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Premier meets Malaysian FM New sponsorship Car agencies law soon: Official DOHA: Qatar’s new spon- sorship law is likely to be issued either this year or next year, according to a face ministry senior official at the Ministry of Interior. This is the first time an official source is disclosing the probable time on the issuance crackdown of the much-awaited sponsor- ship law. In an interview to an Poor after-sale service complaints Arabic daily, Brigadier Nasser Mohammed Al Sayed, Director, DOHA: Amid mounting com- the purchase agreement in terms Research and Follow-up plaints against poor after-sale of warranty and quality after-sale Department at the ministry, services by certain companies service. Customers’ complaints said the issuance of the law can and shops, mainly car deal- include undue delay in after-sale be expected in 2014 or 2015. ers, the Ministry of Economy service, using counterfeit spare “There are legislative chal- and Commerce made surprise parts, arbitrary prices and limited lenges we have to address inspections at the service cen- number of service centres. ahead of issuing the law. tres of car agencies and regis- Customers also complained that The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met After holding discussions tered seven cases against the in addition to charging ‘arbitrary Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and discussed means of enhancing relations. at various levels, including erring firms. service charge’, agencies have Qatar Chamber and Advisory The Consumer Protection a tendency to keep customers Council, the proposal has to Department (CPD), under the waiting for several weeks before undergo strict legal process,” ministry, slapped charges against delivering the vehicle after serv- he said. the agencies for undue delay in ice. Shortage of service centres is “This is a very important providing after-sale service to another problem. Even big compa- Councillors seek development law that is going to change the their customers. The ministry’s nies do not have sufficient number existing employer-employee decision follows complaints against of service stations, which are relationship in the country. car agencies from customers. located in the far-away Industrial of free plots given to citizens We do not want to issue it in a CPD has been under pressure Area, customers complained. hurry to find loopholes in the with complaints pouring in from “Very few after-sale service law tomorrow,” he added. consumers against car agencies, for centres are providing services as DOHA: Members of the Central nationals for their benefit. dumping sites and parking lots for THE PENINSULA not providing after-sale service or per the law, Al Arab quoted an Municipal Council (CMC) have Unfortunately, beneficiaries heavy vehicles, something that is carrying out repairs in time. aggrieved Qatari citizen as saying. complained that most unused have failed to use their plots and annoying residents. Tired of hearing complaints, the Mohammed Al Ansari, a law- land plots in the capital are fast instead abandoned them. As a “The government gave away department had set up monitor- yer said, “Existing rules regard- becoming waste dumping sites, result, these plots have become a plots in the 1980s but these have Rains likely today ing cells at some service centres ing after-sale service should be gathering places for stray ani- haven for pests, waste and stray not been used for almost 30 years of leading automobile dealers early amended to facilitate a better mals and parking lots for heavy animals in the middle of residen- now. We want these plots to be DOHA: The Meteorology this year. bonding between customers and vehicles, which are all damag- tial areas. taken away from their owners and Department has forecast Fed up with poor service offered companies. The new rule must ing the city’s image. “This is all despite the fact that given to those who can use them.” chances of rain and, maybe, by shops and business establish- ensure interests of customers and Vacant plots are also a major there are many more nationals Al Azibaha said residents thundery at times in some parts ments, a section of Qatari cus- companies are protected.” concern of residents as heaps of who are still waiting for land and were tired of seeing unused plots of the country today. tomers has called for amending Said Fahad Al Marri, a citi- waste emit a bad stench, making staying in rented apartments, – private or public — in their The day will be relatively hot the law to ensure their rights are zen, said, “After-sale service is their lives miserable, they said. paying about QR8,000 a month. neighbourhoods. and humid and partly cloudy dur- protected. They demanded strict the right of consumer. It should Councillors demanded that the “That is why we are demanding Mohammed Al Ateeq Al ing the day. The wind will blow action against those who fail to be protected. The problem with owners put such plots to use by that whoever gets plots they must Dousari, Councillor from the northeasterly to southeasterly at adhere to the law, the Arabic daily Qatar’s automobile market is that developing them or authorities develop them,” he said. Khalifa area, said the Ministry of 5 to 15 knots inshore and 12 to Al Arab said yesterday. it is monopolised. We do not have allocate them to those who can Councillor Mohammed Ali Municipality and Urban Planning 24 knots offshore. The minimum The biggest criticism is against more than one dealer who sells the develop and use them. Al Azibaha, who represents has put a law in place that makes temperature will be around 32 car agencies and dealers, who same brand. The monopoly must According to Councillor Muaither, said there were about it mandatory for the beneficiaries degrees Celsius and maximum 40. according to customers, are at be broken and there should be open Mubarak Farish, who repre- 100 free plots in his area which to use their free plots. Al Ruwais will be the coolest the forefront in flouting the law. competition to protect customers’ sents Gharafa, the government have not been developed by their THE PENINSULA place with maximum temperature Most have a tendency to violate rights. THE PENINSULA had given these plots for free to owners yet and are becoming Continued on page 4 37 degrees. THE PENINSULA

Iran downs Israeli US scribe freed in Syria stealth drone at nuclear facility after Qatar’s mediation DOHA: An American journal- Turkey, from where he planned TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary ist kidnapped nearly two years to enter Syria in October 2012, Guards claimed yesterday that ago has been freed in Syria and Aljazeera said on its website an Israeli stealth drone had handed over to UN representa- Footage of the American was been brought down above the tives, after Qatar mediation. released on June 30, showing a Natanz uranium enrichment Qatar’s initiative to free Peter dishevelled Curtis with long hair site. Theo Curtis follows directives and beard, but appearing to be in The semi-official Fars news from the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim good health. agency said elite forces had bin Hamad Al Thani. Speaking in a video obtained by intercepted and brought down Based on the directives and Aljazeera, Curtis read from a pre- an unmanned aircraft belonging humanitarian grounds, Qatar pared script, saying his name and to “the Zionist regime”. succeeded in releasing Curtis, profession and that he was a jour- The incident was announced kidnapped in Syria in 2012, the nalist from Boston, Massachusetts. in a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry said in a state- On his treatment, Curtis said he guards, but it was not clear when ment yesterday. “had everything” he needed and it happened. “On directives of H H the Emir, “everything has been perfect, food, “This mischievous act once the competent bodies in Qatar clothing, even friends now”. again reveals the adventurist exerted efforts to release the jour- US Secretary of State John nature of the Zionist regime [of nalist, out of its belief in the prin- Kerry said he was relieved Curtis Palestinians gather outside a shopping centre, hit overnight by an Israeli air strike yesterday in the southern Gaza Israel] and added another black ciples of humanity and keenness was returning home, before laying Strip town of Rafah. page to this fake and warmonger- on the lives of individuals and their blame on Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate, ing regime’s file which is full of right to freedom and dignity… The Al Nusra Front, for the kidnap- crimes,” said the statement. journalist was handed over to the ping. He said the US was using The state news agency ISNA UN peacekeeping mission,” QNA “every diplomatic, intelligence, and Netanyahu warns Gaza residents said the aircraft was “of the said. military tool” available to release stealth, radar-evasive type and Curtis was freed yesterday, other Americans held hostage. GAZA CITY: Israeli air strikes the same family, medics said, as Netanyahu repeated his warning intended to penetrate the off- after being abducted in Antakya, THE PENINSULA pounded Gaza yesterday, killing the day’s death toll reached at of harsh retribution for the death limits nuclear area in Natanz ... at least 16 people, after Prime least 16, including six children. of a four-year-old Israeli child on but was targeted by a ground-to- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “Operation Protective Edge Friday in a rocket strike on a kib- air missile before it managed to warned the offensive would con- will continue until its aims are butz near the Gaza border. enter the area.” tinue as long as necessary. achieved... It may take time,” “Hamas is paying, and will con- A spokesman for the 13 illegal street vendors held One of the air strikes Netanyahu said of the offensive tinue to pay, a heavy price for the Revolutionary Guards told DOHA: The Department of Public Control at Doha Municipality killed Hamas financial official launched on July 8. Israel yester- crimes it carries out,” he said. “I Iranian television that parts of said it had rounded up 13 illegal street vendors on Friday. Mohammed Al Ghul as he was day carried out 27 strikes while call on residents of Gaza to imme- the aircraft had been retrieved. Inspectors carried out a campaign against vendors, in collabora- travelling by car in Gaza City, more than 120 rockets were fired diately leave any structure from Iran claimed to have reverse engi- tion with Al Fazaa and other authorities in the morning in the Harraj Israel’s army said. Gaza med- from Gaza, including one inter- which Hamas carries out terror neered a drone after capturing market. The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning said on ics confirmed the death. A later cepted over Jerusalem. activity against us. All such sites an American RQ-170 Sentinel in its website yesterday that the crackdown resulted in the arrest of strike on northern Gaza killed a At a special cabinet session at are a target for us.” AFP 2011. 13 peddlers. It said various goods were seized and later destroyed by mother and four children from the defence ministry in Tel Aviv, See also page 6 THE GUARDIAN concerned authorities. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME PHCC introduces pre-marital United Nations of Comedy returns screening at health centres DOHA: Once again, the much anticipated United Nations of DOHA: Primary Health Care information obtained by centres Comedy will be coming to Doha Corporation (PHCC) has added will never be shared with any for the second year in a row as pre-marital screening to the list third party. part of Qatar Summer Festival of services offered at its health To undergo screening, couples 2014, brought by Qatar Tourism centres. should follow the next steps: Authority and Qatar Event The new service is in line To avoid waiting for long hours, Diary. with an Emiri Decree in 2009, it is recommended to make an A set group of renowned come- which requires all Qatari couples appointment either in person, at dians will entertain Doha’s com- who intend to get married to go any of our centres, or by phone. munity at the prominent QNCC through a check-up. The require- Both parties must attend the theatre on August 30th 2014, ment was extended to all resi- appointment. Upon arrival, the hosted by Khalifa Al Haroon and dents through an Emiri Decree couple should report to the recep- Aron Kader. in April 2012. Residents must tion desk in the health centre, Created by ADabisc, The undergo screening in the private where the receptionist will com- United Nations of Comedy is a sector. plete a patient personal informa- headline comedy tour bringing Dr Amal Al Ali, Family tion form. Then, the nurse will distinguished and well-reputed Medicine Specialist, West Bay collect their biometric data and international comedy stars to Health Center, said the service forward them to the doctor, who impress Doha with their signifi- aims to detect possible sexually- will provide advice and request cant sense of humour, blended transmitted diseases such as hep- the tests that need to be per- with their multicultural back- atitis, HIV and Aids, sickle cell formed. A blood sample will be grounds. This year’s tour will anaemia, thalassemia and other collected, as it is required by the feature seven comedians in genetic diseases. “We would also laboratory. total, including Nemr Abou One of the comedians performing in a previous event. like to raise awareness about ways The results will be ready within Nassar, Sammy Obeid, Khaled of preventing and avoiding these a week. If the results are positive, Khalafalla, Amir K, Mo Amer, partnering with ADabisc in this Hamzeh Zahr, Head of United Nations of Comedy will diseases to protect the future medical examination certificates Ali Al Sayed, and Aron Kader, anticipated event, Qatar Tourism Entertainment Production at captivate all criteria, from fami- generations”. will be issued for both parties. who will amuse and wow the large Authority (QTA) is promoting ADabisc, said: “The laughter and lies to a group of friends, enter- The system has been imple- If any disease is detected, the audience expected to attend. The its goal of further developing success we achieved with this taining them on every level.” mented at five health centres parties will be referred to Hamad comedians will be split into two the tourism sector by hosting event last year was phenomenal, The QNCC venue was chosen — Airport, Al Khor, Al Gharafa, Medical Corporation for counsel- teams, The Dumbocrats and The international and multi-cultured which is why we wanted to do it once again, to hold the event by West Bay and Al Rayyan. ling and treatment. Republicants, performing individ- comedians who simultaneously again this year. Bringing some ADabisc due to its similar United The service is confidential and THE PENINSULA ually and head to head, to win the understand the region’s cultural of the funniest and most pro- Nations auditorium layout, bring- votes of the audience members. and social cues, and can draw in fessional comedians to Doha is ing the large audience expected “The Qatar Summer Festival both Qatar’s regional and multi- important; especially that Qatar to attend under the umbrella of centres around offering a diverse national audiences,” said Mashal has become a preferred destina- comedy. The main sponsor of the and appealing scope of activities Shahbik, Eid in Qatar and tion for new concepts and events show is Nandos, partnered by Ooredoo’s Mobile Money Service offers and events within Qatar that will Qatar Summer Festival Project due to its multi-cultured demo- Grand Hyatt Doha, Al Cinema, entertain locals and visitors from Manager. graphic and growing demand JustHere Qatar, as well as I Love QR10 back transfers to 200 destinations abroad over the next month. By Commenting on the event, for quality entertainment. The Qatar. THE PENINSULA DOHA: Ooredoo has announced that its award-winning Mobile Money service will give QR10 cashback on all international trans- fers to over 200 destinations. The offer has been designed to reward Ooredoo Mobile Money (OMM) customers who use the service to send money overseas to family and friends. Language Centre introduces Mandarin, English courses Customers can register for Mobile Money with a valid Qatar ID at any Ooredoo Shop or by dialling *140# on their mobile and following DOHA: The Translation and Interpreting “Foreign language proficiency is a valued applications for the Fall 2014 semester, with the simple on-screen instructions. Once registered, customers can take Institute (TII) of Hamad bin Khalifa skill in our globalised world,” says Mounir registration closing September 11th, and advantage of the free QR10 cashback by sending money for collection University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Ouanaimi, Director of the centre. “Being able classes beginning September 16th. Last aca- at 339,000 local MoneyGram agents in 200 countries around the world, Foundation for Education, Science, and to effectively communicate many languages is demic year, more than 350 students enrolled securely and reliably 24 hours a day. When the international transfer Community Development (QF), is offering imperative for students, employable graduates, in various language programs at TII, and has been completed, the QR 10 will be instantly credited into the cus- expert language training in Mandarin and and effective business people. At the Language potential students are strongly encouraged tomers Mobile Wallet. Mobile Money is available for use on any model English. Centre, we are able to provide students with to register early for the upcoming semester as of mobile phone and can be used to top up Hala accounts (with a 10 TII’s Language Centre already offers lan- opportunities to master the world’s most places are limited. The Centre’s offerings have percent extra recharge), pay Ooredoo bills, send money locally to another guage courses in Arabic, French, and Spanish, widely spoken languages to facilitate their also expanded to provide TOEFL and IETLS mobile or QNB account, or transfer money overseas. Users can simply and is now extending its offerings after grow- advancement in their academic and profes- courses for current undergraduate students, deposit money into their mobile wallet using any of over 200 Ooredoo ing demand for more language choices in sional careers.” and those interested in returning to study. Self-Service Machines available across Qatar. Deposits can also be made Qatar. The Language Centre is now accepting THE PENINSULA through Ooredoo shops. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Qatar Career Fair launches Katara Art Studios invites entries for Trapeze expo

DOHA: Katara Art Studios is fresh artworks on themes which second Summer Career Camp inviting Qatari artists to reg- mirror Qatar’s economic devel- ister and participate in the opment, architecture, health, ‘Trapeze’ exhibition which will tourism, education, industry and feature new artworks, includ- heritage. Two-week camp aims to create an engaging experience for Qatari youth ing paintings, photographs, The artist should be a Qatari sculptures and video art. and works should fall along paint- BY FAZEENA SALEEM Deadline for the submission of ing, photo, sculpture or video artworks is November 1 and the art. The artist is also required to DOHA: Qatar Career Fair, a member of expo opens on December 16. produce and submit not less than Qatar Foundation, yesterday launched its The expo will shed light on the five new works for evaluation by second Summer Career Camp for Qatari Qatari artists’ efforts to achieve a committee. Works should be students although its annual recruitment balance between heritage and submitted at Katara Building 19, event for the year is yet to be held. modernity through artworks they with high resolution images of the Abdulla Al Mansoori, Director of the fair, produce. As Qatar sees develop- work for the exhibition catalogue. told a press conference on the sidelines of the ment in various spheres and The committee comprises art- camp said that the annual recruitment fairs levels, artists would reflect this ists and art experts and will work in the previous years are being assessed. progress along with their herit- under the supervision of Visual “This year we didn’t announce that we are age and tradition. Art association team. All selected hosting (Qatar Career Fair 2014)… We are The exhibition will take people artworks will feature in the expo evaluating and waiting for the whole informa- to a journey through time between while some would be part of tion,” Al Mansoori said in reply to a question the past and the future, between Katara’s permanent collection. as to why Qatar Career Fair 2014 had not heritage and development and Registration can be done been held yet. memories and aspirations. through [email protected] or At Qatar Career Fair’s annual recruitment Qatari artists who wish to par- in person in Katara Art Studios. event, many companies recruit Qatari youth Abdulla Al Mansoori, Qatar Career Fair Director at Qatar Foundation, and Afra Al Wadani, Activities ticipate are required to produce THE PENINSULA as trainees and develop their skills or provide and Volunteer Officer, at the press conference at Education City yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP them with scholarships so that they can spe- cialise in their areas of interest. It’s usually students’ confidence by guiding them to make One will have products by participants and held in April every year. smart decisions that reflect positively on their the other will host around 20 organizations “At Qatar Career Fair we host many activi- future professional and academic choices. from several sectors such as banking, oil and Fun city draws 77,000 visitors ties and the recruitment fair is one of the “Through the camp, we are also able to gas and health to guide students with career events. Our other activities are going smooth,” introduce them to the labour market, as well counselling. DOHA: The 10,000sqm Family The city is open from 3pm to said Al Mansoori. as the various sectors within the country to “Additionally, the fair collaborates with Fun indoor entertainment city 11pm on weekdays, and from Many secondary school students are attend- highlight the needs of the state for the coming institutions in the public and private sectors at Doha Exhibition Centre 2pm to midnight on weekends. ing the two- week camp which aims to cre- years,” said Al Mansoori. for implementation of initiatives to enable (DEC) has witnessed 77,000 visi- Activities are priced between QR5 ate an engaging experience for Qatari youth The camp includes visits to leading organi- Qatar’s young people to prepare for the labour tors since it opened three weeks and QR30. by providing them with skills that will help sations across Qatar, offering students first- market in various fields,” said Al Mansoori. ago, organisers Qatar Tourism The festival continues until them make better choices when planning their hand insights into the world of employment. “We are working on the development of the Authority (QTA) said yesterday. September 27 and includes future academic and career paths. Two mini fairs will be held on September 4, fair to facilitate positive career choices for our The fun city is one of the offer- Fountain Fun on the Corniche “Through this initiative, we seek to enhance at the end of the camp. children.” THE PENINSULA ings by QTA for the first Qatar where dancing fountain shows are Summer Festival which runs for presented during the week from eight weeks across several loca- 7pm to 11pm, Adventure Fun in tions. It features activities and Al Khor where visitors can take programmes for all ages; from part in outdoor activities from 1pm extreme sports for adults to soft to 6pm, Splash Fun in Al Wakra play areas for kids. where families can enjoy the inflat- DEC is split into zones, with able Aqua Park on the beach from QC facilitates 200 Qatari weddings games areas ranging from pro- 3pm to 9pm daily and Shopping fessional skateboarding ramps to Fun in which over QR2.5m in DOHA: Qatar Charity’s (QC) “After completion of the first enable couples to carry out their Committee for Men involves bouncy castles, a food court area, prizes will be given away at major ‘Marriage’ project has facilitated year and the launch of the second duties towards the family as well experts in family and related and a retail area. There is also a malls. The festival ends with a 200 young Qatari marriages. phase, we are seeking to increase as reducing the cost of marriage issues and provides information stage for Baraem TV’s plays every Disney On Ice show at Qatar The project was launched under the number of beneficiaries, and the phenomenon of debt and expertise to help the husband weekend, educating children on National Convention Center from the auspices of the Ministry of improve its services and extend among newlyweds. overcome problems of family life. social values, cooperation and September 24 to 27. Social Affairs. geography to include areas out- To take advantage of the pro- THE PENINSULA goodwill. THE PENINSULA “It comes within the framework side Doha, particularly the Creek, gramme, couples must be Qataris of encouraging young Qataris to the north and Al Wakra and the and agree to take part in it. marry and facilitates this by pro- western cities of Shahhaniya and Sheikh Lashkar Shahwani, a viding them with practical assist- Dakhan.” member of the Co-living Program ance,” said Programme Director, He said they had started plac- Committee which accompanies the Mohammed Shaheen Matawah ing tents in some areas in readi- programme, said his role focuses Matawah wished a happy life ness for the targeted weddings on contributing to the cohesion to the most recent groom, Saed and were working on extending of the family and the preserva- Turki, and his wife, asking God to the programme to include both tion of its identity, in light of the bless them and thanked all part- spouses as opposed to focusing on belief that a coherent family leads ners of the programme for their grooms. to a cohesive society which leads efforts. Matawah revealed that all mar- to prosperity and progress of the Turki expressed joy on his wed- riages that have resulted from the nation. ding and thanked all those who programme are going strong and He noted that the idea of the had stood with him and made it there have been no cases of divorce accompanying programme con- possible, including his parents, to date. The success of the pro- firms this concept and promotes relatives, friends, co-workers and gramme is clear from the number these values among young people QC, which, he said, devotes its of requests they are receiving of both genders. capabilities to provide projects at from young Qataris ready to get He said committees were the community level. married. “What is sustaining the formed to implement the pro- “As one of the beneficiaries of programme is the number of new gramme, including a committee the Marriage programme, I feel partnerships, including agree- of notables to provide advice and qualified to talk of the valuable ments with relevant bodies to guidance to those on the verge of and noble role the unique project provide more services.” marriage allowing them to benefit is playing: Helping young Qataris QC launched the programme in from their experience, a commit- to marry by reducing the costs,” partnership with Aspire Logistics tee of elders to provide advice from Turki said. and Barwa Real Estate who help an Islamic perspective and high- He explained how he had begun provide tents to hold weddings at light Shariah rights and duties for to prepare very early on for his no cost, easing the financial burden both spouses and a youth commit- matrimonial life via the associated of marriage and providing partici- tee of successful young leaders to programme which involved profes- pants with cultural and social sup- provide advice on marriage while sional specialists in various fields port to preserve the institution of maintaining working lives. and special committees. marriage. Badria Yaqout, a member of He appreciated the advice and The programme seeks to the Women’s Committee, said: guidance of sheikhs, which, he achieve objectives in three areas “There are women’s committees, said, had had a positive impact on — educational, cultural and social including a Wajeehat Committee, him and his family. and economic — and offers serv- an Advisory Committee, a He appealed to other young ices and assistance to the targeted Shariah Committee and a Girls people to join the programme and couples. Committee. They provide coun- take advantage of the expertise. It also aims to educate young selling on experiences connected Matawah highlighted the most people, helping avoid causes of to family life, and how a wife can important features of the second divorce and provide cultural avoid problems.” edition of the project. and educational configuration to Yaqout said the Advisory

Emax names ‘Golden Boot’ winners DOHA: Emax, the largest electronics retailer in with Emax, I am elated.” the Middle East and part of the Landmark Group, Santosh Pai, COO, Landmark Group, Qatar, con- has announced the winners of the ‘Golden Boot’, gratulated the winner and said, “We celebrated the a thematic FIFA promotion launched in line with football fever by organising a Golden Boot contest World Cup 2014. in Emax for our valuable shoppers. Emax launched the promotion across the region, “This was for the first time Emax organised such and offered five lucky shoppers a chance to win 24Kt a promotion and we had good response. We always pure golden boot. On any purchase of QR250 or more endeavour to give best shopping experience.” (or equivalent local currency) at any Emax store Neelesh Bhatnagar, CEO, Emax, said: “Our pres- in the target markets, consumers qualified for the ence across the region and endless efforts to present draw for the prize. unique rewards to our customers have always been Ahmed Ali Al Mansoori was overjoyed after hear- vital, thus standing out in a competitive retail envi- ing the news and said: “This is unbelievable. I cannot ronment. Our thematic promotions and rewards express my emotions right now. I would like to thank have grown bigger and better year on year, provid- Emax for this awesome prize. My shopping experi- ing our esteemed customers with an enticing and ence at Emax has always been enjoyable and I visited unforgettable shopping experience. the Emax store in Barwa Plaza Mall to purchase an “Emax will continue to be at the forefront in pro- X box for my child whom I had promised to buy if he viding valuable shopping experiences and highlight- cleared the exams and filled a coupon to enter the ing its commitment to its consumers, making Emax Golden Boots Millionaire draw. But I never imagined the preferred destination for consumer electronic that I would be the lucky winner and with this win products.” THE PENINSULA MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Last batch of students completes Oxy Qatar summer internship

DOHA: Occidental Petroleum enriching experience for students, development was a common feed- of Qatar Limited (Oxy Qatar) enabling them to enter the work- back among students. Summer announced the success of its force. It offers training, orienta- intern Sara Alzadjali said, “Such summer internship programme. tion sessions and field trips for a experience has given me the High school and university stu- hands-on professional experience. opportunity to grow profession- dents took part in the programme At the end of internship, each ally, which will further help me starting late May through August. student gives a presentation to in my academic and personal life. Interns from Qatar and schools senior management about skills I have built confidence within the abroad worked in departments, they have acquired and how they last few weeks that has helped me depending on their majors and/ will ease their transition into the work better and produce positive or interests. work field. results”. Each intern was trained by a Mousa Abuhelaiqa, a mechan- Skills students obtained have departmental mentor who guided ical engineer, Texas A&M given them the opportunity to them through their intern- University at Qatar, said of excel outside the workplace too. ship. High school students were his internship in the Drilling Nouf Al Kaabi, a student at Qatar Trainees interact with instructors at the event. involved in a week-long internship Department: “My experience University, majoring in finance, while university students bene- was very rewarding and unique. said: “The new software I learned fited from a four- to eight-week Not only did I get insight about about is good! I think I will con- internship. what mechanical engineers do in tinue to use it for my university Stephen Kelly, President and the oil and gas sector, I also got projects and would suggest it to General Manager, Oxy Qatar, to the opportunity to participate use it at school. Different cultures QRC attends IMPACT said: “The programme accepts in presentation skills and safety respond to things differently, so to students from various disciplines courses that would enhance my work effectively and efficiently, we and schools. Our goal is to provide overall background knowledge as need to understand the cultures real life work settings to prepare an engineering student.” of the people we’re dealing with. them for after their academic Positive feedback from interns The Working Effectively Across course in Tehran years. This year in particular, included satisfaction with the Cultures training will help me in the students’ End of Programme atmosphere at Oxy and the my life, especially when communi- presentations were of excellent readiness of the mentors to cating with professors, friends or Volunteers prepare to become delegates for future missions quality.” guide them through their time employees from any firm.” The programme provides an in the company. Self-growth and THE PENINSULA DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent knowledge with peers in QRC for Al Merekhi said, “The course (QRC) participated in the the benefit of all. Participants in was an opportunity to explore annual one-week International five groups of four-five members experiences from other countries Mobilisation and Preparation each were trained in the role and and shed light on some challenges for Action (IMPACT) course responsibilities of delegates and in field action and how to over- held by Iranian Red Crescent principles of work with the host come them in the best interest of Society (IRCS) in Tehran. Society and Movement and out- distressed people.” Organised in cooperation with side partners. She said humanitarian action International Federation of Red Sessions also covered safety and involves difficulties that hinder Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) security, respect for the cultures reaching out to victims, the least and International Committee of of distressed populations, and of which is safety and security, the Red Cross (ICRC), the course international humanitarian law. but the belief in the sanctity of attracted participants from Instruction techniques included human soul and dignity is what national societies in East Asia, the lectures on the Movement com- inspires them as members of Middle East and North Africa. ponents, code of conduct, dealing International Red Cross/Red The course aims to build strong with the media, action in a con- Crescent Movement to keep going national societies and coordinate flict environment, etc. forward for the noble cause. field humanitarian action for bet- There was a case study about “The knowledge I acquired will ter response and recovery from an unreal country affected by be my resource in future missions disasters. natural disasters and internal/ to help distressed communities. It was attended by representa- external armed conflicts, with As a token of my gratitude to QRC tives and instructors from IFRC, scenarios for different aspects of for offering me this opportunity, I ICRC, IRCS and 28 partici- relief intervention in emergencies. have begun to communicate what pants from eight national socie- In the morning sessions, I learnt to risk reduction volun- Some of the students with officials. ties in Qatar, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, attendees gave summaries of the teers. I am very happy to share Lebanon, Georgia, Afghanistan, previous day, using role playing, it with members of my society.” and Iran. competitions, and Q&As, and IMPACT is part of efforts by As QRC is keen to participate highlighted problems, if any. Movement components towards in such humanitarian events On the last day, the IRCS Strategy 2020 – Saving lives, for communication, exchange of organising committee honoured changing minds, which seeks to experience, and mutual capac- coordinators and instructors and protect lives by building respon- ity building with members of gave the trainees course com- sive and developing human International Red Cross and Red pletion certificates. The agenda resources capable of providing Crescent Movement, it sent sen- included post-closing recreational support, physical and technical ior volunteer Reema Al Merekhi, arrangements, such as an invita- help within a coordinated and trainer in the risk reduction tion by IRCS to all participants harmonious framework between team, to prepare for future repre- to a dinner party at an Iranian the host country and supporting sentation of QRC in foreign mis- classical restaurant and a trip to organisations and Movement out- sions and share experience and Iran’s tallest Milad Tower. side partners. THE PENINSULA

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Continued from page 1 with a law that requires all those IAEA reviewed Why this law is not being that get land to use it in two years DOHA: Staff Major General enforced to ensure people develop or it should be given to others on Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, their plots and not leave them to the waiting list. Director-General of Public damage the country’s image? he “There is land in my area that Security and President asked. He said authorities should was allocated for building schools of Permanent Emergency put a time limit of two years for 40 years back and until now it has Committee (PEC), yester- anyone who wants land to use not been used,” said Al Khoor. day met a delegation from it or it should be given to those “With all the developments International Atomic Energy waiting for many years. taking place in the capital, it’s Agency. Hamad Saleh Al Khoor, sad to see such free land being They discussed cooperation and Councillor from Old Al Rayyan, left unused,” he added. issues of common interest. said authorities should come up THE PENINSULA QNA

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BAGHDAD: Iraq called yes- with the Iraqi government and terday for global support for its with the Kurdish government in fight against jihadists, as Shia order to repel this very serious, neighbour Iran said it was help- atrocious group,” Zarif said. ing Baghdad resist the mili- It is “committing acts of hor- tants but not with soldiers on rendous genocide and crimes the ground. against humanity” and “needs to Iraq is struggling to regain sig- be tackled by the international nificant parts of the country after community and by every coun- a lightning militant offensive led try in the region”, he said. “But by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist we do not believe that they need group seized second city Mosul in the presence of Iranian soldiers The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah yesterday led the Qatari delegation participating in the meeting of Foreign Ministers of June and swept through the coun- in order to do this task,” he said. Arab State Members of the International Contact Group on Syrian Affairs, in Jeddah. The meeting discussed the latest developments on the Syrian try’s Sunni heartland, as security There have been reports of issue and in the region. Qatar participated in the meeting along with Saudi Arabia Egypt, Jordan and the UAE. forces fled. Iranian forces fighting in Iraq, The jihadist fighters have been and despite Zarif’s denial, there is bombarded since August 8 by evidence of military involvement US air strikes in northern Iraq, by Tehran, including an Iranian allowing Kurdish peshmerga pilot that state media said was security forces to claw back a killed fighting in Iraq, as well as Juba ceasefire limited amount of lost territory, the presence of several Iranian Jihadists seize Syrian air base; including the Qaraj area, which Su-25 warplanes in the country. monitor dies they retook yesterday. The United States, which has “We launched an attack this launched more than 90 air strikes after officials morning on positions of (IS) gun- against IS jihadists in Iraq in the more than 500 killed in fighting men” in the Qaraj area southeast past two weeks, has said opera- of Mosul, forcing the militants tions against the group in Syria BEIRUT: Islamic State mili- held by rebels out after two hours of fighting, may also be necessary. The jihad- tants stormed an air base in peshmerga Staff Colonel Salim Al ists have declared a “caliphate” — a northeast Syria yesterday, ADDIS ABABA: A member of Sorchi said. successor state to historic Muslim capturing it from government an East African regional body Iraqi security forces also on empires — straddling territory it forces after days of fighting monitoring a ceasefire in South Sunday repelled a renewed mili- has seized in Iran and Syria. that cost more than 500 lives, a Sudan died of a heart attack tant assault on the Baiji oil refin- Washington has also ramped up monitoring group said. after some monitors were ery, the country’s largest, a police its rhetoric following the grisly IS The Syrian Observatory for detained by rebels to the north officer and witnesses said. beheading of American journalist Human Rights said at least 346 of the country, further compli- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar James Foley who was abducted in Islamic State fighters were killed cating a peace process. Zebari yesterday urged greater Syria, calling it “a terrorist attack and more than 170 members of Ethiopia’s Seyoum Mesfin, support from the international against our country.” government forces had died since the chief mediator at the Inter community. Iraq “needs help and The IS onslaught has exac- Tuesday in the fight over Tabqa Governmental Authority on support from everybody... all the erbated already high sectarian base, making it one of the dead- Development (IGAD), which is forces against terrorism,” but not tensions in Iraq. Prime minister- liest confrontations between the trying to broker peace in South in the form of troops, as “there designate Haidar Al Abadi, a Shia, two groups since the start of Sudan, said the rebels’ action was is no shortage of fighting men,” urged “citizens to close ranks to Syria’s war. a violation of the cessation of hos- Zebari said at a joint press con- deny the opportunity to the ene- The Observatory, which moni- tilities agreement signed by the two ference with his Iranian counter- mies of Iraq who are trying to tors violence in Syria through warring parties earlier this year. part Mohammed Javad Zarif in provoke strife”. sources on the ground, said fighting Seyoum said the incident hap- Baghdad. Iraq was hit by further violence raged inside the air base yester- Residents of Tabqa city and Islamic State militants tour the streets in pened early on Sunday in the Zarif, on a two-day visit to yesterday, with bombings in two day. It was the Syrian army’s last celebration after jihadists took over Tabqa air base in northeast Syria yesterday. oil-producing Unity state, but he Baghdad, for his part said Iran is areas of Diyala province, north- foothold in an area otherwise con- did not disclose the total number working with Iraq, and also called east of Baghdad, killing 10 people, trolled by Islamic State, which has Syrian state media gave no push to reshape the Middle East of those being held or their for a broad effort against IS. “We among them five Kurdish security seized large areas of Syria and Iraq. figure for the number of people will eventually force the West to nationalities. are cooperating and working... forces members. AFP In nearby Raqqa city, an killed in the clashes. deal with President Bashar Al At least 10,000 people have Islamic State stronghold, there Islamic State had also trapped Assad as the only way to tackle been killed since fierce fighting was celebratory gunfire and sev- around 150 retreating Syrian sol- the threat, sources familiar with erupted in December, pitting eral mosques announced through diers in an area near the base and Syrian government thinking said. President Salva Kiir’s govern- their loudspeakers that the base was believed to be holding them Elsewhere in Syria, the group ment forces against supporters had fallen to the Islamists and captive, the Observatory said. withdrew from northern areas of Riek Machar, his former dep- cheered “God is greatest”, a wit- The Syrian army sent rein- it controlled outside the city of uty and longtime rival. Another ness said. forcements to the base overnight Homs yesterday and retreated IGAD official told Reuters the one IS fighters displayed the severed on Friday to fight Islamic State, east after coming under attack who died was a South Sudanese heads of Syrian army soldiers in which controls roughly a third of from rival Islamist fighters, the national representing the govern- the city square, the witness said, northern and eastern Syria. Observatory said. ment side. IGAD has eight groups adding that Syrian warplanes were Syrian television had shown Fighters from the group with- of monitors in flashpoint areas. heard over Raqqa following the air footage of army forces defend- drew from a headquarters north Each of the eight teams comprises base attack. Earlier in the day, the ing the base on Saturday who of Homs on the orders of their of up to six monitors. Syrian air force had bombed areas had said it was safe from Islamic leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the Both the government and the around the base. State’s advances. Many of the Observatory said, citing sources rebel side have one representative Syrian state television said that Islamic State fighters died after in the area. They said IS gave up in each group, IGAD officials said. after fierce battles, the military Syrian warplanes bombarded the the territory to Nusra Front, Al The monitors have been deployed was “regrouping”. Citing a mili- area, the Observatory said. Qaeda’s official wing in Syria. to the capital Juba, where fighting tary source, it said there was a Islamic State, a radical offshoot Activists have accused the first erupted, Malakal and Bentiu, “successful evacuation of the of Al Qaeda, has taken three Syrian army of avoiding confron- both northern oil-producing areas airport” and that the army was Syrian military bases in the area tations with IS because it has in Unity state and Bor, scene of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi (right) with Iranian Foreign Minister continuing strikes on “terrorist in recent weeks, boosted by arms weakened rival rebel groups also some of the heaviest fighting Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) in Baghdad yesterday. groups” in the area, which it said seized in Iraq. battling Assad. about 200km north of Juba. had suffered heavy losses. Syria is calculating that the IS REUTERS REUTERS Egypt to host Libya conference

CAIRO: Egypt today is to host Fajr Libya spokesman said. The Islamist militias, mainly from a meeting of foreign ministers fall of the airport would be a Misrata, east of the capital, of Libya and its neighbours, as major defeat for the nationalist while Ansar Al Sharia, which Islamist militias openly challenge fighters from Zintan, southwest Washington also brands a terrorist the legitimacy of parliament of Tripoli. group, controls around 80 percent after seizing Tripoli’s airport. The airport 30km south of the of the eastern city of Benghazi. Almost three years after Libyan capital, has been shut “These two groups are a legiti- a Nato-backed revolt ousted since July 13 because of the deadly mate target of the national army, strongman Muammar Gaddafi, clashes between the Islamists and which we strongly support in its Libya has been roiled by fight- the Zintan force. war to force them to halt their ing between ex-rebels who have The Islamists blamed Egypt killings and hand over their formed militias. and the United Arab Emirates arms,” MPs said. The meeting in Cairo today will for the attack, a charge Cairo Earlier in the day, Islamist include the foreign ministers of denied, and accused them of hav- militiamen attacked the Tripoli Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, ing acted in collusion with the studios of private television Sudan, Chad and Niger, the Libyan parliament. station Al Assima which sup- Egyptian foreign ministry said The parliament has branded ports the Zintan nationalists in a statement. Islamist militias as “terror- and kidnapped its crew, the The grouping last met in July ists”. “The groups acting under station said. when it called for political dia- the names of Fajr Libya (Lbyan Al Assima, in a news bulletin, logue and the formation of a coun- Dawn) and Ansar Al Sharia are said equipment was destroyed and cil to follow the crisis in Libya. terrorist groups and outlaws that the crew went missing. Fajr Libya, a coalition of are rising up against the legiti- On the political front, the Islamist militias, on Saturday mate powers,” the parliament outgoing provisional General announced the capture of Tripoli’s said. National Congress (GNC), which battered international airport The parliament, which sits in was dominated by Islamists, was from nationalist militiamen. Tobruk, 1,600km east of the capi- to resume operations at the The announcement came a day tal, said it was determined to deal request of Fajr Libya, despite after an unidentified warplane with the challenge through the being superseded by parliament, raided Islamist positions around regular armed forces. its spokesman said. the airport, killing 13 fighters, a Fajr Libya is a coalition of AGENCIES MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Yemen govt talks with Shia rebels fail Rival protests stoke up tension

SANA’A: Rival protests stoked been fighting government troops up tension in Yemeni capi- in the northern mountains on and tal yesterday as a presidential off since 2004. negotiating team abandoned At yesterday’s rallies, rebels fol- talks with Shia rebels, accusing lowers chanted: “The people want them of seeking to ignite a war. the government out” while 5km President Abd-Rabbu Mansour away the slogans from Hadi’s sup- Hadi urged “vigilance and increased porters predicted the failure of preparation to face any options the rebellion. that could be imposed” on Yemen, “Oh, Houthi, Sana’a will be at a meeting with the supreme your tomb” and “Houthi is God’s security and military committee, enemy” the crowds jeered. state news agency Saba reported. Tens of thousands of armed Pro and anti-government pro- rebels have set up fortified protest test leaders used loud hailers to camps around the capital over the stir up their followers at rallies in past week to press their demands. different parts of Sana’a, although One encampment is located in there were no clashes between the Sana’a’s northern district on a groups, as had been feared. road leading to the airport. Thousands joined the rebel Mikhlafi told reporters on demonstration in the north of Saturday that his team had the city, near the interior minis- handed Houthi a draft proposal try and other government offices, to form a technocrat government but tens of thousands gathered in within a one-month period from central Sana’a to support Hadi’s the date of signing the accord. government, witnesses reported. Houthi spokesman Mohammed Hadi’s envoys had held Abdulsalam, however, pinned the talks with rebel commander blame on authorities, saying the Abdulmalik Al Huthi since presidential team “had no powers” Thursday in a bid to persuade him to guarantee his group’s demands. to abandon protests organised by Apart from revoking the fuel his supporters to demand the res- price hikes and the government’s Demonstrators gather in support of Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and against Shia Houthi rebels in Sana’a yesterday. ignation of the government and resignation, the demands include reversal of fuel price increases. “a partnership in all the state rebels seized after deadly battles rival to Ansarullah, slammed the protests were complicating the already faces an Al-Qaeda insur- But the presidential team’s structures”, he said. in July, before they later agreed “armed” rebels “who are sur- negotiations. gency and a campaign for renewed spokesman, Abdulmalek Al Authorities in Sana’a had to withdraw. rounding the capital and carrying “There is still room to find a independence for the south. Mikhlafi, said the negotiations in already stepped up security Yemeni activist Tawakkol out sit-ins in the city.” negotiated settlement, but esca- The impoverished country has Saada, the rebels’ stronghold in around vital installations and gov- Karman, Nobel Peace laureate Analysts said the rebels are lating the protests will likely been locked in a protracted tran- the mountains of the far north, ernment buildings including the in 2011, criticised the rebels’ use seeking to establish themselves make finding one more difficult,” sition since long-time strongman had failed. The rebels “rejected all airport and the interior ministry. of “violence to achieve political as the dominant force in Yemen’s Alley said. Ali Abdullah Saleh was forced from the proposals presented to them,” “We are living in constant fear ends”. She said she took part in northern highlands and to secure The Zaidi Shias, a minority in power in February 2012 after a said Mikhlafi. of the situation deteriorating and Sunday’s anti-rebel demonstra- a larger share of power in a future mainly Sunni Yemen, form the deadly 11-month uprising. Plans for “It seems like the Houthis of a scenario similar to what hap- tion to “defend the republic and federal government. majority in the northern highlands, a six-region federation have been want a war,” he added, referring pened in Amran,” activist Amal reject violence”. April Longley Alley, a Yemen including the Saada region. Their rejected by both the Houthis and to the Shia rebels, also known as Al Yafie said. She was referring to Karman, a member of Islamist specialist with the International protest action has raised fears the southern separatists. Ansarullah or Zaidi, who have the northern city which the Shia party Al Islah, a Sunni bloc and Crisis Group, said that the of new violence in Yemen, which AFP

Iran unveils missiles, drones Five rockets Gaza children mark first day TEHRAN: Iran yesterday unveiled Vehicles, including attack drones. fired from Syria two new missiles and two new The United States, whose Fifth drones it said have been added to Fleet is based in Bahrain across the into Israeli-held of school, but no lessons its arsenal, in a ceremony attended Gulf from the mainly Shia Islamic by President Hassan Rowhani. republic, has repeatedly expressed The Ghadir (Mighty), with a range concern about these two programmes. Golan: Army GAZA CITY: Marking the first day of the new videos with their mobile phones. A few children of 300km, is a ground-to-sea and sea- Rowhani yesterday sought to allay school year in Gaza, dozens of children lined up appeared to enjoy the spectacle, clapping along, to-sea missile, the official IRNA news such fears. “Iran has no intention to JERUSALEM: Rocket fire in the courtyard early yesterday morning to but were visibly disappointed not to be going back agency said. It is in the same family interfere in, dominate or attack other from Syria slammed into sing the Palestinian national anthem. to school. “I was looking forward to school begin- as the Ghader or Qader cruise mis- countries or plunder their resources,” the Israeli-occupied sector of But this year, class did not begin. Instead, the ning again so I could finish my tawjihi exams (the sile, which has a range of 200km. he said in a speech broadcast on state the Golan Heights yesterday youngsters then recited the opening verse of Palestinian high school diploma),” said 17-year-old The other missile unveiled — the television, adding that the country’s but there were no reports of the Holy Quran to honour the more than 2,100 Wujud Zayeda. Nasr-e Basir (Clear Victory) — is military doctrine was defensive. casualties. Palestinians killed in a 48-day Israeli military “This year it’s different. One of my friends was equipped with a seeker homing head. In May, Iran said it had succeeded in “At least five rockets fired operation against Gaza. injured in a strike near her home. I’m really upset, Its range was not given. The new copying an American RQ-170 Sentinel from Syria hit different locations They then returned to classrooms packed to we just want to learn.” Karar-4 (Striker) drone can track and drone that it forced down and recov- across the Golan Heights,” the the brim with families displaced by the conflict, Mother Hanan Matar, 48, was living in the monitor enemy aircraft, the agency ered nearly intact in December 2011. Israeli army said in a statement. in the UN school being used as a shelter in the school with her nine children. “Even the right of said, while the Mohajer-4 (Migrant) Tehran is engaged in negotiations An army spokeswoman said that north of Gaza City. our children to study is denied,” she sighed. drone is designed to perform photo- with the five permanent members it was not known who launched “I don’t want to have to live in a school,” said Schools run by the UN Palestinian refugee graphic and mapping missions. of the UN Security Council plus the rockets and the Israeli mili- 11-year-old Amin al-Kilani, whose family was agency (UNRWA) are occupied by more than Iran has developed a major missile Germany on securing an agreement tary did not return fire. driven out of their home in Beit Hanun in north- 300,000 internally displaced Gazans, half of whom programme in addition to producing with world powers on its controversial She said there were no casu- ern Gaza after Israel bombarded the area. “I want are children, Unicef says. different types of Unmanned Aerial nuclear programme. AFP alties in the attacks, at around to learn here, then just go home,” he said. With so many people using the educational 1:30am (2230 GMT) yesterday, Amin is one of nearly half a million Gazan chil- facilities as living space, it is impossible for les- the 48th day of a war between dren who will not be able to return to class this sons to resume as normal. A quarter of Gaza’s Israel and the Islamist movement year, according to the UN children’s fund Unicef. population of 1.8 million have been made homeless Hamas in and around Gaza. “Classes will remain closed in the conflict- by the fighting. Last month a rocket from stricken coastal enclave, denying these nearly Of the more than 2,100 dead, some 478 were chil- Syria prompted Israeli artillery 500,000 children their right to education,” Unicef dren, according to the UN. “This has been a danger- to shell Syrian army positions. said in a statement. ous summer for Palestinian children in Gaza who In June Israeli warplanes At the UN school’s symbolic start to the new could not even go outside to play. School is a vital attacked Syrian military head- academic year, a young girl in a party dress recited lifeline to these traumatized children, which plays a quarters and positions after an a poem. A boy in shorts and glasses sang a popu- key role in their healing,” the joint statement from Israeli teenager was killed in lar song by the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol. Unicef, Unesco and Save the Children said. what the Jewish state said was Proud mothers looked on, some taking pictures of AFP a cross-border attack by forces loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Some previous incidents have been put down to stray fire from fighting between Syrian government troops and opposi- tion forces. Late on Saturday, a rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel. There was no immediate claim of responsibil- ity for the launch or reports of damage or injuries. A Lebanese security source said the rocket was fired from Dheira, 3km from the border with Israel. The same source noted that Israeli helicopters were seen flying around the border area. In mid-July, at least nine rockets were fired from Lebanon at the Jewish state, prompting Israel to retaliate with artillery fire. Lebanese military offi- cials had at the time said they believed the attacks were car- ried out by a small Palestinian group in an act of solidarity with Gazan militants. Israel did not return fire for the Saturday night attack but sent “a strong protest” to the United Nations Interim Force in Homeless Palestinian boys stand in a symbolic line organised by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency Lebanon, which monitors the bor- (UNRWA) during an action to bring attention to the fact that the children cannot go to school, at a UN-run der between Lebanon and Israel. school sheltering displaced Palestinians from the Israeli offensive, in Gaza yesterday. AFP MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Mid-air collision Ukraine rebels parade captives in Switzerland leaves six hurt GENEVA: A collision between Pro-Western government marks Independence Day; five dead as church, hospital shelled two light aircraft in Switzerland yesterday has left six people DONETSK, UKRAINE: to “humiliating and degrading with serious injuries, according Pro-Russian rebels in eastern treatment” of prisoners and was to police. Ukraine paraded dozens of cap- therefore in breach of the Geneva One of the planes crashed in a tured soldiers before a jeering Convention. field in the canton of St Gallen. crowd yesterday in mockery of Ukraine and the West blame Local police cited by Swiss news Independence Day celebrations Russia for supporting the sepa- agency ATS said the four people in the capital. ratist insurgents still clinging on on board were seriously injured in Ukraine’s pro-Western govern- to territory after four months of the accident. ment had sought to boost morale fighting in the restive east. The other aircraft made an with an upbeat military parade to “War has come to us from over emergency landing in nearby mark the country’s independence the horizon where it was never Sitterdorf. Both passengers also from the Soviet Union in 1991. expected,” Poroshenko told the suffered serious injury. Speaking to a crowd of thou- crowd in the Maidan, many of Police gave no indication as to sands in the iconic Independence whom sported the blue and yellow the circumstances of the acci- Square, known locally as national colours and traditional dent, which occurred early in the the Maidan, President Petro dress as they celebrated the first afternoon. Poroshenko decried Russian military parade in five years. “aggression” and said he was He said some of the equip- “convinced that the battle for ment rolling through the Maidan, 3 killed in France Ukraine, for independence, will which included tanks and Grad be our success”. missile systems — controversial road race accident But it was a markedly different for the indiscriminate damage scene in the eastern rebel strong- they have caused in the east -- TOULOUSE, FRANCE: hold of Donetsk, where around would be sent from the display Three people were killed when 40 or 50 captured government straight back to the front lines, a racing car veered off course soldiers were paraded through where over 700 soldiers have died during practice for a road race the city’s central Lenin Square since April. “In the 21st century, and ploughed into bystanders in as onlookers hurled garbage and in the centre of Europe, there is southwest France yesterday. empty bottles at them. a flagrant attempt to breach the Two race marshalls and a pho- “You are killing children!” border of a sovereign state with- tographer died in the accident, screamed some in the crowd at out declaring war,” he said. “It is said police in the department the prisoners, who walked with as if the world has returned to the People hold the world’s biggest Ukrainian flag during the Independence Day celebrations in Kiev yesterday. of Gers. The incident happened heads bowed and their hands 1930s, the eve of World War II.” at around 1100 local time (0900 behind their backs before being Poroshenko pledged 40bn hry- since April. There is mounting hospital. In Donetsk, one of the including US President Barack GMT) during course testing placed on two buses and taken to vnias ($3bn, ¤2.3bn) to its cash- concern over civilian casualties largest hospitals was hit Sunday, Obama, congratulated Ukraine close to Laas-Tillac, 110km west an unknown destination. strapped army over the next as the government presses closer sending patients and staff fleeing on Independence Day and Pope of Toulouse. The grim scene appeared three years for the purchase of into the rebel’s last redoubts. to the basement. Two people were Francis extended a message of The two race officials, a man designed to recall the famous warplanes, warships and helicop- Ukrainian Orthodox Church killed in an evening attack south peace. He called for prayers to and a woman, were in their sixties moment in 1944 when thousands ters. He called it “only the modest said yesterday that an artillery of the city centre, local authorities Ukraine’s “sons and daughters, while the photographer was in his of captured Nazi soldiers were beginning” of the rebirth of the attack the day before in the town said. Human rights organisations to their aspirations of peace and forties, police said. paraded through Moscow on Ukrainian military. of Kirovske in Donetsk region have said both sides of the conflict tranquility, threatened by a situ- According to preliminary Stalin’s orders. Kiev’s conflict with the pro- sent a shell through the roof of a are guilty of using indiscriminate ation of tension and conflict that investigations, the driver, who was Human Rights Watch deputy Russian rebels in the separatist church during a religious service, weapons and urged against locat- continues unabated, causing so unhurt in the crash, lost control director Rachel Denber said on regions of Lugansk and Donetsk killing three people, while another ing military targets in urban areas. much suffering for the popula- of the car while volunteers were Twitter that the event amounted has claimed more than 2,200 lives shell killed two more in a local A number of Western leaders, tion”. AFP erecting security barriers. The race, a 1.5 kilometre hill climb, was cancelled by organisers. France to Nigeria doctors halt strike to combat Ebola 3 dead in rescue investigate helicopter crash ABUJA: Striking public sector duty at their working posts with medical aid groups. But many being flown out of Sierra Leone MADRID: A Spanish police doctors in Nigeria said yester- effect from 8am (0700 GMT) of say Nigeria’s public hospitals on Sunday, headed to an isolation helicopter flying to rescue a migrant’s death day they would suspend a nearly Monday 25th August, 2014,” a also need to be operational in ward in a London hospital. mountain climber with a broken two-month strike to help com- statement said. order to guard against disas- The WHO gave no details about ankle crashed yesterday, kill- PARIS: France vowed yester- bat the Ebola outbreak. It said delegates had “resolved ter in the event of a surge in the age, sex or nationality of its ing all three crew members on day to “shed light” on the cir- The striking National Medical to suspend the strike action in the infections. infected health worker but said board, emergency services said. cumstances surrounding the Association (NMA) union has interest of urgent national emer- The NMA, which launched the person had been deployed to The helicopter’s blades struck mysterious death of an Algerian come under intense pressure to gencies”, specifically citing the the strike on July 1 over pay and Sierra Leone. the side of a mountain close to migrant as he was being end the work stoppage since the “threats posed by the outbreak working conditions, said nego- A WHO spokesman said the the Picos de Europa range in the deported last week as Algeria first Ebola case was confirmed in of the Ebola virus.” tiations with the federal govern- person was an epidemiologist. northwestern province of Leon. called for “official and accurate” Nigeria on July 25. Nigeria has recorded 15 cases ment on their grievances would The patient was now “receiv- The aircraft then slid down the information. NMA chief Kayode Obembe of Ebola, including five deaths, continue. ing the best care possible” but rock face, regional emergency “The interior ministry shares had announced earlier this month far less than Guinea, Liberia and The UN’s World Health the “option of medical evacua- services said in a statement. with the family of the victim and that the strike would end but Sierra Leone which have each Organization yesterday tion” was still being considered, Two Guardia Civil pilots and Algerian authorities the very faced a revolt from his deputies seen hundreds of deaths from announced a first Ebola infection the WHO statement said. a member of a mountain rescue strong desire to shed light on the in the union and was forced to the virus. among the health experts it has The infected Briton in Sierra team died in the accident, it said. circumstances of this tragic death,” backtrack. Nigeria’s Ebola cases have dispatched to battle the raging Leone, a health ministry spokes- A fourth member of the res- the ministry said in a statement. At an emergency session this been handled so far by private epidemic in West Africa that has man said, Yahya Tunis, was a cue team who had already exited Abdelhak Goradia, 51, was being weekend, union leaders told their sector medical workers work- killed at least 1,427 people with volunteer nurse and a “valu- the helicopter to search for the transported to a flight and due members to resume work today. ing with experts from the US few signs of abating. able member” of a crew who had injured climber sounded the to be expelled from France last “All medical and dental doctors Centers for Disease Control, the Also yesterday, the first Briton worked with Ebola victims. alarm, a spokesman said. Thursday but died in mysterious are hereby directed to resume World Health Organization and to be infected with Ebola was AFP AFP circumstances after arriving at Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris. According to initial autopsy results revealed over the weekend, “the cause of death was asphyxia- tion due to gastric regurgitation”. Iceland lowers volcano Family members who saw Goradia’s body said there were bruises visible on his face. “He had facial injuries but we warning after quakes could not see the rest of the body because it was hidden,” Goradia’s REYKJAVIK: Iceland low- cousin said via telephone. ered its warning code for “He had a bruise on his nose possible volcanic disruption and face,” said his nephew, Hocine, to the aviation industry to also by telephone. Goradia’s fam- orange from red on Sunday ily, about 20 of whom live in after further analysis of an France, want to launch civil pro- apparent eruption under a ceedings to determine the exact glacier found there had been cause of death. no eruption after all. The risk level had been raised Italy saves 3,500 to red, the highest level on the country’s five-point alert sys- boat migrants tem, on Saturday after authori- ties detected signs of a small since Friday eruption beneath a glacier near the Bardarbunga volcano in ROME: Italy’s maritime search central Iceland. and rescue service saved 3,500 Ash from the eruption of migrants and found 19 corpses in Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull vol- Scientists fixing and updating a Seismometer and communication the Mediterranean since Friday cano shut down much of equipment that broke down over Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland as thousands attempted to cross Europe’s airspace for six days, yesterday. to Europe by boat over the week- affecting more than 10 million end, the Italian navy said. people and costing $1.7bn. commissioner said separately volcanic system and located Calmer summer seas have led “Observations show that a that all restrictions on aviation under the ice cap of a glacier. more people to make the peril- sub-glacial eruption did not had been cancelled. Airspace of It is in a different range to ous crossing this year from North occur yesterday. The intense 140 by 100 nautical miles above Eyjafjallajokull, which erupted Africa, where a breakdown of low-frequency seismic signal the volcano had been closed to in 2010. Red alert indicates an order in Libya has been exploited observed yesterday has there- aircraft on Saturday. eruption is imminent or under- by human traffickers, pushing the fore other explanations,” the However, restrictions on way with a significant emission number of arrivals into Italy since Icelandic Met Office said. roads and evacuated areas in of ash likely. January past 100,000. The office had therefore the region remained in effect, The Met Office said on The Italian ship Sirio recovered decided to move the aviation it said. Authorities were moving Sunday a magnitude 5.3 earth- 18 corpses and 73 survivors from warning code from red to away from emergency footing quake at 5 km depth had struck a raft, the navy said on Twitter orange, it said, but since there though they remained on alert. after midnight while another, yesterday, after a frigate picked was no sign the seismic activity There have been thousands with a magnitude of about 5, up one corpse along with 1372 was slowing down, an eruption of small earthquakes over the had occurred some five hours survivors on Friday night. could still not be excluded. past week at Bardarbunga, later. AFP The national police which is Iceland’s largest REUTERS MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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he declaration of an ‘Islamic Caliphate’ in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram militants points to an I-am-no-less-than-you mindset of the militant Tgroup. Going by the histrionics of its leader Shekau on Internet videos, it is well within rational limits to say that Recent events put Obama’s he is a blood-thirsty maniac. His outpourings of venom against Nigerian authorities and diatribes against the West have created an image of perverse cruelty. Now, Boko Haram wants to be counted in the league of foreign policy under scanner another hardline Islamist group, Islamic State. Since the group has run riot in Syria and Iraq and killed hundreds after BY ZACHARY A GOLDFARB Alterman, senior vice president at the deployment Obama has ruled out — is declaring a ‘Caliphate’, it has drawn global attention. Boko Center for Strategic and International one that he and the Pentagon must deal Haram’s move to declare a ‘Caliphate’ along the same lines he week began with the break- Studies. “Now he faces the criticism with. points to a replication of the other militant organsiation’s ing of the siege of Mount Sinjar that, whereas the Bush administration “Containing the threat is the great moves. in Iraq, thanks to US bomb- embarked on a war of choice in Iraq, he challenge of the final 2 1/2 years of the Boko Haram recently kidnapped about 200 Nigerian girls Ting runs, and ended with the embarks on a series of skirmishes that Obama presidency,” said Rep Adam public beheading of American journal- are reactive and not of his choosing.” Smith of Washington, the ranking from a school in northeastern Nigeria, which is a stronghold of ist James Foley in Syria and renewed Obama wanted to close the book Democrat on the House Armed Services the Islamist group. It was this incident that helped the group Russian aggression in Ukraine. on 9/11 America, pledging to end the Committee. attain global notoriety. The juxtaposition of military success nation’s “permanent war” footing. That Senior administration officials say An international conference in Paris under the aegis and public human failure has caused has meant not only taking on the legacy that as they confront the challenges of France a few months ago took stock of the threat the a sense of whiplash around President of the attacks but also convincing wor- in Syria and Iraq, however, they are militant Islamists pose to the region and the world after the Barack Obama’s foreign policy and ried allies in Europe and the Middle unwilling to sacrifice either of Obama’s further stoked the debate about his East that the country is not in retreat guiding principles. kidnappings. Initially caught napping, the government of worldview. after more than a decade of war. “Iraq and Syria are very much within Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan did not do much to Obama’s detractors revived criti- In place of the large military deploy- the goal preventing the threat of ter- go after the militants and aggressively hunt the girls, who cism that his foreign policy is based on ments, Obama has relied on smaller rorism from emanating from outside are both Muslims and Christians. retreat from the world, typified by the operations to manage, rather than the United States,” Ben Rhodes, deputy Boko Haram, which translates to withdrawal of US forces from Iraq three resolve, many of the conflicts that have national security adviser, said last week. Boko Haram’s ‘western education is sin’ in the years ago, a lack arisen during his time in office. The “That’s a core interest.” of direct action attempted rescue of Foley earlier this At the same time, he said, Obama is declaration of local Hausa language, has recently in Syria and an year from a camp deep inside Syria not reconsidering his view that Iraq — a ‘Caliphate’ in stepped up attacks. economics-first stands as the most recent example of and Afghanistan — must be primarily The latest move by the group is approach to driv- that approach. responsible for their own security. northeastern a desperate attempt meant to raise The question, ing Russia’s mili- But smaller has not translated into “The basic premise still holds that its profile as one that can take on though, is tary back from peace or greater American influence. we’re transitioning from wars in which Nigeria is Ukraine. After pulling troops from Iraq on the the United States was on the ground the might of the state. a desperate whether Obama His support- eve of his reelection year, Obama is now in big numbers fighting to secure The Nigerian military yesterday ers argue that overseeing a military operation to pro- Afghanistan and Iraq to Afghans and attempt to follow rejected Boko Haram’s claim of is contradicting his approach has tect Iraqi civilians threatened by the Iraqis fighting on the ground to secure in Iraq Jihadists’ forming a Caliphate in Gwoza in been consistent Islamic State, secure US personnel in their own countries,” Rhodes said. Borno state. “The sovereignty and the pledge with his strategy Kurdish Iraq, and advise the country’s While Obama and his advisers see footsteps. territorial integrity of the Nigerian of returning the US-trained army. consistency in his actions, analysts embraced in his United States — Leaving behind an Iraq dominated and other observers see more of a state is still intact. Operations to 2009 Nobel Prize after post-Sep- by an organisation Al Qaeda once disa- patchwork. secure that area from the activities tember 11 wars vowed as too extreme would cloud his “This president has ignored the of the bandits is still ongoing,” a defence spokesman said. lecture: “To face — to a foreign pol- legacy as the president who ended that threat for a long period of time, and The Nigerian government has been unsuccessful icy built around war — and would bequeath his successor now we’re paying the price,” Sen. John in stemming the tide of rising militancy and growing the world as it economic engage- a difficult national security. McCain, a Republican, told his home- fundamentalism in the West African state. Nigeria’s rich oil ment rather than The Islamic State emerged from the town newspaper, the Arizona Republic. is,” not as he military inter- pit of Syria’s civil war, overrunning the “The more [Obama] delays and the resources haven’t led to a substantial rise in income levels in would like vention. The blurry border with Iraq and leading US more he acts incrementally, the more the impoverished country. The Opec state still has to get its question, though, civilian and military policymakers to [the Islamic State] adjusts and the more act together as far as the economy is concerned. it to be. is whether he is consider the two conflicts as one. difficult they will become.” The government of President Goodluck Jonathan has contradicting the Obama called for the end of Syrian Obama has contributed to the con- to deal with militancy with an iron hand. Nigerian troops pledge embraced President Bashar Al Assad’s govern- fusion, occasionally turning to vague in his 2009 Nobel Prize lecture: “to face ment years ago, yet his primary goal phrasing and metaphors to explain his complain of being poorly equipped to take on Boko Haram the world as it is,” not as he would like has been to eliminate a chemical weap- foreign policy. amid a sharp dip in the morale of the forces. it to be. ons cache that could be used against US Even former Secretary of State A long-term plan to fight militancy should include not “He thought he could change the targets or allies if extremist groups take Hillary Rodham Clinton said recently only better equipment and training for the security forces, tenor more easily than he could, and control of them. that “Don’t do stupid stuff” — the presi- but also bringing about administrative reforms. Streamlining I think he thought the world would be The question of how best to roll back dent’s latest foreign policy credo — is intelligence services and giving them more power would help more responsive to his desires than the Islamic State’s territorial gains not an “organiSing principle.” the world has proven to be,” said Jon — short of a boots-on-the-ground WP-BLOOMBERG the security apparatus buttress its strengths• The other side Quote of Tension in eastern Ukraine the day HE MESS in eastern Ukraine is According to reports, the Red Cross Western powers of distorting reality, civil war, and Russia will inevitably be now impacting European peace. authorities and officials from Kiev were and said that ethnic Russians in east- accused for arming the separatist Russian assertiveness to cross unable to screen the goods on the ern Ukraine face a catastrophic situation. rebels. This should not be allowed to Tover into Ukraine without a trucks, which inadvertently forced the In a statement that reflected Kremlin’s happen and the unscheduled visit of formal clearance from the authorities beeline of 220 trucks to move on to determination to face all odds and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to concerned has raised alarms. Many of Ukrainian soil. Around 100 trucks are confront the European Union, Churkin Kiev could go a long way in fomenting the European member states, as well now inside Ukraine and many more remarked, “Sometimes it reminded me of an equation to bring down the tension. As soon as a ceasefire as Kiev, fear that Moscow under the have crossed back into Russia after the kingdom of crooked mirrors because Merkel would be better advised to goes into effect, the guise of humanitarian aid is dumping unloading of goods. This speaks high some members of the (Security) Council reach out to Russian President Vladimir arms and ammunition in the rebel-held of Kiev’s inability to act in real time, and were not concerned about the fact hun- Putin and use her personal influence to two sides (Palestine territories. The EU and the transatlantic push Moscow over the brink to take dreds of civilians are dying”. address the crisis. What the Russian- and Israel) can sit alliance, Nato, are crying foul over the unilateral steps in the defence of its Now with Moscow having once Ukrainian imbroglio needs is involve- trespassing and term it as a violation of subjects in the eastern region, which again breached Ukrainian sovereignty, ment of regional stakeholders to defuse down and discuss Ukrainian sovereignty. But Kremlin says Kremlin calls its prime responsibility to the second since its forces marched on tension and strike a harmonious equa- their demands. that its convoy was loaded with articles feed and protect. Crimea and annexed it, the equation is tion for alleviating humanitarian discord of essential supplies and was stranded Russia’s ambassador to the United critically dangerous. A new flare-up of in eastern territories. Mahmoud Abbas at the border posts for several weeks. Nations, Vitaly Churkin, accused the fighting will tantamount to a complete KHALEEJ TIMES Palestinian President MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Americans one in distaste for politics

money in politics. moved numbers in some parts of There are Whatever the president Ohio. In other words, it was worth thought of the decision in 2010, he all the denunciations. serious has not let his displeasure get in Most ads in Senate and House the way of political needs in 2014. campaigns don’t get nearly the As they say on both sides, there scrutiny that the Jeep ad did. legal and will be no unilateral disarmament. When they do, many fail to get On a recent West Coast fund- a seal of approval for accuracy. philosophical raising swing, in addition to rais- Two that have drawn attention ing money for Democratic political this summer are in Kentucky, committees, the president also where Alison Lundergan Grimes, arguments appeared at events for the Senate a Democrat, is challenging Majority Committee and the Senate Minority Leader Mitch about the role House Majority Committee, two McConnell in what could be the pro-Democratic super PACs. most expensive Senate race of the A person connected with the year. of money in House Majority PAC told Politico Grimes appeared in her ad with that the event for it that Obama a retired coal miner, who asks politics, as well attended “wasn’t really a fund- why McConnell voted to raise raiser,” and that no tickets were his Medicare costs by $6,000. Fact sold for it. This person, who checkers deemed the claim false. as real debate spoke anonymously, said Obama The Post’s Kessler gave it four appeared only as a featured “Pinocchios,” his worst rating. about the actual speaker and “was not asking for McConnell responded with an funds” from those in attendance. ad linking Grimes to Obama and influence this People who know how this all claims of huge Medicare cuts works, including some who play under the Affordable Care Act. the same game, scoff at that. The FactCheck.org, which gave the spending has president isn’t there to pass the Grimes ad low ratings, blasted the hat. That’s the job of someone McConnell spot, saying a simi- on poll results. else — long before the president lar accusation aimed at Obama A police officer walks down the West Front steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. arrives or well after he leaves. two years ago had been deemed Much of the money contrib- “a whopper.” Kessler gave it two BY DAN BALZ uted to candidates and outside Pinocchios. of Americans think the cur- trend, but billionaires large and Harry Reid, D-Nev, has railed groups, whether by billionaires Everyone knows that candi- n a time of political polari- rent Congress has accomplished small, conservative and liberal, all repeatedly against Charles and or small donors, goes into tel- dates spend far more time raising sation, one thing still unites less than recent Congresses — a want in on the action. David Koch on the Senate floor evision ads by and for candi- money than talking with voters. left, right and centre: the record high. A survey taken at the The Supreme Court’s 2010 rul- and tried to turn them into the dates. Watchdogs such as The A leaked campaign planning Idisdain people have for end of last year by the National ing in Citizens United v Federal bogeymen of politics. Two months Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler, document written late last year Washington, their elected lead- Opinion Research Center and the Election Commission and other ago, Reid explained his animus who writes the Fact Checker for Michelle Nunn, a Democrat ers and the political system. Associated Press found that six in legal decisions triggered the toward the brothers, telling column, or Politifact.com and who is running for the Senate in Everywhere people look, there 10 respondents felt generally pes- explosion in super PAC spend- NBC’s Chuck Todd, “They are in FactCheck.org, do yeoman’s serv- Georgia, offered a breakdown of are reasons to feel shut out, simistic about how their political ing, as well as the darker expen- it to make money.” ice policing the advertising and how she should spend her time. manipulated or deprived of the leaders are chosen. ditures by entities that collect That is his right to say. But the slippery statements from can- The memo was first published by whole truth. Big money perme- Gallup reported last week individual contributions in the when it comes to the activities didates and campaigns. National Review Online. ates political campaigns. Political that only a fifth say members millions of dollars but aren’t of his fellow Nevadan Sheldon In this age of fact checkers, Nunn’s advisers recommended rhetoric is frequently a vehi- of Congress deserve to be ree- required to reveal their donors’ Adelson, Reid has a different view. ad makers have to be clever. In that she spend 80 percent of her cle for half-truths or pure spin. lected, which if it holds through names. Adelson, a Las Vegas casino mag- October 2012, Mitt Romney’s time on fundraising in the first Members of Congress too often November would be lowest per- There are serious legal and nate, put about $100m into the team ran a classic of the genre, quarter of this year, 75 percent posture rather than legislate. centage in a midterm year since philosophical arguments about the 2012 presidential campaign on an ad that was technically accu- in the second quarter and 70 per- The impact is all too predict- Gallup started asking the ques- role of money in politics, as well behalf of Republican candidates. rate but highly misleading in its cent in the current three months. able. Three in four Americans tion in 1992. as real debate about the actual “I know Sheldon Adelson,” Reid overall message. The memo recommended that she are dissatisfied with the way the In campaigns, wealthy people influence all this spending has on told Todd. “He’s not in this to The ad suggested that Chrysler still should devote half her time to political system works, according with political agendas now speak election results. But perceptions make money.” was going to shift production of raising money in the final month to a Washington Post-ABC News loudly. The conservative Koch matter, and many Americans see President Barack Obama crit- Jeeps from Ohio to China. (In of the campaign. That’s the new poll. More than eight in 10 say brothers, who will contribute per- favouritism and possible corrup- icised the Citizens United deci- fact, the company announced normal for most candidates. they trust the government to do haps several hundred million dol- tion lurking behind the dollar sion during his 2010 State of the plans last spring to add workers Meanwhile, important legisla- the right thing only some of the lars this cycle to try to influence signs. Union address, with some of the to its Toledo plant.) Ohio news tion languishes in Congress. To time, according to a Quinnipiac the outcome of elections, have Some politicians say they are Supreme Court justices sitting organisations and others roundly too many Americans, the system University poll. become symbols of the new era. outraged by all this money, but before him in the House chamber. denounced the Romney ad as appears broken, rigged against The Pew Research Center They may be the most prominent they can be selective about their He was unhappy with that ruling misleading. Some Romney strate- them or both. recently found that 55 percent practitioners of an accelerating targets. Senate Majority Leader and its implications for the role of gists later claimed that the ad had WP-BLOOMBERG Mass media and social consciousness Help for climate BY DR. MOHAMED KIRAT sharper and more focused at the Studies confirm that people of local city level. The elites on the hat role does the media other hand focus on developmen- play in the formation different decision-making positions, tal and political problems and change battle Wof social conscious- issues at the local level but are ness and what is the relationship more open to national and world BY JAY FISETTE empowering them to choose from between use of media and peo- and consequently of different problems. various strategies from energy ple’s preferences and perception The media habits of various e have only one planet. efficiency to investments in clean of reality? People with different socio-economic strata, select and people in society differ according While US cities and energy. predispositions and experiences to their socio-economic status, Wcounties have taken The plan will ensure that we and with different social, eco- cultural and educational back- the initiative to respond to cli- never have to choose between nomic and religious backgrounds consume media content differently. grounds. While the blue collar mate change, the federal gov- clean air and a strong economy. will use the media in different traditions and conventions and media exposure and consump- workers are more television ori- ernment must lead. Arlington, It will drive innovation in clean ways. The media will, therefore, make up social reality to various tion leads to a varying social ented, the elites are more print Virginia adopted a transforma- energy sources, grow our economy influence people in different man- peoples and constituencies. consciousness. oriented. tive Community Energy Plan in and create jobs. The EPA esti- ners and to varying degrees on Neither the spread of mod- The mass media are impor- Television provides quick and, 2013 after four years of broad mates that the plan will provide separate issues and under differ- ern communication technolo- tant channels for informing peo- usually, not a detailed coverage community discussion and rig- public health and climate benefits ent conditions. They may be rela- gies nor of universal education ple of news development; they of important news developments. orous research. The plan sets worth $55bn to $93bn per year by tively unimportant and without are equalisers. The mass media set the agenda of events to be Because of the ease of breaking an ambitious goal of reducing 2030, far outweighing the costs. influence in some areas, but pos- and the information technolo- discussed. While the media sets news about world events through Arlington’s greenhouse gas emis- I am tired of climate deniers. sibly quite influential in others. gies, in conjunction with other the agenda of events for discus- the television news services people sions by 75 percent by 2050. That The immediate need to address Bourdieu argues that tastes social institutions, contribute to sion by the general public, this are aware of important interna- will enhance our competitiveness carbon pollution is rooted in and preferences are related to cultural reproduction and help to public is not a passive receiver of tional events. But this awareness and protect the environment. Yet strong scientific evidence. society and are closely linked to, perpetuate social and information the media content. It selects the is casual because the nature of we look to our state and federal Scientists are about as certain or reflect the social divisions and inequalities across generations. content that suits its systems of television does not usually allow government for support and that climate change is a real and classifications. A “preference”, he Social and cultural backgrounds orientations. The selective expo- detailed coverage of such events. leadership. man-made threat as they are that contended, is not something we of people continue to be the main sure of media messages results On the other hand, the newspaper Fortunately, President Barack cigarettes kill. The most recent can select freely and independ- determinants of the amount of in a selective perception of these medium typically provides more Obama understands that and is report by the Intergovernmental ently. It is something forced on information, wealth, or power messages. Media messages are detailed information that is easier unwilling to defer to a dysfunc- Panel on Climate Change made it people and is related to the con- people achieve. Cultural needs thus filtered into a group’s con- to refer to at one’s leisure. The tional Congress. In a bold move clear, once again, that more than ditions of their existence. He are the products of upbringing sciousness by its socio-cultural newspaper, while providing cov- that will safeguard the health and 97 percent of all climate scien- asserts that cultural preferences and education. All cultural prac- systems of orientations. People erage of news developments as safety of our children and future tists worldwide agree that climate owe their unique character to tices and preferences are closely react to media messages in ways well as information about world generations, the Obama admin- change is happening, is serious the fact that they are acquired related to educational level and that are determined by the way problems, gives more cover- istration has unveiled the Clean and needs to be addressed now. by early immersion in a world of the social origin. their social settings have molded age to local and national issues. Power Plan, delivering on its The National Climate cultivated people, practices and The decisive factors to equal- them through history and cul- Consequently, heavy newspaper promise to address the primary Assessment, the most compre- objects. ising people are the socio-eco- ture. Social and cultural systems, users are more informed about cause of climate change: carbon hensive report on the impacts Communication is a social nomic and cultural backgrounds therefore, practically determine issues and problems. pollution from power plants. of climate change on the United process and the mass media and of people and not merely the the choices which people make. On the other hand, the rela- Power plants are responsible States, outlined the effects of cli- communication systems represent information flow through the “A message which comes through tively high newspaper consump- for nearly 40 percent of carbon mate change, such as heat waves, an important sociological field of new media. Early research the senses is …mediated through tion by elites provides them with pollution in the United States. flooding, drought and more fre- study. The nature and extent of findings have pointed out that a value system. We do not per- more information and analyses We already limit arsenic, soot and quent extreme weather. Both the influence of the media within education tends to voice and ceive our sense data raw; they about local, national, and world other dangerous pollutants. Why reports add to the decades of a given social system are not reaffirm existing inequalities are mediated through a highly events and offers them a bet- not carbon? The Clean Power mounting scientific evidence and uniform; some groups are more far more than it acts to change learned process of interpretation ter chance to scrutinise media Plan will cut carbon pollution further validate that the debate receptive, more resistant, or more them. In the same way, a score and acceptance…. for any individ- coverage. by 30 percent below 2005 lev- over the science is over. capable of accommodation than of studies suggest that the ual or organization, there are no Being exposed to more than one els by 2030. The Environmental Virginia is in the thick of it, as others. The influence of the media spread of the mass media and such things as ‘facts’. There are newspaper, perhaps, makes them Protection Agency projects its one of the states most affected is also indirect, contributory, and the new information technolo- only messages filtered through a more aware of the slanted nature plan could prevent up to 6,600 by sea-level rise. Gov Terry cumulative than it is causative. gies increase rather than lessen changeable value system.” of media coverage of local and premature deaths, up to 150,000 McAuliffe recently established the The media could be the chief the information gap between Social consciousness varies national events and may explain asthma attacks in children and Governor’s Climate Change and reporter of a situation beyond the different strata of society. from one social class to another. their tendency to be optimistic up to 490,000 missed work and Resiliency Update Commission. one’s own senses. They could Studies confirm that people of People show concern for local about the future of their com- school days by 2030. It also could I support the carbon pollu- introduce new cultural values and different decision-making posi- and national issues differently. munity and nation. prevent 3,300 heart attacks and tion standards because our com- offer new models of identification. tions, and consequently of differ- Workers are usually more con- The writer is a professor of Public up to 2,800 hospital admissions. munities deserve bold steps to They widen horizons, show other ent socio-economic strata, select cerned with economic issues and Relations and Mass Communication States will be given the flexibil- secure a safe, healthy and eco- ways of living and doing things, and consume the media content problems. Their social conscious- at the Department of Mass ity they need to reach their goals nomically sustainable future. redefine problems, question differently. Accordingly, their ness of these economic issues is Communication, Qatar University. for reducing carbon pollution, WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits northern California

SAN FRANCISCO: A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake Tropical storm takes aim at Bahamas jolted northern California early yesterday, knocking out power WASHINGTON: Tropical storm Cristobal headed towards and causing some damage to the Bahamas yesterday after leaving one person missing in the roads in Napa and Sonoma Dominican Republic, US weather forecasters said. counties, officials said. The storm, which was upgraded from a tropical depression, The earthquake seriously had maximum sustained winds of 75km an hour, the National injured three people including Hurricane Center in Miami said. It predicted heavy rainfall a child and ignited fires in the of four to eight inches — “with isolated amounts of 12 inches scenic Napa valley wine region. possible” — for the Turks and Caicos islands and southeastern The US Geological Service and central Bahamas, it said. said that the quake was the In the Dominican Republic, authorities said a man was swept most powerful to hit the San away when he tried to cross a rain-swollen river in his van. Francisco Bay area since the Flooding near rivers and in cities also damaged more than 800 1989 6.9-magnitude Loma homes and cut off 23 towns, the emergency center said in its lat- Prieta earthquake. est update. Some 4,105 people went to take refuge in the homes The epicenter was near of family and friends, it added. American Canyon, 40 miles A hospital in the country’s east, where the rains were heaviest, northeast of San Francisco, the also experienced flooding on the ground floor and “patients were US Geological Service said. moving to dry places,” the bulletin said. AFP There was a “low likelihood for casualties,” it said, but issued an “orange alert” for possible of California’s most celebrated to Twitter. One user Tyson damage, a rating which means wine producing regions, accord- Winter wrote: “Shook violently “significant damage is likely ing to the Pacific Gas and here in Napa. Power’s out.” and the disaster is potentially Electric Company. Ann Marie Christy wrote that widespread.” It said it had sent crews her mother, also in Napa, said An 2.6-magnitude aftershock A car damaged by falling bricks is seen in downtown Napa, California, after an earthquake struck the area out to assess the damage and the shaking “was very violent hit about 30 minutes afterward, yesterday. restore power, and estimated with a lot of broken glass”. it said. USGS expert Jessica electricity would be back up And in San Francisco, Om Turner told KCBS radio that highways and at least two roads state roads in Napa Valley. Highway 37 while inspecting for within several hours. Residents Malik posted “Damn, woke me aftershocks of up to 5.0 are likely in Napa Valley because of “sig- “Cracks in road may cause possible damage, KCBS reported. in the quake zone, including up. Was super long.” in the next week. nificant roadway damage.” flat tires,” it said on its Twitter Power was knocked out to as far away as San Francisco Further north, Tim Kerbavaz The California Highway Patrol Drivers were cautioned to be account. The highway patrol nearly 50,000 customers in Napa and Davis, just more than 40 tweeted: “Felt it in Davis too. closed several off-ramps to careful at an intersection of two closed a bridge near Vallejo on and Sonoma, which anchor two miles northeast, quickly took Quite long.” AFP

Ebola patient Britain close flies to UK for treatment to identifying LONDON: A healthcare worker who is the first Briton confirmed to have tested posi- tive for the Ebola virus was yes- terday evacuated from Sierra Leone on a Royal Air Force Foley’s killer (RAF) plane to be brought to the UK for treatment. He was expected to arrive early today. Calls to strip of Jihadists citizenship The UK’s Department of Health (ministry for health) said LONDON/WASHINGTON: of the Beatles, because of their he was “not currently seriously Britain is close to identifying British accents, and British media unwell” in a statement issued a suspected British national say the suspect is “jihadi John”. shortly after the C-17 aircraft shown beheading American The British government said it took off from Freetown for RAF journalist James Foley in a had appointed its senior defence Northolt in west London. video released by Islamic State adviser for the Middle East as The man was expected to be militants last week, the British a security envoy to the Iraqi taken to the Royal Free hospi- ambassador to the United Kurdistan to help Kurdish and tal in Hampstead, north-west States said yesterday. Iraqi efforts to defeat Islamic London, which has an isolation The horrific video showing the State. Lieutenant General Sir unit where he can be treated. killing of Foley last week, together Simon Mayall goes to Baghdad The man, who lives in Sierra with a threat to kill another and Arbil next week. The gov- Leone, had been volunteering at The Royal Free Hospital in London which is equipped to treat patients with the Ebola virus. American journalist being held hos- ernment also said it would supply an Ebola clinic in the Kenema tage, Steven Sotloff, inspired wide- non-lethal equipment to Kurdish district in the east of the country. NHS systems for managing unu- The isolation unit at the Royal access to food and water — and spread revulsion in the West and a forces in the coming days. The number of people infected sual infectious diseases when they Free hospital has specialist equip- a terrifying disease from which desire to hunt down the killer. Meanwhile, David Davis, the with the deadly virus has been arise, supported by a wide range ment to help contain the infec- they do not fully understand how The masked knifeman shown senior Conservative backbencer put at 2,615 by the World Health of experts,” he said. tion. The bed is surrounded by to protect themselves,” he said. in the video spoke English with (a legislator who does not hold Organisation (WHO). The dis- “UK hospitals have a proven a specially-designed tent with Last week, Medecins sans a London accent and security governmental office), has mocked ease was identified in Guinea record of dealing with imported a controlled ventilation system Frontieres said the international services have launched a major the Home Office’s (ministry for in March and spread to Sierra infectious diseases and this and a specific hospital entrance community was paying “almost attempt to find out who he is by domestic affairs) latest plans Leone, Liberia and Nigeria - 1,427 patient will be isolated and will is used for transit. zero” interest to the growing analysing the video and seeking to tackle Islamist extremists in victims have died. receive the best care possible.” Waste is decontaminated and health crisis. The first confirmed to identify him from among the Britain and demanded far tougher The decision to fly the British Dr Paul Cosford, the director there is a dedicated laboratory to case of a British person contract- estimated 500 Britons believed to penalties for people travelling man home was taken on Saturday for health protection at Public carry out tests. All the air leaving ing the virus comes after two US have gone to join the jihadists in abroad to fight with Islamic State. at a meeting between the medical Health England, said protective the unit is cleaned to minimise citizens were last week discharged Iraq and Syria. In an article in the London- director of the UK’s publicly funded measures will be maintained to the risk to anyone at the hospital, from hospital after receiving “We are very close to identi- based Mail on Sunday, he said healthcare system, the National minimise the risk of transmit- the hospital said. experimental medications. fying who this guy is,” Britain’s British jihadists should be treated Health Service (NHS), Sir Bruce ting the virus. “For Ebola to be Tom Dannatt, founder of the Countries in west Africa face ambassador to the United States, as traitors and that they should Keogh, the health secretary (min- transmitted from one person to British charity Street Child ever growing isolation in their Peter Westmacott told CNN’s be stripped of their citizenship — ister for health), Jeremy Hunt, and another, contact with blood or which works in Sierra Leone and attempts to combat Ebola, as “State of the Union” programme. even when this might be against the foreign secretary (minister for other body fluids is needed and, West Point in Liberia, said the Ivory Coast became the lat- “We’re putting a lot into it,” international law. foreign affairs), Philip Hammond. as such, the risk to the general spread of Ebola had spiralled est state to close its borders he said, including using voice- “Lawyers would say you can- A medical assessment was carried population remains very low,” he from a health emergency into a with affected countries and the recognition technology. Former not render someone stateless. out to see whether the patient was said. humanitarian disaster. He said Philippines withdrew peacekeep- hostages of Islamic State have Perhaps, perhaps not,” said Davis, fit to fly. The RAF flight took off from the Liberian township of West ers from the region. suggested that the man in the a former shadow home secretary Prof John Watson, the deputy Freetown-Lungi airport. “I saw Point was “a tense, grim, impov- Ivory Coast shut its border with video is one of a group of British who usually criticises the govern- chief medical officer for England, the plane sitting there for more erished slum at any time” and is Liberia after cases of the disease Islamists assigned to guard for- ment for paying too little atten- said the risk to the public than one hour before it took off. now barricaded. were reported on the border, and eign prisoners. They have been tion to libertarian concerns. remained low. “We have robust, Some doctors assisted the man “They are now totally cut off also with Guinea. dubbed John, Paul and Ringo, AGENCIES well-developed and well-tested on board,” an airport official said. from the world with uncertain GUARDIAN NEWS

More rallies planned over Missouri shooting

FERGUSON, MISSOURI: of racial tension in the United and the police presence was down white crowd attended an event The parents of Trayvon Martin, States in recent years, with family sharply from just 24 hours earlier. for him on Saturday. the Florida teenager shot dead and supporters saying it showed At an impromptu memorial Speaking on “Face the in 2012, were expected to join the rough treatment that black where Brown was shot, a few peo- Nation” on CBS, Democratic the family of Michael Brown, youths live with. ple posed for photos on Sunday Representative Lacy Clay of killed by a police officer in Representatives of the Brown and fresh flowers had been laid Missouri, who is due to speak at Missouri this month, in a rally family said in public flyers that along the street. the funeral, said he had promised in St Louis today to protest Martin’s parents would attend Steve Coyne, 52, said he drove Brown’s parents he would push against police violence. the demonstration. In Ferguson, six hours from Elkhart, Indiana, for a transparent investigation The demonstration will take police and demonstrators have on Saturday night to pay his into his death. place one day before the funeral clashed nightly for more than a respects. “I’m more concerned that if we of Brown, an 18-year-old black week, drawing criticism of the “I just had to come. I don’t do not get to the truth and get to youth whose slaying by a white police for mass arrests and the know why exactly, but I felt it so what actually happened and bring police officer, Darren Wilson, in use of heavy-handed tactics and I came. I think the looting and justice to this situation, then the town of Ferguson on Aug. 9 military gear. rioting is bad, but to do nothing there’s going to be a problem in led to days of unrest and drew The last four nights have is worse,” Coyne said after posing the streets,” he said. global attention to race relations been relatively calm, however, for a photo by the memorial. A grand jury began hearing in the United States. although shortly before midnight Supporters of Wilson planned a evidence on Wednesday, a process The shooting of Martin by on Saturday, police arrested second day of fundraising for him, the county prosecutor said could Demonstrators rally for Michael Brown as they block an intersection in a civilian vigilante was one of three people. The main street with a gathering at a St. Louis take until mid-October. Chinatown in Washington DC, yesterday. the most high-profile incidents of Ferguson was open to traffic sports bar where an entirely REUTERS MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 China executes eight Thai activists arrested on terrorism charges Beijing targets ordinary Uighurs with beards, burqas

BEIJING: China has executed audio-visual materials on reli- Urumqi. Chinese courts, which eight Uighur Muslims for “ter- gious extremism” and “killed an are controlled by the ruling rorist attacks,” including three innocent civilian” in 2013, and Communist Party and have a it described as “mastermind- Abdumomin Imin was described near-perfect conviction rate, fre- ing” a suicide car crash in as a “terrorist ringleader” who led quently impose death sentences Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in Bilal Berdi in attacks on police in for terror offences. 2013, state media announced. 2011 and 2013. The executions and sentences The official Xinhua news Xinhua, which cited the are part of a crackdown that agency said early yesterday that Xinjiang region publicity depart- comes after Beijing vowed a the eight were involved in several ment in its report, did not say when year-long campaign against ter- cases connected to the northwest- the executions were carried out. rorism in the wake of the Urumqi ern region of Xinjiang, where Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for market attack. In June, 13 people Beijing says separatist militants the World Uyghur Congress exile were executed for Xinjiang linked are behind a string of attacks group, in an email blasted the terrorist attacks. Beijing does not that have rocked China in recent legal process surrounding the say how many people it executes months. executions, calling it a “typical each year. But independent esti- Three of the condemned, (case) of justice serving politics”. mates put the total at around named by Xinhua as Huseyin The sentences underscore the 3,000 in 2012, a figure higher than Guxur, Yusup Wherniyas and tough approach Beijing is taking all other countries combined. Thai political activist Veera Somkwamkid is arrested by policemen during an energy reform rally in Bangkok Yusup Ehmet, had been “deprived to increasingly brazen and vio- In a recent sweep of Urumqi, yesterday. Several activists were detained as they called for energy reform against the military junta’s martial of political rights for life” at the lent incidents. The Tiananmen authorities said they seized 1,265 law which prohibits all political gatherings of more than five people. time of being sentenced to death attack was one of several that hijab-type headscarves, 259 for their role in the assault in have rocked China since last year, jilbabs and even clothes printed Tiananmen Square in October. and which Beijing has blamed on with Islamic star-and-crescent “They masterminded the ter- Xinjiang separatists. symbols. Officials also “rescued” rorist attack” at Tiananmen The far-western region is the 82 children from studying the 11 held with uranium in Dhaka Square, Xinhua said. resource-rich homeland of the Quran, the government said. Two tourists were killed in the Uighurs and other groups, and The prohibitions on Islamic DHAKA: Bangladesh police to medical pills inside the box currency) taka. They cut off com- attack, in which a car rammed periodically sees ethnic tensions attire and beards have attracted said yesterday they have to Bangladesh’s Atomic Energy munications with the interested into bystanders on the iconic and discontent with the govern- widespread criticism, with many arrested 11 people suspected of Commission for testing. buyers once they invest some square in the heart of Beijing ment burst into violence. experts saying such repression trying to sell fake uranium as But the spokesman said police money.” before bursting into flames. In March, a horrific knife angers ordinary Uighurs and risks part of an elaborate scam. In suspect the gang was running an They apparently intended to Three attackers also died in assault at a railway station in the radicalising them. a series of raids in Dhaka on elaborate scam aimed at selling show prospective clients a video the incident Beijing blamed on city of Kunming in China’s south- Exile groups say cultural Saturday, police swooped on the the off-white “uranium” tablets about the product which the gang Xinjiang separatists. ern Yunnan province left 29 dead oppression and intrusive security gang and recovered a leather for cash. “After primary investi- valued at more than 500 million Xinhua said five others were and 143 wounded. measures imposed by the Chinese box marked “USSR” contain- gation we’ve learnt the accused taka ($6m), the statement said. executed, including Rozi Eziz, Two months later, 39 peo- government are the main causes ing what some members of the targeted rich people and told Bangladesh has no known sources who was convicted of an attack ple were killed, along with four of tension in Xinjiang, along with group described as uranium, a them about the demand for ura- of uranium. But police said there on police in Aksu in 2013. attackers, and more than 90 immigration by China’s Han eth- senior officer said. nium in (the) international mar- have been widespread rumours Abdusalam Elim was exe- wounded when assailants threw nic majority, which they say has Dhaka Metropolitan Police ket,” a police statement said. that uranium was being found cuted on charges of “organising explosives and ploughed two off- led to decades of discrimination spokesman Masudur Rahman “They told rich clients they can in pillars marking the border and leading a terrorist outfit,” road vehicles through a crowd and economic inequality. said that police would send the make billions by investing only which were constructed during Memet Tohtiyusup had “watched at a market in Xinjiang’s capital AFP/AP hundreds of small objects similar hundreds of thousands of (local the British colonial period. AFP

Manila to repatriate workers from Ebola-hit West Africa Macau police halt unofficial poll MACAU, CHINA: Four peo- stop their activities,” Chao said. It was intended to garner pub- has been in the position since MANILA: The Philippines is pulling out almost 3,500 ple were arrested as police shut “The authorities are using all lic support for reforms in the city 2009. China has hit back at the workers from three West African states due to the Ebola down voting facilities in Macau means to disrupt our activity,” he of 550,000, but it is not clear if referendum, with a statement outbreak, the foreign ministry said yesterday, a day after after activists ignored strong said. it will be able to continue or if from Beijing’s liaison office in the Filipino troops in Liberia were ordered to go home. objections from Beijing and “I can’t imagine why the gov- authorities will also block the city saying that the enclave had “We are preparing for the implementation of mandatory held an unofficial referendum ernment has to clamp down on online voting system. “no authority” to hold the poll. repatriation of Filipinos in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone on electoral reform, the event such a peaceful event. It’s a very “Our goal is to fight for a dem- Activists hope the referendum in view of the threat posed by Ebola,” Charles Jose, a foreign organiser said. serious violation of human rights.” ocratic electoral system and the turnout will exceed 10,000. ministry spokesman, said in a text message to reporters. Residents of the Chinese gam- A spokesman for the Macau first stage is to get the citizens In May around 20,000 people There are 1,979 workers in Sierra Leone, 880 in Guinea and bling hub were told they could government said in a statement informed of the election system,” marched against a bill to allow 632 in Liberia, including 148 soldiers deployed with a U.N. peace- vote at several locations across that the four were arrested for Chao said last month. government ministers generous keeping force, the ministry said. the territory, as well as online, “disobeying” instructions from “We hope that the referendum retirement packages, with many On Saturday, the defence ministry announced it was recalling but poll organiser Jason Chao said police. will be able to serve as a founda- youngsters taking part hoping for all soldiers deployed in Liberia. those attempting to take part in The former Portuguese colony tion for our fight for democracy greater accountability from their The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that the person were stopped by police, returned to Chinese rule in 1999, in the future,” he said then. own government. current Ebola epidemic — the world’s worst ever with 1,427 who confiscated the tablet com- but has a separate legal system At 4pm (0800 GMT), more Hong Kong also held an infor- documented deaths — will likely take six to nine months to puters people used to cast their from the mainland. Like Hong than 1,900 people had voted, mal poll on democratic reform halt. vote. Kong, Macau’s leader is known according to the event’s official in June which saw more than Jose did not say how the government would repatriate the He said four activists were as its chief executive and is cho- website. 790,000 people vote over 10 days workers. Earlier this month, the Philippines sent a boat to arrested after polling began in sen by a pro-Beijing electoral Questions include whether on how the city’s next leader evacuate 800 workers from Libya, a country experiencing civil the morning. committee. there should be universal suffrage should be chosen. conflict, and chartered two planes to fly them home from Malta. “Our volunteers were subject The referendum was scheduled for the 2019 chief executive elec- The winning proposal would There are an estimated 10 million Filipino workers across the to harassment by the police and to run until August 31, when the tions and how confident voters allow the public or democratically world, sending home around $20bn every year in remittances. four volunteers were taken away. enclave’s new leader will be named are in the upcoming vote’s sole elected lawmaker to nominate REUTERS Other stations were also forced to by the 400-member committee. candidate Fernando Chui, who candidates. AFP

Rebels raid Toll from Hiroshima two Philippine plantations landslides reaches 50 BUTUAN, PHILIPPINES: TOKYO: The death toll from morning after a 83-year-old man Communist insurgents raided devastating midweek landslides was confirmed dead four days two banana plantations in one in Hiroshima rose to 50 with after unusual downpours caused day in the southern Philippines in 38 others missing yesterday on landslides that swallowed dozens some of their most brazen attacks Sunday as fresh rain stoked of homes, many of them perched for months in the face of recent set- fears of more disasters and on hillside housing areas. backs, authorities said yesterday. hampered the round-the-clock A total of about 3,000 rescu- The attacks by the New People’s search for survivors. ers including ground troops, fire Army (NPA) in the strife-torn Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fighters and police continued dig- island of Mindanao on Saturday called off a planned inspection ging through mud and debris in caused extensive damage but no one tour of the western Japan city Hiroshima but their operation was killed, officials added. by helicopter on the day as his was suspended for seven hours About 50 guerrillas raided an air- presence was feared to further last morning as fresh rain raised craft hangar at a plantation owned complicate the search and rescue concerns about more landslips, by Del Monte Philippines in the town mission as rain intensified, media public broadcaster NHK reported. of Tubay on Saturday evening. “The reports said. About 1,700 people remained rebels disarmed the security guards Abe, 59, has been criticised sheltered at 13 safe public and seized their two shotguns, tied by opposition parties and some facilities while the Hiroshima their arms... then proceeded to the media for continuing to play golf city government upheld evacu- hangar and poured gasoline onto in a summer resort for about ation orders and warnings for the (crop-duster) plane. It took only one hour after being informed of 164,000 residents in the disas- less than thirty minutes to burn the the disaster, which occured early ter areas. area,” said investigating police officer Wednesday. On Rebun, an isle lying west Jomar Ascares. Meanwhile, two women of the main northern island of About 60 NPA fighters raided were killed yesterday on the Hokkaido, 18 centimetres (seven another banana plantation in remote island of Rebun, some inches) of rain fell in 24 hours, Pantukan town, disarming 10 1,350km (840 miles) northeast of according to the region’s weather security guards, burning a build- Hiroshima, when a rain-triggered observatory. ing and equipment and cutting landslide crushed their home, The downpour was due to a down about 300 banana plants, said local officials said. low pressure in the area, sepa- the area’s police director Senior The Hiroshima regional police rate from a rain front affecting Superintendent Abraham Roxas. Police officers remove debris to search for missing people at the site of a landslide four days after the disaster headquarters updated the death western Japan. AFP at a residential area in Hiroshima, western Japan, yesterday. and missing figures Sunday AFP MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Imran kicks off nationwide protests PTI chief asks Prime Minister to go on one-month’s leave until panel completes investigation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan launched country- wide demonstrations yesterday, widening the canvas of his cam- paign to oust the government led by Nawaz Sharif. The announcement came min- utes after talks between the gov- ernment and PTI hit a deadlock. Imran appears to have softened its stance on the crunch question of PM Nawaz’s resignation. The PTI chief asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to go on one-month’s leave until the judicial commission investigated claims of rigging in last year’s general election. “I will again make an impor- tant speech today,” he said, as he asked more supporters to reach the venue of his sit-in in Islamabad. The PTI chief asked his follow- ers to start following his call for civil disobedience — announced a few days earlier — and to continue the same till the PM stepped down. “We have started civil disobedience and will neither pay taxes nor utility bills,” he said. He also asked Pakistani exa- patriate to send their money through hundi and not through banks. “So that this illegal gov- ernment does not get taxes,” he Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan addressing supporters during an anti-government protest in front of the Parliament in Islamabad yesterday. Right: Activists of the ruling Pakistan added. Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) march in support of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Karachi. The PTI chief vowed to con- tinue the sit-in until his demands were accepted. “Mian Sahib, leave your office Sharif need not resign, says ex-president Zardari for one month,” he said, address- ing the PM. He warned that that his party would not let the gov- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Party (PPP), threw his weight resign, Dar said: “There is no “Political forces should solve three coups since its creation in ernment function and would con- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif behind the continuation of the question of the premier’s res- their problems within them- 1947. The government has insisted tinue its sit-in. tried to rally political sup- present Parliament. ignation. Rather he (Zardari) selves through talks. Democracy Sharif will not resign. “Now, I have got used to sleep- port from rival and former He said democracy “should not extended his fully support to the should not be derailed,” Zardari “Whatever the solution is, it ing here in this container,” he said President Asif Ali Zardari as be derailed,” a rebuke to the pro- premier.” told reporters after his meetings should be within constitution and to a cheering crowd, adding that protests demanding his resig- test movement aimed at unseat- Zardari flew in from Dubai with Sharif and other politicians. law. Prime Minister’s resigna- no one could defeat a person who nation continued in front of the ing Pakistan’s premier. Briefing on Friday evening and held Khan insists the May 2013 gen- tion is out of question,” Finance had decided to keep on fighting. country’s Parliament. journalists after Zardari-Nawaz talks with Sharif in Lahore on eral election, which swept Sharif Minister Ishaq Dar said. Qadri In reference to the PTI’s new Imran Khan and Tahirul-Qadri meeting, Finance Minister Ishaq Saturday. Zardari threw his to power in a landslide, was rigged and Khan’s protest movements demand that the prime minister have led thousands of support- Dar said Zardari had assured his weight behind the continuation and therefore the prime minister are not formally allied and have must quit for 30 days, Imran said: ers demonstrating outside the full support to Sharif in resolving of the present parliament say- should step down, though observ- different goals, beyond toppling “If it is proved through judicial legislature this week calling for the crisis within the limits of the ing democracy “should not be ers rated the vote free and cred- the government. But their com- inquiry after 30 days that there Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to constitution and law. derailed,” a rebuke to the protest ible. The standoff has raised fears bined pressure — and numbers was no rigging, then you Nawaz go. Zardari, political supremo of Answering a question whether movement aimed at unseating of possible military intervention — have given extra heft to the Sharif can return as the PM. the opposition Pakistan People’s Zardari had asked Sharif to Pakistan’s premier. in the country, which has seen rallies. AGENCIES However, if it is proved that you had rigged the elections, then you will go home,” he said. month, because no independent “However, I feel that you are established,” he said, addressing of Karachi to prepare themselves resignation,” he said, adding that He said it was necessary for the inquiry can be carried out if he afraid to go on leave, because you himself to the prime minister. for his arrival. “I am coming to he was also looking forward to his PM to leave his position for one remained in office. are afraid that rigging will be The PTI chief asked the people Karachi after getting the PM’s visit to Quetta. INTERNEWS

Fatigue at protests: 1,400 cops World Bank to treated at hospital in Islamabad assist Sindh ISLAMABAD: Over the last few days, Polyclinic, Islamabad’s sec- ond largest government hospital after PIMS, has provided medical in boosting attention to the 1,400 policemen deployed in the city due to the PTI and PAT anti-government sit-ins. Most of them belong to the revenues Azad Jammu and Kashmir police, according to the spokesman for Polyclinic. KARACHI: The World Bank He said 50 ailing cops belonged to the Islamabad police. According will assist the Sindh province to the spokesman, the policemen complained about temperature, government in boosting tax flu, sore throat, aching limbs and diarrhoea and that they fell ill revenue through surveys and for overtiredness, exposure to rains and winds, and hit and humid automated tax procedures. weather. “No one of them was in serious condition, so all of them To begin with, a survey will be were discharged after treatment.” carried out in urban areas of the The spokesman said the hospital’s emergency department was province to bring new property open round the clock under the current circumstances and would units in the tax net and register- remain so, while a large cache of blood bags, especially those of O ing additions in existing units to negative group, and medicines were in stock. Meanwhile, a police assess their correct rental value. official said the Islamabad police had organised the general medical The survey is part of a multi-mil- examination of cops deployed around sit-in venue. lion dollar project to be financed by the World Bank. A meeting of the WB repre- Govt blocks cellular service in Red Zone sentatives and officials of the Excise and Taxation depart- ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has blocked services ment was held this week to dis- of cellular phones in Red Zone of the federal capital owing to secu- cuss modalities of the survey of rity concerns related to sit-ins by PTI and PAT workers. According US troops assess the damage to an armoured vehicle of Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) properties. to PTA high-ups, all cellular companies were directed to block their at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad province yesterday. At least six ISAF servicemen were wounded after The meeting was informed services in the Red Zone of the federal capital till further orders. a suicide car bomb attack on the convoy. that no survey of properties in The government, according to the sources, received information Karachi and other major inte- about possible terrorist attacks on continuous sir-ins of PTI and PAT rior towns has been carried out protestors’. The service of cellular phones was mainly blocked in the Obama urges Afghan candidates since 2001 due to unavoidable cir- specific area where the two sit-ins continued. cumstances although under the In the wake of security concerns, the government had taken precau- Local Government Act, a survey tionary measures to avoid any unwarranted situation in the Red Zone. of residential, commercial and to reach unity government deal industrial buildings is required after every five years. Zardari visits JI headquarters WASHINGTON: President of the vote has dragged on despite The United States had been Excise and Taxation Secretary Barack Obama urged an agreement by the candidates pushing for the next president Abdul Majid Pathan informed the LAHORE: Asif Ali Zardari is the second chieftain of the Pakistan Afghanistan’s two presidential to form a national unity govern- to be inaugurated before a Nato meeting that the chief minister People’s Party (PPP) to have visited the Jamaat-e-Islami headquar- candidates to finalise nego- ment no matter who is declared summit starting on September 4, desired that the survey may be ters in the country’s tumultuous political history. Zardari, along tiations on forming a national the winner. which should sign off on follow- started from Sukkur, a major with other party leaders, visited Mansoora on his way back from unity government as soon as Hayden said Obama welcomed up support after the transatlan- town of the interior. Raiwind yesterday. About 38 years ago, the then PPP chief Zulfikar possible, the White House said their commitment to form a tic alliance’s combat mission in The survey of buildings and Ali Bhutto visited the JI headquarters in Ichhra to meet Maulana yesterday. national unity government and Afghanistan ends this year. houses in Sukkur will be followed Maudoodi and other senior leaders. National Security Council to accept the outcome of the The political crisis would by enumeration of property units “During the 1977 movement, I remember that Bhutto Sahib visited spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden audit. worsen sharply if either can- in Larkana and Hyderabad. It will our office in Ichhra to talk to JI’s founder Maulana Maudoodi, then said Obama spoke separately “The president also thanked didate pulls out of the audit or reach its climax when the survey emir Mian Tufail and other leaders to discuss various issues related to with Ashraf Ghani and Abddullah Drs Ghani and Abdullah for their rejects its outcome, with possible team will start work in the met- the Qaumi Ittehad’s movement,” JI leader Liaquat Baloch said. Abdullah, rivals to replace continued leadership in working angry street protests in Kabul ropolitan city of Karachi. He said though the PPP’s senior leaders including Begum Nusrat Hamid Karzai as president of through the details of forming a by aggrieved supporters posing a The survey will be conducted by Bhutto also visited the JI leaders from time to time, Zardari was the Afghanistan. national unity government and major challenge to the national private consultants to be engaged second PPP leader who had visited the party headquarters. A runoff election in June ended urged them to finalize a deal as security forces. by the World Bank. INTERNEWS with charges of fraud and an audit soon as possible,” Hayden said. AFP INTERNEWS MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Maharashtra governor quits post-transfer Sankaranarayanan slams govt’s decision on Mizoram transfer; Gujarat Governor O P Kohli takes additional charge

MUMBAI: In another instance Narendra Modi government’s NCP president Sharad Pawar extended in 2012. His current of a UPA-appointed governor decision to transfer him to said it is the prerogative of the term in office was due to end in quitting, Maharashtra’s K Mizoram, he said that “no govern- central government to transfer 2017. Shortly after his resigna- Sankaranarayanan resigned ment is permanent, no individuals transfers, but what is happening tion, he thanked the people of yesterday after he was abruptly are permanent and they have to is “unprecedented”. Maharashtra for all their love transferred to Mizoram in the change some time”. “This is something new. It is and support during his tenure as middle of the night. Gujarat The quick-paced develop- a matter of concern about what governor. Governor O P Kohli has taken ments started around 1am yes- the future holds in store,” he said Sankaranarayanan added that over additional charge of the terday when Rashtrapati Bhavan in Pune. State Congress chief from today, he would work only as state. issued a communique transferring Manikrao Thakre said under the a Congressman, the party which Kohli, who arrived here in Sankaranarayanan as the gover- new NDA government, the dig- he had joined decades ago as a the afternoon, was sworn-in nor of Mizoram. nity of office of the governor has grassroots leader. by Bombay High Court’s Chief The order came barely three been undermined. “From tomorrow, I shall have Justice Mohit S Shah in the Raj days after Chavan, Ajit Pawar “In some instance, an official no restrictions, I can do whatever Bhavan in the presence of Chief and other members of the ruling calls up the governor to quit, in I want, go wherever I want and Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Congress-Nationalist Congress another a governor has to move speak on any topic,” he said in a Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Party coalition boycotted func- the courts, those who cannot be cheerful and relaxed mood. their cabinet colleagues, leaders of tions attended by Prime Minister removed are being transferred After the Modi government the opposition and other politi- Modi in Nagpur. and ejected through the ‘Mizoram took charge May 26, six gover- cal parties, judges and other high- The governor was present at pattern’. Though there was no nors — B L Joshi (Uttar Pradesh), ranking dignitaries. these functions in which the state O P Kohli (left) and K Sankaranarayanan urgency, transfer orders are Shekhar Dutt (Chhattisgarh), Justifying his deci- government had also extended all issued in the middle of the night. Ashwani Kumar (Nagaland), M sion to quit, the 82-year-old the protocol formalities, but the since Maharashtra is going to elec- Last week’s boycott of the All this portends dangers for our K Narayanan (West Bengal), B Sankaranarayanan said he had top political brass skipped the tions in the next few weeks, said prime minister’s functions — an democracy,” Thakre said. V Wanchoo (Goa) and Vakkom “respected the Constitution” by event ostensibly to protest against a top-ranking government official, unprecedented development in State BJP president Devendra B Purushothaman (Mizoram) — submitting his resignation to the the heckling of non-Congress chief requesting anonymity. Maharashtra politics — appears Fadnavis, however, said it was had quit. president. “During my tenure ministers in the recent past by But, last month after he firmly to have escalated the exit of the an administrative decision and Some other governors — here as Governor, and even ear- Bharatiya Janata Party activists. rebutted bureaucratic attempts to governor, usually considered a wondered why the Congress-NCP including Sankaranarayanan lier in Jharkhand and Nagaland, Sankaranarayanan, among a make him resign, it was largely soft target during government were making it a political issue. — were said to be under pres- I never brought politics into my dozen governors appointed by the believed that Sankaranarayanan changes at the centre, the offi- Governor of Jharkhand and sure to relinquish office in June. functioning,” said the senior UPA regime, was already high had earned a reprieve and would cial said. Nagaland for a total period of Sankaranarayanan had then Congress leader from Kerala at a on the hit-list after the Modi-led not be disturbed — at least, till Top Congress and NCP leaders, three years, Sankaranarayanan said he would resign if asked by press conference yesterday. National Democratic Alliance gov- the assembly elections were including Chavan criticized the was transferred to Maharashtra “appropriate authorities”. In a veiled attack on the ernment came to power, especially completed. sudden transfer of the governor. in 2010 and his term as governor IANS Premier has BJP attacks Akhilesh check-up at regime’s failures AIIMS, patients hindered VRINDAVAN: The BJP yes- originally scheduled, BJP’s national terday sharply attacked Uttar secretary, organisational affairs, NEW DELHI: The country’s Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Ram Lal urged the party workers premier All India Institute Yadav’s ruling Samajwadi Party to gear up for the coming assembly of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on law and order including crimes bypolls and ensure the victory of here was converted into a against women, “partisan policy the party candidates to strengthen fortress yesterday as Prime of appeasement” and “extremely Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Minister Narendra Modi went grim state” of governance as it Booth-level workers should be there for a routine check- asserted it would come to power galvanised and there should be up — with patients and even in the state after the next polls. continuous interaction between some staff members not being A political resolution adopted leaders and party activists, he allowed inside the building. at the end of the two-day meet- said. “We believe in Sabka Saath, “The prime minister came ing of the Bharatiya Janata Sabka Vikas (everyone’s support, to AIIMS between 10.30am and Party’s state executive, however, everyone’s development),” said 11am. It was a routine check-up did not mention “love jihad” — a Ram Lal, adding that the BJP after which he returned,” AIIMS term coined by Hindu groups for was determined to form the new Director M C Mishra said. alleged efforts by young Muslims government in the state. His visit to the hospital, Villagers travel by boat through floodwaters in Gagalmari village in the Morigoan district of Assam. reportedly targeting non-Muslim “Right now, one does not know which caters to thousands of girls for conversion to Islam by whether one chief minister or patients every day, gave a dif- feigning love — though many several chief ministers or a whole ficult time to the common peo- leaders kept talking about it and family is running the state,” he ple, who were not allowed in Seven dead in Assam floods accusing the state government of said, in an attack on perceived or near the building, with the not heeding the alarming trend. multiple power-centres in the whole area being cordoned off. GUWAHATI: The flood situa- worsened as Subanriri river is in are flowing above the danger It, however, termed it a matter state government and party. Eyewitnesses said that not tion has deteriorated in Assam’s spate due to heavy downpour in level at Nematighat, Dhubri and of grave concern that women of a The political resolution made a only were patients stopped Dhemaji and Lakhimpur neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh. Dibrugarh and the Jai Bharali community were being targeted scathing attack on the Samajwadi from going into the hospital, districts with seven deaths Jiadhal river has also breached river has crossed the danger mark for sexual assaults by a particular Party for “acting in a prejudiced some staff was also not given reported from the area where an embankment in Dhemaji dis- at Sonitpur and Kopili while Beki section that had been the benefi- and partisan manner to avenge permission while those allowed three lakh people remain trict. District administrations river has breached the red line at ciary of the state government’s its crushing defeat in the Lok to go in were frisked through affected, officials said yesterday. concerned have set up 118 relief Nagaon and in Barpeta district. appeasement policy Sabha polls” and said the rule of an elaborate security system. State Disaster Management camps, providing shelter to 95,922 Meanwhile, privately some law was totally finished “as the “This level of checking Authority officials said floods have people in the 15 flood-affected BIHAR TOLL RISES TO 20 leaders were unhappy with the official machinery including police is unprecedented. We were upset lives of people in over 1,000 districts — Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Meanwhile, with two more controversy raised by the elec- were puppets in the hands of the frisked, and some were not even villages in 15 districts of the state. Golaghat, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, deaths in the past 24 hours, the toll tronic media on “love jihad”, Samajwadi Party leaders”. allowed inside,” a hospital staff Till now, seven people have Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, in Bihar floods has risen to 20, an which they felt reduced the seri- State party president Laxmikant complained. Eyewitnesses said died in the floods — one each Morigaon, Kamrup, Dhubri, official said. Sunil Kumar, an offi- ousness and political focus of the Bajpayi said: “The chief focus of the the bus stops at AIIMS was in Lakhimpur, Dhubri, Nalbari, Kokrajhar and Karbi Anglong cial of the state disaster manage- conclave. Those who were hoping two-day meet was on the deterio- emptied, and people were not Golaghat and Barpeta and two in besides Dhemaji and Lakhimpur. ment department, said that floods that the political resolution would rating law and order situation in allowed to exit from the Metro Morigaon districts, officials said The flood situation has slightly have claimed 12 lives in worst flood- talk about it were disappointed, as UP, the power crisis, and the raw station while the prime minister and added that floodwaters have improved in Dhubri, Kokrajhar hit Nalanda district alone. “More leaders were seen avoiding discus- deal to farmers. BJP is now totally was going inside the hospital. affected crops on 90,867 hectares and Karbi Anglong districts, offi- than 1.8 million people in 1,387 vil- sion on it. geared to form the government in The shops near the hospi- across the state. cials said. lages under 85 blocks have been Addressing the conclud- the state and all our workers are tal were also shut down for a The flood situation in SDMA officials said the hit by floods in 15 districts of the ing session — instead of union being mobilised to achieve that while. Twitter was meanwhile Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts Brahmaputra and its tributaries state,” Kumar said. IANS Home Minister Rajnath Singh as goal.” IANS abuzz. Pradhan Sevak went for a check up at AIIMS, early morning. Hospital was con- verted into a fort. Public/staff wasn’t allowed at all,” tweeted one Gaurav Pandhi. “AIIMS bus stop was barred India to showcase its northern states in the Gulf for public and there was heavy police presence at metro gate. FTER a gap of four professionals and small and mid- told the media that the engage- The Bahrain meet would be uti- People not allowed to come out years, India’s pre- sized entrepreneurs. THE NR EYE ment meets at Bahrain and lized to acquaint the Indian com- of station,” tweeted Pandhi. mier investment It works with the support of a London would target profes- munity in the GCC region with Aam Aadmi Party’s Ashutosh facilitation body is network of ‘Knowledge Partners’, Moiz Mannan sionals and mid-sized entre- the various investment oppor- said: “Today AIIMS was turned again turning to the Indian states, Indian missions and preneurs to explore trade and tunities in India; seek inward into fortress thanks to Modi’s AArabian Gulf seeking the partici- Indian diaspora associations and meet in Bahrain on September 6. investment opportunities in investments from both Indian visit. Emergency was shut, pation of expats and nationals of is governed by a council of promi- Another such meet will be held the states of Punjab, Haryana, diaspora and GCC nationals and pregnant women and critical the region in the economic growth nent Overseas Indians, senior pol- in London on the sidelines of the UP, Uttarakhand, HP, J&K and improve trade and investment patients were not treated”. of a bunch of its northern states. icy makers from the government mini-PBD scheduled there in Rajasthan. ties in the Gulf with the support Lawyer Poonam Yadav The Overseas Indian and industry leaders. mid-October. The OIFC’s partnering of of the Indian tweeted: “AIIMS continues to Facilitation Centre (OIFC) was Besides organising investment In her speech at the recent northern states underlines the Sushma Swaraj, who also be cordoned off. This ain’t any set up in 2007 based on the forums on the sidelines of the India-League of Arab States Media growing realization that they holds the overseas Indians affairs regular routine check up Prime public-private model with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (annual Symposium, the minister for exter- are gaining weight as manpower portfolio, is expected to inaugu- Minister. Staff and security tight Ministry of Overseas Indians overseas Indians conclave) and at nal affairs, Sushma Swaraj, had exporters to the Gulf in compari- rate the Bahrain meet and Prem lipped. Waiting patients locked Affairs (MOIA) collaborating the ‘mini’ PBDs in different parts emphasized the Narendra Modi- son to the southern states. With Narain, Secretary, Ministry of inside the cancer wing. Nothing with the Confederation of Indian of the world, the OIFC also hosts led government’s resolve to work changing character and demo- Overseas Indian Affairs, will be routine about AIIMS today. Industry (CII) to facilitate invest- visiting delegations of trade pro- closely with the Gulf countries to graphics of migration, India has accompanied by a business del- Roads blocked all around”. ment from abroad. motion agencies and associations enhance trade and investment. done well to keep tabs on this egation from India which would Hospital officials said the The centre’s primary job is from across the globe. To reach out Besides the traditional oil matter and is therefore drawing comprise industry leaders, offi- security pressure eased around to act as a link with the Indian to non-resident Indians (NRIs) the trade, new areas that are emerg- attention to the northern states. cials from the Government, and 11.30am. Modi, as per officials, diaspora and provide information centre also holds ‘diaspora engage- ing include tourism, agriculture, States like UP, Uttarakhand, heads of various MOIA led ini- left AIIMS at 1.45pm. He and assistance in investment. It is ment meets’ at places with sizeable healthcare, infrastructure and HP and J&K, for example, have tiatives from various states. underwent preventive tests, supposed to serve as a one-stop Indian populations abroad. real estate. It is in these areas massive unutilized potential in The OIFC has decided to including an ECG, echocardio- shop for information, economic The first such meet in the Gulf that India is now seeking to boost organized tourism, healthcare and institutionalize five Diaspora gram, refraction and eye pres- engagement, knowledge partner- was held in Muscat in 2008 and NRI and foreign investment in a horticulture. Given the right con- Engagement Meets every year sure measurement. According ing, mentoring or building any the second in the UAE in 2010. clutch of northern states. ditions, facilities and incentives, including USA, the UK, Singapore to hospital sources, the reports other association with Indian Now, it has announced plans to The chief executive officer of diaspora from these state would and Gulf region. were mostly normal. IANS states that helps overseas Indians, hold a diaspora engagaement OIFC, Charu Mathur, recently be eager to invest at home. THE PENINSULA

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Lakme Fashion Week Scientists find a ‘wonder herb’ in the Himalayas LEH: In the high hostile peaks of the Himalayas where sus- taining life is a challenge in itself, Indian scientists say they have found a “wonder herb” which can regulate the immune system, help adapt to the moun- tain environment and, above all, protect from radioactivity. Rhodiola, a herb found in the cold and highland climate, has led India’s leading scientists to won- der if it is the end to the quest for Sanjeevani, the mythical herb that gave renewed life to Ram’s brother Lakshman in the epic Ramayana. Locally called Solo in Ladakh, the qualities of Rhodiola were largely unknown so far. The leafy parts of the plant were used as vegetable Bollywood actress Dia Mirza Khan (left) showcases a creation by designer Vikram Phadnis in collaboration with Nakkashi, and models showcase creations by designer Priyadarshini Rao by locals. However, research by during the Lakme Fashion Week Winter Festival 2014 in Mumbai yesterday. the Leh-based Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) is exploring the therapeutic values of the herb that shows it can do wonders for the troops posted in difficult high altitude areas like the 5,400-metre-high Siachen glacier. “Rhodiola is a wonder plant Response given to border firing: Jaitley that has immunomodulatory (enhancing immune), adaptogenic (adapting to difficult climatic con- Government capable of taking strong decisions, says defence minister dition) and radio-protecting abili- ties due to presence of secondary JAMMU/NEW DELHI/ taken by them,” he said. possible migrants from border vil- has been ordered to give befit- crisis in their country this time,” metabolites and phytoactive com- KOLKATA: Pakistani forces On Saturday, two people were lages in these areas. ting reply to Pakistan’s ceasefire he claimed. The IG said these pounds unique to the plant,” R B continued to target BSF posts killed and seven others injured in “We are ready to meet any violations. violations have assumed serious Srivastava, Director, DIHAR, said. and villages near the interna- heavy firing by Pakistani forces eventuality. Our contingency “The BSF is effectively and proportion as they threaten the Srivastava said the herb can tional border in Jammu and on Border Security Force (BSF) plans are in place to provide strongly responding to the firing daily life of the people living close mitigate the effects of gamma Kashmir’s Jammu district over- posts on the international border all possible relief to people who and will continue to do so. Our to the international border and radiation used in bombs in bio- night but there were no more in Jammu district. might move out of their villages if volume and intensity of target also result in damage to the crops chemical warfare. “A concerted casualties and firing stopped In Jammu, a senior police tensions escalate,” he said. fire is more effective than theirs in the fields on the Indian side. effort involving conservation, yesterday even as India asserted officer said that the Pakistan Although the state govern- (Pakistan),” its Director General Pathak, meanwhile, said the propagation and sustainable uti- it responded adequately to the Rangers used long range weap- ment says only 1,000 villagers D K Pathak said at a press con- Pakistani media reported that lisation of this unique medicinal repeated provocation. ons to target almost all the border have so far moved out to safer ference in Delhi. five people have been killed and herb will surely result in rediscov- Stressing that the Narendra outposts in R S Pura and Arnia accommodations, eye-witnesses In Jammu, BSF Inspector 16 others injured on their side, ery of Sanjeevani for the troops Modi government had the courage in addition to villages close to the in these areas say over 3,000 vil- General (Frontier) Rakesh “while on our side, two people deployed in extreme climatic con- to take strong decisions, Defence border in these areas. lagers have taken shelter at safe Kumar told media that they were were killed and seven others have dition along Himalayan frontiers,” Minister Arun Jaitley said India “Pakistani firing started at places out of villages in R S Pura “under clear orders to give befit- been injured”. said the director. has responded adequately to 10pm last (Saturday) night and and Arnia areas. ting reply to Pakistan ceasefire A BSF official said that two The Leh-based lab of the Defence Pakistan’s provocation of repeat- continued intermittently during Jaitley, who later addressed a violations to put an end to these”. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants Research and Development edly violating the ceasefire. the night. They fired at 12 BSF party rally in Kolkata, asserted “Since July 16, Pakistani forces have been killed in the retaliatory Organisation, the world’s highest “There has been a series of outposts in R S Pura and 10 in the Modi government was capable have violated the ceasefire 30 fire by the BSF in R.S. Pura. agro-animal research laboratory, provocations for the last few Arnia sectors,” he added. of taking strong decisions. times. In R S Pura sector alone, Pathak also said that their has been researching on this won- days. Our armed forces are there “Since Pakistan Rangers are “When Pakistan requested that there have been 25 ceasefire viola- repeated requests to hold flag der plant for more than a decade. at the LoC (Line of Control) and using long range weapons, 28 vil- our foreign secretaries be sent tions by Pakistan Rangers during meeting with Pakistan Rangers “While its adaptogenic qualities the BSF is there at the interna- lages in these areas are directly in for talks, we obliged. But when this period,” he said, adding that have not been responded to till can help the soldiers in adjusting tional border, protecting both our the line of Pakistan fire,” he said, Pakistan showed its true face, we the Pakistan Army was support- now. “We have sent a number of to the low pressure-low oxygen territory and people,” Jaitley said adding BSF troopers were effec- made it clear that we will con- ing the ceasefire violations on the ‘protest notes’ to the Pakistan environment, the plant has also in West Bengal’s Murshidabad tively retaliating. Jammu Divisional tinue following our stand that international border. Rangers over these firings. The been found to have anti-depres- district. “Whatever response is Commissioner Shantmanu said talks and terrorism cannot go “Pakistan Army wants to get last one was sent last (Saturday) sant and appetizer properties,” required to these provocations the administration is prepared to together,” he said. Pakistan media coverage in order night,” Pathak said. said Srivastava. by Pakistan is being adequately accommodate, at safer places, all The BSF, meanwhile, said it to shift the focus from the internal IANS IANS

Dancing to Jackson’s tune Ex-CAG alleges Are our schools safe? NEW DELHI: Every day, as her four-year-old daughter cheer- pressure, draws fully boards the school bus, Deepti Osatwal’s mind remains clouded with thoughts about her child’s safety at school — a place once considered as a “home away from home”. And Deepti is not sharp reactions the only parent who is consumed by such worry day after day. “Incidents of crime, especially assault, involving young children are NEW DELHI: Former CAG heard every second day. I wish I could afford to teach my daughter Vinod Rai’s remark that he at home. But I do not wish to take away her schooling days from was “pressurised” by the erst- her...But neither can I avoid negative thoughts that keep hammering while UPA government to drop me every single day,” Osatwal, 32, said. certain names from his reports Considered to be a safe haven for children, schools are no longer yesterday drew sharp reactions “safe” as they used to be, with increasing incidents of violence and from the Congress and the BJP. trauma involving students within its premises being reported of late. While the Congress questioned The alleged rape of a six-year-old girl student in a Bangalore- why ex-Comptroller and Auditor based private school in July, and in a similar incident the sexual General (CAG) Rai did not make assault of a five-year-old girl by a senior student in a government the revelations while he was school in Delhi sent shock waves among people. Such incidents have in office, the Bharatiya Janata left parents, teachers and those working in the field worried. Party (BJP) said “skeleton of the “After the Bangalore incident, my daughter’s school management Congress’s corruption” was now assured us that they will start student counselling sessions. But tumbling out. what concerns me is that every institute in India makes tall claims Performers dance to the music of the late US pop star Michael Jackson at a commemorative exhibition, set Rai told a newspaper on when such incidents happen; but how many actually formulate into up at a mall as part of birthday celebrations for the late music icon, in Bangalore. Fans of the pop star, who Saturday that United Progressive something concrete,” asked Bangalore-based, Shikha Bamzai, 38, died in 2009, are gearing up to celebrate what would have been his 56th birthday on August 29. Alliance (UPA) functionaries a mother of two daughters, while speaking to IANS on the phone. had sent certain politicians to According to guidelines laid down by the Delhi Commission for him who demanded that he not Protection of Child Rights, every institution shall constitute or include certain names in his designate, apart from the school management committee, a child reports on the Coalgate and the abuse monitoring committee whose primary responsibility shall be Commonwealth Games scams. prevention of child abuse. No relief for 148 jailed Maruti workers He refused to talk to reporters Bharti Ali, founder, HAQ:Centre for Child Rights, said that though yesterday. He also seconded the there are such guidelines, most schools are not even aware of them. GURGAON: Over 25 months Violence started after a com- “Forty-four testimonies of com- allegations made by earlier media “The Right To Education Act enforced a school management com- after violence at automobile pany supervisor allegedly abused pany officials, four contractors of advisor Sanjay Baru and former mittee of which even parents should be members. In spite of that, major Maruti’s Manesar plant and slapped a worker. Services of the company, doctors and officials minister Natwar Singh, who both cases of sexual abuse are on the rise. These committees are the most in Haryana left a senior execu- nearly 2,500 workers, including from the labour department have wrote in their memoirs that ex- important tools to check such incidents,” Ali said. tive dead and dozens injured, 148 546 permanent employees, were been completed. Maruti officials prime minister Manmohan Singh As a corrective measure, she suggested that the membership of workers of the company remain terminated after the violence. failed to identify 25 jailed work- did not wield real power in the parents should be rotational and not static. According to a study by in jail on combined charges of Maruti declared a lockout for ers. Testimony of 13 investigat- erstwhile UPA government. Childline India Foundation, a NGO that runs a 24-hour emergency murder, attempt to murder and over a month, causing a loss run- ing police officers is awaited,” one BJP vice-president Mukhtar helpline for children in need of care and protection, the reported cases criminal conspiracy. ning into several crores of rupees. police official said. Abbas Naqvi said: “It is now of child sexual abuse have risen from 158 in 2010 to 1,537 in 2013. Booked by police and sacked by Families of the 148 workers who Bail applications of 11 of the 25 shamelessly evident that the While schools need to take important measures, parents also have the company, the slow pace of the have been jailed after the incident workers who could not be identi- Congress had indulged in vast loot an equally important role to play and need to change their ways of legal case in various courts has led say that no one has been allowed fied by the company officials have of public money and they tried to communicating with children, say experts. to a situation where none of the bail in over two years even as the been moved in the court. The bail shield their ministers. “Parents have an important role to play. They do not discuss 148 jailed workers have been even trial has moved at a slow pace. applications of two workers are The former CAG chief, who issues with their children, they resort to violence, and in actual allowed bail. “Those in jail have lost family pending before the Punjab and demitted office last year, had esti- sense parenting in India is still very poor,” Ali added. The violence in the Maruti members during this period but Haryana High Court. mated a “notional” loss of Rs1.76 An aware parent said that she has taught her son not to speak to Manesar plant near Gurgaon July they have not been allowed bail Workers allege that some of lakh crore in the 2G spectrum strangers or accept gifts from them. “As parents we should keep our 18, 2012 left the company’s HR even on these occasions,” a member them were framed in the incident. allocation and Rs1.86 lakh crore eyes and ears open, especially when both of us are working,” Ujjala head (General Manager) Ashwin of one of the affected families said. Seeking a probe by the Central in the coal block allocation. Bhattacharjee Gupta, a 34-year-old communication professional, Kumar Dev dead and over 40 Police officials here say the Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or by Both the alleged scams severely said. Agreed Kiran Mehta, principal, Salwan Montessori School, people injured as agitated work- case is under trial in the court of a high court judge, families say the dented the reputation of the UPA Mayur Vihar, who said awareness is the key word. ers resorted to violence inside the Gurgaon Additional District and pace of the trial should be faster. government. IANS plant. Sessions judge S K Khanduja. IANS IANS MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk the last part of the Way of Saint James close to Santiago de HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Compostela, Galicia in northwestern Spain, yesterday. MUSCAT 30/27 Clear 29/28 Clear MAKKAH 42/32 Partly cloudy 43/31 Clear KUWAIT 45/30 Clear 47/30 Clear BAHRAIN 38/33 Clear 39/33 Clear SANAA 29/17 Thunderstorm 29/18 Partly cloudy Merkel ‘walks the talk’ with Spain’s Rajoy RIYADH 41/31 Clear 44/30 Partly cloudy DUBAI 37/32 Partly cloudy 39/33 Partly cloudy SANTIAGO DE The two leaders took about economy recovery in Spain since Camino Frances, nearly 800 kil- BAGHDAD 46/29 Clear 47/29 Clear COMPOSTELA: German an hour to walk a six-kilometre it emerged from recession in ometres long. It starts from the Chancellor Angela Merkel stretch of the pilgrimage trail mid-2013. The Spanish and French side of the Pyrenees moun- THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW walked along the pilgrimage between the villages of O Pedrouzo German leaders will hold a news tains and leads to Santiago de road to Santiago de Compostela and Lavacolla, near the airport at conference today before visiting Compostela. Thousands of people HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER yesterday under bright sun in a Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela’s cathe- from around the world walk part highly symbolic show of unity Merkel, who wore white trou- dral, the reputed burial place of of the trail every year. Many carry ATHENS 33/25 Clear 32/25 Clear with Spain and its arduous path sers and a white shirt, and Rajoy, Saint James, one of the twelve wooden walking sticks adorned WASHINGTON 27/18 Clear 27/18 Clear to economic recovery. 59, who was casually dressed in apostles of Jesus Christ. with the distinctive scallop shells SYDNEY 19/13 Partly cloudy 17/13 Rain Merkel, 60, joined Spanish jeans and a blue shirt, talked The pilgrimage known as the that symbolise the pilgrimage. LONDON 17/14 Rain 19/13 Chance of rain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as they walked at a brisk pace Camino de Santiago, Spanish Growing numbers of people PARIS 19/18 Rain 21/18 Chance of rain on the route as she prepared for escorted by bodyguards. for the Way of Saint James, has set out on the trail for reasons ISTANBUL 28/22 Partly cloudy 27/22 Partly cloudy a European Union summit on Her two-day visit to the existed for more than 1,000 years. other than religion, attracted by MANILA 30/25 Thunderstorm 29/24 Thunderstorm Saturday to decide who gets the northwestern city of Santiago The most travelled among the beauty of the landscapes, the DHAKA 31/26 Chance of storm 31/25 Mostly cloudy top jobs in the 28-nation bloc for de Compostela coincides with several ancient routes leading to medieval sights, or the physical DELHI 39/28 Clear 39/30 Partly cloudy the next five years. signs of a gradual, yet jobs-scarce Santiago de Compostela is the challenge. AFP ISLAMABAD 33/23 Chance of storm 32/24 Chance of storm

Honeybees may have originated Reggae making a revival in Jamaica KINGSTON: The main event in Asia, say at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was scientists hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium’s indoor PARIS: Honeybees probably arena, from the young and originated in Asia, not Africa, hip to the elderly, was already said scientists yesterday who pumped. had teased interesting tidbits When reggae artiste Tarrus from the busy little pollinators’ Riley entered the stage, the genome that they hope can be screams of the full house used to protect it. were deafening, and the fer- They sequenced the genomes vour persisted throughout his of 140 honeybees from 14 popu- performance. lations from Europe, Africa, the A musical and social roots Middle East, United States and movement called “Reggae Brazil, looking for DNA clues as Revival” is on the rise in Jamaica, to how the insects responded to where the dancehall genre has survival threats throughout their been king for the last two dec- 300,000-year history. ades. The revival evokes music Honeybees, responsible for from reggae’s golden era of the pollinating a large chunk of the 1970s, dominated by the late, laid- fruits, nuts and vegetables we eat, back legend, Bob Marley, who put are in decline in many parts of the reggae on the global map with his world, raising concerns for food catchy tunes and spiritual and security. socially conscious lyrics. An international expert team “Reggae is bouncing back,” said reported in the journal Nature Chris Blackwell, the founder of Genetics that they had found evi- Island Records who introduced dence of evolutionary adaptation the group Bob Marley and the on some 3,000 individual genes of Wailers to the world. “It got lost the Apis mellifera species, that somewhat in a negative and vio- boosted functions like immunity lent direction (but) I think it’s Julian Marley, son of the late reggae icon Bob Marley, performs at a concert celebrating his father’s 69th birthday at the National Stadium in Kingston and climate adaptability. finding itself again,” he added. on February 7 this year. RIGHT: Tourists view a statue of Bob Marley outside the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica. This information could lay the The revival of traditional “roots foundation for producing bees in reggae” also stands as “a peaceful society deeply.” Snoop Dogg, one of the biggest Rastafari movement and a new by Billy Wilmot, a Jamaican surf- future that are more resistant, revolution in a nation that is often After reggae’s golden age, the selling American rappers. alias, Snoop Lion. His 2013 chart- ing legend the vocalist, guitar- for example, to the Varroa mite typecasted as violent,” said Dutty music degenerated as artists But dancehall was rocked by a topping, Grammy-nominated ist and songwriter for the Mystic that has been implicated in hive Bookman, a Jamaican writer who moved from marijuana, consid- series of scandals involving some album, “Reincarnated”, put Revealers, a Jamaican reggae declines in Europe and North has been documenting the move- ered a spiritual drug by Jamaica’s of its stars. The Grammy-winning reggae firmly back on the map, band that formed in the late America. ment which he says goes beyond Rastafarian Christian sect, to singer Buju Banton was convicted featuring a fusion of reggae and 1970s. “We have compared the entire music, likening it to the Arab harder drugs like cocaine, Herbie in 2011 on trafficking charges and dancehall. For the week of August His surf camp, Jamnesia, genomes of honeybees from Africa Spring. Miller, Jamaica Music Museum’s is serving a 10-year sentence. 23, Billboard ranks Chronixx’s became a seminal place where and Europe and identified posi- “Love, unity, positivity, truth- director, said. In April, dancehall star Vybz “Dread & Terrible” the fourth Reggae Revival artists cut their tions in the genome where they seeking, these things form the “Slackness,” a catch-all term for Kartel was sentenced to life in bestselling reggae album. Ziggy teeth on live performance. differ,” study co-author Matthew basis of the movement,” he said. bad behaviour, including explicit prison in Jamaica for the murder Marley’s “Fly Rasta” ranks third “Reggae is always socially con- Webster from Sweden’s Uppsala Jamaica is the birthplace of mores and violence, became the of a former associate. and Snoop Lion’s “Reincarnated” scious music and socially rele- University told AFP. reggae, which became an inter- norm, and with it came the rise Despite fading, reggae’s influ- ranks sixth. vant,” said Wilmot. “It might not The team had also found a national phenomenon thanks to of dancehall. ence can still be heard in main- The new crop of artists in the be what you want to hear, but it’s “surprisingly high” level of genetic Marley who died of cancer in 1981 Dancehall is an offshoot of reg- stream American pop, including reggae revival include Protoje, what’s going on in society.” diversity for a domesticated at age 36. gae with a hyper-energetic sound the Bruno Mars 2012 hit “Locked Tarrus Riley, Chronixx, Jah9, Roots reggae and dancehall species. AFP “Reggae is the heartbeat of and often violent, misogynistic as Out of Heaven.” and Kabaka Pyramid, who all may have very different sounds Jamaica,” said Ziggy Marley, one well as explicit lyrics. Mars performed a rousing play music with messages rooted and messages, but they’re not of Bob Marley’s reggae-playing In 1991, dancehall artistes reggae tribute to Bob Marley in Rastafarianism. mutually exclusive. Some reg- sons, currently on tour for his famously upstaged roots reggae at the 2013 Grammys alongside What you have and how you gae artists have incorporated rap “Fly Rasta” album. performers at the popular annual Sting, Rihanna and two Marley look and what you don’t have, elements of dancehall, includ- “I think Jamaica misses it,” Reggae Sunsplash music festival sons, Ziggy and Damian, singing that’s dancehall,” said Kabaka ing Damian Marley and Tanya added the younger Marley. “In and dancehall artistes such as a cover of his 1980 song “Could Pyramid, who was ranked at the Stephens. the past years a lot of the younger Shabba Ranks, Yellowman, Buju You Be Loved.” top of Billboard’s Next Big Sound “Both can exist and live,” says artistes have been trying to move Banton and Ninjaman became all In a sign of the times, Snoop chart last year. In the reggae Ziggy Marley. “The roots revival away from it with dancehall, the rage. Dancehall moved reggae Dogg changed his name in 2012 revival, “ego is being taken out of can bring things back into balance but reggae is something that is closer to the American gangster after a trip to Jamaica and the music,” he said. without being judgmental of one needed because music affects our rap scene, led by artistes like announced a conversion to the The revival is being fostered or the other.” REUTERS Monday 25 August 2014 29 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6168 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Mena IPOs raise Swedish property prices triple $2.4bn in first half of this year MPHC strikes largest deal in GCC

DOHA: The Mena IPO market momentum. The likely opening of performed robustly in the first the Saudi Arabian stock market to half of 2014 (H1, 2014) raising foreign investors would bode well $2.4bn from 16 IPOs. This has for Mena markets. been the market’s best per- The number of private equity formance in terms of volumes exits through equity listings and proceeds in the aftermath started declining in 2008, as firms of the economic crisis in 2008 held off monetising returns on when it raised $9.4bn from 36 investments due to poor valua- issues in H1, 2008. tions; however, the number of The MSCI upgrading Qatar exits is expected to pick up. The and the UAE to emerging mar- number of PE exits in Mena fell kets from frontier markets, sus- from 18 in 2008 to one in 2009. As tained investment in developing valuations improve, the pressure social infrastructure, and capacity to monetise investments could building to host upcoming global contribute significantly to IPO events such as FIFA 2022 in Qatar activity in the future. In H1, 2014, and Expo 2020 in Dubai are the three of the seven private equity catalysts for recovery in regional exits were through the IPO route. equity markets. The probability GCC countries had the largest of Saudi Arabia’s equity market share of IPO listings in Mena, con- opening up to foreign investments stituting nearly 78 percent of cap- also boosted recovery, Arabic busi- ital raised from 64 IPOs between Apartment blocks in Stockholm. Four out of 10 borrowers in Sweden are not paying off their debt and on average it takes Swedes nearly a century ness portal Mubasher reported. 2009 and 2014. In H1, 2014, they for those who are paying off principal to clear their mortgage debt. Swedish property prices have nearly tripled in just two decades. The IPO volumes and capital accounted for 90 percent of the raised remained low after 2008. capital raised through IPOs Liquidity in the market dried up in Mena, with 10 IPOs raising further, as banks in a few GCC nearly $2.1bn. Saudi Arabia is the countries like Saudi Arabia ceased prime issuer in terms of number Qatar Producer Price Index rises 4.1 percent lending for stock purchases due to of issues and capital raised in the high probability of defaults and, Mena IPO market. The country consequently, hefty provisions accounted for nearly 38.5 percent DOHA: The Monthly Producer group, which has a weightage of prices noted in Basic Metals shows an increase of 3.9 percent for impaired stock loans. Local of total proceeds raised from 41 Price Index (PPI) of the 77 percent, PPI showed a rise of by 4.0 percent and Cement and in June, 2014, when compared to companies chose other fundrais- IPOs between 2009 and 2014. Industrial sector for June 2014 0.7 percent over May 2014. The other non-metallic products by the PPI of June, 2013. ing routes like sukuk over IPOs. The largest deal in H1, 2014 by increased 4.1 percent to 171.3 increasing price showed in Crude 0.4 percent. The major groups which Sukuk worth around $19.5bn was Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding compared to June last year, petroleum and natural gas by 0.7 Electricity and water group explain this price rise include issued in Mena in 2011, an increase Company (MPHC), a subsidiary said Ministry of Development percent. (with two percent weightage), Basic chemicals by 9.2 percent, of 183 percent over that in the pre- of Qatar Petrochemical, garnered Planning and Statistics Manufacturing group (with PPI has increased by 0.8 percent, Refined Petroleum Products by vious year. In the same year, IPO $905.3m. It accounted for about 40 (MDPS) in a press release a weight of 21 percentage), PPI primarily due to the overall price 2.5 percent, Basic Metals by 2.3 listings were the lowest, with less percent of total capital raised in yesterday. showed a rise of 0.1 percent. The increase seen in the Electrical percent and Grain mill and other than $1bn raised, down 67.9 per- H1 2014 and was five times over- The index, which covers min- increasing prices is explained by Energy group by 1.9 percent and products by 1.3 percent. However, cent from the previous year. subscribed. This was Qatar’s first ing, electricity and water and the combined effect of increasing decrease prices seen in water by prices decline are noticed in Increased foreign ownership IPO since 2010. Three new issues manufacturing activities, is a prices seen in Refined Petroleum 1.1 percent. Beverages by 3.2 percent. limit, especially in the Qatari mar- in the UAE contributed to about measure of the average changes products by 0.8 percent, Dairy Mining group PPI shows an The PPI for Electricity and ket that raised foreign investment 20 percent of total capital raised in in selling prices received by products by 0.6 percent, Grain increase of 4.2 percent, prima- Water shows a decrease of 3.3 limits to 49 percent from 25 per- MENA. The issue of Marka, a chain domestic producers for their mill and other products by 0.4 rily due to the price increase percent, resulting from the effect cent in May 2014, is expected to of retail and food outlets, which was output. percent. Beverages and Basic seen in Crude petroleum and of price fall seen in Electricity improve the flow of foreign funds not operational at the time of list- On month on month basis the Chemicals increased by 0.2 natural gas group by the same by 4.1 percent, and Water by 1.8 into regional equity markets. This ing, was 36 times oversubscribed. index showed an increase of 0.6 percent. percentage. percent. would also set IPO markets in THE PENINSULA percent over May 2014. Mining On the other decreasing The Manufacturing group PPI THE PENINSULA

BTM in New York China urges more private investment Swedish govt cuts growth forecast, in troubled railways says to raise taxes if re-elected SHANGHAI: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged the heavily HARPSUND, Sweden: hampered by sanctions against The Alliance has already out- scrutinised railway sector to Sweden’s centre-right govern- Russia, imposed in July over its lined plans to raise duties on seek more private investment ment delivered a gloomy mes- involvement in the Ukraine crisis. cars, alcohol and tobacco, and to and rely less on state support as sage to voters ahead of next Borg cut his forecast for growth reduce tax breaks on pension sav- a key plank of its reform, the gov- month’s general election, cut- this year to 1.9 percent against a ings. Schools, welfare, defence and ernment website said yesterday. ting its growth forecast due to forecast made in July of 2.5 per- asylum services are some of the Beijing has vowed to deepen weakness in the global economy cent. For next year he cut his areas that will get extra funding reforms of its state-owned enter- and saying it will further raise forecast to 3.0 percent from 3.1 and the Alliance has pledged that prises and to open up protected taxes if re-elected. percent. 5 million Swedes will have jobs by industries such as finance, petro- With just weeks to go before He said the public sector was 2020, 350,000 more than today. leum, power, telecoms and railways the vote, the Alliance coalition expected to run a deficit of 2.2 Yet the warning that fiscal pol- to private investors for the first time. hopes that by stressing its fiscal percent of gross domestic product icy needs to be tighter is an about- “Railway construction invested prudence it can catch the oppo- this year versus a previous esti- turn for a government that has cut solely by the government and pro- sition which holds a big opinion mate for a 1.6 percent shortfall. taxes by around 130 billion crowns moted by administrative orders poll lead ahead of the September To bring public finances back since it took power in 2006. The will not work any more,” Li was 14 vote. to a targeted 1 percent surplus opposition has also promised tax quoted as saying. “A weak development interna- by 2018, Borg said he planned to hikes, of around 30bn crowns, Li said that China Railway tionally will mean a somewhat raise taxes on the financial serv- and its message of more spending Corporation, the national railway slower recovery in Sweden,” ices and commercial property sec- on welfare and schools has found operator, should explore ways to Finance Minister Anders Borg tors if reelected and would hike favour with some voters. attract more non-governmental funds told reporters. “That, along with duties on tobacco and alcohol. The most recent polls show the and gather experience which other (planned) increased expenditure Those measures will strengthen four-party centre-right coalition state-owned enterprises could use. at the end of the next term of the budget by around 25bn crowns government trailing the centre-left “Reforming investment and government, means that we must (£2.18bn). “We are in a position opposition by more than 10 points. financing systems will be the key strengthen the budget.” of strength now and so we need Social Democrat finan- to reforming the railway sector,” Sweden’s economy contracted to build up buffers for the future, cial spokeswoman Magdalena he said during an inspection tour slightly in the first quarter and because there is one season that Andersson on Saturday accused of the CRC on Friday. barely grew in the April-June always returns and that’s winter,” the government of creating the In April, the government said it A customer uses a Bitcoin ATM located in Flat 128, a boutique in New period as its key export sector was he said. hole in public finances through would create a railway fund worth York’s West Village. The Bitcoin ATM producers Lamassu and operator hurt by sluggish overseas demand, However, with the economy its income tax cuts and adding 200bn to 300bn yuan ($32.5bn to PYC Bitcoin have set up the first Bitcoin Teller Machine (BTM) in New particularly in Europe. still fragile, the new measures that promised jobs had failed to $48.8bn) each year. York in a women’s accessories shop. The euro zone has stalled and will be delayed until 2017-2018, materialise. REUTERS recovery there could be further Borg said. REUTERS MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Aeroflot defies Tax fraud drains Romania economy sanctions to One quarter of economic activity and working people beyond tax inspectors’ reach create new

BUCHAREST: Tax evasion estimates. In some EU countries, taxes in an economy in which tax working on the black market the Romanian market. low-cost airline is eating away at the heart of the shadow economy accounts for revenue amounts to about ¤46bn. to the prosperous businessman Twelve of them were arrested. Romania and holding back a significant slice of activity, but “Tax evasion is on the rise in benefiting from fraud, tax avoid- “Another major case concerned MOSCOW: Russian flag carrier the country, among the poor- the European parliament said Romania and it poses a threat to ance is omnipresent, prompt- a network of 22 Romanian and Aeroflot will create a new low- est in the European Union, in that Bulgaria and Romania were its national security,” economist ing authorities to toughen their Chinese nationals who created cost unit after Western sanc- its efforts to catch up, analysts the most severely affected. Ionut Dumitru, head of the coun- stance. 15 companies selling household tions grounded its first effort to warn. This is despite campaigns by try’s fiscal council, said. In 2013 a special anti-fraud appliances without paying VAT,” enter the market, the airline’s The estimates for the costs of EU authorities to encourage gov- The revenue shortfall trans- body (DGAF), tasked with clamp- DGAF vice-president Romeo chief executive said yesterday. the so-called black or undeclared ernments of new members in lates into dilapidated hospitals, ing down on criminal rings, was Nicolae said. The loss was esti- “We will after all register a new economy are huge: about one eastern Europe to crack down on patients unable to get treatment set up within the tax agency. mated at ¤12m. airline,” Aeroflot chief executive quarter of economic activity and corruption and tax evasion. or schools lacking basic facilities. In one of the most spectacular Alina Bica, head of the prosecu- Vitaly Savelyev was quoted as say- one quarter of people in work are Bulgaria is the poorest member “With revenues accounting cases uncovered by the DGAF, a tor’s office dealing with organised ing by Russian news agencies. believed to be beyond the reach of of the EU, and Romania comes for less than 33 percent of GDP, network of 30 Turkish, Jordanian crime and terrorism, said that He said the company’s low-cost tax inspectors. second. compared to an EU average of 45 and Romanian nationals cheated fraud schemes were becoming carrier, Dobrolyot, had worked If all activity were taxed fully, A recent report by the Council percent, Romania will never have the government out of ¤24m increasingly sophisticated. well during the six weeks it was national tax revenues would of Europe’s anti-money laun- an education system as good as in value added sales tax (VAT) “Doctored bookkeeping, ficti- allowed to operate. almost double. dering committee said that in Germany’s for instance,” Dumitru dodging. tious companies active for 30 or Dobrolyot was forced to shut Undeclared activity exists Romania, the shadow economy said. The alleged fraudsters set up a 40 days before disappearing, con- down because it flew to Russian- across the 28 members of the accounted for 28.4 percent of “And sacrificing a nation’s edu- complex chain of 58 dummy com- cealed revenues from illegal trans- annexed Crimea and was there- European Union at a cost of at gross domestic product in 2013. cation and health means sacrific- panies to cover up their fraudu- actions ... white-collar criminals fore hit by EU sanctions imposed least ¤1,000bn ($1,333bn) per That represented about ¤40bn ing its future.” lent operations selling ¤100m’ find new ways to cheat,” she said. over the Kremlin’s alleged sup- year, the European parliament ($53bn) a year of uncollected From the underpaid mason worth of fruit and vegetables on AFP port for pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, including the cancella- tion of the leasing contracts for its Boeing aircraft. Waiting for takeover “We are holding talks with leas- ing companies and the first steps Russia says no plan show that they want to work with us,” said Savelyev. He said possible routes were still being worked out, but that to ban McDonald’s the new airline could begin oper- ations from the end of October MOSCOW: Russian authorities closed three of its outlets in when the winter schedule begins. are not planning to close the Moscow, citing breaches of sani- Savelyev said flights to Crimea, McDonald’s chain in the coun- tary regulations. which Russia annexed from Ukraine try, Deputy Prime Minister The outlets were closed as in March, would depend on demand. Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted Russia introduced a one-year Services to the popular Black Sea saying on Saturday, after embargo on meat, fish, dairy, summer resort are usually cut back inspectors visited a number of fruit and vegetables from the during the winter months. restaurants run by the fast-food United States, the EU, Canada, New fuel-efficient jets are key company. Australia and Norway, in retalia- to the success of low-cost air- “No one is talking about it at all tion for Western economic sanc- lines as the high cost of fuel often (a ban on McDonald’s in Russia),” tions over Moscow’s involvement makes it their biggest expense. Dvorkovich was quoted saying by in the Ukraine conflict. Leasing allows new airlines the Itar-Tass news agency, in what McDonald’s operates 440 restau- opportunity to acquire aircraft could be a reprieve for the food rants in Russia and considers the more quickly without huge up- chain, which considers Russia as country one of its top seven mar- front investments. one of its top markets. kets outside the United States and Dobrolyot, which operated two Russia’s food safety watch- Canada, according to its 2013 annual Boeing 737-800 aircraft when dog has launched inspections of report. It opened its first restaurant it was forced to shut down, had McDonald’s restaurants across in Russia, on a main Moscow thor- planned to lease another six this the country against the back- oughfare, in 1990, just before the A Family Dollar store in Chicago. The firm, which operates about 8,200 stores in mainly urban sections of the year to begin flying to a handful drop of a standoff with the West collapse of the Soviet Union. US, is the target of an $9bn cash takeover offer from rival Dollar General. of Russian cities. over the Ukraine crisis and has REUTERS AFP WTO rules against Argentina in Dynegy to spend $6.2bn import curbs case on plant acquisition

GENEVA/WASHINGTON: NEW YORK: Dynegy plans of generating capacity nationally. A World Trade Organisation to spend more than $6bn to Dynegy expects both deals to (WTO) dispute panel ruled buy several coal and gas power close by the end of next year’s first against Argentina in a 2012 generation plants from Duke quarter and said the acquisitions case brought by the United Energy and Energy Capital will complement its existing busi- States, European Union and Partners. ness and add fuel diversification. Japan against Argentine import Shares of the Houston power Most of the plant acquisitions licensing rules used to restrict producer soared before markets involve either modern combined imports. opened and after it announced cycle natural gas plants or envi- The three trade powers argued the deals. ronmentally compliant coal gen- that Argentina did not grant The company plans to spend eration plants. licenses to importers automati- $2.8bn on Duke’s retail business It plans to finance the purchase cally as required by WTO rules, and ownership interest in several with $5bn in new bonds and $1.25 allowing it to shield its vulnerable plants and $3.45bn for assets of billion in equity and equity-linked economy. The case was part of a Energy Capital Partners, or ECP. securities. tit-for-tat trade war in which the The deal will add about 12,500 Duke Energy, based in government seized control of oil megawatts of coal and gas genera- Charlotte, North Carolina, said firm YPF from its Spanish par- tion and expand Dynegy’s retail the sale will add to its earn- ent Repsol. business into Ohio, Pennsylvania ings by 2016, and it is evaluating The panel of three independent and Michigan. how to use proceeds from the arbitrators found that Argentina’s Dynegy said that the deals transaction. licensing rules violated WTO will boost its presence in the Shares of Dynegy Inc were up rules, and urged the government Midwest and New England, 14 percent, or $4.23, to $33.95 in of President Cristina Fernandez to including three new mar- morning trading. The stock has bring them in line with international kets: Ohio, Pennsylvania and climbed 58 percent so far this trade rules. Argentina may appeal Michigan. The company expects year. Duke Energy Corp shares the panel’s ruling to the WTO. to nearly double its existing port- added 67 cents to $73.71. REUTERS folio to almost 26,000 megawatts AGENCIES

Indonesia mining woes

Indonesia’s Chief Economics Minister Chairul Tanjung (right) with his colleague at his office in Jakarta. In January, Indonesia introduced a mineral ore export ban and the escalating tax on metal concentrate ship- ments to force miners to process raw materials to lift their value. But the tough measures in some cases backfired as miners said the rules breached their contracts and exports stopped. MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Qatar Exchange index Clean-up struggle drops 22.68 points Saudi Arabia, Egypt hit fresh six-year highs

DOHA/DUBAI: Qatar their margins. high on the back of blue-chip Exchange index dropped slightly Federal Reserve Chair Janet property and financial sector yesterday, down 22.68 points, or Yellen indicated on Friday that stocks. 0.16 percent, as it closed trading the Fed might have to raise rates Developer Talaat Moustafa was at 13,753.51 points. sooner and more quickly than the main support, jumping 5.0 The trading value was expected. percent to 10.80 pounds. Naeem QR521.74m with a volume of According to Naveed Ahmed, Brokerage last week raised its 10,123,024 shares changing hands investment director at Gulf target price for the stock to 13.24 yesterday from 5,527 transactions. Finance House in Bahrain, Saudi pounds, citing strong second- From the 42 listed compa- bank shares are also more liq- quarter results. nies 14 made gains yesterday, uid compared to stocks in many Shares in brokerage Pioneers 27 declined and two remained other sectors, and are thus bet- Holding jumped 3.2 percent. Last unchanged. ter positioned to capture the posi- Wednesday, the firm reported a Qatar’s benchmark slipped tive momentum from the planned 55 percent rise in second-quarter Thursday’s all-time closing high as opening of the market to direct net profit. shares in Islamic lenders Masraf foreign investment. Dubai’s property stocks also Al Rayan and Qatar Islamic Bank Saudi Arabia’s index has risen rose, helping the emirate’s index A worker cuts reed while trying to clean the area from leaked oil at an irrigation canal in Cadereyta. An fell 1.6 and 1.5 percent. 12 percent since the Capital gain 1.1 percent. Developers oil pipeline spill that contaminated a river in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon will take months Leading conventional lender Market Authority said in late July Emaar Properties and Union to clean up, the country’s top water authority said. Qatar National Bank was the that it would allow direct foreign Properties added 0.5 and 3.7 main support, however, gaining ownership of local stocks early percent respectively. Shares 1.2 percent. The stock’s weight in next year. in builder Arabtec jumped 3.8 MSCI’s emerging market index On Thursday, the CMA pub- percent. will double from the end of this lished draft regulations which “What’s happening to Arabtec Phone registry firm Neustar weighs sale month. would cap total foreign owner- is still to do with the specula- Shares in conglomerate ship at 10 percent of the market’s tion on who will buy the stake Industries Qatar, whose index value and restrict foreign holdings from (former chief executive) NEW YORK: Neustar Inc, a subsidiary Telcordia Technologies. the US and Canada. This exclu- weight will increase by the same of individual stocks. Hasan Ismaik,” said Sanyalak company which helps North A sale process may not start until sive government contract, which margin, rose 0.5 percent. Although some foreign fund Manibhandu, manager of American telecommunica- the winner of that contract has expires in 2015, accounts for about Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s managers criticised the rules as research at NBAD Securities in tion carriers route calls and been finalized, the people said. half of Neustar’s revenues. banking stocks, poised to ben- restrictive, local market players Abu Dhabi. text messages, is considering Some buyout firms have already A federal advisory commit- efit from the expected increase had largely expected the regula- Ismaik, who quit in June, owns a potential sale amid inter- expressed interest in a leveraged tee has recommended that the of interest rates in the United tor to take such a conservative a 27.90 percent stake in Arabtec est from private equity firms, buyout of Neustar, which has a US Federal Communications States, continued to boost the approach. and many investors hope he will according to people familiar market value of $1.8bn, and would Commission award the new con- kingdom’s market on Sunday, However, some analysts believe sell it to a large state-owned with the matter. consider buying it even without tract to Telcordia. while property developers buoyed the current rally is now becoming entity such as Abu Dhabi state No formal sale process is cur- that contract, the people added. Neustar counters that Ericsson Egypt’s bourse. stretched. fund Aabar Investments, which rently underway but Neustar is The sources cautioned that shouldn’t be given the contract The main Saudi index rose “I believe this rally won’t last already owns 18.94 percent of the working with investment bank Neustar may decide against a because its relationships with tel- 1.6 percent to 10,903 points, a for long,” said Turki Fadaak, firm. JPMorgan Chase & Co as it sale and asked not to be identi- ecoms carriers prevent it from level last seen in January 2008. research and advisory manager Abu Dhabi’s bourse added 0.6 reviews possible options follow- fied because the deliberations are administering the database in a neu- Alinma Bank was the main sup- at AlBilad Capital in Riyadh. percent. Shares in the emirate’s ing a more than 40 percent drop private. Neustar and JPMorgan tral way and it may not be able to port, surging 9.7 percent, while “The banking index will prob- largest listed developer, Aldar in its share price year-to-date, the declined to comment. keep it safe. Ericsson disputes this. shares in Bank Albilad jumped ably remain flat within the next Properties, rose 2.1 percent people said this week. Since 1997, Neustar has man- Going private could allow 7.7 percent. few days with some profit-taking after the firm said on Sunday Neustar shares were trading up aged the world’s largest local Neustar to restructure its opera- Analysts say banks in Saudi in the overpriced stocks.” it would lease 607 apartments 10 percent on the news at $31.5 in number portability registry in tions, should it lose the govern- Arabia, whose currency is pegged Egypt’s bourse was the sec- to Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. afternoon trading in New York. the world that allows customers ment contract, without having to the dollar, are likely to benefit ond-best performer in the Aldar did not disclose the value Much of Neustar’s woes stem to transfer phone numbers among to worry about its share price from the eventual increase in US region on Sunday, rising 1.3 per- of the deal. from a major government contract different carriers, serving more performance. interest rates, which will widen cent to a fresh six-year closing AGENCIES it stands to lose to Ericsson AB than 2,000 telecom carriers in REUTERS BoJ may ease policy, says Kuroda

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming: its money base with a quantita- including a large share of part- The Bank of Japan may have to tive easing programme of asset time workers in the service sector. pursue its aggressive monetary purchases. Kuroda wants to accel- The quantitative easing stimu- policy easing for “some time” erate consumer inflation to two lus is helping Japan escape from a to fully vanquish deflation, BoJ percent in roughly two years. deflationary cycle of falling wages Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said. Japan has been mired in 15 years and demand, he said, adding that Speaking at a global central of grinding deflation. the BoJ is trying to manage the banking conference here, Kuroda The programme was initially program to avoid any “abrupt said the central bank’s efforts to successful, with consumer infla- shock” to markets. overcome deflation by stimulat- tion having recently hit 1.3 per- He also said Japan needs a ing Japan’s economy with large- cent, excluding the impact of an favorable work environment for scale asset purchases was proving April sales tax hike. Inflation is woman and older workers to help effective. expected to slow in the coming counter its declining labor force. He added, however, that the months as the boost from a weak Bank of England Deputy public was not yet convinced yen on import costs begins to fade. Governor Ben Broadbent, speak- Japan’s central bank would hit Speaking on a panel alongside ing on the same panel, said in a its two percent inflation target. central bankers from Brazil and prepared speech that slow wage Creating that expectation was Britain, Kuroda said public infla- growth is not certain to pick up necessary to get firms to raise tion expectations are moving up soon in Britain, despite signs of wages — a key step in Japan’s long gradually but still low at around skills shortages. He added that war with deflation, he said. one percent. Low long-term inter- the BoE will not raise rates “We have committed ourselves est rates will likely not rise until until there is a clear prospect of to continuing the increasingly the two percent target is reached, stronger wage growth. accommodative stance until the he said, adding that the BoJ’s two In separate remarks, Broadbent two percent inflation target is percent inflation target, once met, said the BoE’s new financial sta- met and maintained in a sustain- could serve as a benchmark for bility goals were not in conflict able manner,” Kuroda said. “That wage negotiations. with its inflation and growth goals. means inflation expectations are Turning to labour markets, He also said there are potential anchored to two percent ... (and) which was the focus of the high- but surmountable “coordination that may take some more time.” profile Jackson Hole conference, issues” between the BoE’s new The BoJ deployed an intense Kuroda said Japan is show- financial stability committee and burst of monetary stimulus last ing “significant improvement,” other bank functions. April, when it pledged to double though it still faces challenges REUTERS

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (right) and Tetsuya Sakamoto, the bank’s General Manager for the Americas, at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Erdogan risks bumpier economic ride Structural problems such as high current account deficit, chronically low savings rate and inflation remain unsolved

ISTANBUL: President-elect from the office of the prime 2015 legislative elections, when the AKP came to power, “main- is nominally independent but on monetary policy one day before Recep Tayyip Erdogan has minister to the presidency on Erdogan wants the AKP to win a taining that momentum will be has come under immense pres- Erdogan is to be inaugurated. based his political success on Thursday. crushing majority and change the difficult”. sure from Erdogan to cut rates A litmus test comes in the com- a strong Turkish economy, but The external environment has constitution to hand more powers “Looking ahead, the risks aggressively. ing week when the shape of the a tricky external environment grown less benign for Turkey in to the presidency. remain skewed to the downside,” The central bank hiked inter- new government under incoming and concerns about the wisdom recent months, as the US Federal “The economic imbalances that it added. est rates drastically in January prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu of some policies means he may Reserve has tapered down its were allowed to build during the Fitch, meanwhile, said that to ward off a currency crisis, and and the future of its key economic have a bumpier ride ahead. stimulus programme that bene- latter years of Mr Erdogan’s (ten- while Turkey had been “remark- Erdogan — with a wary eye on flag- players should become clear. The domination of Erdogan’s fited emerging economies and the ure) as prime minister are likely ably resilient” to recent economic ging growth — wants rates cut back The fate of Deputy Prime Justice and Development Party strife in Iraq has robbed Turkey to persist during his presidency,” shocks, “political risk will weigh down to their pre-tightening level. Minister Ali Babacan, the govern- (AKP), which came to power in of a major export market. said the London-based Capital on Turkey’s ratings”. The bank has so far resisted, ment’s pointman on the economy, 2002, was built out of the ruins of But doubts have also grown Economics consultancy. “The The Turkish government has making only smaller cuts, and and Finance Minister Mehmet Turkey’s economic crisis in 2001 about the wisdom of Erdogan’s AKP’s reforming zeal has waned taken none too kindly to their Erdogan has made no secret of his Simsek is crucial for markets as they when the stock market crashed economic thinking as he has chal- markedly in recent years,” it added. assessments, with Economy impatience with the body during are seen as a guarantor of sensible and inflation soared. lenged the independence of the Two major ratings agencies, Minister Nihat Zeybekci calling rallies leading up to his election economic policies under the AKP. The AKP has since overseen central bank and pushed it to cut Moody’s and Fitch, have both into question the impartiality of victory on August 10. Reports last week indicated average annual growth of five per- interest rates at a time of rising warned that the lack of politi- the agencies. “The slowdown is likely to Babacan could be heading for cent since 2003 and the rise of inflation. cal stability after the presiden- “It is not possible for us to con- result in further government the door but his prominence in many ordinary Turks to European Major structural problems tial elections risks harming the sider as objective the institution pressure on the central bank to recent appearances by Erdogan levels of prosperity, achievements remain, with Turkey burdened Turkish economy. that warns against political risks provide support to the economy,” now hints otherwise. which helped Erdogan win seven by a high current account deficit, Moody’s said in a report that right after the most important, said Capital Economics. “Recent news suggests that Ali elections and two referenda in chronically low savings rate, infla- the “political landscape in Turkey democratic and clear elections in “But additional rate cuts would Babacan and Mehmet Simsek, the just over a decade. tion well above the central bank’s has yet to reach stability”, point- our history,” he said after Fitch’s be a cause for concern” and would two favourite ministers of mar- The question now is whether target of five percent and stalling ing to the risk of political infight- report. “merely damage the central kets, are likely to retain their Erdogan will be able to continue growth. ing within the AKP itself. Markets have also been shaken bank’s credibility,” it said. positions in the new cabinet,” said and build on these economic Meanwhile, Turkey could face While it noted that GDP per by the government’s relationship By coincidence, the central Finansbank in a note to clients. achievements when he moves political instability ahead of capita had almost doubled since with the central bank, which bank will hold its latest meeting AFP

China business growth slows China gold exchange gathers momentum

SINGAPORE: China’s planned exchange into US dollars — would global gold exchange has signed give the Chinese currency more up more members than tar- international exposure, while also geted, as foreign banks and drawing in demand for gold in off- trading houses seek direct shore yuan. Trading offshore yuan access to the world’s top physi- is currently restricted to certain cal gold consumer and to test international financial centres out reforms allowing them to such as Hong Kong, Singapore trade commodities in the yuan and London. currency. “Having a gold contract deliv- The strong response from for- ered in the free trade zone in local eign players will boost efforts by currency is interesting in terms of China — also the world’s biggest bringing together the onshore and producer of gold - to gain pricing offshore players,” said a trader power over the metal and to chal- with a bullion bank that is consid- lenge the dominance of London ering being part of the exchange. and New York in trading. The senior source with direct The Shanghai Gold Exchange knowledge of the exchange targeted 30 companies for the declined to name the companies first round of membership but that had signed up, but market has signed up 40, including many sources said HSBC, Australia foreign banks, with just over a and New Zealand Banking month to go before the launch, a Group, Standard Bank, Standard senior source with direct knowl- Chartered, Bank of Nova Scotia edge of the matter said. and J P Morgan were interested The exchange’s progress is in participating. being closely tracked by the glo- Refiners Argor-Heraeus and bal trading community as gold is the Perth Mint were also con- one of the first commodities that sidering membership, company A saleswoman waits for customers at a red gallery at a shopping mall in Beijing’s central business district. Business growth in China slowed this China is opening up to foreign officials said. month, surveys showed . players by allowing them to par- It wasn’t immediately clear if ticipate directly in physical trade all the firms were joining as the and to use offshore yuan. first set of trading members or The bourse is set to begin oper- would sign up later. GM reviewing ations on September 29 in the Metalor had said in June that it Microsoft announces affordable Nokia 130 Shanghai free-trade zone, with would join as a founding member. three yuan-denominated physical “We’re very keen to explore timing of gold contracts, of 100 grams, 1kg cooperation in the Shanghai DOHA: Recognising the outstanding battery life of up to innovation at each and every and the bigger London gold deliv- Free Trade Zone gold market rapid growth of ultra-afford- 36 days’ standby for the single- price point,” said Jo Harlow, cor- Russia plant ery bar weighing 12.5kg, accord- and see the development of a new able mobile phones, Microsoft SIM variant and 26 days’ standby porate vice president for Phones, ing to the source who spoke on exchange as being a great oppor- Devices Group unveiled the for the dual-SIM device. Microsoft. “It is estimated that at condition of anonymity. tunity to entice foreign invest- Nokia 130, a mobile phone As one of the most affordable least one billion people in the world expansion “It is too important a mar- ment to China’s physical gold designed to introduce millions mobile phones with video play- still do not have a mobile phone, ket to stay away,” said Bernhard market,” ANZ said in an emailed of people to new digital expe- back, the Nokia 130 makes new while at the same time there is MOSCOW: General Motors Co Schnellmann, Director of Swiss- statement. riences. At just ¤19, the Nokia digital experiences accessible to increasing demand for reliable said it was reviewing the timing based Argor-Heraeus, one of the The other companies declined 130 combines the everyday more people. It delivers hours of backup phones in both mature of the expansion of its Russian world’s biggest gold refineries, to comment. essentials that first-time mobile entertainment with the built-in and high-growth markets.” plant near St Petersburg which is considering joining. The senior source with direct phone buyers expect with the video player which offers up to 16 She continued, “With hand- because of a slump in the auto “I think the SGE will be suc- knowledge of the exchange said beautiful design, reliability hours of playback for video stored sets like the Nokia 130, we see market. cessful with this new exchange the 40 members that had signed and mobile entertainment they on a microSD card, MP3 player tremendous potential to deliver The company opened the as they have a big home mar- up, including international banks, want, a press release issued by and FM radio. With support for the experience of a ‘mobile-first’ $300m plant in 2008 and planned ket and there should be enough refiners and trading houses. Microsoft said yesterday. expandable microSD storage up world to people seeking their first to launch the second stage in liquidity.” “The response has been better Featuring a built-in video to 32GB, alongside the Bluetooth- device, and we continue to invest 2015. The plant currently makes The new free-trade zone is also than our expectations,” said the player, music player with up to enabled SLAM application and in ultra-affordable devices that Chevrolet Cruze, Opel Astra, and seen as a testing ground for cur- source. “After the opening of the 46 hours continuous playback on a USB connectivity, it also makes will introduce people to a ‘cloud- Chevrolet Trailblazer models. rency reforms, as Beijing takes exchange, we will increase the single charge and essentials such sharing digital content easy, first’ world through Microsoft “In view of the current business cautious steps towards allow- number of participants.” as a flashlight, FM radio and USB without the need for an Internet services such as Bing, Outlook. situation in Russia and the lower ing full convertibility of China’s A spokesman for the SGE said charging, the Nokia 130 is the connection. com, and OneDrive.” sales volumes since the start of currency. it had targeted 30 members but perfect introduction to a “mobile “As demand in the affordable The Nokia 130 is expected to the year, we are taking a close Allowing foreign players to declined to say how many had first” world, the release said. mobile segment continues to grow, be available in the Middle East in look at our plans. As part of this, trade yuan-denominated bullion signed up. The Nokia 130 It’s built to last, Microsoft remains committed to September 2014. we are also reviewing the tim- contracts — without the need to REUTERS with a 1.8-inch colour display and delivering market-leading mobile THE PENINSULA ing of our expansion plans at the GM Auto Plant in St Petersburg,” GM’s spokesman said. The company has not disclosed which models the second stage of the plant would produce. On Thursday, GM said it was to Boeing completes key review of space taxi design reduce production at the plant to four days a month in August and WASHINGTON: Boeing Co The multibillion-dollar program met its required “success criteria” “From a technical standpoint, the the Boeing program. “You’ve got September, extending to eight in has completed a key review of has taken on new urgency in recent for the review. review went very well,” he said. to be able to stand up at that October. its design for a new commercial months, given escalating tensions SpaceX and Sierra Nevada “To the best of my knowledge review and show the analysis Car sales have faltered in Russia venture to fly astronauts to the with Russia over its annexation of have sought and won extensions we’re the only CCiCAP competitor and tests that demonstrate that this year as economic growth has International Space Station, the Crimea region of Ukraine. to finish their design reviews by that actually was able to complete you’re going to be able to meet slowed, causing people to put off making it the only one of four Nasa spokeswoman Stephanie May 2015. Blue Origin, a pri- all of the milestones in the period those requirements,” he said. large purchases. Consumer sen- rival bidders to finish the Nasa Martin said the US space agency vately funded company set up by of performance,” he said. Boeing remains confident it timent has come under further work on time, company officials planned to choose one or more of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is Mulholland said, measured could complete work on the new pressure because of Western sanc- said. the competitors to continue work- also vying for the work. in mass, the Boeing design for spacecraft in time to begin flight tions over the crisis in Ukraine. Boeing is competing with Space ing on the program in late August John Mulholland, vice president the cargo module was 96-per- tests in 2017, Mulholland said. The downturn in Russia’s car Exploration Technologies Corp, or or early September. and program manager for Boeing’s cent complete at the time of the He said Boeing’s design would market gathered pace in July, SpaceX, and privately held Sierra Martin confirmed that Boeing had commercial space exploration review, while its design for the be launched into space using the with sales sliding 23 percent year- Nevada Corp, to develop and build completed a critical design review of programs, said the company crew module was 85-percent Atlas 5 rocket built by the United on-year after a 17 percent fall in US commercial space taxis to its offering in the Commercial Crew faced some difficult challenges complete, two metrics that under- Launch Alliance, a venture of the previous month, according transport astronauts, rather than Integrated Capability (CCiCap) pro- as it developed its design, but got scored the maturity of the design. Boeing and Lockheed Martin to the Association of European relying on Russia to ferry them to gramme. She said Nasa was review- “excellent” feedback from Nasa He said the critical design Corp. Businesses (AEB). the station. ing the data to determine if Boeing during the review last month. review marked a major step for REUTERS REUTERS MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

As Venezuelan deliveries wane, Leveraged loan bankers allies tap traders for pricey fuel

BY MARIANNA PARRAGA and BRIAN ELLSWORTH

ENEZUELA’S shipments of crude oil and fuel to its allies have gear up for busy year-end fallen to a five-year low as a weak economy hits its ability to Vuphold accords that former President Hugo Chavez struck to lower energy costs for friends and expand his diplomatic clout. BY CLAIRE RUCKIN visibility for a good loan pipeline. in July allowed investors to Deals due to be launched Total shipments under cooperation deals with Latin American and There should be some new deals cherry-pick the best deals and for syndication in September Caribbean countries dropped 11 percent in 2013 to 243,000 barrels FTER a two-week as well as refinancings, add-ons introduced pricing differentia- include an ¤845m loan backing per day (bpd), the lowest level since 2007, according to recent data lull in Europe’s lev- and dividend recapitalisations. tion, which enabled most of the EQT’s buyout of Dutch informa- from Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA. eraged loan market, People are talking constructively more difficult credits to clear. tion provider Bureau Van Dijk Several factors are behind the decline: lower oil output and weak bankers are gear- about the leveraged loan market Despite the pre-summer rush, Electronic Publishing; a ¤600m economic growth at home, a domestic refinery network that has ing up for a busy and hopefully these deals should investors still have appetite to loan backing KKR’s offer to take not fully recovered from a severe accident in 2012, and financing Aremainder of 2014, which is materialise in September,” a lev- invest, with a number of large full control of German listed agreements with China that divert much of the Opec nation’s oil expected to see volumes surpass eraged loan investor said. repayments expected from cutlery and coffee-machine production to Asia. last year’s total and continue A second investor said: “There deals including pharma-com- maker WMF; and ¤525m of Some of the beneficiaries of the cheap oil are now being forced to the year-on-year increases seen is an expectation that a number pany Boots as well new money loans for Global Resorts’ acqui- turn to other sources. since 2008. of desks have transactions ready from new credit funds, managed sition of resort operator Club In the eights months through August, countries from Jamaica Leveraged loan volume in 2014 to come through. A flood of deals accounts and CLOs warehousing. Mediterranee. to Argentina that have supply pacts with Venezuela have bought is on track to exceed last year’s should hit the market once it “A big volume of deals got In addition, bankers held a call 140 cargoes of crude, components and fuel for transport and power total of $191bn, having reached reopens in September.” taken down in July and people with lenders on a loan financ- generation on the open market, according to tender information $127 billion to-date, according There is expected to be more have felt some real, decent depth ing backing Advent’s buyout compiled by Reuters. to Thomson Reuters LPC data. sponsor acquisition activity in to the bid in both Europe’s pri- of Belgian aluminium systems More than two thirds of those were for Ecuador, one of Venezuela’s A busy July saw $23.5bn of the coming months due to a cor- mary and secondary loan mar- manufacturer Corialis, which is closest allies. leveraged loans get over the rection in enterprise values from kets. This has given people a expected to total about ¤415m The purchases, which have left tankers in short supply, are far line, adding to a first-half total of recent equity market perform- lot of comfort that this market and be launched for syndica- costlier than oil obtained through long-term pacts. $103.5bn — the highest half-year ance, according to a new report is quite robust and if a decent tion in September. Early-bird Chavez, who was Venezuela’s socialist president for 14 years before volume since the $223bn seen in by Fitch Ratings. spate of volume comes, there is investors are also considering his death from cancer in March 2013, used the country’s oil wealth the first six months of 2007. Europe has been an attractive appetite to take that down,” the an all-senior loan for Bestway to help allies and extend his political influence across Latin America September will see a number market for borrowers this year, first investor said. Group’s acquisition of Britain’s and the Caribbean. of launches, with almost ¤5bn of especially against the backdrop A leveraged loan banker Co-operative Group’s pharmacy His 2005 Petrocaribe accord required members to pay cash for just loans already in the syndication of a softening in the US loan added: “The market didn’t run business, which totals $1.20bn. 40 percent of every shipment, and let them finance the rest for 25 pipeline, as a result of event- market, as cash-rich investors out of money in July and the A ¤1.6bn loan for German years at low interest rates, or make in-kind payments with products driven activity and volume is competed to invest in deals by volume of money coming to the plastics maker Styrolution will ranging from rice to blue jeans. likely to be even higher when accepting tighter pricing, more market has not diminished. A also return to the market in Twenty-one countries are party to oil pacts managed by Venezuela, taking into account potential aggressive leverage levels and steady flow of repayments and September, having been pulled including Petrocaribe, the Caracas Energy Agreement and other refinancings. covenant-lite loans. new money being raised hasn’t in August amid a summer bilateral deals. “Capital markets desks are A flood of deals to the stopped the need to keep feeding slowdown. But mounting economic problems in the South American coun- talking positively about good European leveraged loan market the beast.” REUTERS try have strained the programs. As far back as 2010, Venezuela had started buying fuels from third parties to meet quotas for the accords. Since then, fuel exports has slipped further and PDVSA’s finan- cial position has weakened, limiting its ability to assist allies even though Chavez’s hand-picked successor, President Nicolas Maduro, backs the deals. “It is importing a lot to cover its own domestic demand, so buying extra volumes to assist those countries is unsustainable,” said an official from a top global commodities trader involved in supplying fuel to Venezuela. While Venezuela struggles to maintain its agreements, US com- panies flush with natural gas are poised to pounce on new energy market opportunities that might be created by Petrocaribe’s problems. The US government can also benefit as it looks to regain its influ- ence in Latin America and the Caribbean. US Vice-President Joe Biden last month announced the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative, a plan to reduce the region’s reliance on “high-cost imported fuel and electricity”, promising financing for projects to revamp power generation. And the Overseas Private Investment Corp, a US government agency that finances development, is in discussions with investors interested in building new energy projects in the Caribbean, accord- ing to a senior State Department official. Venezuela now sends 485,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude and fuels to China to service oil-for-loan deals, up 98 percent from 2010, as President Nicolas Maduro’s government has become increasingly reliant on Chinese financing. That has left fewer barrels available for regional friends. The current quota or maximum volume that Petrocaribe members could receive is 377,000bpd, according to PDVSA, though in 2013 it sent 134,000bpd less than that. Dominica, Honduras, Paraguay and Bolivia did not receive a single barrel from Venezuela last year, PDVSA data released in late June showed. Argentina, which emerged from a deep economic crisis following its 2002 debt default in part with the help of cheap Venezuelan fuel oil, saw shipments from Venezuela cut in half last year. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez has denied Venezuela is offering less to Petrocaribe partners, insisting that shipments fluctuate based on the needs of each country. “These are monthly requests and the countries have quotas. Sometimes they ask for all of it, sometimes they don’t need to,” he told reporters in June. “It changes, and the countries know this.” But that does not appear to be the case for countries turning to the open market, some for the first time in years, according to documents. Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate REUTERS US economy on track for further improvement LTHOUGH markets After reaching a low of 1.6564, the even if sales of Central Bank currency, it reinforces the insti- to raise interest rates 25bp to 0.75 are trading cautiously Pound ended the week near the new homes have communication tutional and structural headwinds percent. up the US dollar, the low of 1.6575. Euro on the other moved sideways. since the June facing the Eurozone economy that Before the Bank of England’s story of a stronger side behaved similarly closing the The latest pickup easing package could result in continuing outflows August MPC meeting, most econ- dollar continues into week near the low as investors still in home construc- has clearly sig- from the Eurozone equities and in omists had expected a split vote Weekly Money Market Review Athe summer. Indeed, the FOMC hesitating to buy the currency. The tion could signal nalled that the summary be negative for the Euro on rates. However, the tone of the July meeting minutes highlighted currency closed the week at 1.3242. builders are gain- ECB believes currency. BoE’s quarterly economic update the faster than expected improve- In the commodities markets, ing confidence that overall sales that those policy measures will This week, one of the disap- last week caused a subsequent ment in the labour market, which Gold broke below the $1,300 psy- will rise as the broader economy be sufficient to eventually bring pointing data has been PMI in poll to forecast continued una- was ‘noticeably closer’ to normal. chological level, as the employ- gains momentum. This week’s inflation in line with target. Europe coming at 52.8 versus nimity. The outcome highlights Downside risks to inflation were ment and housing data out of the report showed that starts on sin- However, the sharp drop in infla- expectations at 53.4. The number an interesting proposition that judged to be lower by most officials US remain on track. gle-family homes, which reflects tion expectations in recent weeks showed that Euro zone private we are currently being face with: and many noted that monetary Home construction surged in the bulk of the market, climbed signals that markets fear the ECB business growth slowed more What exactly is the BoE target- policy may need to be tightened July, as housing starts climbed 8.3 percent in July from June. is already behind the curve and is than expected in August, whereas ing and when are they going to earlier than currently anticipated. almost 16 percent last month to an In a report released this week, not doing enough to spur growth. manufacturing and service indus- act? Some members of the FOMC annual rate of 1.093 million units. US manufacturing purchasing Now markets are pressuring the try activity both dropped. As for The uncertainties to the eco- were ‘increasingly uncomfortable’ The data set the highest level managers’ index increased to 58 ECB president Mario Draghi not individual constituents, the com- nomic backdrop highlighted by this with the current forward guidance of construction since November this month from a final read- to stand in the way of the recent posite PMI in Germany has seen weeks’ RBA August Board Meeting that rates would remain low for 2013, driven by a pronounced rise ing of 55.8 in July. Analysts had depreciation in the Euro and to exports to the country plunge only minutes show that further easing a considerable period, suggesting in new apartments. Home con- expected the index to ease down keep the same rhetoric. falling to 54.9 from 55.7. remains only a risk. It concluded greater emphasis be placed on struction rose 22 percent in the to 55.7 in August. All five compo- Bundesbank’s reluctance to fur- France wasn’t a complete disap- that the Board judged that mon- responding to economic data. year through July, and a rise in nents of the manufacturing PMI ther stimulus more likely to be pointment this month with a sub- etary policy was appropriately In summary, on the foreign applications for building permits had a more positive influence on EUR negative than positive stantial services beat helping keep configured and that, on present exchange side, markets closed last month suggests further gains the headline index than in July, The Bundesbank warned mar- the composite into expansion ter- indications, the most prudent the week with a slightly lower this year. Revised figures showed led by a robust and accelerated kets this week about overheating ritory despite the manufacturing course was likely to be a period of euro and Sterling pound against sales in June were stronger than increase in employment. Output financial and property markets, sector continuing to underperform. stability in interest rates. the dollar. Indeed, euro fell to a previously estimated, hitting a and new orders both rose at faster and the risk of minimizing gov- Other than the minutes of the It appears that for the moment, new low for 2014 hitting a low of pace of 945,000 units instead of rates, while new export business ernments’ incentives to reform Fed, the major news this week easing remains some distance 1.3221. The disappointing data out the initially reported 893,000. increases at steepest pace for three their economies. These comments came from the Bank of England from being the RBA’s central case. of Europe continues to weight on Historically low interest rates, years. Employment growth acceler- from the Bundesbank show the policymakers, Martin Weale and For now, the central scenario con- the currency against all the G10. mild weather, and stronger job ated to strongest since March 2013. reluctance there will likely be to Ian McCafferty. External mem- tinues to be 2014 and 2015 ending The Sterling Pound on the other growth in the US continue to be While outflows out of Europe further ECB stimulus. Although bers of the BoE’s nine member with the cash rate at 2.50 percent. hand continued its correction. the driver of this rapid growth, remain strong, the European this looks positive for the Euro Monetary Policy Committee voted THE PENINSULA MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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ommodities have been strike in South Africa, has since Silver seems to have come has seen the longest losing streak generally flat this week as been increasingly running out of Weekly Commodity Update through what has been five weeks in nine months. Ca rise in industrial metals steam. The spot price has been of almost non-stop liquidation, This softness has been spread- was offset by losses in other sec- falling for the past 10 trading during which it dropped by more ing to other crude oil markets, tors such as metals and grains. days, the longest stretch of losses BY OLE S. HANSEN than 10 percent. In July, the spec- not least the Middle East where The energy sector was flat as since January 1987, according to (Head of Commodity ulative net-long position reached the discount of Dubai crude rela- natural gas and petrol rose, Bloomberg. Strategy, Saxo Bank) unsustainable levels and once tive to Brent crude is at a four- while both crude oils were lower Copper, along with aluminium sentiment turned several weeks year low. This should help crude on the outlook for rising sup- and zinc, rose strongly despite of selling followed. oil from the Atlantic basin com- plies. Precious metals suffered, mixed signals from the world’s depletion last winter. However, This helped further remove some The price pick-up in indus- pete for customers in Asia and but found support despite a near two largest consumers: China To reach a safe level of 3.5trn of the support during the past trial metals, to which silver move more oil east, reducing the perfect storm of non-supportive and the US. Factory activity cubic feet by October, when few months, not least from geo- partly belong, has helped sta- supply glut that has negatively news. A massive US crop contin- and house price developments in demand will begin to outweigh political worries and falling bond bilise the price and triggered impacted crude oil from the ues to suppress grain and soy- China disappointed, while activ- supply, weekly injections will yields. some renewed outperformance North Sea and West Africa. bean prices as hedging activity ity across US factories expanded have to run significantly above Gold has almost gone full cir- relative to gold. The XAUXAG The focus remains on the from farmers and speculative at the fastest pace in four years the average seen in recent years. cle, with the price returning to ratio (which expresses the cost continued rise in supplies. In selling from traders continue to and three housing activity indica- There will be little room for the area from where the rally of one ounce of gold in ounces of July, Libya’s main export ter- weigh on prices. tors all beat consensus estimates. error, which would favour higher kicked off in June when Islamic silver) peaked at 66.8 and could minal opened following a one- The Bloomberg Commodity As a result, HG copper rose for prices. State insurgents began their be heading back towards 65, fol- year blockade. It has since gone Index was unchanged, as a near 3 the first time in four weeks after The near-term outlook also move into Iraq. It managed to lowed by 64.50. from producing 400,000 barrels percent gain across the industrial finding support at 3.10 USD/lb looks supportive as higher than stay above trend line support at Crude oil markets remain per day to 612,000 b/d this week. metal sector help offset declines and it should now settle into a usual temperatures in late USD 1,271/oz., which could indi- under pressure with increased The Iraqi Kurdistan pipeline to in precious metals and agricul- range with 3.30 USD/lb offering summer may increase demand cate limited selling appetite. supply - and talk of supply gluts Turkey will reopen following an ture commodities. While com- resistance. from power plants, while the Some attention turns towards - continuing to hurt sentiment. upgrade which should double modities were mixed, the S&P US natural gas futures have first storm threat of the current the expected seasonal pick-up This comes as poor global eco- capacity to at least 200,000 b/d. 500 index rose to a new record settled into a range between hurricane season may also create in physical demand from India nomic growth prospects has left Continued price weakness high and the dollar reached its 3.75 and 4.00 USD/therm. A some attention. ahead of its festive season. the outlook for demand growth could trigger a reaction from highest level against a basket of strong weekly injection into Precious metals hit an almost Although demand is expected to relative subdued. Brent crude Opec where Saudi Arabia has currencies since last September. underground storage in the past perfect storm of adversity this be lower than previous years due spot prices remain depressed been pumping hard to meet the Platinum, which found support 18 weeks has all but removed week as the dollar, stocks and to import restrictions, the recent relative to forward prices. This shortfall that until recently had in the first half of the year on worries about potential supply bond yields rose and US eco- drop in prices may have improved resulted in Brent crude reaching prevailed following the blockades the back of a five-month mining shortages following a significant nomic data remained robust. the outlook for demand. a 14-month low, while WTI crude in Libya. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Flintoff’s Aussies sweat over Clarke heroics can’t stop Bears winning title LONDON: Andrew Flintoff for Zimbabwe opener returned to the Lancashire side five years to the day since he last played Test cricket but George Bailey on stand-bye as skipper against Zimbabwe today his efforts weren’t quite enough to stop Warwickshire win- ning English county cricket’s HARARE: Australia will Twenty20 Blast final. make a late decision on cap- Australia’s Sri Lanka move Flintoff, who had made just tain Michael Clarke’s fitness for Aaron Finch two appearances in the competi- today’s triangular series opener (right) is second ODI to tion after coming out of retire- against Zimbabwe at Harare seen next ment earlier this year, was a Sports Club. to his team- Hambantota late replacement for the injured Clarke tweaked his left ham- mate Glenn Kabir Ali after not featuring in string during Australia’s first Maxwell COLOMBO: The second one- Lancashire’s semi-final win over training session on Friday, but during a day international between Sri Hampshire at Edgbaston earlier jogged several laps on Saturday training Lanka and Pakistan has been in the day. to lend hope that he may recover session advanced by a day to Tuesday But the 36-year-old all-rounder, in time. held ahead and will be held at Hambantota whose international career ended However, with a higher-profile of the due to heavy rain in Colombo, after England’s 2005 Ashes series game against South Africa to fol- tri-series the Sri Lanka cricket board win following a succession of inju- low on Wednesday, it is possible involving (SLC) said. ries, showed he could still rise to that Clarke will be left out of the Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium a big occasion. Australia, Zimbabwe clash as a precaution, was to host the day-night match He removed former England South in which case George Bailey would on Wednesday with the third team-mate Ian Bell with his first lead Australia. Africa and final ODI on Saturday in ball, although the dismissal owed “He’s better than he was on and hosts Dambulla. much to an excellent catch in the Friday, so he’s probably 50-50,” Zimbabwe “This decision was taken on a deep by Karl Brown. coach Darren Lehmann said after at the request from the national cura- Warwickshire -- who com- training yesterday. Harare tor where he had confirmed that pete in this competition as “He’s desperate to play and Sports the ground will not be fit to play Birmingham Bears -- made 181 we’re obviously desperate for our Club, the 2nd ODI in Colombo on the for five in their 20 overs after eas- captain to play, so hopefully he’ll yesterday. 27th of August 2014,” SLC said in ing past a Surrey side featuring get through training session and a statement. Kevin Pietersen (out for 13) in the we’ll make a decision from there,” “Due to the continuous bad semi-finals. he said. “Otherwise we’ve got some he said. “It was very important Zimbabwe (from): Elton weather condition the ground is Lancashire were struggling at “We’ve got enough depth in our pretty good young kids as well, for us to get a look at a number Chigumbura (capt), Brendan soggy and the pitch is not in good 152 for seven but Flintoff smashed squad to chop and change if we so it’s going to be a good attack,” of players. Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza, playing condition since it has been Oliver Hannon-Dalby for two need to, so we’ll just put the best he said. “We used the series to check Vusimuzi Sibanda, Sean Williams, covered for the last few days,” the sixes in the 19th over, a typical side we possibly can out to win After using 16 players during a on them, and by the tri-series we Richmond Mutumbami, Luke statement added. straight drive followed by a club- the game.” three-match ODI series against will have a pretty settled batting Jongwe, Prosper Utseya, John “Three days of sunshine will be bing blow over midwicket. Should Clarke be left out today, South Africa in Bulawayo this line-up.” Nyumbu, Shingirai Masakadza, needed to bring back the ground That left his native Lancashire then top-order batsman Phillip week, Zimbabwe coach Stephen Although Zimbabwe’s spinners Malcolm Waller, Timycen to a normal condition.” needing 14 off the last over from Hughes could take his place after Mangongo believes he will be bet- acquitted themselves admira- Maruma, Neville Madziva, Fans who bought tickets for the Chris Woakes, one of Flintoff’s coming into the squad following ter placed to field a side that can bly against South Africa, young Sikandar Raza Butt, Tafadzwa Colombo match can attend the successors as England pace-bowl- an injury to Shane Watson. be competitive. seamers Neville Madziva and Kamungozi, Brian Vitori, Tinashe match at Hambantota or claim ing all-rounder. Although Lehmann was yet Zimbabwe’s selections at times Luke Jongwe picked up just one Panyangara, Donald Tiripano, refund, the board added. But Flintoff couldn’t repeat his to identify his preferred bowling appeared haphazard and reac- wicket between them. Tendai Chatara. Pakistan won the first ODI at heroics and he wasn’t on strike attack for the game, he confirmed tionary, with the decision to drop However with the more experi- Australia: Michael Clarke the same venue by four wickets when, with six needed off the last that it would be led by left-arm leading batsman Brendan Taylor enced Tendai Chatara and Donald (capt), George Bailey (vc), Ben and a ball to spare on Saturday ball, Stephen Parry could only fast bowlers Mitchell Johnson and for the third game the most Tiripano expected to return to the Cutting, James Faulkner, Aaron to take a 1-0 lead in the three- manage a single as Warwickshire Mitchell Starc. controversial, but Mangongo squad after they were rested for Finch, Brad Haddin, Phil Hughes, match series. won by four runs. “They swing the ball and one defended the home side’s deci- the series against South Africa, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, “I thought we had it in the is very fast and the other one is sions in the 3-0 series defeat. the hosts will hope to make Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, bag and then ‘Freddie’ (Flintoff) fast, so they’re definitely going to “We are quite close to know- greater inroads up front. Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, India batsman hits a couple and all of a sud- play,” Lehmann said. ing what our team will be like,” Squads: Mitchell Starc. REUTERS den it’s game on again,” said Pujara set to Warwickshire coach Dougie Brown. join Derbyshire “Credit to Woakes, he did Cook says Hales to open exceptionally well and it’s just LONDON: India batsman amazing to get it over the line. It batting against India Cheteshwar Pujara is set to join was a complete rollercoaster of Derbyshire for the final three emotions. We’ve done really well LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook has confirmed Alex County Championship fixtures and come on as a side massively Hales will make his one-day debut and open the batting for of the season, it was announced in the last two to three years, so Australian England in the upcoming five-match series against India. Saturday. to get across the line here on our captain Hales, 25, is a regular in the England Twenty20 side but now has The 26-year-old made 81 home ground is incredible.” Michael Clark the chance to stake his claim for a place in England’s squad for the against the Midlands county in a Woakes, reflecting on Flintoff’s juggles with World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in February. tour match but struggled in the contribution, said: “He’s still got it a ball during “Alex Hales will open the batting with me,” Cook told a news ensuing 3-1 defeat by England in hasn’t he? There was some good a practice conference yesterday ahead of today’s opening game in Bristol. a five-Test series, where he made striking at the end there and it’s session at Cook believes the explosive, in-form Nottinghamshire opener will 222 runs at an average of 22.20 just great to close it out. Your bring something different to the England batting line-up. with a top score of 55. heart is going for the whole 20 the Harare “What’s been pleasing about Alex over the last month is he has However, Pujara has a career overs.” Sports Club in scored four hundreds for Nottinghamshire, and at a good rate,” Test average of just under 50 and Lancashire captain Paul Harare. he said. “He’s a different batter to the other guys. He hits the ball he said: “I’m keen to play as much Horton said watching Flintoff, incredibly hard and he hits it in different areas which is what seems cricket as possible in England this whose unbeaten 20 took just eight to work really well for him.” year and I’m looking forward to balls, made him think an unlikely India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni thinks his bold approach joining up with Derbyshire at the win was on the cards. and versatility will benefit England. beginning of September.” “It looked that way at one “The last few times he’s played Twenty20, he’s shown he’s definitely Derbyshire are currently sev- stage with Freddie whacking a fantastic batsman,” Dhoni said. “He’s a tall guy with excellent reach enth in the Second Division of the them out of the ground, but all and he also plays the spinners well.” REUTERS Championship, two places off the credit to Warwickshire,” he said. bottom. REUTERS REUTERS Washington Nationals beat San Francisco Giants

WASHINGTON: Pitcher but Tom Wilhelmsen came on and Jordan Zimmermann trailed Baseball Results was credited with the win. 2-0 after the first two batters, NY Yankees 5 C White Sox 3 Yankees 5, White Sox 3 he did not allow a run the rest Toronto 5 Tampa Bay 4 Carlos Beltran hit a home run of the way as team-mate Jayson Minnesota 12 Detroit 4 in his return from a brief absence Great Werth had two hits and two Seattle 7 Boston 3 and Martin Prado had three hits, Lakes RBIs and Denard Span added Chicago Cubs 7 Baltimore 2 leading the New York Yankees to Region two hits, two runs and an RBI in Washington 6 San Francisco 2 a victory over the Chicago White players a 6-2 win over the Giants. Cleveland 3 Houston 2 Sox. wave to Zimmermann (9-5), despite a St Louis 6 Philadelphia 5 Beltran returned after missing the crowd rocky start, allowed two runs and Pittsburgh 10 Milwaukee 2 the previous three games because after struck out eight in eight innings of the right elbow pain that side- Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 0 beating as he remained unbeaten in his lined him for 21 games and kept Kansas City 6 Texas 3 the West last seven outings.| him from playing the outfield Region 7-5 First-place Washington (74- Colorado 5 Miami 4 until last weekend. at Howard 54) won for the 11th time in 12 Arizona 5 San Diego 2 Cubs 7, Orioles 2 games. The Giants (68-60) fell to Detroit 8 Minnesota 6 Chris Coghlan hit a bases-clear- J Lamade a still impressive 22-11 against the Oakland 2 LA Angels 1 ing triple and rookie Javier Baez Stadium. National League East. LA Dodgers 7 NY Mets 4 slammed his seventh home run Pirates 10, Brewers 2 in only 19 games as the Chicago Pedro Alvarez belted two home three straight while the Brewers Cubs shrugged off a three-hour runs, Russell Martin and Neil (71-58) have dropped three in a rain delay for an inter-league vic- Walker added three RBIs and row. tory over the Baltimore Orioles. Pittsburgh blasted first-place Mariners 7, Red Sox 3 Cubs reliever Justin Grimm the Minnesota Twins posted a Tigers 8, Twins 6 (Game Detroit (69-59) right-hander Milwaukee. Dustin Ackley blasted a three- (4-2) got the win in a game ended six-run second inning en route to Two) Justin Verlander was far from his Edinson Volquez earned the run home run as the Seattle six hours after it started. a big win over the Detroit Tigers, Back-to-back two-run innings normal self, allowing four runs on win despite allowing 11 hits, while Mariners scored seven runs in The first-place Orioles fell to taking game one of a day-night in the sixth and seventh innings eight hits and three walks in 5 2/3 Major League wins co-leader Wily the fourth inning to beat Boston 73-54. doubleheader. Kennys Vargas helped lead the Detroit Tigers innings of work. Peralta gave up eight runs in five yesterday. Twins 12, Tigers 4 (Game pounded out five RBIs and Yohan to victory over the Minnesota But he got the win anyway, innings to fall to 15-8. Seattle (70-58) starter Chris One) Pino tossed five innings to get the Twins in game two of a split evening his record at 11-11. The Pirates (67-62) have won Young only lasted 3 2/3 innings For the second straight game, win for the Twins. doubleheader. REUTERS MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Golf: Day Supreme Serena targets finishes strong to share 18th major in New York Barclays The American not taking anything for granted at Flushing Meadows lead PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY: NEW YORK: Serena Williams Jason Day, proud of how he han- is taking nothing for granted Serena plays young Townsend dled his nerves, rebounded from as she vies for a third straight a double-bogey at the 13th with US Open title, which would put in symbolic US Open opener three birdies in the last four her alongside two greats of the holes to grab a share of the lead game. NEW YORK: Serena Williams, who opens her quest for a third after the third round of The The 32-year-old once known successive US Open title with a meeting against fellow African Barclays yesterday. for stepping up her game when American Taylor Townsend tomorrow, said Arthur Ashe would have The Australian signed off it mattered most has thrice been been proud. with a 10-foot birdie putt at the thwarted in 2014 in her bid to Serena On Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day that drew legions of young hopefuls to last to card a three-under 68 at join Chris Evert and Martina Williams the National Tennis Center on Saturday, Williams pondered the sig- Ridgewood Country Club, fin- Navratilova as 18-time Grand speaks nificance of her clash against the 18-year-old Townsend and the legacy ishing level with American Jim Slam singles champions. of Ashe, whose name graces the center court stadium. Furyk (69) at nine-under 204 at a US Although she has lifted five “I think he would say it’s a great opportunity to see a veteran in the opener of the PGA Tour’s Open press WTA trophies this year, she has American player play the future of American tennis,” 32-year-old four-event FedExCup playoffs. failed to make it past the fourth conference Williams told reporters about her match against the 2012 Australian “I am very proud of how I round at the Australian Open, in Arthur Open girls’ champion. handled my nerves today,” the French Open or Wimbledon. Ashe “He was such an amazing guy. I had an opportunity to meet him. So 26-year-old Day, who lost a ball So she sounded wary of the sug- Stadium I think he would be really proud and honoured to see so many young in thick rough after trying to lay gestion that a return to Flushing on Arthur African-American players...doing so well and playing so hard and just up on the par-five 13th, told CBS Meadows, where she has won five Ashe Kids being role models for the next generation.” Sports. US Open titles, would produce Day at the Williams said she took a lot from the example set by Ashe, a three- “With the double-bogey on the major number 18. USTA Billie times major winner who claimed the US title in 1968, and died in 1993 par-five, I could have lost it but I “Yeah, Australian, Wimbledon, Jean King from AIDS-related pneumonia. kind of stuck in there and played and French also could have National “I believe he had a great positive spirit,” said the world number one. some good golf coming in.” been 18,” she said. “Didn’t quite Tennis “You know, you have to go through what he went through. He had an Hunter Mahan (68) was happen.” Centre in incredibly positive spirit and just a positive outlook on everything. alone in third at eight under, a But Williams was firing on all New York “Obviously I didn’t get to know him. I was incredibly young when I stroke in front of seven players cylinders as she won two hard- yesterday. met him and it was ever so brief, but his legend absolutely lives on.” who included fellow Americans court titles in the buildup to the The top seed said playing Townsend would be special. Matt Kuchar (68) and Cameron Open, signalling she won’t sur- “It’s going to be a great match for me. She’s such a great player,” Tringale (72), the latter having render her crown without a fight. said Williams, who won her first US title on Arthur Ashe Stadium been tied for the second-round Her straight-sets win over Ana court in 1999. lead with Australian Adam Scott. Ivanovic in the final at Cincinnati “I have been able to see her play a little bit. She does everything World number two Scott showed Williams at her dominant really, really well. We’re really good friends. We always talk and always endured a frustrating day on best. text each other. It’s going to be a really tough match for me. the challenging A W Tillinghast “At some point of the match, “She’s a very aggressive player. She comes to the net. She makes her layout where danger was ever I actually felt quite embarrassed shots. You don’t really see that in tennis so much...it’s good, refreshing present because of lush rough and walking from one side to the other and I think it’s the future of tennis.” REUTERS slick greens, struggling to a 75 to for returns,” Ivanovic said of the slide five shots of the pace. near-hopelessness of returning The Romanian has been knock- admitted that such milestones Victoria Azarenka, beaten by Russian veteran Svetlana Top-ranked Rory McIlroy, on Williams’ best serve. ing at the door of a first Grand matter. Williams in each of the past two Kuznetsova, who won the US a sizzling three-tournament win- It was a long way from Slam title this year, finishing “At this position, that’s where US Open finals, goes into the fort- Open in 2004, arrives in New ning streak that included major Ivanovic’s fourth-round victory runner-up to Maria Sharapova you showcase how strong you are night under an injury cloud. York having snapped a four-year triumphs at the British Open and over Williams at the Australian at Roland Garros. Halep also and how much you really love it The Belarusian, owner of two WTA title drought at Washington PGA Championship, was level Open, where the American was reached the quarter-finals of and (want) to show your legacy Australian Open titles, has been in August. with Scott at four under after hindered by back pain. the Australian Open and the through the sport,” she said. limited to just six events in 2014. Australian Samantha Stosur carding a 70. Day, who clinched Back trouble, a humbling sec- semi-finals at Wimbledon as Just who else might emerge to She battled a foot injury for -- whose 2011 US Open triumph his second PGA Tour victory at ond-round exit at Roland Garros, she climbed to number two in challenge Williams is unclear. much of the year and with- makes her the last woman to beat the WGC-Accenture Match Play and the virus that left her weak the world. Williams will also be Australian Open champion Li drew from her title defence at Williams in a final at Flushing Championship in late February, and woozy in doubles after her challenged by more familiar foes, Na of China is an injury absentee, Cincinnati with a right knee Meadows -- has had a largely was delighted to be in contention shock third-round singles exit at including Sharapova. Sharapova’s while Czech Petra Kvitova was injury. The two-time Australian forgettable season. for another title after making a Wimbledon, are all in the past, appetite is only greater after she an early casualty in Canada and Open winner, is seeded 16th, but Also among the former cham- mess of both par-fives after the Williams said. missed last year’s US Open with a Cincinnati although she did claim says the drop in her ranking pions in the field, Venus Williams turn. “I’m in some of the best shape shoulder injury that brought her the New Haven title on Saturday. doesn’t concern her and won’t has failed to shine in Grand Slams “I got off to a great start and I’ve been in,” said the world season to a premature close. Eugenie Bouchard, who reached change her approach. this year, but won her 45th career then the back nine happened and number one. “I can play long She sealed yet another return the semi-finals at the Australian “I never cared about that stuff,” title at Dubai and reached the the par-fives happened,” said the points and be ready to go again. from injury by capturing her fifth and French Opens before becom- she said. “I’m the same way if I final at the US Open tune-up world number nine, who was one I feel really fit -- 32 is the new career Grand Slam in Paris, but ing the first Canadian woman was better ranked. I always in Montreal -- where she fell to of seven players who held at least 22, right?” she has never won two majors in to reach a Grand Slam final at know that it doesn’t matter how Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska. a share of the lead during the An actual 22-year-old, Simona the same year. Wimbledon, has failed to impress high you’re ranked or how well That Canadian run included third round. Halep, will be among those trying “I only have one more chance since her crushing loss to Kvitova you play the tournament before. a her first victory over younger Day bogeyed the par-five 17th to topple Williams in New York. to do that this year,” she said, and at the All England Club. You’ve still got to start from zero.” sister Serena since 2009. AFP after ending up in a greenside bunker with his second shot, though he sandwiched that hic- Golfer cup with birdies at the 15th, 16th Rory and 18th. Murray confident of While Day took a roller-coaster McIlroy of ride to the top of the leaderboard, Northern PGA Tour veteran Furyk followed Ireland a very different route, staying waves patient as he ground out a flaw- peaking for US Open to Andy less round that was highlighted Murray at by birdies at the 13th and 16th. Madison “Those holes, six through 12, are NEW YORK: Andy Murray, Tennis Square pretty difficult and I gave myself without a title since his 2013 player Andy Garden in a lot of really good birdie oppor- Wimbledon triumph, finally has Murray of New York tunities through that stretch but the training under his belt to wasn’t able to convert,” said the Great Britain in this boost his confidence going into 44-year-old, FedExCup champion (right) and August the US Open, where he broke in 2010. “I really played patient his girlfriend 22, 2014, through for his first Grand Slam file photo. today, bided my time and was able title in 2012. Kim Sears to make birdies on 13 and 16. It “I feel good,” the Scot said shakes hands was a really solid round.” yesterday. “I have had a great with US practice week, had good fun on Director Spike PGA Barclays the court, enjoyed it, and worked Lee during Rosol outlasts Janowicz hard.” Puerto Rico’s Scores It’s a far cry from Murray’s basketball PARAMUS: Leading scores position going into his title game against for second ATP title after the third round of the defence at Flushing Meadows last the US at US PGA Barclays tournament year, when he was already bat- Madison WINSTON-SALEM: Czech seventh seed Lukas Rosol saved two (par-71, USA unless noted): tling the back trouble that led to Square match points yesterday in rallying to defeat Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz 204 Jason Day (AUS) 72-64-68, Jim Furyk surgery. Garden in 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 in the ATP Winston-Salem tournament final. 66-69-69 The recovery period made for Rosol, whose only prior ATP title came last year at Bucharest, took New York. 205 Hunter Mahan 66-71-68 a slow start to his 2014 campaign, the top prize of $80,280 (60,623 euros) and strong momentum head- and Murray said this is the fit- ing into the US Open, the year’s final Grand Slam event that starts 206 Morgan Hoffmann 70-70-66, Matt test he’s been for a Grand Slam last few weeks,” Murray said. over Puerto Rico in a Basketball today in New York. Kuchar 68-70-68, Kevin Na 70-66-70, in more than a year. “You know, I lost to guys who World Cup warm-up at Madison Down triple break point in the 11th game of the second set, Rosol Bo Van Pelt 65-71-70, Kevin Chappell “Physically I’m better prepared won the events, and had quite Square Garden. battled back to hold for a 6-5 edge, denying Janowicz on all his of his 68-67-71, Brendon Todd 66-69-71, Cameron Tringale 66-68-72 than I was for the other Slams,” big opportunities in both those “It was fun,” he said. “I have break chances in the set. he said. “I got my best training matches. I’m happy.” never been to watch golf live In the tie-breaker, Rosol won six of the last eight points to force a 207 Erik Compton 68-69-70, Stuart Appleby block I have had since before Murray, seeded eighth, could before. For a first experience, third set. (AUS) 73-66-68, Gonzalez Fernandez- Wimbledon last year down in find both Tsonga and top- watching the best player in the Rosol denied Janowicz on a pair of match points in the 10th game Castano (ESP) 70-69-68, William McGirt Miami. Trained hard and, yeah, seeded world number one Novak world was a pretty good experi- of the final set, the first with an overhead smash and the next with a 68-71-68, Ernie Els (RSA) 68-68-71 I feel ready.” Djokovic blocking his path to the ence. I guess it’s like pretty much backhand volley winner, and held to equalize at 5-5. 208 Rickie Fowler 68-73-67, Ryo Ishikawa Murray, now coached by semi-finals. any sport -- when you watch Rosol then broke for a 6-5 edge and captured the crown with his (JPN) 67-73-68, Gary Woodland 73-66- former women’s world number But he wasn’t dwelling on the them up close, it’s impressive. 12th ace on his first match-point opportunity. 69, Chris Stroud 69-70-69, Danny Lee one Amelie Mauresmo of France, potential difficulties ahead. “Then in the evening I went to “It was a very tough match for me,” Rosol said. (NZL) 67-71-70, Justin Rose (ENG) has even taken positives from He took some time off on Friday watch the basketball at Madison Janowicz, who lost his only prior ATP final two years ago in Paris to 68-70-70, Paul Casey (ENG) 66-71-71 quarter-final exits in Toronto and to head to nearby Paramus, New Square Garden. I love watching David Ferrer, missed a chance to become the first Polish winner of an 209 Graeme McDowell (NIR) 70-68-71, Cincinnati, noting that in both Jersey, to watch golf’s world basketball. But to sit that close ATP singles crown since Wojtek Fibak in 1982 at Chicago. Bubba Watson 68-70-71, Charles tournaments he fell to eventual number one Rory McIlroy in again and see -- I mean, those Janowicz, ranked 19 spots below Rosol at 52nd, reached his first Howell 66-75-68, Angel Cabrera (ARG) title winners -- first Jo-Wilfried action at the US PGA Tour’s guys, they’re huge guys, but just Grand Slam semi-final last year at Wimbledon and last week ousted 71-69-69, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 74-65-70, Tsonga and then Roger Federer. Barclays championship, then took unbelievably quick, great ath- eighth-ranked Grigor Dimitrov in the second round at the Cincinnati Stewart Cink 69-72-68, Adam Scott “I have been playing well the in the United States 112-86 romp letes.” REUTERS Masters. REUTERS (AUS) 69-65-75 MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Phelps pips Lochte for Star swimmers set to vie 200m medley final place

GOLD COAST, Australia: Five-time Olympic gold med- at FINA World Cup in Doha allist Ryan Lochte lost out on a final spot to Michael Phelps in the 200 metres individ- Olympic champion Le Clos, Schoeman confirmed for this week’s event ual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships on yesterday. Team-mate Tyler Clary swam a DOHA: A thrilling start to the rested in his preparations for faster time (1min 58.70sec) after FINA Mastbank World Cup Doha. The Olympic, World and being re-seeded out of the final is all but confirmed with the Commonwealth Games cham- preliminary leaving Phelps and announcement of part of the pion has twice won the Overall Lochte to fight out for the second line-up for the two-day Doha Swimming World Cup in 2011 and last American place in the meet starting on August 27. and 2013, making him a force to final under meet rules. Amongst the world’s top swim- reckon with in the water. Eighteen-time Olympic cham- Roland mers who will compete in the Over the course of two days, pion Phelps came home strongly Schoeman, first of seven meets of the FINA spectators will see Le Clos power to out-touch Lochte by 0.23sec to Swimming World Cup are men’s through his races. current World win their heat in the fourth-fast- Olympic champion Chad Le Clos, Le Clos said, “The first meet in record holder in est time of 1:58.95 behind Japan’s who will be racing to defend the the World Cup is an important 50m freestyle Kosuke Hagino (1:57.61). overall male World Cup Champion one and I’m hoping for a strong is part of South That meant Lochte, a sil- title, three-time Olympic medalist start to the series in Doha as I Africa’s squad for ver medallist behind Phelps in Oussama Mellouli and four-time look to defend my overall World the two-day FINA the event at the 2012 London Olympian from South Africa, Cup Champion title.” World Cup to be Olympics, missed out on the Roland Schoeman. Joining Le Clos in the South competed on final and will instead swim in the South African Chad Le Clos will African contingent is Roland August 27 and 28 B final at the Gold Coast later compete in Doha off the back of Schoeman, current World Record in Doha. yesterday. an impressive seven-medal-haul holder in 50m freestyle and one of As it stands, Lochte still leads at the Commonwealth Games in South Africa’s longest-standing as the top US entry in the event Glasgow this summer. Olympic swimmers having com- for next year’s world champion- Le Clos looks in good form and peted at every Games since 2000. ships under his country’s selec- having elected not to compete at Countryman Giulio Zorzi, who tion policy following his winning the 2014 Pan Pac Championships picked up a bronze at last year’s time of 1:56.50 at the US trials next week, should be well FINA World Championships in this month. Phelps and Clary would have to Barcelona, completes the line-up the London 2012 Olympic Games line-up at the FINA Swimming better that time in Sunday’s final of South Africa’s males making is returning to his home region at World Cup in Doha. As the first to take both spots on the world them a formidable team in Doha the FINA Mastbank Swimming stop on the World Cup journey, team roster. this year. World Cup in Doha where he Qatar is eager to set the tone for “I thought we were going a lot Australia will also be out for also has plans to open a training the rest of the series and we are faster than what we did, but I’m victory with Robert Hurley, 50m academy. looking forward to two days of going to get a second swim, I’ll be backstroke World Champion Commenting on the FINA thrilling action in the pool.” in a B final,” a puffing Lochte said. (25m) and Ashley Delaney, sil- Mastbank Swimming World Cup, Doha has marked this year it’s “This morning was a little ver medalist at the 2013 FINA Mellouli said, year of swimming with the city rough. The whole race didn’t feel Swimming World Championships, “I’m looking forward to getting not only hosting the first stop in good. I mean things happen. I just representing the nation. back into the pool in Doha and the FINA Mastbank Swimming have to get faster for tonight, so Making up team USA in the competing against the world’s World Cup, but also the 3rd FINA we’ll see.” male side of the competition will best. It’s going to be a tough com- Aquatics Conference (November Phelps said Clary’s re-seeding be 50m butterfly World Champion petition and everyone works hard, 29 to December 01, 2014), directly created some uncertainty during Eugene Godsoe and triple medal- but I’m ready for the challenge.” ahead of the 12th FINA World his heat swim with Lochte. ist at the 2012 FINA World Speaking ahead of the free- Swimming Championships “This morning was kind of wild. Swimming Championships (25m), to-attend FINA Mastbank (December 3 to 7, 2014). It’s supposed to be Ryan (Lochte), Tom Shields. Swimming World Cup, Khaleel Al The event is free to attend with myself and Tyler Clary in the Fans will also get a chance Jabir, President, Qatar Swimming admission tickets being avail- heat and they had a re-seed, so South Africa’s Chad Le Clos is looking forward to give his best at this to witness the region’s premier Association said: able for collection at the Hamad it was frustrating not being able week’s FINA World Cup in Doha. swimmer, Oussama Mellouli, who “We’re excited to see the first Aquatic Centre on August 25 and to gauge how fast we were going,” after a brief retirement following names in such a spectacular 26. THE PENINSULA Phelps said. “I just wanted to get my hand on the wall first. I thought we would be both faster than 1:58.7 Brilliant Ledecky smashes that Tyler went but I’m happy to win that heat. “The final should be good. Those guys were out a lot faster another World record than we were this morning and it will be a good fight in the middle GOLD COAST, Australia: records in the 400m, 800m and golds at the Pan Pacs and was also of the pool.” American Katie Ledecky set 1500m freestyle, making her the part of the American women’s Americans Maya Dirado and Katie Ledecky of a second world record in two first woman since US distance winning 4x200m freestyle relay Caitlin Leverenz were the fastest days by shattering her own great Janet Evans to hold all team. the USA reacts in the women’s heats of the 200m 1,500m freestyle record at the three records at the same time. “I would say it’s tied with the after her swim medley. Pan Pacific Championships “I knew it was my last race of 400m world record but the 1500m in the Women’s Australia’s Cate Campbell will yesterday. the meet and the last race of the is not a huge priority of mine 400m Freestyle look to complete the sprint double The 17-year-old schoolgirl season, and I had a really good because it’s not an Olympic event, Final at the Pan after again going quicker than her smashed her record by almost six season and I wanted to finish on so it’s just this year and next year Pacific Swimming sister Bronte in the 50m freestyle seconds with a time of 15 min- a good note,” Ledecky said. (worlds) that I will probably swim Championships heats. utes 28.36 seconds, to claim her “I didn’t want to walk away it,” she said. at the Gold Coast Americans Anthony Ervin fifth gold medal at the Gold Coast from the meet feeling that was “It’s not a huge priority of my Aquatic Centre on (21.75) and Nathan Adrian (21.76) meet. just okay. So I just dug in deep training so I didn’t really know Saturday. hold the whip hand in the men’s It was only in June that Ledecky over the last 50m. what to expect. But the mile 50m freestyle final, while team- had set the previous record in “It was probably one of my (1500m) is certainly one of my mates Nicolas Fink (2:09.64) the 1500 metres, a non-Olympic most painful races. It was pain- favourite events and it’s the last and Kevin Cordes (2:10.01) were event, with a time of 15:34.23. ful, but it pays off in the end, so day of the meet.” the quickest in the men’s 200m On Saturday the teenager beat I’m happy. Ledecky beat New Zealand’s breaststroke. her 400m freestyle world record “I am really enjoying the jour- Lauren Boyle by more than 27 Japanese pair Rie Kaneto at the Gold Coast meet, clocking ney and just enjoying each step, so seconds in winning the 1500m (2:23.18) and Kanako Watanabe 3:58.37 to eclipse her previous there are a few steps left.” gold, and was well under world (2:23.44) topped the charts in the mark by 0.49sec. Ledecky has won the 200m, record pace during the middle women’s 200m backstroke pre- Ledecky holds the world 400m 800m and 1500m freestyle stages of the 30-lap final. AFP lims. AFP Qatar Endurance Racing Team finishes second in Oschersleben OSCHERSLEBEN, Germany: Starteam PAM Racing, scored its later, a touch brought down the to work very hard to reach 10th Qatar Endurance Racing Team first points of the season as did Kawasaki SRC. The three favour- place overall and 7th in EWC. comprising Anthony West, ECS Ecurie Chrono Sport 1. ites therefore started the race at The Suzuki Endurance Racing Alex Cudlin and Mashel Al Meanwhile, the Honda Racing the back of the field. Team made a better recovery Naimi earned second posi- has finally clinched its first vic- Honda Racing, after a head to from its early misfortunes. tion at the Superstock class in tory by winning the Oschersleben head with SRC Kawasaki at the Vincent Philippe, Anthony Oschersleben, Germany this 8 Hours ahead of Yamaha start, took the lead and never let Delhalle and Erwan Nigon fin- week. Racing GMT 94 Michelin who it go. Julien Da Costa, Sébastien ished 6th overall and 4th in their Penz13.com Franks Autowelt strengthened their grip on the Gimbert and Freddy Foray pow- EWC class ahead of Team 18 Racing Team (Pedro Vallcaneras, Championship lead. ered this British team to its first Sapeurs Pompiers and Monster Bastien Mackels and Markus Discreet in the practice but victory. Energy Yamaha YART. Flembbo Reiterberger) took the category impressive during the race, They withstood the pressure Leader Team, National Motos win, finishing just shy of the Bolliger Team Switzerland took piled on from the start by David and Motobox Kremer by Shell overall podium ahead of Qatar the third step on the podium. Checa, Kenny Foray and Mathieu Advance made up the Top 10. Endurance Racing Team. This 3rd round of the FIM Gines on the Yamaha Racing The 5th Superstock in Junior Team LMS Suzuki Endurance World Championship GMT 94 Michelin. Held back at Oschersleben, AM Moto Racing (Baptiste Guittet, Etienne was another crazy race. the end of the race by a crash on Compétition, is now 3rd on the Masson and Gregg Black) who The tone was set from the an oily track that heralded 45 provisional leader board. held on to their provisional lead start with a crash for the Suzuki minutes of safety car. The BMW of msd-steeldesign. Anthony West (centre) of the Qatar Endurance Team gestures during the in the Superstock class claimed Endurance Racing Team that led On the French Kawasaki, de was disqualified for diluting its Superstock event in Oschersleben contest. third position. Monster Energy Yamaha YART Gregory Leblanc, Matthieu cooling liquid with glycol instead The 4th Superstock in the race, to crash in turn. A few moments Lagrive and Fabien Forêt had of water. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Lyles gives US track Qatar fall to Egypt in and field win at Games

NANJING: American teen- in the Games, won the vault while ager Noah Lyles stormed to Nagornyy added the parallel bars victory in the men’s 200 metres to his earlier wins in the pommel sprint yesterday to provide the horse and rings. United States with their first China’s Wang Yan picked up handball semi-final gold medal in track and field at her second gold when she won the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, the balance beam while Brazil’s China. Flavia Lopes Saraiva and Japan’s Kafi’s team to meet Norway for bronze after 26-34 loss The 16-year-old lived up to his Kenya Yuasa both struck their billing as the pre-race favourite first golds. as he charged to victory in 20.80 China’s Yang Hao won the NANJING: Asian champions had supervised Qatar’s previous seconds. men’s three-metre springboard Qatar displayed superb fighting match against Slovenia, made “I took the win from the diving final, sealing the victory qualities in the first session but some decisions at which the Jamaicans. I took the win from with a forward two-and-a-half could not sustain the resistance Qatari team management showed everybody else. I definitely wanted somersault. and lost the semi-final to hold- its displeasure. to prove that we’re (U.S.) still on Alexandr Lifanov of Russia ers Egypt 26-34 in the men’s After eight minutes into the top,” he said. took the gold in the men’s mod- handball at the second Youth second-half, Egypt forged 18-16 “Coming in with a big target ern pentathlon individual event. Olympic Games yesterday. ahead and Qatar again hammered on your back, there’s always pres- Singapore claimed two golds For the gold medal today, Egypt a goal through Dhiab. That was sure. But you can’t worry about on the water when 15-year-old take on Slovenia, who edged the closest Qatar could come to it, you’ve just got to run your own Samantha Yom and Cheok Khoon Norway 33-30 after trailing by a Egypt and the African champi- race and do the best you can.” Bernie Chin won their sailing goal after the first-half. ons then slowly wrested the game Jamaica did win the women’s events. Qatar still have a lot at stake as from Qatar and finished it with 200m final when Natalliah Whyte Argentina’s Francisco Cruz they have clash with Norway for eight-goal difference. scored in 23.55 seconds on the Saubidet Birkner won the men’s the bronze medal match. Aly Refaat led the scoring for busiest day of the Games, with 33 windsurfing gold on a countback The Jiangning Sports Centre the winners, striking nine goals gold medals decided, including 12 from Russia’s Maxim Tokarev had a sizeable crowd for the in 16 attempts. Hady Morsy had in athletics. while China’s Wu Linli dominated semi-finals and those present a brilliant game and he had a Anatoly Ryapolov won the the women’s event. included International Handball perfect record of seven goals in men’s long jump with a distance New Zealand’s Emily Fraser Federation President Hassan as many shies. Omar Belal and of 7.54m while Kenya’s Gilbert managed to break Europe’s Moustafa and Qatar Handball Ahmed Abdelaal also lent a com- Kwemoi Soet won the men’s domination of the equestrian Association President Ahmed Al mendable hand to the top scorers. 1,500m, and celebrated by per- events when she won gold after Shaabi. Belal contributed six and Abdelaal forming a series of karate kicks. a jump-off. Qatar drew a big support from chipped in with five. A Qatari player attempts to score a goal during the handball semi-final Gabriel Luis Moreno made it “It was nerve-racking,” Fraser the local fans and showed both For Qatar, Guehis topped against Egypt at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing yesterday. the archery field just in time to said. “My horse was jumping dur- resolution and grit in the first half the scoring sheet with seven. join forces with China’s Li Jiaman ing the warm-up before the jump- in which they had fallen behind Damjankovic netted four and and win the mixed international off, and I was hoping everything by five goals (5-11) soon after Amor Dhiab, who had starred in “It was a match between two was not good for us. My players team event. would go right.” the mid-stage. Faruk Colo, Jovo his team’s Asian Youth Games best teams of the Arab world. We are young and lacked some expe- Moreno almost missed his The Czech Republic beat Italy Damjankovic, Abdelaziz Helali gold medal victory against South played good handball and fought rience. Though this is a hard les- event after his taxi driver got lost by the smallest of margins to win and Amine Guehis struck a goal Korea in Nanjing last year, also hard against defending champi- son, we will definitely learn and but got there in the nick of time. the international mixed relay, the each to cut short the deficit to struck four. ons. But the French referees did improve from this loss. Our goal “I had to go into the quar- last cycling event of the Games. 10-11. Helali and Colo both shared six not officiate well. They committed was to play either for the gold or ter-finals with almost no warm Belarus won two of the four Then Egypt continued to score goals, while Salem Braham and many mistakes which were even the silver medal. That dream has up time,” he said. “But thank- gold medals on offer in canoeing and Qatar managed to keep the Moustafa Heiba got two each. obvious to fans present in the hall. been shattered but we still have fully, that did not harm my and kayaking sprints with Kamila margin within a goal and they Nour Ahmed had one goal to his It is worth mentioning that plenty to play for,” he said. performance.” Bobr taking the women’s C1 and finished the first-half with Egypt name. the French pair had supervised “We will focus hard on the Britain’s Giarnni Regini-Moran Stanislau Daineka winning the going 15-14 ahead. Qatar’s coach Chouaib Kafi the group match of Qatar against third-place playoff and play with and Nikita Nagornyy of Russia men’s K1. But in the second session, said Qatar were impressive in the Slovenia and even in that match, determination against Norway each won their third gold medals Serghei Tarnovschi of Moldova things changed dramatically. early parts of the match but the there were some decisions which and hopefully, we will go home in men’s gymnastics in Nanjing. won the men’s C1 while Russia’s With French referees Karim refereeing by the French duo was were doubtful. with our heads high,” added the Regini-Moran, who won the Inna Nikitina was the winner of Gasmi and Raouf Gasmi, who a big let-down. The coach also said, “The match Qatari coach. QOC all-around and floor golds earlier the women’s K1. REUTERS Penalty points, ‘lack of luck’ cost Qatar’s Qadi in Nanjing

NANJING: Nothing less than by Argentine Martina Camp and His coach Ian Kerr sounded a clear round could have bright- Australian Jake Hunter edged El happy with Qadi’s show. ened the chances for a medal for Salvador’s Sabrina Rivera Meza “It is a big competition. It was Qatari rider Hamad Al Qadi in for the bronze medal in an excit- a very good experience for him. the equestrian individual event ing finale. He did a very good job at the end in the second Youth Olympic If Qadi had managed a clear of the day. Games. round today, he might have got “He could have got a better With nine riders tied at the top a spot among the best five in the position yesterday, having a fence after the first round, the pres- world. But penalty points and down. The fences are there to be sure had started to build at the ‘lack of luck’ denied him that cleared. That is the name of the Xinzhuang Equestrian Centre opportunity. game.” yesterday when the second round “First of all, I want Thank God The Irish coach also noted if got under way. that I was able to be a part of the Qadi had some luck, he could have All the riders before Qadi had Youth Olympic Games for Qatar. risen much higher in the final already suffered the penalties and Today I had needed a lot of luck rankings. “To be honest, Hamad a couple got eliminated. as there were a plenty of riders could have probably been among The atmosphere was more sti- with a medal chance after the the best six if he jumped the dou- fling for the young Qatari, who first round. ble clear. The very first day when failed to clear the middle one in a “I had four penalty points on we rode the horse, I knew he was triple combination and tipped the Saturday and the priority was to not 100 percent fit. We did not last hurdle as well. have no faults today. But after jump him too much before the With overall 12 penalty points three rounds of team and indi- team event. over the two days of competition, vidual events and many practice “We tried to see how we can he finished in a 10th best four- sessions, all the horses were sort get the best out of him. Today rider group. of dead. Mine had more problems at the cracking ring, he was not Female riders outsmarted the than others as I feel he was not sparking. This was something male counterparts, winning two fully ready for the competition. we could not do anything about of the three medals. Emily Frazer, “As I said, I had badly needed it. The horse was drained at the riding Exilio, clinched the jump- the luck but it was not to be. I hit end. Hamad still did fantastic. off after four riders had a zero two hurdles and I could get the “There was a nice bunch of Qatari rider Hamad Al Qadi competing in Equestrian Jumping Individual Final round in Xinzhuang Equestrian penalty today and were locked at 10th place only. With some bet- horses…some better than others. venue during Nanjing Youth Olympics in China yesterday. the top. ter fortunes, I might have gone Our horse was a big mare. He The silver medal was bagged up the order. lacked a bit of blood.” QOC Qatar outclass Jordan 66-48, China tame Korea at FIBA Asia U18 Championship DOHA: Qatar earned their first day, take on managing to hold forefront of a frontal attack as victory in the second round of Kazakhstan in FIBA U18 Results their own. Zhao Rui and Zou Yuchen played FIBA Asia U18 Championship the quarter-finals Jeon Hyunwoo the ideal foil to Sun Minghui’s China bt Korea 81-54 when they overcame Jordan while Korea will burnt the netting back-court game as China reeled 66-48 at the Al Gharafa line up against Qatar bt Jordan 66-48 from downtown in 14 unanswered points and went Stadium in Doha yesterday. another East Kazakhstan bt Hong Kong 84-51 to give Korea on to outscore Korea 29-5 in the A day after losing to Korea Asian team and Japan bt Kuwait 86-55 their first lead third quarter. heavily, the hosts bounced back traditional rivals Iran bt Chinese Taipei 74-41 midway through Zou Yuchen’s double-double of brilliantly to prevail over their Japan. Philippines bt Malaysia 74-69 the second quar- 18 points and 11 rebounds along Asian counterparts. China cer- ter to keep the with Zhou Qi’s missing a double- Meanwhile, p ushed to a cor- tainly looked the better of teams team afloat and when he sank a double by a rebound while scoring ner at the end of the first half, – at least in terms of their organ- sizzler yet again at the buzzer for 16 points were the stats highlights ten-time – twice defending – gold isation in defense – but their the first half to lock the score at for China. medallists China surged ahead offense lacked teeth. 30-all it certainly looked Korea Meanwhile in other matches in the early part of the second China did a lot of running dur- were having China’s measure. yesterday, Kazakhstan prevailed and then powered forward for an ing this period but just that with Song Kyochang’s lay-up opened over Hong Kong 84-51, Japan 81-54 win over twice past silver most of the offensive plays either the scoring for the second half, thrashed Kuwait 86-55 and Iran medallists Korea and take the top intercepted or failing to find the but thereabouts ended any signs surpassed Chinese Taipei 74-41 Qatari player Abdelrahman Yehia (10)jumps above all, reaching the place in Second Round Group E mark. of a Korean fight. while Philippines edged out Jordan’s basket at FIBA Asia Championship at the Al Gharafa Stadium yesterday. Korea played well within them- Zhou Qi who did not appear for Malaysia 72-69 after a tough yesterday. China, after today’s rest selves during these moments the first quarter at all was at the fight. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Darley Prix Morny

H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani receives the award for the first place of the Darley Prix Morny racing (Group 1) held at Deauville, France, after the “The WOW Signal” owned by Al Shaqab Racing delivered a first Group 1. The win is an addition to previous successes and victories achieved by Al Shaqab Racing best horses which participated in various competitions. The victory of “The WOW Signal” reflects the outstanding results of Qatari horses on the European tracks. RIGHT: H E Sheikh Joaan (right) holds horse’s curb after the race.

Di Maria exit United fail to earn win as imminent, Ancelotti confirms

Sunderland snatch point MADRID: Argentine mid- fielder Angel di Maria’s expected move to Manchester United Tottenham demolish QPR 4-0; depleted Hull draw 1-1 against Stoke should be completed in the coming days, the Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti confirmed LONDON: Manchester United yesterday. secured their first Premier English Premier Di Maria had previously League point under Louis van expressed his desire to leave the Gaal, but were still left search- League Results European champions before the ing for a first competitive win end of the transfer window and of the Dutchman’s reign, after Hull 1 (Jelavic 42) Stoke 1 (Shawcross 84) the 26-year-old is on the verge of a 1-1 draw away to Sunderland Sunderland 1 (Rodwell 30) Manchester a 60-million-euro move to United, yesterday. United 1 (Mata 17) Manchester United’s according to reports in Spain and United, fresh from their shock captain Wayne Rooney England over the weekend. 2-1 defeat by Swansea at Old Tottenham 4 (Chadli 12, 37, Dier 30, (right) vies with “Di Maria hasn’t trained, it is Trafford on the opening day last Adebayor 65) QPR 0 Sunderland’s English not official but the transfer is very weekend, took a 17th-minute lead midfielder Will Buckley close,” Ancelotti said ahead of at the Stadium of Light when put Spurs ahead in the 12th during the English his side’s La Liga opener against Juan Mata turned in Antonio minute when he thrashed home Premier League match Cordoba on today. Valencia’s cross. Emmanuel Adebayor’s cross from “I thank him for what he has at the Stadium of Light But former Manchester City six yards out. given this club. Personally I had in Sunderland, England midfielder Jack Rodwell equal- Defender Eric Dier doubled a fantastic relationship with him ised for Sunderland in the 30th Spurs’ lead with his second goal yesterday. and he did great work for this minute when he headed in Seb in as many matches when he club. Larsson’s corner after evading headed in Erik Lamela’s corner “It was his decision. The club marker Robin van Persie. at the near post on the half hour. has done everything possible to Gus Poyet’s side caused a huge Tottenham went 3-0 up in the make him stay. I wish him luck.” upset by winning 1-0 at Old 37th minute. he said. Trafford in May as part of a ‘great Argentinian playmaker Lamela Di Maria was the man-of-the- escape’ that saw the north-east was again involved, his precise match as Real claimed their 10th side avoid relegation. pass finding the head of Chadli, European Cup with a 4-1 win over But despite the urging of their who nodded in from six yards. QPR -- who have Tottenham man James Chester was sent off Bardsley hit the inside of the post, Atletico Madrid back in May to Uruguayan manager, Sunderland Rangers did prevent Spurs great and former England man- in the 14th minute for bring- defender Ryan Shawcross did just cap a fine season. couldn’t manage a second goal, adding to their tally until the ager Glenn Hoddle working under ing down Glenn Whelan on the enough to bundle the ball over the However, he is believed to have and nor could United, with van 65th minute when Togo striker Redknapp -- have now lost two edge of the box after being sold line, although Hull felt the throw- wanted a vastly improved con- Gaal having said in midweek the Adebayor side-footed home from out of two following their 1-0 loss short by Jake Livermore’s poor in that led to the goal should have tract from Real and became frus- team would need a “miracle” to six yards out after a fine run and at home to Hull on the opening back-pass. gone their way. trated with the arrivals of World win the league this season. cross by Danny Rose. weekend. But Hull still took the lead “The throw-in was ours and Cup stars James Rodriguez and Earlier, Nacer Chadli scored Victory meant Spurs went to “It’s a very disappointing day three minutes before half-time blatantly ours,” said Hull manager Toni Kroos in recent months. twice as Tottenham Hotspur the top of the table as one of only obviously. We started poorly and when Nikica Jelavic scored form Steve Bruce. Stoke boss Mark Ancelotti insisted, though, that ensured there was no happy three sides, with Chelsea and could have been one down in 30 close range after Stoke ‘keeper Hughes, who played in the same Sami Khedira will not be leaving return to White Hart Lane for Swansea, to have won both their seconds,” Redknapp said. Asmir Begovic failed to hold a Manchester United side as Bruce, over the next week despite hav- Harry Redknapp as they beat opening games. “Getting beat here is no dif- low shot from Tom Huddlestone. added: “The overriding emotion ing under 12 months left on his their former manager’s Queens “I am happy to make two goals ferent to anywhere else. It’s just It seemed the Tigers would hold is frustration because we didn’t contract. Park Rangers side 4-0. and help us to the win,” said three points. That’s all that mat- out for all three points. play particularly well. We need to “He is happy and he will stay. Meanwhile 10-man Hull draw Chadli. ters to me.” Hull played most of But Stoke equalised six min- be better than that.” AFP He is very important for the 1-1 at home to Stoke. Chadli Championship play-off winners the match a man down when last utes from time when, after Phil team.” AFP Everton draw a sign of Cameroon striker Ebosse dead title class: Wenger

LIVERPOOL: Arsenal man- on the counter attack it shows the ager Arsene Wenger (pic- belief and resilience was there. after hit by object in Algiers tured) claimed the resilience “It is our ambition (to chal- shown by his players in their lenge for the title). If we can ALGIERS: African football “My thoughts go out to the 2-2 draw with Everton under- maintain that, of course we can must not become a “breeding family and friends of this young lines their Premier League title (be challengers). ground for hoolignanism”, CAF man who enjoyed his job peace- Kabylie striker credentials. “We had a big test and at half- president Issa Hayatou warned fully and went further to pursue Albert Ebosse, The Gunners showed plenty of time it was even a bigger test. yesterday after Cameroonian his passion for football abroad,” from Cameroon, grit as they battled back from two We responded well. We were a striker Albert Ebosse died when Hayatou said in a statement. runs with the goals down to rescue a bit nervous at the start. he was hit by a projectile during Hayatou cautioned that ball during the point in the closing min- Before that we were a bit an Algerian league match. “African football cannot be the Algeria Cup final utes at Goodison Park tentative and Everton Ebosse, 24, had scored the lone breeding ground for hooliganism soccer match on Saturday following a are a good side as well. goal for his club JS Kabylie in a whatsoever”. against MC Alger determined second-half “We gave a great home match in what turned out “We expect exemplary sanc- showing. response with a complete to be a 2-1 defeat against USM tions to be taken against this in Algiers in this Wenger compared the desire to come back and Alger, on the second day of the grave act of violence. May 1, 2014 response of his players the spirit was fantastic.” Algerian championship. Violence has no place in African file photo. The to the one they showed Wenger also played The Cameroon forward was football in particular and sports in Confederation of when the two sides last down concerns about hit by an object thrown from the general. African Football met on Merseyside in the early season form of stands following his team’s loss Ebosse joined JS Kabylie in (CAF) has called April. Alexis Sanchez after the and was declared dead after he 2013 and was top scorer in the for “exemplary Last season the north London Chile forward made little impact was rushed to a hospital at Tizi 2013-2014 Algerian championship. sanctions” club were also faced with a 2-0 at Goodison. Ouzou, east of the capital Algiers, The Algerian interior ministry following the half-time deficit at Goodison, but Everton had deserved their where the match took place. ordered an investigation to search death of Ebosse, offered a tame showing after the lead at the break, earned thanks Fans had started throwing for the culprit. who was killed interval as they went on to lose to Seamus Coleman’s header objects from the stands inside The Algerian National by a projectile 3-0. from a Gareth Barry free-kick the Tizi Ouzou Stadium after the Professional League also ordered thrown from “When we got beaten here 3-0 and Steven Naismith’s smart fin- match as the players were return- the Tizi Ouzou Stadium shut and the crowd in it could have been many more,” ish after great work by Romelu ing to their changing room. called an extraordinary board an Algerian Wenger said. Lukaku. Hayatou, president of the meeting today to investigate the League match on “Three was quite flattering on But Arsenal pulled a goal back Confederation of African Football incident. Saturday. the day,” the veteran French boss seven minutes from time when (CAF, the sport’s governing body Also present will be officials added. “For us to come back from the impressive Aaron Ramsey slid on the continent), expressed his from JS Kabylie, match referees 2-0 down against a team as good in to guide the ball home. AFP condolences. and match commissioner. AFP Monday 25 August 2014 29 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6168 Sport Price: QR2 Aussies sweat Star swimmers over Clarke confirmed for ahead of ODI Doha event

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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, MISSOURI: Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani and British throttleman Steve Curtis oblit- erated the existing speed record of 224mph with a stunning speed of 244mph in their second run at the 26th Annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in central Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes Missouri yesterday. Sheikh Hassan in the men’s 100m race as part The president of the Qatar bin Jabor of the Kamila Skolimowska Marine Sports Federation Al Thani Memorial athletics meeting at (QMSF) and Curtis decided to and British the National Stadium in Warsaw, make their first attempt at the throttleman Poland, on Saturday. speed record as soon as the course Steve Curtis opened in hot, humid conditions celebrate after yesterday. creating a They left the gate as the fourth world speed Athletics: boat with a legal start, only for record at the the safety parachutes to deploy midway through the run. Lake of the Bolt ends This failed to stop them post- Ozarks. ing an impressive first speed of 210mph through the flying finish. season, will Later in the session the pair took to the water again and a not run in clean run was rewarded with the stunning terminal speed of 244mph recorded through the Zurich flying finish. “I was confident that we could ZURICH: World record holder do it on our second run,” said a and six-times Olympic cham- delighted Sheikh Hassan. I actually believe that the boat is finish about 230mph and it felt go out and relax and look ahead in one of the world’s biggest non- pion Usain Bolt has decided to “It was so nice to get it spot on. capable of even more mph! like Steve backed off a little bit to see what’s next.” sanctioned powerboat events on end his 2014 season and will We had the boat under control all “We considered postponing because that’s what we wanted to The Spirit of Qatar Team the planet in the successful bid not compete in the 100 meters the time. the second run until Sunday, but do. Then we started back on and runs under the auspices of the to overhaul the 224mph top speed in Thursday’s IAAF Diamond “Steve did an awesome job I know the team wanted to get I saw 240 and I’m pretty sure we Qatar Marine Sports Federation recorded by Bill Tomlinson and League Final in Zurich, organis- throttling it to the gate. the runs out of the way,” he said reached 250 after the gate. That’s (QMSF) and Sheikh Hassan Ken Kehoe at the helm of ‘My ers said yesterday. “He was on and off the throt- yesterday. one milestone we have achieved entered his turbine-engined, 50 Way’ in 2013. The decision, which Bolt’s man- tles all through the mile run and “We were approaching the with this boat. Now it’s time to foot Mystic ‘Al Adaa’am 96’ boat THE PENINSULA ager Ricky Simms confirmed, came a day after the Jamaican sprinter ran the fastest indoor 100m ever, clocking 9.98 seconds in Warsaw. Belgian Grand “His coach Glen Mills ... feels it is now time to shut it down while F1: Plucky Ricciardo wins at Prix Results he is healthy and injury free with a view on his preparations for the SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, 2015 season,” Zurich organisers Belgium: Results from the said in a news release. Formula One Belgian Grand Mills is satisfied with the eight- Prix at Circuit de Spa- Spa after title rivals collide times world champion’s perform- Francorchamps yesterday ances in the three competitions SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Mercedes motorsport head 1. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault he took part in this season and Belgium: Australian Daniel Toto Wolf slammed the incident 1:24:36.556 Bolt will now rest, do some spon- Ricciardo won the Belgian as ‘absolutely unacceptable’ and 2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes sor activities before resuming Grand Prix for Red Bull yes- blamed Rosberg, who refused to +00:03.383 training in October, the release terday while Mercedes title comment on the incident until he 3. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes added. rivals Nico Rosberg and Lewis had seen replays. 00:28.032 The Jamaican had delayed the Hamilton provided the drama of “Lap number two of a long race start of his season to recover from Red Bull 4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 00:36.815 the day by colliding on the sec- and a crash between two team- minor foot surgery and a ham- Racing’s 5. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault ond lap. mates, we have often discussed 00:52.196 string injury. Hamilton failed to finish after the situation and it happened Australian In his only outings in an abbre- 6. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren fighting with a damaged car but today,” he told the BBC. Formula viated season Bolt anchored 00:54.262 Rosberg, blamed by his bosses “You don’t try to overtake with One driver Jamaica to 4x100m gold at and booed by the crowd on the the knife between your teeth in Daniel 7. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 00:54.580 the Commonwealth Games in podium, finished second to extend lap number two and damage both Ricciardo 8. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 01:01.162 Glasgow last month, won an exhi- his championship lead to 29 cars.” celebrates 9. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India - Mercedes bition race on Brazil’s Copacabana points with seven of the 19 races The team’s non-executive on the 01:04.293 beach and claimed Saturday’s remaining. chairman Niki Lauda was also podium. 10. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault indoor race in Warsaw. The victory, on a surprisingly fuming. 01:05.347 “Next year will be more seri- dry afternoon at a circuit famed “It is unacceptable. If these 11. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - ous with world championships,” for rapid changes in weather things happen at the end of the Mercedes 01:05.697 Bolt had said after the first indoor conditions, was Ricciardo’s sec- race, when they are fighting for race he had competed in. 12. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - ond in succession and third of the win then you discuss it but in He plans to defend his 100m Renault 01:11.920 his first season with the reigning the second lap to hand the vic- and 200m world titles in Beijing champions. tory to Red Bull,” said the former 13. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes next year and go for three more It was also his team’s second in champion. 01:15.975 gold medals at the 2016 Rio succession in Belgium after four- “I thought they were clever He rejoined a minute adrift of that race and finished third, with 14. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari Olympics before ending his ath- times world champion Sebastian enough to know that but obvi- Rosberg. After complaining that Rosberg going from pole to fourth 01:22.447 letics career at the 2017 London Vettel triumphed last year and set ously they aren’t.” he had no downforce and repeat- and complaining that his team 15. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari world championships. off a run of nine wins in a row. Hamilton had passed pole-sit- edly asking the team to save the mate had not let him through. 01:30.825 Zurich meeting director Finland’s Valtteri Bottas was ter Rosberg at the start but his engine, the Briton was recalled Then, yesterday, the team made 16. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Ferrari 1 lap Patrick Magyar said he regret- third for Williams. race was effectively over moments to the pits five laps from the end clear their support for Hamilton 17. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Caterham - ted Bolt would not be able to run Ricciardo’s win was almost later when Rosberg tried to retake and retired. and they will have their work cut Renault 1 lap there but supported his decision. a sideshow to the major talk- the lead in a misjudged move that Mercedes have been strug- out again in the days ahead. “Usain’s body has delivered tre- 18. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Ferrari ing point, a further stirring up could cost prove extremely costly gling to keep the peace between “This is a decisive moment in mendous performances over the 5 laps of already troubled waters at for Hamilton. the evenly-matched team mates the battle between the two of last years,” Magyar said. “But, it Mercedes. The German’s front wing made since the start of the year and them and for the team. Lewis is r. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 6 laps; is a body and not a machine. If The two team mates had been contact with Hamilton’s rear tyre arrived at Spa after a controversy very upset, we kept him out there Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault 11 an athlete of that level and his expected to dominate the race and punctured it, leaving the in Hungary in July, where a ‘team for a long time with a damaged laps; Andre Lotterer (Germany) Caterham - coach feel more rest is needed, we after qualifying on the front row Briton having to nurse his car orders’ controversy left Rosberg car. He will recover quickly. It is Renault 43 laps; Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) are certainly not going to question but the intense rivalry between back to the pits in a trail of tyre aggrieved. going to be handled,” said Wolff. Lotus - Renault 43 laps this and fully support this deci- them blew up in their face. debris. Hamilton had started last in REUTERS Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg,1:50.511, lap 36. sion.” REUTERS