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Hamas leaders meet in Qatar amid unity drive DOHA: Leaders of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas met in Qatar yester- day amid renewed impetus for a unity government after the resignation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. Newly re-elected Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal chaired the meeting, which was attended by Hamas leaders from Gaza, including its Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya. “The meeting began on Thursday and will continue until Saturday,” a Palestinian official said. Hamas leaders will discuss “Palestinian reconciliation, developments in the Palestinian arena following Fayyad’s resignation, as well as ways of pressing Israel to release Palestinian prisoners,” he said. $10bn US arms deals with Israel, Saudi, UAE WASHINGTON: The United States unveiled plans yesterday to sell $10bn worth of advanced missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in a bid to counter the threat posed by Iran. It was unusual for the Pentagon to announce an arms deal covering three countries and the move seemed to be designed to send a warn- ing to Iran that US partners in the region were beefing up their military power. See also page 9 LOSING Boston bomb suspect eludes police

WATERTOWN: Black Hawk helicop- ters and heavily armed police descended on a Boston suburb yesterday in a massive search for an ethnic Chechen suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, hours after his brother was killed by police in a late-night shootout. Officials identified the hunted man as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and the dead sus- pect as his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who was killed on Thursday night in the working class suburb of Watertown. THE ISSUE Full report on page 9 Maduro sworn in Now that gold prices have been and coins that come in different sizes and are An outlet said in just two hours it sold out Venezuela president falling, leading to a mad rush popular investment avenues for a vast majority some 800 gold bars of standard size (116 grams) of particularly limited-income Asian and Arab some two days ago. CARACAS: Nicolas Maduro was sworn for the precious metal in the expatriates. As for coins, its stock of some 2,000 of vari- in as Venezuela’s president yesterday at a country, the question uppermost in The bars that are made of 24-carat gold are ous sizes were gobbled up by gold-crazy buyers ceremony attended by leaders from Iran available in various sizes beginning from five, in just a few days. to Brazil after a decision to widen an everybody’s mind is if the decline 10, 20 and 30 grams to 50, 100, 116 grams and Another outlet said heavy demand forced it electronic audit of the vote took some of will continue — and if so, for how a kg and even 12kg. to procure two fresh consignments together the heat out of a dispute over his election. long — or the trend would cease Coins are made of 24 and 22 carats and come weighing some 40kg but the entire stock was Maduro, a bus driver-turned-foreign in different sizes, the most popular being five, exhausted in a short span of time. minister who became the late Hugo Chavez’s and the rates will go up again. 10, 20 and 30-gram ones, according to bullion Jewellery shops do have bars and coins as chosen successor, narrowly beat opposition traders. well but are selling at relatively higher prices. challenger Henrique Capriles in the election ocal bullion traders and jewellers who, Some known outlets that sell bars and At a shop on Thursday, for example, a 116- last Sunday. obviously, have much at stake if gold coins have been reporting shortages of stocks gram bar was sold for over QR19,700 when See also page 9 prices keep taking a beating, do not off and on over the past few days since gold the actual market rate was around QR19,000, Lbelieve the downward trend would prices began plummeting much to the chagrin said buyers. Musharraf arrested continue longer than a few days or weeks at of enthusiastic buyers, many of whom said they However, arguably none of them lodged a ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former mili- the most. had to return dejected. complaint with the Consumer Protection tary ruler Pervez Musharraf was moved “It’s a temporary phase, and we believe that Some skeptics say they suspect the outlets Department of the Ministry of Business into police custody after being arrested in the worst scenario prices may plummet to are fooling them and reporting shortages to and Trade, the state-run consumer rights’ yesterday, an unprecedented move QR150 a gram (of pure, 24-carat gold) only to hoard stocks to offload when prices rebound. watchdog. against a former army chief of staff surge again,” said a bullion trader not wanting Market sources, however, reject such accusa- As for the falling gold rates, most in the bul- ahead of key elections. his name in print, insisting that this was his tions as baseless. lion and jewellery trade — and surprisingly, also A magistrate ordered him under house PAGEpersonal opinion. 6 They say it only reflects the frustration of a majority of people — here appear to believe arrest for two days, but hours later he was It is interesting to note that while gold jew- those who want to buy coins and bars but are that the prices would rebound sooner rather moved to police headquarters over the sack- ellery is available aplenty in local shops, buy- not able to due to quick uptake of stocks owing than later. ing of senior judges while he was in power. ers are having a hard time accessing gold bars to frenzied demand. Continued on page 2 See also page 12 AGENCIES

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 APRIL 20, 2013 ON SATURDAY 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Cashing in on price fall BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB many turned to jewellery. People to avoid erosion in their savings of limited size and capacity trying of many nationalities — mostly due to inflation, and to sell when to rescue an unlimited number aking advantage of a Asians — thronged jewellery shops the market was bullish. of people trapped in a whirlpool. sharp fall in prices of to buy gold at a price about 10-15 The sharp decline in the prices As all of them climbed into the gold, many people in percent higher than the price of of gold was not unprecedented. boat, it couldn’t bear everybody’s TQatar have gone on a bullion, as jewellers add making Everything that goes up has to weight, and capsized. gold buying spree despite fore- charges to their creations. Items come down, sooner or later. Due Another reason for the high casts of a further fall in the price made of 22-carat and 21-carat to a continuous rise in demand for supply and low demand could be of the yellow metal to $1,250 per gold were selling for QR157 and gold over the past 10 years, prices the central banks of some coun- ounce. QR150 per gram, respectively. had increased more than five-fold, tries, including China, Russia, Local bullion suppliers are run- Ornaments in 18-carat gold were from $330 per ounce to a peak of Mexico, Turkey and many oth- ning out of stock and are waiting available for QR130 per gram. $1,900 per ounce in August 2011. ers, who were net buyers until for fresh deliveries to meet the As gold prices fell by 13 per- Some bought gold speculating recently but are no longer buying surge in demand. The price of a cent in just two days a week ago, that the price would continue to gold and are instead exchanging one-tola bar (11.664 grams, 24 big investors worldwide lost bil- rise while others took refuge in it for dollars. Then there are the carats) at Al Fardan Exchange lions of dollars. The sharp drop in the yellow metal as an alternative countries trapped under huge Co was QR1,963 ($539.167) on prices took gold to two-year lows. to holding dollars as they feared piles of sovereign debt, which Thursday, but there was no gold Some who were exposed to the that stimulus programmes by the have started selling their gold to buy. most sought after metal lost over US would further weaken the reserves to bail out their finan- “Qatar’s gold market is differ- 20 percent of the value of their currency. cial systems. ent from the rest of the world. assets, making them think if it In a way, it worked like a boat THE PENINSULA We are seeing high demand for was the end of the metal’s era as gold but we have no stocks. Just a safe haven, after an impressive a couple of days ago we received 12-year bull run. two parcels of about 20kg each, The future price of gold in New Trend unpredictable but finished it within two days. York, for June delivery, went as People are buying in bulk despite low as $1,355.50 per ounce, mark- Continued from page 1 to 35 times less than its bail- negative forecasts for gold price,” ing an intraday fall of 9.7 percent ut that doesn’t seem to rep- out bill. However, those who said a senior official of Al Fardan — the steepest in percentage Bresent the broader view. see the current slide in gold Exchange, requesting anonymity. terms since a 9.6 percent loss in Market analysts and observ- prices linked to the develop- He added: “Analysts say the February 1983. ers who have seen gold behav- ment in Cyprus, argue that price of gold may drop further Market analysts suggest that as ing unpredictably over the past other European countries like to $1,250 (per ounce), yet a large there are signs of economic recov- several years, are of the opinion Greece and Portugal might also number of people, including ery in the US and some other that this is not the time a trend have to resort to a similar sale Qataris, are investing heavily in parts of the world, the market is can be predicted. since they are faced with equally gold. We called Dubai, but there in a “liquidation mode” and people “We must wait and watch,” challenging debt-related woes. is no sign of receiving any parcels Pics: Qassim Rahmatullah want to reduce their exposure to said an analyst on grounds of But there are others who see before Sunday.” To take advantage of the low the metal will recover in future. gold as they fear that the prices anonymity. But he preferred not the improving US and Japanese A source in Gulf Exchange, prices, and in some cases make But I am told there is no gold for may go below $1,300 an ounce. to comment when prodded how stocks as responsible for luring another local supplier of bul- a few extra bucks, many rushed sale. My wife does not like gold long one should wait to safely shark and institutional investors lion, said: “We had very limited to buy gold, but had to return jewellery. Now we will have to opt forecast a trend. back to the paper assets, arguing stocks of gold bars, which were disappointed. for it despite the fact that jewel- Demand and supply A cursory look at the situa- that a staggering $60bn has been sold within two hours.” “I have no worries about keep- lery carries making charges and it Broadly, the demand for gold tion as regards gold and jewel- pumped into US mutual funds According to reports, a bear ing the value of my savings intact is not 100 percent pure,” he said. comes from four major sectors: lery trade worldwide suggests and ETFs (exchange traded market around the world turned and buying gold. Luckily, by the Another would-be buyer, who central banks, jewellers, private the yellow metal isn’t becoming funds) that hold US stocks. to panic selling and investors end of every month, I am left with did not wish to be named, was investors and industries. Over cheaper only because Cyprus is They believe surging equity exposed to gold suffered their no money,” joked an Indian, who critical of the gold retailers. “I the past decade, people faced with offloading 10 out of a total of its markets would attract more of biggest losses in a day in the last gave only his first name as Feroz. smell something fishy. Whenever high inflation, weak economic 13.9 tons of bullion reserves to such huge funds over time, end- three decades as prices crashed “However, my wife, who is there is a sharp decline in bul- data and depreciation in the US help meet its bailout bill that ing the era of gold as safe haven. through the $1,400 (QR5,097) an working here as a government lion prices, the retailers quickly dollar often preferred to park runs into billions of dollars. The cycle of busts and booms ounce (28.3495 gram) level. employee, had some savings, so I declare that they are running out their money in gold, a commodity What Cyprus would get after must continue, they insist. However, that didn’t have much had come here to buy a few gold of stocks.” considered a safe haven for hard- selling gold is $466m, nearly 30 THE PENINSULA impact on gold sales in Qatar. coins for her with the hope that Unable to invest in bullion, earned savings. They bought gold Gold Souq awaits customers

DOHA: Although sales of gold jewellery have shot up in the city, shops in Souq Waqif’s Gold Souq are still awaiting customers. A few of the shops recently closed down because of having little or no busi- ness even one year after the Souq opened. Traders in the Souq say many people are still unaware of the existence of the Gold Souq, which is, incidentally, located opposite the gold market. “Some people think it’s a hotel and they just look around,” said one retailer. Only old customers of big groups such as Al Muftah and others come to buy any- thing, said Abdul Rehman of Safana Jewelry. He said the number of expatriate customers was increasing, with many Americans and Low-income expat workers top buyers Russians visiting the Souq once in a while. Another reason cited for BY AZMAT HAROON and has come down to QR157 from “You will not find new people to some other countries in the researcher at Qatar Statistics the low turnout of visitors FAZEENA SALEEM QR174, with pure gold (24-carat) joining the gold business any- region because most traders Authority, said Qatari women was the ban on entry of single selling for QR170 yesterday. more. It’s mostly people who have imported it from Dubai or Saudi always kept an eye on the market. workers on weekends. DOHA: Low-income workers Hundreds of people trooped to plenty of stock for many years Arabia. “They know when it’s a good “For many gold shops, sin- are the largest buyers of gold shops selling gold jewellery yes- now that are operating here,” “Prices are also slightly high opportunity to buy gold, and many gle workers are very impor- jewellery in Qatar, accounting terday, and the majority of them Rafiq said. here because of the five percent of them are buying it right now,” tant customers, but here for nearly three-fourth of the were single workers. With mul- Asked if the slide in prices tax,” Yaseen added. Al Jabor said. they are not even allowed to customers visiting jewellery tiple dependents back home, the had affected the dealers, he said: A few customers said jewel- Designs from India, Bahrain enter on their days off,” said shops in Doha. men, some of them sole breadwin- “Not at all. Many of these people lers made up for any losses due and the United Arab Emirates another shopkeeper. An increasing number of single ners of their family, buy jewellery had bought gold when it was dirt to the low gold rates in the mak- are popular among Qatari women, Many Yemeni retailers expatriate workers prefer buy- for the weddings of their sisters cheap many years ago. The ups ing charges. Additionally, jewellery who Al Jabor says tend to prefer from Saudi Arabia have also ing gold jewellery here instead of and daughters. and downs in the market don’t with diamonds and other precious traditional designs. emerged as tough competitors their home countries because they “My sister is getting married affect them.” stones saw the least reduction in “The Bahraini designs are very in the gold business. trust the prices and quality of gold in three months. When I heard At best, some dealers were buy- prices. popular these days because they “They bring new designs sold in Qatar. that the prices have gone down, ing gold at reduced prices and “Jewellery with valuable gems always come up with new yet tra- from Bahrain or Saudi Most of them buy necklaces I came to check if it’s true,” said then selling it, Rafiq explained. or diamonds is made of 18-carat ditional designs,” she said. Arabia, which are very popu- and bangles costing anything from Mohamed Sudir, who had come to Many people said that though gold or white gold, and its price Young girls prefer white gold lar among Qataris and other QR12,000 to QR30,000 for their the gold market with his friends gold prices had come down, the depends on the value of the and platinum jewellery as opposed Arab nationals,” the shop- family members or for investment. after hearing about the fall in gold rates of gold jewellery had not stones,” Yaseen explained. to gold, while the older women keeper said, requesting ano- “More than 75 percent of our prices on radio. been affected much. “I came to look for something value ornaments based on how nymity. Retailers insist that customers are single workers,” He said he wanted the prices “Prices have come down, but for my wife. It’s good to buy when many carats of gold they contain. prices of jewellery in the said a salesman at Sky Jewelry to go down further before he not as much as in the interna- the prices are low. Even if it is “It just has to be yellow,” said a Souq are no different from in the gold market. bought anything as he had very tional market. If the total reduc- QR100 less it matters to us,” said young Qatari girl, describing what those in other shops. With prices of gold sliding last little savings. tion amounts to some QR40 or a Filipino customer. she felt was an obsession with the Traffic congestion and week, the number of customers Owners of gold shops, mean- QR50 per gram in the market, Families, especially women, also precious metal. inadequate parking space in has more than doubled at many while, said they had not been most retailers have reduced it thronged gold shops this week. A Qatari girl is likely to and around Souq Waqif were shops. Salesmen at Sky Jewelry affected by the falling prices. by QR20 or QR30,” said Yaseer The custom of buying gold runs spend anywhere from QR40,000 also cited as possible reasons and Damas said they were making Mohammad Rafiq, who has Yaseen, Operations Manager of deep in Qatari society, where it QR60,000 on average on a jew- for few customers visiting the 100 to 130 bills a day now, with- been in the gold business for dec- Kingdom Gems and Jewelers in is required for a woman to own a ellery item, in addition to some Gold Souq. out revealing the value of the ades, said many shops in the gold the old gold market. substantial amount of gold jewel- QR15,000 on watches, in a single THE PENINSULA purchases. market had been in the business He said gold jewellery was lery before she gets married. shopping trip. The price of 22-carat gold for at least 30 years. slightly expensive here compared Wadha Al Jabor, a young THE PENINSULA Home APRIL 20, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Film depicts camels’ plight in Australia Thousands being culled in the Outback

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA who sees them anywhere. Camels first arrived in DOHA: A Qatari who travels Australia in mid 1800s from India thousands of miles to find solu- and Pakistan. They were used to tion to mass killings of camels carry loads and during explora- in Australia is the subject of a tions but with the emergence of documentary vying for honours modern transportation they were at this year’s edition of A ljazeera ordered to be destroyed. International Documentary Four years ago, Australia allo- Film Festival. cated millions of dollars to kill one In Camels in the Outback, Qatari third of over a million camels in businessman and former camel the outback saying they pose dan- herder Ali Sultan Al Hajri jour- ger to environment, destroy prop- neys to Australia to talk to people erty and compete with livestock. about the Australian government’s “People in Australia kill them policy to kill one third of over a for nothing in the wrong way,” million camels which are seen as a said Mansour Al Mansouri, asso- curse in the country while they are ciate producer who broached the considered a blessing in this region. idea of making the film. “I am the son of the Arabian Mansouri said it is a big issue desert. We Arabs cannot stay that deserves to be turned into a away from camels,” said Al Hajri, documentary which took over a who has developed his own way year to make. A scene from the film Camels in the Outback. of knowing every camel through “Finding the right people espe- its unique characteristics doing cially the main character, who He said the huge number of and meat rather than shooting the 48-minute film. “Just looking of building an industry to finally camel herding as a job when he had the knowledge of camels reactions from people not only them and having them rot in the at the dead bodies of camels breaks put an end to inhumane killings of was young. and could express the issue well Arabs detesting the practice desert,” he added. my heart,” he says as he wipes out the camels. The documentary was While Arabs spend millions in to viewers, was one of the main speaks of the seriousness of the The sight of a camel being shot his tears. directed by Yasir Khan, senior pro- auctions to acquire the best cam- challenges which took us time,” issue which needs a solution. and its lifeless body dragged away The film ends with Al Hajri plan- ducer at Aljazeera English Channel els, in Australia they are shot by he told The Peninsula after the “The camels can have eco- left Al Hajri in tears, making it ning to talk to friends and busi- and produced by Aljazeera English. private contractors or by anyone screening of the film yesterday. nomic benefits selling their milk one of the most poignant part of ness associates of the possibility THE PENINSULA

Spark Digital holds Survey respondents support stringent building safety rules talk on Google’s DOHA: A majority of respond- the Civil Defence in the case of company or corporation. parts of the country, in addition mandatory before construction on ents to the Al Sharq weekly the new Hamad International “This is in the interest of the to training more people. the new airport began. influence survey called for strict imple- Airport, to which some 71 per- corporation as well as the people,” Mubarak Al Sulaiti, meanwhile, “I don’t know whether these mentation of safety rules for cent agreed with the delay in the Al Rafai said, adding that closing pointed out that delay in projects safety requirements were there DOHA: Spark Digital, a digital buildings by the Civil Defence. opening of the airport. Some five down buildings or areas because was normal. before the contract was signed media agency in Qatar, recently Ninety percent of those sur- percent did not express any opin- of an obvious lack of safety stand- “Even when companies are for the construction of the new held a talk on ‘How to Use veyed said that they support Civil ion, while 24 percent felt that the ards is necessary. handing over projects after con- airport,” he said. Google and How Google Uses Defence in the strict implementa- steps were too extreme. “The delay in the opening is struction has ended, sometimes Another legal expert said that You’ to discuss the effects and tion of safety rules. Five percent Al Sharq asked a number of acceptable compared to risking the requirements are not ful- all the construction requirements influences of Google to life and said that it was not necessary to nationals and expatriates about lives,” he said. filled which makes the parties need to be fulfilled because they business. be very strict, while the other five the findings of the survey Adil Al Shimari said that the take up issues to the court,” he are part of the contract and that Nino Kader, CEO of Spark percent remained neutral. Nasr Al Rafai praised the Civil Civil Defence are updating their said. any breaches in contract should Digital said, “Over 10,000 searches The second question in the Defence for the strict implemen- systems with the latest technol- Al Sulaiti also said it was be taken to the court by the con- take place every second on survey asked the people if they tation of safety rules, particularly ogy but there was a need for the not known whether these cerned bodies. Google. This represents a strong agreed with the steps taken by for not being biased towards any expansion of work in different safety measures had been made THE PENINSULA reliance on a single company for information.” The talk emphasised the rea- sons why Google has grown since its inception in 1998 into US artist captures world’s number one search engine through adapting new environment’s search methods that filter results according to votes by other users, rhythm on canvas a technique known as “back- links”, rather than the traditional DOHA: American artist Lisa method, which depended solely on Mounteer Watson has opened word search and frequency. an exhibition in Doha. The expo, Over the past decade Google Chronofusion, is being held at also built up the world’s largest Inter-Continental Doha The online advertising system for City Square Restaurant until delivering sponsored ads next to May 15. The show is open to the search results and display ads public. on millions of websites. As of The artist is originally from 2012, fully 97 percent of Google’s California, but has been living abroad revenues. for the last 21 years. She majored According to the International in Fine Arts from the University of Wireless Symposium, 86.2 per- California, Santa Barbara in 1980. cent of the Qatari population After living in the UK and Belgium is active on the Internet mak- for 12 years, she moved to the Middle ing businesses now consider the East in 2002 and has lived in Oman Internet as a very important and Abu Dhabi before arriving to means of communicating with Qatar in 2008. their clients. Studies show that In her art, Watson seeks to nine out of 10 Internet users don’t reflect the unseen resonance of go past the second page of Google the environment in which she is search results and that is why it’s painting. “Each place has its own very important for businesses to rhythm; buildings emit their indi- appear on the top of the results. vidual energies; and people project their unique emotions and spir- Geologist denies ituality. Her endeavour is to blend these elements together, suffused quake rumours with the historical and cultural leg- John Groffen, Ambassador of Netherlands; Major General Dr Saif Ali Al Hajri, Managing Director, G4S Qatar; former football player Ronald de Boer, the acy on which they exist,” she said. head of the visiting Dutch Sports and Business delegation, with other members of the team during a reception hosted by the ambassador at his residence DOHA: Adil Al Sadoon, a Watson has sold paintings all in Doha yesterday. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) Kuwaiti researcher and geolo- over the world. “I might do a paint- gist, has denied rumours of a ing of a sunset, and I’ll have the possible earthquake in the GCC horizon line in mind. I’ll put that in Dutch sports business delegation visits Doha in the immediate future. then the basecoat, usually of Naples Earlier on social media channels, yellow. I let the painting drip down many people had expressed fears when I add the other colours — and DOHA: Former Dutch foot- on the findings of last year’s visit Estate Development Company. safety around large international about a possible deadly earthquake then something takes over after ball player Ronald de Boer led a and identify further cooperation Dutch Sports Infrastructure sports events. which was to hit the GCC between that,” the artist said. Dutch sports and business del- opportunities. is a cluster of companies, work- Association FME-CWM is the April 25 and 30. People said they “I really just let myself go, and it egation to Qatar recently. This The delegation met several ing together to create a platform Dutch organisation of enterprises had apparently taken information it’s working I’m painting in a pas- was the second such delegation Qatari counterparts such as the for international exchange of for the technological industry. about the quake from an unknown sion. I’m painting really quickly. I’m visiting Doha, with the first FIFA World Cup 2022 Supreme innovations and ideas around FME is founder of Dutch Sports source in the US. not thinking. The whole studio’s a one coming in March 2012, also Committee, Aspire Logistics, the largest sports events like Infrastructure in cooperation Speaking to the Kuwait News mess; there’s paint everywhere. headed by Ronald de Boer. Qatar Rail, Ashghal, Ministry Football World Cups and with the Royal Dutch Football Agency, Al Sadoon said that And then I stand back and look, This year’s “Dutch sports infra- of Municipality and Urban Olympic Games. Association (KNVB) and the someone was merely spreading and start to see things emerging structure” delegation comprised Planning, Customs Authority Working closely together with Dutch Government. Such dele- rumours as no scientific evidence out of the painting. I see things 15 Dutch companies specialising and Qatar Olympic Committee, the Dutch government and sports gations are organised by FME in was available, adding that no one that just kind of come out and I in public safety, security, stadium in addition to other Qatari pri- organizations, the Dutch industry cooperation with the Embassy of can predict an earthquake. think there’s something that comes construction and infrastructure vate companies such as Gulf seeks for international coopera- the Kingdom of the Netherlands “People will see that April 25 out of my soul,” she added. sectors. Warehouses, Qatar Investment tions for innovations that offer in Doha. will pass as a normal day,” he said. THE PENINSULA The aim of the visit was to build Group, G4S and Lusail Real green technologies, efficiency and THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA APRIL 20, 2013 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home 500 ‘Hit the Building’ at Al Riwaq Hundreds splatter exhibition centre with paint-filled balloons

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Tel DOHA: More than 500 people enjoyed the distributed to the participants, while a DJ will continue until June 30, 2013 at Al Riwaq Hit the Building event organised by Qatar spiced up the afternoon with up-beat music. Exhibition Space. “This art happening cov- Fax Olympic & Sports Museum (QOSM) and The children also got the chance to leave ered both; activities for youth and a social The Youth Company yesterday in front of their colourful handprint on the walls. The creative platform, which will be visible for Al Riwaq Doha Exhibition Space. event was closed by The Last Stamp Group the duration of the exhibition”, said Dr Tel The weekend has never been colourful as who did break dancing performance. In the Christian Wacker, Director of QOSM. Fax hundreds of people gathered together splat- end the logo of the exhibition “Olympics – “Hit The Building is an exquisite event tering Al Riwaq Doha with balloons filled Past & Present” was revealed on the fresh and we are pleased to provide such a great with paint. The event featured live perform- painted wall. platform for people to interact and unques- ances by several contestants of Youth Got Hit The Building is the first of its kind tionably work together to produce an amaz- Tel Talent 2012 that was previously organised event in Qatar that let people from any age ing art that is beyond imagination,” said Aya Fax by The Youth Company. play with paint and splash them into the Abu Issa, Acting Chief Executive Officer Visitors were entertained by Rosaset wall, which resulted to a huge artwork. of The Youth Company. “We are fortunate www.doha.hilton.com Alam, an Arab rap band, and beat box- The event was part of QOSM event pro- to partner with Qatar Olympic & Sports ing performance by Ahmad Aba-Zaid. gramme, accompanying an exhibition of Museum to hold this event as we have the Tel +974 44233333 Mohamed Farid, Marketing and Events both ancient and modern Olympic Games, same vision to create social integration and Manager of QOSM, opened the event, which highlights the history of the Olympics art is one of approachable ways to achieve Fax +974 44233000 which began at 2pm, by throwing the first and their establishment in modern times. it” balloon onto the wall. Balloons then were The exhibition “Olympics – Past & Present” THE PENINSULA

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The Ambassador of Pakistan Syed Hassan Raza received a delegation from the Pakistan Engineering Forum (PEF) and discussed plans to Tel establish a technical and vocational institute in Qatar. Proposals related to community welfare and promotion of Pakistan-Qatar relations were also reviewed. The delegation briefed the ambassador on the activities and projects they have undertaken to support the Pakistani Fax community. Raza extended the embassy’s full support and cooperation to the PEF and suggested initiatives to strengthen the community. Kempinsky Residence to open this year

Tel BY ISABEL OVALLE most likely in the first trimester of 2014. the Industrial Area. The complex will be Fax The company, specialised in high-rise located in a 128,500sqm area and the project DOHA: A new five-star hotel will open buildings, will soon start work on another will cost over QR193m. its doors in Doha’s financial district this five star hotel very close to Bin Samikh A total of 15 buildings which will have year. The Bin Samikh Tower, located Tower, the Waldorf Astoria. The 42-storey 816 bedrooms, 24 kitchens, leisure areas Tel behind Kempinsky Residences and Suites, property is expected to open in 2016 and will and all necessary services for 3,264 work- Fax will house the Swiss Deluxe Grand Hotel be within walking distance of the City Center ers will come up in the compound. It will that will be completed in October, said Mall and various ministries, as well as Qatar also include a mosque, a car washing facility, Enrique Pelaez, International Business Exchange and the Doha Convention Centre. a reception and administration area and a www.renaissancedoha.com Development Manager of Harinsa Qatar, Waldor f Astoria Doha West Bay will workshop. the construction company which is build- feature 250 guest rooms and suites as well as The Spanish company has also developed Tel +974 44195000 ing the 44-storey tower. 80 large serviced apartments. Amenities will two data centres equipped with the most Fax +974 44195100 Harinsa, owned by Ecisa, began construc- include a ballroom, state-of-the-art meet- sophisticated facilities and technological tion of the tower in 2011, concluding the ing and conference facilities and a wide equipment, located in the Qatar Science structure of the building in 15 months with- range of restaurants. A rooftop pool and a and Technology Park. In addition, the com- out registering any accidents. “The struc- two-storey bespoke health club and spa will pany will soon build three towers in Viva ture is 220 metres tall and we completed it also be developed for the property, Hilton Bahriya, at The Pearl. The corporation has in a record time,” said Pelaez. The main con- Worldwide Middle East & Africa has said. more than 50 technicians of 12 different struction company aims to finish the project Harinsa is also working on a new com- nationalities and employs over 700 workers. in October, in order for it to be operative pound for over 3,200 expatriate workers in THE PENINSULA APRIL 20, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

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NDOUBTEDLY, Pakistan’s former military ruler Parvez Musharraf got things terribly wrong. It’s difficult to guess what could be swirling in his mind, America’s guilty secret Ubut looking at the developments in the past week, it’s likely that he must be cursing his decision to return. For a person who came back to his homeland after four years of self- imposed exile with the noble intention of taking his country about convicting innocents to glory by contesting the election, what has happened is humiliating. BY SADHBH WALSHE murdering that white victim is going to top ten list for wrongful convictions rates Musharraf’s troubled homecoming reached a new low on be sentenced to death.” and that the majority of those exonerees Thursday when he fled a courtroom after a judge ordered his T’S hard to imagine a worse fate than He went on to say that in such cases are black and male, does not speak well to arrest in a case centred on his controversial decision to fire and being sent to prison or even being where the victim is white and the perpe- the racist tendencies of those shamefully imprison Pakistan’s top judges when he imposed emergency Isentenced to death for a crime you did trator is black, “someone is going down unscrupulous prosecutors. At least in the not commit. There’s no way of knowing for that crime and someone is going state of Texas, exonerated individuals are rule in 2007. The developments since then have been swift for sure how many of the over 2 million down for that crime fast.” Apparently, reasonably well compensated (at a rate and dramatic. He was arrested yesterday, an unprecedented Americans who are currently incarcer- in Cousin’s case, it didn’t matter that the of at least $80,000 per year served) for action against a former army chief of staff, and later moved to ated were wrongfully convicted, but stud- black man who went down for the crime the injustice done to them. the police headquarters. The judge placed him under remand ies estimate that somewhere between 2 didn’t actually commit it. According to the Innocence Project, pending trial for two days, and added a new clause pertaining and 5% of them, which would amount to Cousins is not the only wrongfully however, 23 states in the union have no up to 100,000 people, may be innocent of accused black man who feels that his race statues in place to provide restitution to to terrorism to the list of charges. If this wasn’t enough, the their crimes. played a key role in his arrest and convic- exonerees. And even in the 27 states that senate unanimously passed a resolution calling for his trial What we do know, however, is that tion. In Dallas, Texas, several exonerees, do have statutes in place (such as New under article 6 of the constitution for derailing democracy and since 1989, more than 1,000 people, some most of whom are black and male, have York, for instance), the laws often only abrogating the constitution. Add to this the fact that the courts of whom have spent decades in prison, formed a group called Freedom Fighters, provide the exoneree with the right to file have disqualified him from standing for elections in all four have been exonerated (pdf). We also know which is being featured in an upcoming a damages claim within a specified time constituencies in which he’d planned that of that number. more than half were documentary. Freedom Fighters was after his or her release. black and male; and their treatment by originally intended to act as a support At the time that Cousins was released Former to run. the criminal justice system, post release, group for the former prisoners, but has from prison in New Orleans, another While the former ruler’s critics is not a whole lot since expanded its role into a quasi- district that makes the top ten list for military ruler’s might gloat over his steep fall, the better than it detective agency to investigate cases and wrongful convictions (pdf), there were celebrated latest developments are riddled with was prior to their help secure the release of other wrong- no restitution laws, so he was not com- uncertainties and even danger. Never incarceration. fully incarcerated men and women. pensated for the five years he spent on return to before has a retired army chief faced In 1989, the One of the groups members, Johnnie death row. It wasn’t until a few years ago Seeing how the 16-year-old Lindsey, was convicted of sexual assault that the state of Louisiana put a law in Pakistan has imprisonment in the country and US justice system Shareef Cousins and spent 26 years in prison before being place that says a petitioner may be eli- descended into some experts believe the move could was convicted on exonerated. Fellow member Christopher gible for $25,000 per year served, with a open a new rift between the courts treats the people eyewitness testi- Scott served 13 years of a life sentence cap of $250,000, if his conviction has been farce. and the military at a time of elections it mistakenly locks mony of a murder for murder before being released. Also vacated and if he can prove his factual in the country. People are watching he didn’t commit, speaking with NPR, Scott said that he innocence. up, you’d have and was sentenced and his colleagues were mostly convicted Cousins attributes this grudging com- how the army would react, but one factor which is working to call it a racial to death. If you on eyewitness testimony only. And when pensation law in Louisiana to race, also: against the former military ruler is the absence of public review the cir- the suspect in a crime was black and “And so now I bring that back to what support. It’s obvious he miscalculated the public mood prior to injustice system. cumstances of his male, it didn’t seem to matter a whole I was saying the first time, to race. You his arrival, and even those who stood by him are now said to be case – there was lot which black male ended up being know, a lot of – the majority of – our abandoning him fast. no DNA evidence charged. guys that have been exonerated here in There is a danger in investing too much attention in this linking Cousin to the crime and there “At that time, all of us being convicted Louisiana have been black men. So we was actual video footage of him playing of a crime, all of us fit the same type have $12 an hour for a maximum of 10 case. The judiciary must act cautiously, strictly in accordance in a basketball league at the time of the of description, man. A mid-aged guy, years [for guys] that were spending 30 with the law, because there is likely to be a tendency for murder – it’s almost impossible to see medium height, medium weight, with years in prison. revenge and score-settling as the judges had suffered under how he could have been found guilty, a low haircut. How many people you “So I guess our legislature is saying Musharraf. There is also a view that the judiciary is overdoing never mind sentenced to die. When asked describing when you describe that?” that, well, you’re a black man: for 20 it, and must grant him bail. The courts can perhaps wait what he thought led to his speedy convic- The current district attorney in Dallas years, you probably wouldn’t have been until the elections are over, because a speedy trial will be tion, during a recent interview with NPR, County, Craig Watkins, summed up the employed, anyway.” Cousins attributed his death penalty sen- attitude of former prosecutors in the So, it would seem that in many juris- counterproductive and will overshadow the elections. tence, without hesitation, to his race: state whose careless work led to many dictions across America low-income Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup which was “I think the most important factor of these wrongful convictions as follows: black men are deemed worthless not widely welcomed at the time in Pakistan, but he was forced that we cannot turn a blind eye to is that “A good prosecutor can get a guilty only before they get unjustly sucked into out and threatened with impeachment in 2008. It is an irony – the character of race, especially here verdict on a person that’s guilty. But a the criminal justice system, but also after of history that the prime minister he ousted, Nawaz Sharif, is in New Orleans. Anytime that there is a great prosecutor is one that can get a being exonerated. It’s time to face up to white victim who is murdered, it is more guilty verdict on an innocent individual.” the rampant racism that allows this situ- now the front-runner in the general election campaign • than likely that whoever is convicted of The fact that Dallas County makes the ation to exist. THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of Water Egypt’s grassroots the day N EGYPT’S secular society, during last year’s fighting between Israel with the Egyptian military, which has short-circuited that strategy by seeking, conventional wisdom holds that the and Hamas, the announcement of $250 walled itself off from the civilian govern- and quickly winning, $5 billion in aid from United States is backing the Islamist million in fresh economic aid by Secretary ment, remains strong, there has been Qatar and Libya — funds that should Igovernment of Mohammed Mursi of State John F. Kerry during a visit to little in the way of strategic cooperation allow the government to avoid both an and reconstructing with his Muslim Cairo last month, and Washington’s between the administration and Mursi IMF deal and a financial collapse before Brotherhood the corrupt relationship low-key response to Mursi’s violations in recent months. A proposed visit by October, when new parliamentary elec- it once had with strongman Hosni of democratic order. Mursi, like Mubarak the president to Washington was twice tions are now expected. Russia and Egypt Mubarak. For the most part, it’s an before him, seems to be allowed a free postponed and is now on hold. With the Arab money in hand, support a ceasefire untrue and unfair story. But the fact that hand to repress opponents and con- Kerry’s aid announcement was aimed Mursi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders so many prominent and well-educated centrate power in exchange for keeping at coaxing Mursi into finalizing a deal with appear increasingly disinclined to heed in Syria as soon Egyptians believe it is an indication of peace with Israel and cooperating in hot the International Monetary Fund to bail advice, appeals or even criticism from as possible and how the Obama administration is failing spots such as the Gaza Strip. out Egypt’s crumbling economy. U.S. Washington. A proposed law that would to conduct or even articulate a coherent The reality is that the United States is officials hoped the pact would serve the eviscerate civil society groups and ban the launch of policy for post-revolutionary Egypt. not so much propping up Mursi’s gov- political purpose of forcing the Islamists congressionally funded organizations Egyptians who believe in the Mursi- ernment as it is flailing in its attempts to to compromise with the secular oppo- such as the National Democratic Institute negotiations. as-American-client theory point to his build a working relationship with it and sition to win public toleration of IMF- from operating in Egypt is moving for- Vladimir Putin close cooperation with President Obama exert influence. While U.S. cooperation mandated austerity measures. But Mursi ward. The Washington Post Russian President APRIL 20, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Boston conspiracy theories inevitable

school shootings, and the explosion of the In today’s digital fertiliser plant in Waco, Texas. The bot- tom line is that the official account of world, any gap in events — if one exists — should always be questioned because governments in general cannot be trusted to tell people official information the truth. Researchers are beginning to under- on violent events stand more about the psychological factors that attract people to these alter- native theories. For example, people who is filled by online are less trusting of others, or those who feel less powerful, tend to show greater theorists proffering support for conspiracy theories. Such theories are said to help people to come to terms with events in their lives that a ‘big explanation’. they cannot control. Generally too, people tend to prefer BY KAREN DOUGLAS “big explanations” for “big events”, where simple or mundane explanations do not onfusion still surrounds the seem adequate. Many people are also events of the Boston mara- likely to believe in conspiracy theories thon attack that has claimed that contradict each other, as long as the lives of three people and they cohere with the general idea that injured over 150. As informa- some sort of conspiracy took place, or Ction about the suspects and their reason- that important facts were being cov- ing is still emerging, this uncertainty ered up. This explains why a plethora of opens the door for a variety of explana- mutually inconsistent conspiracy theories Three crosses for each of the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, at a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street in tions that can spread rapidly over the emerge for the same event, and appear Boston, Massachusetts. Internet and online social networks. to live together in cheerful harmony in Although officials are still piec- the blogosphere. ing together the facts surrounding the For example, for many people, believing this was “proof” of the false flag attack delay. This is not to say that the imme- person purchased the domain name, events, several theories have emerged that Osama bin Laden was already dead theory. The emergence of these explana- diacy of digital communication is always a BostonMarathonConspiracies.com writ- proposing that the bombings were the at the time of the raid in Abbottabad is tions is itself interesting enough, but the bad thing in situations such as this. After ing the following text for visitors to the result of some kind of conspiracy. The no barrier to believing that he is still alive speed with which they have proliferated the Boston marathon attack many people site. most prominent of these suggests that somewhere. Even when official accounts throughout cyberspace is quite remark- used Twitter to find out what happened “I bought this domain to keep some the US government set it up as a “false are available, conspiracy theories have a able. At the time of writing this article, a and to help them plan what to do next. conspiracy theory kook from owning it.” flag” operation — an attack whereby a unique appeal for some, since they appeal Google search for “Boston marathon con- Sharing information on the Internet may “Please keep the victims of this event government stages a secret operation to particular psychological needs. spiracy” revealed 291,000,000 hits. also be empowering because it enables and their families in your thoughts.” and acts as the victim while attacking Another reason for their popular- The Internet allows people to express people to generate and discuss events This person seems to suggest that it its own people. In this case, the false flag ity and endurance is undoubtedly the and share ideas quickly, and with rela- rather than having explanations simply is irresponsible to frivolously speculate attack was supposedly executed to scare emergence of digital communication tively little accountability. In the case handed down by officialdom. However, about the causes of events that involve citizens into handing over more control media. Recent events highlight how of important social events, people natu- relying on the Internet and social net- people in tragic circumstances. But on to authorities. Arguments such as this the Internet and online social net- rally want explanations straight away, works for information can become a the other hand, advocates of conspiracy are often described as “conspiracy theo- works shape people’s understanding of and even though they may not have a problem when people are unable to sepa- theories would argue that this is a blatant ries” that explain significant events as events like the Boston marathon attack. preference for conspiracy theories over rate fact from fiction and good sources attempt to shut down people’s democratic the malevolent actions of governments Within an hour of the bombings, cyber- official accounts, the latter take a longer from bad. Research shows that not eve- right to discuss the causes of events that or other powerful and secretive groups. space was buzzing with suspicion and time to “cook”. They are often absent or ryone possesses the digital literacy, or affect society as a whole. We do not yet Explanations for the Boston marathon speculations of conspiracy. incomplete for a while, or sometimes for- fluency, to differentiate a reliable from know what really happened at this year’s attack are not unique in this respect. People posted pictures of sinister- ever. Libel laws and editorial control also an unreliable source. Boston marathon or why it happened. Over the years, accusations of conspiracy looking individuals in the crowds; oth- hold back official explanations. Rapidly Some savvy Internet users understand Until we do (and probably after we do), have surrounded many significant politi- ers claimed that a memorial website had available conspiracy theories therefore the power of digital media in arous- various theories will continue to emerge cal and social events, and recent exam- already been set up for the victims before enjoy the advantage of being immediately ing suspicion and mistrust among less and evolve. ples include the Sandy Hook elementary the bombings had even happened, and that visible and open for discussion without digitally literate audiences. One such THE GUARDIAN A strong Japan can help US in Asia A doomed return Tokyo is among the very few Asian powers to shoulder a greater share by Musharraf BY CYRIL ALMEIDA influence — but his political obitu- ary has long been written. of its defence and help Washington t never looked like it was What lies ahead for the coun- worth the trouble. After four try at large, though, is a world reinforce broader security. years of self-imposed exile, of uncertainty, and even fear. IPervez Musharraf returned Uncertainty because the elec- to Pakistan last month. Now the torate is divided and none of the BY VANCE SERCHUK Japanese leaders and officials stakes have been raised even major parties are even aspiring speak with new urgency about further, with the former presi- to win a majority in parliament s the Obama adminis- the necessity of painful and dent fleeing court after an order on May 11. Fear because the tration grapples with long-deferred reforms — includ- to arrest him. He had returned Pakistani Taliban are already North Korea, US ing structural, economic and ostensibly in search of something. delivering on their pledge to officials are investing defence-related measures — that, But what exactly? disrupt the elections by target- considerable hope in until recently, seemed politically Since his humiliating ousting ing secular politicians in the Asecuring Chinese cooperation. If infeasible. by the very politicians he spent Pashtun-dominated province of that support fails to materialise — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s nearly a decade trying to shut Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the while Beijing continues to display decision to join negotiations for out of power, Musharraf had tribal areas, while separatist unhelpful assertiveness on issues the Trans-Pacific Partnership, appeared desperate to return to, militants in Balochistan appear such as cyberspace and the South which required going against and lead, a country he believed in no mood to allow elections in a China Sea — concerns are likely deeply entrenched interests in would welcome him back with province where the military and to deepen in Washington about the governing Liberal Democratic open arms. In fact, Pakistan has insurgents have been fighting for the kind of great power China is Party, is one example. There are moved on from the Musharraf nearly a decade now. proving to be. encouraging signs that more will Prime Minister Shinzo Abe era, irrefutably and irrevocably. And this before the problems of In Tokyo, such worries follow. While no one is eager to say Much as there is horror at the an economy that is on the verge about China are already well- so publicly, fear of being eclipsed manner in which Asif Zardari’s of being pushed into the embrace entrenched — and provoking as by China is a major reason this This means Japan is among the window of opportunity to take PPP has ruled over the past five of the IMF yet again, faced by an much anxiety as are develop- decisiveness is now possible. very few Asian powers with con- the US-Japan alliance to the next years, and little genuine enthu- energy crisis that has resulted in ments on the Korean Peninsula. No one in Tokyo welcomes dete- siderable untapped capacity not level. Washington should strongly siasm that the Nawaz Sharif-led chronic blackouts and shortages But they are also the source of riorating relations with Beijing. only to shoulder a greater share encourage the tough reforms that PML-N could get a third stint in of natural gas, a low-cost fuel something paradoxically hopeful: Contrary to cliches about Japan’s of its own defence but also to help will allow Tokyo to play a larger power, one thing is clear: the prob- used in homes and industry and an impetus, albeit still tentative, resurgent nationalism, leaders the US reinforce broader regional role on the world stage. ability that Musharraf will be voted even to power motor vehicles. for reform and renewal. have sought to contain and de- security — provided it can sum- To be sure, Japan’s struc- into power, or even that his party The unprecedented competition In the past two decades, Japan escalate the confrontation over mon the political will to do so. tural problems, particularly in will have some presence in the next for seats — 272 directly elected has become all too synonymous the Senkakus, exercising caution. Of particular importance will its economy and demographics, parliament, is exactly zero. National Assembly seats — with an with decline, hobbled by anaemic But Tokyo is right to worry be the raft of defence reforms the are daunting and deeply rooted. Musharraf is politically what additional 60 seats for women and growth, dysfunctional politics and about the implications of the Abe government is likely to take Even with China providing an Imran Khan was in the mid- 10 for non-Muslims allocated on death-spiral demographics. growing gap between Chinese up later this year. These include inadvertent push, it is far too 1990s, when the cricket-turned- the basis of a party’s share in the But, to paraphrase Samuel and Japanese power, and the US steps that many US strategists early to judge whether the Abe philanthropist launched his directly elected seats — has made Johnson, nothing concentrates has an overwhelming interest in have long sought, such as a reinter- government will prove capable of career in politics: A high-wattage the electoral maths impossible to the mind like a noose, and for a Japan that gets off the sidelines pretation of the Japanese consti- overcoming these — the real key name that grabs a disproportion- predict. the Japanese, China’s recent and back on its feet — economi- tution that would allow Tokyo to to long-term renewal. ate share of the media spotlight The PML-N could be the larg- assertiveness — in particular, its cally, diplomatically and militarily. engage in “collective self-defence” But even a partial reversal, or but has negligible traction with est party in parliament come May continuing dispatch of ships and In fact, nothing would bolster with Washington; the creation deceleration, of Japan’s decline the voting public. Now that he 11, but will fall some way short aircraft to a group of East China the Obama administration’s rebal- of a national security council to could make a big difference to the has been barred from contesting of winning a majority. However, Sea islands (called the Senkakus ance of East Asia more than a better manage decision-making; Asian balance of power and to the the upcoming general election by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek- by the Japanese and the Diaoyu reinvigorated Japan. and, possibly, a boost in spend- US position in the region. a judiciary that has not forgot- i-Insaf (PTI) is a wild card in by China) — has previewed the While most of the Asian coun- ing on the Japanese Self-Defence Legend has it that the com- ten Musharraf’s attempt in 2007 Punjab, long a Sharif stronghold future they face if Beijing keeps tries that China has tried to intim- Forces beyond the modest increase mander of Japan’s fleet during to sack Chief Justice Iftikhar and home to 148 of the 272 directly rising and Tokyo keeps falling. It idate in recent years have been adopted this year. the strike on Pearl Harbor, Adm. Chaudhry, the ex-general faces a elected National Assembly seats. is an East Asia, many here fear, developing powers — considerably The Obama administration has Isoroku Yamamoto, warned after- sea of legal trouble, brought into The PTI has genuine support in that will be governed not by the weaker and poorer than Beijing responded to Chinese-Japanese ward, “I fear all we have done sharp focus by Thursday’s refusal the province but just how much of rules-based international order — Japan is still the world’s third- tensions over the Senkakus with today is awaken a great, sleeping to extend the bail granted to him that will translate into votes and the US has nurtured but rather largest economy and a high-tech appropriate caution, expressing giant.” The quote is likely apocry- last month. seats is difficult to predict in a by Thucydides’ dictum in the powerhouse that, despite spend- support for its allies in Tokyo phal, but its strategic insight is not Musharraf may yet be able to country where polling is still rudi- Melian Dialogue: “The strong do ing less than 1 percent of its gross while urging “cooler heads to — as China’s leaders may discover, return to life abroad — never has mentary and voters are known as they can, and the weak suffer domestic product on defence, pos- prevail.” should they continue antagonising an army chief been tried or sent to not to make up their minds until what they must.” sesses one of the most advanced At the same time, the next 12 their neighbor to the east. prison before in a country where a few days before an election. Behind closed doors, as a result, militaries in Asia. to 24 months could prove a rare WP-BLOOMBERG the military still wields enormous THE GUARDIAN APRIL 20, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Youth, police 39 injured in Cairo clashes CAIRO: At least 39 people were hurt yesterday after opposition activists marched on thousands of Islamists rallying outside the clash before Supreme Court in central Cairo demanding judicial reform, an official said. The fighting took place in Abdel Moneim Square and on the October 6 Bridge that passes over F1 in Bahrain it after crossing the Nile River. Islamists on the bridge threw rocks at militants below, including British TV crew forced to leave country masked members of the so-called Black Bloc. MANAMA: Bahrain police that year. The race was cancelled A correspondent said some of fired tear gas in clashes with in 2011 when the protests were the Black Bloc members fired rioting youths after thousands crushed. Last year’s race went birdshot at people on the bridge, of opposition supporters ral- ahead against a backdrop of wounding two of them. Egyptian President Mohammed lied peacefully for democracy burning tyres and riot police fir- Opposition activists also set fire Mursi and Russian President yesterday, two days before a ing teargas at protesters throwing to an empty bus that had brought Vladimir Putin talk as they walk Formula One car race that puts petrol bombs in Shia villages. Islamists to the rally. in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, the Gulf Arab kingdom in the At yesterday’s protest, many The head of the Egyptian Russia, yesterday. global spotlight. of the protesters held banners emergency services, Mohammed An authorised rally attended by reading “I love Bahrain”. Some Sultan, told television that at least men, women and children west of carried roses or national flags. 39 people had been hospitalised. the capital Manama was orderly Posters called for the release of An hour after the clashes Russia, Egypt but as it broke up, dozens of young activists from prison. Others car- broke out, three armoured men skirmished with security ried inflatable tyres reading “No police vehicles arrived and call for quick forces firing tear gas. to the bloody Formula”. began firing tear gas, the cor- Anti-Mursi demonstrators set fire to a bus belonging to Muslim Brotherhood The youth, many wearing black A television crew from Britain’s respondent said. supporters, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, yesterday. and white masks, burned boxes, a ITV has been forced to leave The Islamists were demand- Syria ceasefire rubbish bin and tyres in the road. Bahrain because they reported on ing an overhaul of the judiciary, Abdallah. The court believed plagued by unrest and deadly The tear gas sent the young men violent demonstrations ahead of after a court challenged a decision Mursi had overstepped his pow- clashes between protesters and MOSCOW: Russia and scattering. the Formula One Grand Prix, the by Islamist President Mohamed ers when he sacked Mahmud, police, a revolt in Suez Canal cit- Egypt called for a ceasefire Many in the Shia-majority broadcaster said. The five-strong Mursi to sack the veteran state blamed for bungling the trials of ies, sectarian violence and a dev- in Syria “as quickly as possi- state accuse the Sunni-led gov- team, who had the necessary visas prosecutor. former regime officials, including astating economic crisis, in what ble”, President Vladimir Putin ernment of trying to use tomor- to work, were filming when they “The people demand the clean- Mubarak himself, after the 2011 many fear is bringing Egypt to said yesterday, after a meeting row’s race to paper over human were detained on Thursday and ing up of the judiciary,” the pro- uprising. the brink of chaos. with his Egyptian counterpart rights abuses and disguise politi- were questioned at a police sta- testers chanted. Many judges are Mubarak-era Egypt is negotiating with the Mohammed Mursi. cal problems they say still plague tion before being released. Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood appointees, and Mursi support- International Monetary Fund on “Russia and Egypt support a the country, a close US ally. The group was then ques- had called the demonstration out- ers claim they remain hostile to multi-billion dollar loan to stabi- ceasefire in Syria as soon as pos- The opposition hopes the spot- tioned a second time and taken side the Supreme Court, which them despite subsequent election lise its finances, and the IMF said sible and the launch of negotia- light on the kingdom’s biggest to a police station, before being has repeatedly challenged Mursi victories. on Monday that talks had made tions,” between the regime and sporting event will help its strug- told yesterday they must leave since he took office last June. A court also overturned Mursi’s progress. rebels, the Russian president gle gain wider attention. the country or face being taken to Last month, a court overturned calling of parliamentary polls for The deal would require consid- said following the meeting in the Bahrain has grappled with prison. “Our news team were on a controversial decree by Mursi this month, ruling that he had erable reforms, and clinching it black city resort of Sochi, where unrest since pro-democracy dem- assignment with visas approved to sack state prosecutor Abdel ratified a new electoral law with- has been held up in part by the the 2014 Winter Olympic Games onstrations broke out in February by the Bahraini authorities,” an Meguid Mahmud, appointed by out consulting the constitutional inability of the government to will be held. 2011, inspired by Arab Spring ITV News spokeswoman said. ousted president Hosni Mubarak, court. build a political consensus around The two leaders said they revolts that swept the region AGENCIES and replace him with Talaat Mursi’s presidency has been the programme. AFP wanted Syria to find its own solution to the crisis, now in its third year, without “external intrusion”. Along with China, Russia is the only world power to have Saudi opens luxury rehab centre for Qaeda militants stayed allied with the regime of President Bashar Al Assad, veto- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is hop- an Olympic-size indoor swimming prisoners) will have to go through desert kingdom. The new facility which more than 150 Saudis and ing three rounds of UN Security ing to wean jailed Al Qaeda mili- pool, a sauna, a gym and a televi- one of these centres before they in Riyadh, however, is the first to foreigners were killed. Council resolutions against his tants off religious extremism sion hall. The new complex is the can be released,” interior minis- offer inmates a taste of luxury as Al Qaeda jihadists, many of government. with counselling, spa treatments work of the Prince Mohammed try spokesman General Mansur an incentive to moderate their them trained in Afghanistan, had Russia has though repeatedly and plenty of exercise at a luxury bin Nayef Centre for Counselling Al Turki said during a tour of beliefs. The centres bear the name targeted Saudi Arabia for allow- called for an end to the conflict, rehabilitation centre in Riyadh. and Care, a body set up seven years the new centre. Another cen- of the current interior minister, ing US troops to set up bases in which started in March 2011 and In between sessions with coun- ago to rehabilitate extremists jailed tre has already opened in the who spearheaded the govern- the kingdom during the Gulf War has killed more than 70,000 peo- sellors and talks on religion, pris- during a Saudi crackdown on the western port city of Jeddah, ment’s crackdown on Al Qaeda and to stay on afterwards, until ple, according to UN figures. oners will be able to relax in the local branch of Al Qaeda. and three more are planned for following deadly attacks by the they eventually withdrew in 2003. AFP centre’s facilities which include “Just under 3,000 (Islamist the north, east and south of the group between 2003 and 2006 in AFP

Jordanians rally Iraq ups security as attacks for reforms, kill 37 ahead of today’s vote against graft AMMAN: More than 3,000 BAGHDAD: Iraq ramped up government of Prime Minister main road in the predominantly people marched in Amman yes- security yesterday on the eve Nouri Al Maliki ahead of a gen- Sunni Arab neighbourhood. terday, rallied by the Islamist of its first election since US eral election next year. Witnesses said it wreaked opposition, to demand political troops left, as attacks, includ- But attacks on Thursday massive damage. reform and an end to corrup- ing a bombing at a Baghdad and yesterday that left 37 dead Security forces restricted tion, a correspondent reported. cafe, killed 37 people in a increased concerns about the access to the area, but the The peaceful demonstration, spike in unrest before polling ability of Iraqi forces to assure tightened searches did little under the slogan: “Stop joking day. security for the polls. to placate anger in Amriyah, around,” began at the Husseini The deadly violence just On Thursday evening, a where many residents accused Mosque in centre of the capital. before today’s provincial elec- bomb in the west Baghdad sub- authorities of negligence. People shouted: “Corruption: tion raises further questions urb of Amriyah killed 27 peo- “If it was not them (soldiers) the revolution is turning, and about the credibility of the polls, ple and wounded more than 50, who did it, it was their fault,” your turn has come!” Another cry with 14 candidates killed and a officials said. Further attacks in said one resident who declined was: “Listen, regime, Jordanians third of Iraq’s provinces — all the capital and northern Iraq to be named. reject injustice!” Other peaceful of them mainly Sunni Arab or yesterday killed another 10 peo- “We are surrounded by walls gatherings in the cities of Irbid, Kurdish — not even voting. ple and wounded dozens more. and checkpoints, so if it’s not Al Karak and Al Talifa. The election is seen as a key The Baghdad blast on them who did it, they helped Last week, security forces used test of Iraq’s stability and secu- Thursday hit a billiards cafe because they were lazy or they tear gas to break up demonstra- rity, and will provide a gauge of frequented by young men inside did not perform the checks tions of pro- and anti-government the popularity of the Shiite-led a small shopping mall on the well.” AFP rivals in Irbid, causing some minor injuries. Jordanians have held Arab Ahmadinejad in Caracas Spring-inspired protests since 2011, demanding sweeping politi- cal and economic change as well as a tough anti-corruption fight. EU ministers want W Bank settlement goods labelled

JERUSALEM: EU foreign ministers, among them Britain’s William Hague and Laurent Fabius of France, have said they will back EU efforts to label products from Israel’s settle- ments in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, according to a letter. Britain and Denmark have been at the forefront of calls for Iran’s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters Venezuela’s National Assembly before the clear and unambiguous labelling presidential inauguration in Caracas, yesterday. of settlement products. AGENCIES APRIL 20, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY

US unveils $10bn Boston suspect arms deals with Israel, Saudi killed, hunt on Arabia and UAE WASHINGTON: The United States unveiled plans yesterday to sell $10bn worth of advanced for second man missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in a bid to counter the threat posed by Iran. Suspect brothers of Caucasus origin It was highly unusual for the Pentagon to announce an arms WATERTOWN, standstill after authorities urged deal covering three countries and MASSACHUSETTS: Police everyone to stay at home. Public the move seemed to be designed killed one suspect in the Boston transportation throughout the to send a warning to Iran that Marathon bombing in a shoot- metropolitan area was suspended, Washington’s partners in the out and mounted house-to- and air space was restricted. region were beefing up their mili- house searches for a second Universities including Harvard and tary power. man yesterday, with much of MIT and public schools were closed. But officials insisted the arms the city under virtual lockdown During the night a university package did not reflect any shift after a bloody night of shooting police officer was killed, a transit in US policy on Iran. and explosions in the streets. police officer was wounded, and The elaborate deal would pro- Authorities cordoned off a sec- the suspects carjacked a vehicle vide Israel with anti-radiation tion of the suburb of Watertown before leading police on a chase missiles designed to take out and told residents not to leave that led to one suspect being shot enemy air defences, radar for their homes or answer the door dead. fighter jets, aerial refuelling tank- as officers in combat gear scoured Police were searching for the ers and Osprey V-22 tilt-rotor a 20-block area for the missing younger Tsarnaev, previously transport aircraft, defence offi- man, who was described as armed known only as Suspect 2, who was A Boston SWAT team member takes up position as they search for 19-year-old bombing suspect Dzhokhar A cials told reporters. and dangerous. shown wearing a white cap in sur- Tsarnaev in Watertown, Massachusetts, yesterday. Israel would be the first foreign Officials identified the hunted veillance pictures taken shortly country to be allowed to buy the man as Dzhokar A Tsarnaev, 19, before Monday’s explosions and line of the Boston Marathon. The primary school in Makhachkala, lost its bid for independence after US military’s Osprey, which can and said the dead suspect was his released by the FBI on Thursday. blasts killed three people and capital of Dagestan, a province in two wars in the 1990s. take off and land like a helicopter brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26. “We believe this to be a ter- wounded 176 in the worst attack Russia that borders on Chechnya, About five hours after the FBI but fly with the speed of a plane, The fugitive described him- rorist,” said Boston Police on US soil since the suicide hijack- and listed his languages as released the surveillance pictures officials said. self on a social network site Commissioner Ed Davis. “We ing attacks of September 11, 2001. English, Russian and Chechen. showing the two men near the The deal “not only sustains but as a minority from southern believe this to be a man who has The brothers had been in the His “World view” was listed as bombing site on Thursday, a univer- augments Israel’s qualitative mili- Russia’s Caucasus, which includes come here to kill people. We need US for several years, a national “Islam” and his “Personal prior- sity police officer was shot and killed tary edge,” said a senior defence Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia to get him in custody.” security official said. ity” as “career and money.” on the campus of the Massachusetts official, who spoke on condition of and other predominately Muslim The older brother, previously A Russian language social net- He posted links to videos of Institute of Technology, the anonymity. regions that have seen two dec- known as Suspect 1, who was working site bearing Dzhokar fighters in the Syrian civil war Middlesex County District Attorney Under the package, which is ades of unrest since the fall of the seen wearing a dark cap and Tsarnaev’s name paid tribute to and to Islamic web pages with said in a statement. still being finalized, the US gov- Soviet Union. sunglasses in the FBI images, was Islamic websites and to those titles such as “Salamworld, my A short time later, police ernment will sell 26 F-16 fighter Neither has so far been known pronounced dead. calling for Chechen independence. religion is Islam” and “There is received reports of a carjacking jets to the United Arab Emirates to have come to the attention of The FBI on Thursday identified The author identified himself as no God but Allah, let that ring by two men who kept their vic- as well as sophisticated missiles US law enforcement officials, a US the men as suspects in the twin a 2011 graduate of Cambridge out in our hearts.” tim inside the car for about half for the warplanes, which officials law enforcement official familiar blasts believed caused by bombs Rindge and Latin School, a He also had links to pages an hour before releasing him, the would not specify. with the investigation said Friday. in pressure cookers placed inside public school in Cambridge, calling for independence for statement said. The UAE part of the arms deal Boston came to a virtual backpacks left near the finish Massachusetts. He said he went to Chechnya, a region of Russia that REUTERS comes to nearly $5bn, officials said. Saudi Arabia, which had already agreed to buy 84 F-15 fighters in 2010, would purchase the same advanced missiles provided to the United Arab Emirates, allowing Chances of snap polls as Prodi fails in latest vote for president Saudi fighters to strike ground targets at a safe distance. Pentagon officials unveiled ROME: Former Prime Minister parliament, accusing centre-left would continue with Prodi as their largest economy. Prodi won only to prevent any government being the deal a day before Defence Romano Prodi failed to win elec- boss Pier Luigi Bersani of break- candidate on Saturday but the fail- 395 votes, well short of the abso- formed and would push Italy Secretary Chuck Hagel’s depar- tion as Italy’s new president ing a promise to put forward a ure of four votes so far underlined lute majority of 504 he needed, towards new polls, possibly as ture on a week-long trip to the yesterday after his nomination candidate it could accept. the raging political animosity and indicating that centre-left rebels soon as late June or early July. region. by the centre-left bloc enraged The vote was the fourth in a uncertainty more than 50 days after had again disobeyed party orders A crowd of around 200 anti- Bolstering Israel’s air power Silvio Berlusconi and increased complex election process by 1,007 an inconclusive general election. in the latest of many rebuffs for Prodi demonstrators protested with crucial mid-air refuelling the chances of a snap election. electors from both houses of par- The presidential vote is closely Bersani. Around 100 centre-left outside parliament and several tankers and missiles is sure to fuel Berlusconi’s centre-right boy- liament and regional representa- intertwined with the search for parliamentarians appeared to have parliamentarians led by Alessandra speculation that Washington could cotted the vote for Prodi, one of tives. A fifth and sixth vote are a stable government capable of refused orders to vote for Prodi. Mussolini, the granddaughter of be helping Israel to prepare for the media magnate’s oldest politi- expected today. combatting a severe economic Berlusconi’s camp said that if dictator Benito Mussolini, a preemptive strike against Iran. cal foes, and protested outside Centre-left officials said they recession in the euro zone’s third Prodi was elected this was likely REUTERS AFP Prince Harry to join expedition Maduro swears in as president to South Pole CARACAS: Nicolas Maduro succeeded the new leader to speak to the nation from a stage late Hugo Chavez as Venezuela’s new presi- set up outside the National Assembly. LONDON: Prince Harry, dent yesterday, hosting a lavish inauguration “Maduro is Chavez’s legacy. To support him is Britain’s third in line to the after defusing opposition demands for a vote to support the supreme commander,” said Jose throne, will take part in a recount and winning the approval of fellow Rendo, a 38-year-old electrician who came from race to the South Pole along- Latin American leaders. the eastern state of Anzoategui. side wounded British service- Maduro flew home from Lima, Peru where A military parade and flyover in the after- men and women, he announced a summit of South American presidents con- noon will show off Venezuela’s small arsenal of yesterday. gratulated him on his victory in snap elections Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft, hel- The 335km trek to the South on Sunday, shortly after Venezuela’s National icopters and tanks, a routine but important ritual Pole will see Britain’s Royal com- Election Council yielded to demands for an for Venezuela’s politically influential military. pete against teams from the United expanded audit of the results. Maduro, who campaigned as Chavez’s political States and Commonwealth coun- Foreign dignitaries also began arriving, includ- “son”, was elected with a margin of victory of tries. “As a member of the British ing Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad less than a 1.8 percent over Henrique Capriles, a team, I will have a brew (tea) on and Cuba’s President Raul Castro, close allies 40-year-old state governor who has made rapid ready for you when you join us at the of Venezuela’s leftist, anti-American leadership. gains at the head of a resurgent opposition. Pole,” he said in a speech, referring Presidents Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Cristina Opposition demands for a recount were fol- to participants from other countries. Kirchner of Argentina, Jose Mujica of Uruguay lowed by violent protests that left eight people Harry took part in a 2011 expe- and Evo Morales of Bolivia have confirmed their dead, igniting a volatile political crisis in the oil- dition to the North Pole organised attendance. “19 of April day of the Fatherland rich OPEC nation as Maduro and Capriles traded by the same charity. Describing today I swear to our people that I will fulfil the fiery accusations over who was to blame. qualities he said he admired in plan of the Fatherland and will be loyal to the ideas Late Thursday, with Maduro in Peru seeking his fellow participants, he said: of (independence hero Simon) Bolivar and Chavez,” support from a summit of South American lead- “Physical strength, endurance, a Maduro wrote on his Twitter account Friday. ers, National Election Council president Tibisay sense of comradeship, absolutely. Maduro, a 50-year-old onetime bus driver who Lucena stepped in to defuse the tensions. “But there’s something else, some- rose to the heights of power here under Chavez, She announced an expanded audit of the vote thing deeper than that. Something was to be sworn in in the country’s colonial-style in response to the opposition demands for a vote, that continues to draw me back to National Assembly in the heart of the capital. making clear it would be based on an extensive this charity and these people time Hundreds of people packed the nearby Plaza sample of unaudited ballot boxes and not a vote- and again — and always will.” Bolivar, most of them Chavez supporters bused by-vote recount. REUTERS in from the country and standing by for their AFP

Serbia, Kosovo sign deal to normalise ties

BRUSSELS: The premiers of Serbia and Dacic and his Kosovo counterpart Hashim crucial to future ties with the EU, were the Kosovo yesterday initialled a historic Thaci. “The agreement will help us heal second in Brussels this week after they hur- deal to normalise ties in a move key to the wounds of the past,” Thaci said. “This ried back on Ashton’s request less than 48 the future of the Western Balkans, said agreement represents the start of a new hours after the collapse of an earlier round. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. era, an era of reconciliation and inter-state Belgrade needed a swift deal to enable “These negotiations have been concluded,” cooperation.” EU leaders to give it a date at a June EU Ashton said. “The text has been initialled The EU has brokered two years of talks summit for the launch of long hoped-for by both prime ministers.” aimed at easing mutual tensions follow- negotiations to join the 27-nation bloc. “What we are seeing is a step away from ing Serbia’s continued refusal to recognise Without an agreement by Monday, the past and, for both of them, a step closer Kosovo’s 2008 unilateral declaration of Serbia’s integration into the EU would have to Europe,” Ashton said after winding up independence. been delayed indefinitely. talks with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Discussions between the two premiers, AFP APRIL 20, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Philippines

Aquino among top world leaders Poll panel calls Immigration, 11 over posters MANILA: Six senatorial candidates and five activ- ists were subpoenaed by the Commission on Elections Coast Guard over their unlawful cam- paign posters. They were former Las Piñas representa- tive Cynthia Villar, Benigno “Bam” Aquino of Team PNoy, Senator Gregorio Honasan on high alert and former senator Richard Gordon of United Nationalist Alliance, and Eddie Villanueva of Bangon Pilipinas and mem- Move follows terror attack reports bers of party-list group LPG Marketers Association. MANILA: Immigration “airport family,” and when the authorities and the Philippine Manila International Airport Education for Coast Guard (PCG) went on Authority (MIAA) declares that alert on reports of possible ter- they are on alert, Mangrobang said street children ror attacks following the bomb- they would also remain vigilant. ing of the Boston Marathon PCG spokesman Commander MANILA: Street children earlier this week. Armand Balilo said that as of and out-of-school youth can The Philippine Postal noon yesterday, there was no now have access to quality Corporation (PHLPost), on the directive for them to go on height- education after the govern- other hand, has called for an ened alert. ment launched yesterday the emergency meeting to review “The directive of PCG com- President Benigno Aquino III (right) taking his position with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei for a guard of ‘Kariton Klasrum’ (push- security procedures in receiv- mandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo honour as the sultan arrives in Manila on a state visit recently. President Aquino has been included in Time cart classroom) project. The ing and delivery of letters and Isorena was when it comes to magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2013. departments of education packages. security at the ports, they should and social welfare and devel- “We are on alert at all times, always be vigilant. opment coordinated with the especially if we are talking about “Also, our K9 units and intelli- group of 2009 CNN Hero suspected terrorists. gence officers are also monitoring Efren Peñaflorida to reach “The requirement of the developments,” Commander families living on the streets Immigration Commissioner Armand Balilo said. China vessel hauled off reefs and out-of-school children Ricardo David Jr is that it does He added they would also con- who are beneficiaries of the not have to take an incident tinue with their port inspections PUERTO PRINCESA: A poaching in the marine reserve the men could still be jailed for Modified Conditional Cash like the one in Boston for us and coordinate with the shipping Chinese fishing vessel that and anger mounted after hun- between 12 and 20 years for Transfer. to be on our watch,” Bureau of companies and port managers. ran aground on one of the dreds of dead pangolins or scaly transporting a threatened species Immigration (BI) spokesper- PHLPost postmaster general Philippines’ most famous coral anteaters — a protected species through Tubbataha. Abducted cops son and intelligence division Josefina de la Cruz said she has set reefs more than a week ago was — were later discovered in their The stranding of the vessel on chief Maria Antonette Bucasas- an emergency meeting on Monday removed yesterday, the coast ship. April 8 raised concern over the flee rebels Mangrobang said. to revise the present security pro- guard said. At a hearing in Puerto Princesa, potential damage to the protected She added they are on alert for cedures in the receiving and deliv- The 48-metre (157-foot) ship the men entered a plea of not coral reef and the gathering of the MANILA: Two police- the possible entry of any of the ery of letters and packages. was hauled by a tugboat from guilty to the poaching charge, rare pangolins. men who were kidnapped identified and declared terrorists Postal officials noted reports Tubbataha, a UNESCO World while their lawyer Alex Jagmiz Pangolins are widely hunted by suspected members of that have been included in the that US President Barack Obama Heritage-listed coral reef near asked for more time to prepare in parts of Asia for their meat, the leftist rebel group New immigration blacklist, as well as and Sen. Roger Wicker received the western island of Palawan his case. “We don’t have enough skin and scales — in China they People’s Army (NPA) in those who are known to have been letters containing ricin, a highly where its crew are facing serious interpreters,” he said. are considered a delicacy and to Agusan del Sur managed to involved in a terrorist attack. toxic substance. charges, a spokeswoman said. Authorities have already filed a have medicinal qualities. In the escape, police said yesterday. “Our standard operating pro- “We are in fact calling for an “The hull of the vessel is still charge of corruption against the Philippines, they are found only Regional public information cedure in the arrival of foreigners emergency meeting for critical okay so according to (the salvage Chinese men for allegedly trying on Palawan. officer Police Superintendent is constant. people to draw new security guide- team), it is safe to tow the vessel,” to bribe their way to freedom. The Philippine office of the Martin Gamba said the two “If the foreigner could not lines,” De la Cruz said. De la Cruz Lieutenant Greanata Jude said. Serious charges are also being World Wide Fund for Nature con- policemen were able to grab display or cannot prove his or added she is also rushing the pur- The ship will be taken to prepared over possession of the demned the poaching of the pan- an AK-47 rifle from one of her intention to travel into the chase of two X-ray machines that the Palawan capital of Puerto pangolins. golins after the men were caught, the rebels and shot two of country, then that is a ground would be installed at PHLPost’s Princesa where its 12 Chinese Palawan environmental legal saying that growing demand in them fatally. Gamba said the to exclude (them) and not allow Central Mail Exchange Centre in crewmen were arraigned yester- officer Adelina Villena said China was wiping out the animal two policemen who were kid- them entry,” Mangrobang said. Pasay City. day, she said. regardless of whether the animals in Southeast Asia. napped on April 14 were held Since the BI is part of the THE PHILIPPINE STAR They were arrested for alleged came from Palawan or elsewhere, AFP by the NPAs at the vicinity of Maitum village in Loreto town. High temperature 13 inmates bolt Philippines among most jail in Negros MANILA: Thirteen prison- ers escaped from a city jail socially advanced nations in Negros Occidental late yesterday afternoon, police MANILA: The Philippines is United States and Japan. said yesterday. Local media the 26th most socially advanced Of the other Southeast Asian reports reveal that most of country, a report by a London- countries covered by the survey, the prisoners who escaped based organisation showed. Thailand was 23rd, partly due to are facing murder charges. The Philippines had good rank- a very high score for “basic human Western Visayas direc- ings in “ecosystem sustainability” needs” where it placed second out tor Chief Superintendent (11th) and “personal freedom and of the 50 nations in the category Agrimero Cruz said one of choice” (15th) based on the Social of “shelter.” Vietnam was 30th and the prisoners disarmed the Progress Index released recently Indonesia, 38th. guards then shot the lock off by the Skoll World Forum. Vietnam placed 4th for “shel- the main entrance. The Philippines ranked 36th ter” but came out last for “per- in “basic human needs” (shelter, sonal rights.” Help sought for safety, water, medical care, among Indonesia did not place higher others), 24th for “foundations of than 29th in any category group- stranded OFWs wellbeing” (access to ICT, health ing and no higher than 18th in any and wellness, and ecosystem sus- individual attribute. MANILA: The Migrante- tainability) and 21st for “oppor- The Social Progress Index Middle East group yester- tunity” (personal rights, personal ranked 50 countries by their day called on international freedom and access to higher social and environmental human rights organisations education.) performance. to ask Manila to facilitate However, the country scored The Skoll World Forum is the repatriation of stranded poorly in “personal safety” (41st), premier international platform overseas Filipino workers access to ICT (38th) and “nutri- for accelerating entrepreneurial (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia. It tion and basic medical care” approaches and innovative solu- said the number of undocu- (37th). tions to the world’s most pressing mented workers camping out Sweden topped the survey, fol- social issues. beside the Philippine consu- lowed by Britain, Germany, the THE PHILIPPINE STAR late in Jeddah had hit over Filipino children jump into a murky river in Manila. The met office yesterday advised residents to stay indoors 2,500. AGENCIES in the afternoon when temperatures are projected to reach 36 degrees Celsius. Four missing after Blood money plea to save OFW Speaker urges temporary trash avalanche MANILA: The Philippine government has raise the funds following requests by President MANILA: Four people were missing appealed to the people to help raise almost Benigno Aquino and Vice President Jejomar stay of US soldiers after a huge garbage dump collapsed $1m needed to save a Filipino from execution Binay. just outside the Philippine capital yes- in Saudi Arabia. Zapanta was originally due to be executed in MANILA: Speaker Feliciano proposal, clarified the possible terday, the provincial police chief said. Labourer Joselito Zapanta was due to be exe- November last year for the 2009 murder of his Belmonte Jr said yesterday return of US bases in the coun- The maintenance men who worked on cuted in June for murdering his landlord but Sudanese landlord. he is against the return of try would be temporary and only the dump site in the town of Rodriguez Saudi authorities extended the deadline until Following the appeal, his execution date has US bases in the country but if “there was going to be an actual could not be found after the rubbish pile November 3 to allow more time for the “blood been pushed back three times so that the blood backed the temporary station- shooting war.” collapsed, authorities said. money” to be raised, the government said. money can be raised. ing of American troops if the “I’m against the permanent Officials had hoped the four had gone Under the Saudi justice system, Zapanta can In February, a Filipino sentenced to death in situation in the Korean penin- return of the US military bases, home before the accident but their have his death sentence waived if he pays 4m Saudi Arabia for killing a man he said tried to sula escalates into a shooting but temporary contingency of relatives confirmed they could not be riyals ($1.06m) to the victim’s family. sexually abuse him walked free after blood money war. their bases may be needed for accounted for following the avalanche. But so far the Zapanta family and the govern- was paid to the victim’s family. Other senior lawmakers also our security. Meaning only tem- Although rescue teams were dis- ment have raised $136,000, presidential spokes- In that case, the Filipino man’s family raised aired similar views even as they porary,” Belmonte said. patched, the darkness and soft ground man Edwin Lacierda told reporters. the equivalent of $245,000, while the Saudi gov- expressed confidence that the Eastern Samar Representative made it difficult to continue the search “On behalf of the Zapanta family, we con- ernment paid $615,000. Aquino government will not vio- Ben Evardone said there should at night. “The employees were removing tinue to appeal to all kind-hearted individuals Roughly nine million Filipinos work around late the Constitution in the event be no apprehensions over sugges- water, which might have contributed to for assistance in raising the remaining amount the world, often in menial jobs yet earning much it will allow the stationing of US tions to allow US military bases as the accident,” an official said, adding the needed for the blood money,” Lacierda said. more than they could in their poverty-stricken forces in Philippine soil. this may only happen in “extreme slide may have happened because the He said the victim’s family and the Saudi gov- country. Defence Secretary Voltaire emergency cases.” pile of garbage was high. AGENCIES ernment agreed to extend the time needed to AGENCIES Gazmin, who first voiced the THE PHILIPPINE STAR APRIL 20, 2013 Asia www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY

China road blast S Korea jails China to send first North spy for China works

SEOUL: A South Korean carrier on voyage court yesterday sentenced a convicted North Korean spy to four years in prison for collecting information on the US thinks Beijing able to deploy nukes in two years South’s intelligence agents working in China. BEIJING: China will send its first attack helicopter and a flight-landing exercises under the The 43-year-old had insisted its first aircraft carrier, The range of drone aircraft it hopes schedule.” she was just a housewife who Liaoning, on a voyage on the to export. Meanwhile, China will send its had been forcibly recruited high seas for the first time in a In November a US government special envoy on North Korea to by North Korean intelligence year, the state-run news agency commission said it believed that the US next week for talks on when she went to China to find Xinhua said yesterday. within two years, Chinese subma- maintaining peace and stability work to feed her family in the The Liaoning, purchased used rines would be capable of deploy- on the Korean Peninsula, the for- North. from Ukraine and refurbished in ing nuclear weapons. eign ministry said yesterday. The court in the southern China, has conducted more than China is alone among the orig- Wu Dawei will also discuss city of Suwon rejected her 100 exercises and experiments inal nuclear weapons states to denuclearisation of the region, story and said her actions had since it was commissioned last be expanding its nuclear forces, ministry spokeswoman Hua led to the arrest of a South year, Xinhua said. according to the report by the Chunying said at a daily briefing. Korean agent. Although considered dec- US-China Economic and Security He will visit at the invitation of “She was involved in a very ades behind US technology, The Review Commission. Glyn Davies, Washington’s special serious crime which threatened Liaoning represents the Chinese Xinhua did not say where the representative on North Korea, the existence and safety of our navy’s blue-water ambitions and Liaoning would go or for how long. Hua said. nation,” the court declared. has been the focus of a campaign The carrier has been conduct- After weeks of threats of war The woman had arrived in to stir patriotism. ing training manoeuvres since it by North Korea, Pyongyang said Seoul in June as a refugee, but It has also been the most vis- arrived at its east coast home port on Thursday it would return to was detained after questioning ible of China’s efforts for more of Qingdao in February. negotiations subject to a list of by security authorities. than a year to build up military “To date, all the tests have been conditions, including the lifting Thousands of North Korean hardware, including test flying going smoothly, and the Qingdao of UN sanctions. spies have been arrested in two prototype versions of stealth home port has been proven capa- The US said it was seeking South Korea since the end of fighter jets — one of which is ble of berthing and supporting the “clear signals” that the North the 1950-1953 Korean War. believed capable on landing on carrier”, Xinhua said. would halt its nuclear weapons Firefighters work to put out a fire as white phosphorus exploded after a aircraft carriers. “It will undergo further tests, activities. violent collision when a truck crashed into another vehicle on a highway Last year, China also unveiled including ocean-going trials and REUTERS Nobel laureate in Wuhan, China’s Hubei province yesterday. One of the two truck drivers was killed in the accident while the other got out before the explosion. releases book

BEIJING: Chinese Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan N Korea rejects South’s HK workers take strike to Li Ka-shing released a new book yes- terday charting his experi- ence receiving the award in new bid to visit joint zone HONG KONG: Striking Hong “Richest in Asia, meanest in the Sun, a 45-year-old ship worker Sweden last December, state Kong dock workers camped world” and “Pay up Li Ka-shing”, who did not want to give his full media reported. SEOUL: North Korea yester- staff on Wednesday, and turned outside the headquarters of with many contributing to a name, one of up to 400 workers The book, titled “Grand day rejected a new request by down the group’s request again Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing strike fund the dockers say has striking throughout the city. Ceremony”, is his first to be businessmen from the South yesterday. pledged to stay put yesterday reached HK$5.6m ($7.2m) amid “Once the topic of wage published since he won the to deliver food and supplies to “In a notice sent today, North despite the collapse of a con- strong public support. increases comes up, the company 2012 Nobel Prize, Xinhua news their staff inside a closed joint- Korea said it would not allow tractor at the centre of the Li’s Hongkong International won’t give any concrete answers,” agency said. It was released at industrial zone, officials said. them to visit Kaesong on April dispute. Terminals (HIT) has tried to he added, demanding hourly a national book fair. North Korea has blocked access 22,” a unification ministry spokes- The workers were demanding a distance itself from the dispute, wages increase from HK$50 to Mo, speaking at a ceremony to the zone in Kaesong -- which man said. 20 percent pay rise as the strike saying the workers are not direct HK$60. on China’s southern island of lies 10kms (six miles) inside its The North withdrew all its entered its 23rd day, and called employees but were taken on by Union of Hong Kong Dock Hainan, said he wanted to give border -- since April 3 amid 53,000 workers, suspended opera- on Li to intervene in the impasse, subcontractors, which set their Workers general secretary readers a “first-hand” glimpse soaring military tensions on the tions in the zone on April 8 and which has drawn attention to the own levels of pay. Stanley Ho said he wanted to into his greatest achievement, Korean peninsula. rejected Seoul’s offers of dialogue city’s high living costs and wealth On Thursday, one of the con- negotiate directly with HIT the report said. South Koreans in the industrial to resolve the situation. gap. tractors, Global Stevedoring rather than the contractors. “The new book also shows zone were told they could leave Kaesong was established in About 150 workers were gath- Service Company Ltd, announced “If HIT comes to the negoti- my great eagerness to return when they wanted, but as of yes- 2004 as a rare symbol of inter- ered alongside a dozen tents and that it would have to wind up on ating table... the whole situation to my desk to write my next terday there were still about 190 Korean cooperation. makeshift structures outside the June 30 after 130 of its 170 work- could be resolved tomorrow,” he book,” he was quoted as saying. remaining. Neither of the Koreas has Cheung Kong Building in the ers went on strike, saying it was told a press conference, add- The author, born Guan The North barred a delegation allowed previous crises to signifi- southern Chinese city’s financial unable to continue operating. ing that Global workers were Moye, whose pen name means of 10 businessmen representing cantly affect the complex, which district, after marching there But the workers appeared highly experienced and were “not speak”, won the Nobel in the 123 South Korean firms in is seen as a bellwether of stability Wednesday. undaunted. likely to find work with the other October for what judges called Kaesong from bringing food and on the Korean peninsula. Office workers turned their “I hope that brother Shing will contractors. his “hallucinatory realism”. other daily necessities to their AFP heads at banners reading: speak out on the pay dispute,” said AFP His works cover some of the darkest periods of China’s recent history, and are often Taiwan military drill infused with politics and a black, cynical humour. Though he has won praise Facing polls, Malaysian PM from literary critics, Chinese dissidents have attacked him as a Communist stooge. to skip regional summit Death toll in KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian The Barisan Nasional (National Prime Minister Najib Razak Front) is among the world’s Indonesia boat will not attend a summit of longest-serving governments, Southeast Asian leaders next dominating the moderate Muslim mishap now 18 week in Brunei in order to focus country since independence in on campaigning for a coming 1957 thanks to decades of eco- SAMARINDA: The death general election, his office said nomic growth and authoritarian toll from a boat accident yesterday. rule. But it is under pressure from in the Indonesian part of “Prime Minister Najib is not a three-party opposition alliance Borneo island rose to 18 yes- going to Brunei. It is to allow led by charismatic former dep- terday with five people still him to concentrate on the gen- uty premier Anwar Ibrahim that missing, a provincial gover- eral election,” a spokesman in the tripled its number of parliament nor said. prime minister’s office said in a seats in 2008 and eyes a historic The boat carrying workers phone interview. upset. from a plywood company sank The April 24-25 summit of Barisan’s grip has slipped as on Wednesday after being hit the 10-member Association many voters have deserted it by a huge wave as it travelled of Southeast Asian Nations in anger over corruption, rising across the Mahakam River in (ASEAN) is held annually and crime, authoritarian tactics and East Kalimantan province. takes place this year in the tiny other gripes. Provincial governor Awang oil-rich sultanate of Brunei, the Malaysian Senate President Faroek Ishak said a total of regional body’s 2013 chair. Abu Zahar Ujang will attend 18 bodies had now been pulled Malaysia is bracing for May 5 the summit in Najib’s place, the from the water, up from a elections widely expected to be spokesman said. death toll of three on Thursday. the closest in the nation’s history. AFP “Twenty-one people have Taiwanese soldiers launch a US-made FCM-148 javelin during a military drill in western Penghu islands on been rescued, and we will con- Wednesday. Taiwan staged its biggest live-fire military exercise, aimed at reviewing the island’s defence capability. tinue to search for the five pas- sengers still missing,” Ishak said in a statement. There had been conflicting reports about the numbers on Catastrophe looms in Myanmar as rains near: UNHCR the boat, but the governor said it was now confirmed it had GENEVA: Tens of thousands over 60,000 displaced people in persecuted minority groups in the have remained in Myanmar. tarpaulin, rice bags and grass that been carrying 44. of Rohingya Muslims who fled flood-prone areas and in make- world -- has rocked the western Some are camped near the cannot withstand even moderate Disaster agency official communal violence in Myanmar shift shelters,” he told reporters. state of Rakhine since June 2012. coast, where the risk of tidal rains,” said Edwards. Wahyu Didit said none of the are in danger as the monsoon “From May to September, the Myanmar views its population surges is high, while others are UNHCR has been building bodies recovered were wearing season looms, the UN’s refugee monsoon season is expected to of roughly 800,000 Rohingya as living in paddy fields or low-lying bamboo-framed longhouses for life jackets. Boat accidents are agency said yesterday, warning unleash heavy rains and possible illegal Bangladeshi immigrants areas that are set to flood when 14,400 displaced people and dis- common in Indonesia, where that operations were desper- cyclones in Rakhine state, where and denies them citizenship. the rains begin. tributed tents to house some vessels have a poor safety ately underfunded. more than 115,000 people remain While thousands of Rohingya “Flooding will exacerbate the 28,000, but money is running record and the population of Agency spokesman Adrian uprooted after last year’s inter- has taken to the Indian Ocean already fragile conditions of shel- short. 240 million is scattered over a Edwards told reporters that a communal violence,” he warned. to escape the strife -- hundreds ter and sanitation, and increase Donors have provided just 14 vast archipelago of more than “humanitarian catastrophe” could Violence between Myanmar’s of whom are thought to have the risk of water-borne diseases. percent of the $71.4m UNHCR 17,000 islands. be on the cards. Buddhist majority and the drowned as they try to reach In addition, several thousand peo- needs for its Myanmar operation, AGENCIES “UNHCR is seriously con- Rohingya -- described by the neighbouring nations -- the bulk ple are still living in tents and Edwards underlined. cerned about the risks facing United Nation as among the most of those who have fled the violence flimsy makeshift shelters made of AFP APRIL 20, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan

Sharif in plane Musharraf taken into custody escapes unhurt ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Ex-president to spend two days in detention at police guest house in Islamabad Mian Nawaz Shairf yesterday escaped unhurt as his plane ISLAMABAD: Pakistani grounds that detaining judges made an emergency landing police took former president could be considered an attack on in Lahore after a windshield Pervez Musharraf into custody the state. Police later transferred cracked. According to ini- yesterday to face allegations he Musharraf into custody at a guest tial details, the plane was at overstepped his powers while house at their headquarters in a height of around 9,000 feet in office, marking a dramatic Islamabad after a senior officer and was going to Hasilpur break with a political culture failed to issue paperwork nec- from Quetta. It landed with in which military rulers have essary for him to remain under the assistance of air traffic remained untouchable. detention at his home, his spokes- control at Lahore’s Allama The one-time army chief had man, Amjad, said. Iqbal International Airport. hoped to rekindle a degree of Pakistan television broad- There were some 15 other influence by standing at general cast footage of Musharraf leav- people on board. elections in May, but has instead ing his farmhouse residence at become ensnared in a showdown an exclusive estate on the edge Suicide bomb with judges who fought bruising of Islamabad in a black SUV battles with him while he was still escorted by police vehicles. The plot foiled in office. spectacle of a man who once “He’s been shifted to a police embodied the army’s control over KABUL: Afghan authori- guest house for two days of Pakistan being forced to answer to ties said yesterday they had remand,” Mohammad Amjad, judges was a potent symbol of the arrested five Taliban insur- Musharraf’s spokesman, told way power dynamics have shifted gents, including a woman, journalists. in Pakistan, which has been ruled who were planning suicide A magistrate had raised the by the military for more than half attacks on civilians in Kabul stakes yesterday when he ordered its history. The May 11 general and other cities later this Musharraf be placed under house elections will be the first transi- month. They were held in arrest for two days before he is tion between elected civilian-led Supporters of Pervez Musharraf’s party All Pakistan Muslim League shout slogans during a protest as the Islamabad the eastern city of Jalalabad. due to appear in court on allega- governments. High Court ordered his arrest, in Peshawar, yesterday. Four suicide bomb vests, C-4 tions of illegally detaining judges One of Musharraf’s lawyers explosives and weapons were during a crackdown on the judici- said he would file a petition to seized. “They were trained ary in 2007. overturn the arrest order at the army commander being arrested senior army commander. “But he He faces a raft of other legal outside Afghanistan and Musharraf is accused of vio- Supreme Court late yesterday. is sure to rankle some in the mil- decided to come, and now he has challenges, including allegations have confessed,” the Interior lating the constitution by placing Musharraf, who seized power itary, who see the armed forces to face this. The army is staying that he failed to provide adequate Ministry said. judges under house arrest after in a coup in 1999 and resigned in as the only reliable guarantor of out of it.” security to prevent the assassina- he sacked the chief justice and 2008, returned to Pakistan after Pakistan’s stability, Musharraf’s However, the order to place tion of former primer minister 1.3m kids await imposed emergency rule. almost four years of self-imposed ill-starred return has bemused Musharraf under house arrest Benazir Bhutto in 2007. Judges had signalled their exile in London and Dubai last some former comrades. was surprising in a nation where He has also been accused of polio doses intent to take a tough line with month to stand for the National “I don’t think the army was the army still largely controls treason for his decision to sus- Musharraf yesterday when they Assembly but he was disqualified in favour of him returning and security policy and where support pend the constitution and impose ISLAMABAD: Over 1.3 ordered his case be heard in by election officials. tried to dissuade him,” said for the armed forces is equated emergency rule. million children in the coun- an anti-terrorism court on the While the sight of a former General Hamid Khan, a former with patriotism. REUTERS try missed polio vaccination owing to the worsening law, order and security situation during a three-day national polio immunisation campaign which commenced on April Rockets injure 15 with the goal of targeting 33.5 million children under Quake victims protest for relief five years of age. The prime eight near minister’s polio monitoring MASHKAIL: Pakistani earth- set fire to tyres and blocked the from across the border with Iran. figure at more than 35,000 out of and coordination cell said election rally quake victims burnt tyres at road to vent their resentment in “If this earthquake had struck nearly 40,000 people scattered some districts had a large angry protests yesterday, accus- Mashkail, an AFP reporter said. some other area, all the govern- throughout the wider district of population of unvaccinated PESHAWAR: Rocket attacks ing the government of failing to They demanded shelter and ment machinery would have Washuk. children under the age of five, close to a Pakistani election provide adequate relief three the restoration of electricity gone. Here only two government Thousands of homes are who should be administered rally wounded at least eight days after their homes were after poles in some areas were officials came but delivered noth- believed to have been damaged. the vaccine during the first people yesterday in a troubled destroyed or damaged. destroyed by the earthquake. ing,” Mohammd Khalil, a driver, “We do not have enough relief polio campaign of 2013. tribal district on the Afghan Tuesday’s 7.8-magnitude “No one has received any relief said. goods,” Shah added. border, officials said. quake, centred in southeastern item. The FC (Frontier Corps “If they cannot do it, they “Trucks carrying relief items Living costs up The attack took place in Iran, killed 41 people -- all but paramilitary) have distributed should allow Iran to help us,” he are stranded because access to Wana, the main town of South one of whom were in Pakistan, 20 tents which they gave only to added. area is blocked and we have sent in Islamabad Waziristan, where the Taliban where thousands more have been influential people,” protester Ali The head of the provincial men and machinery to clear (the and other Islamist militants have affected. Ahmad said. disaster management authority, road). LAHORE: The cost of living strongholds. “At least eight people One of the worst-hit areas is Others said that children were Khalid Baluch, flew to Mashkail “We have got only 300 tents but has gone beyond the means were wounded when three rockets Mashkail, a remote community sick. to assess the situation and admit- cannot distribute them because of the poor and the middle fired by unknown people exploded in Pakistan’s southwestern prov- “Our children are having diar- ted there was a problem. they are not enough and people class in the past five years near an election meeting,” a sen- ince Baluchistan, where the lack rhoea. When we took them to the “We have faced a lot of diffi- not getting tents will create prob- in Pakistan, surveys reveal. ior security official in the area of paved roads, phone coverage, health facility there is a shortage culties in bringing relief items as lem and unrest,” he added. Prices of vegetables, pulses, said by telephone on condition of immense distances and medical of medicine,” said another man. it is remote terrain and a desert Baluchistan, which also bor- spices, edible oil and sugar anonymity. facilities have hampered the res- Homeless families are camp- area,” he said. ders Afghanistan, is plagued by showed constant rise. Prices One rocket fell in Wana bazaar, cue effort. ing out under date trees without Estimates of the number of Islamist militancy, attacks on of wheat flour, the staple food a second exploded outside the Several hundred protesters tents or plastic sheets, although people affected have risen steadily. the Shiite Muslim minority and of the country, registered a house of local independent can- chanted slogans against the fed- food and water is available in Local Mashkail administration a separatist Baluch insurgency. phenomenal increase from didate Malik Naseerullah Khan eral and provincial governments, shops that remain open, coming official Syed Mureed Shah put the AFP Rs18 a kg in 2007-08 to Rs35 and the third near the rally being a kg now. AGENCIES attended by “hundreds of peo- ple”, the official said. It was not Bird fight immediately clear if anyone at the rally was hurt, he added. A second security official confirmed the attack. Malala to make her There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But local tribes- men said the Taliban had banned political rallies in or around first speech at UN Wana bazaar and Khan had been fined for holding a rally in the LONDON: Malala Yousafzai, range by a Taliban gunman as area two days ago. AGENCIES the teenage girl shot by the her school bus travelled through Taliban for promoting girls’ Pakistan’s Swat Valley on October education, will make her first 9 last year, World Bank to public speech on her 16th birth- She was flown to Britain for day in New York, the office of surgery on her head injuries provide $840m Britain’s former prime minis- and, once she had recovered suf- ter Gordon Brown announced ficiently, returned to school in for dam project yesterday. Birmingham, central England She will speak at the United last month. ISLAMABAD: The World Nations on July 12, said Brown, Malala has become a global Bank has agreed to provide speaking in his capacity as the symbol of the campaign for girls’ $840m for the Tarbela Dam UN Special Envoy for Global right to an education and has extension project after the Education. been nominated for this year’s Ministry of Water and Power Malala was shot at point-blank Nobel Peace Prize. AGENCIES Afghan men watch partridges fight during a competition at a park in Kabul, yesterday. accepted the WB condition to open a separate escrow account to avoid the curse of the circu- lar debt, a senior official of the ministry said. The WB deci- sion will be a big blow to the oil Taliban kill 13 Afghan cops 800 German troops to mafia which is minting billions of rupees on account of thermal GHAZNI: Taliban insurgents toll and said a delegation had been regular soldiers were found generation based on costly fur- killed 13 local policemen while sent to the district to investigate. Wednesday with their throats slit nace oil and diesel. they were sleeping yesterday, in The victims were members of in Jawzjan, a day after they were stay in Afghanistan The Ministry of Water and an attack on their checkpoint in the 18,000-strong Afghan Local kidnapped by the Taliban along Power took the decision to open southeast Afghanistan, officials Police, a village-level force formed the road to the northern province. BRUSSELS: Germany’s offer example, an encouragement to the escrow (revolving) account to said. in 2010 to provide security in The Taliban have been waging to station about 800 troops in other countries which have forces obtain the credit line of $840m The policemen were shot dead areas where the better-trained an insurgency against the Afghan Afghanistan after Nato’s role under Nato fighting the Taliban, for the Tarbela Extension IV in the Andar district of Ghazni national police and army are government since they were top- ends next year could encourage he said. The offer requires that Project, which the World Bank province, said district governor scarce. pled from power by a US-led inva- others to step up to the plate, Kabul request troop presence had withheld and linked to the Mohammad Qasim Desiwal. Afghan troops and police are sion in 2001. the head of the military alliance because “we want to be wel- opening of the account. “Yes, we “They were asleep when their increasingly on the front line A total of 23 people were killed said yesterday. come,” and a UN Security Council have decided to open the account checkpoint came under attack against the insurgents, and suf- Tuesday and Wednesday, includ- “I welcome the German com- resolution, German Defence and the World Bank will soon by the Taliban and were killed by fering heavier casualties, as Nato ing the four soldiers and two local mitment ... to contribute in Minister Thomas de Maiziere issue the NOC (No Objection AK-47 fire,” Desiwal said. combat troops prepare to with- employees of the Red Crescent such a significant way,” Nato said. Germany has the third-big- Letter,” said a ministry official. Provincial governor Mosa Khan draw by the end of next year. medical charity. chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen gest deployment after the US and INTERNEWS Akbarzada confirmed the death The bodies of four Afghan AFP said. Germany could serve as an Britain. AFP APRIL 20, 2013 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY Consensus on land Deities of the day acquisition bill Generous compensation to landowners proposed NEW DELHI: India’s main land — a politically charged issue and is seen as a key to the party political parties have struck a that has delayed many projects winning votes in 2014 elections. “broad consensus” on a conten- including construction of a $12bn Acquiring land for factories, tious land acquisition bill to bet- plant by South Korean steel giant roads, housing and other projects ter reward landowners whose POSCO in the eastern state of has created sometimes deadly bat- property is bought for industrial Orissa. tlegrounds with many farmers development, a minister says. Business lobbies say they wel- complaining they have been forced The bill, intended to replace come land acquisition reform but to sell at below market rate and a more-than-century-old law fear the measure could push up robbed of their livelihoods. framed by India’s former British property purchase costs, mak- To win agreement, the govern- colonial rulers, proposes compen- ing industrial projects financially ment agreed to a demand of the sation of up to four times the mar- unviable and sharply escalating main opposition Bharatiya Janata ket value of land in rural areas and housing costs. Party that land could be leased to two times the value in urban parts. Property firms say the bill could developers so its ownership could “We have reached a broad con- drive up land acquisition project remain with the landowners and sensus on the land acquisition bill,” costs by at least 40 to 60 percent. give them a regular income. Parliamentary Affairs Minister The legislation includes reset- Under the new legislation, the Kamal Nath told reporters in New tlement and new skills training government can forcibly acquire Delhi late on Thursday after an for people whose land is acquired. land only with the consent of at all-party meeting. It has been the pet project least 80 percent of the families The bill seeks to give property of left-leaning ruling Congress affected by projects. Young girls are worshipped as ‘Kumari’, a young unmarried girl, at the Adyapeath Ashram on the outskirts of owners fairer prices for their party president Sonia Gandhi AFP Kolkata. Kumari Puja, a tradition of worshipping young girls as manifestations of the divine female energy, is part of the annual festival Ram Navami, which was celebrated yesterday. Child battling for life after brutal rape Dentist died due to NEW DELHI: A five-year- passerby heard her cries and R N Bansal, medical superin- to a top government hospital old girl was battling for her alerted the police, was admit- tendent of a government hospi- in the city, accused the police medical misadventure life yesterday after being kid- ted to the intensive care unit tal which treated the child, said of being insensitive in their napped and brutally raped in of a city hospital on Wednesday she “was traumatised when she investigation. DUBLIN: An Indian dentist who The jury also endorsed recommen- the latest incident of sexual and doctors said her condition was brought to us. There were “They were reluctant to regis- was denied an emergency abortion dations that blood samples should violence which has triggered was “critical” as news channels injuries to her lips, cheeks and ter our complaint (that she was at an Irish hospital last autumn always be followed up to guard against nationwide protests. provided wall-to-wall coverage. chest wall. There were bruises missing) when we approached died due to medical misadventure, errors; that proper sepsis manage- The girl was attacked inside In a late night statement, on her neck.” them the first time. Then the her inquest has found. ment training and guidelines should a locked room over at least a Prime Minister Manmohan The injuries to her neck sug- police asked us to be content A jury sitting in Galway reached be available for hospital staff; and that 48-hour period, police said, after Singh said he was “deeply dis- gested the attacker may have with the fact she was at least a unanimous verdict in the case there should be effective communica- being abducted as she played turbed” over the rape of the tried to strangle her and left found alive,” the father of the of Savita Halappanavar, 31, who tion between staff on call and those outside on Monday in a lower- child, calling it a “shameful her to die in the room, Bansal girl said. died from sepsis after suffering a on duty in hospitals. MacLoughlin middle class area of the capital incident”, and asked society “to told India’s NDTV news Scores of protesters gathered miscarriage. recommended that a dedicated time New Delhi. work to root out the evil of rape channel. outside the hospital yesterday The jury endorsed nine recom- should be set aside at the end of each “We initially registered a case and other such crimes”. Doctors said the girl’s genital where the child was first admit- mendations of the coroner, Dr Ciaran shift for this to happen. of kidnapping. We have now He also voiced anger over area had been mutilated and ted and shouted abuse at police McLoughlin. He said each hospital in the state launched a preliminary inquiry police treatment of some women that objects had been inserted for failing to investigate her dis- Halappanavar had been 17 weeks should have a protocol for sepsis into rape and attempted mur- who demonstrated against the inside her, causing serious inter- appearance properly. pregnant before she died on October management; modified early-warning der,” Rajan Bhagat said, adding incident, saying it was “com- nal injuries and infection. Women’s rights activists con- 28 at Galway University hospital. Her score charts should be introduced in a hunt was on to catch a fam- pletely unacceptable”. Local “The next few hours are going demned the attack, saying the plight became the focus of an inter- all hospitals as soon as possible; and ily neighbour who is the main media reported a policeman was to be very critical,” Bansal said. injuries inflicted on the girl were national outcry over Ireland’s strict there should be effective communica- accused. suspended after repeatedly slap- The parents of the five-year- shocking. anti-abortion laws, which the current tion between patients and relatives to The child, found after a ping a young protester. old girl, who was later moved AFP government plans to reform. ensure clarity over treatment plans. The first of McLoughlin’s rec- The final two recommendations ommendations was that the Irish were that medical and nursing notes Medical Council should lay out should be kept separately and that no exactly when doctors can intervene additions should made to notes where to save the life of a mother. The coro- the death of a person will be subject Rights groups ner said this would provide clarity for to an inquest. 2G issue: Raja targets PM hail ruling in patients and doctors. THE GUARDIAN NEW DELHI: Ahead of his request was turned down. shamed the country,” he said. parliament’s budget session Even as the opposition criti- D Raja of the Communist Party Vedanta case resuming on Monday, former cised the draft JPC report as of India said: “The report is not telecoms minister A Raja yes- biased, Chacko said it was based acceptable to us. It is prejudged NEW DELHI: Rights terday targeted Prime Minister on facts. and prejudiced, covering facts and groups yesterday said Manmohan Singh on the allo- The Bharatiya Janata Party trying to save a few people and the Supreme Court had cation of 2G spectrum, saying said the report appeared to blaming one individual.” set a “landmark” prec- everything was done in consul- be a Congress document and JPC chief Chacko defended his edent in forcing British tation with him. termed its leak to the media as work. resources giant Vedanta His statement came a day a “gross breach of parliamentary “After hard work of one-and- to obtain the approval of after the draft report of the propriety”. a-half years, I have made a draft tribal people before min- Joint Parliamentary Committee “The draft report of the JPC report. It is not a biased report ing their land. (JPC) probing the issue blamed on 2G issue has been widely and is based on facts and on On Thursday the court Raja but cleared Manmohan reported in the media. This is a written documents. I hope it is rejected a bid by Vendanta Singh and Finance Minister P gross breach of well-settled par- acceptable to all the members of Resources, controlled by Chidambaram of any wrongdoing. liamentary propriety where any the JPC,” he said. London-based self-made “I did everything in consulta- report/draft is debated, discussed, Sensing the opposition is likely billionaire Anil Agarwal, to tion with the prime minister,” amendments are moved in the to take up the issue in parliament, lift a ban on mining bauxite Raja, who is from DMK, a former formal meeting and thereafter Congress president Sonia Gandhi from hills deemed sacred by United Progressive Alliance mem- a view is taken,” said BJP’s Ravi reviewed the party’s strategy with the Dongria Kondh tribe in ber, said in Chennai. “I will send a Shankar Prasad. senior leaders. eastern Orissa state. note to the JPC. I hope they will “Going by the contents of The draft report was circulated Instead, the court call me.” the report in the media, I can among the members of the JPC ordered district village Raja had written to JPC only say the 2G scam was one on Thursday. The panel will meet councils — known as gram chief P C Chacko seeking to of the biggest scams in the his- on April 25 to finalise it. sabhas — to say within depose before the JPC, but tory of independent India, which IANS three months whether they want to permit the bauxite mining to feed Vedanta’s nearby aluminium refinery. Golden oldies “The court has con- firmed the principle that tribal people need to have a decisive voice in indus- trial projects affecting their lives,” campaign group Survival International’s advocacy director Jonathan Mazower said from London. The 8,000-strong Dongria Kondh have opposed attempts to mine the land on which they rely for their crops and liveli- hood for nearly a decade. Amnesty International’s India chief executive, G Ananthapadmanabhan, called the ruling “a land- mark victory in recognis- ing indigenous rights in India”. The project is a joint venture between Sterlite Industries, a unit of Bollywood actresses (from right) Asha Parekh, Waheeda Rehman and Helen arrive to watch the play ‘Paansa’, Vedanta, and an Orissa directed by Salim Arif and written by Gulzar (second left) at The Prithavi Theatre in Mumbai late on Thursday. government company. AFP ON SATURDAY 14 APRIL 20, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business End banking secrecy, G20 urges countries Communique likely to push for swifter Libor reform

WASHINGTON: The Group levels, particularly in peripheral However, the study’s results of 20 economic powers yester- European countries. That time were disputed by researchers at day urged the global adoption has passed, he said. the University of Massachusetts of standards for sharing bank “Decisive action was taken. at Amherst, who said growth for account information in an effort Now as we have restored the countries with those ratios was to fight tax evasion and curtail credibility in the short-term, that actually 2.2 percent. banking secrecy. gives us the possibility of having The austerity argument has The G20 said they “strongly a smoother path of fiscal adjust- also been undercut by weakness encourage” all countries to sign ment in the medium-term,” he in economies that undertook the on to a commitment to the auto- said. most severe measures to cut defi- matic exchange of banking infor- Among the topics finance offi- cits, including Britain, which is mation “which is expected to cials from the G20 were debating suffering its third recession in the be the standard,” in the group’s was whether or not numerical last five years. strongest endorsement yet of a targets should be set for debt move that takes aim especially at reduction. SPILLOVER CONCERNS tax havens. The United States and Japan The unprecedented level of Finance leaders of the G20 have opposed committing to any monetary stimulus designed to economies gathered here to targeted level of public debt, but reinvigorate struggling large debate how best to rein in debt Russia — this year’s G20 chair economies, including the United levels and the potential dangers — has hoped to secure an agree- States, the euro zone and Japan, from the latest round of aggres- ment on targets by the time G20 has raised concerns about exces- sive easing of monetary policy leaders meet in St Petersburg in sive capital flight to developing from the world’s biggest central September. nations. banks. Arriving for a second and In a communique on Thursday, They were also poised to final day of talks among G20 the Group of 24 developing demand swifter resolution to finance officials, Russian Finance nations, whose ranks include setting guidelines for financial Minister Anton Siluanov told Brazil, India, South Africa and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (left) and Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne benchmarks like the Libor inter- reporters yesterday that the dis- Mexico, called on the advanced Swan (centre) attend the G20 finance ministers meeting in Washington, yesterday. est rate in the wake of a global cussion was revolving a “general economies to “take into account rate-rigging scandal. goal” for deficit reduction rather the negative spillover effects ... of between advanced economies BOJ did not face criticism dur- midday. They plan to task the But a rethinking of the auster- a specific target. prolonged unconventional mone- and emerging markets ... towards ing a dinner meeting on Thursday. Financial Stability Board, a coor- ity push among the world’s biggest “Colleagues said that if we tary policies including on inflation using coordination as a way to “Everyone was understanding dinating body of global financial economies loomed as the biggest make strict targets for fiscal con- and the volatility of capital flows mitigate these potential asset about Japan’s policies,” Siluanov regulators, with overseeing the talking point. Advanced econo- solidation, it reduces the room for and commodity prices.” appreciation bubbles. The consen- said. “After 15 years of deflation, reform of financial benchmarks mies, particularly in Europe, have maneuver for fiscal policy,” he The Bank of Japan is attempt- sus is that this is something that 15 years of no growth, they need such as Libor, two sources famil- undertaken sharp austerity drives said. “I believe we will find a com- ing to end decades of stagna- has to be closely monitored,” said to kickstart” the economy. iar with the situation said. in recent years to curb growing promise about the formulation, tion by pumping $1.4 trillion Mexican Finance Minister Luis Nevertheless, officials held to An early draft of a communi- debt, but those efforts have at that it should be a general goal into its economy, some of which Videgaray. their previous line that the BOJ que G20 asks the FSB to take on times damaged economies already we’ll all be striving for, and not a is expected to find its way into Videgaray has cause for program must stick to domestic the role after a global interest suffering from capital flight and strict parameter. ... All countries emerging markets. concern. targets. rate-rigging scandal that involved under-investment from the pri- will have different ones.” Local currency funds have In the days following the Jens Weidmann, president of some of the world’s largest banks. vate sector. In a 2010 study frequently cited pulled in $16.7 billion in the first Bank of Japan’s announcement, Germany’s Bundesbank central The International Organization EU Economic and Monetary by policymakers, Harvard profes- quarter of 2013 worldwide, the for example, the Mexican peso bank, said Japan should not use of Securities Commissions came Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn sors Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen most in more than two years, jumped 2.5 percent against its monetary policy to manipulate out with a report this week saying told Reuters in an interview on Reinhart found that on average, according to Lipper, a unit of the dollar to its strongest in 20 exchange rates and set off a round that financial benchmarks should Thursday that a period of reduced economies contract when the Thomson Reuters. months. Against the yen, the peso of competitive devaluations. be based on actual transactions spending and borrowing was debt-to-GDP ratio surpasses 90 “There is a call from the G24 surged over 9 percent. The G20 finance ministers and rather than estimates, such as is necessary to calm markets con- percent - a level G20 officials were members to have clear coordina- But delegates to the gather- central bankers are due to release the case with Libor. cerned about out-of-control debt discussing. tion and better communication ing, including Siluanov, said the their formal communique around REUTERS/AFP

Honda recalls Qatargas presents paper over 225,000 at LNG 17 meet in Houston minivans, SUVs DOHA: Qatargas Chief Operating Officer, Commercial in US, Canada & Shipping, Alaa Abu Jbara, DETROIT: Honda Motor Co is delivered a speech yesterday at recalling about 225,300 SUVs the LNG 17 Conference being and minivans in the United held at the George R Brown States and Canada to replace a Convention Center in Houston, part that if not operating could Texas. allow the driver to shift out of In his speech, Abu Jbara park without depressing the explained how Qatargas has brake pedal. achieved and maintained its pres- The Japanese automaker said ence in the complex and competi- in the United States it is recall- tive LNG market. He began by ing about 128,000 Honda CR-V highlighting the success factors SUVs and 59,000 Honda Odyssey that have enabled Qatargas to minivans from the 2012 and 2013 realise its vision. His speech also model years, and 17,500 Acura underlined Qatargas’ reliability RDX SUVs from the 2013 model and flexibility as the world’s lead- year to replace a part of the brake ing LNG supplier. Alaa Abu Jbara shift interlock system. In Canada, “One of the key achievements the recall affects about 14,000 of Qatargas has been our ability to Abu Jbara concluded his speech CR-Vs, 4,500 Odysseys and 2,300 maintain reliable operations and with a few observations regarding RDXs. Honda said no customer LNG deliveries. Qatargas signs Qatargas and the evolving market complaints, accidents or injuries new supply commitments depend- stating that the LNG market has From left: Mark S Templin, managing officer of the Toyota Motor Corporation, Jim Lentz, chief executive officer have been reported related to the ing on emerging market trends. consistently experienced robust of Toyota’s North America Region, and Akio Toyoda, president of the Toyota Motor Corporation, during a press issue, which was discovered dur- Over the past year, Qatargas has growth and the current strong ing an internal investigation. conference about plans to build the Lexus ES350 in a plant in the state of Kentucky in New York, yesterday. signed several new long-term demand from Asia and emerg- LNG supply contracts with Asian ing markets requires increasing buyers in response to changing amounts of new supply. Schlumberger Q1 market conditions,” he said. THE PENINSULA net profit dips Toyota plans Lexus ES PARIS: The oil services group Yahoo China to end email service Schlumberger said yesterday its first quarter net profit slid 3.2 US production by 2015 BEIJING: Yahoo’s China arm will shut down its email serv- percent to $1.25bn (¤955m) due ice later this year, state media reported yesterday, illustrating to a slowdown in its US activi- the brand’s diminishing profile in the country. China Yahoo! ties due to a glut in shale gas. NEW YORK: Toyota Motor “It is fitting the first country of sales in the US market for announced it will close its email service by August 19, a move the The US-French company said Corp plans to make the Lexus ES to build the ES outside of Japan entry-level luxury cars in 2012, China Daily said will leave it with just its web portal business. adjusted net earnings was $1.01 350 sedan at its Kentucky plant is the United States, because this according to data from Kelley Users of the service were informed that they must register with versus $1.08 in the previous quar- in 2015, marking the first time is home for Lexus — it is where Blue Book. AliCloud, a unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, to prevent ter, and $0.96 in the first quarter that the Japanese automaker has the brand was founded and it is The move also counters the emails and other information from being deleted when Yahoo’s mail of 2012. Analysts had been expect- built a vehicle from its luxury still the biggest market for the effect of the strong yen, which service stops. ing earnings of $0.99 per share. line-up in the United States. luxury brand,” Akio Toyoda, the has made exporting from Japan China Yahoo! has been operated by Alibaba since 2005, the paper Revenue came in at $10.67bn Toyota announced yester- president of Toyota, said during expensive. Converting overseas said. The US Internet giant Yahoo! has come under criticism in the for January through March, day that it will invest $360m at a news conference in New York. profits back into the yen has past over its business in China, with executives apologising in 2007 down from $11.17bn in the previ- the Georgetown factory, which Expanding US production fits pinched profits. The yen’s decline for providing evidence that Chinese authorities used to convict gov- ous quarter but up from $9.92bn assembles the Toyota Camry and in with Toyota’s strategy to make since last year has not changed ernment critics. The company said it was legally obliged to divulge in the first quarter of 2012. The other models. The move will gen- cars in the markets where its cus- that strategy. “This decision is in information about its users to the Chinese government but that it company said growth was strong- erate 750 new jobs. tomers live. The ES sedan was the line with two key goals,” Toyoda was unaware it would be used to convict dissidents. est in the Middle East and Asia, About 50,000 sedans will be second most popular Lexus model said. “First, to serve our US cus- The end of the service will affect millions of users, the paper in particular in key markets such produced each year, bringing the in the United States last year tomers. And second, reduce the quoted Alibaba public relations official Zhang Jianhua as saying, as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Australia plant’s total production capacity after the RX sport utility vehicle. effect of the exchange rate on our though he did not have a total figure. AFP and China. AFP to more than 550,000 vehicles. The ES represented 9.2 percent customers.” REUTERS APRIL 20, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY Oil seesaws below $100 European stocks mostly rise as investors eye G20 meeting Fitch strips Britain NEW YORK: Brent crude oil of top rating prices hovered above $99 a bar- rel yesterday after surpassing LONDON: Fitch yesterday stripped recession-threatened $100 earlier in the session and Britain of its top triple-A rating, moving it down one notch to ‘AA+’ recovering some ground after a as a weaker economic outlook continues to push up the country’s steep six-day decline. debt. In response, the coalition government indicated that the down- After a brief run-up on the grade would not sway it from finance minister George Osborne’s back of gains in the S&P 500 stock controversial policy of deep cuts to state spending. index, oil prices retreated follow- Fitch meanwhile said in a statement published after the close of ing a credit rating downgrade for British markets: “The downgrade of the UK’s sovereign ratings pri- the United Kingdom boosted the marily reflects a weaker economic and fiscal outlook and hence the US dollar, which weighed on prices upward revision to Fitch’s medium-term projections for UK budget for dollar-linked commodities. deficits and government debt.” It gave Britain a ‘stable’ outlook. “The currency started happen- “Despite the loss of its ‘AAA’ status, the UK’s extremely strong ing first, and then commodities credit profile is reflected in its ‘AA+’ rating and the Stable Outlook,” were starting to give it up. The Fitch added. The downgrade comes almost two months after rival UK downgrade puts dollar green, agency Moody’s also stripped Britain of a triple-A debt rating, saying and that puts a lot of pressure on government debt was still mounting and that growth was too weak commodities priced in dollars,” to reverse the trend before 2016. Downgrades can cause a country said Bill Baruch, senior mar- to pay higher interest for its debt. ket strategist at iitrader.com in Yesterday’s development meanwhile comes ahead of official eco- Chicago. nomic data out next week that will show whether Britain fell into Analysts said the market recession during the first quarter of 2013. seemed to be stabilising after a Ahead of Thursday’s GDP data, the government indicated that week of heavy liquidation in which it would stick by its austerity programme. prices tumbled from over $103 as “This (downgrade) is a stark reminder that the UK cannot simply of last Friday, along with a rout in run away from its problems, or refuse to deal with a legacy of debt gold and industrial metals. built up over a decade,” the Treasury said in a statement. Most US stocks edged higher “Fitch themselves say the government’s ‘continued policy com- yesterday, bouncing back a day mitment to reducing the underlying budget deficit’ is one of the after the S&P 500 closed below Gold bars on a table at the branch office of precious metal trader Degussa in Zurich. The price of gold hit a two-year main reasons UK debt now has a ‘stable’ outlook.” its 50-day moving average for the low this week, suffering its biggest one-day drop since 1983 and catching investors and speculators by surprise. The Treasury added: “Though it is taking time, we are fixing first time this year. It rebounded to trade above $1,400 an ounce by yesterday, but is still on course for a fourth week of losses. this country’s economic problems. The deficit is down by a third Morning’s gains in the S&P (since 2010), a million and a quarter new private sector jobs have 500 initially supported a “risk- ramped up small gains... showing statement to the last, with the G20 brushing off a second straight loss been created and the credibility we have earned means households on” trade, and bargain hunters a recovery from yesterday’s medi- committing to not using monetary on Wall Street, while gold prices and businesses are benefitting from near record low interest rates.” snapped up below-$100 oil, send- ocre performance,” said analyst policy to depreciate their respec- also continued to recover. Hong HSBC bank economist Simon Wells said the latest downgrade ing Brent briefly above $100 a bar- Brenda Kelly at traders IG. tive currencies, while highlighting Kong stocks rallied 2.33 percent “serves as a reminder of the tricky situation that Chancellor George rel. Brent crude was up 11 cents to Markets were enjoying a that they support Japan’s efforts and Shanghai jumped 2.14 percent, Osborne finds himself in.” $99.24 a barrel by 1:26 p.m. EDT brighter end to the week, which to overcome deflation. “What this while Tokyo rose 0.73 percent, He added: “On the one hand, the IMF is calling for a slower pace (1726 GMT), off an intraday high started with a sell-off after China essentially means is that Japan will Seoul was 0.35 percent higher and of deficit reduction. At the same time, ratings agencies are scruti- of $100.33 a barrel. U.S. crude rose released worse-than-forecast continue to depreciate the yen in the Sydney climbed 0.15 percent. Gold nising deteriorating public finances.” 5 cents to $87.78. growth data that raised concerns short term, however their actions rallied to $1,405.50 an ounce on Fitch said it was revising down its forecast economic growth for European equities mostly rose about the strength of the world’s are being monitored closely.” the London Bullion Market from Britain in 2013 and 2014 to 0.8 percent and 1.8 percent respectively, yesterday, mirroring gains in Asia, number-two economy. US stocks traded mixed yes- $1,393.75 on Thursday. The pre- from 1.5 percent and 2.0 percent six months ago. as investors eyed the G20 sum- At the G20 meet, Japan was terday after a deluge of earnings cious metal had struck a two-year “The UK economy is not expected to reach its 2007 level of real mit and upcoming IMF and World expected to try to reassure other reports gave conflicting signals low at $1,321.95 on Tuesday after GDP until 2014, underscoring the weakness of the economic recov- Bank spring meetings focused on finance ministers and central about the state of the economy. news of weaker-than-expected ery,” it said. Fitch added: “Higher than previously projected budget global economic strains. bank governors that it is not In midday trade, the Dow Jones first-quarter economic growth in deficits and debt primarily reflects the weak growth performance of London’s FTSE 100 index of intentionally weakening its yen. Industrial Average eased 0.11 per- key commodity consumer China. the UK economy in recent years, partly due to headwinds of private leading companies rose 0.69 per- The Bank of Japan this month cent to 14,521.44 points. AGENCIES and public sector deleveraging and the eurozone crisis.” cent to 6,286.59 points, and in unleashed a huge stimulus pack- The broad-based S&P 500 AFP Paris the CAC 40 added 1.46 per- age to kickstart its economy and added 0.75 percent to 1,553.12 cent to 3,651.96 points. bring an end to years of deflation. points while the tech-rich Meanwhile in Frankfurt the However, the move has led some Nasdaq Composite Index put on DAX 30 slid 0.18 percent to 7,459.96 to claim Tokyo is looking to give 1.27 percent to 3,206.55 points. points. Milan added 1.81 percent its exporters a trade advantage. Earnings reports from IBM despite political turmoil over Analysts said the G20 was and McDonalds missed expec- the election of a president, while unlikely to voice major concern tations, while technology heavy- Madrid climbed 1.32 percent. over Japan’s new policy. weights Google and Microsoft The European single currency “The G20 meeting is unlikely to outperformed analyst forecasts. firmed to $1.3073 from $1.3049 create much activity in the mar- Asian equities won back late in New York on Thursday. kets,” noted analyst Craig Erlam ground yesterday at the end of The greenback rose to 99.29 yen at traders Alpari. “We’re prob- a tough week for global equities from 98.14 yen. “Equity markets ably going to see a very similar and commodities, with investors

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*Periodic Distribution Amount more than $10bn. Construction IMPORTANT NOTE: of Mad Dog 2, set to become BP’s Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which biggest new oil development in is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services the Gulf for a decade, had been Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data scheduled to start by the end of and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into this year and the company has account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and said oil should start pumping by does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant liquidity the end of the decade. or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable “BP fully intends to develop indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your the resources at Mad Dog Phase financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. 2 and is committed to moving forward with the right plan,” it said. “It is too early to speculate when the details of the final plan will be approved by BP and its co-owners.” REUTERS APRIL 20, 2013 ON SATURDAY 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Classifieds

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Al Rayyan’s players and officials are seen with Sheikh Saoud bin Andulrehman Al Thani, President of Qatar Basketball Federation (QAF), after Al Rayyan beat Al Sadd in the final of the Emir Cup at Al Gharafa Indoor Hall in Doha yesterday. Al Rayyan won their second major trophy of the 2012-13 season with a 76-66 score.

In-form Al Rayyan win Emir Cup Brian Rowsom’s side overcomes slow start to beat Al Sadd in the final

BY DANOTZKI SANTOS up at 6-all after a helter-skelter exchange in the next two minutes. Emir Cup DOHA: Al Rayyan broke Al Watson connected from the Sadd’s towering defense with left but Thomas and Rashad Champions precise ball rotation and pes- Anderson strung up 5 straight DOHA: A list of Emir Cup tered their rivals with swarming points for Al Sadd to push the champions since the first edi- attcks to achieve a well-deserved white shirts to an 11-8 lead. tion of the event held in the 76-66 victory last night and bag Things were even again at 12 1999-2000 season. Al Rayyan the prestigious Emir Cup title until Ngombo and Erfan Saeed beat Al Sadd in the 2012-13 final yesterday. before a jam-packed crowd at pumped in a bomber each to lift the Al Gharafa Indoor Arena. the black shirts to a 17-12 advan- 1999-00 Al Rayyan bt Al Their eighth Emir Cup crown tage, with 3 minutes left in the Arabi to date, yesterday’s title was also period. Mousa would then bury 2000-01 Al Rayyan bt Al the second championship title another from beyond the arc and Wakra for coach Brian Rowsom and his Jeremeo Davidson added a jumper 2001-02 Qatar SC bt Al wards this season having also as Southall and Thomas contin- Rayyan clinched the Heir Apparent Cup ued to lord it over on the other 2002-03 Al Rayyan bt Qatar crown a month ago. end for a 22-19 count to cap first SC As Al Rayyan captain and vet- quarter hostilities. 2003-04 Al Sadd bt Al Rayyan eran Yaseen Mousa, who sealed Malik Abdullah broke the ice 2004-05 Al Rayyan bt the win with a game-ending slam, for Rayyan with back-to-back Al-Arabi had predicted winning the title. connections in the second period Yesterday, Al Rayyan did just and with Mathew Burston adding 2005-06 Al Rayyan bt that! 2 from the stripe the seven-time Al-Arabi “We were always confident of Emir Cup champions raced to a 2006-07 Qatar SC bt Al Sadd Al Rayyan claiming a double this 29-21 lead with barely 2 minutes 2007-08 Al Rayyan bt Qatar season. Al Sadd are a very good gone in the period. SC team, they were the defending Chris dela Rosa cut the defi- 2008-09 Al Rayyan bt Qatar champions, but we were confident cit with a short stab but Malik SC of dethroning them,” Musa said. drilled another trey and Burston 2009-10 Al Gharafa bt Al Amidst a sell-out crowd and scored on a lay-up off an Al Sadd Rayyan after a festive finals introductory turn-over to make it a double- 2010-11 Al Gharafa bt Al Al Rayyan’s skipper Yassen Musa (10) and team-mate Harold Watson (32) lift the Heir Apparent Cup and the rites, the protagonists got off to a digit advantage for Rayyan, 34-23. Rayyan blazing start. Anderson hit his first rainbow Emir Cup trophies after the boys in red beat Al Sadd in the final yesterday. Watson was the star performer for 2011-12 Al Sadd bt Al Rayyan Mousa drew first blood but and cashed-in on a put back off Al Rayyan dunking points and leading the team with assists in the title clash played at Al Gharafa Indoor Hall. Chris dela Rosa banked one in a Thomas missed free throw to 2012-13 Al Rayyan bt Al Sadd from the left flank and Ibrahim push Al Sadd to 28 and Ngombo Thomas scored from point blank would drill both gift shots on the game and banked on the duo of bomber with the shot clock wind- away to start Al Rayyan’s early advantage. Anderson and Southall after a Michael Benjamin Southall other end to lift Rayyan to 37. Saad Abdulrahman and Mousa ing down and handed Rayyan a assault in the third and even as would give Al Sadd some breath- swat on the defensive end for a With Southall forced to sit it Daoud to carry the fight for the 42-32 cushion before the half time Southall rejoined the fray, coach ing spell with a basket each but Al 4-2 game start. out after committing his third defending champions. break. Rowsom’s wards continued to Rayyan behind Watson, Davidson Tanguy Ngombo drilled a far personal foul, Coach Dejan As Rayyan’s lead was pruned Watson fired one from the out- impose their might on the white and Erfan were just awesome on one from the right to even things Tomic’s went to an up-tempo to 7, Ngombo would fire a long side and Davidson scored on a fall shirts and soared to a 55-42 the firing end and rose to a 61-47 margin before the final stage of the match. Al Sadd pushed hard at the onset of the fourth period but Rayyan quelled the attack with relentless efforts on both ends of the floor and kept the defending champions at bay, 67-55 as the game clock went down to 5:05. With the game clock down to 3:11, Al Sadd mounted a last ditch stand with an 8-3 run to chop the gap to 7 points at 63-70, with 1:40 remaining in the match. Davidson made it 72-63 with a pair of conversions from the stripe but Anderson drilled a long trey to bring the tally at 66-72. LEFT and TOP RIGHT: Al Watson was to be fouled in the next offensive and cashed in Rayyan’s Tanguy Ngombo on both charities while Al Sadd goes for the baskets against muffed their chance in the ensu- Al Sadd during one of the ing possession. four quarters in the Emir Cup THE PENINSULA final yesterday. ABOVE: Al LEFT: Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Rayyan’s Erfan Saeed (30) Al Thani, (right) Chief Executive celebrates the Emir Cup Officer, Ooredoo, receiving a win as confetti makes an memento from Sheikh Saoud bin appearance following the Abdulrahman Al Thani, President final whistle at Al Gharafa of Qatar Basketball Federation Indoor Hall yesterday. Al (QAF), during the Emir Cup final Rayyan won 76-66. at Al Gharafa Indoor Sports Hall in Doha yesterday. APRIL 20, 2013 Sports www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 ON SATURDAY Mourinho admits Real quit talks I am neither unhappy nor sad at Real, says the former Chelsea, Inter Milan coach

MADRID: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho yesterday Spurs’ Bale admitted that reported com- ments claiming his future lay in line to win away from the Spanish club were accurate but denied that award treble he was “sad or unhappy” at the Santiago Bernabeu. Earlier this week, press in LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur Spain widely reported com- midfielder Gareth Bale is hot ments by Manuel Alvarez, the favourite to win the Player of president of CD Canillas, a club the Year Award from his fellow from the north of Madrid where professionals after the short-list Mourinho’s son is a player. for this season’s nominations Alvarez claimed that during a was issued yesterday. chat with Canillas coaching staff The Wales international, 23, is on Monday, Mourinho announced also favourite to win the Young he would not be in Madrid next Player of the Year Award, the year to take part in the annual other honour voted by members meeting. of the Professional Footballers At his press briefing ahead of Association (PFA), after scoring Real Madrid’s Liga clash with 22 goals for Spurs and five for Betis today, Mourinho verified Wales this season. the comments -- but encouraged He was also named PFA Player reporters not to read too much of the Year in 2011 and early into them. Real Madrid head coach Portuguese Jose Mourinho is seen during a press conference following a training session at Valdebebas sports complex in indications show he is the front- “I can confirm that, when I was Madrid, Spain, yesterday. Real Madrid will face Betis in a Spanish Primera Division match at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium today. runner for the Footballer of the asked if I would be here next sea- Year Award voted on by members son, I said, ‘I don’t think so.’ I said of England’s Football Writers that I didn’t think I could be there “The best thing for us right the close season. The former Casillas would again be on the In addition, Sami Khedira Association. for next year’s meeting,” said the now is to beat Betis, get to the Chelsea and Inter Milan coach is bench against Betis as Diego and Sergio Ramos will not play He faces some strong opposi- Portuguese. Champions League final and win under contract until 2016. Lopez continues between the against seventh-placed Betis in tion though, as Robin van Persie “I am neither unhappy nor sad the Copa del Rey final, and then However, last week, Spanish posts. order to keep them fresh for the has had a fine first season at at Real. after that we can discuss what is daily El Pais claimed that Chelsea “Tomorrow (today), Casillas trip to Dortmund. Manchester United scoring 25 “I have already said that my best for everyone.” had made an offer to Mourinho in will be on the bench, but he is “(Alvaro) Arbeloa is injured goals, while Luis Suarez has been relationships with the presi- Madrid face Borussia March in a bid to tempt him back in perfect condition to play, so it and suspended in the Champions in superb form for Liverpool with dent (Florentino Perez), with Dortmund in the first leg of their for next season. wouldn’t be a surprise to see him League so we only have Ramos as 29 goals. Jose Angel Sanchez (the sport- Champions League semi-final The paper added that back playing again one day,” he a right-back, meaning we can’t Bale was installed as the 4/11 ing director), with the club, were next week and will face city rivals Mourinho had not yet signed any- said. take any risks,” Mourinho said to favourite by bookmakers SkyBet, good,” he continued. Atletico in the Copa del Rey final thing because of Chelsea owner Casillas has not played since explain the former Sevilla defend- ahead of Van Persie and Suarez, “Normally, when you get to next month. Roman Abramovich’s refusal to February 23, becoming second er’s absence this weekend. both 4/1, Juan Mata of Chelsea these situations, there are prob- Throughout the course of his hand him full responsibility for fiddle to Lopez, who was brought The right-back berth will either (66/1) and outsiders, Eden Hazard lems between the club and the third season at the club, Mourinho player recruitment. back to the Bernabeu for a second be filled by Frenchman Raphael of Chelsea and Michael Carrick of coach but here that is not the case has continually insisted that his Meanwhile, the Portuguese spell when the Spain captain suf- Varane or youth product Nacho. Manchester United, both rated at because we get on. future would not be decided until confirmed that goalkeeper Iker fered a fracture to his left thumb. AFP 100/1. REUTERS Ferguson dismisses Rooney-to-PSG reports

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Manchester he wasn’t playing as well as Shinji (Kagawa) was. United manager Alex Ferguson yesterday dis- “We had to get that goal that mattered and, of Brooklyn (left), Romeo missed speculation linking Wayne Rooney course, there are so many games where Wayne (centre) and Cruz with a move to French league leaders Paris Rooney is better than other players. But on the night (right), children of Saint-Germain. Shinji was playing so well.” Paris Saint-Germain’s England international Rooney has reportedly been Manchester United will have a full squad to English midfielder David a target of the French capital club, despite having choose from against Aston Villa, despite a physical Beckham take part in two years of his five-year contract to run at Old encounter against West Ham in their last game on a training session at Trafford. Wednesday, which ended 2-2. French L1 football club But ahead of their game Barclays Premier League Winger Ashley Young has been ruled out of the PSG’s training camp in game against Aston Villa on Monday, Ferguson remainder of the campaign with an ankle injury. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, played down talk that the 27-year-old forward would “We have a few bumps and bruises. David De Gea near Paris, yesterday. leave the club at the end of the season. has a beautiful bruise on his cheekbone,” the United “I don’t think there’s anything in that at all,” manager told reporters in Manchester. Ferguson said in response to question about whether “I think after coming out of that war zone I am Rooney had been unsettled by talk of a move to PSG. pleased there is no-one seriously injured. The team “I couldn’t tell you (anything) about that. As far were fantastic that night in terms of standing up,” as taking him off on against West Ham, it’s because he said. AFP Raikkonen fastest in second Lorenzo, Rossi set to tackle new US circuit practice at Bahrain Grand Prix AUSTIN, Texas: Yamaha’s Laguna Seca is scheduled for Jorge Lorenzo (pictured) and July while Indianapolis takes MANAMA: Finland’s Kimi Valentino Rossi, who got off to place in August. Raikkonen topped the times Australian impressive starts at the sea- Said Rossi, “Austin will not for Lotus in yesterday’s after- Formula One son-opening Qatar race, will be an easy race, but the podium noon’s second free practice ses- driver Daniel be aiming for another one-two in Qatar is giving us extra sion for this weekend’s Bahrain Ricciardo of finish at tomorrow’s maiden motivation.” Grand Prix, just ahead of moti- Scuderia Toro MotoGP race in Austin. “The (Austin) track layout is vated Mark Webber and leav- Rosso in action Spain’s Lorenzo won the very special: there is some down- ing Lewis Hamilton looking to during the season-opener at the hill and uphill and the make up ground. first practice Losail track earlier first braking zone is Driving with typical aggression session at the this month. Pole- very technical.” and aplomb, the “Ice Man” clocked Sakhir Circuit sitter Lorenzo was fol- Lorenzo has a five- a best time of 1min 34.154sec on near Manama, lowed across the line point lead over Rossi his medium tyres midway through by Rossi in his first in the championship Bahrain, the 90 minutes to outpace Webber race for Yamaha since race with 17 of 18 yesterday. The of Red Bull by 0.03sec. returning to his old races to go. Webber, preparing for his 2013 Bahrain team from Ducati. Lorenzo and Rossi 200th Formula One race on Formula One “Qatar was stunning could have an advan- Sunday, clocked 1:34.184 to finish Grand Prix for us. A great start tage tomorrow as they ahead of his third-placed team- will take place of a really competitive were part of a small mate, defending triple champion tomorrow. season,” said reigning group of riders who Sebastian Vettel by almost one- world champion Lorenzo. “Just were given three-day access to tenth of a second. the first race of a long season.” the new circuit last month. After the agony and angst of India, Felipe Massa -- who had The track temperature was 38 more time from somewhere,” he Tomorrow’s Grand Prix of “The Austin track has a very their early-season intra-team been quickest in the morning’s degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees said. the Americas marks the debut long straight and several cor- problems -- triggered by the ruth- opening session - and Romain Fahrenheit) and the air temper- “I don’t really know where we of the newly-constructed, 5.51 ners in first gear where you need less Vettel’s decision to ignore Grosjean in the second Lotus. ature a relatively moderate 33 are losing it. They have changed kilometre (3.4 mile) Circuit of good acceleration and traction, team orders and snatch victory Nico Rosberg was eighth for degrees on the circuit -- slightly the car this weekend, changed the Americas track which will host Lorenzo said. from Webber in Malaysia -- the Mercedes ahead of fellow German cooler and more comfortable con- settings for what they think the the second event of the 2013 Nicky Hayden is one of three Australian demonstrated that he Adrian Sutil in the second Force ditions than the previous day. track needs but I’m not convinced MotoGP season. American riders in the MotoGP has no intention of doing anything India car and Hamilton, in the Britain’s 2008 world drivers’ it is the right way to go. “Now we have to change our field as the USA now becomes other than racing to win. second Mercedes. champion Hamilton comes into “I don’t know if they are right mindset,” said Lorenzo. “We visit only the second country, after To achieve that, however, Jenson Button, seeking to close the race after delivering two or wrong but we were struggling a completely different track -- Spain, to host three or more he may have to overcome an the performance gap to the lead- podium finishes and a pole posi- for pace today... But I am sure we not just the layout but also for events on the schedule. expected strong challenge from ers in his improving McLaren, tion so far this season. will find it.” the asphalt, the climate and The Ducati Team rider is in-form Ferrari. was unable to rise beyond 11th, a But a perplexed Hamilton said Rosberg meanwhile said he some different circumstances.” looking to impress the home Two-time champion and win- full 1.2sec slower than Raikkonen he and his Mercedes team were in was struggling with under-steer Circuit of the Americas now crowd. ner of last Sunday’s Chinese on another hot and testing day at a race against time after finishing in his car as a result of a set-up becomes the third US venue on “I hope to be at my best for Grand Prix Fernando Alonso was the Sakhir circuit, 25 kilometres down the field. aimed at making the rear tyres the MotoGP calendar, along with Austin,” said 2006 world champ fourth for the “scarlet scuderia” (15.5 miles) into the desert from “We’re working as hard as we last longer. Laguna Seca and Indianapolis. Hayden. AFP ahead of Paul di Resta of Force Manama. can and we just need to find some AFP APRIL 20, 2013 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Nadal survives Dimitrov scare; Djokovic cruises Fognini stuns seventh seed Gasquet; Tsonga rallies to beat Wawrinka Thorpe to miss MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Rafael Nadal survived one of his toughest claycourt tests Australia’s to squeeze out a dramatic 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win over highly-rated world trials Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters yesterday. SYDNEY: Five-time Olympic The Spaniard, who has not lost gold medallist Ian Thorpe (pic- in the principality since 2003, was tured) will not compete at reluctant to talk about taping on Australia’s world champion- his back, evidence of the wear and ship selection trials this month, tear his return to his beloved clay Swimming Australia said may be taking after he missed yesterday. seven months of play with knee Thorpe has opted not to nomi- problems. nate for any events in the eight- “I’m happy to be in the semi- day competition, which doubles finals, I played the best with what as the Australian championships, I had. It’s normal to have problems starting in Adelaide next Friday on the back, on the shoulder, on (April 26), Swimming Australia the elbow,” was the extent of the (SA) said. eight-time champions’ comments. Thorpe came out of retire- Top seed Novak Djokovic fought ment in 2011 in a bid to make through his own physical prob- the Australian swim team for lems as he won his third match the London Olympics but failed of the week on his injured, but to qualify. Despite that, he said healing, right ankle with the Serb that he would swim on and target beating Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-3 this year’s world championship in to advance into the final four. Italy’s Fabio Fognini celebrates after defeating France’s Richard Gasquet during the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series tournament quarter-final match in Barcelona. “My ankle is getting better and Monaco, yesterday. RIGHT: Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his tennis match against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov. The 30-year-old said in January better,” said the Serb. that he believed he could return “The pain is subsiding and to his best form over the next that is very important for me. I Nadal lost a set in the event for over in pain. A few moments later, semi-final opponent after defeat- two years and had reportedly just hope to play a good match only the third time since 2009. Nadal fired over his second ace ing Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 2-6, Monte Carlo switched his focus to the 2014 tomorrow.” “I didn’t play tennis for seven of a dramatic afternoon to take 6-3, 6-4. Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Djokovic broke late in the first months. I’m losing little bit of the win. “It’s an incredible challenge, Masters Results However, doubts were raised set and started the second with intensity,” said the Spaniard. Nadal, whose only loss in he’s won eight times here. over his future when SA cut Results from the sixth day of the a break as he got past the Finn “That’s normal after being out- Monte Carlo came back in 2003, Anything I might achieve will be Aus$100,000 ($103,000) in fund- Monte-Carlo Masters yesterday who had seen off Juan Martin del side of the competition for a long produced some 36 unforced errors just a bonus for me,” said Tsonga ing to Thorpe in March. (x denotes seeding): Potro a day earlier. time. I played for a month, then I while the 34th-ranked Dimitrov of his date with the Spaniard. Known as the “Thorpedo”, the Nadal, bidding for an unprec- stopped for another month. I need struck 28 winners. “I know I’m going to play a Quarter-finals Olympic great retired in 2006 edented ninth straight trophy in time to play with top rhythm all “It’s a tough loss, I think I gave player that’s a lot better than I Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt after a glittering career in which Monte Carlo, was given a huge the match. everything I had today,” said am on clay. I do have some weap- Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-4, 6-3; he ruled the pool from 1998 to fright by Dimitrov, who fell vic- “I was playing great in the Dimitrov. ons, I have everything to win and Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Richard 2004, taking nine Olympic medals tim to leg cramp in the closing first set, playing my best level. So “Today he obviously showed nothing to lose.” Gasquet (FRA x7) 7-6 (7/0), 6-2; and 11 world titles and setting 13 moments of a thriller lasting just that’s the most important thing.” why he’s the best not only on that In the other half of the draw, Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt Grigor long course world records. AFP over two hours. Dimitrov, feeling his left thigh, surface, I believe, but he’s one of Italy’s Fabio Fognini upset French Dimitrov (BUL) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; One of the closest calls of managed to save a Nadal match the best out there.” seventh seed Richard Gasquet 7-6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) bt Nadal’s clay career ended with his point with a rifling winner down French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried (7/0), 6-2 to next play Djokovic. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x13) Party on hold as 45th straight Monte Carlo win. the line which left him doubled Tsonga will line up as Nadal’s AFP 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 Maple Leafs fail to clinch play-off Perera helps Hyderabad Former England Zimbabwe on top berth at home captain Denness TORONTO: Toronto fans filled to victory over Punjab the Air Canada Centre ready to dies, aged 72 after 16 wickets fall celebrate their team clinching HYDERABAD: Three huge LONDON: Former England an NHL play-off spot for the sixes by Thisara Perera in Scoreboard captain Mike Denness died HARARE: Bangladesh will 134 for five before their last five first time in nearly a decade the 19th over sealed a five- KINGS XI PUNJAB aged 72 yesterday after a long need to produce a record fourth- batsmen all fell in the space of 20 yesterday but the Maple Leafs’ wicket victory for Sunrisers Mandeep Singh c de Kock b I Sharma ...... 10 battle with cancer. innings total to beat Zimbabwe balls. 5-3 loss to the visiting Islanders Hyderabad against Kings XI A C Gilchrist c I Sharma b K V Sharma ...... 26 Denness was the only in the first Test after 16 wick- “We prepared a seamer- left many poised to push the Punjab in their Pepsi Indian P C Valthaty c Perera b K V Sharma ...... 6 Scotsman ever to captain ets tumbled on the third day friendly wicket and it worked panic button. Premier League (IPL) match at D J Hussey c Reddy b I Sharma ...... 22 England, leading the team in yesterday. out for us. As a batter you will The Leafs are clinging to fifth Rajiv Gandhi international sta- P P Chawla (run out-Reddy/Perera) ...... 23 19 of his 28 Tests between 1969 Bangladesh, replying to the always get one that has extra place in the Eastern Conference dium here yesterday. Gurkeerat Singh b Steyn ...... 17 and 1975. home team’s 389, lost their last bounce,” said Masakadza in a TV on 53 points but their grip on a Perera (23 off 11 balls) helped Azhar Mahmood c Ashish Reddy b Mishra ..4 He also played 12 one-day five wickets for no run as they interview. play-off spot is starting to slip. the home team achieve the 124 M S Gony (run out-I Sharma/de Kock) ...... 0 internationals and went onto were skittled out for 134 before Zimbabwe decided not to Four chasing teams - the target with seven balls remain- M Vohra c I Sharma b Mishra ...... 0 become an ICC match referee. Zimbabwe stretched their huge enforce the follow-on but Robiul Ottawa Senators (52 points), New ing. The Sri Lankan and local boy A D Mascarenhas (not out) ...... 5 Denness was awarded an lead to 442 by reaching the close Islam ripped through their top York Islanders (51), New York Ashish Reddy scored unbeaten 30 P Kumar (not out) ...... 3 OBE in this year’s New Years on 187 for seven. order in a marathon 13-over Rangers (48) and Winnipeg Jets off 16 deliveries. Extras (B-4, LB-1, W-2) ...... 7 Honours for services to sport. Paceman Robiul Islam gave the opening spell as the hosts slumped (48) - all made up ground with With this victory, Sunrisers Total (for 9 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 123 His reign as England captain visitors hope by claiming the first to 84 for six. wins yesterday, setting up a nail- now top the points table with 10 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-47, 3-48, 4-88, was marred by a strained rela- six wickets in Zimbabwe’s second Taylor then steadied the ship, biting finish to the regular season. points from seven games. This 5-104, 6-114, 7-115, 8-115, 9-115. tionship with Geoff Boycott, innings before skipper Brendan just as he had in the first innings “We have to stop the bleeding was also the third straight win Bowling: G H Vihari 1-0-2-0; D W Steyn 4-0- then one of the team’s star Taylor (81 not out) and Graeme with a patient 171, and Bangladesh and get back to what has made us for them at the home ground. 14-1; I Sharma 4-0-29-2 (2w); N L T C Perera performers. Cremer (43) shared a stand of 79. will now need to eclipse the world successful but our lack of success Hanuma Vihari, who was the 4-0-25-0; K V Sharma 3-0-19-2; A Mishra During the 1974-75 tour of Earlier, Bangladesh resumed on record of 418 that West Indies the last couple of games has noth- top scorer with 46, played a key 4-0-29-2. Australia, Denness dropped 95 for one but they could not han- managed against Australia in ing to do with us thinking we have role in the Sunrisers’ win. SUNRISERS HYDERABAD himself for the fourth Test dle the bounce of a lively Harare 2003. a playoff spot,” Leafs defenceman The home team had a disas- Q de Kock b Kumar ...... 0 after making just 65 runs in Sports Club wicket. “We thought about enforcing Cody Franson told reporters. trous start losing the first wicket P A Reddy c Azhar Mahmood b Gony ...... 19 his first six innings Shingi Masakadza, 26, playing the follow-on but we didn’t want “We don’t work that way, we in the first over with no score on G H Vihari c Hussey b Chawla ...... 46 Denness played county in his second Test, took four for to bat last on that wicket. We work one day at a time.” the board. C L White b Gony ...... 16 cricket for Kent and Essex, 32 and fellow seamer Kyle Jarvis just need to keep our discipline Toronto have not reached the Quinton de Kock, playing B B Samantray lbw Azhar Mahmood...... 10 scoring more than 25,000 runs returned figures of four for 40. in Bangladesh’s second innings,” play-offs since 2004 and own his second match as Kumar N L T C Perera (not out) ...... 23 in his first-class career and Bangladesh battled their way to Masakadza added. REUTERS the longest playoff drought of Sangakkara preferred to sit out A Ashish Reddy (not out) ...... 7 captaining Kent to six domestic teams in the NHL today, while for the second consecutive game, trophies between 1972 and 1976. the surging Islanders, who have Extras (B-4, LB-1, W-1) ...... 6 Scoreboard was bowled as he attempted Total (for 5 wkts in 18.5 overs) ...... 127 During his time as an ICC not reached the play-offs since to flick away Praveen Kumar’s match referee his controversial 2007, took a step towards ending Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-48, 3-70, 4-87, Zimbabwe (I innings): ...... 389 Zimbabwe (II innings): delivery. decision to sanction six Indian their own barren spell, moving to 5-97. Bangladesh (I innings): T Maruma lbw Robiul ...... 10 However, Vihari, who joined players in Port Elizabeth during within a point of the Leafs. Bowling: P Kumar 3-1-12-1; A D Mascaren- Jahurul Islam lbw Meth...... 43 V Sibanda b Robiul ...... 4 Akshath Reddy, stabilised the the 2001/2002 tour prompted Toronto are a massive success has 4-0-25-0; Azhar Mahmood 3.5-0-36-1 Shahriar Nafees c Maruma b Jarvis ...... 29 H Masakadza c&b Robiul ...... 0 innings and kept the score board the Indian and South African off the ice but cannot seem to buy (1w); P P Chawla 4-0-25-1; M S Gony 4-0- Mohd Ashraful c Waller b S Masakadza ...... 38 B Taylor (batting) ...... 81 ticking with ones and twos. boards to ban Denness from a play-off spot. REUTERS 24-2. Mahmudullah b Meth ...... 3 M Waller c Nasir b Robiul...... 4 Vihari played some delightful officiating in the next match. Player-of-the-Match: G H Vihari (SRH) Shakib Al Hasan c Sibanda b S Masakadza ... 5 E Chigumbura c Nasir b Robiul ...... 27 strokes including two successive The ICC responded by with- Mushfiqur Rahim lbw S Masakadza ...... 3 R Mutumbami lbw Robiul ...... 0 boundaries off Piyush Chawla in drawing Test status from the NHL Results Nasir Hossain c Mutumbami b Jarvis ...... 7 G Cremer (run out) ...... 43 the seventh over of the inning. boundaries in his 46 off 39 balls. game. Kent chairman George NY Islanders 5 Toronto 3 Sohag Gazi c Waller b S Masakadza ...... 0 K Meth (batting) ...... 13 They added 48 runs for the sec- It was the highest score by any Kennedy said: “This is an Enamul Haque Jr b Jarvis ...... 0 Extras (LB-2, W-2, NB-1) ...... 5 NY Rangers 6 Florida 1 ond wicket before Reddy was sent Sunrisers batsman this season. extremely sad day for the club. Rubel Hossain b Jarvis ...... 0 Total (for 7 wkts) ...... 187 Montreal 3 Tampa Bay 2 back by Manpreet Gony. Skipper Cameron White (16 We have lost one of our great Robiul Islam (not out) ...... 0 To bat: S Masakadza, K Jarvis. Ottawa 3 Washington 1 Azhar Mahmood took a one- off 23) seemed to be in good nick. players, a very successful cap- Extras (B-4, B-11, W-1) ...... 6 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-9, 3-16, 4-27, 5-84, New Jersey 3 Philadelphia 0 hand catch when the opener tried He tried to keep the required rate tain and a good friend. Total (all out) ...... 134 6-84, 7-163. to hit over the mid-wicket. under control but Gony struck “It is particularly sad that Winnipeg 4 Carolina 3 Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-102, 3-112, 4-123, Bowling: Robiul 17-1-55-6; Rubel 6-0-31-0; Vihari continued his good a vital blow in the 16th over by this has happened during his St Louis 2 Phoenix 1 5-124, 6-134, 7-134, 8-134, 9-134, 10-134. Shakib 9-2-22-0; Enamul 11-2-34-0; Sohag show but was unlucky to miss his uprooting his stumps. year as president. Our thoughts Dallas 5 Vancouver 1 Bowling: Jarvis 16-8-40-4; Meth 20-6-41-2; 9-0-24-0; Mahmudullah 4-2-19-0. half-century as Chawla had him The next over saw Mahmood are with Mike’s family and S Masakadza 14.1-4-32-4 (1w); Chigumbura Match situation: Zimbabwe lead by 442 runs Los Angeles 2 Columbus 1 caught at short-cover by Hussey. sending back Biplab Samantray friends at this time.” AFP 3-0-16-0; Cremer 1-1-0-0. with three wickets remaining in the 2nd innings. San Jose 6 Minnesota 1 The 19-year-old struck five (10 off 12). IANS APRIL 20, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY England’s Davis takes slender lead at Heritage Streelman, Hoffman one shot behind in South Carolina

HILTON HEAD, South Carolina: England’s Brian US PGA Tour Davis had eight birdies in a six- Heritage Scores under par 65, grabbing a one- stroke lead after the first round HILTON HEAD, South Carolina: Leading first- of the $5.8m US PGA Tour round scores here yesterday in the $5.8m Heritage tournament yesterday. US PGA Tour Heritage tournament (USA Davis, who lost a play-off to unless noted, par-71): Jim Furyk on the same Harbour 65 Brian Davis (ENG) Town Golf Links course in 2010 66 Kevin Streelman, Charley Hoffman -- after he called a penalty on Suzann Pettersen of Norway reacts after her birdie on the 11th green himself appeared pleased to have 67 Marc Leishman (AUS), Jason Day during the second round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship presented the chance to put it behind him, (AUS), Johnson Wagner by J Golf at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii, yesterday. though the incident lingers. 68 Bo Van Pelt, Pat Perez, Bill Haas, Carl “It’s good in this game to have Pettersson (SWE), Webb Simpson, a short memory -- good or bad,” Ted Potter, Glen Day, Camilo Villegas he said. (COL), Will Claxton, Gary Woodland, Davis penalized himself when Pettersen defies Tim Clark (RSA), Hunter Mahan, he knocked a loose stalk during Richard H. Lee, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN), his backswing when playing out Justin Bolli, Steve LeBrun of the rough three years ago -- violating the rule against mov- 69 Justin Hicks, Jerry Kelly, Lee winds to seize lead ing a loose impediment during a Williams, Brandt Jobe, Rory Sabbatini takeaway. (RSA), Martin Kaymer (GER), Luke KAPOLEI, Hawaii: Norway’s birdies and three bogeys in her “I still have people stop me in Donald (ENG), Mark Wilson Suzann Pettersen fired a three- four-under effort, welcomed the the street or at the golf club or under-par 69 yesterday to seize blustery weather that swept at airports,” he said. “People do LPGA Lotte a one-shot lead over defending across Ko Olina. remember, but for me I’m just champion Ai Miyazato after “It was definitely windier than trying to move on from that, and Championship Scores two rounds of the LPGA Tour yesterday, so it was pretty tough trying to win a golf tournament.” KAPOLEI, Hawaii: Leading second-round Lotte Championship. out there,” Miyazato said. “I grew His efforts included a run of six scores yesterday in the US LPGA Lotte Pettersen, a 10-time winner up in the wind and I like to play birdies in seven holes, starting at Championship (USA unless noted): on the LPGA tour, had a 36-hole in this wind. This morning when the par-five fifth. 134 Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 65-69 total of 10-under 134, with Japan’s I get to the golf course I’m like, The burst was sandwiched 135 Ai Miyazato (JPN) 67-68 Miyazato alone in second after a ‘Now I’m in Hawaii.’ Hawaii is between bogeys at the fourth and 68. always a windy place and it’s 12th, but Davis picked up two 137 Beatriz Recari (ESP) 67-70, Kim Hyo- The Norwegian veteran, on always fun to play these weather more birdies at the 13th and the Joo (KOR) 66-71, Seo Hee-Kyung even par for the round after one conditions.” (KOR) 65-72 par-three 17th to give himself Brian Davis of England lines up a putt on the 15th hole during the first birdie and one bogey through 10 Spain’s Beatriz Recari, winner the lead over Americans Kevin round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head 138 Stacy Lewis 67-71 holes, birdied three of her remain- of the Kia Classic last month, was Streelman and Charley Hoffman. Island, South Carolina, yesterday. 139 Pak Se-Ri (KOR) 70-69, Austin Ernst ing holes to take the lead and said tied for third with South Korean Davis landed his approach at 69-70, Kang Hae-Ji (KOR) 68-71, patience was crucial in the gusty teenager Kim Hyo-Joo and South the fifth hole six feet from the Ryu So-Yeon (KOR) 67-72, Jane Rah winds. Korea’s Seo Hee-Kyung. pin, but missed the eagle attempt. had six birdies and one bogey in consider this week’s tournament 67-72, Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 64-75 “You’re just really trying to Recari briefly held a share of That birdie, however, marked a their five-under 66s. a holiday. play the course, what it gives us,” the lead but fell back with bogeys 140 Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG) 72-68, turnaround in his day. Australians Jason Day and “Playing last week it felt like Pettersen said. “There are certain at 13 and 16 and settled for a Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 70-70, I.K. He birdied the next two, and Marc Leishman, both trying to there was pressure the whole holes you can take advantage of, two-under 70 for 137, while Kim Kim (KOR) 70-70, Feng Shanshan after a par at eight, he birdied bounce back after falling short week,” said Day, who finished and then others that are more -- posted a 71 and Seo shot an even- (CHN) 70-70, Christina Kim 70-70, three more in a row before giv- at the Masters, were tied with third at the Masters after miss- where par is a good score. par 72. Lizette Salas 69-71 ing one stroke back. American Johnson Wagner with ing out on the play-off in which “But I think today even on the Kim, 17, played in a group with He got to six-under with a a score of 67. compatriot Adam Scott defeated 141 Nicole Castrale 70-71, Park In-Bee holes where I felt like I should fellow teens Ariya Jutanugarn 22-foot birdie putt at 17. Day and Leishman avoided Argentina’s Angel Cabrera. (KOR) 70-71, Karine Icher (FRA) 70- have made a birdie and I made of Thailand and New Zealand’s “I wasn’t worried about my bogeys and the former was happy “Coming into this week it’s 71, Vicky Hurst 69-72, Mina Harigae a par, I said, ‘par is not going to Lydia Ko. score or about my misses, I was to be in a less stressful environ- pretty laid back, but it is a tour 69-72, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) hurt me today,’” she said after Overnight leader Ariya could just playing,” Davis said. ment than Augusta National, but event and I want to do well,” he 69-72, Park Hee-Young (KOR) 69-72, yesterday’s round. not build on her first-round 64, Streelman and Hoffman each he was quick to add that he didn’t said. AFP Jane Park 67-74, Gerina Piller 67-74 Miyazato, who had seven ballooning to 75. AFP

Four Overdrive Racing cars to race in Injured Blake out; Fraser-Pryce to Qatar’s Sealine Cross-Country Rally run at Doha Diamond League meet DOHA: Overdrive Racing is in DOHA: Reigning world 100m Qatar making its final prepa- champion Yohan Blake has rations for next week’s Sealine been forced to miss next Cross-Country Rally, the third month’s Diamond League round of the FIA World Cup for meeting in Doha due to an Cross-Country Rallies, where injury he sustained last week. the Belgian team will field four The injury, that took place in cars in the four-day desert an athletics meeting in Jamaica event from April 22-26. will keep the Olympic silver- The Brazilian duo of Reinaldo medalist on the sidelines for a Varela and Gustavo Gugelmin will few weeks. be hoping to repeat their victory Speaking of his disappoint- at the Italian Baja in March and ment, Blake said: “I have always have been entered for their sec- wanted to run in Doha, when ond race with Overdrive. I got the opportunity I was The Venezuelan pairing of over the moon. Unfortunately Nunzio Coffaro and Daniel I have to withdraw because of Meneses finished 12th in the a slight injury, but these things recent Abu Dhabi Desert do happen.” Challenge after final stage delays He added: “I was looking for- and they head to Qatar look- ward to running in Doha because ing for a good points haul in a I have never been there and also Jamaican duo Yohan Blake and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right) Toyota Hilux with support from because I wanted the people to Venezuelan Tourism, the Ministry see what a beast I am on the of Sport and PDVSA. A file photo of Martin Kaczmarski in action. Kaczmarski will tackle the track. I guess there is always Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Fact-File Poland’s Martin Kaczmarski Sealine Cross-Country Rally in Qatar with his Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux. next year. I am sorry for not and Bartlomiej Boba joined coming but I will be there next The reigning 100m Olympic and World Champion. She is one of the only three women in Overdrive Racing for the first time for sure if God allows it.” athletics history who have won back to back Olympic titles in the 100m. time in the UAE two weeks ago and part of our team stayed in the Alvarez driving the cars. The QAF President and Doha In 2012 she was the overall winner in the 100m Diamond Race. and reached the finish at the Yas Middle East after the Abu Dhabi team is delighted to be continu- Meeting Director Dahlan Her 10.70 personal best and area record in the 100m ranks her fourth in the all-time list. Marina Circuit in a fine ninth Desert Challenge to prepare the ing the association this year. Jumaan Al Hamad expressed overall. cars for this race,” said Overdrive Administration checks, scru- his sympathy for Blake’s bad Personal Best Times Spurred on by this success, the team manager Jean-Marc Fortin. tineering, the initial briefing luck. Al Hamad said: “I am truly 100m 10.70 (2012) Poles head to the deserts of Qatar “I think we have a good chance and the pre-event press confer- wishing him (Blake) a speedy in confident mood and crew the of a good result. I think the com- ence will take place at the Losail recovery and I am sure that he 200m 22.09 (2012) third car, with a top 10 finish the bination of drivers that we have International Circuit, north of will be back in full strength to Career Highlights goal on this occasion. might surprise a few people,” he Doha, on April 21 and 22. fulfil his 2013 goals. We hope to 100m Kazakhstan driver Aidyn added. The ceremonial start will see Yohan (Blake) in Doha net Rakhimbayev and Russian co- Overdrive Racing has received then get proceedings underway year.” 2012 1st Olympic Games driver Vladimir Demiyanenko extensive support from Abdullah on Doha Corniche on Monday Meanwhile, Olympic and 2011 4th World Championships complete the Overdrive Racing Abdulghani & Bros., the sole local afternoon (April 22) and the first world champions Shelly-Ann line-up in their Toyota Hilux. distributor of Toyota and Lexus of four desert selective sections Fraser-Pryce has confirmed her 2009 1st World Championships Running under the Team cars, for its challenge for honours begins on Tuesday, April 23. participation for the Doha event. 2008 1st Olympic Games Astana banner, the pair has in the Sealine Cross-Country With temperatures threat- The 26-year-old will be mak- 4x100m joined the Belgian team for the Rally. ening to enter the high forties ing her second appearance after first time, although they have Overdrive Racing benefited Centigrade in the southern Qatar finishing in second place behind 2012 2nd Olympic Games competed in numerous cross- from the support of the company deserts, teams will then tackle Allyson Felix in last year’s 100m 2011 2nd World Championships country events and will be field- in 2012 and went on to take first three further desert stages before race. Fraser-Pryce will compete 2009 1st World Championships ing two Toyota Hiluxes later in and second overall in the Sealine the action draws to a close on in the 200m. the season. event with Qatar’s Nasser Saleh April 26. 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