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Emir meets Japan envoy Qatar plans Karwa taxi debt market DOHA: Qatar plans to have a thriving debt market, and with this objective in mind local service to be credit rating agencies are to be licensed. Al Sharq reported yesterday that Qatar Central Bank plans to develop a regulatory frame- work for local credit rating agen- privatised cies that would be licensed in the near future. The daily said many companies had applied to the cen- Six private operators to run taxis tral bank for licences to operate as credit rating agencies. Qatar DOHA: The Karwa taxi serv- Council on February 3 this year is also keen to woo international ice will be fully privatised by for review and its opinion. financial institutions to help 2017, with six private companies The state provides financial sup- deepen the debt market. expected to run the service. port to Mowasalat but not under Some government companies Mowasalat, the state transport a law. Once the funding process The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a written message from Japanese Prime Minister are planning to issue bonds. company, will remain the regula- becomes part of a law, Mowasalat Shinzo Abe yesterday. The message, related to bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern, was delivered THE PENINSULA tor for private taxi operators. would be able to seek listing on by Japanese ambassador Shingo Tsuda. Karwa has awarded contracts the Qatari stock exchange, the to four private taxi companies and Advisory Council was told. two of them are already operating As per the proposed amend- their services. ment, on which the Advisory Plans are afoot to increase the Council held discussions, the number of private taxi operators extent of the state’s financial sup- High demand for Al Furjan grocery stores to six, with Mowasalat operating port to be provided to Mowasalat no taxis and just functioning as and the payment schedule is to DOHA: Shops reserved for Some 41 outlets are for men’s for footwear and clothing, allot- Meanwhile, people are com- the regulator. be decided by the Minister of grocery stores, cafeterias, salons and the applications ment requests total 159. plaining that the Ministry The contracts awarded to pri- Finance. laundries, and barber and tai- received total 159, while 71 appli- There are 40 shops each shouldn’t insist on a bank guar- vate taxi operators would be for a In 2002, Mowasalat took a con- loring shops in the upcoming cations have been received for 17 reserved for bakeries and retail antee of such a big amount at this period of five years and would be tract from the government to run Al Furjan markets are in high ladies’ salons. sale of vegetables and fruits. stage. renewable. public transport services (buses) demand. For 37 shops reserved for elec- Some six slots are reserved for “They should ask for guarantee These details were disclosed across the country. There is more demand for trical goods like wiring and sani- Qatar Post to open its outlets, after the allotment, for the appli- to the Advisory Council by the The company is provided finan- tailoring shops for women than taryware, the allotment requests and four each for Ooredoo and cant’s money is stuck until the transport minister, H E Jassim cial backing by the state because those for men. total 276. Vodafone Qatar, but so far the allotment is decided, and then Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, yesterday. bus tickets are subsidised. This The Ministry of Economy At least 159 applications have Ministry has received just one returning the amount takes time A discussion took place in the annual subsidy payment is to be and Commerce says most allot- been made for 28 tailoring shops allotment request from each of in the case of unsuccessful appli- Advisory Council on the report of regularised vide a law. ment requests received until last for women, whereas the number them. cants,” a citizen said. its financial and economic services Mowasalat plans to continue evening were for the above shops. of applications for male tailoring The Ministry said that until “What’s the point in making committee on proposed amend- operating public transport serv- Out of a total of 645 shops outlets is 57 (for 29 shops). 4pm yesterday it had received so much money stuck for three ments to a law (No. 37 of 2004). ices until the year 2022, Al Sharq in 44 Al Furjan markets in the There are few takers for out- 2,337 applications for the 645 to four months? If 3,000 people, A proposed amendment talks of reported. country’s remote areas, 59 are lets for bakeries (40) and meat shops, adding that only 373 of for example, apply providing the state providing financial sup- The company has four key reserved for grocery stores and shops (29) as the number of allot- them had provided bank guar- bank guarantees, the amount port to Mowasalat for losses it has departments and they include, 43 for cafeterias. ment requests so far has been antees of QR50,000 each. sucked up from the market would suffered on account of running apart from public transport, a Some 320 applications have lower than the number of shops According to the Ministry, be QR150m, and it would just public transport services (buses). support services department, a been received for groceries, available. applicants who haven’t provided remain stuck.” The proposed amendment strategic services department and whereas 265 companies have For 34 pharmacy slots, the a bank guarantee should do the Continued on page 4 was referred to the financial and a technical support department. applied for allotment of shops allotment requests received until same by May 25 or their request THE PENINSULA economic panel of the Advisory THE PENINSULA for cafeterias. yesterday were 33. For 11 shops would be cancelled. Independent schools to shift Ground broken for World Cup stadium to summer time from June 1 DOHA: The Supreme DOHA: With a gradual rise in temperatures, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Education Council has asked Independent schools to reschedule Legacy (SCDL) has broken their working hours from June 1. ground for Al Wakrah Stadium, All the schools should close by 12 noon, about one-and-a-half the first proposed host venue to hours earlier than now. The SEC yesterday issued a circular to be delivered ahead of the 2022 Independent schools in this regard, Al Sharq reported. FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The new schedule will apply only to students. Teachers and other The second phase of construc- staff will be required to work as usual. Currently, most schools func- tion is under way on-site at Al tion from 7 am to 1.30 pm. Wakra, with HBK contracting The schools have also been asked to reschedule their teaching company carrying out the work. hours in a way that does not affect the core subjects. Major excavation has begun in Sources from some private schools said they had not received preparation for laying of the foun- any instructions from the SEC regarding summer working hours. dations in September. This phase “It is too early to change the timings. We may take a decision of construction is scheduled to fin- next month,” said the principal of an Indian school. ish around March 2015, with the All Independent and private schools will close for summer holidays 40,000-seat stadium expected to by the end of June or in early July. be completed in 2018. The stadium THE PENINSULA will be surrounded by a 560,000 square-metre precinct. Workers at the site of the Al Wakrah Stadium, ground for which was broken yesterday. QNA Libyan special forces Rising rupee makes Indian expatriates jittery join renegade general BY SACHIN KUMAR April 23 to 15.96 yesterday. results were announced,” he Indian expatriates expect the BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI: The on Friday in which more than 70 The appreciating rupee does added. rupee to rise further in coming commander of Libyan army people died. Militiamen appar- DOHA: The recent surge in the not augur well for Indian expa- The rupee had weakened to months as Modi has full majority special forces yesterday said he ently allied to Haftar also stormed value of the Indian rupee against triates, particularly the limited- a record low against the Qatari in parliament, which ensures a had allied with renegade general parliament in Tripoli on Sunday. the Qatari Riyal has made income group, in Qatar as it Riyal last year by touching 18.12 stable government. Khalifa Haftar in his campaign The violence has compounded Indian expatriates nervous. erodes the value of the Qatari per Qatari Riyal in August 2013. “After the results were against militant Islamists, government’s apparent weak- They are rushing to exchange Riyal against the rupee. The recent rise in the value of announced, many of them chose highlighting the failure of cen- ness in combating militias which houses to send money home to “Many expatriates are advanc- the rupee against major curren- to send money as early as pos- tral government in Tripoli to helped oust Muammar Gaddafi get the maximum value out of ing their remittances now due to cies has been triggered by hopes sible while those who could not assert its authority. in 2011 but now defy state their hard-earned riyals. recent strengthening in Indian of stability and economic reforms send money are still holding their The announcement gives a authority. The rupee has risen around rupee against Qatari Riyal. in India due to the landslide vic- money now. But these expatriates major boost to a campaign by “We are with Haftar,” Special 5 percent, or 0.80 riyals in the They are saying that it is bet- tory of the Bharatiya Janata are less in number,” said a sen- Haftar, who has been denounced Forces Commander Wanis past one month in anticipation ter to send money right now as Party in parliamentary elections. ior official working in a currency by the Tripoli government as Bukhamada said in the eastern of a turnaround in the Indian rupee is expected to rise in com- Foreign Institutional Investors exchange. “Those rushing to send attempting to stage a coup in the city of Benghazi. On live televi- economy following a victory for ing days,” Zuber Abdul Rahman, (FIIs) have invested close to $6bn money are expecting the rupee oil producer. sion he had earlier announced a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)- Operations Manager, Al Zaman in the last three months in India to rise in two or three months,” It remains unclear how many his forces would join “Operation led coalition in recent elections Exchange. “We saw Indian expa- in the hope that Narendra Modi he said. troops support Haftar, whose Dignity”, as Haftar calls his in India. The rupee has risen triates rushing to send money on will introduce economic reforms Continued on page 4 forces launched an attack on campaign. from 16.76 per Qatari Riyal on Friday (16 May) when election after becoming prime minister. THE PENINSULA Islamist militants in Benghazi REUTERS TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir Guest of Four more airlines to operate from new airport Honour at QU DOHA: Four more airlines — arriving at HIA at 13:10 and flight airlines offering passengers Lufthansa, Air France KLM, SV543 to the airport in Jeddah, a seamless travel experience Saudi Arabian Airlines and departing from HIA at 14:10 through the world-class gateway graduation Oman Air — will start operat- Air France KLM: Flight we have created for our departing, DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh ing from Hamad International KL441 from Amsterdam Airport arriving or transferring guests. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Airport (HIA) from Thursday. Schiphol, arriving at HIA at “This is an exciting period for will be the Guest of Honour With this addition, 19 airlines 18:00, and continuing onto Seeb us and our key goal during the at the Qatar University Class will be operating from the new International Airport, Muscat, transition from DIA to HIA is of 2014 men’s graduation cer- airport, which had its soft open- departing from HIA at 18:45 to ensure all our travellers are emony today at Qatar National ing on April 30, with 10 budget Lufthansa: Flight LH620 from informed and their travel plans Convention Centre. airlines. The airport is set for full Frankfurt Airport arriving at are undisrupted.” H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad opening on May 27. HIA at 20:10 and continuing onto Qatar Airways will move its Al Thani, Vice-Chairperson of The first arriving and depart- Bahrain International Airport, operations to HIA on May 27. the Supreme Education Council, ing flights of the four airlines departing from HIA at 21:10 Passengers looking for infor- will honour women students at will be: Oman Air: Flight WY667 Abdulaziz Al Mass, Senior mation about transport, flights their ceremony tomorrow. from Seeb International Airport Manager, Public Relations and and airline operations have All 1,200 QU graduates in in Muscat, arriving at HIA at Communications, DIA/HIA been advised to check with the academic year 2013-2014 03:00 and flight WY668 to Seeb said: “HIA airline operations are their respective airline, visit will receive degree certificates, International Airport, departing gaining momentum with four www.dohaairport.com, or check including those who graduated in from HIA at 04:35. additional airlines moving from updates via DIA social media Summer and Fall 2013 and those Saudi Arabian Airline: Flight Doha International Airport this channels, including Twitter (@ The new Hamad International Airport. expected to graduate in Spring SV542 from King Abdulaziz week. dohaairport), Facebook (Doha and Summer 2014. International Airport, Jeddah, “HIA will now service 19 International Airport) and Instagram (dohaairport). THE PENINSULA The ceremonies will be led by QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad, attended by vice-presidents, deans, faculty, graduates and their families, alumni and guests. QITCOM 2014 QU Vice-President for Student Affairs Dr Omar Al Ansari con- Quality Qatarisation urged from May 26 gratulated the graduates on their success. “This is not the end of DOHA: Under the patronage of your journey but the start of a the Prime Minister and Interior new and exciting phase in your Al Sada stresses human capital development based on efficiency, productivity Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah life. You are ready to embark bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, on your future and contribute DOHA: The Minister of Energy the Ministry of Information and to your country’s bright tomor- and Industry H E Dr Mohamed Communications Technology row, utilising knowledge, skills bin Saleh Al Sada yesterday will organise the third edition and experience you acquired at said that merely increasing the of Qatar ICT Conference and Qatar University,” he said. number of Qatari workforce in Exhibition (QITCOM 2014) organisations has never been which opens on May 26 at Qatar Liberian President the objective of Qatarisation, National Convention Centre. rather it means developing and Being held under the theme arriving today promoting human capital to be ‘Innovate today for the future evaluated based on efficiency of Qatar’, the event will focus on DOHA: Liberiaan President and productivity of individuals. information and communications Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is arriv- “Our objective is quality technology (ICT) and host local, ing today on an official visit to Qatarisation, a process which regional and global experts who Qatar. extends from education to HR will share insights into ICT topics. policies, training, and career In a statement, the ministry Qatar to attend development,” he said, stress- said yesterday that QITCOM is ing that Qatarisation has never part of its efforts to “harness the transport forum been simply about numbers power of ICT, driving innova- but capabilities, qualification, tion well into the future, as an DOHA: The Minister of performance, competence and advanced ICT sector is crucial to Transport H E Jassim productivity. The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada chairing the meeting. a diversified economy. Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti will He chaired the 14th Annual “ICT supports all aspects of head a Qatari delegation Qatarisation Review Meeting development. In fact, the Emir relevant training. “I reaffirm the the development plan outlined in to International Transport of the Energy and Industry H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad need for a responsive educational Qatar National Vision 2030, and Forum which begins in Leipzig, Sector held to highlight the sec- Al Thani made it a point to re- system that matches its delivera- is essential to realising the lead- Germany, tomorrow. tor’s Qatarisation strategies and emphasise the importance of bles with the vocational and tech- ership’s vision – from sustaining Transport ministers, senior progress in support of Qatar that human element. In his first nical needs of the energy market,” economic prosperity to provid- officials, representatives of the National Vision 2030 and National address to the nation, H H the he stressed. ing a high standard of living for government and business sectors Development Strategy 2011-2016. Emir stressed that development In support of the human devel- all people who live and work in as well as international, academic The meeting was attended by is ‘first and foremost the devel- opment pillar of Qatar National Qatar.” and media organisations are tak- the Minister of Administrative opment of humans, who are our Vision 2030, the theme of the The event provides a platform ing part in the three-day event. Development H E Dr Issa Saad most valuable asset.’ meeting ‘Engaging Qataris’ was for industry leaders, innovators, It aims to reduce congestion, Al Nuaimi, Professor Sheikha “The development of human enhanced by a presentation ICT professionals and enthusiasts energy use and CO2 emissions in Al Misnad, President, Qatar capital has never been as impor- by Emmanuel Gobillot, one of to network and create new busi- means of transport and enhance University, senior executives from tant as it is in today’s competi- Europe’s most sought-after lead- ness opportunities. new technological practices in 41 participating companies and tive world. And if we are to build ership speakers. The third edition will feature the transport sectors, including representatives from Qatar’s edu- a knowledge-based economy, He discussed strategies and Dr Al Sada presenting the an exhibition, conference, awards, high-tech smart systems. It will cation community. we must never lose sight of the ideas on how to engage employ- Qatarisation Crystal Award to Oryx competitions for entrepreneurs, discuss challenges facing trans- Speaking at the opening of human capital value chain — ees that could improve companies’ GTL. contests for students and other port systems, including urban the meeting, Dr Al Sada said recruitment, assessment, train- Qatarisation plans through sound, events aimed at reflecting aspira- growth, change in population Qatarisation was going in the ing, career development, and practical leadership techniques. tions and growth potential of the structure in many countries and right direction. He asserted retention,” the minister said. Dr Al Sada and Al Nuaimi also of Qatarisation Crystal Awards Qatari ICT sector. ICT industry’s the need for sustainable logistic that “one cannot overlook the He called for the development presented awards to companies include Oryx GTL, Qatargas, expansion will, in turn, reflect well services and efficiency of trans- emphasis on the human element of a capable Qatari workforce which exhibited Qatarisation Dolphin Energy, Q-Chem, RasGas on the overall economic growth of port and cargo systems. An exhi- in all aspects of our country’s through proper education and excellence last year. Recipients and others. THE PENINSULA Qatar. QNA bition will feature the adoption of new frameworks in support of innovation by encouraging the use of the most sophisticated eco-friendly transport modes. Tunisia ties HMC promotes nurses’ role with a new campaign reviewed DOHA: In recognition of corporation’s network. DOHA: Staff Major-General International Nurses Day, The day was established in 1965 Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, Hamad Medical Corporation and marks the birth of Florence Director-General, Public (HMC) is promoting the role of Nightingale, the English nurse Security, met Tunisian nurses in leading patient care who pioneered modern nursing. Director-General of National through a new campaign that Professor Ann-Marie Cannaby, Security, Muhammad Emad Al uses picture-based profiles. Executive Director, Corporate Ghazbani, and his delegation. The campaign, ‘A Day in the Nursing, HMC, said the campaign They discussed cooperation Life of a Nurse,’ was launched on was initiated to celebrate the and issues of common interest. May 12 marking the day and pro- work and achievement of HMC’s THE PENINSULA/QNA files the work of nurses in various nurses, including the growth and roles and departments across the development of many Qatari

The campaign ‘A Day in the Life of a Nurse’ focuses on nurses’ work and contributions.

nurse leaders, while providing the families. We take the responsibil- healthcare. It is a profession with public with insights into duties ity of providing the safest, most great responsibility; people’s lives performed by nurses. effective and compassionate care are in our hands, literally. It is “As a corporation, we are trans- seriously,” she added. an honour to be in this role. If all forming to meet the healthcare Fiona O’Riordan, charge nurse I do during a shift is to give the needs of the rapidly growing pop- at Hamad General Hospital’s gift of hope to my patients and ulation. We are promoting public Paediatric Intensive Care Unit their families, I know I’m doing health, encouraging healthy life- (PICU), is one of the nurses fea- my best. I am thankful to be a styles and providing best practice tured in the campaign. nurse. It’s not always easy, but it’s hospital-based and continuing O’Riordan said she is proud and worth it,” O’Riordan said. care services that meet the needs grateful for the service she pro- The campaign builds on work of Qatar’s diverse and rapidly vides to patients at PICU, adding being undertaken by HMC’s growing population,” she said. it is important that nurses are Nursing Department as part of “Nurses are key members of empowered to be strong advocates its nursing strategy, launched last the multidisciplinary care teams for their patients. year. that serve our patients and their “Nurses are at the heart of THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Patient records at health centre being added to CIS Al Daayen’s first phase covers patient registration and appointments

DOHA: Patient records at the Al Daayen Health Centre are being included into the recently introduced Clinical Information System (CIS). CIS was implemented last month to create a single Electronic Health Record (EHR) for every patient by 2016. It was introduced at Al Khor hospital and the health centre. Initially, health records, patient A participant trying to solve the puzzle. registration and appointments will be entered into the system. In the second phase, radiology Dar Al Sharq launches and pharmacy records will be included. All records are entered into the system at the health centre second edition of except online registration and the new practice helps provide patients a better service, say Sudoku puzzle game experts. Implementation of the system DOHA: Dar Al Sharq has “boxes”, “blocks”, “regions”, or is a joint initiative by Hamad launched second edition of “sub-squares”) contains all of Medical Corporation (HMC) and Sudoku puzzle game at its the digits from 1 to 9. Primary Health Care Corporation headquarter. The puzzle setter provides a (PHCC). It started on May 17 and ends partially completed grid, which During a media tour of on June 1. for a well-posed puzzle has a the health centre yesterday, The fun brain game Sudoku unique solution. Alexandra Tarazi, Executive Alexandra Tarazi (third left), Executive Director, Health Information Systems, with staff at Al Daayen Health Centre. aims to promote talent and abil- Completed puzzles are always Director, Health Information ity of participants. a type of Latin square with an Systems, said, “The system one- time registration. the illness in a better way,” staff request and send test results A total of 181 players are par- additional constraint on the con- increases the number of appoint- The system will make consul- said Dr Tarek Abd Elmhsen back to the EMR using CIS. ticipating in the event this time, tents of individual regions. For ments and decreases the number tations and diagnostics faster, El Sayes, General Practitioner Pharmacy staff who will three times more compared to example, the same single inte- of walk-in patients so patients get leading to reduced waiting time; at the health centre. The sys- receive prescriptions entered the previous game. Top 10 win- ger may not appear twice in the good service. it will reduce unnecessary inves- tem will be later implemented by doctors on CIS, fill them and ners will receive prizes and same 9×9 playing board row or “With the records, we will be tigations performed on patients, at Women’s Hospital, Hamad maintain information about avail- shields of championships. column or in any of the nine 3×3 able to track how many patients and will make processes at health General Hospital and Al Gharafa able medicines. Sudoku, originally called sub regions of the 9×9 playing have come for consultation and centres smoother and more Health Centre and then at other Medical records staff will use Number Place, is a logic-based, board. find out the number of patients efficient. hospitals and primary healthcare EMR and some special coding combinatorial number-place- The puzzle was popularised missing.” “We get to know details of centres. systems to ensure that care is ment puzzle. The objective is to in 1986 by the Japanese puzzle Providing access to one patients in advance as we have Patient registration and sched- properly recorded and accounted fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that company Nikoli, under the name patient’s medical record across all previous records of patients uling staff will use CIS to register for. each column, each row, and each Sudoku, meaning single number. all facilities ensures that records online. patient details and book appoint- Dental staff use CIS to record of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that It became an international hit in cannot be lost, it makes easier “This will enable us to under- ments and follow-ups. treatment provided, treatment compose the grid (also called 2005. THE PENINSULA for patients to book and attend stand the patient’s sickness Nurses and doctors use CIS in plans and other aspects of care appointments, and facilitates in a better way and diagnose place of paper records. Laboratory provided. THE PENINSULA Katara to host cultural events to mark Italian National Day

DOHA: Katara will host sev- eral cultural events in line with Italian National Day cel- ebrations next month. Italian Ambassador Guido De Sanctis presented cultural events and activities at a recent meeting with Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti. Dr Al Sulaiti said cultural events will be held on the Katara corniche on the occa- sion of Italian National Day in June, adding there are plans to organise Italian opera as well as art and photography exhibitions featuring Italian artists. “By hosting cultural events from other countries, we want to present to the public a variety of cultures and create an envi- ronment for cultural interaction which matches with our aim of bringing different cultures together and introducing our national identity,” he said. De Sanctis praised Katara and its architecture which Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager, Katara, presenting brings together the past and the Ambassador Guido De Sanctis with a commemorative shield. present and makes Katara one of the destinations for tourists coming to Qatar. stressed strong bilateral rela- areas, including the cultural He also praised Katara’s tions between Qatar and Italy, field. Dr Al Sulaiti presented the efforts to activate cultural rela- adding both sides are keen to ambassador with a commemora- tions between countries and strengthen relations in various tive shield. THE PENINSULA

QA to fly A380 aircraft on Doha-Paris route DOHA: Qatar Airways’ (QA) second A380 air- Airport, soon to be home of QA.” craft will commence operations on the Doha- Featuring a tri-class configuration of seating in Paris Charles De Gaulle route from Hamad First, Business and Economy classes, over two decks, International Airport (HIA) from July 3. the A380 is the largest passenger jet in the world QA has also announced that the first of its 13 and will provide a superior traveller experience to A380 aircraft on order will commence operations QA’s customers. on the QR003 and QR004 London-Heathrow route The new First Class A380 seat, recently revealed from June 17. at the world’s leading travel show, ITB Berlin, fea- CEO Akbar Al Baker said: “It is yet another sig- tures a 90-inch seat pitch, transforming into a fully nificant moment for our airline as we welcome these flat bed, together with an expansive choice of enter- new aircraft into our rapidly expanding fleet. tainment options displayed on individual 26-inch “Operating on the Doha to Paris Charles De Gaulle TV screens. route, these aircraft, with their customised cabins HIA has been designed to specifically cater to the and five-star specifications, will set a new level of A380 aircraft, with six contact gates designed for the comfort for our passengers, who will also benefit superjumbo. In addition, the maintenance hangar at from the smooth and pleasant passenger experi- HIA – the largest in the world – is able to accommo- ence at the world’s newest hub, Hamad International date two A380s simultaneously. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Interior Ministry organises leadership skills workshop

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DOHA: A workshop on lead- in the area of police leadership Qatar in recent years. This prepared for self-development. ership skills development to prepare them for future lead- is in line with the strategy of The second will focus on for officers of the Interior ership positions. the ministry following Qatar results of assessment and evalu- Tel Minister, by the minis- In his inaugural speech, National Vision 2030, which ation to design future training Fax try’s Trainers and College of Brig. Badr Ibrahim Al Ghanim, focuses on ideal disbursement and development workshops Policing in the UK, has started Director of Technical Office at of national cadres. in coordination with human at Leadership Development the ministry, said the ministry He said development projects, resources and other depart- Centre. is determined to follow scien- being carried out by the centre, ments. The third phase will Tollfree It aims to assess leadership tific and methodological basics will be implemented in three include practical events, tech- skills of officers named in the to develop human resources and phases. The first phase will niques and follow-ups to develop Fax future leaders’ programme talents to manage the compre- identify officers who meet basic their career. The workshop ends 2014-15 to build up their skills hensive growth witnessed by leadership qualities and are on May 22. THE PENINSULA

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Tel Muntajat official sponsor of Rota programme Fax DOHA: Reach Out to Asia (Rota) has signed an agree- ment naming Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing Tel and Distribution Company Fax (Muntajat) the official spon- sor of Rota’s iEARN-Qatar www.doha.hilton.com programme for the coming three years. Tel +974 44233333 The sponsorship agreement was signed by Rota Acting Fax +974 44233000 Director Mohamed Jassim Al Naama and Muntajat CEO Abdulrahman Ali Al Abdulla yesterday at Muntajat premises. iEARN is a non-profit organ- ization made up of over 30,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 130 countries, empowering teachers and young people to work together using Rota Acting Director Mohamed Jassim Al Naama (left) and Muntajat CEO Abdulrahman Ali Al Abdulla signing Tel the Internet and other new the agreement. Fax communications technologies. Over 2,000,000 students each goal of providing the youth of connective technologies. Instead post-graduate, will succeed. day are engaged in collabora- today with the tools and skills of just a few students who are The iEARN-Qatar program tive iEARN projects worldwide. necessary for them to actively able to physically visit another promotes cultural exchange Reach Out to Asia, as the sole participate in the economic, country, the entire class can among students from around Tel representative for iEARN in social, human and environmen- have personal and education- the world, which is aligned Fax Qatar since 2008, has been sup- tal pillars of the Qatar National ally valuable experiences with with our position as a multina- porting iEARN’s objectives of Vision 2030,” said Al Naama other cultures. tional company. The agreement improving learning and teach- He added: “Rota is happy “We are pleased to team will offer us an opportunity to ing, and arousing civil aware- to collaborate with Muntajat up with Rota to sponsor the connect with our youth while Tel ness and responsibility. About for the Arab youth improve- iEARN-Qatar program. iEARN at the same time engage with Fax 450 teachers from 95 schools in ment through iEARN-Qatar is a pioneering educational net- the local and international Qatar have benefitted to date Program 2014. work, and through our involve- communities”. by attending Rota’s iEARN- “We aim to provide students ment in this program we will be In July 2013, iEARN-Qatar Qatar workshops, and have par- and teachers with modern providing people in Qatar with hosted the 20th Annual iEARN ticipated in a variety of iEARN tools of learning to join a global better opportunities for a qual- International Conference and Tel projects with their students. community who believes in the ity education,” said Al Abdulla. 17th Annual Youth Summit, Fax “As technology plays an Internet-based collaboration for Al Abdulla said, “Education which brought together partici- important role in improving a better planet.” and opportunity are at the core pants from over 50 countries. learning and teaching, the sup- iEARN enables young people of the Muntajat CSR strat- Qatar was the first GCC coun- port from Muntajat will pro- to go beyond learning about the egy. A society that values and try to stage the iEARN inter- Tel vide an excellent opportunity world, to learning with peers supports education at every national conference. for us to reinforce our shared around the planet by using level, from young children to THE PENINSULA Fax

Tel Rupee may not appreciate further Fax Real estate deals register Continued from page 1 is expected to buy dollars to shore 36.9 percent rise in However, experts believe that up foreign reserves to brace for the rupee may not see further tapering in the bond-buying pro- appreciation in coming days. gramme of the US. week ending May 8 Analysts tracking the Indian “The Reserve Bank of India currency are of the view that the governor would not allow rupee DOHA: Qatar’s real estate implemented this week. central bank would not allow the to rise now because it will hurt Tel sector registered 36.9 per- While Al Daayan rupee to appreciate below 58 per Indian exporters. The rupee is Fax cent increase in the value Municipality remarkably US dollar (it was trading around likely to see some stability now of transactions during the emerged through implement- 62 per dollar a month ago). In the in coming days,” said Rahman. week ended May 8. ing 25 transactions, noting event of further strengthening, it THE PENINSULA Total value of transactions that land lots continue to Tel amounted to QR885.7m dur- dominate transactions and Fax ing the week compared to represented 51.4 percent of QR647m during the previous total deals compared to 48.6 Al Furjan shops: CR rule criticised week. percent of other real estate Continued from page 1 is unsuccessful in getting the www.renaissancedoha.com However the number of over all areas. Another problem people are allotment? He has to cancel the transactions decreased by 13 A report predicted that complaining of is that a company licence,” said another national. Tel +974 44195000 percent, recording 133 com- property transactions will that doesn’t have commercial A better way is to decide the Fax +974 44195100 pared to 135 during the previ- experience a revival in the registration (CR) for a particu- allotment and the CR can be ous week. coming weeks, especially in the lar activity cannot apply for allot- obtained later, he said. Umm Salal Municipality land sector, noting that inves- ment of a shop in that category. The citizen said although the registered the largest number tors and real estate develop- So people are rushing to the ministry has extended evening of transactions implemented ers are directed towards the economy ministry to get those hours for commercial registra- during this week, with the establishment of more new activities added to their commer- tion, the crowding hasn’t eased. execution of 32 deals acquiring real estate projects. cial licence by paying a fee. “There is too much of rush,” he 24.1 percent of transactions THE PENINSULA “What happens if the applicant said. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Al Karanaa Industrial Area to be developed for SMEs HMC alert over antiviral, DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh in a statement to QNA that the Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, council discussed items tabled also Chairman of the Supreme on its agenda and was briefed Council For Economic Affairs on its previous decisions and antibiotic medications And Investment, yesterday measures. presided over the third meet- He added that the agenda ing of (SCEAI) in 2014 at the also included latest develop- Antimicrobial ‘resistance a major threat to public health across the world’ Emiri Diwan. ments related to the industry It was decided to develop Al and petrochemicals affairs and DOHA: Hamad Medical standard antibiotics does not work. tend to prescribe antibiotics for Karanaa Industrial Area and projects of Qatar Petroleum Corporation (HMC) has urged The report reveals major gaps in patients when it is not necessary. fully dedicate it to small and International (QPI). the public to be cautious while tracking of antibiotic resistance Some viral infections are self-lim- medium enterprises (SMEs). He said the agenda also con- using antiviral and antibiotic in the region. iting, so the infected people only The Economic Zones Company tained a visual presentation on medications to avoid antimicro- “We are in a good situation in need support therapy but when affiliated to Qatar Authority for the development of the banking bial resistance (AMR) — a major Qatar as far as antibiotic resist- antibiotics are prescribed in such the Development of SMEs is to sector in Qatar, where the Emir threat to public health across ance is concerned due to the law situation, the bacteria is exposed develop Al Karanaa Industrial directed Qatar Central Bank the globe. prohibiting the use of antibiotics to antibiotics and may adapt to Area, Qatar News Agency to work out a strategy and an Antibiotic resistance occurs without a doctor’s prescription. the molecules of the drug, caus- reported yesterday. action plan for the development when bacteria change so antibiot- Health authorities also ensure that ing resistance. The meeting was attended of the sector to have a greater ics no longer work in people who only high quality antibiotic medi- “The kind of antibiotic pre- by the Prime Minister and role in the economic develop- need them to treat infections. cations are available in the coun- scribed for an infection could also Interior Minister H E Sheikh ment process. Improper use of antibiotics, try. We also aim to always keep lead to resistance as some bac- Abdullah bin Nasser bin The council is generally self-medication, shortening the up-to-date with latest antibiotic terial infections do not require Khalifa Al Thani, also Deputy concerned with economic and duration of antibiotic dosage, and medications and therapy,” said Al strong broad spectrum antibiotics, Chairman, SCEAI. energy affairs and the invest- failure to complete the course of Data in the report show exten- Madhoun. usually prescribed for some serious The Minister of Finance ment of the country’s surplus dosage as prescribed by physicians sive antibiotic resistance across He said antibacterial resist- infections,” he said. H E Ali Sharif Al Emadi, also financial resources. will lead to antibiotic resistance, the WHO Eastern Mediterranean ance occurs because bacteria Keeping infections at bay by Secretary-General, SCEAI, said QNA says HMC’s Infectious Diseases Region with high levels of E. coli, have smart systems whereby they observing proper personal and Clinical Pharmacist Dr Eyad (a bacterium that can cause seri- develop resistance to organisms food hygiene will go a long way Tawfiq Mohamed Al Madhoun ous infections), resistance to third through various mechanisms, towards preventing people from (pictured). generation cephalosporins and causing resilience to antibiotics. falling sick and needing antibiot- A report by World Health fluoroquinolones — two important Dangers relating to this resistance ics, he added. Three QNRF grants for Organisation (WHO), the first and commonly used types of anti- are well recognized. He said when “Ensuring food is clean and review of antimicrobial resist- bacterial medicine. organisms are resistant to anti- hygienically processed before ance, including antibiotic resist- Resistance to third generation biotics, they become difficult to eating; fruits and vegetables research on health, ance, has revealed that the threat cephalosporins in K. pneumoniae treat. “This is why manufacturers are properly washed with fresh of antimicrobial resistance ‘is no is also high and widespread. of antibiotics have to keep updat- water; and maintaining proper longer a prediction for the future, In some parts of the region, ing drugs to combat new resilience hand hygiene by washing hands it is happening right now in every more than half of Staphylococcus to infections.” after using the toilet, coughing or energy and environment region of the world and has the aureus infections are reported to He said resistance also happens sneezing are other ways of pre- potential to affect anyone, of any be methicillin-resistant (MRSA), when doctors prescribe antibiotic venting bacterial infections,” he DOHA: Qatar National improve awareness of mental age, in any country’. meaning that treatment with when not needed. Some doctors said. THE PENINSULA Research Fund (QNRF) of health. Qatar Foundation (QF) has A team from Texas A&M awarded three grants to jun- University at Qatar was awarded ior scientists in the country a grant for their innovative pro- conducting research in the posal that seeks to improve fields of health, energy and existing methods for process Qatar Executive to fly another Bombardier Global 5000 Vision environment. monitoring, which could be used DOHA: Qatar Executive (QE), 950kmph, and range of up to The Bombardier Global 5000 While the forward cabin allows The grants will fund new to enhance monitoring of air the corporate jet division of 9,260km, the aircraft is capable Vision features a spacious two- sufficient space for up to eight research in obesity, mental health quality, drinking water distribu- Qatar Airways Group, said yes- of flying virtually anywhere in the cabin configuration with a sepa- passengers, with a four-place and monitoring air quality, among tion networks, and waste water terday that it will add another world to many intercontinental rate galley, and can accommodate conference table, the rear cabin others. treatment. new ultra-long haul Bombardier destinations non-stop from Doha up to 13 passengers, with seats has two single seats, a private The Junior Scientists Research QNRF programmes are Global 5000 Vision to its fleet and other points in the Middle that convert into fully flat beds aft lavatory and a three-person Experience Programme (JSREP), designed to engage researchers in July to cater to increased East without having to stop for with a well-appointed aft state- divan which can be transformed in its sixth cycle, funds young with different levels of experi- demand for private jet travel refuelling, ensuring a hassle-free room for optimal relaxation and to a double bed. Qatar-based researchers under ence, from students to top-tier during summer. and time-saving experience. privacy. THE PENINSULA 40 who hold a PhD, MD or ter- scientists. The announcement a day prior minal academic research degree. The twice-yearly Junior to the opening of Europe’s leading One of the awarded propos- Scientists Research Experience business aviation show EBACE in als from Weill Cornell Medical Programme awards successful Geneva, where Qatar Executive College in Qatar, based at QF, will applicants up to a maximum of is exhibiting with a dedicated investigate new methods to treat $100,000 in grants per proposal stand (Booth No. 415), follows obesity, a medical condition due per year for research projects the operator’s recent acquisition to excess body fat. lasting one to three years. of a brand new Bombardier Global Obesity is a serious health issue QNRF’s Executive Director, Dr Vision at the end of 2013. which can lead to type 2 diabetes, Abdul Sattar Al Taie, said: “We The new delivery will bring up heart conditions, osteoarthritis, support scientific talents by pro- QE’s fleet size to eight wholly- and certain types of cancer. viding gifted young people with owned aircraft, comprising four Another project, from Qatar the opportunity to carry out their Global 5000s, including two Global University, will seek to improve independent research that is of 5000 Visions, three Challenger patient care for individuals that national priority to Qatar. 605s and one Global XRS. suffer from mental health issues. “It is through supporting their Built to please the most dis- This study will examine ben- efforts that we can effectively cerning customers, QE’s new efits of having healthcare pro- build a knowledge-based econ- Bombardier Global 5000 Vision viders from different professions omy and transform our nation with its ultra-long range, superior collaborate on the most optimal into a global centre of research cabin comfort and cutting-edge treatment for their patients. excellence.” technology is proving popular. The research also aims to THE PENINSULA With a flying speed of up to

Meteorological Services meet begins today DOHA: The fourth meeting of Quality Meteorological Services’ work team affiliated to the Arab League starts today, with the participa- tion of representatives of Arab countries. Barwa Real Estate appoints Acting CEO DOHA: Barwa Real Estate Company yester- day announced Ahmad Abdulla Ali Al Abdulla as the new Acting Group CEO of the company. He replaces Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie, former Group CEO, who resigned recently, the local Arabic daily Al Sharq reported yesterday. However, Al Subaie, also a member of the Board of Directors, will continue to hold the position. The daily also reported that Al Subaie has ten- dered his resignation as he is set to assume a key position (Under Secretary) in a ministry. However, it did not iden- tify the ministry. THE PENINSULA/QNA TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Libya risks civil war as violence continues TRIPOLI: A dramatic spike in attacked the GNC in the past. not a coup and we do not plan to firm Sonatrach has ordered its lawlessness in Libya’s two larg- MPs were evacuated from the seize power.” workers back from Libya over est cities has edged the coun- building as heavy gunfire erupted Sharing the Zintan militias’ security concerns in the neigh- try closer to civil war between after a convoy of armoured vehi- hostility toward the interim par- bouring country, a source at the heavily armed rival militias, cles headed for the GNC. liament, Haftar has said he does company said yesterday. Around stirring concern abroad and on The Zintan brigades control not recognise the GNC whose 50 Sonatrach workers were work- oil markets. areas in southern Tripoli around “mandate has already expired and ing in Libya, and all will be out Gunmen stormed parliament in the airport. who are rejected by the people”. within two days, the source said. southern Tripoli on Sunday, hot Gunmen set fire to an annex The interim parliament, in On Friday, Algeria sent a special on the heels of an anti-Islamist of the parliament building and which Islamists are strongly rep- forces team into Tripoli to evacu- offensive by a rogue general in the several cars parked nearby were resented, sparked outrage ear- ate its ambassador and embassy eastern city of Benghazi. damaged before the gunmen with- lier this year when it extended staff following threats. With interim authorities failing drew towards the airport. its mandate from February until Algeria has also imposed to build a regular army and police Militias have launched several December. restrictions on border crossings, force, militias have ruled the roost attacks on the GNC, including Subsequent protests compelled allowing only Algerian citizens to since they ousted longtime dicta- on March 2 when two lawmak- it to promise early elections and cross from Libya and only Libyan tor Muammar Gaddafi in a 2011 ers were shot and wounded. a new electoral law. citizens into Libya, a security revolution. The Tripoli violence came two The army says Haftar is backed source said. After the attack on parliament, days after fierce fighting killed 79 by tribes, army defectors and The European Union, mean- a colonel claiming to speak on people in Benghazi, where Haftar former rebels who oppose Libya’s while, said it was “deeply con- behalf of the army declared that unleashed his so-called National interim authorities. cerned” by the violence in Libya. the General National Congress Army on Islamist militiamen, His forces on Friday mainly “The EU renews its commit- (GNC) had been suspended. backed by warplanes. targeted Ansar Al Sharia, des- ment to support the Libyan peo- Authorities did not comment Also on Sunday, armed ignated by the United States as ple... and calls on all parties to but instead called for national Islamists attacked Benina air base a terrorist group. In the face of build consensus so as to ensure dialogue. Justice Minister Salah in Benghazi but no one was hurt, growing anarchy in Tripoli, Saudi a transition to a stable democ- Al Marghani said two people were its commander Colonel Saad Al Arabia shut down its embassy and racy,” said foreign affairs head killed and 55 wounded in clashes Werfalli said. Haftar, accused by evacuated its diplomatic staff on Catherine Ashton’s spokesman. between rival militias in southern Tripoli of staging a coup, has said a special flight. With the violence sounding Tripoli. he is readying a new assault on Two Tunisian carriers, alarm bells abroad, oil prices But he said the violence had Islamists in Benghazi, vowing to Tunisair and Syphax Airlines, advanced Monday due to concerns “no real link” to the offensive eradicate “terrorism”. suspended all flights to and from over potential supply disruptions by ex-general Khalifa Haftar in “Each battle is followed by a Libya. Flights resumed later yes- from oil-rich Libya, analysts said. Benghazi. regrouping of units. And we will terday except to Benghazi, where The US benchmark, West Witnesses said the Tripoli return in force,” he said. Haftar, the airport is closed until May 25, Texas Intermediate (WTI) for assailants belonged to the pow- who led ground forces in the 2011 Tunisair said. delivery in June, rose 71 cents to Bullet holes on the wall of a building on the road leading to the airport in erful Zintan brigades that have revolution, said: “Our operation is The Algerian state energy $102.73 a barrel. AFP Tripoli following attacks by armed groups the previous day.

Saudi approves Egyptian court $21bn five-year education plan JEDDAH: The Custodian of acquits 169 the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has approved a five-year plan worth more than Mursi backers SR80bn ($21.33bn) to develop Saudi Arabia’s education sector, state news agency SPA reported yesterday. EU observers to monitor poll The plan includes building 1,500 nurseries, providing training for CAIRO: An Egyptian court others jailed. Meanwhile, gunmen about 25,000 teachers and estab- yesterday acquitted 169 sup- shot dead two Egyptian police- lishing educational centres and porters of ousted Islamist men yesterday in the central city other related projects, Education president Mohamed Mursi over of Minya as they were heading Minister Prince Khaled Al Faisal protest violence last year, judi- home, the interior ministry said. was cited by SPA as saying. cial sources said. The two policemen, riding on The SR80bn are in addition to The army-installed govern- a motorbike, were shot dead on what is being allocated annually ment has rounded up thousands the Minya-Assiut highway, the to the education ministry. of Mursi’s supporters and put ministry said. The state education system’s them on trial in mass hearings The attack comes just days traditional focus on religious and since his ouster by the military ahead of the May 26-27 presiden- Mahmud Hassan Ramadan (in glasses), who has been sentenced to death, looks through the defendant’s cage Arabic studies means Saudi has in July last year. tial election, which former army during his trial and that of others over the violence in the Sidi Gaber neighbourhood of the northern port city of struggled to produce the scien- The often speedy mass trials chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi who Alexandria on July 5 last year, two days after the army overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Mursi. tists, engineers, economists and have jailed hundreds for lengthy ousted Mursi is expected to win. lawyers that it needs. terms and even handed down In April, a court in Minya trig- after announcing the mission had the head of the EU observer mis- “EU election observer missions King Abdullah had launched an death sentences, triggering inter- gered an international outcry been scrapped. sion, told reporters in Cairo. do not legitimise elections or vali- overhaul of state schools and uni- national outrage. after sentencing to death around The EU, which had accepted A team of 45 observers was date their results,” said David, versities, part of a raft of reforms The 169 defendants were 700 Mursi supporters after a an invitation from the military- already in Cairo and would soon refusing to comment on the poll designed to ease the influence of accused of taking part in “riots” speedy mass trial, accusing them installed authorities to monitor deploy across the country, said which comes after a brutal crack- religious clerics, build a modern during a violent protest in Cairo of murder and attempted murder the May 26-27 election, had said the EU parliamentarian from down on Mursi supporters. state and diversify the economy on August 14, when police killed of policemen in August last year on Saturday it would be unable to Portugal. Amnesty International says away from oil to create more jobs. hundreds of Mursi supporters at in Minya. do its job after Egyptian customs David said he had already met more than 1,400 people have been Saudi Arabia’s 2014 state budget two sit-ins in the capital. The European Union said yes- held up the equipment. the two candidates — frontrun- killed in the crackdown. More projects a modest 4.3 percent rise A relentless crackdown on terday it will observe next week’s “The European Union observer ner Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who led than 15,000 have been arrested, in spending compared with last Mursi’s mostly Islamist backers presidential election in Egypt mission is able to continue (its the ouster of Islamist president with hundreds sentenced to death year, the slowest rate in a decade, since his ouster has killed more after authorities allowed in com- mission). However, it will have to Mohamed Morsi last year, and or prison terms in speedy mass although the ministry’s own budget than 1,400 people, and seen 15,000 munications equipment, two days make adjustments,” Mario David, leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi. trials. AFP shows continued to heavy spending on social welfare projects. An increase in welfare spend- ing has helped buy social peace in the kingdom and spared the Israeli court imposes huge fine on world’s top oil exporter the kind Turkey promises action over mine of upheaval that toppled govern- ments in the Middle East and Arab cleric for obstructing police North Africa during the “Arab Spring” that began in 2011. disaster; two more charged JERUSALEM: An Israeli court yesterday fined Islamic cleric The ministry’s budget includes Sheikh Raed Salah $2,600 for obstructing the work of police when funds to build 465 schools and 11 ANKARA: Two more officials they quizzed his wife three years ago, legal documents showed. hospitals and a 3 percent rise in in Turkey have been charged Last month, Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ruled that Salah, an Arab education spending to SR210bn. with manslaughter as the gov- citizen of Israel, had “interrupted” police officers as they questioned Infrastructure spending is set to ernment promised “a plan of his wife at the Allenby border crossing between the Israeli-occupied jump 25 percent, with money ear- action” to improve mining safety West Bank and Jordan in April 2011. marked for new roads and rail- after the country’s worst min- Yesterday, the court slapped him with a fine of 9,000 shekels ($2,600), ways as well as upgrades of ports ing disaster claimed 301 lives, a the decision read. The judge said the fine was relatively high for such and airports. spokesman said yesterday. an offence, partly due to Salah’s refusal to express contrition for his A total of five officials from actions. The incident occurred after Salah himself was questioned on mining company Soma Komur his way back from Jordan. Nine dead from have now been charged with man- But when a female officer wanted to search his wife, he began yell- slaughter, news agency Dogan ing and had to be restrained by police, although he broke free and tried cholera in S Sudan reported, with more due before to force his way into the room where his wife was. Salah, leader of the prosecutors today. radical northern wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, is no stranger to GENEVA: At least nine peo- Meanwhile, the government run-ins with the authorities. In March, he was sentenced to eight months ple have died in a cholera out- said it would outline improved prison for incitement to violence over Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque. break in war-torn South Sudan, controls on mining safety this In 2010, he spent five months behind bars for spitting at an Israeli scores of others are sick and the week, focusing on improved coor- policeman. The Islamic Movement is tolerated in Israel but is under epidemic looks set to worsen, dination between supervising constant surveillance because of its perceived links with the Hamas the World Health Organization agencies, according to a spokes- movement that controls the Gaza Strip, as well as with other Muslim said yesterday. man quoted in the daily Sabah groups worldwide. “There have been nine deaths newspaper. Ankara may also Meanwhile, eleven years after the death of Rachel Corrie, the and 138 cases so far,” WHO ratify the International Labour 23-year-old American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said Organisation’s convention on Leftist Turkish Youth Union protesters with a cart bearing a pile of coal, military bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, her family will have their case in Geneva. “The epidemic is mining health and safety, the during a demonstration demanding prime minister’s resignation, in Ankara reheard by three judges in Israel’s supreme court in Jerusalem. intensifying and more cases are paper added. yesterday. The Corrie family will ask Israel’s highest court tomorrow to over- expected,” he said. According to the ILO, Turkey turn a 2012 judgment by a lower court in Haifa, which ruled that the The UN health agency and had the highest number of work Since last Tuesday’s explosion cities. A total of 25 mining offi- Israeli military was not negligently responsible for Corrie’s death and other aid organisations were deaths in Europe in 2012, and the at the Soma mine, the govern- cials were detained for question- had fully and credibly investigated the circumstances of her death. rushing supplies to the affected third highest in the world. From ment and mining officials have ing by the police on Sunday under The Haifa court upheld the state’s case that, by entering a conflict region in and around the South 2002 to 2012, more than 1,000 been accused of negligence, spark- orders from investigators. area and impeding the work of the bulldozers, Corrie was responsible Sudanese capital Juba, he added. Turkish miners have been killed. ing protests in several towns and AFP for her own death. AGENCIES AFP

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MASSIVE blast ripped through the entertainment district of Kano in northeast Nigeria late on Sunday, killing four and injuring many. The suicide Ablast was obviously meant to target bars in the area and bore the signs of notorious Islamist organisation Boko Haram, which has gained worldwide notoriety after it Obama swings for first abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the northeastern city of Chibok. An international conference in Paris presided by French President Francois Hollande recently took stock of the threat base on foreign policy the militant Islamists pose to the region and the world after BY FRED HIATT the kidnappings. Initially caught napping, the government of are inclining toward internationalism. took the democratic course for which Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan did not do much to go Corker, ranking member on the Senate millions of Arabs were clamouring. after the militants and aggressively hunt the girls, who are hy is everyone piling Foreign Relations Committee and an Obama instead treated the moment both Muslims and Christians. Boko Haram, which translates on President Barack advocate of measured activism, said the as an unwelcome distraction from his to ‘western education is sin’ in the local Hausa language, has Obama’s foreign policy politicians’ rebalancing reflects a shift priorities (a nuclear deal with Iran, — and how fair is the among voters. a “pivot” to Asia), and the moment recently stepped up attacks. The latest assaults by the outfit W criticism? “The Republican base is moving to a was lost. point to a shift in strategy meant to raise its profile as a A friend inside the administration very different place,” Corker said. “They There’s no guarantee that US lead- feared group that can take on the might of the state. asked me those questions last week, watched the president be so ineffectual ership would have delivered a better The Nigerian government has miserably failed to stem the knowing that I’d been a critic for some and feckless and weak — drip after outcome, of course. There’s no guar- rising tide of the group, which parades terror in the form of time. The notion that President Obama drip after drip — and they finally get it. antee that if Obama had negotiated to blasts, suicide bombings and gun attacks. The kidnapping has has been too passive, until recently a Russia is the bellwether moment when keep 10,000 or 20,000 troops in Iraq, minority view, seems to be gelling into people are waking up and realising, drip he could have forestalled that nation’s earned Boko Haram much-needed publicity, a double-edge conventional wisdom. drip drip, we’ve gotten into a bad place tragic slide back into civil war. There’s sword for terror groups. It has helped raise the profile of the Obama himself provided one spark as a nation.” no guarantee that early assistance to group and instilled fear in the security forces. Nigerian troops last month when he characterised If the critique becomes partisan, you the moderate rebels in Syria would have complain of being poorly equipped to his foreign policy as one that “avoids can bet it will go too far, so it’s a good kept that nation from becoming “the A shift in take on Boko Haram amid a sharp errors.” His observation that “you hit moment to ask my friend’s second ques- most catastrophic humanitarian crisis dip in the morale of the forces. singles, you hit tion: How fair is the piling-on? any of us have seen in a generation,” strategy doubles; everyone Obama has not been an isolation- as Obama’s UN ambassador called it Sunday’s attack came a day after once in a while ist president. He has kept US troops earlier this year. is needed the security summit was held in we may be able to in Afghanistan long enough to train But in each case, we had a shot. In Paris to forge a strategy against the The self- immolation hit a home run” that country’s army and give its people each case, Obama was urged to act, and to deal group. The meeting declared ‘war of a fruit seller in may have been a a chance. He has chased Al Qaeda in chose not to. And leaders everywhere on Boko Haram’, but the attack on fair description Pakisan, Yemen and beyond. He is nego- began to draw lessons from Obama’s Tunisia offered an of a president’s tiating ambitious trade agreements in emphasis on “nation-building at home.” with Boko the entertainment district cocked a unexpected, historic job. But it struck Asia and Europe. Corker said that when he met the lead- snook at the establishment. Haram’s chance. The United many people as But Corker is right that Obama has ers of Japan and South Korea last year An international strategy less ambitious failed to exercise US leadership at key they “wore me out [asking]: Are we devastating against the Abubakar Shekau-led States and Europe than a US presi- moments — the most heartbreaking going to be there or not?” streak. organisation is imperative. But the could have offered dent should be. being the missed opportunity of the Corker said he doesn’t hold out much world needs a well-formulated and It came as the Arab Spring. hope of a change in administration encouragement and consequences Think back to the fall of the Berlin attitude. concrete plan that can decimate the potential rewards — of US passivity Wall in 1989, another unexpected “On foreign policy, they cannot wait militants and instill fear in anyone looking to step into Boko trade, scholarships, were reaching breakthrough for freedom. After a bit until January of 2017,” he said. “All they Haram’s shoes in the future. An immediate attack in the a tipping point. of hesitation, the United States and wish to do is avoid confrontation at all aftermath of the summit shows that it is hard to cower the investment — to Syria in ruins, Europe seized the moment, promis- costs. On every issue it’s the minimal, militants by strategies alone. A concerted and well-planned nations that took the China throw- ing real benefits for countries that it’s the minimal, it’s the minimal.” international military action is needed to bring Boko Haram democratic course ing its weight kept on the sometimes-rocky road to Avoiding confrontation is generally a around the South democracy. The West committed all good thing, of course, and I don’t believe to its knees. for which millions China Sea, Russia the power and prestige of its alliance mounting political criticism will prompt Any military strategy has to be formulated with porous of Arabs were invading Ukraine: to that promise. It wasn’t enough to Obama to alter direction. international borders of the West African nation in mind. clamouring. The sum of these bring everyone along (see Ukraine), But lack of purpose and clarity in Boko Haram is likely to take advantage of the topography parts seemed but millions of people from Estonia to foreign policy can invite confrontation, to move in and out of Nigeria and Cameroon. It could be greater than the Poland to Kosovo are better off as a too. As that becomes more and evident, arithmetic might suggest. result. from eastern Syria to eastern Ukraine that the kidnapped girls or at least some of them have been Meanwhile a familiar adversary took A quarter-century later, the self- to the South China Sea, Obama may yet smuggled out of Nigeria into a neighbouring nation. centre stage. “Russia brings bad memo- immolation of a fruit seller in Tunisia realise that the minimal response is one Reining in Boko Haram can bring stability to the Opec ries,” Sen Bob Corker, R-Tenn, told me. offered a similarly unexpected, historic the United States can no longer afford. nation and restore the confidence of Nigerians in their “It’s something people understand.” chance. The United States and Europe government. The biggest advantage of squelching the And Republican leaders, after several could have offered encouragement and Hiatt is The Washington Post’s editorial group would be crushing the designs of aspiring militant years of vacillating between isolationist potential rewards — trade, scholar- page editor. Rand Paul and activist John McCain, ships, investment — to nations that WP-BLOOMBERG organisations. The other side Quote of When medicines do harm the day

HAT is shocking is not that Latif, has been declared ‘spurious’ This is indeed a frightening situation needs to clean up and better regulate it happened, but that there under the 1976 Drugs Act, while Flagyl and points to the utter disregard for its drugs manufacture and distribution has been nowhere near is a fairly common prescription drug. the health complications a number of sectors. From loose oversight of the We are still Wthe sort of urgent action She explained that the pharmaceutical children might experience if they take constitution of medicines to over-the- that the situation requires. Recently, the multinational did not do anything about the wrong medicine. There is little doubt counter sales of prescription drugs that here and the president of the Pakistan Pharmacists’ this until a patient filed a complaint with that, as the PPA suggests, the com- the state has not yet been able to put Association told the media in Lahore not only the Pakistan office but also the pany must lift the entire lot of both these a halt to, the problems are numerous. Palestinians are that the labels of thousands of bottles of one in Europe, which ordered action. drugs from the market and provide fresh It had been hoped that the creation two drugs for children had been mixed The company, she said, did advertise supplies. The scars left by the 2012 of the Drug Regulatory Authority of still here. Our up. Bottles and cartons of Phenergan for the recall of certain batch numbers Punjab Institute of Cardiology scandal Pakistan would smooth things out, but (promethazine) 120ml have been but the ordinary citizen is unlikely to be are still fresh. Over 100 people had died even that does not seem to have had interest is to wrongly labelled as Flagyl Suspension aware of the danger. And just how big because a certain batch of heart medi- much of a discernible effect so far. What resolve the conflict, (meteronidazole) 90ml, raising the is that danger? It seems, unfortunately cine had been improperly constituted. is the use of such an authority if there frightening possibility that children may that the company delivered over Currently being processed through the is no end to the unregulated manufac- and ignoring reality be consuming one drug when they had 200,000 bottles of these syrups across legal system are several cases pertain- ture, distribution and use of drugs, the been prescribed the other. Phenergan, the country in December, but only one ing to drugs that have inflicted much dangers of which could lead to fatal is not an option. Tzipi Livni according to PPA president Nabeela batch of 6,000 bottles was recalled. harm on patients. Pakistan urgently consequences? DAWN Israel’s Justice Minister TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Crucial vote is in Europe, not in the EU

Not to mention a profligate expenses German leaders system that has enabled the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, to use his allowances as a have recently member of the European parliament to pay his German wife to help him bite the hand that feeds them both. Taken all in declared that they all, these 28+1 elections are most unlikely to be the creative shock our union needs want to face up to to galvanise it into effective action for its more than 500 million citizens. Meanwhile, there is again war in the international Europe. Not the great war of 1914 or 1939, but a bloody little one, like former responsibility that Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The annexation of Crimea was made possible by a Russian military operation, and the downward comes with their spiral of paramilitary violence in eastern Ukraine has horrible echoes of the begin- country’s power. The ning of the Bosnian conflict. So the most important of all this chance has come week’s elections is the one that takes place in Europe but not in the EU. If Ukraine can successfully hold a demo- sooner than they cratic presidential election across most of its territory next Sunday, then there imagined, and in the is a chance – just a chance – that it can return to a peaceful, negotiated, constitu- tional process. The result of that negotia- most agonising way. tion would have to be an unambiguously independent, sovereign Ukraine, but one with far-reaching devolution to its very BY TIMOTHY GARTON ASH different provinces. And who, in the mighty EU, with the his week Europe will have 30 world’s largest economy, can make a dif- elections: 28 national ones ference there? Not the Spitzenkandidaten, for the European parliament, to be sure – all of whom waffled away in one European Union-wide different directions when asked about vote to anoint a so-called Ukraine (“We need a lot of dialogue,” said TSpitzenkandidat to lead the European Keller. “We shouldn’t have fascists there,” commission, and Ukraine’s presiden- A Pro-Russian militant mans a fortified front line rebel position at a junction near the eastern Ukrainian village of Semenivka yesterday. exclaimed Alexis Tsipras of Syriza. Who tial election on May 25. Between them, exactly did he have in mind?). Not the they will draw the map of a continent in European parliament. disarray. According to the regular Eurovision last Thursday? Go on, surprise And if, as seems quite possible, national No, it is national governments, con- Unless all the opinion polls are wrong, Eurobarometre poll, trust in the EU me. Really? And did you stay awake? leaders decide to propose someone else, strained by multiple national parliaments the 28 national elections will produce a across its member states had sunk from Say what you like about the Eurovision the whole thing will have been a farce. and publics. What the EU does, with its large vote for a zoological array of “anti” as high as 50 percent in autumn 2004 song contest: the staging is spectacular Back in 1979 it was a perfectly logical councils of ministers and its own foreign parties – from Ukip in Britain, Jobbik in to 31 percent at the end of last year. and acts like the raunchy Polish faux-folk idea to suppose that direct elections to service, is to give them ways of working Hungary, the Front National in France Although a recent Pew poll showed a girls and Austrian drag queen Conchita the European parliament would gradu- closely together, and at best crafting a to Syriza in Greece. Most of these are slight upturn in favourable views, it also Wurst are fun. Hard to believe it was ally create Europe-wide parties, poli- common strategy. Above all, it depends on the xenophobic right, but you can’t found that two-thirds of EU citizens feel the same Eurovision that produced this tics, media and eventually a European on Germany. If there is one country in say that of Syriza or Beppe Grillo’s Five their voices do not count and the EU does dreary show, under a blue-drape ceil- demos. But it simply hasn’t happened. Europe that Vladimir Putin will listen Star Movement in Italy. The one thing not understand the needs of its citizens. ing that seemed ready to collapse on the European politics remain overwhelmingly to, if there is one country in Europe that they all have in common is that they are Turnout in every successive election to contestants at any moment. The Green national, played out in different languages can bring together the EU’s potentially anti. Anti the established order; anti the the European parliament since 1979 has candidate, Ska Keller, stood out visually in national media. large economic sticks and carrots, it is mainstream parties; anti the EU as it is declined, while distrust of it has soared. and with her no-nonsense style from the A large vote for the anti-parties will Germany. at the moment. And yet, under the Lisbon treaty, it will men in suits, but then she started saying mean the European parliament buildings German leaders have recently declared Anti-unemployment, on the left and have more powers than ever. Formally things like “unfortunately, we missed the in Brussels and Strasbourg become glass- that they want to face up to the inter- the right. Anti-immigration, mainly on speaking, most of what the EU does now chance in the last multiannual financial houses full of people throwing stones; national responsibility that comes with the right. Anti-boredom too – and most requires the parliament’s assent. framework.” but the mainstream parties will then their country’s power. The chance has mainstream European politicians can Euro-idealists have a logical answer Anyone who thinks a combination of pull together to create a de facto grand come sooner than they imagined, and in bore for Belgium. These parties will get a to this problem: more democracy. Hence Spitzenkandidaten and more power to the coalition. the most agonising way. lot of votes because they reflect the anger the idea of what in most European lan- European parliament is going to solve the The sausage factory of European law- Thus today’s European politics are and disillusionment of a lot of Europeans. guages are called Spitzenkandidaten: problem of popular trust needs to think making will become more inspissated both mind-numbingly complex and stun- People feel that their lives are getting leading candidates for president of the again. The victorious Spitzenkandidat than ever, further compromised by the ningly simple. Thousands of words may worse, one way or another, and that European commission from the main may anyway not be the best person to extraordinary opportunities it gives for not capture them, but two will also do Europe has become part of the problem pan-EU groupings of political parties. head the European commission, which is lobbyists to insert themselves into the the job: Germany’s call. rather than the solution. Did you watch their televised debate on meant to be above the party-political fray. sausage-making process. THE GUARDIAN

Northern Ireland’s peace is delicately poised What America’s prisons tell The anniversary of the deadliest us about US-Iran relations day of the Troubles should be a BY ALICIA PQ WITTMEYER espite its recent efforts at negotiation, the United States traditionally has been more confrontational in its approach reminder that peace is not static. to Iran than European countries, which have urged closer ties with Tehran. What explains the difference? In 2002, BY COLUM MCCANN D letters to Republican “on-the- scholar Robert Kagan argued that the dove-hawk divide was a function runs” suspected of IRA member- of a disparity in military might: Because the United States remained orty years ago, on 17 May ship, saying there would be no a great power even as European defence budgets shrank, it was more 1974, three no-warning prosecutions against them. likely to flex its muscles. Kagan wrote, “Americans are from Mars and bombs ripped through The atmosphere between Europeans are from Venus.” Fthe heart of Dublin city. leaders in the Northern Ireland However, new research indicates that a better predictor lies in an Less than an hour afterwards power-sharing executive has unlikely place: domestic courts and prisons. another bomb shattered the rural turned distinctly sour, with the A study by Amsterdam-based political scientists Wolfgang Wagner quiet of Monaghan town. In all, 33 first minister, Peter Robinson, and Michal Onderco found that how countries treat criminals at home people were killed and more than and the deputy first minister, helps predict how they will deal with “deviance” on the global stage 300 were injured. On the streets Martin McGuinness, trading ver- -- particularly by so-called rogue states. Wagner and Onderco looked of Dublin, sheets of newspaper bal jabs. There is a sense on both People protest in Ireland prior to the release from detention of Gerry Adams. at the behaviour of 34 democracies toward Iran from 2002, when were laid over the dismembered sides that the British government the country’s nuclear programme became public, through 2009. The bodies to hide them from view; has walked away, hurriedly, fur- the threat of violence. Still, many pit of being satisfied with itself. researchers compared that behaviour with various factors, from mili- the headlines soaked up the blood tively, unwilling to look back. Catholics and Protestants live in Forging an ongoing peace process tary strength to economic interdependence, that might influence how – the news in advance. The atroc- Just five months ago the politi- walled-off mini-citadels and their means understanding that there one state treats another. ity was one of the first big spillo- cal parties failed to come to an children go to separate schools. are always going to be several They found that martial power only played a slight role in making ver of violence from Northern agreement on the proposals put A rash of xenophobic attacks viable truths. The peacemaker, as a state more confrontational and that increased trade did not, for the Ireland to the Republic: the vio- forward to Richard Haass, the against eastern Europeans has senator George Mitchell learned most part, make countries put on kid gloves. lence appeared viral. former American diplomat, on occurred in Belfast with “Locals in 1998, must show the tenacity Rather, they found a relationship between a country’s level of aggres- There would be more bloody issues relating to the peace proc- Only” scrawled on windows of the fanatic. sion toward Iran -- how hostile it might be in public statements, for headlines to come: 3,600 people ess, most notably the matters of and walls. It’s a small sky over It is, of course, naive to expect instance, or how intently it might advocate for sanctions -- and the would eventually lose their lives flags, parades and how to “con- Northern Ireland, but there’s a total reconciliation. Some griev- percentage of that state’s population in prison. in the Troubles. But perhaps the tend” with the past. lot of smoke in it. ances are so deep that the peo- The more people behind bars, the more confrontational a state was greatest headline of recent Irish Haass worked for six months, Perhaps it is simple enough. ple who suffered them will never likely to be. The same relationship held when the researchers looked history is that a peace agreement trying to slide reconciliation The people of Ireland and be satisfied. But the point is not at states’ approaches to North Korea. has held for 16 years. If the Irish firmly into the jigsaw of ongoing Britain desperately want the satisfaction; the point is that the Why should strict pursuit of law and order at home translate into peace process was once a toddler, peace. Among his many recom- peace to continue. It is one of present is superior to the past, foreign policy? Wagner and Onderco argue that it is a matter of cul- it is now at the age where it must mendations he called for a “his- the few things we have excelled and it has to be cultivated as such. tural norms transferring across arenas. Countries with a culture of ready itself for university or a job torical investigations unit” to at in recent years. It is a moral Once upon a time there were “retributive” justice -- focused on punishing wrongdoing and protecting – or perhaps, most chillingly, the carry out inquiries into Troubles- commodity. We have put a lot bullets in the back of the head. the public -- will pursue more belligerent policies toward states like unemployment line. related killings. As so often hap- of energy into it. It makes us There were car bombs along Iran and North Korea. The arrest of Gerry Adams pens in Northern Ireland, the look good. It’s a money-maker. South Leinster Street. There were Meanwhile, countries that believe in “restorative” justice -- avoiding and his subsequent release ear- past dragged the present back- If it falters it will be a disaster girls getting tarred and feathered punishment that doesn’t help reincorporate the convicted into society lier this month was the latest wards. Haass and his team left not only for us but also for the in the flatlands of Belfast. There or address the underlying factors behind crimes -- will be more accom- in a series of tremors that have disappointed. rest of the world. Peace is not a were show bands being blown modating toward the world’s scofflaws. tested the political Richter scale. What he left behind was a coun- local thing. That’s what makes it to bits on lonely country roads. Wagner and Onderco say their research shows that how countries Nationalists saw the arrest as a try unsure of itself. Investment in superior to war. War stays where That’s not happening any more. behave toward states like Iran is part and parcel of the same cultural trial in public humiliation in the Northern Ireland has soared in war is; peace belongs elsewhere, But just because it’s not happen- differences that have produced Germany’s strong social safety net and run-up to local and European recent years. A sense of colour and as well as at home. That’s part of ing doesn’t mean it will not hap- America’s strict drug laws. “Realising that, for other states, there’s a elections. Claims were made that charm has seeped into the streets: its muscle. pen again. To lose the process now different mindset -- this could contribute to some better understand- there were “dark forces” at work checkpoints have disappeared, But peace, especially at the would be an international crime ing among the Western states” of how each approaches international within the police. Loyalists were festivals abound. Sixteen years delicate age of 16, can have an that reaches backwards and for- bad guys, Wagner notes. incensed with the British gov- of peace has meant that a whole ego. It can turn off its calculat- wards both. So Americans may indeed be from Mars and Europeans from Venus ernment for having written 200 generation has grown up without ing mind and fall into the dark THE GUARDIAN -- just not for the reason you thought. WP-BLOOMBERG TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Maliki emerges atop in bid to remain PM Iraqi premier’s State of Law alliance wins 92 out of 328 parliament seats BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime withdrew from Iraq at the end resilience of the Iraqi people, and several blocs tried to oppose In particular, the 63-year-old Minister Nouri Al Maliki (pic- of 201 — and marked significant another milestone in the demo- Maliki’s bid for re-election. faces strong and vocal opposition tured), won by far the most increases compared to Maliki’s cratic development of Iraq.” Voters often complain of poor in the Sunni-dominated west and seats in parliamentary elections, performance in the last general Iraq’s political parties have electricity and sewerage services, the Kurdish north, with rivals results showed yesterday, putting election in 2010. for weeks been meeting and rampant corruption, high unem- there insisting they will not agree him in the driver’s seat to retain Maliki’s bloc won 30 seats in manoeuvring as they seek to build ployment and a litany of other to a third term. his post for a third term. Baghdad alone, and came first post-election alliances, but the concerns, but the month-long cam- Maliki, who has been in charge Despite the strong perform- in 10 out of 18 provinces over- formation of a new government paign preceding the vote concen- since 2006, blames external fac- ance, Maliki’s State of Law alli- all, all of them in the premier’s is still expected to take several trated on Maliki’s bid for a third tors such as the war in neighbour- ance fell short of an overall traditional heartland in the Shia months. term. ing Syria for the surge in unrest, majority, meaning he will have to majority south of the country. As in previous elections, the Maliki’s critics accuse him of and says his so-called partners in court rivals from across the com- His main rivals all finished with main blocs are expected to agree consolidating power, particularly government snipe at him in public munal spectrum, some of whom between 19 and 29 seats overall, on an encompassing package that within the security forces, and and block his legislative efforts in have sharply criticised Maliki and according to a tally of election ensures the prime minister, presi- blame him for a year-long deteri- parliament. refused to countenance his bid for commission results. dent and parliament speaker are oration in security, and say there The run-up to the election was re-election. The results announced yes- all selected together. has not been enough improve- plagued by attacks on candidates Results from the election com- terday can still be challenged Under a de facto agreement ment in the quality of life. and campaign rallies, as well as mission showed State of Law gar- and could change before they are established in recent years, Iraq’s The election and its aftermath allegations of malpractice that nered 92 out of 328 parliamentary finally certified by the country’s prime minister is a Shiite Arab, came amid a surge in violence apparently contributed to lower seats, with the incumbent himself supreme court. the president is a Kurd and the that has killed more than 3,500 turnout in areas populated by dis- winning more than 721,000 per- Both the US embassy in speaker of parliament is a Sunni people this year, fuelling fears gruntled minority Sunnis. sonal votes. Baghdad and the UN mission Arab. Following Iraq’s last elec- that Iraq could be slipping back More than 9,000 candidates ran Both were by far the highest to Iraq welcomed the results, tions, it took nine months to form into the all-out conflict that cost for the 328 seats in parliament, such figures from the April 30 with Washington saying it was a government as parties engaged tens of thousands of lives in 2006 with about 62 percent of eligible vote — the first since US troops “a testament to the courage and in protracted horse-trading and and 2007. voters casting ballots. AFP

Saudi announces UAE to try nine for recruiting new MERS death

RIYADH: Saudi health authori- militants to fight in Syria ties reported yesterday a new death from the MERS corona- DUBAI/BEIRUT: The United United States and by Arab coun- documented the deaths of 438 virus, taking to 169 the overall Arab Emirates has referred tries as a terrorist group. Wa m members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah number of fatalities from the nine expatriate Arabs to a said the court had set the trial for movement, which is fighting disease in the world’s worst- state security court on charges May 26 in Abu Dhabi, the UAE alongside the regime, and 1,224 hit country. The health minis- of joining Al Qaeda, collect- capital. other non-Syrian pro-regime try said on its website that the ing donations and recruiting Meanwhile, the Syrian fighters. latest person to fall victim to fighters for Al Nusra Front in Observatory for Human Rights The toll also includes 2,891 the Middle East Respiratory Syria, state news agency Wam said in a new toll published yes- unidentified people whose deaths Syndrome was a 59-year-old reported yesterday. terday that more than 162,000 the Observatory has confirmed man who died on Sunday in the The agency said two members people have been killed in Syria without being able to record their western city of Taif. of the group were also charged since the conflict broke out in identities. The last toll from the It reported two new infections, with setting up and managing a March 2011. The Britain-based Observatory, issued at the begin- one in Riyadh and the other in website dedicated to promoting monitoring group, which relies ning of April, stood at just over the commercial capital of Jeddah, Al Qaeda and helping recruit men on a network of sources on the 150,000 people. The conflict in raising the total number of MERS to fight abroad. The agency did ground, said it had documented Syria erupted in March 2011, cases to 531. Other nations includ- not say when or how members of the deaths of 162,402 people. with peaceful anti-government ing Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the the group were arrested, or which Among them were 53,978 civil- protests that the authorities Netherlands, the United Arab countries they were from. ians, including 8,607 children. responded to with force. Emirates and the United States have Wa m said members of the The group said 42,701 members It has also displaced nearly half also recorded cases, mostly in people cell had “collected funds and of the armed opposition had been the country’s population. who had been to the desert kingdom. channelled them to a terror- killed, including more than 13,500 The Syrian opposition’s defence MERS is considered a deadlier ist organisation, the Al Nusra fighters from jihadist groups like minister has resigned after but less transmissible cousin of Front” and “made individuals Al Qaeda affiliate Al Nusra Front reports of disagreements with the the SARS virus that appeared in participate and join a terrorist and the Islamic State of Iraq and group’s head, opposition sources Asia in 2003 and infected 8,273 organisation”. the Levant, or ISIL. said yesterday. people, nine percent of whom died. Al Nusra Front, one of the The new toll includes 61,170 Dissident Asaad Mustafa’s res- Like SARS, it appears to cause a main groups fighting to over- regime forces, 37,685 of them ignation from the government-in- lung infection, with patients suf- A Syrian man walks past a car bearing a portrait of President Bashar Al throw Syrian President Bashar Al from the military, and 23,485 exile highlights divisions among fering coughing, breathing diffi- Assad in the capital Damascus yesterday. Campaigning began last week Assad, is an affiliate of Al Qaeda members of a pro-regime President Bashar Al Assad’s culties and a temperature. for June 3 presidential election. and has been designated by the militia. The Observatory also opponents. AGENCIES AFP

Oman court jails ex-minister over bribery MUSCAT: An Omani court has sentenced a former minister to three years in jail over graft charges, in a first for the Gulf sultanate which has vowed to combat corruption, newspapers reported yesterday. They said ex-commerce minister Mohammed bin Nasser Al Khusaibi was found guilty of bribing another official to award a contract linked to a Muscat airport expansion project to a company in which he was a shareholder. The Muscat court on Sunday also slapped Khusaibi with a hefty A boat with the Palestinian flag sails in the port of Gaza City during a protest against the Israeli naval blockade, 800,000-riyal ($2m) fine, yesterday. Aid convoys from Algeria and Jordan crossed the previous day from Egypt into Israeli-blockaded Gaza the Oman Daily Observer with $2.5m worth of supplies, Hamas government said. said. An accomplice, a former undersecretary at the transport and telecom- munications ministry, was Livni defends Abbas talks handed the same jail term and fined. The general manager JERUSALEM: Israel’s chief an option,” she said. Livni came of the Jewish state. “Ignoring the of the company, a non- negotiator Tzipi Livni yester- under fire for holding talks in other side, not listening or talk- Omani Arab national, was day defended a decision to London with Abbas on Thursday, ing, is irresponsible,” Livni said. sentenced to six months meet Palestinian President with Prime Minister Benjamin “A resolution is best achieved in jail, to be followed by Mahmoud Abbas after peace Netanyahu’s office and ministers through direct negotiations, but deportation. talks collapsed, in a move that distancing themselves from the we can’t ignore the agreement The Observer said a drew sharp criticism from meeting, insisting it was private between Hamas and Fatah,” she former refinery CEO who ministers. and did not signal official inten- said, referring to Abbas’s rul- is also a member of Oman’s “I would like to remind every- tion to resume talks. ing party which dominates the upper chamber had been one that the conflict isn’t over,” Israel pulled out of the talks West Bank-based Palestinian sentenced to three years Justice Minister Tzipi Livni told in mid-April, saying it would not Authority. in jail for corruption in an her HaTnuah party at a weekly negotiate with any Palestinian “To all those politicians up in earlier trial. But Khusaibi meeting, according to a statement. government supported by Hamas arms, I want to be clear — we’ll was the first former gov- “We’re still here and the after the leadership in the West continue doing what we believe in, ernment member to be Palestinians are still here. Our Bank signed a unity deal with the and that’s what I did last week by handed a jail term. interest is to resolve the con- rival Islamist rulers of Gaza, who meeting the president,” Livni said. AFP flict, and ignoring reality is not are committed to the destruction AFP TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

EU against ‘best Russia orders troops back to bases before’ labelling Moscow move ahead of Ukraine vote to tackle huge

MOSCOW: Russia said yester- permanent bases,” the Kremlin food wasting day it had ordered troops near said in a statement after a meet- the border with Ukraine to ing of the country’s Security BRUSSELS: Several EU return to their bases, just days Council. countries pressed yesterday to ahead of a crucial presiden- Putin also called for an imme- change ‘best before’ food label- tial vote aimed at bringing the diate end to the offensive by ling, blamed for millions of country out of deep crisis. Ukrainian troops in the east — tonnes of food being thrown In a move that could ease ten- describing it as a “punitive oper- away when getting a square meal sions, President Vladimir Putin’s ation” against the separatists is a daily struggle for many. office said he had ordered thou- — and their withdrawal. European Union agriculture sands of troops deployed in bor- The presence of the Russian ministers discussed a document der regions to return to barracks troops near the border raised which argued that labels recom- after the end of spring exercises. deep concerns after Putin’s mending consumption before a However, NATO said it saw no annexation of Crimea in March specific date were inappropriate proof Russia had begun with- and the uprising by well-armed for foodstuffs such as rice, pasta drawing, and noted this was the pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine’s or coffee. These products could third time Putin had made such eastern coal and steel heartland. be kept for longer without any a claim. NATO, which has repeatedly harm being done, it said, with the The Kremlin said Putin had expressed worries about the ‘best before’ date system “causing also demanded that Ukraine’s estimated 40,000 troops, said it unnecessary food waste.” pro-Western government halt its had not seen “any evidence at all” “Reducing food losses and military operation against insur- indication they were returning to food waste ... is a high priority gents in the east and pull out its their bases. for many European countries,” troops. His remarks came amid Putin said earlier this month A supporter of Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko gives out calendars with her portrait and leaflets the document said, estimat- continued fighting in eastern that the troops had been moved during the campaign in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv yesterday. ing annual losses at 89 million Ukraine, with at least one sol- away from the border to regional tonnes in Europe. “This labelling dier reported killed in a pre-dawn bases to continue planned train- has nothing to do with health, it’s attack near the flashpoint rebel ing exercises. NATO at the time and European Union sanctions, Kremlin-backed president Viktor Prime Minister Arseniy more to do with quality, which town of Slavyansk. also said it had seen no evidence Moscow has moved to reduce ten- Yanukovych — Putin recently said Yatsenyuk acknowledged it could I think consumers can judge for “Due to the end of the planned of a withdrawal. sions with Ukraine after months it was a step in the right direction. be difficult to organise the elec- themselves,” Dutch Agriculture spring training of troops that Ukraine also called on Moscow of crisis that sent relations with Preparations were continuing tion in some districts in the east. Minister Sharon Dijksma said. included their movement to to cancel air force exercises the West to their lowest point yesterday for the vote, seen in But he added: “It affects very According to the World Bank, Rostov, Belgorod, and Bryansk planned for May 21-25 near the since the Cold War. the West as the only way to end few areas and will not have any about 35 percent of food ends up regions, the Russian president border, saying they will “fuel ten- After initially dismissing a crisis that began with pro-EU influence on voting. The election being thrown away, most of it ordered... troops participating sions” during Sunday’s election. Sunday’s presidential vote — protests in Kiev but spiralled into will take place and we will have a junked by consumers in the devel- in the drills to return to their Under pressure from US called after February’s ouster of a wider confrontation. legitimate president.” AFP oped countries. AFP Ousted NYT US charges China military unit for hacking editor tells her WASHINGTON: The United expected, Beijing refuses. Mandiant said that the unit had States yesterday charged five President Barack Obama’s thousands of workers operating members of a shadowy Chinese administration “will not tolerate out of a non-descript, 12-story side of story military unit for allegedly steal- actions by any nation that seek to building on the outskirts of ing trade secrets as it vowed illegally sabotage American com- Shanghai where they pilfer intel- NEW YORK: The New York to ramp up the fight against panies and undermine the integ- lectual property and government Times’ ousted top editor Jill hacking. rity of fair competition,” Holder secrets. Abramson made her first pub- In the first-ever prosecution of told reporters. “This case should US officials said they investi- lic remarks yesterday not shy- state actors over cyber-espionage, serve as a wake-up call to the gated the unit for several years ing away from the controversy a federal grand jury indicted the seriousness of the ongoing cyber and believed that the hacking had surrounding her departure and five on charges they broke into threat,” Holder told reporters. contributed to “substantial” job told graduates to fight back. US computers to benefit Chinese The grand jury indicted each and profit losses in the United “Some of you, and now I’m state-owned companies, leading to of the five — Wang Dong, Sun States. talking to anybody who has been job losses in the United States in Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Hackers stole secret designs dumped ... You know the sting of steel, solar and other industries. Zhenyu and Gu Chunhui — on 31 from Westinghouse, the US losing and not getting something Attorney General Eric Holder counts, which each carry penal- nuclear plant giant owned by you badly want. When that hap- called on China to hand over the ties of up to 15 years in prison. Japan’s Toshiba, just as it was pens, show them what you are five men for trial in the steel city Prosecutors said that the five negotiating with a Chinese state- made of,” she said. of Pittsburgh and said the United officers belonged to Unit 61398 of owned company, said John Carlin, Preet Bharara, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, discussing Abramson delivered the com- States would use “all the means the People’s Liberation Army. A the assistant attorney general for charges against suspected computer hackers related into an international mencement speech to students that are available to us” if, as report last year by security firm national security. AFP malware group called Blackshades in New York yesterday. graduating from Wake Forest University in North Carolina after unusually scathing criti- cism of her management style lev- elled by Times’ publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. She brought up Anita Hill not- Worries over voter ing that the attorney who accused US Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual har- assment turned her insults into a turnout at EU polls badge of honour. “Anita wrote me last week to say she was proud BRUSSELS: As exercises bonuses or the impact of interna- of me. That meant so much,” in democracy go, this week’s tional trade deals. Abramson said. EU election rivals the United Parliament’s enormous glass- Abramson co-wrote a book States, India and Brazil for and-steel buildings in Brussels with New Yorker writer Jane sheer numbers. and Strasbourg are decorated Mayer about Thomas. But when it comes to voter with banners promoting its Sulzberger, whose family con- recognition it is a very different defence of consumer rights, and trols the New York Times Co, story. The lead candidates could its own museum — the parlia- announced to a stunned news- not even dream of comparisons mentarium — is an unrestrained room on Wednesday that he had with Barack Obama or Narendra paean to its own importance. And replaced Abramson with her sec- Modi and therein lies a problem yet there remains a deep discon- ond-in-command, Dean Baquet. for the European Union as it bat- nect with the public. Abramson was the first woman tles to make itself more relevant A survey by Pew Research appointed to lead the newsroom. and accountable to its citizens. Centre in seven EU countries “What’s next for me. I don’t This week, from May 22 to May during March and April found 71 know. So I’m in exactly the same 25, the 28 countries that make up percent of people did not feel their boat as you,” she told the audience. the EU will elect a new European voice counted in the European Sulzberger’s abrupt dismissal Parliament with up to 380 million Union. Only 36 percent had a of the woman he hired three voters, from western Portugal to positive view of the parliament. years ago sparked a firestorm of northern Finland, choosing 751 That is largely because most debate over women managers in deputies to represent them. think in national not European the workplace. The controversy A man waits to be rescued from his house during heavy floods in Vojskova, yesterday. In every European election terms, looking to their local was fuelled by a report in The New since the first direct one was held leaders and parliamentarians to Yorker that said Abramson was in 1979, turnout has fallen, drop- resolve problems, not “Brussels paid less than her predecessor as Floods affect a quarter of Balkans ping to just 43 percent in 2009, bureaucrats”, or eurocrats. executive editor, Bill Keller, and despite four EU countries requir- “All this tends to relegate elec- other male counterparts during MAGLAJ/KRUPANJ: Bosnia terrifying,” Bosnian Foreign Tomislav Nikolic appealed for out- ing voting by law. This year will tions to the parliament to second- her 17-year career at the paper. said yesterday that more than Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija told side aid. “We expect huge support, be no different: pollsters expect order elections largely focused on Sulzberger has since twice spo- a quarter of its 4 million people a news conference. “The physical because not many countries have turnout to drop to 40 percent or domestic rather than European ken out to say that Abramson’s had been affected by the worst destruction is not less than the experienced such a catastrophe,” just below, and turnout among issues,” Sonia Piedrafita and compensation was not “consider- floods to hit the Balkans in liv- destruction caused by the war.” he said. young voters —who politicians Vilde Renman of the Centre for ably” less than that of Keller’s — ing memory, comparing the Lagumdzija said more than Even as the crisis eased in some have worked hardest to connect European Policy Studies, a think that it was directly comparable “terrifying” destruction to that 100,000 houses and other build- areas, a new flood wave from the with on issues such as jobs, edu- tank, wrote in a recent analysis. — and to deny she was removed of the country’s 1992-95 war. ings in Bosnia were no longer fit to swollen River Sava threatened cation and training —will fall “A low voter turnout is not an because she is a woman. The extent of the devasta- use and that over a million people others, notably Serbia’s largest furthest. evil in itself, but it can under- In a statement on Saturday, tion became apparent in Serbia had been cut off from clean water power plant, the Nikola Tesla At the same time, support for mine the democratic legitimacy Sulzberger targeted Abramson’s too, as waters receded in some supplies. complex, 30 km southwest of the anti-EU and protest parties on of the European Union, and management skills, ticking off a of the worst-hit areas to reveal “During the war, many people capital Belgrade. the far-left and right is likely the European Parliament in list of reasons including “arbi- homes toppled or submerged in lost everything,” he said. “Today, In Bosnia, Assistant Security to surge, rising to 25 percent or particular.” trary decision-making, a failure mud, trees felled and villages again they have nothing.” Minister Samir Agic told Reuters more of the vote, from 13 percent As Jose Manuel Barroso, to consult and bring in colleagues strewn with the rotting corpses His remarks threw into sharp that up to 35,000 people had been in 2009, as people express frus- the president of the European with her, inadequate communica- of livestock. relief the extent of the challenge evacuated by helicopter, boat and tration with rising unemployment Commission, likes to point out, EU tion and public mistreatment of The regional death toll reached now facing the cash-strapped truck. As many as 500,000 had left and poor growth. member states tend to “national- colleagues.” more than 40, after the heaviest governments of both Bosnia and their homes of their own accord, The irony is that never has ise successes and blame failures Abramson famously got a tat- rainfall since records began 120 Serbia. he said, in the kind of human dis- the European Parliament had on Brussels”, which means the too of the Times iconic “T” on years ago caused rivers to burst Serbian Prime Minister placement not seen since more more power or ability to respond EU’s name is regularly muddied, her back. When asked if she was their banks and triggered hun- Aleksandar Vucic said the cost than a million were driven out by to voters’ concerns, whether undermining people’s confidence going to remove it, she said: “Not dreds of landslides. in Serbia would run to hundreds ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian about mobile phone roaming in its institutions. a chance.” REUTERS “The consequences ... are of millions of euros. President war two decades ago. REUTERS fees, tobacco legislation, bankers’ REUTERS TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES 4,000 more Chinese nationals await evacuation from riot-hit Vietnam

BEIJING: Thousands of 4,000 were to be evacuated. China said on Sunday it was otherwise damaged hundreds several areas around the country to Vietnam for the time being and Chinese nationals are await- Two Chinese vessels arrived dispatching five ships to bring of foreign-owned businesses in or prevented from leaving their has suspended some of bilateral ing evacuation from riot-hit in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province home nationals. Vietnam last week. homes. exchange plans,” Chinese foreign Vietnam, state-run media said yesterday morning and sailed Relations between the Vietnamese authorities China’s foreign ministry, ministry spokesman Hong Lei yesterday, as Hanoi moved to back to China in the evening, the Communist neighbours have responded on Sunday by dis- meanwhile, announced Sunday said in a statement. stifle fresh protests over a ter- Communist Party mouthpiece plummeted following China’s patching hundreds of security that it has suspended some bilat- “China will consider taking ritorial dispute between the People’s Daily said on a verified move earlier this month to send personnel to quell the violence, eral exchange programmes and further steps depending on how two countries. Twitter account. a deep-water drilling rig into and more than 300 suspected issued a new appeal for Chinese the situation plays out.” More than 3,000 Chinese have The official news agency contested waters in the South perpetrators are being pros- citizens to avoid travelling to Several major Chinese travel already returned home from Xinhua named them as the China Sea. ecuted, officials said. Vietnam. agencies have suspended their Vietnam, reports said at the Wuzhishan and Tongguling and Two Chinese nationals were Blogs by civil society groups “China has raised the level of Vietnam tour services, Xinhua weekend, and according to the said they had arrived at the port killed and about 140 injured involved in the call for protests its travel warning for Chinese reported. Global Times newspaper another of Vung Ang. when enraged mobs torched or said activists were detained in citizens, advising them not to go AFP

Golkar’s party Park vows to disband coast guard pulls support from Joko

South Korean president weeps, apologises for ferry disaster that killed 304 passengers JAKARTA: Indonesia’s presidential election abruptly SEOUL: Tears rolling down her “A 20-year-old vessel was turned into a tight two- cheeks, South Korean President bought and refurbished to add horse race yesterday after Park Geun-hye formally apolo- excessive capacity, then it was the country’s second-largest gised yesterday for a ferry loaded with much more cargo party suddenly switched its disaster that killed about 300 than allowed with a false report- support away from frontrun- passengers, mostly school chil- ing on weight, but not a single ner Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to dren, and said she would break person in the position to super- his main rival. With Golkar’s up the coast guard for failing in vise stopped any of it,” Park said. substantial support, ex-gen- its duties. She singled out structural eral Prabowo Subianto now Park has been hit hard by an problems within the coast guard has a slightly larger coalition angry nationwide outcry over the as the main reason why there was to campaign for him ahead of government’s response to South such a high casualty toll from the July 9 election than front- Korea’s worst civilian maritime an accident that played out on runner Jokowi. For months disaster in 20 years and the seem- national television as the vessel Jokowi has maintained a sig- ingly slow and ineffective rescue gradually sank with most of the nificant lead over Prabowo operation. Polls show support for passengers trapped inside. in opinion polls. One recent Park has dropped by more than 20 “Had there been an immediate poll showed Jokowi’s lead had points since the April 16 disaster. and proactive rescue operation narrowed slightly, although “I apologise to the nation for after the accident, we would have he was still 15 points ahead. the pain and suffering that eve- been able to reduce the casual- Golkar’s move came as a ryone felt, as the president who ties,” Park said. surprise as the party’s chief should have been responsible for The coast guard’s rescue duties had earlier suggested he was the safety and lives of the people,” would be transferred to a national throwing his support behind Park said in a televised national emergency safety agency to be set the popular Jakarta governor address, her first since the Sewol up and the national police will Jokowi, who earlier named capsized and sank with 476 pas- take over its investigative func- Golkar senior party official and sengers and crew on board. tion, she said. former vice president Jusuf She fought back sobs as she Some of the crew, including the Kalla as his running mate. remembered some of the teenag- captain, were caught on videotape ers who perished trying to help abandoning ship while the chil- Thai acting premier one another, calling them heroes dren were repeatedly told to stay South Korean President Park Geun-Hye weeps as she makes a televised address to the nation yesterday. in an unprecedented show of put in their cabins and await fur- rules out resigning emotion. ther orders. BANGKOK: Thailand’s act- At least 286 people were killed Park has apologised in person too late, while her decision to rescue duty but that, in its current charges. The remaining 11 crew ing prime minister yesterday and 18 remain missing. Only 172 to many family members of the break up the coast guard has also form, it would be unable to prevent were indicted for negligence. ruled out resigning as a way people were rescued, with the rest victims but her administration been questioned. another large-scale disaster. The prosecution says the ferry out of a protracted political presumed to have drowned. has faced continued criticism and “Although we need to inte- “The coast guard continued to was structurally defective after a crisis that is stunting eco- Of the passengers, 339 were nationwide anger for its handling grate government functions on get bigger in size but did not have remodelling to add capacity and nomic growth, as anti-govern- children and their teachers on a of the disaster. safety and disaster management, enough personnel and budget allo- was massively overloaded with ment protesters stepped up field trip from a high school on Park’s public support has dissolving the coast guard all of cated for maritime safety, and cargo. A sharp turn then caused pressure to remove him and the outskirts of Seoul. dropped to 46 percent, from sudden can make more problems training for rescue was very much it to list and capsize. install a new administration. Park vowed sweeping reforms 70 percent before the accident, that may be difficult to fix,” said insufficient,” she said. The Sewol had been on a sup- Thailand is stuck in political to improve oversight, as well as according to a recent poll. Professor Lee Jun-han of Incheon All 15 surviving crew members posedly routine journey from the limbo following the dismissal tough punishment for bureau- Her formal apology and the National University. were indicted last week, includ- mainland port of Incheon south to of Prime Minister Yingluck crats and businesses whose neg- blueprint for bureaucratic reform Park said the coast guard had ing the captain and three sen- the holiday island of Jeju. Shinawatra and nine of her ligence endangers public safety. have been criticised for coming not only failed in its search and ior crew members on homicide REUTERS ministers on May 7 after a court found them guilty of abuse of power. Commerce Dhaka timber factory Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan has replaced Yingluck as caretaker prime China violates informal code: Aquino minister, but the anti-govern- ment protesters say he has no legal standing and they MANILA: Philippine President shoals in the sea, and from build- the reclamation work early this want a “neutral” government Benigno Aquino accused China ing new structures that would year. A Chinese airstrip in the to push through reforms. yesterday of violating a 12-year- complicate disputes. area could pose a serious threat Niwatthamrong met members old informal code of conduct in “In our view, what they are to security and stability in the of the Senate, which is trying the South China Sea with land doing there now is in violation region, he said. to come up with a way out of reclamation work in a disputed of what we had agreed in the China has rejected the the deadlock, but he told them shoal. Declaration of Conduct of Parties Philippine protest over its work he would not resign. “The cur- China has stepped up activity in the South China Sea,” Aquino on the reef saying it is its ter- rent cabinet is legal in every to assert its claim to most of the told reporters. ritory so China has the right to way ... it must stay until a new energy-rich South China Sea. “The problem is this code is develop it. cabinet of ministers is elected But Brunei, Malaysia, the not binding, not enforceable, so Elsewhere, in the South China in. We cannot install another Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan we need to come up with a for- Sea, Vietnamese and Chinese ves- prime minister while we also have claims over parts of the mal code of conduct to resolve the sels are squaring off in disputed have an acting one in place,” sea through which about $5tr of dispute and prevent any potential waters where China wants to Niwatthamrong said in state- ship-borne goods pass every year. conflict.” place the oil rig. ment following the meeting. China’s activity has in particu- Last week, the Philippine for- China and Asean, which lar raised alarm in the Philippines eign ministry released surveil- includes the Philippines and Two Chinese mine and in Vietnam, where a dispute lance photographs of China’s Vietnam, have been negotiat- over an offshore drilling rig reclamation work in Johnson ing a formal code of conduct but workers abducted sparked deadly anti-Chinese riots South Reef in the disputed some Asean states are getting YANGON: Activists have last week. Spratly Islands. China appears impatient with the slow pace of kidnapped two Chinese China and the 10-member to be building an airstrip, its first progress. workers at a China-backed Association of South East Asian in the Spratlys. Aquino said Vietnam and the copper mine in Myanmar Nations (Asean) signed an agree- Peter Paul Galvez, a Philippine Philippines were pushing for the and are threatening to harm ment in 2002 to refrain from Defence Department spokes- code of conduct to be concluded them, their firm said yester- occupying uninhabited reefs and man, said the military noticed quickly. REUTERS day , in the latest eruption Workers carry a large log at a local timber factory by the river Buriganga of tensions over the con- in Dhaka on Sunday. troversial project. China’s Wanbao, which operates the Letpadaung mine in the northwestern town of Japan to establish new military outposts on remote islands Monywa, said the activists holding the two 23-year-old contractors were demand- TOKYO: Japan is to estab- — have no bases on the chain of The islands lie around 2,000km chain” including Japan’s south- island and Ishigaki island, some ing the “total halting” of lish new military outposts on islands that runs from the bot- southwest of Tokyo and around western islands and the northern 210 kilometres southwest and 170 work. The mine has trig- remote islands, a report said tom of Kyushu to Taiwan. There 200km from the north of Taiwan. Philippines. kilometres south, respectively, of gered fierce opposition from yesterday, as Tokyo looks to bol- are limited air force facilities in While most of the bickering Tokyo is now planning to set the disputed islets. local villagers due to alleged ster its defence amid a territo- the area. has been between coastguards up new outposts on three islands, These units are to be in addi- land grabs and environmen- rial dispute with China. The lack of substantial mili- from both sides, observers say including Amamioshima, some tion to a radar surveillance unit tal damage, and has raised Up to 350 troops each could tary presence is a source of military ships are loitering over 150km south of the Senkakus, on Yonaguni, where a ground- questions about Myanmar’s be stationed on three islands in worry for some in Japan, who the horizon, with some warning of the Yomiuri said, citing unnamed breaking ceremony was held last reliance on investment the far southwest, close to the caution that it leaves Japan vul- the risk of a confrontation. senior defence ministry officials. month. from neighbouring China — Senkakus, which Beijing claims as nerable to China’s increasingly Beijing has spent heavily on its Deputy defence minister Ryota Bolstering the defence of which gave crucial political its own under the name Diaoyus, assertive stance. military in recent years in a bid to Takeda will visit Amamioshima Japan’s southwestern islands support to the former junta. the mass-selling Yomiuri Shimbun Chinese ships have repeatedly develop a “blue water” navy that this week to look at establishing “has an aspect of strengthening A 21-year-old Myanmar reported. moved into the Senkakus’ territo- can project force far out into the a joint research project with the the Japan-US security alliance,” national was also abducted With the exception of the main rial waters, since Tokyo national- Pacific. island, it said. a senior defence official told the on Sunday but released the Okinawa island, Japan’s Ground ised some of them in September This means getting through Two other candidate sites for Yomiuri. same day. AGENCIES Self-Defence Forces — its army 2012, to confront Japanese vessels. what it calls the “first island the new posts include Miyako AFP TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Pakistan sees thaw in Afghan prisoner release ties after Modi victory Stalled peace talks may kick-start, but experts wary

ISLAMABAD: The election parliamentary muscle and confi- reports have suggested opposition of Hindu nationalist Narendra dence to work with Pakistan for by the all-powerful army has so Modi has sent shivers through stability in the region. “If his poli- far prevented him — and could many among India’s 150-million cies are driven by economy, then conceivably block future attempts. strong Muslim community, but Pakistan would find it easier to Badar Alam, editor of neighbouring Pakistan is cau- do business with Modi’s India, but Pakistan’s Herald magazine, said tiously hopeful for a thaw in the ball is in India’s court.” Modi too would come under pres- long-fraught ties. Simbal Khan, a former sure from within his party if he Pakistan’s Prime Minister Pakistan fellow at the Woodrow were to push too hard for peace. Nawaz Sharif, who is himself a Wilson International Centre for “Right-wing Hindu nationalists centre-right leader, has hailed Scholars, said the unpopularity of have always opposed normalising Modi’s “impressive victory”. the outgoing Congress party had ties with Pakistan and a leader Sharif has cited his working hindered its ability to thaw ties, representing them will both be relationship with Atal Behari despite its more secular and lib- well placed to take the initia- Afghan prisoners prepare to leave after their release from jail in Ghazni yesterday. Around 100 prisoners were Vajpayee, India’s last prime minis- eral outlook. tive vis-a-vis Pakistan and under released from prison as decreed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. ter with the right-wing Bharatiya “There is a general feeling that pressure from his own supporters Janata Party (BJP) as a reason coming from a right-of-centre to not do so. Will Modi, as PM, be for optimism, according to dip- platform and riding on this wave able to lead his electorate rather lomatic sources. It was during of popularity, any overtures or than be led by it?” he said. Sharif’s second term in 1999 that steps taken to mend relations or While Pakistan’s civilian lead- Vajpayee rode a bus to Lahore to to take the subcontinent out of ers and business community are Case against FBI agent dismissed sign a peace accord. Three months old constructs is more likely to in favour of closer ties, many ordi- later, the countries embarked on happen under Modi’s rule than nary people revile Modi. His cam- KARACHI: A Pakistani court Hasan Ali Kalwar, quashed the at a time of relative tranquillity in the Kargil conflict in Kashmir Congress,” she said. paign manifesto included pledges yesterday dismissed the case case after police failed to present Washington’s often-fraught rela- — though Sharif has blamed his Khan cited as an encourag- for a more muscular foreign pol- against an American FBI agent any evidence against the agent. tionship with Islamabad. then-army chief General Pervez ing example the warming of icy, vowing a re-think of India’s arrested for trying to board a The judge said police had invoked Ties have improved markedly Musharraf for provoking the ties between Pakistan’s Punjab no-first strike nuclear policy and plane while carrying ammuni- an incorrect section of the law. “He since almost collapsing in 2011 fighting without his knowledge. province, which is governed by a hard line on Kashmir. tion, officials said. was not carrying any weapon but amid a series of crises, including With both leaders currently Sharif’s brother Shahbaz, and But according to Mushahid The unidentified agent was was carrying only the bullets and the US raid in Pakistan that killed enjoying a strong mandate — the Sikh-centric Shiromani Akali Hussain, chairman of Pakistan’s held at Karachi airport early this magazines,” Kalwar was quoted as Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League Dal party, a BJP ally which rules senate defence committee, some month when security staff found saying by a court official. -- which Islamabad branded a vio- Nawaz (PML-N) won a big major- India’s Punjab state. of the rhetoric could be simply him carrying 15 rounds for a 9mm Police did not pursue the lation of sovereignty. ity in elections last year — mem- The analyst said she was hope- an election strategy, and the two handgun during routine checks case after the interior ministry The fatal shooting of two men bers of parliament and experts ful that Sharif may soon grant countries’ nuclear capabilities before a flight to the capital informed them that the agent by CIA contractor Raymond Davis say the stalled peace process could “Most Favoured Nation” status would prevent such an outcome. Islamabad. The Federal Bureau was authorised to carry the in the eastern city of Lahore in get fresh impetus. to India and open land borders “There are two sides to Modi — of Investigation agent was later ammunition, police officer Khalid January 2011 also sparked a diplo- Sherry Rehman, a member in an effort to kick-start trade a dark side based on bigotry and released on bail. The Washington Mehmood said. matic crisis between the two “war of parliament for the opposi- that would particularly benefit violence against Muslims, and a Post has said he was on tempo- The agent’s lawyer also submit- on terror” allies. A Pakistani court tion Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan’s stuttering economy. positive side on development. If rary assignment in Pakistan to ted a copy of a US embassy letter eventually freed Davis follow- former ambassador to the United Sharif, a pro-business indus- he is willing to bid goodbye to the help local authorities investigate showing that he was on a mis- ing the payment of $2m in blood States, said: “The blockbuster trialist, is widely seen as being politics of hate, then are grounds corruption. sion and was allowed to carry the money to the families of the dead numbers should give Modi the in favour of such a move though for optimism,” he said. AFP A district judge in Karachi, ammunition. The incident came men. AFP

Plan to levy 15pc Respond to blasphemy charges, court tells news anchors tax on Pakistani ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani by the Geo News network, which to push for Geo’s closure. routines by other channels in the separate charges against the schools abroad court yesterday asked a group has been caught up in a strug- “The hype was created by a past have largely gone unnoticed. actress, her husband, the head of news anchors, a religious gle with the all-powerful military host of a rival television channel Some observers accuse the of the Geo group and the host of ISLAMABAD: The Federal singer, a poet, and others to following the shooting of a star who repeatedly telecast the song military of being behind the blas- the show. Board of Revenue (FBR) of respond to blasphemy charges journalist who later accused the and in my view he is the real cul- phemy campaign. The blasphemy A recent report from a US Pakistan has been asked to levy following the airing of a contro- head of the intelligence services prit,” he said, referring to popular petition also named Amjad government advisory panel said a 15 percent withholding tax on versial song-and-dance routine. of being behind the attack. news anchor Mubasher Luqman. Sabri, the renowned Qawwali Pakistan used blasphemy laws Pakistani educational institu- The Islamabad High Court was In his petition, advocate Tariq The morning show featured (Sufi devotional) singer who more than any other country in tions having branches abroad, it responding to a petition filed by a Asad named not only the host of Pakistani starlet Veena Malik featured on the show, the poet the world, listing 14 people on was learnt yesterday. group linked to the hardline Red the show, who has already issued a dancing with her new husband who wrote the song, the coun- death row and 19 others serving The Securities and Exchange Mosque against the broadcast of public apology, but also the anchor while a group of Sufi musicians try’s media regulatory body and life sentences for insulting Islam. Commission of Pakistan (SECP) an actress’s wedding that was set of a rival programme on the ARY sang a devotional song. Its broad- the Council of Islamic Ideology, Rights campaigners say Pakistan’s has proposed to the FBR that the to a religious song. channel for repeating the offend- cast set off a storm of controversy its top religious authority. blasphemy laws are often used to rate of tax imposed under section The show was aired last week ing segment in an apparent effort on social media, though similar Police on Saturday lodged settle personal disputes. AFP 152A on payments to educational institutions established outside Media unrest Pakistan shall be 15 percent of the gross amount of the amount of fee or registration etc. According to official working, currently there are a number of foreign educational institutions providing different types of cer- tifications, degrees or courses in the field of accountancy, law, and business management and infor- mation technology. There are number of renowned schools operating their branches outside Pakistan and getting hefty fees from students but paying peanuts into the national kitty. “It’s a workable tax proposal for next budget and now the govern- ment is going to take a final deci- sion on this subject,” said an FBR official. INTERNEWS Military fires 18 rockets in Kunar Pakistani TV journalist Hamid Mir, (centre), who survived an April attack by gunmen in Karachi, is sur- province rounded by journalists as he leaves the Supreme Court on a wheelchair after his appearance before the judicial commission in Islamabad yesterday. The shooting of Mir, the host of current affairs show “Capital KABUL: In the latest wave Talk” on channel Geo, has led to a bitter row between the broadcaster and the military. of cross-border shelling, the Pakistani military fired at least 18 rockets in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. Provincial security chief, Taliban infighting hampers peace talks Abdul Habib Syed Khel said the rockets were fired on Sunday ISLAMABAD: Weeks of infi- to try to end the feud, militant insurgency which has claimed night in Sarkano district, ghting between Taliban groups sources said. thousands of lives. Insiders say Khaarma presss said yesterday. have hampered stop-start “The infighting has forced the TTP feud, which came to The rockets landed in residen- peace talks with Pakistan’s the Taliban leadership to post- light in March, is over com- tial areas. No casualties were government, sources said pone peace talks for the time mand in the South Waziristan reported. yesterday, as the insurgents’ being,” a TTP insider said on tribal area and who has the According to the local residents leader vowed to continue condition of anonymity. right to lead the Mehsud tribe, in Kunar and Nuristan province, fighting until Islamic law was Another Taliban commander from which the movement dozens of people have been killed or enforced in the country. in the northwest confirmed draws many of its members. injured following the cross-border Two factions of the Tehreek- that “peace talks have been The conflict pits followers of shelling. The Afghan and Pakistani e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the halted until end of differences the late TTP leader Hakimullah security forces also exchanged fire umbrella grouping for disparate between the two rival groups”. Mehsud, led by commander across the Durand Line last week. militant groups, have been locked The development threat- Sheheryar Mehsud, against Afghan government accused in bloody clashes since at least ens to undermine what little supporters of Khan Said Sajna. Pakistani forces for violating the March. The fighting has claimed progress has been made in the Fazlullah, who became TTP trilateral agreement between more than 90 lives in the tribal peace negotiations. chief on Hakimullah’s death, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nato areas along the Afghan border The government of Prime has separately vowed to con- forces by setting up military instal- and has now forced the TTP’s Minister Nawaz Sharif began tinue his armed struggle until lations within the prohibited area. commander-in-chief Mullah the talks in February to try Sharia law is in force across QNA Fazlullah to appoint a mediator to end the TTP’s seven-year Pakistan. AFP TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Congress rallies around Gandhis Hectic parleys on for Sonia, Rahul offer to quit party posts taking moral responsibility of poll rout Cabinet formation

NEW DELHI: The Indian NEW DELHI: Hectic meet- National Congress yesterday ings went on in the BJP camp YSR Congress to took stock of its “disappointing” yesterday, as prime ministerial defeat in the Lok Sabha elections nominee Narendra Modi held support BJP as party chief Sonia Gandhi and talks with party leaders over her son and party vice-president the formation of his Cabinet. NEW DELHI: YSR Rahul Gandhi offered to step Aspirants of ministerial posts Congress chief Jaganmohan down owning responsibility, but and newly-elected Lok Sabha Reddy yesterday met the CWC unanimously rejected members of the party met BJP Narendra Modi, and said his it. President Rajnath Singh and RSS party will give “issue-based An unsmiling Sonia Gandhi, leaders. support” to his government. speaking at a mammoth two- Modi held discussions with Asked if his party, which and-half hour long meeting of the his close aide and BJP General has nine MPs, would join the Congress Working Committee, Secretary Amit Shah and senior National Democratic Alliance, the party’s highest decision- party leader Arun Jaitley, and Reddy said: “BJP does not making forum, described the met some other leaders from the require the support of any Congress electoral drubbing as party, as BJP leaders were also political party. The fact is that “nirashajanak (disappointing)”. seen making a beeline to the RSS they already have 282 MPs and “I feel that the changes I office, the Keshav Kunj, here. they don’t need the support of planned failed to strengthen the While both the Bharatiya any of us.” party, or we would not have had Janata Party and the Rashtriya “Andhra Pradesh wants him to face such a situation. I accept Swayamsevak Sangh said the (Modi),” he said, adding that responsibility for the defeat and party ideological fountainhead his party would extend “issue- I volunteer to step down,” party will have no role in deciding the based” support to the NDA General Secretary Janardan Cabinet, several BJP leaders held government. IANS Indian National Congress (INC) President Sonia Gandhi (centre) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (right) and Dwivedi quoted Sonia Gandhi as deliberations at the Delhi RSS Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in New Delhi yesterday. telling the CWC. The Congress got headquarters. They included are talks of giving her some other its lowest ever tally of 44 seats in Shah and Jaitley. ministry. Rajnath Singh, who ini- the Lok Sabha elections. of accountability in the party, and A series of meetings also took tially insisted he would stick to She said it was time the offered to resign,” Dwivedi told Price rise, corruption contributed place at Rajnath Singh’s resi- his post, is interested in the home Congress accepted its “shortcom- reporters. The CWC was attended dence where Sushma Swaraj, ministry portfolio. Sources say he ings” both in the party and gov- by 38 members. Dwivedi said both Uma Bharti, Gopinath Munde, will get one of the four key min- ernment. “Maybe we could not Sonia and Rahul Gandhi appreci- to defeat: Manmohan Singh Yogi Adityanath, Varun Gandhi istries — home, finance, external do as much as should have been ated the way Manmohan Singh led and several newly-elected MPs affairs and defence — either now done... Despite our good work the United Progressive Alliance NEW DELHI: Price rise and corruption were the issues on called on him. or some time later. and policies, it failed to have the (UPA) government for 10 years. which the UPA government failed to communicate with the peo- Columnist and author Arun Nitin Gadkari is another BJP desired effect on the people. It is According to sources, almost ple, outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the CWC Shourie, who was disinvestment leader certain to find a place in time we reflect on all this and do one-third of the time of the meet- yesterday, accepting shortcomings of his government that led to minister in the last NDA govern- Modi’s cabinet. While Delhi leader the changes that are necessary.” ing was taken up by the members the poll drubbing. ment, also met Rajnath Singh. Harsh Vardhan is set to get the Sonia Gandhi also termed urging Sonia and Rahul Gandhi Congress General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi, quoted Manmohan Sources from the party said health ministry, Sumitra Mahajan the “polarisation” in the coun- not to press their resignations. Singh as saying in the meeting: “I take responsibility for the short- Shourie’s name has emerged for may get rural development. try due to the BJP campaign as A party leader said: “Many comings of my government. We were not able to communicate satis- the post of finance minister, even Meanwhile, former home secre- “worrisome”. members said the party was not factorily with the people on the issues of price rise and corruption, as Jaitley’s name was also making tary R K Singh, Gajendra Singh “Rahul said he felt there is lack able to properly communicate with and the situations that arose because of it”. rounds for that post so far. Shekhawat, Udit Raj, Manoj of accountability in the party, and people. Rahul Gandhi is likely to be He was full of praise for Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. ”The While Sushma Swaraj’s name Tiwari and party leader Vinay that he could not fulfil the expecta- given more free hand in organisa- work and efforts you both put, the support you gave to run the was initially making rounds for Katiyar were seen at the RSS tions the party had from him... He tional affairs in the coming days.” government was extraordinary.” IANS the external affairs ministry, office where they met senior func- said he would start the tradition IANS sources from the party say there tionaries. IANS Modi family swells with pride at tea boy-turned PM

UNJHA: As she savoured back garden of his grandmother determined. He was the kind who placing her hand on his head. the prospect of her brother Indira Gandhi’s official residence, would set his mind on something The prospect of a Modi pre- Narendra becoming India’s the young Modi would often help and would pursue it until he suc- miership has been greeted with Prime Minister, Vasantiben his father serve tea on a suburban ceeded,” said Sudhir Joshi, who dismay by many Muslims, who Modi chortled at the idea that train station platform — when not went to kindergarten with Modi. cannot forgive him for the 2002 a one-time tea boy would soon volunteering for a hardline Hindu “When we lived together, I riots in Gujarat which claimed be calling the shots over Delhi’s youth movement. remember that he always used to around 1,000 lives, soon after he traditional elite. While the urbane Rahul was do his own work — no matter how became the state’s chief minister. “They can’t believe it, can’t educated at Oxford and Harvard tiring or difficult,” Modi’s sister Most of the victims were Muslim. believe that someone from such universities, the abrasive Modi was recalled. “He would wake up early However, Jasud Khan Pathan, a simple background could beat on a spiritual voyage of discovery in the morning, go to the nearby who runs a general store in them,” Vasantiben said from her in the Himalayas after walk- lake, wash his own clothes, then go Vadnagar, said he did not regard modest two-storey home, close to ing away from a child marriage to school, help his father with the his former schoolmate as preju- the town in Gujarat where the sib- arranged by his parents. tea stall during recess and then get diced against Muslims. lings grew up. “We had never imagined that back to studies. He’s always been “I have always prayed for Results on Friday showed he would lead the entire country very hard-working, no doubt about him, prayed for him to become Modi’s party and its allies headed one day. He left the house and the that.” PM,” Pathan, who is a practising for a landslide win over the secu- family one fine day and years and Modi has made great play of Muslim, said. “I feel proud. My lar Congress party that has ruled years later, look where he is now,” his humble background, particu- friend is prime minister. Doesn’t India for all but 13 years of its his- said his sister, who lives in the larly its contrast with Gandhi’s that feel good to say? I couldn’t be tory as an independent nation. town of Unjha. “When I see him on early years as part of India’s most happier. All this talk of him being Congress’s election frontman TV or newspapers it feels unreal. famous dynasty. communal or that Muslims are was Rahul Gandhi, the latest in It’s an inexplicable happiness.” As his party’s victory became afraid is complete nonsense. a bloodline which has already Others who remember the clear on Friday, Modi paid a brief “Modi and I grew up together provided three of India’s prime young Modi, however, say his fierce visit to his elderly mother Hiraba, for 11 years and not once did we ministers. ambition and work ethic shone who lives in Gujarat’s state capital fight, not once did I feel that he Muslim supporters hold up sweets and a portrait of victorious Narendra But while Rahul’s childhood through at an early age. Gandhinagar. After he touched his mistreated me or had any ill will Modi in Varanasi. was spent playing in the peaceful “As a kid, he was very mother’s feet, she blessed him by against me.” AFP

Speaker to decide on Soldier killed as army foils infiltration bids Jitan Ram JAMMU: An infiltration bid across the Line of Control Manjhi will be (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s leader of opposition Jammu district was foiled on new Bihar CM Sunday but a soldier was killed NEW DELHI: A decision on 1977, which terms Leader of and two others injured in the PATNA: Jitan Ram Manjhi, a the Congress leader in the Opposition in the Lok Sabha as operation, the army said. 68-year-old Mahadalit leader, Lok Sabha being recognised as the member “who is for the time- “In an incident near Akhnoor was yesterday named by outgo- Leader of Opposition will be being the leader in that house of a patrol of the army was targeted ing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish taken by the new Speaker and the party in opposition to the by mines and small arms fire by a Kumar as his successor. may require “legal interpreta- government having the greatest group of unidentified armed per- Kumar was authorised by the tion”, Parliament officials said. numerical strength and recog- sonnel. Our alert troops returned Janata Dal-United legislature The Congress has won 44 seats nised as such by the Speaker”. effective fire and the group fled party to elect a new leader after in the Lok Sabha, which is less The official said there were back across the LoC towards a he refused to withdraw his resig- than a tenth of the total strength varied views on how the issue of Pakistan army post,” defence nation which he tendered follow- of 545 of the lower house. The Leader of Opposition in the new spokesman Col. Manish Mehta ing his party’s debacle in the Lok party won the second highest house should be decided, noting said here yesterday. Sabha polls. “Manjhi will stake seats in the Lok Sabha behind the person given this status was “Injury/effect on the flee- claim to form the government,” the BJP, which won 282. eligible for facilities equivalent to ing men was not immediately Kumar said after he along with The officials said there are two those of a cabinet minister. known,” he said. Manjhi and other party leaders laws dealing with the matter and “One view is that the Salary Col Mehta said Sepoy Bhikale met Governor D Y Patil here. a book “Directions by the speaker and Allowances of Leaders of Uttam Balu was killed in the Party leaders said Kumar chose of the Lok Sabha” also deals with Opposition in Parliament Act ensuing fire fight while two other the soft-spoken Manjhi as he is the issue. alone should be followed and the soldiers suffered splinter injuries Soldiers rush towards the site of a shootout with militants in Chadoora, a non-controversial leader with The Leaders and Chief Whips act of 1998 was not applicable. and gunshot wounds. some 25km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, yesterday. a clean image. Manjhi — from of Recognised Parties and Groups However, there is also an opinion “Injured jawans are under the Mushahar community — was in Parliament (Facilities) Act, that a more holistic view should treatment and out of dan- SC/ST welfare minister in the 1998, defines a “recoginsed party” be taken,” the official said. ger. Search of the area yielded Bhikale, who is survived by his guerrillas were prevented from Kumar Cabinet. He is legislator in the Lok Sabha as “every party He said that book “Directions Pakistan made mines and other wife and a daughter. In another sneaking into the Indian side. from the Makhdoompur assembly which has a strength of not less by the speaker of the Lok Sabha” equipment which clearly suggests incident in the same area, two An improvised explosive device constituency. than 55 members in the house”, states that the speaker may rec- involvement of Pakistan and ter- soldiers of the army’s engineer- (IED) left behind by the guerril- He also contested the Lok Sabha said an official, who did not want ognise an association of members rorists from across the LoC,” he ing regiment were injured in a las was later destroyed. poll from Gaya constituency but to be identified. as parliamentary party which added. landmine explosion. Heightened tensions on lost. Manjhi, a native of Mahkar The other law dealing with “shall have at least a strength The Jammu-based White The army also foiled an infil- the border between India and village in Gaya district, will be the the issue was the Salary and equal to the quorum fixed to con- Knight (16th) Corps’ commander tration bid on the LoC in Bhimber Pakistan have thrown the lives of third Dalit to become chief minis- Allowances of Leaders of stitute a sitting of the house, that has expressed his deepest con- Ghali area of the Poonch dis- thousands of civilians living close ter after Bhola Paswan Shastri and Opposition in Parliament Act, is one-tenth of the total.” IANS dolences to the family of Sepoy trict on Sunday when a group of to the border out of gear. IANS Ram Sundar Das. IANS

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More stressful to Carell astonishes Cannes in Foxcatcher care for spouse CANNES: America’s funny five or six months before. Mark than mom: Poll man Steve Carell had the (Ruffalo) and I both have a cauli- Cannes Film Festival gasping flower ear as take-home presents WASHINGTON: You promise in disbelief yesterday when he from it, and bad knees,” Tatum “in sickness and in health,” but a delivered an “astonishing” per- joked. new poll shows becoming a car- formance as a deranged, sinister Carell also met Nancy, which he egiver to a frail spouse causes millionaire in Bennett Miller’s said was a moving encounter. more stress than having to care Foxcatcher. “I didn’t meet her as myself, I for mom, dad or even the in-laws. Based on the true-life 1996 mur- met her in character which was Americans 40 and older say der of Olympic wrestling medal- doubly awkward because they they count on their families to list Dave Schultz by John du Pont, tried to make me look as much care for them as they age, with a member of the family dynasty like du Pont as they could,” he told good reason: Half of them already behind the chemical giant DuPont, reporters. have been caregivers to relatives the film saw the star of “The “It was incredibly emotional, or friends, the poll found. Office” exploring his dark side. she’s a remarkable woman — very, But neither the greying popu- Also featuring strong perform- very giving and very understand- lation nor the loved ones who ances from Channing Tatum and ing of what we were trying to do. expect to help them are doing Mark Ruffalo as two wrestling- “It was an overwhelming expe- much planning for long-term care. champion brothers, the rivet- rience for me to meet her and talk In fact, people are far more likely ing tragedy from the director of with her.” to disclose their funeral plans to Capote and Moneyball had critics Foxcatcher is competing for friends and family than reveal screaming Palme d’Or and Oscar. this year’s top Palme d’Or prize their preferences for assistance Lauding an “enormous” film, at Cannes. with day-to-day living as they get Indiewire’s Jessica Kiang said the Under the 47-year-old Miller’s older, according to the poll by The character of du Pont was “one of direction, close friend Philip Associated Press-NORC Center the most complex” and “fascinat- Seymour Hoffman — who died for Public Affairs Research. ingly” messed up ever seen on earlier this year from a drug over- And while eight in 10 people screen. dose — won an Oscar and BAFTA who have been caregivers called “Vocally, physically and psycho- in 2006. it a positive experience, it’s also FROM LEFT: US actor Mark Ruffalo, director Bennett Miller, and actors Steve Carell and Channing Tatum pose logically (Carell) is not just unrec- Foxcatcher Miller choked up when a jour- incredibly difficult. ognisable, he simply is a different during a photo call for the film at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes yesterday. nalist asked about his ability “Your relationship changes. man, and a man whose tragic flaw to disappear actors into roles, Life as you know it becomes dif- is the entire story of this film. for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Mark again whilst du Pont becomes movies. pointing to Carell and Seymour ferent,” said Raymond Collins, 62, “It’s seldom we’ve ever wit- jumps at the chance and soon alienated from them, culminating “While Carell may deliver the Hoffman’s star turn as Truman of Houston, who retired early in nessed such a total erasure of self develops a father-son relationship in the tragic murder that made most transformative turn here, Capote. part to spend time with his wife, in a role, and it deserves to win with a man whose dark intensity headlines in 1996 when the heir it’s merely one of three supremely “It makes me emotional. The Karen. Diagnosed with multiple him everything, everywhere.” is instantly unsettling. shot Dave Schultz. accomplished performances that last time I saw you, I was more sclerosis 15 years ago, her mobility The story opens on Mark Erratic in his moods, du Pont Carell’s role is a sharp depar- connect thrillingly onscreen,” emotional than I wanted to ever be has deteriorated enough that she Schultz, Dave’s insecure younger eventually turns on Mark and calls ture from previous parts played by Variety’s Justin Chang said. in front of people,” he said, before now uses a wheelchair. brother (Tatum) who has always his more confident brother over the actor Time magazine touted as Ruffalo and Tatum met the pausing and stumbling for words. Collins, a former business man- lived in the shadow of his loving to the sprawling estate to train “America’s funniest man.” real-life Mark Schultz, as well as “To work with actors who are ager for an oil company, said he elder sibling (Ruffalo). the team, along with Dave’s wife But critics also applauded Dave’s widow Nancy and friends to willing to put faith in you, you have has felt stress, frustration and, at When, out-of-the-blue, du Pont (Sienna Miller) and two children. strong performances from Ruffalo prepare for their roles, and trained to be grateful for the rest of your times, anger. asks him to move to his estate and Resentful at first, Mark even- and Tatum — the latter better in wrestling. life.” Still, he said caregiving has help put together a wrestling team tually grows close to his brother known for romances and action “I think we wrestled for about AFP strengthened his marriage commitment. While seven in 10 who cared for a spouse said their relationship grew stronger as a result, nearly two-thirds said it caused stress in Spanish hamlet ‘Kill Jews Fort’ to vote on name change their family compared with about half among those who cared for MADRID: The village of Castrillo “We’ve been labelled as being a village the Inquisition, proposing a law to grant expulsion and forced conversion of Jews and a parent. Matajudios in northern Spain will vote on where Jewish people are killed, accused of nationality to descendants of Sephardic Muslims in the 1400s. With a rapidly aging popula- Sunday on whether to change the name it being anti-semitic. The reality is this is a Jews driven out of Spain. Last month an archaeologist, Angel tion, more families will face those has had for 400 years and purge a vestige village descended from a Jewish commu- The town’s name dates to the period Palomino, gave villagers a talk on the prob- responsibilities: Government fig- of the religious persecution meted out by nity,” Rodriguez said. after Catholic monarchs King Ferdinand able history of the name. Documents show ures show nearly 7 in 10 Americans the Roman Catholic Inquisition. The village of ancient stone houses sur- and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion it was called Mota Judios in 1035 but by will need long-term care at some The name in English means Kill Jews rounded by fields near the city of Burgos is of Jews in 1492. 1623 appeared in documents as Matajudios. point after they reach age 65. Yet Fort. home to 56 mostly elderly people. In the Middle Ages, Jews, Muslims and Its Jewish residents had either left or con- just 20 percent of those surveyed Village Mayor Lorenzo Rodriguez has led Rodriguez’s campaign takes place as Christians co-existed in cities throughout verted, changing the name to appear to be think it is likely they will need the drive to rename it Castrillo Mota Judios, the Spanish government is trying to make what is now Spain, with varying degrees of loyal Catholics. such care someday. or Hill of Jews. amends for religious persecution during tolerance and tension. That ended with the REUTERS AP Tuesday 20 May 2014 21 Rajab 1435 Volume 19 Number 6071 Price: QR2

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QP at Manama Petrotech WPC to honour AstraZeneca Attiyah with Dewhurst rejects final Award DOHA: H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Chairman of Administrative Control and Transparency Authority and former Energy Minister, is being Pfizer offer recognised for his “outstand- ing contribution to the oil and gas industry” with the highest British firm’s shares fall 11 percent honour of the World Petroleum Council (WPC), the Dewhurst LONDON: Britain’s above an offer of £53.50 made by Award, said a press statement AstraZeneca yesterday rejected Pfizer on Friday, or £58.85. He issued by WPC yesterday. a sweetened and “final” offer blamed Pfizer for calling a halt to This distinguished lifetime from Pfizer , undermining the discussions after a telephone call achievement award celebrates his US drugmaker’s plan for a lasting more than an hour with exceptional role as the architect merger to create the world’s Pfizer’s chairman and CEO Ian of Qatar’s energy transformation. biggest pharmaceuticals group. Read on Sunday afternoon. Dr Renato Bertani, President The rebuff came nine hours In addition to the inadequate of the WPC, said: “Al Attiyah is after Pfizer said on Sunday it had price, Johansson also slammed an inspirational leader for our raised its takeover offer to £55 a the lack industrial logic behind industry and has left an enor- share, or around £70bn ($118bn) Pfizer’s move; the risks posed to mous legacy for his country and in total, and would walk away if shareholders by the controversial the sector as a whole. It was a AstraZeneca did not accept it. tax plans; and the threat to life Visitors look at an oil purification unit at the Qatar Petroleum Company booth during Petrotech 2014 at the pleasure to meet him and his The rejection left some major science jobs in Britain, Sweden Bahrain International Exhibition Centre in Manama yesterday. QP stand has attracted a large number of team during the preparation of th shareholders fuming as shares and the United States. delegates and visitors. the 20 WPC in 2011 in Doha, in AstraZeneca slumped 11 per- “Pfizer’s approach throughout and on behalf of our board and cent, trading at £43 at 1445 GMT its pursuit of AstraZeneca appears the 70 member countries of the after falling as much as 15 percent to have been fundamentally driven World Petroleum Council, I am — their biggest ever intra-day by the corporate financial benefits delighted to congratulate him on decline. Pfizer climbed 1.5 percent to its shareholders of cost savings Global Islamic banking assets set this recognition.” in New York. and tax minimisation,” Johansson Al Attiyah will be presented AstraZeneca Chairman Leif said in a statement. with WPC’s Dewhurst Award Johansson said he now saw no pros- “From our first meeting in during the 21st World Petroleum pect of a deal with Pfizer before a January to our latest discussion to exceed $3.4 trillion by 2018 Congress in Moscow in June. deadline of May 26 set under British yesterday, and in the numerous The award is named after takeover rules, or any likelihood of phone calls in between, Pfizer has DOHA: Global Islamic bank- the profit numbers for Islamic “Building consumer confidence Thomas Dewhurst, who organ- that deadline being extended. failed to make a compelling stra- ing assets with commercial banks are impressive, they are through service excellence, espe- ised the first World Petroleum Pfizer wants to create the tegic, business or value case.” banks are on course to exceed still, on average, 15-19 percentage cially when it comes to customers Congress in 1933. Celebrating world’s largest drugs firm, with a But many of Johansson’s share- $3.4 trillion by 2018, fuelled points lower than traditional banks opening accounts and cross-selling scientific and technological excel- headquarters in New York but a holders were deeply unimpressed. by growing economic activity in these markets. Regionalisation can increase the market share of lence in the petroleum industry, tax base in Britain, where corpo- “We do not think the Astra manage- in core Islamic finance mar- and operational transformation, Islamic banks by 40 percent from the Award is a tribute to him and rate tax rates are lower than in ment have done a good job on behalf kets according to specialists at which are currently underway in these customers,” said Ashar. to the person asked to deliver the the United States. The plan has of shareholders,” said one fund man- Ernst & Young’s (EY) Global several leading Islamic banks, will Another major opportunity is Dewhurst Lecture. met entrenched opposition from ager at a top-10 investor in the group. Islamic Banking Centre. help to close this gap.” for Islamic banks to assist the Having led Qatar’s rise to one AstraZeneca, as well as politicians Alastair Gunn of top-30 share- In a statement yesterday, Highlighting the untapped Small and Medium Enterprise of the key players in the global and scientists who fear cuts to holder Jupiter Fund Management the centre has also announced potential of the Shariah compli- (SME) sector with their cross- gas sector and the world’s larg- jobs and research. said: “We are disappointed the the launch of its Mandarin and ant finance and banking industry, border business growth. est exporter of LNG, Al Attiyah, “It died of multiple wounds. Too board of AstraZeneca has rejected Turkish editions of its Islamic he said that there is significant “With increasing trade and capi- joins a prestigious group of little cash, too many suspicions Pfizer’s latest offer so categori- banking research. growth potential. There are an tal flows between Turkey, Middle past recipients who have been about Pfizer’s motives, and too little cally. They should have at least Across the six markets of Qatar, estimated 38 million customers East and Asia Pacific, there is respected leaders in the industry confidence in its assurances about engaged in a constructive conver- Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, who bank with Islamic retail banks growing appetite to learn about and demonstrated unusually high jobs,” said Erik Gordon, professor sation with Pfizer.” UAE and Turkey (QISMUT), the com- globally, but only a small number Islamic financial solutions from achievements over many years. at the University of Michigan’s However, Pfizer’s proposed bined profits of Islamic banks broke of these customers have fully tran- clients and investors in these mar- Like his predecessors such as the Ross School of Business. “Pfizer’s takeover, which would be the the $10bn mark for the first time at sitioned from a traditional to an kets. Similarly, linking with world previous recipients, Guillerme chances are going down, despite its largest-ever foreign acquisition the end of 2013. If the current growth Islamic banking relationship. The growth engines like China and India Estrella from Brazil and Ali Al offer of a higher price.” of a British company, is opposed rate continues, the Islamic banking average number of Islamic banking is becoming more important to help Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Johansson said he had made by many scientists and politicians profit pool across QISMUT markets products per customer is just over build business bridges between these Petroleum and Mineral Resources, clear in discussions with Pfizer that who fear it would undermine is set to exceed $25bn by 2018. two, whereas leading traditional markets,” adds Gordon Bennie, EY’s Al Attiyah will be giving the his board could only recommend Britain’s science base. Ashar Nazim, Global Islamic banks have an average of five prod- Mena Head of Financial Services. Dewhurst Lecture on June 19. a bid that was at least 10 percent REUTERS Finance Leader at EY, said: “While ucts per customer. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Al Sada to open Record visitors expected at Cityscape Dollar under pressure GPCA forum DOHA: A renowned line up development firms, including interested in real estate invest- DOHA: H E Dr Mohammed bin of international and local real Ezdan Holding, Barwa Real Estate, ment as well as other sectors, in Asia after mixed data Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy estate developers have con- Msheireb Properties, and United to be in touch with the success- and Industry, will inaugurate the firmed their attendance at Development Company (UDC). ful experience of Ezdan Holding TOKYO: The dollar slipped simmering Ukraine crisis and grow- 9th edition of Gulf Petrochemicals Cityscape Qatar, giving a strong Ali Mohammed Al Obaidli, Group and learn more from it. in Asia yesterday following ing anti-Chinese unrest in Vietnam, & Chemicals Association (GPCA) indication that the 2014 event CEO of Ezdan Holding Group, Badr Al Meer, Acting CEO of mixed US data and simmer- while data out of the United States Annual Forum to be held in will attract its highest number that owns more than 18,300 UDC, the master developer of The ing geopolitical concerns, while gave a mixed picture on the world’s Dubai from November 23 to 25, of visitors. diverse real estate units in Doha, Pearl-Qatar Island, said: “Having the Indian rupee sat close to number one economy. said a press statement issued by Deep Marwaha, Group Director Al Wakra and other locations participated in Cityscape for many one-year highs after the pro- That boosted buying of the yen, the association yesterday. for Cityscape Qatar, said that the across Qatar, said: “Our beloved years, we are looking forward to business opposition won the seen as a safe haven during times The forum is the leading net- combination of strong economic country is witnessing an era of this year’s Cityscape in Qatar, a country’s general election. of uncertainty or turmoil. “The working event for the petrochem- projections for the sector and a unrivalled development and ren- perfect platform for us to connect In afternoon Tokyo trading, yen has been in demand, mainly icals and chemicals industry in unique gathering of all the major aissance in all sectors, especially with the visitors and potential the greenback fetched 101.43 yen, due to unstable risk sentiment and the Arabian Gulf region. players under one roof are attract- the real estate. Our participation investors by sharing with them against 101.54 yen in New York on falling expectations of the Bank of “As a series of multi- billion dol- ing record numbers of exhibitors. in Cityscape Qatar is a simple The Pearl-Qatar’s story and its Friday afternoon. Japan considering a more aggres- lar projects are announced and “We have already registered expression, indicating the pres- unique residential offerings.” The euro rose to $1.3700 from sive monetary policy stance any- unveiled, Qatar’s downstream a 20 percent increase in partici- tigious position Ezdan has real- Shem Krey, Deputy Managing $1.3695 while changing hands at time soon,” Credit Agricole said. sector has emerged as a dynamic pants compared to last year and ised as well as an opportunity to Director for Mall of Qatar, said: 138.98 yen against 139.08 yen. On Friday, data showed US hous- industry,” said Dr Abdulwahab Al with a few weeks to go, this figure exchange ideas with other parties “We are excited to be participating The greenback was also worth ing starts jumped a stronger-than- Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA. should rise. Furthermore, there is to achieve mutual benefit.” in Cityscape Qatar again this year. Rs58.40 — levels not seen since expected 13.2 percent in April, “The participation of His Excellency a 10 percent increase in countries Al Obaidli added that Ezdan Visitors will be able to see how we June — after falling more than one although the jump was driven by Dr Al Sada will offer a unique being represented. In fact over Holding Group is keen to take plan on delivering an integrated percent on Friday as Narendra construction in the often-volatile insight into the strategies involved half of all exhibitors will be trav- part in all business events and shopping, dining and entertain- Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party multi-unit sector, while consumer in creating economic environments elling from abroad, some as far activities that contribute in rein- ment facility with high-end luxury (BJP) stormed to power at the confidence weakened. that encourage the growth of the as the USA, UK and Uruguay. All forcing the Qatari economy at all and an exceptional retail mix.” end of a marathon election. Traders are now looking to petrochemicals industry.” are drawn by the exciting oppor- levels, pointing out that the Group Running alongside the exhi- The prime minister-elect Wednesday’s release of minutes Qatar currently operates a pet- tunities that Qatar’s real estate was keen to participate in this bition, the Qatar Real Estate summoned senior figures from from the Federal Reserve’s April rochemical portfolio consisting sector offers, and the chance to exhibition as Foundation Sponsor Summit will feature presenta- the Hindu nationalist party on 29-30 policy meeting, with Credit of 19 million tonnes of capacity, meet with the country’s flagship through a significant showcase tions and panel discussions from Sunday for talks on forming a Agricole saying they “will be earning up to $11.5bn in reve- developers who are also exhibit- stand. The Group believes in the some of the industry’s foremost new government, which won a closely scrutinised for potential nues, producing diverse products ing”, he added. fact that Cityscape is a unique thought-leaders, allowing del- strong mandate on promises to evolution of forward guidance as like fertilizers, plastic and fine One of the factors driving display platform in which all egates to debate and discuss the introduce reforms to turn around well as for clues on the monetary chemicals. early interest is the presence of business sectors meet, provid- most relevant and current issues. the economy. policy path going forward”. THE PENINSULA Qatar’s high profile real estate ing a good opportunity to those THE PENINSULA Investors were skittish over the AFP TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Oil prices rise Climate rules won’t affect fossil fuel: Shell on violence Oil major calls carbon bubble theory flawed; decarbonisation of energy sector to take decades in Libya

LONDON: Royal Dutch Shell said was in response to shareholder many decades to come, support- global energy supply through to its products. But on Friday the LONDON: Oil prices advanced has dismissed the possibil- inquiries on the issue of “stranded” ing both demand and prices. 2050 and beyond. Shell also pushed company said that the long-lived yesterday on escalating violence ity that its proven oil or gas assets, referring to large invest- “As such, we do not believe that carbon capture and storage — a nature of the global energy system’s in crude producer Libya follow- reserves will become unusable ments in fossil fuel reserves that any of our proven reserves will technology that critics say has not underlying infrastructure and the ing a coup attempt by a rogue as a result of climate change could become unprofitable if gov- become ‘stranded’,” he wrote. yet been proven — as a key tool to many assets within it mean that general that has raised con- regulation, saying fossil fuels ernments pass laws to curb runa- “There is a risk that focusing help to keep global warming below any regulatory-induced change cerns about potential supply will play a key role in global way growth in greenhouse gas on ‘stranded assets’ or the con- 2 degrees Celsius, a threshold would “inevitably take decades”. disruptions, analysts said. energy to 2050 and beyond. emissions in an attempt to reduce cept of the ‘carbon bubble’ dis- deemed dangerous by scientists. “The world can tackle and The US benchmark, West Environmental campaign- the impact of climate change. tracts attention away from the While much of the world has resolve the climate issue over the Texas Intermediate (WTI) for ers, activist investor groups and “While the ‘stranded asset’ reality of a growing population, yet to put a price on green- course of this century, but not in delivery in June, rose 71 cents to some lawmakers have warned notion may appear to be a strong increasing prosperity and growing house gas emissions, Shell said it less time than that,” it added. $102.73 a barrel. that financial markets could be and thought-through case, it does energy demand.” employs a cost of $40 per tonne of Exxon Mobil, the world’s larg- Brent North Sea crude for overvaluing companies with large have some fundamental flaws,” Shell said it believes that cli- CO2 when calculating the finan- est publicly traded oil company, delivery in July climbed 41 cents fossil fuel assets, such as Shell, JJ Traynor, Shell’s executive vice mate change will continue to rise cial viability of its projects. said in March that it was confi- to stand at $110.16 a barrel in thereby creating a “carbon bub- president of investor relations, up the public and political agenda, In its 2013 annual report, Shell dent that none of its reserves will London midday deals and com- ble” and putting at risk trillions said in the letter posted on the but it estimated that energy warned that tougher rules on become stranded if governments pared with Friday’s closing level. of dollars in pension funds. company’s website, dated May 16. demand growth would allow fossil greenhouse gas emissions may lead act to bring about a drastic reduc- Armed groups attacked Libya’s Shell, however, played down Traynor maintained that the fuels to continue play a major role to higher operating costs, delayed tion in emissions. interim parliament and an air- such claims last week in a letter it world will need oil and gas for and account for 40-60 percent of projects and reduced demand for REUTERS base in the east Sunday, adding to turmoil in the country where a colonel claiming to speak on behalf of the army declared that New bank notes in Kuwait parliament had been suspended. “The situation in Libya is hav- Political crisis erodes ing a firm impact on sentiment,” Michael McCarthy, chief market strategist at CMC Markets in Sydney, said. Thai economic growth “There has been no impact on supply but it is a good reminder to BANGKOK: Thailand’s econ- arrivals dipped by around eight investors of potential disruptions omy shrank 0.6 percent year- or nine percent in February and that exist not only in Ukraine but on-year in January-March, March. also in oil-producing countries data showed yesterday, as the Foreign investors meanwhile like Libya,” he said. festering political crisis eroded are nervously watching the politi- Since the toppling of dictator consumer confidence and cal crisis unfold. Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, suc- frightened off tourists. “The stakes are rising,” Capital cessive Libyan governments have The contraction is the first Economics warned in a briefing struggled to impose order as heav- since the last three months of note. “Private-sector confidence ily armed former rebel brigades 2011, when the country was hit is likely to remain dire until carve out their own fiefdoms. by massive flooding, and comes there are at least some signs The violence in Libya, a mem- as opposition protesters press for that the crisis is moving towards ber of the Opec cartel, comes just the nation’s senate to remove a a resolution. weeks after the resumption of oil battered caretaker government. “And without a functional gov- exports following a nine-month With the protests deep into ernment, public spending will stay blockade of sea terminals by their sixth month, Southeast shackled,” it added. rebels. Asia’s second biggest economy Anti-government protesters Its exports are expected to remains without a fully function- are pressing for the senate, the quadruple to one million barrels ing government, cramping state upper house of parliament, to per day by mid-June, as slashed spending and investment in key boot out the embattled govern- output is restored. infrastructure projects. ment of caretaker Prime Minister Mohammad Al Hashel, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, shows pictures of Kuwait’s new bank notes AFP The National Economic and Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan during an official ceremony in Kuwait City, yesterday. The new bills are set to enter circulation by June 29, 2014. Social Development Board also and appoint a new leader. slashed its growth outlook for But Niwattumrong, who the whole of 2014, forecasting 1.5- replaced toppled leader Yingluck 2.5 percent expansion compared Shinawatra on May 7, insists he to a previous estimate of 3.0-4.0 still holds the authority to push Gold steadies below $1,300, platinum gains percent. for elections to find a way through It said jittery consumers the stalemate. reduced spending during the first Senators, at least a quarter SINGAPORE: Gold steadied US housing starts jumped in may spur gold prices above $1,300 to data from the Commodity quarter “due to increasing con- of whom are avowed critics of yesterday after two consecutive April and building permits hit again.” Futures Trading Commission on cerns over the domestic political Yingluck’s billionaire brother sessions of losses but remained their highest in nearly six years, Gold, often seen as a safe-haven Friday. situation”. Thaksin, are mulling the case for below the key $1,300-an-ounce offering hope the troubled hous- investment, has gained 7.5 per- Labour strikes continued in A prime minister was top- invoking a clause in the constitu- level, weighed down by strong ing market could be stabilizing, cent so far this year from tensions South African mines producing pled this month, while 28 people tion to appoint a leader. US economic data and waning though another report showed between Russia and the West over platinum and palladium. have been killed and hundreds Critics say such a move has investor interest. that consumer sentiment fell in Ukraine though it has fallen back Impala Platinum described as wounded in street violence since no legal basis, while pro-govern- Platinum group metals added May. recently due to outflows from gold “devastating” the impact on its November. ment “Red Shirt” supporters have to gains after posting their “With generally bright US funds and strong data. employees of a 16-week strike at The turmoil has take the sheen threatened to rally in Bangkok strongest weekly performance in economic data and eurozone’s SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s its main South African opera- off the nation’s “Teflon Thailand” if the elected government is six weeks on supply worries from impending stimulus propping top gold-backed exchange-traded tion in Rustenburg and said it reputation — a reference to its dumped, raising fears of street South African labour strikes. up dollar prospects, we are more fund, said its holdings fell 0.26 had lost more than $500m in economic resilience despite eight clashes between political foes. Spot gold ticked up 0.2 percent inclined to a bearish break in gold tonnes to 781.99 tonnes on Friday, revenue. years of political upheaval as well A meeting Monday between the to $1,295.70 an ounce by 0635 prices,” said Phillip Futures ana- in a sign of softening investor The company signalled it as the devastating floods in 2011. caretaker premier and senators GMT, while platinum gained 0.7 lyst Joyce Liu. demand. expected the strike, prompted by Consumer confidence has opposed to his government ended percent. Palladium rose about half “That said, the Ukraine crisis Hedge funds and money man- the fall-off in wage negotiations, slumped to its lowest level in without agreement. a percent. continues to provide underlying agers cut their bullish bets in gold to continue. more than a decade and tourist AFP Data on Friday showed that support and any hint of escalation futures and options, according REUTERS

Dubai Islamic Bank to buy Indonesian Germany ruling coalition agrees on flagship pension reforms bank stake BERLIN: German Chancellor to vote on it on Friday. pensions package,” conservative In 2007, a previous Merkel-led about allowances for people who Angela Merkel’s coalition The plans are almost certain Volker Kauder said, adding it was grand coalition agreed to gradu- had claimed jobless benefits. The DUBAI: Dubai Islamic Bank agreed yesterday on the final to be passed thanks to a big par- “a good example of how the grand ally raise the official retirement compromise reached permits (DIB) will purchase a 25 per- details of a flagship pension liamentary majority for Merkel’s coalition can get its work done”. age by two years to 67 between those who had been unemployed cent stake in Indonesian Islamic reform to lower the retirement “grand coalition” of conserva- The early retirement proposal 2012 and 2029. for a short time to retire early lender Bank Panin Syariah, it age for some people that econo- tives and the centre-left Social is a pet project for the SPD who Under the new plans, some but prevents people from stopping said yesterday, as the United mists have warned could hurt Democrats (SPD), although some are committed to social justice people will be allowed from July work at the age of 61 by claim- Arab Emirates-based bank Europe’s biggest economy. of Merkel’s Christian Democrats but economists have warned that to retire on a full pension at 63, ing unemployment benefit for two looks to expand into the world’s The coalition parties overcame may oppose it. Germany, with its ageing popula- provided they have worked for 45 years and then taking up early most populous Muslim nation. differences over some details, “The parliamentary parties of tion and shortage of skilled labour, years. retirement at 63. Under the agreement, DIB — clearing the way for lawmakers the coalition have agreed on a could suffer under the cost. The parties had disagreed REUTERS the largest Islamic bank in the UAE — will “jointly manage and operate” Bank Panin Syariah along with parent Bank Pan Campbell sales down Indonesia, which will remain a controlling shareholder, it said in Rio Tinto set to finalise a Dubai bourse filing. DIB Chief Executive Adnan Chilwan this month said that the bank was in talks to buy a $20bn Guinea project 40 percent stake in an Indonesian Islamic bank, adding that it hoped SYDNEY: Global mining giant in a speech in Washington on to conclude a deal before the end Rio Tinto says it is set to final- Saturday and uploaded on to the of the year using its own cash to ise a $20bn deal to develop the company’s website Monday. fund the purchase. world’s biggest untapped iron- “This has taken some time to No purchase price was given for ore deposit in Guinea later this bring to fruition and I think this the deal, which will be subject to month following years of delays. signing will inject the project with regulatory approval. The Simandou iron ore project, renewed momentum,” he added The investment “will involve which could create Africa’s big- in the speech on infrastructure DIB accumulating around a 25 gest-ever infrastructure venture, investment in developing coun- percent stake in Bank Panin will boost Guinea’s annual revenue tries, a key theme of this year’s Syariah in the initial phase, with by $1.2bn through income tax and G20 meetings chaired by Australia. a view to subsequently increas- royalty payments and pump billions Walsh said the “remarkable ing its shareholding in the bank more into the nation’s economy, Rio project” would see billions of to 40 percent”, the statement chief executive Sam Walsh said. dollars invested in developing said. “Later this month, we expect infrastructure in one of Africa’s Under Indonesian regulations, to sign the investment framework poorest nations, which is still foreign ownership of local lenders A worker restocks Campbell’s soup cans inside a Fresh & Easy store in Burbank, California. The world’s larg- that formalises our partnership recovering from decades of mili- is capped at 40 percent. est soup maker, cut its full-year sales forecast after posting weaker-than-expected quarterly sales. with the government of Guinea, tary dictatorships and misrule. REUTERS Chalco and the IFC,” Walsh said AFP TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 ECB fuels Carney backs speculation of imminent new UK bank rate cut

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank issued another standards body signal yesterday that it is pre- paring further moves to avert the risk of deflation in the 18 countries that share the euro. Banks must report on culture, practice A leading member of the ECB’s executive board, Yves Mersch, LONDON: Bank of England practice for the industry. But said that the likelihood of further governor Mark Carney has Britain’s financial regulator will action next month was increasing. backed a plan by Britain’s big- retain responsible for disciplining “The probability that the gov- gest banks to set up a new body banks for wrongdoing. erning council will take action at to improve standards in an Britain’s biggest six banks — its next policy meeting in June has industry rocked by a string of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking increased considerably,” Mersch scandals. Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, told a conference in Munich. The Banking Standards Review Santander UK and Standard The remarks back up com- Council (BSRC), funded by but Chartered — and its largest cus- ments by ECB president Mario independent from the banks, is tomer-owned bank, Nationwide, Draghi earlier this month who to be set up this year after banks asked Lambert to come up with said the decision-making gov- accepted recommendations from proposals for the body last year. erning council was “comfortable” Richard Lambert, a former direc- The Parliamentary Commission with the idea of easing monetary tor general of the Confederation on Banking Standards, a group A scale model of the new 8X Falcon is displayed during a press conference at the European business aviation conditions next month. of British Industry. looking into ways to reform show EBACE yesterday. At this month’s meeting in Banks are trying to repair banks, supported the creation of Brussels, the decision-making their image tarnished by the a professional standards body in body voted to hold its key inter- 2008 financial crisis and scandals its final report last year but said est rate steady at its current all- including the rigging of bench- it could take a generation for it to Dassault unveils Falcon 8X time low of 0.25 percent for the mark interest rates, allegations become fully effective. seventh month in a row. of foreign exchange market rig- “While this ambitious long- GENEVA: Just seven months show in Geneva. The 8X will the business world becomes ever But Draghi gave the strongest ging and the mis-selling of loan term project gets under way, wide- after presenting its luxury 5X compete directly with US firm more globalised. hint yet that further easing is insurance. ranging reform is needed now Falcon business jet, Dassault Gulfstream’s G550 and the Global The ballooning number of on the cards, but would wait for “Rebuilding confidence and on a number of fronts to secure Aviation unveiled yesterday 6000 by Canada’s Bombardier. multi-millionaires and billion- the central bank’s latest inflation trust in the banks is especially improvements to standards,” the its new 8X, capable of flying “Launching two planes in less aires around the world, and forecasts before taking concrete vital in the UK, because of the Commission’s Chairman Andrew non-stop from Los Angeles to than a year is quite unique,” said especially in China, is also driving action. size of the banking system and Tyrie said yesterday. Beijing. Dassault chief Eric Trappier. the demand. The 8X could prove “In view of the currently very the importance to the economy The BSRC will champion Known until now under the The French aircraft maker, attractive because of its capabil- subdued price pressures, our key of London’s role as an interna- good practice, requiring banks code name M1000, the new trip- which also builds the Rafale ity of flying for 12,000km without interest rates are at a very low tional capital market,” Lambert to commit to improving their ple-engine is set to sell for 10 fighter jets, can now offer a family touching down. level,” Mersch said yesternday. said yesterday. culture and to report back on percent more than the French of six business planes “designed to With eight passengers and “We assume that interest rates Carney urged all banks that their performance to the public aircraft manufacturer’s star 7X meet the widest possible range of three crew members onboard, the will remain at this level or even operate in Britain, both domes- each year. It will also produce model, which it was based on, and operator needs at the upper end new jet can thus zip between Los lower for a prolonged period. We tic and foreign, to support the an annual report highlighting will carry a price tag of around of the business jet spectrum,” he Angeles and Beijing, Sao Paulo have other tools available to ease initiative. progress made the industry and $55m. added. and Los Angeles or New York our money policy stance still fur- “We need a financial system by individual banks, and what The 8X, measuring 13 metres The high-end business jets and Tel Aviv, which is not possible ther,” he said. that is safe, fair and acts with more needs to be done. and able to carry up to 19 pas- weathered the past five years of with the other Falcons. “The ECB governing coun- integrity. The Bank of England “While it is a step in the right sengers, is already in production. economic crisis surprisingly well. With its improved wing design cil is in agreement on the use is doing its part to ensure safety direction, without effective dis- Its inaugural flight is sched- The appetite for such luxury and lighter body, the 8X will be of both non-standard measures and soundness. Integrity, how- ciplinary teeth, it may fall short uled for the beginning of next aircraft, with the capability of 35-percent more fuel efficient and conventional monetary policy ever, cannot be regulated. It must of expectations,” Iain Coke, head year, with the first deliveries carrying their distinguished than any other business plane instruments to curtail the risks of come from within,” he said. of faculty at the ICAEW, an set for the end of 2016, Dassault passengers greater and greater in the ultra-long-haul segment, inflation remaining very low over The council will work with accounting body. said ahead of the opening of the distances without stopping to Dassault said. too long a period,” Mersch said. banks to create a new code of REUTERS three-day EBACE business jet refuel, has continued to grow as AFP AFP Etisalat wins TMT Mena Deal of the Proserv opens facility Year award in New Industrial Area DOHA: Etisalat Group scooped two awards at the prestigious TMT Finance Mena Awards DOHA: Proserv Qatar, a tech- 2014 in Dubai. nology and service provider to Etisalat’s recent acquisition the global energy industry with of Maroc Telecom won “Deal of unique offerings in the marine, the Year”, while its GPON tech- subsea, drilling and production nology rollout partnership with domains, yesterday announced the Huawei and its Fibre to the Home official opening of its new manu- (FTTH) initiatives were singled facturing and service facility in out in the “Innovation” category. New Industrial Area in Doha. Etisalat, one of the world’s An Open Day event, hosted by fastest-growing telecom groups, Proserv, was widely attended by announced the successful com- many key faces of the energy sec- pletion of its acquisition of tor in Qatar, with Sheikh Khalifa Vivendi’s 53 percent shareholding bin Fahed bin Mohamed Al Thani in Itissalat Al Maghrib (Maroc and Yousef Al Emadi, Director of Telecom) earlier in the month. Industrial Zones, officially inau- “Etisalat’s deal with Maroc gurated the manufacturing and Telecom, which marked the larg- service facility. est and most complex deal this “We are local in Qatar and we year by far, will completely change have been for years. With the the telecoms landscape in the opening of this new facility we are markets in which Maroc Telecom now more equipped than ever to currently operates. It is the larg- meet the growing demands of this est cross-border M&A transac- dynamic market. We now provide tion in the Mena region and the the full range of Proserv products third largest telecom transaction and services via local Qatari con- the Qatari market. in the MEA region of all time,” tent and we are proud to do so,” Proserv demonstrated and dis- said Dominic Lowndes, Managing said Andy Anderson (pictured), played many of their key products Director TMT Finance. President- Proserv Middle East at the event with the main attrac- In March, Etisalat and Huawei, and North Africa. tion being the Marine Technology a leading global information and Proserv’s primary focus is Equipment demonstrations of communications technology solu- in manufacturing high quality their Pipeline Coating Removal tions provider, signed an MOU to products and providing fit for Tool and Friction Stud Welding conduct the first ever trials of 5G purpose fast solutions to the Tool. services in the region. The parter- local market. It recently joined In May of last year Proserv ship also includes coordinating the forces through a Joint Venture were Gold Sponsors at the 2nd development, design and deployment partnership with Sheikh Annual Corrosion Management of future ICT platforms for fifth gen- Khalifa bin Fahed, Chairman Summit in Doha and plan to par- eration mobile broadband as well as KBF Trading & Contracting to take in many more events in the fibre-powered GPON networks. increase their reputation and future. THE PENINSULA further develop relationships in THE PENINSULA

Ryanair sees profit bouncing back

DUBLIN: European low-cost investors were relieved the result Michael O’Leary in September airline Ryanair reported its was better than the airline had called an end to decades of first fall in profits in five years predicted and the shares rose 10 famously austere service, adding yesterday, blaming tougher percent after it said this year’s seat allocations, easing restrictions competition, but said prospects profit could climb to ¤620m. on hand luggage and cutting pen- of strong demand this summer Rivals said last year’s first profit alty charges. would help lift profits by up to warnings by Ryanair in a decade With forward bookings for the 20 percent in the coming year. were the result of it being forced summer five percent ahead of last The Irish airline earned ¤523m to cut ticket prices after losing year, the strategy appears to be ($717m) after tax in the year business to competitors seen as working, O’Leary told a results ended March 31, a fall of eight being more friendly to customers. conference call yesterday. percent on the previous year but In response Chief Executive REUTERS TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Al Baraka plans Qatari bourse sukuk in South Africa, Pakistan DUBAI: Bahrain-based Al index down by Baraka Banking Group said it is considering issuing subordi- nated Islamic bonds through its South African and Pakistani 1.79 percent units to boost their regulatory capital. The Islamic bank’s plans come at a time when sovereign sukuk Dubai index falls 5.5 percent are expected from both countries later this year. DOHA: The Qatar Exchange doubled from last September, but The lender has operations in 15 ended in the red area when has now declined for four straight countries across the Middle East, trading closed yesterday at sessions, its biggest losing streak Asia and Africa. 12,788.23 points down 232.49 in that surge. Al Baraka is working with the points, or 1.79 percent, from “For the past two weeks there authorities in South Africa and the previous closing of 13,020.72 were fewer stocks participating, Pakistan over launching Islamic points. which was a sign of underlying bonds there, said Chief Executive The volume of shares was fell weakness in the market,” said Adnan Ahmed Yousif. to 21,221,373 from on Sunday Powers. While details have not been 22,018,619 and the value of shares Dubai’s slump coincided with finalised, the prospective deals increased to QR947,162,141.89 index compiler MSCI reveal- could mirror the $200m capi- from QR787,428,226.35 on ing which stocks from the tal-boosting sukuk issued by Al Sunday. United Arab Emirates would be Baraka’s Turkish unit last year, Among the top losers were included in its emerging mar- Yousif said. That deal enhanced Industries Qatar whose share kets index from the end of this the bank’s Tier 2, or supplemen- down 2.95 percent to QR181, week. tary, capital. Qatar National Bank lost 2.12 Last June, MSCI announced Director General of FELDA Faizoull Ahmad (left) and LuLu Group International Managing Director Yousaffali M A “We will try to do it as a subor- percent to QR185.00, Qatar its intention to upgrade the UAE exchanging documents during the signing ceremony as Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Najib Tun Abdul dinated, to raise capital adequacy Islamic Bank fell 3.54 percent and Qatar from frontier mar- Razak and FELDA Chairman Mohd Isa Adul Samad look on. ratios,” he said. to QR92.60 and Qatar Insurance ket status, which should lead to Islamic banks typically obtain decreased by 2.60 percent to a huge influx of foreign money their funding from retail deposits QR75. and also helped woo back local LuLu makes foray into Malaysia and short-term syndicated Islamic Meanwhile, Dubai’s index traders. loans, but subordinated deals are made its one-day decline in “At the start of year, some increasingly being used as Basel eight months yesterday and people were saying MSCI was ABU DHABI: United Arab open five hypermarkets, will be 100 percent halal hypermarkets III global banking standards are technical indicators suggest already priced in, but some Emirates-based supermarket the group’s first market in South- there,” Yusuffali said. phased-in across the globe. it will fall further, while most investors actually continued chain LuLu Group said yester- East Asia. LuLu’s first hypermarket in In Pakistan, for instance, other Middle East markets also to price that in right up until day it plans to invest $200m on LuLu signed an agree- Malaysia is scheduled to open by Islamic banks must maintain a retreated. (Wednesday’s) announcement,” halal-only outlets in Malaysia ment with Malaysia’s Federal the end of 2015. The five stores minimum paid-up capital of 6bn Dubai fell 5.5 percent to 4,856 said Sanyalaksna Manibhandu, in the next two years ahead Land Development Authority there will provide direct jobs for rupees ($60.9m), a requirement points, its lowest close in a month manager of research at NBAD of expanding into other south (FELDA), a state-owned devel- 2,500 Malaysians and indirect that will be raised to 10 billion and biggest one-day loss since Securities. Asian markets. opment body. Malaysia’s Prime employment to 5,000, Yusuffali said. rupees by the end of 2016. August 27. “Those who have made money Owned by Yusuffali M A, who Minister Mohamed Najib Tun Lulu Group also plans to enter Unlike most other Islamic “I think we’ll see more selling and have less risk appetite are was ranked first on the Forbes list Abdul Razak, who is on a visit to Indonesia next year. “We plan to banks, Al Baraka has built the — the key is that Dubai broke now looking to get out of the mar- of the richest 100 Indians in the the United Arab Emirates, was open two hypermarkets initially bulk of its business outside the and then closed below 5,000 ket. There’s danger it will create Arab world last year, Lulu has 110 present at the signing. and later expand,” he said without Gulf and southeast Asia. In South points,” said Bruce Powers, tech- a ripple effect where those with supermarkets and hypermarkets “With a population of over 29 elaborating. The financing for the Africa, it operates the only full- nical strategist and president at more risk appetite also decide to across the Gulf, Yemen, Egypt million, Malaysia needs qual- retail expansion overseas will be fledged Islamic bank in the coun- WideVision in Dubai. get out.” and India. ity halal-only hypermarkets and met by the group, he added. try, with seven retail branches. “It looks like we’re going to Neighbouring Abu Dhabi fell Malaysia, where it plans to we will be the first to operate REUTERS REUTERS 4,715, whether we go below that 2.3 percent to 4,870 points, its remains to be seen.” biggest drop since mid-March There was little apparent rea- and lowest close in nearly eight son for Dubai’s sudden sell-off weeks. apart from declines on global Elsewhere Saudi Arabia made markets due to jitters about slow- its biggest drop —0.9 percent Strike cut third of annual output, says Lonmin ing growth China. — since April 13 and Kuwait Dubai’s drop trimmed its 2014 slumped to September 2013 gains to 44.1 percent as 18 stocks levels. LONDON: South African plat- platinum producers. Lonmin had now entered its 17th week and we employees wishing to do so, to fell by more than five percent Egypt escaped the gloom, ris- inum producer Lonmin said anticipated a mass return of its have now lost a third of our pro- return to work, then we’ll examine including market heavyweights ing 0.6 percent in its sixth gain yesterday it had lost a third of employees to work last week but duction for the whole year,” chief all our legal options in this regard.” Emaar Properties and Dubai in seven sessions to reach a its annual production due to a striking members of the main executive Ben Magara said during On Thursday, Lonmin said it Islamic Bank. 69-month peak. mining strike over wages that is Association of Mineworkers and a briefing with journalists. might go to court in a bid to stop The measure has still more than QNA/REUTERS entering its 17th week. Construction Union (AMCU) “We are committed to do that the strike. The strike has hit South Africa’s longest and cost- prevented other workers from if realistic and feasible to achieve about 40 percent of global pro- liest mining strike has turned vio- returning to the mines. but the situation is becoming suf- duction of the precious metal used QATARI MARKET lent this month, with four miners “The first try for us remains a ficiently desperate that we have for emissions-capping catalytic Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P killed as more employees try to negotiated settlement with AMCU, to look at other options. If needs converters used in automobiles. Qatar Govt 3.13% 1/20/2017 USD 105.63 0.99% Aa2 AA report for work at the world’s top our majority union. The strike has be, to make it possible for all those REUTERS Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 121 2.03% Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.63 2.47% Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 4.50% 1/20/2022 USD 109.75 3.07% Aa2 AA Egypt to increase gas Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 160.75 4.43% Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.40% 1/20/2040 USD 124 4.77% Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 114 4.83% Aa2 AA production by year-end Qatari Diar 3.50% 7/21/2015 USD 103.44 0.55% Aa2 AA Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 112.25 2.83% Aa2 AA CAIRO: Egypt plans to increase its production of natural gas Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 102.25 0.44% A1 A- by 400-500 million cubic feet per day by the end of the year, Comqat 3.38% 4/11/2017 USD 104.5 1.78% A1 A- the country’s Oil Minister Sherif Ismail told reporters yester- day, in an effort to meet rising energy demand. QIB 3.86% 10/7/2015 USD 104 0.93% NR NR Speaking at a press conference to launch a campaign to edu- QNB 3.13% 11/16/2015 USD 103.13 1.02% Aa3 A+ cate the public on ways to conserve energy, Ismail said that Egypt QNB 3.38% 2/22/2017 USD 104.63 1.66% Aa3 A+ also intends to start importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) by September to help alleviate its energy shortage. Doha Bank 3.50% 3/14/2017 USD 104.5 1.86% A2 A- “Increasing production is the main issue that we are working Qtel 3.38% 10/14/2016 USD 105 1.27% A2 A- on in the coming period... At the end of the year we will be able Qtel 7.88% 6/10/2019 USD 125 2.58% A2 A- to add around 400-500 million cubic feet, excluding (covering) Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 109 3.25% A2 A- natural decline,” Ismail said. Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 106.13 4.31% A2 A- Gas is in short supply in the country of 85 million people, Rasgas 5.50% 9/30/2014 USD 101.88 0.30% Aa3 A and it needs to secure supplies of gas for power generation for Rasgas 5.83% 9/30/2016 USD 106.5 2.96% Aa3 A households and industry. But successive governments have failed to develop a sound Rasgas 5.30% 9/30/2020 USD 109.13 3.68% Aa3 A strategy to tap major natural gas reserves even as an exploding SOVEREIGNS population boosted demand for the fuel. Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Energy problems are likely to worsen in the next fiscal year Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.25 1.96% Aa2 AA beginning in July, when consumption will outstrip output for the Dubai Govt 6.70% 10/5/2015 USD 107.75 1.01% NR NR first time, according to the government. The petroleum ministry has forecast that gas production will Dubai Govt 4.90% 5/2/2017 USD 108.75 1.85% NR NR be 5.4 billion cubic feet (bcf) per day and consumption 5.57bcf/ Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.75 3.25% NR NR day in the next fiscal year. Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 120 3.55% NR NR Ismail did not say whether the increased gas production is Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 102.25 0.61% Aa2 AA included in those estimates. Bahrain Govt 6.27% 11/22/2018 USD 115.75 2.55% NR BBB The county’s energy problems are unlikely to be solved until Bahrain Govt 5.50% 3/31/2020 USD 109.25 3.73% NR BBB the government tackles the root cause — a wasteful, decades-old fuel subsidies system that drains foreign currency reserves and Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 102.88 5.18 % Caa1 B- keeps consumption unchecked. Mismanagement of the sector Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 107.88 3.13 % NR BBB- has also contributed to the shortages. Egypt is expecting to receive its first gas shipments through a

*Periodic Distribution Amount Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) by September. IMPORTANT NOTE: Last week Egypt’s oil ministry and Norway’s Hoegh reached Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which an agreement for Egypt to use one of Hoegh’s FSRUs for five is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services years. Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary “Hopefully we will start importing the first shipments at the data 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 end of August, early September,” Ismail said. take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds Egypt is also struggling to curb an energy subsidy bill that can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant is draining its foreign currency reserves and putting pressure liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not on its already stretched budget. Last year the country’s deficit a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. reached 14 percent of GDP. Ismail said costs of energy consumption in the country, by international prices, had reached 365bn Egyptian pounds ($51.32bn) while revenues are around 60bn pounds. “We must raise the energy efficiency in the coming period. 96 percent of our energy dependency is on oil and natural gas,” he said. REUTERS TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

It’s time to remake the Apple strikes a new chord shareholder capitalism BY HAROLD MEYERSON in music industry’s future BY CHRISTINA FARR, RONALD ometimes a throwaway sentence, a passage not intended labels hope Apple can turn Beats Music into the hundreds of millions of dollars. GROVER and LISA RICHWINE to make a major point, ends up telling a great deal more a strong competitor with Spotify and other Still, the fact that the record labels are than the author intended. One such passage popped up in streaming services, the sources said. getting behind Apple marks a thawing in Sa recent Wall Street Journal story that documented US ore than a decade ago, the “The labels wanted Apple to build a pre- what had been at times an openly adver- corporations’ scramble to buy overseas companies and thereby late Steve Jobs pulled one mium service,” said one of the sources, sarial relationship, industry sources said. shift their legal residency abroad to benefit from lower tax rates. of his trademark real- who like the others were not authorized The “a la carte” model that iTunes intro- It noted that roughly 1,700 US-based companies currently are ity distorting manoeuvres, to speak about the matter on the record. duced in 2001 had slashed revenue for the holding $1.5tr offshore rather than bringing it home and paying browbeating music label “They wanted ... to make money through the labels as it no longer required customers to taxes on it. “But that,” the story said, “has left the bulk of their Mexecutives into selling songs on Apple Inc’s stream.” In recent months, the major labels buy whole albums. funds for paying dividends or buying back shares effectively out then-nascent iTunes digital store for a mere had grown dissatisfied with the performance Now, the music industry believes stream- of reach.” 99 cents apiece. of iTunes Radio, the source said. Streaming ing is the way of the future, though its rise Actually, those funds locked away abroad could be put to more Now, the tables have turned and it’s Apple subscriptions are now the fastest-growing has not been smooth. Industry sources uses than buying back shares or paying dividends if those com- that is being forced into a deal that is far revenue source for the music industry, but say licensing negotiations with the likes of panies brought them home. They might fund more research and from a sure-fire winner. Apple has not made a dent. Spotify and Pandora come up every 12 to development, or start a new product line, or even give employees The iPod and iPhone maker is expected Streaming subscriptions jumped 15 months and can be difficult. It is unclear a raise. But the Journal story has it right. to announce as early as this week a $3.2bn 51 percent in 2013 to $1.1bn, out of a what terms an Apple-owned Beats might American big business these days is in the business of rewarding agreement to buy Beats Electronics, the $15bn total spent on music, according command. Apple does have a big bargain- shareholders (a group that very much includes chief executives), music streaming service and headphone to the International Federation of the ing chip in iTunes, which has 800 million to the exclusion of any other activity that might help companies maker founded by legendary music producer Phonographic Industry. Meanwhile, digital members. flourish. They’re in the business of raising their dividends and Jimmy Iovine and rapper Dr Dre, according downloads slipped 2.1 percent. Per-user Apple is seldom a first mover into mar- buying back stock, practices that effectively raise the value of to three sources familiar with Apple’s think- spending is higher with streaming services kets, preferring to bide its time and moni- outstanding shares but do nothing to enhance a company’s long- ing. The deal would come after Pandora than for music downloads. A good customer tor early entrants. The company had been term value. But long-term value is a diminishing factor in many Media Inc and Spotify have already claimed spends $25 to $35 a year on music purchases, watching Beats Music’s take-up rates since CEOs’ calculations, as they come under pressure from extortion the vanguard of the music streaming revo- but a subscriber spends $9 or more a month its January launch and was impressed when artists — the euphemism is “activist investors” — who demand lution, while Apple’s riposte - the eight- – or more than $100 a year, according to one the service signed up some 1,000 customers bigger dividends, and as the CEOs’ own fortunes are linked to month-old iTunes Radio - is stumbling. source. Labels earn royalties of a fraction of a day in the initial weeks, one of the sources share value as well. “Apple is about two years late, behind a cent for every stream, which the source familiar with Apple’s thinking said. As The Washington Post’s Steven Pearlstein recently noted, Spotify,” said David Pakman, a digital music said works out to a higher revenue per user “Google, YouTube, Spotify and others are 80 percent of the companies listed on the S&P 500 bought back investor with Venrock Capital and a cocrea- than pure digital sales. working on ways to stream music,” said shares last year, spending $477bn on raising share values by dimin- tor of Apple’s Music Group. “They need a In buying Beats, Apple would get an up- Andrew Mains, former vice president of ishing the number of shares outstanding. The S&P 500 spent 30 streaming offering.” and-coming music streaming service, a well- digital at Interscope Records, who worked percent more on dividends and stock buybacks than they did on With digital music downloads in decline, connected team of industry executives, and closely with Iovine and Apple’s iTunes team. capital expenditures. Worse yet, most of these buybacks were record labels have put pressure on Apple to high-margin hardware. But the high price “If Apple can control the future of music funded by these corporations taking on debt. Indeed, of the $3.4 get its act together on streaming, accord- tag would represent a departure for Apple distribution by buying Beats, they will retain tr in debt that US non-financial corporations have incurred since ing to two of the three sources. The record after two decades of acquisitions mainly in control of the devices.” REUTERS 2009, nearly 87 percent has gone to stock buybacks and dividend payments. The next time a corporate CEO chastises the federal govern- ment for taking on debt to meet current expenses, tell him to clean up his own house first. Shareholder capitalism in the United States has reached the point of absurdity. More than three decades ago, economist Milton Friedman argued that a company’s sole obligation should be to its shareholders. But even Friedman didn’t argue that companies should cut back on everything else or plunge themselves deep into debt just to raise their shareholders’ rewards. Nevertheless, that — as that Wall Street Journal article so succinctly illustrated — is what shareholder capitalism has become today. That’s why an increasing number of top business reporters and commentators have turned against shareholder capitalism. Two years ago, writing in the Harvard Business Review, that magazine’s editorial director, Justin Fox, and Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch argued that shareholders performed none of the three basic tasks that, theoretically, justified their claim on corporate profits: They didn’t normally provide the companies with capital (which corporations usually get through retained earnings and borrowing), they didn’t provide a barometer of the company’s value (unless you believe that the share price is always accurate) and they didn’t provide a check on manage- ment — save to feather their own nests. In a recent issue of the American Prospect, a magazine I help edit, Pearlstein delivered his own withering critique of shareholder capitalism. And last week, Martin Wolf, the chief economics writer for the Financial Times — the most venerable and respected journal for investors — argued that shareholder capitalism had become so dysfunctional that “we need to rethink ownership and control” of corporations. Wolf’s point is that shareholders are far from the major risk- holders in the modern corporation. That distinction goes to the firm’s employees, who have “firm-specific skills.” And yet, he con- tinued, “employees have no voice in what happens to a company to which they might have devoted their lives, while the shareholder of ten seconds does.” The alternative model to which Wolf implicitly points is the kind of stakeholder capitalism that exists in Germany, where workers, and sometimes public representatives, take half the seats on cor- porate boards and have a real voice in company decision-making. Changing corporate structure in the United States will require an epochal political battle, but it’s long past time that that bat- tle began. WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

A suggestion for solving our euro woes? Back-up currencies

BY LEANDER should have kept the economic a niche tradition of so called 1.5bn Swiss francs. WIR is an important regional investor. and smartphone wallets displace BINDEWALD mill wheels turning. “complementary currencies”; additional, anti-cyclical option And allowing a range of new our lurking memories of plentiful But when extrinsic finance apparently spontaneous mon- for Swiss businesses to use when currencies for regions or sectors foreign coins in travel pouches, ne currency seems dries up, does economic activ- etary alternatives which have loans in national currency are too where the single currency is fail- this new multicurrency will not not to be able to serve ity have to grind to a halt? Are always filled the gaps when expensive. ing to do its job does not mean the wait for a democratic invitation. every human need alone. there no more needs to be met by national currencies failed, typi- There may be lessons we can end for the euro; in fact the new Amazon coins, Facebook cred- OWhen the money dries underused assets? cally in times of acute economic learn from the 1930s, from Volos currencies would help to facilitate its, Nectar points, Google Wallets, up, people go hungry and sleep The economy of Greece is the crisis – or is it better to say mon- and from other similar experi- exchanges where few would occur bitcoins – the command of cur- rough, factories lay idle, and the 34th or 42nd largest in the world etary dry-spells. ments around Europe. otherwise. rency is already shifting away fabric of society starts to tear at $299 or $304bn by nominal During the Great Depression, Could an integrated system The core idea of multiple, com- from the banks we think we know. apart. gross domestic product or pur- many towns and cities across the of currencies, different in scale plementary currencies is not pro- I believe I am the first PhD This much became obvious chasing power parity (PPP) USA issued what would become and scope and governed in a bot- tectionism and fragmentation, but student to pay their fees in when Greece filed for bankruptcy. respectively, according to World known as stamp scrip. tom-up fashion, provide the way a buttress to the European ideals bitcoins. With over half of the country’s Bank statistics record for the year There are textbook examples forward for southern European of pluralism and subsidiarity. Crisis or not, we need to recon- young people without jobs, unem- 2011. from the same period in Europe, states, providing liquidity with- Now, when the Bristol Pound sider money as the social technol- ployment is more than a statistic: Additionally, Greece is the 15th such as in Wörgl in Austria, out alienating their northern emerges, or when the business- ogy it has been, and think which it is tangible. largest economy in the 27-mem- which escaped the economic partners? to-business currency SoNantes will serve the real economy best Anyone who takes a walk can ber European Union. In terms downturn with the help of a local Is there something in this as is introduced for the businesses when it is governed by those see that money has become too of per capita income, Greece is currency until the central bank well for northern regions of the around the French city of Nantes, whose needs and capabilities it scarce to allow the economy to ranked 29th or 33rd in the world stepped in, still afraid of loosing UK which seem to be in a simi- commissioned by a former mayor should match. do its job – matching supply and at $27,875 and $27,624 for nominal the reins again so shortly after lar relationship with the City of and former French prime min- Greece is the first country to demand. GDP and PPP respectively. the recent hyperinflation. London as that of Greece and the ister Jean-Marc Ayrault, the be reclassified from a “developed But what could the Greeks The city of Volos in Greece did One system survived, however, European Central Bank? idea gains further weight for nation” to a “emerging market”. do? They appeared to have only suggest an alternative option: a and will celebrate its 80th birth- How many currencies does it sustainable economic develop- But what exactly might be emerg- two options: leave the euro at group of people there created day this year, vital as ever. take to have a vital and resil- ment, rather than just for crisis ing out of this crisis? great expense and uncertainty, their own currency to keep the The Swiss WIR, German for ient economy? And on the other mitigation. The Greek economy is classified or subordinate their democratic wheels in motion. The TEM “we” but also the abbreviation hand, how many does it take to Even the EU is supporting as advanced and high-income. will to the demands of those for stands for that idea by its name for Wirtschaftsring or economic end up in economic balkanisation? these community currency pilots In ancient Greek the word whom money counts, rather than – it is the abbreviation of the circle, was started by a hand- Current events suggest that one in the search for new monetary “krisis” means choice. What if prosperity. Greek for “new economic unit”. ful of local entrepreneurs who currency cannot be enough. innovations which go a little we allow ourselves a choice about The constant flow of euros It hit the local markets – and also issued their own credit, which With an economy larger than beyond the current dichotomy of the kind of economies we use, and entering Greece through loans, the international news – as if it today is used by around 60,000 all the Balkan economies com- debt or austerity. the kind of currencies we create and flowing out again to pay for was a brand new idea. SMEs all over Switzerland, and bined, Greece is the largest And while new technologies like to facilitate them? imports and to repay the debt, It wasn’t. There has long been has a turnover of more than economy in the Balkans, and an peer-to-peer payment systems THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

QE Indices Summary EXCHANGE QE Index 12,788.23 1.79 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER QE Total Return Index 19,070.01 1.79 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,243.32 1.74 % RATE QE All Share Index 3,256.73 1.71 % INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial 3,105.02 1.74 % GOLD Buying Selling Services ALL ORDINARIES 5390.288 -68.619 -1.26 5533.3 5072.7 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 7,035.01 0.84 % QR152.8223 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 Services CAC 40 INDEX/d 4449.71 -6.57 -0.15 4512.62 4080.6 QE All Share Industrials 4,376.78 2.32 % SILVER UK ...... QR 6.0907 QR 6.1751 QE All Share Insurance 3,213.72 2.36 % DJ INDU AVERAGE 16491.31 44.5 0.27 16735.5 14551.27 Euro ...... QR 4.9453 QR 5.0147 QE All Share Real Estate 2,627.51 0.91 % QR 2.3038 CA$ ...... QR 3.3214 QR 3.3880 QE All Share Telecoms 1,718.12 0.36 % EGYPT CMA GN IDX 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 QE All Share Transportation 2,315.43 1.60 % Swiss Fr ...... QR 4.0610 QR 4.1190 QE Market Summary Comparison HANG SENG INDE/d 22704.5 -8.41 -0.04 23469.33 21137.61 Yen ...... QR 0.0357 QR 0.0364 Today Previous day Aus$ ...... QR 3.3790 QR 3.4448 ISEQ OVERALL/d 4751.1 97.01 2.08 5195.97 4522.4 CRUDE OIL 19-05-2014 18-05-2014 Ind Re ...... QR 0.0617 QR 0.0629 Index 12,788.23 13,104.75 KARACHI 100 IN/d 28951.38 68.05 0.24 29669.95 25273.11 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0366 QR 0.0373 Change 232.49 84.03 BRENT Peso ...... QR 0.0827 QR 0.0844 NIKKEI 225 INDEX 14006.44 -90.15 -0.64 16164.01 13885.11 % 1.79 0.64 SL Re ...... QR 0.0277 QR 0.0282 YTD% 23.21 25.45 $ 109.99 S&P 500 INDEX/d 0 0 0 1902.17 1560.33 Taka ...... QR 0.0466 QR 0.0475 Volume 21,221,373 22,018,619 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0387 QR 0.0395 Value (QAR) 947,162,141.89 787,428,226.35 STRAITS TIMES/d 3262.43 -0.16 0 3284.7 2953.01 Trades 10,167 9,240 $ 106.45 SA Rand ...... QR 0.3466 QR 0.3535 Up 04 | Down 37 | Unchanged 01 Straits Times/D 2971.47 22.7 0.77 3035.78 2657.77

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INDIANAPOLIS: Paul George Fieldhouse. Indiana continued also had nine rebounds and three tallied 24 points and six assists NBA Play-offs to dictate the pace in the second assists in the victory as the Pacers as the Indiana Pacers pounded half, leading by as much as 19 in moved to 6-0 in this year’s playoffs reigning NBA champion Miami Semi-final Results the third quarter. when Hibbert scores 10-or-more 107-96 yesterday in the open- 1 2 3 4 T This is a rematch of last year’s points. ing game of their Eastern Indiana 30 25 28 24 107 conference championship, which Lance Stephenson posted 17 Conference final series. was won in seven games by points, eight assists and four Miami 24 21 25 26 96 The Pacers started quickly by the Heat. Miami also defeated rebounds and George Hill added draining six of their first seven (Indiana lead the best-of-seven series by Indiana in the quarter-final round 15 points for the Pacers, who three-point attempts en route 1-0) of the 2012 play-offs. Game two is improved to 4-4 at home in the to a wire-to-wire victory to game against a great club like the tomorrow in Indianapolis. play-offs. begin the best-of-seven series Miami Heat it would have made The winner of this series The Pacers ended up shooting against the two-time defending this a very long series. will play either San Antonio or 42.1 percent from three-point National Basketball Association “We came out with a great Oklahoma City in next month’s range yesterday. champions. urgency to get this one.” NBA finals. “We moved the ball. We shared “We have been struggling in the The Pacers shot 59 percent Roy Hibbert and David West it and we played with energy,” opening games of play-off series from the field in the first half to each scored 19 points for the George said. Chris Bosh of Miami Heat (left) drives to the basket against Ian Mahinmi at home,” George said. “ lead 55-45 at half-time in front of Pacers, whose entire starting five “We didn’t let the ball stay of the Indiana Pacers during the Eastern Conference Finals yesterday. “If we were to lose the first a crowd of 18,165 at Bankers Life finished in double figures. Hibbert stagnant. REUTERS NHL: Blackhawks overcome Kings Moss, Cespedes star in Oakland’s emphatic win to claim Western Conference opener NEW YORK: Brandon Moss had two doubles, a triple Baseball Results CHICAGO: The Chicago Saad opened the scoring at 14:46 and three RBIs and Yoenis Oakland 13 Cleveland 3 Blackhawks seized the early in the first, and Chicago appeared Cespedes had a career-high five NY Yankees 4 Pittsburgh 3 advantage in the Western to take a 2-0 lead early in the RBIs as the Oakland Athletics Washington 6 NY Mets 3 Conference final with a series- second. completed a three-game series Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 3 opening 3-1 victory over the Los Toews had a goal disallowed sweep with a huge road win Angeles Kings yesterday. for incidental contact with Kings over the Cleveland Indians Kansas City 8 Baltimore 6 In a rematch of last year’s con- goaltender Jonathan Quick. yesterday. Seattle 6 Minnesota 2 ference final, won by Chicago in The Kings capitalised when Right-hander Jesse Chavez Houston 8 Chicago White Sox 2 five games, Corey Crawford made centre Tyler Toffoli evened the (4-1) gave up two runs in five Atlanta 6 St Louis 5 25 saves and the reigning Stanley count about a minute later. innings to get the commanding Chicago Cubs 4 Milwaukee 2 Cup champion Blackhawks got “There’s always going to be victory over their opponents. Texas 6 Toronto 2 some timely offense to start the adversity in the course of a game, Cleveland right-hander Justin LA Angels 6 Tampa Bay 2 best-of-seven series. you’re going to lose momen- Masterson (2-3) gave up seven Game Two is in Chicago tomor- tum,” said Chicago coach Joel runs in 4 1/3 innings to take the San Francisco 4 Miami 1 row. The Blackhawks are trying Quenneville. loss as the Indians dropped their Colorado 8 San Diego 6 to become the first team to repeat He said against such opposition fourth in a row. Arizona 5 LA Dodgers 3 as Stanley Cup champions since team need a strong fight. “Against The A’s outscored the Indians Pittsburgh 5 NY Yankees 3 the Detroit Red Wings in 1998. a team like that, you want to get in the series 30-6. Detroit 6 Boston 2 Yesterday, they kept the Kings it back as quick as you can.” Third baseman Eric Chavez hit in check. The Kings are facing their own one of two Arizona home runs, Pujols hit two solo drives, one Duncan Keith broke a 1-1 tie challenges, but are no strangers to and the Diamondbacks won their in the bottom of the first inning with his go-ahead goal midway series comebacks. first home series of the season by and one in the bottom of the sev- through the second period, and Meanwhile, Washington beating the Los Angeles Dodgers. enth, against left-hander David Jonathan Toews punctuated the Capitals star Alex Ovechkin Chavez hit a two-out, two- Price (4-4). win with his sixth goal of the play- was forced to leave yesterday’s run homer in the fifth inning off The homers give Pujols 12 for offs at 16:10 in the third. game after getting checked while right-hander Dan Haren (5-2) to the season and 504 for his career, “They have a good team obvi- playing for Russia at the World break a 3-3 tie. tying him with Hall of Famer ously over there,” said Kings for- Championships. Chavez entered in the top of the Eddie Murray. ward Anze Kopitar. The 28-year-old sniper inning when starter Martin Prado The Seattle offense hit its stride “We’re going to have to do a appeared to suffer a right knee left because of blurred vision. and Felix Hernandez threw eight Kings’ Dustin Brown (23) is checked by Blackhawks’ Marian Hossa during better job of checking, of not giv- injury in the third period of a 3-0 Albert Pujols hit two home runs strong innings as the Mariners game one of the Western Conference Final at the United Center yesterday. ing up timely goals and score a win over Germany in Belarus. to lead the Los Angeles Angels to halted losing streak, defeating few more ourselves.” Brandon REUTERS victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Minnesota Twins. REUTERS

Saints rope in Brandin PCA U-14 Cricket Championship Cooks for four years

NEW YORK: The New deal that included a signing bonus Orleans Saints signed wide of $45,896 and base salaries of receiver Brandin Cooks, the $420,000, $510,000, $600,000, and number 20 overall draft pick, to $690,000. Terms for the other a four-year contract, the team signed players were not immedi- announced yesterday. ately available. Cooks reportedly will receive a The Indianapolis Colts signed signing bonus of $4.4m, with the free agent wide receiver Ryan deal expected to be worth around Lankford and waived wide $8.4m. receiver Greg Moore. Cooks, 20, was selected by the Lankford, out of Illinois, had 70 Saints in the first round of the catches for 1,014 yards with seven NFL Draft out of Oregon State. touchdowns in 43 games. It marked the seventh time The Cleveland Browns named in franchise history the Saints Aaron Glenn assistant defensive have selected a wideout in the backs coach. first round. Cooks was the 2013 Glenn is in his first year as Biletnikoff winner, honoring the an NFL assistant coach after 15 nation’s top wide receiver. seasons as a player and two as a Baltimore Ravens running scout. He spent the past two sea- back Bernard Pierce is out until sons in the New York Jets’ front training camp as he recovers from office, serving as a college area shoulder surgery. scout in 2013 after one season as Shahid Iqbal Choudhary inaugurated the Pakistan Cricket Academy U-14 Cricket Tournament. As many as five teams are participating in the tourna- Pierce is the backup to Ray a pro personnel scout. ment, including Stlyen Cricket Academy, Pak Ranger Cricket, Pak Shama Cricket, PCA Green and PCA White. The matches will be played at the Rice, who could face a suspension Meanwhile, Flashy rookie Pakistan Education Cricket ground. from the NFL stemming from a quarterback Johnny Manziel was aggravated assault charge. humble after working out with While Rice pleaded not guilty the Cleveland Browns. earlier this month and likely will “I’m a rookie,” he said. “I need Asada to sit out next season, retirement likely not face a trial or jail time, the to earn my place. I need to earn league could still discipline him. my keep. TOKYO: Japanese figure skater but had a disastrous short pro- conference in Tokyo on Monday, the next day. Her score in the Pierce has rushed for 968 yards Nothing here needs to be Mao Asada, the veteran of two gramme, although she rebounded adding that she wanted a break short programme at the World and three touchdowns in his first handed to me. winter Olympic Games, plans to with a strong free skate that left both physically and mentally. Championships set a world record, two NFL seasons. I don’t need to be treated based sit out the 2014-2015 competi- her in sixth place overall. “I don’t know what the future beating the previous record held The Atlanta Falcons signed five off what I did in the past because tive season but remains unsure She subsequently won gold at holds and basically want to take by long-term rival Kim Yu-na of of their 2014 draft picks, line- that doesn’t mean a thing at this about retirement and wants to the World Championships held in things as they come. As for the South Korea, she won handily to backers Prince Shembo, Marquis level.” take the year to think about her Saitama, Japan, in March. season after that, I’m still half- take crown third time. Spruill, Yawin Smallwood and Manziel is participating in his future plans. “I’m taking a year to slowly and-half (on retiring).” Asada began skating at the age Tyler Starr and cornerback first workouts with the Browns Asada, who took a silver medal think about what my next goal Asada struggled with it dur- of five and began drawing global Ricardo Allen. According to this weekend. Cleveland selected at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, will be,” the 23-year-old, known ing most of the season. She attention while still at the junior ESPN.com, seventh-round pick him in the first round of last had been tipped as a top con- in Japan by affectionate nick- fell while attempting it in the level , which also saw start of her Smallwood received a four-year week’s draft. REUTERS tender for gold in Sochi this year name “Mao-chan,” told a news short programme but landed it l rivalry with Kim. REUTERS TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Todd claims maiden PGA Tour title in style

I’ve won, it’s a dream come true, says the US golfer Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain celebrates after winning the Spanish Open golf tournament in Caldes de Malavella, Spain yesterday. DALLAS: A brilliant left- handed recovery shot helped US PGA Byron Nelson American Brendon Todd to Championship Evergreen Jimenez wins his first PGA Tour title, a two- stroke victory at the $6.9m HP Scores Byron Nelson Championship in DALLAS: Texas yesterday. Leading scores Spanish Open at 50 Todd, who had never finished after Sunday’s final round of better than sixth on tour, dis- the $6.9m US PGA Tour Byron GIRONA: Flamboyant veteran Cup winner. “It’s amazing. It’s my played impressive poise and a Nelson Championship (USA Miguel Angel Jimenez extended 21st victory on The European sizzling short game to card a unless noted, par-70): his own record as the oldest Tour and 27 times I played the bogey-free four-under-par 66 at 266 Brendon Todd 68-64-68-66 player to win an European Tour Spanish Open. I have been close the Four Seasons TPC in Irving. 268 Mike Weir (CAN) 68-66-67-67 event when he won the Spanish a couple of times. Today it was He finished at 14-under 266, 270 Charles Howell 68-66-69-67, Marc Open in a play-off yesterday. very tough out there but I got it while Canadian Mike Weir (67), Leishman (AUS) 66-68-68-68 The 50-year-old, cigar-smoking in the end. without a win since 2007, claimed 271 Boo Weekley 67-68-68-68, James Spaniard won his home tourna- “All the victories are special, all second place on 12-under. Hahn 71-65-65-70 ment at the 27th attempt as he are unique, some of them give you Todd collected $1.24 million 272 Dustin Johnson 69-69-68-66, outlasted Australian Richard more money, some less, but all of and an invitation to next year’s Matt Kuchar 69-67-68-68, Graham Green and Belgian Thomas them are important. You play to Masters, less than two hours DeLaet (CAN) 68-66-68-70, Gary Pieters at the first playoff hole win and when you make it you down the road from where he Woodland 68-67-66-71 after the three finished on four have to appreciate it.” went to college at the University under at the Catalunya Resort. Overnight leader Pieters saw 274 John Senden (AUS) 70-70-68- of Georgia in Athens. Fourteen of Jimenez’s 21 his advantage evaporate with 66, Charlie Beljan 72-65-70-67, “I thought I could win on the European titles have come since three bogeys in the first four holes Shawn Stefani 74-66-67-67, Charl PGA Tour. It’s taken a while but he turned 40 and he showed he while Jimenez seized a two shot Schwartzel (RSA) 73-67-67-67, Louis now that I’ve won it’s a dream can still compete with the best lead with three front nine birdies. Oosthuizen (RSA) 68-68-64-74 come true,” the 28-year-old told in the world last month when he Pressure began to show on the reporters. 275 Kevin Kisner 69-70-70-66, Paul finished fourth at the Masters at leaders down the stretch and a “I’m really excited, the relief Casey (ENG) 71-63-73-68, Tyrone Augusta. Jimenez bogey at 17 helped draw I finally have a chance to play Van Aswegan (RSA) 67-68-72-68, Jimenez, Green and Pieters all Green into the frame. the PGA Tour for multiple years Billy Hurley 70-69-68-68, John Huh missed the fairway on the first “I don’t know if I felt nerves, (but) number one (is) going to 67-71-66-71, Morgan Hoffmann 68- playoff hole and subsequently sent but you do feel tension, you feel Augusta.”“I just took my four-iron 66-68-73 their approach shots wide of the the pressure,” continued Jimenez. and just hit it with the back of the 276 Tim Herron 68-66-74-68, Tim green, but a delightful Jimenez “For instance on hole 17, when club,” he said. . Wilkinson (NZL) 66-71-71-68, Scottie chip from the fringe set him up I saw the approach roll down the Weir recorded his best finish Scheffler 71-68-69-68, Ryan Palmer for a hugely satisfying win. slope, those things cut my mind since 2010. 67-68-71-70, Andres Romero (ARG) “There’s no words to describe and take away the freedom from 71-66-69-70, Greg Chalmers (AUS) The 2003 Masters champion Brendon Todd poses with the trophy following the final round of the HP what it means to me, you need to my hands. I don’t know if that 71-67-65-73, Padraig Harrington was the only one to exert any Byron Nelson Championship at the TPC Four Seasons Texas yesterday. be into my skin but I’m not going counts as nerves, but as tension, pressure on Todd. REUTERS (IRL) 68-68-66-74 to let you,” joked the former Ryder yes.” AFP Australia’s Scott overtakes Salas wins Kingsmill US LPGA Kingsmill Championship Tiger Woods as World No.1 LPGA Championship Scores WILLIAMSBURG, United States: Leading scores on NEW YORK: Australia’s still cannot fully swing a club. WILLIAMSBURG: Lizette Meanwhile, Asian Tour number Sunday after the final round Adam Scott has surpassed Hours after being dethroned Salas claimed her first win on one Kiradech Aphibarnrat has World Rankings of the US LPGA Kingsmill Tiger Woods as the number one by Australian Adam Scott as the LPGA Tour by closing with taken an unusual path as he bids 1. (2) Adam Scott (Australia) 7.99 Championship (USA unless player on the official world golf the world’s number one golfer, an even-par 71 yesterday to win to qualify for the US Open next 2. (1) Tiger Woods (US) 7.85 noted, par-71): rankings, seizing the top spot Woods said he remains uncertain the Kingsmill Championship by month -- he’s been living as a despite not playing this past 3. (3) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 7.72 if he can play in the next major four shots. monk. 271 Lizette Salas 67-68-65-71 week. 4. (5) Matt Kuchar (US) 7.12 tournament, the US Open from The 24-year-old American fin- The world number 83 from 275 Sarah Jane Smith (AUS) 68-71-70- Scott, who spent the past 5. (4) Bubba Watson (US) 7.04 June 12 to 15 at Pinehurst, North ished 72 holes on 13-under-par Thailand needs to break into 66, Tseng Ya-Ni (TPE) 68-70-68-69, 38 weeks as the second ranked 6. (6) Jason Day (Australia) 6.61 Carolina. 271 at the Kingsmill course. the top 60 by June 9 to play in Lexi Thompson 67-69-70-69 player, has had chances to over- 7. (7) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 6.26 “As of right now I can chip and Salas was coming off a missed the year’s second major and 276 Ryu So-Yeon (KOR) 70-69-68-69, take Woods through high tour- putt,” Woods said. “At least I have cut two weeks ago at the North he swapped his golfing attire Lydia Ko (NZL) 70-68-67-71 8. (9) Justin Rose (Britain) 6.11 nament finishes but has instead something. Texas Shootout. for a robe at the Buddhist Wat 277 Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 67-70- 9. (8) Jordan Spieth (US) 6.09 done so with both players out of “I don’t know how much longer Australian Sarah Jane Smith Veerachoti Thamaram temple, 71-69 10. (10) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 5.76 action. it will take before I can do more. matched the low round of the day 80 kilometres (50 miles) from 278 Mina Harigae 72-68-70-68, Sandra The updated rankings released 11. (11) Phil Mickelson (US) 5.76 As far as full swings and the tim- with a five-under 66 to finish sec- Bangkok last week. Gal (GER) 69-71-69-69, Azahara yesterday. 12. (12) Jim Furyk (US) 5.48 ing on that, I don’t know.” ond, her best LPGA finish. The 24-year-old Kiradech Munoz (ESP) 65-71-72-70, Pornanong Woods last played in March 13. (13) Zach Johnson (US) 5.33 Woods, a 14-time major cham- She shared second place at 275 spent seven days at the temple Phatlum (THA) 71-69-66-72 and is out indefinitely following pion chasing the record 18 major by American Lexi Thompson (69) where he shaved his head and 14. (14) Dustin Johnson (US) 4.94 279 Lee Mi-Hyang (KOR) 74-69-70-66, back surgery, making his fall from titles won by Jack Nicklaus, and former world number one eyebrows, woke up at 4.30am, 15. (16) Graeme McDowell (Britain) 4.26 Jennifer Johnson 70-72-70-67, the top inevitable. underwent the microdiscectomy Tseng Ya-Ni (69). meditated, walked bare-footed for Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 72-68- The 33-year-old Scott is just 16. (15) Steve Stricker (US) 4.26 operation on March 31 to ease South Korean Ryu So-Yeon several kilometres to gather food, 70-69, Brittany Lang 67-68-74-70, the second Australian to reach 17. (17) Jimmy Walker (US) 4.21 a pinched nerve, forcing him to (69) and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko cleaned the temple grounds and Alejandra Llaneza (ITA) 68-69-71-71, the top ranking, following Greg 18. (18) Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) miss the Masters for the first (71) shared fifth place at eight- ate just one meal a day. Stacy Lewis 70-65-70-74 Norman’s final reign which ended 4.19 time in his career. under 276. Thidapa Suwannapura “In Thai culture, you have to 280 Chie Arimura (JPN) 74-70-69-67, in 1998. 19. (19) Luke Donald (Britain) 4.01 He says it will be doctors who of Thailand shot two-under 69 to do this once in your lifetime when Joanna Klatten (FRA) 69-72-70-69, 20. (22) Ian Poulter (Britain) 3.96 decide when he can begin his grab seventh at seven-under 277. you’re aged between 21 to 25. It “This is another outstanding comeback bid. Last year’s winner, American is a mark of respect to our par- Charley Hull (ENG) 70-69-71-70, achievement for Adam Scott,” The 2013 Masters champion, Woods failed to finish the Cristie Kerr, stumbled to a one- ents,” Kiradech said in a state- Austin Ernst 65-74-68-73, Katherine Brian Thorburn, Chief Executive Scott, ends Woods’ stretch of Honda Classic at Palm Beach over 72 for the second consecutive ment released by the Asian Tour. Kirk (AUS) 69-68-68-75 of the PGA of Australia, said in a 60 straight weeks at the top. Gardens in early March. round. Kerr shared 29th place at “This was a good experience 281 Sarah Kemp (AUS) 70-71-72-68, statement. Meawnhile, second-ranked Tiger Then the American tweaked two-under 282. for me,” added the reigning Asian Gerina Piller 69-68-75-69, Anna “The Australian golfing com- Woods, fighting to recover top his back again at the WGC- New Zealand teen Lydia Ko Tour order of merit champion. Nordqvist (SWE) 74-68-69-70, munity is very proud of Adam and form after back surgery seven Cadillac Championship in Miami and American Stacy Lewis each “I feel like I’ve grown older in Paz Echeverria (CHI) 73-65-73-70, we look forward to watching his weeks ago, said yesterday he has before pulling out of the Arnold missed a chance to move into the past week and in some strange Mariajo Uribe (COL) 72-65-74-70, progress throughout the year.” no timetable for a comeback and Palmer Invitational. AGENCIES the world number one ranking. way.” AFP Lee Il-Hee (KOR) 72-70-68-71 Flawless Wiggins seals Sprinter Gatlin marks season’s best run

Tour of California title SHANGHAI: Justin Gatlin from a four-year doping ban in raced the fastest 100m of the 2010, became only the second LOS ANGELES: Britain’s 50 secs, Wiggins captured the season at yesterday’s Shanghai 100m sprinter to dip below 10 Bradley Wiggins captured the overall crown in 28:22.05. “It’s Diamond League meet, while seconds this year, beating South Tour of California title yester- right up there in terms of satis- Olympic gold medallist Allyson African Simon Magakwe’s 9.98 day, saying he looks forward faction more than anything,” said Felix failed to recapture her seconds achieved last month. to backing countryman and Wiggins. previous magic, finishing fifth in But it was a disappointing night team-mate Chris Froome’s bid “I set my store to win the Tour the 400m. for Felix in her first race of the to repeat as Tour de France of California. At 34 it’s nice to still Gatlin ran under 10 seconds for season. The four-time Olympic champion. be winning at this age.” the first time this year, claiming gold winner had vowed to return Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de Then Wiggins, the 2012 Tour victory in 9.92 seconds after lead- to form this season after winning France winner, took the overall de France left no doubt that ing from the blocks -- and then only two Diamond races in 2013 crown in the eight-stage US event he would support Team Sky’s immediately vowed to improve on before crashing out of the Moscow after compatriot Mark Cavendish, Froome in July when he seeks that time. world championships 200m with who won the opening stage, also back-to-back triumphs in France. “To go out there and technically a hamstring injury. took the final stage over rolling “Chris wants to win a second run a 9, 9.92, with no wind at all. Her race was won by Novlene hills. tour and I think everyone is I think it puts me in the right Williams-Mills, who showed Wiggins (Team Sky) easily held behind that, including myself,” direction of where I need to go,” serious grit at the London onto the yellow jersey in the clos- Wiggins said while backing his Gatlin said. 2012 Olympics when she took a ing 76.1-mile (122.4km) stage that teammate. “My next step. My ultimate 4x400m relay bronze medal hav- began and ended in Thousand He became the first British goal is... to run a couple of 9.7s, a ing been diagnosed with breast Oaks, a Los Angeles suburb. rider to win the Tour de France Justin Gatlin (centre) runs ahead of Su Bingtian (right) of China and 9.6, just put together a good race cancer shortly before the Games. Moments after Cavendish won and then followed with a 2012 Michael Rodgers of the US to win the men’s 100m race in Shanghai and try not to burn out towards She subsequently had four the sprint across the finish line time-trial gold medal at his home yesterday. the end of the season.” operations, including a double to take the stage in 2 hrs 53 mins Olympics in London. AFP The US athlete, who came back mastectomy in January 2013.AFP TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Elimination Spirit of Qatar end Florida for Summit Racing postponed thriller in second position COMMERCE, GA: NHRA officials postponed elimina- tions for the Summit Racing Sheikh Hassan pairs up with Nicolini at Grand Prix off Cocoa Beach Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA: the fourth lap and, every time we until today, following a day of Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al wanted to push a little harder, lengthy rain delays. Thani replaced Nasser Saleh Al we did not have the power at the Racing will resume at 9am for Attiyah and sat alongside Italian crucial time,” said Sheikh Hassan, the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series throttleman Matteo Nicolini president of the Qatar Marine and will be followed by the contin- to steer Spirit of Qatar 613 to Sports Federation (QMSF) and uation of racing in the Mello Yello second position in a thrilling driver of Spirit of Qatar 613. Drag Racing Series at 10 a.m. Superboat Unlimited race at “We backed off a little over the Persistent rain showers in the the 5th Space Coast Super Boat last two laps, but we are delighted area delayed the start of the race Grand Prix off Cocoa Beach in with the progress the team has for more than eight hours. An Florida yesterday. made,” Sheikh Hassan said. attempt was made to start the The Spirit of Qatar 613 pairing “We will assess the engine race at approximately 7:20 p.m. became embroiled in a stunning data and make sure that this and five pairs of Top Fuel cars duel with American arch rivals, boat is ready for Nasser to drive competed before the race was Marc Granet and Scott Begovich, in Sarasota,” Sheikh Hassan postponed. in Miss Geico 113 and the pair explained. “Track conditions were chal- traded turns, momentum and “He will love these engines. Blustery conditions were prev- lenging after the day long rain rooster tails for 11 of the 13 laps, As far as the turbine boat is alent with winds on the Atlantic ABOVE: Ali in the area,” said Graham Light, before Granet edged in front of a concerned, we are on track and coast ranging from 18-22mph and Al-Neama and Billy NHRA senior vice president, rac- slowing Qatar boat over the clos- should have the engines ready in blowing from an east-south-east- Moore pilot the ing operations. ing two laps to reach the cheq- the coming week or so to ensure erly direction. Spirit of Qatar 20 “The NHRA Safety Safari uered flag in first position. that Steve (Curtis) and I are rar- Sheikh Hassan lined up with yesterday. RIGHT: worked hard to bring racing con- Qatar’s Ali Al Neama and ing to go in Al-Adaa’am 96 for Matteo Nicolini in the twin-1650 ditions around, but we decided to Sheikh Hassan bin American throttleman Billy Sarasota,” he added. Mercury-engined Victory hull, postpone until tomorrow. Jabor Al Thani (left) Moore were entered in the hotly Qatari rally driver/boat racer Spirit of Qatar 613, to take on “We will scrape the starting contested Superboat category Al Attiyah was forced to miss the Lucas Oil Silverhook 77 and arch and Matteo Nicolini line overnight like we do prior and reached the finish in third race after deciding to continue his rivals, Granet and Begovich, in after finishing to the event and prepare it for position after a solid perform- rallying challenge for the 2014 the Superboat Unlimited class. second in a racing.” ance. Victory fell to J R Noble FIA World Cup for Cross Country Ali Al-Neama and Billy Moore thrilling Superboat Shawn Langdon, Steve and Mark Kowalski in Team Rallies at the Pharoans Rally in entered Spirit of Qatar 20 in the Unlimited race Torrence, Clay Millican, Spencer at the 5th Space Stihl US-1. They were pushed all Egypt. Superboat class alongside US-1 Massey and Pat Dakin were Coast Super Boat the way by early leaders WHM The second of the day’s two Team Stihl, 05 Broadco, 5 WHM first round winners in Top Fuel. Grand Prix off Motorsports. races featured Superboat and Motorsports, 33 Autonation- Today’s Top Fuel racing will Cocoa Beach in “It was a fantastic race to be Superboat Unlimited entrants, Racing for Cancer and 38 resume with Doug Kalitta facing Florida yesterday. a part of, but the engines kept who were set to tackle 13 laps of Warpaint, with Instigator 22 Chris Karamesines in their first switching into ‘guardian mode’ the 5.5-mile course for a total race the sole entrant in Superboat round pairing. at crucial times, especially after distance of 71.5 miles. Extreme. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA West earns valuable points; Makhloufi receives treatment at Aspetar Ramos ends in 23rd position DOHA: Olympic champion, triple-jumper Kimberly Williams Taoufik Makhloufi, visited also received routine medical Aspetar to receive physiother- checks at Aspetar last week. LE MANS, FRANCE: With a of riders with a similar pace, but apy treatment ahead of the next The athletes excelled during the QMMF Racing Team heroic ride to 14th place at the eventually managed to win the International Association of IAAF event with New Zealand’s rider Anthony West French Grand Prix, QMMF battle against Azlan Shah and Athletics Federations (IAAF) Valerie Adams clinching first in action during the racing team rider Anthony Robin Mulhauser to score 23rd Diamond League meet. place after tossing a mighty 20.20 French Grand Prix at West bounced back from a place. “My start was good and as The Algerian athlete, who won metres during her first attempt. Le Mans on Sunday. disappointing qualifying ses- usual in the race, I somehow man- a gold medal in the 1,500 metres The Olympic champion praised sion and scored valuable world aged to get towards the front. But at the London 2012 Olympic the hospital during her visit, say- championship points for the I had to fight a lot with the bike, Games, marked the last of a trio ing, “I am delighted to have been fifth time in five races so far. said West. “ I had chattering, I of athletes who visited Aspetar able to visit Aspetar. It is an The 32-year-old Australian had had sliding and it seems to be a for treatment while staying in amazing facility, where I received a great start from 27th position constant battle from entry to the Doha for the first IAAF Diamond five star medical treatment dur- on the grid and was in 18th posi- exit of the corner,” he added. League event of the season. ing my routine examination.” tion after one lap. Ramos who finished 23rd said: “I wanted to stay in Qatar after Jamaican Kimberly Williams From there, he kept gaining “It was a difficult and tough race. participating in the Diamond finished in third place in the wom- positions and climbed up to 13th The bike didn’t behave as well as League, and for it to serve as a en’s triple jump after completing and even 12th place as the race in the third free practice session, layover before Shanghai. I think a 14.15 metre third round effort. went on, but lost two positions where it was at its best and I liked it was the right decision,” he said. Colombia’s Caterine Ibargüen won again on the last lap due to tyre it a lot.” “Aspetar boasts fantastic facili- the event with a world leading wear. Nevertheless, he and his Ramos added: “In the end, I ties and world-class experts. I jump of 14.43 metres, while Olha team were in good spirits after was suffering and I was much had a complete medical check- Saladukha of Ukraine came sec- the race, since they had found a further behind in the field than up under the supervision of a ond with a leap of 14.32 metres. new way to improve corner speed, I had hoped to be. Now we are range of skilled doctors. I feel very Meanwhile, IAAF President, Mr which should help West in the looking to next race at Mugello, comfortable with my approach to Lamine Diack, visited Aspetar races to come. where I will try to be closer to Shanghai,” Makhloufi added. ahead of the Diamond League Team-mate Roman Ramos riders I should compete.” Olympic shot putter Valerie meet. had a tough day against a group THE PENINSULA Adams and up-and-coming THE PENINSULA

F1: Triple World Champion H E Salah bin Ghanem meets FIVB President Brabham passes away at 88

SYDNEY: Australian Jack to the Australian drivers that Australian Ron Tauranac to Brabham, who won three followed the trail he blazed, design and build their own cars, Formula One world titles and Brabham was also the subject of one of which he drove to the is the only man to have won a tribute from his country’s Prime Formula One title in 1966 at the the championship driving a car Minister, Tony Abbott. age of 40. bearing his name, died at the “Australia has lost a legend,” “On track he was always the age of 88 yesterday. Abbott said in statement. “With toughest of tough competitors, A fierce competitor, brilliant his pioneering spirit, Sir Jack tough sometimes to the point at engineer and astute businessman, Brabham personified many great which I’d wonder how could such Brabham claimed the Formula Australian characteristics. a nice bloke out of a car grow One titles in 1959 and 1960 for “He was respected and admired such horns and a tail inside one,” Cooper Racing before going on for his spirit, and for his great his British rival Stirling Moss to win a third in 1966 for the skill as an engineer.” recalled in the foreword to the Brabham marque. A former Royal Australian Air “You’d always know when Jack He died at his home on Force mechanic, Brabham began was on a charge because he’d Australia’s Gold Coast. racing midget cars on cinder crouch down and almost disap- “It’s a very sad day for all of us,” tracks in Australia in 1948 before pear within the cockpit. his youngest son David, who also moving to Britain to pursue his Tail-out, broadsiding, shower- raced in Formula One, said in a career in Formula One in the mid ing me with gravel and tuffets statement. 1950s. from the verge. “Dear me, you “My father passed away peace- Brabham became the first could take the Aussie out of the fully at home at the age of 88 this Australian to win the Formula dirt tracks but you couldn’t take morning. He lived an incredible One title in 1959, famously push- the dirt tracks out of the Aussie. life, achieving more than any- ing his car uphill to the finishing But the greater side of Jack’s one would ever dream of and he line to seal the triumph after run- character was always his sports- The Minister of Youth and Sports, H E Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali is seen with FIVB President Dr Ary will continue to live on through ning out of fuel on the final lap at manship.” Nicknamed “Black S Graca in Doha. The minister met the FIVB chief in his office where he gave a memento to the visiting FIVB the astounding legacy he leaves the U.S. Grand Prix at Sebring. Jack” for his mop of dark hair and official. Dr Graca arrived in Qatar to attend the final of Emir Cup. During the meeting, the FIVB President praised behind.” After his second triumph for taciturn nature, Brabham would Qatar for its efforts in the promotion of sports. The minister thanked Dr Graca for his cooperation and assured Described by 1980 world cham- Cooper, Brabham set up a com- become “Geriatric Jack” as he him that Qatar would work with the FIVB to boost the sport. pion Alan Jones as “inspirational” pany with friend and fellow raced on into his 40s. REUTERS TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT United turn to tried and tested Van Gaal as coach Dutchman given three-year contract, to take charge after World Cup

LONDON: Manchester United “Everyone is very excited about disappointing campaign compared be his right-hand man. When returned to a tried and trusted this new phase in the club’s his- to his barnstorming impact the Giggs was put in charge after trophy winner after an ill- tory. His track record of suc- previous year when his goals fired the exit of Moyes he opened fated adventure with David cess in winning leagues and cups United to a 20th English title. with a 4-0 victory over a poor Moyes when announcing that across Europe throughout his United fans will be re-assured Norwich City side, prompting Dutchman Louis van Gaal (pic- career makes him the perfect by Van Gaal’s past feats. many to suggest the Welshman Giggs retires tured) had been handed the job choice for us.” He was responsible for nurtur- should get the job on a full-time of reviving the club’s fortunes Van Gaal, who has already ing great players such as Frank basis. yesterday. been working behind the scenes Rijkaard, Clarence Seedorf and The reality of United’s situation from playing The 62-year-old, who has with United officials regarding Edgar Davids at Ajax who he hit home in the following game - a masterminded league titles at potential transfers, said: “It was memorably led to Champions 1-0 home defeat by Sunderland - to focus on some of Europe’s biggest clubs always a wish for me to work in League glory in 1995. and while Giggs may be a future including Barcelona and Bayern the Premier League. To work as a At Barcelona he won two La United manager he will spend the Munich, and won the Champions manager for Manchester United, Liga titles in three seasons dur- next few years learning from the coaching League with Ajax Amsterdam, the biggest club in the world, ing his first spell from 1997-2000 Dutch master. will begin the re-building job at makes me very proud. while at Bayern Munich in 2010 “I’m delighted that Louis has LONDON: Ryan Giggs (pic- Old Trafford once he has finished “This club has big ambitions; I he became the first Dutch coach chosen Ryan as his assistant,” tured) has called time on his national duties at the World Cup. too have big ambitions. Together to win the Bundesliga, unleash- Woodward said. remarkable 23-year, trophy- Ryan Giggs, United’s record I’m sure we will make history.” ing rising German talents such “Ryan’s association with the laden Manchester United career appearance maker, will work A year on from the bold deci- as Thomas Mueller and Bastian club spans over two decades and to commit himself to his new alongside him after his four-game sion to replace English football’s Schweinsteiger and signing com- his knowledge and stature will role as assistant to manager stint in charge following the sack- most successful manager Alex patriot Arjen Robben. be of great use to Louis. In addi- Louis van Gaal, who was con- ing last month of Moyes, given Ferguson with fellow Scot Moyes - Under Moyes, United’s 2012-13 tion, this is a fantastic opportu- firmed as the successor to David the chance on the back of a long mainly on Ferguson’s recommen- title-winning squad chronically nity for Ryan to learn his trade Moyes yesterday. and worthy, but success-starved, dation - the club’s owners, stung under-performed, suffering an alongside a world-class manager Giggs, who made a record 963 11-year stint in charge of Everton. by the financial impact of failure abysmal home record and humili- whose attacking instincts and appearances, winning 13 league “In Louis van Gaal, we have to qualify for the Champions ating thrashings by Man City and belief in youth are tailor-made titles, four FA Cups and two secured the services of one of League, have played it safe. Liverpool. for Manchester United.” Champions League trophies, the outstanding managers in the In Van Gaal they have recruited comfortably - and certainly con- The Scot’s body language was Giggs said: “Louis is a world- announced his decision yesterday game today, United executive a manager who will command fidently - in some of the most defeatist at times and there was class coach and I know I will learn via an open letter on the club’s vice-chairman Ed Woodward said huge respect in the dressing room pressurised hot-seats in world a suspicion that some of the club’s a lot about coaching from being website. in a statement that announced and in the transfer market and football despite occasional glitches senior players were less than able to observe and contribute at “I would like to take this oppor- the Dutchman had signed a whose methods have stood the and fall-outs. impressed with his style of play. such close quarters. tunity to announce my retirement three-year contract and would test of time. His first task will be rebuild- Van Gaal, used to handling the “Manchester United has been from professional football and start work after leading the He will need all his vast expe- ing the club’s defence, which will egos of high-profile internationals, a huge part of my life and I’m embark upon a new and exciting Netherlands in the World Cup rience too as United attempt be without Rio Ferdinand and will have little time for dissenters. delighted to be able to continue chapter in my life,” 40-year-old finals. to repair the damage done by Nemanja Vidic next season, and While Moyes made the mis- that relationship in such a key Giggs said. “He has achieved many things the 10-month Moyes era, which recruiting more pace and flair to take of ditching Ferguson’s back- role.” “I am immensely proud, hon- in his career to date and Old resulted in a seventh-placed finish a side that laboured last season, room staff in his first days in Van Gaal will also bring oured and fortunate to have rep- Trafford provides him with a in the Premier League. particularly at home. charge, Van Gaal’s acclimatisa- Netherlands’ goalkeeping coach resented the biggest club in the fitting stage on which to write The magnitude of the Old Reviving striker Robin van tion at Old Trafford will be aided Frans Hoek and scouting spe- world 963 times and Wales 64 new chapters in the Manchester Trafford job was clearly beyond Persie will also be key after by the fact that Giggs, a hugely cialist Marcel Bout to the club as times. United story. Moyes but Van Gaal has sat the Dutchman suffered a influential figure at the club, will assistant coaches. REUTERS “My dream was always to play for Manchester United and although it saddens me to know I Luis Enrique won’t be pulling on a United jer- sey again as a player, I have been lucky enough to have fulfilled that appointed dream playing with some of the best players in the world, work- Barca coach French national ing under an incredible manager in Sir Alex Ferguson, and most of team coach Didier MADRID: Former midfielder all, playing for the greatest fans Deschamps gives Luis Enrique has signed a two- in world football. year deal to coach Barcelona, a press confer- “I have always felt and appre- the La Liga club said yesterday. ence at the French ciated your support. I would not The 44-year-old replaces national football have won 34 trophies in my career Gerardo Martino, who stepped team centre in without you.” down on Saturday after just one Claire Fontaine- Giggs made his United debut season in charge having failed to en-Yvelines, in 1991 and remained an integral win a major trophy. outside Paris, part of the club under Ferguson. “Luis Enrique has been cho- yesterday, at the Initially a wiry, close-dribbling sen as the new first team trainer start of the team winger, his midfield combinations having been given the back- preparation for the with the likes of David Beckham, ing of sports director Andoni upcoming FIFA Paul Scholes and Roy Keane were Zubizarreta,” Barca said in a 2014 World Cup. at the heart of much of the team’s statement. success. “Luis Enrique will sign a con- His amazing superb solo goal tract with FC Barcelona for the in the FA Cup semi-final replay next two seasons.” against Arsenal in 1999 - en route Barcelona also confirmed to United securing the treble of the signing of keeper Marc- league, FA Cup and Champions Andre Ter Stegen from Borussia League - has been voted the club’s Monchengladbach and the return greatest goal by a poll of fans. of Rafa Alcantara and Gerard Giggs’ international career was Deulofeu who have been out on not so successful as he performed loan at Celta Vigo and Everton in a Wales team which failed to respectively. Mitroglou makes Greece World make a major championship - Meanwhile, Barcelona striker despite some near misses - while Lionel Messi insisted yesterday his relationship with Wales fans he remains committed to the club was strained by his regular with- despite a disappointing trophy- drawals with minor injuries that less season but would only stay Cup squad despite injury would miraculously disappear in on as long as it felt “affection” for time for him to resume United him. ATHENS: Fulham striker Verona defender Vangelis Moras friendly matches then I would in a balanced group with three action days later. Messi agreed a new contract Kostas Mitroglou made Greece’s after three years out of the have invited him. I have a clear very strong teams. Here are the He retired from international with the club worth a reported final 23-man World Cup squad national squad that starts the conscience that I did whatever players that meet all the criteria football in 2008 though did, how- 20m euros ($27.4m) net a year just yesterday despite a roller World Cup in Group C against possible to be able to see him in to make a difference in the World ever, enjoy a swansong of sorts last week. However, he was booed coaster season. Colombia, Ivory Coast and Japan. action as I did with Mitroglou,” Cup,” Santos said. when he captained the British by certain sections of the Camp Mitroglou scored three of “He has had a very good season Santos said. Squad: Goalkeepers: Orestis football team at the 2012 London Nou crowd as Barcelona narrowly Greece’s four goals in their aggre- with his team and seems to be in “I feel perfectly safe with the 23 Karnezis (Granada), Panaglotis Olympics. missed out on winning La Liga gate 4-2 win over Romania in a very good condition. He meets the I selected, especially in midfield. Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino As he aged, Giggs developed on Saturday in a 1-1 home draw World Cup qualifying play-off in requirements I have raised for I know I can count on substitute (Panathinaikos) into more of a soccer quarter- to Atletico Madrid, who took the November. this mission,” Santos said. players if someone is injured or I Defenders: Kostas Manolas, back, less mobile but able to title for the first time in 18 years He scored a series of hat-tricks Cut from the 30-man pro- need to replace someone,” Santos Giannis Maniatis, Jose Holebas spread passes with deadly preci- in a dramatic title decider. for Olympiakos, including in the visional squad announced said. (all Olympiakos), Sokratis sion while giving a masterclass in “It is the people of (Football Champions League, at the start last week were Apollon goal- “I’ve said it many times. The Papastathopoulos (Borussia keeping possession. Club) Barcelona who will decide of season, then missed a month keeper Alexandros Tzorvas, selections were made not for me Dortmund), Giorgios Tzavellas Ferguson routinely paid tribute my future but my decision is to through injury, before signing for Olympiakos defender Avraam but for the good of the national (PAOK), Loukas Vyntra to Giggs’ committed approach to continue since I still sense that Fulham. Papadopoulos, Levande defender team. And in my mind these foot- (Levante), Vasilis Torosidis fitness and “fuelling”, and how they feel affection for me,” the Mitroglou struggled with a Nikos Karabelas, Kaiserslautern ballers are adequate to implement (Roma), Vangelis Moras (Hellas they helped him continue to oper- Argentine star wrote on the knee injury and form at the midfielder Kostas Fortounis, our plan,” he added. Verona). ate at the very top level at an age Chinese online messaging plat- London side who were relegated Atromitos forward Dimitris “I opted for a team with bal- Midfielders: Alexandros when most of his contemporaries form Weibo. from the English Premier League. Papadopoulos, Panathinaikos ance in all areas with players Tziolis (Kayserispor), Andreas had long retired. “But if that were not the case I “The only criterion in my selec- forward Nikos Karelis and PAOK who can play in other positions Samaris (Olympiakos), Kostas With the departure of Ferguson would look for a solution, because tions was the players who I chose forward Stefanos Athanasiadis. if needed.” Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgos at the end of last season, Giggs I will always want the best for this to make me feel safe both in the Santos also chose to leave out He said the Greek team would Karagounis (Fulham), Panagiotis became a peripheral figure under club.” technical sector and in their Olympiakos defender Dimitris begin final training sessions Tachtsidis (Torino), Ioannis Moyes but was thrust back on to Barca ended the season without physical state,” said Greece coach Siovas who just recovered from together on Monday. Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Lazaros centre stage as player-manager a major trophy for the first time Fernando Santos. a leg injury that kept him on the Greece has scheduled friendly Christodoulopoulos (Bologna), for the last four games of the sea- in six years forcing coach Gerardo “We noticed in the last matches sidelines for four months. matches against Portugal this Panagiotis Kone (Bologna) son after the Scot was sacked. Martino to quit after just one sea- that Mitroglou with Fulham “I waited three weeks to see month and Nigeria and Bolivia in Forwards: Dimitris Salpingidis He selected himself for only one son in charge. played 30 minutes and I consid- him in action with Olympiakos, early June to test the squad before (PAOK), Giorgios Samaras of them - a substitute appearance Messi said it had been a “hard ered that he can help the team,” but he was not given the chance,” heading for Brazil. (Celtic), Konstantinos Mitroglou in the 3-1 victory over Hull City at year, personally and as a group.” Santos said. said the Portuguese coach. “We begin our preparation for (Fulham), Theofanis Gekas Old Trafford in the penultimate AGENCIES Santos also brought back “If I had seen him even in the World Cup where we will be (Konyaspor). AGENCIES game of the season. AFP TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

WTA Nuremberg Results First Round Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) bt Antonia Lottner (GER) 6-1, 6-2 Karolína Pliskova (CZE) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT x5) 6-3, 6-4 Elina Svitolina (UKR x4) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE) 7-5, 6-4 Beatriz Garcia Vidagany (ESP) bt Nina Zander (GER) 6-2, 6-3 Annika Beck (GER x8) bt Jana Cepelova (SVK) 6-2, 6-3 Caroline Garcia (FRA x7) bt Julia Glushko (ISR) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-3, 6-2 Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x2) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strýcová (CZE) 6-0, 6-3 Azarenka out of French Open

PARIS: World number five Victoria Azarenka has with- drawn from the French Open as she continues to recover from a foot injury that forced her ear- lier withdrawals from tourna- ments in Doha, Miami, Madrid Winners at the Qatar Football Association (QFA)’s end-of-season awards pose for a picture along with President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed and Rome. Al Thani, President of QFA at the Qatar National Convention Centre on Saturday. “Unfortunately I will not be able to compete in Roland Garros this year,” the two-time Novak Djokovic of Serbia Australian Open champion wrote serves to Rafael Nadal of Spain on her Twitter page. during their men’s singles final “Working hard on my recovery match at the Rome Masters on and getting back on court.” Sunday. Belhadj and Trabelsi REUTERS Djokovic mind win top QFA awards on French Open Al Ahli’s striker Kaluyituka clinches golden boot prize ROME: Novak Djokovic believes his Rome Masters triumph over Rafael Nadal is the perfect tonic ahead of his latest bid to win the French Open and complete a career Grand Slam. DOHA: Al Sadd’s Algerian mid- The world number two came from a set down to depose seven-time fielder/defender Nadir Belhadj Rome champion Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and capture his third title in the was adjudged the best player Italian capital. even as Al Ahli walked away It was his fourth successive victory over the world number one and with most of the honours at the came just a week before the start of the French Open, the only major Qatar Football Association’s the Serb has yet to win. end-of-season awards at the “Winning a final of a great tournament with Rafa on clay is defi- Qatar National Convention nitely a confidence booster and the ultimate challenge,” said Djokovic. Centre on Saturday. “I am very happy with my game and I hope I can carry it to Roland “Thank you very much this is Garros.” fantastic. I would like to thank Sunday’s win was Djokovic’s 19th career Masters title and his 19th all the people who voted for me win against Nadal in 41 meetings. and my teammates who of course It also allowed the 26-year-old to convince himself that the right helped me achieve this award,” wrist injury which torpedoed his Monte Carlo Masters title defence Belhadj said. and then ruled him out of the Madrid Masters is a thing of the past. “I would also like to thank the “It’s been a great week, considering how I was few weeks ago with fans and my wife,” he added. the injury and I didn’t know how the wrist was going to react this Al Sailiya’s Tunisian coach week,” he said. Sami Trabelsi won the best “Luckily for me I played with no pain, increasing the level of my coach award while the club also tennis as the week went on.” clinched the honours for the best Djokovic, a six-time major winner thanks to four Australian Open management. triumphs and one apiece at the US Open and Wimbledon, was beaten Al Ahli’s Dioko Kaluyituka in the final at Roland Garros by Nadal in 2012. was assured of the golden boot Al Sadd’s Nadir Belhadj (left) receiving the best player award from QFA President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Last year, he was a break up in the final set of a semi-final epic award, which has been named bin Ahmed Al Thani. RIGHT: Al Sailiya’s coach Sami Trabelsi, winner of the best coach award. against the Spaniard before Nadal came through 9-7. after Qatar’s ace former player “I do not underestimate any opponent and especially Rafa who is the Mansour Muftah, after netting 22 best player ever in the history on this surface, we all know his record,” goals in the Qatar Stars League. held at QNCC where the Qatari Hani Taleb Ballan Deputy CEO accepted by Nasser Yacoub the said Djokovic, desperate to keep a lid on expectations. The men in green had more to football industry and invited for- of the Qatar Stars League audience and marketing officer Djokovic’s caution is understandable given Nadal has an astonishing cheer as Ali Khadri was named eign guests and officials attended (QSL) and Hassan Al Thawadi, and the best player under-21 record of eight titles in Paris, 59 match wins and just one loss in a run the best Under-21 player, their to see this year’s ceremony. the Secretary-General, of the which was won by Ali Ahmed stretching back to 2005. fan club was declared the best for The lavish event was a who’s Supreme Committee for Delivery Qadri, in addition to a special But chinks are appearing in the famed Nadal armour. the innovative ideas and metic- who of Qatari football as the audi- and Legacy. award for Al Ahli captain Meshal His loss on Sunday meant he had lost three claycourt matches in the ulous execution, and seasoned torium was packed with stars This was the first time that Abdulla. same season for the first time since 2004 when he was 17. Meshaal Abdullah was presented hoping to bag an award. The cer- the awards ceremony had been Best team management was Worryingly for him, Djokovic fired a huge 46 winners past him in with a special recognition award emony began by recognizing the hosted at the impressive QNCC contested between El Jaish, Al Sunday’s final. for his standout performance this various unseen work done by the on the outskirts of town opposite Ahli and Al Sailiya. Nadal put on a brave face after his defeat which followed a tough season. police and the Red Crescent at Education City. The award was won by this sea- three-set win over Andy Murray in the quarter-finals. Sheikh Khaled bin matches throughout the season. The first football award of the son’s surprise package Al Sailiya “I was able to compete good with one of the best players of the Abdulrahman Al Thani was Then the QFA officials paid night went to Al Waab for their who finished in fourth spot in the moment,” said Nadal. honoured with the Football for tribute to the media and spon- excellent team management in QSL. The award ceremony was “My chances to play well at Roland Garros two weeks ago weren’t All award for his contribution to sors handing out awards to vari- the newly formed Qatar Amateur a great evening and capped off very high, now I arrive at Roland Garros with more encouragement.” the game while the honours for ous journalists and people from League. a great season that saw for the Meanwhile, Djokovic dedicated his win on Sunday to the Balkans the best-managed Qatar Amateur the business community. These The night too was a big success first time an expanded league where floods in Serbia and Bosnia have killed at least 44 people while League team went to champions awards where presented by the for Al Ahli who managed to pick with 14 highly competitive clubs making thousands of others homeless. Al Waab. QFA President Sheikh Hamad up a number of awards such as taking part, making it a season to “Not being present makes me sad because I cannot physically con- The annual QFA awards were bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, the Best Fans award which was remember. THE PENINSULA tribute because if I was there I would, definitely,” he said. “As soon as the flood passes by we’ll need help from the world because the process of recovery can last for months or years. This is the biggest disaster in the history of our country.” AFP WTA Tour Singles ATP Tour Singles Standings Standings 1 (1) Serena Williams (US) 11590 1 (1) Rafa Nadal (Spain) 12500 2 (2) Li Na (China) 7540 2 (2) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 11850 3 (3) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6360 3 (3) Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 5830 4 (5) Simona Halep (Romania) 5140 4 (4) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 5125 5 (4) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 4741 5 (5) David Ferrer (Spain) 5030 6 (6) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4600 6 (6) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4330 7 (8) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 4255 7 (7) J Martin Del Potro (Argentina) 4125 8 (7) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 4141 8 (8) Andy Murray (Britain) 4120 9 (9) Angelique Kerber (Germany) 3870 9 (10) Milos Raonic (Canada) 2975 10 (10) Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 3705 10 (9) Kei Nishikori (Japan) 2815 11 (11) Sara Errani (Italy) 3590 11 (11) John Isner (US) 2600 12 (13) Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 3455 12 (14) Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 2515 13 (12) Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 3404 13 (12) Richard Gasquet (France) 2445 14 (15) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 2790 14 (13) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 2315 15 (14) Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 2785 15 (15) Fabio Fognini (Italy) 2155 16 (16) Sloane Stephens (US) 2600 16 (16) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 2065 QFA President Sheikh Hamad speaking at the function. RIGHT: Al 17 (17) Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 2556 17 (19) Tommy Haas (Germany) 2005 Ahli’s Meshaal Abdullah receiving the special recognition award 18 (19) Roberta Vinci (Italy) 2510 18 (18) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 1900 for his standout performance this season from Hassan Al Thawadi, 19 (20) Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 2490 19 (17) Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 1890 Secretary-General of Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. 20 (18) Samantha Stosur (Australia) 2485 20 (20) Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 1710 Tuesday 20 May 2014 Sport 23 DAYS TO GO

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Wilkinson to retire at end The captain of Al Sadd team, winners at the GCC Club Basketball Championship, receiving the trophy from Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, President of Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) and Secretary-General of Qatar Olympic Committee at Qatar Women’s Sports Committee hall at Aspire Dome in Doha yesterday. Qatar’s Al Sadd defeated Al Wasl of UAE 79-70 in of the season the final. RIGHT: Al Sadd team poses for a picture along with officials at the prize distribution ceremony. PICTURES BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT TOULON, France: England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson (pictured) announced yester- day that he will retire at the end of the season after Toulon’s European Cup and French Top 14 finals. Rajasthan suffer set-back “I would like to take this oppor- tunity to formally announce my retirement from playing rugby,” Hussey-inspired Mumbai Indians win by 25 runs in Ahmedabad the 34-year-old said in a state- ment on his club’s website. “I have an enormous number AHMEDABAD: Rajasthan Scoreboard of people to thank for their sup- Royals’ race for a place among Kings XI Punjab book port from all around the world the top two suffered a set-back MUMBAI INDIANS S V Samson c Rayudu b Santokie ...... 2 but especially here in France and after they suffered a 25-run M E K Hussey c Cooper b Ankit Sharma ...... 56 K K Cooper c Pollard b Harbhajan Singh ...... 5 in England,” Wilkinson said, loss to defending champions L M P Simmons c Cooper b Ankit Sharma ...62 Ankit Sharma c Rayudu b Gopal ...... 4 “This however is not at all the Mumbai Indians in their Indian place in play-offs time to be concentrating on this K A Pollard (not out) ...... 14 S T R Binny st Tare b Gopal ...... 2 Premier League (IPL) at the R G Sharma (run out-Faulkner) ...... 40 B J Hodge c Sharma b Santokie ...... 40 as I would like to focus all my DELHI: Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera Extras (LB-3, W-2, NB-1) ...... 6 J P Faulkner (not out)...... 31 Kings XI Punjab made sure of their place in the Indian attention and energy on the team here yesterday. Total (for 3 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 178 R Bhatia (not out) ...... 6 Premier League (IPL) 2014 play-offs with a four-wicket win over and these final two games of the It was a strong batting per- Fall of wickets: 1-120, 2-122, 3-178. Extras (LB-1, W-7) ...... 8 Delhi Daredevils here yesterday. Punjab struggled in their run-chase season.” formance that took Mumbai Bowling: Ankit Sharma 4-0-23-2; D S Kulkarni Total (for 8 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 153 of a 165-run target, but managed to get over the line in 19.4 overs. The fly-half, most famous for Indians to a competitive 178 for 4-0-27-0 (1w); J P Faulkner 4-0-47-0(1w); K K Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-38, 3-42, 4-61, 5-66, Akshar Patel turned out to be the unlikely hero for Punjab with an winning the 2003 World Cup for three in 20 overs. A century-run Cooper 3-0-27-0 (1nb); S T R Binny 1-0-12-0; 6-69, 7-75, 8-144. unbeaten 42 off 35 deliveries. England with an extra-time drop stand between Mike Hussey (56) R Bhatia 4-0-39-0. Bowling: J J Bumrah 3-0-23-0 (2w); K San- Virender Sehwag and M Vohra began the run-chase for Punjab by goal against Australia, only ever and Lendl Simmons (62) gave RAJASTHAN ROYALS tokie 4-0-50-2 (3w); P P Ojha 4-0-30-2; K A putting on 67 runs. Earlier, Delhi Daredevils scored 164 in their allot- played for two clubs during his Mumbai Indians an early con- K K Nair c Santokie b Harbhajan Singh ...... 48 Pollard 1-0-11-0; Harbhajan Singh 4-0-13-2 ted overs. KD Karthik top scored with 69 runs. AGENCIES 17-year long career, joining big- trol of the match while a blister- U B T Chand c Hussey b Ojha ...... 2 (1w); S Gopal 4-0-25-2 (1w). spending Toulon from Newcastle ing 19-ball 40 by skipper Rohit S R Watson c Rayudu b Ojha ...... 5 Player-of-the-Match: M E K Hussey (MI). Scoreboard in 2009 Sharma put them completely on He played an integral part in top. They put on a fine bowling DELHI DAREDEVILS KINGS XI PUNJAB Toulon’s rise to the pinnacle of performance too as barring Karun M Vijay c Hendricks b Sandeep Sharma ...... 5 V Sehwag c Tiwary b Duminy ...... 23 French rugby, but with his 35th Nair (48), Brad Hodge (40) and Michael K P Pietersen b Patel ...... 49 M Vohra c Vijay b Imran Tahir ...... 42 birthday fast approaching, his James Faulkner (31 not out) none Hussey of K D Karthik c Dhawan b Hendricks ...... 69 G J Maxwell b Imran Tahir ...... 14 retirement at the end of the sea- of the Rajasthan Royals batsmen son had been widely expected. Mumbai J P Duminy c Maxwell b Hendricks ...... 17 D A Miller b Duminy ...... 2 could get to double figures and the Wilkinson won 91 caps for Indians K M Jadhav c Maxwell b Sandeep Sharma ...0 W P Saha c Parnell b Mohammed Shami ....13 side managed 152 for eight in 20 M A Agarwal b Sandeep Sharma ...... 6 A R Patel (not out) ...... 42 England, and played in a second overs. Rajasthan Royals are third plays a World Cup final in 2007 when shot during M K Tiwary (not out) ...... 10 G J Bailey c Jadhav b Imran Tahir ...... 6 with 14 points from 12 matches W D Parnell c Maxwell b Hendricks ...... 2 R Dhawan (not out) ...... 8 they were beaten 15-6 by South their Indian while Mumbai Indians are sixth Mohammed Shami (not out) ...... 1 Extras (LB-4, W-11) ...... 15 Africa. He scored a total of 1,246 Premier with eight points from 11 outings. Extras (LB-1, W-4) ...... 5 Total (for 6 wkts in 19.4 overs) ...... 165 points, second only in the world to Mumbai Indians’ offie League Total (for 7 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 164 Did not bat: B E Hendricks, Shivam Sharma, the 1,442 of All Black Dan Carter. Harbhajan Singh was the pick of match Did not bat: Imran Tahir, J D Unadkat. Sandeep Sharma. He was part of four Six Nations the bowlers, bagging two for 13 against Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-84, 3-140, 4-144, Fall of wickets: 1-67, 2-84, 3-92, 4-94, title wins for England with the from his four overs, while leg- Rajasthan 5-151, 6-155, 7-158. 5-127, 6-155. peak being a Grand Slam under gie Shreyas Gopal got two for 25. Royals in Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 4-0-35-3 (3w); B E Bowling: W D Parnell 3.4-0-42-0 (3w); Mo- coach Clive Woodward in 2003, Pacer Krishmar Santokie and Ahmedabad, Hendricks 4-0-36-3; A R Patel 4-1-18-1 (1w); hammed Shami 4-0-39-1 (3w); J D Unadkat the same year England won the left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha yesterday. R Dhawan 4-0-42-0; Shivam Sharma 4-0-32- 4-0-31-0 (1w); Imran Tahir 4-0-22-3 (2w); J P World Cup 20-17 in Sydney. got two wickets each as well. 0. Duminy 4-0-27-2 (2w). He also won six caps for the IANS British and Irish Lions, but retired from international rugby in December 2011 after the World Cup in New Zealand to concen- trate on playing for Toulon. Anti-doping body bans use of xenon gas Wilkinson’s distintive kicking style brought him great success and set a new benchmark for MONTREAL: The World decided to place the substances and topping the final medals authorities who handed him a to look at this case. We haven’t perfectionism in rugby which Anti-Doping Agency banned on its prohibited list. table. The country until recent shorter one-year ban, its vice had the opportunity to explore it subsequently has been fol- the inhalation of xenon and “The message to any athlete is years had a dire reputation for president Sebastian Coe said properly,” Coe said on Monday. lowed by a new generation of argon gas yesterday, saying it loaded and clear, it’s going onto the doping of athletes dating back yesterday. The United States “We would need to know what place-kickers. could illegally enhance the per- the ban list,” WADA president to the Soviet system. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) ‘significant assistance’ meant. The final two games of his formance of athletes. Craig Reedie said after the agen- However Russia has now taken announced a backdated one-year And it is for our anti-doping career will see him wear the Top Russian athletes were said cy’s two-day executive committee steps to clean up its act including ban on Gay, the joint second fast- teams at our headquarters in colours of Toulon on Saturday to have used xenon at Olympic and foundation board meetings. the creation of its own anti-doping est man of all-time, earlier this Monaco and the anti-doping in the European Cup final Games from Athens 2004 right “So if in doubt, do not.” agency RUSADA. The research month for testing positive for a board to decide if the sanction is against Saracens in Cardiff and up to the Sochi 2014 Winter WADA’s executive committee institute of the Russian defense banned anabolic steroid in 2013. appropriate.” the French Top 14 final against Games. Inhaling the gas encour- unanimously approved the ban, ministry reportedly set out guide- The 31-year-old American could The USADA said Gay, who is Castres at the Stade de France a ages the production in the body which will go into effect after a lines in 2010 for the administra- have been suspended for two eligible to race again from June week later. of the hormone Erythropoietin 90-day delay for national anti- tion of xenon gas to athletes. years for his first doping offence 23, provided assistance “including Wilkinson enjoyed European (EPO), which encourages the for- doping organizations to imple- Meanwhile, Athletics’ world but received a shorter punish- being interviewed on several occa- Cup success with Toulon last year, mation of red blood cells in the ment the change. governing body (IAAF) wants to ment because of his “substantial sions by USADA and providing when he was player of the year at body to improve performance. Russia’s athletes enjoyed a know what “significant assist- assistance” in the investigation of all of the products he was using the club, but he has yet to add a In addition to banning the hugely successful Winter Games ance” Tyson Gay has provided his case, the USADA said. at the time of his positive tests.” Top 14 title to his list of achieve- use of xenon and argon, WADA in Sochi, winning 13 gold medals to the American anti-doping “Well, first of all the IAAF has AGENCIES ments, having played on the losing side in the last two years. AFP