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Minimum wage Emir receives new envoy Assad wins with Exit permit to for Indonesian 88.7pc votes

BEIRUT: Bashar Al Assad maids raised won 88.7 percent of the vote DOHA: Indonesia has increased in Syria’s presidential election, be decided by the minimum monthly wage parliament speaker Mohammad for their women to work here Al Laham said yesterday, secur- as maids to QR1,200 ($332) ing a third term in office despite for inexperienced hands and a raging civil war which grew QR1,500 ($412) for those out of protests against his rule. job contract experienced. Assad’s foes had dismissed the The Indonesian government election as a charade, saying the has, though, imposed a tempo- two relatively unknown challengers Wage protection system in last stages rary ban on the export of maids offered no real alternative and that here, as also to the neighbour- no poll held in the midst of civil war DOHA: Whether an expatriate also be decided by this contract.” ing UAE, due to what it says could be considered credible. worker would need exit permit The wage protection system are problems related to working “I declare the victory of Dr or not to travel overseas would (WPS) for workers is being final- conditions. Bashar Hafez Al Assad as presi- be decided by the job contract ised. “It is in the last stages.” An official from the Indonesian dent of the Syrian Arab Republic he signs with his employer Exchange houses are also being embassy told this newspaper yes- with an absolute majority of the once the sponsorship system is made part of the WPS network terday that the above ban was votes cast in the election,” Laham changed. along with banks, said the Minister. imposed last April. The embassy, said in a televised address from The worker can also put a con- It will be mandatory for companies however, stopped endorsing job his office in the Syrian parliament. dition in the contract, subject to to transfer their workers’ salaries requests for Indonesian maids in Syria’s constitutional court ear- approval of his employer, that he to banks or exchange houses every November 2013 itself. lier said that turnout in Tuesday’s would be changing the job at the month. If a worker wants and pro- Novi Faitmawti, second secre- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani receiving the creden- election and an earlier round of end of his contractual period. vides his bank account details in tary at the mission, said that the tials of new Swedish envoy Ewa Ulrika Polano at the Emiri Diwan yester- voting for Syrian expatriates This was disclosed by the home country, his salary could be other condition for Indonesian day. The Emir also received credentials of Dr Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu of stood at 73 percnt. REUTERS Minister of Labour and Social credited into this account directly, maids to work here is that they Uganda, Martin Vitek of the Czech Republic and Andre Pung of Estonia. Affairs, H E Dr Abdullah bin said Al Khulaifi. be given a day off in the week. Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi, at an Relevant provisions of the She insisted that unless the International Labour Conference labor law are being amended to above conditions are met, the in Geneva yesterday. facilitate the launch of the WPS, temporary ban was unlikely to The Minister said procedures according to him. “Work on the be lifted. to remove the sponsorship system WPS is proceeding very fast.” THE PENINSULA Plan to change fiscal year (regulated by Law Number 4 of This was the 103rd ses- 2009) were on at a quick pace. sion of the International Labor DOHA: Qatar has plans to the country’s financial system and have actually been from January After the sponsorship system is Conference (May 28 to June 12) he Truce in Yemen change its financial year to making public finance efficient to December, he added. gone, a contractual system would was speaking at, Qatar News Agency January to December from in line with best international The business sector, banks and be put in place. The contract (QNA) reported. For the WPS a after fresh strikes the current April to March to practices. all financial institutions barring inked between a foreign worker separate office is being set up at SANA’A: A ceasefire between ensure compatibility with the Contacted for comment, invest- state institutions have all have and his employer would regulate the labor ministry. It would have Shia rebels and government private sector and the listed ment and finance expert, Abdullah January to December financial the relationship between the two, adequate staffing and people would forces went into effect yes- entities that have their fiscal Al Khater, told this newspaper year. said Al Khulaifi. be trained to handle the system. terday, the Yemeni Defence year beginning from January. that Qatar was taking the right “Companies wait until April “The contract will decide The number of inspectors at the Ministry said, after fresh fight- Qatar News Agency (QNA) step by changing the financial every year to know public spend- whether a worker needs exit per- Ministry has been raised from 150 ing and air strikes killed a total reported that the weekly Cabinet year to January-December. ing figures and development mit or not to leave the country. to 200 in the past three months. of 19 people from both sides. approved a draft law yester- “We don’t know what was the project details whereas their own And whether he gets no-objection The plan is to double the number, Nearly 140 people have died in day incorporating the proposed basis of having fiscal year from financial year ends on December certificate to take up another job to 300, in the near future. three days of fighting near the change in the budget year. April to March,” said Al Khater. 31,” said Al Khater. at the end of the contract would THE PENINSULA town of Omran. REUTERS The draft talks of streamlining The state’s budget year should THE PENINSULA

Huge rise in Tunnel boring machine property sales

DOHA: Real estate sales peaked at a historic high recently, with transactions totaling QR2.3bn in the last week of May (May 25 to 29), up a huge 63.8 percent over the previous week. Real estate giant, Ezdan, said in a report that a total of 388 trans- actions took place in the week, with the maximum being in Umm Salal Ali, at 197. Ezdan didn’t give reasons for the huge rise in trans- actions but said five massive deals worth QR900m concluded in the week took the total of QR2.3bn. The largest deal worth a stag- gering QR290m was concluded in Umm Salal Ali. It was a plot land admeasuring a huge 145,000 sq meters. The second largest deal was concluded in Doha with the A German-made tunnel boring machine (TBM) being delivered at the value of QR250m. Doha Port yesterday. Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) has received THE PENINSULA four more TBMs for phase one of the Doha Metro project. Report on page 5 Qatari index continues to fall

DOHA: Investors’ wealth on ($203.2bn), and it climbed down June 1, the stocks lost a huge 4.6 the Qatari equity exchange is to QR732.16bn the next day. The percent, to QR143.10. The decline down by a massive QR23.9bn decline continued and yesterday, on continued with the shares even- ($6.6bn) in the past three trad- the third day of continuous decline, tually falling to QR131.70 at the ing days, with cement stocks the capitalization figure fell to close of trading yesterday. being one of those shares that QR715.87bn — a drop of QR23.9bn. Qatar National Cement have shed substantial value in The main index of the bourse Company (QNCC) is, though, the period. has been losing, and yesterday it not part of the 10 most prized The downward trend on the was 13, 142.69, having shed more shares that are included in the Qatar Exchange (QE), surprisingly, than 550 points, or slightly more MSCI EM Index. Most of these 10 began on the day (June 2) it was than four percent, in the past there shares have been losing since June expected by investors and analysts days, figures show. Cement shares 2. Yesterday, the trading value, alike to witness considerable gain have been on a losing spree since volumes and number of transac- since 10 of its 43 listed shares were June 1. The stocks were actually tions all came down as compared to be included in the coveted MSCI ruling at a high of QR150 on May to the previous days. The trading Emerging Markets Index. 29, the last day of trading in May. value was QR935.99m, while vol- The market capitalization of However, when the market umes totaled 18.27 million shares. the QE on June 1 was QR739.81bn reopened after weekly closure on THE PENINSULA

THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME No new cases of MERS in Qatar: SCH Qatar to ban camel imports from outside GCC; HMC lab tests 14,000 human and animal samples BY FAZEENA SALEEM Pilgrims urged to take precautions DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) said yester- DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) advised pilgrims day that there were no new returning from Umrah or Haj to seek medical attention if they cases of MERS — Middle East have fever within two weeks as they could be screened for MERS. Respiratory Syndrome — in People with pre-existing major medical conditions such as diabetes, Qatar but advised people to chronic lung diseases, immunodeficiency, above 65, pregnant women take precautions while dealing and children are more likely to develop severe MERS infections if with camels. they are exposed to the virus. The specialised laboratory at Pilgrims are also advised to consult a healthcare provider before Hamad Medical Corporation travelling to review the risk and postponing pilgrimage is advisable, (HMC) conducted tests on some in needed. 14,000 samples collected from They are also advised to get vaccinated at least two weeks prior to humans and animals across the travel and maintain good personal hygiene. country as part of a nationwide SCH also urged pilgrims to avoid close contact with camels, farms, survey on the disease. non-pasteurised camel milk or improperly cooked meat. Until now, nine confirmed cases The Department of Public Health is coordinating with Qatar Haj of MERS have been detected in Committee to have a set of preventive measures for pilgrims in coor- humans in the country and five dination with health authorities in Saudi Arabia, SCH officials told of them have died. a press conference. THE PENINSULA Citing a recent survey, SCH there were more chances of people MERS corona virus spreads, who faeces, according to the survey. Officials at the press conference. handling camels getting infected. is at the risk of being infected, and “Some camels in Qatar have SCH will soon launch a cam- who actually get infected. been found infected,” said Dr Al coordination with WHO. They items that may have been exposed Qatar from the other GCC states. paign to raise awareness about “Among people we examined, Hajri, but did not disclose the include being prepared to monitor to camels or camel excretions. But all camels arriving in Qatar the issue. around 20 dealing with camels number of cases. suspected cases and take steps to Sick animals are not allowed to are tested for MERS. However, the risk of peo- had signs of past infection, but However, the survey has prevent infection at all healthcare be slaughtered for consumption; Any camel found with infec- ple dealing with camels getting very mild,” Dr Mohammed Al not found if the detection of facilities. in cases a particular animal has tion will be isolated for 30 days infected by MERS is not a cause Hajri, Head of Communicable Ribonucleic acid (RNA) of the People working at camel farms been tested positive for MERS, and re-examined. However, the for fear as the disease wouldn’t Diseases Control Section, SCH, viral has a direct risk to human and slaughterhouses are advised people should avoid direct contact Ministry of Environment has get severe. told a press conference held to health, as it’s not known if infec- to have good personal hygiene, with such animals. imposed a ban on camel imports A pilot survey by SCH and the discuss survey findings. tious virus is present in animal with frequent hand washing after Meanwhile, the GCC states from countries outside the GCC. Ministry of Environment says MERS cases are prevailing in secretion, on carcasses or in the touching animals, facial protec- have agreed to test camels for In December 2013, three cam- people once affected by MERS camels in Qatar and evidence of milk. Based on the findings of the tion as far as possible and to MERS when they are imported. els were tested positive for MERS are immune to the infection. virus has been found from camels survey, experts have advised peo- wear protective clothing, which Camels will not be allowed to in Qatar. Between November The survey, in collaboration from different locations. ple to take care of their personal should be removed after work and cross the border except those that 2013 and May 2014, nine people, with World Health Organisation The virus most frequently hygiene and have properly cooked washed daily. have segments of tariff brackets including six Qataris, were found (WHO) and Erasmus Medical spreads from nasal secretions, camel meet and milk. Workers are also advised to and passports passage. to be infected. Currently, no one is Centre in the Netherlands, was but about 20 percent of virus-pos- Several preventive meas- avoid exposing family members Therefore, no ban has been being treated for MERS in Qatar. conducted to understand how itive animals also shed virus from ures have been taken by SCH in to work clothing, shoes, or other imposed on camel imports to THE PENINSULA

Malabar Gold and Diamonds TraQuest 2014 Ezdan attracts record visitors at Cityscape

The Ezdan stand at the expo.

DOHA: Ezdan Holding Group’s Estate, Ezdan Mall and Ezdan promote such gatherings of inves- Quiz Master Mansoor Moideen conducting the Malabar Gold and Diamonds TraQuest 2014 organised by stand in the Real Estate Hotel to introduce the group to tors in such an important sector,” Trivandrum District Residents in Qatar at the Ashoka Hall of ICC yesterday. Students from all Indian schools Investment and Development visitors and explain major activi- said Ali Al Obaidli, Group CEO, — Al Khor International, Birla, DPS MIS, Ideal, MES, DMIS, and Shantiniketan — participated. Exhibition — Cityscape 2014 ties of companies. Ezdan Holding. SALIM MATRAMKOT — witnessed a large number of “The exhibition has witnessed He said the huge turnout at visitors, investors and develop- a significant number of inves- the stand came as a result of the ers who came to learn about the tors and developers, which pro- acclaimed position of the group in most important and prominent motes the event and gives it great the local market, through mega projects of the group. importance to be regionally ech- projects that have been imple- Ezdan displayed architectural oed. I expect the exhibition will mented in addition to projects in models of many of its major record great success over the the pipeline. projects and staff represented coming editions, especially that He said the long experience has the group at the expo, includ- the Qatari real estate market is enabled the group to be among ing employees from Ezdan Real witnessing an upswing helping leading entities in the local market and a model for new investors to follow. Al Obaidli said meetings with some participants had been held on the sidelines and all addressed the posi- tion of the domestic real estate market and means of benefitting from the renaissance experienced by Qatar and its impact on the real estate sector. The meeting also talked about Qatar World Cup 2022 and its importance as well as impact on real estate investment, stress- ing that the real estate and tourism sectors top the list of sectors expected to wit- ness a boom during the coming period. The talks also covered the decision of the group to exit the real estate sec- tor and its influence on the real estate market. Al Obaidli said the group has investments, including in the hospitality industry through Ezdan Hotel units that provide renowned services. He said Al Shamal Hotel is likely to be launched by this year-end, stressing that it will have an important role in and impact on the tourism and hospitality sector in Qatar and will be a vital addition to the group’s hotel chain. He said Ezdan Holding is keen to participate in the annual exhibition to com- municate with visitors and explain the objectives of projects and answer their questions. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Four lensmen capture journey QA bags IATA’s Fast Travel Green Award from Amazon to Desert DOHA: The 70 th I ATA A nnua l time,” Al Baker told delegates. General Meeting (AGM) and “With the expansion of the World Transport Summit 2014 aviation industry and the ever- Qatar-Brazil ended on a high note in Doha growing aircraft manufacturing on Tuesday after successful sector, we have together made expo opens rounds of deliberations, key travel easily accessible for the resolutions, negotiations and masses. Together we have opened agreements were passed. up borders and air bridges mak- at Katara During a closing press brief- ing ways for enriched business ing on the AGM, Qatar Airways and cultural exchanges. DOHA: The ‘Qatar Brazil: A (QA) was recognised for its inno- “QA is a strong supporter of Journey from the Amazon to vation in passenger comfort with IATA and this year’s AGM has the Desert’ photography exhibi- the Fast Travel Green Award by been a wonderful opportunity tion opened yesterday at Qatar IATA. QA was praised for host- for us to showcase our Qatari Photographic Society (QPS) ing a memorable and engaging hospitality, together with the gallery in Katara Building conference and its CEO and new infrastructure develop- 18, featuring stunning photos President of the AGM, Akbar ments in our country, such as taken by Qatari and Brazilian Al Baker, was applauded for his our new state-of-the-art Hamad photographers during a cultural insight and guidance. Prominent International Airport,” he said. exchange programme. issues discussed included avia- During the press conference One of the highlights of the tion safety, financial viability and at Ritz Carlton Doha, he con- Qatar Brazil 2014 Year of Culture environmental sustainability. firmed that QA will pilot two key organised by Qatar Museums IATA welcomed and recog- industry programmes to enhance (QM), the expo showcases 47 of nised the participation of QA and security and improve passenger the best photos taken by Aref Al Hamad International Airport in experience — Smart Security Ammari, Abdullah Al Tamimi, two key industry programmes and Fast Travel. Smart Security Andre Joaquim and Leonardo that will help enhance security is a project between IATA and Wen. and passenger convenience. Airports Council International to “The photos express the essence “QA is proud to have hosted strengthen security and increase of this year as seen by Qatari and The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (second right) with other this year’s IATA AGM. It was just operational efficiency at airport Brazilian photographers. officials at the ‘Qatar Brazil: A Journey from the Amazon to the Desert’ photo exhibition at Katara yesterday. one year ago in Cape Town that checkpoints. It this by focusing “They will give a general idea QASSIM RAHMATULLAH we gathered for this forum, and resources based on risk, using which will encourage Qataris now the 70th AGM has finally advanced screening technologies to visit Brazil and Brazilians to with its colourful markets and I found many similarities. It’s photography, especially light become a reality being held in and process innovations. visit Qatar,” said the Minister historical squares as well as pic- amazing how far apart we are painting photography, with my Doha and the Gulf for the first THE PENINSULA of Culture, Arts and Heritage H turesque towns and villages, cap- yet so close to each other,” said new friends. I also learned a lot E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al turing colonial landmarks, scenic Al Ammari. about Islam as a religion and Kuwari during the opening of views, iconic buildings and the In Qatar, the Brazilians vis- Islamic art and culture. It’s really the expo. street life. ited Al Zubara Fort, Al Areesh, great to see that even in the mod- In collaboration with QPS and “My best moment was on the a fishing village, Souq Waqif and ern and globalised world, some the ministry and sponsored by first day when we went to the Zikreet and witnessed the new traditions are still respected and Qatar Petroleum International local market because the peo- Richard Serra installation ‘East honoured,” said Joaquim. and Qatar Shell, Qatar Brazil ple were so kind and welcoming. West – West east. “Spending the Mansour Al Mahmoud, Acting 2014 sent two Qatari photogra- Visiting the local people at old night in the desert in Zikreet CEO, QM, said: “The Years of phers from QPS on a two-week villages, we saw how simple their made a real impact on me. Qatar Culture initiative is all about expedition across Brazil to photo- life was, yet they were very happy is a special place on earth; its peo- bringing people together, exchang- graph its landscapes, people, food, and didn’t mind us photographing ple, urban and natural landscape, ing cultures and celebrating our culture, and touristic highlights. them,” said Al Tamimi. religion, light and energy make it shared humanity. Qatar Brazil Two Brazilian photographers They also navigated the Amazon a unique place for any photogra- 2014 has achieved all of these were invited to Qatar to journey River by boat and stepped into the pher,” said Wen. objectives through this fantas- across the Arabian Peninsula to world of favelas and the unique The duo also visited Museum tic exhibition that I am sure will Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar Al Baker (right), Tony Tyler, IATA Director- experience its history, people, tra- urban landscape of the cultural of Islamic Art, Corniche, Katara, touch people from Qatar, Brazil General and CEO, (centre) and Angela Gittens, Director-General, Airports dition, food and culture. capital Rio de Janeiro. the Grand Mosque and Khor Al and beyond.” Council International, signing confirmation of QA and Hamad International The Qataris explored Brazil “There are many differences Udaid. The expo runs until June 30. Airport’s participation in Smart Security and Fast Travel pilot programmes. visiting the state of Minas Gerais between our two nations, yet “I learned more about THE PENINSULA Four more tunnel boring machines arrive for Doha Metro project DOHA: Qatar Railways already on site to be assembled) seven underground stations, Company (Qatar Rail) has are proposed to bore required between the proposed Msheireb received four more tunnel bor- tunnels for the Red Line North Underground Station and Doha ing machines (TBMs) for phase project. Golf Course via Doha West Bay. one of the Doha Metro project. Lehwaila and Al Wakra will be Tunnels will be built at an average The TBMs Al Mayeda, Al launched for the Red Line South depth of about 20 meters below Khor, Lehwaila and Al Wakra Underground project. The design ground. were manufactured by Germany’s and build for the project will be Red Line South Underground Herrenknecht and will be used for undertaken by a joint venture led extends from Msheireb in the the Red Line North and South by the French-Qatari company north to Hamad International Underground projects. QDVC Five TBMs (Lehwaila, Al Airport in the south. Work TBMs are ideal for Doha; they Wakra, Mushaireb, Doha and Al includes seven underground sta- interfere very little to the vibrant Zubara) will be utilised for the tions and design and construction and active city life. Needing only tunnelling on the Red Line South of about 14km twin-bored tunnel one point of entry, they can tunnel Underground project. to be built at an average depth below the city streets, practically Each TBM will travel between of about 25 meters below ground. unknown to the population above. 7km and 9km and take about two Qatar Rail is awaiting the delivery They are also ideal for longer years to complete their journeys. of another 16 TBMs in the com- lengths of uninterrupted tunnel- The TBM average speed will be ing months, to be utilised between ling, as is required for the Doha between 12m/day and 21m/day, the Red Line North, Red Line Metro project, Qatar Rail said depending on ground conditions. South, Green Line and Gold Line yesterday in a press statement. Daily excavation quantity will Underground projects. Al Mayeda and Al Khor will be over 600 cubic metres, with an The Green Line, a joint venture be used for the Red Line North estimated predicted total exca- led by Austria’s PORR Bau, will Underground. The design and vation quantity of over 5,000,000 receive six TBMs, while the Gold build for the project will be under- cubic metres. Line – recently awarded a design taken by a joint venture led by Work for Red Line North and build contract to a joint ven- Italy’s Salini Impregilo. Underground comprises design ture led by Greece’s Aktor SA – Four TBMs (Lebretha, Al and construction of about 13.4km will also receive six TBMs. Mayeda, Al Khor and Al Bidda) twin-bored tunnel, including THE PENINSULA

Family Food Centre holds final GMC draw

Family Food Centre held the final draw of GMC Promotion at its Al Naser Branch yesterday. Gangadas (Coupon No. 0351814) won a GMC Sierra Pickup Truck and Shameer Saithu Muhammed (Coupon No. 0114578) QR10,000. FFC General Manager, Jamal Hyder, and PRO, Mohammed Abdullah, were present at the draw, supervised by Jubran Saeed Al Shahwani from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce. SALIM MATRAMKOT THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Tenders, biddings Police Training Institute honours panel to be set up research contest participants at Foreign Ministry Next contest: ‘Role of social establishments in the prevention of rumours’ DOHA: The Cabinet has Group Company, Arrayan DOHA: Under the auspices of of Law, Qatar University, and Dr approved its draft decision Hospitality Company, Aventicum the Prime Minister and Interior Asma Al Mohannadi, Supreme forming the tenders and bid- Capital Management Qatar, and Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah Council of Education. ding committee at the Foreign Al Rayan Financial Brokerage bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Qatari winners included Dr Ministry. and Al Rayan investment com- Thani, Police Training Institute Ibrahim Muhammad Abdullah The Prime Minister and panies affiliated to Masraf Al held a ceremony to honour win- Al Kaabi (QU), Researcher Interior Minister H E Sheikh Rayan ners and participants of the Khalid Saud Al Dousri (Qatar Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa The Cabinet also approved third annual research compe- Foundation), Dr Ayman Ahmad Al Thani chaired meeting at the increase in annual financial sup- tition 2013 conducted by the Hafiz and Researcher Rafid Emiri Diwan yesterday. port to Qatar Cancer Society, Ministry of Interior under the Saeed Abdul Razzaq (Ahmad Following the session, the hosting of the Ninth Arab theme ‘Abnormal behaviours of Bin Muhammad Military College) Deputy Prime Minister and Conference on World Trade students and the role of security who won first place while Dr Ali Minister of State for Cabinet Organisation in Doha in October, system in treating them’. Mohna Al Zabit Al Dousari and Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah and draft memoranda of under- The ceremony at Civil Defence Researcher Maryam Ahmad Al Mahmoud said as per the standing between Qatar Tourism Officers’ Club was attended by Al Zabit Al Dousri second and decision, a committee for tenders Authority and Qatar Airways Legal Adviser to the Interior Researcher Ashwaq Saleh Ali and biddings will be set up at the and Qatar and Kenya. Minister, Maj. Gen. Dr Abdullah Saleh Al Jormouzi (Strategic ministry to undertake functions The session then reviewed Yusuf Al Mal, Director- Planning Department) and of the central and local tenders a proposal of the Ministry of General of Police College, Brig. Researcher Nawal Khalid committee as stipulated in the Transport extending the exemp- Dr Muhammad Abdullah Al Ewad Omar (Communications related tenders and biddings law tion of Qatar Ports Management Mohanna, Commander of Department) third place. One of the participants honoured at the event. of the ministry. company of franchise fees set by Ahmad bin Muhammad Military Resident winners included The meeting also endorsed Article 3 of the decree law No. Academy, Staff Brig. Hamad Researcher Khalid Muhammad School) third place. who participated in making the the application of the provisions 17 of 2009 and a letter from the Ahmad Al Noaimi, and directors Abdul Haleem (Public Relations The youngest participant, largest flag which entered in the of law No 24 of 2002 concern- Minister of Justice concerning of various departments. Department, Ministry of Interior) Nasser Sultan Al Kowari (Ali bin Guinness World Records was also ing retirement and pensions the legal adaptation of a draft Maj. Gen. Dr. Al Mal honoured who won first place while Dr Muhammad Al Thani Secondary honoured. of Qatari employees of Qatar memoranda of understanding the jury team, including Maj. Muhammad Mahmud Al Sayed School) was also honoured and The topic for the next research Jet Fuel Company, Woqod between Qatar Financial Markets Nasser Musfir Al Qahtani, Public Mursi (Police Training Institute) schools, Family Counselling competition is ‘The role of social Vehicles Inspection, CH2M Hill Authority and its counterparts in Guards Department, Capt. Buna second and Researcher Mahmud Centre and other participants establishments in the prevention International PV, Investors’ other countries. QNA Ali Al Khulaifi, Juvenile Police, Dr Abdul Jawad Muhammad were presented with certificates. of rumours’. Basheer Saad Zeghlul, Professor (Abdullah Al Mosnad Independent Lt. Nasser Mubarak Al Maliki, THE PENINSULA

New diversion Affordable housing units on Mesaimeer needed in GCC: Reports Road from DOHA: As a result of rapid meet the shortage. This part- Saturday urbanisation, coupled with nership between the public and DOHA: The Public Works influx of foreign workers, in private sectors is vital more than Authority — Ashghal — has some GCC countries, including ever amid continuous migration announced a new diversion Qatar, there is a big gap between of people from rural to urban on Mesaimeer Road from Al demand and supply for afford- areas as well as rapid increase in Jazeera Academy to the whole- able housing units for low- and the population. They will need a sale market street interchange middle-income households. decent place of their own to live. starting from Saturday. Private developers can play a The government and the private The diversion will last until the crucial role in bridging the gap, sector have the responsibility to end of this year. The existing two the Riyadh-based real estate firm meet this demand.” lanes from Al Jazeera Academy to Best Choice said in a statement, During the panel discussion, he the interchange will be closed, and citing industry reports. discussed the GCC states’ efforts a new U-turn will be introduced Referring to estimates from the to meet the demand in partner- 320m ahead of the interchange. United Nations, the statement ship with the private sector. Commuters from the whole- said the number of people living Initiatives included massive sale market street and heading in cities is growing by an average Samer Choucair, Deputy CEO and social housing projects, housing to Mesaimeer Road can turn to of 2.1 percent every year, while Head of Investment, Best Choice, subsidy programmes, and acces- right at Waab Umm Heesh Street the region’s population is continu- addressing the Cityscape Qatar sible loan mechanisms. and then left at Al Erbayyat ously booming and is expected to 2014: Highlighting Qatar’s initiatives, Street to reach Mesaimeer Road. reach 52.9 million by 2020. he said the state, for instance, has Those coming from Mesaimeer Faced with the enormous chal- developed certain areas such as Road and heading to the whole- lenge of providing decent living Private developers Abu Hamour and Bu Sidra for its sale market street can turn right to the target income groups, the housing projects. at Bu Hamoor Street and then GCC states have implemented must take a In 2012, the government built left at Wadi Al Ghadeeriyat massive social housing projects, proactive stance to around 18,000 residential units. Street to reach the wholesale housing subsidy programmes, Additional 10,000 units were built market street. and accessible loan mechanisms help states meet the in 2013. The UAE, Saudi Arabia, The diversion is to facilitate to meet the high demand. and Oman have executed simi- construction of Al Jazeera flyover. The real estate investment and shortage. lar projects to solve the housing THE PENINSULA development firm has forecast deficit. that the region is set to experi- it comes to financing, with the Choucair looked into the two ence an influx of affordable hous- mortgage penetration in Saudi approaches being made by other ing solutions to address the gap. Arabia and Kuwait ranging countries to solve their housing Samer Choucair, Deputy CEO only from two percent to 17, deficit. and Head of Investment, Best respectively. Singapore, the Netherlands, Dusty, windy weather may continue Choice, told the recently con- “Private developers have a Sweden and Denmark opt to pro- cluded Cityscape Qatar 2014: major role to play in addressing vide decent and affordable hous- DOHA: The dusty and windy westerly (blowing from cooler tomorrow,” a forecaster said. “There is a great demand for the shortage of affordable hous- ing to the entire population, while weather is likely to continue regions in the north). Visibility would likely to be affordable housing solutions, ing stocks. We need to come up others such as Canada, Malaysia until today, the weather bureau Wind speed today could go low and can come down to two to and much is still need to be done with creative solutions to address and the US focus on the lower– said, hinting that it might be a up to 32 knots at places at time seven kilometres or less at places. to address the shortage in the the deficit in the GCC and other income group. relatively cooler day with day and may gradually come down to Minimum mercury levels region. regions. Most of these countries provide temperatures coming down to six knots. “We will have a nor- tonight would likely to be between “The GCC region remains “Private developers must take housing subsidies as the GCC do. 36 to 39 degrees Celsius and mal weather from tomorrow but 28 and 30 degrees. largely under-penetrated when a proactive stance to help states THE PENINSULA wind direction being north- in the seas wind could continue THE PENINSULA

Travelex opens two new stores at Hamad International Airport DOHA: Passengers arriving Union remittance service, and year ago. By the end of the year, at and departing from Hamad prepaid travel money cards. it will boast seven stores in Qatar, International Airport (HIA) Trained staff will be on hand 24/7 more than doubling operations. will benefit from the expertise to provide advice and information. The company has almost 55 stores of the world’s leading currency Errol Fonseca, Head of Retail, in the Middle East. specialist, Travelex, which has Middle East, India, Africa and Fonseca said: “Qatar and the opened two stores in the new Turkey, said: “We are excited to Middle East as a region is one of terminal and plans three more be part of HIA and delighted to the most rapidly growing for our this year. be the only foreign exchange pro- business as these markets have Located in departures and vider at the airport. seen some phenomenal passenger arrivals, the stores combine the “We have built some of the best numbers over the past few years. latest in retail design and tech- stores in the region at HIA, to “The HIA is only going to nology to provide customers with provide a more interactive cus- increase Qatar’s profile as a tour- simple and fast access to more tomer experience, utilising new ist destination and business and than 80 currencies, including pop- technology to enhance customer global transport hub. ular travel destinations such as offerings and meet individual “We are very excited about the GCC countries, Europe, and Asia. needs of our customers.” future here and look forward to Customers will also be able to The opening of the stores sees continuing our partnership with access a wide range of products a rapid expansion of Travelex HIA in helping provide passen- and services such as Travelex’s retail business since the com- gers with their travel money.” One of the two stores at Hamad International Airport. Buy Back Guarantee, a Western pany first opened in the airport a THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Josoor Institute holds course in venue, stadium management

DOHA: Josoor Institute, share my experience of building a the opening session: “Our goal at a centre of excellence for world-class sports stadium with the committee is to help build sports and events industries, delegates from Qatar, the Middle sustainable sports industry in has concluded a course ‘An East and North Africa. They were Qatar and the region. This will Introduction to Venue and keen to hear and learn from expe- help with a successful delivery Stadium Management’ at riences in Brazil. Qatar has begun of the 2022 FIFA World Cup but Aspire Academy. its journey towards hosting a suc- significantly Josoor Institute will The two-day course featured cessful 2022 FIFA World Cup and benefit from events that will take world-class speakers, includ- many other events that will hap- place before and long after 2022. ing Luis Silva, COO, Maracana pen before it such as the Qatar Delegates that benefit from this Stadium, the venue of the Brazil 2015 24th Men’s Handball World course and Josoor Institute activi- 2014 FIFA World Cup final, and Championship,” said Silva. ties will be at the heart of this Rod Nenner, Vice-President, The course hosted local and new sustainable economy.” Washington’s Redskins. international experts who pro- Delegates included repre- Topics such as the state of vided insights into strategies and sentatives from local, regional play, stadiums and venues in the operations of stadiums and events. and international organisations, Middle East, guiding principles of The speakers brought over 125 including the committee, Qatar The expo is the result of a competition ‘Black and White’ held by Mathaf Education Department in the fall of 2013. facility management and environ- years of experience and included Stars League, Qatar Football mental sustainability options for Feras Btaddini, Head, Aspire Association, Qatar Foundation, modern stadiums were discussed Dome, Malcolm Tarbitt, Director, Aspire Logistics, Qatar Handball on the first day. Security and Risk Advisory, ICSS, Association, Lekhwiya Club, Silva delivered a keynote yes- Rainer Schuler, General Manager, Qatar Sporting Club, Al Saad Mathaf displays winning terday, highlighting lessons from FGB Arena, Andy Young, Senior Club, Umm Salal FC, Al Arabi Rio on preparing a venue for a Consultant, Wembley Consulting, Sports Club, Al Rayyan Club, mega event, a session on creat- and Iain Barnett, Vice-President, Khalifa Stadium, West End Park ing stakeholder experience and Stadium Division, IMG. Cricket and regional football asso- another on creating an under- Mushtaq Al Waeli, Adviser ciations of Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, artworks by students standing of the commercial aspect to the Secretary-General of the Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the of venue management. Supreme Committee for Delivery UAE and Yemen. DOHA: Winning artworks by designs made by VCU-Qatar the museum, and Mathaf’s exhi- “I am delighted to be invited to & Legacy on Josoor Institute, told THE PENINSULA students from schools across students. bitions are complemented with the country are featured at the The artworks were selected by a publications, lectures, meetings second Mathaf Student Art panel which evaluated the entries and an education programme. “We Exhibition at Mathaf: Arab based on concept originality, inven- are proud that Mathaf fosters the Museum of Modern Art. tive use of material and media, cre- original aim of its current building, They were the result of a com- ative expression, understanding of initially built as a school, and the petition under the theme ‘Black the ‘black and white’ theme and way we contribute to art education and White’ by Mathaf Education artist statement. in Qatar. Department for students from KG Art and education are priori- “The museum’s role will be fully to high school in the fall of 2013. ties of Qatar Museums (QM). “As accomplished when activities we The contest received over 300 Doha’s first museum for modern propose are incorporated in the entries from 39 schools, including and contemporary art, Mathaf everyday life of our audience. Art installations, videos, paintings, plays a special role in the creative makes sense when it is in the sculptures and photographs. life of Qatar,” said H E Sheikha Al world and of the world,” he said. Nearly 500 people attended the Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, Maral Bedoyan, Head of opening of the exhibition, which Chairperson, Qatar Museums. Education, Mathaf, said, “The featured performances by the “But Mathaf is much more exhibition is realised through Doha Children’s Choir, and stu- than a museum. It is a platform students who responded to the dent musicians Shahir Al Dhari where contemporary artistic pro- question ‘What can you learn by and Riham Al Nasr. duction and debate takes place, a looking, thinking and working Visitors also participated in a showcase for new movements in through black and white?’ Their collective art work in the Black & the art world and creative com- responses exceeded our expecta- White Studio, with images, ideas munities where emerging talent tions with the depth of their think- and words inspired by the expo, can experiment, create and share ing, creativity, and willingness to led by guest artist Sonia Brewin projects with one another.” experiment, which emphasises the with the help of winning students. Abdellah Karroum, Mathaf’s importance of art education and One of the sessions in progress. Others enjoyed printing images on Director, regularly invites visitors the aim of Mathaf’s education pro- their T-shirts in black and white and art practitioners to co-think gramme.” THE PENINSULA Qatar Shell, QSPE hold course on well construction at TAMUQ DOHA: Qatar Shell of the management of drilling oper- the oil and gas industry for the ben- and Qatar Society of ations, including the engineering efit of Qatar,” said Sheikh Faisal Al Petroleum Engineers and installation of completions. He Thani, Chairman, Qatar Society of (QSPE) recently con- highlighted key risks associated Petroleum Engineers Board. ducted a two-part educa- with process safety and manage- Qatar Shell supports universities tion course, ‘Introduction ment of hydrocarbons during wells and other education institutes by to Well Construction’, at operations. sharing skills and expertise, linking Texas A&M University at “SPE has organised this continu- its scientists with professionals in Qatar (TAMUQ). ing education event to bring together the field to increase the transfer of Attended by over 30 engineers and geoscientists to further knowledge pertaining to technology professionals, the course their understanding and knowledge, relevant to the energy sector. explored the role of wells which underpins safe operations in THE PENINSULA engineers, types of rigs and wells, their components, and aspects of drilling and well completion operations. It also included an introduction to the basics of geology, reservoir fluid Participants attending the course. and rock properties, drill- ing techniques, completion engineering and produc- tion technology. Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar visits Lulu Blake Stephenson, General Manager, Wells Operations, Qatar Shell, delivered the programme to participants from the energy sector, including engineers, technical man- agers, geologists, geophysi- cists and chemists. On Qatar Shell Research and Technology Centre’s collaboration with SPE, Maha Al Mannai, University Collaboration Manager, said: “It is with great pride that Qatar Shell continues to support the growth of profession- als in the energy industry through collaborations with top-class academic institutions such as SPE and TAMUQ, facilitat- ing the transfer of indus- try best practice through such events is integral to the centre. “Our support for edu- cational initiatives such as this upholds our com- mitment to promote best industry practices among our stakeholders in the oil and gas industry in Qatar Lulu Hypermarket Regional Director, Shaijan M O, Regional Manager, M H Z Abideen, the D-Ring Branch and around the world,” she General Manager and other officials cutting a cake with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar during his visit to added. the branch yesterday. ABDUL BASIT Stephenson also pro- vided a technical overview THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ARACK Obama’s decision to appoint the US’s first ambassador to Somalia since the Black Hawk Down incident more than 20 years ago shows that Bbetter times are ahead for the war-torn nation. Somalia has been fighting two battles all these years. First A tale of two polls and most serious, the internal battle with terrorists, with the government in Mogadishu spending all its energies on defeating Al Shabab which could never be defeated in a true BY IAN BLACK pay lip service to worries about human sense, and second, the international isolation, with several rights and accountability. The United governments shunning this Horn of Africa nation, being O one was holding their Nations, to its credit, sounded much too unsafe and unstable to do business with. The restart of breath for the results of cooler. Syria’s presidential election, Sisi’s Saudi and other Gulf allies - Bleak jokes and relations with the United States provides an opportunity to Nwhich was always certain untroubled by voters or lobbyists who cartoons have been Somalia to focus on gaining more international acceptance to confirm that Bashar Al Assad has might question their foreign policy - and getting their help in the fight against terrorism and in been given a third seven-year term by promised yet more cash support to circulating for weeks in rebuilding its shattered economy. a grateful, or frightened, people. bolster the creaking Egyptian economy. Wendy Sherman, the American under-secretary of state for Bleak jokes and cartoons have been The same countries that signalled the anti-Assad camp circulating for weeks in the anti-Assad business as usual with Egypt dismissed political affairs, said Somalia had become ‘a synonym for chaos’ camp on the theme of barrel bombs Syria’s election as a farce or parody on the theme of barrel but there were hopeful signs of improvement in security and serving as ballot boxes. In 2007, when intended to bolster Assad’s position the economy. That’s a correct assessment of the situation on he faced a referendum with no rivals, at home and abroad and to ensure bombs serving as the ground. The US decision will further boost the confidence he won with a whopping 97.6 percent of that any peace - a distant prospect of Somali government and deal a blow to extremists. “As a the vote. With two approved challeng- - is on his terms. Conversely, it was ballot boxes. reflection both of our deepening relationship with the country ers giving this bizarre contest a veneer hailed by allies such as Russia, Iran of competition, this time he achieved and Venezuela, and given a clean bill and of our faith that better times are ahead, the president 88.7 percent. of health by the observers they sent. the turnout does not guarantee him will propose the first US ambassador to Somalia in more than Still, it was never going to be easy “Egypt’s presidential elections were the solid support he wanted as he is two decades,” she told the US Institute of Peace thinktank in for Assad to surpass the 96.1 percent surreal enough,” tweeted the blogger forced to tackle poverty and unemploy- Washington. officially attained by Abdel Fatah Al Mona Eltahawy. “No words can even ment and attract foreign investment. The US The US was forced to leave Sisi, the latest general to become presi- begin to describe Syria’s.” Hosni Mubarak repressed the Somalia in an ignominious state. dent of Egypt on a The coincidence of the two sets of Muslim Brotherhood but the new reported turnout results being announced within 24 strongman is out not just to exclude decision to In 1993, the Battle of Mogadishu of 47.5 percent hours or so of each other underlines but to eradicate them - hardly a basis appoint an was the deadliest firefight involving that, if true, com- the grim state of affairs in the wider for long-term stability. US forces since Vietnam. Somali Mursi may pares favourably Middle East. With the exception of Assad’s future is less clear. Behind ambassador fighters shot down two US with the 52 per- Tunisia, scene of the first Arab spring his inevitable victory lies the stark helicopters, killing 18 Americans have been an cent who voted uprising, no government enjoys demo- truth that votes were cast only in the when the Muslim cratic legitimacy or pluralist politics as 40 percent or so of the country he con- in the war- and injured 73. The 15-hour battle unpopular failure, Brotherhood’s understood in the west. trols - which excludes large areas of ravaged nation ultimately resulted in a withdrawal Mohamed Mursi Libyan politics is in permanent the north and east. of US troops from the country, as his enemies narrowly beat the chaos and the government has been The Saudis and other Gulf states will strengthen which descended into two decades say, but it bears ancien regime unable to impose its authority or rein still support rebel fighting formations - of anarchy and extremism. candidate in 2012. in independent militias. Conflict is sim- as much because of inertia and hostility the hands of Last year, Britain became the repeating that Mursi may have mering between Islamists of varying to Iran as anything else - but western been an unpopu- hues and a nationalist general in the backing is on a downward trajectory the government first EU state to reopen its embassy he was still the lar failure, as his Sisi mode. as concerns mount about the risks in Somalia, with staff living inside enemies say, but The Gulf autocracies have been of blowback from Al Qaeda-linked in Mogadishu. the capital’s fortified airport country’s only it bears repeat- spending their way out of unrest while groups. Counter-terrorism, not Syrian compound. Now that the US too democratically ing that he was suppressing Islamists and others who regime change or Syrian freedoms, is is sending an ambassador, other still the coun- might challenge them. Performance at the top of the agenda in Washington, countries which don’t have envoys in Mogadishu need to follow elected president try’s only demo- has been a little better in Morocco Paris and London these days. cratically elected and Jordan, which at least have par- “The US is reverting to the pre- suit. Somalia has made considerable progress in its struggle when he was president when he liaments. Algeria, scarred by its civil Arab spring status quo,” Shadi Hamid, for peace and stability, and this progress should not be ignored. was overthrown a war in the 1990s, has just re-elected a author of an acclaimed new book on Restoring normal relations is one way to help strengthen the overthrown a year year ago. president-for-life - and is casting itself Islamist movements, told a Chatham hands of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. In fact, western ago. Voting hours as a bulwark against Islamic extrem- House audience on Wednesday. “And diplomats began increasing ties with Mogadishu after Sheikh were extended in ism. Politics in Iraq and Lebanon are democracy is being relegated to second- both Damascus determined by sectarian allegiance. rate status.” The question is whether, Mohamud was elected president in September 2012. and Cairo. But internationally, the Yemen has undergone a “managed by the time Assad’s new presidential The challenges ahead are huge for the Somali government. contrast between the elections could transition” but it is a deeply trou- term ends, it will be back to business Al Shabab is still able to mount complex attacks and has hardly be greater. The US, Britain bled one. The lesson is the familiar as usual in Syria too. frequently targeted the UN-backed parliament. Two weeks and France all rushed to congratu- one that elections alone do not make (Ian Black is the Guardian’s ago, they attacked the country’s parliament in Mogadishu, late Sisi when the results were pub- democracies. Middle East editor) leaving at least 10 people dead. But it’s a weakened outfit, lished on Tuesday - though they did Sisi faces enormous challenges and THE GUARDIAN having been pushed out of major cities in 2011 and 2012. The other side Quote of A disappointing budget the day LMOST exactly a year from directions. For what Mr Dar revealed society. On all three counts, the govern- before the reversals on tax measures now and a day before next in his speech was a run-of-the-mill, ment has offered little of substance. To that routinely happen under heavy pres- year’s federal budget speech, business-as-usual, few-new-ideas begin with, a deficit of Rs1.4tr has been sure from special interests — as hap- Lebanon’s security AFinance Minister Ishaq Dar budget that will stabilise the Pakistani targeted by the government — a large pened with SROs last year. Meanwhile, will present the Economic Survey of economy in the short run, but that may sum in absolute and even real terms, on the expenditure side, with no real for years has been of Pakistan 2014-15. The survey will be also set up the same semi-boom, semi- but still an improvement in percentage attempt to restructure how and where a report card of sorts on the promises bust cycle the country has suffered over terms on previous years. But it is plain the federal government spends the paramount concern Mr Dar made on Tuesday in his budget the decades. to anyone with even a modicum of money at its disposal, the inevitable to the United States, speech in the National Assembly. Assessing the quality of a budget is knowledge about how the state func- will happen to keep the budget deficit Already, it is relatively easy to guess necessarily linked to how effectively it tions and is structured that neither the in check: development outlays will be and that is why I what the report card in the form of the addresses the particular challenges the expenditure nor the revenue projections held up. It is an age-old formula. Yet, have to say that the economic survey will look like a year economy is facing in any given period, will hold up. Tax revenue projections if little can be expected on the ways in from now. In all likelihood, it will be a but there are at least three basic ele- almost as a rule never materialise and which the government struggles to bal- current political replica of this year’s Economic Survey: ments that need to be looked at always: the slippages will begin almost immedi- ance its books, what about economic stalemate here in virtually all targets will be missed, the revenue and expenditure sides; a ately — particularly since Mr Dar seems growth, the cornerstone of the PML-N’s though headline growth and deficit growth strategy; and a vision for equi- uninterested in pursuing reforms of the electoral appeal? Lebanon is deeply John Kerry figures will be creeping in the right table growth that touches all sections of tax-collection machinery. And that is DAWN troubling. US Secretary of State THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 QATAR PERSPECTIVE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Media criticism in public interest

does not aim to undermine people You did not say in your state- MOHAMED ALI AL KUBAISI or humiliate them. On the con- ment that the real reason behind trary, it is only done with respect the problem was the fact that the to the law and the people.” tunnel’s pipes were full of water The Minister has the right to ask the media Responsibility for the damage from earlier rains and that these that occurred that day is defined pipes should have been emptied to be accurate in discussing issues related by article 209 of law No. 22/2004. so that the tunnels would not be The minister has the right to flooded. The sorry thing was that to roads and infrastructure. At the same ask the media to be accurate in the pipes were not emptied, caus- discussing issues related to roads ing the flooding. time, we call on the Minister not to consider and infrastructure. At the same We totally agree with the com- time, we call on the minister not to mittee in its demand that those articles written in newspapers to be an consider articles written in news- responsible for this problem must papers to be an underestimation of be brought to account. underestimation of the work of his ministry. the work of his ministry. Nobody Before I come to the end of this can deny that the ministry does article, I say to every government vital work. It has many achieve- official, including the esteemed et me first thank the we harbour for you, we have to ments to its name and nobody can minister: We respect you and we Minister of Municipality abide by Prophet Muhammad’s deny these achievements. all fear for each other, not fear and Urban Planning, (PBUH) instruction that good The minister, however, has each other. I plead with Almighty LH E Sheikh Muslims should advise each other. to view articles written in this God that we remain like this for- Abdurrahman bin Khalifa bin The Prophet also instructed us regard as work done by honest ever. I also plead with God to pro- Abdulaziz Al Thani, for his state- to advise everybody. Ali bin people who believe in this coun- tect this country and its rulers. ment published in Al Sharq news- Taleb (one of the companions of try and who want to serve the Now, I would like to dedicate paper on May 14, 2104. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)) public interests by ensuring the the last part of this article to In this statement, the minis- said your real ‘friend is the one best results. the sponsorship law, which is ter said his ministry deals with who tells the truth, not the one Al Sharq newspaper has taught called the “Law on the Entry and all issues transparently, whether who believes you’. us never to fabricate news or seek Residence of Expatriates in the it is discussion of any issue or As members of society, we need to please officials, regardless of State of Qatar”. outlining reasons behind any to be a part of the solution, not who they are. The newspaper has The law will abolish the cur- problems. He also said that his the problem. We need to coop- taught us to view matters fairly rent sponsorship system. It will ministry paid attention to issues erate to solve problems and also and in the light of available infor- introduce work contracts that discussed in the local media and advise each other. mation. This is why the focus is will replace the sponsorship social media. He, however, called For your information, I have always on the actions and words system. The law will also abol- on the media to be fair in discuss- repeatedly called on the govern- of every official in the executive. ish the current requirement for ing issues related to roads and ment to be decisive in bringing Sometimes, we use phrases that sponsored workers to take per- infrastructure. its officials to account when they can be described as harsh. These mission from their sponsors and The Minister of Municipality commit big mistakes. I even wrote phrases, however, never aim at employers when they want to and Urban Planning said he would the following in one of my articles: taking revenge on any govern- leave the country. This require- never shirk his responsibilities, “Due to the fact that the state of ment official. They are used only ment will be replaced by a new regardless of the nature of the Qatar is a state of institutions to draw their attention to specific mechanism that will be controlled A motorist stuck in one of the tunnels on Salwa Road following heavy rains responsibilities. What the minis- and one that cherishes the rule issues. Experience tells me that by the Ministry of Interior, which in late March. ter said was related to what I and of law, this law has to be applied nice words never prompt offi- means that the state will be the others had written on the flooding to everybody. cials to engage with issues under sponsor of all expatriates. these articles when the current workers. After all, these employ- of a tunnel on Salwa Road. This is one reason why anybody discussion. I cannot write about this law sponsorship law was in place. The ers make a huge effort to select To the minister, I would like who commits a mistake must be Thanks are due to God that now because I need to read it question now is what will the sit- these workers. They also spend to say: People like me feel proud brought to account, regardless of my article made you state the carefully first. Still, I have writ- uation be like when the current time and money training these of you and also love you because whether we are talking about sen- real reason behind the problem, ten several articles in the past system is replaced by another? workers. The new law, however, you are a kind and dear brother. ior government officials or junior even though you did not mention about our society suffering at the The new system will not give means that somebody else will Despite all the love and esteem ones. Accountability in this regard this reason in your statement. hands of foreign workers. I wrote employers any control over their reap the fruits of all this work.

JASSIM SAFAR Austerity and the reality National security and foreign labour he government official sitting in his office looked at those have written several times these people were born in Qatar. I around him and said: “This is an order: I want my page about national security and DR MOHAMED SALEH AL MUSAFAR also think that these people do not Tto be clean as far as onlookers, inspectors and officials are Iforeign labour. I would like have any other homeland. They concerned”. to remind policymakers in our were brought up here, received This was greeted with warm applause by those in attendance. country again that our national Qataris to work in this field I think country. All these details and more their education and have lived The official looked around. Some of the people attending the meet- security is in danger and that we, we can find some Qataris who are were mentioned in the article. here with their families, and this ing may have thought of the importance of cooperation with the as citizens, have a national obli- ready to do this job. This worker, however, was not is why they have a feeling of affili- official for public good. There was endless silence. The discussion gation to safeguard the various What made me write on this alone. Two other people working ation with this country. itself had opened the door to boredom. dimensions of this security. Each topic again is an article I read in as technicians for government These workers and their fami- Mobile phones were barred in this meeting. of us should do this in his/her own the Qatari newspaper Al Arab on institutions also worked with lies should be given permanent “Pay attention, the decisive moment is coming to my mind. I place. May 27. The newspaper wrote him. These two workers offered residence in Qatar. Most of these have a strong desire for developing and upgrading everything,” I may presume that wired and about the postponement of the the first worker the information people do not do a specific job. Why the government official said. wireless communications are the trial of foreigners accused of spy- he needed. do we not benefit from these peo- A talkative official attending the meeting ventured to ask the nerve centre of any security sys- ing on Qatar. These foreigners are What I want to say is that in ple? If they commit a mistake, we government official whether he was talking about the condition tem, besides the role of armed from an East Asian country and such cases information that is can punish them as we do Qatari of streets. forces and the education system, one of them used to work for the concealed is far more dangerous nationals who do not protect the Roads that “we do not know where they start or end”, the which plays a central role in this intelligence service in his coun- than what is revealed. The three security of their country. eloquent official said. “Do we mean we need to redesign these regard. The whole thing depends try before coming to Qatar. The defendants had managed to leak By doing this, we can achieve streets?” not only on good teaching staff but defendant in the trial used to work documents to a foreign intelligence two goals: first, we can reduce “Do you mean our hospitals, outside which citizens stand also on the school curricula. as a budget and contract supervi- agency. dangers emanating from the large- in long lines until their turn When it comes to the wired and sor in a major company in Qatar. This brings me to the perils scale presence of foreign labour. comes, in the absence of enough wireless communications sector, The newspaper reported that entailed in the presence of foreign Second, we will benefit from labour beds and space? Another man we hardly find Qatari nationals, investigations had shown that labour in the communications sec- available in our country, given the “What kind of development with most of them expatriate the Asian worker had leaked tor in our country. These people fact that these people know our you are talking about? Tell me attending the workers, very few of whom are important information about the can eavesdrop on the calls of sen- traditions and will surely cherish exactly,” another eloquent offi- Arabs. Qataris can only be found Qatari company he worked with, ior government officials and vari- what they gain here. This will ulti- cial asked. meeting had in higher administrative positions. its future projects, local and inter- ous state agencies. They can also mately help us reduce our depend- Another man attending the But I am sorry to say that these national investments as well as spy on computers, bank accounts ence on foreign labour. meeting had nothing but praise nothing but people have nothing to do with information about senior officials and the Central Bank of Qatar, In conclusion, I want to say that for the streets of this coun- what happens on the ground or and the minutes of some meetings. and herein lies the danger. the whole region is experiencing try. He said the streets were praise for the in the field. Their role is limited He leaked all this informa- Now, how can we get out of this exceptional conditions regarding straight and well-decorated. to reviewing reports related to tion to a foreign agency, which closed circle? Qatari labour is not security. This is why we should “You are either not convinced streets of this delivery of service to subscribers. harmed the company and caused it available, and if we find it, skills turn to our Arab brothers living or aware of the millions of riy- What is also noticeable is that huge losses which ultimately also and knowledge will most likely be here with us and integrate them als spent on construction of Arab workers are making them- harmed Qatar’s economy and its unavailable. Some nationals also into our society so that they can demolished roundabouts in the country. He said selves scarce in this field, even as international standing. refuse to do such jobs. use their knowledge and skills to sun and during rush hours,” the they are present in abundance out- The worker also managed to The solution to this problem, I help this country in a way that man said. the streets were side it. True, it is not easy to find leak information about Qatar think, is that some honest Arabs brings about the desired security “These people call the chaos Qatari labour specialising in com- Emiri Air Force to an intelli- have been living with us with their and stability for our country and they create a summer upgrade straight and munications. But if we encourage gence officer from the East Asian families for tens of years. Most of a life of dignity for their families. and development,” the man said. The government official, well-decorated. however, was quick to ask those present to think more and search for things that were more important and exciting. He said this was important for them to find things to write about in their report. Ending political detentions in the Arab world “Spend the money you have in your pockets. God will send you more money”, the government official said, quoting a famous olitical detentions in the He said he had collected this Arab proverb. Arab world are connected KHALID AL JABER information from human rights “The real loss is the loss of life,” the government official said, Pwith freedom of speech in activists in the Gulf as well as from quoting another famous Arab saying. “Don’t ask me to rationalise most cases. Although freedom of international organisations. my spending. I have done this enough already,” the man added. speech and belief are guaranteed freedom and other human rights. The chairman of the Gulf In its last report, Amnesty For one of the hypocrites, austerity was synonymous with real- by international human rights Prisoners of conscience are Forum for Civil Societies, Anwar International accused the Gulf ity. To say the truth, everything is clear now. We are learning treaties, which have been signed treated more harshly than crimi- Al Rashid, has disclosed the pres- countries of indiscriminate deten- how to spend millions of riyals in the blink of an eye. How prices and ratified by all Arab countries, nals. The worst thing is that ence of around 40,000 prisoners tion, unjust trials and treating are inflated in front of law-enforcement officials. Projects are not detentions and violations of these Arab regimes deal with issues of of conscience and detainees in the detainees harshly. completed on schedule. Showing the realities will reveal how some rights never stop, rather they are freedom in a shameful manner. GCC countries. He says some of Some people have been in prison skilful people invent the need for the implementation of specific increasing. Because these regimes deny the these detainees and prisoners have for decades now. projects that swell their wallets at the end of the day. The irony of the Arab world prevalence of political detention been forced to stay in jail even Putting an end to political All files must be reopened from the beginning. You need to is that freedom of speech has or the existence of political detain- after serving their sentences. detention is a human and even think of how you can fight corruption and put an end to wasteful turned into a crime, not the ees, they do not recognise the term Al Rashid noted that some freed international demand. This is why government spending so that planning can reach standard levels. desire to suppress this freedom “political detention”. prisoners have been deprived of we call for releasing all prisoners Some government projects are still full of errors. The problem and strangle it. Just look at the Political detention has become their rights, including the freedom of conscience in the Arab world. is not supervision. laws and restrictions put in place an ubiquitous practice in the Arab to travel. The prisoners of con- To sum up, citizens sometimes ask why it is necessary for us to to trim this freedom along with world over the past few years. No science include doctors, teachers The views expressed in the articles on this reduce spending when we are in a good financial condition, and all other human rights in this part country is free from it, whether it and writers in addition to political page do not reflect the viewpoint of the why should the government save? of the world. All legal and illegal is going through the Arab Spring activists, politicians and members newspaper. means are used to suppress this or the Arab Autumn. of parliament. THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Suicide bomber Hamas gives kills pro-govt militia leader up two Gaza in Iraq province BAGHDAD: One of the leaders of Iraq’s pro-government Sunni tribal fighters was killed late on Tuesday by a suicide bomber in ministries western Anbar province’s capi- tal of Ramadi, one of his men said. Control transferred to unity govt Mohammed Khamis Abu Risha was touring a checkpoint manned GAZA: Islamist Hamas handed officials wishing to cross Israel to by his fighters in Ramadi when control of two government min- travel between the two separated a suicide bomber hugged him, istries in Gaza to members of Palestinian territories and called said one of his men. Four of Abu the new Palestinian unity gov- for international help to press Risha’s bodyguards were killed in ernment yesterday, a further Israel to remove the ban. the blast, the source added. sign of reconciliation between “Restrictions on movement “He used to routinely visit us the rival factions after the col- are an attempt to undermine the to give us directions and duties.... lapse of peace talks with Israel. work of the unity government. Tonight we were waiting for Palestinian President It was the first declared step by him at our checkpoint,” said the Mahmoud Abbas swore in the Israel but it is a tough one and fighter, who asked not to be iden- cabinet on Monday in a deal it will affect the mission of min- tified for security reasons. “But with Hamas that elicited a US isters so we call on the interna- we suddenly heard an explosion pledge to work with and fund tional community to compel to at the preceding checkpoint. We the new administration, setting Israel remove these unjust meas- rushed to the scene and he was Washington on a collision course ures,” Bessaiso said. killed. His body was mutilated with Israel, which has shunned it. Setting a policy in line with US beyond recognition.” Hamas, which advocates and European Union demands, Abu Risha, who was in his 30s, Israel’s destruction, has run the Western-backed Abbas said was the commander of hundreds the Gaza Strip since seizing the his new administration would of men in the desert province’s territory from Abbas’s Fatah continue to honour agreements capital, where security forces and forces in a brief civil war in 2007. and principles at the foundation Army and police officers loyal to the Shia Al Houthi group march during a demonstration in Yemen’s capital Sanaa a smaller number of pro-govern- Numerous past fence-mending of a peace process with Israel. yesterday. ment Sunni tribal fighters have efforts fell through over power- “The whole world has welcomed for months been battling tribes- sharing disputes. the new government, which men furious at Prime Minister The new government’s main includes neither Fatah nor Hamas Nouri Al Maliki and militants aim is to facilitate presidential members, and only Israel has Yemeni troops, Houthi rebels hailing from the Al Qaeda splin- and parliamentary elections to stood against (it),” Bessaiso said. ter group, the Islamic State of be held within six months, after The United Nations on Tuesday Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). which a permanent administra- also lauded the formation of the Risha was the nephew of tion is set to take over. Palestinian unity government and strike truce after 19 killed Ahmed Abu Risha, who is the In Gaza, new cabinet ministers the European Union voiced pre- formal leader of all pro-govern- Saleem Al Saqqa, a Gaza law- paredness to work with it. SANAA: A ceasefire between sectarian tone, has further unset- the day before. ment Sunni fighters in Anbar. yer, and Mufeed Al Hassayna, a Still, while no longer in gov- Shia Muslim rebels and gov- tled a country struggling to over- Hours before the ceasefire But both men’s reputation has US-educated engineer took over ernment, Hamas will maintain ernment forces went into come many problems. went into effect, Houthi fight- suffered in the five-month war. from outgoing Hamas minis- ultimate power in Gaza. The effect yesterday, the Yemeni The Defence Ministry said the ers killed five government sol- Many Anbaris accuse the two of ters respectively at the Justice unity government will tackle Defence Ministry said, after agreement, which calls for deploy- diers in clashes outside the city corruption and pursuing a per- Department and the Housing and the day-to-day problems of fresh fighting and air strikes ing neutral observers to monitor of Omran, according to Houthi sonal agenda. Public Works Ministry. Palestinians only. Decisions killed a total of 19 people from the truce, had taken effect from rebels, who also said that 40 gov- Both had supported anti-gov- The moderate Abbas, whose about diplomacy and security both sides. 1200 (0900 GMT). ernment troops surrendered to ernment protests all last year, but Palestinian Authority exercises will be taken elsewhere, and no Nearly 140 people have died It also called on both sides to the group. then turned on the demonstrators limited self rule in the Israeli- further peace negotiations are in three days of fighting near stop sending reinforcements to The Yemeni air force responded at the end of 2013. occupied West Bank and depends on the horizon. the town of Omran, where gov- Omran, withdraw from the cen- with air strikes and killed at least When security forces forcibly on foreign aid, appears to have Acting on the agreement with ernment forces and allied Sunni tral prison and open the main 15 fighters, local tribal chiefs said. cleared Ramadi’s protest camp banked on Western acceptance Hamas, Abbas called on the Muslim tribesmen have been road between Omran and the The groups’ top leader, Abdel- in late December, tribal fighters of a 16-member cabinet of what Central Elections Committee to trying to hold back the powerful capital Sanaa. Malik Al Houthi, proposed a revolted, but ISIL moved swiftly he described as politically unaf- “immediately” begin preparations rebel militia from capturing the The agreement came after the ceasefire on Tuesday night and to take advantage of the insur- filiated technocrats. for the elections. A presidential city for nearly two months. fighting which began earlier this offered to free 100 government rection by sending fighters into Ehab Bessaiso, spokesman for election was last held in 2005 and US-allied Yemen, an impover- week intensified with the Yemeni soldiers held by the group as part Ramadi and its sister city Falluja. the new administration, said a parliamentary vote in 2006. ished country of 25 million that army using the air force to deliver of an agreement with the Defence The Abu Rishas soon organ- ministers in the West Bank had Political rifts between Hamas shares a long and porous border deadly strikes on Houthi rebel Ministry that would guarantee ised a pro-government fighting already assumed their posts and and Abbas’s more secular Fatah with the world’s top oil exporter positions in Omran. the safety and security of Omran’s force, and Mohammed Khamis only two more ministries in Gaza faction worsened in 2007, when Saudi Arabia, has been in turmoil Ahmed Al Bekry, deputy gov- inhabitants. Abu Risha became his uncle’s remained for handover in the Hamas ousted Fatah from the since 2011, when mass protests ernor of Omran province, said “We are willing to cooperate in pointman. coming days. Gaza Strip, and have repeatedly forced long-ruling president Ali on Tuesday that more than 100 a manner that would serve secu- Maliki promoted the Abu Risha But he said the new cabi- scuppered any chance of holding Abdullah Saleh to step down. rebels and about 20 government rity and stability,” Abdel Malik family’s fighters as proof that net’s ability to function would elections. The fighting in northern soldiers had died in fighting and said in the statement. western Anbar’s general popula- be harmed by Israeli curbs on REUTERS Yemen, which had taken on a in air strikes on Houthi positions REUTERS tion was on his side. REUTERS

Free Mariam protest Grenade fired Turkey troops try to at PM’s office in Libya break Kurdish siege DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: through, security sources said. TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Turkish security forces fired Despite the unrest, the govern- LIBYA: Gunmen in Libya tear gas and water cannon ment and pro-Kurdish politicians shot dead a Swiss national in dawn operations yesterday said this week the peace talks working for the International against Kurdish demonstrators were advancing. Committee of the Red Cross blocking highways in southeast Ocalan himself said the proc- (ICRC), fired a grenade at the Turkey, in an effort to end pro- ess had reached a new stage. prime minister’s office and tried tests which have spread across The PKK is designated a terror- to kill a renegade general in a the region over the last 12 days. ist group by Ankara, the United series of attacks yesterday. The unrest presents a chal- States and the European Union Anarchy is spreading in the lenge for Prime Minister Recep and Ocalan remains widely North African oil-producing Tayyip Erdogan, who hopes to win reviled among Turks. country where turmoil and politi- Kurdish support for his expected Erdogan, who has invested cal infighting have reigned since bid for Turkey’s presidency in an significant political capital in the 2011 uprising that ousted August election. the peace efforts, faces a hard Muammar Gaddafi. A plethora The protests also highlight the balancing act to win the backing of armed militias operate at will fragility of peace talks launched of Kurdish voters for his presi- beyond state authority. by Erdogan in 2012 with jailed dency bid without scaring away In the east outside Benghazi, Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah nationalist-minded Turks who ex-general Khalifa Haftar sur- Ocalan that aim to end a 30-year- loathe Ocalan and remain highly vived an assassination attempt. old insurgency which has killed an sceptical of the Kurds’ push for In Sirte, gunmen killed a Swiss estimated 40,000 people. more autonomy. ICRC official. And in the capital In the Lice district of He would need a simple major- Tripoli, gunmen fired a rocket A banner reads ‘Belief is no crime! Freedom for Mariam!’ during a human rights protest against the death Diyarbakir province, dozens of ity to win in the first round of the propelled grenade at the office of sentence for Sudanese Christian Mariam Yahia Ibrahim, in Berlin, Germany, yesterday. protesters hurled petrol bombs, August presidential election. His Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq. fireworks and stones in response ruling AK Party secured support “The Swiss head of a sub-dele- to the gendarmerie police inter- of around 43 percent nationwide in gation of the ICRC was shot dead vention, security sources said. municipal elections at the end of by unknown gunmen while he was The protests, in which the March, suggesting every vote will leaving a meeting in Sirte with Syria asked to clarify toxic gas disparity youth wing of Ocalan’s Kurdistan count. A ceasefire called by Ocalan another two ICRC members,” said Workers Party (PKK) has played in March 2013 has largely held, but Salah Uddin, spokesman for the UNITED NATIONS: 15-nation UN Security Council. feed that Kaag’s mission “will need a prominent role, are aimed at the PKK halted a rebel withdrawal ICRC in Libya. Inspectors overseeing the “The (UN-OPCW) team has to continue its activities beyond halting the construction of mili- to bases in northern Iraq last sum- Nobody was hurt when the destruction of Syria’s chemi- been in Damascus seeking clari- this date (June 30).” Another dip- tary outposts to tighten security mer, complaining about the slow grenade hit the kitchen on the cal weapons arsenal have asked fication on discrepancies in the lomat said Kaag had made clear and have spread to other prov- pace of negotiations. same floor as Maiteeq’s office, President Bashar Al Assad’s original declaration,” a diplomat the destruction work would not inces in recent days. They have increased their an aide said. Maiteeq was government to clarify dispari- present at the closed-door meet- be completed this month. In the province of Mus, helicop- activity in recent months with elected by parliament last ties in its original declaration on ing told Reuters on condition of Assad, embroiled in the fourth ters set down soldiers and special kidnappings and acts of sabotage. month in a chaotic vote that its cache of toxic gas, UN diplo- anonymity. year of a civil war with rebels forces teams to back up another There were no immediate indi- many lawmakers disputed. mats said yesterday. Last month, UN Secretary- fighting to oust him, agreed last early morning operation against cations that yesterday’s security Outgoing Premier Abdullah The envoys were citing remarks General Ban Ki-moon said that a year to hand over the country’s some 1,000 demonstrators who operations had brought an end Al Thinni has refused to hand by Sigrid Kaag, head of the joint June 30 deadline for the destruc- entire chemical weapons stockpile clashed with security forces there. to the protests, in which the over power, saying he wants mission to Syria of the United tion of all of Syria’s declared and ensure its total destruction by Local villagers joined the pro- demonstrators have set up road- to wait for a legal ruling on Nations and the Organisation chemical weapons would not be June 30, after hundreds of peo- test, setting up makeshift bar- blocks and have dug trenches to whether Maiteeq’s election was for the Prohibition of Chemical met. French UN Ambassador ple were killed in an August 2013 ricades and throwing stones at close country roads between the legitimate. REUTERS Weapons, who was briefing the Gerard Araud said on his Twitter sarin nerve gas attack. REUTERS armoured vehicles travelling provinces. REUTERS THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 West nudges Iran on nuclear bomb inquiry Tehran told to speed up cooperation

VIENNA: Iran faced Western fully the substance of all of the pressure yesterday to speed up agency’s concerns and to accel- its promised cooperation with a erate its cooperation with the long-stalled UN nuclear watch- agency.” dog investigation into sus- Canada’s ambassador to the pected atomic bomb research by Vienna-based IAEA put it more Tehran, something the Islamic bluntly, saying Iran was using a state denies. kind of “salami-slicing way” in its The United States, the dealings with the UN watchdog. European Union and others “We are definitely of the view welcomed at a meeting of the that Iran is moving too slowly International Atomic Energy to address these long-standing Agency signs that Iran has begun questions. They do need to move engaging with the IAEA inquiry faster,” Mark Bailey told Reuters. but they also made clear Tehran Adding to the pressure, Group must do much more to fully of Seven leaders meeting in address their concerns. Brussels this week are to call on US officials say it is vital Iran to cooperate fully with the for Iran to resolve the IAEA’s IAEA and “resolve all outstand- questions if parallel negotia- ing issues”, according to a draft tions between Tehran and the statement read to Reuters by an United States, France, Germany, EU diplomat. Britain, China and Russia on Tehran says its uranium long-term settlement are to enrichment programme is a succeed. peaceful energy project whereas Free Syrian Army fighters fire a rocket towards forces loyal to President Bashar Al Assad in the Hama countryside yesterday. Those talks aim to set veri- the West fears it is covertly ori- fiable, civilian limits to Iran’s ented to developing a nuclear nuclear activity and end punitive weapons capability. Western international sanctions imposed diplomats have long accused on Tehran. Tehran of stonewalling the IAEA’s The IAEA has long been inves- investigation. Assad’s win won’t hit peace bid: Russia tigating suspicions that Iran may Tehran’s talks with the IAEA have coordinated efforts to proc- and with the big powers are UNITED NATIONS: Russia’s create conditions to move the envoy only, not a joint envoy. The the delivery of humanitarian aid ess uranium, test explosives and complementary as both focus on UN ambassador insisted yes- talks between the government secretary-general is reported to into Syria through four border revamp a ballistic missile cone in suspicions it may have secretly terday that Syria’s presidential and opposition forward,” stressing be considering this issue as well crossings without approval from a way suitable for a nuclear war- sought the means and expertise election, which Bashar Al Assad that there is no military solution as a number of candidates from the Assad government, under head. Iran says the allegations to assemble nuclear weapons. has won, is not an obstacle to a to the three-year conflict which the Middle East and elsewhere. Chapter 7 of the UN Charters are false but has offered to help After years of rising tension political settlement of the dev- activists say has killed more than Churkin held a wide-ranging which means it can be enforced clarify them since pragmatist with the West — and fears of a astating war and urged the UN 160,000 people. news conference at the start militarily. Hassan Rowhani took office as new Middle East war erupting — chief to quickly appoint a new Brahimi resigned on May 13, of Russia’s month-long presi- He backed a rival Russian Iranian president last year. last June’s election of Rowhani envoy to revive stalled peace marking a second failure by the dency of the Security Council draft, not under Chapter 7, that The EU — which groups three paved the way for a dramatic talks. United Nations and Arab League and expressed hope that mem- calls for local ceasefires to deliver of the six powers seeking to nego- thaw in relations. Vitaly Churkin criticised to end the war. Secretary-General bers will adopt a resolution to humanitarian aid. tiate a settlement to a decade-old However, the sides remain far Western countries that believe Ban Ki-moon blamed Syria’s speed up humanitarian aid in Churkin urged speedy approval dispute with Iran over its nuclear apart on what a final nuclear Tuesday’s election has ruled out opposition but especially Assad’s Syria, and a resolution demand- of the Russian-drafted resolution programme — noted that “some” agreement should look like, with any progress on the political front government, the divided UN ing an immediate halt to deadly circulated on Monday express- progress had been made in the a self-imposed July 20 deadline as “fundamentally flawed.” He Security Council which has been clashes in eastern Ukraine and ing “grave concern” at “the dire separate talks between Iran and approaching. said it’s unacceptable “after just impotent and feuding influential the establishment of “humanitar- situation of thousands of civil- the IAEA. The IAEA inquiry into what it two five-day rounds of talks to nations for failing to help Brahimi ian corridors.” ians trapped in besieged areas” But, the 28-nation bloc added calls the possible military dimen- say things are so stalemated that achieve a peace settlement. But the council is deeply divided in Russian-speaking southeast- in a statement to a quarterly sions to Iran’s nuclear programme there is no need to continue those Churkin said Brahimi was on both issues. ern Ukraine and demanding meeting of the IAEA’s 35-nation focuses on whether the country negotiations.” “heavily supported” by the UN, Churkin said Russia opposes “the immediate cessation of hos- governing board, “We call on Iran has worked on designing a nuclear Churkin said a replacement not by the divided Arab League a draft resolution proposed tilities” leading to “a sustainable to provide all the relevant infor- warhead. for UN-Arab League peace envoy which expelled Syria, and Russia by Jordan, Australia and cease-fire.” mation to the agency, to address REUTERS Lakhdar Brahimi is needed “to wants his replacement to be a UN Luxembourg that would authorise AP

Study confirms Saudi man Kerry urges Lebanon to elect president soon BEIRUT: US Secretary Lebanon has been without a complete government. We hope died of MERS of State John Kerry urged president since May 25, when the Lebanese parliament will Lebanon’s politicians yesterday Michel Suleiman’s six-year term select a president quickly,” Kerry to overcome their “deeply trou- expired. Attempts by politicians said. from camel bling” stalemate and elect a new to pick a successor have found- The presidency, allocated to the LONDON: A Saudi man who president to help respond to the ered on longstanding divisions Maronite Christian community became infected with and damaging fallout of civil war in exacerbated by tensions over the under Lebanon’s sectarian divi- died of the new Middle East neighbouring Syria. Syrian war. Political rifts have sion of power, is one of the three Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Kerry, on a brief visit to Beirut, been accompanied by sectarian main political offices alongside the virus contracted the disease also announced more aid to help violence including bombs, gun- prime minister, a Sunni Muslim, from a camel in his own herd Lebanon and other countries in battles and rocket fire. Salam’s and the parliamentary speaker, a which was also sick, scientists the region struggling to cope with government also faces widening Shiae Muslim. The war in Syria said yesterday. millions of Syrian refugees. budget deficits and a growing has split Lebanon’s Christians just In a study which reinforces “Lebanon’s security for years strain on services such as elec- as it has divided Muslims. Shia the case against camels as the has been of paramount concern tricity, water, health and educa- Hezbollah — a powerful mili- prime suspects for transmitting to the United States, and that is tion from more than 1 million tant group and political force in the deadly virus from the ani- why I have to say that the cur- Syrian refugees in a country of Lebanon — has sent fighters to mal world into people, research- rent political stalemate here in 4 million. reinforce Assad, a fellow ally of ers said that in this case it was Lebanon is deeply troubling,” he “Lebanon needs and Lebanon Shia Iran, while some Lebanese highly likely the animal’s nasal US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) with Maronite Patriarch Beshara Al said after meeting Prime Minister deserves to have a fully Sunnis have joined Syria’s mainly secretions were to blame. Rai in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. Tammam Salam. empowered, fully functioning, Sunni rebels. REUTERS MERS, also known as MERS- CoV, has infected 691 people and killed at least 284 of them in Saudi Arabia alone since it first emerged in 2012. Sporadic cases of the disease, Washington urges Sisi to which is caused by a virus from the same family as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS, have also been reported across carry out political reforms the Middle East region, as well as in Europe, Asia and the United WASHINGTON: The US has said it is In the statement, the White House said States. looking forward to working with the gov- observers found the elections were held in Documenting the case of a ernment of the Egyptian President-elect accordance with Egyptian law. But it also 44-year-old previously healthy Abdel Fatah Al Sisi, while urging him to expressed concern about what it called the Saudi man who died of MERS carry out human rights reforms. “restrictive political environment” in which on November 18, 2013, Saudi The US President, Barack Obama, will the vote took place and urged Sisi’s govern- scientists led by Tariq Madani speak with the former army chief in the ment to step up human rights reforms. said their analysis suggested a coming days, the White House said in a “We have consistently expressed our so-called zoonotic event - when statement. Washington looked forward to concerns about limits on freedom of peace- a virus circulating in animals working with Sisi “to advance our strategic ful assembly, association, and expression makes a jump into the human partnership and the many interests shared and call upon the government to ensure population. by the United States and Egypt”, it said. these freedoms as well as due process rights “The patient had applied a Sisi took a sweeping 96.9pc of the vote in for all Egyptians,” it said. The statement topical medicine in the nose of an election held nearly a year after he top- added: “We urge the president-elect and one of the ill camels seven days pled President Mohammed Mursi, whose the government to adopt the reforms that before onset of the patient’s ill- Islamist allies boycotted the polls. are needed to govern with accountability ness,” they wrote in the study The US refrained from calling the and transparency, ensure justice for every in the New England Journal of change of government a coup, which would individual, and demonstrate a commitment Medicine. have forced it under US law to stop provid- to the protection of the universal rights of A billboard of president-elect Abdel Fattah Al Sisi is seen on top of a building as a sandstorm REUTERS ing Egypt with billions in annual aid. all Egyptians.” THE GUARDIAN hits Cairo yesterday. THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Britain uses Kerry says not toys to fight Scottish right to judge independence

LONDON: Britain’s govern- Bergdahl now ment has opened a new front in its campaign to convince Scottish voters to reject inde- pendence, using irony and Lego Top US diplomat stresses facts toys to try to get its message across, but not all Scots are BRUSSELS: Critics at a military hospital in amused. should wait for the Germany - and might In postings on social media site facts before rushing to have broken the law. Buzzfeed and an official website, judge released Taliban Hagel, a decorated the government listed 12 things detainee Sergeant Vietnam War veteran, Scots could buy with the extra Bowe Bergdahl was asked if he thought £1,400 ($2,300) a year it said they (pictured), US Defence Bergdahl still deserved would have if they voted to stay Secretary Chuck Hagel to be a sergeant. part of the United Kingdom. said yesterday. “It’s not my place The first suggestion was a Bergdahl, held for as a former sergeant beach holiday outside Scotland. nearly five years in in the United States Each option is illustrated with Afghanistan, was freed Army, which I am very the Danish children’s toy Lego, last week in a controversial pris- proud of, to decide who is wor- ranging from a Lego woman sun- oner-swap deal with the Taliban thy of being a sergeant and who ning herself on a beach to a hair brokered by the Qatari govern- isn’t and I think any further talk salon made out of Lego blocks. ment. Five Taliban militants were of that is irresponsible,” Hagel The latter advised Scots that released from the US prison at replied. with £1,400 they could “Go for one Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and flown “Let’s get the facts, but let’s haircut a month for over 3 and to Qatar. first focus on getting Sergeant half years ... you can go for sig- Some former comrades have Bergdahl well, getting his health Britain’s Queen Elizabeth sits with Prince Philip as she waits to deliver her speech in the House of Lords, during nificantly more if you’re a man!” accused Bergdahl, who was cap- back, getting him reunified with the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London yesterday. Not all Scottish voters saw tured in unknown circumstances his family,” Hagel said. humour in the proposals. “How do on June 30, 2009, of walking “Let’s not forget Sergeant dare they treat us all like imbe- away from his unit and prompt- Bergdahl is a member of the ciles? How anyone can vote ‘no’ ing a massive manhunt they say United States armed forces ... The (to independence) is completely cost the lives of at least six fellow United States of America has, and British Queen’s speech beyond me,” said Twitter user soldiers. always will have, responsibility for Elizabeth Stanley. “I do not know of specific cir- getting its soldiers back. Other Other suggestions on the gov- cumstances or details of US sol- questions and facts regarding ernment website included trav- diers dying as a result of efforts Sergeant Bergdahl will be dealt elling between Edinburgh and to find and rescue Sergeant with at a later time,” he added. unveils minor laws Glasgow 127 times by bus, taking Bergdahl,” Hagel told a news con- Obama defended on Tuesday two friends to watch Aberdeen’s ference after a meeting of NATO the operation to rescue Bergdahl, LONDON: Queen Elizabeth relatively minor in scale. how to tackle many of the bigger football team play all season - defence ministers in Brussels. saying the United States was unveiled yesterday Britain’s last She confirmed plans to give policy issues such as European complete with meat pies and beef The army had announced it committed to freeing its prison- legislative programme before people more control over their integration and immigration. tea - and paying for a year’s worth would review all the circum- ers of war regardless of how they the next national election, cit- pension savings, with new meas- As next year’s election draws of household utility bills. stances surrounding Bergdahl’s were captured. ing mostly minor new laws and ures including the introduction of closer, both are also keen to dif- REUTERS disappearance, he said. A video released by the Taliban fuelling opposition criticism collective pension schemes which ferentiate themselves from one “Until we get the facts, until we showed a dazed Bergdahl being that the coalition was out of allow members to pool risk. another to appeal to their tradi- have ... a review of all the circum- led by two militants, one carry- ideas. The yearly Queen’s Speech is tional voters, further undermin- stances, it is not in the interest ing a makeshift white flag on a In a ceremony in the upper regarded as a major fixture of ing any incentive to coordinate US sends new of anyone and certainly I think a stick, to a Blackhawk helicopter house of parliament rich in pomp political life when governments policy-making. bit unfair to Sergeant Bergdahl’s in eastern Afghanistan ending his and pageantry, it took the queen can unveil up to about thirty new However, the introduction of envoy to Cuba family and to him to presume captivity. less than 10 minutes to list 11 laws. Incumbent governments fixed five-year parliaments in WASHINGTON: US has anything. We don’t do that in the The Pentagon says Bergdahl new pieces of legislation Prime have often used such pre-election 2011 and both parties’ desire selected career diplomat Jeffrey United States. We rely on facts,” is in a stable condition at the Minister David Cameron’s gov- occasions as an opportunity to try to appear responsible in voters’ DeLaurentis as its new top Hagel said. US Army’s Landstuhl Regional ernment plans to enact before a to woo voters with eye-catching eyes means that in practice the diplomat in Havana, a State Republican members of the Medical Center. Officials have May 2015 general election. measures. government is obliged to hold Department official said yes- US Congress have said President indicated there is little desire to With the exception of legisla- But Cameron’s government, together even if ideological dif- terday. DeLaurentis, who has Barack Obama set a danger- pursue any disciplinary action tion overhauling Britain’s pen- a sometimes fractious tie-up of ferences prevent the coalition previously worked as a diplomat ous precedent with the swap for against him given what he has sions system, much of what she his right-leaning Conservative partners from agreeing a fuller in Havana, Bogota and at the Bergdahl — who is undergoing been through. announced was already known Party and the centre-left Liberal legislative programme. United Nations, will lead the US physical and mental assessments REUTERS and many of the measures were Democrat Party, cannot agree on REUTERS Interests Section in Havana. AFP Poignant memory May questions Left Monica scandal fellow minister on extremism behind, says Hillary in schools WASHINGTON: Former Republican detractors have Secretary of State Hillary recently raised the Lewinsky Clinton, a likely Democratic affair as a way to criticise her LONDON: UK Home presidential contender, said she possible bid for the presidency. Secretary Theresa May has has “moved on” from the scan- The country’s top diplomat publicly questioned fellow dal surrounding her husband between 2009 and 2013, Clinton Conservative cabinet member President Bill Clinton’s affair has also faced persistent criticism Michael Gove over whether with Monica Lewinsky. from Republicans over the 2012 his education department “I think everybody needs to attack on the American outpost knew years ago about allega- look to the future,” Clinton said in in Benghazi, Libya, which left four tions of a plot by extremist an interview with People magazine dead, including US Ambassador Muslims to take over schools released yesterday. Chris Stevens. in Birmingham. The interview came ahead Clinton is expected to address In a letter to Gove, she has of the June 10 publication of her foreign policy record directly asked about claims his depart- Clinton’s memoir “Hard Choices,” while touring the country pro- ment was aware of the alleged about her time at the State moting her book. She is sched- plot in 2010, four years before Department. uled to appear in New York, an anonymous letter detailing a Lewinsky, the former White Washington, Chicago, Los scheme to force state schools to House intern, returned to the Angeles, San Francisco, and other adopt a more Islamic culture was public eye last month by writing major North American cities in made public. an essay published in Vanity Fair the coming weeks. The anonymous letter, revealed about the scandal that marred Clinton has said she will decide in March this year but never veri- Bill Clinton’s second term as whether to run for the White fied, outlined “Operation Trojan Donta’e Acker, 8, looks at a makeshift memorial in the East New York section of the Brooklyn borough of president and led to his historic House after November’s mid- Horse” — an alleged campaign New York yesterday. Police found Prince Joshua Avitto, 6, and a 7-year-old girl with stab wounds to their impeachment. term elections, but she is widely to install school governors and torsos at the building in Brooklyn’s East New York neighbourhood after responding to a 911 call. A man with Clinton said she had not considered the Democratic front- teaching staff who would support a kitchen knife stabbed two young children, one fatally, in an elevator in a New York City apartment building read the essay, but some of her runner. REUTERS a conservative Islamic religious on Sunday evening. agenda. It claimed such tactics had already been used in Birmingham. In May’s letter to Gove, pub- lished on the Home Office web- site, she said the allegations Jury in hacking trial told not to be dazzled by defendants raised serious questions about the quality of school governance LONDON: The jury in the of the defendants, which include the stars. Many people only get later relied on court. reminded jurors had said he hadn’t in Britain. phone-hacking trial has been former News of the World edi- to see them in the cinema or the He told jurors that Brooks was rated the Dowler story and had “There have been serious alle- told not to envy the lifestyle tors Rebekah Brooks and Andy football pitch. “You do not envy being tried on a number of dif- moved it back in the paper between gations of extremism in some enjoyed by the defendants and Coulson, were friends of politi- them their success or be dazzled ferent bases, one of which was editions. Saunders said if the jury Birmingham schools and accu- to remember that no one is so cians and stars and were in posi- by it. “Respect their success but that at the very latest she must was “sure” that the prosecution’s sations about the inability of powerful that they can ignore tions of influence. everyone is subject to the law of have known that the missing allegation that Brooks would have local and central government to the law. The jury already knows that the land — no one is so powerful child Milly Dowler’s phone was learned about the Dowler story, tackle the problem effectively,” In his summing-up of the case, Brooks received advice from Tony they can ignore the law.” hacked was in April 2002 when and therefore the hacking, on her she wrote. which is now in its 126th day at Blair at the height of the phone- Saunders gave detailed direc- she returned from holiday. return from Dubai, it was entitled “Is it true that Birmingham the Old Bailey central criminal hacking scandal. tions to the jurors on how they She was editor of the News of to conclude “that Rebekah Brooks City Council was warned about court in London, Justice Saunders “Some of those on trial enjoyed should consider each count the World at the time, but was has lied in her evidence given on these allegations in 2008? Is it told jurors that “everyone is enti- a lifestyle you can only dream of, against the seven defendants and away in Dubai the week it carried oath as she said she did not know true that the Department for tled to their privacy” and not to not just in financial terms but addressed allegations by the pros- a story which contained references phone hacking of Milly Dowler’s Education was warned in 2010? have their phones hacked. influence they brought to bear,” ecution that some defendants may to the missing schoolgirl’s voice- voicemails until revealed by the If so, why did nobody act?” He said the jury should not to Saunders said. “They were friends have lied or withheld evidence mails. The paper was edited by Guardian on 4 July 2011”. REUTERS be “dazzled” by the fact that some of politicians, they are friends of during police interviews that they her deputy, Coulson, who the judge THE GUARDIAN THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Fighting rages in Ukraine town, residents flee

Kiev says no humanitarian crisis, no UN resolution needed; G7 presses Putin for peaceful end to crisis

KIEV, UKRAINE: Ukrainian government forces battled separatists with artillery and automatic weapons yesterday as fighting raged for a second straight day in and around the eastern town of Slaviansk, forc- ing many frightened residents to flee. The Kiev government, trying to break rebellions by pro-Russia militias which it fears could lead to dismemberment of the coun- try, said more than 300 rebels had been killed in the past 24 hours in the “anti-terrorist operation” centred on the town, a strategi- cally located separatist strong- hold. Rebels denied this and said US President Barack Obama and President-elect Petro Poroshenko of losses by the Ukrainian side dur- Ukraine during a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, yesterday. ing a government offensive which began on Tuesday exceeded theirs. Ukraine said yesterday there is no humanitarian crisis in Obama gives backing to the country and dismissed a Russian draft resolution to the UN Security Council that seeks Ukraine’s new president to create corridors to allow civil- ians to escape fighting in the east. WARSAW: US President President Poroshenko repre- Russia circulated a brief draft A Federal Border Headquarters building seized by militants in Lugansk, Ukraine, yesterday. Barack Obama endorsed sents,” Obama said. “In my resolution to the 15-member Ukraine’s president-elect discussions with him today it’s council on Monday, calling for an denies orchestrating the unrest to impress on Putin to meet coercion” and called for energy Petro Poroshenko yesterday, clear he understands the hopes end to violence in southeastern and says Ukraine’s attempts to end Poroshenko to open a dialogue security and the diversification of offering Kiev financial and and aspirations of the Ukrainian Ukraine and and introduction of it by military force are making the on the kind of federal structure supplies to be “at the centre of our security help and saying he people.” humanitarian corridors for refu- situation worse. Ukraine might develop, as well as collective agenda”. was the right choice to lead Obama described Poroshenko gees from Ukraine into Russia. Heads of the G7 leading indus- future trade relations. Putin had been due to chair a the country through its stand- as a “wise selection” by the But Western envoys say Ukraine trial nations, chaired by David Cameron’s spokeswoman said: full meeting of the G8 in Russia, off with Moscow. Ukrainian people and said: “I is suffering a political security Cameron, yesterday called on “The Ukrainian elections last but the remaining seven nations With the death toll mount- have been deeply impressed by crisis not a humanitarian crisis. Vladimir Putin to engage with week had given a clear man- pulled out in protest at the annex- ing from fighting between his vision.” Poroshenko, a bil- “We don’t find that this resolu- Ukraine’s incoming President date, and we will work with the ation of Crimea. It is the first time Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian lionaire confectionary magnate tion is necessary. Why? Because Petro Poroshenko, but stopped new president.” She added there Russia has been excluded from separatists in eastern Ukraine, who now takes over a country we don’t have a humanitarian short of triggering fresh sanc- was no sign yet that Russia was the forum in 17 years. Obama met Poroshenko for in deep crisis, told reporters crisis,” Ukraine UN Ambassador tions against Russia at a curtailed using its influence to rein in the Putin will meet Cameron on the first time since his election he was preparing to unveil a Yuriy Sergeyev told a news con- two-day summit in Brussels. Russian-backed separatists in Friday, as well as the German last month and said he was plan for “the peaceful resolu- ference at the United Nations. “If The group is keeping its options eastern Ukraine. chancellor Angela Merkel, for impressed with what he found. tion of the situation in the east” there is no humanitarian crisis, open, saying it is willing to esca- The G7 statement described meetings on the margins of the “What Ukrainians said in the soon after his inauguration on no assistance of the kind of pro- late sanctions if Russia fails to the Russian annexation of Crimea Normandy D-day commemora- elections is that they reject that Saturday. vision in the draft resolution is engage in a peaceful resolution of as illegal, stating: “We are united tions. He will also meet President path. They reject violence,” and He said a gathering of world needed.” the crisis. in condemning the Russian Francois Hollande in Paris the want the opportunity to deter- leaders in Normandy, France, on Ukraine and its Western allies The G7 leaders — many of Federation’s continuing violation night before the celebrations, mine their own future, Obama Friday to mark the 70th anni- accuse Moscow of fueling a pro- whom are due to see the Russian of the sovereignty and territo- suggesting Putin is hardly being told reporters after meeting versary of the World War Two Russian uprising that threatens to president individually later this rial integrity of Ukraine”. It also excluded from discussions with Poroshenko in the Polish capital. D-Day landings would be crucial break up the former Soviet repub- week about the D-day commemo- condemned “the use of energy western leaders. “That’s the hope that for the plan. REUTERS lic of 46 million people. Russia rations in Normandy — are likely supplies as a means of political AGENCIES Germany probes alleged Merkel phone tap by US security agency

BERLIN: German prosecu- In the ensuing diplomatic fall- line and good communication” tors have opened an investiga- out, President Barack Obama with Merkel and her team, tion into the alleged monitoring acknowledged Germany’s anger Rhodes told reporters aboard of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s and promised that new guide- Air Force One as Obama flew cellphone by the US National lines would cut back on such to Brussels for a meeting of the Security Agency, officials said monitoring, except in the case of Group of Seven nations. yesterday, in a move that could a national security interest. After mulling for months again complicate diplomatic “The leaders of our close whether to open a formal probe, relations between the two allies. friends and allies deserve to know Chief Federal Prosecutor Harald It was not immediately clear that if I want to learn what they Range determined “that suf- what the new investigation might think about an issue, I will pick ficient factual evidence exists mean in terms of possible pros- up the phone and call them rather that unknown members of U.S. ecutions of Americans. than turning to surveillance,” intelligence services spied on Documents provided by Obama said at the time. Following the mobile phone of Chancellor National Security Agency leaker the news of the German probe, Angela Merkel,” his office said. Edward Snowden indicated in Obama’s deputy national security In a similarly thorny diplomatic October that the US was monitor- adviser, Ben Rhodes, said the US case, Germany got as far as issu- ing Merkel’s cellphone conversa- believes direct dialogue between ing warrants for 13 unidentified tions, as well as those of 35 other the two countries rather than an CIA agents suspected of kidnap- foreign leaders. Merkel expressed investigation is the best way to ping a German terrorism suspect outrage and accused Washington address Germany’s concerns. and taking him to a detention of a grave breach of trust. “We believe we have an open center in Afghanistan. AP

At the edge of poverty Venice mayor arrested in graft case

MILAN: Italian authorities put the mayor of Venice under house arrest yesterday and issued warrants for more than 30 people for suspected cor- ruption over a ¤5bn ($6.8bn) flood barrier project, the lat- est scandal to engulf Italian politics. The Moses project, designed to save the famed canal city from sinking into the lagoon it is built on, was first mooted back in 1966 but construction did not start until 2004, due to wrangling over its design, funding and environ- mental impact. In a statement, Venice prosecu- tors said they had issued 25 jail warrants and 10 for house arrest - on allegations of corruption, illicit party financing and tax fraud. People line up to receive food delivered by volunteers of the Banco Police sources said Venice’s de Alimentos (Food Bank) in Valencia, Spain, yesterday. According to centre-left mayor, Giorgio Orsoni, charity Caritas, around 25 percent of the Spanish population lives at was among those placed under the edge of poverty and social exclusion. house arrest. REUTERS THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA Clampdown on Tiananmen Square memorial UN urges China to reveal the truth about what happened, Dalai Lama calls on Beijing to embrace democracy

BEIJING: China deployed its accorded them before. vast security apparatus yes- But Wu’er Kaixi, a leading fig- terday to snuff out commemo- ure in the pro-democracy move- ration of the suppression of ment of 1989, said Chinese people pro-democracy protests around could rise up once more against Tiananmen Square 25 years the Communist Party in anger at ago, flooding the streets with anything from endemic graft to police as censors scrubbed the the country’s badly polluted air, Internet clean of any mention of water and soil. the crackdown. “Yes, you gave us economic Several governments including freedom, but you are jumping in the United States urged China to and looting us, robbing us of our account for what happened on future, corrupting the culture, June 4, 1989, comments that riled our values and the environment,” China, which has said the protest Wu’er Kaixi said ahead of the movement was “counter-revolu- anniversary from Taiwan, where tionary.” Exiled Tibetan spiritual he works at an investment firm. leader the Dalai Lama used the “All this has been clearly and anniversary to call on China to widely expressed by Chinese peo- embrace democracy. ple in the last two decades. This Taking no chances yesterday, discontent will emerge into one police, soldiers and plainclothes thing one day: a revolution. I am security personnel enveloped sure the Communist Party is very Tiananmen Square, checking well aware of this.” identity cards and rummaging Rights group Amnesty through bags looking for any hint International has said at least that people might try and sneak 66 people had been detained onto the square to commemorate in the period leading up to the the day. anniversary. Police escorted a reporter off Tens of thousands of people take part in a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown In democratic Taiwan, which the square, which was thronged on the pro-democracy movement at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989. China claims as its own, President with tourists, saying it was closed Ma Ying-jeou said China should to foreign media. Police also ensure that a “tragedy” like June detained another journalist for banish memories of the People’s While the anniversary has rule in 1997 but remains a free- paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. 4 never happen again. trying to report on the anniver- Liberation Army shooting its own never been publicly marked in wheeling, capitalist hub. The vigil The protests grew into broader United Nations human rights sary in one of Beijing’s university citizens. mainland China, more than has been held in Hong Kong every demands for an end to corruption chief Navi Pillay called on China districts, releasing him after a few “They have covered up history. 150,000 people are expected to year since 1989. as well as calls for democracy. to reveal the truth about what hours. They don’t want people to know gather yesterday evening in Hong The protests began in April Many Chinese would balk had happened 25 years ago. Public discussion of the crack- the truth of what they did,” vet- Kong for a candlelight vigil. 1989 as a demonstration by uni- at the idea of mass revolution Chinese Foreign Ministry down is off-limits in China. eran activist Hu Jia said from his A large number of mainland versity students in Beijing to today. China is now the world’s spokesman Hong Lei the Dalai Many young people are unaware home in Beijing, where he said Chinese are expected to join the mourn the death of Hu Yaobang, second biggest economy, with Lama had “ulterior motives” for of what happened because of police were present to prevent event in the former British ter- the reformist Communist Party most Chinese enjoying individual his Tiananmen comments. years of government efforts to him from leaving. ritory, which returned to Chinese chief who had been ousted by and economic freedoms never REUTERS

Sri Lanka snubs Australia, Indonesia in devolving of China, Vietnam back Thai junta police powers BANGKOK: China and good relationship with Thailand joint military programmes with Vietnam have expressed sup- and that they hope the situation Thailand days after the May bid to repair relations COLOMBO: Sri Lanka yes- port for Thailand’s new military will return to normal quickly,” 22 coup while the European terday again rejected devolv- government, an army spokes- Yongyuth Mayalarp, a spokes- Union has urged the military to SYDNEY: Australian Prime Abbott said he was confident ing police powers to the man said, as pro-army support- man for the military’s National free political detainees and end Minister Tony Abbott yester- this would happen. provinces as requested by ers held a small gathering at the Council for Peace and Order, told censorship. day said he hopes to seal secu- “The discussions with President new Indian Prime Minister Australian Embassy in protest reporters. Australia downgraded its rity and intelligence pacts with Yudhoyono will be fairly broad- Narendra Modi and required against downgrading of rela- Myanmar’s foreign affairs min- ties with Thailand on Saturday, Indonesia as he looks to repair ranging and I’m hoping that at by the constitution as a tions after last month’s coup. istry said it recognised Thailand’s imposed a travel ban on junta ties hurt by spying allegations. some time in the not-too-distant means to ease tension with Several foreign governments new military rulers. leaders and cut defence coopera- Abbott is due to meet future we can have a security, minority Tamils. have voiced disapproval of the “Thailand is a sovereign state tion, the toughest measures taken Indonesian President Susilo an intelligence memorandum of Sri Lanka agreed with India coup, which saw General Prayuth and the military government has by a foreign government since the Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday, understanding,” he said. in 1987 to devolve powers, Chan-ocha take power after been endorsed by their king,” change of regime. admitting there had been “rough “I think it is important that including over police and land, months of political unrest that Aung Linn, a director-general at A handful of pro-military dem- patches” in the “critically impor- we have an intelligence-sharing to a regional level as a means undermined the government of Myanmar’s foreign affairs minis- onstrators gathered outside the tant relationship”. memorandum of understand- to improve relations between Yingluck Shinawatra. try, said yesterday. Australian Embassy yesterday to Ties sunk to their lowest point ing between Australia and Tamils and majority Sinhalese. “China’s and Vietnam’s ambas- “Of course we do recognise protest against what they see as for years in November after Indonesia because we have a lot A war between the military sadors to Thailand met Supreme them.” foreign meddling in Thailand’s reports that Australian spies tried of shared intelligence and security and Tamil rebels, seeking a Commander General Thanasak China’s foreign ministry had no internal affairs. Some handed to tap the phones of Yudhoyono interests.” homeland in the north and Patimaprakorn yesterday and immediate response to the report. roses to police guarding the and his inner circle. He said this was not just about northeast, lasted a quarter of assured us that they still have a The United States scrapped embassy. REUTERS Jakarta called the actions combating people-smuggling but a century and killed more than “mind-boggling” and recalled its also “combating the spread of 100,000 people before it ended ambassador from Canberra, who jihadist terrorism”, amid con- in 2009. Indonesia poll campaign only returned last month, while cerns about people returning “Police power is important suspending cooperation in several from fighting in Syria “radicalised for provinces to maintain law areas. and militarised”. Both countries and order,” Primus Siraiva, a This included on people- have seen nationals head to Syria northern provincial councillor, smuggling -- another sensitive to fight in the conflict. said. topic with Jakarta unhappy over Indonesian Foreign Minister “Otherwise, there could be Australia’s military-led opera- Marty Natalegawa on Tuesday lawlessness in provinces and tion to stem the flow of boatpeo- said the code of conduct was in the Provincial Council won’t ple, who mostly make the journey Australia’s hands. be able to control it.” from Indonesia. “We are waiting for the Abbott said he was deter- Australian side, for their Scientist to mined to put the relationship response,” he said. back on track in his meeting with “It’s very simple, in a way a retract papers Yudhoyono on the Indonesian no-brainer. It essentially says island of Batam. the two countries commit to not TOKYO: A Japanese stem “There has been some rough undertake irregular surveillance cell scientist accused of fabri- patches in the relationship with activities.” cating research has agreed to Indonesia over the last nine The meeting on Batam comes a retract papers published in months or so,” he said, adding that day after Indonesia admitted that the respected journal Nature, some of the difficulties stemmed reporters had been allowed to lis- an official said yesterday. from before he took office. ten in on a phone call between Haruko Obokata, 30, would “I am proposing to deal with Yudhoyono and Abbott last month withdraw two papers at the that today.” aimed at improving relations, in centre of the controversy, said At the height of the damaging an apparent protocol breach. a spokeswoman for Riken, spying revelations, Yudhoyono Jakarta said it was a mistake the respected research insti- said a code of conduct to govern while Abbott brushed off the inci- tute that sponsored the study, behaviour must be established. dent. AFP marking a steep fall from grace Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo shakes hands with PDIP party members in a ceremony to launch for the young researcher. the presidential campaign in Jakarta yesterday. Indonesia will go to the polls to select a new president on July 9. She added that Riken was “still discussing” a retraction with coauthor Charles Vacanti of Harvard University. Australia investigates possible MH370 witness account Body of missing SYDNEY: Australia was yes- reporting that they had seen what An extensive search for the Boeing 777 from August. site by revealing she saw a glow- Briton found terday investigating an account they believed to be a burning air- plane, which vanished on March “The successful tenderer will ing plane over the Indian Ocean from a sailor who said she may craft in the sky above the Indian 8 with 239 people on board, has use the data from a bathymetric in March. KUALA LUMPUR: A have seen Malaysia Airlines Ocean on the night of the disap- so far found nothing, including an survey (already under way) to The 41-year-old said she told search party looking for Flight MH370 on fire, as offi- pearance of MH370,” a spokesman intensive underwater hunt with a navigate the search zone, which Australian authorities of her tourist Gareth Huntley on a cials said the hunt for the plane said in an email. mini-sub that could dive to 4,500 has water depth between 1,000 sighting of a plane with “what Malaysian resort island has could dive much deeper. “That information has been metres. and 6,000 metres,” it said. appeared to be a tail of black found a body believed to be The Australian Transport forwarded to the ATSB’s MH370 The ATSB yesterday released a An international team is now smoke coming from behind it” that of the missing Briton, a Safety Bureau (ATSB), which is Search Strategy Working Group request for tenders for a company determining a search zone of while she travelled from Kochi in media report said yesterday. leading the search at the request for review.” to dive even deeper, to depths of up to 60,000 square kilometres India to Phuket in Thailand. The Star newspaper quoted of the Malaysian government, Flight MH370, which was en up to 6,000 metres. based on where the aircraft last “There were two other planes local police saying the corpse is looking at the claim from a route from Kuala Lumpur to the It said the successful bidder communicated with an Inmarsat passing higher than it -- moving was found yesterday afternoon British yachtswoman made this Chinese capital Beijing when it would be engaged as a prime con- satellite. the other way -- at that time,” in a pond on Tioman Island off week. inexplicably diverted, is believed tractor and provide the expertise, British yachtswoman Katherine she wrote on sailing site Cruisers Malaysia’s east coast. “The ATSB received... a mes- to have crashed in the southern equipment and vessels needed Tee added to speculation about Forum, a firm for which she also AGENCIES sage from a member of the public, Indian Ocean. to carry out the search for the the location of a possible crash works. AFP THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 China snubs Manila’s Philippine-US economic meet case in sea row Philippines offers friendly solution to territorial disputes

MANILA: China yesterday opportunity to be heard and to “We also wish to reiterate that rejected an arbitration tribu- present its case,” it said in a state- arbitration is a peaceful, open and nal’s ruling giving it six months ment on Tuesday. friendly resolution mechanism to respond to a case filed by China has said all along it will that offers a durable solution to the Philippines over disputed not participate in the arbitration the disputes in the South China waters, saying it has no plans to proceedings, preferring a bilateral Sea.” take part. approach to resolve the conflicts. The United States has said it China claims almost the entire “China’s stance of not accept- supports the Philippines’ arbi- South China Sea, rejecting rival ing and not participating in the tration case, closely watched by claims to parts from Vietnam, relevant Philippines’ arbitration other claimant states including the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia case has not changed,” Chinese Vietnam which said last month and Brunei in one of Asia’s most Foreign Ministry spokesman it was considering legal action intractable disputes and a possible Hong Lei told reporters yesterday. against China after Beijing moved flashpoint. It also has a separate Manila is seeking confirmation an oil rig into waters claimed by maritime dispute with Japan over of its right to exploit waters in a Hanoi. islands in the East Sea. 200-nautical mile exclusive eco- That move triggered protests The tribunal in The Hague nomic zone as allowed under the in Vietnam, with angry mobs gave Beijing until December 15 UN Convention on the Law of the attacking Taiwanese factories to reply to the first international Sea, its lawyers have said. which they mistook to be owned case filed against China related to “We continue to urge China by mainland Chinese. It also led the energy-rich waters. to reconsider its decision not to to confrontations in the waters In giving China time to respond participate in the arbitration that included the sinking of a to the Philippines’ filing, the tri- proceedings,” said Charles Jose, Vietnamese fishing boat which Philippine President Benigno Aquino talking to visiting US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker during the bunal was fulfilling its obliga- spokesman for the Philippine Hanoi blamed on China. latter’s visit to the Presidential Palace in Manila yesterday. Pritzker arrived in Manila on Monday with a delega- tion to assure “each party a full Foreign Affairs Department. REUTERS tion of US CEOs and the US-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Business Council as part of a trip to underscore the US commitment to deepening economic engagement in the Asean region. Govt, Milf and clerics to attend peace meet Bangsamoro bill MANILA: Starting tomorrow, April to promote the culture of what is achieved in Mindanao is respect and appreciation of oth- representatives of the govern- peace. a lasting peace. ers, as well as their different val- ment, Milf and senior religious The peace conference is aimed The conference will also be an ues, principles and faiths.” still under review leaders will gather for a two- primarily to promote and inten- opportunity to inform relevant “Our own European experi- day International Conference sify the dialogue between the peace stakeholders on develop- ence may provide useful point- MANILA: Malacañang has crisis if the document is still not on Inter-religious and different religious and political ments in the peace situation in ers to serve as basis for mutual not yet submitted to the House final.” Malacañang had all the Intercultural Dialogue for peace stakeholders in Mindanao. the country. understanding and societies in of Representatives the proposed time to study the annexes of the to demonstrate their continu- It seeks to encourage the actors Since 2007 the EU has been Mindanao where people share val- Bangsamoro Basic Law. It is peace agreement with the Moro ous support for the Mindanao of today’s peace process to meet promoting and supporting the ues and promote peace through- supposed to go through a plebi- Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) peace process. the challenges of building the new conclusion of a politically negoti- out their communities.” scite after hurdling Congress. as they came in stages, he added. Funded by the European Union society built on peaceful living ated settlement of the conflict in Italian Ambassador Massimo Leaders of the Senate and the Romualdez said he expects and Italy, the conference is being together, the respect for human Mindanao. Roscigno said: “The government House have agreed on a timeta- administration officials to blame convened by Cardinal Orlando rights, and the participation of EU Ambassador Guy Ledoux of Italy is glad to support this ble to pass the basic law before lawmakers for any delay in the Quevedo, Archbishop of Cotabato, minorities in public life. said, “Our commitment to co- event, as well as the overall role the end of the year. passage of the draft law even if it together with the Community of The Comprehensive Agreement fund this event is not only an that the community of Sant’Egidio Once the Bangsamoro Basic was their fault in the first place. Sant’Egidio and in cooperation on the Bangsamoro (CAB) and expression of belief and convic- is playing in contributing to the Law is approved in a plebi- “We have to make sure the with the Muhammadiyah from the completion of the draft of the tion in the path towards peace in peace process in Mindanao. scite, Congress will set up a draft law is not unconstitutional Indonesia. basic law represent institutional Mindanao.” “Italy has a long tradition as an Bangsamoro Transition Authority and legal even as we expect it to The peace conference will take milestones of a formal process. Ledoux added, “It emphasises upholder of interfaith and inter- to replace the Autonomous Region be questioned in the Supreme place on June 6-7, two months The conference represents an our strong confidence that inter- cultural dialogue as a powerful in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Court,” he said. after the visit of EU and member effort to ensure that these mile- faith dialogue has the capacity tool to foster social harmony and before the 2016 elections. “I know the Speaker (Feliciano states’ ambassadors and repre- stones are shared and endorsed to go beyond political processes: mutual understanding. Congress is scheduled to Belmonte) and other leaders of sentatives to Mindanao in early by all members of society so that to promote understanding, the THE PHILIPPINE STAR adjourn sine die next week and the House are putting a brave face resume on July 28 for President and that everything’s hunky-dory, Aquino’s State of the Nation but it’s not.” Makeshift classrooms in Tacloban Address. Thereafter, lawmakers Milf chairman for political would be busy deliberating on the affairs Ghadzali Jaafar said on proposed 2015 national budget, as Tuesday that the delay in the sub- Senator quits well as other priority bills. mission of the Bangsamoro Basic Last Monday, Malacañang Law to Congress for passage into spokesmen said the Bangsamoro law is causing anxiety and restless- as ICC judge Basic Law was still being reviewed. ness among the Bangsamoro peo- Speaking to reporters, Leyte Rep ple. “What I can say is that the MANILA: Invoking poor Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Bangsamoro people are worried health, Sen Miriam Defensor- independent bloc leader, said because of the delay,” he said. Santiago has resigned her post Malacañang had announced that The Milf is not impatient over as judge of the International the basic law would be submitted the slow pace in the law’s submis- Criminal Court (ICC). to the House early last month. sion to Congress, but hopes that In a June 3 letter to Sang “The administration is doing a Congress would have enough time Hyun Song, president of the ICC, great disservice to the peace proc- to deliberate and pass it, he added. Santiago said she is quitting her ess because they’ve promised our Last April 23, the Bangsamoro post due to her chronic fatigue Muslim brothers and sisters that Basic Law was submitted to syndrome. work will be done as soon as pos- Malacañang for endorsement to “Pursuant to my commitment, sible but now, we’re being held Congress. I hereby confirm that the court hostage here (in the House) and Presidential Adviser on the should proceed on the basis that submit the draft bill late and we’ll Peace Process Teresita Deles I am stepping down as elected be rushed, just like the impeach- dismissed speculations the peace judge,” she said. ment proceedings and say the process could suffer a setback. “I “I will support the procedures President’s image is at stake,” he know some people would like to of the Assembly of State Parties said. take advantage of that and try to later this year, so that a replace- “Why bother inviting the inter- stir up some things, but I think ment judge can be duly elected,” national community, (Malaysia) the two parties are committed to she added. Prime Minister Najib Razak (to try to explain this to everyone,” She furnished President the signing of the agreement) and Deles said. Aquino a copy of her letter. Pupils inside a makeshift classroom in the city of Tacloban in Leyte province which was devastated by Super disturb him from Flight MH-370 THE PHILIPPINE STAR She likewise notified Senate Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Tens of thousands of students began the school year in steamy tents and President Franklin Drilon and other makeshift classrooms, seven months after Haiyan devastated the region. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, and requested the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to circulate her letter Italy won’t let corruption stop development aid to Mindanao “with thanks” to all parties of the Rome Statute. Santiago was “overwhelmingly MANILA: Alleged misuse of from Italy for different ODA “Without that there can be no requirement is 41.98 million elected” to the ICC based in The development funds will not stop programmes have not been well progress. They have to go for- euros, equivalent to about P2.5bn Hague, Netherlands in December Italy from providing assist- spent, but did not identify the ward,” he said. financed through the following: 2011. She was elected to a nine- ance to Mindanao. Speaking to projects and the countries that Roscigno said part of Italy’s From the government of year term. reporters, Italian Ambassador received the funding. programme for implementation in Italy, a soft loan of 26.19 million She is the first Filipino and Massimo Roscigno said Italy “But we cannot stop because of Mindanao is aimed at local capac- euros, and a technical assist- the first Asian from a developing will continue its agriculture this,” he said. “As a donor country ity building to help people, local ance grant of 1.35 million euros country to be elected to the tribu- aid programme for Mindanao what can we do? We can just try governments and farmers’ groups. which includes Italian technical nal, which tries cases of genocide, with an Italian project manager to monitor at best its programme “We are at the point when we experts composed of a chief tech- war crimes and crimes against based in Cotabato City oversee- that it funds or co-funds through are ready to start in a few weeks,” nical advisor, an engineer and a humanity. ing the implementation. its monitoring team, contacts in he said. “The programme will be microfinance specialist, and seven She was scheduled to report “Corruption is present and is the local government and try to split in many small projects for national consultants. to the ICC since last year. In the main concern in ODA (offi- ensure it is doing it the best way livelihood of the grassroots level, From the government of the September, she said she would cial development assistance) possible.” Roscigno sees the need so we will have many villages that Philippines, a total counterpart file a parallel request for permis- programmes all over the world, for fostering local capacity build- will be involved.” of P866.3m (about 14.43 million sion to report to the ICC when but it is not a good reason to step ing involving people in barangays Italy is currently implement- euros). she recovers from her illness early backward,” he said. who can be trained and taught ing the Italian Assistance to the The main objective of the pro- this year. But she also hinted that He spoke for the European how the programme works and Ambassador Massimo Roscigno Agrarian Reform Community gramme is to contribute to the she might just back out from the Union and Italy-funded how it will benefit them. Development Support Programme improvement of the living condi- post. International Conference on “They will help and keep an eye said. Roscigno said any moment in in Mindanao, a project amount- tions of about 53,000 rural fami- The senator was also unable Inter-religious and Intercultural on it and maybe they will report the history of Mindanao presents ing, on the Italian side, to around lies in four provinces of Mindanao: to report for work at the Senate Dialogue for Peace to be held on something wrong to the project opportunity to step forward and 27.45 million euros to be disbursed Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat, regularly due to her illness. June 6 and 7 in Cotabato. manager if they notice something. explore all avenues to improve the in six years. and Lanao Sur. THE PHILIPPINE STAR Roscigno said some assistance This is the way to go about it,” he lives of the people. The total programme budget THE PHILIPPINE STAR THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Pakistan oppn parties slam new budget No relief for the common man

ISLAMABAD: Saying that PML-N government had claimed this year’s budget contains that it would put an end to dou- almost no relief for the com- ble taxation in this budget, but it mon man, opposition parties has only increased them.” He also almost unanimously rejected criticised the government’s deci- the federal budget 2014-15, sion to tax real state, saying that lamenting that the masses have if someone had brought property further been overburdened with through their own hard earned taxation. money, they would have to pay They also criticised the govern- more taxes on it. ment for not meeting the targets He said the government had it set for itself a year ago in areas promised to tax agricultural such as revenue generation, infla- products, but nothing has been tion, expansion of the tax net and done in this regard either. overcoming the fiscal deficit. The Jamaat-i-Islami main- Senior PPP leader Shazia Marri tained that this budget con- took the government to task for tained privileges for the elite and not meeting revenue collection tar- deprived the masses. gets and instead, levying additional “Far from being a revolutionary taxes. She said this year too, the budget, this is yet another tra- government had set itself a reve- ditional jumbling of words that TOP LEFT: A Taliban militant speaks to US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl waiting in a pick-up truck. RIGHT: Bergdahl waits before being released at nue collection target of Rs2,810bn, aims at giving false hope to the the Afghan border. LEFT: Bergdahl being led to a Blackhawk helicopter at the Afghan border. which was impossible to achieve in masses,” JI chief Sirajul Haq said. the current circumstances. Marri He said that electricity was called the 10 percent increase in a basic requirement and the salaries “a joke”. budget proposed an advance tax Taliban video shows handover of Bergdahl She said the federal govern- on every household, which was ment was treating Sindh like a sheer injustice. A 17 percent tax KABUL: A dazed Bowe Bergdahl Before his rescue, Bergdahl is militants might blow themselves Guantanamo Bay, where they are stepson, as only 59 percent of its on sunflower and canola seeds is led by two militants, one car- seen sitting in the rear seat of up. He quickly offers his right received with warm embraces. total Public Sector Development would only increase the prices of rying a makeshift white flag on a a 4-wheel-drive truck, blinking hand to one, his left hand to the The video’s authenticity could Programme allocation was dis- ghee and edible oil, adding to the stick, to a Blackhawk helicopter rapidly, apparently either dazed other and simultaneously grabs not be independently verified. The bursed last year. masses’ plight. in eastern Afghanistan ending by the light or anxious about the Bergdahl by the arm. In the same Pentagon said it had no reason Leader of the Opposition in The proposal to withdraw a his five years in captivity, a video events unfolding around him. movement, he sweeps his hand to doubt its authenticity, but was the National Assembly Syed 10 percent tax on motor vehicles released by the Taliban showed A plane and helicopters are across to Bergdahl’s back. reviewing it. Khursheed Shah said the finance above 1800cc was merely a favour yesterday. seen circling overhead as fighters “We told them: If he is not in Bergdahl appears clean-shaven, minister’s speech was completely to the rich, he contended. The In the first publicly aired chant “long live our mujahideen” good health, please tell us. We in a traditional, white salwar out of touch with ground reali- party’s secretary general, Liaqat footage of Bergdahl’s dramatic and “long live the spiritual leader”. tried to communicate with them kameez as he squints at the ties. The government, he added, Baloch was also disappointed handover to the US military As the Blackhawk lands, two through their interpreter, but Taliban militants outside leaning claimed to have controlled infla- saying that women, labourers at the weekend, the clip shows of the militants approach the they did not wait,” the Taliban in to talk to him. His head is also tion, but the prices of onions, and pensioners were completely Taliban cadres dotted on nearby helicopter, one carrying a white reporter says in the clip. shaved. They tell him: Next time tomatoes, potatoes, wheat flour ignored by financial planners. hills armed with rocket launchers cloth crudely tied to a stick and As the first man leads the freed you come back to Afghanistan, and other commodities were at Even the government’s part- watching the transfer. The opera- the other leading Bergdahl by prisoner to the aircraft, the inter- you will not leave alive. an all-time high. ner — Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl tion, from the moment the heli- the hand. Three men walk from preter waves and the second man Eighteen fighters, the Taliban’s He said the minister had talked (JUI-F) — believed that this budget copter touched the ground amid the American chopper. One is an steps backwards, his eyes still reporter explains, dot the hills about austerity measures, but was “more of the same”, said party a cloud of dust to take-off, was all interpreter, the Taliban’s reporter trained on the Taliban. around the valley as agreed with he forgot that the prime min- spokesperson Jan Achakzai. over in a minute. says in the clip. A careful but rapid body search the Americans, including some ister had taken 14 official visits He called the budget ‘pro-IMF’ “Do not panic,” the militants One of Bergdahl’s escorts has his is performed before Bergdahl is armed with rocket-launchers. abroad in just his first year in and said there was nothing in shout as the Blackhawk lands in faced covered by a checkered scarf helped aboard the Blackhawk. Bergdahl was captured by the office. “Austerity begins at home, it for farmers and the middle- the barren valley deep in Khost and in the cloud of dust thrown up Then, they take position with Taliban after leaving his base in so the government must cut its classes. He also lamented the lack province, close to the border with by the Blackhawk, the tension is their legs dangling and lift off. unclear circumstances and spent own expenses,” he added. of employment-creation in the Pakistan. clear. Soldiers dressed in military The video starts plays a Taliban five years in captivity, learning The Pakistan Muslim League-Q budget and said there was no visi- Bergdahl, a US army sergeant, fatigue stand by the helicopter victory song and the message in Pashto and taking an interest in rejected the budget outright, ble emphasis on the energy sector. was released on Saturday in observing the handover. English flashes up: “Don’ come Islamic books, according to the calling it an anti-people bill and The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and exchange for five senior insurgent One of the American team back to Afghanistan”. Then, Taliban. The 28-year-old is now claiming that it was nothing but a the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders, who had been held in a steps forward to shake their it cuts to the arrival of the five in a military hospital in Germany, jumble of figures. PML-Q spokes- reserved their reactions. US prison at Guantanamo Bay, hands, keeping as wide a distance released leaders in Qatar after undergoing physical and mental person Kamil Ali Agha said: “The INTERNEWS Cuba, since it opened in 2002. as possible as though worried the more than a decade spent in assessments. REUTERS

Lockdown continues in Karachi Nato to keep Three more held over woman’s stoning 12,000 troops LAHORE: Pakistani police have Parveen, was married to him at arrested the woman’s father after arrested two brothers who par- the time she wed against her fam- the attack, and four other people ticipated in a mob attack during ily’s wishes. were arrested last Friday. in Afghanistan which their sister was stoned If true, it would add yet another Rizvi said a total of eight peo- to death with bricks for marry- twist to the increasingly bizarre ple were now in police custody, next year ing against the family’s wishes, a story. Authorities said last week including the woman’s father, two police spokesman said yesterday. that the woman’s husband, brothers, two cousins, an uncle, a WASHINGTON: A Nato-led Nayab Haider said the two Mohammad Iqbal, was accused of driver, and the man who claims he training mission in Afghanistan men, Ghulam Ali and Zahid Ali, killing his first wife in 2009, but was married to Parveen. “Senior next year is likely to total about were arrested from a home in the that the case was dropped after he and experienced police investiga- 12,000 soldiers, including about eastern Punjab province follow- was forgiven by the woman’s family. tors are questioning the arrested 8,000 Americans, while some ing an intensive manhunt. Police Parveen was killed May 27 persons. We will soon determine 1,800 Americans will conduct arrested a third man for taking before a crowd of onlookers near a who hit the woman in the head counter-terrorism missions, a part in the assault, who claimed downtown courthouse in the east- with bricks,” he said. senior US military official said the woman, 25-year-old Farzana ern city of Lahore. Authorities AP yesterday. The United States would also be keen to see participation in the counter-terrorism effort by nations with well-trained spe- 4 soldiers killed cial forces, such as Britain or Islamabad unveils housing Australia, the official said. The 12,000 figure for the Nato train- in Taliban attack ing mission given by the official on ISLAMABAD: Suspected Taliban credit scheme for the poor the sidelines of a meeting of Nato fighters attacked Pakistani defence ministers in Brussels outposts from positions on the ISLAMABAD: The govern- development finance institutions, was at the high end of planning Afghan side of the border, kill- ment yesterday announced a multilaterals and others for this assumptions previously spoken of ing four soldiers, Pakistani mil- Rs20bn credit scheme for poor purpose, to generate long-term in Nato corridors. itary officials said yesterday. to buy low-cost housing units. liquidity for housing finance. US President Barack Obama said One military source said four Unveiling the salient fea- Total paid up capital of the last week that the United States soldiers were also wounded. It tures of the scheme, the finance company would be Rs6bn. will cut its force in Afghanistan to was not clear if the Afghan or minister said banks and finan- The company will provide refi- 9,800 from the start of next year, Pakistani Taliban, allied but sepa- cial institutions would provide nance facilities through purchases split between soldiers who will form rate entities each seeking to set loans of up to Rs1m under this of loans from the financial institu- part of the Nato training mission up Islamic states, were believed scheme while the government tions engaged in loan origination and others who will be part of a to have been involved. would guarantee 40 per cent of and packaging them for sale to US mission to combat Al Qaeda The assault, which took place the portfolio amount. long-term investors. The govern- fighters in Afghanistan. in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region, Loans will be provided to ment will invest Rs1.2bn in the The United States had not said comes after Afghan officials said 25,000 low and middle-income equity of the company. how many soldiers would be in an air strike by Pakistani forces families through this innovative Dar said House Building each mission, “but my assessment killed four civilians on Saturday. scheme. Describing housing as Finance Company Limited is that somewhere on the order “In Bajaur region during the a basic need, Finance Minister (HBFCL) has been the premier of 8,000 will be part of the Nato A supporter of Pakistan’s Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) political early morning today, terrorists Ishaq Dar said the government for providing housing finance to mission ... and the overall number party, holds a poster of Altaf Hussain as he chants slogans along with from across the border fired on owes it to its people to facilitate low and middle-income families. of 12,000 did include as a planning others to show solidarity with their leader, in Karachi yesterday. About Pakistani border posts,” said the provision of housing. There is an urgent need to figure 8,000 US and 4,000 Nato,” military source. “Four soldiers were Giving details of the initiatives rehabilitate this institution to 2,000 of his supporters rallied in support of Hussain but elsewhere the he said. Lack of clarity about the martyred and four are injured. being planned to promote hous- enable it to play its important role city was in lockdown, with markets and petrol stations closed and its counter-terrorism mission until “This is the third incident of ing sector, he said a Mortgage in the housing sector. now had hindered detailed discus- usually chaotic and bustling streets empty of traffic. A spokesman for cross-border attacks and firing Refinance Company was being He said the HBFCL will be sions on what Britain or Australia London police said Hussain remained in custody where he is being since May 25 from Afghanistan,” established with a broad share- restructured and its board of might want to contribute, the US questioned on suspicion of money laundering. the source added. holding of the Government of directors will immediately be official said. REUTERS REUTERS Pakistan, commercial bank, formed. INTERNEWS THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17

Indian students Lok Sabha meets, leave east Ukraine, on adjourns over way home

KIEV/NEW DELHI: The first batch of 500 Indian stu- Munde’s death dents has arrived safely in Kiev from Ukraine’s restive eastern region of Lugansk and will be returning to India after the Modi expresses gratitude to voters Indian mission facilitated their evacuation. NEW DELHI: The 16th Lok and other leaders with folded According to external affairs Sabha met for the first time hands. ministry spokesperson Syed yesterday and was adjourned Modi, whose act of bowing his Akbaruddin, the students from for the day as a mark of respect forehead and touching the steps Lugansk region arrived in Kiev to union minister Gopinath of parliament May 20 before his “responding to the advisory to Munde, who died in a road acci- election as the Bharatiya Janata leave the region”. dent on Tuesday. Party parliamentary party leader The Indian mission in Ukraine The adjournment of the Lok was widely noticed and com- has been facilitating the evacu- Sabha was the first instance of mented upon, sought to reach ation of 1,000 Indian nation- a newly constituted house having out to the opposition yesterday als, particularly students, in been adjourned on the first day through his gestures. the wake of growing tension in following the death of a sitting He occupied his seat on the eastern Ukraine between pro- member. treasury benches in his new role Russian rebels and the Ukraine As soon as the house assem- as prime minister and leader of government. bled, pro-tem speaker Kamal BJP parliamentary party after The mission arranged 500 train Nath, who had taken oath earlier greeting opposition leaders, tickets for Tuesday and another at Rashtrapati Bhavan, condoled including Mallikarjun Kharge and 500 tickets for yesterday for the Munde’s death. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Indian students and nationals in Following this, Lok Sabha sec- Singh Yadav. Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) speaks to the media as he arrives to attend his first Parliament session in Lugansk. retary general P Shreedharan Earlier, BJP and National New Delhi yesterday. The embassy said those Indian tabled the list of newly-elected Democratic Alliance members nationals and students who have members as notified by the stood up and some even thumped Modi yesterday walked over The new house also reflected time. This is a matter of happi- booked railway tickets for later Election Commission. their desks as Modi entered the to the opposition benches and the new reality — of BJP and ness,” senior party leader Murli dates must travel June 3/4 “and Kamal Nath then asked the Lok Sabha. As he went along the greeted Sonia Gandhi and other NDA’s ascendance and Congress Manohar Joshi told IANS. not delay their departure from members whether the oath tak- front rows, more members stood leaders with folded hands as the decimation in the polls. With Party MP Giriraj Singh said Lugansk to a later date as the sit- ing exercise should be taken up in their seats. members, a majority of them only 44 members, the Congress it was a day of happiness but uation may deteriorate further”. up Thursday. As the members The celebratory mood in the newcomers, assembled for the strength is less than a fourth of there was pain in the heart over Among the Indian students agreed, he postponed the exercise new Lok Sabha was tinged with first time in the 16th Lok Sabha, its numbers in the last house. Munde’s death. “The mood would in Lugansk, there are 350 from to Thursday and adjourned the sadness at the loss of a member but the celebratory mood was As the proceedings began, BJP have been celebratory if he was Kerala, 300 from Tamil Nadu, 150 house for the day. and minister. tinged with sadness at the loss of members appeared to be present there. Today it is not the same from Andhra Pradesh, 60 from “The house is being adjourned Speaking to the media before a member and minister. in full strength but there were a situation,” he said. Punjab, 25 each from Jammu and till 11am Thursday because of entering the house, Modi As he neared the Congress few empty seats on the opposition Former union minister B.C. Kashmir and Maharashtra, 20 the sad demise of our colleague expressed his gratitude to the cit- benches, Congress president Sonia benches. Khanduri said it was nice to see from Uttar Pradesh and 10 from Gopinath Munde,” he said. izens of the country for their deci- Gandhi walked into the house and The visitors’ gallery had only a treasury benches full of mem- Gujarat. The house also observed a two- sive mandate in the Lok Sabha the two leaders exchanged greet- few occupants as oath-taking of bers of the BJP-led National The total number from the minute silence in the memory of polls. He said his government will ings briefly. new members had been deferred Democratic Alliance. “The other other states is 200, according to Munde. make all efforts to fulfill the hopes The 16th Lok Sabha has 315 by a day. BJP members felt an side had sparse numbers,” he said an external affairs ministry state- Prime Minister Narendra and aspirations of the people. first-time MPs in a house of 543 acute sense of loss over Munde’s referring to the Congress. ment. There are approximately Modi, who entered the house a He said: “The people of India elected MPs, the highest for any demise but also had a sense of ela- Congress MP and former union 2,500 Indian students studying few minutes before the sitting have voted in unprecedented house in the last 30 years, accord- tion over the party’s first-ever full minister Shashi Tharoor said the medicine and engineering in commenced, walked over to the numbers, blessed their repre- ing to data compiled by PRS majority in the Lok Sabha. members were all conscious of the Ukrainian universities, accord- opposition benches and greeted sentatives and elected the 16th Legislative, a research body that “So many BJP members tragedy of Munde’s demise. ing to the Indian embassy website. Congress president Sonia Gandhi Lok Sabha.” tracks the working of parliament. have been elected for the first IANS IANS

Jumping Red Munde’s last rites held in Beed; politicians face public ire light causes BEED, Maharashtra: The teary-eyed eldest daughter and Amar Rahe’, ‘Gopinath Munde Elsewhere, some miscreants CBI probe, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav most accidents mortal remains of union minis- legislator Pankaja Munde-Palve Come Back’ and ‘Gopinath Munde torched an unidentified vehicle Thackeray later said that public sen- ter Gopinath Munde, killed in a performing the ceremony and Zindabad’ were raised as the and pelted stones at other vehicles timents must be respected, and he NEW DELHI: Four people road accident in New Delhi on lighting the funeral pyre as the funeral ceremonies got underway. and even at a helicopter parked was endorsed by Republican Party of were killed every day in the Tuesday, were consigned to the senior Bharatiya Janata Party Thousands of people also raised near the funeral venue outside India chief Ramdas Athawale. Both national capital this year, police flames at his birthplace here (BJP) leader had only three a chorus for a Central Bureau of Vaijnath Sugar Factory premises. parties are allies of the Bharatiya said, and in most cases motor- yesterday even as several poli- daughters and no son. Investigation (CBI) probe and virtu- Among the personalities who Janata Party in the state. ists jump the red lights, leading ticians, including Maharashtra Pankaja’s action was symbolic and ally cornered several VIPs who had faced angry slogan-shouting by Minor clashes were witnessed to fatal road accidents, as was Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was expected to send positive signals arrived here for Munde’s last rites. the crowds were Chavan, min- between unidentified mourners seen in union minister Gopinath and MNS chief Raj Thackeray in the Marathwada region which At one point a crowd sur- isters Narayan Rane, R R Patil, and security personnel at various Munde’s death. who were present faced the ire has been regularly in the news for rounded Chavan’s vehicle and Chhagan Bhujbal, Harshvardhan places around the funeral venue in “During investigation, we found of the people demanding a CBI incidents of female foeticide besides started thumping the windows Patil, Jayant Patil, Nitin Raut as Parali-Vaijnath, Munde’s birthplace that most of the accidents have probe into the death. heralding her as the claimant to her and bonnet forcing the security well as Maharashtra Navnirman in Beed district, but later the situ- taken place either late nights Munde’s mortal remains were father’s political legacy. personnel to carry out a baton Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. ation was brought under control. or in morning hours,” Joint consigned to the flames with his Slogans of ‘Gopinath Munde charge to disperse them. Supporting the demand for a IANS Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Shukla said. According to knowledgeable sources, Munde’s driver jumped A lesson from the guru the red light and was hit by another car at a central Delhi Telengana CM promises four-point crossing at 6.20am though police did not confirm that officially. Munde died due to the impact super-speciality hospitals Shukla said that in many road accidents, seats belts have acted HYDERABAD: Participating in the state forma- as protection. “Around 50 percent Telangana Chief Minister tion day celebrations, he assured people’s life are saved because K.Chandrasekhara Rao yes- the people that the government they were wearing seat belts terday announced that a super will take all measures for all- (when the accidents happened),” speciality hospital will be set up round development of Gajwel. Shukla said. in each district of the state. KCR said a development Officials said in 2013, until May Speaking at his first public agency would be constituted for 15, a total of 660 deaths were meeting after taking over as the the constituency. The chief min- reported, while the figures for first chief minister of Telangana ister also announced appointment the same period this year stands three days ago, he said the pro- of an aide in the constituency to at 581. The police statistics show posed hospitals would be on enable people to submit their that until May 15 this year, the the lines of Nizam’s Institute representations. Delhi traffic police have booked of Medical Sciences (NIMS) of The chief minister said steps 329,000 vehicles for jumping red Hyderabad. would be taken to improve irriga- lights as compared to 340,000 peo- KCR, as the chief minister is tion facilities and to develop agri- ple in the corresponding period popularly known, was addressing culture sector in the area. in 2013. Rs100 is the fine for red the meeting on his first visit to his Rao yesterday said his govern- light jumping. Gajwel constituency in his native ment was committed to waive IANS Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives for his lesson for the Tibetan school and college students at Medak district. crop loans of up to Rs1 lakh. the Tibetan Children’s Village School in Dharmsala. He reiterated his determination Rao held a meeting with the to make Telangana a golden state top bank officials to discuss the by ending political corruption. implementation of the scheme to The chief minister said welfare waive farm loans as promised by of scheduled castes and minori- his Telangana Rashtra Samithi Kejriwal furnishes bond, granted bail in defamation case ties would be the top priority of his (TRS) in its election manifesto. government and pointed out that Finance Minister E Rajender, he kept the welfare portfolios with however, clarified that the scheme NEW DELHI: A court here Party leader Yogendra Yadav and 2013 Delhi polls, AAP volun- was used against him. himself. He said the government will apply only to the loans availed yesterday granted bail to asked them to furnish a personal teers approached him and asked Sharma alleged that “defam- would spend Rs1 lakh crore for the during fiscal 2013-14. former Delhi chief minister bond of Rs10,000 each. The three him to contest the election from atory, unlawful and derogatory welfare of the weaker sections of KCR directed the bankers to Arvind Kejriwal and two other leaders furnished the personal Shahdara in east Delhi on a party words used by the accused the society during next five years. submit details of all crop loans AAP leaders — after the three bonds and were released. ticket saying that Kejriwal was persons as published in the KCR said agriculture would of up to Rs.1 lakh. Rajender told furnished personal bonds — in Kejriwal and others appeared pleased with his social services. newspapers” lowered his repu- be the other priority of the TRS reporters that the bankers will a criminal defamation case filed in the court following summons Sharma further added that he tation in the bar and society. It government. He said the election submit the details by Monday. against them by an advocate. issued against them on a defama- incurred expenses of about Rs.5 also mentioned that AAP had promise to waive off crop loans “After receiving the details, we Metropolitan Magistrate tion complaint filed by advocate lakh on the campaign but on Oct decided to replace its candidate would be implemented. will hold another meeting with Muneesh Garg granted bail to Surender Kumar Sharma. 14, 2013, read articles in leading from the Shahdara constitu- Also the TRS chief, KCR the bankers to work out modali- Kejriwal, former state minister Sharma, in his complaint, daily newspapers in which “derog- ency, he said. promised to develop Gajwel into ties of the scheme,” he said. Manish Sisodia and Aam Aadmi said that before the December atory and defamatory language” IANS a model constituency in the state. IANS

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World Environment Day Kashmiri Pandits SC lifts freeze threaten ‘fast unto death’ SRINAGAR: Dozens of on Sahara migrant Kashmiri Pandits yes- terday held a peaceful protest here against what they called callous attitude of the central group’s assets and state governments towards their problems. Shouting slogans against the central and the state governments, Subrata Roy to remain in jail representatives of All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee NEW DELHI: Sahara group Roy so that he could be with his (APMCC), Jammu and Kashmir, chief Subrata Roy will remain in ailing mother. The court asked told reporters that if their demands jail even as the Supreme Court him to file an application and it are not fulfilled, they would “sit yesterday lifted the freeze on the will pass an order after seeking on fast unto death” during the group’s moveable and immovable SEBI’s response. Janmashtami festival on August 17. assets so it could raise Rs10,000 The court declined the plea by The six-point charter of crore for part repayment of Roy and the other two that they demands of the migrant Pandits investors money collected by be shifted to a guest house for includes re-drafting of the two group companies. continued custody till they com- pending Kashmir temples and A bench of Justice T S Thakur ply with the court’s March 26 shrines bill in the state assem- and Justice A K Sikri however directions. bly, and probe into encroachment said the money so generated will Pointing to the nature of the of shrine and temple lands in be deposited in an account opened proceedings and the stakes Kashmir Valley. by market regulator Securities and involved, the court appointed Besides, the Psndits also want a Exchange Board of India (SEBI). senior counsel Fali Nariman as dialogue with Pakistan for facili- “FDs, bonds and securities held amicus curiae. A man stands next to a boat on the banks of a polluted lake, on the eve of World Enviornment Day, in Bhopal, tating their visit to the Sharda by Sahara Group of companies In yeserday’s hearing, the court yesterday. World Enviornment Day is marked every year on June 5 to raise global awareness of the need to Peeth temple in the Pakistan- may be encashed by the holders was told that FDs, bonds and take positive environmental action. administered Kashmir, establish- thereof subject to the condition securities worth Rs2,421.67 crore ment of Sharda Peeth University that the maturity value/sale con- would be worth about Rs2,500 in the state, and a special employ- sideration of such FDs, bonds and crores along with interest. ment package for the unemployed securities shall be deposited in the For mobilising the remaining youths of the community. designated bank account of SEBI,” Rs2,500 crore of Rs5,000 crores Italian minister phones Sushma The representatives showed a the court said in its order. that Sahara has to give to SEBI in 2013 letter of state Rehabilitation The apex court on March 26 cash, the court permitted the firm Minister A.A. Khan, request- said Sahara Group will deposit to sell its immovable properties NEW DELHI: Italy’s — Massimiliano Latorre and do is “suffer with dignity” as ing one of their members, Vinod Rs10,000 crore as part payment situated in nine different cities Foreign Minister Federica Salvatore Girone — are in New they wait for a resolution to the Pandita, to end his fast-unto- of investors’ Rs24,000 crore that with a total worth of approxi- Mogherini yesterday spoke Delhi facing trial for the shooting case against them involving their death, undertaken in Porbandar its two companies — SIRECL and mately Rs2,500 crore. to Indian External Affairs of two Indian fishermen off the actions while on an anti-piracy (Gujarat) to press for the demands. SHICL — had collected through However, in a rider, the court Minister Sushma Swaraj Kerala coast mistaking them to patrol. optionally fully convertible deben- said that “such sales are not for over phone to congratu- be pirates. Last month, the Italian govern- tures (OFCDs) as a condition for a price lower than the estimated late her and also discussed The marines were onboard the ment announced it was opening a Rahul will the release of Roy and two other value indicated in the statement the issue of the two Italian ship Enrica Lexie. “new phase” in the saga, replacing directors Ravi Shankar Dubey filed before this court or the circle marines facing trial in India According to Italian news its special envoy in the case and revive Cong, and Ashok Roy Choudhary in rates fixed for the area in which for the killing of two Indian agency ANSA, the Italian govern- sending its ambassador back to judicial custody since March 4. such properties are situated”. fishermen in 2012. ment has said it hopes that India’s New Delhi to help steer the case says Tharoor Sahara India Real Estate Ruling that the properties to “It was basically a courtesy new government of Narendra towards arbitration by an inter- Corporation Limited (SIRECL) be sold would not be purchased by call to congratulate the external Modi will be open to negotiations national organization such as the NEW DELHI: The Congress and Sahara Housing Investment any of Sahara’s entities, the judg- affairs minister on the party’s vic- on the issue, but failing that it UN. yesterday said although its tally Corporation Limited (SHICL) ment said: “The seller shall furnish tory. The issue of the two Italian will take the case to international Nicola Latorre, who chairs the was reduced to a mere 44 MPs had raised the money by issuing to this court the details of the val- marines also came up,” said arbitration. Senate defence committee, urged in the Lok Sabha, it had a pres- bonds in 2008 and 2009. uation of the properties sold and informed sources. On Monday, Latorre and further talks with India’s new ence in every village and every Soon after the pronounce- the terms of sales together with a Sushma Swaraj is reported to Girone sent a Republic Day video government and new parliament city in India and party Vice- ment of judgment, senior coun- declaration that the purchaser is have told her Italian counterpart message back to Italy from New during a radio interview yester- President Rahul Gandhi will sel Srinivasan Ganesh urged the not a related party qua Sahara.” that the case is sub-judice. Delhi. day, said ANSA. work to increase that base. court to grant five days parole to IANS The two marines Latorre said that all they can IANS “One should not think that Congress is only about 44 MPs. The Congress is in every village, every town of this country wher- ever its ideology finds reflection in people’s belief,” Congress spokes- Indian airports now among world’s best service providers person Shashi Tharoor told the media. Rahul would be instrumen- tal in reviving the party, he added. NEW DELHI: New Delhi’s International’s (ACI) airport at a ceremony in Seoul on May 27. ensure sustainability in all our amongst 235 participating airports. “Rahul not becoming the leader Indira Gandhi International service quality (ASQ). CSIA is This is the third time in a row services, retail offerings, opera- IGIA’s ASQ score of 2007 stood at of the Congress in Lok Sabha Airport (IGIA) and Mumbai’s the fifth best in the list. that IGIA has won the coveted tional efficiency, and environment 3.02 points and a ranking 101 out should not be seen as his reluc- Chatrapati Shivaji International Even Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi award for airport service quality friendliness then we can attain of the 125 participating airports. tance to lead the party. He will be Airport (CSIA) have found International Airport (RGIA) (ASQ) from ACI. perpetual success.” IGIA has an annual capacity tackling issues across India and place in the top five of the best has won the second best service “In an airport setup, it serves IGIA has made rapid progress of over 60 million passengers. revive the Congress,” said Tharoor. service quality providers in the quality award in the 5-15 MPPA as the cornerstone for not just in enhancing the service quality Around 36.88 million passengers Rahul knew how he would world. category. delivering a world class passen- over the last seven years since its passed through it in 2013. It also be most effective for the party While IGIA has been adjudged Airport-wise, the Delhi ger experience consistently but privatisation. handled nearly 600,000 tons of and his visit to Uttar Pradesh’s as the second best in the International Airport Limited also achieving a healthy financial The airport scored a 4.84 points cargo and over 300,000 air traf- Badaun showed his resolve to keep 25-40 million passengers per (DIAL), the company which performance,” said I Prabhakara on the ASQ scale out of five points fic movements (ATM) during the meeting people and give voice to annum (MPPA) category in the manages the IGIA said that the Rao, Chief Executive, DIAL. and has been recognised as the same period. their grievances, he added. world in the Airports Council award was bestowed by the ACI “We strongly believe that if we sixth best airport in the world IANS IANS Thousands stuck as snag hits Delhi Metro

NEW DELHI: Thousands of commuters had a har- rowing time yesterday evening as a technical snag hit Delhi Metro’s Blue Line (Dwarka to Noida City Centre/Vaishali) causing the trains to run slow and halt for several minutes at many stations resulting in overcrowding that lasted for hours, officials said. It has been rectified now. The fault occurred at 6.43pm and was rectified at 9.10 p.m. as per Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). “Due to the snapping of a strand of the overhead electrical wire between Dwarka and Dwarka Morh sta- tion, single line operation was on between Dwarka and Janakpuri west while a short loop was running between Janakpuri west and Rajiv Chowk,” said an official of the DMRC. “Normalcy was restored at 9.10pm. The problem started at 6.43pm” the official said. The fault led to chaos at many stations along the route — one of the busiest in the capital — that links Dwarka on the western edge of Delhi with Noida and Vaishali in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. According to many stuck commuters, the trains were stopping at each station for close to 20 minutes and many passengers got off and took auto-rickshaws and taxis whose drivers added to their woes by fleec- ing them. “I took the metro from Noida sector 18 and after one and a half hours I have only managed to reach Rajiv Chowk. I am getting off and taking an auto,” said Rupali Singh, a 24-year-old professional. Buses - both private and Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) - were running packed to capacity as stranded commuters latched on to them, not willing to be left at the mercy of overcharging autos and taxis. “I intended to travel to Patel Nagar (west Delhi) from Pragati Maidan (central Delhi) and the auto driver wanted me to cough up Rs400 for the short trip. So, I had no option but to take the bus which is already bursting at the seams,” said Rajiv Kelkar, a 38-year-old businessman. IANS

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PARIS: France, trying to mini- the figure sought by the United Paribas] has done is not repre- mise US penalties against BNP States was not justified. “If there hensible in France or Europe. But Paribas on charges of breaking was a fault, then it is normal that US law is being applied.” sanctions, said that a reported there be a sanction, but the sanc- Shares in the bank initially $10.1bn fine was excessive and tion has to be proportionate and rallied on the news the French warned it could damage trans- reasonable. These figures are not government lent official support. Atlantic trade talks. reasonable,” he said. They closed down 0.33 percent The remarks from French France would defend the bank, at €50.91, while the Paris market Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius he said, adding that the dispute was down 0.27 percent overall. ramp up French concern at the “raises a very, very big problem”. Fabius was referring to the size, manner and likely effects of “Meanwhile, we are in the fifth round of negotiations on a the expected fine that could be process of discussing a trans- free-trade agreement between Participants at the panel session held as part of the forum. imposed on the French bank. Atlantic partnership with the the European Union and the The New York Times newspaper United States. This trade part- United States which was held in reported that the governor of the nership can be established only Washington on May 19. Bank of France, Christian Noyer, on a basis of reciprocity. But here, “One cannot consider that QP holds suppliers, contractors meet had visited top US officials on we would have the example of an reciprocity must be the rule if, at the case in New York last week unjust and unilateral decision.” the same time, there is a decision to warn that such a fine, equiv- Finance Minister Michel Sapin like this. Furthermore, when one DOHA: The Qatar Petroleum Mulla, Corporate Manager of contracts, 82 percent of pur- alent to €7.4bn ($10.1bn), could warned France was “ready to looks at the role of Paribas, which Suppliers and Contractors for Purchasing and Contracts, chases and 90 percent of supply have grave effects on the financial react firmly to protect its funda- is the leading European bank, Forum, kicked off at the Qatar said: “The QP vision, which agreements have been awarded to system. mental interests”, if the US failed the figures mentioned, which are National Convention Centre was launched by Dr Al Sada in local suppliers over the past three President Francois Hollande to be fair in the BNP Paribas case. absolutely unreasonable, could (QNCC) here yesterday with October 2013, reinforces our belief years. In addition, he stressed that has also recently raised con- “If all American authorities — have a considerable negative the participation of more than that a successful Qatar Petroleum the building of business relation- cerns about a plea deal with the five are looking into this case — knock-on effect,” ” said Fabius. 800 representatives from over is reliant upon our business ships with local and international White House, the paper wrote. do not treat BNP Paribas fairly, Noyer, who also sits on the pol- 470 local and international relationship both here in Qatar companies is at the foundation of He will discuss the issue with US France will react firmly to protect icy-making body of the European companies. and internationally with you — the activities of QP’s Purchasing President Barack Obama at a din- its fundamental interests,” he said Central Bank, met state and fed- Organised by QP’s Purchasing our contractors and suppliers. and Contracts Department. ner today, a day before attending in an interview with Les Echos eral prosecutors in New York, the and Contracts Department, the Without your commitment and Al Mulla’s speech was followed ceremonies to mark the 70th financial paper. New York Times reported, citing one-day forum was held under the dedication, we would not be able by four presentations related to anniversary of the D-Day land- “We are not defending a bank people close to the matter. patronage of H E Dr Mohamed to ensure the continuity of the the QP Vendor e-Registration ings of Allied troops in Normandy, that has admitted to something Noyer stressed the case could bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister supply chain. This is something System, QP’s major projects and French diplomats said. reprehensible,” he said. But he have major repercussions both for of Energy and Industry and that we clearly recognise.” preferred vendor lists, procure- Fabius, commenting on charges added: “We must protect the sta- BNP Paribas, the biggest French Chairman and Managing Director During his speech, Al Mulla ment management, as well as that BNP Paribas broke sanctions bility of France’s financial system bank by capitalisation, and the of QP. also highlighted QP’s continued compliance and performance against Iran, Sudan and Cuba, to make sure that it can properly global economy. In his keynote address, support to local companies as he matters. said in a television interview that finance the economy. What [BNP AFP Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al pointed out that up to 78 percent THE PENINSULA

Qatari stock market to Euronext see more initiatives: CEO London gets

DOHA: Qatar stock market benefits of increased liquidity, UK regulatory will see more initiatives in near market depth and institutional future to boost the confidence investor participation, we have approval of investors, said Rashid bin really achieved improvements in Ali Al Mansoori, CEO of Qatar the operational efficiency of our Stock Exchange speaking in a markets,” said Al Mansoori. “The LONDON: Euronext’s London panel discussion held during the road does not end here. We have a market has been approved as a Annual Conference of the Arab long way to go. With this in mind, full exchange by Britain’s finan- Federation of Exchanges (AFE), we have identified a number of cial regulator, putting it on a held yesterday in Dubai. other areas that will allow us to level footing with rivals such Speaking about the implica- capitalise on the emerging mar- as the London Stock Exchange tions of the upgrade of the Qatari ket classification. Initiatives like Group and BATS Chi-X Europe. market status and inclusion in the expansion of securities lending Rashid bin Ali Al Mansoori (second left), CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange, at Arab Federation of Exchanges, in Dubai. The pan-European exchanges MSCI Emerging Markets index, and borrowing, margin trading, group said yesterday its London Al Mansoori said the reclassifica- omnibus accounts, risk manage- market had received Recognised tion process highlighted a number ment and the introduction of a implications resulting from the and quantitative MSCI standards, Stock Exchange over the past few Investment Exchange (RIE) of issues that had been addressed CCP will add further confidence upgrade such as the increase in especially the degree of openness years to meet the requirements status from Britain’s Financial by the exchange and other compe- to the robustness of the market market liquidity and other advan- of the market to the international of MSCI, in terms of the devel- Conduct Authority. tent authorities in order to raise infrastructure,” he added. tages that could be leveraged, such investment community and an opment of the market infrastruc- Registration as a full exchange the efficiency of the market. The participation of Al as in the development of investor established and well tested oper- ture and the implementation of means Euronext London can “I would like to thank all of the Mansoori was to talk about the relations and the promotion of the ational framework in line with a number of important projects compete more effectively with investment community, including upgrade to emerging market sta- principles of corporate governance. international best practices. and initiatives, which were wel- rivals for listings and business, MSCI, for the issues they high- tus by both MSCI and S&P and Al Mansoori said the key criteria “The upgrade of the Qatari comed by international financial as some retail and institutional lighted a number of issues dur- the implications of that upgrade. of the MSCI upgrade was the oper- market clearly and evidently and investment institutions,” Al investors are restricted to trading ing the reclassification exercise. He also touched up on the les- ational efficiency of the market reflected the recognition of the Mansoori added. on fully regulated exchanges. While upgrade brings immediate sons learned and the underlying measured against both qualitative positive steps made by Qatar THE PENINSULA The approval comes as Euronext, which also operates bourses in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon, is expected to list on three of its markets in an initial public offering later this US sets new import duties on Chinese solar products month that could value the com- pany at more than €1.5bn. “With over €6bn of equity secu- WASHINGTON: The United cells used to make their panels Chinese producers. A prelimi- “The import duties, which are China’s Ministry of Commerce rities traded daily on our markets, States slapped new import to Taiwan and continuing to flood nary decision on the anti-dump- in line with our expectations, will said the United States had Euronext London is a logical duties on solar panels and other the US market with cheap prod- ing section of the complaint is wipe out the price competitiveness “ignored the facts” and abused entry point for international issu- related products from China ucts. The new complaint seeks to due by July 25. That section cov- of Chinese products in the US trade rules in order to protect ers wanting to access the deep after the Commerce depart- close that loophole by extending ers panels assembled in China market,” said Zhou Ziguang, ana- its own industry, adding that the liquidity found within our mar- ment ruled they were produced import duties to also cover panels from Taiwanese inputs or third- lyst at Chinese investment bank use of trade measures “would not ket,” Euronext CEO Dominique using Chinese government sub- made with parts from Taiwan. country cells made from Chinese Ping An Securities in Beijing. The solve the development problems Cerutti said in a statement. sidies, potentially inflaming In a preliminary determina- inputs. Chinese government, which has of the US solar industry.” IntercontinentalExchange trade tensions between the two tion, the Commerce department The anti-subsidy duties will been scrambling to boost domes- China retaliated against the acquired NYSE Euronext in a countries. imposed duties of 35.21 percent hurt the Chinese solar indus- tic demand to offset declines in original US duties by introducing $11bn deal last year. The US The US arm of German solar on imports of panels and other try, although the overall impact orders from Europe — previously anti-dumping and anti-subsidy exchange group committed to manufacturer SolarWorld AG products made by Wuxi Suntech should be limited given the US the dominant buyer of Chinese duties on imports of US polysili- spinning off Euronext and has filed a petition complaining that Power and five other affiliated accounted for just about 10 per- solar products 1 on Wednesday con, the key raw material in solar lined up a group of European Chinese manufacturers are side- companies, 18.56 percent on cent of Chinese solar shipments expressed its “strong dissatisfac- cells, and has accused the United long-term investors to take a 33 stepping duties imposed in 2012 imports of Trina Solar and 26.89 last year, industry officials and tion” with the US decision. States of trying to curb Chinese percent stake in the firm on its by shifting production of the percent on imports from other analysts say. In a notice posted on its website, imports. REUTERS market debut. REUTERS THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS India may ease restrictions for online retailers Opening up of online retail to benefit Amazon, eBay; announcement may be made as part of budget next month

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India could Modi, who was sworn in 10 days ago. The “Most stakeholders support FDI (for- are extremely serious about it,” said an On the campaign trail, Modi had asked allow global online retailers such as move could allow the government to cir- eign direct investment),” said a senior executive with a global online retailer small traders not to feel intimated by Amazon.com Inc and eBay to sell their cumvent political opposition to opening government official, referring to e-com- who was invited to a meeting two weeks big online retail chains. “We should not own products as early as next month, up India’s $500bn retail sector to global merce. “We have pitched for opening it ago between the government and foreign worry about these things. Our children removing restrictions that have held retail giants such as Walmart Stores Inc. up completely.” and domestic companies. have taken IT to the world. We’ll have to back competition in one of the world’s Four people privy to discussions within Industry surveys say e-commerce “They understand this will help small embrace it,” he told a gathering of small biggest, and most price-sensitive, retail the government said that officials believed could contribute up to 4 percent to India’s traders to grow their business, expand traders in February. markets. a more robust online retail sector would economy by 2020 from under 1 percent and reach out to a larger market,” he Modi will eventually decide invest- The decision, which is likely to be spur manufacturing and consumption, now. When asked about the decision, a said. While Modi’s Bharatiya Janata ment guidelines as well as the foreign announced in or alongside the budget, helping revive an economy that has spokesman for India’s commerce and Party (BJP) has been a vocal critic of ownership cap, but the sources said the is one of the first tangible signs of eco- grown at below 5 percent for two years, industry ministry declined to comment. the country’s multi-brand retail policy, rules will be clearer and better than those nomic reform by the business-friendly the longest period of sub-par expansion “The way the government is initiat- it has remained quiet on the proposal to for foreign investment in the supermar- government of Prime Minister Narendra since the late 1980s. ing discussion, it is very clear that they open up the e-commerce sector. ket sector. REUTERS

Walmart holds shareholder meeting

Walmart employees cheer at the Walmart US associates meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas yesterday. The meeting was part of Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting.

IBQ recognised for Al khaliji gets customer service another award

DOHA: International Bank of Qatar DOHA: Al Khalij Commercial Bank (ibq) has won the Best Customer (al khaliji) QSC, has again been Service Award for the fifth year at the named the “Best Premium Bank” annual Banker Middle East Industry in the Middle East by the Banker Awards 2014 ceremony held recently Middle East Industry Awards 2014. in Dubai. Organised by CPI Financial, the The award recognises ibq’s contin- annual Banker Middle East Industry ued leadership in delivering innovative, Awards sets the benchmark for suc- value-added products, in addition to the cessful banking in the Mena region. bank’s investment in technology, human Commenting on the recognition, capital and streamlined banking opera- al khaliji Group CEO Robin McCall tions focused on delivering high quality said: “We are honoured to receive this customer service and experience, the award, which reaffirms the value of a bank said a statement yesterday. close working partnership with our Jabra Ghandour, Managing Director clients. We have recognised the need of ibq said: “This award is a testament for a quality service, flawless execution, to our commitment to continue deliver- appropriate products and transpar- ing on our objective of providing unpar- ent pricing. Our aim is to ensure our alleled services dedicated to customer preferred clients receive a dedicated, satisfaction. This is truly an important specialised banking service to meet accomplishment, one which will further their needs”. encourage us to develop new innova- This year’s Banker Middle East tive services and solutions to enhance Industry Awards witnessed nomina- our customers’ experience. Our team tions from a large number of banks has also played a vital role by embrac- and financial institutions from across ing the customer service standards in the region covering a broad spectrum every possible way. We’ll continue to of financial services including retail, work hard to provide state-of-the-art corporate, investment, premium and banking solutions that are providing our private banking, asset management, customers, whom we also consider as fund management, finance companies partners for success, with choice and and consultancy practices. convenience at every touch point.” This is the second award for al kha- Andrew Ball, Head of Retail Banking liji in less than three months, hav- at ibq, said: “We’re proud to be recog- ing received dual recognition from nised once again by the Banker Middle the International Banker for “Best East awards for our commitment to Practice Investor Relations” and “Best high quality service in Qatar.” Commercial Bank of the Year in Qatar”. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Lafarge to merge S Africa, Nigeria units in $1.35bn deal

LAGOS: French cement maker He said Standard Chartered Bank Lafarge will combine its South Africa acted as independent valuation adviser business with publicly traded Nigerian on the deal while Nigerian-based invest- unit Lafarge Wapco, listing its Africa ment bank Chapel Hill Denham was interests together on the Lagos bourse, financial adviser on the merger. Lafarge its country chief executive officer said. Africa will become the sixth highest Guillaume Roux said the deal, worth capitalised company on the Nigerian $1.35bn, will see the Lafarge group get bourse, Roux said. Lafarge faces intense $200m in cash and 1.4 billion new shares competition in Africa, especially from in Lafarge Wapco to effect the merger. arch rival Dangote Cement, owned by The new company, Lafarge Africa Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. The Plc, will have a market capitalisation of company, Nigeria’s biggest with a market more than $3bn and will be listed on the capitalisation of around $24bn, is set to Nigerian Stock Exchange, Roux told a roll out cement plants across Africa. news conference. Lafarge group will own The combined entity accounted for 73 percent of the combined entity. $1.25bn in 2013 annual sales, and earn- The combined company would seek ings before interest, tax, depreciation to boost capacity by 5.5 million tonnes and amortisation (EBITDA) stood at to 17.5 million tonnes after the merger. $345m. Roux said cement industry “The consolidation will enable the demand was projected to grow by around enlarged entity to accelerate growth 14 percent over the next five years in on the continent and expand its prod- Nigeria while it will grow by around uct offering in South Africa across the 4 percent in South Africa over the region,” Roux said. same period. REUTERS THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Dai-ichi Life GM sorry for sending recall notices to buy US firm Victims’ families protest the move for $5.7bn DETROIT: General Motors involving the Cobalt in recent apologised to families of accident months. DiBattista said GM could TOKYO: Dai-ichi Life Insurance victims who have been notified have identified the destroyed car said yesterday it would buy to bring in cars for replacement through a simple check of Vehicle US-based Protective Life for of defective ignition switches. Identification Numbers. $5.7bn in a record deal, the latest “We are deeply sorry to those Rose has been identified as one overseas takeover by a Japanese families who received a recall of the 13 victims GM links to the firm to counter a declining mar- notice,” said GM spokesman faulty switch. ket at home. Greg Martin. Federal regulators now say they The company, Japan’s number GM has recalled 2.6 million of believe that GM’s death toll is an two insurer, said it would pay $70 its most popular models to replace undercount. An analysis of federal per share for the American firm a defective switch that it has crash data found at least 74 peo- and issue up to 250bn yen ($2.4bn) linked to 13 fatalities. Some fami- ple have died in General Motors in new stock to help finance the lies who lost loved ones in fatal cars in accidents with some key deal. The price is a 34 percent crashes have complained that GM similarities to those that GM has premium on Protective Life shares should not have sent them notices linked to the defective switches. when they closed on Friday in New to bring in cars for repairs. Martin said in an email that York, before reports of the deal Terri DiBattista, who lost her GM “continues to look into all emerged. 16-year-old daughter Amber claims we are made aware of in Dai-ichi said the purchase of Marie Rose in a 2005 Maryland the recall population.” Protective Life, a mid-sized firm accident involving a Chevrolet Some families say they are still based in the southern US state of Cobalt, said she received two recall seeking answers on whether fatal Alabama, was aimed at broaden- notices from GM last week ask- accidents could be linked to the ing its overseas business beyond ing her to bring in the vehicle to switch. Kim Pierce, who lost her Asia by entering the world’s big- fix the ignition switch and power 17-year-old son, Austin Sloat, in Mary Theresa Ruddy (left), whose daughter was killed in 2010 when she lost control of her 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, gest market for insurance sold to steering. The car was destroyed a crash in Maine involving a 2004 consumers. holds a picture of the vehicle, as General Motors CEO Mary Barra testifies before the Senate Commerce and when Rose crashed into a tree. Saturn Ion, said she learned about “As a result of the acquisition, Transportation Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance subcommittee in Washington. The postcards were mailed to GM’s problems with a defective the company’s business composi- the family at its new address in switch from news reports early tion in terms of premium income, South Carolina, where DiBattista this year. She then obtained teenage driver was charged in the regarding the incident that led to privacy, we do not discuss pri- profits and risk exposure will be said they moved to recover from a police accident report that accident, which involved racing. her son’s death. Martin declined vate conversations we may have more diversified globally, encom- the loss. Sent by a local GM showed the driver’s side air bag Pierce has hired an attorney and comment on whether GM was had with family members or their passing Japan, North America and dealer, the cards detailed three did not deploy when he crashed at contacted the National Highway reviewing Sloat’s case. legal representation,” he said. the Asia-Pacific region,” Dai-ichi different recalls GM has issued high speeds into a tree. Another Traffic Safety Administration “Out of respect for their REUTERS said in a statement. “The group anticipates the acquisition to be a transforma- tive event for (its) aspiration to become a ‘global insurance group representing Asia’, enabling us to Eurozone economy stutters as Dubai Islamic Bank buys accelerate growth and expand our business further,” it added. The buyout — which is expected to be completed later this year or ECB gears up for action today 24.9pc of Bank Panin early 2015 — would be the larg- est acquisition of a foreign firm LONDON: Price cuts by euro- Sources said last month the it should raise rates. The BoE is DUBAI: Dubai Islamic Bank No purchase price was given by a Japanese insurer, eclipsing zone firms failed to prevent bank was preparing a package of widely expected to be the first (DIB) has completed the in the filings. Tokio Marine’s $4.7bn takeo- business growth from losing policy options, including cuts in major central bank to begin hik- purchase of a 24.9 percent However, Roosniati Salihin, ver of US-based Philadelphia momentum in May, all but seal- all its interest rates and targeted ing interest rates from a record stake in Indonesia’s Bank vice president of Bank Panin Consolidated in 2008. Last month ing the case for looser monetary measures aimed at boosting lend- low of 0.5 percent — although not Panin Syariah from its parent Indonesia, told The Jakarta Post Japan’s Suntory Holdings said policy a day before the European ing to small and mid-sized busi- until next year. “Record low inter- firm, an executive at Bank Pan that the buyer was the Dubai- it had completed a nearly $16bn Central Bank meets. nesses. Annual eurozone inflation, est rates are no longer necessary. Indonesia was quoted as saying based bank. purchase of the firm behind Jim Markit’s Composite Purchasing which the ECB prefers to be just The (UK) economy is growing yesterday. “The agreement (with Dubai Beam bourbon, creating one of the Managers’ Index (PMI) showed under 2 percent, fell unexpect- rapidly and, if anything, is pick- Dubai Islamic Bank, the Islamic Bank) was made official world’s biggest high-end spirits that while output across the bloc edly in May to just 0.5 percent, ing up pace,” said Christian Schulz largest Islamic bank in the about two weeks ago,” Salihin makers and giving it a foothold in remained solid in May the pace increasing the risks of deflation at Berenberg. Just as Britain’s United Arab Emirates, said last was quoted as saying. the major US liquor market. of growth eased — despite output and making a policy response recovery seems to be progressing month that it was in talks to buy “Now Dubai Islamic Bank That deal — which dwarfed pre- prices falling for the 26th straight today a virtual certainty. at a faster rate than that of the 24.9 percent of Indonesia’s only controls a 24.9 percent stake in vious Suntory acquisitions — was month. Industrial producer prices, a neighbouring euro zone economy, listed shariah-compliant lender, Bank Panin Syariah, while Panin the third-biggest overseas takeo- “Today’s PMIs remain consist- proxy for consumer prices, fell as parallel divergences have emerged which it would jointly man- remains the majority share- ver by a Japanese firm, after mobile ent with some recovery in the expected both on the month and within the currency union. age and operate with Bank Pan holder with 64.01 percent,” she carrier SoftBank’s $21.6bn buyout eurozone,” said Annalisa Piazza at on a year ago in April, Eurostat The bloc’s growth was once Indonesia. added. of US-based Sprint Nextel last year Newedge Strategy. “That said, we also said yesterday. again supported by Germany In two separate statements to The deal was said to be worth and Japan Tobacco’s 2007 purchase rule out that the picture of mod- In Britain, which does not use and pointed to euro zone GDP the Indonesian stock exchange, 251.79bn rupiah ($21.2m), the of Britain’s Gallaher for almost erate recovery will be an obsta- the euro, the services industry expanding 0.4-0.5 percent this Bank Panin Indonesia said newspaper wrote. $19bn. Dai-ichi’s announcement cle for the ECB to justify further expanded faster than expected in quarter. But French business an unidentified buyer had Dubai Islamic Bank didn’t was the latest in a recurring trend accommodation this week.” May, and hiring notched a 17-year activity slipped back into con- acquired 10 percent of the immediately respond to a request for Japanese companies as they see ECB policymakers have flagged high, adding to a debate at the traction after just two months of Islamic unit on May 21 and 13.5 for comment. their home market decline due to a move at today’s meeting. Bank of England about how soon growth. REUTERS percent on May 22. REUTERS a shrinking population. AFP

People use computers at a job fair in Detroit. US private hiring slows, but services sector expands

WASHINGTON: US companies however, does not have a good record hired far fewer workers than expected predicting nonfarm payrolls. A survey in May, but an acceleration in services forecast payrolls rising 218,000 after a sector growth supported views the 288,000 increase in April. economy was regaining strength after Separately, the Institute for Supply sagging early this year. Management said its services sector While other data yesterday showed the index rose to 56.3 last month as new trade deficit hit its widest point in two orders and business activity jumped. It years in April, a rise in imports to record was the highest reading in nine months highs underscored the economy’s resil- and was up from 55.2 in April. ience. “May job growth may have been a In another report, the Commerce little less than expected but with imports Department said the trade gap increased rising, it looks like the economy is mov- 6.9 percent to $47.2bn as imports hit a ing forward solidly,” said Joel Naroff, record high. It was the largest deficit chief economist at Naroff Economic since April 2012 and followed a $44.2bn Advisors in Holland, Pennsylvania. shortfall in March. Private employers added 179,000 jobs to US financial market were little their payrolls in May, the ADP National changed after the data. When adjusted Employment Report showed, compared for inflation, the trade deficit increased to 215,000 jobs in April. That was below to $53.8bn from $50.9bn in March, sug- economists’ expectations for a gain of gesting that trade remained a drag on 210,000 jobs in May. growth in the second quarter. It was released ahead of the govern- Trade subtracted almost a percentage ment’s comprehensive employment point from first-quarter gross domestic report tomorrow. The ADP report, product growth. REUTERS THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Ford to ‘shed weight’ Germany to US auto sales set new rules for fracking hit nine-year BERLIN: Germany plans to draw up new rules in the com- ing weeks for the controver- sial method of fracking for gas, which will impose tight restric- high in May tions on the technique that has led to a shale gas boom in the United States. Double-digit growth for major brands The guidelines will include environmental audits and a ban DETROIT: Brisk demand for Automakers didn’t need big on drilling in areas where water is SUVs and pickup trucks — and discounts to boost sales. Car buy- protected. Germany’s ruling par- five sunny weekends — pushed ing site TrueCar.com estimated ties had promised in their coali- US auto sales to a nine-year incentives were flat from last May tion agreement last year to set a high in May. and up four percent from April to legal framework for fracking. Chrysler, Nissan and Toyota $2,677 per vehicle. TrueCar said Hydraulic fracking involves all reported double-digit sales Hyundai, Kia and Honda had the pumping water and chemicals gains over last May. Even General biggest increases in incentives in at high pressure through drill Motors, battling bad publicity May. Chrysler, GM and Nissan holes to prop open rocks. Many from a mishandled recall, sur- offered fewer deals. Germans oppose it due to envi- prised with a 13 percent sales GM said May was its best ronmental worries, especially increase. month since August 2008. Sales fears about possible contamina- Ford’s sales rose a better-than- of its GMC Yukon and Buick Visitors look at a Ford Lightweight Concept car at the TechShop in San Francisco, California, yesterday. tion of drinking water. expected three percent, while Encore SUVs more than doubled, Ford said the vehicle uses advanced materials to explore weight reduction solution in an effort to improve The technology was used in Hyundai’s were up four per- and buyers snapped up the new fuel efficiency. Germany for decades for deep-lying, cent. Of major automakers, only Chevrolet Corvette. GMC Sierra or “tight” gas, but there has been an Volkswagen’s sales fell. pickup sales gained 14 percent. effective moratorium on the granting May is traditionally a strong Brauer said buyers haven’t been of new permits for the past two years. month for the auto industry, as deterred by GM’s multiple recalls Economy and Energy Minister buyers spend their tax returns — 13.8 million vehicles so far this Lithuania to adopt euro from 2015 Sigmar Gabriel outlined his plans and think ahead to summer road year — and questions about how to draft the guidelines in a letter trips. This year’s calendar, with long the company took to report dated May 23 to the head of the five weekends, gave it an extra safety problems in older cars. BRUSSELS/VILNIUS: switch to the single currency at be difficult to control domestic parliamentary budget committee. boost. Sales were particularly “Car buyers are willing to forget Lithuania meets all the cri- some point provided they meet prices pressures and avoid eco- “The goal is to finalise these strong the last weekend of the the past and look at the present teria for joining the euro, the the criteria. The Commission nomic overheating in an environ- drafts in the coming weeks,” the let- month, automakers said. and future for GM,” he said. European Commission said yes- assesses such compliance every ment of fixed exchange rates,” the ter said, adding that the aim was to Sales rose 11 percent to just Toyota’s sales increased 17 terday, clearing the way for the two years in what it calls a con- ECB said. get a version ready for the cabinet to over 1.6 million in May. That was percent over last May. Sales of Baltic state to become the 19th vergence report. EU Economic and Monetary approve before the summer recess. the highest monthly total since the Camry midsize sedan, the member of the single currency “The 2014 Convergence Report Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn Fracking has been embraced in July 2005, according to Kelley country’s best-selling car, rose from the start of next year. concludes that Lithuania meets told a news conference that while the United States to obtain shale Blue Book. 26 percent to nearly 50,000. To adopt the euro, a country the criteria for adopting the euro. the ECB and Commission reports gas cheaply. But in the coalition The surge helped erase doubts Luxury Lexus brand sales gained has to have government debt no As a consequence, the Commission differed in nuance the inflation deal agreed between Chancellor about the strength of the indus- 21 percent. higher than 60 percent of gross is proposing that Lithuania adopt outlook was not worrying. Angela Merkel’s conservatives and try. January and February sales Ford said it was a record month domestic product, a budget deficit the euro on 1 January 2015,” the He said the Commission Gabriel’s Social Democrats (SPD), were weaker than expected as for the Fusion sedan and Escape below three percent of GDP, low Commission said. expected inflation in Lithuania to the section on fracking mentions consumers spent more time SUV, which both topped 30,000 in inflation and interest rates and The European Central Bank, accelerate to 1.1 percent this year a “significant potential for risk” shoveling snow than shopping. sales. Sales for the Lincoln luxury its own currency has to be stable which must give its opinion on the and 1.8-1.9 percent in 2015 from a and rejects the use of chemicals. “It’s the continued recovery brand gained 21 percent as the against the euro. readiness of a country to join, also 12-month average of 0.6 percent Last month the state of Lower in the summer selling season,” new MKC small SUV went on Of the 28 countries in the said Vilnius was ready but warned measured to April 2014. Saxony, which holds 95 percent of said Jeff Schuster, executive vice sale. European Union, only Britain and about maintaining low inflation “The analysis of fundamen- Germany’s gas reserves, tried to president of forecasting for LMC But Ford’s truck sales dropped Denmark do not have to strive to rates. “Maintaining low infla- tals ... clearly support a positive speed up an end to the ban on frack- Automotive, an industry con- four percent as the automaker adopt the euro because they have tion rates on a sustainable basis assessment of the price stability ing by saying it would take a draft sulting firm. “Kind of everything reduced incentives. Ford said it’s negotiated formal opt-outs. in Lithuania will be challenging criterion,” Rehn said. law to the Bundesrat upper house. aligning in the month of May.” trying to manage pickup truck All the others are supposed to in the medium term, as it may REUTERS REUTERS June should bring more of the inventories as it prepares for same, said Karl Brauer, a senior ana- the new aluminum-clad F-150 lyst with Kelley Blue Book. May sales pickup, which is due out later this were driven by pent-up demand from year. Ford plans to close its truck the winter, he said, but the summer plants for a total of 13 weeks this months will likely be strong because year. It would normally make of other factors, including low inter- around 90,000 trucks in that Bahrain’s Mumtalakat ends losing streak est rates, good lease deals and entic- time. ing new vehicles. AP DUBAI: Bahrain’s Mumtalakat said. The profit was driven “by not be back there again, God which cut routes and staff dur- will remain profitable from now significantly lower impairment willing.” ing a five-year restructuring, nar- on, its chief executive said yes- losses and improved operating Mumtalakat has struggled in rowed its net loss to BD95.4m in QATARI MARKET terday, as the sovereign fund performance across portfolio recent years due to problems in 2013 from BD183.8m a year ago. Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P ended five straight years of companies, in particular Gulf its home market, namely a local For Mumtalakat, route closures Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.44 1.02 % Aa2 AA losses in 2013 due to improved Air”, the statement added. real estate crash followed by Arab fed through to a 5.6 percent dip in performance at Gulf Air and “We are very hopeful that we Spring-inspired unrest in the group revenue but this was offset Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 121.13 1.96 % Aa2 AA lower impairments. are now on the right path and Gulf Arab kingdom. by cost reductions at the airline. Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 115.00 2.39 % Aa2 AA The fund, fully owned by the growth and profitability will stay The fund has also been weighed “It’s a temporary drop (in reve- Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 110.75 2.92 % Aa2 AA Bahraini state but run on a com- with us going forward, that I can down by Gulf Air, the loss-mak- nue) and now we will grow slowly Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 163.25 4.26 % Aa2 AA mercial basis, made a net profit assure you,” Mahmood Al Kooheji, ing carrier which has undergone but surely, with routes based on Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 125.00 4.71 % Aa2 AA of BD82.7m ($219m) in 2013 com- Chief Executive of Mumtalakat, a series of cost-cutting measures commercial viability,” Kooheji Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 116.00 4.71 % Aa2 AA pared with a net loss of BD181.7m said in a telephone interview. to help turn around its fortunes. said. Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.44 0.41 % Aa2 AA in the previous year, a statement “We’re out of the red and we’ll Bahrain’s national carrier, REUTERS Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 113.00 2.69 % Aa2 AA Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 101.88 0.74 % A1 A- Mining exports Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.63 1.70 % A1 A- QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.00 0.82 % NR NR drive Australian QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.13 0.95 % Aa3 A+ QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.50 1.67 % Aa3 A+ economy up Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.63 1.78 % A2 A- SYDNEY: The Australian econ- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.25 1.12 % A2 A- omy expanded a better-than- Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 125.50 2.44 % A2 A- expected 1.1 percent in the first Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 109.63 3.14 % A2 A- quarter of 2014 with a strong rise Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 107.63 4.15 % A2 A- in mining exports driving growth, Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 101.63 0.22 % Aa3 A data showed yesterday. Annual Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.63 2.84 % Aa3 A growth was 3.5 percent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 109.75 3.56 % Aa3 A said, compared with analyst SOVEREIGNS expectations of 3.1 percent. Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Markets watchers expected Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.50 1.87 % Aa2 AA growth in the three months to Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 107.75 0.80 % NR NR March to be 0.8 percent. The Australian dollar rose by Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 109.50 1.55 % NR NR a third of a US cent to 92.92 US Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 126.25 3.15 % NR NR cents on the back of the strong Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 121.25 3.37 % NR NR quarterly figures, which followed a Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 102.13 0.53 % Aa2 AA 0.8 percent expansion in the three Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.63 2.33 % NR BBB months to December. Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 110.50 3.49 % NR BBB The mining sector made up 80 percent of growth in the March Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 105.00 4.77 % Caa1 B- quarter as net exports contrib- Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 108.63 2.99 % NR BBB- uted 1.4 percentage points to GDP. Consumption added 0.3 per-

*Periodic Distribution Amount centage points, but some of the IMPORTANT NOTE: gains were partially offset by Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which inventories, which subtracted 0.6 is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services percentage points. Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary The improved GDP figures were data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not foreshadowed by the Reserve Bank take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds of Australia in its monthly meeting can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant on Tuesday, where it held the cash liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not rate at a record low of 2.5 percent a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and th consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. for the 10 straight month. Central bank governor Glenn Stevens flagged a “period of sta- bility” in monetary policy in a cautiously optimistic statement about the Australian economy. AFP THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Interest rate breaks Why federal govt should ending soon in US

BY DINA ELBOGHDADY help bail out Detroit City

ince the housing market unravelled in 2008, lenders have BY ALLISON SCHRAGER make these retirement benefits a burden to more financial strain at the local level. slashed the interest rates on millions of mortgages belong- all taxpayers, regardless of where they live. The federal government may claim, as it ing to struggling borrowers — but only for a limited time. tarting last month, and continu- At some point the federal government will is in Detroit, that it is not on the hook for S And for about 2 million of the loans, that time is up, or ing through July, Detroit’s 170,000 inevitably be stuck with the tab, either from local retirement benefits. But it is, for both soon will be. creditors will vote on the terms of increased political pressure or from states political and financial reasons. Starting this year, the rates will begin to gradually rise on the “Grand Bargain” that will end gaming existing federal programmes. The federal government can avoid this those mortgages, and it’s unclear if the homeowners will be the city’s bankruptcy. The sooner the federal government acts, type of large, unexpected cost by getting able to handle the higher payments, according to an analysis SDifferent groups are contributing to the the lower the cost to taxpayers because the more involved in state pensions now. In the released Monday by Black Knight Financial Services, a mort- deal: the state of Michigan, the city of Detroit, financial hole will only get bigger. In both private sector, the Pension Benefit Guaranty gage research firm. as well as philanthropic organisations includ- the mortgage and European debt crises, the Corporation — a quasi-US government Roughly 40 percent of the loans belong to borrowers who are ing the Knight and Ford foundations. They’ll world saw how much damage an unacknowl- agency that is technically independent — “underwater,” meaning they owe more on their mortgages than either contribute money or reduce salaries of edged, but expected government guarantee insures corporate pensions, paying employ- their homes are worth, the analysis said. city employees, in order to restore Detroit’s can cause. Debts became unmanageable and ers a large fraction of their promised benefit Those borrowers therefore can’t sell their properties or refi- solvency and ability to pay its retirees. creditors looked to the central government if their company goes bankrupt. In exchange nance if they run into financial trouble once the higher rates kick So far, absent in the bargain is support for bailouts. The lack of clarity caused uncer- for that guarantee, corporations are sub- in, which increases their chances of defaulting on their loans. from the federal government. On April tainty and wreaked havoc on financial mar- ject to more stringent accounting stand- “Given that the data has shown quite clearly that equity — or 24 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew visited kets. Rather than staying on the sidelines or ards and insurance premiums. There is no the lack thereof — is one of the primary drivers of mortgage Detroit, raising hopes that a $100m bailout engaging in backdoor bailouts, this time the such insurance for state and local pensions, defaults, these resets may indeed pose an increased risk in the from the government would materialise. federal government should take a more active but there should be, because it would force years ahead,” Kostya Gradushy, Black Knight’s manager of loan The money would come under the category role in shoring up state pension finances. states and municipalities to pay for that data and customer analytics, said in a statement. of “blight eradication,” a preexisting federal The problem is dire. Retiree benefits — implicit federal guarantee. The analysis does not provide any estimates on how much more programme designated for urban renewal. both pensions and healthcare — will become A less radical alternative involves tax the 2 million borrowers would have to pay once their interest The federal government is careful to avoid increasingly expensive to provide, and subsidies. The government could start to rates reset, or how many of them are likely to default. The firm setting a precedent of bailing out state or strain state and local governments nation- enforce more sensible accounting stand- studied loan modifications made from 2008 through 2013, both municipal pensions because it doesn’t want wide. According to a task force chaired by ards and offer states and municipalities through government initiatives and programmes developed by to take on a massive liability. Richard Ravitch and Paul Volcker, in the the option of issuing tax-advantaged bonds, individual lenders. This is a mistake. The federal government future many states and municipalities will where the proceeds would fully finance pen- Regulators and consumer advocates have voiced concerns should use Detroit as an opportunity to take probably have to choose between services sion and healthcare liabilities. about the most prominent of the government’s efforts: the Home a more active role in state and municipal for other taxpayers (like schools, roads and With either of these options, the federal Affordable Loan Modification Programme (HAMP). pensions. Unless the American economy safety), paying benefits, or significantly rais- government would fulfil its obligation to About 800,000 borrowers who remain enrolled in HAMP will see experiences unprecedented growth, future ing taxes. Even if pension assets earn their state and local workers — and give Detroit their rates gradually rise starting this year, eventually increasing federal bailouts of state and municipal expected 8 percent return each year, says and other struggling American cities the payments by more than $1,000 a month in some cases, accord- retirement benefits are inevitable. The more economist Josh Rauh, by 2025 20 states will help they deserve. ing to a report released earlier this year by the special inspector likely scenario of low or normal growth will run out of money, and there will be even REUTERS general for the Troubled Asset Relief Programme. Housing experts have warned that many of these borrowers may not be much more financially stable now than they were when they initially turned to the government for help. The federal initiative was based on the assumption that the economy would bounce back more quickly, undoing the damage wrought by plunging home prices and high unemployment. But the average household income has been flat for all but the highest earners since the programme launched in 2009. Most of the HAMP borrowers had their interest rates cut for five years, some to levels as low as 2 percent, so that their mort- gage payments did not exceed 31 percent of their gross monthly income. After five years, the rates are supposed to rise by up to a full percentage point a year until they reach whatever the average interest rate was for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at the time the loan was modified. A report last month by the Urban Institute concluded that most HAMP borrowers whose loans were modified in 2009 will be able to cope with the first two payment jumps. The third pay- ment increases, however, “may prove problematic,” the report said. And the first substantial defaults should take place in 2016, and pick up the following year. Still, the report concluded that fears of massive re-defaults are overblown in part because the rate adjustments will be taking place in a healthier housing market, and because some borrow- ers are likely to strike deals with lenders that will keep their rates low. Even borrowers who did not get their loans reworked through a federal programme or any other initiative face potential chal- lenges, Black Knight concluded in its analysis. Aside from underwater borrowers, the company focused on homeowners who are almost underwater — with less than 10 percent equity in their homes. It found that about one of every 10 borrowers fall into that bucket based on the company’s own price index, which tracks the repeat sales of homes in more than 19,000 Zip codes nationwide. Those who are nearly underwater are susceptible to even slight changes in prices, Gradushy said in an interview. Even if borrowers are not technically underwater, those who have very little equity in their homes will most likely have to bring cash to the table if they decide to sell their homes just to cover the commissions of the real estate agents involved in the deal. WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Better ways than a wealth tax to shrink inequality

BY PETER R ORSZAG As they note, this tax on wealth for taxation at the state or local conceived of as a levy based on the concerns about the top 0.01 per- it is bequeathed entirely to one that already been accumulated “is level. aggregate value of all household cent rather than, say, the top 10 person or dispersed among 10. n the hoopla over whether a major component of the effi- So while a plain vanilla con- assets, including owner-occu- percent, and modifying it to do The United States Constitution Thomas Piketty’s data on ciency gains because of the crea- sumption tax would tax wealth, pied housing; cash, bank depos- so would require a stretch, albeit prohibits any direct tax on asset growing global inequality tion of a consumption tax.” it would exacerbate the core prob- its, money funds, and savings only one about parameters rather holdings (as opposed to income Iare correct, an important The dirty little secret about lem that Piketty is worried about. in insurance and pension plans; than, as with a wealth tax, the tax or capital gains tax) unless question about how to address consumption taxes is that their The solution to this dilemma investment in real estate and entire construct. the revenue collected is appor- the problem has been obscured. putative benefits come largely is a progressive consumption unincorporated businesses; and Finally, the AEI economists tioned among the states on Piketty describes his own global from Piketty’s core idea: a tax on tax, such as the X tax proposed corporate stock, financial securi- favour imposing a progressive the basis of their population. wealth tax idea as more of a “use- wealth. by the late Princeton University ties, and personal trusts. consumption tax as an alternative Although a federal wealth tax is ful utopia” than a practical pol- The inherent problem with a professor David Bradford. Under A wealth tax is a tax on the to existing forms of taxation. But prohibited unless the receipts are icy suggestion. Is there anything consumption tax, though, is that the X tax, wages are subject to accumulated stock of purchasing such a tax could instead be added distributed to the States by their more plausible that can be done? it is regressive, because low- and a progressive tax, and business power, in contrast to income tax, to the existing system. populations, state and local gov- Two suggestions come to mind, middle-income people consume a cash flow is taxed at the high- which is a tax on the flow of assets Another idea to address grow- ernment property tax amount to at least for US policymakers. larger share of their money than est wage-tax rate. The result is (a change in stock). ing concentrations of assets that a wealth tax on real estate, and The first is a progressive con- high-income people do. a consumption tax that imposes Three caveats should be noted would be more practical in the US because capital gains are taxed sumption tax. This kind of tax A tax on net wealth permits an larger proportionate burdens on for the record. than a global wealth tax would be on nominal instead of inflation- is already embraced by many offset for debt and should not be high-income families than on First, the AEI economists to shift the US estate tax to an adjusted profits, the capital gains conservatives thought leaders confused with a property tax on low-income ones. This version of favour imposing a consumption inheritance tax. tax amounts to a wealth tax on because it is, compared with real property or certain assets. a consumption tax would mitigate tax that gives generous transi- The difference between the two the inflation rate. other types of taxes, economi- For example, a tax on real the distributional concerns but tion relief to existing owners of is crucial: While an estate tax Under an inheritance tax, by cally efficient. But it is efficient in property will generally be based still impose a substantial tax on capital, substantially reducing the imposes the same tax burden on contrast, the $50m inherited by no small part because it imposes on a percentage of the market existing wealth. tax on current wealth and also bequests regardless of how many one person in the former case a tax on wealth. People have no value of the property whereas a Its parameters could be attenuating the efficiency benefits people receive them and there- would be taxed at a much higher way to convert their money into net wealth tax applicable to the adjusted to focus increasingly on of the reform. fore regardless of the impact on rate than the $5m inherited by anything they consume without same property applies to the the very wealthy, rather than the Such relief is not a necessary wealth inequality, an inheritance each of 10 people in the latter. paying the tax. market value less the outstand- merely wealthy. component of the reform, how- tax creates an incentive to split Neither a progressive con- As William Gale and Benjamin ing mortgage. And yet the X tax has been ever, and progressives could insist large estates up among a larger sumption tax nor an inheritance Harris of the Brookings Institution A net wealth may be practi- promoted by the conservative on minimising the transition number of beneficiaries, thereby tax may be politically viable at the have pointed out, the efficiency cal for all types of wealth where American Enterprise Institute, relief — in the name of economic lessening inequality over time. moment, but everything in life is benefits from a consumption a country, such as the United whose economists are most efficiency and to accomplish the Consider as an example a relative. tax occur from a combination of States, has worldwide tax juris- unlikely to embrace a simple tax on existing wealth. $50m estate. Under the estate Compared with a global wealth effects, including imposing a one- diction but less suited to countries wealth tax. Second, the X tax was not tax, that $50m is subject to the tax, they seem eminently doable. time tax on existing wealth. with territorial tax jurisdiction or A wealth tax is generally originally designed to address same tax regardless of whether WP-BLOOMBERG THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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NEW YORK: The San Antonio best ball of the year. A four-time Spurs will be looking to avenge NBA MVP, James averaged 27.1 Profile of Miami Profile of San last year’s agonizing loss to the points this year and Wade, who Miami Heat in the NBA finals was hobbled in last year’s play-offs Heat Antonio Spurs when the two teams return for but is now healthy, chipped in 18.7. a best-of-seven showdown that James, the MVP of the finals the NBA titles: Three (2013, 2012, 2006) NBA titles: Four (2007, 2005, 2003, 1999) Hall of Famer Jerry West com- last two years, said of the Spurs: %The San Antonio franchise was founded in %Miami were admitted to the NBA in 1988 pares to an all-out brawl. “They wanted us, they got us. 1967 as the Dallas Chaparrals, a member of the as an expansion franchise. They play in the “It’s going to be a knockdown, “They don’t like us. They don’t,” old American Basketball Association, and after Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. tough battle for both teams,” the James said. “I can sense it from being known as the Dallas and Texas Chaparrals former Los Angeles Lakers guard Timmy’s comments over the last %Nicknamed the Heat, they have made the they became the San Antonio Spurs in 1973. and 14-time All-Star told said. couple days. They wanted this. playoffs in 18 of their 26 seasons. %Three years later they joined the NBA, one “It’s just a remarkable effort by They wanted us. We’ll be ready % of four former American Basketball Association both teams to get here again.” for the challenge. We’re confident. After a slow start, they began to emerge teams to remain intact in the NBA after the two Both teams tweaked their ros- We’re not shying away from them. as a leading team in the mid 1990s after hiring leagues’ 1976 merger. They are the only former ters since last year’s epic series, We want them too.” Pat Riley as head coach, winning divisional ABA team to have won an NBA championship won by Miami in seven games. The Spurs are led by their titles in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000. and currently play in the Southwest Division. The big question, however, is how own top-gun trio of Duncan, ball % Miami won their first championship in %San Antonio, led by Hall of Famer George the memory of last year’s late- handler Tony Parker and veteran 2006, shortly after they had drafted Dwyane Gervin, captured five division titles in their first game meltdown by the Spurs in shooting guard Manu Ginobili. Miami Heat’s LeBron James drives to the basket past Indiana Pacers’ guard George Hill in this last month’s file photo. Heat hope for James key Wade and acquired Shaquille O’Neal from the seven years in the NBA and were a perennial Game Six will be played out. But greater output from Danny Los Angeles Lakers. playoff participant. The Heat overcame a title- Green and Patty Mills and the role from James in the final. BOTTOM: San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker % busting, five-point deficit in the improvement of Marco Belinelli waits for the ball during the 2014 NBA Play-offs in this last month’s file % Before the 2010-11 season, LeBron They won their first title in 1999 behind final 28 seconds of regulation and make the Spurs better than they photo. Spurs want Parker to play the crucial battle as he suffered from James and Chris Bosh joined Wade in Miami the Twin Towers of future Hall of Famer David held on in Game Seven at home were a year ago. an ankle injury, earlier this week. to establish the Big Three. In their first season Robinson and current standout Tim Duncan. to win their second straight West, the MVP of the finals together they won the Eastern Conference but % The addition of French shooting guard championship. in 1969 in a losing effort, said lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Tony Parker and Argentine point guard Manu “We have four more (games) the Spurs and Heat are the best Ginobili brought three more titles - in 2003, % to win,” San Antonio forward teams in the NBA, adding they’re The Big Three captured their first NBA 2005 and 2007. title together in 2012 with a 4-3 series win Tim Duncan said on Saturday, both supremely talented but in %Current head coach Gregg Popovich has seconds after the Spurs defeated different ways. over the Oklahoma City Thunder and success- fully defended their title a year later with a 4-3 been a part of all four title runs. Oklahoma City to win the “The Spurs are the pretti- win over the San Antonio Spurs. %Their four NBA titles are the fourth most in Western Conference. “We’ll do it est team in basketball to watch league history, behind the Boston Celtics (17), this time.” because of their ability to pass the % 2013-14 Regular season record: 54-28 Los Angeles Lakers (16) and Chicago Bulls (6). The series begins today in San ball, the way they play together % Antonio in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, and the efficiency of the way they %How the qualified for the NBA Finals: Won 2013-14 Regular season record: 62-20 where the Spurs, unlike a year run their offense. San Antonio, Southeast Division in the regular season. Beat % How they qualified for the NBA Finals: ago, have the home-court advan- from one to 10 is more talented Charlotte Bobcats 4-0 in conference quarter- Won Southwest Division in the regular sea- tage, based on their NBA-best than Miami, but Miami has a finals, beat Brooklyn Nets 4-1 in conference son. Beat Dallas Mavericks 4-3 in conference 62-20 regular-season record. player that’s like four players - semi-finals and beat Indiana Pacers 4-2 in quarter-finals, beat Portland Trail Blazers 4-1 in Miami, once again led by the I’m talking about LeBron James. conference final. conference semi-finals and beat Oklahoma City Thunder 4-2 in conference finals. so-called Big Three of LeBron He just keep getting better and Head coach: Erik Spoelstra James, Dwyane Wade and Chris better. He looks like the perfect Head coach: Gregg Popovich Bosh, went 54-28 this season, two teammate. He makes those other Top playoffs scorer: LeBron James (27.1 Top playoffs scorer: Tony Parker (17.2 points games behind Indiana in the East. guys a lot better than they would points per game) per game) But the Heat beat the Pacers in be with another team. But that’s six games to reach the champion- who he is. That’s the greatness of Top playoffs rebounder: LeBron James (6.8 Top playoffs rebounder: Tim Duncan (8.9 ship round and are playing their LeBron James.” REUTERS rebounds per game) rebounds per game) MLB: Astros outsmart Angels

NEW YORK: Collin McHugh Devin Red-hot eight shutout innings, and Ryan tossed five scoreless innings and, Mesoraco hit a Baseball Results Toronto (35-24) Zimmerman returned to the after the Los Angeles Angels two-run home Cleveland 5 Boston 3 has won 12 of its lineup as a left fielder and hit fashioned a mini fightback, the run and right- last 14 games. two doubles as the Washington Oakland 5 NY Yankees 2 Houston Astros turned on the hander Homer J.D. Martinez Nationals beat the Philadelphia Washington 7 Philadelphia 0 power en route to a win. Bailey pitched six hit a three-run Phillies. Angels outfielders Collin solid innings, lift- Toronto 5 Detroit 3 homer off Steve Ryan Zimmerman missed 44 Cowgill and Josh Hamilton ing the Cincinnati Seattle 7 Atlanta 5 Delabar with two games because of a broken thumb, smacked solo home runs in the Reds to a victory Cincinnati 8 San Francisco 3 out in the ninth and sparked the Nationals (28- eighth inning, their fourth and over the San Miami 1 Tampa Bay 0 for Detroit (31- 28) in his debut in left field mov- third, respectively, to reduce Francisco Giants. Kansas City 8 St Louis 7 23), which has ing from his regular post of third Houston’s lead to 5-2. Cincinnati (27- lost 11 of its last base. Baltimore 8 Texas 3 However, the Astros answered 29) has won four 15. Nelson Cruz punctuated his in their half of the frame with straight games Chicago Cubs 2 NY Mets 1 John Buck’s Texas homecoming with a three- first baseman Jon Singleton and overall and 11 of Minnesota 6 Milwaukee 4 first home run run home run in Baltimore’s six- designated hitter Chris Carter its past 12 against Houston 7 LA Angels 2 of the season run eighth inning of the Orioles’ drilling back-to-back homers that San Francisco. Arizona 4 Colorado 2 put Seattle victory over the Texas Rangers. rebuilt the five-run lead. Right fielder Chicago White Sox 4 LA Dodgers 1 ahead in the sev- Cruz’s only hit in four at-bats Home runs by Josh Willingham Hunter Pence Pittsburgh 4 San Diego 1 enth inning as in his first game at Texas (29- and Brian Dozier proved to be went 3-for-4, they came from 29) since leaving the team as a enough offense for right-hander including his eight home run, for behind to beat Atlanta. free agent in the offseason helped Sam Deduno as the Minnesota San Francisco (37-21). The Mariners fought back from make a winner of the Orioles. Twins beat the Milwaukee Jose Bautista’s RBI single in the a four-run first-inning deficit, Adam Jones also went 4-for-5 Brewers. ninth broke a scoreless deadlock tied the game 5-5 in the fifth for Baltimore (29-27). Houston Astros’ first baseman Jon Singleton (28) hits a home run during Deduno (2-3) went five innings and Brett Lawrie capped the five- and used Buck’s two-run blast to The Kansas City Royals over- the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Minute Maid Park and held the Brewers (35-24) to run outburst with a three-run extend their winning streak to came deficits of 4-0 and 7-6, win- yesterday. two runs on six hits and four homer as the Toronto Blue Jays four games. ning in the ninth inning due to walks while striking out two. topped the Detroit Tigers. Jordan Zimmermann pitched Eric Hosmer’s heroics. REUTERS Rangers’ Carcillo can feature Dan Marino to withdraw from in Cup finals after ban cut NFL concussion lawsuit

LOS ANGELES: New York Tuesday ahead of Game One of However, Bettman yester- LOS ANGELES: Hall of Fame Marino said, adding that he is symptoms that have developed Rangers’ forward Daniel the eagerly-awaited Stanley Cup day ruled that Carcillo’s actions. quarterback Dan Marino yes- not currently suffering from head over time but did not specify the Carcillo will be eligible to play Finals against the Los Angeles “were more appropriately deemed terday said he will withdraw injuries. nature of their injuries. in Game Four of the Stanley Kings. a violation of Rule 40.4 for delib- from a lawsuit that accuses the His longtime agent, Marvin This latest filing follows a Cup Finals after the National “I think he took it into account, erately applying physical force to National Football League of Demoff, earlier said Marino $760m settlement between the Hockey League reduced his and Gary was great. The league an official for the sole purpose of hiding the effects of concussions would not take part in the suit NFL and more than 4,500 former original 10-game ban to six was great.” getting free of such official dur- because he was inadvertently with 14 other ex-players filed players over concussions that was yesterday Carcillo’s initial ban resulted ing or immediately following an listed as a plaintiff in the case. last week in US District Court rejected in January by a US judge Carcillo was suspended last after he was assessed a game mis- altercation”. Bettman said in a Marino, 52, who was the high- in Philadelphia. The suit alleges who said it might not be enough month for physically abusing an conduct penalty under Rule 40.3, statement: est-profile former player involved the NFL knew there was a link to pay all of the affected players. official during a play-off game “Physical Abuse of Officials,” the “The National Hockey League in legal action against the league between concussions and long- Up to 20,000 former players but NHL Commissioner Gary league said in a statement while does not and will not, under any over head injuries, said in a state- term health problems for dec- could ultimately still be eligible Bettman decided to reduce the giving its version regarding the circumstances, tolerate or con- ment issued to Sports Illustrated ades and hid information about for payments over the settle- penalty after holding a hearing matter. done the abuse, physical or oth- magazine that in the past year “football-related brain injuries” ment’s 65-year span. with the player in New York on The 29-year-old left wing erwise, of our on-ice officials. he authorized a legal claim to from players. That lawsuit, filed in 2012, con- Friday. physically applied force to lines- “The strict and proper enforce- be made on his behalf if he ever Marino spent his entire 17-year tended that the league hid the According to reports, he had man Scott Driscoll while being ment of Rule 40, therefore, plays needed medical coverage due to career with the Dolphins and set dangers of brain injury among elbowed Driscoll in the face as the escorted to the penalty box late a critical role in safeguarding the the long-term effects of football- numerous NFL passing records players while profiting from the linesman restrained him to keep in the first period of New York’s integrity of the game by maintain- related head trauma. before retiring in 1999. He then sport’s violent physical contact. him away from a fight between 3-2 overtime loss to the Montreal ing a safe and respectful working “In so doing I did not realise I spent 12 years as an NFL analyst A growing body of academic teammate Derek Dorsett and the Canadiens on May 22. environment for our officials,” he would be automatically listed as a for CBS Sports. research shows that repeated hits Montreal Canadiens’ Brandon “Any player who deliberately said while explaininig. plaintiff in a lawsuit against the The other players in the suit to the head may produce a condi- Prust and get Carcillo to the pen- applies physical force to an offi- Carcillo has already served NFL,” the former Miami Dolphins asked for monetary damages to tion known as chronic traumatic alty box for a charging penalty. cial in any manner ... without three games of his original sus- star said in the statement. be determined at a jury trial and encephalopathy, which can lead to “I’m just happy I could say my intent to injure, or who spits on pension, and therefore would be “I have made the decision it is for medical monitoring. aggression and dementia. piece and be a part of it, say my an official, shall be automatically eligible to return for Game Four not necessary for me to be part Each player submitted a short- The research already has side of the story,” Carcillo told suspended for not less than 10 of the Stanley Cup Finals, in New of any claims or this lawsuit and form complaint with stand- prompted the NFL to make reporters at Staples Center on games,” the NHL said at the time. York on June 11. REUTERS therefore I am withdrawing as a ard language that they suffer changes on the field. plaintiff effective immediately,” from brain injuries and exhibit REUTERS THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Qatar’s Al Kuwari determined to repeat last year’s achievements Rally driver relishes new Puma partnership, urges sponsors to support local talent

DOHA: Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al Kuwari is eyeing a long rallying career, saying he is confident of repeating his ‘fantastic’ run in 2013 when he won three WRC2 races. The 34-year-old, who has the services of Irish co-driver Killian Duffy, has recently teamed up with Puma for the rest of the sea- son and is featuring at this week’s Rally Italia Sardegna. In September 2013, Al Kuwari won the Rally of Australia to complete his set of three wins in the WRC2 category. He also won the Rally of Mexico and Rally of Argentina last year. “I believe I can continue for another 10-15 years,” Al Kuwari said when asked about career goals following his new partner- ship with Puma. “If I have a long-term partner- ship, I could definitely push my cause. I can see myself improv- ing my rallying around the world,” the 34-year-old said. “I am hoping I can get a long- term sponsorship so that I can make more elaborate plans with regards to events around the world,” he said. When asked about his part- nership with Puma, Al Kuwari said he and his co-driver Duffy couldn’t be happier. “My association with Puma Qatari rally driver Abdulaziz Al Kuwari poses next to his car. Livery of Abdulaziz Al Kuwari’s car. started in Portugal. It is an exciting challenge for me. My co-driver is also happy about the Rally of Serdegna, we will sport Al Kuwari further said that the during the break. “There’s going key point in our sport,” he added. for local drivers. “Obviously association,” Al Kuwari said while our new design. I am looking for- year 2014 has been a mixed bag at to be a big break from July until Al Kuwari said the Qatar driv- the drivers need more budget expressing his content with the ward to the rest of the season the half-way mark of the season. September (Rally of Argentina). ers needed sponsorship backing (money) to manage themselves,” partnership. as we join hands with Puma,” he “Honestly, speaking this hasn’t It is a difficult time for any rally to take the sport forward. he said before eyeing improved “We love the new logo and liv- added before recalling his per- been like the previous season We driver as it feels you are sitting “There are a lot of talented performance. ery on the car. It is an amazing formance the previous year. have not done as many rallies as on the bench on a football team. I drivers in Qatar. There is abso- “I have achieved a great deal so experience to be in this position. “Last year, we did great in the we would have liked. We have have improved my level but I need lutely no doubt about that. What far and I want to move forward. I It is a global brand and we want WRC2. I got great results and we done 3-4 rallies so far. I finished to keep driving to stay on top of we need is a sponsorship culture was second in three WRC2 rallies to do our share of the work by were in top driving form. That’s second in one of the rallies,” he my game,” Al Kuwari said. in the country. In Europe, you do last year. I have featured in more getting good results,” Al Kuwari why we are keyed up for this said. “It will be a long break and I one or two good races in the world than 50 rallies around the world. said. season and in the months ahead Al Kuwrai stressed on the fit- will have to keep myself physically championship, and sponsors come I can do better. I know what it “We used different livery in as we join Puma, a true global ness, saying he would work on the fit. I can’t help not driving during after you,” Al Kuwari said while takes to get good results,” he Portugal but starting from the brand,” he said. aspect in the next three months this time. Physical fitness is also a calling for the culture of sponsors explained. THE PENINSULA Three players to add QSL flavour in World Cup

DOHA: As many as three play- Diego Maradona and Rivaldo The break from the national ers from the prestigious Qatar have also been queuing up to team was due to a persistent back Stars League will be featuring sing the virtues of Algeria’s class problem which plagued the player, in the upcoming World Cup in of 2014 - the only Arab nation forcing him to have surgery to Brazil. present in Brazil. Maradona pre- correct the issue. The opener Al Gharafa, 2014 league cham- dicts Algeria “will cause a sur- against Chile will be key to decid- pions, Lekhwiya and Umm Salal prise”, while Rivaldo says “the ing things as the two Group B have all had one player each possibilities of reaching the sec- underdogs play each other in the selected to head to the World Cup. ond round are abundant”. Amazon, before facing off against They are Australian veteran Mark Bresciano: the Netherlands and Spain. midfielder Mark Bresciano (Al The Gharafa attacking mid- Pejman Montazeri: Gharafa), Iranian defender fielder will have a big challenge Carlos Queiroz the Iranian Pejman Montazeri (Umm ahead of him with his Socceroo national team coach has chosen Salal) and Madjid Bougherra team-mates as they are possibly the 24 players who will fly out to (Lekhwiya). Madjid Bougherra in one of the toughest World Cup Mark Bresciano Brazil for the World Cup which Pejman Montazeri Madjid Bougherra: groups. will be played from June 12 to The 2014 QSL champ has had Group B sees them pitted July 13. another successful season as his Bougherra, 31 will probably be against 2010 World Cup Finalists as a forward and in the central or Queiroz added to his list the World Cup for the fourth time side largely dominated the domes- appearing for the last time at a Spain and the Netherlands not to right midfield role. defender Pejman Montazeri who after playing in 1978, 1998, and tic Qatari league. With Algeria in major finals for his nation, a natu- mention a decent Chilean side. A versatile player who often plies his trade in the QSL. The 2006 in Germany. Group H they have a real possi- ral leader and physically robust Australia qualified behind assists in both attack and defense defender arrived last season and Primarily a domestic-based bility to qualify; their opponents defender, he will most likely fea- Japan and largely struggled to and is also a set-piece specialist. although Umm Salal struggled at squad, Iran will do well to improve will be South Korea, Russia and ture in the first eleven in Brazil. impress with some late goals The 34-year-old stepped away the start, his assured perform- on their World Cup record of one Belgium. A key player for Algeria will sparing their blushes. from the Australian side after ances in the second half of the win in nine attempts. They only This group won’t be easy but be France-born Sofiane Feghouli, Bresciano is one of Australia’s the 2010 World Cup in what was season helped Salal shore up their conceded twice in eight matches at the same time only Belgium 24, the attacking midfielder for most talented footballers and has described then as a “sabbati- defense and go on a run that saw during the final qualifying phase. stands out as a real threat to Valencia was described a year a renowned eye for goal. He usu- cal” from the team, returning in them move from relegation to fin- Iran will be in Group F with the Desert Foxe’s chances of ago by Arsene Wenger as “excep- ally plays his football on the left February 2012 he instantly re- ish in 7th position in the league. Nigeria, Argentina and Bosnia qualification. tional” and “a physical beast”. side of midfield but can also play established himself in the side. Iran will be participating in the Herzegovina.THE PENINSULA

England face make or break against NZ Hendricks to get first run

LONDON: As a depleted tournament. He has refused to to play the world champions in meaning the first weekend, which England prepare for the first shy away from taking on the their own backyard and don’t meant Sunday June 1 was desig- for Boks at Newlands of three Tests against New best of the southern hemisphere have your best side available,” nated as the international rest Zealand on Saturday, many are nations and knows that his rela- Lancaster said. day, despite coming less than 24 CAPE TOWN: Former sev- second row. “Cornal is a player questioning the wisdom of tak- tively inexperienced squad need to England’s cause is hardly hours after the Premiership and ens star Cornal Hendricks will I’ve been following for some time ing on the world champions in test themselves against them and helped by the fact that they wil French Top 14 finals. make his first appearance for and I thought he made a very their own back yard 15 months the the lessons learned may prove play the first test with a virtual “It’s not ideal when you come South Africa’s 15-man side when good transition from sevens to before hosting the World Cup. invaluable down the line. shadow team. to play the world champions in they meet a World XV in an the 15-man code earlier this year,” Coach Stuart Lancaster has The alternative view is that The first Saturday in June had their own backyard and don’t exhibition match at Newlands Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer made steady upward progress much of the good work could be been set aside as an international have your best side available,” on Saturday. said in a statement released by since taking over from Martin undone if the ruthless All Blacks rest day by the International Lancaster said. The Cheetahs wing, who was the South African Rugby Union Johnson following the 2011 expose England’s frailties and Rugby Board, meaning the first “But it’s a situation I inher- named South Africa’s Sevens yesterday. World Cup and has repeatedly that Lancaster would then have test should have been played on ited. The scheduling is done way Player of 2013, is the only Matfield will captain the side stated that he wants England little time to rebuild their confi- June 14. However, it was argued in advance. We’re not going to sit uncapped player in the team aged 37, while fellow lock Botha to be number one or two in the dence, and reputation. that instead of the first Saturday, and moan about it.” that also sees Bakkies Botha and played his first test in over two world when they host the next “It’s not ideal when you come it should be interpreted as REUTERS Victor Matfield reunited in the years in November. REUTERS THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29 Run out raises debate England, SL in row on spirit of game again

LONDON: Nothing tends to of his crease but Jos Buttler was divide fans more than a sup- not trying to steal a single. He posed affront to the ‘spirit’ of was only a few inches out of his cricket, the standard of conduct ground.” that sits alongside its laws to Former England spinner ahead of Test series help govern the so-called gen- Graeme Swann said on Twitter: tleman’s game. “To be clear on this I think the When Sri Lanka’s Sachithra Mankad is just wrong even though Senanayake removed the bails as it’s not illegal. Like cuddling your Cook predicts ‘spice’ up matches after Buttler’s run out batsman Jos Buttler was backing sister while watching a film.” up at the non-striker’s end during Unsurprisingly Sri Lanka Tuesday’s fifth and final one-day were steadfast in their belief that BIRMINGHAM: England Dev in a one-day international international at Edgbaston, howls they were in the right, and were captain Alastair Cook said at Port Elizabeth in 1992/93. of outrage could be heard before offered support by numerous fig- he expected the controversial Yet even though ‘Mankading’, the England man was back in the ures within the sport. run out of Jos Buttler during the term coined after India’s pavilion. “At the end of the day I think the fifth one-day international Vinoo Mankad ran out Australia He became one of the few as long as the player’s warned against Sri Lanka to “spice up” non-striker Bill Brown during the players run out in such circum- it’s obviously in the rules so you the forthcoming Test series 1947/48 Sydney Test, remains a stances - known as ‘Mankading’ can make whatever decision you between the teams. legitimate dismissal, there are after Vinoo Mankad, who dis- want,” Australian captain Michael Cook insisted a “line had those who regard it as against missed Australia’s Bill Brown in Clarke said. been crossed” after Sachithra the ‘spirit of cricket’. a test in Sydney in 1947 in similar And Mike Atherton, the former Senanayake ran out England’s Jos “This is just different,” said circumstances. England captain, wrote in the Buttler as the non-striker backed Cook. “For some reason it’s dif- Boos erupted as Buttler Times: “The cat-calls, boos and up during Sri Lanka’s 3-2 series- ferent. In my opinion there’s a line departed for 21, his dismissal whistles that accompanied Jos clinching six-wicket win in the and that line probably, I think, overshadowing a mediocre Buttler’s return to the England fifth and final one-day interna- was crossed today (Tuesday).” England batting display as they dressing room yesterday, having tional at Edgbaston on Tuesday. “If he (Buttler) was properly stuttered to 219 all out with the been ‘Mankaded’ by Sachithra Sri Lanka captain Angelo trying to steal a single, I could series poised at 2-2, eventually Senanayake, illustrate just how Mathews, asked by the umpires possibly understand it.” falling to a six-wicket defeat. far the woolly notion of the spirit if he wanted to uphold what was England and Sri Lanka meet The dismissal falls within law of cricket has confused things. a legitimate appeal, didn’t call in the first of two Tests at Lord’s 42.15, which states: “The bowler “Sri Lanka were well within Buttler back and the wicket- next week and Cook added: is permitted, before releasing their rights to send Buttler on his keeper, whose blistering 121 had “Probably, it (the run out) will the ball and provided he has way. You could even argue that so nearly taken the hosts to vic- spice it up a bit, there’s nothing not completed his usual delivery they had been extra courteous by tory in their seven run fourth wrong with that. It’s just impor- swing, to attempt to run out the affording the batsman a warning.” ODI defeat at Lord’s on Saturday, tant you let your cricket do the non-striker.” Cricket has often been viewed was out for 21. talking as well.” That failed to stop Senanayake, by its admirers as a cut above “I’ve never seen it before in a The fact it was Senanayake, subject of an investigation for a other pastimes, but a host of game,” Cook told a post-match reported on suspicion of a suspect England’s captain Alastair Cook leaves the field with team-mate Ian Bell suspicious bowling action, and incidents including match-fix- press conference. action by the umpires at Lord’s after England lost the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston captain Angelo Mathews com- ing, sledging and the underarm “I was pretty disappointed with but was still allowed to play in cricket ground in Birmingham on Tuesday. Cook is unhappy over Buttler’s ing in for criticism from those bowling controversy involving it to be honest with you. You don’t this match under International controversial run out. claiming the pair’s conduct was Australia’s Trevor Chappell in know what you’d do if you were Cricket Council rules at unbecoming of international 1981 indicate it is not as pure as put in that situation, the heat of Edgbaston, who ran Buttler out cricketers. some would believe. the moment, until you are. I’d only added to the row. warning as well, we told the Senanayake, initiated by umpires “I blame the captain of Sri Things become murky in situ- hope I wouldn’t do it.” But senior Sri Lanka batsman umpires that they’re taking too Ian Gould (England) and Marais Lanka, Angelo Mathews, for the ations - such as the underarm But Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mahela Jawywardene, who made much of a lead,” Jayawardene said. Erasmus (South Africa), run out of Jos Buttler,” former delivery - that technically are Mathews insisted Buttler had 53 as the tourists chased down “He (Buttler) was told not to Jayawardene said: England captain Michael Vaughan not illegal. Sri Lanka themselves been repeatedly warned before a target of 220 which Cook, for take a start and then warned “We are disappointed as a wrote in the Daily Telegraph. have been involved in similar Senanayake took the bails off to all the Buttler furore, admitted again, so it’s fair enough. group. “He could have called him back controversy. During a test in send Buttler on his way. was “20-odd runs short on that “At Lord’s, they took 22 twos in “Unfortunately the skills of and set the tone. Christchurch in 2006 Muttiah This was only the eighth wicket”, insisted Senanayake had the last 12 overs. Ravi (Bopara) our guys, good skills ... are being “An international captain Muralitharan was run out by New reported instance of a batsman done nothing wrong in dismiss- and he ran riot, and most of the questioned. should say to his bowler, ‘let’s Zealand’s Brendon McCullum, being run out backing up in an ing Buttler and defended he off- time they were taking starts -- “Sachi’s a fantastic young just get on with the game’. But having left his ground to con- international match and the first spinner’s action. which was not legal by the writ- player in the group, we had a spe- the incident reflects poorly on the gratulate Kumar Sangakkara on since South Africa’s Peter Kirsten “We gave him (Buttler) a fair ten law.” cial dinner for him last (Monday) Sri Lanka team and Sachithra making a century. was dismissed by India’s Kapil chance twice -- before the first As for the reporting of night.” AFP Senanayake. I know he was out REUTERS Misbah welcomes International cricketers to feature in fitness based T20 tournaments at West End Park contracts DOHA: A number of former starting from July 1 – both and current international of which will be played under KARACHI: The Pakistan players will be seen in action floodlights. Cricket Board’s (PCB) plans as ‘guest players’ at the two Mana Ibrahim Al The Challenge Cup will be to introduce fitness-based cen- Twenty20 floodlight cricket Mana (centre), open to 16 member clubs of the tral contracts for the cricket- tournaments to be hosted this Chairman of West Qatar Cricket Association ‘B ers received a thumbs-up from summer by West End Park End Park, QCA’s & C’ Division. The two finalists captain Misbah-ul-Haq who Stadium, it was announced here Gul Mohammad will qualify for the Ramadan believes the team will reap its yesterday. Khan (right) and Tournament, a higher standard benefit in the 2015 World Cup in Mana Ibrahim Al Mana, Michael Scallon, of competition. Australia and New Zealand. Chairman of West End Park, and Director Euphoria The Ramadan Tournament The PCB is set to introduce Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) Sports pose will be limited to ten teams, this the new contracts from this year officials yesterday launched the will include eight leading Qatar with the event’s with a penalty-and-point system two tournaments aimed at pro- Cricket Association ‘A’ Division trophy after the to up the fitness level of a side not moting talents at the local cricket clubs as well as the two Challenge really known for their athleticism clubs . press conference Cup finalists. This will ensure on the field. “I am excited to launch the yesterday. the highest level of competition, “It is a constructive step first ever Challenge Cup and PICTURE BY organisers said. because the better the fitness of Ramadan Tournament at West ABDUL BASIT To register each team will pay the players, the more they will End Park Stadium. Ramadan QR 5,000. be able to endure pressure and is a traditional period to pro- Teams will be entered in to a perform consistently well,” test mote Qatar’s sporting heritage league system and then qualify for and one-day captain Misbah told and I’m sure both tournaments the knockout stages. An array of reporters in Lahore yesterday will be popular among the local disappointment,” he added. “To plans to eventually become a hub plans to develop the stadium to individual and team prizes will be Misbah, 40, said was moving cricket fraternity,” Al Mana said, add to the excitement, each team of cricket in the Middle East. ICC certification, an academy and up for grabs throughout. in the right direction by laying while speaking during a press will be permitted to recruit four “It is my vision to create a new practice facilities are cur- Other officials preset for the stress on fitness levels. conference. ‘guest players’ ; it is hoped that cricket community at West End rently in the pipeline. I believe press conference were Michael “In modern day cricket, fit- “The two tournaments are a few international cricket stars Park and the Challenge Cup and cricket will have a wonderful Scallon, Director - Euphoria ness is a key element for suc- designed to give local cricket might showcase their talents this Ramadan Tournament are the future in Qatar,” he added. Sports, event organisers, and Gul cess because teams are playing clubs at all levels the opportu- Ramadan,” he said. first steps to achieve this,” Al The West End Park Challenge Mohammad Khan, Tournament virtually non-stop international nity to compete at the finest The tournament will be the Mana said. Cup will take place this month, Director. Interested teams are cricket and players also take part facilities in the country. Interest first of many highlights to be “It is also my goal to develop dates which will be announced in requested to contact the West in these T20 leagues now,” he said. is sure to be high and I would focused around West End Park the stadium in to a member’s club the next few days, followed by the End Park team on +974 4476 9888 REUTERS urge teams to register to avoid Stadium, the venue has ambitious with full facilities. In addition, inaugural Ramadan Tournament to participate.THE PENINSULA Wada will not appeal sprinter Former cruiserweight champion Gay’s one-year doping ban Mormeck set to return to the ring PARIS: Jean-Marc Mormeck, Germany. Speaking on the day two KO’s, was beaten on points LONDON: The World Anti- fastest man, last month had July 3. Normally athletes receive the two-time former WBC and of his 42nd birthday, Mormeck by Albania’s Nuri Seferi in his Doping Agency (Wada) will accepted the one-year suspension a two-year suspension for their WBA cruiserweight champion, admitted the cruiserweight bout last bout for the WBO European not appeal banned American by the US Anti-Doping Agency first major doping offense but announced yesterday that he in Asnieres near Paris on June 26 cruiserweight title in Hamburg sprinter Tyson Gay’s controver- (USADA) after a 2013 positive under anti-doping rules the ban will return to the ring after an will be his last if he loses. in May. sial one-year doping ban, it said test for an anabolic steroid. can be reduced for substantial absence of over two years when “I am setting myself one last Mormeck, won the WBA titles yesterday. The ban was backdated to cooperation. he takes on Hungary’s Tamas challenge. The objective is to in 2002 and 2005 and the WBA- The global agency said the ban, June 23, 2013, making the US “After careful review and scru- Lodi in June. contest my 10th and last world WBC crowns in 2005 and 2007. which has been widely criticised 100 metres record holder eligi- tiny of the full case file, Wada is Mormeck has not fought since championship this year. “I know He was set to meet Poland’s in Europe as too lenient, was ble to return to running later satisfied that Gay provided sub- losing out in the fourth round to this is my last chance to win a Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in a cruis- “compatible with the World Anti- this month. His first race will stantial assistance to USADA in Wladimir Klitschko in a WBO- belt. If I lose, I will say goodbye erweight bout in May last year Doping Code.” be a 100 metres at Lausanne’s an appropriate fashion,” the global IBF-WBA heavyweight title fight to the ring.” Lodi, who has won 13 only to pull out with a shoulder Gay, the world’s joint second Diamond League meeting on agency said. REUTERS in March 2012 in Duesseldorf, of his 16 fights to date, including injury. AFP THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Schwarzer worried about Bosnia build steam with inexperienced Socceroos

SYDNEY: Australia’s most capped player Mark Schwarzer close victory over Mexico yesterday said he was worried about how inexperienced Ange Postecoglou’s World Cup squad is and said he would not have Hajrovic scores match winner; El Tri’s’ eight-game unbeaten run ends axed Luke Wilkshire. Postecoglou on Tuesday culled CHICAGO: Izet Hajrovic’s shot. However, Bosnia’s deserved country, we have waited over 20 his squad to 23 by sending home first half goal gave Bosnia and lead came, four minutes before years for this and we want to veteran pair Wilkshire and Josh Herzegovina a deserved 1-0 win the break, when Sejad Salihovic do our best to make the second Kennedy, along with injured over Mexico in an international whipped in a ball from the byline round - and then we will see.” playmaker Tom Rogic and Mark friendly between two World and Hajrovic met it with a confi- Brazil face Croatia in the open- Birighitti. Cup-bound sides at Soldier dent first-time strike. ing match of the tournament in It was already light on experi- Field in Chicago on Tuesday A series of substitutions dis- Sao Paulo on June 12 with the final ence after the dropping of former night, ending ‘El Tri’s’ eight- rupted the game in the second taking place in Rio de Janeiro on captain Lucas Neill and the game unbeaten run. half but Mexico began to pile on July 13. recent international retirements Bosnia dominated the first half the pressure in the closing min- Meanwhile, Herrera was of Schwarzer, Harry Kewell, Brett and could easily have gone to the utes as they sought to defend angered yesterday by last-minute Emerton and Brett Holman. break with a bigger advantage coach Miguel Herrera’s unbeaten changes made by Bosnia to their Chelsea keeper Schwarzer said but, in the end, had goalkeeper record. starting line-up for a World Cup Postecoglou’s regeneration of the Asmir Begovic to thank for two Francisco Rodriguez’s glanc- warm-up friendly at Soldier Field. Socceroos may prove too hasty at Bosnia and great saves to deny Mexico an ing header from an inswinging “It is not right that these the World Cup. Herzegovina equaliser. free-kick forced a great save out cheaters come out with a lineup “I personally wouldn’t have left midfielder Mexico coach Miguel Herrera of Begovic and the Bosnia keeper different from the one they had him out -- I would’ve taken him,” Izet Hajrovic experimented with his line-up but was at full stretch again moments submitted,” Herrera said. he told reporters of defender (20) cel- the performance of his team will later to push a fierce Miguel Based on the starting lineup Wilkshire, who has 80 caps. ebrates his have disappointed an overwhelm- Ponce long-range effort around presented by Bosnian coach Safet “When you look at it from afar, goal against ingly Mexican capacity crowd of the post. Susican hour before the match, and knowing what the squad’s the Mexico 60,707. Mexico, who face hosts Brazil, Herrera said he had prepared like and knowing what it’s like to during the Edin Dzeko, whose two goals Cameroon and Croatia in World his side to face a team including play a World Cup and how dif- first half at gave Bosnia a 2-1 win over Ivory Cup Group A, will wrap up their Sead Kolasinac, Ognjen Vranjes ficult it can be, I am surprised Soldier Field Coast on Saturday, was a menace preparations with a friendly and Anel Hadzic. that he’s opted to go with so lit- on Tuesday to the Mexican defence from the against Portugal in Foxborough Instead, Zvjezdan Misimovic, tle experience. night. outset and went close to scoring tomorrow. Sejad Salihovic and Manchester “But obviously he’s got his own three times in the opening eight Bosnia, who are featuring in City striker Edin Dzeko took the reasons for doing so. minutes. their first World Cup as an inde- field for kick-off. “He’s got ideas of how he wants After forcing Alfredo Talavera pendent nation, will now head to “In the World cup they won’t be to play and what type of players into a save with a low shot in Brazil, where they are drawn in able to do this,” said Herrera, who he wants to use. Eventually he’ll the fourth minute, Dzeko twice Group F with Argentina, Iran and added that he had given his team be judged on those decisions and fired just over the bar as Bosnia’s Nigeria. instructions in their pre-game the performance of the team.” midfield, prompted by the classy “This is good for our confidence talk based on the earlier lineup. Postecoglou insisted he was Miralem Pjanic, took control. to beat Ivory Coast and then to Herrera reserved some of his confident in the ability of Ivan Mexico’s first real chance beat Mexico in front of their great ire for the Guatemalan officiating Franjic, now the only recognised came in the 24th minute with fans,” Manchester City striker crew led by Oscar Reyna. right back after the surprise Javier Hernandez, given a start Dzeko told ESPN. “If the refs had stood up to this omission of Dynamo Moscow’s in attack, latching on to a fine ball “We are prepared well for the they would not have allowed the Wilkshire. from Miguel Layun and striking World Cup. This is an amazing game to start,” he said. “We have had to weigh up form, the outside of the post with a low thing for our team and our small AGENCIES fitness and squad balance,” he explained. Schwarzer said the team Greece, Nigeria would have been better off with Wilkshire and Neill. play to goalless England’s Lampard looking at MLS “Lucas Neill, to me, is still one of the best defenders we’ve got,” draw in tune-up MIAMI: England midfielder “I have appreciated what I he said in Sydney. Frank Lampard suggested he have got. When you are young The Socceroos face Croatia in PHILADELPHIA: Greece would probably retire from you don’t always appreciate it. Salvador tomorrow in their final and Nigeria battled to a score- international football after the I’ve enjoyed the squad, the ambi- warm-up before meeting Chile on less draw on Tuesday night in World Cup, with a move to ence around the squad and that is June 14 in Cuiaba. an international friendly match Major League Soccer among his why I won’t write myself off yet,” Schwarzer o said he expects to that served as a World Cup post-Chelsea options. he said sign a new deal with Chelsea after warm-up for both teams. Lampard, 35, announced on Lampard said he also wants manager Jose Mourinho indicated Greece had their fair share Monday that he was leaving to wait until after the tourna- he wanted him to stay for another of chances, but couldn’t get Chelsea after 13 years with the Frank Lampard ment before making a decision season. Schwarzer, 41, joined the past Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent club and while he will captain talks to the about his future, but his agent Premier League powerhouse on a Enyeama, who made a superb England against Ecuador in their media during an has reportedly been in talks with one-year contract last year and double save on Georgios Samaras pre-World Cup friendly yesterday, England press new Major League Soccer club largely played second fiddle to and Dimitris Salpingidis in the he acknowledged this tournament conference New York City FC who will start Petr Cech. 8rd minute. could mark the end of his time at the Sunlife playing in February 2015. But Mourinho has been Greece had the major- with the national team. Stadium in The club, which is jointly owned impressed with the Australian ity of the opportunities in the “It is very difficult to get the Miami, Florida on by Manchester City and Major and another one-year deal is on first half as well, with Lazaros words out to say that. I am very Tuesday night. League Baseball’s New York the cards despite the reported Christodoulopoulos firing a proud and very happy to play for Yankees, signed Spain interna- return of Thibaut Courtois from 30-yard rocket that just went England so I certainly want to say tional David Villa on Monday and a three-year loan to Atletico high in the 21st minute. it after. while nothing is yet agreed with Madrid. Ioannis Fetfatzidis was turned “If we go and win then I prob- Lampard he said it was an option “I’ve had messages from the away in the 28th minute by ably will certainly hang my boots he was considering. boss, he’s very keen for me to re- Enyeama. up. I don’t like to say it because I “The America thing is an sign with the club,” Schwarzer Early in the second half, love playing but its kind of obvi- option, I make no bones about said in Sydney. Nigeria picked up their attack on ous that it comes in the end but I that. I am looking at different “And that’s all I really need to the strength of Chelsea attacker am just appreciating and enjoying options. The main thing is that know -- that he wants to keep me Victor Moses, but his runs from every minute at the moment,” he I want to carry on playing, I feel at the club and I’ll leave the rest the left wing came to nothing. told reporters after training. dressing room and says he is glad finish with England in their low very fit and fresh and I am enjoy- up to the powers-that-be to sort In the 90th minute, Moses Lampard believes that in Brazil to have been able to extend his thirties at the most and I have ing it,” he said. “So I will keep it all out. belted a shot from just outside he can offer England manager international career. had some of my most enjoyable going for as long as I feel that “I’m confident it’ll be sorted out the box that went wide. Roy Hodgson more than just “I have had quite a few oppor- England years at the back end, in way. I’d love to play for a few more in the next week or two.” Nigeria were coming off a an experienced presence in the tunities. Most players sort of the last two years,” he said. years.” AFP AGENCIES 2-2 draw against Scotland in a friendly in London. The Africa Cup of Nations champions will play the United States in Jacksonville, Florida, Portugal sweat over Ronaldo’s fitness in another tune-up friendly on Saturday and kick off their games FLORHAM PARK, United States: “We hope that Cristiano is in good scored 14 goals with Portugal’s national in Brazil against Iran on June 16 Portugal were gearing up for the World enough shape to play -- and to help the side. in Curitiba. Cup on Tuesday in New Jersey, fretting team,” teammate Nani, who plays for He said the first clash with Germany will They will also face Argentina over the fitness of superstar Cristiano Manchester United, told reporters. be key to setting the tone for the rest of and Bosnia in Group F. Ronaldo. Ronaldo “is going well, and he is relaxed the tournament, preferably a winning one. Greece will play Boliva in With the World Cup looming, the FIFA about it ... Things are going the right way,” Meanwhile, Portuguese Football Harrison, New Jersey, on Friday Ballon d’Or winner as best footballer of last he added, after hundreds of fans welcomed Federation (FPF) said in a statement before heading for their base year, had some bad news about his recent the team at the Newark airport in New that Ronaldo is suffering from tendinosis camp in Brazil at Aracaju. aches and pains. Jersey, just outside New York City. in the region around his left kneecap, the Meanwhile, Romelu Lukaku’s Ronaldo has a “muscle injury on the back Portugal will play two friendlies while in Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said hat-trick during Belgium’s 5-1 of his left thigh as well as left-leg patel- the United States. in a statement yesterday. win over Luxembourg last week lar tendinitis,” the Portuguese Football They take on Mexico in Foxboro near The FPF said that Real Madrid forward is to be wiped from official records Association said in a report on his medical Boston on Friday -- at the home of the Ronaldo had undergone “specially adapted, after soccer’s world governing issues and those of stars Raul Meireles, NFL’s New England Patriots. individual” training on Monday but did not body FIFA ruled that it was not Pepe and Beto. Next Tuesday they face Ireland at the give any further details. an official international. Amid some heavy downpours, the four Jets’ MetLife Stadium -- which hosted the The World Player of the Year missed FIFA said in an emailed state- spent their time at the New York Jets’ Super Bowl in February. last Saturday’s 0-0 draw at home to Greece ment that it did not recog- training center grinding it out on differ- Nani, 27, who missed out on the last with what the FPF described as a left thigh nise the friendly as an ‘A’ game ent exercises meant to get them in the best World Cup in South Africa due to a shoul- injury. because Belgium made too many possible shape in the final sprint before the der injury, said fitnes woes can make a Portugal are training near New York and substitutions. World Cup starts June 12. player “distracted and less sure of himself.” face Mexico in a friendly in Boston tomor- The ruling means that not only While Portugal have previously discussed “If for some reason (Ronaldo) is not row. Ronaldo struggled with minor injuries is Lukaku’s first international superstar Ronaldo’s thigh injury -- sus- there, whoever is there playing has to be during the closing weeks of Real’s season hat-trick not officially recog- tained late in the season -- it was the first confident in their ability to get the job before playing 120 minutes in last month’s nised, Adnan Januzaj’s apparent time they reported patellar tendinitis. done,” he said. Champions League final against Atletico Cristiano Ronaldo (left) of Portugal’s senior debut for Belgium is also The Portuguese have been drawn in “The World Cup is a one-of-a-kind chal- Madrid and scoring the final goal in their National Team stretches with team-mate scrubbed. FIFA’s rules limit the Group G at the World Cup and will face lenge. I want to be fully fit, and in top form 4-1 win with a penalty. Raul Meireles as they practise at the NFL number of substitutes allowed in a Germany on June 16 in Salvador, the United alongside my teammates. I could not be Portugal’s opening World Cup match is New York Jets practice facility in Florham competitive match to three - and States a week later in Manaus and then there last time, but happily, I am here now,” against Germany in Salvador on June 16. Park, New Jersey, yesterday. six for friendlies. AGENCIES Ghana on June 26 in Brasilia. said Nani, who has played 73 games and AFP THURSDAY 5 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 31 Easy win for Brazil in warm-up Neymar helps hosts to 4-0 win over Panama in penultimate friendly match

GOIANIA, Brazil: World Cup Cameroon. Scolari explained the opening quarter of an hour. hosts Brazil strolled to a 4-0 win opening minutes of Tuesday’s Luis Tejada picked up a yellow Spain finding over Panama in their penulti- game had concerned him. card for the visitors with a foul mate warm-up Tuesday night, “We were a bit off beam in the on Neymar and Brazil’s star man with goals from Neymar, Daniel opening minutes and it could swiped his free kick high into the fitness ahead Alves, Hulk and Willian secur- have been different had we been net to delight a 30,000 crowd. ing the win which barely satis- playing a superior opponent. The Barcelona starlet then fied their coach. Afterwards, we improved.” crossed for Fred but the Scolari of World Cup After a tentative opening, the With Neymar scoring one and favorite directed a header off Selecao easily saw off limited making two -- he also earned target. WASHINGTON: Spain’s play- opponents as Neymar, with his a yellow card -- Scolari said of Alves then smacked home the ers said yesterday they’ll be fit 31st international goal, set the his star man: “Everyone knows second with a low effort to all but for the defense of their World ball rolling, rifling in a free-kick Neymar’s talent. But he always break the visitors’ sagging resist- Cup crown in Brazil, despite the for the opener on the half hour. comes up with something new to ence and allow Scolari the luxury rigors of a long club season. Alves drove in the second five surprise.” of six changes. Right back Juanfran is just minutes before the interval and Scolari added that with the Neymar’s superbly weighted one of the players on Vicente del a cheeky Neymar backheel was striker having missed a chunk backheel allowed Hulk to slot in Bosque’s squad who have been enough to pave the way for Hulk of Barcelona’s run-in to the end a cool third with the outside of nursing injuries, but he vowed he to dispatch the third early in the of the Spanish league campaign his boot. Panama tried to respond would be “100 percent” healthy second period before Willian put through injury he planned to with a Roberto Nurse header and ready for Brazil. the icing on the cake 17 minutes give him another full 90 minutes which Julio Cesar, finally called “I don’t have any problem, and from time. against the Serbians. into action, tipped over before I am 100 percent with the team,” With only Friday’s friendly Scolari had called on his side to Brazil scored again on 72 minutes the Atletico Madrid defender told against Serbia to come before pull their socks up after a slov- with Neymar feeding Maxwell, a press conference in Washington, the Brazilians meet Croatia in enly training session on Sunday who found Willian for a routine where Spain will train prior to their June 12 World Cup opener and they responded after a quiet finish. AFP a Saturday friendly against El in Sao Paulo, 2002 title-winning Salvador. coach Luiz Felipe Scolari seized Juanfran suffered a sprained the chance to use several second right ankle in the Champions string players. League final that Atletico Madrid Afterwards, he indicated he saw lost to Real Madrid on May 24. room for further improvement. The 29-year-old said he was “I am still concerned. We are limping in the wake of the pain- getting better -- but we know we ful injury, but insisted he was now have a fair way to go,” indicated recovered and had told Del Bosque: the man who lifted Brazil’s fifth “When you need me, I’ll be there Cup in Japan 12 years ago and and I’ll do my best.” who now wants to deliver first “I’ve had difficult moments success on home soil. Ecuador national football team players strech during a training session in my career and I’ve overcome “The run out was worthwhile at Miami Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, yesterday. RIGHT: them -- this is one more,” he said. but we must up our rhythm and Neymar of Brazil runs with the ball during an international friendly Spain’s squad includes seven be a lot better for the Croatia match against Panama ahead of the 2014 World Cup, in Goiania, on players who competed in the game,” prior to further group Tuesday night. Champions League final -- the games against Mexico and extra duty adding to physical wear and tear. In a comparison of combined minutes played in 2013-14 by various World Cup-bound teams, Japan confident of Cup victory rallies the BBC calculated that based on predicted starting lineups, Spain CLEARWATER, United give the opponent the first goal. have played a 37,888 minutes. States: Japan coach Alberto But we will try to score more than That compares to 37,130 for Zaccheroni and his players are they do. We have to focus on the Italy, 34,410 for England and relying on the team’s never-say- complete game. If something bad 30,656 for hosts Brazil. die attitude to spur them on at happens, we should still try to Midfielder Santiago Carloza the World Cup. improve and face it. doesn’t think Spain will be any Japan are prepping them- “Until the World Cup, we will less ready than their opponents. selves to do things the hard way focus on improving the players’ “The season has been tough for in Brazil as they have a history mentality and finishing goals.” everyone. I don’t think we are any of falling behind early in games. Shinji Okazaki, a striker who more or less tired than the other A day after battling from helped Germany’s Mainz reach teams,” Carloza said, adding that behind for a 3-1 victory over next season’s Europa League, says Spain’s squad is “physically better World Cup-bound Costa Rica, the World Cup warm-up wins over every day.” Blue Samurai were taking stock Cyprus and Costa Rica have pro- Juanfran also came out in of a belief built over four years vided a confidence boost when it defense of Spanish-Brazilian of hard work since a run to the matters most. striker Diego Costa, who was last 16 at the 2010 World Cup in “I feel there is a very good included by Del Bosque in his final South Africa. atmosphere in our team. Every World Cup squad despite a nag- “We don’t give up,” Japan single player knows that final ging hamstring injury that limited goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima said preparation for the championship him to just nine minutes in the Tuesday. “We run to the end. is vital,” Okazaki said. Champions League final. There have been many moments “In the game we have to decide “He’s great, and I’m convinced in the last four years where we the details, such as when and how he will be one of the great players have been able to come back after Japan’s Yoshito Okubo heads to put pressure on the opponent. of the World Cup,” Juanfran said a difficult situation.” an exercise ball during a train- When times are tough, what we of his Atletico team-mate. It’s a faith created from facing ing session in Clearwater, should do to win the game is also The Spanish squad arrived on tough times together, including Florida, yesterday. up to us.” Monday in Washington, which losing all three matches at last “We need to decide this through boasts the same humid conditions year’s Confederations Cup in error and improve our game. good communication among the that they’ll face in Brazil. Brazil. Even if we give up the first goal, players, which is a bit different El Salvador, who didn’t qual- And for Italian Zaccheroni, who we make our chances and we have from how things were before. I ify for the World Cup, aren’t guided AC Milan to a pair of Serie to focus on finishing.” learnt from the previous World expected to offer the reigning A titles, such bonds have given his Where Japan might have once Cup that the coherence of the champions a searching test in team a resilience to bounce back been one-dimensional and defen- team might decide the match.” Saturday’s tune-up match, but from misfortune and make the sive-minded, now there is versa- In South Africa, Paraguay they will be a big draw for the US most from opportunity. tility and attacking flair behind ousted Japan on penalties 5-3 to capital’s large Salvadoran com- “We have a solid team concept. such strikers as AC Milan’s reach the last eight after a goal- munity, thus making for a good We have a team identity, a cer- Keisuke Honda and Manchester less draw. game-day atmosphere. tain character. These factors are a United forward Shinji Kagawa. “As we had good results thanks Spain face Chile and Australia power greater than the first goal,” This is a Japan team that to a united team last time, I in World Cup Group B along with Zaccheroni said. knows it can fight back if it must. expect we can go further with our the Netherlands -- the opponents “When we give the opponent “There is an Italian proverb -- four-year effort and the power in their 2010 World Cup final Italy’s Mario Balotelli (top) and Italian Football Federation (FIGC) the first goal, they definitely can all grass is different,” Zaccheroni of a united team,” Okazaki said. triumph. President Giancarlo Abete prepare to pose for an official photo in play more defensively. The impor- said. “It means every situation is “Japan can play very harmoni- They will open their campaign Coverciano, near Florence, on Tuesday. tant thing is to analyze why we unique. ously together when it counts.” against the Dutch on June 13. give up the first goal, realize our “In the World Cup, we might AFP AFP Rooney gets chance to build sharpness

MIAMI: England manager Roy match fitness and we think start- for Manchester United there is perfect chance to test him in that Manchester City for me it was Hodgson will give Wayne Rooney ing the game and playing a part of no reason why I can’t use him in role. “He’s going to play right-back always obvious that if we needed another chance to improve his the game will be to his advantage. those positions as well,” he said. on Wednesday because I think he someone to step in there he could match-sharpness with a start in “We will see how long he plays “There is a real obsession with has the qualities to play there and do the job and Wednesday will be friendly against Ecuador. and that will be based on how his Wayne which I don’t necessarily I think there may be moments the moment to try it,” he said. And the former Liverpool boss fitness is progressing,” he said. share. As far as I am concerned during the World Cup where Midfielder Frank Lampard, is set to try-out Manchester City Much of the debate around I have got Wayne Rooney here we would like to use him there,” said he was glad there was now midfielder James Milner at right- Rooney has focused on whether he as one of 23 players, I am very Hodgson said after training. debate over how to squeeze back. Rooney’s form has been a should be used as an out-and-out happy to have him here as one The England manager said England’s talented young options talking point in England but striker, in a withdrawn role or out of 23 players but I don’t have to Milner was still considered pri- into a starting eleven. Hodgson said the decision not wide, but Hodgson said he was sim- share the obsession that he has to marily as a wide midfielder but “The good thing is that we to rest him, unlike several other ply pleased to have those options. play here, or has to do that.” stressed he wanted to take full are arguing about where to starters from Friday’s 3-0 win “Wayne is a very useful player Milner, who normally operates advantage of his versatility. play all these talented players, over Peru, was mainly about get- in that you don’t have to pin him in midfield for Manchester City, “He is in the squad quite rightly whether it be Wayne Rooney, ting him up to match-preparation. down and say this is the only posi- will be given a chance to show as a right or left-sided midfielder Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling, “The thinking behind Wayne tion that he can play. We have if he is a viable alternative to and that is where we see him Ox (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain) starting a second game is quite seen him play centre-forward, Liverpool’s Glen Johnson. mostly but thanks to his ability and they are the things that we simple. He only played 60 minutes we have seen him play behind the Hodgson said Milner could to do other jobs we think it will bemoaned a few years ago -- that Brazilian supporters wait for the the other day, he didn’t play many centre-forward and we have seen be used as back-up full-back in be interesting to see how he gets we didn’t have that excitement in start of a friendly football match games before he came to join us, him play wide. If he has done all of the World Cup and the friendly on at right-back against Ecuador. that squad and now we do,” said between Brazil and Panama. we think that he is recovering his those things at the very top level at SunLife stadium offered the “I have seen him play there for Lampard. AFP Thursday 5 June 2014 7 Sha’baan 1435 Volume 19 Number 6087 Sport Price: QR2

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PARIS: Defending champion Rafa Nadal survived David Ferrer’s early fury to reach the French Open semi-finals with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1 win in a repeat of last year’s all-Spanish final yesterday. World number one Nadal, Switzerland’s defender Fabian Schaer (centre) falls during a friendly chasing a record-extending football match against Peru, in Lucerne, central Switzerland, yesterday, ninth Roland Garros title, had ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. no answer to the fifth seed’s pace on court Suzanne Lenglen in the first set. But Ferrer, one of three men who have beaten the claycourt Every World machine on his favourite surface this year, ran out of steam in the second before Nadal devoured him in the third. Nadal won 10 games in a row Cup player to - and 13 of the last 14 - to wrap up victory on his first match point, setting up a meeting with Wimbledon champion Andy Murray who beat local favourite have drug test Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 1-6, 6-0 in the last eight. LAUSANNE: FIFA is on an anabolic steroids in the urine. “David on clay? He is one of the ambitious mission to make sure The drug testing logistics in best players of the world. He gets that for the first time every Brazil face difficulties, Dvorak better and better. I’m sorry for player who takes part in the acknowledged. him today,” Nadal reporters. World Cup has a drug test and There is no international “In the first set I made too carries a ‘biological passport’. standard laboratory in Brazil. many mistakes with my back- Football’s governing body The World Anti-Doping Agency hand,” he said. wants to impose the passport -- withdrew its accreditation for Ferrer was on fire in the open- Rafael Nadal of Spain in action during his quarter final match against David Ferrer of Spain at the French already used in cycling and ath- the only facility in Rio de Janeiro ing set, piercing Nadal’s concrete Open at Roland Garros in Paris, France, yesterday. letics -- that will follow a player last year. defence with his devastating throughout his career, giving FIFA will be sending its sam- forehand. details of blood and urine tests. ples to a laboratory in Lausanne, Nadal, who has a 64-1 record semi-final clash a 14-5 record points to close it out after the a winter wonderland as tempera- Since March, a team of FIFA Switzerland, which will add on the Paris clay, realised in against Murray, whom he has game was halted when a ball tures dipped to a chilly 10 degrees doctors and nurses have been $250,000 (180,000 euros) to the the opening set he was in for a beaten five times out of five on dropped out of Murray’s pocket Celsius. carrying out random blood and doping clampdown costs. dogfight. clay for the loss of two sets during play, sending both play- But Petkovic won the points urine tests at internationals and And as blood samples must At the end of a 31-shot rally, he Murray ended home hopes ers to lobby the umpire before that mattered. team training camps. be analysed within 36 hours of unleashed one of his trademark by beating Monfils in front of a Murray conceded the point. A match that started with Lionel Messi’s Argentina and being drawn, it will be a race forehands down the line and roaring crowd to reach his first Meanwhile, ‘Twisted soul’ spectators huddled under blan- France were visited last week at against time to get samples from paused for a fraction of second as French Open semi-final since Andrea Petkovic joyously planted kets on Philippe Chatrier Court their camps to prepare for the far-flung World Cup cities such if certain it had done the job. But 2011. a kiss on her racket frame after ended with Petkovic beaming in tournament, according to media as Manaus in the Amazon and Ferrer retrieved the shot with The last Frenchman stand- she battled through drizzle and delight as Errani slapped a back- reports. Fortaleza. a chopped forehand that landed ing in Paris sent the decibel lev- swirling winds yesterday to set up hand wide. Brazilian star Neymar, Italian “It is a challenge,” acknowl- in the open court, out of Nadal’s els soaring when he stole back an unlikely French Open semi- After becoming the first captain Gianluigi Buffon and edged Dvorak. reach. the third and fourth sets but final showdown with Romanian German woman to reach the last Spain’s Andres Iniesta were But transport from stadiums Ferrer, as quick between his Wimbledon champion Murray Simona Halep. four in Paris since Steffi Graf in among those who gave samples has already been tested. serves as Nadal is slow, took the was in a hurry to take the fifth The 28th seeded German came 1999, a player who is influenced by at last year’s Confederations “There are a few games that set on his opponent’s serve with a and ensure the match did not close to turning her back on ten- the writings of a number of phi- Cup. are difficult. But the majority forehand winner into the corner. go into today due to the fading nis a year ago after being hobbled losophers said she would now “like Chelsea, Barcelona, Santos of the samples will arrive at Then, however, things started light. by back, ankle and knee injuries to call Freud and ask him what he and Monterrey stars were tested the laboratory between 24 and to click for the King of clay. Showing few sign of the back but 12 months on she was get- thinks about... my twisted soul.” during international club compe- 48 hours,” said Dvorak. The Nadal broke for 2-1 with a injury that kept him out of last ting up close and personal with Such a thought is unlikely to titions over the past 18 months. Lausanne laboratory will work stunning backhand down the line. year’s tournament, the seventh her racket after blowing Italy’s trouble Halep, who will be more Players can expect a tap on 24 hours a day during the World Ferrer had three chances to break seed controlled play from the Sara Errani off court with a 6-2, interested in concentrating on the shoulder right from the first Cup, he added. back in the sixth game but could baseline in the first set, although 6-2 win. Petkovic’s tennis skills after she matches of the World Cup which “Some of the matches are not convert them. the 23rd seed gave home fans A match featuring 10 breaks too reached her first major semi- starts June 12. critical, the critical matches we From then on, Nadal rolled on hope with some returns from and 32 unforced errors was final with an equally scrappy “We can test anybody, any- will look at very carefully,” the towards his 22nd win over Ferrer improbable angles. never going to be pretty and 6-2, 6-2 win over 2009 champion time, anywhere, any amount of medical chief said. in 28 meetings. The Scot stormed to a 5-1 lead a three-hour rain delay left Svetlana Kuznetsova. times,” said Jiri Dvorak, FIFA’s Football has had relatively few He carries into tomorrow’s in the second, but took eight set Roland Garros feeling more like AGENCIES chief medical officer in a recent declared cases of performance- interview. enhancing doping. So far nothing alarming has Argentine star Diego French Open turned up, according to Dvorak. Maradona was sent home from Results from the French Open quarter-final “The hematological parameters the 1994 World Cup after test- matches yesterday. are normal,” he said. ing positive for the stimulant Men’s FIFA is building up a biologi- ephedrine. 7-Andy Murray (Britain) bt 23-Gael Monfils cal passport on all players. Last year there were cases (France) 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 1-6, 6-0 It has taken at least two test involving internationals from 1-Rafa Nadal (Spain) bt 5-David Ferrer Former US cycling samples from most players while Jamaica, Peru and Tahiti. But (Spain) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1 rider Greg LeMond some have given up to four. FIFA believes the smaller foot- Women’s (left) and French tri- So far teams have made the ball nations are less aware of the doping investigators welcome. risks involved. 4-Simona Halep (Romania) bt 27-Svetlana ple and long jumper “They understand what we are Cannabis and cocaine have Kuznetsova (Russia) 6-2, 6-2 Teddy Tamgho attend the men’s doing and they consider that made up the majority of drug 28-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) bt 10-Sara kind of examination as part failures in football in recent Errani (Italy) 6-2, 6-2 quarter-final match between Andy of their professional life,” said years, according to FIFA.com, Order of play Dvorak. the world body’s website. Murray of Britain Order of play on show courts on the 12th The FIFA tests look for dis- FIFA’s biological passport and Gael Monfils of day of the French Open today (prefix number crepancies in haemoglobins and could spread further than the France. denotes seeding, all matches semi-finals, red cells that could indicate EPO World Cup though. play starts at 1300 GMT/9 AM ET): doping or other banned efforts to A scientific review of the FIFA Court Philippe Chatrier: boost endurance. These kinds of campaign will be published at 7-Maria Sharapova (Russia) vs 18-Eugenie tests are already used in cycling the end of the year. If it backs and athletics. the drug testing, the world body Bouchard (Canada) Football’s governing body also may press the major leagues to 4-Simona Halep (Romania) vs 28-Andrea checks hormone levels and for start their own regimes. AFP Petkovic (Germany)