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THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 • 3 Dhul-Hijja 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6556 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Taking photos of Crackdown on migrants Use of private cars to schools causing jams accident victims DOHA: Heavy reliance on pri- students against 99,000 trips to pri- vate cars to transport children vate schools. The study also found to schools and back home is a that girls are relying more on pri- major cause of traffic jams and vate transport compared to boys. to be an offence accidents in Qatar, shows a Secondary Independent schools for study conducted by the Qatar girls are having the highest ratio Centre for Traffic Safety of morning trips, with 79 trips for Studies at the Qatar University. every 100 students. Cabinet amends draft penal code The study found that the Primary and Middle number of students using private Independent schools for boys and DOHA: Qatar will soon crimi- and forward them to Metrash2. cars is higher than those using girls record 43 (morning) trips for nalise taking photographs of The practice was criticised by the school buses. The ratio of students every 100 students. Private schools people killed or injured in acci- people, many of whom claimed using school buses is higher in have an average 62 trips for every dents through any device and that it could better be avoided as Independent schools compared 100 students for all levels. The transmitting them without the it caused misunderstandings and to private schools. Users of school afternoon peak hours — from 12 consent of their representa- heartburn among people. buses in private schools are less to 2pm — see 30,000 trips in the tives, the Qatar News Agency Some said it was breach of pri- by 36 percent than Independent case of Independent schools against (QNA) has reported. vacy of people and families and schools when tallied against the 49,000 trips for private schools. The State Cabinet yesterday that such photographs could be total number of students. The Supreme Education Council approved a draft law amending manipulated through photoshop Between 7am to 9am, which is runs 1,860 trips for buses daily in some provisions of Law Number and misused. Metrash2 is the Riot police fight migrants at the border crossing with Serbia in Roszke, considered the peak morning hours morning and afternoon, besides 45 11 of 2004 which contains Qatar’s Interior Ministry’s smartphone Hungary, yesterday. Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannon for traffic, a total of 49,000 trips are additional trips for other educa- criminal or penal code. application, so smartphone users at migrants demanding they be allowed to enter from Serbia on the conducted to Independent schools tional purposes. Continued on page 4 QNA didn’t specify whether the having this application could send to transport an estimated 102,352 THE PENINSULA second day of a border crackdown. Report on page 11 law was about road accidents only photos of violations directly to the or all kinds of accidents, including authorities. house crashes. In November last year, psy- The penal code needs to be chologist Dr Moza Al Malki came amended to list new offences and out publicly against the practice. specify punishments, as it is made She said she was surprised how Shootout in Saudi necessary by newer and emerging the authorities had permitted it Payment default by real estate RIYADH: Police in Saudi Arabia technologies. since it amounted to spying. “It said that they had arrested two A good example is how recently breaches people’s privacy. We suspected militants and were cybercrimes have been made a already are a society wit enough developers ‘worries banks’ hunting two others who fled fol- punishable offence. Taking pho- problems,” she was quoted as say- lowing shootouts and raids that tographs using mobile phone ing by local media at the time. BY SATISH KANADY between 1-6, shows the risk of in fiscal balance as a problem, the netted automatic weapons and a cameras was, for instance, not a Another critic said the prac- default by real estate developers QCB document noted. bomb belt. The gunfire occurred practice in 2004 when the criminal tice could lead to marital and DOHA: Payment default by real and contractors has been ranked The survey that forms part of in separate districts of Riyadh on code was issued, so it being listed in family discords so it must be estate developers and contrac- the highest (One) for the year 2014 the central bank’s latest financial Tuesday night. Report on page 7 the penal code as an offence now. stopped. “Suppose I have told tors are causing major concerns and “2” for 2015 and 2016. The risk stability report shows most of the QNA said that the proposed my wife I am going to a particu- to Qatar’s conventional banks. average for default in infrastruc- banks expect overall credit, mar- Obama invites Muslim boy amendments to the penal code lar place but actually I am going Defaults by infrastructure sec- ture are ‘2’,’3’ and ‘3’ for the year ket, liquidity and systemic risk to WASHINGTON: US President aim to mainly punish anyone who somewhere else. My car meets tor is equally a matter of concern 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively. remain unchanged or increase Barack Obama yesterday captures or transmits pictures of with an accident and its pho- for these banks, but not a major Variations in oil prices have during 2015 and 2016. Some of the invited 14-year-old Ahmed the deceased or the injured in tograph is posted on Metrash2 problem for Islamic and foreign been projected highly risky for findings suggest variation in oil Mohamed — a Muslim school- accidents without the consent for everyone to else. What hap- banks, a survey on ‘risk percep- foreign banks and Islamic banks. price and political unrest in the boy — to the White House after of their representatives through pens then,” the critic wondered, tion of banks’ conducted by Qatar For the conventional banks, the MENA region remain the most he was arrested and hadcuffed devices of any kind. To recall, peo- pleading that the practice must Central Bank (QCB) for the years risk average is ‘3’,’2’ and ‘1’ for the important global risks. when his teacher mistook his ple here were encouraged to click be stopped forthwith. 2014, 2015 and 2016 has revealed. years 2014, 2015 and 2016 respec- Continued on page 4 homemade clock for a bomb in photographs of traffic violations THE PENINSULA The risk average that ranges tively. Foreign banks see decline THE PENINSULA Texas. Report on page 11 THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Suleyman the Magnificent exhibition opens at Katara

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DOHA: Visitors to Katara can relive the glory of the Ottoman era as they encounter lifelike sculptures of historical figures at the ‘Magnificent Century: The Exhibition’ which opened yes- terday at Qatar Museums (QM) Gallery Building No. 10. The hyper-realistic silicone sculptures depicting Kanuni Sultan Suleyman — the longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire — and wife Hurrem Sultan — a slave girl who became sultana — are displayed at the expo along- side figures, including Malkocoglu Bali Bey, Mahidevran Sultan and Pargali Ibrahim Pasa. The expo is based on the inter- nationally acclaimed Turkish his- torical television series which has reached over 200 million viewers in more than 54 countries since it premiered in 2011. This is the first time the exhibi- tion has travelled out of Istanbul and been brought to Doha as part of Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of Culture celebrations, said Selen Tamer Lakay, Vice-President, Istanbul Entertainment Group. “One of the unique features of the exhibition is it makes use of different senses of visitors to expe- rience this important period in his- tory,” Lakay told the media during yesterday’s preview. The expo takes visitors on a journey to sections of the pal- ace, including the Harem and the Hyper-realistic silicone sculptures of Kanuni Sultan Suleyman and Hurrem Hammam, designed elaborately Sultan at the exhibition at QM Gallery, Katara. SALIM MATRAMKOT and scented with fragrances con- cocted based on how locations in craftsmanship that went into creat- part of Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of the palace smelled like in the 1500s. ing iconic props and costumes that Culture.” “The costumes, jewellery, car- appeared throughout the series on A gift shop with merchandise pets and wallpaper were designed Suleyman the Magnificent. inspired by the series is another true to the era. We have worked Safiya Al Hajari, Director, Office feature in the 600sqm expo area. with professors who had access to of Strategic Cultural Relations, Visitors can buy scents, prayer Ottoman archives,” she explained. said “QM is delighted to be host- beads, abayas, jewellery and acces- For fans of the series, the expo ing such an important expo that sories as souvenir. Actors from the is a throwback to an important has educated millions of people on series attended the opening of the period history and an up close and the historic and cultural signifi- expo which runs until December personal look at the artistry and cance of the Ottoman Empire as 12. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ‘Heavy rains’ flooded Lebsayyer Gold drifts near five-year low DOHA: The flooding on the Dukhan Highway is about 5km • The Drainage Operations concerned departments were BY SACHIN KUMAR residents go on vacations. They come Lebsayyer Interchange in from Al Sheehaniya Interchange. and Maintenance Department on site to monitor the situation. back in September when schools open Shahaniya last Friday was The surface water drainage declared a level 1 state of alert • Police closed the highway DOHA: Gold prices in Qatar drifted and their priority is to buy books, sta- caused by “heavy and unprec- network on the road had tanks on Friday at noon as soon as in both directions due to high near its five-year low yesterday with tionery, uniforms and other school edented” rains that exceeded and reservoirs to collect rain- it learned about the expected water impeding traffic. A diver- 24-carat gold trading at QR136 per related items. the capacity and design cri- water away from the highway. rainfall. It notified emergency sion was put in place to avoid gramme — close to five-year low of Gold prices are falling taking cues teria for the drainage net- However, it failed to drain the personnel to begin implementing the area where water had accu- QR134 per gramme on July 31 this from international market. Yesterday, work on Dukhan Highway, water due to the heavy rain on the rainy season preparedness mulated until the road was year. an ounce of gold in international market the Public Works Authority the road and surrounding area, plan which comprise all drainage reopened to traffic in the early Expectations that the US central plunged to $1,105. On Wednesday, gold (Ashghal) said yesterday. which exceeded the network’s amenities in the state. hours of Saturday after draining bank may raise interest rates today traded at QR136 per gramme in local Such heavy rains occur rarely capacity and design criteria, said • At 2.54pm, emergency the water. was the major factor behind gold’s fall. market but closed the day at QR137. in Qatar, said Ashghal. The the statement. teams were notified of water Ashghal said it had completed A gramme of 22-carat gold was trading Gold has fallen about 35 percent com- authority faced severe criticism Dukhan Highway was com- overflowing that disrupted traf- periodic maintenance works at QR128 yesterday. Lower prices are pared its peak days in October 2011 from citizens after the flooding pleted and opened in 2008, and fic at the interchange as a result for the surface water drainage positive news for customers as Eid Al when it was around QR210. For the which led to the closure of the its surface water network was of the heavy rainfall due to the network in the area one week Adha is around the corner. past two months 24-carat gold has been road for several hours. The main designed to accommodate the thunderstorm in the area. The before the rainfall. “I expect the sales to jump 60 percent trading at QR143-QR140. reason behind the water over- maximum volume of rainfall department escalated the situa- “As part of its plan and peri- in the next few days as falling prices, “Gold may fluctuate sharply in the flow was the heavy and unprece- according to the adopted design tion to a level 2 state of alert and odic programmes, Ashghal coupled with Eid Al Adha holidays, will near future but it is likely to fall further dented rain in a very brief period standards. soon to a level 3 state of alert. inspects the efficiency of prompt customers to buy gold,” Joseph in the next three to six months because of time in the area. The video “As per the common practice, • At around 4.30pm, tankers expressway drainage systems M P, Sales Manager, Sky Jewellery, said. the US central bank is likely to raise footage and site inspections on in such rare heavy and localised were called in to pump out the and ensures their readiness in “Employees are likely to get salaries interest rates,” said the branch man- Friday afternoon showed the rainfall cases which only occur water. Ashghal also installed the event of rainfall, in addition earlier because of Eid holidays which is ager of a jewellery store. The increase intensity of the rainfall, which a few times throughout the pumps to drain water from to carrying out maintenance good for sales.” in interest rates in the US pulls gold exceeded the normal average,” decades, rapid intervention was the road. Managers from the works and periodic cleaning Jewellery shops faced dull trade in prices lower because it strengthens the Ashghal said in a statement. carried out through emergency Drainage O&M Department for all drainage networks in the the past two months because of vaca- dollar. This prompts more fund outflows Interchange 42, also known plans devised specifically for and Roads Maintenance state,” said the statement. tions and hot weather. July, August and from gold and other commodities to the as Lebsayyer Interchange, on such cases,” Ashghal said. Department and heads of THE PENINSULA September are usually lean months as dollar. THE PENINSULA

DeBakey hosts College Fair Rules for Shisha joints soon DOHA: Rules to tighten control ministry. The law was to be pub- Prime Minister and Interior over shisha joints are likely to see lished in the official gazette to be Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah the light of day soon. made effective, QNA had reported bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Regulations have been framed in April. It specifies fines for failure chaired the Cabinet’s weekly meet- by the Minister of Economy to comply with its provisions. The ing at Emiri Diwan. and Commerce and the Cabinet 90-minute closure is to be effective The Cabinet took measures to approved the draft at its weekly from the time of the first call for issue a draft law regulating regis- meeting yesterday,. Friday prayers. tration of births and deaths, after Qatar News Agency (QNA) A separate decision issued by reviewing recommendations by the reported but gave no details about the Minister, also approved by Advisory Council. the draft rules. It said the Cabinet the Cabinet yesterday, was about The draft law defines people also approved several other draft permitting small home-based in charge of reporting births and decisions of the Minister. One was businesses. deaths in and outside Qatar. Births about a list the Minister issued of Another draft decision of the in Qatar must be reported within shops and other outlets that now Minister approved was about 15 days. Competent authority must require licensing by the ministry requirements for licensing commer- be notified of deaths or stillbirths to operate. cial and industrial units and other in the state within seven days. A On April 14 this year Emir H H businesses must meet. Standing Committee on Births and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Another decision approved was Deaths Affairs will be set up in the issued a law (No. 5 of 2015) mak- about conditions for licensing of Interior Ministry to take over the ing it mandatory for all shops and vendors and vending and activities competencies specified in the law. outlets, including offices, industrial to be allowed for vending. The formation of the panel, mech- DeBakey High School-Qatar hosted an Education City College Fair for its Grade 11 & 12 students. Georgetown units, clinics and others, to remain The Minister issued draft deci- anisms of work, procedures and University, Texas A&M University, Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, Virginia Commonwealth closed for 90 minutes for Friday sions (all of which were approved rewards to members will be issued University, and Weil Cornell Medical College took part. Students engaged with university representatives and prayers. It also mandates the shops by the Cabinet) in preparation to in a decision by the Minister of received first-hand information concerning the admission process. and outlets to seek licence from the implement Law No. 5 of 2015. Interior. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Banks’ NPL ratio fell in 2014 Pakistan Defence Day marked Ashghal to test fire-fighting Continued from page 1 to have been more prudent in lending Risk from decline in domestic fis- in the recent past. During the first systems cal balance is expected to increase in quarter of the year there was almost 2015 and further in 2016. Slowdown in no growth in NPLs. There was some DOHA: The Public domestic growth and credit growth are increase during the second quarter Works Authority other major domestic macroeconomic but was almost offset by the decline in (Ashghal) will test the risks. The highest ranked source of the NPLs during the third and fourth fire-fighting systems of liquidity risk is different for different quarters of the year. As in the previous the Hamad Medical City group of banks. It is withdrawal by two years, the share of NPLs in the Fit-Out project today. retail depositors for Islamic banks and private corporate sector continued to Visitors to the area and wholesale depositors for conventional moderate. The share of NPLs outside passers-by will notice gases banks. For foreign banks, it is drying up Qatar after increasing for three years rising from the building of domestic inter-bank market. was stable during 2014. The share of during the tests, but there The document said the non-per- NPLs in personal loans has been ris- is no need for concern, forming loan ratio (NPL) of banks ing rapidly and banks need to monitor said Ashghal. Tests and declined during 2014 indicating mod- these loans more carefully to rein them examinations will include eration of credit risk during the year. in. Qatar’s banking sector remained generating and pumping The growth in NPLs during the year almost unaffected by fall in oil prices harmless smoke, similar to was 2.2 percent compared to 25.8 per- and continued global uncertainties dur- the black smoke that rises cent in the previous year. Banks seem ing 2014. THE PENINSULA during a fire. The tests aim to exam- ine the fire-fighting sys- tems, smoke detectors School buses safer, reduce traffic jams and smoke suction sys- Continued from page 1 schools on traffic, Al Sharq said, quot- Shehzah Ahmad (fifth right), Pakistan Ambassador, Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani (fifth left), Masud Akram tems that take the smoke Total daily trips for Independent ing Dr Khalifa Al Khalifa, head of the (fourth left), Defence Attache, Pakistan embassy, and other officials and ambassadors cut a cake during Pakistan outside the building. Tests and private schools are estimated at centre. The centre is encouraging the Defence Day reception at Diplomatic Club yesterday. ABDUL BASIT and examinations will take around 150,000 in the morning and use of school buses because they are place from 8am to noon at 80,000 in the afternoon. Daily trips to safer and help reduce traffic jams. It is the project location and Qatar University are estimated at 6,000 also found that more traffic accidents Physical Medicine and during the morning peak hours and take place during the school season. Rehabilitation Hospital. 4,200 in the afternoon. It is important The centre plans to develop a manual to study the impact of newly opened for Doha trips. THE PENINSULA Lagoona Mall to host football Quality ‘Shoe Stori’ opens memorabilia expo from today DOHA: Quality Group International is opening DOHA: Football fans in Qatar jerseys, signed boots, original Mia Hamm, who helped promote a new retail concept store are in for a treat as Lagoona footballs used during World Cup the globally revered sport; and ‘Shoe Stori’ at Quality Mall is hosting a one-of-a-kind games, special stories on some of two bronze copies of the original Mall, Mamoura, at 11am football memorabilia exhibition the greatest footballers and much MATRICE of the old Jules Rimet today. of rare and exclusive collections more. Cup and the new World Cup. It is an exclusive foot- that have defined the sport It will also raise awareness The exhibition also includes a wear store and brand for over the years. about the growth and evolution 5x2-metre screen sponsored by men, women and kids. The Themed ‘Football Legends’, of football and its acceptance FNAC where visitors will be able store will have an extensive the event runs from today until as the world’s leading spectator to participate in a gaming com- range of Shoe Stori foot- October 3 and includes items sport. petition to win a jersey signed by wear, ladies and travel bags that represent football legends The exhibition features a col- Cristiano Ronaldo. and accessories to provide along with iconic moments in lection, including 50 original They will also have a chance Quality merchandise at football history. jerseys from icons such as Pelé, to try the entertainment world- fair price with the best The event furthers the mall’s Maradona, Del Piero, Messi, renowned FIFA 16 set to be customer service. commitment to support Qatar’s Ronaldo, Matthaus, Platini, launched on September 24. Quality Group passion for sports, promote con- Ibrahimovic among others; 12 The exhibition aims to become International Chairman tinued development of football in original footballs from World Cup one of the most exciting plat- Shamsudheen Olakara the country and strengthen the of 1920 to Brazil 2014; 11 pairs forms to discover the celebrated said in a statement that role of engaging society through of original shoes worn in official world of football, and promises ‘Shoe Stori’ will have three sports activities. matches from 1920 to the latest ‘edutainment’ for sports enthu- showrooms by the end of The specially curated exhi- models; special stories about Pelé, siasts and football fanatics in the year and plans to open bition presents a collection of Alcides Ghiggia, George Best and Qatar. THE PENINSULA 10 stores within the next two years. The brand is also looking at expanding to other GCC and Asian countries. Ritz-Carlton appoints new chef de cuisine

DOHA: The Ritz- Carlton, Doha has appointed Moreno Gianfranco Miotto as (pictured) the Chef de Cuisine for Italian res- taurant, Porcini. Miotto brings a wealth of experience in preparing authentic Italian cuisine and will be responsible for the daily culinary opera- tions of the restaurant, including developing new menus, creating high-pro- file culinary events and re- imagining the Italian story at Porcini. Born in Veneto in Italy, Miotto relocated to Vancouver, Canada, with his family at the age of six, where he began to discover the culinary world of res- taurants at a young age. In 1986, he cross-trained at Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi in Beverly Hills, California, where his passion for cook- ing became his profession. “We are thrilled and honoured to welcome Miotto as our new Chef de Cusine at Porcini. We are confident that his skills and knowledge will further enhance the Mediterranean culinary journey at Porcini, offer- ing guests an unforgettable dining experience that can- not be found anywhere else in Doha,” said Executive Chef Gael Cruchet. THE PENINSULA/QNA

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Five erring eateries closed down Emir, king of The Doha Morocco hold Municipality has Land Rover 4 temporarily closed phone talks down five eateries DOHA: Emir H H in Old Airport and Sheikh Tamim bin Al Sadd areas for models recalled Hamad Al Thani held tel- violating the food ephone talks with King monitoring law. Mohamed VI of Morocco. Two eateries in Al They discussed seri- Sadd were shut ous Israeli violations of down for seven over defects Jerusalem and Al Aqsa days and the other Mosque, blatant assaults three for 14 days as DOHA: The Ministry of Economy Meanwhile, the ministry, in col- on worshipers in its yard, they were prepar- and Commerce has announced the laboration with Almana Motors and preventing Muslims ing food in unhy- recall of Land Rover LR4 models Company, the dealer of Peugeot, has in the occupied territories gienic conditions. 2015 to 2016 for anti-lock braking also announced the recall of Peugeot from performing prayers in The picture shows system (ABS) checks. 2008, models 2014-2015, over hand- Al Aqsa which represents a one of the outlets In a statement, the ministry said brake lever defects. flagrant aggression on the closed down in Old the ABS inspection is for the dealer, The recall is within the frame- sanctities and their right Airport Area. Al Fardan Premier Motors, to fix work of coordination and follow-up to practise their religious ABDUL BASIT the defects to ensure consumers’ by the ministry to ascertain dealers’ rituals. The Emir stressed safety. commitment to follow up defects the importance of Arab The ministry will follow up with and repair them to protect consum- and Islamic unity to sup- the dealer on repairs or replace- ers’ rights. port and protect the rights ments of the defective part(s) as The ministry affirmed that it will of the brotherly Palestinian per stipulated procedures. coordinate with the company to fol- people, and end the brutal It urged consumers to report low up necessary maintenance and Israeli aggression on them to the Consumer Protection repair processes and communicate and Al Aqsa and face Department any malfunctioning/ with clients to ensure the success Israeli schemes aiming to defective part(s) in their vehicles of the recall campaign and imple- divide Al Aqsa. through smartphone or touchscreen mentation of the procedures to fix machines installed in shopping defects. Emir sponsors complexes and malls. QNA Education of 100 Syrians DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sponsored the educa- tion of 100 Syrian refu- gees in Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Qatar’s Attorney- General Ali bin Fetais Al Marri signed an agreement with university President Philippe Boutry for pro- viding education to the students in law, political science, business, maths and other majors. The uni- versity is the first in the world that began an ini- tiative of accepting a large number of Syrian refugee students in each class. Greetings sent to Mexico

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yester- day sent a cable of con- gratulations to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on his country’s Independence Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani also sent a congratulatory cable to Nieto Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to Nieto. FM receives call from Kerry

DOHA: Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah yes- terday received a phone call from US Secretary of State John Kerry and discussed Israeli viola- tions against the Noble Sanctuary, including Israeli forces storming Al Aqsa Mosque, and the blatant attack on wor- shipers in its courtyards recently. Dr Al Attiyah urged US intervention to stop violations, protect the Palestinian people and religious sanctities, and end hostile and pro- vocative Israeli acts. Blood donation campaign

DOHA: A blood donation camp is being organised by Karnataka Sangha Qatar (KSQ) tomorrow from 8am to 11am at the blood donor unit on Gate No. 3, Hamad Medical Corporation complex. Dr Pradeep Jayaram, Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sidra Hospital, and Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Weill Cornell College, Doha, will speak on blood dona- tion and its benefits. THE PENINSULA/QNA THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Refugees leaving Syria due to terrorism: Assad Embattled leader chides West over refugee crisis

DAMASCUS: Syrian “Iran supports Syria and the President Bashar Al Assad has Netanyahu to visit Syrian people. It stands with the chided Western nations for Syrian state politically, economi- “crying” over refugees flooding Russia over Syria cally and militarily.” into Europe, claiming that their He said it was untrue that support for “terrorists” lies at JERUSALEM: Israeli “Iran has sent an army or armed the roots of his country’s crisis. Prime Minister Benjamin forces to Syria” but “it sends us His remarks, on the eve of Netanyahu will visit Russia military equipment, and of course the UN peace envoy’s visit to next week for talks with there is an exchange of military Damascus, came as Australia President Vladimir Putin on experts between Syria and Iran”. said it had joined the US-led air the expanding Russian mili- Iranian media run regular war against the Islamic State tary presence in Syria, an reports on fighters killed in Syria, group in Syria, and France said it Israeli official said yesterday. saying they are volunteers help- would as well. Moscow has come under ing to defend Shia holy sites in Washington, meanwhile, told international pressure to the country. close Damascus ally Moscow explain its moves in Syria. In Washington, US Secretary that Assad has no role in the REUTERS of State John Kerry warned that war against IS in Syria and must Russia’s backing for Assad risked step down to allow a political terrorists since the beginning further escalating the conflict settlement. of the crisis when it said that In Sydney, meanwhile, Defence Assad, according to a transcript this was a peaceful uprising,” Minister Kevin Andrews said made available yesterday, said ref- Assad said. Australian warplanes had carried ugees were leaving Syria “mainly “If you are worried about them, out their first strike against IS because of the terrorists and stop supporting terrorists.” in Syria, destroying an armoured because of the killing, and second Damascus labels all those personnel carrier on Monday. because of the results of terrorism”. involved in the war against The United States, Canada, “When you have terrorism, and Assad as “terrorists”, including Turkey and Gulf states have Syrian President Bashar Al Assad (right) giving interview to Russian media outlets, in Damascus yesterday. you have the destruction of the Western-backed rebels. already been involved in strikes infrastructure, you won’t have the Assad also said Iran’s support in Syria, while France has been Jean-Yves Le Drian said France made “very significant progress” it “would wipe out what we still basic needs of living. was essential for his regime in a carrying out surveillance flights would extend its strikes to Syria in Syria, and that if a large offen- call the Free Syrian Army or the “So, the West is crying for conflict that has cost more than in preparation to do so as well. “in the coming weeks”. sive underway in the northern national Syrian coalition, or what them, and the West is supporting 240,000 lives since 2011. In Paris, Defence Minister He said on Tuesday IS had province of Aleppo is successful, is left of it.” AFP

Exiled Yemen govt back in Aden Obama, Netanyahu Bomb belt found in Saudi ADEN: Yemen’s government the temporary capital after he from Aden, including “reinforc- returned yesterday to Aden fled house arrest in Sana’a in ing the Popular Resistance in to meet on Nov 9 RIYADH: Police in Saudi off a residential area in Monsia after nearly six months of exile February. Taez” said the spokesman of pro- WASHINGTON: US President Arabia arrested two suspects district, the ministry said. in Riyadh, as loyalists backed It also comes as government Hadi fighters battling rebels in Barack Obama and Israeli Prime and were hunting two others Ahmed Al Zahrani, 21, and by a Saudi-led coalition pressed troops advance in Marib prov- the central region. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who fled following shootouts Mohammed Al Zahrani, 19, were a major offensive towards the ince east of Sana’a, with air cover In March, the Saudi-led Arab will meet in November to dis- and raids that netted a bomb detained. At the second location, rebel-held capital. and ground support from coali- coalition began an air campaign cuss the Iran nuclear deal as belt, they said yesterday. a Saudi coffee lounge in Riyadh’s Prime Minister Khaled Bahah tion forces. against the rebels and their allies well as other regional security The gunfire occurred in sep- Dharma district, the suspects and several of his ministers have “The government has moved among renegade forces loyal to issues, the White House said arate districts of Riyadh on tried to flee in a vehicle after relocated to the southern port, its base from Riyadh to Aden,” ousted president Ali Abdullah yesterday. Tuesday evening as officers pur- spotting the police. two months after forces loyal government spokesman Rajeh Saleh. The November 9 White House sued an investigation into “devi- “They then heavily opened to exiled President Abdrabuh Badi told AFP. Pro-Hadi fighters, backed meeting will be the first for the ant groups,” the Interior Ministry fire at the security officers,” who Mansur Hadi pushed Iran- There was no indication that by troops freshly trained and two leaders since US-led diplo- said in a statement. The term is returned fire and disabled their backed Shia rebels out of the Hadi himself — who fled Yemen armed by Saudi Arabia, ejected macy resulted in an Iran nuclear used to refer to Islamist extrem- vehicle. The suspects then “seized city. in late March when the Houthi the rebels from Aden in July and deal that Israel fiercely opposed. ists, although the ministry did not a citizen’s vehicle by force and Their return appears to reflect rebels closed in on his refuge — have since recaptured four other The dispute over the agree- specifically mention any group. took off in it.” During searches of a stronger government grip on was set to return. southern provinces. ment drove a deeper wedge in Two suspects opened fire and the two locations, officers found a Aden, which Hadi designated Bahah’s government will work AFP already tense relations between threw a grenade at police trying bomb belt “ready with explosives”. the two governments. REUTERS to arrest them after cordoning AFP THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HIS WEEK saw leadership changes in two major political parties of Britain and Australia that, according to analysts, would bring in major policy shifts. While TBritain’s opposition Labour Party elected a new chief to regain its lost glory, the ruling Liberal Party of Australia has With Brexit deadlines tight, voted out its leader and serving prime minister Tony Abbott and inducted his long-time rival Malcolm Turnbull after months of infighting and crumbling voter support. Leadership change in Australia has gained attention in EU-UK talks start slow recent years with the country getting its sixth prime minister in eight years as a result of widespread public criticism against EREMY Corbyn and George have stirred unease in Brussels. detail but British domestic politics made government policies. Liberal Party’s ballot that ended Abbott’s Osborne have combined to EU officials close to the initial discus- that highly sensitive. leadership after just two years in power was attributed to public remind Europe that London is sions told Reuters they were encouraged It will be up to Council chief Tusk, a resentment on spending cuts in his first budget in 2014 and pro- now fully embarked on a turbu- by the talks so far. conservative former prime minister of colonial policies. Recent surveys have shown ruling coalition’s lent, quickfire negotiation with “Mutual understanding is developing Poland, to craft any deal that can secure JBrussels that may see Britons vote next in a positive way,” said one. “We are on political buy-in from all EU leaders. For dwindling popularity that would become the biggest test for the year to quit the European Union. the way to identifying a whole array of the Commission, responsible for legisla- new premier when the country goes to polls next year. As Osborne was in Luxembourg on things that can be done.” tion and guardian of treaties, Juncker Jeremy Corbyn, a radical leftist who professes an admiration Saturday securing goodwill from euro Britain’s Europe Minister, David has charged a senior British EU civil for Karl Marx, has won British Labour Party’s leadership zone finance ministers for his call for Lidington, who met European servant with coordinating the response election by a landslide margin. His victory reflects support for fair play for sterling, his Labour oppo- Commission President Jean-Claude of Brussels’ often Byzantine law-making left-wing movements across Europe, with Syriza winning in nents in London were electing a new Juncker in Brussels this week, said he machinery. “We’re making it up as we Greece in January and Spain’s anti-austerity party Podemos left-wing leader, Corbyn, who warns his liked what he heard, notably Juncker’s go along,” a senior diplomat said of the support for continued EU membership call in a speech last week for more free unprecedented bid by one member state performing well in opinion polls. It also signals a new shift in the is no “blank cheque”. trade and a competitive economy. to rework its ties. ideology of the Labour Party which lost its left-leaning image Three months after Prime Minister But Juncker’s pledge of a “fair deal” British officials like to divide over the past 30 years mainly due to the pro-right policies of David Cameron was re-elected with for Britain also bore a warning that Cameron’s demands into what they former prime minister Tony Blair promises to reform Britain’s relation- London cannot limit free movement for call four “buckets”: competitiveness, Only time will who had signed up to austerity, ship with the EU before a referen- EU workers — a potential deal-breaker sovereignty, “fairness” and migration. neo-liberalism and US-led wars in dum by late 2017, for Cameron’s vow to cut immigration. The first two, involving elements such Europe’s atten- With the EU’s second-biggest econ- as promoting free trade and markets tell whether the Middle East. Blair’s pro-Israel tion is consumed omy again demonstrating its aloofness and increasing oversight by national the new Labour policies have been widely criticised by its migration from Europe’s troubles by exercising parliaments, are broadly in line with as well during his role as Middle crisis. its opt-out on a common asylum policy, Juncker’s plans. leader can help East peace envoy, a post he served But discreet senior officials across the continent cau- “Fairness”, a key objective for Osborne for eight years without success. It will be up EU-UK talks are tion London should not over-estimate and the Treasury, is about ensuring that now under way its leverage over them. an expanding and more closely inte- the party regain After the resignation of Ed to Council to define how and “Britain has no real friends in the EU,” grating euro zone cannot discriminate its glory with Miliband as leader of the Labour what to negotiate said one veteran insider of the kind of sum- legally against London’s financial indus- Party following its defeat in the chief Tusk, a to avoid a “Brexit” mit coming up before Christmas, where try while Britain insists on shunning the people-friendly 2015 general elections, Corbyn’s conservative that Cameron Cameron can expect the first real round- common currency. policies. name was nowhere in the says he does not table argument on his demands after six It is on migration, which Cameron favourites list before he became former prime want and which months touring capitals to outline his case. has made a centrepiece of his political would shake the Led by Cameron’s Europe adviser and argument with his own Eurosceptic the dark horse by defeating Andy minister of Union to its core. Britain’s ambassador to the EU, British Conservatives, that EU officials see the Burnham with a huge margin. Corbyn garnered 59.5 percent Amid specu- negotiators have been meeting key offi- greatest difficulty. of the first preference vote against Burnham’s 19 percent. But Poland, to craft lation he could cials since July at the European Council, British officials say the problem is not many of Labour’s senior figures, including Blair, have warned any deal that can call the vote as the forum of governments headed by with the principle of free movement of that Corbyn’s leadership will be catastrophic, keeping the party early as June to Donald Tusk, and in Juncker’s executive. labour but with the scale of immigration. out of office for years to come. secure political quell uproar in Both sides call the dialogue technical EU officials say Cameron has support in his own divided talks, not yet real negotiations. other rich states for efforts to curb “ben- A little-known MP who emerged as the leader of the buy-in from all EU Conservative “The purpose of the talks is to explore efit tourism” and note EU judges have opposition, Jeremy Corbyn has announced major policy party, time is the technical and legal options for deliv- delivered recent rulings that help his case. pledges that include scrapping of Britain’s nuclear weapons, leaders. short before he ering reforms,” a British diplomat said. A further difficulty for Cameron will rationalising some industries such as the railways and bringing must bargain on Others involved say the British have be to convince voters that any deal is the Palestinain resistance movement Hamas and Lebanon’s Shia detail with fel- explained their demands in broad legally watertight. He says that means low leaders at terms and EU officials, including the at least legally binding promises to militia Hezbollah to the Middle East peace talks table. His first an EU summit in mid-December. The head of the Council secretariat and its change EU treaties. speech after assuming the new post was at a rally in support of EU’s disarray on refugees is helping chief legal adviser, have responded with Other leaders are loath to commit to refugees. He is also preparing for an apology for the unjust Iraq Eurosceptics in tight opinion polls. detailed questions requiring further treaty change, saying the anti-EU mood war advocated by his predecessor Tony Blair. Only time will tell The prospect of Labour turning cool clarification. in much of Europe makes winning rati- whether the new Labour leader can help the party regain its on Europe and worries that ministers “The questions are friendly, but prob- fication referendums in some countries glory with people-friendly policies• like Osborne are slow to spell out what ing,” an official said, adding that time highly doubtful. Britain wants at the EU council table was pressing for London to offer more REUTERS

The other side Quote of Deepened SOE reforms can revitalise Chinese economy the day HE LONG-AWAITED blueprint By cultivating a number of key SOEs many SOEs are deemed to be less reforms in the late 1990s is any indica- for reforming and revitalizing with considerable innovation capabil- efficient than private enterprises and tion, it may be among the most effec- the State sector has been ity and international competitiveness, not robust enough to help counter the tive of all the support measures that released and it promises to Chinese policymakers aim to retool and economic slowdown. The latest plan the Chinese government has adopted Iran supports give T a huge boost to China’s battle revive the world’s second-largest econ- will introduce “mixed ownership” by to grapple with the ongoing economic against the downward pressure on its omy by giving entrepreneurs and mar- bringing in private investment, and the slowdown. Syria and the economy. More importantly, the latest ket forces a bigger role. Currently, the government expects “decisive results” Then, by drastically cutting down drive to deepen reform of State-owned central government manages more than by 2020. If they succeed, such reforms the number of State-owned enter- Syrian people. enterprises may, in the long run, prove 100 companies under the State-owned will improve the efficiency of SOEs by prises and raising their efficiency, the wrong those who believe that China’s Assets Supervision and Administration forcing them to embrace market com- Chinese government managed to It stands with growth miracle has run its course. On Commission, while local governments petition more aggressively and become render the loss-making State sector the Syrian Sunday, guidelines were jointly issued own and run many more companies. financially self-supporting. into the backbone supporting much of by the Communist Party of China’s These SOEs play a vital role in the At a time when the Chinese econ- the country’s double-digit growth. The state politically, Central Committee and the State national economy, and, in general, omy is expanding at its slowest pace economic challenges that China faces Council to reorganize and restructure they enjoy a dominant position in the in more than two decades, it is a brave now are no less severe than those of a economically and some SOEs so that they can be a long- market with easier access to credit move by the Chinese authorities. But if quarter of a century ago. Bashar Al Assad term pillar of the Chinese economy. and more policy support. However, the success of the last round of such CHINA DAILY militarily. Syrian President THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 ARAB VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Russian escalation, why now? Cultural engineering in the Arab world Cultural engineering is compatible with the concept of cultural management.

BY KHALID AL DAKHIL BY KHALID AL SAYED compatible with the concept of cultural management, but it is he Russian escalation in Syria was s part of my education more comprehensive. It is the art the result of three factors: First, in the field of cultural that produces cultural projects out the Russian leadership recognises Amanagement, when I was of an ordinary concept, to radiant Tthat the position of its ally President looking for the term “cultural projects that achieve cultural, eco- Bashar Al Assad has become increasingly Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir at a news engineering” in the Arab world, nomic and political success. critical over time. It is a fact that this presi- I did not find any information or However, there must be a conference after a meeting in Moscow. dent is constantly losing, even if he has a definition. comprehensive set of skills achieved some successes, which were mostly I did not find as well any imple- and tools according to which temporary. All this indicates that Russia has not virtue of a fait accompli that is not Syrian at mentation of its applications in a detailed cultural project is Second, passing of the nuclear deal with Iran changed its stance on Assad, not necessarily all. The Syrian president is like agencies of the institutions or bodies of any designed, since cultural engi- in the US Congress might tempt President adherent to the person, but rather an expres- foreign brands at home. He is a president by Arab-governmental organisation. neering is a viable way to create Barack Obama to harvest its political price on sion of the Russian position that the stale- virtue of Iranian, Russian, and Lebanese and There are also very few special- a new type of cultural thought Syrian territory, which is something that will mate in the crisis is an extension of the same Iraqi militias’ interests. ists in this area, while we actually that is based on engineering and be on Moscow’s account as much as it will be predicament of the Syrian president, its ally. Is he really in this case a president or a see this science being practiced administrative design with solid on Tehran’s. The Kremlin’s escalation in this Thus, the military escalation came after leader of the largest militia with major exter- in both Israel and Iran that have principles for forming successful case is a proactive step to enhance Al Assad’s Moscow failed to change the Saudi and nal support? It is no longer the Syrians who specialists and specialised bodies cultural ideas. capabilities and strengthen Russia’s position American stance on Assad’s permanence. are providing protection for their president, in this field. In Qatar, there are two cul- in preparation for such an eventuality. That is, it chose to exert pressure on the since he is under the protection of the Iranian When the Supreme Council of tural management projects that Third, the escalation came after the tri- Saudis and Americans over Syrian territory, Revolutionary Guard, the Shia militias and the Cultural Revolution in Iran may evolve into a broader con- lateral Doha meeting between the foreign instead of back-staging diplomatic negotia- Russian military. declares cultural strategies based cept, namely the cultural district ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United States tions. Why? The most amazing part of it all is that on cultural engineering, we need project “Katara,” and a part of and Russia to particularly discuss a solution Whatever the motives of the Russians, Bashar Al Assad put himself in this situa- to pause in order to understand “Mushaireb” project, which is still for Syria. when you consider their position with the tion, by first taking the decision to declare war and draw an Arab cultural strat- in progress. Here we must develop This escalation came after the Saudi foreign Iranians, it shows to what extent the future on his own people since the beginning of the egy based on clear foundations. other cultural projects based on minister’s visit to Moscow. Then, the Doha of Syria has been, long ago, out of control of uprising, and then by introducing terrorists Cultural engineering is an the cultural map. meeting took place after the Russian media- the Syrian president and his political and and bringing them into the scene being the approach for planning cultural The real problem lies in many tion between Riyadh and Damascus came to a security staff. best option to depend upon either to stay in development that takes into Arab countries executing most standstill, reaching its peak by Ali Mamlouk’s Since 1963, the Syrian president became power, or to retain his share in case division account the changing concepts cultural projects on the basis visit to Jeddah in July, being the first security president by virtue of a fait accompli imposed is the only option for Syria. of culture, and design practical of an instantaneous or seasonal man of the Assad regime. by force of arms and security agencies. He was For the first time in Syrian history, its army strategies to deal with the prob- idea, which is not only extremely This visit was not accounted for in the never a president by virtue of legitimacy and destroyed the country instead of protecting lems facing culture. expensive but also disappears at worst nightmares of the Syrian crisis. But it the constitution, regardless, Syrians accepted its borders, which became wide open to both In other words, cultural engi- the end of the event. seems that Saudi Arabia wanted to accept this fait accompli. allies and enemies. neering is the systems, processes, However, when we set cultural the Russian proposal and provide a conces- At the time, at least, the Syrian president Is there room after all this to question the alternatives and creative solutions goals, policies and plans, and draw sion of this size to Moscow to demonstrate was president by virtue of a Syrian de facto. Russian escalation under the vacuum that was to meet challenges to the develop- a cultural engineering map, we that it practically desires to find a solution But now, he turned into a bargaining chip in left by the US withdrawal and the Arabs’ disa- ment of cultural institutions. may reach an integrated cultural to the crisis. the hands of others. He became president by greement over Syria? Cultural engineering is project. Mr Friedman, you have twisted the truth! How could you ignore the League of the Righteous bandits, the Mahdi, Al Sadr, Badr, and Al Abbas armies, Ashtar and Al Quds Brigades and dozens of others from the Middle East where you are looking for those who stand behind “terrorism”? BY SAWSAN AL SHAER Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese, Yemeni Iranian nuclear agreement so r Thomas Friedman, the and Bahraini Arabs? Did you important that it can cloak the strategic errors com- drop them from your account just images of death, destruction and Mmitted by the Obama because they were killed by Shias? bodies burnt and left behind by administration on account of It is obvious that polishing Iran’s these Shia groups? American-Gulf relations in gen- terrorist image has become an When you talked about financ- eral, and American-Saudi rela- urgent requirement for you now! ing terrorist organisations and tions in particular, are far greater How could you ignore the those who stand behind them, you than anyone can ever imagine. League of the Righteous bandits, acknowledged that the Saudi oil Please do not worsen the situation the Mahdi, Al Sadr, Badr, and money that funded Sunni organi- by misleading us with your recent Al Abbas armies, Ashtar and sations, so to say, came from indi- article in the New York Times. You Al Quds Brigades and dozens oth- viduals and not the state budget? Supporters of Hezbollah wave the Lebanese flag along with the yellow Hezbollah flags during a televised speech have twisted the truth so much so ers from the Middle East where You didn’t take into account by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to mark the “Al Quds (Jerusalem) International Day” in Beirut. that we can no longer recognise it! you are looking for those who that the Saudi state is at war In your article Mr Friedman, stand behind “terrorism”? Is the with these people, locally and movies, about the role of the CIA operations. This is along with organisations to grow and stretch it was not poison in honey that internationally. in the establishment, funding other terrorist organisations in Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria? you mixed in order to praise It chases them everywhere and and training of (Sunni) organi- inside the camps that are scat- Was it not so with the help of US Iranian terrorists in the region there is a special reward for those sations since the eighties before tered along the beaches of the intelligence or at least by the indi- and put all the blame on Saudi who disclose their whereabouts. this plot bounced back. Would Mediterranean Sea and are pre- rect support it gave to them by Arabia, just a day before the Saudi Arabia also cooperates Mr Friedman deny the CIA’s paring to enter Sirte. On the overlooking their actions? visit of the Custodian of the Two internationally with the US in role in the training of the Afghan other hand, who covered up what The fingerprints are clear Holy Mosques King Salman bin the war on terror. mujahidin? happened in Bab Al Azizia and the wherever Al Qaeda, IS or any Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, to Would Mr On the other hand, how did you If you stop at the 9/11 tragedy, Green Square? other organisation described as Iran. You have forged history, Friedman deny forget Mr Friedman, to tell the you would have to go 20 years Who opened the gate for the Sunni comes into the spotlight. stated information out of con- American reader who was pro- back in time to know who fed terrorist organisations in Mosul Such organisations are hunted text and completely reversed the the CIA’s role viding funds to the Shia terrorist the beast. and Raqaa, which were supported down by the Saudi state that truth! in training the organisations, which are numer- The American support for by large numbers of combat is losing the valuable lives of When you mentioned Shia ter- Afghan mujahidin? ous, such as Hezbollah? Of course, these organisations has not been weapons that were seen with the its citizens in its fight against rorist organisations in the Middle it is the Iranian state which disrupted, but the fingerprints naked eye and filmed by Aljazeera terrorism. East, you could only remember If you stop at the openly and informally declares are clear at every site where television, as it also filmed the We do not need to wait for the Hezbollah? And according to you, 9/11 tragedy, you logistical support to these organi- these groups currently have taken speeches of their leader in the release of Wikileaks to know the the single crime that it commit- sations through operating forces ground, in an attempt to shape mosques? On the same day, your extent of the involvement of US ted was in Beirut in 1983, when would have to go on the ground. the New Middle East Project. satellites were conveniently dis- intelligence in supporting these 63 Americans were killed! back 20 years in However, you jumped out in Who paved the way for Al rupted in order not to transmit organisations. You have managed to ignore time to know who breach of the foundations of this Qaeda in Libya, for example, to the speeches. Mr Friedman, if you are really the dozens of Shia organisations profession’s ethics and code of cross under American forces’ Who paved the way, pun- concerned with the elimination of that run amok today despite the fed the beast. conduct when you twisted facts sight to reach Ras Lanuf and ished the authorities, ousted terrorism, all types of terrorism, fact that the death toll is in the over the major truth, which was Nofaliya, where they constituted the regimes, and removed the you should be direct and clear, so thousands. Is it because they are even embodied by Hollywood the centre for Al Qaeda guerrilla bushes to open the way for those as not to add insult to injury. THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Israel toughens Protesters and penalties for stone throwers police clash in JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “war” on stone-throwers yesterday with tougher penal- Lebanon capital ties and new rules for security forces on when to open fire, fol- lowing riots at a Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa compound. Anti-graft agitators rally outside parliament Netanyahu spoke of his plans to crack down on Palestinian pro- BEIRUT: Police in Beirut Fresh scuffles broke out in the testers who hurl rocks and fire- clashed with anti-corruption afternoon outside the environ- bombs as he visited the site of a demonstrators trying to break ment ministry, near where pro- car accident that killed a Jewish through barbed wire protecting testers have frequently rallied to man at the weekend. Lebanon’s parliament yester- demand an end to the garbage Police have said the accident day, making several arrests. crisis. The Red Cross said 20 may have been caused by stone- Inside parliament, representa- people were injured, with seven throwing, the latest in a number tives of the country’s political hospitalised. of such incidents in and around factions held a second round of “You Stink” appealed for people Jerusalem. talks aimed at resolving their dif- to gather for an open-ended sit-in “This stone is one too many,” ferences after failing to do so a at Riad Al Solh Square near par- Netanyahu said, according to his week ago. liament and the prime minister’s office. “We are declaring war on “You Stink”, a citizen’s group offices. those who throw stones and bot- that emerged in protest at rub- Their call came after the meet- tles, and rioters.” bish festering in the streets of the ing of politicians ended without The prime minister also held an capital, had called for yesterday’s any agreement — except to con- emergency meeting with security protest rally. vene again next Tuesday. officials on Tuesday night where “Down with the regime of The current political crisis he discussed minimum sentences thugs,” shouted angry demon- began in July when the Naameh for those who throw stones or strators, as some tried to break landfill closed, causing rubbish to petrol bombs as well as his plan through the barrier. pile up on Beirut’s roadsides, in Anti-riot policemen clash with Lebanese protesters near the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. to alter rules of engagement. Dozens of baton-wielding riot parking lots and in riverbeds. He also said authorities police clashed with the mostly “You Stink” emerged as a did not meet their demands. It blocs, which has caused months as a divided parliament has been planned to “massively increase young protesters, making at movement to demand a solution would involve turning over waste of political paralysis. unable to fill the post despite fines for minors and their fami- least 25 arrests, according to to the environmental problem, management to municipalities, One bloc is led by the Shia meeting more than two dozen lies” involved in such activity. He organisers. but rapidly broadened its target which would have 18 months movement Hezbollah, which is times. has not said how rules of engage- “Shame on you!” some shouted to include the entire political to prepare the necessary infra- allied with Syria and backed Boutros Harb, the telecom- ment could be altered. in response, while others mocked class, which it accuses of being structure, as well as temporarily by Iran. The other is headed by munications minister, said The statements, while mainly the “dialogue of political trash”. corrupt and inept. reopening Naameh and expand- Sunni former prime minister Wednesday’s “meeting was good”, referring to street protests and One activist, Wadih Al Asmar, Last week, the government ing two other landfill sites in the Saad Hariri, who is supported by but added that “we are still at the rioting, followed three days of said “they take Lebanese for fools. approved a plan to tackle the provinces. Saudi Arabia and the West. start (of the process); we still clashes between Palestinians and We have absolutely no confidence rubbish crisis, but campaign- Lebanon’s political system is The country has been without have not reached an agreement.” Israeli police at Jerusalem’s flash- in them.” ers said it was too vague and deeply divided between two main a president for more than a year, AFP point Al Aqsa mosque compound. Rioting erupted at the site sacred to both faiths as Jews cel- ebrated their new year between Sunday evening and Tuesday evening. Police carried out raids Turkish police over the three days to stop Palestinian resumes hunger strike Muslim youths who had bar- arrest 11 in ricaded themselves inside the mosque from harassing visiting crackdown on JERUSALEM: Palestinian prison hospital. The 31-year-old peace and security”. The Shin Bet circumvents the justice system Jews, according to the Israeli Mohammed Allan renewed lawyer, said to be a member of the did not say whether it intended or as a crutch to avoid trial. authorities. Protesters threw his hunger strike yesterday, militant group Islamic Jihad, had to ask that Allan’s detention be According to Israeli human stones, fireworks and other Gulen followers his lawyer said, after Israel threatened to resume his hunger extended beyond November 4. rights group B’Tselem, 370 objects, while security forces fired renewed his detention without strike if his detention without Khatib said they were “still Palestinians were being held in stun grenades. ISTANBUL: Turkish police trial following an improvement trial was reinstated. waiting to know why he was administrative detention at the Calm returned yesterday apart yesterday arrested 11 people, in his health and his release His lawyer Jamil Al Khatib arrested, if it is for new reasons end of June. from a brief scuffle between police including a senior business from hospital. confirmed that “He is currently or is related to his old administra- Three alleged Jewish extremists and members of the Waqf, the leader, as part of a crackdown Allan’s recent two-month hun- on hunger strike.” tive detention order”. are also currently in administra- Jordanian-run organisation that on followers of an influential ger strike brought him near death Allan’s father Abu Mutheer He added it was “likely” they tive detention following the July administers the site. US-based cleric accused of plot- and boosted tensions in the occu- Allan said that he had spoken to will again appeal to the High 31 firebombing of a Palestinian The complex in Jerusalem’s Old ting against President Recep pied West Bank. his son on Tuesday night and he Court against his detention order. home that killed an 18-month- City is the site of frequent clashes. Tayyip Erdogan, local media His detention without trial, believed he would be allowed to The measure under which Allan old boy and his mother and father. It is the third-holiest site in reported. scheduled to last until November transfer to a hospital in Nablus, is held, known as administrative Many Palestinians have staged Islam and home to the Dome of The arrests took place in the 4, was suspended by Israel’s High near where he is from. detention, allows imprisonment protest hunger strikes, though the Rock and Al Aqsa mosque. It central city of Kayseri, where Court on August 19 as he received “My son told me that he doesn’t without trial for six-month peri- few have continued as long as is also the holiest site in Judaism police raided a university that has medical treatment following his trust them (the Israelis) and if ods renewable indefinitely. Allan’s which began on June 18 which venerates it as the Temple been linked to Fethullah Gulen, hunger strike, which twice left they break their promise to him, Israeli officials say it is an essen- and ended on August 20. Mount. Jews are allowed to visit Dogan press agency reported. him in a coma. he will resume his hunger strike tial tool in preventing attacks and In July, Khader Adnan was the compound, but cannot pray Memduh Boydak, head of Police said Allan was arrested immediately,” he said. protecting sensitive intelligence released after a 56-day hunger there to avoid provoking tensions Boydak Holding, a conglomerate last morning at the hospital in Israel’s internal security serv- because it allows authorities to strike against his administrative with Muslim worshippers. with interests in real estate, fur- Ashkelon where he had been ice Shin Bet said that given the keep evidence secret. detention. Israel seized east Jerusalem, niture and the energy sector, was treated following an improvement improvement in Allan’s medical Human rights groups say Administrative detainees can where Al Aqsa is located, in among those detained, along with in his medical condition. condition and based on intel- international law allows for such appeal to the courts, but activ- the 1967 Six-Day War and later several other business people and Police spokeswoman Luba ligence, they had recommended detention under extreme cir- ists say the chances of having annexed it in a move never rec- academics, the agency said. Samri added in a statement that his rearrest as “his release would cumstances, but that Israel uses their detainment overturned are ognised by the international com- The investigation is looking he was transferred to the Ramla constitute a danger to the region’s it as a punitive measure that extremely slim. AFP munity. AFP into complaints over the way in which the foundation of Kayseri’s private Meliksah University acquired land next to the campus. Boydak is chairman of the foundation’s board of trustees. Wednesday’s raids was the lat- Egypt pledges est in a series of swoops on busi- nesses and media carried out under the auspices of a “terrorist transparent probe investigation” into Pennsylvania- based Gulen’s powerful Hizmet (Service) movement. Erdogan accuses his former ally into tourist killings of trying to topple him by direct- ing his followers in the Turkish CAIRO: Egypt yesterday “The Egyptian government has administration to launch a vast pledged a quick and “transpar- conveyed its deepest regrets at probe into government corruption ent” probe into the accidental the tragic incident and we have in 2013, which led to the resigna- killing of eight Mexican tourists agreed to wait until the investiga- tion of four ministers. by security forces, as Mexico’s tion is complete to know its find- Gulen, who left for the United foreign minister visited the ings,” she said. States in 1999 to escape charges of country seeking answers. The Mexicans have said their anti-secular activities by Turkey’s The incident on Sunday, in tour group came under aerial then government, denies the alle- which the tourists in the Western attack in what the Egyptian gations. Erdogan survived the Desert were hit by an air strike interior ministry described as a corruption scandal but has had after security forces mistook them botched operation against mili- Gulen and his followers in his for militants, has proven embar- tants in the Western Desert. Four sights ever since. rassing to Egypt which relies Egyptians were also killed. The police and judiciary have heavily on tourism revenues. The Egyptian government has Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi meeting with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu in Cairo been purged of thousands of Mexican Foreign Minister said guides took the tourists into yesterday. The minister arrived in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials over the killing of eight Mexican tourists alleged pro-Gulenist elements and Claudia Ruiz Massieu visited a restricted zone, an accusation by Egyptian forces three days ago. several people considered close to survivors Wednesday at a Cairo denied by a union representing the cleric have been arrested. hospital, later meeting Egyptian the guides. victims began to emerge from killed as security forces chased they veered two kilometres into Earlier this month, police President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi Sisi called Mexican President families and friends. jihadists who had abducted and the desert for lunch, he said. raided the offices of the Koza- and her counterpart Sameh Enrique Pena Nieto on Tuesday They reportedly included beheaded an Egyptian. The place they chose for their Ipek Media group, which is criti- Shoukry. to express his “most sincere con- 41-year-old musician Rafael Egyptian security forces regu- picnic was a regular tourist stop, cal of the president and close to Reading out a joint statement dolences” over the incident, the Bejarano Rangel, whose mother larly claim to have killed dozens Nahla said. Gulen. at a press conference with Ruiz Mexican leader’s office said in a was wounded in the strike, as of militants in air strikes, though “I don’t blame anyone but I ask Turkey’s main industry federa- Massieu, Shoukry said Egypt statement. well as former university profes- the tolls are difficult to independ- who is responsible for coordina- tion Tusiad, of which Boydak is a had committed “to carry out a “President Pena Nieto sor Luis Barajas Fernandez and ently verify. Hassan Al Nahla, tion, and why was it absent? board member, expressed “con- prompt, thorough and transpar- expressed his deep dismay and model agency head Queta Rojas. the head of Egypt’s tour guides “If the military is dealing with cern” in a statement yesterday ent investigation” into the deaths. sadness over the death of our A former lawmaker, Maria union, said the tourist group had terrorists, why were the authori- over his arrest, saying the alle- Ruiz Massieu, who had earlier citizens, as well as the pain and Elena Cruz Munoz, was also received all the required permits ties who issue permits not noti- gations against the businessman called for an exhaustive probe into outrage that these unprece- feared dead. and set off with a police escort fied? Why was the tourism created a “disturbing” climate in the incident, told reporters her dented events have caused within Egypt said the tourists entered from Cairo to the Bahariya oasis, ministry not notified so it could which to conduct business. government agreed to wait for the Mexican society,” the statement a restricted area in the Western roughly 350km away. coordinate with the tourism com- AFP results of the investigation. said. In Mexico, details of the Desert and were “mistakenly” About 80km from their hotel, panies?” AFP THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

US bolsters Hungarian police clash with migrants link to Europe’s Refugees open up new route into Croatia to get around Budapest barrier; Orban plans new fence centre against

RÖSZKE, Hungary: of words between EU capitals cybercrime Hungarian police clashed yes- by warning Europe was at risk terday with several hundred from what he called a “migrant THE HAGUE: Washington is migrants furious at being onslaught”. boosting its cooperation with blocked from crossing the bor- “The EU has found itself under Europol to fight cybercrime by der with Serbia, as desper- the onslaught of hundreds of posting an American official full ate refugees opened up a new thousands of migrants and has time to its headquarters in The route into Croatia to get round ceased to be a safe place,” the Hague, the US Attorney General Budapest’s razor-wire barrier. leftist leader told parliament, Loretta Lynch said yesterday. Authorities fired tear gas and insisting that “90 percent of these The new assignment by the deployed water cannon to quell people are economic migrants.” US Department of Justice “is a what they said was an “aggres- “We heard that Hungary was sign of the importance we attach sive” crowd of some 500 peo- closed so the police told us we to” organisations, such as the ple, as police helicopters buzzed should come this way,” Amadou, European police and prosecution overhead. 35, from Mauritania in west agencies, Europol and Eurojust, as Earlier yesterday, Croatia Africa, said as he walked towards well as the European Cybercrime granted free passage to migrants the Croatian frontier — which is Centre (EC3), Lynch said. desperate to find new ways to still peppered with minefields Although the posting will western Europe after Hungary from the Balkan wars of the 1990s be temporary at first, it will be sealed its frontier and EU states — from the Serbian border town assessed with a view to making tightened border controls over of Sid. it a permanent position. the unprecedented human influx. Hungary’s conservative Prime “As the world becomes increas- At dawn, a small group of Minister Viktor Orban is also ingly interconnected and as more women and children crossed corn- planning a new fence along the of our lives move online, our glo- fields into Croatia from Serbia, frontier with Romania, prompt- bal community is confronting a followed shortly afterwards by ing outrage from its southern host of evolving challenges and around 370 mostly Syrians and neighbour. emerging threats to our security, Afghans, according to a corre- But Budapest insisted the bar- our welfare and our way of life,” spondent at the scene. rier was working as it made its Lynch told a press conference Croatia said it was expecting first arrests under tough new here. another 4,000 people in coming laws which punish “illegal border- American officials have already days. crossing” with prison terms of up been working tightly with Pressure is building for a spe- to three years. Hungarian riot policemen use a water cannon against protesting migrants on the Serbian side of the border, near European counterparts, and in cial EU summit to come up with The controversial measures are Roszke, Hungary, yesterday. July collaborated to take down solutions to the continent’s worst part of Orban’s strategy to stem “the Darkode hacking forum — migration crisis since the Second the flow of migrants trudging up From the Alps to Istanbul, city of Edirne after police stopped Politically, though, the big an online underground market- World War, with the bloc bitterly through the western Balkans, thousands of other migrants around 1,000 refugees from cross- concern is for the future of the place where hackers convened to split and free movement across most headed to Germany and were caught in similar bottle- ing into Greece and Bulgaria. 20-year-old Schengen agreement, arrange the purchase, sale and borders — a pillar of the European Sweden. necks, with hundreds setting out And huge crowds were camped considered as important as the trade of malicious software, bot- project — in jeopardy. The result was plain to see in to walk to Germany from the out at Istanbul’s main bus station euro by many EU supporters. nets and other tools,” Lynch said. Croatian Prime Minister Zoran statistics released by Hungarian Austrian border city of Salzburg for a second night running, after By doing away with border Other successes include Milanovic — who has blasted police yesterday, with the number after trains north were suspended being refused tickets to Edirne. checks and reducing bureaucracy, “Operation Onymous” in November Hungary’s border fence as “unac- of people intercepted falling to as Berlin reintroduced border “They cannot stay here. Maybe it provides a powerful economic 2014 when with 15 other countries ceptable” — said all migrants just 367 from a record 9,380 the controls. we will allow them to stay two or stimulus and enhances a common the US helped bring down so-called could pass through the EU state, day before. Germany, Austria and Slovakia three days but then they have to European identity, they say. “dark market” websites. allowing them to push on towards The apparent success in have introduced identity checks leave,” Edirne governor Dursun Ali Berlin’s decision Wednesday to The joint operation succeeded Slovenia, Austria and Hungary’s deflecting the flow sparked on parts of their borders, and Sahin told Turkey’s NTV channel. extend greater passport controls in unmasking some 400 online fenceless southwestern frontier. fears in Serbia that it would be Poland and the Netherlands are Hungary’s hardline anti- to its border with France — the users and multiple servers “dis- “We are ready to accept and swamped by an unmanageable considering whether to follow migrant stance has been sharply Schengen zone’s other principal rupting the marketplace and direct those people, their reli- number of migrants. suit. criticised, with the UN refugee architect — seemed to deal it sending an unmistakable message gion and colour of skin is com- Speaking at the Horgos cross- The measures have caused tail- agency saying it could violate the another blow. German Chancellor that law enforcement worldwide pletely irrelevant, to where they ing, Serbia’s minister for refu- backs at road crossing points and 1951 Refugee Convention. Angela Merkel and her Austrian will not be deterred from action apparently wish to go — Germany gees, Aleksandar Vulin, called on stoked concern among German Romania, which is a member of counterpart Werner Faymann on against harmful online activity, no and Scandinavia,” Milanovic told Hungary to reopen the border “at road hauliers, who point to ris- the EU but not of the passport-free Tuesday called for a special EU matter how sprawling the crime lawmakers. least for women and children” as ing costs. Schengen zone, criticised Hungary’s summit next week to debate the nor how well-concealed,” Lynch But his Slovakian counterpart around 100 people waited in vain And hundreds more were planned border fence as “out of step crisis. said. Robert Fico added to the war to cross. stranded in the Turkish border with the spirit of Europe”. AFP AFP

Venezuela gestures could Raul Castro, Obama to cross paths at UN gathering HAVANA: Presidents Raul Minister Bruno Rodriguez told a after the 1959 revolution. Castro US economic sanctions to be decades of sanctions at $121bn, solve border Castro and Barack Obama, news conference. and Obama stunned the world lifted unilaterally as a prerequi- calling that “an exorbitant figure who are forging a new detente Castro would also listen to last December by announcing site for further normalisation of for a small economy.” between Cuba and the United a September 25 UN address detente following more than half relations. Cuba’s cause against the spat: Colombia States, are bound to cross paths by Pope Francis and address a a century of animosity between Although Obama has taken embargo is likely to receive a again at a UN gathering in New development summit, he added. the former Cold War foes. steps to ease trade and travel boost from the pope’s three- BOGOTA: Colombia’s President York this month but do not have “I imagine there will be interac- That led to the restoration of restrictions, only the US Congress night stay in Cuba beginning on Juan Manuel Santos said there a formal meeting set, Cuba said tions between the two presidents, diplomatic relations on July 20, can lift the full embargo and Saturday. Francis will travel from had been important gestures yesterday. but I cannot say that a meeting is after a 54-year break. that is not viewed as likely at the Cuba to the United States, where made from Venezuela that could Both leaders, who held a his- fixed,” Rodriguez said. The pair made further history moment. he will meet Obama and address help facilitate a meeting with its toric meeting at a regional sum- Castro, who took over from his by meeting in Panama in April. “Cuba appreciates and rec- Congress. President Nicolas Maduro in a mit in Panama in April, are to ailing brother Fidel Castro provi- Their first encounter was a brief ognizes US President Barack The Vatican has long opposed bid to end a dispute between the due to address the UN General sionally in 2006 and definitively in handshake at Nelson Mandela’s Obama’s proposals towards lift- the embargo and Francis helped two governments. Assembly on September 28. 2008, has made only one known funeral in December 2013. ing the blockade,” Rodriguez said. broker the rapprochement Maduro said later he was open “Obviously, they will coincide previous trip to the United States, Foreign minister Rodriguez He estimated the total dam- between the two countries. to a meeting, but added in a four- at various events,” Cuba’s Foreign briefly visiting Houston shortly reiterated Cuba’s demand for age to the Caribbean island from REUTERS hour televised broadcast that he had the sense his Colombian counterpart did not want to meet. The neighbouring countries have been at odds in the past weeks since Maduro’s govern- Muslim boy arrested for ment closed several major bor- der crossings and deported 1,400 Colombians as part of an alleged anti-contraband operation. taking clock to school As many as 18,000 Colombians have left Venezuela, many claim- CHICAGO: A Muslim teen Mohamed said. “’I would advise you ing they were beaten before wad- was led out of a Texas school not to show any other teachers.’” ing rivers and crossing bridges in handcuffs after bringing But the alarm went off during with their belongings on their a homemade digital clock to his English class, and that teacher backs. class his teachers thought was confiscated the clock. The school “I’ve been told there haven’t a bomb, prompting accusations called police and Mohamed was been any more abuses against our of Islamophobia and an online taken away in handcuffs, with countrymen in the last few days,” backlash yeserday. police saying they may charge him Santos said in Paraguachon, A photo of Ahmed Mohamed, with making a hoax bomb. northern La Guajira province, 14, standing in handcuffs while The aspiring inventor, who where he stretched his hand wearing a t-shirt with the US lives in Irving just outside Dallas, across the border to greet the space agency Nasa’s logo was said police would not let him call Venezuelan National Guard. retweeted thousands of times in his parents during interrogation. Maduro has allowed a so-called a matter of hours. Once released, he was suspended humanitarian corridor that per- Mohamed told The Dallas from school for three days. mits Colombian children living in Morning News that he was just try- Mohamed had an outpour- Venezuela to cross the border and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron stands at the despatch box as Jeremy Corbyn takes part in his first Prime ing to impress his teachers when ing of support online, including attend school in Colombia and per- Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons in Westminster, London, yesterday. he brought the clock to MacArthur on Twitter under the hashtag mitted the unification of families High school on Monday. #IStandWithAhmed. split by the border crisis, Santos said. “My hobby is to invent stuff,” The Council on American- “We have taken an important he said in a video posted on the Islamic Relations said the heavy- step that would allow a meeting Cameron, Corbyn spar politely paper’s website that was filmed in handed response is particularly with President Maduro,” said his electronics-filled bedroom. “I suspicious given the current polit- Santos, adding that the meeting LONDON: The new leader Kicking off with questions causes and an opponent of aus- made a clock. It was really easy. I ical climate in Irving. must be one in which decisions of Britain’s opposition Labour on unaffordable housing, men- terity, and the upper-class wanted to show something small Mayor Beth Van Duyne has are made and solutions found. “I Party, veteran leftist Jeremy tal health and welfare, Corbyn’s Conservative Cameron. at first... they took it wrong so I claimed that Muslims are plot- don’t want to meet for a photo.” Corbyn, confronted Prime low-key performance did little to “Many told me that they was arrested for a hoax bomb.” ting to impose Shariah law in A meeting between the two Minister David Cameron in ruffle Cameron, who gave detailed thought...parliament was out of Mohamed, who had loved America. “This all raises a red leaders could help dispel concerns parliament for the first time answers in an unusually muted touch and too theatrical, and that robotics club in middle school and flag for us: how Irving’s govern- by nearly half of Colombians who yesterday and said the house’s manner. they wanted things done differ- was hoping to find something sim- ment entities are operating in the fear the dispute could lead to war, raucous weekly question-and- The session had been eagerly ently,” Corbyn told a packed par- ilar in high school, said he didn’t current climate,” Alia Salem, who according to a poll by Cifrasy answer session should be less awaited, with some anticipating liament, where some lawmakers get the reaction he was looking directs the council’s North Texas Conceptos on Tuesday. theatrical and more about hear- a fierce duel between Corbyn, were forced to stand on the stairs. for from his engineering teacher. chapter, told the Morning News. REUTERS ing ordinary people’s voices. a bearded stalwart of left-wing REUTERS “He was like, ‘That’s really nice,’” AFP THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA Chinese reclamation in Japan protest disputed waters still on Satellite images show dredging in Spratly archipelago

WASHINGTON: China was carrying out land reclamation in contested waters of the South Japan protests gas extraction China Sea this month, more TOKYO: Japan said yesterday it had lodged a protest after than four weeks after saying it uncovering evidence that China has started extracting gas in a had stopped such activity, a US disputed area near their border in the East China Sea. expert said on Tuesday, citing Japan suspects China now has seven drilling rigs in operation recent satellite images. out of 16 it has positioned close to its de facto maritime border with The evidence of continued Japan, officials said. dredging in the Spratly archi- “It is extremely regrettable that the Chinese side... has unilater- pelago could complicate a visit ally gone ahead with the development while the border has not yet to the United States by Chinese been settled,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news President Xi Jinping next week, conference. when the US concerns about Japan and China agreed in June 2008 jointly to develop the under- China’s assertive pursuit of sea reserves in the disputed area, with a ban on individual drilling. territorial claims in Asia are “China needs to abandon its unique obsolete argument, that no expected to be high on the agenda. other countries adopt, that no international rulings have admitted Bonnie Glaser, of Washington’s — that its rights extend along the continental shelf” to near Japan’s Center for Strategic and southern Okinawa islet chain, a senior foreign ministry official said Demonstrators protest outside Japan’s parliament against controversial bills expected to be passed this week International Studies think on condition of anonymity. that will allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two. An estimated 13,000 people gathered tank, said images taken in early Japan says the median line between the two nations should mark September showed dredging activ- the limits of their respective EEZs. But China insists the border under drizzle in Tokyo demanding the bills be scrapped. ity at both Subi Reef and Mischief should be drawn closer to Japan, taking into account the continental Reef in the Spratlys. shelf and other features of the ocean. The dredgers at Subi could The rigs are on China’s side of the boundary, whichever measure be seen pumping sediment on is used. AFP to areas bordered by recently Pro-government Malaysia rally built sea walls and widening the channel for ships to enter waters territory. In this regard, China accommodate most Chinese mili- enclosed by the reef. possesses ample historical and tary aircraft. Glaser said China’s At Mischief Reef, a dredger was legal basis,” Wang said, using the apparent preparations to build raises ethnic tensions expanding a channel to enable eas- Chinese name for the Spratly similar airstrips on Subi and ier access for ships, possibly for use Islands. Mischief Reefs raised questions KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Shadowed by heavy security, the figures in both UMNO and the as a naval base, Glaser said. Glaser said China’s activity about whether it would challenge riot police yesterday fired water demonstrators also claimed that opposition. On August 5, Chinese Foreign appeared to be focused on con- freedom of navigation in the air cannon on ethnic Malay pro- long-held Malay dominance of the Racial harmony remains a top Minister Wang Yi said China had struction for military use. Images and sea in future. testers staging a pro-govern- country was being challenged by national concern following deadly halted land reclamation in the of Fiery Cross Reef showed a com- “The persistence of dredg- ment rally in the capital Kuala the Chinese. sectarian riots in 1969 that are sea. Speaking in Beijing yesterday, pleted and freshly painted 3,000- ing, along with construction and Lumpur that has raised racial Large numbers of people were still regularly cited as a caution- Wang did not address the issue of metre runway, helipads, a radar militarisation on China’s artifi- tensions in the multi-ethnic bussed in by rally organisers from ary tale. whether reclamation had ended or dome, a surveillance tower and cial islands, underscore Beijing’s country. the ruling United Malays National The demonstration was staged was going on, but said “necessary” possible satellite communication unwillingness to exercise self- Police briefly sprayed dem- Organisation (UMNO) from the in response to much larger street construction work was to improve facilities, she said. restraint and look for diplomatic onstrators who were chanting party’s rural strongholds. rallies last month that called for conditions on the islands. Security experts say a 3,000- paths to reduce tensions,” she said. slogans denouncing Malaysia’s Many Kuala Lumpur businesses Najib’s resignation and reform “The Nansha islands are China’s metre strip would be able to REUTERS Chinese minority and demand- run by Chinese — who make up of a government whose critics ing access to a tourist street lined about a quarter of Malaysia’s accuse it of repression, corrup- with ethnic Chinese-run busi- population — were shuttered for tion and electoral chicanery to nesses, witnesses said. the day out of fear of disturbances, stay in power. Congo coalition expels dissidents At least several thousand including the area where water The demonstration, which members of the Muslim eth- cannon was fired. seemed otherwise peaceful, was KINSHASA: Seven senior political figures were kicked out of Thai junta says nic Malay majority marched A heavy security presence one of the clearest public dis- Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruling coalition yesterday for through the heart of the capi- involving hundreds of police and plays yet of what many Malaysian signing a letter urging President Joseph Kabila not to cling to polls unlikely tal to declare support for Prime riot personnel were deployed moderates warn is a worrying power after his term expires next year, government officials said. Minister Najib Razak, a Malay throughout the capital. trend toward racial and religious One, the planning minister, was also sacked from his post later in by June 2017 who is facing calls to step The rally has been criticised intolerance among Malays. the day by presidential ordonnance, as was another long-time ally down over a financial scandal. as racially provocative by leading AFP of Kabila whose party signed the letter. BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta yesterday said elections were Bolivian carrying cocaine charged unlikely to take place before June 2017, in the latest delay to BANGKOK: Thai authorities said yesterday a Bolivian had the restoration of democracy been charged with drug trafficking after more than five kilo- since the military seized power. Nigeria mulls amnesty for Boko grams of cocaine was found hidden in his luggage at Bangkok’s The kingdom’s generals had ini- main airport. Jose Alberto Martinez Soto, 45, was arrested at tially promised to return power Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday afternoon when authorities to civilians within 18 months of discovered the 5.2 kg haul, with a street value of 20.8m baht their May 2014 putsch as they Haram prisoners to free girls (nearly $580,000), on his arrival from Sao Paulo via Dubai. set about rewriting the country’s constitution. PARIS: President Muhammadu whether we can negotiate with nothing has been heard of the 219 Australia brings ‘no jab, no pay’ law That date was pushed back Buhari said yesterday that them for the release of the Chibok others since May last year. to early 2016 and then scup- Nigerian authorities were talk- girls,” Buhari said in an interview Boko Haram leader Abubakar SYDNEY: Australia yesterday introduced a “no jab, no pay” law pered entirely earlier this month ing to Boko Haram prisoners in Paris during a three-day visit Shekau has since said they have which would block parents who refuse to vaccinate their chil- when a military-appointed coun- in their custody and could offer to France. all converted to Islam and been dren from accessing some government benefits. The legislation cil rejected the junta’s own draft them amnesty if the extremist “If the Boko Haram leader- “married off”. was prompted by concern about the anti-vaccination movement constitution. group hands over more than 200 ship eventually agrees to turn In August, Buhari gave a brand amid recent outbreaks of preventable diseases — such as measles At a briefing for foreign dip- schoolgirls abducted last year. over the Chibok girls to us — the new set of military chiefs a three- in Europe and parts of the United States. There have also been lomats yesterday, Deputy Prime The Nigerian leader added that complete number — then we may month deadline to end the insur- localised outbreaks of whooping cough and measles in Australia. Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said he was confident “conventional” decide to give them (the prisoners) gency. He said yesterday he was the process of drafting a new con- attacks by the group would be amnesty.” confident this deadline would be No new executions in Indonesia stitution was expected to take 20 rooted out by November — but Boko Haram fighters stormed respected — but only on Boko months. “Hopefully in June 2017 cautioned that deadly suicide a school in the northeastern Haram’s “conventional” assaults JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have still not made plans for we will have the general election. attacks, some of them waged by Nigerian town of Chibok on April and not necessarily on the random a new round of executions, an official said yesterday, almost three And not long, one month after children, were likely to continue. 14 last year, seizing 276 girls who suicide attacks that have killed months after a French drug convict on death row lost an appeal. that, we will have the new elected “The few (prisoners) we are were preparing for end-of-year hundreds since he took office. The execution in April of two Australians, a Brazilian and four government,” he said. AFP holding, we are trying to see exams. Fifty-seven escaped, but AFP Nigerians for drug offences sparked international anger but President Joko Widodo publicly refused to back down, insisting that traffickers must face harsh punishment. Speculation had been mounting that Frenchman Serge Atlaoui would be next to face the firing squad after losing a court appeal against his death sentence in June. Philippines shifts Powerful quake strikes Indonesia voting machine JAKARTA: A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia yesterday, US seismologists said, but no tsu- production due nami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at a depth of 52km under the Molucca Sea at about 3.40pm, between the islands of to sabotage fears Sulawesi and Halmahera, the US Geological Survey said. MANILA: The Philippines said The quake was felt strongly on Halmahera, which is part of the yesterday it had shifted produc- Maluku Island chain. tion of voting machines for the 2016 presidential election from China to Mali militias withdraw from Anefis Taiwan due to fears that Beijing might “sabotage” the vote. DAKAR: Mali’s pro-government militias have withdrawn from Christian Lim, an official at the gov- the flashpoint town of Anefis, but are pushing northwards to ernment poll watchdog Commission another settlement, the United Nations mission (MINUSMA) on Elections, said the agency had said on Tuesday. The departure of the Platform coalition from moved the production site to avoid Anefis comes after weeks of pressure from Western donors, the risk of China interfering with the MINUSMA and even from the Malian government following a May 9, 2016 vote, or deliberately fail- series of clashes there last month that killed at least 20 people. ing to deliver the machines. “We want to emphasise that the Thai king recovering after infection move to Taiwan was a product of the contract negotiations because we BANGKOK: Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s have received intelligence reports that longest-reigning monarch, is recovering in hospital after treat- there may be an attempt to sabotage ment for a blood infection and lung inflammation, the palace said the elections by China,” Lim said. yesterday. The 87-year-old King Bhumibol was suffering at the A spokeswoman at the Chinese weekend from a blood infection and lung inflammation. His fever Philippine Senator Grace Poe waves at her supporters during a rally at the University of the Philippines in embassy in Manila said, “The so- has subsided, blood oxygen levels had returned to normal and an Quezon City, Manila, yesterday. The first-term senator announced she was running for the Philippine presidency called ‘attempt by China’ to ‘sabo- X-ray had shown his lung inflammation had been lowered sub- in next year’s elections. The 47-year-old former pre-school teacher in the United States is the only woman so tage’ the 2016 elections is totally stantially, the palace said. AGENCIES far and the third candidate to declare a desire to succeed President Benigno Aquino. groundless and a sheer fabrication.” AFP THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Parties seek suspension Lanka PM meets president of PM’s radio address Poll panel says it has to examine the issue

NEW DELHI: The Congress, “The prime minister is a habit- Commission said that it has not JD-U and the RJD yester- ual speech maker who doesn’t yet decided on the complaint by day approached the Election even miss the opportunity to the Congress, JD-U and RJD. Commission to seek suspension attack opposition parties from “The commission has not yet of Prime Minister Narendra foreign soil. It’s obvious that he decided anything. As and when Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio may use the platform of ‘Mann the commission takes any deci- address to the nation till the Ki Baat’ and not desist from sion, it will be uploaded on its assembly elections in Bihar are speaking on something political,” website,” a senior poll panel offi- over. Tyagi said, terming it “misuse of cial said. The Bharatiya Janata Party government machinery and not On a similar complaint ahead dismissed the demand, while the permissible”. of the Maharashtra and Haryana poll panel said it was examining Jha said that one cannot be assembly polls, the EC, after the matter. given the freedom to misuse gov- going through the content of “We have submitted a petition ernment machinery. the programme, had said that it to the Election Commission of “We believe in the good judge- did not violate the model code of India (EC) seeking suspension ment of the Election Commission. conduct. of Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ pro- They will listen to us and will take Modi’s next ‘Mann Ki Baat’ is gramme till November 8, when action appropriately,” he said. slated for September 20 — the elections get over in Bihar, since The BJP said that it only showed 12th edition of the prime minister President Pranab Mukherjee (left) gestures towards Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (centre) it would be violative of the model the opposition’s “frustration”. sharing his thoughts on different and his wife Maithree Wickremesinghe ahead of a meeting in New Delhi yesterday. The Sri Lankan prime code of conduct,” Congress chief “It shows the frustration of issues. The first edition was aired spokesperson Randeep Singh Congress. Earlier they used to say on October 3 last year. minister is on an official visit to India. Surjewala said after submitting no one hears what prime minister As per the rules, when the a memorandum to the poll panel. says in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ and model code of conduct is in force, “By using government machin- now they are worried. broadcast on Doordarshan or All ery like All India Radio and “The issue which Congress has India Radio by political parties Doordarshan, Prime Minister raised is totally irrelevant today. can only be done as per the slots Centre bans NSCN-K for five years Narendra Modi is trying to mis- It’s an effort by them to keep alive allotted to them through a draw use his office,” he added. their relevance as people of the of lots by Prasar Bharti in consul- NEW DELHI: More than August 3 and a ceasefire agree- of violent attacks on the Indian The delegation comprised country have rejected them. This tation with the EC. four months after the National ment with the newly formed armed forces from their bases in Janata Dal-United leaders K programme is a non political and The five-phase Bihar polls begin Socialist Council of Nagaland Reformation faction under Myanmar. C Tyagi and Pawan Varma, inspires people to work on societal on October 12 and conclude on (Khaplang) NSCN-K carried Wangtin Naga on April 27. Apart from the March attacks, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader issues,” BJP spokesperson Nalin November 5. Counting will take out an ambush in Manipur that After the NSCN-IM entered it carried out two improvised Manoj Jha and senior Congress Kohli said. place on November 8. left 18 security personnel dead, into a ceasefire agreement with explosive device (IED) explosions leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Meanwhile, the Election IANS the Centre yesterday declared the Indian government in 1997, on April 15 and 16 at Lerie Colony, the outfit as an unlawful organi- NSCN-K led by Shangwang near CRPF Camp on the National sation for a period of five years. Shangyungi Khaplang followed Highway 29 in Kohima district of "The government yesterday suit in 2001. Nagaland. decided to declare NSCN-K as At the alleged instigation of "Ambush of a party of secu- an unlawful organisation for a United Liberation Front of Asom- rity force personnel at village Delhi rejects new Uber licence bid period of five years, under the Independent (ULFA-I) leader Changlang Shu, under Tobu Unlawful Activities (Prevention), Paresh Baruah, the NSCN-K car- police station of district Mon (in Act 1967," the home ministry said ried out a shootout in Nagaland's Nagaland), killing eight security NEW DELHI: Authorities a radio taxi company with offices the reasons why we have refused in a statement. Kohima on March 26 and a bomb forces personnel," the home min- have rejected for a second time and call centres. But Delhi’s dep- them a licence.” "The decision was taken con- blast in Wokha on March 27. istry statement cited as another Uber’s request to operate in uty commissioner of transport, S Authorities in June rejected sidering the continued hostil- Following this, two close aides reason. India’s capital, the latest blow for Roy Biswas, said Uber failed to Uber’s previous application, partly ity and violence on part of the of Khaplang, Wangtin Naga The final straw was an ambush the taxi firm seeking to expand, comply with requirements for a for failing to halt its operations NSCN-K against the Indian secu- and P Tikhaka, who had come the NSCN-K carried out on June an official said yesterday. licence, including a GPS system to in the city. Uber set up its India rity personnel, from their bases in to Dimapur for peace negotia- 4 in Chandel district of Manipur, The US-based ride-hailing track its taxis and police verified operation in September 2013, and Myanmar," it added. tions with the Indian authorities, that left 18 security personnel company and its Indian rival Ola badges for its drivers. now operates in nearly a dozen The NSCN-K abrogated a expressed surprise at the cease- dead. cabs were banned from operat- Uber was also flouting the ban, Indian cities. ceasefire entered into with the fire abrogation by their group and The home ministry's statement ing in December after one of the with its cabs still plying the city Following the rape scandal, the Indian government in 2001 with a formed another faction called the on Wednesday comes a week after American company’s drivers was while awaiting licence approval, company was accused of failing series of incidents beginning from NSCN-Reformation and entered the National Investigation Agency charged with raping a passenger. Biswas said. to conduct adequate background March 2015. into a ceasefire agreement with declared `700,000 and `100,000 Uber, which connects passen- “We asked Uber representa- checks, after it emerged that The ban comes after the cen- the Centre. rewards for the arrest of S S gers to drivers through smart- tives to appear before us twice, the driver had been accused of tral government signed a frame- According to yesterday's Khaplang and another NSCN-K phone apps, subsequently applied but they did not turn up,” he assaulting women. work peace agreement with the home ministry statement, the militant, Niki Sumi. for a formal licence to operate as said. “We have listed down all AFP NSCN's Isak-Muivah faction on NSCN-K has carried out a series IANS

Two more Indians abducted in Libya

NEW DELHI: Two more Indians have been abducted in Sirte in Activist held for murder of leftist leader Libya, which has been overrun by the Islamic State terror group. Two other Indians, abducted last month, remain in captivity. KOLHAPUR: A member of a police custody till September 23. Shinde, dismissed the allegations accused the police of “scheming to External affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in a right-wing group was arrested Pansare was attacked on against the organisation, but implicate Gaikwad” and said the statement that the two Indians, Pravash Ranjan Samal from Odisha from Sangli town in connec- February 16 in Kolhapur when he admitted that Gaikwad and his investigators have gone through and Ramamurthy Kosanam of Andhra Pradesh, "have apparently tion with the February 20 kill- was shot at from a close range. family members are “very good two crore call data records and been taken from Ibn-e-Sina in Sirte, where they had been working, ing of senior Communist leader Pansare, 81, died of bullet inju- and active workers” of the right- searched only his number under and detained". Govind Pansare, a top police ries four days later. His wife Uma, wing group. pressure from the anti-elements. officer said here yesterday. who was also shot and seriously “Gaikwad had gone to Sangli After the joint action by the mission The suspect, Samir V Gaikwad, injured, survived the attack. for the Ganeshotsav celebrations Kolhapur and Sangli police, Nod for rural development 32, is a full-time activist with the Additional Director General and he was nabbed by the police. Gaikwad, who runs a mobile NEW DELHI: In an ambitious bid to transform rural areas Sanatan Sanstha Hindu organisa- of Police (CID), Pune, Sanjay In the past as well, I have been phones repair business in Sangli, into economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces, the tion since 1998. Kumar told media persons here arrested and put in jail... Such was nabbed from a place in Sangli. union cabinet yesterday approved the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Charged, among others, that the suspect could be “directly allegations are nothing new for He said that Gaikwad has been Rurban Mission with an outlay of `51.42bn. with murder and under the or indirectly connected” with the us,” Shinde said. under observation for quite some “The state governments would identify the clusters in accordance Arms Act, he was presented Pansare killing. Lashing out at the police action, time and he was nabbed on the with the framework for implementation prepared by the ministry of before a Kolhapur court and However, a spokesperson for Managing Trustee of Sanatan basis of telephone call records. rural development,” Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar was remanded to one week's the Sanatan Sanstha, Sandeep Sanstha, Virendra Marathe IANS Prasad said after a cabinet meeting. The clusters would be developed by provisioning of economic activities, developing skills and local entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure amenities. More Dengue deaths Discontinuation of stamps slammed Kashmir shuts NEW DELHI: The Congress yesterday protested the decision to discontinue two postal stamps on former prime ministers and down over party leaders Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, but the NDA gov- ernment stood firm, saying it wanted to expand the list of leaders killing of youth to be so honoured. Congress leader Anand Sharma said the decision reflected “a very SRINAGAR: Kashmir largely narrow mindset of this government”. “It is an insult to history. We shut down yesterday after sep- condemn the approach and attitude of this government towards the aratists called a strike in pro- Gandhis, who have sacrificed a lot for the nation,” he said. test at the killing of three men whose bullet-riddled bodies were discovered in an orchard Filing of nomination papers begins two days earlier. PATNA: The filing of nomination papers for the first phase of Police say the deceased were Bihar assembly polls, slated to be held on October 12, began yes- local militants who were killed due terday, an official said. In the first phase, elections will be held in to rivalry between different rebel 49 of the 243 assembly constituencies. factions in the conflict-stricken “The process for the five-phase assembly elections in Bihar has region, but separatist leaders say begun,” Additional Chief Electoral Officer R Lakshamanan said here. they died in police custody. The last date for filing nominations for this phase is September Shops and schools were closed 23. While the scrutiny of papers will be held on September 24, can- and university exams cancelled as didates can withdraw their nominations till September 26. workers went on strike yesterday, while hundreds of police and para- military troops patrolled the main Man held for raping four-year-old city of Srinagar. JAIPUR: A 38-year-old man has been arrested for raping a Separatist leaders were four-year-old girl and dumping her in a serious condition behind detained by police or confined some bushes in Rajasthan’s Sikar city, police said yesterday. to their homes to prevent them Police said Pawan Kumar Vishnoi used to work as a waiter in a Patients diagnosed with or suspected of having dengue receive treatment at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital from leading demonstrations. Last Sikar hotel. After CCTV footage of the alleged rapist was released in New Delhi yesterday. Dengue claimed the lives of three more people in the national capital, taking the toll to Monday villagers discovered the by police, he ran away from the city to Nokha in Bikaner district. 16. Delhi's civic bodies said the total number of reported cases of dengue fever have reached 1,872, up from bodies of the three men in their “He was brought from Nokha in Bikaner district, interrogated and a similar number for the whole of 2010. early twenties with multiple bullet later arrested,” Inspector General of Police D C Jain said. IANS wounds. IANS THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com FEATURES is the internet hurting proper english? lol, no

By Caitlin Dewey It Once Was. (In fact, there’s a ton this sense, heavy social media should hearten the parents and customize their self-presentation texts with their pals, but — with of moral panic over the issue: just users have an especially nuanced language-defenders of the world. accordingly.” very minimal instruction! — they friend who teaches try Googling the phrase “death of understanding of language, since First off, people who grew up This isn’t an entirely novel learn not to do that in formal middle school English English.”) But as my friend would they maintain multiple linguistic speaking in abbreviations and finding, we must note: For sev- e-mails. starts the school year gladly tell you, her students have systems.” acronyms do know “proper” eral years, some educators and And yet, fear around this issue Awith a lesson on how learned very quickly that there’s a To come to this conclusion, English, which is by no means researchers have pushed back persists, particularly in the con- to email properly. You’d think time for emoji, and there’s a time Eisenstein and his team analyzed dead. Second, their use of non- against the English-is-dying text of education. A 2013 Pew kids born in the same year as for line breaks. a body of 114 million geotagged proper English is an identity alarmists, arguing that Internet report found, for instance, that Facebook would know this stuff, In fact, as a study out of Georgia tweets, looking for patterns in the choice, frequently tied to their slang is just a more visible form of 40 percent of teachers think that but my friend says they overlook Tech confirmed last week, today’s use of regional and Internet slang. geographic location. (In this study, “style-shifting” or “code-switch- social media has hurt their stu- certain technicalities. digital natives essentially speak They found that, by and large, people tweeting to other users in ing,” a well-documented linguistic dents’ writing. They don’t start with a greet- two languages — Internet and people forego “proper English” their city often used slang more.) phenomenon. In reality, studies like this one ing, for instance. They sprinkle proper English — and they’re when they’re tweeting to a lim- Third, they know when it is or is When someone code-switches, suggest that the opposite may be their writing with emoticons and very, very savvy about when to ited audience. (For instance, when not appropriate to bust out that he alternates between multiple true: Social media may actually textspeak. And she has to coach use each. they’re @-replying a friend.) But slang — which is actually a pretty languages or language styles, produce writers and speakers who them specifically on the use of the “This research shows that for when people tweet to a larger sophisticated linguistic choice. depending on his audience: A have a more nuanced understand- “enter” key: They don’t put line many people ... non-standard group, as on a hashtag, or send “These findings suggest that bilingual speaker might call his ing of language and identity than breaks in their emails, because English is not a question of ability, a tweet that they know could be users of social media are attuned mom in Spanish, for instance, but non-users do. they don’t do it in texts or tweets. but of reserving standard English seen by more people, they tend to to both the nature of their use English with his co-workers (Eisenstein’s paper was recently Hearing lesson plans like for the right social situations,” use more standard language. audience and the social mean- in the office. Likewise, the stu- published in the journal American this one, you might assume the Jacob Eisenstein, the paper’s lead This suggests a couple sociolin- ing of lexical variation,” the dents in my friend’s English class Speech.) Internet is wrecking English As author, said in a statement. “In guistic possibilities, all of which paper concludes, “and that they lol and smh their way through WP-BLOOMBERG Diabetic women New Dim Sum at greater risk of heart attack menu at Chi’Zen iabetic women are at 34 per- cent higher risk of heart attack hi‘Zen at the Oryx Rotana steamed platter and much more. Dand other related complications Doha has unveiled a new Dim There are also options of deep-fried than diabetic men as they age, research- CSum menu for the month of and pan-fried treats such as Crispy ers have warned. “With respect to acute September. 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ith New York fashion week at the half-way Long and Loose Sea Breeze point, here are the eight hottest trends The extra-long, loose and fluid look is back. Fewer There is a soft sea breeze blowing at fashion Won the catwalk for spring/summer 2016 jackets are cinched at the waist. Outerwear, pants week. Altuzarra revisited his Basque roots with so far: and dresses fall beautifully to the ankle or heel. See espadrilles, linen and the crumpled look -- almost Public School, Diane Von Furstenberg and Thakoon. as if clothes had just been pulled out of a beach Bare Shoulders bag. The woman of 2016 dares to bare -- just enough, Au Naturel Victoria Beckham used urban surf as her inspira- not too much. Sleeves may be back with a vengeance, The woman of spring/summer 2016 is a natural tion, Rosie Assoulin showed a long-strapped green but shoulders are bare. beauty, with discreet, barely there makeup that bikini layered over a printed blouse and Caribbean For an asymmetrical look, see up-and-coming focuses on radiant, well-hydrated skin, such as at island life inspired Tommy Hilfiger. designer Rosie Assoulin, or French-American house Alexander Wang and Thakoon. Altuzarra. For structured suits and dresses, see There was little or no mascara at Derek Lam. Statement Earrings Givenchy, Tome, Lacoste, Prabal Gurung and Victoria Eyebrows were enhanced at Prabal Gurung and This season’s statement accessories are oversized Beckham. Alexander Wang. Lips were kept bright red at Jason earrings on show at Jeremy Scott, Banana Republic, Wu and Victoria Beckham, while Givenchy hid faces Rosie Assoulin and Alexander Wang. Ruffling Feathers in jeweled masks. New York designers are embellishing everything Diane von Furstenberg was the exception, opting Orange Is The New Black with ruffles this season, transforming a lean, sim- for a disco look with heavy mascara, blush and eye Orange was everywhere, as at Jeremy Scott. And ple silhouette into something light, floaty and very shadow. Prabal Gurung made much of his Nepal-inspired feminine. collection, which was a meditation on orange and Michelle Obama favorite Jason Wu and Los Angeles Loose and Wavy Tresses yellow. based BCBG Max Azria were masters of the ruffle. Free flowing to accentuate the natural look, hair But black and white never goes out of fashion, and Fringing was prominent at Prabal Gurung, Jason fell to the shoulders, wavy at Victoria Beckham, was prominent at Givenchy, Victoria Beckham and Wu and Dion Lee. Givenchy made lace the center- Tadashi Shoji, DVF, Betsey Johnson or sometimes a Alexander Wang. piece of its New York ready-to-wear debut. wet look such as at Thakoon, Derek Lam and Tome. AFP

A model poses at the Blue Les Copains Presentation during Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week at The Standard Hotel on Tuesday in New York City. THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 PAKISTAN / ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Nepal’s new constitution UN for special passed by parliament Sri Lanka war KATHMANDU: Nepal’s par- liament passed a new national constitution yesterday, weeks crimes court after political leaders reached a historic agreement to cre- ate a federal state following an Report details abuses during war earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people. GENEVA: Sri Lankan state to deliver justice after the UN A loud cheer went up in forces and Tamil Tiger rebels report was issued, but the Foreign the House as Speaker Subash “most likely” committed war Ministry statement stopped short Nembang announced that the crimes including mass killings of directly addressing the UN’s long-delayed bill had been passed, of civilians during their conflict proposal to set up a special court. with 507 of the 598 lawmakers that should be prosecuted by a Last Monday it said it was set- voting in favour. special court with international ting up a South Africa-style truth The marathon vote, which judges, the United Nations and reconciliation commission to began last Sunday and continued said yesterday. Despite pledges look into atrocities. late till yesterday night, follows by the new government of The UN report, delayed from violent protests that have killed President Maithripala Sirisena March to give the new govern- more than 40 people and shut to prosecute perpetrators, the ment time to address concerns, down large swathes of the south. criminal justice system was not found “patterns of grave viola- The new charter will replace up to the huge task alone, said tions” between 2002 and 2011. an interim constitution in place Afghan security forces stand guard at the main gate of the Paghman district compound after a suicide bomb the long-delayed report by the It said Sri Lanka should set up since the end of a decade-long attack in Kabul yesterday. A Taliban suicide car bomber killed four people and injured 41 in the attack on the UN human rights office. a “hybrid special court integrating civil war that led to the abolition outskirts of the Afghan capital. It called on Colombo to remove international judges, prosecutors, of the Hindu monarchy, and is from office military and security lawyers and investigators” to try due to come into force on Sunday personnel and any other officials war crimes and crimes against evening. “where there are reasonable humanity allegedly committed It will divide the Himalayan grounds to believe that they were by both sides. nation of 28 million people into Leadership dispute over: Taliban involved in human rights viola- Broader measures were seven federal provinces, a move tions” in the 26-year war that required on the Indian Ocean aimed at devolving power from PESHAWAR: The Afghan Both Mansour and his oppo- be chosen from Omar's fam- ended in 2009. island, including reparations to the centre, but which critics say Taliban yesterday said that nents had sought the backing ily — and ruling by consensus. The report named no suspects, victims and “fundamental reforms will not do enough to empower a dispute undermining the of Omar's family in order to "Mullah Mansour accepted all saying it was a “human rights of the security sector and justice historically marginalised groups. movement had been resolved, strengthen their claims to the these demands," the aide said, ask- investigation, not a criminal system”. They include the Madhesi and after relatives of the militant leadership. Omar's family will ing not to be named. investigation” and that individual Government security forces Tharu ethnic minorities, who group's late leader, Mullah be protected from any threats, The Taliban's official spokes- prosecutions should be left for the were implicated in “unlawful kill- mainly inhabit the country’s Omar, pledged support for his a Taliban commander close to man, representing Mansour, con- new court. ings carried out in a widespread southern plains and who claim appointed successor Mullah Mansour said. firmed that the changes would be “We hope ... that the secu- manner against civilians” includ- that the new internal borders will Mansour. Mansour will also reach out implemented. rity services will understand ing ethnic minority Tamil politi- leave them underrepresented. As part of the deal, Mansour's to senior Afghan Taliban who "Mullah Mansour and his asso- there must be a sort of reckon- cians, aid workers and journalists, Political leaders counter that faction say they will protect opposed him or had doubts over ciates promised them that only the ing with the past and there must it said. They allegedly executed no deal would have pleased every- Omar's family from any retalia- his appointment, the Taliban Shura (leadership council) would be accountability,” UN High LTTE (Tamil Tiger) cadres on one, and point to the urgency of tion by Mansour's rivals. member added. Many important have the power to make deci- Commissioner for Human Rights May 18, 2009, “some of whom ending the long stand-off over the Many important Taliban figures Taliban figures, including those in sions, rather than individuals," the Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein said. The were known to have surrendered”. constitution so that the country still oppose Mansour. Yet the deal the political office in Qatar, have spokesman said. inquiry documented “the years of The report said the security can start rebuilding. reinforces his leadership, making yet to publicly endorse him. The Taliban website, which is denials and cover-ups, forces used torture and rape, Work on a new constitution it more likely that the Taliban A close aide to Omar's son con- controlled by Mullah Mansour's the failure to carry out prompt especially when former LTTE began in 2008, two years after can avoid rupturing at a time firmed an agreement had been cel- supporters, quoted Omar's investigations, stalled investiga- members and civilians were the end of a civil war between when Islamic State is seeking to ebrated at a secret ceremony after younger brother, Mullah Abdul tions and reprisals against the detained after fighting ended. state forces and Maoist guerrillas expand its influence in the region, Mansour accepted eight demands. Manan, and the founder's son, family members of victims and “Not a single perpetrator of seeking to depose an autocratic and also raising hopes that stalled The conditions included Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, as others who have advocated for sexual violence related to the king and end high levels of social peace talks with the Afghan gov- restructuring the leader- declaring their intention to sup- justice,” Zeid said. armed conflict is so far known to inequality. AFP ernment may resume. ship council — its head will port Mansour. REUTERS Sri Lanka promised yesterday have been convicted.” REUTERS THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK

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Weather Hazy at first be- comes hot during o o the day with some Minimum: 32 C Maximum: 41 C clouds and relatively HIGH TIDE 07:15 - 19:00LOW TIDE 01:00 - 13:00 humid with hazy by night. Half of marine life wiped out in 40 years: WWF GENEVA: Pollution, industrial to rise at current rates, previous Fifty percent is a critical fishing and climate change have research has shown. threshold for loss of marine life, killed off half of marine life in the “Coral reefs occupy less than one Cury said of the findings. last four decades, according to a percent of the ocean surface, but “When you go below 50 per- WWF report released yesterday. they harbour a third of ocean spe- cent, ecosystems begin to mal- Species essential to global food cies,” said French biologist Gilles function,” he said. supply — especially in poorer nations Boeuf, commenting on the report. WWF called on world lead- where fish provide essential dietary Doubling previous samplings, ers to prioritise ocean recovery protein — were among the hardest the joint WWF and Zoological when the United Nations’ 15-year hit, the conservation group’s Living Society of London analysis Sustainable Development Goals Blue Planet Report said. tracked 5,829 populations of 1,234 are approved later this month. The family of fish that includes species for an updated, “more “We must take this opportunity tuna and mackerel, for example, troubling” picture of ocean health. to support the ocean and reverse has declined by three quarters At the same time that the vol- the damage while we still can,” since 1970. ume of marine life is diminishing, Lambertini said. “In the space of a single genera- so too is the number of species, The WWF stressed that tion, human activity has severely both in the ocean and on land, marine life can be restored if the damaged the ocean by catching other research has shown. human population starts to live fish faster than they can repro- Indeed, scientists believe Earth within sustainable limits. duce,” Marco Lambertini, head has entered a sixth “mass extinc- The report said protected glo- of WWF International, said in a tion event”, with species disap- bal ocean area — currently about statement. pearing 100 times more quickly 3.4 percent — should be tripled by “Profound changes are needed than only a century or two ago. 2020. It also called on consumers to ensure abundant ocean life for There have been five such epi- and fish retailers to source from future generations.” sodes over the last half-billion companies that follow certified Fish are not the only marine years, the most recent wiping out “best practice” standards. organisms in steep decline, the all non-avian dinosaurs and most “If we had not intervened to report found. Large swathes of other forms of life some 65 million protect the bluefin tuna in the coral reef, mangroves and sea years ago. Mediterranean, there probably grasses have died off or been A quarter of shark and ray spe- wouldn’t be any,” Boeuf said by hacked away. cies face extinction, largely due way of example. This loss has decimated fish to overfishing, the WWF report The WWF likewise suggested populations and, in turn, imper- said. that a levy on fishing indus- illed some 850 million people who “In the Mediterranean there try profits could be earmarked depend directly on these ecosys- are four shark species we have to restore marine life. “These tems for their livelihoods. not spotted in thirty years,” changes are happening in our life- Half of all coral has already dis- said Philippe Cury, a scientist time,” Lambertini said. “We can appeared, and the rest will vanish at the Research Institute for and we must correct course now.” by 2050 if temperatures continue Development in Marseille. AFP Thursday 17 September 2015 3 Dhul-Hijja 1436 Volume 20 Number 6556 Price: QR2

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DOHA: Katara Hospitality, President, Global Development look forward to working together the global hotel developer, at Starwood Hotels & Resorts; on the continued success of The owner and operator yesterday Robert Koren, VP Regional Westin Excelsior, an architectur- announced the expansion of its Director Southern Europe at ally stunning property and one of global portfolio with the acqui- Starwood Hotels & Resorts; and the most iconic hotels in Rome.” sition of the Westin Excelsior Abdulaziz bin Ahmad Al Malki Al The acquisition brings Katara Rome from Starwood Hotels & Jehan Qatar’s Ambassador to Italy. Hospitality’s portfolio of properties Resorts Worldwide, Inc. “This agreement marks our in operation or under development As part of the deal, the historic third property in Italy. The Westin to 35 and marks its third property hotel will be renovated in the Excelsior Rome is the epitome of in Italy. The announcement fur- next five years, including a top- what Katara Hospitality looks ther builds on Katara Hospitality’s to-bottom transformation of all for in a hotel,” said Sheikh Nawaf partnership with Starwood Hotels guestrooms, as well as upgrades to bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, & Resorts, with the Westin the hotel’s public areas, and con- Chairman of Katara Hospitality. Excelsior Rome representing the tinues to be operated by Starwood “Its grand and statuesque appear- second hotel in Italy and the third Hotels & Resorts under a new ance is the ultimate in luxurious hotel globally including Sheraton long-term management agreement hospitality. The hotel is a welcome Doha Resort & Convention Center Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim bin addition to our growing global in Qatar. Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani (left), Chairman of Katara Hospitality, signing the agreement with Jabor Al Thani, Chairman of portfolio of iconic properties, and Hamad Abdulla Al Mulla, Michael Wale, President - Europe, Africa, and Middle East Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Katara Hospitality, signed the we are delighted to be continuing Chief Executive Officer of Katara agreement for the new property to set the standard for luxury hos- Hospitality, said: “For more than tradition of excellence.” our stated goal of completing Traveler’s Gold List 2013. It has with Michael Wale, President - pitality the world over”, he added. a century, this legendary hotel Adam Aron, interim Chief $800m in asset sales by the end hosted many celebrities, statesmen Europe, Africa, and Middle East Michael Wale said: “We are has provided exceptional hospi- Executive Officer of Starwood, of 2015.” and artists. The hotel is one of the Starwood Hotels & Resorts. thrilled to expand our relation- tality and hosted dignitaries and said: “This transaction, on the The Westin Excelsior Rome is a city’s most impressive palaces, rich The signing ceremony was held ship with Katara Hospitality, celebrities, as well as business and heels of our recent sales of The five-star hotel in the celebrated Via in history and located on one of at The Westin Excelsior Rome and owner of both Sheraton Doha leisure travelers. We look forward Phoenician, Element Denver Park Veneto district and is known for its the most talked about streets of was attended by Hamad Abdulla Al Resort & Convention Center and to making further improvements Meadows and The Gritti Palace, outstanding service. Established Rome, which is close to many of Mulla, Chief Executive Officer of The Excelsior Hotel Gallia, a lux- to The Westin Excelsior Rome a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice in 1906, the luxury property the main attractions. Katara Hospitality, Simon Turner ury collection hotel in Milan. We and continuing its long-standing has allowed Starwood to exceed was proudly named Conde Nast THE PENINSULA

Hewlett-Packard US Fed meets on rate hike amid global pressure split to lead up to WASHINGTON: The US the recent China-driven turmoil in The policy-setting Federal Open now that holding the rate at zero policy club of 34 advanced econo- Federal Reserve opened a two- global markets “most likely mean Market Committee, led by Fed percent is no longer warranted. mies, said the strength of the US 30,000 job losses day meeting yesterday to weigh that the FOMC will leave rates Chair Janet Yellen, will announce a But to many economists, the economy “warrants an upward a historic interest rate increase unchanged at this week’s meeting,” decision at 1800 GMT today. Yellen slowdown of global economic interest rate path.” SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett- amid calls for it to move gingerly said Harm Bandholz of UniCredit. will then address the media, with activity, particularly in China, now “The timing of the first rate Packard said an upcoming cor- as world economic growth slows. The Fed has not raised rates in analysts saying her justification poses a risk to US growth and an hike is of secondary importance porate split would lead to job The World Bank has warned more than nine years, and what will be as crucial to markets as interest rate hike could set the compared to the pace of increase. losses of 25,000 to 30,000, on top developing economies to prepare would probably amount to an the decision itself. economy back. Clear communication of that pace of tens of thousands of cuts in for more capital and currency increase of 0.25 percentage point Having jumped back and forth The World Bank warned yes- will help to minimize financial recent months. market turmoil while the OECD would represent a momentous in recent weeks, world stock mar- terday of a “perfect storm” of dan- market volatility.” HP, a major player in the indus- urged the Fed to move slowly and break with the extraordinary cri- kets were mostly higher yester- gers, including a freeze in capital Still, having already endured try, has been undergoing a mas- make its policy plans clear, what- sis stance it has adopted since the day, with the Japanese Nikkei flows, for developing countries as substantial turmoil and capital sive reorganisation to cope with ever it decides. 2008-2009 recession. average adding 0.81 percent, the the Fed tightens policy. outflows, a number of leaders from the move away from traditional Most analysts saw the Fed It would begin what is expected pan-Europe Euro Stoxx 50 up 1.38 “Given the substantial risks emerging markets economies have personal computers to mobile again putting off the long-awaited to be a slow series of rate hikes percent, and New York’s S&P 500 involved, they would do well to urged the Fed to end the suspense devices. increase to the benchmark federal towards a “normal” monetary gaining up 0.63 percent. buckle their seatbelts in case and make the hike. The move by Hewlett-Packard, funds rate, which has been locked policy stance of around 3 percent The dollar slipped to $1.1307 the ride gets bumpy,” said Carlos But the FOMC also has to the world’s second-largest PC at 0-0.25 percent since the 2008 in the next two years. against the euro but rose against Arteta, lead economist in the be concerned with whether an maker and one of the biggest US crisis, giving the world a massive But it would also make the the yen, to 120.63 yen. By most Bank’s Development Prospects unexpected slowdown in the US tech firms, is the latest in the sec- supply of cheap dollars. dollar more expensive and hike assessments the US economy, with Group. economy could then force it to tor based on the belief that tightly While US growth has been borrowing costs for developing unemployment at 5.1 percent and The Organisation for Economic backtrack, undermining its cred- focused firms perform better. strong, still-weak inflation and economies around the world. moderate growth, is strong enough Cooperation and Development, the ibility. AFP The losses will come as the US tech giant splits into two separate units: one with a focus on personal computers and printers, and the other on software and enterprise services. The new enterprise unit is Carmakers race to seeking some $2bn in annual cost reductions, according to the outlook provided to analysts, plus $700m in savings related to the catch up as Toyota spinoff. No timetable for the lay- offs was given. In its last annual report, HP shows off new Prius said it had some 302,000 employ- ees at the end of 2014. Since 2012 the company been a cost-cutting FRANKFURT: Facing tougher its more spacious second-genera- drive. Since then it has limited emission standards, European tion Prius. five percent more than the goal automakers are rushing to roll Today, the car has become a of 55,000 jobs it set then through out hybrid cars, but they face symbol of environmental responsi- October of this year, CFO Cathie an uphill battle to catch up with bility and Toyota’s rivals, including Lesjak said last month. HP said Toyota which popularised the Honda, Nissan, General Motors the new cuts will be the last ones. technology 18 years ago. and Ford, have jumped into “These restructuring activities The Japanese giant will be the game. However, Toyota has will enable a more competitive, showing its latest Prius — the enjoyed a substantial lead, having sustainable cost structure for the fourth edition since 1997 — at the already sold more than eight mil- Visitors look at a Toyota Prius hybrid car at the International Motor Show IAA in Frankfurt am Main yesterday. new Hewlett Packard Enterprise,” IAA motor show in Frankfurt this lion hybrids. The Prius is by far said Meg Whitman, the HP chair- week. Almost two decades ago, few the top-selling new car in Japan, some consumers,” said Francois more confident about hybrids powered by polluting diesel fuel. man and chief executive who will expected the car with a complex where the hybrid market makes up Jaumain from PwC. because, unlike with fully electric In addition, car markets are head the unit after the split. technology combining a petrol close to 40 percent of total sales. Notably, several European gov- vehicles, drivers are less worried required to meet the EU target of “Hewlett Packard Enterprise engine with battery-powered gen- By comparison, hybrids make up ernments offer subsidies or lower about being stranded at the side of 95 g/km of CO2 emissions by 2020, will be smaller and more focused erators to become a hit. just three percent of the US mar- tax rates for owners of hybrid or the road given the petrol backup. giving them further incentives to than HP is today, and we will In fact, the concept is not new, ket -- and the share is shrinking electric vehicles. Toyota hopes He believes that hybrid sales in find greener solutions. have a broad and deep portfolio and Porsche lays claim to the first with dropping petrol prices. to double its sales in Europe Europe could rise to 10 percent of According to a study by credit of businesses that will help enter- petrol-electric car prototype built The hybrid has also remained to 400,000 units by 2020, the total volume. insurer Euler Hermes, Germany prises transition to the new style by its founder as early as 1900. a largely marginal affair on the Japanese group’s executive vice Europe’s latest emissions stand- is currently trailing with aver- of business,” said Whitman. “As a But it is the Japanese giant that other side of the Atlantic. president Didier Leroy said. ard — Euro 6 which took effect age emissions of 130 g/km in separate company, we are better has managed to popularise the But it is slowly “starting to find Flavien Neuvy, who heads the September 1 — has also made 2014, dragged down by luxury positioned than ever to meet the technology, first with 17,600 units a market because the cost equa- Cetelem observatory on automo- hybrids more attractive as it will energy guzzlers, while France has evolving needs of our customers in 1998, before sales exploded with tion is starting to balance out for biles, added that consumers feel increase the cost of running cars recorded 112 g/km. AFP around the world.” AFP THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS AB InBev seeks $275bn tie-up with SABMiller It could become the biggest M&A deal of 2015, already shaping up to be a record year since the 2008 crisis

BRUSSELS/LONDON: brewers are trying to move into of Burger King, ketchup maker AB InBev will have to pay at Since then it has combined its Anheuser-Busch in 2008 for Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB new markets as they look to shrug Heinz and Kraft Foods. least £40 ($62) per SAB Miller African soft drink bottler with $52bn, the largest cash takeover InBev), the world’s largest off weakness in North America A source close to SAB said it share, and maybe as much as £45, that of Coca-Cola, and in recent in history at the time, it let the brewer, has approached rival and Europe, where consumers was too early to say what it would according to analysts — implying weeks there has been speculation ratio rise to beyond 5 times. Going SABMiller about a takeover increasingly choose craft beers do since no offer has been made. an overall price of up to $130bn, about it combining with Diageo that high again might allow it to that would form a colossus pro- made by independent players or “At this stage, we’re in wait and including SABMiller’s debt. or Australian drinks firm Coca- raise as much as $100bn in debt. ducing a third of the world’s wine or spirits. see mode,” said the source. That would make it the biggest Cola Amatil. The global beer AB InBev’s controlling families beer. A merged group would SABMiller, the world number Speculation about a merger, M&A deal of 2015, already shap- market share of AB InBev, maker own just over half of the company, have a market value of around two and maker of more than 200 likely to raise antitrust concerns ing up to be a record year since of Budweiser, Stella Artois and while SABMiller’s two top share- $275bn at current prices, and beers including Peroni, Grolsch in markets such as the United the 2008 financial crisis in terms Corona, was 21.1 percent in 2014, holders are cigarette maker Altria would combine AB InBev’s and Pilsner Urquell, said it had States and China, has swirled of deal volume, and one the five while SABMiller’s was 15 percent, and the Santo Domingo family of dominance of Latin America been informed that AB InBev for years. The timing of the largest takeovers since 1980. according to industry experts Colombia. with SABMiller’s of Africa, both intended to make an offer which approach, after more than a dec- Shares in SAB closed up 19.9 Plato Logic. Heineken is the No. 3. Altria yesterday declined com- fast-growing markets, as well as it would have to do by October 14 ade of acquisitions by AB InBev, percent at £36.14, giving it a AB InBev’s target for its net ment on the AB InBev approach, their breweries in Asia. under British rules. follows a roughly 15 percent drop market capitalisation of $90bn. debt to core profit (EBITDA) but on September 9, its CFO Billy “The real attraction is Africa, AB InBev, controlled by 3G in SABMiller’s share price since AB InBev’s were up 6.4 percent. ratio is 2 times, from around 2.5 Gifford said at an analyst confer- where AB InBev has no pres- Capital, a private equity fund August. Rivals Heineken, Carlsberg and currently. It is likely to reach ence that it regularly evaluates ence, as well as some add-ons in run by a group of Brazilian inves- “It’s exactly the moment Diageo also rose on speculation that by 2016, the earliest any its SABMiller investment “and at Asia and Latin America,” said tors, confirmed its approach. 3G, they’ve been waiting for,” said SAB might seek another merger deal could realistically be com- this time we believe maintaining Societe Generale analyst Andrew known for its focus on cost cuts Morningstar analyst Phil as a defence strategy, as it did pleted, and so has room to bor- the asset is in our shareholders’ Holland. at the expense of marketing, has Gorham. “It makes sense finan- last year when it offered to buy row to fund any takeover. When best interests.” AB InBev and other top previously orchestrated takeovers cially for the first time in years.” Heineken, but was rebuffed. it bought Budweiser-maker REUTERS

Iraqi budget proposal Islamic Holding plans to increase sees deficit of $25.8bn capital by 50pc BAGHDAD: Iraq’s finance min- Turkey, effectively undoing the DOHA: Islamic Holding Group istry has proposed a 2016 govern- deal. is working to increase its capi- ment budget worth 113.5 trillion Southern oil fields, which tal by 50 percent to QR60m. Iraqi dinars ($99.65bn) with a account for more than 85 percent The company will raise its capi- budget deficit of 29.4 trillion Iraqi of production, are far from areas tal through offering 2 million dinars ($25.81bn), according to a controlled by Islamic State mili- shares for subscription at nomi- draft posted online yesterday. tants in the north and west. But nal value of QR10 plus an issue The budget forecasts oil at revenues have been plagued by premium of QR40 each. around $45 a barrel and average the more than halving of global oil The Board of Directors of production of 3.6 million barrels prices in the past year. Islamic Holding Group has invited per day (bpd), up from the current Iraq’s deficit is also aggravated the shareholders to attend an rate of about 3 million bpd. by higher military expenditures extraordinary general assembly As the holder of the world’s fifth and other costs associated with the meeting on October 6, 2015, a reg- biggest reserves, oil accounts for fight against Islamic State, whose ulatory filing to Qatar Exchange around 40 percent of gross domes- advance has internally displaced (QE) yesterday noted. tic product and more than 90 per- more than 3 million people accord- The meeting will consider cent of fiscal and current external ing to UN statistics. assigning a date of the Initial receipts. The 2016 budget assumes The budget proposal said the Public Offering (IPO) in accord- US President Barack Obama speaks to members of the Business Roundtable in Washington, DC, yesterday. the continuation of a deal with the financing gap would be filled with ance with regulations of the Qatar Kurdistan Regional Government credits from multinational agen- Financial Markets Authority or (KRG) over oil revenues, under cies, including the World Bank and authorise the Board of Directors which the KRG agreed to trans- the International Monetary Fund, to determine the initial date, fer up to 550,000 barrels per day as well as international and local dates of payment, who has the Obama says Pacific trade deal to Iraq’s state oil firm SOMO in bonds each valued at more than right to subscribe and to assign an exchange for Baghdad granting $6bn. Iraq is marketing this week issuance manager and the audi- Erbil 17 percent of the country’s its first international bond in nine tor in charge to follow up the IPO can be reached ‘this year’ budget payments. years, which it hopes will raise up process . The meeting will author- However, the KRG cut alloca- to $6bn, but that could come at ise the Board of Directors to take tions to SOMO in June and has the cost of high interest rates that necessary actions regarding capi- WASHINGTON: US President the opportunity to close the deal,” The failure by trade ministers steadily increased independent could worsen its financial problems tal raisel and the subscription in Barack Obama yesterday Obama said. to wrap up the accord in August crude oil sales via a pipeline to in the long run. REUTERS accordance with the regulations expressed optimism that a “Most chapters have been in Hawaii was a blow to Obama — of the Qatar Financial Markets vast Pacific trade deal can be completed at this point,” he said, who faces opposition to the deal Authority, and distribution of reached before the end of the adding that the deal would “make from fellow Democrats — as it shares, sale of subscription rights, year, despite remaining dis- sure that we have a level playing could see the TPP become cam- and handling of fractional shares putes over key sectors. field for businesses and American paign fodder ahead of November Glencore raises $2.5bn resulting from the IPO. The ordi- Discussing a 12-country pact workers in the fastest growing 2016 elections. LONDON: Swiss mining giant Glencore, hit by collapsing com- nary general meeting will be post- that brings together large and region of the world.” Differences over access to agri- modities prices, yesterday raised $2.5bn via a shares sale as part poned to October 12 in the event of growing economies as diverse Already eight years in the cultural markets, dairy, the auto of its vast debt-slashing plan. London-listed Glencore said in a lack of quorum. THE PENINSULA as the United States, Japan and making, the Trans-Pacific trade and protection for drug- statement that it had sold new shares worth about €2.2bn in Vietnam, Obama told business Partnership (TPP)would be a huge makers are among the outstand- order to pay down debt. The company, which has lost 57 percent leaders, “I have confidence we can bloc encompassing 40 percent of ing issues. of its market value this year, is grappling with tumbling commod- UPS facilitates get it done, and I believe we can global trade and part of Obama’s The negotiations have also ity prices as China’s economic slowdown weighs on demand and get it done this year.” much-vaunted “pivot” towards been complicated by elections sparks havoc across markets. The rights issue sent Glencore’s refugee relief “Trade ministers should be Asia in the face of an increas- in Canada on October 19 and share price soaring to the top of the London stock market in meeting again sometime in the ingly assertive China, which is a change of prime minister in early morning deals yesterday. AFP next several weeks, they have not included. Australia. AFP supply flights

DOHA: The UPS Foundation has coordinated flights from across the Middle East region to deliver relief supplies to Europe. Nidal gets new The UN refugee agency UNHCR UnionPay International and Doha Bank in deal worked with UPS andthe World responsibility Food Program (WFP) to fly 86 DOHA: Doha Bank has contin- tonnes of high energy biscuits ued to demonstrate innovation from the UN Humanitarian at Avaya leadership in Qatar by partner- Response Depot in Dubai, UAE ing with UnionPay International to Athens, Greece last week. DOHA: Avaya, a global leader to be the first issuer of UnionPay From Amman, Jordan, UNHCR in business communications cards in the country. Doha Bank and UPS organised a flight carry- software, systems and services, and UnionPay International ing relief supplies for 30,000 refu- has appointed Nidal Abou-Ltaif entered into a strategic rela- gees in Greece, including 30,000 as president for Europe, Middle tionship during a MoU signing blankets, 25,000 sleeping mats East & Africa (MEA), and Asia- ceremony. and 1,000 solar lanterns. Pacific (APAC). Abou-Ltaif will The agreement was signed From Athens airport, UPS drive Avaya’s ‘customer-first’ between Wenchao Shi, President facilitated the transport to refu- solution innovation ethos and of ChinaUnionPay, and Dr R gees on the border of Greece and outcome-based approach, and Seetharaman, Group CEO of the Former Yugoslav Republic of help customers achieve their Doha Bank,in the presence of Li Macedonia.As UNHCR‘s emer- digital transformation goals. Chen, the Ambassador of China gency standby partner, UPS Since joining Avaya in 2003 to Qatar. The exclusive event was works closely with UNHCR to as the regional sales leader attended by a delegation of sen- airlift core relief items for life- for the Middle East, Nidal has ior executives from prominent Officials at the function in Doha. saving support. been instrumental in expand- Chinese banks, as well as senior “The flights from Dubai and ing the company’s presence management from Doha Bank. countries and regions including on creating Trade passageways services industry. Jordan will provide vital aid to in the region. He has helped UnionPay is a fast-growing China, without worrying about between China and the GCC Suresh Bajpai, Head of Retail the unprecedented numbers of drive new, innovative com- bankcard network, serving the restricted acceptance and unsat- region. We believe that economic Banking at Doha Bank,said: refugees in Europe,” said Rami munications technologies and world’s largest cardholder base. isfactory exchange rates. growth comes from increasing “Doha Bank now has widespread Suleiman, UPS Vice President programs that transform busi- The strategic alliance with Seetharaman said: “We are productivity.” associations with the biggest Indian Subcontinent, Middle East nesses and organisations through UnionPay is yet another affirma- proud to have established this Wenchao Shi, President of international payment networks and Africa District. advanced Team Engagement and tion of Doha Bank’s position as pioneering partnership with China UnionPay, expressed his and bankcard organizations, The UPS Foundation’s Customer Engagement solutions. the partner of choice amongst glo- UnionPay International and to gratitude to Doha Bank for its which makes us the only bank Humanitarian Relief and Throughout his career at Avaya bal and regional payment players. be the first Qatar-based bank to strong support for the UnionPay in Qatar to boast of major glo- Resilience programme provides he has consistently led teams that Doha Bank was also the pioneer do so. This new agreement proves card business. He said that bal bankcard issuance relation- communities with crisis recovery deliver outstanding outcomes. in launching card acceptance for that Doha Bank is committed to UnionPay will look to acceler- ships. We currently issue cards in support, from disaster prepara- In early 2014, Nidal was selected UnionPaycards in Qatar across its creating sustainable long-term ate the card issuing project of Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait and India tion to urgent relief following an to lead Avaya’s Global Growth wide network of ATMs and mer- partnerships. China continues Doha Bank to witness substantial in respective local currencies. We event through to post-crisis reha- Markets sales theater, including chant point of sale network. to be a strategic growth mar- progress, which not only provides are proud to claim the leading bilitation, most recently providing MEA, Turkey, Russia & CIS, India This relationship will allow ket and with a representative new payment choices for local bank partner tag for the world’s aid flights to Nepal following the and SAARC, and Greater China. prospective cardholders to office already present in China, residents, but also accelerates the biggest payment networks.” devastating earthquakes this year. THE PENINSULA freely transact in more than 150 Doha Bank continues to focus development of the local financial THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Union, Fiat Volkswagen, Skoda Chrysler reach deal, look at Iran entry says UAW

Both face stiff competition from French rivals DETROIT: The United Auto Workers union said it had FRANKFURT: Volkswagen for a curbing of Tehran’s nuclear similarly looking at the pros- reached a tentative agree- and its Skoda brand are looking ambitions. pects for entering Iran, but has ment with the US subsidiary at entering Iran following the Germany’s Volkswagen (VW), not taken a decision, its R&D of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles country’s deal with the West to hit by a drop in demand in China chief Frank Welsch said in an for a new four-year labour end sanctions, in a move that and Brazil which together account interview. contract. could cut their dependence on for almost 40 percent of its global “If the conditions develop right, The deal will serve as a tem- volatile Chinese and Brazilian sales, is keen to tap new markets. this will be a market where we plate for the UAW’s contracts markets and challenge French “It is still too early to say can fit in quite well with our with two other major US auto- rivals. which product we could use to go offerings,” Welsch said. makers — General Motors and Iran is already the Middle in with but of course we see the VW and Skoda may face stiff Ford — which are also up for East’s largest car market and potential,” VW brand R&D chief competition from past market renewal. analysts believe it could grow rap- Heinz-Jakob Neusser said yester- leader PSA Peugeot Citroen and UAW President Dennis idly, with a population of almost day at the Frankfurt auto show. French rival Renault , which are Williams said the union 80 million and 1.1 million cars sold “Iran is a very interesting mar- also positioning themselves in the achieved its primary objec- last year. ket with great opportunities,” race to capture market share in tives: getting workers a raise; Investment from Europe and Neusser said, adding VW would Iran. A company source gradually eliminating a two- elsewhere could start pouring conclude an assessment of the told Reuters in July that VW was People mill around new cars displayed at the Mercedes Benz hall during tier wage system in which into the country as soon as next country’s auto market by the end considering a move into Iran with newer hires are paid signifi- the second press day of the 66th IAA auto show in Frankfurt am Main, spring after July’s international of the year. the mass-market Skoda and Seat cantly less; and containing western Germany, yesterday. deal to lift sanctions in exchange Czech division Skoda is brands. REUTERS health care costs. However, neither the union nor FCA US would release any details of the deal. “I’m not going to talk about the negotiations or the Hyundai cautious on prospects for self-driving cars details of the contract until our leadership has an oppor- FRANKFURT: The self- Show, which opened its doors to But such technology would ownership was becoming less and relatively well. We are one of the tunity to review it,” Williams driving car is coming, but not the world press on Tuesday and also bring with it “huge, huge less attractive in view of costs and manufacturers almost losing no told reporters. as rapidly as people think, the will then be accessible to the gen- challenges for our legal sys- well-developed public transport volume. That means we increased The announcement came head of the European opera- eral public from Saturday. tems,” Schmid cautioned. “Who systems. “There’s a tendency all our market share” to 0.7 percent about 19 hours after the union tions of South Korean carmaker Already, many of the latest is responsible for what? I’m not over Europe, both in urban areas in the first-half, Schmid said. and FCA US agreed to extend Hyundai, Thomas Schmid, said models on the road are equipped convinced until now that is a and even in rural areas where Nevertheless, the weak ruble the existing four-year contract yesterday. with assistance systems to help process which can be done in the fewer and fewer people are actu- and the economic downturn was beyond its midnight deadline “My personal belief is that drivers accelerate or brake in next 10-15 years.” ally getting a driving licence,” leaving its mark on Hyundai’s on an “hour-by-hour” basis in autonomous driving might come, traffic. “I’m 100-percent certain People’s relationships to their Schmid said. profit margins. order to finalize negotiations. but by far not as quick as every- that this (technology) will be part cars and individual mobility are So, in the future, autonomous In Brazil, “we are still doing The UAW offered indefinite one says in 10 or 15 years,” Schmid of future products,” Schmid said. undergoing dramatic change, driving could be administrated by very well,” but growth was slow- contract extensions to GM and said in an interview on the side- Electronic car parts suppliers, Schmid said. local authorities and be integrated ing as the market fell. “And in Ford while it focused on reach- lines of the IAA motor show. such as the German group Bosch, “The kids today have a different into cities’ public transport sys- China, this affects us as well as ing a deal with FCA US. Alongside the connected car, expect “highway pilots” — which approach to individual mobility. tems, Schmid said. all other big manufacturers.” The union has historically autonomous driving is one of the can essentially take over all driv- The importance is much lower Turning to Hyundai’s current Nevertheless, “I don’t believe ensured that the Detroit new buzzwords in the automobile ing tasks with only occasional than in my generation and the prospects, Schmid conceded that that the Chinese market will col- Three automakers do not face sector. And futuristic vehicles need for human intervention — to need to have an own car is also “as a global manufacturer, we are lapse. But it will slow down.” competitive disadvantages by that soon may be able to drive be ready for the market by 2020. lower,” he said. affected” by downturns in emerg- Last year, Hyundai sold nearly negotiating similar four-year themselves are among the tech- And full auto pilot systems with- The younger generation no ing markets such as Russia, Brazil two million vehicles overall in contracts with each company. nological highlights of the 66th out any human involvement could longer define themselves via and China. China, giving it a market share The contracts must still be edition of the Frankfurt Motor be ready by 2025. their cars. And in big cities, car “In Russia, we are doing of 19 percent, Schmid said. AFP approved by FCA’s approxi- mately 40,000 unionised mem- bers. Ratification votes won’t begin until next week at the earliest, Williams said. UAW negotiators have already resumed working on reaching agreements with GM and Ford, he added. Williams emphasized that while the FCA contract will be used as a template, the union’s demands are not “identical.” “I don’t want people to think for a minute that I’m not looking at the other com- panies and the amount of money they’ve made and the uniqueness of their structure because they are different in many cases,” he told reporters. GM has 50,000 employees who are UAW members and Ford has 52,000 unionised workers. The union was looking to claw back some of the major con- cessions made in order to help the Detroit Three survive the LEFT: A golf GTE Sport concept car is displayed at the booth of German carmaker Volkswagen at the second press day of the 66th IAA auto show in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, economic crisis. AFP yesterday. RIGHT: The new BMW X 1 SUV car is displayed at the booth of the German carmaker BMW during the auto show. Pro-EU carmakers say Porsche unveils battery-powered four-seater

DOHA: In presenting the — offers multiple advantages: not at risk from Brexit Mission E at the IAA in shorter charging times and lower Frankfurt, Porsche is intro- weight, because lighter, smaller FRANKFURT: Britain’s for- Rose, board member for sales at ducing the first all-electrically gage copper cables are sufficient eign-owned carmakers, strong Volkswagen-owned Bentley. powered four-seat sports car in for energy transport. supporters of the open markets Fellow luxury carmaker the brand’s history. A moveable body segment on created by its membership of the Rolls-Royce, which makes all its The concept car combines the the front left wing in front of European Union, would not shut 200,000-pound-plus models in unmistakable emotional design of the driver’s door gives access to their plants were the country England, said Britain was central a Porsche with excellent perform- the charging port for the inno- to leave the bloc, though future to the brand’s popularity among the ance and the forward-thinking vative “Porsche Turbo Charging” investment could be at risk, exec- super-rich around the world. practicality of the first 800-volt system. Via the 800-volt port, utives said. “I’ve had lots of questions in my drive system. Key specification the battery can be charged to Prime Minister David Cameron time in a way of why aren’t you data of this fascinating sports approximately 80 per cent of its has vowed to campaign to stay in opening up a plant somewhere else,” car include; four doors and four capacity in around 15 minutes – a the European Union if he can rene- Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes, CEO of single seats, over 600 hp (440 kW) record time for electric vehicles. gotiate Britain’s ties with the bloc the BMW-owned brand said. “I said system power and over 500 km As an alternative, the technology but the election of a leftist opposi- guys are you kidding me? This is driving range. victor, the 919 hybrid — acceler- desired direction. This makes platform can be connected to a tion leader, who has given mixed so truly British, that it belongs to All-wheel drive and all-wheel ate the sports car and recover the Mission E fit for the race conventional 400-volt charging signals on membership, has added Britain and it is also part of our steering, zero to 100 km/h accel- braking energy. Together the track, with its lap time on the station, or it can be replenished to uncertainty over whether the success story that we are from eration in under 3.5 seconds two motors produce over 600 hp, NürburgringNordschleife under at home in the garage via conven- country might vote for a ‘Brexit’ — Britain,” he said, while adding that and a charging time of around and they propel the Mission E to the eight-minute mark. ient inductive charging by simply to leave the EU. maintaining access to markets was 15 minutes to reach an 80 per a speed of 100 km/h in less than It is not just passionate sporti- parking over a coil embedded in Britain’s car industry has been crucial. cent charge of electrical energy. 3.5 seconds and to 200 km/h in ness that makes up a Porsche the floor of the garage from which vocal on the benefits of EU mem- Even at mass-market car- Instruments are intuitively oper- under twelve seconds. but also a high level of everyday the energy is transferred with- bership and pro-EU campaigners maker Opel, which shut a plant in ated by eye-tracking and gesture In addition to their high effi- practicality. Accordingly, the out cables, to a coil on the car’s have warned an exit could lead to Germany last year, there was no control, as well as via holograms ciency, power density and uni- Mission E can travel over 500 km underbody. job losses in an industry employing sign that Britain leaving the bloc in some cases — highly oriented form power development, they on one battery charge, and it can Another feature that is typi- almost 800,000 people. would put its English facilities, toward the driver by automati- offer another advantage; unlike be charged with enough energy cal of a Porsche sports car is a However, executives at the which build Vauxhall-badged mod- cally adjusting the displays to the today’s electric drive systems, for around 400 km more driving lightweight concept with opti- Frankfurt auto show said their els, at immediate risk. driver’s position. they can develop their full power range in approximately fifteen mal weight distribution and a British plants were not at risk were “We have plants in Luton and The drive system of the Mission even after multiple accelera- minutes. This new advancement low centre of gravity. The bat- the country to leave. Ellesmere port. We will not turn E is entirely new, yet it is typi- tions at short intervals. The all- is a result of Porsche being a tery mounted in the car’s under- “We made our plans, we’ve our back on England,” Chief cal Porsche and due to its proven wheel drive system with Porsche front-runner in introducing inno- body, which is based on the latest announced the investments ... Executive Karl-Thomas Neumann motor racing pedigree. Two per- Torque Vectoring, transfers the vative 800-volt technology for the lithium-ion technology, runs the and they were in full knowledge told journalists. If Britons voted to manent magnet synchronous drive system’s power to the road, first time. Doubling the voltage whole length between the front that there was a referendum so leave the EU, “life would carry on,” motors (PMSM) — similar to and all-wheel steering gives — compared to today’s electric and rear axles. we believe in the UK,” said Kevin he said. REUTERS those used in this year’s Le Mans precise, sporty steering in the vehicles that operate at 400 volts THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS China expands market crash investigations Main indexes up almost 5pc on suspected intervention; Unclear if probe linked to recent market turmoil

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG: replacement for the head of the A last-minute spike in trade authorities’ probes into whether comment. CITIC has spent the of the biggest listed stocks in The assistant chairman of CSRC, Xiao Gang, who faces pulled up China’s key equity market malpractices have con- past three years trying to boost Shanghai and Shenzhen fin- China’s securities regulator is internal criticism over his han- indexes, a phenomenon markets tributed to the plunge in stock its overseas presence and expand ished up 4.98 percent while the under investigation for sus- dling of market volatility. generally interpret as government prices. into asset management and com- Shanghai Composite Index rose pected “serious violation of Wild fluctuations in Chinese intervention to push up values The brokerage said on Tuesday plex derivatives. In 2012 it paid 4.91 percent. In Hong Kong, the discipline”, the country’s graft equities have unnerved policy before the closing bell. that three company officials, $1.3bn for the Asia-focused bro- Hang Seng closed up 2.38 percent. watchdog said yesterday, using makers in Beijing, who introduced Beijing has called on its including its general manager, kerage CLSA and has also estab- The jump comes after stocks the euphemism applied to a slew of measures to restore sta- so-called “national team” of Cheng Boming, were being inves- lished brokerage units in several fell 6 percent over Monday and corruption. bility, and also reflect concerns state-linked banks, funds and tigated for alleged insider trading overseas markets including the Tuesday, raising fears that a sig- The watchdog did not give that the world’s second larg- brokerages to buy up shares. and leaking information. United States. nificant slide was on the cards. details, and it was not immedi- est economy will miss projected Regulators have also tightened Cheng is one of the most sen- The brokerage booked a net Small-cap stocks, which took ately clear whether the investiga- growth of 7 percent this year. control over stock exchanges and ior financial executives known to profit of 11.3bn yuan ($1.77bn) in the brunt of the selling at the tion into the official, Zhang Yujun, There was some respite on currency markets to quell vola- have been caught up in the probes 2014 with revenues of 39.5bn. start of the week, posted the day’s was related to recent stock mar- markets, with Chinese shares tility and root out those behind so far. He forms part of the seven- CITIC’s Hong Kong-listed biggest gains, with the CSI300 IT ket falls. Zhang is the first senior jumping about 5 percent on a what they have called “malicious” member executive committee shares dropped more than 4 Index up more than 9 percent. official from the China Securities flurry of buying just before the trading. overseeing China’s flagship invest- percent in early trading on More than 1,000 stocks ended at Regulatory Commission (CSRC) close helping to erase much of the In the latest regulatory move, ment bank, the country’s largest Wednesday, but reduced those the 10-percent limit-up threshold. to be investigated amid the mar- losses earlier this week. China took aim at the country’s broker by market capitalisation. losses to close 0.7 percent lower. Traded volumes remained rel- ket turmoil. Share prices began to The late rally included shares commodity exchanges, spooked State media have previously Its Shanghai-listed shares jumped atively light, though, with many tumble in mid-June, since when in CITIC Securities , China’s big- that speculators have shifted from reported that four senior CITIC 6.95 percent higher. investors opting to stay on the they have lost around 40 percent gest brokerage, which said late on stocks to futures trading in the executives confessed to insider More broadly, Chinese stocks sidelines given persistent con- of their value. Tuesday that some of its senior likes of iron ore and rubber. dealing in August. Apart from yesterday enjoyed their biggest cerns about China’s economy Sources said last week that managers were under police inves- CITIC is a core part of the confirming that Cheng and two single-day percentage gain since and the possibility of an interest the ruling Communist Party tigation as part of a probe into “national team”, but has also other officials were being inves- August 27. rate hike in the United States. had begun seeking an eventual possible market manipulation. become embroiled in Chinese tigated, CITIC has declined to The benchmark CSI300 index REUTERS

Aviation Expo in China Japan protests Spanish economy Chinese gas under cloud over operation in disputed sea elections, Catalonia TOKYO: Japan said yesterday it has lodged a protest after MADRID: The rise of far- Spain’s borrowing costs have uncovering evidence that China left party Podemos in Spain risen in recent months and have has started extracting gas in a along with Catalonia’s separa- exceeded those of Italy’s due to disputed area near their border tist drive is unsettling inves- the political uncertainty engulf- in the East China Sea. tors who fear the country could ing the country. Jouven said that Japan suspects China now has change course in a “Greek- was “paradoxical, given that the seven drilling rigs in operation style scenario” after upcoming Spanish economy is in a strong out of 16 it has positioned in the elections. recovery”, while the Italian econ- disputed waters, officials said, the Spain, the fourth-biggest econ- omy is struggling to pull out if its latest twist in a row over gasfields omy in the euro area, returned to longest postwar recession. in waters claimed by the two growth in 2014 after five years Economy Minister Luis de countries. of decline. Consumer spend- Guindos said the rise “has more “We are protesting with the ing is up, exports have jumped to do with the uncertainty of the Chinese side through a diplo- and manufacturing output has general election than with the matic channel,” Chief Cabinet increased. Catalan issue”. Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a The government forecasts Credit rating agencies and the news conference. an economic expansion of 3.3 International Monetary Fund A visitor stands next to Airbus models at the Aviation Expo China 2015, in Beijing, yesterday. The expo is jointly “It is extremely regrettable percent this year — more than were concerned “that a govern- organised by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd that the Chinese side... has unilat- twice the average growth rate ment that reverses reforms will (COMAC). Around 150 exhibitors from 16 countries are participating in the expo. erally gone ahead with the devel- predicted for eurozone countries. emerge”, he added, in an inter- opment while the border has not But analysts warn the recovery view published Sunday in Catalan yet been settled,” Suga said. could be derailed if Podemos does daily El Periodico. Japan and China agreed in June well in December’s general elec- In another sign of market jit- 2008 jointly to develop the under- tion and pro-secession parties ters, investors pulled €21.7bn Boeing rejects Aerojet Rocketdyne sea reserves in the disputed area, win a majority in the Catalan in assets out of Spain in June, with a ban on individual drilling. parliament in a September 27 according to Bank of Spain fig- “China needs to abandon its regional vote. ures. By comparison investors unique obsolete argument, that “Investors are really afraid of a poured €1.3bn into the country proposal for ULA launch venture no other countries adopt, that no Greek-style scenario,” said Credit during the same month last year. international rulings have admit- Agricole analyst Leopold Jouven. “The results of the (May) NATIONAL HARBOR: being designed by ULA. Lockheed of Aerojet’s work on the AR-1 ted — that its rights extend along “That a radical left party comes regional and local elections may Boeing Co yesterday said it had declined comment, saying it did engine, a claim Aerojet disputes. the continental shelf” to near to power and nips the recovery have had a negative impact,” rejected an unsolicited bid from not discuss transactions with Air Force General John Hyten, Japan’s southern Okinawa islet in the bud by trying to change Spanish bank Santander said in Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings other companies. commander of Air Force Space chain, a senior foreign ministry everything.” a research note to clients. Inc for United Launch Alliance, A source familiar with the Command, said the decision was official told reporters on condition Podemos, which is close to The rise of Podemos and the a 50-50 rocket launch venture matter said there was no disa- up to Boeing and Lockheed. “If of anonymity. Greece’s hard-left Syriza party centrist Ciudadanos party has of Boeing and Lockheed Martin greement between Lockheed we worry about the management China is also embroiled in a and has around 16 percent sup- eroded the bipartisan system Corp. “The unsolicited proposal and Boeing, and both companies of the business, we’re not doing separate row with Japan over port, wants to loosen the grip of that has dominated Spain since for ULA is not something we agreed to reject the bid. our jobs,” Hyten told Reuters at disputed islands elsewhere in the austerity introduced by Prime the country returned to democ- seriously entertained,” Boeing Aerojet Vice President Julie the annual Air Force Association East China Sea. Minister Mariano Rajoy’s con- racy following the death of long- spokesman Todd Blecher said. Van Kleeck on Tuesday declined conference. “Our job is to make The islands are controlled servative government, in power time dictator General Francisco Boeing said it remained com- comment on reports that Aerojet sure that we have assured access by Tokyo, which calls them the since 2011. Franco in 1975. Adding to the mitted “to ULA and its business, has offered $2bn to acquire ULA. to space. The business side of the Senkakus, which Beijing claims Private Swiss bank Mirabaud political uncertainty is the drive and to continued leadership in Analysts said the bid is a stra- house, that’s their business.” them as the Diaoyus. Chinese warned in a research note of the for Catalonia to break away all aspects of space, as evidenced tegic move by Aerojet to shut Chris Chadwick, president of ships and aircraft regularly test “growing political risk from the from Spain. The region is home by the agreement announced out rival Blue Origin, whose new Boeing’s defence division, said Japanese forces in the area. rise of populist left-wing parties to around 7.5 million people and last week with Blue Origin,” a engine is favored by ULA for use Boeing had not given any seri- In the South China Sea, and the possible victory of these accounts for a fifth of Spain’s company owned by Amazon.com in its new Vulcan rocket. ULA ous consideration to the Aerojet which China claims almost in its parties and the Socialists in the economic output, but is heavily founder Jeff Bezos that is design- has said Blue Origin’s engine bid, and was not looking for other entirety, it has disputes with sev- general election”. indebted. AFP ing the engine for a new rocket program is about two years ahead offers. REUTERS eral other nations. AFP

G7 dialogue with women from economy, research New Australian laws to crack down on global firms avoiding tax

SYDNEY: Global firms structures not to pay its fair share with London on the issue. accused of diverting profits off- of tax,” Hockey told reporters in The legislation will require shore to lower their tax bill will Canberra. public companies with income come under fresh scrutiny in “Under this new law, when we of more than Aus$100m a year Australia after new laws were catch companies cheating, they to disclose their tax affairs from introduced yesterday to ensure will have to pay back double December 1. they pay their “fair share of what they owe, plus interest,” the Rules will also be tightened tax”. treasurer added in a statement so heavily geared firms cannot The bill was put before par- yesterday. shift profits overseas through liament amid an international Australian Tax Office (ATO) the guise of paying interest, push to stop firms using complex commissioner Chris Jordan while funding to the ATO will be corporate structures to avoid said the bill also strengthened boosted to increase its focus on tax, and targets more than 1,000 his agency’s abilities to go after tax avoidance. multinationals generating turno- firms that continue to shift prof- Hockey said at this stage he vers of over Aus$1bn ($700m), its to lower-taxing nations such could not put a number on how Treasurer Joe Hockey said. as Singapore, adding that there much more corporate tax could be The complex methods allegedly were currently “billions of dollars” raised through the amendments. used by firms include booking rev- not being booked locally. An Australian parliamentary enue in lower-taxing countries to Hockey said the new laws would inquiry into corporate tax avoid- reduce tax on profits in higher- take a different approach from ance last month recommended taxing jurisdictions, with govern- Britain, which in March intro- naming and shaming firms that German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) greets Melinda Gates (centre) from the philanthropic organisation Bill ments collectively losing billions duced a so-called “Google tax” avoid paying tax, after hearings & Melinda Gates Foundation and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg (right) in the German Chancellery of dollars in the process. on companies that divert profits with senior executives from giants in Berlin yesterday. Merkel is hosting a dialogue with women from economy and research area alongside the “It is patently unfair for a large overseas, although treasury offi- such as Apple, Google, Pfizer and G7 presidency. multinational with sophisticated cials have been working closely Johnson & Johnson. AFP THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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aYESTERDAY’S ANSWER THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Five cities eye Olympic Games Budapest, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Paris and Rome bid for 2024 Summer Games

LAUSANNE: The discrimination and ensuring the International Olympic Germany can host 2024 Games freedom of the media to report on Committee (IOC) yesterday the Games. named Budapest, Hamburg in Candidates will have to give a Germany, Los Angeles, Paris and Euro in same year: Bach convincing presentation on the and Rome as the final candi- legacy to be left by the event. dates for the 2024 Olympics. BERLIN: Germany would have no problems hosting both the “The whole procedure is much The winning bid will be 2024 European soccer championships as well as the summer more transparent from the very announced after a vote by the IOC Olympics in the same year, given the country’s sports infrastruc- beginning of the invitation phase,” session in the Peruvian capital ture and organisational skills, International Olympic Committee Bach said of the new bid rules. Lima in September 2017. President Thomas Bach said yesterday. “What we wanted to achieve IOC president Thomas Bach Hamburg is bidding for the 2024 Olympics while the German there in Olympic Agenda 2020 is yesterday said there were five football association (DFB) is hoping to land the Euro in the same more diversity and more creativ- “outstanding cities” in the race year, traditionally staged just a few weeks before the summer Games. ity in the competition,” he added. for the Games. “I think this can be possible because they are time-wise a couple “The IOC wants to send the “What we see are five really of weeks apart from each other so they do not influence each other athletes only in cities where they highly qualified candidate cities,” in this respect,” Bach said in a conference call. are welcome, this is why public Bach told reporters. “I also think that nobody has real doubt about the Germans’ support for a bid is so important,” He added that the contest organisational skills.” Bach said in an interview at the for 2024 would be “strong and Hamburg is bidding against Paris, Rome, Los Angeles and IOC headquarters. fascinating.” Budapest, with the French capital and the US city seen as the early “To ensure the measurement The announcement of the five frontrunners in the race to be decided in 2017. of this public support, the IOC is cities was made hours after the Bach, a German himself, said the country already had the nec- doing its own confidential polls midnight Tuesday deadline for essary stadium infrastructure in place for the Euro, which meant at the same time in all five can- bids. preparations for the continental soccer tournament would not affect didate cities, so that we get an Toronto and the Azerbaijan Hamburg’s plans for the Games, should the German port be selected objective result which we then capital of Baku had considered as the host. can compare. entering but finally decided The IOC two years ago had warned Turkey to pick one of the “It is up to the city how to dem- against, leaving Los Angeles two, with Istanbul bidding for the 2020 Olympics and the country onstrate this support, there are and Paris as the two early campaigning to land the Euro 2020. REUTERS many different means, different frontrunners. legal systems, all over the world Toronto’s mayor John Tory Organisers are confident it will be use the historic Colosseum mon- so this is up to the city.” announced in front of media on approved. ument as a venue if chosen and Hamburg is so far the only city Tuesday that the Canadian city + Los Angeles has launched a slick campaign for to have plans for a referendum would not bid because of financial The Californian city hosted the votes. But it pulled out of the race with the city holding it on Nov. uncertainties. 1932 and 1984 Olympics. “This is for 2020 over the cost. 29 and hoping for a strong vote Meanwhile, Bach said that something that is in our DNA,” For the first time all five will be in favour of the Games. Baku -- which hosted the inau- said mayor Eric Garcetti. But the put to the IOC vote -- previously “We welcome these results by gural European Games in June city was only chosen after Boston a shortlist was drawn up for IOC the cities, but in order to be sure, -- could return and try for the pulled out because of major divi- members. to be neutral, in order to be objec- 2028 Games. sions over the cost. The contest will also be the first tive we do our own work,” Bach + Budapest + Paris completely run under the IOC’s said. Hungary has never hosted The French capital wants to Agenda 2020 reforms aimed at With some potential cities, an Olympics though the central host the Games on the 100th making bid contests less expen- notably Boston in the United European country is one of the anniversary of the last time the sive and bureaucratic. States, put off by the costs, the top 10 nations in the Olympics’ Summer Olympics were in Paris. The IOC wants to make IOC will contribute $1.7bn to overall medals table. But it is still to get over the dis- Olympic Games more sustain- staging the event. + Hamburg appointment of losing the 2012 able through the use of existing Bach said the IOC is also giving The port city beat Berlin to Games to London and two other venues. $1.5bn to Rio de Janeiro which is become the German candidate for failed campaigns. But it also imposes new condi- hosting the Games next year. 2024. But the city will hold a ref- + Rome tions, including hosts having to The 2020 Games will be held in erendum on the bid in November. The 1960 Games hosts could guarantee there will be no sexual Tokyo. AGENCIES

Archers take aim during the test of the Sambodromo venue for the archery competition for the Rio Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. The archery competition is being held to test the Sambodromo, which will be used to host the archery and athletics marathon competitions at the Rio Olympics 2016. A total 120 archers will take part in the competition. China’s Hangzhou set to host 2022 Asian Games

ASHGABAT, Hangzhou had already signed the Athletics Championships in TURKMENISTAN: The hosting contract at the meeting. Beijing last month, to burnish Chinese city of Hangzhou was The award comes shortly after their credentials. yesterday awarded the 2022 Beijing won the right to host the Ahead of the Winter Olympics Asian Games, organisers and 2022 Winter Olympics, having decision, Xu Guoqi, a history pro- state media said, in another hosted the Summer Games in fessor at Hong Kong University, win for China’s global sporting 2008, and means China will host said: “From a government per- ambitions. two major multi-sport events in spective, they still need to legiti- Hangzhou in eastern China -- the same year. mise their political base. So they best known for the West Lake, a China staged official celebra- need to hold a big event to make placid and much-painted tourist tions in July after winning the Chinese people feel good.” attraction -- was the only candi- Winter Olympics bid, beating Susan Brownell, a visiting pro- date city, a report by the country’s out Kazakhstan’s Almaty, despite fessor at Heidelberg University’s official Xinhua news agency said. concerns over its human rights Institute of Sinology, said inter- Sole candiancy made it a shoo- record and Beijing’s pollution regional rivalry was also a motive. in for selection by the Olympic levels. Tokyo will host its second Council of Asia (OCA) at its con- The 2008 Games marked a Summer Olympics in 2020, more gress in the Turkmenistan capital major step forward for China than half a century after its 1964 Ashgabat. on the international stage, and debut as host. An OCA spokesman confirmed analysts say its Communist “China wants to keep up with the decision, saying the body, the authorities still use major sport- them in the number of Olympics Chinese Olympic Committee and ing events, such as the World hosted, and would no doubt pre- fer to surpass them if possible,” Asian Games Host Cities Since 1952 said Brownell, author of “Beijing’s 1951 I New Delhi, India 4–11 March Games, what the Olympics means 1954 II Manila, Philippines 1–9 May to China”. Hangzhou -- the home base of 1958 III Tokyo, Japan 24 May – 1 June Chinese Internet giant Alibaba -- 1962 IV Jakarta, Indonesia 24 August – 4 September will be the third Chinese city to 1966 V Bangkok, Thailand 9–20 December hosted the Asian regional games, 1970 VI Bangkok, Thailand 9–20 December following Beijing in 1990 and 1974 VII Tehran, Iran 1–16 September Guangzhou in 2010. 1978 VIII Bangkok, Thailand 9–20 December The Asian Games largely fol- 1982 IX New Delhi, India 19 November – 4 December lows the sports programme of the Olympics, with swimming and 1986 X Seoul, South Korea 20 September – 5 October athletics as the core sports. 1990 XI Beijing, China 22 September – 7 October South Korea’s Incheon held the 1994 XII Hiroshima, Japan 2–16 October last Asian Games in 2014, while 1998 XIII Bangkok, Thailand 6–20 December Indonesia will play host in 2018. 2002 XIV Busan, South Korea 29 September – 14 October That event will have two host 2006 XV Doha, Qatar 1–15 December cities, the OCA said in a state- ment: Jakarta, the teeming capi- 2010 XVI Guangzhou, China 12–27 November tal on the island of Java, and 2014 XVII Incheon, South Korea 19 September – 4 October Palembang, the provincial capital 2018 XVIII Jakarta, Indonesia 18 August – 2 September of South Sumatra, a 45-minute 2022 XIX Hangzhou, China flight away. AFP THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Qatar to host AIPS Congress in Hamilton out to emulate February 2016 LAUSANNE: The Qatar Sports Press Committee (QSPC) has confirmed the dates for the 2016 AIPS Congress in Doha, which will be held between February 6–12, 2016. Sheikh Faisal bin Ahmed bin Ali Al Thani, President of QSPC, announced the dates after consultation with AIPS president Gianni Senna at Singapore GP Merlo, highlighting that the Congress will aptly coincide with one of Qatar’s most important national days. Delegates attending the 79th AIPS Congress will therefore have The Briton a win away from equalling Senna’s tally the opportunity to take part in the National Sports Day of Qatar on February 9th, a report on AIPS website said. This will be the second time the fast-rising sports capital is host- SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton an early retirement that allowed ing the AIPS Congress after the successful 2006 edition. has always regarded Ayrton Hamilton to leapfrog him in the Provisional programme for the Senna as his Formula One idol standings a year ago, the German 2016 AIPS Congress: and the reigning world cham- admits he has nothing to lose this February 7: pion has a golden opportunity time around. Arrival of the Participants - to match the late Brazilian’s “I know I’ve got the pace to win Executive Committee meeting 41 race wins at this week’s there, so I’m hoping for a clean Opening Ceremony Singapore Grand Prix. weekend and a chance to unleash February 8: Continental Sections Should the Briton drive his the silver beast under the lights,” meetings dominant Mercedes to victory in he said. Congress his 161st start on Sunday, not only A Hamilton win would also see February 9: Qatar Sports Day will he achieve the feat in exactly him draw level with Sebastian February 10: the same number of races, he will Mercedes’ Vettel with 41 career victories, Congress and presentations strengthen his bid for a Senna- although the German will be look- February 11: AMG Petronas equalling third world title. ing for his third win in his debut Congress and presentations F1 Team’s “I watched Senna as a child and season for Ferrari at a circuit he Excursions it would be an honour to match British also loves. February 12: him. Now I’m just one win away driver Lewis Vettel stormed to three straight Departure THE PENINSULA but I hope to do even better,” Hamilton wins in Singapore with Red Bull the 30-year-old said in a recent celebrates from 2011 and with his car the interview. after taking best of the rest this season, the “But we must not forget that the pole four times champion sits 21 points Qatar’s Ogunode nominated for if he were alive, he would have position at behind Rosberg. won a lot more,” he added of the the British The tight track and regular Best Asian Athlete award driver who tragically lost his life Grand Prix in safety car periods could work in following a crash at the 1994 San this August his favour. DOHA: Dahlan Al Hamad, President of Qatar Athletics Marino Grand Prix. 23, 2015, file Local organisers of the race Federation (QAF) and Asian Athletics Association (AAA) and Hamilton holds a 53-point lead photo. have played down concerns about Vice President of the International Association of Athletics over nearest challenger Nico the cloud of haze hanging over the Federations (IAAF), announced that Qatar’s runner Femi Rosberg going into the 13th round city, saying it was not expected to Ogunode (pictured) has been nominated for Asian Athlete of of the season and it was at this impact on the event. the Year award. race a year ago where the Briton The city-state has been blan- Al Hamad said ‘the nomination is ripped the momentum away from keted by thick smog for the past a huge milestone for Qatari athlet- his German team mate. week, a result of farmers in neigh- ics and is indicative of the success Last season, the title race bouring Sumatra burning forests of Qatar’s athletes and their posi- ended up going all the way to to clear their land for agriculture. tive participation in continental and the final round in Abu Dhabi Race officials said they were international sport’. as Hamilton’s reliability issues monitoring the situation but Ogunode won the 100 meters allowed Rosberg to remain within there were no plans to change any in 9.93 seconds at the Rieti World striking distance despite winning of the scheduled events over the Challenge meeting on Sunday. seven fewer Grands Prix. race weekend, including the pop Two days earlier at the Diamond This year, however, Hamilton concerts held each night at the League meet in Brussels, the 24-year- has secured 11 pole positions in 12 taken the chequered flag under how important qualifying is too,” Marina Bay street circuit. old ran the same 9.98 time as race rounds, finished every single race the floodlights after 61 concen- he said. “It won’t be easy to make “Based on the current PSI winner Justin Gatlin but finished and claimed his seventh victory tration-sapping laps around it three... far from it. But I’m (Pollutant Standards Index) lev- second. Hamad said ‘the nomination of the season in Monza last time the Marina Bay Street Circuit, riding high right now and I’ll be els, there are no plans to amend of Ogunode shows the role of Qatar out as a late engine failure left and the Briton is geared up for pushing for that hat-trick.” the published racing and enter- in developing sport and working to Rosberg pointless. another tough race. Rosberg has admitted he is tainment programme,” Singapore build generations that can carry Hamilton knows what it takes “I’ve won there twice now, both not a fan of the 23-turn circuit GP said in a statement yesterday. on the march of achievements and to win in Singapore, having twice times from pole, which shows you and after electrical issues forced REUTERS records’. THE PENINSULA

Button says his Formula One Adidas to take Mayweather over as NHL doping future is close to being decided supplier from allegations still

SINGAPORE: Jenson Button Reebok in 2017 anger Pacquiao says his Formula One future Mexican GP is close to being decided and if BERLIN: German sports- MANILA: Philippine boxing he does race on next season it circuit names wear firm Adidas has struck a hero Manny Pacquiao expressed will only be with his beloved seven-year partnership with the renewed anger yesterday over McLaren. last corner National Hockey League (NHL) allegations that his American The 35-year-old, the second starting in 2017, taking over rival Floyd Mayweather had oldest driver currently in the from its own Reebok subsidi- violated anti-doping rules in the sport, is weighing up whether he after Mansell ary, as it seeks to challenge rival build-up to their mega-fight in will go around again next year or Nike in top North American May. end a 16-year career in which he MEXICO: Mexico has named sports. Mayweather had accused him won the 2009 world championship. the last corner of its revamped Adidas also said it planned to of illegal doping before their fight, “We’re not there yet,” he said in Formula One circuit after sign more high profile NHL play- only to have similar accusations an interview ahead of this week- Britain’s 1992 world champion ers after it agreed a sponsorship surface against the American. end’s Singapore Grand Prix. Nigel Mansell as the country with Connor McDavid of the “We have rules in boxing. The “It’s always a difficult situa- prepares for its first Grand Prix Edmonton Oilers, the top pick in penalty (for Mayweather) will tion when you’ve had such a long in 23 years in November. the 2015 NHL Draft. It did not also be based there. He must face career in Formula One, but also Mansell won the last F1 race provide any financial details for that if allegations that came out such a long career with a certain held at Mexico City’s Autodromo the deals in a statement yesterday. against him are true,” Pacquiao team, with McLaren. Hermanos Rodriguez in 1992, two Adidas said it would supply on- said when press raised the subject “Whichever way it goes it’s not years after he pulled off a thrill- ice uniforms as well as licensed as he made a public appearance an easy decision but hopefully McLaren’s Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain is seen inside ing overtaking manouevre on apparel and headwear for the in Manila. over the next few weeks we can the paddock, in this September 2013 file photo. Austrian Gerhard Berger around NHL. It will also provide jerseys The Filipino, who won world let you know.” the outside of the fast and fear- for the eight-team World Cup of championships in eight weight Button’s future has been the Some media speculation earlier to really show people the way some Peraltada corner. Hockey tournament to be played divisions, decried the way he was source of some speculation after in the season had linked Button Formula One is from a driver’s The banked Peraltada no longer in Canada next September. treated by boxing officials seek- a frustrating season in an uncom- to a return to Williams, where he point of view. features in the revamped layout The NHL agreement comes ing to prevent doping before the petitive Honda-engined car, in made his debut in 2000, but that “But there are so many things and organisers said in a state- just days after Adidas signed fight in Las Vegas in May which which he has finished just seven possibility ended when the former I want to do in the future I can’t ment they had decided to rename a multi-year partnership with Mayweather won by unanimous of the first 12 races, with a best world champions announced an just narrow it down to commen- Turn 17 after Mansell, who also National Football League (NFL) decision. position of eighth. unchanged lineup for 2016. tating on Formula One.” won at the track with Williams quarterback Aaron Rodgers of “I have more than 20 years of But Button, who joined With other top teams also Button’s immediate concern in 1987. the Green Bay Packers, the cur- boxing experience but that was McLaren in 2010 and a year opting for continuity, Button’s was the Singapore Grand Prix The Briton, who has been rent holder of the NFL’s most my first time that I was treated after he won the world title with future has moved into focus with and he said he was hopeful of a invited back for the November 1 valuable player award. that way. Even my own mineral Brawn, said any indecision was McLaren also committed to good finish because of the tight race, said: “I have extremely fond It also announced earlier this water, my Gatorade were not not related to the team’s perform- bringing on Danish reserve Kevin street circuit. memories of racing in Mexico week that it would become the allowed inside my dressing room. ance this season. Magnussen and Belgian Stoffel The only two races where City, the people, the energy and official outfitter of the Canadian How come?” he said. “I can’t give you too many Vandoorne. Button has scored points this the track itself were all highlights Football League, taking over After the fight, it emerged details but away from who’s deci- Regardless of whether he drives year, Monaco and Hungary, were of the F1 calendar back then for another partnership currently that Mayweather had received an sion it is, obviously you have to next year or not, Button, who both slow circuits, where outright me,” he added. held by Reebok. infusion of vitamins and miner- look at where you are in your life,” married last year, said he would speed is less important. Meanwhile, McLaren reserve Adidas is increasing marketing als the day before the match but he said. want to stay involved in the sport, “It’s still not great, (just) scor- driver Kevin Magnussen will spending in North America as it both Mayweather and the United “I’ve been racing in Formula possibly working with television, ing points, that’s not our aim but be absent from this weekend’s tries to reverse a steady decline States Anti-Doping Agency One for a long time and I’ve still when the time did come. at least you can be amongst the Singapore Formula One Grand in market share, slipping last year (USADA) have insisted that this got a massive love for motor rac- “I love the sport and there are pack and you can fight whereas Prix paddock after breaking his into third place in the US mar- was legal. ing and Formula One. so many areas of the sport where the last couple of races we just hand while cycling. ket behind Nike and fast-growing But Pacquiao has questioned “If I am racing in Formula One I think the public still don’t see drive round the back,” he said “Broke my hand after falling Under Armour. why USADA only informed next year and in the future I want or don’t quite understand what’s yesterday. off my bicycle. Better stick to four However, it lost an outfit- the Nevada State Athletic to be with McLaren. It’s a team going on because we have made “So, yes it’s a lot more interest- wheels,” The Dane told his 206,000 ting contract with the National Commission (NSAC) about the I’ve spent so many years with, it very complex and quite com- ing. I think low speed corners are Twitter followers. Magnussen Basketball Association to Nike infusion three weeks after the gone through some great times plicated,” he said. our strength, high speed corners raced for McLaren last season earlier this year. bout, by which time Mayweather and bad times as well,” added the “So I definitely feel I could help we’re still not bad, but low speed alongside Jenson Button and was Meanwhile, Adidas has been had already received a USADA Briton. out in that situation and I think it corners is our strength. drafted in for the 2015 season- repositioning Reebok, which exemption. “I definitely want to be here but would be quite fun as well. “So it should be a good circuit opener when Spain’s double world it acquired in 2006, away from He had previously called for there’s just things we need to talk “When you listen to journos, for us here and I can’t wait to champion Fernando Alonso was team sports and back towards unspecified sanctions and a over and make sure we’re all on they’re always getting the wrong drive the car and see where it ruled out with concussion from a the brand’s fitness roots. rematch with Mayweather. the same page.” end of the stick so it’d be nice stands.” REUTERS crash in testing. AGENCIES REUTERS REUTERS THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Springboks remain confident ‘We have Usain Bolt mentality. It’s all about how you peak at big tournaments’

EASTBOURNE: The South their opening Pool B clash on African rugby team are like Saturday in Brighton. Jamaican sprint legend Usain While the ‘Boks are hot favour- Bolt in being able to peak at ites to steam roller their oppo- the big events claimed hooker nents but backs coach Ricardo Bismarck du Plessis yesterday. Loubscher urged caution as the The Springboks hopes of a Japanese are coached by Eddie record third World Cup trophy Jones, whom he knows well from have been discounted by many the Australian’s time on the after a disappointing Rugby South Africa staff in 2007. Championship which included “Our focus is just to win this an historic defeat at the hands of Test match and we’re looking Argentina. forward to the challenge,” said However, 31-year-old Du Loubscher. The Webb Ellis Cup Plessis -- who is due to play in his “Eddie Jones is an astute coach is displayed in front third World Cup and has already who we worked with in 2007 and of the London Eye experienced the thrill of lifting he will have insights that will help in central London the trophy in 2007 -- said that Japan and we’re expecting a hard ahead of the 2015 great teams like great athletes game.” Rugby Union World came good on the big occasions. Du Plessis -- one of nine sur- Cup, which begins “I know not a lot is expected vivors from the 2007 World Cup- tomorrow. of us but we have great expecta- winning squad -- said the players tions,” said Du Plessis. couldn’t be faulted for the effort “We give ourselves a chance. they had put into training and There could be seven games and were keen to become the third the pressure mounts and we Springbok side to lift the Webb experienced players have been in Ellis Trophy. the situation where you have to “I can remember the World perform under the pressure. We Cup win in 1995 like it was yes- have a good blend of youth and terday,” said Du Plessis, who will experience. join several of his compatriots at “It’s all about how you peak at French Top 14 side Montpellier the big tournaments. If you look after the tournament. at someone like Usain Bolt. He “I was 11 and watching on TV can be injured for long periods in a room with 30 or 40 farmers. then he comes out and wins world I remember Nelson Mandela in “I could never imagine then trained really hard and players South Africa are set to name They play Samoa, Scotland and championships and Olympics. It’s Francois Pienaar’s shirt and that coming on in the 2007 final when like myself have been here before their side with the major talking the United States in the remain- the same in our sport.” extraordinary tension in extra- John Smit was injured and help- and now we can do our talking point whether Handre Pollard or der of the pool matches. South Africa play Japan in time and then history being made. ing South Africa win again. We’ve on the field.” Pat Lambie will start at fly-half. REUTERS Bok flyhalf Please write Wales off, rivals bring Gatland urges CARDIFF: Wales coach Warren Gatland urged reporters yester- out the best day to write off his team’s chances of doing well in the World Cup. The New Zealander lost his first-choice fullback Leigh Halfpenny in each other and scrumhalf Rhys Webb last week, adding to the pressure Wales were already facing in a tough Pool A along with England, Australia EASTBOURNE: Rivalry for and Fiji. the flyhalf position in the South “If you can do your jobs and write us off as much as possible, that African side has brought out the would be great,” Gatland told a news conference. best in all three candidates for “If we can come into the competition being written off, which the job, the most recent incum- seems to be happening at the moment, that’s the best situation for bent Pat Lambie said. a Wales team to be in. Who gets picked for the number “Sometimes those things galvanise us and make us stronger as a 10 jersey for the Springboks’ unit. So, please continue to do it.” opening game at the Rugby World Gatland believes this will be the most keenly-contested World Cup against Japan in Brighton on Cup ever. Saturday has been a matter of “There are a number of teams who need a bit of luck to get much conjecture. through the pool stages, but everyone has an opportunity,” he said. Lambie was first choice for the Wales reached the semi-finals in New Zealand four years ago. Boks in their last outing, kick- “We did that in 2011,” Gatland said. “We got through the pool ing 16 points in a 26-12 win over stages and quarter-final and everyone knows how close we came to Argentina in Buenos Aires last reaching the final. month. “I think there are seven or eight teams who will fancy themselves He had taken over from Handre if they get through to the quarter-finals.” Pollard following the home loss Gatland thinks the northern hemisphere teams have caught up to the same team a week earlier, with traditional rugby superpowers New Zealand, Australia and but it is far from certain who will South Africa, who have won six of the seven World Cups. get the nod from coach Heyneke “Just look back to the autumn,” he said. “It was the best the Meyer. northern hemisphere had done against the southern hemisphere “The rivalry has been really nations for a number of years. And again towards the end of the good. It’s brought out the best in Six Nations, we saw some expansive rugby played by four or five of all of us,” Lambie told repoorters those teams in the championship,” he said. of his relationship with 21-year- “That was a real positive and hopefully the weather will stay pretty old Pollard, seen as a future Bok good and we will see some hard grounds and some pretty good rugby.” star, and kicking machine Morne Wales face Uruguay on Sunday in Cardiff in their opening match Steyn, who was first choice at the and captain Sam Warburton has been delighted by his team’s meticu- last World Cup. lous preparations. “We all get along really well. “I can’t speak highly enough about the analysts,” he said. “They There aren’t any hard feelings do a lot of hours and sometimes don’t get enough credit for work- and we’ve all made a commitment ing around the clock. Obviously, we are still waiting for their team to back each other. selection to be made, so we can have a really good look at them. At “We all want the same thing the moment we are just trying to focus on ourselves and doing what -- to play every minute of every we have got to do.” REUTERS game - but you can’t hold it against a player who is in the same position as you and gets selected,” he added. “He’s doing his best.” Lambie, 24, is better known as Fiji can challenge England: McKee a utility back for South Africa, with the majority of his 44 caps LONDON: Fiji at their best can Zealander added. “The core of who plays for French Top 14 side coming off the bench but he is cause World Cup hosts England a our team has been together since Montpellier, said whilst he and pleased to be concentrating on lot of problems in the showpiece June last year. We’ve been build- some of his team-mates had good the flyhalf role. opener at Twickenham, coach ing towards this tournament all friends in their Pool A opponents “I guess that does make a John McKee said yesterday. the time. camp that would count for noth- difference, although I’ve been McKee has already guided Fiji “Our preparation and form ing on Friday. selected as part of the squad, and to the Pacific Nations Cup but he have been good but we know this “We have best mates in the if I’m selected in a position other knows that his fast and agile team is quite a step-up from the Pacific England team but as soon as we than flyhalf I’d be very happy to will have to up their game to have Nations Cup, so we need to play cross the white line that’s where fulfil that role as well,” he said a hope in the Pool A clash. our game at a higher intensity.” the friendships end. We’ll then be yesterday. A Fiji win would spring an McKee’s side has two players friends again after the game on “It has been really nice in the even greater surprise than when -- centre Vereniki Goneva and Friday,” said 31-year-old Qera. last couple of games to swap in Argentina beat hosts France in captain and flanker Akapusi Qera Team (15-1): Metuisela just at flyhalf. the opening game of the 2007 -- who have had spells in England Talebula; Waisea Nayacalevu, “It gives you a chance to work World Cup. England are heavy with Leicester and Gloucester Vereniki Goneva, Gabiriele on particular things you need as odds on favourites to win the respectively. Lovobalavu, Nemani Nadolo; a flyhalf and how we want to play game while leading English book- He has also selected the tal- Ben Volavola, Nikola Matawalu; the game.” makers William Hill are offering ented Nemani Nadolo on the wing Sakiusa Masi Matadigo, Lambie played fullback for all 16-1 for a Fiji victory. where he provides electrifying Akapusi Qera (capt), Dominiko South Africa’s games at the 2011 “We know we’ll have to be at pace and is also a superb place- Waqaniburotu; Leone Nakarawa, World Cup with Steyn at number our best to get the result we want kicker. Nadolo is to join English Apisalome Ratuniyarawa; Manasa 10. on Friday night. If we’re at our side Bath after the World Cup. Saulo, Sunia Koto, Campese But the 31-year-old Steyn, hero best we know we can challenge McKee opted for Ben Volavola Ma’afu Replacements: Tuapati of the series win over the British them,” said McKee. at fly-half and he will be partnered Talemaitoga, Peni Ravai, Isei France’s Yoann Huget during the and Irish Lions in 2009, is now “We know that to be successful by scrum-half Nikola Matawalu, Colati, Tevita Cavubati, Peceli England’s Ben Morgan during welcome ceremony at Painted third in the queue without an on Friday we will have to play for who has recovered from a groin Yato, Nemia Kenatale, Joshua training at Pennyhill Park, Hall, Old Royal Naval College, appearance for the Boks in the the full 80. International rugby injury he suffered in the warm- Matavesi, Aseli Tikoirotuma Greenwich. last 12 months. REUTERS Bagshot, Surrey, yesterday. is an 80-minute game,” the New up victory over Canada. Qera, REUTERS THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Experts seek cooperation to

Qatargas and tackle fixing Qatar Football DOHA: Over 60 international Association experts gathered in Doha yes- (QFA) officials terday to begin the first tech- pose with the nical meeting to follow-up on captains of the historic recommendations the Qatargas and commitments made in League during the Declaration of Berlin on a launching the manipulation of sports ceremony for the competitions. event in Doha, Organised by the United yesterday. Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the meeting has gathered government offi- cials, international experts and leaders in sport to follow-up on the commitments outlined in the Declaration of Berlin. Speaking at the opening ses- sion, Ms Ângela Melo, Director, Division for Youth Ethics and Sport, Sector for Social and Qatargas League set to kick Human Sciences of UNESCO said: “Adopted in 2013 by the 5th World Conference of Sport Ministers (MINEPS V), the Declaration of Berlin marks a decisive milestone in strength- ening cooperation between off with 18 teams in the fray governments and sports fed- erations because it is the first international declaration on the fight against manipulation Qatargas, QFA launch third season, event to start on September 20 of sports competitions. “UNESCO wishes to reaf- firm that the strengthening of DOHA: Qatargas and Qatar cooperation between govern- Football Association (QFA) Factbox: Qatargas ments, regulatory authorities jointly launched the third sea- League and sports federations will be son of the Qatargas League in key to the success of our future % Matches will be played at 10 stadiums an impressive ceremony, yester- actions. including: Al Sadd Stadium, Qatar Sports Club, day in Doha. Al Gharafa Stadium, Lekhwiya Stadium, Al Arabi “This meeting hopes to In its third edition, the Stadium, Al Wakrah Stadium, Al Khor Stadium, bring about concrete actions Qatargas League will witness the Al Sailiya Stadium, Al Shamal Stadium and Al that could be implemented in participation of a total of 18 teams Ahli Stadium. the short and medium term to in which 14 are reserve teams effectively fight against manip- Al Rayyan’s % A total of 153 matches will be played while four are second division ulation of sports competitions.” players and where 9 matches will be played in each round. teams. The league is set to kick ICSS President Mohammed officials The tournament format will follow a league for- off on September 20, 2015 and run mat consisting of one round. Hanzab said: “Four years ago, celebrate until the end of the season. % the ICSS started working on after winning The winner of the league will be the team The 2015-2016 season launch which collects highest number of points. the subject of match-fixing was attended by Mansoor Al the Qatargas % and since then, we have been League, in this Two second division teams will be pro- Ansari, Secretary General of moted to Qatar Stars League (QSL) based on involved in many discussions QFA, Hamad Al Kuwari, QFA’s April 2015 file their ranking in Qatargas League, however, and international projects, Executive Director of Operations photo. The these two teams must be in the top six teams including work with Council (Acting), Azam Abdul Aziz new Qatargas in Qatargas League. of Europe, UNESCO, UNODC Al-Mannai, Qatargas Public League season % The first place second division team will and the Sorbonne University, to Relations Manager, members of begins on be promoted to QSL, provided that they achieve tackle this issue.” the media, and Qatargas and QFA Sunday. a position in the top five places in the overall “UNESCO’s fifth World staff. Launching the third season ranking of Qatargas League. Conference of Sport Ministers of the league is a demonstration of %The second place second division team will and the resulting MINEPS V the fruitful and successful cooper- be promoted to QSL, provided that they achieve Declaration of Berlin were as ation between QFA and Qatargas a position in the top sixplaces in the overall significant milestone for sport which started in 2013. ranking of Qatargas League. and we are gathered here for During his speech, Al Kuwari, % In the case that the first place second two days of intense intellec- said: “The third season of division team does not achieve a position in the tual discussions with 60 of the Qatargas League is an opportu- top five places of the overall ranking of Qatargas world’s leading experts.” nity to discover the talent of some League, then a play-off match must be played Chris Eaton, Executive of the players in the reserve and against the 14th place team in QSL. Director of Sport Integrity, second division teams. We would ICSS said: “We now know a lot like to extend our gratitude to commented: “The Qatargas of the world’s leading sports des- Qatargas has been supporting prosperous society,” he said. more about match-fixing than Qatargas for their constant sup- League has now grown remark- tinations. Furthermore, we are over the past few years a number The 4 second division teams for we did a few years ago, however port towards QFA’s tournaments ably and contributed towards delighted to partner with QFA of games such as golf, badminton, this season include Al Shamal, what really has changed in the and we look forward to working promoting and enhancing the to support this exciting league chess, and ice hockey that attract Al Shahania, Muaither, and Al way we are tackling the issue? with them in the coming years game over the past two seasons, that brings together some of the many youngsters and are fast Makrhiya, and are all going to “Trans-national organised to build on the existing strong meeting our objectives in taking most aspiring young footballers gaining popularity in Qatar. battle it out on the field for a crime is now a very real issue in relationship.” Qatar’s football to new heights, in Qatar.” “We are also proud to say that chance to be promoted to the sport and this meeting is about He added: “This tournament especially as the country is get- He noted that as the world’s our CSR initiatives contribute Qatar Stars League (QSL). bringing together the highest plays a very important role in the ting ready to host the World Cup premier LNG Company, Qatargas’ to the human development pil- Last year, Al Rayyan was named calibre of experts from around ongoing development of Qatari in 2022.I thank the Qatar Football support to football is part of the lar of Qatar’s National Vision Champion of the 2014/2015 season the world to develop the tools football and overall improve- Association for providing us the company’ corporate social respon- 2030, which seeks to develop all while Al Shamal won the title in to tackle match-fixing.” ment of the technical level of the opportunity to be part of the sibility programme in the field its people physically and men- the 1st edition in the 2013/2014 THE PENINSULA participating teams.” Al Mannai State of Qatar’s efforts to be one of sports. Apart from football, tally to enable them to sustain a season. THE PENINSULA Qatar finish on high as GCC Para-Athletics concludes

DOHA: The GCC Para- Qatari Paralympian Nasser Athletics Championships con- Al Sahoti, who competed in the cluded after days of thrilling 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, action by the differently-abled showed his prowess and experi- athletes, with hosts Qatar ence in the men’s F56/57 javelin Qatari gold clinching more medals at the event, dominating the competi- medallist Qatar Sports Club in Doha on tion with a best throw of 32.87 m Shareefa Tuesday. to win the gold medal. Al Haddad Team Qatar won three gold Commenting on his perform- (centre) takes and two silvers in Championships ance Al Sahoti said: “The javelin the lead in the finale. competition was very tough and 100m event Qatari para-athletics star I was up against some incredibly at the GCC Shareefa Al Haddad added yet talented athletes so I am very Para-Athletics another gold medal to Qatar’s pleased with my performance. Championships final medal tally, bringing her per- The GCC Championships have at the Qatar sonal total to three gold medals, been a great opportunity for in the 100m Deaf/T20 women’s me ahead of the Doha 2015 IPC Sports Club event in a time of 16.68 seconds. Athletics World Championships in Doha on She finished just ahead of silver in which I hope to qualify for the Tuesday. medalist Qatar’s Mona Al Saadi 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.” who took second place with a time Meanwhile, in the men’s 200m of 17.66 seconds. T20 event, Abdulla Abdelrahim Speaking after her victory Qatar’s gold medallist Nasser Al took the silver medal for Qatar Al Haddad said: “The GCC Sohalti in action during the javelin with a time of 25.98 seconds, just Para-Athletics Championships event at the GCC Para-Athletics behind Saudi Arabia’s Rashed Al seconds. While speaking at the successful on an organisational on as they turn their attention have been immensely success- Championships on Tuesday. Yami who won the gold medal closing ceremony, President level and are proof that Qatar to the World Championships in ful for me. I am extremely with a lightning fast 24.51 seconds. of the GCC Para-Athletics is more than ready to host an October.” The event served as a pleased and excited to have won Upcoming Qatari wheelchair Championships Organising exceptional edition of the IPC test event for the Doha 2015 IPC three gold medals for Qatar. I Championships in October and racer Khalid Al Hajri claimed Committee Khalid Al Mohannadi Athletics World Championships. Athletics World Championships, am really excited ahead of the I will give it my absolute best to the silver medal in the men’s said: “The GCC Para-Athletics We hope this event has given the which will also be held at the Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World make Qatar proud once again.” 800m T33/34 event with 2.28.82 Championships were very GCC athletes a platform to build Qatar SC. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Blanc warns of bigger tests after Malmo win PSG coach satisfied with start, Di Maria impact in opener

PARIS: Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc admitted bigger Paris Saint- tests await his side after they Germain’s began their Champions League Brazilian campaign with a 2-0 win against defender Malmo on Tuesday. David Luiz Angel Di Maria and Edinson (left) and his Cavani got the goals as PSG, team-mate quarter-finalists in each of the Thiago Motta last three seasons, saw off the (centre) are Swedish champions at the Parc congratulated Pakistan’s Fawad Alam celebrates his maiden Test ton against Sri Lanka des Princes in Group A. by their coach in Colombo in this July 2009 file photo. Alam has been recalled in the But Paris face a fight with Real Laurent Blanc squad for the forthcoming Test series against England in the UAE. Madrid for supremacy in the at the end section, and the Spanish giants of the UEFA underlined their credentials by Champions brushing aside Shakhtar Donetsk League group Ajmal excluded from 4-0 in the night’s other game as Cristiano Ronaldo netted yet A match another hat-trick. against “It’s easy to compare after the Malmo on squad for UAE Tests first match. We will see at the Tuesday at end of the group stage. The two the Parc KARACHI: England will not well with a remodelled action and home teams have won, but our des Princes have to face their 2012 tormen- I am sure both Babar and Shah next matches will be away from Stadium in tor Saeed Ajmal in next month’s will to a great extent fulfil the home,” said Blanc, whose side visit Paris. three-Test series against requirement.” Ukraine next while Madrid go to Pakistan, after the off-spinner Head coach Waqar Younis said Malmo. was left out of the 15-man squad the veteran off-spinner faced a “We need to make sure we get “He needs games because, let’s substituted 15 minutes from the game was in December last year. announced yesterday. tough choice. points away from home, although not forget, it was just his second end. Since then we have only played in Ajmal, who turns 38 next “It’s a great challenge for Ajmal not every team playing at home start. He is clever in front of goal. “I decided to take him off the Swedish league which is not month, has faced a tough time to overcome the lack of bite in his managed to win tonight.” He can bring us quality with his because, when you come back, the same level. The qualifiers are since returning to cricket from new action and he has to decide Meanwhile, Blanc warned that passing but I also think he can you start to get tired after about not enough,” said the Norwegian. a five-month suspension after about his future,” Waqar said last Di Maria is still some way short score a certain number of goals 70 minutes, and he is also of a “Hats off to Paris. It was a mag- his bowling action was found to week. of his best form after handing the over the course of a season. certain age,” Blanc said of the nificent match from them. be illegal by the International All-rounder Fawad Alam Argentine just his second start “We were very good down the 33-year-old striker, who had an “We need to be realistic. We Cricket Council last year. meanwhile could end his five-year since signing from Manchester right with Gregory (van der Wiel) abdominal injury. will battle for third place. That’s Since making his comeback absence from Test cricket after United last month. and Marco (Verratti) and Angel. “He could have finished the important as it gives access to the with a remodelled action against being named in the squad for the “Angel is still building himself It augurs well.” match but that would have per- Europa League,” added Hareide. Bangladesh in April, he has Test series, which starts in Abu up. He arrived late after the Copa It was not quite such a good haps been taking a pointless risk. “We have Real Madrid up shown little of the Dhabi on October 13. America and he was carrying a night for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who We have attacking players on the next and we are much better form that brought The 29-year-old hamstring injury. I think we were returned after injury to face his bench who could come on so I’d be at home than away from home. him 24 wickets dur- Squad scored 168 on his right to let him rest at first rather hometown team and the club with stupid not to use them.” Malmo Unfortunately we concede too ing Pakistan’s 3-0 Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Ahmed debut in 2009 but than rush him in,” said Blanc of whom he started his career but coach Age Hareide was magnani- many goals away from home and whitewash over then- Shehzad, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, played only two the winger brought in to help take missed a handful of chances in the mous in defeat. we absolutely need to learn how world number one Mohammad Hafeez, Fawad Alam, more matches before Paris to the next level in Europe. first period and was eventually “Our last Champions League to close the door.” AFP Test team England Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Sarfraz being dropped. in the United Arab Ahmed, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, Alam has a strong Emirates three years Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan, Rahat Ali, domestic record and South Asia to Gamba stun ago. Junaid Khan supporters from his He has also per- home city of Karachi formed poorly have consistently back Platini Motors to reach for English county side demanded his recall. Worcestershire, his 16 wickets Rasheed said they were keep- Asian semis this season coming at almost 56 ing the option of adding another in FIFA vote, apiece. Fast-rising leg-spinner player to the squad, at captain TOKYO: Substitute Koki Yasir Shah and left-arm spinner Misbah-ul-Haq’s request. says official Yonekura snatched a win- Zulfiqar Babar have filled the void “We have kept the options open ner deep into stoppage time in the national team. for the 16th player in the Test as Japan’s Gamba Osaka The duo were instrumental in squad against England, picking NEW DELHI: A senior South stunned South Korea’s Jeonbuk Pakistan’s 2-0 win over Australia two left-arm spin bowlers, Zafar Asian Football Federation Motors 3-2 to reach the Asian last year and 2-1 triumph in Sri Gohar and Mohammad Asghar, (SAFF) official has said its Champions League semi-finals Lanka this year. for the brace of practice games seven members will vote for yesterday. Chief selector Haroon Rasheed and whoever amongst the two Frenchman Michel Platini in Gamba, the 2008 Asian cham- said Shah and Babar’s form more performs well would be added to next year’s FIFA presidential pions, will face China’s Guangzhou than made up for the loss of the Test squad,” he said. elections. Evergrande in the last four after Ajmal. Pacemen Junaid Khan and Asian Football Confederation Manchester United’s Luke Shaw reacts in pain and holds his right leg Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side dumped “Presently, Shah and Babar Wahab Riaz also returned to the (AFC) chief Sheikh Salman Bin during the UEFA Champions League match against PSV Eindhoven in J-League rivals Kashiwa Reysol are bowling outstandingly,” said squad after missing part of the Ebrahim Al Khalifa has already Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on Tuesday. out of the competition 24 hours Rasheed. Sri Lanka Test series earlier this backed Platini as his preferred earlier. “Ajmal has not been bowling as year. AFP candidate for soccer’s top job in Jeonbuk looked to be going the February elections, which through on away goals following have been forced by the worst Man United’s Shaw a scoreless first leg in Korea when Imran Khan Jr named crisis in FIFA’s 111-year history. Spaniard Urko Vera’s header SAFF general secretary two minutes from time sent the Anwarul Huq said yesterday that away fans into raptures -- while his organisation would follow the undergoes surgery Gamba’s players slumped to the in Pakistan T20 squad AFC’s lead. turf in despair. “The AFC chief has already MANCHESTER: Surgeons Moreno told journalists. “I’m But last year’s Japanese treble KARACHI: Rookie paceman Twenty20 side while Azhar Ali backed Platini. We will go with yesterday operated on really sorry.” winners, who were missing Japan Imran Khan Jr (pictured) was will be the skipper for the three the AFC,” he said. “At the end of Manchester United defender United manager Louis van Gaal striker Takashi Usami through yesterday rewarded for his one-day matches on October 1, 3 the day, voting is an individual Luke Shaw after he suffered a looked on in horror as Shaw was suspension, hit back in dramatic excellent bowling in Pakistani and 5 -- all in Harare. thing but we will go with AFC as horrific double leg fracture in stretchered off the pitch breath- circumstances, with Yonekura domestic cricket with a first- Veteran batsman Younis Khan we always do,” the Bangladeshi the Champions League defeat to ing through an oxygen mask to smashing home a left-foot strike time inclusion in the national was not selected after a poor official added. Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, the loud applause from the PSV and in the fourth minute of injury Twenty20 squad for the tour of run of scores in the World Cup Prince Ali has again joined the English club said. United fans, and the Dutchman time at Expo stadium. AFP Zimbabwe. in Australia and New Zealand in race for the FIFA top job, while The 20-year-old spent the was visibly moved. The 27-year-old took 16 wickets February-March this year. former Asia vice-president Chung night in an Eindhoven hospital “It’s horrible. When he was to help Peshawar defend Another senior Mong-joon of South Korea is also after being taken there during going in the dressing room, he the National Twenty20 member, spinner in the fray. Tuesday night’s 2-1 loss to PSV was with the oxygen mask, he title in Rawalpindi on Saeed Ajmal, was also Chung has accused the AFC of in their opening Group B game. was crying,” van Gaal said after Tuesday, claiming his overlooked after fail- sending unsolicited letters to its United said in a statement that the match. second successive best ing to impress since members urging them to support the England defender would stay Asked how long he thought bowler award after also returning earlier with Platini but FIFA has dismissed his in the Dutch hospital “to continue Shaw’s recovery would take, van winning it in 2014. a remodelled action complaint. his early recovery.” Gaal said: “I am not a doctor, so “We have rewarded from a ban. All India Football Federation “Manchester United are grate- I can’t say. A double fracture, it some outstanding per- Ajmal’s action was general secretary Kushal Das ech- ful for the excellent care he is generally takes six months, but formers in the recently reported as suspect in oed Huq’s view on SAFF’s stance receiving and would like to thank you can never say in advance.” concluded tournament August last year and he on the election. everyone who has sent messages A potential return in and Imran was one of was subsequently sus- “We’ll go by what AFC says. of support,” the statement went March would give the former them,” chief selector Haroon pended. He was cleared to bowl Of course, there have to be more on. Southampton player a chance Rasheed said in a Pakistan again in February this year but meetings before that. But who- The England left-back, whose of being included in Roy Cricket Board (PCB) release. had a poor limited-overs series in ever is elected, it won’t be a prob- participation at Euro 2016 next Hodgson’s England squad to go The 25-year-old uncapped pace Bangladesh earlier this year and lem for us,” he added. year is now in jeopardy, faces a to the European Championship bowling all-rounder Amir Yamin was dropped. The South Indian city of lengthy layoff after the sicken- in France in June. was also included for the two Batsman Sohaib Maqsood Thiruvananthapuram will host ing clash with PSV’s Mexican Shaw’s United team-mates Twenty20 matches in Harare on returned to both squads after the ninth SAFF Cup from Dec. defender Hector Moreno in the rallied round and declared their September 27 and 29. injuring his arm before the tour 23 to Jan. 3, the eight-team tour- first half. support for the stricken defender Japan’s Gamba Osaka midfielder Shahid Afridi will lead the of Bangladesh. AFP nament securing a title sponsor Moreno slid in with a challenge, but said it did not have a decisive Koki Yonekura (left) celebrates in Suzuki for the first time since trapping Shaw’s leg which then bearing on the result. with his team-mate Patrick it started in 1993. buckled under the pressure. Captain Wayne Rooney, who Squads for Zimbabwe Series (centre) as he scores the game’s T20 squad: Shahid Afridi (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Mukhtar Ahmed, Umar Apart from the seven SAFF Incredibly, the foul was not missed the trip to Eindhoven deciding goal against South members -- India, Bangladesh, even punished with a free-kick or because of a hamstring injury, Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Amir Yamin, Mohammad Irfan, Bilal Asif, Wahab Riaz, Imad Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, caution from the Italian referee posted on Instagram: “Gutted Wasim, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Rizwan, Imran Khan junior. during the quarter-final of the AFC Pakistan and Maldives -- Nicolas Rizzoli. for my teammate @lukeshaw23. 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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Qatar begins work at FIFA 2022 World Cup final venue DOHA: Qatar has begun con- of November and December. A at Aspire Zone Foundation, said: struction work at the site where final decision on the number of “We are very happy with the the 2022 World Cup final will venues will be made by the end rapid progress of renovation be played, tournament officials of this year. works at the site,” he said. said yesterday. Officials for the body oversee- “Khalifa International Stadium Preparatory work, includ- ing the Qatar World Cup, the is moving to new heights with ing the stationing of site offices Supreme Committee for Delivery structural work in concrete and A computer- and five kilometres of hoarding, and Legacy (SC), said construc- steel, and the vertical structure is have gone up at the site in Lusail, tion work at Lusail would com- now at level eight while strength- generated north of the capital, Doha. ply with international welfare ening works are also under way. picture shows As well as the final, the open- standards. We expect the stadium to be the bird’s eye ing game of the 2022 tourna- Earlier this month, SC handed over by the main contrac- view of Lusail ment will also be staged at the announced that the historic tor at the end of 2016,” he added. Stadium, the 80,000-seater Lusail Stadium. Khalifa International Stadium The arc and undulating roof venue for the Mubarak Al Khulaifi, the sta- announced that approximately 90 of Khalifa International Stadium FIFA 2022 dium’s project director, said in a percent of the structural concrete are visible from afar, providing World Cup statement that organisers were has been laid and is expected to a prominent introduction to the final. “very pleased to have initiated a be fully completed within two Aspire Zone. The large arch on presence on the site, which has months. the Eastern side which was used a special significance for us all”. Located in Al Rayyan as a platform for the launch of Lusail is the sixth venue cur- Municipality, Khalifa fireworks during the 2006 Doha rently under construction for the International Stadium has long Asian Games opening ceremony World Cup, the first to be played played a leading role in Qatar’s has already been removed, and is in the Middle East. development as a premier host currently being replaced by two The stadium is being designed of major sporting events. arches which are further visible by British architects Foster and The Aspire Zone Foundation, signs of progress on the site. in 1992, receiving an upgrade to which includes adding a new including the field of play, all seats Partners. one of the SC’s stakeholders, is Originally built as a once-more host the Gulf Cup. building to the east wing, and and concourses. Up to 12 stadiums will be used leading construction works on 20,000-seater stadium in 1976, The stadium is currently building a single roof to cover the The redevelopment will allow for the World Cup in 2022, which Khalifa International Stadium. Khalifa International Stadium undergoing a comprehensive ren- whole seating area. the stadium to host group stage, for the first time in its history Engineer Mansoor Saleh B Al hosted the Gulf Cup that year. It ovation to meet the FIFA stand- The venue will fit 40,000 spec- round of 16 and quarter-final will be played during the months – Muhannadi, Project Manager returned to hosting prominence ards for World Cup stadiums, tators and be completely cooled, matches. AGENCIES QSL: Al Sadd coach wary Florenzi magic helps of Umm Salal threat

DOHA: Football giants Al Sadd to be careful. “However we have won’t be taking Umm Salal to reach our target to score goals, lightly in their Qatar Stars get three points and find solutions League (QSL) game tonight, against a difficult team. The most coach Hussein Ammouta (pic- important thing is to convert our Roma hold Barcelona tured) said yesterday. opportunities into goals,” he urged The Al Sadd coach, who saw Al his players. Sadd start the QSL season with When asked about striker Champions League: Resurgent Chelsea rout Maccabi a slick 4-0 win over Mesaimeer Khalfan Ibrahim’s availability, last week, pointed to Umm Salal’s Ammouta said: “Whether Khalfan ROME: Alessandro Florenzi powerful strike force up front. will play or not will depend on the scored an extraordinary goal Champions League “Our matches against Umm scenario of the game. Maybe he from a seemingly impossible Salal have never been easy can come towards the end. He position on the right touchline, Results and this one won’t be either,” needs time to come back to 100 around 40 metres from goal, to PARIS: Results of the Ammouta said yes- per cent fitness.” give AS Roma a 1-1 draw against Champions League group terday at Al Bidda “I was happy with Barcelona in the Champions matches played yesterday: Tower. Muriqui’s hat trick League yesterday. Group E “They have a good last week. For two Florenzi raced down the In Leverkusen team that defends seasons we missed a touchline and was just inside the Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 4 (Mehmedi 4, well and also have striker. Now we have Barcelona half when he spotted Calhanoglu 47, 75-pen, Hernandez 58) quick counter Muriqui. And add to Marc-Andre ter Stegen off his BATE Borisov (BLR) 1 (Milunovic 13) attacks,” he added. that Xavi, Haydous line and unleashed a looping effort In Rome “The game will and Khalfan will be which flew over the Barca goal- Roma (ITA) 1 (Florenzi 31) Barcelona (ESP) not be easy and we key assets for us this keeper’s head and into the net off 1 (Suarez 21) will have to be care- season,” Ammouta the far post. ful about the counter said. Group F Ter Stegen ran back des- attacks from Sagoba. Umm Salal coach perately, then appeared to stop In Zagreb We need to be focused Uygun Bulent said his thinking that the ball would go Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 2 (Oxlade- and convert our team will be looking out only to see it land in the goal Chamberlain 24-og, Fernandes 58) Arsenal opportunities into for their second win in the 31st minute of the Group (ENG) 1 (Walcott 79) goals,” the Al Sadd of the season. E game. In Piraeus coach said. Umm Salal beat hosts Al Khor Luis Suarez had given Olympiakos (GRE) 0 Bayern Munich (GER) 3 Today’s match will take place at last week, winning 2-0. Barcelona the lead 10 minutes (Mueller 52, 90+2-pen, Goetze 89) at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium “In our first game against Al earlier as they began the defence Group G with kick-off time fixed for a Khor, we did well and we won 2-0. of their title. In London 6:00pm start. That will motivate us more for As expected, Barcelona, whose Chelsea (ENG) 4 (Willian 15, Oscar 45+4- Ammouta said Umm Salal will the next game,” Bulent said. coach Luis Enrique was returning pen, Diego Costa 58, Fabregas 78) Maccabi pose a threat in today’s round two “We hope we will be ready like to the club he coached for one sea- Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 clash for the Doha giants. we were for the first game. We son, dominated possession and the In Kiev “Against Mesaimeer, we didn’t are playing a strong team and if Roma crowd was often strangely Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 2 (Gusev 20, Buyalskiy have a very difficult game but we are ready then we can do well silent as the visitors stroked the 89) Porto (POR) 2 (Aboubakar 23, 81) against Umm Salal it’s going to against them.” ball around in midfield. be very different,”Ammouta said. In the other game today, Al Group H Lionel Messi and Suarez “Also, because we are playing a Wakrah host Al Ahli at the Saoud both had early chances before In Gent team with big experience and big Bin Abdulrahman Stadium. Barcelona prised open the Roma Gent (BEL) 1 (Milicevic 68) Lyon (FRA) 1 players and quality we will have THE PENINSULA defence in the 21st minute. (Jallet 58) In Valencia Jeremy Mathieu floated a long Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar (left) vies for the ball possession ball over the defence which set Valencia (ESP) 2 (Cancelo 54, Gomes 73) with Roma’s midfielder Alessandro Florenzi during their UEFA Champions Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) 3 (Hulk 9, 44, Qatar U-16 record big win Ivan Rakitic clear on the right League match at Rome Olympic Stadium, yesterday. and the Croat’s cross was headed Witsel 76) in by Suarez at point-blank range. DOHA: Hosts Qatar yesterday posted a convincing 5-0 win over Barcelona were threatening to Maccabi Tel Aviv in their open- third after 58 minutes with Cesc striker Olivier Giroud sent off in Turkmenistan as the home side kicked-off their campaign in the over-run the hosts when Roma ing Group G match at Stamford Fabregas finishing off a breaka- the first half. AFC U-16 Championship India 2016 qualifying matches. right-back Florenzi brought the Bridge. way for the fourth after 78. Having failed to advance past In the Group C clash, Qatar dominated the proceedings from the house down with his spectacular Despite Eden Hazard blazing In Zagreb, Croatian title win- the group stage of Europe’s elite first minute as they found early momentum. effort. an early penalty high over the bar, ners Dinamo Zagreb made a club competition in their previous Ahmed Al Janahi (10), Mohammed Abdul Rahman (42), Hisham Barcelona also had the better Chelsea scored twice in the first dream start to their Champions four attempts, Dinamo produced Ali (61), Saleh Saeed (84) and Hisham Ali Samuffineh (90) scored for of the second half although, with half with Willian finding the net League campaign after a goal in a morale-boosting performance in the home team. Neymar failing to spark, they cre- with a 30-metre free kick after 15 each half gave them a 2-1 home the Maksimir stadium. In Group A matches, Uzbekistan crushed Maldives 8-0 while Yemen ated few real chances until Messi minutes and Oscar scoring from win over 10-man Arsenal in their Organised defending aided by edged Palestine 2-0. hit the bar with 12 minutes left. their second penalty with the last Group F match. An Alex Oxlade- a packed midfield frustrated a Nepal fought hard before beating Jordan 2-1 while Oman posted a Meanwhile, Chelsea forgot kick of the opening 45 minutes. Chamberlain own goal followed by disjointed Arsenal and the home 2-0 win over Kyrgyzstan in Group B matches. their Premier League woes and Diego Costa, who replaced a Junior Fernandes header put side always looked dangerous on In Group D, Saudi Arabia eased past Bangladesh 5-1 while India got their Champions League cam- Willian after the Brazilian was Dinamo in the driving seat before the break, with Algeria striker El crushed Bahrain 5-0 in Group E. paign off to a flying start with a injured after 20 minutes, bril- Theo Walcott pulled one back for Hilal Arabi Soudani at the heart Afghanistan were held to a 2-2 draw by Syria in Group F. The tour- 4-0 thrashing of Israeli champions liantly volleyed in Chelsea’s the Premier League side, who had of all their moves. AGENCIES nament ends on September 20. THE PENINSULA