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WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 • 13 Safar 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6625 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir greets Qatar, Mexico sign slew of agreements Argentina Emir holds talks with Mexican President president-elect MEXICO CITY: Qatar and President witnessed the signing which aims at cooperation in eco- DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Mexico held yesterday official of a number of memorandums of nomic, trade and technical fields, bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable talks at the Presidential Palace understanding (MoUs) between industry, mining, energy, agricul- of congratulations to Mauri- in the Mexican capital, Mexico the two countries including that ture, telecommunications, trans- cio Macri on his victory in the City, chaired by Emir H H Sheikh between Qatar Central Bank portation, construction, labour, Argentina presidential elections. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and (QCB) and the Bank of Mex- tourism, culture, education, sci- Mexican President Enrique Pena ico, which aims to develop and ence and technology, and others. QNA Nieto. strengthen bilateral relations in The Emir and the Mexican In the beginning of the meet- the field of legal competence; a President held a meeting ahead Qatar condemns ing, the Mexican President wel- Memorandum of Understand- of the talks to review bilateral comed the Emir, and praised ing between Qatar Chamber of relations and ways of enhancing the relations between the two Commerce and Industry and the them. The Emir was accorded an Tunisia bombing countries. Mexican Business Council for official welcome on his arrival at The Emir voiced confidence Foreign Trade, investment and the Presidential Palace. DOHA: Qatar has strongly con- that his visit will contribute to technology that aims to work on The Emir arrived in Mexico demned the bombing that tar- strengthening relations between the development of trade and eco- from Cuba, where his visit opened geted a presidential security bus the two countries and further nomic cooperation between the a new era in relations between in the centre of the Tunisian areas of mutual cooperation. companies; a memorandum of the two countries. The Emir held capital, Tunis, yesterday, which The two sides discussed aspects understanding for cooperation in talks with Cuban President Raul resulted in a number of deaths of boosting bilateral relations the field of youth between Qatar’s Castro on Monday. The Memo- and injuries. and ways of developing them in Ministry of Youth and Sports, and randum of Understanding (MoU) In a statement yesterday, the all fields, particularly in economy Mexican Youth Institute, which signed between the two countries Foreign Ministry confirmed and investment. aims to develop bilateral relations for investment in Cuba allows Qatar’s support for the efforts Discussions also dealt with a and strengthen cooperation in the Qatar to invest $2bn over five being made by Tunisia towards number of regional and inter- field of youth by organising joint years, in addition to agreement security and stability. It also national issues of mutual inter- activities. on abolition of visa requirement reiterated Qatar’s support for all est and the latest developments The Emir and the Mexican for holders of diplomatic, special regional and international efforts in the Middle East. Talks were President also witnessed the sign- and service passports of both for the elimination of violence and attended by members of the offi- ing of an air services agreement, countries, a MoU on air services; terrorism. The statement also cial delegation accompanying the which aims to introduce direct and an agreement in the field of expressed Qatar’s condolences to Emir. On the Mexican side, it was flights between the two countries sports. the families of those killed. attended by a number of minis- with Third and Fourth Freedoms More pictures on page 4 See also page 6 ters and senior officials. of the Air, as well as the Conven- Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Mexican President Enrique The Emir and the Mexican tion on Technical Cooperation, QNA Pena Nieto in Mexico City yesterday. QNA

Deputy Emir meets GCC ministers Turkey downs Russian war plane ANKARA: Turkey shot “accomplices of terrorists”. A US military spokesman pilots were still alive, but Rus- down a Russian war plane on US President Barack Obama in Baghdad confirmed that 10 sian military spokesman Gen- the Syrian border yesterday, said Turkey had “a right to warnings had been issued, but eral Sergei Rudskoi said one causing international powers defend its territory and its said it was not immediately had been killed by fire from to plead for calm as tensions airspace” but urged against clear on which side of the the ground, citing “prelimi- soared between the two rival any escalation, while Nato border the jet had been flying, nary details”. players in the Syria war. chief Jens Stoltenberg also and it would take some time The fate of the second pilot Moscow, quoting what it called for calm. to analyse data before know- was unknown. Rudskoi said said were preliminary reports, Analysts said the incident ing for sure. Moscow insisted a soldier had been killed in a said one of two pilots who risks derailing efforts to bring that the jet had stayed inside failed bid to rescue the pair ejected from the Su24 plane peace to Syria that were gain- Syrian territory, and Damas- after one of his squadron’s was killed by gunfire from the ing tentative momentum fol- cus denounced the incident as helicopters was damaged by ground as he descended. lowing the November 13 Paris “flagrant aggression” against gunfire and had to land. And a Russian soldier terror attacks, claimed by Syrian sovereignty. Sources had told AFP in Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani met yesterday at Ritz-Carlton was killed when a helicopter Islamic State militants who Turkish television pictures Beirut that a Russian heli- Hotel with GCC defence ministers. GCC Secretary General Dr Abdul Latif Bin Rashid search-and-rescue operation control swathes of northern showed the Su-24 explod- copter in the same area was Al Zayani, GCC Assistant Secretary-General for Military Affairs Major General Khalifa came under fire, it said. Syria. ing and crashing in a ball of destroyed by rebels on the Humaid Al Kaabi, and other ministers were present. Joint Peninsula Shield Forces With alarm growing that The Turkish army said the flames into a Syrian mountain ground after being forced to the incident could snowball fighter was shot down by two and two pilots parachuting to make an emergency landing. (JPSF) Commander Major-General Hassan bin Hamza Al Shehri called on H H Deputy into a major conflict, Rus- of its F-16s after it violated the ground after ejecting. See also page 7 Emir to greet him on the occasion of convening the 14th joint defence council in Doha. sian President Vladimir Turkish airspace 10 times A Turkish government offi- Putin slammed Ankara as within a five-minute period. cial had earlier insisted both AFP

TODAY’S UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIXTURES Malmo (SWE) v Paris St Germain (FRA) 22:45 Officials lay groundwork for Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) v Real Madrid (ESP) 22:45 Emergency CSKA Moscow (RUS) v VfL Wolfsburg (DEU) 20:00 Man United (ENG) v PSV Eindhoven (NLD) 22:45 transport for GCC interior ministers meet Astana (KAZ) v Benfica (PRT) 18:00 Atletico Madrid (ESP) v Galatasaray (TUR) 22:45 newborns By Sidi Mohamed Assistant Secretary General ation at the GCC level, he added. Borussia Moenchengladbach (DEU) v Sevilla (ESP) 22:45 for Security Affairs at the GCC Specialist sub-committees of the By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: The meeting of the Secretariat in Riyadh, said in a Undersecretaries also discussed Juventus (ITA) v Manchester City (ENG) 22:45 Undersecretaries of the Minis- press statement that the Under- issues like traffic, civil defence All fixtures in Qatar time DOHA: Minister of Public tries of Interior of the GCC coun- secretaries discussed many issues and fighting the drug menace in Health H E Abdulla bin Khalid tries that kicked off on Monday related to security in the GCC the GCC region. Al Qahtani yesterday officially concluded yesterday as a prelude region as a whole. The GCC countries are attract- Barcelona trounce Roma inaugurated the Qatar Neonatal to a meeting of GCC Interior “The security of all GCC coun- ing investments due to their Transport Program at Women’s Ministers slated to be held here tries is our common concern and booming economies, so people Hospital, an emergency trans- today. in case of any breach in the secu- move within the region and so do portation service for high-risk The Undersecretaries dis- rity system all GCC states would criminals. “They may also move newborns. cussed many issues and adopted be affected,” said Al Hajri. from one country to another in The service, provided by a number of recommendations He said there will be a GCC- the region, and there is also what Women’s Hospital with Hamad which will be raised at the meet- level Interpol which will be head- is called cross-border crime, and Medical Corporation (HMC)’s ing of interior ministries today. quartered in Abu Dhabi. there are some challenges facing Ambulance Service, is to bring Major-General Saad bin Jassim The GCC Secretary-Gen- the GCC countries like all other high-risk neonates from public Al Khulaifi , Director General of eral will sign an agreement countries in the world,” said Al and private hospitals to Women’s Public Security, Qatar, chaired the to base the regional interpol Hajri. The GCC countries have Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care meeting and stressed in the con- (GCCPOL) head office in Abu an agreement in place to fight Unit (NICU) for specialist terti- cluding session the importance Dhabi. The agreement will be terrorism and also have a strat- ary treatment. of continued cooperation and signed with the UAE govern- egy to fight extremism linked to A team is available on call exchange of experiences among ment at the GCC Secretariat in terrorism, in addition there are round-the-clock, with equipment GCC security services, in order Riyadh. A Memorandum of many other security agreements Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (right) vies with Roma’s stationed at the NICU ready to be to counter the expected dangers Understanding (MoU) will also be and there is no dispute on that. Greek defender Kostas Manolas during their UEFA Champions League deployed within 20 minutes. against “our societies and our inked between the GCC General- Continued on page 4 Continued on page 4 Group E football match in Barcelona yesterday. Barcelona won 6-1, and countries”. Secretariat and the Police College qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League. See also page 26 Hazza’a Mubarak Al Hajri, in Qatar to enhance police cooper- THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Qatar supports fact-finding mission in Syria Doha calls on all parties to cooperate with OPCW panel as doubts on dismantling chemical weapons exist

THE HAGUE: Qatar has confirmed utive Council to consider reports of the contradictions in Syrian declarations and cal weapons by any party under any cir- in a specified period of time, but con- full support to the fact-finding mission mission on the use of chemical weapons continued use of chlorine gas as a weapon cumstances, which is reprehensible and tinued procrastination should not be of the Organisation for the Prohibition of in Syria. against innocent civilians, Al Khater said. contrary to international law. transformed to the strategy of the impo- Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to continue Al Khater praised OPCW efforts with He said Qatar has been informed on Al Khater reminded the audience of sition of a fait accompli. He expressed its work in Syria, calling on concerned respect to the destruction of Syria’s latest reports dated October 29 of the results of reports of the mission last past confidence in the United Nations Secu- parties, especially the Syrian regime, to declared chemical weapons production mission, which said chemical weapons year on the use of chlorine as a weapon rity Council Resolution 2235 (2015) on cooperate with the mission. and expressed Qatar’s support for its role have been used continuously and sys- in the villages of Talmenes, Al Tamanah establishing a mechanism for joint inves- This came in a speech delivered by in investigation into the use of chemical tematically from March to May 2015 in and Kafr Zita from April to August. tigation between the UN and OPCW to Khalid bin Fahad Al Khater, Qatar’s Per- weapons against civilians in Syria. the province of Idlib and in August in He said Syria has been given an excep- identify the perpetrators using chemi- manent Representative to OPCW and Despite these efforts, doubts and con- the town of Mare. He expressed Qatar’s tional opportunity and the organisation cal weapons in Syria and bring them to Ambassador to the Netherlands, during cerns exist on the dismantling of the Syr- concern about results reached and its and its member states exert support for justice. an extraordinary session of OPCW Exec- ian chemical weapons, especially gaps and strong condemnation of the use of chemi- Syria to get rid of its chemical weapons QNA Doha Giffoni Youth Media Summit to focus on children in conflict areas DOHA: A panel on the brain’s decisionmak- empowering children in ing processes, and digital conflict areas will be the communication through a highlight of the third Doha panel ‘The Digital World: Giffoni Youth Media Sum- How to Speak the Lan- mit, a part of the annual guage of Youth; with speak- Ajyal Youth Film Festival ers, including social media presented by Doha Film expert and Entube Brand Institute (DFI). Ambassador Yuri Drab- ‘Children in Conflict ent, and Entrepreneur and Areas: Empowering Youth Celebrity Instagrammer, to Share Their Stories’ Max Stanton. will focus on how young “We are proud to be people’s lives around the hosting an important world have been disrupted session on how film and by socio-political conflict, media can empower chil- illness and poverty and dren affected by conflict. highlight the importance In light of ongoing conflicts of film and media as tools throughout our region to help children share their and beyond, it is more stories. important to highlight the Panellists include photo- importance of culture as journalist Matthew Cassel; a tool to create a better Charlotte Giese, Special- world for our youth. ist Adviser for Youth and “This topic has been Children, Danish Film raised in our previous gath- Institute; Mohammed Abu erings and I am pleased Asaker, Public Informa- to offer our delegates an tion Officer, Middle East opportunity to build on this and North Africa Bureau, discussion further with Office of UN High Commis- added insight of specialists sioner for Refugees; Essa Al with first-hand knowledge Mannai, Executive Direc- in the area,” said Fatma Al tor, Reach Out to Asia; and Remaihi, CEO, DFI, and Farooq Burney, Director, Festival Director. Al Fakhoora programme, Claudio Gubitosi, Direc- Education Above All. tor, Giffoni Experience, The summit, which said: “DFI and Giffoni takes place alternately Experience have promoted in Doha and Giffoni, will this project with the idea welcome over 40 partici- that the road to knowledge pants from 31 countries. is fundamental to fulfil the The global collective of needs of humanity. Our like-minded organisations mission appears more for- was formed out of DFI’s tified with the participa- partnership with Giffoni tion of organisations from Experience. challenged and conflict Summit workshops will areas of the world.” focus on neurocommuni- cation – how to harness THE PENINSULA

Three eateries shut down

DOHA: The Doha Munici- ing preparing food in pality has shut down three unhealthy conditions. eateries for 60 days for vio- Meanwhile, Jumaa bin lating health regulations. Khamis Al Muraikhi, Mohammad Ahmed Director, Al Khor Munici- Al Sayed, Director of the pality, issued a decision to municipality, issued a deci- shut down a restaurant for sion to shut down a restau- 10 days apparently due to rant for two months for a repetition of violations. violating Law No. 8 of 1990 The amended food on food monitoring, said a monitoring law allows clo- post on the ministry’s web- sure of eateries and other site on Tuesday. food outlets straight for a The municipality also period not more than two ordered closure of a fast months. food restaurant for 10 days for violations, includ- THE PENINSULA

2015 Ferrari models recalled

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce, in cooperation with Alfardan Sports Motors, dealer of Fer- rari, has announced recall of 2015 Ferrari 458 Italia, Ferrari 458 Spider, Ferrari 458 Speciale A, Ferrari F12 Prlinta, Ferrari California T and Ferrari FF due to a defect in the front air bags. The recall is part of the ministry’s coordination and follow-up to ascertain car dealers’ commitment to follow up and repair defects to protect consumers’ rights. The ministry urged consumers to report any irregu- larities to the Department of Consumer Protection and Commercial Fraud Combat which receives complaints, suggestions and inquiries through its communication channels. QNA WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir in Mexico Greetings sent to Argentine President-elect DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Argentine President Mauricio Macri on his victory in the presidential elec- tions. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to Macri. Qatari mission in Belgium alerts citizens BRUSSELS: The Qatari embassy in Belgium has called on Qataris in Brussels to remain cautious after Belgium raised the alert status for its capital to the highest level. The embassy urged citizens to avoid crowded public places and shopping centres and cooperate with Belgium security authorities during inspection. It Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday held official talks also urged citizens to register in with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the Presidential Palace in its communication service to ena- capital, Mexico City, attended by H H the Emir’s delegation and Mexican ble it to reach them when needed officials. Both sides discussed aspects of boosting relations between or call 003226406000 which is in the two countries and ways of developing them in all fields, particularly service round the clock. in economy and investment, regional and international issues of mutual interest and latest developments in the Middle East. The Emir and Pena Over QR400m also witnessed the signing of several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and an air services agreement. The Emir also attended a banquet property deals hosted in his honour by Pena, attended by the Emir’s delegation and Mexican officials. DOHA: Real estate sales con- tracts worth QR424,730,431 were registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice from November 15 to 19. According to the weekly NICU pilot project cuts mortality rate from 3.82 to 1.13 bulletin issued by the department, properties included open plots of Continued from page 1 Prior to the official inaugura- said Dr Al Rifai. land, homes and multi-purpose However, the transport will tion, a one-year pilot project of Newborns at high risk could buildings in the municipalities of take four to six hours depending the programme was implemented have congenital or surgical Doha, Umm Salal, Al Khor, Al on the baby’s condition. at Women’s hospital, which has anomalies, respiratory distress Dhakira, Al Rayyan, Al Daayen NICU has four sets of trans- helped reduce the mortality rate. or require emergency invasive and Al Wakrah. port equipment on standby and “The pilot programme has seen surgery. specialised Emergency Care Unit a reduction in the mortality rate Ambulances which transport Audit meet begins (ICU) ambulances. It will be of newborns transported to the babies are converted to ICU units increased to six in February. hospital, so it was imperative that with back-up systems to ensure DOHA: The eighth meeting of During the inauguration, Al the service should be offered on transportation is smooth. the professional and regulatory Qahtani was given a demonstra- a permanent basis,” Dr Hilal Al “Once we receive a call from the standards committee of the tion of emergency transportation Rifai, Medical Director, Women’s referring hospital, the transport Arab Organisation of Supreme equipment used to carry at-risk Hospital, told a press conference. team mobilises very quickly. We Audit Institutions started yes- newborns. Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Last year, 23,000 births were have an on-call transport team terday. Hosted by Qatar Audit Managing Director, HMC, was recorded across the country and of three: A physician, respiratory Bureau, the meeting seeks to present along with other HMC 18,000 at the Women’s Hospital. therapist and a nurse, at any adopt internationally recognised officials. According to data from 2002 to time, who along with emergency standards and align them with “NICU is the only tertiary care October 31, 2014, on average 25 equipment and an ICU ambulance Arab institutions’ requirements. facility in the country catering to 30 at-risk babies were trans- team, head to the hospital facil- to newborns. The Qatar Neona- ported per year. Minister of Public Health H E Dr Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani with Hanan ity to retrieve at-risk child or tal Transport Programme offers But since the pilot project was Al Kuwari, Managing Director, HMC, and corporation officials and staff children in case of multiple preg- GCC interior all hospitals with birthing units implemented, 88 were trans- during the official inauguration of Qatar Neonatal Transport Programme nancies,” said Dr Fouad Abouna- a crucial time-saving service to ported and only one died two days at Women’s Hospital. hia, Director, Women’s Hospital ministers to bring any at-risk babies to the after transfer. Neonatologist and Qatar Neonatal specialist treatment available at During the pilot project, the “However, deaths due to con- ity rate exists because they can- Transport Programme. Women’s Hospital as quickly as mortality rate came down from genital complications cannot be not be treated. The survival rate meet today possible,” said Dr Al Kuwari. 3.82 to 1.13. treated. The 1.13 percent mortal- is one of the highest in the world,” THE PENINSULA Continued from page 1 Al Hajri said: “Any country has the right in case it wants to develop or amend some clauses in the agreements or the agreements themselves, which is a healthy practice.” The next consultative QRCS condemns attack on healthcare centre in Syria meeting and annual meeting of undersecretaries of the GCC min- DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent voluntary service, unity and uni- until October this year, the centre Crescent emblem, which is to be serve the IDPs in camps, schools, istries of interior will be held in Society (QRCS) and Physicians versality, believes that this action received 46,000 patients, an aver- respected. and mosques,” he added. Riyadh next year. Across Continents (PAC Global) is a violation of the international age of 3,200 per month. Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi, He said QRCS is running 15 Major-General Abdulaziz Al have issued a joint statement, humanitarian law, undermines QRCS cited Article 3 of the Secretary-General, QRCS, con- medical facilities in various areas Ansari, Director, International condemning the assault against humanitarian efforts in Syria and Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 demned the raid against neutral of Syria, employing more than 300 Cooperation Department at Al Zerba Town, southern Aleppo contradicts relevant international and their Second Additional Pro- medical facilities while working doctors, nurses, midwives, techni- Qatar’s Ministry of Interior, said countryside, on Sunday that hit treaties and conventions,” said the tocol, which stipulate that “the to help the vulnerable. cians and administrative staff. the most prominent issues dis- Al Zerba primary healthcare cen- statement. wounded and sick shall be col- “In light of the insecure situ- “We have sent alerts to the cussed related to fighting ter- tre, among other facilities. Inaugurated 18 months ago, lected and cared for.” ation in southern Aleppo coun- cluster of medical and relief serv- rorism. He said GCCPOL will be “QRCS, as a member of Inter- the centre is operated by QRCS The customary international tryside and repeated targeting of ice providers in Syria against such effective, especially in accessing national Red Cross and Red Cres- and PAC Global to serve the local humanitarian law also criminal- medical facilities and to protect attacks on facilities or staff,” he intelligence about terrorism and cent Movement inspired by the community and internally dis- ises attacks on hospitals, medi- the lives of its staff, the centre added. fighting it. principles of humanity, imparti- placed persons (IDPs), especially cal units and transports. This was evacuated and employees ality, neutrality, independence, women and children. From July protection is guaranteed by Red were aligned in mobile clinics to THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/QNA

School donates QR10,187 to QCS Pakistan Education Centre girls excel in debate DOHA: Pakistan Education Centre’s (PEC) girls teams proved excellence again with success in Qatar Schools Debating League 1 Championship 2015-16 at Ayesha Bint Abu Baker Independent Secondary School for Girls. League 1 was first of the stages. A total of 147 speakers from 48 teams of 26 schools took part, vying for a spot in the top 16 and enter Qatar National Championship. There were three teams from PEC. The first comprised Zuha Sattar, Mahnoor Shahid and Ambreen Riaz, second Mahnoor Akbar, Arooj Haroon, and Rameesha Khan and third included Saber Meena, Nawal and Mariyam. The annual Afternoon Tea and Bake Sale at International School of The tournament had four rounds on motions London Qatar was animated, with a visit by Al Mashhadani and Al Twaissi — ‘This House Believes’ that anyone granted refugee status should be granted the same of Qatar Cancer Society (QCS). A cheque for QR10,187 was presented to socio-economic rights as citizens; ‘This House QCS which represented the school’s cancer fundraiser over the past one Would’ allow individuals to opt into a one- Officials with PEC teams. year. The bake sale supported by parents, students, staff and friends of way mission to Mars with Mars One Project the school community raised QR8,140. The school’s fundraising efforts Impromptu; ‘This House Would’ require all to only make use of public services. Mahnoor second, Ambreen third and Ramee- will be enhanced with other events to promote ‘Movember’, the men’s graduating high school students to complete a PEC teams 1 and 2 won all rounds and sha 11th individual speaker position. health awareness campaign. period of community service; and ‘This House achieved 1st and 2nd positions. PEC team 3 Would’ require all elected government officials won two rounds. Zuha bagged first position, THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

PM meets Spain nuclear safety chief Deputy PM meets AU delegation Museum to display first draft of poem used in national anthem and pen

DOHA: National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) has received a donation of exceptional and his- torical items from Qatari poet Sheikh Mubarak bin Saif Al Thani. The objects include the first draft of the poem used in the Qatari national anthem and the pen used to write it. Written by Sheikh Mubarak bin Saif Al Thani, the poem is an iconic piece of writing which Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmad bin Abdullah reinforces the meaning and sig- bin Zaid Al Mahmoud yesterday met African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security nificance of individual loyalty Ismail Chergui and his delegation comprising former Burundi president and AU High Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani towards and love for one’s coun- Representative for Mali and Sahel, Pierre Buyoya, AU Special Representative for Somalia, met Spain’s Nuclear Safety Council President Fernando Marti and his delegation. Talks try. Francisco Madeira, and Head of AU Permanent Observer Mission to Arab League, dealt with cooperation between both countries and means to promote it, especially in the It will be showcased alongside a Abdelhamid Bouzaher. Talks dealt with topics of interest to the African continent and selection of other exhibits which security field. development of peace process in Darfur on the basis of Doha Document. characterise the strong bond between the people and leaders of Qatar. NMoQ will exhibit the poem in Rains with thunder a way that befits its national value Qatari actor Mohammed Al Lingawi honoured posthumously and importance. The piece will be and high winds accompanied by the musical score By Raynald C Rivera Al Remaihi, also Director of and the pen. forecast today the Festival, stressed that there “We are grateful for this great DOHA: Qatari actor Mohammed is more to Ajyal than film screen- gesture by Sheikh Mubarak, who DOHA: The weather bureau Al Lingawi was honoured post- ings, awards and red carpet galas. is known not only as a poet but has forecast rains with thunder humously at the Artists’ Night “It is a platform for creativity, also as someone who is loyal and and high winds at some places at organised by Doha Film Institute self-discovery and art apprecia- loving to his country. times today. In its warning for (DFI) at St Regis Doha on Mon- tion, especially among young peo- The poem means a lot to today, the bureau said the seas day. ple. Qataris and by exhibiting it in will be high with strong winds The late actor’s wife and daugh- “It opens our horizons to dis- the NMoQ, we aim to honour it that could blow at up to 56kmph ter accepted the special prize at cover new ideas that take our and stress its importance as part and inland northeasterly to east- the annual event attended by youth on fantastic journeys across of Qatar history which will reso- erly winds could move at up to prominent artistes in the country. time and space,” she said. nate in the present and in future 65kmph at times. The bureau said DFI CEO Fatma Al Remaihi A montage featuring the high- generations,” said Mansoor bin it might rain all over the coun- paid tribute to the actor “whose lights of the previous edition of Ebrahim Al Mahmoud, Acting try today. Yesterday, Jehat Umm immense talent makes us smile, Ajyal as well as what film lovers CEO, Qatar Museums. Baab south of Dukhan, received whose creativity has inspired can expect in the upcoming festi- The donated objects will be the highest rainfall of 4.5mm dur- us all, and whose name will for- val were shown at the event. exhibited under the donors’ ing the day. In the evening, many ever be associated with kindness, This year’s festival will wit- names as part of the upcoming places, including some east of integrity and a lovely spirit that ness 80 films from 36 countries NMoQ’s collection. Dukhan, also witnessed rainfall. soared anywhere he went.” compete in the Mohaq, Hilal The exhibits will also include Some places in Doha and other A short film reminiscing Al Fatma Al Remaihi (left), CEO, DFI, presents the prize to the widow of the and Bader categories in addition other artefacts that highlight the areas in the country also witnessed Lingawi’s oeuvre which “impacted late Qatari actor Mohammed Al Lingawi as his daughter looks on. to Made in Qatar and special modern history of Qatar and tell light rains and drizzle. In its fore- not just one generation but sev- KAMMUTTY VP screening sections. the story of its people. cast for today about day and night eral, all of whom watched his The Artists’ Night featured QM always welcomes contri- temperatures, the bureau said the work in awe” was screened. “It is because of all of you that and filmmakers. performance of Qatari singer butions from citizens who own maximum will be between 24 and “As is the case in any society, Qatar is enjoying a prime cultural The event was held in the run- Soud Jassem who enthralled the documents or heritage materials 26 degrees C and the minimum the cultural and artistic commu- position in the region and around up to the third annual Ajyal Youth audience with classic Middle that could enrich the national between 20 and 22. nity is the backbone that shapes the world,” said Al Remaihi as she Film Festival which takes place Eastern songs. museums. its identity, communicates its civi- addressed the attendees, includ- from November 29 to December THE PENINSULA lisation and brings its people. ing Qatar’s leading artistes, actors 5 at Katara. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME / GULF / MIDDLE EAST Al Sada delivers talk at TAMUQ QF forum to highlight DOHA: Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) hosted Min- ister of Energy and Industry and Qatar Petroleum Board Chair- man H E Dr Mohammed bin Education City projects Saleh Al Sada for its first Dean’s Leadership Series lecture in the branch campus building in Edu- Global thinkers and experts to examine architecture cation City. During his talk, Dr Al Sada DOHA: Qatar Foundation (QF) cuss the architecture of learning learning is. The conference will advised students to have a positive will host an architecture confer- and how it plays a role in Qatar’s welcome thinkers on the subject outlook on life, as positive outlook ence this month to discuss and transition from a carbon-based as we explore Education City’s provides inspiration. He shared highlight its flagship project, economy to a knowledge-based successes over the past 20 years. some management mantras with Education City. economy. We set out to create a unique them for succeeding in personal Titled ‘Learning from Educa- Ali Mangera, an architect who campus that offers endless oppor- and professional life, such as “the tion City’, the two-day event will worked on the new Qatar Faculty tunities for the advancement of real opportunity for success lies be held from November 27 at of Islamic Studies building, a col- knowledge and research, and we within each individual”. Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s lege of HBKU at Education City, believe there is a lot to be learnt He also advised students to (HBKU) Student Centre. will present a session entitled from this huge endeavour.” exert efforts to see the bigger It will bring together interna- ‘Creating identity for learning The conference is being held picture of a particular task tionally renowned thinkers and spaces’. This will be followed by a in partnership with Columbia or challenge and understand architects to examine Education session ‘Current preoccupations’ University’s Graduate School of the value and importance of Minister of Energy and Industry and Qatar Petroleum Board Chairman City’s architecture and showcase and a discussion on ‘The architec- Architecture, Planning and Pres- leadership, teamwork and H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada delivers his talk in the presence of its significant projects. ture of Education City’, hosted by ervation, and is partially offered clarity in communications. On Dr Mark H Weichold, Dean and CEO, TAMUQ. It will also serve as a platform George Katodrytis, a regionally as learning credits for American challenging tasks, he encouraged to discuss what can be learnt from recognised architectural educator. Institute of Architects members them to think of out-of-the- excellent example of how good future. In his role as the Chair the development, designed to sup- Engineer Jassim Telefat, in collaboration with AIA Middle box solutions and always be leadership impacts personal and of our Joint Advisory Board, he port QF’s mission of unlocking Group Executive Director, Qatar East Chapter. practitioners and proponents of institutional development,” said has been instrumental in guiding human potential and fostering an Foundation Capital Projects and Organisers have invited archi- ethics. Dr Mark H Weichold, Dean and the branch campus’ growth environment conducive to learn- Facilities Management, said: tects, students, academics, critics, Dr Al Sada elucidated his CEO, TAMUQ. and emergence as the premier ing and inspiring innovation. “Education City has been a tan- QF employees, media and inter- points by sharing examples, such “As TAMUQ goes about provider of engineering education With sessions such as ‘The gible demonstration of QF’s ested members of the community as the famous parable of the three creating the next generation of in the region. “We appreciate architecture of education’, led by commitment to education and to attend and become part of the stone cutters engaged in building engineering leaders, having H E him for sharing his perspectives Professor Kevin Mitchell from quality design. We are delighted discussion. Registration fee for a cathedral, and the study of the Dr Al Sada shared experience on leadership, which are as American University of Sharjah; to be hosting the forum as it will the conference is QR200 for pro- ‘V’ formation of the flight of the as an inspirational leader is essential to academia as they are and ‘60cm Above the Ground’ by serve as a platform for dialogue fessionals and QR50 for students. migratory geese. invaluable to our students as to industry.” Zahra Ali Baba, Architect and and debate and as an opportunity “H E Dr Al Sada’s career is an they create their vision for the THE PENINSULA Researcher, the forum will dis- to explore what architecture of THE PENINSULA Al Jazeera documentary wins award Q-Post begins remittance service to Bangladesh DOHA: Al Jazeera English’s sacre of 2012 that left 34 min- to our screens. We are delighted By Sanaullah Ataullah Witness documentary Miners ers dead and over 100 injured. the film, showing the coura- Shot Down has won Best Docu- It highlights the courageous geous but isolated fight waged DOHA: Q-Post, Qatar’s Postal mentary at International Emmy fight waged by a group of min- by a group of low-paid workers Services Company, has launched Awards. ers against combined forces against more powerful forces, has electronic money transfer serv- The documentary, directed by that resulted in violence, police been awarded an International ice from Qatar to Bangladesh at Rehad Desai, written by Anita brutality and the country’s first Emmy,” said Giles Trendle, Man- QR13 per remittance. Khanna and distributed by post-apartheid massacre. aging Director, Al Jazeera Eng- Initially, the services are availa- Deckert Distribution, explores “Our Witness documentary lish. ble at Q-Post head office, which is South Africa’s Marikana mas- strand brings powerful stories THE PENINSULA General Post Office, and its three branches in Al Khor, Industrial Area and Messaieed. ExxonMobil Qatar honours partners Services will gradually be made available at other branches. Working hours of Q-Post and its branches are from 7am to 9pm. Faleh Al Naemi, Board Chairman and Managing Director, Q-Post, and Probal Beneficiaries can receive money Chandra Saha, Director-General, Bangladesh Post, sign the agreement in within two hours from any post the presence of other officials at Katara yesterday. BAHER AMIN office in Bangladesh. So far, 2,750 post offices in Bangladesh have officials. Remittance charges are afford- been designated for the purpose. People living in remote areas in able since the purpose is to pro- Plans are afoot to make serv- Bangladesh have no remittance vide quality service and not to ices available at 10,000 post offices services but have easy access to make profits, said Al Naemi. across Bangladesh. postal services, said an official Q-Post has signed similar agree- Q-Post yesterday signed an from Bangladesh Post. They can ments with Tunisia, Morocco and agreement with its Bangladeshi now benefit from the new money Mauritania. counterpart, Bangladesh Post, to transfer services because post “We are gearing up to sign launch the initiative. offices are almost everywhere in agreements with more countries, FROM LEFT: Nasser Al Jaber, Deputy CEO, Teach For Qatar; Sheikha Hanadi bint Nasser bin Khaled Al Thani, Faleh Al Naemi, Board Chair- Bangladesh, the official added. including Indonesia, the Philip- Chairperson, INJAZ Qatar; Alistair Routledge, President and General Manager, ExxonMobil Qatar; Fahad Saad Al man and Managing Director, Postal services are the larg- pines and Malaysia, to provide Qahtani, Group Executive Director, Qatar Foundation; Dr Hassan Rashid Al Derham, President, Qatar University; Q-Post, and Probal Chandra Saha, est network worldwide, said Al money transfer services,” said Al Abdulaziz Al Mannai, Executive Vice-President for Human Capital, Qatar Petroleum; Amal Al Mannai, Executive Director-General, Bangladesh Naemi. Postal money transfer Naemi. Bangladesh is the first Director, Social Development Centre; Hissa M Sadiq, Dean, College of Education, QU; Fawziya Abdul Aziz Al Post, inked the deal. services will create an opportu- destination in South Asia where Khater, Director, Education Institute, Supreme Education Council; Sheikha Noof Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani, The signing ceremony was nity for expatriates in Qatar to “we have launched the service”, Executive Director, Education Development Institute; and Dr Haya Al Medadi, General Manager, Al Fursan attended by Bangladesh Ambas- transfer money to their home said a Q-Post official. Centre, during the ExxonMobil education partners honouring ceremony at Four Seasons Hotel yesterday. sador Ashud Ahmad, Bangladesh countries quickly and safely, he KAMMUTTY VP Post delegation and senior Q-Post added. THE PENINSULA

Bomb attack IS claims Egypt hotel on Tunisia presidential attack killing seven guard bus kills 12 CAIRO: Islamic State’s Egyp- tian branch claimed responsi- TUNIS: A bomb blast on a bus bility for a bombing that killed transporting Tunisia’s presi- at least seven people in a hotel dential guard in central Tunis in North Sinai yesterday where yesterday killed at least 12 peo- judges overseeing a parliamen- ple and wounded 16, the interior tary election were staying. ministry said. A militant tried to drive a A security source at the site car bomb into the hotel in the of the attack said “most of the provincial capital Al Arish agents who were on the bus are before security forces opened dead.” fire, causing the car to explode, The presidency had said the the military and a witness said. blast on the bus killed at least A suicide bomber broke 14 people, but this was revised into the hotel restaurant and down, with the interior ministry blew himself up and a gun- A man stands next to an ambulance outside the Swiss Inn hotel in giving the latest toll as least 12 man entered the guest rooms the Egyptian town of El-Arish, in the Sinai peninsula, following an dead. area and killed a judge, they The explosion, described as an attack on the hotel by two suicide bombers and a gunman yesterday. said. Seventeen people were “attack” by presidential spokes- wounded, the Health Ministry man Moez Sinaoui, struck on the said. carried out the attack. The observing the voting and count- capital’s Mohamed V Avenue, a “A brother ... seeking mar- Interior Ministry said there ing ballots. ministry official said. tyrdom hit with his car bomb were two attackers but the mil- “This brutal incident is a A journalist reported seeing the the security force protecting itary and a witness said there failed attempt to hinder the partly burnt-out shell of the bus, the Swiss (Inn) hotel where 50 were three militants. It was not state from building its insti- with police, ambulances and fire judges were staying, only to be immediately possible to clarify tution but we assure all that trucks at the scene. followed by a lion ... who broke the contradiction. it will increase the drive and Many people were in tears. into the judges’ base with his Two judges, four policemen insistence of the armed forces A bank employee working automatic weapon ... then blew and a civilian were killed, the and the Interior Ministry to nearby reported hearing a large up his explosive belt among Interior Ministry said. The mil- weed out the roots of terror- explosion and seeing the bus on them,” Sinai Province said in a itary said the three militants ism in North Sinai,” a military fire. statement circulated by its fol- were killed. statement read. While there was no immediate lowers on Twitter. The blasts followed Mon- The attack happened early in claim of responsibility, Tunisia The group has carried out day’s second round of voting in the morning and started with has been plagued by Islamist vio- similar attacks in the region Egypt’s parliamentary election. the car bomb, Swiss Inn man- lence since the 2011 overthrow of as part of its bid to topple the Egyptian elections are mon- ager Mohamed Mahana said. longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Cairo government. itored by the judiciary with Ben Ali. It said two of its members judges running polling stations, REUTERS AFP WEDNESDAY 25 MIDDLE EAST NOVEMBER 2015 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Erdogan defends right to protect borders Pilots warned 10 times before shooting Russian jet

ISTANBUL: President Recep respect the right of Turkey to flew more than a mile into Turkey Tayyip Erdogan yesterday defend its borders,” he said. for 17 seconds. He said the nation- defended Turkey’s right to pro- Erdogan also said that Turkey, ality of the planes was unknown. tect its borders after Turkish together with its allies, would soon “Following the violation, plane fighter jets shot down a warplane realise a “humanitarian safe zone” 1 left Turkish national airspace. near the Syrian border, an inci- between Syria’s Jarablus and the Plane 2 was fired at while in dent he said Turkey had made Mediterranean coast. Turkish national airspace by every effort to avoid. Meanwhile, Turkey told the Turkish F-16s performing air “Despite being warned 10 times UN Security Council yesterday combat patrolling in the area,” in five minutes because it was it had shot down on an unidenti- Cevik wrote in the letter. coming towards our border, it fied plane that violated Turkish Russian President Vladimir insisted on continuing its viola- airspace and defended its right Putin said the fighter jet had tion. This plane was downed in to do so. been attacked when it was nearly an intervention by our F-16s,” Russia has accused Turkey of a mile inside Syria and warned of Erdogan said in a speech in shooting down one of its fighter “serious consequences.” Ankara, adding the actions were jets inside neighbouring Syria. When asked if Russia would fully in line with Turkey’s rules of In a letter to the 15-member raise the issue at the Security engagement. council and UN Secretary-Gen- Council, Ambassador Vitaly Chur- “The reason why worse inci- eral Ban Ki-moon, Turkish UN kin said: “I don’t know, maybe.” dents have not taken place in the Ambassador Halit Cevik said Cevik said Turkey had written past regarding Syria is the cool- two planes approached Turkish to the Security Council on six pre- headedness of Turkey. Nobody airspace yesterday morning and vious occasions, dating to 2012, should doubt that we made our were warned 10 times in five min- regarding violations of Turkey’s best efforts to avoid this latest utes to change direction. sovereignty, territorial integrity incident. But everyone should Cevik said both planes then and security. Meanwhile, the US military yesterday backed up Turkey’s claim that Turkish pilots had warned a Russian jet 10 times — but failed to get a response — before shooting it down. “We were able to hear every- thing that was going on, these (communications) were on open channels,” Baghdad-based mili- tary spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said in a video call with reporters. Asked if he could confirm reports 10 warnings were issued by Turkish pilots without response, Warren said: “I can con- firm that, yes.” He added it was not immedi- ately clear on which side of the Turkish-Syrian border the Rus- Alpaslan Celik, a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade (centre), sian jet had been flying, and it holds handles believed to be parts of a parachute of the downed Russian would take some time to analyze warplane near the northern Syrian village of Yamadi, near the Turkish-Syrian data before arriving at that deter- border, Syria, yesterday. mination. AGENCIES WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE European Union’s decision to set up a three- billion euro fund for two years to help Turkey support Syrian refugees and also stem the influx Tof migrants seeking to enter Europe is a very pragmatic measure that can help solve the current refugee Islamic State challenges crisis. In fact the decision has come a bit late. If the EU had acted earlier, the migrant crisis wouldn’t have exploded beyond control and both migrants and Europe (where the Syrians and others are headed) wouldn’t have been staring at free-speech laws a humanitarian crisis of this magnitude. As a peaceful and rich neighbour, Turkey has been bearing By Cass Sunstein senters; the Supreme Court didn’t fully tional, difficult to evade.” the brunt of the Syrian refugee crisis, now hosting millions adopt their view until 1969. Both during For decades, the court has shown zero of Syrians who have just walked in across the border. The he intensifying focus on terror- and after World War I, the free speech interest in Hand’s formula. Most people numbers were so huge Ankara couldn’t simply cope, straining ism, and on Islamic State in par- principle was widely understood to allow have regarded the Dennis decision as an both its resources and finances. Financial and logistical Tticular, poses a fresh challenge to the government to punish speech when- epic blunder, a product of the Red Scare, support at an early stage of the crisis would have helped it the greatest American contribution to ever it had a “bad tendency,” meaning a not to be taken seriously in a free soci- the theory and practice of free speech: tendency to produce harm. ety. Brandeis offered the best reason: “If face the challenges, thus stemming the flow of migrants into the clear and present danger test. In As the court ruled in 1925, there there be time to expose through discus- Europe. both the U.S. and Europe, it’s worth would be no protection of speech whose sion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert Three billion euros is quite a reasonable amount asking whether that test may be ripe “natural tendency and probable effect the evil by the processes of education, considering the enormity of the tasks. The EU’s common for reconsideration. was to bring about the substantive evil the remedy to be applied is more speech, budget would provide 500m euros and the Commission has As developed by Justices Oliver Wen- which the legislative body might pre- not enforced silence.” In his view, “Only given the 28 member states four weeks, until December 21, dell Holmes and Louis Brandeis in the vent.” Under this test, of course, ter- an emergency can justify repression.” first decades of the twentieth century, rorist recruitment activity would not It’s an excellent thought, and it’s to declare their contributions to the remaining 2.5bn euros. the clear and present test ensures strong be protected. usually right. But is it convincing as One concern that will have to be addressed is that most protection for almost all speech, forbid- As late as 1951, the Supreme Court applied to the recruitment and propa- governments have not said how much they will contribute, ding the government from regulating allowed regulation of speech even ganda efforts of terrorist organizations? leaving it unclear if the facility speech unless the danger is both likely when the danger was neither clear nor To their efforts on social media, which EU’s decision will reach the targeted three (“clear”) and imminent (“present”). If present. In Dennis v. United States, can dramatically amplify the capacity billion euros. The fund was offered a person were to the court upheld a conviction of peo- of speech in one place to cause violence to set up a say “The US gov- ple trying to organize the Communist elsewhere at some uncertain time? to Ankara last month as part of ernment should Party to overthrow the US government. What if more speech doesn’t work, and three-billion a package of measures to ease be overthrown” The justices refused to understand the the result is that dozens, hundreds, or Europe’s migration crisis. The Both during or “The more clear and present danger test to “mean thousands of people are killed? euro fund to measures will be finalised by EU and after World acts of terrorism, that, before the Government may act, True, there may be value in even leaders at a summit with Turkish the better,” or “All it must wait until the putsch is about the most extreme and hateful forms help Turkey Muslims should to be executed, the plans have been laid of speech: At the very least, people can President Recep Tayyip Erdogan War I, the free join ISIS,” she and the signal is awaited.” learn what other people believe. But it’s support Syrian in Brussels on Sunday. Turkey has speech principle couldn’t be pun- In words that could easily be repeated fair to ask whether that benefit might yet to say that the details of the ished unless those today, the court found it sufficient that be dwarfed by the cost, if those forms refugees will accord have been finalised and EU was widely statements were the revolutionaries wanted to “strike of speech create a genuine risk of large help alleviate officials have said elements of the understood likely to produce when they thought the time was ripe.” numbers of deaths. Hand himself argued deal are still open to amendment. imminent lawless When the safety of the community that his narrow definition of incitement the misery to allow the action. was at grave risk, because of “an appa- avoids subjectivity and overreach, and The Turkish-EU plan assumes As it is usually ratus designed and dedicated to the that it can’t be abused by the govern- of tens of importance in the wake of Paris government to understood, that overthrow of the Government, in the ment to silence dissenters and unpopu- terror attacks. Even before the test protects a context of world crisis after crisis,” the lar causes. To minimise the danger to thousands of attacks, anti-immigrant feelings punish speech lot of dangerous government could act to stop horrific free speech, it might be best to combine were rising in Europe as waves whenever it had a speech, includ- harm, even if it was neither likely nor Hand’s approach with a form of balanc- people. and waves of Syrians swept into ing many forms imminent. ing: If (and only if) people are explicitly of recruitment One of the greatest and most influen- inciting violence, perhaps their speech Europe. Germany set a rare “bad tendency,” and propaganda tial judges in US history, Learned Hand, doesn’t deserve protection when (and example and even surprised the world by spreading the red meaning a for terrorist pur- also rejected the clear and present dan- only when) it produces a genuine risk to carpet for asylum seekers, but Chancellor Angela Merkel poses. Holmes ger test. He believed that the free speech public safety, whether imminent or not. soon came under pressure from the right-wing elements. But tendency to himself issued a principle didn’t protect explicit or direct That approach would essentially retain the Paris attacks have made Europe reluctant and parts of stern warning incitement to violence, even if no harm the high level of protection that is now produce harm. against “attempts was imminent. If you’re expressly incit- given to political speech and dissent of them even hostile to accepting more asylum seekers. At the to check the ing people to commit murder you aren’t all kinds. In free societies, it’s almost same time, the plight of Syrian refugees continues to worsen expression of opinions that we loathe protected by the Constitution. always a bad idea to punish speech. But with the onset of winter and the continuation of the war and believe to be fraught with death.” Hand preferred his approach to the at the very least, the argument for the in Syria. Any rehabilitation plan for this reason is hugely It is important to appreciate that clear and present danger test, which clear and present danger test is not welcome, and the EU aid to Turkey comes as an elixir of life the clear and present danger test was he thought squishy. By contrast, he quite as clear as it once was. to refugees accepted relatively recently. In their defended his exemption of incitement . time, Holmes and Brandeis were dis- as a “qualitative formula, hard, conven- BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of The India Story, in word & deed the day N HIS visit to Kuala Lumpur and waterways. While Modi’s oratory more in line with what the US and the Bank, and even The Economist maga- to attend the ASEAN-India skills are powerful, it is time to wonder EU countries have been demanding, but zine, the Prime Minister must acknowl- summit, Prime Minister whether his audience, only too eager to it is unclear if this would militate against edge that India is not as full of promise Narendra Modi was in invest in India last year, is still listening India’s Patents Act that is in line with the for fund managers, some of whom are Ofamiliar form, pitching India as an as keenly to his message. A year after TRIPS agreement. Finally, many of the already turning conservative on the India Everyone must investment destination to the East they called India an ‘emerging tiger’ too, commitments he has given, like the plan market, that exports have declined for Asian countries. Taking credit for the narrative has shifted. To begin with, for a mammoth increase in renewable the past ten months, and there is a know that it is our turning the Indian economy around several of the promises Modi gave at the energy to 175GW, will require at least decrease in the growth of domestic international right since his government “took office ASEAN-India summit are reiterations of $200-$300 billion in funds and debt demand, particularly rural demand. 18 months ago”, Modi outlined his promises he had made a year ago, and payments, which are yet to be clearly Meanwhile, even as India “acts East” in and national duty to plans for economic reform, which he many are beginning to wonder if some sourced. The Prime Minister’s well- order to sew up the India-ASEAN FTA take any measure said was a “way station on the long of them, like the promise of the Goods honed pitch now needs some pace on on services and investments, ASEAN journey” to the transformation of India. and Services Tax (GST) legislation, can the ground, so that the reality begins countries are themselves “looking East” against whoever He also offered specific opportunities be kept, given his relations with the to match the rosy picture he has been much more, with the launch of the violates our air or to ASEAN countries on investing in Opposition in Parliament. Modi has been painting. Trans-Pacific Partnership with the US, infrastructure in India, particularly in keen to emphasise that a liberalised IPR While he is quite right to quote recent that India is not a part of. land borders. Ahmet Davutoglu Metro Rail systems, housing, road, rail patents regime is just around the corner, endorsements from the IMF, the World THE HINDU Turkish Prime Minister WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ‘Qatar can live well with low oil prices’

il prices have been falling sig- because the others will take the share of ers, they are still way better. Everyone nificantly. The Gulf countries the market and it will not be reasonable. should make a sacrifice for his/her coun- are trying to deal with the The market will not react. They have to try during difficult times. We cannot just Odecline, as their economies sit together and agree on how to cut the ask all the time without giving anything mostly depend on oil revenues. Feyza production. in return. And we do not ask for a big Gumusluoglu spoke to Qatar’s former sacrifice at all. energy and industry minister and ex- Is this purely an economic decision president of the Qatar Administrative or more political? Is there a strategy to raise awareness Control and Transparency Authority, It is economic. We hear those con- about reducing wastage of electricity H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, spiracy theories but I don’t believe in and power? who recently established the Interna- them. I can assure you that there is no When I was the minister of energy, tional Foundation for Energy and Sus- conspiracy. They say that they may have power was under my charge. I always told tainable Development. done it against Iran and Russia, but it people, “This is gift from God. Our water is not true. Because at the end of the is desalinated, it is very expensive. Power, Will oil prices continue to decline? day, everyone will lose. Opec producers too. So, please do not waste it.” Today, How do you predict the future of the are heavily dependent on oil, they would more than 30 percent is wasted. People prices? shoot themselves. I have been in this busi- should have awareness in order to reduce When we look at the history of oil ness for the last 40 years, I can assure you consumption. They leave the lights or air prices, we can see that it is not some- that there is no conspiracy theory in this. conditioning on even when they leave thing new. We experienced the first oil Iran is a member of Opec, they know that their homes. Personally, I try to educate shock in 1973, and then the oil price went Opec cannot do it. It is totally economic, my children. Of course, the government up again, to reach almost $40. Then in it is about demand and supply. And where also has a plan. It started even before 1985, we suddenly saw the oil prices going did this extra production come from? Not this crisis. We started putting out public so low, even below $10. From 1985 until from Opec, from others! All of them are advertisements in newspapers and TV 2000, for 15 years the average price of oil suffering now. There is no one to blame. channels about water and electricity. We was $16-17. It took 15 years for the price When you are all suffering, all should sit Former energy and industry minister and ex-president of the Qatar Administrative Control introduced TV series, cartoons for chil- to increase after 2000 to reach $115-120. and solve it, instead of waiting for some- and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah. dren, we distribute some publications in Now we see it hitting the lowest even body else to come and do it. schools. The recent speech of H H the below the 40s. In reality we went back heaven. No income tax, subsidised elec- period, but for next generation it is short. Emir also created a lot of awareness. to the 1990s price, considering the value How will the Gulf countries manage tricity, water, oil is very cheap, educa- We always ask ourselves this question, of US dollar. This is a circle, it is not this crisis? tion is very cheap. We are a very unique what after oil and gas? We do not want Oil and gas are highly subsidised in something new. My expectation today is This is not new for them. It is not the country. Back in the 1990s we had this oil to go back to where we were before. That Qatar. Will this continue? that it will take years for oil to go back first time and will not be the last. When problem and we managed it. We tried to is why we have economic diversification, We already tried to change it a little, to normal again. you live in a dynamic economy, this is cut the fat, restructured the budget. I can sovereign wealth fund, investment, cre- even during my days as a minister. It used the cycle. There are good days and there assure you that Qatar can live well with ating alternative revenues, investing in to be cheaper than it is now, we increased What is the main reason behind this are bad days. Yes, the Gulf countries will low oil prices. We are a small country, education, high technology. Qatar is a it. If you see our first report from my decline? be affected for sure, because they are we can manage it. H H the Emir’s recent small country, a small country always foundation, titled “reversing the trend Now economic growth has been slow- heavily dependent on oil revenues for speech in the Shura Council was a very moves faster than the big ones. We must in domestic energy consumptions in the ing in many countries like China, India, their budget. But it is time for them to nice statement. I call it a wake up call search for our way after oil and gas. GCC”, it shows how the local consump- European nations, etc. Their economies restructure their economies, shrink their to the people, meaning that the govern- tion is very high and price is low. If we are in a slowdown. So, the demand for budgets, cut some expenses. They have ment is always with the people, support- Most people are curious about this: do nothing, in 15 to 20 years we may stop oil has decreased. Also, the production to accommodate themselves. Oil price ing them, but now it is time to help each Will Qatar implement taxation? exporting oil. The manner of consump- of shale oil for the last few years has always goes up and down very fast, it other. We know that oil prices will go up We already have taxation for foreign tion should change. In Qatar, because of gone up, especially in the US. Producing does not give you time to prepare your- again, but during this period we have to companies. We impose taxes on them. cheap petrol, we have a traffic jam. This is shale oil was very expensive. Now you self. We have always been advising our build a bridge, slow down instead of going But I believe the government will not also part of the sacrifice. The government see that there is almost 2 million bar- people, because they have a short mem- at a high speed in order to control this think about income tax anytime soon. will increase it gradually, they have no rels of oversupply in the market. Stocks ory. When we have a flourishing economy, crisis. I believe Qatar will manage this. They will think of other measures first. choice. Even if the oil prices go up again, especially in the US are at their highest, expenditures increase, people forget until For electricity and water support, it will we have to change our habits. People here, demand is low. There is more oil com- they get another shock. What is the plan for post-oil era? continue but there will be corrections in not only Qataris, even foreigners have ing into the market either from Opec We always remember that oil and gas the subsidy. It will take place gradually, big cars. Because of cheap petrol, they do producers or non-Opec countries such How will this affect Qatar’s budget? are limited resources and they are not you cannot do it in one day. You should not drive small cars. These habits should as Russia. We cannot predict that the The government is offering a lot. renewable. They will be gone one day, convince the people, give them good rea- change. price will increase in a few years, it is Qataris and even non-Qataris enjoy a after 80 or 100 years. For us it is a long son. If you compare Gulf countries to oth- impossible. Unless Opec and non-Opec In the end, could you tell us more major producers sit together and try to about your new foundation? cut some of the production. When I left after spending 40 years in the energy sector, I said I cannot go So Opec alone cannot do anything? We always remember that oil and gas are limited home, I needed to work. So, I established It can be solved only if all oil producers this foundation. It was my dream to cre- come together, not only Opec. Because ate a non-profit energy foundation that Opec now can no longer control the mar- resources and they are not renewable. They will be gone will hopefully survive even after me. It ket. Their share in the 1990s was almost is not inherited, and my children have 60 percent. Now it dropped to 30 percent. one day, after 80 or 100 years. For us it is a long period, no share. We raise funds mainly from So they cannot do it alone. They have donations. We are not funded by the no more influence. Unless they receive a but for next generation it is short. government, it is a totally independent very strong commitment from the other foundation. producers. Even if Opec today decreases the production, they will be the losers THE PENINSULA Putin’s ‘realpolitik’ aims to make Russia indispensable

Scheffer. Obama belittled Russia notably those that had acquired after its seizure of Crimea as a US TOW anti-tank missiles, but Putin’s instinct for exploiting “regional power” acting out of at least half its strikes now tar- weakness rather than strength geted IS leadership and logistics perceived US and European and not a “number one security in Syria. threat” to the United States. Both Russia and France are weakness has been one of Putin’s instinct for exploit- reported to have hit oil installa- ing perceived US and European tions exploited by IS as a source the features of his vigorous weakness has been one of the fea- of revenue. tures of his vigorous foreign policy While the Kremlin leader has foreign policy. as he has tried to reassert Rus- overturned the table in Syria, sia’s great power status. possibly creating space for a nego- “He has an incredible nose for tiated settlement to four years of political opportunity, but also for civil war, his use of force beyond By Paul Taylor tined for Syrian targets inscribed power,” said Mark Leonard, direc- the borders of the former Soviet “For Paris”. tor of the European Council on Union has raised risks for Russia. y intervening in Syria, “Russia has been willing and Foreign Relations, a think-tank “Putin is not a good strategist. President Vladimir able to bring significant fire- A file picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) with Turkish and advocacy group. He is stirring up a hornet’s nest Putin has broken Rus- power to bear against ISIS at a President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Kremlin in Moscow. “He was stuck in Ukraine... and of Sunni Muslims who will hold a Bsia’s relative isolation time when France is willing but couldn’t see a way out. He initially grudge against him,” said Strobe and is making it the “indispensa- not entirely able, and the United Ukraine. The five main Western caused huge civilian casualties stepped up the Russian footprint Talbott, president of the Brook- ble nation” in conflicts in Syria, States is able, but not entirely powers agreed last week to extend could also blow his campaign off in Syria because Assad was in ings Institution think-tank in Ukraine and with Islamic State willing to bring its full firepower them for at least six months. course. trouble. Now he has managed Washington and a former deputy while the United States balks at to bear against ISIS in Syria,” said Nor does it guarantee the Rus- “Putin is a geopolitical master- this extraordinary pivot after the Secretary of State and veteran deeper involvement. Bruno Tertrais, senior research sian leader a successful outcome tactician. Whether one likes it or Paris events,” he said. Russia expert. But in this geopolitical poker fellow at the Foundation for Stra- to his Syrian venture. Military not — and I don’t — ‘Putinpolitik’ French President Francois “He already had an internal game, it’s not clear he will be able tegic Research in Paris. interventions often start in tri- is doing pretty well,” said Michael Hollande, who had been a small problem with Islamist extremism to quit while he’s winning, espe- From a pariah in the West over umph and end in ashes, as the Emerson, a former European part of the US-led air campaign and he now has an external prob- cially when events can take unex- his action in Ukraine, Putin has United States and Britain learned Union envoy to Moscow. against IS, has called for a sin- lem since ISIS was responsible for pected turns such as the shooting become a sought-after interlocu- to their cost in Iraq and Afghani- He noted it was the second gle coalition including Russia to the Sinai plane bombing.” down of a Russian jet by Turkey’s tor due to his “realpolitik” com- stan, and the Soviet Union experi- time Putin had wrong-footed the eradicate the militant group in By aligning himself with Shia air force yesterday. bining hard power and diplomacy. enced in Afghanistan in the 1980s. United States by taking an ini- Syria. He will discuss cooperation power Iran and its Lebanese Hez- Russia’s air strikes, cruise mis- Western leaders who had lec- Putin believes he has put Rus- tiative in Syria that saved Assad with Putin in Moscow tomorrow bollah militia allies, he said, Putin siles and trainers on the ground tured him over Ukraine at last sia in the position that former from potential military defeat after making his plea to Obama risked antagonising Sunni powers. have tilted the balance of forces year’s G20 summit in Brisbane, Secretary of State Madeleine and make himself an unavoid- yesterday. “Faced with a choice between in Syria back towards President Australia, and sidelined him from Albright claimed for the United able partner in any solution in A Reuters analysis in late Octo- keeping Assad in power and Bashar Al Assad’s army, forcing the G8 group of industrialised States in the late 1990s as “the the country. ber showed almost 80 percent of destroying ISIS, Putin is caught a US-backed coalition waging an powers, vied for private meetings indispensable nation”. The first was in August 2013 Russia’s declared targets in Syria in a vice of his own making,” Tal- air war against Islamic State onto with him at this year’s G20 in the But some strategic analysts when Putin persuaded Obama were in areas not held by IS. bott said. the back foot. Turkish resort of Antalya. believe Putin is overreaching and to use diplomacy to achieve the Tertrais said the French believe “He has pushed Assad’s exit off Now Putin has seized on this After the failure of US Presi- storing up security and economic chemical disarmament of Syria nearly 90 percent of Russian into the future at great cost to month’s Islamist attacks in Paris, dent Barack Obama’s 2009 “reset” dangers for Russia from domes- rather than enforce the US lead- strikes were on Western-backed Russia, because ISIS is going to which killed 130 people, and the of relations with Russia, it could tic militants and Middle East er’s own “red line” by striking anti-Assad rebels before the Paris be stronger.” downing of a Russian airliner in be seen as a “re-reset” by the oil powers. Assad’s forces over the use of the attacks and the Sinai plane bomb- He now faces a potential Egypt, which was claimed by IS West, albeit somewhat reluc- It is not only events such as banned weapons. ing, and just 10 percent on IS. upsurge of Islamist militancy in and killed all 224 people on board, tantly. yesterday’s shooting down of the That decision was a “major In the last week, those propor- Russia’s Caucasus region which to shift his focus and offer France It doesn’t mean Putin can Russian jet, described by Putin as foreign policy mistake” that sig- tions have roughly been inverted, has spurred attacks in Moscow an alliance against the militant escape yet from Western sanc- a “stab in the back”, that could nalled US fatigue in the Middle he said. and other cities since the Chechen group, also known as ISIS. tions over his seizure of Crimea affect relations with other powers. East and was duly noted in Mos- Other Western experts say wars of the 1990s, Talbott added. The Russian Defence Ministry in 2014 and support of Russian- A “friendly fire” incident involv- cow and Beijing, said former Nato Moscow has continued to hit released pictures of bombs des- speaking separatists in eastern ing Western forces or strikes that Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Western-backed insurgents, REUTERS WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Beijing again Thai court indicts two rejects S China Sea arbitration BEIJING: China yesterday reaf- over Bangkok bombing firmed that it will “not accept” a judicial arbitration on the South China Sea, as an international Suspects, both Uighurs from China, face 10 charges court was due to hear a case brought by the Philippines. BANGKOK: A Thai military Chinese nationals from the for the Thai government and any Manila has called for the Per- court has indicted two men Uighur minority. link between the bomb and the manent Court of Arbitration in accused of carrying out a bomb The attack at the Erawan deportation of people at China’s The Hague to rule on the increas- attack in Bangkok in August that Shrine, a major landmark in the behest could expose it to censure ingly bitter dispute, appealing to killed 20 people, including 14 for- heart of Bangkok, injured more that its foreign policy led to the the UN Convention on the Law eigners. than 120 people. bomb attack. of the Sea. A lawyer for one of the men Thai police have said that the Uighurs, who are mostly Beijing claims almost all of the said a Bangkok military court blast, the deadliest such incident Muslim, say they flee China’s South China Sea, putting it in brought ten charges against in Thai history, was revenge for a Xinjiang region due to persecution. Suspects in the Bangkok blast are escorted by soldiers and prison officers conflict with several neighbours, the pair yesterday, including crackdown on human trafficking. Beijing rejects that. as they arrive at a military court in Bangkok yesterday. and is a party to the Convention premeditated murder, illegal They ruled out any link to the Chinese foreign ministry but has rejected the court’s juris- possession of weapons and murder repatriation of 109 Muslim Uighur spokesman Hong Lei at a daily diction on the issue. for the bombing in August. people to China in July. news briefing said he hoped the has claimed responsibility for the pects as they could not commu- “Our position is clear: we will “The court has accepted the ten The Uighur are a Turkic- trial would bring “the offenders to attack. nicate with interpreters provided not participate to or accept the charges that prosecutors formally language speaking group that justice and allows them to receive Police have released arrest war- by police. arbitration,” foreign ministry brought against the two men,” calls China’s western Xinjian due punishment.” Mohammad rants for 17 people over charges The charges were being trans- spokesman Hong Lei told a regu- said lawyer Schoochart Kanpai. region home. Some Turks see and Yusufu have been held at an stemming from the Bangkok lated from Thai into English, he lar briefing. The two were named as Bilal themselves as sharing cultural army base in Bangkok since their attack but say many have fled said, and the men will formally Beijing has never precisely Mohammad and Mierali Yusufu. and religious bond with their arrests in August and September. abroad. hear the charges against them on defined its claims to the strategic Documents sent by prosecutors Uighur “brothers”. The motive for the bombing Schoochart said interpreters February 16. waterway, through which about to the court said both men were The Uighur issue is sensitive remains unclear and no group were being arranged for both sus- REUTERS a third of all the world’s traded oil passes. Manila hopes a judgement in its favour will pressure Beijing into Japan’s space milestone making concessions. Kim’s top aide China has refused to partici- Australia calls for more pate in the proceedings, arguing the Permanent Court of Arbitra- expelled to farm tion has no jurisdiction over the matter. as punishment intelligence sharing Beijing has in recent years rap- idly built artificial islands, which SEOUL: North Korean leader SYDNEY: Australian Prime Turnbull yesterday ordered neighbours fear will be used as Kim Jong-Un has sent one of Minister Malcolm Turnbull yes- Australian law enforcement offi- military outposts. his top aides to a farm for “re- terday called for greater intelli- cials to test their readiness for a In a July hearing in The Hague, education” to punish him for the gence sharing in Southeast Asia mass casualty attack in the wake Philippine Foreign Secretary sloppy construction of a power to stop a Paris-style attack and of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks which Albert del Rosario warned the plant, South Korea’s spy agency ordered local law enforcement killed 130 people. integrity of UN maritime laws said yesterday. officials to test their readiness to Australia is conducting air was at stake. Choe Ryong-Hae, a member of handle a mass casualty attack. strikes against Islamic State as China’s behaviour had become the ruling party’s politburo stand- Citing “increased terror- part of a US-led coalition. increasingly “aggressive” and ing committee, was purged earlier ist threats”, the United States Turnbull reiterated there were negotiations had proved futile, this month, Seoul lawmakers said issued a global alert on Monday no plans to change Australia’s mil- del Rosario said. after the National Intelligence for Americans planning to travel itary tactics against Islamic State, AFP Service (NIS) briefed them in a following deadly militant attacks despite some politicians calling for closed session. in France and Mali. troops to be sent to Syria. Questions have swirled about In a national security address He highlighted the need for the fate of Choe, after his name to parliament, Turnbull called countering violent extremism was omitted from an official for greater intelligence sharing online. funeral committee list this month. with the leaders of Southeast “Just as Australia cannot fight The NIS said Choe was prob- Asian countries such as Indonesia, any military conflict against ISIL Chinese journalist ably purged to take the blame Malaysia and Singapore, to which unilaterally, we cannot counter for a water leak at a power sta- Australians are frequent visitors. violent extremism alone, partic- appeals jail term tion completed in late October at “From an Australian perspec- ularly online,” he said, using an Mount Paekdu near the border tive, we see a real risk that ter- acronym for Islamic State. BEIJING: A jailed 71-year-old with China. rorist groups in the region might Turnbull also said Attorney Chinese journalist appealed yes- He was mentioned in state be inspired by attacks such as General George Brandis would terday against her seven-year media as recently as October 31, we have seen in Ankara, Beirut, visit Indonesia next month to sentence, which triggered world- when he made a statement about Bamako and Paris and we are very discuss furthering regional intel- wide condemnation, as lawyers a ruling party congress next year. Japan’s H-2A rocket lifts off from the launch pad at the Tanegashima mindful of the fact that hundreds ligence coordination. said China had imprisoned two Space Center on the country’s southern island of Tanegashgima, in of thousands of Australians visit other activists. AFP Kagoshima prefecture. The rocket put into orbit a Canadian communica- Southeast Asia every year,” he said. REUTERS Dozens of police officers blocked tions satellite, the Japanese space programme’s first commercial payload. access to the Beijing high court where Gao Yu appeared for an hour-long hearing “closed” to outsiders, her lawyer told AFP. A former winner of Unesco’s Burundi suspends World Press Freedom Prize, her Marcos jewels to go under the hammer jailing in April for “leaking state 10 civil society secrets” was condemned by free MANILA: Philippine authorities als of the jewels in 1988 and 1991 speech advocates worldwide. groups yesterday showcased necklaces estimated their worth at between The hearing came as two other with diamonds the size of marbles five and seven million dollars, but political activists were sentenced NAIROBI: Burundi’s interior and other jewels seized from the the PCGC said this is no longer to prison. minister has suspended the oper- family of late dictator Ferdinand current. A court in southern China’s ations of 10 civil society groups, Marcos in preparation for a pos- “This will significantly open the Shenzhen jailed activist Yang Lin accusing them of fuelling wide- sible multi-million-dollar auction. way to determining a final resolu- for three years for “inciting sub- spread violence in recent months, White-gloved appraisers from tion on the said assets including version of state power”, his lawyer a senior official said yesterday. Christie’s auction house exam- the possible auction of the same,” Fan Biaowen said. The United States criticised ined about 600 pieces of jewellery the PCGG said in a statement. Yang was associated with the the move in the small central including gold chains covered with It said a final decision required “Southern Street Movement,” a African nation, which slid into sparkling gems, a huge circlet of the approval of other agencies, loose-knit group who held small crisis after a decision by President rubies and a necklace dripping and that Marcos’s widow, flam- protests calling for political Pierre Nkurunziza to seek a third with pink and yellow diamonds boyant former first lady Imelda reform. Several of its members term in a disputed July election. at a special vault at the Philippine Marcos, and her children, were have been jailed. Terence Ntahiraja, the per- central bank. still disputing the ownership of In the northeastern city of manent secretary in the interior The Presidential Commission part of the collection before the Harbin, a lawyer for activist Chai ministry, said by phone that the on Good Government (PCGG), Supreme Court. Imelda Marcos’s Baowen said his client was given a 10 groups, most of them led by a body created to recover the lawyer Robert Sison said in a three-year sentence for “picking prominent civil rights defenders millions stolen by Marcos and statement that ownership of the Authorities showcase one of Marcos’ jewellery collections, which will be quarrels”. who have fled into exile, were his allies, said that “due to the jewels was still subject to litiga- appraised inside the Philippine Central Bank in Manila. The charge was based on a found to have been supporting vast quantity of jewellery to be tion. He described the appraisal single post Chai made on social troublemakers. appraised, it will take at least five as a “very obvious political stunt.” of how his family enriched itself art works and shoes even as other media, criticising official accounts The groups had led protests days” for teams to go over it. The long-hidden collection, while the nation sank deeper into Marcos relatives and allies gained of a police shooting, attorney Yan against Nkurunziza’s bid for a After the appraisal by Chris- seized in three batches after poverty during his 20 years in fortunes during the Marcos years. Xin added. third term of office tie’s, a team from Sotheby’s will Marcos was overthrown in 1986, power. Imelda Marcos amassed a REUTERS have their turn. Previous apprais- has been cited by critics as proof huge collection of jewels, valuable AFP AFP

S Korea’s Park calls for mask ban at protests Boy dies of Ebola in Liberia SEOUL: South Korean President reform and state-issued history called for “strong measures” eration of Trade Unions, a mili- MONROVIA: A 15-year-old boy workers are being monitored, of Park Geun-Hye yesterday called textbooks in Seoul on November against the protesters, especially tant umbrella labour union and a has died of Ebola in Liberia, the which 10 are identified as high- for a ban on masks at demonstra- 14, in the biggest protest in the those in masks. leading organiser of the Novem- first such fatality for months in a risk, Kateh said. tions, less than two weeks after country for nearly a decade. “At a time when acts of ter- ber 14 rally, accused the president country declared free of the dis- The source of the virus is huge anti-government protests Many scuffled with police, who rorism are taking many lives of trying to stifle dissent. ease in September, chief medical being investigated and Liberia rocked Seoul, as she warned “ter- responded with water cannon and around the world, some terror- “This is really pathetic,” KCTU officer Francis Kateh said yes- has requested the assistance of rorist elements” may infiltrate liquid pepper spray, leaving doz- ist elements may sneak into such said in a statement. It added, “Her terday. two experts from the Centers for demonstrations. ens injured and one protester in protests and pose a threat to the statements over IS and masks ... Nathan Gbotoe tested positive Disease Control and Prevention The president also drew par- a critical condition. lives of our people,” she said at a left us simply speechless.” last week and died last Monday in the United States. allels between masked protest- Police have come under fire for cabinet meeting yesterday. The November 14 demon- in hospital in Paynesville near The World Health Organisation ers and the Islamic State group, what critics describe as exces- “In particular, masks in pro- stration saw police surround the capital, where his father and (WHO) has twice declared the prompting organisers of the sive use of force, while about 200 tests should not be tolerated. Isn’t demonstrators with barricades brother are also being treated for West African nation to be Ebola- recent rally to say her comments demonstrators are being investi- that what the IS is doing these composed of hundreds of police Ebola, officials said. free, once on May 9 and again on had left them “speechless”. gated after dozens of police buses days, with their faces hidden like buses, with protesters tying ropes Liberia has placed under sur- September 3. Liberia’s last Ebola More than 60,000 people pro- were damaged. Park described that?” she added, referring to the to the vehicles to try to move veillance 153 people who may have death was in July. tested against the conservative the clashes on November 14 as Islamic State jihadi group. them. come into contact with Gbotoe. government’s push for labour an “unacceptable” incident and However, the Korean Confed- AFP An additional 25 healthcare REUTERS WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 ASIA / PAKISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Thirsty for fame: Pakistan’s camel-mounted military bagpipe band MOJ GARH: A haunting peal — that is until the idea to dress the drums. Moj Garh, home to a says, admitting that while cam- reminiscent of the Scottish High- them in bunting and put bagpip- centuries-old fort, serves as a base els are “quite intelligent” they are lands reverberates across Paki- ers on their backs was born. for troops in the Pakistan army, also quick to fury. stan’s inhospitable Cholistan After making their debut and its desert location made it a He describes the relationship desert as the nation’s first camel- before startled spectators at prime choice for officials decid- as “friendly”, but it hasn’t been mounted military bagpipe band Pakistan’s National Day parade ing where to locate their camel an easy road. marches, noses in the air. in Islamabad in March, they are band camp. “We have trained them in such With scarlet and gold uniforms now deployed in Moj Garh, 100km The army has built a huge farm a way that they don’t get upset in sharp contrast to the dichro- east of the city of Bahawalpur in housing some 170 camels there, with even drum sounds... they matic landscape of beige and Punjab province, where they drill where handlers train the temper- obey our orders now.” green, the camels’ tails switch in daily in preparation for a poten- amental animals to toe the line. It’s not all marching. Some of perfect rhythm. tial international career. “It is an uphill task to train the specially trained camels also Their passengers sway above Wing commander Lieutenant the camels, who are known for perform in an acrobatics dis- them with looks of nervous con- Colonel Abdul Razzaq says the their anger, vengeance and mood- play, featuring Rangers perched centration as they try to keep bal- band is a matter of pride for his swings,” Razzaq says, as nearby upside down on their backs and ance while blaring out the notes. troops, particularly as a counter- handlers drape their charges in pyramids of riders balancing “It is very difficult to play balance to arch-rival India. costumes before the start of a across three camels at a time -- the bagpipe while sitting on the India, he admits, does have performance. a manoeuvre described, somewhat camel,” admits piper Muhammad its own camel-mounted military A team of veterinary doctors understatedly, by Razzaq as one Hussain. band — but theirs, he notes point- and medics give round-the-clock of the “most difficult” to perform. Members of Pakistan Desert Rangers perform during a march in Moj Garh, The band, part of the Pakistan edly, “is a brass band”, with not a care and the handlers provide The uniforms are hand-stitched 100km east of Bahawalpur, in Punjab province. Desert Rangers, was formed last bagpipe in sight. prompt feedings. in the city of Sialkot northeast of year after hundreds of animals The Pakistani version helps “They get angry and start the capital Islamabad. bagpiper Hussain says near the was to train the band, says it was went out of service, reduced by keep them on “equal footing” fighting with each other if we do “I feel pride in wearing this Moj Garh fort. difficult getting them over the the latest military patrol vehi- with “our enemy”, he adds as the not feed them on time,” Sepoy uniform and playing the bagpipe Band major and Sub-Inspector hump. cles to doing mere donkey’s work camels march past to the beat of Asghar Ali, one of the handlers, while sitting on the camel,” the Muhammad Iqbal, whose task it AFP

US lauds Lanka govt Pakistan nears 300th on Tamil reconciliation

COLOMBO: The United States visit to the Indian Ocean island. has praised Sri Lanka’s new gov- “The government has laid down execution in a year ernment for speeding up efforts a list of commitments and ... (is) towards reconciliation with making their way through those ethnic minority Tamils after a commitments, in terms of giving Paraplegic convicted of murder set to hang separatist civil war which lasted back lands, in terms of Preven- nearly three decades and killed tion of Terrorism Act, in terms ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to Forty-five people were executed last year as part of a crackdown tens of thousands of people. of missing people, implementation execute a disabled man as activists in October alone, Amnesty said, after Taliban militants gunned Pakistan Air Force Flying Officer Steps such as the return of of the accountability mechanism.” said it was nearing its 300th making it the deadliest month down more than 150 people, most Marium Mukhtiar land, efforts to find the missing Since President Maithripala hanging in under a year, with since the moratorium was lifted. of them children, at an army-run and the lifting of bans on Tamil Sirisena was elected in Janu- Amnesty slamming Islamabad No official figures are available. school in the restive northwest. groups will help heal wounds ary, he has tried to mend rela- yesterday for “shamefully sealing The rights group Reprieve said Hangings were initially that linger six years after conflict tions with the United States and its place among the world’s worst yesterday that by its tally the reinstated only for those convicted Pakistani female ended, said Samantha Power, US other Western nations, strained executioners”. number of executions has just of terrorism, but in March they Permanent Representative to the under his predecessor Mahinda The execution of Abdul Basit, a passed 300, while other local were extended to all capital fighter pilot killed United Nations. Rajapaksa, who was criticised paraplegic who was convicted of activists said the figure was below offences. “A lot has been done in a short for not doing enough to promote murder in 2009, has already been 260. Critics say the legal system in jet crash period of time,” Power told the reconciliation between Tamils and postponed several times after “Pakistan’s ongoing zeal for is unjust, with rampant police Thomson Reuters Foundation the majority Sinhalese. rights groups raised concerns executions is an affront to human torture and poor representation ISLAMABAD: One of Paki- on Monday on the sidelines of about how a wheelchair-bound rights and the global trend for victims, while the majority stan’s few female fighter jet pilots a youth conference during a REUTERS man would mount the scaffold. against the death penalty,” David of those who are hanged are not was killed in a training crash Amnesty said it has been Griffiths, the group’s South Asia convicted of terror charges. yesterday, the air force said in a scheduled again for today. research director, said in the “The state is hanging petty statement. Pakistan’s Human Rights statement. criminals while known terrorists Flying Officer Marium Commission said in a statement “Even if the authorities stay are still in prisons,” human rights Mukhtiar and Squadron Leader it had written to Prime Minister the execution of Abdul Basit, a activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir Saqib Abbasi were flying a Taliban capture 13 Afghan soldiers Nawaz Sharif seeking to stay the man with paraplegia, Pakistan is said yesterday. training mission on an FT-7PG KABUL: Taliban insurgents captured 13 Afghan government sol- execution, adding that prison still executing people at a rate of The Amnesty figures suggest aircraft that encountered a “seri- diers yesterday after their helicopter crashed in territory under the authorities were still awaiting an almost one a day.” Pakistan is on track to become ous in-flight emergency” during militants’ control, police said. Three soldiers were killed in the crash. answer from the government on There was no evidence the one of the world’s top executioners the final stages, the Pakistan Sayed Aqa Saqeb, police chief for the northern province of Faryab, how to proceed with the hanging. “relentless” executions have done in 2015. Air Force (PAF) said in a state- where the transport helicopter went down, said it was not clear why In a statement yesterday, anything to counter extremism in In 2014, 607 people were put to ment. it crashed. Amnesty said it has recorded 299 the country, he added. death in 22 countries, according “Flying Officer Marium Security forces had launched an operation to rescue the men, he said. executions in Pakistan since the The rights group also alleged to Amnesty, though that figure embraced martyrdom and became The militants, fighting to expel foreign forces and bring down the death penalty was controversially that many of the executions come does not include China, where the the first lady pilot from PAF to US-backed government, have made gains over the past year outside reinstated following a Taliban after court proceedings that “do number of executions is believed attain this great honour,” it said. their southern and eastern heartlands and into northern areas, includ- mass killing at a school in not meet international fair trial to be in the hundreds but is The male officer, Abbasi, sus- ing Faryab. Peshawar last year that was the standards”. considered by authorities to be a tained minor injuries, the air An army spokesman in northern Afghanistan said he had no infor- country’s deadliest ever extremist Pakistan ended a six-year state secret. force added. mation about a helicopter crash. attack. moratorium on the death penalty AFP AFP REUTERS

Pakistani children study under open EU to resume deportation of skies as quake rocks education migrants to PESHAWAR: Ishtiaq Khalid is having a snow day, forced to Pakistan stay home from his school in the ISLAMABAD: Europe’s migra- Pakistani district of Shangla due tion commissioner has said an to inclement weather, but unlike agreement to deport undocu- most 12-year-olds, he is not happy mented migrants to Pakistan about it. will be restored, after Islamabad Last month a powerful earth- announced it had suspended the quake destroyed 200 schools deal because of its “blatant mis- and damaged hundreds more in use”. Pakistan’s northwest, including The 2010 agreement aimed to Ishtiaq’s, leaving thousands of facilitate the return of Pakistani Bangladesh police officials escort some of the accused in the murder of shivering children to study with- illegal immigrants and other out shelter under wintry skies. nationals who had transited Japanese woman Hiroe Miyata, in Dhaka yesterday. It is a massive setback in an through Pakistan before arriving area that has not yet been able to in the European Union. rebuild the schools destroyed in Islamabad suspended the Japanese woman killed, an even more devastating quake a agreement with EU countries decade ago, and where more than except Britain, denouncing mis- a quarter of primary school age use including the lack of “proper Pakistani children return from school in Bumburate valley yesterday. children already do not attend verification” of their nationality. buried in Bangladesh classes. “There were some technical Engineers have declared the stan and Pakistan on October 26, Pakhtunkhwa said last month’s issues that have been clarified, DHAKA: Bangladesh police “We are treating this as a damaged schools too dangerous to killing nearly 400 people. quake completely destroyed 200 in order to move ahead with have arrested five men over the murder” investigation pending a study in, saying any aftershocks Authorities reopened the school schools and damaged some 2,000 the implementation of the repa- suspected murder of a Japanese post-mortem to determine cause or further tremors could be “dis- five days after the tremor, but more, with preliminary assess- triation agreement,” Dimitris businesswoman who is believed to of death, one police officer said. astrous”. students were not allowed inside, ments suggesting that up to 8,000 Avramopoulos said in Islamabad have been buried in a graveyard Five men who worked closely Another 5.9-magnitude quake forced to study under the open children could be affected. after meeting Pakistan’s interior, under a false name, an officer said with Miyata were arrested late shook the region late last Sun- sky in a courtyard. Just days later, And with cold weather settling foreign affairs ministers. yesterday. last Monday and remanded in day, and while no major damage rain and snow saw officials cancel in, they may have to close the His statement was confirmed Police suspect Hiroe Miyata, custody by a Dhaka court for fur- was reported, it underscored the classes once more. schools entirely days before the by the interior ministry, which 60, who lived in Bangladesh, was ther questioning, the officer said. point. “We were happy with the reo- official start of the winter break. quoted the commissioner as say- interred last month in the capital Another police official said the “We have been warned because pening despite attending the “The situation is not good,” ing that “deportees will be sent Dhaka under a fake identity after woman had been living and work- of the fear of aftershocks,” said classes under open sky and siting Qaisar Alam, a senior educa- from Europe under a clear Stand- officers examined records at the ing in Dhaka for the last 10 years. Ishtiaq, who is in the fifth grade on ground,” Ishtiaq said. tion official in the area, admitted ard Operating Procedure (SOP) Muslim graveyard. “She died in mysterious cir- at his school in Lelonai village But now, he says, it is getting nearly a month after the tremor. after finding a solution to Paki- Authorities began investigat- cumstances,” the official, who in Shangla district of Khyber colder, and the government has The holiday will last until Feb- stan’s reservations”. European, ing after the woman’s mother in also declined to be named because Pakhtunkhwa province. only issued one tent for his entire ruary, but it is not clear whether Pakistani officials are meeting to Japan reported her missing to of the preliminary nature of the Parts of his school were reduced school. The teachers can fit inside, the damaged schools can be discuss the details of the proce- the Japanese embassy in Dhaka case. to rubble in the 7.5 magnitude he said, but the students cannot. rebuilt. dure. on November 19. AFP quake that ripped across Afghani- Officials in Khyber AFP AFP WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA Nuclear club eyes Indian inclusion, but risks Pakistan’s anger NEW DELHI: Diplomats have nuclear fold 41 years after it an ally of China, also aspires to strengthen India’s geopolitical lot more left over to use to make ton and Krepon argued Pakistan quietly launched a new push to tested its first nuclear bomb, and join the NSG. With a history as a clout and help it capitalise on weapons. Pakistan sees a nuclear should abandon its goal of “full- induct India into a club of nuclear give the nation of 1.25 billion a proliferator, Pakistan’s accession nuclear trade and technology lead as vital insurance against spectrum” deterrence against trading nations, but rather than vested interest in curbing the would be a tough sell. transfer opportunities, while also possible aggression by its larger India and satisfy itself with “stra- increasing stability in South Asia, world’s most dangerous regional Because the NSG operates by raising concern in Pakistan. neighbour, and it appears to be tegic” deterrence, or the ability to the move could escalate strains arms race. consensus, admitting India alone “India has a nuclear deal with gaining the upper hand over India launch an effective counter-strike with rival Pakistan. “It’s a very delicate process, but would mean it could then bar its the U.S., with France, it will soon in the nuclear contest. in the event of an attack. The chairman of the Nuclear I think there is less and less jus- western neighbour from the club, have deals with Australia and Analysts Toby Dalton and India and Pakistan have fought Suppliers Group (NSG) visited tification for the impasse,” Rafael potentially pushing Pakistan fur- Japan. So all this will of course Michael Krepon estimate Paki- three wars since independence New Delhi recently to meet For- Grossi, the Argentinian ambas- ther to the fringes. complement its effort to get into stan is producing 20 nuclear war- and partition in 1947, two over eign Minister Sushma Swaraj as sador to Vienna who heads the Meanwhile, Pakistan has been NSG,” said a senior Pakistani heads a year to India’s five. Kashmir. Their disputed frontier part of a diplomatic “outreach” NSG, said in an interview. testing missiles that can reach security official with knowledge Yet defending that lead is a is one of the world’s most heav- that seeks to build a consensus to Yet there are doubts. For one, all of India, and very short-range of nuclear issues. “losing proposition” that imposes ily militarised regions. Border admit India at its annual meeting India has not signed the Non-Pro- missiles that it insists could be “But people don’t understand huge costs on Pakistan’s economy clashes and incursions pose a next June. liferation Treaty, or NPT, which used only if Indian troops cross that India will use all this addi- and strains its social fabric, they constant risk of escalation. Membership of the 48-nation seeks to prevent the spread of onto Pakistani soil. tional fuel (through civil nuclear said. In a report for the Carnegie club would bring India into the nuclear weapons. And Pakistan, A seat at the NSG would deals) to make energy and have a and Stimson think tanks, Dal- REUTERS

Govt opposes India, Singapore sign deal to phase out fossil fuels NEW DELHI: The government strategic partnership would reject a deal to combat climate change that includes a pledge for the world to wean itself off fossil fuels this century, Deal a framework for greater regional stability a senior official said. SINGAPORE: India and Sin- Besides this, two agreements tions Museum of Singapore”. Almost 200 nations will meet gapore signed a joint declaration on defence cooperation and loan The operationalisation docu- in the French capital on Nov. 30 on strategic partnership and nine of artifacts from India to Singa- ment on arts and culture is on an to try and seal a deal to prevent bilateral accords yesterday, the pore, two executive programme/ “executive programme on coop- the planet from warming more second day of Prime Minister operationalisation documents eration in the fields of the arts, than the 2 degrees Celsius that Narendra Modi’s visit to this on arts and culture, and white- heritage, archives and library” scientists say is vital if the world city state. shipping, and five memorandums between the Indian and Singapo- PM Narendra Modi and Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong (right) pose after is to avoid the most devastating Modi and Singaporean Prime of agreement (MoUs) on cyber rean governments for the years signing the Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration at Istana Presidential effects of climate change. Minister Lee Hsien Loong signed security, civil aviation, knowledge 2015-2018. Palace in Singapore yesterday. To keep warming in check, the joint declaration on strategic exchange in the field of planning, The second operationalisation some countries want the Paris partnership to elevate bilateral urban planning, and combating document has been signed follow- maritime security,” the statement dialogue; exchange of informa- agreement to include a commit- relations to a “strategic part- drug trafficking were also signed. ing the technical agreement on said. The MoU on cyber security tion on cyber-attacks; research ment to decarbonise—to reduce nership to deepen and broaden The agreement on defence sharing white-shipping or com- was signed between the Indian collaboration in smart technolo- and ultimately phase out the engagement in existing areas of cooperation enhances coopera- mercial shipping information Computer Emergency Response gies; exchange of information on burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil cooperation and catalyse new tion in the field by providing for about movement of cargo ships Team (CERT-In) and the Sin- prevalent cyber security policies and gas that is blamed for climate ones ranging from political, defence ministers’ dialogue, joint between the Indian and Singapore gapore Computer Emergency and best practices as well as pro- change—this century. defence and security cooperation exercises between armed forces, navies signed on July 21, 2015. Response Team (SingCERT). fessional exchanges,” it said. India is dependent on coal for to economic, cultural and peo- and cooperation between defence “Following the signing of tech- “The MoU promotes closer The MoU on civil aviation most of its energy needs, and ple to people contact”, an official industries to identify areas of co- nical agreement between the two cooperation and exchange of “facilitates mutual cooperation in despite a pledge to expand solar statement said. production and co-development, navies on sharing white-shipping information pertaining to cyber a number of civil aviation services and wind power has said its econ- “The strategic partnership is the statement said. information in July 2015, both security between the computer and airport management begin- omy is too small and its people too also a framework to contribute The second agreement navies have established a two-way emergency response teams of the ning with Jaipur and Ahmedabad poor to end use of the fossil fuel to greater regional stability and “extends the loan of Indian linkage. This has enhanced bilat- two countries by establishment of airports”. anytime soon. growth,” it added. artifacts to the Asian Civilisa- eral cooperation in the area of a broader framework for future IANS REUTERS Top actor’s remark creates political storm SC rejects French plea

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar “We completely reject the com- Aamir Khan yesterday found ment of Aamir Khan. He is not for woman’s release himself in the centre of a politi- scared but he is trying to scare cal storm over his remarks on people. Aamir Khan makes a NEW DELHI: The Supreme being a part of a subversive group intolerance, with the BJP sharply comment and Rahul Gandhi sup- Court yesterday rejected a that killed a senator. What can criticising him and the Congress ports it. It becomes clear from French request to release from the French government do if stoutly defending him. The actor- Gandhi’s comment that there is prison a Frenchwoman wanted in she flees despite the guarantee? producer’s candid remarks at an a conspiracy going on in the coun- Chile over the assassination of a We will not make any interim awards event in New Delhi the try to defame the nation,” BJP key supporter of General Pinoc- arrangement,” said Justice T S previous day set Twitter abuzz spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain het’s military regime. Thakur. Lawyers for Verhoeven and left the film fraternity told media persons in New Delhi. Chile is seeking the extradition have argued that her arrest and divided. “India gave him all the laurels of Marie-Emmanuelle Verhoeven, detention were illegal and she Aamir, 50, had said, “For the and respect. He should not forget 56, for her alleged role in a should be released immediately. last six to eight months, there that India made him a star,” Hus- conspiracy to kill Senator Jaime The Supreme Court will take up has been a growing despondency sain said. Guzman Errazuriz on April 1, her case again on December 8. I would say. Kiran (wife Kiran A complaint was lodged against 1991. She was arrested on the basis Rao) and I have lived all our life the “PK” star by short filmmaker Police arrested her on February of an Interpol notice for her in India. When I sit at home Ullhas PR with Delhi Police over 16 as she entered the country detention issued at Chile’s request, and talk to Kiran, for the first the remarks. Meanwhile, hun- from Nepal, and she has been but Interpol later cancelled the time she said, ‘Should we move An activist is detained by Mumbai police as he shouts slogans outside actor dreds of activists of the Hindu held in Delhi’s notorious Tihar notice. out of India?’ Now that’s a very Aamir Khan’s residence yesterday. Sena yesterday staged a loud Jail ever since. The Delhi High Court in disastrous and a big comment demonstration outside Khan’s The French embassy had told September ruled in favour of to make to me.” Union Minister sarily tarnishes the image of the tion the government and Modiji residence in Mumbai protesting the Supreme Court it would Verhoeven’s immediate release, Kiren Rijiju sought to contradict country.” as unpatriotic, anti-national against his statement on intol- ensure she remained in India if saying the extradition request Aamir’s assertion and said: “The The Congress, however, sup- or ‘motivated’, the government erance. They were detained by it released her into its custody was illegal, but shortly afterwards record shows that the number of ported Aamir, with party vice would do better to reach out to the police and security beefed up pending an extradition hearing. she was re-arrested in prison. incidents of communal violence president Rahul Gandhi suggest- people to understand what’s dis- around Aamir’s house. But yesterday the court A native of Nantes in western in the country have come down ing that the Narendra Modi gov- turbing them.” BJP parliamentarian Yogi Adi- dismissed the plea, questioning France, Verhoeven had been since NDA came to power. Just ernment reach out to the people In a quick rebuttal, the BJP tyanath said people were free to the embassy’s ability to uphold arrested in the German city of to make a blatant statement that to know why they felt disturbed. said Rahul Gandhi supporting leave as it will reduce the coun- such a guarantee. Hamburg in January 2014 and during NDA rule, the country has Rahul Gandhi tweeted: “Instead Aamir’s comment only reeks of a try’s population. “The Frenchwoman is accused detained for four months. become intolerant, it unneces- of branding all those who ques- conspiracy to defame the nation. IANS of terror activity, murder and AFP

Lived in peon’s quarter Protests erupt in Kashmir after burial of militants after becoming CM: Lalu SRINAGAR: Protests erupted Angry youths pelted stones at in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bijbe- Sayeed’s ancestral home, smash- hara town yesterday soon after ing several window panes. PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad “You have to protect the honour the burial of three militants Some protestors hoisted a and his son and Bihar Deputy of the Grand Alliance government with some protestors hoisting Pakistani flag on the compound Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav by behaving in a decent manner. the Pakistani flag on a wall close wall of a house adjacent to Say- yesterday expressed displeas- Do not create a bad name and to Chief Minister Mufti Muham- eed’s residence. ure over a mad scramble by the impression by indulging in any- mad Sayeed’s house. Police exercised restraint to party’s newly-elected legislators thing wrong,” he advised them at Soon after the burial of the ensure no civilian suffered inju- to stake claim to government a party meeting here. three Hizbul Mujahideen mili- ries during law and order man- residences. Tejaswi Yadav, 26, assured that tants, who were killed in a gun- agement in the town, a senior Both the RJD leaders asked the all new legislators would be pro- fight with the security forces last police officer said here. legislators to “behave in a decent vided government residences. Monday, protestors in the town The three militants, identified manner” to safeguard the honour “We will allot government resi- in Anantnag district indulged in as Arif, Adil and Amir -- all resi- of the Grand Alliance compris- dences to all as per the rules of heavy stone pelting at the secu- dents of the town, were killed in ing the Janata Dal-United, the allotment. But please do not be in rity forces. a brief gunfight with the security Rashtriya Janata Dal and the a rush,” he said. According to offi- Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu forces in Tantraypora (Siligam) Congress. cials, some new legislators have National Highway that passes village of Anantnag district. In his own inimitable style, affixed their own nameplates on through Bijbehara town, 40km Separatist leader Syed Ali Lalu Prasad reminded the legis- many residential buildings, pull- from here, was halted after Geelani called for a Valley-wide lators that he had lived for four ing out the nameplates to whom angry protestors pelted stones at protest shutdown yesterday Kashmiri villagers chant slogans as they carry the bodies of two suspected months in a ‘chaprasi’ (peon) the houses were earlier allotted. passing vehicles also. Police used against the killing of the three rebels during a funeral procession in the village of Bijbehara in Anantnag quarter even after becoming chief batons and lobbed tear smoke militants. district, south of Srinagar, yesterday. minister. IANS shells to quell the mob. IANS

WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com FEATURES Prius: A new era of automotive technology

he internal combustion engine has been the The much-awaited breakthrough finally came in THS is simply the most elegant solution to the wid- dominant power source for cars for over a 1997, with the arrival of the Prius and its new hybrid est range of needs. Thundred years, leading to our reliance on cars system. A magical solution had been found, and the The fourth generation Prius essentially has the as the most favoured means of transportation. Prius became the world’s first mass-produced hybrid, same yet more advanced Hybrid system than the We can use our cars to go anyplace we like, any- cutting fuel consumption in half for drivers the world first generation, which basically comes with gasoline time we like. When it’s hot outside, we’d rather get over. engine, power split device, electric motor, generator in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle to drive to Unlike conventional vehicles that have just one and battery. the local store than endure a long, sweaty walk. But power source, a hybrid system is composed of mul- Since you can draw on both power sources at the petrol engines burn fossil fuels and release green- tiple power sources such as a petrol engine and elec- same time, you also get excellent acceleration. At house gases, especially CO2, into the atmosphere. tric motors. low speeds, the electric motor powers the vehicle. Ultimately, these gases contribute to global warming. With so-called “series” hybrids, the petrol engine When the Prius accelerates, both the electric motor But what if you could halve your fuel consump- drives a generator, which in turn drives the elec- and the gasoline engine drive the wheels. had to simultaneously develop the hybrid system, tion? Not only would you be helping save the envi- tric motor used for driving the wheels. “Parallel” Add to this “regenerative braking”. The electric which was still at the research stage. ronment, you would be going to fill your tank less hybrids, as the name suggests, are driven by an motor assists with braking, saving wear and tear The Power Control Unit is equivalent to the often, saving time and money. You would be getting electric motor and gasoline engine simultaneously. on the regular brakes. It is used to absorb energy engine of a conventional vehicle. Being comprised of a lot more for less. That’s why the Prius is so impor- However, they cannot generate electricity when the in deceleration and also to drive the generator used components such as an electric motor and inverter/ tant—it doubles fuel economy. electric motor is driving the wheels, and vice versa. for charging the battery. converter, it would normally be developed by an Early inventors experimented with various ways Each of these has advantages and disadvantages, so Once all the technological elements are in place, it electrical equipment manufacturer. But the Prius to power cars. Steam and electricity weren’t prac- the Prius development team decided to combine the normally takes at least three to four years to develop development team realized that entrusting this key tical then, so manufacturers went with the petrol best features of both with a “series-parallel” hybrid. a new vehicle. The first hybrid was developed in just technology to an external supplier could put Toyota’s engine which had been invented in 1876 and out- Basically, around town you will mostly be using two years—a miraculous achievement. Looking back, future at risk as an automaker. They decided that performed them. The internal combustion engine the electric motor, and on the highway mostly the one developer says, “The development period was it should be developed in-house and all members of caught on in a big way, and over the years was gasoline engine. When accelerating, you use both. crazy short—overall, it was a crazy project! The Prius the team strived as one, working 24/7 to make this improved. Manufacturers worked hard to improve This allows you to halve your gasoline consumption— development project followed a truly unprecedented new technology a reality. both performance and fuel efficiency. without sacrificing performance in any situation. path. While developing the vehicle itself, the team THE PENINSULA

Couscous Promotion New LG projector creates theatre-like experience in smallest of rooms

G Electronics (LG) introduced a new Able to display Full HD resolution (1920 x projector, Minibeam Ultra Short-Throw 1080), the projector employs a self-emitting L(UST), capable of projecting a 100-inch RGB LED illumination system for the most image on a screen or wall from only 38 cen- natural shades and hues possible all the while timeters away. And at less than two kilograms, running quietly at only 21dB in Eco Mode. the projector (model PF1000U) is transport- With its Four Corner Keystone function, able and easy to set up in any room of the viewers can easily eliminate distortion even house. Able to display Full HD resolution and when the projector isn’t perfectly aligned brightness of 1000 lumens, the Minibeam UST with the screen. The Minibeam UST can also is also easy to use. connect via Bluetooth to sound bars, port- To project a 100-inch picture, conventional able speakers and wireless earphones for an projectors usually need to be positioned three immersive audio experience. The projector to four meters from the screen or wall. The also comes equipped with a TV tuner as well it possible for every home and every room to LG Minibeam has none of these limitations as USB and HDMI inputs. replicate a real theater-like experience.” Mercure Hotel will be having a ‘Couscous Promotion’ at their La Villa as a 100-inch display can be projected from a “LG’s new Minibeam UST projector delivers The LG Minibeam UST projector is avail- Restaurant on the 12th floor on November 26, 27 and 28 from 7pm to distance of only 38cm from the wall. a 100-inch Full HD picture in a package that able at all Jumbo Electronics showrooms, 11pm. Assorted Couscous like Couscous Royal, Couscous with Chicken, The picture quality is enhanced by the Triple is easy to transport from room to room,” said Spark Lifestyle Electronics and leading Couscous with Lamb, Couscous Seafood, Vegetable Couscous, and more XD Engine, a chip that is the result of LG’s 50 CV Rappai, Director & CEO, Video Home& hypermarkets. will be served with accompaniments. years of experience in the television industry. Electronic Centre. “LG Minibeam UST makes THE PENINSULA AICR International forms Qatar division

ICR International, the the first time this year. All Front Tree Old Town, as Treasurer and David Campbell Trophy,” said Global Front of House Office Managers can become Membership Coordinator. Davies. AManagers Association for members and enter their candi- Darin Davies, AICR An official inaugural event of Luxury Hotels, announced the dates. The yearly membership fee International President and the formation of the AICR Qatar formation of its Qatar division. is QR300. Fabian Schmitmann, AICR will be held at Banana Island The AICR is a non-profitable The AICR Qatar Executive International Webmaster were and will include a presentation organisation founded in the Cote committee has been formed with present at the formation of the to the city’s Front Office man- d’Azur in 1964 and has grown Ahmed Kamel, Front Office committee. agers on the criteria and details to over 15 countries and 1000 Manager at InterContinental “I am delighted to see the Qatar of the ‘Receptionist of the Year members. Doha the City, appointed Chapter of AICR come to life. We Competition’ that is set to be The association promotes President of the Doha chapter, look forward to welcoming its new held in December 2015. Loes van friendship, networking, educa- Ashokan Krishnan, Director members to the AICR interna- Putten can be contacted at Loes. tion and service excellence in the of Front Office City Centre tional community, and we will [email protected] for member- AICR officials announcing the formation of the Qatar division. Hospitality Industry among Front Rotana, as Vice President, hopefully see its ‘Receptionist of ship enquiries. of House Associates. The key Mounir Hammoud, Front Office the Year Candidate’ in Vienna An eligible candidate for the participate in the ‘Receptionist the international competition event in every section’s annual Manager Shangri La Doha, as next year where the Qatari win- competition must be a reception- of the year’ competition which in Vienna, Austria from 13 to 17 calendar is the ‘Receptionist of Events Coordinator and Loes van ner will represent Qatar for the ist. Supervisor or Duty Managers will be held mid December 2015. January 2016. the Year’ competition which the Putten, Assistant Front Office title of best Receptionist in the are not eligible to participate. All Should the candidate be success- Qatari section hopes to hold for Manager at the Hilton Double world by winning the coveted candidates must be available to ful, they must be able to attend THE PENINSULA D/Code: Where wellness meets science Get eight-hour sleep /Attitude Doha recently positioned itself to enhance memory as a Lifestyle Destination, joined forces Bwith Nordic Laboratories and Prima-Derm o you want to better remember new names Research Center to create a unique, integrated and faces? Go, hit the sack. According to wellness concept based on genetic tests called D/ Dresearchers, people are better at remember- Code. 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And yet, our physical, mental, and emo- D/Code media launch, supported the initiative to that you need to change your lifestyle for the bet- with a face - and their confidence in their answers tional wellness is often related to clichés, trends or bring science into wellness field: “A one-size-fits- ter, as the old adage goes: prevention is better than - significantly improved,” explained Jeanne F Duffy, guesswork, without much personal or professional all approach to beauty, fitness, nutrition or overall treatment. This revolutionary technology acts like associate neuroscientist at Brigham and Women’s insight into ‘why’ a service or a product would be health no longer makes sense in light of new scien- a roadmap, giving you the power to change your Hospital (BWH). the right choice for us. With D/Code we decided tific studies. 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When given an opportunity to sleep for up to eight hours, participants correctly matched 12 percent more of the faces and names. The findings suggest that sleep after new learning activities may help improve memory. “Sleep is important for learning new information. As people get older, they are more likely to develop sleep disruptions and sleep disorders, which may, in turn, cause memory issues,” Duffy noted. IANS WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 UN decries Obama, Hollande vow unity against IS Balkans Americans will not be terrorised: US President border curbs WASHINGTON: The US and support in the wake of the ton came as Turkey’s downing of France agree to step up military November 13 carnage, switching a Russian warplane at the Syrian efforts against Islamic State into Hollande’s language to tell border threatened to dramatically on refugees (IS) in the wake of a terrorist him, “We are all French”. fan tensions in the volatile region. attack in Paris, President Barack “We are here to declare that Obama and Hollande joined UN GENEVA: About 1,000 migrants Obama and President Francois the United States and France Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are stuck at the main border Hollande said after talks at the stand united in total solidarity in warning against any escalation. crossing into Macedonia from White House. to deliver justice to terrorists “I think it is very important for us Greece, denied entry due to their “The United States and France and those who sent them, and to to right now make sure that both nationalities in contravention of stand united in total solidarity to defend our nations,” Obama said. the Russians and the Turks are international law, the United deliver justice to these terrorists “Americans will not be terror- talking to each other and find out Nations said. and those who sent them,” Obama ised,” he said. exactly what happened, and take Balkan countries have clamped said. Hollande said the leaders Washington and Paris have measures to discourage any kind down at their borders recently are committed to “destroying both stepped up their fight of escalation,” Obama said. to stem what has been an anar- Islamic State no matter where against IS in Syria, with France Hollande was in Washington as chic, largely unchecked stream of they are” through stepped up launching its first strikes from part of a frantic week of shuttle humanity into Europe this year military strikes, intelligence shar- the Charles de Gaulle aircraft diplomacy as he tries to rally glo- but there were signs yesterday ing and working to close the bor- carrier in the Mediterranean on bal support for increased strikes US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande (left) that the tide was starting to ebb der between Turkey and Syria to Monday and the US calling for against IS, which claimed the hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in somewhat — although relief offi- limit the flow of terrorist fighters. more international cooperation Paris attacks. Washington, DC, yesterday. cials cautioned that it was too “Today we wanted to share our against the jihadist group. Both Hollande and Obama reit- early to declare a trend. determination to fight terrorism Hollande said he and Obama erated their determination to see terrorist threats” in the wake of Amri, 27, and Hamza Attou, 20 — “Talk about a sharp drop in anywhere and everywhere,” he had agreed to “scale up our Assad step down in order to give Islamist attacks in Paris, Mali, were charged on Monday on sus- the number of refugee arriv- said. strikes both in Syria and in Iraq to Syria a chance for peace, with Turkey and elsewhere. picion of helping Abdeslam escape als to Greece may be premature. Hollande met Obama at the broaden our scope to strengthen Hollande saying “it should be as Across the border in Bel- to Brussels after the attacks, UNHCR staff on Lesbos (island) White House as the Turkey’s our intelligence sharing regarding soon as possible”. gium, Brussels entered a fourth while a third unnamed person report that over 40 dinghies carry- downing of a Russian warplane the targets.” The French leader will hold day of lockdown over fears of an faces charges of aiding him. ing an estimated 2,000 refugees and dealt a severe blow to efforts to Both said they would boost sup- talks with German Chancellor “imminent” terror strike as the France has launched a major migrants arrived last night (Mon- coordinate the fight against IS. port for forces battling IS on the Angela Merkel in Paris today and manhunt continued for the Bel- security crackdown since the day) and today,” UN refugee agency Speaking 11 days after jihad- ground — while both continuing with Putin in Moscow tomorrow, gian-born Abdeslam. attacks with police searching spokesman William Spindler said. ists killed 130 people in the to rule out any ground interven- before dining with Chinese Pres- As the search intensified for more than 1,200 premises, arrest- The International Organization French capital, Hollande urged tion. “France will not intervene ident Xi Jinping in the French the 26-year-old suspect, authori- ing 165 people and seizing 230 for Migration (IOM) reported an “implacable” joint response to militarily on the ground,” Hol- capital on Sunday. ties said a fourth person has been weapons — including what the earlier that the number of refu- crush the group in Syria and Iraq. lande said. “It is for the local The US government has issued charged in connection with the interior minister called “weap- gees and migrants reaching Greek At a joint press conference, forces to do so.” a worldwide travel alert warning bloodshed in Paris. ons of war.” islands, the most common entry Obama pledged America’s full The leaders’ talks in Washing- American citizens of “increased Two others — Mohammed AGENCIES point to Europe, fell to 155 on Sunday while 478 arrived at the ports of Athens and Kavala — far fewer than the daily average for the past few months. There have also been no Five shot at in US rally over death of black teen 690m kids ‘at risk’ from climate change migrant boats landing in Italy UNITED NATIONS: Nearly 690 million of the world’s 2.3 billion chil- since November 19, it added. CHICAGO: Racial tensions demonstrations protesting the bullets into Laquan McDonald, 17. dren live in areas most exposed to climate change, facing higher rates Increasingly stormy winter soared in two US cities yesterday fatal police shooting of Jamar A judge ordered the Chicago of death, poverty and disease from global warming, the UN children’s weather is making crossings by after three white men opened fire Clark, 24, whom they said was police dashcam video released to agency said yesterday. Almost 530 million children live in countries sea to Europe more dangerous, on a Black Lives Matter protest handcuffed when he was shot in the public no later than Wednes- hardest-hit by high floods and tropical storms, mostly in Asia. and refugees trekking northwards in Minneapolis and a Chicago the head on November 15. day. Van Dyke was charged with An additional 160 million kids are growing up in areas suffering severe through the Balkans are now police officer was charged with “White supremacists attacked first degree murder yesterday, the droughts, mostly in Africa, Unicef said in the report titled “Unless We exposed to freezing cold and snow. murder for shooting a black teen. the #4thPrecinctShutDown in Chicago Tribune reported. Act Now”. “Children will bear the brunt of climate change. They are Traditional refugee haven Swe- Five people were wounded, an act of domestic terrorism,” It will be the first time a already bearing a lot of the impact,” said Nicholas Rees, a policy specialist den announced it will tighten bor- though none gravely, when the the group wrote on its Facebook Chicago police officer has been at Univef and one of the report’s authors. “The sheer number of children der controls and asylum rules to gunmen opened fire on Monday page. “We won’t be intimidated.” charged with first-degree murder exposed to climate risk is alarming,” said the report. US President Barack stem the flood of asylum seekers night at the Minneapolis protest, Meanwhile, the mayor of Chi- for an on-duty fatality in more Obama and China’s Xi Jinping are joining 175 world leaders in Paris into the Nordic country, and force police said. cago called for calm ahead of the than 30 years, the newspaper said. next week for an international conference aimed at clinching the first other EU nations to accept a big- Black Lives Matter Minne- release of a “hideous” video show- agreement on tackling global warming in 20 years. ger share of refugees. apolis vowed to continue its daily ing officer Jason Van Dyke fire 16 AFP AFP REUTERS WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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Wizard of Oz Tiny water bears are huge dress sells for DNA thieves, says study $1.56m in NY WASHINGTON: The eight-leg- prised to find that 17.5 percent — ria, as well as plants, fungi and NEW YORK: A dress worn by ged water bear — a hardy, nearly nearly a sixth — of the genome Archaea single-cell organisms. Hollywood screen siren Judy microscopic animal resembling came from foreign organisms. “Animals that can survive Garland in“The Wizard of Oz as its mammal namesake — gets For most animals, less than one extreme stresses may be par- the character Dorothy sold for a huge chunk of its DNA from percent of their genome comes ticularly prone to acquiring for- $1.56m in New York on Monday, foreign organisms such as bac- from foreign DNA. eign genes — and bacterial genes Bonhams auction house said. teria and plants, scientists have The microscopic rotifer previ- might be better able to withstand The dress was chief highlight revealed. ously held the record, with eight stresses than animal ones,” said in a sale of nearly 400 pieces These genes, the researchers percent of its genome coming Boothby, a postdoctoral fellow in of Hollywood memorabilia suggest, help the tiny animals, from foreign DNA. Goldstein’s lab. organised by the auction house also known as tardigrades, survive “We had no idea that an ani- Indeed, bacteria have survived and Turner Classic Movies that in the harshest of environments. mal genome could be composed the most extreme environments A light micrograph of a tardigrade. Researchers from the University of netted total sales of more than Water bears, which live all of so much foreign DNA,” said on Earth for billions of years. North Carolina at Chapel Hill have sequenced the genome of the nearly $4m. over the world, are usually 0.020 co-author Bob Goldstein of Water bears acquire foreign indestructible tardigrade. The “Dorothy” dress went inches long and move very slowly UNC’s College of Arts and Sci- genes through horizontal gene to one of three phone bidders, and clumsily on their multitude ences. “We knew many animals transfer, a process by which spe- domly but what remains allows damaged DNA while also absorb- smashing its pre-sale estimate of legs. These highly adaptable acquire foreign genes, but we had cies swap genetic material instead water bears to survive in the most ing foreign DNA as the cell rehy- of $800,000 to $1.2m, Bonhams creatures can survive extreme no idea that it happens to this of inheriting DNA from parents. hostile environments. drates, forming a patchworks of said. temperatures. degree.” “With horizontal gene transfer Under intense stress, such as genes from different species. It is one of only two complete Even after being stuck in a The study, published in Mon- becoming more widely accepted extreme dryness, the water bear’s “So instead of thinking of the Dorothy costumes in existence, freezer at -112 degrees Fahren- day’s edition of the Proceedings and more well-known, at least DNA breaks up into small pieces, tree of life, we can think about the said Bonhams’ director of heit for 10 years, they can start of the National Academy of Sci- in certain organisms, it is begin- according to the research team. web of life and genetic material entertainment memorabilia, moving around again about 20 ences, also made unusual findings ning to change the way we think Once the cell rehydrates, its crossing from branch to branch,” Catherine Williamson. minutes after thawing. about how DNA is inherited. about evolution and inheritance of membrane and nucleus housing Boothby explained. “So it’s excit- “The dress is considered a By sequencing these crea- Goldstein, first author Thomas genetic material and the stability the DNA temporarily becomes ing. We are beginning to adjust true and timeless icon of classic tures’ genome, researchers from Boothby and colleagues found that of genomes,” said Boothby. leaky and allows other large mol- our understanding of how evolu- Hollywood,” she added. the University of North Carolina water bears obtain about 6,000 Researchers said the DNA ecules to pass through easily. tion works.” Garland was one of the best- (UNC) at Chapel Hill were sur- foreign genes mostly from bacte- likely gets inside the genome ran- They thus repair their own AFP loved actresses of the Hollywood Golden Age who starred in the 1939 The Wizard of Oz as a teen- ager. The movie won two Oscars, for best song and best music, and Over half of world’s primates on brink of extinction: Experts remains a much-loved family classic more than 70 years later. The second most expensive SINGAPORE: More than half threatened primate species, the Russell Mittermeier, chair of item in the sale was a suit worn the world’s primates, including statement said. In Africa, the red the Species Survival Commission by Marilyn Monroe in “Gen- apes, lemurs and monkeys, are colobus monkeys was under “par- of the International Union for tlemen Prefer Blondes,” which facing extinction, international ticular threat”, as were some of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), fetched $425,000. experts warned yesterday, as they South America’s howler monkeys said he hoped the report would A golden ticket, a prop from called for urgent action to protect and spider monkeys, it added. encourage governments to com- “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate mankind’s closest living relatives. “All of these species are relatively mit to “desperately needed biodi- Factory,” based on the book by The population crunch is the large and conspicuous, making versity conservation measures”. British author Roald Dahl, sold result of large-scale habitat them prime targets for bushmeat for $35,000. destruction — particularly the hunting,” the statement said. AFP AFP burning and clearing of tropical forests — as well as the hunting of primates for food and the illegal wildlife trade. Species long-known to be at risk, including the Sumatran orangutan, have been joined on the most endangered list for the first time by the Philippine tarsier and the Lavasoa Mountains dwarf lemur from Madagascar, scien- tists meeting in Singapore said. “This research highlights the extent of the danger facing many of the world’s primates,” leading primatologist Christoph Schwit- zer, director of conservation at Bristol Zoological Society in Brit- ain, said in a statement. “We hope it will focus people’s attention on these lesser known primate species, some of which most people will probably have never heard of.” This includes the Lavasoa Mountains dwarf lemur — a spe- cies only discovered two years ago — and the Roloway monkey from Ghana and Ivory Coast, which experts say “are on the very verge of extinction”. There are 703 species and sub- species of primates in the world. A wild Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta), at an undisclosed location. Madagascar and Vietnam are home to large numbers of highly

World’s biggest animal clone factory raises fears in China

BEIJING: The world’s largest South Korea’s Sooam Biotech — at least 165 people in August, and animal cloning factory is under whose founder was embroiled in that China is plagued with food construction in China, with controversy a decade ago over safety scandals. “Is this meat plans to churn out dogs, horses claims to have cloned human going to be sold in South Korea and up to a million beef cattle embryos — along with two Chi- or China? If in China, please make a year, reports said, prompting nese research institutions. our leaders eat it first,” said one online and scientific concerns It will develop animals such as user. yesterday. pet and police dogs, racehorses Another commentator wrote The 200myuan ($31m) facility and cows, to be sold on the open sarcastically: “This beef definitely will include cloning laboratories market on an industrial scale. must first be saved just for the and a gene bank, the official Xin- The factory in the northern central government leaders; only hua news agency reported. port of Tianjin is set to start after they and their families have It is being set up by Chinese production next year, with initial eaten it for 10 years should they biotechnology firm Boyalife and capacity of 100,000 cattle embryos deign to give it to us, the people! a year, growing to one million, Really can’t wait!” Xinhua cited Boyalife chairman Zhu Yi, a professor of food sci- Xu Xiaochun as saying. “Chinese ence at China Agricultural Uni- farmers are struggling to produce versity, said that there would be enough beef cattle to meet market “almost no difference” between demand,” he said. cloned and real cattle, but that Social media users expressed companies should not rush to put scepticism over consumer appe- cloned meat on the table without tite for cloned meat, pointing out “rigorous risk assessments and that the plant will be near the site repeated experiments”. of chemical explosions that killed AFP Wednesday 25 November 2015 13 Safar 1437 Volume 20 Number 6625 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Qatar keen on promoting CSR activities: Minister Government will pursue efforts to further bolster the private sector’s contribution to sustainable development

By Sachin Kumar Sustainable Economy,”. It brought istry has also expanded its service oping the business sector and pro- together CSR experts, corporate offerings to support investors and viding companies the opportunity DOHA: Qatar is keen on pro- executives and government offi- businessmen through the launch to become key partners in the moting CSR (Corporate Social cials along with representatives of of a basket of smart electronic development of a strong domestic Responsibility) activities and bol- non-governmental organisations services. economy in line with the Qatar stering sustainable development and universities from across Qatar. He added that the new service National Vision 2030. efforts, said Minister of Econ- He said the government will offerings reflects the ministry’s The incorporation of CSR strat- omy and Commerce H E Sheikh pursue efforts to further bolster commitment to providing quality egies into the daily operations of Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, yes- the private sector’s contribution to and added value services to the companies and their activities in terday. Speaking at ‘CSR Qatar sustainable development through business community in Qatar with Qatar will lead to tangible positive 2015’ forum, he said that Qatar the ratification of new laws such the aim of bolstering the country’s results within the Qatar society has made significant progress in as the commercial companies’ law. investment friendly environment and will have a positive impact terms of diversifying its economy The law streamlines compa- and encouraging the private sector on the private sector practices, and boosting the private sector’s nies’ incorporation procedures to further contribute to sustain- he added. The forum, which will competitiveness. and provides integrated invest- able development efforts. include several workshops on a The minister added that the ment solutions for businessmen The forum aims to familiarise number of CSR-related topics contribution of the non-hydrocar- and investors. companies with the latest global such as sustainable development, bon to GDP has risen by about 11 The minister highlighted that trends in terms of CSR concepts labour rights and social responsi- percent, a trend that is forecast to the government is also working on and will contribute to the promo- bility in the field of sports, will fea- continue in 2016. the development of logistics areas, tion of socially responsible busi- ture the distribution of awards to He inaugurated the two-day south of Qatar. The logistics zones ness practices in Qatar. companies, who have incorporated forum, being held at Hilton Hotel, represent one of the largest eco- He added that the ministry’s CSR strategies into their business titled “Transforming CSR to Sup- nomic projects currently under Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al decision to sponsor the forum operations. port a Socially Responsible and development in Qatar. The min- Thani inaugurating the two-day ‘CSR Qatar 2015’ forum in Doha yesterday. reflects its commitment to devel- THE PENINSULA Qatar Rail gets triple Ooredoo unveils new start-up service DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday PC/Mac installation support. ible results for Qatar.” solutions for companies in Qatar, announced the launch of the new Reflecting the increasingly Naim Yazbeck, General Man- and this latest service increases ISO certifications Microsoft Office 365 service, a mobile nature of the modern ager of Microsoft Qatar said, the flexibility of these solutions by “one-stop-shop” enterprise grade workplace, Office 365 helps man- “Microsoft Qatar is keen to deploying Ooredoo’s world-class productivity suite for compa- age business communications support Qatar’s National Vision cloud based services. nies in Qatar that need fast and across devices. Making creating 2030 and to play a key role in the The enhanced Office 365 solu- effective communication services and editing documents on the go development of Qatar’s digital tion has been developed to help without the hassle of purchasing and in real time with colleagues future. We are particularly proud drive efficiencies and boost inter- and installing software. easier than ever before. of this first-of-its-kind partner- national marketing efforts, ena- Office 365, launched in part- Waleed Al Sayed, CEO Oore- ship with a strategic technology bling ongoing growth for small nership with Microsoft, is a doo Qatar said, “Ooredoo is a provider like Ooredoo to power businesses. major step forward for compa- strong partner for businesses breakthrough solutions such as Benefits for customers include nies in Qatar, who can now get across Qatar, and we’re increas- Office 365, and we look forward to the cost-effective convenience of the benefits of simple commu- ingly investing to support the further collaboration and efforts the model for start-ups, the range nication packages via this cloud needs of the emerging start-up aimed to enable SMEs and help of flexible, scalable, and secure based offering. Ooredoo is offer- and dynamic SME sectors. We’ve them grow and compete.” cloud based capabilities, and the ing a host of Office 365 packages partnered with Microsoft to offer The solution offers businesses capacity to bundle Office 365 with including “Business Essentials” Office 365 to provide a compre- a full set of work tools without Ooredoo’s existing product port- and “Business Premium”, which hensive range of communication the hassle of having to buy and folio, supplying additional value comprise of a range of serv- services efficiently and immedi- install software. Ooredoo has a by offering more services for less. ices including email hosting, file ately, so that businesses can focus strong track record of deliver- sharing, video conferencing, and on their work and deliver incred- ing sustainable ‘Office in a box’ THE PENINSULA

A Qatar Rail official receiving the certification. Oil up on Turkey-Russia tensions US third quarter DOHA: Qatar Rail has been tinuous improvement”. recognised by the international “From the very onset of our NEW YORK: Oil prices jumped and gov- Oil prices hit two-week highs, with Brent standard setting bodies with a journey, we have shouldered great ernment debt prices also rose yesterday futures up more than 3 percent at $46.30 growth revised triple certification for its com- responsibility towards Qatar and after Turkish jets shot down a Russian a barrel and US crude also up more than 3 mitment to world class standards its people and have known that warplane near the Syrian border, adding percent at $43.05. in quality control, environmental we need to achieve the highest to worries about global tensions. The dollar index, which measures the dol- sustainability and delivery. standards of operation to meet The S&P 500 erased early losses to trade lar against six major world currencies, fell upwards to 2.1pc The company’s management this responsibility. These certifi- higher by afternoon as energy shares rallied, 0.2 percent. system, occupational health and cations are pleasing evidence that while the dollar fell against the traditionally Gold rose, recovering from near six-year WASHINGTON: The US economy grew at a safety system and environmental we are succeeding, but we have safe-haven Japanese yen, helping to push lows after news of the plane’s downing. Spot healthier clip in the third quarter than initially management system for its pro- much to do to meet the challenges gold higher. gold peaked at $1,080.51 and was up 0.7 per- thought, suggesting resilience that could help give gramme delivery division have all which remain,” he added. “This has really gotten investors’ atten- cent at $1,077.30 an ounce. the Federal Reserve confidence to raise interest been confirmed as meeting ISO Daniel Leckel, chief of pro- tion,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment Travel and leisure stocks fell after the rates next month. standards — confirmation that gramme delivery division at Qatar officer at BMO Private Bank in Chicago. US State Department warned US citizens The Commerce Department yesterday said they meet global best practice, Rail, added, “These certifications “Investors are worried that tensions could of the risk to worldwide travel. the nation’s gross domestic product grew at a 2.1 the company said yesterday in a are the culmination of all the escalate.” REUTERS percent annual pace, not the 1.5 percent rate it press release. strategic planning, and hard work reported last month. The ISO standards (ISO that we have employed into Qatar It said efforts by businesses to reduce an inven- 9001:2008, OHSAS 18001:2007, Rail’s projects. When excellent tory bloat had not been as aggressive as previously ISO 14001:2004) set rigorous work is recognised and rewarded, One-off vehicles at the Essen Motor Show believed. requirements and targets for it drives us to multiply our efforts The growth estimate was also boosted by upward quality management systems, and continuously raise the bar for revisions to business spending on equipment and health and safety, and environ- our objectives and performance. investment in home building. mental management systems, As we enter advanced phases While consumer spending was revised down a respectively. for our projects’ completion and bit, its pace remained brisk. When measured from Organisations which gain this launch, we will continue to strive the income side, the economy grew at a brisk 3.1 level of certification have not only in delivering quality and service percent clip, an acceleration from the second quar- to demonstrate that they have the excellence.” ter’s 2.2 percent pace. correct processes in place, but The ISO and OHSAS certifica- The expansion should set up the economy to also that they can demonstrate tions ensure exhaustive and rigor- achieve at least 2 percent growth in the second that the processes are being fol- ous management system audits of half, around its long-run potential. In the wake of lowed. the Qatar Rail program delivery robust job growth in October and strong domestic “We have always set out to division by Lloyds Register Qual- demand, the Fed is expected to raise rates at its follow world class standards in ity Assurance (LRQA). December 15-16 policy meeting. the way in which we deliver our LRQA is a world-leading, The GDP revision was in line with economists’ projects, and this prestigious cer- independent provider of business expectations. Businesses accumulated $90.2bn tification shows that we have suc- assurance services, including worth of inventory in the third quarter, instead ceeded,” Qatar Rail CEO Saad Al management system accredita- of the $56.8bn reported last month. Muhannadi said. “However, we tion, validation, verification and As a result, the change in inventories chopped regard this certification as merely a full range of training to inter- Models sit in a GEA by Italdesign Guigiaro at a preview for the Essen Motor Show in Essen, off 0.59 percentage point from third-quarter GDP a starting point and we will now national standards and schemes. Germany, yesterday. Several one-off vehicles will be on display at the show, which runs growth, rather than the 1.44 percentage points the look to maintain and build on from November 28 til December 6. government reported in October. these as we look to achieve con- THE PENINSULA REUTERS WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Leasing firm Qatari trio takes part in BOC Aviation orders 22 B737s One Young World meet SINGAPORE: Singapore-based aircraft leasing firm BOC Avia- tion said it has ordered 22 Boeing 737 planes worth $2.27bn. Maersk Oil Qatar’s female representatives attend event The company, owned by the Bank of China, said it placed the DOHA: Three Qatari female nationals to develop both as indi- able entrepreneurs and mentors, orders for 11 next-generation 737- ambassadors from Maersk Oil viduals and leaders. including: Kofi Annan, Chair of 800 planes and 11 737 MAX 8 air- Qatar (MOQ), the country’s The MOQ delegates, Asma the Kofi Annan Foundation and craft to “fulfil customer demand”. largest offshore oil producer, Aboubakr Ahmad, Alanoud the 7th Secretary General of the “This order demonstrates our have attended the 6th One Young Nasser Heedan and Sara Al UN and Sir Richard Branson, Kofi Annan, Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation and the 7th Secretary continued confidence in the next World Summit held in Bangkok Maraghi, are all members of Founder of Virgin Group. General of the UN, addressing the event. generation 737 aircraft for its from November 18 to 21. MOQ’s Qatari Leadership Talent Lewis Affleck, Managing Direc- proven high performance, reli- The international event brings Pool, a programme which identi- tor, Maersk Oil Qatar said: “We ability and asset value,” Robert together young talent and FTSE fies and accelerates the develop- are committed to developing discussions that give me a chance the UN Conference of the Parties Martin, managing director and 100 and Fortune 500 companies to ment of high-performing Qatari Qatar’s future leaders and the to talk proudly about the achieve- (COP) in Paris. chief executive of BOC Aviation, debate the most pressing issues of employees, to go on to assume decision to support our young ments of my company and my She will be joined by Guangtong said. “The next generation 737 our time and set up initiatives to leadership positions. The trio ambassadors in attending this country.” Liu, Project Manager, Maersk economics are very attractive drive positive change. went through a rigorous appli- summit is testament to that. I am Also attending from Maersk Group Procurement, China and to our customers. With the 737 Maersk Group sent 15 del- cation process to earn a place very pleased that we can offer our was Michele Cardoso Perera Muhammad Imran Saleem, Trade MAX, we are investing in new egates to this year’s summit, to represent MOQ and Qatar in young Qatari employees unique Schifino, Communications Spe- and Marketing Manager, Maersk technology aircraft to meet our further supporting its efforts to Bangkok. opportunities like this to use the cialist, APM Terminals in Brazil Line Pakistan. customers’ long-term fleet plan- shape the next generation of glo- One Young World is a UK- leadership skills they’ve gained at speaking in the plenary session on During the summit, the Mae- ning requirements.” bal leaders. The representatives based not-for-profit that gathers Maersk Oil, at such an important migrant rights. rsk Oil delegates highlighted the “BOC Aviation has played an from four of the 130 countries in the brightest young people from forum.” She will also speak at ‘Call on company’s success in reducing gas important role in the success of which Maersk Group operates around the world, empowering Sara Al Maraghi, Piping Engi- COP21’, a parallel event focused flaring from the Al Shaheen field the 737 programme and we’re have each has demonstrated their them to make lasting connections neer at MOQ, said: “I am hon- on sustainable development, dur- by over 90 percent since 2007 and delighted they have again put ability to act as change ambas- and implement positive change. oured to represent both Maersk ing which young leaders from reducing greenhouse gas emis- their confidence in Boeing and sadors. The delegation is MOQ’s One Young World Counsellors, Oil Qatar and my country as an every country will deliver a speech sions during the same period by the 737 family,” said Dinesh Kes- first, and it marks the company’s who lend their support to rais- ambassador at the One Young addressing their respective heads around 50 percent — a significant kar, senior vice-president for Asia progress and commitment to ing awareness of issues affect- World Summit. The Summit was of government to persuade them accomplishment. Pacific and India Sales at Boeing building local capacity, offering ing young people today are some a great opportunity to meet with to take action on minimising the Commercial Airplanes. unique opportunities for Qatari of the world’s most recognis- my global peers and to be part of effects of climate change during THE PENINSULA AFP

Commercial Bank elevates Jumeirah Group takes GCC roadshow to Qatar Al Sherawi to DOHA: The 2015 edition of dah, Riyadh, Kuwait and Doha, the luxurious facilities and spe- of the guests at Jumeirah hotels completely redefine the travel dis- annual ‘GCC roadshow’, hosted the 2015 edition of the roadshow, cial promotions offered by these in Dubai, accounting for 20.5 per- covery and booking experience. by Jumeirah Group, the Dubai- will also bring Jumeirah’s ‘STAY hotels. cent of guests year-to-date. The immersive virtual tour com- senior position based luxury hotel company, will DIFFERENT’ brand promise As one of Jumeirah Group’s Mana Al Suwaidi, Regional prises 360° video and photography be held here today at Four Sea- to life and highlight its range key source markets, the Gulf Director for the Middle East & which enables users to make hotel sons Hotel-Doha, according to a of 23 luxury hotels, resorts and region accounts for 27.4 percent of Sub-Continent, Dubai Tourism, reservations on their mobiles, statement yesterday. residences across 12 destinations guests year-to-date at Jumeirah said: “The Gulf region is con- tablets and laptops. The event will be organised worldwide. hotels worldwide. Meanwhile, the sidered to be one of Jumeirah’s Developed in partnership with with the support and participa- A highlight this year will be number of room nights increased key markets and one of the most Google, Jumeirah Inside takes tion of the Department of Tour- a special show hosted by well- by 16 percent compared to the important source markets for immersion to a new level with a ism and Commerce Marketing. known Dubai-based stand-up same period last year. Qatar Dubai worldwide. We are very storyline told through film, cine- Officials from Jumeirah Group, comic Nitin Mirani. accounts for an increase of 17 per- pleased to launch this roadshow, matics, 360° imagery, rich, never- a member of Dubai Holding, will Jumeirah hotels are a popular cent in room nights, compared to which gives us the opportunity to before-seen photography, content meet with clients, regional travel choice among family travellers the same period last year. meet our partners and other offi- hotspots, 3D sound and voiceovers trade partners and tour opera- from the Gulf. The Group’s prop- The UAE contributes the larg- cials in the local tourism sector in through a refined interface. This tors to share the latest updates on erties in Dubai, London, Istanbul est share at 13.9 percent, followed the Gulf countries.” hotel industry first is available in DOHA: Commercial Bank has Jumeirah properties and reveal and the Maldives are counted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The company has also taken English, Arabic, German, Rus- announced the promotion of its plans for the future. among the top holiday destina- at 6.1 percent while Kuwait at 4.5 major steps in improving guest sian, and Mandarin. Omran Al Sherawi (pictured) Taking place across key tions during the Eid season for percent. Residents of Gulf coun- services with the launch of Jumei- to Head of Asset and Liabilities regional markets including Jed- Gulf residents who are lured by tries also make up a sizeable share rah Inside which is on a path to THE PENINSULA Management, said a statement yesterday. In recent years, Omran has emerged as a leader within Com- mercial Bank after a successful track record in previous positions UAE eyes 5pc GDP from Qatar-UAE and his promotion underscores Enertech Qatar the Bank’s commitment to devel- oping home-grown talented staff. Exchange Commenting on the appoint- innovation by 2021 ment, Abdulla Saleh Al Raisi, gets CITB licence Commercial Bank’s CEO, said: ABU DHABI: The United Arab is the main driver of innovation partners with “Omran has played an integral Emirates is aiming innovation rather than money. part in Commercial Bank’s growth to contribute to 5 percent of the Al Mazroui said organisations and success due to his initiative, GDP by 2021 from the govern- need to create the right environ- Ahli Bank hard work and strong Qatari rela- ment and private sector as it ment, like for example Google, to tionships. Commercial Bank con- focuses on non-oil sectors, UAE foster innovation. DOHA: Qatar-UAE Exchange tinues to invest heavily in human Minister of Economy Sultan bin He said the UAE is the second has partnered with Ahli Bank to capital in line with the National Saeed Al Mansouri said at the largest manufacturer of semi- provide online remittance service Vision 2030 through wide ranging Project Management Forum. conductors in the world, just after from Qatar. support for our Qatari National “We need to come up with a Taiwan, adding some parts of the With this new online serv- staff. I am delighted to see tal- model that matches our needs latest planes in the world have ice, customers of Qatar-UAE ented and capable Qatari leaders and our requirements for 2021, been manufactured in Abu Dhabi. Exchange can now transfer money such as Omran rising from within and help us achieve in seven sec- “The country would continue online from Qatar to anywhere in our business who understand tors of innovation,” Al Mansouri to surprise the world as long we the world instantly in a conven- Qatar step up in critical roles at told delegates at the Dubai Inter- have leadership that would drive ient and fully secure manner. the Bank.” national Project Management us to innovation,” he added. Salah Murad, CEO, Ahli Omran has over ten years of Forum. The country has announced Bank, said, “We constantly strive experience with Commercial For Al Mansouri, innovation is plans of more than Dh300bn to towards finding new solutions that Bank and most recently held the a creative way of problem solving. foster knowledge economy and add to the convenience of cus- roles of Head of Project Manage- “As leaders in the organisation, innovation. “Innovators needed to tomer and are delighted to part- ment Office and Vice-President one need to identify challenges in be helped to develop the products, ner with Qatar-UAE Exchange for of Wholesale Banking division at your own organisation,” he said, and make them commercially via- their online remittance service. the Bank. Now, Omran will play adding communication, coordi- ble,” Al Mansouri said. This association will facilitate cus- an instrumental role in providing nation with various department “We lack in development proc- tomers of Qatar-UAE Exchange Enertech Qatar officials. funding and liquidity to ensure is the best way to get innovation ess. This is where we need to residing in Qatar to instantly Commercial Bank’s continued forward in an organisation. focus on. We need to know where transfer money anywhere in the robust growth as a strategic Meanwhile, Energy Minister global expertise is, and where and world beyond the banking hours. DOHA: Enertech Qatar has dle East’s largest Health, Safety, partner for all Qatari businesses. Suhail Al Mazroui said innovators how we can get it to the UAE,” Customers can remit to their become a licensed CITB – Scaf- and Environmental (HSE) train- are few in numbers in an organi- he added. beneficiary account anytime of folding training provider in ing provider. The academy was THE PENINSULA sation, and ‘sentimental reward’ QNA the day by just a click from their Qatar, said the company yes- established to meet the growing PC, laptop, tablet or mobile and terday. CITB or Construction demand for high quality, stand- by using their debit card issued Industry Training Board and ardised health and safety training. by any banks in Qatar.” work with several industries to The courses now offered on Gulf Air, Airbus hold seminar “As technology improves, finan- encourage training, which helps regular basis (monthly basis) cial institutions need to create build a safe, professional and fully include ‘Safe Erection and Dis- innovative solutions that can be qualified workforce. mantling of Scaffolds’ and ‘Safe integrated with the lifestyle and Representing CITB in Qatar, Inspection of Scaffolds – SIS’ evolving needs of their custom- Enertech will deliver Safe Erec- Safe Erection and Dismantling ers. We are glad to associate with tion and Dismantling of Scaffolds of Scaffolds is meant for those Ahli Bank as the introduction of and Safe Inspection of Scaffolds who are responsible for Erec- the online remittance service will – SIS. These courses will help to tion and dismantling of scaffolds. enable customers to move money set standards in training and thus The course involves practical and globally and seamlessly from their increase the safety in construc- theoretical assessment. personal space, even while they tion industry which is one of the Lineesh Nadukkudi, Training are on the move in Qatar, ”said most dangerous industry. Manager said Enertech Qatar – Edison Fernandez, Country Head, The support provided helps in its 13th year of leadership in Qatar-UAE Exchange. companies to improve skills, the safety training & consultancy Customers can also access the increase their competitiveness market – will continue to proac- online remittance channel and and respond to challenges such as tively introduce HSE training & avoid travelling to the exchange reducing costs on site and recruit- consultancy solutions to the mar- house or bank and standing in ing the best talent for their sector. ket and thereby improving the Executives from Gulf Air and Airbus at the A320 family regional seminar held recently in Manama, Bahrain, long queues at the branch to send These same advantages are now safety standards in Qatar. for Middle East, Africa and India operators. money. made available to Qatar. THE PENINSULA Enertech Qatar is the Mid- THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Greek deposits QNB hosts asset management forum safe as top Forum focuses on financial corporate solutions banks raise DOHA: QNB hosted the third the region, currently manages magazine – ‘Asset Manager of the Asset Management forum in several discretionary investment Year in Qatar 2015’. enough capital Doha with corporate clients. accounts, financial portfolios and QNB offers its customers man- The forum focused on providing open ended funds on behalf of its agement of investment accounts ATHENS: Greek depositors financial corporate solutions and clients. services which assists clients in won’t be forced into a “bail-in” discussed relevant economic and The bank has a specialised structuring a customised portfo- after top banks raised enough financial topics. research team that actively tracks lio relating to local and regional capital to avoid having to seize The purpose of this forum was relevant economies and asset markets. their clients’ assets, officials said to enhance understanding of the classes. QNB Group’s presence through yesterday. investment climate and to discuss The bank manages various its subsidiaries and associate com- The banks raised enough fresh various global macroeconomic asset classes such as commodities, panies extends to more than 27 capital to get by on their own, or scenarios which affect the domes- fixed income and equities across countries across three continents at least qualify for public funds tic and international markets. several regions including Qatar, providing a comprehensive range making up any shortfall, they The topics discussed included the GCC, frontier and emerging mar- of advanced products and serv- said. “There won’t be a bail-in,” benefits of an asset manager in a kets. The highly experienced asset ices. The total number of employ- Bank of Greece Governor Yannis volatile market and diversifying management team has a proven ees is more than 15,000 operating Stournaras said. asset class and geographic expo- track record and have secured through more than 635 locations, Burdened by non-performing sure of a corporate portfolio. many prestigious awards includ- with an ATM network of more loans and constrained by capital QNB Group, the leading fund ing the 2015 Mena Fund man- than 1,350 machines. controls imposed in June, Greek manager in the country and one ager-“Best Equity Fund of the A participant at the third Asset Management forum in Doha. banks have seen their capital of the leading asset managers in Year”, along with Global Investor THE PENINSULA wither and been living under the threat of being forced to seize deposits as their Cyprus coun- terparts had been in 2013. Under the prodding of the European Central Bank, the nation’s top four banks launched VW wins approval for Rolls-Royce targets costs at the beginning of November a drive to raise fresh capital, with a bail-in possible if they failed to raise enough to make them eli- fixes for 70pc of its and complexity for growth gible for the injection of public funds. A government source said LONDON: Rolls-Royce’s new hedge fund was given a seat on Monday that the four banks had faulty diesel engines chief executive aims to strip out the Rolls-Royce board. There had raised over €5bn, and government costs and complexity, rather than been a dialogue between ValueAct spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili selling off chunks of the business, and Rolls-Royce which had taken later said only “around €5.7bn” FRANKFURT: Volkswagen apply in the US, it does show a as he seeks to return the British into account investor feedback. of the €10bn in bailout funds that AG said it has approval to repair path forward for most of the cars aero-engine company to growth. “ValueAct specifically, they’re the EU has earmarked for bank about 70 percent of its rigged die- that had cheating software world- After four profit warnings quite supportive, they asked some recapitalisation would be needed. sel engines and made a deal with wide. Europe is chiefly affected, in just over a year, and with an very constructive questions and “According to available data, US regulators to resubmit ques- with a recall planned for as many activist shareholder pushing for they absolutely share our view on two systemic banks were success- tionable software in other vehicles as 8.5 million vehicles. change, Warren East is under the strength of the business in the ful in completely covering their for review, easing two key trouble The 1.2-liter diesel probably pressure to outline a revival long term,” he said. East himself recapitalisation needs among pri- spots in its emissions crisis. only needs a software update, strategy after spending much of left the door open to a divestment vate investors,” Gerovassili said. German automotive regulator with the plan to be presented to his first four months in the job “The ground is not as solid as in the longer term. “Some of the The other two raised enough KBA has approved a software the KBA by the end of the month, in firefighting mode. “The notion I would like it to be,” East said, things that we’re doing today we private money to allow the injec- update for 2.0-liter diesel motors Mueller said. The repair for the that we’re going to sell big chunks adding that he could not rule might not be doing in 2020,” he tion of public funds, with around and agreed in principle to a plan 1.6-liter engine is less complex is just wrong,” East told reporters out further downgrades, but said said. “If we remain uncompetitive €5.7bn needed to restore their for 1.6-liter engines, Chief Execu- than initially suspected. In addi- on a call, although he did not rule current assumptions, after a cut in an unattractive market, then capital to a level considered by tive Officer Matthias Mueller told tion to upgraded software, the out change in the longer term. earlier this month, were “con- there’s clearly a bit of portfolio regulators as sufficient to with- about 1,000 company executives in cars will need “relatively simple US activist shareholder Value- servative”. optimisation to be done.” stand possible economic shocks. Wolfsburg, Germany. The shares changes” to the air-filter system, Act, according to media reports, Once improved systems are He had already announced Banking sources said Eurobank rose the most since October 8. according to the CEO. wants Rolls-Royce to focus on established, East said the com- some of the turnaround plans ear- and Alpha Bank were successful Meanwhile, the US Environ- The costs and complexity of the its main aero-engine business, pany should be able to present lier this month, including targeted in raising enough private funds, mental Protection Agency and fixes, which apply to more than which accounts for about half new medium-term targets in 12 cost savings of 150 million pounds while Piraeus Bank and National California Air Resources Board 90 percent of the affected vehi- of profits, and divest its marine to 18 months, having scrapped to 200 million pounds a year, and Bank of Greece will need an injec- agreed to let the carmaker seek cles in Europe, are “manageable,” engine business. East, however, previous targets. a restructuring is already under- tion of public funds. approval for a revised version of he said in excerpts of the speech. said the focus will be on reduc- Rolls-Royce Chairman Ian way with 3,600 jobs due to be cut. The ECB had evaluated their software in 85,000 diesel engines He didn’t elaborate on expected ing costs and simplifying proc- Davis (pictured) said in a state- The profit warnings have capital needs at between €4.4bn targeted in the latest probe by US regulatory fines and lawsuits in esses and systems which he said ment that the board was com- come as the company struggles and €14.4bn depending upon eco- regulators, Volkswagen luxury- the US and Europe. had become “bloated” over “many, mitted to supporting East in to cope with shrinking demand nomic conditions. Greece’s gov- car division Audi said. Assuming “Our assumption that substan- many years”. implementing his plan. for marine engines due to a lower ernment undertook sufficient it’s approved, the fix should cost tive changes to the motor would He blamed this set-up for the That could put the board at oil price, and declines in its aero- measures last week to unlock the roughly €50m. be necessary have not come true,” company’s lack of responsiveness odds with hedge fund ValueAct, engine business, where fewer of €10bn earmarked for bank capi- Both deals show movement Mueller said in the speech. He to market changes and recent which doubled its stake in Rolls- its older, more profitable engines talisation in the €86bn bailout it toward solutions in the scandal didn’t comment on what affect failure to accurately forecast its Royce last week to 10 percent. are bought or require servicing. agreed with its eurozone partners Volkswagen is facing on three the fixes may have on the vehicles’ performance, a difficulty which he East said it was a matter for in July. fronts: cheating software installed acceleration and fuel economy. conceded has yet to be overcome. the board as to whether the REUTERS AFP in about 11 million vehicles world- Starting the European recall wide with 1.2-, 1.6- and 2.0-liter would be a step forward in resolv- diesel engines; irregular carbon- ing the crisis that’s engulfed dioxide ratings on about 800,000 Volkswagen for more than two vehicles; and questionable soft- months. The company has pro- ware in the larger diesel engines vided few answers even as new in the US Because the simpler revelations come to light. Rate hike timing still not clear: Carney fix approved by the KBA applies On Friday, the US Environ- throughout Europe, the recall mental Protection Agency and LONDON: Bank of England Gov- out next year. Carney said then bal oil prices. Britain’s economy may cost €10bn instead of €16bn, the California Air Resources ernor Mark Carney (pictured) that the Bank would raise rates grew faster than any other big said Stuart Pearson, a London- Board said they were investigat- said he did not know when Brit- when the time was right. Before developed nation last year and based analyst with Exane BNP ing Volkswagen, Audi and Por- ish interest rates should start to that, he had said a decision on will be among the top performers Paribas. “VW is far from out of sche models with 3.0-liter diesel rise, once again sounding vaguer whether to raise rates would come in 2015. But wage growth remains the woods yet, however,” Pearson engines as far back as the 2009 than before about when the BoE into sharper focus around the end below pre-crisis levels and the lat- wrote in a note to investors Tues- model year, after initially focus- might begin easing the economy of this year. But that was before est inflation data showed prices day, citing potential for customer ing on newer versions. VW had off record-low borrowing costs. the deepening of the slowdown fell in the 12 months to October. compensation payouts and class- rejected the initial claims, strain- “The question in my mind is in the global economy which has Only one of the Bank’s nine action lawsuits. “A technical fix ing its relations with the regu- when is the appropriate time for kept most BoE rate-setters on the monetary policymakers has voted for the US is yet to be agreed with lators. Three pieces of software interest rates to increase, and fence. The cautious tone of the for a rate hike in recent months. regulators, and VW may yet need installed to help control the cars’ that is strongly consistent with Bank has contrasted with the Financial markets have been to buy back a portion of the US emissions systems weren’t prop- the strength of the domestic clearer message from the Federal betting on a first BoE rate hike higher level of neutral rates as vehicles.” erly declared in an application economy,” Carney told members Reserve that a first US rate rise is only in early 2017, although most it recovered from the financial The shares rose as much as for approval, and one of them of Britain’s parliament yesterday. likely to come next month. economists expect the Bank to crisis. “I do think that the real 6.5 percent and were up 4.7 per- “is regarded as a defeat device The Bank surprised many Carney has struggled previ- move well before then, probably equilibrium interest rate in the cent to 115.19 euros at 10:24 am according to applicable US law,” investors earlier this month when ously with his attempts to give a in the first half of 2016. United Kingdom has turned posi- in Frankfurt. Volkswagen has Audi said. A defeat device alters it showed no sign that it was gear- clear steer on when rates might In his comments to MPs yes- tive and as some of the headwinds lost about €15bn in market value emissions-control systems in a ing up for an increase in interest go up. His guidance was first terday, Carney showed he still ... reduce. It will in most likelihood since the cheating became public way that violated clean-air laws. rates, saying Britain’s near-zero knocked off course by a surprise expected borrowing costs to rise continue to rise,” he said. on September 18. inflation would pick up only slowly plunge in Britain’s unemployment eventually, saying the economy While the European fix won’t BLOOMBERG even if rates stay on hold through- rate and then by the slump in glo- would increasingly require a REUTERS

Qatar Airways bags Asia-Pacific airline award

DOHA: Qatar Airways was named ‘Asia Koleilat, received the award on behalf of the Class Airline Seat, and Best Airline in the Pacific Airline of the Year’ at 2015 CAPA airline in Singapore. The CAPA Asia Pacific Middle East at the annual Skytrax 2015 World Aviation Awards for Excellence held in Sin- Airline of the Year award was given to the Airline Awards earlier in June. gapore, said a statement yesterday. airline that has been the biggest standout stra- Now in its 13th year, CAPA’s Aviation Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways’ Group tegically during the year, has had the great- Awards for Excellence are intended to reward Chief Executive, said: “To be named CAPA est impact on the development of the airline airlines and airports that are not only success- Asia Pacific Airline of the year rounds off a industry, established itself as a leader, and ful but have also provided industry leadership big year of award wins for Qatar Airways. provided a benchmark for others to follow. in an always changing environment. It is truly an honour when our efforts and “Qatar Airways has pursued rapid growth Award candidates were independently accomplishments are recognised by our peers over the last year, launching over 10 new des- researched and short-listed by a team of ana- for they know what it takes to be an industry tinations and adding capacity to numerous lysts at CAPA Centre for Aviation and by part- leader. We have made great strides in consoli- existing destinations,” said CAPA Executive ners at Heidrick & Struggles. Winners were dating our leadership in the aviation business Chairman Harbison. “Other milestones from then selected by an independent and separate this past year, and much of the credit goes to 2014 included moving to a new hub airport panel of judges. Votes were also solicited and the entire team at Qatar Airways who bring in Doha, taking delivery of its first A380 and received from 20 high level industry executives. our award-winning product and service to life becoming the launch operator of the A350.” A winner was selected by combining the votes each and every day.” In 2014, the carrier added 11 new destina- from the panel with the votes from the sample Qatar Airways Senior V-P, South East Asia and South West Pacific, Marwan Qatar Airways Senior Vice-President, South tions to its network and was subsequently of industry executives. Koleilat (left), accepting the award. East Asia and South West Pacific, Marwan awarded World’s Best Airline, Best Business THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS Why finance should be HSBC should say cheerio simpler and specialised By Clive Crook to UK, hello to China HERE’S no shortage of books on the financial crisis and its aftermath. By now the bar is pretty high for new entrants making a claim on one’s time. I want to recommend two By Mark Gilbert banks was where their money comes from, the asset-management business back to Tnew titles that meet demanding standards, and then some. you would struggle to correctly identify Hong Kong from London because we think Kay and Turner agree about a lot of things, but Kay takes an SBC is in the final stages of where they’re based; on a simple revenue there’s a very big growth opportunity,” Chief unusual approach. This is not a detailed guide to the pre-crisis deciding where it hangs its basis, they look nothing like their European Executive Officer Stuart Gulliver said in financial plumbing, much less a blow-by-blow narrative of what hat. Headquartered in the UK banking peers: June. Also bear in mind that Gulliver has went wrong. (For the latter, Alan Blinder’s “After the Music for more than two decades, the It’s hard to oversee units that are oper- only been in charge since January 2011; Stopped” is hard to beat.) Instead, Kay goes back to first princi- country’s biggest bank is con- ating on the other side of the world. So if while the post-crisis landscape suggests ples, asking what purposes the financial system is meant to serve, Hsidering a return to its birthplace 150 years most of your business is already in Asia, it a revolving door for CEOs at European and measuring just how far the modern financial economy has ago, when it was the Hong Kong & Shang- probably makes sense to have your head- banks (Anshu Jain lasted three years at moved from that ideal. hai Banking Corp. It should go — and its quarters there, along with almost all of your Deutsche Bank, as did Antony Jenkins at The point of finance, he argues, is to connect savers and bor- smaller London-based colleague Standard key decision makers and risk overseers. Barclays), Peter Sands reigned at Standard rowers — end-users, that is, not financial intermediaries. The test Chartered should join it. But it isn’t just the pull of Asia that Chartered for nine years. When the head- of a financial system is whether a household with surplus funds, Future opportunities for HSBC to expand should compel HSBC to head east. There’s quarters review was unveiled on April 24, say, and a company or government needing to borrow for invest- its consumer banking business are much also the push away from the UK, which has HSBC shares jumped almost 3.8 percent on ment can be connected at low cost and in a way that makes both richer in Asia than anywhere else. As the been zealous in trying to solve the too-big- speculation a decision to abandon the UK parties better off. Correctly understood, all the institutions that chief executive of one of Europe’s biggest to-fail problem with increased regulation would free up more capital in Hong Kong’s lie between such end-users exist to serve this underlying purpose. banks told me earlier this year in an off-the- of the finance industry. A bank levy on glo- less onerous regulatory regime. HSBC ini- In Kay’s view, modern economies have lost sight of this vital record conversation, demographics drives bal balance sheets, for example, cost HSBC tially said it hoped to make a decision on point. Finance has come to be seen as an end in itself, as though retail banking — and the demographic £750m ($1.13bn) last year, more than any where it wants to be based by year-end. But the global economy exists to serve Wall Street and the City of trends unequivocally favour Asia. other UK bank. The tax also absorbed about Chairman Douglas Flint said earlier this London rather than the other way round. If you applied that mind- By 2030, Asia Pacific’s middle class will 9 percent of pretax profit for Standard month that the timetable may slip: “If we set to electricity generation, for instance, the absurdity would be account for 66 percent of the world’s total, Chartered, which said in April it’s “listening haven’t made a decision then because we’re obvious: You don’t generate electricity for its own sake. up from just 28 percent in 2009, according carefully to our shareholders” on whether still analyzing information we’ll take what- Yet the modern economy has come to see finance and all its to figures and forecasts from the Brookings to relocate. ever more time that is necessary.” frantic complexities — intermediaries dealing with intermediaries Institution. By contrast, Europe’s share will There’s also the uncertainty surround- That suggests to me that the internal dealing with intermediaries, with never a thought for the end-user slide to 14 percent from 36 percent in the ing Britain’s membership in the European debate about whether to leave London is — in just this way. Does something of social value happen when same period, with the US more than halving Union. Prime Minister David Cameron has somewhat heated. The Hong Kong Mon- investment bank A transacts profitably with asset manager B? to 7 percent from 18 percent: promised a referendum by 2017; an October etary Authority has noted what it calls Not necessarily. Only if the gain somehow makes its way through Those figures suggest that in a bit more poll conducted by YouGov showed respond- HSBC’s “deep historical links” with the to end-users. If that doesn’t happen, the costs of the intermedia- than two decades, Asia will produce an addi- ents split, with 40 percent in favor of stay- territory, and said in April it would take a tion amount, in effect, to a tax on everybody else. tion 2.7 billion affluent consumers eager to ing in the bloc and 40 percent saying they “positive attitude” to an HSBC move there. This insight raises many intriguing questions, which Kay care- become bank customers. More than 1.7 bil- would vote to quit. HSBC could easily find Weary of being beaten up by regulators in fully works his way through. In a modern economy, how big does lion Asians will qualify as middle class in itself based in England if the vote favors London, and seduced by the prospect of a the financial sector need to be? Not nearly this big, he argues. less than a decade. For HSBC, which built Brexit and triggers a successful resurgence surging customer base and a much more How did it come to be so big, if it’s failing to justify its expense of its business on the slogan of being “The of Scottish nationalism. accommodative rulemaker in Hong Kong, resources? Essentially, by collecting various explicit and implicit World’s Global Bank,” those are compelling HSBC has already decided to relocate I can only see one destination for HSBC subsidies — notably, the subsidy implied by the government’s numbers. HSBC already makes a stagger- its asset management unit, which oversees (and Standard Chartered) — no matter promise to stand behind a failing institution. ing 80 percent of its pretax income in Asia; about $500bn, to Asia. “There isn’t an obvi- how embarrassing that might be for the What makes Kay’s analysis so probing is that he’s no knee- for Standard Chartered, the figure is about ously dominant Asian asset manager, so we UK government. jerk anti-market type. He’s a distinguished scholar, a successful 70 percent. If all you knew about the two are going to relocate the sort of center of BLOOMBERG businessman, and was chairman of a UK government review of equity markets after the crash. His overall perspective is actually pro-market. He opposes calls for stricter and ever more complex regulation; he’s against a “Tobin tax” on financial transactions because of its likely unintended consequences; and he thinks the obsession with “too big to fail” misses the point. The right way forward, he argues, is to interrupt the flow of subsidy. Do that, and market forces will start to nudge finance in the right direction. This sounds straightforward enough but it has radical implications. It isn’t just a matter, for instance, of requir- ing banks to hold more capital — though that would be a good place to start. Then what’s to be done? Deposit-taking banks, he believes, should be confined to buying very safe assets — confined, that is, to “narrow” or “limited purpose” banking. This is a pro- posal with a long lineage; the idea goes far beyond more standard prescriptions, such as reinstating the Glass-Steagall separation of commercial and investment banking. Narrow banking means that lending to firms and other risky borrowers should be undertaken by institutions that openly pass the risk on to the savers who invest with them. In general, Kay favours a financial system with many more such specialists, each of them more directly connected to one or other class of end-user. In some ways, as Kay acknowledges, he’s asking for the clock to be turned back. Prudent lending to small businesses, for instance, requires deep local knowledge rather than smart algorithms and rocket-science math. That old-fashioned kind of specialist exper- tise, he believes, needs to be recovered. Modern finance should be more outward-looking and less obsessed with itself. The perpetual flow of information is part of a game that traders play which has no wider relevance, the excessive hours worked by many employees a tournament in which individuals compete to display their alpha qualities in return for large prizes. The tradi- tional bank manager’s culture of long lunches and afternoons on the golf course may have yielded more information about business. Well, let’s not get carried away. There’s no question that some- thing has gone badly wrong with modern finance, or that the present approach to regulation is compounding many of the industry’s defects. Kay’s insistence on stepping back, on judging finance by the humdrum standards of any other industry, with its self-serving mystique and aura of inevitability stripped away, makes “Other People’s Money” one of the best two or three books I’ve read on the crash. BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Pfizer’s merger with Allergan sparks tax outcry

By Carolyn Y Johnson and corporate tax rate to 17 or 18 per- buying Pfizer — even though And lawmakers remain at odds tion has made a major effort to the Treasury Department has Renae Merle cent, according to company lead- the new company will be named over whether and how to lower crack down on such transactions limited power to stop corporate ers, compared with its effective Pfizer, it will be led by Pfizer’s the corporate tax rate of 35 per- by making them less profitable. tax dodging. $160bn megamerger 25 percent rate. But some were chief executive, and 11 of the 15 cent, one of the highest rates in The rules made it more difficult Allergan and Pfizer expect to announced on Monday reluctant to place the blame on board members will come from the world. Both sides have also for firms to bring cash earned save $2bn over the first three would turn US phar- companies. Pfizer. The president and chief acknowledged that addressing abroad back to the United States years by eliminating redundan- Amaceutical behemoth In a call with analysts, Pfizer operating officer will come from the problems in the complicated tax-free, dampening one of the cies. The deal may be additionally Pfizer Inc. into an Irish drug chief executive Ian Read said Allergan. tax code will take time, which major benefits of such deals. risky because it comes at a time company, using a controversial company leaders had paid atten- Allergan’s current sharehold- will become more difficult as the The changes prompted some when the pharmaceutical indus- tactic that allows companies to tion to the political debate around ers will ultimately own 44 percent presidential election draws near. companies to reconsider planned try broadly is under intense scru- dodge billions of dollars in corpo- inversions, but decided to proceed of the combined company, while Several presidential candidates deals. Chicago-based AbbVie tiny because of public and political rate taxes by renouncing their US with the deal because it was a Pfizer shareholders will own 56 weighed in on the deal. Demo- and Dublin-based Shire called outrage over high drug prices. citizenship. good business move. A 2014 esti- percent, a division of ownership cratic candidate Hillary Clinton off a $54bn inversion deal after Gustav Ando, research director Pfizer’s deal with Botox-maker mate by Congress’s Joint Com- that is structured to avoid trig- said in a statement, calling on the Treasury issued those rules. for IHS Life Sciences, a business Allergan, which would create the mittee on Taxation projected that gering additional taxes. Congress to act and force large Raleigh, NC-based Salix Phar- information and consulting com- world’s largest drugmaker, imme- inversions will cost the United The final combined company is corporations to pay “their fair maceuticals and the Italian firm pany, said he thought the deal was diately sparked criticism from States $33.6bn over a decade. expected to generate an operat- share” of taxes. Cosmo Pharmaceuticals termi- carefully structured to avoid the Democrats and Republicans in Last week, the Treasury ing cash flow of more than $25bn Sen. Bernie Sanders of Ver- nated a reverse merger, citing issues that scuttled other merg- Congress who agree that such Department announced new by 2018. Although there’s broad mont called on the Obama admin- changes in the political environ- ers among major pharmaceutical deals are problematic but have measures that make it less finan- agreement that action should be istration to block the deal, but ment. companies seeking to relocate so far not taken legislative action cially attractive for a US com- taken to curb inversions, politi- Democrats weren’t the only ones A Treasury spokesman said the abroad to avoid taxes. But, he against them. They slammed the pany to move its headquarters cians disagree on how it should worried about companies taking agency does not comment on spe- said, it is a risky strategy at a tax loophole called an “inversion,” to a country where it does little happen. advantage of inversions to avoid cific transactions. In a conference time when politicians are already in which a US-based company business. But Pfizer and Aller- Republicans have argued that taxes. Inversion business deals call last week, Treasury Secre- raising questions about drug com- buys or merges with a foreign gan carefully crafted their deal curtailing tax inversions should be have been taking place for dec- tary Jacob J Lew acknowledged panies’ business models. company and moves its headquar- to sidestep federal efforts to curb part of comprehensive tax reform, ades, but the political opposition the agency’s limitation in ending Pfizer’s stock closed down 2.7 ters to the country with a lower inversions. but Democrats have pushed for to them has grown as they have inversions. percent at $31.32; Allergan’s stock tax rate. Allergan, which is about half immediate action while a broader become more common. Presi- Edward D Kleinbard, former fell 3.4 percent to $301.72. Republicans also denounced the the size of Pfizer as measured by overhaul of the corporate tax code dent Obama has called inversions chief of staff of the Joint Com- deal, which would slash Pfizer’s annual revenue, is technically is worked out. “unpatriotic,” and his adminstra- mittee on Taxation, agreed that WASHINGTON POST WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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How to play Hyper Sudoku: A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. BABY BLUES BABY

NOVO How to play Kakuro: SCREEN 1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) SHOWING AT KAKURO The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any 11:45am, 2:30, 5:15. 8:00pm & 10:45pm VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells SCREEN 2 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) TEL: 444933989 / 444517001 like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, 10:15am, 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 & 11:55pm some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some SCREEN 3 Spectre (2D/Action) 10:20am, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 & 10:20pm cells will contain two numbers. SCREEN 4 Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 11:30am, 3:00, 6:30 & 10:00pm However, in a crossword the numbers reference SCREEN 5 A Perfect Day (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 12:00, 4:00, 8:00 & 11:50pm clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! Unconscious (2D/Drama) 2:10, 6:10 & 10:10pm They denote the total of the digits in the row or SCREEN 6 Tiger House (2D/Action) 11:00am, 12:50, 2:40, 4:30, 6:20, 8:10, 10:00 & 11:50pm column referenced by the number. SCREEN 7 Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 2:40, 7:20 & 11:50pm Within each Steve Jobs (2D/Drama) 12:10, 4:50 & 9:30pm collection of cells SCREEN 8 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) - called a run - any 11:00am, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 & 10:15pm of the numbers 1 SCREEN 9 Spectre (2D/Action) 11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm to 9 may be used SCREEN 10 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2 (2D/Adventure) 2:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm but, like sudoku, Spectre (2D/Action) 11:30am & 5:30pm each number may only be used once. MALL

Yesterday’s SCREEN 1 Tiger House (2D/Action) 2:30 & 11:30pm answer Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 4:00pm Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 6:00pm Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 9:00pm SCREEN 2 Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 2:00pm The Hero Of Color City (2D/Animation) 4:30pm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm SCREEN 3 Vedalam (2D/Tamil) 2:00pm ALL IN THE MIND A Perfect Day (2D/Drama) 4:30pm Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 6:30pm Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 9:00pm vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. Spectre (2D/Action) 11:00pm

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SCREEN 1 Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 2:00 & 6:30pm Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 4:30 & 9:00pm Vedalam (2D/Tamil) 10:45pm SCREEN 2 The Hero Of Color City (2D/Animation) 2:30pm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) Hoy en la Historia 4:00, 9:00 & 11:15pm Spectre (2D/Action) 6:30pm November 25, 1952 SCREEN 3 A Perfect Day (2D/Drama) 2:15 & 5:30pm Agatha Christie’s murder Tiger House (2D/Action) 4:00pm mystery The Mousetrap opened in Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 7:30pm Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 10:30pm London. Still going strong 63 years later, it holds the record as ROYAL PLAZA the world’s longest running show 1915:       SCREEN 1 Hatched : Chicks Gone Wild (2D/Animation) 2:30pm   The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) 4:00, 6:30, 8:45 & 11:15pm 1970: Writer Yukio Mishima SCREEN 2 Spectre (2D/Action) 2:30pm committed ritual suicide in protest Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 5:00 & 8:30pm against the westernisation of Japan Tiger House (2D/Action) 7:00pm 1989:    Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 10:30pm   £        ASIAN TOWN ABBREVIATED, ABRIDGED, AGES, BRIEF, CEASELESS, 2012: The Rolling Stones returned to Vedalam (Tamil) 3:15, 5:00 & 10:00pm COMPRESSED, CONDENSED, CUT BACK, DECREASED, DIMINISHED, ENDLESS, EPHEMERAL, ETERNAL, the stage in the first of five concerts Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, EXTENDED, FLEETING, INCESSANT, INCREASED, in London and New York to celebrate 10:00 & 11:00pm INTERMINABLE, LENGTHY, LESSEN, LITTLE, LONG, their 50th anniversary Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 5:00pm MOMENTARY, PERPETUAL, PRECIS, PROLONGED, Thoongaa Vanam (2D/Tamil) 7:00pm PROTRACTED, REDUCED, SHORT, TRUNCATED.      ' "  #$%& WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Golf: Spieth says he considers Olympics as ‘fifth major’ Winning a gold medal has got to be up there in my mind: Jordan Spieth

SYDNEY: World number one the other priorities. And the gap Jordan Spieth yesterday said he’s in the schedule there, some time treating the Olympics as a “fifth off looks quite good actually.” major” next year as he revealed Golf returns to the Olympics in his excitement at golf’s return to Rio de Janeiro next year after an the Games in Rio de Janeiro. exile lasting more than a century. Barring injury or an unex- Meanwhile, European cap- pected form slump, the reigning tain Darren Clarke welcomed Masters and US Open champion an “extremely strong” EurAsia will spearhead a four-strong Cup line-up yesterday as Race to American attack in the 60-man Dubai runner-up Danny Willett A picture made available yesterday shows golf ball diver Ralf Oestmann field at the Games in Brazil. and French star Victor Dubuisson holding up a basket full of golf balls which he retrieved from a pond on “Just competing in the Olym- were confirmed among 10 auto- a golf course in Bremen, Germany. Oestmann dives for golf balls which pics; just walking the opening matic qualifiers. got lost in the water hazard. Afterwards the golf balls are cleaned, sorted ceremony, staying in the village, World number 20 Willett, 28, is and resold. meeting these incredible athletes among five Englishmen to qualify from around the world, hopefully for the January 15-17 tournament that’s something I’ll be able to as the leading 10 available players who will face Jeev Milkha Singh’s nity to enhance their prospects of experience next August,” he said on the European Tour’s final Race Asian team in Kuala Lumpur. making next September’s Ryder in Sydney yesterday. Defending Australian Open champion and world number one Jordan to Dubai standings. They will be joined by two cap- Cup team. “Winning a gold medal has got Spieth of the US chips out of the bunker on the 8th hole during a practice Dubuisson and fellow Ryder tain’s picks in two weeks’ time “It’s also a good chance for me to be up there in my mind with round on the front nine at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney, Australia, Cup player Ross Fisher also made from Clarke, who will also mas- to see how comfortable they are winning a major championship. yesterday. the cut, along with Chris Wood, termind Europe’s team for next with and in a team environment,” “I’ve been asked the question: a Michael Fitzpatrick and Andy year’s Ryder Cup. he added. green jacket or a gold medal, or a Sullivan, who was runner-up to “I am delighted with the Europe and Asia will both be Wanamaker (trophy) or an Open and try and take care of business.” pics was “not really a priority of Rory McIlroy at the European make-up of the team. It may be trying to win the EurAsia Cup for Championship or a gold medal? His enthusiasm is in contrast to my scheduling next year”. Tour’s season-ending DP World a relatively young one, but it is the first time after the inaugural That’s not fair. Australian former world number “I’ll still base my schedule Tour Championship in Dubai. extremely strong and packed with edition in 2014, also at Glenmarie “I think this year we’re going to one Adam Scott, who Spieth faces around the majors and if the Ireland’s Shane Lowry, Bernd experience,” said Clarke, in com- Golf and Country Club, ended in approach it as a fifth major and at the Australian Open in Sydney Olympics fits in, then it does,” he Wiesberger of Austria, Denmark’s ments released by the Asian Tour. a 10-10 draw. we’re going to prepare like it is starting tomorrow. said. “That’s just where I see it Soren Kjeldsen and Swede Krist- “The EurAsia Cup also offers and I’m going to go down there Scott last week said the Olym- and the point I’m at in my life and offer Broberg round out the 10 many of our players the opportu- AGENCIES NFL: Perfect 10 as Patriots battle past Bills

NEW YORK: The New Eng- and hit throughout. “He’s smart. land Patriots ground out a bruis- NFL RESULTS He gets rid of the ball when he ing 20-13 victory over the Buffalo New England 20 Buffalo 13 needs to. Bills to keep their unbeaten start Results from the NFL games on Sunday “He doesn’t take risks,” Ryan to the season intact on Monday. Detroit 18 Oakland 13 said of the four-time Super Bowl Patriots quarterback Tom Indianapolis 24 Atlanta 21 champion quarterback. Brady survived a sustained buf- The match officials meanwhile Houston 24 NY Jets 17 feting from the Buffalo defense found themselves at the center to steer the reigning Super Bowl Tampa Bay 45 Philadelphia 17 of a bizarre incident in the third champions to their 10th win of the Denver 17 Chicago 15 quarter which may have cost the current campaign. Baltimore 16 St Louis 13 Patriots an Amendola touchdown. Brady threw one touchdown Dallas 24 Miami 14 It began when Brady scrambled pass and his third interception Carolina 44 Washington 16 right and connected with Amen- of the season as New England Kansas City 33 San Diego 3 dola down the sideline. Amendola dug deep at Foxborough to see off appeared to have a virtual clear Seattle 29 San Francisco 13 their AFC Eastern Division rivals. run to the end zone with just Running back James White Green Bay 30 Minnesota 13 one defender between him and a crossed for two touchdowns -- the Arizona 34 Cincinnati 31 touchdown. first of his career -- while wide However a phantom officiating receiver Danny Amendola caught a shaky offensive performance. whistle blew and halted the play Miami Heat’s centre Hassan Whiteside (21) blocks the shot from New York Knicks’ guard Arron Afflalo (4) during nine passes for 117 yards before “I don’t think that’s an excuse. just before Amendola collected the second half of their NBA game at American Airlines Arena. The Heat won 95-78. leaving the game injured in the I think we can play better,” Brady Brady’s pass. second half. said. “I think some of the things The play was eventually blown Brady made 20 completions that we didn’t do well had nothing dead as embarrassed officials from 39 attempts for 277 yards to do with missing some of the blamed an “inadvertent whistle.” while the Bills lone touchdown guys. We’ve just gotta do things The Patriots failed to score came from running back LeSean better if we want to score more from the drive and from the ensu- LeBron milestone as McCoy to tie the match at 10-10 points.” ing possession McCoy scored his in the third quarter. Bills coach Rex Ryan praised game-tying score. Brady refused to blame the Brady’s ability to weather the labour of Love lifts Cavs Patriots’ mounting injury list for storm despite being pressured REUTERS LOS ANGELES: LeBron James just great players,’” James said. NHL: Rangers reached another statistical mile- NBA Results “When it comes to our sport stone as the Cleveland Cavaliers San Antonio 98 Phoenix 84 we’re so eager to say who is bet- thrash Predators overpowered the Orlando Magic Miami 95 New York 78 ter - Oscar or Jordan or LeBron 117-103 on Monday. Utah 89 Oklahoma City 111 or Kobe (Bryant) or these guys NEW YORK: Goaltender Henrik James joined Oscar Robertson Milwaukee 109 Detroit 88 instead of just accepting great- Lundqvist continued his brilliant as the only other player in NBA Minnesota 100 Philadelphia 95 ness.” season by stopping 31 shots in the history to rank in the top 25 for Charlotte 127 Sacramento 122 James finally finished with 15 New York Rangers’ 3-0 victory both scoring and assists after Cleveland 117 Orlando 103 points and six rebounds, as well as over the Nashville Predators. helping team-mate Kevin Love to 13 assists while guard J R Smith Lundqvist leads the league with a three-pointer with five minutes tory to score 25,000 points. “That chipped in with 26 points, his 12 wins and also leads in both left in the second quarter. gives me chills to even hear that,” highest tally of the season. goals against average and save The assist pushed James’ Blatt said. “That’s an amazing, It marked a welcome return percentage before registering his career total to 6,837, nudging him amazing accomplishment. “You’re to normality for James, who second shutout. ahead of Norm Nixon into 25th speaking about such rarified air... was forced to apologise to team- Rick Nash and Kevin Hayes place. James is also 19th on the All the credit and respect to him mates on Saturday after bizarrely and Derek Stepan scored for the all-time points scoring list and for that.” storming off the court during the Rangers, who have won 11 of 12. is expected to pass Reggie Miller Magic coach Scott Skiles was Cavaliers victory over the Atlanta Predators goaltender Pekka in 18th place when the Cavs visit left in no doubt about James’ Hawks. Rinne stopped 16 shots. Toronto tonight. place in the pantheon of legends The Cavaliers victory saw them Blues 2, Sabres 1 Cleveland were made to work following his latest showing. improve to 11-3 for the season, the Right wingers Troy Brouwer for the victory however, with “Every time there’s a young best record in the Eastern Con- and Robby Fabbri both scored Orlando fighting back from 12 great player everybody talks about ference this year. goals as the St Louis Blues came points down to lead by eight Michael (Jordan), but to me he’s But while the Cavaliers from behind to beat the Buffalo points in the second quarter at always been more like a Magic marched on, it was another dis- Sabres. 42-34. (Johnson) or an Oscar type player mal night for the Philadelphia Goalkeeper Jake Allen made 24 But just as Magic fans began because of his vision,” Skiles said. 76ers, who slumped to their 15th saves for the Blues. dreaming of an upset, the Cava- “That’s what makes him so dif- straight defeat since the start of liers clicked into gear with Love ficult. If you think you’re going the season in a 100-95 loss to the REUTERS pouring on the points as Cleve- to give him a steady diet of run- Minnesota Timberwolves. land took a grip on the contest. ning and double teaming him, he’s Combined with ten straight Love reeled off 17 straight dur- going to carve you up.” losses at the tail end of last sea- NHL RESULTS ing a five-minute burst of scor- James, however, was unwill- son, the 76ers are 0-25 -- just St Louis 2 Buffalo 1 ing in the second quarter that ing to enter into a debate about one defeat away from equalling NY Rangers 3 Nashville 0 included a trio of three-pointers. where he stood in the pecking the worst losing streak in NBA Love finally finished with 34 order of greatness. history (26). The 76ers class of Philadelphia 3 Carolina 2 points. Cavs coach David Blatt, “I think we get caught up in 2013-14 currently share that infa- Washington 1 Edmonton 0 meanwhile, was left reflecting our league too much in trying to mous record with the Cleveland Boston 4 Toronto 3 Boston Bruins’ goalie Tuukka Rask (40) is congratulated by defenceman on another landmark night for compare greats to greats instead Cavaliers of 2010-11. Los Angeles 3 Florida 1 Colin Miller (48) after their victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air James, who only recently became of just accepting and acknowledg- Canada Centre. The Bruins beat the Maple Leafs 4-3 in the shootout. the youngest player in NBA his- ing and saying, ‘Wow, these are REUTERS Colorado 4 Winnipeg 1 WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Kenya officials Cricket gets set for pink revolution in talks with Australia ready for New Zealand at Sydney Cricket Ground for first ever day-night Test athletes angry

SYDNEY: Venerable Test could not be starker -- with low at graft, doping cricket, 138 years after its origins, turnouts and funereal ground is about to get a glitzy makeover atmospheres in Brisbane and NAIROBI: Kenya’s government in this week’s first-ever day-night Perth -- yet again bringing into met athletes to discuss their Test match between Australia and focus Test cricket’s ability to sur- grievances yesterday, as runners New Zealand in Adelaide. vive in a modern sporting envi- occupied the athletics federation While playing with a pink ball ronment. building for a second day, protest- under lights is an anathema to While the day-night concept ing against corruption and doping staunch cricket traditionalists, has been hailed as “thoroughly allegations engulfing their sport administrators are pointing to enlightened” by the new inter- at home and abroad. dwindling crowds and outdated national cricket chief, legendary Commissioner for Sports Gor- scheduling as they attempt to Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas, don Oluoch said he would try and move the Test format into the it has its opponents. resolve their complaints, but did 21st century. Some players have been critical not commit himself to any specific Emboldened by the success of of the revolutionary pink ball -- action, and criticised the protest- Twenty20 with its frenetic pace used because the traditional red ers for resorting to “the laws of and slick innovation, Cricket Aus- ball is difficult to see in the dark the jungle”. tralia is trialling day-night Test -- complaining it deteriorates A group of mostly low-level cricket from Friday in a bid to more quickly. athletes swooped on the Athletics attract more fans and interest. Kookaburra, which manufac- Kenya headquarters in Nairobi on Cricket Australia chief James tures the balls used in Australia, Monday morning, ordering staff Sutherland is a leading proponent say the difference between the red to leave and barricading them- and believes it should be viewed as and pink versions is primarily a selves inside. Around about 60 part of the evolution of the five- very fine film of extra paint used were still there yesterday, wit- day game. on the pink ball to help keep its nesses said. “We know and understand we colour. This file photo taken on November 21, 2015, shows New Zealand’s Matt Henry preparing to bowl with the pink The Professional Athletes’ need to shift entertainment into Kookaburra said the pink ball ball on day one of the tour cricket match between New Zealand and Western Australia in Perth. Venerable Association of Kenya (PAAK) periods of the day that are more had gone through rigorous test- Test cricket, 138 years after its origins, is about to get a glitzy makeover in this week’s first-ever day-night Test said it feared that honest ath- appealing,” Sutherland said. ing. match between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide. letes could face collective punish- “I love all cricket but my pre- “I don’t think any Test ball has ment because of scandals about ferred format of the game is Test gone through the level of testing doping and media allegations cricket. And I honestly believe if and development that the pink international players. The fact member and television commen- erally want more instant gratifi- that top Athletics Kenya officials we do nothing then we are at risk ball has got and the number of that players value it so highly is tator, is advocating the introduc- cation and I think over five days had embezzled some sponsorship of loving Test cricket to death.” trials and feedback,” Kookaburra critical to its survival as a format tion of four-day, 100-over Tests to keep them interested in the money. Tickets for the day-night Test managing director Brett Elliott around the world,” FICA chief and a more clearly defined cham- game is not so easy,” he said. Athletics Kenya has denied all match, where play will be from said. Tony Irish said. pionship. “People are more about who such allegations. 2:00-9:00 pm local time, are sell- Despite many seeing a need to “One really shouldn’t mess too Taylor wants all Test matches is the best in the world at the Kenya, boasting some of the ing briskly, with Cricket Australia reinvigorate Test cricket, the Fed- much with that.” to begin on Thursdays, allow- moment. “They like watching world’s finest middle and long- comparing the interest to a high- eration of International Cricket- But pink-ball Test matches ing games to build to a Sunday World Cup finals (so) if you’re distance runners, has in recent demand Ashes series against Eng- ers Association cautions against could just be the start of a cricket evening climax. always working towards who is years been rocked by a spate of land. rushing into embracing day-night revolution, if some visionaries “You’ve got to look at the game the best Test team in the world, failed drug tests and the country’s The contrast with Australia’s Tests as part of the sport’s future. have their way. Former Austral- as a whole. Where is cricket that can only help the game,” he athletics federation has drawn first two daytime Tests of the cur- “Test cricket is seen as the pin- ian captain Mark Taylor, now a going? said. criticism for not doing enough to rent series against New Zealand nacle format by the majority of current Cricket Australia board “The younger generation gen- REUTERS tackle doping. Allegations of corruption among Athletics Kenya chiefs tied to a Nike sponsorship deal, combined with Russia’s recent ban from global athletics, have India eye series stirred fears that the East Afri- can nation could be banned from international track and field. “We want to discuss the issues raised by the athletes to see if we win as Steyn is can resolve the matter,” Oluoch said before a meeting at the Sport Ministry. “We believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have ruled out of Test genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not NAGPUR: India will start as have got more runs in the series,” through the law of the jungle,” favourites to wrap up the series said Amla, who hit an unbeaten said Oluoch. after South Africa’s pace spear- 253, the second highest of his Among athletes who joined head Dale Steyn was sidelined 23 three-figure knocks in Test talks at the ministry were Wilson again for the third Test which cricket, in Nagpur five years ago. Kipsang, president of PAAK and starts in Nagpur today. “Hopefully, the runs are still former marathon world record India lead the four-match to come. We’ve got two big Test holder, and Wesley Korir, winner series 1-0 after winning the first matches to deal with.” of the 2012 Boston City Marathon FROM LEFT: India’s Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra prepare to bowl during a practice Test in Mohali inside three days South Africa have been let who is now also a lawmaker. session ahead of their third Test cricket match against South Africa in Nagpur, India, yesterday. before rain washed out the last down so far by their inability to four days of the drawn second cope with India’s spin twins, Ravi- REUTERS match in Bangalore. chandran Ashwin and Ravindra With another dry, spin-friendly Jadeja, who have equally shared pitch laid at the VCA Stadium on 24 of the 30 wickets to fall in Boxing: Haye the outskirts of Nagpur, the top- three innings so far. S ri Lanka offers neutral ranked Proteas are in real danger “We have not played our best announces of losing their nine-year unbeaten cricket,” Amla said as the tourists series record on foreign soil. limped to 184 and 109 in Mohali comeback fight South African and made 214 on captain Hashim the first day at venue for Indo-Pak clash Amla (pictured) Bangalore. against De Mori confirmed that Kohli said he COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has Steyn will not take was relieved at LONDON: Britain’s former world offered itself as a neutral venue field, saying his not having to face heavyweight champion David for a proposed series between premier fast bowler his own spinners, Haye will make his comeback in arch-rivals India and Pakistan to had not recovered Ashwin, Jadeja a London fight against Austral- break a deadlock over where to from the groin and Amit Mishra, ia’s Mark de Mori in January, he play the matches, cricket officials strain he suffered who have wreaked announced yesterday. said yesterday. in Mohali. havoc with the Haye, 35, last fought in July The island nation emerged as “Not having Dale South African bat- 2012 when he beat compatriot a likely solution after crisis talks in the team is a set- ting. Dereck Chisora, but withdrew at the weekend between the two back because not “If I was playing from proposed bouts against rivals in Dubai failed to end the having the services against them, I Manuel Charr and Tyson Fury stalemate. of the best bowler would find it really the following year due to injury. “We have made the offer,” a in the world is difficult to score The smooth-talking Londoner Sri Lankan Cricket board official never a nice thing,” off them,” he said. was advised to retire by surgeons said, adding the teams had been he said. “But we’ve “I am sure it is not after undergoing shoulder sur- given the option of playing in got to deal with it pleasant facing the gery, but will now make his return Colombo and Kandy or Colombo and, hopefully, the three of them.” against 33-year-old De Mori at only. “We are awaiting a response guys who play will Kohli insisted the O2 Arena on January 16. from the PCB,” he said, referring get a chance to stand out.” too much was being made of the “I’m so happy to be able to step to the Pakistan Cricket Board. When South Africa played a dry, brown pitch that will aid spin back through the ropes and back India and Pakistan were Test in Nagpur in 2010, Steyn as the match goes on. into the ring, where I do my best scheduled to play two Tests, five picked up a 10-wicket haul, “I don’t know why there is so work,” Haye told a press confer- one-dayers and two Twenty20 including a career-best 7-57 in the much of hue and cry about wick- ence at the fight venue. internationals in December and first innings, to fashion his team’s ets in India,” he said. “We have “I’ve always set the bar high January. But Sri Lankan officials emphatic win by an innings and absolutely no problem in playing in my career and I will continue said that with time running out, six runs. on wickets given to us.” to do so. Please sit back and get the series would be shortened to Indian captain Virat Kohli, Amla, asked about the pitch, ready for another fun-fuelled limited-over matches if played on however, insisted Steyn’s absence said: “It looks like a good cricket heavyweight campaign to the the island. This undated picture released by the Hong Kong Cricket Association will not make a difference to his wicket, one that we kind of expect very top. A Board of Control for Cricket shows Hong Kong’s Ming Li posing in Hong Kong. Li yesterday became team’s prospects. in the sub-continent.” “It’s been a long three and a in India spokesman declined to the first Chinese cricketer to join Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League, “We have faced him enough The South African captain said half years out, with many ups and comment. Pakistan have been after honing his bowling by watching YouTube videos of Shane Warne. times in the past and we have his team’s dream of winning the downs, but ‘The Hayemaker’ is playing their home series in the scored enough runs against him,” series was not over yet, but they finally back and ready to do what I United Arab Emirates because of he said. “We treat every bowler still needed to win at Nagpur to do best. I’ve a new team, new look security fears at home, but India overs series in 2012. Under a 2014 memorandum of the same way. Someone else set up the decider in Delhi from and new inspiration to achieve my have refused to play there for the India blamed militants based understanding, both countries’ might step up, so you can’t take December 3. goals.” A former unified cruiser- upcoming tournament. in Pakistan for the attacks which cricket boards had agreed to play anyone lightly.” “It’s a must-win game for us if weight world champion, Haye India and Pakistan have not left 166 people dead. six series between 2015-2023, with Amla’s own poor form with the we are to win the series,” he said. stepped up to heavyweight in 2009 played a full series since 2007. Last month, hardline Hindu four to be hosted by Pakistan. bat will worry the tourists after “The issue has been more with and won the WBA title by defeat- New Delhi halted all cricket activists sabotaged talks between But all series were subject to he made 43 and 0 in the first Test the lack of runs than the lack of ing giant Russian Nikolai Valuev matches with Pakistan following India and Pakistan cricket clearance from their respective and seven in the rain-ruined sec- wickets. Hopefully, we’ll get the in Nuremberg. the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, officials in Mumbai, underscoring governments. ond game in Bangalore. runs too.” although they did play a limited- the anger still felt by some. AFP “I definitely would have liked to REUTERS REUTERS WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Britain counting on Murrays to bring home Cup Davis Cup final against Belgium to start on Friday; Federer terms Britain as favourites and Andy the key FACTBOX LONDON: Britain will attempt to win the Davis Cup for the first Federer signs Stuttgart pact, Britain is bidding for a first Davis Cup triumph time in 79 years this weekend since 1936, while Belgium have never won the when they take on Belgium in trophy. Ghent, although if they do suc- not to retire before 2017 Below are details of the tie which begins on ceed the Scottish town of Dun- Friday: blane could argue its name should BERLIN: Roger Federer will not Open and the start of Wimble- Venue: Flanders Expo, Ghent, capacity 13,000 be inscribed on the trophy. be retiring at the end of next year don next year, giving players more Court surface: Clay World number two Andy Mur- after the Swiss signed up to play time to adapt to the switch from ray and his brother Jamie, who at the Stuttgart grass court tour- clay to grass. Teams (singles world ranking in brackets) grew up in Dunblane, have pro- nament for the next two years. “It’s genius to have an extra Belgium pelled Britain through the draw, Organisers announced their week. It doesn’t sound like much, David Goffin (16) with Andy churning out vital sin- coup on Monday, claiming Federer but for us players it’s a lot,” said Steve Darcis (84) gles wins and teaming up with his had agreed to play in the tourna- the 34-year-old. Ruben Bemelmans (108) elder sibling in the doubles. ment, which switched from clay “I love playing on grass -- That is likely to be the scenario to grass for the first time back in always have, always will. To play Kimmer Coppejans (128) again at the Flanders Expo, begin- June, beyond next year. another tournament on grass is Captain: Johan Van Herck ning on Friday, where despite Having been post-Wimbledon great for me. I can manage my Britain 13,000 home fans trying to cheer this year, the ATP Stuttgart Open energy and schedule. It’s all about Andy Murray (2) Belgium to their first ever Davis will be played before the grass winning titles.” Previously, Fed- Cup, Britain will start favourites. court Grand Slam in 2016. erer had been coy about his long- Kyle Edmund (100) Twice Grand Slam champion “I watched the first (grass term future, committing only to Jamie Murray (doubles ranking 7) Britain’s captain Leon Smith and Britain’s Andy Murray (right) during a Andy Murray is the class act of press conference ahead of their Davis Cup World Group final yesterday court) edition on television, it had his schedule next year. Dominic Inglot (doubles ranking 23) the final -- a repeat of the 1904 at Flanders Expo in Gent, Belgium. a great atmosphere. I’ve always “Wimbledon is a big one. Rio as Paths to final: match when the British Isles won wanted to play Stuttgart, but it well but it’s not my number one Belgium 5-0 with brothers Laurence and was always the wrong time after priority. It starts with the Aus- Reggie Doherty starring. ing lost two of his three matches my opinion, because they have Wimbledon,” said Federer. tralian Open which is just around First round: Beat Switzerland (home) 3-2 Murray’s commitment to the at the ATP World Tour Finals Andy in the team,” he said. “Now that they’ve moved dates, the corner,” he said following his Quarter-final: Beat Canada (home) 5-0 cause this year has been immense. last week. How he adapts to the Federer, however, believes Bel- the chance to play the Mercedes defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Semi-final: Beat Argentina (home) 3-2 The 2013 Wimbledon champion quick switch to indoor clay will be gium should not be dismissed, Cup is very exciting – I can’t title match at the ATP Tour Britain is undefeated, winning two singles crucial for Britain captain Leon especially with world number 16 wait.” The seven-time Wimbledon Finals on Sunday. “Once that’s First round: Beat US (home) 3-2 against the United States in Glas- Smith. David Goffin in their ranks. champion also said he was happy over then I look more towards gow in March. “The reality is that if Andy gets “Belgium are at home. I really there would be an extra week the future.” Quarter-final: Beat France (home) 3-1 Against France in the quar- injured or ill, then it would be a like Goffin, a great player. Good between the end of the French AFP Semi-final: Beat Australia (3-2) ter-finals at Queen’s Club, the very difficult match to win,” Mark attitude. I feel like he’s the kind Davis Cup titles: Murrays joined forces to win the Cox, who played for Britain in the of guy that can handle pressure,” Britain: 9 (most recent in 1936) doubles with Andy winning both 1978 final, said. he said. Belgium: 0 his singles in a 3-1 victory – the “Leon has done well to bond Goffin will likely be up against second against Gilles Simon when the team and get some perform- Britain’s 100th-ranked debutant Previous meetings: 11 (Britain leads 7-4) he was down on both knees with ances from James Ward, well Kyle Edmund in the opening Most recent meeting: 2012 (Group 1, Euro- fatigue. beyond what realistically would match -- a must win rubber for Africa QF) - Belgium won 4-1 Then came the semi-final be expected. the hosts. Player head-to-heads: against Australia, again in “But the whole run to the final Murray is likely to play Bel- Murray vs Goffin (Murray leads 2-0) Glasgow, when the 28-year-old has relied on Andy’s perform- gium number two Steve Darcis, Murray vs Darcis (Murray leads 1-0) crushed Bernard Tomic, having ances and it has been great to see who won the fifth rubber in the Switzerland’s Roger Federer won a gripping doubles five-setter Jamie rising to the challenge and semi-final against Argentina, Edmund vs Darcis (Edmund leads 1-0) arrives on court for the final with Jamie the previous day, to becoming a force in doubles.” although captain Johan Van of ATP World Tour Finals Edmund vs Goffin (never played) send Britain into the final for the Roger Federer, who won the Herck could save him for what against Serbia’s Novak Belgium have reached their first final since first time since 1978. trophy for the first time last year could be a potential title-decider Djokovic in London on 1904 although they have been fortunate. In the He flew into Belgium on Mon- for Switzerland, believes Murray in Sunday’s reverse singles. Sunday. first round neither Roger Federer or Stanislas day – a country on high alert will decide the tie. Wawrinka played for Switzerland. after the Paris attacks – hav- “Britain are the favourites, in REUTERS

Kohli calls day-night Test Hamburg 2024 referendum set to go to wire

BERLIN: Hamburg’s bid to host development, plus social and envi- a ‘landmark’ occasion the 2024 Olympics faces a crucial ronmental issues. referendum in the Hanseatic city All this while the city of Ham- NAGPUR: India captain Virat Kohli (pictured) is “excited” Aus- on Sunday with the vote on the burg currently struggles to tralia and New Zealand have agreed to play cricket’s first day-night Summer Games set to go to the complete a number of building Test and called the match starting on Friday at the Adelaide Oval a wire. projects. “landmark” occasion. Hamburg faces stiff competi- The NOlympics campaign has The longest format of the game, played over five days, has seen tion from Budapest, Paris, Los labelled the Summer Games “a dwindling crowds at grounds and according to governing body the Angeles and Rome to host the money-burning machine”, which International Cricket Council (ICC), day-night tests are an effort to 2024 Olympics with a decision “speeds up gentrification” and is address the problem. to be made at an International “not sustainable”. “It is a landmark test,” Kohli told reporters yesterday ahead of the Olympic Committee (IOC) meet- Nevertheless, the idea of host- third Test against South Africa which starts in Nagpur today. ing in Peru on September 13, 2017. ing an Olympics remains popular “It is a big experiment. It is a big step towards Residents in Hamburg and with Germany’s youth -- whose changing something in Test cricket. I hope it Kiel, where the sailing events taxes will ultimately pay for it -- works. I hope it can be another option as well. are planned to be held, will make as 71 percent, of those between 14 “I’m glad two teams have actually agreed to their feelings known when the A picture shows passersby walking past a poster with the Olympic rings and 29 years of age polled across play an official Test like that as an experiment. results are revealed on Sunday on the Rota Flora Theatre in Hamburg, Germany, on Sunday. the country, were in favour. Credit to Australia and New Zealand, both, that night – and support seems to be “The results confirm our they have decided to do this. dropping. impression that people tend to “Hopefully, it will be better for the game. It According to a survey commis- public has the power to veto the Key personalities from across take a now-or-never attitude will be a step which we all might remember a sioned by the German Olympic plans -- as Bavarian residents Germany’s sporting landscape, when it comes to sports events,” few years down the line. Let’s hope so.” Sports Confederation (DSOB) did in November 2013 when they such as Joachim Loew, who said DOSB president Alfons The 50-over format and the shortest Twenty20 format are already earlier this month, only 56 per- blocked Munich’s bid to host the coached the football team to their Hoermann. day-night affairs across the world, but some Australian players have cent of Hamburg residents 2022 Winter Olympics. 2014 World Cup triumph, have The recent terror attacks in expressed concerns about the visibility and durability of the pink ball wanted their city to host the “We are confident about the voiced their support. Paris have brought the question that will be used in the match. games -- down from 63 percent referendum at the weekend, But the ‘outside influences’ Ves- of security for the Hamburg bid Kohli felt it was a step in the right direction to protect test matches. in September. despite all the outside influences,” per mentioned come in the form into question, but Hamburg major “If it is officially put into place it will be something different, it will In order for the bid to continue, said the DOSB chief executive of Hamburg-based group ‘NOlym- Olaf Scholz has said he will not be something exciting,” he said. “As cricketers we all should be willing a majority is required and at least officer Michael Vesper. pics Hamburg: Something Better increase the bid’s security budget and accepting of the fact that we need to step forward and contribute 260,000 of the population, some The proposed total budget of than the Olympics’ – which has for the time being. to the game however possible. 20 percent, need to vote for Sun- the mammoth project currently been campaigning hard against “No one can say what will be “If this is a step towards improving the excitement and the popular- day’s final figure to be valid, but stands at $11.89bn and would the bid. needed in 2024, which is why I am ity of Test cricket, then I think every team should be in for it.” nearly 500,000 have already sent attempt to revitalise Hamburg’s They point to the staggering cautious,” Scholz told the Ham- Play is due to start at 2pm local time (0330 GMT) and finish at in absentee votes. docks with many venues planned cost of hosting a Games, adding burg Abendblatt newspaper. 9pm local. The DSOB opted for Hamburg to be within walking distance of that a modern Olympics car- REUTERS over the capital Berlin and the the city centre. ries the massive burden of urban AFP

Cricket event marks anniversary celebrations QEVA holds meeting at QREC

Officials of Qatar Equine Veterinary Association (QEVA) during a meeting with representatives of horse breed- ing farms at Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) in Doha yesterday. Dr Peter Rakestraw was one of the Players of Muaither branch, Saudia Hyper Markets lifting the trophy after winning a cricket tournament organ- officials to deliver a lecture at the meeting. Dr Rakestraw is internationally recognised for his contributions in ised by Saudia Hyper Markets as part of the anniversary celebrations recently. equine surgery. WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Al Attiyah hits the track as organisers arrange free ride to circuit for fans

DOHA: Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al I think I have adapted very fast stand is free for all the spectators. Attiyah yesterday fine tuned his to the car and I will do the maxi- Officials said there will be pick- preparations ahead of his debut at mum to get the better result in up points of free transportation the season’s final WTCC round at my home race,” Al Attiyah said. from Doha to Losail International Losail International Circuit to be “The car is very good and all Circuit on Friday. held later this week. the team is great. They are trying Al Attiyah, a two-time Dakar to support me to the maximum. THE PENINSULA Rally champion, last evening Many thanks also to QMMF tested his Chevrolet around Losail President Nasser Khalifa bin Al PICK-UP POINTS International Circuit, venue of Attiyah who gave me this chance ASPIRE PARK the night WTCC spectacle on to be here, at the final round of Pick up point - In front of Burgeri, behind Villag- November 26 and 27. the WTCC season,” Al Attiyah gio Shopping Mall “It was a good test for me,” Al said. Look for the YELLOW Doha Bus. Attiyah said yesterday. Free practice will be held Departure times at 5:30pm and 7:45pm “I am quite happy with my tomorrow from 7:00pm to SOUK WAQIF times and it was my first time in 10:00pm. On Friday, official quali- a touring car,” he said. fying sessions will held be from Pick up point - In front of Fanar Centre. “It was a very good experience,” 3:00pm to 4:00pm. Look for the YELLOW Doha Bus. Departure times at 5:30pm and 7:45pm he said. The first race on Friday is “I feel excited that I will be scheduled to start at 9:30pm while QMMF OFFICE driving at a home event,” Al Atti- the second race will commence at Pick up point - In front of QMMF office, on Salwa Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah giving final touches to preparations for his debut at the season’s final WTCC Road (Behind Radisson Blu Hotel) yah said. 10:40pm. Organisers said yester- round, yesterday at Losail International Circuit. “I know the circuit very well. day that entrance to the grand- Departure times at 6:00pm and 7:30pm

Beckenbauer Zenit beat Valencia to extend winning streak ‘went to limits’ Champions League: Barcelona qualify for last 16 after BATE Borisov, Leverkusen play out draw in 2006 World SAINT PETERSBURG: Rus- sian champions Zenit St Peters- Cup bid burg extended their winning streak in the Champions League BERLIN: German football leg- to five games with a 2-0 win over end Franz Beckenbauer (pic- Spanish high-flyers Valencia yes- tured) has admitted the bidding terday. committee he chaired for the 2006 Goals by Oleg Shatov and World Cup “went to the limits” to Artem Dzyuba ensured the obtain the finals. Saint Petersburg outfit, who had In his first televised interview already qualified for the knock- since magazine Der Spiegel made out rounds, will top Group H. cash-for-votes allegations in mid- Zenit, who had won their open- October, Beckenbauer responded: ing group match 3-2 in Valencia, “What are the limits?” when sat back from the kick-off, giving asked if lines had been crossed. up possession and threatening on “There was no ethics commis- the counter-attack. sion, we could contact members In the 15th minute, Dzyuba of the (FIFA) executive commit- received Hulk’s pass from the tee directly. We always went to left and helped the ball on to the limit. It was another time,” Shatov, who escaped the offside Beckenbauer told Sky. trap before shooting home from At the centre of the scandal is close range. a $7.2m payment, which is alleged Valencia, who could have to have been used to purchase the secured a last 16 spot with vic- Zenit’s Brazilian forward Hulk vies for the ball possession with Valencia’s Portuguese defender Ruben Vezo during their UEFA Champions League votes of four members of FIFA’s tory, poured forward in search of group H football match at the Petrovsky Stadium in St Petersburg yesterday. RIGHT: Bayer Leverkusen’s midfielder Karim Bellarabi (left) and BATE executive committee in 2000 – an equaliser. Borisov’s Belarusian midfielder Alexander Hleb in action during their group E match at the Borisov Arena Stadium in Borisov, outside Minsk, yesterday. days before Germany narrowly However, the visitors lacked won the right to host the 2006 accuracy in picking out striker finals. Paco Alcacer with long-range two with Shatov before finding ahead in the second minute only third on five points from as many half but failed to threaten until However, Beckenbauer has passes. the unmarked Dzyuba, who found for Admir Mehmedi to equalise games, a point ahead of BATE. the 45th minute, when their top insisted the money was intended After the interval Zenit, the back of the net to secure vic- for the German visitors, with the Leverkusen dominated scorer Javier Hernandez missed a “only to obtain a 250m euro grant” spurred on by a capacity 21,000 tory. result leaving Barca five points throughout but poor finishing let gilt-edged chance. from world football’s governing crowd, moved up a gear pinning Valencia’s slight hopes to save clear of third-placed Bayer, who them down after BATE scored Hernandez was denied by a body. Yesterday, the 70-year-old Valencia back. the day went up in smoke with 10 have only a single match left, in with their first move, capital- reflex save from goalkeeper Sergei was due to speak to the law firm Argentinian full back Ezequiel minutes to go when their Portu- Group E. ising on a calamitous error by Chernik, who kept out the Mexico tasked by the German Football Garay missed a clear chance to guese full back Ruben Vezo was Bayer Leverkusen and BATE Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd striker’s close-range shot with his Association (DFB) with auditing increase Zenit’s lead in the 58th sent off for a professional foul on Borisov are perilously close to Leno. feet after good work by Mehmedi. the 2006 bid. World football’s minute when he headed inches Shatov. early Champions League exits Gordeichuk took the ball in Leverkusen finally drew level governing body FIFA are also wide from Hulk’s corner. Meanwhile, holders Barcelona after draw. his stride on the left flank and when livewire Mehmedi side- investigating. Valencia’s second-half substi- qualified for the last 16 of the Forward Mikhail Gordeichuk cut inside two defenders before footed home a delightful first- Beckenbauer has been at the tute Santi Mina had the ball in Champions League before taking gave the home side a second- unleashing a low shot which time shot that went in off the far centre of the scandal since the the net in the 67th minute but his to the field yesterday after BATE minute lead before Admir Meh- trickled into the net through post after a good pass by play- DFB admitted the existence of a strike was ruled out for offside. Borisov and Bayer Leverkusen medi replied midway through the Leno’s arms and legs. maker Hakan Calhanoglu. draft agreement, signed by him, In the 74th minute, Zenit skip- drew 1-1 in Belarus. second half with a superb finish. Bayer pressed on relentlessly which offered a lucrative friendly per Miguel Danny played a one- Mikhail Gordeichuk put BATE The outcome left Leverkusen in for the remainder of the first AGENCIES against Germany, but no cash. It was made with disgraced former CONCACAF president Jack Warner – who is banned for life by FIFA – but it remains Sevilla chase Gladbach Juventus to target Manchester unclear whether it was ever used. The German insists there is “no Warner/Beckenbauer document, win to keep hopes alive but an agreement between the City’s weak points, says Allegri DFB and the CONCACAF”. BERLIN: Sevilla need a victory limit and give it everything we But Beckenbauer admits the at winless Borussia Moencheng- have,” said Schubert, whose side TURIN: Juventus will look to “I’m expecting a really difficult date of the agreement – five days ladbach today to keep alive their sealed a 2-1 win over Hanover capitalise on Manchester City’s game, irrespective of who plays. before Germany was awarded the faint hopes of progress to the on Saturday in his first game “weak points” when they host We know how much they want World Cup in 2000 – is an issue. Champions League’s knockout as head coach, with a contract the Premier League giants today to finish top of the group so I’m “The only thing that bothers stage in the Group D basement until 2017, after two months as looking to book their place in the sure both sides will fight to the me is the date of July 2. We battle. caretaker boss. Having drawn last 16 of the Champions League. very finish tomorrow.” could think that it’s linked to the A win at bottom side Glad- 1-1 last time out at home to City travel to Turin looking for While Pellegrini looks at his corruption,” he conceded, while bach is the only way third-placed Juventus, Gladbach want another revenge following their 2-1 defeat options ahead of today’s clash, adding: “If there was a slush fund Sevilla will still have any hope of strong performance. to Juve at the Etihad in Septem- Allegri will be doing the same or attempted corruption, I would reaching the last 16, when they Schubert has breathed life back ber, as well as redemption from as he counts the players on the have said something about it.” host Juventus on December 8. into Gladbach with a consistent fans after being humbled 4-1 at treatment table. He repeated comments he made Victory at Borussia Park would team selection policy, bringing home by Liverpool at the week- Juventus will be without sev- to Munich-based Sueddeutsche guarantee them at least a place in talented teenagers Andreas end. eral midfield players, notably Zeitung newspaper last week in the Europa League, which they Christensen and Mahmoud Massimiliano Allegri watched Sami Khedira, after a scar from a when he admitted signing have won for the last two years Dahoud and tightening the Liverpool take an injury-hit City recent thigh injury flared up while numerous documents linked to running. defence. side apart and although the Juve he was on international duty with the 2006 World Cup bid without With Gladbach’s Champions He has also given Swiss defen- coach hailed the pedigree of Germany. first reading them. League exit already confirmed, sive midfielder Graint Xhaka the Manuel Pellegrini’s side, he says Juventus’ coach Massimiliano Brazilian playmaker Hernanes “When I have confidence in defeat would confirm the captaincy and the 23-year-old, there will be no charity on offer Allegri attends a press conference was suspended for the game, fol- someone, I sign, without read- Germans will finish bottom of the who has been linked to a big- in Turin. at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, lowing his sending-off at Borussia ing,” he said. “I have a clear con- group, but they want to knock money move to Liverpool, has City, who are already qualified, Italy, yesterday. Monchengladbach, before suffer- science.” Sevilla from third to advance to revelled in the role. would secure top spot in Group ing a thigh injury on Saturday AFP the Europa League. The Foals are nine unbeaten D with a win. A Juventus victory, that has sidelined him for three “We need to be courageous and since losing at home to Manches- meanwhile, would book their to key players has left the Citizens weeks. play our own game, like we did ter City at the start of Septem- place in the knockout phase and sorely exposed. Also missing are Roberto against Juventus,” said Gladbach’s ber and had few problems beating send them two points clear of City City centre-back and captain Pereyra, Kwadwo Asamoah and Guinea winger Ibrahima Traore. mid-table Hanover on Saturday at the top. Vincent Kompany, as well as for- Simone Padoin, while Uruguayan “Our confidence is high, we with goals by Traore and Brazil- “I saw the game, Liverpool wards Wilfried Bony, David Silva midfielder Martin Caceres will are in good shape and our goal ian striker Raffael. played really well, they pressed and Samir Nasri are still sidelined have a late fitness test on a right is third place to qualify for the Sevilla are 11th in the Spanish City hard and created a lot of through injury. thigh problem. Europa League.” Gladbach are league. chances,” Allegri told reporters But Juventus midfielder Clau- Allegri did indicate that France buoyed by their German league They inflicted a first defeat in Turin yesterday. dio Marchisio says the Bianconeri left-back Patrice Evra, who suf- form which has seen them climb of the season on La Liga giants “Now, it’s up to us to try and are paying little attention to those fered an ankle knock in Satur- from bottom to fourth with Real Madrid with a 3-2 home capitalise on their weak points to absences. day’s 1-0 win over AC Milan, “has seven wins and a draw in their win three weeks ago when ex- get the result we need.” “It won’t change anything for recovered”. eight Bundesliga games since Borussia Dortmund striker Ciro Prior to their defeat to Liver- us,” said Marchisio. Although he won’t name Andre Schubert took charge in Immobile scored his maiden goal pool, City enjoyed a nine-game “Even though they don’t have his squad until today, Evra is September. for the club. unbeaten run which included much history in Europe, City have expected to play. Franz Beckenbauer “We have to go to our absolute AFP seven wins. But a rash of injuries quality throughout their squad. AFP WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

FIFA seeks life ban for Platini, says lawyer City prepare for Juventus clash PARIS: FIFA’s ethics watchdog the president of one at FIFA - the criminal investigation for mis- wants Michel Platini (pictured) UEFA, cannot electoral time- management at FIFA. Platini was banned for life over a suspect take part in the table is being named in the investigation, but is payment, the European football race to become manipulated and not yet a suspect, over a two mil- chief’s lawyer said yesterday. Blatter’s succes- there is a strat- lion Swiss franc ($2m) payment Platini, a FIFA Vice-President, sor as president egy to get rid made by FIFA in 2011 for work he is already serving a 90-day sus- of FIFA. of Platini as a did a decade earlier. pension while an investigation is Platini is one candidate.” Blatter has said the two had an held into a $2m sum he received of six candidates FIFA’s investi- “oral contract” for the payment from FIFA President Sepp Blatter to run football’s gative committee and that this is allowed under who is also suspended. scandal-hit rul- said the report Swiss law and FIFA regulations. Platini’s lawyer Thibaud d’Ales ing body with with requested Appeals by both Blatter and revealed the FIFA’s life ban the election sanctions had Platini against their 90-day sus- demand which he described as a scheduled for been handed over pensions were rejected last week, “scandal” and “excessive”. February 26. But to Platini and and Platini has taken his case “This ban is subject to the proof he will not be allowed to take Blatter’s legal teams. to the Court of Arbitration for of corruption, but the punishment part unless he passes a FIFA “I can confirm that Michel Sport, with a decision expected is clearly excessive,” D’Ales said. integrity test which cannot be Platini and his lawyers have got soon. “It’s not based on anything in conducted while he is suspended. the report and they have also Five FIFA president candidates the case.” D’Ales maintained there was a received the request of the inves- have already passed integrity Blatter’s representatives concerted effort inside FIFA to tigative committee,” spokesman tests and are actively lobby- refused to comment on whether prevent Platini taking part. The Andreas Bantel said, without say- ing: Asian football chief Sheikh the same request has been made 60-year-old French football leg- ing what sanction demanded. Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, against the Swiss official. FIFA’s end had been favourite for the “They know what is in the former FIFA Vice-President adjudicatory chamber announced FIFA post until the latest charges report and they are free to com- Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, former on Monday that it has opened a were announced. ment on it,” he added. FIFA official Jerome Champagne, case against Blatter and Platini The French newspaper On Saturday, FIFA’s ethics South African businessman and and that it was aiming to Liberation first revealed the life committee, citing privacy and the former minister Tokyo Sexwale announce a decision next month. ban demand and the lawyer said presumption of innocence, said and UEFA general secretary Both men have denied any this was a deliberate leak. it would not disclose the nature Gianni Infantino. Infantino has Manchester City’s Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero (second right) wrongdoing though they admit “It’s a pure scandal, and by of the punishments requested said he will aside should Platini attends a team training session at the City Football Academy in there was no contract for the making it public there’s clearly against Platini and Blatter. be admitted to the election. Manchester, north west England, yesterday, ahead of their UEFA payment. an intention to cause harm. Swiss prosecutors said in Champions League Group D football match against Juventus today. Until a decision is taken, Platini, “The masks are slipping one by October that Blatter is under AFP Real Madrid Man United look to seal last 16 spot President gives Champions League: Van Gaal’s men to meet PSV today, Rooney returns to team’s training Benitez vote of

MANCHESTER: Manchester from home in the Champions confidence United manager Louis van Gaal League since November 2007. hopes to cock another snook at Saturday’s draw at Willem II MADRID: Real Madrid his critics when his team host was the fifth time they had failed President Florentino Perez gave PSV Eindhoven today need- to go on to win after taking the under-fire coach Rafael Benitez ing victory to progress in the lead in the Eredivisie this sea- (pictured) his full backing, Champions League. son and coach Phillip Cocu had just two days after a smarting Despite ongoing criticism strong words for his players after 4-0 home defeat to arch rivals over the quality of their football, the match. Barcelona. United climbed to second place “It has happened too many “The coach Rafael Benitez has in the Premier League table after times,” said the former central our full support and confidence. edging Watford 2-1 on Saturday midfielder, who played under Van He was picked for his profession- and will have an opportunity to Gaal with both Barcelona and the alism, his achievements, his expe- take over at the summit this Netherlands. rience and his ability,” said Perez. weekend when they visit surprise “Against the top teams, we Perez, 68, acknowledged “we leaders Leicester City. manage to rise above our poten- had a very bad match” against A place in the Champions tial. But these games are equally Barcelona, saying he understood League last 16 will be theirs if they important. If we want to win any the fans’ anger. prevail at Old Trafford today and trophies this season, we need to “Let him work, the victories for all the brickbats being flung at change it.” will come,” he added. him by pundits and former United Meanwhile, Manchester United Perez said he had given the players such as Paul Scholes, Van strikers Wayne Rooney and 55-year-old Benitez his backing Gaal knows that he is fulfilling his Anthony Martial both returned immediately after the game and objectives. to training yesterday ahead of the denied he had received requests “If we beat PSV, then we will clash. from players to sack the coach. have qualified,” he told MUTV. Manchester United’s Dutch manager Louis van Gaal (right) talks with Manchester United’s English striker The two players missed “He has a good relationship “It is very important to win, Wayne Rooney during a team training session in Manchester, north west England, yesterday, ahead of their United’s 2-1 win at Watford in with the players and he has a good but it is not easy because every UEFA Champions League Group B match against PSV Eindhoven today. the Premier League on Saturday, relationship game you have to play you cannot captain Rooney due to illness and with the say we will beat them. Martial because of a foot injury board and “PSV also beat Wolfsburg and Depay was dropped following Dutch international winger. “You and Ander Herrera (hamstring) sustained on international duty with me,” I think that they are a very good United’s 3-0 loss at Arsenal on need that backing and you need to the latest players to succumb to with France. Perez added. team. They also beat Manchester October 4 and was a substitute back yourself and train well, and injury at Vicarage Road, render- Midfielder Marouane Fellaini Former United, of course.” in five of the next six games before of course all the help is great to ing both men doubtful for today. also took part in training at Liverpool United’s chances of progress- making a goal-scoring return to get through difficult times. Another absentee is left-back United’s Carrington training base and Chelsea ing from Group B were jeop- the starting XI at Watford on “I’m happy to get the help of Luke Shaw, who sustained a after two games out with a calf manager ardised when they lost 2-1 in Saturday, where Troy Deeney’s everyone and happy to play on graphic double leg break follow- injury. Benitez has Eindhoven in their opening game cruel 90th-minute own goal gave Saturday to show that I can be ing a challenge by PSV’s Mexican But Phil Jones (ankle) and only been in on September 15, but subsequent the visitors victory. important.” centre-back Hector Moreno in Ander Herrera (hamstring), charge for home wins over Wolfsburg and Dovetailing with youth-team Depay, who joined United from the reverse fixture. injured against Watford, did 16 games, CSKA Moscow, as well as a 1-1 graduate Jesse Lingard in attack, PSV in a reported £25m($37.9m) Moreno was rested for PSV’s not participate, while Bastian but back- draw in Moscow, have taken them Depay put United in front with deal in June, could face renewed 2-2 draw with Willem II at the Schweinsteiger was absent due to-back to the top of the group. an adroit 11th-minute volley and competition for a starting role weekend, which left the Dutch to an unspecified problem. defeats now Memphis Depay marked his afterwards credited assistant after Van Gaal revealed that champions four points below Michael Carrick, who hurt his leave Madrid six points behind reunion with PSV by netting manager Ryan Giggs with help- Wayne Rooney (illness) and leaders Ajax, and he can expect a ankle on England duty was also Barcelona in the title race. United’s opener at the Philips ing him regain confidence. Anthony Martial (foot) could hostile reception if he returns to not present, along with long- Benitez took over from popular Stadium and like his club, his sta- “Ryan Giggs has given me good return to the team. the team in Manchester. term absentees Luke Shaw and Italian Carlo Ancelotti in June, tus has evolved in the two months advice and I’ve been working on But United’s infirmary remains PSV, a point below United in Antonio Valencia. but despite his many achieve- since. some things with him,” said the crowded, with Phil Jones (ankle) second place, have not won away AFP ments including winning the Champions League in his first season with Liverpool in 2005, he does not have the aura of Ancelotti, who proved adept at Ibrahimovic’s Malmo return leaves some fans perturbed managing the egos of the club’s many superstars. MALMO, SWEDEN: As Paris Nicked bicycles, came with it to according to his own autobiogra- Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Saint-Germain striker Zlatan practice, always had a ball, ban- phy would sometimes go to bed Ramos both campaigned for Ibrahimovic returns to his tered with others in the team...,” hungry. “Carletto” to continue at Madrid home town today, some Malmo he said. Greek-born Aneta Moura, at the end of last season. fans are torn over whether to “He ran around and didn’t lis- a former neighbour, said she The Madrid fans had called for support the city’s prodigal son ten to the coaches. Did what he remembered him as “maybe a bit Perez’s resignation towards the or the team that launched his liked to do, dribbled when he was mischievous. His mother had to end of Saturday’s thrashing. career. meant to pass.” come and get him here and there.” And reports in Spain had sug- On a football pitch in the immi- Almost 15 years after he left When he was between eight gested appointing the hugely pop- grant-heavy neighbourhood of Malmo for Ajax, Ibrahimovic’s and 10, he was the “boss” of a ular former French legend and Rosengard, where the 34-year-old maverick image remains intact group of children whom he would Real Madrid reserve team coach Swede grew up, one of his child- as he regularly courts contro- push into the local grocery store Zinedine Zidane could help Perez hood team-mates sighed as he versy, ranging from his recent to go buy sweets for him, she said. ease the fans’ frustration with his pondered where his sympathies claim that he put France “on the “Because poor Zlatan didn’t running of the club. would lie during the Champions world map” to an offer to donate have money to go buy (anything)... Zidane, however, played down League match between Malmo a signed bicycle to female players He wasn’t raised quite like the suggestions he could replace and PSG. after the Swedish FA rewarded other children. I know that, I Benitez. “Both, both. Maybe for Malmo a male player with a new Volvo. could feel that from him,” she “I am coach of Castilla (the a little bit more,” Ivan Milosevic In the troubled suburbs that said. But she added: “He was a reserves) and Benitez of the said, before laughing and adding: dot Malmo’s eastern half, sup- very alert boy. He’s still the same.” Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic kicks the first team. Things are fine at the “I’m a ‘Malmoitian’,” referring to port has never wavered and on Preparations for today’s ball during the French L1 football match against Lorient at the Moustoir moment,” he said. a term for the city’s inhabitants. the field his influence is clear. game have been underway in Stadium in Lorient, western France last Saturday. “Last year, at the end of the Born the same year, both play- “He’s the big idol here, everyone Malmo from the moment it was season, I had the feeling that I ers began their careers at FBK looks up to him,” said Milosevic. announced that PSG would be still lacked something to take over Balkan, a local club founded by Ibrahimovic joined Malmo FF coming to town. shopping centre, Muhsen Awad, They have been on sale for as the first team. immigrants from the former in 1994, paving the way for other “All of Malmo will be able to a Swedish-Arabic interpreter who much as 20,000 kronor ($2,289) “I am doing things little by Yugoslavia in 1962, which the club players from an immigrant back- watch the game. I’ve booked the also runs a side business selling on the black market, he claimed, little and I am in no rush. The say makes them the oldest immi- ground to do the same. main square where the game... will football flags and CDs, said he had adjusting one of the many blue important thing is to be happy grant football team in Europe. It was a remarkable feat in a be broadcast live,” Ibrahimovic “tried in every way possible” to and white Malmo flags adorning day-to-day with what I am doing.” “He was a funny character, city that remains deeply segre- wrote on Facebook in September. get his hands on a ticket for the his shop. constantly up to a lot of mischief. gated, especially for someone who At the local Rosengard game without any luck. AFP AFP Wednesday 25 November 2015 13 Safar 1437 Volume 20 Number 6625 Sport Price: QR2 Spieth says Cricket ready Olympics is like for pink fifth major revolution

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DOHA: The second edition of the said the teams will arrive in Doha second. Hosts Oman finished the GCC Women’s T20 Cricket Tour- on November 28. inaugural event in third spot. nament, to be hosted by the Qatar Manzoor Ahmad, Secretary “Our team has worked hard Cricket Association, will com- General, QCA, said Qatar’s squad during training sessions,” Ahmed mence in Doha from November for the event has been finalised said yesterday. 29, it was announced yesterday. by the selection committee in the “We hope to put up a great The tournament will end on presence of Tournament Direc- show for cricket fans,” he added. December 3, QCA confirmed yes- tor Gul Khan Jadoon, Head of Oman Women’s Cricket Co- terday. Women’s Cricket Mariam Gul, ordinator Vaishali Jesrani said her Teams from the UAE and Ms Shivani Misrah, Syed Hassan team ‘was ready’ for the event. Oman will join Qatar’s national Raza, Amjad Baig and Shamas- “We are working hard and we side at the week-long event to be uddin. hope to put up a formidable team held at the Asian Town Cricket The UAE team will be look- for the forthcoming tournament,” Stadium in Industrial Area. ing to defend their title they won Jesrani. M A Shahid, President QCA, last year when Kuwait finished “The training camp is in full swing and only yesterday (Mon- day) we identified 18 probables out of which only 14 will travel to Doha,” Vaishali said in a report. She also said that Sajit Kumar, who was the coach of the team in the inaugural edition, will accom- pany the team as manager-cum- head coach, while former Oman international Nilesh Parmar will provide his expertise to the team as coach. Qatar’s national women’s cricket team poses for photographs after a training session at the Asian Town Cricket “Also accompanying the team Stadium in Industrial Area in Doha. LEFT: A view of the stadium. will be physio Anita Varadarajan,” Vaishali said. In January 2014, Pakistan’s Pakistan capitalised on a poor Cricket Stadium. Asmavia Iqbal Pakistan’s chase was guided by national side topped a three- batting display by South Africa and pacer Sania Khan picked opener Javeria Khan, who scored nation series by beating South to win the final of the PCB Qatar up two wickets apiece as South 38 off 46 balls with three fours. Africa in the final at the same Women’s 20-Over Tri-series by Africa stuttered to 68 for 9 in venue. seven wickets at Asian Town their 20 overs. THE PENINSULA