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Friday 15 August 2014 • 19 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6158 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Push for Qatari ‘brand’ of dates Iraq’s Maliki steps Ministry launches first dates festival, to boost local production, quality aside as Premier, DOHA: Qatar is set to develop ‘its own brand of dates’. The Agriculture and Research backs replacement Department at the Ministry of Environment has embarked on BAGHDAD: Facing enormous action plans to enhance the pro- pressure at home and abroad Kuwait secures duction of dates and boost the to step aside, Nouri Al Maliki quality of garden fresh and dry dropped his bid for a third term border with dates. as prime minister of Iraq yes- As a precursor to the ambi- terday and pledged support for underground tious plans to develop the ‘Qatar his replacement, moderate Shia brand’ of dates, the ministry, for Dr Haider Al Abadi. surveillance the first time, launched a “festival Appearing on state television DOHA: The Kuwaiti Interior of fresh and dry dates” yesterday. flanked by Al Abadi and other ministry has succeeded in The festival at Ezdan Mall runs Shia politicians, Al Maliki spoke securing the northern border until August 16 and will be an of the grave “terrorist” threat with Iraq by using latest tech- annual event. from Islamic State Sunni mili- nological devices which have The date harvest season has tants before giving up on his fight the ability to prevent any infil- just begun and 20 varieties of to stay on. tration by intruders. local dates are on display at the “I announce before you today, The Kuwaiti newspaper, festival, which attracted a large to ease the movement of the polit- Al Shahid, said the ministry number of visitors on the first day. ical process and the formation of had begun to install invisible “As of now, local production is the new government, the with- underground systems to detect covering just 70 percent of total drawal of my candidacy in favour infiltration through border. It demand. The ministry has plans of brother Dr Haider Al Abadi,” has also begun to set up secu- to make the country self-suffi- he said. rity system using sophisticated cient by boosting production. Al Abadi is seen as a far less electricity devices along the “We have lined up a series of Officials touring the first dates festival at Ezdan Mall. The expo runs until August 16. polarising figure who has a chance southern border with a length projects to increase the quality of uniting Iraqis against Sunni of 237km. and quantity of local produc- to their dining tables. It is impor- technologies can boost the pro- horticulture and biotechnology insurgents who have captured The project follows a report tion,” said Yousef Al Khulaifi, tant in this age of people running duction of dates. applications. large parts of the country in the which said security personnel Director, Agricultural Affairs, at after junk foods and risking their Qatar Foundation has launched The strategic plan is to stimu- north and west, including Iraq’s were not able to prevent infil- the ministry. health. The date’s nutritional and a QR15m date palm research to late research for advanced tech- largest dam and five oilfields. tration and after a number of As part of promoting the date medicinal values would be high- improve the genetic traits of local nology and knowledge transfer, Meanwhile, US jets and drones people caught had admitted that palm sector, the ministry has lighted during the campaign,” said verities of dates. The ministry will sustainable and improved date launched more air strikes in they had entered the country planned to launch an awareness Massoud Jarallah Al Marri, Head announce more funds during the production systems, productive northern Iraq to destroy vehi- illegally. THE PENINSULA campaign to highlight the nutri- of the department. next festival to boost production. date varieties and to investigate cles operated by extremist fight- tional values of dates and the need He said the campaign to pro- The Weill Cornell Medical health benefits of date-enriched ers from the Islamic State, the warned of more strikes to protect to include the fruit in the daily mote natural food would be the College in Qatar and the food diets. military said. US personnel in the Kurdish city menu of people. nucleus of future annual ‘dates Biotechnology Centre at the In 2010, Qatar had an estimated The latest operations came of Arbil. He said the siege of the “Our campaign will focus on festival’. Ministry of Environment are 144,000 date producing palm trees after President Barack Obama Sinjar mountain had broken. the need for families bringing The next editions of the festi- working to develop Qatar as an spread across 335,000 hectares. said the air campaign had AGENCIES traditional and natural food back vals will showcase how the new emerging leader in date palm THE PENINSULA achieved its initial objectives but See also page 5

Prosecute coup Police College to receive first leaders over Gaza truce extension holds batch of 130 students tomorrow Rabe’a massacre: GAZA CITY: Millions in Gaza the army to end Palestinian rocket security officials said, adding the and southern Israel yesterday attacks from Gaza once and for all. skies fell silent at around 3am DOHA: The Police College will receive the first batch of 130 Al Qaradawi enjoyed a welcome extension to a In Gaza City’s battered Shejaiya (0000 GMT). candidates tomorrow who will commence training. temporary truce despite a rocky neighbourhood, Mohamed Ibrahim Palestinian Chief Negotiator The students include 120 Qataris and those from other GCC DOHA: Noted Islamic scholar start which saw a flurry of rocket Aateysh was brewing sweet mint Azzam Al Ahmed said the delega- and Arab countries. They will get a bachelor in law and police sci- and President of International fire and air strikes. tea inside his destroyed home with tions had reached “agreement on ence degree after finishing the course. The college is an important Union for Muslim Scholars Egyptian mediators brokered a his family. “The ceasefire is non- many points” concerning the lifting development in implementing the security pillar of Qatar National (IUMS) , Dr Yusef Al Qaradawi, five-day extension to an existing sense. We want stability in the of eight-year blockade on Gaza but Vision 2030. has called for the prosecution of truce to allow for further nego- country,” he said wearily. needed more time to settle remain- Budget for the college project is around QR2.5bn. Admission is those responsible for the ‘mas- tiations on a long-term ceasefire “Not having to come and go ing disputes. limited to students of 2012-13 and 2013-14. The Prime Minister sacre’ of hundreds in Rabe’a Al to fighting that has killed 1,962 every day. One day sleeping there, Israel confirmed it accepted the and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Adawiya in Egypt. Palestinians and 67 people on the then one day coming back. As you Egyptian proposal. “We’re honour- Al Thani has set up a panel to conduct interviews. The “coup leaders” who used Israeli side since July 8. can see my home is completely ing the ceasefire and let’s see what The General Manager of the college, Brigadier Dr Mohamed force to disperse people holding Despite overnight rocket attacks destroyed. Our whole life is now Hamas does,” a senior official said. Abdulla Al Mohanna said that the college is ready to receive the peaceful protest are responsible on Israel and Israeli air strikes on destroyed.” Israeli negotiators and members first batch where students will stay for four years to pursue the for the mass murder. Those who Gaza, the calm held throughout The Israeli army said six of the Palestinian delegation have degree. Students will get allowances, transportation, awards and lost their lives included youth, yesterday even if great uncer- Palestinian rockets struck Israel left Cairo for consultations with other benefits during their stay in the college and will get the women, children and old people, tainty persists on both sides about during the night, including three their bases and are not expected rank of lieutenant after graduation. Last February, the Ministry Al Qaradawi said in a statement the future. after the new truce came into to return before tomorrow night of Interior had set up a supreme council to develop policies of the issued by IUMS yesterday. Around 10,000 Israelis poured effect at midnight. at the earliest. college. Yesterday, the students began their orientation programme. The August 14 massacre was into Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, police Israeli warplanes hit back AGENCIES THE PENINSULA carried out by “coup leaders’ and said, calling on the government and with four air strikes, Palestinian See also page 5 Picture on page 3 their supporters. The leaders will be accountable in front of Allah. This was a premeditated mass killing. The aim of the “coup leaders” Mesaieed stock included in MSCI index Mowasalat taxis was not just to disperse the peo- ple who were demanding free- DUBAI: Shares in Qatar’s Mesaieed Petrochemical surged in heav y for people with dom and dignity, but to eliminate trade yesterday after MSCI said it had added the stock to its MSCI them. The “coup leaders’ must be All-Country World Index. Shares were up 7.1 percent at 0639 GMT, special needs brought to justice, he said. having jumped 10 percent — their daily limit — in early trade. The THE PENINSULA stock’s rise helped Doha’s index climb 0.7 percent to 13,611 points, DOHA: Mowasalat has See also page 4 hitting a 10-week intra-day high. launched specially-designed taxis for people with special TODAY’S EDITION OF Plot to assassinate Saleh foiled needs and their families. THE PENINSULA The vehicles are equipped with INCLUDES A 28-page SANA’A: Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s security team two wheelchairs and can accom- SUPPLEMENT ON uncovered a plot to kill him with explosives planted in a tunnel modate four family members or running to a mosque inside his residential compound in Sana’a, an friends. aide said yesterday while authorities said they were investigating. The taxis are designed in a way Saleh, who stepped down in 2012 amid protests against his rule after that wheelchairs can be directly more than 30 years in office, and has many enemies. See also page 4 taken inside. The vehicles are also equipped with primary security Syria troops retake key town gadgets, electric doors and safety keys. DAMASCUS: Syrian government forces yesterday retook a key Khalid Nasser Al Hail, CEO, town on the outskirts of capital Damascus after a months-long bat- Mowasalat, said the company tle against rebels, state television said. “The army, with the coop- is committed to providing safe eration of National Defence Forces (militia), has accomplished its transportation for people with mission of restoring stability and security to Mleiha,” the army special needs. command said in a statement. See also page 4 One of the taxis for people with special needs. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Real estate market slumps Fewer transactions due to Eid holidays; market leaders out of Qatar DOHA: The real estate mar- followed by Doha municipality, week. Doha Municipality came 31.6 percent of all the transac- ket took a breather as real which saw seven deals. About on top in terms of transaction tions during the week. estate transactions fell last 82.6 percent of the deals were value with QR59.5m, against Al Zaayen Municipality week on account of the Eid for plots of land, while 17 percent QR2218.9m the previous week ranked third in terms of the Al Fitr holidays. According to were other kinds of deals. — a fall of 97 percent. There value of transactions, which Ezdan Weekly Report, there The report projected that were only seven deals in the reached QR30.4m in five deals, were only 33 real estate trans- the real estate market would week against 36 deals the week showing fall of 63 percent com- actions last week — a fall of 94 bounce back in the coming weeks before. Doha municipality saw 35 pared to the previous week. percent compared to the week after people return from their percent of all the deals. Al Khor and Al Zakhira before Eid. vacations. The biggest deal in Doha dur- ranked fourth with five trans- Experts said that the market The total transaction value ing the week was QR15m paid actions worth QR11.8m, regis- leaders had preferred to travel last week stood at QR170.1m, for a 735-square-metre plot of tering a decline of 54 percent after Eid. Most of them are out down from QR276m the previous land in Old Al Ganim. Another compared to the previous week. of the country. This is the rea- week. The week had only three plot, in Al Nuaija and measuring Al Wakra ranked fifth with son for the major slump in deals, working days because of the Eid 1,198 square metres, was sold for three transactions worth market insiders said. In contrast holidays. QR15m. QR7.8m — a fall of 81 percent to traditional market trends, the According to the real estate Al Rayyan municipality compared to the week before. market was doing well during department at the Ministry ranked second with a transac- Umm Salal ranked sixth with www.swiss-belhotel.com Ramadan this time, they noted. of Justice, the value of daily tion value of QR53.7m, as against three transactions worth Al Rayyan municipality was deals reached QR56.7m, com- QR263.8m the previous week — QR6.9m. Tel on top as there were 10 deals, pared to QR552m the previous a decline of 79.6 percent. It saw THE PENINSULA Fax

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llah the Almighty describes PATIENCE WITH OBEDIENCE people died? His closest allies and beloved It is the highest degree of patience Then they were rained upon with ones with a quality. Do you when one is patient regarding obeying stones of hard clay. They were punished know what it is? Allah Allah in terms of observing His obliga- in ways different from all other nations praises those who have this tions regularly and performing them in and those who follow their example will Aattribute in the best way. Do you know the most perfect way. When the Athaan have the same punishment, which is not what it is? Allah promises those who have (call for prayer) is made, you are in the far from the wrongdoers. [Al-Jawaab this virtue with the greatest reward. Do Masjid to perform the obligatory prayer. Al-Kaafi by Ibn Al-Qayyim] you know what it is? When you are with your family, you Was not disobedience the reason You will recognise this trait when you are the dutiful and obedient son who behind all this? Man should realise the know that those who have it, unlike oth- obeys his parents’ orders and seek their loss he incurs and the wrong he does ers, will be given their reward in full happiness. when he disobeys Allah. The fact is that without account. The most important reason that moti- we are in dire need for patience, with acts It is patience, which is half of faith. vates the youth to be patient in obeying of disobedience and sins. Faith is two parts: one-half is patience his Lord is to determine his goal in life in Just as disobedience is the reason and the other is gratitude. Since most advance. There should be no lesser goal behind all forms of misery and wretch- people claim to love Allah, He wants to than entering the Paradise of Allah. The edness, patience with disobedience is the test them and assess their sincerity. So least thing that a Muslim should hope for reason behind all forms of success and He imposed on them acts of obedience, is to enter Paradise. That is because if one superiority. It is the patience of those forbade them from committing vices does not enter Paradise, this means that who love Allah and know His might and and predestined for them certain types he will inevitably enter Hell. (We seek majesty. It is the patience of those young of trial. refuge with Allah from this). people beset by desires and evil objects The result was that some people suc- One will not obtain this unless he is that are beautified for them and the call, ceeded, others failed. Those successful patient with regard to obeying Allah. “Come! Everything is ready for you,” gets were patient, obeying their Lord and That is because one cannot attain louder in their ears but they raise the avoiding disobedience. When they did what Allah has unless He is satisfied. slogan {I seek the refuge of Allah. Indeed, disobey Allah, they immediately returned Therefore, when you see a young man He is my Master, who has made good my to Him and repented. Therefore, they performing acts of worship regularly residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not suc- tasted the sweetness of contentment and and perfectly, you should know that he ceed.} Such people have rightly venerated Allah showered them with tranquillity is seeking a goal and trying to achieve it. Allah and recognised His favours upon and reassurance. This means that when one determines his them and they are too bashful to let Allah When you socialise with such people, goal, this helps him correctly utilise his watch them disobeying Him. you observe that they are happy. Why potential for patience in obeying Allah. If they fall into the trap of disobedi- should it not be so when Allah praised When we talk about patience regard- ences that sullies them, they soon purify those who were patient in the best way, ing obedience, we should not forget the themselves with tears of repentance and promised them the greatest reward and, story of Ibraaheem (Abraham), may regret. They are the pious people. In the unlike others, will reward them without Allah exalt his mention, the intimate Quran, Allah mentioned that it is one account? friend of Allah, who offered himself for of the characteristics of the pious peo- Those who are impatient are over- the fire and his son for sacrifice. ple that they might commit immorality. whelmed with worries and sorrows. Why It is a unique form of patience, unpar- Nevertheless, the difference between the should it not be so when the Prophet said alleled throughout human history. When pious and the wretched is that when the in the Hadeeth (narration): “Verily, the a kind father, who was deprived of having former commits an act of disobedience, greatness of the reward is tied to the great- children for many years, offers his son he immediately asks for forgiveness, ness of the trial: When Allah loves a people, to be slaughtered while keeping patience repents and returns to his Lord with He puts them to trial. Whoever accepts it, with the commands of Allah, this is a hope and fear. Allah says (what means): ARE PATIENT Allah said: “Strange is the matter of the will enjoy the pleasure of Allah; and whoever unique form of patience. Reflect on the {And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord To those young people who are patient believer as all his matters are good, and is displeased with it, will incur the displeas- situation of the dutiful son and obedient and a garden as wide as the heavens and with obeying their Lords; to those young this is only for the believer. If a good thing ure of Allah.” youth, Ismaa‘eel (Ishmael), may Allah earth, prepared for the righteous. Who people who were called to disobedience befell him, he would be grateful (to Allah) To which type do you belong? exalt his mention, who was brought up spend [in the cause of Allah] during ease and they responded, “We fear Allah”, and this would be good for him; and if an The stage of adolescence can be called on obedience to Allah. He said, as Allah and hardship and who restrain anger and your reward is great. Allah says (what evil thing befell him, he would be patient the stage of patience because during says (what means) through his words: who pardon the people - and Allah loves means): {Indeed, the patient will be given and this would be good for him.” this stage the youth experience physical, {O my (dear) father, perform whatever you the doers of good; And those who, when they their reward without account.”} [Quran 39: Allah says (what means): {But if you mental and emotional changes. The youth are commanded; you will soon find me, in commit an immorality or wrong themselves 10] are patient - it is better for those who are either control these changes and are case Allah (so) decides, among the patient.} [by transgression], remember Allah and Being loved by Allah: What would patient.} [Quran 16: 126] guided in the right direction to correctly [Quran 37: 102] seek forgiveness for their sins - and who you do if you knew that Abu Bakr, may There are several means through utilise them and turn them into talents can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] Allah be pleased with him, loves you? which a Muslim can achieve this noble and resources which boost improvement, PATIENCE ON AVOIDING do not persist in what they have done while What would you do if you knew that the value and great act of worship. The fol- a spirit of achievement and other con- DISOBEDIENCE: they know.} [Quran 3: 133-135] Prophet, sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, lowing are the most important means: structive purposes, causing this stage to Sins and acts of disobedience are We need to consider the reality of life loves you? What would you do if you knew • Reflect on the great reward of pass peacefully. harmful. Undoubtedly, their damaging and not speak from lofty towers. This is that Allah, the King of the Universe, loves patience. One has to reflect on the good If they are neglected, they turn into effect on one’s heart is like the effect of because reality forces us to say that there you? Have you not heard before the verse reward for those who are patient in the stormy winds which blow contrary to poison on the body and this has different are many evil things and desires and the in which Allah says (what means): {And two worlds. what the ships desire. degrees. Any evil or ailment afflicting a youth easily find seduction everywhere. Allah loves the patient} [Quran 3: 146]? • Seek help from Allah who says (what Adolescents experience a state of rapid person in the two worlds is due to sins Hence, the Messenger of Allah told O you who are patient with obedience, means): {Is He [not best] who responds to and successive physical, mental and emo- and acts of disobedience. us that there will be days of patience and Allah loves you. He loves a person who the desperate one when he calls upon Him tional changes. When the adolescent What was the reason behind the knew about the desires and seductive wakes up from his deep sleep, removes and removes evil and makes you inheritors interacts with the external environment banishment of our first parents from means that would follow, and therefore the bedcovers, stands up with his limbs of the earth?} [Quran 27: 62] -- friends and peers in particular -- they Paradise, the abode of pleasure, bliss he promised the patient a double reward. shivering from the cold, performs ablu- Allah is able to grant you this noble are mostly inclined to imitation and fol- and happiness, to the abode of pain, sad- Once, the Messenger of Allah said to his tion correctly and responds to the call quality and make it one of your charac- lowing their friends’ stance to avoid being ness and disasters? What was the rea- Companions : “‘After you there will come of Allah for prayer. Allah loves someone teristics. So you should constantly ask ‘the odd-one-out’. If their friends and son behind taking Satan away from the the days of patience (ie days which require who severs his (unlawful) relationship Him to grant you this. companions move in the wrong direction, kingdom of heaven, expelling him from patience). During those (days) the reward with a girl and seeks a way of satisfying • It is something beautiful that the the adolescent is required to be patient the mercy of Allah, cursing him and for the one who adheres to the Commands of Him. young man reviews the biographies in order not to fall into their misguided deforming him outwardly and inwardly? Allah will be equivalent to the reward of fifty Words cannot describe the great scene of those who are guiding beacons in ways along with them. What was the reason behind drowning all of you.’ They said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, the that will be granted to the person who patience. There are also youth who live Adolescents are in dire need of wor- the inhabitants of earth until the water reward of fifty of them?’ He said: ‘Nay, it is was patient out of love for Allah. You among us now steadfast on obedience ship and religiousness in their lives. reached the mountain tops? What was the reward of fifty of you.’” put your foot in a garden the vastness of and far away from disobedience. When Many psychological studies indicate that the reason behind sending the barren Does not this great reward eagerly which is like the heavens and earth and you constantly reflect on them, your soul male and female adolescents in differ- wind to the people of ‘Aad, which turned urge us to be patient with this perishable forget all forms of misery, trial, fatigue yearns to join them and become among ent countries have this innate direction them into lifeless corpses, as if they were life to attain the pleasure of the immortal and tiredness you experienced in this those who are patient. and inclination. Consequently, we observe hollow trunks of palm trees? That wind life? worldly life. So, you should not say their way is dif- that often many adolescents hasten to also destroyed everything it passed by, You should know that if you prefer The angels are receiving you from eve- ficult, because the Helper is Able. Rather, perform acts of worship and obedience. including homes, farms, plants and ani- desires, comfort, play and entertainment, rywhere because you are the guest of The you should ask The One Who gave them, However, sometimes they do not continue mals. It made them an example for all they quickly end. Nevertheless, the con- Most Merciful. Allah says (what means): seek from Him because He is your Lord doing so, mostly due to external influ- nations until the Day of Judgment. sequences will be great, unrelenting pain {Gardens of perpetual residence; they will and theirs. It could happen that a poor ences which surround the youth such What was the reason behind sending whose suffering and torture are harder, enter them with whoever were righteous man finds a treasure and an unimportant as bad friends or a family which neither the Shriek against the people of Thamood more difficult and continuous than the among their fathers, their spouses and their person obtains a great virtue. [Al-Mud- helps nor cultivates nor encourages piety. until their hearts were cut within their suffering of keeping patience with the descendants. And the angels will enter upon hish by Ibn Al-Jawzi] An adolescent must be patient, give chests and they died? What was the prohibitions of Allah as well as obedience them from every gate, [saying], “Peace be Allah says (what means) through the precedence to the hereafter over this reason behind lifting the villages of the to Him and contradicting one’s personal upon you for what you patiently endured. words of Ya’qoob, may Allah exalt his worldly pleasure and seek the reward of people of Loote, may Allah exalt his men- desires for His sake. [Al-Fawaa’id by Ibn And excellent is the final home.”} [Quran mention: {So patience is most fitting. And Allah who says (what means): {But what tion, up to the heavens until the angels Al-Qayyim] 13: 23-24] Allah is The One sought for help against that is with Allah is better and more lasting.} heard the barking of their dogs and then Patience is better for the patient: In a which you describe.} [Quran 12: 18] [Quran 42: 36] it was turned upside down and all the THE REWARDS OF THOSE WHO Hadeeth (narration), the Messenger of (http://www.islamweb.net/)

here are many days set aside in considered to be the property of the par- non-Islamic societies to honour ents: Aa’ishah narrated that a man came and appreciate special people; to the Prophet to resolve a dispute he had Texamples of these are Father’s How to respect your parents with his father regarding a loan he had Day, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day and given him. The Prophet said to the man: Labour Day. In Islam, respecting, hon- [Quran 17:23-24] The recognition and associate anything with Him, and to parents, is two years. Be grateful to Me and your par- “You and your wealth are to (ie the prop- ouring and appreciating parents is not respect of parents is mentioned in the good treatment...’” [Quran 6:151] ents; to Me is the [final] destination. But if erty of) your father.” just for one day of the year, but rather for Quran 11 times; in every instance, Allah Although Islam recognises both par- they endeavour to make you associate with We hope and pray that all of us will each and every day. reminds children to recognise and appre- ents, mothers are given particular grati- Me that of which you have no knowledge, do respect our parents while they are alive A Muslim child should respect and ciate the love and care they have received tude and respect. This can be appreciated not obey them but accompany them in [this] and after their death. One can honour appreciate his or her parents on a daily from their parents. One example is when if we reflect upon the hardship and suf- world with appropriate kindness and follow his parents after their death through: basis. Allah mentions that human beings Allah says what means: “And We have fering mothers experience in their lives. the way of those who turn back to Me [in Performing daily Du’aa’ (supplication) must recognise their parents and that this enjoined upon man goodness to parents…” There is a Hadeeth of the Prophet: It was repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, for them; giving charity on their behalf; is second only to the recognition of Allah. [Quran 29:8 & 46:15] The demand for rec- narrated by Abu Hurayrah that a man and I will inform you about what you used to instituting a perpetual charity on their Throughout the Quran, we notice that ognising parents is made more emphatic came to the Prophet and asked him: ‘Who do.” [Quran 31:14-15] behalf, such as a mosque, an Islamic cen- parents are mentioned with appreciation when Allah says (what means): “And is most deserving of my close compan- Islam teaches us that of the most tre, an Islamic library, an Islamic hospi- and respect, even if they are senile. [recall] when We took the covenant from the ionship?’ He replied: “Your mother; your beloved deeds to Allah, having respect for tal, an orphanage, etc.; performing Haj In the Quran, there is a very beauti- Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them]: mother; your mother; then your father; one’s parents is second to that of prayer on their behalf, or asking someone to do ful description of how parents are to be ‘Do not worship except Allah; and to parents, then the next closest to you in kinship; and is greater than that of Jihaad (fight- so; and distributing Islamic literature on treated; Allah says (what means): “And do good…’” [Quran 2:83] then the one next closest.” ing in His cause). their behalf. your Lord has decreed that you not worship Allah again emphasises in chapter Islam has endorsed respect for parents Abu ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ‘Abdullaah Ibn Let us pray to Allah that we do our except Him, and to parents, good treat- An-Nisaa’ that children should be kind by their children, even if the parents are Mas’ood narrated the following: “I asked best to respect our parents, honour them, ment. Whether one or both of them reach to their parents. He says what means: non-Muslims. If parents strive to convert the Prophet: ‘Which deed is the most be kind to them, assist them, and please old age [while] with you, say not to them [so “Worship Allah and associate nothing with their children to non-Islamic beliefs, the beloved to Allah?’ He replied: “Prayers them so that we may attain the love of much as] ‘uff’ [ie an expression of irritation Him, and to parents do good...” [Quran 4:36] children should not obey them, but must performed on time.” I then asked: ‘Which Allah. or disapproval] and do not repel them but In Chapter Al-An’aam, Allah re- still maintain goodness towards them. one is next?’ He replied: “Goodness to par- O Allah! Accept our humble prayers speak to them a noble word. And lower to emphasises that people should be kind to Allah says what means: “And We have ents.” I then asked: ‘Which is next?’ He and make us obedient slaves to You. them the wing of humility out of mercy and their parents; He says what means: “Say: enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. replied: “Jihaad in the path of Allah.”” O Allah! Help us to be respectful chil- say: ‘My Lord! Have mercy upon them as ‘Come, I will recite what your Lord has pro- His mother carried him, [increasing her] in In Islam, respect for parents is so dren to our parents. Aameen. they brought me up [when I was] small.’” hibited to you. [He commands] that you not weakness upon weakness, and his weaning great that the child and his wealth are (http://www.islamweb.net/) FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Five killed on Syria troops retake town near capital DAMASCUS: Syrian govern- ment forces yesterday retook a key town on the outskirts Cairo carnage of the capital Damascus after a months-long battle against rebels, a military source and state television said. The Syrian Observatory for anniversary Human Rights monitoring group backed up the report. “The army, with the coop- Mursi supporters clash with police eration of the National Defence Forces (militia), has accomplished CAIRO: At least five people than 700 people were killed at the its mission of restoring stability were killed in sporadic vio- two squares on that day. and security to Mleiha,” the army lence in Egypt yesterday after Yesterday, attempts by Mursi command said in a statement. Islamists called protests to mark supporters to demonstrate were It added that troops carried the first anniversary of a police swiftly suppressed, reflecting their out “a series of crucial operations crackdown that cost the lives of dwindling ability to stage protests killing a large number of takfiri hundreds of demonstrators. amid violent repression that has (Islamic extremist) mercenaries On August 14, 2013, after then left more than 1,400 people dead who had barricaded themselves army chief and now President since Mursi’s overthrow in July in the town.” Abdel Fattah Al Sisi had removed 2013. The pro-Mursi Anti-Coup “This is a tough blow to the Egypt’s first freely elected presi- Alliance had called for nationwide takfiri terrorists who have begun dent, the security forces set upon rallies yesterday under the slogan to fall in the face of the successive thousands of Mursi support- “We Demand Retribution”. blows dealt to them by the army,” ers at protest camps in Rabaa Four people were killed by gun- it said. Al Adawiya and Nahda squares, shots across Cairo when Mursi The army said Mleiha would leaving hundreds of people dead. supporters clashed with riot now serve as a springboard for its The assault was “one of the police and civilian opponents, a bid to regain control of Eastern largest killings of demonstrators security official said. Ghouta, an important rebel bas- in a single day in recent history”, Earlier, a policeman was tion outside Damascus that has the New York-based Human gunned down in a southern Cairo long been in the sights of govern- Rights Watch said in a report suburb by unknown assailants. ment forces. released ahead of yesterday’s Police fired tear gas during State television broadcast live anniversary. clashes with pro-Mursi dem- from Mleiha, showing streets with In Rabaa Al Adawiya alone at onstrators in three neighbour- holes punched through homes by A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) yesterday shows a Syrian army tank least 817 people were killed, HRW hoods of the Mediterranean city rockets and twisted metal from advancing in a street in Mleiha on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. said, calling for investigations into of Alexandria and in the town of telephone line poles. likely “crimes against humanity”. Kerdasa, southwest of Cairo. Mleiha lies southeast of the fire on the capital,” Observatory moderate rebel groups in large one-time Iraqi branch and origi- Official estimates say more AFP capital and has been a key director Rami Abdel Rahman parts of Syria, took control of nally fought alongside Syria’s flashpoint in fighting around said. eight villages between the Turkish rebel groups, but it has been Damascus. “It is also the gateway to border and the northern city of denounced by Al Qaeda’s leader Government troops, backed at Eastern Ghouta,” he added. Aleppo on Wednesday. and other opposition groups have times by fighters from the allied While the government retains The Britain-based Observatory, turned against it. In January, a Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah, firm control over Damascus, which relies on a network of activ- coalition of Islamist and moder- have been battling there since rebels have several rear bases ists and medics on the ground, ate opposition fighters began bat- April. The area has been under around the city, from which they said at least 40 rebels were killed tling IS, forcing it to retreat for siege for more than a year, and regularly launch rockets. in the fighting, along with 12 a time to its stronghold in Raqa under near-constant bombard- Elsewhere in Syria, the IS militants. province. ment by government forces. Observatory said Islamic State Another 50 rebels were taken But with the capture of large The chief of Syria’s air defence jihadists had beheaded at least prisoner by the jihadis, and the swathes of Iraqi territory across forces, General Hussein Isaac, was nine opposition fighters on Observatory said yesterday the border as well as heavy mili- killed in fighting there in May. Wednesday night, after seizing that nine had been beheaded in tary equipment, the group has “Taking back Mleiha would several northern villages. Akhatarin, which was captured since managed to regain some lost Supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi block a road with allow the regime to protect parts The extremist group, which has in the IS advance. ground in Syria. burning tyres in Cairo’s northern district of Matariya yesterday. of Damascus from rebel rocket been battling other Islamist and IS grew from Al Qaeda’s AFP Saleh’s secretary says plot to assassinate leader foiled

SANAA: An aide to Yemen’s went to inspect the tunnel and former president Ali Abdullah detained five people on the spot. Saleh (pictured) said yesterday Three of them were handed to his security team had uncov- Yemen’s top security team, a com- ered a plot to kill him with mittee headed by the minister of explosives planted in a tunnel interior. running to a mosque inside his An Interior Ministry official residential compound in Sanaa. confirmed that three suspects had Yemen’s authorities said they been turned over to the authori- were investigating. ties by Saleh’s security team and Saleh, who stepped down in said others were being sought for 2012 amid mass protests against questioning, but declined to give his rule after more than three further details. decades in office, remains an Saleh retains the post of head influential figure in the country of the General People’s Congress, and still has many enemies. “Initial investigations showed the former ruling party and a He has survived at least two that the tunnelling began four main partner in the coalition gov- assassination attempts, the latest months ago and its purpose was ernment that was set up after he in June 2011 when he sustained to assassinate the former presi- stepped aside. serious burns and several senior dent and his aides,” Mughrabi told His departure under a Gulf- officials and aides were killed. Reuters. brokered power transfer deal in Abdullah Al Mughrabi, Saleh’s “The tunnel had reached under which his deputy, Abd-Rabbu private secretary, said the plot a small mosque at the house Mansour Hadi, succeeded him, came to light following a tip-off which is used by the former presi- was accompanied by bitter dis- to his security guards from one dent and top leaders of his politi- putes, including over his being of the people involved in digging cal party.” granted immunity from prosecu- the tunnel. Mughrabi said Saleh’s security tion by parliament. REUTERS

Nasrallah, the football fan, opens up

BEIRUT: Hassan Nasrallah that pitted Germany against Argentina “for (pictured), the leader of Lebanon’s my son’s sake”. “Since he was supporting powerful Shia movement Hezbollah, is Germany, I decided to support Argentina rarely seen in public and known mostly to create a bit of suspense,” he said. for the group’s military exploits — but The decision ended up being a misstep he’s also a football fan. for the powerful leader, reviled as the head In an interview published by Lebanon’s of a “terrorist” group by many in the inter- Al-Akhbar newspaper yesterday, Nasrallah national community, but beloved by his spoke at length about Israel, Syria and the supporters in Lebanon. Palestinians, but also revealed a few per- Germany bested Argentina with a sonal tidbits, including his long-time love for the beau- single goal. The interview provided other rare tiful game. He also discussed his favourite foods, what insights into the personal life of the 53-year-old, books he is reading and denied claims that he lives who has three sons and a daughter. He told the in a bunker because of threats to his life. newspaper he hasn’t driven a car since 1986, has “I love football, and I used to play it with friends,” forgotten most of the English he used to speak and he told the newspaper, which is close to Hezbollah. avoids mobile phones and the Internet for security In the past, he told the daily, he used to follow reasons. He said he had become used to switch- football “for fun and as a change of pace”. ing sleeping places on a regular basis, particularly “I supported Brazil most of the time, and some- since the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, but times Argentina, particularly during (Diego) denied that he was in hiding, or lived in a bunker. Maradona’s time. I liked the way he played.” “I don’t live in a bunker. The point of security Nasrallah said he hadn’t watched much of this measures is that movement be kept secret, but that year’s World Cup, which swept up most of Lebanon doesn’t stop me from moving around and seeing in football fever, because of the conflicts in Iraq, Syria what is happening,” he said. and Gaza. But he said he had watched part of the final AFP FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 US finds fewer Yazidis trapped in Iraq Assessment makes American evacuation improbable; UN declares Level 3 emergency in Iraq

DOHUK, IRAQ: An American vulnerable, remain trapped on have overrun large parts of the assessment team found “far Mount Sinjar, said Mahmud Bakr, country. fewer” Yazidis trapped in north- 45. Abadi, whose nomination was ern Iraq than expected, mak- “My father Khalaf is 70 years accepted by President Fuad ing an evacuation mission less old — he cannot make this jour- Masum on Monday, has 30 days likely, as the flight of minority ney,” he told AFP as he crossed to build a team that will face the groups from advancing jihadis back into Iraq. daunting task of defusing sectar- showed no let-up yesterday. For those who managed to ian tensions and, in the words of The UN refugee agency had escape the siege, the relief of US President Barack Obama, con- said tens of thousands of civilians, reaching relative safety was tem- vincing the Sunni Arab minority many of them from the Yazidi pered by the spartan conditions of that IS “is not the only game in religious minority, were trapped the camps hurriedly erected by town”. on Mount Sinjar by jihadists of the Iraqi Kurdish authorities to The UN Security Council has the Islamic State (IS) militant accommodate them. expressed backing for Abadi’s group, which has overrun swathes “We went from hunger in nomination, calling it “an impor- of Iraq and Syria. Sinjar to hunger in this camp,” tant step toward the formation of But the Pentagon said that — said Khodr Hussein. an inclusive government.” based on a firsthand assessment As the international outcry And the office of top Shia cleric by a small party of US military over the plight of the Yazidis Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani on personnel — the plight of those mounted, Western governments Wednesday released a July letter on the mountain was not so bad pledged to step up help for those in which he called for incumbent as had been feared, and an evacu- still trapped, and the United premier Nouri Al Maliki to be ation mission was therefore “far Nations declared a Level 3 emer- replaced. less likely”. gency in Iraq, allowing it to speed Sistani is revered by millions A US military official said up its response. and has enormous influence the special forces personnel had The US said Wednesday it had among Iraq’s Shia Arab majority. returned safely to Arbil, the capi- conducted a seventh airdrop of International support has tal of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish food and water for those remain- poured in for Abadi, most region. ing on the mountain, bringing the importantly from Tehran and Pentagon press secretary Rear total aid delivered to the stranded Washington, the two main foreign Admiral John Kirby said the fewer Yazidis in coordination with the powerbrokers in Iraq. than 20 troops did not engage in Iraqi government to more than any combat. 114,000 meals and 35,000 gallons Terror recruitment network “The team has assessed that This US Navy photo obtained yesterday shows sailors cleaning an F/A-18C Hornet, attached to the Golden of drinking water. busted there are far fewer Yazidis on Warriors of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush on And Australia has also carried Meanwhile, the Moroccan Mount Sinjar than previously Wednesday in the Gulf. out an aid airdrop, Prime Minister Interior Ministry said yester- feared, in part because of the suc- Tony Abbott said yesterday. day it has dismantled a network cess of humanitarian air drops, Washington has already said it responsible for recruiting jihadis air strikes on (IS) targets, the Iraqi helicopters and Kurdish jihadists as “devil worshippers”. Thousands of people have will ship weapons to the Kurds and sending them to fight in efforts of the (Kurdish forces) and forces have been trying to reach Various countries are ramping poured across a border bridge into to help them fight back against Syria and Iraq for the Islamic the ability of thousands of Yazidis those trapped by jihadis who are up their efforts to aid the trapped camps in Iraq’s Kurdish region the jihadis, and France has fol- State group. to evacuate from the mountain targeting Yazidis, Christians and civilians and Kurdish forces bat- after trekking through neigh- lowed suit. “The operation, based on each night over the last several other minorities, and Washington tling the militants, and the US bouring Syria to find refuge, most Washington meanwhile detailed investigations carried days,” he said. and its allies have been studying has launched a series of air strikes with nothing but the clothes on urged Iraqi prime min- out in close collaboration with “The Yazidis who remain are in ways to bring them out. since Friday. their backs. ister designate Haidar Spain, stems from a proactive better condition than previously The Yazidis are a closed But a US military rescue oper- Some women carried exhausted Al Abadi to move swiftly to security approach aimed at bat- believed and continue to have Kurdish-speaking community ation on the mountain would take children, weeping as they reached form a broad-based government tling terrorist threats,” a ministry access to the food and water that that follows their own non-Mus- American involvement to another the relative safety of the camps. able to unite Iraqis in the fight statement said. we have dropped.” lim faith and are despised by the level. But others, including the most against the IS insurgents who AFP

Israel moves Damage to Gaza farms hits food supply, says UN body against rights ROME: The conflict in Gaza the uncertainty about a possible people in Gaza rely on farming for has caused serious damage resumption of military activities their livelihoods, with a further group over to crops, herds and fishing as had caused major problems. 6,000 living from livestock rais- well as greenhouses and irri- “Under the most recent cease- ing and another 3,600 dependent gation systems, bringing food fire many farmers and herders on fishing. Gaza criticism production to a halt and send- are now able to access their lands, It said it could begin distrib- ing prices sharply higher, the however resumption of food pro- uting fodder to sheep and goats JERUSALEM: Israel has dis- United Nations food body said duction faces serious obstacles”, as well as 4,000 water tanks as qualified its foremost human yesterday. he said. Food prices have shot up soon as a permanent ceasefire was rights group as a volunteer The Rome-based Food and for many items since the start of established. option for youths who choose Agriculture Organisation (FAO) hostilities, with egg prices up 40 Israel and Hamas militants, civilian national service over said in a statement that virtu- percent, potatoes up 42 percent who control Gaza, extended a military conscription, offi- ally the entire local population of and tomatoes up as much as 179 three-day truce on Wednesday cials said yesterday, citing the about 1.8 million was dependent percent. by a further five days to give group’s criticism of the Gaza on food aid and significant long FAO said there had been sub- Egyptian mediators more time offensive. term help would be needed for stantial direct damage to the to try to secure a peace deal. The government move against local farms to recover. 17,000 hectares of croplands in Israeli forces launched an B’Tselem, while unlikely to affect Ciro Fiorillo, head of FAO’s Gaza and the area had lost around offensive against the Gaza Strip the group’s operations, reflected office in the West Bank and Gaza half its population of poultry on July 8 with the declared aim of growing anger within Prime Strip, said specialists had been either through direct hits on shel- halting rocket fire out of the ter- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s able to make a series of field visits ters or by lack of feed or water. ritory. It later sent in its ground rightist coalition at Israeli activ- to the coastal Palestinian enclave Around 64,000 sheep and goats forces to destroy a large network ism it sees as stoking pro-Pales- to prepare a detailed assessment needed feed and water, while of infiltration tunnels. tinian sympathy. of the damage during the latest the fishing sector had lost 234.6 It pulled its troops out of Gaza Hoping to close ranks with ceasefire. tonnes of potential catch in from last week, but efforts to agree to minority Arab citizens and ultra- He said bomb damage, water July 9-August 10, around 9.3 per- a permanent ceasefire have so far Orthodox Jews exempted from and electricity shortages and cent of the annual catch. failed. The tilted minaret of destroyed Al Sousi mosque crashed into a house after the draft for ideological reasons, financial problems, as well as According to FAO, some 19,000 REUTERS it was hit by Israeli air strikes in the west of Gaza City, yesterday. and to accommodate pacifists, Israel has been sponsoring alter- native service in public bodies like education and health. Civilian national service volun- Three soldiers, two teers have their living expenses covered by the state and later Erdogan vows to raise heat on cleric Al Qaeda militants become eligible for benefits akin to those extended to discharged ANKARA: Turkish president- minister and leader of the AK — a reform which requires either erupted in December. killed in Yemen soldiers. elect Redcep Tayyip Erdogan Party until his inauguration, a two thirds majority in parlia- Erdogan accuses US-based The government’s National- signalled no let-up in his drive urged provincial AK leaders to ment or a popular vote. Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen’s SANAA:Three Yemeni sol- Civic Service Authority said it to strengthen the powers of the remain focused on securing a The AK Party currently holds supporters in the judiciary and diers and two Al Qaeda mili- would stop providing staff for presidency yesterday and vowed stronger parliamentary majority 313 of parliament’s 550 seats, a police of contriving the corrup- tants were killed when security B’Tselem after the group argued his battle against an Islamic next year to enable the party to strong majority but below the tion investigation, which led to forces foiled an attack by insur- that some military strikes in cleric he accuses of plotting rewrite the constitution. crucial two thirds threshold. the resignation of three cabinet gents in the eastern province of Gaza, where 1,945 Palestinians, against the state would inten- “I said before that the presi- Erdogan founded the AK Party ministers, as part of a “judicial Hadramout yesterday, medical mostly civilians, have died in a sify once he took office. dential elections would be the as a coalition of conservative reli- coup attempt”, a “dirty plot” to sources said. month-old war, were illegal. In his first major speech since starting gun for the 2015 (gen- gious Muslims, nationalists and overthrow him. The state news agency Saba B’Tselem currently has one declaring victory in a presiden- eral) elections,” he told the party reforming centre-right elements. Thousands of police officers and said security forces had con- national service volunteer, tial election on Sunday, Erdogan meeting in a speech broadcast on He dismissed suggestions that the hundreds of judges and prosecu- fronted Al Qaeda militants who authority director Sar-Shalom offered little sign that his fiery Turkish television. party he has dominated ever since tors have been reassigned in a had placed three car bombs in Jerbi told Israel’s Channel 2 TV. rhetoric and blunt approach to “Our target should be to acquire could crumble without him, say- purge of Gulen’s influence since the Hadramout provincial capi- “The volunteers represent one politics would soften after his at least a majority to establish the ing it drew its strength from the then, with Erdogan accusing what tal of Al Mukallah. It said several camp, in that they want to con- inauguration on Augsu 28. new constitution. I don’t believe Turkish people. he calls a “parallel structure” of a militants were killed and several tribute to the country, to society His victory secured his place in that you will compromise on this,” “Those who thought our party “vile betrayal” of Turkey. soldiers wounded. and to their community,” Jerbi history as Turkey’s first directly he said. would decline or fall apart have Dozens more police officers, “The fighters ... managed to said. “B’Tselem crossed the line elected head of state and took Erdogan will have to break for- always been wrong,” he said. some of them high-ranking, were destroy three car bombs in the in wartime (by) campaigning him a step closer to the presi- mal links with the AK Party he “We have gone through chal- detained in the weeks before the Sitteen street in Al Mukallah and inciting against the State dential system he covets for the founded 13 years ago once he is lenging times in these 13 years. presidential vote, accused of spy- before they reached their targets,” of Israel and the Israel Defence European Union candidate nation sworn in as president. He wants We have resisted, driven back, ing and illegally wire-tapping Saba said, quoting a military Force, which is the most moral and NATO member state. a pliant successor as leader of the turned upside down all attacks Erdogan and his inner circle. source. Ansar Al Sharia, an Al of armies.” His opponents fear an increas- party, likely also to be his next on us. We have always been man- “During the National Security Qaeda-affiliated group in Yemen, B’Tselem director Haggai Elad, ingly authoritarian state under prime minister, in order to secure dated by the people.” Council meeting we made a deci- claimed the attack on a Twitter responding in the broadcast, Erdogan, who has dominated a stronger parliament majority in Erdogan’s victory on Sunday, in sion about this. It’s entered into account. Reuters was not imme- described the ban as politically Turkish politics for more than a polls next June. which he took almost 52 percent the official files under a code diately able to verify the authen- motivated and undemocratic. decade, and whose Islamist roots Should his influence over the of the vote, came despite one of name. It’s an organisation that ticity of the account. The group “We act out of a deep commit- and intolerance of dissent they party wane, Erdogan could strug- the most turbulent years of his threatens our national security. said last week it killed 14 soldiers ment to the values of the society fear is taking Turkey further gle to force through the consti- leadership, with anti-government We have new evidence, new files,” in an eastern province as revenge we are part of,” Elad said. away from Western values. tutional changes he wants to demonstrations last summer Erdogan said. for an army offensive against its REUTERS Erdogan, who remains prime create an executive presidency and a corruption scandal which REUTERS members. REUTERS FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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Hillary’s challenges Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

illary Clinton is at it again — courting controversy and then trying to undo the damage diplomatically. In the latest such adventure, she rubbed President HBarack Obama the wrong way by telling a journalist how his policies in the Middle East led to the sprouting up of In Egypt, a year of bloodshed Jihadi groups in Iraq and Syria. Hard Choices — her latest memoirs — are fresh on bookshelves and she is making hard choices. She made a clever choice in 2008, when after having lost the White House Democratic nomination to Barack leaves a thirst for revenge Obama, she was offered the position of Secretary of State BY STEPHEN KALIN & by none other than Obama. And there was Hillary, splashed MAGGIE FICK Minister) Mohamed Ibrahim. They gave sentenced to death in mass trials across newspaper pages — seated with Obama in his aircraft, the orders. They are the ones respon- that have drawn condemnation from almost reaching over to listen — coffee mug in hand. The two sible, not the ones who executed the Western governments and human rights were daggers drawn at each other days earlier, tearing into gyptian police arrested orders,” Siam’s father Gamal said. groups. one another’s political acumen and credentials to lead the 29-year-old Sherif Siam The Cairo University professor, 68, The cycle of repression and militancy United States of America. while clearing a Cairo pro- gets teary-eyed when speaking about shows little sign of abating soon and the test camp one year ago. Four his son. Mother Eman, still clad in the prospect of a long-term, low-level con- Though there are no permanent friends or foes in politics, days later, he and 36 others black of mourning, frequently bursts flict threatens efforts to attract back many were taken aback by Clinton’s readiness to accept the Esuffocated in a packed police van on the into tears as they describe the black- foreign investors. offer. Before she could push herself headlong into the latest way to jail. ened, swollen corpse they found at the Steven Cook, an Egypt scholar at dispute with Obama, she tried to extricate herself out of it. On the same day as Siam’s arrest, morgue. the Council for Foreign Relations in Here was Clinton calling up the US president to tell him that policeman Mohamed Abdel Aziz, 22, was They say Sherif was not a Muslim Washington, said reconciliation looked her interview to The Atlantic wasn’t meant to be an attack on shot in the shoulder while breaking up Brotherhood member but had gone to unlikely. “As Sisi and the leadership con- a second sit-in on the other side of the the Rabaa sit-in, where he was detained tinue to dismantle the organisation and his foreign policy. After all, the astute Hillary had to promote capital. He died a week later. and later transported in the over- close the channels for political partici- her book the very next day at Martha’s Vineyard where One year since Egyptian security crowded police van where he died. pation not just for the Brotherhood but Obama is holidaying away from the stresses of the world. forces stormed two Cairo camps, kill- “Some of our friends... do not sym- for everybody, you necessarily radical- There was speculation that the ing hundreds of protesters demanding pathise with us. They say: ‘He went to ise the political environment,” he told two would ‘hug it out’ when they the reinstatement of elected Islamist Rabaa, why did he go there?’,” Gamal Reuters by phone. meet but the White House declined President said. “We try to convince them that it “You can jail a lot of these people, but Despite a Mohamed Mursi, is a life lost, but everything is political. ... you can’t necessarily erase the senti- great past and to comment on if the leaders did Egyptians remain It’s ‘With Sisi or against Sisi.’” ments,” he said. actually hug. deeply divided Across the urban sprawl from the Coffee tables in the Siam home, not a promising As Secretary of State, Hillary Many hundreds over the future of middle-class suburb where the Siam far from Rabaa Al Adawiya where he future, Hillary was seen to be a successful diplomat of Egyptians their country. family nurse their grief, Abdel Aziz’s was detained a year ago, are covered who cleverly promoted US interests The crack- mother says the man who shot her with photo albums and framed pictures were killed when down on policeman son has yet to face justice. of Sherif. Clinton’s across the world. In her bid to reach security forces used Mursi’s Muslim For her, the execution of hundreds of A court sentenced the officer in out to the world, the ageing lawyer course to the bulldozers and live Brotherhood Brotherhood members on death row charge of the van in which he died to 10 went to 111 countries, clocking over has knocked the cannot come soon enough. years in jail, but then ordered a retrial. presidency can a million miles. ammunition to clear group from domi- “These Brothers all need to be The officer, and three junior policemen be a challenge. But it was the scourge of tens of thousands of nance and driven rounded up because they are ruining all who received suspended sentences, are Benghazi that stained her protesters camped it underground, the Arab countries. God take revenge on the only people punished to date in con- while the general them,” Abdel Aziz’s mother told Reuters nection with the government crackdown reputation as the head of the US out in Rabaa Al who ousted the by telephone. in July and August 2013. State Department. The attack on the US embassy in Libya’s Adawiya and Nahda elected leader Many hundreds of Egyptians were For the mother of policeman Abdel Benghazi killed the ambassador leading to an uproar over following protests killed when security forces used bulldoz- Aziz, security forces were doing what the Obama administration’s handling of the crisis. Rejoining squares. against his rule ers and live ammunition to clear tens of they had to for Egypt. Her son told her office after having a blood clot removed from her brain, is now president thousands of protesters camped out in in the hospital that he had warned an Hillary looked wizened but in control. Her outburst at the himself. Rabaa Al Adawiya and Nahda squares. Islamist, who was with his wife and chil- But for the families of the dead, the While the Brotherhood maintains it dren, to leave the sit-in to avoid getting Congressional hearing long after the incident showed that long wait for justice has left an abiding is a peaceful movement, the government hurt. Abdel Aziz said that was the man Hillary wasn’t one to be messed with. appetite for revenge on both sides of the says nearly 500 people, mostly from the he believed later shot him. The smart Yale graduate has played her cards close to political divide that could yet undermine army and police, have been killed in “See what these terrorists are like her chest about her bid for the 2016 presidency. Though all the stability Egypt’s new ruler, Abdel subsequent clashes and in attacks by and what my son is like? indications suggest that she is aiming at the presidency, she Fattah Al Sisi, hopes will restore inves- Islamist insurgents angered at Mursi’s He did not want to kill the man who tor confidence and shore up a flagging removal. killed him,” she said. hasn’t said that in so many words. This foggy trait underlines economy. Sisi won presidential elections in The parents of Siam, who was at her personality. Not content with seeking punishment May after pledging to eliminate the the other protest, said their son went Hillary looks transparent at times, wily at others. Her record for the individuals who took their chil- Brotherhood. The group was banned to help the wounded on the day of its has been clean but not completely above reproach. Such traits dren’s lives, these families say they will last year and its political wing was dis- dispersal. “I want to say more but what are not considered undesirable in politics. But if she would go not rest until their political enemies banded this month. can I say? I am one of many mothers for the US presidency, she needs to watch out for rivals trying have been eliminated. Over the past year, hundreds of suffering,” she said in sobs. “The murderers are Sisi and (Interior Brotherhood members have been REUTERS to show that such qualities can become liabilities in office• The other side Quote of Egypt killings the day

There is good reason to and widespread, that they “probably they “have a lot to answer for”. to any other country, that democracy reflect on the carnage Egypt amounted to crimes against humanity”. This, indeed, needs to be brought cannot be tailored, that political matu- has suffered in its quest for In the August 14 crackdown last to the attention of many of the world’s rity lies only in following the path of Tpolitical maturity. After the year, as they sought to disperse a sit-in leaders and governments that choose legitimacy and the mandate given by ouster in June last year by the military at Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, to look the other way as the military the people. There’s also no excuse of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first elected security forces killed at least 817 peo- establishment in Egypt commits trans- Meanwhile, as Egyptians mark the civilian president, tens of thousands ple and probably up to 1,000. HRW gressions against people’s rights and anniversary today of the massacre at for police to use of people gathered on the streets to says that the encampments, especially democratic freedoms — because the Cairo mosque, there is reason for excessive force against protest, and the security forces reacted at Rabaa al-Adawiya, were variously elections threw up a result they found Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri, who have with excessive force. attacked with armoured personnel carri- unpalatable. been irresponsibly throwing out refer- peaceful protests or to On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch ers, ground troops and snipers, and live In fact, as exemplified by US ences to Egypt and Gaza, to take note throw protesters in jail laid bare the reality of this situation: in rounds were fired into the crowds who Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent as well: there is no comparison when a thorough, 188-page report, the rights found themselves without a safe exit. visit to Cairo, many governments have it comes to the situations in the Middle for lawfully exercising organisation said that the killing of at It concludes that this was “a violent no qualms about engaging with a East and Pakistan. To try and conflate their First least 1,150 demonstrators by secu- crackdown planned at the highest level regime that has blatantly undemocratic the current domestic political crisis to Amendment rights. rity personnel in six demonstrations in of the Egyptian government” and that credentials. The situation in Egypt today that level is to make light of unbearable Barack Obama July and August had been systematic many of the officials remain in power; is a reminder, as much to Pakistan as tragedy. DAWN US President FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Egypt is in the grip of a violent tyranny As the Mubarak regime showed, the stability of the oppressive autocrat resistant to change is an illusion.

BY DAVID J ROTHKOPF the Mubarak regime showed, the stabil- ity of the oppressive autocrat resistant hat would it look like if to change is an illusion. The region is a America actually had a graveyard for strongmen who ignored Middle East strategy? the street. To begin with, of A long-term US strategy must there- course, it would hardly fore embrace not just momentarily stabil- Wlook like what we are seeing today. At ising choices but those that will promote the moment, we are confronted with an changes that make stability more dura- unprecedented region-wide series of cri- ble. The stability tipping point in any ses that are each seemingly being treated society is when the majority of people by US policymakers as though they were feel working within the system is more unrelated. American responses to each within their interest than working out- have been reactive, typically veering side of it. The Arab Awakening was a sign between the passive and the inadequate. that many countries in the region were While there has been lots of rumina- teetering at this point. Extremists sought tion about what could go wrong if we to take advantage of this embraced risky or bad policies, there To counter their initiatives we must has been less focus on how to achieve support those who recognise the need to our goals and seemingly precious little create systems that offer a better alter- thought given to the consequences of native than the mayhem and medieval our inaction. In short, at a particularly values jihadists and their ideological fraught moment in a dangerous and vital cousins are selling -- in short, existences part of the world we seem to be without that are rewarding in both this life as a clear vision or a plan for achieving it. well as in the next. Further, of course, As a consequence, America’s vital we must recognise that stability in the Egyptians shout anti-terrorism slogans as they demonstrate in front the site of a blast at the Egyptian police headquarters and the Museum national interests are suffering. A region Middle East cannot be imposed by out- of Islamic Art in downtown Cairo on January 2014. of substantial economic importance to siders. It must be cultivated from within. that has linked together not only those so that we can effectively achieve inter- overall goal. Difficult problems will exist, the US and to the world is spiralling into It is the Sunni versus Sunni battle two former warring states but also many national goals. of course. Eliminating Iranian nuclear ever deeper instability. Allies are at risk. between extremists, who are the advo- other countries. This requires diplomacy. And it will weapons must be a US goal. Bad actors who pose a material secu- cates of militant radical change and While in some of these states there are require active and dependable commit- And Iran can be an ally against the rity threat to the US and those allies proponents of political Islam, and more individuals who support such extremist ments of many resources including aid, Islamic State. It also can play an impor- are growing and multiplying and gain- moderate groups who are seeking to pre- groups, the governments themselves are arms, intelligence, logistical support, air tant role in ultimately producing change ing strength. Unchecked or inadequately, serve Islam but do so in a way that is united in concern about the unchecked power of the manned and unmanned in governments in Syria and Iraq. But haphazardly challenged, recent disturb- either more open to the evolution his- spread of the Islamic State. variety, and special operations. But it will that is the kind of complexity that major ing trends could grow much, much worse. torical trends demand or at least does It is a concern so great that it has even also require a few other underdeveloped strategies of this kind entail. Divisions Still, our goals in the Middle East not seek to forcibly impose their views caused some to set aside for the moment US skill sets -- diplomacy, the ability to and alliances don’t come neatly. are straightforward: We have economic on nonbelievers. It is a battle between unease with the support of Iran or Bashar listen, loyalty to longtime friends, a will- There are no risk-free initiatives. interests there such as the provision of those who seek to violently force the Al Assad in the battle against that rising ingness to accept differences in values Indeed, if this recent period of flying energy resources, trade flows and invest- clock backwards and those who believe threat. It is so great that it has led to the and approaches within alliances. without a flight plan reveals anything, ments we wish to protect and cultivate. that piety and progress can be made to formation of a new, closer Russian-Israeli If this is a top priority it will also it is that the search for risk-free options We wish to maintain strong relationships coexist. One senior Arab diplomat with relationship. mean recognising that undercutting vital may be among the most dangerous paths with countries that can help us advance whom I spoke called it the new Middle Perhaps it is a measure of the severity potential partners like Egypt or Israel or to choose of all. our geopolitical interests -- enhanc- East Cold War. of such a threat that it inspires alliances, potential Gulf allies with our be ha vi or Because, as we have seen, given ing our influence, counterbalancing the While the conditions and specific cooperation, and special degrees of toler- should be reassessed. America’s unique role in the world, our power of potential rivals. upheavals in each state in the Middle East ance among such strange bedfellows. But Relationships are complicated and we consigning ourselves to the sidelines or It’s clear that what we seek in the are, as noted earlier, different, it is this the loose coalescing of this group should can still offer pressure when needed, but sporadic, very limited interventions that region is not only the kind of develop- battle that is responsible for the greatest be seen by a US that does not wish to we need to keep our priorities -- stabil- exist outside a broader strategy only cre- ment that promotes and protects those amount of today’s unrest and violence. shoulder too many risks and is sceptical ity in the region and the elimination ates a bigger opening for our enemies, for who are well-disposed toward the US, Certainly, our traditional allies in the of its ability to influence outcomes far of the extremist threats -- clear. That the spread of fundamental threats, and but stability. But not just any stability Middle East have come to see the prob- from home as the great strategic oppor- doesn’t mean blind support. Regimes for the possibility that this will someday -- and this is an important point. We lem as one. Consider the degree to which tunity of the moment. that embrace activities that are likely to be seen as a period of profound strategic want a stable, prospering Middle East Israel and Egypt have cooperated to deal American leadership in the years ahead ultimately lead to instability should be failure for the US in the region and the that is friendly to us but is also an inhos- with Hamas. Consider that unifying ani- will turn on our ability to reinvent our steered away from those activities pre- world. pitable environment for our enemies. As mus towards the Muslim Brotherhood alliances and international institutions cisely because they are dangerous to our WP-BLOOMBERG

Ferguson isn’t war zone, enough of Mike Brown America has a chance Residents and business owners to stop Islamic State in Ferguson have been subjected BY JOSEPH I LIEBERMAN t would be wrong to view President Barack Obama’s decision to to unimaginable oppression, but order air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and to give weapons to Kurdish fighters as a continuation of the war in Iraq. we need to build a path towards IIt is more accurate to see it as a mission to prevent a repetition of the war in Afghanistan. We have a chance to stop the Islamic State before it creates a sanc- reconciliation. tuary in Iraq and Syria that it could use to strike the US, just as Al Qaeda used its sanctuary in Afghanistan to kill thousands of Americans BY PAMELA MERRITT letting several stay overnight for on September 11, 2001. That, to his credit, is what the president has fear that they may be targeted for begun to do. neighbourhood just violence if they remained outside. Obama gave two very good, moral, short-term reasons when he north of my home – Major cleanup efforts are sched- authorised the air strikes on Thursday: to prevent a humanitarian Ferguson, Missouri – uled for Wednesday. catastrophe for Yazidis and Christians and to protect Americans in has been under siege Ferguson is not a war zone and Kurdistan and elsewhere in Iraq. Then, on Saturday, the president A Demonstrators confront police during an impromptu rally to protest the by its own police force. Maybe it’s residents are not enemy combat- clarified the larger, longer-term goals of this action. hard to imagine what that means ants – but that’s what it looked shooting of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson on Saturday. First, it will not be time limited. Obama has steadfastly refused to set if you’re not here ... but it’s actu- like the last few nights. a deadline for the US’ engagement in the fight against the Islamic State. ally harder to come to grips with I am not condoning violence or community. So my sister and meeting called for a forum to Second, he said, “There’s going to be a counterterrorism element” if you are. looting, but the anger and frus- I attended a mass community open up a community dialogue. of our activities against the Islamic State. The unrest, the vandalism and tration being voiced by people in meeting organised by the St Louis The optimist in me hopes that On Monday, the president added that the US is “ready to work with the looting that you’ve heard Ferguson comes from a very real County NAACP near Ferguson on happens, but for any dialogue to other countries in the region to deal with the humanitarian crisis and about from local, national and place. Monday night, at which over 1,000 have an impact it will need to counterterrorism challenge in Iraq.” international newspeople? At least one witness account of people showed up. have diverse participation. In other words, even after we successfully provide protection and That happened to businesses Brown’s killing – that the police They came from all over the We can’t move forward if relief to threatened Yazidis, Christians and Americans, a longer-term that are part of the Ferguson approached him and demanded region, and there were so many the only people talking about fight must be waged. community. The show of force that he stop walking in the street people that they overflowed into change are black people and The shockingly rapid and violent spread of the Islamic State in that you saw on the news the – raises grave concerns in a com- the parking lot. liberal allies. Fruitful dialogue Syria and Iraq, its declaration of an extremist Islamist caliphate and other night? That all went down munity where there are valid con- When it became apparent will involve diverse participation the stream of explicit threats it has made against the US demonstrate in neighbourhoods where many of cerns about racial profiling by a that the crowd was not going to from the St Louis region, includ- that it is a clear and present danger to us and our allies. my friends work and live. mostly white police force. be allowed into the building and ing members of law enforcement, Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Since Sunday, the afternoons In a city where two-thirds of people seemed to be getting rest- the faith community, educa- Jeh Johnson have each expressed urgent concern about the risk that and evenings of the mostly-black the residents are black, only three less, a young woman worked her tors, healthcare providers and the Islamic State will attempt terrorist attacks against our homeland, residents of Ferguson have been of Ferguson’s 53 police officers are way to the front of the crowd. residents. and those attacks could be carried out by Americans who are fighting filled with protests and vigils in black. Black drivers accounted for She raised her voice and We need to start talking about with the group. response to 18-year-old Michael more than 86 percent of traffic reminded the frustrated crowd the larger issues fuelling racial That is why the leadership the president has shown in the past week Brown’s death at the hands of a stops in 2013, and 92 percent of that we all showed up because we tension – we need to talk about is so important. Of course, what happens in the months ahead will police officer on Saturday, and traffic stops that ended in arrest want to address the violence and more than just Mike Brown. be determinative. The Iraqi government must unify and reform itself they’ve endured long nights filled involved black drivers. oppression that fuelled that past The tragic events of the past under its new leaders. US air strikes must continue. with shouting police and riot gear, That was the social climate four days of unrest. The crowd few days could be the beginning The US and its allies must help to better train and equip Kurdish with wooden bullets and teargas when Ferguson residents were of over 200 people then formed a of something. and Iraqi troops and our unparalleled counterterrorism capabilities – and, early Wednesday morning, confronted by police officers circle, held hands and we recited Our communities are not war must be brought fully into the fight. with a second man shot by a cop. Monday night, officers who were the Lord’s Prayer. zones. Residents and business The president has repeatedly said that he will not put US combat People I know faced down police brandishing weapons and han- By the time the mass meet- owners in Ferguson have been troops on the ground in the Middle East. But if they get specialised dogs to participate in a peaceful dling police dogs, some of whom ing ended, thousands of people subjected to unimaginable oppres- assistance from us and our allies, Kurdish and Iraqi ground troops are protest outside of the Ferguson shouted at residents to go home. in Ferguson were already hud- sion, but we need to build a path capable of defeating the Islamic State. police department on Saturday. Some residents responded by say- dled in their homes, and platoons toward reconciliation. In a world ablaze with conflict and bloodshed, the threats we face A friend spent hours trying ing, simply: I am home. of police officers marched down We need to celebrate the life from violent Islamist extremism remain the most dangerous. If built to help young people get home Ferguson might not be our tree-lined streets pointing weap- of an 18-year-old Michael Brown, upon, the decisions that Obama made during the past week will enable Monday night after buses stopped home, either, but it borders my ons into backyards. but then we need to move forward us to do as much damage to the Islamic State as we have done to core running – and she ended up city and is part of our regional Some people at Monday’s mass in peace. THE GUARDIAN Al Qaeda since 2001. WP-BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

Guinea declares Rebel leadership unravels in Ukraine public health Ukrainian military makes gains; Putin sounds conciliatory note during visit to Crimea emergency over DONETSK: Two of the most Ebola epidemic senior rebels battling govern- ment troops in eastern Ukraine CONAKRY: Guinea has dec- quit yesterday, deepening the lared a public health emergency disarray in a pro-Moscow sepa- over an Ebola epidemic that has ratist movement that is being killed more than 1,000 people in pushed back by an Ukrainian three West African states and military offensive. is sending health workers to all The resignations came on the affected border points. same day that artillery shells An estimated 377 people have landed for the first time since the died in Guinea since the world’s conflict began in the centre of the worst outbreak of Ebola began eastern city of Donetsk, the sepa- in March in remote parts of a ratists’ main stronghold. border region next to Sierra The reverses suffered by the Leone and Liberia. Guinea says rebels could force a tactical its outbreak is under control with rethink by Russian President the numbers of new cases falling, Vladimir Putin. but that the new measures are While he has denied directly needed to prevent further infec- helping the rebels, his strategy of tion from the other countries at keeping Ukraine from integrat- the centre of the epidemic. ing with the West has benefited “Trucks full of health materi- from having a part of the country als and carrying health personnel under the control of pro-Moscow are going to all the border points separatists. with Liberia and Sierra Leone,” The most prominent of the Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité, presi- separatists to resign yesterday dent of Guinea’s Ebola commis- Members of the Donetsk People’s Republic militias carry trays with bread for locals hiding in shelters in Ilovaysk, 50km from Donetsk, in Ukraine; (right) was a man who goes by the name sion, said late on Wednesday. of Colonel Igor Strelkov and who a Russian military helicopter flies over trucks carrying humanitarian aid for residents in rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine, standing in a field outside As many as 3,000 people are was defence minister in the self- the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Rostov region, about 30km from the Ukraine border, yesterday. waiting at 17 border points for a proclaimed Donetsk People’s green light to enter the country, Republic. The head of the self-proclaimed and effectively, build up our coun- help it weather the sanctions. Ukrainian government and the he said. Nicknamed “Strelok” — Shooter rebel government in Luhansk try, not fence it off from the out- A huge Russian convoy heading Red Cross. “Any who are sick will be — by fighters under his command, region, which neighbours Donetsk, side world,” Putin said. “We need slowly towards eastern Ukraine Relief agencies say people liv- immediately isolated. People he had previously lived quietly in also announced he was stepping to consolidate and mobilise but not could be a new flashpoint. Moscow ing in Luhansk and in Donetsk will be followed up on. We can’t a Moscow suburb where he was down. Valery Bolotov said he was for war or any kind of confronta- says it is carrying 2,000 tonnes of are facing shortages of water, food take the risk of letting everyone known as Igor Girkin. Kiev alleged injured and could not carry on his tion, ... for hard work in the name water, baby food and other aid for and electricity after four-months through without checks,” he said. he was a Russian intelligence duties. of Russia.” people in rebel-held areas. of conflict in which the United Sierra Leone has declared officer, which Moscow denied. A week ago, Alexander Borodai, Putin’s comments lifted the Some Western officials have Nations says more than 2,000 peo- Ebola a national emergency as Vladimir Antyufeyev, deputy prime minister of the Donetsk rouble and Russian stocks. said they believe the convoy could ple have been killed. has Liberia, which was hoping prime minister of the separa- People’s Republic, also quit. Nato Secretary-General Anders be a cover for a Russian military Kiev blames Russia and the sep- that two of its doctors diagnosed tist entity in Donetsk region, Putin yesterday travelled to Fogh Rasmussen said, however, incursion - something Moscow has aratists for the plight of the civil- with Ebola could start treatment said that Strelkov was moving to Crimea, the Ukrainian region his that the Russian leader had described as “absurd.” ians, but their situation has grown yesterday with some of the lim- another, less senior post. He said forces annexed earlier this year. sounded dovish in the past yet By last evening, the convoy had more acute as the Ukrainian mili- ited supply of experimental drug the new defence minister would In a speech to Russian minis- had not followed up his words with stopped near the Russian settle- tary has pressed its offensive. ZMapp. be Vladimir Kononov, a native of ters and members of parliament concrete actions. ment of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Yesterday, Kiev’s forces took Nigeria, which has also Donetsk. assembled in a Crimean hotel, Illustrating the economic about 20 km from the border with control of the settlement of declared a national emergency, “The enemy will be broken. Putin struck a tone that was low- pain the stand-off is inflicting Ukraine. Novosvitlivka, which they said yesterday said it had 11 cases of Victory will be ours,” Antyufeyev key and conciliatory, saying he on Russia, energy giant Rosneft There was still a possibility that blocked off the last route the sepa- Ebola after a doctor who treated said when asked what prospects wanted to do everything he could asked the government to lend it a deal could be brokered. Russia’s ratists could use to move between a Liberian man who brought the for success the rebels now had to halt the bloodshed in Ukraine. $42m of cash that had been ear- foreign ministry said it was in Luhansk and Donetsk. disease to Lagos fell ill. after the series of resignations. “We must calmly, with dignity marked for Russian pensioners to intensive negotiations with the REUTERS REUTERS

Robin Williams had Parkinson’s Obama calls for Imam held over fighters’ recruitment LOS ANGELES: Hollywood PRISTINA: Police in Kosovo The imam’s arrest follows that impoverished country, one of the actor Robin Williams, found arrested an imam on suspi- of 40 men on Monday suspected of poorest in Europe, became inde- dead th is week after an appa r- cion of recruiting Kosovars to having fought with Islamist insur- pendent from Serbia in 2008, ent suicide, was suffering police to respect fight in Iraq and Syria after 40 gents in Syria and Iraq. They were almost a decade after Nato went from depression and the early men were rounded up this week remanded in custody on Thursday to war to halt the ethnic cleansing stages of Parkinson’s disease, and were ordered yesterday to for 30 days. of Kosovar Albanians by Serbian his wife said yesterday. remain in detention. The phenomenon has alarmed forces under late strongman The beloved comedian’s per- Missouri protesters The 30-year-old imam from the many Kosovars, who are mainly Slobodan Milosevic. sonal assistant found Williams eastern town of Gjilan is accused Muslim ethnic Albanians but Kosovo’s parliament is expected hanging from his belt in a bed- FERGUSON: President Barack also told community members at of recruiting for the purpose of whose lifestyles are largely secular. to pass legislation soon banning room of his California home on Obama yesterday called on police a church in the St Louis area that terrorism and organizing and Police say 16 Kosovars have been citizens from joining foreign insur- Monday, sparking speculation yesterday to respect demonstra- “over the next few hours we are participating in a terrorist group. killed in Syria and Iraq and intelli- gencies, with a maximum sentence about his long public battle with tors in Ferguson, Missouri, in an going to be making some shifts so “He is suspected of being one of gence sources believe between 100 of 15 years in prison on conviction. addiction. attempt to defuse tensions after that people will be ... safe.” He did the main inspirers of jihad,” police and 200 are fighting there. REUTERS But Susan Schneider, issu- four nights of often-violent pro- not specify what his steps would said in a statement. The landlocked and ing a statement through an tests over the police killing of an be made. agency, said the 63-year-old’s unarmed black teenager. The US Department of Justice, most recent problems had been “There is never an excuse for the FBI and the St. Louis County with his mental health and with violence against police or for those prosecutor’s office are all investi- Parkinson’s, a degenerative who would use this tragedy as a gating Brown’s death. Police have nerve disorder. cover for vandalism or looting,” said Brown struggled with the Lawyer wants 15 years for Bin Laden kin “It is our hope in the wake Obama said a televised remarks. officer who shot and killed him. of Robin’s tragic passing, that “There’s also no excuse for Some witnesses have said Brown NEW YORK: A defence lawyer material support for terrorists, harshest of penalties for talk — others will find the strength to police to use excessive force held up his hands and was surren- for the son-in-law of Osama bin and providing such support. and only talk — which is at times seek the care and support they against peaceful protesters or to dering when he was shot multiple Laden convicted on terrorism- Prosecutors accused Abu zealous, pious and devout; at other need to treat whatever battles throw protesters in jail for law- times in the head and chest. related charges in New York Ghaith of serving as an Al Qaeda times intemperate; at still others, they are facing so they may feel fully exercising their first amend- Two reporters were among the federal court said yesterday mouthpiece, recording inflamma- offensive to core values of human- less afraid,” she said. ment rights,” he said, speaking arrests on Wednesday night dur- that his client should serve no tory videos that the group used in ity,” Cohen wrote. “Robin’s sobriety was intact to the press from Edgartown, ing the fourth night of protests. more than 15 years in prison. recruiting. “In this sense, he was not and he was brave as he strug- Massachusetts near where he is Obama said “here in the United Kuwaiti-born Suleiman Abu Abu Ghaith’s lawyer, Stanley unlike an outrageous daytime gled with his own battles of vacationing with his family. States of America police should Ghaith, 48, faces up to life behind Cohen, argued in a court filing ‘shock-radio’ host, or a World depression, anxiety as well After the shooting death of not be bullying or arresting jour- bars after a jury convicted him that his client was convicted War II radio propagandist for a as early stages of Parkinson’s 18-year-old Michael Brown in nalists who are just trying to do in March of conspiring to kill solely on the basis of speech. losing ideology.” Disease, which he was not yet the St Louis suburb on Saturday, their jobs.” Americans, conspiring to provide “The defendant faces the REUTERS ready to share publicly.” dozens of protesters have been Authorities in Missouri yester- The coroner of Marin arrested and the police have used day stood by their earlier deci- County, outside San Francisco, riot gear, tear gas and rubber bul- sion to withhold the name of the where the couple lived, has lets to break up protests. police officer who fatally shot Long Island flooded opened an inquiry into the There have been peaceful vig- an unarmed black teenager, but death, but has confirmed it as ils and demonstrations as well as denied he was the person identi- a suspected suicide, pending episodes of looting and violence. fied online by a hacker activist. toxicology reports. Governor Jay Nixon yesterday REUTERS AFP Kenya spy chief quits after criticism NAIROBI: The head of the Kenyatta’s spokesman Manoah for failing to stop the attackers Kenyan intelligence service, Esipisu said Michael Gichangi, from the Al Shabaab group who which has been criticised for a fighter jet pilot who rose to said they launched the attacks to failing to stop a spate of attacks the rank of major general in the punish the country for sending its blamed on Islamist militants armed forces, had resigned on per- troops into Somalia in 2011. from neighbouring Somalia, sonal grounds. Esipisu said Kenyatta had also resigned yesterday, the presi- “His Excellency the President reshuffled his principal secretar- dent’s spokesman said. has asked Major-General Gichangi ies, the No.2 bureaucrats in min- The east African nation has to remain in his role until a istries, the most notable being the suffered a string of gun and gre- replacement is nominated,” transfer of Mutea Iringo from the nade attacks in the past several Esipisu said in the statement. interior ministry to the defence months, including the assault on Gichangi was appointed to lead ministry. Iringo was replaced with the upscale Westgate shopping the National Intelligence Service Monica Juma. mall in the capital Nairobi last in 2006 for a five year term, which Kenyatta also nominated new September, in which at least 67 was renewed in 2011. ambassadors, including Njeru people were killed. Kenyan security bosses have Githae, a former finance minister, Residents inspect a flooded vehicle on a road in Bay Shore, New York. More than a foot of rain hit parts of A statement read on national been severely criticised in the to the coveted Washington post. New York’s Long Island on Wednesday, triggering flash floods and swamping cars on major roads. television by President Uhuru wake of the Westgate attack REUTERS FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Pope Francis wishes end to show of force N Korea fires rockets into sea in time for the visit

SEOUL: Pope Francis called Roman Catholic communities. Beijing and the Vatican have for an end to “displays of force” Smiling broadly and wav- been at loggerheads since China on the divided Korean penin- ing, Francis was welcomed at severed ties with the Holy See in sula yesterday, as North Korea the airport by President Park 1951. marked his arrival in Seoul for and a reception committee that Francis will have a chance a five-day visit by firing short- included two North Korean defec- to address believers across the range rockets into the sea. tors and relatives of those killed region today when he meets sev- In a speech to South Korean in April’s ferry disaster, which left eral thousand young Catholics President Park Geun-Hye and top 300 people -- mostly schoolchil- gathered in South Korea for officials, Francis acknowledged dren -- dead. Asian Youth Day. the challenge of breaking down In line with his no-frills papacy, Although Catholics comprise walls of “distrust and hatred” but Francis then squeezed into the just a little over 10 percent of said the quest for inter-Korean back of a compact Kia hatchback South Korea’s 50 million popula- reconciliation was one that had that he had specially requested tion, the visit has generated a lot implications for “the stability of for his visit. of public excitement, with wel- the entire area and indeed of the Since the early days of his pon- come banners lining the streets whole war-weary world.” tificate, Francis has made it clear of Seoul, and shops doing a brisk Pope Francis smiles after a meeting with bishops at the Korean Bishops’s Conference in Seoul yesterday. Peace could only be achieved that the Vatican regards Asia as trade in everything from mini through dialogue, “rather than a priority, as it seeks to offset Francis dolls to commemorative mutual recriminations, fruitless dwindling Catholic membership coins. criticisms and displays of force,” in Europe. Around one million people he added. The last papal visit to Asia was are expected to descend on the Just minutes before he stepped by John Paul II to India back in city centre for an open-air mass China blocks travel for papal visit off his plane, the nuclear-armed 1999, a glaring gap for a region tomorrow that will see Francis North fired three rockets into the where the Church is making beatify 124 martyrs persecuted SEOUL: Pope Francis sent an Young-yeop, spokesman for the The Argentine pope will spend Sea of Japan (East Sea), and two some spectacular gains but where during the early days of the unprecedented message of good Committee for the Papal Visit to five days in South Korea, meet- more later in the day. Catholics still only account for 3.2 Korean Catholic Church in the will to China yesterday before Korea, told reporters. ing some of the country’s five mil- North Korea had been invited percent of the population. 18th and 19th centuries. touching down in Seoul, but He declined to give fur- lion Catholics on the first trip by to send a group of Catholics to The pope’s flight to South But the Vatican’s real goal is the first papal trip to Asia in ther details, citing their safety. a pontiff to Asia since 1999, but attend a special inter-Korean Korea took him over China -- clearly longer-term and wider- 15 years got off to a shaky start Another organiser, who declined much of the attention will be on “reconciliation” mass by Francis potentially the greatest prize of ranging: expansion in Asia. “The with the news some Chinese to be identified, said some of the the Vatican’s relations with China. next week, but declined, citing all, but also the hardest to claim. pope’s presence is a powerful sym- had been barred from joining a would-be attendees had been “Upon entering Chinese air upcoming South Korea-US mili- Beijing maintains a state-control- bol of the Vatican’s recognition youth celebration. arrested by Chinese authorities. space, I extend best wishes to tary drills. led Catholic Church. that it is in Asia and sub-Saharan About half of more than 100 China’s Foreign Ministry did your Excellency and your fellow The choice of South Korea for On entering Chinese airspace, Africa that the Church is grow- Chinese who had planned to not immediately respond to citizens and I invoke the divine the first papal visit to Asia in 15 Francis exercised papal protocol ing most prominently,” said Lionel attend an Asian Youth Day event requests for comments either blessing of peace and well-being years was a reward for one of the to send an unprecedented good- Jensen, an expert on religion in during the pope’s visit are unable on the Pope’s good will message upon the nation,” he said in a region’s fastest-growing, most will message of “divine blessings” Asia at the University of Notre to attend due to “a complicated or the Chinese who were barred radio message to President Xi devoted and most influential to President Xi Jinping. Dame. AFP situation inside China,” Heo from attending the youth event. Jinping. REUTERS

Where’s the bell? Daughter in US tourist killing takes mental test

DENPASAR: Indonesian hospital officials as Chicago-based Television broadcast images of official at the hospital that con- police yesterday ran psychiatric Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62. Mack laughing and telling a group ducted the autopsy said Von tests on the teenage daughter Neither Mack nor Schaefer of reporters following her, “You Wiese-Mack had been repeatedly of an American woman found has been charged but police have are crazy,” as she walked between hit on the face and head with a dead inside a suitcase on the detained them as suspects. rooms in the police station. blunt object. resort island of Bali. “We have done blood and psy- Police said the young couple on Mack and Schaefer were Police arrested the daughter, chiatric tests to try to find out Tuesday left a bloodied suitcase apprehended on Wednesday at a Heather Mack, 19, and her boy- their motive in the case, maybe and other luggage in the taxi, and budget hotel about 1.6kms from friend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, on they are mentally unstable,” went to check out of the five-star the St Regis hotel after a day- Wednesday after a taxi driver Djoko Hariutomo, police chief for hotel, where a single room can long search by police. Staff at found a battered body in a suit- Bali’s provincial capital Denpasar, cost as much as $1,340 a night. the Risata Bali resort said they case outside the St. Regis luxury told reporters. “So far we haven’t The couple did not return, so were immediately suspicious of hotel in Nusa Dua, Bali. gotten any information on what the taxi driver checked the lug- the couple after they checked in The body was identified by is behind the murder. gage and found the body. An without luggage. REUTERS A Myanmarese ship yesterday joins in the search for the Great Bell of Dhammazedi, believed to have sunk in Rangoon River 400 years ago. Two N Koreans Top US general visits wartime foes swim past sea HANOI: The most senior According to Vietnam’s But military cooperation is border to South US military officer to visit Ministry of Defence, the visit limited due to a US ban on sales Vietnam for decades held talks is the first by a US Joint Chiefs of lethal weapons to Vietnam, SEOUL: Two North Koreans with Communist Party offi- of Staff and aims to “promote although the US has indicated swam across the sea border cials in Hanoi yesterday, in the friendly bilateral relations” it may consider easing this as with South Korea yesterday, latest boost to ties between the between the two countries, who the communist country has Seoul’s Unification Ministry former wartime foes. fought a bitter decade-long war made some progress on human said, in a rare maritime defec- General Martin Dempsey, which ended with Vietnam’s rights issues. tion across the tense boundary. Chairman of the US Joint reunification in 1975. Dempsey is also expected to Two men swam across the Chiefs of Staff, met with top Talks will focus on boost- travel to central Danang, once Yellow Sea border to the South’s Vietnamese military officials ing military cooperation with home to a key US military base island of Gyodongdo at around including Minister of Defence a focus on maritime security, during the war, where the US 4.00am, where they were spotted Phung Quang Thanh, and was search and rescue, and over- has launched an effort to clean by local marines. scheduled to meet with Prime coming the consequences of up dioxins from the site. “The marines found them com- Minister Nguyen Tan Dung war, the ministry said in a The Americans sprayed ing across the border... and both later yesterday. statement. defoliants over vast swathes of expressed a desire to defect. They Before going into the closed- Hanoi is currently locked in jungle in South Vietnam dur- are believed to be a father and a door meeting Dempsey told a bitter maritime dispute with ing the war in an attempt to son,” the spokeswoman said reporters that his visit was Beijing over disputed waters flush out Viet Cong guerrillas “They are being interrogated the “highlight” of his military and island chains in the South by depriving them of tree cover as part of a normal process for career. China Sea. and food. AFP defectors,” she added. The heavily fortified island is Thai govt house about 2.5 kilometres away from the closest North Korean shore. It is rare for defectors to try and swim over the border, although it was not immediately clear how far the two men had come. Last month, a North Korean man sailed across the border in a boat. Most North Koreans who flee repression and poverty at home cross the porous frontier with China first before travelling to a Southeast Asian nation and eventually arriving in the South. Few defect across the heavily fortified land border between two Koreas, marked by barbed wires and guarded by tens of thousands of troops on both sides. Fishing vessels that stray across the border -- uninten- tionally or otherwise -- are often seized by the South Korean coastguard. The crew members are then given the choice of A worker trims plants to welcome the new cabinet at the Government House in Bangkok yesterday. Thai remaining in South Korea or National Legislative Assembly is expected to vote for the prime minister by this month end. being repatriated. AFP FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES 449 Filipino workers Rally for Gaza peace evacuated from Libya Medical workers offered incentives to stay

MANILA: A Philippine- “The idea is, we take them The foreign department said chartered ship evacuated 449 out of the danger zone,” he told that once the ship’s mission is Filipinos and a small number reporters. complete, nearly 3,000 Filipinos of other foreigners from Libya Fifteen foreigners, including will have left Libya since the gov- yesterday, the foreign depart- an American, a Ukrainian, five ernment in July called for their ment said, due to the deterio- Spaniards and five from Malta “mandatory evacuation” in the rating security situation in the also boarded the ship in Benghazi, face of the growing violence. North African country. he added. He did not give the Foreign department spokesman The operation from the eastern nationalities of the three others. Charles Jose said about 10,000 port of Benghazi marked the larg- Since mid-July, Libya has been Filipinos would still be in Libya est single evacuation of Filipinos rocked by deadly inter-militia after the ship leaves. from the country in its latest fighting for control of key facili- Apart from those who left bout of violence, though the for- ties including Tripoli’s interna- by ship, about 150 Filipinos are eign department said 10,000 other tional airport. Benghazi in the leaving Tripoli every two days Filipino workers have yet to leave. east, Libya’s second city, has also and heading across the border to Foreign Secretary Albert del seen battles between Islamists and Tunisia by land, Del Rosario said. Rosario said in Manila that the the forces of a renegade general. Many of them are medical ship was now heading for the port Del Rosario warned the workers, who make up the back- of Misrata to pick up about 610 Filipino holdouts against compla- bone of the country’s hospital other Filipinos later yesterday cency, saying fighting could flare staff and are being offered finan- before sailing for Malta. up again. cial incentives to stay. AFP Filipino protesters hold placards during a rally against Israel’s continued military strikes on the Gaza Strip, in front of the US embassy in Manila yesterday. Three nabbed for Senators seek probe after Metro Rail Transit 3 crash killing Japanese, MANILA: Three senators have designed for only 350,000. Angara added that govern- the three elevated railways that maintenance service, Pimentel filed resolutions asking for an Angara pointed out that warn- ment institutional set up may has been at the centre of com- said the MRT 3 management was fiancée in Manila inquiry into the accident involv- ings from experts on the safety also be re-examined to address plaints from commuters because forced to go on a month-to-month ing the Metro Rail Transit 3 and maintenance of the MRT, the weak coordination, regulation of congestion. procurement of capital spares MANILA: Three Filipino men (MRT 3), that left more than 30 particularly on “metal fatigue” and oversight for public transpor- The senator also aired concerns and consumables that led to the have been detained after con- people injured last Wednesday. were made earlier this year. tation and mass transit policies about its integrity to safeguard “cannibalisation” of some parts of fessing to dumping the bod- Senators Sonny Angara, Bam Angara filed Senate Resolution and plans. the well-being of the riding public. “downtrains”. ies of a missing Japanese man Aquino and Koko Pimentel filed No 839, where the senator identi- Aquino and Pimentel are seek- Pimentel also asked why the Meanwhile, Sen Grace Poe bats and his Filipina girlfriend at resolutions seeking for the probe fied recent malfunctions or inci- ing for a deeper probe into the Metro Rail Transit 3 adminis- for safety of commuters through- sea, the justice department said in a bid to re-assess the safety dents involving the MRT 3 since accident involving a wayward trator is also the general man- out the country. yesterday. of the current public and mass 2012, including a short-circuit MRT train. “I am calling for an ager of the poorly maintained Poe filed Senate bill 2266 that The men disposed of the bod- transport system in the country. that caused fire in one MRT investigation on the accident to government-run, mass transit calls for the creation of a National ies of Japanese businessman Yuji Angara said the incident was coach at Kamuning Station in gather all the important stake- system which is serving over half Transportation Safety Board that Okada and his girlfriend in early “actually an accident-in-waiting” November 2012; a shutdown of holders involved to talk about the a million passengers every day, will investigate and report on air, July on the orders of a Filipino since the Metro Rail Transit 33 MRT operations in October 2013; issues that are surrounding the well above its intended capacity road, and sea accidents as well as suspect who remains at large, the currently operates double its orig- and when the MRT abruptly MRT system,” Aquino said. of 350,000 per day. those involving pipeline, railroad department’s National Bureau of inal capacity at 500,000 passen- stopped at the Ayala station caus- Pimentel blamed the poor Because of the failure of the and tracked vehicles. Investigation said. The men ini- gers a day when it was originally ing at least 10 commuters hurt. maintenance of MRT 3, one of MRT management to update its THE PHILIPPINE STAR tially buried the bodies on a sandy riverbank east of Manila, but later dug them up after a stray Non-lethal combat dog disturbed the site, said senior investigator Joel Tovera. “They loaded the bodies on a Manila vice-mayor defends truck boat and sailed to Polillo island, where the by then bloated bodies were strapped to sandbags and dropped into the water,” he told ban as port congestion worsens a news conference. Okada and his girlfriend are still registered as missing as no MANILA: Manila Vice-Mayor Moreno also slammed the weeks and forced leaves due to the bodies have been found, Tovera Isko Moreno renewed yester- claim of the truckers’ group led port congestion. added. The Japanese embassy in day his defence of the city gov- by former Land Transportation De Lima reported that some Manila could not be reached for ernment’s truck ban, scored by Franchising and Regulatory companies have resorted to ship- comment late yesterday. businessmen and some officials Board chief Alberto Suansing that ping by air, in effect increasing The grisly confessions came for disrupting commerce and the massive congestion at the Port shipping cost up to five to 10 a day after the South Korean worsening Metro Manila’s traf- of Manila was caused by the truck times more. Some companies have embassy in Manila expressed fic problem. ban. He said Suansing was lying deferred their expansion plans in alarm at a rise in crimes against its “We want to address port con- when he argued that port fees as the country, she added. nationals in the Philippines, citing gestion… We get the blame for the well as prices of basic goods rose Trade Secretary Gregory the killing of nine South Koreans heavy traffic on C-5 Road, when as a result of the ban. Domingo, for his part, said the this year alone. Tovera said the it is not within (the jurisdiction “We are always being blamed government is doing everything it authorities are also looking for four of) Manila. We get blamed for for port congestion, economic can to address the problem caused other Filipino suspects. the traffic even in Katipunan,” slowdown, price hike, lost jobs, by the port congestion in Manila. The couple were apparently Moreno, whose real name is drivers. Traffic C-5, EDSA, Prior to the truck ban, Domingo killed by a Filipino man and his Francisco Domagoso, said dur- Katipunan, they’re not in Manila,” reported that the Manila port was Filipina girlfriend at Okada’s sub- ing a Senate hearing on port Moreno added. He said even the processing 5,000 to 6,000 20-foot urban Manila home on June 28 congestion. lack of supply of chicken of a equivalent units (TEUs) daily in after an unspecified argument Moreno added that what the popular fast food chain is being January this year alone. with Okada’s girlfriend, Tovera local government merely wants blamed on the Manila truck ban. Domingo said the North and said. The male suspect’s father is orderly process of inbound and Lilia de Lima, director general South Harbors have reached their later loaded the bodies into the outbound truck operations within of the Philippine Economic Zone designated capacity so “any wrin- trunk of his car, while another the areas surrounding the Port Authority, noted during yester- kle actually causes ingestion due man drove the bodies to the river- Area. He said heavy traffic caused day’s hearing that 20,000 ecozone to the truck ban.” But he stressed bank, about 70 kilometres east of A US Marine (right) instructs a Filipino soldier and police officer in mechani- by unimpeded truck operations is workers have been affected by there are improvements. Manila for disposal two days later. cal advantage control holds during a non-lethal weapons demonstration a greater anathema to business. temporary layoffs, reduced work THE PHILIPPINE STAR AFP at the Marine Corps’ HQ in Taguig City, Manila, yesterday. Palparan appeals against Army, Marine soldiers get new ‘spouses’ prison transfer order MANILA: Army and Marine reforms are very visible,” the soldiers were given new President said in Filipino. “spouses” as they received Aquino said the sorry state of MANILA: Nabbed kidnap- as he is considered a person of newly-acquired M4 assault military equipment in the past ping and serious illegal deten- interest of communist rebels, rifles for security operations. had forced soldiers to improvise. tion suspect Jovito Palparan Jr, whom he has hunted down in the The distribution of new rifles He said that there was a time a retired Army major general, course of his military career. will enable soldiers to divorce when Marines guarding the filed a motion yesterday to stop “The military intelligence their antiquated M16s that are Kalayaan Island Group in West his transfer to a regular jail in reports about a (New People’s as old as the Vietnam War. Philippine Sea had to use a coco- Bulacan. Army) liquidation squad out to kill The new rifles were distrib- nut tree that they painted black In his ex-parte motion, Major General Jovito S Palparan Jr uted yesterday in a ceremony to make it appear that they have Palparan’s lawyers asked the (Armed Forces of the Philippines, led by President Aquino in Camp cannons. Malolos Regional Trial Court to retired) made public by top hon- Aguinaldo. Aquino said he had also seen a reconsider the commitment order chos of the AFP the day after the “I think our troops’ morale will video showing a soldier putting it issued for his transfer to the arrest of the accused on 12 August become high because these (rifles) oil on his rusty firearm to make provincial jail scheduled yester- 2014 only stretches such fears and serve as their spouses when they it work. day, citing security risks. apprehensions,” his lawyers noted. are in combat,” Armed Forces The government has acquired “The said Commitment Order After he was arrested Tuesday, chief Gen Gregorio Catapang Jr 50,629 units of M4 rifles from may have been hastily issued Palparan said in various media told reporters in an interview. American firearms manufacturer President Benigno S Aquino III (left) hands over a M4 rifle to an army soldier without taking into considera- interviews that his three-year Catapang said the last recorded Remington Outdoor Company for in Camp Aguinaldo, yesterday. tion the apprehensions and fears hiding was not due to guilt in procurement of military rifles was P1.9bn, lower than the approved of the accused for his life’s safety the disappearance of two former from 1974 to 1978. budget of P3.3bn. were delivered last month while 80 percent of their parts in com- and security,” the motion said. University of the Philippines Aquino said the acquisition of Officials said 44,186 rifles would the rest will arrive in December. mon. The M4 rifle, however, is Palparan’s camp said that fears students, Karen Empeño and new rifles was made possible by be given to the Army while 6,443 The M4 Carbine is a lighter more cost efficient and can be for the former ranking official are Sherlyn Cadapan. good governance. will be distributed to the Marines. and shorter variant of the M16A2 used for close quarter combat. “real, imminent and continuing” THE PHILIPPINE STAR “The proofs of meaningful A total of 27,200 of these rifles assault rifle. The two have roughly THE PHILIPPINE STAR FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Pakistan anti-govt protest marches begin Govt splits rallies, some march on capital, some blocked

LAHORE: Thousands of political party came third in the preparation for the march. protesters set off from the polls, to go ahead with his march. There was a festive mood in Pakistani city of Lahore yester- It is unclear whether either Lahore’s Zaman Park where day to march on the capital in march will be allowed into the thousands of PTI supporters a bid to unseat the government heavily-guarded capital, where gathered, waving green and red they claim was elected by fraud. security has been ramped up in party flags, dancing and singing Supporters of cricketer- recent days. patriotic songs. turned-politician Imran Khan More than 20,000 police and Khan urged his followers on, and populist preacher Tahir- security forces have been deployed galvanising them into action. ul-Qadri massed separately in and almost all roads into the city “If you succeed, then there will Lahore before beginning the have been blocked by the authori- be justice in Pakistan and people 300-kilometre journey to rally in ties with barbed wire and ship- all around the world will respect Islamabad. ping containers. the green passport,” Khan told Both Khan and Qadri say the Announcing the start of the the cheering crowd. May 2013 general election was march in a speech to supporters, Khan, a cricket hero who led rigged and want Prime Minister Qadri rattled off a list of pledges Pakistan to World Cup glory in Nawaz Sharif to resign and including discounted water and 1992, has persistently cried foul hold new polls. Sharif won by a gas, and justice and healthcare for over last year’s election and landslide. every citizen. tried numerous avenues to have The two groups, travelling in “It will be totally peaceful, non- the results of a number of seats motorised convoy up the Grand violent and democratic march,” he thrown out. Trunk Road to Islamabad on the said. “We want to pull poor peo- But international observers anniversary of Pakistan’s inde- ple out of poverty. Our revolution who monitored the polls said they pendence from Britain, were not will establish a true democratic were free and credible and critics expected to reach the capital system.” say PTI should not have accepted before late in the evening. His followers earlier com- their seats in parliament if they The authorities had insisted plained of government ‘double did not believe the vote was fair. Qadri’s Pakistan Awami Tehreek standards’, saying they were being Some have accused PTI and (PAT) march would not be penned in around their leader’s PAT of being aided by the pow- allowed before relenting in the home in Lahore while PTI were erful military establishment afternoon. being given free rein to carry on to undermine the government, “The government has allowed their protest. diverting attention from more Imran Khan (top centre) heads a protest march from Lahore to Islamabad yesterday. PAT to march towards Islamabad PAT activists clashed with pressing issues like an offensive on condition that they remain police last week when they tried against the Taliban in the north- the threat of army intervention leave the civilian government political clout to nudge the poli- peaceful, no armed person joins to remove blockades around the west and the country’s economy. always hovers in the background weakened. ticians away from confrontation.” the march and no participant of cleric’s residence, leaving at least On Monday Qadri said he at times of unrest. “Based on the past experi- The military is rumoured to be the march breaks any law,” a sen- two people dead, and there were wanted an ‘interim national gov- Political analyst and author ences and in view of the current unhappy with the way the Sharif ior police official in Lahore said. fears of more violence yesterday. ernment’ consisting of techno- Imtiaz Gul said there was a ‘real national and international envi- government has pursued crimi- The authorities earlier said A journalist saw PAT support- crats and experts. danger of bloodshed and violence’, ronment, the army will not pos- nal charges, particularly a treason they would allow Khan, whose ers equipping themselves with In a country which has seen but added a coup was unlikely, sibly intervene,” he said. case, against former army chief Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) clubs, masks and helmets in three coups in its 67-year history, though the coming days could “However it may still use its Pervez Musharraf. AFP US supports democratic PM vows to protect democracy at all costs government in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: As he kicked off “I felicitate the nation, I once can shed the last drop of blood for lose credibility in the eyes of the Independence Day celebrations again call upon every Pakistani to our country.” public if they cannot do anything ISLAMABAD: US yesterday government but also respects peo- in the federal capital late yester- stand firm and united, and work On the international front, the about such aggression,” he said. said it supports civilian demo- ple’s right to assemble. day night, Prime Minister Nawaz diligently for a progressive, pros- premier reiterated the desire for After a prolonged hiatus, the cratic governance in Pakistan Meanwhile, a spokesman for Sharif vowed that his govern- perous and peaceful Pakistan,” he good ties with India and called government arranged a ceremony and has taken no position on Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ment would protect democracy said. for a peaceful resolution to the to celebrate the country’s inde- opposition parties marches yesterday made no direct com- at any cost and ensure the rule of Stating that Operation Zarb-e- Kashmir issue. pendence this year - a move many planned for Independence Day. ment on to the planned march law in the country. Azb against militants in the North He once again stressed have seen as a bid to counter pro- “We don’t have any position on Islamabad by Pakistani oppo- In his speech at an impressive Waziristan Agency was progress- that Pakistan wanted a stable test marches being organised by on the planned marches,” State sition parties but said the UN Independence Day ceremony at ing successfully, the prime minis- Afghanistan and durable solution PTI and PAT. Department spokesperson Marie chief upholds the right of people the premises of the Parliament ter said the entire nation salutes to conflict in the country. A highlight of the ceremony Hard said when asked about to protest peacefully. House, the premier urged the those martyred in this war. Prime Minister Nawaz also was a special parade by the armed the PTI’s march yesterday the Pakistan is today a democratic nation to build Pakistan as a “We will not leave our heroes condemned Israeli aggression forces of Pakistan for the first Independence Day of Pakistan. parliamentary republic with its democratic, moderate and pro- alone the entire nation will against Palestinians in the Gaza time in several years. The parade She explained that the United political system based on an elected gressive country, ‘in accordance remember their contribution,” he Strip and urged the international included a fly past by fighter jets States stands strongly in favour of form of governance. with the vision of Quaid-e-Azam said. “The nation has full confi- community to take notice of it. of the Pakistan Air Force. a democratically elected civilian INTERNEWS Muhammad Ali Jinnah.’ dence in its armed forces and we “Institutions like the UN will INTERNEWS

Haj training Explosion kills 4 in Helmand KABUL: At least four civilians were killed following an explo- sion in southern Helmand prov- ince of Afghanistan. According to local government officials, the bombing incident took place late Wednesday in Khanshin district of Helmand province. The provincial government media office also confirmed the incident and said a civilian vehi- cle struck with an improvised explosive device (IED) which left four people dead, according to (Khaama Press). The source further added that the vehicle was on its to Khanshin district from Dishu when the inci- dent took place. No group including the Taliban insurgents has so far claimed responsibility behind the inci- dent. AGENCY Afghan Haj pilgrims attend a training workshop with a replica of the Holy Kaaba Sharif erected in a court- yard of Hazrat-e-Ali shrine, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Sharif yesterday. Govt urges top court to form poll panel

ISLAMABAD: The govern- federal government decided if so, fix responsibility thereof,” address to the nation, the prime ment of Prime Minister Nawaz to constitute a Commission says the letter. minister requested the Chief Sharif yesterday requested of Inquiry under the Pakistan Secretary Law Justice and Justice of Pakistan to form a the Supreme Court (SC) to Commissions of Inquiry Act, Human Rights requested the three-member judicial commis- nominate three suitable sit- 1956 (VI of 1956) consisting Supreme Court that the suit- sion to probe the allegation of ting judges of the apex court of three sitting judges of the able nominations might be sent rigging and present its findings for the inquiry commission to Supreme Court to enquire into to the ministry identifying the after the investigation. probe the allegations levelled the allegations levelled by cer- names of three judges with Meanwhile, Supreme Court by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf tain political leaders regarding one to be the president of the Registrar Syed Tahir Shahbaz (PTI) regarding rigging in the general elections-2013. commission. confirmed receiving the letter elections held in 2013. “Whether the allegations Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Ministry of Law, Justice and Secretary Ministry of Law, levelled by Pakistan Tehreek- on Tuesday while addressing the Human Rights. “Yes, we have Justice and Human Rights e-Insaf (PTI) that the general nation on television offered to received the request and it Barrister Zafrullah Khan elections-2013 were manipu- set up a three-member judicial would be formally processed and in a letter addressed to the lated or influenced by anyone for commission to probe election be forwarded to Chief Justice of Registrar of the Supreme the benefit of a political party or rigging claim. Pakistan for consideration”, he Court submitted that the individuals, have any basis and In his 25-minute televised said. INTERNEWS FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Bill on judges’ Delhi gears up for Modi’s first I-Day address NEW DELHI: India’s 68th Independence Day tomor- row will be notable in many ways, most of all the massive appointment public participation that is being planned, no doubt at the instance of the nearly three- month-old government. gets House nod Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will unfurl the national flag from the Red Fort, will be speak- ing to the nation from the historic End to collegium system podium for the first time after his party’s spectacular electoral vic- NEW DELHI: Parliamentary Lok Sabha will select the two emi- tory in May. approval was accorded to two nent people. One eminent person In keeping with the significance bills seeking to end the colle- will be nominated from among of the occasion and Modi’s own gium system for appointment the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled record of turning national days of judges with the Rajya Sabha Tribes, OBCs, minorities or into mega festivals, the NDA yesterday adopting the measure women. government has ensured partici- as passed by the Lok Sabha on The bill states that the com- pation of “aam aadmi”, or com- Wednesday. mission will seek the views of the mon people, in the celebrations The Constitution (99th governor and chief minister of the and sought to give the national Amendment) Bill, which seeks state concerned in writing before capital a festive look. This itself to put the proposed judicial appointing or transferring a judge will be a departure from previous appointment commission and its of that high court. Independence Day observances entire composition in the consti- Meanwhile, Parliament was where public participation at Red tution, and the National Judicial yesterday adjourned sine die after Fort, because of security fears, Appointments Commission Bill, the more than month-long budget was largely limited to hundreds A worker installs a security camera in front of the historic Red Fort on the eve of Independence Day celebrations 2014, which lays down the pro- session. The session, which began of school children, government cedure to be followed by the July 7, saw major legislative busi- officials and selected invitees. in Delhi yesterday. proposed body for appointment ness being carried out including Modi’s speech, expected to be of Supreme Court judges and passing of the general budget and extempore, much like many of his where India’s first prime minister, 4,000 flags and 60,000 balloons. independence day a distinctive transfer and appointment of chief the judicial appointments bill. speeches, will be watched in India Jawaharlal Nehru, had unfurled Many prominent roundabouts “aam aadmi” touch by ensur- justices and other judges of the Both the houses worked beyond and outside for a vision statement free India’s flag. have been decked with flowers ing presence of common man in high courts, will now go for the their scheduled time. and major policy announcements. During his days as Gujarat and with the tricolour made of greater numbers at the Red Fort. president’s assent. In the Lok Sabha, of the 166 Modi has acquired a reputation, chief minister, Modi had turned flowers. With Modi emphasising Officials said enclosures have been The bills were passed by the hours and 56 minutes scheduled especially during his long election Independence day into a mega cleanliness in his speeches, special made for seating 10,000 people on Lok Sabha on Wednesday, and time, 14 hours and 23 minutes campaign, as a forceful speaker festival, holding the event at dif- drives have been carried out in the expansive lawns below. the Rajya Sabha passed them yes- were lost due to interruptions. and an engaging orator and he ferent venues in the state. Delhi to remove garbage and lit- “We had received request from terday. In the upper house, where However, the lower house is expected to make the best of The Delhi government has ter from roadsides and the streets people to attend the ceremony the government has just 59 of the gained 27 hours and 10 minutes as his first opportunity to address taken steps to make the 68th have been swept clean. and made request for enclosures 243 members, the constitutional members sat late to compensate the nation from the ramparts Independence Day “memorable”. The Modi government has for their seating,” Delhi BJP chief amendment bill got the support of for the time loss, working nearly of the historic Red Fort from It has decorated the city with also sought to give its first Satish Upadhyay said. IANS 179 out of 180 members present. 13 hours more than the scheduled A bill for amending the con- time as per information given by stitution needs the support of at Parliamentary Affairs Minister M least two-thirds of the members Venkaiah Naidu. present in the house, and at least Parliament had 27 sittings in half of the members should be this session. In the Rajya Sabha, Abducted Indian present at the time of voting. total sittings of 140 hours were Don’t neglect poor: President Ram Jethmalani, an scheduled, of which 21 hours and Independent member from 22 minutes were lost to protests. NEW DELHI: Emphasising President Mukherjee stressed “even then, nearly one-third of workers in Rajasthan, was the only member The upper house, however, that the poor “cannot and will on a sound educational system, our population still lives below who abstained from voting. worked for nearly 38 hours not wait for another generation” which he said must also inculcate the poverty line. Mosul remain The Rajya Sabha then passed extra, gaining on the lost time for betterment in their lives, “the core civilisational values of “Poverty is not a mere statistic. the judicial appointment commis- and exceeding the planned hours President Pranab Mukherjee love for motherland; compassion Poverty has a face, which becomes sion bill with a voice vote. The two of working. Twenty bills were said yesterday that the focus of for all; tolerance for pluralism; unbearable when it scars the vis- unharmed: Govt bills seek to scrap the collegium introduced in the Lok Sabha, and government’s policies needs to respect for women” and other age of a child. The poor cannot, system of appointing judges and parliament overall passed 12 bills, move from alleviation of pov- values. The president said the and will not, wait for yet another NEW DELHI: The 39 set up a commission for this. including the finance bills. erty to elimination, which has a “decisive challenge of our times generation to see the very essen- Indian workers held hostage The bills propose that the “Broad statistics suggest that time-defined objective. is to end the curse of poverty. The tials of life — food, shelter, edu- by Islamic State jihadists in Chief Justice of India will head productivity of the Lok Sabha has In an address to the nation focus of our policies now has to cation and employment — being Mosul in Iraq for the past two a six-member National Judicial significantly improved in respect on the eve of the country’s 68th move from alleviation of poverty denied to them. “The benefits months“remain unharmed”, Appointments Commission, other of working hours and the time Independence Day, the president to elimination of poverty. The from economic development must the government said yesterday members of which would be the lost in comparison to that of 2004 also said that though India’s econ- difference is not mere semantics: percolate down to the poorest of after establishing contact with law minister, two senior Supreme and 2009,” Naidu told reporters. omy has been subdued at below 5 alleviation is a process; elimina- the poor,” he said. them through intermediaries Court judges and two eminent The parliamentary affairs percent in the last two years, he tion is a time-defined objective”. Touching on the nation’s in Iraq. people. A collegium comprising minister said Prime Minister could “sense renewed vigour and He remarked that while in the economy, the president said in the External affairs ministry the Prime Minister, the Chief Narendra Modi was very happy optimism in the air”. past six decades the ratio of pov- past decade India’s economy grew spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin Justice of India and the leader with the conduct of parliament. In his speech, his first under erty had declined from over 60 at an average rate of 7.6 percent said that the abducted Indian of the single largest party in the IANS the Narendra Modi government, percent to less than 30 percent, per year. IANS workers“remain unharmed” following the latest informa- tion received about them as on August 12 night. Monsoon in Tripura The fate of the abducted Indian workers, who mostly hail Dope test mandatory from Punjab, has led to concern as the men are unable to contact their families with their phones taken away by their abductors. for Punjab govt jobs The men, who were working for a Turkish construction com- pany in Mosul, were abducted CHANDIGARH: To curb debarred from joining govern- in mid-June when the jihadists incidence of people addicted to ment service. overran the Iraqi region. drugs joining state government Punjab Chief Minister Parkash On Wednesday, at a briefing, service, the Punjab government Singh Badal said necessary the spokesperson had said that yesterday announced that dope amendments must be made in the men “remain in custody” and testing will be mandatory for the existing rules to incorporate added that in “war situations recruitment to all departments necessary provisions to ensure there is no certainty about safety, under it. that any person selected for gov- especially in custody”. He had Punjab Chief Minister ernment service must clear the also said that following the IS Parkash Singh Badal gave his dope test during medical tests. militants expanding their hold, nod for making the clearance The chief minister said this including into Kurdish areas, of a dope test mandatory dur- would not only encourage youths India was monitoring the situa- ing the recruitment process to shun the menace of drugs, it tion and what its impact will be in all departments of the state would also ensure that people on India’s national interests and government, a spokesman of the who join government service are on Indian nationals. chief minister’s office said here in good health. Earlier, 46 Indian nurses who yesterday. “This is the need of the hour so were stranded in Tikrit were set Punjab is facing an acute prob- as to combat the menace of drugs free by the militants after hec- lem with drug addiction, espe- in a more effective manner,” tic negotiations. India has flown cially among the youth. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash home hundreds of Indians from A man pulls a cycle rickshaw through a flooded street during a heavy monsoon rain shower in Agartala, Tripura, With the latest decision, those Singh Badal added. Iraq following the surge by the yesterday. India has forecast June-September monsoon rainfall would be 87 percent of the long-term average who fail the dope test will be IANS militants. IANS but sees no evidence of drought, a relief to government officials worried by the risk of a surge in food prices. Delhi shops stop selling US, Western products over Gaza NEW DELHI: Gaza is impacting residents have boycotted selling and the Jewish state carved out of Palestine Nadeem, 31, owner of a small mobile to stop selling and buying US-linked the national capital in more ways buying US-linked products to show in 1948. It has maintained its support shop in one of the narrow lanes, has products. than one. Revlon, Loreal, Garnier solidarity with Gaza, where about 2,000 for Israel, which Hamas refuses to stopped Nokia mobile phones since “Fasting during Ramadan days is and other products with US and people have been killed in the month- recognise. its parent Finnish company has been rigorous. And it was during Ramadan western brand names, which till a long conflict with Israel. Then, in the Jama Masjid area, taken over by the US-based Microsoft. that Israel began targeting hapless month ago had quite good sales, are “I have stopped ordering US-linked Jayanti, a soft drink manufactured Besides, Nescafe and Nestle have very Palestinians in Gaza,” said M A Khan, off the shelves of Mohammad Iqbal’s cosmetics since I cannot feed the (US) in Alwar in Rajasthan, is providing few takers in the area, which is just a owner of a grocery shop. store in Delhi’s old quarters. economy which helps Israelis in killing tough competition to global beverage stone’s throw from the 17th century “The rockets fired by Hamas are like Iqbal says he can’t afford to incur innocents in Gaza,” Iqbal, 51, said. giants from the US like Coca-Cola Jama Masjid. fireworks,” added Khan. losses, but his conscience does not allow The trigger for the latest Israel- and Pepsi. It was during the Muslim holy month Locals in this area said this was not him to make profits from the sale of Hamas clash in Gaza was the alleged Many locals said that a few shop- of Ramadan in July that the local trad- the first time when US-linked goods products linked to the US — a country abduction and murder of three keepers had rented out their shops ers’ association decided to boycott US- were opposed. he says is “abetting Israel” in wiping Israelis that were blamed on Hamas, to others since their businesses were linked products. “When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, out Palestinians in the Gaza strip. with thousands of its members being heavily dependent on US-linked prod- Several pamphlets and leaflets were then also we boycotted such products,” In the Matia Mahal area of the rounded up. ucts but were no longer doing so. This distributed among the shopkeep- Shahid, a resident of the area, said. walled city, many shopkeepers and The US is a long time ally of Israel, could not be independently confirmed. ers and residents, appealing to them IANS FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Qatar index dips Eurozone economy grinds to halt from 10-week Europe’s economic motor Germany sputters in Q2, even before Russia sanctions bite high; technicals

BERLIN/BRUSSELS: the Russian sanctions — “mean- Sigmar Gabriel blamed his coun- remain upbeat Eurozone economic growth ing that GDP growth will prob- Cyprus economy shrank 0.3pc in Q2 try’s slowdown on threats from ground to a halt in the second ably remain stuck in stop-and-go eastern Europe and the Middle DOHA: Qatar’s index, which quarter as Germany’s economy mode,” said Peter Vanden Houte, NICOSIA: Cyprus’s recession-hit economy contracted by 0.3 East, and a weaker euro zone. had climbed 1.8 percent in shrank and France’s stagnated. chief euro zone economist at ING. percent in the second quarter, down from the 0.6 percent drop in Also, he said, construction con- active trade to a 10-week peak The zero growth reported by France fared little better; its the previous three months, an official estimate showed. tinued during a mild winter, so on Wednesday, fell 0.1 percent statistics agency Eurostat was GDP failed to grow for the sec- And the 12th successive quarterly decline in the Mediterranean the second quarter did not see the yesterday as volume shrank cause for alarm throughout the ond quarter in a row. That forced island’s economy was milder than predicted by the government and usual recovery in building work. slightly. Its close of 13,505 points 18-nation region, which is already the French government to con- the international lenders who bailed the cash-strapped eurozone But German GDP should means it is still up 17.5 percent bracing for the impact of sanc- front reality, saying it would miss country out in March 2013. increase in the remainder of from June 30. tions imposed on and by Russia its budget deficit target this year The GDP, based on seasonally and working-day adjusted data, 2014, Gabriel said. “Growth rates “Sharp moves are inevitable over Ukraine. and cutting its 2014 forecast for 1 shrank 2.5 percent in the April-June. AFP in Germany will likely return to due to low liquidity on many of Germany, Europe’s largest percent growth in half. growth in the rest of this year, but the names,” said Ali Adou, port- economy, contracted by 0.2 per- Italy, the euro zone’s third-larg- made clear they will only tolerate The European Commission said the risks from abroad have, with- folio manager at The National cent in the quarter, undercut- est economy, slid back into reces- so much debate on that point. Thursday’s GDP report showed the out doubt, increased,” he said in a Investor. “Over the next five years, ting Bundesbank forecasts that sion for the third time since 2008 Bundesbank chief Jens importance of structural reforms. statement. there is a good upside in Qatar. gross domestic product would in the second quarter, shrinking Weidmann said on Wednesday “The ongoing adjustment in the A poll of economists conducted Some of the banks are attractive be unchanged. Foreign trade and by 0.2 percent. Pressure grew on that eurozone monetary policy euro area today is a story of a deep over the past week gave only a but you have to be very selective.” investment were notable weak Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to should not aim to weaken the structural change,” a spokesman 15 percent chance that the ECB Aside from hopes that Saudi spots, the German Statistics Office complete promised structural euro. Individual member states for the European Commission will start printing money this Arabia will return its ambassador said. reforms. Rome and Paris have led should take steps to boost growth, told journalists. “External devel- year, given its recent gambit to to Qatar following an earlier spat “Today’s figures show that the a drive to focus EU policy more on he said, rebuffing French calls opments may increase uncertainty, prime banks with more cheap over Doha’s foreign policy, traders upturn remains too weak to with- jobs and growth than on cutting for Germany and the European but foundations remain intact.” money does not even kick in until offered little explanation for the stand external shocks” — such as debt. Germany and others have Central Bank to do more. German Economy Minister September. REUTERS recent surge and instead turned to technical analysis. “The market is bullish and any close over 13,650 could stretch the rally to 13,800-13,900 in the short term,” said Shiv Prakash, a senior technical analyst at NBAD BMW’s Chinese Securities. “If the market strug- gles to push over 13,650, then we may witness mild profit-taking. The support at 13,200 will ignite dealers fined buying again.” Mesaieed Petrochemical closed 5 percent higher after MSCI said it had added the stock to its MSCI over price-fixing All-Country World Index. Earlier in the day, it rose as much as its 10 percent daily limit. BEIJING: Four Chinese deal- six-year-old Anti-Monopoly Law Loss-making Vodafone Qatar, ers for German auto maker does not discriminate between which jumped 7.9 percent on BMW have been fined about foreign and domestic companies. Wednesday, slipped 1.0 percent 1.6m yuan ($260,000), authori- The European Union to 21.18 riyals on Thursday, trim- ties have said, as the govern- Chamber of Commerce in China ming its 2014 gains to 98 percent. ment steps up a high-profile expressed concern in a statement That surge has left the stock look- anti-monopoly campaign involv- Wednesday that European busi- ing overpriced — all six analysts ing a number of foreign brands. nesses were “increasingly con- surveyed rate it a “sell” or “strong The dealers in Wuhan in the sidering the question of whether sell”, with a mean price target of central province of Hubei have foreign companies are being dis- 14.10 riyals. been ordered to pay the penalties proportionately targeted”. “The company recently for “forming a price alliance”, pro- Auto firms are the latest to be launched post-paid services, vincial authorities said in a state- investigated, and last week the which provide higher per-sub- ment on Wednesday. government pledged to sanction Visitors walk past the Qualcomm stand at a meet. scriber revenue, and it has also They agreed to consistently Audi, owned by Volkswagen, and increased its market share. But charge a fee for the pre-deliv- Chrysler of the US, now part of there’s nothing in Vodafone ery inspection of cars, which Italy’s Fiat group, without stating Qatar’s fundamentals that falls under “the obligations and what penalties they would receive. Qualcomm denies monopoly allegations would justify such a share price responsibilities” of the auto maker On Monday, Audi announced increase,” said Shrouk Diab, NBK and its dealers, according to the it will accept punishment for BEIJING: Qualcomm Inc, as China intensifies efforts to Zhang was dismissed from the Capital’s assistant vice-president. statement. breaching Chinese anti-monopoly under investigation for possible bring companies into compliance State Council’s expert commission Vodafone Qatar is also benefit- “This is price swindling behav- laws. monopolistic practices in China, with its 2008 anti-monopoly law. on competition issues for taking ting from Qatar’s rising popu- iour and must be resolutely The Hubei authorities also said it had no direct financial At stake are financial penal- “huge rewards” from Qualcomm, lation as more foreign workers stopped immediately,” the author- said in the statement that they links with an antitrust expert ties equivalent to as much as 10 the official Xinhua News Agency move to the country to work on its ities added. were working on the penalties to sacked from a government percent of a company’s annual reported on Wednesday. massive infrastructure projects, The dealers were each fined be meted out to manufacturers advisory post after state media revenue. “Qualcomm paid Global although estimates of the extent between 150,000 yuan and nearly and dealers of other auto brands reported he had received pay- As part of the NDRC Economics its standard rates for of this increase vary. 940,000 yuan. including Audi. ments from the firm. probe, Qualcomm hired Global the firm’s services,” Trimble said, Meanwhile, banks lifted Abu China has in recent months Several car companies have The San Diego-based company Economics Group to produce an and did not have “any financial Dhabi’s share index to a near launched high-profile probes into announced price cuts in response has been under investigation economic analysis for submis- dealings” with Zhang directly. 10-week high, while financial alleged violations by a host of for- to the inquiries. since November by the National sion to the regulator, Christine Earlier, the 40-year-old pro- stocks were also the main gain- eign firms in a range of different Beijing considers using a domi- Development and Reform Trimble, a spokeswoman at the fessor also provided expert ers as Egypt’s benchmark rose for sectors including pharmaceuti- nant market position to set prices Commission, one of China’s three chipset maker, said. She said analysis for several domestic a ninth trading day in ten. cals, technology and baby milk, as a form of monopoly. Violators’ antitrust regulators, over how the the Chicago-based consultancy conglomerates including China Cairo’s main index rose 1.1 per- raising fears that overseas com- “illegal gains” can be confiscated, company licenses its patents and employed Zhang Xinzhu, a mem- Mobile, China Telecom and China cent to a six-year high of 9,387 panies are being targeted. and they can be fined up to 10 prices its chipsets. ber of the Chinese Academy of Unionpay, as well as foreign firms points; it is up 89 percent since China’s Ministry of Commerce percent of their sales revenues Qualcomm is among an array Social Sciences (CASS) and one of involved in antitrust investiga- the army deposed former presi- on Saturday released a statement from the previous year. of foreign firms that have been China’s leading antitrust experts, tions such as Yum! Brands Inc. dent Mohamed Mursi in July emphasising that the country’s AFP scrutinised by the government to co-write the report. REUTERS 2013. REUTERS Indian court grants jailed tycoon time to sell hotels for bail money

NEW DELHI: Jailed Indian for a considerable amount of Of the $1.6bn, Sahara has to business tycoon Subrata Roy, money,” Ganesh said. pay half in cash and the remain- negotiating sale of his luxury The court granted Sahara 15 der in a bank guarantee. Sahara hotels from a makeshift office more days that would not include is also willing to raise a loan by in prison, was granted a 15-day weekends and public holidays, mortgaging its Aamby Valley extension from the country’s but said that would be the last mega township project in western top court to seal a deal and pay extension. India, the lawyer told the court. $1.6bn to secure bail. Roy has been held in South Sahara, best known in India as Roy, head of the Sahara con- Asia’s biggest prison for more the former main sponsor of the glomerate, was initially given 10 than five months after failing to national cricket team, has vast working days to August 19 to appear at a contempt hearing in real estate holdings, stakes in talk to potential bidders for his a long-running dispute with the media and hotels, and owns part three luxury hotels, including the capital markets regulator over of a Formula 1 team. Grosvenor House in London and his group’s failure to repay bil- Its main business however, was the New York Plaza. lions of dollars to investors who selling financial products to small Roy is holding “very effective” were sold outlawed bonds. Last investors, mostly in smaller towns negotiations with buyers and week he was given a 600-square and rural areas. It was two such the group has signed a prelimi- foot office inside the prison com- products that were later ruled nary accord for the three hotels, plex with facilities like computers to be illegal and the group was his lawyer, S Ganesh, told the and video conferencing. He is also ordered in 2012 to repay the Supreme Court yesterday. allowed to receive visitors to try investors with interest. “Still a lot remains to be done to sell or mortgage the hotels. REUTERS A file picture of Chairman of India’s Sahara Group Subrata Roy at a press conference in Kolkata. FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Finnish firms Wal-Mart slashes profit forecast see hit from The retail giant gears up e-commerce amid weakness in the US market catching up Russia sanctions HELSINKI: Almost half of WASHINGTON: Wal-Mart Arkansas-based company had net Finland’s companies are being Stores lowered its 2014 profit income of $4.09bn in the quarter, hurt by the sanctions the outlook yesterday as it turns up 0.6 percent from a year ago. European Union and Russia toward online sales amid weak- Adjusted earnings per share have imposed on each other ness in its key US market, were $1.21, matching Wall Street over the Ukraine crisis, a survey still struggling with a fragile estimates. by the Chamber of Commerce economy. Net sales beat expectations, ris- showed yesterday. The world’s largest retailer ing 2.8 percent year-over-year to Russia is Finland’s third-big- posted a slight profit rise and $119.33bn. Total revenue rose 2.8 gest export market, account- better-than-expected sales for its percent to $120.1bn. But compa- ing for about 10 percent of total fiscal second quarter that ended rable-store sales in the United Finnish sales abroad. Russian July 31. States, Wal-Mart’s largest market tourists spend roughly €2bn Wal-Mart lowered its 2014 that includes its Walmart brand annually in Finland. The triple-A earnings forecast to earnings per and Sam’s Club membership rated Nordic country has suffered share between $4.90 and $5.15, stores, were flat in the 13 weeks two years of economic contraction from the prior estimate of $5.10- ended August 1. as key industries, mobile phones 5.45, citing investments in e-com- Same-store customer traffic at and paper, struggled with weak merce and higher US health care Walmart US, the company’s larg- demand. costs than previously anticipated. est chain, fell 1.1 percent, while Finland’s gross domestic prod- The outlook was weaker than traffic at Sam’s Club rose 0.3 uct edged up 0.1 percent in the the earnings of $5.15 per share percent. second quarter from the first expected by analysts. For the current 13-week period, three months of the year, prelimi- Doug McMillon, Wal-Mart’s Wal-Mart said it expects US nary data showed, indicating the president and chief executive, said comp sales to be “relatively flat.” economy may be out of its tech- the discount retailer had clocked Wal-Mart is facing a sluggish nical recession. But the Ukraine up encouraging performances retail market in the US amid crisis has increased fears the A Wal-Mart Stores Inc company distribution centre in Bentonville, Arkansas. in its international business, its minimal wage growth and high recovery will be delayed. new smaller-sized Neighborhood unemployment as the economy In the survey, 6 percent of firms Market stores in the US and in still struggles to recover five years and expect to continue driving sales, the company said, adding around the world,” McMillon said. said they were being hit directly e-commerce. after exiting severe recession. improved comp performance,’ said that it needed to move quickly to Wal-Mart is competing with by the sanctions, while 41 percent “We wanted to see stronger Year-over-year sales gains were David Cheesewright, Walmart improve customer service. US online retail giant Amazon, said they see their businesses suf- comps in Walmart US and Sam’s made in all company divisions, International president and CEO. “Our investments in e-com- and is banking on its huge inter- fering from the indirect impact of Club, but both reported flat with Walmart International pull- “I am pleased with the trends merce and mobile are very impor- natonal network of 11,000 stores. the sanctions. Of those, one quar- comp sales. Stronger sales in ing in the largest increase at 3.1 in many of our markets, which tant, as the lines between digital It recently has snapped up com- ter say the impact is significant. the US businesses would’ve also percent, topping Walmart US’s 2.7 were driven by a continued focus and physical retail continue to panies specialized in data analy- But half the respondents said helped our profit performance,” percent rise. on being the lowest cost operator.” blur. Our customers expect a sis and online marketing to lure the sanctions were justified, while McMillon said in a statement. “We remain focused on price E-commerce sales added about seamless experience, and we’re more customers to its websites. 16 percent would like to see more The Bentonville, investment across all our markets 0.3 percent to the US same-store working to deliver that for them AFP forceful action. REUTERS

India wholesale inflation eases Berkshire Argentina calls hedge funds NEW DELHI: India’s wholesale “I don’t see any rate cuts this year Hathaway stock price inflation hit a five-month low at all,” D K Joshi, chief economist at in July, data showed yesterday, but credit rating agency Crisil, said. hits $200,000 steep retail price growth means India has the highest borrowing an ‘international mafia’ the central bank is unlikely to cut costs among Asia’s major economies, benchmark interest rates soon. discouraging investment and jeopard- NEW YORK: Berkshire BUENOS AIRES: The hedge chief and government spokes- to the vultures,” Capitanich The Wholesale Price Index, closely ising revival of the economy mired in Hathaway Inc’s share price yes- funds suing Argentina over man, told reporters in Buenos said. “They are trying to harm watched to assess price rises in India, its longest spell of sub-five percent terday crossed $200,000 for the its 2002 debt default are an Aires. the Argentine people and violate increased 5.19 percent from a year growth in a quarter-century. first time, the latest milestone for “international mafia” out to Many Argentines side with our sovereignty.” earlier — slightly above market fore- While still keenly watched, the the company that Warren Buffett wreck the country’s finances, their government against a Left-leaning President casts of a 5.1 percent rise — after Wholesale Price Index has been ced- built over nearly five decades into the government said yester- group of hedge funds that Cristina Fernandez and her climbing by 5.43 percent the previ- ing ground to the Consumer Price what some analysts view as a day, pumping up the rhetoric rejected the country’s 2005 and ministers have long dispar- ous month. index as a measure used by the cen- microcosm of the US economy. in a battle that is squeezing 2010 debt restructurings in aged the holdout funds as “vul- The July reading was the weakest tral bank to set monetary policy. Class A shares of Berkshire, the struggling Argentine which holders received less than tures” picking at the bones of since January thanks to lower fuel The Consumer Price Index, which which have never been split, rose economy. 30 cents on the dollar. Argentina’s traumatic 2002 prices. But higher-than-expected more closely reflects consumers’ as high as $201,114, as the Omaha, With its peso currency at Holdout funds led by Elliott default. But the country says consumer inflation reported earlier retail costs, rose by a higher-than- Nebraska-based company’s market record lows, foreign reserves Management Corp and Aurelius a clause in the deal to restruc- in the week means interest rates will expected 7.96 percent in July from value swelled to $327.8bn, making down more than 5 percent over Capital Management bought ture its debt, set to expire in probably stay on hold until at least a year earlier, far above the central it the fourth-largest in the bench- the last year and vast shale Argentine bonds at a discount January, prohibits the gov- the end of 2014, economists said. bank’s target of six percent by 2016. mark S&P 500 index. oil and gas resources laying before and after the 2002 default ernment from offering better Business has been clamouring for a “This 6 percent consumer price Berkshire’s share price has undeveloped in its southern and have pressed their demand terms to the holdouts than were cut from their steep level of eight per- inflation target means the central bank doubled since it first crossed the Patagonia region, Argentina for payment of 100 cents on the offered in the 2005 and 2010 cent to help spur a sluggish economy. cannot loosen rates,” Joshi said. AFP $100,000 barrier on October 5, is desperate to tap foreign dollar in the US courts. restructurings. 2006. The S&P 500 has jumped 44 financing. In 2012, a federal judge in With no negotiated solution percent since that date through But the debt case, which New York awarded them $1.33 on the horizon, Argentina’s peso Wednesday. Buffett, who turns stems from Argentina’s default billion plus interest and barred weakened more than 1.5 percent 84 on Aug. 30 and is the world’s on nearly $100bn in sovereign Argentina from repaying hold- on Wednesday to a record low of third-richest person, oversees a bonds 12 years ago, is blocking ers of exchanged debt without 13.15 per U.S. dollar in unofficial conglomerate with more than 80 its access to the international paying the holdouts too. trading. Foreign exchange con- businesses ranging from Geico car bond market. “Today we are in The case pushed the country trols force most Argentines to insurance to the BNSF railroad to the hands of an international into default again last month, buy dollars on the black market, Dairy Queen ice cream, and more financial power comprised of effectively slamming the door which is widely seen as a truer than $119bn of stocks such as Wells small, voracious interests that on Argentina’s hopes of tapping rate of exchange than the offi- Fargo & Co and Coca-Cola Co. form a real international mafia,” global bond markets. cial rate of 8.2750 to the green- REUTERS Jorge Capitanich, the Cabinet “The world has to say ‘enough’ back. REUTERS

RWE profit falls 40pc

The headquarters of German utility RWE in Essen. RWE said its operating profit fell 40 percent in the first half of 2014, putting it on track for its third straight year of declining earnings as low wholesale power prices and demand continue to burden Germany’s second-biggest utility. FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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NEW YORK: The father of the had found “no criminal behavior” 20-year-old racing driver struck on the part of Stewart, but they and killed by Tony Stewart (pic- are still soliciting witnesses and tured) has said there was “no video and expect their probe to reason” for the crash that led to continue for some time. his son’s death. They said Stewart, who was Kevin Ward Jr hit the wall unhurt, had cooperated with their when Stewart’s car bumped his in investigation, but Ward seemed a dirt track race at Canandaigua unconvinced the star driver had Motorsports Park on Saturday. given a full account of himself. On his next lap Stewart’s vehi- “The one person that knows STATIONERY & OFFICE cle collided with Ward, who had what happened that night is pos- SUPPLIES angrily climbed out of his car who didn’t see him,” said Ward, sibly facing 10 years in prison,” and was walking down the track who also said there was no reason Ward said. “Is he going to say OFFICE EXPERTS pointing his finger in the direction for Stewart to bump his son’s car what he has done?” Regular Supplier of Office Stationery & Supplies, IT Products of Stewart. during the race in the first place. Stewart, one of the most popu- and Consumables and other General Consumables. We do Ward’s father, Kevin Ward “Tony Stewart was the best lar drivers in America’s NASCAR fast deliveries - An initiative of Sama Group W.L.L. Sr, told the The Syracuse Post- damn driver by far on the track stock car racing circuit, pulled out Tel: 44433199 - Fax: 4444 7709 - Email: [email protected] Standard that even in the dim that night,” Ward said. “Why he of last Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint light other drivers were able to had to go up as high as he did Cup Series race at Watkins Glen TRANSPORTATION avoid hitting his son. and hog my son, there’s no reason and has also withdrawn from a “Apparently, Tony Stewart was for it.” non-NASCAR race in Indiana on CROSS ROAD FOR TRANSPORT the only one driving out there Police said on Monday they Saturday. AFP Specialist for Heavy Machine inside & outside Qatar. Mobile: 77950000/55985000 FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Woods drops out of Ryder Cup Golfer struggling with injury says doctors have advised him to avoid play, practice

LOS ANGELES: Tiger Woods arguably of all time, Woods had ruled himself out of contention previously missed the cut as a for a wildcard spot on the US professional at the 2006 US Open, Ryder Cup team due to lingering 2009 British Open and 2011 PGA back problems on Wednesday Championship. and has been told by doctors The 38-year-old has appeared not to play or practice until his on seven US Ryder Cup teams condition improves, the former between 1997 and 2012 but missed world number one said. the 2008 edition at Valhalla Golf Woods, who had surgery in Club after having knee surgery March to treat a pinched nerve earlier that year. and has played just eight tourna- “My primary wish is for Tiger ments this year, asked US captain to be healthy and competitive, Tom Watson not to consider him and I hope that he’ll return to for one of three wildcard picks the game very soon,” US captain for the biennial team competition Watson said in a statement. against Europe next month. “Of course, I’m disappointed Watson will announce his three that Tiger Woods has asked not picks on September 2 to com- to be considered for the US Ryder plete his 12-man team to take on Cup team, and that his health is holders Europe at Gleneagles in not where he would like it to be. Scotland from September 26-28. “However, I think we can all “While I greatly appreci- agree that we need Tiger Woods ate Tom thinking about me for in this great sport, and he has a possible captain’s pick, I must taken the high road by inform- take myself out of consideration,” ing me early on in the selection Woods said in a statement. process.” “I’ve been told by my doctors The nine players confirmed as and trainer that my back mus- automatic selections after last cles need to be rehabilitated and week’s PGA Championship were healed. They’ve advised me not to Masters champion Bubba Watson, play or practise now. I’m extremely Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Jimmy disappointed that I won’t be ready Walker, Phil Mickelson, Matt for the competition. Tiger Woods, who ruled himself out of contention for a wildcard spot on the US Ryder Cup team due to lingering back problems on Wednesday. RIGHT: Kuchar, Jordan Spieth, Patrick “The US team and the Ryder Tom Watson, the 2014 Ryder Cup captain of the USA, speaks during a news conference at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday. Reed and Zach Johnson. Cup mean too much to me not to The Americans will be be able to give it my best. I’ll be competition for the December again,” he said. “I was fortunate the cut at last week’s PGA back spasms that forced him bidding to end a run of seven cheering for the US team. I think 4-7 World Challenge tournament that my recent back injury was Championship, only the fourth to withdraw from the WGC- losses against Europe in the last we have an outstanding squad which he hosts, to be played this not related to my surgery and was missed cut of his professional Bridgestone Invitational the pre- nine Ryder Cups, their most going into the matches.” year in Orlando, Florida. muscular only.” career in a major. vious week, he looked rusty and recent victory coming in 2008 Woods, a 14-times major win- “It’s an event that’s important Woods has struggled for form Though he had pronounced out-of-sorts in both rounds. under the captaincy of Paul ner, said on his official website to me and my foundation, and since recovering from back sur- himself fit to compete in the year’s By some distance the lead- Azinger when Woods was absent. that he planned to return to it will be exciting to be playing gery in late March and missed final major after recovering from ing player of his generation and REUTERS Top 10 Premier League transfers this year Marquez set to LONDON: The Premier to join Everton on a permanent League has lost Luis Suarez fol- basis, having scored 16 goals while lowing his move from Liverpool on loan at Goodison Park last tackle Agostini to Barcelona, but there will be season. Everton broke their club plenty of new faces on show record to sign him. when the 2014-15 season begins. Luke Shaw Here are the 10 most signifi- Southampton to Manchester record in Brno cant transfers to have taken United; £27m place over the course of the close After a fine 2013-14 cam- PRAGUE: Spain’s Marc offset a lacklustre start from pole season (transfer fees approxi- paign, which saw him named Marquez is one step from wiping position. mate and as reported by British in the Professional Footballers’ out a long-standing record as he Then, like so often this season, media): Association Team of the Year eyes an 11th win in 11 races this he breezed past both Lorenzo and Diego Costa and supplant Ashley Cole in season at the Czech MotoGP in Rossi in a single bend and raced Atletico Madrid (ESP) to the England squad, 19-year-old Brno on Sunday. ahead to gain nearly two seconds Chelsea; (£32m) left-back Shaw joined United Italian legend Giacomo Agostini on Lorenzo and more than six on Bruising Brazil-born striker in a move that made him the won the opening 10 races of the Rossi on the finish line. Costa, 25, joined Chelsea after fourth-most expensive defender premier class season in 1968, 1969 But Brno might turn out to be firing Atletico Madrid to the in history. and 1970 at a time when he domi- a different story. La Liga title last season with 27 Adam Lallana nated the sport. “Everyone knows that histori- goals. Had a chastening expe- Southampton to Liverpool; And Marquez, the 21-year-old cally Yamaha are strong here rience at the World Cup with £25m reigning champion, equalled that so we’ll have to work hard from adopted country Spain, but Another Southampton player feat at Indianapolis last Sunday, Friday to give ourselves the best Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho who sought new pastures after when he also became the first chance on Sunday,” Marquez told hopes he will be the final piece in breaking into the England squad, rider since Australian Mick the crash.net website. his title jigsaw. attacking midfielder Lallana left Doohan in 1997 to win 10 races Meanwhile, Rossi, who has won Eliaquim Mangala St Mary’s after eight years of in a row. five premier class races at Brno, Porto (POR) to Manchester service. The versatile, two-footed However, no one has ever won called the local track “fantastic.” City; £32m 26-year-old can play in any posi- the first 11 races of a season — in “But in the last years I never Despite a spending cap tion in support of the striker. part because Agostini’s perfect did a good performance there. We imposed on them by UEFA for Lazar Markovic season in 1968 comprised only 10 have to concentrate, study corner contravening Financial Fair Play Benfica (POR) to Liverpool; events. by corner every practice, try to do regulations, Manchester City £20m After 10 of 18 MotoGP races the maximum,” he said. found the funds to bring France CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Frank Lampard, Diego Costa, Cesc A 20-year-old Serbia interna- this year, Marquez leads the The weather might be an issue centre-back Mangala to the Fabregas and Alexis Sanchez tional, winger Markovic is one championship standings with a as forecasters predict rain at least Etihad Stadium. of the attacking players who perfect 250 points, 89 ahead of for Saturday, which might suit the Alexis Sanchez Cesc Fabregas Manchester United; £29m Liverpool manager Brendan his Repsol Honda team-mate, and experienced Yamaha duo. Barcelona (ESP) to Arsenal; Barcelona (ESP) to Chelsea; Following an aborted transfer Rodgers hopes will soften the fellow Catalan, Dani Pedrosa. Nevertheless, Agostini himself £30m £30m in the summer of 2013, Basque blow of Suarez’s departure. Italy’s Valentino Rossi is third, said last week he would not be too Twelve months after smash- After a mixed three years with midfield organiser Herrera Frank Lampard four points behind Pedrosa and 40 surprised if Marquez made 2014 a ing their transfer record to sign Barcelona, 27-year-old former became the first new recruit of New York City FC (USA) to ahead of Yamaha colleague Jorge perfect season. Mesut Ozil, Arsenal flexed their Arsenal captain Fabregas returns the post-David Moyes era at Old Manchester City; loan Lorenzo of Spain. “I think he is capable of win- financial muscles again with a to the Premier League with Trafford. Has impressed in pre- After 13 years at Chelsea, Last year, Marquez won the ning every race,” the 72-year-old move for Chile’s star forward Chelsea. The goal-scoring mid- season with his slick distribution. 36-year-old England midfielder Brno race to become the first ‘Ago’ told the Italian sports daily Sanchez, who can play wide or fielder will come up against his Romelu Lukaku Lampard left for new Major MotoGP rookie ever to win four Gazetta dello Sport. as a central striker. Arsenal man- old employers for the first time Chelsea to Everton; £28m League Soccer outfit New York successive premier class events. “It would be an incredible ager Arsene Wenger said that on October 5. Amid renewed competition City FC, only to be immedi- “The target is to fight for vic- record, not just for him but also Sanchez would “add power, crea- Ander Herrera for places at Chelsea, 21-year-old ately loaned to their sister club tory, like always,” he said about for the manufacturer, because tivity and quality to our squad”. Athletic Bilbao (ESP) to Belgium striker Lukaku elected Manchester City. AFP the race on the 5.4km circuit in if the bike doesn’t get you to the southern Czech city. the finish line the rest is point- At Indianapolis last Sunday, less,” added the 15-time world Flores, Hernandez leave Swansea for Qatar Marquez needed 10 laps to champion. AFP

LONDON: Swansea City’s dreams in my luggage. I have Chico Flores and Pablo experienced so much these two Hernandez have left to join seasons that, by far, exceeded my teams in Qatar for undisclosed expectations. That is why today fees, the Premier League club I am sad to leave a club that has announced yesterday. been like a family since the begin- Defender Flores will be reu- ning,” it further read. nited with former Swansea Hernandez, who has four caps manager Michael Laudrup at for Spain, was a then club-record defending champions Lekhwia, signing for the Welsh club when while attacking midfielder he moved from Valencia for 5.55m Hernandez has joined Al Arabi. pounds in 2012. The transfers of the Spanish The 29-year-old was a mem- pair, which are subject to interna- Pablo Hernandez and Chico Flores ber of the Swansea team that won tional clearance, comes on the eve the League Cup in 2013, although of the new Premier League sea- Flores, 27, revealed he would “I hope this is not a forever Flores missed the final through Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain (right) and Yamaha’s son, with Swansea kicking off the be leaving the club last Saturday, goodbye,” the letter read. injury. It was the first major tro- Valentino Rossi of Italy attend a news conference before the Czech Grand action against Manchester United posting an open letter to Swansea “Two years ago I came to phy in the club’s history. Prix in Brno yesterday. at Old Trafford on Saturday. fans on his Twitter account. Swansea with many hopes and REUTERS FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Qatar’s Games Squad Chinese city Nanjing set % Idriss Yousef – Men’s 800m % Hamad Al-Qadi - Equestrian % Rahma Al-Dulaimi – Artistic Gymnastics % Nadine Wahdan – Trampoline % Abdullah Al-Sunaidi – Shooting – 10m for Youth Olympic Games Air Rifle, 60 shots % Waleed Daloul – Swimming % Abdulrahman Mohsen - Table tennis Qatar’s 23-member squad ready to take part in seven disciplines % Handball – Men’s team (16 athletes)

NANJING: Horse rider Hamad Al Qadi will lead the Qatari contingent during the opening ceremony of the second Youth Olympic Games, to be held at the majestic and colourful Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre tomorrow evening. The Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre is the main venue of the quadrennial event, which was launched in Singapore in 2010 when Hamza Dariouch had won a silver medal for Qatar in 1,000m race. Chinese President Xi Jinping will preside over the opening ceremony, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has already arrived Qatar’s Chef-de-Mission Eisa Al Harami talks to Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) team members in Nanjing, China, yesterday. Qatar’s 21-member team will contest in seven disciplines, in Nanjing and held meetings with athletics, shooting, gymnastics, equestrian, table tennis, handball and swimming at the Youth Olympic Games beginning tomorrow. RIGHT: Performers prepare for a rehearsal of the opening several key officials in the Nanjing ceremony of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (NYOGOC) to review the preparations. The mission of the YOG is to At the unveiling of the mascot, Last week, Sheikh Saoud bin Qatar’s Chef-de-Mission Eisa prepare young players as ambas- Rogge heaped lavish praise on Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Al Harami informed at the Youth sadors of the Olympism, sports Nanjinglele. Secretary-General of QOC, said Olympics Games Village yester- and healthy lifestyle so that oth- “The design of Nanjinglele is about the Qatari team for the day that the equestrian rider ers can be inspired by them and truly inspiring and will certainly YOG: “We are extremely proud would get the honour to hold the follow them. capture the attention of the of all our athletes that are partici- maroon and white flag of Qatar Nanjinglele, the mascot of world’s youth and older genera- pating at this world-class event. during the parade by the athletes. the YOG, has been inspired by tion alike,” Rogge said. To reach the Youth Olympic Qadi, gymnasts and shooter Yuhua or the smooth and cute “Not only does it incorporate Games is a huge achievement and arrived in Nanjing yesterday and Rain Flower Pebble, which can aspects of the local majestic stone we are delighted to see so many of the handball team, which emerged be found naturally in all shapes from the river but it is bright and our country’s talented young ath- as the Asian champions, will land and sizes in Nanjing. Lele means vibrant and sets the tone of a fun, letes going to Nanjing this year.” on August 17. both happiness in the Mandarin energetic and colourful YOG,” Sheikh Saoud added: “Their The Youth Olympic Games are Chinese language and sound of Rogge added. places at the Youth Olympic the brain child of former IOC stones banging. Nearly 3,800 athletes, repre- Games are well deserved, and president Jacques Rogge. Since the ancient time, the Rain senting 204 nations, are expected are also testament to initiatives The IOC Executive Board Flower Pebble has been recognised to compete at the Youth Olympic such as the Schools Olympic embraced the idea quickly and as a decorative and praised by the Games, which are featuring 28 Program in which many of our welcomed it unanimously on April Chinese as a ‘national treasure disciplines and will wind up on athletes took part as an impor- 25, 2007. bestowed from heaven’. Also the August 28. tant step on their sporting path- The house sealed its approval at selection of the mascot portrays Qatar’s 23-member squad will way. Supporting talent from the 119th IOC Session Guatemala to the world the unique charms contest in seven disciplines - grass-roots right through to the City, creating the platform for all of Nanjing as a modern and green athletics, shooting, gymnastics, elite level is a core part of QOC’s A child performer reacts while waiting to start rehearsals for the opening young athletes of the world to city that is showcasing nature and equestrian, table tennis, handball mission and today is a very proud ceremony of the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. come and perform. sustainable development. and swimming. day for us.” QOC Federer advances with milestone Masters win

CINCINNATI: Roger Federer today, but nevertheless it’s nice top seed Novak Djkokovic into the became the first man to win 300 to reach such milestones. third round, three of the men’s matches at the ATP Masters “I was one of those guys who top nine were toppled. 1000 level, beating Vasek Pospisil struggled early on in the Masters Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun stunned 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-2 yesterday in 1000. I know how hard it is to win Czech fourth seed Tomas Berdych Roger Federer Cincinnati. all these matches because it’s 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 while Poland’s Jerzy The victory in just over two always against top 50 players, if Janowicz upset number seven of Switzerland hours put the 33-year-old world not top 20, if not top 10. From Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 serves against number three into the third that standpoint, I’m obviously -- four days after the Bulgarian Vasek Pospisil of round of his final tune-up tour- happy that it is at 300, it’s nice.” played a semi-final in Toronto. Canada during a nament for the US Open. After taking the first set in the American Steve Johnson stopped match on day 5 The Swiss great, who had tiebreaker, Federer was broken in ninth seed Ernests Gulbis 6-4, of the Western & notched his 200th Masters match the 12th game of the second as the 6-4. Southern open win against Lleyton Hewitt at challenger forced a deciding set. Number five Milos Raonic was at Linder Family Cincinnati five years ago, arrived But Federer powered through untroubled by wild card Robby Tennis Center in at the tournament he has won the third, breaking his opponent Ginepri 6-2, 6-2. Cincinnati, Ohio. five times off a runner-up finish twice on the way to victory and Sixth seed David Ferrer fought to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Toronto. finishing with 23 winners and through three tiebreakers to beat He delivered a dominant third 21 unforced errors, with six aces German Philipp Kohlschreiber set to finally subdue the 46th- along the way. 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4), ranked Pospisil, who was a final- “The transition (from one and eighth-seeded Andy Murray ist last month in Washington. He event to the next) is always a advanced with a smooth, 6-3, 6-3 stretched his career record over tough one,” said Federer, “We victory over Portugal’s Joao Sousa. 11 American John Isner beat foe in Stosur, who had beaten Svitolina provided the biggest the Canadian to 3-0. don’t have enough days. Murray, who lifted the Australian Marinko Matosevic her in straight sets in the 2011 upset of the day by stunning “It’s a nice round number,” “You can’t expect too much, we Cincinnati trophy in 2008 and 6-3, 7-6 (7/1), Fabio Fognini, US Open final. Wimbledon champion Petra said Federer of his most recent just hope to get through the first 2011, is searching for his first seeded 15th, dispatched Lleyton Williams has won all four meet- Kvitova 6-2, 7-6 (2). achievement. “I’ve had some more match in tough conditions.” title since winning Wimbledon Hewitt 6-1, 6-4 while number 16 ings against the Australian since Playing in her first event since important ones than the one While Federer safely followed 13 months ago. Spaniard Tommy Robredo beat but the 17-times Grand Slam successfully defending her Baku Since returning in January Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4. winner was made to work much title last month, the 19-year-old from back surgery, Murray has Women’s top seed Serena harder on the Cincinnati hard served for the match at 5-4 and enjoyed only modest results, with Williams advanced on cue, down- courts than she did in Montreal 6-5 but could not close it out and his best 2014 showings semi-finals ing Australian Samantha Stosur last week where she pounded third seeded Czech Kvitova forced at Roland Garros and Acapulco. 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (9/7), but third- Stosur 6-0, 6-2. a tiebreak. Both of the Scot’s Cincinnati seeded Wimbledon champion In a tight contest that did not Svitolina held her nerve, how- titles came in finals against Petra Kvitova stumbled out of feature a single break by either ever, and reeled off five straight Djokovic, who has won every the gate. player, Williams needed nearly points from 2-2 to clinch the Masters 1000 title save this one. Ukrainian teenager Elina two hours to advance to the last upset and advance to the third Murray improved to 3-0 over Svitolina toppled the Czech 6-2, 16. round in her Cincinnati debut. the 37th-ranked Souza, never 7-6 (7/2). “She was up in both of the “I have to say number one I’m trailing in the match that lasted (tie) breakers, I think it was just disappointed how I played today, 71 minutes. Serena battles a great match, to be honest,” said for sure,” said Kvitova. He handed Souza his 21st loss Williams, who has won 61 career “From the beginning I didn’t of the season in either the first or past Stosur in titles but has never lifted the feel very comfortable out there second round, advancing on his Cincinnati trophy. and I was trying to really fight. I first match point when Souza sent Cincinnati “She served unbelievable, and I just wasn’t able to do that today. a service return long. CINCINNATI: World number was like, I can’t lose serve because I’m not pretty sure why.” Murray broke Souza three one Serena Williams won a tense she’s just serving great. Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, times, and fired 16 winners battle of US Open champions by Fourth seeded Pole Agnieszka seeded seventh, was ousted by matched by 16 unforced errors. beating Australia’s Samantha Radwanska, fresh from her Svetlana Kuznetsova, the Russian “I got the win and that’s the Stosur 7-6 (7), 7-6 (7) yesterday Rogers Cup win in Montreal on winning 6-4 3-6 6-2 to make it US tennis legend Martina Navratilova (left) tries out the ‘tea taik’, a most important thing,” Murray to reach the third round of the Sunday, cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win two from two in her career local Indian milk tea, during her tour to a hawkers centre in the Little said. “Conditions are completely Western and Southern Open in over Japan’s Kurumi Nara, while against Bouchard. Bouchard, the India district in Singapore yesterday. Navratilova is on a two-day tour of different here to Toronto. But I Cincinnati. German sixth seed Angelique Wimbledon runner up, has now Singapore, as part of the build-up to the BNP Paribas WTA tennis finals hit the ball well from the back After last week’s loss to sister Kerber beat Russia’s Ekaterina been knocked out in successive in Singapore in October. of the court today. I was able to Venus in the Montreal seni-finals, Makarova 6-4, 6-1. tournament openers as the US control the ball well.” Number Williams faced another familiar Ukrainian teenager Elina Open draws closer. AGENCIES FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 21 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Seamers Riaz and Khan toil hard to make it Pakistan’s day Sri Lanka lose way after good start, Jayawardene fails in first innings of his final Test

COLOMBO: Mahela fell in the first over after resump- Jayawardene scored four tion when he was trapped leg- streaky runs in his last Test as before by Saeed Ajmal. Pakistan’s bowlers dismantled Ajmal, who will have his bowl- Sri Lanka’s first innings at the ing action tested at the end of the start of the second and final month after being reported by the match in Colombo yesterday. umpires in Galle, bowled 29 overs The hosts, who won the toss to take one for 67. and elected to bat on the easy- The SSC, which has been paced wicket, found runs hard to Jayawardene’s home ground since come by against the steady attack his early days, was decorated with and plodded to 261-8 by stumps on giant posters of the elegant bats- the opening day at the Sinhalese man, many of them highlighting Sports Club. his career-best score of 374 at the Upul Tharanga hit 92 and fel- same venue in 2006. low opener Kaushal Silva made The Old Boys’ Association 41, but Sri Lanka lost seven wick- of Nalanda College, where ets on either side of the tea inter- Jayawardene studied, set up a val after coasting to 144-1. special stand at the ground for Pakistan’s two left-arm seam- his classmates, current students ers Junaid Khan and Wahab Riaz and the college band. AFP toiled manfully under the hot sun to share seven wickets and lead Scoreboard a spirited display by the tourists seeking a series-levelling win. Sri Lanka (I innings): Junaid ended the day with four U Tharanga c Ali b Riaz ...... 92 for 69, including two wickets in K Silva c Sarfraz b Junaid ...... 41 the first over with the second new K Sangakkara b Riaz ...... 22 ball taken towards the end of the M Jayawardene lbw Ajmal ...... 4 day’s play. Riaz had three for 66. A Mathews c Sarfraz b Riaz ...... 39 Junaid said it was satisfying L Thirimanne c Sarfraz b Junaid ...... 20 to restrict Sri Lanka on a pitch N Dickwella lbw Junaid ...... 24 that gave the bowlers no assist- D Perera lbw Junaid ...... 0 ance and credited team coach and D Prasad (batting) ...... 4 former fast bowling great Waqar Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (centre) walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal during the opening day of the second Test match against Extras (B-4, LB-6, NB-5) ...... 15 Younis for the success. Pakistan at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo yesterday. Total (for 8 wkts) ...... 261 “For us seamers to take so Fall of wickets: 1-79, 2-144, 3-167, 4-177, many wickets on a dead wicket is a legend and it always helps to but missed his century when he have two wickets left and must Pakistan’s fielders lined up to 5-215, 6-249, 7-249, 8-261 like this is fantastic,” said the learn from greats like him.” fell to a sharp catch by Azhar Ali get whatever runs we can. A good greet Jayawardene, a 37-year- Bowling: Junaid 21-5-69-4; Riaz 16.1-2- 24-year-old Junaid. “Hopefully we Sri Lanka’s skipper Angelo at short-leg off Riaz. first innings total is crucial to get old veteran of 149 Tests, to the 66-3 (nb5); Rehman 19-4-49-0; Ajmal 29-4- can wrap up the innings quickly Mathews made 39 when he was “I don’t think this was a very a favourable result in this game.” crease as firecrackers went off in 67-1. and then the batsmen can get a caught behind off Riaz for what easy wicket to bat on,” Tharanga Sangakkara, who hit 221 in the the stands and some 3,000 home Pakistan: Khurram Manzoor, Ahmed Sheh- big score. became the last ball of the day. said. “It was a bit two-paced and first Test in Galle which Sri Lanka fans gave him a standing ovation. zad, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, “I don’t think this would have Tharanga put on 79 for the first took more turn than we are used won by seven wickets, managed But the star batsman, who was Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdur Rehman, been possible without the useful wicket with Silva and 65 for the to at this ground. Reaching 300 just 22 when he was bowled by a dropped by wicket-keeper Sarfraz Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan. tips that Waqar Sir gave us. He second with Kumar Sangakkara, is now our main target. We still superb in-cutter from Riaz. Ahmed off Junaid just before tea, Broad Anderson on a par with world nets for No. 1 Steyn, says captain Cook England LONDON: England fast bowler Cook has also returned to form James Anderson (pictured) with the bat but said England LONDON: England paceman ranks alongside South Africa’s would not be relaxing — or look- Stuart Broad took part in a net world No. 1 Dale Steyn and pos- ing for a draw to clinch the series session yesterday, on the eve sesses more skill, his captain victory. of the fifth Test against India, Alastair Cook said on the eve of “There has been a massive while wearing a splint to pro- the fifth Test against India. turnaround, so the guys can take tect his broken nose. England’s captain Alastair Cook (left) looks at team-mate Stuart Broad Anderson needs eight wick- a lot of credit for the way they The fast-medium bowler as they prepare for a team photograph at The Oval in London yesterday. ets to move past Ian Botham’s have turned it around and if we missed England’s training ses- English test record of 383 and are sitting here at the end with a sion at The Oval on Wednesday innings in Manchester — avail- “He batted, he bowled his six whether or not he achieves that trophy it would be brilliant,” he but was back in action yesterday. able for the finale of a five-match or seven overs and didn’t get any at the Oval starting today, Cook is said. Broad has his nose broken series they now lead 2-1 after pain from it,” opening batsman in no doubt that the 32-year-old “We are not going in with any while batting at Old Trafford by their innings and 54 run win at Cook added. belongs alongside the very best. way that Jimmy can swing the other mindset other than it’s a a Varun Aaron bouncer which he Old Trafford. “So we’re expecting him to “It’s an amazing achievement,” ball both ways I don’t think Dale game to win,” Cook added. deflected between the peak of his “We think he’s going to be be absolutely fine, and see what Cook told a news conference yes- does that quite as well as Jimmy, “We are not thinking if we sur- helmet and the grille. absolutely fine,” England captain mask he pulls on tomorrow. terday in which he confirmed although Dale has the advantage vive this we will win the series, He batted in The Oval nets Alastair Cook told reporters at “I don’t know what’s been that Anderson’s opening partner of being able to bowl quicker. we need to have the mindset we wearing a different helmet, fac- The Oval yesterday. going on ... but there have been Stuart Broad would be fit for the “You would put both of them in had after Lord’s when we came ing spin and short-pitched throw “We reserve the right tomor- quite a few masks. I’m not quite series decider despite sustaining a the same class.” out fighting. downs from England batting row (Friday) morning, in case sure if he’s just going to wear it broken nose in the last test. England have emerged from “Just because we won a couple coach Mark Ramprakash and something unusual happens when he’s batting, or if he’s bowl- “If he does it in this game it a dismal sequence of 10 test of games we won’t relax at all. later bowled at close to full pace. overnight. ing, but I honestly don’t think it’s will mean England are in a very matches without a win to come The atmosphere has lifted a bit England hope to have Broad — “(But) we’re not expecting going to affect his performance at strong position. from 1-0 down against India to but we have to earn the right to who took six for 25 in India’s first anything like that at all. all — which is good.” AFP “No disrespect to Dale Steyn lead 2-1 after emphatic victories put in a good performance.” in terms of actual skill, but the in Southampton and Manchester. REUTERS Suarez four-month ban upheld, training ban lifted

GENEVA: Luis Suarez yester- Barcelona said that the striker lawyers and representatives of Suarez, world football’s govern- never be another incident. day failed to win a reprieve from would train for the first time Barcelona and the Uruguayan ing body FIFA has also fined him Suarez subsequently left his four-month ban for biting today and be presented to fans on Football Association, had last fined 100,000 Swiss francs and the English giants Liverpool for Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the Monday when the Spanish giants Friday pleaded his case in person CAS kept that penalty in place. Barcelona, after a $127m deal World Cup, but got a green light play the Joan Gamper Trophy at a closed-door session of the FIFA adopted a tough stance at with the Catalan powerhouses. to resume training. match at their Camp Nou home. Swiss-based CAS, which is the the World Cup because Suarez at The international players In a hotly-awaited ruling, the “The CAS Panel found that the final court of appeal in the sports first showed no remorse, though union, FIFPro slammed the CAS Court of Arbitration for Sport sanctions imposed on the player world. its boss Sepp Blatter later dubbed decision, claiming the punishment said it had found Suarez guilty of were generally proportionate to Suarez, who has a record of the punishment harsh. was “disproportionate”. assault during Uruguay’s World the offence committed,” the court bans for biting opponents, was But after being sent home from “FIFPro does welcome the Cup match against Italy. said in a statement. barred from all football-related Brazil, Suarez apologised. fact that CAS has cancelled the The decision means that the “It has however considered activity for four months after “The truth is that my col- four-month ban from all football- 27-year-old striker remains una- that the stadium ban and the ban biting Chiellini on the shoulder league Giorgio Chiellini suffered related activity, which was unfair ble to make his debut for his new from ‘any football-related activ- during Uruguay’s final Group C the physical result of a bite in to Suarez as it infringed his right club Barcelona until October 25, ity’ were excessive given that such game on June 24 in Natal. He has the collision he suffered with to work at club level,” said a but can at least train with his measures are not appropriate to already served one match of his me,” Suarez said on Twitter on FIFPro statement. team-mates and be involved in sanction the offence committed nine-game national team ban, June 30. “FIFPro regrets that CAS has promotional activities. by the player and would still have having missed Uruguay’s 2-0 loss “I deeply regret what occurred. not decided to reduce the length He is also barred from taking an impact on his activity after the to Colombia in the World Cup I apologize to Giorgio Chiellini of both playing bans in exchange Luis Suarez to the pitch with Uruguay for nine end of the suspension.” round of 16 on June 28. and the entire football family,” for an obligation for Suarez to consecutive official matches. Suarez, accompanied by his In addition to suspending he said, vowing that there would receive treatment.” AFP FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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MUSCAT 31/28 Clear 32/26 Clear MAKKAH 43/29 Partly cloudy 42/28 Partly cloudy Gardeners work on the design a giant flower carpet at Brussels’ Grand Place yesterday. This year’s theme for the flower carpet is Turkey and around KUWAIT 48/31 Clear 48/31 Clear 750,000 begonias were needed to create the 1,800 square metre flower carpet design. BAHRAIN 38/33 Clear 38/31 Clear SANAA 30/17 Chance of storm 32/17 Chance of storm RIYADH 44/32 Clear 45/32 Clear DUBAI 38/33 Clear 44/33 Partly cloudy BAGHDAD 47/33 Clear 46/29 Clear Robots show collective ability THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW WASHINGTON: HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER They look by eight foot “dry erase” board vaguely like miniature hockey tabletop. Even minor surface fric- ATHENS 35/27 Clear 34/26 Clear pucks skittering along on three tion like that of paper halts them. WASHINGTON 26/17 Clear 29/19 Clear pin-like metal legs, but a swarm The robots measure about 1.2 of small robots called Kilobots inches in diameter and two inches SYDNEY 17/13 Chance of rain 16/09 Rain at a laboratory at Harvard tall. The material to build each of LONDON 22/11 Chance of rain 22/13 Partly cloudy University is making a little them cost just $14. PARIS 20/14 Chance of storm 19/14 Chance of rain bit of history for automatons Rubenstein said the research ISTANBUL 29/24 Partly cloudy 30/22 Clear everywhere. anticipates a day when people MANILA 31/25 Chance of storm 30/25 Chance of storm Researchers who created a bat- may send many robots acting as DHAKA 32/26 Thunderstorm 31/27 Chance of storm talion of 1,024 of these robots said a single entity to perform a task DELHI 34/26 Partly cloudy 34/27 Clear yesterday the mini-machines are — perhaps to a destination like ISLAMABAD 25/22 Partly cloudy 32/22 Partly cloudy able to communicate with one Mars — instead of humans or a another and organise themselves single robot. into two-dimensional shapes like A “collective” may better han- letters of the alphabet. dle an unknown environment — Much smaller groups of robots for example, forming into a snake Michael Jackson video have been able to carry out simi- shape to navigate sand dunes or lar tasks, but never a group this like a ball to roll down a hill. He size. said a “collective” also is “fault tol- The Kilobots are told by the A swarm of KiloBots — 1,000 simple but collaborative robots. erant” — if a single robot among premieres on Twitter researchers via an infrared trans- 1,000 breaks down, plenty are left mitter to do a certain job. The to do the job. NEW YORK: Five years after tire on the highway and meets a robots then do it collectively with- acknowledge the Kilobots are not collective artificial intelligence.” The Kilobot name is a play on his death, Michael Jackson is woman who, in Jackson’s words, out further input from a human exactly thinking deep thoughts. The Kilobots are simple and the word kilobit, meaning 1,024 back with a new video that explains, “Don’t you worry, my being. “This is a ‘collective’ of robots inexpensive robots built to talk bits of digital information. breaks new ground by premier- friend, I’ll take care.” In a study published in the jour- — a group of robots that work to fellow Kilobots and sense the “I tell people that these robots ing on Twitter. “Take me to a place without no nal Science, they formed them- together to complete a common location of those others using are not very dangerous. The only The late King of Pop — who pio- name,” Jackson sings, rhythmically selves on a large tabletop into the goal,” said Harvard computer sci- infrared light. They use vibration way that they could hurt you is neered music videos in the 1980s if ungrammatically, to a heavy bass shapes of the letter “K,” a star, a entist Michael Rubenstein, who motors to slide across a surface on if you try to eat one. They can’t with the advent of MTV — had line. Jackson explains the couple’s solid square and a wrench. led the study. “If you call collective their three legs. even go over a piece of paper. So written the song “A Place With onward journey and discovery of It may be a step forward artificial intelligence the ability of But the surface must be very they’re kind of stuck where they No Name” with loose inspira- a “beautiful city” where “kids are for collective artificial intelli- a ‘collective’ to start to behave as smooth. The one used in this are,” Rubenstein said. tion of the 1972 folk rock classic playing and people are laughing gence, although the researchers a single entity, you could call this study was essentially an eight foot REUTERS “A Horse With No Name” by the and smiling, and no one’s in fear.” band America. “A Place With No Name” was Released in May on his posthu- directed by Samuel Bayer. mous album “XSCAPE,” Michael Michael Jackson was an early Jackson’s estate and Epic Records enthusiast of matching videos to decided to premiere an accompa- his songs, at a time that many nying video on Twitter late on musicians resented the com- Robots cook, serve in Chinese restaurant Wednesday in what they said was mercial pressures created by a first for the social media site. MTV as cable television became The video was also broadcast on widespread. Jackson’s 1983 video an overhead screen in New York’s “Thriller” was a landmark as it Times Square in coordination with was virtually a miniature horror the Twitter debut. movie which ran nearly 14 min- The video features archival foot- utes long. age of a mid-career Jackson, danc- Jackson died on June 25, 2009 ing in a tight tank top against a of an overdose of the clinical anes- black and white backdrop, along thetic propofol, administered by with a couple sensuously inter- his doctor to help treat insomnia twining in the desert heat. as the 50-year-old singer prepared The song tells the story of a for a series of concerts in London. motorist whose Jeep suffers a flat AFP

Dolphins squeal with delight: Study

WASHINGTON: Dolphins often squeal when they get a fish treat, sounding much like happy children. US researchers said on Wednesday they believed these calls are not just ways of signalling to others in the group that there is food around, but expressions of pure delight. A robot carries food to customers in a restaurant in Kunshan, China; (Right) another robot cooks vegetables in the kitchen. The reason they think the dolphins’ sounds indicate pleasure is they match the amount of time it takes for the brain to release the hormone dopamine. KUNSHAN: It’s more teatime door to cheerfully greet custom- get sick or ask for vacation. After have a fixed repertoire — exhibit The study in the Journal of Experimental Biology was led by Sam than Terminator — a restaurant ers, while four short but human- charging up for two hours they limited artificial intelligence, and Ridgway of the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego, in China is electrifying custom- oid machines carry trays of food can work for five hours,” he added. are loaded with ingredients by California. Ridgway and colleagues work with bottlenose dolphins ers by using more than a dozen to the tables. The restaurant, in the eastern human staff, who also help to and beluga whales, training them to repeat behaviours and rewarding robots to cook and deliver food. In the kitchen, two large blue province of Jiangsu, follows in the make some dishes. them with fish. Mechanical staff greet custom- robots with glowing red eyes spe- tracks of another robotic eatery But customers at the restau- Previous research has shown that rats and primates have reward ers, deliver dishes to tables and cialise in frying, while another is which opened in the northeastern rant who tucked into fried toma- systems involving dopamine neurons. even stir-fry meat and vegetables dedicated to making dumplings. city of Harbin in 2012. toes with egg, soup, and rice were Ridgway and colleagues found that the time delay between the pleas- at the eatery in Kunshan, which Song told the local Modern Rising labour costs in China thrilled with the experience. ant experience — the reward, or expectation of reward — was just a bit opened last week. Times newspaper that each robot have encouraged manufacturers The round-headed waiter longer than the time it takes for the dopamine release, usually around “My daughter asked me to costs around 40,000 yuan ($6,500) to turn to automation, and the robots can only move along fixed 100 milliseconds. “The dolphins take an average of 151 milliseconds invent a robot because she doesn’t — roughly equal to the annual sal- country last year surpassed Japan paths, and politely ask customers extra time for this release, and with the belugas it’s about 250 mil- like doing housework,” the restau- ary of a human employee. to become the world’s biggest con- to move out of their way when- liseconds delay,” said Ridgway. rant’s founder Song Yugang said. “The robots can understand 40 sumer of industrial robots. ever their routes are blocked. AFP Two robots are stationed by the everyday sentences. They can’t The cooking robots — which AFP