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MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 • 22 Rajab 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6427 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 OPINION Houthis agree Emir Cup All eyes on Camp David to five-day meeting

CC Glead- ers will Yemen truce meet President Barack Ceasefire slated to begin tomorrow Obama at Camp CAIRO/ADEN: Yemen’s domi- The Houthis say their campaign David nant Houthi group accepted a is aimed at defeating Al Qaeda next Dr Khalid Al Jaber five-day humanitarian ceasefire militants based in Yemen and week. proposed by its adversary Saudi accuse Hadi’s forces of support- The Arabia yesterday but said it ing the group. meeting comes in the con- would respond to any violations Arab planes bombed for a sec- text of an Iran nuclear deal of the pause. ond day in a row the vast com- and the assurances of the Saudi Arabia had said on Friday pound in the capital Sana’a which current US administration that the ceasefire could begin is home to ex-president Saleh, to the GCC states. There are tomorrow if the Iranian-allied whose loyalists in the army fight a number of issues on the militia agreed to the pause, which on the Houthis’ side. Action from the Emir Cup quarter-final match between Qatar Sports Club and Al Shahaniya at Lekhwiya Stadium agenda of this meeting. would let in badly needed food and Saleh appeared unscathed. “It yesterday. Qatar SC won 4-1 to enter the semi-finals. See also page 28 Is this summit going to medical supplies. isn’t just me who is being targeted make a difference to this Backed by the United States, a but every citizen ... This aggression region? Can the GCC leaders Saudi-led coalition has been con- is cowardly. Go ahead and come push the US to change its ducting air strikes against the by land, we’ll make a welcome for policy on Iran? Is Washington Houthis and army units loyal to you,” Saleh said. Emir to take ready to listen to Arab con- ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh “We doubt that the Houthis Weight-loss capsule cerns on Iran’s growing influ- since March 26 with the aim would stick to a ceasefire or truce ence in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, of restoring the government of because they have repeatedly bro- part in Camp Gaza Strip and Yemen? President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi. ken political commitments they Many experts feel there is “We will deal positively with have made in the past,” a pro-Hadi can kill, warns SCH David summit a genuine fear in the region any efforts, calls or serious and militiaman in the city said. that the Obama administra- positive measures that would help Anwar Gargash, minister of DOHA: The Supreme Council effects that may lead to death, DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh tion is not bothered about lift the suffering and allow aid, state for foreign affairs for the of Health (SCH) has warned said the statement. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will the consequences of its poli- supplies and ships to move safely United Arab Emirates, wel- against the use of Burning Fat The product’s specifications do leave today for the United States cies and is silent on Iran’s to Yemen,” the Houthis said in a comed the Houthis’ acceptance of Slimming Capsule, a weight- not show these contents, which to participate, along with other intervention in the region statement carried by state media a ceasefire and said he hoped it loss medicine which, it said, have been included without any leaders of the Gulf Cooperation through its religious militias Saba. would lead to political talks. contains chemicals that can announcement. Council (GCC) member states, and sectarianism. Colonel Sharaf Luqman, “The Houthis acceptance of the cause serious damage to health Some social media advertise- in a Camp David summit with A recent report of the spokesperson for the Houthi- truce offer is important. Their and even lead to death. ments introduce the slimming US President Barack Obama on Washington Institute for the allied army, yesterday said Yemeni realisation that they are part of The SCH said the product was pills as a “magic band” to reduce May 14. MENA region said that the forces had agreed to the truce the diverse Yemeni fabric and not registered in Qatar and was weight and an alternative to The GCC leaders will discuss problems in the region pose but would confront any attacks not a tool for regional influence is banned in the country. weight-loss surgery. with the US president ways of threats to the state system. by Hadi loyalists on battlefronts essential,” he wrote on his Twitter However, it is widely promoted It is a herbal medicine that enhancing ties between the GCC Continued on page 3 which stretch across much of the account. REUTERS in the region through social can reduce hunger and burn fat, member states and the US, and impoverished country. See also page 7 media and caused the death of a claim the advertisements. review regional and international person in a neighbouring coun- The product is promoted in developments and means of try, said a statement issued by some neighbouring countries strengthening peace and stability the Pharmacy and Drug Control through social media. in the region. Savouring victory Department at SCH. The SCH has warned the pub- The summit is scheduled to be The product contains mercury, lic against falling prey to mislead- preceded by an official dinner ban- a toxic chemical, and other sub- ing social media advertisements quet hosted by the US president in stances that are prohibited inter- and using such products. honour of the GCC leaders on May nationally and have serious side THE PENINSULA 13 at the White House. QNA

Tallest tower’s flats go on sale this year DUBAI: Residential apart- kilometre high, said JEC chief His company is now collecting ments at Saudi Arabia’s executive Mounib Hammoud, applications from potential buy- Kingdom Tower, which is slated taking the title of the world’s ers. Construction has reached the to become the world’s tallest tallest building from Dubai’s Burj 14th floor. building on completion in 2018, Khalifa, which stands at about Citizens of the six Gulf countries will likely go on sale later this 830 metres. — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, year, the developer’s chief execu- The Kingdom Tower will have a Oman, Bahrain and the United tive said yesterday. gross floor area of 245,000 square Arab Emirates — are eligible to The tower in Saudi Arabia’s metres and include offices, a 200- buy units in the tower, but other second biggest city Jeddah has room Four Seasons Hotel, 121 potential investors will require the backing of billionaire Prince serviced apartments and 360 resi- government approval, Hammoud Alwaleed bin Talal, whose invest- dential apartments. said. ment firm Kingdom Holding owns The apartments “will be for sale. JEC is investing 8.7 billion riyals about a third of the project’s mas- Maybe we will rent some, pool ($2.3bn) in the Jeddah Economic ter developer Jeddah Economic some for rental or do (investment) City project, which includes British Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) speaks with World War II veterans in London yesterday during Company (JEC). funds on a few — it depends on the Kingdom Tower and Saudi an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Europe Day, the end of WW II in Europe. Once completed, the $1.2bn market,” said Hammoud, adding Arabia’s largest shopping mall. Kingdom Tower will be over a that sales should begin this year. REUTERS Indian community concerned over incitement on social media BY MOBIN PANDIT man, being manhandled by a caused ripples in social media. why we have come here?” in the interior ministry meeting. of the interior ministry,” the offi- group of people outside a well- Reacting to the seriousness Some sources in the commu- ICC President Girish Kumar cial reportedly said. DOHA: A video showing an known mall, understandably late of the incident, Qatar’s Interior nity claimed that the assault was and two senior officials of the “We wholeheartedly con- Indian being roughed up by last Friday. Ministry convened a meeting of a case of mistaken identity. Indian embassy attended the demned the incident,” the source, a group of fellow Indians for The man is suspected of hav- representatives of Indian organi- “This was not the man who had meeting along with some 80 to who attended the meeting, told allegedly posting anti-Muslim ing posted comments on Facebook sations yesterday and impressed posted the Facebook comment. 90 representatives of community this newspaper. comments has gone viral on in Malayalam that offended upon them the need to abide by He might have had a resemblance organisations. About the Facebook post, he social media. Muslims. local laws. to the real culprit who, we are The head of public relations at said: “Definitely, the man was not The suspect and his attack- The extent of injuries he suf- Meanwhile, vernacular told, has already left Qatar,” said the interior ministry, expressing in his senses”. ers are both from the southern fered could not be known. Malayalam newspapers pub- a source. concern over the violent incident, Prominent Qatari lawyer Yusuf Indian state of Kerala, which The incident has caused shock lished from here carried extensive All Indian community organi- said that no one will be allowed Al Zaman said that it was the sends the largest number of and concern in the Indian com- reports of the incident yesterday, sations affiliated to the Indian to take the law into their hands. first time such an incident had Indians to Qatar. munity in Qatar because this calling for communal amity. Cultural Centre (ICC), which “Such incidents should be happened in Qatar. The three-minute video shows is the third such incident in The headline in one of functions under the aegis of the immediately intimated to the Continued on page 2 the Indian, a young uniformed which communal incitement the newspapers said: “Is this Indian embassy, were represented community policing department THE PENINSULA MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Record number of Qatari students join CMUQ Admissions comprise of students from 34 countries

DOHA: With more than 850 “You are a highly select group of insight into the program, as well applications for fall 2015 admis- students chosen because of your as student life at Carnegie Mellon sion, Carnegie Mellon University accomplishments. You are now Qatar,” said recently admitted in Qatar (CMUQ) has admitted part of the Carnegie Mellon fam- student Sarah Marafih. the largest number of Qatari ily and we look forward to wel- “In addition to the academic students and most diverse class coming you to campus in fall.” prestige, I decided to apply to in its history. Ranked among the top 25 uni- Carnegie Mellon Qatar because of The newly admitted students versities in the world, according to the low student-to-faculty ratios comprise 34 nationalities and are US News & World Report’s 2015 and the diverse and multinational from 105 schools in Qatar and Best College Rankings, Carnegie environment,” she added. around the world. Mellon has been offering several Throughout the academic The university welcomed the of its world-class undergradu- year, prospective students are admitted students on campus ate degree programs in Qatar exposed to a variety of outreach recently at the annual ‘Marhaba since 2004. The university ranks programs that highlight the uni- Tartans’ event. eight for the ‘Best Undergraduate versity’s academic offerings and ‘Marhaba Tartans’ provides Business Program,’ second admissions process, and provide admitted students with an oppor- in ‘Management Information a glimpse into student life at tunity to interact with faculty, Systems,’ and first for ‘Graduate Carnegie Mellon Qatar. current students and alumni Schools in Computer Science,’ The Summer College Preview for the purpose of exploring the according to US News and World Program (SCPP) is one of university’s disciplines through Report. Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s most interactive booths. Attendees “My application process began successful outreach programs, were also given the opportunity at last year’s Summer College and provides students with a to attend themed breakout ses- Preview Program and I then month-long introduction to uni- sions highlighting university life attended the Tajir Day program versity admissions requirements and career options for students for secondary school students who and student life. This year, SCPP and graduates. are interested in studying busi- kicks off on June 21 and will run Ilker Baybars, dean of Carnegie ness administration. These pro- until July 15. Mellon University in Qatar, said, grams provided me with great THE PENINSULA Students interact with faculties, students and alumni during ‘Marhaba Tartans’ event.

Insulting any religion Minister of Culture to chair is a crime in Qatar Paris meeting

Continued from page 1 to communal incitements. DOHA: Minister of Culture, People have no right to take “We are behaving in the same Arts and Heritage H E Dr the law into their hands, he said. way as some irresponsible ele- Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Al “Insulting Islam or the Prophet is ments in the other community,” Kuwari received an invitation a crime in Qatar.” he said. “This is a dangerous situ- from the French Minister of “As per Qatari law, insulting ation. Self-control is needed in the Culture and Communication, any religion by any means, includ- use of social media,” said Basheer. Fleur Pellerin, to attend ing Hinduism, is an act of crime Another prominent Indian, the informal meeting of the in Qatar,” Al Zaman told this Pradeep Menon, described the Qatari - French Joint Cultural newspaper. Facebook posting and the violent Committee. The invitation There is a department in the incident as unfortunate. “The lan- was handed by the French interior ministry that should guage used in the comment is very Ambassador Eric Chevalier. have been informed about the harsh, insulting and inhuman,” he The decision to form Qatari Facebook comment he said. said. -French Joint Cultural Committee “The attackers were not pro- Some commentators on social was taken during the historic visit tecting Islam or Muslims. Back media, while expressing concern, by the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim in India, Hindus can retaliate,” said Indians in Qatar should avoid bin Hamad Al Thani to France the lawyer said. “There is a law getting into such controversies on Qatar University President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad (right) and Dolphin Energy General Manager Adel last year. Dr Al Kuwari will chair here and there is a government social media. Ahmed Albuainain exchanging signed documents. the Qatari delegation for this to protect the rights of people.” “We are here to work and save meeting to be held at the end of Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre something for our families, so why this month with the participation official S A M Basheer said that if get into such things,” said one of representatives of the Qatari the situation slipped out of con- commentator. Dolphin to sponsor events cultural institutions. trol, they would convene a meet- Said another: “There is already QNA ing of all Muslim organisations a shortage of visas for Indians. I of Keralites here, estimated to am afraid such incidents would number 20 to 25, to help cre- lead to further visa restrictions of QU College of Engineering Qatar University ate awareness in the community on Indians”. against such unwanted reactions THE PENINSULA DOHA: Qatar University (QU) will sponsor the events that the join the workforce and become hosts QS Rankings and Dolphin Energy Limited College will organise during the future leaders.” yesterday signed an agreement academic year 2014-2015, such as Albuainain said: “We are Session with the aim to sponsor the Life is Engineering, Engineering delighted to extend our rela- various activities and events Week, Computing Contest, Senior tionship with the College of DOHA: Qatar University (QU) that QU College of Engineering Design Contest, Wooden Bridge, Engineering and look forward hosted QS Rankings Session Minister launches book to mark (CENG) will organise and host Gasna, and Digital Cube, as well to making a contribution to the last Thursday which discussed in the academic year 2014-2015. as the Gas Processing Center con- range of activities and events the world rankings and rating World Migratory Bird Day The agreement was signed sortium membership. that are slated to take place in systems and the various crite- between QU President Prof Prof Al Misnad said: “Qatar the remainder of this academic ria by which universities are DOHA: A book on Irkaya region in Qatar to mark World Migratory Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad, and University is pleased to partner year. Qatar University has allowed ranked at the international and Bird Day was released yesterday. Minister of Economy H E Ahmed Dolphin Energy General Manager with Dolphin Energy in fostering us to engage with young, talented regional level. bin Mohammed Amer Al Humaidi signed the book. Qatar, Adel Ahmed Albuainain, CENG educational and awareness engineers, assist in their develop- The session, which was part In a foreword published in the book, the Minister said Qatar aims to in front of an audience that programmes. This agreement ment and in turn support impor- of the programme of the 3-day have an advanced society that can sustain its development and provide comprised QU Vice President comes in line with QU’s commit- tant initiatives designed to meet QS MAPLE Conference held on a high standard of living of its citizens. He added that Qatar National and Chief Academic Officer Dr ment in providing the community Qatar’s future development goals.” May 5-7, also looked at perform- Vision 2030 was a working plan to achieve that goal. Mazen Hasna, CENG Dean Dr with outreach activities with the “This agreement comes as a con- ance by universities in Asia, Gulf The minister stressed the need to achieve a balance between devel- Rashid Alammari, and CENG and aim to enhance and enrich stu- tinuation to the series of coopera- and Middle East and African opmental needs and the importance of conserving the enviroment. He Dolphin Energy officials. dents’ experience in the engineer- tion with Dolphin Energy towards universities in terms of academic also said on the importance of enhancing the legal framework to act In the terms of the agree- ing field and provide them with the more collaborations,” Dr Al reputation, employer reputation, as a guardian of the environment. QNA ment, Dolphin Energy Limited skills and abilities that enable them Ammari said. THE PENINSULA citations, international faculty and international students. It was also announced that the QS Arab Rankings will be published on June 10. A presentation by John O’Leary, member of the Tamuq-Qeeri joint faculty Executive Board, QS World University Rankings detailed survey results of the Big 3 rankings agencies – QS to strengthen research MAPLE, ARWU and Times Higher Education and high- lighted rankings challenges DOHA: Texas A&M University means a sharing of expertise and Qatar and the Qatar Sustainable that included research qual- at Qatar (Tamuq) signed with resources to build the critical Water and Energy Utilization ity, teaching quality, graduate Qatar and Qatar Environment mass necessary to tackle research Initiative. employability, internationaliza- and Energy Institute (Qeeri) on Qatar’s Grand Challenges. It Dr Mohammad Khaleel, Qeeri’s tion, graduate output, inclusion will soon appoint joint faculty will allow our branch campus executive director, said, “The and infrastructure. O’Leary to strengthen the existing part- faculty and researchers to work joint appointment between Qeeri also drew focus on the issue of nership, achieve further coop- as chief scientists at Qeeri as and Texas A&M at Qatar is a citations in Arabic. eration in the areas of research we work to build capacity in the great demonstration of Qatar Following was a session led and development and create State and the region. It will also Foundation’s ability to optimize by Dr Kevin Downing, Chair initiatives in the interest of stu- allow for the sharing of research resources and capitalize on the of QS-MAPLE International dents and faculty members. facilities. talents across QF entities to Academic Advisory Committee The two institutions recently “Joint faculty will partici- solve problems related to the and Secretary to Council and signed a Memorandum of pate in research projects, lead national grand challenges in Court & Director, Knowledge, Understanding. research groups at QEERI, work energy and water. Texas A&M Texas A&M at Qatar Dean and CEO Dr Mark H Weichold and Qeeri’s Enterprise and Analysis of City Dr Mark H Weichold, Texas on research proposals, indus- at Qatar is a great partner and Executive Director Dr Mohammad Khaleel signing the agreement. University of Hong Kong. A&M at Qatar dean and CEO, trial partnerships, conferences we are very proud to have joint In his presentation entitles said: and other scholarly activities, as appointments so faculty, stu- electrical and computer engi- engineering programme and “Rankings : Catalyst or Cancer”, “We are very proud of the well as work in Qeeri labs and dents and scientists can work on neering programme and direc- Itochu professor of engineer- Dr Downing noted that ranking appointment of joint faculty as facilities.” daily basis together on projects tor of the Smart Grid Center; ing programme. These joint had become a commercial enter- it holds tremendous potential, The agreement will also uti- of national impact.” Dr Patrick Linke, professor and appointments will place each of prise for universities and that as it enhances the capabilities of lize the framework of the Texas The efforts of these groups chair of chemical engineering these outstanding faculty and there were mixed feelings on the both institutions and facilitates Engineering Experiment Station will be directed by Dr Haitham program and Dr Ahmed Abdel- researchers as chief scientists issue as to its merit or necessity. collaboration. This appointment (TEES) Smart Grid Center in Abu-Rub, professor and chair of Wahab, professor of chemical at Qeeri. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Emir chairs board meeting Ashghal inks 11 deals worth QR6bn of Supreme Committee Contracts cover infrastructure projects in Wakra, Wukair, Sailiya, north of Salwa Road DOHA: The Public Works The Roads & Infrastructure for DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Authority — Ashghal — yester- Government Residential Division Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani day awarded eleven contracts project in South of Al Wukair – yesterday presided over the worth a total of QR6bn approxi- Settlement Works (package 2) first meeting of Board of mately for major infrastructure has been awarded to “Marbu Directors of the Supreme projects in Al Wakra, Wukair, Contracting Company ”. The Committee for Delivery & Al Sailiya, north of Salwa Road settlement phase commenced in Legacy of the year 2015 at and other areas. Q1 of 2015, and is expected to be Al Bahr Palace. The projects are under completed in Q4 of 2015. The meeting was attended the Inner Doha Re-sewerage The Roads & Infrastructure for by Deputy Emir H H Implementation Strategy Government Residential Division Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad (IDRIS), and the Construction and project in North of Al Wukair has Al Thani, the Personal Development of Infrastructure in been awarded to a joint venture Representative of the Emir Local Areas programme, in addi- between “Boom Construction and Deputy Chairman of tion to contracts for the Roads Company” and “Lotus Trading the Board of Directors H H Development projects. & Contracting Company”. The Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Most of the new contracts have project will start in Q3 of 2015, Al Thani, Prime Minister been awarded to Qatari compa- and is expected to be completed and Interior Minister and nies; 82 percent of the awarded in Q2 of 2017. Board Member H E Sheikh companies are either Qatari com- The Roads & Infrastructure Abdullah bin Nasser bin panies or Joint Ventures between in West of Al Meshaf project Khalifa Al Thani and other Qatari and International com- (package 3) contract has been Board members. panies. The share of these com- awarded to “Bin Omran Trading The meeting discussed panies exceeded QR5bn of the & Contracting Company”. progress of work and the total value of contracts which is The project commenced at the achievements made so far approximately QR6bn. end of Q1 of 2015, and is expected in all 2022 FIFA World Cup Ashghal President Engineer to be completed in Q1 of 2017. projects. Nasser bin Ali Al Mawlawi signed The Roads & Infrastructure the contracts in the presence of in Al Sailiya - North of Salwa Ashghal President Engineer Nasser bin Ali Al Mawlawi (right) signing the contract with a participating company senior Ashghal officials and rep- Road project has been awarded official yesterday. Dr Thani Al Kuwari resentatives of the participating to “Qatar Building Company”. companies. The project will start in Q3 of appointed as QOC Three contracts were North of Al Wukair, valuing of Main Trunk Sewer under project includes the construction 2015 and is expected to be com- signed under the Inner Doha approximately QR 674 m. The Inner Doha Re-sewerage of the central segment of the pleted in Q1 of 2017. The project Secretary General Re-sewerage Implementation A contract for the Roads and Implementation Strategy (IDRIS) main trunk sewer. commenced in Q2 of 2015, and is DOHA: President of the Strategy (IDRIS) for the design Infrastructure in West of Al The main trunk sewer will be The third contract was expected to be completed in Q4 Qatar Olympic Committee and construction of the Main Meshaf project ( valuing approx- approximately 45km long, with awarded Joint Venture between of 2017. (QOC) H E Sheikh Joaan Trunk Sewer project at a value imately QR 518 m and another internal diameters ranging from “Bouygues Construction Qatar” Two contracts for the First and bin Hamad Al Thani has of approximately QR 3.2bn. for the Roads & Infrastructure in 3 to 4.5 meters, and depths rang- and “UrbaCon Trading and Second phases of the Development issued a decision appointing Contracts signed under the Al Sailiya - North of Salwa Road ing from 20 to 55 meters. The Contracting”. The project of Rawdat Rashed Village to Dr Thani Abdulrahman Al Construction and Development project, valuing approximately project will start in Q3 of 2015, includes the construction of the Umm Garn Road (package 1 & Kuwari as QOC Secretary of Infrastructure in Local Areas QR 573 m were also awarded. and is expected to be completed southern segment of the main 2) have been awarded to “Alcat General. programme included a contract Roads Development con- in Q4 of 2019. trunk sewer, terminating in the Contracting Company” and “Bin Dr Thani Al Kuwari has for the Roads and Infrastructure tracts included a contract for the The first contract was awarded new Doha South sewage treatment Omran Trading & Contracting held leading sports positions, project in Al Wakra West (phase Interim Upgrade of E-Ring Road to a Joint Venture between works. The Roads & Infrastructure Company”. The project aims to including Director General 2, package 3), valuing approxi- and Najma Street project, valuing “Bouygues Construction Qatar” project in Al Wakra West has been provide a network of safe and of the 24th Men’s Handball mately QR287m, a contract for approximately QR 234 million, and and “UrbaCon Trading and awarded to a Joint Venture between developed roads to link Salwa World Championship 2015, the Roads and Infrastructure for two contracts for first and second Contracting”. The project includes “National Industrial Contracting Highway with Dukhan Highway, staged early this year in Doha, Government Residential Division packages of the Development of the construction of the three Company”, “Azvi S A Company”, and and accommodate the traffic flow as well as Secretary General project in South of Al Wukair val- Rawdat Rashed Village to Umm northern segments of the main “Al-Ghanem Trading & Contracting of heavy vehicles that currently and Executive Director of El uing approximately QR113m and Garn Road project, valuing approx- trunk sewer in central Doha. Company LTD”. travel through Rawdat Rashed Jaish Sports Club. another contra for the Roads and imately QR390m. The second contract was The project will start in Q3 of residential area, thus serving QNA Infrastructure for Government Three contracts were contacted awarded to the Joint Venture of 2015, and is expected to be com- citizens and residents in this area. Residential Division project in for the Design and Construction IDRIS SHP Contractors. The pleted in Q1 of 2017. THE PENINSULA Photographic exchange launched as part of Qatar Turkey 2015

DOHA: The Qatar Turkey 2015: Year of Culture has launched its photographic exchange pro- gramme by welcoming two Turkish photographers in Qatar yesterday. Later this month, two Qatari photographers will begin their expedition in Turkey to pho- tograph its landscapes and people. The aim of the exchange programme is to capture the essence of Qatar through Turkish eyes and the essence of Turkey through Qatari eyes. In fall 2015 their journeys will be show- cased in an exhibition in Qatar. This programme is organized in collaboration with the Qatar Photographic Society (QPS) and Prof Ali Muhammet Bay (left) and Dr Hasan Yelken. the Ministries of Culture from Qatar and Turkey, and with the beauties he came across during be able to see one of the largest support of platinum sponsor his travels inspired him to take up and best preserved examples of Exxon Mobil, Hospitality Sponsor photography. In 1995, he became an 18th-19th century Gulf mer- W Doha Hotel and Official Airline a member of the Gaziantep chant town. The team will also Qatar Airways. Association of Art Photography visit Zikreet where they will wit- Yesterday, Qatar welcomed where he went on to become ness the Richard Serra instal- Turkish photographers Prof Ali chairman of the board of direc- lation “East West – West east”. Muhammet Bay and Dr Hasan tors from 1998 to 2006. And they can’t leave Qatar with- Yelken. A graduate from Dokuz Ali and Hasan will embark out dune-bashing all the way to Eylul University, Faculty of on their journey of discovery by Khor Al Adaid on an exhilarating Fine Arts, postgraduate from touring Doha: from Old Doha and Inland Sea desert trek! Savannah College of Art and vibrant Souq Waqif to walking Later in the month, two Qatari Design (MFA degree on pho- along the Doha Corniche where photographers will start their tography), and doctorate they will appreciate the unique exploration of Turkey, from the from Ankara University Ali Doha city skyline and its iconic cities of Istanbul and Ankara to Muhammet Bayraktaroglu Museum of Islamic Art. remote Anatolian villages. They still works as an academic and In the following days, they will will have the opportunity to learn Faculty Dean, sharing with his be heading to Al Shamal in the more about the Turkish people students his love for Fine Arts north, where they will have their and capture in images their rich and specifically photography. first taste of Qatari history with a culture and history. Hasan Yelken is a dentist. The visit to Al Zubara fort. They will THE PENINSULA

Leaders seek satisfactory answers from Camp David

Continued from page 1 militias backed by Iran. If the capabilities and restrict them to If Washington allows the situ- US wants to restore its cred- peaceful uses. ation to deteriorate, it will affect ibility in the region it must The Gulf leaders are heading its own interests in the region. allow the creation of a strong to Camp David to get satisfac- The report calls for a strategy to and united Syrian opposition to tory answers and to know the protect the state system by tak- change the military balance on real position of their traditional ing practical steps to fight ISIS in the ground. ally on these issues. The million- Iraq and Syria and by cooperating At the same time, the report dollar question is whether the with the Sunni allies. finds no problem with signing a Gulf leaders will return happy The report also recommends nuclear agreement with Iran if from the summit. curbing the influence of Shia that will limit Tehran’s nuclear THE PENINSULA MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Doha to host Awqaf meeting DOHA: The second meeting of the Ministers Responsible for Awqaf 7.3m passengers use (Endowments) Affairs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States will begin here tomorrow. The meeting will discuss major challenges facing those in charge of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in the GCC countries and ways to address them. It will also discuss the proposals of the GCC Awqaf Ministers’ Assistants who held airport in first quarter their first meeting here on March 1. In this meeting, ministers seek to develop a common vision for the endow- ment institutions’ work in a collective institutional framework, and to strengthen cooperation between endowment institutions. QNA HIA wins four awards in less than a year DOHA: Hamad International tonnes in the first quarter of 2015, the summer, owing to its sophis- Ken Jamieson Airport (HIA) served a record representing a 9 percent increase, ticated facilities and integrated 7.3m passengers during the first compared to 228,831 tonnes of services that can guarantee pas- appointed quarter of 2015, representing cargo transported in the same sengers a unique travel experi- a 17 percent increase from the timeframe in 2014. ence,” he said. GM of QNCC number of passengers who trav- HIA has also seen an increase Within less than a year of elled through the previous hub, in aircraft movements with 49,208 commencing operations, HIA DOHA: Ken Jamieson Doha International Airport, movements during the first quar- has won the ‘Strategic Project was appointed as the during the same period in 2014. ter of 2015, a 14 percent increase in of the Year’ award at the 2015 General Manager HIA saw 7,360,308 passengers aircraft take-off and landing at the Global Projects of the Year awards of Qatar National pass through its gates during airport, compared to 43,155 move- ceremony organised by CG/LA Convention Centre the first quarter of 2015, with ments during same period last year. Infrastructure. HIA has also (QNCC), one of the most 2,589,403 passengers depart- “Statistics demonstrate that won three Skytrax 2015 awards sophisticated convention ing, arriving and transiting in HIA has received more than 7 at the Skytrax Airport Award and exhibition centres January, 2,285,221 in February, million passengers during the first Ceremony, held recently at the in the world, operated by and 2,485,684 passenger move- quarter of 2015, which highlights Passenger Terminal Expo 2015 AMLAK. ments in March. The same Qatar’s rapid development and in Paris. These include the Best Ken Jamieson said: “I period in 2014 saw 6,294,910 reinforces Qatar’s position as a Airport in the Middle East award, am excited to take on this passengers travelling through global hub for air transport,” said as well as the second position as new challenge with QNCC the Doha International Airport, Badr Mohammed Al Meer, Chief the Best Airport in Performance and build on the solid foun- including 2,191,148 passengers in Operating Officer at HIA. and Services, and the ninth posi- dations laid down since January, 1,973,823 in February, “HIA is fully prepared for the tion as the World’s Best Airport its inception. My aim is and 2,129,639 in March. rise in aircraft movements and Transit Services. to reestablish QNCC as Cargo tonnage totalled 249,769 passenger traffic expected during THE PENINSULA a venue that is beyond a convention centre, but an international learning exchange environment, where the customer expe- rience is at the core of eve- Elan signs deal rything we do.” Following a year work- with Dubai group ing with AMLAK’s venue management team, Ken DOHA: Elan (formerly q.media) brings a wealth of knowl- yesterday signed an agreement edge, derived from his 24 with Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari years of regional event Group, developers of Dubai’s experience, working with IMG Worlds of Adventure, the Informa Plc, IIR Middle world’s largest temperature East, Dubai World Trade controlled indoor themed enter- Centre and the ITP tainment destination. Publishing Group. Ken has The signing ceremony was proven expertise in creat- attended by Jaber Al Ansari, ing, developing and deliv- Group CEO Elan, and Ilyas ering major exhibitions, Galadari and Mustafa Galadari, conferences, awards, live Executive Co-Chairmen and and sporting events in the Owners of the Ilyas & Mustafa Middle East. Galadari Group, establishing THE PENINSULA Elan-owned Novo Cinemas as the chosen cinema operator in this Officials of Elan and Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari Group signing the deal. landmark entertainment destina- tion. Upon its completion, IMG world’s leading immersive cinema Novo Cinemas across the Middle Worlds of Adventure will become experience, and the lavish comfort East. We are very pleased to be a one of the UAE’s most visited of the NOVO 7-STAR experience, part of the landmark IMG Worlds attractions, hosting 20,000 visi- offering unprecedented levels of of Adventure destination as we tors per day. personalised service and exclusive continue to push boundaries and Novo Cinemas at IMG Worlds amenities. strive to take the movie experi- of Adventure boasts a cutting edge “This marks a new milestone ence to new heights,” said Al IMAX theatre, representing the in our strategic growth plans for Ansari. THE PENINSULA

Qatar to take part in Alecso Conference Ooredoo DOHA: Qatar will participate in the 5th extraordinary session of the gen- expands SSMs eral conference for the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), which will be held tomorrow in Amman, Jordan. network to Qatar’s delegation to the meeting will be headed by the Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Katara, HIA Educational Council H E Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed Al Hammadi. QNA DOHA: Ooredoo yester- day announced the inau- guration of two of its next generation Self Service Machines (SSMs) at Katara cultural village and Hamad International Airport (HIA). The new state-of-the-art SSMs will soon be primed to enable customers to instantly register and pur- chase preloaded Hala SIM cards, and also pay out- standing bills via cheque, as well as offer a host of serv- ices available on the current generation of SSMs. As part of Ooredoo’s strategy, the company is placing these high-tech, next generation service points at key loca- tions across the country, to reach the widest possible audience, and also to show- case Qatar’s deployment of cutting-edge technology. The SSM placed in Katara will be seen be a high number of tourists, while the HIA will be accessible to thousands throughout the year. Ooredoo has located the new SSMs at an easily- accessible locations, so that services are available around the clock. The HIA SSM is in the departures area, so that residents can pay their bills and upgrade their services before they leave the country, and enjoy a stress-free trip. These new SSM were launched at the end of 2014 on a trial basis and are currently available at strategic sites across Qatar including Souq Waqif and Ezdan Mall. THE PENINSULA

MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Two-day traffic safety conference opens

DOHA: A two-day conference discusses the important elements This committee is entrusted for pol- Ashghal, General Directorate of on traffic safety kicked off yes- of road safety is a work supported icy making on traffic safety in all Traffic, Supreme Council of Health terday at The Ritz Carlton Doha. by the National Traffic Safety aspects of educational, legislative, (SCH), and Supreme Education Entitled “Vision Zero Qatar- Committee at the heart of its duty engineering and technical, engaged Council among others. Sweden (Knowledge Sharing- Best and to the pursuit of ways to build with all public and private institu- Dr Wafa Al Yazidi, Director Evidence Practice between Qatar safer roads in Qatar,” he said. tions with the aim of integrating of Medical Rehabilitation at and Sweden),” the event is organ- Brig Muhammad Abdulah Al efforts and using them to serve Hamad Medical Corporation said: ised by the National Committee Maliki, Secretary of National traffic safety. “Through this forum we seek to for Traffic Safety in collaboration Traffic Safety Committee said that This strategy is implemented develop a Qatari version of national with the Swedish Authority and Vision Zero is a Swedish vision in two phases and is intended pri- vision on traffic safety throughout Maersk Oil Qatar. that aims to reduce deaths due to marily to reduce the proportion the review of the Vision Zero on road Opening the event, Brig traffic accidents and to increase of death incidents annually from safety,” adding Vision Zero is a mul- Muhammad Saad Al Kharji, awareness among drivers and road 14 per 100000 to six per 100000 by tinational vision that aims to reach Director General of General users about traffic safety as well 2022. He said results of the imple- the zero rate in deaths and serious Directorate of Traffic, underscored as provide them with the best to mentation of the strategy in the injuries caused by road accidents. the significance of the confer- be applied to prevent and reduce first half of the first phase exceeded She announced Doha would ence which stems from the crucial accidents. expectations, where the percentage host the 24th International Traffic importance of the topic which is He stressed Qatar gives due dropped to 8.5 percent in 2014. Medicine Association (ITMA) ‘Vision Zero traffic safety’ and also importance to road safety and had He added that the tasks of this Congress in November this year from learning about the practical formed several strategic initia- plan are distributed to 13 agen- which will gather experts from dif- experience of Sweden as a model to tives, of which the most prominent cies in the public and private ferent disciplines in the fields of Brig Mohamed Saad Al Kharji speaking during the opening of Vision Zero achieve this vision. one is the establishment of the sectors including the Ministry of medicine, traffic and roads around Qatar- Sweden conference at Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. ABDUL BASIT “Organising a forum that National Traffic Safety Committee. Municipality and Urban Planning, the world. THE PENINSULA Five Qatari filmmakers for Cannes festival ‘Made in Qatar’ programme to feature 12 works

DOHA: Five emerging Qatari Film Corner, which showcases DFI CEO, Fatma Al Remaihi filmmakers will attend the films from more than 90 countries said: “Cannes is the ultimate gath- 68th edition of the Cannes Film to accredited industry guests, ering of the world’s film industry Festival from May 13 to 24 as festival selectors and short film and we are proud to represent part of the Doha Film Institute’s industry specialists. Several of Qatar at this important platform (DFI) delegation. the 12 short films were made for the fifth year running. I look They will participate in a series through the DFI’s education forward to celebrating the suc- of workshops, meetings, advisory initiatives, in addition to inde- cess of our Qatari filmmakers and sessions and events designed to pendent productions by Qataris Institute grantees with the inter- further their filmmaking careers. and expatriates. national film community and, in Ali Al Ansari, Mohamed Al “I’m really excited to have the particular, to supporting our group Mahmeed, Yousef Al Modhadi, opportunity to experience one of of five talented Qatari filmmakers. Amal Al Muftah and Maryam Al the most prestigious film festivals I am confident that this experience Sahli will participate in a range of in the world. This will be my first will contribute to their creative and Yousef Al Modhadi, one sessions designed to propel their time at Cannes, which can be a professional development.” of five emerging Qatari current projects to the next stage little intimidating, but I am glad Five DFI grantees are mak- filmmakers who will be and assist them in achieving their that I will be there with a group of ing their world premiere in attending the 68th edition of goals in the international film my Qatari filmmaking colleagues various sections of the Festival. Cannes Film Festival from market. which I am sure will make this They are: Waves ’98 by Elie May 13. The Institute will also present experience even more rewarding. Dagher (Lebanon, Qatar) com- the work of 12 Qatar-based film- It will be great exposure to have peting in the Official Short Film France, Qatar) in the makers in a special ‘Made in my film “TBoy” screening at the Competition; Dégradé by Tarzan main world cinema show- Qatar’ programme at the Cannes short film corner and I am look- and Arab Abunasser (Palestine, case, Un Certain Regard; Short Film Corner including Al ing forward to watching films, France, Qatar) and Mediterranea and Mustang by Deniz Sahli’s ‘TBoy’ and Al Modhadi’s meeting other established and by Jonas Carpignano (Italy, Gamze Ergüven (Turkey, ‘10%’ winner of the Made in independent filmmakers, and France, Germany, Qatar) in the France, Germany, Qatar) Qatar Award at the 2nd Ajyal utilising my time in Cannes to Critics’ Week sidebar which is selected for the prestigious Youth Film Festival. develop my future project which dedicated to showcasing innova- Directors’ Fortnight side- This marks the Institute’s fifth is currently under development,” tive works by new filmmakers; bar. year of participation in the Short said Al Sahli. Lamb by Yared Zeleke (Ethiopia, THE PENINSULA QIBS gets ‘UFI Approved Event’ status

DOHA: The Qatar trade fair organizers that aims with other members, and special now apply to all exhibitions International Boat Show to serve the world’s exhibi- opportunities to experience UFI being held in Qatar. Other dis- (QIBS) has been granted tion industry and promote the through various educational cussions covered the close link the status of “UFI Approved unique value of trade fairs. It programmes and seminars. between the exhibition industry Event”, making it the first was originally set up to develop Commenting on the accredi- and business tourism in Qatar, ever approved event to be held cooperation among European tation, Faysal Mikati, CEO particularly the focus on MICE in Qatar as a member of Union international trade fairs in & Founder of Doha-based events that attract significant of International Fairs (UFI). order to revitalise international Snowcomms said he would business to the country. Snowcomms, the organisers commerce after World War I. particularly like to extend his he UFI which will surely add of QIBS, has also been approved Full membership of UFI, thanks to the Qatar Tourism yet more prestige to the third as a full member of UFI in which currently has 650 mem- Authority (QTA) who intro- edition of QIBS which is due to the category of “Exhibition bers from 85 countries, allows duced Snowcomms to UFI by be held from November 10 to 14 Organisers.” direct access to a wide range hosting a workshop for the at Mourjan Marinas in Lusail The 90-year-old UFI is the of services and information, a industry that discussed rules City.” world’s leading association of strengthening of relationships and regulations which would THE PENINSULA Standardisation Strategy Forum opens DOHA: Minister of Environment H E Ahmed bin Amer Al Humaidi yesterday Inaugurated the first Gulf Forum for Standardisation Strategy. On this occasion, the minister also launched the project of Gulf Standardisation Strategy, in the presence of delegations of the GCC Standardisation Organization (GSO), GCC States and a number of experts in the field of standardisation strategies. The Minister said that the standardisation strategy seeks to promote coopera- tion between GCC coun- tries in inter-Gulf as well as trade between the GCC and other countries and the protection of consumers, environment and national economy of each GCC coun- try to ensure the conserva- tion of natural resources and environment for future generations. QNA MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Coast clean-up Hezbollah says Saudi pounds killed 20 Syria Al Qaeda militants BEIRUT/AMMAN: The rebel positions Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah said yesterday it had killed over 20 fighters from Syria’s Al Qaeda wing and destroyed inside Yemen several hideouts and training camps the fighters had set up to launch attacks in Lebanon across the rugged border with Rebel strike hurts four Saudi women Syria. Hezbollah’s television station, RIYADH: Saudi artillery television yesterday said the Manar, said the Syrian army and pounded positions inside Yemen rebels have agreed to respond the resistance, a reference to yesterday after renewed rocket “positively” to efforts to “end the Hezbollah, had made “important fire wounded four women, the suffering” in Yemen. progress” in their latest assault Saudi-led coalition said while “Such militia should be judged against Syrian militants opposed also countering suggestions by their acts, not by what they say to Syrian President Bashar that its aerial bombing has been in the media,” Assiri said. “Let’s Al Assad’s rule. “indiscriminate”. wait (until) Tuesday 11pm.” Hezbollah’s leader, Sayyed In an interview with AFP, The United Nations has called Hassan Nasrallah, vowed on coalition spokesman Brigadier repeatedly for a ceasefire after Tuesday that his forces and their General Ahmed Al Assiri said weeks of fighting that have killed Syrian allies would clear the Saudi-led forces will continue more than 1,400 people, many of rebels out of the region, which retaliating against targets over them civilians, and displaced at insurgents use as a supply route the border until the proposed least 300,000. for arms and fighters. 11pm (2000 GMT) Tuesday cease- Coalition warplanes struck the The television station said fire, “if they continue to fire their Houthi stronghold of Saada in Iranian-backed Hezbollah and rockets towards our cities, our Yemen’s northern mountains for the Syrian army had gained more population”. a second straight night Saturday Lebanese army soldiers and civilian defence members take part in the cleaning of the coast as part of the ground in Assal Al Ward. Saudi Arabia announced the after declaring the whole province ‘Operation Big Blue’ campaign at Beirut’s Al Rawcheh area in Lebanon yesterday. The campaign aims to raise REUTERS ceasefire date on Friday after a military target. awareness about environmental problems of the Lebanese shore and to clean the coast. more than six weeks of bombing The UN’s humanitarian coor- Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, but dinator for Yemen, Johannes van said the rebels will also have to der Klaauw, said on Saturday he abide by it. was “deeply concerned” about At the same time, the coali- the air strikes on Saada, “where Saudi King sending crown prince to US summit tion conducted a record number scores of civilians were report- of sorties — more than 130 from edly killed” and thousands forced Friday to Saturday — after to flee. DUBAI: Custodian of the Two also likely to be discussed. last month that would give Tehran Tehran. The offer could be accom- declaring the rebels had crossed a “The indiscriminate bombing of Holy Mosques King Salman The two-day summit, due sanctions relief in exchange for panied by enhanced security com- “red line” with deadly mortar and populated areas, with or without bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi to take place tomorrow and reining in its nuclear programme. mitments, new arms sales and rocket bombardments of Saudi prior warning, is in contravention Arabia has designated his Wednesday in Washington DC Gulf Arab neighbours, includ- more joint military exercises, US Arabia last week. of international humanitarian crown prince to attend a Gulf and in Camp David, Maryland, ing key US ally Saudi Arabia, officials say. Yesterday, four Katyusha law,” he said. Arab summit with US President coincides with the start of a five- worry that Iran will not be Obama is all but certain to stop rockets hit a house in the Saudi Amnesty International on Barack Obama, the state day humanitarian truce in Yemen, deterred from a nuclear bomb short of a full security treaty with border region of Najran, wound- Friday said it had gathered eye- news agency, SPA, reported proposed by Saudi Arabia and and will be flush with cash from Saudi Arabia or other Gulf states ing four women and spark- witness testimony pointing to “a yesterday. agreed to by the Houthi rebels it unfrozen assets to fund proxies as that would require approval by ing return artillery fire, Assiri repeated failure” by the coalition Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir is fighting there. and expand its influence in coun- the Republican-controlled Senate told AFP. to take adequate precautions announced that Crown Prince Jubeir said Deputy Crown tries such as Syria, Yemen and and risk stoking tensions with Shells from Yemen last week against civilian deaths. Mohammed bin Nayef would Prince and Defence Minister Lebanon. Washington’s main Middle East killed several people in the bor- But Assiri emphasised: “We head the delegation representing Mohammed bin Salman would A US source said last week that ally Israel. der region, the first attacks on do not conduct any operation in the world’s top oil exporter at the also attend the summit for Saudi Obama was expected to make a A second US official insisted populated areas of the kingdom cities”, even though Houthis hide talks, which US sources say will Arabia. renewed US push at the sum- the summit would be a “two-way since the coalition on March 26 with their weapons among the focus on military cooperation. Obama issued the invitation mit to help Gulf allies create a street,” with Washington pushing began air strikes aiming to stop population. A preliminary deal between to the Gulf Cooperation Council region-wide defence system to Gulf leaders to overcome internal an advance by the Shia Houthi “We had from Day One the Iran and world powers on to attend the May 13-14 summit guard against Iranian missiles rivalries and find ways to collabo- rebels. In a clear reference to the restriction from our leaders,” Tehran’s nuclear programme and after Iran and six world powers as he seeks to allay their anxi- rate better in their own defence. Saudi-proposed truce, Houthi he said. AFP the crises in Syria and Yemen are reached a framework agreement eties over the nuclear deal with REUTERS MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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REEKS are getting tired of their crisis. So are their European creditors. They seem to be even tired of finding a solution because negotiations are moving Gat a snail’s pace and deadlines come and go. It For Scotland, independence seems everybody is destined to witness more of the same. On Tuesday, Greece has to repay around €770m to theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF). Last Wednesday Greece managed to collect €200m for an earlier instalment day has already dawned to the IMF. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has said it could avoid default this week, though it’s not clear how he BY NEAL ASCHERSON would raise the amount. The chances are that the cash- heart of the UK state … the Westminster disfiguring, un-British infection, which parliament is gradually evolving into an can be treated with dabs of shiny oint- strapped government would be unable to meet this obligation ICOLA Sturgeon was telling English-focused one.” ment. And yet Cameron said on Friday without a cash-for-reforms deal with its creditors that would the truth when she said her Last Thursday crippled the Labour that he would grant Scotland “the release more than €7bn. The money is unlikely to come soon campaign wasn’t about win- party as a parliamentary force. So the strongest devolved government any- and eurozone finance ministers are preparing to report on Nning independence. Scots, context in which Scottish MPs could where in the world”. Hard to know what the progress towards an agreement with Alexis Tsipras’s submerging the nation under an SNP force unwanted legislation on England he meant by that. No other country in flood, weren’t seeking independence. has vanished. No more, Nicola Sturgeon’s the world has British-style devolution, government. They were doing it. vision of a progressive alliance with- in which the centre retains an absolute Unfortunately, Prime Minister Tsipras is forced to In these Scottish politics, the people Labour. SNP interventions on English veto over the periphery. And the single make the same concessions he had rebelled against during race ahead of their politicians – the legislation will be annoying to English most important devolution is not for campaigning. But he has realized that contesting an election SNP included. At the UK level, grave chauvinists but usually ineffectual. And governments to make. on tall, wonderful promises is not the same as running men and women debate constitutional I think most Scots feel their MPs should I mean the disconnection of politi- a government which has to grapple with harsh realities. options for problems that are already not decide purely English issues. After cal parties. What if Scottish Tories, Lib solving themselves. all, before devolution they had 292 years’ Dems and Labour reinvent their links He is ready to change, but is afraid of the constituency First, “how to save the union”. But experience of English MPs outvoting the with London headquarters, “independ- he represents. The talks are centred on the government’s the 1707 union between England and Scots on Scottish issues . ent allies” rather than branch offices? readiness to liberalise the economy. The government has Scotland is already dead. As a piece of So what is the SNP eruption into The Christian Social Union in Bavaria reportedly made concessions on architecture, it was abandoned in 1999, the House of Commons going to do is a separate party, in a stable alliance harmonising VAT rates, improving when the devolved Scottish parliament with itself? The election programme, with Germany’s Christian Democrats. tax collection and reactivating the met. Rain blew in based on hope for a hung parliament, The Scottish Tories played with such a Greece and as slates fell off; promised to reverse austerity. But now scheme recently but rejected it. In this its European stalled privatization programmes. pews were looted; there’s no balance of power to hold, no election campaign, Scottish Labour At the same time, he is not ready and the Holyrood obvious way to resist five more years leader Jim Murphy boasted briefly that creditors to budge on pension cuts and The Scots are elections of 2007 of Osborne cuts demolishing what’s he would take no orders from Labour in labour market deregulations which and 2011 brought left of the welfare state and slashing London. But the meaning of last week must climb can create social upheavals. racing ahead of down more of the public spending in ways that directly is that the SNP has been adopted as roof. Last week affect Scotland’s budget. Sturgeon can “Scotland’s party”, not least because it Reports say European down from their politicians Alex Salmond make sure that “Scotland’s voice will be has no strings to London. The battered creditors are not happy with the and quietly said he heard heard”. But not that it will be obeyed. survivors of Scotland’s opposition must their stubborn reforms announced by Athens the Scottish lion In the 1980s Scotland’s army of Labour take that on board. and are uncertain about the steps practising self- roaring. I heard MPs was unable to protect the country If Scotland is already doing independ- positions for a they need to take. The result the rumble as the from Margaret Thatcher’s onslaught ence, next year’s Holyrood elections mat- is that more talks will be held. determination. union’s floor gave against “society” and the public interest. ter even more than Thursday’s. Should deal to happen. way and fell into Back then the SNP cruelly called them the party – if it can repeat last week’s But neither side is pushing hard the crypt. “the feeble fifty”. Now Salmond and his success under the Scottish proportional enough to break the balance. Today, what exists instead is a con- 55 comrades march on to on the same system – promise another independence There is a need for both sides stantly changing, fluid set of relation- unfair battlefield. Can they do better? referendum? to climb down from their stubborn positions. The government ships between London and Edinburgh, The best card Sturgeon holds is David This is a fateful moment for Sturgeon. should go to the public again and lower the expectations it confused by feeble constitutional Cameron’s pride. He really does not Her nationalism is instrumental rather created and which swept Syriza to power last year. Those wheezes that arrive too late. “Save the want to “go down in history as the prime than existential: independence as the union!” Why? In Scotland, there are still minister who lost Scotland”. He lacks means to social justice and prosperity, promises are difficult to fulfill, like renegotiating the terms unionists who know why and will fight the satanic realism to grab permanent not the end. Most people who voted yes of the bailout programme and convince Angela Merkel to for it. But in England the “why?” ques- control of England by letting the Scots thought the same way. But there are abandon fiscal austerity. The public too seems reconciled tion usually meets with baffled silence. go. But, like most English politicians, many passionate activists who don’t. to the new realities. A poll in Real News daily on Sunday The second “great challenge” which he simply does not get Scotland. John She knows she can’t afford to lose a showed 71.9 percent of Greeks favoured a compromise to has begun to solve itself is EVEL – Major thought the “loopy” devolution second referendum, so timing is every- English votes for English laws. But thing only arose because “the Scots feel thing. By May 2016 excitement about the keep the country in the eurozone. Westminster is well on the way to out of things up there; I really should approaching Europe referendum will be The finance minister has said he can meet the becoming an English parliament anyway. go there more often”. Michael (Lord) coming to the boil. Loud voices will be commitments, but it’s not easy. The government has been As Michael Kenny writes in his book Forsyth, although Scottish enough to urging her to seize the chance: England squeezing funds from the central and local governments to be The Politics of English Nationhood, “As know better, persuaded himself that will vote to leave the EU, Scotland to able to meet its international loan payments. On Saturday, an unintended consequence of devolu- returning theStone of Destiny would stay in, and at that point another inde- the country’s mayors declined to make their cash reserves tion … an increasingly Anglicised polity throw the Scots into a grateful coma. pendence vote could be won. has quietly emerged as an incubus at the Scottish nationalism to Cameron is a THE GUARDIAN immediately available to the state. The other side Quote of The return of the Tories the day

N A surprise election outcome, House of Commons. The Labour Party, eight, and with several of its prominent Policy Institute, have increased in the the Conservative Party led by whose leader Ed Miliband ran a bold leaders, including Vincent Cable, the last two years by 800,000, from 13.2 David Cameron has been elected and earnest campaign that focussed Secretary of State for Business who million to 14 million. The numbers in Ito govern the United Kingdom for on a new and fairer deal for the working had a prominent role in promoting trade “deep poverty” have increased from 8.9 the next five years, and this time on people, has come a far second. with India, defeated. The right-wing million to 9.6 million, the same report its own majority. The results of the The party’s traditional stronghold of anti-immigration, Eurosceptic United states. The Conservative manifesto They say the fiercely fought May 7 elections belied Scotland has been lost to the Scottish Kingdom Independence Party has got commits the party to welfare budget president cannot pick pre-poll predictions of a tie between National Party (SNP), which has swept only one seat; its leader, Nigel Farage, cuts of £12 billion to reduce the defi- the Labour and Conservative parties up all but three of the 59 Scottish failed to win one. cit. This comes over and above auster- a side. True. Don’t and a hung Parliament in which the parliamentary seats. The Labour Party The Conservative Party takes credit ity measures that have already been getme wrong ... I am support of smaller parties would be key has also lost out to the Conservatives for steering the country into economic undertaken. With Britain’s National to crafting a coalition arrangement. The in England and Wales. The Liberal recovery and creating two million new Health Service in a financial and staff- at an equal distance final outcome — predicted accurately Democratic Party — perceived as jobs. Its five-year mandate comes at ing crisis, higher education costs sky- only by the single exit poll published untrustworthy for having reneged on a time when a million Britons depend rocketing, a serious housing shortage to every party, at 10 p.m. after polling ended — has its electoral promises while in coalition on food banks for their survival, and on the cards, and utility costs soaring , ofcourse. the Conservatives comfortably past — was decimated, its numbers down where the numbers of people in pov- the new government would appear to Recep Tayyip Erdogan the midway 326-mark in the 650-seat from 57 in the last Parliament to just erty, according to a report from the New have its tasks cut out. The Hindu Turkish President MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ‘Force needed to solve Mideast conflicts’ They are smart, they commit What is your opinion on secu- Shaikh Salman Al Ouda is one of the most ten times as many terrorist larism? Is Turkey a good model acts as others; smart enough to for the Muslim world in that respected religious scholars in the Arab hide their actions and speak in regard? a loving way. Many people were Yes, the Turkish example is world. With more than six million followers deceived by them at some point. inspirational. Because when we Who killed the Iraqi people? Who speak about applying Shariah it on Twitter, he is popular as well. During his stopped the Sunnis from enter- is a bit tricky, because in Islam ing the country. Who bombed the there is no such thing as applying Iraqis? Who killed the Syrian Shariah, not even in the Sunnah. recent visit to Doha, Feyza Gumusluoglu refugees and is now fighting However, there is “establishing in Yemen? It is Iran, whether religion”, in a moral sense; in wor- spoke to him on diverse issues. directly or indirectly. There is a ship, in the economic and political field study, which I can provide sense. It is an aspect of lifestyle, Why is there no unity among people are being killed. Whether you, that took place in Africa. It it is never forced on anyone. The Muslims? with a knife or chemicals… The found that Iran is spreading in real application of Shariah is to That is true, and this has his- issue is humanity. The way peo- African and Asian countries like know the degree of Shariah that torical reasons. For sure, the ple are being killed should not be Malaysia, spreading its beliefs fits them. Even during the time Muslims are responsible for what the main criterion for deciding and even selling weapons. We of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) they are doing. No one is saying whether to intervene. That is why don’t have a problem with the , he did not apply some regula- otherwise, but the Islamic world I think the Islamic world has the Shia as a religious group; they tions due to the prevailing cir- was also historically divided by the right to criticise the West, which have existed for a long time. The cumstances. That is why I say West and the West was good at it. does not recognise the pain and problem is with the expansion of the Turkish example takes into They knew how to divide. Every the bleeding of the Arabs and the Persians for political aims. account the realities. On the other Shaikh Salman Al Ouda. conflict between Arab countries uses the natural resourses of the They use their sect to gain politi- hand, the Arab versions tend to over borders has to do with the Arabs. cal power. change the rules and force them Western division of them. about who they should follow. is bound by rules and restrictions on people. Is a political solution enough Saudi Arabia was quick to Saudi Arabia has also collaborated that must be followed because it Muslim countries blame the to end the conflicts in the Middle take action in Yemen but not in with the Ikhwan (Brotherhood) is considered an act of worship. We are in the 21st century and US for their problems, yet they East? Syria. Do you support the mili- historically. They were always on For example, during the Arab women still cannot drive in Saudi seek its intervention to solve I think the political solution tary operation? good terms and now everything is Spring some countries had elec- Arabia… these problems… should be backed by some force, Yemen is strategic for the the way it used to be. tions, and a person won. We found I think it is wrong to sum up The Islamic world has stra- because the perfect diplomatic Gulf countries due to its borders, that some organisations that pro- the women’s issue in Saudi Arabia tegic relations with the US, and solution is not available nowadays. therefore, anything that happens You wrote a letter to Osama moted jihad, like Al Qaeda, took a with this driving issue. It is a mat- there are also shared economic We are witnessing the growing in Yemen will have consequences bin Laden criticising his actions. step back and said that the Arab ter of tradition, the women’s issue interests. Therefore, many peo- power of Iran in our region. And for the Gulf, especially Saudi Did you send such letters to people had succeeded where we is more than that. They suffer in ple wonder whether the US has this is obvious in Iraq, Syria and Arabia. That is why the military ISIS? failed, and they did it without many ways. If you look at the an interest in Israel or in the Yemen. It is obvious that the operation was needed. This mili- I did not send them anything, bloodshed. But when the Arab Western world, I would say the Arab countries. America has an Iranians are greedy for more. tary action is one of the outcomes but earlier, when there were Spring was aborted, it fuelled Western world is not the ideal, economic interest in the Arab In such turmoil, whenever Iran of the changes brought in Saudi restrictions on my movement, those who have the potential to because they also use women and world for its natural resources. seizes an area, it provides arma- Arabia by the new leadership. I used to tweet criticising their engage in violence. abuse them in different ways, like However, the US cannot play a ments and kills its opponents They do not accept the Houthis’ actions; they were translated into exploiting their bodies. I am not neutral role in any issue if Israel under many excuses, like terror- expansion and they had to stop English. You are considered a “mod- saying that our women’s model is a part of it. Furthermore, the ism and so on. I think if politics it that way. erate” shaikh. What does this is the one to be exported to the Muslim nations realise that the was not backed up by power and What does jihad mean in the mean to you? rest of the world. They also have US has strong relations with Arab force, it won’t be respected. The Muslim Brotherhood is 21st century? Well, moderation is defined their own wrong conceptions, governments. The US talks about listed as a terrorist organisation Jihad in Islam means to put in the West according to their such as honour crimes in Egypt, democracy and all that, however, Do you see a sectarian conflict in Egypt and some Gulf coun- effort into good deeds, which standards. But I think it is a mis- Afghanistan and elsewhere. it never intervenes in any crisis in the region? tries. Why this hostility? includes politics, education, char- take, because the West should not They do not have the right to kill in the right way. Take Syria for The Shias have an extraordi- Actually there is no such classi- ity… all aspects of life include control us, they should accept us women for that reason. We have instance. More than 100,000 mar- nary ability to promote them- fication, except, maybe, in Egypt. jihad. There is also a military with our differences. The Islamic social bonds in the Gulf and we tyrs and millions of refugees, yet selves through the media. They In the Gulf countries, especially aspect, where jihad means ‘go and world is very different from the keep that, which positively reflects America pretended that it would play on terms such as “Arab in Saudi Arabia, there is no such fight’. To fight is to use force and West in many aspects, yet it is an on women. However, there is also get involved when chlorine gas unity”, “Islamic unity”, “cul- classification. There was some weapons. Fighting exists in Islam, open world because Islam asks us harassment of women, and some was used, but it backed off in a tural dialogue” and so on. They media promotion at some point and not only in Islam, it exists in to be open to people and accept people want women to work and way that shook the American do speak nicely, but they bomb of time, but there was also a mis- life in general, and as I once men- different views. They might clas- some don’t, some want them to image, and then the massacres people and kill them. They are understanding about who the real tioned, all countries have armies sify a person as moderate at some work to use them and humiliate started to take place. I do not smart, unlike ISIS, which docu- enemy was, like in Yemen. In the and what is good must be backed point and then change their mind them. What I am saying is that think that the main issue is how ments every crime it commits. beginning, people were confused up by some force. Jihad in Islam later to classify him differently. the problem is more than driving.

Perpetuating the folly Israel’s iron grip on planning challenged of US foreign policy t was a large house with three Palestinians living in Area C along- by the policy since it began keeping demolished — some of them have floors and freshly painted pale side 341,000 Israelis in 135 settle- records in 2008. been through it two, three or four BY MOBASHRA TAZAMAL Iblue shutters that had just been ments and another 100 or so outposts. In the same period only one times,” says Mohammed Al Adra, a built for a family of 17. Area C covers 360,000 hectares, Palestinian request for a building per- taxi driver with 25 children. But within a few hours of work by but less than one percent of it is des- mit was granted, Israeli rights group “The aim of this is to make us hen Condoleezza Rice was announced as the a pair of Israeli bulldozers, all that ignated for Palestinian development, Bimkom says. leave,” he says. College of William & Mary’s 2015 commence- was left was a mountain of rubble and compared to 70 percent for settle- “The only thing that can happen The defence ministry’s Coordinator Wment speaker, I was shocked. twisted metal. ments, the UN says. right now that can really change of Government Affairs in the Commencement speakers are invited to share their Like more than half of the homes Until the 1967 Six Day War, the the situation is to return planning Palestinian Territories confirms that advice, values and experiences with students, many of in Ad Deirat-Rifaiyya — a village of Palestinians had their own planning authority to Palestinian hands,” planning policy is subject to political whom will become the future of the US. 1,800 residents on a windswept hill- committees, but these were disbanded Ascherman says. approval. It seems American universities have short memories. side in the southern West Bank — by military order in 1971, while special In Ad Deirat, where most houses “The Civil Administration’s plan- Rice was last year forced to withdraw from a commence- the house was built on land owned bodies were set up for settlements. lack a permit, the threat of demoli- ning committee examines and pro- ment speech at Rutgers following a student-led protest by the villagers but without Israel’s The result is a two-tier system tion hangs over everyone. motes construction plans equitably, over her hand in the disastrous Iraq invasion and torture approval. — a civil and consultative planning “It is a very hard feeling because dependant on the fact that these policies. Left without a roof over their system for settlers and a military every day, you see jeeps passing, you plans meet the relevant planning cri- The relationship between academia and the US govern- heads and unwilling to try build- system without representation for think they’re coming to demolish teria and their promotion is approved ment is no secret. Many university professors have at some ing again, the family moved away to Palestinians. your house,” says Mohammed Al by the political echelon,” it said in a point served as advisers to the president and other depart- rented accommodation in a nearby “The result is an ongoing and deep- Umur, a 59-year-old farmer who has statement, without giving further ments of the government. Some even move into politics, town. ening planning failure and the mas- four wives and 30 children. detail. and then return to academia when their terms expire. It is a scenario that plays out hun- sive destruction of Palestinian homes “This is both a psychological and a Planning is meant to be a purely Rice served as the national security adviser and sec- dreds of times a year across most of in Area C,” urban planning expert financial war with no limit. The feel- civilian issue but in the context of the retary of state under George W Bush, and was a strong the West Bank, where Israel has made Professor Ghassan Khamaiseh wrote ing is indescribable,” says Umur, who Israeli-Palestinian conflict it has been proponent of the invasion of Iraq, a foreign policy objective it all but impossible for Palestinians in an affidavit to the court. has ploughed all his income and that politicised, Ascherman says. that was based on fabricated evidence and had no basis in to obtain building permits. Last year Israel demolished 601 of his sons into defending and then “Israel’s greatest desire is to claim international law. The result is wide-scale “illegal” Palestinian-owned structures, dis- rebuilding four family homes that as much of Area C as possible so Since then, more than 600,000 civilians have been killed construction, which is then demol- placing 1,215 people. were razed. there’s a great interest in keeping it in Iraq. Sectarian war, instability, a failed state and the ished by Israel in a policy that has The UN said it was the highest “Everyone living here who is as clear as possible of Palestinians.” rise of the Islamic State group are the legacy of this US drawn widespread condemnation. annual number of people affected over 45 has had at least one house AFP intervention. The question of Israel’s iron grip Fallujah has higher levels of infant mortality and cancer on all planning matters in what is than Hiroshima, which many attribute to the US use of known as “Area C” — which covers depleted uranium shells and white phosphorus. more than 60 percent of the occupied Those behind this disastrous invasion have never been West Bank — is now being debated by held accountable. While Bush is painting pictures of dogs, the Israeli Supreme Court. Rice is teaching political economy and political science at In a landmark appeal, Ad Deirat Stanford University in California, and speaking at William village, Israeli NGO Rabbis for & Mary’s. Human Rights and three other The transition from politician to lecturer is not limited organisations are demanding the to the Bush administration. state end its discriminatory housing Harold Koh once served as a legal adviser to Barack policies and return local planning Obama on his drone policies. rights to Palestinians. Drone strikes are conducted by the CIA, in areas that are Giving Palestinians control over not declared war zones, and where any military-aged man their own planning would curb the killed or injured is listed as a “combatant”. The Bureau of need for illegal building, thereby halt- Investigative Journalism states that 3,000 people have died ing house demolitions, say the peti- in such strikes, among them a wedding party and a 16-year- tioners, who have made their case old US citizen. Obama recently apologised for the deaths before the Supreme Court and are of two Westerners accidentally killed by a drone strike. now waiting for a final ruling. Human rights organisations have said the policy as The appeal also raises the ques- advised by Koh breaks international human rights law tion of forced displacement of local and arguably promotes war crimes. Palestinians as a result of planning Koh now teaches international human rights law at New failure and the practice of house dem- York University. olitions — both of which are banned Looking back through recent history, US policy on the under international law. Middle East has remained relatively unchanged. Perhaps “Planning is not seen as a right, it these transitions from policymaker to educator go some is seen as something... that the Israeli way to explaining why. Politicians and advisers who involved government can bestow or withdraw,” themselves in some of the most disastrous US adventures says Arik Ascherman, president of A Palestinian family whose house was demolished by Israeli bulldozers walks past a tent in the southern West Bank village of the last decade are now influencing the next generations. Rabbis for Human Rights. of Ad Deirat Rifaiyya. How can policy change if the teacher remains the same? UN figures show there are 298,000 THE PENINSULA MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Tech makes it hard to control media: Iran Minister urges content production

TEHRAN: The Internet and Since the Islamic revolution the proliferation of satellite of 1979, the culture ministry technology mean Iran can no has been charged with ensuring longer control foreign news and books, films, art and other media television broadcasts, the coun- are compatible with the country’s try’s culture minister said yes- predominant Shia Muslim faith. terday, urging a new approach. Jannati said Internet filtering In remarks that signal the was used to remove immoral con- government’s intention to open tent from platforms such as the Iran up to the world, Ali Jannati Facebook-owned photosharing told police commanders that new app Instagram. delivery systems ignore borders, But he added: “This govern- making censorship measures ment believes we cannot fight redundant. this technology en masse. It’s like “In the past, through pres- blocking the entire highway for suring the media or guiding the the violation of a few cars.” information, we could direct pub- And with 4,500 satellite chan- lic news and take control of it,” nels received in Iran, the author- state media quoted him as saying. ities needed to adopt a new “But today the scene has approach based not on censorship A portrait of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pictured as supporters wait for his speech at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, yesterday. changed dramatically. Controlling but on production to get their the media is no longer possible message across. technically or geographically.” “The news moves quickly and Although satellite television there is no way anyone can stop remains illegal, Iran is a tech- or control it... it cannot be gov- Erdogan campaigns for votes in Germany nologically wired country with erned,” he said. a youthful population, more “The most important solu- KARLSRUHE, GERMANY: Germany counts three million a campaign speech but a meet- living in Germany, who will be than half of which is under the tion one can suggest is content Turkey’s President Recep people of Turkish origin, the larg- ing with youths, said the Union able to cast their ballots all this age of 30. production. Tayyip Erdogan yesterday ral- est Turkish overseas expatriate of European Turkish Democrats month in 13 consulates across the Smartphone use is very high “We should take control of lied thousands of support- community, making it one of the which is close to Erdogan’s ruling country. and millions of homes have sat- the scene and produce content, ers in Germany, weeks before biggest constituencies after the Justice and Development Party Hamburg-based Turkey expert ellite dishes and receivers that because we can only control public his Islamic-rooted party will Turkish cities of Istanbul, Ankara (AKP). Yasar Aydin said canvassing in capture and decode signals from opinion by as much as the content contest June parliamentary and Izmir. The AKP in June 7 parliamen- Germany is now done by all major foreign news and entertainment we produce.” elections. They are mostly former “guest tary election hopes to gain a clear Turkish political groupings and channels. Social networks such as Twitter “The ballot box is your workers” who were invited dec- majority to be able to change the “is of existential importance for Despite occasional clampdowns and Facebook remain banned in weapon,” Erdogan told the crowd ades ago to boost the labour force constitution and switch to a presi- some of the parties”. and confiscation of equipment, Iran and thousands of websites of over 14,000, who waved Turkish of post-war Germany, or their dential system in which the head Erdogan has been a frequent families more often than not buy are filtered by the authorities. flags and shouted “We love you children and grandchildren. of state would enjoy full executive critic of Western powers and last another dish and continue to However millions of Iranians Erdogan, we are proud of you!” Erdogan, 61, urged the powers. Erdogan — who ruled month lashed out at the European watch officially banned content. reach such sites using relatively national news agency DPA Turkish expatriates to integrate Turkey from 2003-2014 as pre- Union after it and many member The election of President inexpensive and easily available reported. in German society, but also not mier, overseeing rapid economic states recognised the 1915 mas- Hassan Rowhani in June 2013 illegal software. Outside the congress cen- to forget their language and growth — has already transformed sacres of Armenians by Ottoman has seen the government move Jannati said that Western tech- tre near the western city of their religion, telling them: “the the once largely ceremonial role forces as genocide. to loosen Internet censorship nology that could make 2,000 Karlsruhe, some of his sup- stronger our cohesion in the since taking office in August. Turkey has vehemently rejected but it has faced resistance from satellite channels available on porters scuffled with critics, world, the stronger we all are”. Several other Turkish politi- the use of the term genocide, con- the judiciary and high-ranking cellphones in Iran meant that police said, while Kurdish and The audience shouted the slo- cians have also visited the German tending that hundreds of thou- officials who say it would lead to soon “there will be no satellite other opponents waved placards gan “one nation, one flag, one cities of Berlin, Duesseldorf and sands of Muslims and Christians “Westernisation” and immoral dishes to confiscate”. that read “Erdogan, you are fatherland, one state”. Dortmund to rally the almost 1.4 were killed on both sides in a war- content use. AFP anti-democratic”. Officially, the event was not million eligible Turkish voters time tragedy. AFP

Iraq pilgrimage Egyptian Security failures led tribes vow to fight Islamist to jail break: Mayor BAGHDAD: The mayor of an prisoners at the detention facil- Iraqi town where more than ity in Khalis’s main police station militants 42 inmates escaped in a prison when the break-out occurred, break claimed by the Islamic including “a large number of dan- ISMAILIA: Thirty Egyptian State group said yesterday that gerous terrorists”. tribes based in Sinai said yes- serious security failures were Khadran said the prisoners had terday they would confront to blame. been transferred from a facility militant groups including an The Interior Ministry said an in the Diyala provincial capital Islamic State affiliate that has investigation had been opened Baquba a year ago. killed hundreds of soldiers into the prison break in Khalis, “I refused that they be put and police, in a possible boost in a statement issued on Saturday there because it was near the to Egypt’s efforts to improve that also mentioned “shortcom- main road and an easy target, but security. ings in prison administration”. the security authorities did not The Sinai Tribal Federation “Lack of intelligence was the listen to me,” he said. said it had held its first meet- main reason behind the prison He said that the attack was ing yesterday to discuss ways to break. If we had had information, also a consequence of the fact that tackle militants seeking to topple this would not have happened,” areas that have been reconquered the US-backed Cairo government. Uday Al Khadran told AFP by from IS, such as Diyala, are then It would work “in coordination phone. neglected by security forces. with the relevant agencies and He said that 42 prisoners “What happened is dangerous, institutions of the formal state escaped in Friday’s break-out, because Khalis is known to be safe ... to support the state and the while 35 others were killed as and stable... but there are clan- armed forces in their war against well as six members of the secu- destine cells developing in secure terrorism”, the alliance said in a rity forces and three civilians who areas, away from any scrutiny,” statement. rushed to help. Khadran said. An insurgency based in the “The attack was planned, there He also said that the influx Sinai Peninsula has intensified were IEDs (improvised explosive of people displaced from other since 2013, when then-army chief devices) on the roads,” Khadran regions had a negative impact on Abdel Fattah Al Sisi removed said, confirming details of the security. “All of these are the rea- president Mohammed Mursi of Iraqi Shia pilgrims walk towards the Imam Al Kadhim shrine in Baghdad yesterday for a commemoration cer- attack provided in the IS claim on sons that made this attack pos- the Muslim Brotherhood from emony. Pilgrims converge on the seventh Imam’s shrine in the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad to mark Saturday. He said there were 88 sible,” he said. AFP power following mass protests his death in AD795. against his rule. The tribal federation agreed to form two groups of youth vol- unteers, one of which would help security forces gather information Netanyahu seeks more ministers in new government on suspected militants or their supporters and monitor routes used to smuggle weapons. JERUSALEM: Israel’s outgo- ministers in order to give port- It needs an absolute majority to portfolios than expected, leaving a statement. “We will fight this The second would participate ing cabinet yesterday approved folios to senior members of his pass, in what will be the first test of little for his own party members. in the Knesset, we will fight it at in the military campaign along- legal changes that will allow ruling rightwing Likud party, strength for Netanyahu’s coalition, The move to amend the law the High Court, we will fight it in side Egypt’s armed forces, the Prime Minister Benjamin officials said. which has a razor-thin majority of angered former finance minister the street and we will fight it at statement said. It was not imme- Netanyahu to boost the “The government has decided 61 in the 120-seat parliament. Yair Lapid, head of the centrist every step because it is a viola- diately clear why the tribes in number of ministers in his new to delay implementation of a law Commentators said the goal Yesh Atid party, who was instru- tion of the democratic principle Sinai, a strategic peninsula bor- government. limiting the number of ministers was to head off criticism within mental in having it passed and that the government works for its dering Israel, Gaza and the Suez In its last meeting before to 18 and the number of dep- Likud, which won 30 seats, after has vowed to approach the High citizens,” he pledged. Canal, had now decided to weigh Netanyahu’s new government is uty ministers to four, until the Netanyahu was forced to make Court to block the change. Yesh Atid had said it would in behind a central government to be sworn in by Wednesday, the next parliament,” an official in concessions to his four coalition “They are not expanding the petition the high court against that they have accused of margin- cabinet voted to push back the Netanyahu’s office told AFP. partners: the centre-right Kulanu government to 20 ministers as the proposed legislation today alising them in the past. implementation of a law limiting The Knesset is expected (10 seats), the far-right Jewish they say but much more than morning. Netanyahu has report- Security sources say that in the number of ministers to 18. to vote on the amendment Home (eight) and the two ultra- that. They are taking money that edly asked the Knesset speaker the past few weeks, the Sinai The amendment, which must today in a bid to have it passed Orthodox parties Shas (seven) is destined for welfare, health, to speed up the passage of the bill Province militant group, has now be put to a vote in parlia- before Wednesday, the last day and United Torah Judaism (six). education and security and wast- and allow for all three readings to executed prominent members of ment, aims to allow Netanyahu Netanyahu can legally swear in In order to secure their sup- ing it on political arrangements take place today. the tribes. REUTERS to have a broader cabinet of 20 his new government. port, he offered them more and jobs for the boys,” he said in AFP MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ‘Still no truce’ in Kiev: Merkel Probe into cause of fire German Chancellor meets Putin; pays tribute to those killed in WWII at NY nuclear plant NEW YORK: Engineers yester- investigation that will occur,” he MOSCOW: German Chancellor referring to the peace deal. day were probing the cause of a added. That investigation will be Angela Merkel yesterday said “Despite all the problems in fire at a New York state nuclear led by engineers from Entergy that there was still no genuine eastern Ukraine it has become power plant after an electrical Corporation, which owns the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, calmer. As for grievances over transformer failed, forcing the plant. as she paid a visit to Moscow to fulfilment or non-fulfilment of shutdown of one of its two reac- New York Governor Andrew commemorate millions of Soviet the Minsk agreements, there are tors, a spokesman said. Cuomo visited the plant and cau- soldiers and civilians who died grievances on both sides. I agree There was no release of radio- tiously reassured the pubic there in WWII. with the German Chancellor activity and no threat to worker about the scale of the incident. “Unfortunately we still do not there’s no other alternative but or public safety, the Indian Point “This was a relatively minor situ- have a ceasefire today,” Merkel to achieve fulfilment of all the Energy Centre said. ation, but when you are talking said after talks with Russian Minsk pacts with the help of the The fire broke out in one area about a nuclear power plant, President Vladimir Putin. instruments of the OSCE.” of the Indian Point power plant in there are no really minor situa- She also paid tribute to those However the Russian leader Buchanan, only about 55km north tions,” he told journalists. killed in the Second World War, insisted that a peaceful solu- of New York city, after an electri- Environmental groups, notably speaking of a “historic responsi- tion was only possible through cal transformer failed Saturday the Sierra Club and the Natural bility” to remember the conflict. “direct dialogue between Kiev and evening, the plant’s spokesman Resources Defence Council, have “As Germany’s chancellor, I Lugansk and Donetsk,” referring Jerry Nappi said. for years called for the aging bow before the millions of vic- to the separatists’ self-proclaimed The reactor has been opera- nuclear facility’s closure, citing tims caused by this war, which people’s republics. Russia will tional since 1976 and, according seismic risks and the plant’s prox- was started by Nazi Germany,” “bring to bear all the influence we to the US Nuclear Regulatory imity to the densely populated Merkel told a news conference in have on the leadership of Lugansk Commission, underwent a series New York metropolis. the Russian capital. and Donetsk,” Putin pledged. of unplanned shutdowns in The fire was extinguished in a In recent months Merkel has Ukraine and the West accuse 2006-2007, prompting additional matter of minutes by automatic played a key negotiation role over Russia of masterminding the inspections. sprinklers and on-site fire per- Ukraine, acting as a go-between brutal separatist conflict in east In April 2007, a transformer sonnel, Nappi said. The accident for an isolated Kremlin and the Ukraine that has killed more than failure and fire was classified as a caused oily fluid to leak into the West. 6,100 people in just over a year. low-level emergency but no radia- river, and clean-up crews were The German leader said that Merkel was visiting Russia tion was released, the NRC said. dispatched Saturday, though it she was aware of many violations Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to pay tribute to Soviet soldiers In Saturday’s incident, there is not clear what environmental of the ceasefire by pro-Russian attend a news conference after talks at the Kremlin in Moscow yesterday. killed in World War II. She flew was no damage to the nuclear impact the leak might have. separatists, citing information to Moscow to lay a wreath at the reactor itself, which automati- Nappi said the liquid could have from international observers from between pro-Russian separatists its military actions in Ukraine grave of the Unknown Soldier cally shut down, and the fire did been from the transformer itself the Organisation for Security and and Kiev forces. But Kiev and the caused a “severe setback” to near the Kremlin walls, in an not occur in the part of the plant or was possibly just firefighting Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). insurgents accuse each of contin- cooperation between Russia and apparent compromise gesture where the reactor is housed. foam. “It would be unlikely that “We had hoped to have agreed uing to violate the ceasefire deal Germany and was “a violation of after she skipped Russia’s main “The transformer is an elec- there would be enough of that a ceasefire... unfortunately the despite claims that they have the basis of the common peaceful ceremonies on Saturday. tric piece of equipment, it has not fluid to impact the environment ceasefire did not come.” withdrawn heavy weapons from order of Europe.” “We will always remember that really much to do with the nuclear in any consequential way, but we She said that she and Putin dis- the frontline in accordance with Putin, for his part, said he and it was the peoples of the Soviet side of the plant, so it doesn’t have experts on site and expert cussed hot spots in the conflict the agreement. Merkel did not see eye to eye on Union and the soldiers of the Red affect radiological safety,” Nappi contract clean-up crews to miti- including the village of Shyrokine Merkel said the humanitarian the Ukraine crisis but pointed to Army who suffered the largest said. He said electrical engineers gate that,” he said. and the Donetsk airport and the situation remained dire, noting an improvement on the ground. number of victims.” were on site yesterday to look into Indian Point produces about 25 risk of the renewal of fighting. that a prisoner exchange was “Yes we significantly differ in The German leader said that what caused the failure. percent of the electricity for New In February, Merkel and not yet complete, and urged the our assessments of the events,” despite current disagreements They “will investigate what York city and Westchester county. French President Francois leaders must do all they can to Putin said. “In my view, there is between Russia and Germany, it occurred, understand why it The reactor that was shut down Hollande helped broker a peace improve the situation. every grounds to believe that with was vital for Berlin to acknowl- occurred, and then replace the has a capacity of 1,041 megawatts, deal for Ukraine in a last-ditch She stressed that Russia’s ille- difficulties, but all the same the edge its role in the war. transformer with a new one,” he according to Entergy. effort to stop months of fighting gal annexation of Crimea and Minsk process is moving,” he said, AFP said. “There will be a more formal AFP British press hunt giant Two arrested in Mississippi after policemen shot dead WASHINGTON: Two brothers on the motive of the attack but he had shot two officers, the out every day to protect us, the Oxford, Mississippi mourned the Miliband were arrested yesterday over said the suspects, Curtis Banks, Clarion-Ledger reported. men and women who go out every slain officers. “Both Hattiesburg the killing of two police offic- 26, and Marvin Banks, 29, were The killings come in the wake day to make sure that we’re safe, Police Officers have died. ers in Mississippi, local media arrested early Sunday morning, of another police shooting in New they were turned on tonight,” Terrible. Prayers to the entire tombstone reported, less than a week after ending an hours-long manhunt, York, where plainclothes officer DuPree said, according to The community and families,” the a New York officer died of a according to the newspaper. Brian Moore, 25, was shot in the Clarion-Ledger. Oxford force said on Twitter. LONDON: Forget the wor- gunshot wound to the head. Both men were reported to have head and died on Monday. The newspaper said that one The Clarion-Ledger said it ries about economic auster- Police officers Benjamin Deen, criminal records, which include At least five police offic- of the officers pulled a car over was the first police killing in ity, Scotland’s future and 34, and Liquori Tate, 25, were drugs and weapons-related ers have been killed in recent on Saturday evening, approached Hattiesburg in 30 years. The Britain’s place in Europe. shot on Saturday and taken to charges and felony convictions. months in the United States, the vehicle, and was joined by a deaths come at a time of racial In the wake of last week’s a hospital where they were con- A third woman who was alleg- including two other New York second officer before shots were tension and protests over police British general election, a firmed dead, The Clarion-Ledger edly in the car at the time of the policemen who were shot in fired. brutality, most recently in the weightier question looms. newspaper reported, citing shooting in Hattiesburg city was December. Hattiesburg Mayor One of the suspects allegedly case of a black man who died April Among Britain’s fiercely Forrest County Coroner Butch also taken into police custody. Johnny DuPree decried the lat- fled in a police vehicle, which was 19 from injuries suffered while in competitive tabloid papers, Benedict. “No sir, I didn’t do it,” Curtis est killings. later found abandoned. police custody in Baltimore. the race is on to find out Officials did not give details Banks said when asked whether “The men and women who go A neighbouring police force in AFP what became of an 8-foot (2.4-metre) slab unveiled by opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband four days before vot- VE Day commemorations ing day and inscribed with six election promises that he said Black boxes of crashed were literally carved in stone. The stunt backfired, with critics mocking the so-called Ed Stone as the “heaviest sui- A400M plane found cide note in history” and draw- ing ironic comparisons with MADRID: Spanish authorities manufactured by European aero- Moses and the biblical Ten yesterday found the two cockpit space group Airbus. The crash Commandments. recorders of the Airbus A400M was the first involving one of the Miliband resigned after military plane that crashed aircraft, which Airbus assembles losing the election heavily to near Seville airport, killing four at a plant in Seville. Conservative Prime Minister people, as Britain, Germany and Britain, Germany and Turkey David Cameron, and the monu- Turkey grounded their models said they would temporarily stop ment he had planned to install of the aircraft. flying their A400M transport in the garden of 10 Downing The recorders were found at planes until the causes of the Street has now mysteriously the scene of Saturday’s crash and accident were known. vanished. turned over to the judge who is France, the largest opera- Speculation over the wherea- leading the judicial investigation tor of A400Ms, said it was bouts of what now looks like a into the accident, the public works not grounding its planes at gravestone for Miliband’s elec- ministry said in a statement. this point. “We have no rea- toral ambitions has become a The military transport plane son to lead us to stop our A400 popular sport on Twitter. “Well, crashed in a field and burst into fleet,” said Colonel Jean-Pascal on the bright side, this new table flames just north of Seville’s air- Breton, head of the press serv- is wonderful” tweeted user Luke port after hitting a power line ice of the French air force. The Red Arrows fly over London for the VE Day 70 Commemorations in central London yesterday after the service of Bailey above a doctored picture during an apparent attempt at Malaysia, which received its first Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey. The service, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, is one of the events held marking of the Ed Stone transplanted an emergency landing. A400M plane in March, has not yet the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) which saw the Allies victory over Nazi Germany in WWII. into Miliband’s kitchen. Four people on board died while announced its position. There are Another suggestion was that another two, a mechanic and an a total of 12 A400M planes in use the next Labour leader should engineer, were taken to hospital at the moment — France has six, be chosen on the basis of a Lord where they are listed in serious Britain and Turkey have two each of the Rings-style quest for the but stable condition. and Malaysia and Germany each stone. Labour has declined to Dozens of investigators, some have one. 22 killed in Macedonia clashes reveal its fate. After report- wearing a protective white suit, The Spanish government said ers draw a blank with calls to scoured the crash scene on it would form a joint commission stonemasons across Britain, Sunday for clues into the cause involving the budget and defence KUMANOVO: Eight police during an ethnic Albanian insur- The events, however, will the Sun newspaper set up an of the accident. ministries to investigate the acci- officers and 14 members of gency in 2001, remained locked deepen concern in the West over Ed Stone hotline and the Daily Aircraft manufacturers equip dent, which is also being probed an “armed group” were killed down by special police units. stability in the impoverished Mail offered a case of cham- all their planes with two black by Spain’s Guardia Civil police. in a day-long gun battle in Interior Ministry spokesman Balkan country, where the gov- pagne for information leading boxes — a flight data recorder and Airbus Defence and Space, the an ethnic Albanian suburb of Ivo Kotevski told a news confer- ernment is on the ropes over alle- to its discovery. a cockpit voice recorder. division responsible for military northern Macedonia, the gov- ence 37 police officers were also gations by the main opposition, For those looking to own a The flight data recorder aircraft, sent a team of experts to ernment said. wounded. He said no civilians the Social Democrats, of illegal piece of British electoral history, records a stream of flight infor- the crash scene to help with the Sporadic gunfire yesterday, were reported killed. wire-tapping and widespread spoof listings have sprung up on mation such as altitude and air investigation. more than 24 hours after the The government declared two abuse of office. Ebay. One suggests the stone speed, while the cockpit voice The A400M programme has police operation began, subsided days of national mourning and Protesters demanding the res- “could be used for all sorts of recorder stores conversations and been beset by problems since it by early afternoon and flat-bed President Gjorge Ivanov sum- ignation of conservative Prime gimmicks, ridiculous ideas and other noises made in the cockpit. was launched in 2003. In addition trucks towed away several lightly- moned a meeting of the national Minister Nikola Gruevski clashed DIY (Do It Yourself) projects, as The plane, due for delivery to to production and delivery delays, damaged armoured vehicles. security council, inviting leaders with police last week and the was the original purpose”. the Turkish air force in June, the programme ran 30 percent — The suburb in Kumanovo, of the opposition and the main opposition is threatening to rally REUTERS was one of the new A400M or $7bn — over budget. 40km north of the capital Skopje ethnic Albanian parties in a ges- thousands on May 17. troop and vehicle transporters AFP in a region that saw heavy fighting ture of unity. REUTERS MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Drunk passenger Typhoon hits north Philippines forces Malaysia Airlines flight Nearly 3,000 people flee homes to turn back KUALA LUMPUR: A MANILA: Typhoon Noul higher ground, not in their vil- Malaysia Airlines flight to slammed into the northern tip lage. They are being assisted Colombo had to turn back to of the Philippines yesterday, by the local governments using Kuala Lumpur due to a drunk triggering warnings of possi- buses and trucks, even ambu- passenger, the national carrier ble flash floods, landslides and lances,” she said. More than said yesterday. Flight MH179 storm surges and prompting 2,000 were expected to flee but had taken off from Kuala almost 3,000 people to flee their Talosig expressed fears some Lumpur late on Saturday. homes. people would refuse to go due to “The intoxicated passenger The storm hit Cagayan prov- complacency. started harassing Malaysia ince late yesterday afternoon “The weather was good there Airlines’ crew shortly after and was expected to move north earlier so it was a bit hard to get the flight was airborne,” the towards Japan, the government the message out,” she said. “Some company said. “Due to his big weather station said. The civil people were worried about the body size, other guests had to defence office said there were security of the belongings they assist the crew to restrain the no immediate reports of storm- may leave behind. We have been passenger.” The airline said the related deaths but the typhoon trying our best, aiming for zero plane was forced to return to knocked out power in much of casualties but our efforts will be “ensure safety and comfort of the province, making it difficult useless if some people don’t lis- those onboard” and the unruly to get data. ten,” she added. passenger had been handed Meteorologists said Noul’s Over 1,200 other people evacu- over to authorities. movement slowed slightly before ated their homes in the neigh- The flag carrier did not give reaching the Philippines, but it bouring province of Isabela as a other details. Flightradar24 also strengthened to pack gusts precautionary measure before the had tweeted early Sunday of 220km per hour. storm, the civil defence office said. that the plane was returning In Taiwan, authorities warned National civil defence chief after two hours of “fuel burn to sailors of strong winds and high Alexander Pama said that given Residents along Manila Bay play in the waves created by Typhoon Noul yesterday as it approaches the northern reduce landing weight”. waves and evacuated almost 1,000 the possibility of storm surges of Philippines. AFP could not immediately tourists from an island off the up to 6.5 feet, they were taking no reach Malaysia Airlines for southeast coast. chances. “There is no exact sci- major concern during storms. The civil defence office also Green Island by noon, an offi- comment. The carrier suffered “This is a very dangerous ence in this. So we will stay on the In November 2013, storm surges cited numerous areas that could cial from the county government two major aviation tragedies storm. It is the strongest so far safe side” by ordering evacuations were the main killers as Super be hit by landslides or flash floods said. “Tourists would otherwise last year. this year,” said Rene Paciente, in vulnerable areas, he said. Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the due to the “heavy to intense rain- be stranded there for at least two Flight MH370, carrying 239 head of the Philippines’ marine “Even as we speak, our armed central Philippines, leaving more fall” brought by the typhoon. The days,” he said. people, disappeared in March weather division. forces are already moving... to than 7,350 people dead or missing. government suspended ferry All ferries and flights to Green after inexplicably diverting More than 1,680 people in help in the evacuation. So too are Several hundred people living services in affected areas and Island and another tourist attrac- from its Kuala Lumpur-Beijing Cagayan were evacuated from our police forces who are conduct- in a farming hamlet below the some domestic flights were also tion, Orchid Island, were sus- course. No trace of the aircraft coastal villages before the storm ing evacuations in their munici- restive Bulusan volcano on Luzon cancelled. About 20 typhoons and pended and people were urged to has been found. MH17 went hit and the exercise was continu- palities,” he told reporters. were also evacuated due to fears storms hit the Philippines each stay away from coastal areas. The down in July in rebellion-torn ing, said Norma Talosig, regional Storm surges — tsunami- that rain would mix with volcanic year, many of them deadly. storm was expected to pass to the eastern Ukraine after being hit civil defence chief. like waves generated by power- ash on its slopes and form deadly In Taiwan nearly 1,000 tourists east of Taiwan today. by a surface-to-air missile. All “They have to evacuate to ful typhoons — have become a and fast-moving mudflows. had been evacuated from scenic AFP 298 people aboard were killed. AFP Burundi unrest Bangla worker South Africa’s opposition has miscarriage in factory toilet elects first black leader PORT ELIZABETH: South an editorial in the Sunday Times. DHAKA: An employee at one Africa’s main opposition party, “For much of the past two dec- of Bangladesh’s largest footwear the Democratic Alliance, yes- ades, our political contest has factories suffered a miscarriage terday elected its first black been a black-versus-white affair, in a workplace toilet after she leader, a major step in its bid to with the ANC seen as the party of was allegedly refused medical present itself as an alternative the previously oppressed and the leave, police said yesterday. to the ruling African National DA as a party of white interests.” Factory worker Hamida Akter, Congress (ANC). Raised in Soweto, the heart- 20, had a miscarriage on Saturday The DA, which has been widely land of anti-apartheid resist- after falling ill during a shift at seen as a party of middle-class ance, Maimane broke away from the Apex Factory, which employs whites, won 22 percent of the his family’s ANC roots to join the 6,300 people and supplies shoes ballot in last year’s general elec- Democratic Alliance. to Western retailers, police said. tion and is looking to broaden Last year he was elected the “She was rushed to a local hos- its appeal among black voters, party’s leader in parliament, pital where the doctor declared the two decades after the end of the where he has often locked baby dead. The baby was about four apartheid regime. horns with ANC lawmakers and months old,” senior police officer Mmusi Maimane, aged just 34, President Jacob Zuma. Burundian refugees wait at the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village in Kigoma region, western Mahbub Hossain Kazal said. joined the DA in 2009 and was The DA has been pushing Tanzania, as MV Liemba arrives to transport them to Kigoma township. Officials from the UNHCR said that Since the incident was first fast-tracked through the ranks for legal action against Zuma more than 25,000 Burundians have fled their country and crossed the border to Kigoma as they fear the country reported in the mass-circula- by Helen Zille, who stood down over corruption allegations, and tion Bengali daily Prothom Alo, as party leader after eight years Maimane vowed to succeed in might descend into violence ahead of the presidential election scheduled for June. Bangladesh’s High Court had in office. this pursuit. “Make no mistake asked a government official to Zille did not publicly endorse Mr President, you will have your investigate, deputy attorney gen- Maimane, but he was the clear day in court,” he told the racially eral Tapash Kumar Biswas said. favourite to win the secret ballot. mixed audience. “The high court... (asked) the “I don’t agree with those who “Nobody is above the law. And, Nepal denies entry to British copters government administrator of the say that they don’t see colour — equally so, no political party area to investigate the incident because if you don’t see that I am has the divine right to rule this and submit a report. It also sum- black then you don’t see me at country.” KATHMANDU: Nepal’s gov- likely to damage the houses and India, China and the United moned three factory officials to all,” Maimane told cheering del- The ANC, which has ruled ernment said yesterday that it other buildings in the Kathmandu States have sent helicopters and appear at the court on May 24,” egates in his victory speech. since 1994 when anti-apartheid has denied entry to three British valley,” spokesman Tara Pokharel are helping take food, water and he said. “Many young black South icon Nelson Mandela became military helicopters sent to help said. “We are worried about broken tents to affected communities. He said the factory representa- Africans continue to be denied president, and remains the domi- the earthquake relief effort windows and roofs being blown off But there has been criticism of tives included managing director access to opportunities, just as nant force in politics, faces tricky because of fears they could dam- by these big helicopters.” the US decision to send large Syed Nasim Manzur and two oth- their parents were during apart- local elections next year when the age buildings when landing. The April 25 earthquake killed Osprey helicopters, which experts ers based at the factory in the heid — this is what we must change DA hopes to benefit from the gov- A foreign ministry spokesman more than 8,000 people and left say are ill-suited to Nepal’s moun- industrial town of Kaliakoir, some if we are going to succeed as a ernment’s poor economic record said the Chinook helicopters, thousands more homeless and tainous terrain. 50km north of the capital Dhaka. nation.” and high unemployment. which arrived in New Delhi last in desperate need of food, clean Local media reported that the Local media said Akter sought At the end of his speech he paid But the radical leftist Economic week en route to the quake-hit water and shelter. down-draft from an Osprey relief leave from one of the factory tribute to his white wife Natalie, Freedom Fighters (EFF) party is country, were too big to land. Getting relief to the worst- flight blew the roof off a small supervisors after she fell ill, but who joined him on stage as he also on the rise, seeking to gather “We have told the British author- hit villages is a huge challenge building in a quake-hit village as it she was allegedly refused and received a standing ovation. votes from working-class blacks ities that they cannot fly their because many are in remote delivered aid. A US embassy official asked to concentrate on her work. Sunday’s vote marked “a mile- frustrated with a lack of progress Chinook helicopters here because mountainous terrain that is only said that such accidents were rare. Kazal said police were investigat- stone for the DA and South under the ANC. our technical team says they are accessible by helicopter or on foot. AFP ing the allegation. AFP African politics”, according to AFP Escaped Chibok students offer help to freed Boko Haram hostages

YOLA: Deborah knows just what to say “We will tell them that life is a journey. preparing to sit the secondary school release late last month raised hopes that offered an unexpected chance of a better to the 275 women and children who were You meet many obstacles in life and life is examinations that they were unable to Deborah’s former classmates were among future, one that is unlikely to be available held hostage by Boko Haram and res- just full of surprises and you never think take when the Islamists stormed their them. “We were happy that they were to the other former hostages. cued recently by the Nigerian military. it will happen to you,” she added. hometown. The conversation veers from released but... it was unfortunate that For the hundreds of thousands of “We will pray together, then after “Now they have been released they how they have adapted to life on campus, our sisters were still out there,” she said. internally displaced people who fled the praying together I will advise them to should make up their minds to start a new the undergraduate studies they plan to The trio now want to do community violence to Yola, though, life will remain forgive the people who mistreated them life and live a happy life. “We have already take and love of watching films and gospel service to assist at the camp outside Yola tough: Some have already returned home because if you forgive people God also forgiven them (Boko Haram). It wasn’t dif- music to learning how to swim and play- where the former captives are now living. now the military appears to have the forgives you,” she said. ficult because that’s the lesson we’ve been ing basketball. “We are also in a position to help them upper hand against the militants. The 19-year-old speaks from experi- taught since our Sunday School days, that It’s a far cry from their life back home, because we were once like them,” said The three students know they have ence: She was among another group of you should forgive whoever hurts you.” they say, where the facilities were rudi- Deborah. She added: “We want to share been given a rare opportunity: Deborah 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Deborah is sitting in a small, modern mentary, electricity supply sketchy and foodstuffs and then give them a kind of wants to work in environmental health fighters from her secondary school in the classroom at the American University the mobile phone network has been down inspirational speech that will touch them while Blessing and Mary both want to remote northeastern town of Chibok, on of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola, the capital of for the last six months. because we are now people who are used become medical doctors — and return to April 14 last year. Adamawa state, with Blessing and Mary, At the same time, the trio said they to encouraging others no matter what work in Chibok. The world attention on Deborah and 56 others managed to both 18, who also escaped with her that were well aware of the situation facing they have been going through. the Chibok kidnapping prompted ben- escape in the hours that followed their night. Twenty-one of the 57 who evaded the 275 hostages recovered from the mil- “I think we are in a position to help efactors to come forward to pay for the abduction. The other 219 were not so Boko Haram’s clutches in April 2014 itants’ Sambisa Forest stronghold, not them with our words.” girls’ education, food and accommodation lucky and are still missing. are currently studying at the university, far from Chibok, in Borno state. Their The Chibok students at AUN are being at AUN. AFP MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Poll panel issues rules for by-polls Lawmakers barred from canvassing

ISLAMABAD: The Election of the National Assembly/pro- Commission of Pakistan (ECP) vincial assembly and other pub- has barred all members of the lic office holders will neither visit national and provincial assem- the area of any constituency nor blies from canvassing support shall openly or in secret give any for by-elections. subscription or donation or make The amended rule will be appli- promise for giving such subscrip- cable on all the elected members tion or donation to any institu- of the assemblies, irrespective of tion of a constituency, nor shall being in the government or in the inaugurate, commit to undertake opposition. or announce any development After this amendment, no project of a candidate of his choice elected member of the Senate, and thereby influence the results the National Assembly or any of of the election.” the provincial assemblies would An ECP official said that the Policemen work at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul yesterday. be allowed to campaign for their step was taken after receiving party candidate in any constitu- complaints about political parties ency where the by-poll would be using low-profile ministers in cam- conducted. paigning for party candidates dur- Suicide attack on Kabul bus kills 3 Besides party leaders sitting on ing by-polls. “One such complaint government benches, the new rule was received from NA-108 (Mandi KABUL: A Taliban suicide the attorney general office staff to campaign against the Afghan and on to train and support local would also affect top leaders of Bahauddin-I). The seat had fallen bomber struck a government their homes when it came under US-led foreign forces who ousted security personnel. the mainstream political parties vacant after the disqualification of bus in Kabul yesterday, killing attack,” Rohani said, with all cas- them from power in 2001. The Taliban have stepped up in the opposition. Ijaz Chaudhry, who had joined the three and wounding at least 16 ualties civilians. Scores of shuttle buses take attacks on government and for- This rule was earlier restricted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf a few others, officials said, the second Kabul’s criminal investigative government and military person- eign targets and inflicted a heavy to the president, prime minister, months ago.” such attack in less than a week director Farid Afzali confirmed nel to work every morning in the toll on civilians and Afghan secu- chief ministers and all the federal Quoting the complainant, the in the Afghan capital. the account, putting the number capital, and they have often been rity forces. and provincial ministers. ECP official said a provincial min- The bus was transporting of wounded at 18. targeted by insurgents despite The number of civilians killed “After the issuance of the ister had visited the constituency employees of the attorney gener- The Taliban claimed responsi- efforts by security forces to pro- and wounded jumped 22 percent schedule of by-elections,” reads and announced some development al’s office to their homes when a bility for the attack, which comes vide better protection. in 2014 compared to the previ- the notification issued by the projects as part of the ruling man on foot detonated explosives after the launch of their spring This year’s Taliban push marks ous year, according to the United ECP, “the president, prime min- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s strapped to his body, they said. offensive last month, saying a the first fighting season in which Nations Assistance Mission in ister, chairman/deputy chairman election campaign. “We can confirm three dead number of staff of the attorney Afghan forces will battle the Afghanistan (UNAMA). Senate, speakers of assemblies, “Punjab Women Development including a woman among them, general were killed and wounded insurgents without the full sup- And in the first three months federal ministers and advisers to Minister Hameeda Waheeduddin, and at least 16 others were in the attack. port of US-led foreign combat of 2015, civilian casualties from the prime minister and the chief who had visited the constituency wounded, three of them were The Taliban are known to exag- troops. ground fighting were up eight minister, provincial ministers and to make the announcement, has women,” Gul Agha Rohani, deputy gerate and distort their public Nato’s combat mission formally percent on the same period last advisers to the prime minister been served a notice,” the ECP police chief of Kabul, said. statements as part of a propa- ended in December but a small year, a new UNAMA report said. and the chief minister, members official said. INTERNEWS “The shuttle bus was carrying ganda drive accompanying their follow-up foreign force has stayed AFP

Call to include Religious groups protest constitutional history in minister’s remarks ISLAMABAD: Pakistani reli- described the seminaries as the curriculum gious groups belonging to the ‘universities of illiteracy’. The Deobandi school of thought minister had said: “These uni- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday protested against versities of ignorance, to whom Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani Information Minister Pervaiz we give donations, are giving an has formally asked Prime Rasheed’s remarks about ideology of hatred and conserva- Minister Nawaz Sharif and seminaries. tiveness to the society.” chief ministers of the four prov- Addressing a national confer- The remarks invited criti- inces to make constitutional ence organised by the Pakistan cism from the religious bod- history of Pakistan a compul- Academy of Letters in Karachi ies. Addressing the protest rally, sory subject “to inculcate an on May 3, the minister described Deputy General Secretary Wafaqul understanding and commit- the seminaries as ‘centres of igno- Madaris Al Arabia Maulana Qazi ment to the Constitution”. rance and illiteracy.’ Abdul Rasheed said the remarks In separate letters written to Wafaqul Madaris Al Arabia, by the federal minister had upset the prime minister and the chief the board representing the semi- the whole nation. ministers, the chairman said: naries belonging to the Deobandi The office-bearers of Wafaqul “Steps may be taken for incor- school of thought, held a protest Madaris Al Arabia said they poration of the constitutional outside the National Press Club would initiate a campaign against history of Pakistan in the curricu- here. The protesters demanded the minister even if they have lum of all federal and provincial the removal of the minister and to delay the exams of the mad- educational institutions up to the registration of cases against him. rais affiliated with them. Mufti intermediate level.” The protesters said they would Mohammad Naeem of Jamia Rabbani said the decision had announce their future course of Binoria, Karachi, said the minis- A Pakistani painter decorates a truck in Rawalpindi. been taken in the light of a dis- action against the minister after ter was an ignorant person. cussion held during the Senate consultations with other religious The student wing of Ahle sitting on April 13 in which par- groups. The minister at the con- Sunnat Wal Jamaat — the Muslim liamentary leaders and members ference had asked academicians Students Organisation — said the Pakistani truck, rickshaw drivers had agreed to make “constitu- as well literary figures to play minister’s remarks was a con- tional history” a compulsory sub- their role in promoting the cul- spiracy against Islam and it had ject in educational institutions of ture of tolerance in the country. hurt the sentiments of youth of deliver people, goods and politics the country. But at the same time, he the country. INTERNEWS The issue came under discus- sion when senators observed RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has Malik Latif, 50, a painter and Pakistan army and I kiss your April 10 as the Constitution Day long been known for the garish artist who draws colourful motifs sword, because whenever it has to commemorate the passage of Croatian President in Afghanistan decorations with which drivers and inscriptions on the mighty struck, it has struck its own peo- the Constitution in 1973. lovingly adorn the rickshaws goods trucks in Rawalpindi, said ple” — did the rounds online a In the letters, copies of which and ageing Bedford trucks that the drivers like to use their vehi- couple of years ago. were released to media by the ply the country’s dusty roads cles to express themselves. Political analyst and director of Senate Secretariat yesterday, and highways. A truck had a tiger painted on the independent Centre for Civic Rabbani said: “In the Senate sit- But political messages have its rear with a famous quote from Education Zafarullah Khan says ting held on April 13, an hour also started claiming space on the Tipu Sultan, an 18th-century the trend of displaying political [long] discussion was held on the vehicles — and on social media — prince revered in Pakistan for messages on rickshaws is an inno- Constitution of Pakistan. in a country growing ever more fighting against the British: “It vative mode of expression. During the discussions, par- anxious about free speech. is better to live one day as a tiger “People want to talk about the liamentary leaders and members Look among the neon-bright than 100 years as a jackal.” Another developments affecting their lives were of the opinion that the con- flowers and birds and there are truck carries the inscription “Long and when these expressions do stitutional history of Pakistan snippets of Urdu love poetry, Live Islam” over a colourful pic- not find any space in mainstream should be made a compulsory sub- whimsical couplets and increas- ture of a bird perched on a globe, media, they start appearing on ject in all educational and train- ingly, provocative slogans and symbolising the dominance of the walls, buses, trucks and rick- ing institutions to inculcate an satirical observations. Slogans such religion in the country. shaws,” Khan said. understanding and commitment as “Salute to Pakistan’s military” Photos of rickshaws with One rickshaw-wallah had a to the Constitution.” and “I miss you after you stepped barbed and often funny slogans more poignant message, however. The chairman in his letter to down” adorn trucks, alongside a are proving extremely popular on After the Pakistani Taliban mas- the premier said: “The Senate is painted portrait of 1960s military social media and political blogs, sacred more than 130 children conscious of the fact that edu- ruler Field Marshal Ayub Khan. acting as a space for comments at a school in the northwestern cation is a devolved subject and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic speaks during a press Others comment on more that might otherwise be censored. city of Peshawar in December, curriculum and syllabus are no conference with her Afghan counterpart, President Ashraf Ghani, at contemporary issues, like the The army is a dominant force he painted his vehicle in honour longer in the federal domain after the Presidential Palace in Kabul yesterday. Grabar-Kitarovic is on a rickshaw driver lamenting in Pakistan and publicly criti- of their memory. “O martyrs of the omission of the Concurrent visit to the restive country in the hope of signing a comprehensive the population’s apathy about cising top brass remains a risky Peshawar, we are ashamed. We List from the Fourth Schedule to agreement of friendship and partnership. Pakistan’s troubled condition with taboo. But an anti-military rick- pledge to make Pakistan peace- the Constitution. “Honk low, the nation is sleeping”. shaw inscription — “I salute you ful,” read his inscription. AFP INTERNEWS MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Nation fastest growing, says upbeat Modi PM takes dig at past scams

BURNPUR: In a veiled dig government exchequer did not get at the erstwhile Congress-led a single penny. But we have shut UPA regime for scams, Prime that all and initiated auction.” Minister Narendra Modi yes- “We also decided that the terday said the policy changes money from the auctions will not initiated by his government go to Delhi but to that state’s cof- have led to India becoming fers so that the government can the world’s fastest growing initiate welfare of that state,” country. said Modi. “During the months of Modi said West Bengal, February, March and April Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and all (2014) the only news that came the states having coal deposits were scams... coal scam, sub- were reaping benefits of the coal marine scam, scams on the air, auction. He said a foundation was water and land,” said Modi at a set up from the mines royalty for function where he dedicated to the welfare of the states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets monks of Belur Math in Belur, around 24km north west of Kolkata, yesterday. Modi is on a two-day visit to West the nation the Rs160bn revamped “Most of the coal and minerals Bengal. and modernised IISCO Steel plant are in tribal areas, while the min- at industrial town of Burnpur in erals were extracted, the tribals West Bengal’s Burdwan district. remained bereft of welfare.” “It has been a year of this new “So, we have decided to set government, and today we don’t up a foundation from the money BJP repackaging social plans: Congress have news about the coal scam, we get from the royalties of the rather about coal auction,” said mineral. That money will be used NEW DELHI: The Congress repackaging with which these management style of govern- are nothing but repackaged Aam Modi at the concluding engage- for welfare of the districts,” Modi criticised the BJP-led govern- schemes were launched, belie the ance. It has again established the Aadmi Beema Yojana (AABY), ment of his two-day maiden visit said. ment yesterday for “renaming, Prime Minister Modi’s claims ‘NAMO’ style of governance i.e. Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya to the state since becoming the The prime minister also repackaging and relaunching” that he was not launching them to ‘Nothing Original-Message Only’,” Beema Yojana (RGSSBY) and prime minister. expressed anguish over India programmes launched by the “reap political benefits”, Congress he said. the Rashtriya Swasthya Beema “We have news about the gov- importing steel. “The irony is previous UPA government. spokesperson Randeep Surjewala “Contrary to the claims, the Yojana (RSBY) schemes that the ernment exchequer getting bil- we kept exporting iron ore and Criticising the Narendra Modi- said here in a statement. entire exercise was aimed at previous government launched lions instead of the coal scam of imported steel. The country can- led National Demorcratic Alliance It also belies the claim that credit taking by looking to be with an aim to widen the social billions,” he added. not run if we export wheat and (NDA) government over its social he was not one of those “several pro-people in the midst of the security net,” he said. Modi said the government’s buy back bread from foreign schemes like Atal Pension Yojana, small-time politicians who launch anti people ‘Suit Boot Sarkar’ These far-reaching schemes, decision to auction coal has led countries. If we have iron ore, we Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Beema certain schemes to win the next image that this government has ever since their launch in 2007 to states getting richer and using will produce steel,” he asserted. Yojana and Pradhan Mantri election”, he added. made for itself by its misdeeds and 2008, benefited about 50 the royalty money from the mines Modi also said the Centre was Jeevan Jyoti Beema Yojana, the “The fact is that the high volt- and crony friendly policies,” the million people (with AABY), for the welfare of the people. working on developing the three Congress said it was nothing age media exercise undertaken Congress leader said. 4.2 million (RGSSBY) and 12 “Earlier, a leader would send main resources for funds — agri- but “renaming, repackaging and yesterday, was yet again a blatant The people of this country, million (RSBY) and an amount a letter, saying give the coal cultural productivity, mineral relaunching” programmes of the attempt at renaming, repackag- however, can see through this of Rs21.5bn, Rs3.27bn and mine to someone and without resources and human resources. UPA government. ing and relaunching coupled with subterfuge, he said. Rs43bn, respectively, have been any procedures it was given. The IANS The subterfuge and plagiaristic the now characteristic event “They know that the schemes already disbursed. IANS

Mother and child Rail police Two firefighters Alert over complain Jayalalithaa against UP killed in Mumbai verdict today MUMBAI: Two firefighters face, but his condition is said to lost their lives while two were be stable. BENGALURU: Security has legislator injured, one of them critically, Amin, however, was in a criti- been stepped up in Bengaluru while battling a massive blaze cal condition and battling for life ahead of today’s crucial ver- SAHARANPUR: The Uttar in a Mumbai building late on with more than 80 percent burns. dict by a special bench of the Pradesh Police have failed to Saturday night, officials said Four other people, including a Karnataka High Court on arrest a legislator of the rul- yesterday. woman, who were trapped inside former Tamil Nadu chief min- ing Samajwadi Party despite a The Brihanmumbai Municipal the building, were evacuated and ister J Jayalalithaa’s appeal criminal case against him for Corporation (BMC) yesterday scores of others from adjoining against her conviction in a dis- disrupting train movement and announced a high-level probe into buildings were taken out as a pre- proportionate assets case. damaging railway and public the incident which took a heavy caution in case the blaze spreads “We have deployed additional property during a protest in toll on its firemen. A report would further. forces in the city and imposed a Shamli district, railway police be submitted within three weeks. Midway during the firefighting, ban order within 1km radius of officials said yesterday. The firemen — M M Desai and the building collapsed in parts, the Karnataka High Court from Kairana legislator Nahid S W Rane of the Mumbai Fire burying the two firemen — Desai 6am to 9pm on Monday to main- Hasan, contacted by IANS for Brigade — were reported miss- and Rane. tain law and order,” Additional his version, however, said it was ing since late Saturday evening After more than seven hours of Commissioner of Police Alok just a “political act” and he had when they rushed to fight the operations, the fire was brought Kumar told IANS. lifted the protest after the district blaze in Gokul Nivas, an under- under control around midnight. The special high court magistrate asked him. repair building in the congested All the four firemen, including bench headed by Justice C R “No officer can dare to arrest Kalbadevi area of south Mumbai, the two deceased, had rendered Kumaraswamy will pronounce the MLA who had damaged rail- said an official of the BMC disas- sterling services during the 2008 the judgment in the Karnataka way property, injured several ter control department. Mumbai terror attack at various capital at 11am as directed police personnel and ransacked Their badly charred bodies with locations in south Mumbai. by the Supreme Court, which public property on May 2 in more than 80 percent burns were Amin, 49, the current deputy extended Jayalalithaa’s bail up to Kandhla (town of Shamli),” said recovered from the site around chief fire officer, was awarded May 12. Railway Protection Force (RPF) 12.30am, the official said. the President’s Gold Medal for “Ten platoons of the Karnataka officer Anil Kumar. Chief fire officer Sunil Nesrikar his bravery. State Reserve Police, 500 police- He said the legislator’s actions and another senior officer S G This was the second major men and 25 senior police officers had also resulted in a communal Amin suffered serious burns. traumatic incident in the past 10 will be present in and around the riot-like situation in the already After initial treatment, they months for the city fire brigade high court to ensure peace and disturbed Shamli district. were shifted to the National that started services officially in prevent any untoward incident. Other RPF officers Sub Burns Centre (NBC) in Navi April 1887. On July 18 last year, Entry into the high court will also Inspector Ajay Kumar and Mumbai. a firemen was killed on duty be restricted to avoid crowding,” Assistant Sub Inspector M Y Nesarikar sustained around while battling a blaze at Lotus Kumar said. Khan also backed the allegations. A rhino mother and calf graze at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, some 45km 50 percent burns, mainly on his Business Park. IANS IANS According to them, Hasan from Guwahati, yesterday. and about 2,000 of his support- ers blocked railway movement between Kandhla and Rampur Kheri stations for four hours, demanding action against rail- Shashi Kapoor receives Dadasaheb Phalke award in Mumbai way officials for a minor incident on the previous day (May 1) due to which some pilgrims suffered. MUMBAI: Bollywood’s ever- a ceremonial shawl, which he he added. The gathering saw tribute...the award is being physi- journey was also screened at Hasan and his supporters also green charmer Shashi Kapoor accepted with hands joined in the presence of Shashi’s nephew cally and symbolically conferred the event. It featured Amitabh, destroyed the guard cabin, ran- was yesterday conferred the reverence. Rishi Kapoor, grand-nephew on him in an institution that he Shabana Azmi, Sharmila Tagore, sacked the gateman’s cabin and Dadasaheb Phalke Award, “Shashi Kapoor is undoubtedly Ranbir Kapoor, grand-neice himself created — the Prithvi Rishi, Randhir Kapoor among vandalised a motorcycle there. the highest honour in Indian one of the most versatile person- Karisma Kapoor and others like Theatre”. others talking about the cin- Though senior police, railway cinema, by Information and alities Indian cinema has pro- Neetu Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, This is the third Dadasaheb ematic icon. and civil administration officers Broadcasting Minister Arun duced. An actor par excellence, Abhishek Bachchan, Waheeda Phalke Award for the illustri- Amitabh, who has co-starred tried to convince Hasan to allow Jaitley at the iconic Prithvi who competed in his time with Rehman, Asha Parekh, Nafisa Ali, ous Kapoor family after Shashi’s with Shashi in films like “Trishul”, the train and vehicular movement Theatre here. the very best and almost com- Saif Ali Khan and Rekha. father Prithviraj Kapoor and “Silsila”, “Kabhi Kabhie” and to resume, he did not agree. The 77-year-old was wheeled peted with different generations Due to Shashi’s ill health, he elder brother Raj Kapoor. “Kaala Patthar”, thanked him As the police sought to disperse on to the stage by his son Kunal of film actors,” Jaitley said. could not travel to the capital for “The way it (the family) pro- for always being a “compassion- the agitators, they started pelting and daughter Sanjana before an “He even produced and directed the National Awards ceremony on duces talent, I’m sure that it’s not ate person and a generous and stones due to which over a dozen august gathering. various kinds of films; combined May 3. So, minister Jaitley flew the last one. My best wishes to caring friend”. police personnel sustained inju- Shashi — the star of over 150 commercial cinema with alter- in here to confer the award on you for a improved health and a Since it was also Mother’s Day ries. Finally, police had to resort films in his over 40-year career native cinema; defined languages him at Prithvi Theatre, which very long life. We wish you all the yesterday, Rishi aptly recounted to shooting to disperse the mob in — was all smiles upon receiv- and brought Hindi cinema and Shashi launched with his late wife best, Shashi Kapoor,” Jaitley said. Shashi’s trademark dialogue — which some demonstrators sus- ing the Swarn Kamal (Golden Hollywood closer. Then also, he Jennifer Kendal in 1978. A special audio-visual celebrat- “Mere paas maa hai” — to a loud tained minor injuries. IANS Lotus), a cash prize of Rs1m and didn’t leave his love for theatre,” Jaitley said it’s a “a fitting ing Shashi’s film and personal applause. IANS MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Monks wait for Dalai lecture Maoist rebels Black money kill hostage, free 249 others bill to be in Chhattisgarh RAIPUR: Maoist rebels have killed one hostage and released some 250 others in restive Chhattisgarh state moved today after capturing the villag- ers on the eve of premier Narendra Modi’s visit to the Lower House session extended state, police said yesterday. The insurgents rounded up NEW DELHI: With barely transaction transparent by 2017. the villagers late on Friday and three days to go for the budget At the G20 Brisbane summit last marched them into the forests session of the Lok Sabha to end, November, leaders endorsed a new in impoverished Chhattisgarh’s the government is set to move global transparency standard by Sukma district in protest the Undisclosed Foreign Income which more than 90 jurisdictions against construction of a local and Assets Bill, or the black will begin automatic exchange of bridge, police said. money bill, today. tax information, using a common “All villagers have been The Lower House sitting has reporting standard by 2017-18. released (late on Saturday) been extended for three days from The Income Tax department except one who was killed at today. has filed 121 cases of prosecu- the hands of the Maoists,” dis- The government had, in March, tion against those entities whose trict inspector general S R P introduced the black money bill, names have appeared in the Kalluri told AFP. which provides for heavy penal- HSBC Geneva bank list. The victim was shot after he ties and imprisonment of up to A senior official told IANS the Buddhist monks wait for the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to deliver lessons on Je Rinpoche’s, ‘The was “found guilty” of encour- 10 years for stashing unaccounted 121 cases were filed before the Three Principal Aspects of the Path’, ‘The Concise Stages of the Path’ and ‘Praise to Dependent Arising’ at aging others to take part in funds abroad. March 31 deadline after which Gyuto Monastery in Dharamsala yesterday. the bridge building in Sukma, It will also provide a window to these cases would have become some 318km from state capital those with funds abroad to come time-barred and thus could not Raipur. clean by paying tax, interest and be prosecuted by the department. “He was found guilty at a penalty. The finance minister has kangaroo court and shot dead,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently said the government had Bollywood can promote tourism police sources told AFP. has warned corporates not to take completed an assessment of 350 The Maoists had been pro- unfair advantage of the liberalised foreign accounts and tax evasion testing against the bridge, tax environment, saying the world proceedings had been initiated which they fear will give secu- is moving towards a more trans- against 60 of the account holders. in Kashmir, says chief minister rity forces easy access to their parent regime that would remove India has no official estimate of hideouts, according to local the veil of secrecy from unlawful illegal money stashed away over- SRINAGAR: Perceptions Khan were eager to shoot movies right facilities if we want them to lawmaker Kawashi Lakma. transactions. seas, but unofficial assessments about the situation in Jammu in the Kashmir Valley and their come here and spend money dur- But the villagers had been “I think, for every assessee, put it somewhere between $466bn and Kashmir were fast chang- eagerness would be an “ambas- ing holidays. That kind of infra- defying Maoist orders to every person in the commercial and $1.4trn. Jaitley told the Rajya ing in a positive manner, and sadorial effort” for the tourism structure is still lacking and we oppose it and even skipped business also, it is a judgement Sabha earlier this week that the the return of Bollywood can industry here. are working to have that in place meetings called by the insur- call that in a liberal economic government was examining the make a huge difference to the “I met Shahrukh Khan and soon,” he said. gents, leading to a show of environment of reasonable and reports of three institutes on the state, Chief Minister Mufti others who came to see me during The chief minister said his strength against them, Lakma lower taxation rates, ‘go straight’,” matter. Muhammad Sayeed said my recent visit to Mumbai. They government has decided that said. Hostage-taking is a com- he said earlier this month at the The previous Congress-led yesterday. feel positively about Kashmir. professionals with the right qual- mon tactic by the guerillas to foundation day celebrations of the United Progressive Alliance gov- “Perceptions about the ground “These superstars can work as ifications would be employed in force villagers to support their enforcement directorate. ernment had in March 2011 asked situation are changing in a brand ambassadors for our tour- information, agriculture, horti- cause. The Maoists say they “And, therefore, if you transact the National Institute of Public positive way and the return of ism industry,” he said. culture and power development have been fighting for decades within the limits of law, it is much Finance and Policy (NIPFP), Bollywood to their choice out- Sayeed, however, lamented that departments in the state. for the rights of tribal people safer. If you breach it, gone are National Council of Applied door locations can contribute high-end facilities for “lavishly He agreed that roads, educa- and landless farmers. the days when offences would go Economic Research (NCAER) significantly in helping that spending tourists” were lacking tional institutions, hospitals etc. Speaking in a neighbouring undetected,” he added. and National Institute of change,” Sayeed told media per- in Kashmir, where the Peoples were in bad shape, but asked the district on Saturday, Prime He also said that the G20 group Financial Management (NIFM) sons here during a luncheon Democratic Party (PDP) was run- people and the media to give him Minister Modi pledged govern- of countries’ initiative on auto- to estimate unaccounted income interaction. ning a coalition government with time to put his developmental ment investment in the region. matic transmission of informa- and wealth inside and outside He said superstars like the Bharatiya Janata Party. plans into practice. AFP tion will make every monetary the country. IANS Shahrukh Khan and Salman “We need to provide them the IANS MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

Traditional Vietnamese martial art Dang Tien Duy, 28, (left) bends a metal bar around his head and Vietnamese student Le Duc Thang, 24, bends a metal spear by pressing it into the area around his right eye as he performs during a showcase of traditional Thien Mon Dao kung fu at Du Xa Thuong village, southeast of Hanoi, Vietnam, yesterday. Thien Mon Dao, a traditional Vietnamese martial art, was formed by 18th century villagers in Du Xa Thuong village, who believed the art form could help improve health as well as fight against foreign invaders. There are currently about 3,000 practitioners including farmers, industry workers and state servants. These practitioners say they are able to bend metal against their bodies and carry heavy objects using their throats, eyes or tongues, as well as run across the surface of a river, according to Thien Mon Dao kung fu master Nguyen Khac Phan. The movie world gears up for Cannes

PARIS: The Cannes Film Festival singer Amy Winehouse who died of but starring German-Irish actor Joel and Ethan Coen, no strangers to awards themselves, will preside will lift the curtain on 12 days of alcohol poisoning in 2011 aged 27, will Michael Fassbender and French over the judging panel at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival glamour, movies, deals and par- also be getting an out-of-competition actress Marion Cotillard and filmed Academy Golden Awards Globes BAFTAs ties drawing the elite of the cinema midnight projection. Her family have in Britain — effectively stood in for world, from Hollywood honchos to condemned the film as “misleading” the UK. arthouse auteurs. and disassociated themselves from it. For all of the hype surrounding Ethan Joel Under the Riviera sun — and high This year, Europe easily domi- the Cannes movie screenings, a lot of Year Film N W N W N W security — some of the industry’s big- nates the competition field, account- other activity will be going on at the 1984 Blood Simple gest stars, directors and producers ing for 11 of the 19 movies vying for festival through its market section, 1985 Crimewave will be turning out to tread the red to Asian martial arts in The Assassin, the golden Palme. Most of those are where backstage production deals and 1987 Raising Arizona carpet during the May 13-24 event. to a Hungarian take on the Holocaust from a new generation of filmmakers executive conferences are held and 1990 Cate Blanchett, Matthew in Son of Saul. in France and Italy. But perhaps one valuable contacts made. 1991 Barton Fink 31 McConaughey, Michael Fassbender, Some out-of-competition projec- of the most telling changes seen in the A talk by Netflix chief content 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Marion Cotillard, Colin Farrell, tions, though, are more widely antic- Cannes entries is the predominance officer Ted Sarandos on May 15 will 1996 Fargo 7 2 461 Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Salma ipated. Among them is Mad Max: of English. The global lingua franca be a filled to capacity. The US film 1998 The Big Lebowski Hayek, Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Fury Road, a sci-fi dystopian desert- is used in several of the productions, and TV streaming company is one of 1998 The Naked Man Deneuve, Rachel Weisz, Jesse carnage reboot of the franchise that either as a way of reaching a broader the new big players shaking up the 221 5 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Eisenberg, Naomi Watts and Rooney made Mel Gibson famous, but which audience or to adapt to international cinema industry with its program- 2001 1311 Mara all feature in this year’s movie now stars British actor Tom Hardy. casts, blurring the national origins of ming and unorthodox distribution. 2003 Intolerable Cruelty 2004 The Ladykillers line-up and can be expected to appear Woody Allen’s latest, Irrational some movies. There is also Cannes’s frenzied party 2006 * to promote their films. Man, is also awaited, as are the big Two of the three Italian entries, scene. Every night sees bashes big 2007 To Each His Own Cinema† The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, budget animations The Little Prince Youth and The Tale of Tales, are in and small invest the shore and back- 2007 No Country for Old Men 8 4 4 2 9 3 will definitely be there, as co-presi- and Inside Out, and Israeli-US actress English, as are the sole Greek- and country millionaires’ villas. 2008 Burn After Reading 23 dents of the jury that decides the fes- Natalie Portman’s directorial debut, Norwegian-directed movies in com- One of the highest profile will be 2009 A Serious Man 211 tival’s prestigious Palme d’Or prize. A Tale of Love and Darkness. petition, The Lobster and Louder Than the annual Amfar soiree to raise 2010 True Grit 10 8 1 Other jury members include actors Gaspar Noe, an Argentine direc- Bombs. funds for AIDS research. Sharon 2012 Gambit Jake Gyllenhaal, Sienna Miller and tor who relishes shock cinema, will be Ironically, though, not a single Stone will host the event with Natalie 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis 233 Sophie Marceau. showing his movie Love — suggested British movie is on this year’s list, Portman and the Coen brothers, 2014 Unbroken The movies in competition range to be heavily pornographic, based on although Cannes festival direc- while Gyllenhaal, Milla Jovovich, 2015 Bridge of Spies from Hollywood-style fare, in the a movie poster he released online — in tor Thierry Fremaux said Macbeth Diane Kruger, Isabella Rossellini and 2016 Hail, Caesar! form of Sicario, about a CIA operation a midnight screening. — a retelling of Shakespeare’s Formula One racing champion Lewis Writing credit Directing credit N = Nominated W = Won to bring down a Mexican drug lord, Amy, a documentary about British tragedy directed by an Australian Hamilton will attend. AFP

Simple exercises can help control snoring: Research With Matisse and Van Gogh, Tehran gets a makeover NEW YORK: If snoring is TEHRAN: Drivers and mil- hampering your partner’s lions of commuters used to sound sleep, simple mouth spending hours in Tehran traf- and tongue exercises can do fic jams have at least had some- wonders. Researchers have thing nicer to look at during found that these exercises can journeys this week: Famous reduce frequency of snoring works of art. by 36 percent and total power Advertising hoardings that of snoring by 59 percent. normally feature the latest “This study demonstrates a smartphones, home appliances promising, non-invasive treat- or banks and insurance plans ment for large populations have made way — until May 16 suffering from snoring, the —for masterpieces by famous snorers and their bed part- artists in a giant urban beauti- ners, that are largely omitted fication scheme. from research and treatment,” Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, said Barbara Phillips, medical Edvard Munch’s The Scream director, sleep laboratory at the and The Blue Window by Henry University of Kentucky College Matisse are among the repro- of Medicine in the US. ductions lining streets and high- Snorers can try pushing the ways, aiming to get citizens more tip of the tongue against the roof interested in art and to encour- of the mouth and sliding the age gallery visits. The project — A tongue backward. Sucking the Gallery as Big as a Town — took tongue upward against the roof the city by surprise on Wednesday of the mouth, and pressing the morning. entire tongue against the roof of “It’s great to see these paint- the mouth can also help. ings instead of commercials for Forcing the back of the this or that brand,” said Leyla tongue against the floor of the Mohammadi, a 24-year-old stu- mouth while keeping the tip of dent in the capital. Some 1,600 Cars drive past a billboard displaying the “Blue Window” painting by French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) on Tehran’s Chamran highway. RIGHT: the tongue in contact with the billboards featuring 200 Western Commuters drive past a billboard displaying a reproduction of “The Scream” painting by Norwegian Expressionism pioneer Edward Munch (1863-1944) bottom, front teeth and elevat- and Asian works and 500 Iranian on north Tehran’s Modares highway. ing the back of the roof of the ones now sit near murals of mouth and uvula while saying supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Magritte, stares out at drivers cityscape where concrete hous- has already been judged a success “My customers are very happy the vowel “A” are other exercises Khamenei, his predecessor, from an overpass. ing blocks and revolutionary slo- and will be repeated. about it... at how good the work of that the researchers suggested. the Islamic republic’s founder But the sprawling scheme rep- gans such as “Death to America” The exhibition is being funded the foreign and Iranian artists is,” The study was conducted Ruhollah Khomeini, and count- resents an evolution, albeit tem- and “We will always resist” are by advertisers under a clause in said Mohsen Mosleni, a 60-year- on 39 patients who were ran- less martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war. porary, in the city’s appearance: common. their contracts with the munici- old taxi driver. AFP domised for three months of The art, all of which would have After the Islamic revolution in The art has been a long pality that sets aside for cul- treatment with nasal dilator required approval by the culture 1979 advertising was banned on time coming, Hamid Rezaie, tural promotions or events 10-15 strips plus respiratory exercises ministry, may be considered a the grounds that it encouraged a public relations officer for percent of the fees paid for the (Control) or daily oropharyngeal distraction as well as a welcome materialism and consumerism. the Organisation for Tehran’s billboards. exercises (therapy). The partici- sight in a city where fatal road Street and television adverts, Beautification, said, noting Leading figures in Iran’s art pants were evaluated at study accidents and bad driving are however, started popping up that an Iranian sculptor, Said scene welcomed the scheme. entry and end by sleep question- common. in the 1990s and then prolifer- Shalapour, came up with the idea “What they have done is incred- naires and full polysomnography For example, The Son of Man, ated, now accompanied by the a decade ago. It became a solid ible... it’s an exemplary cultural with objective measurements of the apple in the face of a man occasional public health promo- possibility last year and a frantic act,” Lili Golestan, one of Tehran’s snoring. IANS in tie and bowler hat work by tion. The art also offers a softer push in the past month brought oldest gallery owners, told Belgian surrealist artist Rene side to an architecturally bland the plan together. Rezaie said it Shargh, a moderate newspaper. Monday 11 May 2015 22 Rajab 1436 Volume 20 Number 6427 Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Britain likely Remittances from Qatar double to sell RBS Total remittances of $5.6bn in 2010 nearly double to $10bn in 2014, says World Bank data shares at BY SACHIN KUMAR up, the country will continue to population at the end of December five to ten years. The infrastruc- remit money back to their coun- be a thriving migration hub for 2010 was 1.6 million which surged ture projects will continue to rise, tries. Apart from exchange houses loss this year DOHA: Workers’ remittances people from all across the world,” to 2.2 million at the end of 2014. creating more employment oppor- banks are also playing crucial role have almost doubled in the Sudhesh Giriyan, COO, Xpress “The largest volume of remit- tunities along with other ancillary in Qatar’s remittance sector as LONDON: Britain may begin last five years helped by rising Money, a global money trans- tance comes from Indian expa- sectors such as retail and hospi- they also offer remittance serv- selling part of the state’s hold- population. Total remittances fer company, told The Peninsula. triates while Nepalese, Filipino, tality also seeing an increase. In ices. Growing remittance sector ing in Royal Bank of Scotland from Qatar were $5.6bn in 2010 “With nearly 70 percent of the Egyptian, Bandladeshi expatri- the recent past, even the migrant has helped exchange houses who at a loss later this year, sources which nearly doubled to $10bn Qatari population comprising of ates also send significant amount diaspora within Qatar has seen have witnessed healthy growth in familiar with the matter said. in 2014, according to the World expats and migrants, it comes as of money back to their coun- a diversity; while the dominant their business. The government wants to accel- Bank data. no surprise that the remittance tries,” said Zuber Abdul Rahman, migrant population still continues For Xpress Money, Qatar is the erate the disposal of its shares in “Qatar has been a very lucra- sector has seen an upward trend. Operations Manager, Al Zaman to be of South Asian origin, there fastest growing country among RBS and Lloyds Banking Group, tive country for migration owing The rise in remittances is directly Exchange. Experts believe that is a healthy number of Africans all other countries in the GCC rescued at a combined cost to tax- to the myriad infrastructure proportional to the rise in the Qatar’s remittance sector is likely who are now based out of Qatar, region, as far as remittances are payers of £66bn during the 2007- projects that are currently under- country’s population,” he added. to gain strength in coming years which is balancing the diaspora concerned. “We have seen a 20 09 financial crisis. way which have led to a boom The growth of remittance driven by huge infrastructures cross section,” said Giriyan. percent growth in the overall It has already sold nearly half of in the demand for labour, both sector is directly proportional projects which require expatri- According to industry esti- business in Qatar, and we believe its 41 percent stake in Lloyds but skilled and semi-skilled. With to expats and migrants popula- ates and workers. mates there are around 22 that the growth momentum will has yet to start selling its 80 per- international events such as the tion. Qatar has witnessed sharp “We believe that Qatar will be exchange houses having around continue in the medium term,” cent stake in RBS, which received Football World Cup 2022 coming rise in the populations. Qatar’s able to sustain growth for the next 70 branches helping expats to said Giriyan. THE PENINSULA a £45.2bn state bailout. The Conservative party, which won Britain’s general election last week, sees the sale of shares in bailed-out banks as a reflection of how it has turned around the country’s economic fortunes. It has Greece ‘very close’ made a profit on its investment in Lloyds, but at current share prices it is sitting on a loss of £13.5bn on its investment in RBS. to deal as creditors Sources said that Finance Minister George Osborne is open to the idea of beginning to sell RBS shares at a loss later this year meet in Brussels after the Conservatives won an unexpected majority in Thursday’s ATHENS: Greece and its inter- Greece has been squeezing vote. They said he plans to launch national creditors were “very funds from the central and local an independent review of the mat- close” to a loan deal for the governments to be able to meet ter in the coming weeks. cash-strapped country, a Greek its international loan payments. Osborne said in January that junior minister said yesterday, a Without fresh bailout funds, the party would review what to do day ahead of a key meeting in Athens could face a default and with the government’s RBS stake Brussels. messy exit from the euro within early in the new parliament. “After weeks of painful negotia- weeks, analysts say. At that time, he said he would tion, if the other side is willing, German Finance Minister need a lot of persuading to give up it will become apparent that... Wolfgang Schaeuble, a leading on the principle that the govern- the deal is very close and will critic of the new Greek gov- ment would at least get its money be sealed in the coming period,” ernment’s policy plans, warned back. The Sunday Times reported Euclid Tsakalotos, one of Greece’s yesterday of the risk of sudden that sources at RBS said the main negotiators, told Avgi daily. insolvency. “mood music” from the finance Tsakalotos, a junior foreign “Experience elsewhere in the ministry had changed in recent minister, said Athens and its world has shown that a country months and officials were warm- creditors were “politically apart” can suddenly slide into insol- ing to the idea of allowing a partial on labour and pension issues and vency,” he told the Frankfurter Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Athens stake to be sold at a loss. that some areas “will remain open Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. yesterday a day ahead of a Eurogroup meeting. That could result in UK until the last minute”. When asked whether Berlin Financial Investments (UKFI), At a meeting of eurozone was preparing for such a sce- honoured on schedule. property tax will enable the gov- the 0.5 percent predicted by the which manages the government’s finance ministers today, Greece nario, Schaeuble said only that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, ernment to raise an additional European Commission this week. stake, starting to sell the shares is hoping for a “positive state- “there are some questions that elected in January on an anti- €5-€6bn, To Vima said. The talks A day later, another finance later this year. ment” on negotiations that would a responsible politician should austerity agenda, has called for have been complicated by con- ministry ‘reform plan’ emerged, Osborne has already said he allow for a portion of its €7.2bn not answer. Otherwise there’ll be an “honourable compromise”, and flicting messages from Athens 89 pages long and predicting a plans to sell nearly £9bn worth in remaining bailout loans to be misunderstandings.” his government reportedly plans a on budget targets and on how far growth rate of at least 0.8 per- of Lloyds shares in the next 12 released, officials have said. Schaeuble also stressed that number of concessions to win over the government is prepared to cent this year. months, including some at a dis- European officials have, how- Germany, Europe’s top economy, the country’s creditors. compromise. A poll in Real News daily yester- count to private retail investors. ever, played down the likelihood “will do everything to keep Greece According to To Vima weekly, A number of cabinet hardliners day showed 71.9 percent of Greeks RBS Chief Executive Ross of a deal being agreed today. in the eurozone under responsi- this includes a new unified VAT have urged Tsipras to resist “sub- favoured a compromise to keep McEwan said in March that he “We have made progress, but ble conditions,” adding that he rate of 16 percent for several mission” to Greece’s creditors. the country in the eurozone. believed the government could we are not very close to an agree- and Chancellor Angela Merkel goods and services currently The Wall Street Journal on And if the question was put to start selling RBS shares early in ment,” Eurogroup chair Jeroen agreed that Greece “must not fail taxed at 13 percent. Friday reported that Finance a referendum, as the government the next parliament. Dijsselbloem told Italy’s Corriere because of us.” The new VAT rate, along with Minister Yanis Varoufakis had has indicated it may do, 49.2 per- A Treasury spokesman said he della Sera daily. “It will surely According to sources in Athens, an emergency tax contribution handed his counterparts a 36-page cent said they would accept fur- had no further information to pro- not be reached at the Eurogroup a loan repayment of €750m due for the poor, a restriction on early document forecasting 0.1 per- ther salary and pension cuts if it vide on the sale. RBS declined to meeting on Monday,” he said. tomorrow to the IMF will be retirement and an unpopular cent growth this year, less than meant keeping the euro. AFP comment. REUTERS Economy, markets test patience of Fed chief

WASHINGTON: Janet Yellen 15 months ago the path ahead Meanwhile, the easy money she is concerned that markets have unemployment fell to 5.4 percent. (pictured) could be losing seemed clear: end the huge quan- policy was fueling stock and prop- too easily shrugged off a rate hike But here was no sign of rising patience. And that could mean a titative easing stimulus program erty speculators while its impact and the turmoil it could bring to wages — an indicator Yellen herself lot for global markets. of her predecessor, Ben Bernanke, on overall growth was starting markets. Stock valuations “gener- has focused on to show labor mar- When the chair of the Federal in October 2014, and then after to diminish. The Fed repeatedly ally are quite high,” she said at a ket tightening. Reserve said on Wednesday that around six months begin raising implied that a rate rise could finance forum Wednesday. “There Moreover, the labour force par- stocks were overvalued and bond interest rates. That was the path come around mid-year 2015. In are potential dangers there.” ticipation rate, the measure of what yields too low, it was a signal that toward “normalization,” easing out March, it sent a major signal for Bond markets were risky too. percent of working-age Americans investors should not expect to of the crisis-era monetary policy the coming hike, by dropping from “We need to be attentive to the pos- are actually working or seeking jobs, indulge on the Fed’s cheap dollars that had the Fed pumping trillions its policy statement a pledge to sibility that when Fed decides it’s remained at a post-2008 crisis low forever. But after a knee-jerk reac- of dollars into the economy even remain “patient” for the economic time to begin raising rates, these of 62.8 percent, compared to more tion to the warning, two days later with its benchmark interest rate data to improve. term premiums could move up and than 66 percent before the crisis. Wall Street was back near record stuck at zero for six years. It was But since then, patient is what we could see a sharp jump in long Yellen is clearly caught between highs and bond yields even lower nearing the time to normalize. As the Fed has had to be. US eco- term rates,” she said. the economy and markets in decid- than before Yellen spoke. 2014 progressed, the United States nomic growth stalled in the first Stocks took the calculated mes- ing the first rate rise. While her The reason? Friday’s April jobs generated more than 3 million new quarter, and markets read that as sage at face value, sinking sharply, primary guide has to be the eco- report that suggested the economy jobs and the unemployment rate meaning a longer wait for a rate while bond yields spiked higher nomic data, she cannot ignore still has some ways to go to meet sank toward the Fed’s target. rise, even though the Fed stressed — for all of two days. Then came potential bubbles in asset markets, the Fed’s criteria for beginning to Inflation, which the Fed wants to that the slowdown was mainly the April jobs report which sug- even if those markets ignore her. raise interest rates. And that means bring to 2.0 percent, did not pick up, for “transitory” reasons, like the gested the winter slowdown was That could mean breaking the more easy money for investors. but there were reasons for that, like severe winter weather. not completely past. The job crea- ice even if the economy still shows When Yellen became Fed chair the oil price crash. Yellen made clear this week that tion number was pretty strong, and weakness, some analysts say. AFP MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Eurozone set to report solid growth For the first time in many years, eurozone performed far better than the US economy

LONDON: With optimism unemployment and feeble or no even required. Germany, Europe’s wrote Huw Pill at Goldman Sachs. consultancy Capital Economics. building that the United States growth that Europe is able to pick largest economy and the one that The Bank of England also will “Even if the cuts are achieved, at is already recovering smartly up some of the slack. was most opposed to ECB bond announce its interest rate policy least interest rates will stay lower from another horrible start to For the first time in many purchases, is forecast to have this week and publish its latest for longer to help compensate.” the year, focus will shift this years, it seems clear that the grown 0.5 percent. France, which Inflation Report, just days after Across the Atlantic, key week to reports that may show eurozone performed not only bet- has been the laggard among the Prime Minister David Cameron releases on retail sales data and the eurozone is finally shaking ter, but far better than the US, big economies, is expected to grow swept back to power in national on US consumer confidence are off half a decade of torpor. which almost certainly suffered 0.4 percent. elections with a narrow major- both expected to show modest The 19-member currency union a mild economic contraction in Even Italy is expected to chalk ity that took political pundits improvement following a solid set Air Arabia aircraft. has been a millstone around the January-March. up 0.2 percent growth. and much of the electorate by of jobs data published on Friday global economy’s neck ever since Eurozone growth is forecast at One thing that analysts seem surprise. that still showed no serious wage the financial crisis spawned a 0.5 percent, according to a poll of in agreement on is that apart But no change in policy is pressures. The Fed remains on Air Arabia net sovereign debt crisis particular economists, which would even put from Greece’s seemingly end- expected. If anything, a platform course to raise interest rates this to Europe. China’s economy is no it ahead of Britain, which consist- less fiscal troubles, many positive of rapid fiscal retrenchment year, but a risk it pulls the trig- profit up 13pc longer driving growth and other ently has been leading the biggest forces have lined up behind the planned by the Conservative gov- ger at the June meeting has now emerging markets like Brazil are economies in Europe, not only in eurozone in addition to the launch ernment has analysts now pre- faded for even the most optimistic grappling with disappointing per- growth but employment. of massive amounts of monetary dicting that record low interest on the economy’s prospects. in first quarter formance in the run-up to what Given that the European stimulus. “This recovery is sup- rates may stay near zero well into “This (jobs) report will keep most expect will be the first US Central Bank only just began in ported by five underlying drivers: next year to offset the pain. the Fed on track for tighten- interest rate hike in nearly a dec- March a €60bn-a-month bond (1) stronger external demand; (2) “A Tory victory means that ing this year but it will not help DOHA: Air Arabia, the first ade later this year. purchase programme of mainly easier domestic financial condi- the economy will have to endure the case for moving earlier than and largest low cost carrier So it is all the more crucial sovereign debt, such growth data tions; (3) an end to fiscal auster- a fairly aggressive renewal September,” wrote Jim O’Sullivan operator in the Middle East for more than just its citizens certainly would raise even louder ity; (4) a weaker euro exchange of the fiscal squeeze,” noted at High Frequency Economics. and North Africa, announced suffering from years of high cries that perhaps stimulus is not rate; and (5) lower oil prices,” Vicky Redwood at independent REUTERS its financial results for the first quarter of 2015 as the airline’s route and hub expansion strat- egy continued to deliver strong financials and healthy passen- Nile Ritz-Carlton ger number growth. ‘Problem of feeding urban For the three months end- ing March 31, 2015, Air Arabia to open this reported a net profit of Dh85m, an increase of 13 percent on the summer in Cairo population challenging’ corresponding 2014 figure of Dh75m. During the same period, DOHA: The Nile Ritz-Carlton DOHA: Food is at the centre The chief of the UAE-based the airline’s turnover reached in Cairo will open in the late stage of Milan Expo 2015, the financial group also went on Dh886m, an increase of 7 percent summer this year, the company second to last pit stop for the to cite examples of how urban compared to Dh827m in the first said in a statement. world exhibition before it makes farming and other innovations quarter of last year. The hotel is undergoing a com- its way to Dubai in 2020. This have helped developing countries Around 1.8 million passengers plete renovation whilst retaining year’s expo which kickstarted tackle the problem of food pro- flew with Air Arabia between many of the original features, on May 1 with the theme duction and its wastage amid the January and March 2015, which reminding guests of the cher- ‘Feeding the Planet, Energy for rapidly increasing urban popula- is 10 per cent higher than the ished memories of days gone by, Life’, will showcase new food, tion. He then touched upon the number of 1.6 million for the cor- yet well-prepared to host a new energy, science and environ- need to develop proper storage responding period of last year. generation of guests with a desire mental technology of 147 par- facilities and also reduce logistical The airline’s average seat load to uncover the mystique of the ticipants and nations, including inefficiency by streamlining the factor — or passengers carried historic city. the UN, EU and CERN over the movement of the crops from the as a percentage of available seats “The Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo coming six months. farm to the consumer. His speech — during the first three months will amplify the hotel’s clas- Adeeb Ahamed, CEO of LuLu also urged consumers to take the of 2015 stood at an impressive 81 sic legacy with a contemporary Financial Group, one of the upper hand in seeing that food per cent. approach. As a brand, we are speakers during the session on does not go to waste. “We are delighted to record proud of instilling in all our prop- feeding an urban nation, said, “Information and communi- another quarter of strong per- erties, a distinct personality rooted “The problem of feeding a popu- cation technology holds great Adeeb Ahamed, CEO of LuLu Financial Group. formance across our operations, in a sense of place and history,” lation in excess of 6 billion in the potential in assisting farmers with Air Arabia maintaining its said Hervé Humler, President near futures is as challenging as it and bridging the gap between example of two IT executives in Following on the same lines, steady, long-term growth trajec- & Chief Operations Officer, The is multi-faceted. Tackling hunger researchers, policy makers and India who left their plush cor- other topics discussed at the event tory,” said Sheikh Abdullah bin Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. “By isn’t just about increasing produc- the press. Such interesting inno- porate jobs to develop an app to included the challenges of food Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman complementing the property’s tion. It also includes cutting down vations should be scaled up and assist farmers. The app called safety, traceability and sustain- of Air Arabia. “The increase in natural strengths with our focus on wastage, introducing policies to be made available to other emerg- Rainbow enables farmers make ability for a growing and demand- profits coupled with continuous on bespoke service, diverse experi- tackle climate change, transport- ing nations as well,” added Adeeb informed decision for better yield ing global population, investing in growth in seat factors and ever ences and rich memories, we aim ing food amidst adequate supplies, Ahamed. of crops. Users can also get lat- healthy innovation and empow- expanding route strategy is a to reinstate the hotel as pride of supporting farmers and promot- Highlighting the emergence est agro news, location based cli- ering consumer choice, and the reflection of Air Arabia’s sustain- national tourism in the country.” ing technology change among a of technology in agriculture and mate updates and contacts for the importance of international trade, able business model”. THE PENINSULA myriad of other solutions.” farming, Adeeb Ahamed cited the nearest seed and fertiliser dealers. among others. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Latin America’s investment future depends on corruption-busting

PLAYA DEL CARMEN: here last week that state-owned nosedive following scandals in week sacked her entire cabinet America’s biggest economy has absolutely crucial,” stressed Jose Corruption across Latin institutions were becoming less their own countries. Chile has as she attempts to manage fallout left Rousseff’s popularity in free- Ignacio Sanchez Galan, CEO of America must be overcome or alluring for investors. consistently been ranked as the from the affair. Bachelet’s approval fall. Rousseff wants to jumpstart Spain’s energy player Iberdrola. foreign investors could turn “Institutions are losing their least corrupt country in Latin rating has slumped to 31 percent, the Brazilian economy — which Mexico’s President Enrique their backs on the region as it shine, the quality that they should America according to an annual the lowest level of her two presi- eked out just 0.1 percent growth Pena Nieto warned that corrup- seeks to attract capital inflows, have,” Leite said, blaming the index issued by the Transparency dential terms, and left her ambi- last year — by expanding trade tion was deeply embedded in the experts warn. problem on a failure of govern- International graft watchdog. tious reform agenda in tatters. and attracting foreign invest- region. “Corruption sometimes The scourge of corruption has ance. “This should be looked at However, Bachelet’s govern- In Brazil, Rousseff’s govern- ment, especially in much-needed has a cultural side to it,” Pena rocked leaders across the region, from the angle of leadership,” he ment has taken a hit after rev- ment is reeling from the country’s infrastructure spending. Nieto said. “It is the scourge of with Brazilian President Dilma stressed. “Good policies depend elations that her son and his wife worst ever corruption scandal But “as long as the legislation our societies, and especially across Rousseff and Chilean counterpart on having the right leaders. It is used political influence and inside which has seen dozens of politi- is not modernised, regulated and Latin America.” Michelle Bachelet both embroiled about leadership and talent as information to make $5m on a cians, mainly close allies, accused starts to be applied, as is the His own government has by damaging graft scandals. opposed to the institutions. It is shady real estate deal. of collusion in a kickbacks scheme case of Brazil, there is a certain faced corruption scandals and Eduardo Leite, chairman of about ethics and the way we gov- While is there no evidence tying involving contracts with state- instability in the progress,” Leite allegations of collusion, yet Baker & MacKenzie, the US-based ern ourselves.” Bachelet to the case, the scandal owned oil firm Petrobras. argued. For investors, the “legal Pena Nieto said he still was legal giant, told a World Economic Both Bachelet and Rousseff has been devastating for Chile’s The scandal involving the framework, stability, predictabil- criticised for making that com- Forum on Latin America held have seen their approval ratings first woman president, who last biggest corporation in Latin ity, and long-term planning is ment. AFP Uganda’s ‘oil rush’ town stuck in the slow lane

HOIMA: Before the discovery said Betty Tibesigwa, manager of that would lift Uganda’s 38 mil- of large amounts of oil in Lake Rosaline Suites, a new hotel and lion people out of poverty but Albert, Hoima was a forlorn office complex that is home to development has proceeded at a and remote town in Western Chinese oil company CNOOC’s snail’s pace, stymied by spats over Uganda, whose main sources of operations in Uganda. planning and taxes. “Oil comes income were farming and the “People from all over the world with its own hype. This invest- trickle of tourists heading to will be visiting Hoima,” she told ment seems to be way ahead of its nearby national parks. Reuters enthusiastically. “We’re time,” says Stephen Kaboyo, man- A decade later, an oil-fuelled coming in to offer services at the aging director at Alpha Capital boom is transforming the town standard one would expect of a Partners, a leading Ugandan fund nearest the lake, with smart new town with such promising and manager. “These investors won’t office blocks and hotels draw- booming business.” find enough business activity to ing scores of new businesses and CNOOC, Britain’s Tullow Oil support them right away. We’ll people from engineers to pros- and France’s Total are among have idle capacity.” titutes to bankers. But with the companies exploring for oil Officials are now eyeing 2018 east African nation yet to pump beneath Lake Albert, a pristine as the start of production, but A woman shops at a grocery store in Hoima town, Uganda. a single drop of oil, this rapid body of water in the heart of the Kaboyo believes this is still too development may be premature. Rift Valley estimated to contain optimistic, pointing to infra- Oil executives say production will crude reserves of 6.5 billion bar- structure delays such as a $4.5bn, a $2.5bn domestic refinery was to start before 2016. Government says the country could earn start in 2018 at the earliest. rels. The discovery of oil there 1,300km export pipeline to the awarded only early this year, to economists estimate that devel- from crude sales during the life- “Everybody in the country and about 10 years ago unleashed Kenyan coast that has not yet Russia’s RT-Global Resources, oping the oil fields will cost $15- time of the Lake Albert fields. the region is looking at Hoima,” dreams of an economic windfall been started. The tender to build and construction is not expected 22bn, against $50bn that Tullow REUTERS MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 China cuts rates for 3rd time in six months As economy sputters and growth shows further loss of momentum, more easing may still be needed

BEIJING: China cut inter- the PBOC said. interest rate system in 2012. the economic slowdown,” said Xu passing on lower interest rates to deposit rate allowed by authorities. est rates for the third time in “At the same time, the overall Economists had said it was Hongcai, a senior economist at borrowers, and credit is still not And with the prospect that bor- six months yesterday in a bid level of domestic prices remains a matter of when, not if, China China Centre for International flowing to the sectors in most rowing costs may stay stubbornly to lower companies’ borrow- low, and real interest rates are eased policy again after economic Economic Exchanges, a well- need of the funds. elevated, government economists ing costs and stoke a sputter- still higher than the historical growth in the first quarter cooled connected think-tank in Beijing. “The effectiveness of the rate said earlier this month authori- ing economy that is headed for average,” it said. to 7 percent, a level not seen since A cooling property market and cut won’t be very big,” said Li ties may ramp up state spending its worst year in a quarter of a The rate cut came just days the depths of the 2008-09 global slackening growth in manufactur- Qilin, an economist at Minsheng to shore up growth, in the hope century. after weaker-than-expected April financial crisis. ing and investment have weighed Securities. “The PBOC has that fiscal policy would work Analysts welcomed the widely- trade and inflation data, high- Indeed, some analysts have on the Chinese economy. Annual already cut benchmark interest where monetary policy hasn’t. expected move, but predicted lighting that China’s economy is even said recently that the PBOC growth is widely forecast to sag to rate by a total of 65 basis points, But Li Huiyong, an economist at policymakers would relax reserve under persistent pressure from had fallen behind the curve by not 7 percent this year, down from 7.4 but borrowing costs have only Shenwan Hongyuan Securities, requirements and cut rates again soft demand at home and abroad. responding aggressively enough to percent in 2014. fallen marginally.” cautioned against thinking that in the coming months to counter While the PBOC acknowledged deteriorating conditions. In an attempt to energise activ- Banks are also struggling as lower borrowing costs would not the headwinds facing the world’s the difficulties facing China’s With China set to publish more ity, the PBOC has now lowered the economy founders. Lending trickle down to businesses and second-largest economy. economy, it said in its statement key economic data on Wednesday, interest rates and relaxed the has slowed, bad loans are piling consumers at some point. “Don’t The People’s Bank of China accompanying the announcement including industrial output and reserve requirement ratio (RRR) up, and profits margins are get- underestimate the cumulative (PBOC) said on its website it was that it wants to strike a balance investment, the timing of the rate five times in six months, and ting squeezed as China liberalises effect of the cuts in interest rates lowering its benchmark, one-year between supporting growth and cut could add to worries that fig- many economists believe more its interest rate market. Banks’ and RRR,” Li said. “This won’t be lending rate by 25 basis points to deepening structural reforms. ures may disappoint across the policy loosening is in store. earnings reports last month the last cut. 5.1 percent from May 11. It cut As part of these reforms, it board again, as they did in March. This is partly because despite showed profit growth hit a six- “The rate could be lowered to the benchmark deposit rate by lifted the ceiling for deposit rates For now, however, some were the steady drum roll of policy eas- year low in the first quarter. 2 percent at least, and we expect the same amount to 2.25 percent. to 1.5 times the benchmark level, confident that policymakers can ing, there are indications it has Given these challenges, the the economy to gradually stabi- “China’s economy is still facing the biggest increase in the ceil- arrest the slide. “Intensified policy not benefited the real economy. PBOC said it does not expect lise in the coming two quarters.” relatively big downward pressure,” ing since it began to liberalise the loosening will help effectively halt Some data suggests banks are not banks to pay savers the maximum REUTERS

Unpopular tax hands Saudi’s Al Rajhi Bank fresh ammunition to CEO resigns Malaysia PM’s foes DUBAI: Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi Arabia’s second largest bank by assets, is to replace its chief KUALA LUMPUR: An unpop- like me,” said Kuala Lumpur pre- executive, with the new head’s ular new consumption tax has school teacher Siti Nora Manaf, priority likely to be reversing handed fresh ammunition to 62. Like many Malaysian con- its fortunes after seven straight critics of Malaysia’s embattled sumers, she already faced rising quarterly profit drops. prime minister, with angry con- costs, with the ringgit currency Suleiman bin Abdul Aziz Al sumers complaining it has sent at its weakest in years due to Zabin resigned as chief execu- some prices surging, and econo- concerns over the impact of soft tive for personal reasons, effec- mists warning it could harm world oil prices. Malaysia is heav- tive May 17, it said yesterday in growth. ily dependent on energy exports. a statement. The government on April 1 Siti Nora said the price of a bag His replacement would be introduced the six-percent Goods of rice — supposedly exempt from Steve Bertamini, who had been and Services Tax (GST), which the GST — has jumped 40 percent appointed chief executive, effec- taxes transactions throughout since April 1 amid the confusion. tive from May 18, it said. the business supply chain and She has begun growing vegetables University of Texas graduate replaces earlier sales and serv- in the small garden at her home, Bertamini was group executive ice taxes on end-consumers that while slashing other living costs. director and chief executive of ranged from 6 to 10 percent. Najib last month defended consumer banking for Standard The government had said the the tax as “an important reform Chartered between May 2008 and more streamlined tax regime that will help us build a stronger, January 2015, according to his would lead to lower prices for more sustainable and transparent A Malaysian girl checks her mobile phone at a mall in Kuala Lumpur. LinkedIn page. many key items and boost govern- economy”. Replacement of Saudi nationals ment revenue in Southeast Asia’s He has said short-term pain as export markets have softened. his reputation has been ham- over rising government debt. with foreigners in senior positions third-largest economy. was unavoidable, while vowing to “There will be a pullback in con- mered this year by a drip-feed of The government says an esti- in the kingdom is relatively rare, Experts agree Malaysia’s big- clamp down on profiteering. sumer spending and it could last damaging allegations of fraud at mated $6bn in additional annual with Bertamini believed to be one gest tax reform in decades is But critics question the timing until September due to waning a debt-ridden state investment revenue will be raised by the GST, of the first non-Saudi chief execu- necessary — fewer than three of the GST’s introduction. consumer sentiment,” Chua said. company he oversees. Najib has which exempts politically sensi- tives at the bank since its found- million of the country’s 30 million After Malaysia’s economy grew He added, however, that scrap- skirted demands that he explain tive staples such as rice, sugar, ing in the late 1950s. people pay income tax, and high 6 percent last year, the World ping the GST would be a “disas- how hundreds of millions of dol- and cooking oil. “He comes with a wealth of government debt has economists Bank in January forecast a slow- ter” that would shatter investor lars have allegedly gone missing But opponents of the GST say experience in managing the worried. down in 2015 to a still-enviable 4.7 confidence. Economists remain from deals involving 1Malaysia consumers are being stuck with retail business, which has tradi- But implementation has been percent, citing the oil-price woes. guardedly optimistic on the finan- Development Berhad (1MDB). the bill for a system in which tionally been the bank’s strong- marked by mass confusion over Malaysian consumers also cial outlook, and foreign invest- He has denied wrongdoing and huge sums of money are alleg- est position,” said Murad Ansari, how the tax works, its array of shoulder some of Asia’s highest ment remains solid. ordered government auditors to edly wasted by the government director of equity research at exemptions, and contradictory levels of personal debt, increasing But worried comparisons are examine 1MDB’s books. or go missing each year, and have EFG-Hermes. government statements, with public sensitivity to price shocks. being made with Japan, which The opposition has repeatedly demanded administrative reforms Last month Al Rajhi posted many businesses hiking prices “Everyone’s wallet is being raised its consumption tax last warned that Najib’s government first. $405.35m in the first quarter, amid the uncertainty. hit. Salaries are not going up, year, a move blamed for stifling will use taxpayer money to bail “There is a genuine need for 11 percent down from the same The issue sparked a May Day and going forward consumers consumer spending and triggering out 1MDB, which is mired in $11 more money in government cof- period of last year. protest by thousands of opponents will face a hard time,” said Paul a recession. billion in debt. Officials have said fers, but public confidence in how The bank’s consumer business and has provided fresh fodder for Selvaraj, head of the Federation Anger over the tax comes as there will be no bailout. it will be spent is low,” Malaysia has been hit by new rules and ruling-party forces seeking Prime of Malaysian Consumers Najib is struggling to fend off a Reports of his family’s lavish political analyst Bridget Welsh tougher competition from other Minister Najib Razak’s ouster Associations. persistent campaign for his ouster lifestyle also have stoked public wrote in an essay this week. lenders in the kingdom. It has over allegations of corruption and Chua Hak Bin, a Bank of by influential former prime min- anger. Najib, who is also finance “The GST has become a prob- one of the highest exposures in mismanagement. America Merrill Lynch econo- ister Mahathir Mohamad. minister, has been under pressure lem for Najib and this problem the financial sector to the retail “We are victims of a misman- mist, said the GST will crimp the Najib was weakened by 2013 to get Malaysia’s financial house is only likely to intensify as the segment, with more than 60 per- aged economy. (The GST) hurts domestic spending that Malaysia’s polls in which the long-ruling in order amid warnings of a pos- politics surrounding the measure cent of its loan book related to the poor and the middle-class economy increasingly relies on coalition nearly lost power, and sible sovereign credit downgrade grow more contentious.” AFP that segment. REUTERS

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Filipina actress Anne Curtis along with other officials of Malabar Gold & Diamonds unveils a new line of exclusive collections in 18 K gold at an event held in Karama Center, UAE. The new range includes ornaments in 18 K ranging from necklaces, studs, pendants, rings, bracelets and bangles that reflect remarkable expertise of craftsmen and unparalleled creativity. MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Tensions in Indonesia as economy skids President calls meeting as growth slowest since 2009

JAKARTA: When Indonesian hoped would be able to spur a Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, the President Joko Widodo sum- quick economic recovery, increas- president’s deputy chief of staff, moned his economy ministers to ingly isolated. says palace officials know the the palace this week to discuss “There is too much bad, bad economy is slowing but feel they growth slumping to its lowest policymaking that’s happening are being let down by a cabinet level since 2009, they weren’t right now,” said one senior exec- heavy on politicians and short on the only ones to show up. utive at multinational company experienced technocrats. “The Dozens of senior figures from in Jakarta. “It’s a combination of president has led the way, he has Widodo’s political party arrived people trying to learn on the job cleared up here and there himself, to make their views heard after and not getting stuff done.” rather than the government. So I data showed Southeast Asia’s A slump in commodity prices hope that the ministers will fol- largest economy is smaller, in has added to the economic head- low. If I were the president, I’d real terms, than when he took winds for the resource-rich econ- command them to,” he said. office in October. “We’re here to omy. Widodo did move quickly Widodo’s Indonesian convey to the government that when global oil prices plunged by Democratic Party of Struggle A worker paints a scaffolding for a Mass Rapid Transit station along a street in Jakarta. budget disbursement has been scrapping petrol subsidies and (PDI-P) is taking advantage of his slow because ministers have not freeing up some $20bn to spend troubles to push for greater rep- done their jobs,” said party official on ports, roads and railways. resentation in the government. repeatedly said a reshuffle could have been made for all projects the political or military establish- Olly Dondokambey, after he and But the country’s slow-mov- That could come, they hope, with take place within weeks. Widodo under the public-works ministry, ment, may find it hard to resist colleagues swept through the pal- ing bureaucracy has struggled a cabinet reshuffle. has not commented on the mat- which oversees the bulk of infra- pressure to include more PDI-P ace gates in a showy motorcade. to spend the cash, and many One senior palace adviser, who ter, but with opinion polls showing structure spending. in a new cabinet. Widodo has vowed to lift eco- infrastructure projects, pivotal asked not to be named, said Chief public dismay as inflation nudges Ministers say they are con- A reshuffle less than a year into nomic growth to 7 percent on to boosting investment, are tied Economics Minister Sofyan Djalil higher, a near-term reshuffle is fident the economy is over the his presidency could be seen as a average over his five-year term, up in red tape. As of April 25, and Finance Minister Bambang widely expected. worst, though concede growth failure to appoint competent offi- but critics and even some of his the government had spent only Brodjonegoro would probably sur- In their defence, ministers say could be as low as 5.2 percent this cials in the first place, Jakarta- own advisers say the economy has 7 trillion rupiah ($537.8m), or 2 vive a cabinet reshuffle because they have been hindered by a re- year, below the official target of based Concord Consulting group actually gone into reverse because percent, of its 290 trillion rupiah they are seen by investors as safe write of Widodo’s budget. “The 5.7 percent. Djalil insisted Widodo wrote in a research note. of incompetent ministers and budget for infrastructure spend- pairs of hands. However, mid- new government had to start is not disappointed with the eco- “There is also no guarantee bungling bureaucrats. ing. Slow government spending ranking ministers, such as those again with the revision of the nomics team, though “everybody that the replacements will fare Slow progress boosting growth was partly behind the slide in responsible for trade, industry, state budget in February,” Djalil needs to move faster”. any better, especially if the proc- and sniping from within Widodo’s gross domestic product growth planning and public works, may told reporters. If the economy doesn’t recover ess of selecting new ministers is party have left the former furni- to 4.7 percent in the first quarter be dropped. He said problems with bureauc- soon then Widodo, the first marred with political interests,” ture salesman, who many people of this year. Vice President Jusuf Kalla has racy are being fixed and tenders Indonesian president from outside it said. REUTERS

Oryx Rotana gets Best USAA creates research team to study use of Business Hotel award bitcoin technology DOHA: Oryx Rotana, a five star our efforts by Business Traveller luxury business hotel in Doha Middle East’s valuable readers.” NEW YORK: USAA, a San Antonio, Texas-based owned by Qatar Airways and “Doha is growing at an incred- financial institution serving current and former mem- under the supervision of Rotana ible rate and with so many new bers of the military, is studying the underlying tech- Hotel Management Corporation hotels and restaurants planning nology behind the digital currency bitcoin to help make PJSC, has been named as the to open, the competition is very its operations more efficient, a company executive said. Best Business Hotel in Doha at high. But our commitment to Alex Marquez, managing director of corporate devel- the Business Traveller Middle delivering a five-star service our opment at USAA, said in an interview this week that East Awards 2015. attention to detail is what makes the company and its banking, insurance, and investment Yet another coveted accolade our hotel a favourite not only management subsidiaries hoped the “blockchain” tech- for Rotana was the Best Hotel among travellers, but locals as nology could help decentralise its operations such as the Loyalty Programme in the Middle well,” Jwainat added. back office. East. The hotelier has won the Rotana is renowned in the He said USAA had a large team researching the poten- award at the BTME Awards for Mena region with an aggressive tial of the blockchain, an open ledger of a digital curren- two consecutive years. expansion plan in place for the cy’s transactions, viewed as bitcoin’s main technological Oryx Rotana’s Cluster Director highest levels of service quality innovation. It lets users make payments anonymously, of Marketing & Communications, and guest comfort. Oryx Rotana instantly, and without government regulation. Lana Jwainat said: “It was a real Doha is one of Rotana’s properties The blockchain ledger is accessible to all users of bit- coup to win the award, given the that has been growing fast and coin, a virtual currency created through a computer “min- high level of competition that the making its way to the top since ing” process that uses millions of calculations. Bitcoin has hotel faced across the region. We the opening almost five years ago. no ties to a central bank and is viewed as an alternative Officials with the award. are honoured to be recognised for THE PENINSULA to paying for goods and services with credit cards. “We have serious interest in the blockchain and we think the technology would have an impact on the organi- zation,” said Marquez. “The fact that we have such a large group of people working on this shows how serious we are about the potential of this technology.” Fraser Suites wins Leading Serviced Apartments award USAA, which provides banking, insurance and other products to 10.7 million current or former members of the military, owns and manages assets of about $213bn. DOHA: Fraser Suites Doha has Serviced Apartments again this Marquez said USAA had no plans to dabble in the bit- retained the World Travel Awards year,” said Mustapha Henini, coin as a currency. Its foray into the blockchain reflects Middle East title as Doha’s General Manager of Fraser Suites a trend among banking institutions trying to integrate Leading Serviced Apartments Doha. “Receiving this award for the bitcoin technology into their systems. BNY Mellon and the for the third time, recognis- third year is truly a reflection of UBS have announced initiatives to explore the blockchain ing its commitment to excellence the team’s efforts in consistently technology. and innovation in maintaining delivering high service standards. Most large banks are testing the blockchain internally, high product and service stand- We are grateful for the continued said David Johnston, managing director at Dapps Venture ards. Reinforcing this accolade support from those who voted for Fund in Austin, Texas. “All of the banks are going through is Frasers Hospitality’s over- us and are determined to continue that process of trying to understand how this technology all recognition as Middle East’s improving the Frasers Hospitality is going to evolve.” Leading Serviced Apartment experience.” “I would say that by the end of the year, most will have Brand by World Travel Awards. Fraser Suites Doha offers one solidified a blockchain technology strategy, how the bank The most prestigious awards of of the largest selections of rooms is going to implement and how it will move the technol- the travel and tourism industry, the that range from studios to three ogy forward.” World Travel Awards is the ulti- bedroom suites boasting of contem- USAA is still in early stages of its research and has yet mate hallmark of quality, where porary Italian design. Extending to identify how it will implement the technology. travel professionals and high-end across 15 floors, Fraser Suites Doha In January this year, USAA invested in Coinbase, the tourism consumers vote winners. offers a range of business and lei- biggest bitcoin company, which runs a host of services, Officials with the award. “We are very honoured to have sure facilities that rival the best including an exchange and a wallet, which is how bitcoins been voted as Doha’s Leading hotels in Doha. THE PENINSULA are stored by users online. REUTERS IBM’s supercomputer Watson strives to be jack of all trades

NEW YORK: Watson already opponents on the “Jeopardy” quiz through leaks. It’s bad for rev- Medtronic to monitor patients He was speaking at a New York Benini, co-founder of Elemental has won a major TV game show, has been reaching into its enues, it’s bad for the environ- with diabetes and to manage post- event to encourage new applica- Path. show, is looking for a cure for computing power since then for ment, it’s bad for the security,” operative treatments. tions for the supercomputer. Watson is also getting consid- cancer and has ambitious gas- an array of other services. said Robert Dale, Arria’s chief Watson is also in banking: IBM sees so much potential in erable attention in the kitchen. tronomy ambitions including IBM has developed a Watson technical officer. working with financial firms to Watson that it announced plans It uses data analytics to blend devising a recipe for chocolate- Engagement Advisor applica- In health care, IBM in the past help advisers compare invest- last year to invest $1bn in the flavours and come up with new beef burritos. tion to counsel members of the week expanded its partnerships in ment offerings. “The applicabil- division, and nearly 20 business combinations. The IBM supercomputer is military and their families how cancer research to 14 US treat- ity of the technology is unlimited, sectors have joined the effort. “Watson gives us ingredients to becoming a jack of all trades for to smartly manage shifting to life ment centres to help developed anywhere where large amounts Watson has teamed with make a dish, selected to pair well the US tech giant — including in after the service. personalised care based on genet- of information exist, the technol- Elemental Path, maker of “smart together,” said James Briscione its new role as a business consult- In the oil and gas sector, IBM ics for cases that are difficult ogy can be applied,” said Mike toys,” such as a dinosaur that can of the Institute of Culinary ant and analyst for various indus- has worked with the British tech to treat. IBM has worked with Rhodin, Senior Vice-President of tell stories and answer questions Education. tries by using massive Internet group Arria to integrate Watson’s health insurers to use big data IBM’s Watson division. “We are at from children. “It has the brain of “Every dish we put together databases. capabilities to help improve man- to improve patient care and has a point in human history where Watson, the spirit of a dinosaur, is a combination of ingredients Watson, which gained fame agement of leaks in refineries. joined with Johnson & Johnson we generate more data than we and efficient answers... to the that nobody has ever seen before,” in 2011 for defeating human “You can lose a billion dollars and the medical device maker can consume.” most awkward questions,” said JP Briscione said. AFP MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Brazil’s austerity plans Investors eye ECB help now under growing fire BY ALONSO SOTO and BRIAN WINTER

razil Finance Minister Joaquim Levy’s four-month-old auster- after bond shakeout ity plan is encountering growing resistance in Congress, as some legislators say his policies may deepen a looming reces- BY SINEAD CRUISE Bsion. Past week, leaders in President Dilma Rousseff’s own realisation that negative bond long running market trends, prices up until September 2016 Workers’ Party refused to pass a reduction in social welfare benefits yields just don’t make any suffered in April because they at least. “I wouldn’t bet a sin- designed to save the government 9bn reais ($2.9bn) this year. Instead, ollowing a recent sell- sense and that, save for some had bet on further rises in bond gle euro on the ECB tapering the House of Deputies narrowly passed a watered-down version of the off in German bunds, economic catastrophe, interest markets. Data from industry its programme,” said Franck bill that reduced the measures’ estimated savings by at least 2bn reais. pension fund manag- rates will rise over the medium tracker Eurekahedge showed Dixmier, Chief Investment Even though the Bovespa share index is up about 16 percent since Fers are resisting mak- term.” “It is likely that we have CTAs lost on average 1.7 per- Officer of Allianz Global Levy took office, the unemployment rate is still rising and so is the ing any major changes to their seen the lows,” said Iggo, who cent in April. “As the trend Investors’ €171bn European nation’s primary deficit, raising questions about whether his plan of exposure to European gov- is the chief investment officer reversal occurred, they strug- fixed income business. budget cuts and tax increases will put Brazil’s finances in order after ernment debt, confident that for bonds. gled,” said Philippe Ferreira, “Draghi was quite clear in his years of high deficits and disappointing growth. “(Levy) is shooting demand from the European Government bonds are a key head of research at Lyxor Asset last press conference that what himself in the foot,” Paulo Paim, a senior Workers’ Party senator who Central Bank (ECB) will sta- part of pension fund portfolios Management. really matters is looking beyond introduced many of the changes in the watered-down bill, said. “I don’t bilise markets. because they are viewed as an Some of the biggest hedge headline numbers and assessing think these measures will make us grow more in the future. They Around a third of all out- I.O.U that will be paid on time fund losers in April were Cantab genuine medium to long term make the recession worse.” standing eurozone sovereign and in full. For this reason, Capital Partners Quantitative economic developments. The Brazil’s economy has been stagnant for most of the past four years, paper offered negative yields most pension funds prefer to Fund, down 9 percent and ECB is far from achieving its and is expected to shrink 1.2 percent this year, according to the aver- last month, prompting some hold on to their sovereign paper ISAM Systematic Fund, down ultimate objectives of real price age forecast of economists in a weekly central bank poll. Rousseff’s investors to quit trades that for the long haul. 6 percent, according to a data. stability and inflation of around generous spending and tax breaks in her first term left Brazil with an have effectively forced them Bonds account for nearly a Cantab declined to com- 2 percent.” overall deficit of 7.8 percent of GDP in the 12 months through March, to pay governments for the third of the $33 trillion of assets ment. ISAM did not respond to As a result, few money man- and contributed to annual inflation currently at 8.2 percent, well above privilege of lending to them owned in the world’s major requests for comment. However agers are making long-term the government’s 4.5 percent target. The time has come for Levy to long-term. pension markets, according to by Friday benchmark 10-year material changes to their show austerity “was in fact necessary,” Leonardo Picciani, the allied The sell-off in German sover- a recent study by consultancy German sovereign debt had portfolios or strategies which Brazilian Democratic Movement Party’s (PMDB) leader in the lower eign debt — traditionally a safe Towers Watson. snapped a 9 day losing streak assume that European govern- house, told Reuters. “Once the house is in order, we need economic haven — was particularly sharp. In Britain, more than a with its yield falling 7 basis ment debt prices are still in the growth to come back.” But portfolio managers quarter of pension funds were points after rising nearly 0.80 last stages of a 20-year bull run. The finance ministry declined to comment. Levy has said the gov- expect continued European made up of government bonds percent on Thursday. A surge in the amount of cash ernment’s “tremendous” austerity efforts will help the economy start Central Bank (ECB) purchases in 2014. Hedge funds or other Bond prices rise when their seen flowing into the market in growing again later this year as confidence and investment bounce of sovereign paper — the cor- actively managed funds which yields fall. July is also expected to support back. In the wake of the vote on the benefits-reduction bill, Levy on nerstone of Governor Mario make money by trading in and Many investors think pricing, investors say. Thursday called the budget deficit the “biggest risk” to Brazil’s stability. Draghi’s plan to revive to stim- out of bonds priced on second- German debt is still priced too “We will see a huge negative He urged Congress to quickly approve further austerity measures or ulate the eurozone economy — ary markets have had to move high but they say the ECB’s €1 net supply in July — around else “the costs will be higher.” to stabilise things. swiftly to deal with the recent trillionquantitative easing pro- €120bn — and that will bring Economists have warned that, without cuts, Brazil would face an The recent sell-off, said bond market rout. gramme, which is heavily reli- relief to prices of euro zone gov- exodus of capital, higher borrowing costs for the government and Chris Iggo at AXA Investment CTAs, hedge funds that use ant on purchases of German ernment debt,” Dixmier said. families, and a possible currency crisis. On the other hand, other Managers, “was a collective mathematical models to bet on government debt, will keep REUTERS countries have tried to narrow budget deficits at a time when economic activity is weakening, and it hasn’t worked out, either politically or economically. “This is a path that has already been trodden by several developed economies since the global financial crisis - and their experi- ence suggests that investors in Brazil should now brace themselves for a series of missed targets for deficit reduction,” according to a note from Capital Economics, a London-based consultancy. Some pushback against unpopular measures was always expected. Indeed, Brazil has been down this road before. In 2003, then-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held off protests from the left wing of the Workers’ Party to push spending cuts through Congress. The savings restored investor confidence, and Brazil’s econ- omy boomed in ensuing years, helped also by a surge in commodity prices. This time, though, the challenge appears greater. Unlike Lula, who was enormously popular, about two-thirds of Brazilians express disapproval of Rousseff in polls as unemployment rises and she deals with a corruption scandal at state-run oil com- pany Petroleo Brasileiro SA. The cuts themselves will also be deeper and longer-lasting. Alberto Ramos, an economist at Goldman Sachs, said it will likely be a “three-year process” to bring the primary sur- plus — its budget balance minus debt interest payments — back to 3 percent of gross domestic product, the level he said is needed to stop Brazil’s gross debt from rising further. Ramos warned the austerity drive “has yet to start in earnest” — highlighted by the government’s posting of a primary surplus of just 239m reais in March, well short of the 5.15bn reais analysts had expected. The primary deficit climbed to 0.70 percent of GDP in the 12 months through March, putting the 1.2 percent surplus target Levy has set for 2015 in doubt. Ramos said investors will likely give Levy the benefit of the doubt, even if he misses the 2015 target, because of his credibility as a budget expert and former banking executive. But Rodrigo Almeida, a political analyst with consultancy Barral M Jorge in Brasilia, said Congress will be much less forgiving — and that the government’s already strained coalition of 19 parties could fracture. “Unless things get better, the rats could start to abandon the ship,” Almeida said. Wellington Moreira Franco, a long-time PMDB leader and former aviation minister under Rousseff, said members of his party were ques- tioning why they should support austerity if elements of the Workers’ Party did not. “We’re going through a very deep political crisis,” he said. Overall, Ramos said investors are “suspicious” of whether Levy will have the support needed to be effective, especially with another round of belt-tightening likely to occur by late this year. “Do they have the degree of conviction and resilience to stick for this as long as it’s needed? We don’t know,” he said. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Managing earthquake risks in oil production BY JOHN KEMP with oil and gas back underground man-made earthquakes or “induced fracturing to cause earthquakes the disposal of waste water. using energy from fossil fuels such into deep rock formations, rather seismicity” due to fluid injection was has caused concern among local Induced seismicity is a side-effect as coal and gas while curbing carbon nderground disposal of than by the hydraulic fracturing reported at the Rocky Mountain communities and been seized on by of all oil and gas production rather dioxide emissions and limiting the waste water produced itself. Water, contaminated with Arsenal in the 1960s and 1970s. environmental groups and climate than the fracking process. Some of rise in global temperatures to two from oil and natu- salt, hydrocarbons and even traces Contaminated liquid waste from campaigners to call for curbs on the largest recorded seismic events degrees Celsius. ral gas wells has been of naturally occurring radioactive a chemical weapons plant injected the practice. But it is vital to put have taken place at conventional To have an impact on climate blamed for triggering material picked up from formations underground triggered thousands the risk into perspective. Most of fields which have been waterflooded change, however, CCS would have Uthousands of small earthquakes in underground where oil and gas are of tremors near Denver, the larg- these induced seismic events pose to boost oil recovery. And induced to pump billions of tonnes of super- Oklahoma and a number of other found, is actually the largest single est of which measured magnitude little risk of damage to buildings or seismicity is not limited to oil and critical CO2 under intense pressure US states since 2009. output of the oil and gas industry. 4.8. Man-made earthquakes have humans. They are better described gas production. Some of the larg- into deep rock formations. The Heightened seismic activity cor- US oil and gas wells produced also been linked to the impound- as tremors or more neutrally as est earthquakes that may have been scale of the injections would pose responds closely with the timeframe over 57 million barrels per day of ment of large volumes of water for seismic events rather than the more triggered by man have been linked an earthquake risk far greater than and location of increased drilling waste water in 2007, according to hydroelectric power dams, geother- emotive — though common — term to dam projects in India and China. anything currently associated with and hydraulic fracturing across the researchers. Since then, natural gas mal energy plants, conventional oil earthquake. The most frequent induced seis- oil and gas production. southwest United States, according production has risen by 30 percent and gas fields, enhanced oil recovery The energy released by a mag- micity in the United States has For some climate campaign- to a US Geological Survey. and oil production is up 80 percent, programmes and mining. nitude 3.0 tremor, the sort that occurred at the Geysers geothermal ers and environmental groups, the Most tremors have been barely so the amount of produced waste In general, the bigger the volume might be associated with oil and gas power plant in northern California, threat of earthquakes is another perceptible to humans, but one at water is almost certainly much of fluid injected or removed from a field operations, is roughly 15 mil- which triggers 300-400 tremors reason to ban or severely regulate Prague in Oklahoma was recorded higher. formation, the bigger the maximum lion times smaller than the Nepal per year, with one to three of them fracking, and ultimately leave the at magnitude 5.6, enough to cause According to researchers, 95 per- potential earthquake, according to earthquake on April 25. Even the rated at magnitude 4.0 or higher. oil and gas in the ground. severe shaking and damage to cent of the produced water is dis- the US National Research Council. worst earthquake in Oklahoma’s The Geysers has a well-estab- A more sensible course would buildings. The quake swarms have posed of underground by reinjecting Hundreds of quakes are induced current swarm, at Prague, released lished programme to pay for damage be to accept that there is a strong sparked a debate about safety and it into the oil- and gas-bearing for- by energy production every year 2,000 times less energy than the one to property (such as broken tiles or likelihood of a causal link between economic opportunity in states and mation to maintain reservoir pres- in the United States and probably near Lamjung in Nepal. cracked walls) linked to its opera- oil and gas production and seismic communities that depend heavily on sure or into other rock formations. thousands around the world. Most While some tremors have been tions. The biggest danger comes events and work towards sensi- oil and natural gas production for But it has long been known that are very small at magnitude 2 or directly traced to the pumping from proposals to lock away car- ble and proportionate regulations, jobs and income. the removal or injection of a large lower, with a small number ranging of fracking fluid at higher pres- bon dioxide underground as part of recognising that the quake risks Most tremors seem to have been volume of fluid into rock forma- up to magnitudes 3 and 4, which are sure into undetected fault zones, carbon capture and storage (CCS) are moderate and that oil and caused by re-injection of waste tions can trigger earthquakes. The felt, and very rarely to magnitude 5. such as the one at Preese Hall in schemes. CCS has been identified as gas production remains essential. water brought to the surface along first and most famous example of The potential for hydraulic Britain, most are associated with essential if the world is to continue REUTERS MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Australia promises ‘dull, fair’ budget amid poll fears

SYDNEY: Australian Prime survived a challenge to his lead- Consumer and business con- jihadist threats and returning Minister Tony Abbott is ership in February and has since fidence is soft, while the jobless foreign fighters. promising a “measured, taken a more cautious approach. rate has been ticking up over the Small businesses are also tipped responsible and fair” national National Australia Bank past year, reaching an 11-year to be budget winners. budget tomorrow, flagging chief economist Alan Oster high of 6.3 percent in January. It Another key package is a rejig support for families and small said the budget would be about was at 6.2 percent in April. of pension eligibility criteria, businesses after almost losing “doing things that aren’t very Gross domestic product growth which the government said would his job in the backlash over last controversial”. has remained below trend and the scale back support for wealthier year’s plans. “My expectation would be that Reserve Bank of Australia has retirees, increase assistance for While the first budget of his you are probably going to get continued to loosen monetary others and result in budget sav- conservative government was bracket creep essentially being policy, cutting interest rates to ings. Reforms to childcare poli- focused on repairing the deficit, the main factor that gets the a record-low of 2.0 percent last cies have been mooted, with more Abbott stressed that this year budget deficit down as you go week. Meanwhile, growth is slow- spending for disadvantaged chil- he was focused on “jobs, growth forward,” he said. ing in Australia’s largest trading dren and tighter subsidy rules for and opportunity”. “This will be “Bracket creep” is where wage partner China, further weighing mothers who do not work. a budget that is prudent, frugal, rises meant to adjust for infla- on its demand for resources. Sectors facing cuts include responsible,” he said, going as far tion can bump workers into Plunging commodity prices and healthcare, while the government as to call it “dull”. higher tax brackets. The govern- weak wage growth have hurt tax has trumpeted a Aus$500m sav- “This is a budget that will ment said at the 2014 budget it receipts and reduced government ing from stopping asylum-seeker involve structural change, but wanted to reduce the then deficit income. Since the last budget, boats. they will be much less drastic, from Aus$49.9bn (US$39.5bn) to declining prices of iron ore — While some analysts said they’ll be much less drastic struc- Aus$29.8bn this year. Australia’s biggest export — have Australia’s current triple-A credit tural changes than the ones that But with some of the govern- slashed government revenue by rating could be under threat if were in last year’s budget.” ment’s planned cuts still stuck in more than Aus$30bn over four the budget bottom line continues After announcing deep cuts to the upper house Senate, econo- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Canberra. years, Abbott said. to worsen, the nation’s net debt federal welfare and spending last mists project it will remain fairly Blythe said spending initiatives ratios remain small compared to year to rein in a ballooning deficit, large with investment bank obviously don’t want to see the Australia has avoided falling were likely to be financed by cuts its peers. “(The ratio of net gov- the government was hit hard in Goldman Sachs forecasting a Reserve Bank try to stimulate into recession for more than two elsewhere. Some of the sectors ernment debt to GDP) is less than the polls. 2014-15 deficit of Aus$48bn, fall- things and the government trying decades. But an unprecedented expected to enjoy increased fund- 20 percent. The global average is Abbott’s position was ques- ing slightly to Aus$43bn in 2015- to wind it back,” Commonwealth mining investment boom is end- ing include security agencies and about 90 percent,” Oster said. tioned as the public became frus- 16. “That’s probably not a bad Bank of Australia chief economist ing and growth in non-resources the military as the government “We’re not going to be the new trated with policy missteps. He thing for the economy, because we Michael Blythe said. sectors has yet to fill the gap. strengthens defences against Greece.” AFP MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

NBA Playoff Results Canadiens Los Angeles: Results yesterday in the second round of the NBA playoffs (best-of-seven): force Game Six Eastern Conference at Washington Washington 103 Atlanta 101 with late goal (Washington lead series 2-1) German Nico Western Conference NEW YORK: The Montreal Rosberg of at Memphis Canadiens won their second in a Memphis 99 Golden State 89 Mercedes cel- row on a late goal from Pierre- (Memphis lead series 2-1) ebrates on the Alexandre Parenteau to force podium after Game Six in their NHL playoff winning the second-round series against the NBA: Pierce’s Formula One Tampa Bay Lightning. Grand Prix The Lightning lead the best-of- buzzer-beater of Spain at seven series 3-2 after Parenteau Montmelo track, scored with 4:07 remaining in the near Barcelona, third period at the Bell Centre lifts Wizards northeastern yesterday. Spain, yesterday. Game Six is on Tuesday in over Hawks Tampa Bay. Right wing Devante Smith- WASHINGTON: Paul Pierce Pelly also scored for the Canadiens banked in the game-winner yes- in the first period. Center Steven terday to lift the short-handed Stamkos pulled the Lightning Washington Wizards to a 103- even in the third period. 101 NBA playoff victory over the Goaltender Carey Price made Atlanta Hawks. 23 saves for the Canadiens. Ben Pierce’s heroics gave the Bishop stopped 27 shots for the Wizards a two-games-to-one Lightning. lead over Eastern Conference Stamkos tied the score with his top seeds Atlanta in their best-of- second goal of the playoffs at 9:27 seven second-round series -- and of the third period. With Tampa thwarted the Hawks’ bid to rally Rosberg leads Mercedes pressuring, the Canadiens strug- from a 21-point fourth-quarter gled to clear their zone. deficit. Parenteau restored Montreal’s There was no such drama in lead at 15:53. Stamkos tried to Memphis, where the Grizzlies clear his end after some sustained took a 2-1 series lead over pressure by the Canadiens. Western Conference top seeds one-two at Spanish GP He was denied by defenseman Golden State with a 99-89 victory PK Subban, who skated up the over the Warriors. right boards before sending a per- In Washington, Wizards coach German ends team-mate Hamilton’s winning streak fect feed to Parenteau in the slot Randy Wittman could afford to for the winger’s first goal of the joke when the dust had settled. 2015 postseason. REUTERS “Had it all the way, huh?” BARCELONA: Nico Rosberg second Red Bull. Spanish Grand Prix that Bottas him and he rejoined in seventh quipped Wittman after watching ended his Mercedes team- Kvyat finished was ahead place, having added three seconds NHL Playoff Results his team squander a 21-point lead mate Lewis Hamilton’s winning 10th. Results of the world to his stop. only to win it at the last gasp. streak in this year’s Formula It was another Barcelona, Spain: Results from Spanish champion, A lap later and Rosberg was Washington: Result yesterday in the Washington’s All-Star guard Formula One Grand Prix yesterday: National Hockey League (NHL) second One drivers’ world champion- day of disappoint- but Hamilton in and out for new rubber in just John Wall, who has five fractures 1. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) 1hr 41min round playoffs (All series best-of-seven) ship when he drove to a near- ment for the strug- responded with 2.5 seconds, handing the lead to in his non-shooting left hand, 12.555sec flawless victory in yesterday’s gling McLaren a robust defen- Raikkonen briefly before he, like Eastern Conference watched from the sidelines in 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) at 17.551sec Spanish Grand Prix. Honda team sive surge to Vettel, headed into the Ferrari street clothes as his team built 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 45.342 Montreal bt Tampa Bay 2-1 The 29-year-old German, who who extended ensure he lost pits. By lap 18, the early order a comfortable lead, only to see it 4. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams) 59.217 (Tampa Bay lead the series 3-2) had been beaten by Hamilton in their pointless only one place resumed with Rosberg lead- evaporate in the final 10 minutes 5. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) 1:00.002 all four of this year’s ‘flyaway’ sea- start to the sea- going into the ing Vettel by six seconds and Washington lead New York Rangers 3-2 in as the Hawks, sparked by their son-opening races, led from the son. Spaniard 6. Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams) 1:21.314 second corner. Hamilton back up to third. the other conference semi-final series reserves, stormed back with a 7. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull) 1 lap 16th pole position of his career Fernando Alonso Behind him, As Hamilton revealed his Western Conference 21-3 scoring run. all the way to the chequered flag, retired after a 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) 1 lap Bottas was frustrations, Venezuelan Pastor That included a stretch of 17 Anaheim lead Calgary 3-1, Chicago won his supremacy interrupted only brakes failure 9. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Toro Rosso) 1 lap fourth with Maldonado’s Lotus team removed unanswered points to make it 4-0 in their series against Minnesota by his pit-stops. saw him narrowly 10. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Red Bull) 1 lap Raikkonen, half of his car’s rear wing, dam- 94-91 with 3:12 to play. It was his first win since last avoid colliding 11. Max Verstappen (NED/Toro Rosso) 1 lap in the second aged in an earlier collision. He fell Mike Muscala pulled the November’s Brazilian Grand Prix with his own pit 12. Felipe Nasr (BRA/Sauber AG) 1 lap Ferrari, mak- through the field, but fought back Hawks level with a three-pointer and the ninth of his career, and crew and Briton 13. Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India) 1 lap ing the biggest with some determination, pass- with 14.8 seconds to play. trimmed defending champion Jenson Button fin- 14. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber AG) 1 lap gain by jump- ing both McLaren-Hondas on the Pierce held the ball for the Hamilton’s lead from 27 points ished 16th. 15. Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Force India) 1 lap ing to fifth way. last shot and banked in a jumper to 20. In another dra- 16. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren) 1 lap from seventh. Alonso, struggling in 14th place, as the buzzer sounded, spark- Hamilton, who slipped from matic pit-lane 17. Will Stevens (GBR/Marussia) 3 laps Rosberg was forced to retire after 27 laps ing a wild celebration among his second to third at the start, incident Grosjean 18. Roberto Merhi (ESP/Marussia) 4 laps revelled in his when his brakes failed as he came teammates. fought back with daring and also over-shot his Overall Standings advantage and in for a pit stop. His mechanics “I’ve been in that situation great skill, coupled to a three-stop pit-stop and sent Drivers his rejuvenated dived out of the way as he over- many times,” the 37-year-old strategy, to finish behind Rosberg a mechanic, cling- 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 111.0pts, 2. Nico speed. He shot by five metres and hit an Pierce said. “If I miss, we don’t and deliver another one-two for ing to the front Rosberg (GER) 91.0, 3. Sebastian Vettel reeled off fast- abandoned jack. want them to be able to call a the dominant Mercedes team. jack, flying. He (GER) 80.0, 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 52.0, 5. est laps to open By lap 30, of 66, Rosberg was timeout. Four-time champion Sebastian was, fortunately, Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 42.0, 6. Felipe Massa up a 6.6 sec- in easy control, leading Vettel “So I took my time and got my Vettel of Germany, who outpaced reported not seri- (BRA) 39.0, 7. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 25.0, onds lead over by 8.7sec and Hamilton by 10 as shot... I’m just happy we won. We 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 16.0, 9. Felipe Hamilton off the grid, came home ously injured. Vettel by lap 10 the order settled and Hamilton didn’t want it to come down to Nasr (BRA) 14.0, 10. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) third for Ferrari ahead of Finns The race was 8.0, 11. Max Verstappen (NED) 6.0, 12. with Hamilton appeared to ease off ahead of his that, especially how we played for Valtteri Bottas of Williams and run on another hot Nico Hülkenberg (GER) 6.0, 13. Sergio Perez a further 1.1 second stop, after 32 laps, for a the first 36 minutes, but a win is Kimi Raikkonen, in the second day at the Circuit (MEX) 5.0, 14. Marcus Ericsson (SWE) 5.0, seconds further set of hard tyres and an aerody- a win. We’ll take it.” Ferrari. de Catalunya, with 15. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) 5.0 adrift. namic adjustment. “Push!” the The Wizards managed nicely Brazilian Felipe Massa was an air tempera- Bottas, team instruct him as he chases without Wall, sharing the ball sixth in the second Williams ahead ture of 25 degrees fourth, was 4.2 Raikkonen and Bottas. Hamilton Montreal Canadiens’ right wing with 27 assists and 37 baskets. of Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Celsius (77F) and a track tem- seconds behind Hamilton who did just that and, with the help of PA Parenteau (15) celebrates Bradley Beal, Otto Porter and Red Bull and Frenchman Romain perature of 45 (113F). reported to his race engineer that a dazzling drive through the traf- his goal against Tampa Bay Nene contributed 17 points apiece. Grosjean of Lotus. As the lights went out, Rosberg “it is impossible to get close” to fic and a rapid third pit-stop for Lightning with defenseman Jeff Teague had 18 points for Local hero Carlos Sainz won a made a perfect start to pull Vettel in his bid to recover. fresh tyres, managed to overhaul Andrei Markov (79) during the Atlanta, Al Horford added 14 and late wheel-to-wheel battle with clear of the field while Hamilton For Hamilton, it meant a Vettel for second place after the third period in game five of DeMarre Carroll chipped in 12. his Toro Rosso team-mate, Dutch appeared delayed and was swiftly change of strategy and he was German slowed following his sec- the second round of the 2015 But it was the Hawks’ reserves teenager Jos Verstappen, to take swallowed up by Vettel who swept soon told to pit, after 13 laps. “It’s ond stop following more drama in Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bell who made a game of it, scoring 10th and then ‘stole’ ninth from past into second. hammertime...Box, box.” A delay the pit lane when Grosjean over- Centre yesterday. 33 of Atlanta’s 35 points in the Russian Daniil Kvyat in the For a second, it seemed also with the left rear tyre hampered shot the Lotus stop area. AFP fourth quarter. “I’m very proud of that group, the way they competed and got us back in the game,” said Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer, whose team will try to rebound when the Wizards host game four on Kirk tops crowded Players leaderboard Monday. In Memphis, Spanish big man PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Players Championship a blemish-free back nine. Don’t Marc Gasol had 21 points and United States: Chris Kirk count former number one Tiger 15 rebounds and Zach Randolph finished strong to grab a one- scores Woods among the crowd of con- scored 22 for the Grizzlies as they shot lead yesterday after three Ponte Vedra Beach, United States: Leading tenders heading into the final held off a Warriors team that had rounds of the US PGA Tour’s third-round scores yesterday in the US PGA round. The 14-time major cham- finished with the best regular- $10m Players Championship. Tour’s $10m Players Championship (USA pion slid down the leaderboard season record in the league. The American fired a four- unless noted, par-72): with a 75 that included two double “We just tried to come and under par 68 for a 10-under total 206 Chris Kirk 70-68-68 bogeys on par-five holes -- a first impose our will, tried to play our of 206 -- good enough for the solo 207 Kevin Kisner 73-67-67, Ben Martin in his career. game,” Randolph said. “It was a lead after American Kevin Na But Kirk, a three-time PGA team win.” Chris Kirk 68-71-68, Bill Haas 72-67-68 three-putted for double bogey at Tour winner, goes into Sunday Golden State, whose explosive plays his shot 208 Justin Thomas 73-70-65, Sergio the 18th to fall two shots adrift. with plenty of people on his trail. offensive talent includes newly- from the fifth Garcia (ESP) 69-72-67, Scott Brown Kirk was one in front of a 72-67-69, David Hearn (CAN) 67-71- He was pleased with his effort, crowned NBA Most Valuable tee during trio of Americans. Kevin Kisner which included three birdies at Player Stephen Curry, had com- round three of 70, Kevin Na 67-69-72, Jerry Kelly carded a 67, while Ben Martin and 71-65-72 15, 16 and 17 -- after back-to-back fortably won the first game of The Players Bill Haas both posted 68s for 207. bogeys at 13 and 14. At the 15th, the series, improving to 5-0 this 209 Chesson Hadley 71-72-66, Pat Championship Justin Thomas made a tour- Kirk landed his approach inside post-season. Perez 71-70-68, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) at the TPC nament-record 10 birdies in his a foot and made that for birdie. But with Mike Conley back 71-69-69, Billy Horschel 68-72-69, Sawgrass seven-under 65 to lead a group He rolled in a 17-footer at 16 for from surgery to repair a facial Derek Fathauer 68-72-69, Rickie Stadium course on 208. a share of the lead, and drained fracture, the Grizzlies won game Fowler 69-69-71 in Ponte Vedra That group also included Na a seven-footer for birdie at 17 -- two and Conley was again a key 210 Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 75-69-66, Beach, Florida, and Jerry Kelly, who shared the which features Sawgrass’ intimi- element on Saturday. John Senden (AUS) 73-70-67, Bubba yesterday. overnight lead and both signed dating island green. He scored a modest 11 points, for 72s. Also at eight-under Watson 71-70-69, Adam Scott (AUS) “I felt good about it,” Kirk said. but that included a driving layup were Spain’s Sergio Garcia (67), 72-69-69, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 70- “It’s interesting with such a late with 39 seconds left that put the Canadian David Hearn (70) and 71-69, Ian Poulter (ENG) 71-69-70, tee time seeing guys going low game away. American Scott Brown (69). Rory McIlroy (NIR) 69-71-70, Brian and shooting really low numbers Curry finished with 23 points With another six players on Harman 71-69-70, Zach Johnson in the morning out here, but you and six assists, connecting on just 209, 16 players were separated by 71-68-71 know this course always comes eight of 21 shots from the floor three shots going into the final McIlroy was four adrift in a big back to you in the afternoon. and two of 10 from three-point round of the US PGA Tour’s flag- group on 210, after a three-under “To shoot four-under with range. Teammate Klay Thompson ship event. 69 that included two bogeys and that late of a tee time, I’m really scored 20 points on eight of 13 World number one Rory four birdies -- three of them on pleased.” AFP shooting from the field. AFP MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT CSK conquer Royals De Villiers, Kohli script to claim IPL top spot

CHENNAI: Chennai Super 81 off 61 balls lifted Chennai Kings (CSK) climbed to the top Super Kings (CSK) to a fighting 39-run win over Mumbai of the Indian Premier League total of 157/5. (IPL) points table with a 12-run McCullum hit four sixes and victory over Rajasthan Royals seven fours and joined hands in a league match at the M.A. with Faf du Plessis (29) for a South African’s unbeaten 133 lifts RCB to fourth place Chidambaram Stadium here 101-run stand in 76 balls for the yesterday. third wicket that was the driving MUMBAI: AB de Villiers Chasing 158, Royals were force behind Chennai’s competi- smashed a brilliant century and restricted to 145 for nine in 20 tive score. skipper Virat Kohli played the overs. After electing to bat first, perfect foil as Royal Challengers CSK improved to 16 points Chennai got off to a poor start, Bangalore (RCB) outscored from 12 matches, keeping Royals losing aggressive opening bats- Mumbai Indians (MI) by 39 runs in the third spot with 14 points man Dwayne Smith (6) and ever- in an Indian Premier League after 13 games. reliable Suresh Raina (3) inside (IPL) encounter here yesterday. Royals began their run-mak- four overs. While left-arm spin- The win propelled RCB two ing process sedately with openers ner Ankit Sharma removed West places up the league ladder from Ajinkya Rahane (23) and Shane Indian Smith, caught by James sixth to fourth with 13 points in Watson (28). Faulkner, left-hander Raina too their kitty from 11 games. They mixed caution with offered a catch to Faulkner off In contrast, Sunrisers aggression to build a strong plat- pacer Chris Morris to leave the Hyderabad (12 from 11) dropped form for their team. Just as it hosts in spot of bother at 15/2. to the fifth place, whereas seemed they have settled into a Charismatic right-hander Mumbai (12 from 12) slipped to nice rhythm Rahane departed in McCullum first tried to settle the sixth spot. the sixth over dismissed by Mohit down, waiting for weak deliver- Riding on de Villiers’ (133, 59b, Sharma. ies to pounce upon, like he did 19x4, 4x6) and skipper Kohli’s (82, Number three batter Steve against off-spinner Pravin Tambe, 50b, 6x4, 4x6) unbeaten 215-run Smith (4) also didn’t last long as who got hit for two sixes in the partnership for the second wicket, Royals slumped to 48 for two in sixth over. RCB piled up a massive 235/1. the eighth over. But they received However, du Plessis ran himself In reply, Mumbai Indians could a bigger jolt when Watson had to out and afterwards McCullum go only as far as 196/7 at the depart, caught brilliantly by an also perished, offering a catch to Wankhede Stadium. acrobatic Dwayne Bravo at long Ankit for Morris’ second wicket. For RCB, Harshal Patel (2/34) on off the bowling of Ravindra Morr is bagged his third after dis- and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/51) Jadeja in the 10th over. missing Pawan Negi for two. were the pick of the bowlers. Rajasthan’s situation worsened Afterwards, skipper Mahendra For Mumbai, Lendl Simmons 11 balls later. Jadeja struck again Singh Dhoni (not out 13) and (68 not out off 53 balls) and to dismiss Karun Nair (10) to Dwayne Bravo (not out 15) raised Kieron Pollard (49 off 24 balls) Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli (right) congratulates team-mate AB de Villiers after the latter reduce Royals to 75 for four. 28 runs in the final 15 deliveries showed some intent to chase reached his hundred at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday. The asking rate steadily went of the innings to take Chennai to down the rival total, unleash- up and Royals needed 73 runs the decent total. ing some big shots but the duo’s Rohit Sharma (15) after strik- But wickets did not bother the very next over got rid of the off the last seven overs. But they For Rajasthan, South African efforts were not enough. ing one boundary and a six failed opener Simmons and Pollard as Jamaican left-hander. just couldn’t muster the big hits Morris was the best bowler, pick- The home side got off to a bad to read a slower ball by Harshal the West Indies pair went all out Gayle looked to slap the slower needed to chase down the total. ing three wickets for just 19 runs start, losing opener Parthiv Patel Patel, thus finishing in the grip of at the bowlers. off-cutter well outside off and got Earlier, Brendon McCullum’s in four overs. IANS (19) in the fourth over. Skipper Mandeep Singh at long on. After smashing six fours and another thick edge to fine leg. At two sixes, Pollard got a top edge that point, RCB were 20/1 in 3.1 Scoreboard Scoreboard from his bat which was gleefully overs. accepted by Mitchell Starc. The swashbuckling de Villers CHENNAI SUPER KINGS SR Watson c Bravo b Jadeja ...... 28 ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE RG Sharma c Mandeep Singh b Patel ...... 15 Hardik Pandya (8), Ambati did not take much time to settle DR Smith c Faulkner b Ankit Sharma ...... 6 SPD Smith* b Jadeja ...... 4 CH Gayle c Simmons b Malinga ...... 13 KA Pollard c Starc b Aravind ...... 49 Rayudu (14), Harbhajan Singh down as he unleashed his skillful BB McCullum c Ankit Sharma b Morris ...... 81 KK Nair c Ashwin b Jadeja ...... 10 V Kohli (not out) ...... 82 HH Pandya st Karthik b Chahal ...... 8 (3) Jagadeesha Suchith (4) all fell shots soon after along with Kohli. SK Raina c Faulkner b Morris ...... 3 DJ Hooda c Raina b Jadeja ...... 15 AB de Villiers (not out) ...... 133 AT Rayudu c de Villiers b Patel ...... 14 soon after. De Villiers hit the ball merci- F du Plessis run out (Watson) ...... 29 SV Samson c Smith b Bravo ...... 26 Extras (W 6, NB 1) ...... 7 Harbhajan Singh c Kohli b Starc ...... 3 Earlier opting to bat, RCB got lessly, bringing up his 50 in just P Negi c Smith b Morris ...... 2 JP Faulkner c Bravo b Sharma ...... 16 Total (1 wicket; 20 overs) ...... 235 J Suchith c Karthik b Chahal ...... 4 14 runs off the first two overs, but 29 deliveries. He went on hit- MS Dhoni (not out) ...... 13 CH Morris not out ...... 16 Did not bat: KD Karthik, SN Khan, Mandeep MJ McClenaghan (not out) ...... 12 what followed in the third over ting, sweeping, slogging the ball DJ Bravo (not out) ...... 15 R Bhatia c du Plessis b Sharma ...... 0 Singh, D Wiese, MA Starc, HV Patel, YS Chahal, Extras (LB 1, W 3) ...... 4 was some real drama. to bring up his hundred in only Extras (LB 1, W 7) ...... 8 Ankit Sharma c Nehra b Bravo ...... 0 S Aravind Total (7 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 196 Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma 47 balls. Total (5 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 157 PV Tambe (not out) ...... 1 Fall of wickets: 1-20 Did not bat: SL Malinga, JJ Bumrah dropped Chris Gayle on the fourth He was well supported at the Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-15, 3-116, 4-129, Extras (LB 2, W 2, NB 2) ...... 6 Bowling: MJ McClenaghan 4-0-40-0 (1w); SL Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-63, 3-133, 4-143, ball off Mitchell McClenaghan other end by Kohli who played 5-129 Total (9 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 145 Malinga 4-1- 27-1 (1w); JJ Bumrah 4- 0-52- 5-174, 6-178, 7-184 and Harbhajan Singh spilled Virat with ease scoring his half-century Bowling: CH Morris 4-0-19-3 (1w); SR Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-48, 3-63, 4-75, 5-90, 0 (1nb, 1w); J Suchith 3-0-35-0; Harbhajan Bowling: MA Starc 4-0-41-1 (1w); S Aravind Kohli’s catch in first slip off the in 39 balls. Watson 2-0-19-0 (1w); Ankit Sharma 4-0-31-1 6-123, 7-130, 8-130, 9-143 Singh 2-0-30-0 (1w); HH Pandya 3-0-51-0 4-0-29-1; D Wiese 4-0-38-0 (1w); HV Patel next ball. Gayle and Kohli were This was the sixth consecu- (1w); PV Tambe 3-0-24-0; JP Faulkner 4-0-40- Bowling: A Nehra 4 0 29 0; MM Sharma 4 0 25 MUMBAI INDIANS 4-0-36-2 (1w); YS Chahal 4-0-51-2 12 and 8, respectively, when the tive IPL season where Kohli has 0; R Bhatia 3-0 -23-0 3 (1nb, 1w); P Negi 4 0 35 0 (1w); RA Jadeja 4 PA Patel run out (Kohli/Karthik) ...... 19 Player-of-the-match: AB de Villiers (Royal catches were dropped. scored 300-plus runs. He also RAJASTHAN ROYALS 0 11 4 ; DJ Bravo 4 0 43 2 10.75 3 1 3 (1nb) Lendl Simmons (not out) ...... 68 Challengers Bangalore) But Gayle (13 off 12) didn’t hurt completed 3,000 runs in the IPL. AM Rahane c Bravo b Sharma ...... 23 Player-of-the-match: RA Jadeja them much as Lasith Malinga in IANS Pakistan hope to renew Ex-skipper Stewart blasts India ties with series in UAE ECB over Moores’ sacking NEW DELHI: The Pakistan understanding to play each other 2009 attack on the visiting Sri LONDON: The England and show a bit of respect to employ- ahead of the Ashes series starting Cricket Board (PCB) yesterday five times over eight years. Lankan team which forced them Wales Cricket Board (ECB) ees,” Stewart, England’s most on July 8. said it expects bilateral series India cancelled bilateral to play home matches in the should “hang their heads in capped Test cricketer, told the “He’s captained his country and with India to resume in the cricket series with its neighbour UAE. shame” over their sacking of BBC. when you’re captain you make United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Pakistani militants killed Hosting the world’s most fol- coach Peter Moores, according England assistant coach Paul bold decisions, you make brave in December but there was no 166 people in Mumbai in 2008 lowed cricket team is naturally to former captain Alec Stewart. Farbrace will take charge for decisions, you make decisions you confirmation from its powerful but hosted Pakistan in 2012-13 a lucrative prospect for the PCB Moores was dismissed on the two-test series against New believe in,” Stewart said. cross-border counterpart. for a short limited over series. but there was no immediate Saturday shortly after Andrew Zealand which begins on May “I don’t take it that Andrew The series in the UAE will fea- They also continue to meet in commitment from the Indian Strauss was appointed England’s 21 but Stewart said appointing Strauss is a ‘yes’ man or he’s ture three Tests, five one-dayers multi-nation tournaments like board. director of cricket, though a permanent successor quickly too close to that dressing room. and two Twenty20 internation- the World Cup or the Champions “Regarding the resumption of reports of his sacking were leaked was vital. If he has to be cut-throat then als, PCB chairman Shaharyar Trophy. bilateral cricket ties, it was felt during the team’s washed-out “There are a couple of names he will be. It’s going to be tough. Khan said in Kolkata after meet- “It’s not that I’m hopeful, I’m that it is desirable to recom- one-dayer against Ireland on being bandied about, both Australia are the best side in the ing Indian board chief Jagmohan very positive that we should mence such cricket contact,” Friday. Australians, Jason Gillespie, world. They’re going to start as Dalmiya. resume our bilateral cricketing Board of Control for Cricket in Moores, who also spent two Justin Langer. the underdogs, but the underdogs “The security situation (in ties,” Khan said. India (BCCI) secretary Anurag years as coach between 2007 and “They’ve either got someone do sometimes win.” Pakistan) is improving fast but “If the approval of the gov- Thakur said in a statement. 2009, bore the brunt of criticism lined up already, to have made Former England captain we know that right now India ernment is required, fine, but “Since there are certain mat- for a dismal World Cup, in which this decision, or they’re going Michael Vaughan said the dis- would not be able to come for a we should make a very clear ters that need to be addressed England failed to progress from to have to find someone pretty missal of Moores, who won 19 of full tour,” Khan said. decision...the world wants to see and considered, it was decided the group stages, and the drawn quick.” his 52 matches in charge across “We therefore have decided Pakistan and India playing each to take appropriate steps. The Test series against the West Stewart was also touted as a all formats of the game, was “dis- that we’d play in the UAE,” other,” he added. two boards would be in regular Indies. possible candidate for the director graceful”, adding that the ECB said Khan, adding the boards Pakistan have not hosted touch and review the situation,” “The fact that all these leaks of England cricket role but said needed to demonstrate some have signed a memorandum of international cricket since the Thakur added. AGENCIES came out the day before the man the appointment of former cap- “quiet authority and integrity”. was officially told — you’ve got to tain Strauss was an astute move REUTERS Djokovic ‘motivated’ by historic French Open bid

ROME: Novak Djokovic (pictured) is this going to be the year or not?” said Emerson, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and “At this level you need freshness of mind yesterday insisted he is motivated and Djokovic as he faced down the familiar Nadal as one of a select band of men to have and also fresh legs in order to perform well inspired by the opportunity to win a first enquiry over his chances at the French completed the Grand Slam. to overcome the challenges of long and French Open and become only the eighth Open with the second Grand Slam event Victory in Paris would also put Djokovic exhausting matches on this surface. I hope man to complete a career Grand Slam. of the year just two weeks away. halfway to a calendar Grand Slam — a feat my decision to skip Madrid will positively The world number one has five Australian “That is the question present in my head, achieved only by two men. effect this week and Roland Garros. We’ll Open titles, two Wimbledon crowns and a but it is not a question that is distracting America’s Budge was the first in 1938 see. single US Open, but has yet to crack the me or bothering me; it excites me,” added before Australian legend Laver pulled it “I have done things in the right way clay courts of Roland Garros in Paris losing the Serb who is top seed at the Italian Open off twice, in 1962 and 1969. over the past couple of weeks. My whole to nine-time champion Rafael Nadal in the in Rome which got under way yesterday. But Djokovic isn’t looking too far ahead, team is here — both coaches (Marian Vajda 2012 and 2014 finals. “It gives me inspiration and motivation. preferring to concentrate on lifting a and Boris Becker) — so we are taking it But the 27-year-old is the form player The approach of being in the moment also fourth Rome title on his return to action really seriously and we hope to have a good of 2015 having captured the Australian helps, so I need to be devoted to this tour- after opting out of the Madrid Open, which result.” Open as well as the Masters titles at Indian nament first.” was scheduled to conclude later yesterday. Djokovic has a bye in the first round in Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo for a record If Djokovic were to win an elusive “I want to build a platform to get off and Rome before facing either Spain’s Nicolas of 30 wins and just two defeats in the year. first French Open then he would join perform well,” Djokovic told www.atpworld- Almagro or Italian wildcard Luca Vanni. “The question coming into each year: Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy tour.com at Rome’s Foro Italico. IANS MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Iran’s Mahdi Abbas Aliyarifeizabadi (in red) takes control over Xiao Di during their 98kg Greco-Roman final bout on last day of the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Iran’s coach (centre) displays the winners’ trophy for best coach of the event. Chinese coach (right) and Kazakhstan’s coach took second and third position respectively. PICTURES: KAMMUTTY VP Medals Results Iran win Greco-Roman title 66kg

GOLD: Hansu Ryu (KOR) df. Mohammadali Abdolhamid Geraei (IRI), 5-0

BRONZE: Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ) df. Asror Muhitdinov (UZB) by TF, 10-1 as Asian Wrestling ends BRONZE: Pan Zheng (CHN) df. Hak Won Ri (PRK) by TF, 8-0 Kazakhstan grab second position, China secure third spot in Doha 75kg

GOLD: Hyeonwoo KIM (KOR) df. Atabek DOHA: Iran culminated their match-up. Aliyarifeizabadi con- Azisbekov (KGZ) by FALL, 9-2 fine run at the Senior Asian trolled the match start to finish, Wrestling Championships 2015 finding consecutive gut wrenches BRONZE: Dilshodjon Turdiev (UZB) df. by winning the Greco-Roman to go up 4-0 against an exhausted Khalil Rabbia (PLE) by TF, 8-0 team title as the action-packed Xiao. 30-nation event concluded at the A takedown late in the first BRONZE: Payam Abdeh Saleh Bouyeri Aspire Dome in Doha yesterday. made the score 6-0, which is Payani (IRI) df. Daulet Zhaxilykov (KAZ) by Iran bagged the title by claim- where the contest would end, TF, 9-0 ing 63 points with Kazakhstan giving Iran their second title of 80kg securing second place with an the night. aggregate of 58 points. In the tournament’s final bout GOLD: Yousef Ghaderian (IRI) df. Aisha China finished on third position it was 2014 Asian Games cham- Aishan (CHN), 13-6 with a tally of 57 points. pion No.5 Nurmakhan Tinaliev Iran’s gold medal of the final (Kazakhstan) slipping past as BRONZE: Jonibek Otabekov (UZB) df. day came in what was the most surprising and aggressive No.12 Jinhyeok Kim (KOR) by FALL, 4-6 exciting bout of the finals between Meng Qiang (China), 3-2 to earn BRONZE: Zhassulan Koshanov (KAZ) df. unranked Aishan Aisha (China) the gold. Narsingh Pancham YADAV (IND) by Injury and No.18 Yousef Ghaderian Although, Iran signed off in Default, 0-0 (Iran). style, it was Korea’s dynamic duo Capitalising on a forced par- of Ryu Hansu and Kim Hyeon- 98kg terre, Aishan jumped out to a 6-2 woo stole the show last night in lead over a stunned Ghaderian. Doha. GOLD: Mahdi Abbas Aliyarifeizabadi (IRI) Rattled but undeterred, Ryu, a 2013 world champion, df. Di XIAO (CHN), 6-0 Ghaderian came back to the earned his second major regional BRONZE: Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) df. center of the mat, locked in an championship in eight months Beksultan Makhmudov (KGZ), 2-1 over-under position and commit- having taking home gold at the ted to an unlikely lateral drop. 2014 Asian Games. BRONZE: Norikatsu Saikawa (JPN) df. The risk worked and the Iranian The fourth-ranked wrestler in Nurmakhan Tinaliyev (in blue) loses control over Qiang Meng of China during their 130kg Greco-Roman final Arslan Saparmammedov (TKM) by TF, 9-1 youngster put Aishan to his back the world, Ryu drew a game No.15 bout at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha yesterday. for four points. Mohammadali Geraei (Iran) in 130kg Ghaderian extended his lead the 66kg finals. After a slow first- GOLD: Nurmakhan Tinaliyev (KAZ) df. with two more takedowns and an period a frustrated Geraei jumped World No.1 Kim Hyeon-woo period and poured on the pressure throw and eventual fall. The next Qiang Meng (CHN), 3-2 exposure to win the back-and- over Ryu’s head, but in missing (KOR) followed his countrymen’s in the second to earn two points continental championship will be forth contest 13-6. his target gave up a chest lock to title with a dominating run of his for a caution to take a 4-0 lead. the African championship May BRONZE: Morodjon Tuychiev (TJK) df. China and Iran met in the 98kg the score-hungry Ryu. own at 75kg. Facing unranked Azisbekov countered with an arm 30-31 in Alexandria, Egypt. Arata Sonoda (JPN) by Fall, 4-0 finals as Xiao Di (China) and No.7 Geraei was crumpled back- Atabek Azisbekov (Kyrgyzstan) – drag takedown early in the sec- The European Games for wres- Mahdi Abbas Aliyarifeizabadi wards, ceding four points to Ryu who had earlier upset No.8 Payam ond, but moments later the 2012 tling will follow and be competed BRONZE: Bashir Babajanzaleh (IRI) df. (Iran) took the mats for the who sealed the match, and gold Bouyeri Payani (Iran), 6-4 – Kim Olympic champion locked in an Jun 13-18 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Naveen Naveen (IND) by TF, 11-0 tournament’s night’s penultimate medal, 5-0 found a takedown in the first upper body grip for a four-point THE PENINSULA Cudlin overcomes impressive Al Naimi to retain title

DOHA: Australian rider Alex Cudlin overcame a strong Qatar Superbike challenge of Mishal Al Naimi Alex Cudlin of Qatar to retain the Qatar Championship (second left) Superbike Championship (QSBK) title. along with Final other riders Al Naimi had a great weekend Alex Cudlin (AUS) Kawasaki 255 pts in the last round Qatar Superbike poses on the Championship season but could podium at the Mishal Al Naimi (QAT) Honda 248 pts not stop Cudlin from clinching his end of Qatar Nasser Al Malki (QAT) BMW 181 pts fifth successive title at the Losail Superbike Nina Prinz (GER) Kawasaki 167 pts International Circuit. Championship The Qatari impressed with at Losail Anthony West (AUS) Kawasaki 150 pts all his timings, leading in all the International Saeed Al Sulaiti (QAT) Kawasaki 143 pts practices and winning both races, Circuit. but it was not enough to get the RIGHT: QMMF Rajini Krishnan (IND) Suzuki 109 pts title. President Ahmed Al Muyuni (KSA) BMW 87 pts In this last round, Cudlin fin- Nasser bin Supersport Category ished third and second and ended Khalifa Al the championship with 255 points Attiyah (right) Jassim Al Thani (QAT) Triumph 240 pts and Al Naimi with 248 points fin- poses with Mahmoud Tannir (LEB) Honda 217 pts ished runner-up at the QSBK rider Ahmed Al championship. Muyini. Fahid Al Sowaidi (QAT) Honda 180 pts The third place went for Nasser Nasser Al Khadra (KUW) Yamaha 168 pts Al Malki and Nina Prinz ended in fourth position. Abdulaziz Binladin (KSA)BMW 150 pts In the first race, Al Naimi, who got with the pole position, lead the race with 2.447 difference gap and been a very hard year but amaz- am not happy that I couldn’t get Qatari rider Jassim Al Thani, class and hope that this category race during the first three laps Cudlin, came in third place. ing season,” Cudlin said after the title.” with 240 points finished first fol- will continue in the coming sea- but Al Malki managed to overtook The German rider Nina Prinz being crowned champion. Meanwhile, in the Supersport lowed by the Lebanese Mahmoud sons,” Al Thani said. him, keeping this position during was fourth and Saeed Al Sulaiti Al Naimi said: “I am happy category, the Qatari rider Fahid Tannir. “I am very happy to end the the following six laps, but only had a crash in the first laps and with the results in this round, I Al Sowaidi topped in the category, “I am really happy for this championship in second place. I four laps to go, Al Naimi took the had to abandon and not able to pushed very hard from the begin- followed by Essa Al Mutawa from championship and for winning it. want to thank my team, sponsors, lead again and crossed the check- start the second race. ning, from the first free practice. I Qatar and the Lebanese rider Thanks to QMMF and Mr Nasser QMMF and family for all the sup- ered flag in first place. ‘I am really happy to win my feel good all this weekend with the Mahmoud Tannir cames third. Khalifa Al Attiyah for making port,” Tannir said following the Al Malki was second in the fifth QSBK championship. It has bike, but for the championship, I In the Supersport category, this championship for the 600cc race. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Pakistan’s Muhammad Afzal, who won gold in the triple jump event, with his coach (left) in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Indian track and field legend P.T. Usha congratulates Mathew Jisna (left) after the latter won the silver in the girls 400m event at the Qatar Sports Club track in Doha yesterday. PICTURES: SALIM MATRAMKOT Chinese runners dominate as Pakistan clinch first gold medal Indian track and field legend P.T. Usha’s prodigy Mathew Jisna wins 400m silver

DOHA: Three newly-crowned who was also a javelin thrower. Asian youth champions I love athletics and I dream of impressed on day three of the becoming an Olympic champion first Asian Youth Athletics one day.” Championships in Doha — set- Safina Sadullaeva won the ting world-leading perform- high jump to give Uzbekistan its ances and sending a strong second gold of the day. She beat signal to their rivals just two Hong Kong’s Wong Yuen Nam on months before the ninth IAAF countback. Both athletes cleared World Youth Championships in 1.71m and a jump-off was needed Cali, Colombia. to decide the winner. After both Also yesterday, four more failed at 1.69m, Safina cleared nations — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, 1.67m while Wong failed. Pakistan and Japan — joined the Another standout performer list of countries with at least one was Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser gold medal to their name. Now, Naser in the 400m. The young altogether 12 nations have gold Bahraini was simply irresist- medals in their kitty. ible with her perfect style and The star of the day was China’s pace, finishing first with a time hammer thrower Xu Wenjie. The of 53.02s. India’s Mathew Jisna young athlete followed the foot- trailed her with 53.84s, the sixth steps of many great Chinese ham- fastest time in the world this year. mer throwers of the past to win Jisna, the prodigy of Indian the event with a massive 75.15m track and field legend P.T. Usha, throw — a national youth record said: “I am very happy with my and second only to the world performance. I think it’s my best.” youth record throw of Hungary’s “This was my first big event Reka Gyuratz (76.04m). India’s and I am delighted that I lived up Ashish Jakhar, who came sec- to the expectations of my coach ond, also impressed with a 71.79m and won it in front of her,” the throw — the fifth best throw ever 16-year-old from Kannur district Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser Naser celebrates after winning the girls 400m race at the first Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Doha yesterday. in the youth category. of Kerala said. Uzbekistan’s Vladislav Palyunin Jisna was first picked from a also impressed. The 17-year-old, selection trial conducted by the held Federation Cup. I am happy have been training well. I thank who lives, trains and studies in Usha School of Athletics in 2011 with her progress,” Usha said. my coaches back home for their Dubai, bettered his personal best and is one of the athletes the “At this stage I would say Jisna valuable inputs,” the 17-year-old by 18m to claim gold in the javelin coach believes has huge potential. is better than what I was,” Usha, added. throw with 79.11m — the best per- Her mentor was proud. one of Asia’s greatest track and “I have been to the SAF Games formance in the world for 2015. “To clock such timings at such field athletes, said. in India where I finished in fourth “I didn’t train much the last a young age is noteworthy,” Usha Kyrgyzstan’s Arina place. So yes, this is my best ever couple of years due to hepatitis. said about the girl who is part of Kleshchukov set the pace in performance. I hope I can do bet- That explains the huge improve- the Indian team for the World the 800m after the bell rang ter than this.” Afzal said. ment, but I knew I was capable Youth Championships to be held for the final round and survived “I know the boys I was compet- of throwing that far. I can even in Columbia next month. a late surge by Japan’s Misato ing against were good. So I stayed exceed the 80m mark but I guess Usha also thinks that day is not Kaneko, who pushed her hard focused and decided to give my even 79m would be enough to far away when Jisna will improve in the final meters. Kleshchukov best,” he added. win gold in Cali,” said the over- her best. “Jisna has made steady crossed the line in 2:14.73, with Japan’s long-awaited maiden whelmed Palyunin. progress at the school nationals Kaneko following in 2:15.04. The gold medal finally came today, Palyunin’s said he idolizes his and at the youth level. She has real drama, however, unfolded in courtesy of Kanae Sugimura’s father, Dmitry, who represented been running the 100m and the the battle for the bronze medal, victory in the long jump. The the Soviet Union at the 1992 200m and it is only recently that when Kazakhstan’s Anastassiya Japanese leaped 5.90m in her Olympics. she has moved to the 400m. In Chshadylo tripped and fell fourth attempt to surpass Korea’s “My father introduced me to order to gain experience I made while trying to reach the lead- Huijin Lee’s early lead of 5.82m. athletics, along with my uncle her run the 400m in the recently ers. Lebanon’s Sara Joe Rafik The formidable Chinese team Kortbawi took advantage of the excelled in running events, add- Kazakh’s misfortune to pass her ing three more golds to their and claim the final spot on the tally. Hunag Peng prevailed in podium. the 1500m with a time of 4 min- Pakistan’s Muhammad Afzal utes, 5.85 seconds, Tian Wanhua needed only one valid distance dominated the 2000m steeple- to win the triple jump with a chase with ease, clocking 7:01.06, distance of 15.44m, ahead of Sri and Wu Yu Ang ran close to his Lanka’s Chamal Kumarasiri personal best (47.33s) to win Liyana Waduge, who had a large the 400m in style with a time of group of supporters to back him. 47.55s. This was the first medal for Khaled Alsaid Fares from Sri Lanka at the Asian Youth Kuwait won the 110m hur- Championships and a personal dles, clocking 13.92s. China’s Bo best for the young Sri Lankan, Xiaoshuai, who had beaten him whose previous record was 15.18m. in qualifying with a much better The pre-event favourite, India’s time of 13.75s lead throughout the Sonu Kumar, leaped 15.08m, some race but hit the last hurdle and 42cm behind his personal best to lost his pace, eventually finishing win bronze. second with 13.92s. Afzal said he was pleasantly The pole vault title went to surprised with the results. Taipei’s Yao Wen Yeh. Pakistan’s Muhammad Afzal in action at the Qatar Sports Club track in “Yes, this is a surprise. I didn’t Today is the final day of A Chinese athlete celebrates with her national flag at the first Asian Youth Doha yesterday. expect to win the gold but I knew competition. Athletics Championships in Doha yesterday. I would fight hard,” Afzal said. “I THE PENINSULA MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Al Sadd, El Jaish win Emir Cup matches

Al Ahli’s Soyebo Temi (#21) attempts to break through the Al Sadd defence during an Emir Cup 2015 basketball match held at Al Gharafa Stadium yesterday. Al Sadd beat Al Ahli 93-70. RIGHT: El Jaish’s Watson Boney (right) passes the ball as Al Shamal’s Salim Badir looks on during an Emir Cup match yesterday. El Jaish beat Al Shamal 86-77. PICTURES: BAHER AMIN Torres salvages point for Al Rayyan, El Jaish victorious Atletico at Levante La Liga champions miss chance to pull away in third

MADRID: Atletico Madrid Leaders Barcelona (90 points) squandered a chance to all but are on the brink of a fifth title secure their place in next sea- in seven years after they won son’s Champions League group 2-0 at home to Real Sociedad on stage when Fernando Torres Saturday to stretch their advan- had to come off the bench to tage over Real Madrid (86) to rescue a 2-2 draw at La Liga four points. strugglers Levante yesterday. Sevilla, in fifth, can close to After fourth-placed Valencia within a point of Valencia with a drew 2-2 at Real Madrid on win at mid-table Celta Vigo later Saturday, a win for the champi- on Sunday. ons would have propelled them This weekend’s matches are six points clear in third with two being played under the cloud of games left but they slipped up a possible strike orchestrated by against a team fighting for their the Spanish soccer federation top-flight status. (RFEF) and the players’ union Villarreal made no such mis- (AFE) due to a dispute over a TOP: A moment from the Emir Cup volleyball match between Al Arabi take in their match at home to new law on collective bargaining Club and El Jaish SC at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha yesterday. El Jaish Elche, a 1-0 victory thanks to Joel for the sale of television rights. defeated Al Arabi 25-16, 24-26, 23-25 and 21-25. BELOW: A moment Campbell’s first goal for the club The two organisations, who from the Emir Cup volleyball match between Al Rayyan SC and Police securing sixth place and a berth complain the law does not take yesterday. Al Rayyan won 25-23, 25-19 and 25-19. in Europa League qualifying. their interests sufficiently into Levante’s David Barral tapped account, have threatened to halt in at the far post in the 32nd games from May 16, meaning minute to put the 14th-placed club the last two La Liga match days ahead at their Ciutat de Valencia and the King’s Cup final between stadium before Guilherme Barca and Athletic Bilbao are Siqueira levelled with a smart under threat. REUTERS volley three minutes later. Atletico fell behind again in La Liga Results the 63rd minute when Kalu Uche bundled the ball over the line Levante 2 (Barral 31, Uche 62) Atletico and Torres secured a point when Madrid 2 (Siqueira 34, Torres 79) he nodded powerfully home fol- Villarreal 1 (Campbell 26) Elche 0 lowing a corner 10 minutes from Playing later time. Almeria vs Malaga, Celta Vigo vs Sevilla “We knew what it means to play here, where Levante are very Today’s Matches strong,” Siqueira told Spanish Rayo Vallecano vs Getafe (1845 GMT) television. Saturday’s Matches “In this final part of the season Granada 2 (Mainz 45, every point is crucial,” added the Brazilian. “We have two games El-Arabi 69-pen) Cordoba 0 left to make sure of the third spot Barcelona 2 (Neymar 50, Pedro 85) that we want.” Real Sociedad 0 Atletico have 77 points from 36 Real Madrid 2 (Pepe 55, Isco 83) Valencia 2 Atletico Madrid’s players celebrate their second goal against Levante matches, with Valencia on 73 in (Alcacer 19, Javi Fuego 25) fourth, which carries a berth in during a La Liga match at the Ciutat de Valencia Stadium in Valencia Athletic Bilbao 1 (Aduriz 14) Deportivo La yesterday. qualifying for Europe’s elite club competition. Coruna 1 (Lopo 90+3) Dost nets brace as Wolfsburg Real’s La Liga hopes not book Champions League spot extinguished, says Ancelotti

BERLIN: Forward Bas Dost Wolfsburg, who last played Moenchengladbach, and seven MADRID: Real Madrid coach “It’s much more difficult for treble of Champions League and scored twice as VfL Wolfsburg in Europe’s premier club com- ahead of fourth-placed Bayer Carlo Ancelotti refused to throw us now but we will carry on,” Spanish league and Cup triumphs, eased past struggling Paderborn petition after winning the 2009 Leverkusen. in the towel after Saturday Ancelotti told a news conference. are on the verge of a place in next 3-1 yesterday to secure a spot in Bundesliga title, can also clinch Schalke 04’s slump continued night’s 2-2 draw at home to “There are two matches left month’s final after beating Bayern next season’s Champions League the German Cup when they take with a 2-0 loss at Cologne, who Valencia left their hopes of and we have to try to win them Munich 3-0 at the Nou Camp and group stage after making sure on Borussia Dortmund in the final are guaranteed another season in overhauling La Liga leaders both,” added the Italian. play their second leg in Germany of a top-three finish with two later this month. the Bundesliga. Barcelona hanging by a thread. Real have won the European on Tuesday. matches to spare. “Huge congratulations to my The Royal Blues, however, have Real fought back from two Super Cup and Club World Cup Ancelotti said if his side played The Dutchman, who took his team for taking the decisive last one win from their last eight goals down at the Bernabeu but this season but are in danger of against Juve like they did in the Bundesliga tally to 16 goals, 14 of step,” coach Dieter Hecking told games with their Europa League were unable to snatch a winner ending 2014-15 without either second half against Valencia they which have come since the start of reporters. “In the last three games hopes dented after they dropped and slipped four points behind defending their Champions had every chance of making the the year, tapped in twice at the far we dropped too many points and to sixth place on 45, only two their arch rivals with two games League crown or winning a first showpiece in Berlin. post after Timm Klose’s header that was unnecessary. behind Borussia Dortmund and left. Barca, who won 2-0 at home domestic league title since 2012. Real could justifiably claim they gave the visitors the lead as they “We look forward to the last Werder Bremen. to Real Sociedad in the earlier The holders lost last week’s were short on luck on Saturday, ended a three-game league run two games of the season as we Bayern Munich, who have kick-off, can make sure of a fifth semi-final, first leg in Europe’s with Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth without a win. really want to defend second already secured the title, lost 1-0 title in seven years with victory at elite club competition 2-1 at Bale and Javier Hernandez all Paderborn, in 17th place, scored place.” to Augsburg on Saturday for their last season’s champions Atletico Juventus and host the Serie A hitting the frame of the goal and a late goal through Lukas Rupp’s The Wolves are second on 65 fourth defeat in a row in all com- Madrid next weekend, when Real side on Wednesday for the return. Ronaldo having a penalty saved on powerful shot. points, two ahead of Borussia petitions. REUTERS play at mid-table Espanyol. Barca, who can repeat 2009’s the stroke of halftime. REUTERS Monday 11 May 2015 22 Rajab 1436 Volume 20 Number 6427 Sport Price: QR2 SRI LANKA’S WEEKLY NEWS UPDATES Rosberg leads La Liga: Torres    Mercedes 1-2 salvages point at Spanish GP for Atletico LANKADEEPA MIDDLE EAST WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY DAR AL SHARQ                  !"#$%&'()#*#+,'-*,)# Sport | 23 Sport | 27

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Pep-to-City El Jaish trounce Al Rayyan rumours fly after Bayern lose again BERLIN: Fresh claims linking to reach Emir Cup semis Pep Guardiola to Manchester City are circulating after Bayern Munich warmed up for their Qatar SC register emphatic 4-1 win over Al Shahaniya to enter last four Champions League semi-final second leg against Barcelona by slumping to a fourth straight DOHA: El Jaish and Qatar defeat. Sports Club coasted to easy The Bundesliga champions wins over Al Rayyan and Al were beaten 1-0 at home by Shahaniya to make it to the Augsburg on Saturday, hardly semi-final stage of the Emir the best preparation for Tuesday’s Cup. clash with Barcelona, when they Yesterday at Lekhwiya must somehow overturn a 3-0 Stadium, El Jaish went on a goal first-leg deficit. scoring spree in the second half to The emphatic defeat at the register a 5-1 win over Al Rayyan. Camp Nou last week followed an After a barren first half, El exit from the German Cup semi- Jaish opening the scoring four finals on penalties to Borussia minutes into the second session. Dortmund and a league loss at Al Rayyan, who has earned a Bayer Leverkusen and the current promotion back into next year’s run is the worst of Guardiola’s Qatar Stars League (QSL), kept coaching career. the El Jaish strikers at bay for the The morale-sapping Augsburg first half succumb to pressure in reverse means Bayern have suf- the second half. fered four defeats in a row for the Romarinho ripped open the first time in 24 years and have Al Rayyan defense in the 49th now failed to score in three con- minute to give the lead. secutive matches for the first time Buoyed by an early second half, in 15 years. El Jaish stepped up the pressure The Bavarian giants have and added the second one six min- wobbled since clinching their utes later. Methnani found the 25th German championship, but target for El Jaish to make it 2-0. Guardiola, who has so far won 19 El Jaish consolidated the lead titles as a coach at Barcelona and in the 72nd minute with Lucas Bayern, has said he will fulfil the getting his name on the scorers final year on his Munich contract list, 3-0. Al Rayyan defense con- which expires in June 2016. tinued to cave in with Abdulkader However, there have been (85) and Wagner (90) scoring two new claims that Premier League goals within a span of five minutes giants City are negotiating with to make it 5-0. Guardiola to bring the 44-year-old Al Rayyan’s managed to sal- Action from the Emir Cup quarter-final match between Qatar Sports to the Etihad Stadium to replace vage some pride with a late goal. Club and Al Shahaniya at Lekhwiya Stadium yesterday. Qatar SC won Manuel Pellegrini as head coach. 4-1. In the other quarter-final, El Jaish trounced Al Rayyan 5-1. In today’s Broadcaster beIN Sports tweeted Emir Cup other quarter-finals, Al Sadd take on Al Khor at 5.15pm, while in the on Saturday that Guardiola has second match Lekhwiya clash with Umm Salal at 7.45pm. made a verbal agreement to man- Quarter-final Results age City next season. El Jaish 5 Al Rayyan 1 “Guardiola was contacted two Qatar Sports Club 4 Al Shahaniya 1 Rodrigo Tabata pulled one back the winners were leading 3-1. In months ago by Manchester City Today’s fixtures in 90th minute. today’s quarter-finals, Al Sadd and rejected. Contacted again Al Sadd vs Al Khor at 5.15pm Earlier, in another quarter- take on Al Khor at 5.15pm, while two weeks ago: didn’t accept nor final Qatar SC trounced Al in the second match Lekhwiya reject, still talking,” beIN Sports Lekhwiya vs Umm Salal at 7.45pm Shahaniya 4-1. clash with Umm Salal at 7.45pm. reporter Tancredi Palmeri added Venue: Lekhwiya Stadium At the end of half time play THE PENINSULA on Twitter. AFP Chelsea close Champions League door on Liverpool

Chelsea’s Cesc LONDON: Sergio Aguero box in the 32nd minute. City saw me respect for a couple of seconds Fabregas (left) scored a hat-trick as English Premier Aguero make it 3-0 in the 50th but slaughtered me all day,” said in action against Manchester City sealed Queens minute before he completed his Gerrard. Liverpool’s Park Rangers’ relegation from League hat-trick from the penalty spot “What’s important is the sup- Raheem Sterling the Premier League with a 6-0 London: English Premier League result 15 minutes later after David Silva port from the Liverpool fans, during the English victory yesterday. yesterday: was brought down. And there was they’ve been with me from day Premier League Meanwhile Liverpool’s hopes of Chelsea 1 (Terry 5) Liverpool 1 (Gerrard 44) still time for James Milner and one,” he added. match at Stamford a Champions League place were Silva to make it 6-0. QPR will Chelsea manager Jose Manchester City 6 (Aguero 4, 50, 65-pen, all but ended despite Steven now return to the Championship Mourinho, who tried to sign Bridge in London, Kolarov 32, Milner 70, Silva 87) QPR 0 Britain, yesterday. Gerrard’s goal in a 1-1 draw with following their promotion via the Gerrard when he was in charge of Played on Saturday The match ended English title-winners Chelsea. play-offs last season. several different clubs, said of the Aston Villa 1 (Cleverley 31) West Ham 0 1-1. QPR’s humiliating defeat left They will be joined in the sec- ovation: “I’m so happy with that. them bottom of the table, nine Crystal Palace 1 (Puncheon 57) Manchester ond tier by Burnley, whose relega- “The negative song Chelsea fans points adrift of safety and with United 2 (Mata 19-pen, Fellaini 78) tion was confirmed on Saturday. sing for him is respect for an old, only a maximum of six available Everton 0 Sunderland 2 (Graham 53, Defoe 85) The third and final relega- dear enemy that fought so much from their final two league games. Hull 0 Burnley 1 (Ings 62) tion place is currently occupied against us in every competition. By contrast, victory saw by Hull City but several other “After that, the standing Leicester 2 (Mahrez 7, 19) Southampton 0 deposed champions City stay clubs are also in danger of being applause is amazing. To get it at Newcastle 1 (Perez 41) West Brom 1 second behind Chelsea and demoted. At the other end of the Anfield he gets it week in week (Anichebe 32) secure their place in next season’s table, Chelsea faced Liverpool in out, year after year but away from Champions League. Stoke 3 (Adam 21, N’Zonzi 32, Diouf 86) what was Gerrard’s final match at home it shows a lot.” “We came here with a lot of Tottenham 0 Stamford Bridge before he joins This result left Liverpool hope, shot ourselves in the foot Playing today the LA Galaxy after the end of six points behind Manchester and gave away three set-pieces Arsenal vs Swansea (2000 GMT) this season. United, who currently occupy which they scored from,” QPR Chelsea captain John Terry the fourth and final Champions manager Chris Ramsey told Sky this season but I think it’s also headed in from a corner to put League qualifying place, with six Sports. the way he is playing,” said City the Blues 1-0 up in just the fifth more points available to both “On the day we didn’t really manager Manuel Pellegrini. minute. sides in their final two matches turn up.” “He is working a lot more dur- However, opposing skipper of the season. Ramsey, asked if he wanted the ing the game, moving more and Gerrard got Liverpool back on It would take a freak combi- QPR job on a permanent basis, receiving more balls.” level terms in similar fashion nation of results for Liverpool to said: “Yes. I really do. It’s a club Any thoughts of an improb- when the midfielder headed in a finish fourth given United’s goal I’ve taken to my heart.” able survival mission for QPR free-kick at the far post a minute difference currently stands at +25 Aguero’s treble cemented his were dashed as early as the fourth before half-time. and the Merseysiders’ at +11. position as the Premier League’s minute when Aguero shrugged off Gerrard was substituted by Yesterday’s result in west top scorer this season, the some weak tackles before beating Liverpool manager Brendan London also guaranteed Arsenal, Argentina forward’s tally for the QPR goalkeeper Robert Green. Rodgers shortly before full-time currently third ahead of their campaign now standing at 25 Aleksandar Kolarov doubled and received a standing ovation match at home to Swansea on goals. the hosts’ lead at Eastlands with from right around Stamford today, a Champions League place. “He wants to be the top scorer a free-kick from the edge of the Bridge. “Chelsea fans have shown AFP