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Emir congratulates Shelter for Uruguay President on National Day

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday unfit workers sent a cable of congratulations to Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez on his country’s National Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh to open soon Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani also sent a congratulatory cable to President Vazquez. Prime Minister and Interior to return to work. They would need Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah a suitable place to stay until pro- bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Bayt Al Aman cedures for their repatriation are sent a similar cable to President will take care of completed. Vazquez, reports QNA. Bayt Al Aman will provide tem- expatriates injured porary shelter to allow them to live on duty and become in a healthy and safe environment Amnesty procedure unfit to work, until until they return home. The house, with a capacity to timings announced their repatriation. accommodate 14 workers at a time, will provide a safe environment US Secretary of State John Kerry (fifth left), GCC foreign ministers and other officials pose for a photo away from hospital, said the daily. The Peninsula during their meeting on Yemen, in Jeddah yesterday. It will provide entertainment The Peninsula facilities besides other necessary amenities. HMC, in collaboration DOHA: The Search and Fol- with the Ministry of Interior and low Up Department will receive the Foreign Ministry, is also work- Kerry pushes Yemen peace plan expatriates seeking amnesty at its DOHA: A new facility to rehabilitate ing to ease procedures for departure premises from 2pm to 8pm from expatriate workers becoming unfit of such workers. Monday to Thursday every week, for work following work site acci- The project is part of a series of AFP Ould Cheikh Ahmed, in Jeddah. comprehensive settlement,” he said, beginning September 1, the Minis- dents is expected to be opened soon. major initiatives being carried out Foreign Minister H E Sheikh adding Gulf states had “agreed unan- try of Interior said yesterday. Bayt Al Aman (Safety House) by the state to ensure the welfare of Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al imously on the initiative” after three The ministry on Wednes- is a pioneering project in Qatar expatriate workers. Thani attended the meeting. months of talks in Kuwait ended day announced a three-month and the region and will be run by The Ministry of Public Health, in JEDDAH: US Secretary of State Kerry lashed out at Iran and said earlier this month without making amnesty for illegal residents to Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) collaboration with other concerned John Kerry yesterday announced a its arms shipments to the Shia Houthi headway.. leave the country without facing in a building in Old Airport area, Al government entities, is develop- fresh international peace initiative rebels in Yemen posed a threat to the He said details would be final- legal consequences or the punish- Sharq reports. ing an action plan to prevent work for Yemen aimed at forming a unity US. “The threat potentially posed by ised by the “parties themselves” but ment stipulated in the law (No. 4 Quoting a source, the daily said site injuries, especially those from government to resolve the 17-month- the shipments of missiles and other the final deal would initially include of 2009) regulating entry, exit and the facility will serve as a tempo- exposure of workers to extreme heat old conflict. sophisticated weapons into Yemen a swift formation of a national unity residency of expatriates. rary home for expatriate workers during summer. “This war needs to end as quickly from Iran extends well beyond Yemen government with power shared among The amnesty will be in force who become unfit for work follow- The ministry recently said as possible,” Kerry told reporters and is not a threat just to Saudi Arabia the parties; withdrawal of forces from September 1 to December 1. ing work site accidents. companies violating summer after a meeting with Gulf counter- and... the region. It is a threat to the from Sana’a and other key areas; and The ministry has asked all Beneficiaries include workers working hours will be “named and parts, British Minister of State for the US and it cannot continue.” transfer of heavy weapons, includ- illegal residents to approach the discharged from hospitals after shamed”. Middle East and North Africa, Tobias The new peace approach will ing ballistic missiles and launchers, department during the above treatment but their physical or men- Ellwood, and United Nations Secre- have “a security and political track from the Houthis and forces allied schedule to complete procedures tal condition does not allow them → Continued on page 2 tary-General’s envoy to Yemen Ismail simultaneously working to provide a with them to a third party. for their repatriation.

Italy declares Pony Show First Filipino hospital and emergency; quake toll 250 polyclinic to open in Qatar

Reuters By Raynald C Rivera PBC-Q Chairman Greg Loayon told The Peninsula the media yesterday. ROME: Italy will rebuild commu- “The next few months will be nities devastated by this week’s busy with an information campaign earthquake and relaunch efforts and in parallel we are working on to protect the country’s buildings DOHA: The first Filipino hospital legal documentation. and infrastructure from natural overseas is likely to open in Qatar “While we sign memorandums disasters, Prime Minister Matteo in 2018, says an official of Philippine of understandings, we want to be Renzi said yesterday. Business Council-Qatar (PBC-Q). able to move to signing contracts At least 250 people have died While the council and its part- later to have the structure in place,” after an earthquake struck the ners are eyeing to open the hospital Loayon said. mountainous heart of Italy in the in 2018, a polyclinic over a 750sqm “The way the project is moving early hours of Wednesday, devas- area will be opened soon. is more of a two-pronged way. We tating a string of towns, villages PBC-Q, along with Medical Mis- are starting with the polyclinic for and hamlets. sion Group Hospitals and Health which a site has been identified,” “We cannot forget that we Services Cooperative Philippines said Loayon. have a moral commitment (MMGHHSCP), is working on legal The healthcare facility will be towards the men and women of documentation to set up the pio- based on a groundbreaking coop- these places,” Renzi told report- neering cooperative hospital. erative model in which overseas ers at the end of a cabinet meeting The new facility is expected to Filipinos will be investors. called to discuss the government’s Colourful pony mascots take children on a magical and musical adventure during ‘My Little Pony Show’ benefit more than 200,000 Filipi- “The cooperative concept is response to the emergency. at Qatar Summer Festival’s Entertainment City at Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre yesterday. nos and the wider community in the unique and was tested and launched “Reconstruction is the prior- The fun-filled month-long festival organised by Qatar Tourism Authority concludes on Wednesday. country. in the Philippines 30 years ago. ity of our government and of our Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula “We are looking at being able to country,” he said. register the corporation this year,” → Continued on page 2 Renzi said it was also vital to boost anti-seismic measures in one of the most earthquake-prone nations in the world. “We are the best in the world Envoy rejects rumours over Sri Lankan school closure when it comes to managing emer- gencies, but that is not enough,” he said. “We need to change our By Fazeena Saleem issued by the embassy on conducting generated after a letter issued by me I sent a letter requesting it to abide management misinterpreted the let- mentality. We need a new model The Peninsula board meetings of the school. with regard to conducting board by the school constitution,” said Prof ter. “I have no intention to close down of development, but also of pre- He also expressed desire for meetings,” said Prof Karunadasa, Karunadasa. the school but to expand it on the new vention,” he added. expansion of the school on a new who is also Patron of the school. The letter reads, “As the patron, premises which has been handed The government declared a DOHA: Sri Lankan Ambassador to premises. The school has 20 members on I’m compelled to advise you that over to us by Qatar’s government,” state of emergency and the cabi- Qatar, Prof (Dr) W M Karunadasa, “There are rumours going on its board of governors and at least the constitution’s provisions should he said, adding the school manage- net decided to pledge an initial 50 yesterday clarified that the Stafford about the school and that has created half are required to attend meetings, be followed in strict term if school ment has to be transparent and work million euros ($56m) to go towards Sri Lankan School Doha will not be fear among the community whether according to the school constitution. wishes to remain under the embas- in coordination with the embassy. reconstruction and aid efforts, dpa closed, as suspicion has been created the Sri Lankan Embassy is going to “When the school sent minutes of sy’s patronage.” reports. in the community following a letter close down the school. That fear was board meetings without a quorum, Prof Karunadasa said the school → Continued on page 2 02 FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 HOME

FM meets Head of UN Libya Mission Qatari investors to back hospital

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The project will follow this model and involve partnership between MMGHHSCP, Qatari investors and overseas Filipinos with government support,” said PBC-Q Adviser Robert Lepon. He said Qatari investors will provide the land and building while they are targeting 10 percent of the population of Overseas Filipinos in Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Qatar as investors. yesterday met UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Since the start of the information Head of UN Support Mission in Libya, Martin Kobler, and stressed campaign, it has generated massive Qatar’s support for international efforts towards a comprehensive interest within the community and national reconciliation to achieve Libya’s stability and preserve its around 800 Filipinos have already national unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. confirmed their support for the project, said Loayon. A five-member delegation from the Philippines headed by MMGHH- SCP Chief Executive Officer Dr Jose Dutch envoy presents credentials Tiongco is in Qatar to hold talks with Qatari investors as well as meet Fili- pinos at the first training and general assembly of cooperative chapters today at Copthorne Hotel. The cooperative hospital will benefit Filipino investors in Qatar by availing the best and affordable Philippine Ambassador Wilfredo C Santos (sixth left), MMGHHSCP CEO Dr Jose Tiongco (fifth left), PBC-Q healthcare for them here and their Chairman Greg Loayon (third left) and PBC-Q Adviser Robert Lepon (fourth left) along with other officials relatives back in the Philippines as during a courtesy call at the embassy yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula well as earning money. “Their relatives back in the Phil- here since it will generate income for the first step through which we will Filipinos by providing us opportu- ippines can access the same level them through the wide MMGHHSCP not just be workers but also investors,” nities. Aside from providing services of healthcare service through the network. he said. The proposed Filipino hospital to our compatriots, it extends to the MMGHHSCP network of 19 hospitals, “Healthcare service is a competi- will not just be serving Filipinos. Other wider population itself. This our way ,” said Lepon. tive edge that the Philippines has over nationalities can also avail of health- of supporting Qatar National Vision Their investment, he said, will act other countries. Around 80 percent care services Filipinos are known for. 2030 which includes providing qual- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi as a ‘safety net’ for overseas Filipino of nurses in Qatar are Filipinos. We “This is one way of giving back ity healthcare to the whole nation,” yesterday received a copy of credentials of Dutch Ambassador investors in case they lose their jobs have to capitalize on that and this is to a country that has been kind to said Loayon. Bahia Tahzib. He wished the new ambassador success in her duties. Workplace injuries Supermarket caught Sri Lanka envoy on the decline storing food in labour tells school to Continued from page 1 Workplace injuries are accommodation be transparent declining gradually due to the government’s efforts to ensure safety regulations are followed Continued from page 1 The Peninsula the supermarket. The inspectors at work places, according to the recorded the violation of Law No. ministry. 8/1990 regulating monitoring of “We expect transparency. The school is not willing The ministry has also food for human consumption. to come to terms with the embassy and we are kept in launched projects to provide DOHA: The Health Monitoring Sec- According to a statement issued dark,” said Prof. Karunadasa. quality care to expatriate workers, tion at Doha Municipality has found by the section, the labour accommo- He said action will be taken to dissolve the board if in a way that is easily accessible. a supermarket using a neighbouring dation being used as a store lacks the school management continues to violate its consti- Three hospitals exclusively labour accommodation in Al Saad minimum requirement of hygiene tution and fails to work with the embassy. Sri Lankan Ambassador to Qatar, Prof (Dr) W M catering to expatriate single work- as a store. and suitable ventilation, making it a The school was inaugurated in October 2001 and Karunadasa, speaking about the school yesterday. ers are being built in Industrial Health inspectors of the munic- conducive environment for rodents since 2011 it has been affiliated to the Lankan and runs Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula Area, Mesaieed and Ras Laffan. ipality raided the accommodation and insects. as a non-profit organisation. It is being run on a rented They are expected to open by next following a complaint about the vio- An official post on the website premises and has around 1,000 students. The school fol- their kids follow the local educational system,” said Prof. year. lation. They found a large number of the Ministry of Municipality and lows Edexcel Curriculum. Karunadasa. They compliment the three of different type of foodstuff stored Environment said inspectors also Qatari government allotted a 10,000sqm plot in 2014 However, Kumudu Foneseka, Founder and Chair- health centres dedicated for this in unhealthy condition in the labour detected expired foodstuff among for the school under the sponsorship of the embassy. man of the school, said the school is run according to segment of the expatriate work- accommodation located near the stocks. However, steps are yet to be taken to construct a building. its constitution, a proper audit has been submitted to force. The centres, attached with “Many parents are sending their children to Sri the embassy and steps have been taken to construct the Medical Commission units, are Lanka as the school has no vacancies and they prefer school building on the new premises. run by Qatar Red Crescent Society.

SC to start ‘Generation Amazing’ for workers in October

QNA social, communication and leader- nearly 90 percent saying they will held a pilot for over 400 schoolchil- ship skills and confidence. It evoked return for the roll-out of the project. dren. It drew similar response with a great response in the opening week “During our opening week at nearly 70 percent wanting to con- in May, with many wanting to enrol Labour City, we had a substan- tinue involvement in the roll-out DOHA: The Supreme Committee and it is expected to be hugely popu- tial audience with many wanting of the project. The children’s pilot, for Delivery and Legacy’s (SC) flag- lar among workers as the findings of their names to be added to the pro- staged at Newton International ship corporate social responsibility a recent pilot have revealed. gramme,” Michael Richardson, School, aimed at instilling the spirit programme — Generation Amaz- Over 180 feedback forms were Football for Development Coach, of inclusivity and multi-culturalism ing — will be launched in October completed by 356 participants of said SC’s website. in the target group and fostering a Inspectors checking foodstuff at the labour accommodation in Al Saad. to upgrade construction workers’ the pilot which ended in June, with In parallel, Generation Amazing healthy lifestyle. Over 44,000 organ donors QA offers Haj kits on flights to Saudi register during Ramadan The Peninsula

The Peninsula improve the quality of life for some- to have had a further 44,000 peo- DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) is embracing the spirit of one with chronic organ failure. ple take the pledge.” The growth Haj by providing pilgrims with exclusive kits designed Deceased donors are those who of the registry is unprecedented. and assembled with items to assist them during their have pledged during their life to give Qatar is one of the few countries in spiritual journey. DOHA: Over 44,000 new donors organs to someone in need. the region offering integrated organ The Haj kits will be offered to all passengers travel- signed up to Organ Donor Regis- They include cases in which transplant services on the basis of a ling for pilgrimage on the airline’s flights to Jeddah and try during Ramadan – more than the family agrees on organ dona- single, unified national waiting list. Medinah during the Haj season that started yesterday. double last year’s total for the same tion after the person’s death. Living “We are proud of Doha model of The kits were launched by QA in 2015 and each period. donors donate a kidney or part of organ donation and the successful includes items beneficial to pilgrims as they make their With this, the number of peo- the liver while they are alive. strategies to address our challenges journey through the holy sites. The kit contains a prayer The Haj kit. ple on the register, which is unique “The campaign aimed at inform- in Qatar. This model has become counter, prayer beads, prayer mat, stone bag, socks in the region, has crossed 148,000. ing people about organ donation, internationally recognised as safe and wet wipes, conveniently packaged in a bag that able to offer them a gift tailored to their specific needs During Ramadan, over 450 answer their questions and let and ethical,” Dr. Fadhil said. can also be used to carry shoes. while experiencing Haj.” QA will operate four flights a Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) them know that living donation is “We encourage all residents in Rossen Dimitrov, Senior Vice- President, Customer day to Jeddah and three to Medinah from September 1, staff worked to educate and inform safe,” said Dr. Riadh Fadhil, Direc- Qatar to register and if they have a Experience, QA, said: “QA’s flights to Jeddah and Mad- from Hamad International Airport (HIA). Through its the community about organ dona- tor, Qatar Organ Donation Centre. patient related to them, to look for a inah offer convenient travel for passengers who wish home base at the state-of-the-art HIA, QA connects tion at booths across 14 shopping “The educators were able to living organ donor within the family. to make pilgrimage. “QA introduced the kits as a way passengers to more than 150 places around the world, centres. They also shared infor- speak to the community about Organ donation is a social respon- to provide pilgrims with items that would be of value providing pilgrims from across the globe with easy, mation about the importance of deceased donations and the impor- sibility that needs collaboration to to them during their religious journey and in recogni- convenient access to Saudi Arabia’s holy sites. the programme and provided new tance of informing your family achieve self-sufficiency and treat tion of the importance of this spiritual time. Passengers can fly with QA to and from eight des- donors with donor card. about your wishes. Those who all our patients.” For details or to “Providing our passengers with an exceptional tinations in Saudi Arabia — Jeddah, Medinah, Riyadh, An organ transplant is a life-sav- wanted to join the registry were register, visit www.organdonation. journey is a priority for QA, and we are delighted to be Abha, Dammam, Gassim, Hofuf and Taif. ing procedure and can significantly able to do so and we are very proud hamad.qa ISLAM FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 03 The first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah

Among the special seasons of worship are the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah, which Allah has preferred over all the other days of the year.

By Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al Munajjid

raise be to Allah Who has created time and has made some times bet- ter than others, some months and days and nights better than others, Pwhen rewards are multiplied many times, as a mercy towards His slaves. This encour- ages them to do more righteous deeds and makes them more eager to worship Him, so that the Muslim renews his efforts to gain a greater share of reward, prepare himself for death and supply himself in readiness for the Day of Judgment. This season of worship brings many ben- efits, such as the opportunity to correct one’s faults and make up for any shortcomings or anything that one might have missed. Every one of these special occasions involves some kind of worship through which the slaves may draw closer to Allah, and some kind of bless- ing though, which Allah bestows His favour and mercy upon whomsoever He will. The happy person is the one who makes the most of these special months, days and hours and draws nearer to his Lord during these times through acts of worship; he will most likely be touched by the blessing of Allah and will feel the joy of knowing that he is safe from the flames of Hell. (Ibn Rajab) Among the special seasons of worship are the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah, which Allah has preferred over all the other days of the year. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these 10 days.” These 10 days include Yawm Arafah (the him, such as having a broken nail or a wound active and consistent in his worship of his of Allah. The one whom Allah helps to go on (Al Bukhari). Day of Arafah), on which Allah perfected His in a site where there is hair, should do so, and Lord. Haj to His House and to perform all the rit- This Hadith and others indicate that these religion. Fasting on this day will expiate for the there is nothing wrong with that. The state of Among the good deeds which the Muslim uals properly is included in the words of the 10 days are better than all the other days of sins of two years.; and the Day of Sacrifice, the ihram is so important that it is permitted to should strive to do during the first 10 days of Prophet (PBUH): “An accepted Haj brings no the year, with no exceptions, not even the last greatest day of the entire year and the greatest cut one’s hair if leaving it will cause harm. Dhul Hijjah are: less a reward than Paradise.” Doing more 10 days of Ramadan. But the last 10 nights of day of Haj, which combines acts of worship in a There is nothing wrong with men or women good deeds in general, because good deeds Ramadan are better, because they include way unlike any other day. These 10 days include washing their heads during the first 10 days Fasting: It is sunnah to fast on the ninth are beloved by Allah and will bring a great Laylat Al Qadr (the Night of Power), which is the days of sacrifice and of Haj. of Dhul Hijjah, because the Prophet (PBUH) day of the month, because the Prophet (PBUH) reward from Him. Whoever is not able to go better than a 1,000 months. Thus the various only forbade cutting the hair, not washing it. urged us to do good deeds during this time, to Haj should occupy himself at this blessed reports may be reconciled. Things to avoid Some women delegate their brothers or and fasting is one of the best of deeds. Allah time by worshipping Allah, praying (salaat), (See Tafseer Ibn Kathir) One who wants to offer a sacrifice must sons to make the sacrifice on their behalf, then has chosen fasting for Himself, as is stated in reading Quran, remembering Allah, making The virtue of these 10 days is based on stop cutting his hair and nails and removing cut their hair during these 10 days. This is not the Hadith Qudsi: “Allah says: ‘All the deeds supplication, giving charity, honouring his many things: Allah swears an oath by them, anything from his skin, from the beginning correct, because the ruling applies to the one of the son of Adam are for him, except for parents, upholding the ties of kinship, enjoin- and swearing an oath by something is indica- of the 10 days until after he has offered his who is offering the sacrifice, whether or not he fasting, which is for Me and I am the One ing what is good and forbidding what is evil, tive of its importance and great benefit. Allah sacrifice, because the Prophet (PBUH) said: (or she) delegates someone else to carry out the Who will reward him for it’.” (Bukhari) The and other good deeds and acts of worship. says: “By the dawn; by the 10 nights.” (Quran, “When you see the new moon of Dhul Hijjah, actual deed. The prohibition does not apply to Prophet (PBUH) used to fast on the first nine 89:1-2) Ibn Abbaas, Ibn Al Zubayr, Mujahid if any one of you wants to offer a sacrifice, the person delegated, only to the person who days of Dhul Hijjah. Sacrifice: One of the good deeds that will and others of the earlier and later genera- then he should stop cutting his hair and nails is making the sacrifice, as is indicated in the bring a person closer to Allah during these tions said that this refers to the first 10 days until he has offered his sacrifice.” Accord- Hadith. The person who is sacrificing on behalf Takbeer: It is Sunnah to say Takbeer 10 days is offering a sacrifice, by choosing a of Dhul Hijjah. The Prophet (PBUH) testified ing to another report he said: “He should not of someone else, for whatever reason, does not (‘Allahu Akbar’), Tahmeed (‘Alhamdu Lillah’), high-quality animal and fattening it, spend- that these are the best days of this world, as remove (literally, touch) anything from his have to adhere to this prohibition. Tahleel (‘Lailaha illallah’) and Tasbih (Subhan ing money for the sake of Allah. we have already quoted above from Sahih hair or skin.” (Muslim) Concerning the types of worship to be Allah’) during the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah, Hadith. The Prophet (PBUH) commanded us The Prophet’s (PBUH) instruction here performed during these 10 days: One must and to say it loudly in the mosque, the home, Sincere repentance: One of the most to recite a lot of Tasbeeh (Subhanallah), Tah- makes one thing obligatory and his prohi- understand that these days are a great the street and every place where it is permit- important things to do during these 10 days meed (Alhamdu Lillah) and Takbeer (Allahu bition makes another haram, according to blessing from Allah to His slave, which is ted to remember Allah and mention His name is to repent sincerely to Allah and to give up akbar) during this time. Abdullah ibn Omar the soundest opinion, because these com- appreciated properly by the actively right- out loud, as an act of worship and as a proc- all kinds of disobedience and sin. Repentance (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that mands and prohibitions are unconditional eous. It is the Muslim’s duty to appreciate this lamation of the greatness of Allah, may He be means coming back to Allah and foregoing all the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “There and unavoidable. However, if a person does blessing and make the most of the opportu- exalted. Men should recite these phrases out the deeds, open and secret, that He dislikes, are no days greater in the sight of Allah and any of these things deliberately, he must seek nity, by devoting these 10 days to paying more loud, and women should recite them quietly. out of regret for what has passed, giving it up in which righteous deeds are more beloved Allah’s forgiveness but is not required to offer attention to striving hard in worship. Among immediately and being determined never to to Him than these 10 days, so during this (an extra) sacrifice in expiation; his sacrifice His blessings to His slaves, Allah has given us Performing Haj, Umrah: One of the return to it, but to adhere firmly to the Truth time recite a great deal of Tahleel (La ilaha will be acceptable. Whoever needs to remove many ways in which to do good and worship best deeds that one can do during these 10 by doing what Allah loves. ill-Allah), Takbeer and Tahmeed.” (Ahmad). some hair, nails, etc. because it is harming Him, so that the Muslim may be constantly days is to perform Haj to the Sacred House www. islamqa.info Allah is the Benevolent

By Sheikh Salman Al Oadah tenfold reward. He never punishes kindness to others. This not only piety the path to Paradise. He has a misdeed with anything more than applies to human beings, but to made the hearts of those who are its merit, and He often simply par- all creatures other creatures. honest sensitive to what is kind dons it. Allah is the Giver of Good. This kindness might come in the and to what is generous, so that Allah says: “Truly, we did call Since Allah is the Benevolent, form of our personal behaviour, the heart becomes itself a guide to unto Him from of old: truly it is He, and benevolence is one of His our sharing of our wealth, giving what Allah wants from us. This is the Benevolent, the Merciful.” attributes, it follows that He loves assistance with our abilities and why the Prophet (PBUH) said: (Sūrah Al Tūr: 28] us to be benevolent to one another. our influence, or praying to Allah “Piety is what the heart feels The relationship between the on their behalf. We need to espe- comfortable with, while sin is what his name Al Barr “The Arabic words for benevolence cially consider the disenfranchised, disquiets the heart and makes it Benevolent” is closely and piety, we find that this indeed the widows and orphans, and the hesitate, even if people say that it related to the Arabic word indicates a genuine and close rela- poor. is alright.”(Musnad Ahmad 18035/ for piety, birr (with an i), tionship between the attributes of The Prophet (peace be upon Sunan Al Dārimī 2523) Twhich refers to every form of char- benevolence and piety. This can be him) said: A pure, honest heart is like ity, generosity, and kindness that seen in the fact that a great deal There was a merchant who a mirror, except that what it we as people can carry out. of what constitutes our obedience used to extend credit to people. If reflects is truth through the light The name Al Barr (with an a to Allah takes the form of acts of he found one of his customers to of knowledge and understanding. instead of i), however, is a name of kindness to others, like our duty be in straightened means, he would A corrupted heart, by contrast, Allah, and it conveys the meaning to be kind to our parents, relatives, say to his assistants: “Forgive them gets nothing from good advice or that everything in existence ben- and everyone we have dealings their debt, perhaps Allah will forgive instruction, because it is unrecep- efits from Allah’s generosity and with. us.” Allah did forgive him. (Sahīh Al tive. Allah loves the benevolent Peace be upon him goodness. Indeed, Allah is both Righteous deeds of all kinds Bukhārī 2078/Sahīh Muslim 1562) heart, and likewise He loves the Merciful and Generous, rewarding bring us closer to Allah, but this Moreover, Allah has made hon- pious actions that such a heart the least of our good deeds with a is especially true of our acts of esty the hallmark of piety, and inspires its possessor to perform. 04 FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 MIDDLE EAST Israel clears forces in deadly 2014 Gaza war cases

AP testimony from Gaza residents and Israeli in relation to the military advantage antici- and that they had in fact been killed by mor- figures. Israel says Hamas is responsible for officers. pated from it,” it said. “This assessment was tar shells misfired by Palestinian militants. the high civilian death toll, saying the group The deadliest incident involved an air- not unreasonable under the circumstances, The army also found no wrongdoing in an air- used the local population as human shields strike in the southern Gaza town of Rafah despite the discovery, in the wake of the strike a day earlier that killed seven members while firing rockets from residential areas. JERUSALEM: The Israeli military cleared its on Aug. 1, 2014, that killed 15 members of strike, of discrepancies between the reality of the Ziyadeh family in the Bureij refugee A 2015 UN investigation found evidence forces of wrongdoing in three deadly inci- the Zoroub family. The army said the build- prevailing on the ground and the informa- camp. It said the building had been used as a of war crimes by both sides, saying Israel dents that took place during the 2014 Gaza ing was used by Hamas as a command and tion available at the time,” it added. command and control center by Hamas and appeared to have used disproportionate force war — including an airstrike that killed 15 control center. While its statement sug- Adel Zoroub, whose sister’s home was that several militants, including three mem- and endangered civilians. members of a single family. Israel’s investi- gested that the civilian casualties were destroyed, rejected the army’s findings. He bers of the family and a top Hamas military The International Criminal Court has gative process is at the heart of a Palestinian higher than expected, it said the airstrike said Nazmi Zoroub was wounded in a differ- leader, were among the dead. opened a preliminary examination of Israeli case to press for war crimes charges against was in line with international law, which ent Israeli attack and was not in the building. The Ziyadeh family declined comment, conduct in the war, but issued no conclusions. Israel at the International Criminal Court in can allow attacks on homes used for mili- “The Zionists justify their massacres by and Siyam family members could not imme- The court can intervene in cases where a the Hague. tary purposes. It said that among the dead saying they target militants,” he said. “This diately be reached. country is deemed incapable of conducting The Palestinians say that Israel has a poor was Nazmi Zoroub, whom it identified as is nonsense because all of Rafah knows that Israel launched the war in response to a proper investigation. The military says it record of prosecuting wrongdoing in its ranks. a senior Hamas commander. Nazmi was killed in a home far away.” weeks of heavy rocket fire by Palestinian mil- looked into some 360 complaints connected Wednesday’s announcement was likely to add “The attack complied with the principle The army also said it would not file itants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. During to the war. It has found enough evidence to to those claims. of proportionality, as at the time the decision charges in a July 21, 2014, incident that left 12 50 days of fighting, over 2,200 Palestinians launch some 31 criminal investigations. At In a statement, the military said it had to attack was taken it was considered that members of the Siyam family in Rafah dead. It were killed, and 73 people on the Israeli side least 13 of those probes have been closed, with closed a total of seven investigations without the collateral damage expected to arise as said it could not find evidence to back claims were killed. More than 1,400 Palestinian civil- indictments in just three cases of alleged loot- filing charges after a special team collected a result of the attack would not be excessive that they were killed by an Israeli airstrike ians were among the dead, according to U.N. ing by soldiers.

Kerry with Saudi King UN rights chief Iraq retakes key seeks probe of Yemen violence town south of Agencies

GENEVA: The UN human rights Mosul from IS chief yesterday called for an inter- national investigation of rights abuses and violence in Yemen’s what he said was a key step towards civil war which has killed thou- reclaiming Mosul, IS’s de facto Iraq sands of people, insisting that a Prime Minister Haider capital and the country’s second domestic panel set up to look into Al Abadi hailed the city. violations has not been up to the “Our heroic forces achieved task. victory at Qayyarah a big victory, an important step The call from Zeid Ra’ad Al as a key step in the towards the liberation of Mosul,” Hussein came as his Geneva Abadi said. office released a 22-page report fight against the The prime minister’s mood was chronicling abuses on both terrorists group. unlikely to have remained upbeat sides in the conflict, which pits very long however, with one of his the internationally recognised key allies losing a no confidence Yemeni government, backed by vote by parliament moments later. a coalition, against Shia rebels, The house impeached Defence known as Houthis, and their AFP Minister Khaled al-Obeidi by 142 allies. votes to 102 — and 18 abstentions US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin In a statement, Zeid’s office — over corruption allegations. Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah, yesterday. Kerry is in Saudi to push for peace in Yemen said he “called on the interna- Obeidi’s downfall is the latest after UN-brokered talks collapsed despite global concern over mounting civilian casualties. tional community to establish an QAYYARAH, IRAQ: Iraqi forces yes- development in a bitter feud that international, independent body terday pushed the Islamic State (IS) erupted this month with rival Sunni to carry out comprehensive inves- group from Qayyarah, a northern politician Salim Al Juburi, who is the tigations in Yemen,” noting in town considered strategic for any parliament speaker. particular “challenges” faced by future offensive against the jihad- At a hearing in parliament, the national panel set up under ists’ last stronghold of Mosul. Obeidi answered graft accusa- Hamas to leave name off President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi tions against him by saying they — notably, security concerns. hailed the victory as a key step in were trumped up because he had the fight against IS but hours later refused to be part of corrupt deals. suffered yet another political set- He fought back with his own Egypt to free back when lawmakers impeached allegations against Juburi and other ballots in municipal polls his defence minister. lawmakers but the speaker escaped lawyer in solitary Special forces, backed by US-led unscathed after an integrity com- coalition air strikes, wrapped up a mittee dropped the case. AFP & Anatolia “submitted lists of candidates for leadership in Gaza, said at the news confinement three-day operation to retake Qay- “I tried to fight corruption in all municipalities in the Gaza Strip conference. He said if successful the yarah, a town located on the banks every way but it appears that its to the electoral commission” on the elections “should be followed by leg- CAIRO: An Egyptian court has of the Tigris river. lords are stronger and their voices last day of registration. The elections islative elections, the election of a ordered the release of a promi- “We control all parts of the louder,” Obeidi said in a statement GAZA CITY: Hamas said yesterday are due to take place in October. national committee and presidential nent rights lawyer held in solitary town and managed, in very limited after the vote. Unity in Iraq’s Sunni it will not submit candidates in its Fatah and Hamas have not con- elections.” Registration closes at confinement for the past three time, to root out Daesh,” Lieutenant camp is seen as key to preparing an own name for upcoming Palestinian tested an election since the 2006 midnight Thursday with the final months after he challenged in General Riyadh Jalal Tawfik, who offensive against Mosul. municipal elections, while its rival parliamentary polls, which Hamas lists published on September 24. court a decision by the country’s commands Iraq’s ground forces, The operation against Qayya- Fatah registered candidates in the won — sparking a conflict that led Meanwhile, a new survey president to hand over two Red said a reporter in Qayyarah, using rah was launched on Tuesday and Hamas-run Gaza Strip. to a near-civil war in Gaza the fol- revealed that Hamas will defeat its Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. an acronym for IS. led by Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism “Hamas will not participate in lowing year. rival Fatah in this year’s municipal Yesterday’s decision to free The commander said engineer- service (CTS). the elections under the name of The two movements now each elections in the Gaza Strip. Malek Adly — who hasn’t been ing units were now clearing the Iraqi forces had already Hamas or with candidates known control part of the occupied Pal- The survey conducted by the formally charged but remains town, which lies about 60km south recaptured a nearby air field and to be Hamas,” party spokesman estinian territories, with Hamas in Ramallah-based Arab World for incarcerated since his May arrest of Mosul, of unexploded ordnance Qayyarah is expected to become Fawzy Barhoum said. Instead the charge in Gaza and Fatah in the West Research and Development Center on a rolling series of administra- and booby traps. one of the main launchpads for movement “will present academic Bank. The last Palestinian municipal (AWRAD) showed that Hamas will tive detention orders — could still Residents greeted the security an assault on Mosul in the coming lists, professionals, experts, peo- elections took place in 2012, though grab 37% of municipal seats in Gaza be appealed by prosecutors. forces under skies blackened by weeks or months. ple recognised for their role in the Hamas boycotted them. against 32% for Fatah movement. Adly has been jailed with huge fires IS fighters set to nearby Officers have said the push into administration or for international In both camps, experts agree, Leftist groups will get 9% of almost no communication with oil wells in recent days. Qayyarah was coordinated with relations.” the forthcoming vote is seen as a test municipal seats in the Palestinian the outside world, sleeping on a The bodies of suspected IS fight- small groups of armed residents The Islamist movement is to which could then lead to parliamen- territory, while other Islamic move- bare floor in conditions that his ers were strewn across some of the opposed to IS inside the town. decide which candidates to back tary and presidential elections. ments will win between 6% and 16% lawyers say amount to torture. town’s streets, especially around “The people were very cooper- after the electoral commission Relations, however, have been of Gaza seats, it added. The polls also Supporters say that he was a its southern entrance, which saw ative, that is why none of them fled, announces the full list next month. strained by the arrest of a number unveiled that Fatah will snatch 34% victim of a personal vendetta after the worst fighting and significant they did not attack our forces and Earlier yeThursday, Fatah’s Gaza of Hamas figures in the West Bank. of municipal seats in the West Bank he essentially insulted Egyptian destruction. our forces did not hurt them,” Gen- spokesman Fayez Abu Eita told a “This is the beginning,” Faisal against 33% for Hamas in the Octo- President Abdel-Fattah Al Sissi in Abadi issued a statement hailing eral Tawfik said. news conference the party had Abu Shahla, a member of the Fatah ber 8 elections. a televised interview. Deal struck for rebels and civilians to quit Syria’s Daraya

AFP The rebels would have to surren- Daraya and a Syrian regime source der other armaments to the army. said that the town had been calm for A military source said that the the past 24 hours. army would enter Daraya, which The rebels who control the town DAMASCUS: Thousands of rebel has been under a regime siege for belong to two Islamist groups: Ajnad fighters and civilians are to evacu- the past four years, after the evacua- Al Sham and the Martyrs of Islam. ate the besieged town of Daraya near tion from the rebel-held town. According pro-regime web- the Syrian capital under an accord A rebel official in the town said site almasdarnews, the army had struck yesterday, state news agency the evacuation would begin on Fri- advanced in recent days inside the Sana said. day, while a Syrian source on the town. A convoy of trucks carrying “Seven hundred armed men with ground said it would last four days. food reached Daraya in June, deliv- their personal weapons will leave “The civilians will go to regions ering supplies to civilians for the first Daraya to head to the (rebel-control- under regime control around time since government forces laid led) city of Idlib, while thousands of Damascus, rebels will go to Idlib siege to the town in late 2012. Smoke rising as the Turkish fighter jets bomb Daesh targets in Jarabulus near Syrian border, yesterday. men and women with their families “or sort out their situation with the Daraya was one of the first towns will be taken to reception centres,” regime”, the rebel official said. in Syria to erupt in anti-government Turkish army forces use intense artillery fire against Daesh elements in Jarabulus. it said. An opposition activist inside protests. ASIA / AFRICA FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 05 Zuma to back Hong Kong activists claim being harassed

Reuters Ta Kung Pao did not respond to requests for comment. Gordhan but China’s State Council Information Office and the mainland’s repre- HONG KONG: Activists who have sentative in Hong Kong, the Liaison advocated independence for Hong Office, did not return requests for Kong say they have been harassed or comment. can’t stop probe followed by pro-China local newspa- Three employees at Ta Kung Pao, pers in recent months, while Beijing which they said had an editorial staff has stepped up its rhetoric against of about 100 said they didn’t recog- after Zuma’s statement, while gov- what it calls the “dangerous absurd- nise Lo or the other two men. ernment bonds also firmed, even ity” of independence. “We think it’s very strange. The opposition called though analysts said the president Beijing’s refusal to grant full They’re not our reporters,” said one, for a parliamentary had offered only qualified support. democracy to Hong Kong, which who declined to be named. News of Gordhan’s summons mostly runs its own affairs under a Wong said his family had also debate into what it this week compounded investors’ one-country, two-systems arrange- been approached earlier this year called a ‘witch-hunt’ worries about a power struggle ment since the former British colony by three men claiming to work for a between Zuma and Gordhan as returned to China in 1997, prompted Chinese government entity that he against Gordhan. Africa’s most industrialised econ- three months of street protests in declined to name. omy teeters near recession and 2014 and growing calls for independ- Edward Leung, a de facto leader of Hong Kong's independence “They told my family, ‘Be careful, credit rating agencies consider ence for the city. movement, poses in Hong Kong recently, two days after a fight with a your son may end up like Lee Bo,’” Reuters downgrading it to “junk”. In a July poll by the Chinese Uni- reporter claiming to be from a pro-government newspaper. Wong said, referring to a bookseller The main opposition party versity of Hong Kong, 17 percent of who went missing in Hong Kong called yesterday for a parliamentary the roughly 1,000 respondents said local pro-China paper, Ta Kung Leung said recently the man in late December and showed up PRETORIA: South African Pres- debate into what it called a “witch- they supported independence, but Pao, which published front-page accompanying Lo that evening had months later under police custody ident Jacob Zuma said yesterday hunt” against Gordhan, who was in Chinese state media call such views pictures of the tussle along with a also been one of two men who had in mainland China. he backs Finance Minister Pravin charge of the tax service when the “poisonous”. story claiming to have exposed his followed him and Wong in a black A third activist, Andy Chan Ho- Gordhan but cannot intervene in a unit under investigation was set up. Six candidates in next month’s hidden wealth. car for a month. tin, who founded the Hong Kong police investigation over a suspected Investors and rating agencies legislative elections have been Leung, who suffered grazes on In a video filmed on August 7 by National Party to promote Hong spy unit at the tax service, signalling back Gordhan’s plans to rein in gov- excluded from the ballot by Hong his face and neck from the incident, Leung and posted online by him, Kong independence, said he must a prolonged tussle that could rock ernment spending in an economy Kong’s Electoral Affairs Commis- said the reporter and another man Wong confronts the men in the car also have been followed in April markets further. that has been forecast by the central sion for pro-independence opinions, approached him earlier that evening and asks where they are from. by reporters at another pro-Beijing Gordhan said on Wednesday he bank to register no growth this year. which it says are incompatible with with details on his private life while The driver is heard to say: “You newspaper, Wen Wei Po. had done nothing wrong and had Zuma said he had noted the con- the city’s governance laws. trying to film his reaction. know where I’m from. It’s ‘grandpa’,” He was not aware of it until the no legal obligation to obey a police cerns by individuals and various One of the six, Edward Leung, The scuffle occurred later when using a popular term to describe Chi- paper printed an article and pic- summons linked to an investiga- organisations over the investigation. spokesman for Hong Kong Indige- Leung confronted the reporter, who na’s government. tures alleging Chan’s links to another tion into whether he used the South “President Jacob Zuma wishes to nous, a localist party set up in 2015, also turned up at the underground The driver added that he was activist charged with arson. African Revenue Service to spy on express his full support and confi- and his colleague Ray Wong say they station nearest to the apartment the from a newspaper, but didn’t iden- The article said it had continu- politicians including Zuma. dence in the Minister of Finance and were tailed for a month this summer article said was his home. tify the title. ously staked Chan out at the party’s The rand, which had tumbled emphasises the fact that the minis- by men claiming to be from a news- TKP’s article said Leung had “The Chinese Communist Party is office and various university cam- 5% since Tuesday in response to ter has not been found guilty of any paper with Beijing links. started the fight, and its reporter, making use of Hong Kong’s Ta Kung pus forums. the investigation, picked up yes- wrong doing,” the presidency said And this month Leung was filmed surnamed Lo, had sustained simi- Pao, their minion, to gather intelli- Wen Wei Po declined to terday and gained further ground in a statement. in a scuffle with a reporter from a lar injuries. gence on us,” Wong said. comment. Burundians want term Harare oppn seeks security for protest

limits removed: Group Reuters human and vehicular traffic.” In the first large scale demon- Nigerian arrested strations Zimbabwe has seen since Reuters opinion on Burundi’s political system, HARARE: Zimbabwe opposi- 2007, protests inpsired by social for naming dog said on Wednesday that most Burun- tion leaders are going to court to media movements such as #This- dians wanted term limits abolished. demand authorities allow and pro- Flag led by pastor Evan Mawarire after president BUJUMBURA: Burundi could scrap The majority of the people the vide security for a planned march have erupted in the past months. presidential term limits from its commission met “want the presi- today calling for electoral reform Protesters want President Rob- ONITSHA: A Nigerian man constitution after a commission set dent...to exercise more than two after police chiefs suggested they ert Mugabe (pictured) to fire corrupt is being charged for provok- up to hear public views on govern- terms,” he said. “People said they presented a petition instead. ministers, scrap plans to introduce ing people and “breach of ance said most citizens wanted no have to erase the term limits; it Leaders from 18 political parties, local bank notes and end cash short- peace” by naming his dog curbs on the number of times the means that the president can run including Movement for Democratic ages that have caused queues at after President Muham- head of state may seek re-election. for any time he wants.” Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvan- banks. madu Buhari and painting The central African nation has The commission is expected to girai and former vice president Joice protest organisers in a letter yester- Today, opposition groups want the name twice on the pet, been gripped by violence for more send its report to Nkurunziza, who Mujuru will lead today’s demon- day that they could present a petition the government to ensure the police said on Wednesday. than a year, triggered by President will then send to it parliament for stration, which they expect to draw at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commis- electoral field is fair ahead of presi- “The man bought a Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek debate and possibly begin a process thousands of supporters. sion without marching, adding that dential and parliamentary votes due dog, named it Buhari, a third term. to amend the constitution. Police used teargas and water the expected number of participants, in 2018 and does not favour the rul- wrote Buhari on both Opponents said the decision, Critics also said Nkurunziza’s cannon on Wednesday to break-up 150,000, was too big. ing ZANU-PF party, as well as setting sides of the dog and taken in April 2015, violated the third term bid violated the terms a march by MDC youth supporters, “This office is discouraging the out a roadmap for the ballot. paraded it” in front of constitution, which currently limits of a 2005 peace deal that ended a who were protesting against eco- issue of marching in the central busi- Mugabe has chided the opposi- people from the north, presidential tenure to two five-year previous rebellion. nomic woes and what they say is ness district, considering the number tion for seeking his downfall through said police spokesman, terms. Burundi would be the latest brutality by security agents. of participants,” Saunyama said. protests, saying his opponents are Abimbola Oyeyemi. Justin Nzoyisaba, chairman of in a growing list of African coun- Police commander for the “The crowd cannot be accommo- afraid of defeat at the ballot box. He was arrested after CNDI, a commission set up by Nku- tries where term limits have been Harare Central District, Chief Super- dated in the central business district He denies opposition and Western a citizen from the north runziza last year to canvas public abolished. intendent Newbert Saunyama, told of Harare as it interrupts with both charges of rigging previous elections. reported him to police but released by a court on bail until his trial starts, the spokesman said, without naming the man. “His action is pro- vocative and capable of breaching the peace, as you know the volatility of Nigeria now,” he added. Chinese military to train Syrian troops: Govt

BEIJING: China’s mili- tary will provide training for Syrian armed forces, a spokesman for Beijing’s defence ministry said yes- terday, adding it would take place on Chinese soil. Beijing is a longstand- ing backer of the Syrian Myanmar president Htin Kyaw (centre) and goverment officials meet members of the rescue government of Bashar team as they check around the damaged ancient pagoda of Sulamani in Bagan, yesterday. Al-Assad, which has engaged in a bloody war that has left more than Myanmar seals off ancient temples 290,000 people dead and displaced millions since it began in 2011 Reuters the full extent of the damage pagoda and saw some parts fall- with the brutal repres- from the 6.8 magnitude quake ing down,” said Soe Lwin. sion of anti-government that shook buildings across the Although tremors from the demonstrations. BAGAN: Truckloads of soldiers Southeast Asian country and quake were felt as far away as Last week senior Chi- and squadrons of police sealed beyond on Wednesday. Thailand, Bangladesh and eastern nese military official Guan off some of the centuries-old “The earth shook for about India, initial assessments showed Youfei met with Syr- Buddhist pagodas around Myan- five minutes,” said Soe Lwin, the wider damage was limited. ia’s defence minister in mar’s ancient capital of Bagan who was inside the Sulamani “The overall humanitar- Damascus and said he yesterday, a day after at least 187 temple or “Crowning Jewel”, ian impact has been relatively wanted closer military of the brick temples were dam- , with about 15 other tourists low despite the earthquake’s ties with the Syrian gov- aged in a powerful earthquake. when the quake struck. magnitude,” said Pierre Peron, ernment, state media President Htin Kyaw flew to “One Spanish girl got lightly spokesman for the UN’s Office reported. Bagan to meet local residents as injured, so we helped her. After for the Coordination of Human- authorities scrambled to assess that, we ran outside of the itarian Affairs, in a statement. 06 FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Taiwan’s Tsai Abu Sayyaf beheads 18-year-old hostage oversees first war games Anatolia Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) aboard a The family of the 18-year-old armed forces against enemies of motorcycle,” Tan said, adding that it Almodovar said on Wednesday the state: seek them out in their lairs Responding to reports was currently being processed and night that they had received a call and destroy them... The Abu Sayyaf, AFP ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippines’ of the beheading, investigated by Scene of the Crime from the ASG informing them of the destroy them, period,” he said. military said yesterday that a sev- Duterte reiterated Operatives and Indanan Police. beheading. “Not just a campaign. Go out ered head believed to belong to an He underlined that the “barbaric A family member who requested and destroy them… Don’t ask about PINGTUNG: Taiwanese President 18-year-old Filipino held hostage by his directive to the murder perpetrated by this terror anonymity due to security concerns human rights,” he added. Tsai Ing-wen urged the island’s a IS-linked militant group has been military to ‘destroy’ group” was condemned by “every said the group had earlier demanded Meanwhile, Tan also said that army to improve its performance recovered in a troubled southern sensible and peace loving Filipino, that they pay a $21,530 ransom by under Duterte’s orders, more troops after a string of accidents, prom- island province. the group. including our Muslim brothers whom 3pm on Wednesday. “The family can- would be deployed to Sulu and the ising to help upgrade equipment Major Filemon Tan Jr, Western we work with in peace and develop- not afford it,” he said. neighbouring island province of Basi- as she presided over military drills Mindanao Command (Westmin- ment efforts”. Responding to reports of the lan after being withdrawn from other yesterday. com) spokesman, said in a statement a plastic bag found in Indanan town “The beheading of an innocent beheading, President Rodrigo Duterte areas plagued by a communist insur- The war games in the south- that the head, believed to belong to in Sulu -- an Abu Sayyaf stronghold. man done by the ASG is an absolute reiterated his directive to the military gency, which has declared a ceasefire ern county of Pingtung, the first Patrick James Almodovar who was “The severed head was left affront to the peace loving Moros in to “destroy” the group. amid ongoing peace talks with the of Tsai’s presidency, are part of an kidnapped July 16, was wrapped in by three alleged members of the the Philippines,” Tan stressed. “My orders to the police and government. annual military exercise which simulates incoming attacks from China, the biggest threat to Tai- wan’s security. Relations with the mainland Duterte accuses senator Pro-green protest have grown increasing frosty since Tsai won the island’s presi- dency in January. Beijing is highly suspicious of ‘taking’ drug money of Tsai, whose Democratic Pro- gressive Party is traditionally pro-independence, and has Reuters soldiers who he said were protect- warned her against any attempt ing drug traffickers or selling drugs at a formal breakaway. in their communities. Tsai said yesterday that Tai- MANILA: Philippines President Yesterday, he turned his anger wan’s army “needs a set of firm Rodrigo Duterte yesterday accused on De Lima. directions” and instructed the a senator heading an inquiry into “De Lima, you are finished,” defence ministry to work on extra-judicial drug killings of taking Duterte told a news conference in updating its military strategy. bribes from jailed drug lords, which Davao City in the south of the coun- “Some of the challenges faced she immediately denied. try where he used to be mayor and by our army come from external The senator, Leila de Lima, who built his reputation as a ruthless structural limitations, others are has criticised the surge of killings crime fighter. because our performance isn’t and called for the Senate investiga- Duterte handed the media a dia- good enough,” she said at a Ping- tion, appealed to Duterte in a news gram purportedly showing links tung army base after watching conference to “stop this madness”. between officials and politicians fighter jets and tanks fire live More than 1,900 people have and big drug dealers locked up in rounds. been killed in Duterte’s war on the country’s main prison. Yesterday’s war games drugs since he came to power seven At the top of the list was de included more than 100 para- weeks ago, according to police Lima. troopers mimicking enemies figures. “De Lima is undergoing a night- attempting to invade an army Police say the toll of about 36 mare now,” Duterte said. base. people a day is a result of drug deal- De Lima later held her own Wearing a bullet-proof vest ers resisting arrest or gang feuds. news conference and denied the and helmet, Tsai told soldiers Pro-environment activists hold a banner while calling for the passing of the ‘Alternative Minerals Duterte, who won a May election president’s accusations as “non- and spectators that the military on a promise to wipe out drugs and sense and baseless”. She said the Management Bill’ mining law during a rally in front of the Senate building in Pasay city, Metro Manila, has been too slow upgrading its dealers, last month named about diagram showing her atop a web yesterday. equipment and pledged to make 160 officials, judges, police and of graft and drugs was “garbage”. the issue a priority. Thai junta suspends Bangkok governor over graft probe

AFP an expensive light display he set up “Although the current investiga- He was on a trip to South Korea on land encroachers to doling out Hiker found after outside city hall in December 2015. tion is not conclusive yet, it is a high when the junta order was released punishment to teenage motorcycle The two-term governor was profile case,” read the order signed yesterday, a spokeswoman from his racers. a month in New BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta leader recently “disowned” by fellow Dem- by junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha, office said. He has also vowed to clear the used emergency powers yesterday to ocrat party members over that case adding that the governor would be His suspension was issued kingdom of graft, although his mil- Zealand mountain suspend Bangkok’s governor while and string of other shady deals, with suspended without pay while the through Article 44, a controver- itary government is now facing he is probed for corruption, a major some MPs calling on the junta to axe investigation is ongoing. sial law that grants the junta chief several corruption scandals of its NEW ZEALAND: New blow to the influential city politician him. Sukhumbhand has previously sweeping powers to make any execu- own, including allegations that an Zealand police rescued who has faced growing censure. The pro-establishment Dem- denied the graft allegations and tive decision in the name of national army-built park was riddled with yesterday a Czech woman Sukhumbhand Paribatra, a dis- ocrats are traditional allies of the defended the New Year’s light instal- security. kickbacks. traveller who spent nearly tant relative of Thailand’s respected military, which seized power in 2014 lation, saying it attracted tourists and Prayut has used the law for a The junta has also severely a month alone in a war- royal family, is under investiga- after it toppled the opposition Puea brought some 10 million baht to local range of purposes since his 2014 restrained free speech under its den’s hut by a remote tion for alleged graft connected to Thai Party. food vendors and shopkeepers. power grab, from cracking down watch and jailed critics who have mountain lake after her male travelling compan- ion was killed in a fall. The two had become disorientated in heavy North Korea leader snow that covered up markers on their 32km trekking trail in late July this year. claims missile test The man fell as they were trying to make their way to safety and ‘greatest success’ the woman spent three nights in the open before finding her way to the hut by Lake Mackenzie, in the AFP However diplomats expected country’s South Island. further haggling with China, Pyongyang’s main ally, over the SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim wording. Vietnamese cuts Jong-Un declared a submarine- Earlier this month, North Korea launched missile test the “greatest fired a land-launched ballistic mis- off limbs for success”, state media said yesterday, sile directly into Japanese-controlled as the UN weighed a condemna- waters for the first time, drawing an insurance payout tion of the launch which appears outraged response from Tokyo. to advance Pyongyang’s nuclear But the Security Council failed HANOI: A Vietnamese strike capability. to condemn the move after China woman paid a friend to The US mainland and the Pacific sought to include language in a cut off her hand and foot are now “within the striking range” statement opposing the THAAD in a bid to claim a hand- of the North’s army, the official missile defence system that the US some insurance payout, KCNA news agency reported Kim plans to deploy in South Korea. Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force tanks move amongst an umbrella of barrage during an annual live state-run media reported. as saying after Wednesday’s launch. Kim said the latest launch The woman, identified fire exercise at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba, at the foot of Mount Fuji, yesterday. The missile was fired from a proved the North had joined the only as L T N, checked into submarine submerged off the north- “front rank of the military powers a Hanoi hospital in May eastern port of Sinpo, according fully equipped with nuclear attack with one third of her left to South Korea’s military. It flew capability”. foot and one third of her Japan begins live fire drills 500km towards Japan, far exceed- Pyongyang’s KCTV aired brief left hand severed, but doc- ing any previous sub-launched tests. footage shot from different camera tors told her they could not AFP in the foothills of the country’s most of Japan and Australia yesterday The UN Security Council met angles, showing the missile soaring reattach the limbs. famous mountain. condemned recent sabre-rattling for two hours on Wednesday to from underwater, igniting and surg- She later told police The drill came as North Korean from Pyongyang, which carried out discuss North Korea’s latest provoc- ing almost vertically into the air. she was struck by a train GOTEMBA: Japan’s military yester- leader Kim Jong-Un hailed his coun- a nuclear test in January. ative move and agreed to consider a The North’s top newspaper as she walked on the day began four days of live-fire drills try’s latest weapons test the “greatest “We are very concerned about the statement condemning the launch. Rodong Sinmun also carried 24 tracks, according to Tuoi near Mount Fuji, an annual exercise success”. SLBM launch yesterday, as the North “There was a general sense of photos of him observing the launch, Tre’s English edition. that comes this year the day after The 500km flight towards Korean move is a grave and imminent condemnation by most members of including one with his hands on his She submitted a claim North Korea test-fired a submarine- Japan, from a vessel submerged off threat not only to Japan’s security but the council and therefore we will have hips roaring with laughter at an to her insurance company launched ballistic missile. the northeastern port of Sinpo, far also to the region and global society,” to see how we would then be phrasing observation post. for $157,000. But author- Around 2,400 soldiers, as well outstripped previous North Korean Japan’s defence minister Tomomi the press statement,” said Ramlan bin “He appreciated the test-fire as ities smelled a fraud. as tanks, field guns and helicopters sub-launched missile tests. Inada told visiting Australian coun- Ibrahim from Malaysia, which cur- the greatest success and victory,” it were deployed at training grounds Separately, the defence ministers terpart Marise Payne. rently holds the council’s presidency. said. PAKISTAN FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 07

MQM grabs top slots in Balancing act Karachi’s four districts

The Pakistan Peoples Party, Corporation (KMC), the DMCs and which runs the Sindh government the KDC were to vote and not the Police officers and and has won LG elections in most people themselves, the electoral paramilitary rangers districts of Sindh, grabbed the top process remained an indoor affair slot of two DMCs South and Malir as the routine life continued nor- were deployed at and also comfortably won the Kara- mally, the government and private every polling station chi District Council (KDC). offices saw the daily business, edu- to make sure the The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf cational institutions were open and managed to win the elections for vehicular traffic was as lively as ever. election proceedings vice chairmen of Karachi’s South and The election proceedings inside run smoothly. West DMCs after making alliances the polling stations remained calm. with the PPP and MQM, respectively. The voters of the respective munic- The polling at all the polling sta- ipal bodies were required to bring tions in the city started smoothly their computerised national identity Internews and well in time at 9am as per the cards and the membership cards of Election Commission of Pakistan’s the councils they had been elected on. schedule. Sindh Election Commissioner KARACHI: The top slot of four of the It remained peaceful as the Tanveer Zaki said that the election six district municipal corporations in police and personnel of the paramil- of Karachi mayor and deputy mayor Karachi were yesterday won by the itary rangers were there to maintain and chairman and vice chairman of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s can- calm in and outside the polling areas. the DMCs were held separately. A man balances himself on a Ferris wheel as he inspects it at a public park in Sardaryab, Charsadda, didates in the last phase of the local As it was an indirect election He said they had printed sepa- government election held over eight in which the elected council mem- rate ballot papers for the head and the on the outskirts of Peshawar, yesterday. months after the December 5 polls. bers of the Karachi Metropolitan deputies of those municipal bodies. Attack on American University in Kabul leaves 16 dead

Reuters two security guards and one pro- popular with the children of Afghan- fessor were killed in the attack, the istan’s elite. PTI rebels to meet second incident involving the uni- The Afghan presidential palace KABUL: Sixteen people, including versity this month. said initial findings by the intelli- in Islamabad students and a professor, were killed Islamist militant groups, mainly gence services showed that the attack in an attack on the American Uni- the Afghan Taliban and a local off- was planned in neighbouring Paki- next month versity in Kabul that had students shoot of Islamic State, have claimed stan. Afghanistan frequently accuses leaping from the windows in panic, a string of bomb attacks aimed at militants it says are in Pakistan for ISLAMABAD: The first the Afghan government said. toppling the Western-backed gov- attacks on its soil. meeting of the central The attack began on Wednesday ernment of President Ashraf Ghani. Pakistani government and committee of the “Found- evening with a large explosion from But there was no claim of army spokesmen did not respond to ers Group” of the Pakistan what officials said was a car bomb responsibility for the raid. requests for comment. Authorities in Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), a followed by gunfire, as suspected Ghani called the assault “a cow- Islamabad have long rejected accu- group recently formed by militants stormed into the complex ardly attempt” to hinder progress sations that Pakistan has provided party dissidents, will be where foreign staff and pupils were in Afghanistan. Such attacks would support and sanctuary to militants held in the first week of working. only strengthen the government’s who would attack Afghanistan. September in Islamabad It ended early yesterday when resolve to fight terror, he said. The gunmen got into the build- to devise the future plan two gunmen were shot dead by The university said it was work- ing despite armed guards and of action. Afghan special forces who sur- ing with authorities to make sure watchtowers. Yesterday, the head of rounded the walled compound and everyone was accounted for. Students recounted barricading the “Founders Group” and worked their way inside, interior Fraidoon Obaidi, chief of the themselves in classrooms or jump- former information sec- ministry officials said. Kabul police criminal investigation ing from windows to escape when retary of the PTI Akbar S Students walk toward a police vehicle after they were rescued from The Afghan presidential palace department said that police had the attack started. Others used an Babar said the group had the site of an attack at the American University of Afghanistan in said in a statement that seven stu- evacuated between 700 and 750 stu- an emergency exit, scaled walls and been formed to mobi- Kabul, yesterday. dents, three security force personnel, dents from the university, which is jumped to safety. lise genuine workers of the PTI who felt dejected and frustrated over Imran Khan’s act of joining hands with forces of the Six die after gunmen Flood woes status quo. Russia-Pakistan ambush police convoy ties seen vital for AFP He said the assailants fired regional stability rockets at the vehicles in the con- voy and Gichki and five local tribal ISLAMABAD: It is vital PESHAWAR: Unidentified attack- policemen were killed and three to strengthen relations ers killed six people, including others injured in the attack. between Moscow and five police officers, when they Another senior local admin- Islamabad for regional ambushed a convoy in Pakistan’s istration official Qurban Magsi and international security, troubled southwest yesterday, offi- confirmed the incident and said Gen Valery Gerasi- cials said. casualties. mov, Chief of the General The attack occurred near No group immediately claimed Staff of the Russian Armed Gurdan area in oil and gas rich, responsiblity but Balochistan is Forces, during a meet- but desperately poor Balochistan plagued by roiling insurgencies ing with Chairman of Joint province bordering Afghanistan and hit by regular militant attacks. Chiefs of Staff Committee and Iran. It is also the site of China’s Gen Rashad Mahmood. “The convoy headed by a sen- ambitious $46bn China-Pakistan “The development ior local administration official, Economic Corridor infrastructure of constructive rela- Naeem Gichki, was passing by an project. tions between Russia abandoned checkpost of the tribal The corridor is considered to be and Pakistan is an impor- police...in two vehicles when they an extension of China’s One Belt, tant factor in ensuring were attacked by a group of up to One Road initiative, and the impor- regional stability and seven people, who were hiding in tance of CPEC to China is reflected international security,” A Pakistani motorcyclist falls off his motor-bike into floodwaters following heavy rain in Lahore, the post,” provincial home secre- by its inclusion as part of China’s Gen Gerasimov said. yesterday. tary Akbar Harifall said. 13th five-year development plan.

UNHCR to set up Afghan repatriation centre Plantation drive to start on Monday

Internews Speaking at a meeting held Internews for people hailing from the neigh- VRC in Chamkani can cater to 500 to fix a date and time for their return. to review arrangements he said bouring country. Many of them have families a day. Khan said the family concerned tree plantation is national as been forced to spend nights without The spokesperson said between will reach the centre, along with their ISLAMABAD: A plantation cam- well as religious responsibility as PESHAWAR: To repatriate Afghan any shelter. 3,000 and 3,500 people visit the goods, and all their documentation paign by Capital Development deforestation in the country has refugees in a respectable and digni- To better manage the situation, centre and it is difficult for staff would be completed without much Authority (CDA) of Pakistani cap- increase the demand of tree plan- fied manner, the UNHCR has decided the UNHCR will open another VRC members to handle them at the same delay. ital Islamabad would be initiated tation on mammoth level to meet to open another centre in Paki- near the Commissionerate for Afghan time. Dunya shared that between on August 29 by planting saplings the required green cover for bet- stan’s northwest provincial capital Refugees in Hayatabad in the city She said the centre has a capac- January to August 23, around 11,551 along with Saidpur Range, Shali- ter environment. of Peshawar and introduce new pro- soon. ity of 200 trucks, while the number families have been repatriated to mar Cricket Ground at a ceremony The saplings would be planted cedures. The aim is to ease the process of of these vehicles increases with the Afghanistan. She added 500 fami- to be attended by people belonging in various areas including green Currently, the UNHCR Voluntary voluntary return. growing number of people returning. lies are going back to their homeland to various segment of the society. belts, avenues, parks, Simly Catch- Repatriation Centre (VRC) in Cham- UNHCR spokesperson in Paki- Dunya Aslam shared the park- on a daily basis under the UNHCR CDA Member Environment ment Area and sectors G-6, G-7, kani is the sole entity responsible for stan, Dunya Aslam Khan, said the ing capacity has been increased and voluntary return programme. Sanaullah Aman said 300,000 I-9 and I-10. Afghan refugees returning to their new VRC will provide every facility could accommodate up to 700 trucks However, Bakhtiayar Jan, an saplings of different species He said better monitoring home country on a voluntary basis. to refugees who want to voluntar- at a time. Afghan refugee, said the lack of would be planted besides making mechanism after planting sap- However, due to the current mass ily return. According to the new procedure facilities and slow process of doc- arrangements to increase the sur- lings is a decisive factor for good repatriation of Afghan refugees from She said the number of repatri- prescribed for repatriation, she said umentation at the VRC in Peshawar vival rates of the saplings in areas adaptation and subsequent sur- Pakistan, the centre is overburdened, ating refugees has almost doubled refugees will contact the centre on 10 are causing tremendous difficulty for especially with lower tree density. vival of plantations. resulting in considerable difficulties over the last two months, while the helpline numbers and receive a token women and children. 08 FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL End of an era Ghouta Rules: Justice he announcement yesterday that dashing batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan will play his final international for Sri Lanka later this week signals the end of an era for the Islanders. The 39-year-old - who invented the ‘Dilscoop’ — a ramp shot that brought him plenty of waiting for Assad Truns and unbelievable number of fans around the world — has been part of Sri Lankan cricket folklore for a decade and half. One of the last giants to quit the game following the departure Ghouta, Obama opted to take the knew his people better than of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara in recent times, easy way out by asking Russian On August 21, 2013, his optometrist-turned-pres- Dilshan will be remembered for his bold batting and useful off- President Vladimir Putin, Syria’s ident son could ever do. main patron, to clean up Assad’s the world witnessed Secondly, by allowing Iran spin bowling. A reliable fielder with a safe pair of hands, Dilshan mess. the horrifying and its subsidiaries — Hezbol- was Sri Lanka’s go-to man in the shorter formats of the game for Accordingly, US Secretary lah and Iraqi factions — to set up more than a decade. of State John Kerry and his aftermath of Assad’s shop in Syria, Bashar Al Assad Ever since Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 under Arjuna Russian counterpart Sergey use of chemical has been exposed as unfit to out- Ranatunga’s bold captaincy, the Islanders have enjoyed a massive Lavrov orchestrated a dis- weapons against his maneuver or outfight any of the resurgence in world cricket. With players like Jayawardene, honorable arrangement that local opposition groups, prompt- amounted to a school yard ing his Russian and Iranian allies Sangakkara and Dilshan settling down in their defined roles for own people, which, rebuke of a bully. according to a US to do most of the legwork. the team, cricket-mad Sri Lanka quietly Rather than, destroying The main difference Dilshan started producing results that showed By Makram Rabah Assad’s capabilities to launch report, caused an between father and son is class and reliability at the top of the Anatolia future missile or aerial attacks, estimated 1,429 that that Hafez never denied finished as a he was ordered to hand over his ordering the Hama massa- batting order. fatalities, including champion in After a slight hiccup at the 1999 entire chemical weapons cache — cre, remaining silent and not World Cup in England where the an instruction that seems to have 426 children. attempting to justify himself to the title clash had little effect on the regime’s his own people or the world. two years ago Islanders got knocked out before the n the course of human his- ability to massacre civilians. Bashar Al Assad, on the other semi-finals despite arriving as the tory tyrants such as Bashar Seemingly, this tragic affair hand, has had the audacity to gas against India defending champions, Sri Lanka cricket Al Assad in Syria have used ended with Assad being essen- men, women and children and in Dhaka, a has only moved forward. At the 2003 brute force and massacres tially rewarded for his crimes. all the houses and people had accuse others of the crime. fitting end World Cup, Australia beat Sri Lanka to maintain their rule. The international community gone. “You are probably driving Assad can and will con- in the semi-finals and four years later, IThose who have ordered and stood helpless as the Ameri- on some of them,” was the chill- tinue to accuse France, the to a highly carried out atrocities have often can-Russian consensus ing reply. Syrian opposition or even the two teams featured in the 2007 entertaining attempted to justify them as a pushed the war in Syria to a Friedman went on to coin Martians of perpetrating the World Cup final won by Ricky Ponting’s legitimate use of force against new level. the term “Hama Rules” to massacre of Ghouta but the T20 career. men. At the 2011 World Cup, Sri Lanka local dissidents or by employ- However, by killing his own describe the logic that drove harsh reality remains evident reached the World Cup final once again, ing a foreign conspiracy scenario. folk Assad was merely walk- Assad to employ such brutally. — the blood of other Syrian this time losing to hosts India. This week Bashar Al Jaa- ing in the footsteps of his late Simply put, Freidman con- civilians in Duma, Madaya, Dilshan played all those finals for Sri Lanka, thanks to his fari, Assad’s representative at father, who 31 years earlier had cluded that when dealing with Aleppo, Daraa and Homs will fitness and form sustained over a long period of time. A late the UN, blamed the 2013 sarin destroyed the city of Hama. the region, Hama Rules meant ensure punishment sooner gas attack on the Damascus Hafez Al Assad, who was there were no rules at all and the rather than later. bloomer by normal standards, Dilshan made up for lost time suburb of Ghouta on French challenged by the Muslim Broth- most brutal actor would be the by smashing more than a 1000 runs in a calendar year four intelligence. erhood in Syria, unleashed his last man standing. The writer is a PhD candidate at times in his career. He is only the fourth Sri Lanka to cross the This ridiculous and feeble wrath and his troops, killing While these barbaric rules Georgetown University’s history 10,000 mark in ODIs after current selector Sanath Jayasuriya, accusation is somewhat simi- 20,000 of his own people and certainly still apply to this day, department. He is the author Jayarwardene and Sangakkara. lar to the crazy characters one razing the city to the ground. especially within the Syrian of “A Campus at War: Student Politics at the American Uni- A right-hander of considerable merit and hugely important sees in tabloid magazines who The New York Times corre- context, much has changed. claim to have been abducted by spondent in the region at the time, Primarily, Hafez Al Assad had versity of Beirut, 1967–1975” to Sri Lankan cause for more than a decade, Dilshan also aliens and forced to do unspeak- Thomas Friedman, reported ask- a better understanding of local and a regular columnist for appeared in three T20 World Cup finals for his team, losing to able things. ing a taxi driver in Hama where and regional politics and he Now Lebanon. Pakistan (2009) and the West Indies (2012). Dilshan finished as a Jaafari’s announcement, ludi- champion in the title clash two years ago against India in Dhaka, crous as it may seem, is revealing a fitting end to a highly entertaining T20 career. of the delusional depths Assad When Dilshan — who captained his team in all formats — enters and his allies have reached. the dressing room on Sunday against Australia, he’d definitely On August 21, 2013, the world witnessed the horrifying after- savour the moment as would the Sri Lankan fans at Dambulla. He math of Assad’s use of chemical will be remembered as one of only few players around the world to weapons against his own people, have hit a 100 in all the three formats of the game. which, according to a US report, Well played, Dilshan! Thanks for the memories. caused an estimated 1,429 fatali- ties, including 426 children. No sane human doubted that Assad was the real culprit and that the international commu- Quote of the day nity would soon punish him and his allies for their transgressions. In his latest interview in the We are not at war Atlantic Magazine, US President Barack Obama talked about how with Islam, the French he had previously drawn a red republic is welcoming line and warned Assad that any to Muslims, we are movement or use of chemical weapons would warrant a direct protecting them against US military response. discrimination. However, the so-called Obama Doctrine, which has steered the US away from involvement in the Middle East, Manuel Valls UN chemical weapons experts prepare before collecting samples from one of the sites of an French Prime Minister was to prevail. Consequently, following alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus’ suburb of Zamalka.

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plans for supporting democratic uprisings anywhere in the world. This includes providing dissidents with communications, money, and in extreme cases even arms,” Solomon writes. “But in this case the White House ordered it to stand down.” At the time, Solomon reports, Obama’s aides received mixed messages. Members of the Iranian diaspora wanted the president to support the uprisings. Dissident Iranians from inside the coun- try said such support would be the kiss By Eli Lake of death. In the end, Obama did nothing, Bloomberg and Iran’s supreme leader blamed him anyway for fomenting the revolt. It’s worth contrasting Obama’s response with how the US has reacted ne of the great hypotheticals to other democratic uprisings. The State of Barack Obama’s presi- Department, for example, ran a pro- dency involves the Iranian gram in 2000 through the US embassy uprising that began on June in Hungary to train Serbian activists in 12, 2009, after Mahmoud nonviolent resistance against their dic- OAhmadinejad was announced the winner tator, Slobodan Milosevic. of contested presidential elections. What Milosevic, too, accused his opposition if the president had done more to help the of being pawns of the US government. protesters when the regime appeared to But in the end his people forced the dic- be teetering? tator from power. It’s well known he was slow to react. Similarly, when Georgian President Obama publicly downplayed the pros- Eduard Shevardnadze met with popular pect of real change at first, saying the protests in 2003 after rigged elections, candidates whom hundreds of thou- George W Bush dispatched James Baker sands of Iranians were risking their to urge him to step down peacefully, lives to support did not represent fun- which he did. Even the Obama admin- damental change. istration provided diplomatic and moral When he finally did speak out, he support for popular uprisings in Egypt in couldn’t bring himself to say the election 2011 and Ukraine in 2014. was stolen: “The world is watching and Iran though is a very different story. inspired by their participation, regard- Obama from the beginning of his pres- less of what the ultimate outcome of the idency tried to turn the country’s ruling A pro-democracy rally in Tehran, Iran. election was.” clerics from foes to friends. It was an But Obama wasn’t just reluctant to obsession. nuclear negotiations would be halted if of thousands of machines, after a ten weapons systems, including ballistic show solidarity in 2009. He feared the And even though the president would he intervened against Bashar Al Assad. year period of restraint.” missiles inscribed with threats against demonstrations would sabotage his secret impose severe sanctions on the country’s Obama eventually did get a nuclear Other US red lines were demol- Israel on their nose cones,” Solomon outreach to Iran. In his new book, “The economy at the end of his first term and deal with Iran. Solomon’s book shines ished too. The final deal would allow writes in the book’s concluding chapter. Iran Wars,” Wall Street Journal reporter beginning of his second, from the start of in reporting the details of the diplomacy the UN ban on Iranian missile devel- “Khamenei and other revolutionary lead- Jay Solomon uncovers new details on how his presidency, Obama made it clear the that led to the 2015 accord. opment to phase out after eight years, ers, meanwhile, fine-tune their rhetorical far Obama went to avoid helping Iran’s US did not seek regime change for Iran. American diplomats held two sets and the arms embargo against Iran to attacks against the United States, seem- green movement. Behind the scenes, It’s debatable whether the US ever did of negotiations with Iran — one public expire after five. Iran would not have ing to need the American threat to justify Obama overruled advisers who wanted support such a policy. But it’s striking the channel with the British, Chinese, Euro- to acknowledge that it had tried to their existence.” to do what America had done at similar lengths to which Obama went to make pean Union, French, Germans, Russians develop a nuclear weapon, even though There was a chance for a better out- transitions from dictatorship to democ- good on his word. and the United Nations — and another, samples the Iranians collected at its come. There is no guarantee that an racy, and signal America’s support. As Solomon reports, Obama ended US bilateral track established through the Parchin facility found evidence of man- Obama intervention would have been Solomon reports that Obama programs to document Iranian human Sultanate of Oman. made uranium. able to topple Khamenei back in 2009, ordered the CIA to sever contacts it rights abuses. He wrote personal letters In 2013, US officials shuttled on pub- In one particularly revealing pas- when his people flooded the streets to had with the green movement’s sup- to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali lic busses between two hotels in Geneva sage, Solomon captures the thinking of protest an election the American presi- porters. “The Agency has contingency Khamenei assuring him the US was not to conduct the two tracks before telling Kerry, who engaged in detailed negoti- dent wouldn’t say was stolen. But it was trying to overthrow him. Obama repeat- their negotiating partners about the for- ations over the deal in the final months worth a try. Imagine if that uprising had edly stressed his respect for the regime merly secret channel to Iran. of the talks. succeeded. Perhaps then a nuclear deal in his statements marking Iran’s annual Eventually, the Iranians wore down “So many wars have been fought over could have brought about a real peace. Iran though is a very different story. Nowruz celebration. the US delegation. At the beginning of the misunderstandings, misinterpretations, Instead, Obama spent his presidency mis- Obama from the beginning of his His quest to engage the mullahs talks in 2013, the US position was for Iran lack of effective diplomacy,” Kerry told understanding Iran’s dictator, assuring seems to have influenced Obama’s to dismantle much of its nuclear infra- Solomon in a 2016 interview. “War is the the supreme leader America wouldn’t aid presidency tried to turn the country’s decision-making on other issues too. structure. By the end of the talks in failure of diplomacy.” his citizens when they tried to change the ruling clerics from foes to friends. It When he walked away from his red line 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry’s diplomacy succeeded. But regime that oppresses them to this day. against Syria’s use of chemical weap- and his team “agreed that Iran would the Middle East got war nonetheless. was an obsession. ons in 2013, Solomon reports, both US then be allowed to build an industrial- “The Revolutionary Guard continues Eli Lake is a Bloomberg View columnist and Iranian officials had told him that scale nuclear program, with hundreds to develop increasingly sophisticated writing about politics and foreign affairs. I’m a proud black woman — my son looks white

wider world didn’t always respond the realisation in their eyes. Often an odd sense of solidarity but also his cousin; Sandra Bland, his aunt. the same way. I braced myself for they become cloudy with questions heartbreak. It’s one thing to see it His blackness is just as much a part comments every time we went out and judgment, but they never say on television, but seeing it in person of him as his whiteness. in public. People were constantly sur- a word. I know what some of them made it so real. I constantly wonder what the prised to learn he was mine. I took are thinking, especially the women. An incident in 2015 solidified next few years will have in store him out with my white best friend They consider me a traitor. But my things for me. We had just gotten as my son approaches school age. (my son’s godmother) in the after- son’s whiteness does not quantify off the bus in my neighborhood and Will his intelligence and ability noons, and everyone directed their my blackness. Having a child with were halfway across the crosswalk, be doubted as a result of him hav- questions about him to her. She’d a white man doesn’t make me or my my son in his stroller, when I saw a ing a black woman as his primary just point to me. Their faces went son any less black. police car approaching. The lights caregiver? Will teachers and admin- from confidence to extreme confu- As if I could forget that we are weren’t flashing and there was no istrators assume, like many people sion as they tried to figure out how he black. Shortly before my son’s first siren, so I continued to cross. But before them, that I’m just his nanny? By Sa’iyda Shabazz could have come out of me. I smiled birthday, a video went viral. In it, Eric the car continued to slowly pull into Will kids or their families treat him The Washington Post brightly as they recovered and con- Garner, a black man, was savagely the crosswalk. It finally stopped mere differently if they saw him and then tinued fawning over my cute baby. placed in a chokehold and subse- inches from the stroller. I turned to saw me? I was often embraced by While I am lucky that most quently suffocated by a white police the car to look the officers in the my white peers and their families remarks were about how cute he is officer. The incident happened a few eyes and noticed both were female. because I wasn’t your stereotypical hen I found out I was preg- (they still are), I did get some inter- blocks away from where we live. A few I was shocked that two women would black woman. But you only know that nant, I had a clear vision esting ones. Once, an older black weeks later, a young black man named have no problem nearly running over when you talk to me. If you look at I have faith that Wof the little boy I would woman (based on her accent, she was Michael Brown was killed in Missouri. another woman pushing a stroller. me, you don’t know that I have a col- my son will use his be raising. I saw a toddler with a big from the Caribbean) told me that I During the news coverage, I learned When I posted the incident on Face- lege degree, but you do know that I curly afro and light brown skin. We was “lucky to have a white baby.” I that the killing occurred in Ferguson, book, I had friends try to defend the have brown skin. On the flip side, unique position to thought that with a black mother and was gobsmacked. Why was I lucky? the town where my boyfriend had cops. But this is the same police pre- I know that he’ll experience other change the world. a white father, he’d look something Were white people going to accept lived since he was a kid and where cinct that had murdered Eric Garner privileges as a white male. I don’t see like Heidi Klum and Seal’s kids. When me more if I had a “white” baby? his parents had just moved from. in broad daylight, so I saw the truth. such privilege as a bad thing if you’re The color of his they placed the screaming little baby Did that make me special? Then I After the tensions died down My son doesn’t realise yet that aware that the privilege doesn’t exist skin could keep on my chest he was purple, but a few was annoyed. What made her think in Ferguson, we went for a visit so he and I don’t look alike. To him, I’m for everyone. The color of his skin hours later, he was as white as his that her comment was okay to say out my son could meet his grandpar- just Mommy. But I have to prepare could keep him alive in a bad situa- him alive in a bad dad. All Heidi, no Seal. loud? Another time, an older woman ents. In Missouri, I was painfully him for the world that he will inhabit. tion, but what happens when he tells situation, but what I figured that as the days passed went on a tirade about me and my aware of my blackness and felt a Even though he doesn’t look black, someone he’s mixed? happens when he he’d get darker. Boy was I wrong. son in another language. Her son constant need to be on the defense. he is black. In our house, Black Lives I want him to accept both sides of I posted a picture of him on Insta- apologised profusely, and I shrugged When my boyfriend’s parents and Matter is more than just a hashtag; it himself equally and be proud of them. tells someone he’s gram and a friend commented, “He’s it off, but it hurt. I took my son out, I looked like the is our reality. Since having a child, I If doors were to open to him because of mixed? I want him so white!” Sure, I was a little disap- When black people look at us, odd man out, especially in the sub- have become more outspoken about his whiteness, I would push him through pointed that he looked so little like I watch them try to figure out our urbs. My boyfriend’s dad drove us the issues black people face. I want wholeheartedly — because I know that to accept both me, but he was my son, half black relationship. They seldom make through Ferguson to show me all of to show my son that being black is he would bring the other side of his her- sides of himself and half white, and I didn’t care that eye contact with me, but I know the damage that had been done by something to celebrate, even if it’s a itage with him into the conversation. the latter showed more strongly than they’re looking. When my son calls the protests. He made a few uncom- side of him that many can’t see. Phi- I have faith that my son will use his equally and be the former. me “Mommy” or we do something fortable off-color remarks that I lando Castile could have been his unique position to change the world. proud of them. I quickly learned, though, that the that reveals our relationship, I see tried to laugh off. As we drove, I felt uncle; Tamir Rice could have been And what mom doesn’t want that?

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India and France Kashmir CM defends see no security risk of leaked submarine data deaths of protesters Reuters

Anatolia havoc, who are 5 percent of the total population, we will deal with NEW DELHI/PARIS: France and At least 68 civilians them according to the law. We won’t India yesterday played down the SRINAGAR: The chief minister of have died and over allow them to create problems for security risk posed by leaked Kashmir yesterday defended recent the majority of the population and data on French-designed sub- civilian killings by Indian forces, 6,000 wounded in make their lives hell. We will never marines that a source said was saying that protesters were a small army’s crackdown allow them,” she added. probably stolen by a French minority who had attacked police Mufti addressed reporters along- former employee and that has stations and army camps. side Federal Home Minister Rajnath raised concerns over a $38bn “Did the child [who was killed] Singh, in the region on a two-day contract with Australia. go to the army camp to buy toffee? said in her first press conference visit in hopes of restoring the gov- More than 22,000 pages of Had the 15-year-old boy who was since she took over as Kashmir’s ernment’s authority amid massive data about six submarines that shot dead in Damhal Hanjipora chief minister around three months protests. France’s DCNS is building for when he attacked a police station ago. At least 68 civilians have been India’s navy looked to have been gone to fetch milk?” Mehbooba Mufti “Those people who are creating killed and over 6,000 wounded in stolen in 2011 by a subcontractor army’s crackdown on a massive who was fired while providing pro-independence uprising trig- training in India, the source said. gered by last month’s killing of India’s defence ministry said Home Minister calls a militant commander by Indian yesterday that it saw no immedi- forces. ate security risk and the French Since then, tens of thousands government said the information for peaceful Kashmir of people have taken to the streets in the documments only showed shouting anti-India and pro-inde- how the submarines operate IANS pendence slogans and throwing and did not compromise their stones at Indian forces. security. The government has so far India and France are inves- responded only by the use of force: tigating after The Australian SRINAGAR: Federal Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday made a pas- imposing a 24-hour curfew now in newspaper published on Wednes- sionate appeal for peace in the Kashmir Valley, saying India’s future was its 48th day, rushing several thou- day details about its Scorpene incomplete without a peaceful Kashmir and announced that an all-party sand more soldiers, and using live submarines being built in India delegation will visit the state soon for talks on ending a protracted vio- fire and pellet guns (buckshot) on by contractor DCNS - 35 percent lent unrest that has killed nearly 70 people since July 9. the protesters. owned by Thales and 65 percent At a press conference towards the end of his two-day Kashmir tour, At the press conference, it by the French state. Rajnath Singh conceded a popular demand, saying that an alternative seemed clear that the Indian gov- “It is not a leak, it is theft,” the to the use of pellet guns as a tool to control unruly mobs would be found ernment has decided to continue source said. “We have not found “in a few days”. using force to quell the pro-inde- any DCNS negligence, but we have During his stay in Srinagar, the Home Minister said he met some 300 pendence protests. identified some dishonesty by an people, including leaders of all political parties in the state, with whom The pro-independence lead- individual.” he had “good talks”. “Everybody wants peace to be restored. We are ership who are in charge on the The French government Federal Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister of Jammu and extremely sad over the situation. We are pained over the loss of lives,” ground, however, continued to face source said security proce- the minister said with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti by his side. arrest. Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti arrive for a joint press conference in Srinagar, dures would be strengthened for In an oblique reference to separatist leaders, the Home Minister said After facing a flurry of tough yesterday. all employees going to work in people should “not play with the future of Kashmiri youth”. questions over not acknowledging Australia to ensure one person “They (youth) should hold books, pens and laptops in their hands and the pro-independence nature of the The two countries have fought neighboring Pakistan. did not have access to so many not stones,” he said. “We are linking the future of Kashmiri youth with protests, Mufti angrily called the three wars — in 1948, 1965, and More than 70,000 people have documents. the future of India. And I appeal to Kashmir people to identify those who press conference short and quickly 1971 — since they were partitioned reportedly been killed in the con- The documents were not clas- are creating trouble.” left the room. in 1947, two of which were fought flict so far, most of them in the Indian sified and at this stage appeared He said leaders of all political parties will soon visit here for talks on Kashmir, a Muslim-majority over Kashmir. Since 1989, Kash- Armed Forces’ counter-insurgency to only focus on how the subma- finding ways to break the logjam in the valley. “I have asked the state Himalayan region, is held by India miri resistance groups have been operations. India maintains more rines are operated not how they government to make all preparations for that.” and Pakistan in parts and claimed fighting against Indian rule for inde- than half a million troops in the dis- are built and whether they can be by both in full. pendence, or for unification with puted region. detected, the source said.

Nirbhaya rape convict tries to Rahul Gandhi says stands by words on RSS commit suicide IANS “I will never stop fighting the 6, 2015, had allegedly blamed the RSS and Congress leader Mahipal Mad- IANS hateful and divisive agenda of the for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. erna is serving a jail term while RSS. I stand by every single word I The case is pending before a Congress leader Sushil Sharma is said,” Rahul said in the tweet. magisterial court in Bhiwandi in serving life imprisonment for his NEW DELHI: A day after tell- On August 24, Rahul Gandhi’s Thane district of Maharashtra. wife Naina Sahani’s murder, known NEW DELHI: Vinay Sharma, one ing the Supreme Court he had not counsel Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Rahul Gandhi on Thursday also as the infamous Delhi tandoor case. of the four convicts in the Decem- blamed the RSS as an organisation Court that the Congress leader had uploaded the video of his election Sharma told IANS: “Rahul knew ber 16, 2012, Nirbhaya gang-rape, for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination not blamed the Rashtriya Swayamse- speech at Sonale on Twitter. he cannot speak a lie in the court; so was being treated at a city hospi- but only people linked to it, Congress vak Sangh (RSS) as an institution for BJP spokesman Shrikant Sharma he has again started spreading lies tal after he tried to commit suicide Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (pic- the assassination of Mahatma Gan- cited the murder cases of Bhanwari about the RSS outside the court. He by hanging himself inside his cell tured), on Thursday said he stands dhi, but the people associated with it. Devi in Rajasthan and Naina Sahani was dragged to the court in this mat- in Tihar Jail, an official said yes- by his comments and will never Sibal said this while referring to in Delhi in which Congress leaders ter but still he is not ready to make terday. stop fighting the “hateful and divi- an affidavit filed by Rahul Gandhi were involved and said going by amends.” Sharma was admitted to Deen sive agenda” of the RSS. before the Bombay High Court, chal- Rahul’s logic, he could be blamed for Sharma said that Gandhi should Dayal Upadhyay Hospital (DDU) However, the Bharatiya Janata lenging the defamation proceedings the above-mentioned crimes. “learn lessons from history”. after he consumed pills and tried Party strongly reacted to Gandhi’s against him launched by RSS worker “What Rahul Gandhi would like “Neither (the then Prime Minis- to hang himself from the ventila- stand in the Supreme Court as also Rajesh Madhav Kunte. to be called? A murderer,” Sharma ters) Indira Gandhi nor Rajiv Gandhi tor of his cell by using a towel on his tweet on the issue. It asked if Kunte had said that the Con- said. could harm the RSS. Even Sonia Gan- Wednesday night. Rahul Gandhi can be blamed for the gress leader, in his election speech Convicted for Bhanwari Devi’s dhi and Manmohan Singh ruled the not harm it. Where is Rahul Gandhi?” “Tamil Nadu Police security crimes committed by Congressmen. at Sonale in Maharashtra on March murder, former Rajasthan minister country for 10 years but they could he said. personnel prevented Vinay from commiting suicide after they saw him trying to hang himself in his cell around 9.30pm. He was immediately taken to DDU hos- Flood situation grim pital for treatment. He is now reportedly out of danger,” Tihar Jail Superintendent Bijendra in Bihar; eases in MP Kumar said.

IANS Kumar also directed concerned Congress leaders officials to provide adequate relief and other facilities at relief camps cross over to set up by the government. PATNA/BHOPAL: The flood sit- “Chief Minister has ordered to Trinamool uation in Bihar remained grim intensify relief and rescue opera- yesterday, though the river Ganga tions in flood affected areas and to KOLKATA: Continuing the exo- and its tributaries started showing serve food in steel utensils provided dus from opposition parties to sign of receding but hundreds of from the CM’s relief fund,” an offi- the Trinamool Congress, a host of thousands of affected people have cial said. Congress leaders and elected rep- been still strggling for survival, offi- However, at several places, resentatives switched over to West cials said. The situation, however, flood victims have staged protests Bengal’s ruling party yesterday. was easing in neighbouring Mad- and blocked roads to express anger Former state Congress pres- hya Pradesh. and impatience over the quality ident and ex minister Manas More than three million people and quantity of government aid Bhunia also kept alive specu- have been hit by the floods in Bihar. that has so far been provided to lations that he would also cross including thousands who have been them. over to the Trinamool, saying displaced across the worst-hit 12 Flood victims, hungry and “it was difficult to say what will districts, the officials said. homeless, many of them forced happen”. According to state disaster man- to live under open sky, have also Bhunia’s brother and West agement department officials, till expressed anger for not providing Midnapore district Congress pres- date, floods have claimed 31 lives. fodder for their cattle. ident Bikash Bhunia joined the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish About 900 officils of the Trinamool along with seven bus- Kumar met flood victims during his National Disaster Response Force loads of Congress leaders, elected visit to the affected areas in Patna and the State Disaster Response Food parcels are unloaded from an air force helicopter to be distributed among those affected by flooding rural body representatives and district and assured all possible Force have been deployed in the activists from Sabong block. on the outskirts of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, yesterday. help, including timely relief. Nitish flood-hit districts. EUROPE FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 11 Top French court to rule on burkini ban today

“proliferation” of burkini bans “was prohibitions has caused confusion. not a welcome development”. Apart from the incident featured in The burkini bans have Vallaud-Belkacem, who is of the photographs in Nice, a 34-year- triggered a fierce Moroccan origin, took issue with old mother of two said on Tuesday the wording of the ban in Nice which she had been fined on the beach in debate in France and linked the measure to the jihad- the resort of Cannes wearing leg- elsewhere about ist attack in the resort last month in gings, a tunic and a headscarf. the wearing of the which 86 people were killed. “I was sitting on a beach with “In my opinion, there is nothing my family. I was wearing a clas- full-body swimsuit, to prove that there is a link between sic headscarf. I had no intention of women’s rights and the terrorism of Daesh and what a swimming,” said the woman, who woman wears on a beach,” she said, gave only her first name, Siam. secularism. using another term for Islamic State. Anouar Kbibech, the head of the But Valls contradicted his min- French Council of the Muslim Faith ister’s claims, saying the bans were (CFCM), said he was “concerned necessary to maintain “public order”. over the direction the public debate AFP President Francois Hollande is taking.” made his first comment on the issue London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the yesterday, saying life in France “sup- first Muslim mayor of a major West- poses that everyone sticks to the rules ern capital, condemned the bans as PARIS: France’s highest administra- and that there is neither provocation he visited Paris yesterday. “I don’t tive court will decide today whether nor stigmatisation”. think anyone should tell women what to overturn the ban on wearing the The former president, Nicolas they can and can’t wear. Full stop,” burkini which has sparked contro- Sarkozy, who this week launched he told the London Evening Stand- versy at home and abroad. his bid to regain the presidency, ard newspaper. The State Council began hear- has described the burkini as a Around 50 people held a protest ing arguments yesterday from the “provocation”. outside the French embassy in Lon- Human Rights League and an anti- The administrative court in don, recreating a beach and carrying Islamophobia group which are Nice ruled on Monday that the Vil- placards saying “Burkini ban is rac- seeking to reverse a decision by the Protesters hold a sign which reads “Islamophobia is not freedom”, outside French Embassy in London yesterday. leneuve-Loubet ban was “necessary” ist”. Amnesty International called for southern town of Villeneuve-Loubet, to prevent public disorder after the the ban to be lifted immediately, say- near Nice, to ban the Islamic swim- wearing of the full-body swimsuit, forced to remove clothing, telling burkini was “a political sign of reli- truck attack in Nice and the murder ing it was “fuelled by and is fuelling suit. The ruling, due at 3pm (1300 women’s rights and secularism. she was showing police the swim- gious proselytising”. “We are not at of a Catholic priest by two jihadists prejudice and intolerance”. GMT) today, is likely to set a prec- Anger over the issue was fur- suit she was wearing under her top, war with Islam... the French repub- in northern France. “These bans do nothing to increase edent for around 30 French towns ther inflamed on Wednesday when over a pair of leggings, when the pic- lic is welcoming (to Muslims), we are The so-called burkini bans never public safety, but do a lot to promote which have banned the burkini, photographs emerged in the media ture was taken. The police issued her protecting them against discrimina- actually mention the word burkini, public humiliation,” said the group’s mostly in the southeast. of police surrounding a woman in a with a fine and she left the beach, the tion,” he told BFMTV. although they are aimed at the gar- Europe director John Dalhuisen. A court in the Riviera city of Nice headscarf on a Nice beach removing officials added. But in a sign of the divisions ment which covers the hair but leaves France firmly separates religion and upheld the ban this week. The burkini a long-sleeved top. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said within the Socialist government the face visible and stretches down public life and was the first European bans have triggered a fierce debate But the office of Nice’s mayor he condemned any “stigmatisation” on the issue, Education Minister to the ankles. country to ban the wearing of the in France and elsewhere about the denied that the woman had been of Muslims, but maintained that the Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said the The vague wording of the Islamic face veil in public in 2010.

Czech premier Questions mount backs European army in talks as Italy weeps with Merkel for quake victims Reuters

PRAGUE: The Czech Repub- AFP prosecutor for most of the area lic supports deeper European affected, said he would be opening defence cooperation that could an investigation into whether any- eventually lead to the creation of one could be held responsible for the a European army, Czech Prime AMATRICE: The death toll from disaster. Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said a powerful earthquake in central In Amatrice a 4.3 magnitude after meeting German Chancellor Italy was revised downwards to 241 aftershock shook the already badly Angela Merkel yesterday. yesterday but officials cautioned it damaged village yesterday, fueling Sobotka said more European could rise again as rescuers con- fears of fresh collapses which could security and defence cooperation, tinued a grim search for corpses, hamper the rescue operation. in addition to the existing part- as powerful aftershocks rocked the Mayor Sergio Pirozzi said over nership in NATO, was a priority devastated area. 200 people had died in the village given the need to protect external Weeping in a campsite erected alone, suggesting the total number of EU borders and respond to grow- to house the homeless from a string victims could increase significantly. ing security threats from places of mountain villages, Rita Rosine, Amatrice normally has a pop- such as the Middle East. 63, said her 75-year-old sister was ulation of around 2,500 but it was Creating joint army units Damaged houses are seen in Pescara del Tronto yesterday. trapped under the ruins of a col- packed with visitors when the quake would follow a practice long lapsed house, presumed dead. struck as people slept in the early established by countries such “The situation is worse than in hours of Wednesday. The fate of 28 friends, relatives that didn’t make it. finished,” said Aleandro Petrucci, the warning but in an area with a long as Germany, which has cre- war. It’s awful, awful ... they say it will of 32 guests staying in the village’s What the future holds I don’t know.” mayor of Arquata del Tronto, which history of killer quakes. ated them with France and the take two days to dig her out because Hotel Roma was still unclear. Hundreds of people spent the accounted for 57 of the confirmed The Civil Protection agency which Netherlands and has discussed they have to shore up the surround- The Red Cross began shipping in night sleeping in their cars or in hast- deaths to date. is coordinating the rescue effort said military collaboration with other ing buildings. “She didn’t deserve to food and water supplies for homeless ily-assembled tents, the aftershocks Petrucci said it was impossible to that in addition to the dead, 264 peo- EU partners. die like that, she was so good.” residents. Among those who came to adding to their discomfort. say exactly how many people were in ple had suffered injuries serious In Tallinn on Wednesday, Mer- As rescuers sifted through the pick up emergency provisions were Mario, a father of two small boys, the 13 tiny communities that make up enough to be hospitalised. Several kel said she saw no fundamental rubble, questions mounted as to why Maria Atrimala, 48, and her 15-year- said he was still in shock. “We slept l’Arquata when the disaster struck. of them are in a critical state. obstacles to setting up joint units there had been so many deaths in a old daughter. in the car last night, though with the In Pescara del Tronto, which Rescue workers were pessimistic with Estonia, although she added thinly-populated area so soon after “We escaped by pure luck, the quakes it was hard to sleep at all,” he was virtually razed by the quake, about the chance of finding any more the disparate sizes of the two mil- a 2009 earthquake in the nearby city stairs of the house held and we ran, said between sips of Coke. there are only four permanently survivors although the last survivor itaries meant such an endeavour of L’Aquila left 300 people dead. blindly in the dark and dust,” she “We’ve booked a tent for tonight. resident families but there could in L’Aquila was rescued after 72 hours might require the participation of That disaster, just 50km south, said with tears rolling down her face. But then tomorrow, the next day?” have been up to 300 people there under rubble. other countries. underscored the region’s vulner- “When we got out we could hear The extensive damage to lightly-used on Wednesday. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi Sobotka said his country ability to seismic events — but the cries of people still trapped and properties has raised the spectre of Measuring 6.0-6.2 magnitude, the vowed lessons from L’Aquila, which envisaged further partnerships preparations for a fresh quake have we helped those we could. “We were some of the smaller hamlets in the quake’s epicentre was near Amatrice still bears the scars of 2009, would be between EU countries, sug- been exposed as limited at best. in L’Aquila when the earthquake region becoming ghost towns. and its shallow depth of 4km exacer- applied. “The objective is to rebuild gesting they could form steps Giuseppe Saieva, the chief public struck there, and now this. We have “If we don’t get help, l’Arquata is bated its impact. It occurred without and start again,” he said. towards the establishment of a European army. “Certainly the Czech Republic can imagine stronger cooperation in the military area, integration Poland now most common foreign country of birth in UK of units, common exercises, and above all securing the capacity to organise operations to sup- port common European foreign AFP birth outside Britain for the previ- residents rose by 63 percent from (332,000); Romania (233,000), and was elected on a manifesto pledge policy,” he said. ous 11 years. 3.3 million in 2004 to 8.6 million in Portugal (219,000). to get net migration below 100,000. In his discussion with Merkel, “Traditionally the UK’s relation- 2015. They now constitute 13.3 per- “The referendum result dem- he called the project “a possible ship with Ireland and the former cent of the population. NET MIGRATION TO BRITAIN onstrated public concern about the joint European army”. LONDON: Poland is the most com- colonies have been key factors in The highest level was in London, Meanwhile, net migration to scale of immigration. It simply can- Merkel is meeting 15 other mon foreign country of birth for shaping its migrant population,” said where some 37 percent of people Britain — the difference between not be allowed to continue,” said heads of state this week to pre- people living in Britain, overtaking Madeleine Sumption, director of the were born outside Britain. In the Lon- the numbers arriving and leaving — Andrew Green of campaign group pare the groundwork for a Sept. India, according to official estimates Migration Observatory at the Univer- don boroughs of Brent and Newham, stood at an estimated 327,000 in the Migration Watch UK. 16 summit in Bratislava aimed at released yesterday. sity of Oxford. the figure was 54 percent, the high- year to March. Immigration Minister Robert giving new agenda to the bloc hit An estimated 831,000 Polish- “What we can see from current est in the country. It marks a slight fall on the previ- Goodwill said: “There is no doubt by the immigration wave and Brit- born people lived in Britain in 2015, data is that in recent years the EU has In 2015, Polish was the most com- ous 12 months but is the third highest there is far more to do.” ain’s decision to leave. said the Office for National Statistics played a similar role.” mon non-British nationality, with on record. Immigration was esti- Reducing immigration would be European countries have — a more than 13-fold increase on In 2015, the five most common an estimated 916,000 residents, up mated at 633,000, one of the highest a priority in Britain’s EU exit negoti- started to increase military the 69,000 residents in 2004, when countries of birth for UK resi- by 847,000 from 2004. Poland has recorded levels. ations, he added. spending in light of an increas- Poland joined the EU and its nation- dents born outside Britain were: been the largest non-British popu- Immigration was a key issue in Separate figures also showed ingly aggressive stance by als gained the right to live and work Poland (831,000); India (795,000); lation since 2007. the June referendum on Britain’s that more than a quarter (27.5 per- Russia and wars in the Mid- in Britain. Pakistan (503,000); Republic of In 2015, the five most common membership of the European Union, cent) of live births in England and dle East, but funding in most There were an estimated 795,000 Ireland (382,000), and Germany non-British nationalities for UK in which 52 percent voted to leave Wales last year were to women born EU states is still far below the UK residents born in India, which had (286,000). residents were: Poland (916,000); the bloc. outside Britain — the highest level 2 percent of GDP they pledge been the most common country of The number of non-UK born India (362,000); Republic of Ireland The Conservative government on record. as members of Nato. 12 FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 AMERICAS Colombia, FARC rebels reach historic peace deal

and building a stable and endur- The peace deal comprises six On Twitter Erna Solberg, the ing peace,” the two sides said in a agreements reached at each step of prime minister of Norway, one of After nearly four joint statement read out in Havana the arduous negotiations. They cover the countries that mediated the talks, years of negotiations by Cuban diplomat Rodolfo Benitez. justice for victims of the conflict, land congratulated “both parties for a bold “We don’t want one more victim in reform, political participation for step towards a peaceful Colombia.” in Cuba, the two Colombia.” ex-rebels, fighting drug trafficking, Meanwhile, the White House sides announced In a national address just after disarmament and the implementa- said US President Barack Obama the announcement, Santos — who tion and monitoring of the accord. had called Santos to congratulate a final deal, which has staked his legacy on the peace Under the peace deal, the FARC him. “The president recognised this President Juan process — said the deal marked will begin moving its estimated 7,000 historic day as a critical juncture in Manuel Santos said “the end of the suffering, the pain fighters from their jungle and moun- what will be a long process to fully and the tragedy of war”. He imme- tain hideouts into disarmament camps implement a just and lasting peace would be put to a diately launched his campaign for a set up by the United Nations, which is agreement,” it said in a statement. decisive referendum “Yes” vote in the referendum, which helping monitor the ceasefire. Obama vowed continuing sup- he said would be the most important The FARC will then become a polit- port for Colombia, a key ally in the US on October 2. election of voters’ lives. ical party. Its weapons will be melted war on drugs. Washington has spent “This is a historic and unique down to build three peace monuments. more than $10bn on a joint anti-nar- opportunity... to leave behind this Colombia’s FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez (left) and Colombia’s Special courts will be created to judge cotics strategy called “Plan Colombia” conflict and dedicate our efforts to lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle (right) shake hands crimes committed during the conflict. — recently rebaptized “Peace Colom- AFP building a more secure, safe, equitable, while Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez looks on, after signing An amnesty will be granted for less bia” by Obama. educated country, for all of us, for our serious offenses. But it will not cover Analyst Jorge Restrepo of the a final peace deal in Havana. children and grandchildren,” he said. the worst atrocities, such as massacres, Conflict Analysis Resource Center Colombians welcomed the The conflict began with the But after a major offensive by the torture and rape. said the agreement allows Colombia HAVANA: Colombia’s government announcement with both scepticism founding of the Revolutionary Armed army from 2006 to 2009 — led by Those responsible for such crimes to “finally deal with the public policy and the FARC rebels have reached a and joy, as many took to the streets Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 1964, at then-defense minister Santos — a will face up to 20 years in prison, issues that have been overshadowed historic peace agreement to end their late Wednesday night, waving the a time when leftist guerrilla armies weakened FARC agreed to come to with lighter sentences if they con- by the armed conflict,” such as drugs. half-century civil war that cost hun- national flag and carrying balloons were fighting to sow revolution the negotiating table. fess. Santos insisted there would be However there are still obsta- dreds of thousands of lives. emblazoned with the word “yes” to throughout Latin America. Over the past few days, the two no impunity for such crimes. cles on the way to peace. Santos’s top After nearly four years of nego- show their support for peace. Over the years, it has killed sides had been discussing a range of UN Secretary-General Ban rival, former president Alvaro Uribe, tiations in Cuba, the two sides “It’s hard to believe that we have 260,000 people, uprooted 6.8 mil- unresolved topics, and worked late Ki-moon congratulated the negoti- is leading a campaign to vote “No” in announced a final deal early yester- lived to see such things, it’s historic lion and left 45,000 missing. Along into the night Tuesday to draft their ators for their perseverance, while the referendum, arguing his successor day, which President Juan Manuel for the country,” 24-year-old Mar- the way, it has drawn in several leftist joint statement, sources from the two emphasising that equal determina- has given too much away to the FARC. Santos said would be put to a deci- cela Cardenas said, before adding rebel groups and right-wing paramil- delegations said in Havana. tion will be needed to implement the And the government is still sive referendum on October 2. that she believes the transformation itaries. Drug cartels have also fueled FARC chief negotiator Ivan Mar- agreement. EU foreign affairs chief fighting a smaller rebel group, the “The Colombian government will be extremely difficult. Local TV the violence in the world’s largest quez called the accord a new chapter Federica Mogherini warned that a National Liberation Army (ELN), and the FARC announce that we in Colombia’s Caribbean city of Bar- cocaine-producing country. for Colombia. “We can now say that number of challenges remain for whose ongoing kidnappings have have reached a final, full and defin- ranquilla showed a rapper chanting Three previous peace processes fighting with weapons ends and with implementation, but that the deal derailed efforts to open peace itive accord... on ending the conflict “Forward with peace, forward!” with the FARC ended in failure. ideas begins,” he said from Havana. would bring lasting peace. negotiations.

Tornadoes slam central Indiana Hillary secures 50% cutting power to thousands support from US Reuters voters in latest poll INDIANAPOLIS: Several tor- nadoes plowed through central Indiana late on Wednesday, Agencies light at the end of this dark and demolishing numerous homes depressing chapter in American and a Starbucks cafe in the town politics?” Malloy said. of Kokomo and cutting off power Meanwhile, Clinton, who is to thousands of Indianapolis-area WASHINGTON: More than half of looking to make history as Ameri- residents, but no serious injuries respondents in a new poll said they ca’s first female commander in chief, were reported. plan to vote for Hillary Clinton — the has hit choppy waters as well amid Governor and Republican vice first time the Democratic presiden- the continuing fallout over her mis- presidential nominee Mike Pence, tial candidate has breached that begotten decision to use a private who cut short a campaign trip for all-important 50 percent threshold. email server for State Department running mate Donald Trump and The poll released yesterday by correspondence. returned to Indiana, said eight Quinnipiac University found the She also has come under scru- funnel clouds were confirmed former secretary of state leading tiny for allegedly breaching a and three touched down during Trump 51 to 41 percent in a head to firewall between her family char- a “very tough day of weather”. head race. “We are starting to hear ity and her role as secretary of state, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to United Kingdom Independence Party leader Tornado warnings were the faint rumblings of a Hillary Clin- sparking Republican complaints of issued in 27 counties, but no one ton landslide as her 10-point lead is special favors granted to donors to Nigel Farage during a campaign rally at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi. was known to have been killed or further proof that Donald Trump is in the Clinton Foundation. badly hurt, Pence said, adding that a downward spiral as the clock ticks,” The Clinton Foundation should he would remain in Indiana for “as said Tim Malloy, assistant director of shut down or transfer operations Brexit leader addresses Trump rally long as we need to be here.” Pence the Quinnipiac University Poll. to another charity despite its good planned to visit storm-ravaged Support for Clinton falls below work to avoid perceptions of “pay- areas with Lieutenant Governor 50 percent if third-party candidates for-play”, The Washington Post and Reuters His appearance came as Trump “I cannot possibly tell you how Eric Holcomb. are thrown into the equation. The USA Today said in editorials. sought to moderate his own hardline you should vote in this election. But Ten to 12 people were reported former first lady gets 45 percent, USA Today said the global char- stance against illegal immigration. you know I get it, I get it. I’m hear- to have suffered minor inju- with Trump polling 38 percent, ity must close for the Democratic In remarks broadcast on Wednes- ing you. But I will say this, if I was ries in Howard County, which when Libertarian Party candidate candidate to avoid any appearance JACKSON: Nigel Farage, a key fig- day, Trump backed further away an American citizen I wouldn’t vote apparently bore the brunt of the Gary Johnson and Green Party con- of unethical ties. The Post said that ure in the successful campaign from his vow to deport millions of for Hillary Clinton if you paid me,” storms, according to John Erick- tender Jill Stein are added to the mix. these changes were insufficient to get Britain out of the European illegal immigrants, saying he would Farage said. “In fact, I wouldn’t son, spokesman for the state Johnson gets 10 percent and and should have happened sooner., Union, lent his support to Repub- be willing to work with those who vote for Hillary Clinton if she paid Homeland Security Department. Stein is at 4 percent in the Quin- before Hillary Clinton served as sec- lican presidential nominee Donald have abided by US laws while living me,” he added. At least one “large and extremely nipiac poll. Trump’s campaign has retary of state from 2009 to 2013. Trump, saying Trump represented in the country. Farage drew parallels between dangerous” tornado struck near stumbled in recent weeks after a But despite her self-inflicted the same type of anti-establishment Trump summoned Farage the Brexit movement and the sup- Indianapolis, the state’s capital series of perceived gaffes. Commen- wounds, many voters perceive fewer movement that he masterminded in on stage in the middle of his port Trump has received from many and largest city, as severe thun- tators say it has struggled to make potential drawbacks to a Clinton his own country. appearance, shook his hand and Americans who feel left behind by derstorms rolled through the the transition from the scrappy presidency, and she continues to poll Farage appeared with Trump surrendered the microphone to him. Washington. region in the late afternoon, the party nomination fight to the battle well ahead of her Republican rival. before a cheering crowd of thou- Farage said he would not actually “They feel people aren’t standing National Weather Service said. to become US commander in chief. Quinnipiac’s nationwide tele- sands at a rally in Mississippi. Farage endorse Trump because he did not up for them and they have in many But Kokomo, a city of 45,000 “Trump’s missteps, stumbles and phone survey of some 1,500 likely partly based his Brexit drive on want to repeat what he called Pres- cases given up on the whole elec- people about 100km north of gaffes seem to outweigh Clinton’s voters, taken from August 18 to 24, opposition to mass immigration to ident Barack Obama’s meddling in toral process and I think you have a Indianapolis, appeared to be shaky trust status and perceived had a margin of error of plus or Britain that he said was leading to British affairs when Obama urged fantastic opportunity here with this the epicenter of storm damage, shady dealings. Wow, is there any minus 2.5 percentage points. rapid change in his country. Britons to vote to stay in the EU. campaign,” he said. including a flattened Starbucks outlet and numerous houses left splintered or with roofs and walls torn away. The entire front wall and Senators launch impeachment trial against Rousseff facade of the Starbucks could be seen abruptly collapsing in the wind in cellphone video footage shot from a bar across the street AFP later briefly suspended it as senators But the impeachment affair is The trial will climax Monday and aired by Indianapolis-based yelled at each other while debating heavily politically charged. Rousseff’s when the president, who was sus- NBC News affiliate WTHR-TV. procedural matters. rivals blame her for economic chaos pended from office in May, addresses Starbucks customers and The proceedings in the capi- and are out to crush her Workers’ the Senate herself for the first time. employees “piled into” the BRASÍLIA: Senators launched the tal Brasilia were considered almost Party. Rousseff, who was tortured A vote is then expected within 48 restroom to shield themselves as tense impeachment trial of Brazil’s sure to result in Rousseff, 68, being and imprisoned by the 1970s dicta- hours, with a two thirds majority the storm closed in, according to first woman president, Dilma Rous- found guilty of cooking the budget torship for membership in a Marxist of the 81 senators required to bring a police account related to Reuters seff (pictured), yesterday, with high books to mask the depth of economic urban guerrilla group, has sworn to Rousseff down. by City Councilman Bob Cameron. expectations that she will be sacked problems during her 2014 reelection resist what she calls a coup. Senator Raimundo Lira, a Temer Shoppers at a nearby Krogers within days. campaign. “We will fight to reinforce ally and strong backer of impeach- supermarket likewise waited out The warm vibe of the Rio If she is removed from office, democracy in our country with the ment, told AFP that senators “have the storms in coolers at the back of Olympic Games faded and tension her center-right former vice pres- same force that I fought against the already made up their minds and I the store. An adjacent shopping returned as the emotionally-charged ident turned rival Michel Temer military dictatorship,” she told sup- don’t think there will be any change mall was reported to have been affair neared its climax, threatening will be sworn in to serve until 2018. porters late Wednesday in Brasilia. at the vote.” heavily damaged, and Erickson to end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin “Senators, now you must turn into In yesterday’s opening session, A huge metal barricade was been said a nursing home in Howard America’s biggest economy. judges and set aside your ideologi- Rousseff’s allies voiced procedural on the esplanade outside Congress to County also sustained storm Chief justice Ricardo Lewand- cal, partisan and personal positions,” objections in vain before the first wit- separate rival demonstrators, with damage. owski declared the trial open and Lewandowski told the house. nesses were to be heard. large protests expected on Monday. CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 13

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Drone delivery of pizza in New Zealand soon

Reuters chain 7-Eleven Inc conducted the first Enterprises, said that while New Zea- single commercial drone delivery — land has accommodating regulations coffee, donuts and a chicken sandwich on drones, Domino’s would be held — as part of a trial. back by a rule requiring drones to be WELLINGTON/SYDNEY: A New Zea- Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd con- kept in sight at all times. INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY land pizza chain aims to become the ducted a demonstration pizza delivery Domino’s service would still need world’s first company to offer a com- by drone in the New Zealand city of to overcome “random hazards (like) mercial drone delivery service, a Auckland yesterday, and afterwards power lines, moving vehicles, children milestone in the once-unthinkable said it aimed to be the first company to in the backyard playing”, he said. quest to save time and money with launch a regular drone service, late this Domino’s said it is also looking at an air-borne supply chain dispensing year. “We’ve always said that it doesn’t opportunities for drone delivery tri- with people. make sense to have a 2-tonne machine als in Australia, Belgium, France, The Some of the world’s biggest com- delivering a 2kg order,” Domino’s Chief Netherlands, Japan and Germany. panies including Amazon.com Inc and Executive Officer Don Meij said. In Australia, drone deliveries will Google, or Alphabet Inc as it is known, With clear skies and small pop- be legal next month, provided the Cranes at a construction site is seen sil- have plans to make deliveries by drone ulation of 4.4 million, New Zealand drones stay at least 30 metres (100 houetted against the cloudy sky in Doha. and aviation authorities in the US, Brit- last year became one of the world’s feet) from houses. In the United States, A delivery drone performs a test Photo by: @Matramkot ain, Australia and New Zealand have first countries to clear commercial drones will be allowed to make deliv- been relaxing rules to allow air deliver- drone deliveries. Philip Solaris, direc- eries from August 29, but not across flight with a Domino’s pizza box in ies. Last month, US convenience store tor of another drone company, X-craft state lines or over people. Auckland.

Istanbul’s third World’s first self-driving taxis debut in Singapore Bosphorus bridge

AFP The six taxis — Renault Zoe and Mitsubi- to open today shi i-MiEV electric vehicles — will operate in a 2.5 square mile (4 square kilometre) AFP area, with set pick-up and drop-off points. SINGAPORE: The world’s first driverless Trips have to be booked through the com- taxis went into operation yesterday in Singa- pany’s smartphone app. ISTANBUL: Turkish President pore in a limited public trial, beating giants Although the high-tech cars will drive Recep Tayyip Erdogan will today like Uber in the race to roll out the revolu- themselves, each journey will be accom- inaugurate Istanbul’s third bridge tionary technology. panied by a nuTonomy engineer, who will to span the Bosphorus between The “robo-taxi service” is being tested observe how the machine performs, and be Europe and Asia, a key project in at a small research campus well away from ready to take over in the event of a problem, his drive to create a lasting histori- the thrum of the Asian business hub. the company said. cal legacy. The work — one of the Data from the experiment will feed Ride-sharing giant Uber said last week longest suspensions bridges in into the roll-out of driverless taxis across that it would be launching driverless cars the world — will allow Erdogan the city-state in 2018, said nuTonomy, a in the US city of Pittsburgh by the end of to show that his dream of creating US-based tech start-up that developed the August. It has also established a $300 a glitzy “new Turkey” with ultra- software used in the vehicles. million venture with Chinese-owned, Swed- modern infrastructure is on track “The trial represents an extraordinary ish-based Volvo to develop self-driving cars despite the July 15 failed coup and opportunity to collect feedback from riders for sale by 2021. a string of militant attacks. in a real-world setting,” said nuTonomy chief Separately, Google parent Alphabet The bridge is named after executive and co-founder Karl Iagnemma. announced in May that it is partnering Fiat the 16th century Ottoman Sul- “This feedback will give nuTonomy a unique Chrysler in expanding its fleet of self-driv- tan Selim the Grim (Yavuz Sultan advantage as we work toward deployment of ing vehicles, which it hopes will hit the road Selim in Turkish). The openings of A nuTonomy self-driving taxi drives on the road in its public trial in Singapore yesterday. a self-driving vehicle fleet in 2018,” he said. by end-2016. bridges across the Bosphorus — the first in 1973 and the second in 1988 -- have been landmark dates in the modern history of Istanbul. The bridge is an architectural Celine Dion to release first album since husband’s death marvel spanning the steep banks of the Bosphorus at the entrance to the Black Sea. It is the widest sus- AFP up in 2017 by another in English that includes a one month after Angelil died on January 14 from pension bridge in the world with a track called “Recovering” written by US singer- throat cancer at age 73. The ballad, which the width of 58.5 metres (192 feet). Its songwriter Pink. “I’m already starting to work pop diva dedicated to her late husband, was span of 1,408 metres (4,619 feet) is on an English album,” Dion told Entertainment released in May. the longest in the world between MONTREAL: Canadian singer Celine Dion will Tonight) last month. Several big names in French music, includ- the supporting pylons. release today her first album produced with- Over the summer, she went on a whirlwind ing singer-songwriters Francis Cabrel and Serge It will also carry railway lines out direct input from her longtime manager tour of France and the French-speaking Cana- Lama, slam poet Grand Corps Malade, and as well as vehicle traffic, making and husband Rene Angelil, who died in January. dian province of Quebec, where she was born, Jacques Veneruso — whose 2012 song “Talk to it the world’s longest suspension Dion has sold more than 220 million albums that included nine sold-out shows at the Bercy My Father” became Dion’s longest-charting sin- bridge with a railway. Its sup- worldwide since 1981 when Angelil discovered arena in Paris and a dozen performances in gle in France — as well as Algerian R&B singer port pylons are just one metre her powerful voice and helped a young girl to Quebec to promote the new album. Combining Zaho collaborated with her on the new album. lower than the Eiffel Tower at 323 launch one of the most successful music careers piano ballads, pop-rock guitar riffs and even Dion also recorded a cover of Quebec music metres (1,060 feet). The bridge ever. After guiding Dion’s career for more than hip-hop rhythms, “Encore Un Soir” explores icon Robert Charlebois’s “Ordinary,” delving will help relieve congestion in the a decade as her manager, Angelil married her Dion’s loss through lyrics about bereavement, into her Quebec heritage. And, one track on the traffic-clogged city and also pro- in 1994 when she was 26. Dion’s latest album, the strength of family and the joys of living. album was chosen from 4,000 submissions she vide an essential artery to the new “Encore Un Soir” (“Another Night”), is her first Dion wrote and recorded the title track with received last year from fans after Dion made a Istanbul airport that is being built Canadian singer Celine Dion in French in four years. It is due to be followed longtime collaborator Jean-Jacques Goldman public plea for new song suggestions. close to the Black Sea. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 11,134.81 -51.33 PTS PAGE | 20 DOW 18,446.11 -35.37 PTS Uber to lose Japanese seek at least $1.27bn FTSE100 6,816.90 -18.88 PTS bargains as in the first half BRENT $47.04 +$0.27 economy limps

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Iran’s oil minister to join Opec talks in Algeria

reported, ending uncertainty about meeting,” Iran’s Zanganeh was cited benchmark crude was at a $2.40 weaker demand in Asia, but more the output levels it had before the US whether Opec’s third-biggest pro- as saying by the oil ministry’s news premium to WTI. generally were driven by excess sup- and European Union tightened inter- Brent for October ducer would participate. service Shana. Zanganeh had not “The news about the Iranian Oil ply generated by refiners maximising national sanctions on its oil industry settlement rose 25 Producers from the Organisation previously committed to attending Minister heading to Algiers is bull- runs, notably to produce petrol in the in 2012. of Petroleum Exporting Coun- the meeting, and he didn’t comment ish,” said Bob Yawger, director of the US,” BNP Paribas said. Iran’s production has risen to 3.85 cents, or 0.5 percent, tries will meet on the sidelines of on the position Iran will take at the futures division at Mizuho Securi- China’s implied oil demand fell million barrels a day since sanctions to $49.30 a barrel on an energy policy group in the Alge- talks. Zanganeh also said he will ties USA Inc in New York. “This 0.3 percent from a year earlier to were eased in January, Zanganeh said rian capital next month to consider meet with Opec Secretary-General increases the likelihood of an agree- 10.58 million barrels per day in July, this month, still less than its target the London-based conditions in the oil market, Opec’s Mohammed Barkindo “in the near ment to freeze production. It would according to Reuters calculations for the end of this year of 4 million ICE Futures Europe President and Qatar’s Minister of future.” be a freeze at very high levels, but using official data. barrels a day. Opec as a whole has exchange. Energy and Industry H E Mohammed Oil prices rose. Futures advanced the market still would take that as Crude oil has gained about 11 per- boosted output to record levels since bin Saleh Al Sada, said on August 8. as much as 1.1 percent in New York bullish.” cent since Opec said it would meet adopting a Saudi-led decision in 2014 Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest after falling 2.8 percent Wednesday. In the United States, commercial informally to discuss prices and sup- to protect the group’s global mar- exporter, is working “to restore bal- Brent for October settlement crude oil stocks rose by 2.5 million ply, on speculation that the group could ket share by forcing out higher-cost Bloomberg & Reuters ance between supply and demand rose 25 cents, or 0.5 percent, to barrels to 523.6 million barrels , 16 agree to freeze output levels. A meeting producers. to support oil prices,” and Opec and $49.30 a barrel on the London- percent higher than a year ago. of Opec and other producing countries The International Energy Forum, non-members will discuss potential based ICE Futures Europe exchange. In refined products, stocks in April ended without agreement in comprising 73 countries that account DUBAI: Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan steps in Algiers to stabilize markets, West Texas Intermediate for Octo- around the world are also brimming Doha when Saudi Arabia demanded for about 90 percent of the glo- Namdar Zanganeh will join an infor- Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al Falih ber delivery rose 13 cents to $46.90 as demand slows while refinery that Iran be part of the any deal to bal supply and demand for oil and mal meeting of Opec members next said on August 13. a barrel at 10:19am on the New York output remains high. limit output. Iran had ruled out a ceil- natural gas, will meet in Algiers on month in Algiers, a state news service “I will participate in this Mercantile Exchange. The global “Ample inventories were due to ing on its production until it recovered September 26-28.

Russian gas pipeline ‘bad UK retailers Honda’s all-new NSX supercar see best sales deal’ for Europe: Biden in 6 months

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LONDON: British retailers STOCKHOLM: Russia’s pipeline reported their strongest sales in project to pump gas to Germany six months in August, industry fig- under the Baltic Sea is a bad deal ures showed yesterday, adding to for Europe that would destabi- signs that consumers are, for now, lise Ukraine, US Vice President Joe taking the country’s vote to leave Biden (pictured) said yesterday. the European Union in their stride. “From our perspective, the Nord The Confederation of Brit- Stream 2 pipeline is a fundamen- ish Industry said its sales volume tally bad deal for Europe,” Biden index rose to +9, its highest since said during a visit to Stockholm February, from an initial slump where he met with Swedish Prime after the Brexit vote to -14 in July. Minister Stefan Lofven. “To lock in Russian gas imports on one route Sales in September were great reliance on Russia will funda- and will now look into whether the expected to moderate. The release mentally destabilise Ukraine,” Biden project meets European laws. was in keeping with recent data said, adding: “Europe needs diverse Biden said the energy market showing consumers shrugging off Honda Motor President and CEO Takahiro Hachigo stands next to the company’s all-new NSX supercar sources of gas.” “needs to be open and competi- the shock Brexit vote, with retail EU states imported 53 percent tive, and everyone has to play by sales boosted by warm weather during a press preview in Tokyo yesterday. The NSX supercar underwent a full redesign for the first of their energy in 2014. A third of the rules”. and by overseas buyers attracted time in 26 years since the introduction of the original NSX. gas comes from Russia alone and In a thinly-veiled reference to by a cheaper pound. some newer eastern members are Russia, which has on several occa- “While the fall in sterling has almost entirely reliant on Moscow sions cut off gas supplies to Ukraine boosted visitor numbers to the UK, for energy. The EU has been seeking amid disputes, Biden added: “No it is likely to push up the price of to reduce its dependence on Rus- country should be able to use energy imported goods over time, which sian gas. as a weapon, to coerce policies from will mean households will be Brexit to crimp housing market The European Commission, the other nations.” He noted that all more likely to rein back spending EU’s executive arm, has said the European nations were now able on non-essentials,” Anna Leach, Nord Stream pipeline risks con- to access US liquified natural gas if CBI Head of Economic Analysis Reuters “But demographics remain a months. Just over a third of respond- centrating 80 percent of the EU’s they wanted. and Surveys, said. positive driver, banks remain open ents have pencilled in a fall in house for business and we envisage slower prices next year, but those falls were (economic growth) rather than a col- quite tame compared to the heady LONDON: Britain’s vote to leave the lapse.” Nearly all respondents said rises seen during the boom years. European Union will have a negative Britain’s pending departure from the Investors have been snapping Moody’s upgrades Masraf Al Rayan’s issuer ratings impact on both prices and turnover EU - the details of which have yet to up London property for nearly two in the UK housing market, with for- be thrashed out - would hurt house decades, making huge capital gains The Peninsula ratings has changed to stable from driver of the upgrade is the bank’s eign investors set to benefit most prices as well as turnover, which on soaring prices, and now that positive. The upgrade of the Bank’s increasing geographical diversifica- from bargains among sterling-priced matters more for housing’s contri- sterling has fallen by more than ratings reflects its continued busi- tion following the growth and first assets, a Reuters poll found. bution to the overall economy. 10 percent, investment properties ness diversification as a result of time profitability of its subsidiary However, British house prices - The latest survey results were look that much cheaper for new DOHA: Global credit rating agency growth and profitability of the UK ARB UK (Al Rayan Bank UK origi- a bedrock of consumer wealth - will several percentage points weaker foreign buyers. Moody’s has upgraded Masraf Al subsidiary, consistently strong asset nally Islamic Bank of Britain/IBB). still rise 2.8 percent this year, 1.3 per- in the coming years versus forecasts They were overwhelmingly Rayan’s long term issuer ratings to quality performance and strong Masraf Al Rayan completed the cent next and 2.4 percent in 2018, based on a “Remain” vote in a poll picked by respondents to the poll as A1 from A2 and Counterparty Risk profitability and capital metrics. acquisition of ARB UK in January according to the poll of 24 econo- taken before the referendum. the most likely to benefit from Brexit. (CR) Assessment to Aa3 (CR) from A1 These strengths remain moder- 2014. ARB UK has since grown sig- mists, estate agents and brokers Property was one of the hardest “Foreign buyers will benefit not (CR), with stable outlook. ated by the bank’s dependence on nificantly and supports a modest taken in the past week. hit sectors after the result of the vote, only from steadier house prices but At the same time the base- key management relationships to but growing retail business outside London prices will be up 2 per- with shares in the biggest builders also from the chance to buy at a line credit assessment (BCA) and generate new business, high degree the saturated Qatari domestic mar- cent this year, not rise at all next year and estate agents plunging in the lower sterling exchange rate,” ADM adjusted BCA were raised to baa2 of concentration on both the asset ket. This business has increased and then rise 2 percent in 2018. immediate aftermath and investors Investor Services’ Stephen Lewis from baa3. Concurrently, the rating and liability side of the balance the contribution of retail opera- “Short-term uncertainty and a pulling out of commercial property said. Nearly every economist, as well agency affirmed the Prime-1 short sheet, and the impact of tightening tions towards the Bank’s operating weaker economy look set to put a funds, leading to some suspensions. as many politicians, said before the term issuer ratings and Prime-1 (CR) regional liquidity on MAR’s fund- income to 22 percent for the first dampener on turnover over much of But, on Tuesday, Persimmon referendum that the housing mar- short term CR Assessment. ing profile. six months of 2016 from 5 percent the next 12 months,” Investec chief reported a jump in reservations by ket would slump, or at best flatline, The outlook on the long-term The agency noted that the key for the year 2011. economist Philip Shaw said. buyers of new homes over the last two in the aftermath of a vote to leave. 18 FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 BUSINESS Uber to lose at least Woolworths in the red $1.27bn in first half

Grundfest, professor of law and business at Stanford. “The interest- Subsidies for ing challenge is for them to turn the Uber’s drivers are corner to become profitable, cash- responsible for flow-positive entities.” The second quarter of 2016, the majority of the which ended in June, could repre- company’s losses sent a nadir for Uber. The company’s losses will likely fall. In July, it cut a globally. deal with its largest global compet- itor, Chinese ride-hailing behemoth Didi Chuxing, washing its hands of its massive losses in that country. Bloomberg Didi gave Uber a 17.5 percent much capital as Uber has been able stake in its business and a $1bn to is unprecedented.” investment in exchange for Uber’s Bookings grew tremendously retreat. Uber lost at least $2bn in two NEW YORK: The ride-hailing giant from the first quarter of this year years in China, people familiar with Uber Technologies Inc is not a pub- to the second, from above $3.8bn to the matter told Bloomberg in July. People shop at a Woolworths store in Sydney yesterday. Australian supermarket giant Woolworths lic company, but every three months, more than $5bn. Net revenue, under Uber won’t see any losses from China dozens of shareholders get on a con- generally accepted accounting prin- on its balance sheet after August, the reported a large annual net loss of Aus$1.23bn ($940m), its first since listing more than two decades ference call to hear the latest details ciples, grew about 18 percent, from company said. ago, following a failed push into hardware and a slump in food sales. on its business performance from about $960m in the first quarter to Uber’s backers range from ven- its head of finance, Gautam Gupta about $1.1bn in the second. ture capital firms like Benchmark (pictured). Uber also told investors during Capital to the investment bank Gupta told investors that Uber’s the call that it was changing how it Goldman Sachs. Altogether, Uber losses mounted in the second quar- calculates UberPool’s contribution to has raised more than $16bn in cash ter. Even in the US, where Uber had revenue in the second quarter, which and debt. Its latest valuation is a German firms see Brexit clouds approaching turned a profit during its first quar- had the effect of artificially increas- whopping $69bn. The company has ter, the company was once again ing revenue. effectively redistributed at least $1bn losing money. Uber’s losses and revenue have to the Chinese working class in the AFP over Britain’s late-June vote to quit optimistic view of the coming In the first quarter of this year, generally grown in lockstep as the form of heavy subsidies to drivers the European Union. months even as their view of cur- Uber lost about $520m before company’s global ambitions have there. “Uber and Didi Chuxing are The latest correction was all the rent business clouded over. interest, taxes, depreciation and expanded. Uber has lost money investing billions of dollars in China more unexpected after an investor “Today’s Ifo suggests that German amortization, according to peo- quarter after quarter. In 2015, Uber and both companies have yet to turn FRANKFURT: Germany is waking survey by the ZEW institute in mid- businesses have suddenly woken up ple familiar with the matter. In the lost at least $2bn before interest, a profit there,” Uber Chief Executive up to the threat of Brexit and could August showed a recovery from the to Brexit reality,” economist Carsten second quarter the losses signifi- taxes, depreciation and amortiza- Officer Travis Kalanick wrote in a see weaker growth in 2017, analysts huge Brexit slump in confidence Brzeski at ING Diba bank said, not- cantly exceeded $750m, including tion. Uber, which is seven years old, letter announcing the company’s said yesterday, after a key business in July. Ifo’s headline figure is pro- ing that the index often takes time to a roughly $100m shortfall in the US, has lost at least $4bn in the history departure from China. confidence survey showed a sharp duced from two figures representing respond to global events. those people said. That means Uber’s of the company. Uber has been engaged in a decline. The Ifo economic insti- companies’ feelings on the current While Germany’s run of good losses in the first half of 2016 totaled It’s hard to find much of a prec- fierce price war with Lyft Inc this tute’s closely-watched index fell to business environment and the out- economic news has so far been sus- at least $1.27bn. edent for Uber’s losses. Webvan and year, and that has also contributed 106.2 in August from its July level of look for the next six months. tained by high government spending Subsidies for Uber’s drivers are Kozmo.com — two now-defunct to the enormous losses. Uber has 108.3, reaching its lowest point since The sub-index measuring cur- on refugees and strong appetites for responsible for the majority of the phantoms of the original dot-com about $8bn in the bank and will December 2014. rent business fell to 112.8, two points consumption among households, company’s losses globally, Gupta boom — lost just over $1bn combined soon receive $1bn in cash from Didi, Analysts surveyed by Factset below its July level. Confidence in the investment remains weak, he went on. told investors, according to people in their short lifetimes. Amazon.com according to a person familiar with had been expecting a slight rise to future outlook also took a two-point “There is a risk that the Ifo will familiar with the matter. An Uber Inc is famous for losing money while the matter. Uber also has access to 108.5. “The German economy has blow, falling to 100.1 from 102.1 in July. fall further,” warned Stephen Brown spokesman declined to comment. increasing its market value, but its a $2bn credit line and a $1.2bn loan. fallen into a summer slump,” Ifo Manufacturers, retailers and whole- of Capital Economics, noting that the “You won’t find too many tech- biggest loss ever totaled $1.4bn in “I think what Uber is trying to president Clemens Fuest said in a salers all reported falling confidence boosts to German firms from low oil nology companies that could lose 2000. Uber exceeded that number do is, ‘Hey, look, we’re going to take statement, noting that all sectors in August. Chemical and electrical prices and a weakening euro are this much money, this quickly,” said in 2015 and is on pace to do it again the losses up front in order to get to surveyed except construction had firms were among the gloomiest in fading. While confidence is stronger Aswath Damodaran, a business pro- this year. disproportionate scale,’” said Rob- reported a drop in the index. industry, Ifo chief Fuest said, while than it was in February, when fears fessor at New York University who “It’s hardly rare for companies ert Siegel, lecturer in management August’s sharp drop contrasts food and beverage firms were the of a slowdown in China sent ripples has written skeptically of Uber’s to lose large sums of money as they at Stanford’s business school. “The with a smaller decline in July, when least positive among retailers. around the world, it still points to astronomical valuation on his blog. try to build significant markets and question is when they can get to German business surprised forecast- But one bright spot was con- a slowdown in German economic “For a private business to raise as battle for market share,” said Joe profitability.” ers by appearing to shrug off anxiety struction, where firms had a more growth in 2017, Brown said. First Maserati Levante US core capital goods now available for orders rise again in test drive in Qatar July; jobless claims fall

The Peninsula Reuters 1.0 percent in the first half of 2016. Shipments of core capital goods, which are used to calculate equip- DOHA: The first Maserati Levante is available in ment spending in the government’s Doha for client test drives. This was announced WASHINGTON: New orders for US gross domestic product measure- by Alfardan Sports Motors, the official importer manufactured capital goods rose for ment, fell 0.4 percent last month of Maserati in Qatar. a second straight month in July as after decreasing 0.5 percent in June. Following the first reveal at Geneva Motor demand for machinery and a range But labour market strength Show in March, the Levante made its first offi- of other products picked up, offer- should support consumer spend- cial appearance in Qatar just weeks later with a ing a tentative sign that a business ing and cushion the blow on the static pilot car. In order to achieve the high qual- spending downturn was starting economy from weak business ity standards and maintain its traditional “Made in to ease. investment. Economic growth is Italy” credentials, Maserati strategically invested The economy also got a boost expected to pick up in the third in a new production line at the historic Mirafiori from another report showing an quarter. In a separate report, ini- plant in Turin. unexpected drop in the number of tial claims for state unemployment “We’ve had a lot of interest and even orders Americans filing for unemployment benefits slipped 1,000 to a season- since the first reveal of the Levante in Qatar, but benefits last week. ally adjusted 261,000 for the week now finally our customers will be able to test capability while maintaining the style and per- Levante and the Levante S, both featuring latest The Commerce Department said ended Aug. 20. It was the third drive it. It’s a beautiful car, no doubt, but only formance of a real Maserati, as we have come to evolution of the Maserati 3-litre V6 engine with non-defence capital goods orders straight weekly decline in claims. those who have experienced it on-road and off- love them,” Charly Dagher, General Manager of twin turbo. The Levante will be available start- excluding aircraft, a closely watched Economists had forecast first- road can really appreciate it. Maserati has found a Maserati Qatar at Alfardan Sports Motors, said. ing September at the Maserati showroom located proxy for business spending plans, time applications for jobless benefits way to achieve amazing functionality and off-road The Levante is available in two variants, the at The Pearl-Qatar. increased 1.6 percent last month, the rising to 265,000 in the latest week. largest gain since January. Claims have now been below These so-called core capital 300,000, a threshold associated goods orders advanced 0.5 percent with a strong labor market, for 77 in June. July’s rise marked the first straight weeks. That is the longest Spanish economy powers ahead in second quarter back-to-back gain since January 2015. such stretch since 1973, when the Business spending has con- labor market was much smaller. tracted since the fourth quarter A 10.5 percent jump in demand Reuters reached 0.8 percent, keeping pace eventually be impacted by the lack product so far has been slight, the of 2015, in part as companies for transportation equipment lifted with the first quarter and up a tenth of a government. However “from political deadlock has triggered con- slashed capital spending budgets overall orders for durable goods, of a percentage point from a pre- what we can tell there is no slow- cerns that companies might delay in response to lower oil prices. The items ranging from toasters to air- liminary estimate, yesterday’s final down in the third quarter, it will be expansion plans. increase in core capital goods orders craft that are meant to last three MADRID: Spain’s economy grew data from national statistics agency similar to the second and first,” he A slowdown in manufactur- follows a rise in oil and gas drilling years or more, by 4.4 percent last strongly in the second quarter as INE showed. told reporters. ers’ investment in equipment and activity in recent months. month. That followed a downwardly consumer spending stayed robust Consumer spending grew 3.6 After two inconclusive national machinery extended into the second Still, business investment is revised 4.2 percent drop in June. and demand for exports rose, though percent year on year as people who elections in December and June, the quarter, the INE data showed, when likely to be tepid in the third quar- Durable goods orders were pre- there were signs that a vibrant kept their jobs through a recession spectre of a third looms. Politicians it grew at 7.8 percent year-on-year ter amid uncertainty over the global viously reported to have declined investment climate may be start- that ended in 2013 took advantage of last week inched closer to ending the against 9.3 percent in the previous economy after Britain’s decision 3.9 percent in June. Civilian air- ing to cool after months of political better times to buy big-ticket goods impasse when the People’s Party of three months and almost 11 percent to leave the European Union and craft orders surged 89.9 percent in uncertainty. like washing machines. acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the last quarter of 2015. ahead of the November 8 US pres- July, but demand for automobiles An economic recovery has Exports of services also per- agreed terms to negotiate a pact with Analysts from Barclays said they idential election, economists say. was flat. retained momentum through eight formed well, INE said, even outside a smaller rival, Ciudadanos. expected investment growth to con- Heavy machinery maker Cat- In July, there were hefty months without a functioning govern- the tourism sector which has been If the agreement is sealed, tinue to decelerate, hit by declining erpillar last month lowered its 2016 increases in orders for machinery, ment, as the country has continued to boosted by record numbers of vis- Ciudadanos will back Rajoy in a business confidence. However, they forecast, citing sluggish demand in primary metals, fabricated metal notch up one of the fastest growth rates itors this summer. Spain’s acting parliamentary confidence vote on raised their 2016 growth forecast by mining and other industries. Weak products, computers and electronic in the eurozone this year. economy minister, Luis de Guindos, August 31 on forming a government. 0.3 percentage points to 3.1 percent, business spending contributed to products, as well as electrical equip- Quarter on quarter GDP growth said he expected the economy would While fallout for gross domestic citing strong exports. holding down economic growth to ment, appliances and components. BUSINESS FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 11,134.81 0.46 % QE Total Return Index 18,015.39 0.46 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,206.21 0.19 % QE All Share Index 3,061.19 0.45 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 3,050.5 0.50 % QE All Share Industrials 3,318.27 0.84 % QE All Share Transportation 2,604.43 0.02 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,720.5 0.13 % QE All Share Insurance 4,710.75 0.63 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,259.62 0.23 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,531.73 0.08 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 25-08-2016 Today 24-08-2016 Previous day Index 11,134.81 11,186.14 Change 51.33 69.72 % 0.46 0.63 YTD% 6.76 7.26 Volume 4,008,999 3,323,540 Value (QAR) 179,732,315.04 166,632,149.53 Trades 3,552 2,971 Up 10 | Down 28 | Unchanged 03

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Cimmco-B/D 74.5 0.9 19713 Indusind-A/D 1180 -1.95 36434 Oil Country-B/D 25.95 0.1 1841 Rentokil Initi/D 216 0.1 386828 Egypt sank as blue chip Orascom Telecom Media and Cipla-A/D 563.05 -2.85 128983 J.B.Chemical-B/D 317.2 5.85 89153 Onward Tech-B/D 76.25 5.35 111313 Rolls Royce Pl/D 773.5 -15 1292159 Technology Holding reported a loss. City Union Bk-/D 130.8 1.95 15673 Jagatjit Ind-X/D 71.85 3.4 3900 Orchid Pharm-B/D 37.4 0.25 158715 Rsa Insrance G/D 501.5 -5.5 948564 The Saudi index, which on Wednesday fell below Colgate-A/D 947.1 -1.4 26728 Jagson Phar-B/D 35.1 -0.7 4503 Orient Hotel-T/D 25.4 1.15 6955 Sainsbury(J)/D 243.3 0.1 1561316 minor technical support on the April low of 6,066 Container Cor-/D 1369.2 6.8 7172 Jamnaauto-B/D 219.05 -1.9 78980 Orient.Carb.-T/D 745 -0.35 2224 Schroders/D 2739 -20 29502 points, sank 0.9 percent yesterday to a six-month clos- Dai-Tichi Kar-/D 439.65 -6.3 3175 Jbf Indu-B/D 208.9 -1.6 8699 Oudh Sugar-B/D 109.1 -5.7 58586 Severn Trent/D 2416 23 67421 ing low of 5,977 points. Turnover was thin; this week’s Dcm Financia-T/D 1.37 -0.07 2000 Jct Ltd-B/D 5.34 0.26 703591 Patspin India-/D 9.78 0.4 1574 Smith&Nephew/D 1232 -2 1413196 volume was the lowest in 2016. Dcm Shram Ind-/D 203.5 -2.65 8133 Jenson&Nich.-B/D 8.45 -0.02 20443 Radico Khait-B/D 95 -1.7 24285 Smiths Group/D 1338 -9 308579 That is partly because summer holidays have kept Dhampur Sugar-/D 110.5 -2.25 74983 Jik Indust-B/D 0.72 -0.03 1130 Rallis India-A/D 228.35 -0.9 99803 Standrd Chart /D 618.1 -6.1 2515254 retail investors away. Investors are also worried about Dr. Reddy-A/D 3049.55 10.45 33393 Jindal Drill-B/D 176.45 -4.75 3652 Reliance Indus/D 431.8 -3 107927 Tate & Lyle/D 732.5 3 154444 the impact on corporate earnings of Saudi Arabia’s eco- E I H-B/D 113.05 -1.2 4421 Jktyre&Ind-A/D 126.05 1.25 1346510 Ruchi Soya-B/D 20.7 -0.05 45888 Tesco/D 164.272 0.35 4673479 nomic slowdown due to low oil prices. E.I.D Parry-A/D 250 -4.1 24815 Jmc Projects-T/D 237.65 1.6 8575 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 676 -8.85 9237 Unilever/D 3550 23.5 504163 “Liquidity is very poor. To complete relatively Eicher Motor-A/D22005.35 -116.45 2561 Kabra Extr-B/D 105 -2.3 5071 Salora Inter-B/D 43 1.5 4075 United Util Gr/D 979 10 235831 small sell orders, traders are being forced to push Electrosteel-B/D 23.05 -0.35 123290 Kajaria Cer-A/D 1279.45 6.1 5137 Saur.Cem-B/D 83.2 1.8 220429 Vodafone Group/D 234.05 0.75 9838350 prices lower. And because of weak sentiment, buy- Emco-B/D 29.45 -0.6 23183 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 352.7 0.5 30823 Sterling Tool-/D 745 29.45 3032 Whitbread/D 4143 -32 180703 ers are not being attracted despite the lower prices,” Akber Khan, senior director for asset management at Qatar’s Al Rayan Investment, said of the Saudi market. Retail investors were also concerned by tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, he added. Al Rajhi Clean air but murky policy as Yellen speech awaited Bank slid 2.3 percent. Investors are fretting about the impact of a severe slump in the Saudi construction sector on the quality of bank loans. Cement shares, AFP chided in the business press for Vice President Joe Biden. William rather than later.” Futures traders policy hasn’t been as stimulative exposed to the construction industry, were also weak appearing to contradict himself Dudley, the influential president currently put the likelihood of at as I anticipated,” he said. with Yamamah Cement dropping 3.8 percent. more than once in the space of a of the New York Fed, suggested least one rate hike by December All of this has left key players In Qatar, the index dropped 0.5 percent with oil single week. All members of the this month that a rate hike was at 51 percent. Bernstein said the like Williams and Stanley Fischer, drilling rig provider Gulf International Services sinking WASHINGTON: If US Fed- Federal Open Markets Commit- possible in 2016. Dennis Lock- Fed was experiencing a moment the current vice chair of the 1.4 percent. However, Khan said that although Qatar’s eral Reserve chief Janet Yellen tee agree that interest rates will hart of the Atlanta Fed said there of policy ferment. The “new Fed, calling for non-traditional index had dropped back in the last few days, the mar- chooses to use her closely have to rise. The only question is could even be two. normal” that policy makers are measures including new fiscal ket had continued to see net inflows of foreign funds in watched address on Friday to how soon. John Williams, president of contending with is an era of pre- and regulatory policies, such as anticipation of its upgrade by FTSE to emerging mar- clear the air, she will have plenty But the central bank this year the San Francisco Fed, appeared dominantly low interest rates and investments in infrastructure and ket status in mid-September. of clearing to do. has retreated from its announced to agree, telling The Washington productivity growth, when rising education or responsive tax rates After early drops, markets in both Dubai and Yellen, who will address a course of rate hikes, fearing for Post on August 11 that rates could employment fails to produce the that vary with unemployment. Abu Dhabi closed higher. Dubai’s index closed 0.3 ballyhooed annual gathering of the resilience of the US economy rise this year but then publish- expected gains in inflation and Yellen’s address today is billed percent higher as GFH Financial, the most heavily central bankers in the crisp cli- in the face of Brexit, slowing Chi- ing an essay just four days later GDP growth is sluggish. as a discourse on the Fed’s “mone- traded stock and a speculative favourite of local mate of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, nese growth and domestic signs saying the time had come “to Donald Kohn, who was Fed tary policy toolkit” and observers retail investors, surged 3 percent. Emirates NBD presides over US monetary policy of weakness. The question for critically reassess” prevailing vice chair until 2010, said that on say she is unlikely to give clear lost 0.6 percent. Sources said that Emirates Islamic, now derided by market watchers Yellen, and for global markets interest rate policy and speak- leaving office he had expected signals on the timing of the next the Shariah-compliant arm of ENBD, had laid off as “schizophrenic”. affected by her decisions, is ing of “limits to what monetary to see a quicker recovery from rate hike. But markets have lit- more than 100 people as part of cost-cutting to On the health of the econ- whether the American economy policy can and indeed should do.” the Great Recession of 2008 - tle choice but to watch and listen adjust to a cooler economy. Abu Dhabi’s index omy and the dangers of inflation, is strong enough again. For good measure, three days 2009 but had been surprised by anyway, looking for hints about her edged up 0.2 percent as blue chip Aldar Proper- her colleagues on the committee “I think the problem is we’re later, Williams, who does not cur- longer-term trends in productiv- views on the health of the world’s ties added 1.5 percent. In Egypt, the index fell 1.1 that sets key interest rates are all completely befuddled as to rently have a vote on the FOMC, ity, demand and interest rates. largest economy. Without a doubt, percent as Orascom Telecom, the most heavily traded at odds with each other — with their next move,” said Jared Bern- said publicly that a rate hike “As a consequence, even though, investors are not watching stock, dropped 1.7 percent. one member perhaps unfairly stein, former economic adviser to would be a good idea “sooner highly accommodative monetary the game they are used to. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016

Japanese seek bargains as economy limps while UK’s Big Six energy suppliers Abenomics loses shine stem customer exodus By Leika Kihara chief finance officer. At discount Reuters furniture and home accessories retailer Nitori Holdings, chair- man Akio Nitori said his company won’t raise prices. “Once you lose HREE years of so-called consumers to your competitors “Abenomics”, Japanese with price hikes, it’s hard to lure Prime Minister Shinzo them back,” he said. Abe’s (pictured) bold Japan’s growth stalled in Tstimulus programme, has April-June, exports fell last month failed to dislodge a deflationary at the fastest pace since the glo- mindset among businesses and bal financial crisis, and the mood consumers. among businesses has deterio- As the world’s third-largest rated to pre-Abenomics levels. economy falters again - with a This all makes it tougher for stronger yen gnawing at over- policymakers, already struggling seas profits and domestic to fend off external risks, to shift consumption sapping compa- Japan’s deflationary mindset. nies’ confidence to invest or The gloom is broadening sufficiently raise wages - firms beyond exporters hit directly by that increased their prices in the the renewed strength of the yen, hope of a sustained recovery are which drove down the US dol- rethinking their strategy. lar to around 100 yen - some 25 Many consumers, with little percent below levels a year ago. extra to go around, are opting “We’re seeing renewed fears for cheaper products - welcome of deflation as the environ- news for the discount retailers ment surrounding consumption who flourished during two dec- is worsening,” said Akihiro Ito, ades of economic senior executive stagnation. officer at bever- Housewife age maker Kirin Yuko Narita, 48, Holdings. says she is tight- Isetan Mitsuko- ening the family shi, Japan’s biggest A British Gas sign is seen outside its offices in Staines in southern England. purse strings and department store scouting around chain by sales, has for sales on daily seen demand for By Karolin Schaps to increase their tariffs to cover higher Oscroft said SO Energy customers goods and cloth- high-end goods, Reuters wholesale prices, handing the Big Six an sign up on 12-month contracts, which his ing. “There’s a which surged in the opportunity to fight back. trading team can fully hedge in the for- sense the econ- early days of Abe- Energy market prices for the winter, the ward market. Small suppliers contacted omy is stalling nomics, slow this peak demand period for heating, have risen by Reuters, including Ovo Energy and and companies’ earnings are bad year. “Some expensive goods still EBOUNDING energy prices nearly 30 percent since April due to a rise in Affect Energy, declined to comment on this year, so I’m holding off from sell well so it’s not like we’re back are giving Britain’s ‘Big Six’ oil prices and weak gas storage levels. their hedging strategies due to commer- spending on big items,” she said. to the old days,” said CEO Hiro- energy suppliers a chance “Now that commodity prices have cial sensitivity. Others did not respond to Nobuko Jin, a 75-year-old shi Ohnishi. “But the deflationary to win back ground lost to bounced back, the discount small suppliers requests for comment. part-time worker who receives mindset appears to be returning.” smaller rivals and stem an can offer versus the Big Six has been shrink- Smaller providers had increased some pension, says she is cutting Abe’s administration insists exodus of customers that ing,” said Roland Vetter, head of research at their share of the electricity market to 13 back and just buying necessi- the economy has emerged Rshaved off more than a billion pounds in commodity investment firm CF Partners. percent by March this year, and took 14 ties. “I get the feeling prices are strongly from stagnation thanks revenue last year. Industry data from EnergyUK shows the percent of the gas market, both up from 10 creeping up. I wonder where the to its mix of fiscal, monetary The Big Six — Centrica’s British Gas, percentage of consumers switching from a percent in early 2015, according to energy benefits of Abenomics are going. stimulus steps and structural SSE, E.ON, RWE npower, EDF Energy and large to a small supplier fell in June to the regulator Ofgem, as they also benefited I’m trying to spend less,” she said. reforms. Indeed, the economy Scottish Power — were hit hard by weak lowest since April 2015. from customer frustration at the Big Six’s Discount store operator Don grew 2 percent in fiscal 2013 as energy prices last year that decimated their RWE won more than 200,000 new Brit- tariffs. Quijote Holdings has seen busi- hopes for Abenomics bolstered upstream profits and lured customers to ish customers in July, returning its customer In June, the Competition Markets ness revive as the economy loses Tokyo stocks and pulled the yen cheaper tariffs on offer at smaller compet- base to end-2015 levels, while No. 2 sup- Authority ordered the largest energy sup- momentum. It expects operating off record highs. But it has barely itors. Britons have also grown increasingly plier SSE reduced customer losses to 50,000 pliers to cap some of their most expensive profit to rise more than 4 percent recovered from the hit to con- dissatisfied with poor customer service between March and June, from 90,000 over tariffs after a two-year investigation found in the year to next June. “House- sumption from a sales tax hike from market leaders, enabling smaller the same period last year. they had overcharged customers by billions hold spending won’t be strong. in April 2014, contracting 0.9 rivals to snatch mar- Smaller supplier Ovo Energy, in con- of pounds. Utilities deny overcharging cus- That’s when consumption cen- percent in fiscal 2014 and grow- ket share with more trast, has increased its fixed-term tariff tomers. As smaller rivals face a battle to tres on discount stores, so it’s ing just 0.8 percent in the year to efficient service and by 3.6 percent and Co-operative Energy retain market share, some are moving to a tailwind for us,” said Mitsuo end-March. tailored offers such as has lifted one two-year fixed tariff by as strengthen their balance sheets. Takahashi, the firm’s chief finan- Analysts predict, at best, fee- green energy supply. much as 103 pounds ($136), according to Good Energy, which specialises in pro- cial officer. ble growth in the current quarter As small, independ- uswitch, a site that compares energy tar- viding energy from renewable sources, Restaurant chain operator as both exports and consump- ent energy suppliers, iffs and takes a commission payment from raised 3.1 million pounds in a share offer in Skylark Group has cut prices on tion limp along. Abe has this such as First Utility, Ovo suppliers when energy users switch. June, while some of the biggest independent some items and is offering more month announced a plan for a Energy or Utility Ware- Some small suppliers may not have energy suppliers, including First Utility and cheap lunch menus to lure fam- 13.5 trillion yen ($135bn) fiscal house, buy most of their sufficient financial means to buy energy Utility Warehouse, have hired established ily diners. And Fast Retailing Co, stimulus package that includes Energy market prices customers’ energy needs further ahead than a few months. Darren trading businesses, in these cases Shell and owner of the Uniqlo casual wear payouts to low-income house- for a shorter period, they Braham, chief finance officer and co- npower, to carry out trading and hedging. brand, reversed course this year holds in a renewed effort to spur for the winter have were able to slash tariffs founder of First Utility, said a weak hedging But deteriorating balance sheets could after two years of price hikes hurt growth. The Bank of Japan also risen nearly 30 as energy prices tum- strategy was a “very, very risky proposition”. prompt more drastic action if wholesale its clothing sales. Its latest quarterly eased policy last month, and may bled by 20-30 percent The weak hedging position of some prices continue to rise. Opus Energy, a busi- operating profit rose 18.6 percent. take further steps next month as it percent since April due over the course of 2015. small suppliers has worried other players ness energy supplier in which Telecom Plus “We’ll continue with our (new) reviews its policies. But companies to a rise in oil prices Large suppliers typically in the market. “If one small supplier goes holds a 20 percent equity stake, is consid- strategy and bring down prices say the fiscal package, focused on and weak gas storage hedge a few years ahead, belly up then it will affect all small suppli- ering putting itself up for sale, Telecom Plus this autumn and winter,” said public works spending, will do lit- locking in prices over a ers,” said Simon Oscroft, a former energy said last week. All other small suppliers are Ken Okazaki, the company’s tle to boost growth. levels. longer period. But small trader at Macquarie, who set up supplier privately held, making it impossible to ver- players are now having SO Energy in late 2015. ify their most recent financial accounts. Threat of war, earthquakes and Brexit can’t stop gas price plunge

By Kelly Gilblom “The impact of these political issues before rising more than 30 percent this year. of oversupply yet, Citigroup’s Morse said. Bloomberg on pricing has been minuscule,” said Mark Large gas producers outside the EU are “As LNG supply from the US increases, Devine, the director of Energy Trading Con- fighting for market share by expanding alongside growth from Australia and else- sultancy Ltd in Yarm, England, and a former exports. Russian shipments into Europe rose where, global natural gas prices could buckle gas trader at Norway’s Statoil ASA. “In short, 14 percent in the first half from a year ear- under the glut,” Morse wrote. VEN after three years, there’s still we have a bit of a supply glut that’s more lier, and Norwegian supplies to the UK are Worldwide gas production in 2015 was no sign that the slump in Euro- influential.” 21 percent above the five-year average. The 3.5 trillion cubic meters, 70 billion cubic pean natural gas prices is about UK gas prices for 2017 may fall closer extra imports have neutralized the influence meters higher than consumption, accord- to end. Front-month contracts for to $4 per million British thermal units from of declining output in the EU, where produc- ing to BP Plc data. That’s the biggest surplus the fuel are trading near six-year more than $5 amid an expanding supply glut, tion has fallen to its lowest level since 1971. in at least a decade. Elows in the Netherlands and UK, while Citi- Ed Morse, head of commodities research at With climate concerns, gas producers are group Inc to Marex Spectron Group Ltd and Citigroup, said in a note. LNG HEGEMONY hoping demand for the fuel will be higher, Vattenfall AB predict further declines. The Marex Spectron, a London-based energy Gas traders and network operators are serving as a replacement for more-pollut- About half of gas slump seems made of Teflon; Since 2013, broker, underlined its bearish view on also confident supply needs will be met ing coal. So far, better margins at coal plants, contracts in Europe are benchmark gas rates have brushed off a gas last week, while traders surveyed by through the expansion of liquefied natural energy efficiency and warm weather have linked to the price of run of political and environmental dramas Bloomberg have forecast declines in all but gas trading. Last year, about $120bn of LNG kept the need for gas muted. that would normally lift prices and instead three weeks since at least April 2015. was physically bought and sold, making it EU gas consumption fell 19 percent in crude with a six-to-nine tracked a deepening global oversupply. Front-month Dutch gas fell for the second the second-largest commodity transacted the decade through 2015, BP data show. Coal month lag, which fell 35 Prices barely flickered last week when day, sliding 0.7 percent by 11:16am in Lon- globally, surpassing iron ore, according to demand declined 17 percent in the same Ukraine, the largest transit country for Rus- don. The equivalent UK contract was little Christian Lelong, a New York-based analyst period and usage is forecast to fall further percent in 2015 before sian gas to the EU, warned of the potential changed after having the biggest intraday with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. this year. rising more than 30 for full-out war with its eastern neighbour decline since 2010 on Friday. Producers were expected to add 50 While rising coal costs may help lift and Europe’s biggest supplier. Traders had Part of the downturn has been due to a million metric tonnes of LNG capacity by demand for gas, prices will by capped by percent this year. already shrugged off the Netherlands’ deci- two-year slump in oil that ended last year, the end of the year, equivalent to a fifth overhanging supply, said Jip van Krimpen, sion to restrict output at Europe’s largest gas said Devine at Energy Trading Consultancy. of current global demand, according to a gas portfolio manager at Vattenfall Energy field because of earthquakes, Britain’s vote About half of gas contracts in Europe are Sanford C Bernstein & Co. Some of those Trading in Amsterdam. “With the global glut to leave the EU and the region’s widespread linked to the price of crude with a six-to- projects have been delayed, meaning glo- in gas, any price increase will quickly be opposition of fracking to extract the fuel. nine month lag, which fell 35 percent in 2015 bal gas markets haven’t felt the full effect arbitraged out,” he said. FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 21

Goodbye ‘Dilscoop’, Dilshan to retire after Australia series

Sri Lanka’s Reuters Australia will play two Twenty20 future endeavours,” Sri Lanka Cricket Tillakaratne matches on September 6 and Sep- president Thilanga Sumathipala said Dilshan raises tember 9. Inventor of the famous in a statement. his bat during “Dilscoop” ramp shot, Dilshan played According to media reports, the match against COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne the last of his 87 tests in 2013 before former captain was persuaded to Afghanistan at Dilshan will quit international cricket quitting the longer format with 5492 retire as Sri Lanka build a new team the Eden Gardens after the ongoing limited overs series runs and 39 wickets. under Angelo Mathews with an eye in Kolkata, in this against Australia, the swashbuckling A wily off-spinner and one of the on the 2019 World Cup. Dilshan made March 2016 file opener announced yesterday. most agile Sri Lankan fielders even his one-day debut against Zimbabwe photo. “I have decided to retire from at the age of 39, Dilshan scored 22 in 1999 and went on to play 329 ODIs, the ODIs after the third match in and 10 in the first two one-dayers of amassing 10248 runs that included 22 Dambulla (on Sunday) and will play the ongoing five-match series against hundreds, with an 86-plus strike rate. the two Twenty20s and then retire world champions Australia. He has also scored 1884 runs in Jason Day completely,” Dilshan told local media. “I together with my committee 78 Twenty20 Internationals and was After the conclusion of the five- wish to extend our sincere apprecia- Sri Lanka’s top scorer in this year’s match ODI series, Sri Lanka and tion and wish him the very best in his World Twenty20 in India. Day, Johnson command England down spotlight at Pakistan in West Indies and India enter Bethpage rain-hit first Reuters one-dayer new world in United States NEW YORK: World number one Reuters Jason Day and second-ranked Dustin Johnson launch their title bids at The Barclays amid longer- LONDON: England beat Pakistan Two teams meet in term hopes of securing the PGA by 44 runs on the Duckworth/ Tour’s season-ending FedExCup Lewis scoring method in a the two-match T20 and Player-of-the-Year honours. rain-affected first one-day series as Brathwaite The Barclays, won last year international in Southampton on by Australian Day, is the first of Wednesday. starts debut as four lucrative FedExCup events Pakistan made 260 for six in Windies captain that conclude the 2015-16 sched- their 50 overs and England moved ule with a play-off bonus of $10m on to 194 for three in 34.3 overs, going to the overall champion. Jason Roy making 65 and Joe Root Once the season is over, the 61, before rain brought a prema- PGA Tour rank and file will vote AFP ture end to the match. for their Player of the Year where Pakistan captain Azhar Ali, Day, a three-times winner in 2016, who won the toss, hit 82 to lead and American Johnson, a double his team to a below-par total in champion this year, are the top bright sunshine and ideal batting FORT LAUDERDALE, US: West two contenders. conditions. Indies face India in two Twenty20 Day triumphed five times on Azhar started slowly but internationals in Florida at the the PGA Tour last season and can increased the tempo to strike nine weekend in a litmus test for both consider himself unfortunate to fours before top-edging leg-spin- cricket’s future in the US and Carlos be edged out by Jordan Spieth, ner Adil Rashid to Moeen Ali at Brathwaite’s credentials as Carib- the 2015 Masters and US Open short fine leg. bean skipper. champion, for Player of the Year Babar Azam scored 40 and After India cruised to victory in honours. Sarfraz Ahmed 55 but the tour- the Test series and in the aftermath Though his three victories this ing side never really broke the of the Caribbean squad’s latest round year outnumber the two claimed shackles imposed by a disciplined of blood-letting, the sides head for by Johnson, the long-hitting England attack in which Rashid the sport’s newest outpost, the Cen- Captain MS Dhoni’s (right) India will take on the West Indies in Twenty20 series in the USA. American holds an edge when it was the most successful bowler tral Broward Regional Park, the only comes to ‘elite’ wins given that he with figures of 2-51. purpose-built cricket stadium in the has landed a major (the US Open) England lost Alex Hales for US. and a WGC title (the Bridgestone seven but Roy flayed six fours and Six matches in the recent fran- Tomorrow and Sunday’s back-to- frustrating nature of West Indies’ to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. They will Invitational). a six and shared a second-wicket chise-based Caribbean Premier back fixtures come at a crucial time short-form cricket -- before they have revenge on their minds having “A couple more wins should partnership of 89 with Root. League were played at the $10 for the West Indies. won their second World T20 in four lost to the West Indies in the semi- do it ... even with what Dustin Roy was caught on the long- marena while the first full interna- They may be the reigning world years, they lost to Afghanistan in the finals of this year’s edition of World has done,” Day told reporters on off boundary off Mohammad tional matches, two Twenty20 games champions in the format having tri- qualifying round. Twenty20. Wednesday at Bethpage Black in Nawaz and Root was run out between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, umphed in India earlier this year, but Despite his heroics in Mum- A crowd of 15,000 is expected Farmingdale, New York about after being called through for an were staged there in 2010. that didn’t save Darren Sammy’s job bai, 28-year-old Brathwaite is a in Florida over each of the two the challenge he faced in trying impossible single by captain Eoin as skipper. lightweight when it comes to inter- days including vast numbers of to beat Johnson in the race for the Morgan but England were always He was sacked in what he national experience, having played expatriates. Player of the Year accolade. ahead of the required run rate. claimed was a “30-second phone just three Tests, 14 ODIs and eight “India is a like the rock star of “If I can get off to a nice start Morgan finished on 33 not out SQUADS call” and replaced by Brathwaite Twenty 20s. In contrast, the team’s cricket,” Rizwan Mohammed told here, that should give me the with Ben Stokes on 15. West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite who etched his name into West superstar Chris Gayle has 103 Tests, the Sun Sentinel newspaper whose confidence going forward. He The second game in the (capt), Andre Fletcher, Andre Rus- Indies cricket folklore by smashing 269 ODIs and 50 T20s to his name reporter went to great lengths to (Johnson) is playing tremen- five-match series is at Lord’s on sell, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, four sixes in the final over against as well as a host of batting records. demystify the sport for his Ameri- dous golf. If I get it (Player of the tomorrow. Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, John- England to win this year’s World T20 India, meanwhile, have no wor- can readership. Year), great. If not, no worries. I Earlier, the four-match Test son Charles, Kieron Pollard, Lendl final in Mumbai. ries over their confidence levels “Instead of four bases there are have plenty of years to try to get series between the two teams Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Samuel “I think a team like this will be heading into the weekend. two wickets bracketing a rectangular it again. ended in a 2-2 draw following Badree, Sunil Narine. pretty easy to lead, from the point of They have enjoyed a solid run in 22-yard-long dirt pitch at the centre “I was close last year, but with Pakistan’s win at The Oval. India: MS Dhoni (capt), Ajinkya view that the dressing room is a fun T20 series in recent times, winning of an oval ground,” wrote the paper’s how Jordan played in the majors, Rahane, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar place to be,” said Brathwaite. in Australia, Sri Lanka and claim- correspondent. obviously he deserved it. If Dus- Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, “I don’t think it’s a case where ing the Asia Cup before recovering “The 11 fielders have various tin beats me this year, then he SCOREBOARD Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran I have to negotiate too many egos,” to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in June. ways of getting the batter out, includ- deserves it. The biggest thing for Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit said the new captain. Twelve of the 14-man Test squad ing striking the wicket behind the me is to focus on what I need to PAKISTAN Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart His first job will be to introduce will be in Florida with skipper Virat batsman with a bowled ball or catch- do and try and win.” Azhar Ali c Ali b Rashid 82 Binny, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli. stability into the engaging but often Kohli handing over leadership duties ing a batted ball on the fly.” Johnson, who clinched his first S Khan c Buttler b Wood 16 major title with a three-shot vic- Mohd Hafeez c Hales b Root 11 tory in the US Open at Oakmont, Babar Azam lbw Rashid 40 is delighted to be second in the S Ahmed c Wood b Woakes 55 FedExCup standings behind Day heading into The Barclays. S Malik c Rashid b Plunkett 17 Pakistan to play day-night Test against WI “It’s my best position coming Mohd Nawaz (not out) 17 into the playoffs since I’ve been on Imad Wasim (not out) 17 Tour,” said the 32-year-old Amer- Extras (LB-1, W-4) 5 ican. “Really excited about that. AFP Total (for 6 wkts in 50 overs) 260 SCHEDULE in the day-night Test last year. Still got a lot of work to do. Still The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) want to be in this position going Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-52, 3-113, 4-178, 20-September WI vs ECB XI warm-up T20 Dubai said in a statement it “will host its into Atlanta.”

5-224, 6-226. 23-September 1st T20 Dubai first ever day-night Test match from The top 125 players in Fed- Bowling: Woakes 10-2-43-1; Wood 10- KARACHI: Pakistan yesterday 24-Septemeber 2nd T20 Dubai October 13-17 to be played with the ExCup points qualified for The 0-57-1 (3w); Plunkett 10-0-52-1; Root announced the schedule for their 27-September 3rd T20 Abu Dhabi pink ball under lights at the Dubai Barclays, and the leading 100 4-0-26-1 (1w); Ali 7-0-30-0; Rashid 9-0- series against the West Indies in the cricket stadium”. after this week advance to Boston 30-Septemeber 1st one-day International - D/N Sharjah 51-2. United Arab Emirates beginning next The West Indies will tune up for for the Sept. 2-5 Deutsche Bank 02-October 2nd one-day International - D/N Sharjah ENGLAND month, including their first-ever day- the day-night Test with a three-day Championship before the best 70 3-4 October WI v ECB XI two-day warm-up match Dubai J Roy c B Azam b Mohd Nawaz 65 night Test. side game in Sharjah, also under progress to the BMW Champion- The series, which runs from Sep- 05-October 3rd one-day International - D/N Abu Dhabi lights. The PCB had offered to host ship in Carmel, Indiana. A Hales c Mohd Hafeez b Umar Gul 7 tember 23 to November 3, includes 07-9 October 3-day match - WI vs PCB Patrons XI - D/N Sharjah the Twenty20s in Pakistan, but the Thirty players qualify for the J Root (run out-Azhar Ali) 61 three Twenty20 internationals and 13-17 October 1st Test Match - D/N Dubai West Indies refused on security fears. concluding Tour Championship E Morgan (not out) 33 as many one-day and Tests, the Pakistan has not hosted any from Sept. 22-25 at East Lake in 21-25 October 2nd Test Match Abu Dhabi B Stokes (not out) 15 highlight being the day-night Test international cricket -- barring three Atlanta where a points reset will 30-October-3 November 3rd Test Match Sharjah Extras (LB-6, W-7) 13 in Dubai in October. one-days and as many Twenty20s give all those left in the field a Australia hosted the first-ever (ICC) is attempting to revive waning starting in November. against minnows Zimbabwe in May mathematical opportunity to win Total (for 3 wkts in 34.3 overs)194 day-night Test at Adelaide against interest in the five-day game with the Pakistan’s plans to host the day- last year -- since an extremist attack the FedExCup. Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-116, 3-158. New Zealand in November last day-night innovation, and termed the night Test were made after they on the Sri Lankan bus in March 2009. However, the top five there Bowling: Wasim 5-0-23-0; Amir 6-0- year, with high attendance figures Adelaide Test a “big success”. Aus- agreed to play Australia. The West Despite playing all their matches control their own destiny and 33-0; Gul 6-0-46-1 (2w); Riaz 6-0-30-0 as it drew fans who could watch the tralia will also host two day-night Indies Test will give them their first in the neutral venues of the UAE, anyone from that quintet would (5w); Nawaz 6.3-0-31-1; Malik 5-0-25-0. match after their working hours. Tests against South Africa and then taste of playing an international Pakistan rose to number one in the claim the $10m jackpot with an The International Cricket Council Pakistan during their home season, match with the new pink balls used Test rankings earlier this week. East Lake victory. 22 FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 SPORT

NHL: Coyotes hire female EPL: Liverpool look to their skating coach AFP

LOS ANGELES: The Arizona Coy- otes officially added Dawn Braid Mane man against Spurs to their hockey staff Wednesday making her the first full-time female skating coach in National Hockey League history. on Tuesday. One particular moment Braid has been helping the Liverpool’s Sadio of sorcery, when he jinked past a Coyote players with their skat- Manager Juergen bewildered full back to set up Divock Mane in action ing on a part-time basis since last Klopp looks to fielding Origi’s opener, showed why he is during his team’s year. She has also worked with the inked into the teamsheet. match against Toronto Maple Leafs, Anaheim a strong side for The last Liverpool signing to Burton Albion at Ducks, Buffalo Sabres and Cal- their match against make an immediate impact like that Pirelli Stadium. gary Flames. was fiery striker Luis Suarez, who “It’s something that I’ve Tottenham Hotspurs hit the ground running, and scor- wanted to see happen,” she said tomorrow ing, in 2011. in a statement released by the The Uruguayan formed a deadly Coyotes. partnership with Daniel Sturridge, “The fact that they respect but the English striker is no longer a what I do enough to name me as guaranteed starter and Klopp must a full-time coach or to name me as Reuters probably select one from Sturridge, the first female coach in the NHL, Roberto Firmino and Origi - all of I take a ton of pride in that. whom scored against Burton - as “I’ve worked very hard for this LONDON: Such is the impact Sadio Mane’s partner at White Hart Lane. opportunity. It’s been going on for Mane has made on Liverpool that “Origi and Sturridge both per- years and I just look forward to the 24-year-old is an automatic formed, yes...and Roberto eh?,” Klopp going even further with it.” pick to face Tottenham Hotspur in said after the Burton game. “It’s my She also spent seven years the Premier League tomorrow while job to find the right solution the job with the Athletes Training Center experienced international team the players have to do is be in the best as its director of skating devel- mates scrap it out to play alongside shape they can be.” opment, where she instructed him. With Philippe Coutinho certain to a variety of skaters, including With the 24-year-old Senegalese return, Klopp is juggling formations New York Islanders centre John on the right flank, Liverpool look a as well as personnel in search of the Tavares. potent attacking force but without line-up to bury Liverpool’s reputa- “We feel Dawn can provide a him they offer a much paler threat tion as the league’s most inconsistent real competitive advantage for our and were uninspiring in his absence performers, brilliant one week and team,” Coyotes general manager in last week’s 2-0 defeat at promoted maddening the next. John Chayka said. Burnley. That charge could never be lev- “The game is getting faster That result doused the optimism elled against a Jose Mourinho side and it is all about skating. A lot flowing from their opening 4-3 win and the Portuguese takes Manchester of times, when you are drafting a at Arsenal in which the £30m signing United to Hull City with both teams and Mike Phelan took over in a care- permanent deal as a takeover by a at home to Burnley and West Ham young player, skating is the area from Southampton produced an early having won their opening two games. taker capacity. group of Chinese investors appears United respectively. Chelsea’s Belgian they need to improve upon. Now contender for goal of the season. Even Hull’s most loyal support- But Phelan learned how not to be nearing completion. striker Michy Batshuayi is another we have someone who can help Juergen Klopp’s side return to ers would not have predicted such to panic in his five years as United Chelsea and Manchester City £30m striker exciting interest and with that.” north London tomorrow after the a start, many fearing early humil- assistant manager under Alex Fer- are the Premier League’s other he will hope his double in the 3-2 There have been several fit-again Mane inspired their 5-0 iation after a turbulent summer in guson and a win against his former unbeaten teams and both are well League Cup win over Bristol Rovers female skating instructors who League Cup win over Burton Albion which their manager Steve Bruce left club would probably seal him a capable of extending that record will secure him a starting spot. have worked with NHL teams over the years, including Laura Stamm and Barbara Williams, who became the league’s first female skating coach in 1977 when she joined the New York Islanders. Fans hail Hart F1: Hamilton set as Man City win to take hefty grid penalty

MANCHESTER: Joe Hart (pictured) seconds of kick-off. Guardiola has played potentially his last Manches- justified his decision to sideline Hart Reuters ter City game as Pep Guardiola’s by citing concerns about his passing team rubber-stamped their place in ability and there were ironic cheers the Champions League group phase every time the City goalkeeper suc- SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: While by beating Steaua Bucharest 1-0 on cessfully picked out a team-mate. Formula One leader Lewis Ham- Wednesday. Asked about his successful foot- ilton expects to swallow a severe Leading 5-0 from last week’s work after the game, Hart joked: grid penalty at the Belgian Grand away leg, City completed a 6-0 “Pigs do fly!” City controlled the Prix this weekend, Mercedes aggregate victory courtesy of Fabian game, but although Iheanacho, teammate Nico Rosberg hopes to Delph’s second-half header, putting Nolito and Delph all hit the target take advantage. them in yesterday’s group-stage in the first half, none of them came Hamilton won six of the past draw in Monaco with room to spare. close to troubling Steaua goalkeeper seven races to turn a 43-point def- But the spotlight at a less than Valentin Cojocaru. icit into a 19-point lead heading full Etihad Stadium fell squarely on After drawing a block from into the summer break. goalkeeper Hart, whose name was Cojocaru, Delph made the break- But, after being hampered by chanted by the home fans through- through in the 56th minute when he mechanical woes during the early Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks to the media as he arrives for his appeal to the Court of out the game after he was frozen out converted Jesus Navas’s right-wing part of the season, the British Arbitration for Sport (CAS) seeking to overturn a suspension imposed by world football’s governing body, by new manager Guardiola. cross with a glancing header. driver has used up his five allotted in Lausanne yesterday. Blatter is back in court in a final bid for redemption as he seeks to overturn a six- “That was a really special night But the home fans had other engine component parts, includ- year ban from football following more than a year of scandal. for me,” Hart, City’s captain for the preoccupations and after a chant ing the turbo charger. That means night, told BT Sport. of “Stand up if you love Joe Hart!” he must take on new components, “We all know there is a situation had drawn almost everyone in the either here or at the Italian GP going on. This is a special place for ground to their feet, his first save, next weekend, leading to a grid me, I’ve made no secret of that. But from Adrian Popa, prompted a huge penalty and demotion to the back situations occur in football. We are cheer. There were two further saves, of the grid. Blatter says he will accept men and we get on with it.” to repel a free-kick from Nicolae “As far I am aware we will be With Claudio Bravo poised to Stanciu and a close-range Alexan- taking the penalty here. I have no complete a £17m ($22m, 20m euros) dru Tudorie effort, and both were engines left,” Hamilton said yes- move from Barcelona, this could greeted in the same manner. terday. “We already discussed have been Hart’s 348th and final A straightforward evening for engine penalties before and that verdict as appeal begins City appearance. Guardiola took an unwelcome twist will come into play, but I will do A veteran of City’s two Premier towards the end when Iheanacho everything I can to minimize the League title wins, two League Cup pulled up abruptly as he chased a damage.” successes and 2011 FA Cup tri- through ball and had to be stretch- Mercedes has yet to confirm AP uncontracted salary for work Platini witness. Both men have denied any umph, the England goalkeeper, 29, ered off. whether the penalty will be taken did in advising Blatter from 1999 to wrongdoing. applauded all four corners in Spa, where a win for Rosberg 2002. “I came here to repeat and say of the ground before going would give him 25 points and, LAUSANNE: Former FIFA president The so-called “disloyal payment” again the truth,” said Platini. The off at the end. Hart has been depending on Hamilton’s result, Sepp Blatter arrived for his appeal led Blatter to be put under investi- judging panel in his case noted “the linked with a move to Everton even out the championship hearing against a six-year ban from gation for criminal mismanagement absence of any repentance” from the or Sevilla. His fellow outcast standings. football yesterday, pledging to accept by Swiss federal prosecutors last former France great. Yaya Toure was also handed “Of course I’m aware of Lewis’ the verdict of the Court of Arbitra- September. That investigation is The three-member panel for a first competitive start of misfortune having to get the grid tion for Sport ongoing. Blatter’s case is expected to respect the season by Guardiola, who penalty, and that’s going to make “I do hope it will be positive for FIFA’s ethics committee judged the verdict of a separate panel which saw Nigerian striker Kelechi the weekend less difficult for me me,” Blatter, sporting a light gray the $2m deal was a conflict of inter- judged Platini. Blatter’s comments Iheanacho hobble off with a because he’s my biggest rival,” beard, told reporters at around 8 est and initially banned Blatter and yesterday suggest he would not pur- muscular injury late on. Rosberg said. “It doesn’t change am (0600 GMT) ahead of a closed- Platini for eight years last Decem- sue a federal case. Federal judges A picture of Hart had been the pressure I would put myself door hearing expected to last several ber. FIFA’s appeal committee cut can intervene only if legal process removed from the stadium’s under.” hours. both bans to six years. is abused. exterior wall prior to the game Stretching through the The court’s verdict is expected Platini’s appeal to CAS was “We are football players, we as part of a visual facelift, but Ardennes forest, the Spa circuit within several weeks, and could be already judged in May, when Blat- learned to win but also we learned City’s fans made it clear they is the longest of the year at just challenged in a further appeal to ter appeared in person as a witness. to lose and it will not be the end of were unhappy about his treat- over seven kilometers (four-plus Switzerland’s supreme court. Platini promised a further appeal to the world,” Blatter said outside CAS. ment by Guardiola. miles), features famed corners The 80-year-old Blatter denies the Swiss Federal Tribunal after his A failure to overturn the ban for One group of fans held such as Eau Rouge and Blanchi- wrongdoing in authorizing a $2m ban was only cut from six to four Blatter would likely end his hope a banner reading “A GOOD mont, an incredibly steep hill, and payment to former FIFA vice pres- years. to one day be named FIFA honor- HART THESE DAYS IS HARD moody weather that can leave ident Michel Platini in 2011. They Platini arrived at the hearing ary president by its 211 member TO FIND” and a chant of “Don’t one part of the track damp and claimed it was for backdated and around midday local time to be a federations. sell Joe Hart!” broke out within another part dry. SPORT FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 23

Fernando Verdasco of Spain returns a shot to Steve Kenya disbands NOC over Johnson of the US during the Winston-Salem Open at Wake poor team handling in Rio Forest University in Winston Salem. Verdasco won 6-4, 7-6 (9/7). Reuters

NAIROBI: Kenya has disbanded its National Olympics Committee (NOC- K) because of the poor handling of the east African country’s team dur- ing the Rio Olympics, sports minister Hassan Wario said yesterday. Wario has set up a committee to investigate the misconduct and it will report its findings by Septem- ber 30. The Directorate of Criminal Investigation has also been asked to begin a probe. “There was alleged misman- agement of the facilitation of our Gasquet finds form, athletes and the entire team Kenya ranging from accommodation and travel mishaps, mishandling of the accreditation of the list of partici- pants to the provision of kits that never reached the athletes,” Wario reaches quarters told a news conference. “I do hereby disband the National Olympic Committee with immediate effect and transfer their baseline. We’ve practised together responsibilities to the Sports Kenya often, so I know his game and he WINSTON-SALEM as the interim custodian.” I’ve known Stephane knows mine. I didn’t make many Before the Games, Kenya team for a long time mistakes today, and that was the RESULTS captain Wesley Korir berated local now so I know how difference.” Olympic committee officials, say- Gasquet will next face Austral- WINSTON-SALEM: Results from ing they needed better management, dangerous he can be. ia’s John Millman, who came from the ATP Winston-Salem tourna- payment of pending allowances and He likes to play close behind to win 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 against ment on Wednesday (x denotes an immediate end to alleged har- wild card Bjorn Fratangelo. seeded player): assment of athletes by anti-doping to the baseline, says Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun advanced Third Round officials. the French star to his fourth straight Winston- Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) bt Francis Paul, NOC-K’s secretary Salem quarter-final with a 6-4, Stephane Robert (FRA) 6-1, 6-3 general, said his organisation would 6-0 win over Argentina’s Diego John Millman (AUS) bt Bjorn Fra- consult with the International Olym- Schwartzman. tangelo (USA) 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 pic Committee over Wario’s decision. AFP “Fortunately I played really well Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Diego “We are going to inform the on game points and on break points,” Schwartzman (ARG) 6-4, 6-0 International Olympic Committee Lu said. “My serve was there when to investigate the matter. We shall Pablo Carreño-Busta (ESP x16) bt FROM LEFT: Ethiopia’s Feyisa Liesa, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge and USA’s LOS ANGELES: Top seeded Richard I needed it, and that helped me a lot Pablo Cuevas (URU x3) 6-3, 7-6 (7/1) meet and discuss,” he said. Despite Gasquet defeated French compatriot today.” the problems, Kenya enjoyed its most Galen Rupp pose on the podium of the men’s marathon during the Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS x12) bt Jirí Stephane Robert in straight sets 6-1, Next up for Lu will be number successful Olympics in Rio, winning closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana Veselý (CZE) 5-5 abandon 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the two seed Roberto Bautista Agut, of six gold medals, six silvers and one in Rio de Janeiro in this August 21, 2016, file photo. ATP Tour’s Winston-Salem Open on Spain, who defeated Cyprus’ Marcos Fernando Verdasco (ESP x15) bt bronze, all in track and field. Wednesday. Baghdatis 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Steve Johnson (USA x4) 6-4, 7-6 Gasquet saved seven of eight Fifteenth-seeded Fernando Ver- (9/7) break points and broke the unseeded dasco fired 10 aces as he rolled over Roberto Bautista (ESP x2) bt Marcos Robert’s serve five times in the hard- fourth seeded American Steve John- Baghdatis (CYP x14) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 court tournament in North Carolina. son of the Unites States 6-4, 7-6 (9/7). Viktor Troicki (SRB x9) bt Sam “I’ve known Stephane for a long In the quarter-finals, Verdasco Querrey (USA x6) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) Weir backs Russia’s ban time now, so I know how dangerous will face Serbia’s Viktor Troicki, who he can be,” Gasquet said. toppled American Sam Querrey 6-2, NEW HAVEN “He likes to play close to the 7-6 (7/5). OPEN RESULTS Reuters programme,” the six-times Olym- bit more thorough throughout disa- pic champion told British media bility sport. Not in the UK, because NEW HAVEN: Results from the yesterday. we’re tested constantly, but through- New Haven Open Women’s Singles LONDON: Britain’s Paralympic “It’s a bold step by the IPC and out championships,” the 37-year-old Round 2 matches on Wednesday champion wheelchair racer David definitely the right one if they’ve got added. 6-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) Weir has backed the decision to ban evidence. “We’ve seen athletes getting beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) Russia from next month’s Rio Paral- “Over the last few years I’ve caught and if it’s happening in the 6-3 6-2 ympics for state-sponsored doping. started to doubt people, which mainstream, it’s got to be happen- Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) beat The Court of Arbitration of Sport you never want to do. You look at ing in the Paralympics. When I was Caroline Garcia (France) 7-6(3) 7-5 (CAS) on Tuesday upheld the Interna- people’s performances and think at the European championships I did 2-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Ana tional Paralympic Committee (IPC) ‘really?’ and not ‘wow’.” four events and got tested once. Konjuh (Croatia) 6-2 6-2 ban on Russia competing at the Sep- The six-times wheelchair Lon- “Maybe it’s manpower or fund- Johanna Larsson (Sweden) beat tember 7-18 event. don marathon winner said the ing. A lot of nations are throwing Shelby Rogers (US) 7-6(1) 6-4 “It’s probably the right choice drug-testing system was less strin- millions of pounds at medals and if they’ve got evidence that most gent outside Britain. we want to deliver on a level play- LEFT: Petra Kvitova of the Czech of the athletes are on a doping “The doping policy needs to be a ing field.” Republic signs autographs after her victory over Eugenie Bouchard of Canada. ‘Best yet’ Murray poised to pounce at US Open

AFP “I think I’m playing my best the rollercoaster fortunes of Djoko- Maria del Rosario Espinoza (second left), taekwondo Olympic silver medallist, Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez tennis just now... the last four, five vic, the defending champion in New months are not even close to any- York. After he won a maiden French (second right), athletics silver medallist, Ismael Hernandez (left), modern pentathlon bronze medallist and NEW YORK: Andy Murray admits thing else I had done before,” said Open to complete the career Grand German Sanchez (right), diving Olympic silver medallist take a selfie photo during a news conference after he’s playing the best tennis of his life Murray, who is chasing a fourth Slam, all talk was of the Serb going their return from the 2016 Rio Olympics at the international airport in Mexico City, Mexico. as he looks to capitalise on the grow- career major. on to defend his Wimbledon and ing frailties of his rivals and capture “It was way, way better. Seven US Open titles and clinch a calen- a second US Open title. finals in a row, you know. Won dar Grand Slam. Ahead of Monday’s start to the obviously Wimbledon again, the That’s a feat so rare that only two season’s final Grand Slam in New Olympics. It’s been really good.” men have ever achieved it with Rod Gold star missing from ceremony York, the 29-year-old Scot is the Murray has played in all of the Laver the most recent in 1969. The sport’s man of the moment. first three finals of the majors in expectations proved too heavy a bur- Since losing the French Open 2016, losing to world number Djok- den when the 12-time major winner final to Novak Djokovic in June, Mur- ovic in Melbourne and Paris before was dumped out of Wimbledon in ATHENS: The Greek government to attend due to a holiday. Authori- I actually found out from journalists ray has won Queen’s Club, a second putting Milos Raonic, one of the the third round. was left embarrassed yesterday ties had only informed the athletes about the tribute event last night and Wimbledon title and successfully sport’s widely-hyped new genera- Although he then won a record after a special ceremony to honour late on Wednesday afternoon about contacted the president of the HOC, defended his Olympic crown in Rio. tion, in his place in a straight sets 30th Masters trophy in Toronto, a the country’s Olympic team went the tribute event. Mr (Spiros) Kapralos, who I think is His career-best 22-match win spanking in the Wimbledon final. shock first-round loss at the Olym- ahead without Anna Korakaki, one “I really do not know what to in no way responsible for it, but there streak came to a halt at the hands The only worry for Murray is pics to a rejuvenated Juan Martin del of their three gold medallists in Rio. say, I feel frustrated. I have fallen are no excuses.” of Marin Cilic in the Cincinnati final his relatively mediocre record in Potro and a withdrawal from Cincin- Shooter Korakaki, 19, won two out with a lot of people recently and The Hellenic Olympic Com- last weekend when he simply ran New York in the years since his first nati with a wrist injury suggested all of Greece’s six medals, gold in the obviously we’re now paying the price mittee (HOC) moved to play down out of gas. But that hasn’t dented win -- runs to the quarter-finals in is not well with the 2011 and 2015 US women’s 25 metre pistol final and for it,” Korakaki’s coach and father local media reports that Korakaki his confidence that he can claim a 2013 and 2014 were followed by a Open winner. However, Djokovic’s bronze in the 10 metre air pistol Tasos Korakakis told Greek sports was deliberately not invited to the second US Open, four years after his fourth-round exit to Kevin Ander- form in 2016 remains impressive event. website gazzetta.gr. ceremony. breakthrough in New York saw him son of South Africa 12 months ago. with a win-loss record of 51-5 and Greece President Prokopis “I really don’t want to believe “It’s not a case of the athlete not become the first British man in 76 Murray’s consistency on the tour seven titles; Murray is 50-7 with four Pavlopoulos met the other medal that she has not been invited delib- being invited,” a HOC spokesman years to win a Grand Slam title. in recent weeks is in stark contrast to trophies. winners but Korakaki was unable erately, but still I have some doubts. said. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 23 Goodbye ‘Dilscoop’, Gasquet finds Dilshan to retire form, advances too after Australia series quarter-finals

FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 • 23 DHUL QA’DA 1437 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Guardiola returning to Barca in Champions League

Reuters he was in charge of Bayern Munich Paris St Germain and Arsenal, two seasons ago and suffered a 5-3 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW who are attempting to reach the defeat in the semi-finals. round of 16 for the 17th time in a row, Group Stage Holders and 11-times winners were drawn in Group A alongside MONACO: Pep Guardiola will return Real Madrid will have a tough pair GROUP A: Paris St Germain, Arsenal, Basel, Ludogorets dark horses Basel and rank Bulgar- to the Nou Camp in the Champions of matches against Borussia Dort- GROUP B: Benfica, Napoli, Dynamo Kiev, Besiktas ian outsiders Ludogorets. League group stage after his new mund in Group F although both GROUP C: Barcelona, Manchester City, Borussia, Celtic Juventus, Serie A winners for the club Manchester City were drawn teams should progress from a section GROUP D: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, PSV, Rostov last five seasons, face Sevilla, Olym- against his former Barcelona team that also contains Sporting Lisbon GROUP E: CSKA Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham, Monaco pique Lyonnais and Zagreb in Group yesterday. and Legia Warsaw. H. For the third season running Serie GROUP F: Real Madrid, Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon, Warsaw The two sides were drawn The Polish team are back in the A has only two teams in the group in Group C alongside Borussia group stage after a 20-year absence. GROUP G: Leicester City, Porto, Club Bruges, FC Copenhagen stage. The other side, Napoli, will Moenchengladbach and former English Premier League win- GROUP H: Juventus, Sevilla, Olympique Lyonnais, Dinamo Zagreb meet Benfica, Besiktas and Dynamo Nasser Al Khelaifi, Paris Saint European champions Celtic in one ners Leicester City, the only other Kiev in Group B. of the toughest of the eight sections. newcomers among the 32 teams, Group E is arguably the most Germain’s club owner reacts before Spanish coach Guardiola, who will face Porto, Club Bruges and FC group stage for the 21st time, a Portugal have won only three of their evenly-balanced with CSKA Mos- the draw ceremony for the 2016/2017 won the Champions League twice Copenhagen in Group G. record they share with Real and last 16 ties against English teams in cow, Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham Champions League Cup, yesterday in with Barca, faced the Catalans when Porto are taking part in the Barca. The double champions from the competition. Hotspur and Monaco. Monaco. US Soccer slaps Solo with 6-month ban

AFP players. “I did the job of a pro ath- lete the only way I knew how - with passion, tenacity, an unrelenting commitment to be the best goal- LOS ANGELES: USA women’s goal- tender in the world .... to elevate keeper Hope Solo has been slapped the sport for the next generation of with a six-month ban from the female athletes,” Sports Illustrated national team for her comments in quoted her as saying. which she called the Swedish play- This is not the first time Solo has ers “a bunch of cowards”, US Soccer been suspended. She was banned announced on Wednesday. for 30 days in 2015 after an incident The 35-year-old Solo made the at one of the national team’s train- comments after the Americans were ing camps. eliminated in a penalty shootout “Taking into consideration the from the Rio Olympics women’s soc- past incidents involving Hope, as cer tournament on August 12. well as the private conversations “The comments by Hope Solo we’ve had requiring her to conduct after the match against Sweden herself in a manner befitting a US during the 2016 Olympics were national team member, US.Soccer Al Rayyan’s players during a training session in Doha on Wednesday. The QSL champions resumed their preparations for the new season after unacceptable and do not meet the determined this is the appropriate few days of rest, following their return from Spain camp. standard of conduct we require disciplinary action.” from our national team players,” US Solo labelled Sweden “cow- Soccer President Sunil Gulati said in ards” after the world champion a statement on Wednesday. Americans’ bid for a fourth straight “Beyond the athletic arena, Olympic gold ended in quarter-final and beyond the results, the Olym- defeat. QSL: Giants Al Rayyan begin pics celebrate and represent the “We played a bunch of cowards,” ideals of fair play and respect. We Solo said. expect all of our representatives “The better team did not win to honor those principles, with no today. I strongly believe that.” exceptions.” “I don’t think they’re going to Solo wasn’t backing down on make it far in the tournament.” final drills for title defence Wednesday and defended her Solo made the comments “coward” comments by saying the because she felt the Swedes were suspension wasn’t warranted. playing too defensively. “I am saddened by the fed- The defeat was the Americans’ Qatar national team is prepar- eration’s decision to terminate first in 15 games at the Olympics Defending champions ing for their 2018 FIFA World Cup my contract,” Solo told Sports and only their third ever in Games qualifying match against Iran on Illustrated. history having won four golds and resume training after September 1. “I could not be the player I am a silver since women’s football tour of Spain as Al Al Sadd face Al Kharaitiyat in without being the person I am, was introduced to the Olympic their season-opener on September even when I haven’t made the best programme. Wakrah wind up 16 at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. choices or said the right things.” US Soccer said in the news Istanbul camp with a Al Sadd have cancelled a train- Solo said she plays and speaks release that Solo won’t be eligible to ing camp initially planned in the UAE with passion and is trying to be try out for the national team again win over Sakarya and will instead continue to train in an example for future US female until next February. Doha ahead of the new QSL season. Meanwhile, Al Wakrah have wound up their pre-season training USA women’s The Peninsula camp in Istanbul with a win against goalkeeper Hope a local club. Solo has been Al Wakrah beat Sakarya 2-1 in a slapped with a friendly game on Wednesday. six-month ban DOHA: With just over the fortnight After conceding an early goal, Al from the national left in the new season of eagerly- Wakrah’s Maher Yusuf (24) and Uru- Al Wakrah players during their friendly match against Sakarya on team. awaited Qatar Stars League (QSL), guayan Paulo Oliveira (34) scored the reigning champions Al Rayyan have the last day of their pre-season camp in Istanbul, Turkey, recently. Al goals for the QSL side. started giving the final touches to Wakrah won 2-1. Al Wakrah’s coach Jose Mauricio preparations for their title defence. got most of his players match time Al Rayyan who enjoyed a dream by rotating the squad members in comeback to the prestigious league against Lekhwiya on September 12. every side in front of them and won the friendly. Al Wakrah had assem- after a year’s gap in 2014, resumed The new season of the QSL will the QSL title with five weeks to spare. bled a large squad and the coach is training in Doha following their pre- begin on September 15. Meanwhile, influential player Magid expected to prune the side following season training camp in Spain. During training session under Ibrahim has returned to Al Sadd the team’s return to Doha. Four days ago, Al Rayyan the watchful eyes of coach Fossati, training as the Doha giants continue Mohammed Al Sulaiti, Chairman returned from an extensive training Al Rayyan squad was a picture of their preparation for the new foot- of Al Wakra mission to Turkey, said: camp in Spain. The training camp in absolute concentration. ball season. “We are satisfied with our prepara- Spain lasted for 23 days. The only players missing were Al Sadd will play the Qatar tions. We got to play a few friendlies Al Rayyan - coached by Jorge the ones on national duty, a club national side in a friendly game on also. The general mood in the camp Fossati - are preparing for their sea- official said. Saturday at Jassim Bin Hamad Sta- is hugely positive. We feel ready for son-opening Sheikh Jassim Cup clash Last season, Al Rayyan swept dium, it was announced yesterday. the new season.”