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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Mawashi to enter poultry business Firm imports chicken from Bulgaria

DOHA: The Qatar Meat and prompted Mawashi to gear up to Livestock Company, popularly diversify into poultry business in known as Mawashi, is all set to a big way. enter the poultry business in a To test the ground and have big way with the company await- a feel of the market, the com- ing official nod to launch a mega pany has decided to import fro- poultry project in the country. zen chicken from Bulgaria on an Once the project is imple- experimental basis, it is learned. mented, which is likely sooner The company is apparently of rather than later, its production the opinion that is the right time can be expected to fully meet local to test the market since there is requirements for chicken and a severe shortage of fresh chicken other poultry products, includ- which has led to a rise in the ing eggs. demand for frozen stocks. The Qatari market is currently The prices of all varieties of facing a severe shortage of fresh chicken are expected to shoot chicken due to a ban imposed by up due to the shortage and price Saudi Arabia which is a larger escalations in the international exporter of poultry products market. Although frozen chicken to Qatar. prices remain stable until now, It is understood that Mawashi, promotional sales of some of a listed entity which manages the currently available popular and operates the central live- brands have ceased. stock market, has completed an Bulgarian chicken is of good Boats washed ashore by Hurricane Sandy lie scattered around a house near Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, yesterday. extensive feasibility study on the quality and slaughtered in an proposed poultry project and has Islamic way (Halal). applied to the government for the Mawashi expects the first con- necessary approvals. signment of frozen chicken from The company, it is learned, Bulgaria to arrive here very soon. After superstorm, US starts mop-up conducted a market study and While fresh chicken is short in found that local poultry prod- supply, some shopping outlets are NEW YORK: The US Northeast seawater flooded its tunnels. to images of devastation along the unity similar to what followed the ucts, including chicken, meet only now selling fresh quail produced began an arduous slog back to The New York area’s John F New Jersey shore, where flood- attacks of September 11, 2001. 30 percent of the requirements in local farms, though there are normal yesterday after historic Kennedy and Newark airports ing swallowed whole neighbour- It will take days or weeks to of the Qatari market, while the not many takers, probably due to storm Sandy crippled trans- reopened with limited service hoods, and in New York City’s recover from the massive power remaining need is met through the high prices. A 800-gramme portation, knocked out power after thousands of flights were Breezy Point, where 111 homes and mass transit outages. More imports. pack of quail is on offer at QR27. for millions and killed at least canceled, leaving travelers stuck were destroyed by fire. than 6 million customers are The findings of the study THE PENINSULA 64 people with a massive storm for days. LaGuardia Airport, a “It looks like the pictures of without electricity in the region. surge that caused epic flooding. third major airport serving the London or even Dresden after Homeland Security Secretary Financial markets reopened nation’s busiest airspace, was World War Two,” New York Janet Napolitano said the storm with New York Mayor Michael flooded and remained closed. Senator Charles Schumer said in may be the most expensive in US Bin Hammam loses appeal against ban Bloomberg ringing the open- Limited New York subway serv- describing Breezy Point. history. Most gas stations in New ZURICH: Former Fifa presidential candidate Mohamed bin ing bell at the New York Stock ice was due to return today, four “Last night I had to drive into Jersey and Long Island were shut Hammam has lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Exchange after the first weather- days after shutting down ahead lower Manhattan. It’s eerie to see yesterday due to power outages and Sport (CAS) against his latest ban from football, soccer’s goern- related two-day closure since of the storm, and some commuter all the lights out. No street lights, depleted fuel supplies, frustrating ing body said yesterday. 1888, and packed buses took rail service was due to come back no traffic lights and no glows in attempts to restore normal life, REUTERS commuters to work with the on line later yesterday. any of the apartment buildings,” industry officials said. REUTERS city’s subway system halted after The progress was in contrast Schumer said, calling for national See also page 11

Blaze aftermath OPINION Fire at Saudi Romney’s stance wedding on Mideast issues kills 25 ith only a few days who believed RIYADH: A fire sparked by left for the US presi- they are vic- celebratory gunfire has killed at Wdential elections, tims. In the least 25 people at a wedding in President Barack Obama and his same foot- Saudi Arabia, media reported Republican rival Mitt Romney age he men- yesterday. are in a tight battle after three tioned that The bullets struck electric rounds of debates aimed at out- peace in the Khalid Al Sayed decorations that triggered a lining their plans for America Middle East EDITOR-IN-CHIEF short-circuit, igniting a women- and the rest of the world. Both might not only marquee at the wedding candidates were aggressive dur- be possible when he was asked on Tuesday night in Eastern ing the debates, Romney in the about a two-state solution to Province, said Al-Yaoum news- first and Obama in the second, the Israel-Palestine conflict. paper, citing civil defence chief attacking each other on their The Republican candidate said General Abdullah Khsheiman. weaknesses, which often con- he believed in the US policy Al-Yaoum, which is based in the fused us what their real score in the region, though he ques- province, said at least 28 people was on a certain issue. tions its viability. He added that died in the fire, although vari- Residents of an eight-storey building in the Firj Abdul Aziz area were evacuated by the Police and Civil Though the final presidential Palestinians were not interested ous other reports put the death Defence personnel late last night as a fire broke out on the seventh floor. No causalties were reported due debate held on Monday on for- in peace and were committed to toll at 25, all of them women and to the timely action by cops and fire fighters. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) eign policy had less impact on destroying Israel and when they children. Americans, it is of great impor- establish their own state, Iran The governor of the oil-rich tance to the international audi- will send more weapons to the region, Prince Mohammed bin ence, who sees the debate as a West Bank, which will be used Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, ordered a way to assess how the next US against Israel and the world has prompt investigation into the Kuwait protesters march to prison president will handle tough for- to learn to coexist with this type incident, the Okaz daily reported. eign policy issues, particularly of situation. Only women and small chil- in the Middle East. Romney’s reckless remarks dren were in the tent in line with KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait riot the Interior Ministry and activ- Emir, H H Sheikh Sabah Al Romney earlier was under did not contribute to the efforts strict rules of segregation in the police used stun grenades and ists said. Ahmad Al Sabah, in a crack- pressure to restore his cam- of the United States to win back country. tear gas yesterday to disperse The protest came hours after down on dissent ahead of snap paign after a video was leaked its credibility in the Muslim In July 1999, 76 people died thousands of angry demon- the public prosecutor extended December 1 elections. showing him describing the 47 world, which is an utmost pri- in a similar incident in Eastern strators who marched on the the detention of Mussallam Witnesses said the clashes were percent of Americans as being ority of any US presidential Province. central prison where a leading Al Barrak for 10 days over still going on late yesterday. dependent on the government, candidate. Continued on page 4 AFP opposition figure is detained, remarks deemed critical of the AFP Promotion Starts From 01/11/2012 Purchase Limit May Apply, Offer Valid Till Stocks Last. Till Stocks Valid Offer Apply, Limit May Purchase *Conditions Apply *Conditions

1171/20121171/2012012 THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 DTFF to pay special homage to Yash Chopra This year’s film festival to offer audiences an inspiring cultural experience with new screening venues

BY FAZEENA SALEEM tribute showcase has been organ- ised with support from Agence DOHA: The power of Algerian Algérienne pour le Rayonnement cinema in projecting the coun- Culturel. try’s travails will get tribute from The Algerian tribute will also this year’s Doha Tribeca Film showcase an Algerian film poster Festival (DTFF), while a spe- exhibition along with an Algerian cial homage will be paid to Yash short films presentation for one Chopra, the Indian filmmaker month commencing on November who died recently and holds the 15 at Katara. reputation as ‘King of Romance’. With distinct themed seg- “This year we pay a special ments, the film festival will focus tribute to Algerian cinema, as on home grown talent this year the country marks its 50th year of with the largest showcase of 19 independence and a very special films in the ‘Made in Qatar’ seg- tribute to legendry Yash Chopra ment. Contemporary world cin- who passed away recently,” ema, Arab feature films will too be said Abdulaziz Al Khater, Chief special parts of this year’s DTFF. Executive Officer, Doha Film Public participation will be cen- Institute speaking at the 2012 From left: Maggie Kim, Executive Director of Programming at Doha Film Institute (DFI), Fatma Romehi, Head of Out Reach Programme at DFI, Abdulaziz tral with the festival hosting an Doha Tribeca Film Festival array of large community events, Al Khater, CEO of DFI, Chadi Zainddine, Resident Filmmaker and Programmer at DFI and Ludmila Cvikova, Head of International Programming at DFI Annual press conference held yes- including Family Day, as well as during the press conference at Katara yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL terday at Katara-Cultural Village. panel discussions, networking The eight day film festival events and educational filmmak- commencing on November 17, offerings will provide audiences including screening of four films of the Women of Mont Chenoua community screenings. DTFF will ing programmes including Doha will open with Mira Nair’s criti- with an inspiring cultural experi- reflecting Algeria’s struggles in (La Nouba des Femmes du Mont- be also screening Algerian films in Talks and Doha Projects. cally acclaimed The Reluctant ence with new screening venues post colonial period. Chenoua) by Assia Djeber will be its competition section. The trib- THE PENINSULA Fundamentalist, in addition to as at Katara Cultural Village, Rome Rather Than You (Roma screened at the eight day film ute will conclude with a live per- showcasing an internationally Museum of Islamic Arts (MIA), Wa La N’touma) directed by Tariq festival. formance by renowned Algerian diverse programme of over 50 and Souq Waqif. Teguia; Winds of the Aures (Le The Battle of Algiers by the jazz musician Safy Boutella at films in different categories, 93 ‘Tribute to Algerian Cinema: Vent des Aurès) by Mohammed late Italian filmmaker Gillo the official awards ceremony on Tickets go on sale from 34 countries. Caught between Past and Present’ Lakhdar-Hamina; Omar Gatlato Pontecorvo will be screened November 22. He will perform a DOHA: Film enthusiasts can This year’s DTFF with varied has lined up several events by Merzak Allouache; and Nouba as part of the complimentary special tribute to the nation. The book their places now for the fourth annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) as tickets went on sale from yesterday. Jury appointed to select winners of $440,000 prize money Pre-Festival tickets are sold at DTFF Lounge Ticket Outlet, DOHA: Doha Tribeca Film – Feature Narrative, Feature Yesim Ustaoglu; and critically Qatar’ showcase, which features Palestine, Kingdom of Saudi City Center Mall, West Bay, Festival (DTFF), the annual Documentary and Short Film – acclaimed Algerian author the largest line-up yet this year Arabia, and Syria. DFI Katara Drama Theatre cultural celebration of Doha as well as the ‘Made in Qatar’ Mohammed Moulessehoul, who with 19 films including 15 world The centrepiece of DTFF, the Ticket Outlet Katara, Building Film Institute (DFI), yesterday segment of the festival, devoted writes under the pen-name premieres, are, acclaimed Qatari Arab Film Competition has a 16, DFI Ticket Outlet (Katara, announced the juries to select to films made by Qatar-based tal- Yasmina Khadra. author Waded Al Kuwairi; Saudi total of 27 films including seven Building 26). During the festi- the winners of the Arab Film ent. The awards have total prize The jury for Documentary Arabia’s first female filmmaker, documentaries, seven narrative val tickets could be purchased Competition, the only competi- money of over US$440,000. Narrative comprises: Syrian Haifaa Al Mansour; and founder features and 13 shorts from 10 at the DTFF Souq Waqif Main tion at any regional film festival The Feature Narrative jury documentary filmmaker, pro- of the Qatar Fine Arts Society Arab countries including first Box Office dedicated wholly to honouring will be headed by renowned ducer, and scriptwriter Hala Al and renowned visual artist Faraj time entries to the competition Located across from the Al Arab cinema talent. Tunisian actress Hend Sabry. The Abdalla; Qatari director Hafiz Ali Daham. from Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Mirqab Hotel, DTFF Katara The members of the four juries, other jury members are Indian Ali and renowned Iranian artist The Arab Film Competition The Arab Film Competition for Main Box Office, Katara, drawn from across the world, director Ashutoush Gowarikar and filmmaker Shirin Neshat. this year makes a marked evolu- narrative features and documen- Building 12 and at DFI Museum include internationally acclaimed (Lagaan, Jodhaa Akbar); Dr The short films at the competi- tion in the cinematic sensibilities taries has five world premieres of Islamic Art Ticket Outlet. film professionals, authors and Emad Amralla Sultan, Deputy tion will be evaluated by Joana and approaches of the region’s and two international premieres; Tickets also can be purchased cultural thought leaders. They General Manager of Cultural Hadjithomas, Tahani Rached, and filmmakers, representing Egypt, the Arab Short Film Competition online via the DTFF website. will evaluate the Arab Film Affairs of Katara Cultural Village; Nadir Mokneche. Qatar, Tunisia, Algeria, Kuwait, has eight world and international THE PENINSULA Competition’s three segments renowned Turkish filmmaker Appraising the ‘Made in Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, premieres. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Bus accident Emir sends condolences to US President

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have sent cables of condolences and sympathy to US president Barack Obama on vic- tims of Hurricane Sandy which hit the Northeastern areas of the United States. The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani has also sent a similar cable to US president. QNA Qaradawi hospitalised DOHA: Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi, prominent Qatar-based Islamic scholar and head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars has been hospitalised in Jeddah. www.swiss-belhotel.com He went to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj. Quoting a statement issued by Tel Qaradawi’s office in Doha, Al Sharq said Fax yesterday that he developed a cold after he completed the Haj pilgrimage. No fur- ther details about the illness were given. “His condition is stable and he spoke Tel A Karwa bus crashed into the wall of a villa on the D Ring Road, Old Airport area, yesterday. to his family and students,” said the Fax No injuries were reported. SALIM MATRAMKOT statement. THE PENINSULA

Tel Fax Romney believes in Reagan’s march of freedom

Continued from page 1 for his rival’s role in foreign affairs, he said expertise. If elected president, he plans to In the three debates, Romney criticised Obama mishandled the Middle East issues, reform the Middle East by increasing US Tollfree Obama for failing to reduce the deficit as well saying his policies were naïve and he failed naval vessels, deploying hundreds of troops Fax as to generate jobs to help the economy. As to give enough support to its long-standing and enhancing the missile defence in the ally, Israel. Romney’s attacks backfired region, so as to help allies in the Arab world after Obama said that the governor and Israel. Some of his policies on the region was suggesting the US should start are similar to Obama’s. On Iran, Romney Tel another war in the region. deems its nuclear programme a threat to Fax Romney’s plan for Middle East is regional and national security. He said the all about boosting the economy which US should tighten sanctions to prevent the he considers essential in establishing country from reaching its ambitious goal. Tel leadership in the region. His goal is to Romney also backed the current admin- support groups and governments to istration in withdrawing US troops from Fax promote democracy, create economic Afghanistan, ending completely its combat opportunities, prioritise humanitar- operations by 2014, though it still depends ian rights, and oppose Iranian or on the situation on the ground. Tel jihadist influence. On Syria, Romney wants President Bashar Often criticised for his lack of Al Assad to be ousted from power. He Fax experience, Romney wanted to prove pledged to continuously support the opposi- that he is not lacking in foreign policy tion groups who seek an end to the oppres- www.doha.hilton.com sive Assad regime. As for its closest ally, Tel +974 44233333 Israel, the governor said Fax +974 44233000 he would restore the US-Israel ties to their previous stature, unlike Obama, who is keeping a distance from Tel Aviv. Romney expressed his intention of making Israel his first foreign destination if he becomes president. He guaranteed the ally Tel increased military assist- ance and political support Fax if Palestine pursues state- hood. He even urged Egypt to become a US ally and honour its peace agree- Tel ment with Israel. Fax On Arab Spring, Romney has a different view from his rival. He criticised Obama for his Tel failure to promote democ- Fax racy in the region, saying the latter did not prioritise human rights, which risked many lives, like the blood- bath that occurred during Tel the Arab Spring in Libya Fax and Syria. Romney believes in Ronald Reagan’s march of freedom, which states Tel that we cannot control the pace of freedom; however, Fax its ultimate goal is for all people to be equally free. Crafting an effective foreign policy is significant Tel in the elections as it will Fax define how the future pres- ident will lead the country, and deal with other nations and international organi- sations. The US policies aim at bringing together countries to end war and terrorism, increasing eco- nomic interest, promoting Tel democracy and freedom, Fax and addressing humanitar- ian needs. These concerns are vital in building strong ties with allies which will Tel help the US boost its Fax economy while ensuring national stability. www.renaissancedoha.com The question of who will be the next presi- Tel +974 44195000 dent remains unanswered. Romney may have used Fax +974 44195100 Obama’s failures to gain a firm footing, but the shift of events in the Middle East has actually put Obama back on his unfinished mis- sion. May the best candi- date win the November 6 elections. THE PENINSULA HOME THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Health centre closed; waste piling up in Sealine area

DOHA: The health centre in the Sealine area is in the area is not open yet. “Users of the beach need closed, almost two weeks after the start of the medical services, people with diabetes or heart prob- camping season. In addition, waste disposed in lems require quick medical attention, the Supreme this area is piling up due to lack of pick-up service Council of Health should open the centre as soon as during the holidays, according to a report in Al possible”, he added. Raya yesterday quoting visitors to the area. On the other hand, Mohammed Hussein, a Qatari Hamad Al Hajeri, a Qatari national, stated that national as well, said that the Sealine road “is very the piles of waste “are damaging the area, there is narrow and the accidents are on the rise”. too much garbage left behind since the camping Another national, Fahad Waqqaf, said that “the season started”. road needs better street lighting because many He also said that “the trucks that collect the reckless young people drive through it when it is garbage haven’t come for the last 10 days” and dark, causing serious accidents”. demanded “quick action” from the Ministry of Nationals also requested more places for tyre Municipal Affairs to clean up the area. “Several maintenance and that the Sealine mosque be workers will be needed for the task”, he added. expanded, due to the growing number of people who He also sidd that, more than 10 days after the visit this area on weekends. beginning of the camping season, the health centre THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Katara to Baraem TV hold glass reaches exhibition out to new from Nov 8 regions

DOHA: Katara is set to DOHA: Starting today, Baraem open a glass exhibition titled TV, a subsidiary of Al Jazeera ‘Constantin Boym: Learning Children’s Channel (JCC), from Mabkhara’ on November 8 through Baraem Europe will at Katara Gallery 2, Building 13. reach and touch more audi- Boym is a Professor ences in Central Europe suit- and Inaugural Director of able viewing Graduate Studies at Virginia times. Commonwealth University in Baraem Qatar, and TV is the the project first dedi- has been cated free supported to air pre- by Faculty school chan- Research nel for Arab Grants from children VCUQatar. providing The expo Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight to Mozambique’s capital city of Maputo arrives to a water salute at the city’s international airport yesterday. preschool- which will ers with run until the dedicated and December 1 quality content to assist them in features unique and exquisite their discovery and developing shapes and designs of Mabkhara process in their formative years. (pictured), a traditional Arab Qatar Airways flies to Maputo Baraem TV’s programming incense burner typically used in grids are built after careful daily domestic activities in the research into audience viewing Arab world. Mozambique becomes carrier’s 19th destination in African continent habits and are scheduled to coin- Incense burners serve as rep- cide with their social, physiologi- resentations of sensorial culture cal and psychological needs. As all of the East, much celebrated in MAPUTO, Mozambique: Across Africa, the airline flies shows are presently telecasted at the world of literature and arts Qatar Airways yesterday The Doha – Maputo schedule to 19 cities – Alexandria, Algiers, Makkah time, young audiences in in the last two centuries. The announced the launch of sched- Benghazi, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, central Europe have not reaped exhibition will present the new uled flights to Mozambique, its WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS AND SUNDAYS Entebbe, Luxor, Casablanca, Cape benefits from the shows owing to objects alongside their traditional latest foray on the African con- Town, Johannesburg, Khartoum, time differences. prototypes from the region, to tinent and 10th new route of the Depart Doha QR584 at 0105hrs Kilimanjaro, Kigali, Lagos, Baraem Europe will essentially illustrate the process of ‘learn- year. Arrive Maputo at 1040hrs via Johannesburg Maputo, Nairobi, Seychelles, mean that the same Baraem ing’ and to better highlight the A release issued by the car- Depart Maputo QR585 at 1210hrs Tripoli and Tunis. shows will now be broadcasted dialectic between continuity and rier said it inaugurated the first Arrive Doha at 2325hrs via Johannesburg Qatar Airways has seen rapid hours after Makkah time to innovation. of three weekly services to the growth in just 15 years of opera- appear at the ‘right’ time for the The collection of incense burn- country’s capital city of Maputo, tions, currently flying a mod- audiences in Europe, through the ers to be displayed at the expo gateway to Mozambique’s rich Republic of Mozambique to Qatar Airways Senior Manager ern fleet of 111 aircraft to 120 same official satellite frequency. is made of borosilicate (Pyrex), natural resources and a source UAE, responsible for Qatar; and Africa, Rashid Mordiffi, who led key business and leisure desti- Saad Al Hudaifi (pictured a special glass that is clear and for strong business. Salem Abdullah Sultan Al Jaber, a delegation on the inaugural nations across Europe, Middle above), Acting Channels Director heat-resistant. The traditional The launch is further testa- Ambassador Extraordinary flight, added: “Launching these East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North said: “JCC is a strategic child-cen- formal language is extended into ment to Qatar Airways’ strat- and Plenipotentiary of Qatar’s new flights to Maputo shows our America and South America. tric channel that always considers the realm of new materials and egy to operate to underserved Embassy in South Africa with confidence and commitment to Since the beginning of 2012, its audiences’ needs, habits and technologies, reflecting changing markets that have huge poten- responsibility for Mozambique. this vibrant economy. Being an Qatar Airways has launched aspirations as a key catalyst to conditions of material culture in tial for scheduled international The arrival ceremony at important port in Mozambique, flights to Baku (Azerbaijan); its strategic plans. With this new the Gulf. flights. Qatar Airways is the first Maputo International Airport Maputo is a vital economic sup- Tbilisi (Georgia); Kigali feed, we will continue to inspire “Following the success of the and only airline from the Middle was attended by a number of ply corridor to neighbouring (Rwanda); Zagreb (Croatia), our audiences now at times best Shared Glass Exhibition we East flying to Mozambique, which guests, including Mozambique’s landlocked countries in Southern Erbil (Iraq), Baghdad (Iraq), suited for them in North Africa are delighted to welcome back becomes its 19th gateway across Minister of Transportation and Africa and strategically well Perth (Australia), Kilimanjaro and Europe as we do for our audi- Constantin Boym. This beauti- the African continent, the release Communication Paulo Zucula; positioned. (Tanzania) and Yangon ences in Doha and Saudi Arabia.” ful collection, hand-made by the added. CEO of Mozambique Airports Qatar Airways is flying its flag- (Myanmar). The newly added feed will glass master Massimo Lunardon Flight QR584 arrived in Authority Manuel Veterano; ship long-haul Boeing 777 aircraft Over the next few months, maintain the same programming in Veneto, Italy, promotes a new Maputo last morning to a water and CEO of Mozambique Civil on the Maputo route, featuring Qatar Airways will launch serv- grid as the current frequency. It vision for the traditional objects salute and a welcome by tradi- Aviation Afonso Sande Cuinhane. 335 seats in a two-class configu- ices to a diverse portfolio of new will simply now be available in the of Arab culture,” said Sa’id Costa, tional dancers followed by an Qatar Airways Chief Executive ration of 42 Business Class seats routes, including Belgrade, Serbia right places, at the right times. Curator of Exhibitions and airport ceremony attended by Officer Akbar Al Baker said the and 293 in Economy. (November 20); Warsaw, Poland Baraem represents an inte- Educational Programs of Katara. more than 80 local dignitaries latest route marked yet another The aircraft also features (December 5), Gassim, Saudi gral part of JCC’s overall global “This exhibition is a testament and media. significant milestone for the the airline’s award-winning Arabia (7 January 2013); Najaf, strategy to provide dedicated and of our commitment to nurturing Guests on the inaugural award-winning airline that has entertainment system offer- Iraq (January 23); Phnom Penh, quality content for preschoolers, local talents as well as providing flight to the former Portuguese spread its international wings to ing a fully interactive audio and Cambodia (February 20); and geared to appeal to children aged a platform for cultural exchange,” colony included Cristiano dos its 19th gateway in Africa and - video system of more than 1,000 Chicago, USA (April 10). between two and six years. he added. THE PENINSULA Santos, Consul General of the 10th new route of the year so far. programmes. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

SFS-Q debaters in winning form QF’s environment-friendly student

DOHA: The Georgetown tournament’s best speaker. participated in the tournament: SFS-Q debate team members Having debated in high school “I’m glad I did it. I never expected housing complex to be ready next year sharpened their skills in a four- for three years, Choi was excited to do well!” round debate tournament with to join the debate club. “Debate is Not only did Georgetown boast DOHA: Qatar Foundation’s new the Qatar Universities Debate a comparison between logic and the top team and top speaker, but student housing complex which League (QUDL). values and I like presenting that they are also had five adjudica- uses solar and wind energy and Hosted in the Georgetown in speeches”, says Choi. tors who contributed to scor- implements environmentally building, and amid mid-term When asked about how he felt ing throughout the tournament. friendly practices will be ready pressure, five teams from SFS-Q about his experience with the Shadi Al Shebli, first-time adju- by spring next year. participated in a full day com- debate club, Choi responded with dicator, expressed his enthusiasm Located in Education City, petition with teams from the enthusiasm: “I love the debate club for the art of debate by resolv- the new 12-building residence College of the North Atlantic, at Georgetown because everyone is ing to enter as a participant in hall complexes have solar pan- Qatar University, Stenden so nice and there is more flexibil- the next QUDL tournament. els installed on the roofs and the University and other Education ity than I had debating in Korea”. “Adjudicating really helps one shades in the car park, set to gen- City universities. Choi was not the only top ranking understand the logical sequence erate about 15 percent of their For the second time this year, speaker; first-time debater, Iman of dialogue and what makes for required power. SFS-Q students ranked first, Mohammed charmed the judges sound argumentation and persua- The buildings now under this time outscoring Carnegie and secured third place. sive style,” says Al Shebli. construction, were designed Mellon by just one point. SFS-Q “The experience was very The next QUDL tournament according to LEED (Leadership students also ranked among the interesting but also very nerve- will be held in November and stu- in Energy and Environmental best speakers. racking,” says Mohammed. dents remain enthusiastic. “We’ll Design) Platinum standards, the Yoonsuk Choi, an SFS-Q Despite the first-time jitters, win it again,” Choi says. first of their kind. freshman, was selected as the Mohammed is pleased that she THE PENINSULA The new LEED-designed resi- dence halls will implement envi- ronmentally friendly practices An artist’s impression of QF’s new student housing complex. such as wind turbines which will provide up to 3 percent of the use the residence halls as a way education to those whose energy complex’s energy needs. Used to bring education to students’ consumption patterns remain water from sinks will be filtered homes. The building’s entrance high. to produce grey water, which will have a screen that monitors The idea for the dorms came can be reused for lavatories and energy use, both overall and by about in 2007, when the need for watering plants. Card keys will floor. more housing led to a design com- require students to be at home in According to Chris Silva, petition. One bold design team order for electricity to be available Sustainability Education produced what they claimed was a in their apartment. Coordinator for Student Life, feasible design according to LEED A significant amount of the at the Office of Faculty and standards that would succeed building materials also come Student Services in the Education despite Qatar’s trying climate. from the region, within an 800km Division of Qatar Foundation, the The design was conveyed to radius, and concrete in the build- screens will flash red if a build- H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, ing reuses the by-product, fly-ash. ing is using more energy than the chairwoman of Qatar Foundation. Recessed windows will provide previous day, yellow if the energy Under her direction, Qatar light without heating the rooms to consumption remains stable and Foundation decided that any new levels that would require energy green if energy consumption has building for the Education City hungry air-conditioning. Precast decreased. campus must be designed to at walls allow the parts of the build- Silva said that there is the least the LEED Gold standard. ing to be put together like Lego potential for friendly competition A green housing for graduate blocks, significantly cutting down between floors, rewarding those students and married students Members of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Services debate team. on construction waste. whose floors use the least amount will be the next project, said Silva. Qatar Foundation also plans to of energy, and offering advice and THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Palestinian PM Syrian jets threatens to quit over cash crunch RAMALLAH, West Bank: An official close to the Palestinian prime minister says he is pound rebel threatening to resign. The official says Salam Fayyad believes he has not received enough support from other political factions as he steers the Palestinian Authority through an strongholds economic crisis. The official says Fayyad and President Mahmoud Abbas will No casualties reported discuss the resignation later. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes uprising against Assad’s regime not authorised to talk to the pounded opposition strongholds inspired by the Arab Spring, but media. around Damascus and in the it quickly morphed into a civil Fayyad, an internationally- north yesterday as President war. respected economist, has been Bashar Assad’s forces intensi- The international community forced to raise taxes and delay fied airstrikes following the fail- remains at a loss about how to salary payments to civil servants ure of a UN-backed cease-fire, stop the war. A temporary truce Members of the Free Syrian Army climb up stairs during a patrol in Haram town, Idlib Governorate, yesterday. because of the financial crisis. activists said. timed to coincide with Eid holiday He says he has no choice because The Britain-based Syrian last week failed to take hold as foreign donors have not delivered Observatory for Human Rights, more than 500 people were killed 180,000 people that fell to rebel could drag in its neighbours such plot to destroy Syria. Also yes- promised aid. But public protests which gathers reports from a net- in fighting during the four day forces on October 10. as Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. terday, SANA said a bomb hidden led by Abbas’ Fatah faction have work of activists on the ground, period. A former resident of the city Turkey’s Foreign Minister in a garbage bag exploded in an blamed Fayyad. said government jets carried out The US and other Western and said more than 70 homes have Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday area near Damascus that is home Abbas’s office denies Fayyad is five strikes in the eastern Ghouta Arab nations have called on Assad been leveled as a result of air expressed “great sadness” that to a Shiite Muslim shrine, killing threatening to resign. district, a rebel stronghold close to step down, while Russia, China bombardments this week alone. the holiday cease-fire had failed six people and wounding 13. The to the capital. and Iran continue to back him. “The Syrian air force doesn’t and said his government was done Observatory said at least eight Three airstrikes also hit the The UN-Arab League envoy leave the skies. When the war- talking to Assad’s regime. people were killed. Kuwait charges rebel-held city of Maaret Al Numan, to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, met plane goes, the helicopter comes,” That prompted angry com- The UN refugee agency, which straddles a key supply route yesterday with China’s Foreign the resident who identified him- ments from the Syrian govern- meanwhile, said it delivered opposition leader from Damascus to Aleppo and has Minister Yang Jiechi to solicit self as Ahmad said yesterday. He ment against its former ally. badly needed humanitarian aid become a main front in the civil war. Beijing’s support for international spoke from a nearby village and Syria’s Foreign Ministry spokes- to internally displaced Syrians for insulting emir No casualties were reported efforts to stop the bloodshed. would only give his first name for man, Jihad Makdessi, accused in the northern cities of Aleppo in yesterday’s strikes, the Brahimi said he hoped “China fear of reprisals from the regime. Turkey of having “destructive and Idlib, as well as in Homs in KUWAIT: Kuwaiti prosecu- Observatory said. can play an active role in solving Most of the city’s inhabitants policies” against Damascus and the center of the country and tors have charged an opposition However, at least 185 people the events in Syria.” have fled due to heavy fighting, claimed Davutoglu, was “targeting Hassakeh and Raqqa in the leader with insulting the ruler, were killed nationwide in air- Yang said that China is willing Ahmad said. the security and stability” of Syria. northeast. a defence lawyer said yesterday, strikes and artillery shelling the to work with the international “Everyone has fled, you can’t The spokesman insisted it was Speaking in Jordan, UNHCR’s in a case likely to fuel tension day before, pushing the total community to make continuous live here anymore,” Ahmad said, the unwillingness of Turkey and regional spokesman Ron before a parliamentary election death toll since the conflict began efforts to achieve a “fair, peace- adding that rebel groups, includ- Gulf states to cease supporting Redmond said cooking materials, on December 1. in March 2011 to over 36,000, ful and appropriate” resolution, ing the Al Qaida inspired Jabhat the rebels that doomed the truce, blankets, mattresses, and sanitary Musallam Al Barrak, an out- according to the Observatory’s according to Xinhua. Al Nusra, had flocked to the area the state-run SANA news agency supplies were delivered to almost spoken former member of parlia- president Rami Abdul Rahman. In the past weeks, the regime to defend it. reported late Tuesday. 3,000 Syrians who fled the fight- ment was picked up from his home At least 47 soldiers were also killed has intensified airstrikes on rebel The inability to sustain even a Damascus views the rebels as ing in the past weeks and have on Monday night, two weeks after on Tuesday, the Observatory said. positions and strongholds, partic- limited truce has raised fears of terrorists and accuses them of been left homeless. an opposition rally at which he Syria’s crisis began as a peaceful ularly Maaret Al Numan, a city of a prolonged conflict in Syria that being foot soldiers in a foreign AP made rare critical remarks about the emir of Kuwait, H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah. Prosecutors have charged Barrak with encroaching on the pillars of the emirate, insult- ing the emir and infringing his Bahrain must lift ban on protests, says Amnesty authorities, said the lawyer, who asked not to be named. DUBAI: Bahrain must lift its He said the move was neces- must act to protect peaceful pro- demonstrators to “desist from down on unrest. Activists cite an He said prosecutors had total ban on opposition protests, sary because violence accompany- testers rather than using the vio- violent protest”. increased use of shotgun pellets, ordered Barrak held for 10 days which violates the right to free- ing marches and gatherings had lent acts of a few as a pretext to “A blanket ban of this nature is whose use officials have declined pending investigation and trans- dom of expression and peaceful disrupted traffic, affected trade restrict or impede the rights of excessive,” Alistair Burt, Minister to confirm or deny. ferred him to the central prison. assembly, rights group Amnesty and the economy and damaged all.” for the Middle East and North Activists have been sentenced While Kuwait allows more free International said yesterday. private property. Bahrain’s leading opposition Africa, said on Tuesday. to jail for organising or taking speech than some of its neigh- Bahrain, a US ally which hosts London-based Amnesty said party Wefaq described the ban “Peaceful protest is a demo- part in unlicensed anti-govern- bours, the constitution says the the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has the measure nullified the rights as an attempt to silence it. cratic right. I hope the Bahraini ment protests. emir is “immune and inviolable”. been in political turmoil since to freedom of association, expres- “We reject this decision and government will rescind this The government used martial Insulting him carries a penalty of pro-democracy protests led by its sion and assembly. consider it against our constitu- measure as quickly as possible.” law and help from some neigh- up to five years in jail. Shia majority erupted last year “Even in the event of sporadic tional right. There is no reason Bahrain has banned a series bours to put down last year’s At the rally, Barrak had and were put down by the island’s or isolated violence once an assem- for it because all our events are of protests organised by Wefaq uprising, but unrest has resumed. appealed directly to the 83-year- rulers. bly is under way, the authorities peaceful,” Wefaq official Sayed in the past few months. A sen- Protesters and police clash almost old Sheikh Sabah to avoid “auto- On Tuesday, Interior Minister cannot simply declare a blanket Hadi Al Mousawi said from ior official said in July that the daily. cratic rule”. Sheikh Rashed bin Abdullah Al prohibition on all protests,” said Manama, adding that he feared government had no plans to ban On October 19, a policeman Three other former lawmakers Khalifa said the state had banned Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, its Middle the prohibition might lead to rallies outright, but wanted to was killed and another critically were earlier detained on similar all rallies and gatherings to East and North Africa Deputy more tension in the street. ensure they did not turn violent. wounded in a bomb attack while charges, questioned and freed on ensure public safety and prevent Director. Britain has expressed con- Since April the authorities on patrol in south Manama. bail pending trial, scheduled to violence. “Law enforcement officials cern over the ban and called on have stepped up efforts to crack REUTERS start on November 13. CIA head in Egypt Stepping on toes Libya assembly approves for security talks CAIRO: Egyptian officials say United States Central cabinet amid new protests Intelligence Director David Petraeus is in Cairo for secu- TRIPOLI: Libya’s national eastern town of Darna. rity talks. They say Petraeus assembly gave its approval yes- More than a dozen security arrived yesterday, leading a US terday to a cabinet presented vehicles were stationed out- delegation that will meet with by prime minister designate Ali side the assembly building and top Egyptian security officials Zeidan weeks after rejecting his a throng of about 60 people had to exchange information about predecessor’s line-up. gathered outside the main gate combating terrorism. But in a sign of the fragility of which was shut tight, a photog- The officials spoke on condi- the country’s transition to democ- rapher reported. tion of anonymity because they racy a year after the overthrow There were no visible efforts were not authorised to speak to of veteran dictator Moamer to negotiate with the crowd but reporters. A US Embassy spokes- Kadhafi, protests erupted around a security source contacted inside man declined to give information the assembly building for a second the building said the situation was about the visit. The visit comes as day in a row. “under control.” Egypt is clamping down on sus- Zeidan, the second premier Zeidan was elected on October pected militants. designate to try to form a gov- 14 after his predecessor, Mustafa Last week, Egyptian security ernment since the assembly was Abu Shagur, was dismissed in forces identified a Libyan mili- elected in July, had presented a a vote of no confidence as the tant, killed after detonating a 30-member line-up including both assembly rejected his proposed bomb during a raid, as suspected liberals and Islamists. line-up as unrepresentative of of links to the deadly attack on “The General National Libya’s numerous factions. the US mission in Benghazi on Congress gives its confidence to Zeidan, a long-time Kadhafi September 11 which left four the government of Ali Zeidan,” opponent, needed the assembly’s Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (left) and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right), accompanied by their Americans dead, including the the official LANA news agency approval for his cabinet line-up so wives Emine Erdogan (second right) and Hayrunnisa Gul at the Presidential Palace of Cankaya in Ankara. Gul US Ambassador Chris Stevens. reported. that he can assume office replac- dismissed suggestions by Erdogan that he had exceeded his authority over the handling of a banned protest AGENCIES A total of 105 members voted ing Abdel Rahim Al Kib, who has march, highlighting increasingly open differences between the two. in favour, 18 abstained and nine served as prime minister since voted against. November last year. Protests erupted outside the Assembly members can still assembly moments after the vote, put forward objections to indi- witnesses said. vidual cabinet nominees and the Armed Islamists on Tunis streets after clashes Security forces fired in the air suitability of several has already as they struggled to prevent a been called into question, assem- TUNIS: Dozens of Islamists, some radical Salafist militant was killed on the visible on the ground, and police arrested a Salafist sus- repetition of chaotic scenes on bly sources said. of them armed, took to the streets in Tuesday night’s clashes. Islamist militants -- some of them pected of assaulting the head of Tuesday evening when demon- Zeidan’s programme puts heavy of the Tunisian capital yesterday The government said ear- wielding knives -- said they were the area’s public security brigade, strators broke into the chamber emphasis on reforming the army after deadly clashes at night, but lier that police and soldiers had ready for more confrontations. the interior ministry said. derailing a first attempt at a vote. and police, which remain heav- there was no sign of any additional deployed heavily and would use “We will not let yesterday’s The attacks were carried out “There are demonstrators ily dependent on the myriad of security as stated by the authori- all means to quell any unrest fol- murder pass without any reac- by “a large number of people outside the building and security former rebel militias that have yet ties. A reporter said a crowd was lowing the clashes sparked by the tion,” said one of them. with radical religious tenden- forces are trying to keep them to be brought under unified com- gathered near the Ennour mosque arrest of a Salafist suspected of Militants attacked two national cies,” ministry spokesman Khaled at bay,” said Salah Mohammed mand since last year’s uprising. in the Tunis suburb of Manouba, assaulting a security official. guard posts in the Tunis suburb Tarrouche had said. Hassan, a representative from the AFP where the interior ministry said a But there were no such forces of Manouba late on Tuesday after AFP THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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CHAIRMAN: SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI A call for unity EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: KHALID AL SAYED E-MAIL: [email protected] ACTING MANAGING EDITOR: HUSSAIN AHMAD Syrian opposition needs an overhaul E-MAIL: [email protected] for the uprising to succeed. EDITORIAL: TEL: 44557741 / 44557743 FAX: 44557746 / 44557758 P. O. BOX: 3488, DOHA, QATAR. E-MAIL: [email protected] NE of the reasons for the lack of progress in Syrian conflict inability to make credible progress despite the huge international sup- ADVERTISING: TEL: 44557837 / 780 FAX: 44557870 has been the weakness of the opposition. The opposition has port. But SNC is a largely foreign-based group which has been among Ofailed to function as a coherent group, with a powerful leader- the most vocal proponents of international intervention in the conflict. CLASSIFIED: 44557857 E-MAIL: [email protected] ship which can guide the rebels and instill confidence in the ordinary One of the biggest failures of SNC has been its inability to bring people. The international community too, especially Arabs, have failed together all groups with a coherent plan and it doesn’t have enough SUBSCRIPTION / HOME DELIVERY to address this problem and find the solutions. influence with the disparate internal groups which have waged TEL: 44557809 /839 FAX: 44557819 But supporters of the uprising have begun to take note of this point. the 19-month uprising against Assad’s government. The fact that E-MAIL: [email protected] The United States yesterday called for overhaul of the opposition lead- the rebels haven’t united under a common leadership until now is ership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council astounding. Senior member of the SNC, Free Syrian Army (FSA) SUBSCRIPTION RATES and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”. Secretary and other rebel groups admitted this fact at a meeting in Turkey ANNUAL QR 675 of State Hillary Clinton, indicating intensified efforts by Washington yesterday and have pledged to unite behind a transitional govern- 6 MONTHS QR 340 to help form a credible political opposition to Bashar Al Assad, said ment in coming months. “It’s been our divisions that have allowed a meeting to be held in Qatar next week would be an opportunity to the Assad forces to reach this point,” Ammar Al Wawi, a rebel com- broaden the coalition against him. mander, said in Istanbul. The opposition is currently in fractured. Those who are operating The backers of Syrian rebels need to focus their attention on from outside Syria have no clue about the realities on the ground as strengthening the hands of the opposition. As long as the opposition they have been abroad for a long time, and those who are fighting remains rudderless, incoherent and powerless, the conflict will just inside Syria haven’t been able to form a powerful leadership because drag on and cause more destruction and death. It will also create a PUBLICATION Assad had never allowed the opposition to operate in the country. vacuum which will be exploited by terrorist organizations. Already, Clinton’s statement also indicates disappointment with the domi- Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups are trying to infiltrate and gain nant opposition group, Syrian National Council (SNC) due to its a foothold in Syria.

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Staying in tune the day Hillary Clinton HEN the army bands of China and the United States US Secretary of State sat shoulder to shoulder at Beijing’s National Center of WPerforming Arts on Monday night, it was a significant moment, not just for the realms of music and entertainment. It was the first time the two bands have played together on a Chinese stage, and marked another step in improving military ties between Beijing and Washington. The 76-member US military band will perform two more concerts with its Chinese counterparts in Nanjing and Shanghai during its current visit. The performances are part of this year’s series of exchanges between the two militaries, which were put back on track last year after mili- tary-to-military exchanges between China and the US had remained dormant for a long time. But besides forging friendly ties through music, the sight of the two bands playing the same songs signals hope that the two countries can foster friendly relations. Fueled by the US’ strategic rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific region, there has been a great deal of speculation about the pos- sibility of a confrontation between the two armed forces in the region, as the US move is widely perceived as an attempt to con- tain China’s rise. So everything the two militaries do comes laden with meaning. The successful joint performance staged by the two militaries on Monday night has shown that if the men and women in uniform can sing and play the same tune, there is no reason why the two militaries cannot avoid confrontation and stay in harmony. And they did play the same tunes. The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” and the People’s Liberation Army Military Band played The Five-Starred Red Flag and The Star-Spangled Banner together beautifully. Both countries know the world wants them to expand cooperation, reduce disputes and keep their differences at bay. For its part, China has always looked to the larger picture of Sino-US ties and is willing to work with the US to advance bilateral ties. But it takes two to tango. Steering Sino-US ties, military-to-military ties included, onto healthy terrain is a two-way street. However, Washington has chosen to follow its own score from time to time. When it plays its own tune, partnership is out of the question. CHINA DAILY Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Obama is the least bad choice US voters can make BY CLIVE CROOK something just about every other this, as I explained last week, he settled for talking past each other it points to continued deadlock: To be that president, however, ITH a week to go and advanced economy has managed had to occupy the center that the and past much of the country, a clash of grand ideologies signi- Romney would have to be will- Hurricane Sandy bring- to do. The Affordable Care Act Republicans had vacated. Instead, too, advancing rival fantasies of fying nothing, leaving the coun- ing to thwart the ambitions of Wing fresh uncertainty is flawed, just as the stimulus despite the Democrats’ drubbing a transformed country that few try’s eminently fixable problems Republicans in Congress. That and new opportunities for gaffes, was flawed, but it upholds a vital in 2010, he tacked left, further Americans actually want. One unaddressed. won’t be easy. He’s promised to the presidential election still looks principle. It should be built on, not polarizing the country. In this he vision is collectivist, stressing Could Romney be the answer? start dismantling the Affordable tied. Last week, I argued that the repealed. probably followed his instincts. redistribution and a permanently It’s possible. Critics say he’s a Care Act — the national equiva- contest need not have been this Sadly, in domestic policy as in Unlike Bill Clinton, a centrist enlarged role for government; the man without conviction. In my lent of his own Romneycare — on close, that Barack Obama could foreign policy, the president led by conviction, Obama’s intellec- other is radically individualist, view, that’s his main advantage: Day One. He can’t easily go back have won comfortably if he’d gov- from behind, and health-care tual loyalty is to the progressive seeking to eviscerate the federal Washington already has a sur- on that. He’s also adopted the erned and campaigned as the cen- reform never had the champion wing of his party. His campaign’s government and roll back the wel- feit of true believers, and the mindless Republican opposition to trist he said he was in 2008 and it needed. It remains unpopular, class- war anti-capitalist rheto- fare state. Activists on both sides last thing the country needs is any and all tax increases, despite not the thwarted progressive he hence capable of being undone ric — not a great vote-winner in may be all fired up, as Obama likes one of either stripe in the White knowing that higher revenues will turned out to be. by a Republican president and a the United States, even after the to say. The rest of the US despairs. House. be needed to get public borrowing This week, I want to argue that Republican-dominated Congress. Great Contraction — has seemed Most voters, I’m convinced, If the real Romney is the former back under control. despite this failure Obama is still If you hope to see the health-care all too sincere. want to see the U.S. mended, not governor of Massachusetts, as I President Romney might a better choice than Mitt Romney. reform survive with improve- In that complaint, of course, transformed. If I’m right, more suspect, not the man who cam- want to swing all the way back The incumbent has achieve- ments, as I do, that’s reason in lies the case for Romney. The ballots will be cast next week to paigned for the GOP nomination, to Massachusetts moderate. I ments to be proud of. The fiscal itself to support Obama, as dis- disinterred former governor of block the outcome that voters fear he would fit the bill. His audacious can even imagine him hoping for stimulus, flawed as it was, helped appointing as his failure to lock Massachusetts stands close to most than to affirm a future they pivot from the severe conservative Democrats to do well in the 2014 prevent what would have been an the policy down might be. the US political center of grav- actually support. Both campaigns of the primaries to the pragmatic mid-terms, to make this easier. even worse recession. Obama’s Obama’s biggest mistake was ity. Would he take up the oppor- — especially Obama’s — have been moderate who turned up for the But in 2013 he would at least signature initiative, health- care to abandon his efforts — never tunity Obama missed, and bridge directed to this end. Whatever the first presidential debate suggests have to go through the motions reform, addresses the most egre- very strenuous — to work with the divide in Washington? outcome, therefore, this election he understands what the country, of making common cause with gious failure of American public his Republican opponents or, Somebody needs to try. For the will deliver no mandate. That’s as opposed to his party, is looking Republicans in Congress. That’s policy: the country’s inability to failing that, to expose them as past four years, Democrats and the price of polarization, a meas- for: a manager, a fixer, a consen- an alarming prospect. insure all its people against illness, irresponsible extremists. To do Republicans in Congress have ure of Washington’s failure, and sus-builder, a maker of deals. WP-BLOOMBERG THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Sandy renews climate change debate

percentage points since last year and A 2008 study 10 points since 2009. Linking a single storm to climate is very difficult, though climate change itself is well understood concluded that on a global level. Earth’s average tem- perature has warmed about 0.7 degrees Manhattan was Celsius (1.3 Fahrenheit) since 1900, most of which is very likely due to human greenhouse gas emissions, according to vulnerable to storm- the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2007 report. surge flooding from Identifying causes of a storm as com- plex as Sandy, and determining whether climate change was among them, is even a moderate challenging, said Randall Dole, deputy director for research at a division of nor’easter and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Scientists hunt for a cli- mate-change fingerprint by experiment- recommended that ing with computerised models. “You have to reconstruct a world that local authorities might have been,” Dole said. “And to do that you need to estimate the human build protections influence on sea-surface temperatures” and any other trends showing human influence. like Rhode Island’s “Where you might make a case is what the trend in the sea level rise has Fox Point been,” he said. “There’s a pretty strong attribution that can be made, but the weather itself — it’s almost certainly Hurricane Barrier. natural.” The confluence of unusual events — a BY TIM JONES, ALISON string of violent storms in the past two VEKSHIN AND ERIC ROSTON years and the worst drought since 1956 — convinced Masters that the forces gov- he tropical wave started off erning storms have been altered. Africa’s west coast in early “Freak weather events happen, right, October. It took its time, per- but in the last two years?” Masters said. Thaps two weeks, to make the “I think something’s up. I think we’ve 4,500-mile trek to the warm waters crossed over to a new climate state where of the Caribbean. The turbulence it As a result of Hurricane Sandy, a boat and damaged deck come to rest in the backyard of a home on Narraganset Avenue in Seaford, the new normal is we’re going to be get- stirred didn’t catch the attention of New York. ting these intense weather events that weather watchers like Jeff Masters until are very destructive to our economy and October 15. and cities to handle increasingly violent continue to do in the affected regions, we A 2008 study concluded that kill lots of people.” The National Hurricane Center soon weather events. could have seen more deaths and more Manhattan was vulnerable to storm- Others aren’t prepared to draw that designated it an Invest, a low-pressure “We see 10 to 12 named tropical storms property damage.” surge flooding from even a moderate conclusion. Kerry Emanuel, a professor of system innocuous yet worthy of inves- per season on average,” said Annes What made this storm so unusual nor’easter and recommended that local atmospheric science at the Massachusetts tigation. Even after meteorologists Haseemkunju, an atmospheric scientist was that it merged with a low-pres- authorities build protections like Rhode Institute of Technology in Cambridge, elevated it to TD 18, shorthand for a at Eqecat, a risk-management company sure system moving eastward across Island’s Fox Point Hurricane Barrier, said Sandy was an unusual storm that tropical depression, they assumed it in Oakland, California. “This season the continental United States that which spans the Providence River. will have to be studied thoroughly before would fizzle. we already have 19 named storms, and fuelled its intensity while a high-pres- “Both state and city authorities in a link can be established. “We expected it to lose strength after there’s one more month to go.” sure system over northeastern Canada NYC and coastal northern New Jersey Majumdar agreed, saying it’s prema- Jamaica, and it didn’t,” said Masters, Greater frequency will force authori- blocked the storm’s path, forcing it should begin exploring the feasibility of ture to connect the storm with global founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan-based ties to bolster the defences of their com- to turn westward and strike the East constructing European-style storm-surge warming. Weather Underground, a commercial munities, New York Gov Andrew Cuomo, Coast, said Sharan Majumdar, Associate barriers across major connections of New “It’s a very rare event,” he said. “I weather service. “We expected Cuba to said at a news conference on Tuesday Professor of Meteorology and Physical York Harbor to the ocean as protection doubt that one can attribute it to cli- tear it apart, and it didn’t. As it headed in Manhattan, where the city’s subway Oceanography at the University of against serious storm surge flooding,” mate change without serious in-depth north we expected it to decay some, as system is flooded and may take weeks Miami in Florida. according to a study in the June 2008 research on it.” most storms do, but it didn’t.” to recover. “Many times when hurricanes develop, issue of the Bulletin of the American Until then, New York Mayor Michael On October 22, Sandy was officially “We have a new reality when it comes they move out to sea,” Majumdar said. Meteorological Society. Bloomberg said, the emphasis should be born, troublesome beyond belief — “a to these weather patterns and we have an “This is a once-in-a-lifetime storm in Sandy’s path, aided by the warm water on improving preparedness. freak storm, unprecedented in so many old infrastructure, and that is not a good terms of all of these factors acting in and low air pressure, defied expectations. “Is a storm like this that’s so strong respects,” Masters said. The destroyer combination,” Cuomo said. “We have 100- concert together. It’s very, very rare.” In doing so, it prompted public discus- and unusual a global warming incident? that came out of nowhere produced year floods every two years now.” The storm was fuelled by an unusually sion about the potential causes, including What is clear is the climate is changing,” winds reaching farther than any known President Obama noted the increasing warm Atlantic Ocean, giving warm water climate change. he said in a news conference on Tuesday. Atlantic hurricane. It took dozens of lives, frequency of such events in his remarks supply to the storm, said Matt Rogers, The percentage of Americans saying “I think each of these storms, we’ve got cost billions of dollars, plunged millions on Tuesday at Red Cross headquarters a meteorologist and president of the there is “solid evidence” of global warm- to learn to see if we can do some things into darkness and created nightmare sce- in Washington. Commodity Weather Group, a Bethesda, ing has increased in the past six years, better the next time.” narios that not even the disaster planners “Sadly, we are getting more experience Md-based energy and agriculture com- according to an October 15 poll from the The mayor is founder and major- anticipated. with these kinds of big-impact storms modities consulting company. Pew Research Center for The People & ity owner of Bloomberg News parent Whatever the final cost, it already has along the East Coast, and the prepara- “It wasn’t just a pure hurricane,” The Press. Bloomberg LP. renewed debate over both the possible tion shows,” Obama said. “Were it not Rogers said. “It actually converted into Two-thirds agreed that the earth’s — With assistance from Brian K. Sullivan influence of climate change on the storm’s for the outstanding work that they and an extra-tropical system. It’s a hybrid — average temperature has been ris- in Boston and Freeman Klopott in Albany. movement and the preparedness of states their teams have already done and will part tropical and part nor’easter.” ing during the past few decades, up 4 WP-BLOOMBERG Obama or Romney, Israel will keep drawing support

BY CRISPIAN BALMER the two allies, Israelis remem- them may involve just air assets concessions over territory. bered the perceived slights — such or intelligence cooperation,” That is wishful thinking. ost Israelis would as his failure to find time to see he said. While Israel was mentioned 34 be reassured if Mitt Netanyahu when he flew to New Whether or not there proves times in last week’s debate, the MRomney won next York last month to address the to be any substantive differ- Palestinians won just one men- week’s US presidential election, United Nations. ence between the two presi- tion, underlining how far down feeling they had an unquestioning He is also disparaged for not dential contenders in terms of the world agenda they have friend rather than a dispassionate visiting Israel as president. There core policy-making, there can tumbled. critic in the White House. again, only four of the last 11 US be no doubt that the conserva- In a secretly recorded video But any change would prob- presidents managed to make the tive Netanyahu would feel more at a fund-raising event in May, ably be a question of style over trip, with only two coming their comfortable dealing with the Romney said “the pathway to substance, analysts say, with first term. Republican Romney. peace is almost unthinkable” and a Republican administration A survey released on Sunday by In his two terms as prime min- suggested his policy would be to expected to follow the path Tel Aviv University showed Israeli ister, Netanyahu has only ever “kick the ball down the field”. already laid out by President Jews preferred Romney to Obama dealt with Democratic presi- After investing time and energy Barack Obama when it comes to by almost a three to one margin dents — first Bill Clinton and now on the issue in his first term, and Iran and the Palestinians. — the inverse of the predicted Obama. He is often quoted as hav- winning only animosity from both The allies are too joined at the American Jewish vote. ing said “I speak Republican” and sides, Obama is unlikely to revisit hip on fundamental challenges “There is clear daylight each other to show their support new Middle East conflict. his relations with Obama were at the problem any time soon, said for the head to make that much between the prime minister for Israel and making clear it was According to that theory, if very best frosty. Aaron David Miller, a former difference. and the White House, and most by far their most important part- anyone is likely to send in the “If Romney wins, (Netanyahu) senior US adviser on the peace “There is a great deal of con- Israelis believe that Obama delib- ner in a troubled region. warplanes, it is the Democrat will be in paradise. If it is Obama, process. tinuity in foreign policy,” said erately wanted it that way,” said They also adopted a similar Obama, who has succeeded in it will be hell,” said one former “This whole notion that freed Zalman Shoval, a former Israeli Ehud Yaari, an Israel-based fellow line on Iran — promising to pre- convincing Russia and China to aide, who worked alongside from political restraints the ambassador to the United States at the Washington Institute for vent Tehran from getting nuclear back tough sanctions on Iran Netanyahu for a stretch of his American president is going to and member of the ruling con- Near East Policy. weapons without mentioning the and is viewed with less sus- second stint in office. go for some grandiose ambitious servative Likud party. “Things “But there wouldn’t be much words “red line”, or committing picion around the globe than Whether by coincidence or peace plan that will put him into don’t change overnight if a new of a difference between (Obama to using military force. Romney. design, the next US president conflict with the Israeli prime president takes power.” and Romney) on the Palestinian “It is ... essential for us to But Dore Gold, president of will be sworn in the day before minister is the grandest of illu- Obama, a Democrat, never conflict or even with the Iranian understand what our mission is in the Jerusalem Center for Public an Israeli parliamentary election, sions,” he said. enamoured himself to the Israeli issue. The course of future US Iran, and that is to dissuade Iran Affairs and a Netanyahu confi- with Netanyahu widely touted Swept to the sidelines, the people, nor to their prime minis- policy is pretty much set.” from having a nuclear weapon dant, suggested that the sort of to win, meaning that the coun- Palestinian leadership watched ter, Benjamin Netanyahu. Romney has certainly tried to through peaceful and diplomatic military mission often envisaged tries’ leaders will be in electoral the foreign policy debate with a The US leader was accused play up divergences with Obama means,” Romney said. for Iran, centred on air power, lockstep. mix of gloom and anger. of trying to browbeat Israel over Middle East policy, repeat- Iran denies seeking nuclear would banish the ghosts of the Some Democrats have accused “What we didn’t see in the into making concessions to the edly accusing his rival of throwing weapons. Iraq quagmire. Netanyahu of interfering in the debate was any sign of who has the Palestinians, particularly in his Israel “under a bus” and suggest- Romney’s language was duly “No one wants another war in US election by trying to coerce backbone and foresight to bring efforts to halt settlement-building ing he would adopt a tougher line noted in Israel, even raising ques- the Middle East, but there is a Obama into setting red lines for about a just peace, and that’s what in the occupied West Bank, and with the Iran’s powerful clerics. tions of whether a Republican huge difference between a major Iran. Palestinians hope that if he was needed,” said Hanan Ashrawi, of refusing to impose red lines on But in their debate on foreign administration, haunted by the ground war with a commitment is re-elected he will get his own an executive committee mem- Iran’s atomic project. policy last week, the two men Iraq-tattered legacy of former of troops that march into an back by reviving the moribund ber of the Palestine Liberation While Obama also oversaw appeared in broad agreement on President George W Bush, would Arab capital, and the spectrum peace process and put heavy Organisation. ever-closer military ties between a range of issues, competing with have the stomach for a daunting of options that exist now. Some of pressure on Israel into making REUTERS THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL British PM loses Indonesian President in UK House vote on EU budget First defeat for coalition government

LONDON: British Prime the parliamentary motion. “Then Minister David Cameron suf- David Cameron can go to Brussels, fered his first significant parlia- as (former Conservative prime mentary defeat yesterday after minister) Margaret Thatcher went rebels in his Conservative party before him, as head of a united par- joined the Labour opposition to liament to represent our interests demand a cut in the EU budget. in Brussels and to say when we A House of Commons motion are seeing such cuts at home there urging Cameron to hold out for should be at least some reduction the real terms cut in the bloc’s in the EU,” he said. trillion-euro 2014-20 budget at a The revolt puts renewed pres- Brussels summit next month was sure on Cameron after months of passed by 307 votes to 294. blunders and u-turns by the coali- While not binding, the vote is tion government, which is halfway the first such defeat for the coali- through its five-year term, and tion government comprising the whisperings of a possible leader- Conservatives and the smaller ship challenge. Liberal Democrats, and a humili- Europe has caused ructions in ation for the prime minister. the Conservative party for dec- Cameron had sought to head ades but it is also likely to be an Queen Elizabeth II escorts Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (centre), as she introduces the Chiefs of Staff of British Armed off the rebellion by threatening to issue in the next general election, Forces, during the ceremonial welcome on Horse Guards Parade in London yesterday. Yudhoyono is on a three-day state visit to Britain. veto any above-inflation increase scheduled for 2015, amid growing of the European Union budget, scepticism among Britons gener- which has become increasingly ally about their country’s rela- contentious as austerity measures tionship with the EU. bite across the continent. Cameron warned European During a heated exchange in Council president Herman van Kosovo independence not debatable: Clinton parliament earlier yesterday, the Rompuy at talks in London last premier accused Labour leader week that Britain, which does not Ed Miliband of “complete oppor- use the euro currency, could not PRISTINA: US Secretary of — dependent on improved ties Kosovo could take a first step press conference with Clinton. tunism” for supporting a motion support a sharp increase in the State Hillary Clinton yesterday between Kosovo and Serbia — towards joining the EU in the Clinton also said that the US brought by his political foes, euro- EU budget. said that Kosovo’s unilaterally offered “the surest path to long- first half of 2013 if it makes solid wanted to see the rule of law sceptic Conservatives. The Commission wants a declared independence, fiercely term stability, prosperity and progress in the rule of law, protec- “extended throughout Kosovo”, Cameron had sought to rally budget of ¤1.03 trillion ($1.33 opposed by Serbia, was not peace”. EU-brokered talks that tion of minorities and other politi- in a reference to majority-Serb Conservative loyalists, telling the trillion), up 5.0 percent on 2007- debatable and urged the leaders stalled after Serbian elections in cal reforms. Washington is one of northern Kosovo where the eth- House of Commons: “This govern- 13, but seven major contributor of both sides to show “courage”. May had been meant to ease daily the main supporters of Kosovo’s nic Albanian authorities have no ment is taking the toughest line states have balked at the increase “We will oppose any discussion life for the inhabitants of Kosovo, independence, which it unilater- influence and Serbia maintains in these budget negotiations of at a time when they are having to of territorial changes or reopen- ethnic Albanians and Serbs alike, ally proclaimed in 2008. parallel institutions. However, she any government since we joined cut spending at home. ing Kosovo’s independent status. who face many administrative It is recognised by some 90 urged the ethnic Albanian gov- the European Union. “At best we It rejected on Tuesday a ¤50bn These matters are not up for hurdles because of the disputed states including 22 of the European ernment to take into account the would like it cut, at worst frozen, cut suggested by Cyprus, the cur- discussion,” she said, reiterating status of the territory. Union’s 27 members but is rejected fears of the Serb minority. and I’m quite prepared to use the rent holder of the EU’s rotat- Washington’s strong support for “The US urges all parties to by Serbia. Many ordinary Kosovans “Addressing the concerns of the veto if we don’t get a deal which ing presidency. But Germany Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian authori- continue to work to implement are still wary of any negotiations Kosovo Serbs will also be criti- is good for Britain. and France have joined Britain ties on a visit to Pristina. the agreements reached to date, with arch foe Serbia and Kosovo cal,” she said. As in her previous “But let’s be clear, it is in in insisting that the EU cannot The disputed status of Kosovo is reach agreements in new areas, saw violent protest last week after visit to the region in 2010, Clinton our interest to try to get a deal expect to get more when they have the main bone of contention still and advance concrete measures to Thaci met his Serbian counterpart made a point of visiting Kosovo because a seven-year freeze would to make do with less, demanding affecting regional ties after the normalise relations,” Clinton said. Ivica Dacic in Brussels to re-launch Serbs in a Serbian Orthodox keep our bills down compared to cuts in the 2014-20 budget of 100 break-up of the communist former “It calls for political will, even the talks. Thaci yesterday pledged church which was burned by annual budgets”, which may be billion euros or more. Yugoslavia, which collapsed in a courage, but by moving forward Kosovo’s commitment to the talks. ethnic Albanians in 2004 during required if no long-term budget In December, Cameron dramati- series of bloody wars in the 1990s. on this path Kosovo and Serbia “The dialogue is the only path a flare up of inter-ethnic violence. is agreed next month. cally parted ways with Brussels After meeting with Kosovo will be aided in their efforts to that leads to the European Union Kosovo has a minority of some Mark Reckless, one of the over the EU’s fiscal compact, which President Atifete Jahjaga and tackle other urgent matters like ... The normalisation of the rela- 120,000 ethnic Serbs of whom leading Conservative rebels, said laid down the lines for tighter EU Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, strengthening their economies tions between the two countries is 40,000 live in northern Kosovo before the vote that he hoped fiscal policy coordination amid the Clinton told reporters that and creating opportunities for in the interest of Kosovo, Serbia which has its own municipalities. the government would accept eurozone crisis. AFP European Union membership their people,” she added. and the region,” he said in a joint AFP

Autumn Savile took girls Hollande warns Iran after on late night meeting Israeli premier hospital trips, PARIS: French President what sceptics think, I believe Francois Hollande yesterday there will be a great feeling of says report said that he wanted “concrete relief throughout the region.” acts” from Iran to prove it was “Iran is not popular in the Arab LONDON: Late British TV not pursuing a nuclear arms world, far from it,” he said in star Jimmy Savile, who has been drive after his first face-to- comments to Paris-Match maga- accused of sex abuse, regularly face meeting with Israeli Prime zine. “And some neighbouring took teenage girls on late night Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. regimes and their citizens have trips to a hospital where he was At a press conference with well understood that a nuclear- a volunteer, an ex-porter said in Netanyahu, whose aim during a armed Iran is a danger for them, an interview aired yesterday. two-day visit to France is to seek not only for Israel,” he said, with- The scandal surrounding more pressure on Iran, Hollande out mentioning specific nations. Savile, who died last year aged warned that Paris would back But Netanyahu later said: “What 84, has dragged in a number “other sanctions” if Tehran we want is a peaceful resolution.” of institutions where abuse failed to convince on its contested France, along with the four allegedly occurred, including nuclear programme. “This is a other permanent members of the publicly-funded British threat which cannot be accepted the UN Security Council plus Broadcasting Corporation and by France,” Hollande said. Germany, is involved in negotia- three hospitals. “We have voted for many tions with Iran but several rounds Terry Pratt, a former porter sanctions and are ready to vote of talks have failed to to produce at Leeds General Infirmary in others as long as necessary,” much progress on increasing the Trees with autumn foliage are reflected in the water of Lake Hoellenstein near Viechtach in southern northern England, told the BBC he said, demanding “proof that transparency of Tehran’s nuclear Germany, yesterday. that the entertainer would often Iran has abandoned this drive”. programme. Hollande also urged turn up at 1am or 2am with one Iran denies Israeli and Western Israel and the Palestinians to or two girls and be handed a key suspicions that its nuclear pro- resume peace talks without any to the nurses’ accommodation. gramme is a cover for efforts to conditions, while criticising con- Pratt said the girls appeared build the atomic bomb but has tinued Israeli occupation. “star-struck” by the broadcaster, been hit by several rounds of UN “Only negotiations can lead Italy adopts new anti-corruption law who was one of Britain’s biggest and Western sanctions over its to a definitive solution,” he said. television faces for decades and activities. “France wants the resumption ROME: Italy’s government and regional administrations will magnate Silvio Berlusconi in himself volunteered as a night Netanyahu — whose country of talks between Israel and the adopted an anti-corruption have to set in place anti-corrup- November as the eurozone debt porter at the hospital for years. is the only if undeclared nuclear Palestinians without conditions law yesterday in a bid to clamp tion plans. Prison sentences for crisis hit Italy, had fought to speed “He (Savile) would go up and armed state in the Middle East — and with the same goal—one we down on scandals riddling right those convicted of bribery are up implementation of the law see the lad on the desk (who hailed the “extremely important have been pursuing for years, and left-wing parties as reces- being toughened to up to eight amid corruption scandals within would say) ‘Here’s the key Jim, position” taken by Hollande. even decades, two state, a state sion-hit Italians lose faith in a years from five years. Corrupting the parties. Allegations of fraud make sure I get it back,’” Pratt Netanyahu has warned that a of Israel where security if guaran- crooked political class. the justice system now carries a and misuse of party funds have told the BBC. “He’d take the key nuclear-armed Iran would pose teed and a Palestinian state which “Italy badly needs a strong legal maximum 10-year sentence, up dominated regional politics over and the two of them would look an existential threat to the Jewish must be allowed to live.” framework to fight corruption. from a maximum of eight years, the past few months, leading to through the doorway... he would state and has repeatedly refused Hollande said the two countries This law is a good start,” anti-cor- and extortion up to 12 years. resignations and new elections. walk out and the two women to rule out military action, fuel- had “divergences on occupation, ruption watchdog Transparency The law, which was given the The anti-corruption Italy of would follow him towards the ling speculation that an attack which we want to see halted.” International said. “The law has green light at a confidence vote, Values party, which did not vote for nurses’ home,” he said. was imminent. Direct peace talks have been some, if not all, of the elements also includes legislation to protect the new law, accused the govern- Savile would then leave at But he then appeared to pull on hold for more than two required to overcome the ram- employees who blow the whistle ment of settling for half-measures around 5am with the girls, he back, ostensibly to allow time for years, with Palestinian president pant cronyism and influence ped- on corruption and bans those con- as it struggled to strike a com- added. The hospital’s management international sanctions to work. Mahmud Abbas refusing to nego- dling in Italian politics,” it added. victed of corruption from running promise which would be accepted said it was cooperating with police. The Israeli leader said in an inter- tiate as long as Israel continues Corruption costs the debt- for public office. “I am very satis- across the political spectrum. “We continue to be shocked by each view published yesterday that he to build and approve new Jewish laden country an estimated ¤60bn fied. The vote shows this law is Severino retorted that issues new allegation. It is important that believed the Arab world would be settlements on occupied land. ($78bn) a year according to Italy’s widely supported,” said Justice such as vote-selling and money they are investigated properly,” relieved if Israel struck at Iranian Netanyahu’s talks with Hollande Court of Accounts. Under the new Minister Paola Severino. laundering were not covered by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS nuclear facilities. were held in a “very good atmos- law, a national anti-corruption Prime Minister Mario Monti, the law but were being debated. Trust said. He said in case of an attack, phere,” a top Israeli source said. authority will be set up and local who took over from media AFP AFP “five minutes later, contrary to AFP THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 New York emerges from Sandy’s wreckage City’s airports up and running; buses back on the streets; 6.2 million still without power; death toll crosses 50

NEW YORK: Storm-battered New York got slowly back on its feet yesterday with Wall Street and the city’s airports getting up and running after a power- ful storm that left more than 50 Americans dead. Just six days before America goes to the polls, President Barack Obama came to survey the dam- age in neighbouring New Jersey, where tens of thousands of homes are under water and millions of families without power. While much of New York and many more towns along the US east coast remains paralysed fol- lowing Monday’s onslaught by cyclone Sandy, some key busi- nesses like the stock exchange got back to work. John F Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports made a limited reopening, although LaGuardia was still shut. At last count, 19,500 flights had been cancelled because Streets covered with fallen power lines and debris following heavy damage by Hurricane Sandy, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. RIGHT: A girl cries after looking through the wreckage of of Sandy, tracking service flighta- homes devastated by fire and the storm in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York yesterday. ware.com said. Buses were back on New York city streets and Governor Andrew debris, direct traffic and assess generators as needed while The worst affected were New west and north, spreading bliz- Cuomo announced that limited the damage from the air, the the US Navy sent out three Jersey and New York, where zard conditions over parts of Ohio, Obama promises subway services would resume Pentagon said yesterday. amphibious ships off the New about two million customers in Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. today, despite many of the tunnels The head of the US Army Jersey coast in case state gov- each state were without power, At 1900 GMT, the National victims help still being inundated by corrosive Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant ernments requested aid for followed by Pennsylvania with Weather Service said Sandy had seawater. Cuomo said there would General Thomas Bostick, trav- rescue operations. It was clear 852,458 outages, the depart- weakened but that additional for ‘long haul’ be “limited commuter rail service elled to New York to look at how that the cleanup and healing ment said. Insured losses from snowfall of up to four inches was on Metro North and on the Long the corps could bolster efforts to process would take much time. Sandy could run between $7bn- expected in the mountains of West BRIGANTINE, NEW Island Railroad which will begin restore power and clear water New York police raised the $15bn, according to initial indus- Virginia, far western Maryland JERSEY: US President Barack at 2:00 pm today.” from flooded tunnels and electric storm-related death toll to 24 try estimates. and southwest Pennsylvania. Obama yesterday promised But large sections of New substations. yesterday, with the overall US toll Three US nuclear power reac- The annual New York mara- New Jersey residents reeling York, including many skyscrap- While National Guard trucks passing 50 according to officials tors remained shut and a fourth thon was confirmed to be going from superstorm Sandy that ers in lower Manhattan, remained rolled through the flooded streets and US media. Another 67 people on alert, after storm waters ahead on Sunday after doubts the government would support without electricity, and schools of New Jersey, troops offered died as Sandy swept through the wreaked havoc with transmission about whether roads would be them “for the long haul.” throughout the city were shut- help along a main highway in Caribbean last week. networks and cooling systems, but cleared in time and whether “You guys are in my thoughts tered for a third straight day. the mountains of West Virginia, Nearly two million custom- authorities insisted there were no thinly stretched police would have and prayers. We are going to be About 10,000 National Guard where the massive storm dumped ers had electricity restored, but risks to the public. sufficient resources. However, here for the long haul,” Obama troops deployed to storm-hit a blanket of snow. another 6.2 million across 16 Inland, Sandy dumped three another Big Apple tradition, the said during a visit to an emer- states to help local authorities Army engineers stood states remained without power, feet of snow on high ground in Halloween Parade yesterday, was gency shelter in Brigantine, not rescue stranded survivors, remove ready to provide pumps and the Department of Energy said. Appalachian states as she headed cancelled. AFP far from Atlantic City, with New Jersey governor Chris Christie. “Obviously, the top priority Evacuation of seriously right now is to get the power back on... then obviously there is going to be some clean-up and there are going to be some ill patients continues expenses,” said the Democratic incumbent, six days before the NEW YORK: With power out- We had a relatively short window to US election. ages and emergency evacua- work in. Although the weather was “We’re going to not tolerate any tions of seriously ill patients in very poor it wasn’t such a strong red tape. We’re not going to toler- hurricane-strength winds, New wind that the ambulances would ate any bureaucracy. We’re going York hospitals faced their big- be damaged,” he said. “We had a to make sure that we get the help gest challenge this week since very sick patient arrive without his to you as quickly as we can.” the September 11, 2001 attacks, electronic records, only a few half- Obama, who was traveling according to a senior doctor. soaked papers,” he recalled. Many with the federal government’s Institutions including New York of the 650 staff on his team slept emergency relief director Craig University Hospital and another in the hospital that night. Fugate, linked up with Christie, in Coney Island were forced into “It was emotional and extraor- New Jersey’s Republican gover- patient evacuations after flooding dinary to see how a whole group nor, for the tour of the hard-hit and loss of electricity in superstorm of professionals worked together state. Sandy on Monday and Tuesday. in a harmonious way, without Christie, an outspoken ally of Bellevue Hospital, the oldest in sleeping or sleeping on top of con- Republican presidential candidate the country, was evacuating its 500 ference tables, or in cars that had Mitt Romney, has been effusive patients yesterday, officials said. been left it the garage.” Even after in his praise of Obama’s handling “This is perhaps the most com- the storm, the situation remained of the devastating storm, raising plicated situation that New York complex for hospitals. eyebrows in his own party. has seen in 30 years,” Carlos “At this time, we are focusing He thanked Obama for his Cordon-Cardo, head of the pathol- on assessing the full extent of “important” visit on Wednesday. A washed out section of commuter train tracks on Long Island, New York. ogy department at Mount Sinai the storm’s impact on all of our “It’s really important to have Medical Center, said. “I was here patient care, research, and edu- the president of the United States on September 11 and I was more cation facilities,” NYU Hospital acknowledge all the suffering Sandy blows away many Long lines as involved than I’d have liked to be. said. Coney Island Hospital had that’s going on here in New Jersey On 9/11 there were people with a more difficult task. It had to and I appreciate it very much,” fuel stations lung problems, some poisoning, transfer about 200 patients, some Christie said. a tourist’s dream journey but there were not people who of them to other hospitals and the “We’re going to work together were very sick or with urgent less sick back to their homes. to make sure we get ourselves run dry medical needs because unfortu- Cordon-Cardo said that worse through this crisis and get eve- NEW YORK: It is meant to be because everything is closed,” nately we lost many people. This was avoided by good preparation. rything back to normal. Thank the city that never sleeps, where said Beyaert. Not every visitor NEW YORK: More than half time it was a medical emergency “We began coordinating at the you for coming, sir.” you can shop till you drop and is taking the hardship with such of all service stations in the New in the real sense,” he said. Mount end of last week. We put beds in Earlier, the governor greeted eat the best food. aplomb. Hotels in the southern York City area and New Jersey Sinai, which is in the unscathed various conference rooms. People the president at the steps of Air But superstorm Sandy part of Manhattan are caught were shut yesterday due to upper Manhattan area, took in who lived far away and would have Force One after his short flight has forced the Empire State in the power blackout trap. No power outages and depleted fuel 64 patients from NYU Hospital. trouble came to the hospital from from Washington and the two Building, Statue of Liberty and electricity means no elevators and supplies, frustrating attempts Overall, NYU Hospital transferred Sunday. When the storm arrived men boarded Obama’s Marine Metropolitan Museum to close a cold dark room waiting after a to restore normal life in the 300 patients to safer facilities. we already had the team ready. One helicopter for an aerial tour and left tens of thousands of tour- tough day on the streets. wake of powerful storm Sandy, “There was a major need for “Now the task continues,” he said. of the disaster area. ists pacing the rainy streets in a Helene Leplat, also from industry officials said. transferring very critical patients. AFP AFP city with no public transport and France, said she was “disgusted.” Reports of long lines, dark sta- most restaurants closed. She is staying with the brother tions and empty tanks circulated Department stores and cine- of a friend in a small apartment across the region yesterday, with mas have shut down. The lights and complained that the storm some station owners unable to Subway silence may linger are out on Broadway musicals has left her group with nothing pump fuel due to a lack of power, and the Lincoln Centre opera. to do for more than two days. while others quickly ran their NEW YORK: The famous rattle and roar of New extensive damage at many of the system’s 468 sta- Central Park and other New Their dreams of seeing the view tanks dry because of intensified York City subway cars barreling into underground tions. “On the outdoor lines we’re seeing downed York parks have been closed of Manhattan from the top of demand and logistical problems stations fell quiet in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, trees, canopies blown off on the elevator stations, because authorities fear that the Empire State Building and in delivering fresh supplies. and no one is sure when the system will be back wind damage,” he said. “There is water damage to tree branches could fall after visiting the Natural History The lack of working gas sta- to normal. stations in lower Manhattan and a lot of mud and powerful gusts blasting at 150km Museum have been blown away tions is likely to compound travel New York Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday debris on the tracks. In a couple of the under-river per hour hit the city on Monday. by the storm. problems in the region, with announced “limited” service would resume today, tubes, we had water up to the ceiling and water that Jean-Charles Beyaert, a den- Margarita Seeber, a nurse from the New York subway system four days after it was suspended as Sandy bore down stretched anywhere from 600 to a thousand feet.” tist from France, had planned an Argentina making a first visit to expected to be out of action for on the east coast. He said three of seven subway MTA regularly pumps around 13 million gallons a intense week of sightseeing with New York with her husband, was several days and overland rail and tunnels under the East River that were flooded by day out of the system, because of rain or other water 16 friends and relatives. They had also on target to return home bus services severely disrupted. the storm had been cleared. But he warned that the inflows, Seaton said. But crews are now dealing with hoped to attend a Harlem Gospel with sour memories. “We heard In New York, fuel stations on system, which carries over five million people a day, “many times the multiple of that.” mass, visit Columbia University, nothing about this before leav- Long Island and Staten Island also would not operate south of Manhattan’s 34th street The South Ferry station on the southern tip of Brooklyn and museums, as well ing Buenos Aires,” she said. They reported shortages, while lengthy “because there is no power for that service”. Manhattan, right by the waters of the East River, as walk in the park. Sandy scup- are staying at a hotel in the SoHo lines were seen in Queens. In New Hopes of a quick return to normality had been was among those worst affected. pered all their plans. district. Jersey, where half of all businesses dashed by images of flood water streaming into the Video and pictures distributed by the MTA showed With guide books in their “There is no water, no elec- and homes were still without system as Sandy hit. “We’ve had floods in the past, much of the station under water, the silver ticket hands, the group, dressed in tricity. We have been given bot- power, more than 80 percent of fill- but of course, never anything of this magnitude,” turnstiles reflected in the murky lake — dotted with obligatory multi-coloured plastic tles of water to drink but there is ing stations are unable to sell pet- authority spokesman Charles Seaton said. debris including neon orange barriers — now cover- ponchos, walked the streets aim- nothing to eat. We had fruit for rol, said Sal Risalvato, head of the He said crews were working across the system to ing the station floor. It remained unclear how long it lessly. They had lunch at a rare breakfast and nothing last night. New Jersey Gasoline, Convenience, pump out the millions of gallons of water that cas- would take for subway service, which connects New hamburger restaurant that was A maid gave us some bread and Automotive Association (NJGCA). caded into tunnels and stations at the peak of the York’s five boroughs, to return to normal. open on 23rd Street. “We walk cheese,” Seeber said. AFP AFP so-called superstorm on Monday night. He described AFP THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

No China-Japan meet Asia battles drug-resistant malaria at summit: Official BEIJING: China’s Premier Wen Jiabao will not meet his Japanese counterpart at the Experts open conference aimed at preparing an action plan to prevent spread of disease Asia-Europe (ASEM) sum- mit next week, a vice foreign SYDNEY: Drug-resistant positive effect, but as far as we found on the Thailand-Cambodia migrant workers and so on,” she threat and we have to monitor minister said yesterday, amid malaria is spreading in Asia, can tell it is still growing and it border eight years ago, and told reporters. where those areas are, where it a territorial row between the experts warned as a high-level is still spreading. has also been found along the “This is really why we are get- is declining,” he said. countries. conference opened yesterday “The danger is that at some Thailand-Myanmar frontier and ting concerned, because this is the The conference will discuss the The remarks follow a string of with the aim of hammering out time this resistance may break in parts of Vietnam, prompting only class of anti-malarial drug need for vigilance against malaria, snubs and angry exchanges over an action plan to strengthen the out of Southeast Asia and crop an urgent call for action from the available to cure all uncompli- with Feachem saying there had disputed outcrops in the East region’s response. up in Africa,” added Feachem, WHO in September. cated malaria cases.” been numerous cases in the past China Sea known by Beijing as the Resistance to the drug used the former founding head of The Sydney conference of Resistance to artemisinin cur- when the disease had almost been Diaoyu Islands, although the two everywhere to cure the life- the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, politicians, scientists and health rently does not prevent patients eradicated but complacency saw sides are reportedly preparing a threatening disease has emerged Tuberculosis and Malaria. experts will seek consensus on the being cured, thanks to other it come sweeping back. third round of talks on the issue. in Cambodia, Thailand and Some 22 countries in the Asia actions needed to strengthen the drugs it is used in concert with, “It’s the penalty of success,” “As for Chinese and Japanese Myanmar, said Richard Feachem, Pacific still have malaria, but region’s response to malaria. but treatment typically takes he said. “Some countries in leaders meeting, there is no such director of global health at the enormous progress has been made Fatoumata Nafo-Traore, who longer than normal. the region now have very little arrangement,” Ma Zhaoxu said at University of California, San in combatting the devastating leads the Roll Back Malaria It is not known why the resist- malaria. When you’re down to a briefing, though he noted Wen Francisco. disease with the number of infec- Partnership which aims to provide ance has emerged in Cambodia, 100 cases a year, the politicians Jiabao would “take time from his “In the Mekong Basin there is tions falling by about 50 percent a coordinated global approach one of the first countries to deploy (lose interest) and malaria comes very busy schedule” to meet other a growing and spreading prob- in the past decade, he said. to fighting the disease, said the the treatment some 30 years ago. surging back.” delegations. lem of resistance... to the drug Yet there were still an esti- resistance was most troubling in But Ric Price, from the Centre He said one of the conference “What Japan should do now is artemisinin which is the frontline mated 30m cases in the Asia border areas. of Tropical Medicine at Oxford in goals was for half of the malaria- to seriously reflect on and correct drug worldwide,” he said ahead of Pacific in 2010, and more than “The current concern is that Britain, said high levels of coun- afflicted countries in the Asia its mistakes and properly resolve “Malaria 2012: Saving Lives in the 40,000 deaths in Southeast even though it is localised in those terfeit drugs and people not tak- Pacific to eradicate the disease the Diaoyu Islands issue, and take Asia Pacific” in Sydney. Asia and the Western Pacific, border areas, there is a poten- ing the full course of treatment by 2025. concrete measures to remove “I think we’ve undoubtedly according to the World Health tial to have it spreading to other could be factors. “That would be a huge historic obstacles blocking China-Japan slowed it down, the international Organisation (WHO). parts of the world, because of the “Artemisinin still remains the step forward,” he said. relations,” he said. efforts have undoubtedly had a Drug-resistant malaria was population inflow, because of the treatment of choice but it’s under AFP AFP

EU urges Vietnam Police block supporters to step up human rights reforms of blind Chinese activist BEIJING: Police in east China Liu remains under house arrest HANOI: International pres- blocked a group of women and is unable to leave home with- sure mounted on Vietnam yes- from congratulating the fam- out the escort of official minders, terday to uphold human rights ily of rights activist Chen she said. when the EU raised the issue Guangcheng after the blind law- Chen was sentenced to more after the jailing of two musi- yer was awarded a US human than four years in prison in 2006 cians on charges of anti-state rights prize, an organiser said after exposing forced abortions propaganda in the communist yesterday. and other abuses under China’s nation. Chen, who caused a diplomatic one-child population control It is “crucial” for Vietnam to row in April after escaping house policy. reaffirm “its commitments to arrest in his village in Shandong He was freed in September reform including good govern- province and fleeing to the US 2010 but authorities placed him ance, the rule of law and human embassy in Beijing, was awarded under house arrest during which, rights”, visiting European Council the Human Rights First prize in Chen said, he and his wife were President Herman Van Rompuy New York on Thursday. severely beaten as punishment for said in a press briefing with On Saturday, in Shandong’s speaking out. Vietnam’s leader Truong Tan Linyi city up to 40 special forces His escape to the US embassy Sang in Hanoi. Australian peacekeeping force salute during a handover ceremony of the security operation and political mission police stopped five women from came ahead of a scheduled visit The normally uncontrover- from the UNMIT to East Timor government in Dili, East Timor, yesterday. boarding a bus to Chen’s nearby by Secretary of State Hillary sial Belgian added that he still village, where they had planned Clinton. China eventually allowed retained faith in the “future of to congratulate his family, Liu Chen and his wife and children to Vietnam”. Guohui, an organiser of the visit, leave to study in New York. The US embassy in Hanoi on UN hands full police powers to E Timor told the reporters. Despite the heavy police effort Tuesday also condemned the “We were getting ready to to stop supporters, two rights country’s muffling of freedom of DILI: United Nations peace- responsibilities to the Timorese which arrived in 2006 after a board the bus, but all these special activists made it to the village expression, hours after two musi- keepers in East Timor yester- police and has since focused on political crisis in which dozens police surrounded us and took us and handed over a banner con- cians joined dozens of other dis- day handed full responsibility training instead of frontline were killed and hundreds of thou- into custody,” Liu said. gratulating Chen, the dissident’s sidents behind bars. for policing to Asia’s youngest duties. sands displaced, began withdraw- “We are all women, between brother Chen Guangfu said. On Tuesday a court in the nation, Prime Minister Xanana The head of the UN mission, ing in earnest this month in line the ages of 30 and 70. We have “The police stopped and southern business hub of Ho Chi Gusmao announced. Finn Reske-Nielsen, said that with a timetable to leave by the all been victims of (government- searched their bus three times Minh City jailed musicians Viet The National Police of East under the peacekeepers’ guidance end of the year. backed) forced evictions. We on the way here, but they didn’t Khang, 34, for four years and Timor “are assuming full respon- the Timorese police had “made The largest batch will leave in respect Chen Guangcheng for his recognise them and they got by,” Tran Vu Anh Binh, 37, for six sibility for maintaining law and significant progress” in many November with the last of the knowledge of the law and courage Chen said. years after finding them guilty of order”, he said in a statement areas. peacekeepers due to depart in to fight for justice.” “It is hard to believe in this day “anti-state propaganda”. yesterday. The force provided security December, Reske-Nielsen has China’s special police forces are and age, that the special police “The Vietnamese government In March last year the United during this year’s peaceful presi- said. At its peak, the mission had often used to quell riots. forces have to take such drastic should release these musicians, Nations Integrated Mission dential and general elections. 1,600 peacekeepers. The five women were released measures over an issue like this.” all prisoners of conscience and in Timor-Leste handed some The current UN deployment, AFP within 20 hours of their arrest. AFP adhere to its international obli- gations immediately,” embassy spokesman Christopher Hodges told the reporters. The jailed duo, who will also Sri Lanka storm serve a two-year house arrest Philippine soldiers face court-martials over killings after their release, are known for penning lyrics condemning MANILA: Thirteen Philippine fire only aimed shots and deter- part of Kiblawan town, prompt- The mine would be the coun- exposes Tigers’ police action against anti-China soldiers will face court-martials mine your targets before you fire,” ing them to fire back, according try’s biggest source of foreign activists and the imprisonment for shooting dead the wife and he said. to Paniza. investment if it begins opera- heavy weaponry of dissidents. On Tuesday, New two sons of a tribal leader who Paniza said a lieutenant and 12 Capion escaped the scene, he tions in the year 2016 as sched- York-based Human Rights Watch opposed a Swiss-Australian enlisted men involved in the kill- said. uled, although the influential local COLOMBO: A storm surge urged Van Rompuy publicly to mining project, the military ings could face life in jail if found However a coalition of anti- church figures, tribal groups and in Sri Lanka’s northeast has press Vietnam to release all said yesterday. guilty. mining activists, Alyansa Tigil environmental activists fiercely exposed buried artillery guns of political prisoners and detainees A military inquiry found the In the incident on the southern Mina (Stop Mining Alliance), oppose it. Tamil Tiger rebels in a region during his three-day visit to the soldiers were negligent when island of Mindanao on October insists that it was a massacre Spokesman for the mining where the final battles of the tightly-controlled county. they engaged in a shootout with 18, soldiers shot dead the wife with the soldiers opening fire on project, Manalo Labor, declined country’s 37-year conflict were “Vietnam regularly imprisons the tribal leader because they did and two sons of Daguil Capion, a the hut without provocation, and to comment on the investigation fought, the army said yesterday. its citizens for asking for democ- not try to avoid civilian casual- tribal leader opposed to the enor- that Capion was not there at the but said the company did not con- Troops stumbled on four racy and the same freedoms that ties, said armed forces spokes- mous Tampakan copper and gold time. done violence. 152mm artillery barrels and one Europeans take for granted,” man Lieutenant Colonel Lyndon project in his tribe’s area. The planned $5.9-billion mine Philippine security forces have 130mm piece believed to have said Brad Adams, Asia director Paniza. The soldiers said they were project is run by Swiss mining long been accused of summary been used by Tiger guerrillas dur- at Human Right Watch. “There is a violation of the fired upon as they neared a hut giant Xstrata and Australia’s killings and other abuses. ing their last stand in the district AFP rules of engagement. You should of the Capion family in an isolated Indophil Resources NL. AFP of Mullaittivu, army spokesman Ruwan Wanigasooriya said. “They had buried it along the Terror suspects arrested coast and the cache was exposed due to a storm surge in the area,” Wanigasooriya said. “We knew Indonesian court jails Russian that the terrorists used heavy weapons, but this is physical evi- dence of their big artillery guns.” designer over drug smuggling Government forces crushed Tiger rebels who were pushed to DENPASAR: An Indonesian Another Russian, Alexander a small stretch of lagoon where court has jailed a Russian Simonov, was arrested two days the group’s military leadership designer for 11 years after he before Chernykh as he arrived in was wiped out in 2009. was caught trying to smuggle Bali from Kuala Lumpur attempt- The spectacular military suc- hundreds of capsules of hashish ing to smuggle 915 grams of hash cess ended nearly four decades of in his stomach into the resort also in capsules that he swallowed. fighting by the Tigers for inde- island of Bali. The Denpasar court jailed pendence, but it also triggered Sergei Chernykh, 43, was Simonov earlier this month to allegations of war crimes. arrested in April as he arrived eight years and ordered him to “Tigers fired these artillery on a flight from Kuala Lumpur. pay a one-billion rupiah fine. pieces from areas where civilians He was found to have swal- Despite the similarities between were sheltering in the final stages lowed 359 capsules filled with the cases, officials have said that of the war,” Wanigasooriya said. 695 grams of the drug, a court in the men did not know each other. Rights groups blamed Tigers the Balinese capital of Denpasar Indonesia takes a hard line on for using civilians as a human heard Tuesday. drugs with smuggling punishable shield while government forces Judge Gunawan Tri Budiono with life imprisonment or even Terror suspects are escorted by anti-terror police, Densus 88, into a plane at Mutiara airport in Palu, were accused of shelling civilian also handed the Russian a fine of execution. Central Sulawesi province, yesterday, as they transfer the terrorists to Jakarta. areas declared a no-fire zone. one billion rupiah. AFP AFP THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Taliban may Afghan transport contest Afghan polls: Official Other insurgents too may contest

KABUL: The Taliban and of fraud, and the credibility of the other insurgent leaders 2014 vote is seen as key to avoid- could stand as candidates in ing an escalation in violence after Afghanistan’s next presiden- the Nato withdrawal. tial election, to be held in April Donor nations at a conference 2014, the country’s top poll offi- in Tokyo in July pledged $16bn cial said yesterday. for Afghanistan to prevent the President Hamid Karzai, who country from sliding back into is serving his second term as turmoil when foreign combat leader of the war-torn nation, is troops depart, with several pre- constitutionally barred from run- conditions including presidential ning in the election and no clear elections in 2014. candidate to succeed him has yet The International Crisis Group emerged. think-tank warned this month The vote, scheduled for April that the Kabul government could 5, 2014, is seen as crucial to fall apart after Nato troops with- Afghan stability after the with- draw, particularly if the presi- drawal of Nato troops and Fazil dential elections are affected by Ahmad Manawi, the head of the fraud. Independent Election Commission The Taliban, whose hardline (IEC) insisted his body would act Islamist regime was overthrown impartially. in 2001 by a US-led invasion for An Afghan family sits in a handcart as a worker pushes it in the Torkham border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, yesterday. “We are even prepared to harbouring Osama bin Laden, did pave the ground for the armed not take part in the 2009 elec- opposition, be it the Taliban or tion, instead launched polling day Hezb-i-Islami, to participate in attacks that killed more than 20 Afghan roadside bombings kill 17 civilians the election, either as voters or people. candidates,” Manawi told a news Security officials said they were conference. confident they would learn lessons KANDAHAR: A s e r i e s of r o a d- around 9:00 am (0430 GMT). people, including women and chil- civilians died in the war, the UN “There will be no discrimi- from 2009 as they seek to prevent side bombs in restive southern Seven women and three children dren.” said provincial spokesman has said, and this year around 30 nation,” the IEC chief added, violence in the run-up to the next Afghanistan yesterday killed a were killed, according to provincial Jawed Ahmad Faisal. percent of casualties have been defending the body in response to election. total of 17 people, among them spokesman Farid Ahmad Farhang. A provincial police spokesman women and children. Most of a question about its impartiality. The election in 2014 will only women and children, in a bloody Hours later, a second device confirmed the incident without them were victims of roadside Hezb-i-Islami is the faction of be the third since the fall of he week for civilians. destroyed a civilian motorcycle, giving details. bombs. On October 19 a bomb former prime minister Gulbuddin Taliban. The attacks came the day the killing a man and wounding a Roadside bombs, also known ripped through a minibus car- Hekmatyar which wages an “Afghan security institutions head of the Afghan election com- woman and three children -- all as improvised explosive devices rying guests to a wedding in the insurgency along with the Taliban will start working to design a mission said Taliban and other members of the same family -- (IEDs), are the deadliest insur- northern province of Balkh, kill- against Karzai’s Western-backed comprehensive plan for security insurgents could stand as can- Farhang said. gent weapon both for the military ing 19 people. government. of election,” defence ministry didates in the next presidential A statement from the Helmand fighting the Taliban and civilians. A day after the Balkh blast, the Under the IEC timetable, ini- chief of staff Shir Mohammad ballot in April 2014. governor’s office confirmed the The crude devices, often built UN urged the Taliban leadership tial results of the ballot will be Karimi said. Last Friday a suicide bomber toll and blamed the “enemies of from old ammunition, are planted to enforce their ban on IEDs, announced on April 24 and final Under the Afghan system, wearing a police uniform killed Afghanistan”, a term used to refer to target Nato and Afghan troops announced in 1998 by the mili- results on May 14, with May 28 voters elect the president as 42 people, including five children, to Taliban insurgents waging an but they also kill civilians using tants’ leader Mullah Omar. set aside for any potential run-off an individual rather than as a at a mosque in northern Faryab 11-year war against the Kabul gov- the same roads. Foreign combat troops are vote. Provincial council elections representative of a party, and province after prayers for the ernment and its Nato supporters. The United Nations says 1,145 due to withdraw by the end of will be held at the same time as candidates must submit their festival of Eid-ul-Adha, an attack Later another blast in Maruf civilians were killed in the war in 2014 and there are fears that the the main poll. nominations by October 6, 2013. blamed on the Taliban. district of neighbouring Kandahar the first six months of this year, Taliban will extend their activities The 2009 poll, in which Karzai The IEC will then rule on their Wednesday’s bloodshed began province killed six civilians. blaming 80 percent of the deaths across wider swathes of the coun- was reelected over former foreign admissibility and publish a final when a roadside bomb tore “A roadside bomb this after- on insurgents, with more than try against ill-prepared Afghan minister Abdullah Abdullah, was list of candidates on November 16. through a vehicle in Musa Qala noon blew up a civilian minivan half caused by roadside bombs. forces. marred by widespread allegations AFP district of Helmand province at in Maruf district that killed six Last year a record 3,021 AFP

Karzai congratulates first Afghan pro bout champ Pakistan faces serious

KABUL: President Hamid Tanzanian opponent who came to climate change threats Karzai yesterday hailed the vic- Afghanistan to take part in this tory of an Afghan boxer who fight,” a statement from Karzai’s defeated his Tanzanian oppo- office said. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to Climate Change Threats’ to the nent in the war-torn nation’s Thousands packed into in the facing serious threats due to country due to climate changing first professional bout. Loya Jirga tent to watch the climate changes fast taking including the global warming etc, Hamid Rahimi, who grew up bout. place particularly in moun- also warns that immediate meas- in Germany, beat Said Mbelwa It is the first of its kind in war- tainous regions of Hindu Kush- ures are to be adopted to tone in Tuesday night’s clash after battered Afghanistan, and fans Karakoram-Himalaya, it was down the destructive impacts. the Tanzanian withdrew with an mobbed the ring to congratulate learnt yesterday. injury in the seventh round. Rahimi after he won. “The carbonaceous filth has THREATS Karzai “congratulated Rahimi The bout billed as the “Fight 4 started mixing into Indus waters Considerable increase in fre- and the Afghan nation” on the Peace” marked another sporting pouring in from Glaciers (snow quency and intensity of extreme victory, which sparked jubilant landmark for the war-torn nation melting) which could leave haz- weather events, coupled with scenes at the venue, Kabul’s Loya after the resounding success of Afghan World Boxing Union champion Hamid Rahimi celebrates his victory ardous consequences for life of erratic monsoon rains causing Jirga (grand assembly) tent. the Afghan Premier League foot- after winning the World Boxing Organisation Intercontinental middleweight every kind in the water passage- frequent and intense floods and “The president, besides con- ball tournament. ways,’ officials in a media confer- droughts. fight in Kabul. gratulating Rahimi, thanks his AFP ence said yesterday. Projected recession of Hindu While referring to the lat- Kush-Karakoram-Himalayan est study carried out at an offi- (HKH) glaciers due to global cial level, the sources identified warming and carbon soot depos- many vulnerable areas which are its from trans-boundary pollu- British expert briefs exposed to threats. tion sources, threatening water Peshawar plans child protection institute “The water, food and energy inflows into Indus River System Pakistani committee security risks are at the top of (IRS). ISLAMABAD: The Khyber The children at risk including “We feel that best place for a the list of these threats.” Increased siltation of major on anti-terror laws Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection beggars, orphans and those who child is his home and his family The government needs to dams caused by more frequent and Welfare Commission would are trapped by criminal gangs as so we would focus on their reha- initiate practical measures and intense floods. ISLAMABAD: Members of set up an institute in the pro- well as the children referred by bilitation and reunion with their rather than letting time lapse Increased temperature result- the Parliamentary Committee vincial capital soon where chil- court will be provided shelter at families,” Khan said. if the adversities of the cata- ing in enhanced heat- and water- on National Security (PCNS) dren at risk would be provided the institute. He said that the institute would strophic impacts of these natural stressed conditions, particularly of Pakistan conducted an ‘in- shelter, counselling and other He said that the commission, be a bit different from other insti- changes are to be mitigated, they in arid and semi-arid regions, camera’ discussion with Lord needed support, said an official. set up under Child Protection and tutions run by the social welfare maintained. leading to reduced agriculture Carlyle, a British lawyer and an Mohammad Ijaz Khan, deputy Welfare Act 2010, became func- department for children as it The studies and a complete productivity. expert on anti-terrorism laws, chief child protection and welfare tional in May 2011 and received would be a model institute. framework to control the disas- Further decrease in the yesterday in Islamabad. officer, said that the commission more than 4,000 cases of children The official said that the com- ters are explained in the National already scanty forest cover from The meeting is being held to was going to set up a child protec- at risk. mission came to know that many Climate Changes Policy, finalised too rapid change in climatic con- meet Lord Alexander Charles tion institute in Peshawar by end Khan said that most of the institutes run by the government by the Environment Ministry in ditions to allow natural migra- Carlyle, a practising barrister from of November. problems were related to out- and non-governmental organisa- coordination with other depart- tion of adversely affected plant the UK and a former independent “Funds have been allocated for dated customs and violence tions had no standing operating ments and experts. species. reviewer of British anti-terrorism the purpose,” he said. The build- resulting in violation of child procedures. Every institute like The threats are the cause Increased intrusion of saline laws and to discuss legislation with ing of the institute, constructed rights. Forced child marriage of orphanages, beggar welfare homes of major survival concerns for water in the Indus delta, adversely respect to terrorism. The meet- on Dalazak Road over a 13-kanal girls was also a serious issue, he and shelter homes had its own Pakistan. affecting coastal agriculture, ing took place at a time when the piece of land, would have two sep- said, adding that cases of corporal procedure, he added. “Particularly in terms of mangroves and breeding grounds government has already intro- arate hostels for male and female punishments were also reported. “We are devising a uniform country’s Water Security, Food of fish. duced “the Investigation for Fair children. About 70 boys and 30 “Anybody from community or standing operating procedure for Security and Energy Security Threat to coastal areas due Trial Bill, 2012”, in the National girls could be accommodated in a child at risk can inform these all the government and private considerations,” the policy frame- to projected sea level rising and Assembly “to provide for investi- the hostels, the official said. units at the helpline 1121 and the institutions dealing with issues work reads. increased cyclonic activity due to gation for collection of evidence “It will be a model child pro- unit’s team can come and collect of children,” he said. The offi- The policy pinpointed as higher sea surface temperatures. by means of modern techniques tection institute where children the child caught in some prob- cial added that the commission many as nine key areas wherein Increased stress between and devices to prevent and effec- (below the age of 18 years) would lem,” the official said. was actively monitoring policies Pakistan stands vulnerable to upper riparian and lower ripar- tively deal with scheduled offences be provided shelter and rehabili- He said that most of the chil- affecting children and it was also climatic modifications, a natural ian regions on sharing the water and to regulate the powers of the tation facilities,” said Khan. He dren, who were at risk or faced its task to make efforts to imple- phenomenon, controllable up to resources; law enforcement and intelligence said that staff, qualified to deal some problem, would be protected ment laws related to basic rights certain scope while taking pre- Increased health risks and cli- agencies” to deal with terrorism. with children at risk, would be and provided counselling at the of children. cautionary measures. mate change induced migration. INTERNEWS hired for the institute. institute. INTERNEWS The report, titled ‘Vulnerability INTERNEWS THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA RIL behind Jaipal Reddy’s removal: IAC Cancel KG basin allotment: Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: S Jaipal Reddy cost would be determined by the was axed as petroleum minister company, and if the cost increases, for refusing a Mukesh Ambani- so will the profit,” he said, adding led Reliance Industries’ proposal this was unheard of in business. to hike charges of gas it supplied The company, he said, revised to state-run power plants, India the rate to $4.2 per unit in 2007, Against Corruption’s Arvind which then Finance Minister Kejriwal charged yesterday, Pranab Mukherjee agreed to as demanding that the Krishna head of an empowered group of Godavari basin allotted to the ministers, benefiting Reliance to company be taken back. the tune of Rs10,000 crore. “Mukesh Ambani is running Kejriwal alleged that in 2006 the country it seems,” Kejriwal then petroleum minister Mani told the media here. “Jaipal Reddy Shankar Iyer was removed was removed as he refused to hike and Murli Deora brought in to the charges levied by Reliance increase Reliance Industries’ cap- Industries to supply gas to the ital expenditure from $2.39bn to NTPC (National Thermal Power $8.8bn, and to hike gas price from Corp).” $2.34 per unit to $4.2 per unit. Reliance called the charges Later, the company wanted “irresponsible”. The allegations the rate further hiked to $14.2. were “devoid of any truth or sub- Jaipal Reddy, who reportedly did stance whatsoever”, and made not agree to the proposal, was at the behest of vested inter- shunted out in Sunday’s cabinet ests. “The deep water explora- rejig, said the activist-politician. tion project in the KG-D6 basin Kejriwal released to the media has deployed the best technical a “secret” document of the petro- Onlookers gather on the beach after the oil tanker ship Pratibha Cauvery ran aground off the coast in Chennai yesterday. resources and has been recognised leum ministry that said that by the oil and gas industry as one of accepting the Reliance demand the very best in its class,” a spokes- would generate for it an additional man for the company said. profit of $8.5bn. “In order to pres- Nilam drenches Andhra; ship crew missing off Chennai This project has added great eco- surise the government, RIL sub- nomic value to the country and by all stantially reduced its production accounts is a project of which India of natural gas,” a statement from HYDERABAD: Heavy rain has declared a holiday for edu- An Indian Meteorological decided to abandon the ship.” can be justly proud, the spokesman India Against Corruption said. lashed Andhra Pradesh’s cational institutions in Chittoor Department (IMD) bulletin said The official said that still “15 added. “Irresponsible allegations “Production has been artificially coastal districts under the and Nellore districts. Roads and Nilam was centred about 260 km members of the crew are on the made by the IAC at the behest kept low to blackmail the govern- impact of Cyclone Nilam, whose low-lying areas were inundated - south-southeast of Chennai at ship”. Efforts have been stepped of vested interests without basic ment. They are not just hoarding intensity is expected to increase this included the temple town of 8.30am yesterday. up to rescue them. understanding of the complexities of the gas but also forcing various by last evening. Tirupati in Chittoor district. Gale wind speeds reaching 90 to The Pratibha Cauvery belong- a project of this nature do not merit consumers to buy gas from abroad.” Many parts of Nellore and Warning signals were put out at 100kmph and even higher would ing to Mumbai-based Pratibha a response,” the RIL official said. When Reliance sought Prime Prakasam districts in south Machilipatnam, Krishnapatnam, hit north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Shipping with 37 member crew According to Kejriwal, the KG Minister Manmohan Singh’s coastal Andhra and Chittoor Nizampatnam and Vadarevu and adjoining south Andhra ran aground here. basin was awarded to Reliance intervention, he asked the attor- district in Rayalaseema region ports. Pradesh coasts during next 24 For reasons yet not known, out in 2000 by the NDA government ney general to find out if the gas have been receiving heavy rain According to Visakhapatnam hours, according to the warning. of these 37 people, 22 members when the company agreed to sup- prices should be hiked or not. accompanied by strong winds Cyclone Warning centre, Nilam Meanwhile, operations were of the crew decided to abandon ply gas to the NTPC for the next “Why did the PM not show since Tuesday night, officials said. would cross north Tamil Nadu on to rescue 15 crew members of the ship in a life boat, officials of 17 years at $2.34 per unit. similar concern when NTPC was An alert has been sounded and south Andhra Pradesh coast ship Pratibha Cauvery that ran Coast Guard and the Chennai But, said Kejriwal, the com- forced to accept higher gas price in the south coastal districts of between Puducherry and Nellore aground here as cyclone Nilam hit Port Trust said. pany revised the rate to $4.25 per from RIL? Why is the PM not Nellore, Guntur, Prakasam and Wednesday evening. Tamil Nadu coast yesterday after- Unfortunately the life boat cap- unit in 2007 which then Finance pulling up Reliance for not pro- Krishna. The sea conditions have The Met Office has warned noon, even as a person died in the sized with the crew. Out of the 22 Minister Pranab Mukherjee ducing gas as per their commit- turned rough with high waves fishermen against venturing out mishap and the fate of six people who left the ship on the life boat, agreed to as the head of an ment? Why did the PM not seek lashing the coast in Nellore. The into the sea. It also advised people was not immediately known. 16 people were rescued and admit- empowered group of ministers. legal opinion when the country’s sea water gushed up to 100 metres in coastal areas to remain indoors An Indian Coast Guard official ted to an hospital. The fate of six “The entire contract was meant interests were at stake?” from shoreline in some villages. and take all precautions at the said: “Search and rescue opera- people is not known, officials said. to benefit Reliance because ... the IANS The education department time of the storm’s landfall. tions are on for the crew who IANS

ISI-Maoist links worry security agencies Saudi frees Indian media growth will detained Indian NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s cov- “though Maoists were facing all- the participation of members ert operations agency Inter- round reverses what was emerg- of the banned SIMI in protest terror suspect be fantastic: Nik Gowing Services Intelligence (ISI) ing were signs of a growing link marches and events organised by has forged deadly links with between them and Pakistan’s ISI, Maoists and their sympathisers in BANGALORE: Saudi Arabian NEW DELHI: While a lot of anchored five hours non-stop that Maoists through overground with clear evidence in this regard other parts of the country, includ- police have released Indian doc- of newspapers and magazines day. “It was one of those nights radicals and the banned emerging from four districts of ing at Jantar Mantar in Delhi tor Usman Ghani from 20-day in the West would stop print you can’t forget. There were very Students Islamic Movement of the state bordering Bangladesh.” (the venue of all protests),” a gov- detention after their investiga- editions in the future, the road few staff and very few managers. India (SIMI) activists not just Murshidabad, West Midnapore, ernment official, with knowledge tion revealed he had no terror ahead for the Indian media “The day before, I was in Tokyo, in West Bengal but the rest of Purulia and Bankura are the four of such developments, said here. links as suspected earlier. is “fantastic” with broadband nine hours ahead of London. When India too, according to Indian districts, he was quoted as having Mukherjee’s revelations at the “I am grateful to the Saudi availability and 4G, says veteran I came back to London, I attended a security agencies. said at the meet. review meeting at the home min- police for releasing my son on British journalist Nik Gowing, a party organised by one of my friends. This information was shared A worried Mukherjee is said istry came even as there has been a Sunday and clearing him of familiar face for Indian televi- I drank too much and went to bed at among police and civilian officials to have informed of the “growing “remarkable improvement” in coun- charges that he had links with sion viewers. 12.30. At 10 past 1, my editor called from nine Maoist-infested states nexus”, which came to light after tering leftwing extremists in West terror elements when he was The BBC presenter believes the in to say that Dodi was dead and who met in the national capital some Maoists were arrested from Bengal. It also came over a fortnight in India four years ago,” Ghani’s Indian media is maturing. that Diana might die. I thought he earlier this month to review the these districts and they revealed after then Central Reserve Police mother Fathima Khan said “It is struggling too like us, but was pulling a fast one on me. By half anti-Maoist security operations about overground sympathisers of Force (CRPF) director general K yesterday. in a positive manner. And with past two, I was on air.” and progress of development leftwing extremists establishing Vijay Kumar last month appreciated Ghani, 36, who works at a broadband availability and 4G, it Announcing Diana’s death was an works in backward areas of their ties with Pakistan’s spy agency. the Mamata Banerjee government military hospital in Riyadh, was is going to be fantastic,” Gowing, emotional moment for him. “I knew respective states. “Not just in West Bengal, ele- for the “cooperation extended to the picked up by the Saudi police from 61, said in an chat on the sidelines it 40-50 minutes before I announced West Bengal’s Director General ments having ISI links are join- security forces’ operations” to coun- his home at the behest of the of a media summit here. it. I had to prepare myself to break of Police Naparajit Mukherjee had ing forces with overt outfits of ter the Maoists. Indian government on the advice In the Western world, however, it to the viewers,” he said. reportedly told the meeting that Maoists. We have also witnessed IANS of Karnataka Police, Fahima he feels that a lot of newspapers For as long as he can remember, alleged. and magazines would decide not Gowing has been a foreign and dip- “My prayers have been to print in the future. lomatic affairs specialist. Was there answered by Allah! I want to Responding to a question on any specific stimulus that led him Naga festival profoundly thank the Saudi gov- Newsweek’s announcement of stop- to take an interest in these? ernment, especially its embassy ping its print edition in 2013, he said: “I have always been interested in New Delhi for conducting the “I think Newsweek is very sensible, with what things are happening inquiry expeditiously and finding brave and practical. In the Western across the world. The world is a that my son had no connection world at least, we will see a lot of very complex place. As a jour- with terror suspects as alleged,” newspapers and magazines deciding nalist, it is my job to knit it all Fathima said. not to print in the future because of together and make sense to the Ghani went to the Saudi the paucity and cost of newsprint, viewer. It has been an amazing kingdom in late 2008 to join manpower and printing equipment journey. And it is still going on,” the National Guard hospital in as well as distribution costs. said Gowing. Riyadh as an anaesthetist after “I myself don’t pick up a news- In his long career at the BBC, working for over three years in paper’s hard copy any more.” Gowing has anchored and presented Bangalore hospitals. The death of Diana, princess diverse programmes like “The “It was heartening to speak of Wales, in 1997 was a stand-out World Today”, “Europe Direct”, to Ghani on Monday after three event in his many decades as a “HARDtalk”, “Dateline London” weeks and to know that he is at broadcast journalist, says Gowing and “Simpson’s World”. Which one home with his wife (Rashida). I who broke the news over BBC to was the most challenging? am looking forward to meet them half a billion viewers worldwide. “I think it has to be the ‘World soon as I have applied for a Saudi The man who told the Diana Debates’. Getting people to talk visa,” Fathima said. story to the world vividly remem- openly when they did not want to Before Ghani left for the Saudi bers the events of that August 31 do that in many countries, including kingdom, police summoned him night when Princess Diana was in India, getting them at the same after the questioning of some sus- killed in an accident along with place and same time, getting them to A Zerliang tribesman throws a bamboo spear during the Chega Gadi or Langsim Nyi harvest festival pects picked up in Hubli, about friend Dodi Al Fayed in Paris. debate and disagree which they have at Jaluki, in the Peren district of Nagaland yesterday. The festival is an important event for the Zeliang 410km from Bangalore, for alleg- Gowing, who has covered not been taught to - all this made the Naga, celebrated for a rich bountiful harvest. edly planning a terror attack. the 9/11 terror strike as well as experience especially challenging.” IANS the 26/11 Mumbai terror siege, IANS THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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00.0 0.0 235,378 26.50 147,407 149.0087,744 15.43 20,074 76.80 144,226 28.85 0.00 0.00 87,843 72.50 6,384 52.00 Qatari firms disappoint investors Mena energy capital Net profits of 41 listed firms at QR28.5bn only till September this year investment to reach

DOHA: Qatari listed com- panies have failed to impress $740bn in five years investors with their net prof- its that add up to QR28.5bn ($7.80bn) year-on-year in the DOHA: With an objective to on Iran’s elusive energy investment first three quarters of this year, meet its fast growing electric- programme, which has tentatively up a meagre 1.88 percent over ity demand, the Middle East been put at $68bn. Despite mov- the same period in 2011. and North Africa’s (Mena) total ing up the rankings ahead of Qatar Qatar Exchange (QE) energy capital investment is and Kuwait, Iraq with $56bn worth announced on its website yester- expected to add up to $740bn of capital requirements is still far day that 41 of the 42 listed entities for the five year period 2013-17, below its huge potential. had all reported their financials according to a new report. The report noted under-invest- for the three quarters except In Saudi Arabia, investment ment is apparent both in Kuwait Vodafone Qatar whose financial is projected to reach $165bn and Qatar. In Kuwait, govern- year is from April to March. and UAE $107bn. Qatar, Iran ment policy has often been at Calculations made by this news- and Algeria are among other odds with parliamentary politics paper suggest that just three of the countries to Algeria is another and efforts to align the two have 42 entities—large cap Industries country which is expected to see been repeatedly frustrated. As a Qatar (IQ), Qatar National Bank exponential investment growth result, major components of the (QNB), the country’s largest in the power sector during the upstream development continue lender, and Qatar Telecom (Qtel)— five-year period, said the report to be questioned and key down- have a lion’s share of over 53 per- published by the Arab Petroleum stream projects such as long- cent (QR15.2bn or $4.16bn) in the A general view of the QNB head office in Doha yesterday. Investment Corporation. delayed giant Al Zour refinery are profit volume. Notwithstanding sustained still striving for materialization. As always, banks have led the risk underwriter, Qatar Insurance apart from Consumer Goods and Electricity and Water Company expansion of investment, power In contrast, Qatar’s stagnation profit growth driven by their Company. Services, Transport, Real Estate (QEWC) has been inching closer supply has fallen short of needs in is the result of the lack of a pure large credit portfolios, together The Qatar German Medical and Telecommunication. to achieving that status as its the Mena region. To catch up with policy decision on whether or not contributing QR12.4bn ($3.39bn), Devices Company, a pharmaceu- So barring Vodafone Qatar and nine-month net profits (almost unmet potential demand, medium- to extend the ongoing moratorium or 43.31 percent, to the total. The tical products manufacturer, con- Qatar-German Medical Devices QR980m) narrowly missed the term capacity growth, which has on further development of the sector has maintained its vibrancy tinues to remain in the red. Its Company, 40 of the 42 listed com- magical QR1bn-mark. Large cap been worked out on a country by North Field, beyond the domestic achieving growth in double dig- losses rose marginally to QR5.1m panies have all posted profits. Woqod (Qatar Fuel Company) country basis, is expected to be market oriented Barzan project. its (10.61 percent) over the first between January and September Average profit of the listed com- and Barwa Real Estate have much higher than that of economic As a result, and despite a shift in three quarters of 2011. from QR3.5m in the correspond- panies works out to QR678.5m been trailing as close competi- output-7.8 percent for the period emphasis on enhancing oil recovery The insurance counters have ing period of 2011. with only 10 of them breaching tors, having netted QR876m and 2013-17 against 4.5 percent for and expanding the petrochemical disappointed investors with The company has been part that level led, of course, by IQ, QR779m in profits, respectively, GDP. This would require an invest- industry, energy investment in a drop in their net profits for of the industrial sector but after QNB and Qtel. Interestingly, five in the three quarters. ment of about $250bn, 59 percent Qatar has lost momentum. the period under review. Their regrouping Qatar Exchange (QE) of the eight banks have their net Based on the nine-month for a new generation capacity and The region is facing major profit volume shrank 9.54 per- has included it among Consumer profits to the tune of a billion riy- profit figure the annual profit the remaining 41 percent for trans- challenge in the supply of fuel/ cent to QR639m as compared to Goods and Services entities. The als or more. The only other two volume of the listed companies mission & distribution (T&D). feedstock-primarily natural gas almost QR700m in the first nine listed companies are classified entities that have achieved the is expected to cross the $10bn- Tighter international sanctions, to the petrochemical industry and months of 2011. The downslide into seven counters now as against remarkable feat are IQ and Qtel. mark by 2012-end. and the retreat of foreign compa- the power sector. was led by the country’s largest four earlier—the addition being, Utility producer Qatar THE PENINSULA nies, have ended up taking a toll THE PENINSULA Qatar banks preparing for infrastructure boom

DOHA: Qatari banks are bulk- metro in Doha that will link stadi- syndicates, as opposed to inter- ing up to play a role in funding ums for the 2022 World Cup soc- national syndicates, for all of the the country’s massive infra- cer tournament, as well as a 490km projects leading up to 2022,” said structure expansion. But in a rail line linking Saudi Arabia and Commercial Bank of Qatar Group country which is already over- Bahrain through Qatar as part of a Chief Executive Andrew Stevens. banked by some measures, they planned regional network. “Many international banks, may risk becoming too big. Infrastructure spending will especially those in the West, are Doha Bank, Qatar’s fifth-larg- average over 10 percent of gross preoccupied with internal matters, est lender by market value and domestic product ahead of the particularly deleveraging as well as part-owned by the country’s sov- World Cup, with activity in the looking at their own capital ade- ereign wealth fund, announced construction sector likely to peak quacy requirements. That would plans in October to increase its around 2015, the state planning preclude them from participating share capital by 50 percent in the authority has said. in some of these big projects.” first quarter of next year, raising “Qatari banks have a great about $1.6bn. opportunity with the financing CONSOLIDATION Other Qatari banks have of infrastructure projects,” said a But Qatari banks’ growth will tapped debt markets this year. second analyst with a Doha-based carry risks. There are 18 banks Qatar Islamic Bank, the country’s bank. “They will have a major operating in a nation with a popu- largest Islamic lender, returned home-player advantage in pricing lation of only 1.8 million, includ- to the global debt market after a the risk of particular loans, and ing four Islamic banks and seven two-year absence with a $750m understanding when and if there is foreign-owned lenders such as sukuk sale earlier this month. an effective government guarantee European behemoths HSBC and Qatar International Islamic Bank to a project and when there isn’t.” BNP Paribas. Average return on followed a week later, pricing its Exploiting this advantage will equity for banks in Qatar fell to debut $700m, five-year sukuk. not be simple, however. Qatar 18.6 percent in 2011 from a peak Doha Bank also raised $500m National Bank (QNB), the coun- of 30.4 percent in 2007, according from a bond sale in March. try’s largest bank, had total assets to data compiled by QNB - still “For the infrastructure of $96.4bn at the end of September, a comfortable level by current projects, local banks want to be the bank said - much smaller Western standards, but a worry- in the game, and they will be given than levels of around $2 trillion ing trend if it continues. priority by the government,” said for the top international banks. “At the moment, any growth Robert Pramberger, acting head Commercial Bank of Qatar, the banks are engendering in the of asset management at The First second biggest, had assets of $21bn. private sector is minimal, and is Investor in Doha. “They need to “Every contractor will have likely to be taken from one another. get the money from somewhere, to post a performance bond, and There’s a fair degree of competitive and they’ll want it to be an equal most local banks won’t be able pinching going on,” Commercial combination of debt and equity.” to carry that themselves. They’ll Bank of Qatar’s Stevens said. An analyst with a Qatari bank, need working capital to get into “We’re overbanked. There are too said he believed the central bank the performance bond business,” many banks. We need a larger would want to make sure that the second analyst said. share of the business, and it’s a very local lenders took a large slice of Also, Qatari banks are likely to competitive market.” the infrastructure business, rather face stiff competition for infra- While government spending con- than leaving it to foreign banks. structure business from regional tinues rising through 2015, there “There will be a huge incentive rivals. “Many other banks in the may be enough business for everyone for local lenders to raise capital region are well-capitalised and in the crowded market. But as pre- to meet the demand. Banks here will be looking for a slice of the World Cup infrastructure projects are hoping to make quite a lot of action, so they are likely to face start to wind down late this decade, money. I’m sure the central bank more pricing pressure than they banks may begin to feel heavy pres- and other authorities are encour- have been used to in the past,” the sure on their profits. aging local banks to bolster their first analyst said. Stevens said one solution to this balance sheets, so that they can As a result, Qatari banks may prospect would be consolidation of take advantage of project bonds have to band together into syndi- the industry, with banks streamlin- and other opportunities.” cates with foreign banks to ena- ing or merging some operations. ble them to meet the financing But so far, he said, there has been MEGA-PROJECTS requirements. Other Gulf lenders no sign that banks are willing to The Qatari government has may play a prominent role in the begin this. Pramberger said that allocated 40 percent of its budget syndicates, as Western banks hold for now, the banking cake in Qatar between now and 2016 to fund a back because of financial pres- would be large enough for every- string of mega-projects, including sures back home. “These projects body, but “consolidation will be $5.5bn for a deepwater seaport, are of a huge size, and they can’t a topic at a later stage, once the $20bn for roads and a $17.5bn new be done on an individual basis. I infrastructure build slows down”. airport. It also aims to build a $36bn think you’ll see the rise of regional REUTERS THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Gulf railway boom to shape economies DUBAI: A century after Lawrence of Arabia cut the Damascus-Medina railway, governments are embarking on plans to restore long-distance rail transport in the region and extend it across the Arabian Opec output up Peninsula. Official figures suggest around $100bn may be spent by the end of this decade lay- ing over 6,000km of track for both national lines and a route linking all the states in the in Oct: Survey Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. Supply rises by 60,000 b/d The governments face big technical chal- lenges, such as making six national rail sys- LONDON: Opec oil output has permitting, a further increase from tems compatible and building on the shifting risen slightly in October as extra Iraq is possible in November. Loading sands of remote deserts. But success could supplies from Iraq, Angola and schedules signal both higher ship- have far-reaching effects on economies in the Libya offset a further decline ments of Kirkuk crude from north- region, cutting their dependence on expensive in Iran to its lowest in two dec- ern Iraq, and record-high exports of road and air travel, boosting trade and even ades and disruptions in Nigeria, a Basra crude in the south. bringing the GCC closer together politically. Reuters survey found yesterday. Smaller increases came from “It will undoubtedly transform the econo- The survey indicates Iraq’s Libya, as its oil industry recovers mies as any major piece of railway does,” said expansion in export capacity and from a shutdown during the 2011 civil Keith Hampson, director of global rail transit continued high output from top war, and from Angola, where exports at Aecom, a US-based transport planning firm. exporter Saudi Arabia are helping have edged up from September’s rate “It opens up all sorts of trading relationships to compensate for reduced supply which was the lowest since July 2011. that probably otherwise would not have existed.” from Iran, whose output has fallen Oil prices gave up most an earlier The Turkish-built Hejaz Railway to the sharply due to Western sanctions. gain yesterday to trade around $109 Saudi city of Madinah was never rebuilt in Supply from the 12-member a barrel. Crude has fallen from a peak Saudi Arabia after Lawrence of Arabia’s raid- Organization of the Petroleum for the year of $128 in March. Iran ing parties destroyed parts of it during World Exporting Countries has averaged and Nigeria posted declines in output War I. Rail transport has been neglected in 31.15m barrels per day (b/d), up this month, according to the survey. the Gulf since then; trade depends heavily from 31.09m b/d in September, the Iranian supply fell by 30,000 on columns of smog-spewing trucks running survey of sources at oil companies, bpd to 2.67m b/d, the survey along desert highways. Opec officials and analysts found. found. That would be its lowest Currently, the only major rail systems Iranian output is unlikely to post since 1988, according to figures operating in the GCC are a 60-year old further large declines for now, one from the US Energy Information freight and passenger link between Riyadh network could help develop remote desert and Also, Salalah will become a major link analyst said, although more buyers Administration. Output from Iran and the port of Dammam in Saudi Arabia, mountain areas of the GCC. Trade within the between the GCC and the rest of the world. could scale back purchases in 2013. has dropped sharply this year due and Dubai’s metro. But that is set to change GCC and its re-exports to other countries are Because the port lies outside the Strait of Earlier this month, the European to the US and European sanctions dramatically as growing populations and expected to get a boost. Intra-GCC trade rose Hormuz, it will reduce the GCC’s vulner- Union approved new sanctions on the country. The embargo bars countries’ desire to diversify their economies from $19.8bn in 2003 to $65.4bn in 2010, still ability to threats by Iran to close that key against Iran over its nuclear pro- EU insurance firms from covering away from oil exports cause them to pour only a tiny fraction of last year’s total GCC shipping route. gramme. “We see relative stabil- Iran’s exports, which has hindered money into railway construction. trade value of $1.3 trillion. Despite the huge cost of the rail network, ity through the fourth quarter at imports by some non-EU buyers. Saudi Arabia is building a 2,750km line Ports in the GCC are making plans to high oil prices and large state budget surpluses current levels,” said analyst Sam The insurance ban means Iran is from Riyadh to its northern border with expand partly on the assumption that they in the Gulf mean financial considerations look Ciszuk of KBC Energy Economics. increasingly reliant on its own tanker Jordan, aiming to complete it in 2014. About will be connected to the railway. One of unlikely to block the project, at least in wealthy “But as US-given sanction excep- fleet to supply customers, and it has 2,260km of additional lines are planned in them is the port of Salalah in the far south Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. Politics and tions expire around new year, we’re been struggling to meet delivery Saudi Arabia, including metro systems and of Oman, near the border with Yemen. In national pride may prove bigger obstacles in a expecting some further cuts to pur- schedules, slowing down exports. Iran high-speed train projects. May this year, Oman revealed plans to more region where governments have failed to agree chases from Iran’s main remaining sent more crude in Very Large Crude In the UAE, Etihad Rail has started build- than double port cargo handling capacity at on other areas of cooperation, such as creat- buyers, possibly save China.” Carriers to South Korea in October, ing a link that is to transport granulated sul- Salalah by 2014, when it also aims to finish ing a single currency and building a regional September’s Opec total was the but at the cost of delaying some ship- phur from desert gas fields to the southern building a cargo terminal at the city’s airport. natural gas grid. lowest since January 2012, when the ments to its biggest customer China, port of Ruwais after it is finished in 2014. The rail network “is probably good news in Another issue that GCC countries will group pumped 30.95m b/d, according sources in the survey said. The national networks are to be con- particular for those established trade hubs like need to resolve to make the rail system eco- to Reuters surveys. Still, production Disruptions to supply in Nigeria nected to a joint GCC line that would run Dubai, and for Oman and its plan of beefing nomically effective is customs procedures. remains just over 1m b/d more than limited the increase in Opec supply from Kuwait along the Gulf coast to Muscat up the port of Salalah,” said Farouk Soussa, big technical challenge is the unstable dunes Opec’s output target of 30m b/d. this month. Saudi Arabia pumped in Oman. The Gulf states are expected to Citigroup’s chief economist for the region. of some of the region’s deserts, where sand The biggest increase came from almost 10m b/d in October, near the prepare a detailed engineering design for the In 2009, a GCC feasibility study forecast the builds up on tracks, increasing the wear Iraq, which has overtaken Iran to highest rate in decades, the survey $15bn joint line by end-2013 or mid-2014, an joint GCC rail line would open in 2016, carrying and tear on them. But, such obstacles are become Opec’s second-largest pro- found. Saudi Oil Minister Ali bin official at the GCC’s Secretariat General said. 29 million tonnes of freight out of 61 million not deterring scores of international firms, ducer after Saudi Arabia, even Ibrahim Al Nuaimi said that Riyadh “Hopefully by the beginning of 2018, the transported by all means in the region. Annual from US engineering giant Bechtel to South though bad weather slowed exports was satisfied prices had fallen to a railway will start operating,” said Ibrahim Al passenger traffic was projected at 4 million Korea’s SK Engineering & Construction, from the country’s south in the level that does not hamper global Sabti, director of the transportation depart- people in 2016-2020, with passenger revenue of from hunting for railway business in Saudi second half of October. Weather growth. REUTERS ment at the Riyadh-based secretariat. The $240m in 2016 rising to $600m in 2045. Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. REUTERS

QATARI MARKET Qatar Exchange Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P 18.49 million jobless in eurozone Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 106.31 0.70 % Aa2 AA rises by 0.29pc Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 106.00 1.65 % Aa2 AA BRUSSELS: Unemployment in billion consumers, 25.75 million 7.8 percent for September. Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 126.13 2.18 % Aa2 AA the eurozone hit a record high in men and women were out of work. As European leaders prepare for a DOHA: Qatar Exchange pur- Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 119.38 2.32 % Aa2 AA September with nearly 150,000 While separate statistics divisive summit on November 22-23 sued its upswing trend yes- Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 114.50 2.71 % Aa2 AA more jobs lost as the bloc’s debt showed inflation easing slightly in on the European Union budget, the terday, adding 25.12 points (or Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 181.50 3.51 % Aa2 AA crisis further undermined an October to 2.5 percent, Ben May of head of the European Parliament, 0.29 percent) to advance to economy slumping into recession, London-based Capital Economics German Socialist Martin Schulz, 8,546.49 points from 8,521.37 on Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 139.50 4.00 % Aa2 AA official data showed yesterday. said the combined data “does not said political leaders were failing Tuesday. Among the top gainers Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 128.75 4.06 % Aa2 AA The 17-nation eurozone had bode well for consumer spending. to take responsibility for the social were Industries Qatar which Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.75 1.34 % Aa2 AA a jobless rate of 11.6 percent in “Unemployment also rose in parts impact of austerity-driven policies. was up 2.01 percent to QR152, Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 116.75 2.59 % Aa2 AA September, up from 11.5 percent of the core,” May said, referring Italy’s unemployment rate International Islamic rose 0.77 Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 106.88 1.57 % A1 A- in August, with the number of to the eurozone heartland centred rose to a record 10.8 percent in percent to QR52.40, Qatar those out of work rising to 18.49 on Germany. September, preliminary data pub- Navigation gained 0.63 percent Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.13 2.39 % A1 A- million from 18.34 million, the “With survey measures suggest- lished by the national statistics to QR64.40 and Vodafone Qatar QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 105.13 2.04 % NR NR Eurostat data agency said. The ing that firms are becoming more office (ISTAT) showed. And in was up by 0.45 percent to QR9. QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 104.25 1.69 % Aa3 A+ increase over the past year is well reluctant to hire, the eurozone Germany, while the total number The banking and financial sec- QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 105.38 2.06 % Aa3 A+ over two million. unemployment rate looks set to of people registered as unem- tor index was up 0.91 points, the Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.75 2.59 % A2 A- The highest unemployment rise further, placing more pressure ployed was down, in seasonally consumer goods and services rate was recorded again in Spain, on struggling households,” he said. adjusted terms, the jobless total sector index lost 1.05 points, the Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.50 1.92 % A2 A where 25.8 percent of adults were The eurozone is faring far worse rose by 20,000 to 2.937 million. industrial sector gained 24.78 Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 129.88 2.88 % A2 A out of work, with Austria post- than its main international eco- “The labour market has so far points while the insurance sec- Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 112.63 3.02 % A2 A ing the lowest rate of 4.4 percent nomic rivals. Japan announced an remained comparatively robust to tor dropped 5.77 points. QNA Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 113.63 3.67 % A2 A and benchmark Germany and the unemployment rate of 4.2 percent the deterioration in the economy. Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 108.50 0.98 % Aa3 A Netherlands each on 5.4 percent. in September, while the United But the negative effects are there,” Egypt, IMF in talks Across the 27-state European States, which is to announce its said agency chief Frank Weise. Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 110.13 3.07 % Aa3 A Union single market of half a latest data on Friday, came in at AFP over $4.8bn loan Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 112.75 3.44 % Aa3 A SOVEREIGNS CAIRO: The Egyptian govern- ment resumed negotiations yes- Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P terday with the International Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 107.19 0.43 % Aa2 AA Monetary Fund on a loan to Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 127.88 2.10 % Aa2 AA European stocks down; NYSE opens help the country shore up public Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 110.63 2.89 % NR NR finances that have haemorrhaged Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.38 3.36 % NR NR since its popular uprising. LONDON: European equities fell yesterday percent on Tuesday. The yield on 10-year Italian Many foreign investors are wait- Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 120.88 4.58 % NR NR despite a raft of largely positive company results, bonds slid to 4.960 percent from 4.994 percent. ing for an IMF agreement before Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 112.31 4.82 % NR NR with trading volumes boosted by the resumption of Strong corporate earnings had provided the mar- venturing back to Egypt. Cairo has Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 106.06 1.22 % Aa2 AA activity in storm-struck New York. London’s FTSE kets with an early boost. The French oil group Total asked for a $4.8bn loan, but officials Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 113.75 3.72 % NR BBB 100 index of top companies dropped 1.15 percent to said that adjusted third-quarter net profit spiked 20 have said it might seek more. 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Cricket fans Fitness will decide Yuvraj’s have their finger on app

SYDNEY: Australian Cricket fans will once again Test selection, says Dhoni be able to keep up with this summer’s action with the launch of the 2012/2013 Cricket LIVE Australia app. We have to assess whether Yuvraj is ready to field for two days: Dhoni Fans won’t be in danger of missing a moment of cricket- NEW DELHI: Fitness will be India. “In ODIs, you know that spinners.” “World over, you have ing action as they watch the the key to cancer survivor Yuvraj you have to field for 50 overs only, different wickets behaving differ- live stream of the Australian Singh’s selection to the Indian while in Test cricket there may be ently. Naturally when you come to Cricket team taking on South team for a home Test series a situation that a team might bat the sub-continent, you get turn- Africa, Sri Lanka and the West against England next month, for one-and-a-half to two days. ing tracks.” Indies, as well as all the teams skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni “Having said that it is Yuvraj The Indian captain, who has led in the entertaining KFC T20 said yesterday. who is the best judge about how India to both the Twenty20 and Big Bash League. “We have to assess whether he is feeling. He has played quite a 50 overs World Cups, said he had Following its smash hit last Yuvraj is ready to field for two few domestic games now and it is not specifically requested turning year, the Vodafone Viewers days,” said Dhoni when asked up to him to reflect on his game.” pitches. Verdict makes a welcome whether the skilful all-rounder Yuvraj has played 37 Tests since “It’s not a question of ask- return, giving fans a voice by would be picked for the four-Test his international debut in 2000, ing for certain kind of tracks. allowing them to vote on key series starting in Ahmedabad on scoring 1,775 runs at an average Ultimately, the groundsman moments of the game live on November 15. of 34.80 with three centuries. He knows the wicket best. At times Channel 9’s broadcast. Yuvraj, who has not played was also named man of the tour- we do put in a requisition but Cricket Australia’s Executive Test cricket since last November, nament in India’s 50-over World ultimately we play on whatever General Manager Operations was treated for a rare germ-cell Cup triumph last year. is offered,” he said. Mike McKenna said the app cancer between his lungs in the Meanwhile, Dhoni relishes the Former captain Sunil Gavaskar was making a welcome return United States earlier this year. sight of a visiting batsman at sea is among those who believe India’s for Australian cricket fans. The 30-year-old returned against the turning ball, prodding job will not be easy against “Cricket Australia is excited after chemotherapy treatment uncertainly and taking a hit to England in the absence of retired to partner with Vodafone in an in April and played in the recent the rib cage. batting stalwarts Rahul Dravid innovation which we believe World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. It is an image he wants to see and VVS Laxman. puts fans first. No matter He also cracked a double-century his spinners recreate against However, Dhoni remains whether you are at a wedding, in a domestic four-day game in England next month. confident. at the beach or watching your Hyderabad this month. The ignominy of last year’s “If you see it on paper, you don’t kids play cricket on the week- Yuvraj has performed impres- 4-0 whitewash in England, see the likes of Rahul Dravid, end – you will be able to keep sively in the ongoing three- which cost India their world VVS Laxman...but it’s a side that up with all the action live on day match against England in number one status, appears is growing in confidence,” he said. your mobile phone or tablet Mumbai, scoring a half-century fresh on the mind of the Indian “We have seen the ODI format this summer. and taking two wickets for India skipper who hinted yesterday where we are doing really well “Cricket Australia, along ‘A’ . that turning pitches await and slowly it’s reflecting on all with 3 mobile, were the first The Indian team for the open- England in the four-match test three formats of the game.” in Australia to stream sport via ing Test will be named on Monday. series starting in Ahmedabad The selectors will meet in the mobile back in 2005, and “It is very difficult for me to on November 15. Mumbai on Monday to pick the since this app was launched comment on his (Yuvraj) fitness “For a long time I have not seen India team for the first Test with with Vodafone three seasons sitting over here. We have to an off-spinner bowling to a defen- Suresh Raina and Yuvraj, return- ago it has been growing in pop- understand that five-day format sive batsman and hitting the rib ing from successful cancer treat- ularity. Last year the Cricket has its own uncertainties unlike cage,” Dhoni told reporters. ment, locked in a battle for the LIVE Australia app was down- ODIs or T20s,” Dhoni was quoted “It’s a very painful feeling but number six slot in the batting Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni addresses the media loaded in record numbers and as saying by the Press Trust of you enjoy it...this is the heaven for order. AGENCIES during the opening of his SportsFit gymnasium in New Delhi, yesterday. we expect more records this season as it easily breaks the million barrier mark,” said Day-night Tests Modi loses McKenna. Cook shines in tour opener “Off the back of our huge prospect do not Cairns libel success last year, the Cricket MUMBAI: Alastair Cook began man’s character,” Patel said of his LIVE Australia app is back, excite India his reign as England’s full-time captain, who took over in August bigger and better than before. Test captain with an unbeaten after Andrew Strauss retired fol- verdict appeal In addition to the app, we’re MUMBAI: India are unlikely century that revived the tour- lowing the loss to South Africa taking cricket fanaticism one to embrace the concept of day- ists in their opening match of at home. LONDON: Former chairman of step further this year with the night Test matches, a top official the Indian tour yesterday. Meanwhile, fast bowler Steven the Indian Premier League Lalit launch of the vBook, which is said yesterday, because a previ- The left-handed opener was Finn was ruled out of the match Modi has failed in his appeal designed to hide your smart- ous experiment in first-class on 112 and Samit Patel made 82 due to a thigh strain, making against a £90,000 libel award phone and features a range cricket fell flat. not out as England fought back to him an uncertain starter for the to former New Zealand captain of cunningly disguised cov- The International Cricket post 286-4 by stumps on the sec- first Test. The beanpole 23-year- Chris Cairns over an accusation ers. With the vBook and the Council announced this week that ond day of the three-day match old pulled up with a thigh strain of match-fixing. Cricket LIVE Australia app, Tests can now be played under against India ‘A’ at the Brabourne while chasing a ball in Tuesday’s Cairns sued Modi earlier this fans can watch every over lights, with rival teams deciding stadium in Mumbai. first session and had since been year and won the case when a without ever raising suspicion,” on the hours of play and the col- The tourists, preparing for the confined to the dressing room. judge ruled the Indian “singularly said Stephen Saunders, Head our of the ball to be used. four-Test series against India Scans did not reveal any major failed” to provide any reliable evi- of Sponsorship at Vodafone. Cricket Australia applauded which starts in Ahmedabad on damage but Finn was asked to sit dence that the Kiwi was involved The Cricket LIVE Australia the move, but the powerful Board November 15, are still 83 behind it out and undertake a recovery in match-fixing or spot-fixing, . app is available to Australians of Control for Cricket in India the 369 made by India ‘A’ in their programme set out by team doc- Modi had attempted to over- with iPhone, iPad, and Android (BCCI) was lukewarm towards first innings. tors. The tourists are not calling turn that ruling, but yesterday devices and includes a great England’s Alastair Cook celebrates the idea despite having tried the Jonathan Trott scored 56 dur- in a replacement, but Finn may be three judges in the Court of range of features including after scoring a century during the concept in a domestic final in ing a second-wicket stand of 95 required to play at least one of the Appeal, said the awards were live match video streaming, 1997. with Cook after rookie opener second day of a three-day practice two remaining warm-up matches proportionate to the seriousness video match highlights and “We were the first to experi- Nick Compton, grandson of match against India ‘A’ at the in order to be considered for the of the allegation and its direct live scores straight from the ment with this and our expe- former England batsman Denis Cricket Club of India (CCI) ground Ahmedabad Test. The tourists impact on Cairns himself. ground. rience was not so great,” said Compton, failed to score. in Mumbai, yesterday. next play state side Haryana in “We reject the criticisms of the Cricket Australia’s interna- the BCCI’s chief administrative Kevin Pietersen, playing for a four-day match in Ahmedabad judge’s reasoning or of the total tional summer of cricket kicks officer Ratnakar Shetty. the first time in an England shirt Patel helped Cook rebuild the from November 8. award based on a starting point off at the Gabba in Brisbane on “At this stage we have no such since August, hit a six and three innings with an unbroken fifth- Brief scores: India ‘A’ 1st of £75,000 with the £15,000 uplift 9 November. proposal.” boundaries before being dismissed wicket stand of 153 and emerge innings: 369 (Abhinav Mukund directly linked to the conduct of The Test series begins at The BCCI held the five-day for 23. a strong contender for a middle- 73, Yuvraj Singh 59, Manoj Tiwary the hearing,” the verdict read. the Gabba in Brisbane from Ranji Trophy final between Yuvraj Singh followed his 59 order berth in the first Test. Patel 93, Irfan Pathan 46, Graeme “In our judgment they were November 9 to 13 before Mumbai and Delhi under lights on Tuesday with the wickets of said Cook’s classy batting at the Swann 3-90, Tim Bresnan 3-59) proportionate to the seriousness Tests at the Adelaide Oval in Gwalior in April 1997. Bowlers Pietersen and Ian Bell in suc- other end inspired him to buckle England 1st innings: 286-4 of the allegation and its direct from November 22 to 26 and struggled due to the heavy evening cessive overs of left-arm spin down and fight back after the (Alastair Cook 112 not out, impact on Mr Cairns himself and the WACA in Perth from dew and frequent changes of the to reduce the tourists to 133-4 middle-order collapse. Jonathan Trott 56, Kevin will serve to vindicate his repu- November 30 to December 4. white ball. Just two innings were midway through the post-lunch “He was just brilliant. To bat all Pietersen 23, Samit Patel 82 not tation. The appeal is accordingly AGENCIES completed in five days. AFP session. day is a great effort and shows the out, Yuvraj Singh 2-52). AFP dismissed.” AFP Blatter thinks ‘idiots’ run English football, reveals Coe LONDON: FIFA President Sepp England 2018 meeting together. Glazers at Manchester United, stability, he likes the pomp and Blatter thought English football “I had been truly shocked by the not forgetting the big beast man- tradition. “was run by idiots” which was a vituperative nature of the meet- agers such as Alex Ferguson and “What he always has a prob- reason England failed to win the ing I had just witnessed. There Arsene Wenger. lem with is the English game. And right to stage the 2018 World was thinly disguised contempt “This has always been a very from his perspective, its not hard FIFA President Sepp Cup finals, according to a new around the table.” uncomfortable set of relation- to understand. Blatter (right) and book by Sebastian Coe. After the bid failed, with only ships, at best strained. The fact “As president of the inter- Sebastian Coe, Twice Olympic 1,500 metres two FIFA votes, one of which they didn’t trust each other and national federation he sees the twice Olympic in champion Coe became involved was from England’s own delegate didn’t much like each other was unwillingness of English clubs to 1,500 metres greet in England’s bid after leading Geoff Thompson, Coe said much a problem. release players for international each other in this London’s successful bid in 2005 to of the blame was laid at the door “The FA distrusted the duty. He sees the purchasing file picture. Coe hosts this year’s Olympic Games. of the British media who had Premiership, the Premiership power of the English game - big has revealed in He was later appointed by heavily criticised FIFA in the distrusted the FA and Brian name clubs buying up players his book, Running Blatter to chair FIFA’s Ethics run-up to the vote in Zurich on Mawhinney, as chairman of the from all over the world. My Life - The Committee but stepped down December 2, 2010. Football League, wasn’t comfort- “And he sees a national federa- from that role to work unpaid to “I am less willing to lay the able with any of them.” tion, that, at the time of the bid, Autobiography, that help bring the World Cup back to blame at the media’s door,” Coe Against this background, says had no chairman and no chief Blatter once said to England for the first time since says. “Ultimately the fault, I Coe, his “instincts” were that executive. him that ‘Your game 1966. believe lies with the awful dys- Blatter always wanted to take “Blatter once said to me ‘Your is run by idiots, its But, he says, almost from the functionality of the English game, the World Cup to Russia, which game is run by idiots, its not run not run by bright start of his involvement he felt its personalities and politics. is what transpired, However, he by bright people’...I was obviously people’. The book the bid was doomed to fail. “First you have the FA, which said, people who believed Blatter disappointed, very disappointed.” will be released next “It’s got the smell of death is the regulatory body. Then wanted that outcome because he Coe’s book “Running My Life month. about it,” he told fellow execu- you have the Premier League... hated England were wrong. - The Autobiography” is being tive Keith Mills, the chief execu- then you have the big clubs and “He doesn’t. He’s Swiss and like serialised in The Times before it tive of the London Olympic bid, the moguls including (Roman) a lot of Swiss, he’s rather fond of is published next month. after the two attended their first Abramovich at Chelsea and the England. He likes the political REUTERS THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 QSL: Al Gharafa eye win against defending champions Lekhwiya Al Arabi seek first win of the season against Al Sailiyah; Eljaish clash with Al Khor

DOHA: Hosts Al Gharafa will Qatar Stars League standings rely on their ‘big-match’ tem- Toyota cars perament to tackle the might of DOHA: Qatar Stars League defending champions Lekhwiya standings at the end of the in round six of the Qatar Stars up for grabs week five matches. Week six League (QSL) today. DOHA: Lucky football fans matches begin today. Former champions Al Gharafa can win either a Lexus or a (Read under team, matches played, won, are in 6th spot on the QSL points Toyota Corolla by attending drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, goal table behind leaders Al Sadd, Al one of the six Qatar Stars difference, points) Wakra, Al Rayyan, Lekhwiya and League (QSL) matches this Al Khor after five rounds. week. 1 Al Sadd 5 5 0 0 16 5 11 15 Al Gharafa coach Paulo Silas The round six matches will 2 Al Wakra 5 3 2 0 8 2 6 11 yesterday said: “Al Gharafa is a be played today and tomorrow. 3 Al Rayyan 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 10 big-match team. When we play Twelve lucky fans - with 4 Lekhwiya 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 7 big teams, our game rises. That’s authentic match tickets - will the positive side of Al Gharafa be eligible for the two grand 5 Al Khor SC 5 1 3 1 5 5 0 6 team. I am optimistic about our prizes - Lexus and Toyota 6 Al Gharafa 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 6 chances against Lekhwiya.” Corolla - QSL said in a press Silas added: “I congratulate release yesterday. 7 Eljaish 5 2 0 3 4 7 -3 6 Eric on taking over at Lekhwiya. Tickets can be purchased 8 Qatar SC 5 1 2 2 7 9 -2 5 I had last met him at the 1986 from Virgin Megastores (land- 9 Umm Salal 5 1 2 2 4 9 -5 5 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. We mark & Virgin), Souq Waqif are looking to achieve many and at the venue one hour 10 Al Kharaitiyat 5 0 3 2 2 4 -2 3 things from this match. We need before kick off on the day of 11 Al Arabi 5 0 3 2 4 7 -3 3 to improve our position on the the match. THE PENINSULA 12 Al Sailiyah 5 1 0 4 5 12 -7 3 points table. Al Gharafa has the capability to go all the way. We and understanding now. responsibility. The players are can get good results. We are start- “As players and coach, we are playing well, they just need to get ing to play well.” getting used to each other in the their game together. We can turn Lekhwiya coach Eric Gerets new season. We had a bit of bad a new page with a win in round said his team was expecting a luck at the start of the season. We six. We hope for the best.” tough encounter at Al Gharafa have had some injury concerns,” Kanzari added: “Al Arabi play- Al Arabi coach Hassan Shehata during a press briefing on the eve of their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match Stadium. Gerets added. In another clash ers are good. They have a good PICTURES BY: ABDUL BASIT “This will be a tough match, today, Al Arabi will take on Al level of understanding among against Al Sailiyah at Al Bidda Tower in Doha, yesterday. no doubt. You will see a match Sailiyah with an eye on their first themselves. In individual sets of between two teams who don’t win of the season. play, their players do well in that want to lose a point,” Gerets said Al Arabi coach Hassan Shehata also. We are striving to get the yesterday. said: “We are playing our next points. That’s the most important “We are improving game by match with eye on three points. thing for us.” game. That’s how we won our We want our first win of the new Also today, 7th-placed Eljaish last game. I am looking for a posi- season. I have trust in the ability of have a date with 5th-placed Al tive result. Our goal is to seek a my players. I think we can get the Khor at Suheim Bin Hamad positive return from this match. desired result from this match.” Stadium. Eljaish coach Razvan We have a balanced side and this Shehata added: “There are Lucescu said: “My team is not Lekhwiya coach bunch is playing with harmony no easy games in Qatar Stars playing the best of football at the League. So we expect another moment. We have only two wins Eric Gerets, Qatar Stars League schedule tough match. Al Sailiyah played in five starts. We have to continue during a press DOHA: Schedule of QSL a great game against Al Rayyan fighting to improve our results. briefing on the matches this week: last week (they won 4-1). So you Two days ago I held a meeting eve of their QSL Today see no team can dominate this with the players and asked them match against Al Eljaish vs Al Khor at Qatar SC: 4:00pm; league for long periods of time.” to start stronger and to create Gharafa, yester- Al Sailiyah vs Al Arabi at The Egyptian explained: “Our more chances. That’s the way to day. RIGHT: Al Al Rayyan Stadium: 6:30pm; preparation has been sound and put opponents under pressure.” Gharafa coach Lekhwiya vs Al Gharafa at we are ready to go. My team Al Khor coach Laszlo Boloni Paulo Silas Qatar SC: 6:30pm knows that Al Sailiyah cannot be said: “We are working very seri- Tomorrow taken lightly. We may name some ously at the moment. Our focus unused players for this match.” is on our next rivals - Eljaish. Qatar SC vs Al Kharaitiyat at Al Sailiyah coach Maher We have developed a good idea Qatar SC Stadium: 4:00pm Kanzari said: “This (round six) about our rivals in QSL. One has Umm Salal vs Al Wakra at will be the most important to adopt a different technique for Al Arabi Stadium: 4:00pm match for all of the teams, espe- each opponent. I feel everything Al Rayyan vs Al Sadd at cially us. It is a difficult phase for is possible in football.” Al Rayyan Stadium: 6:30pm us. The players have a sense of THE PENINSULA Asian Handball Club Championship 2012 begins tomorrow

DOHA: The 15th Asian Oman. Group C includes defend- Handball Club Championship ing champions, Mudhar (KSA), 2012 will begin here tomorrow. Thamen Al Hejaj (Iran), Al Arabi The championship will end on (Kuwait), Al Ahli (Bahrain) and November 15. Jiangsu of China. The championship will feature Thamen Al Hejaj of Iran 13 Asian clubs vying for the top arrived in Doha on Tuesday honours. while Kuwait of Kuwait and The participating clubs have Mudhar of Saudi Arabia arrived been divided into three groups. yesterday. The Asian Handball Qatar’s representative, Eljaish Club League Championship is SC is pooled in Group A beside Al the official competition for men’s Ahli (UAE), Kuwait SC of Kuwait handball clubs of Asia, and takes and Al Sadd of Lebanon. place every year. In addition to Qatar’s second representa- crowning the Asian champions, The podium winners at the Al Hamla Cup pose for a picture with officials at the Racing and Equestrian Club (REC), yesterday. Jassim Al Ghazali trained tive, Al Rayyan SC is drawn in the tournament also serves as Jelmud was a a runaway winner of the Al Hamla Cup. PICTURE BY: JUHAIM Group B alongside Al Jazeerah a qualifying tournament for the (UAE), Al Noor (KSA), Muscat of Super Globe. QNA Jelmud wins Al Hamla Cup at REC

DOHA: Jassim Al Ghazali - trained by A Al Qathiri and rid- 2, Al Mubadara 3, Miqdad 4. Won Owned by: Ahmed Mohammed trained Jelmud was a a runaway den by David Badel. by: 3, ½, 3. Time: 1:22.06. Trained al-Sheeb winner of the Al Hamla Cup, the Jockey Gerald Avranche was by: Hassan al-Matwi. Owned: 5th race: Johny Hancocks main event of the races at the Al the jockey to guide Jelmud to the Hassan Ali Hassan al-Matwi. (Yanis Auoabed) 1, Poyle Judy 2, Rayyan race track yesterday. top prize of QR45,600. The sec- 3rd race: Generreusse (Mark Tex Mex 3, Persidha 4. Won by: Jelmud topped the 1200m dirt ond prize was worth QR 17,6000. Lawson) 1, Hello Dubai 2, Ghalla 2 ½, ½, 4. Time: 1:12.77. Trained track race with a time of 1min Results: 3. Villa Reigns 4. Won by: Nk, 8, by: Jassim al-Ghazali. Owned by: 19:45secs, finishing the feature 1st race: Alchard (David 2 ½. Time: 1:13.46. Trained by: Mansoor Ibrahim al-Mahmood race ahead of Ben Amer, trained Bouland) 1, Ashkal 2, Najm Al Ibrahim al-Malki. Owned by: 6th race: Jelmud (Gerard by Mohammed Hamad Al Attiyah Uraiq 3, Barwa 4. Won by: 2 ½, Nasser Abdullah Khalifa al-Attiya Avranche) 1, Bin Amer 2, Gayth at the Racing and Equestrian 2, 1 ½. Time: 1:23.20. Trained 4th race: Galia (Faleh 3, Saint De Faust 4. Won by: 6, Club (REC). by: Alban de Mieulle. Owned by: Bughanaim) 1, Arkan Al Shahania 1, ½. Time: 1:19.45. Trained by: Officials are seen during the draw ceremony for the 15th Asian Handball Jockey Marvin Suerland guided Umm Qarn 2, Al Bouraq 3, Khabbab 4. Won Jassim al-Ghazali. Owned by: Al Club Championship draw in this file picture of September 23, 2012. Qatar’s Ben Amer to second spot. 2nd race: Bohour Al Naif by: Nk, 9, Hd. Time: 1:21.34. Wasmiyah Farm Eljaish are in Group A, whereas, Al Rayyan of Qatar are in Group B of the In third place was Gayth (Mark Lawson) 1, Sodouh Al Naif Trained by: Jassim al-Ghazali. THE PENINSULA championship which will begin tomorrow. THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

PSG to pay Rampant Arsenal pull off €100m for Ronaldo: Reports Reading miracle in Cup tie ROME: Big-spending French side Paris Saint-Germain are ready to shell out 100m for Wenger’s side come back from 4-0 down to win at Madejski Stadium Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo and bring manager Jose Mourinho at the same LONDON: Arsenal mounted an English League Cup results minutes of injury time had been time, Italy’s Gazzetta dello incredible comeback from 4-0 English League Cup fourth-round results on played, and they were given fur- Sport said yesterday. down to win 7-5 after extra time Tuesday. ther reason to curse their luck The sports daily claimed the at Reading in a truly extraordi- Leeds United 3 Southampton 0 when Marouane Chamakh drove two clubs have already opened nary League Cup fourth-round home to put Arsenal ahead in the negotiations on the joint move, Reading 5 Arsenal 7 - after extra time tie at the Madejski Stadium late 103rd minute. with Ronaldo and Mourinho’s Sunderland 0 Middlesbrough 1 on Tuesday. Unbelievably, there was more agent Jorge Mendes in talks Theo Walcott was the hero, Swindon Town 2 Aston Villa 3 drama to come. with the player, Real president claiming a 95th-minute equal- Wigan Athletic 0 Bradford City 0 - after Pavel Pogrebnyak headed in to Florentino Perez and PSG’s iser to force extra time and then extra time make it 5-5 with five minutes to Qatari owners. slamming home the decisive goal Bradford City win 4-2 on penalties play but with penalties looming, The French giants are in the last minute of the extra Walcott slammed home to restore apparently prepared to break period to complete 120 unforget- and Reading tore into them from Arsenal’s lead before Chamakh the bank to meet Ronaldo’s table minutes of football. the off, with Sean Morrison head- lobbed Federici to complete a wage demand of 18m euros “There were so many turn- ing against the post after two remarkable evening of sport. a year, topping the 14m he ing points,” said Arsenal coach minutes. Although Reading fell short picks up at Real and eclips- Arsene Wenger. The onslaught did not let up, in the most agonising fashion, ing the 14.5m they are already “You cannot play for Arsenal and the hosts were 3-0 up after 20 there were upsets elsewhere on paying star striker Zlatan and give up. The players under- minutes through a Jason Roberts Tuesday. Ibrahimovic. stood that at half-time. Give them volley, a Laurent Koscielny own Second-tier Leeds United If Ronaldo, who has previ- credit -- they responded very well. goal, and a howler from Arsenal followed up their victory over ously played for Portugal’s “The first set is for us, it was a goalkeeper Damian Martinez that Everton in round three to beat Sporting Lisbon and England’s tennis game today.” allowed Mikele Leigertwood to Premier League Southampton 3-0 nineteen English Premier The win enabled the Gunners score. and reach the last eight for the League champions Manchester to take their place in the last eight Noel Hunt’s header made it 4-0, first time since 1996. United, where he won the for the 10th successive season, but before Walcott dinked the ball Middlesbrough, of the Champions League trophy Reading coach Brian McDermott over Reading goalkeeper Adam Championship, won 1-0 at top- in 2008, agreed the move, a former Arsenal player was left Federici to pull a goal back for tier neighbours Sunderland, while his manager at Real Madrid, to wonder how victory had eluded Arsenal in first-half injury time. Bradford City of third-tier League Mourinho would follow, his side. It looked destined to be a mere Two overcame top-flight Wigan Gazzetta claimed. “It was suicide what went on in consolation, but goals from substi- Athletic 4-2 on penalties after a The Italian newspaper said the second half and extra time,” tute Olivier Giroud and Koscielny 0-0 draw over 90 minutes. Mendes was the key to the deal he said. at the right end gave Arsenal There was no fairytale for as he also represents La Liga “You play each game on its hope. League One Swindon Town, team Atletico Madrid’s prolific merits but it was extraordinary. Walcott squeezed a shot over however. Colombian striker Radamel I’ve never seen anything like it. the line in the 95th minute to take Managed by Paolo Di Canio, Falcao, who could prove the We have to dig deep and move the game to extra time, with Carl fought back from 2-0 down to ideal replacement for Ronaldo Arsenal’s English striker Theo Walcott celebrates their late fourth goal onto the next game versus QPR.” Jenkinson following up to make level with Aston Villa, only for at Real Madrid with a price which took the game into extra-time during the English League Cup Wenger made 11 changes to the sure. Belgian striker Christian Benteke tag of 70m euros on his head. Fourth Round football match against Reading at the Madejski Stadium, Arsenal team that beat Queens Reading’s players were angry to hit a 90th-minute winner for AFP in Reading, England late on Tuesday. Park Rangers 1-0 on Saturday that more than the allotted four the visitors. AFP Bin Hammam’s Confederations Cup Iniesta stars in appeal rejected Barcelona’s win by the CAS venues to be confirmed MADRID: Andres Iniesta cel- ebrated being named on the shortlist for the FIFA World PARIS: Mohamed Bin by FIFA next week Player of the Year award with Hammam, the ex-Asian foot- a glorious goal for Barcelona as ball chief, has lost his appeal ZURICH: The world governing 8 at a media conference organ- the holders won 3-0 at Alaves against the temporary ban soccer body FIFA will confirm ised jointly by the local organising in a King’s Cup last-32 first leg imposed on him by FIFA, the next week whether all six venues committee and soccer’s governing late on Tuesday. Court of Arbitration for Sport for next year’s Confederations body. The Spain playmaker, who announced yesterday. Cup in Brazil will be able to Recife’s Arena Pernambuco struck the winning goal in the FIFA is currently investigat- stage the event. is the main concern. Only 64 2010 World Cup final, had lim- ing Bin Hammam for allega- FIFA has already announced percent of the construction has ited space on the edge of the area tions of bribery and financial that Rio de Janeiro, Belo been completed just eight months when he curled a delicate shot South Korea’s Ulsan Hyundai forward Kim Shin-Wook (right) celebrates mismanagement. Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza, from the tournament, accord- into the top corner to double his goal with team-mates against Uzbekistan’s Bunyodkor during the AFC His suspension from football Recife and Brasilia will host ing to contractor Odebrecht Barca’s lead after 50 minutes. Champions League semi final match in Ulsan, about 300 kms southeast was last week extended by 45 days matches in the eight-team tour- Infraestructura. Alaves reached the final of the of Seoul, yesterday. by world football governing body nament, which is seen as a dress Valcke was briefly declared per- UEFA Cup in 2001 and now play FIFA’s ethics committee. rehearsal for the 2014 World Cup. sona non grata by the Brazilian their football in the third tier of The Qatari multi-millionaire - However, secretary general government in March for say- Spanish football but battled hard Ulsan, Al Ahli to clash in who played a key role in Qatar’s Jerome Valcke voiced doubts two ing Brazil needed a “kick up the against a Barca side who were surprise win in the vote to host weeks ago that all six stadiums backside” to speed up prepara- without the rested Lionel Messi. the 2022 World Cup in December would be ready for the event tions for the World Cup. His They faded, however, after 2010, was banned from the foot- in June due to the slow pace of remark severely strained rela- Iniesta fed David Villa to slam a Champions League final ball game after being found guilty preparations. tions between FIFA and Brazil, shot in off the crossbar just before of bribery during his election His concern was shared by though they have since improved. halftime. ULSAN, SOUTH KOREA: Shin-Wook put the hosts ahead campaign to replace current FIFA Brazil Sports Minister Aldo Spain, Italy, Mexico, Uruguay, Alaves have a mountain to South Korea’s Ulsan Hyundai in the 53rd minute before Lee president, Sepp Blatter. Rebelo, who warned: “We don’t Japan and Tahiti have qualified climb if they are to come back reached their first ever AFC Kuen-Ho sealed the win with a In July he had a lifetime ban have a single stadium ready for for next year’s tournament and in next month’s second leg at the Champions League final yes- fine effort 16 minutes from time, imposed by FIFA overturned by the Confederations Cup. We have will be joined by the winners of Nou Camp, particularly after Cesc terday after they weathered confirming Ulsan as the fourth the CAS on grounds of insuffi- deadlines. the African Nations Cup to be Fabregas headed a third for the an early onslaught to beat South Korean finalists in four cient evidence with the proviso Stadiums that are on schedule held in South Africa in January La Liga leaders. Earlier, Valencia Bunyodkor 2-0 for a 5-1 aggre- years. that the case could be reopened if will host matches, those that don’t and February. ran out 2-0 winners over another gate win. Kim Ho-Gon’s side will host fresh evidence came to light. make the deadline won’t.” Five-time world champions- Segunda B side Llagostera thanks Ulsan will meet Al Ahli, who the final on November 10. Ulsan Qatar’s Bin Hammam, who has FIFA, which has contingency Brazil will kick off the tour- to a brace of set-piece goals on a defeated Al Ittihad 2-0 at Jeddah, had secured a 3-1 advantage always maintained his innoce- plans to play the matches in five nament in Brasilia on June 15 rain-lashed artificial pitch. Saudi Arabia. Moataz Al Musa over Bunyodkor in the first leg nence, believes the charges are or even four cities if necessary, and the final will be played at Jonas scored the first, while and Victor Simoes scored the in Tashkent a week ago, and it motivated by political reasons. said the announcement would be Maracana on June 30. Nelson Valdez headed the second goals. proved an insurmountable task AFP made in Sao Paulo on November REUTERS from a corner. REUTERS In the first match, Kim for the Uzbek champions. AFP

NFL in talks over NBA champs Miami Heat off to a winning start Olympic Stadium MIAMI: LeBron James NBA results raised their title banner to the received his long-awaited NBA Cleveland 94 Washington 84 rafters. The Celtics did their best LONDON: NFL chiefs have championship ring yesterday, Miami 120 Boston 107 to spoil the party, but James who held talks with London Mayor then he and the Miami Heat missed much of the fourth quar- Boris Johnson over the possi- Dallas 99 LA Lakers 91 launched their bid for another ter with leg cramps - Dwyane bility of staging matches at the title with a season-opening Wade and Chris Bosh along with Olympic Stadium. 120-107 victory over the Boston Pau Gasol led the Lakers with newly acquired former Celtic Ray Last weekend on Sunday, Kevin Garnett Celtics. 23 points and Kobe Bryant, play- Allen proved too much for Boston. Wembley hosted the NFL’s While the Heat were busy sig- ing despite a sore foot that had James scored 26 points with 10 (5) of the Boston International Series game as the nalling their intentions of main- kept him out of practice for nearly rebounds. Wade added 29 points, Celtics drives New England Patriots thrashed taining their supremacy, the a week, added 22. Bosh scored 19 with 10 rebounds against Chris the St Louis Rams. revamped Los Angeles Lakers But they couldn’t stop a and Allen chipped in 19 against Bosh (1) of the A spokesman for the Mayor failed to fire in a 99-91 loss to the Mavericks team missing German his former team. Miami Heat said in a statement: “Given injury-depleted Dallas Mavericks. star Dirk Nowitzki, who is still “King” James is coming off a at American the ever growing popularity Defensive force Dwight recovering from arthroscopic spectacular season, earning Most Airlines Arena in of Gridiron on this side of the Howard, who arrived as part of a knee surgery. Valuable Player honors in the reg- Miami, Florida, Atlantic the Mayor and his team four-team trade in August, had 19 Darren Collison tallied 17 ular season as well as the NBA yesterday. have held a number of meetings points and 10 rebounds, but fouled points, Elton Brand had eight Finals triumph over Oklahoma with senior executives in the last out and was a dismal 3-of-14 from points and 11 rebounds and O.J. City. He departed the game late few days to explore further oppor- the foul line in his Lakers debut. Mayo added 12 points for the in the third quarter with cramps, tunities involving the NFL and Steve Nash, a two-time Most Mavericks. returned early in the fourth and London. Valuable Player also acquired in Miami were in celebratory made a long-range jump shot to “The talks were exploratory, we the off-season, finished with seven mood, with players receiving their give the Heat their biggest lead of are at an early stage, but the signs points and four assists. rings and fans cheering as they the night. AFP are encouraging.” AFP THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Insurers ask Top seed Djokovic suffers Armstrong to repay bonus money shock loss at Paris Masters WASHINGTON: Dallas insur- ance company SCA Promotions confirmed yesterday that it has The 23rd ranked Querry beats the world number two in three sets sent Lance Armstrong a letter demanding the return of $12m in bonuses and warned that it PARIS: Serbia’s Novak and Rafael Nadal. Djokovic, who might take legal action. Djokovic yesterday crashed out regardless of this defeat takes SCA attorney Jeff Dorough of the Paris Masters in his first over the world number one spot said the letter not only seeks match, losing 0-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 from Federer on Monday, strode back the bonus money but states to American journeyman Sam onto the court wearing a Darth that it might go to court for legal Querrey in the second round. Vader mask but found himself sanctions and penalties against Sam Querrey Djokovic, who is assured of fin- the victim of a Halloween horror the disgraced US cyclist, who was of the US ishing as the top of the ATP world show. stripped of seven Tour de France rankings at the end of the season, Querrey fired 18 aces in a battle shakes hands titles for doping. has not lost a match at such an lasting just over two hours, with with Novak The potential legal action could early stage of a competition since the American winning his first Djokovic of come in connection with false Miami in March 2010. career match against a top three Serbia at testimony given by Armstrong His departure is a fresh blow player after nine defeats. the end of during an arbitration hearing in for the tournament which has Djokovic had spoken this week their match 2005-2006. already had to do without star about the repercussions the lack during the Dorough confirmed that SCA draw absentees Roger Federer of a rest week prior to the season- Paris Masters was seeking $7.5m paid out to ending World Tour Finals which tennis tour- Armstrong after a 2006 arbitra- Paris Masters Results begin in London on Monday could nament, tion proceeding, which included have, though barely imagining a $5m bonus as well as legal fees Results from the third day of the Paris yesterday. that he could be the week’s first and interest. Masters yesterday(x denotes seeding): major victim. “Mr. Armstrong is no longer 2nd round “I knew the main problems the official winner of any Tour de Gilles Simon (FRA) bt would be my energy, it wasn’t France races and as a result it is Victor Hanescu (ROM) 7-5, 6-3 there during the second set. I inappropriate and improper for really felt my level drop,” said him to retain any bonus payments Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x8) bt Djokovic after the defeat. made by SCA,” Dorough said. Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-4, 7-6 (7/0) “I struggled every game, but go to the last tournament of the the Shanghai title to win two reached the third round at the The International Cycling David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt on the brighter side I have time year.” Asian trophies in subsequent Bercy arena of Dutchman Igor Union (UCI) backed a US Anti- Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-1, 6-3 to rest. I’ve been through a really Djokovic did not comment on weeks last month, found his win Sijsling 6-4, 7-6 (7/0). Doping Agency (USADA) decision difficult period this last few reports that his father has been in streak stopped on ten. French 12th seed Richard to effectively erase Armstrong’s Juan Monaco (ARG x9) bt weeks. There have been a lot of hospital in Serbia with a respira- The last two places in the Gasquet lost his chance to con- cycling record, including the seven Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 things on my mind, some things tory problem. London field will be decided this tinue on pace for the year-end Tour de France titles that the Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Richard Gasquet happened... Yesterday’s shock win was the week in Paris, with Jo-Wilfried event as he went down in the sec- American won from 1999-2005. (FRA x12) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-1 “I have a couple of days now to first for the 23rd-ranked Querrey Tsonga the next qualification ond round Dutchman Igor Sijsling USADA released a detailed rest. I’ve had to face some things against Djokovic. candidate. 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-1. account of the evidence it col- Sam Querrey (USA) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB a bit unusual for me, but when Djokovic, who had not played He heads Serb Janko Tipsarevic, Juan Monaco defeated Grigor lected when it presented UCI x2) 0-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 you lose a match you move on and since beating Andy Murray for who kept his hopes alive as he Dimitrov 7-6, 6-2. AFP with a 200-page report that put Armstrong at the heart of the biggest doping programme in the history of sport. Legend Becker excited about During Armstrong’s era of dominance, US Postal Service team parent company Tailwind Sports took out a policy with Germany’s Davis Cup future SCA, paying a premium to cover bonuses paid to Armstrong for his BERLIN: Tennis legend Boris Becker has said he the Davis Cup in 1988 and 1989. Kuehnen took over Tour de France victories. is excited to see who will replace Germany’s Davis from Michael Stich in September 2002 as Germany’s When SCA withheld a $5m Cup captain Patrik Kuehnen who announced his captain and his best result was the semi-final defeat bonus due after Armstrong’s resignation yesterday after ten years in charge. to Russia in 2007. sixth Tour de France win in 2004 “It’s a pity that Patrik Kuehnen is no longer the Having had a public fall out with Germany’s top because of doping allegations cir- Davis Cup team boss,” Becker wrote on his Twitter ranked player Philipp Kohlschreiber earlier this year, culating in Europe, Armstrong account with Kuehnen set to leave at the start of Kuehnen announced he is stepping down via email. took them to court. 2013. “In recent weeks, I have had the impression that He won the case because the “Patrik has done a great job for the last 10 years I am lacking the necessary support and backing of original contract between SCA in difficult conditions. I am very excited about who the German Tennis Federation (DTB),” said the and Tailwind Sports had no stipu- his successor will be.” 46-year-old in a statement. lations about doping. Becker added he wants to speak to Kuehnen about “I therefore do not trust the basis for further Armstrong meanwhile posted Serena Williams (right) and her sister Venus participate in a two-hour the current situation within the German Tennis cooperation and at this point, I end my talks with his first Twitter message since tennis clinic yesterday. Serena and Venus are in Nigeria as part of a Federation (DTB) with no obvious successor in sight. the DTB about continuing my work. stepping down as chairman of two-nation tour to promote women’s rights. Serena yesterday said that “I only want to speak to Patrik first before I say “I wish the whole team, my successor and the the Livestrong Foundation can- she hopes her African tour would encourage athletes to take up sport. anything concrete,” the 44-year-old Becker said, DTB success for the future,” the former coach added cer charity. He tweeted: “Alive having been part of the German team which won yesterday. AFP and well in Hawaii.” AFP

Hulkenberg to join Sauber I am no stereotype: Thorpe SYDNEY: Swimming legend Team for 2013 Ian Thorpe admits he is a nerdy bookworm who hardly fits the stereotype of an Australian ABU DHABI: Force India’s sportsman, but says rumours he G e r m a n d r i v e r N i c o Hu l k e n b e r g is gay are simply not true. will race for Sauber next year, Launching his autobiogra- the Swiss-based Formula One phy “This is Me” yesterday, the Five-time Olympic team announced yesterday. five-time Olympic gold medallist swimming gold The team have yet to confirm opened up about his battle with medallist Australia’s their second driver, with Mexican depression and his failure to qual- Ian Thorpe, poses Sergio Perez leaving for McLaren ify for the London Games in his for a photograph A file picture of Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah in action. Al Attiyah will take to replace Lewis Hamilton - off much-anticipated comeback. after launching his part in the 2012 Cyprus Rally from tomorrow to November 4. to Mercedes - and Japan’s Kamui “This is a very different book autobiography “This Kobayashi facing an uncertain than I intended,” said Thorpe, is me” in Sydney, future. now 30, adding that it was sup- yesterday. Thorpe Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, the posed to be the story of some- admits he is a nerdy current test and reserve driver in one who got back in the pool and Qatari rally ace Al Attiyah bookworm who hardly a heavily Mexican-backed team, achieved “the success he had in appears the frontrunner for the the past”. fits the stereotype second seat and will take part in a “Unfortunately... it didn’t turn of an Australian young driver test after this week- backs 2012 Cyprus Rally out that way. I didn’t qualify for sportsman. end’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. the Olympics and I didn’t have the Hulkenberg, 25, won the GP2 CYPRUS: Acclaimed Qatari best possible coverage. Taking ending that I anticipated and also support series in 2009 and had a rally ace Nasser Al Attiyah, place from tomorrow to Sunday hoped for.” debut season at Williams in 2010 who has enjoyed an unprec- November 4, the Cyprus Rally Thorpe, who won his first world before being dropped to make way edented number of victories at will serve as both the penultimate title at the age of 15 and was just for well-funded Venezuelan Pastor Cyprus motorsport events in round of the FIA Middle East 17 when he first won Olympic Maldonado last year. He returned recent years, has announced Rally Championship (MERC) gold, grew up in the media spot- this season with Force India. that he will be supporting this and the season closer of the 2012 light, and said from the age of 20 Yesterday’s announcement had week’s Cyprus Rally. Intercontinental Rally Challenge he sometimes felt like leaving the done with a long time ago but peo- when he was in his mid-teens, been an open secret in the pad- Using funding from his own (IRC). sport. ple have remained obsessed with but at the time did not know it dock for weeks. budget in a sponsorship deal worth Last year saw this mixed sur- He held on to sensationally quit it and need to find an explanation was depression. “We’ve been observing Nico €50,000, the Qatari driver – who face even host a thrilling five-way swimming at the age of 24, and which suits their perspective.” He sought help but admits in for some time now and his per- will be competing this weekend’s fight for the IRC drivers’ crown writes in the book that he knew He said he finds the fact that the book he occasionally turned formances have been very persua- event in an M-Sport Ford Fiesta which was eventually won by he was retiring prematurely and people question what he is saying to alcohol. sive,” Sauber principal Monisha RRC – has helped guarantee that Skoda UK’s Andreas Mikkelsen. could have achieved more but was hurtful. Thorpe says he is happy and Kaltenborn said. “That was the rally fans across the globe will get The 2012 Cyprus Rally will “bitter with the constant pursuit, “I think it’s because I don’t fit healthy now, but is intrigued by case in GP2 and has continued to enjoy all the excitement from receive global exposure on leading accusations and innuendo”. into the typical stereotype of... the possibility of a link between into Formula One. this year’s Cyprus Rally. sports channel Eurosport and gets On his sexuality, he writes: “I what Australian athletes have depression and elite sport. “An obvious highlight was The Cyprus Automobile underway with a supercharged accept there’s nothing else I can been in the past,” he told ABC “I think there may be some rea- how he scored pole at Interlagos Association (CAA), the organ- Super Special Stage through the say or do. television. son that athletes actually turn to in 2010 despite the most chal- iser of the Cyprus Rally, extends streets of Pafos on Friday evening. “There’ll always be people who “I guess I behave differently. I’m sport because I think the benefits lenging external conditions. He its thanks to Nasser Al-Attiyah The 2012 Cyprus Rally meeting are sceptical; people who want me a nerd; I’m just someone that hap- of exercise in relation to manag- clearly showed that he can seize for his generous support and will see the crew cover a total of to be gay, and others who’ll try pened to be good at sport as well.” ing depression is a really positive the chance if it arises,” he added for helping ensure that this 694.76km. and use it against me. Thorpe said that he realised thing,” he added yesterday in yesterday. REUTERS weekend’s event enjoys the THE PENINSULA “It should have been over and “something wasn’t quite right” Australia. AFP

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31 32 33 34 35 6 Simon of Duran Duran in the year 2193 7 Russian ballerina Galina 41 Place for a plug 36 37 38 39 8 Gets into Monk music 42 Mild Irish oath 40 41 42 9 Eponym of a frozen food 45 Nike competitor 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 10 It may be picked up in 47 Move to and fro 50 51 52 53 the woods 48 Belong 11 Do a driver’s no-no 54 55 56 57 58 49 Women’s wear 12 Axis, e.g. 51 Women Yesterday’s answer 59 60 61 13 Condition known 52 2005 horror sequel How to play Hyper Sudoku: 62 63 medically as pes planus 55 Prefix with port A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper 64 65 14 1967 hit with the lyric Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all 57 Fund-raising suffix “You know you’re a cute regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like 60 Iraq war subject, briefly ACROSS 33 Said “There, there” to, say little heartbreaker” a normal Sudoku. 61 Volga tributary 1 Company whose jobs are often 36 It makes the Statue of Liberty green 21 Wife, in Juárez changing? 39 Guarantee 24 Sister of Helios How to play Kakuro: 10 Working group 27 Sibling, at times? The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any 40 Very excited size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells 15 Got to the bottom of 42 The so-called Island of the Gods like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, 16 It takes a bow at a musical 43 Head for the hills MD I T E L A T T I C some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some performance 44 One can be tall AUNTBEE GOODALL cells will contain two numbers. 17 1958 Buddy Holly hit LESIONS EURASIA However, in a crossword the numbers reference 46 Jerry or Jerry Lee 18 “Guaranteed relief every time” clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! 50 Seine sight ALTON SONG IVS sloganeer They denote the total of the digits in the row or 51 Rappers’ covers CLOSE ENTHRONES 19 Historic leader? column referenced by the number. 53 Sign HEN TRES ANGLO Within each 20 “Dove ___” (Mozart aria) 54 Lane on Broadway IDES OOF MISSY collection of cells 21 Thing AL LFORONE - called a run - any 56 Attack 22 Poetic contraction of the numbers 1 58 Telephone trio NORAD REA TITO 23 Kind of strip to 9 may be used 59 Against a thing, at law DOUA I SAAB NWA but, like sudoku, 25 Workers’ org. founded by ENTHRALLS TVSET 60 2010 Ke$ha chart-topper with a each number may Samuel Gompers creatively spelled five-word title BOG MI LS B I TES only be used once. 26 Farriers’ tools 62 Clichéd UNRATED I NADAZE 29 Letters signifying quality brandy GOODONE GAL I LEE Yesterday’s 63 Series of Nintendo games 30 Grant-giving org. WOOD S NH L L S D answer 64 Certain 49-Down 31 Musical with the song “Written 65 Watersheds ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE in the Stars” Baby Blues By Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman Zits By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2012 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

PRAYER TIME Jackson in wax

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THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Visitors pose for pictures with three new wax figures of late US singer Michael Jackson during their unveiling at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. The new Michael Jackson wax figures will be on display until December 26, with over 90 other wax figures. MUSCAT 30/22 Mostly sunny 30/22 Mostly sunny MAKKAH 37/26 Clear 37/26 Mostly sunny KUWAIT 31/17 Mostly sunny 31/17 Mostly sunny BAHRAIN 31/25 Clear 31/25 Mostly sunny SANAA 22/18 Mostly sunny 21/18 Mostly sunny RIYADH 30/16 Mostly sunny 29/14 Mostly sunny Father of flying fish found in China DUBAI 31/26 Clear 32/24 Clear BAGHDAD 30/16 Partly sunny 31/17 Mostly sunny PARIS: Palaeontologists in Potanichthys xingyiensis lived Palaeoanthropology in China said. Xu said this was the first flying THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW China said yesterday they had in the Middle Triassic period It was already gliding some 80 fish ever to be found in Asia from found the world’s oldest flying between 235 million and 242 mil- million years before the emer- the prehistoric Triassic period, a HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER fish, a strange, snub-nosed crea- lion years ago and is up to 27 mil- gence of birds, which are thought time when the super-continent ATHENS 24/19 Chance of storms 24/18 Clear ture that glided over water in a lion years older than the previous to be the descendants of small Pangaea was starting to break up bid to evade predators some 240 record-holder, a species found in feathery dinosaurs. into the different landmasses we WASHINGTON 14/06 Mostly sunny 12/06 Chance of showers million years ago. Europe, said the study. Scientists believe that flying fish know today. SYDNEY 29/14 Chance of rain 18/04 Chance of rain Fossils in Chinese museum The Triassic geological period evolved out of a need to flee attack The only other Triassic flying LONDON 10/03 Chance of rain 09/04 Mostly sunny collections have been dusted off, predated the Jurassic some 200 from predators. The newly named fish hitherto known were some- PARIS 11/06 Rain 12/09 Chance of rain dated and categorised to reveal million to 150 million years ago, specimen was only 15 centimetres what younger and came from that the flying fish is a much older when dinosaurs thrived. long and had four “wings” — two Austria and Italy. ISTANBUL 22/19 Chance of rain 22/18 Chance of rain creature than thought, the palae- P. xingyiensis presents “the big, adapted pectoral fins and a Potanichthys xingyiensis is a MANILA 33/23 Mostly sunny 32/24 Clear ontologists wrote in the journal earliest evidence of over-water smaller, auxiliary pelvic pair. composite term meaning “winged DHAKA 30/20 Mostly sunny 29/19 Mostly sunny Proceedings of the Royal Society gliding in vertebrates,” co-author The fish had a large, forked tail fish of Xingyi”, the Chinese city DELHI 29/18 Clear 28/16 Clear B. Guang-Hui Xu of the Institute fin that may have been used to near which the fossil was found. ISLAMABAD 29/12 Clear 29/15 Clear A specimen named of Vertebrate Palaeontology and launch it for over-water gliding. AFP Top medical innovations address diabetes, cancer

WASHINGTON: The best Institute Dr Philip Schauer, they thought were the biggest, medical innovations for next examining this phenomenon was most significant innovations from year include an almond-size published in the prestigious New the 250 ideas submitted from device that’s implanted in the England Journal of Medicine ear- their colleagues at the clinic. mouth to relieve severe head- lier this year. Roizen said one of the main con- aches and a hand-held scan- “Bariatric surgery has been tributing factors to getting on ner resembling a blow dryer around for a while. The reason it the list is the number of people that detects skin cancer, the was chosen as the top innovation that the product or procedure can Cleveland Clinic said yesterday. is because Medicare has broad- potentially help. The clinic’s annual list of the ened its indication for payment, For that reason, a device that best medical innovations for 2013 and Medicaid in many states fol- helps relieve headaches, the second also includes new drugs to treat lows Medicare. A lot of the other most common ailment after the advanced prostate cancer and (private) insurance companies cold, was second on the clinic’s list. better mammography technology. started covering it, so it’s much The miniaturised device — But leading the 2013 list for more accessible,” Dr Michael invented at the Cleveland Clinic innovations is an old procedure Roizen, the Cleveland Clinic’s and spun off into a separate, pri- that has a new use due to findings Chief Wellness Officer, said in an vate company called Autonomic in a recent study. Physicians and interview. Technologies Inc — is implanted researchers at the clinic voted The criteria that insurers use in the upper gum above the sec- weight-loss surgery as the top to cover the surgery has been ond molar to treat cluster head- medical innovation, not for its broadened because of its effective- aches and migraine headaches. A effectiveness in reducing obesity, ness in controlling Type 2 diabe- lead tip of the implant is placed but for its ability to control Type tes, he said. near specific nerves behind the 2 diabetes, the most common The number of people affected bridge of the nose. form of the disease. by diabetes has tripled over the When the patient feels the Over the years, bariatric sur- past 30 years to more than 20 headache coming on, a remote geons noticed that the procedure million Americans, according to control device is placed on the would often rid obese patients of the Centers for Disease Control outside of the cheek and the Type 2 diabetes, before they even and Prevention, and more than 90 device delivers stimulation to left the hospital. percent of those cases are Type 2. those nerves, blocking headache A study, led by Cleveland Clinic Doctors and researchers at the pain. head of Bariatric and Metabolic Cleveland Clinic voted for what REUTERS

Napoleon letter vowed to ‘blow up Kremlin’

PARIS: A coded letter in which sections of wall at the Kremlin, at British island of Saint Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte vows to the time both an imperial palace the fallen emperor mulls over blow up the Kremlin goes under and military fortress. The towers the outcome of the Russian the hammer near Paris in were later rebuilt identically. invasion. December, 200 years after the “Letters written by Napoleon “It should not be called a French invasion of Russia. from Russia are rare,” said Alain retreat since the army was victo- “I will blow up the Kremlin on Nicolas, expert for the auctioneer rious,” he writes of the campaign, the 22nd at three am,” reads the Ocenat. “Many were lost, prob- today seen as a turning point in missive written in numbers and ably intercepted by the Russians.” the Napoleonic wars that dramat- signed “Nap”, expected to fetch In the letter, currently in pri- ically weakened French power in between ¤10,000 and ¤15,000 at vate hands, Napoleon asks his Europe. the sale in Fontainebleau. minister to gather supplies and Napoleon’s army entered Dated October 20, 1812, the day to find more horses for his troops, Moscow on September 14, 1812, after Napoleon retreated from the many of which had perished in but much of the population had centre of Moscow, it is addressed the freezing weather bearing already fled and the emperor was to his external relations minister down on the region. forced to leave without securing a Hugues-Bernard Maret. Another star lot of the sale, formal victory over Alexander I, Napoleon’s order was carried an “Essay on campaign fortifica- embarking on a disastrous west- out by Marshal Mortier, who tion” dictated and annotated by ward retreat. destroyed several towers and Napoleon while in exile on the AFP