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PM meets Palestinian prime minister Business and visit Rising house visas via Metrash2 DOHA: Companies can now apply for business visas and truck drivers’ visas online through Metrash2 and the rents push up Ministry of Interior website, the Ministry said yesterday. Metrash2 is a smartphone application provided by the Ministry. Tourist visas will also inflation to 3pc be available through these chan- nels very soon, said a ministry statement. The General Directorate Rentals climb 8.2pc in October: CPI of Nationality, Borders and Expatriate Affairs at the Ministry DOHA: House rents continue incidentally, have together the has launched the service to to jump undeterred due to gal- largest share of 32.2 percent in stop dealing with paper-based loping demand for residential the CPI basket. In simple words, transactions. units driven by the exploding a household is expected to spend The Director General of General population. 32.2 percent of its monthly income Directorate of Nationality, Latest consumer price index on house rent and fuel and elec- Borders and Expatriate Affairs (CPI) details show that house tricity on average. Brigadier Abdullah Salim Al Ali rents climbed 8.2 percent year- The second largest head of said that the new service will be on-year in October, pushing the expenses of a family is transport available on condition that the overall rate of inflation to three and communications. Their share company should be working in percent. in the CPI basket is 20.5 percent, Qatar and should be recognised In September, the annual followed by food and beverages, by the departments concerned. increase in house rents was including tobacco (13.2 percent). There is no change in the fee equally high at 8.1 percent. The Entertainment and recreation The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with Palestinian structure. overall inflation rate was also form the third largest category of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah yesterday. They reviewed bilateral relations and the latest Palestinian devel- THE PENINSULA slightly higher at 3.6 percent. a family expenditure — its share opments. Hamdallah left Doha later yesterday. House rentals jumped by a in the CPI basket being 10.9 per- similar percentage, by 7.9 per- cent. The smallest share is that cent, year-on-year in the month of garments and footwear (5.8 of August this year. percent). The marginal fall in the over- Meanwhile, the country’s all rate of inflation in October population continues to grow First Kahramaa solar power plant by 2016 was due to declining food prices, unchecked putting pressure on BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB data issued by the Ministry housing stocks. Latest popula- package of solar power plant, be achieved through different water reservoirs,” he added. of Development Planning and tion figures suggest that more with a capacity of between 10 to packages over the next six years.” “For solar power, we are going Statistics for October 2014 suggest. than 171,000 people have entered DOHA: The first solar 15MW, a couple of months ago, The first solar power genera- to use the cutting-edge smart grid Rentals are clubbed with fuel the country between January power plant of Qatar General and construction contracts will tion facility in an area of 100,000 technology that can guide us to (petroleum products) and energy and October, 2014, most of them Electricity and Water Company be awarded by the first quar- square metres will be located in optimise production by minimis- (electricity) in the CPI basket. newly-recruited foreign workers. (Kahramaa), with 15 megawatt ter of next year. The plant will Duhail area. Kahramaa will need ing the cost such as asset and Since fuel and energy prices The country’s population as (MW) capacity is set to begin start operation before 2016,” said about 2msqm of open space to labour costs.” remain stable, the rise in the on December 31,2013 was 2.04 operation before 2016, a senior Saleh Hamad Al Marri, Head of produce 200MW of solar power, Asked about promoting private group is clearly due to rent hikes. million (2,045,239 to be exact). official of the utility distributor Renewable Energies Technologies and for that it is in the process use of solar power units by indi- The Ministry also attributed It increased to 2.21 million announced yesterday. Section at Kahramaa. of identifying 60 locations across vidual households and companies, the escalating cost of living in (2,216,500 to be exact) as on Kahramaa, as part of its efforts Al Marri, speaking to The the country. he said: “Kahramaa is working to the country to rising house rents. October 31, 2014. to promote alternative forms of Peninsula on the sidelines of ‘Solar “Given the high cost of land develop a regulatory framework “The rise is the highest among all Thousands of new housing energy, has plans to generate Qatar Summit’, said: “Kahramaa properties we are intending to in this regard. Once it is complete groups,” the development ministry units were expected to come on about 200MW of electricity from is trying to diversify its sources of build the solar power plants in dead and approved from all authorities said of house rents while releasing the market in 2014. sunlight by 2020. electricity, and have set a target to and free areas by utilising various concerned, we will announce the October inflation figures. THE PENINSULA “We floated the tender for generate about 200MW of power Kharamaa premises and other free same publicly.” Rent, fuel and energy, Continued on page 6 the construction of the first by 2020. However, the target will space such as the area on top of THE PENINSULA

Explosion rocks Kobane SEC puts curbs Tech giants lobby for on students’ sick leave curbs on NSA snooping DOHA: The Supreme LONDON: A coalition of tech- to the Senate. “We urge you to Education Council (SEC) has nology and Internet companies pass the bill, which both protects asked Independent schools not is lobbying to curb US National national security and reaffirms to accept sick leave certificates Security Agency surveillance America’s commitment to the issued by private clinics and powers and for more transparency freedoms we all cherish.” hospitals to students, teachers on government data requests. The bill would also allow tech- and non-teaching staff. The Reform Government nology companies to disclose The move follows complaints Surveillance coalition, includ- the number and types of data about an increase in fake sick leave ing Facebook, Google, Twitter, demands from government as certificates that have a negative Microsoft and Apple, added its part of the continued transpar- impact on the performance of support for the race to pass a bill ency push from the industry. many schools. Only those certifi- through the US Senate before If the USA Freedom Act fails cates issued by the Hamad Medical the end of the year, which would to pass through the Senate before Corporation, public hospitals and inhibit mass data collection from the end of the year the process will primary health care centres are emails and Internet metadata. have to restart in January, and will acceptable, Al Sharq reported “The Senate has an opportunity be scrutinised by a new Congress quoting a circular issued by the this week to vote on the biparti- controlled a Republican party more Education Authority at SEC. san USA Freedom Act,” said the favourable to surveillance. THE PENINSULA Smoke billows after an explosion following an air strike in central Kobane in Syria yesterday. The US military coalition in an open letter sent THE GUARDIAN One in 30 children forces conducted 11 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and 20 in Iraq since Friday. in US homeless

WASHINGTON: A “historic high” of nearly 2.5 million chil- India pressing GCC to raise wages of its workers dren in the United States, or one in every 30 kids, experienced NEW /DUBAI: India and dangerous jobs in the region, Over the past seven months, a spokesman for the Ministry of workers,” said Mohammed homelessness last year, according is pressing countries in the Gulf from construction to the oil indus- Indian diplomats in Bahrain, Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) Jindran, Managing Director of to a new study released yesterday. to raise the wages of millions try, transport and services. They Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, in New Delhi, said. UAE-based recruitment agency The number reflects the national of Indians working there, in a account for nearly half of the and the United Arab Emirates have The success of India’s strategy Overseas Labour Supply. rate of poverty and a lack of drive that could secure it bil- roughly 50 million population of the sharply increased the minimum is not yet clear, however. Officials The Indian government cannot affordable housing, among other lions of dollars in fresh income six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council. salaries that they recommend for in at least some GCC nations have dictate the pay of its citizens in factors, the American Institutes but risks pricing some of its citi- So India’s campaign for much Indian workers at private and pub- expressed displeasure, and the the Gulf — decisions to hire work- for Research (AIR) reported. zens out of the market. higher pay could have an impact lic firms in those states. strategy could backfire if those ers are made by labour recruit- “Child homelessness has Over five million Indian nation- on economies around the region, “We want the Indian workforce countries end up hiring more work- ers in individual countries, which reached epidemic proportions in als are believed to be employed in especially if it leads to a general to be paid higher salaries. Inflation, ers from elsewhere in the world. have not set minimum wages for America,” said Carmela DeCandia, the Gulf, the single largest group increase in wages for workers the value of the Indian currency “Of course it will encourage migrants and usually prohibit director of AIR’s National Center in a migrant worker population of from other big labour-supplying and a rise in the cost of living in companies to look at Bangladesh union activity by them. on Family Homelessness. more than 20 million. countries such as and the Gulf were the factors that and Pakistan as more via- REUTERS AFP Migrants do many of the dirty Bangladesh. led to the decision,” Y S Kataria, ble options to get migrant Continued on page 6 TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

PM meets Pakistan Air Force officer Gambian President arrives Emir holds phone talks with leaders

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday held telephone con- versation with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. They reviewed relations and regional and international issues. The Emir also received a tel- ephone call from the Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah and they reviewed relations and The President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, yesterday arrived on an official visit to Qatar. issues of joint interest. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani He and his delegation were welcomed at Hamad International Airport by the Minister of The Emir held telephone yesterday met the Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force, Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, and Transport H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, Qatari Ambassador to Gambia Mohammad talks with Oman’s Deputy his delegation. Talks dealt with relations and issues of mutual interest. Nasser Issa Al Kaabi and Gambia’s Ambassador to Qatar Ansumana Jammeh. Prime Minister for Council of Ministers Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said on means of enhancing relations and joint Defence Minister leaves for US interest. PHCC extends DOHA: The Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Major General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah yesterday left for Washington, Primary education contest deadline heading a delegation for an official mission to the US. They were seen off by senior Armed Forces officers. QNA DOHA: Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has extended the deadline for for all gets support receiving entries for Rashid’s Family Drawing Competition Advisory Council sets up from school students, due to W Doha Hotel & Residences to raise funds exams. The new deadline is November five permanent panels DOHA: Education Above All 23. PHCC invites all school stu- Foundation (EAA) and W dents aged between eight and 18 DOHA: The Advisory Mana, Mubarak Ghanim Al Ali, Doha Hotel & Residences have to take part in the competition. Council held its weekly ses- Saqr Fahd Al Meraikhi, Nasser reached a partnership in sup- It encourages students to sion under the chairmanship Ahmed Al Malki, and Ahmed port of primary education for be creative and to showcase of the Speaker Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Rumaihi. all via EAA’s Educate A Child thoughts and ideas on the habits Mubarak Al Khulaifi. It set up The Internal and External programme. that will maintain and enhance five permanent committees. Affairs Committee includes Issa The agreement will raise the physical and mental health The Legal and Legislative bin Rabia Al Kuwari, Mohamed awareness about the Educate A of the family. Committee comprises Dr Abdullah Al Sulaiti, Mohamed Child programme and the cause Students can participate by Ahmed Mohamed Obeidan, Abdullah Al Attiyah, Hamid Ali of primary education throughout submitting an A4 drawing fea- Mohamed Abdullah Al Sulaiti, Al Ahababi, Abdullah Mohamed W Hotel venues in Doha. turing Rashid’s Family char- Rashid Hamad Al Maadhadi, Al Sada, Abdurrahman Muftah An in-room fundraiser will be acters while carrying healthy Nasser Rashid Seraei Al Kaabi, Al Muftah, Ibrahim Mohamed launched featuring a video on activities. They are required to Youssuf Rashid Al Khater, Al Assiri, Mohamed Teraiheeb in-room entertainment system write down their full name, age, Nasser Suleiman Haider, Ali bin Nayfah, Ibrahim Mohamed and envelopes to collect guest grade, school name, parents/ Hussein Zainal, Nasser Khalil Al Misnad Al Muhannadi, contributions. guardian contact phone num- Al Jaidah, Said Butti Al Sahouti, Mohamed Hammam Al Fahad Al Sulaiti, Deputy CEO, Fahad Al Sulaiti (right), Deputy CEO, EAA, and Safak Guvenc, Area Manager bers on the back of the drawing. and Saqr Fahd Al Meraiki Abdullah, Khalaf Ahmed Al EAA, said, “Education Above Qatar and General Manager, W Doha Hotel & Residences, signing the Entries should be submitted in The Financial and Economic Mannai, Ibrahim Khalifa Al All’s approach is to sign agree- agreement. a hardcopy format in person to Affairs Committee comprises Nasr, Mubarak Ghanim Al Ali, ments with representatives across the Corporate Communications Abdurrahman Muftah Al and Nasser Ahmed Al Malki industries – from sport to culture designate a sushi dish on its menu local organisation having global and PR Department, PHCC, Muftah, Mohamed Ajaj Al The Cultural Affairs and to hospitality. “Our goal of reach- and proceeds will benefit Educate impact. “Giving back by raising Barwa Building 2, Floor 7, Kubaisi, Muqbil Ali Al Hitmi, Information Committee com- ing out to more schoolchildren A Child. All funds raised through awareness and in-hotel collections Suhaim Bin Hamad Street, Nasser Rashid Sereia Al prises Dr Ahmed Mohamed with primary education requires the partnership will be applied to is aligned with our keenness to C-Ring Road. Kaabi, Mohamed Hammam Obeidan, Mohamed Abdullah innovative partnerships and the support projects that are expand- play a positive role in the local Al Abdullah, Youssuf Rashid Al Attiyah, Hamid Ali Al participation of the private sector. ing access to primary education. community, and support devel- QR251,000 car Al Khater, Nasser Suleiman Ahbabi, Abdullah Mohamed “W Doha Hotel & Residences EAA covers all administrative opment worldwide.” Haider, Khalaf Ahmed Al Al Sada, Ibrahim Mohamed Al represents one of the leading ven- expenses to maximise the impact EAA is a global initiative theft: Two held Mannai, Ali Hussein Zainal, Assiri, Zabin Abdul Hadi Al ues in the city, and its support will of donations. launched by H H Sheikha Moza Nasser Khalil Al Jaidah, and Doassari, Muqbil Ali Al Hitmi, contribute to the movement we’ve Safak Guvenc, Area Manager bint Nasser to reduce the number DOHA: The Criminal Said Butti Al Sahouti Rashid Mohamed Al Maadhadi, created.” Qatar, and General Manager W of out-of-schoolchildren. Inspired Investigation Department The Services and Public Mohamed Teraiheeb bin Nayfah, Complementing the in-room Doha Hotel & Residences, said, by the Millennium Development (CID) has arrested two Arab Utilities Committee includes Ibrahim Mohamed Al Misnad collection effort, the partnership “Education is a right that most Goals to give all children access to nationals on charges of steal- Mohamed Ajaj Al Kubaisi, Al Muhannadi, Hadi Said Al foresees fundraising integration of us have had fulfilled. For too a full course of primary education ing QR251,000 from a car Zabin Abdul Hadi Al Doassari, Khayareen, Abdullah Khalid Al with some of the most popular many children in unlucky circum- by 2015-16, the Educate A Child which belonged to a Qatari Ibrahim Khalifa Al Nasr, Khalaf Mana, and Ahmed Khalifa Al dining locations in Doha – W stances, they don’t have access programme works with part- after smashing its window Ahmed Al Mannai, Hadi Said Al Rumaihi. Doha’s Spice Market, Market, to education. W Doha Hotel & ners to reach millions of children glasses in a public parking lot Khyareen, Abdullah Khalid Al QNA La Spiga and the W Café. The Residences is pleased to have the affected by poverty and crises. in Al Rayyan. award-winning restaurant will opportunity to support EAA, a THE PENINSULA The suspects confessed that they followed the victim after he had withdrawn cash from a bank. They stole the cash when the victim parked his car to complete his transactions, leav- ing the amount inside the car. QA chief urges staff to be innovative A CID team raided the sus- pects’ homes and found the DOHA: The staff of Qatar its products on board and “Next month, as the glo- Doha-based colleagues for the amount and some other curren- Airways (QA) should be ground, our commercial staff bal launch customer, we are event at Intercontinental City cies. They were referred to the innovative and entrepre- should also be innovative and gearing up to receive our first Hotel. public prosecution. neurial in their approach to inspiring in their approach to Airbus A350, a brand new air- Themed ‘Innovate Today, The CID has urged citizens business and sales, Akbar sales,” said Al Baker. craft the entire world will see Inspire Tomorrow’, the con- and residents not to leave cash Al Baker, Group CEO, QA, He said 2014 has been for the first time in commer- ference featured an overview or any valuables in their cars told at the airline’s biennial exceptional for QA. “QA took cial service in QA’s livery,” he of QA’s commercial strategy to avoid thefts and to be more Commercial Conference in delivery of our first Airbus added. for the remainder of the year vigilant while withdrawing large Doha on Thursday. A380 in September and last More than 300 delegates, and beyond. amounts from banks and not “Just as QA is renowned month we signed an MoU to including senior airline staff Discussions on new and leave it visible in the car while Akbar Al Baker, Group CEO, QA, addressing the in the industry as a leader in add 20 new Gulfstream air- from across the Americas, exciting commercial initia- parking. conference in Doha. the way it innovates and rede- craft to our private jet divi- Europe, Africa, the Middle tives were also held during THE PENINSULA/QNA fines the art of travel with sion – Qatar Executive. East, and Asia Pacific joined the forum. THE PENINSULA Ooredoo to develop global media solution for Aljazeera English

DOHA: Ooredoo and Aljazeera Media “Aljazeera is a globally-recognised asset of Aljazeera, which is media and Network yesterday signed an agree- brand, and Ooredoo is proud to be build- delivering it to the audience interference ment to build an exclusive global media ing infrastructure that will enable the free,” he added. solution, in one of the largest and most company to take its coverage to the next The solution will be built using capac- significant implementations announced level. ity on international fibre optic cables, by a broadcaster. “In winning the competitive bid against incorporating geographical diversity and Ooredoo will build and develop a global some of the world’s largest technology resilience. broadcast and communication infrastruc- companies, we are showing that Ooredoo With world-class connectivity, the solu- ture to connect Aljazeera’s main hubs in is a world-class provider of cutting-edge tion will enable Aljazeera to share video, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, business solutions,” said Sheikh Abdullah. reports and breaking news instantly with Asia and Africa, and link bureaus around “One of Aljazeera Media Network’s colleagues around the world, to prepare the world. objectives is to become a world-class for high-definition broadcast on Aljazeera The deal was unveiled at a cer- network operation. This global media news channels. emony attended by Sheikh Hamad bin cloud project and initiative will help the “The solution will be based on a mix of Thamer Al Thani, Chairman, Aljazeera network achieve the goal by bringing SDH and MPLS technologies. While the Media Network, and Sheikh Abdullah journalists and editorial workforce on a SDH network will provide high capacity bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, common communication platform,” said synchronised circuits for critical video Chairman, Ooredoo. Sheikh Hamad. services, the MPLS network will provide Officials during the agreement signing ceremony. It was signed by Mostefa Souag, “The partnership with Ooredoo will cost-effective circuits for medium prior- Director-General, Aljazeera Media leverage news capabilities of the channel ity services. implementation of the solution and its network, it will provide unprecedented Network, and Sheikh Saud bin Nasser and enhance user experience. Ooredoo will provide support as operation. connectivity and security. Al Thani, CEO, Ooredoo. “It is the right step in securing the an end-to-end service provider for Using Ooredoo’s biggest, fastest global THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Lord Darzi appointed as Sidra Board member Solar Qatar Summit opens

DOHA: Professor the Lord Qatar turning to renewable energy as part of sustainable growth efforts Darzi of Denham (pictured), an acclaimed and influential DOHA: Qatar, as part of its innovator in the healthcare environmental commitment industry, has been appointed as and sustainable development, a member of the Board of Sidra is turning to renewable sources Medical and Research Center of energy such as solar power, (Sidra) by H H Sheikha Moza with initiatives already under- bint Nasser, Chairperson, Sidra way, Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari, Board of Governors. President, Qatar General Prof Darzi has been involved Electricity & Water Corporation with healthcare institutions in (Kahramaa) said in his open- Qatar since 2010 and is a Board ing address at the Solar Qatar Member of the Supreme Council Summit yesterday. for Health. More than 300 experts from He played a key role in devel- around the world are attending oping and supporting Qatar’s the summit being held here under National Health Strategy, and Research Center will Al Kuwari’s patronage. National Primary Healthcare undoubtedly become an interna- The opening day included a Strategy and the National Cancer tional beacon of best practice and presentation by Saleh Hamad Al Strategy, helping transform the high-quality, academically-driven Marri, Head, Renewable Energy healthcare sector to support the patient care. It was a privilege to Technologies Section, Kahramaa, needs of a growing and evolving be invited onto Sidra’s Board of on the corporation’s plans for population. Governors and I look forward to solar energy projects. “It is an honour to welcome supporting this important project The Qatar-based Qatar Solar Lord Darzi to the Sidra Board for the health of Qatar.” Energy (SQE) has launched of Governors. As a trailblazer in Prof Darzi is Executive Chair the largest plant in the Middle healthcare reform and policy in for the World Innovation Summit East. In his presentation, Salim the UK, he has also been instru- for Health, a global summit pro- Abbassi, CEO, QSE, highlighted mental in developing and guiding moting health innovation he their manufacturing facility key national healthcare strategies helped launch last year in Qatar. which is producing two types Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari, President, Kahramaa, and Abdulla Hassa Al Meshadi, CEO, Msheireb Properties, in Qatar. He is also Director, Institute of high-efficiency crystalline inaugurating the Solar Qatar Summit at Ritz-Carlton Doha yesterday. BAHER AMIN “We are pleased to have his of Global Health Innovation, modules. considerable skills and insights Imperial College London. It will also produce bifacial in Europe, spoke about the role Senior Architect & Senior Urban the Ministry of Economy and focused on achieving Sidra’s In January 2014, he was solar modules to produce addi- solar energy plays in global energy Planner, Ministry of Municipality, Commerce, will talk about PPP vision to become a beacon of awarded the Sash of Independence tional energy from the back side transformation. also addressed the gathering. and infrastructure development. learning, discovery and excep- by the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim of the modules using reflected sun Another presentation was Today, Mohamed Nagib Omara, Leading innovators showcasing tional care,” said Dr Fathy bin Hamad Al Thani in recogni- rays. given by Omran Al Kuwari, CEO, Technical Adviser to the President solutions include GT Advanced Saoud, Vice-Chairperson, Board tion of his contributions to the In line with Qatar National GreenGulf, who disclosed the of Kahramaa, will speak on posi- Technologies, Monsson, Al Qamra of Governors, and Chairman, development of Qatar’s health Vision 2030, the facility aims to first-year findings of the Solar tioning of solar energy in Mena; Holding Group, Project Navigator, Executive Committee, Sidra. sector. reduce Qatar’s dependence on fos- Test Facility at QSTP. Qatar Green Building Council GreenGulf, Altius Fotovoltaic and Prof Darzi said, “Sidra Medical THE PENINSULA sil fuels. Abdulla Hassan Al Meshadi, on the Passivhaus Experiment Yazaki Energy. Speakers from the world over CEO, Msheireb Properties; and Implications for Retrofitting The US-based Dow Chemical are participating in the two-day Bradley Jason Horn, Senior PV; Carlos St James, Chairman, Company is participating as an event to discuss developments in Renewable Energy Analyst, Middle East-Americas Energy associate sponsor to share its the renewable energy sector. New Energy Department, Council will provide a per- expertise in advanced heat trans- Professor Eicke R Weber, Qatar Petroleum; Salah S spective on solar energy in the fer fluid technology for concen- Businesses urged to take lead Director, Fraunhofer Institute Nezar, Sustainability Director, Americas and cross points with trated solar power. for Solar Energy Systems, ISE, Qatar Project Management; Qatar; and Dr Amer Aladhadh, THE PENINSULA in corporate governance the largest solar energy institute Mohuiddin Sami Jamaleddin, Economic Development Adviser, Vodafone partners with QNB to install SSMs across Qatar

DOHA: Vodafone has part- Heba Al Tamimi, General nered with QNB to roll Manager, Group Retail, QNB, Ooredoo’s Chairman Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani out self-service machines said, “Our partnership with speaking at Qatar Chamber. (SSMs) across its stores in Vodafone highlights the leg- major areas of the country. acy of QNB as the market DOHA: Ooredoo’s Chairman, and exceed the exacting stand- Twenty-five SSMs will be leader in POS, e-Acquiring Sheikh Abdullah bin ards of every market we operate installed in 19 locations. and Internet banking solu- Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, in,” he said. The first phase saw 19 tions backed by the largest QNB and Vodafone officials exchanging agreements after the signing ceremony. urged businesses in Qatar to He also outlined policies and SSMs set up in 14 locations, integrated payment network take lead in corporate govern- directives Ooredoo’s board has in including City Centre Mall, in Qatar.” customers. They demanded services Vodafone plans to install more ance, in a keynote speech to place to protect the interests of Industrial Area, Ezdan Mall, Marc Norris, Chief through SSMs and we have listened SSMs throughout the year to ensure Qatar Chamber. all stakeholders. Al Meera West Bay, Msheireb, Commercial Officer, Vodafone by investing further in these plat- the service is available to all custom- The chamber had invited Policies highlighted included a Landmark Mall, Al Wakra, Qatar, said: ““In our aim forms, be it at our stores or online.” ers. THE PENINSULA Sheikh Abdullah to advocate the governance guide, internal audit Al Khor, Al Furousiyah, Al to become one of the most importance of governance on policies, HR policies guide and Nasr, Al Shafi Street, Al admired brands in Qatar, we behalf of the business community. financial authorities. Gharrafah, Old Airport, and have built ‘embraCE’, our cus- “Ooredoo believes in compli- The Ooredoo board reviews and Lulu Hypermarket on D-Ring tomer experience programme, ance with governance policies, as improves our governance policies Road. The second phase will by listening to what they say; this plays an important role in the regularly, and adapts them thor- see SSMs being rolled out in recruiting and retaining best company’s performance locally oughly for every country across Villaggio, Lulu Al Gharrafah, customer care people and lov- and globally, enhancing investors’ our footprints, he said. Hyatt Plaza and Lulu Al Khor ing our brand. In five years, trust,” said Sheikh Abdullah. “We also believe good conduct Mall. Vodafone’s SSMs will we have achieved a single “With our continuous develop- is not limited to the board mem- allow post-paid customers to unmatched customer experi- ment and growth, Ooredoo gov- bers and directors of the com- settle monthly bills through ence management platform ernance becomes more important pany – it is a responsibility of all cash or credit card and pre- with feedback through the than ever, as we strive to meet employees.” THE PENINSULA paid customers to recharge. most effective ways for our

Strict monitoring of beauty products urged

DOHA: A Qatari woman used services of skin diseases. They claimed that they also the daily that facial skin is the most sensi- a make-up artist only to wake up the next had experienced side effects like pimples tive and easily affected by natural and other morning with a skin inflammation, which and skin inflammation, which indicates factors. It can be affected by the weather if took a lot of money and almost a year to transmission of infections and bad compo- not taken care of. Other factors that damage treat. nents of such samples. the skin are make-up samples and testers in Sara Darwish consulted a dermatologist Studies also caution against using make- shops, excessive use of make-up for a long after the inflammation and was told to her up and beauty products for long periods of period of time, and using expired beauty shock that she had a skin fungus caused time. Their ingredients affect skin health products. by using expired cosmetic products for the and vitality and make it more sensitive to He advised against using other people’s make-up. sunlight. make-up, because it could transmit skin “It affected my psychology so much so Experts say ingredients of beauty creams diseases and fungus around the eyes and that I didn’t host any social event for a long and other products can accelerate aging and fingertips. He also advised to discard beauty while nor did I attend any as an invitee,” produce wrinkles, which can heighten the products not used for a long time, and not Sara told the local Al Raya in com- skin’s sensitivity to sunburns. This eventu- to keep them for more than three to six ments published on Saturday. Large quan- ally leads to more wrinkling and sagging months. tities of low-quality beauty products are of the skin. He suggested that women should preserve circulating in the local market, causing Another woman, Sheikha Al Kuwari, said their make-up products, especially lipsticks, allergies and skin infections to users. she does not allow her daughters to buy any away from heat in a make-up drawer or the Many women have cautioned against unknown beauty products, or try them. fridge if it is too hot outside, to avoid side this, saying some shops are showcasing She used make-up for 15 years despite her effects and can still use them. anonymous make-up brands. They called mother advising her against it, which made He stressed the importance of closing for improved monitoring to ensure that her look older than her age. beauty products to avoid germs and dirt beauty products meet Qatari standards and She called for increasing awareness about building inside them, and not to leave their specifications. good beauty products and especially coun- lids half open or lipsticks without a lid. Several affected women have cautioned terfeits available widely in the market for In case any beauty product falls on the against using cream samples and lipstick symbolic prices. In return, these products floor or any dirty surface, it should be dis- testers, saying many individuals have used ruin girls’ skins. carded immediately, he added. samples, which can transmit infections and Dr Mohamed Allam, a dermatologist, told THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Qatar hails Riyadh meeting outcome DOHA: Qatar welcomed the outcome of initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, who called a meeting of Riyadh, which strengthened the GCC Artworks from recycled cooperation and integration march and approved the return of ambas- sadors to Qatar. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry praised King Abdullah’s keenness to reach the desired success to meet aspirations and hopes of the GCC people. It expressed Qatar’s thanks and appreciation of the role played by the Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah to enhance materials on display the GCC march. It stressed Qatar’s keenness in GCC solidarity. QNA Essa Al Mulla’s expo highlights QF’s goal of preserving environment

DOHA: An art exhibition fea- turing works made from recy- cled materials by Qatari artist Essa Al Mulla has opened at Education City Recreation Centre. Entitled ‘Found Objects & Creativity’, the display was inaugurated by Engineer Jassim Telefat, Group Executive Director, Qatar Foundation (QF) Capital Projects and Facilities Management, and Mohammed Al Naimi, Director, Community Affairs, QF Support Services. It demonstrates QF’s com- mitment to promote local arts, culture and community devel- opment in line with Qatar National Vision 2030 to increase awareness about the national A scene from the three-episode documentary series World War I through Arab Eyes. heritage. By drawing inspiration from, and including recycled mate- Aljazeera to broadcast series rials such as iron, wood, and cloth in his works, the artist highlights the importance of on outbreak of World War I environmental sustainability, which is another integral prin- DOHA: Aljazeera English will on how colonised nations, which had ciple behind Qatar National broadcast a three-episode docu- no say in their own fate, ended up Vision 2030. mentary series commemorating being forced into wars which resulted Al Mulla said: “I started to Qatari artist Essa Al Mulla with one of his works at his ‘Found Objects & Creativity’ expo at Education City 100 years since the outbreak of in enormous sacrifices. World War I convert used materials into art Recreation Centre. World War I. through Arab Eyes relies on archival about 10 years ago and since In the series, Producer Journalist materials presented for the first time, then have gradually evolved to schools and universities. There Community Services Manager, environment, while inspiring Malek Al Tureiki, provides a politi- telling the fascinating story of how this stage. I believe that this are a lot of items that can be QF Support Services, said: the spirit of creativity and inno- cal and cultural reading into World the war affected the Middle East concept is worth additional transformed, and we should “Staging an art exhibition that vation.” The exhibition, which War I from an Arab and Islamic – reverberations being felt to the efforts. I hope the idea of con- take advantage of these instead features recycled pieces is a first runs until Sunday, is open to the perspective. The series sheds light present day. THE PENINSULA verting used materials into art of throwing them away.” for QF. It supports QF’s goal of public. Entry is free. will eventually be taught in Faisal Al Dosari, Acting promoting preservation of the THE PENINSULA Heya Women Fashion Exhibition opens

DOHA: The Sixth Heya Women Fashion Exhibition opened yesterday at Doha Exhibition Center. It showcases the finest designs and latest trends in Gulf and evening gowns for women in Qatar and the region. The opening ceremony was attended by dignitaries, includ- ing Dana Ali Alfardan, Najla Al Shafei, and Haya Al Naiemi. The exhibition is open until November 22 from 10am to 10pm to visitors above 12. Featuring 220 pavilions, 50 percent of the exhibitors are Qatari women designers, and the rest from other GCC countries. Al Reem Al Naimi, Qatari owner and designer of Sadiem, told this daily that the exhibition is a big event every designer wants to be part of it. It is held in an excellent loca- tion that attracts a lot of visi- tors from different countries. Hamad Al Abdan, Director of Exhibitions, Qatar Tourism Authority, and Dana Ali Alfardan, Najla Al Shafei She believes that what makes and Haya Al Naiemi touring the exhibition after its inauguration at Doha Exhibition Center yesterday. participation in the exhibition SALIM MATRAMKOT so desirable is the fact that it is organised by Qatar Tourism smaller and do not attract as prompts them to support and social media to condemn the Authority. many visitors as Heya exhibi- encourage young Qatari design- trend of Qatari designers sell- Al Naimi said such exhibi- tion does. ers to gain a name in the Gulf . ing abayas for QR1,000 and up tions cost designers less than Qatari women are targeted Also, designs follow a spe- to QR5,000 per piece. half of privately organised for such exhibitions. They pre- cific trend, yet each designer They said it is only dress expos in terms of renting out fer Qatari women designers’ produces a limited number of to show off at social events as space. abayas to those in souqs and creation that is unique. branded abayas cost a lot. They are usually much shops because it is a trend that Some Qatari women took to THE PENINSULA ibq launches furniture loan

DOHA: International Bank of Qatar innovative approach to making bank- (ibq) yesterday announced the launch ing simple and accessible to all, with no of furniture loan for existing and new hidden charges and no exclusivity, and customers, featuring zero percent at the same time unstinting support for interest rate and fees and zero down its customers anticipating their every payment. need,” he added. Customers — Qataris and expats — Customers will have the choice of will be able use the loan to shop at some picking items to match their taste. of Qatar’s most interior design-conscious The bank said the partnering stores stores, said the bank. are carefully selected to ensure all Furniture shops ibq has partnered household furnishing needs are fulfilled. with for the loan are Home Centre, Customers can easily select a living NABCO, BoConcept, The One, The room from one store, a bedroom from One Junior, Roche Bobois, Natuzzi, another, and accessories from a third, Tivoli, American Home Furniture and all of which will fall under the same pay- Singways. ment terms. “We recognise that buying new fur- Given the choices, the bank has made niture is a big-ticket item for those set- it simple to obtain the loan, with flexible ting up or moving home, and those who payment terms of up to two years and don’t want to move but want to give their the possibility of buying furniture and homes a fresh new look,” said Andrew accessories from any or all of the stores Ball, Head, Retail Banking, ibq. at the same time. “Our new loan underlines ibq’s THE PENINSULA

TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Ministry marks over 50 Katara unveils dictionary on years of service to pilgrims DOHA: Under the patron- bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, was age of the Prime Minister and present. Interior Minister H E Sheikh Organised under the theme Gulf pearl diving, maritime life Abdullah bin Nasser bin ‘More than half a century in the Khalifa Al Thani, the Ministry pilgrims’ service’, the ceremony of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs paid tribute to those who served The first-of-its-kind book aims to preserve heritage for new generations organised an honouring cer- pilgrims for over 50 years. emony for those working in Al Mahmoud said, “The cer- the service of pilgrims, at Ritz- emony follows directives of the DOHA: To contribute to the Carlton Doha. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin preservation of national and The Deputy Prime Minister Hamad Al Thani and is in rec- regional maritime heritage, and Minister of State for Cabinet ognition of our fathers and sons Katara yesterday launched its Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah who served the pilgrims. QNA latest publication — an Arabic dictionary on pearl diving and maritime life in the Gulf. The book, considered an invalu- HMC official appointed able addition to Arabic reference books on culture and heritage, was launched as part the fourth edition of Traditional Dhow as Associate Dean at Festival which opens today at Katara Corniche. Katara General Manager, College of Medicine Dr Khalid Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, Qatari Businessmen Association DOHA: Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chairman, Sheikh Faisal bin (pictured), Director, Medical Qassim Al Thani, and Researcher Education, Hamad Medical and Author of the book, Dr Rabia Corporation (HMC), has been bin Sabah Al Kuwari, were appointed as Associate Dean present at the launch in Katara for Clinical Affairs at the new Building 19. College of Medicine at Qatar The dictionary is the first of University. its kind in Qatar and the region The Office of the President of and aims to preserve and intro- Qatar University (QU) announced duce maritime heritage Qatar the appointment yesterday. and other GCC countries to new Dr Al Khal will report to the generations. recently-appointed Dean, Dr It will be a useful reference FROM LEFT: Dr Rabia bin Sabah Al Kuwari, the author of the book, Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman, Egon Toft, and represent the col- with regard to the terms related Qatari Businessmen Association, and Dr Khalid Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager, Katara, at the launch of the lege on matters relating to clinical to pearl diving and sea trade, thus book yesterday. activities of faculty and students. a new addition to Arabic libraries He will also continue to serve in of American Board of Infectious which has shortage in this aspect. collect the terms widely used in routes, wind direction, stars, fish in pearl diving and trade. his current roles at HMC. Diseases in 1996. Speaking at a press confer- Gulf countries on pearl diving and and other sea creatures, hunting Sheikh Faisal said the book Dr Al Khal graduated from Dr Al Khal has been Head of ence at the launch, Dr Al Sulaiti sea trade before the discovery of and pearl diving equipment, types, would be a helpful educational Royal College of Surgeons, Infectious Diseases Division since praised the author’s efforts in oil. sizes and shapes of pearls, herbal reference for the new generation Ireland, in 1989 and joined HMC, 1998 and Head of Communicable documenting and introducing He said many of these terms medicines used in the sea, sizes to revive and use the terms and completing one-year internship at Diseases Clinic since 1997. He ancestors’ heritage to the young have started to disappear as time and weight of ropes, maritime provide them with an idea on the Hamad General Hospital in 1990. is also Manager of National TB generation thorough the book. passes because people are not songs, stories and traditional art, life during the pre-oil era and dif- In 1991, he joined a three-year Programme and Director of He hoped that the author would anymore using them widely. geographical terms and clothes ficulties their ancestors faced and Internal Medicine Residency Clinical Aids Programme. continue to contribute to enrich- The 260-page dictionary con- used. sacrifices they made. training programme at University He is also Associate Professor ing the Qatari and Gulf heritage tains 400 terms referring to types It also includes pictures on He hoped educational institu- of Connecticut Medical Center, of Clinical Medicine at Weill library. of dhows, their contents, includ- Qatar’s maritime life, pearl diving, tions and universities would give US, and completed a two-year Cornell Medical College. He has In writing the book, Dr Al ing materials and supplies, and fishing, sailing, dhow construc- attention to such publications. fellowship training in infectious an advisory role with several pub- Kuwari said, it was his aim to the people working there, sea tion, and famous Qatari figures THE PENINSULA diseases at Hartford Hospital. lic health programmes under the He was awarded Diploma of Supreme Council of Health, and American Board in Internal continues to publish and conduct 20 illegal vendors held Medicine in 1994 and Diploma research. THE PENINSULA GCC to unify pay for Ajyal festival nationals on jobs in tickets available Five of family take ill after from today other member states DOHA: Visitors can purchase eating at Al Aziziya outlet tickets for the second edition of DOHA: Countries of website Aliqtisadia. the Ajyal Youth Film Festival DOHA: Five members of a that they had eaten fish, shrimps the Gulf Cooperation com reported yester- from today online at www.doha- family took ill after eating food and Egyptian rice after which Council (GCC) are day that ministers in filminstitute.com/filmfestival from a restaurant in Al Aziziya they began vomiting. planning to unify charge of employment or at Box Offices at the festival suburb of Doha and are recu- The daily quoted some people salary structures for of nationals and GCC booth in City Center Mall and perating in hospital. as saying that they were con- jobs occupied by their citizens of member Cultural Village Katara. They were rushed for emer- cerned as food poisoning incidents nationals based in states would meet Details of the 90 films from 43 gency care after they began vom- were on the rise. non-native member soon to discuss details countries to be screened are avail- iting and complained of stomach They called for strict and states. about the above issue. able online. Tickets are priced at upset and diarrhoea. extensive monitoring of eateries The decision to have “The meeting is QR25 for regular and QR40 for Medical reports confirmed that by civic and health inspectors to unified salary slabs likely to be held before premium screenings. they had fallen sick after eating ensure they served safe and hygi- and allowances for year-end,” the website Holders of the Ajyal Film Circle spoilt food. enic food. GCC citizens employed said. Card priced at QR15 will get a Al Sharq reported yesterday THE PENINSULA in non-native member So the decision is QR5 discount on single tickets. countries was taken expected to be taken A cardholder may purchase up by the finance minis- regarding unifying to six tickets per screening per ters in their meeting salaries and perks of transaction. Those with cards in Kuwait recently. GCC citizens in jobs in from the 2013 edition will receive Other issues taken member states in 2014. a complimentary 2014 card. No ‘emigration clearance if up for discussion by According to the The festival booth on the the ministers at their website, studies on the ground floor of City Center is meeting included above effect and other open from 1pm to 10pm today; and wages below minimum’ financial stability in issues involving the beginning tomorrow from 2pm the region, job market region are regularly to 10pm on Thursday and Friday, Continued from page 1 there may be a backlash. reforms and how to conducted by the sec- and 2pm to 9pm on Saturday to However, the recruiters must Another MOIA official said Illegal venders in the Industrial Area ran away after raise productivity of retariat-general of the Wednesday. rely on co-operation of local India’s pay demands had met seeing Doha Municipality inspectors and Al Fazaa those in employment. GCC, which is based in The Doha Film Institute authorities to operate in India. initial resistance in all six GCC public security personnel, leaving their merchandise Saudi Arabia- Riyadh. Katara Drama Theatre Ticket An internal memoran- countries, while two countries behind. The municipality has launched a crackdown based business news THE PENINSULA Outlet is open daily from today dum prepared by the Ministry had threatened to reduce their on illegal venders in Souq Haraj in Najma and the to November 27 from 1pm to 8pm. of Overseas Indians Affairs Indian workforce and hire Industrial Area. Some 20 vendors were caught. From November 28, tickets may (MOIA) sent last month says if more lower-paid workers from be purchased at the Ajyal Katara workers are offered wages below Bangladesh and Nepal. Main Box Office in Building 12. specified minimum, ministry Ahmed Al Fahaid, Saudi Free screenings and events officials “would deny emigration Deputy Labour Minister for 350 students of distance education at venues other than the Sony clearance”. International Affairs, told Sky Pop-Up Cinema require tickets. In Saudi Arabia, the Indian News Arabia last month: Free tickets may be reserved embassy lifted the recommended “If this is a decision applied hit as education centre closes in Doha online or requested at any ticket minimum salary posted on its throughout India, meaning no outlet. All screenings at the Sony website to 1,200 riyals ($320) a one gets out of the country for DOHA: More than 350 stu- find another centre in the region The SEC recently issued a Pop-Up Cinema are free. month earlier this year from 670 work unless with that limit, dents in Qatar enrolled for a to take the exams. warning against institutions THE PENINSULA riyals. then this is a sovereign decision distance education programme The students include citi- claiming to offer university serv- In the UAE, the minimum for the country and we will not of a recognised Arab university zens and expatriates and many ices, following rumours about Home ‘rents will wage for Indian blue-collar interfere,” Fahaid said. have reportedly been hit by the employed women. the operation of such an entity workers rose to 1,500 dirhams “But if it is a special decision closure of an education centre “We took the exams at the in Qatar. The SEC clarified that continue to rise’ ($409) in recent weeks from to raise wages for whoever comes in Doha that was conducting Doha centre for three years. it had not granted permission 1,200 dirhams last year, Jindran to work in the kingdom, then we the university’s examinations. When we contacted the uni- to any individual or commercial Continued from page 1 said. oppose it and do not accept it, as The centre was closed last versity, we were told that the entity to provide university serv- Experts say what is driving Even when Gulf recruiters it would be an act of discrimina- year following a decision of the centre has been closed by the ices in Qatar. rents up is demand for housing agree to certain wage levels, the tion and we don’t accept that in Supreme Education Council Supreme Education Council,” No centre is allowed to reg- going up due to the rising popula- numbers do not necessarily stick. international agreements.” He (SEC) banning all education said a student. ister students for a university tion, and the action being taken Some workers are promised one did not elaborate. centres in Qatar from providing The students, especially the course abroad or provide books, by the ministry against illegally salary when they sign up in their If India’s efforts to secure university services, including dis- employed women, said it is dif- notes or other items or facilitate partitioned villas in which small, home country, and then forced higher pay succeed, they could tance learning programmes. ficult for them to go to the uni- students to take exams, whether unsafe make-shift residential to renegotiate lower wages when boost its economy, because The SEC also issued a list of 21 versity campus or one of its the study is by enrolment, or units have been rented out to they arrive in the Gulf. migrants send much of their institutions in Qatar permitted affiliated centres in the region through distance or e-learning. limited-income expat families. India’s role as a top labour pay home. India received $69bn to offer university services. to take the exams. The SEC said any such action As more such villas come under supplier means its drive cannot in remittances in 2012; a 2010 Quoting some affected stu- They appealed to the SEC to is contrary to Law No. 6 of 2000 the government’s scan, rents will be ignored by recruiters, and it central bank study found Gulf dents, Al Sharq reported that look into the issue and allow on providing educational services continue to rise as the population could have a big impact in some nations accounted for 31 percent. they had been asked by their uni- them to take their exams in in Qatar. and demand are increasing, an countries and industries. But REUTERS versity to discontinue studies or Qatar. THE PENINSULA expert said. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Kerry blasts Frenchman identified in IS beheading video PARIS: French security serv- Prosecutor Frederic Molins told intelligence services after twice nationals, including 88 women ices have identified an Islamic reporters yesterday. “There is travelling to Mauritania to and 10 minors, are in Syria and State militant who appears in the possible existence of a second attend Salafist Koranic centres. Iraq. a beheading video released by Frenchman, but it is too early to “He returned from Mauritania “It is an external enemy but IS: ‘We are not the group at the weekend as one say.” disappointed, deeming the teach- also an internal one, because of its nationals and are analys- Interior Minister Bernard ings in those schools as not radi- tomorrow French nationals can ing the footage to determine if Cazeneuve said analysis by the cal enough for him.” return to use these terror weap- a second fighter is also French. DGSI security service sug- A second 22-year old man, who ons against their own country,” The 15-minute video posted gested that Hauchard, 22, a also appeared in the video, could Prime Minister Manuel Valls said. intimidated’ online shows the decapitations French Muslim convert from be a French national, Molins said. “They’ll need to pay ... for the of 18 men who Islamic State said the Normandy region, was one of Earlier in the day a father in horrors they have carried out.” were pilots and officers loyal the men herding prisoners to the Britain said he believed his son, Hauchard, described by ‘Civilisation battling barbarism’ to Syrian President Bashar Al execution site. a British medical student, was in neighbours in his home town as Assad, as well as the severed head Molins, who said one of the Islamic State squad filmed “friendly, easygoing”, was inter- WASHINGTON: US Secretary defeat IS at its roots could foment of US aid worker Peter Kassig. Hauchard’s contacts had been beheading the soldiers. viewed by BFMTV in the summer of State John Kerry launched chaos for governments and com- “It has allowed us to identify arrested in France last week Molins said 1,132 French citi- saying his goal was to become a a withering critique of the munities a world away from the one of the jihadis as French citi- and charged with terrorism- zens are involved in jihadi cells martyr. Islamic State yesterday, blast- Middle East. zen Maxime Hauchard,” Paris related offences, was known to linked to the region, of which 376 REUTERS ing extremist brutality and “Unless checked, this network insisting the world will not be could become a rallying point for intimidated in the battle against the alienated and disaffected in “barbarism.” every continent, spawning imita- Syria refugees Kerry’s anti-IS broadside fol- tors and spurring individuals in lowed the jihadist group’s claim far-flung places to commit stupid, need help as that it had beheaded US aid destructive, suicidal acts,” Kerry worker Peter Kassig and 18 Syrian said. military personnel in a video that While praising the broad winter looms: triggered worldwide revulsion. nature of the coalition and not- The top US diplomat called for ing how Arab and Gulf state global partners to intensify efforts have taken leading roles in anti- Red Cross to crush the group that has seized IS operation, Kerry also said BEIRUT: Syrians forced by large swathes of territory in Iraq Washington was “fully aware nearly four years of war to and Syria, with nothing less than of the hazards associated with flee their homes are in desper- the fate of one of the world’s most external military action.” ate need of more aid as winter volatile regions at stake. “The US does not go in search approaches, a humanitarian “This conflict is between civili- of enemies in the Middle East,” he group warned yesterday. zation itself and barbarism,” Kerry said. “There are times, however — The International Federation told a forum in Washington and this is one — when enemies of Red Cross and Red Crescent “If we don’t defeat ISIL there come in search of us.” Societies (IFRC) said the enor- will be no viable future for the But he expressed hope that the mous numbers of Syrians displaced Middle East.” horrors of IS were actually bring- by the war faced plummeting tem- Kerry also defended a leading ing often-adversarial Sunni and peratures and heavy rains. US role in efforts against IS, say- Shia governments together in “Vulnerable communities and ing it had “become a threat to their resolve to defeat extremism. families without adequate shelter, America’s core interests.” “Ironically, we have found that living in damaged or incomplete US bombings of IS positions in our best recruiting tools (for the buildings, are struggling to pre- Syria will continue, he said, add- coalition) is ISIL itself,” Kerry pare for the expected low temper- ing the world will not bow to the said, using another name for the atures in Syria and neighbouring jihadists’ strategy of fear. group. countries,” it said in a statement. “Let us be clear: We are not “ISIL is a coalition multiplier. More than half of Syria’s popu- Men search for their belongings in the rubble of buildings damaged by bombing in Al Kalaseh neighbourhood of intimidated, you are not intimi- Governments that can’t agree lation has been forced to flee their dated, our friends and partners on almost anything else agree on homes since the conflict began in Aleppo, yesterday. are not intimidated,” Kerry said. the imperative of confronting and March 2011. He stressed that failure to defeating these terrorists.” AFP Some 3.2 million have fled order to help the displaced and drop,” said Michael Higginson, tents to protect themselves. beyond the country’s borders, and refugees. head of the IFRC’s crisis team The group said it hoped to dis- more than 7.2 million have become “From the past experience, we for Syria. tribute 50,000 cold-weather kits internally displaced, according to know that getting support to com- In past years, countless Syrian inside Syria, each containing mat- Jordan jails five for promoting IS the United Nations. munities on time is vital. Delays refugees and displaced families tresses and thermal blankets, but In its statement, the IFRC now could mean the aid doesn’t have had to face snowstorms needed five million Swiss francs AMMAN: A Jordanian court yesterday sentenced five people to urged donors to act quickly in arrive when the temperatures with little more than a flimsy ($5.2m) to fund them. AFP jail for being members of the Islamic State group and promoting the jihadist organisation on the Internet. Two other trials of suspected jihadist supporters, including a man accused of operating as a cook for Al Qaeda’s Syria branch, also got Tikrit next target for Iraqi army after Baiji under way as part as a crackdown on Islamist militants. The five men were sentenced to terms ranging from three to five KIRKUK: The Iraqi army’s The town of Baiji lies north of been retaken since the federal units and one large ISIL unit and years after being found guilty of “promoting... terrorist organisations” next target is to isolate mili- Tikrit along the Tigris River and government lost swathes of the destroyed one ISIL tank, one ISIL — a reference to IS — and of belonging to such groups, the court heard. tants holding the city of Tikrit, the brigadier general said Iraqi country to a jihadist-led offensive vehicle, and four ISIL fighting One of those convicted, Ahmad Abu Ghalluss, was slapped with after having broken the Islamic forces would also close in on the that began in June. positions,” it said, using another three extra months in jail, on top of his five-year sentence, for slam- State group’s hold on Baiji and key city from Samarra to the Iraqi forces also broke a acronym for IS. ming US President Barack Obama’s war on terror. its refinery, a senior officer said south and from eastern regions. months-long siege on the nearby The brigadier general in the “I am with IS and you, enemies of God, are with Obama,” Ghalluss yesterday. Under the government of Baiji oil refinery, the country’s Salaheddin operations command shouted in the courtroom after the ruling was delivered. “Over the next three days, former prime minister Nouri Al largest, and joined up with elite said the army was now fully in Jordan is one of five Arab States supporting US-led air strikes we will work on reinforcing our Maliki, government forces tried, troops who had been holding off control of Baiji. against the jihadists in Syria and Iraq. capacity because we are planning and failed, multiple times to IS onslaughts for months. “It’s firmly in our grip but it Since the start of the campaign at the end of September, Jordan to clear areas on three sides of retake Tikrit. The US central command doesn’t mean that IS will not has arrested at least 130 IS sympathisers, lawyer Mussa Abdalat Tikrit,” an army brigadier gen- The government of Prime issued a statement yesterday say- carry out attacks here and there,” said last week. eral said. Minister Haidar Al Abadi scored ing that five of the 20 air strikes he said. Abdalat, who represents jihadist suspects, said most of those behind Tikrit, the hometown of exe- one of its most significant vic- carried out by the US-led coali- Other security sources said bars are members of Salafist groups which adhere to a strict Sunni cuted former president Saddam tories last week when its forces tion over the past three days were some IS fighters remained in the interpretation of Islam. AFP Hussein, is the second largest recaptured Baiji. in the Baiji area. vicinity of the refinery. Iraqi city under IS control. It is the largest town to have “They struck two tactical ISIL AFP

Egypt’s Gaza US ‘disappointed’ with buffer zone to Iran’s IAEA cooperation VIENNA: The United States to engage substantively with the be expanded is disappointed with Iran’s fail- agency on the possible military ure to engage with a UN nuclear dimensions issue” in a statement CAIRO: Egypt will double to agency investigation into sus- to the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of one kilometre the depth of a pected atomic bomb research, a Governors, which convenes on security buffer zone it is clear- US envoy said yesterday. Thursday. ing on its border with the Western officials say Iran While the powers want Iran to Gaza Strip after some of the must improve cooperation with curb its uranium enrichment pro- worst anti-state violence since the long-running International gramme, and thereby lengthen the President Mohamed Mursi was Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) timeline for any covert attempt to overthrown last year. inquiry as part of a broader dip- assemble nuclear arms, the IAEA Egypt declared a state of emer- lomatic settlement which is investigating allegations of past gency in the border area after at and six world powers aim to reach research on how to make a bomb least 33 security personnel were by a self-imposed Nov. 24 deadline. itself. killed last month in two attacks in Negotiators from Iran, the Even though it has long been the Sinai Peninsula, a remote but United States, France, China, clear that the IAEA’s inquiry will strategic region bordering Israel, Russia, Britain, Germany and the not be completed before the target Gaza and the Suez Canal. European Union meet in Vienna date for a deal with the powers, It also accelerated plans to from today to try to end a long Western diplomats had hoped for create a 500-metre deep buffer impasse over Tehran’s atomic pro- more progress by now. strip along the border by clearing gram that has stoked fears of a Shortly before departing for houses and trees and destroying An Egyptian army vehicle patrols along the border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in the divided border town of Rafah. new war in the Middle East. London, where he will consult subterranean tunnels it says are Potentially complicating those with European counterparts today, used to smuggle arms from Gaza efforts, an IAEA report on US Secretary of State John Kerry to militants in Sinai. November 7 said Iran was failing acknowledged the vital nature of “A decision was taken to to address suspicions it may have the upcoming talks with Tehran increase the buffer zone along the Five students referred to military court worked on designing an atomic ahead of a November 24 deadline border in Rafah to one kilome- bomb. Iran says it has no such aim to reach agreement on its nuclear tre. The decision ... came after the CAIRO: An Egyptian court January during which part of a seven years in jail for inciting vio- and that its nuclear programme is drive. discovery of underground tunnels referred five university students campus building was torched. lence and attacking soldiers and entirely peaceful. “We are obviously entering a with a total length of 800 to 1,000 to military trial yesterday over Under a law passed last month, military vehicles on August 14, “We’ve been disappointed in key period with the negotiations metres,” the state MENA news a violent protest, judicial sources state-owned institutions are now 2013, hours after police stormed their failure thus far to con- regarding Iran’s nuclear program, agency said. said, under a new law expand- regarded as military facilities and two sit-ins by supporters of structively engage on this issue,” and I will go to Vienna at the Residents of Sinai, who rely ing the army’s powers to try attacking them as a crime against deposed president Mohamed Ambassador Laura Kennedy, the appropriate moment,” Kerry said on smuggling trade through the civilians. the armed forces. Mursi in Cairo. US envoy to the Vienna-based at a Washington forum, referring tunnels for their living, resent the The students from Cairo’s In a separate case yesterday, a One defendant was acquitted, IAEA, told reporters. to the negotiations due later this creation of the buffer zone. Islamic Al Azhar University were military court in the city of Suez an army source said. Kennedy said she would convey week in the Austrian capital. REUTERS sent for trial after a protest in sentenced 17 Islamists to up to AFP “our concerns with Iran’s failure AGENCIES TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ALK of a new Cold War by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev grabbed international headlines on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Ta few days ago. The remark by the proponent of Perestroika (restructuring) and Glasnost (openness) had the As Putin keeps advancing, Western world watching with some trepidation as the Kremlin continued to harrumph, signalling a silent glee at the turn of events. Amid the unrest in eastern Ukraine and Obama’s admonition to Moscow to rein in its fighters, Putin did not the US keeps rationalising look like a chastised man. He left the G20 summit in Australia early, citing a long flight home and the need to catch up on BY FRED HIATT week in Bulgaria. “Forces, money, Ukrainians and isolated himself, as sleep. support, supplies, weapons are flow- seen in the cold shoulder other leaders A no war, no peace situation — if that is the way the Cold F SOMEONE had told you last fall ing back and forth across this border gave him at the Group of 20 meeting in War was best described, emerging tensions show the tide of that Russia would soon invade a completely at will.” Australia this past weekend. Sanctions events taking a similar course. The sea of red cards in the neighbouring country, annex part “Russia’s actions represent a clear are hurting Russia’s economy, and the Czech capital, Prague, yesterday told a story embodying a Iof it and occupy another chunk, decision by Moscow to reject the fun- ruble is sliding. Collapsing oil prices you might have been sceptical. damental principles that have shaped will further pressure his regime. resistance to the creeping influence of pro-Russian ideology You certainly would not have believed international security over the past 25 — If he’s not losing now, he will among former Soviet satellite states. On the 25th anniversary that, in the face of this shattering of years,” the general said, adding, “These lose eventually because history favors of the fall of Communism in former Czechoslovakia, Czechs the accepted world order, the Obama actions are simply unacceptable.” openness, democracy and respect for yesterday protested against their president’s pro-Communism administration would generally con- Administration officials would not international law. In some ways this remarks. Leftist President Milos Zeman is seen to be close to sider its Russia disagree, but they also believe their pol- is the oddest argument, because it is Russia and has been scorned for pro-Moscow comments. policy to be a icy is working. Here’s how they might made by those who do not give much success. explain that belief: priority to promoting democracy. Zeman is not in favour of European Union sanctions on But that is — It could be worse. Putin boasted Those who believe democracy should Russia that the bloc has imposed for Moscow’s annexation of where we are. that he could easily take Kiev. At one be at the heart of US foreign policy Crimea and support to fighters in the East of Ukraine. He also The Soviets Russian point he seemed to be eyeing all of are less sanguine. criticised an all-girl Russian punk President southern Ukraine, through Odessa The Soviets were swimming against band jailed for protesting against were swimming Vladimir Putin’s to a Russian-controlled province of the tide of history when they invaded Putin in a Moscow cathedral. annexation of the Moldova. He has not, thus far, acted Hungary in 1956 — but Hungary The 25th against the tide Ukrainian prov- on those ambitions. would endure more than three dec- anniversary The marchers in Prague ince of Crimea is _The Western alliance is holding. ades of oppression before the tide yesterday showed thousands of red of history when a fait accompli. Putin’s goal is not only to subvert swept them out again. The tide of of the Velvet cards to Zeman to condemn his they invaded He is solidifying Ukraine but also to sow division among history often needs help. Pretending ideology. his hold on addi- the United States and its European otherwise offers an excuse for inac- Revolution Exactly quarter century ago, Hungary in tional territory in allies. The alliance has stayed together tion — for refusing to help Ukraine eastern Ukraine as it imposed sanctions on Russia. obtain arms in its own defense, for police violently broke a student comes amid 1956 — but and likely prepar- Therefore, Putin is failing in one of his example. march in Prague, sparking the ing to take more. two core goals. Each successive Putin outrage takes speculation of Velvet Revolution. The uprising in Hungary would His aggression — Ukraine matters more to Putin Western leaders aback: the seizure of the central European country was endure more has borne fruit. than to us. After meeting with Crimea, the brazen insouciance when a looming new led by Vaclav Havel, who went on Ukraine post- Russia’s foreign minister last month a jetliner is shot down, the breaking of to become an icon in the country than three poned a trade in Paris, Secretary of State John Kerry his word not to recognize the separa- Cold War. treaty with the acknowledged “that the United States tists’ “election,” now the soldiers and that suffered Soviet repression decades of European Union and Russia have had our differences weaponry pouring across the border from 1948 to 1989. Zeman to which Putin over Ukraine.” But he stressed that in defiance of his promised cease-fire. was joined by the presidents of oppression objected. Its econ- “our goal today together was to try to These actions are not rational, from Germany, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia to unveil a memorial before the tide omy is in trouble. deepen our ability to be able to work a Western point of view; they isolate at the site where the 1989 revolution started. Other countries together, to work with Russia where Russia further; they will hurt the The expulsion by Russia of several Polish diplomats swept them once part of or we can . . . .” Russian economy. controlled by the Putin is telegraphing in almost every But Putin does not share America’s yesterday was another instance of escalating tensions with out again. Soviet Union, possible way that he does not want view of what is rational. Breedlove Moscow. The move is being seen as a retaliatory gesture by from Hungary to to be a partner — from his rhetoric believes the Russian leader is sending Moscow which said the diplomats were being expelled for Tajikistan, nerv- (“the bear will not even bother to ask forces into Ukraine to mold his enclave activities “incompatible with their status”. Warsaw had earlier ously seek to appease Russia’s dictator. permission”) to the submarine he into “a more contiguous, more whole expelled Russian diplomats for the same reasons. A number of people with a close-up dispatches to Sweden’s waters to the and capable pocket of land in order to view of this, including the U.S. general Estonian intelligence agent his forces then hold on to it long-term.” Adding to diplomatic tensions with the West is Russian who commands Nato forces, are sound- kidnap to the war planes buzzing Nato And then? Putin presumably does adventurism in the Baltics and military manoeuvrings in ing an alarm. coastlines. But the administration con- not want war, but he understands as northern and northwestern Europe. The spectre of a new Cold “We have a situation now where the tinues to beseech his help in Syria and well as the general that, as Breedlove War seems to be hovering, but it is yet not too close to spark former international border, the cur- North Korea, against the Islamic State also said last week, “Nato’s current an international crisis. The West should watch its steps as rent international border, of Ukraine and, most of all, with Iran. Ukraine is readiness does not necessarily trans- much as Russia. and Russia is completely porous,” Air less of a priority. late into quick responsiveness.” Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said last — He is losing. Putin has alienated WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Don’t rewrite the rules for education the day HE lifeline of the India growth it went against the grain of our culture. something that the HRD minister needs say that one did not require history at story is education and by that The first and foremost quality of an edu- to look at very seriously. all, much to the chagrin of the other we mean quality education. So, cationist is an openness to ideas and Young minds are shaped in the luminaries present. Tit is disheartening to learn that thoughts. There is an excessive empha- classrooms and under no circumstance His argument that texts like the among the many who wish to leave sis on moral values, ancient scriptures should they be imparted any knowledge Mahabharata were enough to under- their imprint on education, not all are and philosophy most of which cannot which is ideologically weighted or just stand the past met with stiff resistance necessarily qualified professionals. be substantiated historically. plain and simple wrong. from other scholars. That the head of This conflict is In recent times, we have seen the Of course, all curricula is subject to Mr Batra’s advocacy of redraw- the ICHR concurred with these views between civilisation disquieting phenomenon of those with review. But those doing so must be ing boundaries to reflect territories of is alarming, to say the least. Earlier we strong links to the RSS and other right- mindful of the fact that our children will a bygone time does not inspire much saw Subramanian Swamy of the BJP itself and barbarism. wing cultural organisations taking an have to emerge armed with the knowl- confidence in his ability to create child- saying that books by great historians If we don’t defeat unhealthy interest in school curricula, edge that will enable them to fit into a friendly and relevant curricula. This is the like Romila Thapar and Bipan Chandra the latest being Dinanath Batra, who has competitive higher education system first rung of academia, but the problem should be burned. This is not the inclu- ISIL there will be no been roped in as an adviser on edu- and then a competitive marketplace. seems to have reached even the upper sive society that Prime Minister Narendra cation reforms by the Haryana govern- Mr Batra’s books have been dis- echelons. Modi wants to foster. Education must be viable future for the ment. Mr Batra is the man who famously missed by most historians and prima In a recent lecture organised by the left to professionals and most certainly, Middle East. got Wendy Doniger’s seminal work on facie he does not seem qualified to pre- Indian Council of Historical Research facts cannot be doctored. John Kerry Hinduism pulped on the grounds that side over curriculum changes. This is (ICHR), a professor went so far as to Hindustan Times US Secretary of State TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 CIA could make it worse in Syria

that can fight and defeat Assad, Anyone who has Al Nusra and ISIS, regardless of whatever air support that force read the history may receive.’ The unnamed Congressman added: “The CIA also believes of the CIA that its previous assignment to accomplish this was basically a fool’s errand, and they are well knows that the aware of the fact that many of the arms that they provided ended up agency’s past in the wrong hands.” But the information on the secret weapons that were already is a graveyard flowing into Syria has been kept in hiding from most of Congress. rife with literally John Kerry refused to answer any questions about the CIA’s activities in Syria when asked dozens of by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, despite the news of catastrophic the agency’s involvement in Syria being on the front page of newspa- pers for years. “I hate to do this,” failures involving he said. “But I can’t confirm or deny whatever that’s been written covert weapons about and I can’t really go into any kind of possible programme.” Perhaps the most shocking part deals to is that we know Barack Obama himself has read the CIA study countless war and knows that arming rebels in Syria — or anywhere — was an incredibly dangerous idea. criminals and Seemingly referencing the study, Obama told David Remnick of the New Yorker earlier this year: Very con artists. Armed men, believed to be Kurdish fighters (foreground), stand behind a destroyed building during an explosion following an air strike in the Syrian early in this process, I actually BY TREVOR TIMM town of Kobane. asked the CIA to analyse exam- ples of America financing and rocket-propelled grenades, and the arming of the Nicaraguan helping in a much, much worse- about the CIA’s internal report. supplying arms to an insurgency s the war against the ammunition and antitank weap- contra rebels that led to the dis- off spot than before the CIA gun- That should be a scandal, right up in a country that actually worked Islamic State in Syria ons since at least 2012 — and astrous Iran-Contra scandal. running mission began. there with the torture report the out well. And they couldn’t come has fallen into even with almost nothing to show for Even the agency’s most success- We’ve already seen Syrian for- CIA is trying to keep secret, too. up with much. Amore chaos — partially it. Somehow the Post neglected to ful mission — slowly bleeding out tunes turn for the worse as the But at least a few in-the-know So even though the CIA due to the United States govern- cite a front-page New York Times the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan US has stepped up involvement elected officials were aware of the “couldn’t come up with much” ment’s increasing involvement article from just one month ago in the 1980s by arming the muja- in the past few months, as Bashar dangers of insanity of Congress’ proof of any time when sending there — the White House’s bright alerting the public to the exist- hideen — paved the way for the Al Assad has gone on the offensive Syria vote. The Huffington tonnes of weapons into a war zone new idea seems to be to ramping ence of a still-classified internal worst terrorist attack on the US against the US-backed rebels, and Post’s Ryan Grim and Sam Stein full of extremists has worked in up the involvement of the intel- CIA study admitting that arming in its history. as the US airstrikes have report- quoted an unnamed Democratic the past, or that the agency itself ligence agency that is notorious rebels with weapons has rarely – But as anyone who has read edly led to Isis and Al Qaida reu- Congressman in September who has told Congressmen arming for making bad situations worse. if ever – worked: journalist Tim Weiner’s compre- niting, after being sworn enemies was even more blunt, insisting the rebels was “doomed to fail- As the Washington Post reported As the Times’ Mark Mazzetti hensive and engrossing history of for more than a year. The two that the CIA’s belief in arming ure,” the Obama administration late Friday, “The Obama admin- reported: the CIA knows, the agency’s past terrorist groups then proceeded rebels was “doomed to failure”: is ready to do just that. istration has been weighing plans ‘One of the things that Obama is a graveyard rife with literally to rout the “moderate” rebels in ‘I have heard it expressed, No one doubts that Isis is a to escalate the CIA’s role in arm- wanted to know was: Did this ever dozens of catastrophic failures combat and are currently in pos- outside of classified contexts, horrific terrorist group that’s ing and training fighters in Syria, work?’ said one former senior involving covert weapons deals session of many of the US-made that what you heard from your terrible for the entire Middle a move aimed at accelerating administration official who par- to countless war criminals and weapons previously owned by intelligence sources is correct, East — as it proved over the covert US support to moderate ticipated in the debate and spoke con artists in an attempt to over- the rebels. because the CIA regards the weekend by barbarically behead- rebel factions while the Pentagon anonymously because he was dis- throw governments all over the Two months ago, the US effort as doomed to failure,’ the ing another innocent aid worker is preparing to establish its own cussing a classified report. The world. Not only has the CIA failed Congress voted to send hundreds congressman said in an email. — but further entrenching the training bases.” CIA report, he said, ‘was pretty repeatedly, but oftentimes its plan of millions of dollars in more arms ‘Specifically (again without refer- CIA and its weapons into an Put aside for a minute that dour in its conclusions.’ has completely backfired, solidify- to Syria. Even the politicians vot- ring to classified information), already awful situation can the Central Intelligence Agency The Times cited the most well- ing the very power of the actor it ing on sending countless more the CIA thinks that it is impos- really only make things worse. has been secretly arming Syrian known of CIA failures, including sought to remove and leaving the US weapons into the middle of a sible to train and equip a force Much worse. rebels with automatic rifles, the botched Bay of Pigs invasion people the agency claimed to be civil war were kept in the dark of pro-Western Syrian nationals THE GUARDIAN Japan needs action, not election Safety of genetically

wartime aggression. With a weak Banri Kaieda, head of the oppo- modified organisms sition Democratic Party of Japan, BY MARK BUCHANAN opposition and is obviously biased when he talks such risks to acceptable levels. about Abe’s “authoritarian ten- When introducing a new medi- dencies,” as he recently did in a ike many people, I’ve long cine, for example, we can monitor turnout expected speech in Washington. Yet Kaieda wondered about the safety the unintended effects and react is right about one thing: Much of Lof genetically modified if too many people fall ill or die. to be low, what Abe has accomplished thus organisms. They’ve become so Taleb and his colleagues argue far — for good or ill — falls outside ubiquitous that they account that nuclear power is a similar his mandate to end deflation and for about 80 percent of the corn case: Awful as the sudden melt- Abe’s Liberal boost living standards. grown in the United States, yet down of a large reactor might be, Why act like an autocratic we know almost nothing about physics strongly suggests that it is Democratic Chinese leader on certain top- what damage might ensue if exceedingly unlikely to have global ics, and a Japanese one where the transplanted genes spread and catastrophic consequences. it really matters? Abe is finding through global ecosystems. Not all risks are so eas- Party is sure to that vested interests and fac- How can so many smart people, ily defined. In some cases, as tions within his LDP are just too including many scientists, be so Taleb explained in “The Black sweep back into powerful for any single leader sure that there’s nothing to worry Swan,” experience and ordinary to take on directly, even with a about? Judging from a new paper risk analysis are inadequate to power again. public mandate and majorities by several researchers from New understand the probability or Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves the plane as he arrives at in both houses of parliament. If York University, including “The scale of a devastating outcome. Haneda International Airport in Tokyo. a successful campaign helps him Black Swan” author Nassim GMOs are an excellent example. BY WILLIAM PESEK tame the shadow shoguns within Taleb, they can’t and shouldn’t. Despite all precautions, genes rather than distracting Japan’s like a diversionary maneuver. It’s his own party, pacifying them The researchers focus on the from modified organisms inevi- or a leader who’s displayed bureaucracy and political estab- a waste of time and a waste of with another four years in office, risk of extremely unlikely but tably invade natural populations, no shortage of tough- lishment for the rest of 2014 with energy.” In reality, the polls have then perhaps it will have been potentially devastating events. and from there have the potential Fguy tendencies, why does another election campaign. less to do with the economy’s worthwhile. They argue that there’s no easy to spread uncontrollably through Shinzo Abe act so timidly when With the opposition in disarray needs than the LDP’s. Japanese I remain sceptical, though. way to decide whether such risks the genetic ecosystem. There is it comes to Japan’s economy? and turnout expected to be low, politicians strive desperately for Too often consensus in Japan is are worth taking — it all depends no obvious mechanism to localise That might seem like a strange Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party consensus before embarking on an excuse for inaction. Japanese on the nature of the worst-case the damage. question to ask today, when the is sure to sweep back into power any difficult reforms, favouring voters — not to mention inter- scenario. Their approach helps Biologists still don’t understand prime minister appears ready again. But the prime minister’s group harmony over the creative national investors — gravitated explain why some technologies, how genes interact within a sin- to call a dramatic snap election approval ratings are sliding: 44 destruction favoured in the West. to Abe because he promised such as nuclear energy, should gle organism, let alone how genes to win support for his economic percent for his Cabinet versus Yet over the past two years, Abe decisiveness. After two years of give no cause for alarm, while might spread among organisms in policies. After an annualised 1.6 52 percent a month ago. He’s not has shown himself quite ready to buildup, they want to see him innovations such as GMOs merit complex ecosystems. Only in the percent plunge in third-quarter likely to win any larger mandate ignore this tradition when it suits get serious about his restruc- extreme caution. last 20 years have scientists real- growth, which has technically than he did when elected two him. The prime minister doesn’t turing program: lowering trade The researchers fully recognize ised how much bacteria rely on the pushed Japan back into reces- years ago. So it’s hard to see how appear to care that most Japanese barriers, loosening labour mar- that fear of bad outcomes can lead so-called horizontal flow of genes sion, Abe is hoping for a mandate a vote would help him accelerate don’t want nuclear power plants kets, encouraging innovation, to paralysis. Any human action, — directly from one bacterium to to postpone a proposed sales-tax the structural reforms he laid out restarted — he’s just plunging eliminating red tape, enacting a including inaction, entails risk. another, without any reproduc- increase due next year. over the summer, most of which ahead. It doesn’t faze him that the binding affirmative-action pro- That said, the downside risks tion taking place. This seems to I’ve argued previously that are still slowly making their way public opposes secrecy laws that gramme for women. of some actions may be so hard be one of the most effective ways Japan’s tottering economy can’t through the bureaucracy and will put whistleblowers and jour- I’m not urging Abe to tread on to predict — and so potentially that antibiotic resistance spreads afford another growth-killing various vetting panels. nalists in jail. He’s reinterpreted Japan’s democracy — he’s already bad — that it is better to be safe among different species. Similar tax bump; the last one, in April, “You ask yourself: What the pacifist constitution so troops done enough of that. But it’s time than sorry. The benefits, no mat- horizontal exchange might be caused the economy to contract would be new about the ‘new can be deployed abroad — a move to show some teeth. If that means ter how great, do not merit even hugely important for plants and by 7.3 percent in the second quar- Abenomics’ that wasn’t in the that’s prompted massive protests angering some rice farmers, male a tiny chance of an irreversible, animals. No one yet knows. ter. Scrapping the increase isn’t old one?” Gabriel Stein, director and at least two self- immolation managers, bureaucrats and labour catastrophic outcome. In other words, scientists are the issue. The question is why Abe of asset management services at incidents. Even author Haruki unions, then so be it. That’s why For most actions, there are being irresponsibly short- sighted doesn’t just step to the podium Oxford Economics, told me in Murakami is publicly denounc- voters elected him. identifiable limits on what can if they judge the safety of GMOs. and announce the new policy, Tokyo. “This sounds very much ing efforts to whitewash Japan’s WP-BLOOMBERG go wrong. Planning can reduce WP-BLOOMBERG TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST EU deplores Israel’s settlement plans No move to impose sanctions, says foreign policy chief

BRUSSELS: The European foreign ministers meeting said wanting the eastern half as their Union yesterday said it deplored the 28-member bloc “deeply future capital and Israel claiming Israeli plans to build new settle- deplores and strongly opposes the it as their undivided and eternal ments on occupied Palestinian recent expropriation of land near capital city. territory but denied outright Bethlehem, recent announce- The EU foreign ministers said that it planned sanctions against ments of plans for new settlement they were “gravely concerned” at Israel as a result. construction... as well as plans to growing tensions on the ground There was “no plan of this displace Bedouins in the West and called on both sides to avoid type,” new EU foreign affairs head Bank and the continued demoli- provocative actions, especially over Federica Mogherini said when tions, including of EU and mem- holy sites. asked about an Israeli press report ber states funded projects.” They also voiced concerned at on the issue. Israel should reverse these the “dire humanitarian situation “I saw an article in Haaretz decisions which “run counter to in the Gaza Strip” after the latest which apparently referred to international law and directly conflict earlier this year left a trail an internal working document threaten the two state (peace) of destruction. requested by some member states solution,” it said. “The EU calls for a fundamen- some time ago,” Mogherini told a Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin tal change of the political, secu- press conference after chairing Netanyahu has regularly dis- rity and economic situation in the A Palestinian protester tries to hammer a hole through Israel’s barrier that separates the West Bank town of Abu her first regular EU foreign min- missed such EU statements and Gaza Strip, including the end of Dis from Jerusalem, yesterday. isters meeting. on Sunday, his foreign minister the closure,” the statement said. “They were only a working was even blunter. “A return to the status quo hypothesis, did not go to ministers “One thing should be clear: we prior to the latest conflict is not Norwegian doctor and today they were absolutely not will never accept the definition an option,” it said, adding that the Palestinian driver found part of our discussion,” she said. of building in Jewish neighbour- 28-member bloc, a key aid donor, She added: “Our discussions hoods of Jerusalem as settlement was ready to do all it could. barred from Israel today were all about getting a pos- activity,” Foreign Minister Avigdor Ministers agreed that future hanged in Jerusalem itive engagement with Israel and Lieberman said. relations with both Israel and JERUSALEM: Israel has the Palestinians so as to restart “We won’t accept any limita- the Palestinians would depend JERUSALEM: A Palestinian tyres and threw stones at police, blocked Norwegian doctor the peace process; they were not tion on building in Jewish areas on their “engagement towards bus driver was found hanged in who responded with tear gas and Mads Gilbert from entering the about isolating or sanctioning of (east) Jerusalem,” he said. a lasting peace,” the statement his vehicle in Jerusalem, spark- sponge rounds. country and thereby accessing anyone.” The status of Jerusalem is a concluded. ing clashes yesterday, after what The funeral in Abu Dis later the Gaza Strip, but denied yes- A statement issued after the flashpoint issue, with Palestinians AFP Israel said was an apparent sui- yesterday was attended by thou- terday it had imposed a lifelong cide but a colleague said looked sands of people, some of whom ban on the outspoken medic. like murder. chanted “revenge”. “He has been banned from The incident happened late on “According to an initial investi- entering Israel,” foreign ministry UN official warns of more violence Sunday, with a supervisor find- gation, it appears there is no sus- spokesman Paul Hirschson said, ing his body at a bus depot in picion of criminal activity, in other categorically denying reports UNITED NATIONS: A sen- fuelled by Israeli plans to build progress in establishing a unity Har Hotzvim, an industrial zone words a suicide,” Samri said in her Gilbert had been blocked from ior UN official warned the UN settlements and access to the Al government between Palestinian in Jewish west Jerusalem, police statement, reporting “no signs of entering Gaza. Security Council yesterday Aqsa compound, a site holy to both Hamas and Fatah factions in Gaza said in a statement. violence on the body”. News of the ban was first that violence in Israel and the Muslims and Jews. — a move seen as a key to speed- Family members identified the But fellow bus driver Muatasem reported last week by Norwegian Palestinian territories was likely The flare-up in east Jerusalem ing up reconstruction, said the UN victim as Yusuf Hasan Al Ramuni Fakeh said he had seen evidence media which said Israel had to worsen without a quick return has been watched with grow- official. from Al Tur on the Mount of to the contrary. barred Gilbert from Gaza for life. to peace talks. ing concern just as efforts to Toyberg-Frandzen also con- Olives in annexed east Jerusalem. “We saw signs of violence on his The outspoken trauma spe- “Returning to negotiations consolidate a ceasefire in Gaza demned the recent firing of Hamas They ruled out suicide by the body,” he said. cialist — who has worked in the has never been more important,” after a 50-day war have run into rockets in Gaza and in Israel and 32-year-old father of two. “He was hanged over the steps Palestinian territories for three UN Assistant-Secretary General problems. warned the launches risk re-ignit- But results from an autopsy at the back of the bus in a place decades — accused Israeli author- Jens Toyberg-Frandzen told the Toyberg-Frandzen told the ing the conflict with Israel. carried out on the body yesterday where it would be impossible to ities of backtracking yesterday, 15-member council, during a council that there were “some Egypt is due to host a new round with the family’s consent found no hang yourself alone,” he added. following calls from Norway to meeting on the Middle East. signs of progress” over recon- of talks later this month to try to evidence of foul play in his death, The victim’s brother, Osama Al reconsider the ban. “Without a genuine commit- struction but that “the overall consolidate the ceasefire from the police said. Ramuni, said the family did not “They have a little trouble ment from the parties and an state of affairs in Gaza remains Gaza war that left more than 2,140 “No suspicion of criminal activ- accept the verdict of suicide, say- explaining if I’m banned from overall improvement in the lives of volatile and fraught with potential Palestinians and 73 Israelis dead. ity was found,” said police spokes- ing his body “had bruises on it,” Gaza or Israel,” he said. Palestinians, we should anticipate pitfalls.” “The continued reality of the woman Luba Samri in a statement suggesting he had been “tortured” Gilbert was one of two dozen further deterioration of the secu- Israel has agreed to allow 800 close to 50-year-long occupation after a port-mortem was carried before his death. European doctors who signed a rity situation and an expansion of truckloads of reconstruction mate- and the lack of progress towards out at Abu Kabir forensic institute “My brother had children and letter published in leading medi- the current violence,” he said. rial into Gaza, up from the cur- the two-state solution ensure that near Tel Aviv. was a happy man. It is impossible cal journal The Lancet in July. The The appeal followed a visit to the rent 350, but $62m worth of UN the next round of violence is never Earlier, clashes erupted in the that he killed himself,” he said. letter described Israel’s recent region last week by US Secretary construction projects are awaiting too far below the surface,” warned east Jerusalem neighbourhood of “He had no problems that would 50-day Gaza military campaign of State John Kerry, who sought to approval by Israeli authorities. Toyberg-Frandzen. Abu Dis, where his family lives, make him do it,” he said. as a “crime against humanity”. ease tensions over east Jerusalem, There has been little or no AFP as scores of protesters burned AFP AFP

UN chief asks Somali PM tells unhappy ministers to quit Sudan to allow MOGADISHU: Somalia’s prime over last month when Ahmed Ahmed said the letter has not rape probe minister told cabinet ministers reshuffled the cabinet and side- yet been received and dismissed yesterday to resign if they are lined a Mohamud ally. calls for him to step down. UNITED NATIONS: unhappy, intensifying a dispute Western donors fear Mohamud’s “Cabinet ministers should con- UN Secretary General which has stymied efforts to push to oust a second prime minis- tinue their work for the people and Ban Ki-moon yesterday rebuild the country after dec- ter in less than a year will weaken they should be cautious of being urged Sudan to allow ades of war. the government in its fight against ... used for destroying the law and peacekeepers to investi- More than 100 lawmakers Islamist rebels. governance,” the prime minister gate allegations of a mass loyal to President Hassan Sheikh Somali media websites yester- said in a statement. rape in Darfur after Mohamud have put forward a par- day said about 14 cabinet min- “The prime minister is ready Khartoum blocked the liamentary motion to sack Prime isters have sent a letter to the to accept the resignation of any probe for a second time. Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. prime minister’s office asking for minister who wants to resign,” the The UN-African mis- Tensions between the two boiled his resignation. statement added. REUTERS sion (UNAMID) team was barred entry to the vil- lage of Tabit on November 4 following a report that Bahrain elections Khartoum troops had raped 200 women and girls there but returned five days later and found no evidence. The mission vowed to follow up the investigation but was again denied access to Tabit on Sunday by the Sudanese foreign ministry. “Only a full investiga- tion by UNAMID will help shed light over these seri- ous allegations,” Ban said in a statement. He urged Sudan “to grant UNAMID unfet- tered access, without fur- ther delay, to Tabit and its population so that these reports can be verified.” A local news website had reported Sudanese troops entered the village of Tabit on October 31 after a soldier went missing and raped 200 girls and women. Khartoum has denied the allegations. An internal UN report said the Sudanese military had tried to intimidate vil- A volunteer prepares to place a candidate’s poster on the side of a street next to other candidates’ posters, lagers as the peacekeepers in Isa Town, south of Manama, Bahrain, yesterday. Bahrain is set to hold its parliamentary and municipal interviewed them. elections on November 22. AFP TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Doctor with Russia expels Ebola dies at Nebraska several Polish hospital

WASHINGTON: A surgeon who was infected with Ebola diplomats while working in his native Sierra Leone has died, becom- ing the second patient in the United States to succumb to the EU ministers discuss fresh sanctions haemorrhagic virus, officials said yesterday. MOSCOW: Russia expelled Ukraine to adopt reforms and Martin Salia, 44, a US resident, several Polish diplomats for carrying on dialogue with Russia, was infected with Ebola while spying yesterday, deepening the said Mogherini, the former Italian treating patients in his home worst East-West crisis since the foreign minister whose appoint- country. The virus has killed Cold War as the EU eyed fresh ment to the EU job was opposed thousands in West Africa since sanctions against Moscow over by eastern states that saw her as the start of the year. the violence in Ukraine. too soft on Moscow. Salia was flown to Nebraska for Fresh bloodshed in Ukraine The sanctions to be discussed treatment on Saturday, but doc- between pro-Kremlin rebels and Monday would most likely be lim- tors said his organs were failing Kiev’s forces added to the ten- ited to adding individuals to the by the time he arrived and they sions after Russian President list of those already hit with travel were unable to save him. Vladimir Putin left a G20 summit bans and asset freezes, rather “Dr Salia was suffering from in Brisbane early amid criticism than wider economic measures, advanced symptoms of Ebola from western leaders. ministers said. when he arrived at the hospital Work resumed meanwhile to Many EU states are dependent on Saturday, which included kid- remove the debris of Malaysia on trade relations with Russia, ney and respiratory failure,” the Airlines flight MH17 from eastern and on Russian gas. “We are Nebraska Medical Center in a Ukraine, paving the way for its return ready to support these sanctions A lorry carrying gas cylinders arrives at a duck farm in Nafferton, northern England, yesterday. statement. to the Netherlands four months after to persons and this will probably “He was placed on dialysis, a it was downed, allegedly by the rebels be one of the main points on the ventilator and multiple medica- using a Russian missile. agenda,” Czech Foreign Minister Contagious bird flu outbreaks tions to support his organ systems Moscow said yesterday it had Lubomir Zaoralek told reporters. in an effort to help his body fight expelled a number of Polish dip- There were deep divisions the disease.” lomats for conduct “incompatible within the EU’s member states Salia was also given donated with their status”, diplomatic jargon on the initial sanctions against on Dutch, British poultry farms plasma from a survivor of Ebola for espionage, adding that Warsaw Russia after the annexation of and the experimental drug treat- had earlier expelled Russian diplo- Crimea in March. HEKENDORP, Netherlands: only praise the behaviour of the same strain in all three places,” ment ZMapp. mats on the same grounds. But the bloc took a harder stance Dutch officials were yester- authorities of the two member the Netherlands, Britain and The hospital said late on Poland — which has been one after the shooting down of MH17 day checking poultry farms for states,” said Commission spokes- Germany. Sunday that doctors were doing of the most hawkish of the 28 in July, with the loss of nearly 300 a highly infectious strain of man Enrico Brivio. The source said “more out- everything they could to save him. European Union states in its people. German Chancellor Angela bird flu following outbreaks of A duck breeding farm in north- breaks would not be surprising” “It is with an extremely heavy stance against Russia’s role in Merkel on Monday called on the similar strains of the virus in ern England was closed off on in countries such as France, Spain heart that we share this news,” Ukraine — confirmed Moscow’s West not to lose hope in what may Britain and Germany. Monday after an outbreak of bird and Italy as the “disease might said Phil Smith, medical direc- move was a “symmetric response”. be a long struggle with Russia Public health authorities flu, although officials said the risk have come from swans migrating tor of the Biocontainment Unit In Brussels, EU foreign minis- over Ukraine, but vowed that the on Sunday banned the trans- to public health was “very low”. from north to south.” at Nebraska Medical Center, in a ters met to discuss hitting Russia Kremlin “will not prevail”. port of poultry throughout the An estimated 6,000 ducks on Dutch food authority spokes- statement early yesterday. with fresh sanctions, most likely “We need to have the neces- Netherlands after the discovery the farm will be culled and a man Denden told AFP they were “Dr Salia was extremely critical targeting individuals linked to sary patience for an uphill battle,” in the village of Hekendorp of a 10km restriction zone has been checking 16 farms in around a when he arrived here, and unfor- the violence in Ukraine, in which Merkel said in a speech after the “highly pathogenic” form of avian put around the site near Driffield 10km radius from the infected tunately, despite our best efforts, around 4,100 people have died. Brisbane summit. influenza that is very dangerous to in Yorkshire. farm. He said that two farms we weren’t able to save him.” New EU foreign affairs chief Western leaders at the summit, birds and can contaminate humans. Renowned virologist and bird in the immediate vicinity of the Salia was the 10th person with Federica Mogherini said sanc- including US President Barack The destruction of around flu expert Ron Fouchier said infected farm had already been Ebola to be treated in the United tions would be discussed “for Obama and British Prime Minister 150,000 hens at the egg farm in that British authorities had given the all-clear. States, and the second to have sure” in response to violations of a David Cameron denounced Putin’s Hekendorp, near Utrecht, should told European authorities that Roadblocks have been set up died from the infection which September peace deal in Ukraine “unacceptable” actions in Ukraine, be completed yesterday, said their virus is the same H5N8 around the village to prevent peo- causes vomiting, diarrhea and and discredited elections held by warning of more sanctions to come Lex Denden of the Dutch Food strain as found in Germany ear- ple not on official business from often fatal bleeding. separatists in November. unless he changed course. The and Consumer Product Safety lier this month and now in the entering. The atmosphere in the In October, a Liberian man, “But sanctions in themselves West would keep up the pressure Authority (NVWA). Netherlands. “The UK virus is village was quiet yesterday, with Thomas Eric Duncan, died at a are not an objective. They can for years if necessary, to get Russia The European Commission on also similar to the German one, police and black barriers screening Texas hospital of the virus which be an instrument if they come to reverse course, said Cameron Monday praised the Dutch and that would mean that it’s the off the infected farm amid fears has killed thousands of people in together with other measures,” who branded the Russian presi- British response to the outbreaks H5N8 strain,” Fouchier said. of further outbreaks in Europe’s West Africa in history’s largest she said. dent a “bully”. amid warnings that the disease An EU source told report- biggest egg and poultry exporter. outbreak to date. These included pushing AFP could spread further. “We can ers that it is “most likely the AFP AFP

Velvet Revolution anniversary London hammer New Romania leader attacker jailed for minimum vows to tackle graft BUCHAREST: Hours after into contracts with Microsoft 18 years pulling off Romania’s biggest and the aircraft giant EADS and political earthquake since the refused to lift the immunity of LONDON: A British judge yes- revolution which overthrew several party members. terday handed out a life sen- Nicolae Ceausescu, the coun- Iohannis, leader of the centre- tence with a minimum of 18 try’s soft-spoken new president right Liberal Party, campaigned years in prison for a thief who followed through Monday on his on anti-graft platform to turn brutally attacked three sisters vow to tackle corruption. Romania into a “normal” country. from the United Arab Emirates Klaus Iohannis, the ethnic Political analyst Radu in a London hotel room with a German mayor of the medieval Alexandru said his “historic” claw hammer. Transylvanian city of Sibiu won win was a “victory of the people Drug addict Philip Spence, 33, a shock second-round election against a system run by the politi- attacked the tourists as they slept victory on Sunday, defeating the cal parties in their own interests”, with their children at the four- heavily-tipped Prime Minister and a boost for democracy in cen- star Cumberland Hotel on April 6, Victor Ponta, with whom he tral Europe amid a rising tide of in an incident that raised concern must now work in what could be authoritarianism, particularly in about the safety of visitors from a fraught cohabitation. neighbouring Hungary. the Gulf. The two men appeared to be on “Romania is a positive excep- Afterwards he made off with People wearing masks march through the city centre to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Velvet a collision course with Iohannis tion to the trend, especially as it iPads, gold jewellery and mobile Revolution in Prague yesterday. Czech Republic marks the anniversary of the 1989 revolution, which led to insisting that parliament throw chose a president from an ethnic phones, before dumping the claw the fall of the communist regime 25 years ago. out a law Ponta supported for an minority,” he said. hammer near the crime scene. amnesty for politicians and judges Iohannis, 55, who faced accu- “You used deliberate and gra- accused of corruption. sations of not being a “real tuitous violence over what was “I appeal to parliament to keep Romanian”, comes from the needed to carry out the robbery,” its word and reject on Tuesday German-speaking minority, which judge Anthony Leonard said as he Former FM named Burkina president the law on the amnesty and give now numbers less than 36,000 passed sentence on Spence, who a green light to all the demands people. was found guilty of attempted for investigations by the DNA Most left the country after murder last month. OUAGADOUGOU: Authorities in which he will be barred from Progress (MPP) party. “We’re also anti-corruption prosecutors,” the collapse of communism after The Emirati sisters — Ohoud, in Burkina Faso named former standing. His first task will be to satisfied to see that Lieutenant said the former physics teacher, suffering decades of persecution Khulood and Fatima Al Najja — foreign minister Michel name a prime minister to appoint Colonel Zida kept to his word.” best known up to now for avoid- under Ceausescu. were sharing adjoining rooms in Kafando as transitional presi- a 25-member transitional govern- The African Union (AU) had ing conflict. But Radu said after turning the hotel and had left their doors dent yesterday in a key step ment. “This is more than an hon- given Zida, the operational com- Ponta, who easily won the first the tables on the ruling party, open to allow a fourth sister to towards restoring democratic our. It’s a true mission which I will mander of the elite presidential round on November 2, was forced the rigorous but uncharismatic return later. civilian rule in the wake of a take with the utmost seriousness,” guard, two weeks to re-establish earlier this year to backtrack on Iohannis could find himself in a Spence crept in and was seen military takeover. Kafando told journalists and the civilian rule or face sanctions. On a law that would have given poli- tricky stand-off with 42-year-old by Khulood shortly before 1.30am, Kafando was chosen as part of a 23-strong committee that selected Saturday, he restored the consti- ticians and government officials Ponta. rifling through handbags. His charter hammered out after long- him, following his appointment. tution, which was suspended when immunity from prosecution. “Iohannis will have to deal subsequent sustained and fero- time President Blaise Compaore The committee, drawn from Compaore was forced from power. The election was seen as pivotal with enormous public pressure, cious attack left all three women resigned and fled the country on the army, traditional and reli- In a statement yesterday, for the second poorest country in Romanians expect him to sort unconscious. October 31 amid mass protests gious groups, civil society and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the the EU as it struggles to over- out issues around the rule of law He hit Ohoud, 34, so hard that against his attempt to change Burkina’s political parties, chose head of the AU commission, said come an entrenched culture of but his powers are limited by the her skull split open. She now the constitution and extend his him from among five candidates she welcomed the progress made corruption. constitution,” he said. has only five percent brain func- 27-year rule. in a closed-door meeting that towards transferring power back Tens of thousands of people The previous cohabitation tion, has lost one eye and cannot Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida began on Sunday and went into to civilian leadership. took to the streets between the between Ponta and right-wing speak. stepped in the following day and the early hours yesterday. Former colonial ruler France, two rounds of voting to support President Traian Basescu was so “It is nothing short of a miracle declared himself head of state. His candidacy was proposed by which had considered Compaore anti-corruption prosectors from stormy it often brought the work combined with the finest medical Kafando, who also twice served the army. “The choice of Michel as a key ally against Islamist mili- the DNA office, and to condemn of government to a standstill. attention that led to Ohoud sur- as ambassador to the United Kafando is judicious,” said Simon tants in the region, congratulated “corrupt” politicians. Iohannis has promised this will viving the attack,” the judge said. Nations, will lead the West African Compaore, a leader of the oppo- the 72-year-old Kafando. Ponta’s ruling Social Democrats not be the case this time. AFP nation to elections next year sition People’s Movement for REUTERS have blocked corruption probes AFP TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES UK won’t block sales of Food plant fire kills 18 in China

BEIJING: Eighteen people died in a fire at a food packag- ing plant in China, state media tear gas to Hong Kong said yesterday, the latest acci- dent in a country blighted by poor industrial safety HK Police prepare to evict protesters today standards. The blaze happened on Sunday HONG KONG/LONDON: Hong Kong police will move But similar court orders have evening at a carrot packaging Britain said yesterday that it today to evict some of the pro- been issued or are being sought workshop belonging to Longyuan had decided not to block the sale democracy protesters who have for other blocked roads in the Food Co in Shougang in the east- of tear gas to Hong Kong, hav- been blocking main roads for city, as China refuses to budge on ern Shandong province, Xinhua ing reviewed its export policy more than seven weeks, a state- protesters’ demands and public news agency said, citing local after police there used the gas ment said. opinion starts turning against the officials. “The fire engulfed 100 against pro-democracy protest- Police said they would give campaigners. metres of workshop in less than ers in September. “fullest support” to civilian bail- For the first time since it a minute,” Liu Fangping told the In a written submission to par- iffs carrying out a court order to started the poll in September, news agency. liament yesterday, Foreign Office clear access to a skyscraper in the Hong Kong’s Chinese University “Some workmates and I minister Hugo Swire said the only Admiralty district. found more people opposed the responded quickly and escaped current licence did not breach In a statement they pledged Occupy movement than sup- through the windows, but many rules and would not be revoked. “resolute action” against anyone ported it, according to the South who did not move fast enough Swire had said in October that a obstructing the bailiffs, saying China Morning Post. were overcome by the heavy review was likely in light of the they could face charges of crimi- About 67 per cent of all smoke,” the migrant worker Hong Kong clashes. nal contempt of court. respondents said protesters from northwest China’s Gansu “The Government has Protesters since September 28 should go home, it reported. Province added. reviewed licences for tear gas have been staging sit-ins on three A police source quoted by the The fire broke out at 7pm exports to the Hong Kong major thoroughfares, demanding paper said roads in the Mongkok (1100 GMT) and was extin- A rescuer and his dog search the site after a fire at a carrot packaging Special Administrative Region a free leadership election for the district in Kowloon would also be guished by about 9:30pm, the workshop of Longyuan Food Co., Ltd, in Shouguang, Shandong Province Government ... the Government semi-autonomous Chinese city in cleared this week. Xinhua report said. Thirteen in China yesterday. has decided it will not be revoked 2017. The protests, which drew people are being treated for on the basis that it does not con- The court order to be enforced tens of thousands at times ini- injuries, including two who are owners evade regulations to save northeast of the country killed travene the consolidated criteria,” Tuesday, granted at the request of tially, have dwindled markedly in a serious condition, one life- money and pay off corrupt offi- 119 people last year. Reports at he said, referring to the rules used the building owners, relates only in size. threatening, it added. cials to look the other way. the time said that managers had to control arms exports. to the area around CITIC Tower China has refused to back down “The results of preliminary Three managers of a car locked doors inside the factory Swire said the government had in the Admiralty business and on its insistence that candidates investigations show that 140 peo- parts factory in the eastern to prevent workers from going not been able to verify pictures government district. for the 2017 election must be ple were in the building at the Jiangsu province where a mas- to the toilet, leading to the high purporting to show that some of It does not cover the entire area vetted by a loyalist committee, time, and the blaze was caused sive explosion killed 75 people death toll. the canisters used by police in the of the sit-in at Admiralty, where a decision critics say is designed by a faulty freezer,” the report in August were arrested soon Workplace accidents of all Chinese-controlled city, a former demonstrators have pitched a sea to ensure the election of a pro- said. Xinhua also said company after the blast. Xinhua previ- types killed nearly 70,000 people British colony, had been manufac- of colourful tents across an eight- stooge. bosses have been questioned ously reported “a serious der- in China last year, its National tured by a British firm. lane highway. AGENCIES by police. China has a dismal eliction” caused the accident. Bureau of Statistics said. industrial safety record as some A fire at a poultry plant in the AFP

Students stage Nine dead in protest in Yangon Manila probes prison-like children centre YANGON: Scores of Myanmar MANILA: Top Philippines the government-run Manila executive director of the charity. doing there,” she said. Thai military students rallied illegally in officials said yesterday they had Reception and Action Centre, said “The centre has many abuses Social Welfare Secretary Yangon yesterday against a new launched investigations into a he had ordered an investigation going on: violence, sexual abuse, Corazon Soliman said her agency copter crash education bill they describe as Manila children’s centre over- into the facility, which is located malnutrition, torture of children,” was also carrying out its own undemocratic, the latest in a seen by a former president, after near the city hall. she said. She said those running investigation and she expected to BANGKOK: A Thai mili- series of protests that began months of complaints about the “I have already ordered an the facility had admitted it could receive a full report by November tary helicopter carrying nine during a visit by US President “prison”-like conditions. investigation of that,” he said, only accommodate 50 people, but 30. army personnel has crashed in Barack Obama. There has been a growing out- reacting to the newspaper images. was often holding about 250. She said she had previously northern Thailand killing all Young activists, some hold- cry over conditions at the govern- But Estrada, deposed as presi- Children were locked in at read reports of the alleged abuse on board, an army spokesman ing banners staged a peaceful ment-run facility where vagrant dent amid a corruption scandal in night with only a pail to uri- at the Manila centre but since it said yesterday. The two-blade, march across the city centre to children and some homeless 2001, also took a defiant stance, nate in, she said. Manila officials was run by the city of Manila, she twin-engine Bell 212 helicop- call for the education system to adults are held, amid allegations saying “they are just trying to blamed the harsh conditions on could not easily take action. ter crashed 10 minutes after it be reformed. of abuse. blow it (the issue) up,” although lack of money, she said. “This is a local government-run took off from an army camp in The protest was held without Charity groups allege a litany of he declined to be specific. But many of the children also facility and therefore, account- Phayao province, 590km from official permission — an arrestable maltreatment including violence, The charity group Bahay complained of beatings and abuse ability will be with the city social the capital Bangkok, deputy offence in the former junta-run sexual abuse, malnutrition and Tuluyan (House of Refuge) which by other children or staff of the welfare and development office as Royal Thai Army spokeswoman, nation. The rally was the latest torture and newspapers have in first raised the problems at the centre, problems which could not well as the elected officials who Colonel Sirijan Ngathong, said. in a series of bold demonstrations recent days carried photographs centre in 2009, said authorities be blamed on funding. are the authority,” she said. The helicopter was carrying nine that began with a small rally last of an emaciated child resident. had consistently failed to act. “If they cannot commit (to She said criminal charges officers including Major General Friday, coinciding a speech by Former Philippine president “They only responded now improve conditions), we are might be filed, if warranted but Songphol Thongjeen, deputy Third Obama to young people at Yangon Joseph Estrada, now the mayor that (the controversy) is in asking them to close shop. It added, “I don’t want to pre-judge Area Army commander oversee- University. AFP of Manila, who is in charge of the open,” said Lily Flordelis, is so inhuman what they are the case publicly”. AFP ing Thailand’s north. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, Royal Thai Army spokesman, Winthai Suvaree, said. Thailand’s military has a his- tory of fatal helicopter crashes. Three in 2011, just days apart, left 17 people dead and forced the army to ground its fleet of Bell 212 helicopters. Engine failure and poor visibility are often blamed for the crashes. Bangla navy halts ship with migrants

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s navy yesterday intercepted a ship in the Bay of Bengal carrying hun- dreds of migrants being taken to Malaysia by people-smug- glers, officers said. Most of the would-be migrants were from Bangladesh, but some were thought to be from Myanmar, an officer said on con- dition of anonymity. “There are 500-600 people in the boat,” the officer said. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting the combined foodstuff-processing factory under Korean “Some 90 percent of those People’s Army, at an undisclosed location in North Korea yesterday. aboard the boat are Bangladeshis and the rest are from Myanmar. The crew are all from Myanmar.” Thousands of poor Bangladeshi N Korea envoy in Moscow for talks and ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar try to migrate to MOSCOW: A special envoy calling for a war crimes probe In a close relationship dat- Malaysia every year on a peril- of North Korean leader Kim against the reclusive state ing from the Soviet era, Russia ous and sometimes fatal 3,200km Jong-Un arrived in Moscow yes- over its vast network of prison recently wrote off North journey. terday for talks with President camps. The resolution calls Korean debts and says it wants Rights groups say thousands Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang for the UN Security Council trade turnover with Pyongyang have perished along the way, while seeks allies to fend off a UN res- to refer North Korea to the to reach $1bn by 2020. thousands more have fallen into olution calling for a probe into International Criminal Court, While in Russia, Choe will the hands of people-traffickers. crimes against humanity. although Russia and China are visit Moscow and two cities in Bangladesh’s coastguard and Choe Ryong-Hae, who holds widely expected to veto such a far eastern Russia, Vladivostok border forces have launched the rank of vice marshal and move. and Khabarovsk, the Russian crackdowns on economic is the former director of the Choe’s visit comes as Russia foreign ministry said. Moscow migrants, confiscating their ships North Korean army’s power- is facing increasing diplomatic said the visit was aimed at and arresting a number of human ful political bureau, is set to isolation over its support for “raising the level of political traffickers. Police said the boat meet Putin today and Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. dialogue and ways of activating was “heading to Malaysia ille- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Russia is seeking to expand trade and economic relations.” gally” and would be taken into on Thursday. ties with North Korea and is Russia said it would reiter- shore. Thousands of Rohingya —a His eight-day visit to eyeing a project worth about ate demands for North Korea Muslim minority group not rec- Moscow, the third by a senior $25 billion (20 billion euros) to to comply with UN Security ognised as citizens in Myanmar — North Korean official this year, overhaul the Stalinist country’s Council resolutions and scrap its have fled deadly communal unrest comes ahead of a vote today on railway network in return for nuclear weapons programme. in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since a United Nations resolution access to mineral resources. AFP 2012. AGENCIES TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to IS Jundullah announces its backing after meeting Islamic State delegation : A splinter captured swathes of Iraq and bombing that killed around 80 State leaders at an undisclosed Last week, a leaked govern- Taliban, Pakistan’s biggest mili- group of Pakistan’s Taliban has Syria in a drive to set up a self- Christians. location at Saudi-Syria border,” ment memo warned the group tant group, this summer, leading pledged support to Islamic State declared caliphate. They share an “They (Islamic State) are our one militant said. had recruited 10,000-12,000 fight- to two main factions and several (IS), a spokesman said yester- aim to kill or drive out religious brothers, whatever plan they He said the meeting took place ers inside Pakistan, but a govern- splinter groups. day, in another indication of the minorities and establish a hard- have we will support them,” said more than a year ago. ment minister insisted it had no Some analysts say Pakistanis appeal of the Iraq — and Syria— line Sunni theocracy. Jundullah spokesman Marwat. Many Pakistani militants said presence there. Militants and declaring allegiance to IS is a ploy based militant group in a region Analysts say that so far IS has His comments follow the they felt torn by loyalty to Afghan security officials also dismissed to grab headlines rather than a traditionally dominated by Al mainly attracted sectarian groups release of a video last month Taliban leader Mullah Omar, who the memo as not credible. sign of operational links. Qaeda and local insurgents. rather than anti-state militants by five Pakistani Taliban com- has strong historical ties to Al Several militants said that “They are the new poster boys Jundullah announced its back- like the Taliban. Pakistan has a manders pledging support to Qaeda. IS itself broke away from hundreds of Pakistanis had gone of Islamic jihad and they have lots ing after meeting a three-man ready supply of hardened fighters IS. Islamic State also has con- Al Qaeda. to fight in Syria, but had done so of money,” said Saifullah Mahsud delegation representing IS led by and a population often receptive tacts with the banned Pakistani “All anti-Shia groups in through the Taliban or on their of Islamabad-based think tank the Al Zubair Al Kuwaiti, the group’s to sectarian hatred. group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Pakistan will welcome and sup- own. FATA Research Centre. “There is spokesman Fahad Marwat said. Pakistan’s Sunni sectarian militants and security officials port IS in Pakistan, though most Five who returned took part in no doubt they (IS) are trying but Jundullah is one of several groups killed a record number said. of them will not announce it an August suicide attack on two these are more probing missions Pakistani groups exploring rela- of minority Shias last year. “The top leadership of LeJ vis- openly due to their allegiance to Pakistani air bases, a policeman than anything else.” tions with IS, whose fighters have Jundullah carried out a church ited Saudi Arabia and met Islamic Mullah Omar,” one said. said. Tribal rivalries split the REUTERS

Student Day Nato appoints Islamabad lifts ban Turkish diplomat on livestock imports in Afghanistan ANKARA: Turkey’s top dip- lomat in Afghanistan has been : The Ministry of quality, intensity and a highly appointed as Nato’s senior rep- Commerce has lifted the ban on sustainable agribusiness, is more resentative in the war-torn livestock imports from coun- interested in providing a complete country, the Turkish foreign tries affected by BSE (Mad package to Pakistan as the com- ministry and the military alli- Cow Disease), turning Pakistan petition in coming years is likely ance said yesterday. into a large market for many to get tough. Nato Secretary General Jens farmlands. According to Van Rijin, it is Stoltenberg has appointed The ever-growing corporate not just a matter of selling cows, Ambassador Ismail Aramaz as the dairy farming sector of Pakistan as this would limit the potential. next senior civilian representative is the focus of these countries, as “Apart from exporting cattle, we in Afghanistan and he is expected the demand for milk rises despite are also interested in providing to take up his new post early next the country being one of the big- complete solutions of modern year, Nato said in a press release. gest producers of the commodity dairy farming to Pakistani farm- Aramaz will play an “integral itself. Like other countries, the ers with training in order to make role” in the Nato’s new train- Netherlands, which claims to have sure that the cattle gives its best ing and support mission named the best milk-producing cows in production,” he said. “It’s simple; “Resolute Support” as the alli- the world, is focusing on potential if the cow is not happy the farmer ance’s International Security local investors and dairy farmers will never be happy.” Assistance Force (ISAF) will fin- for export of cattle. “Pakistan is According to the Pakistan ish operations at the end of the the third largest producer of milk Dairy Association, the country is year, it added. AFP - with an even higher demand for producing more than 47 billion Pakistani boys attend school on the International Student Day in Peshawar yesterday. it - and we are the second largest litres of milk annually, yet people dairy-product exporter,” face shortage. Corporate farm- said Embassy of the Kingdom ing is on the rise primarily due to of Netherlands Counsellor Frans increasing urbanisation and dis- Van Rijin. “I think it’s a perfect posable income where people opt Pakistan tests intermediate range missile match.” for packaged milk — which is in After convincing Pakistani between 4-5 per cent of the total ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yes- of the weapon system, an army nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Pakistan has a series of missiles authorities, the embassy soon milk produced in the country. terday conducted a test launch statement said. “Shaheen II (Hatf VI)”, capable of and almost all can reach India. started connecting Dutch dairy This shortage is now likely to of an intermediate range bal- Shaheen-1A with its highly carrying nuclear and conventional Similarly Indian missiles can also cattle companies with corpo- benefit the corporate farmers as listic missile which is capable of accurate and indigenously devel- warheads to a range of 1,500 km. land in any area in Pakistan. rate farmers in Pakistan. Since other countries too will enter carrying nuclear and conven- oped guidance system is amongst President Mamnoon Hussain The country’s naval chief Pakistan is a lucrative market and create a competition where tional warheads to a range of the most accurate Missile System, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah, for any cattle-exporting coun- imported cattle prices might 900km, the military said. it said. It was the second test of appreciated the successful test who witnessed the test along with try, everyone is looking to grab reduce and preference would be The successful launch of a nuclear-capable missile in less and congratulated the partici- other senior defence officials, reit- the opportunity, which was pre- given to those cattle which is “Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV)” was than a week. pating troops, the scientists and erated Pakistan’s desire for peace- viously enjoyed by Australia. most efficient in milk production. aimed at re-validating various Pakistan Thursday conducted engineers on their outstanding ful co-existence in the region, the The Netherlands, known for its INTERNEWS design and technical parameters a successful training launch of a achievement, Xinhua reported. statement said. IANS

Nawaz Sharif Afghan woes snubs India over bulletproof car at summit KATHMANDU: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has rejected the use of a bul- letproof car provided by rival India for next week’s sum- mit of South Asian leaders in Kathmandu, a Nepalese offi- cial said yesterday. Sharif “will be bringing his own car... all other vehicles for (visiting) heads of countries have come from India”, said for- eign ministry spokesman Khaga Nath Adhikari. Adhikari denied the move was a snub specifically targeted at India, whose tense ties with Pakistan have worsened since October over some of the worst An Afghan woman makes her way along a road in Herat province. Despite significant improvement in cross-border firing in years. the last decade, Afghanistan is still extremely poor and remains highly dependent on foreign aid. “It’s not that they have refused to use an Indian car... when the US president travels, he also brings his own car, it’s not an issue,” he said. The South Asian Association Dry fruit prices shoot up for Regional Cooperation summit will see the leaders of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, ISLAMABAD: Spurred was available at Rs280 per kg at Rs180 per kg last week. Sri Lanka, Nepal, India and by falling temperature and last week. A staggering increase in Pakistan meet in Kathmandu on short supply from neighbour- Traders said short supply price of fig has also been wit- November 26 and 27. ing countries, dry fruit prices from Afghanistan and Iran and nessed this year and the com- Recent exchanges of fire across have gone up in markets of the drop in temperature have modity is being sold at Rs800 the de facto border between India Islamabad. Similarly, the also contributed to the price per kg against last year’s price and Pakistan in Kashmir, which price of pulses has also wit- hike. Cashew is available at of Rs350 per kg. both countries administer in part nessed an upward trend with Rs1,100-1,200 per kg in the local “The rising prices are due to but claim in full, have killed at the price of green moong market which was available at short supply from Afghanistan least 20 civilians and forced thou- pulse jumping to Rs15 per kg Rs800-900 per kg last week. and Iran,” said Aqeel Khan, a sands to flee their homes. in the retail market. The price of pistachio, which dry fruit trader. Meanwhile, the The nuclear-armed neighbours, The price of almond rose to is largely imported from Iran, price of pulses including green who have fought two wars over Rs700 per kg from Rs350 per jumped to Rs1, 400 per kg moong, channa, mash and red Muslim-majority Kashmir, have kg last week while the same from Rs800 per kg last week. lintels has also seen an upward traded blame for the upsurge in commodity was traded at Rs450 Similarly, dry coconut is avail- trend with an increase of Rs200 firing and shelling which started per kg in the same period last able at Rs280 to Rs300 per kg to Rs250 per 40 kg in the local on October 6. year. Similarly, the price of wal- in the local market while the market during last week. AFP nut rose to Rs300 per kg which same commodity was available INTERNEWS TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Truce announced RJD and JD-U in Kerala LDF TRIVANDRUM: Amid a vocal battle between the CPI-M and the CPI, the Left Democratic likely to merge Front (LDF) announced a truce yesterday. CPI state secretary Paniyan Ravindran told the media earlier in the day that every party in ahead of polls the LDF had a right to express its opinion. “Just because two parties have openly expressed their views, United party can defeat BJP: Bihar CM there is no need to worry about the unity of the LDF,” said PATNA: Former Bihar of the Samajwadi Party, the JD-U, Ravindran. chief minister Lalu Prasad’s the RJD and the Janata Dal- Communist Party of India- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Secular announced a united front Marxist (CPNM) state secretary and the ruling Janata Dal- to counter the Narendra Modi Pinarayi Vijayan had on Sunday United (JD-U) are likely to government. gone hammer and tongs against merge ahead of assembly elec- The JD-U ended a 17-year alli- the Communist Party of India. tions next year. ance with the BJP last year after After the LDF meeting yester- Chief Minister Jitan Ram Modi was declared the prime day, its convenor Vaikom Viswan Manjhi yesterday said that if the ministerial candidate of the BJP. said all issues had been settled two parties became one, it will Meanwhile, the West Bengal amicably. emerge as a powerful political Chief Minister and Trinamool He said the general consensus force. “The merger of the RJD Congress leader Mamata Banerjee Protesters gather ahead of a public address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Sydney yesterday. was that there should be no public and JD-U will benefit both in the said yesterday that the BJP would debate if there were differences next assembly polls,” Manjhi told lose future elections if regional of opinion between parties in the the media here. parties come together, Modi promotes Clean India drive LDF. The idea was first suggested by “The Congress committed mis- “Everyone agreed to it and all Bihar Transport Minister Ramai takes because of which they were issues are now resolved,” said Ram, who said a united party voted out of power. The BJP is SYDNEY: Prime Minister country can rise again, become by February 2015. Speaking at Viswan. would defeat the Bharatiya Janata ruling India with only 29 percent Narendra Modi yesterday said powerful and capable of helping the Allphones Arena, the prime The main discussion at the Party (BJP) in the next assembly votes. They won because regional there was no reason for India to lag other countries again?” he asked minister said cleanliness was an LDF meet was how to proceed polls. “Instead of a grand alliance, parties didn’t fight unitedly. If behind any longer as he outlined to the loud cheers from the crowd. area where his government was vis-a-vis the bribery allegations both parties should merge.” regional forces come together, the the progress of schemes like Clean “I don’t see any reason for the focusing on. against Finance Minister K M Ram has the support of some BJP will lose,” she said. India and Make in India, and also country to remain behind, fate has “Dirt attracts illness and the Mani. RJD leaders including legisla- Banerjee also alleged that the promised the Indian diaspora visa decided that it must progress,” he poor man suffers due to work days “We will now approach the tor Bhai Virendra. A RJD leader Bharatiya Janata Party was “try- on arrival and merging of the PIO said to wild cheers. lost and monetarily too. I invite Kerala High Court against rev- close to Lalu Prasad added that ing to incite communal violence”. and OCI cards. He promised that the Person of your participation in the drive,” elations that owners in Kerala the RJD chief and JD-U leaders Quizzed on leading an anti- Addressing an euphoric gather- Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas he said. He also expressed admi- gave a bribe of `10m to Mani,” said Sharad Yadav and Nitish Kumar communal front, Banerjee stressed ing of over 16,000 members of the Citizenship of India (OCI) cards ration for the dignity of labour he Viswan. had agreed in principle to merge there were others for the job but Indian diaspora, Modi also invited would be merged by the time the has seen in Australia. The LDF decided to stage the two parties to take on the BJP. the alliance should be based on ide- them to join in the Swachh Bharat next Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is “When I came earlier to state-wide protests Nov 25 to The development comes nearly ology. “I am a small fry. I am a com- campaign and contribute towards held in Gurajat in January. Australia, many would ask what demand Mani’s resignation. four months after Lalu Prasad moner. There are big people who building toilets in their villages He also announced visa on have you learnt from Australia - and Nitish Kumar joined hands can be leaders of a Federal Front,” back home in India. arrival for Australians and an and that is dignity of labour,” he in Bihar and 10 days after leaders she said. IANS “Do you believe that the Indian Cultural Centre in Sydney said. IANS Man jumps to death from 18th floor

NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old man, working as a sales man- ager in a finance company, Apex court refuses to put on hold Kashmir poll jumped to his death yesterday evening from the 18th floor of NEW DELHI: The Supreme within Srinagar, were displaced Commission’s decision to hold `410bn,” Chief Justice Dattu told with examinations, as the school a building housing offices and Court yesterday declined a plea and there was no school build- elections in the state both on the petitioner. buildings were in a very bad shops here, police said. by the Jammu and Kashmir ing where polling booths can be the count of wrong reading of Additional Solicitor General condition, the advocate gen- Vijendra Singh jumped from Awami National Conference to located for voting as is generally its constitutional provisions and Tushar Mehta told the court that eral of Jammu and Kashmir the building in south Delhi’s put on hold the assembly elec- done. misunderstanding of the ground the demand by the Kashmir gov- said the state government has Nehru Place. tion, as the party contended “They are not ready for relief, situation. ernment will be examined by the already postponed the examina- His body was spotted by some that a large number of people but they say they are ready for The court also declined a plea finance ministry and the Planning tion scheduled for November till passers-by who informed police. displaced in the recent dev- election. They don’t have man- by petitioner Vasundhara Pathak Commission. March 2015. Police said no suicide note was astating floods will not able to power to carry out relief opera- Masoodi to ask the Centre to Mehta said an inter-ministerial He said that as far as board found in his possession. exercise their franchise. tions,” Dhawan said, pointing to release `410bn sought by the team visited the flood-affected examinations for senior classes Vijendra Singh’s office was “Sorry,” said the bench of the gravity of the situation. state government for relief and state and has submitted its report were concerned, they were gov- located on the seventh floor of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Founded by former chief min- rehabilitation of the flood-affected which will be examined. erned by the state’s Secondary the building. His family told police Justice A K Sikri as it declined ister G M Shah, the Jammu people. As Masoodi said students Board. And as it was an autono- that he was depressed for the past to accept counsel Rajiv Dhawan’s and Kashmir Awami National “We can’t force them to give it should be promoted to the next mous body, it will take its own call. few days. plea that lakhs of people, even Conference faulted the Election tomorrow. It is not just `1bn, it is class without burdening them IANS IANS

Gulf Air to operate daily flights to Trivandrum MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, yesterday announced the increase of its direct services to Trivandrum International Airport following a successful first year of operations. The carrier will operate a daily service starting from December 5. “Recognising the key importance of the Indian Subcontinent, Gulf Air has strengthened its position in the mar- ket through a number of initiatives including the resumption of flights to Hyderabad, the airline’s sixth India des- tination, with five weekly flights, start- ing from December 15,” Gulf Air Acting Chief Commercial Officer Ahmed Janahi said. Together with the latest daily services to Thiruvananthapuram Former President of Ghana John Kufuor (left) with Indian National Congress party President Sonia Gulf Air operates 10 weekly services Gandhi at the international conference to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of first Prime to Chennai, double daily flights to New Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, in New Delhi, yesterday. Delhi and Mumbai, and daily to Kochi in addition to the upcoming five weekly services to Hyderabad. No India minus secularism: Sonia In total Bahrain’s national carrier provides a total of 57 weekly direct and NEW DELHI: Congress Janata Party. The event Queen Mother of Bhutan Ashi full service flights between India and president Sonia Gandhi yes- held by Congress to resur- Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, Bahrain. The two additional weekly terday said the values pro- rect Nehru’s legacy at a try- former Nepal prime minister frequencies between Bahrain and moted by India’s first prime ing time for the party saw Madhav Nepal and former Thiruvananthapuram will operate on minister Jawaharlal Nehru the presence of leaders from Egyptian foreign minister Mondays and Wednesdays. continue to remain relevant, many parties. Amr Moussa. Flights can be booked online at and secularism was a com- West Bengal Chief Minister The event was also www.gulfair.com, by calling the air- pelling need without which and Trinamool Congress attended by leaders from the line’s 24 hourWorldwide Contact there could be no India. chief Mamata Banerjee, Communist Party of China. Centreon(+973) 17373737, or through Speaking at an interna- Communist Party of India- Sonia said that although any Gulf Air sales offices and approved tional conference organised Marxist leaders Prakash Nehru was a socialist by con- travel agencies. by the Congress to com- Karat and Sitaram Yechury viction, he valued individual memorate Nehru’s 125th and Janata Dal-United chief liberty above all else. THE FLIGHT SCHEDULE: birth anniversary, Gandhi Sharad Yadav were among She said secularism was an GF060 Bahrain 02:45 Trivandrum made veiled attacks on the those present. Many leaders article of faith with Nehru. 09:50 Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat & Sun BJP, saying Nehru’s life and of parties of undivided Janata “If any person raises his GF061 Trivandrum 10:45 Bahrain work had been “drowned out Dal were there, but no senior hand to strike down another 13:10 Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat & Sun by misinterpretation and dis- Samajwadi Party leader was on ground of religion, I shall GF062 Bahrain 13:30 Trivandrum tortion in recent years”. present. fight him to the last breath of 20:35 Mon & Wed Prime Minister Narendra Foreign leaders present my life as head of the govern- GF063 Trivandrum 21:20 Bahrain Modi was not invited to the included former Afghan pres- ment and from outside,” she 23:45 Mon & Wed. two-day meet, raising some ident Hamid Karzai, former quoted Nehru as saying. THE PENINSULA eyebrows in the Bharatiya Ghana president John Kufuor, IANS

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NEW YORK: A French tour- He was arrested after jumping spokesman from the Brooklyn times and under all circum- ATHENS 21/17 Clear 21/14 Partly cloudy ist was arrested yesterday for a fence and climbing up a beam on prosecutor’s office, who added stances,” he added. WASHINGTON 02/-4 Clear 02/02 Partly cloudy scaling the Brooklyn Bridge, the famous bridge that connects that he would remain in custody “This defendant blatantly com- SYDNEY 24/18 Partly cloudy 32/21 Partly cloudy apparently to take photos, Manhattan and Brooklyn, a police Sunday night. promised that security for his LONDON 11/07 Chance of showers 11/07 Partly cloudy police said, in the latest such spokesman told AFP. “The Brooklyn Bridge must own selfish reasons and will now PARIS 10/06 Cloudy 10/06 Cloudy incident at the iconic New York The incident occurred around not be trespassed upon, no mat- be prosecuted for his foolish and ISTANBUL 17/13 Partly cloudy 18/13 Partly cloudy landmark. 12.30pm (1730 GMT). ter who does it or for any reason,” unlawful conduct.” MANILA 30/24 Partly cloudy 30/24 Partly cloudy The man, identified as Yonathan Souid climbed back down at the said Brooklyn District Attorney This is the third similar inci- DHAKA 30/19 Clear 30/19 Clear Souid, 23, from Esnandes in request of a patrol officer who saw Ken Thompson. dent at the Brooklyn Bridge in the DELHI 26/13 Clear 26/13 Clear southwestern France, faces him and was detained. “In this age of terrorism, it’s last four months, in a city highly ISLAMABAD 24/12 Clear 24/11 Clear charges of reckless endangerment He was due to be formally very important that we protect sensitive to security risks. and criminal trespassing. charged yesterday, said a the security of the bridge at all AFP

Band cancels Bear with me! show after tour Far-right march or bus suicide NEW YORK: tolerance fundraiser? Celtic rock- ers the Dropkick Murphys scrapped the last date on a US BERLIN: Neo-Nazis marching finish line. Far-right extremists tour after a man threw himself through a German town unwit- have marched through Wunsiedel in front of their bus in a sus- tingly raised thousands of euros every year for more than two dec- pected suicide. for a tolerance project, organis- ades on Germany’s National Day The Boston-area band was ers of the anti-extremist pro- of Mourning, which is dedicated to traveling Sunday from a San test action said yesterday. all victims of “war and tyranny”. Antonio, Texas, show when the Local businesses and residents The neo-Nazis chose the town pedestrian ran into the highway agreed to donate ¤10 ($12.50) for because Hitler’s deputy Rudolf near Austin and was killed by every metre (yard) walked in Hess, who was found hanged in their bus, the group said on its the far-right rally on Saturday a West Berlin prison in 1987, was Facebook page. through the town of Wunsiedel buried in Wunsiedel before his The driver was “severely in Bavaria. remains were exhumed in July shaken up” and the bus was too The ¤10,000 collected will go to 2011 and the grave destroyed. damaged for the band to arrive in EXIT-Germany, a charity helping But even the destruction of time for Sunday night’s show in neo-Nazis turn their backs on the the site has not stopped the far- Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Dropkick scene. Organisers hung humorous right from congregating, although Murphys said. posters along the route and even authorities say their rallies have “As much as it pains us to miss painted a finish line at the end grown smaller. a show and we truly apologise for of the march with a sign “thank- Shopkeepers had long chosen it, we’d like to stop and acknowl- ing” the 250 participants for their silent forms of protest and legal edge that a man has lost his life. “donation”. action to fight the marches but Please keep him and any family A video posted by EXIT on the fundraiser’s co-organiser he might have in your prayers,” YouTube indicated that the neo- Fabian Wichmann said this year the message said. A staff member measures the height of a black bear at a national forest park in Puer in China’s Yunnan prov- Nazis only learned of the fund- the town decided to take a more The band refunded the tickets ince. The park for the first time measured the height and weight of six animals, including the black bear, red raiser when they crossed the creative approach. AFP and its two opening acts, includ- panda, slow loris, white-cheeked gibbon and egret, for data collection purposes. ing Bryan McPherson, played a free show in Tulsa. The Dropkick Murphys have been playing extensively and Tulsa was to be the last US date until March. On Wednesday, Hugh Jackman makes triumphant Broadway return the band starts a tour of Latin America and Europe with a show NEW YORK: Hugh Jackman in 2004 for “The Boy From Oz.” starred in the London production, in Mexico City. made a stunning return to But unlike that rousing musical is The Other Woman. The Dropkick Murphys built Broadway with a mesmerising based on the life of singer/song- The Hollywood Reporter said a fan base in Boston in the late performance in award-winning writer Peter Allen, or his Oscar- Jackman “brings heart and a 1990s and gradually an interna- playwright Jez Butterworth’s nominated role in the film “Les haunted sadness to the brawny tional following by mixing punk new drama ‘The River.’ Miserables,” “The River,” is an aesthete who quotes (the poet) rock elements with Celtic melo- Set in a remote cabin, the intense, mystical one-act play and Ted Hughes” but it found the dies reminiscent of The Pogues or three-person play that opened at Jackman is the centre of it. play lacking and not up to par traditional Irish tunes. the Circle in the Square Theatre “It’s one of the bravest, most with Butterworth’s earlier Tony- The band is also known for its on Sunday for a limited run won carefully calibrated performances nominated play “Jerusalem.” left-wing politics and frequently praise for the “Wolverine” actor’s he has ever given,” said the news- “Any sense of enveloping men- champions the rights of the work- portrayal of an outdoorsy man on paper USA Today. ace, mystery and even thematic ing class. REUTERS a romantic night fishing trip. Jackman’s character in the weight that might mask the writ- “Jackman is catch of the day play, which was previously staged ing’s more ponderously mannered in ‘The River,’ said the New York at the Royal Court Theatre in aspects is missing,” it added. Daily News, adding that his per- London, is known simply as The While it found it intriguing, USA formance is “manly, measured Man. He waxes lyrical about trout Today described the play as ‘ulti- and speckled with melancholy.” fishing and love, and he guts and mately disappointing,” which the The New York Times lauded the cooks a fish on stage. trade journal Variety echoed. actor for conveying an impression British actress Cush Jumbo “Aside from the charismatic of self-contained silence and said (“The Inbetweeners Movie”) is star’s intense performance as a Hugh Jackman performs during the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City he “ascends with assurance to a The Woman, who accompanies lovesick fisherman who is given to Hall in New York in this file photo of June 8, 2014. new level as a stage actor.” him on the night-time trout fish- poetic laments over the fish (and Jackman, 46, is no stranger to ing trip and mysteriously goes the woman) who slipped away else about Jez Butterworth’s River,” is a downer,” it said. Broadway and won a Tony award missing, and Laura Donnelly, who from him, just about everything strange chamber piece, “The REUTERS Tuesday 18 November 2014 25 Muharram 1436 Volume 19 Number 6253 Price: QR2

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LONDON: Oil futures fell yes- creating new markets terday after a brief rebound before the weekend, as the mar- ket focused firmly on whether Opec is likely to cut output to Minister opens Global Entrepreneurship Week-Qatar tackle recent price slumps. Brent North Sea crude for DOHA: H E Sheikh Ahmed bin increasingly moving away from a are therefore determined to make delivery in January was down Jassim Al Thani, Minister of hydrocarbon sector and focus on a very practical and tangible con- 85 cents at $78.56 a barrel in Economy and Commerce, has boosting an effective private sec- tribution to the critical national late London deals — hit also by a stressed the role of the coun- tor”, the Minister added. agenda of diversifying Qatar’s strengthening dollar that makes try’s small and medium-sized GEW-Qatar aims to provide economy by using our scale and the commodity more expen- companies in introducing inno- aspiring entrepreneurs with the reach to support the development sive for holders of rival curren- vative products, creating new tools and knowledge they need by of a robust private sector.” cies. US benchmark West Texas markets and multiple jobs. linking them with relevant organ- “We have decided to take a Intermediate for December slid Opening the Global izations and mentors, by conven- strategic approach to address 77 cents to $75.05 a barrel. Entrepreneurship Week-Qatar ing local entrepreneurs to discuss this challenge from two differ- Prices sank to four-year lows (GEW-Qatar) yesterday, the regulatory and financial policies. ent angles. Firstly, by helping to last week following remarks by Minister said: “Qatar believes Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, increase the number of young ministers from the Opec that it in the central role to be played CEO of Qatar Development Bank, Qataris aspiring to become is unlikely to slash output at its by entrepreneurs in support- said: “The tremendous expansion entrepreneurs. So we have part- meeting next week. ing the development process for of entrepreneurship under way in nered with Bedaya to bring the But analysts say the losses could the benefit of current genera- Qatar will continue to transform ‘Enterprise Challenge’ to Qatar push the cartel to cobble together a tions and future generations as projects into products - support- to inspire young people want to deal to cut output, despite resistance well by ensuring a sustainable ing the development and diversi- consider entrepreneurship as a from some members. Venezuela and development.” fication of our private sector. QDB career option. Ecuador have called for a cut, while Inspired by the development will always support the success of “Secondly, we want to sup- Iran has hinted at a need to reduce agenda of Qatar National Vision SMEs, innovative projects and the port the development of Qatari H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce, output as oil producing countries see 2030, the country’s leadership was people behind them. We look for- Small and Medium Enterprises. addressing Global Entrepreneurship Week-Qatar yesterday. IBRAHIM RO their income slide. keen to create an incubation cen- ward to many more years of part- So we have partnered with Qatar However, Saudi Arabia has tre for young entrepreneurs and nership with GEW and everyone Development Bank to enable local In honour of Women’s featuring female entrepreneurs reduced prices on crude exports innovators to create more oppor- who makes this week possible.” SMEs to compete for specific Entrepreneurship Day, on in Qatar, workshops on interac- to the US market in a move seen tunities, he noted. Wael Sawan, Managing business opportunities within Wednesday (November tive networking and how to do by some as an effort to maintain “The advancement of entre- Director and Chairman of Qatar Pearl GTL, the world’s largest 19), Qatar Chamber, the business in Qatar, and a team market share as it faces competi- preneurship is a key building Shell, said: “We, at Qatar Shell, gas to liquids plant delivered International Chamber of building “fun session” all at the tion from rising shale oil produc- block for the development of are committed to supporting the by Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Commerce, and ‘How Women Qatar Chamber offices. tion. Opec’s next meeting is set the national economy, which is Qatar National Vision 2030. We Shell,” added Sawan. Work’ will host a panel session THE PENINSULA for November 27 in Vienna. AFP TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Moroccan Al Asmakh announces launch of ‘Pavilion’ trade team QR300m project in Lusail City to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2016 meets Qatari DOHA: Al Asmakh, one of the leading names in real estate businessmen management and development, yesterday announced the launch DOHA: The Minister delegate of its new property ‘Pavilion’. to the Moroccan Minister of The new residential complex Industry, Trade, Investment and that redefines Qatar’s luxury the Digital Economy, in Charge living is located at the heart of of Foreign Trade Mohamed Lusail City. Abbou has called on Qatari busi- Pavilion consists of 170 one and nessmen and their Moroccan two bedroom apartments and fea- counterparts to work together tures all the amenities a future to increase the volume of trade resident would seek, including between the two countries. around-the-clock security, chil- Abbou made his remarks dur- dren’s play area, fitness gym, in ing a meeting with a number of addition to convenient basement Qatari businessmen as part of his parking. The QR300m-worth visit to Qatar along with a del- project is expected to be com- egation of Moroccan businessmen pleted by the fourth quarter of and investors. He said that the 2016. meeting embodied the common “We take pride in every project desire to increase partnerships we carry out,” said Fadi Barakeh, and enhance ties, pointing to the General Manager of Al Asmakh importance of the private sector’s Real Estate Development. “But role in developing and strength- we see Pavilion as a beacon of a ening commercial and economic new era for us in our quest to bilateral cooperation. achieve greater excellence in the The Moroccan minister high- property development sector.” lighted the efforts exerted by the Al Asmakh Real Estate two countries through various Development has played a key role economic reforms and to improve in the Qatar’s property growth business climate and develop the over the years, with an impressive legal aspects to stimulate invest- residential and commercial port- ment in view of the bilateral folio of high-rise towers, luxury agreements encouraging its devel- apartments, compounds, villas, opment and trade diversification. retail, labour camps, offices and Al Asmakh Real Estate Development Co Deputy General Manager Khalid Yassin (fourth left) speaking during the launch event of its new project ‘Pavilion’ Earlier, the Minister of other facilities. at Wyndham Grand Regency in Doha yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP Economy and Commerce H E The launch of Pavilion also Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al coincides with the complete knowledge in developing new residents and owners for day-to- another dimension to what we as a pioneering establishment, Thani met with Mohamed Abbou rebranding of the company, which properties that carry on the same day dealings. offer and further showcases our being recognised for its achieve- and his accompanying delegation. reflects the Al Asmakh Real tradition of high-value, luxurious As for Al Asmakh’s Facilities forward-thinking.” ments by receiving the ISO and Trade between the two countries Estate’s future ambitions and its and quality craftsmanship and Management segment, it pro- This approach is demonstrated RICS certificates. reached in 2013 nearly QR508m. business approach towards offer- servicing. vides solutions for residential, by Al Asmakh’s business model, With the launch of Pavilion, Al Qatar’s exports to Morocco ing luxury, high-end property and commercial and industrial prop- which sets the company as the Asmakh Real Estate Development amounted to nearly QR436m. facility management services. INTEGRATED SERVICES erties, covering all aspects of pro- go-to real estate developer for is taking another stride towards Qatar and the Kingdom of “Our new branding shows that Among those on offer is Al fessional property management medium to large-scale projects. achieving unparalleled excellence Morocco share a distinct eco- Al Asmakh is building on its Asmakh’s comprehensive inter- services including operations, “This business model we have in the field of property manage- nomic, trade and investment reputation and moving forward, national escrow services that are maintenance and management adopted is unique not only in the ment and development in Qatar relations in addition to a number expanding into new horizons and aimed at further enhancing the procedures and systems. country but the region as well,” and the region. of agreements in economic fields, maintaining a larger role as a process of real estate registra- “We look at this as a fully continued Barakeh. “We will continue on the same such as the economic, trade and partner in Qatar’s growth,” said tion in Qatar, as well as provide integrated, enhanced experi- “It is taking all the experience path we set for ourselves when technical cooperation agreement Barakeh. transactions in a safe and secure ence for our clients. Every thing in the field that we gathered over we started: to always provide the signed in 1990, the agreement Al Asmakh has always been manner. we do complements the other the years, to implement that best and most convenient serv- on encouragement and protec- part of Qatar’s journey towards Additionally, the company’s as we approach this with a full knowledge in order to deliver even ices to our customers in an effi- tion of mutual investments in achieving its vision, and will con- property management services boutique model,” explained better, wholesome experiences to cient and trustworthy manner,” 1999 and the convention on the tribute to doing so by utilising cover a wide spectrum of areas Barakeh, “Services such as the our clients.” Al Asmakh has built Barakeh said. establishment of the Joint Higher its vast experience and industry that cover the needs of landlords, new Concierge service bring a strongest name in the industry THE PENINSULA Committee in 1996. QNA TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Sales campaign for Diar Dushanbe launched Qatari Diar’s project in Tajikistan grants foreigners the right of ownership

DOHA: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company celebrated the sales launch of its Diar Dushanbe project, a mixed-use development in Tajikistan, earlier yesterday. The event was held at Qatari Diar’s headquarters in Doha and was attended by Ardasher S Qadiri, the Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to Qatar, alongside, Khaled Mohammed Al Sayed, Group Chief Executive Officer of Qatari Diar, and a number of leading officials and company representatives. Commenting on the project, Al Sayed said: “As Qatari Diar’s foremost project in Central Asia, we are extremely proud to launch the first phase of Diar Dushanbe, since it truly embodies the strong ties between the State of Qatar Officials pose for a group picture at the sales launch event. and the Republic of Tajikistan. This unique development clearly “We are currently working to conform to the highest interna- All the residential units have central courtyard, as well as sev- again recognised the project in 2014 reflects our vision and mandate meet the other necessary require- tional standards,” he added. already been completed in the eral retail stores. and presented Diar Dushanbe with of Qatari Diar, which is to build ments and needs of investors. Diar The project is being con- first phase of the project and are Diar Dushanbe was named the highly-commended award for projects that are at the heart of Dushanbe is not just a residen- structed in one of the most pres- ready for immediate delivery. the ‘Best Decorative’ architec- ‘Mixed-use Architecture’. the community, and that contrib- tial and commercial project; it is tigious areas of Tajikistan’s capital Moreover, Qatari Diar provides tural project in Tajikistan by the Diar Dushanbe is fully owned ute to sustainable growth and also an integral plan that aims to and its largest city, Dushanbe. It a host of exceptional after-sales Agency for Construction and by Qatari Diar Real Estate prosperity for the countries in contribute to the Tajik economy covers an approximate area of services for investors and poten- Architecture and the Association Investment Company. It is which we invest.” by generating job opportunities 68,000 square metres, overlook- tial buyers of the Diar Dushanbe of Builders. Additionally, in 2013 expected to redefine the concept Highlighting the numerous and revitalizing the investment ing Lake Kuli Javanon and fac- project. Diar Dushanbe received a five- of luxury living in Tajikistan by advantages of Diar Dushanbe, sector. The project will see the ing the Presidential Palace, which The first phase of Diar star accolade at the Asia Pacific offering an integrated commu- Al Sayed noted Diar Dushanbe creation of a new shopping life- makes it an ideal location for dip- Dushanbe includes a residen- Property Awards for being selected nity on the picturesque and idyllic is the first development to grant style through the establishment of lomats and foreigners who work tial building that consists of 67 as the top mixed-use development waterfront of the Gissar Canal. foreigners the right of ownership. high-end commercial stores that in Tajikistan. units, an administrative building, project. The prestigious board once THE PENINSULA

Foreigners can QE trading value soars to QR1.11bn trade in Saudi DOHA: Qatar Exchange index transactions compared to 10,085,297 of Al Meera Consumer Goods ended higher yesterday, up 17.96 shares from 6,204 transactions on Company jumped 5.86 percent stocks by April points or 0.13 percent to close Sunday. The market capitalisa- to QR233.10, a QR12.90 gain. Al at 13,762.76 points. Trading tion increased to QR745.6bn from Khaled Takaful shares too made RIYADH: Foreign institutional value jumped substantially to QR743.92bn on Sunday. gains, up 5.84 percent to QR54.40, investors are expected to begin QR1.11bn from QR627.94m reg- Of the 43 companies listed, a gain by QR3. Barwa shares was direct trading of Saudi Arabian istered on Sunday. shares of 42 were traded. Of these the only gainer among real estate stocks before April next year, The trading volume soared 23 went down, 17 advanced and two firms, up 3.65 percent to QR54. the Asharq Al Awsat newspa- to 17,164,758 shares from 8,489 remained unchanged. The shares QNA per reported yesterday, quoting unnamed sources. In August, the Capital Market Authority proposed rules for opening the market to direct investment sometime in the first half of 2015, including a 10 per- cent cap on combined foreign ownership of the market’s value. Officials at the ceremony. At present, foreigners are limited to investing indirectly through swaps and exchange-traded funds. QNB Group wins two awards Under the draft rules, foreign institutions would have to qual- DOHA: QNB, ‘one of the world ’s Management impressed the judg- ify for permission to invest. For strongest banks’, has secured ing committee with its consistent example, they would usually need two prestigious recognitions at out-performance and creation of to have at least $5 billion of assets The Global Investor/ISF Middle new products.” “QNB Financial under management, and invest- East Summit Awards 2014 cer- Services was once again deter- ment experience of five years. emony held recently in Dubai. mined to be the strongest per- The CMA said at the time QNB Asset Management was forming broker in Qatar.” that a three-month consultation the recipient of “Regional Asset The judging criteria under- period on the draft rules would Manager of the Year” Award, pinning The Global Investor/ end on Nov. 20. The final rules are while QNB Financial Services, a ISF Awards is competitive. The expected to be announced before subsidiary of The Group, special- profitability, growth and client the end of this year, Asharq Al ising in the provision of brokerage services performance of Asset Awsat reported yesterday. services, won “The Best Broker Management servicing compa- “According to private infor- in Qatar” Award. The achieve- nies is assessed and analysed by mation obtained by Asharq al- ments continue QNB’s domina- a distinguished editorial panel Awsat yesterday, the Capital tion of these particular Award drawn from Global Investor/ISF Market Authority is preparing categories in recent years and Magazine in partnership with to announce the final list of for- the success is greatly valued by experts from around the region. eign direct investment (rules) all concerned within the respec- Winners are then announced at before the end of this year, which tive business lines. its Annual Middle East Summit enhances the opportunity to allow Commenting on the rea- and Awards ceremony, an impor- foreign investors to directly buy sons behind QNB’s success, tant event in the region’s financial and sell in the local stock market Alastair O’Dell, editor of Global services industry calendar. before April,” it said. Investor/ISF, said: “QNB Asset THE PENINSULA REUTERS

Kuwait to let banks trade derivatives

DUBAI: Kuwait’s dinar rose bank, but was making prepara- ordered Gulf Bank to raise $1.3bn sharply against the US dollar tions for such trade. Contacted by in an emergency rights issue, with in the forwards market yester- Reuters, the central bank made the sovereign wealth fund taking a day in response to news that no immediate comment. 16 percent stake in the bank. the Kuwaiti central bank would One-year dollar/dinar forwards In the last couple of years, allow local banks to deal in dropped to 130 points, their low- however, many banks have made derivatives with foreign banks. est level since November last year, considerable progress cleaning up Al Rai newspaper in Kuwait from 265 points on Friday. their balance sheets, and the cen- quoted an unnamed source as “Forwards are dropping on news tral bank has begun relaxing some saying the central bank had that Kuwaiti local banks can start restrictions. In May this year, “informed treasury managers at doing swaps and forwards in KWD Kuwait allowed foreign banks to banks that it no longer objects to with foreign banks,” another for- open multiple branches in the Kuwaiti banks dealing in deriva- eign exchange trader in Kuwait country to spur growth. tives with foreign banks, as long said. “This will increase KWD The curbs on derivatives trad- as they deal in products approved liquidity in the swap market, so the ing shrank dinar liquidity in the by central bank regulations”. interest cost should come down.” forex market, increasing the A trader at a Kuwait-based The central bank clamped interest rate gap between the dol- bank confirmed the report, saying down on derivatives trading in lar and the dinar to some 100-125 the central bank had communi- 2008 as Kuwaiti banks were hit basis points, traders said. “With cated its new policy at a meeting hard by the debt problems of local this policy change, we can flush with banks on Sunday. investment firms during the glo- the market with more KWD via A senior trader at another bal financial crisis. FX swaps, which will push down Kuwaiti bank said his institution That year the government guar- the interest rate differential, had not yet received any formal anteed all deposits at banks to shrinking the arbitrage opportu- communication from the central avert a panic and the central bank nity,” a trader said. REUTERS TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Aviation to drive Japan’s economy slips into recession 37.5pc of Dubai economy: Study GDP shrinks by 1.6pc in third quarter DUBAI: Aviation will account for more than a third of Dubai’s TOKYO: Japan’s economy long-lasting deflation and we can- economy by 2020, a study said unexpectedly slipped into not miss that chance,” adding he yesterday. recession in the third quar- wanted to analyse the situation Oil-poor Dubai has spent years ter, setting the stage for Prime and make a decision on the tax. trying to diversify its economy Minister Shinzo Abe to delay Media had already said Abe with core sectors now including an unpopular sales tax hike and could announce his decision to trade, transport and tourism. call a snap election two years delay the hike for 18 months as Aviation contributed 27 per- before he has to go to the polls. early as today and state his inten- cent — or $26.7bn — to Dubai’s The recession comes nearly two tion to call an election for parlia- gross domestic product in 2013, years after Abe returned to power ment’s lower house. Ruling party Oxford Economics said in a report promising to revive the economy lawmakers expect the poll to be for Emirates Airline and Dubai with his “Abenomics” mix of mas- held on December 14. Airports. The report said the sive monetary stimulus, spending An adviser to Abe termed the sector would grow to contribute and reforms, and is unwelcome economic slide “shocking,” and $53.1bn — equivalent to 37.5 per- news for an already shaky global urged the government to take steps cent of GDP — by 2020. economy. to support the economy. “This is “Between now and 2020 the Gross domestic product (GDP) absolutely not a situation in which contribution of the aviation sector shrank by an annualised 1.6 per- we should be debating an increase to Dubai’s economy is expected cent in July-September, after in the consumption tax,” Etsuro to grow at a faster rate than the plunging 7.3 percent in the sec- Honda, one of the architects of economy as a whole,” the global ond quarter following a rise in Abe’s reflationary policies, said. research firm said. the national sales tax, which clob- Economy Minister Akira An increase in passenger num- bered consumer spending. Amari said some economic stimu- bers and expansion of Dubai’s The world’s third-largest econ- lus was likely, but added it would existing airport capacity will omy had been forecast to rebound be hard to craft an exceptionally help to drive this growth, the by 2.1 percent, but consumption big package because of the need A man cycles past a stock market indicator board in Tokyo yesterday. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average report said. Dubai International and exports remained weak, sad- for fiscal discipline. lost 517.03 points, or 2.96 percent, to close at 16,973.80. Airport is the busiest airport in dling companies with huge inven- No election for the lower house the Middle East. It served 66.4 tories to work off. need be held until late 2016. A GDP reading, with the dollar Party enacted the legislation percent decrease in April-June. million passengers in 2013, and is Abe had said he would look at senior LDP lawmaker said he briefly pushing to a seven-year requiring the tax to be raised Economists had expected growth expected to host more than 100 the data when deciding whether to expected the premier to delay the high above 117 yen. The Nikkei unless economic conditions were of 0.5 percent. million in 2020. press ahead with a second increase tax hike and call a snap poll, argu- stock average fell 3 percent. judged too weak. Private consumption, account- Also ranked among the in the sales tax to 10 percent in ing that his “Abenomics” strategy Sluggish growth and easing The GDP data showed the April ing for about 60 percent of the world’s busiest airports, Dubai October next year, as part of a plan to re-energise the economy was price pressures due to sliding glo- hike to 8 percent from 5 percent economy, rose 0.4 percent from International has established to curb Japan’s huge public debt, working but needed more time. bal oil prices prompted the Bank had made it harder than antici- the previous quarter, half as much itself as a major hub linking the the worst among advanced nations. But he added it was vital to of Japan to unexpectedly expand pated for the public to shake off as expected. Wage growth has not West with Asia and Australasia. “GDP figures for July- recommit to a firm date for the its massive monetary stimulus their deflationary mindset, Amari kept pace with price rises, so a The emirate opened its second September turned out not so rise in the levy, or risk upsetting last month. said, although he noted one bright key mechanism of Abenomics is passenger airport in October 2013. encouraging,” Abe said at a investors worried about Japan’s Abe inherited the sales tax plan spot in strong corporate profits. not working yet. Some economists When complete, Al Maktoum reception after returning from debt, already more than twice the when he took power in December On a quarterly basis, the econ- said growth could improve in the International will handle 120 mil- a weeklong overseas tour. “We size of its economy. 2012. The LDP, its smaller ally omy shrank 0.4 percent in the October-December quarter. lion passengers annually. are seizing a chance to exit The yen slipped on the poor and the then-ruling Democratic third quarter after a revised 1.9 REUTERS AFP

Qatar Airways in financing deal Halliburton HK-Shanghai stock link opens DOHA: Qatar Airways, Qatar Chartered. This transaction highlights to buy Baker Aviation Lease Company and the bank’s commitment to Qatar and HONG KONG: A landmark Standard Chartered, through its its strategy of leveraging its global trading link that is expected to Aviation Finance team, Pembroke, team and world class innovative finan- Hughes for see billions of dollars in cross- have closed a sale and operating cial products to support the interna- border transactions between leaseback transaction for three tional expansion of Qatari corporates $34.6bn Hong Kong and Shanghai’s stock B777-300ER and five B787-8 air- and institutions. exchanges officially launched craft, said Standard Chartered “Qatar Airways is a long-standing NEW YORK: Hallib- yesterday, but figures show yesterday. client of Standard Chartered and urton, the world’s sec- mainlanders are holding back The deal was officially concluded we are delighted to have structured ond biggest oil services from piling into Hong Kong. at a ceremony held in Singapore and and arranged this landmark transac- company, will acquire The Shanghai-Hong Kong attended by Akbar Al Baker, Group tion for the airline. It demonstrates rival Baker Hughes for Stock Connect is expected to Chief Executive of Qatar Airways and Standard Chartered’s capabilities and $34.6bn in cash and allow the equivalent of $3.8bn Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive commitment to partnering with core equity, the two companies a day in cross-border transac- of Standard Chartered Plc. clients in the region -something we announced yesterday. tions and open up the mainland’s This transaction is the first sale and have been actively doing for over 90 “We are pleased to closeted equities markets to the leaseback transaction entered into by years,” said Peter Sands, Group Chief announce this combination world. At the opening ceremony Qatar Airways and was structured Executive for Standard Chartered Plc. with Baker Hughes, which Charles Li, chief executive of and arranged exclusively by Standard THE PENINSULA will create a bellwether Hong Kong’s stock exchange, global oilfield services com- declared the tie-up a “historic” pany and offer compelling moment and hailed a “new era” benefits for the stockhold- of trade, while chairman Chow ers, customers and other Chung Kong said it was a “break- Head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Xiao Gang (second stakeholders of Baker through in the opening up of left) and Shanghai’s Mayor Han Zheng (centre) beat a gong during the Hughes and Halliburton,” China’s financial market”. opening ceremony of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect at Shanghai Dave Lesar, Halliburton’s The link enables international Stock Exchange yesterday. chief executive, said. investors to trade selected stocks Martin Craighead, the on Shanghai’s tightly restricted Wong added: “Investors had a in the world’s second largest Chairman and CEO of exchange and let mainland inves- lot of hype on this programme. It’s economy. But it is subject to Baker Hughes, said that the tors buy shares in Hong Kong. a typical situation where inves- strict limits in order to preserve deal would create “a larger, Hong Kong investors had tors are taking profits from the capital controls in China, where more competitive global exhausted their daily allowance huge run up. They are taking a Communist authorities keep a company”. The tie-up of of Shanghai shares by 2pm (0600 breather to see how this will go.” tight grip on the yuan currency. the world’s second and third GMT) yesterday, but mainland- At the opening ceremony in If an investor buys stocks in the largest oil services compa- ers were less keen — using up less Shanghai, Xiao Gang, head of other market, when they sell the nies would create a new than 20 percent of their quota by the China Securities Regulatory money can only go back to their energy behemoth. the close of trade. Commission, said the new plat- home market account, a so-called Both companies are Jackson Wong, associate director form was “conducive to the inter- “closed path” to prevent “hot based in Houston, Texas, at Simsen International Financial nationalisation of the renminbi”. money” leaking out. Beijing has and overlap in many Group, said: “Northbound (trad- He added: “Shanghai-Hong granted an initial cumulative quota activities and many areas, ing) is many times higher than Kong Stock Connect is a major of 250bn yuan ($41bn) for trading which would allow for south bound. That means Chinese initiative to promote mutual of Hong Kong stocks, while 300bn productivity gains after a investors are not blindly buying opening up of the capital markets yuan is allowed for Shanghai equi- restructuring is carried HK stocks. It’s not a bad sign.” in the two cities. It’s a major insti- ties, with daily allowances of 10.5 out. Recent news reports Hong Kong stocks closed down tutional innovation of the capital and 13bn yuan respectively. have said that the merged 1.21 percent, or 290.30 points at markets. China’s capital markets The Hong Kong Monetary company would rise to the 23,797.08. In Shanghai, the bench- now face historic opportunities.” Authority last week lifted a daily top global ranks in several mark composite index also lost The creation of the trading cap for converting the local dollar sectors including fracking. morning’s gains and closed 0.19 platform is seen as a key step to yuan to facilitate the trading AFP percent lower at 2,474.01. towards greater liberalisation link. AFP

Australia, China seal bumper trade deal

SYDNEY: Australia and China sealed a both our countries will see the benefits flow prices that are hurting the economy. “If we landmark trade deal hailed yesterday as through in the years ahead.” can alleviate that in some way by exports a “game-changer”, abolishing tariffs in China is Australia’s biggest trading in dairy and exports of beef and exports of the lucrative resources and agricultural partner, with the two-way flow exceeding wine, horticultural produce, fish, then that sectors as Canberra confronts a painful Aus$150bn ($131bn). is a good outcome for us,” Joyce said. downturn in mining. A dollar figure was not announced for the Earlier this month, Canberra unveiled a The pact, signed during a visit by Chinese pact, which will see 95 percent of Australian deal to ship to China one million Australian President Xi Jinping, was lauded by Australian goods exports to China become tariff-free, cattle worth Aus$1bn ($860m) in an agree- Prime Minister Tony Abbott as the first including the abolition of all charges on ment that will double the size of the live Beijing had reached with a major economy resources and energy products — a key export industry. Australian Trade Minister and “the most comprehensive agreement plank in the trade relationship. Andrew Robb said Canberra had secured the China has concluded with anyone”. Duties will be lifted on agricultural “best ever access provided to a foreign coun- “It opens the doors to Australia and it exports including wine, meat and live ani- try by China on services” including legal and opens the doors to China,” said Abbott, hail- mal shipments and dairy products to feed financial, education, telecoms and health. ing “unprecedented” access to the world’s China’s growing middle class. Agriculture “China realises if it is to become a domes- second-largest economy after a protracted Minister Barnaby Joyce said the boost to tically focused economy it will be a service- decade of talks. “This has been a 10-year farming exports would help counter a down- based economy overwhelmingly,” he said. journey but we have finally made it, and turn in mining and slumping commodity “They will need our services.” AFP TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Fund or fundamentals, which Saudi oil policy needs has stymied the tin market? BY ANDY HOME better communication IN is once again failing to live up to its bull hype. The price of the soldering metal on the London Metal Exchange (LME) last BY JOHN KEMP Tmonth touched a 15-month low of $19,000 per tonne. Down by Future” September 3, 1986). this month, Saudi Arabia and Oil policy remains almost over 10 percent on the start of the year, it is vying with copper and As if to confirm the unchanging the rest of Opec face the same totally opaque to outsiders, lead for worst performer of 2014. S A result of the nature of Saudi oil policy, Nuaimi strategic dilemma as they did in which is precisely how the gov- Yet back in January analysts in the Reuters poll picked tin as a fall in demand told reporters this week that pol- 1986. ernment prefers to keep it. The likely positive performer this year, based on a near unanimous view and the rise icy had been constant for decades Cut production to support kingdom publishes no reliable that supply would fail to meet demand. in non-Opec and would not change today. prices but at the cost of losing or detailed statistics on oil pro- Tin’s supply challenge, a combination of depleting grades at exist- supplies, we There are strong parallels market share. Or leave out- duction, reserves, discoveries, ing producers and a lack of new mines, is a core part of this metal’s “Arecognised too late that oil was between the price crisis in 1986 put unchanged in the hope low exploration and drilling activity, bull narrative. overpriced, that it had reached and the 30 percent decline in oil prices will eventually force a customers or how the sets the So too is Indonesia, the world’s largest exporter. The country has an unwarrantably high level, prices over the last five months. reduction in supplies from some prices for its oil. exerted increasing control over the band of free-wheeling producers destroying the state of virtual Then, as now, a prolonged period of the higher-cost and weaker Saudi Aramco and the petro- operating out of the tin-rich islands of Bangka and Belitung. equilibrium between supply and of high prices had damped oil producers in the market. leum ministry disclose only very The government has introduced new minimum purity standards demand,” the Saudi oil minister demand, and brought forth a Then, as now, there are no limited and highly generalised on exports and required everything that leaves the country to be first told his audience. gusher of new supplies. good options for the Saudis, information on their websites. traded on a local bourse, the Indonesia Commodity and Derivatives The recent sharp drop in In the mid-1980s, the enormous only less-bad ones, which might Policymakers give almost no Exchange (ICDX). prices had not been good for increase in supply came from lessen the depth of duration of speeches or announcements The explicit aims are to increase the value of the country’s minerals either producers or consumers, Britain and Norway in the North the pain for the kingdom and outlining how they view market exports and to instil some environmental discipline over producers. he explained. “Neither ... can Sea, as well as the Soviet Union, other members of Opec as the developments or about the coun- The implicit aim is to achieve higher prices, wresting pricing power plan with confidence for long- the United States and China. market rebalances. try’s long-term production and from the “speculators” on the LME in favour of industrial players term energy production, invest- Yamani’s biographer Jeffrey The shale revolution cannot be investment plans. trading on the ICDX. ment and consumption ... What Robinson cites an interview undone, any more than the devel- Into the information vacuum, Quite evidently, things are not going to Indonesian plan. But which the oil industry badly needs is with a British newspaper in 1986 opment of oil in the North Sea outsiders project their own has stymied tin’s bullish prospects this year? Funds or fundamentals? price stability in the long term.” in which the minister warned: and other hostile environments views about what the kingdom Or both? Those words could have been “Disaster lies ahead for which could be reversed in the 1980s. is doing, drawing an exasperated Speculative money flows on the LME can now be tracked thanks spoken by the current oil minis- your country will bear the lion’s Speaking in Mexico, Nuaimi response from senior officials. to the exchange’s new Commitments of Traders Report (COTR). ter, Ali Ibrahim Al Nuaimi, who share of the blame”. told reporters “talk of a price In a typical interaction, Nuaimi The report by its very nature can only offer a partial picture on said something about price sta- In 2014, most of the increase war is a sign of misunderstand- was asked in December 2010 the complex positioning landscape on the LME, but the “managed bility when he spoke to reporters is coming from onshore shale ing, deliberate or otherwise, and whether the kingdom would raise money” component is a relatively clean prism through which to see in Mexico on Wednesday. fields in the United States. Last has no basis in reality.” output in response to a rise in investment flows. But in fact they were spoken week, US production topped 9 Speculation by oil analysts prices above the level previously Although tin’s occasional illiquidity deters many larger invest- by Nuaimi’s predecessor-but- million barrels per day for the and the media about the king- identified as an informal target. ment players, the LME’s COTR still shows over 90 currently active one, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, in first time since 1986, and before dom’s strategy for production Nuaimi responded by blaming money managers. a lecture at Harvard’s John F that 1973, according to the lat- and pricing is known to irritate the media for being a destabilis- And, it is clear from the graphic below, they have been steadily Kennedy School of Government est weekly estimates published senior Saudi policymakers. But ing influence: “Why do you want trimming long positions and adding to short positions since around in 1986, just a few months before by the US Energy Information the fault for destabilising spec- to disturb the market? The the start of August. he was dismissed from the post Administration. ulation lies as much with the market is in balance ... Leave the Indeed, the net long position shrank to just 0.6 percent of open he had held for 24 years (“Oil As Opec’s oil ministers pre- Saudis themselves as with the market alone.” interest at the end of October. It recovered marginally to 1.5 percent Markets: Past, Present and pare to meet in Vienna later media and markets. REUTERS in the first week of November but is still the lowest of any of the major LME metals. The shift in positioning neatly dovetails with tin’s price perform- ance over the same period, the market breaking down through sup- port at $22,000 late in August and accumulating downside momentum until that mid-October low down at $19,000. Indonesians, government officials and producers alike, will likely view the linkage as proof that “speculators” have stymied the price to the point that the country is now actively considering withholding supply from the market as a way of supporting prices. Yet, while short-selling by money managers does seem, at the very least, to have exacerbated the price breakdown since August, it’s worth considering the lay of the land before then. The LME only launched its positioning reports at the end of July but at that time the managed money net long position on tin was over 14 percent of open interest. Only zinc boasted a higher net long ratio. Back then, it seems, “speculators” were actively supporting the tin price above $22,000 per tonne, in effect working with the Indonesian authorities, who have used a “suggested opening bid” on ICDX trading as an unofficial floor price. It’s still noticeable, by the way, how many funds have kept the tin faith on the LME. The shift in net positioning has been much more about new shorts being initiated than old longs closed out. So, how come the price wasn’t going higher if both London funds and Indonesian authorities were on the same side? The simple answer is fundamentals. And particularly those of sup- ply, given tin’s bull story rests not on its somewhat unexciting usage profile but on its supposed lack of new mines. Firstly, despite Indonesia’s best efforts to limit exports, including a brief moratorium on sales in September, shipments have fallen by only a marginal 10 percent so far this year. Indeed, there is a strong suspicion that the official figure of 65,575 tonnes is an undercount. The official figures are provided by the Ministry of Trade and denote what is being registered and checked under the country’s new export regime. Other forms of tin, such as solder or alloys, may still be seeping out of the country. Certainly, the Indonesian police suspect as much, which is why they swooped on 2,000 tonnes of outbound shipments in September. The authorities evidently have their suspicions as well, which is why the export regime is being tightened up further this month. And while Indonesia struggles to control what its own industry is up to, it has even less say over what other countries do. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

India, world’s largest arms importer, aims to be top exporter BY RAMA LAKSHMI say, to upgrade its understocked, US President Barack Obama has India to become an exporter of nothing changes because it assault rifles, night-vision equip- Soviet-era arsenal with modern called “the defining partnership of these equipment over the next doesn’t give control to the foreign ment, combat boots and helmets. OR more than a decade, weapon systems. the 21st century.” few years.” investor.” In the past decade, key deci- India shopped around India’s military modernisation But for American companies, To realise this goal, the gov- Analysts say India has speeded sions on military acquisition have the world in search of a can generate billions of dollars working with India can be frus- ernment removed the laborious up defence decisions. been delayed. Analysts call former deal for more than $1bn worth of business for American trating, and the country ranks low license requirements on almost 60 The US and India have has- prime minister Manmohan Singh’s worth of helicopters to companies, but it also helps on the World Bank’s global “Ease percent of the defence products tened discussions since May on two terms “the lost decade” for Freplace about 200 of its military’s strengthen the nation’s strate- of Doing Business” index. The slow for private manufacturing compa- specific projects for co-production, India’s defence sector. ageing light-utility aircraft. gic role in the region — at a time pace of decision-making, a 49 per- nies. Earlier this year, the govern- such as antitank guided missiles, “We lost a decade when abso- But in August, the new nation- when the Indian and US mili- cent limit on foreign investment in ment raised the limit on foreign carrier-based aircraft launching lutely nothing moved,” said Arun alist government surprised many taries are conducting more and Indian defence firms and manda- investment in the defence indus- systems and unmanned aerial Prakash, a retired navy chief. when it abruptly scrapped the more joint exercises. The mas- tory obligations to invest in local try from 26 percent to 49 percent vehicles, said Rahul Madhavan, “The last government blacklisted request for global bids to buy the sive buying spree coincides with defence manufacturing remain to encourage more partnerships director of aerospace and defense so many defence companies just helicopters in favour of manufac- India’s growing border tensions irritants for American businesses. with foreign investors. policy at the US-India Business at the hint of wrongdoing that the turing them in India instead. with China and Pakistan, and the India’s fiercely independent for- “We want that the global Council in Washington. military was left with almost no In recent months, India has approaching drawdown of inter- eign policy stance and its reluc- defence companies should come “These are not offers that come sources to buy from. Purchases reversed two more proposals for national forces from Afghanistan tance to fully embrace the US as to India not merely to sell to us every day,” he said. “India is now are put on hold, investigations go buying transport aircraft and this year. an ally often have hindered a full but also to manufacture here and almost on par with Nato countries on interminably or are just forgot- submarines and decided to make The United States has sur- strategic alliance. export to other countries,” said if you look at the kind of defence ten. That has been really damag- them at home. It’s part of an ambi- passed Moscow as India’s biggest Now, Modi wants to upend Amitabh Kant, secretary of the technology that are being offered ing to the armed forces.” tious new push by Prime Minister arms supplier. In the past three India’s arms-importer tag and Department of Industrial Policy by the US.” Officials say the government Narendra Modi’s government to years, India spent nearly $14bn turn the country into not only a and Promotion in New Delhi. But critics say India is being is likely to overhaul the policy of foster a domestic arms industry, importing weapons, of which more defence manufacturer but also a But that still may not be enough torn by two competing goals: the mandatory obligations to invest within a greater nationwide ini- than $5bn worth were purchased major weapons exporter, much to bring critical defence technolo- nationalistic aspiration to produce in India and align it closely with tiative Modi has called “Make in from the United States. Russia like China has become in the past gies to India, foreign defence com- weapons locally and the urgent Modi’s manufacturing drive. India.” was a close second, with a little several years. panies say. need to fix the crippling shortages Despite the push, many defence India is the world’s largest more than $4bn in arms sales to “We dream of making India “Quantitatively, raising the cap in the military. experts say India is not ready to buyer of weapons, accounting for India. strong enough to export defence from 26 percent to 49 percent is The armed forces are desperate make a giant leap like China’s 14 percent of global arms imports, Analysts say that closer defence equipment to the world,” Modi said a step in the right direction,” said for new helicopters, submarines, — from being the largest arms almost three times as many as ties between India and the United in August after christening India’s Pratyush Kumar, President of combat jets and minesweepers, but importer in 2006 to becoming China. Over the next seven years, States are a key part of what largest home-built naval warship. Boeing India, which has secured even its tanks do not have enough the world’s sixth-largest defense India is likely to spend more than both countries hope will be an “Instead of having to import every two-thirds of the defence trade shells. Soldiers are demanding exporter by 2011. $130bn importing arms, officials improved relationship, and what little defence hardware, we want with the US. “Qualitatively, lightweight bulletproof vests, WP-BLOOMBERG TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Brendan Gallagher each had a row and dealt the Lakers (1-9) a a season-high 24 points and With the score tied at 65 in goal and an assist to lead the fourth straight defeat. grabbed nine rebounds. the closing two minutes, Harden Montreal Canadiens to a 4-1 win Curry connected on 10 of 19 Rockets 69, Thunder 65 drained a three-pointer and over the Detroit Red Wings. shots, including five of nine three- James Harden scored 19 points added a free throw to seal the win Montreal earned its sixth con- point attempts. to lead the Houston Rockets to a for Houston. secutive victory and improved its Golden State reserve center victory over the Oklahoma City Bucks 91, Heat 84 league-best record to 14-4-1. The Milwaukee Bucks won Left winger Brandon Prust for the third time in four games, and center Tomas Plekanec also Salaries of top NBA players dominating the second half and scored for Montreal. 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Miami (5-5) scored at 1:01 of overtime and the Chris Paul $20,068,563 played without Dwyane Wade for Minnesota Wild survived a come- Deron Williams $19,754,465 a second straight game, out with back by the Winnipeg Jets to earn Rudy Gay $19,317,326 an injured hamstring, and Mario a victory. Kevin Durant $18,995,624 Chalmers led the team in scoring Centre Zach Parise scored Derrick Rose $18,862,876 with 18 points. two goals in his return and right Blake Griffin $17,674,613 Knicks 109, Nuggets 93 winger Nino Niederreiter once in Zach Randolph $16,500,000 The New York Knicks halted the first period for the Wild. their seven-game losing streak, Right winger Michael Frolik Paul George $15,925,680 knocking off the Denver Nuggets. and left wingers Evander Kane Marc Gasol $15,829,688 Carmelo Anthony and J R and Andrew Ladd scored third- Brook Lopez $15,719,063 Smith poured in 28 points for period goals for Winnipeg, bring- Kevin Love $15,719,063 the Knicks (3-8), who reached ing it back from a 3-0 deficit to Russell Westbrook $15,719,062 the century mark for the second force overtime. LaMarcus Aldridge $15,256,000 straight game. Smith was making Minnesota improved to 10-7-0 David Lee $15,012,000 his first start of the season. while the Jets fell to 9-7-3. Dwyane Wade $15,000,000 Denver (2-7) had five players Blackhawks 6, Stars 2 Jeremy Lin $14,898,938 in double figures, led by shooting Patrick Kane scored the go- Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers shoots a free throw against the Roy Hibbert $14,898,938 guard Arron Affalo’s 18 points, ahead goal and added two assists Golden State Warriors at Staples Center at Staples Centre in Los Angeles, Omer Asik $14,898,938 but they have now lost seven of to lead the Chicago Blackhawks Eric Gordon $14,898,938 their last eight. REUTERS California. The Warriors won 136-115. to a win against the Dallas Stars. The Blackhawks (10-7-1) picked up their third win in the past four games and improved to 7-3-1 at home. Chicago broke open a 2-2 tie in the third period with a flurry of Woodward laments ‘lack goals from Kane, centre Jonathan Toews, left winger Kris Versteeg and left winger Brandon Saad. The Stars (6-8-4) lost their second consecutive game. of real footballers’ Sharks 2, Hurricanes 0 Troy Grosenick became the LONDON: England World Cup- 22nd goalie in NHL history to winning coach Clive Woodward record a shutout in his first start, criticised the absence of “real stopping 45 shots as the San footballers” in the Red Rose back Jose Sharks beat the Carolina division after their 31-28 loss to Hurricanes. South Africa at Twickenham on Grosenick was recalled Saturday. Wednesday after backup goalie Woodward, who guided England Alex Stalock was placed on to World Cup glory in 2003, saw injured reserve. He got his first current coach Stuart Lancaster’s start after Antti Niemi played New England Patriots’ tight end Rob Gronkowski (87) scores a touchdown side match the Springboks up Saturday in Columbus. against Indianapolis Colts cornerback Vontae Davis (21) at Lucas Oil front, but fail match them behind The Sharks (10-8-2) improved Stadium. New England defeated Indianapolis 42-20. the scrum. to 3-3 on their current seven- South Africa centre Jan game road trip, while the Serfontein grabbed an intercept Hurricanes (5-9-3) continued to try in the first half and scrum- be a team of streaks, losing their half Cobus Reinach, making his third straight. maiden Test start, scored his first Panthers 6, Ducks 2 Huge win for Springbok try after fly-half Pat Nick Bjugstad and Brad Boyes Lambie’s brilliant chip ahead was of the All Blacks stretches during a New Zealand All Blacks scored two goals each, leading the regathered, at speed, by fullback Gym session at the Cardiff University Strength and Conditioning Centre Florida Panthers to a command- Willie le Roux a minute after the in Cardiff, Wales, yesterday. ing victory over Anaheim. break. Bjugstad added two assists, and New England It was England’s second agonis- Boyes had one, while Jonathan ing three-point loss in as many Huberdeau contributed a goal and NEW YORK: Unheralded New weeks following the 24-21 defeat Vito returns to New Zealand an assist for Florida (5-4-5). England running back Jonas NFL Results by world champions New Zealand The Ducks fell to 11-4-4 with Gray scored four touchdowns Atlanta 19 Carolina 17 and their fifth in a row -- albeit the loss. to spark the Patriots to a 42-20 Chicago 21 Minnesota 13 four were against the All Blacks with calf strain Coyotes 2, Oilers 1 victory over the Indianapolis Houston 23 Cleveland 7 -- with this run their worst since Arizona, coming off a 5-0 vic- Colts yesterday. they suffered seven straight AUCKLAND: All Blacks loose forward Victor Vito is returning to tory in Vancouver, closed out their Cincinnati 27 New Orleans 10 In what had been billed as a reverses in 2006. New Zealand after suffering a calf strain and will miss next week- Western Canadian road swing showdown between marquee Kansas City 24 Seattle 20 “The forward pack is doing end’s final tour match against Wales in Cardiff. with a win in Edmonton. quarterbacks Tom Brady and San Francisco 16 NY Giants 10 really well,” said Woodward. “The The big number eight rampaged home from 40 metres out to score Brandon Gormley scored in Andrew Luck, Gray stole the St Louis 22 Denver 7 front five, the scrums, the line- a spectacular opening try in the tourists’ 24-16 win over Scotland at the first period for Arizona and show with 199 rushing yards and Tampa Bay 27 Washington 7 out, all the traditional strengths Murrayfield on Saturday before being replaced by Liam Messam just Mikkel Boedker put the team the first scores of his career. San Diego 13 Oakland 6 of English rugby are going well. before half time. ahead 2-0 in the third before the The 24-year-old was signed as Arizona 14 Detroit 6 “It’s outside of that I just Vito will not be replaced in the squad and reigning World Player of Coyotes (8-9-1) survived a furi- an undrafted free agent in 2012 don’t think we are quick enough the Year is likely to start in the middle of the back row ous Edmonton rally to preserve Green Bay 53 Philadelphia 20 and had appeared in just three and we’re certainly not play- at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. the victory. Taylor Hall scored at previous games for New England N England 42 Indianapolis 20 ing enough real footballers in Lock Dominic Bird, who joined the squad as an injury replacement 14:10 in the third for the Oilers this season before his breakout the backs division to take on for and started against the Scots, is also returning (6-10-2), who have now lost three performance. Gray said he took (7-3) lost earlier in the day. The Australia, South Africa and New home, the All Blacks said. in a row and have yet to beat a his cue from the leaders in the Patriots’ rushing attack took the Zealand -- which has to be the Meanwhile in Cape Town, South Africa have called up uncapped Western Conference team all sea- Patriots locker room. pressure off of Brady, who shook goal,” added Woodward, who in prop Ruan Dreyer as cover for Jannie du Plessis. son (0-8-1). “All (I) do is follow, and if you off two first-half interceptions to his playing days starred as a free- Du Plessis left the field during the Springboks’ 31-28 victory over Meanwhile, the St Louis Blues follow their lead they’ll rely on finish with 257 yards passing and running centre in England’s 1980 England at Twickenham on Saturday and is a doubt for next weekend’s have traded defenseman Jordan you, and they’ll trust you,” Gray two touchdowns. The Patriots Grand Slam-winning side. test against Italy in Padova. Leopold to the Columbus Blue told reporters after finishing with quarterback said each opponent England scrum-half Danny The Boks are already without injured back-up tightheads Frans Jackets for a fifth-round pick in 38 carries. “We got a lot of posi- presented different kinds of Care won his 50th cap on Malherbe and Marcel van der Merwe, and with Gurthro Steenkamp the 2016 draft. tive gains. If it’s working don’t problems. Saturday but it was his slow pass unavailable to face Wales in the Springboks’ final tour match on The Blue Jackets made the deal change it up.” “You have to be able to find dif- that led to Serfontein’s try. November 29, the 24-year-old Dreyer has been drafted in. after defenseman Fedor Tyutin It was the sixth straight win ferent ways to win depending on “I know people will write us “Ruan has been very good this season and played an integral role was lost for at least a month to a for the Patriots (8-2), who took matchups,” Brady said. “Tonight off now but I know the self-belief in the (Johannesburg) Lions’ strong performances in the scrum. This sprained left knee. He was injured sole possession of first place in the we showed great toughness on there is in this side,” Care said. presents a great opportunity to work with him,” Bok coach Heyneke in a 4-3 win at Philadelphia on AFC after the Denver Broncos both sides.” REUTERS AFP Meyer said in a statement on Sunday. AGENCIES Friday night. AGENCIES TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT ICC chief Srinivasan Latham hundred gives cleared of corruption

NEW DELHI: An investiga- The Super Kings are owned by tion into corruption and betting India Cements, whose managing New Zealand good start scandals has exonerated world director is Srinivasan, while the cricket chief Narayanaswami team is captained by India skip- Srinivasan (pictured), clear- per Mahendra Dhoni. Opener capitalises on missed chances to reach 137 ing the way for his comeback The sixth IPL season last year as head of the sport in India, a was mired in controversy after court heard yesterday. police launched legal proceed- DUBAI: Opener Tom Latham Latham, who impressed in Srinivasan, considered the most ings against several IPL officials scored his second successive the first Test, once again showed New Zealand batsman powerful man in world cricket, and cricketers, including former hundred to guide New Zealand grit and application during his was among top officials probed by Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Tom Latham raises his to 243-3 on the opening day of 375-minute stay, hitting 11 bound- a Supreme Court-appointed panel Sreesanth, for illegal betting and bat after reaching his the second Test against Pakistan aries and a six. looking into scandals last year spot-fixing. in Dubai yesterday. Babar broke the stubborn sec- half-century during in the lucrative Indian Premier The panel also found that IPL The 22-year-old followed his ond wicket stand when he turned the first day of the League (IPL). chief executive Sundar Raman 103 in the first Test with another one across Williamson’s bat and second Test against “This individual was not knew a bookmaker’s associate and confident unbeaten 137 to help his hit the off stump. Pakistan at the Dubai involved in match-fixing activities. “contacted him eight times in one team cash into the early advan- Williamson hit only one bound- International Stadium This individual was not involved season”, according to its report tage of winning the toss and opt- ary during his patient 86-ball yesterday. in scuttling investigations into released on Monday. ing to bat on a flat and grass-less knock. match-fixing,” the panel’s report “Sundar Raman admitted Dubai stadium pitch. In the first session Pakistan said. knowing the contact of the bookie, When bad lights forced closure had to toil hard for wickets with The panel, headed by former however (he) claimed to be una- three overs before schedule, Corey Latham and McCullum batting judge Mukul Mudgal, submit- ware of his connection with bet- Anderson was seven not out on confidently. ted its findings in a ting activities,” the a day dominated by left-handed McCullum took the attack to sealed envelope to report said. Latham. the bowlers, hitting four bound- the top court earlier There was also Latham put on a resolute aries and two sixes during his this month but they “material on record 77-run stand for the opening 69-minute stay at the crease. were only released to indicate” that Raj wicket with Brendon McCullum He was dismissed just before yesterday. Kundra, owner of the (43) and another 76 for the sec- lunch, pulling straight into the The report was Rajasthan Royals IPL ond wicket with Kane Williamson hands of deep square-leg where expected to pave the franchise, placed bets. (32). Shan Masood held a regulation way for Srinivasan to “The individual He then added 73 for the third catch. resume his position was in touch with wicket with Ross Taylor who was Latham survived a leg-before as head of the Board bookies and he had caught at short cover off leg-spin- review off Ehsan Adil when on of Control for Cricket violated the anti- ner Yasir Shah after scoring 23. 11, but thereafter batted with in India (BCCI), corruption code,” the Latham, playing only his sixth confidence. which was scheduled report concluded. Test, hit Zulfiqar Babar for a six New Zealand, trailing the to hold elections later this month. Aditya Verma of the Cricket to reach 90s and after hitting a three-match series 1-0, kept the The court had barred Association of Bihar, which boundary off the same bowler same side which lost in Abu Dhabi Srinivasan from carrying out had petitioned the court for took a single to complete his cen- last week. AFP his duties as BCCI President Srinivasan’s removal, main- tury off 192 balls. until it delivered its final verdict, tained despite Monday’s report New Zealand batting coach Scoreboard although it did not stop him from that he should be sacked and Craig McMillan praised Latham. heading the International Cricket said the affair had tarnished the “Obviously an exciting day for New Zealand (I innings): Council (ICC). He was appointed organisation. us,” said McMillan. “He (Latham) T Latham (batting) ...... 137 chairman of the world body in The IPL, which began in 2008, has come through in an excellent B McCullum c Masood b Adil ...... 43 June. features the world’s top players manner and backed up his first K Williamson b Babar ...... 32 The panel honed in on signed up for huge fees by com- Test hundred to prove that he is R Taylor c Masood b Shah ...... 23 Srinivasan and three oth- panies and high-profile indi- an exciting talent.” C Anderson (batting) ...... 7 ers, including his son-in-law viduals in a mix of sport and “If we can continue to bat like Extras (LB-1) ...... 1 Gurunath Meiyappan, who was entertainment. this and put a 450-plus total then Total (for 3 wkts) ...... 243 the team principal of the Chennai With its massive TV audiences, we can put pressure on Pakistan, Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-153, 3-226. Super Kings franchise. India generates almost 70 per- like they did on us in Abu Dhabi.” To bat: J Neesham, B Watling, M Craig, T Meiyappan was cleared of cent of the game’s revenues and Pakistan, missing a fifth bowler Southee, I Sodhi, T Boult match-fixing but the panel was several Test nations are heavily after Mohammad Hafeez was left Bowling: R Ali 20-2-46-0; E Adil 17-4-47-1; “unanimous” that he had been dependent on its largesse. out due to a hamstring injury, Z Babar 25-4-92-1; Y Shah 22-3-51-1; Az Ali involved in betting activities dur- International news organisa- toiled hard and to add to their 3-1-6-0. ing the glitzy, scandal-tainted tions including Agence France- woes did not hold their chances. Pakistan: Taufeeq Umar, Shan Masood, Twenty20 tournament. Presse have suspended on-field Azhar Ali let off Latham in Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Misbah-ul Haq, Asad Gambling is mostly illegal coverage of matches hosted by the gully when the batsman was 103 Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Ehsan Adil, Zulfiqar in India, but betting on cricket BCCI since 2012 after the board and also grassed Taylor on 11 — Babar, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali. matches thrives through net- imposed restrictions on picture both off Babar. works of underground bookies. agencies. AFP Australia eye captaincy options after Clarke limps home

SYDNEY: With the optimism of Australia and, if he’s fit to play Africa because of a shoulder automatic selection, but his cheq- over Michael Clarke’s fitness and gets through the next little injury. uered disciplinary record might for the Test series against India bit, then hopefully he’ll front up Shane Watson, who stood in for work against him. fading fast, Australia’s selec- in the first Test.” the injured Clarke for one Test on The 28-year-old was fined for tors will have to ponder their Since taking over as captain in the India tour last year, is another a twitter outburst aimed at two captaincy options as well as the 2011, Clarke has managed a long- option but neither the 33-year-old journalists last year and sus- make-up of their bowling attack term back injury, which contrib- all rounder nor Haddin, 37, are pended ahead of the first Ashes over the next week. utes to his frequent hamstring long term solutions. series of 2013 after punching Chief selector Rod Marsh’s problems, to play all but one of George Bailey, 32, stood in England’s Joe Root. confidence the 33-year-old would his country’s 39 tests. as skipper of the one-day team Another top order batsman, be fit to face India at the Gabba But with Australia’s main after Clarke’s hamstring failed Steve Smith, has come from on December 4 was undermined priority over the next couple of him again in the opening match nowhere to be widely touted as a by Pat Howard yesterday, the months being to keep him fit for of the series against South Africa future Australia captain. team performance manager say- the World Cup, an understudy last Friday. Smith is one of the few play- ing Clarke had virtually no chance might now be required for the The former Twenty20 captain ers who returned from Australia’s of playing in the series. four matches against India. is admired for his calm leader- 2-0 test defeat at the hands of Coach Darren Lehmann has The most obvious choice to ship but just 183 runs in the last Pakistan in October with his not given up hope, however. become Australia’s 45th test cap- Ashes series appear to have cur- reputation enhanced. “Until I get confirmation, I’m tain is vice-captain Brad Haddin. tailed his test career after only The 25-year-old, though, not going to say he’s in or he’s The wicketkeeper has the lead- five matches. might be considered in need of Injured Australian Test captain Michael Clarke (right) with vice-captain out,” he told reporters in Perth ership qualities required but has Of the younger candidates, more time to cement his status Brad Haddin. yesterday. also been ruled out of the ongo- opening batsman David Warner is as a Test cricketer. “At the moment, he’s captain ing one-day series against South in the frame by virtue of being an REUTERS Cummins, Starc get chance as Johnson rests England set for

SYDNEY: Strike bowler with Mitchell Starc and Pat Mitchell Johnson will be rested Cummins,” chief selector Rod for the remainder of Australia’s Marsh said. bumper S Africa tour one-day series against South “That also gives us the opportu- Africa, with quicks Pat nity to ensure Mitchell Johnson is CAPE TOWN: England opening fixture a Boxing Day Test Cummins and Mitchell Starc fresh and well prepared ahead of will play four Tests, five one- against the number one-ranked yesterday getting call-ups. the first Test against India.” day internationals and two Proteas in Durban. Johnson, named the ICC’s Cummins has not played Twenty20 matches on a 10-week England will have been in the Cricketer of the Year last week an ODI since June 2012, but tour of South Africa during the country for two weeks already for a second time, will miss made a successful return in 2015/16 summer season. having played two three-day Wednesday’s third ODI with the Australia’s recent Twenty20 The schedule of matches was warm-up matches against a Proteas in Canberra, as well as series win over South Africa, confirmed by Cricket South South African Invitational the final two games in Melbourne while left-armer Starc has over- Africa (CSA) yesterday, with the XI in Potchefstroom and and Sydney. come a groin injury. Selectors said they had rested “Cummins impressed in his Tour Itinerary Johnson from the remainder of return to Australian duty in the the ODIs to keep him fresh for recent T20 Series and Starc has December 11, 2015: England arrive in SA Pietermaritzburg.February 3: 1st ODI, SpringbokREUTERS Park, the opening Test against India in been in good form since his return December 15-17: SA Invitation XI vs England, Bloemfontein Senwes Park, Potchefstroom February 6: 2nd ODI, St. George’s Park, Port Brisbane, starting on December 4. from the UAE,” Marsh added. Mitchell Starc (left) and Pat Cummins “We have decided to add two Spinner Xavier Doherty has December 20-22: SA Invitation XI vs England, Elizabeth extra pace options to the squad also been added to the squad, fitness ahead of the India Test Matthew Wade will continue Pietermaritzburg Oval February 9: 3rd ODI, Centurion, Pretoria while all-rounder James Faulkner series. behind the stumps as regular December 26-30: 1st Test, Kingsmead, February 12: 4th ODI, Wanderers, will be available for the final “We have chosen not to replace wicketkeeper Brad Haddin recov- Durban Johannesburg Australia Squad two one-dayers after finishing Michael Clarke in the squad with ers from a shoulder injury. January 2-6, 2016: 2nd Test, Newlands, Cape February 14: 5th ODI, Newlands, Cape Town George Bailey (capt), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat his Sheffield Shield duties with another batsman,” Marsh said. The South Africans are second Town February 17: T20 tour match, SA Invitation XI Cummins, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Tasmania. “After considering the situa- on the ODI rankings table with January 14-18: 3rd Test, Wanderers, v England, Boland Park, Paarl Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Skipper Michael Clarke has tion, we believe we have enough Australia sitting in third position. Johannesburg February 19: 1st T20 International, Newlands, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, previously been ruled out of batting depth for the next three Australia will displace the Proteas January 22-26: 4th Test, Centurion, Pretoria Cape Town Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, the remaining ODIs with a ham- matches of this series without if they win the current series. January 30: 1-day tour match, Diamond Oval, February 21: 2nd T20 International, Shane Watson. string injury as he fights for calling in another player.” REUTERS Kimberley Wanderers, Johannesburg. TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

ATP Tour Singles Standings Swiss dreams 1 (1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 11510 points 2 (2) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 9700 points 3 (3) Rafa Nadal (Spain) 6835 points 4 (4) Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 5295 points 5 (5) Kei Nishikori (Japan) 5025 points clouded by injury and row 6 (6) Andy Murray (Britain) 4675 points 7 (7) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4665 points Reports hint at strained relations between Federer and Wawrinka 8 (8) Milos Raonic (Canada) 4440 points 9 (9) Marin Cilic (Croatia) 4150 points LONDON: Switzerland’s poten- the match also caused Wawrinka reported that it had picked up 10 (10) David Ferrer (Spain) 4045 points tial Davis Cup fairytale this to offer sharp, unimpressed words Wawrinka complaining: “She did 11 (11) Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 3645 points Switzerland’s weekend has become clouded by towards his opponent’s support the same thing at Wimbledon.” Rodger Federer uncertainty over the fitness of team at courtside. The team-mates had played there 12 (12) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 2740 is pictured after Roger Federer and suggestions John McEnroe, the former in a quarter-final in the summer. points announcing his of strained relations between American firebrand now com- Wawrinka, though, later down- 13 (13) Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 2455 points the all-time great and his team- mentating for ESPN, only threw played the incident, saying that withdrawal from 14 (14) Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 2130 points the ATP Tour mate Stanislas Wawrinka. more fuel on the flames with his “nothing much, nothing special”. 15 (15) Roberto Bautista (Spain) 2110 points Finals due to an The country is on tenterhooks revelations that the two play- “Tense match, never easy,” he injury on Sunday. to learn whether its favourite son ers were engaged in a long post- said. 16 (16) Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 2080 Federer, struggling with a back match debate. The pair were due to travel to points injury, can recover from injury in “Something went on in the France yesterday to start prepa- 17 (17) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 2015 points time to cap his matchless indi- locker-room, there was a long rations for the final with Federer vidual career by joining Wawrinka talk between the players that still hopeful of shaking off the 18 (18) John Isner (US) 1890 points and winning a first team ‘World extended well into the night,” said injury, even though any recur- 19 (19) Gael Monfils (France) 1825 points Cup’ for his nation against France McEnroe. rence of the back problems which 20 (20) Fabio Fognini (Italy) 1790 points in Lille. “And the stress of that — I can’t hampered him so much in 2013 Everything had been going confirm all of this — but a lot of must be a long-term worry for the swimmingly in Federer’s historic this went on and I don’t think 33-year-old. WTA Tour Singles quest until Saturday evening’s that helped the situation.” “The way I feel right now, semi-final of the ATP World Near the end of an increasingly there’s no way I can compete at Standings Tour finals, in which he ousted stressful match which was only any level really,” Federer said on his equally in-form pal Wawrinka settled by a final set tiebreak dur- Sunday. “Probably in a few days 1 (1) Serena Williams (US) 8485 points in an epic three-setter. ing which Federer picked up his it’s going to be better. 2 (2) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 7050 points Yet not only did the draining injury, it had appeared Wawrinka “This back spasm or whatever 3 (3) Simona Halep (Romania) 6292 points final moments of Federer’s win was unhappy with the exuberance it might be, it’s just not a fun thing reawaken his old back trouble, of the celebrations of Federer’s to have during the day. It’s just 4 (4) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 5966 forcing him to withdraw before camp, led by his wife Mirka and uncomfortable. But I’m positive points Sunday’s final against Novak father Robbie. and I’m hopeful that it’s going to 5 (5) Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 4820 points Djokovic, but the late tension of One French TV station go away very soon.” REUTERS 6 (6) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 4810 points Djokovic sets sights on Grand Slam glory in Paris 7 (7) Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 4715 points 8 (8) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4625 points LONDON: Novak Djokovic has ranking for the third time in four “Roland Garros is and was and his new role as a father to baby set his sights on finally end- years. still will be one of the biggest goals Stefan, who was born only a few 9 (9) Angelique Kerber (Germany) 3480 points ing his long wait to be crowned But it was hardly a day to that I have. I’ll keep on trying, of weeks ago. 10 (10) Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 3052 champion next remember for the 27-year-old, course,” said Djokovic, who has Djokovic is relishing the chance points year and complete a career who admitted to feeling awkward four crowns, to help wife Jelena with baby 11 (11) Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 2970 Grand Slam. when he was presented with the two at Wimbledon and a single duties for a while, even if the points Djokovic brought the curtain trophy in front of a 17,500-capac- US Open triumph. sleepless nights so familiar to new down on his 2014 campaign in ity crowd who had just seen “Any Grand Slam win is parents are less welcome. 12 (12) Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 2861 points unexpected fashion by playing their hopes of a fascinating duel another page in the history books “I’m very hands-on. My wife 13 (13) Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 2780 a hastily-arranged exhibition between the world’s top two unex- of this sport. told me what’s expected of me!” points match against Andy Murray at pectedly dashed. “Right now I’m at my pinnacle. Djokovic said. 14 (14) Sara Errani (Italy) 2775 points London’s O2 Arena after Roger Instead of dwelling on one of I feel physically very fit. I’m very “I’ve seen it before I came to Federer pulled out of their sched- the stranger days of his career, motivated to keep on playing on Paris and London. I’m glad during 15 (15) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 2675 points uled ATP Tour Final just before Djokovic was quick to turn his a very high level. the stay in London for these 10 16 (16) Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 2615 the match was due to start on thoughts to 2015, when he hopes “So as long as it’s like that, I’m days I got a lot of sleep. That will points Sunday. to at last end nine-time champion going to try to use these years in not be the case from now. Federer’s shock withdrawal Rafael Nadal’s reign as the king front of me to fight for No. 1 of the “I’m looking forward to it. It’s 17 (17) Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 2415 meant Djokovic was crowned of Paris clay. world and to fight for the biggest the most beautiful feeling that points Tour Finals champion for the The French Open is the titles in the sport.” I experience and my wife have Novak Djokovic smiles during his 18 (18) Venus Williams (U.S.) 2270 points third successive year, ending a only major title missing from Before Djokovic turns his experience as well holding a baby exhibition match against Andy 19 (19) Alize Cornet (France) 2255 points triumphant year that included Djokovic’s Grand Slam collection attention to the first major of in your arms. That will be a lot of Murray at the O2 Arena in London 20 (20) Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) his second Wimbledon title and having lost the 2012 and 2014 2015 — the Australian Open in that without the racquet in next on Sunday. the year-end world number one finals to Nadal. January — he will gladly resume couple weeks for me.” AFP 2043 points

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This match was a preparatory receives donation form Al Ahli Open 2014, which will be held Nearly 150 boys and girls game before the 11th round of Al Ahli Sports Club handed here from November 25 to between the ages of six and 16 the Qatar Stars League (QSL) over a cheque of QR 114,000 to the December 5 — it was announced took part in the tournament. restarts on November 29 after Principal of the Philippine School by AAB’s Managing Director A ceremony was held on the international break. Doha on Sunday. Nasser Al Abdulghani at a press Saturday after three days of Korean player Shin Jin-ho got The money was raised during conference recently. exciting competition, to award the Peregrines off the mark on the 10th round fixture between The Qatar Masters Open will prizes to the winners. Qatargas’ the 14th minute but then Al Fateh Al Ahli and Umm Salal where the bring in 160 players to the coun- Head of Public Relations, leveled just before the break, QSL’s all-time attendance record try — 100 Grandmasters — rep- Business Support, Hamad Ali Al courtesy of Rabih Soufiani. was broken. resenting 40 countries for the Awi gave away the prizes. He was In the second-half, the game The money will be used to help prestigious tournament. joined by QCA General Secretary opened up more with defense build new facilities at the Doha- Among the players are Mohammed Ahmed Al Medaihki, often being no more than an based school. and former world QCA Board Member Amal Al afterthought. The donation was handed champion Vladimir Kramnik Mannai and other senior QCA Then in the 56th minute, over at the club’s headquarters from Russia, Grandmaster Giri officials. Tunisian front-man Issam where the Philippine Ambassador Anish from Netherlands who The top ten winners received Jemma got his side back in front. Crescente R. Relacion was also in is the highest ranked player prizes. The top three prizes were However, Al Fateh did not give up attendance. in the Qatar Masters, former claimed by Canadian Adnan and equalised once more through The Filipino community has a world rapid chess champion Habib, Qatari Abdullatif Al Hor Elton Jose in the 78th minute. long and strong relationship with Grandmaster Mamedyarov and Indian Rahul George Eapen Mustafa AbdelHafeed was the Al Ahli club and Relacion said: Shakhriyar, Grandmaster respectively. hero of the night for Saiilya when, “As we all can see, football can Antoaneta Stefanova from Qatari players Salih Al Hor, in the 88th minute, he scored the change lives for the better. My Bulgaria, former women’s world AAB Managing Director Nasser Al Abdulghani (right) and QCA President Alla Hussain, Ghanem Al winning goal. appreciation goes out to the QSL, champion and Grandmaster Zhu Khalifa Mohamed Al Hitmi at a press conference. PICTURE: ABDUL BASIT Shamari, Hamda Al Hajri and Al Kharaitiyat overcome especially Mr Hassan Al Kuwari, Chen from Qatar, to name a few. Maryam Al Hajri also put on a Muaither SC the Head of General Events for The Qatar Masters is set to good show. Al Kharaitiyat defeated sec- the QSL, and of course the CEO become the strongest open tour- only in Qatar but in the region sector, but also in contribut- Altogether nine rounds were ond-division side Muaither SC of the Qatar Stars League, Mr. nament in the Middle East with a as well.” ing generously to national and played with each round lasting 3-2 in Doha on Saturday. Hani Balan.” prize fund of as much as $110,000 In return, QCA President international organisations and up to 20 minutes. Vivian Quasi, Abdullah Al Al Ahli to play Al Khaleej of including $25,000 for the first Khalifa Mohamed Al Hitmi events. Qatargas launched the cham- Batat and Illung Diba scored for Saudi Arabia prize. stated: “There is no question to The company always strives to pionship last year in partnership Al Kharaitiyat. Doha: After their defeat against Nasser Al Abdulghani, AAB’s the commitment of AAB in sup- live up to its tradition as a socially with QCA as part of the compa- The Thunders are scheduled to the Iranian national team (4-1), Managing Director, commented porting the different facets of responsible corporation support- ny’s strategy to promote sporting play a second friendly against Al the Brigadiers will face Saudi during the conference: “True to growth in Qatar. We are happy ing important activities in the activities that are gaining popu- Fateh of Saudi Arabia. team Al Khaleej on Wednesday our commitment to be a part of that they are collaborating with country, especially aimed for the larity in Qatar. The aim of this Al Gharafa to take on at the Aspire Zone pitches. this nation’s development towards us in our goal of bringing in world well-being of the people and the strategy is to help nurture young Messaimeer After the game against Al the achievement of Qatar 2030 class grandmasters to this nation. nation. talent in the country by creating Al Gharafa will play second- Khaleej, Al Ahli will play one National Vision, we support QCA With AAB as a major sponsor, we This year, AAB is celebrating opportunities for them to develop division side Messaimeer in a more friendly game before the in welcoming the grandmasters have made this possible.” its 50th Partnership Anniversary further, thereby contributing to friendly at Al Gharrafa Stadium Qatar Stars League recommences. from all over the world. This is AAB has always been in the with Toyota Motor Corporation. achieving the human development in Doha from 5.30pm on Thursday. Al Ahli will take on Al Arabi on the first time that we are going forefront, not only as the mar- THE PENINSULA goals of Qatar National Vision The match is part of the prep- November 30. to witness such a major event not ket leader in the automobile 2030. THE PENINSULA arations of the club during the THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT 2019 Worlds: D-Day for Doha, Barcelona and Eugene today

PARIS: One of the three can- IAAF’s Evaluation Committee didate cities – Doha, Barcelona for the 2019 World Athletics and Eugene, will get the nod to Championships, made a two-day host the 2019 Athletics World visit to Doha late last month. Championships today when After the conclusion of busy International Association of trip, Lord Sebastian Coe, the Athletics Federations (IAAF) Chairman of the body had said meets in Monaco. the proposed September-October Doha are back for a fresh bid dates ‘offered’ by the Doha Bid having missed out to London for File suits the athletic family. the 2017 edition, but did success- “The window (September- fully stage the 2006 Asian Games. October) that has been offered is The Catalan capital Barcelona one that the IAAF have accepted, was put on the map by stag- so our (evaluation) report will be ing the 1992 Olympic Games based on the championship that and has since staged the 2010 is offered to us at that stage of and 2012 junior world athletics the season,” said Coe, the double championships. Olympic 1500 metres champion. The fact that athletics super- “We are looking for a city that power the United States has understands why it wants to host never hosted the event would those Games. And listening to the have to favour Eugene’s bid. events. The 2015 world champion- athletes (Mutaz Barshim and The city is in the Pacific ships take place in Beijing from Mariam Farid) it was very clear Northwest in the state of Oregon August 22-30, while the London what they think these Games and is sometimes referred to as 2017 event is also scheduled for can do for athletics – not just in The members of the IAAF Evaluation Commission pose with members of the Doha 2019 Bid Committee in front Track Town USA, because of its August. Qatar but in this region,” added of the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, in this October 31, 2014 file photo. strong history of track and field It may be recalled that the the 58-year-old. AGENCIES

Silva makes Croatia draw with Italy 1-1 to peace with Neymar, extend 72-year unbeaten run Dunga VIENNA: Ex-Brazil captain Thiago Silva yesterday revealed Match marred by 10-minute stoppage after fans target Italian keeper he has made peace with current skipper Neymar and national coach Dunga, a day after MILAN: Croatia extended through three Italy players and expressing his dismay at being their 72-year unbeaten run over Euro 2016 under the body of beaten Buffon. stripped of the armband. Italy to seven matches after Conte made his first change Silva lost the captaincy after holding the Azzurri to a 1-1 Qualifying Results with Manuel Pasqual coming hosts Brazil’s World Cup cam- draw in a Euro 2016 qualier that PARIS: Results in Euro 2016 off to give Sampdoria’s Roberto paign, which included a humili- saw a 10-minute stoppage after qualifying on Sunday: Soriano his first Azzurri cap. ating 7-1 loss to Germany in the visiting fans targeted keeper Both Zaza and De Sciglio semi-finals before falling 3-0 in Netherlands 6 Latvia 0 Gianluigi Buffon with flares. then spurned half-chances but the third-place play-off against Italy, who last beat Croatia Czech Rep 2 Iceland 1 Croatia finished the half strong- the Netherlands. in 1942 (although Croatia was Turkey 3 Kazakhstan 1 est, Andrea Ranocchia forced to Paris Saint-German defender part of the former Yugoslavia Belgium 0 Wales 0 clear off the goalline after Buffon Silva had reportedly said that he from WWII until 1992), took the Cyprus 5 Andorra 0 was stranded as he came out to had been “upset” to lose the cap- lead after only 11 minutes when Israel 3 Bos-Herce 0 clear. tain’s armband to Neymar with- Simone Zaza set up Antonio Zaza seized the hosts first out any explanation. Norway 1 Azerbaijan 0 Candreva to beat Monaco ‘keeper chance after the restart but saw “It wasn’t up to me to approach Bulgaria 1 Malta 1 Danijel Subasic with a fine strike Subasic save his low drive. the matter first,” said Silva, who from 20 metres out. Italy 1 Croatia 1 Buffon was forced to save twice missed the first two call-ups to But Croatia levelled only four quickly from Kovacic and then new coach Dunga’s squad after minutes later when Wolfsburg Conte was also without Andrea Mario Mandzukic’s header from the World Cup because of injury. midfielder Ivan Perisic beat a Pirlo and Marco Verratti, with the edge of the box. “He (Neymar) didn’t come to sluggish Gianluigi Buffon down Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi Conte replaced Immobile with talk to me. Nobody talked to me low. given the central midfield role Stephan El Shaarawy on 50 min- about it. It happened without Croatia suffered a blow when on what was his 100th Azzurri utes, prompting a tactical switch explanation. That’s what upset Luka Modric hobbled off before appearance. that put Croatia in control and me.” the half-hour to be replaced by Simone Zaza and Ciro Immobile left Italy ball-watching for a However, Silva, 30, insisted that Inter Milan playmaker Mateo led Italy’s attack, but the first sniff 10-minute spell that only ended his comments had been taken out Kovacic. of goal came from Niko Kovac’s when Rakitic tested Buffon with of context and that he has since But the visitors made light men in the opening minutes after a first-time shot from 20 metres made peace with Neymar and of the Real Madrid midfielder’s Ivan Ratikic stung Buffon’s palms out. Dunga although he has been over- absence for the remainder of at the keeper’s near post. As whistles rained down from looked for today’s friendly against the match that they should have Buffon blocked easily, but the the Italy supporters, Conte Austria. wrapped up in the final 10 min- resulting corner forced Buffon replaced Zaza with Southampton “I consider Neymar like a utes only for Perisic to fire a great out to block at the feet of Perisic striker Graziano Pelle just after brother and that’s not going to chance wide of the target. before Domagoj Vida fired over the hour, but the real drama change because of an armband,” Croatia remained top of Group from close in. unfolded when referee Bjorn Silva told reporters. H with Italy still in second spot It was an early warning of Kuipers halted the match for a Neymar had expressed his having now failed to beat their Croatia’s potency but Italy were 10-minute spell when Croatia fans “surprise by the comments” of rivals in their past seven games. briefly celebrating when Zaza’s rained flares down onto the pitch. his team-mate. Liverpool striker Mario cutback set up Candreva just Both Pelle and El Shaarawy “I told him along with all the Balotelli, called up for the first outside the area to fire a fierce came close for Italy late on but players that we have to be careful time under Antonio Conte last drive past the flailing Subasic on Perisic should have wrapped the what we say,” said the Barcelona week, and Juventus defender 11 minutes. match up for Croatia in closing Italy’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (centre) jumps for the ball in front of forward. Angelo Ogbonna were both miss- Four minutes later Perisic was minutes when he ran down in Croatia’s forward Mario Mandzukic (right) during their Euro 2016 qualifying “He (Silva) phoned me to dis- ing after succumbing to late given just a fraction of time on the space on left only to flash his drive match at the San Siro Stadium in Milan on Sunday. cuss things and its not going to injuries. left flank but used it to drill a shot wide of Buffon’s upright. AFP call our friendship into question.” Neymar continued: “I told him that I didn’t have to comment on that while I’m now the captain. “I don’t have to talk about it. Ronaldo, Messi to lock horns in Manchester It’s a question of hierarchy like in a club. Everything is resolved MANCHESTER: Cristiano with Real. Between them they Tomasson of Denmark, and his now. For me to be captain is not Ronaldo will try to outshine have won the past six coveted 57th in 117 caps for Portugal. a goal in itself. I don’t want to be Lionel Messi on his return to Ballon D’Or contests, awarded “I have done what I have to do. it (captain) at any price. Old Trafford when the two best to the player voted the world’s I have won major titles, I have “But now that I’ve been chosen, players in the world clash in a best by managers, players and beaten other records, and I now I’ll try to carry out this respon- friendly between Portugal and journalists. have to wait calmly for the votes,” sibility in the best possible way.” Portugal’s Argentina today. Argentina star Messi has been he said. Silva added he had had a “good Cristiano Real Madrid forward Ronaldo voted the winner four times in Ronaldo’s return to Old conversation” with Neymar. Ronaldo and Barcelona striker Messi are that period and has come second Trafford will be his second since The Brazilian defender added walks onto locked in a battle to prove them- to Ronaldo the other two years. he left United for Madrid in 2009. that he also had an “eye to eye” the pitch for selves the top player on the planet Ronaldo hopes to add a third In March 2013, he scored the conversation with Dunga before a training and their latest showdown comes gong this year, and few would dis- goal that knocked his old club out training yesterday morning. session on the former home turf of the agree if he pipped Messi and sev- of the Champions League in front “I was concerned because I at Old Portugal icon. eral contenders from the German of still-adoring United fans. didn’t know how he had inter- Trafford in Adding spice to their rivalry World Cup winning team. But poor ticket sales for this preted my words which had been Manchester, with Spain’s two superpowers is Ronaldo has 18 league goals week’s friendly suggest United twisted and I wanted to clarify yesterday the speculation that they aren’t already this season, while Messi supporters aren’t quite so keen things,” explained Silva. on good terms off the pitch either. has – by his standards – a modest to pay tribute to their former idol “He accepted my explanation. ahead of the Whatever the status of their total of seven, although he was on this occasion. Ronaldo is still It took a weight off my shoulders. international personal relationship, the duo voted player of the tournament looking forward to the chance to Everything is back to normal friendly have deservedly become serial at this year’s World Cup return to Manchester however between us,” added Silva. against trophy collectors over the last Also in Ronaldo’s favour, he and he said: “It’s special going Dunga said: “The conversation Argentina decade, with team and individual became the record goalscorer in back to Old Trafford and I hope that we had remains private,” he today. prizes hoovered up on a regular European Championship qualify- the stadium will be with me.” said. basis. ing and tournament history with There will also be a return to “I decide who lines out on the Messi has won the Champions his strike in a 1-0 victory over Manchester Carlos Tevez. pitch. I respect the requests of League three times and Ronaldo Armenia at the weekend. Tevez, now with Juventus, came each player, their personal sto- twice, while Messi has six league That was his 23rd goal in the back into the Argentina squad ries. But we also have our plan, titles in Spain and Ronaldo three competition, surpassing the pre- last week after three years in we believe in hierarchy, in work with Manchester United and one vious high mark set by Jan Dahl exile. AFP and the team.” AFP TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Langdon finishes NHRA season on 4th position

POMONA, California: The this year, but we know, as well as 24-race season has come to a everyone else, that the Al-Anabi Qatar’s Nasser bin close for the Qatar Al Anabi team is a great team. We have so Saleh Al Attiyah (right) Racing Top Fuel Team, the many great people on this team; celebrates along with his three-time and defending World we just had a bad year. That’s Italian co-driver Givanni Championship team owned by really all it was. We’ll be back Bernacchini after sealing H E Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad next year, and we’ll be better – I the WRC2 title at the Al Thani. can guarantee you that.” Wales Rally GB 2014 in Shawn Langdon reached AlBalooshi entered the Auto the quarter-finals, and Khalid Club NHRA Finals having won Deeside North Wales, AlBalooshi was eliminated in the both races contested in the state Britain on Sunday. first round at the just-completed of California earlier this season. 50th annual Auto Club NHRA The third-year Top Fuel driver Finals on Sunday, the 24th of 24 hoped to win this weekend to races that make up America’s complete the “California Sweep” 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag winning all of the races contested Racing season and the last of in the Golden State as his team- six races that comprise the mate did last year, but it did not Countdown to the Championship happen. NHRA play-offs. AlBalooshi was the No. 7 quali- Langdon, who was the No.11 fier and appeared to have a slight qualifier, has now completed his competitive advantage over, Dom first reign as the NHRA Mello Lagana, but Lagana eliminated Yello Top Fuel World Champion. AlBalooshi in that first round He defeated Spencer Massey matchup. in the first round before losing AlBalooshi finished his third Star Nasser dedicates to Morgan Lucas, his high school Top Fuel season in eighth place friend and former team-mate, in in the final NHRA Mello Yello the second round of eliminations. Top Fuel point standings. Lucas went on to win the Auto “We had a pretty good year; we Club NHRA Finals with a thrill- won two races, but we wanted to ing final round win over newly- do way better in the last race,” crowned 2014 NHRA Mello Yello said AlBalooshi. WRC2 triumph to Emir Top Fuel World Champion Tony “Our Al Anabi car has been Schumacher. good all year, but sometimes we For Langdon, a disappointing just missed the setup. We got such ‘I dedicate the title to Emir, Qatari, Gulf and Arab people’ season comes to a close with a a good start this year winning the fourth-place finish in the final first race, and I think we thought DOHA: Rally ace Nasser bin Al Attiyah, who is a Vice NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point we could be a top-five team. We Saleh Al Attiyah yesterday ded- President at FIA and FIM, said: standings. wanted to finish the year higher icated his WRC2 title win to the “It is a remarkable effort. I can’t “It was a tough weekend for the in the points, but we can learn Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin describe my feelings when I see Al Anabi team,” Langdon said. from it and be better next year.” Hamad Al Thani, saying motor the Qatari flag being raised at “We were able to make a good The Al Anabi Racing team will sport was becoming hugely pop- international sports events. This run in the first round; we felt like be back in action February 6-8, ular in Qatar and the region. win is another fine effort from a we had a good handle on it, but 2015 at the 55th annual Circle On Sunday, Nasser was speak- magnificent Qatari motor sport it shook the tyres in the second K NHRA Winternationals in ing after finishing the 2014 Rally champion. QMMF wishes him round. We just missed the setup Pomona, California when the of Britain in sixth spot to seal well and we will continue our sup- a little bit. It was an unfortunate 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag his world title triumph along port so that we see similar Qatar way to end the year.,” he added. Racing Series season begins. For with Italian co-driver Giovanni wins at international events.” We really expected better additional information, visit www. Bernacchini. He added: “Qatar has become results from the Al-Anabi team nhra.com. THE PENINSULA The tile win was roundly the focal point for sports fans applauded by QMMF president around the world for our vari- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah who ous sporting achievements. This termed the victory ‘remarkable’. is all due to the great support of In a telephone call, Nasser said: the Emir, His Highness Sheikh “I dedicate this win to the Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin always backs youngsters taking Hamad Al Thani and to the peo- active part in sports. The Emir ple of Qatar. I would like to thank wants young athletes to compete Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, the with the best and raise the pro- chief of QMMF for his prominent file of Qatar at the international role in promoting motor sport in stage.” Qatar and the region.” Al Attiyah said :”This win by Driving a Ford Fiesta RRC, Nasser was achieved after a lot Nasser remained steady over the of hard work. There were many weekend to seal his world title obstacles for him and his team Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, FIA Vice-President and Head of QMMF) triumph. and yet he remained steadfast.” is ecstatic about Nasser bin Saleh Al Attiyah’s triumph in Deeside on He said his aim was not to take Nasser - the 2011 Dakar Rally Sunday. too many risks in order to com- champion - on Sunday needed to plete the title victory. finish only seventh to clinch the Nasser said he and his co-driver title but the Qatari, winner of recovery promoted him to sixth here in GB and a great moment. had encountered mechanical four rounds, had a few anxious to net the points he needed. Now we are off to Dubai for the Shawn Langdon deploys the parachutes to slow the silver Al Anabi car issues but the duo was success- moments in his Fiesta RRC. “It’s fantastic” said Al Attiyah last round of the Middle East following his first-round victory at Sunday’s Auto Club NHRA Finals in ful in not losing too much of time Early gearbox problems left soon after the race on Sunday. Championship and we must win Pomona, California. behind the race leader. him eighth but a calculated “A great year for us, a great time there also.” THE PENINSULA F1: ‘Abu Double’ is a last roll of the dice for some

LONDON: Mercedes have won day-to-night race at Yas Marina Swiss-based Sauber, one of the Adrian Sutil, both without seats both Formula One titles already, could literally be a last blast sport’s oldest teams after multi- for next season. Ahead of them, and Red Bull are sure of second before darkness engulfs their ple champions Ferrari, McLaren Lotus would need their best place, but Sunday’s season-end- hopes. and Williams, need a 10th place result of the season to overhaul ing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will They are hoping, even if any to stave off their first campaign Toro Rosso for eighth place while be a last roll of the dice for some sort of points looks out of reach, without a scoring finish. The team Force India would require some- of those behind them. to show they are a team that that came second in the champi- thing pretty spectacular to make With an unprecedented double deserves being saved from the onship as recently as 2007 when up 34 points and get back in front points on offer, ‘Abu Double’ has scrapheap after the failure last owned by BMW has fallen on of fifth placed McLaren. the power to bring joy and despair month of rivals Marussia. hard times but can still salvage Williams are looking good for in equal measure and not just for Neither team raced in the last Lewis Hamilton (left) and Nico Rosberg some pride in a season of struggle third place, their highest overall Mercedes rivals Lewis Hamilton two grands prix, with Caterham on and off the track. placing since 2003, but Ferrari and Nico Rosberg. returning only after a crowd- “It’s going to be extremely still have a chance of overtaking For tail-enders Caterham, in funding exercise to raise suffi- “We knew that the best way to it’s still a racing team and be in tough,” said principal Monisha them if they will be able to repeat administration and facing closure cient funds to get them back on keep this team alive and attract Abu Dhabi for the finale,” said Kaltenborn after Mexican their Hungary haul of 26 regular unless they can find a buyer, the the starting grid. possible buyers was to show that administrator Finbarr O’Connell. Esteban Gutierrez and Germany’s points. REUTERS

World Rankings LPGA Ochoa 1. (1) Rory McIlroy (Britain) ...... 11.62 Kim ends long drought 2. (2) Adam Scott (Australia) ...... 8.31 Invitational Scores 3. (3) Bubba Watson (US) ...... 7.71 with Mexico trophy MEXICO CITY: Scores on 4. (6) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) ...... 7.32 Sunday after the final round 5. (5) Jim Furyk (US)...... 7.12 of the LPGA Lorena Ochoa MEXICO CITY: Christina Kim Entering this week, Kim had Invitational x-won in a play-off 6. (4) Sergio Garcia (Spain) ...... 7.03 snapped one of the longest win- just two top-10 finishes on the (USA unless noted, par 72): 7. (7) Justin Rose (Britain) ...... 6.64 less droughts on the LPGA Tour season. She lost the only other 273 x-Christina Kim 65-69-68-71, Feng 8. (8) Jason Day (Australia) ...... 6.26 with a wire-to-wire victory at playoff she has ever been in at the Shanshan (CHN) 72-67-68-66 9. (9) Rickie Fowler (US) ...... 5.78 the Lorena Ochoa Invitational 2010 Jamie Farr Owens Corning 277 Inbee Park (KOR) 70-70-69-68 10. (10) Matt Kuchar (US) ...... 5.67 on Sunday. Classic. 279 Brittany Lincicome 70-71-69-69, So 11. (11) Phil Mickelson (US) ...... 5.16 The 30-year-old American Kim fired a final-round, one- Yeon Ryu (KOR) 70-69-69-71 claimed her first victory in almost under 71, while Feng posted a six- 12. (12) Martin Kaymer (Germany) ...... 4.88 280 Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 69-68-71- a decade as she made a par on under 66. 13. (13) Billy Horschel (US)...... 4.73 72 the second play-off hole to beat Kim entered the final round 14. (14) Jordan Spieth (US) ...... 4.55 China’s Feng Shanshan at the with a commanding five shot 281 Jenny Shin (KOR) 71-71-71-68, 15. (15) Graeme McDowell (Britain) .....4.52 Club de Mexico Golf course. lead but let it slip away. She fin- Azahara Munoz (ESP) 66-71-71-73 16. (16) Dustin Johnson (US) ...... 4.24 “I’m at a loss for words right ished regulation tied with Feng at 283 Angela Stanford 73-73-69-68, Lydia 17. (17) Zach Johnson (US) ...... 4.18 now,” said Kim, who earned 15-under-par 273. Ko (NZL) 68-69-74-72 18. (19) Chris Kirk (US) ...... 4.04 US golfer Christina Kim (right) holds the trophy of champion after winning $200,000 for the win. “I’ve been Defending champion Lexi 284 Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 71-66-75- through a lot. That has brought Thompson shot a one-over 73 to 72, Karine Icher (FRA) 70-73-71-70, 19. (18) Jimmy Walker (US) ...... 4.02 the Lorena Ochoa Invitational accompanied by Mexican former golfer Lorena Ochoa at Golf Club of Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico on Sunday. me some comfort knowing that finish tied for 15th at three-under Paula Creamer 70-65-76-73, Morgan 20. (21) Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) .....3.96 with the downs come the highs.” 285. AFP Pressel 70-72-73-69 Tuesday 18 November 2014 25 Muharram 1436 Volume 19 Number 6253 Sport Price: QR2 Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper Latham ton Euro qualifiers: gives Kiwis Croatia draw PROTHOM ALO WEEKLY Published every Thursday solid start with Italy Available in all leading stores in Qatar       Tel: 4465 0600 Email: [email protected] Sport | 24 Sport | 26

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DOHA: Defending champion Nick Matthew of England and world number one of Egypt eased into the pre-quarter-finals of the PSA World Championship at the Khalifa International and Complex here yesterday. Four-time winner Amr Shabana and two-time champions Ramy Ashour and , all from Egypt, also made it to last-16 stage. India’s Saurav Ghosal, South Africa’s Stephen Coppinger and Germany’s Simon Rosner filled up the remaining three spots in the final 16. Iraq’s Salam Shakir (left) fights for the ball against Oman’s Mohammed Al Seyabi during a Gulf Cup Group B Thirty-four-year-old Matthew match at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh yesterday. RIGHT: UAE’S Omar Abdulrahman (left) jumps stormed to an 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 win towards Kuwait’s Fahad Awadh Shaheen during a Gulf Cup Group B match yesterday. Oman fought back from a one-goal deficit to hold former Asian champions Iraq to a 1-1 draw, while defending Gulf Cup champions over world number 29 Gregoire Pakistan’s Nasir Iqbal (front) in action against India’s Saurav Ghosal during UAE failed to maintain a two-goal lead as 10-time holders Kuwait eked out a fighting 2-2 draw to remain at the Marche of France. The three- the PSA World Championship 2014 in Doha yesterday. time winner took just 40 min- top of their group. utes to thwart the 24-year-old Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-6, 11-4, World number 21 Max Lee, of Frenchman’s challenge. 11-1. The world number one domi- Hong Kong, stunned Karim Abdel Matthew will take on India’s nated from start to finish, despite Gawad, ranked four places ahead Saurav Ghosal in the pre-quar- the young Indian’s best efforts to of him, in a 78-minute match. terfinals today. make a match out of it. Lee won 13-11, 3-11, 11-7, 6-11, “All the up-and-coming play- El Shorbagy tweeted that 11-8 in 78 minutes and will take ers have nothing to lose and Greg Mangaonkar will be the player on Shabana, who powered to vic- (Gregoire Marche) is a player on to watch out for in the years to tory against Nicolas Mueller of the rise and he has a great future come. “Another great win for Switzerland. before him. I knew he had a very me against a player who will be South Africa’s Steve Coppinger hard game two days ago, and I very good in the future...the court became another unseeded player knew that it’s normally the day has changed but I am loving this qualifying for the last 16, join- after that you can get stiff. So, I court even more!!,” El Shorbagy ing the ranks of Lee, Australia’s tried and made it as hard as pos- tweeted. The Egyptian will take Cameron Pilley and Alister sible (for him) in the beginning,” on Simon Rosner of Germany, Walker of Bostwana. Matthew said. who came from behind to win The world number 24 beat World number 18 Ghosal 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9, against qual- Ong Beng of Malaysia in straight defeated Nasir Iqbal of Pakistan ifer Lucas Serme of France. games 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 to set up 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4 in an engross- Another Egyptian, Ashour also a clash with Tarek Momen of ing tussle, which last four games kept himself in the hunt for a Egypt. and 51 minutes. third world championship title as Momen rallied after losing the Matthew’s potential semi-final he breezed past England’s Adrain first game to register a 9-11, 11-6, rival El Shorbagy took 29 min- Grant in exactly half-an-hour, 11-6, 11-7 win. utes to tame India’s 20-year-old storming to a 11-6, 11-5, 11-9 win. THE PENINSULA

England’s Nick Matthew in action PSA World against Gregoire Marche (not pictured) of France during the PSA Championship World Championship 2014 at the Khalifa International Tennis and 2014 Results Squash Complex in Doha yesterday. PICTURES: KAMMUTTY VP [4] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Adrian Grant (ENG)11- 6, 11-5, 11-9 [3] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Gregoire Marche (FRA) 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 [14] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Nasir Iqbal (PAK) 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4 Max Lee (HKG) bt [15] (EGY)13-11, 3-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8 [5] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt Nicolas Mueller (SUI)11-7, 20-18, 8-11, 11-4 62 Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 – 43 [10] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Tom Richards (ENG) 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 [11] Simon Rösner (GER) bt [Q] Lucas Serme (FRA) 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 [2] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 11-6, 11-4, 11-1 Today’s Fixtures [1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) vs [9] (EGY) at 5.30pm Cameron Pilley (AUS) vs Alister Walker (BOT) at 12 noon [6] Borja Golan (ESP) vs Fares Dessouki (EGY) at 1pm [4] Ramy Ashour (EGY) vs [12] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 6.30pm Max Lee (HKG) vs [5] Amr Shabana (EGY) at 2pm Stephen Coppinger (RSA) vs [10] Tarek Momen (EGY) at 3pm [3] Nick Matthew (ENG) vs [14] Saurav Ghosal (IND) at 7.30pm [11] Simon Rosner (GER) vs [2] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) 8.30pm