one has the right to ing the use of trans-fats in food. from public health authorities Civic services on e-Kiosks soon kill people in the name of The panel began a two-day periodically. religion because religion is conclave yesterday. Today, it is This is the 22nd meeting of DOHA: The Ministry of payment of fines for violations, instance, transferring paper fax mercy and love for people, likely to discuss proposed amend- the committee being held here. Municipality and Urban tender and auctions, request to digital fax will cut costs by not for killing and bloodshed. ments to rules regarding expiry Nawaf bin Ibrahim Al Hamad Al Planning will soon set up self- for pest control, sewage vehicles about QR1.3m per year. It is sedition, where a vic- dates of food items covered under Mana, Director, Standards and service kiosks at shopping com- and trimming of trees, requests Al Anzi said through the elec- tim does not know why he GCC Standard, GSO 150-2/2013. Metrology Management, Qatar, plexes and ministries to provide related to abandoned vehicles tronic system, the ministry will be is being killed and the killer According to Qatar News will attend. electronic services to its cus- and drainage issues, recruitment, able to assess the performance of does not know why he is Agency (QNA), the commit- He told QNA that the commit- tomers, a senior official has requests for removal of rain water all eight municipalities in a better killing. The worst thing is tee is also working on finalising tee had worked hard to place on disclosed. and eviction of labour accom- and faster manner. the shedding of the blood of GCC labelling guides for region- the table for discussion solutions The initiative is part of an modations in residential areas, The online system will include innocent people under false ally produced foodstuff and rules to problems facing food monitor- ambitious project to make the among others. a special option for directors to religious slogans, which regarding the use of preserva- ing authorities in the region. ministry paperless by the end of Al Anzi said preparations are monitor the performance of every should be abhorred, as they tives in food and production of All issues being discussed or to next year, according to Khalaf in the final phase for issuing ten- municipality based on the number have nothing to do with organic and genetically-modified be reviewed at the meeting for Al Anzi, Director, Information ders for installing kiosks, which of services provided on daily and Islam. But what needs to be food. approval have been intimated to Systems Department. will be customer-friendly and monthly basis. emphasised is that terrorism It has sub-committees and World Trade Organisation, QNA On the sidelines of an open even people with disabilities will The municipalities will be is a temporary phenomenon task forces, and one of the task said. Al Mana said the panel has meeting with officials yesterday, be able to use them. ranked based on assessment. A which will disappear and our forces is devoted to ‘halal’ food worked since its inception to he told the media that the minis- He said e-Services being pro- performance score will be given homelands, people and socie- products. ensure food specifications and try will introduce electronic pay- vided have reduced the number to every service based on the ties will survive. The committee has approved standards it finalises meet inter- ment system for services in three of visitors to the ministry by 40 number of applications on which Continued on page 3 substitutes to mother’s milk for national standards. The commit- months. percent. By going paperless, the actions were taken. THE PENINSULA children of different ages and tee works in unison at the GCC Currently it provides e-Serv- ministry will save huge amount Continued on page 3 cleared vitamins and minerals level. THE PENINSULA ices for complaints and inquiry, of money, time and efforts. For THE PENINSULA

Sana’a hotel razed UN sanctions to Call to monitor home be restored if Iran kitchens as business breaks future deal DOHA: The latest craze in cash-rich Qatari society is for tradi- NEW YORK: Six world powers tional local and Arabic cuisines prepared in home kitchens which have agreed on a way to restore are, depending on popularity, more expensive than continental UN sanctions if Iran broke the dishes sold by some star hotels. terms of a future nuclear deal, As the trend catches on and demand for homemade food grows, clearing a major obstacle to an home kitchens selling Qatari, Lebanese, Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian accord ahead of a June 30 dead- cuisines have been mushrooming in and out of Doha. line, officials said. With this is growing public call for authorities to declare home The “snapback” by the US, kitchens as an organised business that must be licensed and subjected Britain, France, Germany, Russia to health and safety rules. “Why spare them when they are a business?” and China brings them closer to wondered Zainab Khashshaan. “Home kitchens should be legalised, a possible deal, though hurdles regularly monitored and their prices must be fixed.” remain, including ensuring UN Zainab told Al Sharq yesterday that many Qatari households, espe- access to Iranian military sites. cially women, do not have much faith in restaurants and doubt their An interim deal was struck hygienic conditions and prefer food prepared in homes for sale. “The in April ahead of a possible final trend is catching up in the community,” he said. Families promoting deal to block an Iranian path to such food are largely Qataris and publicise their cuisines on social a nuclear bomb in exchange for media, including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Continued on page 3 lifting sanctions. A Houthi militant inspects what remains of a hotel destroyed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition in Al THE PENINSULA But the timing of sanctions Thawra sport city north of capital Sana’a yesterday. Senior Houthi leaders are holding talks with US officials in relief, access and verification of Oman to advance efforts to resolve the conflict. See also page 7 compliance and a mechanism for restoring sanctions were among the most difficult matters left for further negotiations. Qatari stocks rebound as FIFA panic eases Bahrain cops jailed DUBAI: A Bahraini court yes- BY SATISH KANADY indices, surging 7.76 percent. Vodafone advanced 1.44 percent. Banks and Financial Market capitalisation fell by 1.71 percent at terday jailed six police officers rose 10 percent and Ooredoo advanced Services rose 1.13 percent. The transporta- the end of May, showed QE data yesterday. for up to five years over tortur- DOHA: Qatari stocks rebounded jump- 6.90 percent. Bellwether Industries Qatar tion sector added 0.51 percent. Saudi Arabia’s main index edged down ing inmates, one of whom died, ing 1.23 percent yesterday, after positive (IQ) edged up 2.31 percent and Commercial Market cap rose to QR642bn, up QR9bn 0.7 percent as most stocks declined and a judicial source said. reports allayed FIFA World Cup 2022 Bank gained 2.04 percent. from the previous session. Total traded trading volume was low compared with They beat up three prisoners to fears. Blue chips were the main support. Ezdan, which tanked 10 percent in the volume decreased to 16m shares from the activity in the last few weeks. A fresh bomb force them to admit to smuggling The Qatar Exchange benchmark index previous session, was on A recovery mode. previous session’s 86m. Total traded value attack by the Islamic State group may have drugs and mobile telephones into surged 146.19 points to 12,048, recovering Despite slipping 0.93 percent yesterday, the declined to QR517m from the previous ses- hurt retail investor sentiment in the king- jail, the source said, adding the losses it suffered for two straight sessions real estate major was the market leader in sion’s QR2bn. dom. Also, central bank data showed on torture caused the death of one following latest FIFA scandal reports. terms of total value and volume traded. The bourse slipped 0.96 percent in May. Thursday that growth in bank lending to inmate. Analysts noted the re-election of Joseph Barring the real estate and insurance Trading value during May increased by 62 the private sector in Saudi Arabia slowed The officers also summoned the Blatter as FIFA President has sent positive sectors, the entire sector indices rose percent. Trading volume increased by 97.12 to an annual 9.5 percent in April, the low- brother of one inmate and tor- vibes to market players. yesterday. Consumer goods and services percent, while the total number of trans- est since September 2011, Reuters reports. tured him to obtain a confession. Telecoms outperformed other sector index advanced 1.55 percent as industrials actions rose by 28.08 percent to 139,246. THE PENINSULA AGENCIES We extend our warmest Greetings and Congratulations to

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You and your blessed family deserve all the honour and dedication. MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Action plan ready for PM meets UAE delegation big Nepal relief works Four charities to provide sheltering packages

DOHA: The Joint Nepal Relief financial aid to build temporary 17 districts most affected by the Campaign, comprising Qatar shelters using materials collected quake, at an estimated cost of Red Crescent, Qatar Charity, from ruins. $2,000 per house — not including Eid Charity, and RAF, has There are two sheltering pack- sanitation facilities. The architec- developed an action plan for ages: Basic non-food items, includ- tural designs are being reviewed large-scale relief operations in ing two blankets, kitchenware, two to decide on the final measure- quake-hit Nepal. tarpaulins, a toolkit, and $120 to ments and costs in the light of The activities are being carried purchase materials such as wood local resources. out under the supervision of the and metal structures; and the Under a separate plan, QRC Qatar Authority for Charitable same package with the tarpaulins staff will continue to establish Activities. Within two hours of replaced with corrugated iron. mobile clinics in the towns of a television show on May 12, First, 40,000 families will Nuwakot district, covering com- Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met a delegation from the campaign raised more than receive the first package contain- munities that cannot reach clin- the United Arab Emirates yesterday. He discussed with them ties between the two countries, especially in QR28m. ing tarpaulins, which will then ics easily, launch personal hygiene relation to their economies and investment. A large-scale intervention plan be replaced with iron sheets for campaigns to reduce diarrhoea was developed for local and inter- the remaining 30,000 families, to and skin infections, and distribute national organisations working ensure more protection against food and non-food items such as in Nepal. Currently under study, unstable weather and reuse if the blankets and generators to target the plan consists of three phases, units are damaged. areas. North end of Aspetar All need to a QRC statement said yesterday. The third phase for recovery It will procure extra medicines The first phase includes emer- involves rebuilding and raising and medical consumables, find stand up and gency relief, which involves dis- awareness in the distressed com- solutions to secure emergency tributing tarpaulins to the affected munities about proper building sheltering before the rainy season, Hospital opens families in 52 districts. To date, standards. The Nepal government train the local community in using fight terrorism figures show that the gap in this has halted building activities for water and sanitation and medical respect is nearly 20,000 pieces. two months, until new build- units as part of capacity building, DOHA: The north end of reduce the waiting time for ath- Continued from page 1 The next phase is to help the ing standards and guidelines are and make a detailed study for Aspetar Orthopaedic and letic and non-athletics patients. Extremism and terrorism are affected families in 27 districts approved. more sheltering projects. Sports Medicine Hospital is now Speaking during the ceremony, phenomena that need to be dealt with sheltering packages and The recovery process targets THE PENINSULA open. Al Sulaiteen said: “We are proud with in a scientific and objective The opening of the north end of this new achievement, which way, and with wisdom, without of Aspetar is part of the strategic represents a valuable addition exaggeration or underestimation. plan of Aspire Zone Foundation to Aspire Zone in general and The first step is that we need to expand its facilities and offer a Aspetar in particular. We meet to admit that terrorism is a wider range of services. today to open the north end destructive fact, there are dirty Opinion divided The CEO of Aspire Zone, Khalid expansion of Aspetar as part of plans being made, the lives of US-Islamic World Abdulla Al Sulaiteen, opened the our comprehensive plan to develop innocent people are being taken over food from new facility. The opening cer- and increase the medical and away and victims and families are emony was attended by Aspetar therapeutic services provided for grieving. Forum opens today home kitchens Acting Director General Dr athletes. There have been actions and Mohamed Ghaith Al Kuwari and “As per AZF’s vision of becom- reactions that seem to be irra- DOHA: The 12th annual video link, the organisers said. national team footballer Ibrahim ing the reference in sports excel- tional and need to be reviewed. US-Islamic World Forum, The forum’s plenary sessions Continued from page 1 Majid, who was under treatment lence by 2022, and in light of The lesson learned from these organised by Brookings will highlight several dimensions Some of them make attractive at Aspetar. A number of senior Aspetar’s strategic objectives and ugly incidents is that all need Institution in cooperation with of relations with and within a offers, including discounts. Home AZF staff and media personnel global prominence, the ongoing to stand up and fight extrem- the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ rapidly changing Muslim world. delivery services are an accepted were also among those present expansion and developments are ism, terrorism and obscurantist Permanent Committee for The panelists will discuss a feature of the business. during the ceremony. important steps for us to take in movements on a daily and stra- Organising Conferences opens wide range of topics, including “They don’t have a catering The north end expansion fea- order to meet our commitment to tegic basis because everyone is here today. strategic priorities for the United licence and still their food is quite tures a semi-independent building provide the best world-class medi- targeted. The theme of the three-day States and the Middle East, plu- expensive,” Zainab said. comprising 18 outpatient clinics cal and rehabilitation services for The scourge should be forum is ‘Changing Assumptions’, ralism in the Islamic world, Iran’s A working woman, also a for offering therapeutic services athletes. addressed at the root and this which relates to historic shifts role in the region, ending civil Qatari, said without giving her to registered athletes. “Our vision for the expansion requires awareness, clear think- in geopolitical realities affecting wars, and advancing women’s name that she once picked three Spanning an area of 5,000 and growth of AZF is not limited ing, tolerance, openness and the United States and Muslim- role in the Middle East. dishes from such a kitchen and she square metres, the expansion to modern facilities and equip- respect for the principle of majority countries, as well as The forum will also convene paid QR200, but the food was bad. represents a new and distinctive ment. We equally give greater co-existence. societal and cultural norms. working and action groups “People mostly order such food addition to Aspetar on three lev- attention to the unique interna- Media outlets supporting and Brookings Acting Vice which will focus on issues con- for parties as restaurant food is els: medical, expertise and service. tional-standard expertise that we inciting violence, hatred and President and Director of the fronting the Islamic world. The out of vogue and these cuisines Medically, the new clinics will develop in Qatar and the region. killings should be criminalised. Foreign Policy Programme, groups’ topics will include stra- are in.” break from tradition to treat This is the real investment and Terrorism has no specific lan- Bruce Jones; Tunisia’s Minister tegic realignment in the Middle But Moza Al Mannai, yet sports injuries using innova- core value we seek to establish guage, identity, religion or sect for Political Affairs, Mohsen East, combating ISIS propaganda another Qatari woman, told the tive technologies for the first throughout our different plans, because all are involved in one way Marzouk; and Afghan President networks, and community-led daily she didn’t agree that home- time in Qatar. These include projects and programmes; all of or the other. Therefore, confronta- Ashraf Ghani will present the initiatives to counter violent made food that was catching up as the Platelet-rich plasma and which will bring AZF into global tion must be collective and should opening remarks at the forum via extremism. QNA a trend in the Qatari community Electromyography. On the exper- prominence as a leading and inte- reflect unity and the aspiration for was bad in quality or taste. tise level, Aspetar will hire a new grated sports city.” social peace, security and love. “It is good food, quite tasty group of global, certified physi- The north end expansion is We need to unite against all and being promoted on the social cians and experts who specialise in part of Aspetar’s comprehen- forms of foreign intervention and media. I am all for it,” she said. “I the treatment of different sports sive expansion plan, according ambitions and work together to support such ventures. I bought injuries. At the service level, the to which the new buildings and achieve further development and New electronic service helps cake and sweets from a home expansion will almost double the surrounding spaces will extend on prosperity. kitchen once and I loved them.” capacity of Aspetar and help four sides. QNA THE PENINSULA locate buildings An advantage with these per- Continued from page 1 sonalised caterers is that they have a home delivery service as Any service that gets a performance score below 95 percent will well. But for a party or large quan- be put on the red list, said Al Anzi. tity of food, one must order a day A recently added e-Service — Tawkeed — allows the ministry to or two in advance, said Al Mannai. GCC panel for issue original building certificates, building licences and salary state- Food prepared in home kitch- ments through a mobile application. ens, as said earlier, is quite expen- agriculture The ministry also launched a new electronic service that helps sive, but those backing the home locate homes and buildings in each municipality. catering industry say they must opens meet Al Anzi said the ministry has finished a project — smart offices — to be encouraged to support those allow officials to communicate and deal with staff and other officials families financially. DOHA: The 22nd two- through a mobile application. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA day meeting of the GCC Technical Committee for Agriculture and Food Products Specifications Old souq being demolished Sector, hosted by the Environment Ministry’s Specifications and Standards Department, opened here yesterday. The Director of Standards and Metrology Management, Engineer Nawaf bin Ibrahim Al Hamad Al Mana, under- lined in an inaugural speech the priority enjoyed by the food sector as one of the pillars of the econo- mies of the GCC countries due to its direct impact on the lives of individuals and society. The achieve- ment of food security is the basis of security in general, he said. Food security could only be achieved by ensuring the sustainability of natural resources and bio-diversity. This is of strategic impor- tance to the GCC states because of the challenges they face, the foremost of which is the scarcity of water resources, limited Demolition of the decades-old Ahmad bin Ali market, located opposite Souq Waqif, has started. The demolition arable land and steady is part of a project to develop the markets area in downtown Doha. population growth. QNA MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

QCS marks No Doctors discuss late Tobacco Day

DOHA: Qatar Cancer Society ( QCS) com- pregnancy bleeding memorated the World No Tobacco Day yester- DOHA: Recognising the risk fac- risks are detected early on and man- day with a public event tors and appropriate treatment aged appropriately throughout the at Hayatt Plaza to raise can save the lives of mothers with woman’s pregnancy and labour, and awareness about the late pregnancy bleeding, according after delivery. It allows physicians dangers of smoking and to an expert. to make preparations on the man- its role in increasing the Late pregnancy bleeding, which agement and intervention plan with chances of getting cancer. remains one of the leading causes how to deal with the bleeding when The event started with of maternal death worldwide, was it occurs. Evidence has shown that the slogan, ‘change your the subject of a Multi-Departmental recognising the risk factors as well cigarette with an apple’, Grand Round held by Hamad as timely and appropriate treatment which elicited an over- Medical Corporation (HMC) as part are key to improving outcomes for whelming response from of its continuing medical education both mother and child.” the audience. programmes. The grand round is a joint initia- The awareness pro- The grand round provided a venue tive of the Medical Administration gramme included ‘fun for doctors to discuss their experi- and Medical Education Departments science’, which featured ence as well as the latest scientific under the leadership of Professor scientific experiments to evidence in managing high-risk Michael Richmond, Chief Medical make children aware of the patients. Officer, and Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, harmful effects of smoking Peripartum haemorrhage is severe HMC’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer and its negative effects on bleeding that commonly occurs dur- and Director of the Department of individuals and society. ing the third trimester of pregnancy Medical Education. HMC Managing Director Dr Hanan Al Kuwari. Corporate Communications Executive Director Ali Al Khater, and Use of tobacco is respon- and near the time of delivery. Women “Our commitment to providing Abdulla Al Emadi, Executive Director for Health Information and Communications Technology, during the launch sible for the death of one can be at risk for peripartum haem- evidence-based medical care is cen- of the new website. out of 10 adults worldwide. orrhage if they have a personal or tral to HMC’s goal of becoming an The event also had a family history of bleeding disorder, academic health system. As we work presentation by students of an increased personal bleeding ten- towards this goal, we are implement- a Jordanian school in Doha, dency, or if they are taking medica- ing a suite of internationally-recog- which showed the life of the tions such as antiplatelet agents or nised continuing medical education smoker and the cigarette’s anticoagulants. and continuing professional devel- role in his family and the “The main causes of peripartum opment programmes, including the HMC gets new website community, highlighting haemorrhage can include uterine multi-departmental grand rounds, the serious consequences atony (a loss of tone in the uterine which are aimed at ensuring high of this bad habit, which has musculature), placental disorders, standards of educational activities Bilingual site also available in mobile-friendly format spread in all societies. birth trauma injuries and coagula- across all medical specialities,” said Dr Maha Othman, tion disorders. The main symptom Dr Al Khal. DOHA: Hamad Medical Director Ali Al Khater, and with our patients in mind — we health educator at QCS, is severe bleeding, which can occur The grand round was mod- Corporation (HMC) yesterday Abdulla Al Emadi, Executive are always looking for new and said, “May is the month unexpectedly,” explained Dr Arabo erated by Professor Abraham launched a new, bilingual web- Director for Health Information improved ways to communicate to raise awareness of the Ibrahim Bayo, Senior Consultant Marcus, HMC’s Chairman of site in English and Arabic. The and Communications Technology, with our audiences and this new dangers of smoking. The of Obstetric/Gynaecology and the Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Unit site contains information on were also in attendance. website marks a step forward.” whole world holds aware- Lead of the labour room at HMC’s and Perioperative Medicine; Dr Zeyd hospitals, services, education Al Khater said the Corporate “We see this launch as just the ness campaigns at the Women’s Hospital. Merenkoy, Head of HMC’s Blood and research endeavours, and Communications Department beginning and we are already look- beginning of the month, He said, “The risk of peripartum Bank; and Dr Mohammad Shahata, enables visitors to check the sta- led the development of the new ing to the future. We intend to which ends with World No bleeding highlights the importance Senior Consultant of Obstetrics and tus of their appointment or find website, adding that the success continuously develop the website Tobacco Day.” of seeking professional antenatal Gynaecology at HMC’s Women’s a doctor. of the project was due to the team so it remains relevant and so we “We at QCS lunched sev- care in ensuring that any health Hospital. THE PENINSULA In addition, visitors can find effort of colleagues from across the can take advantage of emerging eral awareness campaigns information on health, find out corporation. technologies. In addition, we will this month aimed at eve- what to expect when visiting one He said, “We are delighted and be listening to what our patients ryone in the community, of HMC’s facilities, and view all of proud to launch this website. It is and visitors to the site have to say, especially school students, HMC’s publications. particularly important because to make sure we are meeting their as part of a plan to reach The site was launched by our web content is now available in needs,” he added. people at a young age.” HMC Managing Director Dr both English and Arabic, to better The site is also available in a Awareness campaign Hanan Al Kuwari. Corporate cater to the needs of our popula- mobile-friendly format. were also launched on social Communications Executive tion. The site has been developed THE PENINSULA media. THE PENINSULA

Kahramaa Ooredoo Announce the following Tender issues manual for contractors

DOHA: Qatar General Tender Fee Tender Electricity and Water Non-) Number Description Tender Bond Closing Date Corporation (Kahramaa) (refundable yesterday issued a man- ual for contractors to adopt best practices and prevent damage to cables. The manual is meant to increase their cultural and technical awareness of the safety of electrical cables when Supply & Thursday executing projects. After Delivery of 21st June 2015 conducting detailed stud- 2015-02/426/SO Qrs. 500/- Qrs. 200,00/- Frames and 12:00 Noon ies on network faults Cover during the period 2012- 2014, Kahramaa found that cable damage by third parties represented the greater percent- age of faults. The faults amounted to 47 percent in 2013, and increased to 53 percent in 2014. By issuing the manual, • Tender documents for the above can be obtained as follows: Kahramaa aims to ensure the safety of its network. - Location : Category Management (Technical), 14th Floor, Ooredoo HQ1, West Bay. The manual mentions all the requirements for pro- • A Tender shall be accompanied by a Bank Guarantee (Tender Bond) or a certified cheque as temporary tecting cables, and the deposit issued by a local Bank operating in Qatar and should be valid for 120 days commencing from the technical procedures con- Tender closing date. tractors should observe during excavation. • Tender should be valid for 120 (One Hundred and Twenty) days commencing from the Tender closing date. They can apply for per- mission for excavation to • The successful Tenderer shall submit a Bank Guarantee (Performance Bond) as per specimen provided in the be provided by updated Tender Documents. maps in order to avoid any damage that may affect • Ooredoo would not be bound to accept the lowest or any other tender and is under no obligation to show Kahramaa’s basic infra- reason thereof. structure. Digging without getting permission from the • Tenders are to be delivered in a plain, closed and waxed envelopes addressed to: authorities concerned is one The Chairman of contractors’ malprac- Management Committee (MC) tices that causes damage Ooredoo. Q.S.C. to the electricity network P. O. Box 217 and thus may affect many Doha, Qatar important facilities, includ- ing hospitals, ministries Clearly stating the subject and reference number on the envelope and submitted to the MC Secretary’s Office, and other government and 14th Floor, Ooredoo HQ1, West Bay. industrial organisations. Kahramaa has appealed to the contractors to abide by the rules and get the required permission before starting excavation works. The manual is available at Kahramaa’s customer serv- ice centres, and on its web- site and accounts on social media platforms. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 QC launches QA chief, Italy minister discuss aviation ties DOHA: Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker held high-level meetings and a press conference in Rome about innovative the future growth plans and recent capacity expansion of Qatar Airways. During his visit, Al Baker also met Federica Guidi, travel website Italian Minister of Economic Development. They discussed matters of mutual cooperation, including exploring synergies and Bookings through site to aid charity areas of partnership in the avia- tion sector. DOHA: Qatar Charity has A special presentation, titled With its recently announced launched an innovative travel ‘Travel and donate’, outlined the expansion in Italy, Qatar Airways website that aims to promote simple steps to make bookings will add extra capacity to three public participation in charita- through the website, which are of the country’s gateways: Venice, ble works. as follows: Rome and Milan. The site — Travelandaid.com Access the site at travelandaid. Rome and Milan will both have — allows people to support char- com via your Internet browser a 30 percent increase in capac- Qatar Airways’ Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, Qatari Ambassador to Italy, Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Malki Al ity causes simply by using it to or smartphone; find and com- ity from the airline’s hub in Doha book hotel rooms and travel pare between airlines and hotels; with the introduction of wide body Jehani, Qatar Airways Country Manager Switzerland, Italy and Malta, Morena Bronzetti and Senior Vice-President tickets. complete your purchase and the aircraft on their two daily flights, North, South and Western Europe, Jonathan Harding, at a press conference in Rome. Travelandaid.com has signed airline and hotel will donate a while capacity on the Venice route partnership agreements with top percentage of the price for the will increase by 70 percent with airline’s wider route map, as it is the press conference. introduced capacity,” added Al airlines and hotels, whereby for benefit of charitable projects. the introduction of an A330 air- a central trading zone, with many “In addition, Italian companies Baker. every purchase made via the site, A supported browser extension craft, replacing the A320 that cur- countries from the Far East, are having an ever-growing pres- Qatar Airways flies a Boeing the airline and hotel companies calculates all customers’ transac- rently serves this route daily. Middle East and Africa connect- ence in the Gulf states, and Qatar 787 Dreamliner and an A330 to will make a donation towards tions automatically, making them “Qatar Airways’ growth in ing via Doha to reach the Italian Airways is well-poised to facilitate Rome twice daily, while operating charitable work without adding fast, safe and easy. operations to Italy is extremely gateways for both business and both freighter and passenger serv- an A330 twice daily to Milan and any additional cost to the travel- QC works to support poor important in relation to the leisure purposes, Al Baker said at ices with the increase in recently daily to Venice. THE PENINSULA ler, QC said yesterday. regions and communities that The site is the first of its kind are exposed to disasters in more in the region and provides a than sixty countries in Africa, creative and innovative way for Asia, the Americas and Europe, people to donate to relief and through eighteen field offices and development programmes and an extensive network of partners. Ooredoo introduces ‘smart hospitality’ solutions projects online, it added. QC has signed the humanitar- It was developed and is man- ian code of conduct of the Red DOHA: Ooredoo has introduced the hospitality sector, includ- entertainment over fibre. The new Hospitality’ solutions, which aged by QC and enables the public Cross and Red Crescent Societies, a range of solutions targeting ing next generation IPTV, smart generation of ‘Smart Hospitality’ combine wireless, security, com- to support humanitarian projects and has enjoyed consultative sta- Qatar’s hospitality sector, ena- Wi-Fi, Ooredoo Cloud Voice and solutions will enable companies to munications, and collaboration across the world simply by book- tus with the Economic and Social bling hotels and travel operators Collaboration Suite, Ooredoo deliver the best guest experience, technologies. These solutions ing hotels and airline tickets. Council of the United Nations to deploy the latest technology Web Cloud Security and Push-to- and help them to more effectively enable hotels to create new guest Proceeds from the site will since 1997. to deliver the best possible visi- Talk, all delivered over Ooredoo’s manage communication costs and experiences, simplify the hotel be used to fund projects that Speaking at the launch cer- tor experience. network. energy use.” network, lower IT costs on prop- contribute to the provision of emony, Al Kuwari called on At a special meeting at Waleed Al Sayed, Chief In recent years, customer erty, centralise business data for clean water, health and social companies and institutions that Ooredoo’s HQ1 Tower in West Bay, Operating Officer, Ooredoo, said, expectations of the guest experi- better analytics and drive global care, and education, and the operate in the travel and tourism senior hoteliers and tourism chiefs “The hospitality sector is one of ence have changed. With the rapid growth without requiring a lot of economic empowerment of poor fields to coordinate with the site met Ooredoo experts to review the key pillars of Qatar’s dynamic growth of mobile devices, Wi-Fi, IT experience on-site. communities. and sign agreements with them ‘Smart Hospitality’ innovations economy, and is an area where and video on-demand, guests Ooredoo has signed agreements The website was launched at to contribute to encouraging the at Ooredoo’s OASIS Lab, a facility communications technology can now arrive expecting to enjoy the with leading hotels in recent a special ceremony attended by community to donate to chari- that enables companies to try out make a huge impact. Ooredoo same always-on, always-connected months, including agreements to QC CEO Yusuf bin Ahmed Al table projects across the world. and demonstrate new solutions. supports many of Qatar’s lead- experiences they have at home, at provide high-speed Fibre Internet Kuwari and Executive Director He urged the public to use the During the visit, industry rep- ing hotels with solutions to pro- work, and on the go. and multi-screen next generation of Support Affairs, Mohammed site whenever they need to travel. resentatives were able to see a vide the fastest in-room Wi-Fi To meet these needs, Ooredoo television sets in every room. Abdullah Al Yazidi. THE PENINSULA range of solutions tailored to as well as an incredible range of has launched a range of ‘Smart THE PENINSULA

QNL’s efforts to preserve heritage lauded DOHA: Participants in the World Digital Library (WDL) Arab Peninsula Regional Group Symposium 2015 commended the efforts of Qatar National Library (QNL), a member of Qatar Foundation, to bring regional libraries together to work on heritage preservation and sharing. The WDL Arab Peninsula Regional Group Symposium 2015 was organised by QNL in collabo- ration with WDL. The two-day symposium, which built on the success of training workshops in 2013 and 2014, focused on Arab Authority Control — how library catalogue and bibliographic infor- mation can be organised in Arabic. The symposium took place at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Centre within Qatar Foundation’s Education City, and attracted more than 40 attendees. By sharing valuable informa- tion and cultivating creativity within the regional community at the symposium, QNL continues to support Qatar Foundation in its mission to foster a progressive society, while preserving and pro- Participants in the World Digital Library (WDL) Arab Peninsula Regional Group tecting the nation’s heritage for future generations. Symposium 2015 pose for a picture. Delegates included senior rep- resentatives, professors and librar- develop a common understanding organise a highly informative sym- ians from a number of libraries, of the concepts and tools among posium on the preservation of our heritage centres and universities the contributors to the WDL so heritage. Such symposiums and in Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, that the records they contribute meetings provide the opportunity Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, are better and useful for all. for sharing the best practices in Bahrain, Yemen and the US. Speaking about the sym- the area of heritage preservation The symposium provided the posium, Eng. Saadi Al Said, and sharing, and will benefit not participants with information, QNL’s Associate Director for just QNL but other libraries and tools and resources that can be Administration and Planning, information centres throughout used for cataloguing in their said, “QNL is proud to once again the region.” respective libraries, as well as to collaborate with the WDL to THE PENINSULA

Workshop held for police investigators DOHA: A five-day workshop on as he represents not only himself a primary role in the detection of behavioural skills for investiga- but also the Ministry of Interior, the facts and circumstances of the tors was held at Capital Security which is entrusted with ensuring case, and therefore he plays a lead- Department recently. the security, safety and dignity of ing role in gathering evidence. The Director General of every member of society. Lt-Colonel Nasser Misfar Al General Directorate of Criminal The Director of Legal Affairs Qahtani, the head of the Al Sadd Investigations, Brigadier Khalifa Department, Brigadier Salim Saqr Police Division, said that the work- Abdullah Al Noaimi, spoke on the Al Muraikhi, spoke on the quali- shop was jointly organised by ‘Ethical Model of Policeman’. He ties that must be shown by the Al Sadd Police Division and the said that a police officer, in all his investigating officer. He pointed Training Section of the Human dealings with the public, should out that the investigator being the Resource Department. have a high sense of responsibility first to receive a criminal case, has THE PENINSULA MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

UN envoy Election rally in Ankara decries Syria Egypt jails regime raids as dozens killed female activist

BEIRUT: The UN envoy to Syria condemned regime bomb- ing of civilian areas as “totally for 15 months unacceptable” after more than 140 people were killed in a day of heavy air raids. Across the border in Iraq, pro- Appeals court sentences El Massry government forces pressed their operation aimed at sealing off CAIRO: An Egyptian appeals Massry were arrested on 11 May jihadists who captured the city court sentenced a lawyer and during an appeal session to the of Ramadi two weeks ago. award-winning activist to 15 case. In Syria, barrel bombs dropped months in jail for breaking into This is not the first case in by President Bashar Al Assad’s a police station and assaulting which El Massry has received a helicopters killed 84 civil- officers in 2013, a court official prison sentence. ians, including children, in the said. The human rights lawyer and northern province of Aleppo on In February, Mahienour El revolutionary socialist activist was Saturday, a monitoring group Massry, winner of France’s 2014 released from jail in September said. Ludovic Trarieux International 2014, after having served four “The news of aerial bombing Human Rights Prize, was sen- months of a six-month sentence by Syrian helicopters on a civil- tenced with two other defend- in a different case for charges of ian area of the Aleppo neighbour- ants to two years in jail by a lower “illegal protesting” during the hood of Al Shaar deserves the court in the same case. Khaled Said murder retrial in Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and his wife Selvi Kilicdaroglu most strong international con- She appealed the verdict and December 2013. greet their supporters during an election rally in Ankara yesterday. demnation,” UN envoy Staffan yesterday an appeals court in the When the judge read the ver- de Mistura said in a statement. Mediterranean city of Alexandria dict, Massry chanted “Down with “The use of barrel bombs must reduced the sentence to 15 military rule”. stop,” he said. “All evidence shows months. Defence lawyer Mohamed that the overwhelming major- Ten defendants were originally Ramadan said the defend- Clashes in Somalia leave 35 dead ity of the civilian victims in the handed a two-year prison terms. ants were charged when they Syrian conflict have been caused They were accused of storming had gone to a police station in by the use of such indiscriminate the Al Raml police station in Alexandria in March 2013 to MOGADISHU: At least 35 peo- Hussein Weheliye Irfo, the gov- traditional elder in Guricel dis- aerial weapons.” Alexandria and attacking its offic- check about a fellow lawyer who ple, most of them civilians, have ernor of the Galgadud region in trict where the wounded are hos- He said it was “totally unac- ers, as well as torching Muslim had been detained. He dismissed been killed in a week of clashes central Somalia, told reporters. pitalised, said by telephone. ceptable that the Syrian airforce Brotherhood headquarters in the verdict — which is final — as in villages near Somalia’s border He said the Somali government Another elder in the region, attacks its own territory in an March 2013. a “political” ruling. with Ethiopia, officials and tra- was aware of the clashes and also Daud Moalim Ise, said the Liyu indiscriminate way, killing its own El Massry, Journalist Youssef Since the July 2013 ouster by ditional elders said yesterday. called for the intervention of force had used “excessive force” citizens.” The Syrian Observatory Shaaban and poet and activist the army of Islamist president The sources said the clashes Ethiopia’s government and the and said up to 45 had been killed. for Human Rights said regime air Loay El Ahwagy, who is already in Mohamed Mursi, authorities have involved Somali clan militia and African Union force in Somalia, “We have received around 29 strikes throughout Syria killed jail in another case, were present cracked down on his supporters members of the Liyu police, an AMISOM. wounded, most of them civilians. at least 141 people on Saturday, for the appeal. and secular activists as well. Ethiopian paramilitary unit oper- Sources in the region said Many others are unable to reach including 20 in a rebel-controlled Seven other defendants, who The crackdown has left hun- ating in Ethiopia’s ethnic Somali fighting started a week ago and here,” added Ali Omar, director of village in northwest Idlib. are part of the lawsuit, received dreds of Mursi supporters dead region. escalated on Friday. the main hospital in Guricel dis- It said 22 people were killed the original sentence in absentia and thousands jailed, while dozens “The Liyu Police Unit launched “It is effecting a vast area and trict. “Among them are women in raids on the northeastern and did not show up after and have also been sentenced to death an attack on innocent civilians. the casualties are very high, 35 and children with severe gunshot jihadist-dominated town of Al hence their sentence was not in mass and speedy trials. They are attacking villagers and dead bodies have been counted wounds.” Shadadeh. AFP appealed. Both Shaaban and El AGENCIES killing people who keep livestock,” so far,” Mohamed Garane, a AFP

Iraq lost 2,300 armoured Saudi security vehicles in Mosul: PM ‘under control’: Interior minister BAGHDAD: Iraqi secu- an offensive that overran much RIYADH: Security in Saudi rity forces lost 2,300 Humvee of the country’s Sunni Arab Arabia is “under control”, the armoured vehicles when the heartland. kingdom’s crown prince, who Islamic State group overran the The militants gained ample led a previous crackdown on Al northern city of Mosul, Prime arms, ammunition and other Qaeda, said yesterday after the Minister Haider Al Abadi said equipment when multiple Iraqi Islamic State group claimed a yesterday. divisions fell apart in the coun- fatal mosque attack. “In the collapse of Mosul, we try’s north, abandoning gear and “Incidents such as this will lost a lot of weapons,” Abadi said shedding uniforms in their haste not destabilise us. We have been in an interview with Iraqiya state to flee. through bigger ones,” said Crown TV. “We lost 2,300 Humvees in IS has used captured Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, People inspect the damage in the Maysalun clinic in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli where a fire broke Mosul alone.” Humvees, which were provided who is also the interior minister. out after a fuel tank exploded. While the exact price of the to Iraq by the United States, “Thank God the situation is vehicles varies depending on how in subsequent fighting, rigging under control. And if something they are armoured and equipped, some with explosives for suicide happens, we will deal with it when Fire at Syria clinic kills 27, mostly children it is clearly a hugely expensive loss bombings. the time comes.” He was quoted that has boosted IS’ capabilities. Iraqi security forces backed by by the official SPA as speaking to DAMASCUS: A fire at a small treated for burns,” it said, citing province of Hasakeh. Control Last year, the State Shia militias have regained sig- foreign ambassadors. In a state- clinic in northeast Syria yes- a doctor at the scene. It said the of Qamishli is divided between Department approved a possible nificant ground from IS in Diyala ment carried by jihadist accounts terday killed 27 people, mostly clinic had also suffered “signifi- Kurdish forces and regime sale to Iraq of 1,000 Humvees with and Salaheddin provinces north on Twitter, IS said it was responsi- children, and injured about 30 cant material damage”. troops loyal to President Bashar increased armour, machineguns, of Baghdad. ble for Friday’s suicide blast which others, official media said. State television said most of Al Assad. The city has been rela- grenade launchers, other gear But that momentum was killed three people and wounded State news agency Sana, cit- the victims of the blaze at the tively spared from the violence and support that was estimated slashed in mid-May when IS over- four outside the Al Anoud mosque ing police, said dry branches had Maysalun clinic in the majority of Syria’s conflict, which has left to cost $579m. ran Ramadi, the capital of Anbar in Dammam city, on the Gulf coast. caught fire and the blaze spread Kurdish city of Qamishli were more than 220,000 people dead Clashes began in Mosul, Iraq’s province, west of Baghdad, where The attack came exactly seven days to a fuel tank which exploded. children. since it began in March 2011 with second city, late on June 9, 2014, Iraqi forces had held out against after IS claimed a suicide blast at “At least 27 people were killed The city lies on the border with anti-government demonstrations. and Iraqi forces lost it the follow- militants for more than a year. another Shia mosque, in the nearby ... and at least 30 people are being Turkey in Syria’s northeastern AFP ing day to IS, which spearheaded AFP community of Kudeih. AFP IS claims Libya suicide attack, declares war on key militia TRIPOLI: The Islamic State group yesterday former rebels armed with heavy weapons carving declared “war” on the powerful Fajr Libya militia out their own fiefdoms. alliance that controls Tripoli and claimed a sui- Fajr Libya, an alliance of armed groups including cide bombing that killed five of its fighters. Islamists opposed to the extremist religious views The dawn blast in northwest Libya is the latest of IS, seized power in Tripoli last year. in a series of attacks by IS in the politically divided It installed a new government and parliament in North African country, where the militants have the capital, prompting the administration recognised exploited chaos to gain a growing foothold. by the international community to flee to the east “A car suicide bomber blew himself up near a of the country. checkpoint at an entrance of Dafniya,” between the Yesterday’s attack comes a day after Libya’s rec- town of Zliten and Libya’s third city Misrata, said a ognised government called on the international com- spokesman for Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn). munity to provide it with weapons to battle IS. The attack killed five fighters and wounded seven A statement warned that IS plans on seizing others, he added. “oilfields to fund its operations”, as it has done in The Lana news agency of the militia-backed Syria and Iraq where the jihadists last year set up Tripoli administration gave a similar account of the a “caliphate” straddling both countries. attack, and also reported that five were dead. The government’s plea comes after IS on Thursday IS claimed responsibility for the attack in a seized control of the airport in Sirte, Kadhafi’s message posted on Twitter, identifying the suicide hometown east of Tripoli, after Fajr Libya fighters bomber as a Tunisian named Abu Wahib Al Tunsi. withdrew from the facility. The jihadist group also warned Fajr Libya to be It was the first time that IS in Libya has recorded ready for “war”. such a military gain. The Gardabiya airport, which “The apostates of Fajr Libya... must know that a is also a military base, lies just 150km from Libya’s war is coming to cleanse the land of their filth unless so-called “oil crescent” — home to key oilfields and they repent and go back to their true religion,” said export terminals. the extremist group. Officials in Tripoli said that IS had allied with Libya plunged into chaos after the 2011 Nato- supporters of the ousted Kadhafi regime to deploy backed uprising that toppled and killed long-time across Sirte. dictator Muammar Gaddafi, with battle-hardened AFP MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Houthis in talks with US officials in Oman

DUBAI: Senior figures from Yemen’s to the United Nations. “We have been The United States has said it was pro- indefinitely after Hadi demanded delays. the Houthi delegation and US officials dominant Houthi group are holding informed that there are meetings, at viding arms and intelligence to Saudi Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul- through Omani mediation. Officials from talks with US officials in Oman to American request, and that a private Arabia during its campaign in Yemen. Salam announced on May 23 that he the UN envoy’s team were not immedi- advance efforts to resolve the conflict American plane carried the Houthis “We hope that these talks are being had departed with an official delegation ately available to comment. in Yemen, the Riyadh-based Yemeni to Muscat,” Rajeh Badi, a spokesman held in the context of international efforts from the group to neighbouring Oman Hadi has demanded the Houthis government said yesterday. for Yemen’s government in exile said to implement UN Security Council reso- to discuss the conflict with the Omani recognise his authority and withdraw A Saudi-led coalition began air by telephone from the Saudi capital lution 2216,” Badi said. government, a frequent peacebroker in from Yemen’s main cities—both points strikes in Yemen in March in a cam- Riyadh. The resolution, adopted in April, the region. demanded by last month’s UN Security paign to restore Yemeni President The Yemeni government was not party includes a call on all parties in Yemen, Though a member of the six-state Gulf Council resolution—as preconditions for Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi to power. Hadi to the talks, Badi said. including the Houthis, to immediately Cooperation Council which also includes talks. fled in March, after the Iranian-backed There was no immediate comment and unconditionally end violence. Saudi Arabia, Oman has not participated The Houthis say their expansion is Houthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa in from the Houthis and from US officials. UN Special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Saudi-led air strikes. part of a revolution against hardline September and then thrust into central If confirmed, the Oman meeting would Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has renewed Yemeni politicians who met Ould Sunni Muslim militants and corrupt and south Yemen. be the first between the Houthis and the efforts to set a new date for Yemeni Cheikh Ahmed in Sana’a on Saturday officials, and have demanded for an end Nearly 2,000 people have been killed United States, Saudi Arabia’s main for- political factions to meet in Geneva said he had informed them that “indirect to the Arab bombing before negotiations. in the conflict since March 19, according eign ally, since the start of the war. for peace talks, which were postponed talks” were underway in Muscat between REUTERS Several Americans held in Yemen: State Dept Death toll in nine-week war approaches 2,000

WASHINGTON: Several “The protection of US citizens advance, especially in southern Americans have been detained abroad is a top priority,” he added, Yemen. in Yemen, a State Department saying for privacy and safety rea- Amid the violence, Washington official said yesterday, amid sons no further information could closed its embassy in Sanaa in reports that at least four US be given. US officials, quoted by February and has temporarily citizens are being held by Shia the Post, said none of those held relocated its ambassador and staff rebels. were US government employees. in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Washington Post reported Three of the prisoners were US officials said that efforts that the Americans were believed to work in the private to secure the release of the believed to be held by the Houthi sector, while a fourth was a dual Americans had been mainly militia in a prison near the capi- US-Yemen citizen. through “intermediaries includ- tal Sana’a, and that US efforts Saudi Arabia, aided by US ing humanitarian groups that to secure their release had fal- intelligence, has been leading an continue to have a presence in tered, hampered by the fact that air war since March 26 target- Sana’a,” the Post said. Washington has no direct links ing the Iran-backed Houthi Shia One of the prisoners had been to the rebels. rebels. approved to be released in recent The State Department had The militia has seized parts days, but the rebels went back on seen the “reports that several of the country and forced the their decision, the Post said. A Yemeni displaying wood for sale amid an ongoing gas shortage in Sana’a yesterday. Yemen has been experiencing US citizens have recently been Western-backed President He had initially been detained a gas supply shortage for the past two months when Saudi Arabia at the head a coalition began air strikes on detained in Yemen,” the official Abdrabuh Mansur Al Hadi to for overstaying his visa, but then Houthi and allied targets. said. flee to Riyadh earlier this year, the rebels accused him of travel- “We are doing everything in a conflict which has claimed ling to “sensitive” areas in Yemen, brought against him more then residents said. The raids hit an the capital Sana’a. Nearly 2,000 we can to get these individuals an estimated 2,000 lives. a US official told the Post. five years ago, the paper said. air base near Sana’a airport and people have been killed and over released,” the official said, but Clashes have also raged on A fifth American, identified Aircraft from a Saudi-led coa- a military installation aligned 8,000 wounded in the conflict would not say how many were the ground between the rebels by the daily as Sharif Mobley, is lition bombed Houthi outposts with the Houthis overlooking the since March 19, according to the held or who was holding them. and local militia fighting their being held on terrorism charges throughout the country yesterday, presidential palace compound in United Nations. AGENCIES

Israel puts jailed Hamas commander Israel to toughen sentences for stone-throwers in isolation cell JERUSALEM: Israeli cabi- years’ imprisonment without the of no more than three months in draft law can now be fast-tracked promoted by Shaked’s predeces- net ministers approved yes- need to prove an accused rock- jail for rock-throwing that does through parliament, where Prime sor as justice minister, centrist JERUSALEM: An imprisoned terday legislation aimed at thrower intended to harm anyone. not result in serious injury. As Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Tzipi Livni, after a wave of violent commander of Hamas’s armed imposing tougher penalties Currently, legal officials said, a result of the legislation com- government controls 61 of its 120 Palestinian protests in Jerusalem wing who is serving 67 life on stone-throwers, a measure prosecutors usually seek sentences mittee’s decision, the amended seats. The original legislation was in 2014. AFP terms has been placed in soli- that stemmed from a wave of tary confinement for speaking Palestinian protests last year in to a radio station, Israel’s pris- occupied East Jerusalem. ons authority said yesterday. A draft law that won prelimi- Netanyahu says committed to Palestinian state Abdallah Barghouti gave an nary parliamentary approval late interview to Hamas radio using last year allowed for sentences of JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister with the Palestinians”. “I think the only way “Tell the Palestinians to stop their cam- a mobile telephone “smuggled up to 20 years in jail for throwing Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday he to move that is through direct negotiations. paign to delegitimise Israel. Tell them to get into the prison where he is being a rock with the intent of causing was committed to the establishment of a Unfortunately, the Palestinian Authority back to the negotiating table. Tell them that held, and has been placed in an bodily harm. Palestinian state, calling on the Palestinian has moved away from these negotiations,” we should negotiate without preconditions,” isolation cell,” said spokeswoman But far-right politician Ayelet leadership to return to negotiations uncon- Netanyahu said. Netanyahu said to Steinmeier. Sivan Weizman. Shaked, Israel’s new justice min- ditionally. “I remain committed to the idea Netanyahu sparked international concern In a meeting in Ramallah with the top The duration of his stay in sol- ister, complained that far lighter that the only way we can achieve a last- when he ruled out the establishment of a German diplomat, Palestinian premier Rami itary confinement has yet to be punishment would probably be ing peace is through the concept of two Palestinian state while campaigning for the Hamdallah reiterated “the Palestinian leader- determined, she added. handed down because of the diffi- states for two peoples — a demilitarised March 17 general election but later back- ship’s commitment to the two-state solution Barghouti is a leading com- culty of proving such intent, espe- Palestinian state that recognises the Jewish tracked on the comments. based on 1967 borders,” with east Jerusalem mander of the Ezzedine al-Qas- cially in cases of stone-throwing nation state of Israel,” he said. Prospects for a renewal of the peace talks, its capital. sam Brigades, the military wing in mass street protests. Netanyahu spoke after talks with visit- which fell apart in April 2014, look bleak with Steinmeier will travel to the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian Islamist move- On Twitter, she announced that ing German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter the lack of trust between the sides exacer- today, where large swathes of the coastal ter- ment which is the de facto ruler a ministerial committee approved Steinmeier. He said they had discussed “our bated by the formation of Netanyahu’s new ritory razed during the 2014 war with Israel of the Gaza Strip. her proposed amendments, which common quest to move forward on peace hardline coalition. have yet to be rebuilt. AFP AFP included an additional tier of 10

Egypt begins demolishing HQ of Mubarak party

CAIRO: Egypt yesterday began tearing down the headquarters of the once-dominant party of ex-president Hosni Mubarak that was torched during the 2011 uprising that toppled him. Demolition workers, using cranes and bulldozers, began raz- ing the four-storey headquarters of Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP) that overlooks the Nile in central Cairo. An adjacent 14-storey tower that once housed offices of state-run organisations was also being dismantled. In early 2011, angry protesters demanding the ouster of Mubarak had ransacked and set fire to the NDP headquarters and the adja- cent tower — seen as symbols of his autocratic rule. Last month the government approved plans to demolish the buildings. Both buildings are located close to the famed building of the Museum of Antiquities near Cairo’s Demolition continues on the National Democratic Party (NDP) headquarters iconic Tahrir Square — epicentre of in downtown Cairo yesterday. the anti-Mubarak revolt. AFP MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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T IS becoming rarer to get good news from the United States these days. The only superpower on earth is grappling with a reality check as its social image takes Ia beating because of race riots. The perennially troubled spying project of Washington has hit a dead-end as a Senate Four ways to bring stability logjam would bring to an end all important intelligence programmes. Amid all this, a lot of mud flies in the air with one politician or the other jumping into the race for the White House. The most famous and controversial contender for the highest job in the country continues to defend her to the Middle East record as secretary of state while her finances are unravelled BY MARCO RUBIO regional domination and the export of by Republicans who question the integrity of the Clinton the Iranian revolution. As the Obama Foundation for receiving funds from dubious sources. he fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi administration has focused on negotiat- The latest salvo was fired by The Washington Post to the Islamic State and recent ing a nuclear deal with Iran, Tehran has We need to act more yesterday. The newspaper revealed that the number of Tgains by the group in Syria are exploited US weakness and expanded people shot by US police is twice as high as official figures the latest signs that President Barack its reach into Syria, Iraq and Yemen, quickly to prevent the Obama’s strategy to defeat this brutal among other countries. To begin to claim. Another startling figure that should make the US terrorist group is failing. But the prob- deal with the challenges we face, we emergence of other administration worried says more than two people have been lem is far bigger than that. The presi- need a reassertion of US leadership in killed per day by the police from the beginning of this year. dent’s entire approach to the Middle the region and specifically in the fight failed and failing states Such figures will go a long way in strengthening the East has backfired. against the Islamic State. This should trigger-happy image of US cops a number of who have been The Middle East is more danger- include the following: that are fertile territory caught on the wrong foot shooting at black persons without ous and unstable than when Obama — Broaden the coalition. We should came into office — a time when Iraq build and lead a coalition of our regional for the Islamic State provocation or treating them with disdain. and Syria were more stable, the Iranian partners that will work to defeat the Take the latest case of a black woman whose case drew nuclear programme was considerably Islamic State. In addition to the Kurds and other terrorist worldwide condemnation. Police arrived on the scene — a less advanced and the Islamic State did and Sunni tribes, this should include the groups. car park — after receiving a 911 not yet exist. Gulf countries and those such as Egypt, call by a white woman who had Much of this instability is a result of Jordan and Turkey, many of which real- an argument with the other Obama’s disen- ise that this fight is not just a military providing the regime with billions of dol- The shocking gagement from one but also an ideological battle for the lars of sanctions relief to fuel its export lady. After talking to the white the region, best heart and soul of Islam. of terrorism and further its regional anomaly in woman, the cops moved towards symbolised by The current coalition is suffering expansionism, including its efforts to the other woman and asked her the withdrawal because our allies and friends doubt our undermine Iraq’s stability. number of name. When she refused,the cops We also need of all US troops commitment to this effort. — Prevent the Islamic State’s expan- moved to arrest her and as she to increase the from Iraq in 2011. — Increase US involvement in the sion beyond Iraq and Syria. We need shooting The vacuum cre- fight. As part of this multinational effort, to act more quickly to prevent the resisted, they threw the screaming frequency and ated by America’s the president should increase the number emergence of other failed and failing deaths by US woman to the ground despite her pullback has of US forces in Iraq and remove restric- states that are fertile territory for the police merits pleadings that she was pregnant. pace of air strikes been filled by bad tions on their ability to embed with the Islamic State and other terrorist groups. She was eight months into the and Special actors, including Iraqi units they are training and advis- Addressing instability before countries immediate pregnancy. terrorist extrem- ing. Having the proper number of US devolve into anarchy is essential. Libya The latest figures about police ists, both Sunni forces in Iraq is crucial for both weaning is a prime example. Operations raids and Shia, who the Iraqi government off its reliance on Because of the Obama administra- attention of the shootings point to the state of against the have flourished in Iran for military assistance and moving tion’s “lead from behind” approach to administration. policing in the United States. the absence of US toward a unified and inclusive Iraq. We the effort to topple Muammar Gaddafi, The figures suggest that the Islamic State. leadership. also need to increase the frequency and Libya is a growing haven for the Islamic number of black people was On one side are pace of air strikes and Special Operations State, where the group is able to freely disproportionately high among the the radical Sunni raids against the Islamic State — and control large swaths of territory for victims. The deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Walter extremists of Al Qaeda, the Islamic ensure that we are assisting a wide range training and recruitment for the fight State and affiliated groups. The Islamic of local actors, especially Sunni tribes in Iraq and Syria, just as Al Qaeda once Scott and Freddie Gray have put the subject of racism in the State has capitalised on the political — not just the central government in used Afghanistan for its operations police force under the spotlight. grievances many Iraqi Sunnis have with Baghdad, which has been overly reli- against the United States. The shootings of blacks drew so much international their sectarian Shia leaders, as well as ant on Shia militias controlled by Iran. Despite the enormousness of the attention that Russia didn’t want to let go of this chance to the divisions between Syrian Sunnis We need to make clear to Iran that any challenge, we can still defeat the ene- criticise the United States. Moscow issued a statement saying and the brutal Alawite-dominated attacks by its proxies in Iraq against US mies that we face in a Middle East that Assad regime, which is supported by personnel will result in a response from remains crucial to US national inter- that Washington should put its own house in order before Iran. The Islamic State’s black banner the United States. ests and security. Doing so will require condemning Russia over its human rights record. is now spreading as far afield as Libya — Not cut a bad deal with Iran. urgent action and leadership from The US has a fiercely independent press and it is hard to and Afghanistan. Among the reasons that I have been President Obama before our options hide facts from the people. However, the discrepancy in death On the other side is Iran, a country so vocally opposed to the outline of the get even worse. numbers, as revealed by the newspaper, is something that run by a militant Shia clerical regime Iranian deal announced by Obama is Rubio, a Republican, represents Florida could cloud the reputation of the Obama administration that is the world’s leading sponsor of that, in addition to leaving Iran as a in the Senate. . terrorism and has as its primary goal nuclear threshold state, we will also be WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of A mysterious illness in Russia the day T HAS been three months since who died after ingesting polonium, a grave on Thursday and he had not in several political assassinations. Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia’s rare radioactive substance, in London. regained consciousness. We’re in awe of the extraordinary leading opposition figures, was It was consequently understand- Kara-Murza was a close associate of resolve and fortitude of Russians such Igunned down near the Kremlin able that friends of the opposition Nemtsov and other Russian opposition as Kara-Murza, who continue to docu- in Moscow. Not surprisingly, those activist Vladimir Kara- Murzasounded leaders and often accompanied them ment and call attention to the corruption responsible for the brazen murder alarms after he suddenly collapsed to meetings in Washington. While other and the criminality of the Putin regime have not been identified, though a in his Moscow office on Tuesday and dissidents fled the country under Putin’s even after so many others who did so I don’t share the idea couple of alleged triggermen have was rushed to a hospital. Kara-Murza, mounting repression, the young activist have been murdered. But even more been arrested. Nemtsov’s case joins a who is just 33 years old, was variously bravely returned to Moscow to work staggering is the complacency Western that we will have long list of unsolved political murders reported in the subsequent hours to as a coordinator for Open Russia, an governments exhibit toward the crude fewer worries and during the regime of Vladimir Putin, both be suffering from double pneumonia, organization sponsored by the exiled attacks on peaceful opponents in a within and outside of Russia. Some, pancreatitis and kidney failure. His wife, opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky. country that wishes to be, and often is, restraints if Greece including Nemtsov and the journalist who lives in Washington with their three His sudden illness came one day treated as a global power. Apart from Anna Politkovskaya, were gunned children, told us that “there has not yet after the group screened a film about North Korea, it’s hard to think of a nation gives up the euro. down on the street, while others were been a conclusive diagnosis, but there Ramzan Kadyrov, the sinister ruler of the where political murder is as much of a felled by exotic poisons — the former is a definite possibility of poisoning.” republic of Chechnya and a close ally of hazard as it is now in Russia. Jean-Claude Juncker KGB operative Alexander Litvinenko, She said that his condition remained Putin who is suspected of involvement The Washington Post EC President MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 For US pundits, China is a fantasyland

and politicians who fawn over exists, although it’s true that Finding China’s China’s schools can’t be bothered China’s disability laws drew upon with the realities of crumbling the language of early-20th-cen- rural classrooms, students forced tury eugenics as late as the 1990s realities can to bribe teachers to get a seat in before advocates campaigned for front, or the mind-numbing “poli- changes. Miller’s particularly ugly tics” classes that kids and adults arguments mix a projected fan- be hard simply alike sleep through. China is a tasy of Chinese super-babies with lead-in anecdote to their argu- a dubious pro-eugenics agenda; in ments, not somewhere they’re that way, they are not that dif- because lying actually interested in. ferent from the essential refrain Purveying China fantasies in of others: “China is beating us, is so common the service of your own vision and to succeed we must become isn’t new. Voltaire pioneered the like them.” technique 2 1/2 centuries ago, The damage done by such argu- here, whether depicting a government of refined ments goes beyond their indi- Confucian deists in counterpoint vidual cases. They reinforce the to the barbarities and supersti- seductive, and false notion of effi- it’s fraudulent tions of Europe. He took this cient authoritarianism. According portrayal from the missionary to this vision, Washington daw- letters of his arch enemies, the dles because of special interests or government Jesuits, who themselves sought to democratic debate while Beijing, triumph in theological argument directed smoothly from the top, data, false by portraying China as moral, drives forward to the future. civilised and awaiting the Gospel. Invisible in this is the massive Yet the priests, working on the role of vested interests in China ambulances or ground in Peking, had a greater and their ability to block or interest in the tense and compli- divert reform efforts, the conten- cated political and intellectual tions between local governments tainted baby rivalries of Qing China than the and the centre, the authorities’ philosopher did; for him, reality constant and fearful swinging was a far second to argument. between cracking down on and formula. In Voltaire’s era, perhaps a few pandering to public opinion, and hundred Europeans had spent the intense and sometimes mur- time in China, and the country derous politicking behind the BY JAMES PALMER CRH (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet trains at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei, was an arduous, months-long scenes. China. journey away. In the 1960s and Pandering to state power is henever I want 1970s, the few Westerners allowed exceptionally dangerous at a time to be cheered up over China itself, like the duel- costly and corrupt. The more credit China’s manufacturing into the country were almost when democratic states such as about the future of ling predictions of magical reform than 10,000 miles of recently built boom to its 40 million Protestants inevitably fellow travellers with Turkey and Hungary increasingly Wmy adopted coun- or sudden collapse so brilliantly high-speed rail came in well over — even though they’re less than Maoism, led by the nose by guides turn toward Chinese- or Russian- try, I turn to American pundits. dissected in James Mann’s “The the original $300bn budget, and 5 percent of its 1.3 billion people. who were trained to parrot the inspired models of centralisation The air here might be deadly, the China Fantasy,” or about the delu- all but a few lines run at a loss. With a massively changing triumphs of socialism and who and oppression. water undrinkable, the Internet sional fears of Chinese plots from The process of creating them was country, correlation and causation were happy to regurgitate the In actuality, one of the great patchy and the culture strangled, analysts like Michael Pillsbury. so crooked that the Ministry of are easily confused. China’s boom pap they had been fed to foreign strengths of the Chinese system but I can always be reassured The people telling these tales Railways ended up broken into years in the 2000s, for instance, audiences. Today there are tens over the past 35 years has been that China is beating America aren’t interested in complexi- three parts and most of the top correspond nicely with an explo- of thousands of Americans in cautious experimentation, from at something, whether it’s clean ties or, really, in China. They’re officials ended up in jail. It’s sion in the number of pet dogs; China, and millions of Chinese in healthcare reform to open mar- energy, high-speed rail, education making domestic arguments and understandable why visitors, perhaps some canine enthusiast the United States, but the level kets, in a few villages; then, if or even the military. expressing parochial fears. Their especially those who don’t stray is even now explaining how this of nonsense seems to have only successful, ramping projects up Over the past decade, American China isn’t a real place but a rhe- beyond the metropolises, might is evidence that Bo, not Barack, marginally diminished. to the provincial level; then to a audiences have become accus- torical trope, less a genuine rival be overwhelmed. What’s not for- should be making policy. Finding China’s realities can national scale. This is how private tomed to lectures about China, than a fairytale bogeyman. givable is how rarely pundits try There are fields, such as be hard simply because lying is farming began in 1979. Some of like a schoolboy whose mother For Chinese residents, daily life to look further, content with an education, where China’s sup- so common here, whether it’s China’s ambitious projects have compares him with an overa- is a constant reminder of both initial vision of glittering sky- posed achievements are almost fraudulent government data, false been genuine successes, some chieving classmate. “That used how far the country has come and scrapers and swish airports that pure illusion. Programme ambulances or tainted baby for- abysmal failures, but most have to be us,” Thomas Friedman how far it has to go. One morning can be conveniently shoehorned for International Student mula. The collapse of social trust the mixed and complicated lega- tells us, citing the “impressive” recently I went to the coffee shop into whatever case they’re trying Assessment statistics, which as a result of decades of Maoism, cies of any political scheme. If Tianjin Meijiang Convention and at the end of my central Beijing to make. show China topping the lists in followed by a get-rich-first ethos, we praise Beijing for the wrong Exhibition Center (thrown up in alley for a superb latte, where the And because China is so vast, reading, math and science, are has made honesty a rare qual- reasons, we miss the lessons it is a few months) as an example of owner teasingly chastised me, as its successes can be attributed to often cited by Common Core ity. With no external controls actually trying to learn. China’s greatness and glacial US he has before, for paying with cash whatever your pet cause is. Do advocates in the United States from a free media or civil soci- And when we treat China as construction projects as an exam- like some peasant rather than you oppose free markets and pri- and by proponents of traditional ety, Potemkinism is an everyday a fantasyland of instruction for ple of America’s decline. China is with my mobile phone through vatisation, like John Ross, former teaching methods in Britain, skill across the country, whether ourselves, we end up ignoring the “kicking us”, according to then- the WeChat Wallet service. That economic policy adviser for the such as former education minis- directed at outside investors or Chinese. Pennsylvania Gov Ed Rendell, evening, I came home to one of city of London? Then China’s suc- ter Michael Gove. Yet these PISA official inspectors. Like Voltaire’s mandarins or who in 2010 lamented his state’s our small compound’s regular cess is because of the role of the statistics cover just an elite group Some claims move from the the happy peasants of Maoist inability to handle snow. power failures, and I wrote this in state. Do you favour free markets, of Shanghai schools, where entry exaggerated into the outright propaganda, they cease to be Rendell ignored the time the dark on a laptop battery and a like the libertarian Cato Institute? depends on bribery and string- sinister. Take University of New real people and become perfect snow paralysed southern China neighbouring building’s thankfully Then China’s success is because of pulling. In the rest of the country, Mexico professor Geoffrey Miller, puppets deployed for rhetorical in 2008, stranding millions of unshielded WiFi signal. In heavy its opening up. Are you an envi- classes average 50 students, only who has written about the nation’s ends. The Chinese can be just as people, cutting off water sup- rain, our alley becomes a swim- ronmentalist? China is working a third of rural children make one-child-rule exceptions, which dumb and lazy as anyone else. plies to major cities and killing ming pool, and even newly built on huge green-energy projects. it to high school, and I’ve found mostly benefit underdeveloped They can also be just as smart, dozens. Friedman ignored the Beijing streets disappear under a Are you an energy lobbyist? innumeracy to be just as common rural areas and ethnic minorities, determined and empathic. They buildings that collapsed like a foot of water because the drainage China’s building gigantic pipeline as in the United States. not the elite. Miller claims that deserve better than to be reduced soft pile of dofu across Sichuan is so bad; in storms in 2012, peo- projects. Are you an enthusiast This takes about a half-hour of China is engaged in a long-term to examples. in an earthquake that same year ple drowned in cars stuck under for the Protestant work ethic, research to discover, or five min- eugenics programme to increase James Palmer is a writer in because they were rapidly erected bridges. like historian Niall Ferguson, who utes of conversation with anyone its national IQ, and that the Beijing. His most recent book is “The by crooked contractors. I’m not China’s mega-projects are often describes it as one of his “killer who went to an ordinary Chinese United States must copy this or Death of Mao.” talking here about arguments awesome, but they’re also often apps” for civilisations? Then school. But the Western educators fall behind. No such programme WP-BLOOMBERG What does Martin O’Malley’s challenge to Clinton mean? BY DAN BALZ a sharp generational contrast, of future us eight years ago, and that is to take on if you don’t put the truth before them versus past, new ideas against a tired Wall Street.” He sees Obama as captured and make the arguments and present the ’m drawn to tough chal- Democratic status quo? Or can he make by corporate interests as well, at least on facts.” He will make the case for himself lenges,” Martin O’Malley it a combination of the two? the issue of trade. “I think he has prob- vigorously in the presidential campaign. (pictured) said, “and this O’Malley said his travels around the ably been persuaded by all those captains More recently, O’Malley also has seen one is certainly a tough country over the past 18 months have of industry and corporations who stand his time as mayor of Baltimore come under challenge.” led him to conclude that there is “a tre- to benefit most, who are the only ones attack in the aftermath of the rioting that “IUnruffled in a crisp white shirt and mendous hunger . . . for leaders who are that have been engaged in these negotia- followed the death of Freddie Gray that has necktie, O’Malley sat in a windowless willing to embrace new approaches, to tions,” O’Malley said. resulted in the indictments of six police conference room in his bustling cam- break with the orthodoxy of some of the But Sen Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, is officers. The rioting has drawn criticism paign office on Friday afternoon. He was worn out thinking of our past.” drawing big crowds with the same mes- of the anti-crime policies he instituted less than 24 hours away from formally But exactly what is that orthodoxy sage, delivered with considerable pas- and focused attention on conditions in the launching his candidacy for president with which he seeks to break? How sion, aimed at those same progressive poorest neighbourhoods of a city he sought in 2016. If anything, he understated the much is it the policies of the current Democrats that O’Malley needs. At this to turn around as mayor. obstacles on the road ahead. Democratic administration, rather than point, O’Malley does not have a clear path He has taken that moment as an O’Malley is running against the most just the Republican economic policies Democratic nomination. “I supported against Clinton. Before he can get to her, opportunity to speak about urban prob- formidable front-runner the Democrats that he and all other Democrats attack? Secretary Clinton in 2008 because I he must first deal with Sanders. lems around the country, saying unem- have seen in many years. Hillary Rodham And how explicitly will he be able to show believed that she was the best candidate O’Malley compiled a record of progres- ployment in some big cities today is Clinton currently towers over the field of that Clinton embodies that orthodoxy for those times,” he said. “I have come sive achievement as governor. He readily higher than it was before the economic candidates for her party’s nomination, able and that he does not? to the conclusion that what our country cites a series of statistics and successes, collapse. He calls for a national urban to amass resources, talent, political sup- When I asked O’Malley to describe the wants for the challenges, tremendous from raising the minimum wage to the policy, something that Democratic pres- port, volunteers and attention (for good or choice he wants to put before Democratic challenges we face right now, is new passage of marriage equality to higher idential candidates long have avoided, ill) unmatched by any of her challengers. voters in the coming months, he offered leadership.” spending on schools, to job growth bet- fearing it would stamp them as the party O’Malley, among others, will test the thematic underpinning of his candi- He has spent months seeking to carve ter than in Virginia or Pennsylvania of minorities and the poor. Despite all whether Democrats who say they want dacy. “I believe the choice we have before out space to Clinton’s left, offering a (though not better than states like Ohio, these challenges, O’Malley draws hope a competitive contest for the nomination us is new leadership for these new and populist message attacking big banks Michigan, Illinois or Wisconsin). from knowing that no nomination contest really mean it. At Clinton’s headquarters changing times and challenges that we and corporations, decrying the wealth But O’Malley’s tenure in Annapolis ever plays out exactly as it is scripted in Brooklyn, her senior advisers antici- have in our country,” he said. gap, calling for a higher minimum wage was diminished last November when a year in advance. Clinton, for all her pate and are preparing for that possibility. On Saturday, in his announcement and more rights for workers and parting Maryland voters picked Republican advantages, is not a candidate without But in the face of daunting odds, O’Malley speech, he sought to tap frustrations company with President Obama — and Larry Hogan as his successor over his flaws and vulnerabilities. must find the ground on which to fight. about a possible 2016 general election implicitly with Clinton — on an Asian lieutenant governor, Anthony Brown. Three decades ago, O’Malley was a Will he try to make the contest pri- between Clinton and GOP candidate Jeb trade pact. Hogan won in part because enough young volunteer in Hart’s campaign. marily an ideological battle, tapping Bush. “The presidency is not a crown to He sees her, though without saying Democrats, unhappy with O’Malley That campaign, though the candidate progressive unrest with the state of the be passed back and forth by you [the vot- so directly, as too cozy with Wall Street and with the higher taxes he advocated, ultimately fell short, animates O’Malley’s Democratic Party and possibly Clinton ers] between two royal families,” he said. and big money and unwilling to get defected and backed Hogan. thinking. Hart lingered in single digits to frame a left vs centrist contest? Will “It is a sacred trust to be earned from the tough with those he says helped wreck O’Malley said his record was “unde- throughout much of 1983, only to catch he, as his mentor Gary Hart did when people of the United States.” the economy in 2008. “Wall Street will fended” in that 2014 election, “a tactical fire and upset Mondale in the New the former senator from Colorado Just eight years ago, however, O’Malley not police itself,” he said. “We need our decision . . . which I’m not really in a Hampshire primary, setting up a long nearly upset Walter F Mondale in the was a Clinton supporter when she ran federal government to do what people position to second-guess. . . . You can’t struggle for the nomination. 1984 Democratic contest, seek to draw against then-Sen Barack Obama for the expected us to do when they voted for blame people for making bad decisions WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE International Italy vote tests effort rescues over 5,000 PM Renzi’s migrants

ROME: The corpses of 17 reform agenda migrants were brought ashore in Sicily aboard an Italian naval vessel yesterday along with 454 survivors as efforts intensified Regional administrations go to polls to rescue people fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the ROME: Italians began vot- party tensions erupted on Friday Middle East. ing yesterday in local elections when parliament’s anti-mafia More than 5,000 migrants try- that are the biggest test for committee released the names of ing to reach Europe have been Prime Minister Matteo Renzi 16 local election candidates sus- saved from boats in distress in since his centre-left Democratic pected of corruption or organised the Mediterranean since Friday Party (PD) triumphed in a vote crime links. and operations are in progress to for the European parliament a By far the most high-pro- rescue 500 more, European Union year ago. file of the “impresentabili” or authorities said yesterday. Some 22 million voters will “unpresentable” candidates was In some of the most intense elect new governments in seven of Vincenzo De Luca, Renzi’s can- Mediterranean traffic of the Italy’s 20 regions and around 1,000 didate for president of Campania, year, migrants who left Libya in municipalities following a cam- a crime-ridden southern region 25 boats were picked up by ships paign dominated by corruption around the city of Naples. from Italy, Britain, Malta and allegations against one of Renzi’s De Luca, a powerful local party Belgium, assisted by planes from most prominent candidates. baron, is accused of graft and also Iceland and Finland, the EU’s The 40-year-old premier needs has a conviction for abuse of office border control agency Frontex a convincing result to maintain which may prevent him from tak- said. momentum for labour, education ing his seat even if elected. Naval and merchant vessels and constitutional reforms which He denies wrongdoing and involved in rescue operations also have met fierce resistance from threatened to sue the anti-mafia came from countries including trade unions, the political opposi- committee’s chairwoman, Rosy A man waits to enter a polling booth to cast his ballot at a polling station in Salerno, Italy, yesterday. Germany, Ireland and Denmark. tion and the left wing of his own Bindi, for putting him on the list. The 17 corpses found on one of PD. Renzi accused Bindi, who The anti-immigrant, anti-euro Umbria and Marche in central tight race with the centre-right the boats arrived in the Sicilian The centre-left currently holds comes from the left wing of the Northern League expects to gain Italy as well as in Puglia in the incumbent. port of Augusta aboard the Italian power in five of the seven regions. PD, of using the committee “to from the unprecedented numbers south-east, while the Northern By noon (1000 GMT) around 16 navy corvette Fenice. Italian If Renzi improves on that tally settle scores inside the party”. of African and Middle-Eastern League is likely to keep power percent of the electorate had voted. prosecutors are investigating how against a divided opposition he Opposition parties are hoping migrants that have arrived on in the north-eastern region of That was up five points compared they died. will continue to look unassailable to capitalise on the furore. Italy’s shores this year. More Veneto. with the corresponding election in Frontex is coordinating some 15 months after he come to The anti-establishment 5-Star than 5,000 have been rescued in That means the main battle 2010, but on that occasion voting an EU rescue mission in the office. Movement, which polls say is the the Mediterranean this weekend grounds are likely to be in north- took place over two days. No exit Mediterranean known as Triton, Opinion polls, which have a second largest party, hopes it can alone and are being brought to western Liguria, where the PD polls will be released when polls which was stepped up after around poor track record in Italy, sug- emulate the success of Spain’s southern Italian ports. vote may be weakened by a break- close at 11pm and results will 800 migrants drowned off Libya in gest the PD will remain easily the anti-austerity Podemos party in The PD should win comfort- away left-wing candidate, and in trickle in through the night. April in the Mediterranean’s most biggest party. However, internal local elections last weekend. ably in its strongholds of Tuscany, Campania, where De Luca is in a REUTERS deadly shipwreck in living memory. “This is the biggest wave of migrants we have seen in 2015,” Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said in a written statement. “The new vessels that joined opera- tion Triton this week have already France warns climate change threatens security saved hundreds of people.” Italy has so far borne the PARIS: Climate change is a binding treaty, President Barack refugees fleeing climatic disasters She also argued that it’s urgent Royal and France are trying to brunt of Mediterranean rescue threat to international secu- Obama also recently argued that and chronic shortages. to reduce the “abyss” between get companies aboard a climate operations. Most of the migrants rity, France’s influential rising sea levels and resource While France is pushing for a poor countries suffering from deal, arguing that it makes long- depart from the coast of Libya, Environment Minister Segolene shortages could threaten the legally binding deal, Royal sug- the effects of global warming and term economic sense to reduce which has descended into anarchy Royal warned — adopting an readiness of US forces and aggra- gested openness to a backup richer countries that are causing emissions. This has caused pro- since Western powers backed a unusually hawkish stance as vate instability around the globe. plan that could involve regula- them. test from NGOs who say it’s hypo- 2011 revolt that ousted Muammar she heads to the US to push for “If everyone realizes ... that the tory measures not subject to full That gap has led to failure in critical to seek sponsorship from Gaddafi. Calm seas are increas- a global deal on reducing emis- cost of inaction is much higher Congressional ratification. past climate talks, notably in oil and construction companies ingly favouring departures as sions at a landmark Paris con- than the cost of action, then One key moment in the buildup Copenhagen in 2009. whose profit model depends on warm spring weather sets in. ference this year. I think we can convince some to the Paris conference comes Negotiators are trying to learn emissions. The migrants saved over the She will have to push especially members of Congress who are next week: UN negotiations in from past mistakes to improve “We must put everyone in the weekend are all being disembarked hard in Washington, but she rel- still reticent,” Royal said in an Bonn, Germany, seen as a test chances for an agreement in game,” Royal said. She argued at nine ports on the Italian islands ishes the challenge. Royal, long- interview in Paris on Saturday. of how close or far countries are Paris, which would mark the that governments must “prepare of Lampedusa, Sicily and Sardinia time former partner of President She said Obama was “right” from a deal. first time all countries agree to the post-petroleum era, and have and on its southern mainland Francois Hollande and one of to use the national security Royal stressed the need to do something to limit emissions the will and courage to say it.” regions of Calabria and Puglia. France’s most experienced female argument, one rarely in heard speed up and to reduce the size of of global warming gases, primarily Royal heads Thursday for the The latest wave of more than politicians, is playing a key role in Europe, where people largely the draft document — currently carbon dioxide, from the burning United States where she will 5,000 arrivals will take the total ahead of UN climate talks in Paris accept humanity’s responsibility around 80 pages, to include the of coal, oil and gas. meet Energy Secretary Ernest of those reaching Italy by boat in December. for global warming. wishes of as many countries as Climate changes in recent dec- Moniz as well as Senators across the Mediterranean this Amid skepticism in the “The climate question is also possible. France is hoping for ades have led to flooding of coastal Ed Markey, Barbara Boxer, year to more than 40,000, accord- Republican-led US Congress at the heart of the security ques- a final document closer to 20 areas, disruptions to agriculture Sheldon Whitehouse and Brian ing to estimates by the United about the science of climate tion,” Royal said, noting in par- pages that focuses on areas of and drinking water and the Schatz. Nations refugee agency. change and resistance to a legally ticular the growing number of agreement. spread of diseases. AP REUTERS

Waterloo re-enactment Spanish Ex-Nazis got $20.2m police seize cocaine-stuffed in Social Security WASHINGTON: In a forth- American citizens. They got jobs pineapples coming report, the top watch- and said little about what they did dog at the Social Security during the war. MADRID: Spanish police Administration found the Yet the US was slow to react. seized 200 kilos of cocaine found agency paid $20.2m in benefits It wasn’t until 1979 that a spe- inside hollowed-out pineap- to more than 130 suspected cial Nazi-hunting unit, the ples that arrived by ship from Nazi war criminals, SS guards, Office of Special Investigations, Central America, the interior and others who may have par- was created within the Justice ministry said yesterday. ticipated in the Third Reich’s Department. The drug-stuffed fruit was atrocities during the Second Democratic Representative found among 10 shipping con- World War. Carolyn Maloney requested tainers filled with pineapples that The report, scheduled for that the Social Security arrived in the southern port of public release this week, used Administration’s inspector general Algeciras, one of Europe’s larg- computer-processed data and look into the scope of the payments est ports, the ministry said in a other internal agency records to following AP’s investigation, which statement. develop a comprehensive picture was published in October 2014. On “Among the thousands of fresh of the total number of Nazi sus- Saturday, she said the IG’s report pineapples inside the containers, pects who received benefits and showed that 133 alleged and con- they found fruit that had been the dollar amounts paid out. The firmed Nazis actively worked hollowed out and stuffed with Social Security Administration to conceal their true identities drugs and then covered with a People dressed as British troops participate in a trial re-enactment of the Battle of Waterloo in the grounds last year refused AP’s request for from the US government and still yellow wax that simulated the col- of Ickworth House near Bury St Edmunds, east England, yesterday. They will be part of 5,000 re-enactors in those figures. received Social Security payments. our of pineapple pulp,” the state- Belgium on June 18, bringing to life the legendary battle. The payments are far greater “We must continue working ment said. than previously estimated and to remember the tragedy of the The pineapples arrived from occurred between February 1962 Holocaust and hold those respon- an undisclosed country in Central and January 2015, when a new law sible accountable,” Maloney said in America and were en route to two called the No Social Security for a statement. “One way to do that companies, one based in Madrid Call for debate on Russia travel ban Nazis Act kicked in and ended is by providing as much informa- and the other in Sant Quirze del retirement payments for four tion to the public as possible. This Valles near Barcelona. Both compa- beneficiaries. The report does report hopefully provides some nies were said to be run by Spanish BRUSSELS: The Greens group and ministers who have openly democracy and the strengthening not include the names of any Nazi clarity.” nationals of Colombian origin. in the European Parliament yes- criticised President Vladimir of civil society in Russia and those suspects who received benefits. AP found that the Justice The police detained three people terday called for a debate on a Putin and the war in Ukraine. who have supported Ukraine. The large amount of the ben- Department used a legal loophole as part of their investigation and travel ban imposed by Russia on The Greens/EFA group described Vladimir Putin evidently inter- efits and their duration illustrate to persuade Nazi suspects to leave have not ruled out more arrests. 89 European citizens — many of the blacklist as a “heavy blow for prets any honest criticism of his how unaware the American public the U.S. in exchange for Social Last year, police in Algeciras them outspoken Kremlin critics. EU-Russia relations, even if its authoritarian course as a threat to was of the influx of Nazi persecu- Security benefits. If they agreed seized 2.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden The previously undisclosed list confirmation is not a surprise”. his power,” the group’s president tors into the US, with estimates to go voluntarily, or simply fled inside a shipment of pineapples was revealed to European diplo- “The blacklist targets European Rebecca Harms and MEP Heidi ranging as high as 10,000. Many the country before being deported, arriving from Costa Rica. mats on Thursday, and includes politicians who have engaged in Hautala said in a joint statement. lied about their Nazi pasts to get they could keep their benefits. AFP past and serving parliamentarians the promotion of human rights, AFP into the US and even became AP MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 CIA worried as Drumming it up spy projects set to lapse Terror threats could rise: Brennan

WASHINGTON: CIA chief of terror suspects who change John Brennan warned yesterday their mobile phone numbers and that allowing vital surveillance the tracking of lone-wolf suspects. programmes to expire could A senior administration official increase terror threats, as the said switches would be turned US Senate convened for a show- off for the bulk collection serv- down over whether to renew the ers beginning at 3:59pm (1959 controversial provisions. GMT) yesterday, and any col- With key counterterror- lection after midnight would be ism programmes set to expire deemed illegal, without congres- at midnight yesterday, the top sional authorisation. intelligence official made a final “I do believe we have the pitch for Senate action, arguing votes” to pass the Freedom Act, that the bulk data collection of Republican Senator Mike Lee, telephone records of millions of who supports ending NSA meta- Americans unconnected to ter- data collection, told CNN’s State rorism has not abused civil liber- of the Union. ties and only serves to safeguard “At this point I think the ques- Drummers lead the Walk for Reconciliation in Ottawa yesterday. The event is one of many surrounding the release of the final report from the Truth citizens. tion is not about whether we will and Reconciliation Commission on the former Canadian Indian residential school system, which will be released tomorrow. “This is something that we get it passed, but when.” can’t afford to do right now,” Senator Rand Paul, a Brennan said of allowing the Republican 2016 presidential counterterrorism provisions to candidate adamantly opposed to expire at midnight yesterday. reauthorising the surveillance, is “Because if you look at the hor- threatening to use his parliamen- Joe Biden’s son dies of brain cancer rific terrorist attacks and violence tary prerogative to delay votes on being perpetrated around the the reform bill or an extension of WASHINGTON: Beau Biden (pictured), humility — to the core. He was a class act.” globe, we need to keep our coun- the original USA Patriot Act. the eldest son of US Vice-President Joe Beau Biden briefly considered running for try safe, and our oceans are not That could force the counter- Biden and a two-time attorney general for the US Senate to take the seat vacated when keeping us safe the way they did terrorism provisions to lapse until Delaware, has died of brain cancer, his fam- his father became vice president after the 2008 century ago,” he said on CBS talk Wednesday, and possibly later. ily announced Saturday. He was 46. election, but he ultimately decided to continue show “Face the Nation.” Brennan did not mention Paul Beau Biden, who had served in Iraq as a working as Delaware’s attorney general. Brennan added that groups by name, but he expressed exas- lawyer with the Delaware Army National Obama paid homage late Saturday, praising like Islamic State have followed peration over the politicisation of Guard, had been undergoing treatment at Beau Biden’s commitment to his family. the developments “very carefully” important programmes which he the Walter Reed Medical Center just outside “Like his dad, Beau was a good, big-hearted, and are “looking for the seams to insisted “have not been abused” by Washington. devoutly Catholic and deeply faithful man, who operate.” The House has already US authorities. “He battled brain cancer with the same made a difference in the lives of all he touched passed a reform bill, the USA “Unfortunately I think there is integrity, courage and strength he demon- — and he lives on in their hearts,” Obama said Freedom Act, that would end the a little too much political grand- strated every day of his life,” the vice presi- in a statement. “But for all that Beau Biden telephone data dragnet by the standing and crusading for ideo- dent’s family said in a statement. achieved in his life, nothing made him prouder; National Security Agency and logical causes that have really “The entire Biden family is saddened beyond nothing made him happier; nothing claimed a require a court order for the NSA fuelled the debate on this issue,” words. We know that Beau’s spirit will live on a judge advocate general, or military lawyer, fuller focus of his love and devotion than his to access specific records from the he said. in all of us — especially through his brave wife, and deployed to Iraq in 2008 as his father was family. Just like his dad,” the president added. data retained by telecommunica- Ex-NSA chief Michael Hayden, Hallie, and two remarkable children, Natalie campaigning for the vice presidency as Barack The death marks another devastating loss tions companies. also a former CIA director under and Hunter.” Obama’s running mate. for Joe Biden, whose first wife and infant If no action is taken by the George W Bush and Barack Beau Biden was a popular Democrat in his “He didn’t have to go,” US Secretary of daughter were killed in a car accident as they Senate, authorities will be forced Obama, equated a temporary East Coast state of Delaware and had once State John Kerry wrote before suffering a were going Christmas shopping in 1972. to shut down the bulk collection lapse as “giving up threads” in a been expected to follow his father onto the cycling accident in France yesterday. Beau Biden and his younger brother Hunter, programme and two other provi- broader protective fabric. national political stage. “He didn’t have to do any of it. But he who were also in the car, were seriously injured sions, which allow roving wiretaps AFP He joined the National Guard in 2003 as was filled with a sense of honour, duty, and but survived. AFP

US police shot dead 385 Kerry breaks leg in bike fall, cuts short Europe trip GENEVA: US Secretary of Saturday on the Iran nuclear injury is not life-threatening, climb it on his bicycle,” the local people this State John Kerry broke his crisis, broke his right femur in and he is expected to make a full source said. leg in a cycling accident in the accident in the village of recovery,” he said in a statement. “He fell accidentally, like all year: Report France yesterday and will fly Scionzier near Chamonix. “Given the injury is near the other cyclists have at some point.” back to the United States for He has had to cancel both a site of his prior hip surgery, he Scionzier resident Arfaoui WASHINGTON: US police treatment, cutting short a trip to Spain and his attend- will return to Boston today to Aymen, 29, reported seeing have shot and killed 385 European trip. ance at an international meet- seek treatment at Massachusetts “police everywhere” following people during the first five Kerry, 71, a keen cyclist, was ing in Paris on the crisis over the General Hospital with his doctor the accident, as well as a large months of this year, a rate hospitalised in the Swiss city of Islamic State group, spokesman who did the prior surgery.” official escort made up of Swiss of more than two a day, the Geneva after the accident across John Kirby said. Kerry had asked local officials police and French police and Washington Post reported on the border in the French Alps, However Kirby said he planned in eastern France’s Haute-Savoi gendarmes. Saturday. the State Department said. tomorrow to “remotely” join the to organise the trip in the beauti- Kerry was flown by helicop- The death rate is more than Kerry had just set out on a Paris talks, which are aimed at ful Alpine region. ter to the Geneva University twice that tallied by the fed- planned ride of one of the stages reviewing the international coali- “He had expressed a wish, a Hospital after the accident which eral government over the past of the Tour de France, the chal- tion’s strategy against the jihad- few days ago, to complete a stage occurred around 9:40am (0740 decade, a count that officials lenging Col de la Colombiere ists who have seized swathes of of the Tour de France passing GMT). concede is incomplete, the mountain pass, a local source territory in brutal offensives in through the Col de la Colombiere. “Paramedics and a physician newspaper said. A file picture of US Secretary of said. Iraq and Syria. The hill is very well-known for its were on the scene with the sec- The analysis is based on State John Kerry riding a bike in The top US diplomat, who had “The secretary is stable and difficulty, and because he loves retary’s motorcade at the time data the Post is compiling on Lausanne, Switzerland. been holding talks in Switzerland never lost consciousness, his France and cycling, he decided to of the accident,” Kirby said. AFP every fatal shooting by police in 2015, as well as of every officer killed by gunfire in the line of duty. “We are never going to Table talk Mexico politician may reduce the number of police shootings if we don’t begin to accurately track this informa- tion,” said Jim Bueermann, cause election upset president of the Police Foundation, a nonprofit organ- MONTERREY, MEXICO: drug gang violence and anaemic isation dedicated to improving “One dead son, one kidnapped economic growth, his run has law enforcement. two-year-old daughter and become a litmus test for the elec- The Post analysis comes as a 2,800 bullet holes in my truck” torate’s desire to break with years national debate is raging over is no typical campaign slogan. of political apathy. the police use of deadly force, Then again, the man who may “I’m fighting against a system especially against minorities. become the first state gover- that’s old, out of date and obso- Federal Bureau of nor in modern Mexico without lete,” Rodriguez said in May. Investigation records over the a political party is no typical “There’s a political aristocracy past decade show about 400 politician. with an incredible egotism, with fatal police shootings a year, or Jaime Rodriguez, alias “El an incredible arrogance that an average of 1.1 deaths a day. Bronco,” would cause one of the doesn’t accept that the country Reporting of shootings by biggest upsets in Mexican political has problems.” police agencies is voluntary. history if his anti-establishment Nuevo Leon is one of nine But the Post’s analysis indi- campaign claims the wealthy states choosing new governors on cates the daily death toll for northern state of Nuevo Leon in June 7, when a new lower house 2015 is close to 2.6 as of Friday. midterm elections to be held next of Congress will also be elected. At that pace, police will have Sunday. With its allies, the PRI has a shot and killed nearly 1,000 A former member of President slim majority in the lower house, people by the end of the year, Enrique Pena Nieto’s centrist and voter surveys suggest it could the paper said. Institutional Revolutionary Party, defend that. But a loss in Nuevo The Post’s analysis showed or PRI, the 57-year-old Rodriguez Leon would hurt the PRI and help that about half the victims launched his bid thanks to a set the tone for the next presiden- were white, half minority. change in the law that now allows tial election in 2018. Nicknamed Among unarmed victims, two- independent candidates to run for “bronco” or “gruff,” ranch-owner thirds were black or Hispanic. Republican presidential candidate and former US senator Rick Santorum gestures as he speaks with voters high office. Rodriguez was the target of two REUTERS during a campaign stop at Tommy’s Ham House in Greenville, South Carolina, yesterday. Tapping into anger over politi- assassination attempts while cal corruption scandals, sickening mayor. REUTERS MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Dhaka police arrest suspected Japan vigilant IS coordinator

DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh have arrested a suspected after powerful member of Islamic State (IS) in Dhaka, a senior officer said, following the detention days earlier of two other suspects, including an IT manager at a earthquake subsidiary of Coca-Cola Co. The suspect picked up on Saturday night was a coordina- tor for IS in Bangladesh, Shaikh Seismologists warn of next ‘Big One’ Nazmul Alam, a deputy commis- sioner of Detective and Criminal TOKYO: Seismologists yes- There were no reported prob- Intelligence Division, said. terday warned Japan to stay lems at any of the region’s moth- “We arrested him with hun- vigilant for the next “Big One” balled nuclear power plants. dreds of training related videos after a powerful 7.8-magni- A separate 6.2-magnitude for Islamist extremists, and also tude earthquake struck off the quake hit Sunday morning off a large number of books on Al coast of the quake-prone nation, the Izu Islands south of Tokyo, Qaeda and IS translated into injuring a dozen people. the USGS said, but there were Bangla,” Alam said. Buildings swayed for around no reports of damage or injuries. Police said the detained man a minute in Tokyo and its vicin- A massive undersea quake in was Abdullah al Galib, a former ity Saturday night as the quake March 2011 sent a tsunami bar- member of Hizbut Tahrir, and struck at a remote spot in the relling into Japan’s northeast a follower of Ansarullah Bangla Pacific Ocean 874km south of the coast, killing thousands of peo- Team, two militant Islamist capital, the US Geological Survey ple and sending three reactors groups in Muslim-majority said. into meltdown at the Fukushima Bangladesh. Despite its power, there was nuclear plant. “We have been following him no risk of a tsunami as its epi- The nuclear disaster, the Rohingya migrants from Myanmar wait in line for food aid packs at a temporary shelter in Beyeun, near Langsa in for a long time and arrested him centre was a deep 676km below world’s worst since Chernobyl, Indonesia’s Aceh Province, yesterday. More than 4,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshis have landed in rickety boats yesterday night from Banani, a the Earth’s surface, the USGS displaced tens of thousands of throughout Southeast Asia in the last month following a crackdown on human trafficking in Thailand. posh area of the city,” Alam said. and the Pacific Tsunami Warning people and rendered tracts of He said police suspected al Center said. land uninhabitable, possibly for Galib aimed to establish an Twelve people were injured, decades. Saturday’s quake was Islamic caliphate and was plotting including a 56-year-old man who the second sizeable tremor Tokyo Myanmar navy stops scribes with associates to kill “important broke his ribs, but no one was has experienced in a week, after personalities of the state.” killed, an official of the Tokyo Fire a much less powerful — but far Bangladeshi police have Department and local media said shallower — earthquake close to arrested more than a dozen peo- yesterday. the capital on Monday. approaching migrant island ple in recent months suspected Some 400 people were trapped Some experts warn recent of links with Islamic State, amid on the observation decks of Tokyo quakes and volcano eruptions may HAIGYI ISLAND, unavailable for comment Sunday. Haigyi Island said the migrants growing fears that the militant Tower as its elevators stopped for be signs that areas near the coun- MYANMAR: Myanmar’s navy Migrant boats are a hugely were all Bangladeshis and would group could be extending its influ- more than one hour. try are entering an active phase refused yesterday to let journal- sensitive topic in Myanmar. Its be taken to an area near the ence among Muslims in South Runways at Haneda Airport in of crustal changes. ists approach a remote island discovery of two vessels crammed Bangladesh border in Rakhine Asia. It remains unclear whether Tokyo were closed for about 30 “I can say Japan is in an active where more than 700 migrants with people in recent weeks has state in the coming days. militants organising under its minutes, with trains also tem- stage now,” said Toshiyasu Nagao, are said to be held following deepened a tug of war between But Bangladesh has insisted it name are acting on their own or porarily halted, while a football head of Earthquake Prediction their rescue last week. neighbouring Bangladesh and the will not take back any migrants as part of a centralised initiative match in the city was briefly Research Centre at Tokai Reporters have been trying to formerly army-ruled nation over who trace their origin to from the Middle East. AFP suspended. University. AFP access Thamee Hla Island at the who is responsible for migrants Myanmar. mouth of the Irrawaddy since the found in the Bay of Bengal. And because Myanmar author- authorities announced that 727 Myanmar refuses to recognise ities refuse to use the term people, including 74 women and its 1.3 million Rohingya living in Rohingya, it is difficult to ascer- 45 children, had been found drift- the western state of Rakhine as tain where exactly the migrants ing in a boat off Myanmar’s coast citizens. Instead it refers to them come from. and had been taken there. as “Bengalis” and alleges they are No media or aid group has yet Burundi urged to postpone polls They are part of a recent exodus illegal immigrants from across been able to meet the migrants of persecuted Myanmar Rohingya the border. held on Thamee Hla Island to DAR ES SALAAM: African Community (EAC) common mar- for the first summit on May 13, Muslims and Bangladeshi eco- They face daily discrimination verify where they say they origi- leaders meeting in Tanzania ket, attended the summit. They did not attend the meeting. He nomic migrants who have fled the including controls on their move- nate from. yesterday to discuss a politi- were joined by South African was represented by the country’s region en masse in a crisis that ments, family size and access to A lucrative people-smuggling cal crisis in Burundi triggered President Jacob Zuma. foreign minister, Alain Aime regional nations have struggled jobs, forcing tens of thousands trade has long thrived in the by the president’s plan to run “The summit called for a Nyamitwe. to deal with. to flee overseas — usually to region, largely ignored or col- for a third term called for the longer postponement of elections Rwanda also sent a minister Journalists who tried to take Malaysia. That exodus increased luded at by the authorities. But a postponement of elections by at in Burundi for a period not less rather than the head of state, a small boats out to Thamee Hla dramatically after 2012 when recent crackdown by Thai police least a month and a half. than one and a half months,” said Tanzanian foreign ministry offi- Island were being turned around scores were killed in communal in the country’s deep south threw Protests erupted in Burundi in Richard Sezibera, the secretary cial said. The summit also called by navy patrol vessels and were bloodletting in Rakhine. smuggling networks into chaos as late April in response to President general of the EAC. for the urgent disarmament of all ordered to delete any footage on Myanmar has been keen gangmasters abandoned their vic- Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to The leaders had previously youth factions allied to political their memory cards, said an AFP to portray those leaving its tims on land and sea. run for another term in June 26 called for the vote to be post- parties in Burundi. reporter on the nearby island of shores as Bangladeshi economic In recent weeks more than polls, a move critics say violates poned, to create the right con- Nkurunziza’s ruling CNDD- Haigyi. migrants and rejects widespread 3,500 migrants have turned up the constitution. ditions for voting, but to be held FDD party’s youthwing, the so- Those returning said they had criticism that its treatment of on Thai, Malaysian or Indonesian The heads of state of Tanzania, within Nkurunziza’s current called Imbonerakure, has been been ordered to sign documents the Rohingya is one of the root soil and an estimated 2,500 more Uganda and Kenya, which mandate that ends in August. accused of carrying out some promising not to try to make causes of the current exodus. are still stranded at sea. together with Burundi and Nkurunziza, who faced a coup of the violence that has rocked the journey again. The navy was On Saturday a local official from AFP Rwanda form the East African attempt while in Dar es Salaam Burundi for weeks. REUTERS Fire at garment Boko Haram raids factory in Bangladesh two Nigerian towns DHAKA: A fire broke out at a KANO: Boko Haram Islamists raided two towns in northeastern garment factory in Bangladesh Nigeria, torching public buildings and looting food and fuel stores, yesterday and a fire department residents and a police officer said. Islamist gunmen in pick-up trucks official said fire-fighters were and on motorcycles stormed the towns of Galda and Fika in Yobe state trying to put out the blaze. It late on Saturday, firing wildly and forcing residents indoors. was not known whether anyone The latest violence in the region comes shortly after President was trapped inside the building. Muhammadu Buhari took office on Friday vowing to crush the Islamist The textile industry is an group that has waged a six-year insurgency. important contributor to the After repelling a military offensive, Boko Haram stormed Fika, economy of Bangladesh, where 150km from the state capital Damaturu, burning a police station and duty-free access to Western mar- public buildings including a law court, a local administration building kets has helped to make the coun- and a primary school. try the world’s largest apparel “Boko Haram gunmen came in two pick-up trucks and on several exporter after China. motorcycles around 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) and kept firing shots hap- But a series of deadly incidents, hazardly and firing RPGs on the police station where they forced the including a building collapse that policemen to flee and residents to run indoors,” Fika resident Abubakar killed more than 1,100 people in Maigoro said. FROM LEFT: Burundi Foreign Minister Alain Aime Nyamitwe, South Africa President Jacob Zuma, Uganda’s 2013, has put the spotlight on The Islamists also torched a cluster of government-built homes for President Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete attend the summit to discuss the crisis in safety standards. civil servants and 13 vehicles parked outside people’s houses, Maigoro Burundi, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, yesterday. REUTERS said. “They burnt all the telecom masts in the town and we have to go to hill tops in the bush where we can get phone signals to make calls,” resident Ibrahim Sagir said. No information on casualties is available because communications are down. Troops who mobilised from Potiskum, 50km, to combat the Islamists were outgunned and forced to withdraw after intense fight- China rejects US criticism of sea reclamations ing, Maigoro and Sagir said. Boko Haram radicals also attacked Galda, 20km from Fika, at SINGAPORE: China yesterday rejected functions of the relevant islands and reefs, and with relevant neighbouring countries, China around 8 pm (1900 GMT). US demands to stop reclamation works in the working and living conditions of person- has always kept in mind the larger interest “The gunmen stormed our town firing everywhere to scare people the South China Sea, saying it was exer- nel stationed there. “Apart from meeting the of maritime security,” Sun told the annual away before breaking into shops and carting away food and jerry cans cising its sovereignty and using the con- necessary defence needs, it is more geared to meeting known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. of petrol,” resident Muhammad Garba said. troversial outposts to fulfil international better perform China’s international respon- “In spite of the sufficient historical and legal Meanwhile, a bomb went off in the Gamboru market in Nigeria’s responsibilities. sibilities and obligations regarding maritime evidence and its indisputable claims, rights northeastern city of Maiduguri, a resident and a military source said. Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of the search and rescue, disaster prevention and and interests, China has exercised enormous One person was killed, a hospital source said. Three others were general staff department in the People’s relief, maritime scientific research, meteoro- restraint, making positive contributions to injured, the military source said. Liberation Army, told a security summit in logical observation, environmental protection, peace and stability of the region and the world The military source said the explosives in yesterday’s blast were Singapore that “the situation in the South safety of navigation, fishery production, serv- at large.” concealed in a bag of charcoal inside the market, about 300 metres China Sea is on the whole peaceful and stable, ices,” he added. China insists it has sovereignty Sun was speaking a day after US Defence from the state customs office. There was no immediate claim for the and there has never been an issue with the over nearly all of the South China Sea, a major Secretary Ashton Carter demanded an imme- blast, which is typical for such attacks, but it bore the hallmarks of freedom of navigation.” global shipping route believed to be home to oil diate end to all reclamation works by claim- Boko Haram. The capital of Nigeria’s Borno state, home to about 2 “China has carried out construction on and gas reserves, but rival claimants accuse it ants and said Beijing was “out of step” with million people, is the birthplace of the six-year Islamist insurgency some islands and reefs in the South China of expansionism. international norms with its behaviour in dis- waged by Boko Haram to carve out a state adhering to Shariah law. Sea mainly for the purpose of improving the “When dealing with maritime disputes puted waters. AFP AGENCIES MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Rocket kills three in Quetta massacre slammed east Afghanistan school Security forces recover three explosive devices KABUL: A teacher and two withdrawal of most foreign troops location of the incident is not students were killed when a in 2014. specified, according to the Afghan rocket struck a school com- In northern Baghlan, for exam- (Khaama Press). pound in eastern Afghanistan ple, at least 18 schools have closed In the meantime, a state- yesterday, government officials this month over fears students ment issued by the Ministry of said, as intensifying combat may be caught in the crossfire, Interior states that 33 militants across the country takes a high the provincial acting education were killed and 42 wounded dur- toll on civilian life. director said. ing separate military operations In the worst affected prov- “Five of these schools are in eight provinces in past inces, families are too afraid to still closed and I ask the govern- 24 hours. send their children to school and ment and Taliban to let Afghan The statement adds that these some have closed until further children to go to school,” Abdul operations were conducted in notice. Rashed said. Sar-e-Pul, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Four other people were injured In another insidence, two sol- Helmand, Kunduz, Logar, Kapisa in Sunday’s attack in Logar and diers and 33 insurgents have been and Paktika provinces. Five sus- it was so far unclear who was killed in fresh military operations pects were also arrested during responsible, district chief Baraki across the country, ministries of these operations. Barak said. defense and interior announced Security forces also discovered The education ministry con- yesterday. and defused five different types demned the attack in a state- General Zahir Azimi, spokes- of Improvised Explosive Devices People shout slogans against the deteriorating security situation in their region following the deaths of least ment. Schools have closed in man for the Ministry of Defense (IEDs) during these operations, 19 passengers when gumnen opened fire on two buses in Mastun in Quetta, provincial capital of Balochistan provinces worst hit by the fight- says that two soldiers have been the statement states. Province, yesterday. ing, which has escalated since the killed in past 24 hours. The exact AGENCIES Act against Taliban, ‘Comic guardians’ to wean kids from terror

ISLAMABAD: When Taliban The result was “Paasban” -- or army in the disputed Himalayan concentrate on creating ordi- Ghani tells Pakistan militants stormed a school “Guardian” -- a three-part series region of Kashmir. nary heroes, or “Guardians” they in Pakistan’s northwest last featuring a group of close friends Eventually pulled back by a felt the Pakistani audience would KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani demanded tough action December, killing 150 people, at college who begin to worry last-minute family intervention, relate better to. from Pakistan against Taliban militants in a letter seeking greater mainly children, in the coun- when one of them drops out to he came to identify the methods The art is inspired by Alphonse anti-terrorism cooperation, after facing strong public criticism over try’s deadliest terror attack, join a religious student group that that radicals use to attract young Mucha and Pakistani artist a controversial intelligence-sharing deal between the neighbours. comic book creators Mustafa is ostensibly working for chari- people to violent jihad. Abdur Rahman Chughtai, though The spy agencies of both countries this month agreed to trade intel- Hasnain and Gauhar Aftab table causes. Some in the group “De-emphasising the virtues the action is more in line with ligence and bolster cooperation in their fight against the Taliban, the decided it was time to act. however, suspect it may have and values of your traditional Western comics and Japanese latest sign of a thaw in once-frosty ties. The pair had already been darker aims. faith, moving you towards the Manga, according to creative The Afghan government played down the significance of the deal, working on a series to raise Fifteen thousand of the books more minimalistic standpoint director and co-creator Yahya which triggered uproar in parliament and an avalanche of public criti- awareness about the corruption are set to be distributed for free when it comes to religion, demon- Ehsan. cism, with many accusing Ghani’s government of selling out to longtime that plagues the economically- from June 1 at schools in the cities ising various factors or forces that But what the three hope will nemesis Pakistan. underperforming Muslim giant of Lahore, Multan and Lodhran you feel to be threatening Islam, eventually land them a sustain- In the letter, whose contents were shared by officials with AFP on of 200 million people. while some copies will be made then (finally) glorifying the aspect able revenue stream beyond the Sunday, Ghani asked Islamabad’s civilian and military leadership to But they quickly decided available in book stores. The of martyrdom,” he said. donor-funding they currently condemn the Taliban’s annual spring offensive and reiterated Kabul’s to shift their focus to violent comic will also be distributed on By creating a storyline that receive is a digital app they have longstanding demand of denying insurgents sanctuary on their side extremism -- and felt holding a tailor-made app the group have features a protagonist going developed that they say is the of the border. candle-light vigils was not the developed for Apple and Android through these experiences, said best of its kind in the world for The letter also demanded that Pakistan place Taliban leaders in best way to effect change. smartphones. Aftab, young people who see the bringing graphic novels to life on Quetta and Peshawar under house arrest and detain members of the Hasnain, a British-educated For English-language script same thing going on in their lives smartphones. Taliban-allied Haqqani network “responsible for recent terror cam- computer graphics special- writer Aftab, the pathway or those of their friends will be The app is optimised to work paign in Afghanistan”. ist, founded his own company from disillusionment to signing better equipped to identify and on the low-end smartphones The letter comes as the Taliban intensify their annual spring offen- Creative Frontiers in 2013, today up to carry a gun and fight the avoid the same fate. available from about $70 that sive, launched in late April, which has sent civilian casualties soaring. employing 20 people, including so-called enemies of Islam was The Urdu translation was writ- have flooded the Pakistani mar- It marks the first fighting season in which Afghan forces will battle young male and female artists, not just something he had read ten by renowned script-writer ket since the advent of 3G data the insurgents without the full support of US-led foreign combat troops. programmers and writers, in a about in the news -- it was a Amjad Islam Amjad, responsi- connections last year, with some Afghan officials have frequently accused Pakistan of harbouring and hip Silicon Valley-style office in choice he had almost made as a ble for some of Pakistan’s most estimates placing smartphone nurturing Taliban insurgents, who are waging a 13-year war against the city of Lahore. child. popular TV shows, in an effort penetration at 20 percent of the local and foreign troops in the country. He explained: “It was a huge A product of Aitchison College to ensure an audience that is country’s estimated 80 million But Ghani has actively courted Pakistan, which has historically watershed moment for us. I got in Lahore, Pakistan’s elite equiva- as wide as possible in a country mobile users. backed the Taliban, since coming to power in what observers say is a together with Gauhar and I said lent to Britain’s Eton, Aftab came where English is mainly used by Users can swipe from panel to calculated gambit to pressure the insurgents to the negotiating table. ‘We really have to do something under the influence of a charis- the educated elite. panel, with simple animations Afghanistan’s engagement with Pakistan in its fight against the about this’. matic teacher who convinced him While comic-books in the US depicting new characters enter- Taliban is seen as a major policy shift from the previous Hamid Karzai “We used to stand over there at the age of 13 to leave behind his tradition often feature heroes with ing a scene, all set to a brooding government, which accused Islamabad of destabilising Kabul. (at vigils) with a candle... but we school and family to fight jihad super-powers such as Superman, background soundtrack. AFP wanted to do something more.” (holy war) against the Indian Paasban’s creators decided to AFP

Wool merchants Pakistan, US to 90,000 traffic offenders begin strategic dialogue today have not paid fines ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ISLAMABAD: The govern- convenient to get a new driving Foreign Secretary Aizaz ment of Pakistan has been licence,” Bilal added. Ahmad Chaudhry arrived in forced to bear losses of millions Meanwhile, a total of Rs 21.1m Washington yesterday to repre- of rupees over the last couple of was collected by the administra- sent Pakistan in comprehensive years because over 90,000 traf- tion after disposing of 82,451 chal- strategic dialogue (CSD) with fic violators did not pay their lans during the two years. the United States commencing fines. During this period, a total of today in the State Department. The Islamabad Capital 45,906 tickets were received by According to the Foreign Office Territory (ICT) Administration Saddar AC. However, only 21,225 sources the nuclear non-prolif- is now mulling issuing arrest war- challans were disposed of and eration will be significant among rants for such violators. 24,681 are still pending. A total the six subjects of discussion. The Islamabad Traffic Police of Rs 5.59m was collected by the The strategic stability will be yet (ITP) issued 174,872 tickets dur- court. another subject that would be ing January 1, 2013 to December Similarly, 37,861 tickets were having prominence in the course 31, 2014. received by Industrial Area AC, of dialogue. It is likely that the Only 82,451 tickets, however, with 20,428 challans disposed of, talks would continue for two days. were disposed of, while 92,421 are and 17,433 tickets are still pend- Pakistan’s Ambassador to the still pending in different courts of ing. The court collected Rs4, 96 United States, Syed Jalil Abbas the four area assistant commis- m in fines. Jailani, will also assist his foreign sioners (ACs). A total of 41,159 tickets were secretary in the dialogue. Traffic violators usually do not received by the City AC, of which Jailani was Foreign Secretary bother to pay the fine and collect only 17,569 were disposed of and before assuming the incum- their licences or other documents, 23,590 are still pending. Rs4.45 m bent slot. Senior officers of the which are seized at the time a was collected by the court in fines. Foreign Office and officials of the Afghan wool merchants wait for customers in Herat yesterday. Afghans associated with the industry earn person is ticketed. Instead, they Moreover, the Rural AC Strategic Plans Division (SPD) around $2 per day. Workers separate fur from goats’ hair and weave sheep’s wool without protective gloves just get a new driving licence or received 49,946 tickets in two have also travelled with the for- or masks. A lung and chest diseases specialist at Herat City Hospital says workers in fur and wool factories a replacement National Identity years, with only 23,229 challans eign secretary to take part in the are vulnerable to virulent microbes, which harm the respiratory system and cause chest infections. Card, an ICT Administration offi- disposed of and 26,717 tickets still talks, the sources added. cial said. pending. A total of Rs 6.13m was The US Under Secretary of This practice has caused a huge collected. State for Arms Control, Rose loss to the national exchequer, Other prominent violations Eilene Gottemoeller, will head said another administration offi- included parking in no-parking the host country’s delegation for 20 NGOs will know their fate today cial while requesting anonymity. areas, overloading, reckless driv- the dialogue. The sources said Muhammad Bilal, a resident of ing, traffic signal violations and that the dialogue is part of the ISLAMABAD: A high-powered committee will Division (EAD) and the Foreign Office - will eval- Sector G-6, said that traffic con- driving without a licence. strategic dialogue process, which decide today the fate of more than 20 interna- uate security agencies’ reports on the credibility stable fined him Rs500 for speed- East Zone Additional Deputy is having the following six work- tional non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and activities of the NGOs in question. The NGOs ing on 7th Avenue last month, but Commissioner Abdus Sattar ing groups: economy and trade, which have not been cleared to work in Pakistan whose fate is set to be discussed in Monday’s meet- he did not pay the fine. Essani said that many violators energy, counter-terrorism and by the country’s security agencies. ing include the International Republic Institute, He said that it took time to did not bother to try and collect law enforcement, defence and The panel - which will be headed by PM’s Special National Democratic Institute, Save The Children find out where the court was, their licences by depositing fines, nuclear non-proliferation and Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi and com- International, Save The Children USA, Partner Aid located and then he couldn’t be despite repeated summonses education, science and technology. prise representatives of the Intelligence Bureau, International, Catholic Relief Services, Oxfam GB, bothered to stand in a long queue issued by courts. INTERNEWS ISI, the interior ministry, the Economic Affairs International Alert and others INTERNEWS with other violators. “It is more INTERNEWS MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Experts celebrate No flip-flop on Pakistan: Sushma silver jubilee of Cricket diplomacy ruled out laparoscopy MUMBAI: The best minds in NEW DELHI: External Affairs through dialogue. The dialogue the field of laporscopic surgery Minister Sushma Swaraj on will be between two sides, no third came together here yesterday Sunday denied any “flip-flop” in party will be there or present in to celebrate the silver jubilee of India’s policy towards Pakistan the talks; and talks cannot be held the first laparoscopic surgery in and said talks with the neigh- in the shadow of violence and ter- India. bour can only be held in an rorism, only in the atmosphere of On , 1990, the first laparoscopic atmosphere of “sadbhavna” goodwill,” she asserted. removal of gall bladder (laparo- or goodwill and without the “There is no change in our pol- scopic cholecystectomy) was done involvement of a third party. icy, we have told this to Pakistan by T.E. Udwadia, general surgery Addressing a mega press con- always,” she said. specialist at Hinduja Hospital in ference here on the completion Sushma Swaraj also said that Mahim. of the NDA government’s one with the 2008 Mumbai attack At a conference here in the year in office, Sushma Swaraj mastermind Zakiur Rehman presence of Health Minister J.P. said there were no talks planned Lakhvi out of jail, there can be Nadda, experts from all over with Pakistan as of now and also no talks with Pakistan. the country deliberated on an discounted media reports about “If Lakhvi is outside and he is exceptional evolution of a world- cricket diplomacy being launched free and Pakistan thinks we will renowned surgical technique that between the two countries. speak, will India ever accept that,” has changed and saved millions of Answering a question on per- she asked. lives in India. ceived wavering regarding its On India’s efforts to seek “Today, laparoscopic surgery stance on Pakistan, she said the UN Security Council sanctions is a widely accepted surgi- three ministries of home, defence against Hizbul Mujahideen chief cal technique that uses small and external affairs have differ- Syed Salahuddin -- which are Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj addresses a press conference in New Delhi yesterday. Swaraj held the press incisions and long pencil-like ent roles. facing a roadblock from China, conference to mark the first anniversary of PM Narendra Modi’s government. instruments to perform opera- “If there is firing on the bor- the minister said New Delhi has tions with a camera,” said der, the home ministry will not told Beijing that the terrorism diplomacy with Pakistan, Sushma a meeting, the Pakistani envoy samvad and parinam’ (contact, Pradeep Chowbey, executive sit quiet but speak strongly, the targeting India and China comes Swaraj said no decision has been invited them... and just four days dialogue, and results)... In one vice chairman of the Max defence ministry will speak in a from the same source and both taken on resuming cricketing ties ahead of the foreign secretary year, we have connected with 101 Healthcare and chairman of similar vein; but it is the ministry should work together to tackle with Pakistan. level talks. We said how can you countries,” Sushma Swaraj said Max Institute of Minimal Access, of external affairs’ role to see the the scourge. Asked about the govern- invite them at this stage? That addressing a press conference Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery positives in the entire relation- “We told China that we are not ment’s stand on Pakistan’s links means that you consider them yesterday. in New Delhi who attended the ship... that is our role. There is no the only victim of terrorism, and with Kashmiri separatist group part of the official talks; and that She said the contacts were event. flip-flop,” she said in Hindi. China is also a victim of terror. Hurriyat, Sushma Swaraj said is why we cancelled the talks. We made either by visiting the coun- “Procedures such as hernia She said that since the time We both are the victims of only the Hurriyat leaders always will never accept a third party in tries, or having their leaders visit repairs, gastric bypass, bowel Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz one source of terrorism,” she said, seek appointments to meet the talks,” she said. India, or dialogues on the sidelines resection and organ removal Sharif came to India a year ago to adding that India asked China to Pakistani envoy in Delhi. External Affairs Minister of multilateral conferences. “Our are now routinely carried attend the swearing-in of Prime keep this factor in mind while But last August, ahead of the Sushma Swaraj also asserted foreign policy is very successful....” out through laparoscopy and Minister Narendra Modi and voting in the UNSC. foreign secretary-level talks, the yesterday that the NDA govern- The minister also said that have successfully replaced open held talks with him, the govern- She said any future engage- Pakistani envoy had “invited” the ment’s foreign policy was “very there was no competition between surgery as the preferred treat- ment has based its policy for talks ment with Pakistan will be based Hurriyat leaders for a meeting successful” with India having con- her and Prime Minister Narendra ment option for bariatric surgery, with Pakistan on three principles on the three principles she had with him, which India objected nected with 101 countries in the Modi over foreign visits. “A pro- gallbladder stones and all types -- which it has often reiterated. mentioned. to, leading to cancellation of the past one year. active PM is a support, not a chal- of hernia,” Chowbey added in a “We are ready to resolve all To a question on how India talks. “Government’s foreign policy lenge,” she said. statement. issues in a peaceful manner has agreed to launch cricket “They (Hurriyat) did not seek based on three pillars of ‘sampark, IANS IANS

Mamata will come along No easy options for Rain brings relief; heat to Bangladesh: Sushma

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Congress in Bihar wave toll hits 2,200 Sushma Swaraj yesterday said she is “confi- dent” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata NEW DELHI: Faced with no secretary Shakeel Ahmad told Banerjee will travel to Bangladesh along easy options in Bihar, where IANS. HYDERABAD: Scattered have died in neighbour- with at least another nine with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next assembly polls are scheduled Ahmad, a former Bihar rain yesterday brought ing Telangana from the deaths reported elsewhere week and not do a redux of the 2011 trip later this year, a section of the Congress president, said that the much-needed but only tem- heatwave, an official said. in the country, the Press with then prime minister Manmohan Singh. Congress is in favour of join- picture should be clear in about porary relief to parts of Hospitals are struggling Trust of India news agency To a query if the government was certain ing a possible alliance between a month. India hit by a long heat- to cope with the number reported. Banerjee would not at the last moment decide the JD-U and RJD and another The assembly polls are expected wave as the death toll from of patients suffering from A brief spell of rain on to drop out of the team, which had caused wanting to go it alone. in September-October and do not the blistering temperatures severe heatstroke. Sunday brought slight relief immense embarrassment to the then govern- “There are two views in the offer easy options for the Congres. crossed 2,200, officials said. Hundreds of mainly poor in the Delhi region but the ment, she said: “She will certainly go, I can say party. One is that we should go for The Bihar poll will be the Thunderstorms struck people die at the height of temperature again touched with confidence.” alliance at it would help in stop- first after the Narendra Modi sections of southern states summer every year in India, 43 degrees Celsius (109 Sushma said Mamata would be going to ping BJP from coming to power, government has completed a of Andhra Pradesh and but this year’s figures are Fahrenheit) in the afternoon. Dhaka to be present during the inking of the a primary aim of the party. The year in office and is vital for the Telangana, which have borne already the highest since India declares a heatwave Land Boundary Agreement between the two other opinion is that the party Congress in its efforts at revival. the brunt of the deadliest 1995 when official Indian when the maximum temper- countries. Asked if any agreement on shar- should contest all 243 seats and The results are expected to heatwave in more than two data showed 1,677 people suc- ature hits 45 degrees Celsius, ing of Teesta river waters was on the anvil build its cadre. It may not yield have a wider political resonance decades, as well as the capital cumbed to the heat. or five degrees higher than during the trip, she said that both sides have dividends in this election but amid efforts by Congress vice New Delhi. Experts point to record the average for the area in “not reached a stage in discussions to arrive will benefit the party in the long president Rahul Gandhi to cast But the toll continued high temperatures this year previous years. at an agreement” and that any agreement on term,” a party leader told IANS, the National Democratic Alliance to climb and the weather over a longer period than The annual monsoon, sharing of the river waters, that runs through requesting anonymity as he is not government as “anti-farmer” and bureau warned that temper- usual. which had been forecast to both countries, would be made with Banerjee authorised to speak to the media. “anti-poor”. atures in swathes of south- In his monthly radio make landfall in the south- on board. Congress leaders said a deci- The JD-U and RJD were among ern, western and northern address on Sunday, Prime ern state of Kerala on May “Teesta agreement cannot be just between sion on this is likely once there six parties that had announced India would hover around 45 Minister Narendra Modi 30, has slowed in the Bay of India and Bangladesh; we have to take West is clarity on the merger of the their merger into a single entity degrees Celsius (113 degrees urged everyone “to take care Bengal, according to fore- Bengal on board.. without consulting her Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and last month with Samajwadi Party Fahrenheit) in coming days. of yourselves in this heat” as casters. It is now predicted (Banerjee) we cannot hold talks,” she said. the Rashtriya Janata Dal. chief Mulayam Singh Yadav as “1,636 people have now died India waits for the monsoon to arrive on Monday before Mamata had dropped off at the last minute “The present situation is of the president. However, the unity in the Andhra state,” P. Tulsi rains to hit. sweeping across the coun- from the team set to accompany Singh in 2011 wait and watch. We are seeing efforts do not appear to have Rani, a top disaster manage- In the eastern state of try’s arid plains in the weeks to Dhaka over her objections to the sharing of how JD-U and RJD finalise their made much headway since then. ment official, told AFP. Orissa, 21 deaths have now ahead. Teesta river waters in the agreement set to be relationship,” Congress general IANS Another 541 people been recorded from the heat, AFP inked. IANS

Cheaper fruits in store Conspiracy to weaken Woman raped by two hospital Paradip port: Minister employees BHUBANESWAR: A conspiracy was being hatched to weaken KOLKATA: A 24-year-old Odisha’s state-run Paradip Port and promote a private one in neigh- woman was allegedly gang raped bouring Bhadrak district, the state’s Excise Minister Damodar by two employees of a hospital Rout alleged yesterday. here, police said yesterday. Both Addressing the media, the minister said “a group of influential peo- atatckers were arrested. ple sponsored by the central government” has hatched a conspiracy The incident happened on late to ruin the Paradip Port. Friday at RG Kar Hospital. Rout, the legislator from Paradip, said the port, which had received The woman, a resident the Golden Peacock National Quality Award for 2014 and was the sec- of Murshidabad district’s ond among the major ports in India, was going through a bad period. Bahrampur, came to the hospital “Earlier, vessels had to wait for 9-12 days for berthing. But since the to visit a relative admitted there last one month, the berths are lying vacant. The situation has arisen when the two accused - employed as the vessels are being diverted to other ports,” he said. as liftman - pounced on her, police “It shows that the traffic at Paradip port has been reduced substan- said. tially, which is a serious indicator,” the Biju Janata Dal leader added. “On the basis of her complaint He said the port did not have even a regular chairman, and the filed, we have arrested the two chairman of the Vizag Port has been made in-charge of Paradip too. accused - Masum Ali Khan and “Aiming to spoil the port, the Centre is appointing all non-Odia offic- Haider Ali. A medical test on ers. The chairman, deputy chairman, secretary and other top posts are the victim has been conducted held by non-Odia officers. The efficient Odia officers are transferred and the report is awaited,” said a to other ports in the country,” he said. police officer. He also said that around 1,200 workers engaged in manual unloading The incident has created a of wagons were deprived of their jobs due to introduction of mechanics. sense of insecurity among female BJP leader Bijay Mohapatra termed the allegations baseless. hospital staff as well as attend- “There is no question of weakening the Paradip port. The Centre ants of patients. “I have to go to A vendor attends to a customer at his roadside fruit stall in Mumbai yesterday. India’s central bank is expected is planning to strengthen the port. The Centre is planning to develop buy medicines late in the night. to cut interest rates for a third time in five months when it meets this week, confident that inflation is stable Paradip as a smart city. If Damodar Rout, being a minister, has any But after this incident, I would be enough to weather the summer monsoon. suggestion for development of the port, the Centre would accept it,” afraid to venture out,” said rela- he said. IANS tive of a patient. IANS MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 India to buy only 36 OROP matter of faith: Modi Rafale fighter jets Army of poor against poverty mooted; plea to make Yoga Day a success NEW DELHI: India will only buy 36 Rafale fighter jets as they are “way too expensive”, the defence minister said Sunday, dashing NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of their aptitude. lingering French hopes of a larger deal that has been years in the Narendra Modi yesterday “The students who have not making. assured the ex-servicemen succeeded in their examinations Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the previous government’s that his government will soon need not be disheartened and take plans to buy 126 of the fighter jets from French firm Dassault were resolve the tangles related to it as an opportunity to find new “economically unviable and not required”. the “One rank, One pension” avenues,” Modi said, adding that “We are not buying the rest. We are only buying the... 36,” Parrikar (OROP) issue and that interests “success and failure are a part of told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency. of retired defence personnel is a life. We can learn a lot from fail- During a visit to France in April, Indian Prime Minister Narendra “matter of faith and expression ure also”. Modi announced that New Delhi was ordering 36 of the “ready to fly” of patriotism” for him. With an emphasis on creating planes. “Interests of the former defence an army of poor against poverty, The deal -- estimated to be worth five billion euros ($5.5 billion) -- personnel is a matter of faith and Prime Minister Narendra Modi followed tortuous years-long negotiations on buying the jets. expression of patriotism for me,” yesterday expressed satisfaction But the purchase agreement fell a long way short of previous propos- Modi said in his radio address on the recently launched social als for India to buy 126. Frustrating negotiations for that deal stalled ‘Mann Ki Baat’. security schemes. over costs and assembly guarantees. Seeking more time from ex- “Over 8.52 crore people have Parrikar has since played down expectations of a larger deal, but servicemen, Modi said: “This joined the schemes in just 20 his comments yesterday were some of his strongest yet, saying buying government, and I repeat, this days. This shows people’s faith more of the jets would blow the defence ministry’s procurement budget. government will give a solution in central government’s social “I also feel like having a BMW and Mercedes. But I don’t because I to OROP.” Army veterans protesting for ‘one rank one pension’. uplifting initiatives for them,” can’t afford it. First I can’t afford it and second I don’t need it,” Parrikar “I am not talking as a prime Modi said in the 8th edition told PTI. AFP minister. For 40 years, this on the issue. see the poor self-empowered so of his radio programme ‘Mann (OROP) question has been per- “I will request all soldiers, those that he need not depend on others Ki Baat’. sisting. Nothing has happened so who are trying to politicise the for self survival.” The schemes - Pradhan Mantri far,” he added. issue, have been playing with you On the occasion, the prime min- Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan He said different departments for 40 years... I don’t want to take ister also said Yoga has become Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana UP files criminal case of the government have been any steps that make the issue a catalytic agent to connect the and Atal Pension Yojana - were working on it, but the issue is more complicated,” he said. world and is very much relevant very important initiatives in the very complicated and remaining “Give me some time, you have in the context of ‘Vasudhaiva direction of ensuring social secu- pending for 40 years has made it been patient for 40 years, give Kutumbakam’ (the world is one rity, he added. against Nestle’s noodles more complicated. some time to me as well, give me family). He said it was unthinkable “It is not as simple as we a chance to work on it and we will Modi appealed to the country- of security scheme at a token NEW DELHI: Authorities in “We have filed a case against thought, it is complicated. and 40 solve all the problems,” the prime men to make ‘International Yoga payment of Rs.1 per month and a north Indian state have filed Nestle India and the store owner years have added to the complica- minister said. Day’, to be celebrated on June 21, added: “The government wants to a criminal case against Nestle for manufacturing and selling the tions. Government is finding ways Expressing satisfaction over a success. see the poor self-empowered so India after finding danger- harmful product,” Bahadur told to make it simple and acceptable the recently launched social secu- He also urged them to become that he need not depend on others ous levels of lead in a batch of AFP. to all,” said Modi. rity schemes, Modi said he wants Yoga ambassador and make this for self survival”. Maggi noodles, an official said He said the company faced a “There is no need to give to create an “army of poor against important knowledge easily avail- Modi said he wants to create yesterday. fine and officials a possible jail reports in media about every step. poverty”. able to the world for the welfare “an army of poor against poverty”. The Food Safety and Drug term if the court went ahead with I assure you, this government will “Over 8.52 crore people have of mankind. On the occasion, the prime Administration (FDA) in north- a hearing and found them guilty bring to you a solution on ‘One joined the schemes in just 20 days. Terming the recently launched minister said Yoga has become ern Uttar Pradesh state has said of breaching the national Food rank, One pension’,” he said. This shows people’s faith in cen- DD Kisan Channel “an open a catalytic agent to connect the high lead levels were found during Safety and Standards Act. Miffed over their long-pending tral government’s social uplifting University of farmers”, Modi said: world and is very much relevant routine tests in two dozen pack- Nestle India, which sells a demand of OROP not being met, initiatives for them,” Modi said in “There is something for everyone in the context of ‘Vasudhaiva ets of instant noodles, along with vast number of products in India veterans from the armed forces the 8th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’. engaged in the agriculture and Kutumbakam’ (the world is one flavour enhancer MSG, in March. including two-minute noodles, has have said they were ready for a The schemes - Pradhan Mantri allied sectors.” family). The FDA earlier this month rejected the FDA’s findings and protracted fight with the central Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Modi added that the channel Modi appealed to the country- ordered the company to recall has been conducting its own tests government and would launch an Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana has a lot for fishermen as well and men to make ‘International Yoga the batch from stores in the state. of the batch. agitation next month. and Atal Pension Yojana - were they must take maximum advan- Day’, to be celebrated on June 21, Vijay Bahadur, the state’s “We will share our results with Describing the issue as compli- very important initiatives in the tage from the channel in modern- a success. deputy food safety commissioner, authorities and continue to col- cated and pending for the past 40 direction of ensuring social secu- ising their vocation. He also urged them to become said the case was lodged in a local laborate fully with them to bring years, Modi said the concerned rity, he added. Congratulating students who Yoga ambassador and make this magistrate’s court against Nestle this matter to a conclusion,” the officials in the government were He said it was unthinkable passed the Central Board of important knowledge easily avail- India for using misleading pack- company said in a statement on engaged to find a solution to this of security scheme at a token Second Education examinations, able to the world for the welfare aging and manufacturing poten- Friday. issue and asked the ex-service- payment of Rs.1 per month and Modi asked them to pick up the of mankind. tially harmful products. AFP men not to be swayed by politics added: “The government wants to future course of study on the basis IANS MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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Tearful toddlers Biggest human smiley battle in ‘crying sumo’

TOKYO: More than 100 babies faced off in the sumo ring in an annual contest pit- ting crying toddlers against each other in a Japanese tradition believed to bring infants good health. The “crying sumo” event, held at Tokyo’s Sensoji Temple in the historic Asakusa dis- trict, saw hulking sumo wres- tlers attempt to make 120 babies bawl on command to the delight of parents and onlookers. The ceremony dates back some 400 years and is held at shrines and temples nation- wide. The rules vary from region to region — in some versions the babies are raced against each other to see who will cry first, while in others the first crier is the loser. In the Asakusa event, which has itself been running since 1991, pairs of toddlers were brought into the sumo ring, where real sumo wrestlers held them and shook them gently as a referee shouted, “Cry! Cry!”. The winner was judged to be the infant who cried the quick- A total of 6,667 Filipino participants, wearing yellow and black shirts, form a human smiley in Manila, attempting to break the Guinness World record held by Doha, with 4,047 participants est and loudest. AFP in March 2014. Famed rice terraces face modern threats MAYOYAO, PHILIPPINES: It acquiring the chaotic trappings of typi- Padchanan said. “But it is not all bad. is fiesta time in the famed rice ter- cal poor Philippine towns, including ugly We are blending old societies with the races of the northern Philippines, and multi-storey buildings made of cheap new, while maintaining many of our young men in colourful tribal cloth- concrete, polluting diesel vehicles and values.” ing pound ancient rhythms on brass ramshackle tin-roofed shanties. Padchanan said he was confident the gongs as wild boars squeal ahead of Introduced pests, including giant rice terraces and ancient traditions slaughter. The annual festivals, held in Indonesian earthworms, are causing could survive the onslaught of the 21st remote mountain communities after major damage to the structures of the century. the planting of the rice that is at the terraces, causing some to collapse. “The Mayoyao rice terraces will con- core of their existence, are a vital way In Mayoyao, one of the region’s tinue to be handed down from genera- of passing centuries-old customs to most scenic villages, local officials say tion to generation. The rice terraces the new generation. the worms, as well as snails originally shall endure for as long as the Mayoyao Those traditions are the soul of the brought in as a food for protein, are the are here,” he said. Cordillera ranges, one of the Philippines’ biggest dangers to the terraces. Locals also pointed out they had a most spectacular regions where Ifugao Television and the Internet are simi- right to develop and enjoy modern soci- tribespeople are custodians of World larly eroding traditional work ethics, ety, and should not have to live in fos- Heritage-listed rice terraces. which are vital to maintaining the silised communities. But the stepped paddy fields, built labour-intensive terraces. Standing in traditional tribal clothes 2,000 years ago and the highest in Asia, “When our parents told us to go and during a recent festival, Mayoyao elder as well as the Ifugao’s traditional life- work, we’d obey,” Margaret Licnachan, and rice farmer Mario Lachaona spoke styles, are facing unprecedented threats 38, a rice farmer and mother-of-four, passionately about preserving customs amid the relentless forces of modernity. said as she sat in the stone courtyard but cautioned against over-romanti- “There is a danger of these beauti- of her Mayoyao home. cising the old days. “Life before was so ful areas turning into urban jungles,” “But today, our children refuse to go hard,” said Lachaona, 68, a wiry father Edison Molanida, World Heritage sites and work in the terraces. They are lazy.” of six and grandfather of 18. manager for the national government’s Molanida, the World Heritage sites “Education was not good. There were culture commission, said. manager, described the “abandonment no roads here so we had to walk long “One of the main threats is the rapid of the rice growing culture” by signifi- distances to buy foods. We could not pace of development in the area. And A valley at sunrise in Mayoyao, Ifugao province, part of the spectacular mountain rice cant numbers of Ifugao as one of the survive on just the rice we grew.” by rapid pace, we mean unmanaged terrace region in the northern Philippines that is listed by Unesco as a World Heritage site. biggest dangers for the region. Lachaona said his grandchildren had development.” “If the younger generation are no much better nutrition and education In its description justifying World Unesco also praises the Ifugao people A generation or two ago, many of the longer interested in the rice culture than his generation, while their oppor- Heritage status, the United Nations for having remained in harmony with Ifugao villages and the lifestyles of the and move to cities, or adopt modern tunities to find work other than subsist- Educational, Scientific and Cultural nature for so long, such as by using people who lived in them largely resem- lifestyles, who will be left to tend to the ence farming were much greater. Organization (Unesco) describes the herbs instead of pesticides, eschewing bled those of centuries ago. terraces?” “Life is a lot easier now,” Lachaona region as “a living cultural landscape of fertilisers and generally showing great Large areas of the five listed districts, In a lengthy interview from his moun- said. The expected paving in the next unparalleled beauty”. care for limited natural resources. home to roughly 100,000 people and a taintop office overlooking the terraces, few years of the only road to Mayoyao On misty mornings, when the first The irrigation system, which taps day’s drive from the capital Manila, Mayoyao vice mayor Jimmy Padchanan will make life easier again in many ways. rays of pale orange sunshine fall across water from mountaintop forests and today retain many of the aspects cel- insisted local elders were working hard Padchanan, the vice mayor, said there the stone walls that follow the moun- shares it equitably throughout the ebrated by Unesco. and successfully to control the march were plans to sell vegetables in far away tains’ contours, the terraces look like communities, is hailed as a “mastery of But radical change is underway. of modernity. “We can not deny the towns, providing a welcome source of giant staircases climbing to the heavens. engineering”. Once picturesque villages are effects of modernisation on our culture,” extra income for rice farmers. AFP

Rope crossing Dinosaurs were warm-blooded animals NEW YORK: Dinosaurs were metabolism of hundreds of living birds in a statistical analysis is warm-blooded animals that had animals. generally inappropriate, because many traits in common with D’Emic looked at that study birds are dinosaurs -- they’re just mammals, claims a new study. again, focusing on two primary the dinosaurs that haven’t gone The study counters other the- aspects, reported Discovery News. extinct,” D’Emic explained. ories which say dinosaurs were “The previous study underes- “D’Emic’s study reveals how either cold-blooded and reptile- timated dinosaur growth rates important access to the data like, or occupied a unique inter- by failing to account for their behind published results is for mediate category of animals uneven growth. Like most ani- hypothesis testing and advancing that were neither fully cold nor mals, dinosaurs slowed or paused our understanding of dinosaur warm-blooded. their growth annually, as shown growth dynamics,” noted Holly “Upon re-analysis, it was by rings in their bones analogous Woodward, assistant professor in apparent that dinosaurs weren’t to tree rings,” D’Emic noted. the Center for Health Sciences at just somewhat like living mam- Seasonal environments can also Oklahoma State University. IANS mals in their physiology as they impact growth, and would have fit right within our understanding really affected dinosaurs. of what it means to be a ‘warm- The second argument is based blooded’ mammal,” said Michael on the widely held view that all D’Emic, a Stony Brook University dinosaurs did not become extinct: paleontologist. some evolved to become birds. The “re-analysis” refers to Today’s birds are warm- People cross the rope bridge over the Sementina valley during heavy fog near Monte Carasso, Southern Switzerland, D’Emic’s work revisiting yet blooded, so he argues that dino- yesterday. The 270 metres long pedestrian bridge spans the valley at a maximum height of 130 metres above another Science paper, pub- saurs must have been this way lished last year, which compiled too. “Separating what we com- ground. The bridge opened for the public yesterday. a huge dataset on growth and monly think of as ‘dinosaurs’ from Monday 1 June 2015 14 Shaaban 1436 Volume 20 Number 6448 Price: QR2

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BY SATISH KANADY Another two mega projects record to date. Deloitte Middle capacity are required by 2020. diversification of their econo- in April which are expected to be awarded East’s annual report said. “The forecast of $ 172bn worth mies.” she added. DOHA: Qatar’s focus on infra- in 2015 are: one for the new According to the Deloitte of projects are against a back- On UAE, the report said the DOHA: The value of Qatar’s structure development will Qatar Economic Zone budg- report, key drivers for drop of lower oil prices, continu- dwarfing infrastructure project total exports of goods decreased continue as per the country’s eted at $3bn, which is one of diversification include job crea- ing political unrest and reduced of the region is of course DWC: 36 percent to QR25.5bn in April original plans. An estimated the three new planned economic tion given that 50 percent of the International Monetary Fund Al Maktoum International 2015 compared to the same $21bn worth infrastructure zones mainly focusing on logis- GCC population is under the age (IMF) growth forecasts across Airport expansion, currently month in 2014. projects are expected to be tics and air freight companies of 25. In Saudi Arabia alone it the GCC,” said Cynthia Corby, budgeted at $32bn and antici- The preliminary figures awarded in 2015 itself. (expected to be the biggest of the is forecast that four million jobs audit partner and leader of the pated to be the biggest airport released by the Ministry of In Qatar, the two largest three), and Occidental Petroleum will be needed in the next five Construction industry for the in the world. This is followed Development Planning and projects in pre-execution phase Corporation (Oxy) - Idd e Shargi years. GCC population growth is Middle East. by a massive industrial project Statistics (MDPS) on Qatar’s and expected to be awarded North Dome Expansion Phase 5, forecast to grow from 350 million “However the GCC countries in Abu Dhabi for Tacaamol - foreign merchandise trade noted in 2015. They are from QRail, again budgeted for $3bn. to 602 million by 2050, all driv- have the benefit of reserves, Al-Gharbia Chemicals Industrial the country’s total exports of namely the “QIRP: Passenger & This year stands to be another ing the GCC countries’ strategies which they have built up as a City, planned at $20bn. goods declined 4.8 percent in last Freight Rail”, budgeted at $15bn, key indicator of economic devel- to provide education, healthcare, buffer and which they can con- There are other sectors with month on month-on-month basis. and from QIRP, whose “Passenger opment as the Gulf Cooperation infrastructure and support to tinue to use to achieve their several billions being planned on On the other hand, the imports & Freight Rail: Phase 2” is budg- Council (GCC) continues to invest communities. This growth will outlined strategies. Therefore, capital projects, with the top sec- of goods in April 2015 amounted eted at $3bn, audit and consult- in infrastructure and capital require energy and water: a 34 they are expected to continue tor for 2015 being mixed-use and to QR 10.6bn, showing an increase ing firm Deloitte’s latest research projects. The forecast for projects percent increase in electricity to spend on infrastructure residential projects amounting to of 19.5 percent over April 2014. note on GCC construction sector planned and underway in the GCC generation capacity and a fur- and capital projects in order $24bn. However, on a M-o-M the imports noted yesterday. in 2015 is $172bn; the highest on ther 2.2 billion liters desalination to achieve their strategies for THE PENINSULA increased by 2.2 percent. In April 2015, the foreign mer- chandise trade balance, which represents the difference between Vertical parking garage total exports and imports, showed a surplus of QR 14.9bn, i.e. a Qatar land price surge decrease of QR 16.1bn or 51.8 percent compared to April 2014. However, the trade balance of goods decreased by QR 1.5bn or hits property profitability 9.2 percent compared to March 2015. DUBAI: Land accounts for mostly for higher-end projects.” The year on year decrease in about half the value of real The dominance of government total exports was mainly due to estate sales in Qatar, 10 times and semi-government developers lower exports of Petroleum gases that of developed markets, as has left little room for the pri- and other gaseous hydrocarbons prices surge to levels that may vate sector, said Abdul Mohsen reaching 15.7bn in April 2015, i.e. make even high-margin luxury Al Hammadi, Chief Executive of a decrease of 39.7 percent. developments unprofitable to Dubai developer Manazil Group. During April 2015, Motor cars build, experts say. “Even in residential areas, & other passenger vehicles was Qatar allows foreign freehold you’re talking about (land prices) at the top of the imported group property ownership in specific triple that of Dubai, therefore the of commodities, with QR 1.2bn, zones, although the real estate return on investment is very low,” showing an increase of 28.4 per- sector remains in its infancy and he added. cent compared to April 2014. In local investors often prefer to In the first quarter of 2015, real second place was Parts of aircraft trade land rather than develop estate transactions in Qatar were and helicopters etc. with QR plots. worth QR26bn ($7bn), up 50 per- 0.7bn, showing an increase of 5.0 FIFA’s selection of Qatar to cent from a year earlier, Deloitte percent, and in third place was host the 2022 World Cup has estimates, although this includes Insulated wire, cable etc.; opti- exacerbated this trading, although many transactions between gov- cal fiber cables with QR 0.4bn, population growth and a broadly ernment entities. increased by 252.0 percent. buoyant economy are the main Vaughn Weatherdon, vice presi- In April 2015, United States of drivers of the land boom. dent of real estate investment and America was the leading country The central bank’s Qatar Real advisory at QInvest, said land sales of origin of Qatar’s imports with Estate Price Index, which includes accounted for about half the total Cars in a newly-built vertical parking garage, in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China, yesterday. The garage, QR 1.3bn, a share of 12.4 percent land, villas and residential build- value of real estate transactions in which has 25-storeys and takes up a space of 49-square-metres, can house as many as 50 cars. of the imports, followed by United ings, hit 271.3 points in March, up Qatar, whereas in most developed Arab Emirates with QR 0.9bn (8.8 from 194.5 in January 2014. countries land sales usually pro- percent), and China with QR Unlike neighbouring Dubai, vided about five percent. 0.9bn (8.5 percent). where property has gone from “If you take international THE PENINSULA boom to bust to partial boom affordability standards of spend- again and prices are still about a ing one-third of income on rent, Turkey watchdog seizes Bank Asya shares Airbus sees ‘several fifth below the 2008 peak, locals then affordability is an issue and other Middle East nationals in Qatar,” said Martin Cooper, ANKARA: Turkish regulators with Kanal 7 television, Hurriyet remain in charge and there will hundred’ orders are the main buyers of Qatar’s Deloitte Director of Real Estate seized the remaining shares in newspaper reported. Babacan said be no interruptions to the bank’s freehold units. for the Middle East. Bank Asya, the Islamic lender President Recep Tayyip Erdogan services. at Paris Airshow “Land prices make it difficult “Land as a proportion of the taken over by authorities this and Prime Minister Ahmet The seizure comes before par- to develop low- to middle-income ticket price of a villa or apart- year amid a political dispute. Davutoglu were informed as a liamentary elections on June 7 PARIS: Airbus could announce housing and in some areas specu- ment is significantly higher here The move against the bank, run matter of course about the seizure and about two weeks after the “several hundred” airplane lators have pushed up prices to in Doha than it is in the rest of by allies of an Islamic preacher before the public announcement, cabinet appointed Mehmet Ali orders at the June 15-21 Paris levels where it’s not financially the world.” who has fallen out with Turkey’s according to Hurriyet. Akben, a career Islamic banker Airshow, Fabrice Bregier, chief viable to develop any kind of prop- Unlike neighbouring Dubai, government, was announced late Shares of the Istanbul-based and board member of the state executive of the planemaking erty there,” said Mark Proudley, where property went from boom Friday on the website of the bank lender fell 11 percent on Friday Savings Deposit Insurance unit of Airbus Group, said. DTZ Qatar Associate Director, to bust to partial boom again, watchdog. The aim was to protect before the announcement, which Fund, to head the Banking “It will be a good show,” he told estimating rents rose 5-10 percent Qatar has proved less of a mag- savers and ensure “stability and came hours after local markets Regulation and Supervision i-Tele television. in some areas in recent months. net for international investors confidence in the financial sys- closed. In February, the regula- Agency. Bank Asya was founded Airbus has seen a surge in “There’s an accommodation and prices are still about a fifth tem,” it said. tor seized control of almost two- by allies of Fethullah Gulen, demand for jets like the medium- shortage across all sectors, but below the 2008 peak, with locals Deputy Prime Minister Ali thirds of Bank Asya’s shares and a US-based cleric accused by haul A320, but is struggling to it’s probably felt most keenly and other Middle East nationals Babacan denied that the sei- appointed new management. Bank Erdogan of seeking to topple the find buyers for its largest model, in the lower- to middle-income the main buyers of freehold units. zure was politically motivated Asya said in a filing on Saturday government. the 544-seat A380 superjumbo. segment. The supply pipeline is REUTERS in an interview late on Friday that the current management will BLOOMBERG Despite calls by Dubai’s Emirates to update the engines, Bregier said a A380 revamp was “not currently on the agenda”, adding, “we’ll do that when the time is right”. Opec likely to keep output unchanged at Vienna meet Bregier said the recently weak- ened euro was at a “good level” for European businesses. VIENNA: Opec is likely to keep falling to a near six-year low close the market is firming up. Prices Two officials from other Opec shore up prices at its last meet- Asked about suggestions Airbus its output target unchanged to $45 a barrel in January due to are expected to continue at cur- producers made similar remarks. ing in November despite the glut, would quit Britain if it leaves the when it meets on Friday because a global glut. Brent crude settled rent levels and most likely will “I don’t think there will be any seeking to defend market share European Union, he said: “We the global oil market appears to at $65.56 on Friday, up $2.98, or go higher. Demand is also strong changes,” said an official from an against higher-cost producers produce all our wings in Britain be in good shape and prices are 4.8 percent, on the day. and the inventories are balanced. African Opec member, referring such as the United States. It and I have no intention of chang- expected to firm up from cur- “It is unlikely that Opec will The market seems to be in good to Opec’s output policy decision left its output target at 30 mil- ing this strategy. I am very satis- rent levels, a senior Gulf Opec make a decision regarding its shape,” the delegate said. on June 5. lion barrels per day. The decision fied with the support we receive delegate said. production ceiling for two rea- Crude oil inventories are above “Prices ... are within $60-$65, exacerbated the price fall from as from the UK.” The head of Airbus Two more Opec delegates said sons: the first one that Russia the five-year average but oil prod- at least they are improving from high as $115 in June 2014. UK warned last week of “huge” they expect no change in policy and other non-Opec producers ucts stocks are within the five- where they were at before,” However, early signs of slowing economic risks for Britain outside on June 5 when oil ministers from have expressed their non-desire year average, the delegate added. another Gulf Opec delegate said. production in the United States the EU and said Airbus would the Organisation of the Petroleum to cooperate in any idea of a pro- “At the end, of course the final “There is still an oversupply in the and higher-than-expected growth reconsider investments if Britons Exporting Countries (Opec) are duction cut,” the Gulf delegate decision will be made by the min- market, but the oversupply is less in demand have helped drive the voted to leave the bloc in a ref- scheduled to meet in Vienna. said yesterday. isters when they meet,” the senior than what it was in November.” rally in prices from January’s low. erendum due by the end of 2017. Oil prices have rallied after “And the second one is that Gulf delegate added. Opec refused to cut output to REUTERS REUTERS MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Ibrahim Al Greece, bond Othman named new UDC CEO DOHA: buying top ECB United Development Company (UDC) yes- meet agenda terday announced the appointment of Ibrahim New policy moves unlikely: Analysts Al Othman (pictured) as FRANKFURT: The European that the ECB could “frontload” its new Chief Executive Officer Central Bank, bolstered by — or temporarily ramp up — the (CEO). the success of its controversial purchases prior to the summer Approved by the Board of bond purchase programme, will drop-off in liquidity. Directors, Al Othman’s appoint- pledge to keep it in place while “This has been interpreted by ment follows the revelation last downside risks to economic many in the markets as a state- March by the UDC Chairman growth remain, analysts said. ment of intent from the ECB of the Board during the Annual The ECB’s decision-making to prevent yields from rising to General Meeting (AGM) that governing council is scheduled levels that could threaten the various candidates for the CEO to meet on Wednesday but is still reasonably fragile economic position were being considered unlikely to announce any new recovery,” May said. and that an appointment should policy moves, central bank watch- Draghi, probably satisfied by be made within “two to three ers predicted. the impact of Coeure’s comments, months’ time.” Instead, analysts said they could state that the change in plan UDC Chairman and Managing would be listening out for what was “merely a tweak for technical Director Turki Al Khater said president Mario Draghi has to reasons,” the expert said. Presidential guards on duty on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Parliament building in central Ibrahim Al Othman is a perfect fit say about the effectiveness of the But he was unlikely to rule out Athens, Greece, yesterday. According to reports deliberations on issues regarding the Greek economy continue to lead the Company. “Al Othman programme so far and about the more frontloading if the ECB at the Brussels Group. is a chief executive who will capa- situation in Greece. perceived it to be justified by the bly lead United Development “At its June press conference, underlying macroeconomic back- or until there was a sustained colleagues will maintain a hard by 0.4 percent in the first three Company forward by ensuring the ECB is unlikely to announce drop, May argued. adjustment in the path of infla- line on Greece,” said Loynes. months of this year. it remains results oriented and any major new policy measures According to the minutes tion, said Jonathan Loynes of The ECB will also publish According to the ECB’s last focused on delivering for our and will argue that its past actions of the governing council’s last Capital Economics. Wednesday its latest updated projections published in March, shareholders, clients, residents are already yielding results,” said meeting in April, while the cen- Greece is likely to be the other forecasts for growth and infla- eurozone growth was expected and employees.” Ben May of Oxford Economics. tral bank chiefs saw a case for key talking point at the meeting, tion in the 19 countries that share to reach 1.5 percent in 2015, 1.9 He added: “For six years, In March, the ECB embarked “guarded optimism on the short given the absence of any agree- the euro. In early May, executive percent in 2016 and 2.1 percent Ibrahim has led Gulf Drilling on a programme of so-called to medium-term outlook for the ment so far between Athens and board member Yves Mersch sug- in 2017. “But even with its pro- International (GDI) as their Chief quantitative easing or QE, buying euro area economy,” they still felt its creditors, analysts said. gested the forecasts might be jections unchanged, the ECB is Executive Officer, and during this up ¤1.14 trillion in assets — at a it was important “to remain cau- ECB chief Draghi attended a raised, said Commerzbank econo- probably much too optimistic,” time he has proved to be an out- monthly rate of ¤60b nper month tious” given the prevailing eco- meeting of finance ministers and mist Michael Schubert. said Schubert. standing leader who has made a — until September 2016. nomic headwinds. central bank governors of the so- “But this is unlikely to occur, “In consequence, we still expect direct impact on the Company’s The aim is to inject liquidity Hence, there is no talk of scal- called Group of Seven countries given the rather disappointing that the ECB will not only fully bottom line.” into the financial system and push ing back QE just yet. in Dresden last week, where the economic indicators, a higher implement its QE programme but Ibrahim Jassim Al Othman up the eurozone’s chronically low “Against this background, we efforts to hammer out a deal and assumed oil price and a first- also be more inclined in case of holds a BSc in Petroleum rate of inflation. expect Draghi to re-affirm... that prevent a disastrous “Grexit” or quarter growth rate that may be doubt to extend QE rather than Engineering from the University Executive board member the governing council intends Greek exit from the eurozone slightly disappointing from the tapering (or phasing it out) pre- of Southern California and an Benoit Coeure caused a stir two to continue its asset purchases took centre stage. ECB’s perspective,” Schubert said. maturely,” he concluded. MBA in Business Administration weeks ago when he announced until the end of September 2016” “We suspect that Draghi and The eurozone economy grew AFP from the American University of Beirut. He has over 25 years of experience in the oil industry, working for national, interna- tional and oil service companies. Throughout his executive career Consumers, investment lead UK to ninth quarter of growth path at GDI, he has chaired vari- ous strategy-inclined committees and has also represented Qatar LONDON: Consumer spending expanded for nine straight quar- be given undue weight.” upward revisions to construction a contraction at the end of last Petroleum (QP) as director on the and business investment helped ters — the longest sprint since Consumer spending rose 0.5 and industrial production. year. GDP expanded an unrevised boards of numerous joint venture the British economy to its long- 2008 — there is little sign of the percent and investment grew 1.7 The US will publish its second 2.4 percent from a year earlier. companies. est stretch of growth since the shift away from domestic demand percent. Exports fell 0.3 percent estimate for first-quarter GDP on Separately on Thursday, the “I am honored to be offered this financial crisis as trade contin- promised by David Cameron five and imports rose 2.3 percent. As Friday. Economists forecast that Bank of England said lending to role,” said Ibrahim Al-Othman. ued to act as a drag. years ago. The prime minis- a result, net trade knocked 0.9 the annualised change will be small and medium-sized com- “UDC, with its reputation as one Gross domestic product rose ter has pledged to use his elec- percentage points off growth, the revised to a 0.8 percent drop from panies under its Funding for of the leading Qatari Shareholding 0.3 percent in the first quarter, tion victory this month to boost most since the third quarter of 2013. a 0.2 percent increase. Based on Lending Scheme rose 0.6 billion companies and its diversified matching an initial estimate, productivity. Government spending climbed 0.6 the same measure, Britain grew pounds in the first quarter after portfolio of excellent businesses the Office for National Statistics “It confirms the picture percent. 1.2 percent in the three months declining in the last three months and developments, particularly said in London on Thursday. It of somewhat weaker growth The ONS cut its initial esti- through March. of 2014. The Pearl-Qatar, is well-posi- was less than the 0.4 percent in the first quarter than in mate of services growth to 0.4 Consumer spending is being The BOE also said credit condi- tioned locally and globally, and increase forecast by economists recent ones,” said ONS Chief percent from 0.5 percent, due underpinned by falling prices tions generally have improved for I look forward to many years of in a Bloomberg survey. Economist Joe Grice. “But no to computer programming and and rising wages. The increase smaller firms. productive team work there.” While the economy has single quarter’s figures should consultancy work. That offset in business investment followed REUTERS THE PENINSULA

German lobby Brazil faces major cash groups call for Russia’s obstacles to infrastructure BRASILIA: Early one hobbled by the same corruption inclusion in G7 Saturday morning last month, scandal that has turned many President Dilma Rousseff’s top Brazilians against the 67-year- BERLIN: Russia should be aides filed into her official resi- old president. invited to rejoin a summit of dence in the Brazilian capital, “You can’t launch a sweeping the Group of Seven industrial toting blueprints of a $35 billion plan at a time of budget cuts,” said powers next weekend, the heads infrastructure plan. Bernardo Figueiredo, a logistics of two German business lobby By the time they walked out, consultant in Brasilia who had groups were quoted as saying night had fallen. served as head of the state planning yesterday. During that marathon session company during Rousseff’s first The leaders of the G7 nations — some 10 hours in all — Rousseff term. “If you don’t have government held a summit without Russian tore apart the proposal, flashing money, you can’t build railways.” President Vladimir Putin last her famous red-hot temper and Those financial limitations year in protest against Russia’s ordering cabinet members to strip are evident in the draft proposal annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea out projects she deemed unfeasible that’s being circulated among gov- region. before coming back to her, accord- ernment staffers. With little sign of the fighting ing to two officials with knowledge Most projects to be announced in eastern Ukraine ending despite Dr R Seetharaman (third left) receiving the award. of the discussions. The plan’s unveil- next month will be to modernize a ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk ing, originally scheduled for this existing roads and railroads, a less over three months ago, the exclu- month, was pushed back to June 9. capital-intensive venture than sion has continued for a second Lifetime Achievement Award for Seetharaman That tense meeting, and the building new ones, according to year running. delay it triggered, underscores one of the two officials who asked Eckhard Cordes, chairman of just how much Rousseff has rid- not to be named because they Germany’s Committee on Eastern DOHA: Dr R Seetharaman, environment. The Sustainable on “ECO-Schools Programme” ing on this package. After years of weren’t authorized to speak pub- Economic relations, which repre- CEO of Doha Bank, was con- development mission should aim which works with educational rolling out infrastructure initia- licly on the matter. The only new sents the interests of about 200 ferred with the Lifetime for Poverty eradication, environ- institutions to build awareness tives that had only mixed results, railroad ready to be tendered for companies with investments in Achievement Award for his con- mental sustainability, sustainable of key environmental issues. It the embattled president needs operation this year is a 1,350km Russia, said barring Russia from the tribution to the industry at the consumption and production. has launched Green Credit Card. this one to be a hit to patch up tranche of the North-South Rail summit was a missed opportunity. Banker Middle East Industry Some of the key challenges in Green Accounts are Doha Bank’s Brazil’s faulty roads, jumpstart a in central Brazil, according to “A G7 meeting with Russia Awards 2015 Ceremony held sustainable development include answer to a proactive approach sputtering economy and lift her a third official involved in the could contribute to solving crises at Jumeirah Emirates Towers climate change, energy secu- on eco-friendly banking towards popularity from record lows. design of the proposal. and stir Russia into constructive Hotel in Dubai. He received the rity and increase in natural and its drive for a cleaner and greener Yet the budget cuts that her Rousseff’s track record with steps in the Ukraine conflict,” award from Rashid Almansoori, man-made disasters. At the G20 environment by promoting the administration is simultaneously large-scale infrastructure projects Cordes told the Welt am Sonntag CEO of Qatar Exchange. Saleh meeting in Nov 2014 US made concept of “Paperless Banking “. pursuing — as part of an effort has been spotty since she suc- newspaper. Al Akrabi, Chairman, CPI a commitment of $3bn towards Internet Banking, SMS Banking, to maintain the country’s invest- ceeded her mentor Luiz Inacio Relations between Russia and Financial (publisher of Banker Green climate fund and Japan Phone Banking, E- Remittances ment-grade ratings — are work- Lula da Silva four years ago. In the West have deteriorated over Middle East) was also present. pledged it would contribute $1.5bn and Bills Payments through online ing against the plan, taking away 2012, she unveiled a plan to put the conflict in Ukraine. The Dr Seetharaman highlighted to the climate fund.” also encourage eco- friendly some of the much-needed govern- up 14 new railways for conces- European Union on Saturday some of his key initiatives to the He said “Doha Bank advocates banking. Doha Bank also con- ment guarantees and funding. sion. Not a single auction was criticised a new Russian black- banking industry. Speaking on and practices Green Banking, ducted Green Quiz and seminars What’s more, many of the Latin ever held. The following year, a list which bars 89 EU politicians sustainable development he said: which is one of the core business on Global warming and climatic American nation’s biggest con- planned 35bn real ($11bn) high- from entering the country, calling “Sustainable development involves philosophies that would sup- changes to spread environmental struction companies, the prime speed train to link Sao Paulo with it “arbitrary and unjustified.” contribution towards economic port the sustainability into the awareness in various countries.” candidates to bid for road and Rio de Janeiro was shelved. REUTERS growth, social development and future. Doha Bank has worked THE PENINSULA railway concessions, have been WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Swiss economy contracts on overvalued franc GDP falls 0.2 percent in first quarter

ZURICH: Switzerland’s econ- second-biggest in parliament, who omy shrank the most in six have called for the establishment years as the strong franc took of a new minimum exchange rate. its toll on exports. Trade union Unia even called on Gross domestic product fell 0.2 the central bank’s board to resign. percent in the first quarter, after “I think the SNB accepted the a revised growth of 0.5 percent risk of a slowdown in growth in the previous three months, the when they gave up the cap,” said State Secretariat for Economic Maxime Botteron, economist Affairs in Bern said in a state- at Credit Suisse Group AG in ment. The contraction is the big- Zurich. “I don’t think they’ll nec- gest since early 2009 and missed essarily have to revise down their the median economist forecast for growth forecast. stagnation. The central bank will publish With the franc still overvalued, updated growth and inflation according to the Swiss National forecasts at its next policy review Bank, the risk is that the weak- on June 18. ness persists. The data also hands Recent surveys have pointed ammunition the central bank’s to a slowdown in momentum. A critics, who say its January deci- manufacturing sector gauge has sion to give up the cap versus the signalled contraction and export- euro is jeopardising the economy. ers have experienced revenue The ceiling exit caused the franc and prices declines in the first Local women carry coal taken from an open cast coal field at Dhanbad district in Jharkhand, India. to surge by a record against the quarter. euro in the quarter, a particular The May reading of the KOF hardship for industrial compa- economic barometer indicated Dousing century-old coal fire India seeks output boost nies that export a large portion that ‘’the Swiss economy can be of their wares. expected to exhibit growth rates “We’ve got the first sign of clearly below average,” according JHARIA: Prime Minister around the coal deposits, the of coal and blocked access to two crossed, but the fire could again a recession, the second quar- to a statement Friday. Narendra Modi is determined urgency is clear. billion tonnes more, theoretically get out of control,” said Swarup. ter surely won’t be better,” said In the first quarter, exports to move more than 100,000 peo- Shakili Devi, 60, has lost count worth $220bn. Part-time tutor Arjun Ram, Karsten Junius, chief economist of goods fell 2.3 percent, and a ple living near coalfields in east- of the number of huts she inhab- BCCL accounts for about seven whose father retired from BCCL, at Bank J Safra Sarasin Ltd in “significant negative contribu- ern India to new homes, making ited over the years that caved in percent of Coal India’s output and lives in a settlement near a hill Zurich, adding that the SNB tion came from the category of it easier to douse underground because of intense heat and shift- has projected growth of 54 per- radiating intense heat. won’t necessarily have to revise chemicals, pharmaceuticals,” fires that have burned for a cen- ing ground around her. cent to 53 million tonnes in five Three years ago the Jharia its growth outlook for this year. SECO said. Machinery, electron- tury and mine huge reserves of “We’re scared, but what can we years, according to a company Rehabilitation and Development “I think the SNB will be able to ics as well as precision tools and premium coal. do?,” she asked, her shack stand- document. Authority (JRDA) identified Ram shrug this off.” watches also declined. At the Reviving output from India’s ing next to a crack in the ground Its success will help decide how as one of about 50,000 people who SNB President Thomas Jordan same time private consumption nationalised coal sector has leaking hot gas. “We can only wait close Coal India gets to its ambi- should be moved but has yet to predicts the economy will grow increased 0.5 percent thanks to been one of Modi’s most tangi- for the government to find us a tious target of output of one bil- provide him a home. The number “just under” one percent in 2015, growth from housing, energy and ble achievements during his first new home.” lion tonnes by 2019/20. of people looking for a house has half what was forecast when health. year in office, one that he hopes Until then, Devi and others like Previous attempts to control doubled since. the cap of 1.20 per euro on the According to the will secure continuous power to her are stuck. Many families are the fires by sealing the surface, JRDA Managing Director franc was still in place. In the International Monetary Fund, all and eat into an annual coal squatters who rely on casual work trenching and pumping in inert Kripa Nand Jha said the delay in first quarter, the franc rallied Swiss growth is set to slow import bill of $15bn. from contractors working the gases had limited success and building new quarters was partly 15 percent against the euro, the this year to 0.75 percent, due The burning deposits of Jharia, mines and on free water pumped were blamed for driving BCCL due to “confusion” over compen- biggest such increase since the to the unfavourable exchange in Jharkhand state, are particu- to the settlements. close to bankruptcy. sation to be paid under a 2013 single currency was introduced in rate, with unemployment set larly prized because they are the The glowing coals and rising After 2008, the company tried land acquisition act. 1999. The franc traded at 1.03512 to increase moderately. only source of top quality steel- smoke date back to 1916, a quarter instead to dig deeper and wider He said both the central and against the euro at 9:18am in Nevertheless, Switzerland making coal in the country. India of a century after private firms to remove burning coal. Though state governments, run by the Zurich on Friday, little changed starts in a strong position. Its spends $4bn a year on importing began to mine the field. India more effective, this method has Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), from a day earlier. ILO unemployment rate fell to 4.4 that grade alone. nationalised most coal assets in been criticised for scarring the have agreed to buy land at four So far, SNB policy makers have percent in the first quarter — less Modi travelled to Jharkhand the 1970s. landscape. times market prices instead of the not predicted a recession — two than half the European Union’s in February and urged the chief According to experts, those The coal that heats up to 800 going rate as in the past. There is consecutive quarters of contrac- 10.2 percent. minister to speed up work on firms failed to backfill mines degrees Celsius is then cooled by also a proposal to pay up to seven tion. In fact, SNB Vice President Also, net trade is only one putting out the fires and shifting after digging, exposing them to water overground and the stones times in urgent cases and offer Jean-Pierre Danthine said as growth component. Domestic the people living there. the open air and allowing fires to are deposited around the mines, jobs to some. recently as last week that there demand accounts for more than “The fact that the prime min- start by spontaneous combustion. creating heaps that take almost Over recent months, about would only be “probably one bad 85 percent of output, with house- ister is directly involved shows Bootleggers who used aban- two years to cool off. 1,000 families have moved to negative quarter.” hold spending at 54 percent last that the government is very seri- doned mine areas made things The new method has helped two-bedroom flats away from the While Swiss reactions to the year, and there is confidence in ous about it,” Coal Secretary Anil worse, because some failed to put cut the burning area to 2.2 square mines and hundreds of acres of SNB’s abandonment of its cap the outlook. The ZEW indicator, Swarup said in New Delhi. “It’s out fires they lit to run the stills. km in April 2014 from over 9 land have been bought for more have generally been benign, the which gauges financial analysts’ a huge task but the good news is Bharat Coking Coal Ltd squarekm six years ago, according houses, Jha said. Costs are likely prospect of slowing growth and expectations for the next six that we have started moving in (BCCL), the Coal India unit to satellite analysis by the state- to jump from an estimate of $1bn. rising joblessness has prompted months, rose to the highest level the right direction.” which controls the Jharia field, run National Remote Sensing But to some, progress seems a criticism from members of the in eight months in May. For some of the thousands estimates fires have already Centre. long way off. Social Democratic party, the WP-BLOOMBERG living in run-down settlements devoured about 37 million tonnes “We are keeping our fingers REUTERS Egypt buys 5m tonnes of local wheat, above target ABU DHABI: Egypt’s supply ministry said yesterday it had bought five million tonnes of local wheat so far this season which began in mid-April, sur- passing its target of 3.7 million tonnes. The increase in the amount of wheat purchased from Egyptian farmers is a result of attractive prices offered by the government, supplies minister Khaled Hanafi said in a statement. The Egyptian government annually fixes a local procurement price for Egyptian wheat that is above global prices in an attempt to encourage farmers to grow the crop. This year, Egypt is paying its farmers 420 Egyptian pounds Khamis Al Mandhri and Shamlal Ahamed MP inaugurate Malabar Gold & Diamonds relocated and expanded ($55) per ardeb, which is equiv- outlet in Oman Avenues Mall, Baushar, Muscat, in the presence of Abdul Salam KP, Group Executive alent to about 150kg. A total of Director – Malabar Gold & Diamonds, Najeeb K, Regional Head, and other directors. 10bn Egyptian pounds ($1.3bn) has been allocated for local wheat purchases. Malabar Gold opens shop in Oman Avenues Mall Hanafi also said the increase in local procurement was due to the DOHA: Malabar Gold & Malabar Gold & Diamonds demand. Oman Avenues Mall is success of a new “smart card” sys- Diamonds opened their relo- in the presence of Abdul an important landmark in the tem used to distribute subsidised cated and expanded out- Salam KP, Group Executive region and is one of the prom- bread which meant farmers were let in Oman Avenues Mall, Director, Malabar Group, ising shopping locations for the less likely to hold on to their crop Baushar. The outlet was inau- other Directors, personalities residents and tourists in Oman. for personal consumption. gurated Khamis Al Mandhri, from media and well-wishers. Owing to the consistent increase While in the past subsidised Minister Plenipotentiary, The grand inauguration was in the number of customers at bread was sold on a first come Acting Chief of West Asian held on 28 May 2015. their outlet, the new showroom first served basis, under the new Department, Ministry of The outlet is relocated to offers added space than the system, families are issued plastic Foreign Affairs, Sultanate of newly opened Oman Avenues former outlet and more pro- cards allowing them to buy five Oman, and Shamlal Ahamed Mall, the biggest shopping lific variety of designs has been loaves per family member per M P, Managing Director- mall in Oman, keeping in introduced at attractive prices. day. International Operations, mind their growing customer THE PENINSULA REUTERS MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Obama’s trade agenda faces tougher odds Anti-trade forces struggle to ignite public outrage over free trade agrement; Congress vote by end of June

WASHINGTON: After sev- wide open with that.” expected to vote against it in the voting heavily against TAA to problems,” she said, “because this fast track opponents aired ads in eral near death experiences in At issue is legislation that GOP-controlled House. sabotage their main target, fast is a bad bill.” 17 Democratic congressional dis- the Senate, the trade agenda would give Obama parameters The fast-track legislation track. And many are unhappy At the White House, officials say tricts criticizing the legislation that President Barack Obama is for the trade deals he negotiates squeezed through the Senate, that the assistance package Obama might rely less on the pub- and calling for its defeat. pushing as a second term cap- but also speed up congressional coupled with a package of fed- would be partly funded by cuts in lic speeches and high-profile inter- But those efforts are running stone faces its biggest hurdle review of the final agreements eral assistance for workers dis- Medicare’s growth. views that characterized the drive up against a more muddled pub- yet in the more polarised House. by giving lawmakers the right to placed by free trade agreements “There’s a lot of unease in the toward the Senate vote and focus lic view of trade. A recent Pew Anti-trade forces have strug- approve or reject deals, but not that helped secure Democratic Democratic caucus — and explicit more on targeted lobbying to retain Research Center poll found that gled to ignite public outrage over change them. votes. That aid measure, called opposition — to Congress pay- Democratic supporters and win 58 percent of those surveyed, Obama’s bid to enact new free- Obama is seeking this “fast Trade Adjustment Assistance, ing for trade adjustment assist- over any remaining fence sitters. including a majority of Democrats, trade agreements, but Democratic track” authority to complete a has emerged as a particularly ance with Medicare savings,” Bill The White House has been espe- say free trade agreements have opposition in Congress remains 12-nation Trans-Pacific trade deal tricky component because it’s a Samuel, the legislative director for cially impressed by the efforts of been good for the U.S. Moreover, widespread. that spans the Pacific rim from priority for Democrats, but many the AFL-CIO, said in an interview. House Ways and Means Chairman when Pew asked Americans to list The outcome may turn on Chile to Vietnam. He and trade Republicans oppose it and insist “If Republicans are counting on Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican their top priorities for the presi- Republicans’ willingness to hand backers say it will open huge on publicly voting against it. Democrats to put it over the top, who has worked to persuade con- dent and Congress this year, glo- the president a major win in his markets to US goods by lowering One House leadership option they may not be right about that.” servatives who are reluctant to give bal trade ranked 23rd. final years in office. Underscoring tariffs and other trade barriers. is to “divide the question” on the If the trade assistance measure a Democratic president fast track “The people who don’t normally the difficulties, House leaders are Critics, labour and environmental Senate-passed bill. That would survives, the fast-track measure authority. Ryan has written opin- pay attention to campaigns probably looking at the second or third groups in particular, argue that allow separate votes on fast-track would still be in jeopardy. ion pieces with Senator Ted Cruz aren’t going to be showing up to vote week of June to schedule a vote, new trade agreements will cost and TAA. “There’s overwhelming opposi- of Texas, a darling of the conserva- on this,” conceded Jason Stanford even though House members jobs and that past agreements Presumably an overwhelming tion in the Democratic caucus,” tive movement, in support of trade of the Coalition to Stop Fast Track return from recess today. have not lived up to labour and number of Republicans, and just Representative Rosa DeLauro, and has courted other conservative he said. “But what is important for “The business of bill passing is environmental standards. enough Democrats, would vote for a leading opponent of Obama’s leaders to back fast track. these members to note is that the a messy, sausage-making proc- Supporters and opponents of fast-track. And TAA would pass trade bill, said in an interview. On the Democratic side, labour same people who were knocking on ess. It was in the Senate, and it fast track count about 20 House with heavy Democratic support GOP leaders “are in a bind,” she has made opposition to trade a doors for them last time are oppos- certainly will be in the House,” Democrats in favour with fewer and enough help from Republicans. said. “If they had the votes, they’d priority, and the AFL-CIO has ing this now. They are turning that White House communications than a dozen still on the fence. That would ultimately leave the be moving.” frozen its political action com- important base of support into a director Jen Psaki said in an Proponents of the bill say they Senate bill intact and clear the DeLauro said “dividing the mittee contributions to lawmak- really dedicated opposition. And interview. “There will be many need at least 25 Democrats and way for Obama’s signature. question” is only one of several ers until after the trade votes. that’s not how anyone wants to run moments where there will be preferably closer to 30 to counter Some Democrats, however, options House leaders are consid- During the Memorial Day con- for re-election.” difficult issues. We have our eyes the 40 to 50 Republicans who are have raised the possibility of ering. “Every option leads to more gressional recess, a coalition of AP

Basra oil storage facility Oklahoma prevents local fracking bans

OKLAHOMA CITY: and damage the state’s largest Oklahoma cities and counties industry, largest employers and would no longer be able to ban largest taxpayers.” hydraulic fracturing — a proc- But critics note the energy ess commonly called fracking — industry is among the primary or other oil and gas operations contributors to the political cam- within their boundaries under a paigns of corporation commis- bill signed into law by Governor sioners and that the regulatory Mary Fallin. panel has done little to restrict Pushed hard by the oil and gas practices such as wastewater industry, but fiercely opposed by injection wells, which have been municipalities and environmental linked to a dramatic increase in groups, the bill specifically pro- earthquakes across Oklahoma. hibits cities or towns from ban- Earthquake activity in ning operations such as drilling, Oklahoma in 2013 was 70 times fracking, water disposal, recovery greater than it was before operations or pipeline infrastruc- 2008, state geologists reported. ture. Fracking is the practice of Oklahoma historically recorded high-pressure injection of water, an average of 1.5 quakes of mag- sand and chemicals underground nitude 3 or greater each year. It to free deposits of oil and gas, is now seeing an average of 2.5 which has led to a boom in US such quakes each day, according energy production. to geologists. A similar ban was signed “At the very time local govern- into law last week by Texas’ ments really need to have the abil- Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, ity to address a serious safety issue as energy producing states push in their communities, the state is back against efforts by local gov- stepping in and taking that very A view of a tank for oil at Al Fao storage terminal, located on the Al Fao Peninsula, south of the Iraqi province of Basra. ernments to limit the practices. authority away from them,” said Fallin and other Republican Johnson Bridgwater, director of supporters say the bill reaffirms the Oklahoma Sierra Club. the three-member Oklahoma Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal Corporation Commission as the said she’s most concerned that cit- regulator of the oil and gas indus- ies may not have the authority to Bankrupt judge concerned about unfunded pensions try and prevents a patchwork of regulate the disposal of wastewa- inconsistent regulations across ter into the drainage basin that MACKINAC ISLAND, the city is not the only one trying thinking about moving to defined — much of it because the city the state. leads to Lake Thunderbird, the Michigan: The federal judge to figure out how to make good contribution (plans) just like the did not have enough tax revenue “Corporation commission- primary water supply for as many who oversaw Detroit’s his- on promised pension payments to private sector in this country has? to cover pensions and retiree ers are elected by the people of as 200,000 people in several metro- toric bankruptcy case said he current and future retirees. The policy justification for doing health insurance. The restruc- Oklahoma to regulate the oil area communities. is “deeply concerned” about He said it is crucial that local that is that municipalities that turing allows Detroit to not fund and gas industry. They are best “There’s nothing in the bill that unfunded pension liabilities in governments make their pension are having trouble making their the system for nine years, after equipped to make decisions about says cities can have the authority other Michigan municipalities plan contributions, which he said pension payments and who other- which the payments will “kick drilling and its effect on seismic to protect local drinking water and they should consider tran- seems “obvious” but was not hap- wise are under extreme financial in hard and heavy” and the “city activity, the environment and supplies,” Rosenthal said. “There’s sitioning to 401(k) retirement pening in Detroit before it filed pressure can’t afford to take the must keep its eye on and that other sensitive issues,” Fallin said never been a discussion in the plans for employees. for bankruptcy. Cities also tend risk that the market places on and be prepared to make those in a statement. “The alternative is City of Norman about banning Steven Rhodes, who retired to understate how much they them,” Rhodes said. payments when they come due to pursue a patchwork of regula- drilling. It has taken place and it in February, told a crowd at will owe by assuming “too high” Detroit emerged from so this never happens again,” tions that, in some cases, could does take place.” the Detroit Regional Chamber’s investment returns, he said. Chapter 9 in December, eras- Rhodes said. arbitrarily ban energy exploration AP Mackinac Policy Conference that “Isn’t it time for us to be ing or restricting billions in debt AP

Maduro visits housing development Ireland to restore some pay cuts

DUBLIN: Ireland’s govern- subsequently agreed to maintain 2016 to divide evenly between ment has struck a deal with industrial peace in return for no additional spending and tax cuts, trade unions to restore some of more widespread cuts, saving the majority of which will be used the pay cuts imposed on public- Ireland from the protests seen to reduce income tax, Finance sector workers after the coun- in other struggling eurozone Minister Michael Noonan said try’s financial crisis, spending countries. on Friday. minister Brendan Howlin said. “It will reward public servants The talks on the agreement Ireland’s economy grew faster for their loyalty to the state in the lasted less than three weeks. than any other in the European most difficult of times and set out Once approved by trade union Union last year as the govern- a path of pay recovery for them,” members, the first phase of pay ment ended years of tax hikes Howlin told reporters. increase will begin in January, and spending cuts, and promised “It matches the requirement four months before parliamentary pay rises to the country’s 290,000 of government for prudence to elections are due. public-sector workers a year out ensure that all the work we’ve “If you had said to me even from elections. done to sustain a healthy econ- earlier this week that this Under the new deal, workers omy is not put in jeopardy in any would be all done and dusted in on an annual salary of ¤30,000 way,” two and a half weeks, I would or less will receive a pay rise of The package will cost ¤566m have said you’re crazy,” said seven percent, or just over ¤2,000 over the next three years, said Michael Doherty, a lecturer in (£1436), between 2016 and 2018. Howlin, whose junior party in industrial relations at Maynooth Those earning over ¤100,000 government, Labour, are closely University. will get a one percent, or ¤1,000, aligned with the unions and have “But obviously we’re in a increase. suffered most in opinion polls over slightly different place. This time, Public servants signed up to the cuts. both sides have something to gain. cuts averaging 15 percent when The government has up to It’s a win-win.” Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (left) visits a government housing development in Caracas. the crisis erupted in 2008. They ¤1.5bn extra in its budget for REUTERS MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Financial crisis fixes leave Global economy week will be policymakers short of ammo crunch time for Greece BY LARRY ELLIOT

BY ANDY BRUCE “Without an agreement, in better shape than they were a important will be labour mar- or 75 months it has been the same story. The nine mem- Greece could descend into what few years ago. ket data due on Friday as the bers of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee ears of uncertainty would effectively be an exit from Federal Reserve gauges when to gather, consider all the latest evidence and decide that and economic pain the euro area, where defaults CHINESE FORTUNES raise interest rates. Fofficial interest rates should remain at 0.5%. spent keeping and capital controls become a Instead, a protracted slow- Economists believe the US Interest rates are at rock-bottom levels pretty much everywhere Greece in the euro permanent feature.” down in China, along with how economy added around 225,000 in the developed world and the moment for raising them contin- zone boils down in Gauging the likelihood of a financial markets respond to non-farm jobs in May -- a rate ues to be pushed back. But central banks have not just relied on YJune to a handful of make-or- substantive agreement is diffi- the US Federal Reserve’s inten- that most expect would keep the interest rates. They have also been active in the financial markets, break debt repayments, while a cult because of a clear difference tion to raise interest rates from Fed on track to tighten policy by exchanging bonds and other assets for cash. This process, known as raft of key data in the next few in tone between Athens, optimis- record low levels, are Zandi’s top the end of the year. quantitative easing, has increased the supply of money and driven days will point to the progress of tic of striking a deal soon, and worries for the world economy But that also raises the pos- down long-term interest rates. the global economy. its far more cautious creditors. going into the second half of this sibility that financial markets, For a while, finance ministries also did their part. During the The threat posed to the wider Greece’s left-wing govern- year. relatively calm during the latest worst of the crisis in 2008-09, they cut taxes and increased spend- world by an eventual Greek exit ment -- elected in January to Business surveys this week Greek debt standoff, are set for ing in order to boost economic activity. In Britain, the result of from the euro may have dimin- fight austerity measures imposed will show if there are any signs a rocky few months. running much bigger annual budget deficits led to a doubling of ished over the last few years, by its international lenders that China’s vast industrial Fearful of a looming tum- the national debt as a share of economic output from 40% to 80%. but last week the United States -- indicated at the weekend it sector will shake off its recent ble in stocks and bonds from The stimulus worked, but only up to a point. The US, for exam- warned of an “accident” for the could compromise on some of stagnation. multi-year highs, global inves- ple, has a history of bouncing back from recessions but growth world economy if Greece and its demands, although it didn’t “My working assumption is tors have increased the share of has averaged only 2% a year in the six years since the economy its creditors miss deadlines this specify how. that the Chinese are going to be safe-haven cash in their portfo- bottomed out. Put another way, America’s most severe post-war coming month to avert a debt “The antipathy towards more able to gracefully manage their lios to the highest levels in seven recession has been followed by the weakest recovery. The eurozone default. austerity with the general pub- slowdown. But if they stumble months, according to a Reuters is on course to post growth of around 1.5% this year - and that’s Most analysts think Greece lic and (Greek governing party) too much, that’ll make it more poll of fund managers last week. considered good. By recent standards, it is. has enough cash and options Syriza is a major sticking point difficult for the global economy “There is a lot of concern After all this time and all that effort, central banks would also to avoid default when a roughly and means a quick resolution is to kick into a higher gear for about the global growth outlook, not have expected inflation to be so low. Yet in the UK, the cost of 300 million euro ($330m) pay- unlikely if it means Greece has sure, including the US economy,” and as much as people are wel- living as measured by the consumer prices index has gone negative ment falls due on June 5 to the to capitulate,” said Ben May, said Zandi. coming better trends in the euro for the first time in half a century. Earnings are increasing at half International Monetary Fund. economist at Oxford Economics. The world’s largest economy zone, they know it’s not going their pre-crisis rate. So, seen from the perspective of both growth What happens in the subse- Still, analysts polled by contracted in the first three to be a locomotive for growth,” and inflation, there is good reason for central banks to be wary of quent weeks is less clear. Reuters last week put a less than months of the year as it buckled said Marc Ostwald, strategist at tightening policy. “We believe meeting the 1.6bn one-in-three chance on Greece under the weight of unusually ADM Investor Services. There are, though, other reasons why central banks might want euros in payments to the IMF leaving the euro zone this year. heavy snowfalls, but most econo- Comments from European to raise interest rates or to start unwinding QE. One is that too by the end of June will be diffi- Mark Zandi, chief economist mists think a rebound is already Central Bank President Mario much stimulus for too long, particularly if it is of the unconven- cult. Payments of 3.5bn euros on at Moody’s Analytics, believes underway. Draghi after Thursday’s policy tional sort, can have unintended consequences. Interest rates at bonds held by the ECB on July that the global economy is now Purchasing managers indexes meeting will be scrutinised for close to zero plus oodles of cheap credit have encouraged a search 20 appear even more unlikely,” “largely inoculated” from Greece from the United States this the central bank’s latest views for yield, the hunt for investments that provide a decent return. said Michael Gapen, economist because European banks -- the week should go a long way to on the economic outlook and the This, inevitably, means riskier bets, as it did in the years leading up at Barclays. main channel of contagion -- are confirming that, but even more Greek crisis. REUTERS to the financial crisis. One key lesson of that period is that crises can erupt even when inflation is low. The second reason central banks would have liked by now to have returned policy to a more normal setting is that they have little wriggle room if things turn nasty again. Official forecasts always assume that economies will enjoy reasonable levels of growth with modest levels of inflation. But, regular as clockwork, stuff happens. Recessions occur, often suddenly, and for all sorts of reasons. In those circumstances, central bankers and finance ministers need firepower. Ideally, they want to be in a position to slash interest rates, run bigger budget deficits and, if necessary, resort to the more unconventional instruments such as QE. This firepower is currently lacking. On average, the US Federal Reserve has cut its main interest rate by five percentage points in each of the recessions since the 1970s. That’s impossible with interest rates so close to zero. Increasing QE runs the risk of fur- ther inflating share prices, which are already high. Governments can always spend and borrow more in times of trouble, but ideally would like to have built up a war chest first. In most countries, this has proved impossible. Given time, central banks and finance ministries will replenish their ammunition. Interest rates will gradually be raised. Growth will lead to higher tax returns and lower spending on welfare. It would be greatly beneficial were the global economy to be set fair for a repeat of what Lord Mervyn King described as the Nice decade (non-inflationary, continual expansion). But this can’t be guaranteed. Imagine that Greece defaults on its debts and returns to the drachma, with knock-on effects on the eurozone and the wider global economy. Or that the recent plunge in shares on the Shanghai stock exchange are the portent of a hard landing in China. Or that the recent rise in bond yields (the interest rate paid) is a sign of a bubble about to burst. Stephen King, chief economist at HSBC, calls this the world’s “Titanic problem”, by which he means there are plenty of icebergs but no lifeboats. So what are the options for policy makers? King lists six. Firstly, they could try to avoid hitting one of the icebergs. They tighten supervision and regulation of the financial sector, force banks to hold more capital, keep a wary eye on asset prices. But the next crisis might not originate from the banks. Secondly, they could do more QE. Given the limited success of QE so far, coupled with the risk of dangerous side-effects, this looks unlikely to be all that effective. Thirdly, they could decide to ignore the fact that inflation is well below the targets set for central banks and decide that the threat of asset-price bubbles warrants higher interest rates. THE GUARDIAN Here’s how BitGold intends to become a new standard

BY SUZANNE McGEE bankers choose to do about gold currencies. Now six years old, it you in dollars, and decide to con- And it’s BitGold’s job to make sit around and just wait for that and the dollar (or gold and the has been the focus of consider- vert them to bitcoins, and then that connection, spinning gold to happen to tackle what could hen Josh Crumb Euro, or gold and the yen) is able turmoil over the last several try to live entirely in the bitcoin into dollars, rubles, yen, or what- become its largest market: the and his colleague interesting, but irrelevant to months. Law enforcement offi- economy, you shouldn’t expect ever else its clients want. Those United States: stuffed full of started out, they their own business plans. They’ve cials shut down the Silk Road everything to work as smoothly clients may like to view their gold gold bugs just like Rand Paul. Wjust wanted to fig- already married gold and the dol- underground marketplace where as it would if you had a conven- as money, but since Starbucks Only last week, the Canadian ure out a way to allow people to lar, in what Crumb describes as (allegedly) users could even hire tional Bank of America checking doesn’t share that opinion, company snapped up the opera- pay for a cup of coffee with gold. “a personal gold standard”. The hitmen and pay for their services account. BitGold will serve as a facilita- tions and intellectual property of Yes, you read that correctly. With Toronto-based company’s product using the digital currency, bypass- But what BitGold is up to tor, accepting the client’s gold Goldmoney.com, agreeing to pay gold. is simple: it offers clients the abil- ing central banks and pesky tax is something rather different. deposits and then, when the client approximately $49m not only In the more than four decades ity to deposit gold in their BitGold reporting requirements. US Don’t let the moniker fool you, wants to make a purchase, turn- for the latter’s gold vault storage since president Richard Nixon accounts, and then use those district court udge Katherine says Crumb; he’s not trying to ing it into the local currency – a business, but also for its toehold abolished the gold standard – the funds (or their value in their local Forrest sentenced Silk Road’s turn gold into bitcoins. “We think Brazilian real, or Japanese yen, or operating in the United States. pledge that a dollar was worth currency) to make mortgage or founder, Ross Ulbricht, to life in that’s a bad idea.” Russian ruble – at whatever rate With relationships already estab- 1/35th of an ounce of gold – there car payments – or simply to pay prison on Friday. That being said, it’s still a next- the prevailing price of gold on the lished with major bullion-dealing has been no formal link between for a coffee. Bitcoin is alluring to both those generation banking concept, and global market dictates. banks, Goldmoney’s existing the value of the precious metal Essentially, in BitGold, one of who suggest that cash is dead and one that relies on some of the US the next frontier? business, Crumb figures that and that of the dollar or any other the financial world’s newest inno- the future of currency is digital, same concepts as does bitcoin, or Except, that is, for US dollars. BitGold could be in a position to of the world’s other chief curren- vations – the digital currency – as well as to libertarians who other digital currencies. “It works So far, the Canadian startup roll out its offerings in parts of cies. That has driven a group of has run full tilt into one of its would prefer that their financial like a bank, but it’s gold,” says hasn’t tried to launch its business the United States “within a few economists and policymakers oldest concepts, gold as a medium transactions remain well beyond Crumb, who has a background in in the United States. “It would be months”. crazy; they argue that the demise of exchange. The idea for the lat- the eagle eyes of annoying govern- metals trading and investment incredibly complex” from a legal In the meantime, the compa- of the gold standard lies behind all ter probably predates recorded ment agencies. Its early years have banking. The similarity to bitcoin, and regulatory standpoint, Crumb ny’s stock – publicly traded on the of America’s economic woes since history, while digital currencies been bumpy – the Mt Gox clear- or any other digital currency, he says, although he argues that Toronto Stock Exchange since it Nixon’s 1971 edict. Rand Paul, one are in the midst of radically rede- inghouse for the digital currency says, lies in the fact that clients all the financial backing within took a back-door approach to an of the current crop of Republican fining the very meaning of the went bankrupt after cyberthieves can hold whatever they want as Silicon Valley of bitcoin eventually initial public offering in January, candidates for president, is among concept, and in the very earliest made off with some $500m or so of ‘money’ – in this case, gold. “As will pave the way for the accept- acquiring an already-public min- those arguing that it’s time to at stages of what could prove to be clients’ assets – and its long-term long as you can pay Starbucks, ance in the United States of all ing company in what is known as least study the idea of linking the an enormous shakeout in the way fate remains uncertain. After all, or whoever, the US dollars, kinds of new banking models. “We a reverse takeover – offers US dollar to gold. global financial systems function it’s an entirely new concept, and or whatever currency they don’t want to fight those battles, gold bugs with a taste for risk and For Crumb and Roy Sebag, the today. its valuation (in dollar terms) require at their cash registers but a lot of the clarity we need is adventure another way to join the founders of BitGold Inc, whatever Bitcoin, of course, is the most has been tremendously volatile. or point of sale terminals, that’s coming,” he adds. party. the world’s politicians and central familiar variant of these digital If your boss still insists on paying fine.” Not that BitGold is going to THE GUARDIAN MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Pay for Washington CEOs outpaces nation as a whole

ashington-area numbers also are making news as company. Saylor’s package came and Marillyn Hewson, chief exec- The Zaslav contract includes four or five years, but it’s not chief execu- executive compensation and wage in a year when one major share- utive of Lockheed Martin, earning a one-time, front-loaded equity going up quite as much as it has tives received growth take a prominent role in holder called on him to give up the $17.9m, according to the analysis. grant in which Zaslav does well in previous years,” said Equilar’s a median pay the 2016 presidential election. CEO job, citing the lagging price “The DC-Virginia area has only if the shareholders do well. Boyd. “I think it’s up there with raise of 21.4 “It’s pretty over the top,” said of MicroStrategy stock. He sug- some of the highest-paid women To ensure that Zaslav “eats his the San Francisco Bay area, New Wpercent last year, and Discovery Heather Slavkin Corzo, direc- gested Saylor’s extravagant pri- as CEOs in the country,” said own cooking,” as they say on Wall York and probably Chicago.” If you Communications’ David Zaslav tor of the office of investment at vate life had become a distraction. Aaron Boyd, director of govern- Street, he must hold on to 60 per- look at straight salary, Zaslav is topped the compensation list — labor organization AFL-CIO. “We The company disagreed with that ance research at Equilar. “The cent of his shares through 2019. tops there, as well, earning $3m. both locally and for the entire are having a conversation in this assessment, calling Saylor a tech- two big ones are due to the fact Derek Hostmeyer, assist- Other top salaries, which United States — earning an eye- country. People are worried about nology visionary. that you have two big defense con- ant professor of finance at the do not include bonus, equity popping $156.1m. raising wages and about income Saylor, who owns more than 50 tractors and two female CEOs.” George Mason University School or retirement payouts, include The region had 15 executives inequality, and what we see here percent of voting shares, earned Although Zaslav’s $156m in of Business, said he is pleased to George Pedersen of ManTech who took home more than $10m is the CEOs of the big corpora- $24.1m last year, the vast major- one year appears breathtaking at see that more corporations are International at $1.7m. in pay for the year, which includes tions have taken the raising wages ity of which — $21.7m — was first, much of the money is tied paying executives with direct Coming in around $1.5m are cash, stock, bonuses and other agenda and have applied it only to equity. Saylor’s cash compensa- up in stock he can’t cash in for stock awards, which he said Lockheed Martin’s Hewson, payouts. By comparison, Chicago themselves.” tion was $583,000 in 2014, but years. The SEC required Zaslav to better balances them with the American Capital’s Malon Wilkus, had 22 CEOs who exceeded $10m Women had three of the region’s last September he asked that his declare all of it as income in 2014, interests of their shareholders General Dynamics’ Novakovic in compensation for 2014. seven biggest pay packages. annual base salary be reduced when he signed a new, six-year than stock options do. “With and Northrop Grumman’s Wesley The analysis was done by United Therapeutics chief to $1 and that his incentive cash deal with Discovery. options, if you miss every [goal], Bush. Equilar, an executive compen- executive Martine Rothblatt, who bonus arrangement be eliminated. Discovery Communications you walk away with zero,” he Several of the world’s biggest sation solutions company. The topped the previous year’s list, “These changes were made in declined to comment on the said. “With restricted stock, the hotel chains are in Washington, 2015 Washington Post/Equilar was second this year with $31.6 connection with the Company’s arrangement, but in an SEC fil- CEO can actually lose money. and those chief executives received CEO Compensation Study put million. She agreed to sharply cut restructuring efforts and cost ing outlining the pay package, the That aligns the CEO with compensation for competing on median pay at $3.8m for area her compensation in December reduction initiatives that were company said, “Over the course shareholders.” that stage. Arne Sorenson of chief executives. after shareholders voted against announced in the second half of his tenure as CEO for the last The 21.4 percent median pay Marriott International took in The rise in pay came in a year the pay package in an advisory of 2014,” the company said in seven years, Zaslav has done an increase for local CEOs is a bigger $14.8m; Christopher Nassetta of when many companies had to vote earlier in the year. a Securities and Exchange outstanding job leading Discovery. increase than that for chief exec- Hilton Worldwide earned $9.9m; adjust to a slowdown in federal After Zaslav and Rothblatt, Commission (SEC) filing. He has driven our strong financial utives in the Standard & Poor’s Edward Walter of Host Hotels spending, which has left the the next-biggest earner was Women claimed the No. 6 and performance, created significant 500, which rose 0.8 percent from & Resorts made $7.5m; and region’s economy lagging behind Michael Saylor, chief execu- No. 7 spots on the compensa- shareholder value and ultimately 2013 to 2014, according to Equilar. Stephen Joyce of Choice Hotels the economies of most other tive of MicroStrategy, a Tysons tion list, with General Dynamics’ transformed the Company into a “The pay is going up and has International received $5.3m. major metropolitan areas. The big Corner-based data analytics Phebe Novakovic taking in $19m global leader in pay television.” gone up each year for the past WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Contador clinches Giro to keep double dream alive Cycling: Keisse wins final stage from Torino to Milan

MILAN: Spain’s Alberto Contador kept his hopes of a rare cycling double alive by securing his seventh Grand Tour title with overall victory in the Giro d’Italia yesterday. Former track rider Iljo Keisse, Contador of the Tinkoff-Saxo holds the trophy after winning the 98th a Belgian who rides for Etixx- Giro d’Italia cycling tour. QuickStep, won the final stage from Torino to Milan after out- sprinting fellow breakaway rider Luke Durbridge of Australia. “It’s the biggest win of my Contador, the career! It’s amazing,” said a vis- ibly shaken Keisse after finishing a tough 98th edition in the best way possible. Armstrong heir But all eyes were on Tinkoff team leader Contador as he main- tained his bid to achieve the rare feat of emulating deceased Italian inspired by Marco Marco Pantani, the last cyclist to win the Giro and Tour de France MILAN: In trying to emu- before him, Contador has not been in the same year, in 1998. late his childhood “inspiration” immune to the sport’s many con- After three dramatic weeks of Marco Pantani, Giro d’Italia troversies. The ‘Operation Puerto’ racing which saw the retirement champion Alberto Contador has doping affair forced Contador’s of Australian contender Richie underlined his ambition to cap Astana-Würth team to withdraw Porte (Team Sky), Contador an at times controversial career from the Tour de France before it deflected challenges late in the by retiring as one of cycling’s began in 2006. race from Astana pair Fabio Aru greats. Contador bounced back to claim and Mikel Landra to finish with a Contador secured victory on his first Tour de France title with comfortable winning margin. race at all given mid-race drama the 98th edition of the Giro yes- a 23sec lead on Australian Cadel “I knew it would be a very which almost derailed his dream terday to claim his second pink Evans in a 2007 race marked demanding Giro, but I didn’t of a rare double. jersey from the race and his sev- by the expulsion of Danish race think it would be so complicated,” Contador first took the race enth Grand Tour title. leader Michael Rasmussen on said Contador, who took the race lead on stage five’s summit fin- The 32-year-old Spaniard, a doping suspicions. leader’s jersey on stage five before ish to Abetone, where Jan Polanc two-time Tour de France winner When Astana were not invited suffering a crash and a dislocated took the win, but dislocated his and three-time Tour of Spain to the 2008 Tour, Contador shoulder. shoulder the next day after crash- champion, now sits level with answered a last-minute invita- After holding up three fin- ing on the home straight. Belgian rider Iljo Keisse Miguel Indurain and Fausto Coppi tion by Giro organisers, swapped gers on the podium on Saturday, Remarkably, Contador finished of the Etixx-Quick Step in the all-time Grand Tour win- his beach shorts for his cycling kit Contador admitted he considers the stage but dislocated his shoul- team celebrates as he ners’ list, behind Eddy Merckx (11 and promptly went on to win his still to be the 2011 champion - der again before the podium pres- titles), Bernard Hinault (10) and first pink jersey. crosses the finish line a title he was stripped of, along entation, forcing the Spaniard Jacques Anquetil (8). He returned to the Tour de to win the 21st and last with his 2010 Tour de France into a painful defence of his lead Beating 2013 yellow jersey win- France a year later to completely crown, after testing positive for over the following days before giv- stage of the 98th Giro ner Chris Froome and defending outclass Andy Schleck, with clenbuterol. ing it up to Aru in the wake of d’Italia cycling tour, over Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali, Armstrong, who had come out of “People watching on TV, another spill. 178 km from Torino to neither of whom participated in retirement, finishing third. the riders, the fans... everyone On what appeared an easy day Milan, Italy,yesterday. the Giro, this July would further Contador successfully defended knows it’s my third victory,” said of racing, Contador was involved TOP: Spanish rider establish Contador among the his title in 2010 only to announce, Contador. in a crash outside the 3km ‘safety Alberto Contador (cen- sport’s stage racing greats. just over a month later, that he The Spaniard may have failed zone’ at each race finish on stage tre) of the Tinkoff-Saxo But he has already admitted returned a positive test for clen- to win a stage throughout, but the 13, finishing sufficiently in arrears team and Italian rider that becoming the first cyclist buterol. The Spaniard blamed con- former two-time Tour de France to give the lead to Aru. Fabio Aru of the Astana since Pantani, in 1998, to win the taminated meat for the presence of winner and three-time Tour of Contador took the pink jersey Pro team (left) and Giro and Tour de France double the anabolic steroid, but after 16 Spain champion finished com- back in defiant fashion the follow- Spanish team-mate in the same year won’t be easy. months the Court of Arbitration fortably ahead of Aru to clinched ing day with a solid, third-place Mikel Landa Meana on “I used more energy than I for Sport (CAS) stripped Contador his second pink jersey after his finish in the stage 14 time-trial the podium of the 98th would have liked to,” admitted of his 2010 Tour de France and maiden Giro win in 2008. to leave Aru trailing by several Giro d’Italia cycling tour. Contador. 2011 Giro titles, banning him until Astana team leader Aru, the minutes. Yet on paper, cycling’s most August 2012. winner of two key mountain It would prove a key perform- successful Grand Tour rider since Contador still believes he is stages, was second overall at 1min ance ahead of ensuing mountain the downfall of disgraced Lance still the 2011 Giro champion. On 53sec while teammate Landa, also stages in which Contador, at Armstrong is halfway there. Saturday, he held up three fingers a two-time stage winner, was times, was left isolated and under Despite Pantani dying a lonely, as he stood atop the podium and third at 3:05 threat from Astana pair Aru and tragic death after overdosing on said later: “Those who saw me Astana’s stage successes and Landa as they set out to destabi- cocaine and prescription drugs in here in 2011 know who won the podium places will help soothe the lise the Spaniard. a Rimini hotel room in February race. “I feel like the (2011) pink pain of the intense doping scru- Despite a few shaky moments, Giro d’Italia 2004, Contador admitted Italy’s jersey is mine.” tiny, following a string of positive Contador affirmed his superi- Milan: Results from the 21st and final stage of the 2015 Giro d’Italia, held over 178 km between most loved cycling son was his Ruled out of the 2012 Tour de results last year, that threatened ority with a stunning perform- Turin and Milan yesterday: childhood inspiration. France, won by Bradley Wiggins, their existance at the top echelons ance on the climb to the Passol “I would have liked to win this because of his ban, Contador won of the sport. del Mortirolo on stage 16 when Stage stage because of Marco Pantani, the 2012 Tour of Spain and then But despite a strong perform- Aru lost another two minutes 1. Iljo Keisse (BEL/ETI) 4hr 18min 37sec, 2. Luke Durbridge (AUS/ORI) same time, 3. Roger Kluge who was a big inspiration for me turned his attention to a yellow jer- ance in the second half of the and Landa, momentarily, became (GER/IAM) at 9secs, 4. Alexander Porsev (RUS/KAT) s.t., 5. Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA/TRK) s.t., 6. Luka when I was young,” said Contador sey assault in 2013. It was ended by race, Astana ultimately failed to Contador’s biggest danger. Mezgec (POL/GIA) s.t., 7. Elia Viviani (ITA/SKY) s.t., 8. Moreno Hofland (NED/LNL) s.t., 9. Davide after finishing third on stage 15 a crash on stage 10 which forced Appolliono (ITA/AND) s.t., 10. Elia Favili (ITA/LAM) s.t. deflect Contador from his goal Aru’s wins on stages 19 and 20 from Marostica to Madonna Di his retirement, and although he of emulating Pantani, the man made slight amends for his lack of Overall Campiglio, where Pantani was made amends by claiming his sixth he called earlier in the race his bite at key moments, notably the 1. Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 88hr 22min 25sec, 2. Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) at 1min 53sec, 3. Mikel infamously thrown off the race Grand Tour title, beating Froome “childhood inspiration”. time-trial, but the Italian’s efforts Landa (ESP/AST) 3:05, 4. Andrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 8:10, 5. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/CAN) 9:52, 6. for suspected doping in 1999. by 70secs at the Tour of Spain, a Nevertheless, Contador can were too little too late. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/LNL) 10:53, 7. Leopold König (CZE/SKY) 11:21, 8. Damiano Caruso (ITA/ But like Pantani, Armstrong third yellow jersey remains elusive. count himself lucky to finish the AFP BMC) 12:08, 9. Alexandre Geniez (FRA/FDJ) 15:51, 10. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 16:14 and other cycling champions AGENCIES Blackhawks down Ducks to reach Stanley Cup final

ANAHEIM, United States: The epic series was filled with off a nifty point shot by defenseman intentionally kick it in with his skate Jonathan Toews scored twice as plenty of heroic performances, rapid Niklas Hjalmarsson. blade. After a video review the goal the Chicago Blackhawks advanced fire scoring, twists of fate including Toews made it 2-0 just past the was allowed to stand. to their third Stanley Cup final in several strange goals, and the longest halfway point of the period by wrist- The Ducks initially protested the five years with a 5-3 win over the game in Blackhawks’ history -- a game ing a long shot on the powerplay past goal but coach Bruce Boudreau said Anaheim Ducks in game seven of two marathon that lasted well into the Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen after after the game they weren’t going to the Western Conference finals. third overtime. taking a pass from Brad Richards. use that as an excuse and that video Marian Hossa, Brent Seabrook and The Blackhawks had to come back Toews’ two goals in the first period review officials tend to favor the call Brandon Saad also scored yesterday and win game six at home 5-2 after gave him four straight for Chicago that is made in real time. while goaltender Corey Crawford losing game five 5-4 on the road in at Anaheim as he scored twice late “I am sure if they had called it no stopped 35 shots for Chicago who won overtime. in game five to send that tilt into goal on the ice they wouldn’t have the Stanley Cup in 2013 and 2010. “An amazing comeback by us,” overtime. overturned that either,” Boudreau “Every game was close, this was Quenneville said. “It was a brutal loss Toews said the key to beating the said. an amazing series and is the most going home. But the guys never said Ducks was to figure out how to stop Boudreau said the Ducks forced the competitive one I have ever been die.” their top line of Ryan Getzlaf, Perry issue when they got down by a few part of,” said Blackhawks coach Joel Ryan Kesler, Corey Perry and Matt and Patrick Maroon. goals instead of simply trying to chip Quenneville. “I felt both teams left it Beleskey scored for Anaheim, who “The last two games Joel did a great away at the Hawks’ lead one goal at out there.” were hoping to advance to their first job of analyzing the situation and see- a time. Chicago now faces Tampa Bay in Stanley Cup final since winning it all ing how we could take their top play- “I thought we lost our composure,” the Stanley Cup finals beginning in 2007. ers off their game,” Toews said. he said. “They had so many odd man Wednesday in Florida. The Lightning Anaheim and Chicago had played “We just tried to make things dif- rushes I had to tell my guys to stay the advanced with a 2-0 win over the New three overtime games in this series ficult for them. They wanted to play course. We needed goals but you just Jonathan Toews (19) of the Chicago Blackhawks scores York Rangers Friday in another game but Saturday’s contest never got close offense for the most part and we did can’t have breakaway after breaka- in the first period against Frederik Andersen (31) of seven. to matching the excitement level that a pretty good job defensively against way.” This marks the third consecutive the Anaheim Ducks in Game Seven of the Western Chicago rallied to win the last two set the stage for a game seven. them.” year the Ducks’ season has ended with Conference Finals during the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup games of the best-of-seven series Toews silenced the crowd of 17,300 Hossa’s goal at 13:45 of the second a game seven loss at home. Play-offs at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, which will go down as one of most at the Honda Center by opening the made it 4-0 and went in off his right “I am sure they will move on. It is thrilling in the history of the Original scoring just over two minutes into the skate as he was driving to the net. going to hurt for awhile,” Boudreau yesterday. Six franchise. first as he swatted home a rebound But the referee ruled that he didn’t said. AFP MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Lorenzo makes it three in a row in Italy Defending champion Marc Marquez fails to finish, crashes with six laps remaining

MUGELLO, Italy: Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo dominated the QMMF Racing Italian Grand Prix to close the gap on championship-leading Team rider team mate Valentino Rossi to Spanish MotoGP six points with his third MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo Simon storms victory in a row yesterday. (centre) of the Ducati’s Andrea Iannone was Movistar Yamaha second, a career best after start- to seventh team celebrates in ing on pole position for the first the finish area after time, while veteran great Rossi place in Moto2 delighted his home crowd by winning the Grand climbing from eighth place on the Prix of Italy at the grid to the podium. Mugello Circuit, MUGELLO, Italy: QMMF Rossi now has 118 points to Scarperia, central Racing Team rider Julian Simon Lorenzo’s 112. Italy, yesterday. stormed to seventh place at Spain’s double world champion Italian MotoGP the Italian Grand Prix and Marc Marquez crashed his Honda rider Andrea moved up to ninth place in the six laps from the finish after Iannone (left) of the Moto2 world championship climbing from 13th, his worst ever Ducati Team took classification. qualifying performance, to second the second place The 28-year-old Spaniard had in the space of two laps. ahead of Italian a flawless start from twelfth posi- Marquez is now fifth overall MotoGP rider tion on the grid, was in tenth with 69 points. Valentino Rossi place after one lap and continued “Three in a row. I think a few of the Movistar to make rapid progress, moving times in MotoGP I made three in Yamaha team. up to seventh spot in only the a row but now the goal is to make seventh lap. four,” said Lorenzo, who took the Delighted with the set-up of lead on the opening lap and stayed his Speed Up prototype, he now there to the chequered flag. looks forward to his home race in “It’s going to be difficult but Barcelona in two weeks, where he we’re going to try.” is determined to fight for an even Iannone appeared to make a better result. slight jump start but gained no Italian Grand Prix Team-mate Anthony West, who advantage, with Ducati’s Andrea Confident QMMF Racing Team Mugello, Italy: Italian motorcycling Grand struggled to find the right feeling Dovizioso leading Lorenzo into Prix results at Mugello yesterday: on the challenging 5.2 kilometer the first corner while Marquez MotoGP track all weekend long, man- roared up to fourth. 1. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 41min aged to recover positions as well. Two laps later and Marquez targets top-5 finish in 2015 39.173sec, 2. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati) Starting from 30th place on the was on Lorenzo’s tail but hopes at 5.563sec, 3. Valentino Rossi (ITA/ grid, he battled his way to 19th. of a great battle faded as the Yamaha) 6.661, 4. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/ The race of the 33-year-old older Spaniard pulled away and BY RIZWAN REHMAT Al Attiyah - who is Vice Honda) 9.978, 5. Bradley Smith (GBR/ Australian was better than his the champion was reeled in by the President at FIM and FIA - said Yamaha Tech3) 15.284, 6. Pol Espargaro practice performance, but not chasing Ducatis. DOHA: QMMF Racing Team Qatar riders Mashel Al Naimi ((ESP/Yamaha Tech3) 15.665, 7. Maverick enough to make him happy. He “As always I tried to put my will be pushing for a win at the and Saeed Al Saulaiti are also Vinales (ESP/Suzuki) 23.805, 8. Michele is no focused to put a difficult pace. Today the pace was a little next Grand Prix at Catalunya being groomed at top events. Pirro (ITA/Ducati) 29.152, 9. Danilo weekend behind him and to make bit slow but I could keep it high after producing back-to-back “Next week Mashel and Petrucci (ITA/Ducati Pramac) 32.008, 10. a fresh start at the Catalunya to give me the chance to go away,” top-10 results at the last two Saeed will be featuring at CEV Yonny Hernandez (COL/Ducati Pramac) Grand Prix. said Lorenzo, on the podium for Moto2 races. (Spanish Championship). We 34.571, 11. Scott Redding (Honda Marc “I am really happy with this the 88th time in his career. Yesterday QMMF Racing are happy to see Qatari riders VDS) 38.553, 12. Loris Baz (FRA/Yamaha result and with the way the whole Behind him Rossi, the 36-year- Team rider Julian Simon (pic- moving forward,” Al Attiyah Forward) 42.158 weekend went. Congratulations to old nine times world champion tured) finished in seventh spot said. 18 of 26 riders finished the team, which has done really in all categories, was making his in the Moto2 class at Mugello, “QMMF plans and executes Moto2 good work. They gave me a fast move after dropping to 10th at Italy, where his team-mate its plans well. We got Anthony and strong bike, but they also 1. Esteve Rabat (ESP/ESP/Kalex) 39min the start. Anthony West of Australia a few years ago and he helped us pushed me to make a good race, 40.545sec, 2. Johann Zarco (FRA/Kalex) Marquez’s crash opened the ended in 19th place. build a good team,” Al Attiyah which I did,” said Simon. at 0.308sec, 3. Dominique Aergerter (SUI/ door to the Italian and he slotted A coupe of weeks ago at Le said. “In the past, this track was Kalex) 5.280, 4. Sam Lowes (GBR/Speed Up) into third place to chase Iannone Mans, France, Spanish rider “The next race is at Catalunya “Anthony is not from Europe always difficult for me, but this 5.554, 5. Luis Salom (ESP/Kalex) 7.493, 6. to the flag. Simon - who is riding for QMMF - that’s Simon’s hometown. He and he is not familiar with cir- year, riding at Mugello was a lot Xavier Simeon ( BEL / Kalex) 7.896, 7. Julian “It was a very difficult race,” Racing Team for the first time will be targeting a win,” Al cuits in Europe and yet he does of fun. I had a good start, which Simon (ESP/Speed Up) 10.495, 8. Sandro said Rossi, as a sea of fans invaded this season - finished in impres- Attiyah said. well. He gives us experience and Cortese (GER/Kalex) 17.380, 9. Axel Pons was crucial, and I recovered more the track, climbing fences and sive sixth spot. West was placed There are 12 races to go in the he has does well with all riders (ESP/Kalex) 17.775, 10. Lorenzo Baldassarri positions in the first corner. I am flooding the pit straight. 11th at Le Mans. 2015 season. Simon is in 9th spot who compete alongside him,” he (ITA/Kalex) 18.836 happy about this and about the “But at the end to stand here “We got another good result in the overall points table after added. setting of the bike that allowed Moto3: on the podium in Mugello in front today. Simon has had two amaz- six races. “In this sport experience me to be very consistant. I was of all the crowd is anyway a great ing races and finished in the top- “We are consistently trying to matters a lot. Anthony gives us 1. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) 39min able to push the whole race and I result.” 10 again,” Nasser bin Khalifa Al climb the points table and Simon experience,” Al Attiyah said. 39.510sec, 2. Danny Kent (GBR/Honda) am just sorry that two laps from The next race, round seven of Attiyah, QMMF President, said and Anthony are doing that as “Look at Valentino Rossi. He at 0.071sec, 3. Romano Fenati (ITA/KTM) the end I ran off the line at the the championship, is in Barcelona yesterday. well,” Al Attiyah pointed out. is leading the MotoGP cham- 0.127, 4. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Mahindra) first chicane. I want to thank the on June 14. “He’s a strong name and much “The overall strategy is to pionship. He is still out there 0.130, 5. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Honda) federation and the team for all In Moto3, Miguel Oliveira is expected of him,” Al Attiyah grab the top-5 spot by the end fighting with the likes of Jorge 0.200, 6. Niccolo Antonelli (ITA/Honda) their support. I now look forward became the first Portuguese rider told The Peninsula yesterday. of the season. That’s our goal. Lorenzo and Marc Marquez. I 0.381, 7. Jorge Navarro (ESP/Honda) 1.498, to the next race in Barcelona. to win a grand prix while Spain’s “We are not surprised that he And we will fight for this. We think Yamaha are doing great 8. Isaac Vinales (ESP/Husqvarna) 1.576, 9. This will be my home Grand Prix Tito Rabat took the Moto2 race has got two back-to-back top-10 are pushing the team to do well,” this season,” Al Attiyah said. Alexis Masbou (FRA/Honda) 1.985, 10. Brad and I will push even harder to for his first victory of the season. finishes. the QMMF President said. THE PENINSULA Binder (RSA/KTM) 2.139 make a good result.” REUTERS 28 out of 36 riders finished. THE PENINSULA Qatar’s Barshim tops in high jump in Eugene Diamond League EUGENE, United States: US sprinter Justin Gatlin con- Diamond League event on May Eugene, United States: Results yesterday Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim, tinued to build his solid start to the 17 with a thrilling 100m victory in the Eugene Diamond League athletics who has Javier Sotomayor’s season, winning the 200m in a world- over Murielle Ahoure of Ivory meeting: iconic high jump world record leading 19.68sec. That performance Coast, both finishing in 10.81sec. Men in his sights, cleared 2.41m comes after he posted the year’s top That eclipsed the 10.92 clocked 100m (wind 1.5 m/sec) at the Diamond League here 100m time of 9.74 at Doha. by Jamaican Elaine Thompson 1. Tyson Gay (USA) 9.88 yesterday. The 33-year-old Gatlin, who at Kingston on April 11, and 2. Mike Rodgers (USA) 9.90 Elsewhere, France’s Renaud has served two doping bans, said was a welcome turnaround for 3. Su Bingtian (CHN) 9.99 Lavillenie defied injury to make it was perfect preparation for the Fraser-Pryce. 200m (0.9) an impressive 2015 Diamond US world championship trials on “I knew I had it in me. I’ve been 1. Justin Gatlin (USA) 19.68 League debut, soaring 6.05m to a the same Eugene track in June. training well,” she said. 2. Anaso Jobodwana (RSA) 20.04 pole vault victory in Eugene. Before then, he’ll race a 100m Olympic champion Kirani 3. Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 20.18 While Lavillenie couldn’t at Rome, but he’ll skip the 100 James of Grenada defeated 400m match his world record 6.16 set at trials because he has a World American world champion 1. Kirani James (GRN) 43.95 indoors in Donetsk last year, the Championship bye and race the LaShawn Merritt in the 400m. 2. LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.51 highest outdoor vault of his career 200m instead -- with an eye James’s time of 43.95 lowered 3. Chris Brown 44.54 matched the second-highest ever toward challenging Jamaican his own season-leading time of 800m achieved outdoors and was all the great Usain Bolt in both at Beijing. 44.22. Merritt was second in 1. Mohammed Aman (ETH) 1:44.92 more impressive as he still feels “I prepare myself for these kind 44.51. France’s Pascal Martinot- 2. Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:45.06 the shoulder strain that kept him of races in practice on a regular Lagarde won the 110m hurdles in 3. Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG) 1:45.17 out of the first Diamond League basis, so to be able to come out here a season-leading 13.06 ahead of 110m hurdles (1.5) meeting of the year in Doha on and do this shows I’m on course to US rivals Aries Merritt (13.12) 1. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) 13.06 2. Aries Merritt (USA) 13.12 May 15. go out there and do something good and David Oliver (13.14). 3. David Oliver (USA) 13.14 It had him feeling bullish on his at nationals,” Gatlin said. US veteran Tyson Gay, who 400m hurdles chances to clear 6.16 in a season One of the most impressive returned to competition last year 1. Johnny Dutch (USA) 48.20 that will be highlighted by the performances of the day wasn’t after serving an abbreviated dop- 2. Bershawn Jackson (USA) 48.22 World Championships in Beijing a season-leader, but Ethiopian ing ban, won the 100m in 9.88, his 3. Michael Tinsley (USA) 48.79 in August. Genzebe Dibaba’s 14:19.76 in the fastest time since 2011 -- when 3000m steeplechase: “I still feel a little pain. I have 5,000m made her the fourth- times expunged by his ban are 1. Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:01.71 to work on it,” he said. “To be able fastest woman in history -- a excluded. 2. Jairus Kipchoge (KEN) 8:01.83 to jump 6.05 with three weeks list topped by her older sister, Gay was pleased to get a solid 3. Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 8:05.20 without normal training, that’s Tirunesh. first individual 100m of the year High jump why I can be very confident for Genzebe crushed the field, with under his belt after a couple of 1. Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.41m the next competition and the Kenyan Faith Kipyegon second early season relay appearances. 2. Zhang Guowei (CHN) 2.38 championships.” in 14:31.95 and Kenya’s Vivian Most importantly, Gay said, he 3. Erik Kynard (USA) 2.35 Lavillenie’s victory was among Cheruiyot third in 14:46.69. feels he’s finally moving on from Pole vault world-leading performances in Jamaica’s World and Olympic the drugs ban. Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar celebrates after winning the Men’s High 1. Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.05m 10 events at Hayward Field on champion Shelly-Ann Fraser- “It feels great to get a victory Jump on the final day of the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in 2. Sam Kendricks (USA) 5.80 the third stop of the 14-meeting Pryce bounced back from a lack- and have all that stress behind Eugene, Oregon, USA, yesterday. 3. Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) 5.80 Diamond League series. luster showing at the Shanghai me,” he said. AFP MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Rain denies Watling century leaves England Pakistan chance of Zimbabwe whitewash with record chase for victory LAHORE, Pakistan: The third and final day-night inter- national between Pakistan and Hosts out for 350 as both teams make same total in their first innings Zimbabwe ended as a no result in Lahore yesterday after play was ended by a sandstorm fol- LEEDS, United Kingdom: BJ lowed by rain. Watling became the first New Zimbabwe, chasing a target of Zealand batsman to score a Test 297 to win, were 60-0 before a century at Headingley as the power failure in a floodlight tower tourists eyed a series-levelling and a heavy sandstorm forced the victory over England on Sunday. players to walk off the field at Watling’s 100 not out took New Gaddafi Stadium. Zealand to 338 for six in their The teams came back for one second innings at stumps on the over during which Zimbabwe, third day, with their lead also 338 chasing a revised target of 281 in after both sides made first innings 46 overs under the Duckworth- totals of exactly 350. Lewis formula, added eight more It meant England would have runs without losing a wicket. to rewrite the record books A heavy downpour then forced were they to win this match New Zealand’s BJ the players off once more before and take the series 2-0 after Watling bats on the third the umpires called off the match their 124-run victory in the day of the second as rain continued to fall. first Test at Lord’s. Test match against Pakistan took the three-match The most any England side England at Headingley series 2-0 having won the first have made to win in the fourth in Leeds, northern game by 41 runs and the second innings of a Test is the 332 England, yesterday. by six wickets -- both in Lahore. for seven they posted against Mohammad Hafeez scored a Australia at Melbourne back in run-a-ball 80 with eight fours and 1928/29. a six while Babar Azam notched a And only two sides have made 60-ball 54 to lift the home team to more than 300 to win in the fourth 296-9 after Pakistan won the toss innings of a Test at Headingley. and decided to bat on another flat Australia, thanks to brilliant Gaddafi Stadium pitch. centuries by Arthur Morris (182) Zimbabwe had got off to a sound and Don Bradman (173 not out) start with Vusi Sibanda not out made 404 for three for a cele- on 28 and fellow opener Chamu brated seven-wicket victory over Chibhabha on an unbeaten 39. England at Yorkshire’s headquar- Security was enhanced around ters in 1948. the stadium and team hotel after And England themselves scored a blast on Friday night which 315 for four, with Mark Butcher police said was a cylinder explo- making an unbeaten 173, to beat James Anderson down to long leg But runs continued to come at Scoreboard sion but federal information min- Australia by six wickets in 2001. for a single. It was the 29-year- a good rate as both Watling and ister Pervez Rasheed described Stuart Broad proved a thorn in old Watling’s fifth hundred in McCullum made 79-ball fifties. New Zealand (I Innings) ...... 350 30-5-83-4 (2w); Henry 20.2-4-92-1 (2w); as a failed suicide attack which the side of New Zealand with both just 31 Tests and his first against England needed to hold every England (I Innings) Craig 26-12-48-2; Williamson 2-1-5-0 killed two people. Despite that, bat and ball early on the third day. England. chance but wicket-keeper Jos A Lyth run out (Boult/Ronchi) ...... 107 New Zealand (II Innings) Zimbabwe, the first Test-playing Broad ensured first innings Broad’s 46 helped England Buttler dropped a tough, rising A Cook lbw b Craig ...... 75 T Latham c Buttler b Broad ...... 3 nation to come to Pakistan since parity and then reduced New make 350. catch when Watling gloved Ali G Ballance b Boult ...... 29 M Guptill c Root b Wood ...... 70 a terror attack on the Sri Lankan Zealand to 23 for two in their He then took two wickets for on 50. I Bell c Craig b Southee ...... 12 K Williamson c Buttler b Broad ...... 6 team bus in Lahore six years ago, second innings. four runs in 12 balls, with Tom Next ball, Watling slog-swept J Root c Ronchi b Southee ...... 1 R Taylor c Stokes b Wood ...... 48 decided to continue with the tour. But in what is now typical New Latham and Kane Williamson Ali for six. B Stokes c Craig b Boult ...... 6 B McCullum lbw b Wood ...... 55 Hafeez gave Pakistan a sound Zealand style, Martin Guptill (70) both caught behind. McCullum became only the J Buttler c Taylor b Southee ...... 10 BJ Watling (batting) ...... 100 start with a partnership of 115 and Ross Taylor (48) added 99 in Guptill, one of the stars of second New Zealand player, after M Ali c Guptill b Southee ...... 1 L Ronchi c Buttler b Anderson ...... 31 with skipper Azhar Ali, who made 87 balls for the third wicket. New Zealand’s run to the World retired former captain Stephen S Broad b Henry ...... 46 M Craig (batting) ...... 15 46, before Babar and Anwer (38 That was the first of sev- Cup final, drove off-spinner Fleming, to score 6,000 Test runs M Wood c Ronchi b Craig ...... 19 Extras (B4, LB6) ...... 10 not out) gave the score a signifi- eral fine stands in the innings, Moeen Ali for six to complete when a drive off Root beat the J Anderson not out ...... 10 Total (6 wkts, 75 overs) ...... 338 cant boost in the final overs with with Watling adding 121 with a fine fifty. diving Wood at mid-off and went Extras (B19, LB5, W5, NB5) ...... 34 To bat: T Southee, M Henry, T Boult some sublime batting. Ali was run New Zealand captain Brendon But the pendulum swung back for four. Total (all out, 108.2 overs) ...... 350 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-23, 3-122, 4-141, out in the 20th over as he failed McCullum (55) and 53 with Luke in England’s favour when Ross He was eventually lbw to Fall of wickets: 1-177, 2-215, 3-238, 5-262, 6-315 to complete a single. He hit four Ronchi (31). Taylor (48) chipped Durham Wood. McCullum reviewed but, 4-239, 5-247, 6-257, 7-266, 8-267, 9-318, Bowling: Anderson 16-4-58-1; Broad 13-1- boundaries and a six during his South Africa-born Watling, quick Mark Wood to Ben Stokes as technology indicated the ball 10-350 52-2; Wood 14-2-64-3; Stokes 12-1-61-0; Ali 59-ball knock. Raza then came playing as a batsman only in this at extra-cover. would have clipped the top of the Bowling: Boult 30-7-98-2 (5nb, 1w); Southee 15-0-70-0; Root 5-0-23-0 into his own, trapping Hafeez match after he injured his knee Wood was again rewarded for stumps, Indian umpire S Ravi’s with a sharp delivery before dis- keeping wicket at Lord’s, went to pitching the ball up when Guptill’s decision was upheld. missing Asad Shafiq (16) and his hundred in just under three intended drive flew quickly to Joe England resumed on Sunday on took three wickets for six runs in saw England’s final two wickets Sarfraz Ahmed (25) to improve hours off 136 balls, including 13 Root, who held a sharp catch at 253 for five only to see their mid- 17 balls. add a valuable 83 runs before he on his 2-25 against Afghanistan fours and a six, when he hooked third slip. dle order collapse as Tim Southee But Broad led a revival that was last man out. AFP at Bulawayo last year. AFP

Irish Open Newcastle, United Kingdom: Leading final Bowditch leads at round scores at the Irish Open hosted by Kjeldsen ends long drought the Rory Foundation on the par-71 Royal County Down course, Newcastle, Co. Down, soggy PGA event Northern Ireland yesterday. Kjeldsen wins at first play-off hole 282 Eddie Pepperell (ENG) 74-72-67-69, with Irish Open victory IRVING, United States: US PGA Byron Nelson Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 72-67-70- Australia’s Steven Bowditch Irving, United States: Leading scores after 73, Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 69-70-67- fired a four-under par 65 yes- NEWCASTLE, Northern Saturday’s third round of the US PGA Byron 76 terday to seize a two-stroke Ireland: Soren Kjeldsen ended Nelson tournament (USA unless noted, par 283 Rafa Cabrera-Bello (ESP) lead after the third round of a six-year victory drought to 70 round 1, 69 round 2-3 due to rain): 71-68-69-75,Tyrrell Hatton (RSA) the rain-soaked US PGA Byron become the third Danish win- 73-66-70-74 Nelson tournament. 195 Steven Bowditch (AUS) 62-68-65 ner of the Irish Open, captur- Bowditch, whose only US PGA 197 Dustin Johnson 67-68-62, Scott 284 Danny Willett (ENG) 69-76-71-68, ing a fourth career title with a Andy Sullivan (ENG) 74-70-69-71 win came at last year’s Texas Pinckney 69-64-64, Jonathan birdie at the first extra playoff Open, stood on 13-under 195 after Randolph 69-63-65, Jimmy Walker 285 Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) hole yesterday. 54 holes. He has managed only 64-66-67, Jon Curran 67-63-67 71-72-70-72,Maximilian Kieffer (GER) The 40-year old, who also quali- four top-10 finishes in 145 prior 198 Charley Hoffman 69-65-64, Joe 67-76-65-77 fied for the Open Championship tour starts but has been on top Affrunti 68-63-67, Ryan Palmer 65- 286 Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 72- thanks to the win, went into the after opening with a 62 Thursday. 66-67 74-70-70, Richard Green (AUS) last day at the Royal County Sharing second were Americans 199 Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 70-66-63, 72-72-70-72, Bradley Dredge (WAL) Down course leading by two shots Dustin Johnson, Jon Curran, Scott Colt Knost 68-65-66, Zac Blair 72-70-71-73, Anthony Wall (ENG) but saw that disappear when com- Pinckney, Jonathan Randolph and 69-64-66, Cameron Percy (AUS) 72- 71-69-74, Niclas Fasth (SWE) mencing his round with back-to- Jimmy Walker with Americans 67-64-68, Tony Finau 67-64-68 71-73-67-75, Richie Ramsay (SCOT) back bogeys. Charley Hoffman, Joe Affrunti 72-67-70-77 Kjeldsen then slipped fur- and Ryan Palmer another stroke 287 Chris Wood (ENG) 70-69-75-73, ther behind with a double bogey behind. win in the Lone Star state. Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 73-74-68-72 at the eighth before coming to Heavy rain that has swamped “I don’t know about comfort 288 Jbe Kruger (RSA) 73-73-71-71, Luke the last hole and holing a short the course and made the 14th level,” he said. “I guess you draw Donald (ENG) 70-70-72-76, Lucas par putt to join England’s Eddie fairway unplayable forced Friday’s back on experience but every day Bjerregaard (DEN) 73-73-66-76 Pepperell (69) and Austrian final 33 players to finish their sec- is different. You never know what 289 Rikard Karlberg (SWE) 70-76-74-69, Bernd Wiesberger (73) in a play- ond rounds Saturday morning hurdles are coming up. You just Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 71-75-69- off following the Dane’s round of Soren Kjeldsen (left) of Denmark poses with the trophy with Colm before the cut. Bowditch and the know you have a chance on that 74, John Parry (ENG) 72-70-72-75, a five-over-par 76 for a two under McLoughlin Executive Vice Chairman, Dubai Duty Free after winning last group finished in the twilight back stretch.” Darren Fichardt (RSA) 76-71-67-75, par total. the Irish open at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle in to get the event back on schedule, Bowditch birdied the third and Alex Noren (SWE) 73-74-67-75, Kjeldsen then holed a four- Northern Ireland yesterday. but threesomes and two tees will had back-to-back birdies at the Byeong Hun An (KOR) 75-71-67-76, foot birdie putt that actually did be used Sunday as well. sixth and seventh before closing Jake Roos (RSA) 75-69-68-77 a half-loop of the cup at the first Bowditch has taken advantage the front nine with a bogey. He Shoprite LPGA Classic scores extra hole to deny his two rivals. putt starting to horse-shoe. “But Northern Irish world number of the wet weather by finding responded with birdies at the 11th Galloway, United States: Leading scores “I decided not to look at lead- then to see it drop was one the one and tournament host Rory the fairway and attacking damp and rain-altered par-3 14th. after Saturday’s second round of the erboards today but once I started best moments in my career.” McIlroy, who had missed the half- greens. The 14th was trimmed from a Shoprite LPGA Classic (USA unless noted, dropping shots I started look- There was the added bonus for way cut. “Just stick to what you know par-4 to a par-3, 104-yard hole par 71): ing and it gave me a little bit of Kjeldsen of securing a place in Only five players managed to and stay aggressive,” Bowditch because the fairway was flooded, 135 Morgan Pressel 66-69 pleasure that I was not the only July’s Open Championship at St. break par overall after wet and said. “Stick to the fairways. It’s dropping par for the last three one struggling out there,” he told Andrews. windy conditions during the week. 136 Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 67-69 really wet out there. You can rounds to 69. Randolph had an reporters. Kjeldsen in sealing an Open American Rickie Fowler had really attack any pin out there eagle and four birdies and was 138 Catriona Matthew (SCO) 68-70, “Overall it was just a brutal day Championship berth courtesy of been well in contention up until with these greens so receptive.” level with Bowditch for the lead Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 68-70, Kelly out there and I was leaking shots their Irish Open showing were the final two holes on day three Bowditch led after 54 holes on until the 18th hole, when he found Shon 70-68, Gerina Piller 68-70, left-right-and-centre. I then Pepperell and Tyrrell Hatton (74), when he finished with a pair of Christel Boeljon (NED) 68-70 the way to his Texas Open win water off the tee and took a dou- played a great 3-wood in the play- who shared fourth place. eights before signing off for a last last year and can take some com- ble bogey to drop back into the 139 Marissa Steen 69-70, Kim Kaufman off but then I have to say my heart Among the first to greet day 73 and a seven over par total. fort in that as he bids for another chase pack. AFP 69-70, Yoo Sun-Young 69-70 was in my mouth when I saw my Kjeldsen after his victory was AGENCIES MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

French Open Paris: Results from the seventh day of the French Open at Roland Garros yesterday (x denotes seeded player): Frenchman Tsonga shines on Men 4th round Kei Nishikori (JPN x5) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x14) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 gloomy day at French Open Stan Wawrinka (SUI x8) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x12) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 Suspended due to darkness Roger Federer (SUI x2) level with Gael Federer-Monfils tie suspended due to poor light, Wawrinka in quarters Monfils (FRA x13) 6-3, 4-6 Women 4th round Ana Ivanovic (SRB x7) bt Ekaterina PARIS: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat fourth seed Tomas Berdych at a Makarova (RUS x9) 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 weather-hit Roland Garros yesterday, winning their fourth round Elina Svitolina (UKR x19) bt Alize Cornet tie 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 on a day of mixed fortunes for French (FRA x29) 6-2, 7-6 (11/9) hopes. Order of play The 14th seed’s emphatic win was followed by a loss for Gilles Simon, French Open order of play on showcourts who went down 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 to eighth seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka. today, the ninth day of the 2015 tournament Then Gael Monfils saw his contest with Roger Federer suspended due at Roland Garros (x denotes seeded player; to poor light with the score level at one set all. It will resume Monday 0900 GMT start): afternoon with the winner going up against Wawrinka. Court Philippe Chatrier In the other match completed, Japan’s fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori Lucie Safarova (CZE x13) v Maria Sharapova comfortably saw off the challenge of Russia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili and (RUS x2) he will be the next opponent for Tsonga. To finish Berdych looked out of sorts from the start against Tsonga in the cold, damp conditions that marked the tournament’s second Sunday, Gael Monfils (FRA x13) level with Roger allowing the French favourite to dominate rally after rally with his Federer (SUI x2) 3-6, 6-4 powerful serve and shot-making. Serena Williams (USA x1) v Sloane Stephens The Czech player rallied briefly in the third set as Tsonga’s level (USA) dropped, but after a brief scare at the start of the fourth set, Tsonga Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) v Richard Gasquet won five games in a row to move through. (FRA x20) The 14th seeded Frenchman will take on Nishikori with the prospect Court Suzanne Lenglen of reaching what would be just his second appearance in a French Flavia Pennetta (ITA x28) v Garbine Open semi-final. Muguruza (ESP x21) “It was not easy because I played really well during three sets. And Andy Murray (GBR x3) v Jeremy Chardy when it was time to finish I played a little bit differently and because (FRA) he’s a good player, he came back in the match,” Tsonga said. Jack Sock (USA) v Rafael Nadal (ESP x6) “Then I started to miss a little bit more. But I had a good reaction Petra Kvitova (CZE x4) v Timea Bacsinszky in the fourth, and finally I won it. So it’s good for me. I’m happy to beat (SUI x23) a guy like this -- one of the best at the moment.” Court One Tsonga was one of five French players into the last 16, equalling the best home showing at Roland Garros in the Open-era since 1968. Workers remove water from the protective canvas sheet covering the court as the match between Serbia’s Marin Cilic (CRO x9) v David Ferrer (ESP x7) But on the two previous occasions that happened, only one man Ana Ivanovic and Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova is interrupted by rain during the women’s fourth round at the Sara Errani (ITA x17) v Julia Goerges (GER) reached the quarter-finals. Roland Garros 2015 French Open in Paris yesterday. Andreea Mitu (ROM) v Alison Van Uytvanck His win briefly raised French hopes, but they were soon let down (BEL) when current French number one Simon was thrashed by Wawrinka, the 2014 Australian Open winner who is perfectly at home on clay, having grown up playing on the surface in Lausanne. “It was perfect and I am happy to have won the match. I had been expecting a tough match against Gilles, but I played very well, aggres- sive, as the conditions were slow,” Wawrinka said. German and The Monfils-Federer match always looked likely to be unfinished Bayern Munich at the end of the day as darkness started to fall to add to the gloomy football player conditions as they took to the court. Bastian Second seed and 2009 champion Federer dominated the opening set, Schweinsteiger with Monfils looking exasperated at times with the wind and the cold. celebrates But as ever, the French showman dug deep and found some fresh after Ivanovic reserves to level the set scores before the match referee called both men to the net and they all agreed to sleep on it. won her The two other Frenchmen into the last 16 -- Richard Gasquet and match against Jeremy Chardy -- were down to play their ties on Monday with Gasquet Makarova. against top see Novak Djokovic and Chardy facing third seed Andy RIGHT: Murray. Jo-Wilfried No Frenchman has won at Roland Garros since Yannick Noah in Tsonga of 1983 and prior to that it was Marcel Bernard in 1946. France cel- Nishikori’s win made him the first Japanese man in 82 years to reach ebrates after the French Open quarter-finals. winning Jiro Satoh was the last Japanese man to enjoy such a run in Paris against Tomas when he went on to the semi-finals in 1931 and 1933. Berdych Nishikori hadn’t played since Wednesday after scheduled third round of Czech opponent Benjamin Becker withdrew with an injury. Republic dur- Asked about his thoughts about taking on Tsonga in the last eight, ing their fourth Asia’s top player, who reached the final of the US Open last September, round match. said he expected it to be a “fun match.” “We haven’t played for a long time, maybe couple of years,” he said. “But, you know, he was injured and he came back now and he’s com- ing back very strong. You know, he has a big serve, big forehand. He’s always a dangerous player.” AFP Ivanovic, Svitolina into last-eight, Sharapova rained off

PARIS: Ana Ivanovic made the Ivanovic in action French Open quarter-finals for during the fourth the first time since her 2008 round. title run yesterday where she’ll face Elina Svitolina, the first Ukrainian to make the last eight. But defending champion Maria Stan Wawrinka of Sharapova’s scheduled last-16 Switzerland holds clash against Lucie Safarova was balls on his racket as pushed back until today after rain he prepares to serve caused a lengthy stoppage at a to Gilles Simon of chilly Roland Garros. France. The Russian second seed now faces the prospect of playing matches on two successive days with the first two women’s quar- ter-finals already programmed for Tuesday. Seventh-seeded Serb Ivanovic defeated Russian ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova, a semi- finalist at the Australian Open in January, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 to book before the tournament to reach Svitolina will take a 6-0 los- her eighth career Grand Slam the quarter-final again.” ing record into her clash with quarter-final. Svitolina, seeded 19, is only the Ivanovic, a run that includes a Watched again by German second Ukrainian woman to reach second round loss in Paris last World Cup winning football a Grand Slam quarter-final after year and again on clay in Madrid star Bastian Schweinsteiger, the Kateryna Bondarenko made the earlier this month. 27-year-old Ivanovic shrugged off last eight at the 2009 US Open. “I hope I can serve better, of a two and a half hour rain stop- It was Svitolina’s first win over course, because I was serving not page to secure her third three-set Cornet in three meetings and the so good against her in Madrid,” win in four rounds in Paris. result ended French hopes in the said Svitolina. With four men’s The 20-year-old Svitolina beat women’s singles for another year. last-16 ties still to be played on fellow former Roland Garros She displayed nerves of steel Court Philippe Chatrier and Court junior champion Alize Cornet to achieve victory, failing to serve Suzanne Lenglen, it was decided on a windy, chilly Court Philippe out the tie in the 10th game of that Sharapova and Safarova will Chatrier 6-2, 7-6 (11/9). the second set and then allowing play their fourth round today “It’s amazing to be in the five match points to slip through instead. Yesterday’s other fourth quarter-finals again. To be hon- her fingers. round clash between 33-year- est, coming into the tournament However, she secured victory old Italian Flavia Pennetta, who Elina Svitolina of Ukraine celebrates after winning against Alize Cornet I didn’t really expect that at all,” on her sixth match point when has never played in the French of France during their fourth round match. RIGHT: Cornet plays a shot said Ivanovic. Cornet went long with a back- Open quarter-finals, and Garbine to Svitolina. “But I really worked hard for hand, her 42nd unforced error of Muguruza, the Spanish 21st seed, each match. I worked hard even the windswept tie. was also shelved. AFP MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

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Qatar’s Karim Boudiaf (centre) is congratulated by team-mates Ahmed El Sayed (left) and Abdelkarim Hassan after scoring a goal against Northern Ireland during an international friendly at the Alexandra Stadium in Crewe yesterday. RIGHT: Qatar’s Majdi Siddiq (right) vies for the ball with Northern Ireland’s Patrick McNair yesterday. The match needed in a 1-1 draw. The game was part of Qatar’s preparations for the World Cup 2018 and Asia Cup 2019 qualifiers. South Africa admits Barca follow familiar paying $10m but denies FIFA bribe route towards treble GENEVA: South Africa yester- Swiss authorities were mean- day admitted that it paid $10m while running a parallel probe in 2008 but denied it was in any into allegations of bribery in the Messi leads Catalans to 27th Copa del Rey triumph way a bribe to FIFA for the 2010 process over the controversial World Cup, in the latest twist to awarding of the 2018 and 2022 the corruption scandal engulfing World Cups to Russia and Qatar. BARCELONA: Another world football’s governing body. The Swiss justice spokesman majestic performance from Two separate investigations are said the top football officials were Lionel Messi put Barcelona on being carried out by American interviewed as “people who could the brink of becoming the first and Swiss authorities for alleged provide information”, without giv- team ever to win the treble rampant and long-running cor- ing further details. twice as they put Athletic Bilbao ruption within FIFA. He added that Blatter “will not to the sword 3-1 in the Copa del Several top football officials be questioned at this stage. If nec- Rey final. have been questioned by Swiss essary, he will be in the future”. Like so much of this season investigators, Bern said, and Seven senior FIFA officials are for Barca, Saturday’s final was FIFA’s President Sepp Blatter believed to be among those heard a flashback to the 2008/09 cam- too could be quizzed “in the future by investigators — Confederation paign when the Catalans claimed if needed”, according to Swiss of African Football (CAF) presi- league, Cup and Champions prosecutors. dent Issa Hayatou (Cameroon), League in the same season for The biggest scandal to rock Angel Miguel Villar Llona (Spain), the first time. world football erupted Wednesday Michel D’Hooge (Belgium), Senes Athletic were also their victims when seven FIFA officials were Erzik (Turkey), Marios Lefkaritis in the Cup final back then, whilst arrested in their Zurich hotel as (Cyprus), Hany Abo Rida (Egypt) English, French and German part of the US probe. and Vitaly Mutko (Russia). opposition were swept aside on They and seven others were Two other current members their route to the Champions charged for racketeering, wire of the Executive Committee who League final. fraud and money laundering voted in 2010 for Qatar and Russia Six years ago Pep Guardiola’s conspiracies that ran from 1991 live in Switzerland — Blatter and men travelled to the Italian capi- to present day, and accused of UEFA President Michel Platini. tal to complete the job against taking or conspiring to solicit for Swiss investigators were Manchester United, next week- $150m in bribes. believed to be prioritising those end it is the Italian champi- An example cited in US papers living abroad as they were in town ons that lie in wait in Berlin as was the 2004 selection process for for a FIFA meeting on Saturday. Juventus try to stop a side with the 2010 World Cup, with inves- Blatter, who was re-elected to frightening momentum. tigators claiming that South a fifth term as FIFA President Recreating the glorious 14-tro- African officials paid $10m to on Friday despite the worst phy haul during Guardiola’s four former FIFA Vice-president Jack scandal to hit the organisation, years in charge was what the club Barcelona’s midfielder Andres Iniesta (left) celebrates with the trophy at the end of the Spanish Copa del Rey Warner — one of the 14 indicted — has accused US investigators of had in mind when they hired Luis (King’s Cup) final match at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona yesterday. in order to secure the bid. using the arrests as an attempt Enrique 12 months ago after South African Football “interfere with the congress” that a first trophyless season in six season to a whopping 120 goals. have millions of resources but if have more experience. It is a more Association president Danny returned him to power. years. Tellingly, the two times Barca in the trophy cabinet you don’t mature team and knows how to Jordaan confirmed yesterday that The 79-year-old Swiss has As well as being a former team- won the Champions League have cups then it doesn’t mean come through difficult situations. the organising committee made argued that while many hold him mate of Guardiola, Enrique suc- under Guardiola, Messi was anything,” said defender Gerard Experience allows you to over- a payment of $10m in 2008 but “ultimately responsible for actions ceeded his friend as Barca B coach well-supported when it came to Pique, who was also a part of the come bad moments in a game.” insisted this was not a bribe. and reputation of the global foot- to start his managerial career and goalscoring. treble-winning squad. Adversity has been an impor- “I haven’t paid a bribe or ball community”, he “cannot mon- was well aware of the demands at Messi, Samuel Eto’o and “If at the end you are able to tant part of the season. taken a bribe from anybody in itor everyone all of the time”. the club having captained Barca Thierry Henry netted a hitherto win, not the quantity of trophies Having left Messi and Neymar my life. We don’t know who is In an interview published in a eight-year playing career record 100 goals in the treble win- we won with Pep, but an impor- on the bench for a 1-0 defeat mentioned there (in the indict- yesterday by Swiss tabloid between 1996 and 2004. ning campaign, whilst Pedro and tant number, then we can com- at Real Sociedad to begin 2015, ment),” Jordaan told the Sunday SonntagsBlick, Blatter said he “has However, just as with David Villa added 45 to Messi’s pare the two teams. Enrique looked on the verge of Independent. been treated with zero respect” in Guardiola’s sides, the catalyst on 53 in 2010/11. “Now I think we have more the sack with the club descending “How could we have paid a the last few days. the pitch has been Messi with the However, with Xavi and Andres options. We know how to play on into institutional crisis as sport- bribe for votes four years after He also said he was “very dis- addition of two world class strik- Iniesta less of an influence than the counter-attack, which with ing director Andoni Zubizarreta we had won the bid?” Jordaan appointed” by Platini, who has ers in Neymar and Luis Suarez they were in those sides, the Pep we didn’t exploit so much. was dismissed and club presiden- said, adding that the payment openly asked him to step down allowing him the extra freedom pace and aggression of Neymar Perhaps we don’t have the con- tial elections called for the end was South Africa’s contribu- from the top job. needed to be even more deadly. and Suarez has also offered a trol of the game we did then, but of the season in the same week. tion towards Confederation of Platini has said UEFA will The Argentine struck twice, more direct route that makes that doesn’t guarantee you win Since then they have suffered one North, Central American and review relations with FIFA on including a sensational individual this Barca team arguably even more because this year we have material defeat in 34 matches to Caribbean Association Football’s June 6 while English Football effort to open the scoring, against tougher to stop. won more than ever. seal a sixth league and Cup double (CONCACAF) football develop- Association chief Greg Dyke indi- Athletic either side of Neymar’s “At the end of the day what “They are similar teams with and to within one game of match- ment fund. cated England could be ready to tap in to take the star South makes teams great is titles. You subtle differences. The change ing the best season in the club’s Warner was then also President back a European boycott of the American trio’s tally for the can play incredibly well and of coach and because the players storied 115-year history. AFP of CONCACAF. World Cup. AFP Klopp’s Dortmund exit is his ‘hardest moment’

BERLIN: Jurgen Klopp (pic- Wolfsburg claimed a 3-1 victory gifts were Dortmund season tick- thanks to each player, because it their wasted opportunities as tured) says leaving Borussia on Saturday. ets for his family. has been to me an extraordinary Marco Reus fired over the bar in Dortmund is the “hardest Having led Dortmund to the Klopp has given no hint of his pleasure, a great honour to work the first-half with his side leading moment of his career” after 2013 Champions League final future, but given his impres- with them and I find it hard to 1-0 and Borussia were denied a losing the German Cup final after winning the Bundesliga in sive pedigree the 47-year-old is let go. clear late penalty. with the charismatic coach now 2011 and claiming the German unlikely to be away from football “The disappointment from the The defeat means Dortmund unemployed and weighing up his league and cup double in 2012, for long with several English side defeat is huge, but it was a fitting must now go through the qualify- future. this was Klopp’s final bow after reported to be interested. final. Both teams really went for ing rounds for the Europa League Dortmund were denied the seven years as Thomas Tuchel “This is here and now my hard- it, but those three goals in 16 min- having missed the chance to claim fairytale farewell at Berlin’s takes over next season. est moment,” Klopp told around utes decided the game, they were a direct entry had they won the Olympic Stadium as Pierre- His farewell party in East 2,000 guests at his party. silly goals to concede at the end final. Dortmund’s defeat now Emerick Aubameyang’s early Berlin went on until just before “The pain of saying goodbye is of the day, but congratulations to means arch-rivals Schalke qualify strike was cancelled out by three 0500 local time (0300 GMT) on building slowly and it really hurts. Wolfsburg. I know life goes on.” directly for the Europa League. goals in 16 first-half minutes as Sunday and amongst his parting “I have tried to express my Dortmund were left to rue AFP Monday 1 June 2015 14 Shaaban 1436 Volume 20 Number 6448 Sport Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 FIFA U-20 World Cup Results Results from pool matches on day two of Colombia pass stiff Qatar the FIFA Under-20 World Cup played in New Zealand yesterday: Group C Qatar 0 Colombia 1 Portugal 3 Senegal 0 Group D Mexico 0 Mali 2 test in U-20 World Cup Uruguay 1 Serbia 0 Rodriguez goal gives South Americans vital win over Asian champions Qatar will ‘work harder’, BY RIZWAN REHMAT says coach HAMILTON: South American heavyweights Colombia made the most of a goalkeeping gaffe Sanchez to edge a feisty Qatar 1-0 in the opening Group C match of the HAMILTON: Qatar’s coach FIFA U-20 World Cup yesterday. Felix Sanchez (pictured) yes- Colombian midfielder Joao terday praised the performance Rodriguez scored for the South of his players, saying his feisty Americans in the 24th minute team will “work harder” in the when Qatari goalkeeper Hassan remaining two group-stage Yousof allowed a close-range shot games at the FIFA U-20 World to slip through his legs. Cup. Qatar, who are making a Colombia were really tested by comeback to the FIFA U-20 a resolute Qatari side that went World Cup after 20 years, oth- down 1-0 at the Waikato Stadium erwise impressed with inspira- here yesterday. tional captain Ahmad Moein and “I cannot tell you what will Austria-based striker Jassim Al happen in future games but we Jalabi making penetrating runs are going to give our best, just as and forward Akram Afif running we did today (against Colombia). Colombian defenders ragged with Inshallah we will get our reward,” his sublime moves. Sanchez said after the Group C Meanwhile, the Qatari defend- clash. ers kept Deportivo striker Santos TOP: Qatar’s Ahmad Moein “I think the attitude the players Borre in check for most of the (right) looks to pass the ball showed today shows that we will second half in which neither team past Colombia’s Andres get something,” the Spaniard said. could score a goal despite a series Tello (front left) during a FIFA “We are not going to give up. of attacks against each other. Under-20 World Cup match We are going to keep trying, keep Yesterday’s victory ensured at the Waikato Stadium in fighting. We will work harder.” that Colombia kept their unbeaten Hamilton yesterday. RIGHT: “Everybody wants to win; we streak against an Asian side in Colombia’s Juan Quintero want to win. But I cannot say U-20 games intact. Their record (left) and Joao Rodriguez anything against my team. They now stands at seven wins and two celebrate after the latter tried hard,” Sanchez said. draws in nine games. He said his side earned the scored the game’s only goal. A big crowd braved chilly con- respect of his rivals yesterday. LEFT: A Qatari fan holds a ditions at the Waikato Stadium “We know that this is a big tour- here to watch yesterday’s high- sign at the Waikato Stadium nament in the octane encounter, the first yesterday. world. The top between the two sides at this age teams are here group. and it is hard Soon after the final whis- kicked off on a promising note Four minutes later, Colombia later, the goalkeeper was in the Qatar and Colombia continued to get a good tle, Qatar’s Spanish coach Felix for Qatar as midfielder Afif broke missed their first serious attempt thick of it again when he thwarted to trade blows and in the 80th result. But I Sanchez hugged some of his free in the first minute, but the at goal when Italy-based mid- a Rodriguez missile. minute, Qatar’s 19-year-old mid- think it was a players. 18-year-old lost the ball inside the fielder Alexis Zapata lost his foot- Yousof made another impor- fielder Al Sadi connected with very close game “It was a tough match against a Colombian box. ing close to the Qatari goal. tant save in injury time. a left-footed flick that narrowly and there were good side. We played well but luck Five minutes into the game, A few minutes later, Qatari After a sluggish start to the missed the target. 11 players on deserted us. We could have easily Qatari midfielder Assim Madibo skipper Moein picked up a yel- second half, Qatar nearly equal- A minute later Qatar substitute the field who got the draw,” Sanchez said, add- was ordered off the pitch with a low card for a reckless infringe- ised in the 52nd minute but tire- Sultan Al Kuwari hoodwinked respect us a ing: “It was a high-quality game.” nose-bleed but the 18-year-old ment that eventually resulted in less forward Al Jalabi missed the his marker and quickly slipped lot. They had to Colombian coach Carlos soon returned with cotton wool the only goal of the match. target from close range. one past goalkeeper Montero work very hard to get the result. Alberto Restrepo said: “It was stuffed up his nostrils. After collecting a loose ball, Five minutes later, Qatari mid- but his shot went agonizingly There were many players who an equal game. We weren’t that In the 10th minute, match hero striker Borre picked out a charg- fielder Ahmed Al Sadi fired in a wide. respect my boys,” Sanchez said. attacking upfront. We do have to Rodriguez curled in a well-taken ing Rodriguez near the Qatari box powerful shot after a goalmouth Colombia managed to hold on in He said “nerves” played a part get better.” free-kick from the left flank but and without hesitating he slotted melee but his ferocious shot was the tense final minutes as Qatar in his side losing momentum for “We have to improve every defender Abdou Serigne jumped the ball through the legs of goal- blocked by Colombian goalkeeper mounted a flurry of attacks. a while after the Rodriguez goal aspect of our game. We are doing high to head the ball away. keeper Yousof. Alvaro Montero. Qatar next play Portugal on in the first half. it right but we have to get organ- Qatar — playing in white jer- Six minutes before the first- “We are happy to have picked June 3 and then Senegal three “I think after the goal we got a ised. We didn’t do well in the sec- seys and shorts — won their first half whistle, Yousof made up for up three points,” Montero, who is days later. The Asian champi- little nervous from the situation ond half and this is not how we corner in the 14th minute but the his earlier gaffe by keeping out without a club, said. “It is impor- ons will play all of their group and we couldn’t play the way we play,” he said. Colombian defence stayed strong Zapata’s close-range shot with tant to start an event such as this matches at the Waikato Stadium. wanted to play. Colombia is one Yesterday’s Group C slugfest and rebuffed the challenge. an excellent effort. Two minutes with a win.” THE PENINSULA of the best teams in the tourna- ment,” Sanchez said. “I will say that we started very good, especially in the first 10 min- Impressive Portugal strike early to down Senegal utes. After that — let’s say up to the 25th minute — there was a lot HAMILTON: Buoyed by a keeper Andre Moreria before an Senegalese sticks was increasingly of respect for both teams because Portugal’s Nuno Santos first-minute goal, Portugal ham- audacious effort from the centre responsible for keeping Joseph nobody wants to take (too) many celebrates after scoring a mered Senegal yesterday with a circle by Moussa Wague whis- Koto’s side in the running, typi- risks because it is a first game in goal against Senegal during dominant 3-0 win in their FIFA tled just wide — though a sly grin fied when he clawed out Silva’s such a big event. Unfortunately, a FIFA Under-20 World U-20 World Cup opener. implied the Portuguese stopper volley after the unmarked Porto they scored a goal.” Cup match in Hamilton Martins fired the fourth-quick- was never worried. starlet looked certain to score. “It was a very close game. It yesterday. est goal in the tournament’s his- While the balance of play was Portugal continued to waste could have been the other way tory, netting in 26 seconds, before fairly equal, the quality of chances chances, Martins, Rafa and Chico around for us — we could have a late flurry saw substitute Nuno was not. Portugal always looked Ramos all coming close, but the won or it could have been a draw,” Santos set up Andre Silva, then the more likely to score. introduction of Santos changed he said. add another of his own at the Silva tested Sy again before everything. Meanwhile, Colombia coach Waikato Stadium here. turning provider, with a slick Firstly his cross picked out the Carlos Alberto Restrepo called The opening goal was a real one-two setting Riquicho up dangerous Silva, who finally got on his players to “improve their team effort. Senegal kicked off but for a thunderous volley, which his goal with a stunning header, game”. great pressing by Portugal forced the Lorient keeper dealt with before a moment of madness by “We were defending a lot in the a mistake from the Africans and impressively. Sy — racing out of his area — second half. We played too much the ball feel at the feet of Silva, Both started the second half in allowed the substitute to chip to their game,” Restrepo said. “We whose slide-rule pass found lively fashion, but Senegal contin- home a third from 35 yards. do have to get better. We got a Martins, who had goalkeeper ued to lack incisiveness. Meanwhile in Group D, Gaston positive result but it doesn’t mean Ibrahima Sy closing on him. But A delightful dummy from Pereiro’s 57th minute goal gave we are doing everything good. We the forward’s shot looped into the Guedes left Raphael Guzzo in Uruguay a 1-0 victory over Serbia have to improve every aspect of top corner and found the back of space to rattle the bar from 25 in Dunedin. And 10-man Mali our game.” the net. yards. The latter’s cross then set beat nine-man Mexico 2-0 in a “In the second half, we were To Senegal’s credit, they didn’t up Silva for a smart volley but Sy fiery match that came alive in the kind of losing friction. We don’t fold after the early set-back. was equal to the task again. second half. normally play like that,” the coach Moussa Kone tested Portuguese The man between the THE PENINSULA said. THE PENINSULA