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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Hectic day for QTA’s Eid celebrations emergency unit at HMC One person dies in traffic accident

DOHA: At least three deaths racing in the Sealine locality, were reported to Hamad particularly as people involved in Medical Corporation’s emer- accidents are youth. gency services on the sec- Most mishaps occur in remote ond day of Eid Al Adha here desert areas so reaching medical yesterday. help becomes a difficult and time- Another tragic incident that consuming, say critics. HMC’s emergency unit attended Sand dune areas need strict to involved a speeding bus that monitoring by helicopters so hit a three-year-old child in Ain that those involved in accidents Khalid locality. The child suffered due to reckless driving or racing critical injuries. could be provided instant medi- Details of one of the three cal attention. deaths suggested that a Nepalese It was a hectic day for the died on the spot late on Friday emergency section of HMC on the night having been a victim second day of Eid as more than of a car-pick-up crash in the 1,300 cases were reported during Industrial Area. the day. Most of them related to Another person suffered seri- stomach upsets and ailments. ous injuries in the same mishap. Doctors said high red meat There were in all 30 road acci- intake, especially eating the dents brought to the notice of meat of sheep which has high fat Artistes perform as part of Eid Al Adha celebrations organised by Qatar Tourism Authority at The Mall yesterday. See also Page 2 SHAIVAL DALAL HMC emergency services. content in large quantities, was Traffic movement on the responsible for stomach disorders roads and highways was other- in a vast majority of cases. wise smooth yesterday due to The emergency unit received large presence of traffic police some 104 calls and at least half Ministry blamed and personnel from other pub- the number of them were for help Woman forced into flesh trade lic security agencies. There were in critical cases, including road hardly any serious traffic snarls accidents. for shortage anywhere, as a result of hectic More than 55 people turned patrolling. up with heart-related complica- returns home, blows the whistle of abattoirs Some traffic accidents were tions—some of them complaining reported in the Sealine area in of severe to moderate chest pain. DOHA: A young Indian woman she was taken to Doha to work per person to sponsor visit DOHA: The Ministry of Mesaieed but, thankfully, there The helicopter services of the who was allegedly brought here as an ‘assistant beautician’ but visas. Many companies need- Municipality and Urban Planning were no casualties. In one inci- emergency unit was active too on a visit visa to be forced into was actually forced into the flesh ing workers like salesmen and is sitting pretty over a proposal dent, a motorcycle caught fire. and attended to three cases in prostitution blew the whis- trade. women or office staff tend to to build abattoirs in different An increasing number of different parts of the country tle on her captors after she She said she was taken back take the short cut and get the parts of the country for the past nationals has been calling on the after receiving calls for instant returned home. to Kochi and was put up in a workers here on tourist visas four years, Al Sharq reports quot- authorities to introduce tough assistance. She blew the lid off an alleged hotel as she was to be flown to provided by hotels. ing some unnamed members of regulations on car and motorcycle THE PENINSULA sex racket claiming that she was Singapore because “her captors These visas are then changed the public representative body, now being taken to Singapore as didn’t get enough business in by the companies into work visas. Central Municipal Council (CMC). “there wasn’t enough business Doha”. According to sources, employ- There was chaos at the abat- in Doha”. At the hotel in Kochi, the ers are forced to resort to such toirs of the Central Livestock Wedding celebrations at Corniche The 28-year-old woman hailed woman narrated her woes to a means because several major Market (that are managed and from India’s southern Kerala state room boy who alerted his bosses manpower exporting countries operated by Qatar Meat and that sends the largest number of following which the police were have made recruitment proce- Livestock Company popularly Indians to Qatar and the rest of informed. The cops took three dures quite time-consuming and known as Mawashi) on the first the GCC region. persons into custody and charged cumbersome. day of Eid Al Adha on Friday Critics here say Qatari authori- them with running a sex racket, “It normally takes three months because the few slaughterhouses ties must issue visit visas for Malayala Manorama online to get a salesman or woman or there are not able to cope with the young single women from any reported yesterday. technician, for example from huge rush for slaughtering sheep nationality only after doubly veri- The woman said she was mar- certain countries due to lengthy for sacrifice, the daily said. fying their credentials. ried and had three children. Her documentation and approval pro- Quoting CMC members, the “The incident involving the husband is a menial worker and cedures. Qatar is not to blame for daily added that the Council had Indian woman underlines the that she was lured into the Doha such delays. four years ago forwarded rec- need for a strict visit visa regime ‘assignment’ since she needed Companies can hardly afford to ommendations to the municipal for single foreign women like it money to treat her eldest son wait for so long and so take the minister for building abattoirs existed earlier,” said a Qatari who is suffering from some seri- hotel route which is so simple,” said across the country so as to pre- community elder not wanting his ous cardiac ailment. the critic. vent crowds descending on the name in print Critics, meanwhile, also These workers don’t actually central market slaughterhouses The Indian woman was, inci- stress the need for the Qatari stay at the hotels and the lat- during festivals like Eid Al Adha. An Egyptian couple took advantage of the Eid Al Adha celebrations at dentally, brought here on a three- authorities to put some restric- ter levy charges only for help- The proposal was approved but the Corniche to celebrate their wedding with friends and relatives. A month visit visa as an ‘assistant tions on the tourist visas issued ing issue tourist visas, he added. the Ministry of Municipality and number of families who came to celebrate the holidays also joined the beautician’ and was promised that to young single women of differ- “Some monitoring is required, Urban Planning has been sitting she would be allowed to travel ent nationalities at the behest especially if a tourist visa is pretty over it and no steps have party. The bride, Maha Al Awadi, who works with the Al Maha Academy, back home at the end of her visa’s of hotels. being issued to a young single been taken even to identify plots of and the bridegroom Ubaid Zaki , a civil engineer, expressed their joy validity. Hotels charge anywhere woman,” said a resident. land for the purpose, said the daily. at being able to celebrate their wedding on an Eid day in Qatar, which The woman told the police between QR700 and QR1,000 THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA they consider as their second home, Al Sharq reported.

Syria bombards cities Saudi king for UN action against religious insults Alarming rise in crimes: QSA BEIRUT: Forces loyal to Syrian MINA: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah President Bashar Al Assad bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia yesterday demanded a UN resolution DOHA: A recent report released foreign workforce to the country, the world,” said the report. renewed their bombardment of condemning insults on monotheistic religions after a low-budget by the Qatar Statistics Authority adding that the upward trend could Another reason cited by the major cities yesterday and rebels film produced in the US sparked deadly protests last month. has drawn attention to an alarm- continue in the coming years, with report is the development in the launched several attacks, further “I demand a UN resolution that condemns any country or group that ing rise in crime rates in the the 2020 FIFA World Cup expected techniques used by criminals, undermining holiday truce. insults religions and prophets,” he said during a meeting at his palace country over the past 10 years. to attract more foreign workers. “that were not common or known A car bomb went off in front with religious figures and heads of Haj delegations in the Mina valley The number of crimes registered “It is difficult to explain the previously by the Qatari society.” of a Christian church in Deir Al where pilgrims were performing final rituals of Haj. “It is our duty in the state increased seven times increase in crime rate in Qatar, “It is more likely that crime Zor. Fighter jets bombed the sub- and that of every Muslim to protect Islam and defend the prophets.” over this period, from 320 (per which until recently, was enjoying rates will continue to increase, urbs of Erbin and Harasta. Eight A low-budget anti-Islam film triggered a wave of deadly anti-Ameri- 100,000 people) in 2011 to 2,335 in a high level of social security. The especially after Qatar winning the people were killed. A clash in can violence last month. Saudi Arabia had threatened to block YouTube 2010, according to the Sustainability real and more rational explana- bid to host 2022 world cup, which the Aleppo district of Ashrafieh in the kingdom if Google did not respond to a request to deny access Development Indicators report tion is the great openness wit- requires bringing along more labor between rebels and an armed to the video footage of the film. YouTube then extended its restrictions released earlier this month. nessed by the State, which was force in all fields,” added the report. wing of the Kurdish Democratic on the video to Saudi Arabia. The king also called for the “unity of the The report has attributed this accompanied by arrival of huge THE PENINSULA Union Party left 30 dead. Islamic nation (and) rejecting division to face the nation’s enemies” as increase to the huge influx of number of people from all over See also page 4 See also page 8 he urged for dialogue among Muslims. AFP SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Eid festivities attract crowds to malls, parks 7,000 visit Al Dosari zoo on first day of Eid

DOHA: Qatar was in a fes- Souq Waqif and Katara, parks, The private zoos in the country tive mood on the second day museums, malls and a private attracted huge number of visitors of the Eid Al Adha as people zoo pulsated with much life as on the first day of Eid following along with relatives and friends people thronged to watch shows the closure of the Doha Zoo for visited popular places in the organised mainly by the Qatar maintenance. Al Dosari Zoo in Al country. Tourism Authority and private Shahaniya, hosted entertainment Places such as the Corniche, institutions. programmes organised by expa- triate communities from India, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Sudan and Philippines on the first and sec- ond day of Eid. The administration of the Al Dosari Zoo said that the zoo attracted about 7,000 people on the first day of Eid. Various com- petitions were also conducted for children and parents who visited the place. The closure of the Doha Zoo for maintenance since last August has forced people to look for alternatives. The six-day Eid celebration in Souq Waqif began yesterday with cultural shows, entertain- ment programmes and events for children. The celebration starts at Artistes perform in a parade as part of Eid celebrations organised by Qatar Tourism Authority at The Mall yesterday. 4pm and ends at 10pm. (SHAIVAL DALAL) Meanwhile, the Traffic Police deserved public praise for smooth flow of traffic on the first day of Eid in the city. Chicken prices expected to go up Though, 25 minor accidents were reported from the vari- ous parts of the city, they did DOHA: While fresh chicken after the Haj season. Many cus- popular frozen chicken imported not cause any traffic jams and continues to be short in sup- tomers yesterday were surprised from Brazil used to offer attrac- casualties. ply in the local market, prices to see the racks keeping fresh tive promotion packages through Al Fazaa, the rescue police and of all varieties of chicken are chicken in most shopping malls out the year. However, currently Lekhwiya, the Internal Security expected to go up very soon, say empty, for a second day in a row. a single package is available and Force were also patrolling all traders. They said the shopkeepers could that too in limited stocks. roundabouts, intersections and “With the limited stocks we not cite any reason for the sudden Meanwhile, prices of fish in the some major gathering points in received yesterday we couldn’t disappearance of the item. local market are expected to fall markets, malls and festival cele- meet even one third of the Sources said the prices of fro- during Eid holidays, with a fall in bration areas through out the day. demand for fresh chicken,” said a zen chicken remains stable until demand due to the abundance of The Traffic Police, Al Fazaa and source from a leading hypermar- now but an increase is expected sacrificial meat in many Qatari Lekhwiya will be patrolling the ket last evening. very soon, with the prices going and expatriate homes. city during all the three days of The shortage is attributed to a up in the international market. Animal sacrifice is an import Eid celebration to ensure smooth recent ban imposed by the Saudi “Prices have not up gone up ritual of Eid Adha and meat of the flow of traffic. Minor accidents authorities on export of chicken here until now, but there are not slaughtered animals is distributed were reported from the Sealine and poultry products. Prices many promotional offers,” said a among neighbours, relatives and A break dancer performs as part of Eid celebrations organised by Qatar area. There were no casualties. of fresh chicken is expected to shopkeeper. people in need. Tourism Authority at The Mall yesterday. (SHAIVAL DALAL) THE PENINSULA shoot up if the ban is not lifted, For instance, Sadiya the most THE PENINSULA HOME SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Russian ballet wows Doha audience

Dancers perform during the Russian Seasons of the 21th Century ballet at Qatar National Convention Centre on Friday. (SHAIVAL DALAL)

BY ISABEL OVALLE In an empty stage, the dancers Krutoi and choreography by Y were the absolute stars of a show Smoriginas, was very anticipated DOHA: The Russian Seasons of where the game of lights played by the dancer’s brother and pre- the XXI Century Diaghilev Gala the part of the scenery, trans- senter of the show. The perform- Ballet performed on Friday porting the audience perfectly to ance featured a one woman show, in the theatre at the Qatar the respective periods of history. with only the dancer illuminated National Convention Centre. It The production moved the audi- by a ray of light. was the first performance of the torium, which seats 2,300 people, At first, apparently there is Russian Ballet in this venue and that was participating all evening only one woman in the middle of it was received by a full house with uncontainable applause. the stage, dressed in pink, danc- auditorium. Ilya Kuznetsov’s ‘Return’, with ing side faced, until the dancer The show, that started with a music by Wolfgang Amadeus does a 180 degree turn, and shows 30-minute delay, was divided in two Mozart, and choreography by D the other half of the show, a man. parts and included the perform- Salimbaev was among the most With this simple movement, the ance of the stars of the Mariinsky acclaimed performances. The meeting had begun. Theatre and the Kremlin Ballet honoured artist of Russia, solo- The Russian Ballet was Theatre, like Ilze Liepa. The pro- ist of the Mariinsky Theatre, brought to Doha thanks to the duction brought to Doha classics gave a moving and flawless Embassy of the Russia, Maris of European ballet such as The performance. Liepa Charitable Foundation and Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Le Figaro, The act of Ilze Liepa, ‘Meeting’, Gazprom. Giselle or Don Quixote. with music by M Legran and I THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Fire truck overturns Emir greets Turkmenistan president DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of greet- ings to President of Turkmenistan on the occasion of his coun- try’s National Day. The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a cable of greetings to President of Turkmenistan on the occasion. The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani also sent a cable of greetings to President of Turkmenistan on the same occasion. www.swiss-belhotel.com QNA Tel A tow truck pulls a fire truck after it overturned near the W Hotel last evening. (SHAIVAL DALAl) Fax

Tel Fax Unemployment dips by 22.8pc Life expectancy increases, child death declines: QSA report Tel Fax DOHA: Unemployment in Qatar declined direct females toward new specialisations secondary degree increased from 54 per- by 22.8 percent over the past 10 years but required in the labour market, eg informa- cent of total population in 2001 to 66.9 the gender gap in terms of average wages tion technology, business management, pri- percent in 2010. increased considerably, according to the vate enterprises … etc, which can generate The adult literacy rate witnessed an Tollfree Sustainability Development Indicators more income to bridge the gender gap, it increase in general, and during the last Fax report released by the Qatar Statistics added. two years in particular. It increased from Authority (QSA) recently. The life expectancy saw a gradual 90.2 per cent in 2001 to 96.3 percent in Unemployment rate fell from 3.9 per cent increase, from 74.5 years in 2001, to 78.2 2010. in 2001 to 0.5 per cent in 2011. A further years in 2010, with an annual increase of Despite its fluctuation, death rate among Tel decline is expected in the next decade which 0.4. The increase in the value of this indica- children (below five years of age) witnessed Fax requires more labour force to participate tor expresses the large development in the an essential decline, where it was 11.3 per in completing the infrastructure and mega standard of living of the population. 1000 people in 2001, which declined to 8.5 projects relevant to this event, said the The state is approaching the level reached in 2010. Tel report. by the developed countries concerning Qatar is approaching the level of the However, the gender gap in terms of aver- age indicator (80.3 years) where it did developed countries, where the chil- Fax age wages increased during the period, from not exceed 69.3 years in most developing dren (below five years of age) death rate 0.6 percent in 2001 to 22.7 percent in 2011 countries. amounted to seven per thousand, whereas in favour of males, with an annual increase Qatar surpassed the European countries in developing countries amounted to 93 per Tel of about 43.8 percent. in people’s access to sanitation (98 percent) thousand and in the least developing coun- The decline is “due to the fact that where the percentage of population with tries it was 110 per thousand. Fax females cease work more than males, who sufficient sanitation facilities is 94 per- “Due to the pursuance of child and mother work for more hours, especially expatriates. cent, while it did not exceed 40 percent in care policy by the state and the increase of www.doha.hilton.com In addition social allowances are given to Southeast Asia and African countries (34 preventive health awareness within a wide the male, because he is the main responsible percent), said the report. sector of the society, it is anticipated that Tel +974 44233333 person in the household regarding expendi- The Gross Intake Ratio to Last Grade of death rate among children (below five years Fax +974 44233000 tures, while females receive less amount of Primary Education witnessed a fluctuation of age) to decline more, and approach the these allowances,” said the report. over the period, but it exceeded 100 per- Millennium Development Goals in 2015,” Moreover, woman empowerment poli- cent to reach 104.8 percent in 2009-2010. said the report. cies could be incapable, to some extent, to The percentage of adults who obtained THE PENINSULA

Two Qataris enter Tel pre-finals of Stars Fax of Science contest

DOHA: Two Qataris, Jabir Tel Al Hanzab and Khaled Abu Fax Jassoom, have qualified for the pre-final round of the popular Stars of Science contest, meant for budding inventors from all Tel the GCC countries. Fax The contest is supported by 33 private and governmental organi- sations and institutions in Qatar from health, science, sports and Tel IT sectors. The duo are among the six Fax Qataris who took part in the contest which offers a whopping $300,000 to the first prize winner. Khalid Eid from Kuwait won Tel 81 points closely followed by Fax Jabir Al Hanzab, who presented an automatic home pharmacy, with 80.5 points. Jassoom came fourth with his automatic cooking Tel machine and 67.7 points. Ameena Fax Al Khawaj from Bahrain came third in the qualifying round. THE PENINSULA Khaled Abu Jassoom (right) during the Stars of Science contest.

Visual Arts Forum India workshop at BPS Indian Ambassador, Sanjiv Arora (second left) and Artist Yousef Ahmed Tel tour the workshop by Fax Visual Arts Forum India at Birla Public School yes- terday. The workshop will Tel continue till Monday from Fax 9am to 1pm at the school. Invited participants will www.renaissancedoha.com create two works of art on canvas, over three days. Tel +974 44195000 (SHAIVAL DALAl ) Fax +974 44195100

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CHAIRMAN: SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI Persecuted people EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: KHALID AL SAYED E-MAIL: [email protected] ACTING MANAGING EDITOR: HUSSAIN AHMAD The Rohingyas issue needs immediate E-MAIL: [email protected] EDITORIAL: TEL: 44557741 / 44557743 attention from Myanmar and Bangladesh. FAX: 44557746 / 44557758 P. O. BOX: 3488, DOHA, QATAR. USLIMS in Myanmar decided not to celebrate Eid Al Adha are recent migrants from the Indian subcontinent. A large number of E-MAIL: [email protected] this year as violence in the western Rakhine state soared, Rohingyas have recently migrated to neighbouring Bangladesh which ADVERTISING: TEL: 44557837 / 780 FAX: 44557870 Msparking widespread concern. Human Rights Watch (HRW) often deports hundreds of them. They speak a dialect similar to Bangla yesterday released satellite photographs of the part of Burma where and the Buddhists in Myanmar call them ‘Bengalis’. CLASSIFIED: 44557857 E-MAIL: [email protected] a large number of Muslims including Rohingyas are known to stay. In the latest standoff, Bangladesh has intensified patrolling along its The photos showed swathes of land showing flattened habitation and maritime borders with Myanmar to stop any migration of Rohingyas SUBSCRIPTION / HOME DELIVERY stubs of charred trees. It was clear that densely inahibited areas with into the country. Undoubtedly, Myanmar has a crucial role to play in TEL: 44557809 /839 FAX: 44557819 thousands of homes had been affected and dwellings brought down sheltering the Rohingyas from harm and providing them the right to E-MAIL: [email protected] across vast tracts, affecting thousands of people. a dignified life. Bangladesh has no less a role to play in the standoff as The Rohingyas issue has become a thorn in Myanmar’s side as the the problem has become a contiguous one between the two neighbours. SUBSCRIPTION RATES government tries to come to terms with a newly burnished administra- Interestingly, Bangladesh have had a similar problem with its giant ANNUAL QR 675 tion which is seen to be carrying out reforms in a country earlier known neighbour India. A large number of Bangladeshis cross the border 6 MONTHS QR 340 for thwarting democracy. President Thein Sein yesterday acknowledged illegally in search for a better life and more opportunities. New Delhi that there has been major destruction in the west of the country. The has often accused Dhaka of ignoring the problem which has led to thou- government pledged to tighten security by sending more troops and sands of Bangladeshis spreading in the east and northeast of India coming down hard on any one trying to create trouble. without valid papers. This often creates political and social resentment Tensions between the local Buddhist population and Muslims have among the population in Indian states like Assam, Tripura,and West been on the rise since June this year after a young Buddhist woman Bengal. The Rohingyas are at fault if being a religious and linguistic was raped and murdered. This set off a chain of clashes which have minority is one. But someone has to come up to solve the issue. And it PUBLICATION claimed more than 170 lives since June. In the latest flare up some 82 is none other than the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh who people have died and 129 injured. According to the United Nations, have to sit at the talks table and hammer out a solution. the Rohingyas are a persecuted religious and linguistic minority of This should be done before more lives are lost and another festival western Myanmar. The Myanmarese government maintains that they is abandoned by a persecuted people.

We will decide in the next The other side few days whether it is better to immediately withdraw our confidence in this Quote of government or keep it... the day China’s billionaire Silvio Berlusconi s China’s prime minister over the past decade, Wen Jiabao Former Italian premier was often described as a populist and reformer, sometimes Anicknamed “Grandpa Wen” because of his folksy willingness to meet ordinary people. One of Wen’s refrains was that Chinese officials at all levels should declare their personal assets, and those of family members, in an effort to fight corruption. Wen suggested that the information should be published for all to see. On Friday, the New York Times took Wen at his word and published an eye-opening exposé that revealed that members of his family control assets of some $2.7bn, including interests in banks, jewellers, tourist resorts, telecommunications companies and infrastructure projects, some of it held in offshore entities. The article marks yet another startling glimpse into how China’s leading families, many of them descended from Mao’s generation, have used their power to become fabulously wealthy. The ouster of Bo Xilai as boss of Chongqing and the subsequent prosecutions in an alleged graft and murder scandal provided another showcase example this year. As soon as the Times article was published, China’s Internet cen- sors forgot about Wen’s desire for more openness. China blocked both the English and Mandarin Web sites of the Times so that hundreds of millions of its citizens could not read the account online. China also rushed to block mention of the story on popular Twitter-like microblogs known as weibo, where users often are quick to call attention to official malfeasance. A similar Web blackout was imposed this summer after Bloomberg News described the accumulation of assets by relatives of Xi Jinping, who is expected to become China’s next Communist Party leader and president. The sudden blackout belies the supposed confidence of China’s rul- ing elite for having built an economic superpower and shows them to be utterly at odds with the global digital revolution. Their attempt to block it underscores how deeply China’s rulers fear that the truth, if fully known, would undermine their legitimacy. Beyond Wen’s personal discomfit, the Chinese leaders are sitting on a powder keg. Public anger is growing at the gap between rich and poor and at an epidemic of official corruption. A survey of Chinese citizens published this month by the Pew Global Attitudes Project showed that 81 percent of those questioned agree with the statement that the “rich just get richer while the poor get poorer.” Half of the respondents said corrupt officials are a “very big problem,” up 11 percentage points in four years. Recently, a local official in Shaanxi was ousted after micro- blogs distributed photos of him wearing expensive luxury watches. CHINA DAILY Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Let’s not provide free passes to tyrants

BY NATAN SHARANSKY States signaled that it would sup- they instructed us, was a matter between Israelis and Yasser but in the certainty that, like his alone the dismal aftermath of port any agreement acceptable to to be decided between govern- Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation father before him, he can kill hun- the revolts in Egypt, Libya and id Syria and Israel conduct both sides. ments; it had nothing to do with Organization. He offered to take dreds of his own people every day. Tunisia, roused Western govern- secret talks in 2010 about If this history suggests any- a society’s internal arrangements. me to Paris to meet an up-and- Suppose that the Israeli peace ments and opinion makers from Da possible peace treaty thing, it is that Israelis, no less Nevertheless, we insisted that a coming Arab leader. This man’s movement had gotten its wish their blind faith in dictatorial involving a full Israeli withdrawal than other democratic peoples, letter be attached to the coalition views, the American assured me, years ago and the Assad dynasty, regimes as a force for stability from the Golan Heights? Recent are tempted by the illusion that agreement saying that members were close to my own. An intel- faced with the prospect of obtain- or reform? Both US presidential news items — aimed at influencing lasting peace can be purchased of the Yisrael B’Aliyah Knesset lectual and trained physician ing all but a sliver of the Golan candidates have spoken of the Israel’s January elections — assert by making concessions to tyrants believe that the extent of Israeli who uses the Internet, this man free and clear, had agreed to forgo importance of tying financial and as much. But such discussions, who also happen to be implacable concessions to Syria should be was also a believer in freedom, a a few hundred square meters of diplomatic support from the free usually secret and indirect, were enemies. equal to the degree of openness, seeker of peace and a determined land. What benefit would Israel or world to evidence of democratic going on for a long time. A case in point: Upon being transparency and democracy in bridge-builder. Plus, he was des- the suffering Syrian people have reform in the Arab world. One In the four successive Israeli elected Israel’s prime minister in Syria. As far as I know, ours is tined to become the next presi- reaped? In today’s violent circum- senses minds beginning to change. governments in which I served 1999, Ehud Barak put negotiations still the only document in Israeli dent of his country. Would this stances, with a tacit detente still Thomas Friedman recently wrote from 1996 to 2005, proposals were with Syria high on his agenda. In history linking official policy not young leader, I asked, come to in place between Jerusalem and of the Muslim Brotherhood in floated for giving up the Golan, talks to form the new government, to how our Arab neighbors treat power by a democratic process, the tottering regime in Damascus, Egypt and the new government or most of it, in exchange for I represented Yisrael B’Aliyah, a Israelis but to how they treat and would he agree in advance to Israel would have earned the in Libya: “We cannot let them peace with the dictatorial Syrian party created by former Soviet their own people. govern by democratic rules? Of enmity of Syria’s Islamist extrem- come to us and say: ‘We need regime. As a rule, right-leaning dissidents and activists. As a con- Attempts to overcome my course not, came the reply; he will ists as well as Syrian liberals, money, but right now our politics governments stressed the need dition of joining the coalition, our “resistance to peace” continued, be appointed by his father, Hafez democrats and the masses of is not right for us to do certain for Israel to maintain a position party demanded that any territo- and soon after I joined Barak’s Al Assad. But once in power, he ordinary citizens straining for things. Give us a pass.’ “Instead, on top of the cliffs overlooking the rial concessions to Syria be linked government as interior minis- will lead Syria to a democratic freedom. Friedman said, we must support Sea of Galilee, while left-leaning to evidence of democratic reform ter, I was approached by a major future. One need not indulge in night- only those who have verifiably ones were prepared to settle for in that nation. Our prospective American Jewish philanthro- Today, no one with eyes to see mare scenarios to raise the press- instituted a full agenda of reform, a few hundred feet of land along coalition partners responded pist who had been instrumen- can deny who and what Bashar ing question: Have the horrors those who “voluntarily want to be the eastern shore. The United by mocking our naivete. Peace, tal in arranging private talks Assad is: a believer not in freedom being perpetrated in Syria, let on our side.” WP-BLLOMBERG SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Iranians support their Moderate Romney would nuclear programme BY GENEIVE ABDO respondents were asked: “Would you favour or oppose an agree- vanish on Inauguration Day ran this week marked ment whereby all current sanc- “Ten Years of Nuclear tions against Iran would be Resistance,” a celebration removed and Iran would continue Iat the University of Tehran its nuclear energy programme, The Republicans have to commemorate Iran’s nuclear except that it would agree not programme, despite international to enrich uranium?” Fifty-nine become the most efforts to limit it. The central percent were opposed to stopping message that emerged from this enrichment and only 29 percent event was articulated by Iran’s were in favour. extreme major political Deputy Secretary of the National When asked the question: “How Security Council, who said that important do you think it is for party in generations. the “dual strategy based on pres- Iran to develop an atomic bomb?” sure and diplomacy the West Thirty-eight percent said it was BY JONATHAN ALTER insists on is failed and illogical.” important and 33 percent said It is time for the United States not very important. Mohensi, an ou have to hand it to Mitt Romney and its Western allies to realise, independent researcher, revealed and his team. Starting in the as the official, Ali Bagheri, stated, the findings on October 17 at a first debate, he pivoted almost that the policy of more sanctions, conference at the Stimson Centre, effortlessly to the centre, which intimidation and pressure is coun- a non-partisan Washington think is where elections are won. If ter-productive to the stated goal tank. His poll was conducted Yhe beats President Barack Obama, it will be of changing the regime’s behav- between Sept 29 and Oct 11 call- because he Etch-A- Sketched his earlier posi- iour on the nuclear issue. Not only ing the respondents by phone in tions and convinced enough people that he is the Iranian government becom- rural and urban areas of Iran. The would be a moderate president. ing more belligerent, but accord- sample size was 1,110 respondents Unfortunately, he has little chance of ing to polling data collected in and the margin of error was 3 governing that way. We don’t know which recent weeks, the Iranian public percent. Romney will show up on a given day, but we overwhelming supports many of When asked, “Which courses sure know which Republican Party would be the government’s positions on the of action do you prefer?” Forty- in charge in Washington every minute. The Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is met by Republican vice presidential nominee Paul nuclear programme and related one percent said to have both an Republicans have become the most extreme Ryan (centre) and his wife Janna (right) at the airport in Green, Ohio. issues. atomic bomb and nuclear power major political party in generations. They are According to recent data col- and 56 percent said only nuclear tolerating Romney’s heresies this month only lected by Ebrahim Mohseni, who power. to gain power. the huge audience of centrist voters who pay $750bn from Medicaid and block-granting it is conducting research inside In another question, respond- If a President Romney tried to govern in little attention to politics. would lead to more sick, uninsured Americans Iran as part of his dissertation ents were asked which state- a moderate fashion by, say, allowing for some Instead of “loving regulation,” as he said in going to the doctor later than they should, and at the University of Maryland, ment is closer to their opinion: revenue increases to reduce the deficit, his the first debate, a President Romney would to the closure of many inner-city hospitals 85 percent of Iranians said it was 1) “Iran should continue its base wouldn’t hesitate to savage him. Then gut what he called the “extreme” fuel-econ- and clinics. And that’s just part of more than very important for Iran to have nuclear enrichment activity even he would be a man without a party, unless omy standards that are helping America $1trn in cuts to spending for the needy. There’s a civilian nuclear programme. if it results in war;” or 2) “Iran you include Sen Susan Collins of Maine. move toward energy independence; repeal nothing moderate about Ryan’s plan to shred This high statistic suggests that, should prevent a war from occur- Were Sen Scott Brown to survive his chal- the Volcker rule and other sensible efforts the social safety net. despite the pressure on Iran ring even if it means suspending lenge in Massachusetts (and Elizabeth Warren to prevent another financial crisis; and relax Might President Romney tell Vice President over its nuclear programme, nuclear enrichment.” Fifty-five currently leads in the polls), the moderate emission rules for coal-fired plants, among Ryan he’s all wet? Don’t bet on it. No one in there is no hesitation with the percent chose to continue enrich- Republican caucus in Congress might include hundreds of other favours for wealthy inter- Washington thinks Romney would shelve the public that it should continue. ment, while 33 percent said Iran just two senators, plus three or four House ests. Carte blanche for business is the soul of very document that helped convince him to Mohseni’s finding is consistent should prevent a war, even if it members. That’s it. his otherwise soul-less campaign. put Ryan on the ticket in the first place. More with a poll conducted by the means suspending enrichment. More likely, Romney as president would In all three debates, Romney also claimed to likely, he would assign Ryan responsibility for Rand Corporation in 2009, which If this data accurately reflects be a man with a strange crick in the neck, “love” teachers and education. But as governor supervising his budget. found that 87 percent of those public opinion, a few lessons constantly looking over his right shoulder to of Massachusetts, he slashed funding for the Let’s say Romney and the Democrats split surveyed said it was important to should be drawn: First and fore- see which pickup truck full of movement con- community colleges that train the middle-class the difference and cut only 16 percent from have a nuclear programme. most, the theory that, when servatives was about to run him over. workforce of the future. His election would education instead of 33 percent, or increase On issues regarding the econ- pressured hard enough from If you think he has the fortitude to stand up end Obama’s only-Nixon-could-go-to-China defence spending by only $1trn instead of omy and sanctions, 65 percent the effects of sanctions, Iranians to people such as the anti-tax zealot Grover progress on getting Democrats to sign on to $2trn. In what way is that moderate? blamed the worsening economy will rise up against the regime, Norquist and Sen Jim DeMint of South his Race to the Top accountability standards In the negotiations over the so-called fis- on sanctions, and only 11 percent seems implausible. Two, the more Carolina, who never hesitate to knife fel- for schools. Divided Democrats would unite cal cliff, President Romney would be trapped said the state of the economy Iranians suffer, the more they low Republicans for deviations, you haven’t to oppose Romney, dealing a severe setback between anti-tax zealots who think they won was due to President Mahmoud blame those imposing the sanc- been paying attention. Fortitude, constancy, to education reform. That’s why reformers the election, and deficit hawks willing to raise Ahmadinejad’s incompetence. tions, not their own government. commitment to a set of ideas — these aren’t such as Michelle Rhee and many of the hedge- revenue to close the deficit. The whip hand Nineteen percent said it was due According to Mohseni’s poll, 76 likely to be the hallmarks of a Romney fund managers bankrolling charter schools are that Obama has with the expiration of the to the obstructionist techniques percent had a very unfavourable administration. strongly pro-Obama. Bush-era tax cuts is much more likely to yield of Ahmadinejad’s opponents. view of the United States. So we would have a president constantly While Romney claimed in Denver to oppose a workable compromise. When asked if Iran continues to The only way out is through buffeted by his base, which is far out of the cuts in Pell grants, the budget proposed by his Then there’s the Supreme Court. Should a enrich uranium, how likely is it bilateral talks, which recently mainstream. The events of this fall offer proof running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, vacancy occur (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that the current sanctions will be The New York Times reported that Republicans hold extreme views that plans 33 percent less for “education, train- a survivor of pancreatic cancer, is 79), Romney increased, 42 percent said sanc- had been agreed to, but both gov- aren’t shared by most Americans. Otherwise, ing, employment and social services.” An addi- would be compelled to nominate an abortion tions would definitely increase. ernments denied the reports. The Romney would have been honest about his tional 6 percent would be cut from “general foe or suffer the wrath that conservatives This finding is consistent with United States and Iran should programme and championed conservative science, space and basic technology” — a gut inflicted on President George W Bush when the same question asked in 2009 also negotiate to find other issues issues instead of executing all those U-turns punch to the research institutions that are he tried to name Harriet Miers to the court. by the World Public Opinion poll, upon which to develop mutual in the debates. critical for a 21st-century economy. That would mean a reversal of Roe v which found that 35 percent of cooperation with the hope that His real blueprint for governing, readily Repealing Obama’s Affordable Care Act Wade and a return of abortion policy to the Iranians definitely believed sanc- once trust is established, the available from his public statements through- would mean people like my 18-year-old daugh- states, many of which would ban terminating tions would increase — and they nuclear issue can return to the out the campaign, is almost completely at odds ter, who has a serious pre-existing condition, pregnancies. have. negotiating table. with the image he has sought to project before will have trouble getting insured. Cutting WP-BLOOMBERG In a very telling question, WP-BLOOMBERG

Violence is a serious cause of poverty, the UN needs to address this

The global community must follow Guatemala’s lead and fight the use of violence against the vulnerable.

BY OTTO PÉREZ MOLINA built in two pillars: reducing pov- intergenerational reproduction erty and promoting sustainable of poverty), because long expo- he Millennium development. sure to a violent environment Development Goals have My government supports this prevents otherwise perfectly become one of the most approach and we expect that healthy women and children Tpositive initiatives fos- the UN will embrace such a gaining access to economic and tered by the United Nations dur- framework with enthusiasm and social opportunities that may ing these first years of the 21st commitment. help them escape from the pov- century. Humanity has made sig- None the less, I also believe erty trap. nificant progress in advancing a that the new global goals will fall Second, violence reproduces world free of poverty and social short of what is expected of them violence itself. The vicious circle exclusion, while showing that such if the international community of violence and impunity trans- a goal is not just desirable but also cannot also agree on specific tar- forms many vulnerable groups achievable. The progress made in gets aimed at ensuring universal into agents that reproduce abuse a few years used to take decades access to justice and reduction of and mistreatment from one gen- to become a reality. Today, fewer extreme violence for vulnerable eration to another. children die of preventable dis- groups. But a life without extreme vio- eases, more girls are educated My country, Guatemala, con- lence is not just desirable, it is also and the fight against HIV-Aids tinues to suffer from multiple possible. Actually, in my home has become a global public health forms of violence and high levels country, we have demonstrated priority. of impunity. Based on our experi- in the last three years – and par- Woemn and children at a market in Guatemala. Different voices have raised ence, I can affirm that extreme ticularly in the last 10 months of suggestions and concerns about violence, insecurity and limited my administration – that fighting how to move forward when we access to justice are factors that impunity and reducing murder is allow thousands to live a life free national policies and national the environment, and reducing reach the deadline set for the prevent development in general, possible. Our homicide rate has of violence? leadership, shows that a world extreme violence. MDGs in 2015. Happily, most and particularly ensure the con- reduced in a sustained manner The progress made in free of extreme violence and with We should pass our children voices agree that we have to fol- tinuation of poverty and social and I can proudly say that we are Guatemala would not have been universal access to justice is desir- and grandchildren a planet that is low a similar path, as was shown exclusion. Let me explain this. not far from the day when there possible without the support of able and possible. free from want, free from extreme in the Rio+20 conference held in First, violence suffered by will not be a single homicide in the international community. Women, children and other abuse and environmentally Brazil. There, the international women, children and other vul- one week. The UN and bilateral co-opera- vulnerable groups deserve to live friendly. A planet where all people community suggested that new nerable groups translates into Allow me to be bold on this. tion have played the right role of in a world without poverty, but are treated in a dignified manner, global goals should be set for the impunity because a large pro- Extreme violence and impunity strengthening the justice system they also deserve a world with- no matter their country of birth, future, after 2015, combining pov- portion of people have limited are still too high in Guatemala by and they have helped us partic- out extreme violence. Humanity the colour of their skin, their sex erty reduction targets with sus- or no access to justice. Impunity international standards. But if we ularly in enhancing the state’s can make a big jump towards liv- or sexual preference, their age or tainable development concerns. derived from low coverage and can claim some progress even in capacity for crime prosecution ing on a better planet if we set their private wealth. A world that This means that the architecture poor quality of justice is one of these difficult circumstances, why and crime prevention. This sup- global development goals aimed is, finally, free from fear. of the new global goals should be the major drivers of poverty (and can’t the world set a goal that will port, combined with the right at poverty reduction, protecting THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Truce in tatters as fighting, air raids rock Syria Warplanes strike rebel-held area in Damascus; government blames rebels for provocation

DAMASCUS: Fighting raged warplane struck a building League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, statement on state television. chatting with worshippers at a The Britain-based Observatory across Syria and air raids in a rebel-held area east of had collapsed. “The army will continue to Damascus mosque -- but quickly relies on a countrywide network struck near Damascus and in Damascus that has been the “This is a failure for Brahimi. track this increase of violations... degenerated. of activists, lawyers and med- the north yesterday after a scene of heavy fighting for This initiative was dead before it and fight back against these crim- The Observatory, a key moni- ics in civilian and military hos- ceasefire declared for Eid holi- weeks, killing eight. started,” Abdel Jabbar al-Okaidi, inal acts.” tor of the conflict, said 146 peo- pitals. It says its tolls take into day fell apart, with more than “This was the first fighter jet head of the FSA military council Foreign ministry spokesman ple were killed in bombings and account civilian, military, and 200 killed since it was due to air strike since the declaration” in Aleppo, said. Jihad Maqdisi said the army was fighting on Friday: 53 civilians, 50 rebel casualties. take effect. of a truce for the four-day holi- He insisted the FSA had not committed to the truce, blaming rebels and 43 members of Assad’s Assad’s forces and the FSA had The truce for the Eid Al Adha day, the Syrian Observatory for broken the ceasefire and was only rebels for provoking a response. forces. both agreed to a call by Brahimi holiday that started on Friday Human Rights said. carrying out defensive actions. “The Syrian government is still Yesterday, at least another to lay down their arms for the -- conditionally agreed by the “The truce is dead,” the group’s “I was on several fronts yes- completely committed to stopping 58 people were killed, the Eid, but both also reserved the regime and the rebel Free Syrian director Rami Abdel Rahman terday and the army did not stop military operations,” he said. Observatory said, amid clashes right to respond to attacks. Army (FSA) -- had raised the commented. “We can no longer shelling,” Okaidi said. “Our mis- “But the violations that were and attacks in Damascus prov- Okaidi said the ceasefire had prospect of the first real halt to talk of a truce.” sion is to defend the people, it is committed were a consequence of ince, Aleppo, Idlib, Daraa in the been doomed from the start and the fighting after 19 months of Another air strike hit near the not us who are attacking.” attacks staged mostly by (rebel) south and the eastern city of Deir that the international community conflict. Wadi Deif military base in the But the army accused rebels of groups that from the beginning Ezzor. needed to stop putting faith in the But after fresh fighting on both northwestern province of Idlib, committing increasing violations refused the ceasefire, as shown by According to the Observatory, regime. Friday and Saturday, rebels and where rebels have been battling and vowed to respond. their official statements,” Maqdisi more than 35,000 people have “The Syrian people have a monitoring group declared the to take the facility, the group said. “For the second day, terrorist added. been killed in the conflict, which become guinea pigs. Every time ceasefire well and truly dead. A rebel commander in the groups continued to flagrantly The Eid holiday had started began as an anti-regime upris- there is an envoy who tries an ini- As clashes between President northern city of Aleppo said violate the ceasefire announced on Friday with a slowdown in ing but is now a civil war pitting tiative, while we know the regime Bashar Al Assad’s forces and there was no doubt the ceasefire and respected by the army com- the fighting -- and state televi- mainly rebels against Assad’s will not respect it.” rebels continued, a Syrian initiative, proposed by UN-Arab mand,” the military said in a sion footage of Assad smiling and regime. AFP Fears of new front as Syria rebels clash with Kurds

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels clashed Al Adha, starting the next day, in Syria’s conflict.Strategically impor- with Kurdish militia in the the neighbourhood. tant, Ashrafiyeh sits in Aleppo’s northern city of Aleppo, leaving Before they moved in, the heights and on a route between the 30 dead and around 200 cap- Kurdish area of Aleppo had been city’s north and centre. tured, a watchdog said yesterday, relatively free of the violence that Over the summer, the army sparking fears of a new front in has plagued the city since fight- withdrew from majority Kurdish an already fractured country. ing between President Bashar Al areas, including Ashrafiyeh and The fighting between armed Assad’s forces and armed rebels several towns on the Turkish rebels and members of the broke out there on July 20. border, leaving Kurds with some Kurdish Democratic Union Party Some 15 percent of Syria’s pop- degree of autonomy. (PYD), the Syrian branch of the ulation of 23 million are Kurds. Rebel fighters are only allowed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), The minority has largely remained to enter these areas unarmed and erupted on Friday in the major- neutral during the country’s civil in civilian clothing. ity Kurdish neighbourhood of war, which has sown divisions A PYD statement published Ashrafiyeh, it said. among its patchwork of ethnic after the fighting blamed both “There were 30 people -- Arabs and religious groups. Assad’s regime and the rebel Free and Kurds -- killed in the fight- Rami Abdel Rahman, director Syrian Army (FSA) for violence ing, including 22 combatants of the Britain-based Observatory, against Kurds. from both sides,” the Syrian said if Kurdish militias were to “We have chosen to remain Observatory for Human Rights join the fighting, the results could neutral, and we will not take said in a statement, adding that be devastating. sides in a war that will only bring Ashrafiyeh was still under PYD “There are 100,000 Kurds in suffering and destruction to our militia control. Aleppo province ready to fight country,” the statement said. Some 200 people were cap- if need be,” he said. “If Arab- For two days before Friday’s tured, all but 20 of them by the Kurdish fighting really kicks off, clash, the army shelled Ashrafiyeh, rebels, the Observatory said. then you can forget about the the PYD said. On Friday, the FSA Residents said some 200 rebels revolt and Assad stays.” stormed a road that cuts through Rebel fighters fire their guns towards pro-Syrian government troops in the Bustan Al Bashar district of the northern had moved in to the area on Friday’s fighting was the fierc- Ashrafiyeh and the nearby Sheikh Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday. Syrian rebels clashed with Kurdish militia in the northern city of Aleppo, leaving Thursday, announcing they had est clash between Kurds and rebels Maksud district, it added. 30 dead and around 200 captured, a watchdog said, sparking fears of a new front in an already fractured country. come to spend the holidays of Eid since the March 2011 start of AFP

UAE condemns Bombs and house raids European resolution over human rights

DUBAI: The United Arab leave 18 dead in Iraq Emirates has condemned a European Parliament resolu- BAGHDAD: A bombing near rest of the capital,” said Bassem weren’t able to get to the heart tion criticising its human rights playing children and other Mohammed, a 35-year-old of the city. So they chose to record as “biased and preju- insurgent strikes killed 18 father of three in the neigh- attack soft targets on the out- diced”, accusing the chamber of people in Iraq yesterday, chal- borhood who was startled by skirts,” he said. insufficient research. lenging government efforts to the blast. In the northern city of Mosul, The resolution, which was promote a sense of stability “We feel sad for the children gunmen broke into the houses passed on Friday, attacked the by preventing attacks during who thought that they would of two Shabak families, killing Gulf state’s treatment of political a Eid Al Adha holiday. spend a happy time during Eid, a boy and his parents in one dissidents and its use of the death The bloodshed underscored but instead ended up getting and a mother and daughter in penalty while calling on the major the difficulties facing Iraq’s killed or hurt.” the other, according to police. oil producer to respect the rights leadership as it struggles to keep Elsewhere, a bomb attached A bomb exploded near the of women and migrant workers. its citizens safe. Authorities had to a bus carrying Iranian Shiite house of another Shabak family, “The biased and prejudiced increased security in hopes of pilgrims killed five people and wounding six family members. report levelled unsubstantiated preventing attacks during the wounded nine, according to Shabaks are ethnically accusations without examin- four-day Eid Al Adha celebra- police. The bomb, hidden on the Turkomen and Shiite by reli- ing the facts of the situation on tions, when people are off work underside of the bus, detonated gion. Most Shabaks were driven the ground,” UAE Minister of and families gather in public as the pilgrims were heading out of Mosul by Sunni militants State for Foreign Affairs Anwar places. to a Shia shrine in Baghdad to during the sectarian fighting a Gargash said late on Friday. The deadlier of two blasts mark Eid. few years ago. He praised the UAE’s achieve- in Baghdad struck near play- Authorities have said they In Tuz Khormato, about ments “particularly in the field of ground equipment that had planned to increase the number 210km north of Baghdad, a car migrant workers rights ... and the been set up for the holiday in of checkpoints, shut some roads bomb exploded near in a neigh- empowerment of women”, saying a market in the eastern neigh- and deploy extra personnel dur- borhood with a Turkomen Shia that people from more than 200 borhood of Bawiya. Police offi- ing the holiday period. majority. Mayor Shalal Abdoul nations lived in the country “in cials said eight people were They are also relying more on said 11 people were wounded, an atmosphere of openness and killed, including four children. undercover intelligence agents, including three children. tolerance”. Another 24 people, including said Lt Col Saad Maan Ibrahim, Medics in nearby hospitals The European resolution was children, were wounded, they a spokesman for the interior confirmed the casualties. All not backed up by any threat of added. ministry. He emphasised that officials spoke on condition of action against the UAE. “Nobody expected this explo- both bombings took place on anonymity because they were The European parliament sion because our neighborhood the edge of the capital rather not authorised to talk to the resolution said the UAE had has been living in peace, away than in densely populated areas. media. “accelerated its crackdown on from the violence hitting the “The terrorists apparently REUTERS human rights defenders and civil society activists, bringing the number of political detainees to 64”, most held in solitary confine- Bashir to visit South Sudan in first trip since secession ment and without legal help. It said others had been subjected KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar The foreign minister gave no date but officials to harassment, travel bans and Hassan Al Bashir will visit South Sudan soon, said the visit could be in early November. deportation. his first trip since the south gained independ- The African neighbours have yet to sort out In March, the UAE closed ence last year, to forge a new start in relations, ownership of several disputed areas along the two international thinktanks Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti unmarked border but tensions have ebbed in the promoting democracy overseas, told the state news agency yesterday. past few months. Germany’s Konrad-Adenauer- Last month, Sudan and South Sudan agreed Karti said Bashir’s visit will be a “new start Stiftung and the U.S.-funded to end hostilities, restart southern oil exports in relations between Sudan and South Sudan”, National Democratic Institute, through the north and revive cross-border trade, SUNA said. without giving reasons. after both came close to war in April. REUTERS REUTERS SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Ukraine election a challenge for Yanukovich Boxing star’s fate in focus today

KIEV: Ukraine prepared yesterday pressure from the West. for parliamentary polls in which Opinion polls suggest the opposi- superstar boxer Vitali Klitschko tion could collect just a shade over 40 has emerged as an unlikely chal- percent of the vote against the 38 or lenger to the ruling party in place so percent mustered by the Regions of the jailed opposition leader Party and its allies. Yulia Tymoshenko. Half of the 450 seats will be filled The ex-Soviet strategic nation of with voters casting ballots for parties 46 million nestled between the EU that have to clear a five-percent min- and Russia is holding the first elec- imum vote threshold. The remainder tion today since Tymoshenko lost to is comprised of votes for individual President Viktor Yanukovych in a candidates who must win their dis- bitterly-fought contest in 2010. tricts to get in. The firebrand 2004 Orange The vote was preceded by an Revolution leader was jailed less than extremely rare joint letter from US two years later on abuse of power Secretary of State Hillary Clinton charges brought by Yanukovich’s and EU foreign policy boss Catherine Regions Party that both Tymoshenko Ashton calling on Yanukovich to and Western nations saw as vendetta prove his democratic credentials to on the part of the president. the world. Colleen McManus and Patrick McManus pushing 4-month-old Maeve McManus in a stroller past the Mae West as workers board up the building Today’s election to the 450-seat “Important steps now have to in preparation for Hurricane Sandy yesterday in Cape May, New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordered mandatory evacuations of Verkhovna Rada is now seen both as be taken by the Ukrainian govern- the barrier islands in New Jersey. a warm up for the 2015 presidential ment to fulfil its full potential,” the ballot and a chance for voters to pass open letter said. The question of judgement on a jailing that has iso- whether Yanukovich will lose his lated Ukraine from EU states. ruling majority depends mostly on Opinion polls suggest that whether Klitschko — assuming the Looming storm threatens US campaign Yanukovych’s alliance with the dominant role of kingmaker — fol- Communist Party and a top centrist lows through on his promise to work AKRON, OHIO: A looming a supercharged cold weather system that the last presidential elections when more politician will retain its narrow lead with Tymoshenko’s team. “Frankenstorm” threw an October could burst through Virginia, West Virginia, than 30 percent of ballots were cast before while Tymoshenko’s opposition bloc The ambitious political novice surprise into the US presidential con- Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and election day. will grab second place by the slimmest has thus far refused to dismiss the test yesterday as Barack Obama and even as far inland as Ohio. Prospective voters have been deluged of margins. But trailing in hot pur- notion of himself one day running for Mitt Romney hunted for votes amid Huge tidal surges, power outages, inland with calls from the rival campaigns, with suit at the third place is the UDAR president. He has also been remark- fears of major disruptions ahead of the flooding and even heavy snowfall could then 40 percent of voters in eight key battle- (Punch) party of world heavyweight ably coy about how far his alliance November 6 vote. be in store for what would be the final, fran- ground states contacted by the Obama champion Klitschko — an opposition with Tymoshenko’s party might With a newly strengthened Hurricane tic week of the US election campaign, add- camp and 35 percent by Romney’s get- sympathiser who has served in the actually go. Sandy now stalking the US East Coast, ing a nasty twist to what already is a neck out-the-vote operation, according to a Kiev city council and now has the Analysts said this vote was being Romney and Vice President Joe Biden can- and neck race. Washington Post/ABC News survey pub- chance to expand nationally. driven by personalities rather than celled rallies in Virginia to get out of the way The White House said it was monitor- lished on Friday. “I have a lot to lose,” the towering any big subject such as the nation’s of the frantic storm preparations. ing the storm closely, and Obama received With just 10 days to go until Americans boxer with a PhD in sports science closer ties with either Russia or the The president and his Republican rival a briefing on Friday from top emergency go to the polls, the candidates are ready- said in comments posted on his web- EU states — a dominant theme of the were campaigning at opposite ends of the officials. Aside from the threat to tens of ing cross-country travel blitzes to hammer site this week. historic 2004 vote. eastern seaboard yesterday — Obama in millions of residents, the storm could upend home their well-worn messages. “The biggest and most valuable “The issues are not that impor- New Hampshire and Romney in Florida — election-related preparations across sev- The Republican nominee has tried to turn thing that I have is my reputation — tant here. This is really a dress while their campaigns kept an eagle’s eye eral states, interfere with early voting and the tables on the 2008 Obama, billing him- not only in Ukraine but across the rehearsal for the presidential vote,” on the coming storm. cause problems at polling stations. Both self as the hope-and-change candidate and world. I have staked the most valu- said Volodymyr Fesenko of the Penta Currently a category one hurricane, Obama and Romney were pushing support- the Democratic incumbent as representing able thing I have on these elections,” Centre for Political Studies. Sandy was forecast to ride slowly up the ers to vote early. So far, 10.5 million people the political “status quo.” the Ukrainian sports star said. “The results could shape the presi- Atlantic coastline, bringing heavy rains have already cast their ballots, according “The president’s campaign falls far short A long-mooted alliance between dential ambitions of the incumbent and gusting winds to the Carolinas, before to a count by experts at George Mason of the magnitude of the times. And the pres- UDAR and the Tymoshenko bloc as well as the leaders of the dispa- making landfall early this week somewhere University near Washington. idency of the last four years has fallen far could give the opposition a par- rate opposition ahead of the 2015 between Virginia and New Jersey. That is about eight percent of all votes short of the promises of his last campaign,” liamentary majority and still fur- election,” the US-based IHS Global Forecasters predict the storm will col- cast in 2008, and analysts said the early vot- Romney told a crowd in Ames, Iowa. ther limit the political options of Insight agreed. lide with a seasonal “nor’easter,” creating ing was on track to beat the record set in AFP Yanukovich — already under heavy AFP Savile’s family offers ‘deepest Body found in airliner’s sympathy’ to abuse victims wheel well LAGOS: A man’s body LONDON: The family of the family had been unaware of “undoubtedly” one of Britain’s has been found in the BBC presenter at the centre Savile’s “darker side”, and was most prolific offenders, while the wheel well of a plane of an abuse scandal that has struggling to reconcile the image head of the BBC’s governing body operated by Nigerian air- rocked the broadcaster offered of the man they loved with alle- has called the allegations a “tsu- line Arik for its London its “deepest sympathy” to the gations that were becoming nami of filth”. and New York routes, late Jimmy Savile’s victims yes- overwhelming. “Our thoughts and our prayers a spokesman said yes- terday, saying it felt “despair “How could the person we are with those who have suffered terday, in a case simi- and sadness”. thought we knew and loved do from every kind of abuse over lar to past instances of The statement came as the such a thing?” said the state- so many years and we offer our stowaways. Roman Catholic Church in ment. “We recognise that even deepest sympathy in what must The body was found on England said it had written to our own despair and sadness does have been a terrible time for all of Friday in an undercarriage the Vatican to ask whether it was not compare to that felt by the them,” the family statement to the wheel compartment after possible to strip Savile of a papal victims.” Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper the Airbus A340-500 plane knighthood due to allegations he Savile, a cigar-chomping former read. Foster said he had watched returned to Lagos from had abused young girls. DJ who was one of the BBC’s top “in horror” as British TV channel London, said Arik spokes- Police said earlier this week presenters, died last year aged 84. ITV first aired an expose “with man Adebanji Ola, but it that some 300 victims had come The scandal has destroyed the allegations of a darker side to him was unclear when or how forward and that they were pre- reputation of a man who had been that we knew nothing about”. he gained access to it. paring to make arrests in a scan- widely admired and honoured for “This wasn’t the man we knew “They just found the dal that has already damaged the his charity work and has raised and loved,” Foster said, saying body in the aircraft yester- internationally-renowned broad- troubling questions about the “the allegations are very serious day. There’s no identity on caster’s reputation. BBC’s management and its work- and we began to have doubts as it,” he said, adding an inves- Savile’s nephew Roger Foster place culture in the past. to our own feeling towards our tigation would be carried said in a statement that the Police have said Savile was uncle.” REUTERS out. Previous such cases have seen stowaways hide inside planes’ wheel wells in Nigeria or other coun- tries in hopes of making Russian opposition it abroad. They have pre- Berlusconi threatens to pull viously frozen to death or members detained been crushed by the wheel. In September, a sus- support from Monti government pected stowaway found MOSCOW: Three prominent dead on a London street opponents of Russian President ROME: Former Prime tax fraud. “Together with my col- was believed to have fallen Vladimir Putin were detained Minister Silvio Berlusconi said laborators we will decide in the from the undercarriage at a protest in central Moscow yesterday his centre-right bloc next few days whether it is bet- of an incoming flight to yesterday that followed the first may withdraw its support from ter to immediately withdraw our Heathrow Airport. meeting of a new opposition the government of Mario Monti, confidence in this government or The man, who police body elected in an online vote. a move that could throw Italy keep it, given the elections that believed was African and Police arrested politicians into political chaos ahead of are scheduled,” he said. aged between 20 and 30, Alexei Navalny, Ilya Yashin and next April’s national elections. The Monti government of non- was discovered in the sub- Sergei Udaltsov as they tried “We have to recognise the fact elected technocrats is supported urb of Mortlake. to take part in a march of sev- that the initiative of this govern- by the centre-left, the centre- That discovery came eral dozen opposition support- ment is a continuation of a spiral right and the centre. It would lose just over two weeks after ers after the inaugural session of of recession for our economy,” its majority and have to resign if another suspected stowa- the newly-formed Coordination Berlusconi told a news confer- the entire centre-right, including way was found dead on Council. ence a day after he was convicted Berlusconi’s PDL party, withdrew board a British Airways REUTERS and sentenced to four years for support. REUTERS flight. AFP SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES Call for wider support to help Milf deal work Peace accord a step forward for large Muslim minority

SULTAN KUDARAT: The translating this agreement into group must “make our people feel Philippines’ top rebel leader reality on the ground,” he said in a that the Bangsamoro government warned yesterday a peace deal statement read at a news confer- envisioned in the framework signed by his group could only ence on Mindanao island, home of agreement is their government end the armed conflict if the the rebellion. and no longer the... government wider Filipino Muslim commu- The decades-old conflict has of the aliens”. nity supported it. claimed 150,000 lives and impov- He urged the MNLF and other Under the pact the erished Mindanao, a resources- Muslim groups to support the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic rich region where most of the peace deal. Liberation Front (Milf) would mainly Catholic nation’s Muslim “Our main task this time is... to give up its quest for an inde- minority lives. make them feel and realise that pendent homeland in the south in The accord has been criticised the framework agreement is not return for significant power and by some factions within the rival only an agreement between the wealth-sharing in a new autono- Moro National Liberation Front Milf and the (government) but an mous region there to be known as (MNLF), which signed a peace all-inclusive agreement between Bangsamoro. agreement with the Philippine the Bangsamoro people and the Authorities and Milf leaders government in 1996. Philippine state.” must work to convince the large MNLF founder Nur Misuari Ebrahim stressed that negotia- Muslim minority that the October alleges a proposed autonomous tions on implementing the peace 15 accord was a step forward for government spelt out in the Milf deal have yet to be completed, them, the front’s chairman Murad agreement would violate the with “issues in power-sharing, Ebrahim said yesterday. terms of the MNLF peace deal wealth-sharing, inter-govern- “Please be reminded that that created an existing self-rule mental relations and normalisa- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief Murad Ebrahim speaks during a press conference inside camp Darapanan, the task ahead is bigger and area in the south. tion” still to be settled. Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao province, in southern island of Mindanao yesterday. more complex and complicated: Ebrahim said yesterday the AFP

Leftist Filipino rebels No time left to pass bill against dynasties

MANILA: The Senate has ban political dynasties. Sotto said up with a better version of the problem with the bill hurdling the raid poultry farm started working on a bill pro- there are too many pending pieces bill and if this is re-filed in the Senate but as far as the House hibiting political dynasties even of legislation in the Senate and it next Congress then it will be an of Representatives is concerned, MANILA: Communist guer- by Go since last year, when his as several groups have asked the would be difficult to include the improved version of the current that would be a problem. rilla rebels raided a poultry chicken shop in a nearby town Supreme Court (SC) to compel bill as a priority measure. one,” Pimentel said. Osmeña recalled that during farm in the southern Philippines was ransacked by the rebels, Congress to pass such a law. However, he said that the con- The Senate is expected to the 10th Congress in 1995, a simi- and torched two buildings after Caber said. Because there is little time duct of hearings and perhaps focus attention on the proposed lar bill was debated in the Senate the owner ignored their extor- The Maoist NPA has been left for the 15th Congress to pass debates on the bill could serve P2-trillion national budget for but was archived because it did tion demands, the military said waging a decades-old guerrilla the bill, however, both Senate as a starting point for future 2013 when it resumes session on not have the support of the House yesterday. campaign that has cost tens of Majority Leader Vicente Sotto discussions. November 5 in order to have it of Representatives. Thousands of chickens were thousands of lives. III and Senator Aquilino Pimentel Pimentel said he would con- enacted into law before yearend. He said that the bill went to killed after rebels from the New Earlier this month the III, who chairs the committee on duct one or two more hearings Aside from the budget bill, the the archive after former sena- People’s Army set fire to the Philippine government said it electoral reforms and people’s solely for the measure. “I expect Senate also has a number of pri- tor Orlando Mercado was told by buildings in a pre-dawn attack hoped to resume peace talks participation, admitted yester- that after those hearings, we can ority measures pending approval, his counterpart in the House of on Friday, military spokesman with the communist rebels, after day that the measure may have come out with a good definition, such as the sin tax bill, the Representatives that he should Captain Alberto Caber told announcing a peace agreement to wait until the next Congress. and then all the disqualifications amendments to the Anti-Money not even bother sending the bill reporters. The rebels later con- with Muslim rebels who also Sotto said public hearings and will follow from this good defini- Laundering Act and the contro- over to them because there was no tacted the farm owner Onyx operate in the restive south. plenary debates on the proposed tion of what constitutes political versial Reproductive Health bill. way they were going to approve it. Go by telephone, threatening to Talks with the commu- bill could provide a good starting dynasties,” Pimentel said. With elections coming up in Another reason the Senate gave return with gasoline and match- nist rebels were suspended in point for future deliberations on However, he said that getting May next year, most of the sena- up deliberating on the measure sticks unless he agreed to pay up November last year due to per- the measure. this approved before Congress tors would also be busy cam- then was the legal question raised P60,000 ($1,450) a month, accord- sistent demands by the rebels to One public hearing has been adjourns in June 2013 might not paigning, leaving little time for over the inclusion of common-law ing to a military statement. free jailed comrades they claimed conducted so far on Senate be possible. “Not in 2013 but I just legislative work. wives and mistresses in the cover- The raid marked the second were consultants to the negotia- Bill 2649 filed by Sen Miriam want to contribute to lawmak- Sen Sergio Osmeña III said the age of the proposed law. such attack on businesses owned tions. AFP Defensor-Santiago that seeks to ing, in the sense that I can come other day that he does not see any THE PHILIPPINE STAR

Bat-dog La Trinidad mayor faces 2nd Foreigner accused Ombudsman case LA TRINIDAD: Mayor of raping two girls Gregorio Abalos is facing his second Ombudsman case over a P250m ($5.5m) mall project in COTABATO CITY: Mecs Labour Hiring Company this Benguet capital town. Government operatives based in Mozambique, Cabico Even suspecting that the grave arrested yesterday a 50-year- said. misconduct and oppression lodged old New Zealander accused of The two girls, allegedly by private developer Jarco Realty raping two Visayan girls from molested by Wakefield, led Cabico and Development Corporation Kidapawan City. help identify him when they which in 2009 forged a lease Superintendent Renante raided the hotel in Davao City, contract with La Trinidad gov- Cabico, director of the Kidapawan where he was to board a plane ernment for a mall project, as City police, said the suspect, David bound for Manila, en route to “political”, Abalos said he is brav- William Wakefield, was arrested Mozambique. ing all these in the interest of the in Davao City after several days The two victims were report- 120,000 residents of his town. of surveillance. edly “hired” by two women in Earlier in January, two resi- Wakefield did not resist arrest Kidapawan City, promised P1,500 dents whom Abalos fired at the when frisked by operatives of the ($33) each, and where brought local government filed dishon- Kidapawan city police and local to Wakefield’s hotel room, where esty, grave misconduct and vio- staffers of the Department of they were molested one after lations of anti-graft and corrupt Social Welfare and Development. another. practices against Abalos before Cabico said the foreigner Policemen recovered from the Ombudsman over the con- was reported to have molested Wakefield a mobile phone con- troversial Black Hole project, two girls, ages 12 and 13, from taining nude photos of the two also known the Zero Waste Kidapawan City while in a hotel girls. Management System technology. in Davao City. Cabico said they will file statu- In the second complaint against The two girls, accompanied by tory rape and human trafficking Abalos, Jarco claims it has been elders, reported the incident to charges against Wakefield on suffering huge losses and oppor- the Kidapawan police Monday. Monday. tunities since December 21, 2009 A man looks at his pet dog, dressed in a costume of a bat, during the Scaredy Cats and Dogs Halloween cos- Wakefield works for a certain THE PHILIPPINE STAR because of the mayor’s continued tume competition at Eastwood mall in Quezon City yesterday. According to an official from the Philippine Animal refusal for the lease for at least Welfare Society (PAWS), the event aims to give owners a chance to bond with their pets on Halloween. 30 years of a 3,910sqm property on which Jarco will construct the mall. On August 17 this year, Jarco corporate secretary Juanito Teope, Woman drowns, two others 24 dead, six missing in tropical storm on behalf of its board of directors, complained before the Office of the Ombudsman for Luzon. missing in N Cotabato flood MANILA: The death toll from Ramos said three of nine people Weather forecaster Fernando Abalos, suspecting something a tropical storm that swept who had been missing were found Cada said the storm could still political ahead of the 2013 polls, COTABATO CITY: A 70-year- hinterlands after three days of through the central Philippines alive. become a typhoon over the said “they want my neck.” old woman was drowned while torrential rains. Cordero said before heading toward Vietnam More than 30,000 people South China Sea and could hit The town mayor, however, is two others are missing as Katel was drowned while trying has risen to at least 24 with six stranded at seaports and air- the northern coast of Vietnam firm on disapproving the mall flashfloods spawned by heavy to wade to a high ground. people missing, officials said ports since early in the week by Sunday. project insisting there were no downpours swept through low- More than 30 houses were yesterday. have resumed their journeys after Rescuers are also still search- genuine consultations with affected lying farming villages in North destroyed by the flashflood, Additional reports of casual- Tropical Storm Son Tinh left the ing for a man believed buried in residents on the project. The inter- Cotabato’s Tulunan town Friday. Cordero said. Responding groups ties were received by the Office Philippines late Friday. a landslide on the main southern est of stakeholders in La Trinidad Senior Inspector Ronnie from the Tulunan local govern- of Civil Defence overnight Friday. The storm gained strength as island of Mindanao, it said, add- were not taken into considera- Cordero, chief of Tulunan’s munic- ment unit and policemen are still Half of the fatalities were drown- it blew westward toward Vietnam ing that more than 15,000 people tion, he said, even hinting “money ipal police, identified the fatality searching for two villagers were ing victims of floods that hit the at 22kms (14 miles) per hour displaced by the storm were still changed hands” during the town as Delia Katel of Barangay Bacun also seen swept away by floodwa- central and southern Philippines, with sustained winds of 85kph sheltering at government build- administration before him. which was ravaged by rampaging ters toward a nearby marsh. the agency reported. (53mph) and maximum winds of ings and receiving disaster aid. THE PHILIPPINE STAR floodwaters from surrounding THE PHILIPPINE STAR Civil Defence chief Benito 100kph (62mph). THE PHILIPPINE STAR SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Exodus of thousands after Myanmar unrest Some of the displaced Rohingyas are still on boats

SITTWE: Thousands of dis- Muslim Rohingya are already “The security forces are not placed people have surged crammed into squalid camps allowing them to come in. Some towards already overcrowded around the state capital Sittwe people are on the shore and some camps in western Myanmar, after deadly violence in June and are still on their boats,” Kyaw officials said yesterday, after Rakhine state officials said the Kyaw said. vicious new communal violence latest bloodshed had caused an He added the group of several that has left dozens dead. influx of boats carrying around thousand people, including women Seething resentment between 6,000 people to the city. and children, was believed to be Buddhists and Muslims erupted “The local government is plan- from just two towns. this week in new unrest in ning to relocate them to a suitable Myanmar’s state-run mouth- Rakhine state that has seen whole place. We are having problems piece reported that almost 3,000 neighbourhoods razed and caused because more people are coming,” homes and 18 religious buildings a fresh exodus of people fleeing said Rakhine government spokes- had been torched in seven town- for safety from Rohingya minor- man Hla Thein. Some of the dis- ships during the latest fighting, ity areas. placed are still on boats while which erupted on October 21, The latest fighting, which has several thousand have docked on spreading to areas that had been prompted international warn- an island opposite Sittwe. largely untouched by the earlier ings that the nation’s reforms The United Nations earlier said conflict. could be under threat, has killed 3,200 had made their way towards More than 150 people have at least 67 people. It was unclear shelters in Sittwe, with a further been killed in the state since how many from each community several thousand on the way. June, according to the authori- had died, but a state official has Residents of one camp in a ties, who have imposed emergency said roughly half the dead were coastal area on the outskirts of rule in an attempt to control the Children stand together on a muddy street at the Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe, Myanmar, yesterday. Myanmar women. Sittwe said they could see boat- violence. could call a state of emergency in Rakhine state if sectarian violence continues there, a legislator said. Tens of thousands of mainly loads of Rohingya on the shore. AFP

Police disperse China chemical plant protesters Beijing blocks discussion

NINGBO: Police dispersed industrial project is not very good reported that police fired tear gas from kindergarten all the way of report on premier Wen more than a thousand protest- for the eco-system. I don’t think at the protesters. up...I have friends and family ers in the eastern Chinese city they should exchange our living The past few years has seen there”. BEIJING: China’s censors did become very cynical about the of Ningbo yesterday who were environment for development,” a rise in protests over environ- Discussion of the protests was their best yesterday to block wealth accumulated by those near demonstrating against plans to said 31-year old protester Peng mental issues. In July, Chinese not blocked on microbloging site discussion of a New York Times the centres of power. expand a petrochemical plant. Shaoming. officials cancelled an industrial Weibo but some users in Ningbo investigation into Premier Wen “Most Chinese just assume that The protests, which had turned The protesters wore masks and waste pipeline project after anti- reported difficulty in uploading Jiabao, but analysts said the the top leaders are corrupt”. violent on Friday, illustrate a gave out pamphlets denouncing pollution demonstrators occupied photographs. report would still likely reach The revelations come as a par- major challenge for the leader- the expansion of the plant by a a government office in eastern Environmental pollution and tens of millions of people. ticular embarrassment for Wen, ship as it readies for its once-in- subsidiary of China Petroleum China. perceived health threats are Detailing a string of deals on who is the standard-bearer of a-decade power transition, and and Chemical Corporation in the “I feel very upset and disap- sparking protests across China, Friday, the newspaper said that the Communist Party’s reformist tries to maintain social stability district of Zhenhai. pointed at the government and helped by social media which relatives of the government’s wing and has campaigned against but also show it is listening to the The protests, which have been media in China,” said Winni Xu, allows organisers to publicise number two -- a self-styled man corruption. complaints of ordinary people. going on for a week , come just a Zhenhai native who recently their causes and rally others of the people known popularly as In a speech published in April, Protesters had gathered early two weeks before the Communist completed her graduate studies despite tight controls in the one- “Grandpa Wen” -- had become he said official corruption was yesterday in a central shop- Party holds a congress which in the United States. party state. “extraordinarily wealthy” during “the biggest danger facing the ping street in Ningbo. By the opens on November 8 and will “I’m angry at the government Earlier this year in the south- his tenure. ruling party” and warned that afternoon they had mostly been unveil a new central leadership. because they tried to hide a lot western province of Sichuan, hun- Investments by Wen’s son, wife “those who hold political power dispersed by several hundred The city’s public security of critical information about this dreds of protesters clashed with and others spanning the bank- may perish” unless it is addressed. Chinese police. bureau said protesters over- project from the residents,” said police over a planned metals plant ing, jewellery and telecom sec- The NYT report coincided with Witnesses said there were a turned cars and attacked police New York-based Xu, her voice in Shifang city and forced the tors were worth at least $2.7bn the announcement that former few scuffles and some arrests. on Friday night while reports on filled with emotion. project to be scrapped. according to an analysis of com- regional Communist Party boss “I think the chemical and Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, “I spent 20 years in Zhenhai, REUTERS pany and regulatory filings from Bo Xilai had been stripped of 1992-2012. his parliamentary seat ahead State-run newspapers made no of an expected trial, which was Thailand-Vietnam cabinet retreat mention of the scandal yester- meant to signal a new get-tough day, while China’s army of cen- approach on graft. Thousands in Taiwan sors ensured that searches for Bo’s expulsion from the The New York Times or other National People’s Congress came rally for gay marriage related terms returned no results after state media announced last TAIPEI: Tens of thousands of on social networks and search month that he would “face jus- people marched through Taipei engines. tice” for alleged abuse of power, yesterday to push for the legali- The English-language and taking bribes and improper sexual sation of same-sex marriage in Chinese websites of the American relations. Taiwan as the island marked its newspaper were also blocked The NYT investigation dark- 10th annual Gay Pride event in inChina and reports on interna- ens the clouds hanging over the colourful fashion. tional television channels CNN Communist Party caused by the “The theme this year is to fight and BBC World were blacked out. Bo scandal as the regime prepares for equal rights on marriage. Gay “Only a small proportion will to name successors to Wen and people are also tax-paying citizens be aware of the story,” seasoned President Hu Jintao in a once-in- and we demand the same basic China watcher Willy Lam told the a-decade leadership change start- right as any heterosexual cou- reporters. ing November 8. ples,” said Mu Chuan, one of the He estimated that about 10 The New York Times said in organisers of the rally. percent of China’s 500-million- a blogpost that the investigation The parade saw revellers in strong online population would into Wen had taken a year and flamboyant costumes, big feath- still manage to evade the censors, that the newspaper knew of the ered hats and swimming trunks however, amounting to about 50m likely impact on its business pros- waving placards reading “mar- people. pects in China. riage” and “equal rights”. “The NYT story will hurt Wen In June, Bloomberg published “Even though marriage is a Jiabao... his reputation will be an investigation into the finances very personal choice, I think gay adversely affected,” he explained, of Vice President Xi Jinping. Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (front, 7th left) and her Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan people should not be stripped of adding that many Chinese had AFP the right to choose to get mar- Dung (front, 6th right) pose for a group photo with delegations during The second Thailand-Vietnam Joint ried,” said Mi Feng, a software Cabinet Retreat in Hanoi, Vietnam, yesterday. programmer from Taipei dressed in white and holding a bridal bouquet. Taiwan is one of the most cul- Indonesia arrests ‘terrorists’ Japan hopes tourists immune to China row turally liberal societies in Asia. TOKYO: As relations between to a well-equipped hospital in and Osaka, because China has Thai man nabbed with planning US embassy attack Tokyo and Beijing appear Asahikawa in Hokkaido. many big cities. increasingly in need of major Treatments there range from “Hokkaido is placid and pasto- 16 tiger cubs in truck JAKARTA: Indonesian police including Jakarta, in a sweep on surgery, officials in the far north head-to-toe check-ups, with a ral. The air is fresh and you can BANGKOK: A Thai man has arrested 11 suspected terror- the island of Java, saying the of Japan are hoping the nascent focus on cancer screening and relax here,” she added. been arrested with 16 tiger cubs ists yesterday allegedly plan- detained belonged to a new net- industry of medical tourism can neurological diseases, to anti- Of the several hundred thou- in his pick-up truck while driv- ning attacks on the US embassy work known as Hasmi. thrive unscathed. ageing and cosmetic surgery, sands of foreign tourists who ing near the kingdom’s border and an American consulate, a Explosive materials were also They are quietly confident that including breast enhancements visit Hokkaido annually, the lion’s with Laos, police said yesterday. spokesman said. secured from a location in Solo, a spat over disputed islands will and liposuction. share are from East Asia, with The 52-year-old was arrested “The group’s objectives were central Java, and in Bogor on the not seriously impact the grow- Getting a clean bill of health many keen to see the dramatic Friday afternoon in Khon to attack the US embassy in outskirts of the capital. ing number of relatively wealthy was at the top of Zhang’s agenda, mountains, extensive pastures Kaen province in northeastern Jakarta and consulate-general Indonesia was rocked by a Chinese visiting Japan for its high but she also liked the idea of and rich woodlands. Thailand during a routine check in the eastern Javanese city of series of deadly attacks blamed quality treatment, therefore keep- breathing fresh air in a region That image is a key selling by authorities, who found the cats, Surabaya,” national police spokes- on the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah ing the lifeblood pumping in an known for skiing and nature point for Zhang’s tour operator, aged between six weeks and two man Suhardi Alius told reporters. Islamiyah (JI) last decade, includ- industry that analysts say could tourism -- a big change from her Medical Tourism Japan, which in months, in cages in the back of Alius said the group was also ing the 2002 Bali bombings that one day be worth $7.0bn a year. hometown of Shenyang, an indus- 2011 brought about 270 Chinese the vehicle. targeting a building in the capi- killed 202 people, mostly foreign And for a tourism industry that trial city in northeastern China. customers to northern Japan, a Police said the man was paid tal near the Australian embassy tourists. was battered by the tsunami and “I’m here this time for a fol- number it hopes will grow. 15,000 baht (500 dollars) to trans- where US mining giant Freeport- Indonesia has not seen a major subsequent nuclear disaster of low-up to the last check-up as Most clients chose Hokkaido port the tigers from Bangkok, but McMoRan has an office. attack since 2009 and authorities last year -- visitor numbers were the doctor said I needed careful because it “has the image of being he denied knowing the identity of “We also confiscated an explo- say a long crackdown on terror- down by around a quarter -- that observation of my stomach,” she an ‘Asian Switzerland’ to the the animals’ owners. sive device from a home in the ism has debilitated JI. might be just what the doctor said of her $2,400 trip, which took Chinese,” said company president “He said he only talked to town of Madiun in eastern Java, But smaller terror cells aspir- ordered. place before the current tensions Katsuya Sakagami. them on the telephone not in as well as explosive materials and ing to an Islamic caliphate “I came here because Japanese erupted. “I was originally selling medi- person,” Lieutenant Colonel Kusol a bomb-making manual,” Alius through violent means have medicine has a very good repu- “But I really liked the hot cal equipment and came to realise Pongbunchan, chief investigator said. emerged, though none have car- tation in China,” 30-year-old springs, the food and the sea the the potential of medical tourism of the local district police said. Anti-terror police Detachment ried out any serious attacks. Zhang Lan said, two translators last time I visited. I’m not inter- for Chinese people,” he said. AFP 88 made the arrests in four cities, AFP in tow, as staff welcomed her ested in big cities such as Tokyo AFP SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN US ‘interrogates’ Imran Khan on drones Former cricketer pulled off a New York-bound plane in Toronto by US immigration officials for questioning

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani the last town before the semi- Ali Zaidi, a senior party leader cricketer turned politician autonomous tribal belt. demanded “a prompt and thor- Imran Khan has said he was It was an unprecedented ges- ough inquiry into this sordid pulled off a New York-bound ture from a mainstream politi- episode” and sought “an uncon- plane by US immigration offi- cian in one of the most dangerous ditional apology from the US cials and interrogated about his parts of the country, a semi- government”. view on American drone strikes autonomous zone that is a hot- US officials in Washington in his country. bed of activity by Taliban and Al declined to comment. Khan, leader of the Pakistan Qaeda militants. Islamist militants have killed Movement for Justice party (PTI), Pakistani authorities did not thousands of people in Pakistan has campaigned vociferously allow the protesters to enter the since 2007, and US officials say the for an end to the controversial tribal district of South Waziristan drone strikes are a key weapon in US campaign of missile strikes -- where missiles fired by US the war on terror. against suspected Taliban and drones routinely target mili- But peace campaigners con- Al Qaeda militants in Pakistan’s tants -- for security reasons and demn them as a breach of inter- tribal areas. blocked the road to Tank with national law, Pakistanis as a He argues they are illegal and shipping containers. violation of sovereignty that counterproductive and earlier Officials from Khan’s party breeds extremism, and politi- this month he led thousands said the delay meant he missed cians including Khan as a sign of of supporters -- and a group of his flight and was late for the a government complicit in killing American peace activists -- on a party fundraising event in New its own people. march to the edge of the restive York, but he insisted “nothing will Khan, who is campaigning tribal districts to protest against change my stance”. ahead of general elections next drones. “My stand on drones is very year, has made opposition to the Khan was headed to New York clear. I did not say sorry to them,” drone programme a key plank of to attend a fund-raiser organised Khan said after arriving in New his party’s policy. by his party when he was stopped York, according to GEO news Critics accuse him of merely by US officials in Toronto on channel. trying to further his own career Friday, he said. “I still couldn’t understand why and of ignoring both atrocities “I was taken off from plane and they did this.” blamed on Islamist militants and interrogated by US Immigration “The official was question- abuses by the Pakistani army. in Canada on my views on drones. ing me about drones but I think Although leaked US cables My stance is known. Drone he himself didn’t understand have revealed tacit support for attacks must stop,” he wrote on what he was talking about,” he the drone strikes from Pakistan’s Twitter. explained. military and civilian leaders, Khan led a two-day protest The US ambassador to Pakistan Islamabad has increasingly con- march earlier this month against “knew that I will always oppose demned the programme as rela- Imran Khan addresses a peace rally in Tank. Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was stopped by US drone strike with some 15,000 the drone attack, then why (did) tions with Washington have US immigration officials and questioned about his views on American drone strikes in his country, party officials of his supporters and dozens of they issue me visa”, he later said deteriorated. said yesterday. Western peace activists to Tank, at the fund raising event. AFP

Afghanistan deaths not Ashraf yet to file US asks Pakistan to securitise affidavit about dual friendly fire, says Britain dams’ assets for seeking funds nationality status ISLAMABAD: Pakistani LONDON: The deaths of a They “have concluded that this Prime Minister Raja Pervez British marine and an army was not blue-on-blue (‘friendly ISLAMABAD: The United will be covered by implementing Assistance and Development Ashraf is among over 450 law- medic in Afghanistan were fire’) incident, and that the States has asked Pakistan to the securitisation plan. Counsellor Richard Albright, met makers who are yet to submit not due to “friendly fire”, the deaths of Corporal O’Connor and securitise assets of different Securitisation means creation Water and Power Minister Ahmed declarations to the Election defence ministry said yesterday Corporal Day were caused by a dams including Tarbela and of an investment instrument by Mukhtar and discussed the coop- Commission, affirming that following an initial review. third party or parties whose iden- Mangla in order to seek funds combining financial assets and eration in the power sector, man- they do not hold dual nationality. Corporal David O’Connor, 27, tities have yet to be established from international donors for then marketing different tiers of agement and improvement in The commission decided to of 40 Commando Royal Marines, but who are not UK personnel,” the multi-billion-dollar Diamer the repackaged instruments to power distribution companies and directly seek fresh declarations and Corporal Channing Day, 25, the spokesman said. Bhasha Dam. the investors. financing for Diamer Bhasha Dam. from the members of parliament from the 3 Medical Regiment, “Further investigation into the The suggestion came in a meet- A video conference will be Praising US cooperation and in the second week of this month were fatally wounded while on involvement or otherwise of the ing between US embassy officials held next month in Washington assistance, Mukhtar said it would and warned that those failing to patrol in the southern Helmand dead Afghan male is ongoing.” and Federal Water and Power involving a US energy team and help to improve the efficiency of submit the declarations within province on Wednesday. He said analysis of the event Minister Ahmed Mukhtar here. officials of the Water and Power public sector power utilites. The one month would be presumed to An Afghan man, thought to is “likely to take some time” The diplomats assured the min- Development Authority (Wapda) government, he said, was working be guilty of violating Article 63 (1) have been a policeman out of while forensic examinations are ister that the US would play its to discuss the implementation of on power sector reforms, rehabili- of the Constitution. uniform, also died during the conducted. role in generating funds to meet the plan of securitising assets of tation and upgrading of generation Sources said that 67 of the 104 incident, a defence ministry More than 50 Nato soldiers the entire cost of $13bn for the dams. The government is facing companies, improvement in dis- Senators had not yet submitted spokesman confirmed. have been killed this year by men 4,500-megawatt Diamer Bhasha difficulties in generating funds for tribution companies, power theft fresh declarations sought under He said the British patrol in in Afghan uniform, leading to dam and power project by becom- Diamer Bhasha Dam as theWorld control and reduction in line losses. the directive of the Supreme the Nahr-e Saraj district was not tensions between coalition troops ing part of a consortium, led by Bank has sought no-objection cer- Mukhtar pressed for US assist- Court. working alongside Afghan part- and the local forces they are try- the Asian Development Bank tificate (NOC) from India, which ance as well as from the ADB and They include Senate Chairman ners at the time. ing to train to take over security (ADB). Earlier, the ADB had says that the planned dam site is other donors for the all-important Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari, Specialists from the Nato-led operations. refused to lead the consortium. situated in a “disputed territory”. Diamer Bhasha Dam - termed a Deputy Chairman Sabir Ali International Security Assistance The deaths bring to 435 the Pakistani authorities expect to Other donors have offered lifeline for the country’s economy. Baloch, Leader of the House Force and representatives from number of British troops killed in raise $3bn by securitising assets funds for Dasu hydropower He also discussed the chances of Jehangir Badr, Finance Minister the Afghan government have the Afghanistan operation since it of Tarbela and Mangla Dam, but project instead of Diamer Bhasha. US investment in coal and wind Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, the presi- conducted an initial review at began in October 2001. the US officials insist that all the A three-member team of the power projects. dent’s spokesman Farhatullah the scene. AFP cost of Diamer Bhasha project US embassy, led by Economic INTERNEWS Babar and Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who submitted the declaration when he contested Standing guard the election for the Senate seat after resigning. The list includes names of the chairman of the parliamentary First Pakistani astronaut committee on national security Mian Raza Rabbani and senators from MQM, ANP and PML-F. wants peace in space Islamabad high

ISLAMABAD: Once you’ve own, where millions live in pov- -- and Salim insists it’s about court orders to hold been to both poles, skydived erty, the journey to the stars was more than just fulfilling the municipal elections over Mount Everest and set up never likely to be straightforward. whims of the rich. your country’s first consulate in Pressured by her father to Salim said the money she has ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Monaco, the question is: What study, she kept up her passion paid is an investment in a com- High Court has ordered the next? for space in her spare time, join- mercial industry that will one day government to hold municipal For 37-year-old explorer ing astronomy clubs and spend- replace government space agen- elections in the federal capital Namira Salim the answer is easy ing nights gazing at the desert cies and enable researchers, sat- within the next six months. -- become the first Pakistani to skies after her family moved to ellites -- and tourists -- to go up A one-judge bench of the IHC’s go into space. the United Arab Emirates in the at a fraction of the current cost. Justice Anwarul Haq Qadri Her flight with Richard 1980s. And she believes space travel heard the petition regarding Branson’s Virgin Galactic space “I always had this feeling that can eventually play a role in world local body elections in the capi- tourism project is planned for there was something very spir- peace. “We hope one day politi- tal with advocates Babar Awan next year. Although no date has itual and divine associated with cians could be taken up in space, and Kaukab Iqbal representing been fixed for the venture’s first this whole thing,” she said of her and a space shuttle like this one each side. commercial flight, she is look- ambition. “As if something was we’ve built with Virgin is perfect After hearing arguments from ing forward to fulfilling a lifelong really pulling me there and calling for that. We could actually have both sides, the court ordered the obsession. out to me, and I had to be there peace summits and have conflict federal government to hold local “As a child I always believed I and I belonged there.” resolution in space.” body polls in Islamabad in the would go to space. It’s not that Chasing your dreams doesn’t Her mission was big news in next six months. I read about it one fine day and always come cheap -- Salim paid Pakistan at the time of her sign- The case was filed about six thought of signing up. I’ve always $200,000 to sign up with Virgin ing up for the trip, and when it months ago, with the petition- said this was in my DNA,” she Galactic in 2007, funded with sup- finally does take place, the coun- ers pleading to the court that the said by Skype from Dubai. port from her family, who run a try’s freewheeling and patriotic common man was being deprived “I must have been less than five heavy construction equipment media is likely to go into overdrive. of his basic rights because local years old and I was crying very firm in the UAE. The weightless She has already made head- government weren’t being held. hard. My father was trying to component of the flight will last lines. In 2007 she became the first The petitioners further argued pacify me and I was like ‘I don’t for only a few minutes. Pakistani to go to the North Pole, that because municipal elections want anything, I just want to go The cost is high by any stand- in 2008 the first Pakistani to go to had not been held for several to space. I don’t want any toys, ard -- but a fraction of the $35m the South pole and later the same years, the people in the city’s nothing, just send me to space.’” US software pioneer Charles year the first South Asian -- not A Ranger stands guard as people offer Eid Al Adha prayers at a Mosqe outskirts were facing a lot of But coming from a country with Simonyi paid for his 2007 trip to just Pakistani -- to skydive over in Hyderabad, Pakistan, yesterday. problems. no major space programme of its the International Space Station Mount Everest. AFP INTERNEWS SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Seven ministers resign ahead of cabinet rejig External affairs, information and broadcasting ministers quit

NEW DELHI: The stage is set spectrum allocation issue have Ambika Soni, Sahai and Wasnik chief, and Adi Ranjan Chowdhury, for today’s much-anticipated not yet been filled up. met Prime Minister Manmohan MP from Burhanpur. cabinet reshuffle with seven There is intense speculation Singh Saturday morning. There are several names ministers stepping down to whether Congress general sec- “I was asked if I would like to being speculated as possible make way for newer, and pos- retary Rahul Gandhi, who Prime work in the party and naturally, if successors of Krishna, includ- sibly, younger faces. Minister Manmohan Singh has I would like to work in the party,” ing Commerce Minister Anand The new ministers will invited to join the government, Soni told reporters. Sharma, senior party MP Karan take oath in the morning. A would accept the offer. However, Among the ministers who may Singh, Thiruvananthapuram MP Rashtrapati Bhavan official said: there is talk he may take on be dropped are Coal Minister Shashi Tharoor and also Salman “It will be held at 11.30 a.m.” a more prominent role in the Sriprakash Jaiswal and Steel Khurshid. Ahead of the reshuffle, S M Congress party. Minister Beni Prasad Verma. Krishna is likely to work in Krishna quit as external affairs Gandhi met party president Jaiswal as well as Sahai had came Karnataka to strengthen the minister, Ambika Soni stepped and his mother Sonia Gandhi under attack from the opposition party ahead of state elections down as information and broad- Saturday amid talk that he is on the coal blocks allocation. due next year. Speaking to report- casting minister, Subodh Kant pushing to bring younger faces Among the names doing the ers, the 80-year-old former chief Sahai resigned as tourism minister into the ministry. rounds as probable new faces to minister of Karnataka said he and Mukul Wasnik as social justice The reshuffle today comes at a be inducted in the cabinet Sunday had stepped down to make way and empowerment minister. time when the UPA government are of actor-turned politician for “younger blood”. The ministers of state who is buffeted by allegations of cor- Chiranjeevi from Andhra Pradesh There is also speculation that quit were Vincent Pala (water ruption and comes ahead of the and Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, Minister of State for Human resources), Agatha Sangma (rural winter session of parliament to be the brother of late Congress Resource Development Daggubati development) and Mahadeo held November-December. leader Abu Barkat Ghani Khan Purandeswari, Visakhapatnam Singh Khandela (tribal affairs). The rejig is likely to be the Choudhury, from Malda district MP, could replace Anand Sharma A Rashtrapati Bhavan commu- last one before the 2014 general of West Bengal. as commerce minister. nique Saturday evening said the elections and comes days after Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Some ministers holding more resignations have been accepted. the Manmohan Singh govern- Party (PRP) had joined the than one portfolio, like Kapil Six ministers of the Trinamool ment shrugged off criticism of Congress last year. Some more Sibal, C P Joshi, Vayalar Ravi Congress resigned last month policy paralysis by ushering in a Andhra MPs could also be added and Salman Khurshid, make be when the party quit the ruling slew of economic reforms, includ- to the ministry, including former relieved of one ministry, while United Progressive Alliance and ing allowing FDI in multi-brand chief minister K Vijayabhaskara some ministers of state, like the government. retail as well as deciding to open Reddy’s son K Suryaprakash Sachin Pilot and Jyotiraditya A vacancy was created when up the insurance and pensions Reddy. Scindia, are likely to be elevated. Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was sector to foreign investment. West Bengal Congress leader, There is talk that Gujarat MP minister for science and tech- The Bharatiya Janata Party Deepa Dasmunsi, MP from from Kheda, Dinsha Patel, min- nology, died in August, while two (BJP), which is also hit by alle- Raiganj, is also being touted ister of state for mines, could be cabinet berths vacated by DMK gations of wrongdoing against among the probables from elevated to cabinet rank. Gujarat Former foreign minister S M Krishna speaks to journalists during a media leaders A Raja and Dayanidhi president Nitin Gadkari, termed the state as well as Pradeep goes to polls in December. conference at his residence in New Delhi yesterday. Maran in the wake of the 2G the reshuffle an “exercise in vain”. Bhattacharya, state Congress IANS

Eid Al Adha prayers Kejriwal gets permission for Rajasthan farmers agitate Farrukhabad rally against land acquisition LUCKNOW: The district administration of Farukkhabad, the parliamentary constitu- BARMER, Rajasthan: got from the state government ency of Law Minister Salmam Hundreds of farmers in this so far is that the land is being Khurshid, Saturday gave India Rajasthan district bordering acquired for public purpose Against Corruption (IAC) per- Pakistan are up in arms against work. We have a right to know mission to hold a rally there. the state government’s notice to the details,” said another farmer. IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal acquire 2,300 hectares of land for “Where will the farmers go has announced that he would hold an unspecified public purpose. after being uprooted from here?”. a rally against Khurshid and pro- “We will never part with our Vikram Singh Rathod, a key test against the alleged irregulari- land for any government project organiser of the protest, said: “We ties in the minister’s NGO, Zakir at any cost,” a farmer staging a have filed a writ petition in the Hussain Trust. sit-in outside the district head- high court and asked for trans- The district administration had quarters said yesterday. parency and avoidance of unnec- earlier denied permission to IAC “Let them first disclose the essary land acquisition.” to hold a rally. The November 1 purpose of acquisition of this The protesters marched rally will be held at Farukkhabad’s 2,300 hectares of land from a through Barmer town, 530km Aavas Vikas grounds. dozen villages, which supports from state capital Jaipur, and Earlier, angry at being denied more than 1,500 families,” Ritesh staged a sit-in that will continue permission to hold a rally, IAC Sharma, secretary of Legal Mitra, till October 30. They have also activists had demonstrated out- an NGO, which is part of the agi- submitted a memorandum to the side the residence of the city tation against land acquisition, district collector. magistrate. said. “Every time, in the name of Kejriwal has threatened to According to official sources, national interest, farmers are further expose Khurshid for the land is being acquired for a compelled to part with their land. alleged irregularities in distribu- lignite mining project. But this time, we want transpar- tion of equipment to the disabled. “The government is acquir- ency,” Chagan Singh, a farmer, Kejriwal had also alleged that ing our land without informing said. fake camps were held to distrib- us that what reason it is being The issue has also become a ute these equipments and docu- acquired. The only reply we have Facebook campaign. IANS Muslims gather to offer their prayers on the occasion of Eid Al Adha festival at the ruins of the Feroz Shah ments were forged to get further Kotla mosque in New Delhi yesterday. financial aid from the central government. Our pilot not Custody of IM operative extended in Pune blast case involved in Italian

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Sayed Firoz alias Hamza, 38, to custody granted by the court on Asad, a computer expert, was of Delhi Police till October 30. probe, says IAF extended the police custody of four days till October 31. October 17. the alleged recruiter, motiva- Mumbai police on Monday a suspected Indian Mujahideen The court sent two other Asad and Imran were arrested tor and ideologue of this IM had moved an application on NEW DELHI: The Indian Air (IM) operative allegedly accused in the case - Asad Khan, from south Delhi on September module, which reportedly got October 22 in a court here for Force (IAF) yesterday rejected involved in the August 1 Pune 33, and Imran Khan, 31 - to judi- 26 when they reportedly came to `300,000 from mentors abroad. the custody of all four sus- media reports that one of its blast, police said yesterday. cial custody till November 9. Delhi from Pakistan. The fourth accused, Landge pected IM operatives who are retired pilots was under inves- The duty magistrate of Tis The accused were produced in Hamza was arrested on October Irfan Mustafa, 30, was arrested allegedly involved in the Pune tigation by Italian anti-corrup- Hazari courts complex yesterday the court by Delhi Police after 1 from the Nizamuddin railway near a bus stand in Jaipur on blast case. tion authorities into a $800m extended the police custody of the expiry of their 10-day police station here. October 10. He is under custody IANS deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters for India. “As per the records held with the IAF, there is no ex- Security for British royals IAF officer/pilot by the name of Sanjeev Kumar Tyagi as has been 13 firms make it to mentioned by a media report,” IAF public relations officer Squadron Leader Priya Joshi said in a clarification issued here. Newsweek green list The reports had suggested that three Indians were among the 15 WASHINGTON: Thirteen North Carolina was just awarded people that Italian police were prob- Indian companies figure an LEED Gold certification, ing in connection with suspected among Newsweek’s annual Newsweek noted. payment of bribes and money- rankings of the world’s green- The sustainability practices of laundering in the deal for the VVIP est companies, with infor- TCS, ranked 11th with a Green helicopters signed in 2010. mation technology giants Score of 80.4, “have focused The reports had said that Wipro and Tata Consultancy largely on agricultural and com- among the three Indians was Services taking the second munity needs of the region.” Sanjeev Kumar Tyagi, a Delhi and 11th spots. Rankings of Indian companies businessman and former IAF IBM, which ranks No 1 on the with their global rank in brack- pilot. AgustaWestland is a subsid- magazine’s US list, was the only ets: Wipro (2), Tata Consultancy iary of the Italian defence major American company to break Services (11), Infosys (19), Larsen Finmeccanica. into the global top 10, which & Toubro (96), Tata Motors Following the media reports on was led by Banco Santander (282), Reliance Industries (342), the deal, Defence Minister A K Brasil. State Bank of India (344), HDFC Antony has ordered a probe into Wipro, placed second with Bank (346), ONGC (386), Tata the matter and asked officials to Police questions visitors as they stand guard at the entrance of The Soukya Holistic Health Centre in the a Green Score of 85.4, plans to Steel (419), ICICI Bank (476), obtain details of the probe into Whitefield District on the outskirts of Bangalore yesterday. Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, The Duchess convert five of its campuses into NTPC (497) and Coal India the VVIP chopper deal from the of Cornwall, arrived for a week-long holistic healing session. “biodiversity zones” by 2015, (499). Italian authorities. and its flagship data centre in IANS AGENCIES SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

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180,146 8.96 183,747 26.35 217,439 149.30269,600 15.49 9,522 76.60 187,419 28.35 40.-62 25.00 226,867 72.30 9,926 51.90 Iran’s coal trade booms despite Western heat Tehran to seek more coking coal as steel imports banned; coal trade worth nearly $25m a month

LONDON: Using shadowy mid- stopped now as the big companies indispensable marine insurances,” “One of the ways around it kind of business is not going to period reached $421m, just over dle men, multiple bank accounts there don’t want to do it as they said Jakob Larsen with BIMCO, being looked at is barter. We’ve say who the buyers are,” another 20 percent lower than in the same and a fleet of ghost ships, Iran’s are too exposed,” a British-based the world’s largest private ship been approached several times Ukrainian coal source said. period last year. coal trade is quietly booming coal trade source said. “So Iran owners’ association. but haven’t done any deals yet Another Black Sea based indus- Trade sources say the figures as the Islamic Republic tries to went to buy coke from Ukraine,” “As is often the case, for those to do barter of coal for steel of try source familiar with the ship- do not reflect the full extent of sidestep Western sanctions and he added, referring to the concen- who are willing and able to take equivalent value, that way no ments said cargoes were being the trade and between 170,000 to prevent its industrial economy trated coal used in blast furnaces. the risk, the rewards are more money needs to change hands,” a routed from the cargo port of 200,000 tonnes a month of coal are from crashing. While coal is not directly likely to be high. In such a market raw materials trader said. Nikolayev, not far from Ukraine’s exported from Ukraine, especially Tougher measures imposed targeted as a commodity, the the risk-taker segment will try to A Black Sea based trade source larger terminal of Odessa. “Exports using vessels belonging to Iran’s top by the European Union and the European Union imposed a ban find a way out.” also reported receiving multiple have been going on a constant basis cargo firm, the Islamic Republic of United States have tightened the on steel sales to Iran last week, Sources say the trade is complex enquiries in recent weeks from already for two years, and there Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). screws on Tehran, which relies making the Islamic Republic’s coal involving often multiple brokers Iran. “It isn’t easy, it’s very compli- are around two to three cargoes a An IRISL official in Tehran said: on its shipping trade for many needs more pressing because it now and diverse payment arrangements cated to deal with Iran,” the source month,” the source said. “Iranian “Maybe sometimes we have some imports including food, consumer must produce more steel itself. including a mix of currencies such said. “To do some business there vessels come into the port, pick up offers on coal for factories in Iran.” and industrial goods. Many for- “Iran is one of the fastest-grow- as Russian roubles. you must use a bank with special- the coal and then head for home.” IRISL has been on a Western eign companies, including ship- ing countries in terms of steel “We have been approached to ist knowledge, not the usual banks A Nikolayev port spokeswoman blacklist of sanctioned entities ping firms, have pulled out for production so they need more sell some (metallurgical) coal to or Russian banks. I would use a said: “There were no coal ship- for years, accused of transporting fear of losing business in the US steel raw materials,” a European Iran and they have been buying Lebanese bank instead, which has ments to these directions (the weapons, which it denies. It has and due to the complexities of based trade source said. “They more lately,” one Ukrainian met- representative offices in Tehran United Arab Emirates and Iran) tried to dodge sanctions by using arranging non-sanctioned deals. need to import more (metallur- allurgical coal producer said. “We and acts as an agent between the during the past four weeks,” with- various tactics including changing Despite the setbacks, industry gical) coal and coke,” he said. have done some business but not mills and suppliers.” out giving further details. its flags, and setting up front com- sources say producers in Ukraine Lured by a trade worth directly, through another coun- Trade sources said it was Official data from Ukraine’s panies, the US Treasury and the are providing Iran with coking coal, nearly $25m a month, suppliers try—Syria and Lebanon,” he said, unclear who the ultimate Iranian Statistics Service showed over- European Union have said. Other also known as metallurgical coal, in Ukraine are aiming to take without providing further details. end-users of imported material all exports to Iran in the period tactics have included changing and coke - key steel ingredients. advantage. “The US and EU Even those looking to do deals were because of the involvement from January to August of this ownership of ships and flags and “Iranians used to buy a lot of sanctions programmes currently with Iran from Ukraine are hav- of agents and middle men and the year rose 10 percent to $800m falsifying cargo documents in a bid coking coal from Australia to in place against Iran are complex ing to find creative ways to trade, desire to conceal purchases. compared with the same period to become more invisible. make their own coke but that has and include sanctions against the other sources said. “Anybody who is doing this last year. Coal exports in the REUTERS

Taiwan, China to boost trade EU moves closer GIS revenue surges, net to high frequency trading, curbs profit grows by 70.1pc on commodities DOHA: Gulf International Services (GIS) or its highest ever revenue for the first nine the largest service group in Qatar, with inter- months of the year, with premiums and net LONDON: Europe’s first direct ests in a broad cross-section of industries, commission income of QR439.5m, a commend- curbs on ultrafast trading and ranging from insurance, re-insurance, fund able QR52.1m, or 13.4 percent, improvement on investors who take bets on com- management, onshore and offshore drilling, the same period of 2011. modity prices moved a step accommodation barge, helicopter transpor- Aviation segmental revenue for the first nine nearer when the EU’s parliament tation and catering services, announced its months of the year was QR369.8m, represent- backed new securities rules. results for the nine months ended September ing an increase of QR37.3m, or 11.2 percent, Lawmakers want to tighten 30, 2012, with revenue of QR1.488bn and net on the same period of 2011, due to a number of regulations on so-called high profit of QR318.2m. factors. Most important of these was a general frequency trading (HFT), which The Group’s revenue for the nine months increase in flying hours, the commencement of uses computers to dart in and out grew 38.3 percent or QR412.1m compared with new operations within the GCC, the launch of of markets in the blink of an eye the same period of last year, while the third the flight simulator and pilot training facility and exploit tiny price differences, quarter recorded revenue of QR601.6m, an in Doha in the second quarter of 2012, and the because they fear it makes mar- increase of QR116.2m, or 23.9 percent, com- resumption of normal operations in Libya. kets more volatile. They are also pared to the second quarter. The group’s share of revenue from the Drilling cracking down on speculation in Net profit for the first nine months of 2012 segment closed the period ending September commodities markets in a bid to was QR318.2m, representing a year-on-year 30, 2012 at QR455.2m, a notable year-on-year reduce big price swings. increase of QR131.2m, or 70.1 percent, while increase of QR98.6m or 27.7 percent. Meeting in full session in profit for the third quarter improved by Profit in the Insurance segment signifi- Strasbourg, France, the parlia- QR17.3m, or 16.6 percent, to close at QR121.8m. cantly improved due to a number of factors, ment voted by 495 to 15 in favour The year-on-year improvement was driven by including growth in net premiums, improved of MiFID II, a draft law that improved results in all segments, and the addi- margins, higher management fees from Qatar updates EU securities rules to tion of Amwaj since June 1, 2012. Petroleum’s group life fund, gains from struc- reflect lessons from the financial In a statement to the Qatar Exchange, tured and fixed income instruments (QR16.1m), crisis and rapid advances in trad- Ebrahim Al-Mannai, Chief Coordinator, Gulf and weak 2011 comparatives. ing technology. International Services, declared: “The excel- The year-on-year positive profit variance in But it threw out an attempt to lent third quarter results were a continuation the drilling segment can be largely attributed to ban financial advisers from pock- of the group’s strong first half performance. stable drilling operations in 2012, in contrast to eting commission on the products In this quarter, the group recorded its highest the early part of 2011 where the business was dis- they sell to consumers, sticking ever quarterly revenue — QR601.6m — and rupted by extended contractual start-up delays of instead to requirements for better its strongest quarterly net profit in over two 139 days resulting in the incurring of significant disclosure. years — QR121.8m”. unrecoverable overheads that dampened margins. The new rules include the “Year-to-date, revenue improved versus the Profits in the aviation segment, the major introduction a synchronised clock same period of 2011 by over 38.3 percent as contributor to group earnings, increased for trading shares, bonds, com- the group registered its best revenue for a by QR23.8m to reach QR140.9m. This year- modities and other instruments nine-month period at QR1.5bn. Net profit on-year performance was aided by strong across the EU so regulators can similarly impressed, improving year-on-year headline growth, improved available for sale A pedestrian walks in front of Bank of China’s Taipei branch in Taipei, Taiwan. spot abuses more easily in a mar- by an exceptional 70 percent with all segments investment closing values and weak prior year Taiwan and China have agreed to launch money clearing and settlement serv- ket where many exchanges and contributing positively.” comparatives. ices starting November 1, 2012, authorising Bank of China’s Taipei branch and platforms trade the same shares. The group’s insurance subsidiary registered THE PENINSULA Share orders would have to Bank of Taiwan’s Shanghai branch to provide the service. remain in the market for at least 500 milliseconds, far longer than HFT traders stay at present. “That way, purely speculative business with high-frequency Russia firms footprint in Kyrgyzstan with hydro project transactions will become unattrac- tive,” said Markus Ferber, the cen- tre-right lawmaker who is steering TASH BASHAT, KYRGYZSTAN: “Great Russia supports us,” he said to the The project, initially conceived in the Vladimirovich Putin for his support of this MiFID through parliament. The Kyrgyzstan’s leader welcomed growing applause of Kyrgyz officials, top RusHydro Soviet era, is expected to be the first project, his political will and wisdom.” parliament will now sit down with Russian investment in his impoverished managers and local residents in the moun- of several major energy projects set to With the deal, Russia also acquires the EU states to agree a final text nation yesterday in a ceremony to kick tain-rimmed Naryn River valley. strengthen Russia’s hold in the strategic role of mediator in Kyrgyzstan’s dispute that will become law around 2014, off the construction of four Russian-built Twenty-one years after the demise of the nation bordering China and lying on a drug with its much bigger neighbour Uzbekistan and the broad majority reinforces hydroelectric power stations. Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan, a mainly Muslim trafficking route out of Afghanistan. over water use. Uzbekistan, which lies the lawmakers’ negotiating hand. The power project extends the Kremlin’s Central Asian nation, remains one of the “By 2016, all these four stations will downstream, depends on the rivers that Supporters of HFT argue it footprint in the volatile fringes of the poorest of the 15 former Soviet republics have been built and we will start build- rise in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to irri- brings welcome volume to mar- former Soviet Union, following Russia’s despite its abundant hydropower potential ing another eight plants (in this area),” gate farmland. kets, making it easier for buyers agreement to write off nearly $500m in and other natural resources. Atambayev said, but gave no details. Uzbek leader Islam Karimov last month and sellers to find counterparties. Kyrgyz debts. The country, where two presidents have In a sparsely populated valley some criticised plans by its neighbours to revive The new rules also take aim at Russian state-controlled hydroelectric been toppled in violent revolts since 2005 400km southeast of the capital, Bishkek, other projects, conceived in Soviet days what some policymakers see as power producer RusHydro will build the and per capita GDP is less than a tenth of Atambayev put a metal capsule with a mes- but still unbuilt, to dam rivers and build speculation in derivatives for com- four plants by 2016. The deal was agreed that in next-door Kazakhstan, badly needs sage to future generations into the foun- hydropower stations — the Kambarata-1 modities like food and oil by impos- in September after Kyrgyzstan extended a foreign investment to alleviate poverty that dations of the first hydropower station. in Kyrgyzstan and the Rogun plant in ing caps on how many contracts can lease on a Russian military base and con- stokes instability. RusHydro Chairman Evgeny Dod took off Tajikistan. be held to avoid cornering markets. firmed plans to close a US military base The cascades of hydropower stations will his wrist watch and cemented it with the Karimov said the unresolved dispute over Manufacturers who use derivatives used to fly troops in and out of Afghanistan. have a combined annual capacity of 1.055 capsule. Central Asia’s water resources risked pro- to insure, or hedge, against risks of “Today we witness a historic event in the million kilowatt-hours. Kyrgyz officials say The Kyrgyz president, who enjoys warm voking military conflict in the region. “I adverse price moves in raw mate- upper reaches of the Naryn River — for the the construction of the first one will begin relations with President Vladimir Putin, believe that when we display all the facts and rials would not be affected by the first time since the fall of the great Soviet next spring. clinched the deal during the Russian lead- documents proving that the Kambarata-1 new position limits. “A hedge fund, Union, we lay the foundation not of just a The plants will cost between $410m and er’s visit to Bishkek last month. plant would primarily benefit the down- however, that only speculates on the single hydropower plant, but of an entire $425m and will be financed on a parity “Today is a significant day in Kyrgyzstan’s stream nations, this issue will be removed,” price of steel, has no real need for cascade of stations,” Kyrgyz President basis by Kyrgyzstan and RusHydro, which ties with this brotherly country (Russia),” Atambayev said, inviting Uzbekistan to even- that material and so his activities in Almazbek Atambayev said at a ground- would also manage 25 percent of the plants’ said Atambayev. “I would like to spe- tually take part in the project. the commodities markets should be breaking ceremony. capacity until they turn profitable. cially thank Russian President Vladimir REUTERS limited”, Ferber said. 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South Korea’s economy grows Investors eye polls, jobs data on Wall Street More firms to report results this week

NEW YORK: Earnings season may when polling is so close,” said Hayes be only half over, but the focus on Miller, the Boston-based head of profits should subside next week as asset allocation in North America at investors turn their attention to the Baring Asset Management. coming election and Friday’s jobs Expectations for the next nonfarm report, the last major data release payrolls report, set for release on before the November 6 contest. Friday, are by no means certain, either. More bellwether companies are Analysts expect 124,000 jobs were A woman looks at her wallet in front of a Hana Bank branch office in central Seoul. South Korea’s economy grew by 0.2 percent in the July- scheduled to report results in what added in October - up 10,000 from September period from the previous three-month period, the slowest quarterly growth since the fourth quarter of 2009 in Asia’s fourth-largest will be another “peak week” of the September. However, the unemploy- economy. The median forecast called for a 0.1 percent expansion. earnings season. Such a flurry of ment rate is also seen ticking higher numbers normally holds Wall Street’s - to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent. attention and can lead to market A payroll surprise in either direc- swings. But volume and volatility tion could further cloud expectations may be slight next week, with market for the election’s outcome participants opting to remain on the While the market at large may be sidelines ahead of the jobs data and waiting on news events, individual China’s aluminum stockpiles climb the election. stocks could still be volatile as earn- The US government’s October jobs ings season grinds along. More than SHANGHAI: Aluminum stockpiles in “There is no improvement in demand Aluminum stockpiles in China probably report will give a snapshot of the half of the S&P 500 components have the main trading regions in China have this October,” SMM’s Zhang said in a phone won’t decline in the next few months as current labour market. It could also reported results so far. Next week, climbed to the highest level in two years interview in Shanghai. “As new capacities demand “isn’t great,” Yang Xiaowu, a sen- give a bit of a lift to President Barack though, will bring reports from some as growth in supply outpaces demand in continue to be installed in the west, we ior economist at Aluminum Corp. of China, Obama, should it come out better marquee names such as Dow compo- the world’s largest user, according to two expect inventories to climb further.” said. Inventories may be about 900,000 than anticipated, or help Republican nents Chevron and Pfizer, as well as industry surveys. Barclays said aluminum’s fundamentals tonnes, he said. candidate Mitt Romney - if it is S&P 500 stalwarts Visa, Ford Motor Reserves in Shanghai, Wuxi and “offer the most bearish outlook for all the Reserves in LME-registered warehouses worse than forecast. Polls currently and Starbucks Hangzhou, and in Guangdong province base metals,” according to an October 22 — none of which is located in China — have indicate that President Obama is a This earnings season, a number of gained to about 940,000 tons as of Oct. 22, report from analysts Gayle Berry, Sijin expanded 1.8 percent this year to 5.06 million slight favourite to win on November high-profile companies have missed the highest since September 2010, accord- Cheng and Nicholas Snowdon. tonnes, according to data from the bourse, 6, but the race will be tight. The most estimates, including this week’s ing to Wen Junxiang, head of the research The increased inventories may force with 13 percent held in Asia. The hold- recent Reuters/Ipsos poll of likely sour notes from Apple Inc, United department at Guangzhou KT Commodity smelters around the world to cut out- ings reached a record 5.13 million tonnes in voters shows the president ahead - Technologies and DuPont. Information & Consulting Co. put further. Alcoa said in January it was February. China accounted for 42 percent of 47 percent to 46 percent. With 54 percent of the S&P 500 Stockpiles more than doubled this year reducing capacity 12 percent. Rio Tinto global aluminum demand last year, according The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index companies having reported results so to about 1 million tonnes, the largest since Group said in November it would close the to Bloomberg Industries research. fell 1.5 percent this week, largely far, 62.5 percent have topped earnings July 2010, said Zhang Chenguang, an ana- Lynemouth smelter in Britain. The light- Output in China climbed 11 percent because of a spate of earnings dis- expectations, under the 67 percent lyst at data provider SMM Information & weight metal is used to make autos and to 14.77 million tonnes in the first nine appointments. The Dow Jones average over the past four quarters. Technology Co. consumer appliances. months from a year ago, according to the Industrial Average slid 1.8 percent Just 37 percent have topped revenue The estimates add to signs of a glut in The survey results from both companies, National Bureau of Statistics, while CRU this week, and the Nasdaq composite forecasts, well under the 55 percent the second-largest economy as new capacity, which tally holdings in the three cities in the International Ltd forecast demand growth index dropped 0.6 percent. over the past four quarters. especially in the west, helps to boost output Yangtze River Delta as well as Guangdong may slow to 7.5 percent this year. Production What’s notable, however, is that The earnings disappointments led to the highest ever even as China’s manu- province in the south, include metal moni- in Xinjiang, a western region, was a record rebounds have been brief and quick to some intensive selling, driving the facturing shrinks. Aluminum in London tored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange. 104,282 tonnes in August, according to to attract sellers. Some investors Dow industrials down 243.36 points has dropped 13 percent over the past year, Those holdings have more than doubled to Beijing Antaike Information Development cited the approaching election as a on Tuesday alone. The S&P 500 has and Alcoa Inc, the largest US producer, cut 434,363 tonnes this year, the highest level Co. That compares with 311,910 tonnes in barrier to committing new capital to ended down in five of the past seven its forecast for global demand growth this since January 2011, according to Oct. 19 data Henan, the biggest producer. the market. “Not many people have trading sessions. month as China’s economy slowed. from the bourse. WP-BLOOMBERG the stomach to plop down their bets REUTERS

Laos joins WTO Most commodity prices fall LONDON: Most commodity Intercontinental Exchange, Brent the traditional import countries prices fell this week, buckling North Sea crude for delivery in in Europe and North America under pressure from poor US December tumbled to $108.81 a is currently unsatisfactory,” said company results, weak economic barrel compared with $112.82 a Commerzbank analyst Carsten data, demand worries and con- week earlier. On the New York Fritsch. cerns over the impact of the Mercantile Exchange, West Texas By Friday on LIFFE, London’s eurozone debt crisis, analysts say. Intermediate (WTI) or light futures exchange, cocoa for delivery Investor sentiment was hurt by sweet crude for December dived in December fell to £1,547 a tonne a string of weak corporate reports to $85.81 a barrel, from $92.08 for from £1,608 a week earlier. On from major US firms includ- the expired November contract a New York’s NYBOT-ICE exchange, ing Amazon, Google, IBM and week earlier. cocoa for December declined to McDonald’s. The world’s biggest PRECIOUS METALS: Prices $2,391 a tonne from $2,483. maker of construction and mining fell on profit-taking and the SUGAR: White sugar hit a equipment Caterpillar also cut its stronger dollar, but gold losses new 26-month low at $523.90 a sales outlook for 2012, indicating a were capped by safe-haven tonne on Wednesday, falling in sharp slowdown in the fourth quar- demand. Gold is widely considered line with most other commodi- ter and sparking oil demand fears. a safe haven for investors in times ties. By Friday on NYBOT-ICE, “Commodity prices across of economic uncertainty. the price of unrefined sugar for the board mostly eased over the By late Friday on the London March fell to 19.56 US cents a past week alongside other mar- Bullion Market, gold dipped to pound from 19.76 cents the pre- kets amid weak economic data, $1,716 an ounce from $1,737 a vious week. On LIFFE, the price Laos’ Industry and Commerce Minister Nam Viyaketh (left) with World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director- with the industrially-biased pre- week earlier. Silver fell to $31.67 of a tonne of white sugar for General Pascal Lamy after a signing ceremony which confirmed Laos as a new member of the international cious metals and base metals an ounce from $33.33. On the delivery in December nonetheless organisation, at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. Laos became the 158th member of WTO. baring the brunt of the sell-off,” London Platinum and Palladium increased to $531 from $539.50 a said Barclays Capital analyst Market, platinum decreased week earlier. Sudakshina Unnikrishnan. to $1,572 an ounce from $1,633. COFFEE: Coffee prices edged OIL: Prices sank as news of Palladium reversed to $605 an higher but gains were limited by surging US crude supplies and ounce from $638. plentiful supplies. By Friday on weak European economic data BASE METALS: Most base NYBOT-ICE, Arabica for deliv- ICICI Bank quarterly profit jumps 30pc sparked fresh concerns over weak or industrial metals dived to ery in December rose to 160.50 US energy demand, traders said. their lowest levels since early cents a pound from 159.25 cents a MUMBAI: ICICI Bank, India’s second- largest Central bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao last On Wednesday, London Brent September. By late Friday on the week earlier. On LIFFE, Robusta lender, said quarterly profit jumped 30 percent, month unexpectedly cut the cash reserve ratio for had hit $106.80 a barrel — a nadir London Metal Exchange, cop- for November firmed to $2,048 a beating analysts’ estimates as bad loans fell and the country’s lenders to 4.5 percent from 4.75 per- last seen in early August — and per for delivery in three months tonne from $2,042. lending rose. cent, effective September 22, adding about Rs170bn New York crude plunged to $84.94 decreased to $7,817 a tonne from GRAINS AND SOYA: Maize, Net income climbed to Rs19.6bn ($365m), or Rs16.9 to the banking system. India’s gross domestic prod- to reach its lowest point since mid- $8,115 a week earlier. wheat and soya prices diverged a share, for the three months ended September 30, uct growth this year is forecast to weaken to a dec- July. “Oil prices dropped in the Three-month aluminium fell to in subdued deals after the previ- from Rs15bn, or Rs13, a year earlier, the Mumbai- ade low of 4.9 percent, the International Monetary early part of the week with poor $1,936 a tonne from $1,997. Three- ous week’s gains. By Friday on the based lender said in an exchange filing on Friday. Fund said in its World Economic Outlook report. eurozone economic data and oil month lead dropped to $2,012 a Chicago Board of Trade, maize That surpassed the Rs18.7bn median of analysts’ ICICI’s total outstanding loans increased by 18 supply looking robust ... furthered tonne from $2,142. Three-month for delivery in December dipped estimates compiled by Bloomberg. percent to Rs2.7 trillion at the end of September by high gains in US crude stock- tin declined to $19,990 a tonne to $7.43 a bushel from $7.61 a Chief Executive Officer Chanda Kochhar aims to from Rs2.3 trillion a year earlier. The bank’s bad- piles for the third week running,” from $21,650. Three-month week earlier. November-dated boost ICICI’s lending by about 20 percent this year, loan ratio shrank to 0.78 percent from 0.93 percent said Inenco analyst Gary Hornby. nickel slid to $16,180 a tonne from soyabean meal — used in animal taking advantage of a cut in central bank reserve a year earlier, it said. Net interest margin, a measure The US Department of Energy $17,080. Three-month zinc sank to feed — climbed to $15.58 a bushel requirements last month. The Reserve Bank of of lending profitability, widened to 3 percent during said crude oil supplies soared $1,839 a tonne from $1,905. from $15.34. Wheat for December India, in its effort to revive growth, may lower the the quarter from 2.61 percent a year earlier. The three times more than expected, COCOA: Prices fell on the back firmed to $8.76 a bushel from $8.72. amount of cash banks must hold again this month, bank is targeting to maintain margins of more than by 5.9 million barrels in the week of poor demand for chocolate in RUBBER: Prices extended according to a survey of economists, freeing up more 3 percent this fiscal year with “no negative surprises ended October 19. Europe and the United States. losses on concerns over the slug- funds for lending. in asset quality,” Kochhar said. Eurozone private sector busi- “The fact that the National gish global economy and weak “The lender should see further improvement in “The retail lending business for the bank will grow ness activity slumped deeper into Confectioners Association Chinese demand. The Malaysian margins in the second half, but it will be tough to at a fast pace as the consumption demand in the the mire in October, falling at envisages record spending on Rubber Board’s benchmark grow the loan book at 20 percent as it projected last Indian economy is strong,” she said. Net interest its fastest rate since June 2009 Halloween confectionery this year SMR20 ended the week at 286.05 quarter,” said A S V Krishnan a senior research ana- income, or revenue from lending minus payments to 40-month lows, the closely in the US is giving cocoa prices US cents a kilo, down from 293.55 lyst at Ambit Capital in Mumbai. “While numbers are on deposits, rose 35 percent to Rs33.7bn while non- watched Markit survey showed. a boost, yet none of this can dis- cents the previous week. good, it remains to be seen what is recognized as bad interest income climbed 17 percent to Rs20.4bn. By Friday on London’s guise the fact that demand in AFP loans and what is in the pipeline for restructuring.” WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Ferdinand Arteta strikes late to give ends racism campaign boycott

Arsenal victory; City win LONDON: QPR defender Anton Ferdinand ended his boycott of the Kick It Out anti- EPL: Reading, Fulham in six-goal thriller; Aston Villa held at home racism campaign by wearing the equality group’s T-shirt during the warm-up before yes- LONDON: A late Mikel Arteta confidence goes quickly and for us terday’s clash against Arsenal. goal ended some determined today the most important thing Ferdinand and his brother, the resistance from Queens Park was to win the game,” he said. Manchester United defender Rio Rangers as Arsenal beat the “It was a fight against a good Ferdinand, refused to wear the Premier League’s bottom club QPR side and a fight against our T-shirts last weekend in protest 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium nerves. But QPR are a good team at Kick It Out’s failure to push yesterday. and they will not stay bottom of the Football Association to take Arteta struck from close range the league.” stronger action over incidents of after 84 minutes, turning the ball Elsewhere. champions racist abuse. in from the rebound after the ball Manchester City climbed to sec- The Ferdinand brothers were hit the bar. ond in the Premier League table angered when Chelsea defender The goal came soon after after a Carlos Tevez thunderbolt John Terry was handed only Rangers’ Stephane Mbia was in the second half gave them a 1-0 a four-match ban for racially sent off for lashing out at Arsenal win over Swansea City. abusing Anton during a Premier defender Thomas Vermaelen. Unbeaten City moved on to 21 League match last year. He was the ninth QPR player points from nine games, a point QPR manager Mark Hughes to be red carded during 2012. behind leaders Chelsea who play on Friday claimed Anton would Reading and Fulham drew Manchester United at Stamford likely snub the T-shirt again, but 3-3 in a thriller at the Madejski Bridge today. United slipped he was wearing the top in the pre- Stadium, Wigan Athletic beat to third on 18 points but both match warm-up at the Emirates West Ham 2-1, Aston Villa drew Chelsea and United have a match Stadium. 1-1 with Norwich City and Stoke in hand on City. The goodwill gesture by City and Sunderland drew 0-0. Tevez struck with a venomous Ferdinand is expected to be fol- Arsenal’s win halted a run of angled shot from 25 metres which lowed by a handshake between two successive defeats to Norwich nestled in the corner of Swansea Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole City in the Premier League and keeper Michel Vorm’s net. before United play Chelsea at Schalke 04 in the Champions Vorm injured himself while div- Stamford Bridge today. League over the last seven days. ing for the ball and after a lengthy Cole gave evidence on behalf of The Gunners welcomed back stoppage for treatment he was Terry in the criminal case relat- Jack Wilshere after the England replaced by German Gerhard ing to the October 2011 incident, midfielder missed the last 17 Tremmel. More than 12 minutes leading Rio Ferdinand to endorse months with ankle problems and of stoppage time were played a tweet which referred to Cole as he played well for the 67 minutes at the Etihad Stadium as City a ‘choc ice’. AFP he was on, helping Arsenal move defender Micah Richards also into fourth place while QPR are needed lengthy treatment before still without a win in their open- being taken off on a stretcher. In-form Malaga ing nine league games and have Reading and Fulham shared the only three points. points in a six-goal thriller which held by Espanyol Arsenal manager Arsene left Reading still looking for their Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta celebrates after scoring the only goal of the English Premier League Wenger told Sky Sports the vic- first win of the season, although football match against Queens Park Rangers at The Emirates Stadium in north London, England yesterday. Arsenal MADRID: In-form Malaga, tory came as a relief after a dif- they moved up a place from 19th won the game 1-0. who sit third in La Liga and have ficult week. to 18th, ahead of Southampton won their opening three games “When you lose two games the who play Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League, were today. the advertising hoardings as he kick, Hal Robson-Kanu earned towards the relegation zone after held to a 0-0 draw at struggling English Premier League results Mikele Leigertwood put celebrated his goal. Three goals Reading a point, scrambling home a disappointing home draw with Espanyol yesterday. Reading ahead with a fine strike then followed in the closing stages from close range. Norwich. The Andalusian side rested Arsenal 1 QPR 0 after 26 minutes before Brian as Gareth McCleary made it 2-2 Goals from Ivan Ramis and Villa were reduced to 10 men Joaquin Sanchez and Javier Aston Villa 1 Norwich 1 Ruiz equalised for Fulham in the after 85 minutes before Dimitar James McArthur gave Wigan when Joe Bennett was sent off. Saviola after wins over Valladolid Reading 3 Fulham 3 61st minute three minutes after Berbatov looked to have scored their second win of the season and They had taken the lead and AC Milan in the last seven Stoke 0 Sunderland 0 coming on as a substitute. Fulham’s winner two minutes halt West Ham’s strong start to through Christian Benteke days, but in a game of very few Wigan 2 West Ham 1 Chris Baird put Fulham 2-1 from time with a thunderous the season despite a late reply by but Michael Turner replied chances they could not find a way up after 77 minutes but had to drive. James Tomkins. for Norwich late on during the past an industrious Espanyol side Man City 1 Swansea 0 go off after injuring himself on Then, almost with the last Aston Villa continue to labour match. REUTERS who move off the bottom of the table. The point for Malaga means they will stay in third position as Real Madrid, who play Mallorca Kilmarnock stun Celtic on Sunday, are four points behind in fourth position. GLASGOW: Kilmarnock Emilio Izaguirre had clipped Rory but the Nigerian, who was the Malaga move on to 18 ended a 57-year wait for a win McKeown in the box. last man, was too casual and was points, four behind joint-leaders at Celtic Park as goals in either Izaguirre had a strike ruled out caught in possession by Sheridan. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. half condemned the Scottish for offside and substitute Tony The Killie striker kept his cool AFP Premier League leaders to a 2-0 Watt fired over from six yards as to race in on goal and get the bet- defeat. Killie held on for their first win at ter of Forster before rolling the Scottish Premier League results Celtic, who suffered an agonis- Celtic Park since December 1955. ball home. ing last-gasp defeat to Barcelona Celtic remain top by two points Another slack clearance from Scottish Premier League results yesterday: in midweek, showed all the signs over Hibernian, having played a the Celtic defence in the second- of suffering from a European game less than Hibs. half presented Dayton with an

hangover as they made a slug- Kilmarnock made the brighter opportunity but Forster produced Aberdeen 2 Dundee 0 gish start. start with Sheridan trying his a superb one-handed save to stop Joe Ledley somehow missed luck with a speculative shot before his fierce strike. Celtic 0 Kilmarnock 2 from close range for Celtic before Kelvin Wilson put his body in Bell dived low to his right to Cillian Sheridan seized on some the way to block a fiercely driven stop another Mulgrew free-kick Hearts 2 Ross County 2 slack defending to race in on goal cross from McKeown. before Kilmarnock were awarded and calmly round Fraser Forster Keeper Cammy Bell was forced a 62nd minute penalty when Inverness CT 1 St Johnstone 1 to net against his old club in the to punch away a curling free-kick Izaguirre brought down McKeown 43rd minute. from Charlie Mulgrew before just inside the Celtic box. St Mirren 0 Dundee Utd 1 Forster kept the Hoops in the some slack defending allowed Kelly stepped up to take the match with a superb stop from Killie to take a 43rd minute lead. spot-kick and drove an unstop- Played Friday Kilmarnock’s Cillian Sheridan (centre) celebrates with his team-mates after James Dayton but could do noth- Adam Matthews put Efe pable strike past Forster, who was scoring a goal against Celtic during their Scottish Premier League match ing to stop Liam Kelly’s fiercely Ambrose under pressure with booked for dissent in yesterday’s Motherwell 0 Hibernian 4 at Celtic Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday. driven 62nd minute penalty after his pass just inside the Celtic half match. AFP Al Sadd maintain winning start; Al Rayyan lose 4-1

DOHA: Al Sadd maintained extend Eljaish’s lead, Al Sadd’s Meanwhile, the defending QSL standings their 100 per cent record with Ibrahim Khalfan equalized to Heir Apparent Cup winners Al Read under team, matches played, won, a 3-1 win against Eljaish in make it 1-1 with a well-taken Rayyan were stunned as minnows drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, goal the Qatar Stars League (QSL) finish in the bottom right hand Al Sailiyah registered their first difference, points yesterday. corner. victory of the campaign. 1 Al Sadd 5 5 0 0 16 5 11 15 Al Sadd’s Khalfan Al Sadd tops the QSL stan- The home side were awarded a Al Rayyan, coached by Diego 2 Al Wakrah 5 3 2 0 8 2 6 11 ndings with 15 points from five penalty shortly before half-time Aguirre, who drew against Al Ibrahim (top) 3 Al Rayyan 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 10 games. in which Khalfan scored to dou- Khor in round four last week, find celebrates with 4 Lekhwiya 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 7 Yesterday consisted of all 12 bled his goal tally in the match. themselves in third position in the team-mates teams playing, and Al Sailiyah The Al Sadd striker has now standings. 5 Al Khor SC 5 1 3 1 5 5 0 6 Mamadou caused the shock result of the scored five goals in two matches Elsewhere, Lekhwiya won 2-1 6 Al Garafah 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 6 Niang and day, with a comprehensive 4-1 win in the QSL. against Al Khor. 7 Eljaish 5 2 0 3 4 7 -3 6 Mesad Al against Al Rayyan. In the second half, Eljaish put In other action, Qatar SC drew 8 Qatar SC 5 1 2 2 7 9 -2 5 Hamad (right) The 2011 AFC Champions Al Sadd under pressure, creating 0-0 with Al Wakrah, and Al Arabi, 9 Umm Salal 5 1 2 2 4 9 -5 5 after scoring League winners, began the match numerous chances. managed by former Egpytian 10 Al Kharaitiat 5 0 3 2 2 4 -2 3 during their in confident mood and dominated The visitors nearly scored the manager Hassan Shehati, were 11 Al Arabi 5 0 3 2 4 7 -3 3 Qatar Stars the early stages of the match. equaliser in the 84th minute when held at home by Al Kharaitiyat. 12 Al Sailiyah 5 1 0 4 5 12 -7 3 League match But Al Sadd, coached by midfielder Ziani Koceila Karim Former QSL champions Al against Eljaish Hussein Amute were behind in saw his shot skim wide off the Gharafa drew 1-1 against Umm QSL Results the 15th minute, when Amaral post. Salal. in Doha, Costa Marconi’s powerful header Two minutes later, Eljaish were The next round of QSL takes Al Rayyan 1 Al Sailiyah 4 yesterday. from a corner gave Eljaish the made to rue their opportunities as place on November 1 and 2. Al Wakrah 0 Qatar SC 0 Al Sadd won lead. Al Sadd made sure of the three The two stand-out matches Al Arabi 1 Al Kharitiyat 1 3-1. Al Sadd pressed forward with points. in round six are Al Gharafa Al Sadd 3 Eljaish 1 the hope of scoring the equaliser. Mamadou Niang saw his shot vs Lekhwiya on Thursday and Al Khor 1 Lekhwiya 2 After Ribeiro Wagner missed deflect off an Eljaish player and Al Rayyan hosting Al Sadd on a chance in the 30th minute to past the stranded goalkeeper. Friday. THE PENINSULA Al Gharafa 1 Umm Salal 1 SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Mexican Diaz clinches super Vettel pips Webber for featherweight boxing crown

TOKYO: Gamaliel Diaz jabbed his way to a unanimous points decision win over title-holder best seat on the grid Takahiro Aoh in Tokyo to become the new World Boxing Council super featherweight Red Bull dominate at Indian GP; Hamilton to start from the second row champion yesterday. The three judges counted it 114-112, 114-112 and 115-111 all in NEW DELHI: Defending world on the Astroturf on the exit and Indian Grand Prix grid favour of the Mexican challenger. champion Sebastian Vettel com- didn’t have the cleanest run to The starting grid for today’s Indian Grand “My dream came true for the pleted a third successive Red line, but I’m driving the car. Prix following the final qualifying sessions first time in three attempts. I was Bull front row lockout yesterday “It was a pretty tight run thing yesterday: calm from the very first round. when he took pole position for between Seb and I. The McLarens 1st row I received a heavy punch several today’s Indian Grand Prix ahead were doing a very slow out-laps, Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull) times, but (Aoh) was incapable of of his team-mate Mark Webber. and I had no grip in the first sec- Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull) knocking me out,” said Diaz. The 25-year-old German, who tor. I was surprised to end up in 2nd row The 31-year-old, in his third is seeking to become the young- second.” Lewis Hamilton (GBR/McLaren) attempt at a world title, got off est triple champion in F1 history, He added: “So far so good, today to a good start, unleashing a Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren) made an error on his first flying it’s job done and tomorrow we’ll couple of right straights to the lap in the top-ten shootout but wake up and it’ll be a new day.” 3rd row face of the home man, and added responded with a second effort Rivals McLaren did their best Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari) another punishing series in the in one minute 25.283 seconds to to break the Red Bull monopoly - Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari) second round. grab pole. Vettel has also won the last three 4th row He was given a one-point pen- It was his fifth pole of the sea- races to move six points clear at Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus) alty for intentional butting in the son and the 35th of his remark- the top of the drivers’ title race Sergio Perez (MEX/Sauber) third round, drawing blood from able career, but achieved without - but they ended up third and Aoh’s right eyebrow, but Diaz was 5th row quite the luxurious advantage that fourth. always on top. Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Williams) he had appeared to enjoy through Briton Lewis Hamilton took A low blow in the fifth round his domination of all three free third late in the session to jump Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) saw him docked another point. practice sessions beforehand. ahead of his team-mate and com- 6th row But the Japanese Aoh was He said: “It was a tight session, patriot Jenson Button on the grid Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus never able to fend off Diaz’s highly especially having made a mistake with the two Ferraris of Spaniard Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Force India) effective right jabs, as the belt on my first run on Turn Four. All Fernando Alonso and Brazilian 7th row slipped away from him. in all it has been a great weekend Felipe Massa taking fifth and Bruno Senna (BRA/Williams) Diaz, ranked fourth in the so far. The boys have been pushing sixth places on the third row. WBC, improved his record to 37 Michael Schumacher (GER/Mercedes) very hard. Hamilton said: “I’m happy with wins, including 17 KOs, against “We have to keep pushing - third. The team have done a great 8th row nine defeats and two draws. there are a lot of races to go. The job this weekend, although we Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Toro Rosso) It was a fourth defence of the best chance to do well is to focus weren’t quick enough to be ahead Paul di Resta (GBR/Force India) title for Aoh, 28, who saw his on every single step. We’re look of these guys (Red Bull) today. 9th row record reduced to 23 wins, includ- forward to the race. I’m happy to But our race pace is just as quick Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Sauber) ing 10 KOs, against three defeats be on pole but there’s a hard race as these guys.” Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso) and a draw. coming up tomorrow.” Alonso, leader for a long period 10th row “I wasn’t strong enough to beat His Australian partner Webber of the season, is now six points him. I grew intense after my sight Vitaly Petrov (RUS/Caterham) did his utmost to match him, but behind Vettel and with four races became worse. I tried to move for- could only deliver 1:25.327 and remaining needs to deliver a Heikki Kovalainen (FIN/Caterham) ward, but I lost the balance of my took second as Red Bull proved strong result in Sunday’s race at 11th row feelings and my fists,” said Aoh. they have the overall pace to start the Buddh International Circuit, Timo Glock (GER/Marussia) AFP as clear favourites. if not a victory, to stay in serious Pedro de la Rosa (ESP/HRT) Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany poses for photog- “It wasn’t the smoothest (flying contention. 12th row raphers after he won the pole position at the Buddh International Circuit lap) for (Sebastian) and also for Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus quali- Narain Karthikeyan (IND/HRT) me,” said Webber. fied seventh ahead of Sergio Perez in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, yesterday. The Formula Charles Pic (FRA/Marussia) “On the last corner I got a little of Sauber. AFP One Indian Grand Prix 2012 will take place today. Alonso admits it would be Stoner braves crash to grab pole PHILLIP ISLAND, reeling off six lap times below with it tomorrow.” Stoner is not throttle always so it’s very diffi- tough for him Australia: Home hero Casey 1min 30sec, something beyond long back from surgery on torn cult to be with him,” Lorenzo said. Stoner overcame a nasty tumble his rivals. ligaments and fractures to his “We are closer now though. In NEW DELHI: Fernando to grab pole position yesterday Roared on by a record 40,000 ankle, tibia and fibula he suf- qualifying I made a really good lap Alonso admitted yesterday that in his pursuit of a sixth con- fans, Stoner held a significant fered in a crash during qualify- with the soft tyre. he needs a clean start and a secutive win in the Australian 0.517sec advantage over his near- ing for the Indianapolis MotoGP “Second place is a good position chance to pass, or pile the pres- MotoGP at Phillip Island. est rival and world championship in mid-August. to be in for tomorrow, it’s impor- sure on, Sebastian Vettel if he is The Australian Repsol Honda leader Jorge Lorenzo (1:30.140) on The Australian’s hopes of tant to be just behind Casey into to keep alive his title challenge rider again dominated his rivals a Yamaha. defending his world title were the first corner and to follow his in today’s Indian Grand Prix. with a blistering best lap time Stoner’s Spanish team-mate ruined by that and he is out of wheel for at least two laps as fast The 31-year-old Spaniard, of one minute 29.623 seconds to and championship contender contention, well back in third spot as we can be.” who qualified third on the grid start off the inside of the front Dani Pedrosa (1:30.575) was on the championship standings Pedrosa, who must finish a alongside his Ferrari team-mate row for today’s penultimate race almost a second behind the flying with two races left this season. couple of spots ahead of Lorenzo Felipe Massa, will start the race of the season. Australian as third fastest. “The bike feels pretty good for to keep the championship alive Ashwin granted six points behind championship Stoner, on the mend from “I went out on a hard tyre and race pace, we would have liked to the final race in Valencia on leader and defending champion recent leg surgery, grabbed his on my ‘out’ lap, as I was peeling to have done some more work in November 11, said he was confi- top grade BCCI Vettel in the title contest. 39th career MotoGP pole despite into the turn, the bike decided to this afternoon’s session but we dent of matching it with Lorenzo But with just four races remain- being flipped off his bike early flip me,” Stoner said. lost time after the crash,” he said. in the race. contract ing, he conceded that he faces an in the qualifying session, before “I tried to make sure I kept my Lorenzo leads Pedrosa by 23 “Casey is unreachable, he’s on uphill struggle if he cannot break going on to post faster lap times leg out of the way as I came off, points in the championship and another level and doing an amaz- Red Bull’s current domination - on his replacement bike. fortunately it didn’t get caught can take his second MotoGP ing job this weekend, but my pace MUMBAI: Off-spinner yesterday they locked out the Stoner, who is in his farewell up. world title with victory today. is quite similar to Jorge’s, so I Ravichandran Ashwin (pic- front row of the grid for the third season after announcing his “My left hip is hurting a lit- “Casey is really on another hope to be at least constant for tured) was granted the top grade straight race. retirement, has been a class apart tle as I landed on it but hopefully planet here, he’s riding so com- the fight with him,” Pedrosa said. contract while out of favour German Vettel, 25, took his on his home track this week, we shouldn’t have any issues fortably, sliding a lot and full AFP Harbhajan Singh was demoted 35th career pole ahead of team- to the second bracket in the new mate Australian Mark Webber. Australian GP grids contract list announced by the Alonso, who has seen his once Grid for today’s Australian Motorcycle Grand Board of Control for Cricket in comfortable 42-points lead turned Prix after qualifying yesterday: India (BCCI) here yesterday. into a six points deficit, said: MotoGP The BCCI granted central con- “Tomorrow we need to overtake 1. Casey Stoner (AUS/Honda) 1min tracts to 37. McLaren as soon as possible and 29.623sec, 2. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) Nine are in Grade A (Rs.1 put pressure on Red Bull to wait at 0.517, 3. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) at crore/$186,000), eight in Grade for a little mistake, a pit stop 0.952, 4. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Yamaha) at B (Rs 50 lakh/$93,000) and 20 in problem, reliability or something. 1.140, 5. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda) at 1.175, Grade C (Rs 25 lakh/$46,500). “If they (Red Bull) can start, go 6. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Yamaha) at 1.577, Fast bowlers S Sreesanth away and have an easy race, that’s 7. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Honda) at 1.867, 8. and Jaydev Unadkat have been the worst news for us. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Ducati) at 2.038, 9. dropped from the list of cen- “At the moment we are not Randy De Puniet (FRA/ART) at 2.044, 10. tral contracts while L Balaji, fighting against Sebastian only Nicky Hayden (USA/Ducati) at 2.058 Ashok Dinda, Irfan Pathan and -- we are also fighting against Moto 2 Yusuf Pathan have been granted (Red Bull designer and technical retainer contracts of Rs.25 lakh 1. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Kalex) 1min director, Adrian) Newey, let’s say after missing out last year. 33.705sec, 2. Scott Redding (GBR/Kalex) - they finished first or second in Grade A: Sachin Tendulkar, at 0.559, 3. Marc Marquez (ESP/Suter) at the last four races. MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Virender 0.703, 4. Thomas Luthi (SUI/Suter) at 0.808, “It is not so easy to fight, Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh 5. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Kalex) at 0.836, especially on Saturday, but on Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, 6. Randy Krummanacher (SUI/Kalex) 0.891, Sunday we are normally more R Ashwin. 7. Johann Zarco (FRA/Motobi) at 0.991, 8. competitive.” Grade B: Harbhajan Singh, Andrea Iannone (ITA/Speed Up) at 1.009, 9. He conceded that to be on the Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Anthony West (AUS/Speed Up) at 1.060, 10. third row was not perfect, but nor Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) at 1.195 was it disappointing. Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Irfan “I think its our normal position Moto3 Pathan, Umesh Yadav. behind Red Bull and McLaren,” 1. Sandro Cortese (GER/KTM) 1min Grade C: Ravindra Jadeja, he said. 38.334sec, 2. Jonas Folger (GER/Kalex Amit Mishra, Vinay Kumar, “Even if it looks disappointing, KTM) at 0.393, 3. Efren Vazquez (ESP/ Munaf Patel, Abhimanyu Mithun, I think its our normal position Honda) at 0.845, 4. Danny Kent (GBR/KTM) M. Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, and at the end of the day we have at 0.888, 5. Zulfahmi Khairuddin (MAS/ Wriddhiman Saha, Parthiv Patel, to make it - Force India and Kimi KTM) at 0.895, 6. Miguel Oliveira (POR/ Manoj Tiwary, S Badrinath, (Raikkonen) were quite fast so Suter Honda) at 0.928, 7. Arthur Sissis Piyush Chawla, Dinesh Karthik, you could end up 8th or 9th very (AUS/KTM) at 1.003, 8. Maverick Vinales Rahul Sharma, Varun Aaron, quickly. Fifth is our position and a (ESP/Honda) at 1.053, 9. Luis Salom (ESP/ Abhinav Mukund, Ashok Dinda, good start position for tomorrow.” Honda MotoGP rider Casey Stoner of Australia stands up after crashing during the qualifying session ahead of Kalex KTM) at 1.096, 10. Alessandro Yusuf Pathan, Praveen Kumar, L. AFP the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island, yesterday. Tonucci (ITA/Honda) at 1.117. Balaji. IANS SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Sharapova, Serena in title clash WTA Championships: Azarenka loses to the Russian; Serena eases past Radwanska

ISTANBUL: Maria Sharapova WTA Championships results set up a blockbuster WTA Results in the $4.9m WTA Championships, Championships final against played indoors at the Sinan Erdem Dome Serena Williams yesterday yesterday (x denotes seeding): with a crushing 6-4, 6-2 win Semi-finals over world number one Victoria Serena Williams (USA x3) bt Agnieszka Azarenka. Radwanska (POL x4) 6-2, 6-1 Olympic, Wimbledon and US Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Victoria Open champion Williams had ear- Azarenka (BLR x1) 6-4, 6-2 lier eased into today’s title match with a 6-2, 6-1 success against an Her appeal to Hawkeye showed exhausted Agnieszka Radwanska the ball as having touched the in a repeat of this summer’s All line, causing her serve to be rein- England Club final. stated as an ace. A newly fired- Serena Williams of the “I have lost to Victoria a few up Sharapova then produced an US prepares to serve times so I was happy to get the excellent sliding first serve/raking to Poland’s Agnieszka chance to play against her,” said cross court drive combination to Radwanska during their Sharapova. reach 5-1. WTA Championships “Against the world number one, At the end she looked more match in Istanbul, yes- you have to run down every ball. than usually excited, shrieking terday. Serena won She’s number one for a reason so loudly and pumping her arms 6-2, 6-1. RIGHT: Maria I had to be ready for every shot. very hard -- perhaps because it Sharapova of Russia “It will be a difficult match avenged important Grand Slam reacts during her against Serena. She’s been on fire, defeats in Melbourne and New match against Victoria she’s the one to beat.” York. Perhaps also she now fan- Not many people expected cies her chances of regaining a Azarenka of Belarus. Sharapova to complete a career WTA Championships title she Sharapova won 6-4, 6-2. Grand Slam by winning the last won in her breakthrough year French Open on her least favoured back in 2004. clay court surface in June. On Friday, Azarenka ensured And after losing four times out she finish the year as world of five to Azarenka this year, a number one after a 7-6, 6-3 win semi-final win indoors in Istanbul over China’s Li Na in her final did not seem likely either. round robin match of the WTA But the Russian designed sen- Championships. sibly bold tactics to frustrate the The Australian Open champion heavy-hitting Belarusian, stuck to managed the two wins she needed them bravely, and executed them in the round robin competition to excellently. end 2012 in top spot by beating Sharapova took the ball early Germany’s Angelique Kerber on as much as possible, denied Wednesday and then Li. Azarenka time and room to While Radwanska had had a dominate, took risks with fierce record-breaking three-and-a-half drives to force openings, and hour match against Sara Errani resolutely punished most of the the night before, Williams had short returns. Altogther she clob- had a rest day and the statistics Federer to face Del Potro in final bered 30 clean winners on a slow showed that the underdog had surface. already run three times as far as BASEL, Switzerland: Roger encounters with Del Potro, whose his lone loss at this stage coming second, before the 2009 US Open Azarenka, who had secured the former champion to get to the Federer will today bid for his best previous Basel performance to Argentine David Nalbandian a champion opened up a 5-2 lead. the year-end top ranking the day semi-finals. sixth trophy from seven edi- was a 2008 semi-final. decade ago. The Swiss also moved “I was a little tired, and I was before with her win over Li Na, Not surprisingly Radwanska tions of his home Swiss Indoors Top seed Federer’s win over alongside John McEnroe for fourth serving poorly,” said Gasquet. “He was unexpectedly subdued -- per- had admitted that it would be an after defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu, a fellow over-30 player, place in the post-1968 Open era was making great returns. haps hindered by a strained right achievement “just to get to the Mathieu 7-5, 6-4 in yesterday’s saw the home star send down 10 with 875 career match wins. “He’s a tough opponent for me, thigh which she grasped several court in one piece.” semi-finals. aces without facing a break point Second seed Del Potro, the and he was by far the best player times. Serena’s side-to-side ground The world number one will in just under 90 minutes. champion last weekend in Vienna on the court today. I can play bet- Even Sharapova’s sometimes strokes soon made it clear that line up for the seventh time this “I’m very happy to be in this after returning from a month ter, but he’s certainly not easy for variable serve was mostly func- she would have to cover large season against Argentine danger- final again,” said Basel native away with a left wrist problem, me.” tioning well, producing a high 72 areas of court again and that man Juan Martin del Potro, who Federer, who leads the ATP was pleased with his serving. Gasquet is chasing one of two percent first service statistic and was something which could not reached his second final in succes- with six trophies this season and “It was almost perfect today,” remaining spots in the year-end seven aces. be repeated for long. sion with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over is fighting to finish the year as said the South American, who World Tour Finals in London The only notable exception “I really wanted to run, but my Frenchman Richard Gasquet. number one. has now beaten Gasquet in five starting November 5. He stands to this came during the impor- legs didn’t,” Radwanska admitted. Federer has won all six 2012 “I’ve been serving really well. of their six meetings, including 10th in the points race with two tant sixth game of the second Williams was certainly sympa- A lot of things have gone my way three in 2012. more positions in the eight- set, which lasted 15 minutes and thetic to the Pole’s predicament. Swiss Indoors results this week, it’s been good so far. “I was very pleased with my man field still open -- they will during which Sharapova delivered “I just told her it was awesome Results from the sixth day of the ATP Swiss The final will be tough, even if I’ve serve. But I still have work to do be decided at the Paris Masters two double faults. that she played so well and played Indoors tournament yesterday (x denotes beaten Del Potro so many times. -- I had two double faults in the next week. Del Potro qualified this Azarenka was making her through another match after seeding): “We always have difficult second set. If I want to win the week after reaching the quarter- last stand during this desperate playing a good eight hours. It was Semi-finals matches including five sets at title, I can’t have that. But overall finals, helped by the injury with- phase, and Sharapova was una- really inspiring for me.” Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Paul-Henri the French Open and 19-17 in the I’m glad about my level, I’m ready drawal of Rafael Nadal. The 2008 ble to push through until she was Despite the mundane encoun- Mathieu (FRA) 7-5, 6-4 Olympics. He’s playing well so I’ll for a fight in the final.” Basel semi-finalist has won a annoyed by a line judge who called ter, Williams was almost as have to be ready.” Del Potro swept up the open- career-best 61 matches this sea- Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x2) bt Richard fault to a pounding delivery down thrilled as Sharapova. Federer won his ninth Basel ing set in 31 minutes and traded son and extended his current win Gasquet (FRA x3) 6-2, 6-2 the centre line. AGENCIES semi-final from 10 played, with breaks with Gasquet to start the streak to eight matches. AFP European newspapers publish Coe reveals cycling reform manifesto Olympic fears LONDON: Five European It called for reform in the LONDON: London Olympics what we were thinking. We just newspapers yesterday pub- World Tour of leading races and organising committee chair- looked at each other and I said: lished a manifesto to reform its points system, proposing that man Sebastian Coe had sleepless ‘This isn’t done until we’ve got cycling in the wake of the Lance team licences should be awarded nights worrying about possible everybody home safely.’ And he Armstrong (pictured) affair, to sponsors and not team manag- terrorist attacks during this said, ‘Yeah, I know’.” saying the sport was mired in a ers, to defeat the “closed shop”. year’s Games, according to his In an interview with The Times, “terrible mess”. It said the UCI should publish autobiography to be published Coe says he was sitting with his Britain’s The Times, L’Equipe an annual report clarifying its next month. sons in the Olympic Stadium on in France, Italy’s La Gazzetta activities and progress. Coe, 56, who exuded calm and the last night of the Paralympic dello Sport, and Belgian papers And finally, it asked for “the confidence as the chairman of Games when it suddenly occurred Het Nieuwsblad and Le Soir joined undertaking that all of the above the committee that organised to him that the venture that had forces to promote an eight-point will be in place before the start the hugely successful Games dominated his life for the last 10 manifesto designed to fix both of the 2013 season in order to in July and August, tells of his years was over. cycling’s governance and its establish a new and more cred- concerns that kept him awake After the closing ceremony had reputation. ible structure and new govern- at night. ended, his sons asked if they could “Professional cycling needs ance and regulations”. “I was less concerned about a go down on to the track. Thinking fundamental reform,” The Times The newspapers said that the Twin Towers scenario because of lots of bureaucratic reasons said in its editorial. continuing revelations of doping there were missiles on tower why they could not he was just “Professional cycling is, in showed “we can clearly no longer blocks and Navy Seals in exercise about to say “no,” when he real- short, in a terrible mess. have confidence in the leadership boarding boats on the Thames,” ised it did not matter any more “The authorities have lost or the effectiveness of the UCI or he writes in extracts published by if they did. all credibility and there can be promote a manifesto to repair complicity. It said drug-testing in the behaviours of team man- The Times yesterday. He went down to the track with no new beginning for the sport the governing structure of pro- structures should be instigated by agers, many of whom are impli- He says though, he was haunted them and said: “As we stood there, without a radical sweeping away fessional cycling and redeem its WADA and enforced by national cated in cheating, now and in the by a “lone wolf” terrorist attack. it was instinct. I just pulled them of those who are associated with, reputation before it is too late”. anti-doping agencies. The mani- recent past. “I was haunted by the fear of both into a hudddle and thanked and responsible for, a regime that They demanded a thorough festo called for harsher penalties, “There is a new generation of that when people were celebrating them for the last 10 years.” allowed cheating on its watch.” overhaul of cycling’s structures, saying teams should not employ riders and teams with a differ- having street parties or watching Coe, who won the 1,500 metres A damning report last week by rules and leaders. The mani- riders suspended for more than ent, more open philosophy, who TV screens in pubs ten deep. That gold medal at the 1980 Olympics the United States Anti-Doping festo called for the creation of six months for a supplementary believe that change is possible. fear never left me. in Moscow and the 1984 Games Agency (USADA) concluded that an independent and neutral period of two years. “So for their sakes and for the “I counted off the days, counted in Los Angeles is unopposed in seven-time Tour de France win- commission, under the respon- All teams should accept that sakes of those who love cycling off the hours.” the election for chairman of the ner Armstrong helped orches- sibility of the World Anti-Doping a rider implicated in a dop- and who want to believe in it, we In his book he describes meet- British Olympic Association on trate the most sophisticated Agency (WADA), to investigate ing probe should automatically believe it is impossible to con- ing Chris Allison, the assistant November 7. doping programme in the his- the International Cycling Union be withdrawn from competi- tinue with the same structure, commissioner of the Metroplitan His book, “Running My Life - tory of sport. The five newspa- (UCI)’s role in the Armstrong tion pending the investigation’s the same rules and the same Police a few days before the The Autobiography” is due to be pers were “coming together to affair and report on any outcome. leaders.” AFP Games ended. published the following day. “We didn’t even need to say REUTERS SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT NHL calls off Van Pelt shares CIMB lead all November games over The American misses chance to score 59, joins Garrigus on top lockout KUALA LUMPUR: Defending CIMB Classic round three scores number six Jason Dufner sug- NEW YORK: champion Bo Van Pelt came Scores after round three of the CIMB gested it was about to be a low- The National achingly close to a miraculous Classic, co-sanctioned by the US PGA and scoring day with a hole-in-one on Hockey League announced the 59 yesterday as he shared the Asian Tour, at the par-71 Mines Resort and the 201-yard, par-three seventh, cancellation of all scheduled CIMB Classic lead with Robert Golf Club yesterday (USA unless stated): his first in a competitive round. November games yesterday due Garrigus, while Tiger Woods’ “It was a good shot with a little to the lockout that began last charge fell apart on the back 197 Bo Van Pelt 70-65-62, Robert bit of luck,” Dufner said. month when the NHL collective nine. Garrigus 64-64-69 Round-two leader Garrigus bargaining deal with players In a superb day of action Van 198 Chris Kirk 69-66-63 started poorly with two bogeys, expired. Pelt, continuing the form that 199 Jbe Kruger (RSA) 66-64-69, Brendon enabling Woods to catch him at The move to wipe out all games took him to victory in Perth last de Jonge (ZIM) 68-65-66 the top of the board with his third through November 30 came eight week, needed to birdie the last 200 Brian Harman 64-70-66 birdie of the day on the par-four days after the NHL rejected three hole to claim a rare sub-60 round fifth. proposals from the NHL Players 201 Nick Watney 71-65-65, Tom Gillis -- but he double-bogeyed to close As Woods rolled in birdies on Association in response to an 65-70-66, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 66- on 62. six and eight, Van Pelt roared October 16 NHL offer for a six- Van Pelt’s three-day total of 66-69 through the front nine to turn in year deal was rejected by players. 16-under 197 put him level with 202 Ben Crane 68-66-68, Gaganjeet 29, raising expectations he could A total of 326 regular-season overnight leader Garrigus head- Bhullar (IND) 65-72-65, Tiger Woods finish below 60. games, 26.5 percent of the origi- ing into the final day, with Chris 66-67-69, Kevin Na 67-66-69, Jeff Three birdies in a row on 10, 11 nal six-month schedule, have been Kirk one shot back and Brendon Overton 64-70-68 and 12 gave last year’s winner Van wiped out by the labor dispute as de Jonge and Jbe Kruger two 203 Trevor Immelman (RSA) 72-63-68, Pelt the outright lead, and he gob- club owners and players fight over adrift on a tight leaderboard. Ricky Barnes 66-71-66, Bill Haas bled up a short putt on the par- how to divide $3.3bn in annual Woods had started promisingly 70-65-68, Pat Perez 67-68-68 three 16th to move to 10-under revenues. with five birdies up to the turn for the day. Owners presented a plan with a but the wheels then came off with double-bogey and dropped strokes Van Pelt was motoring, but 50-50 split of hockey-related rev- three bogeys and a double bogey, on 12, 16 and 17, making the Woods’ momentum was halted enues after players had enjoyed and he wound up with a 69 for 14-time Major champion a long- when he sliced his tee-shot into 57 percent under the old deal and 11-under 202 and a share of 10th. shot for victory. rough on 12 and then bogeyed owners had originally sought 57 Van Pelt, defending a title for “I need to go out and shoot after missing a short downhill percent for themselves in the new the very first time, insisted he something really low like what putt. contract. had no regrets about his last hole, Bo did today or something like He recovered with a birdie on But players found the NHL where he overcooked his tee-shot, that. That might not even do it,” 13, found water on the par-three unwilling to budge when they miscued into a greenside bunker, Woods said. 14th for double-bogey five, and submitted three proposals based and three-putted. “That’s the thing. I’ve put then hit back again with a birdie upon the league’s offer, complain- “I wouldn’t do anything differ- myself so far back that on this on 15 -- before dropping shots ing the NHL-proposed deal would ent,” he said. “Obviously it’s dis- golf course it’s going to be hard again on 16 and 17. quickly leave them with shorter appointing to finish with a double to make up the shots.” However, all eyes were on Van and poorer contracts and players (bogey), but I look back on the As marshalls struggled to con- Pelt and the American went close subsidizing other player deals. 17-and-a-half holes I played, and trol heaving galleries surround- with a curling eagle putt on the “The National Hockey League hopefully that will carry over into ing Woods, the 74-time PGA 17th, before seeing his 59 hopes deeply regrets having to take tomorrow, not the last half.” Tour winner got off like a shot dashed in front of big crowds at this action,” NHL deputy com- Woods was left to rue a with a 10-foot birdie on one and the last green. missioner Bill Daly said in a Bo Van Pelt of the US lines up a putt at the 18th hole during the third round wretched close at a steamy Mines a six-footer on three to move to Garrigus finished with a 69, statement. of the $6.1m CIMB Classic golf tournament at The Mines Resort and Golf Resort & Golf Club as he found 11-under, two shots off the lead. enough to give him a share of the “By presenting a proposal to Club in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. water on the par-three 14th for Further up the course, world lead. AFP the NHLPA that contemplated a fair division of revenues and was responsive to player concerns China’s Wu regarding the value of their con- Hanson, McIlroy set for final-day duel tracts, we had hoped to be able to forge a long-term collective wows fans SHANGHAI: Ryder Cup team- bargaining agreement that would mates Rory McIlroy and Peter have preserved an 82-game regu- Hanson remained ahead of the lar season for our fans. with ace in pack yesterday in tricky condi- “Unfortunately, that did not tions at Lake Malaren Golf Club occur. to set up a final round duel in “We acknowledge and accept the hole the $7m BMW Masters. that there is joint responsibil- Hanson, who led on 14-under ity in collective bargaining and, SHANGHAI: Chinese fans par going into the third round of though we are profoundly disap- at the $7m BMW Masters the flagship European Tour event pointed that a new agreement has had something special to in China, found a chilly overcast not been attained to this point, we cheer yesterday when one of day with a shifting wind much remain committed to achieving Shanghai’s own, Wu Ashun, harder for low scoring and fol- an agreement that is fair for the fired a hole-in-one at Lake lowed his magnificent Friday players and the clubs -- one that Malaren Golf Club. round of 64 with a steady 70 to will be good for the game and our Playing in a star-studded move to 16 under. fans.” AFP European Tour field with four It enabled world number one of the top five ranked players McIlroy, playing alongside Hanson in the world, Wu created a lit- in the final group, to pull within Australia’s tle magic with his eight-iron, one shot with a three-under par which found the cup at the 69 to leave him on 15 under for Cooper to face sixth hole 156 yards away. the tournament. “The ball bounced once on The Swede was clearly relish- disciplinary the green and then disappeared ing his battle with McIlroy and into the hole,” said Wu. “I heard added: “It’s just great also to play all the noises and cheers from alongside Rory, and every chance hearing: Report the green and the first thing I you get to compete with the world did was turn around and see number one it is just a fantastic SYDNEY: Outspoken where the car is.” thing to do.” Australian flyhalf Quade Unfortunately for Wu, the McIlroy is two shots clear of Cooper has been charged with first Chinese player to win on South Africa’s George Coetzee bringing the game into disre- the Japan Tour, the sponsors in third and a further two shots pute for his critical comments of were offering a BMW 6 Series back to a group of six players the Wallabies and coach Robbie convertible for an ace on the that includes the English pair of Deans, reports said yesterday. 17th hole. world number three Luke Donald The disgruntled star made The sixth hole has proved who carded a four-under 68 and Peter Hanson of Sweden (right) is watched by world number one Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (centre) as he headlines last month when he a happy hunting ground for number five Justin Rose (69). tees off at the 9th hole during the third round of the BMW Shanghai Masters golf tournament at the Lake Malaren lashed out at the Wallabies Asia’s finest swingers this McIlroy won at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai, yesterday. set-up, saying the environment week. Y E. Yang of Korea also last year when the tournament within the Australian team was scored a hole in one there on “destroying” him. Friday. BMW Masters scores was an invitational and he would difficult today but I’m pleased as The Queensland Reds play- “I had a hole-in-one on the Leading scores yesterday after the third clearly like to triumph again now it was a good round of golf,” said Malaysian golfer maker, reiterated his grievances Japanese Tour this year at the round of the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren it has grown into one of the big- Hanson. on a television rugby programme Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open, Golf Club, Shanghai: gest prize money events on the “I feel myself very lucky to be in edges closer to less than a week after first mak- but there was no prize there (Par 72, 6,706 yards) European Tour. this position and hopefully I can ing his feelings known via social either,” Wu added. 200 Peter Hanson (SWE) 66-64-70 “It would mean a lot if I could stay ahead of him because it is dream pairing media. “One of these days I’m going 201 Rory McIlroy (NIR) 67-65-69 successfully defend here at Lake going to be a tough one consider- The Australian Broadcasting to get a hole in one on the Malaren. It would be nice to win ing the way he is playing. Corporation said Cooper was due 203 George Coetzee (RSA) 69-68-66 right hole and win the car,” he for a second time,” McIlroy said. “But I do need to step up a bit with Mickelson to appear at a code-of-conduct smiled. 205 Michael Hoey (ENG) 67-70-68, Charl With a $1.166m cheque await- more because if I don’t I am going hearing on Wednesday in Sydney. Wu has enjoyed a wonderful Schwartzel (RSA) 69-68-68, Luke ing the winner, McIlroy also sees to have the world number one KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian An Australian Rugby Union week so far, flying the flag for Donald (ENG) 70-67-68, Justin Rose a chance to seize the European snapping right at my heels and if Nicholas Fung was one step spokesman said yesterday the China golf. (ENG) 68-68-69, Alexander Noren money list title to add to the I’m not careful he could be going closer to fulfilling his dream ARU would not be making any He shot a three-under 69 (SWE) 68-68-69, Shane Lowry (IRE) US one he has almost certainly past me.” of playing with American official comment at this stage. yesterday to finish on six- 72-64-69 already secured with his wins in Nicolas Colsaerts, another major winner Phil Mickelson In interviews Cooper, 24, had under par for the tournament, 206 Graeme McDowell (NIR) 69-71-66, the US PGA and two FedEx Cup Ryder Cup star, looked at one after he won the Palembang expressed frustration about the tied for 24th place. Ross Fisher (ENG) 69-69-68, Paul events. stage as if he was going to join Musi Championship yester- defensive style of play favoured Meanwhile, World number Casey (ENG) 70-68-68, Martin “What also would be most them in Sunday’s final group, but day to qualify for next month’s by Deans and said that he didn’t nine Jason Dufner hit first Kaymer (GER) 68-69-69, Louis pleasing is that I will come into a disastrous finish of two consec- Singapore Open. want to be involved with the hole-in-one at a PGA Tour Oosthuizen (RSA) 68-69-69, Nicolas these last few weeks of my year utive double bogeys at 16 and 17 Victory in the $150,000 tourna- Wallabies under the current sanctioned event when he aced Colsaerts (BEL) 69-68-69 trying to wrap-up the Race to dropped him back into the pack. ment in Indonesia yesterday shot regime. the 201-yard par three seventh 207 Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 70-72-65, Dubai,” McIlroy said. In a matter of minutes the big- Fung to the top of the Southeast “I’m just trying here to be the hole during the third round of Ian Poulter (ENG) 70-69-68, “So that would more pleasing hitting Belgian had tumbled from Asian golf tour’s order of merit best that I can be and that’s why I the CIMB Classic yesterday. 208 Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 68-71-69, than anything else as it would being right in the mix at 14 under and qualified him for the $6 mil- said I didn’t want to be involved in The American’s shot was the Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 72-66-70, extend my lead over Justin (Rose) par to being back in the chasing lion European and Asian Tour that kind of environment,” Cooper highlight of a seven-under-par Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 62-74-72 and Branden (Grace), so that pack at 10-under par and in a tie event in Singapore. said. round of 64 that catapulted Selected when I do get to Dubai later next for 10th place. “This is fantastic,” Fung told “For me to continue to improve him up the leaderboard on a 210 Lee Westwood (ENG) 70-69-71, month I won’t have to do much.” Also on that mark was 2010 US reporters. “Now I get to play in the as a player and as a person you nine-under 204 total that is Ashun Wu (CHN) 71-70-69, Liang But first the 23-year-old from Open champion and Ryder Cup Singapore Open. It is my dream want to be involved in the best co-sanctioned with the Asian Wenchong (CHN) 69-69-72, Robert Northern Ireland has to get ahead star Graeme McDowell, who had to play with Phil Mickelson,” the possible environment and I feel Tour and PGA of Malaysia. Karlsson (SWE) 71-64-75. of Hanson, who was happy with a welcome return to form with world number 1,372 added. that environment is sort of AGENCIES his steady day’s work. one of the best rounds of the day, Thailand’s Gunn Charoenkul destroying me as a person and as 212 Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP) 67-72-73 “The pins were a little bit more a six-under par 66. AFP finished runner up. REUTERS a player.” AFP

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German composer From krump to contemporary, dancers channel Africa Hans Werner LIBREVILLE: Blending jaw- or “Rage,” the show being per- “I wanted to bring in hip hop When Gabon’s Djaroule Mvou “comedic dance” — a mix of pure Henze dead at 86 dropping breakdance moves formed around French institutes where it wasn’t expected. Far — whose name pays homage to the hip hop, contortion, acrobatics with everyday scenes, six danc- in Africa, including in the Gabon from the baggie pants and base- US rapper Ja Rule to whom he and “also some Charlie Chaplin, FRANKFURT: Hans Werner ers from different African capital Libreville, before heading ball caps,” he said. bears a slight resemblance — got Jim Carrey and Mr Bean.” Henze, one of Germany’s fore- nations are painting a portrait to Europe. “But you have to move from one the offer to participate, he said In the show, Raymond most composers, has died at the of their continent through a The mixed choreography builds technique to another seamlessly. he “didn’t hesitate for a second: Siopathis of the Central African age of 86, his publisher Schott new show that pulses with on a foundation of krumping, an In a way, we’re creating a new it was the opportunity I’d been Republic portrays an enthroned Music announced yesterday. energy and combines politics amped-up street dance exploding dance,” he added. waiting for.” dictator, a possible reference to “With the death of Hans and tradition with street and with energy and aggression that The show is presented on a “It’s hard being a dancer in the country’s late military dic- Werner Henze we have lost one of contemporary dance. developed in South Central Los pared-down stage, with little but Africa,” the 27-year-old said, tator Jean-Bedel Bokassa, one the most versatile, important and The 90-minute piece leaps Angeles following the beating of a black curtain and a few sim- explaining that he had struggled of Africa’s most ruthless rulers influential composers of our time,” between depictions of a street Rodney King and the ensuing 1992 ple props that the dancers move since starting to dance in public who was even accused of serving Schott said in a statement on its fight, a cockfight, meet- riots. The frenetic moves involve around. at age 13, despite what Egea calls up his political rivals to lions and website, saying the composer died ings between friends, Congo’s vigorous shakes of the limbs, head Egea selected the crew of male his “incredible talent.” crocodiles. in Dresden on Saturday. “sapeurs” — dandies who dress and chest, almost as if the dancer dancers — who hail from Mali, To live off his art, Djaroule “It worked out well because Born in Guetersloh on July up in spectacular suits — and an is moving in fast-forward. Congo, Gabon, the Comoros, the often dances at weddings for the story was important to me,” 1, 1926, Henze’s prolific output enthroned dictator surrounded by “The idea was to do a krump Central African Republic and 200,000 CFA francs, but at one Siopathis said of the part, adding, covered a wide range of works, common folk. show, but to also incorporate hip Burkina Faso — after seeing them point worked as a security guard “the show covers politics because including more than 40 operas “It’s a window onto contem- hop with some contemporary perform in different workshops. to make ends meet. it covers everything. It addresses and pieces for the stage, 10 sym- porary Africa, with their rage, dance and the traditional dance “The guys would go on stage For the current show, he had society and thus politics but that phonies, concertos, chamber their concerns, their interests,” that each of the dancers has in and I’d fall off my chair. Someone to adapt his dance style, but he isn’t the original intent. It speaks music, oratorios and song. said Anthony Egea, the French him,” said Egea, whose dance absolutely had to make use of that generally performs with a mask mainly of us.” “What is unique about his work choreographer behind “La rage” company is called Revolution. talent and that rage,” he said. and came up with what he calls AFP is the union of timeless beauty with contemporary commitment,” Schott said. Henze made his home in Italy, Wheeled chairs in the Albani hills outside Rome with his partner of more than Confidante put drugs five decades, Fausto Moroni, whom he met in 1964, but who died in 2007. It was in the classical landscape in Britney’s food: Mom of Italy “that he found his own harmonious balance of art and life LOS ANGELES: The one-time not call police despite her con- —throwing himself into his many confidante of Britney Spears cerns about her daughter. practical projects, entertaining said he crushed up drugs in the She also acknowledged she had generously with his companion pop singer’s food to help her been estranged from her daugh- Fausto Moroni, then retreating sleep and disabled her phone ter for months in 2007, and that into his study and his scores,” the lines during the height of her Lutfi told her he wanted to help statement said. meltdown five years ago, Spears’ reunite them. Henze, perhaps best known mother testified on Friday. Lynne Spears’ book also claims for his symphonies and music Lynne Spears told the Los Lutfi tried to cut the singer off theatre, enjoyed a unique col- Angeles jury in a civil trial that from her family, and portrays laboration with the Austrian Sam Lutfi, Britney’s self-styled him as a figure who controlled poet Ingeborg Bachmann, who manager at the time, described her every move. wrote the libretti for his operas his actions to her in a January Lutfi, who met Spears in a “The Prince of Homburg” (1958- 2008 exchange at her daughter’s nightclub in 2007 and has said he 59), “The Young Lord” (1964), Los Angeles home. tried to wean her off drugs, testi- “Elegy for Young Lovers” (1959- “Those were his exact words,” fied tearfully earlier this week he 61)and “The Bassarids” (1964- Lynne Spears said on her first day received death threats after the 65), which Schott described on the witness stand. “I was very book was published. as “milestones in his composi- worried and I didn’t know what The week-long trial has lifted tional output.” to do so I tried to get her away the lid on the much-publicised He was a prisoner of war from there.” meltdown by Spears in 2007 and in Fascist Germany and his Lutfi is suing Lynne Spears for early 2008, in which she went experiences left their mark on defaming him in her 2008 book through a divorce, lost custody of his artistic output, notably in “Through the Storm,” in which her two kids, shaved her head and another stage work, “We come she related some of Lutfi’s actions wielded an umbrella at paparazzi. to the River” (1974-76) and in his in 2007 when he became the sing- Lutfi is also suing Spears for ninth symphony written in 1995- er’s closest friend, and moved into a portion of her earnings at that 97, which was based on Anna View of bicycle-shaped chairs on display on the opening day of the 13th International Arts, Crafts and Trade her house. time, claiming the “Toxic” singer Seghers’ novel “The Seventh Fair in Ouagadougou yesterday. Lynne Spears admitted under hired him as her manager. Cross”. cross examination that she did REUTERS AFP