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Emir hosts iftar banquet Rising rents Qatar free from put pressure on cost of coronavirus but living in Qatar DOHA: Rents have been rising, putting pressure on the cost tests continue of living in the country, con- sumer price index (CPI) figures released yesterday reflect. CPI data for June 2013 show Six new cases in Saudi and UAE rents surged 6.8 percent year- on-year in the month, slightly up DOHA: Qatar is free from the Qatar, according to Al Hajri, from 6.5 percent in May. Sars-like MERS (Middle East is closely coordinating with the Rising rents, therefore, kept Respiratory Syndrome) coro- Saudi authorities as people from the annual consumer inflation in navirus and 400 people have here are going there for Umrah the country above three percent- tested negative for the disease, a (pilgrimage). age points to 3.4 in June. senior public health official said. “We are getting updated infor- Annual inflation was 3.5 per- To rule out the possibility mation on the disease from the cent in May, data released by that some animals here may be Saudi authorities.” the Ministry of Development affected by the virus, the authori- Hundreds of thousands of peo- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani hosted an iftar banquet in honour of judges and religious Planning and Statistics suggest. ties are conducting extensive tests ple are in Makkah for Umrah scholars at Al Wajbah Palace yesterday. The marginal decline in infla- so that if there is a problem it and not a single MERS case has tion in June over May was due could be tackled at its source. The been reported, said the official. He to a two percent reduction in tests are being conducted by the said dangerous viruses like Sars in the prices of miscellaneous goods Supreme Council of Health (SCH) 2003 and now coronavirus are a and services. in coordination with the World result of climate change and the This is the first CPI report Health Organization (WHO) and greenhouse effect. Gulf states eye Arabian Sea for by the ministry which was cre- the Ministry of Environment. There is no need to panic ated recently, incorporating the In Saudi Arabia, the virus was because more than 8,000 people national statistics agency and first detected among animals in were affected by Sars but only a the national development plan- 2011. A Saudi doctor had detected small percentage succumbed to it. safer drinking water supplies ning office. it in cooperation with a Dutch Meanwhile, six new corona- The Qatar Statistics Authority research centre. This was dis- virus cases — four women and KHOBAR: The Gulf Gulf may become undrinkable if coast of Iran. earlier issued the inflation data. closed by Dr Mohamed Al Hajri, two men — have been reported Cooperation Council countries there are any leaks from energy The Gulf is also home to doz- Rent is clubbed with fuel and Director of Health Protection and in Saudi Arabia and the United (GCC) are planning a joint installations into the water lying ens of offshore oil rigs and load- energy in the CPI basket and Communicable Diseases Control Arab Emirates. water supply system that takes between the Arabian Peninsula ing facilities which could pose a they together have the largest at the Supreme Council of Health The cases were detected fol- seawater from outside the Gulf and Iran. threat to drinkable water supplies weight (32.2 percent) in the (SCH). lowing the screening of 136 peo- and distributes drinkable water “The water link is to build a line in the event of a large leak like CPI. Qatar is free from the virus, ple including the medical staff across member states, an offi- from the Arabian Sea or Gulf of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in However, the highest annual Al Hajri said, taking part in Al and family members of the first cial at the GCC Secretariat Oman to Kuwait passing through the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. increase was recorded in ‘enter- Sharq’s Ramadan tent recently. patient. QNA said quoting the General said. the GCC countries,” GCC assist- “This is a vital and strategic tainment, recreation and culture’ “The situation is under control.” WHO that the virus was not Scarce fresh water supply is ant economic secretary Abdullah project to provide water under at 8.1 percent in June. Responding to a question, the a concern for public health the biggest challenge for Gulf J Al Shibli said. all circumstances... for the water THE PENINSULA official said there was no scientific “at the moment as the cases Arab desert countries, forcing “With the Iranian nuclear plant security, the idea is to build basis to the talk that the virus detected globally continue to them to build energy-intensive in Bushehr, if something goes desalination plants in all the was being caused by dates. “It’s a be very low”. seawater desalination plants to wrong the water in the Gulf will countries, to produce the water,” Car bomb hits baseless talk.” So the current situation does not meet rising demand. be polluted.” Shibli said. Some MERS cases have been require travel restrictions to any Saudi Arabia is building the Arab Gulf countries sought The project, which Shibli Sunni mosque reported from the nearby Saudi country, nor screenings at different world’s largest desalination plant reassurances from Iran at a said may cost around $7bn, will city of Al Ahsa but the Saudi ports or restrictions on trade, QNA in Ras Al Khair on the Gulf coast, UN nuclear agency meeting last include storage facilities to stock government is taking preventive said quoting the WHO. but the GCC is increasingly con- month over the safety of Bushehr, up on potable water. in Bahrain measures. THE PENINSULA cerned that the waters of the built on the earthquake-prone REUTERS DUBAI: A car bomb exploded outside a Sunni mosque in a Bahrain neighbourhood where Fire in Muntazah the royal court is situated but caused no casualties, the inte- Detroit files for rior ministry said. Mursi supporters to The bomb, made from a gas cyl- bankruptcy inder, exploded late on Wednesday in the parking area of the Isa CHICAGO: Detroit yesterday hold mass protests bin Salman mosque in the Rifaa became the largest city in US neighbourhood, south of the capi- history to file for bankruptcy CAIRO: The Muslim Brother- cabinet of interim premier Hazem tal Manama, the ministry said. protection, court documents hood called for mass protests El Beblawy busied itself with “The terrorist act took place showed. today in its campaign to reverse tackling the nation’s many woes, while prayers were held in the Once the fourth largest US city, the army’s overthrow of the buying foreign wheat to replenish mosque,” it said. Government Detroit has seen its population elected Islamist president, but stocks and banking $3bn in badly spokeswoman Samira Rajab said shrink by more than half, from 1.8 it also gave a first sign of will- needed aid from the UAE. yesterday that the explosion was million in 1950 to 685,000 today, as ingness to negotiate with its Still stunned by the July 3 “an attempt to create chaos” in crime, flight to the suburbs and the opponents. toppling of Mursi, his Muslim Bahrain. “This is a despicable ter- hollowing out of the auto industry The rallies aim to show Brotherhood, and allies grouped in rorist act intended to undermine have eaten away at its foundations. Mohammed Mursi’s supporters what it calls the National Alliance national unity and sow sectarian “The citizens of Detroit need are not ready to accept the new for Legitimacy, urged nationwide sedition,” said Rajab. and deserve a clear road out of the military-backed government. rallies today, predicting millions The interior ministry cycle of ever-decreasing services,” However, a Brotherhood official would take to the streets. “To every announced that it has banned a Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said yesterday that the move- free Egyptian man and woman: rally which was planned by the said in a letter accompanying the The seventh floor of a building under construction in the Al Muntazah ment had proposed a framework Come out against the bloody mili- opposition today in the Shia vil- court filing. “The only feasible path area caught fire yesterday. Civil Defence personnel rushed to the spot for talks mediated by the EU. tary coup,” the alliance said. lages of Khamis and Sar. to a stable and solid Detroit is to to put out the blaze. No casualties were reported. Sworn into office on Tuesday, the REUTERS AFP file for bankruptcy protection.” Detroit stopped making pay- ments on some of its $18.5bn of debt and obligations last month. Snyder appointed an emer- gency manager earlier this year CBQ completes to restructure Detroit’s finances. Palestinians rebuff US peace talks blueprint There are 78,000 abandoned Alternatifbank buildings scattered across the RAMALLAH: Palestinian politicians The broader Palestine Liberation “Kerry did not present guarantees to stop city, and 40 percent of the street- stake purchase rebuffed yesterday a hard-fought blueprint Organisation, which also includes left wing settlement building, nor base (peace talks) on lights don’t work. for resumed talks with Israel thrashed out factions less sympathetic towards a compro- 1967 borders,” he said. Kerry’s plan would have AFP DUBAI: Commercial Bank of by US Secretary of State John Kerry in a mise, said it would meet soon to draw up a seen Israel, now ruled by a coalition that has Qatar (CBQ) yesterday said it blow to his marathon peace efforts. formal response to Kerry’s proposals. tilted sharply to the right after elections early had completed the purchase of a A US official had warned that Kerry was Palestinian member of parliament Mustafa this year, make only a tacit commitment to RAMADAN TIMING 70.84 percent stake in Turkey’s unlikely to be able to announce any break- Barghuti said “most factions” within the PLO slow settlement construction in the occupied Todays Iftar Alternatifbank. The transaction through on resuming direct peace negotia- had rejected Kerry’s proposal. “During the territories, not the publicly announced freeze 6:28pm has received the assent of regu- tions with the Palestinians despite extending leadership meeting... most of the Palestinian long demanded by Abbas. lators in Qatar and Turkey, it until Friday his sixth visit to the region in as factions... rejected restarting peace talks based On Wednesday, the US envoy had expressed Tomorrow’s Imsak said in the bourse filing. A tender many months. on Kerry’s proposals,” he said. cautious optimism that he was making progress 03:18am offer to acquire 4.16 percent of The setback for the US plan came from the PLO executive committee member Wasel towards a deal to restart talks after his propos- bank shares traded publicly will governing Revolutionary Council of Palestinian Abu Yusef said the Palestinian leadership had als were endorsed by Arab League chief Nabil Al be announced in due course, the President Mahmud Abbas’s own Fatah move- “decided to form a committee to respond to Arabi and senior Gulf Arab diplomats. statement added. REUTERS ment, which demanded changes. Kerry’s proposals”. AGENCIES FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

An artist’s impression of the proposed project.

www.swiss-belhotel.com Tel The Pearl Qatar to open Fax luxury megaplex next year Tel Fax Ten screens expected to provide best entertainment for visitors

DOHA: A luxury megaplex standout features that include booking and mobile applica- Arab Emirates, Gulf Film is Tel with a 10 screen theatre is a luxurious VIP theatre with tion, e/kiosks, RealD 3D tech- the leading film distributor and Fax likely to open next year at The recliner seats, a private lounge, nology and a gourmet selection exhibitor in the Middle East, Pearl Qatar, said Qatar Media and a casual dining atrium, all of refreshments. accounting for over 50 percent Services (q.media) yesterday. in collaboration with leading Operated and managed by of the region’s film releases and The Pearl-Qatar’s first cin- international brands. Gulf Film, a subsidiary of q. the largest number of screens Tollfree ema megaplex is expected to The theatre will have a block- media and the operator of under a single operator. Gulf provide best entertainment buster line-up of movie releases Grand Cinemas, the Middle Film multiplexes currently Fax services to visitors and residents and offer moviegoers the supe- East’s largest cinema chain. number 13, for a total of 110 of the island. rior services associated with Gulf Film was established in screens and 22,000 seats. The megaplex will boast the brand, including online 1989 and based in Dubai, United THE PENINSULA Tel Fax

Tel Fax Eid Charity drive to back Tel field hospitals Fax in Syria www.doha.hilton.com DOHA: Sheikh Eid Bin Tel +974 44233333 Mohammed Al Thani Charity Foundation will Fax +974 44233000 launch this evening a campaign of “Life to sup- port field hospitals in the Syrian provinces on the sidelines of the closing cer- emony of Ramadan festival (Nassayem Elkhair). The event comes within the framework of the ongo- ing support of Qatari chari- Tel table constitutions and Qatari people to the Syrian Fax refugees and displaced . The festival of Nassayem Elkhair which will be The traffic from Mesaimeer Roundabout to Abu Hamour Roundabout will be diverted from Sunday until launched under the slogan Tel the beginning of 2015. (Ibhari Yasham), includes Fax a large number of cultural, faith, educational and rec- Ashghal builds flyover to link reational events concerning with the family members . Tel The annual festival of Fax Nassayem El Khair which Mesaimeer with Maamoura organised by the founda- tion in collaboration with a DOHA: In order to complete Works in the area will commuters will be able to use number of other charitable remaining works related to include the construction the alterative road that con- institutions to highlight the Tel the extension of Industrial of a flyover that connects nects Industrial Area road to culture of Qatar, and the Fax Area Road, the Public Works Mesaimeer area to Maamoura the Wholesale Market Street dissemination of Islamic cul- Authority (Ashghal) will area in Mesaimeer road, and as shown in the attached map. ture as well as directing the be diverting traffic from the construction of rain and Ashghal urges all road users energies of young people to Mesaimeer Roundabout to potable water networks, and to comply with the traffic signs a useful and productive work Tel Abu Hamour Roundabout, treated sewerage effluent. that have been installed in the for the interests of Islam and starting from Sunday until During the construc- area to ensure smooth traffic Muslims. QNA Fax beginning of 2015. tion period of the project, flow. THE PENINSULA

Tel Fax The Bridge on the River Kwai to be screened at MIA

DOHA: Academy Award® in to www.dohafilminstitute.com winning film, ‘The Bridge on or visit the Museum of Islamic the River Kwai’ will screen Art DFI Ticket Outlet (across on July 25 and 27 at the from the MIA Auditorium). Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Tickets are priced at QR35 Tel Auditorium as part of monthly for the general public and QR25 Fax DFI UK Cinema Showcase. for students. (Students must ‘The Bridge on the River present a valid student ID to Kwai’ tells the story of a British receive a discount. There is a colonel who co-operates to over- maximum of two discounted Tel see his men’s construction of a tickets per person. Discounts Fax railway bridge for their cap- are only available at ticket out- tors, while oblivious to a plan let locations). by the allies to destroy it after DFI UK Cinema Showcase www.renaissancedoha.com settling his differences with a launched in February, in part- Japanese prisoner-of-war camp nership with the British Council Tel +974 44195000 commander. and the Qatar Museums A scene from the Academy Award® winning film The Bridge on the Included in the top 100 British Authority, to celebrate Qatar Fax +974 44195100 River Kwai. Films rated by the British Film UK 2013. Institute, the movie will take DFI UK Cinema Showcase viewers into a captivating epic legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed’s Academy Award® brings iconic British films to journey back to the World War David Lean, and Best Actor for winning musical ‘Oliver!’ to be audiences in Doha. The show- II era. It won seven Academy Alec Guinness. shown on August 29 and 30. case will run monthly until Awards in 1958, including Best DFI UK Cinema showcase For Tickets, box office hours September 2013. Picture, Best Director for the will continue next month with and additional information, log THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Health insurance: Over 60 Emir hosts iftar banquet women turn up on day one Many still not aware of the compulsory scheme DOHA: More than 60 Qatari women director of the hospital, said, local The Supreme Council of Health turned up at the four designated Arabic dailies reported yesterday. (SCH) has also opened an office at the healthcare facilities to take advan- Doha Clinic, on the other hand, hospital to provide necessary informa- tage of the free yet compulsory health received five patients in the morning tion about the scheme. insurance scheme on the first day of shift. A doctor from Doha Clinic said Qatari women only need to produce its launch on Wednesday. that they recently spent QR40m on their identity (ID) card for identifica- The first phase of the scheme cover- new health equipment in preparation tion and verification to benefit from ing Qatari women aged 12 and above is for the launch of the scheme. the scheme, which covers maternity, applicable to the Women’s Hospital of “It is too early to access the program obstetrics, gynaecology and related Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), in the first two days but there have been healthcare services in the first phase. Al Emadi Hospital, Al Ahli Hospital no complaints so far,” he said. More health care facilities will be and Doha Clinic. Although there have Dr Abdul Azeem Hussain, Medical included in the network over the com- been no complaints so far, many in the Director of Al Ahli hospital, said that ing weeks and months. Qatari community are still not aware the hospital received one case of deliv- “The first phase has been limited to about the scheme. ery by a Qatari national on the first Qatari women and specific diseases are Many eligible Qatari women are day, with all expenses covered by the covered because we want to assess the still going to private hospitals that insurance. medical services in the initial stages,” are not included in the network of the “The implementation of the scheme said Dr Faleh Mohammed Hussain Ali, scheme. Some say they want their files is going smoothly because of coopera- acting CEO of the National Health to be transferred from the Women’s tion among all bodies and positive feed- Insurance Company (NHIC) and Hospital to private clinics of their back from the nationals,” Dr Hussain Assistant Secretary General for Policy choice. said. Affairs at the SCH. Al Emadi Hospital received more Women’s Hospital of Hamad Medical “We want to learn from each phase than 20 patients on the first day of Corporation (HMC) conducting train- as we move on so that medical services The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani receiving a religious scholar at Al Wajbah the implementation of the scheme, ing courses for the staff the hospital can be effective,” he said. Palace yesterday during an iftar banquet. The Emir also received a telephone call from the Dr Mohammad Al Emadi, medical before the launch of the scheme. THE PENINSULA British Prime Minister, David Cameron. Discussions covered cooperation and latest regional developments. Around 800 Filipino Muslims attend RAF mass iftar

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Filipinos continues to rise. Founded in 2002, PMF has been DOHA: Filipino Muslims in extending assistance to Filipino Qatar play a very important role Muslims both in Qatar and the as members of the Filipino com- Philippines. munity here, says Philippines As part of their major projects, Ambassador to Qatar Crescente over 10 mosques and two Arabic R Relacion. schools have already been built in “Filipino Muslims are vital the Philippines since the organi- in the Filipino community here. sation’s inception. They are a force to reckon with. “In Qatar, we also provide A number of them are occupying help to our members who are in high positions and they are also need, such as during weddings,” very instrumental in liaising and he said. networking with the host govern- He thanked RAF for spon- ment,” said Relacion. soring the community iftar for The Philippine envoy was the third consecutive year and speaking to the local media on for helping the Filipino Muslim the sidelines of the iftar hosted community despite their other by Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah priorities. Foundation for Humanitarian Dr Yahya Al Nuaimi, Social Services (RAF) yesterday at the Administration Advisor at RAF Qatar Sports Club. said projects in Qatar has always “If we need something from the been a priority for the foundation. host government, some of these “RAF Foundation sees to it to Muslim brothers are well-placed implement something in Qatar to bridge us to these people; they both for Qataris and expatriates fulfil their role being the middle- Filipinos attend the mass iftar organised by Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) yesterday at the Qatar Sports before going outside the country,” men between us and the govern- Club. ABDUL BASIT said Dr Al Nuaimi. ment,” he said, adding they also “We try to implement activities actively take part in the activi- like this for the different expa- ties led by the Philippine Embassy Muslims who attended yes- not only during Ramadan but PMF is the umbrella organi- Muslims Organisation Qatar triate communities because we and the community such as the terday’s iftar to live up to the every day.” Philippine Muslim zation of Filipino Muslim (Dmoq) and the Al Salam would like them to treat Qatar as Philippine Independence Day purpose of fasting during the Federation (PMF) President organisations in Qatar includ- International Association (Asia). their second home. This year we events, in which a number of month-to practice humility, Noroden Abdulhamid expressed ing the Organisation of Muslim Abdulhamid said there are are organizing iftar for 11 expatri- Filipino Muslim community lead- spiritual closeness with Allah similar message urging them Mindanao Overseas Workers an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 ate communities,” he said, adding ers functioned as members of the and develop social cohesiveness to look at Ramadan as “a good (Ommow), Philippine Muslim Filipino Muslims in Qatar and they also around 12 charity iftar organising committee. in the Islamic community. opportunity to repent and do Association (PMA), Philippine that the number witnessed tents and 9000 iftar packs to be The Ambassador urged He urged them to “practice good deeds because they will be Overseas Muslim Development around 30 to 40 percent increase distributed to motorists. around the 800 Filipino obedience, humility and kindness rewarded tenfold.” Association (Pomda), Davao this year as the population of THE PENINSULA Qatar Airways hosts suhoor event Ooredoo launches charity auctions of special numbers DOHA: Qatar Airways cel- ebrated the holy month of Ramadan with an invitation for DOHA: Ooredoo has launched start at the asking price, and local business executives, digni- a series of charity auctions of increase according to the mini- taries and members of the air- special numbers, as part of the mum bid. Ooredoo customers can line’s Frequent Flyer Programme spirit of giving during the Holy bid on more than one number in to an exquisite Suhoor at the Al Month of Ramadan. the auction, if they have multiple Dasha ballroom at the Sharq As part of its Alrabaa phones or if they missed out on Village & Spa. (“Friends”) campaign during the their preferred number. The event is an annual gather- holy month of Ramadan, which When the auction is finished, ing organised by the Doha Sales seeks to fill hearts with joy and to Ooredoo will contact the win- Commercial division who interact help those in need, Ooredoo will ning bidder by mobile, SMS and on a regular basis with businesses,, donate to charity the proceeds email. The winner will then have and Government Ministries, pro- from the three online auctions. two days to complete the pur- viding careful attention to detail Customers can bid for their chase either at the Ooredoo Shop for all of their corporate travel favourite number from a new at Lagoona Mall or through the needs. range of special numbers on the Ooredoo eShop at www.ooredoo. Over 200 corporate, govern- Ooredoo website at www.ooredoo. qa/eshop. ment and top frequent flyer pro- qa/en/etr. Special numbers are Since 2005, Ooredoo has gramme members attended the those that start with the same donated millions of Qatari Riyals event, which was co-hosted by number, have many of the same to charity, thanks to these auc- Qatar Executive – the airline’s numbers, or have parallel digits. tions of Easy-to-Remember private jet division. Guests had a The first auction for four spe- numbers. The proceeds go into very enjoyable evening with the cial numbers starts on Friday, 19 a general charity fund, which fine hospitality, entertainment July, and will run for three days are then distributed to worthy and delectable cuisine. until Sunday, 21 July. The second charities in Qatar, or as emer- In addition to being one of the Guests at the suhoor organised by Qatar Airways and Qatar Executive at the Al Dasha ballroom at the Sharq Village auction for four additional num- gency aid for in need. For more region’s premier carriers and an & Spa. bers will be held from Monday, 22 information on Ooredoo’s Alrabaa emerging power in the interna- July until Wednesday, 24 July. Any campaign, and how to donate tional air travel market, Qatar guests about the special occasion we value the special relationship “It is always a pleasure to be numbers that are not purchased items directly to charity through Airways is proud of its commit- over the holy Ramadan period: that has developed over the years, in the company of our key sup- will be offered again during a “Sharing Spheres”, customers ment to the local community, its “We were pleased to share which we hope will only continue porters in the business com- third auction from Thursday, 25 can visit the Ramadan page on culture and traditions. in local traditions with our key to grow with time.” munity and on the occasion of July until Saturday, 27 July. the Ooredoo website at www.oore- Speaking with guests dur- partners here in Doha, the home Executive Vice President for Ramadan we wish you and your On the Ooredoo website, cus- doo.qa/en/Ramadan, and join the ing the function, Vice President of the airline. On this occasion, Qatar Executive, Tilmann Gabriel families a delightful and blessed tomers with a valid Qatar ID social media conversation using Commercial — Qatar, Ehab Amin I would like to take this oppor- alongside Amin also, met with holy month,” reflected Tilmann can bid only for numbers marked the #alrabaa hashtag. reflected his thoughts among tunity to reinforce how much guests on the occasion. Gabriel. THE PENINSULA “Auction Only”. Bidders must THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST UK reporter Britain rules detained, beaten in out arming Sudan

KHARTOUM: A reporter for the international news service Bloomberg has fled Sudan afraid for his safety after being threat- Syria rebels ened, assaulted and arbitrarily detained, a watchdog says. “Michael Gunn told CPJ that he UK thinks Assad will stay for long fled the country on July 2 fearing for his life,” said a statement from LONDON: Britain has aban- thought Assad could only hold on the New York-based Committee doned plans to arm Syrian for a few months. We now think to Protect Journalists. rebels fighting to overthrow he can last a few years.” The incident comes about President Bashar Al Assad and Hobbled by debt and defence a year after Sudan deported believes he might survive in budget cuts at a time when the Bloomberg correspondent Salma office for years, sources familiar United States, Britain and NATO El Wardany, an Egyptian. She was with government thinking say. allies are withdrawing forces from detained while trying to cover The sources also told Reuters Afghanistan, the West says it anti-government protests. that a peace conference to try to wants to help the rebels topple Gunn, 35, a British national, end the conflict — now in its third Assad. declined comment when reached year — might not happen until But it finds its options limited. by AFP yesterday. next year if at all. Forces loyal to Assad have But Bloomberg spokesman “Britain is clearly not going to made gains in recent months, Ty Trippet said in a statement: arm the rebels in any way, shape while rebel groups have been “When a reporter is doing his or form,” said one source, pointing plagued by infighting between job as he was and is attacked for to a parliamentary motion passed Islamist militants linked to Al US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh (second left) are escorted by no other reason, it’s cause for last week urging prior consulta- Qaeda and the more moderate military officers at Marka airport to a helicopter bound for Zaatari refugee camp yesterday in Amman. Kerry visited concern.” tion of lawmakers. Free Syrian Army. The longer the sprawling camp, home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, to see the tragedy of the conflict. Gunn told CPJ that plain- The reason for the shift was the the conflict drags on, the greater clothes agents grabbed him while largely hostile public opinion and the influence the West thinks he covered a June 29 meeting of fears that any weapons it sup- the Islamists will have, the the opposition Umma Party. plied could fall into the hands of sources said. “He said he was hit sev- Islamist fighters. Meanwhile, US efforts to At least 29 killed in Syria clashes eral times, his bag and pockets “It will train them, give them arm the rebels have stalled in searched, and his shirt pulled over tactical advice and intelligence, Congress. BEIRUT: At least 29 people fighters, Observatory director advanced elsewhere in the his head before he was thrown teach them command and control. Only a dramatic shift in the sit- have been killed in fighting Rami Abdel Rahman said. Activists northeastern province, taking into the back of a truck with sev- But public opinion, like it or not, uation such as “widespread use of between Kurdish and jihadist in Ras Al Ain said members of the control of part of the Sweidiya eral Sudanese citizens,” CPJ said is against intervention.” chemical weapons” might force a fighters in northern Syria in jihadist groups had taken advan- area of Hassakeh, which is the in a statement late Wednesday. The British position amounted rethink by Britain, a source said, the past two days, the Syrian tage of Ramadan, which began only majority Kurdish province Gunn reported to CPJ that he to one of the gloomiest assess- refusing to be drawn on whether Observatory for Human Rights last week, to try to impose their in Syria. was taken away, blindfolded and ments of the rebels’ prospects yet. a collapse in attempts to broker said yesterday. extreme version of Islam. Syria’s Kurdish minority have interrogated for three hours about It was Prime Minister David a political solution might also be “At least 19 Al Nusra Front In the early days of the Syria walked a sometimes ambiguous what he was doing in Sudan. Cameron who led the charge ear- a tipping point. (jihadist) fighters and 10 Kurds conflict, when the opposition was line in the country’s conflict, “He said he was slapped sev- lier this year for the European Britain has said it believes have been killed since the day desperate for help from any quar- which is now in its third year. eral times during the interroga- Union to drop an arms embargo there has so far been only small- before yesterday in clashes in the ter, jihadist fighters were wel- Despite occasionally cooperat- tion and that he was ordered to on Syria, which London and Paris scale use of chemical weapons. oil region of Hassakeh,” the NGO comed but a spate of abuses has ing with rebel fighters, the coun- unlock his smartphone. Gunn said had argued was one-sidedly penal- Political realities mean any said. On Wednesday, the group fuelled a major backlash. try’s Kurds have largely chosen to that after the interrogation was ising the anti-Assad opposition. British decision to arm the rebels said Syrian Kurdish fighters had The Observatory said that remain outside the conflict, and over, he was put back in a truck The involvement of Iran and would need to be endorsed by a pushed members of Al Nusra and jihadist fighters began firing have sought to keep both regime and released on a nearby street,” Hezbollah in the conflict had vote in parliament anyway. the Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic rockets at Ras Al Ain, in western troops and rebels out of their CPJ said. shifted the balance of power on John Baron, a lawmaker from State of Iraq and the Levant out Hassakeh, after their expulsion. areas. Their position has earned Gunn told the watchdog that he the battlefield in Assad’s favour, Cameron’s ruling Conservatives of the town of Ras Al Ain and They also attacked several them the ire of some rebels, who was accredited by the Sudanese the sources said, giving him less who tabled the motion requiring its nearby border crossing with roadblocks manned by Kurdish fault them for failing to back the government and had been incentive to negotiate and the the government to give parlia- Turkey. fighters and clashes were ongo- uprising. And the community’s reporting in the country since West had no strategy to end the ment such a vote, said he thought The clashes between Kurdish ing in the village of Tall Alu and more liberal interpretation of November. AFP conflict any time soon. a majority of lawmakers opposed fighters and jihadists erupted after Karhok in eastern Hassakeh, the Islam has also made it a target “The Western assessment has sending weapons to the rebels. Al Nusra Front militants attacked group added. for some extremist rebel groups. Asian held in Dubai changed,” said one source. “We REUTERS a convoy of Kurdish women Kurdish fighters meanwhile AFP for filming assault DUBAI: An Asian man has been arrested for filming a video that has gone viral on the Internet showing a UAE citizen Egypt’s interim leader pledges to fight chaos beating up an Indian delivery van driver in Dubai, local media CAIRO: Egypt’s interim of willingness to negotiate with to accept the new military- El-Haddad, who represented engulfed by civil war unless its reported yesterday. President Adli Mansour prom- its opponents. backed government. However, the movement in previous government embraced Islamists, The Asian, whose nationality ised yesterday to fight those Mansour pledged in his first a Brotherhood official also told EU-facilitated talks with other none of whom were included in was not known, was arrested for driving the nation towards public address since he was sworn Reuters yesterday that the move- political groups, told Reuters the 33-strong cabinet. defaming the UAE man who beat chaos, hours before the Muslim in on July 4 to restore stability ment had proposed a framework that the organisation would not Egypt’s Nour Party, the coun- up the Indian driver, the reports Brotherhood plans mass pro- and security. for talks mediated by the EU. retreat from its demand for the try’s second-biggest Islamist said. “No one has the right to tests to demand the return “We are going through a criti- Sworn into office on Tuesday, reinstatement of Mursi. group which had initially backed take pictures of someone and of ousted Islamist leader cal stage and some want us to the cabinet of interim premier Egypt, the most populous a military-led roadmap to guide publish them without his permis- Mohammed Mursi. move towards chaos and we want Hazem El-Beblawy busied itself nation in the Arab world, is the country to new elections, said sion,” Dubai police chief, Khamis Brotherhood supporters will to move towards stability. Some with tackling Egypt’s many crises, a strategic hinge between the yesterday the government would Al Mazeina, was quoted as saying take to the streets today in their want a bloody path,” he said in a buying foreign wheat to replenish Middle East and North Africa have to seek a way forward with by the daily Emiratalyoum. campaign to reverse the mili- televised address. “We will fight a stocks and banking $3bn in badly and has long been a vital US ally the Brotherhood. Media reports said the attacker tary overthrow of Egypt’s first battle for security until the end.” needed aid from the United Arab in the region. At least 99 people have died in had also been arrested after the freely-elected president, but the The rallies aim to show that Emirates. The African Union warned yes- violence since Mursi’s downfall. video surfaced online. movement also gave a first sign Mursi’s supporters are not ready Brotherhood official Gehad terday that Egypt risked being REUTERS AFP

Speeding Kuwait poll campaign bus kills 22 EU court rejects sanctions in Sudan against Saudi businessman KHARTOUM: A speed- BRUSSELS: Europe’s highest but his long-standing case is ing bus killed 22 people in court ruled yesterday that EU closely watched by critics who eastern Sudan when it col- sanctions on Saudi business- have challenged the fairness lided with a smaller vehi- man Yassin Kadi were unjusti- of international sanctions and cle, official media reported fied and that governments had their targets’ ability to defend yesterday. failed to provide enough evi- themselves. The full-sized passen- dence that he was involved in The Luxembourg-based EU ger bus heading to Kassala terrorist activities. Court of Justice dismissed appeals from Port Sudan was in Kadi was put on a European by the council of EU govern- collision with a minibus, Union blacklist after being ments, Britain and the executive Radio Omdurman said on its included on a UN list of people European Commission against website. suspected of supporting Osama earlier judgements to repeal In addition to the dead, bin Laden directly after the sanctions. nine people were injured, it September 11, 2001, attacks on “The European Union may said. the United States. He contested not impose restrictive measures “The accident happened the EU decision that year. on Mr Kadi,” the court said in a because of the speed of the The United Nations annulled statement. bus,” the report added. its restrictions on Kadi in 2012, REUTERS Police could not be imme- diately reached for comment. Deadly road accidents, Ahmadinejad hails ties with Iraq often involving buses, are relatively common in Sudan BAGHDAD: Iranian exceptional,” Ahmadinejad told where driving skills are poor. President Mahmoud reporters in Baghdad’s heavily At least 38 people died in Ahmadinejad said in Iraq fortified Green Zone, but with- June when a bus collided with yesterday that Tehran and out elaborating. a truck in White Nile state. Baghdad have an “exceptional” “We carry a joint message, Police blamed excessive Kuwaiti parliamentary candidate Bassel Al Jasser (left) greets fellow candidate and former MP Safaa Al role to play in the region’s which is a message of progress speed for that crash, one of Hashem attending his electoral campaign in Kuwait City. Kuwait will hold a second parliamentary election security. and stability and security, the country’s worst road acci- in eight months on July 27 amid a political crisis that has stalled development in the state and a boycott by “The role of the two countries and also a message of peace,” dents in years. AFP the opposition. in the security of the region is Ahmadinejad said. AFP FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Thoughts 05 The days of forgiveness

BY MARIA ZAIN the fragrant smell of musk. For believers who are engaging in the fast, the fish in the orgiveness has been a recurring sea seek forgiveness until they break their theme throughout the realm of fast. Paradise is decorated everyday for the creation. person who fasts; the evil minded Satan is F From the moment God cre- chained; and on the last night of Ramadan, ated the first man — Adam (peace be all their sins are forgiven.” (Ahmad) upon him) — Iblis (Satan) was denied for- giveness after defying God’s command to BUT WHAT IS FORGIVENESS? prostrate before the first man of creation. Forgiveness is letting go of the need Iblis was left to roam around Paradise, for revenge, any sense of bitterness or but wasn’t forgiven and it’s a well known resentment and to let go of the past. narration that Iblis would never be for- While God does this with Perfection, it given despite his duration on earth, is in fact harder for us to forgive ourselves and will eventually become a dweller of first as well as ask for forgiveness. But in Hellfire. order for us to ask for God’s forgiveness, The story of creation of course con- we do need to start by forgiving ourselves. tinues with the creation of Hawa (Eve). Ask yourself, what have I done wrong? Adam and his wife, Eve, were lured into Do I really want to change? What are the consuming forbidden fruit, both made the bad habits or the mistakes that I made first error as far as God was concerned, routinely? Have I given much thought into as they defied God’s one single command- changing them? Am I all right in seeing ment to stay away from the forbidden those changes? If I want to change and be fruit. Both husband and wife asked God forgiven, I need to do it for God’s sake. for forgiveness for transgressing His Most of the things that we do that instruction. require forgiveness from God are actually Both of them were forgiven after bad for us in the first place. So while we repenting, but were also assigned the are committing an error in the sight of position of vicegerents on Earth. From God, we are also committing harm upon then on, the offspring of Adam and Eve ourselves. Do we tell ourselves why it is have always committed errors, and for- wrong? How brutally honest are we in giveness has always been on the platter our wrong doings? Have we considered as far as the relationship between man checking if what we are doing is correct? and God is concerned. Sometimes it is easy to forget what it says God promises: And seek forgive- in the Quran and Sunnah when we are so ness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, busy trying to be ourselves. Perhaps it’s Compassionate. (Al Muzzammil 73: 20) time to realize our priorities with respect The fact that God talks about forgive- to our religion. Are we really committing ness shows how deficient human beings The middle of Ramadan encompasses the 10 days of to good deeds or are we doing them for really are. Humans do commit error and the wrong intentions? do engage in wrong doings, but there is Forgiveness, and this is when Muslims are commanded Whatever it is, learn to forgive yourself an important facet to this flaw in our first. Once you have done this, you will own beings, that we may be completed to ask for forgiveness the most. realise how important asking for forgive- by turning back to God and asking for ness really is. And this is when you can His forgiveness. really open up your heart and ask for There is also no measure as to how effort to repent. The whole silver lin- and this is when Muslims are com- genuine hopes of gaining reward his pre- forgiveness from God. This will help you much error one can commit, as God ing as a circumference of a bad deed manded to ask for forgiveness the most. vious sins will be forgiven. truly feel liberated. being Al Ghafour (the All-Forgiving) is the fact there is an opportunity to The important thing to note about for- (Bukhari and Muslim) Whether you reveal a good act or keep it promises that He will forgive those who make that change and beg for forgive- giveness is its root comes from God. With In fact, one who fasts sincerely and suc- hidden, or pardon an evil act, Allah is Ever- ask forgiveness. Part of being human ness from God. God being Al Ghafour (the All-Forgiving), cessfully from one Ramadan to another Pardoning, All-Powerful. (Annisa’ 4: 149) includes committing wrongdoings and And whoever does evil, or wrongs his Muslims pay heed to God’s power to for- will have his sins forgiven. So obviously, Another dimension of forgiveness is to incurring sin. However, just because we own soul, but afterwards seeks Allah’s give. Without God’s forgiveness, admis- the month of Ramadan is one of full for- forgive others and to ask for forgiveness were created that way — with the grand forgiveness, will find Allah is Forgiving, sion to Paradise would be impossible. giveness, and to solidify this, Prophet too. Ramadan is the perfect time to do possibility to follow evil — it doesn’t jus- Compassionate. (Annisa 4: 110) Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) Muhammad (PBUH)said: that as during the days of forgiveness, tify making the active choices to engage In particular, the middle of Ramadan said that whosoever stands in worship “The smell from the mouth of a fasting saying sorry becomes more light weight in bad deeds without any conscientious encompasses the 10 days of Forgiveness, on this night with sincere faith and with person is sweeter in the sight of Allah than than usual. www.onislam.net

“When the Prophet prayed during the late-night, he would begin his Prayers with two quick rak`ahs.” (Muslim) It is recommended that one wakes up The right way to one’s family, for Abu Hurairah quoted the Prophet (PBUH) as saying: “May Allah bless the man who gets up during the night to pray and wakes up his wife and who, if she refuses to get up, perform tahajjud sprinkles water on her face. And may Allah bless the woman who gets up during the night to pray and wakes up her husband ahajjud Prayer is part of the Salman Al Farsi quoted the Prophet and who, if he refuses, sprinkles water on Sunnah of the Prophet (peace (PBUH) as saying: his face.” (Ahmad) and blessings be upon him), “Observe the night Prayer; it was the The Prophet (PBUH) also said: “If a Twhich Muslims are preferred practice of the righteous before you and it man wakes his wife and prays during the to follow all the time. brings you closer to your Lord and it is pen- night or they pray two rak`ahs together, In his famous work, Fiqh As-Sunnah, ance for evil deeds and erases the sins and they will be recorded among those (men Sheikh Sayyid Sabiq elaborates on repels disease from the body.” (Tabarani) and women) who (constantly) make the subject as follows: Ordering His remembrance of Allah.” Messenger to perform Tahajjud, Allah ETIQUETTE OF PRAYER (Abu Dawud) Almighty says: And during a part of the The following acts are recommended If one gets sleepy while performing night, pray Tahajjud beyond what is incum- for one who wishes to perform the Tahajjud, one should sleep. This is based bent on you; maybe your Lord will raise you Tahajjud Prayer: on the hadith narrated by `A’ishah (may to a position of great glory. (Al Israa’ 17:79) Upon going to sleep, one should make Allah be pleased with her), who quoted This order, although it was specifically the intention to perform the Prayers. Allah’s Messenger as saying: directed to the Prophet, also refers to all Abu Ad-Darda’ quoted the Prophet “When one of you gets up during the Muslims, since the Prophet is a perfect (PBUH) as saying: “Whoever goes to his night for Prayer and his Quranic recital example and guide for us in all matters. bed with the intention of getting up and gets mixed up to the extent that he does Moreover, performing Tahajjud praying during the night, but, being over- not know what he says, he should lie down.” Prayers regularly qualifies one as one come by sleep, fails to do that, he will have (Muslim) Commenting on this subject, Ibn Amr ibn Absah (may Allah be pleased of the righteous and makes one earn recorded for him what he has intended, Hajar says: “There was no specific time with him) reported that he heard the Allah’s bounty and mercy. In prais- and his sleep will be reckoned as a charity RECOMMENDED TIME FOR in which the Prophet (peace and bless- Prophet (PBUH) saying: ing those who perform the late night (an act of mercy) for him from his Lord.” TAHAJJUD ings be upon him) would perform his “The closest that a slave comes to his Prayers, Allah says what means: (Annasa’i and Ibn Majah) Tahajjud may be performed in the late night Prayer; but he used to do Lord is during the middle of the latter And they who pass the night prostrating On waking up, it is recommended that early part of the night, the middle part whatever was easiest for him.” portion of the night. If you can be among themselves before their Lord and standing. one wipes the face, use a toothbrush, and of the night, or the latter part of the those who remember Allah the Exalted (Al Furqan 25:64) look to the sky and make the supplica- night, but after the obligatory `Isha’ BEST TIME FOR TAHAJJUD One at that time, then do so.” (Tirmidhi) Next to these Quranic verses, there tion which has been reported from the Prayer (night Prayer). It is best to delay this Prayer to the also exist a number of hadiths that rein- Prophet (PBUH). While describing the Prophet’s way last third portion of the night. Abu THE NUMBER OF RAKAHS force the importance of Tahajjud. Abu Hudhaifa reported: of performing Prayer, Anas (may Allah Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with Tahajjud Prayer does not entail a spe- Abdullah ibn Salam reported: “Whenever the Prophet intended to go to be pleased with him) said: him) quoted the Messenger of Allah cific number of rak`ahs that must be “When the Prophet (PBUH) came to bed, he would recite: With Your name, “If we wanted to see him praying dur- (peace and blessings be upon him) as performed, nor is there any maximum Madinah, the people gathered around O Allah, I die and I live. And when he ing the night, we could see him praying. saying: limit that may be performed. It would him and I was one of them. I looked at his woke up from his sleep, he would say: All If we wanted to see him sleeping during “Our Lord descends to the lowest be fulfilled even if one prayed just one face and understood that it was not the the Praises are for Allah Who has made the night, we could see him sleeping. And heaven during the last third of the night, rakah of Witr after `Isha’. face of a liar. The first words I heard him us alive after He made us die (sleep) sometimes he would fast for so many days inquiring: ‘Who will call on Me so that Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allah be say were: ‘O people, spread the salutations, and unto Him is the Resurrection.” that we thought he would not leave fasting I may respond to him? Who is asking pleased with him) said: “The Messenger feed the people, keep the ties of kinship, (Bukhari) throughout that month. And sometimes something of Me so I may give it to him? of Allah ordered us to pray during the and pray during the night while the oth- One should begin with two quick he would not fast (for so many days) that Who is asking for My forgiveness so I may night, a little or a lot, and to make the last ers sleep, and you will enter Paradise in rak`ahs and then one may pray what- we thought he would not fast during that forgive him?’” of the Prayer the Witr Prayer.” peace.’” (Tirmidhi.) ever one wishes after that. `A’ishah said: month.” (Bukhari, Ahmad and Nasa’i.) (Al Bukhari) (Tabarani and Al Bazzar) FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE free school meal death tragedy in India has unleashed a storm against the authorities with thousands of protesters pouring into the streets, Tburning police vehicles and clashing with security Rajoy sits out corruption storm forces. In the eastern state of Bihar, infamous for its poor governance and high crime rate, 23 children died after having a mid day meal at a village school. About two dozen within Spanish ruling party children are still in hospital, struggling to beat the poisonous effects of the food given to them as part of a giant plan that BY FIONA ORTIZ and has been designed to draw more students to government ELISABETH O’LEARY rising separatist fervour in the Catalonia Maria Aznar and the ex-president of the and government-aided schools. About 100 million students region and street protests over cuts in region of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, (probably more than the population of entire nations) eat a school and hospital spending. have publicly criticised the handling of government-funded lunch daily in schools. These students issent is growing within the Now the government has been rocked the Barcenas affair but stopped short of mostly belong to poor families, which would otherwise be loath usually disciplined ranks by the testimony of former PP treasurer calling for a new leader. to send their kids to school. of Spain’s ruling centre- Luis Barcenas who told a judge he col- Aznar chose Rajoy as his successor, right People’s Party over lected millions of euros in cash dona- but he is from the more conservative Yesterday, post mortems on the bodies revealed that there a corruption scandal, but tions from construction magnates and wing of the party while Rajoy is more was insecticide in the food or the cooking oil used. Results Dthere are few signs yet of any rebellion distributed the funds to party leaders moderate. “It is clear there is a battle of forensic tests on ingredients obtained from the school are strong enough to topple Prime Minister including Rajoy. for power going on, fought out through expected today. Amid public rage, villagers yesterday decided Mariano Rajoy. In what little he has said about the the media from the right wing of the to bury their loved ones near the school compound. They Rajoy has denied any wrongdoing in affair, Rajoy has played on fears of party,” said a business leader close to the affair which involves Swiss bank uncertainty during the crises that have the PP. wouldn’t allow the school, whose principal is on the run after accounts and allegations of a party slush taken Spain close at times to needing a Government officials scoff at the idea the incident, to be reopened. fund, but it has eroded his credibility full international bailout. of party infighting. After the dust settles, the government will likely dismiss as he tries to plug a huge budget deficit Counting on a gradual economic However, they acknowledge Rajoy has the incident as an “isolated” one and promise to “bring the and prove Spain is not the weak link of recovery beginning this year, he has also an image problem, exacerbated by his culprits to book” amid pledges of not letting such tragedies the euro zone. reminded business leaders that — unlike avoidance of taking questions in public. recur. It will be wrong to take a A moderate conservative whose the fragile coalitions of Italy and Greece That problem will, they argue, be signature politi- — his government enjoys the strongest redressed soon by an appearance in par- micro perspective of the incident; a cal strategy is parliamentary majority of any in south- liament, where the Socialist opposition The deaths of macro-view is needed to understand to sit tight while ern Europe and does not face elections has threatened to call a no-confidence Indian children it properly. Like many things in the opponents wear until 2015. “I will defend political stability vote if he does not agree to answer ques- country, it is a systemic lacuna that Under Spain’s themselves out, and I will fulfil the mandate given to me tions from lawmakers. after eating needs to be viewed not only through political system, Rajoy has made by Spanish voters,” he said this week. Rajoy would almost certainly survive the failure of the mid day meal plan, no dramatic Barcenas, who ran PP finances for a no-confidence vote. The PP has 185 a free meal the PP could announcements two decades, is in jail and charged with deputies in the 350-member parliament provided by their but also through a larger malaise in choose a new of a party clean- bribery, tax evasion and other crimes. and, notwithstanding the current rum- administration. up or sacked any Prosecutors say he accumulated up to blings of discontent, party discipline has school points to a It is a failure of governance leader that officials, saying ¤48m in Swiss bank accounts that did almost never broken. systemic failure. that almost a dozen kids have been parliament would he will let justice not come from legitimate earnings. Early elections seem unlikely. The lat- killed by a free school meal, which take its course. But Barcenas has not provided hard est opinion poll by Metroscopia shows elect to run the Frustrated by evidence that any other politicians were PP’s support has dropped to 25 percent they were forced to eat by their government, this caution, some involved in the operations of the slush from 44 percent in the 2011 general elec- principal despite protesting about it tasting unusually bad. People’s Party fund he says he ran, and no one else tion, but the Socialists are faring even There is a stink of a scam here as the principal is missing with without having to (PP) members from the party is charged with crimes worse with the former Communists her husband, who used to supply ingredients for the meal. The call early elections are joining oppo- in the case. making huge gains at their expense.. sight of schoolchildren being served free meals on the floor in which the party sition demands Under Spain’s political system, the PP Rajoy argues that with his majority in decrepit utensils is never a pleasant one. However, India for Rajoy to step could choose a new leader that parlia- he can push through tough reforms would almost down. They argue ment would elect to run the government, demanded by the European Union to is a poor country, goes the ruse, which is often used to hide his authority has without having to call early elections in make the Spanish economy more com- administrative ineptitude. The meals are known to be cooked certainly lose its been so damaged which the party would almost certainly petitive, despite the flagging public in unhygienic surroundings with reports of snakes, lizards and majority. he can no longer lose its majority. popularity and growing party dissent. roaches being willing visitors to the open-air cooking area. deal with Spain’s Two party sources told Reuters that The weakened Socialists have no hope Yesterday, about 60 children in Tamil Nadu were taken ill many crises, disenchantment reached a peak last of forcing early elections which, if called after having a mid day school meal. The government should although none has yet rebelled openly. week when it emerged Rajoy exchanged now, would produce a highly fragmented “The situation is unbearable. It’s text messages of support with Barcenas parliament and heightened political immediately suspend the meal plan before a larger tragedy impossible for a government to func- after the scandal broke. instability. Political analysts say that in takes place. It should then closely study the implementation tion with this focus on the scandal. The “He’s in a dead-end street. He can- the short term, any revolt in the PP of the scheme and do away with the rough edges before asking solution is to elect a new leader in the not maintain control of policy in such a will remain muted. “For the moment, it suggestions from stakeholders including schoolchildren. A party,” said one senior member of the tough situation when he also has weak- continues to be a very united party,” said comprehensive review is needed to make the mid day meal party, who asked not to be named. ness in the party,” said a PP member of Juan Carlos Rodriguez, an analyst with Already Rajoy is grappling with a parliament, who also asked not to be ASP Research Center, an independent scheme workable for the students and not against them • recession and sky-high unemployment, named. Former Prime Minister Jose social sciences institute. REUTERS The other side Quote of Words without deeds the day HE Obama administration The problem, as it has been so often At least half a dozen members, including demonstrations that provided cover for dispatched Deputy Secretary of during the past two years, is that Egypt’s the foreign minister, previously served in the coup, refused to meet with Burns; State William J Burns to Cairo generals are ignoring the message the regime of Hosni Mubarak. one cited as a reason U.S. support for We will not Tthis week in an attempt to clarify from Washington. Mursi, at least nine Sissi himself is being glorified in “the Zionist entity,” which is the term to Egyptians where the United States other top Muslim Brotherhood leaders state-run media and poster campaigns for Israel used by Arabs who refuse countenance North stands on this month’s coup against and hundreds of activists continue to as a national hero comparable to Gamal to recognize the Jewish state. Liberal the elected government of Mohammed be imprisoned incommunicado. There Abdel Nasser, the former military dicta- Egyptians who dare to suggest that Korea’s pattern of Mursi. At a news conference, Burns are reports that prosecutors will soon tor who rose to power following a 1952 Islamists must be included in the new provoking a crisis delivered a clear message: The indict the former president on the far- coup. Like the previous military regime, political order, or who worry about what United States will “support an open, fetched charge of espionage, a crime his has not hesitated to use violence to former parliamentarian Amr Hamzawy and then insisting inclusive, tolerant democratic process” that carries the death penalty. The new, consolidate power. Scores of Egyptians called “fascism under the false pre- they be rewarded to restore civilian government; Egyptian military-installed cabinet, which features protesting the coup have been shot tense of democracy and liberalism,” authorities should refrain from “politically coup leader Gen Abdel Fatah Al Sissi dead by troops and military snipers. have been vilified. This collapse of US in order to cease motivated arrests”; and a dialogue must as deputy prime minister, includes no The armed forces’ civilian allies are prestige and influence in Cairo is in part and desist from the begin with “all sides and all political representatives of the Islamist parties no more disposed to heed Washington. the result of a growing xenophobia that parties” — meaning the ousted Muslim that won 70 percent of the vote in parlia- Leaders of the Tamarod move- has been stoked by all Egyptian parties. actions they are Joe Biden Brotherhood. mentary elections a year and a half ago. ment, which organized the June 30 The Washington Post taking. US Vice-President FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 You thought the Brotherhood was bad? The cost to Egypt if Salafi parties joined the Muslim Brotherhood in shunning political participation would be very high.

BY MARINA OTTAWAY political process. In practice, however, the actions of the military and its allies tell n one of the many bizarre twists of a different story: Muslim Brotherhood Egypt’s recent political convulsion, leaders are being rounded up in grow- hardline Salafi parties look poised ing numbers, Islamist television channels Ito replace the Muslim Brotherhood have been shuttered, and dozens of Mursi as the most important Islamist play- supporters have been shot dead on the ers in the political process. It’s a situ- street by the police and army. ation ripe with irony: For years, the At the same time, the new leadership Brotherhood represented the “good guys” has made a huge concession to Salafis by of the Islamist world — a movement that including in its July 8 constitutional proc- other parties could deal with — while the lamation some of the most controversial Salafis were irreconcilable zealots bent clauses of the suspended 2012 constitu- on establishing an Islamist state by any tion. Article 1 of the proclamation pro- means necessary. But with former “bad claims Islam to be the religion of the state guys” redeeming themselves by siding and the principles of Shariah the main with the opposition in the weeks preced- source of legislation. It was the Salafis, ing President Mohammed Mursi’s ouster, particularly members of the Nour Party, they now have a shot at becoming the who insisted on including these stipula- standard-bearers for Islamist politics in tions in the constitution. the Arab world’s largest nation. There is no guarantee, however, that Egyptian Salafis shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad as one waves a Syrian revolutionary flag during a rally after Friday The Nour Party, the largest Islamist the Salafi parties can coexist in the prayers at Amr Ibn Al As mosque, in Cairo. organisation, joined in the opposition’s long term with their new secular allies. call for Mursi to step down, claiming that Tamarod, the “rebel” movement that turn but the Salafist parties, which will that the goal of building an Islamic state, Shariah and Islam as the state religion he and the Muslim Brotherhood were spearheaded the June 30 demonstrations, be the last players on the Egyptian politi- previously set aside as premature, was as the 2012 constitution — as was already attempting to monopolise power. But it was incensed by references to Shariah in cal scene explicitly calling for a strong worth pursuing right away. The Muslim made clear in the latest constitutional did not participate officially in the street the constitutional proclamation and is Islamic reference in government. Brotherhood, by contrast, had been dis- proclamation. Any constitution acceptable protests against the Brotherhood, and opposed to Islamist participation in the Salafis did not come to political par- cussing the implications of political par- to Salafis, moreover, would have to soft- has been sitting on the fence ever since, new government. Many of the so-called ticipation easily. Until the overthrow ticipation for decades and had modified pedal issues such as gender equality and criticising the military’s transition road liberals in the National Salvation Front of Mubarak, they had shunned politi- its positions in response, accepting the the equality of Muslim and non-Muslim map and its constitutional proclamation, and in the business community also call, cal activity, concentrating instead on notion of pluralism and a civil state. The citizens — thus raising the ire of secular and declaring that their members would at least privately, for the dissolution of proselytising and building their own transition was still incomplete and con- forces. neither join the transitional government the Muslim Brotherhood and its political community. The decision to enter the tested, but it was a start. But the cost to Egypt if Salafi parties nor oppose it. wing, the Freedom and Justice Party — political sphere was a sudden response Differences between the Brotherhood joined the Muslim Brotherhood in shun- Salafist participation, however, will and do not hide their desire to see a ban to the events of January 2011 — Salafis and Salafi organisations were particularly ning political participation would be very come at a price — and there’s no guar- on all parties with a religious orientation saw an opening, and were able to take evident in the discussions of the 2012 con- high. At this current tumultuous moment antee that Egypt’s new rulers will want to in the new constitution. Indeed, a major advantage of it by mobilising their social stitution. Salafis were uncompromising, in Egyptian politics, Islamists will not pay it. The military officers that deposed secular-Islamist battle is brewing over and religious networks for political ends. insisting that the constitution should quietly withdraw from politics and con- Mursi — along with the parties and per- the writing of the new constitution. Their success was startling: They went embody references to Shariah in its Sunni centrate solely on religious affairs. The sonalities now trying to ride their coat- No matter what the new constitution from having no political organisation in interpretations, rejecting explicit refer- Muslim Brotherhood is already openly tails into power — are facing a difficult says about the legality of parties based January 2011 to capturing a startling 25 ences to gender equality and to hiding calling for defiance of the regime, and choice: Should they include Islamists in on religion, the Muslim Brotherhood percent of seats in parliament by March their end-goal of turning Egypt into an the Salafis could follow suit. The Mubarak the new system? Or should they seek to appears to have been drummed out of 2012, besting secular parties that had Islamic state. The Muslim Brotherhood regime only managed to repress Islamists push them resolutely to the margins, as the political process for the time being. been in existence for years. accepted the idea of a civil state and gen- by arresting thousands of them and rig- Hosni Mubarak and a succession of pre- It is unlikely to participate in the parlia- Because the Salafis’ rise was so sudden, erally showed greater flexibility. ging elections — any regime seeking to vious governments did? mentary election that should take place it was not accompanied by a correspond- The inclusion of Salafis as representa- limit Islamist participation would have It’s not clear that this decision has in early 2014, as it still insists that Mursi ing ideological transformation. Salafi tives of the Islamist trend would thus come to do the same, and probably on an even been made yet. Officially, the military is the duly elected president of the coun- parties had few discussions about the at a high price for the country’s new rul- larger scale. The exclusion of Islamists, in and its civilian appointees now argue try and that he must be reinstated. That implications of participating in a pluralis- ers. The constitution would have to include other words, also means the exclusion of that Islamists must be included in the will leave its voters with nowhere else to tic political system — they simply decided many of the same clauses concerning democracy. WP-BLOOMBERG Crunch time on Trident for Miliband & party Beijing’s ‘combat Detonation of even a handful of troops’ in Africa missiles would cause BY JOHN REED catastrophic and or the second time in a little over a year, China has infan- try on the ground in Africa, reflecting the Chinese military’s indiscriminate nuclear increasingly global presence. F A total of 395 peacekeepers from the People’s Liberation Army just arrived in the Saharan nation of Mali as part of the UN violence the like of mission to help restore order. Specifically, Beijing has sent engineering, medical and “guard” teams to the Malian capital of Bamako, accord- ing to the Chinese defence ministry. The troops are reportedly part which humanity has of the PLA’s 16th Army, a formation comprising infantry, armour and artillery divisions. yet to experience. China traditionally sends thousands of engineering, medical and other support troops on UN missions each year. Of the five permanent BY NICK RITCHIE members of the UN Security Council, China is the largest manpower contributor to UN peacekeeping missions. ight now there is a British Vanguard- However, until very recently, China did not send infantry on UN Astute-class submarines are the next-generation nuclear fleet of the UK Royal Navy. class submarine on patrol in the missions. In fact, Beijing insists the soldiers in Mali aren’t combat Atlantic, primed to fire up to 40 troops, perhaps in order to maintain the idea that China doesn’t send Rhighly accurate thermonuclear war- But after Labour’s sojourn in the political wil- “ultimate insurance”. Never mind that nuclear official combat troops on peacekeeping missions. heads mounted on intercontinental ballistic derness in the 1980s when “unilateral nuclear arms offer no guarantee of protection and Still, this latest deployment marks the second time in the last two Trident missiles within days, or hours, of the disarmament” became a pejorative term, the little solution to the vulnerabilities we will years that China has sent infantry soldiers to Africa with the purpose prime minister saying so. Detonation of even Lib Dem leadership began instead to make face in the coming decades. Nevertheless, the of guarding peacekeeping missions. a handful would cause catastrophic and indis- the case for a middle way: a smaller, cheaper Conservative leadership has employed the The mission to protect PLA engineers and medics isn’t without criminate nuclear violence the like of which nuclear weapon system more in keeping with familiar tactic of framing alternative views merit; just last week, seven UN personnel were killed when their con- humanity has yet to experience. It is one of today’s geopolitical realities. as dangerous, utopian, naive or incompetent. voy was attacked in Sudan. And the operation reflects China’s grow- four such submarines based at Faslane naval They initially championed the idea of arming But the public is not with them. In an era of ing interest in Africa. Chinese business leaders have been all over the base in Scotland that enable the UK to have our new Astute-class attack submarines with negligible military threats to the survival of the continent for the last decade, spending billions of dollars on projects one permanently at sea in a posture called nuclear-tipped cruise missiles (they currently UK, public opinion has moved away from sup- and prompting some to worry that Beijing was going to beat the US in “continuous at-sea deterrence” (CASD). fire US conventionally armed Tomahawk cruise port for a like-for-like replacement in favour the African influence game (an assertion US President Barack Obama In 2006 the Blair government gave the green missiles). This, it turns out, would be quite of a smaller, cheaper alternative — or getting dismisses). All of this has prompted Chinese military deployments light to a long, expensive and controversial expensive. Smaller, yes; cheaper, no. That’s rid of nuclear weapons altogether. aimed at protecting Chinese workers abroad. process of replacing Trident with a like-for- because of the cost and time of developing a So we have a pretty good idea of how the The Chinese navy has been conducting anti-piracy operations in the like system, starting with the procurement new warhead — 24 years according to the new Lib Dems and Conservatives will go into the Arabian Sea for years. And in early 2011, China sent military transport of a new fleet of ballistic-missile submarines. review that looks at options involving the cur- next election: The former will use the alter- planes and even a guided missile destroyer to Libya to help evacuate A decision was needed because the oldest rent Trident ballistic missile, a fleet of three natives review to support a middle way, the some of the tens of thousands of Chinese citizens there as the revolu- Trident submarine is due to retire in the early or four new ballistic missile submarines, and a Conservatives will use the alternatives review tion against former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi heated up. 2020s, and they take around 17 years to design, new nuclear cruise missile for submarines and to delegitimise a middle way in favour of their These latest deployments of Chinese infantry are simply a reflection build and test. On entering coalition with the aircraft. The review also sets out five different preferred default position. The big political of China’s growing role in the world, motivated by the need to protect Conservatives in 2010, the Liberal Democrats, postures in which nuclear forces are held at dif- question is how will Labour respond. When Chinese investments and to be seen as a more responsible player in who have never accepted the case for a like- ferent levels of readiness with different deploy- Ed Miliband was elected leader he said the UK global security affairs, say several experts. for-like replacement, negotiated agreement ment patterns: continuous deterrence, focused now needs “to look very carefully at whether “This role is not limited to Africa, and thus I don’t see this current on a formal government study of alternatives. deterrence, sustained deterrence, responsive renewing Trident is the necessary or the right shift as an ‘Africa’ policy, but rather the evolution of their UN role The Trident Alternatives Review was initi- deterrence and preserved deterrence. It argues thing to do”. There is now an active debate in coupled, possibly, with a long-standing special relationship with Mali,” ated in May 2011 and, after some delay, finally that each provides a credible alternative to cur- the party. professor Deborah Brautigam with John Hopkins University’s School published on Tuesday. rent policy. Miliband confirmed at last year’s party con- of Advanced International Studies. “If they want to play a leadership The Lib Dems have long argued that we no The Conservatives will remain, as ever, com- ference that Labour policy on Trident replace- role in the UN, they need to step up and expand what they contribute longer require a “Rolls-Royce” nuclear weapons mitted to nuclear business as usual. They ment would be reviewed after the publication of to its various parts.” system procured in the depths of the cold war insist it is essential to continuously deploy the Trident Alternatives Review and the Basic For now, that means sending in a relative handful of troops. In the to flatten Moscow — or, to use more diplomatic a sophisticated nuclear capability of global Trident Commission report. With the former future, the numbers may not be quite so small. “China is slowly set- language, “hold at risk key centres of Soviet reach aboard a fleet of dedicated submarines: now published and the latter due soon, Miliband ting the scene for eventually sending a combat unit to some future UN state power”. At a time of severe pressure on anything less than this “full protection” risks will face a difficult choice: stick with the Blair peacekeeping operation,” said David Chinn, former US ambassador to government spending, including the defence fatally undermining our security. These are and Tory plan of nuclear business as usual; or Ethiopia and Burkina Faso who now teaches at The George Washington budget, it was surely right to question the logic spurious arguments that draw an illusory line demonstrate international leadership by ending University. “In this sense, this is a significant development and is in of committing £25bn to a new fleet of subma- between “future uncertainty” and a “require- permanent deployments and further reducing keeping with China’s policy of slowing expanding the size and function rines, warheads and, eventually, a new missile. ment” for nuclear weapons as some kind of our nuclear arsenal. THE GUARDIAN of its support to peacekeeping.” WP-BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL ‘Improving’ Mandela turns 95 in hospital World pays tribute amid celebration

PRETORIA: South Africa and people around the world to pay the world showered tributes tribute to him through commu- on Nelson Mandela yesterday nity service. as the anti-apartheid leader Other well-wishers included turned 95 in hospital and his the Dalai Lama, former US doctors reported he was “stead- president Bill Clinton and his ily improving” from a six-week wife Hillary, US actor Morgan lung infection. Freeman and Mandela’s former The country has been on jailer FW de Klerk, who went on edge since the former president to share the Nobel Peace Prize and father of the multi-racial with him. “Mandela’s place in ‘Rainbow Nation’ established at South Africa’s history is assured,” the end of apartheid in 1994 was former president De Klerk said admitted to hospital on June 8 in a statement. “His legacy of with recurring lung problems that courage, perseverance and mag- kept him in a critical condition. nanimity will continue to inspire It was his fourth stay in hospital us—and people throughout the in six months and has reminded world—for generations to come.” South Africans that the man who In central Lisbon the Don Pedro is globally admired as a moral bea- IV Square was to be renamed con against injustice and a symbol Nelson Mandela Square, and an of racial reconciliation will not be open-air Mandela-themed opera with them for ever. concert was planned in Paris. On But the mood was of celebration Saturday, the Australian city of yesterday as thousands of South Melbourne will hold a concert fea- Africans sang “Happy Birthday” turing local and African artists. and took part in charitable ini- South Africans young and old tiatives in a global outpouring commemorated the birthday of support for the Nobel Peace with 67 minutes of public service Prize laureate on UN-designated to honour the 67 years Mandela ‘Nelson Mandela Day’. served humanity by first fighting US President Barack Obama against white-minority rule and led tributes to the peace icon, then consolidating racial harmony calling on people to honour him when he was president. through volunteer work. “Our Many offered birthday wishes family was deeply moved by our outside the Pretoria hospital where A man takes a picture with his cell phone in front of a banner wishing a happy birthday to former South African president Nelson Mandela outside the visit to Madiba’s former cell on Mandela has been receiving treat- Medi Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, yesterday. Robben Island during our recent ment, singing songs and holding up trip,” Obama said in a statement. signs wishing him a speedy recov- and he was able to smile,” he told painting walls at schools and marked in nearly 20 US cities home soon,” Mandela’s daughter “We will forever draw strength ery. “Thank you for all that you reporters. Hours earlier, his office delivering food to the poor. with ceremonies around Capitol Zindzi said. Zindzi said the fam- and inspiration from his extraor- have done for this country,” said had cited Mandela’s doctors saying The United Nations declared Hill in Washington and by volun- ily planned to give Mandela a col- dinary example of moral courage, one well-wisher, Margaret Chechie. “his health is steadily improving”. July 18 as Nelson Mandela teers handing out South African lage of family photographs for a kindness, and humility.” President Jacob Zuma visited Across South Africa, office International Day in 2009 and will oranges in New York. present and have lunch together UN Secretary-General Ban Mandela at the hospital and said he workers, students, soldiers and celebrate with speeches from fig- “Tata (our father) is making at the hospital where their patri- Ki-moon hailed Mandela as “a was making steady progress. “I was ordinary citizens marked Mandela ures such as former US president this remarkable progress and we arch is being treated. giant of our times” and called on able to say ‘Happy Birthday’ to him Day by sprucing up orphanages, Bill Clinton. The day will also be look forward to having him back REUTERS/AFP

UK lawmaker Russia oppn leader Navalny jailed for five years disciplined KIROV: Russian opposition and others could barely hide their years on charges of organising a Blinov said, reading rapidly and and that Navalny would make a for ‘apartheid leader Alexei Navalny was shock and anger. scheme to steal at least 16m rou- without emotion. He hardly statement about this today. sentenced to five years in jail The United States and bles ($494,000) from a timber looked up while reading the ver- Navalny had said the charge Israel’ remarks for theft yesterday, an unex- European Union expressed con- firm when he was advising the dict, which took about three and against him was politically moti- pectedly tough punishment cern over the conviction, saying Kirov region governor in 2009. a half hours. Pyotr Ofitserov, vated and that the verdict would which supporters said proved it raised questions about the rule But even a five-year sentence Navalny’s co-defendant, was be dictated by Putin. He denied LONDON: A British law- President Vladimir Putin was of law in Russia and Putin’s treat- means he will not be able to run convicted as an accomplice and guilt and pointed out that an initial maker who described Israel a dictator ruling by repression. ment of opponents. in the next presidential election sentenced to four years in prison. investigation, over accusations that as an “apartheid state” whose Navalny, an anti-corruption In a last message from court, in 2018 or for Moscow mayor in Navalny, a powerful orator he had pressured a state forestry future is in doubt after “inflict- campaigner who led the biggest Navalny, 37, referred to Putin as September as he had planned. who has accused the authorities company to agree to a disadvanta- ing atrocities on Palestinians” protests against Putin since he a “toad” who abused Russia’s vast Some political analysts had of being “swindlers and thieves”, geous deal with a middleman firm, was suspended by his party took power in 2000, hugged his oil revenues to stay in power, and expected the court to hand down stood in silence with a puzzled had been closed for lack of evidence. yesterday. wife Yulia and his mother, shook urged his supporters to press on a suspended sentence, to keep expression as he listened to the The Kremlin denies that Putin David Ward, a member of the his father’s hand and then passed with his campaign. Navalny out of prison but rule out verdict. He has 10 days to appeal, uses the courts for political ends, Liberal Democrats, the smaller them his watch before being led “Okay, don’t miss me. More any political challenge. and his lawyer, Vadim Kobzev, and the judge rejected Navalny’s grouping in Britain’s two-party him away in handcuffs. important — don’t be idle,” he “The court, having examined said he would do so. claim of political motivation. coalition government, was repri- “Shame! Disgrace!” protest- wrote on Twitter. The opposition the case, has established that The head of his campaign staff, Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry manded after making a series of ers chanted outside the court said they planned protests. Navalny organised a crime and Leonid Volkov, said Navalny had Peskov, did not immediately remarks about Israel. in Kirov, 900km northeast of State prosecutors had asked ... the theft of property on a par- told him he would withdraw from answer calls after the sentence He refused to apologise after Moscow. Some supporters wept the court to jail Navalny for six ticularly large scale,” Judge Sergei the Moscow race if he was jailed, was pronounced. REUTERS sending a message on Twitter on Saturday which read: “Am I wrong or are am I right? At long last the #Zionists are losing the Media paranoia in royal baby wait battle - how long can the #apart- US Senate okays heid State of #Israel last?” Britain hit by prolonged Earlier this year, the 60-year- old wrote on his website that he Perez as new was “saddened that the Jews, labour secretary heatwave in 7 years who suffered unbelievable lev- els of persecution during the Holocaust, could within a few WASHINGTON: The US LONDON: Britain’s first pro- in unrelated incidents in lakes in years of liberation from the death Senate yesterday confirmed longed heatwave in seven years the eastern county of Norfolk while camps, be inflicting atrocities on Thomas Perez as the Obama has taken the country by sur- in Cornwall, a 40-year-old woman Palestinians”. administration’s new labour prise, with rails buckling, shops died swimming in the sea. In the The Holocaust Educational secretary, despite deep oppo- selling out of electric fans, and central city of Lincoln a postman Trust, a charity that aims to sition from Republicans who scientists estimating the surge in died after collapsing in the heat educate young people about the accused him of bending the laws temperature could have caused during his round. Nazis’ murder of six million Jews, to advance his liberal agenda. hundreds of premature deaths. The soaring temperatures described his comments as “sick- Senators voted 54-46 along After a washout summer in caused transport problems in ening and unacceptable”. party lines to confirm Perez, 2012 and the coldest spring for London earlier this week when Liberal Democrat leader Nick who is currently assistant over 50 years, temperatures have the city’s busiest commuter sta- Clegg and chief whip Alistair attorney general for the Justice soared across the country due to tion, Waterloo, closed four plat- Carmichael, in charge of party dis- Department’s civil rights division a northward shift in the high- forms due to buckled rails. cipline, met Ward on Wednesday. and has a long history of working altitude jet-stream, prompting “The only bad thing about the Carmichael said Ward had caused on immigration and rights issues. several authorities to issue public heat wave is travelling when the considerable offence. President Barack Obama warnings over the heat. tube is busy. It’s so hot,” said one They decided to “withdraw the nominated Perez on March 18 to Figures released by the London commuter sunbathing in a park whip” from Ward until September replace Hilda Solis, who resigned. School of Hygiene and Tropical at Canary Wharf in London’s 13, meaning he is effectively Republicans have been holding up Medicine yesterday estimated docklands. expelled from the parliamentary a vote on Perez for months. that about 650 people may have Britain’s national weather serv- party and must sit as an inde- As labour secretary, the 51-year died prematurely due to the heat ice, the Met Office, said Britain pendent until the sanction ends. old Perez will oversee the country’s over the past nine days, produc- reached its highest temperature Ward was not immediately labour laws and employment ben- ing data based on deaths during of 2013 on Wednesday, with 32.2C available to comment. efits as well as the collection of jobs previous heatwaves. (89.9F) recorded at Hampton, The Board of Deputies of data. Perez will be the only Latino “The excess is likely to have southwest of London, and fore- British Jews, a charity that pro- to serve on Obama’s second-term been overwhelmingly among the casters are expecting the mercury motes religious and civil rights, cabinet so far and is expected to play elderly, especially those over 75, to rise over coming days. The hot- said the punishment was a “token an important role in the adminis- some of which may have been test July temperature in Britain empty gesture”. tration’s push to rewrite immigra- among people who would have was 36.5 C, recorded in Surrey, Parliament breaks for the sum- tion laws and give millions of illegal died just a few weeks later if southern England, in 2006. The mer today to return on September immigrants a path to citizenship. A group of women pose with Duchess of Cambridge masks outside there had been no heat wave,” hottest ever in Britain was 38.5 2, cutting the length of Ward’s Hispanic groups threw their the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London yesterday. After more Ben Armstrong, an epidemiologi- degrees in the southeastern penalty. weight behind Perez, whose parents than two weeks camped outside the hospital, the media waiting for cal statistician, said. county of Kent in 2003. A former college lecturer and immigrated from the Dominican The research followed warnings July is also expected to become local government official, Ward Prince William’s wife Catherine to give birth are having terrible thoughts Republic. Republicans had tried from police about taking excessive the driest July since records was elected in 2010 to represent — what if they are in the wrong place? The yesterday to block Perez’s nomination, saying Daily Telegraph risks to escape the heat after four began in 1766 and may beat the a district in Bradford, a north- he was too political and aggressive reported that the Duchess of Cambridge may instead give birth at the people died in separate incidents on record set in 1955 when only one ern English city that has a large on immigration issues. Royal Berkshire Hospital, near her parents’ home west of London. Wednesday. A 16-year-old boy and inch (30mm) of rain fell. Muslim population. REUTERS 41-year-old man were found dead REUTERS AFP FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Mandela Day Manila may Sabah evacuees be removed from US blacklist exceed 20,000 MANILA: The Philippines expects to be removed from a US air safety blacklist this year, Movement from Malaysia due to new anti-aliens law opening a lucrative market for its carriers, an aviation regula- ZAMBOANGA CITY: Filipino The Autonomous Region in ports where the other evacuees tor said yesterday. refugees from Sabah hit Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) directly landed and were not John Andrews, deputy direc- 20,000 as evacuation continues Commission on Human Rights processed or listed. So the number tor-general of the Civil Aviation even though tension between (CHR) reported that more than might have reached already to Authority of the Philippines Malaysian forces and members 18,400 evacuees have already been 20,000 evacuees,” Ballaho said. (CAAP), said he was very con- of the Sultan Royal Army has processed since crisis erupted in Ballaho said the continued fident the upgrade would occur subsided. February when 235 followers of evacuation of Filipinos from following a similar decision by Commodore Isabelo Gabor, Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, Sabah could also be the result the European Union last week. commander of the Naval Forces led by his brother Agbimuddin, of the cycle of crackdown by “We’re going to make it. (It’s) as Western Mindanao (NFWM), camped in Lahad Datu to stake Malaysian authorities since ten- simple as that,” Andrews said. said the fleeing Filipino refugees claim over the Sabah territory. sion between the followers of The US Federal Aviation have been arriving by bancas and The CHR-ARMM has been Sultan Kiram and Malaysian Administration said in 2008 that motorboats to several islands of tasked to monitor and docu- forces calmed down. the Philippines was failing to Tawi-Tawi province near the bor- ment the complaints of abuses of He said Malaysian anti-aliens comply with international safety der of Sabah. the evacuees against Malaysian law implemented in 2002 con- standards, and banned its airlines Gabor said that the arrival authorities. Atty Bong Ballaho, tinued and undocumented aliens from expanding services to the of evacuees is still ongoing, cit- CHR-ARMM Regional Director, were given brief period of amnesty US. The European Union banned ing reports from the Naval Task said the number of evacuees to leave or will be arrested. all Philippine carriers from fly- Force 62 based in Tawi-Tawi. based on last June’s monitoring is Ballaho said they have received ing to Europe in 2010 for similar Gabor assured that all evacu- believed to have already climbed reports of abuse as some of the reasons. ees are being assisted by the to about 20,000. “The number Malaysian authorities were trying Reforms put in place since Department of Social Welfare and of evacuees is only based on the to exact money from the evacuees then, including a law creating a Development (DSWD) in Bongao records that landed on the offi- who opted to stay. new aviation regulator, the CAAP, Colours of the South African flag are lined on the cheek of a Filipino girl town for processing. cial ports, but there are also small THE PHILIPPINE STAR allowed the Philippines to satisfy participating in an art workshop to mark Nelson Mandela International Day the concerns of the International at the GMA Network premises in Quezon City, east of Manila, yesterday. Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in February. This led to the EU’s decision last week to allow Philippine Airlines to begin flying into its airspace. Philippines urges China to be a ‘responsible nation’ The EU said it was reviewing the case of other Filipino carriers. Andrews said he expected US MANILA: The verbal tus- It must show to the international Foreign Ministry Spokesperson the West Philippine Sea dispute. General and the other lawyers aviation regulators to make simi- sle between officials of the community its respect for the rule Hua Chunying accused the “We have always maintained involved, are fully cognisant of that lar findings when it carried out an Philippines and China contin- of law, including the mechanism Philippines of allegedly continuing that we have legal basis to bring particular issue,” said Lacierda. audit before the end of the year. ues with the Department of of arbitration which is being pur- “to play up the issue of the South the case before the arbitral tribu- The Philippines decided to take He said Filipino regulators Foreign Affairs (DFA) yester- sued by the Philippines to clearly China Sea, distort the facts and nal. Certainly, this is a step that the legal action against China had addressed safety concerns day urging the Asian giant to define respective maritime enti- smear China.” we welcome and we hope that this after exhausting all other means by physically tracking down be a “responsible nation” in the tlements in the South China Sea,” Malacañang refused to com- will be resolved in an expeditious to peacefully settle their disputes every aircraft registered in the West Philippine Sea dispute. Hernandez said. ment on China’s latest statement, manner,” Lacierda said at a tel- in the West Philippine Sea, part Philippines and getting their own- In a statement, DFA spokes- He also said China can end the but reasserted that the country evised press briefing yesterday. of the South China Sea which ers to submit documentation. person Raul Hernandez said on-going sea dispute by “defining has legal basis to bring its territo- Part of the issues that are going Beijing claims is part of its his- This was to make sure the China has no choice but to follow what the core issue is.” rial case against China before the to be handled by the arbitral torical sovereign territory. CAAP stopped the illegal prac- the rule of law since the inter- “China claims indisputable United Nations amid criticisms tribunal will be on jurisdiction, The country is seeking to stop tice of cannibalising old aircraft national arbitration for the case sovereignty over nearly all of the from the Asian giant. according to the Palace official. Chinese incursions into its exclu- to supply parts for planes of the filed by the Philippines against South China Sea through its nine- Presidential spokesperson “Knowing that we filed it in the sive economic zone in the West same make that were still flying, China on the territorial dispute dash line claim, which is an exces- Edwin Lacierda welcomed the arbitral tribunal, we have already Philippine Sea and to invalidate he said. He said the CAAP also is now underway. sive claim that is in gross violation decision of the UN arbitration tri- anticipated that the issue on juris- China’s sweeping claim to the dis- had to update records on the air- “To be accepted as a responsi- of the international law,” he said. bunal to start hearing the case of diction will be raised. And, there- puted waters. worthiness of all civilian aircraft ble nation, China has no choice. Earlier this week, China’s the Philippines against China on fore, our lawyers, both the Solicitor THE PHILIPPINE STAR serving Philippine airspace. Andrews said the law that created the CAAP, also in 2008, allowed it to offer higher salaries than other government agencies to its air safety inspectors. Mayor Estrada rules out This was important so the Japan film fest goes to Baguio inspectors, now being paid more than triple their 2008 salaries, could resist bribes to certify all transfer of elephant BAGUIO CITY: The Film will be screened at the FDCP Four animated films are aircraft as air-worthy. Development Council of the Cinematheque in Casa Vallejo, included, beginning with Brave Andrews said that apart from MANILA: The mayor of the Philippine capital yesterday rejected Philippines (FDCP), joined Baguio for two weeks. Story (2006), a film based on a Philippine Airlines (PAL), other calls by animal rights campaigners to transfer the country’s sole by The Japan Foundation, This is an effort to spread fantasy masterpiece by bestselling local carriers such as Cebu Pacific elephant from Manila’s rundown zoo to a Thai sanctuary. Manila, the embassy of Japan the Japanese culture further author, Miyabe Miyuki, wherein wanted to fly to the US. “They People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been and the Japanese Association with the films showing a total a primary school pupil becomes a will all compete because it’s a leading a campaign for nearly a decade to have Sri Lankan-born Mali in Northern Luzon, is stag- of two days each on July and trainee hero in the world of Vision rich market.” PAL is preparing moved from the zoo, insisting the 39-year-old elephant is lonely and ing again the much-anticipated August in five selected major and searches for a hidden treasure an ambitious expansion to Europe being poorly treated. Japanese Film Festival. universities- Baguio State that has the power to change fate. made possible after the carrier However the recently elected mayor of Manila, former Philippine In celebration of the Philippines– University, Saint Louis University, Planzet (2010) is a story about was recently removed from the president and movie star Joseph Estrada, said transferring Mali would Japan Friendship Month in July University of Baguio, University of aliens who have ravaged the earth, EU’s list of banned airlines. PAL be a humiliation for the country. and the 40th Year of Asean– Cordilleras and University of the and the vengeance that drives plans to launch non-stop serv- “Mali is just one elephant and sending her to Thailand would be Japan Friendship and Cooperation Philippines-Baguio. humans. NITABOH–Tsugaru ices to Europe within the next embarrassing. It means we are not capable of taking care of one ani- anchored on the theme “Asean- This year’s festival will feature Shamisen (2004) is about a blind few months and serve up to five mal,” Estrada said. Mali is the star attraction at the 54-year-old zoo, Japan Partnership: Thoughts eight titles. Always–Sunset on the boy who inherits the shamisen Western European destinations in but PETA says she is suffering in a small, concrete enclosure and Connected- Future Connected,” a Third Street–3 (2012) is a lone instrument, and increases with the near to medium term. without any other elephants for company. series of activities and film screen- feature film of the drama genre skill. The final animated film is But PAL faces huge challenges PETA want her moved to a sanctuary in Thailand. Its campaign ings are set from July 27-August 7. which follows the interweaving actually a collection of classic in trying to carve out a sustain- has attracted the support of the country’s powerful Catholic bishops The festival aims to pro- stories of the residents of Third Japanese anime, running five able niche in the Southeast Asia- association, as well as international celebrities such as British pop mote the Japanese language Street during the Olympics in hours. Europe market. star Morrissey. AFP and culture in the country and Japan. THE PHILIPPINE STAR AFP Firearms show No re-enacted Court junks Ampatuan plea, budget for 2014 allows three new witnesses MANILA: Senate president- elect Franklin Drilon yester- MANILA: The Court of Appeals yesterday dismissed Andal day vowed that the proposed Ampatuan Jr’s petition not to allow an army officer and two foren- P2.3trn ($55bn) budget for next sic experts to testify on the multiple murder charges filed against year will be passed by year-end him for the massacre of 58 people in November 23, 2009. to avoid the re-enactment of the In a nine-page decision, the court’s Fifth Division allowed the Quezon current year’s budget. City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 to hear prosecution witnesses Drilon welcomed the state- Army Captain Julius Gundayao and forensic specialists R Paruli and ment of some senators, who are Sherwin Uy. expected to be part of the new Ampatuan, the former mayor of Datu Unsay, Maguindanao, is Senate minority group, that they accused of leading the massacre of journalists, family members and will scrutinise the 2014 budget, supporters of now Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangundadatu in especially the Conditional Cash Ampatuan town. His father and namesake former Maguindanao gov- Transfer (CCT) programme. ernor Andal Ampatuan Sr and brothers have also been charged and “It has been scrutinised for the arrested for the massacre. past three years and there is merit The court refused to acknowledge Ampatuan’s request citing a Supreme in passing it because it is to the Court administrative order that prevented the witnesses to appear in public interest that the budget is pre-trial conferences not previously named in pre-trial orders. in place on January 1 so that infra- In the petition, Ampatuan accused presiding RTC Judge Jocelyn structure programme for that par- Solis-Reyes of grave abuse of discretion for welcoming Gundayao, ticular year can be started during Paruli and Uy’s impending testimonies. the summer,” Drilon said at the Associate Justice Ricardo Rosario penned the ruling stating trial weekly Kapihan sa Senado. judges have the discretion to allow the presentation of new evidence Drilon is optimistic that the and witnesses during trial. 2014 budget will be passed on time “Trial judges also have the discretion to exclude witnesses and other just like in the past three years evidence not listed in the pre-trial brief. The judge’s discretion hinges during the Aquino administration. Visitors view pistols on display at the 2013 Defence and Sporting Arms Show in Manila yesterday. In 2013, about on a good cause or good reason,” Rosario said. THE PHILIPPINE STAR 1.2 million people were given gun licences. THE PHILIPPINE STAR FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA N Korea asks Panama to free cargo ship Cargo comprises missile parts and spares, aircraft parts and 15 plane motors from mid-20th century SEOUL: North Korea has bro- ageing weapons which are to be the cargo. “They took up their UN diplomats said strict arms returned to Cuba”. South Korea likely be returned to Cuba and the ken its silence over a ship’s cargo sent back to Cuba after overhaul- right not to testify,” Panamanian sanctions imposed on Pyongyang has welcomed the seizure, while cargo of sugar could be a payment of arms seized in a dramatic ing them according to a legitimate anti-drugs prosecutor Javier over its nuclear programme could media in Seoul reported that for the services.” raid by Panama, demanding the contract,” said a foreign ministry Caraballo told reporters in have been breached. Clearly the three years ago the Chong Chon Chang Yong-Seok of the vessel’s release, as its mutinous statement carried by the North’s Manzanillo, where police are still facts still need to be established,” Gang was detained in Ukraine Institute for Peace and Unification crew members refuse to cooper- Korean Central News Agency. unloading sacks of sugar, looking Britain’s UN ambassador Mark for carrying narcotics and other at Seoul’s National University told ate with investigators. “The Panamanian authorities for any more military equipment Lyall Grant said, adding: “On the contraband. said that the discovery was “just The communist state rebuffed should take a step to let the appre- hidden on the boat. face of it, the transfer of these In Washington, State the tip of the iceberg”. “In the suspicions of UN sanctions- hended crewmen and ship leave Panama’s President Ricardo weapons to North Korea would be Department spokeswoman Marie case of Cuba, North Korea has busting, saying the shipment on without delay,” added the state- Martinelli tweeted a photo of the a violation of the sanctions.” Harf said the US would raise the been involved in this type of trade the North Korean-flagged vessel ment, North Korea’s first on the haul, which experts said was an A spokesman for UN chief Ban issue with Havana “very soon”. since the 1960s when Pyongyang formed part of a legitimate deal affair. ageing Soviet-built radar control Ki-moon said the secretary gen- Analysts said the seizure shone reached out to non-aligned coun- with Cuba. Panama on Monday said it had system for surface-to-air missiles. eral “commends the action taken a spotlight on a secretive barter tries,” he said. Havana said the military equip- discovered the shipment after On Wednesday Panama offi- by Panama in full conformity with trade where Pyongyang repairs Pyongyang carried out a third ment, discovered on the Chong impounding the vessel and con- cially requested United Nations its obligations under the relevant military equipment in exchange nuclear weapons test in February, Chon Gang among tonnes of sugar, ducting a drugs search. The ship’s inspectors scrutinise the cargo. Security Council resolutions”. for food. triggering tighter UN sanctions, was “obsolete” Soviet-era missiles captain tried to kill himself and “The cargo is illegal because it Cuba says the cargo comprised Defence and security consult- which bar the transport of all and parts that were being sent the crew rioted, according to was not declared. Anything that is missile parts and spares, Mig-21 ants IHS Jane’s said it was possible weapons to and from North Korea to North Korea for repair -- an Panama’s president. not logged, even if it is obsolete, is aircraft parts and 15 plane motors, the shipment had been on its way apart from the import of small account backed up by Pyongyang. The 35-man crew on Wednesday contraband,” Panamanian Security all manufactured “in the mid-20th to North Korea for an upgrade, as arms. “This cargo is nothing but refused to answer questions about Minister Jose Raul Mulino said. century” and “to be repaired and Cuba insists. “In this case, it would AFP

Japan may deploy ships Abe playing ‘dangerous politics’ TOKYO: Japan has ordered geological survey ships to BEIJING: Two of China’s top China, are inherent Japanese and the situation is complex prepare for possible deploy- newspapers accused Japanese territory, adding that he has no and sensitive, Abe’s actions are ment to the East China Sea Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intention of conceding even one doubtless extremely dangerous after it detected Chinese yesterday of dangerous politics step. “This kind of ‘drinking poi- and irresponsible,” the paper, drilling near the disputed that could threaten regional son to slake ones thirst’ not only the official publication of China’s maritime border, a source security, as Tokyo warned threatens regional stability, it military, said in a commentary. with direct knowledge of the Beijing not to expand gas gives encouragement to Japan’s The ruling Communist Party’s order said yesterday. A plan exploration in disputed waters ‘turn to the right’,” it said. official People’s Daily warned that by Chinese state-run oil firms of the East China Sea. Abe wants to revise Japan’s China would never allow itself to to dramatically expand gas The People’s Liberation Army constitution, drafted by the be trampled on again, a refer- drilling in the disputed East Daily said Abe was trying to play United States after World War ence to China’s bitter memories China Sea, which threatens to the “China threat” angle, to win Two, to formalise the coun- of Japan’s invasion of the coun- further damage ties between votes in July 21 elections, with try’s right to have a military. try ahead of and during World Asia’s two biggest economies. a visit on Wednesday to Japan’s Critics say his plan could return War Two. southern island of Ishigaki, near Japan to a socially conservative, Patrol ships from both nations Outrage over islets claimed by both China authoritarian past. routinely shadow each other and Japan. Territorial claims by The People’s Liberation Army near the islands, raising con- vendor’s killing Japan and China over the unin- Daily said Abe could not have cerns about an unintended clash. habited islets and resource-rich chosen a worse time to visit Yesterday, three Chinese BEIJING: Police beat to waters in both the East China Ishigaki, which lies some 160km surveillance vessels sailed into death a roadside fruit seller Sea and South China Sea rank from the uninhabited islets the what Japan considers its terri- in a dispute, reports said, as one of Asia’s biggest security two nations contest. torial waters near the isles on provoking outrage online. risks. “You cannot criticise a what Beijing said was a routine Images online showed Deng An aerial view of a Chinese facility under construction for natural gas During the visit to Ishigaki national leader for visiting his patrol. The Japan Coast Guard Zhengjia, who sold watermel- exploration and a large crane ship near what Tokyo claims to be the median island, Abe repeated Tokyo’s country’s own territory but in a said the ships later left its ter- ons on the streets in central stand that the disputed Senkaku situation where the dispute over ritorial water but remain in the China’s Hunan province lying line in the East China Sea. islands, called the Diaoyu by the Diaoyu Islands is continuing contiguous area. AFP motionless on the ground after being beaten by regu- lation enforcers known as chengguan. They kicked and punched Deng and one used a metal-measuring weight to smash his head, the Beijing Indonesia graft court jails second Chevron manager Times quoted Deng’s wife Huang Sujun as saying. Local JAKARTA: An Indonesian losses to the state. Yesterday, international arbitration was an project had been given govern- contract (PSC) with the gov- officials promised to investi- anti-corruption court yesterday the court sentenced manager option. ment approval before it began. ernment, under which breaches gate the death. jailed a second employee of the Endah Rumbiyanti for “failing to Prosecutors from the attorney- Another lawyer for Chevron, should not be treated criminally local subsidiary of US energy carry out her obligations”, a lapse general’s office argued that the Maqdir Ismail, said yesterday’s and should be settled out of court. Nazi-themed giant Chevron Corporation, in which it said unfairly benefited two companies which were con- decision “defies logic” and the It is highly unusual for the a case that has alarmed foreign two contractors. tracted to carry out the clean-up trial was intended “to punish, attorney general’s office to inter- cafe in spot investors. On Wednesday the same court had no qualifications or permits. not to find justice”. vene in such agreements. The The two Indonesian employ- sentenced another manager, They also said the land was Directors of the two contrac- case has sparked concern among JAKARTA: Authorities in ees, one of whom was sentenced Kukuh Kertasafari, for poor over- never contaminated in any case, tors have already been jailed and foreign energy companies and central Indonesia will ask a Wednesday, were each jailed sight of the project. and the project had cost the state two other other Chevron employ- investors, who have battled fast- restaurant owner to explain for two years over a project to Defence lawyer Todung Mulya millions of dollars. ees are awaiting verdicts, with changing industry regulations reasons for opening a Nazi- decontaminate 28 plots of land, Lubis said after the first ver- Chevron, the country’s biggest one of them expected today. and legal uncertainty in recent themed cafe that has sparked which prosecutors argued was dict that they would appeal to a crude oil producer, denies the Lubis said the clean-up project years. controversy among locals a fake project and had caused higher anti-corruption court and accusations and said the clean-up was part of a production-sharing AFP and tourists, Ayi Vivananda, Deputy Mayor of Bandung, said. Soldatenkaffee includes Iftar preparation a red wall of Nazi-related memorabilia, including a large flag with the swastika and a giant picture of Adolf Shareholders to sue Hitler. He said a letter was sent yesterday summoning owner Henry Mulyana to dis- China firm over deal cuss his motives. Japan radiation BEIJING: Pressure mounted on giant state-owned conglomerate China Resources yesterday over a deal which a whistleblower said spike ruled out was tainted by huge corruption, as minority shareholders publi- cised a court case involving the firm. TOKYO: The operator of Six shareholders of China Resources subsidiary CR Power are Japan’s Fukushima nuclear mounting legal action in Hong Kong against more than 20 of its cur- plant insisted yesterday rent and former directors, among them group chairman Song Lin, there was no sign of spik- over the acquisition. ing radiation at the crip- Both CR Power and China Resources are quoted in the former pled facility, after steam was British colony, which remains the biggest financial hub in greater found in a reactor building. China. China Resources, a Fortune Global 500 company, had assets Tokyo Electric Power Co said of more than $120bn at the end of last year and operates in sectors it believed rainwater sitting including property, finance and electricity. on the reactor was the source It reports directly to the central government in Beijing, making of the vapour, which did not Song’s position equivalent to a vice-minister, according to Chinese contain an abnormally high media reports. “We believe Hong Kong’s legal system is just and we are level of radiation. confident in this case,” Chen Ruojian, a lawyer hired by the plaintiffs, Muslims cook ‘lemang’, a typical Indonesian food of sticky rice, in a bamboo in Jakarta for iftar yesterday. AGENCIES told reporters in Beijing. The briefing came a day after a journalist with China’s official Xinhua news agency alleged Song lost the firm billions of yuan (hun- dreds of millions of dollars) in the deal. Wang Wenzhi posted on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo that CR Cambodia garment workers’ plight worsening: ILO Power and an affiliate agreed to buy several mining and factory assets in 2010 from a private firm in Shanxi province for at least 7.9bn yuan PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is backsliding Tucker, Chief Technical Adviser to the ILO’s child labourers, in more than a dozen factories ($1.3bn). The final cost of the package was around 10.3bn yuan, with in efforts to improve working conditions Better Factories Cambodia programme. covered by its report. some key price assessment reports provided by an agency hired by the in its garment industry, the International Action is needed to reverse the deteriora- Concerns over worker safety in Cambodia seller, he added, but some of the mines’ licences had already expired. Labour Organisation said yesterday, follow- tion, he said. intensified in May after a ceiling collapse A previous potential bidder had estimated the same assets to be ing a series of strikes at factories producing “Cambodia runs the risk of forfeiting the killed two workers at a Taiwanese-owned worth just 5.2bn yuan, said Wang, who made his accusations in the western-brand clothing. advantages that accrue to a reputation for factory producing shoes for Japanese sports form of an open letter to the ruling Communist Party’s disciplinary The kingdom is failing to make progress decent working conditions,” Tucker said. brand Asics. department. The allegations follow unrelenting anti-corruption rheto- in key areas such as worker and fire safety The ILO said some factories kept emer- Workers have staged a series of protests at ric by China’s leaders in recent months, with President Xi Jinping and the use of child labour, the ILO said in gency doors locked during working hours low wages and tough conditions in the multi- warning graft could “destroy the party” and threatening “no leniency” a report. while others failed to conduct emergency fire billion-dollar industry, which employs about for those involved. China Resources defended its leaders in a state- “Our data shows that following steady drills every six months. 650,000 people and is a key source of foreign ment late Wednesday, rejecting Wang’s claims as “vicious slander”. improvement in working conditions from 2005 It also identified worsening heat and sani- income for the impoverished country. AFP to 2011, conditions are now declining,” said Jill tary conditions, as well as suspected use of AFP FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 US aid to boost role Iftar gathering of Afghan women USAID announces $200m ‘Promote’ programme WASHINGTON: The US is There is growing fear among women to be covered and house launching a $200m programme many in Afghanistan that a with- windows painted so they could not to boost the role of women in drawal of US-led forces after elec- be seen inside. Afghan society, a figure that tions in 2014 could undermine the “What we have said to our could double with international position of women and see them Afghan colleagues is that policy support, the head of the US gov- retreat, especially if the Taliban decisions and leadership from the ernment’s main aid agency said. increase their political hold. Afghan government, this one and The funding by the US Agency “It is a unique effort to ensure the next, needs to continue the for International Development is that women are a major part of trend of providing more oppor- the largest gender-focused invest- Afghanistan’s social, economic tunity for women and girls in ment by the agency in any coun- and political fabric over the next Afghan society,” said Shah. try, USAID chief Rajiv Shah said. decade, because if they’re not “It is one of the key criteria for He said Australia, Britain, Afghanistan is not likely to be Afghanistan being successful after Japan and the EU had expressed successful,” said Shah. a military drawdown, and we have interest in providing money, Shah said there has been sig- to be focused on ensuring we sus- which could bring the total to nificant progress on women’s tain and enhance these gains even $416m. rights issues, but sustaining that when our military presence goes The programme, ‘Promote’, progress was critical for stability down,” he added. intends to help women between and security in Afghanistan. The World Bank has said the 18 and 30 build skills to find jobs, He said data showed that the withdrawal of foreign troops will to support women entrepreneurs participation of women and girls have a “profound and lasting with credit and micro-finance, in society and in the economy of impact” on Afghanistan’s economy and provide training to women any country were vital for devel- and is likely to be accompanied by who want a role in policymaking. opment and poverty reduction. a decline in development assist- Shah said the program would Since the overthrow of the ance. While donors have pledged seek to create more than 3,500 Taliban in 2001, women have won to provide support through 2016, small businesses to generate back rights such as voting, educa- the World Bank said there was domestic growth to make up for tion and jobs, although beatings, a growing sense of uncertainty an expected decline in foreign torture and forced marriages are about Afghanistan’s stability and spending in Afghanistan. common. The Taliban ordered security. REUTERS Men break their fast during Ramadan at the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. 22 of family poisoned Sharif meets Rebels kill eight workers British official in Pakistan ‘political PULI ALAM: Taliban gun- their eyes blindfolded, the police US-led invasion. There was no ISLAMABAD: Pakistan men yesterday shot dead eight official said, describing them as immediate claim of responsibil- Prime Minister Nawaz Afghan civilians on their way to “ordinary civilian workers” on the ity, but the Taliban have vowed Sharif met British Foreign jobs at a US military base south base. US and Nato military bases to increase their attacks during and Commonwealth Affairs feud’; cook arrested of Kabul, officials said. across Afghanistan hire local staff Ramadan. The insurgents have Secretary William Hague in “Eight Afghan workers who to work on construction projects stepped up attacks on Afghan Islamabad and discussed rela- were working in Camp Shank and as cleaners. forces since they took responsi- tions, peace in Afghanistan MULTAN: Police in Pakistan have arrested a cook on suspicion of were killed this morning by Din Mohammad Darvish, the bility for national security last and terrorism. Sharif said murder after 22 members of a powerful landowning clan were poi- Taliban,” said the deputy police Logar administration spokesman, month. that Islamabad would con- soned in an alleged political feud with a rival branch of the family. chief in Logar province, Rais confirmed the incident and said In the north, police said Taliban tinue cooperating with the Arsal Khan Khichi, who lost out on a provincial assembly seat to Khan Sadeq. It was the deadliest the bodies of the victims were attacked a police post near the international community for his cousin Jahanzeb Khan Khichi in the May election, is accused of attack since Afghanistan started recovered in the village. city of Kunduz, killing two officers peace in Afghanistan. Hague paying the cook 50,000 rupees ($500) to poison food at his rival’s home, observing the Muslim fasting “They were poor and ordinary and wounding two others — the stressed that Pakistan had a causing the deaths. month of Ramadan, traditionally workers, all civilians,” he said. only four on duty at the time. vital role in Afghanistan and The incident took place on June 9 in the farming town of Mailsi, a time of prayer and charity. Afghan officials blamed the Around 100,000 US-led troops praised its endeavours. around 80km from the Punjab city of Multan. “They were forced out of their attack on the Taliban. Logar is a in Afghanistan are preparing to “At least 22 people were killed after eating poisonous food at the car and taken about 200 metres stronghold for the militants wag- withdraw from the country by the Push for Tajik residence of Jahanzeb Khan Khichi,” senior police official Sadiq Ali off road to a nearby village, and ing a 12-year insurgency against end of next year, after key presi- Dogar said. shot in the head one by one,” he the Western-backed government dential polls scheduled for April. About 30 people including men, women and servants of the family said. Their bodies were found with after being toppled in a 2001 AFP power project got sick after eating the meal. ISLAMABAD: The legal Dogar said a court had remanded cook Mohammad Rafiq for five committee of Central Asia- days into police custody for further investigations. South Asia Regional Energy “A murder case has been registered against Arsal Khan Khichi, and Trade is convening in but he is at large and his father has been taken into custody,” Dogar Islamabad in the last week added. Foreign currency account holders in spot of this month to discuss It is common practice in Pakistan for police to arrest the next of a project to import power kin if a suspect absconds in a case. KARACHI: Foreign currency account holders mounted pressure on the exchange rate which once from Tajikistan via a trans- Police said Arsal was angry about his election defeat and tried to in Pakistan are facing problems to access their again slashed value of local currency yesterday; both mission line in Afghanistan. poison the rivals, but Jahanzeb and his brother Aurangzeb were not holdings in private banks. They are told to return in inter-bank and open markets. Pakistan has been striving to at home that day and had gone to Lahore. after a few days or advised to let the banks know The US dollar was traded as high as Rs103.50 in get power costs reduced, and Jahanzeb contested the seat on the ticket of former cricket hero in advance if they plan to withdraw dollars from open market and Rs100.85 in the inter-bank market. as per calculations a unit of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, while Arsal stood as their accounts. No intervention from the Central Bank was wit- power from Tajikistan will an independent. Bankers admitted that they could not provide nessed in the market. Currency dealer said the cur- cost 5 US cents plus 3 cents Local police station chief Chaudhry Mohammad Afzal confirmed the large amount ($20,000 and above) in one go and rency market crisis is as serious as the energy crisis. as transit fee to be charged by account and said that the cook had confessed to poisoning the food. advising customers to inform them at least one day While the rupee is in tailspin ,importers were Afghanistan. “Rafiq has confessed his crime and told police that Arsal Khan before the withdrawal of even $3,000 to $4,000. eager to book as much as possible to avoid the fall- The final rate of 8 cents Khichi gave him 50,000 rupees to mix the poison in the food,” Chaudhry It is surprising that private banks having a reserve out of daily appreciation of greenback. seems to be high, an official added. of about $5bn were reluctant to settle demands of Banks are not providing dollars to the exchange said. The PML-N government Provincial Health Secretary Hasan Iqbal said an investigation found account holders. Currency dealers accused banks of companies as per their requirements which widened has directed the Ministry of that insecticides used to preserve wheat stock were used to poison the creating crisis as they benefit from devaluation of the gap in the dollar rate of banks and open market. Water and Power to consider victims. AFP local currency. The sudden rise in dollar demand INTERNEWS all options to overcome power crisis. Authorities are determined to get the project through and Verdict protest it is less likely that discussion would aim to convince Afghan Pakistan Taliban’s letter to officials to reduce the transit fee because it would delay the project. Malala ‘propaganda gimmick’ Violence on rise PESHAWAR: A Pakistani Taliban let- “It is a move to convey to the world that ter to Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Malala was not attacked because of girls’ in Karachi education activist shot by the militants, education, but because of her propaganda was a bid to strike back in the publicity against them.” KARACHI: Ethnic, sectar- stakes following her speech at the UN, The letter’s claims that Malala was ian and politically-linked analysts said yesterday. shot for smearing the Taliban echoed the violence has taken 1,726 lives Adnan Rasheed, senior Tehreek-e- explanation the militants gave when they in Karachi from January Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, wrote claimed responsibility for shooting Malala. to June 2013 compared an open letter to Malala accusing her of “She always speaks against us. We will with 1,215 during the same “smearing” them and promoting “satanic” target anyone who speaks against the period in 2012, according to values and urged her to return home. Taliban,” a TTP spokesman said in October. a report by Human Rights The 16-year-old, shot in the head by “Basically it is a propaganda gimmick to Commission of Pakistan. The TTP gunmen in her home town in Swat appear good by saying we are not against report said that those killed Supporters of Pakistan’s Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami pray as they protest against last October after she had campaigned for education,” analyst and author Imtiaz Gul include victims of sectarian the verdict of a Bangladeshi court on former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ghulam Azam, in Karachi, the right of girls to go to school, hit the said. “They are trying to rub off the per- violence and targeted killings. yesterday. headlines again last week with her power- ception about Taliban that they are anti- Over the same period last ful speech at the UN in New York. women’s education.” year, the panel had counted In what was her first public appearance Rasheed accused Malala of seeking to 1,215 killings. since the near-fatal attack last October, she promote an education system begun by As many as 291 were killed Two Pakistani soldiers killed near Afghan border vowed to continue her struggle for educa- British colonialists to produce “Asians in January 2013 (153 in January KHAR: Gunmen ambushed a vehi- carved out hideouts. “An FC vehicle was tion and not be silenced by the militants. in blood but English in taste”, and said 2012), 271 in February (149 in cle carrying government paramilitary on a routine patrol when gunmen sitting Saifullah Khan Mehsud, Executive students should study Islam and not the February 2012) 311 in March forces in a restive Pakistani tribal region along the roadside opened fire on it, killing Director of the FATA Research Centre “satanic or secular curriculum”. “I advise 2013 (182 in March 2012) 262 near the Afghan border yesterday, kill- two troops and wounding four,” senior local in Islamabad, said the TTP were not con- you to come back home, adopt the Islamic in April (258 in April 2012) 278 ing two soldiers, officials said. administration official Sohail Ahmad Khan cerned about their image but wanted to and Pashtun culture, join any madrassa in May (244 in May last year) The attack took place in Kamar vil- said. Frontier Corps or FC is charged with make a statement after Malala’s speech near your home town, study and learn the and 313 June 2013 compared lage, around 40km northwest of Khar, the maintaining law and order and its mem- made waves around the world. “Taliban book of Allah, use your pen for Islam and with 229 in June 2012. main town of Bajaur tribal region where bers are frequently attacked in Pakistan’s have written this letter to counter the plight of Muslim ummah (community),” AGENCIES Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants have troubled northwest. AFP recent move of the West honouring Malala. Rasheed wrote. AFP FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA School meals to be probed Four protesters Missing headmistress critical to investigation; focus on cooking oil killed in Kashmir; GANDAMAN: The Indian government announced yester- day it would set up an inquiry into the quality of food given to school pupils in a nationwide doctor shot at free meal scheme after at least 23 children died in one of the SRINAGAR: At least four The state government has deadliest outbreaks of mass poi- people were killed and about ordered a magisterial enquiry soning in years. two dozen injured in Jammu while a high-level team including Within minutes of eating a and Kashmir’s Ramban dis- two ministers and the state police meal of rice and potato curry trict yesterday when security chief is camping at the spot. The in the eastern state of Bihar on forces opened fire on protesters, district magistrate of Ramban Tuesday, the children began to police said. The incident led to has been shifted out. fall ill, a cook at the school at the tension in Srinagar and adjoin- Condemning the incident, centre of the outbreak said from ing Pulwama, Shopian and Abdullah said it was “unfortu- her hospital bed. Anantnag districts with pro- nate that in spite of costly les- The children, aged four to 12, testers taking to streets. sons learnt in 2008 and 2010, died after vomiting and convuls- As a precautionary measure, some amongst us are deter- ing from stomach cramps, officials the government has imposed cur- mined to repeat past mistakes and relatives said. Death came so few in Srinagar and other major and use force against unarmed quickly for some that they died in towns of the Valley from this protesters”. their parents’ arms while being morning. Internet services were “It is highly unacceptable to taken to hospital. suspended or slowed. shoot at unarmed protesters just Dozens of other children are Condemning the incident as because they were reportedly pro- being treated for food poisoning “unacceptable”, Chief Minister testing manhandling of an Imam in hospital. Omar Abdullah spoke to union of their area,” he said. Police said they were searching Home Minister Sushilkumar Jammu and Kashmir Liberation for the headmistress of the school Shinde, who ordered a probe and Front chairman Muhammad in Gandaman village in Bihar who said use of excessive force or irre- Yasin Malik was taken into pre- has disappeared, along with her sponsible action would be dealt ventive custody along with other family. The school provided free with strictly, an official statement supporters in Srinagar when they A sick boy lies on his mother’s lap inside a hospital after he consumed contaminated meals given to children at meals under the Mid-Day Meal issued here said. staged a protest in Maisuma area a school, in the eastern city of Patna, yesterday. Scheme, the world’s largest school In a separate development, a against the killings. feeding programme involving 120 cardiologist was critically injured Clashes between security forces million children. said 23 of the 24 children at the classroom. Federal Education Minister M and two police guards killed and stone-pelting protesters Police said it was not possible hospital were recovering well and There were at least 18 burial M Pallam Raju vowed that “action when militants attacked them in also broke out in Pulwama and to conclusively say what caused out of danger. One was still in a mounds in the village yesterday, would be taken” against those Pampore town in Pulwama dis- Shopian towns in south Kashmir. the poisoning, but the focus of the critical condition. many in a large field opposite the responsible for the 23 deaths trict of the valley. Police used batons and fired in the investigation was on the oil used Police said witnesses had given school. Some contained multiple but did not single out anyone by The four protesters were killed air to disperse the protesters. in the preparation of the meal. different versions of how the chil- bodies and villagers could not name. He gave no details of the when guards fired at people Protesters also burnt old tyres Doctors treating the children dren fell ill. Central to solving the agree on how many children were committee he was setting up to storming a camp of the Border to block the Jammu-Srinagar said they suspected the food had mystery was finding the headmis- buried in them. Many parents investigate food quality in the Security Force (BSF) in Shaida highway at Batote, Ramban been contaminated with insecti- tress, who fled the village with her said they buried their children’s mid-day meal scheme. Gool village of Ramban district, and Bannihal towns of Jammu cide. Media reports said the cook- family soon after the mass food toys and clothes in the graves. REUTERS 145km from Srinagar, police said. region. ing oil may have been stored in an poisoning, they said. The people were protesting Senior separatist leader Syed old pesticide container, but there “The search is on to nab her. alleged desecration of a mosque Ali Geelani has called for a three- was no independent confirmation She will be the key to the investi- 13 girls in hospital after midday meal and beating up of an imam by day protest shutdown against the of this. gation because she will be the one BSF personnel. Gool killings. “The minute the children were who can share details about the CHENNAI: Around 155 girl students fell ill yesterday after tak- Ten of the injured, five of them Meanwhile, separatist guer- brought in, we smelled this foul quality of food and the supplier,” ing a midday meal at their school in Neyveli in Tamil Nadu, a with critical bullet injuries, were rillas shot and seriously injured odour of organophosphorus,” said said Sujit Kumar, superintendent senior official said, adding that 13 had been hospitalised. airlifted by helicopters to hospitals senior cardiologist Sheikh Jalal Dr Vinod Mishra, a doctor in the of police in Saran district, where The incident took place at the NLC Girls School in Neyveli. The in Jammu city, 180km away, for at his hometown Pampore. medical team treating many of the Gandaman village is located. 13 were taken to a government hospital for observation, said the specialized treatment, police said. Jalal, a former director of the children at Patna Medical College Parents said ingredients for official. Neyveli is around 210km from Chennai. A BSF trooper was injured in Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Hospital in Bihar’s capital, Patna. the lunches like rice, lentils, salt “Their condition is stable. Most probably they will be discharged the incident. A BSF official told Medical Sciences, was moving on Organophosphorus compounds and oil, were stored at the head- Friday morning,” Cuddalore district collector K Kirlosh Kumar reporters in Jammu that a trooper the street along with his secu- are used as pesticides, which are mistress’s house and brought said over telephone. had sustained a bullet injury after rity guards when three guerrillas widely available and are often sold to the school each day because He said the probable cause of the mass sickness was food poison- somebody from among the pro- appeared and fired at them. The wholesale without branding. there was no storage space at the ing. Food samples had been sent to a laboratory for testing. testers fired at them, after which two guards died on the spot while The medical superintendent of school. The “kitchen” is a pile of IANS the guards at the camp opened fire Mir was taken to hospital. the hospital, Dr Amarkant Jha, bricks and charcoal outside the at the protesters in self-defence. IANS Hemant Soren wins Apex court restricts acid sale after attacks

NEW DELHI: The Supreme paid Rs300,000 ($5,000) as well as bought across the counter. be sold to any person below the confidence vote Court ruled yesterday that have medical costs covered, pend- But the judges said the buyer of age of 18 years, the court said the authorities must regulate the ing a final ruling on the level of such acids should in future have seller must declare all the stock RANCHI: Jharkhand Chief 82-member assembly. He had sale of acid used in a spate of compensation. to provide a photo identity card available with him to the sub-divi- Minister Hemant Soren yes- handed a letter of support of 43 attacks on women by jilted boy- Earlier this month, the same to any retailer when they make sional magistrate within 15 days terday won a crucial trust vote legislators to the governor to form friends and others. court had rebuked the central a purchase. of the date of notification of the with 43 legislators voting in the government. A panel of Supreme Court government for failing to formu- The retailers must register the rules by state governments. favour of the government in Legislator Nizamuddin Ansari judges also said that every victim late a policy to reduce the number name and address of the buyer. Retail outlets with a licence to the 82-member state assembly of the opposition Jharkhand Vikas of such an attack must be “reha- of acid attacks on women. The court direction came on sell acid will maintain a stock reg- while 37 voted against it. Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM- bilitated and compensated” by Acid called “tezaab”, which a public interest litigation filed ister. Failing to do so or possessing After winning the trust vote, P) did not attend the session. their respective state government. is designed to clean rusted by an acid attack victim seeking unaccounted acid will lead to a fine Soren told reporters: “We will Speaker C P Singh, too, did not In an interim judgement, the tools but is often used in the regulation of the sale of acid. of Rs50,000, the court said. provide a transparent govern- take part in the voting. court said each victim should be attacks, can currently be Directing that no acid would AFP ment and soon formulate a com- Pradeep Yadav, legislative party mon minimum programme.” leader of JVM-P, alleged that “I will not do anything under Ansari had been missing since coalition compulsion to hurt the Wednesday. interest of the people,” he said, During the debate on the hinting at a cabinet expansion. motion, former chief minis- Trinamool slammed for inciting violence The Soren-led Jharkhand ter and Bharatiya Janata Party Mukti Morcha (JMM) govern- leader Arjun Munda came down KOLKATA: A day after a terday lashed out at the regime person, I am afraid of what might party members were in the habit ment was formed on July 13 and on the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ruling Trinamool Congress for “terrorising” and “inciting happen in the future,” noted thea- of using. was directed by Governor Syed (JMM)-Congress alliance. leader stirred up controversy violence.” tre actor Kaushik Sen said. Congress leader Om Prakash Ahmad to prove his majority “This alliance has been formed by exhorting his party work- “They (Trinamool) are doing it He said Trinamool was carry- Mishra said Mandal’s comments in the assembly within a week. for the benefit of the Congress. ers to hurl bombs at police and to terrorise and confuse the people ing forward the Communist Party undermined the democratic proc- Consequently, a special assembly There is no hope that this govern- damage houses of independent in the rural areas. I have been to of India-Marxist’s legacy of incit- ess. “It is an ugly attempt to sub- session was convened yesterday. ment will do anything for devel- candidates in the West Bengal the rural areas and the situation ing violence among people. vert the democratic processes and Soren needed the support opment of the state,” he said. panchayat polls, intellectuals there is markedly different from Renowned painter Sameer the constitutional order,” he said. of at least 42 legislators in the IANS and opposition politicians yes- that in the metro. As a creative Aich deplored the language ruling IANS

Mandela’s birthday SC: No common medical test Dikshit not to NEW DELHI: The Supreme and the ‘Post Graduate Medical cannot ensure a level playing take witness box Court yesterday set aside a Education (Amendment) field.” NEW DELHI: A fast track Medical Council of India noti- Regulation, 2010 (Part II)’, The court said that there was court hearing the December 16 fication mandating a common whereby the Medical Council “no controversy that the standard gang rape case yesterday dis- National Entrance Eligibility of India introduced the sin- of education all over the country missed the plea of an accused Test (NEET) for both under- gle National Eligibility- was not the same and each state to make Delhi Chief Minister graduate and postgraduate cum-Entrance Test and the has its own system and pattern of Sheila Dikshit a defence witness. medical and dental courses corresponding amendments in the education, including the medium Additional Sessions Judge in government and private Dentists Act, 1948, are ultra vires of instruction”. Yogesh Khanna rejected the plea institutions. the provisions of Articles 19(1) “It cannot also be disputed that of accused Akshay Thakur, say- In a majority judgment, Chief (g), 25, 26(a), 29(1) and 30(1) of children in the metropolitan areas ing it amounted to abuse of the Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice the Constitution,...”, the majority enjoy greater privileges than their legal process. It also declined the Vikramajit Sen said: “We also judgment said. counterparts in most of the rural plea of the accused to summon have no hesitation in holding that Addressing the practical aspect areas as far as education is con- Sub-Divisional Magistrate Usha the Medical Council of India is not of holding a single National cerned, and the decision of the Chaturvedi as a defence witness. empowered under the 1956 Act to Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, central government to support The judge said: “Prosecution wit- actually conduct the NEET.” Chief Justice Kabir, pronouncing a single entrance examination ness Usha Chaturvedi has already “...we have no hesitation in the judgment, said, “In a single would perpetuate such divide Students hold candles and a portrait of Nelson Mandela during been examined/cross-examined holding that the ‘Regulations window competition, the dispar- in the name of giving credit to celebrations to mark Mandela’s 95th birthday in Agartala, capital extensively. Hence, the request is on Graduate Medical Education ity in educational standards in merit,” the judgment said. of the northeastern state of Tripura, yesterday. declined.” (Amendment) 2010 (Part II)’ different parts of the country IANS IANS FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 QE market cap rises to QR524bn Trading value increases by 26.04 percent to reach QR974m US crude hits 16-month DOHA: The Qatar Exchange of transactions rose by 10.84 per- the consumer goods and serv- Yesterday, the QE added 76.30 (QE) index gained 129.90 points cent to reach 12,774 last week ices sector (15.94 percent) and points or 0.81 percent to advance or 1.38 percent last week to close compared to 11,525 transactions. the transportation sector (15.71 to 9,549.87 points from 9,473.57 at 9549.87 points. The industrial, Market capitalisation increased percent). on Wednesday. The volume of the high above $108 a barrel insurance and the real estate by 1.40 percent to reach QR524bn The banking and financial shares traded rose to 6,121,204 sector indices led the gains. last week compared to QR517bn services sector led the number of from Wednesday’s 5,434,771 and NEW YORK: US crude oil hit refiners in the United States last The index rose on the back at the end of previous week. transactions last week with 33.13 the value of shares dropped to its highest level in 16 months yes- week had consumed more crude of buying support from foreign The banking and financial serv- percent of the total, followed by the QR252m from QR258m. Among terday, rising above $108 a barrel than at any time since August shareholders despite selling pres- ices sector led the traded value industrial sector (21.14 percent), the top gainers were Qatar on signs of a stronger US econ- 2005, while stocks at Cushing fell sure from Qatari shareholders. last week with 30.89 percent of the consumer goods and services National Bank which was up 1.84 omy and shrinking its discount by almost 900,000 barrels. Total Qatar Electricity, UDC, Industries the total. The industrial sec- sector (13.93 percent) and the real percent to QR166, Vodafone Qatar to North Sea Brent to the nar- US crude stocks have fallen by Qatar, QNB and Medicare Group tor accounted for 23.48 percent. estate sector (13.20 percent). rose 0.99 percent to QR9.16, Nakilat rowest in almost three years. around 27 million barrels in three were top gainers last week. The real estate sector accounted Of the 42 companies listed, 25 gained 1.66 percent to QR18.33 and US equity markets touched weeks. The trading value last week for 14.65 percent and the con- ended higher last week while 15 United Development Company was record highs as the Philadelphia “I wouldn’t be surprised to see increased by 26.04 percent to sumer goods and services sector fell and two remained unchanged. up by 0.22 percent to QR22.90. The Federal Reserve’s closely-watched WTI go over Brent,” said Bob reach QR974m over QR773m accounted for 14.14 percent. Industries Qatar led the traded banking and financial services sec- survey of factory activity in the Yawger, director of energy futures recorded the previous week. The The real estate sector led the value last week with 14.38 per- tor index was up 0.97 percent while US mid-Atlantic region hit a two- for Mizuho Securities USA Inc trading volume increased by 19.22 traded volume last week with cent of the total, followed by insurance sector index gained 0.31 year high, boosting the outlook for in New York. “It’s been mov- percent to cross 24 million shares 26.07 percent of the total, followed Qatar National Bank (10.97 per- percent and the industrial sector demand in the world’s largest oil ing in that direction for a while, compared to the previous week’s . by the banking and financial cent) and United Development index rose 0.84 percent. consumer. “The market is rally- though it’s hard to say whether it 20 million, while the total number services sector (24.52 percent), Company (10.96 percent). THE PENINSULA ing on good economic news,” said would stay that way for long. On Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price the other hand, you have many Futures Group in Chicago. refineries set up to receive sour “The Dow Jones is good, the crudes, so that’s eventually bound Protest in Athens Fed’s Philly index is good, employ- to bolster Brent as the Gulf Coast ment data is good, and WTI is refineries can only take on so US jobless reflecting that right now.” much sweet crude.” US crude oil, commonly US oil futures also exhibited referred to as West Texas strong backwardation, with the Intermediate or WTI, hit a spread between the September claims fall 16-month high of $108.04 a bar- and October contracts widening rel and was up $1.42 at $107.90 at to $1.56. Backwardation occurs WASHINGTON: New claims 11:45am EDT (1545 GMT). when a front-month contract is for US jobless benefits dropped Brent crude oil rose 6 cents to stronger than the next one, and it last week to their lowest level $108.67 a barrel, with its premium is usually understood to indicate in four months, a positive over US crude touching an intra- expectations for weaker demand sign for hiring that could bol- day low of just 87 cents a barrel, the in the following weeks. ster expectations the Federal narrowest since November 2010. “We are seeing a very steep Reserve will ease its monetary The price difference between backwardation in the September- stimulus this year. the world’s two most heavily October contracts - the last time it Initial claims for state unem- traded crude contracts has nar- was that high was in 1990 after the ployment benefits fell by 24,000 to rowed sharply in recent weeks as start of the Iraq War,” said Olivier a seasonally adjusted 334,000, the increased pipeline capacity has Jakob, analyst at Petromatrix. Labour Department said. It was reduced the glut of oil around the Analysts paid close attention the lowest reading since March WTI delivery point of Cushing, to Federal Reserve Chairman and a steeper fall than analysts Oklahoma. Ben Bernanke’s comments on had expected. As recently as February the Thursday when he testified Readings for jobless claims can so-called Brent-WTI spread had before Congress for the second be volatile in July because many traded at more than $23 a barrel, time in two days. Bernanke said factories close to retool during the but the US benchmark has rallied that recent unemployment and period, and it is difficult for the by more than 25 percent in the inflation levels suggest that the government to adjust the data for last three months compared with central bank needs to maintain a seasonal swings because shutdown just a 9 percent rise in Brent. “highly accommodative monetary schedules vary from year to year. WTI got a further boost on policy for the foreseeable future.” Protestors shout slogans against the visit of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble as they demon- REUTERS Wednesday after data showed REUTERS strate in central Athens yesterday. Schaeuble said new financial aid for Greece could be considered if it hauls its budget out of the red, a day after parliament passed unpopular new austerity measures.

Moody’s downgrades subordinated debt ratings of 12 GCC banks

DOHA: Moody’s Investors assumptions from subordinated of rating uplift for subordinated Service yesterday downgraded debt globally, Moody’s has still debt from the BCAs of these the subordinated debt rat- retained some support for the banks. ings of 12 banks in the Gulf affected subordinated debt rat- The ratings agency noted under Cooperation Council (GCC) ings. The degree of rating uplift Basel III, which will be imple- countries, including Qatar. from the banks’ baseline credit mented in all GCC countries The affected banks in Qatar assessments (BCAs) takes into over the next few years, subordi- are Commercial Bank of Qatar, account the level of government nated debt instruments will likely Doha Bank QSC, Qatar National ownership across the banks. have mandatory loss-absorbing Bank and the UAE-based The downgrade of the subor- features that can be triggered Mashreqbank PSC. The other dinated debt ratings, which is by the provision of government GCC banks are Arab National expected to affect approximately support. While the subordinated Bank, Banque Saudi Fransi, Abu $3bn of securities, is driven by debt downgraded yesterday does Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC, Moody’s view that the risk pro- not include such loss-absorption Emirates NBD PJSC, First Gulf file of junior debt instruments features, Moody’s has observed Bank, Burgan Bank SAK, Bank has increased, given global regu- regulators in other jurisdictions Muscat SAOG and BBK BSC. latory trends of imposing losses using their statutory powers to Moody’s downgrading of the on junior creditors as part of share losses with existing subor- subordinated debt ratings of the bank bailouts orchestrated by dinated debt holders regardless of banks (by one to three notches) governments. the contractual obligations within reflect the heightened risk of Moody’s standard rating such instruments. the imposition of losses on these approach for subordinated bank Although there have been instruments. Although the down- debt fully excludes systemic sup- limited policy signals from GCC grades capture the evolving risk port from these junior instru- regulators regarding the intro- profile of subordinated debt, the ments, and subordinated debt duction of burden-sharing for rating agency continues to recog- ratings are now typically posi- subordinated debt instruments, nise the unique record, capacity tioned below the banks’ BCAs, Moody’s recognises that the local and willingness of Gulf authorities rather than one notch below the authorities, like their global coun- to extend support, particularly to senior unsecured rating. However, terparts, are generally keen to government-owned banks. in the case of the Gulf banks reduce the moral hazard that is Accordingly, and in contrast the rating agency has applied present within such supportive to Moody’s standard of fully an exception to its standard systems. removing government support approach and retained elements THE PENINSULA

Kuwait to spend $3.5bn less this fiscal year

KUWAIT: Kuwait expects to spend around 1bn This compares to revenues of 14bn dinars before dinars ($3.5bn) less in the 2013/14 fiscal year, the FGF deduction and expenditures of 22bn dinars according to the state budget published by the in the previous fiscal year. In a bid to invest more Ministry of Finance on Wednesday, despite the efficiently, Kuwait announced last September that major oil producer forecasting higher revenue. it would more than double the portion of revenues Kuwait, one of the world’s richest countries per cap- it puts into a rainy day fund for when oil runs out ita, hiked state spending by 13 percent in the last fiscal or the economy faces severe shocks. year as it grappled with a wave of industrial unrest. The state budget for the 2013/2014 fiscal year is However, since then, the International Monetary Fund projected to face a deficit of around 7.43bn dinars warned Kuwait risks exhausting all of its oil savings ($26bn), Hamada said. Kuwait booked a record by 2017 if it keeps spending money at the current rate. budget surplus of 13.2bn dinars in 2011/2012 thanks A recently approved budget bill estimated overall to strong oil income and lower spending. revenues, after deducting 25 percent for the Future Hamada added that the approved budget for the Generations Fund (FGF), at 13.57bn dinars com- fiscal year ending in March 2014 estimated oil rev- pared with an expected total expenditure estimated enues at 16.88bn dinars, about 93.3 percent of the at about 21bn dinars, Kuwait’s state news agency total state revenues, and non-oil revenues at 1.21bn (KUNA) reported citing Khalifa Hamada, under- dinars, or 6.7 percent of the overall revenues. secretary at the ministry of finance. REUTERS FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Asian economies struggling to reignite growth Prospects for 2014 look better

BANGALORE: Emerging Asia Indian exports too fell for the will show little increase in eco- second straight month in June. nomic growth rates this year “Chinese data disappointed due to weak exports, with China recently and indicates that eco- giving more priority to mak- nomic growth will cool down fur- ing needed reforms, and India ther later in 2013. Accordingly, tightening policies to defend economic momentum has slumped its beleaguered rupee, Reuters further in other emerging mar- polls showed yesterday. kets due to sluggish overall global Prospects for 2014, however, demand momentum,” said Stefan look better with most economies Hofer, emerging market econo- expected to grow faster than this mist at Julius Baer. Traders working on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. year on the back of a recovery in If the current rate of export US growth. growth holds for the rest of the The polls on the outlook for a year, calculations by Reuters dozen top Asian countries, taken on data from the World Trade European stocks rise; gold firms up between July 8 to 17, showed econ- Organisation show exports by omists have slashed 2013 growth China and India will show low sin- forecasts for almost all econo- gle-digit growth this year, while LONDON: European shares late in New York on Wednesday. until the Fed is happy the economy moribund economies of Western mies in the region with China, those in Indonesia, South Korea, advanced yesterday on unex- And the price of gold firmed to can stand on its own two feet. Europe. India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan and Thailand will likely pectedly positive US jobs data $1,283.25 an ounce on the London “I emphasise that, because In company news, shares in the Taiwan bearing the brunt. stagnate or contract. and more expected testimony Bullion Market, from $1,297.25 on our asset purchases depend on London Stock Exchange Group Indeed, forecasts for gross The deterioration on the trade from US Federal Reserve chief Wednesday. economic and financial develop- (LSEG) soared to the top of the domestic product growth in China front, coupled with capital out- Ben Bernanke that he had In the US, the world’s biggest ments, they are by no means on FTSE 100 index on an impressive and India, the two regional pow- flows as investors took fright over no preset plans to wind down economy, fewer people filed new a preset course,” Bernanke told first-quarter trading update. erhouses, have now been cut in speculation that the US Federal stimulus. claims for unemployment insur- lawmakers. Bernanke is due to be LSEG shares jumped 7.43 per- almost every quarterly poll since Reserve would start winding “The improved weekly job- ance benefits last week as the job grilled by Senators later. cent to 1,564 pence after news a year ago. China is expected to down its mega-stimulus pro- less claims data out of the US market slowly improved, govern- At midday in the US, the Dow that revenues rallied 39 percent grow 7.5 percent this year, while gramme exposed the weaknesses appears to have been the catalyst ment data showed. Jones Industrial Average rose in the first quarter of its finan- India is forecast to show 5.5 per- of several Asian economies. for this push higher, with markets Initial jobless claims fell to 0.73 percent, while the tech-rich cial year, or three months to June, cent growth — way below levels A crying need for structural keeping a close ear on events in 334,000 in the week ending July Nasdaq Composite Index was compared with the same period a both countries are used to. reforms in some was thrown in Washington and the second day 13, when most analysts expected virtually unchanged. Bernanke year earlier. Supplying developed countries sharp relief. China and India of Bernanke’s testimony,” said a smaller decline to 348,000. said the economy was expanding In Paris, shares in struggling with everything from consumer are both racing to put in place Michael Hewson, Senior Market The US Fed has made the at a moderate pace and showed French automaker PSA Peugeot and electronic goods, to clothes reforms that will reduce their Analyst at CMC Markets UK. reduction of high unemployment, solid signs of strength in various Citroen rose by 6.94 percent to and technology equipment, Asia’s reliance on hot money flows and At close, London’s FTSE 100 which stood at 7.6 percent for the areas, a view supported by the ¤8.50 after analysts at HSBC export focused economies have strengthen core industries. index of leading shares was up second month in a row in June, an Fed’s Beige Book report, which bank recommended the stock. been hit by a prolonged slowdown While Chinese GDP growth 0.95 percent to end at 6,634.36 overarching goal of its big stimu- was also released on Wednesday. On the Frankfurt exchange, in their main markets. has slowed to 7.5 percent in the points. Frankfurt’s DAX 30 gained lus programme. Chris Beauchamp of invest- shares in German software giant In June, China’s exports fell for second quarter, the ninth slow- 1.00 percent to 8,337.09 points and And in the first of his two days of ment bank IG said: “Investors SAP fell 1.11 percent to ¤57.03 the first time in 17 months and down in the last 10 quarters, the in Paris the CAC 40 jumped 1.44 testimony to Congress, Bernanke can hardly be blamed for throw- after it trimmed its full-year a private survey of the manufac- government has said it will toler- percent to 3,972.79 points. told representatives on Wednesday ing themselves in the general sales forecast in the face of the turing sector showed new orders ate lower growth rates in order to On the foreign exchange mar- that the vast bond-buying pro- direction of an economy that is “difficult macroeconomic environ- declined that month for the sec- push through reforms. ket, the European single currency gramme — known as quantitative showing real signs of health, espe- ment” in Asia and Japan. ond time in a row. REUTERS dropped to $1.3083 from $1.3123 easing — would remain in place cially when viewed against the AFP

Nokia handset sales to fall QATARI MARKET UAE telecom Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 103.31 0.48 % Aa2 AA operators fail to Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 104.63 1.76 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.50 2.66 % Aa2 AA agree network Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 113.38 2.97 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 107.50 3.47 % Aa2 AA sharing deal Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 158.00 4.73 % Aa2 AA DUBAI: Two UAE telecom oper- Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 117.25 5.19 % Aa2 AA ators, Etisalat and du, remain at Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 108.75 5.16 % Aa2 AA loggerheads over a deal to allow Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.00 1.47 % Aa2 AA them to compete on fixed line Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.75 3.27 % Aa2 AA services nearly four years after Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.75 1.35 % A1 A- negotiations began. 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But a report from the Telecommunications Regulatory Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.50 3.93 % Aa3 A Authority this week shows the SOVEREIGNS companies cannot agree on the extent of so-called bitstream Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P access, which would enable one Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 103.75 0.20 % Aa2 AA Dell postpones meeting on buyout operator to permit the other to Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.00 2.59 % Aa2 AA use its fixed network, or a method Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 109.00 2.47 % NR NR to determine the fees for allowing Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 105.50 3.34 % NR NR NEW YORK/ROUND ROCK, 3 personal computer maker. said. Still, they said Michael Dell such access. “The two licensees TEXAS: Dell Inc postponed Investors are divided over Dell’s and private equity partner Silver are still negotiating,” states the Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 118.25 4.73 % NR NR a shareholder vote on its chief prospects. 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This earlier text *Periodic Distribution Amount shareholders gathered at Dell’s company founded out of Michael Some arbitrage investment also shows Etisalat and du began IMPORTANT NOTE: headquarters in Texas to decide Dell’s dorm room in 1984 can funds may also hold out hope talks on this in September 2009. Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which on what could be the largest transform itself into a dominant that Michael Dell will bump up Du rapidly won market share is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services buyout since the financial crisis, provider of business computing his offer price, they added on con- after ending Etisalat’s domes- Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary buys time for co-founder and CEO services — under his leadership dition of anonymity. Arbitrageurs, tic mobile monopoly in 2007 and data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising Michael Dell to persuade naysay- or otherwise. who typically make short-term claimed 48.1 percent of the UAE’s out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds ers to switch sides. In the week leading up to the bets around the outcomes of deals mobile subscribers as of March 31. can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant Complicating matters, billion- meeting, Icahn’s team and Dell’s and other major transactions, Further liberalisation has proved liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not aire investor Carl Icahn, who has special board committee — which own roughly 350 million shares or fraught — mobile number portabil- a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and amassed an 8.7 percent stake supports the CEO’s offer — have 20 percent of the company’s out- ity, which would allow customers to consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. in Dell, is leading a charge with flooded shareholders with letters standing stock, one of the inves- retain their phone number when major shareholder Southeastern and documents to argue their tors estimated. Michael Dell may switching provider, has yet to be Asset Management against the respective positions. have to raise his $13.65-a-share introduced despite the regulator buyout with an offer of his own. Vanguard and BlackRock Inc are offer to secure the deal, analysts previously stating this would be He and others say Michael Dell’s now on board with the proposal, and investors say. available by mid-2008. deal undervalues the world’s No. sources familiar with the matter REUTERS REUTERS FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Tax evasion: We Fear, greed & bank capital BY EDWARD HADAS credit drought is always a possibility, right Second come anti-greed institutions, now the greater danger is from a continu- Safer Banks. Unlike Narrow Banks, they uildings should be strong enough ing credit flood. make loans, but only relatively safe ones. can, and should, to withstand storms and earth- Regulators and economists pay attention They are tightly regulated, charge modest quakes. Similarly, banks should to the supposedly meagre flow of credit to interest rates and promise depositors mod- be able to remain upright small businesses. That may be a problem – erate returns. These promises can almost after massive waves of losses. the evidence is mixed — but it pales before always be kept, but when they cannot, when do much better BEngineers have a pretty good idea of how the excesses. There is too much lending literal or figurative tsunamis hit, the deposi- to make skyscrapers strong. The regulators from one financial institution to another tors will suffer. That risk should be made BY MARK ZIRNSAK and lawmakers who set the rules for big and too much public-sector borrowing clear, perhaps by designating a small por- banks are still struggling, five years after for the sake of unjustifiable lower taxes tion of the deposits as “risk shares” which ax evasion and tax avoidance by multinational companies the government rescue of many American or higher spending. Governments borrow offer variable returns. has reached such a level of concern that even the wealthy and European banks. wildly, while mortgages and consumer loans Finally, there are Riskier Banks, which countries club, the OECD, agrees it needs to be curbed. Bankers and their defenders say that leave more families in precarious financial put money in riskier enterprises, offering TThe OECD have publicly stated tax evasion is not only the struggle is over. The financial struc- positions. National levels of leverage remain more potential gains for depositors and bad for markets, but also allows tax evaders to obtain a competi- tures have been reinforced: deeper capi- at record highs, even before considering the investors who are willing to bear more tive advantage. This is not because they are more efficient and tal foundations, new supports added and debt hidden in derivatives. potential losses. Today’s banks are mostly innovative, but because they are better at hiding profit from tax weak materials removed. But many critics As for greed, it is easy to pick on bank- Riskier, but their business model — high authorities. Tax dodging deprives governments of the revenues point out that the banks have not done the ers, but they have become a scapegoat. default rates on loans, high interest rates they need to provide basic services. Either everyone else needs to one thing necessary — to double or triple Everyone who puts money into banks is for borrowers and high promised returns pay more tax, or we see further cuts to public services. the ratio of shareholders’ equity to total guilty. Shareholders want too high dividends, to some providers of funds — makes them It costs developing countries even more. Research commis- assets. That is the only sure way, they say, buyers of bank debt refuse to accept losses liable to disastrous sudden collapse. sioned by Christian Aid in 2009 found developing countries were to guarantee that large losses on loans do and depositors demand absolute safety. Regulators are improving their rescue cheated out of at least $160bn a year by two types of tax evasion not threaten the ability of the institution to All of them want more than is reasonable. techniques. However, it makes more sense by multinational corporations. Ending this would provide some of remain standing. Banks should not squeeze vast profit out of to address the structural flaw. Riskier these countries a path out of poverty; they would have the revenue I think the critics are largely right. As the economy, and they cannot fully escape Banks should take much less risk on their to provide services to their own people, and would be less likely economists Anat Admati and Martin the real economy’s ups and downs. own account. They should simply pass to be caught in cycles of debt and aid dependency. Hellwig explain in their book, The Bankers’ What would banks look like without the through a variable stream of payments from Unfortunately, the current level of confidentiality provided to New Clothes, the bankers’ almost instinc- misdirected fear and the nearly ubiquitous borrowers to depositors. multinational corporations by the taxation administration act tive aversion to equity protects bonuses and greed? They would certainly have more To keep the stream from excesses, loans 1953 makes assessment of profit shifting by multinational cor- shareholders at the expense of the general equity, but I think society would demand with high interest rates should be replaced porations operating in Australia very difficult, if not impossible. public. Still, in my view banks have a more something more: A different banking system. with more flexible products. Defaults would Only the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the multinational fundamental problem than poor capital I would suggest a three-part arrangement. be rarer if payments varied along with some corporations engaged have access to the detailed information that structures. It is society’s unreasonable Start with purely transactional Narrow measure of economic activity: income, infla- would allow a thorough assessment to be made. However, even expectations of what they can accomplish. Banks. They take no risk, holding their tion rates or a collection of general eco- the ATO would be unable to make a detailed assessment of the The best way to make banks disaster- funds in the electronic equivalent of mat- nomic indices. extent of tax evasion taking place. They are only likely to see the proof is to eliminate an irrational fear which tresses. The need for such institutions is The design of such flexible products is a tip of the iceberg. Tax dodging reduces the reportable profit of a makes banks too big and to resist the dan- obvious, once the exaggerated fear of insuffi- job for financial engineers. Up to now, the multinational corporation, so profit shifting is unlikely to show gerous greed which makes them too brittle. cient credit is removed. The money used for profession has largely wasted its skills in up in examining effective tax rates paid by companies. It is quite rational to fear a sudden payrolls and bills should be safe and totally modelling and analysis. Their products The best guesses of a range of researchers would suggest that the banking system collapse, but economists separate from the funds dedicated to the often encouraged reckless behaviour. The losses to Australian tax revenue from multinational tax avoidance and politicians are much too worried about inherently risky business of saving, lending engineers could redeem themselves by are in the billions each year, and only likely to grow without effective a sharp decline in lending. While such a and investing. designing sounder banks. REUTERS action. So far, the current Australian government has been strong on speaking up about the threat of multinational corporate tax avoid- ance or evasion to the Commonwealth budget, but its actions have been modest at best, and in some cases downright pathetic. At the better end of the Australian government’s efforts have been some tightening up in the rules governing the opportunities of multina- tional corporations to use internal trading to shift profits to parts of the corporation located in tax havens. Australia has also been at the forefront of sharing information with other tax authorities around the world, to make detection of tax avoidance and tax eva- sion easier. It was quick to sign up to the international convention on mutual administrative assistance on tax matters. Australia has been supporting the development of an OECD programme, Tax Inspectors Without Borders, which will aim to deploy existing and retired tax officials from OECD countries into the tax authorities of developing countries. This will provide on-the-job training for tax authorities in the developing countries. Such initiatives can have spectacular results, with USAID support worth $5.3m in 2004-10 to improve tax collection in El Salvador leading to increased revenue of $350m per year. As sunlight is the best disinfectant to corruption, so trans- parency is one of the best deterrents. Europe and the US have moved to start requiring mining, oil and gas companies to have to report the taxes they have paid in every country they are present in. Europe has also moved to require banks to report profits, taxes paid, turnover and number of employees broken down on a country-by-country basis, laying bare attempts to shift profits into tax havens. In contrast, Australia’s pathetic response in this area has been to legislate so the ATO could publicly report total income, taxable income and income tax payable in Australia for corporate tax entities with total incomes of $100m or more. This will do little to expose any profit shifting activities by multina- tional companies. To be fair to the government, even this weak measure met with fierce opposition from much of the corporate sector and their tax minimisation advisers. The Coalition voted against the measure in the parliament. In addition to greater transparency, the real test will be if gov- ernments can agree to reform the out-dated global tax framework. Multinational corporations need to be taxed on the basis of where they are actually doing business, as opposed to being taxed on the basis of their legal structures which can be artificially manipulated to avoid paying tax anywhere on parts of their profits. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate This is the peak of summer’s unpredictability n extremely volatile did not buy this argument as the highlighted the difficulty with sea- lack of available credit remains which increased the likelihood week in the currency US data has been improving and sonal adjustment factors in July a major constraint on household of the Bank of china remaining market with the US some removal of QE is clearly for a variety of reasons—namely purchases of large ticket items accommodative for a long time Adollar losing ground warranted. auto sector retooling and the July and indicates the need for a swift and put pressure on Asian cur- in the middle of the week after On the foreign exchange side, 4 holiday. Next week’s data take implementation of banking union. rencies. Imports also dropped 0.7 the FOMC stated its preference currencies closed the week with Weekly Money Market Review on added significance as they cor- Employment in Australia rose percent while analysts expected a to see further labour market a recovering US Dollar after its respond to the survey period for 10.3k in June, although the com- 6 percent increase. Gold jumped improvement before tapering weakness prevailed during the economy on its continuous frag- July nonfarm payrolls. position was a little soft with full- this week to reach a high of $1,298, begins. While the initial reaction middle of the week. After dropping ile recovery. In the commodity During the week, European time dipping 4.4k while part-time as the impact of Federal Reserve on Wednesday night saw treasur- on Wednesday night by 2.76 per- complex, Gold prices jumped to Central Bank VP Vitor Constancio rising 14.8k. Hours worked rose a chairman Ben Bernanke’s dovish ies and equities rise, these moves cent, from a high 84.75, the Dollar almost $1,300.00 as Fed Chairman also mentioned that the Euro 0.5 percent m-o-m to be 1.9 per- monetary policy comments ech- retraced with treasuries ending index recouped some of the losses Bernanke’s dovish monetary policy zone is likely to see an extended cent higher y-o-y, suggesting that oed in the financial markets while near their lows and stock indi- to close the week around the 83.00 comments triggered a buying spree period of slower economic growth, the peak period of weakness here encouraging investors buying for ces little changed. The main move level. The Euro exploded higher among investors. Gold prices closed and ECB’s policy will stay loose has passed. China’s finance min- Gold. A day earlier, Bernanke was however, in currencies, as the on Bernanke’s dovish comments at $1,285.00 today. The continuous for a long time. ECB would not ister mentioned that the country stated that a highly accommoda- USD fell sharply versus the other and on a very violent short squeeze volatile situation in Egypt continue exit from crisis measures yet. may expand less than the govern- tive monetary policy is necessary majors with gains in the EUR, that took it all the way from a low to put upward pressures on Oil ECB forward guidance has been ment set target in 2013. While for the foreseeable future to help JPY and GBP. of 1.2755 to a high of 1.3207 on prices, along with the US inventory successful in stabilising financial the government had a target of aid in the US economy, as the As mentioned earlier, the FOMC Wednesday night. Investors took coming much worse than expected. markets after Fed taper talks. 7.5 percent, Lou Jiwei, mentioned unemployment rate was too high minutes were slightly more Dovish the opportunity to short the pair Oil prices reached a high of 107.45 Euro area is still facing a pain- they were confident to achieve 7 at 7.6 percent and inflation too low than expected as there was more back and Euro gave back its gain to end the week at $105.95. ful crisis of imbalances, financial percent rate this year. In addi- at 1 percent. of a focus on deflationary pres- to close the week at 1.3050. Initial jobless claims for the week fragmentation and low growth. tion, Lou also mentioned, “we don’t As Egypt continues to be a big sures than had been expressed With the Japanese election of July 6 increased +16k to 360k The Euro zone May industrial think 6.5 percent or 7 percent will topic for oil investors, it is only in the post meeting press release. looming on July 21, investors pre- after the prior week was revised production fell 0.3 percent m/m be a big problem” in a response to the last of several financial and Bernanke also mentioned highly ferred to remain on the sideline up +1k to 344k. This had the effect in line with analysts’ expectations. a question on whether there is a geopolitical reasons that have accommodative monetary policy and the Japanese Yen continue to of raising the four-week moving Following the German, French and limit on slower growth that official kept oil strong for the past sev- will be needed for the foreseeable range trade between the 98 and average +6k to 352k. Analysts Italian data, this just re-affirms the will tolerate eral months despite the shaky future and the Fed were failing the 101.50 level. Market expecta- have argued that it is not unusual message from earlier data releases On the data front, China’s performance of just about every on both of their mandates that is tions are tilting towards the rul- to see significant volatility in job- this week. The yr/yr fall was 1.3 exports and imports declined in other asset class. Add on this, a inflation and employment. The Fed ing democratic party and the new less claims around the beginning percent. Weakness was most June more than expected. While big shortage in US oil invento- seems to be keen for the market to Komeito party together to win 70 of July. In fact, the Department noticeable in consumer durable analysts had forecasted an increase ries, caused oil to shoot up and wind back some of their tapering seats to secure a stable majority in of Labour commentary on today’s goods, which dropped 2.3 percent in exports of 3.7 percent and the remains very well bid for the expectations, however, investors the chamber and to keep Japan’s data admitted as much as they m/m and 6.2 percent yr/yr. The number came negative 3.1 percent, moment. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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MONTE CARLO, MONACO: Mo Farah will head to next Light Monaco month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow full relief after of confidence in his bid to rep- licate his stunning London gloomy week Olympic double distance gold. Ethiopian marathon runner Haile Gebrselassie trains after an interview The Somali-born Briton topped MONTE CARLO: The world in his gymnasium in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa in this July 16, 2013 the podiums of the men’s 5,000 of athletics will hope the spot- file photo. Gebrselassie, regarded by many as the greatest long distance and 10,000m in the English capi- light turns back to action on the runner of all time, plans to enter politics during Ethiopia’s legislative tal, a year after winning a gold track and field at the Diamond elections, in two years’ time. (5,000) and silver (10,000) in the League meet in Monaco today Daegu worlds to assure himself a after a disastrous week during place in the pantheon of distance which two of the best sprint- Long-distance great greats. ers to have ever donned spikes Farah will step down to run the tested positive for drugs. 1500m at the Monaco Diamond The failed tests of American Gebrselassie eyes new role League in a bid to ramp up his Tyson Gay and Jamaican Asafa pace in the build-up to the August Powell, second and fourth fast- ADDIS ABABA: As his feet hit the pedals at lightning speed, 10-18 Moscow words, a distance est men of all time, and Powell’s Haile Gebrselassie barely breaks a sweat on an exercise bike at he also raced in the principality Britain’s Mo Farah reacts as he wins the men’s 5,000m final at the compatriot, three-time Olympic his gym in the Ethiopian capital’s upscale Bole district. in impressive style before Daegu. London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in this August medallist Sherone Simpson, have He then proceeds to work on his chest muscles, hours after jog- “Training’s going very well,” 2012 file photo. Farah will run the 5,000 and the 10,000 at the IAAF World plunged the sport into one of its ging down the forested hills in the northern suburbs of Addis Ababa. Farah said. “It’s important going darkest periods just three weeks The 40-year-old still maintains the tough regimen that brought Championships to be held in Moscow next month. into Moscow that I work on my away from the start of the world him track glory and international recognition for two decades, after speed and count on everything. championships in Moscow. clinching the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres races at the 1992 Junior “I’ll run the 1500m and see 5,000m the last time he raced in career, I don’t think I’ll ever feel Gay was expected to run in World Championships in Seoul. what I can do and learn some- Monaco, Farah insisted he was the same again,” he said. Monaco, where he set the stadium Some 27 world records, two Olympic gold medals and four World thing from that race. happy to follow his coach Alberto “After London, life has changed record of 19.72sec over 200m in Championships titles later, Gebrselassie, regarded by many as the “The 1500m’s an interest- Salazar’s advice to drop down. a lot. Two races have changed my 2010, and maintain an impressive greatest long distance runner of all time, says he still does not know ing race, those guys don’t hang “I’ll just go with the plan and life. I’d raced so much before, but streak of early-season unbeaten when he will retire from sport. around!” what my coach says,” he said. the Olympics changed things. form in his bid to dethrone But he has yet to start on his one longstanding ambition - to Farah added: “I ran 3:33 in “My aim is to be healthy going “People think I just came along, Jamaican duo Yohan Blake, now enter politics - something he now plans to do at Ethiopia’s legisla- 2011, so hopefully if I can run into Moscow, that’s the big one, but I’ve been around for ages. As injured, and Usain Bolt of their tive elections, in two years’ time. that or just under would be great I’ll just take it one race at a time. a senior I never broke through. world sprint titles. “Now I think I am a little bit mature. As I told you in 2010, my for me. At the same time, I’m not “Everything’s going to plan. I’ve “I wouldn’t say I was doing the Ironically, Gay’s absence has ambition was politics,” he said. “Now 2015 is the perfect time.” thinking about times but racing just got to stay injury free. Pretty wrong training but I wasn’t smart made team-mate Justin Gatlin, “People think I will become a parliamentarian, but the competition against these guys. much all the work’s been done, I’m about my training. the 2004 Olympic champion and won’t be easy. That’s why I needed to prepare two years in advance.” “It’s a different pain from just enjoying it.” “I started taking it seriously London Games bronze medallist Known as “The Emperor”, Gebrselassie enjoys immense popularity 1500m to 5k and 10k. Farah admitted that the sen- in 2006 when I lived with the who served a four-year ban for in the Horn of Africa country and has used his winnings to build “My aim is to get stuck in to see sations he felt when he won in Kenyans. I said to myself, ‘If I doping, favourite in the blue rib- a successful business empire including hotels, a car dealership, a what I can do, come away with a London would likely never be ever have a chance to compete and 100m event. cinema and a sports complex. good time and hopefully a good repeated. with these guys, I must do what Elsewhere on the track, Mo But some in Ethiopia have expressed their surprise at his political position.” “It’s great to win the Olympics they do’, and so I went to Kenya, Farah will compete in the 1500m, aspirations, given the country’s dubious democratic track record. Despite setting a personal best in your home town. Nothing gets Ethiopia, Australia (to train).” stepping down from the 5,000 and Politics is dominated by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary and national record of 12:53 in the better than that. In my entire REUTERS 10,000m in both of which he is Democratic Front, in power since 1991 when it ousted Mengistu defending Olympic champion. Haile Mariam’s military junta. A tough field including Kenyan In parliament, all but two of the 547 seats are held by the rul- world gold and silver medallists ing party. There is one independent member and only one from an Asbel Kiprop and Silas Kiplagat opposition party, which often accuses the government of arbitrarily Too much emphasis on will ensure a fast pace. arresting its members. And the triple jump will feature Gebrselassie plans to run as an independent, and says he is not French track and field’s ‘bad boy’ daunted by the prospects of politics tarnishing his reputation as a Teddy Tamgho, the world indoor sporting hero. The ruling party had yet to express a clear opinion record holder steadily making a on the popular athlete’s bid for public office. 100m: Monaco chief comeback from injury in a bid to Gebrselassie has yet to issue a policy manifesto, but he says he worry Olympic and world cham- would support measures to help fight poverty and enable Ethiopia MONTE CARLO: There is too the sport into testing times just in appearance fees, was not pion Christian Taylor of the to become a middle-income country. much emphasis granted to the weeks away from the world cham- desirable. United States. Speaking on the latest doping scandal to hit international ath- 100m, according to the director pionships in Moscow. “If we wanted to cut back, With Jamaican sprinting in the letics, Gebrselassie urged anti-doping bodies to widen the scope of the Monaco Diamond League, Monaco meet director Jean- we don’t invite (stars),” he said. doping doldrums, multiple medal of their investigations, after former world sprint champion Tyson which will not have American Pierre Schoebel insisted that “But it’s not something favourable winner Veronica Campbell-Brown Gay failed a dope test but denied knowingly taking a performance- Tyson Gay competing because athletics was bigger than just the (for athletics or organisers) that having also tested positive earlier enhancing drug. of his positive drugs test. 100m. we desire. Doping controls are this season, Shelly-Ann Fraser- The scandal marked yet another blow for the sport after former Long dubbed the blue riband “I totally agree that we give increasingly efficient. The proof Pryce has been left to carry the world 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell and Olympic 4x100 event of track and field, the 100m perhaps too much importance to is that we find people out. hopes for the women. Having set meters relay silver medallist Sherone Simpson also said they had event is often scheduled as the the 100m while there exist a lot “We’re the first to regret it, but a world lead of 22.13sec at the both tested positive for the stimulant oxilophrine at June’s Jamaican highlight of a meet, notably after of other events that people get that will not stop us from doing Jamaican national championships, championships. Gay said he had “put his trust in someone” and that the arrival on the sprint scene of passionate about,” Schoebel said everything we can to organise a she goes up against American he had been let down. Gebrselassie said he “still could not believe” Jamaican star Usain Bolt. ahead of today’s meet. “Personally, very good meet. Gay was without Carmelita Jeter, the bronze med- the weekend’s disclosures. Bolt’s compatriot Asafa Powell track and field must not be doubt the number one. There are allist in London behind Fraser- “It’s better to stop these problems from the root. You don’t know and American arch-rival Gay summed up by the 100m.” so many other trees that he will Pryce and winner Allyson Felix, sometimes, (whether) in these kind of problems there is someone were both announced last week to But Schoebel added that not hide the forest. A forest which who competes in the 4x100m relay behind (the athlete’s doping),” he said. REUTERS have failed drugs tests, plunging Gay’s absence, while saving him is thick.” AFP in Monaco. REUTERS

LA Lakers start NFL: Super Bowl chase planning for next season NEW YORK: The Los Angeles begins as camps open Lakers are looking to the future Singer/actress Selena Gomez in an attempt to rebuild the NEW YORK: The Tampa two Super Bowls in six seasons to see experienced players arrive, and NFL player team and may have their sights Bay Buccaneers opened their with the club. Tynes has made a full week later than Miami and set on potential 2014 free-agents Victor Cruz National Football League 2013 190 of 233 field goal kicks for the Dallas on July 27. LeBron James and Carmelo present Best pre-season training camp yes- Giants and Kansas City in 129 Several questions linger over Anthony, according to ESPN. terday -- workouts that kick off career games. the upcoming NFL season, Breakthrough The Lakers have indicated a gridiron journey which will “We are disappointed to lose a among them whether or not Athlete award that they want to be in position culminate in next February’s productive player like Connor but Adrian Peterson can set a one- during the 2013 to make an offer to one or both Super Bowl. are very fortunate to be able to season league rushing record. He ESPY Awards after next season, team sources Only 50 days after the Bucs’ sign an experienced kicker at this finished eight yards shy of Eric show at the told ESPN. They called the wing- rookies arrived at camp, the NFL time of year,” Buccaneers general Dickerson’s record 2,105 yards. Nokia Theatre ranging possibilities of landing season is slated to open with the manager Mark Dominik said. The New England Patriots have LA Live in either superstar both realistic and defending Super Bowl champion The New Orleans Saints were enjoyed 10 consecutive 10-win sea- Los Angeles far-fetched. Baltimore Ravens playing at set to follow by opening workouts sons but at age 35, quarterback yesterday. The ESPN sources said James has Denver. today with the San Francisco Tom Brady will be tested without 20th annual yet to entertain thoughts about The reigning champions typi- 49ers and Cleveland Browns favorite receiver Wes Welker, who ESPY’s honour his plans beyond next season in cally open at home but the Ravens to open pre-season practice signed with Denver, and Aaron the best in Miami. The Heat will be coming were booked into a road opener tomorrowy. Hernandez, who was released sports in the off their second straight NBA after Major League Baseball’s While newcomers, free agents after being charged with murder. past year. championship. Baltimore Orioles refused to move and college draft choices will Tight end Rob Gronkowski is also Anthony has an early termina- their home game at a ballpark report in the opening days of questionable after back surgery. tion option after next season in adjacent to the Ravens’ stadium. workouts, it will be the Dallas New Orleans produced an NFL his contract with the Knicks. The Buccaneers, who host their Cowboys and Miami Dolphins one-season record 7,474 yards Star Kobe Bryant has said he practice sessions at the team’s who welcome the first veteran two seasons ago but after a sea- wants to play two to three more Florida headquarters, announced players to camp on Saturday. son marred by suspensions in the seasons and would help recruit that kicker Connor Barth will That’s because the Cowboys wake of a pay-to-injure scandal, star players to LA. miss the entire season after sur- and Dolphins will meet in the the Saints allowed a record 7,042 He will be the highest-paid gery to repair a torn Achilles first pre-season exhibition game yards. player in the NBA next season tendon. on August 4, the Hall of Fame And while the Ravens return at $30.5m but appears willing Tampa Bay signed a one-year Game at Canton, Ohio. quarterback Joe Flacco, who championship roster to retire- stalwart and team leader, will be to rework his deal to allow the deal with Lawrence Tynes, who The Buffalo Bills and signed a $120.6m contract exten- ment or other teams. Replacing difficult on and off the field. Lakers enough cap room to bring helped the New York Giants win Indianapolis Colts will be the last sion, Baltimore lost much of their linebacker Ray Lewis, a defensive REUTERS in top talent. AGENCIES FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Mourinho issues World Cup warning after failed bid EPL giants Chelsea reach Malaysia for the second leg of their Asia trip

KUALA LUMPUR: Jose Dutch striker van Persie is seen shocked United in Bangkok last Mourinho yesterday warned as United’s first choice striker. week -- 1-0 courtesy of a Romelu Tennis: that players who aren’t auto- During the conference Lukaku first-half penalty. matic picks for their clubs could Mourinho said that with the Kevin De Bruyne was a chief miss out on the World Cup in World Cup a year away, a player threat on his debut, after return- Federer Brazil next year. picked regularly for his team ing from a loan spell at Werder The Chelsea boss issued the would obviously stand a better Bremen, and he whistled a thun- warning just after Manchester chance of representing his coun- derous shot past the uprights on breezes into United rejected a bid from the try in the Brazil World Cup. 23 minutes. Blues for 27-year-old Wayne “He must play very regular for Lukaku was also posing prob- Hamburg Rooney, who has been told by new the club and that is the big moti- lems early on and he forced a manager David Moyes that Robin vation if they are thinking about sharp save from the goalkeeper van Persie is the club’s first-choice the World Cup,” he said. after galloping through one-on- quarters striker. Mourinho has previously stated one on the half-hour. “Normally for a player to be that striker Rooney was Chelsea’s But the first goal of Mourinho’s HAMBURG: Roger Federer selected to play for his country, only remaining summer transfer new era came from the spot after (pictured above) had few prob- the player must be a first choice target for the club. Brazilian right-back Wallace, lems as he breezed into the player in the club,” Mourinho News reports had stated that Chelsea’s new signing from quarter-finals of the Hamburg told reporters in Malaysia dur- Rooney wanted to leave Old Fluminense, went down under a ATP tournament with a straight ing Chelsea’s brand-boosting tour Trafford this summer, identify- challenge in the box. sets third-round win over Czech in Asia. ing Chelsea as the club he wants And Lukaku made no mistake opponent Jan Hajek yesterday. “So any player that wants to to join, due to a lack of pitch-time with his left foot as he drove the The Swiss ace, playing his sec- go to the World Cup... if they are at United last season. penalty low and to the ‘keeper’s ond match since his second-round second choice in their club they The England international, who right for his first goal in a Chelsea exit at Wimbledon last month, are in trouble. They are in trou- has been the subject of an inquiry shirt, with 35 minutes gone. needed just over an hour to seal ble,” he warned. from Arsenal, believes he is at the The six foot four (1.93 metre) a 6-4, 6-3 win over the 29-year- Earlier some 100 fans gathered peak of his career and is unwill- Belgian might have had another old Hajek to reach the last eight. outside the team’s hotel to wel- ing to become a back-up player, but his first-time shot in the box “Wins like that do me good,” come the players on their arrival particularly in a World Cup year. was again parried away. admitted the 31-year-old Federer, from Bangkok. Two days ago, the charismatic Both teams switched nearly who faces Germany’s Florian The Blues-adoring supporters Portuguese, in his first game back their entire teams at half-time Mayer in today’s quarter-final. held up a “Welcome” banner and after six seasons away, led a side and it was a disjointed second Federer squandered 10 of his yelled: “We love you Chelsea.” brimming with new faces to a period from the Blues. 13 break points, including five Chelsea will play Malaysia’s 1-0 “training session” win over “It was a good experience for match points in the eighth game Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho national selection on Sunday Singha All-Star XI. us, because they were very well of the second set, but prevailed in is hit by a shaft of blue light after before heading to Jakarta. Mourinho’s Chelsea are organised tactically, they were 72 minutes. Having brushed off addressing reporters at a hotel in A Chelsea official told reporters rated as the biggest threat to very compact... I think my team his Wimbledon cobwebs by fight- Bangkok last Tuesday. Chelsea are before the press conference that Manchester United’s title defence were always in control,” Mourinho ing back after losing the first in Kuala Lumpur as part of their 50-year-old Mourinho would not as Moyes attempts to follow Alex said. “It was a good training set to Germany’s Daniel Brand pre-season visit to the Far East. answer any questions related to a Ferguson’s 27-year, 38-trophy session,” he added. Mourinho in Wednesday’s second round, failed bid for Rooney. The England reign. said veteran midfielder Frank Federer fired down seven aces to forward has two years left on his And Chelsea got off to a posi- Lampard had been left out as a Hajek’s two. contract with Manchester United tive start under Mourinho by precaution after taking a knock Second-seed Tommy Haas of but has been pushing for a move. beating the All Stars -- who to the kidneys. AGENCIES Germany also booked his place in the last eight with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq. The 35-year-old German is bid- EPL slams Blatter’s winter Cup plan ding to win his hometown title for the first time in 11 appearances LONDON: Premier League chiefs have the FIFA Executive Committee meets on unchanged. The prospect of a winter World “I fully share the view that you have to - four of his 14 ATP World Tour slammed FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s October 3 and 4. Cup is neither workable nor desirable for play in the best period for football; that is titles have come on German soil. plan to move the 2022 World Cup in “The Executive Committee will certainly European domestic football,” a Premier not June or July in Qatar. In the quarter-finals Haas faces Qatar to the winter. follow me,” he was quoted as saying. League spokesman said. “This is an issue that FIFA has to sort 12th-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini, There has been widespread concern over “It is clear that you cannot play in this Qatar plans to spend around £65bn out,” he said. who dismissed Marcel Granollers the health dangers posed by staging the heat in the summer and we have to con- ($101bn, 76 billion euros) on infrastructure Qatar, who won their World Cup hosting 6-2, 6-4 in 90 minutes. tournament in the Gulf in June and July sider the players.” projects, including building new high-tech bid three years ago, has already said it was The 26-year-old Fognini won where temperatures rocket to 50 degrees But the Premier League have been stadiums, which the Qatar 2022 Supreme ready to stage the tournament in summer his first tour title in Stuttgart (122 degrees Fahrenheit). vocal opponents of the winter idea on the Committee said would likely cost $4-5 or winter. last week, where he beat Haas And Blatter this week confronted the grounds it will cause major disruption to billion. “Various figures from the world of foot- in the quarter-finals. “After his issue by stating he believed the tournament three domestic seasons, the 2021-22 season But average temperatures in Qatar are ball have raised preferences for hosting tournament success in Stuttgart, could not take place in the summer, and and the ones either side, as well as impact- markedly cooler in December, with highs in the winter,” the Qatar 2022 Supreme he’s currently playing the best that position has been backed up by the ing on broadcasting contracts. of 24C and lows of 15C. Committee said in a statement earlier this tennis of his life,” Haas said of international players’ union FIFPro. And Blatter’s latest comments drew a And UEFA general secretary Gianni year. Fognini after the German was Blatter insisted he would push to have scathing response from the organisation Infantino recently added his weight to calls “We are ready to host the World Cup critical of his own performance the World Cup moved despite the effects on Thursday. for the 2022 World Cup to be staged later in summer or winter. Our planning isn’t against Berlocq. “I’ll have to be it could have on domestic leagues when “The Premier League position remains in the year. affected either way.” REUTERS fully focused.” REUTERS Reds keep tight ATP Hamburg Open City boss Pellegrini grip on ace results HAMBURG: Collated results from the striker Suarez ATP Hamburg Open yesterday (x denotes heads home: Club seeding): JAKARTA: Liverpool’s star 3rd round DURBAN: Manchester City taken charge of Bayern, the first striker Luis Suarez is not for manager Manuel Pellegrini has German team to win the treble of sale, manager Brendan Rodgers Florian Mayer (GER) bt Feliciano Lopez left the team’s pre-season tour European, league and cup titles said yesterday, after the club (ESP x11) 7-6(7/1), 6-2 of South Africa to return to last season, the Bavarian giants reportedly turned down a £30m Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) Chile due to family reasons, the are clear favourites to retain the ($45m) offer from Arsenal. 6-4, 6-3 Premier League club announced. league title, something which Suarez, 26, has three years left Assistant manager Brian Kidd inspires Jones. on his contract with Liverpool, Tommy Haas (GER x2) bt Carlos Berlocq took charge of City’s friendly “It’s great when everyone sees and the controversial Uruguayan (ARG) 6-2, 6-4 against Amazulu in Durban see it that way before the season will spend the first six games of Fernando Verdasco (ESP x14) bt Jerzy yesterday. starts,” he said. “There is nothing the next season on the bench for Janowicz (POL x4) 7-5, 4-0 - retired The game was the second of better than to chase the team who biting. City’s trip to South Africa before are where you want to be.” Nonetheless, Arsenal and Real Juan Monaco (ARG x5) bt Benoit Paire Bayern Munich’s Xherdan they leave for Hong Kong on Having finished fourth in the Madrid are believed to have made (FRA x9) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 Sunday. Bundesliga last season behind Shaqiri attends a photo bids for the striker, whose floor It is unclear how long Pellegrini, Bayern, Dortmund and Bayer call in Munich yesterday. price is set at £40m by Liverpool. Nicolas Almagro (ESP x3) bt Guillermo who took over from Roberto Leverkusen, Schalke face a play- The squad assembled for “We had an offer that came to Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-2, 6-3 Mancini last month, will be away off in August to qualify for the official team photos ahead the club, but it was nowhere near Fabio Fognini (ITA x12) bt Marcel from his players. City’s squad only Champions League draw and have of the new season. the value and worth of what we Granollers (ESP) 6-2, 6-4 returned to pre-season training been proactive on the transfer feel that Luis brings,” Rodgers on Monday last week. market. told reporters, without confirm- Federico Delbonis (ARG) bt Dmitry Meanwhile, v eteran mid- Promising Hungary striker ing who made the deal. “In this Tursunov (RUS) 6-4, 6-3 Tennis: WTA fielder Jermaine Jones has said Adam Szalai has been signed from moment in time, he’s very much Swedish Open results - collated Champions League side Schalke Mainz, Germany Under-19 mid- BSkyB extends TV deal with a Liverpool player,” Rodgers said. 04 must aim to disrupt Bayern fielder Leon Goretzka has come Arsenal manager Arsene WTA Swedish Open Munich and Borussia Dortmund’s from VfL Bochum and Brazilian England’s lower league to 2018 Wenger, also in Jakarta for a results domination of the Bundesliga this centre-back Felipe Santana has friendly last week that ended in season. joined from rivals Dortmund. LONDON: Pay television company BSkyB announced a surprise a 7-0 victory for his team, was BASTAD, Sweden: Results from the fourth Apart from Bayern and Schalke open their Bundesliga five-year extension to its contract to show live matches from tight-lipped when asked about a day of the WTA Swedish Open yesterday (x Borussia, VfL Wolfsburg were season against Hamburg on English soccer’s lower tiers yesterday, an early renewal sparked by bid for Suarez, but said he hoped denotes seeding): the last team to win the German Sunday August 11. BT’s entry into the market. “to be in a position where we can 2nd round league title back in 2009, but Also yesterday, France mid- Sky Bet, the betting arm of BSkyB, will also become the title sponsor answer this question”. the Royal Blues of Schalke aim fielder Florent Malouda signed a of the Football League under the new agreement which runs until 2018. Last month Suarez, who was Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Anna Tatishvili to break up the monopoly this two-year deal with Turkish first The Football League, which is made up of the 72 professional clubs banned for racist abuse in 2011, (GEO) 6-2, 6-3 season. division club Trabzonspor, the six- below the Premier League, was only a year into its current three-year admitted it would be difficult to Richel Hogenkamp (NED) bt Lesya “Our aim should be to play for time champions announced. TV deal with BSkyB. turn down an offer from Spanish Tsurenko (UKR x6) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 the German title. Part of foot- The international winger will The League’s Chief Commercial Officer said earlier this year that it giants Real Madrid. British media ball is having high ambitions and receive 2.5m euros a season after planned to make an early start on contract renewal talks to capitalise has reported a recent offer of Mathilde Johansson (FRA) bt Andrea not having any fear that it won’t being released by Premier League on the growing sporting rivalry between BSkyB and BT. £25m by the Spanish club. Gámiz (VEN) 7-5, 6-2 work out,” the 31-year-old US side Chelsea and spending last Telecoms provider BT is launching new sports channels in August, Liverpool will play an Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Simona Halep midfielder told German magazine season in the reserves. having bought a share of the Premier League rights as a second broad- Indonesian all-star team today in (ROM x2) 4-6, 7-5, 2-0 - retired Kicker. With Pep Guardiola having AGENCIES caster alongside BSkyB. REUTERS an exhibition match. REUTERS FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Bell’s century rescues England Home team reaches 289 for seven wickets on day one of the second Test at Lord’s

LONDON: Ian Bell’s third Britain’s hundred in successive Ashes Queen matches saw England fight back Elizabeth against Australia in the second shakes Test at Lord’s yesterday. hands with Ashes-holders England were England’s 289 for seven at stumps on the first day, having been in dire Kevin straits at 28 for three when Bell Pietersen came in. before the Yet just when it seemed start of the England had regained control, second part-time leg-spinner Steven Test cricket Smith took three wickets for 18 match runs in six overs late in the day. between Tim Bresnan was seven not England and out and nightwatchman James Australia Anderson four not out at the at Lord’s close. Cricket Bell’s 109 was the same score as Ground, he made in the second innings of in London England’s 14-run first Test win at yesterday. Trent Bridge last week, with both these centuries following his 115 in the final match of the 2010/11 Scoreboard Ashes in Sydney. Queen soaks The 31-year-old was the fourth England (I innings) Total (for 7 wkts) ...... 289 Englishman to score centu- A.Cook lbw Watson ...... 12 To bat: S.Broad, G.Swann. up Ashes ries in three consecutive Ashes J.Root lbw Harris ...... 6 Fall of wickets: 1-18 2-26 3-28 4-127 5-271 Tests after Jack Hobbs, who did J.Trott c Khawaja b Harris ...... 58 6-274 7-283. it twice, in 1911/12 and 1924/25, K.Pietersen c Haddin b Harris ...... 2 Bowling: Pattinson 18-3-79-0 (1nb 3w), Har- atmosphere at Walter Hammond in 1928/29 and I.Bell c Clarke b Smith ...... 109 ris 20-6-43-3, Watson 12-4-41-1, Siddle 20- Chris Broad, whose son Stuart J.Bairstow c & b Smith ...... 67 6-53-0 (1nb), Agar 13-2-44-0 (2nb), sunny Lord’s was in England’s side Thursday, M.Prior c Haddin b Smith ...... 6 Smith 6-1-18-3. in 1986/87. T.Bresnan (batting) ...... 7 Australia: S.Watson, C.Rogers, U.Khawaja, LONDON: Queen Elizabeth Bell, together with J.Anderson (batting) ...... 4 P.Hughes, M.Clarke, S.Smith, B.Haddin, A.Agar, II watched wickets tumble Warwickshire colleague Jonathan Extras (LB-11 W-3 NB-4) ...... 18 P.Siddle, J.Pattinson, R.Harris. as she visited Lord’s yester- Trott (58) and Jonny Bairstow day to watch the start of the (67), shared partnerships of 99 second Ashes Test between and 144. an over. The 33-year-old, playing Pietersen, on two, nicked to wick- England and Australia. Yet England’s grip was loos- just the 13th Test of his injury- etkeeper Brad Haddin. With the start of play hav- ened when Smith dismissed Bell, ravaged career and first in more Often criticised for slow scor- ing been delayed by 15 min- Bairstow and Matt Prior. than a year, had Root lbw in his ing, the fluent Trott had scored 11 utes to accommodate the visit, “Today was about trying to get third over. fours when he top-edged a pull off the royal standard was raised as many runs as we could and if Root referred the decision and a Harris short-ball to give Usman before the Queen, monarch of that comes with it that’s good,” after all the controversy sur- Khawaja a simple catch at deep both Britain and Australia, said Bell of his record-equalling rounding the use of the Decision square leg. walked out of the iconic Lord’s century. Review System (DRS) in the first Bairstow, on 21, was bowled Pavilion and on to the field, “Credit has to go to Australia, Test, it was no surprise that New by Peter Siddle but was told to where both teams were lined (Ryan) Harris coming back into Zealand’s Tony Hill, now in the wait as Dharmasena asked Hill to up to greet her. the team bowled well. Jonathan third umpire’s chair, took several check for what turned out to be The head of state -- wear- Trott and myself had to leave minutes before upholding Sri the slightest of no-balls. ing a blue hat, blue dress and really well. Lankan on-field official Kumar The first over after tea saw white jacket with blue trim “You know Australia are just Dharmasena’s decision that the Australian fast bowler James -- was first introduced to the going to keep coming at you and ball had hit pad first. Pattinson concede 16 runs, with Australia team as captain you’ve never got enough (runs). Four balls later, Harris shaped Bell stroking three elegant Michael Clarke led her down “If the dry conditions stay we a delivery up the slope which boundaries REUTERS the line of players. know we have quality bowlers who And, as the last of the 28,825 can bowl reverse swing and then sunbaked, sell-out crowd took later on spin will come into it.” their seats, England captain After the teams were presented and opener Alastair Cook and before play to Queen Elizabeth his side took their turn for a II, monarch of both Britain and handshake and a brief word Australia, it was the tourists who with the monarch. bossed the early exchanges. The sovereign was given England were soon three wick- three cheers by both teams ets down with skipper Alastair and then applauded from the Cook, opening partner Joe Root field as she headed back to the and dangerman Kevin Pietersen Pavilion, where she was intro- all out cheaply. duced to coaching staff from Shane Watson got the ball roll- both sides before taking a ing for Australia when he brought seat to watch some of the first England’s Ian Bell kisses his helmet as he celebrates after scoring a one back into Cook’s pads to have England’s Jonny Bairstow waits for a TV replay after Australia’s Peter session. century (100 runs) during the first day of the second cricket Test match the left-hander lbw for 12. Siddle had clean bowled him at the Lord’s cricket ground yesterday. Former Australian prime in the Ashes series against Australia at Lord’s cricket ground in north Harris, recalled after Australia Bairstow was reinstated after a replay showed that Siddle had bowled minister John Howard was dropped the wayward Mitchell sat next to Queen Elizabeth in London yesterday. a no-ball. Starc, then took two wickets in the Pavilion and he could not contain his excitement when West Indies Sri Lanka cricket skipper R yder keen to Cook’s wicket fell, clapping Angelo Mathews, 26, and his enthusiastically. bride Heshani look on during And when England bats- unchanged their wedding at a Roman ‘get back on man Joe Root was given out leg before wicket, the deci- Catholic church in Colombo sion was referred to a third for third yesterday. Mathews is sitting horse’ with umpire behind the scenes, who out of two matches in the used technology to check the ODI against upcoming South Africa tour Otago move verdict. of Sri Lanka because of a England women’s captain Pakistan in two-match ban for a slow WELLINGTON: Former New Charlotte Edwards talked the bowling rate at a tri-series Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder monarch through what was Saint Lucia match involving India. Dinesh has recovered from a vicious happening as images show- Chandimal will now become assault and is eager to resume ing the heat marks left by the GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia: Sri Lanka’s youngest ODI playing cricket, hoping that a ball on Root’s bat and were West Indies have resisted the captain at 23 after being move to Otago from Wellington screened for the crowds. temptation to ring the changes handed the reins for the first will reinvigorate his interna- “I was trying to explain the and go into the third One-Day two matches against South tional career, his manager said DRS (Decision Review System) International of the five-match Africa in Colombo. Chandimal yesterday. and I think she understood it,” series against Pakistan today in will captain Sri Lanka in The burly left-hander was Edwards said. St Lucia with the same squad place of suspended skipper beaten up outside a Christchurch “I was telling her if the ball that shared the honours with Mathews. bar in March, an attack that left hits the pad first it’s out, even the visitors over the first two him in a coma with a fractured if the ball goes on to hit the bat. matches in Guyana. skull. Two men were charged “Having her here makes There was much specula- gamble, especially given the time culprits - paved the way for a with assault and have pleaded it an extra special day, the tion that the selectors would of year that these matches are Remaining ODIs West Indies win despite fifties by not guilty. excitement around the ground have explored other options in being played when pitches around Fri July 19: West Indies vs opener Nasir Jamshed and wick- “At some point, Jesse needs this morning grew when she both batting and bowling for the the region are generally expected Pakistan at Beausejour Stadium, etkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal. to get back into international arrived.” remaining three ODI’s. to be greener and offering more Gros Islet, St Lucia Not that the West Indies are cricket,” Ryder’s manager Aaron England had lost three early However they have chosen assistance to the pacers. Sun July 21: West Indies vs in any way significantly different. Klee told the Otago Daily Times. wickets by the time the sover- to keep with the same eleven With a 16-man travelling Pakistan at Beausejour Stadium, They were routed for just 98 in “He just needed some time to sort eign left. that played both matches at party, Pakistan have a wider Gros Islet, St Lucia the first match, their lowest-ever himself out. We’re getting close to This was scheduled to be Providence along with batsman pool from which to draw their Wed July 24: West Indies vs total in an ODI in the Caribbean, that point. Queen Elizabeth’s penultimate Devon Smith and fast bowler Tino final eleven and there is a strong Pakistan at Beausejour Stadium, and were reliant on the Bravo “After what happened in engagement before leaving Best. case for Junaid Khan playing at Gros Islet, St Lucia brothers, Darren and skipper Christchurch, we realised there next week for her traditional Despite being the most prolific the Beausejour Cricket Ground Dwayne, to post what proved to wasn’t much point sitting around. summer break at her private batsman in domestic cricket in alongside fellow left-arm seam- ever. Contrasting half-centuries be a match-winning total in the It’s time to get back on the horse Balmoral estate in Scotland. the Caribbean in 2013, Smith is ers Mohammad Irfan and Wahab by Shahid Afridi and skipper second encounter. and get the career charging again. The 87-year-old said considered fortunate to have been Riaz. His inclusion would likely Misbah-ul-Haq more than ade- It all points to more domination “All going well, it won’t take Wednesday she hoped her retained as he failed to score in be at the expense of Asad Ali, quately compensated for the fail- by the bowlers of both sides when him that long to get back into grandson Prince William’s both matches he played in the the right-armer who opened the ure of the others in the line-up in the series resumes today unless international cricket.” heavily-pregnant wife preceding Tri-Nation Series bowling with the giant Irfan in the the opening match last Sunday. someone on either side can rise Klee said Ryder had been work- Catherine would give birth involving Sri Lanka and eventual opening fixtures at Providence. But in the second match two above the prevailing mediocrity ing hard on his fitness but was soon before she heads off on winners India. In the batting department, the days later, poor shot selection - to produce a truly special batting still suffering some effects of the holiday. REUTERS Best is considered less of a tourists remain as vulnerable as with Misbah and Afridi the chief exhibition. REUTERS head injury. REUTERS FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

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GULLANE, Scotland: Zach Zach Johnson Johnson’s putter was as red- of the US (left) hot as the weather at Muirfield shakes his yesterday, the 2007 US Masters hands with his Overall leader Britain’s Christopher Froome celebrates wearing the yellow champion scorching his way to a caddie Damon jersey on the podium at the end of the 172.5km eighteenth stage of the five-under-par 66 to set a blis- Green on the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Gap and Alpe- tering pace in the British Open 18th green, after d’Huez, French Alps. first round. While the American was mak- finishing the ing an electric start to the third first round of the major of the year, world number British Open golf two Rory McIlroy crashed to championship an eight-over 79 and European at Muirfield Britain’s Froome Ryder Cup team-mate Luke in Scotland Donald ballooned to an 80. yesterday. Tiger Woods has developed Johnson used something of a penchant for a red-hot putter extends his lead errant first-hole tee shots and the to lead the world number one did it again on British Open the east coast of Scotland, snap- at scorching L’ALPE D’HUEZ, FRANCE: hooking his three-wood deep into Muirfield on Chris Froome showed rare signs Tour de France the rough to open with a bogey. a pulsating of weakness yesterday despite 18th stage The 14-times major champion opening day. extending his overall lead on bounced back, however, with four the Tour de France in the 18th birdies on the back nine leaving stage, won after two epic ascents results him lurking ominously on 69. dropping his only stroke of the complained about the flag sad resignation when he walked of l’Alpe d’Huez by France’s L’ALPE-D’HUEZ: Results of the 18th stage Mark O’Meara flew a sur- day at the 14th. positions. off the 18th green. Christophe Riblon. of the Tour de France, a 172.5km ride from prise flag for the ‘golden oldies’, “Any time you shoot under par “I’m not a big fan of guys who “Sometimes I feel like I’m walk- The Briton cracked with less Gap to L’Alpe-d’Huez yesterday: the 56-year-old American tuck- in an Open or a major, for that whine a lot,” said 1998 British ing around out there and I’m than five kilometres to go on the ing into joint second place with matter, you have to be putting at Open champion O’Meara. unconscious,” said McIlroy. “It’s second trip up the mountain’s 1 Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 4hr Spaniard Rafael Cabrera-Bello least decent and I putted great,” “I don’t see any reason for it. nothing to do with technique, it’s 21 hairpin bends but sent team- 51min 32sec on 67. Johnson told reporters as temper- “Especially today’s generation, all mental. I feel like I’ve been mate Richie Porte to fetch some One stroke further adrift atures rose to a balmy 80 degrees they’re so talented. The greens walking around out there like food and the Australian nursed 2 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) at were Americans Dustin Johnson, in East Lothian. “This is the Open got pretty quick for an Open that for the last couple of months. Froome to the finish 3:18 behind 0:59s Brandt Snedeker and Tom and you expect difficult conditions championship but I didn’t see it It’s a very alien feeling, something Riblon, who became the first 3 Moreno Moser (ITA/CAN) 1:27. Lehman, Miguel Angel Jimenez but a couple of the pin positions being unfair.” I’ve never felt before.” Frenchman to win a stage in this of Spain and India’s Shiv Kapur. were pretty tough.” Early starter Ian Poulter led US Open champion Justin Rose year’s race. 4 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 2:12. Most of the players found the Johnson was pipped for the the carping after his 72. slipped to a 75 and title holder “I was running low on sugars,” knee-high rough difficult to cope John Deere Classic title in Illinois “Unfortunately the guys this Ernie Els could only manage a 74 Froome told reporters. 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 2:15. with and scores were high on the on Sunday when he lost in a play- afternoon will struggle with a that included a double-bogey six “I am thankful to have Richie Overall standings banks of the Firth of Forth. off to 19-year-old compatriot few pin positions,” the Briton said at the 16th where he needed three with me he did a super, super job.” The parched and dry links Jordan Speith. on his Twitter feed. “8th hole is strokes to get out of a greenside Froome and Porte were each 1 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 71hr 02min course also made it tough for the “I felt great about last week, I’ll a joke, 18th needs a windmill & bunker. given a 20-second penalty for ille- 19sec 156-strong field to control the ball be honest with you,” he said. clown face.” Woods, bidding to end a five- gal feeding as organisers said the on the fairways and the greens “What I’ve embraced is the fact The first round was no laughing year wait for a major triumph, riders were not allowed to take 2 Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) at 5:11s but most of the complaints were I’m playing great and I can put matter for McIlroy who said he also said conditions were testing. food or liquid from the team car 3 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 5:32. about the fiendish pin positions that into play and I’m certainly suffered a “brain dead” moment “There wasn’t a lot of talking during the final six km of the laid out by the Royal & Ancient confident in what I’m doing.” when he putted the ball into a out there because we’re trying stage. 4 Roman Kreuziger (CZE/SAX) 5:44. organisers. O’Meara matched Johnson’s bunker at the 15th and felt he to grind it out. It’s one of those However, Froome still leads Zach Johnson proved to be start with a barnstorming run of was generally “unconscious” all courses where it just got so dif- Alberto Contador by 5:11, after 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 5:58 the best of the bunch, waving his four birdies in six holes. Another the way round. ficult,” said the American. the Spaniard struggled to keep putter like a magic wand to birdie birdie at the ninth took him to the The Northern Irishman, whose “Some of these putts today, I the pace in the final ascent fol- the third, sixth and seventh and turn in 31 before he faltered with form has deserted him since he mean, I putted the ball off the lowing a bold but brief attack on Predictably, Contador attacked eagle the long fifth. a bogey at the 10th. changed clubs at the start of the green and it really wasn’t that bad the treacherous descent from the in the descent from the Col de The 37-year-old made further The veteran criticised the way year after signing a mega-bucks a putt. Anything that goes four Col de Sarenne. Sarenne along with team-mate inroads on par at the 12th before some of his fellow competitors deal with Nike, sported a look of feet by, it was gone.” REUTERS “I was not well. It was very Roman Kreuziger, only for the hot and humid. It was a bad day,” pair to sit up after opening a gap Contador, Tour winner in 2007 of just 20 seconds over Froome British Open and 2009, told reporters. “But I and co. scores managed to limit the damage.” Quintana’s Movistar team Woods ‘very pleased’ Contador, who was 11th on drilled it at the front of the GULLANE, Scotland: Scores from the British Open at the par-71 course yesterday in the stage, 57 seconds behind favourites’ group as Contador Gullane Froome, heads Colombian Nairo changed bike because of a minor 66 Zach Johnson (US) Quintana by 21 seconds overall technical problem. after the Movistar climber, tar- The Spaniard was left once 67 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) with first-round show geting a podium finish in Paris, again with no answer to Froome’s Mark O’Meara (US) took fourth place. acceleration but the British rider 68 M Angel Jimenez (Spain) 68 GULLANE: World number “I’ve never been as happy as I also struggled by the end as Dustin Johnson (US) one Tiger Woods said yester- US golfer am today - I’ve gone from sixth Joaquim Rodriguez and Quintana Brandt Snedeker (US) day he was very happy with a Tiger Woods to third overall,” Quintana said. sped away. REUTERS Tom Lehman (US) two under 69 in the first round acknowledges Shiv Kapur (India) of the British Open, especially the crowd after 69 Todd Hamilton (US) given the lightning quick greens playing the 18th Phil Mickelson (US) at sun-baked Muirfield. hole during the Angel Cabrera (Argentina) “It was tough. The golf course first round of Jordan Spieth (US) progressively got more dried out the 2013 British Qatar edge past Tiger Woods (US) and more difficult as we played. Open Golf Francesco Molinari (Italy) And I’m very pleased to shoot Championship anything even par or better,” he 70 Oliver Fisher (Britain) at Muirfield golf Algeria for win told journalists after finishing tied Bubba Watson (US) course at Gullane for ninth and three behind over- in Scotland G Fernandez-Castano (Spain) night leader Zach Johnson. JUBUSKI, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Qatar yesterday finally Ken Duke (US) yesterday. Woods was forced to really Despite a tasted success at the IHF Junior World Championship when they Martin Laird (Britain) grind out his round as the greens defeated Algeria 30-23 at the Gradska Sportska Dvorana Indoor shakay start, Henrik Stenson (Sweden) grew more and more perilous in Hall. the 14-times 71 Thomas Aiken (SA) the afternoon sun. The African nation gave the Gulf side a mighty scare before eventu- Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) “Well, the golf course just kept major champion ally going down in the last 10 minutes. Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) drying out. And it was so hard to bounced back Algeria’s Mohamed Amine Hanitet scored the first goal of the match with four birdies Jimmy Mullen (Britain) get the ball close, even lag putt while Qatar’s Selvedin Omahic followed suit a minute later. on the back Gareth Wright (Britain) and try to get the ball the right Qatar, which started all its previous games at a blistering pace before nine leaving him Adam Scott (Australia) speed. It was very difficult,” he dropping off, took things slowly this time. The players patiently built up said. lurking ominously moves through their wingers and waited for the opportunity to score. 72 K Aphibarnrat (Thailand) Woods expressed some sym- on 69. Qatari right winger Eldar Memisevic, who was in good form, scored Mikko Ilonen (Finland) pathy with players like England’s three times in quick succession to make it 6-3 by the eighth minute. Stewart Cink (US) Ian Poulter and American Phil However, his natural game was affected after receiving a yellow card Jimmy Walker (US) Mickelson who were quite dis- in the 16th for a needless tackle on Aissani Fethi Hadj. Jonas Blixt (Sweden) paraging about the difficulty of and even lag-putt the ball at the could have the better of the con- Algerian goalkeeper Khalifa Ghebdane was in fine nick and made Marc Warren (Britain) holding the balls on the greens. right speed.” It was a gritty per- ditions if they do.” Woods didn’t many good saves. Martin Kaymer (Germany) “Well, I could see how guys formance by Woods who dug deep seem bothered by the elbow injury At the other end, Qatar coach Dragan Zovko substituted Grco Jason Dufner (US) were complaining about it,” he to save par or escape with just a that hurt his chances at last Mirnes with Abdulaziz Althafiri early on. The 20-year-old grabbed Ian Poulter (Britain) said. “Some of these putts today, bogey on a number of holes. month’s US Open at Merion and the chance and delivered. Tim Clark (South Africa) I mean, I putted the ball off the “There wasn’t a lot of talking reckoned he had made the right Left back Omahic and left wing Abdulaziz Al Shammari kept Qatar’s Camilo Villegas (Colombia) green today. And it really wasn’t out there today because we’re decision to rest it in the lead-up scoreboard ticking, but the team’s poor defending undid most of the Mark Calcavecchia (US) that bad a putt. Anything that trying to grind it out on that to the Open. good work. Josh Teater (US) goes four feet by, it’s gone. It was golf course, and it’s one of those “Elbow held up great. That’s With just two minutes left in the first half, Algerians Mohamed and tough.” courses where it just got so dif- one of the reasons I took the Sami Bencheikh El Hocine scored back-to-back goals to draw level with Steven Tiley (Britain) Asked if it was unfair as some ficult,” he said. break to make sure that was good. Qatar for the first time (13-13). Hichem Daoud then made it 14-13 for Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) fellow competitors had suggested, Woods said it would be inter- I knew the ground was going to Algeria at the stroke of half-time. Michael Thompson (US) he replied: “You could see how esting to see if the organisers, be hard over here. There’s poten- Qatari players utilised the chance and took a three-goal lead (18-15) Darren Clarke (Britain) guys could feel that way. It got the R&A, put some water on the tial for having some long rough. and then later on braved mounting pressure to seal their win. Ryan Moore (US) so fast and so dry that, as I said, greens before today. And that little time off helped,” Qatar will take on Switzerland in their last Group B game tomorrow. Lee Westwood (Britain) it was hard to get the ball close Teeing off in the morning he he said. REUTERS THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 19 JULY 2013 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Mystery of MUSCAT 34/29 Partly cloudy 35/31 Partly cloudy ‘House of Cards’ makes KUWAIT 48/33 Clear 47/33 Clear JK Rowling’s BAHRAIN 40/32 Partly cloudy 41/33 Partly cloudy SANAA 29/17 Chance of storm 30/19 Partly cloudy RIYADH 48/33 Partly cloudy 47/33 Partly cloudy ‘secret’ novel DUBAI 43/33 Partly cloudy 41/33 Partly cloudy history with Emmy nod BAGHDAD 43/29 Clear 42/29 Clear LOS ANGELES: The Netflix television network has been nomi- finding an ever-growing audience. uncovered political drama “House of nated in the category. Nominated for best TV movie Cards” made television history Up for best comedy were or miniseries were “American LONDON: A real-life mystery THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW yesterday when it became the “Modern Family,” “The Big Bang Horror Story: Asylum,” the HBO over who blew the cover on HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER first online-only series ever to Theory,” “Girls,” “Louie,” “Veep,” musical biopics “Behind the JK Rowling writing a detec- be nominated for a major Emmy and “30 Rock,” which after seven Candelabra” and “Phil Spector,” tive novel under a pseudonym ATHENS 30/23 Chance of storm 32/24 T-storms award. seasons aired its final episode on “Political Animals,” “Top of the was uncovered yesterday when WASHINGTON 36/26 Chance of storm 34/26 T-storm The FX miniseries “American NBC in January. Lake” and the History Channel’s the culprit was revealed to be Horror Story: Asylum”, mean- Nominations in the major cate- “The Bible.” her law firm, which apologised SYDNEY 21/12 Rain 20/07 Partly cloudy while, collected 17 nods, the most gories — out of a grand total of 101 Up for best reality series were unreservedly for the leak. LONDON 29/18 Clear 28/16 Partly cloudy of any TV show, ahead of the — were announced in Los Angeles “Project Runway,” “So You Think Rowling, whose Harry Potter PARIS 31/20 Partly cloudy 31/20 Chance of storm 65th annual prime-time Emmy in a snappy 17-minute pre-dawn You Can Dance,” “The Amazing series made her Britain’s best- ISTANBUL 25/21 Chance of rain 25/21 Partly cloudy awards ceremony in Los Angeles webcast by “Breaking Bad” star Race,” “Top Chef” and “The selling author, posed as a retired MANILA 32/25 Scattered clouds 31/25 Chance of storm on September 22. Aaron Paul and Emmy host Neil Voice” — the only musical talent military policeman called Robert DHAKA 32/26 Chance of storm 33/27 Chance of storm But “House of Cards,” starring Patrick Harris. show to get a nod in a genre once Galbraith to write The Cuckoo’s DELHI 33/26 T-storms 30/25 T-storms Oscar winner Kevin Spacey as a Harris was a last-minute dominated by “American Idol.” Calling, which was released in ISLAMABAD 36/26 Chance of storm 29/25 Chance of storm shrewd US congressman, broke stand-in for “House of Cards” co- Only three African Americans April to strong reviews but mini- fresh Emmy ground, scoring nine star Kate Mara after her flight got nods in major categories: mal sales. nominations including best drama from New Mexico, where she has Kerry Washington for best But the real identity of and, for Spacey, best actor in a been on a location shoot, was can- drama actress in “Scandal,” Don Galbraith was revealed at the drama. celled, Emmy organisers said. Cheadle for best comedy actor weekend after the Sunday Times Inspired by a BBC series from This year’s Emmys come at a in “House of Lies” and Alfre newspaper received a set of anony- Newly discovered the early 1990s, “House of Cards” time of radical change in the TV Woodard for best supporting mous tweets alleging Rowling was was made exclusively for Netflix, industry, with more and more actress in a miniseries or TV the author and its staff turned the online movie streaming web- viewers “cutting the cable” and movie in “Steel Magnolias.” detective to match up the use of site, which put all 13 episodes watching their favourite shows And the irrepressible Betty language and realise that the same horned dinosaur online in February in one fell via the Internet on cellphones, White, 91, a six-time Emmy win- literary agent was involved. swoop. tablets and so-called “smart TVs.” ner, was nominated as best real- Caught fair and square, Other nominees for best Original programming made ity-show host — just a week after Rowling admitted she was drama included “Breaking Bad,” exclusively for YouTube and other NBC pulled the plug on “Betty Galbraith, sending sales of the unearthed in Utah “Downton Abbey,” “Game of video streaming websites — some- White’s Off Their Rockers,” a detective novel soaring, but one Thrones,” “Homeland” and “Mad times with high production val- candid-camera gag show, due to question remained — who sent WASHINGTON: A big-nosed dinosaur that may have used its Men” — marking the first time ues, but at much lower cost — is lacklustre ratings. those tweets in the first place? impressive horns as a mate magnet and to ward off competitors has no series from a mainstream US also reshaping the business and AFP Further digging found that the been unearthed in a fossil-rich deposit in southern Utah, scientists tweets had come from a Twitter said on Wednesday. user named Jude Callegari but the The novel species, Nasutoceratops or “big-nose horned face,” is the account was deleted. only known member of a group of dinosaurs thought to have lived 76 Investigations continued and million years ago on a land mass in Western North America isolated the anonymous tweeter was by an ancient seaway, said Scott Sampson, one of the paleontologists linked back to Rowling’s London- who discovered the extinct reptile. ‘Anti-shark’ wetsuits launched based law firm, Russells, and The new animal, described in the current issue of the British sci- SYDNEY: An Australian revealed yesterday to be the best entific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society, is from a previously research firm yesterday friend of the wife of one of the unknown branch of horned dinosaurs and stands out for horns that launched what is being touted firm’s partners. extend over its eyes toward the tip of a prominent nose, Sampson said. as the world’s first anti-shark Rowling, in a statement issued “This animal is bizarre. It takes horns to another level,” he said in wetsuit, using new discoveries by her publicist yesterday, said a telephone interview. about the predators’ eyesight to she had now discovered how the The impressive rack may be tied to attracting mates, intimidating stave off or evade an attack. leak about Galbraith’s true iden- or warring with intruders or cooling the brain, said Sampson, vice Working in conjunction tity occurred. president of research and collections at the Denver Museum of Nature with the University of Western “A tiny number of people knew and Science. Australia’s (UWA) Oceans my pseudonym and it has not The outsized, cold-blooded creature used a beak-like mouth to crop Institute, entrepreneurs Hamish been pleasant to wonder for days tropical plants, which it chewed with hundreds of teeth that were Jolly and Craig Anderson have how a woman whom I had never replaceable like a shark’s, he said. developed two lines of wetsuit heard of prior to Sunday night The find in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument designed to protect divers and could have found out something in Utah provides the strongest evidence that the southern portion surfers from sharks. that many of my oldest friends of ancient Western North America was home to a diverse dinosaur “It’s based on new break- did not know,” she said. community. through science which is all about “To say that I am disappointed Dramatic exposures of rock from the age of dinosaurs at the Grand visionary systems for predatory is an understatement. I had Staircase-Escalante have in the last 13 years led to “a completely new sharks,” Anderson said. assumed that I could expect total dinosaur assemblage we didn’t even know existed,” Sampson said. “We’ve been able to interpret confidentiality from Russells, a Roughly 20 dinosaur types have been found at sites in southern that science and convert that into, Men wearing newly designed wetsuits aimed at preventing shark attacks reputable professional firm, and Utah, upending the notion that there were no new frontiers for basically, materials that create come out of the ocean in Perth, Australia, yesterday. I feel very angry that my trust palaeontologists. some confusion for sharks’ visual turned out to be misplaced.” “Many thought we had found all the things we were going to find systems.” government following an unprec- National Geographic next week. Rowling, 47, said it had been but we’re just beginning to scratch the surface and understand the The blue-and-white “Elude” edented spate of shark attacks in Testing of the designs using “wonderful” to publish for once world of dinosaurs,” Sampson said. range, designed for divers and the state which claimed five lives dummies and tiger sharks off without hype or expectation and Jack Horner, curator of palaeontology at the Museum of the Rockies snorkellers, uses research about in the year to July 2012. Australia’s west coast has been to get feedback under a different in Montana, said the research was based on collection of limited physical sharks’ perceptions of light and Globally, there were 80 con- successful, with the predators name even if that meant some evidence that by its nature their colour blindness to essen- firmed unprovoked shark gliding past SAMS patterns publishers rejected her work. raises questions that still tially “hide you in the water col- attacks in 2012 according to the but savaging traditional black REUTERS needed to be answered. umn”, Anderson said. International Shark Attack File wetsuits. He said he and some col- The “Diverter” — mainly for managed by the Florida Museum While the results had so far leagues had entertained surfers — is based on what sharks of Natural History. That compared been “extraordinary”, Jolly said alternative theories that perceive as danger signs in nature, with 78 in 2011 and 82 in 2010. SAMS “cannot say that our suits some new dinosaur finds with a bold black and white band- Anderson and Jolly’s research are are a fail-safe protection may actually represent dif- ing patten to imitate an “unpal- firm, Shark Attack Mitigation against shark attacks”. ferent developmental stages atable food item”, according to Systems (SAMS), licensed their Further testing will be done of known species rather UWA researcher Shaun Collin. technology to wetsuit maker off southern Australia and South than new ones, but could “Many animals in biology are Radiator, which opened pre- Africa this Southern Hemisphere not speak directly on the repelled by noxious animals — orders for the first suits online summer (December-February). Utah find. prey that provide a signal that yesterday from Australian dollars The research has focused on “In most of science, we somehow says ‘Don’t eat me’ — $429 (US$392). “your larger predatory sharks — need quite a few data points and that has been manifest in a Stickers using the Diverter white pointers, tiger sharks, bull to formulate a hypothesis striped pattern,” said Collin. striped pattern are also avail- sharks, they’re the main ones The book The Cuckoo’s Calling is An artist’s version of the horned dinosaur about anything having to do It is the culmination of a two- able for the underside of surf- really internationally that cause with biology,” he said. year research project funded boards and other watercraft, with harm to humans”, Anderson said. displayed on a shelf at a book store Nasutoceratops titusi. REUTERS by the Western Australia the research to be featured on AFP in London.