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Fire at Aden refinery Greece on brink ictQatar plans after Europe refuses bailout law to protect BRUSSELS: Greece hurtled closer to the possibility of a euro exit yesterday after Europe responded to the government’s call for a referendum by refus- digital privacy ing to extend Athens’s desper- ately needed bailout. The most dramatic day in the five-month crisis saw long lines of Students get lessons in online safety people queueing at cash machines in Greece in fear of capital con- DOHA: The Ministry analyse the information on these trols as Athens looked certain to of Information and sites properly before spreading it default on a huge IMF payment Communications Technology further as many people and groups on Tuesday. (ictQatar) is planning to issue a use these sites to spread their The European Central Bank digital privacy law by the begin- propaganda, she said. is set to meet today amid fears ning of next year. The law will The minister said social net- Greece’s banks will be unable to contain general rules regarding working sites had positive and open tomorrow, while Germany the protection of personal infor- negative aspects. They could be Yemeni fighters of the southern separatist movement and firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze at an oil said the eurozone would do “eve- mation of Internet users. utilised to spread growth oppor- refinery in the port city of Aden following shelling by Houthi rebels yesterday. The rebels had shelled the nearby rything” to protect contagion Speaking at the green tent of tunities, solve problems and make port to prevent a Qatari ship carrying aid for the devastated city from docking. The ship was forced to turn back. through the single currency. the Friends of the Environment life simpler. About 8,000 compa- Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Center, H E Dr Hessa Al Jaber, nies in Qatar sell their products on Tsipras announced the refer- Minister of Information and social networking site Instagram. endum on bailout proposals by Communications Technology, said Khalid Al Hashmi, CEO, Cyber Greece’s creditors via a televised that it was now difficult to block Security System at ictQatar, said speech in the small hours yester- social networking sites because the ministry was working on Suspects in Kuwait attack held day, saying he had rejected a debt the Internet and social media had details of the digital privacy law. deal because it involved further become an integral part of our He said users usually save their KUWAIT: Kuwait detained the government’s strong stance on Two Iranian nationals were austerity measures that would lives. It was the collective respon- personal information on their the owner of a car that took a the freedom of religion and opin- among those killed, foreign min- cause “humiliation” to the Greek sibility of parents, users and regu- computers assuming it to be safe. bomber to a Shia mosque to ion, noting these were rights pro- istry spokeswoman Marzieh people. lators to spread awareness about Users should remember that com- carry out the country’s worst tected by the constitution. Afkham was quoted as saying by Angry Eurozone finance minis- the constructive use of social net- puters are mostly connected to the ever militant attack, officials The interior ministry, which Iranian state media yesterday. ters accused Greece of “unilater- working sites, she added. Internet, which makes personal said yesterday, as thousands reported the vehicle owner’s Shias are between 15 and 30 ally” breaking off talks and said The popularity of the Internet information vulnerable to privacy calling for national unity turned arrest, said it was now looking for percent of the population of they would not extend Greece’s can be gauged from the fact that breaches. out to bury some of the 27 killed. the driver, who vanished shortly Kuwait, a mostly Sunni country bailout past June 30, the same about 70 percent of the youth in He said that ictQatar, in cooper- Militant group Islamic State after Friday’s blast. where members of both commu- day a €1.5bn payment to the the world aged below 26 years get ation with the Supreme Education claimed responsibility for the sui- A security source said “numer- nities live side by side with little International Monetary Fund news from social media networks, Council, had recently launched a cide bombing against 2,000 wor- ous arrests” had been made in apparent friction. falls due. while over 75 percent of the Arab new educational programme to shippers praying at the Imam Al connection with Friday’s bombing. “We will cut the evil hand that “It was not us who walked away youth below 24 rely on them com- improve cyber safety and security Sadeq mosque on Friday. At the burial site in the interferes with our homeland’s from the talks, it was the Greek pletely. About 50 percent of the awareness among students. Called Officials said the bombing Sulaibikhat district, some waved security,” Interior Minister Sheikh government that walked away,” a Qatari youth between eight and 15 “Haseen”, the Internet safety and was clearly meant to stir enmity Kuwaiti flags while others bore the Mohammed Al Khaled Al Sabah grim-faced Eurogroup president years have smartphones while 27 security awareness programme for between majority Sunnis and large mourning banners, in red, was quoted as saying by state news Jeroen Dijsselbloem said after percent of the youth between nine students tackles up to 13 cyber- minority Shias and harm the black or green, that are typical of agency KUNA. tense talks in Brussels. and 16 years have an account on a safety topics and aims to empower comparatively harmonious ties Shia funerals. Kuwait has stepped up security The Greek parliament was to social networking site. students in education stages from between the sects in Kuwait. One group of mourners said to the highest level at state-run oil vote on whether to go ahead with The minister said users of social grade 1 to grade 12 to stay safe In a statement, the information they had travelled from Qatif in conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum the referendum at midnight, after networking sites, especially the online. ministry said Kuwait would faced Saudi Arabia, where 21 people Corp (KPC) and its affiliates, an address by Tsipras. youth, should verify information Continued on page 4 the situation with “unity and soli- were killed by an Islamic State KUNA also reported. AFP given on these sites. One should THE PENINSULA darity”. It reiterated what it called suicide bombing in May. REUTERS See also page 17

Ramadan souq Car dealers will have to disclose repairs DOHA: To ensure a fair deal car dealers selling them repaired for customers, the Ministry of cars as new ones. Taking note Economy and Commerce yes- of the complaints, the ministry RAMADAN terday made it mandatory for conducted raids on many car TIMING car dealers to disclose all the showrooms and found the dealers repair works a car may have taking customers for a ride. The Today’s Iftar: undergone before finalising the inspectors found repaired cars sale. that were being sold as new. The 06:31pm The showrooms will have to ministry ordered closure of the Tomorrow’s Imsak: get a written statement from the erring car dealers for a month. 03:07am customer saying that he has full Car dealers will face strict knowledge of the repairs carried legal action if they fail to dis- out on the car. close the repairs carried out on The ministry’s announcement cars to buyers, said the ministry. comes after several car dealers The new disclosure norm is likely were shut down temporarily for to bring respite to car buyers in selling repaired cars as brand Qatar, who had to keep their fin- new. Many customers had com- gers crossed about the condition plained to the ministry about of the car. THE PENINSULA

Visitors at the Ramadan souq at Katara last night. KAMMUTTY VP Al Wakrah Hospital reduces burden on Hamad General Hospital Ramadan QUIZ DOHA: Hamad Medical units at HMC recorded an the lowest among all the hospi- at HGH outpatient facilities. Hospital located at HGH premises. Answer a Simple Question Corporation’s (HMC) recently increase of 6.9 percent in the tals. This indicates that the AWH Emergency visits at Al Khor The highest increase was at Win a Gold Coin everyday released Annual Report number of visitors during the emergency unit has a taken a Hospital increased by 15.2 per- Cuban Hospital from 125 to 251 See page 15 2014/2015 indicates that the same period, says the report. significant portion of the bur- cent and outpatient visits by 11.3 (100.8 percent), followed by 78.2 establishment of Al Wakrah Over 1.04 million people visited den from the HGH facility. The percent while Cuban Hospital percent at AWH ( from 2050 to Hospital (AWH) has signifi- the emergency units at HMC hos- number of visitors to the HGH in Dukhan recorded an increase 3653) and 7.3 percent at Al Khor cantly reduced the pressure on pitals in 2014, against 855,025 vis- emergency unit increased from of 57.2 percent and 45 percent, Hospital (from 1106 to 1187). HMC’s main facility, Hamad its in 2013. Visitors to Pediatric 442,693 in 2013 to 464,601in 2014 respectively. Despite a decline in numbers, eneral Hospital (HGH), espe- emergency sections increased while the AWH facility saw a Women’s Hospital recorded 4.1 apparently due to the opening of cially its emergency department. from 519,619 in 2013 to 555,460 in rapid increase from 170,667 to percent increase in emergency other facilities, Women’s Hospital Emergency visits have seen an 2014. 302,325 over the period. visits and 3.4 percent increase in attended to the highest number overall increase of 22.1 percent The highest increase was The number of outpatient outpatient visits. of births- 16,269 in 2014 against in 2014 compared to 2013 when recorded at AWH at 77.1 per- visits at AWH has also seen Child births increased by an 17,051 in 2013. all HMC facilities are taken into cent against 4.9 percent at the a sharp rise by 54.9 percent overall 5.1 percent, with a decline Continued on page 2 See page 4 account. Paediatric emergency emergency unit at HGH, one of against 14.3 percent increase of 4.6 percent at the Women’s THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir gets call SCH launches national health campaign from Senegal DOHA: The Supreme Council H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al healthy culture which encourages Eat healthy; stop smoking; and member of the community, the DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh of Health (SCH), the respon- Qahtani said: “Qatar is keen quitting smoking, eating healthy get active. The messages aim to campaign is being spread across Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sible authority for healthcare to provide the finest health- and exercising.” encourage behavioural changes all media: Television, radio, news- yesterday received a phone call issues in the state, started its care services and technologies He said SCH’s initiatives are among the community by dem- papers, magazines, billboards and from Senegal President Macky ‘Our Future lies in Our Health’ for all members of society, and part of Nutrition and Physical onstrating the importance of text messages as well as on buses, Sall. They reviewed relations awareness campaign to encour- raise health awareness among Activity Scheme 2011-2016, healthy foods and sports in the airport banners, plane screens, between both countries, ways of age all segments of society to individuals. forming the basis for promot- prevention of illnesses and dan- and at cinemas. developing them and matters of lead a healthy lifestyle and “SCH seeks to bring about ing healthy living as part of gers of smoking in light of the It also involves health-promot- mutual interest. abandon harmful daily habits. positive changes in people’s lives, Qatar National Vision 2030, high numbers of obesity, smokers ing activities, including aware- The initiative is part of SCH encourage behavioural changes which places human develop- and fast food consumption. ness seminars at public and Greetings sent to vision to build a healthy future that would improve their health, ment at the top of its priorities to The one-year campaign will private institutions, distribution for the Qatari community within and contribute to building a achieve sustainability for future focus on raising awareness about of pamphlets and brochures on Djibouti president its Nutrition and Physical secure and healthy future for generations.” healthy diets. It includes pro- the importance of exercise and Activity Scheme 2011-2016 in line generations to come. The campaign sheds light on grammes, activities and events to foods in psychological and physi- DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh with plans to support the human “The campaign aims to trans- SCH’s integral role in develop- encourage all segments of society cal development and social and Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani development pillar of Qatar mit our message to strengthen ing and implementing national to adopt a healthy lifestyle, in col- educational events for all seg- has sent a cable of congratu- National Vision 2030. the role of preventive healthcare healthcare policies that benefit laboration with public and private ments of the community taking lations to Djibouti President Minister of Public Health as an integral element of the the community and focuses on institutions and agencies. into account Qatar’s cultural Ismail Omar Guelleh on the and SCH Secretary-General healthcare sector and promote a three key awareness messages: To deliver its messages to every diversity. THE PENINSULA anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani sent a similar cable to Guelleh. Total births at all HMC Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani facilities rose to 21,332 also sent a congratulatory cable to Guelleh. Continued from page 1 include: The opening of Total births at all HMC new facilities, including the Valancheri Markaz facilities increased from expanded Enaya Specialized 20,332 to 21,332 during the Care Center, Internal meet on Friday period. Medicine Clinic, Palliative Hanan Al Kuwari, and Supportive Care Unit DOHA: The first Valancheri Managing Director, HMC, and Stroke Ward. Markaz Qatar meeting will be identified some of the key Hospitals and serv- held at Malayala Samajam Hall areas in which significant ices across HMC received in Al Muntazah on Friday at progress has been made. “In international accredita- 3pm. the past year we have con- tion from leading organiza- Abdul Hakeem Faizy Adrusseri, tinued to build on our recent tions. HMC’s three newest Principal, Markaz Islamic & Arts innovation and progress in hospitals, Heart, Al Wakra College, will attend, along with line with our three pillars and the Cuban, joined the more than 100 people including of health, education and other five hospitals in being alumni and former teachers of research. We have intro- accredited by the Joint various institution of Markaz, duced many new services Commission International, supporters, activists and those Officials tour the exhibition. and facilities as we expand while HMC’s stroke service wishing to be part of its educa- to meet the increasing also earned this prestigious tional ventures. demands of Qatar’s growing accreditation. Organised by alumni members Expo highlights verses from Holy Quran population. We have opened Significant progress has of Valancheri Markaz here, the new specialist clinics and been made by HMC in meeting will discuss means of DOHA: Katara, in collaboration by Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, non-Muslims that Islam is the reli- services providing care tai- developing as an academic supporting the institution in its with Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim General Manager, Katara, and gion of peace and tolerance, he added. lored to the specific needs of health system. Teaching educational initiatives. Valancheri Al Thani Museum, is hosting an Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani. Sheikh Faisal said the exhibition different population groups, and research have been inte- Markaz Qatar provides a platform exhibition under the theme ‘Verses Al Sulaiti said the exhibition also aims to highlight the important including diabetes, cancer grated with clinical practice for expatriates to share memo- from the Holy Quran’. It includes includes some Quranic verses which of peace in Islam. The next exhibi- and long-term care,” she to deliver the highest stand- ries of their student life. For over 60 paintings, each with some talk about peace and the paintings tion will be about women in Quran said. ard of care, with examples of details, call 55853150, 33551321 verses of the holy book. are from a collection at the museum. and their position in Islam, he added. HMC’s key achievements this now evident. or 77853150. The exhibition was inaugurated The expo aims to say to Muslims and THE PENINSULA and developments in 2014 THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/QNA

Participants at the event. Hyatt Plaza, QC hold fast-a-thon in support of Somalia kids’ education DOHA: A fast-a-thon was registered to fast and encourage Shabaab extremists because of organised by Hyatt Plaza shop- education in Somalia by ensuring inadequate schools. ping mall on June 26 and 27 in English courses for orphans. “Our mission along with Hyatt the food court offering over 400 The event also featured free Plaza will be to introduce English non-Muslims an opportunity to henna painting, interactive ses- course to young minds to increase experience fasting for one day. sion, gifts distribution and health their chances of getting higher The event was supported by check-ups by Primary Health education and becoming produc- Qatar Charity (QC) and Edad Care Corporation (PHCC). tive members in society.” Centre to support education in Ahmed Saleh Al Ali, Proceeds from fast-a-thon Somalia. Programmes and Project will go to a pilot project ‘Help The mall and its supporters Manager, QC, said: “Children in the Orphans’ created by Dr Bilal pledged a donation of QR80,000, Somalia don’t have choices but to Philips. The course will be held the equivalent of QR200 on the attempt to enter Europe across for about 500 orphans. behalf of every participant who the Mediterranean or join the THE PENINSULA

BPS students donate basic needs for workers

Birla Public School team with ICBF officials at the Indian Embassy.

DOHA: Birla Public School The drive, ‘Smile Campaign’, Patil and members received the students donated a huge con- was organised and managed by students and their donation at the signment of items to Indian students. They collected essential Indian embassy. Vice-Principal Community Benevolent Forum items like groceries, long-life milk, George Edison, teachers, student (ICBF) for labourers and the toiletries, clothes and miscellane- leaders and a parent were also needy. ous items. ICBF President Arvind present. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Malabar Gold-The Peninsula quiz winners HMC expert advises fasting heart patients to take precautions

DOHA: A cardiology expert at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has advised people with heart problems to take precautions while fasting Ramadan and con- sult their cardiologists, particu- larly to determine proper timing and dosage of medications to avoid complications. “We advise patients to consult their cardiologists on how their medi- cation should be administered during Ramadan. Patients and doctors may have to explore the possibility of sub- stituting ordinary medication with long-lasting ones to compensate for the daily 15-hour fasting time,” said Dr Jihad Jaber (pictured), Senior narrowed (stenosis) or inflamed; Cardiology Specialist, Heart Hospital. heart patients on blood thinners or He said fasting has no negative anticoagulants; patients on malignant Santhosh T V (second left) Regional Head, Malabar Gold, and Ali Wahba (first left), Advertising Manager, The Peninsula, with the first week win- impact on patients with stable heart arrhythmia medications; and patients ners of Ramadan Malabar Gold Quiz at the newspaper’s office yesterday. ABDUL BASIT conditions who have no recurrent with heart conditions that require symptoms, such as chest pain or constant professional observation. shortness of breath. Fasting could People with heart problems are be beneficial for them. advised to eat in small portions and “Lower food intake, abstaining avoid fatty and salty foods and large from smoking, which will relieve the quantities of beverages (which could system of tobacco’s harmful effects, lead to shortness of breath). 3,000 attend Iftar at QRC and the stress-reduced atmosphere “Smaller food portions trigger associated with the holy month will favourable hormonal and metabolic reduce heart disease risks in general changes which will increase the and have a positive impact on people production of good cholesterol and with heart conditions,” he said. decrease bad cholesterol. The out- However, fasting could adversely come will be best if patients man- tent in Old Salata daily affect heart patients who experience age to reduce weight as a result,” Dr recurrent chest pain; patients with Jaber said. heart failure who experience fatigue He also recommended four smaller or lack of energy and shortness of meals instead of two large meals dur- Three more tents in Al Wakra, Al Khor and Industrial Area serve visitors breath, as they need frequent dos- ing Ramadan and physical exercise ages of diuretic medications; patients even by taking a short walk. who have suffered heart attacks, who People with heart conditions are should not fast within six weeks fol- advised to seek urgent medical advice lowing an attack; open heart surgery or dial 999 for HMC’s Ambulance patients who should not fast within Service if they experience any dif- six weeks following surgery; patients ficulties or emergencies. where the heart’s aortic valve is THE PENINSULA Ooredoo volunteers bring smiles to kids at HMC

Visitors at one of the tents set up by Qatar Red Crescent across the country.

DOHA: Since the begin- meals and selection of the best committee is keen to ensure Ramadan. Every day, they ning of Ramadan, Qatar Red food. the highest level of service in begin working after Asr prayer Crescent’s (QRC) tent in Old In coordination with the terms of equipment, quality to receive visitors. It is a great.” Salata is receiving fasting Religious Guidance Section food or the good treatment The tent is part of QRC’s people to have Iftar meals, at the Ministry of Awqaf and of visitors. Large water tanks Iftar programme held together with three tents Islamic Affairs, educational have been installed for those throughout Ramadan locally in Wakra, Al Khor, and the lectures and religious sermons who want to perform Maghreb and internationally. Industrial Area at a cost of are delivered every day by prayer in congregation. In Qatar, QRC also distrib- QR2.17m. experts and sheikhs who advise “The tent is open to all visi- utes Iftar meals and water QRC’s main tent is the larg- participants on health, social tors, especially expats, who bottles at hospitals, the Grand est in Qatar, as it receives 3,000 and spiritual topics of concern. constitute much of society and Mosque and in the Industrial Volunteers leave their hand prints outside the children’s ward at HMC. visitors daily, or 90,000 over the On the role of the tent, deserve services and care. Area. holy month. Nayef bin Faisal Al Mohannadi, “Muslims and non-Muslims QRC is holding Iftar gather- DOHA: Continuing to make those sick and in need feel the spirit Each of the other three tents Director, Administrative are welcomed, as we never dis- ings and distributing food at a sure everyone enjoys Ramadan, of Ramadan is important to Ooredoo, takes up to 1000-1,500 visitors Affairs and Human Resources criminate against people based cost of QR6m in Yemen, Iraqi Ooredoo volunteers visited the and seeing children play and laugh per day to serve as many mem- Department, QRC, said the on language, gender, ethnicity, Kurdistan, Syria, Palestine, children’s ward at Hamad Medical with our volunteers is a testament bers of society as possible. tent has received a more- or religion. Our mission is to Palestinian and Syrian refu- Corporation (HMC) this weekend. to this special time of year.” Run by a large team of QRC than-expected response since serve humanity and support gee camps in Lebanon, Somalia, After playing and interacting The delegation was received by staff and volunteers, the tent the beginning of Ramadan, as the vulnerable everywhere,” Sudan, Central Africa, Niger, with children and their parents, a team of nurses, senior staff and serves hot Iftar meals, dates, it is near to residential areas of Al Mohannadi said. Chad, Mauritania, Ethiopia, volunteers gave each child a special patients. The visit was part of a series water, juices and milk supplied many expatriate workers and is “I praise hard work of the Afghanistan, Nepal, the Ramadan-themed gift. of community and charity activi- by high-quality restaurants the only Ramadan tent in the tent’s management team that Philippines, Montenegro, Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, Director, ties led by Ooredoo this Ramadan selected in a public tender Corniche area. began to set up the tent and Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Community and Public Relations, at events and locations around the while ensuring variation of He said the tent’s steering develop its agenda long before THE PENINSULA Ooredoo, said: “Making sure that country. THE PENINSULA QIB names ‘One Million Qmiles’ winners DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank the top prize worth 1m Qmiles, the Ministry of Economy and (QIB) announced the win- with four winners each receiv- Commerce and bank officials. ners of its recent ‘One Million ing 250,000 Qmiles and 25 each D Anand, General Manager, Qmiles’ finance campaign, receiving 100,000 Qmiles. Personal Banking, said the in partnership with Qatar Qmiles can be redeemed for bank’s goal is to ensure its cus- Airways (QA). complimentary flights, upgrades tomers receive the best financ- The campaign encouraged cus- and excess baggage on QA ing deals. “As an award-winning tomers to apply for finance prod- flights in addition to purchases Islamic bank, we are committed ucts, including personal, auto or at Qatar Duty Free at Hamad to rewarding our loyal customers home financing to qualify for a International Airport or Oryx with the best possible deals for chance to win 4.5 million Qmiles Galleria boutique in Doha. their financing needs. to be distributed to 30 winners. Qmiles can also be redeemed “Irrespective of whether they Customers were eligible for the for complimentary flights with have won a prize in this competi- draw each time they obtained QA’s oneworld partners and tion, everyone is a winner when QR25,000 of financing in addi- other partner airlines. Names of it comes to taking advantage of tion to qualifying for applying the winners have been published our financing offers developed for QIB’s award-winning Qatar on the QIB website. with our customers in mind,” he Airways co-branded credit card. The draw was held at QIB added. Nasser Ali M F Alhajri won head office in the presence of THE PENINSULA Top prize winner Nasser Ali M F Alhajri (centre) with officials at the event. SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Traffic to be diverted Wooden masjid workshop on Lebaib Roundabout DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced that a traffic diver- sion will be implemented on Lebaib Roundabout as part of development works for roads surrounding Lekhwiya Sports Club in Al Duhail. The diversion will extend 200 meters into each of the four streets connected to the round- about — Al Tarfa Street, Arab League Street and Al Duhail Street. Diversion will be implemented starting tonight and traffic will be diverted to alternative roads adjacent to the work zone, which will consist of two lanes in each direction to serve traffic heading to and from Lebaib Roundabout. Ashghal will install signage to notify motorists during work Youngsters attended the ‘Make a Wooden Masjid’ workshop by artist Ahmad Farouk. It was organised by Katara period. Speed limit will be reduced as part of Ramadan events to educate participants on the art of making a mosque with wood. BAHER AMIN to 50kmph in each direction when approaching the work zone. Ashghal urges all road users to abide by speed limits and traffic signs for their safety. Ooredoo Open Day highlights PARTIAL CLOSURE Ashghal also announced that a section of Al Khalidya Street will be closed. services at data centres The closure will be about 425 metre in length and will extend from the intersection with Al Hilal Street to the intersection of Al Khalidya Street with Al Mansoura Street. The south-bound lane towards C-Ring Road will be closed while the north-bound lane in the direction of Al Mansoura Street will remain open. The closure is needed to Mansoura Street. Al Khalidya Street. upgrade the sewage network in Part of Al Saheb Bin Abbad Also part of Al Sanaa Street in Al Najma in Doha. Street in both directions and its both directions will closed. A partial closure on the same access from Al Khalidya Street Closures start tomorrow and street will also take place at the will be closed. continues until September 14. intersection with C-Ring Road at One direction on Al Canary Road users can use alternative the entrance of Al Khaldiya Street Street off Al Khalidya Street will local roads in the area. north-bound in the direction of Al be closed in the direction towards THE PENINSULA

Members of the business community attend Open Day.

DOHA: More and more busi- the QDC5, in Mesaimeer for invited and disaster recovery, nesses in Qatar are deploying members of the business commu- Internet and network services at Ooredoo data centres, nity and provided an opportunity connectivity, infrastruc- as the pace of automation and to see first-hand how the company ture monitoring and the deployment of cloud services delivers a full range of world-class management (managed increases across the country. hosted services. services) and managed To ensure that companies are The tour provided an overview security services. aware of opportunities provided by of services at the centres, including Demand for data cen- Ooredoo, the company held an Open hosting and co-location, data stor- tre support is increasing Day at its most advanced facility, age and backup, business continuity in Qatar, as more compa- nies offer digital services. Organisations in the government, hospitality, healthcare and service sectors are managing an exponentially-expanding volume of data generated by the launch of such services, requiring sup- port of a professionally- managed data centre. The data centres are some of the most advanced in the region, with an official ISO 22301 Certification – Business Continuity Management Systems accreditation that positions them as global leaders in data availability, resiliency and disaster recovery. THE PENINSULA Haseen for 25pc of schools in first phase this year Continued from page 1 In the first phase this year, Haseen will be applied in 25 percent of Independent, international and private schools. Based on feedback, more schools will be covered in the years ahead. The programme teaches schoolchildren how to think critically and behave online by raising their awareness and developing an informed and healthy cyber safety culture across the Qatari society. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 HOME / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Inspector honoured for marijuana seizure

DOHA: A customs official at the bag the passenger was carrying. Hamad International Airport I asked my colleagues to check it caught a passenger from an Asian and that is how we discovered mari- country in transit from a Gulf juana packets wrapped with carbon country and recovered about 11 kg paper. of marijuana from him. Ahmed bin Ali Al Muhannadi, Inspector Al Dawsary, who has Chairman, General Authority of been working with the Customs Customs, honoured Al Dawsary and Department for two years, said, “I thanked him for his efforts. had suspicion about the contents of THE PENINSULA

Ahmed bin Ali Al Muhannadi, Chairman, General Authority of Customs, honours Inspector Al Dawsary and (RIGHT) the booty seized at Hamad International Airport.

Ibn Batutah back at Katara

A decorated horse chariot with the coachman dressed similar to Ibn Batutah is touring around Katara. The chariot is visiting eight stations — Morocco, Tunisia, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, China, India and Syria — Ibn Batutah had toured. It starts from Gate No. 12 and ends in Katara Ramadan Souq. The daily tour begins at 9pm and continues until the 20th day of Ramadan. SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Erdogan warns Kurds drive out IS from Kobane BEIRUT: Kurdish forces drove Islamic State group fighters from the flashpoint against Kurdish Syrian border town of Kobane yesterday, after a killing spree by the jihadists left more than 200 civilians dead. Fighters of the Kurdish state in Syria People’s Protection Units (YPG) stormed IS’s last remaining position, taking full control of Kobane, a powerful symbol of Kurds accused of ethnic cleansing Kurdish resistance. As they combed the streets ANKARA: Turkish President Erdogan again denied persistent looking for fugitive jihadists, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that claims of Turkish collusion with the the Kurdish fighters found Turkey will never allow the estab- jihadists, saying, “It is a big lie to more bodies, taking the civil- lishment of a Kurdish state in accuse Turkey of having links with ian death toll to 206, the Syrian Syria after major gains by Kurdish a terrorist organisation.” Observatory for Human Rights fighters. Despite ongoing peace talks with said. In a strong-worded warning late on the PKK, the creation of any Kurdish Local journalist Rudi Friday, Erdogan accused the Kurds of zone in the north of Syria deeply wor- Mohammad Amin told AFP ethnically cleaning other communi- ries Turkey, particularly as it borders that more civilians were still ties from land they have taken after the already autonomous Kurdistan unaccounted for. pushing back Islamic State forces region of northern Iraq. The jihadists made their last from the Turkish border. Turkey is one of the fiercest oppo- stand in a boys’ high school “I say to the international commu- nents of Bashar Al Assad’s regime building. nity that whatever price must be paid, in Damascus and has taken in more “The YPG detonated explo- we will never allow the establishment than 1.8 million refugees since the sives outside of the school, then of a new state on our southern fron- war in Syria began. stormed it,” Amin said, speaking A picture taken from the Turkish side of the border in Suruc, Sanliurfa province, shows Turkish soldiers tier in the north of Syria,” Erdogan But in an interview with the via the Internet from a position was quoted by Turkish media as tell- Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, Saleh near Kobane, on the border with standing as smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain Al-Arab, yesterday. ing guests at a dinner to break the Muslim, the head of the Democratic Turkey. Ramadan fast. Union Party (PYD) — the political “This military operation was “The bodies were found lit- because it did what it wanted to According to the UN, 60,000 He accused Kurdish forces of wing of the YPG militia — denied carried out after ensuring that tered in homes and in the in Kobane,” Abdel Rahman said. people have been displaced by “changing the demographic struc- they were trying to create an inde- there were no civilians left in streets, laying here and there,” In January, Kurdish forces the fighting in the city, which ture” of several areas close to the pendent state. “We do not have such the school.” he said. backed by rebel groups and had a pre-war population of Turkish border, which also have Arab a project,” he said. Amin said he believed all the The IS operation was widely US-led air strikes pushed IS out 300,000. and Turkmen populations. However, Turkish media specu- IS fighters inside were killed. seen as vengeance for a series of of Kobane after four months of On Friday, Information Turkey has fought a 31-year lated yesterday that Erdogan and The jihadists had entered defeats at the hands of Kurdish fierce fighting in a hugely sym- Minister Omran Zohbi called on insurgency in the south east of the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Kobane at dawn on Thursday militia, particularly the jihad- bolic defeat for the jihadists. “anyone who is capable of carry- country by the Kurdistan Workers’ had asked its military to intervene disguised in YPG uniforms ists’ loss of Tal Abyad, another Further east, government ing a gun” to join the resistance Party (PKK), which Ankara claims in Syria earlier in the week. and seized several buildings border town further east, on forces clashed with IS for a to IS in Hasakeh. is closely linked to the main Syrian The press claimed that the mili- in the south and southwest of June 16. third day in the northeastern “Protecting the city of Kurdish People’s Protection Units tary high command demanded a the town. “IS doesn’t want to take over provincial capital of Hasakeh. Hasakeh from the terrorist tak- (YPG) militia. written order from the government, The YPG soon surrounded the town. They just came to kill The fighting largely took firi (extremist Sunni) attacks Erdogan’s comments came a day with a new one yet to be formed after the buildings but it took two the highest number of civilians place in the city’s south, where is a duty shared among all the after IS militants mounted a bloody the Justice and Development Party days to re-establish control. in the ugliest ways possible,” IS seized control of two neigh- sons of the city”, Zohbi said. surprise attack on the Kurdish-held (AKP) lost its overall majority for Some of the civilians were local journalist Mostafa Ali told bourhoods on Thursday. In the southern city of Daraa, border town of Kobane, killing at the first time in 13 years in a parlia- felled in the streets by rocket or AFP on Friday. Kurdish fighters, who share fighting continued between least 164. mentary election on June 7. sniper fire, others were executed A total of 16 Kurdish fighters control of the city with govern- government forces and rebel Kurdish forces have since driven Hurriyet also claimed that at least in their homes. and 54 jihadists were also killed. ment forces, joined the fighting groups, including Al Qaeda the jihadists out of the highly sym- 12,000 Turkish troops were ready Observatory director Rami The Observatory chief late on Friday. affiliate Al Nusra Front. bolic Syrian town, which the Kurds to enter Syria to create a “security Abdel Rahman said the bod- said that IS had achieved its IS previously attempted to Since Thursday, 60 rebels and wrested back from IS in January, zone” to protect the border from the ies found yesterday bore bullet objective. seize Hasakeh last month, but 18 government loyalists have according to the Syrian Observatory threat posed by IS. marks and appeared to include “You cannot call this last was pushed back by government been killed in the fighting, as for Human Rights. AFP entire families. operation a real defeat for IS, forces. well as 11 civilians. AFP Hard work needed, says Kerry as Iran nuclear talks resume

VIENNA: Top diplomats warned yes- “There are some very tough issues, Officials have acknowledged the dead- indispensable conditions.” as Iran’s regional rivals Israel, widely terday of “hard work” ahead to seal and I think we all look forward to get- line may slip by a few days, and diplomats Fabius stressed there must be “a last- assumed to have nuclear weapons itself, a nuclear deal with Iran, as France ting down to the final efforts here to see say the mooted accord finalising a frame- ing limitation of Iran’s nuclear capaci- and Saudi Arabia. insisted three key conditions to put an whether or not a deal is possible.” work deal agreed in April in Lausanne, ties in research and production” as well According to the Lausanne framework, atomic bomb out of Tehran’s reach still But he said he remained “hopeful,” Switzerland is far from done. as rigorous inspection of military sites, Iran will slash by more than two-thirds had to be met. adding: “I think everybody would like to French Foreign Minister Laurent and a mechanism to quickly reimpose its uranium enrichment centrifuges, US Secretary of State John Kerry see an agreement.” Fabius, arriving in Vienna for the talks, sanctions. which can make fuel for nuclear power and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif agreed negotiators “need to work said at least three issues remained It is hoped a deal would end a stand- or the core of a nuclear bomb, and shrink Javad Zarif met first in Vienna, for what really hard in order to be able to make unresolved. off dating back to 2002 that has threat- its uranium stockpile by 98 percent. is set to be the final push for an accord progress and move forward”. “We want a robust accord that rec- ened to escalate into war and poisoned Iran also agreed to change a planned after almost two years of negotiations. “We are determined to do everything ognises Iran’s right to a civilian nuclear the Islamic republic’s relations with the reactor at Arak so that it cannot produce “We’ve a lot of hard work to do,” Kerry we can to be able to make this effort pos- programme, but which guarantees that outside world. weapons-grade plutonium and no longer told reporters at the start of the talks in sible. Of course, that depends on a lot of Iran renounces definitively nuclear weap- Even if negotiators manage a deal, it to use its Fordo facility — built into a a luxury hotel in Vienna, with a June 30 things and we’re going to work on it,” ons,” he said. will be closely scrutinised by hardliners mountain to protect it from attack — for deadline looming. Zarif added. “We believe there are at least three in Iran and the United States as well uranium enrichment. AFP

Favourite sweets Palestinian hunger striker ‘close to death’: Lawyer

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail and on hunger strike for 53 days is in a criti- cal condition and could die “at any moment”, his lawyer said yesterday. “Khader Adnan may suddenly die at any moment, doctors have confirmed to me,” Jawad Boulos, legal counsel for the Ramallah- based Prisoners Club told AFP. An Iranian confectioner packs special sweets called ‘zulbia’ and ‘bamieh’ in a pastry shop in Tehran He said he received a call in yesterday. The two sweets are most popular in Iran during the holy month of Ramadan. Zulbia contains the middle of the night saying yoghurt and starch and is deep-fried as a dough before being covered with a syrup of sugar and saffron. “that the doctors at the Israeli Bamieh is oval-shaped dough pieces, containing flour and eggs, deep-fried and then covered with the hospital, where Khadar Adnan same syrup. is currently held, were on alert due to the deterioration of his condition”. Boulos said he made a bedside visit to his client yes- terday morning and found him ‘Pullout from Ramadi unauthorised’ “in a more critical condition, incapable of moving”. Israel Prisons Service BAGHDAD: Prime Minister resisted, we would not have Abadi’s remarks came a spokeswoman Sivan Weizman Haider Al Abadi said yester- lost Ramadi,” Abadi said in week after a senior officer in said Adnan was receiving day that Iraqi forces made an televised remarks. the US-led coalition against IS treatment in Assaf Harofeh “unauthorised” withdrawal Ramadi fell to the jihadist said the withdrawal was mili- hospital near Tel Aviv, but from Ramadi last month, group in mid-May after gov- tarily unnecessary. she could not comment on leading to the Islamic State ernment forces had held out “Ramadi was lost because the his medical condition. Adnan group’s takeover of the Anbar against militants there for Iraqi commander in Ramadi is being held in “administra- provincial capital. more than a year. elected to withdraw. In other tive detention”, a procedure “The withdrawal of the It was Baghdad’s worst set- words, if he had elected to stay, under which Israel imprisons forces from Ramadi was back in months after its forces he would still be there today,” Palestinian suspects without unauthorised — the orders had retaken significant terri- said Brigadier Christopher trial indefinitely for renewable were the opposite. The forces tory in two provinces north of Ghika of the British army. six-month periods. AFP had to resist, and if they had the capital. AFP SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Shaken tourists flee Tunisia Kuwait Shias mourn Country to close down 80 mosques; 15 Britons killed in attack blast victims, hit

PORT EL KANTAOUI, TUNISIA: Planeloads of out at sectarianism shocked foreign tourists flew out of Tunisia yesterday after a KUWAIT: As a body passed, Among the Kuwait flags and beachside massacre claimed by shrouded in Kuwait’s flag, doz- traditional banners of mourning, the Islamic State jihadist group ens of hands were raised from in red, black or green, and bear- killed 38 people and prompted a the crowd to support the bier ing the names of early Shia Imams major security clampdown. and help carry it towards the some placards were carried by The impoverished North Shia Muslim cemetery where Saudis or Bahraini members of the African nation, bracing for a most victims of Friday’s Islamic sect who had come in solidarity. devastating blow to tourism, State mosque attack were bur- Three young men from Saudi announced plans to deploy troops ied yesterday. Arabia’s Qatif district arrived at vulnerable sites and shut doz- Among the thousands of Shia yesterday morning and stood, ens of mosques accused of inciting mourners at the Jaafari cem- dressed in black, watching the extremism. etery in the Sulaibkhat district funeral procession pass by. Many of the victims were from of Kuwait City, shock and grief “We’re not scared. We’re going Britain, which announced that at were tempered by a grim sense to be strong. It doesn’t matter if least 15 of its citizens were killed of resignation that a long-feared we’re martyred,” said one of the in Friday’s gun assault in the attack on their community had three, who declined to give his popular resort of Port el Kantaoui finally taken place. full name, referring to the risks and that the number “may well Relations between Islam’s main that Gulf Arab Shias now face rise”. The Tunisian authorities, sects have traditionally been after three deadly bombings in facing the difficult task of iden- less fraught in Kuwait than in a month. The crowd, thousands tifying victims mowed down in other Gulf Arab states. But they strong, was packed tightly along their beachwear, said the dead Flowers lie in tribute to those killed in a terror attack on tourists on a beach in front of the Imperial Marhaba Hotel have been undermined by a rise a narrow tree-lined boulevard also included at least one Belgian in Sousse, yesterday. in Salafist Sunni Islam, which leading from the Haj Ibrahim and a German. brands Shias heretical, and the Al Haji Hussein Al Maraafi One woman from Portugal sectarian hatred unleashed by mosque towards the graves. Some and one from Ireland were said the Bardo attack, and now we’ve abandoned in the panic, were still about 140 kilometres south of the wars in Iraq and Syria, mourn- raised their hands in the air or by their governments to have also been dealt an even bigger blow.” strewn across the sand. capital Tunis. ers said. beat their chests with open palms been killed when the assailant Another 39 people including 25 The attack came on the same Pastry cook Slim Brahim told Friday’s attack, which killed as they responded to the chants. pulled a gun from inside a beach Britons, seven Tunisians and three day that 26 people were killed at AFP that after mowing down 27 and injured more than 200 “No Sunni, no Shia, one, one umbrella and opened fire on tour- Belgians were wounded in Friday’s a Shia mosque in Kuwait and a tourists on the beach the gun- at the Imam Sadeq mosque in Islam”, men along the funeral ists on the sand and by a pool. attack, the health ministry said. suspected Islamist attacked a fac- man then turned on guests by central Kuwait City, was claimed route chanted at one point, It was the deadliest attack in Prime Minister Habib Essid yes- tory in France. the hotel pool. “I saw someone by Islamic State’s Wilayat of and then later: “Down with Tunisia’s recent history. terday announced that from next IS claimed both the Kuwait fire on elderly tourists. They were Najd division, which last month Daesh! Down with Daesh!” In London, Prime Minister month armed guards would be bombing and the Tunisia attack, killed,” said Brahim, who works at bombed two Shia mosques in using the Arabic acronym for David Cameron warned the coun- deployed all along the coast and days ahead of the first anniver- the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel Saudi Arabia, killing 25. Islamic State. try needed to prepare “for the inside hotels. But Tunisians who sary of the group declaring its that was hit. “Then he threw a “I was expecting this to happen. In the distance the sound of fact that many of those killed in rely on tourism for their liveli- territory in Iraq and Syria a grenade by the pool.” What makes us different that we women ululating rose above the the attack were British”. hoods fear it will come too late. “caliphate”. Tunisian Secretary The Tunisian premier said a should not be a target? It’s clear deeper chants of the men. The He added: “These were inno- “If I were in their shoes, I of State for Security Rafik Chelly raft of new anti-terrorism meas- no country here is immune,” next bier that passed along the cent holidaymakers, relaxing and wouldn’t set foot in Tunisia right told Mosaique FM the gunman ures would go into effect from said Manaf Behbehani, a marine route carried a small body, and enjoying time with their friends now,” sighed Imed Triki, a shop- was a student previously unknown July 1, including the deployment biology professor at Kuwait some of the men carrying it were and families.” keeper in Sousse. “After this catas- to the authorities. of reserve troops to reinforce University, standing among the sobbing uncontrollably. The shooting followed a March trophe, it’s normal that they leave “He entered by the beach, security at “sensitive sites... and mourners as the bodies moved The bodies were carried across attack claimed by IS on Tunis’s the country so quickly. Do they dressed like someone who was places that could be targets of ter- towards the graveyard. a dusty field, flags and banners National Bardo Museum that come here on holiday or to die?” going to swim, and he had a rorist attacks”. “We had sectarianism before blowing stiff in the strong breeze, killed 21 foreign tourists and a Yesterday, an armed police- beach umbrella with his gun in He said the government would Syria. There were examples, even to the southwest extremity of the policeman. man in plain clothes was guard- it,” Chelly said. also close 80 mosques suspected in parliament, of language that graveyard, the point closest to “It’s very painful,” said Alya, ing the beach where the carnage Witnesses described scenes of of fanning extremism, echoing his was very strong. We had tensions, Makkah, where they were low- who lives in nearby Sousse. “The unfolded. panic after the shooting at the predecessor’s calls to shut down but there was no violence. No ered and prayers were performed. wounds were still healing from Tourists’ personal belongings, hotel on the outskirts of Sousse, “illegal” mosques. AFP attacks. No bombing,” he added. REUTERS

Syrian and Russian foreign ministers to discuss conflict next week in Moscow

MOSCOW: Syria’s foreign counterpart Sergei Lavrov would Syria, refusing to bow to the pres- minister will meet his Russian discuss steps to renew the politi- sure from West to abandon sales. counterpart in Moscow next cal process of resolving the Syrian “Russia provides all the technical week to discuss ways to resolve conflict when they meet next and military support and sticks to the conflict in Syria, Russia’s week, the ministry said. all military deals, clinched between Foreign Ministry said yesterday. It also reiterated Moscow’s our countries,” Syria’s ambassador Separately, Syria’s ambas- call for direct dialogue between in Moscow, Riad Khaddad, was sador to Russia told Interfax Damascus and rebels. Civil war in quoted as saying by Interfax. news agency that Damascus still Syria since 2011 has killed more “I won’t tell you, what kind of depended on Russia for arms and than 200,000 people and displaced weapons Russia supplies, but I’d technical assistance. millions, the United Nations says. stress that it provides Syria with Syria’s Foreign Minister Russia is a staunch ally of Syria everything, which is necessary,” Walid Muallem and his Russian and a big exporter of arms to Khaddad said. REUTERS

US, allies launch 14 air strikes on IS in Syria

WASHINGTON: US and coalition forces launched 14 air strikes against Islamic State tar- gets in Syria and seven in Iraq on Friday, the US military said. Four air strikes near Kobani, on the border with Turkey, hit three Islamic State tactical units and destroyed two boats, a fighting position and a vehicle, the Combined Joint Task Force said yesterday. Five air strikes near the militant stronghold of Raqqa destroyed five excavators, a vehicle and a remotely piloted aircraft. The task force said other strikes in Syria hit near Aleppo, Tal Abyad and Hasaka, where the mili- tant group pressed a sepa- rate assault on Friday to capture government-held parts of the city. In Iraq, the air strikes targeted militants near five cities: Baghdadi, Al Huwayjah, Baiji, Habbaniyah and Tal Afar. They destroyed buildings, weapons and vehicles and hit Islamic State tactical units. REUTERS SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS

Woman protester French police grill attack suspect removes Confederate flag PM warns of more attacks from state house PARIS: French police were firm — near the car, along with a COLUMBIA: A protester grilling a suspected Islamist knife. Cornara’s head was pinned scaled a flagpole on the grounds yesterday about an attack in to a nearby fence. “The head was of the South Carolina legislature which the man displayed his surrounded by two Islamic flags at dawn yesterday and removed boss’s severed head, in what bearing the Shahada, the profes- the Confederate flag, officials appeared to be the second jihad- sion of (the Muslim) faith,” said said, amid fierce debate about ist attack in France this year. prosecutor Francois Molins. the racially charged symbol. Prime Minister Manuel Valls, Authorities hope an autopsy, The black woman climber was who cut short an official trip to expected to be carried out soon, arrested as soon as she came South America to rush home, will offer more clues. A source down from the 30 foot pole, and warned France faced more close to the case said it would a new flag was restored to the attacks and that Friday’s assault seek to determine if the vic- original position with an hour. on a gas factory near the second tim was first killed before being Pictures on social media city of Lyon would increase ten- decapitated. showed a woman, named as Bree sions in the country, putting citi- Meanwhile, in the town of Newsome, 30, being escorted by zens’ resilience “to the test”. Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, shocked an officer, her hands behind her No jihadist group has claimed residents held a minute’s silence, back. #FreeBree was trending on Friday’s attack, which came on followed by a pulsating rendition Twitter within hours. the same day as a massacre at a of France’s national anthem. Also arrested was a 30-year- Tunisian beach resort in which One man, Philippe Ouastani, old white man named as James 38 people were gunned down and said he turned out in solidarity Ian Tyson. Both are from neigh- a suicide bombing in Kuwait that with the victim. “It’s unheard of to boring North Carolina and have killed 26. The other two attacks decapitate someone in the 21st cen- been charged with defacing a have been claimed by the Islamic tury. What weapons do we have to monument. State group. combat that? Being here, together.” “A BPS officer was on routine Suspect Yassin Salhi, a 35-year- Another woman, wearing the patrol and had just made rounds old married father-of-three, was Muslim headscarf, said she was Police officers patrol at Atocha train station in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. Spain said it was beefing up security when he was notified by other arrested after causing an explo- “unable to speak” when she heard around key infrastructure after attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia killed dozens on Friday. officers monitoring the flag that sion by driving a delivery van into the news. “These acts have got a woman was climbing the flag- a warehouse containing bottles of nothing to do with religion. The “continue to work relentlessly” recent months to face “a threat Valls warned Friday’s attack pole where the Confederate flag dangerous gas and chemicals at Prophet never said to kill innocent against terrorism. which has never been as high” would fuel tensions in France — flies on the north side of the state the US-owned Air Products fac- people,” raged the woman, who France is on high alert over such as the creation of hundreds home to Western Europe’s largest house,” said a statement from tory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, requested to remain anonymous. hundreds of citizens who have of new jobs for police, gendarmes Muslim population — that “will South Carolina Department of some 40km from Lyon. Interior Minister Bernard gone to wage jihad in Iraq and and intelligence agents. be exploited”. “This macabre act Public Safety. BPS means Bureau The prosecutor in the case said Cazeneuve said on Friday that Syria, as well as those involved Some ¤230m will also go to of decapitation, staged with flags, of Protective Services. firefighters overpowered Salhi as Salhi had been investigated for in recruitment or radicalisation modernising surveillance methods is new in France” and aimed at “He returned to the flagpole he was trying to open acetone links to radical Salafists in Lyon, online. Similarly, Europe has for to keep track of jihadists online. “making an impact,” Valls said. and asked the woman, who was bottles in what is believed to have but was not identified as having months been bracing for so-called Earlier this week, France “It’s difficult for a society to wearing climbing gear, to get off been an attempt to cause a larger participated in terrorist activities “lone wolf” attacks by supporters passed a controversial new spy- live for years under the threat of the flagpole. “She refused to come explosion. and did not have a criminal record. of Islamic State, which has urged ing law granting sweeping powers attack,” he said on a flight back down until she unhooked the flag. The firefighters then dis- Speaking after a ministerial its followers to strike wherever to snoop on citizens. from Colombia. “The question The BPS officer arrested her and covered the decapitated body meeting yesterday with President they can. Cazeneuve said the law allowed is not... if there will be another another man who was inside the of his 54-year-old boss Herve Francois Hollande, Cazeneuve Cazeneuve outlined measures security services to be “better attack, but when.” wrought iron fence assisting her.” Cornara — who ran a delivery vowed the government would taken by the government in armed” to fight the jihadist threat AFP There has been a growing clamor for the flag to be removed from the grounds of the state house in Columbia. Once flown by the rebel army of the slave-owning South, the confederate flag is seen by some Escaped convict killed; hunt continues for second as a symbol of regional heritage. But many more view it as an ugly NEW YORK: A convicted smell of gunpowder and realised a “There are several leads that reminder of racism’s cruel legacy. killer who broke out of a maxi- weapon had been fired,” D’Amico are being tracked down as we Impassioned debate about the mum-security New York prison told reporters. speak about Sweat and his pos- flag was sparked by the mass three weeks ago was shot dead “As we were doing the ground sible whereabouts,” New York shooting of nine black worshippers by authorities late on Friday, search in the area, there was move- state Governor Andrew Cuomo last week in Charleston, also in police said, as they continued to ment detected by officers on the told reporters. South Carolina. The white alleged hunt for his fellow escapee. ground... A tactical team from “But we don’t have anything supremacist gunman, Dylann Roof, Richard Matt, 49, was killed in Customs and Border Protection to confirm where Sweat is at this 21, later appeared in disturbing the upstate town of Malone, less met up with Matt in the woods, time.” The inmates used power photos online with the flag. than 16km from the Canadian challenged him, and he was shot tools to cut their way out of their Newsome, an activist whose full border, officials said. dead by Border Patrol at that time.” prison cells before dawn on June name is Brittany Ann Byuarim New York State Police Officers recovered a 20-gauge 6, triggering an intense weeks- Newsome, said in a statement: Superintendent Joseph D’Amico shotgun from Matt’s body. long manhunt across the heavily “We removed the flag today said authorities found Matt near D’Amico said Matt’s fellow wooded surrounding area. “You because we can’t wait any longer. a cabin after he apparently had escaped killer, 35-year-old David never want to see anyone lose “We can’t continue like this fired at a passing camper van. Sweat, was still at large. their life,” Cuomo said. another day. It’s time for a new D’Amico did not say why Matt The men broke out of Clinton The audacious escape sparked a chapter where we are sincere shot at the vehicle, but The New Correctional Facility, about 40 huge search involving more than about dismantling white suprem- York Times cited a source as say- miles from Malone, on June 6. 1,100 personnel backed by sniffer acy and building toward true ing he was attempting to carry CNN reported that law enforce- dogs and helicopters to find the racial justice and equality,” added New York State Police officers man a roadblock along Highway 30 as the out a carjacking. ment authorities have set up men, who had been spotted in the statement, carried in the local manhunt for escaped convict David Sweat continues near Malone yesterday. “We were able to get into the a perimeter in which they are several locations in recent days The Post and Courier newspaper. cabin, where we discovered the searching for Sweat. in upstate New York. AFP AFP

Two Malian Obama sheds cool style for soldiers killed in jihadist attack ‘fearless’ final lap in office

BAMAKO: Two Malian sol- WASHINGTON: Barack Obama has reached experience now, the president said in a podcast diers died yesterday in a jihad- the stage of his presidency where if he wants interview last week with comedian Marc Maron. ist attack on the southwestern to break out in song publicly, as he did with “Part of that fearlessness is because you’ve town of Nara, on the Mauritania “Amazing Grace” in a eulogy on Friday, then screwed up enough times that it’s all happened. border, with four Islamist fight- he’s going to do it. I’ve been through this, I’ve screwed up. I’ve been ers also killed, security sources With a year-and-a-half left in office, Obama in the barrel tumbling down Niagara Falls and and witnesses said. is shedding some of his trademark “no drama” I emerged and I lived. That’s such a liberating The military victims were both style for a looser approach, admitting that he feeling,” he said. members of the army’s national feels more fearless and liberated. Norman Eisen, a former White House counsel guard, including an Arab who It may also be in recognition that he has few to Obama and former US ambassador to the was killed outside a bank, in the big-ticket policy achievements left to enjoy in Czech Republic, said the president “feels a little town 380km north of the capital polarised Washington as the end of his two-term freer now ... to let his heart show publicly”. Bamako, a police source said. presidency approaches. Eisen has known Obama for almost three dec- “At least four jihadists were In a remarkable week for the president, a vic- ades and maintains that the president’s “core is killed by the army. Drugs were tory on Pacific Rim trade was snatched from the the same.” But on subjects he cares deeply about, found in the pocket of one of the jaws of defeat on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The including race, Eisen said Obama is displaying jihadists,” the source added. Some Supreme Court on Thursday validated his signa- more of his emotions. of the attackers managed to flee ture healthcare law, guaranteeing he would accom- Obama’s speech on Friday in tribute to nine the scene. The attackers came out plish a central second-term goal, to protect the African-Americans killed by a white gunman of the forest with many vehicles. 2010 Affordable Care Act from being dismantled in Charleston was what the black community They were heavily armed,” an offi- by Republicans. The icing on the cake came on has wanted to hear from him for years. This cial said on local radio. Friday with the high court’s decision to legalise was not simply Obama as healer-in-chief, but a The country descended into same-sex marriage, a move Obama said was a “big call to action from the president to end racial chaos in 2012 when an insurgency step” toward equality for Americans. insensitivities. “For too long we were blind to by Tuareg rebels led to a coup in After the court decision was announced, the pain that the Confederate flag stirred in too the capital Bamako. Jihadists Obama took a Rose Garden victory lap. “Progress many of our citizens,” he said in a message aimed linked to Al Qaeda then overpow- on this journey often comes in small increments, squarely at white Americans. ered the Tuareg to seize control of sometimes two steps forward, one step back,” he Where Obama goes from here is unclear. the north. A French-led military said. “And then sometimes, there are days like Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme operation launched in January this when that slow, steady effort is rewarded could result in a deal or could fall apart. Russian 2013 drove the extremists out of with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.” aggression against Ukraine continues, and the the region’s towns and cities. Some Obama confidants described a more lib- West’s fight against Islamic extremism is uneven But the country remains deeply erated, even feistier president, willing to mix it at best. His long-desired bid for tax reform looks divided, with the Tuareg and Arab up with a heckler inside the White House, as he unlikely at this point as the country’s attention populations of the north accusing did on Wednesday. Or willing to use a racial epi- turns to the campaign to find a successor to sub-Saharan ethnic groups in the thet, long abandoned by civil society, to describe him in 2016. But for one week at least, Obama more prosperous south of margin- black people in urging more racial unity. had memories of achievements to last a lifetime. alising them. AFP Why the change in style? He has more REUTERS SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Lankan officials told MERS may have spread further to ensure fair polls South Korean authorities monitoring hospital in eastern Seoul

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s elec- The January 8 election was SEOUL: South Korea yesterday major subway station cleaning the tion chief yesterday warned civil relatively peaceful with only one said it was closely monitoring a escalators and mopping the floors servants they will face fines and drive-by shooting which killed a hospital in eastern Seoul over after a 17-year-old Korean man three years in prison for failing supporter of Sirisena. fears that hundreds of people with a fever sought medical care to ensure a free and fair parlia- Deshapriya said the formal there may have been exposed to at a clinic in the station. mentary election announced for election period will begin from the deadly MERS virus. The city’s health minister said August. July 6 and warned that the gov- A 70-year-old woman who the man was being tested for The head of the independent ernment cannot make any politi- caught Middle East Respiratory MERS. elections commission, Mahinda cally-motivated transfers of civil Syndrome while visiting an “Today there is a patient, he is Deshapriya, said he has been servants until after the vote on infected relative in a different a young Korean male and came given wide powers under a recent August 17. hospital was feared to have spread to Hong Kong from the US pass- statute to deal with civil servants Sirisena dissolved the legisla- the virus to the new site. ing through South Korea. He’s who violated elections laws and ture at midnight last Friday and “We are focusing our efforts been in Hong Kong for around 10 favoured candidates. said he would summon the new in tracing contacts and isolat- days but today he had a fever,” the “I have powers now to jail parliament on September 1 in line ing people who came close to this city’s health minister Ko Wing- public servants for a period of with pledges he had given to Sri patient”, a senior health ministry man told reporters. three years and also fine them Lanka’s international backers. official told journalists yesterday. The city has not reported any up to 100,000 rupees ($770),” During the May visit of US The woman died on June 25, cases of MERS, though multiple Deshapriya told reporters a day Secretary of State John Kerry, two days after she was diagnosed, people have been tested for the after President Maithripala President Sirisena had assured but due to the virus’s 14-day incu- Members of staff wear face masks at Kowloon station in Hong Kong virus. The area outside the clinic Sirisena sacked parliament and that there would be a new govern- bation period, anyone she infected yesterday, after a 17-year-old Korean man with fever sought medical care in the station was cordoned off cleared the way for an election 10 ment in Colombo by September. may only start showing symptoms at a clinic in the station and has since been isolated in hospital where he and the man has since been iso- months ahead of schedule. Pro-Western Prime Minister in the coming days. is being tested for MERS. lated in hospital. Almost all previous elections Ranil Wickremesinghe had The official said it was too early Meanwhile another death was have been marred by allegations pressed for early elections to to say whether the outbreak may fatalities were reported over the Of the 182 confirmed cases, 90 reported yesterday bringing the that state officials colluded with increase the majority of his be on the wane, given that new past 24 hours, with the death toll people have recovered, 31 have total number of confirmed cases the party in power to give them United National Party (UNP). cases are expected at the new site. standing at 31, the health minis- died and 61 others are still being to 182 in the largest outbreak of an undue advantage at the polls. Wickremesinghe’s party has “We would be able to talk about try said. treated -- 13 of whom are listed the deadly virus outside Saudi Independent poll monitors have welcomed the election as an any trend of the outbreak only The latest case involved a in a critical condition. Arabia. also reported large scale abuse of opportunity to increase their after watching the development 27-year-old nurse at a hospital in Most of the deceased had However, no other fatalities state vehicles and other resources strength in the legislature and at the hospital”, he said. eastern Seoul who was believed pre-existing medical conditions, were reported over the past 24 to boost the campaign of the party ensure stability. The comments came as the to have been infected while treat- according to the health ministry. hours, with the country’s death in power. President Sirisena had inher- country reported one additional ing a patient. She is the fifth con- Some 2,467 people were mean- toll standing at 31, the Health At the previous national vote, ited the sacked parliament from MERS case, bringing the total firmed case at the hospital, where while in isolation, down from Ministry said. The latest case the presidential poll in January, his autocratic predecessor, who number of confirmed cases to more than 100 patients who were 2,931 on last Friday. involved a nurse at a hospital in Deshapriya had ordered police to” controlled a loyal band of law- 182 in the largest outbreak of the exposed to the virus while under- Meanwhile in Hong Kong, eastern Seoul who apparently shoot in the head” and kill anyone makers who repeatedly blocked deadly virus outside Saudi Arabia. going dialysis have been isolated images on local media showed became infected while treating a trying to disrupt elections. reforms. AFP However, no additional since June 18. people wearing hazmat suits at a patient. AFP

In honour of quake victims UN for urgent dialogue in 14 Thai students face seven Burundi years jail for anti-junta rally NEW YORK: Expressing con- cern over what it called grave BANGKOK: Fourteen Thai “violating national security”, he Games” films or publically reading threats to security in Burundi students were taken into cus- said, an offence under section George Orwell’s anti-authoritar- as elections approached, the tody yesterday after staging 116 of Thailand’s criminal code ian novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” Security Council called for the an anti-coup rally on charges that carries up to seven years in -- actions that have triggered urgent holding of inclusive dia- that could see them jailed for jail. Lawyers for the activists and arrests. logue between parties there to seven years, as the ruling junta rights groups have described the Sunai Phasuk of Human create the conditions and deter- sharply escalates its chokehold charge as “sedition”. Rights Watch said the use of the mine an appropriate schedule on dissent. The students are also charged 116 charge reflected “a serious for peaceful and credible polls. The pro-democracy campaign- with breaching the junta order escalation of repression” under Through a statement, the ers are among the few activists against public gatherings but the junta and showed it had “no 15-member body strongly con- that have dared to publicly chal- “face a maximum of seven years intention” of returning democ- demned violence and human lenge Thailand’s military rulers, in jail”, Chumphol said. racy to the country. rights violations in the country who imposed severe curbs on civil After the charges were filed “This is the most heavy- ahead of the planned commu- liberties after seizing power from the activists were taken to handed response by the military nal, presidential and senatorial an elected government last year. Bangkok’s military court late regime to peaceful assembly yet,” elections, and welcomed efforts Their arrests followed a peace- Friday, which was surrounded by he said. to address the crisis by the East ful protest calling for an end scores of their friends and sup- “There is no space to express African Community and the to junta rule a day earlier at porters, Kunthika Nutcharut, disagreement... what is wait- African Union Peace and Security Bangkok’s Democracy Monument, part of the legal team represent- ing for Thailand is a deepening Council, among other regional where spirited speeches and songs ing the students, said. of dictatorship,” he said, as the actors. were met with claps and cheers “They refused bail as they don’t rights group called for all charges The Council emphasized that from dozens of supporters. recognise the authority of the mil- against the students to be dropped dialogue should address protect- Political gatherings and criti- itary court,” she said. and their immediate release. ing freedom of expression and cism of the junta have been Speaking to reporters yes- Last month seven of the 14 peaceful assembly, including the banned under the military regime terday, Army Chief Udomdej charged had participated in a right of members of the political and yesterday Thailand’s army Sitabutr issued a firm warning prominent anti-coup rally to opposition to campaign freely; chief starkly warned backers of to any supporters of the detained mark one year since the takeo- the release of those arbitrarily the students to end their support. activists in comments that just ver in the capital, quashed only detained following demonstra- The 14 activists -- university stopped short of threatening fur- when police dragged away and tions; respect for the rule of students in their 20s includ- ther arrests. held overnight dozens of students law; the urgent disarmament of ing one woman -- were taken “Those who support them must in angry scenes. armed groups allied with politi- to a remand prison in north- stop. We know all of your names,” The other half of the detained cal parties. ern Bangkok in the early hours he said. group, who study in the north- The Council took note of the of yesterday, Colonel Chumphol The 14 students belong to eastern city of Khon Kaen, staged African Union’s statement that Chanchanayothin, superintendent groups that have staged small but a similar rally last month and have political dialogue to this point had of a police station in the capital’s symbolic acts of anti-coup pro- been dubbed the “Magnificent People release balloons in memory of those who died in earthquakes, not made adequate progress. old quarter, said. test including raising the three- Seven” on social media. at a damaged area of Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, yesterday. AGENCY They were each charged with fingered salute from “The Hunger AFP Rally against Abe Gunmen raid Changing position on sea town in western Mali dispute shameful: China BAMAKO: Gunmen attacked BEIJING: Changing posi- would not be able to face our a town in western Mali near tion on China’s claims over the forefathers and ancestors,” the the border with neighbouring South China Sea would shame normally taciturn Wang said in Mauritania before dawn yester- its ancestors, while not facing unusually strong comments. day, a town resident and a sen- up to infringements of Chinese China claims most of the ior military source said. sovereignty there would shame potentially energy-rich South It was not immediately clear its children, Foreign Minister China Sea, through which $5tn who was behind the attack, which Wang Yi said yesterday. in ship-borne trade passes every took place a week after a Tuareg- China has become increasingly year. The Philippines, Vietnam, led northern rebel alliance signed assertive in the South China Sea, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan also a peace deal with the government building artificial islands in areas have overlapping claims. aimed at ending their upris- over which the Philippines and Speaking to academics and ing and allowing the authorities other countries have rival claims, former officials, Wang said China to focus on combatting Islamist sparking alarm regionally and in could not face its children and militants. Washington. grandchildren if “the gradual and Gunfire erupted at around 5 am “One thousand years ago China incremental invasion of China’s (0500 GMT) in the town of Nara, was a large sea-faring nation. So sovereignty and encroachment on around 30 km (19 miles) south of of course China was the first China’s interests” was allowed to border with Mauritania. country to discover, use and continue. “There was an exchange of gun- administer the Nansha Islands,” He said US ships took Chinese fire with the (Malian army). Wang said, using the Chinese troops to reclaim the Spratlys The attack was repelled. The term for the Spratly Islands, after they were occupied by Japan army is patrolling in the town which together with the Paracel during World War Two. Other to look for them,” army spokes- Islands form the bulk of China’s countries only started occupying man Colonel Souleymane claims. what he said was Chinese terri- Maiga said. “China’s demands of sover- tory from the 1960s after oil was There was no immediate infor- eignty over the Nansha Islands discovered. “China is in reality the Protesters holding placards participate in a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration mation on casualties, he added. have not expanded and neither biggest victim,” Wang said. in Tokyo yesterday. REUTERS will they shrink. Otherwise we REUTERS SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 10 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ran nuclear talks are hitting hurdles again. We have seen this before. Negotiations will crawl into a tough terrain before the designated deadline, making progress Iextremely difficult, and both sides will agree on some Rethinking America’s terms and then decide to extend the deadline for a final deal. There is no alternative to a negotiated settlement to the Iranian nuclear crisis and Iran and the West know that ditching talks at this stage would be tantamount to religious freedom law destroying the progress made so far. June 30 is the deadline to reach a final deal and it is BY LOUISE MELLING likely to be missed. US Secretary of State John Kerry and an illegal drug, in their religious cer- — has said that the government would emonies. The Supreme Court rejected violate the RFRA if it were to require Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met twice KNOOR SINGH, a student at a claim they had brought under the that organizations not discriminate in yesterday in Vienna for what is set to be the final push Hofstra University, thought he Free Exercise Clause of the First hiring on religious grounds in order to to seal an accord but they showed little sign of an early had found his calling when he Amendment, but Congress disagreed receive government funding. breakthrough with both sides warning of ‘hard work’ ahead. attended a campus meeting of with the justices and enacted the RFRA The U.S. Conference of Catholic Other foreign ministers from the so-called P5+1 -- Britain, the U.S. Army’s Reserve Officers’ with near-unanimous support. Bishops says that the RFRA means it ITraining Corps. But when he tried to The ACLU supported the RFRA’s is entitled to taxpayer funding to assist China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- sign up, he was told that he would have passage at the time because it didn’t unaccompanied immigrant minors, are due to arrive in the coming days, with EU foreign policy to shave his beard, cut his hair and believe the Constitution, as newly inter- many of whom have been raped, despite chief Federica Mogherini expected today. France, meanwhile, remove his turban. When he asked for preted by the Supreme Court, would the fact that it refuses to provide those said key issues remained unresolved. Underlining this point, a religious accommodation as a Sikh, protect people such as Iknoor Singh, teens access to or referrals for abortion Iranian foreign minister’s deputy Abbas Araghchi said parts the Army refused, saying that these whose religious expression does not and contraception services, as required of a framework deal reached in April in Lausanne could no articles of faith would undermine unit harm anyone else. But we can no longer by law. It goes so far as to assert that cohesion and morale, readiness, health support the law in its current form. For Catholic organizations can’t be required longer be applied because other countries had changed their and safety, and discipline. more than 15 years, we have been con- to tell the government when they have positions. “Some of the solutions found in Lausanne no longer But the Army regularly allows beards cerned about how the RFRA could be a teen who needs care — because then work because after Lausanne certain countries within the because of skin sensitivity to shaving, used to discriminate against others. As the government might step in and help. P5+1 made declarations... and lets Jewish men wear yarmulkes and the events of the past couple of years These cases differ fundamentally we see a change in their position lets women wear their hair long — all amply illustrate, our fears were well- from Singh’s. Accommodating his faith which complicates the task,” without damag- founded. While the RFRA may serve as doesn’t hurt anyone else; it just requires What this ing the Army’s a shield to protect Singh, it is now often making an exception to a rule of uni- region desires Abbas said. asserted inter- used as a sword to discriminate against formity that was never truly uniform. A nuclear deal is aimed at ests. So we at the women, gay and transgender people and Not so in these other cases. Hobby is not an Iran curbing Iran’s nuclear capabilities. American Civil others. Efforts of this nature will likely Lobby employees are harmed because The West and Iran’s neighbours Yes, religious Liberties Union, only increase should the Supreme Court they now lack a benefit guaranteed by nuclear deal in want a deal that would clearly along with the rule — as is expected — that same-sex law. People turned away by an inn or freedom needs nonprofit group couples have the freedom to marry. bakery suffer the harm of being told set out the terms to fulfill this a hurry, but a protection. But United Sikhs, In the Hobby Lobby case last year, that their kind isn’t welcome. And a objective. The Gulf countries filed suit, charg- a Supreme Court majority blessed the teenage immigrant is harmed by not deal that would are apprehensive about Tehran religious liberty ing the Army use of the RFRA by businesses to deny being provided care or even told about becoming a nuclear power, with violating employees insurance coverage for con- other health-care options. address their which would create new security doesn’t mean Singh’s religious traception, a benefit guaranteed by law, Yes, religious freedom needs protec- challenges in the region and it freedom. We filed if those businesses object on religious tion. But religious liberty doesn’t mean concerns. the right to our claim under grounds and there is some other means the right to discriminate or to impose could lead to a nuclear arms race. discriminate or the Religious of furthering the government’s inter- one’s views on others. The RFRA wasn’t A nuclear Iran can worsen the Freedom ests. Religiously affiliated nonprofit meant to force employees to pay a price crises in some Arab countries as to impose one’s Restoration Act organisations such as universities are for their employer’s faith, or to allow an emboldened Tehran will seek to expand its influence and (RFRA), a fed- taking the argument further. They businesses to refuse to serve gay and power. views on others. eral law initially invoke the RFRA to argue not only that transgender people, or to sanction gov- The negotiations show that Iran is not willing to cede passed to protect they should not have to provide insur- ernment-funded discrimination. In the the exercise of ance coverage for contraceptives, but civil rights era, we rejected the claims much and at the same time wants the sanctions imposed by religious belief, including by vulnerable also that they should not even have to of those who said it would violate their the West lifted. A hardening of its position has been conveyed religious minorities. notify the government that they refuse religion to integrate. We can’t let the through the statement of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali This month, a federal court ruled to do so because, they maintain, notifi- RFRA be used as a tool for a different Khamenei, who this week set out key ‘red lines’ for the final that Singh must be allowed the oppor- cation would trigger the government to result now. agreement that appeared to go against the previous deal. tunity to serve with his hair, beard intervene to ensure coverage. It’s time for Congress to amend the and turban intact because they pose In the states, legislators, governors RFRA so that it cannot be used as a According to reports, negotiators cannot extend the no harm to the Army’s mission and no and businesses are citing state religious defense for discrimination. Religious talks too long however since under new US legislation danger to others. This was a victory for freedom restoration acts to justify all freedom will be undermined only if we Congress must receive a copy of the draft by July 9, otherwise religious freedom. manner of discrimination against gay continue to tolerate and enable abuses lawmakers will have 60 days to review and vote on the deal The RFRA was passed in 1993 after men and lesbians, including at commer- in its name. instead of 30. two Native Americans were fired from cial establishments. At the federal level, WASHINGTON POST What this region desires is not a deal in a hurry, but a deal their jobs and denied unemployment the Justice Department — under both (The writer is deputy legal director of benefits because they used peyote, the Bush and Obama administrations the American Civil Liberties Union). that would address their concerns• The other side Quote of Afghan peace talks the day EACE talks, or even talks about with links to the leadership, to engage foreign, who appear to have been dis- imminent danger of a governmental col- talks, in Afghanistan for many in talks about talks while the leadership lodged by the military operations in Fata. lapse or the capital coming under sus- years now have been a case of itself remains condemnatory of talks and Were the Taliban leadership to acknowl- tained attack. Therefore, with an Afghan Pgoing round in circles — with the hews to maximalist preconditions. That edge even an incidental interest in talks, president more willing to go the extra mile We want a robust Afghan Taliban in particular always sending is the Taliban’s equivalent of talking and it would perhaps send the wrong mes- than anyone else in power, it remains to mixed messages. Once again, then, with fighting, a strategy that seeks to wrest the sage to the field where the Taliban have the Taliban’s advantage to also engage accord that Pakistan Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj maximum concessions from the other side made deeper inroads quicker than what in talks. recognises Iran’s Aziz making some of the most emphatic if it ever comes to a negotiated settlement. was widely perceived. Yet, the same old For its part, the Pakistani state appears and direct claims on attempts by the In the Taliban’s case, there is another conundrum remains: the Afghan Taliban, to be going through cycles of indeci- right to a civilian state here to facilitate talks between the reason to publicly appear dismissive of for all their ability to operate in far-flung siveness of its own. All sides agree that nuclear programme, Taliban and the Afghan government, talks that have taken place: the annual areas and inflict significant damage on Pakistan has influence over the Afghan the Afghan Taliban have quickly tried to spring offensive is at its peak and there is the Afghan National Defence and Security Taliban, though the security establishment but which guarantees distance themselves from these initial and little value in sending mixed messages to Forces, appear to be no closer to over- and government here often argue that the careful rounds of engagement. Are talks the rank and file fighting it out over vast running the country. Kabul in particular degree of influence is much less than it is that Iran renounces dead before they can even begin? Not swathes of the country. Moreover, this appears to be a city where the occasional perceived to be by outside powers and definitively nuclear necessarily. For one, it is quite common for fighting season has brought a new ele- — though high-profile — Taliban attack the Afghan government. Laurent Fabius elements of the Taliban, particularly those ment, a surge of fighters, many of them is possible, but there appears to be no DAWN weapons. French Foreign Minister SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 No such thing as a lone wolf in cyberspace have proved successful in several Lone-wolf terrorists are not really alone. cases. In 2011, for example, online tracking led to the arrest of Jose They are connected online, where they Pimentel for planning attacks with home-made pipe bombs against often engage in robust conversations. police vehicles and postal facili- ties in New York and New Jersey. Across a wide variety of sites and Pimentel was not part of any known Al Qaeda group. However, the inspiration for his planned platforms, they can reveal a strong bombing attacks came from read- ing Al Qaeda’s Inspire magazine. commitment to or identification with Pimentel was not just radical- ised by the Al Qaeda magazine, extremist movements. according to New York authori- ties; he also found the instructions BY GABRIEL WEIMANN online. The current wave of lone- he used to build the pipe bombs. wolf attacks has been propelled by The issue contained a now-noto- one wolf terrorism is websites and online platforms that rious article in English, “How to often cited as the biggest provide limitless opportunities for make a bomb in the kitchen of terrorist threat today. individuals to explore and locate your mom.” LThe problem with this their virtual pack. This virtual tracking requires label is none of the assailants act An aspiring terrorist can use that “online warriors” train pro- alone. They all belong to virtual the Internet to find everything fessional cyber units in such tac- wolf packs. from instructions on how to build tics as monitoring, decoding and Law enforcement authorities a bomb to diagrams of civic build- analysing terrorist online chatter in Boston, for example, described ings that could be potential tar- –including the Deep Web, online Usaamah Abdullah Rahim’s gets. Websites, Facebook pages, contents unreachable by regular scheme to behead random police YouTube videos and Twitter post- search engines. Social-media com- officers as the plot of a lone wolf. ings all provide venues for culti- panies such as Twitter, Facebook, Police also applied the term to vating extremism that was once YouTube or Instagram also need other recent terrorist assaults, possible only through clandestine to set up and maintain stronger An FBI handout photo of Dzhokhar (left) and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the lone-wolf terrorists behind the Boston among them the brutal attack on face-to-face meetings. self-policing measures. Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris In the 2013 Boston Marathon Marathon bombing in April 2013. Most important, however, a that left 12 dead and the Boston bombing, for example, the lone- careful balance must be estab- Marathon bombing. In all these wolf killers used an explosive An attempted May 3 assault Hassan even suggested the car- where they often engage in robust lished between security and lib- incidents, the assailants used device they had learned to make in Garland, Texas, where Elton toon contest as a possible target. conversations. Across a wide vari- erty. For fighting terrorism online traditional terror tactics, such as on the Internet. And that is partly Simpson and Nadir Soofi attacked On April 23, 10 days before the ety of sites and platforms, they raises the issue of the price paid in targeting civilians, but appeared how they were radicalised as well. a Mohammad art contest, was also Texas attack, Hassan praised the can reveal a strong commitment terms of US civil liberties. to be acting independently of any Dzhokhar and Tamerlan labelled a lone-wolf attack. But January attack on the Charlie to or identification with extremist President Barack Obama has organisation. Tsarnaev, according to FBI inter- Simpson and Soofi had their own Hebdo offices in Paris and called movements. talked about needed reforms for The “lone wolf” metaphor is rogators, subscribed to extremist virtual pack and they left clear on jihadists in the United States In addition, their actions do not the National Security Agency. based on the image of a wolf alone Islamic beliefs developed through footprint across various online to follow that example. take place in a vacuum. Their vir- “In the absence of institutional in the wild. But this is incorrect, online material and messages. platforms. Tracking lone-wolf terrorists tual packs can be monitored and requirements for regular debate as my studies on terrorists reveal. Tamerlan, the older brother, Simpson, a convert to Islam with can be a nightmare for police and studied. Thorough outreach by law and oversight that is public as well Wolves never hunt alone — in downloaded a significant amount a long history of extremism, regu- intelligence counterterrorism enforcement into radical, extrem- as private or classified,” Obama nature or in terrorism. of jihadist material, including a larly traded calls for violence on units. For they are extremely dif- ist and other terrorist communi- argued in 2014, “the danger of In fact, wolves are among the book about “disbelievers” with Twitter with Islamic State fighters ficult to find, identify and arrest. ties is another key to finding early government overreach becomes most social of carnivores; they a foreword by the radical cleric and supporters. His Twitter vir- Compared to group or network warnings. more acute.” live and hunt in packs. Though Anwar Al Awlaki. He also down- tual pack included Junaid Hussain, terrorism, lone wolves can often One countermeasure to locate This is particularly true at a the whole group is not always loaded the first issue of Al Qaeda’s known as Abu Hussain Al Britani, avoid detection before and even potential lone-wolf attackers is time when surveillance technol- seen, their attacks rely on a well- online magazine Inspire, which a British fighter with Islamic State after their attacks because most using online undercover agents ogy and society’s reliance on dig- coordinated circling and cornering contained detailed instructions in Syria, and Mohamed Abdullahi do not publicly reveal their real and informants, who already track ital information are evolving much of the victim. Lone-wolf terrorists for making a bomb from a pres- Hassan, a Somali-American now inclinations or plans. the virtual footprints and activi- faster than laws. The war on ter- are very similar. sure cooker. in Somalia who uses the name Yet they are traceable because ties of many suspected violent rorism — especially on lone-wolf They have their pack — but it’s Dzhokhar appears to have been Mujahid Miski and frequently they share common character- extremists. They regularly inter- terrorism — requires new coun- a virtual one. The solo terrorists largely influenced by his older promotes Islamic State. istics, despite their varied back- act with them online to gauge any termeasures. But also a well- are often recruited, radicalised, brother Tamerlan, but he was also Both recruiters were actively grounds. First, they are not really potential threat. defined set of rules and guidelines. trained and directed by others radicalised through online content. promoting terrorism online. alone: They are connected online, These security operations REUTERS Can Yemen join the GCC? Why racism flourishes BY COLBERT I. KING the Constitution extended civil and legal question is will this idea be supervision, to resolve protections to former slaves. They eased accepted? There is no need The Yemenis Yemen’s outstanding issues, n our faltering efforts to deal with race the pain, but the leg was still broken. to examine whether Yemen taking into consideration in this country, a great deal of time is Anti-lynching laws scattered the lynch is ready to move from chaos, deserve to live the fact that Yemeni society Idevoted to responding to symptoms mobs. But the pain flared up again with civil war, tribal conflicts and is steeped in tribalism and rather than root causes. That may help beatings, bombings and assassinations. sectarianism to stability. better, and it sectarianism. explain why racism keeps repeating itself. Our nation responded to racial anguish The question we would This dialogue should focus Exhibit One is the recurring cases of with a variety of measures: the 1954 like to put to those who want is the right of on defining an appropriate racism at colleges. Brown school desegregation decision, the Yemen to join the GCC is: Are political system that best fits In February 2013, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Civil Rights Act of 1964, the 1965 Voting the political, economic and Yemen and its people. This fraternity was suspended by Washington Rights Act and numerous rules and regu- social conditions conducive their innocent system should gradually University in St. Louis after the fraterni- lations to address those things that caused to such a bond? reduce tribal and sectarian ty’s pledges were accused of singing racial generations of African Americans — when In a country where the children to look influences to supplant, in the slurs to African American students. the shades were drawn — to groan, weep, BY DR SHAMLAN AL central authority is not mind of the Yemeni citizen, Last November, the University of grit their teeth and swear that their chil- ESSA respected by all sections of forward to a narrow loyalties with the idea Connecticut suspended Pi Kappa Alpha dren would not experience the demeaning, the Yemeni people, how can of citizenship. fraternity after a confrontation with disrespectful and immoral treatment that Yemeni govern- anyone demand that Yemen better future. Second, there is a need for members of the historically black Alpha they had to endure. ment spokesman has join the Council when there an elected parliament con- Kappa Alpha sorority in which AKAs However, these legal remedies, while A revealed his govern- is no political or economic the crucible of citizenship to sisting of two assemblies. The were called racially charged epithets. addressing the excruciating racial pain, ment’s intention to apply stability? Security and sta- unify the Yemeni people? People’s Assembly should be Last March, a University of Maryland didn’t deal with the enduring problem: for membership of the Gulf bility need to be ensured in I don’t want to be accused directly elected by the peo- student resigned from Kappa Sigma fra- the racism itself that caused the South Cooperation Council (GCC). all Yemeni regions before we of being against Yemen join- ple, and the Supreme Council ternity after being suspended for sending to secede from the Union; that led state The problem is that the can discuss such a proposal. ing the GCC, but I think there Assembly should be made up an email containing racially and sexu- legislatures and governors to birth Jim Yemeni leadership has the The second question is: To are some practical steps that of Yemeni elites such as judges, ally suggestive language about African- Crow laws; that sparked the KKK’s reign mistaken belief that joining ensure security and stability, must be taken before such a lawyers, doctors and scientists. American, Indian and Asian women. of terror; and that encouraged school dis- the GCC will bring security, are the political and tribal move. These are: It should also have as Also this year, disciplinary action was tricts and town zoning officials to institu- stability and prosperity to the elites, political movements and First, there should be a members the heads of tribes taken against members of Sigma Alpha tionalise barriers against black citizens in country. other parties willing to aban- national dialogue involving and sects, as well as rep- Epsilon fraternity at the University of housing, education and employment. And Good wishes and sin- don their loyalties to tribe, sect all sections of Yemeni society, resentatives of the Jewish, Oklahoma who participated in a racist racism is still at it in the 21st century. All cere aspirations aside, the and region in order to fuse in under neutral international Christian and other minori- chant, caught on video, about lynching you have to do is look at those frat boys ties in Yemen. The task of the African-Americans. cited above to see that it’s going strong. Supreme Council is to moni- We have not seen the end of racist fra- Witness, too, the enactment of laws tor the performance of the ternity and sorority actions on college passed since President Barack Obama’s House of Representatives so campuses. 2008 election to make it harder for that it doesn’t turn into a tool That’s because the actions taken in African-Americans to vote. of manipulation for religious response to these incidents by well- And then there is Dylann Roof, the parties, tribes or sects. meaning universities were directed at alleged Charleston, South Carolina, assas- Third, after the war ends, symptoms. Epithets, chants and deroga- sin who takes his place among storied anti- Yemen will need a project tory language about African-Americans black murderers such as James Earl Ray, to support it economically are indicators of an underlying problem who killed the Rev. Martin Luther King so that the people’s lives within the offending white students, Jr.; the Klansmen who bombed the 16th improve. Education, health, namely an antagonism against blacks Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, electricity and water supply based upon feelings of white superiority. Alabama, killing four little black girls; and and other services should be With suspensions and expulsions, the col- Samuel Bowers, the imperial wizard of improved. lege community rids itself of a particu- the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku More industries and agri- lar manifestation but not the underlying Klux Klan, who with his KKK brethren cultural projects need to problem, which is racial prejudice. murdered three civil rights workers. be established to create job The United States has been treating Oh, yes, Roof has plenty of company; opportunities for Yemeni evidence of racism, and not the causes, not necessarily in his homicidal rage but youth. since the Civil War. in his ideology. The manifesto that he Finally, the Gulf and Arab Slavery; “separate but equal”; seg- purportedly wrote is replete with bigoted world should start and inten- regated pools, buses, trains and water remarks common to right-wing talk radio sive, civilized dialogue on how fountains; workplace and housing dis- and posted on websites. to save Yemen from recurring crimination; and other forms of bias and Dylann Roof is the latest manifestation crises. The Yemeni people are animus have served as painful barometers of our racial sickness. But Roof and his ide- good folks who deserve to live of the nation’s racial health. They have ological forbear President Jefferson Davis better, and it is the right of been, however, treated like the pain that of the Confederate States of America and their innocent children to look accompanies a broken leg. The effort was those Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers are forward to a better future. to treat or reduce the agonising symptoms symptoms of the same problem. Until we The author is a researcher Yemenis receive their families’ food rations at a food distribution center in Sana’a. of the break rather than fix it. get at the root cause, the problem lives on. and political analyst The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN UN plea to end refugee crisis Ex-PM Gilani returns 2.6 million Afghan nationals still languishing in Pakistan camps necklace to govt ISLAMABAD: The head of the the youth,” he said. asylum fatigue worldwide.” “It is critical that the inter- ISLAMABAD: The National Yesterday, it was received by United Nations refugee agency Guterres was speaking at However, Guterres stressed national community steps up to Database and Registration Nadra Director Logistics Major has called on the international a joint press conference with that 2015 was a pivotal year for support the Afghan govern- Authority (Nadra), a subordi- Amir. But the story is still far community to redouble its Pakistan’s Minister of States and Afghanistan, offering unprec- ment in their efforts to nate department of Pakistan’s from over. engagement with Afghanistan Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir edented opportunities to pursue create adequate conditions for Interior Ministry, finally According to Interior Minister to help bring an end to the Baloch at the end of a three-day innovative and lasting solutions Afghans to return home and received yesterday the long- Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the world’s largest protracted refu- Ramadan solidarity mission to for Afghan refugees in the region. restart their lives in safety and lost necklace, which had been government will investigate why gee situation. Pakistan. “Traditional approaches are dignity,” he said. donated by the wife of (now) and on whose orders Nadra pur- UN High Commissioner for The UN refugee chief noted the no longer sufficient to fully Pakistan is currently hosting Turkish President Recep chased the necklace. Refugees António Guterres future of some 2.6 million Afghan capitalise on the potential for 1.5 million registered Afghan Tayyip Erdogan, to help Gilani admitted to possess- pointed out that reinvigorated refugees in the region, many of solutions in 2015 in view of pre- refugees; the largest protracted the flood-affected people of ing the necklace a day after the and continued engagement was whom have been living outside vailing challenges in Afghanistan refugee population globally, of Pakistan in 2010. interior minister ordered the critical to support Afghanistan’s their country for over three dec- in an environment of shrinking which 67 percent live in urban Nadra had reportedly paid FIA to conduct an inquiry into nation building and reconciliation ades, still hung in the balance humanitarian resources, it is vital and peri-urban areas, while 33 Rs1.6m for the necklace and the the whereabouts of the neck- processes at a time of dwindling while fresh emergencies in the to pursue innovative solutions percent remain in special refu- amount was equally distributed lace, which should have been in resources and expanding humani- Middle East and Africa competed and creative joint advocacy and gee villages. among eight brides at a mass a Nadra warehouse. “Erdogan is tarian needs worldwide. for global attention. resource mobilisation,” he added. Within Pakistan, some 1 million wedding ceremony held at a flood- like a sister to me. It is her neck- “Robust development initia- Praising Pakistan’s goodwill The High Commissioner said registered Afghan refugees reside relief camp in Dadu. lace and has been with me since tives aimed at creating long-term and hospitality as a host nation, he was encouraged by the new in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa According to Ali Arshad 2010,” he said. incentives for durable return and Guterres noted that “the unwa- National Unity Government of province. Since 2002, more than Hakeem, who was Nadra chair- However, in a recent statement, conditions conducive for sustain- vering generosity of Pakistani Afghanistan for their ownership 3.8 million Afghan refugees have man at the time, the necklace had Gilani observed that involving able reintegration in Afghanistan people towards Afghan refugees and commitment to sustainable returned home from Pakistan, been purchased on the orders of the FIA in this matter showed are vital to create pull factors has contributed to regional sta- return and reintegration of refu- assisted through the largest vol- then-Prime Minister Yousuf Raza that the government wanted and allow for inclusion, partici- bility but also more broadly to gees and he repeated calls for the untary repatriation programme Gilani and both the necklace and to indulge in ‘character pation and active contribution of the global refugee cause at a international community to sup- in UNHCR’s history. photographs from the marriage assassination’. returning Afghans, particularly time when we witness increased port those efforts. INTERNEWS ceremony had been sent to the “Once I admitted that the neck- Prime Minister’s House, to be lace was with me, the matter shared with the Turkish first lady. should have been resolved. Either But instead of being returned to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif or 19 militants Heatstroke victims Erdogan, the necklace remained Chaudhry Nisar could have talked in Gilani’s possession for several to me directly. killed in Kunduz years. INTERNEWS

KABUL: Nineteen militants were killed as Afghan security forces carried out an airstrike Punjab to engage health in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, a provin- cial police spokesperson said yesterday. workers for vaccination “The Afghan air forces con- ISLAMABAD: Under a new by existing trained vaccinators, ducted a raid on militants’ hide- participatory strategy, the while future doses will be admin- outs in Ali Abad district at Punjab province government istered by LHWs and LHVs after midnight, killing 19 militants, has decided to engage health they have undergone training. including five foreign fighters,” workers for vaccination to help She said that health workers’ spokesperson Sarwar Hussainee achieve immunisation targets. role was previously limited to told Xinhua. The lady health workers social mobilisation, giving family Eight militants were injured (LHWs) and lady health visitors planning advice, and other related in the attack, the police official (LHVs) - whose primary role is issues in rural areas. “Similarly, said, adding that one woman was provision of basic healthcare serv- LHWs also compile and provide among the killed militants. ices at community level - will be reports on new childbirths, pop- “The airstrike was a part of given vaccination training before ulation demographics and other an ongoing cleanup operation in they are assigned as vaccinators, related matters at basic health Ali Abad and the neighbouring said a health official. units.” Now they will be fully Chardara district.,” Hussainee Rawalpindi District Health engaged in vaccination drives to noted. Development Center (DHDC) help achieve maximum immuni- Earlier this year, the province Programme Director Dr Uzma sation targets as they (LHWs and had been the scene of heavy fight- Hayat said that under the plan, LHVs) have proven to be more ing as security forces repelled mil- the first stage of the upcoming successful [at gaining public itants who tried to take control vaccination drive will be handled trust]. INTERNEWS of several districts near Kunduz. IANS Heatstroke victims are treated at a government hospital in Karachi yesterday. Biometric tracking devices LG re-polling order gets cold response

PESHAWAR: The Election Jamaat-e-Islami was the first We will decide upon the tri- measures need to be taken,” for police in Punjab Commission of Pakistan’s to come out clear against the July partite alliance’s course of action said a Peshawar ECP official. announcement of local gov- 5 re-poll announcement. JI KP after consultation.” Earlier, Babak Requesting not to be named, he LAHORE: The Police would be installed at 709 police ernment poll results on June Information Secretary Israrullah had said the re-poll announce- confirmed reservations have been Department of Punjab prov- stations in the province. He said 24 opened another Pandora’s said the ECP should arrange a ment proves their claims of voiced over the July 5 decision by ince has received 1,000 biomet- that the devices were equipped box among political circles of meeting of all stakeholders and irregularities right. “Pakistan all parties. “The chief election ric devices from the Punjab with 3G internet subscriber Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province take them into confidence over Tehreek-e-Insaf is now morally commissioner’s decision will be Information Technology Board identity modules (SIMs) linked of Pakistan. the schedule. bound to quit,” he said. final in this regard.” (PITB) for use at police stations to the National Database and Parties maintained their calls “Extremely low turnout is Many tripartite alliance lead- Re-polling will be held in 16 out across the province to track Regulatory Authority (NADRA). of irregularities were validated by expected due to the scorching ers are in favour of boycotting the of Peshawar’s 92 union councils terrorism suspects and pro- The police official could also use the ECP which decided to con- heat. People will be also be fast- July 5 re-polls. Jamiat Ulema-e- where PTI had gained a majority claimed offenders. them to verify particulars of sus- duct re-polls in at least 365 poll- ing,” he said. Islam-Fazl leader Abdul Jalil Jan during the May 30 polls. Similarly, PITB Chairman Dr Umar Saif pects held at check posts as well ing stations on July 5. Qaumi Watan Party spokes- maintains the Khattak adminis- ballots will be cast again in 22 distributed the devices among as during raids. The re-poll schedule has clearly person Tariq Khan voiced similar tration should resign and “let the UCs of Nowshera, nine of Swabi police officers of Dera Ghazi Khan, Saif said a Punjab Information left the warring parties unsettled sentiments, adding his party will judiciary takeover for a month and 16 UCs of Charsadda. Bahawalpur, Multan, Sahiwal and Technology Board team had as they believe polling in Ramazan “announce its position soon.” so that re-polls can be held The government has directed Rawalpindi divisions yesterday. trained 80 junior police officers is not the best of solutions. On the flipside, opposition par- transparently”. civil authorities to collect official Devices were handed over to in the use of the device. Voter turnout on May 30 ties are already up in arms with On the contrary, the ECP is vehicles, wireless sets and other officers of Lahore, Sheikhupura, Saif said the use of biometric was lean and polls were largely rigging claims against the ruling yet to decide upon the security official belongings from nazims, Faisalabad, Sargodha and devices had been tested by the marred by law and order distur- parties. Awami National Party arrangements for the re-polls naib nazims and councillors Gujranwala regions last Thursday. police assigned duties at Gaddafi bances across the province. Civil parliamentary leader Sardar that will be held in as many as 15 whose term ended back in 2009. Speaking at the ceremony on Stadium during the recent tour of administration sources confirm Hussain Babak said, “Mobilising districts of K-P. The LG department has already last Thursday, Saif told those Zimbabwean cricket team. security remains a grave concern people in Ramazan will not be “All the 365 stations are sen- issued notices in this regard. present that the portable devices INTERNEWS in the holy month. easy. sitive. Extraordinary security INTERNEWS

Quran studies Concern over change in NGO registration process in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan permissions and most PHF mem- members are looking forward to Humanitarian Forum (PHF) bers have had applications pend- working in cooperation with the last Thursday expressed concern ing for nearly two and half years. government to quickly implement over the impact caused by the They expressed concern that a new process. shift of NGO registration from their ability to continue pro- “We recognise the responsibil- Ministry of Finance, Economic viding social welfare to some of ity of the government to oversee Affairs Division (EAD), to Pakistan’s most needy people is NGOs working in Pakistan and Ministry of Interior (MOI). being compromised. we support their determination While welcoming any change “Our biggest concern is the to ensure there are no illegitimate that will provide legitimate status impact this will have on nearly activities,” Vahedy said. to INGOs in Pakistan and assur- 19 million people with whom “However, INGOs have over ance to the government about we work,” said Khobaib Vahedy, 12,000 Pakistani staff working to their activities, PHF pointed director of Muslim Aid and acting provide support to some of the out in a press statement that no chair of the forum. poorest in our society.” official directive formalising the “These are children whose PHF members hoped that change has been issued nor have families receive extra support the government will clarify the they been given any guidance or during Ramazan, or food for mal- situation, prioritise operations indication on how to comply. nourished children and mothers. reaching vulnerable people, issue The statement says that all These are displaced people living guidance on the status of current PHF members complied with the in camps and they should not be permissions, and consult with government’s 2013 directive to the ones who suffer because of a them on any new process being register with EAD but only a few transition in governmental policy.” created. Children study holy Quran during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Ghazni province yesterday. have received MOUs or interim The statement says that PHF INTERNEWS SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

MEA brings passport Raje fails to meet Modi, Shah services closer to people Rajasthan BJP still stands by CM NEW DELHI: In the past one JAIPUR/NEW DELHI: by the chief minister, saying that year, the ministry of external Rajasthan Chief Minister all the allegations hurled against affairs (MEA) has rendered one Vasundhara Raje returned to her are baseless. crore passport services, organ- Jaipur yesterday afternoon Rajasthan Health Minister ised over 500 Passport Melas on after failing to meet Prime Rajendra Rathore has said: "The weekends at various Passport Minister Narendra Modi and party is fully behind the chief Seva Kendras (PSKs) and over BJP president Amit Shah in the minister. There is no questioning 100 Passport Seva Camps in wake of charges that she helped of her resigning." far-off locations across India to former IPL chief Lalit Modi. The opposition has ganged up take passport services closer to The chief minister, who left against Raje, saying she signed a citizens. yesterday morning by helicopter witness statement in support of Four PSKs were operational- to attend a NITI Aayog meeting, Lalit Modi's immigration appli- ised in the northeast and one in spent some time at her house in cation for Britain when he was Karnataka since Prime Minister Delhi before flying back to Jaipur, being probed by the Enforcement Narendra Modi took over, taking a source close to Raje said. Directorate. the number of PSKs in the coun- The source insisted that the She was then the leader of try to 82. chief minister went to Delhi only the opposition in the Rajasthan Three ISO certifications to attend a NITI Aayog meeting assembly. According to the oppo- accorded in one go to Passport and that nothing else was sched- sition, she also made it known Seva last month came in for spe- uled in the national capital. that the matter should be kept cial mention. However, political analysts view confidential. External Affairs Minister her failure to meet the Bharatiya Ashok Parnami, the BJP state Sushma Swaraj launched a pro- Janata Party's top leaders as a president, last Friday admitted totype of 'mPassport Police', an snub. BJP sources said Raje, under that the documents being shown app which would revolutionise attack from the opposition which by the media do contain her sig- police verification process and an wants her to quit, wanted to meet nature on the last page. e-book containing information on Prime Minister Modi, Shah as "The document is not in official Passport Seva, said a statement well as Home Minister Rajnath format of any UK court," Parnami from the MEA yesterday. Singh to give them her side of the said. "The signed document is not On the occasion of observ- story on the Lalit Modi issue. "It a witness statement, and it was ance of Passport Seva Divas, seems that after being denied an not presented in a court." Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje at the NITI Aayog meeting with other chief ministers in New Delhi yesterday. a four-day Passport Officers' audience by the top leadership, In New Delhi too, a Rajasthan Conference was organised at the she felt it is better to come back government official said that attend the NITI Aayog meeting. Meanwhile, Lalit Modi, tweeted Modi's tweet praising the prime Jawahar Lal Nehru Bhavan on to Jaipur," said a BJP function- Raje had no plans to meet either A BJP leader privy to the yesterday that Prime Minister minister came on the day Raje June 23-26. Thirty-seven pass- ary on the condition of anonymity. Prime Minister Modi or any other meeting said on the condition of Modi was a "most savy (sic) man". was in Delhi, for an official meet- port officers participated in the "She will certainly try again to BJP leader. "She was here only anonymity that the leaders also The former chief of the Indian ing, but was planning to meet the conference. reach out to the central leader- to attend the NITI Aayog meet- discussed "how to convert the Premier League, embroiled in BJP brass to give her side of the The ministry commemorates ship, and may send her close con- ing," he added. According to BJP Blue Corner Notice against Lalit several controversies and whose story. Raje has accepted that she June 24 as 'Passport Seva Divas' fidants from here (Jaipur) to meet sources, a meeting took place Modi into a Red Corner Notice". passport was revoked by the had signed a document support- as this was the day on which the them in the next couple of days," between Prime Minister Modi "Lalit Modi can be detained Indian government, said that ing the application of Lalit Modi Passports Act, 1967 was enacted. he added. and Shah on last Friday in which in any country if the Red "when he (Modi) bats, he will hit for a residence visa in Britain. IANS The Rajasthan BJP is standing it was decided that Raje would Corner Notice is issued," he said. the ball out of the park". IANS Flood relief work on in Gujarat Huge turnout in Kerala AHMEDABAD: Relief work- flash floods brought on by the by-poll despite rain ers were yesterday trying to annual monsoon rains. reach residents stranded by Bipin Bhatt, Gujarat's deputy THIRUVANANTHA India-Marxist nominated floods in western Gujarat state relief commissioner said there PURAM: Despite heavy rains, 67-year-old former speaker and triggered by torrential rains have been no rains in the region some 76 percent of the 184,210 minister M. Vijayakumar. The that have so far claimed 55 lives, since last two days, helping the electorate voted yesterday in Bharatiya Janata Party put up its officials said. authorities to reach residents the Kerala assembly by-election regular warhorse, O Rajagopal, 85. Officials were providing food with food, medicines and cash in Aruvikara here which saw a Yesterday evening, all three and water to the people affected assistance. triangular contest involving the candidates expressed confidence by flash floods in the Saurashtra An official statement on last CPI-M, the Congress and the they would win the election. region, as thousands fled to safer Friday said the floods have dam- BJP. Sabarinathan, who early in the areas following the rains that aged a portion of the rail line that Election officials reported a day called the Aruvikara elector- started late Wednesday. connects Pipavav Port to the state turnout of 76.31 percent by the ate his "extended family", said the The rain has since subsided capital Ahmedabad near Amreli, time polling ended at 5 pm. huge voter turnout looked "very but left a trail of destruction, and severely affected operations The election followed the death promising" for him and that he with scores of houses damaged at the port. More than 5,000 of Kerala assembly Speaker G would win by a handsome margin. as well as roads, railway tracks, animals carcass have also been Karthikeyan in March. He had Vijayakumar said the electorate bridges and electricity pylons recovered and disposed off, it said. represented the constituency for was waiting to teach a lesson to destroyed. Forest officials said four endan- 24 long years. There were a total the Oommen Chandy government Meanwhile, an official from gered Asiatic lions were found of 16 candidates in the fray and and described the heavy turnout the state's emergency depart- Police personnel and onlookers carry the body of an Asiatic lion along the dead in Amreli and Bhavnagar 184,210 voters -- up from 164,884 as an expression of people's aver- ment said two more bodies were banks of a river in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat yesterday. districts. "Two adult lion carcass in 2011 when Karthikeyan won by sion to the Chandy government. recovered yesterday in the coastal were found floating in flood water," over 10,000 votes and which saw Rajagopal said the people of district of Amreli. Sitanshu Kar said on his twitter Officials said improved weather G S Singh, Deputy Conservator a 70 percent turnout. Kerala were sick and tired of both "The death toll has touched 55 account that the Indian Air Force is now allowing workers to restore of Forests, Bhavnagar said. His The ruling Congress fielded the main political fronts headed since June 24," the duty officer at had "carried out 23 sorties by 6 power supply to some 200 villages counterpart in Amerli said a five- Karthikeyan's 31-year-old by the Congress and the CPI-M the state flood control centre said. MI-17 V5 Helicopter and dropped in Amreli and Junagadh districts year-old lion and lioness were son K A Sabarinathan while and they would "definitely vote for Ministry of Defence spokesman 5.87 tonnes of food packets". which were hardest hit by the found dead in the district. AFP the Communist Party of a change". IANS

Kashmir shutdown BJP serves showcause Polling goes on peacefully notice on ex-minister in Tripura MUMBAI: The rul-about the genuineness of the video AGARTALA: Voters queued ing Bharatiya Janata Party CDs and then the party would up at polling stations yester- yesterday slapped a show- take appropriate action," Danve day for the by-elections to two cause notice on former assured. assembly seats in Tripura as the minister Raj Purohit for his Purohit has claimed, how- balloting began on a peaceful purported utterances, captured ever, that the voice in the note, an official said. in a sting operation, showing CDs is not his and he has sought The official said a quarter of the party and its leaders in a a forensic investigation to deter- the electorate cast their ballot at bad light. mine the CDs' genuineness. the 115 polling stations in the first The notice has been served on Last Friday's sting on two hours. Purohit asking him to explain the influential legislator, The polling began at 8 am. his position on the CDs' contents who was a minister in the There has been no report of any which were telecast by several Shiv Sena-BJP government of untoward incident so far, the offi- television channels on last friday. 1995-1999, was carried out by cial added. "In these CDs telecast unidentified people. "Polling is under way at 115 since June 25, it appears that "I have greatest respect polling stations in Pratapgarh you have made certain objec- for Prime Minister Narendra and Surma assembly segments. tionable statements on the Modi, BJP President Amit A general view of the shutdown in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir yesterday. Central paramilitary forces and party and its leaders. This is tan- Shah, and Chief Minister Tripura State Rifles troopers tamount to breach of party disci- Devendra Fadnavis is an ideal have been deployed to hold the pline," the notice said. leader under whom the state is by-polls smoothly," the official Purohit has been ordered on the route to progress," Purohit said. to furnish his explanation said in a statement last Friday. Bihar MP takes Nitish to task According to the officials, within three days, failing which Purohit's no-holds barred 50,004 voters in Pratapgarh and disciplinary action would be ini- "mann ki baat" in the videos PATNA: Lok Sabha member aides of arrested Janata Dal- from the upper caste Bhumihars, 42,142 in Surma assembly constit- tiated against him, the notice shows him raising questions Arun Kumar of BJP ally RLSP United legislator Anant Singh, considered powerful in Bihar's uencies are eligible to cast their warned. on the style of functioning of yesterday hit out at Bihar who is from the Bhumihar caste. politics despite being hardly 3-4 votes to choose their representa- The communication came a Modi and Shah, and Fadnavis's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Arun Kumar said Nitish Kumar percent of the state's 10.5 crore tive from the nine candidates in day after state BJP president alleged nexus with the builders' for "targeting" an upper caste "used" dozens of people like Anant population. the fray. Raosaheb Danve took strong lobby. community. Singh for his own political benefit He is state president of the The Election Commission has exception to the Mumbai legisla- He also raised doubts on the "A particular caste is being tar- and left them in the lurch after Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, while appointed four observers, around tor's statements. efficacy of the move to unearth geted and attacked. We will not his aim was fulfilled. party chief Upendra Kushwaha a 100 micro-observers and several "I have summoned him for black money that has distanced accept it and will not tolerate it," The BJP later said it did is a minister in Prime Minister hundred polling personnel to hold personal discussions on the the business community. he said at a press conference in not agree with Kumar over his Narendra Modi's cabinet. the by-polls. matter. We will first inquire IANS reference to police action against remarks. Arun Kumar is also IANS IANS SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com FEATURES

Silk can repair nerve damage, claim scientists UAE’s first artificial

he exquisite fibres of the famed mulberry The team combined silk extracted from mulberry patients like loss of functionality of the organs or limbs battery-powered silk can trigger regeneration of nerves and silkworm cocoons with gold nanoparticles so that the which the damaged nerve supplies. The inherent regen- restore activity in limbs affected by trau- conduits had the strength and flexibility of silk and erative power of nerves allows re-joining of small gaps. heart transplant Tmatic injuries, courtesy a new technology the electrically conductive property of gold. However, nerve gaps larger than 5mm are beyond the developed by Indian scientists. Since communications in nerves are transmitted body’s ability to heal by itself,” the scientist said. 21-year-old student in the United Arab A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of via electrical signals across the constituent nerve While autografts remain the clinical gold standard AEmirates (UAE) city of Sharjah, has Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) have fabricated tube- cells, gold was apt as a doping material for the repair for repairing large nerve gaps, they are not always received the country’s first artificial heart like hollow structures out of silk fibres doped with and regeneration process, the team felt. readily available and may have side-effects when transplant, a media report said on Friday. gold nanoparticles (GNP) to form surgically-implant- “This conduit mimics nerve tissue and then guides sourced from donors, said Bora. The student, suffering from heart failure, able nerve conduits that can bridge gaps in nerves regeneration of nerve cells that form the nerve tis- But the silk-GNP conduits are totally compatible was bedridden and living with the support of arising from injuries. The snapped links in nerves can sues across the gap. Nerve conduits are generally with the body (as evident from studies conducted an external assistive device for three weeks disrupt muscular function in limbs and other organs. employed to treat severe nerve injuries where a por- on rats) since the use of the biomaterial in surgical before he received the artificial heart at the “We have developed a novel material as well as tion of the nerve is lost leading to a discontinuity or procedures as sutures is a centuries-old established Al Qassimi Hospital in Sharjah, the Khaleej a new fabrication method for building nerve con- nerve gap,” Bora explained. fact, he said. Times reported. duits. As the nerve regenerates, the muscles which Such serious impairments usually result from Because the nanoparticles are produced by a The artificial heart was approved by the US it connects to also regain function, thereby resulting traumatic injuries (car accidents, splinters and the ‘green’ method using fruit and herbal extracts, this Food and Drug Authority (FDA) and is con- in complete neuro-muscular regeneration,” Utpal like) or from complex orthopaedic and neuro-sur- also addresses concerns of potential health and envi- sidered as a ‘bridge’ until the patient is able Bora, Professor, Department of Biosciences and gical procedures, he said. ronmental hazards arising out of their application. to get a heart transplant. Bioengineering, IIT-G, said. “This can result in severe debilitating effect on IANS According to Mohammed Abdul Aziz, con- sultant cardiac surgeon on the case, the artifi- cial heart can stay inside a human body for up to 10 years, and runs on rechargeable batteries (weighing 1.5 kg) that lasts for 12 hours, before requiring a recharge. “The case was very complicated and he could not be allowed to travel, it was a race against time to save his life,” said Arif Al Nooryani, head of Al Qassimi Hospital. “A team from Germany and the makers of the device were present during the surgery to offer technical assistance.” The patient is currently in the ICU and will remain in the hospital for another two to three weeks before being allowed to go home. IANS

BY ELLIE KRIEGER 1/3 cup non-fat, plain Greek until ready to use (up to 1 day in yogurt advance). Summer berries are so luscious that it doesn’t take 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla For the biscuits: Preheat the much to turn them into a sumptuous dessert. But extract Showing berries oven to 425 degrees. Line a bak- all too often, rather than being elevated by butter, For the biscuits ing sheet with parchment paper. sugar, flour and cream, they are buried by it. The 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry Let the berries come to room shortcakes I make resist that tendency and give the flour or regular whole-wheat flour temperature. seasonal fruit center stage. 1/2 cup all-purpose flour at their best Whisk together the flours, gran- First, the berries — not just strawberries, but a 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated ulated sugar, baking powder, baking colourful variety — are tossed with a touch of honey sugar soda and salt in a medium bowl. to heighten their sweetness and allow them to soften 1 teaspoon baking powder Whisk together the buttermilk and slightly. The biscuits they are piled into are made 1/4 teaspoon baking soda oil in a separate medium bowl. with a mix of whole-grain and all-purpose flours, 1/4 teaspoon salt Add the buttermilk mixture to and with oil instead of butter, so they are tender 1/2 cup well-shaken low-fat the flour mixture, stirring just until and light with a crisp exterior but are better for you buttermilk moistened; do not over-mix. Drop than a typical shortcake biscuit. 1/4 cup canola or other neutral- the batter in 8 mounds (about 3 They are also easy to make, because you just drop tasting oil tablespoons each) onto the baking the batter onto a baking sheet — no rolling or cutting sheet. Bake until golden brown, needed. The biscuits are just the right size to provide Method: about 10 minutes. Let cool slightly. the perfect, tasty bed for the berries and their juices For the berries and topping: To serve, use a serrated knife to without overwhelming the fruity flavors. Wash the berries and hull any gently cut the biscuits in half hori- The crowning dollop also has a tasty and health- strawberries. Halve or quarter any large berries, Pour the cream into the bowl of a stand mixer or zontally. Place each bottom half on a plate, top each ful twist: It is a blend of lightly sweetened, vanilla- then place the berries in a large bowl. Drizzle with handheld electric mixer; beat on medium-high speed with about 1/3 cup of the berries and their accumu- scented whipped cream and Greek yogurt, which the honey, then toss to combine. Cover and place in until thickened, then add the confectioners’ sugar; lated juices, and a dollop of whipped topping. Cap adds a pleasant hint of tartness and further high- the refrigerator until ready to serve, for at least 1 continue beating until soft peaks form. Gently fold in with the top halves of the biscuits, and serve. lights the dish’s sweet-tart tastes. hour and up to 1 day. the yogurt and vanilla extract. Cover and refrigerate WP-BLOOMBERG The components add up to a dessert that truly celebrates the glorious berries of summer. Mixed Berry Shortcake Make Ahead: The honeyed berries need to rest in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

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Tips to take care of leather shoes in monsoon Humidity can ruin your leather a paper napkin within the shoe and leave it for a few minutes. Repeat the process to dry shoes but regular polishing and out the shoe completely. After this, sprinkle some talcum powder to absorb any lingering storing them properly can make moisture. During the rains, drying sessions can be carried out two or three times a week. them last longer, says an expert. * Storage tips for leather shoes: Don’t put your shoes away as soon as you take them Jitender Upadhyay, expert at lifestyle brand off. Switch on the ceiling fan and keep the Cobblerz, has shared tips on how to keep leather shoes under them for a few hours to air them shoes new as ever: out. Else your shoes will start smelling. Stuff shoes with newspaper to retain their shape * Brush your shoes: During the monsoon, damp and prevent them from bending or creasing. mud has a tendency to stick to the shoes. When it In addition, keep the shoes in a cloth shoe dries, the mud hardens and forms a clump on them. cover before putting them in the box. In such cases, a brush is the only way to remove * Fungus treatment for leather shoes: the mud. Take an old toothbrush and some soap solu- * Polish shoes regularly: Invest in good quality tion and use the brush to scrub away the polish. It does not make sense to compromise on fungus. Ensure that you brush even the the quality of your shoe polish as it not only makes smallest crevices to remove all traces. After your shoe shine, but also protects it from moisture. brushing, keep the shoes under the fan to * Dry the insides of leather shoes: If your feet dry. A better option to dry them completely sweat a lot, you will have to increase the frequency of would be to keep them outside in the sun- the drying sessions. Place a sheet of tissue paper or light. IANS

A model presents a creation by Japanese Yohji Yamamoto, during the Men’s Spring/Summer collection fashion show in Paris.

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‘Adventure British Armed Forces Day camp’ offers playtime for grown-ups

LONDON: Mud, music and mayhem is the epitome of the British festival — but throw in sword fighting, raft building and rabbit skinning and you’ve got an event that bills itself as Britain’s first adventure-style camp for adults. The first annual Questival, held over a weekend earlier this month, drew 500 attendees to an idyllic forest in Kent. More than 700 people regis- tered for the adults-only event, according to organisers. Tickets started at £126 ($198) for week- end camping, entertainment and more than 80 adventure activities to choose from. Those included artistry, sports, expeditions, music and entertainment, science and engineering and wilderness skills. Organisers believe Questival could become a regular alterna- tive to the music-based events The Royal Signals White Helmets Motorcycle Display Team (left) and the British RAF Falcons Parachute Display team perform at the Armed Forces Day National Event in Guildford, Britain, during the festival season while yesterday. People across the country celebrated the men and women of the Armed Forces, past and present, at more than 150 events to mark the seventh annual Armed Forces Day. giving adults a chance to be kids again. “What we’ve got is loads of 30-year-olds, full-grown peo- ple running around in camouflage paint, trying to find each other and do all these silly things,” said co-founder Lee Denny, 27. Allergies? Luxury restaurants no longer off limits “We’ve just wanted to do more exciting, awesome adventure stuff MONTPELLIER: When A recent gathering in the said Hermance Joplet who runs a supply of gluten-free ingredi- Quality, however, needs lead but not sacrificing the coolness of French superchef Alain Ducasse southern city of Montpellier of Le Castellaras, newly awarded a ents, notably frozen bread dough time. “You can prepare a three- going to a music festival and hav- stunned the world of haute cui- 58 chefs from 10 Mediterranean Michelin star, with her husband ready to pop into the oven at a star meal if you’ve got advance ing a massive party at the end of sine last year by dropping meat, countries — the sort of Michelin- Quentin in Fayence near the moment’s notice. notice. But at the last minute, the night.” “We kind of figured boosting veggies and lightening starred elite who scrutinise every southern resort of Cannes. “For Saint Valentine’s Day, one it’s difficult,” said Huysentruyt, that kids get to do adventures all up his menus, he was less bucking dish that leaves their kitchens — Olive oil is definitely “more client never imagined we could who was a TV celebrity chef in of the time,” added co-founder convention than joining a trend confirmed the trend. All conceded digestible and generally more offer a gluten-free menu,” said Belgium and has written best- Julia Lowe, 30. “But adults don’t.” of accommodating vegetarians they have had to “adapt”, includ- acceptable,” said nutritionist Joplet who served up a nutty selling cookbooks. Taking cues from scouting in and people with food allergies. ing Ducasse and his famous co- Christian Recchia. risotto of locally grown spelt with One headache for the chefs, the 1950s, the festival hired actors Fine dining at top-class res- host Joel Robuchon. Ducasse led the trend when sauteed baby vegetables. however, is a new European and actresses dressed as patrol taurants run by uncompromis- “It’s more and more frequent. he boldly dropped meat at his Vegetarians, too, are no longer Union rule concerning potential leaders who assigned camp- ing chefs might once have been For every table of five or six renowned two-Michelin-starred shunned. At the Pourcel broth- “allergens”. The measure, which ers to an animal-themed group unthinkable for such clients. But people, there is inevitably one Plaza Athenee on Paris’ exclusive ers restaurant, dishes like “new took effect in December 2014, on arrival. Attendees were also no more. who has allergies,” said Laurent Avenue Montaigne, just up from asparagus in a cream sauce of requires professionals in the food given a handbook which included “Twenty years ago we were Pourcel, who runs the one-star Dior, Prada, Saint Laurent and morel mushrooms and crum- business to notify clients of any a camp code of 10 rules such as lost when a client told us they Jardin des Sens in Montpellier other luxury shops. bled egg yolks” sit on the main presence of the 14 most common ‘challenge yourself’, ‘abandon had an allergy. We’d bring out an with his brother Jacques. “We Less radical at his three- entry list as proudly as the classic allergic foods, including peanuts, your distractions’ and ‘adventure artichoke and a salad,” said Piet have one or two clients like this starred Louis XV restaurant in meat and fish dishes. The hardest gluten, soy beans, molluscs, wal- like a child’. Using mobile phones Huysentruyt, owner of the Likoke every day with a whole range of Monaco, he has nonetheless cut problem is diners who are lactose nuts, almonds, eggs and milk. was discouraged - and at least one in the southern town of Les Vans, problems.” down on meat dishes and uses intolerant, said Fabien Lefebvre Few of the top chefs have camper left his at home. a one-star restaurant in the Most called the Mediterranean less salt, sugar and fat. As for a of the Octopus restaurant, in the heeded the order. “The idea is As for the activities, Leora fabled Michelin Guide. “Now it’s diet “a good ally” in concocting hallowed basic in French cooking, southern city of Beziers that was to make people happy. The cli- Guillonneau, a 21-year-old wait- no longer a problem. It’s second menus to accommodate gluten- the butter, cream and egg-packed recently awarded a Michelin star. ent just asks for one thing, that ress and scuba-diving instructor nature,” he said. free, sugar-free, lactose-intoler- sauces, chefs said they now alter Olive oil can replace butter, we don’t betray them,” said Marc from Scotland, was proud she Once again, the much-touted ant, meatless or other restricted them on demand — something he said, but “the other solution de Passorio of another Michelin got to try horse riding, kayaking, Mediterranean diet — low in meat diets. that, in the past, might have been is to cook without fat,” as in his one star restaurant, L’Esprit de swing dancing and aerial circus and high in fish, vegetables, herbs “There is less milk and butter, dismissed as catering to fickle, steamed sea bass with seaweed. la Violette in the southern city of and hopes the festival returns in and healthy fats like olive oil — fewer potatoes, and you use more indulgent or foreign clients. “You’ve got to adapt case by case,” Aix-en-Provence. 2016. REUTERS has come to the rescue. olive oil, fish and vegetables,” Likewise, most chefs today keep he said. AFP

Bubble soccer Surf schools finally making waves in Senegal capital DAKAR: A half century after to go into the water, I would surf. There he fell in love with body- its waves were showcased in the That’s how I learned,” says Seye, boarding, in which the surfer seminal surfing film The Endless who rode his first wave at age 13. rides a short, rectangular piece Summer, Dakar is becoming an One of the pioneers of the sport of foam on the face or curl of the essential stop for globe-trotting in a country with 700km of coast- wave, usually lying down and pro- boarders looking for the perfect line and 13.5 million inhabitants, pelled by flippers. ride. Seye today takes part in shows The thin and sharp-witted The documentary, first released and competitions, which he also 35-year-old also has a school and in 1964 and credited with spark- organises, drumming up sponsor- his own competition, whose sec- ing worldwide interest in the ship to pursue his passion. ond edition was held in May at sport, follows two Californians as “I am the first black surfer to the Almadies peninsula, a 10km they search the planet for the best get a pro contract,” says Seye, who stretch of coastline with 15 popu- summer surfing — starting in the has founded a surf school of “43 lar surf breaks. Senegalese capital. members aged from three to 64” Bodyboarding, quicker to pick But it was decades before locals and a shop selling famous brands up than surfing, is hugely popular started noticing the city’s now in surf clothing and equipment. but could “develop better” with popular surf spots, including the Nine-year-old Benjamin more support, says Senghor, sud- long, powerful Ngor Right wave Vercammen, one of Seye’s stu- denly distracted by the cries of featured in US director Bruce dents, has been surfing for a year a crowd watching a competitor Brown’s movie. with his brother Alexandre, one powered by a strong wave. “When I started surfing, there year his junior and barely bigger As board sports become were just two Senegalese who than his board. increasingly popular in Senegal, practised with quite a few expatri- Riding the waves prevents him Dagassan says there are now ates,” says 37-year-old Senegalese from being “locked up at home”, eight clubs with more than 280 pro-surfer Oumar Seye, eyes pink Benjamin says, shivering with cold members and a national champi- from the sea water. after emerging from the water. onship. The sport, nevertheless, “There was no club, no federa- Franco-Cameroonian Noura remains largely the preserve of tion... We would watch the tour- Diwouka, aged 15 and a surfer of foreigners on Dakar’s beaches ists surfing, and that’s what gave three years, is among the most where local families, sunbathers us the desire.” Seye is a native of experienced in the water. and the curious prefer to watch Ngor, a fishing community which, In the sport, there is “more rather than take part. along with Yoff and Ouakam, is feeling, more speed”, she says, but A big reason is the prohibitive the home of Senegal’s ethnic she has no intention of going pro, cost. In a country where the mini- Players perform during a game at the first Bubble Soccer tournament in Hitzkirch, near Lucerne, Switzerland, Lebou community. insisting that “it’s just for fun”. mum monthly wage is less than yesterday. Bubble Soccer, also known as Zorb Soccer, is becoming increasingly popular around the world. When he was little, he would Aymeric Senghor recalls first 37,000 francs (¤56), a new board The game is a recreation of playing soccer while encased in an inflated zorb which covers the players upper- help an uncle selling sandwiches encountering board sports 20 can set you back up to 400,000 and drinks on the beach. “It was years ago on a trip to the beach francs while lessons cost between body and head. the place where all the surfers in Bel-Air, a rocky plateau jutting 10,000 and 15,000 francs. met... Whenever I had the chance into the bay on Dakar’s east coast. AFP Sunday 28 June 2015 11 Ramadan 1436 Volume 20 Number 6475 Price: QR2

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ATHENS/BRUSSELS: The Varoufakis said the refusal to intended as a final negotiation for eurozone got ready to deal with provide an extension “will cer- a deal. But after they were blind- a Greek debt default next week tainly damage the credibility sided by Tsipras’s surprise mid- after refusing to extend credit of the Eurogroup as a demo- dle-of-the-night announcement following Prime Minister Alexis cratic union of partner member that he rejected their offer and Tsipras’s surprise announce- states”. would put it to voters only after ment of a referendum on an “I’m very much afraid that that Tuesday’s deadline, one after offer from creditors that his damage will be permanent.” another said all that remained to leftist government rejected. The offer from creditors discuss was “Plan B” — how to Athens asked for an extension requires Greece to cut pensions limit the damage of default. of Greece’s bailout programme and raise taxes in ways that “We have no basis for further beyond Tuesday, the day it must Tsipras has long argued would negotiations,” German Finance pay ¤1.6bn to the International deepen one of the worst economic Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Monetary Fund or go bust. crises of modern times in a coun- ahead of the meeting. “Clearly we But the other 18 members try where a quarter of the work- can never rule out surprises with of the eurozone unanimously force is already unemployed. Greece, so there can always be rejected the request, freezing But voters in other eurozone hope. But none of my colleagues Greece out of further discussions states — including economic pow- with whom I’ve already spoken with the European Central Bank erhouse, other southern states see any possibilities for what we and IMF on how to deal with the which have suffered harsh aus- can now do.” fallout from a historic breach in terity in return for EU cash and Finland’s Alexander Stubb the EU’s 16-year-old currency. poor eastern countries with liv- called it “potentially a very sad The swift rejection was a star- ing standards much lower than day, specifically for the Greek peo- tling demonstration of the degree Greece — have lost patience. ple. I think with the announce- to which Tsipras had alienated Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch ment of this referendum we’re the rest of the currency bloc with finance minister and chair of the basically closing the door for any a final-hour announcement that Eurogroup, said Greek lawmak- further negotiations.” upended five months of intense ers should think about whether With most Greek banks closed talks. the referendum was wise before for the weekend, there was no sign Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (right) waits for the start of a special eurogroup finance ministers meeting The Eurogroup of finance agreeing to hold it, essentially of panic on the streets of Athens. at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, yesterday. members shut Greece’s Yanis appealing directly to the Greek Government officials said there was Varoufakis from a meeting in parliament to defy Tsipras. no plan to impose capital controls Saturdays was shut, with around the outcome of the vote, but he flood of withdrawals after billions Brussels and issued a statement Worried the country could that would limit withdrawals. But 100 people queued outside. A argued the lenders demands have left in recent weeks. without him, accusing Athens default and even leave the euro police tightened security around senior executive said the plan “clearly violate European social Long lines were reported in of breaking off negotiations zone, some Greeks queued up at bank teller machines as lines was to open the branch but staff rules and fundamental rights”, some supermarkets in Athens as unilaterally. cash machines to withdraw funds, formed at some in the darkness were weighing security concerns would asphyxiate Greece’s flailing people stocked up with supplies. “The current financial assist- though there were no signs of almost as soon as Tsipras’s early because of the queue. economy and aimed at the “humil- However, along with the worry, ance arrangement with Greece panic in Athens. Many sounded hours televised speech was finished. After months of wrangling with iation of the entire Greek people”. there were also signs of defiance will expire on June 30, 2015, as defiant, saying Tsipras had offered The Bank of Greece said it was the lenders, Tsipras announced Greece’s stricken banks depend and almost relief after years of well as all agreements related to them an important chance to making “huge efforts” to ensure that he would put the terms of on emergency liquidity from the relentless austerity and seemingly the current Greek programme,” determine their own fate. the machines remained stocked. the creditors’ “humiliating” offer European Central Bank to stay endless rounds of crisis meetings it said, making clear its refusal The eurozone finance ministers One branch of Piraeus to a popular vote on July 5. open, and the banking system with lenders. of a grace period to hold the vote. met in Brussels for what had been bank that is normally open on Tsipras said he would respect faces at the very least a further REUTERS Barwa Bank profits rise China central bank slashes key rates BEIJING: China’s central costs that could fuel bankruptcies requirement is a forceful move, to swap their maturing debt, 4pc in first quarter bank cut lending rates for the and job losses. The last time the indicating the downward pressure although some private sector fourth time since November central bank simultaneously cut on the economy is very big,” said analysts have recently pared their DOHA: Barwa Bank’s net and trimmed the amount of interest rates and reserve require- Xu Hongcai, senior economist at expectations on policy easing. profit soared by four percent cash that some banks must hold ments was at the height of the glo- the China Centre for International Despite the drumroll of rate to reach QR209m for the first as reserves, stepping up efforts bal financial crisis in late 2008. Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), a cuts, the real cost of borrowing quarter of 2015 (Q1, 15), com- to support an economy that is The latest move could also be Beijing-based think-tank. in China remains stubbornly pared to QR201m recorded headed for its poorest perform- aimed at comforting investors “The monetary policy adjust- high, due in part to cooling infla- during the same period in 2014. ance in a quarter century. following a 20 percent plunge in ment will also help curb sharp tion and banks’ reluctance to pass This robust growth was Yesterday’s combined easing the country’s stock markets over fluctuations in the stock market.” lower rates on to their custom- reflected across the bank’s bal- highlights Beijing’s concerns that the last two weeks, some analysts Some government economists ers. That has further squeezed ance sheet and verticals. money isn’t flowing to some of the said. have been calling for interest rate manufacturers struggling with The bank’s total assets jumped most-needed sectors in the economy “The simultaneous cuts in cuts to help lower real borrowing tepid demand. by 24 percent to QR40.5bn on and that stubbornly high borrowing interest rates and reserve costs and help local governments REUTERS year-on-year basis, under- pinned by significant growth in Barwa Bank’s financing port- Mobile meeting room folio, which itself registered an increase of 22 percent to exceed QR25.1bn. Rio Tinto to invest in Customer deposits strongly stands at QR21.1bn, while earn- ings per share rose to QR0.70 in Q1, 2015 from QR0.66 in the first Mongolia gold mine quarter of 2014. Sheikh Mohamad bin Hamad NEW YORK: Mining firm November, is touting the success of bin Jassim Al Thani (pictured), over the past few years and going Rio Tinto Ltd has pledged to a deal reached with Rio Tinto last Chairman at Barwa Bank forward is an uncompromising invest at least $250m to $300 month to resume work on the mine. Group, commented: “While the stance on strong profitability million in the construction of “Mongolia is back for business,” region’s economic and finan- and solid revenue stream. We’ve the underground section of the he said. “This should be one of the cial landscape is undergoing poured focused and great efforts massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and hottest destinations for investors.” transformative changes that and investments into ensuring gold mine in Mongolia this year, During the trip, Saikhanbileg are reshaping our sector, we’ve that our growth and expansion Mongolia’s prime minister said. said he met with Vice-President seen this dynamic environment would not be at the expense of The second phase of construc- Joe Biden, held an event at the positively challenge our drive our P&L balances. tion at the mine is expected to US Chamber of Commerce that and determination to grow and “Our revenues increased by 6 begin this year, Prime Minister attracted more than 160 attend- expand our presence in the percent and our expenses were Chimed Saikhanbileg said in an ees, visited the New York Stock Qatari market and beyond. reduced by 4 percent during the interview, marking progress for Exchange and held individual meet- “Our performance in the first first quarter of this year, bringing the long-stalled $5bn mine that ings with investment companies. quarter of 2015 is a reflection our cost-revenue ratio down to 38 is expected to boost Mongolia’s He added that 14 different of this focused growth strategy; percent from 42 percent in 2014. economy by a third when it international organizations and while several landmark deals and In parallel, our non-performing reaches full capacity in 2021. banks are involved in the financ- partnerships that we had closed assets accounted for 1.6 percent of Saikhanbileg’s comments came ing of the next phase of the Oyu in 2014 offered us a head-start the total financing portfolio, down during a trip to meet US politi- Tolgoi mine, including the World into this year, our Q1 results from 1.9 percent for the same cal and business leaders in a bid Bank’s International Finance demonstrate Barwa Bank’s com- period in 2014. As we continue to revive foreign investment in Consortium and the Multilateral mitment to long-term, carefully to undertake ambitious projects Mongolia after it fell 74 percent Investment Guarantee Agency. studied and cautiously progressive and expansion plans, our priority in 2014 as a dispute with Rio The mine, operated by Rio growth to both our group and our remains on maintaining a healthy A rail bus is carried by a crane through the air in Braunschweig (Lower Tinto over taxes and cost over- Tinto, is expected to produce an key stakeholders.” growth trajectory with long-term, Saxony), Germany, yesterday. The 25-tonne railcar is to be lowered runs deterred investors. average of 430,000 tonnes of cop- Khalid Yousef Al Subeai, solid prospects.” into the courtyard of the company BBR Verkehrstechnik, to be used In visits to New York and per and 425,000 ounces of gold Acting Group CEO added: THE PENINSULA as a mobile meeting room. Washington, DC this week, annually. “Underlining our growth strategy Saikhanbileg, who took office in REUTERS SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Fed seems intent on raising rates in coming months: QNB Argentine judge orders seizure e are getting ever closer Fed, the argument goes, should to unconventional monetary in line with the Fed’s forecast that which could in turn adversely to the first interest rate therefore be raising interest rates instruments like quantitative eas- there will be two rate hikes this affect the US through a stronger of Falklands Wincrease by the US soon to prevent the economy from ing, the report said. year. dollar and lower net exports. Federal Reserve (Fed) after years overheating. Who is right in this So what is the Taylor Rule rec- The Taylor Rule, therefore, is These are all legitimate con- of near-zero rates. Following the debate?, a report by QNB Grroup ommending now? With inflation in favour of raising interest rates cerns, but most will probably drillers’ assets Fed’s meeting on June 17, markets analyses. at 1.2 percent and unemployment this year, given the Fed’s baseline apply to any time the Fed seeks to are almost evenly split on the date One way to answer this is to use at 5.5 percent, the Taylor Rule, forecasts for inflation and unem- raise interest rates. Furthermore, BUENOS AIRES: An of the lift-off between September the Taylor Rule, named after John which combines both inflation and ployment. There are however whether a mere 25 basis points Argentine judge ordered the and December 2015. But there is Taylor of Stanford University, unemployment to come up with risks to this view. First, there is hike happens two months early seizure of assets of oil drilling still considerable disagreement on who first introduced it in 1993. the optimal interest rate, recom- considerable uncertainty about or late is not that important in companies operating in the dis- whether the Fed should be rais- The Taylor Rule is an equation mends that the Fed’s policy rate the economy and whether the isolation. What is more important puted Falklands Islands yester- ing rates in the first place. Some that prescribes the central bank should be at 0.36 percent. This is Fed’s forecasts for unemployment is the speed of subsequent rate day, as rhetoric heats up before argue that with inflation running interest rate based on the amount close but slightly higher than the and inflation will be realised. This hikes, as this could make the dif- October elections. well below the Fed’s two percent that inflation and unemployment Fed’s current policy range of 0.0- is especially relevant in light of ference between a rate of one per- Lilian Herraez, a federal target (the Fed’s preferred meas- are deviating from their targets. 0.25 percent. If we use the Fed’s the weak performance in the cent or three percent at end-2016 judge in Tierra del Fuego, ure of core inflation was 1.2 per- The Taylor Rule provides a good projections for where unemploy- first quarter of the year, in which for example. The Fed can easily ordered the seizure of $156m, cent in April), the Fed should at description of the Fed’s policy rate ment (5.25 percent) and inflation real GDP shrank by 0.2 percent. adjust the speed of rate hikes boats and other property, least keep interest rates at their in the years before the 2008 finan- (1.35 percent) will be by end-2015, Second, raising rates could spark after the lift-off. It could even Argentina’s state news agency current low levels. Others disa- cial crisis. Fed was in dilemma the Taylor Rule recommends that sharp corrections in the equity reverse some of the tightening if Telam reported. gree with this argument and point since the crisis, when the rule the interest rate should rise to and bond markets, which could it feels it was premature. For now, The companies named in out that the unemployment rate was recommending deeply nega- 0.78 percent by year-end. This is then have a negative impact on however, the Fed seems intent on the demand were Premier Oil of 5.5 percent is close to the 5-5.2 tive levels of interest rates. The around 0.5 percent above current the real economy. Third, raising raising interest rates in the com- Plc, Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd, percent estimate of the equilib- Fed could not set interest rates policy rate, which is equivalent to rates could trigger capital out- ing months. Taylor agrees. Rockhopper Exploration Plc, rium rate of unemployment. The below zero, and resorted instead two rate hikes. The prediction is flows from emerging markets, THE PENINSULA Noble Energy Inc and Edison International Spa. It was not clear what Argentina would do to enforce United Airlines to take stake in Azul the ruling and, as companies generally avoid Argentine terri- tory, it is likely to prove largely symbolic. FCA Jeep delay Argentina claims sovereignty over the South Atlantic islands which it calls the Malvinas, located about 700km off the coast of Tierra del Fuego and hints at merger occupied by around 3,000 people who mostly say they wish them to remain a British overseas territory. challenges Britain and Argentina fought a short war in 1982, after the then Argentine military dictatorship briefly seized the islands, and GM rebuffs merger offer from FCA tensions have escalated again in recent years with the discovery DETROIT: Fiat Chrysler subprime loans, according to non- of oil deposits. Automobiles NV’s Jeep brand public data compiled by JD Power Argentina has promised to chief said a redesign of its Grand and reviewed by Reuters. resolve the dispute through Cherokee sport utility will be FCA’s Chrysler brand sold 26 diplomacy, but politicians often delayed by at least a year, inten- percent of its vehicles using sub- ramp up rhetoric around elec- sifying the challenges Chief prime financing. The industry aver- tion time. Executive Sergio Marchionne age is 12.7 percent sales to subprime The British foreign office was faces in his quest for a partner. borrowers. FCA’s Jeep and Ram not immediately available to com- Jeep brand chief Mike Manley brands are both below that level. Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras S/A’s (Azul) Chief Executive and founder David Neeleman at a news conference ment yesterday. confirmed FCA’s decision to push FCA spent 1.5 percent of its in Sao Paulo, Brazil. United Airlines has agreed to pay $100m for a five percent stake in Azul S/A, Brazil’s AFP back the launch of a redesigned annual revenue on research and third-biggest airline. Grand Cherokee to late 2018 or development last year, compared to 2019 from late 2017. That delay with 4.8 percent for Ford and 4.7 is one of at least a dozen current percent for GM, according to non- or new vehicles in North America public data shown by a source on reported by Reuters. condition of anonymity. Papa John’s spending $100m to clean up menu FCA said the delays are not FCA’s North American profit related to a shortage of money, margins last year were four per- but dealers could still wait longer cent, roughly half of those reported NEW YORK: Papa John’s But the push to remove artifi- dressings. Chipotle, meanwhile, nothing to do with moves by for vehicles with fresh designs and by GM and Ford. FCA said it plans International Inc is spend- cial ingredients comes at a cost. has eliminated genetically modi- competitors. It all started back technology at a time when rivals to boost North American mar- ing $100m a year to eliminate In addition to the $100m in added fied organisms from its ingredi- in 1996 after he visited a factory plan to launch new models at a gins to 5.5 percent to 6 percent artificial ingredients and other expenses each year — the result ents. It also debuted a marketing in Kansas and didn’t like how the faster pace, according to a Bank this year, still below the levels its additives from its menu, under- of using higher-priced natu- campaign that touts its use of sausage was being made, he said. of America report which noted Detroit rivals are projecting. scoring the cost of the restau- ral ingredients — the shift has simple, unprocessed ingredients. Over the years, Schnatter made that the market share gains FCA The world’s No. 7 automaker rant industry’s shift to more affected the taste of some items, Larger fast-food chains are get- changes like removing fillers from has targeted “appear unlikely.” lags its rivals in the race to hit natural foods. said John Schnatter, the compa- ting into the act as well. Taco Bell the meat used for toppings and FCA’s ability to keep up in an the US fuel economy target of 54.5 The company removed mono- ny’s founder and chief executive said last month it would elimi- improving the pizza dough. The intensifying auto technology race miles per gallon by 2025. In 2014, sodium glutamate, or MSG, from officer. nate unnatural ingredients, and company also previously pulled cel- is a critical question for poten- FCA’s US fleet averaged 21.1 miles its ranch dressing last year and “It’s hard to remove some of McDonald’s has pledged to stop lulose, an anti- caking agent, from tial merger partners, analysts per gallon, last among major auto- pulled trans fats from its gar- these things and still get the fla- serving chicken raised with some its mozzarella cheese. Each adjust- and industry executives said. makers and nearly 8 miles per lic sauce. Now Papa John’s has vour and functionality you want,” antibiotics. ment has boosted food expenses, he Marchionne has reached out to gallon behind the leading com- homed in on a list of 14 ingre- said Schnatter, the “Papa” in Papa John’s is the third-largest said. It costs more than $2m just to General Motors Co CEO Mary pany, Japan’s Mazda Motor Corp. dients, including corn syrup, the company’s name. “We gave pizza chain in the United States serve pepperoni free of the preserva- Barra, proposing a merger. But Gualberto Raineri, FCA’s chief artificial colours and various pre- up flavour on the ranch dress- by sales, trailing Pizza Hut and tives BHA and BHT, Schnatter said. Barra rebuffed him, saying earlier spokesman in North America, said servatives, that will be banished ing because I wanted to get the Domino’s Pizza. Pizza Hut, owned Papa John’s, which has more this month that GM could do bet- the company has been confound- by the end of 2016. The ingre- chemical out.” by Yum Brands Inc, said last than 4,600 restaurants world- ter by “merging with ourselves” ing sceptics since Fiat took over dients are mostly in the chain’s Papa John’s latest push on menu month it would remove artifi- wide, has long marketed its menu to improve economies of scale, management control of Chrysler dipping sauces, which some cus- transparency started after a food cial colors and flavors from its under the tag line “better ingre- respond to tougher fuel economy in 2009, and paraphrased Mark tomers use for pizza, and other blogger criticized the chain’s “nationally available” pizzas by the dients, better pizza.” Its pizza is standards and meet consumer Twain: “The report of my death items like chicken poppers. ingredients in 2013. To track its end of July. The chain previously generally more expensive than demand for digital connectivity was an exaggeration.” After high-profile moves by progress, the company created an eliminated trans fats and MSG. the other major chains, accord- and advanced safety features. Marchionne has argued that Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc and internal color-coded “Clean Label The movement has spread to ing to Michael Halen, an analyst FCA would bring to any merger global automakers must consoli- Panera Bread Co to purify their Scorecard” that compares it to the packaged-food industry too. at Bloomberg Intelligence. a US model lineup that ranks last date to shoulder the rising costs menus, restaurant chains are Chipotle and Panera, two chains General Mills said on Monday “Customers already give Papa in fuel economy among major of investment for new technol- under pressure to go all-natural — seen as standard-bearers for the that it was removing artificial fla- John’s credit for quality ingredi- automakers, performs poorly ogy. He said Wednesday FCA is and make sure consumers notice. natural-food push. vors and colors from its full lineup ents, as shown by their willing- in measures of quality, and has making “huge progress,” but that Papa John’s started posting its Panera has spent the last year of breakfast cereals. ness to pay a dollar or two more a higher than average depend- progress “is costing us.” ingredients online this year, shin- removing artificial additives from Schnatter said his effort to for their pizzas,” Halen said. ence on consumers who rely on REUTERS ing a spotlight on its food. its food and reformulating its salad clean up Papa John’s menu has WP-BLOOMBERG

Touring flat Treasury yields surge to two-week high

NEW YORK: Treasuries numbers support it.” The bench- strongest relative to economist declined, pushing 10-year note mark Treasury 10-year yield rose estimates in almost four months. yields to the highest level in two six basis points, or 0.06 percentage “Unless you think Greece is weeks, as speculation Greece point, to 2.47 percent, according to going to become systemic, that is will reach a deal with its credi- Bloomberg Bond Trader data. It the only way you can justify not tors to avert a default reduced touched 2.49 percent, the highest paying attention to broad- based refuge demand. on an intraday basis since June 11. positive economic activity,” said Treasury investors are increas- The yield increased 21 basis points Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. econo- ingly focused on both a resolu- this week. mist in New York at Royal Bank tion to Greece’s debt crisis and The price of the 2.125 percent of Canada’s RBC Capital Markets improving US economic data. note due in May 2025 fell 17/32, unit, one of 22 primary dealers Stronger readings have boosted or $5.31 per $1,000 face value, to that trade with the Fed. “I don’t the case for the Federal Reserve 96 31/32. think anyone thinks that.” to raise interest rates as early Treasuries remained lower The Labor Department will as September as investors look after a report showed consumer say US employers added 227,000 ahead to June employment data confidence climbed in June to a jobs in June, according to the to be released July 2. five-month high. The University median forecast of economists in “Most traders are exhausted of Michigan said its sentiment a Bloomberg survey before the about the Greece story,” said Kevin index increased to 96.1 during the data are released on July 2. Giddis, the Memphis, Tennessee- month, exceeding all estimates in There’s 38 percent chance the based head of fixed-income capi- a Bloomberg survey, from 90.7 in Fed will increase its benchmark tal markets at Raymond James May. rate from near zero by September, & Associates Inc. “This is a lit- Fed policy makers have and a 73 percent probability of an A property agent (left) stands beside visitors inside a mobile show flat by China’s largest developer China tle bit of the market preparing stressed the timing of the first increase by December, accord- Vanke, during the Pearl River Delta Real Estate Fair in Guangzhou. Tiny is the new big for Chinese property for the Fed. The market fully interest-rate increase since 2006 ing to futures data compiled by buyers who are snapping up smaller, more affordable apartments. understands the Fed would like will depend on data, which a Bloomberg. to go as soon as September if the Bloomberg gauge shows are the WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Wall Street may save Myanmar Jade Emporium billions on swaps Companies likely to get windfall in regulator squabbling

WASHINGTON: A quarrel its British brokerage, and the exempt for all inter-affiliate among regulators could add up British brokerage would have to swaps trades, then only a limited to billions in savings for Wall post collateral to JPMorgan as number of units should have to Street banks. well. Andrew Gray, a JPMorgan set aside funds. At stake is a proposed rule that spokesman, declined to comment. Officials at the Commodity has dragged on for years that The firms typically do these Futures Trading Commission, could require firms like JPMorgan trades to transfer risk from their which along with the Securities Chase and Morgan Stanley to set affiliates to their deposit-backed and Exchange Commission is aside tens of billions of dollars in banks, where they enjoy better supposed to provide a parallel collateral when trading swaps borrowing rates. Current practice version of the bank regulators’ with their own affiliates. Now, a doesn’t call for collateral in these rule, have also expressed con- last-ditch effort by bank lobbyists transactions. cerns. J. Christopher Giancarlo, a has helped spur some regulators The FDIC’s Hoenig said trades Republican CFTC commissioner, to second-guess how strict they with overseas units can expose has said the requirement would should be, according to three peo- banks to serious risks. If an affili- drive up banks’ costs for trading, ple familiar with the discussions. ate implodes and drags down the which would then be passed to cli- The Office of the Comptroller US holding company, the FDIC ents. “I still think there are some of the Currency, which regulates would have to prop up the mess question marks,” Mark Wetjen, a some of the largest banks that — keeping depositors’ money safe Democrat on the CFTC, said in deal in swaps, is leaning toward and using Dodd- Frank Act pow- an interview. insisting only an affiliate post ers to rebuild a healthy version Morgan Stanley and other bank Merchants browse jade stones during the 52nd Myanmar Jade and Gem Emporium at the Maniyadana collateral to the bank, said the of the parent company. If banks executives pushed for an exemp- Emporium Hall in Naypyidaw. The event lasts till July 6. people, who requested anonym- are required to post collateral to tion from the CFTC at a public ity because the final rule isn’t their units, it reduces the likeli- meeting at the agency’s head- yet public. The Federal Deposit hood that the FDIC would have quarters in May. The executives Insurance Corp has backed a to intervene in a crisis, he said. said the requirement would hurt version of the rule proposed in The biggest swaps deal- their ability to manage risks. Mark Airbus A330 order from China to September, demanding both a ers include JPMorgan, Morgan Lake, a spokesman for Morgan bank and its affiliate put up col- Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup Stanley, declined further comment. lateral, the people said. and Bank of America. It’s difficult The OCC “has always supported” Swaps trading — when it was to estimate how much money is making banks collect collateral help build bridge to new version largely unregulated — amplified at stake for them given the com- from uninsured affiliates, said the financial crisis seven years plexity of the market. If the final Bryan Hubbard, an OCC spokes- TOULOUSE, FRANCE: some analysts as the order back- widely expected to place fresh ago. An aggressive collateral rule rule is less stringent than the man, who declined to comment Airbus Group’s order next week log on the long- distance aircraft orders, especially after Airbus would help prevent affiliates from September proposal, they could on whether the agency wanted from China for A330 wide-body became thinner. A Chinese order last year said it would develop a collapsing and leaving taxpayers reduce the collateral they have to the banks to also post collateral aircraft will help in the transi- on top of a deal from Saudi Arabia regional variant of the plane for on the hook, Thomas Hoenig, vice hold by tens of billions. That’s a to their units. Spokesmen for the tion from the existing model to announced last week at the Paris the Chinese market. chairman of the FDIC, said in an slice of about $644bn in collateral FDIC, CFTC and Federal Reserve a variant with new engines and Air show would help Airbus The A330 is Airbus’s first and interview. Banks also are hiding that would be held by banks in — the other banking agency work- let Airbus avoid a deeper cut to maintain the planned rate. so far only wide-body plane to behind the complexity of the rule non-cleared swap trades, accord- ing on the rule — declined to com- output. China’s vice commerce minis- break the 1,000-delivery mark. to say it puts them at a competi- ing to preliminary OCC estimates. ment on the debate. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ter, Wang Shouwen, speaking at a Boeing reached that threshold tive disadvantage with foreign Forcing the banks to hold extra Lawmakers have also been is planning a trip next week to press conference Friday in Beijing with its 767, 777 and 747 mod- rivals, he said. collateral would hurt liquid- involved in the swaps battle. France that will include a visit about Li’s upcoming visit, declined els. The A330 was also the first “It’s never a competitive dis- ity, said Adam Gilbert, a former Earlier this year, the House to Toulouse in the south of the to comment on a possible A330 wide-body to reach a construc- advantage to operate in a more JPMorgan executive who now Agriculture Committee, which country, where Airbus is based. order, saying only that “details of tion rate of 10 planes a month, stable and robust financial sys- advises on financial regulation at oversees the CFTC, drafted broad The visit may bring an order any agreement will be revealed in though Boeing’s 787 has since also tem, as the banks that entered PricewaterhouseCoopers. Firms derivatives legislation. announcement for as many as 70 due course.” achieved that output. the financial crisis with the lowest may find it so costly they decide “Inter-affiliate swaps are an A330s for Chinese airlines, the For Airbus, filling gaps in the Any order from China for capital levels quickly discovered,” not to do the internal transac- important risk management tool,” Financial Times reported, citing production line of aircraft getting A330s would likely add one or two Hoenig said. tions at all, he said. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, a Texas unidentified people familiar with upgraded is a key concern. Rival aircraft to the monthly output, Financial firms have argued Trade groups represent- Republican on the committee, the negotiations. Airbus declined Boeing Co. faces a similar chal- Klaus Richter, Airbus’s head of they shouldn’t be required to put ing Wall Street banks — the said in a e-mailed statement. to comment ahead of the visit. lenge with its best-selling 777- purchasing, was cited by Aviation up collateral in swaps transac- Clearing House Association, Debate on the legisla- Airbus announced plans in 300ER, which will be succeeded Week as saying last week dur- tions with their own divisions, American Bankers Association tion quickly turned partisan. December to bring monthly pro- in 2020 by the 777x. A Chinese ing the Paris expo. Airbus has a which they say they do to hedge and Securities Industry and Republicans struggled to win sup- duction of its current A330 wide- order for Airbus could include a backlog of 174 A330ceos, includ- risks. For example, under the Financial Markets Association — port for provisions easing swaps body to six a month by 2016 from mix of older and newer variants. ing A330-200s, A330-300s and version of the rule the FDIC has have fought to shield banks and rules from Democrats, who said 10 as it prepared to introduce the China has always been the freighters. The first new variant advocated for, JPMorgan would be their affiliates from the demand. the bill would open up loopholes newer A330neo with more- fuel- biggest geographic market for of the A330 is scheduled for deliv- required to post collateral against In a June letter to regulators, for Wall Street to exploit. efficient engines. Even that lower Airbus’s popular A330 wide-body. ery at the end of 2017. a trade of non-cleared swaps with they said if their members aren’t WP-BLOOMBERG goal had come into question by The country’s airlines have been WP-BLOOMBERG

SEC approves Ukraine repeating default threat shows impasse far from over tweeting by KIEV: Ukraine reiterated its the war-ravaged nation. “It’s tap international debt markets Kiev, bringing this week’s increase last month. The fund’s worsen- threat to halt coupon payments very difficult to bridge the dif- in 2017, an assumption built into to 3.41 cents. ing assumptions were built into a startups to test to force creditors including ferences between the two sides,” the IMF’s $17.5 billion loan for the The talks in Washington are proposal the government sent to Franklin Templeton to accept a Ivan Tchakarov, an economist at country. meant to ensure all sides under- creditors on June 19 asking for a investor interest writedown, escalating a verbal Citigroup in Moscow, said by phone The eastern European nation stand “the reality of Ukraine’s 40 percent writedown and pledg- battle that’s hindered progress on Friday. “Given the fact that paid a coupon this week due to situation,” debt envoy Vitaliy ing to return some of those losses WASHINGTON: Trying to in a $19bn restructuring. both sides have expended so much Russia, which has said it will take Lisovenko told reporters in should the economy rebound, figure out how many investors The two sides traded barbs effort arguing their positions, it’s the country to court if it reneges Frankfurt on Friday. “The struc- according to a person with knowl- might want to fund your small this week before a meeting in difficult to step back now.” on the $3bn note coming due in ture of the economy is physically edge of the talks. business? Go ahead and tweet Washington with the International The divide is increasing the December. destroyed. We cannot rebound Bondholders said this week about it. Monetary Fund on June 30 that risk that Ukraine will impose a Ukrainian bonds headed for quickly.” they hadn’t been provided the Startups are now able to post Ukraine’s main debt envoy hopes moratorium on coupon payments a weekly gain, indicating some The conflict with pro-Russian new forecasts. An offer they a Twitter message about their will show bondholders how dire before its next one comes due on investors expect the government separatists in Ukraine’s eastern- submitted in May included only stock or debt offering to gauge the nation’s economic outlook is. July 24, triggering a default that to scale back demands for a so- most regions sent gross domestic coupon reductions and maturity interest among potential inves- A creditor group owning $9bn Goldman Sachs said this week called haircut to avoid defaulting. product into tailspin and drained extensions, generating savings tors, the Securities and Exchange of the nation’s debt argues its will probably unfold. Skipping The nation’s $2.6bn of notes due reserves, leading the IMF to for Ukraine they say amount to Commission said this week. The being saddled with an unequal debt payments threatens to July 2017 rose 0.29 cent on the downgrade its forecast for this almost $16bn. announcement continues the burden to generate savings for make it harder for Ukraine to dollar to 49.78 cents by 4.12 pm in year’s recession to nine percent WP-BLOOMBERG SEC’s trend of warming up to social media, which began two years ago when it approved the use of posts on Facebook and Japan Post plans IPO Twitter to communicate cor- porate announcements such as Ex-Qualcomm staffer earnings. “It’s a brave new world,” said Joe Wallin, a Seattle- based attorney who advises startups at gets $500,000 fine, jail Carney Badley Spellman. “The way securities have been distrib- WASHINGTON: A former a statement. Wang, of Del Mar, uted and sold has never involved high-ranking executive of US California, committed insider a lot of media.” computer chip giant Qualcomm trading on three separate occa- The SEC’s latest endorsement was fined $500,000 and sen- sions over a 10-month period in of social media only applies to tenced to 18 months in prison for 2010 and 2011, prosecutors said. companies looking to raise as insider trading, US officials said. “Jing Wang was a powerful much as $50 million a year. New Jing Wang, 52, the former exec- insider at one of the world’s top small-business fundraising rules utive vice president and president corporations — but he threw were approved in March, which of global business operations at it all away to make a few hun- increased the limit for capi- Qualcomm pleaded guilty last dred thousand dollars,” said US tal raised to $50m from $5m to July to insider trading charges, Attorney Laura Duffy of the enjoy the perk of fewer required including trades on a 2011 deal Southern District of California. disclosures. for Atheros Communications, the In early 2010, Wang bought The changes were required Justice Department said. He had around $277,000 of Qualcomm under the 2012 Jumpstart Our also pleaded guilty to laundering stock prior to the company’s Business Startups Act, which the proceeds of his insider trading unexpected announcement of a deregulated fundraising rules for using an offshore shell company. dividend increase and stock repur- small businesses. “Jing Wang gained unique chase program. Then in December Firms that use Twitter to access to information about the 2010, while he was in Hong Kong, solicit investor interest must company’s earnings and intended Wang purchased Atheros stock include a link to a required dis- A man walks past an advertising poster in the headquarters of Japan Post in Tokyo. The head of Japan acquisitions and illegally exploited hours after Qualcomm’s board claimer that says the firm isn’t Post Holdings said that the mail and financial conglomerate is planning to file an IPO application with that inside information for per- approved an offer for Atheros that yet selling securities, the SEC said the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday. sonal gain,” Assistant Attorney had not been made public. in this week’s announcement. General Leslie Caldwell said in AFP WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Nike, GE to win after Obama trade-powers victory TPP to boost US influence in Asian markets; apparel firms to benefit from reducing cross-border costs

NEW YORK: Companies from govern intellectual property and in China, Webber said. David Abney said in an interview and Manufacturers of America, a “There is huge corporate con- Nike to UPS stand to benefit as other aspects of Pacific commerce. Nike, which makes Air Jordans that “there is nothing more impor- trade organization for large drug centration in meat production,” the United States edges closer Breaking down barriers between and other popular shoes in Asia, tant” than a trade agreement for manufacturers. she said. “Part of that is because to the most sweeping trade the United States and 11 other said fast-track authority and the companies like his. “Every time the “If they don’t have a strong IP they can ship production across accord in two decades. countries could lead to an exo- Pacific accord could generate as U.S. signs a free trade agreement, protection, then their medications the borders. They can fatten The Trans-Pacific Partnership, dus of American jobs to low-cost many as 10,000 new US manufac- we see package exports grow 20 per- could be pirated,” he said. “With the pigs, say, in Mexico and which would broaden coopera- locales, while also hurting smaller turing and engineering jobs at the cent,” Abney said. stronger IP protections, we would they can bring them back to tion on Pacific trade and boost domestic companies, they say. company and its partners in the Drugmakers expect a trade be able to sell our medicines and the US to slaughter, and along US influence in Asian markets, The accord, which would link next decade as tariff reductions deal to extend the Food and introduce them in every country.” the way, farmers and workers may move forward now that the the US, Canada and countries make it easier to invest in the US Drug Administration’s decades- Agriculture groups including lose bargaining power. It makes Senate voted June 24 to grant including Japan, Australia and Obama visited the shoe-maker’s long period of drug exclusiv- the National Meat Producers it harder for their interests to President Barack Obama so- Vietnam, would be the most signif- Beaverton, Oregon, headquarters ity to participating countries, Council have supported a pos- be served.” called fast-track authority to icant since the North American last month to speak about the including those that have weaker sible trade pact because it could Labor groups have battled the pursue trade deals. Businesses as Free Trade Agreement was possible benefits of a trade pact. regulatory regimes. While that give US farmers greater access legislation, saying it will lead varied as Nike, General Electric, passed 20 years ago. Obama’s GE, one of the largest publicly would hurt generic drugmak- to growing export markets. The companies to ship jobs overseas. United Parcel Service and others administration is also pushing traded exporters in the US, has ers, it may benefit companies industry sends $2bn of product Larry Cohen, former president say an agreement may boost over- the Trans-Atlantic Trade and been vocal in support of free trade such as Pfizer, Merck & Co and each year to Japan even with of Communications Workers of seas sales, reduce import costs Investment Partnership, a pro- efforts and reauthorization of GlaxoSmithKline, which could tariff barriers, and “if those are America, which represents 700,000 and lead to employment growth. posed free-trade deal between the the Export-Import Bank’s char- postpone cheaper non-exclusive eliminated, we’ll sell a whole lot workers, said it could also harm “Any kind of huge multinational US and the European Union. ter, which expires at the end of versions of their drugs from more pork to Japan,” said Dave call-center workers and other company would like something Wednesday’s action could set the month. In a recent speech entering foreign markets. Warner, director of communica- non-manufacturing positions. like this,” said Caitlin Webber, the stage for full approval of the in Washington, Chief Executive Without competition from tions for the council. “There’s nothing good in this a trade policy analyst with Pacific deal this year or next. Officer Jeffrey Immelt said reject- generic drug companies, brand While big meat producers may unless you’re a multinational cor- Bloomberg Intelligence. “It gives Reducing cross-border costs ing the trade accord would hurt drugmakers can have greater benefit, smaller farmers could poration concerned about your them more flexibility in their sup- could directly benefit the apparel US companies and ultimately control on pricing overseas. It get squeezed as large-scale pro- investment rights,” Cohen said. ply chain, more certainty about and shoe companies that have workers. could also encourage large com- duction is moved to lower-cost “For everybody else it’s only a ques- investing.” been increasing staffing in “If you’re on the side of small and panies to expand to countries they locations, said Karen Hansen- tion of how harmed will you be. The Labour groups are fighting the Vietnam, which has emerged medium-sized businesses, you should might have previously avoided, Kuhn, director of international apparel industry, auto parts, elec- proposed Pacific accord, which as a low-cost manufacturing be voting for free trade,” Immelt said Mark Grayson, a spokesman strategy at the Institute for tronics don’t stand a chance.” would eliminate some tariffs and alternative as wages have risen said. UPS Chief Executive Officer for Pharmaceutical Research Agriculture and Trade Policy. WP-BLOOMBERG

China to boost Net service Apple watch attracting PayPal shares to start trading few Swiss buyers on July 20 after ZURICH: Apple began selling the target audience of the Apple its smartwatch in Switzerland, Watch,” said Rene Weber, an eBay split luring young consumers to ditch analyst at Bank Vontobel in four centuries of Swiss herit- Zurich who was part of the NEW YORK: PayPal will start age in favour of Silicon Valley throng. “Swatch is now chal- trading on the Nasdaq on July gadgets. lenged to bring something to 20 under the “PYPL” ticker Shaun Mettler was one of a the market that will excite young after its split from parent com- crowd of about 40 people who people.” pany eBay. lined up outside Apple’s Zurich The Biel-based watchmaker, E-commerce company eBay boutique to be the first in the which also makes high-end Inc said on Friday that its board nation to snatch up the new Omega and Breguet time- of directors officially approved device, which went on sale here pieces, is responding to Apple the completion of the separation. on Friday. with a Swatch model that The split was first announced in The 23-year-old student said will be able to make mobile September 2014. he hasn’t owned a watch since payments. Investors had pressured the his Flik Flak, a Swiss-made chil- Other Swiss brands have also company to split because they dren’s watch that Swatch Group said they’re introducing elec- said separate units could be more introduced in the 1980s. Now he’s tronic devices, including TAG focused on growth. PayPal has buying an Apple Watch because, Heuer, Montblanc and Frederique long been eBay’s fastest growing he says, most timepieces aren’t Constant. segment. useful enough. Steven Wuersten, a 23-year- EBay has said it plans to focus “A normal watch just tells old logistics worker from the Chinese people use computers in an Internet cafe in Beijing. China has more than 630 million Internet users on growing its 25 million sellers the time and is about prestige,” town of Frick, was among a small and 570 million mobile phone users and the country is pushing for increase in investment and development and 157 million active buyers, Mettler said. “The Apple Watch group who camped outside the in new technologies for mobile and smart devices. particularly small- and medium- has a whole range of functions, Apple store Thursday night. size merchants that make of and the design is great. It will Sleeping on the street overnight 70 percent of the global retail force Swiss mechanical watch- to buy the watch was not neces- market. makers to come up with some- sary, he said. PayPal will position itself thing new.” “It’s a pity, I thought there as a “full-service” payments The Apple Watch may aggra- would be at least 50 people here Aetna close to buying Humana partner for consumers and vate the Swiss watch industry’s overnight,” he said, sitting on a merchants, handling mobile difficulties by attracting mil- blue fold-up chair. NEW YORK: US health cash-and-stock bid this week to offered $47bn in cash and stock transactions, credit purchases lennials who often don’t wear The Swiss prices for Apple’s insurer Aetna Inc is close to buy Humana, Bloomberg said. for smaller rival Cigna, who and customer loyalty rewards watches. new gadget run from 389 buying rival Humana Inc and Humana, which had a market rebuffed the offer the next day. programmes. Swiss watchmakers already francs ($417) for a Sport model a deal could be signed as early value of $27.59bn as of Thursday’s The intensifying talks come EBay and PayPal will still have to deal with a surge in to 17,500 francs for one with as this weekend, Bloomberg close, was not immediately avail- as insurers seek scale to trim work together. The companies the franc against the euro a gold case. Most people in reported, citing people familiar able for comment. administrative costs and nego- have said PayPal will process that’s eroding profits, plus a line said they had their heart with the matter. Aetna and Cigna declined to tiate lower prices with doctors, at least 80 percent of transac- slump in demand from China, set on the cheapest version. Humana has also received comment. moves they say will make plans tions on eBay after the split, even the biggest market for their When the device first arrived an offer from Cigna Corp, but Reuters has previously reported more affordable. though both can work with new products. The industry’s in shops in New York, London Humana’s board prefers the offer that Humana is in takeover talks Aetna’s shares jumped 4.3 per- partners. exports in May declined the and Beijing in April, crowds from Aetna, Bloomberg reported. with Aetna and Cigna. cent to a record $133.05 after the San Jose, California-based most since 2009. were scarce. Aetna and Humana were in Bloomberg said discussions report, while Humana’s shares eBay will keep trading under More than half of the crowd One man who stood in front talks, a source familiar with the between Humana and Aetna were up 6.5 percent at $196.21 in the “EBAY” symbol. Each eBay of about 40 waiting at Apple’s of the entrance said he was just matter said, adding that there intensified in the past few days afternoon trading. shareholder will receive one store on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse there to fix his broken iPhone was no certainty Aetna would after it emerged over the week- Cigna shares rose 2.7 percent share of PayPal stock for each on Friday appeared to be under screen. Told what the crowd was prevail. Cigna is also in the run- end that rivals Anthem Inc and to a record high of $170.20, before share of eBay held on July 8. 30 years old. Many said it will be for, he replied, “What’s the Apple ning, a second source confirmed Cigna had held merger talks of giving up some gains to trade up PayPal stock will be distributed their first timepiece. Watch?” to Reuters. their own. one percent at $167.51. July 17. “Young people are definitely WP-BLOOMBERG Aetna made a formal Anthem said yesterday it had REUTERS AP Japan’s consumer prices rise

TOKYO: Japanese consumer be relieved, even with inflation at a May policy meeting. prices rose fractionally in May, data that’s a bit stronger,” said Oil prices have dropped by as central bank chief Haruhiko Kiichi Murashima, an economist more than 40 percent from last Kuroda tries to generate infla- at Citigroup who accurately fore- year’s peak in June. Cheaper tion with unprecedented mon- cast the May figure. “Today’s data energy could help drive declines etary stimulus. tell us that Japan’s economy has in consumer prices of as much as Consumer prices excluding a tight labor market but it’s not 0.2 percent before inflation picks fresh food increased 0.1 percent fueling consumer spending.” up again, Takahashi said. from a year earlier, the statis- Household spending in May The weak yen — a source of tics bureau said, versus forecasts increased 4.8 percent from a higher import costs — could sup- by economists for inflation to year earlier, having slumped more port inflationary pressures. be unchanged. Unemployment tham 10 percent in March and Higher costs of ingredients remained at 3.3 percent while dropped 1.3 percent in April. is leading Kagome Co. to boost household spending eked out a The price of travel packages to prices of its sauces in August, the gain for the first time in more overseas and bills for domestic first increase in a quarter century. than a year. hotel contributed to the rise in Kokuyo Co. cited the weak yen as a Growth that’s forecast to slow consumer prices, Murashima said. reason for its decision to raise the this quarter risks damping infla- The central bank refrained price of its stationery from July. tion that Kuroda predicts will from boosting its unprecedented A Cabinet Office survey released pick up later in the year as the stimulus last week, with Kuroda this month showed that 87 percent effects of the plunge in oil prices sticking to his view that the of households expect the cost of liv- fade. Only 2 of 32 economists see underlying trend in consumer ing to increase in the year ahead. the BoJ reaching its two percent prices is upward. Expectations “We have to carefully watch to see target by September next year, that inflation will pick up have if households welcome an increase with a majority forecasting an been maintained, even with in prices,” said Atsushi Takeda, an eventual increase in stimulus. slower readings in the data, some economist at Itochu Corp. Pedestrians walk past a display window of a shop offering a sale, in the Ginza shopping district in central Tokyo. “It’s too early for the BoJ to members of the BoJ’s board said WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Economists spend less time ‘Gig economy’ isn’t playing in made-up world

BY NOAH SMITH

“ t works in practice, but does it work in theory?” This joke is so reality in the US yet commonly applied to economists that no one even knows who said it originally. The idea fits with the stereotype of econo- Imists as out-of-touch theory-obsessed philosophers, wasting BY JUSTIN FOX a few thousand extra bucks a only goes back to 2000 because couldn’t get full-time work (as I time arguing about what would happen in a made-up world of their year selling needle-felted mini- that’s when the government wrote last week). What this data own devising, while all around them the real world unfolds in ways n a column this week ature animals on Etsy, are you started keeping track of the doesn’t show, though, is some that are totally different. about an interesting pro- going to tell a CPS surveyor that incorporated self-employed kind of sweeping transformation Whether this stereotype was ever true, it certainly isn’t true posal for a new approach you have multiple jobs? I know along with the unincorporated of the American workplace, in a today. Empirical papers are taking over from theoretical papers to employment benefits, I wouldn’t say that, yet I file a self-employed. If every nonem- nation of 149 million employees in the economic literature, and the methods used for untangling Felix Salmon referred to Schedule C with the Internal ployer business were a full-time as of May. cause and effect are getting more and more scientific. The big driver I“a large increase in the number Revenue Service every year to job, the two lines would presum- If you want to see what a is information technology, which has made the entire world into of people working multiple jobs, report book royalties, speak- ably overlap. They don’t -- so the sweeping transformation of the economists’ laboratory. So econ, in general, is becoming more like for well over 40 hours per week ing fees and freelance writing gap roughly represents people American workplace looks like, a science and less like philosophy. in total, but not receiving any of income. who are getting business income consider these two numbers on Now, in macroeconomics-- the study of business cycles and long- the benefits which have histori- Happily, there is another on the side. retirement plans: In 1982, 84 term growth -- this shift has been a lot harder and slower. The cally accompanied that kind of data series that does capture Given how different the data percent of full-time workers at reason is that in macro, there’s just much less data. History only workload.” such work. It’s assembled by sources are (tax returns versus medium-sized and large com- happens once, and it’s hard to know to what degree the future That seemed like it might be the Census Bureau from IRS tax a survey), this is only a rough panies were enrolled in defined- will be like the past. To make matters worse, there’s just not that right, but I’ve been finding a lot return data, it comes out once a approximation. But the gap is benefit pension plans; by 2013 it much data out there -- we’ve been keeping good records for less of surprises in employment data year with a two-year delay, and definitely growing. Also, the was down to 27 percent. than a century. lately. So I went to the Bureau hardly anybody pays any atten- Census Bureau actually tight- The US Government So where there’s less data, we would expect theory to expand of Labor Statistics’ website, and tion to it. I only discovered that ened its screens for identifying Accountability Office made to fill the gap. And in fact, macro is the main battleground for found this: the most recent numbers were nonemployer businesses starting some minor waves this spring a perpetual argument about whether theory or evidence should The numbers are from the released late last month because in 2009, meaning that the gap by reporting that “contingent be in the driver’s seat. Ed Prescott, a Nobel- winning economist, Current Population Survey, the I was looking at old posts on has probably been growing even workers” (part- timers, temps, famously declared in 1986 that theory was “ahead” of measurement monthly survey of about 60,000 Steve King’s excellent Small faster than the chart shows. contract workers and the self- in business cycle theory. But since the financial crisis, there has households from which the Business Labs blog. In 2013, there were about 8 employed) now make up 40.4 been a clamor to elevate data to its rightful place. University of unemployment rate is derived. The Census Bureau’s “non- million more nonemployer busi- percent of the workforce. That California-Berkeley economist Barry Eichengreen writes: While multiple jobholding is employer businesses” are sole nesses than people reporting was up from 30.6 percent the While older members of the economics establishment continue down overall, the subset of these proprietorships, partnerships that they were self-employed. last time the GAO made such an to debate the merits of competing analytical frameworks, younger multiple jobholders who have or corporations that have no This is a lot of people. There’s accounting. The data source used economists are bringing to bear important new evidence about only part-time jobs has grown -- employees but report $1,000 no telling how many of them in 2006 was a Bureau of Labor how the economy operates...These developments amount to a sea from 1.2 percent of employment or more in annual receipts -- actually face the predicament Statistics survey conducted in change in [macro] economics. As recently as a couple of decades in 1994 to 1.3 percent today. So unless they’re in construction, described by Felix Salmon at 2005 after similar surveys in ago, empirical analysis was informed by relatively small and limited yes, an increase, but not exactly in which case the cutoff is $1. In the beginning of this column, 1999 and 1995. Those surveys, data sets. To be sure, [theories] are still needed to help make sense a large one. the chart below I also include the but it’s got to be in the millions interestingly, showed a decrease of the data. But now there is reason to hope that, in the future, Maybe the problem, though, BLS data series on self- employ- given the sharp increase during between 1995 and 2005 in con- economists’ conclusions and policy advice will be shaped not by is with the questions. If you ment, which is derived from the the Great Recession in people tingent workers’ share of overall those frameworks’ elegance, but by their ability to fit the facts. have a part-time job and make Current Population Survey and working part-time because they employment. BLOOMBERG As examples of the new approach, he cites a number of efforts to use the Internet to get more comprehensive data, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Billion Prices Project, which collects a more accurate measurement of inflation than the consumer price index. He also mentions researchers who are digging deeper into historical data and examining political institu- tions more closely. I think Eichengreen is right that macro is due for its own empiri- cal revolution. But I think the flood of data is much wider than just the sources he identifies. The list of heroic macroeconomists working to turn the unknowable grows longer every day. For example, consider the work of rising stars Emi Nakamura and Jon Steinsson of Columbia University. The dynamic duo of Nakamura and Steinsson set out to investigate the idea that price “stickiness” -- the inability of prices to adjust to changing economic conditions -- is a big factor in causing recessions. The stickier prices are, the more a fall in aggregate demand will damage the economy. Nakamura and Steinsson found that a lot of the non-sticky prices in the economy are concentrated in a few items, such as gasoline, or the result of temporary sales and discounts. When you account for these price patterns, overall prices in the economy look a lot stickier than economists previously thought. That means that aggregate demand -- the same force that Paul Krugman constantly talks about in his blog -- is a more important factor than economists had previously thought. It also implies that policies such as monetary easing and fiscal stimulus will be effective in counteracting the effect of the sticky prices and bringing the economy back from recession. Other teams of economists, using different methodologies, have recently found very similar patterns. Opponents of monetary easing and fiscal stimulus are going to have to confront these facts. Another example is the work of John Haltiwanger of the University of Maryland. Haltiwanger is a pioneer of the use of microeconomic data to yield macroeconomic insights. Haltiwanger is incredibly prolific. In just the past few years, he and a small army of co-authors have been digging through the data to find out which kinds of com- panies hire workers, why the US business sector is less dynamic than in the past, whether private equity improves productivity and a number of other questions that tell us a huge amount about what is actually happening to our economy. Haltiwanger’s work blurs the traditional lines between “macroeconomics” and “microeconom- ics,” and thus brings data to bear that would have been ignored by traditional macroeconomic theorists focused on broad aggregates such as gross domestic product and unemployment. BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Don’t worry about the Euro, it will be fine

BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY piece in the Atlantic titled “Why reserve currencies. This is one of issue, conducted last fall, showed nations’ increased ability to bor- unlikely to err in the same way Would Anybody Adopt the Euro in the clearest indications that the that in most euro area countries row is an institutional flaw, not again. o many observers, espe- 2015?,” Adam Chandler suggested euro is greater than the sum of people were happier with it than an advantage of the common The debt crisis was caused not cially in the US and the that the Baltic nation became the its parts. they had been the year before: currency. In a speech earlier this by a faulty euro architecture, but UK, what’s happening to 19th euro member to protect itself In any case, ordinary In the same survey, Italy and month in Berlin, for instance, by a failure of risk management at TGreece is only a symptom from Russian aggression. Matt Lithuanians didn’t get the jokes Cyprus were the only countries Greek Finance Minister Yanis financial institutions -- the same of a broader euro crisis. Many peo- O’Brien of the Washington Post and Titanic references. Before without a pro-euro majority, and Varoufakis said that, because of kind of failure that precipitated ple blame the common currency made the same point in a post their country adopted the com- they didn’t have an anti-euro trade surpluses in countries such the US mortgage crisis. for low economic growth, the under the heading “Lithuania mon currency, 57 percent thought majority, either. as Germany and the Netherlands, The primary means to handle excessive debt burdens and high has officially jumped aboard the it would be good for Lithuania, and Apart from making tourism “a tsunami of debt flowed from the financial problems of a euro unemployment in the European Titanic that is the euro,” warning immediately after the change, last and cross-border trade easier Frankfurt, from the Netherlands, country are the country’s national Union’s periphery, and pretty Lithuanians: “Don’t let the door January, support rose to 60 per- -- especially for individuals and from Paris -- to Athens, to Dublin, measures to consolidate the econ- much everything that’s wrong hit you on your way in.” cent. Fifty-four percent said the smaller companies, but also for to Madrid, unconcerned by the omy and stabilise public finances. with Europe’s economy. Yet the The explanation is somewhat euro was good for them person- big ones that no longer need to prospect of a drachma or lira If these means are not enough, the euro works, and most people who ironic given that Russia itself ally -- a sentiment that’s hard to hedge currency risks -- the euro devaluation, as we all share the secondary means is the implemen- use it like it, including Greeks. last year shifted more of its cash explain by fear of Russian inva- also lowers interest rates. Not long euro, and lured by the fantasy of tation of investor liability. The debt crisis, even if it stockpile into euros as it fled the sion. Rather, the euro makes it before going over to the common riskless risk.” He went on: If everyone in the euro area ends with Greece dropping the US dollar: At the end of 2014, 46.1 easier for Lithuanians to travel currency, Lithuania issued its Varoufakis made a valid point adopts that view -- and most gov- euro, may well strengthen, not percent of Russia’s international and order goods online from other first euro-denominated bond at about the irresponsibility of lend- ernments appear to agree with it weaken the common currency. reserves was held in euros, a 5.2 European countries. It’s no longer the lowest interest rate in the ers, such as German banks, which -- the euro won’t fail, even though Just 15 years after its introduc- percentage point increase in 12 necessary to do the annoying cur- country’s history, 2.1 percent, and underestimated the risk of financ- some “irresponsible lenders,” to tion, countries and companies are months. And while that’s an unu- rency conversion. (The exchange it expected borrowing costs to ing governments and companies borrow Varoufakis’s term, may still learning how to use it right, sually large share, euros make up rate, at the end, was 3.4528 litas go down noticeably for both gov- in other euro area members. The still take hits to their bottom lines. and mistakes made in these early 22.1 percent of all countries’ for- per euro.) ernment and businesses, because absence of currency risk appears That’ll be a problem for them, years should be food for thought, eign reserves, significantly more Of course, Lithuanians might that’s what happened in Latvia to have prompted them to throw but not for most Europeans, for not grounds for panic. than the combined 15.7 percent like the euro because they don’t when it adopted the euro in 2014 caution to the wind. They’ve been whom the benefits of a common The euro is now so maligned share that its predecessors -- have much experience with it. and because these costs should be taught some harsh lessons, how- currency outweigh the costs, and that US news outlets treated with the Deutsche mark, the French Yet those who do are also mainly lower when conversion friction ever, by taking big haircuts on not for central banks, which need disbelief and derision Lithuania’s franc and the Dutch guilder -- fond of it. In fact, the latest and currency risk are removed. Greek, Cypriot, Irish and Spanish the euro as a counterweight to the decision to adopt it. In a January had in 1998, their last year as Eurobarometer survey on the Critics argue that peripheral assets, and that should make them too-mighty dollar. 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Oilers make McDavid first Rossi holds off Marquez overall draft pick SUNRISE: Connor McDavid (pictured), who led Canada to a gold medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships, was chosen first overall by to win Dutch MotoGP the Edmonton Oilers during the National Hockey League’s annual entry draft on Friday. Italian stretches overall championship lead over Lorenzo to 10 points The 18-year-old phenom was the consensus first overall pick after an outstanding season with ASSEN, Netherlands: the Erie Otters of the Ontario Valentino Rossi strengthened Dutch Grand Prix Hockey League in which he led his his world championship lead junior team to the league playoff yesterday by coming out on top Results finals where they lost to Oshawa. in a thrilling battle with Marc MotoGP McDavid led the Otters in Marquez to win the Dutch Race Standings postseason scoring with 49 MotoGP at Assen. 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA/ points in just 20 games and was The Italian, on his Yamaha, Yamaha) 40min 54.037sec, 2. named player of the year in all of started from pole and led almost Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) Canadian junior hockey. He also all the way, although reigning at 1.242sec, 3. Jorge Lorenzo won the Red Tilson Award as the world champion Marquez did (ESP/Yamaha) 14.576, 4. Andrea OHL’s top player and the Wayne briefly overtake him seven laps Iannone (ITA/Ducati) 19.109, 5. Gretzky Award as the top playoff from the end. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha performer. Rossi quickly regained the lead Tech3) 24.268, 6. Cal Crutchlow “This is a surreal feeling,” (GBR/Honda LCR) 24.373, 7. and then held off one last desper- said Canadian McDavid, who is Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha ate push on the final chicane by Tech3) 24.442, 8. Dani Pedrosa expected to join Gretzky’s former the Spaniard, on a Honda, cut- (ESP/Honda) 24.656, 9. Aleix Oilers’ team next season. “The ting the corner to go on and claim Espargaro (ESP/Suzuki) 26.725, Edmonton Oilers have such a his third win of the season and 10. Maverick Vinales (ESP/ huge history. It is hard to put into the 111th victory of his illustri- Suzuki) 27.238 words how I feel right now.” ous career. Overall Standings The Buffalo Sabres took “This win is very important 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA/ American forward Jack Eichel because I was competitive all Yamaha) 163 pts, 2. Jorge with the second pick and the weekend,” said Rossi, whose Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 153, 3. Arizona Coyotes made Canadian final winning margin was 1.242 Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati) center Dylan Strome the third seconds. 107, 4. Marc Marquez (ESP/ choice. Mitchel Marner went “I started from pole and pushed Honda) 89, 5. Andrea Dovizioso fourth to the Toronto Maple Leafs throughout the race. The pace (ITA/Ducati) 87, 6. Bradley while Noah Hanifin rounded out was very strong but Marquez Smith (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 77, the top five by becoming the first came with me. I tried to play all 7. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Honda defenseman taken in the draft by my cards and did the two last laps LCR) 57, 8. Pol Espargaro (ESP/ the Carolina Hurricanes. very strong.” Yamaha Tech3) 56, 9. Maverick McDavid capped his third For Rossi it was a seventh Vinales (ESP/Suzuki) 52, 10. season in the Movistar Yamaha’s Italian rider Valentino Rossi celebrates after winning the Dutch MotoGP at the TT Circuit in Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 47 MotoGP win on the famous Assen Assen yesterday. Canadian major track, one more than the six Moto2 junior hockey victories recorded by his legen- “We came back fighting for the Lorenzo said. season and his second in a row Race Standings by finishing sec- dary Italian compatriot Giacomo win which is the most important,” “I didn’t have the pace of after his success in Catalonia two 1. Johann Zarco (FRA/Kalex) ond in scoring Agostini. he said. Valentino and Marc so I realised weeks ago. 26min 13.410sec, 2. Tito Rabat for the Otters He has now won nine times in “The whole race I focused on I had to try not to lose this third He finished ahead of Kalex (ESP/Kalex) at 0.757sec, 3. Sam in the regular all categories at the only circuit to studying the last chicane per- place which is very important for team-mate Tito Rabat of Spain Lowes (GBR/Speed Up) 2.080, 4. season with 44 stage a leg of the world champion- fectly, I knew where to put the the championship.” and Britain’s Sam Lowes of Speed Alex Rins (ESP/Honda) 3.738, goals and 120 5. Thomas Luthi (SUI/Kalex) ship every year since its inception bike to limit his space but I didn’t Italy’s Andrea Iannone finished Up. points. 4.530,6. Xavier Simeon (BEL/ in 1949. As he chases a first world think he’d cut the corner. fourth on a Ducati to remain in The trio went into the race He scored Kalex) 5.045, 7. Jonas Folger championship title since 2009, “In the end I feel we won the third place in the overall stand- holding the leading three places (GER/Kalex) 6.140, 8. Mika three goals and Rossi stretched his advantage race, but five points don’t really ings, while Pol Espargaro of Spain in the world championship stand- Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 8.105, 9. Alex eight assists in over nearest rival Jorge Lorenzo matter for me.” was fifth on the day. ings, which remain unaltered. Marquez (ESP/Honda) 8.376, 10. seven games to 10 points. Spaniard Lorenzo, also on a Marquez’s second place sees Miguel Oliveira of Portugal, Simone Corsi (ITA/Kalex) 9.670 to help Canada “It is important to take maxi- Yamaha, had won the last four him leapfrog Italy’s Andrea riding a KTM, stormed to the Overall Standings secure the World Juniors. mum points in a weekend like this races, including in Catalonia a Dovizioso into fourth spot in the second Moto3 victory of his 1. Johann Zarco (FRA/Kalex) McDavid moves on to the next when you feel confident, because fortnight ago. world championship. career, coming home ahead of 159 pts, 2. Tito Rabat (ESP/ phase of his career having col- the championship is long,” Rossi He finished third this time, The ninth race of the season Fabio Quartararo of France, on Kalex) 114, 3. Sam Lowes (GBR/ lected 285 points in 163 games. added. but could be pleased with his day will be at Sachsenring in Germany a Honda. Speed Up) 96, 4. Thomas Luthi Buffalo did the expected and Meanwhile, having struggled having started from eighth on the in two weeks’ time. Britain’s Honda rider Danny (SUI/Kalex) 89, 5. Alex Rins took Boston University center recently for form, Marquez was grid. Earlier, Johann Zarco of Kent, who has won four of the (ESP/Kalex) 87, 6. Jonas Folger Eichel with the second pick. The happy to come so close to a vic- “It is a very good result know- France, on a Kalex, won the season’s eight races, was third and (GER/Kalex) 75, 7. Franco 18-year-old Eichel won the Hobey tory and to claim a place on the ing the situation was difficult, Moto2 race from pole position. maintains his lead in the world Morbidelli (ITA/Kalex) 62, 8. Baker Award as the top player in podium. starting from eighth place,” It was his third win of the championship standings. AFP Xavier Siméon (Kalex/BEL) US college hockey. 59, 9. Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) Eichel led the Terriers with 71 43, 10. Julian Simon (ESP/Speed points. Up) 40 “I’m just so excited. I’m hon- Simon battles to 11th spot; West crashes Moto3 ored to be part of the organiza- Race Standings tion. It’s a dream come true,” ASSEN, Netherlands: QMMF first lap, everyone was blocking 1. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) Eichel said. “I think everybody in Racing Team rider Julian Simon the line quite well and I found 37min 54.427sec, 2. Fabio Buffalo wants success and wants achieved a solid result and it difficult to get through. But Quartararo (FRA/Honda) at it soon.” earned some valuable points then I had a really good feeling 0.066sec, 3. Danny Kent (GBR/ The Massachusetts native in the Moto2 race at the TT with the bike. As far as race pace Honda) 0.117, 4. Jorge Navarro helped Boston reach the national Circuit in Assen yesterday. goes, we were quite strong and (ESP/Honda) 0.179, 5. Romano championship game where they The Spaniard started well from I passed riders in almost every Fenati (ITA/KTM) 0.252, 6. lost 4-3 to Providence College. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Honda) 12th on the grid and swapped lap. In some sections, I was a lot Eichel had six shots on goal but 0.526, 7. Brad Binder (RSA/ positions with Simone Corsi sev- stronger than other riders and in KTM) 0.540, 8. Karel Hanika finished with just one assist and eral times before settling in 11th others we still lacked a bit with (CZE/KTM) 21.406, 9. Niccolo a penalty in the championship place in the seventh lap. our suspension settings. Our new Antonelli (ITA/Honda) 21.472, game. He is now looking forward suspension is a lot better than 10. John McPhee (GBR/Honda) With the third-overall selec- to the next race at the German what we had in the past but it’s 21.663 tion, the Arizona brought in Sachsenring, a track he likes and still not dialed in a 100 per cent Overall Standings McDavid’s teammate, left-handed where he is determined to fight and we need to fine-tune it some 1. Danny Kent (GBR/Honda) shooting center Strome. Strome for an even better result. more. Still, I felt stronger than 165 pts. 2. Enea Bastianini (ITA/ led the Otters in all offensive cat- Simon’s team-mate Anthony the two riders in front of me and Honda) 108, 3. Miguel Oliveira egories and was the OHL scor- West also started well, storming I could have beaten them easily, so (POR/KTM) 102, 4. Romano ing champion, totalling 45 goals, to 14th place in only eight laps 12th place would have been possi- Fenati (ITA/KTM) 86, 5. Efren 84 assists and 129 points over 68 after starting from 22nd on the ble. But one of them made a small Vazquez (ESP/Honda) 76, 6. regular-season games. He added grid. mistake in the chicane and when Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Honda) 22 points in 20 playoff contests. But on lap 12, the Australian the other one tried to pass him 74, 7. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) The Maple Leafs used the fell victim to a collision right in going in to turn one, they collided. 66, 8. Isaac Viñales (ESP/ fourth spot to grab Marner, a front of him. A fender that flew As they hit each other, the front Husqvarna) 64, 9. Francesco center from the OHL’s London off one of the other bikes landed fender of one of their bikes flew Bagnaia (ITA/Mahindra) 55, 10. Knights. Marner totalled 126 in his path and caused West to off and went directly under my Niccolo Antonelli (ITA/Honda) points — second only to Strome 49 crash. front wheel and I crashed straight — in 63 regular-season contests, After the race Simon said: “We away. It was really bad luck and would have scored a good result then picked up nine goals and were not bad in the race and I I am disappointed because I lost after a bad weekend.” seven assists in only seven play- want to thank my team once points…Without this incident, we THE PENINSULA off games. again for their good work in the Carolina owned the fifth slot, preparation of the bike. After the and duly selected Boston College race, we analyzed where we are rising sophomore Noah Hanifin. strong and where we are not so AFP strong and we came to some con- clusions regarding the future with the chassis settings. Altogether, Baseball Results it was not an easy weekend. We Baltimore 4 Cleveland 3 lost a lot of time in qualifying yes- Washington 5 Philadelphia 2 terday due to our problem with Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 2 the brake and we didn’t get the Toronto 12 Texas 2 grid position we had hoped for. Detroit 5 C White Sox 4 But I started well in the race, I NY Mets 2 Cincinnati 1 managed to overtake some riders and later defended my position. Boston 4 Tampa Bay 3 So we could score some valuable LA Dodgers 7 Miami 1 world championship points. Now NY Yankees 3 Houston 2 we look forward to the race at Milwaukee 10 Minnesota 4 Sachsenring, which is a track I St Louis 3 Chicago Cubs 2 like. With some modifications to Kansas City 5 Oakland 2 the bike, I am sure we will be able Seattle 3 LA Angels 1 to fight for a top 10 position.” QMMF Racing Team rider Julian Simon of Spain reacts after finishing the QMMF Racing Team rider Anthony West of Australia walks away after San Diego 4 Arizona 2 Moto2 race at the TT Circuit in Assen yesterday. West said: “My start was okay, crashing during the Moto2 race at the TT Circuit in Assen yesterday. not great, but not too bad. On the Colorado 8 San Francisco 6 SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Swiss Bencic wins World No.1 Serena unfazed by calender Grand Slam pressure

LONDON: Serena Williams is Eastbourne trophy adamant she can cope with the pressure of going for a calender Grand Slam as she eyes the Teenager downs Radwanska in the final third leg of the historic achieve- ment at Wimbledon. Williams has swept to LONDON: Swiss teenager Australian and French Open tri- Belinda Bencic overcame umphs over the last six months Agnieszka Radwanska in the and the world number one returns final of the Eastbourne Open to the All England Club within grasscourt tournament yester- two major titles of becoming the day to claim her first WTA title first woman since Steffi Graf in and become the youngest player 1988 to claim the four top titles since 2008 to clinch a premier- in one year. level trophy. The 33-year-old American also Bencic, 18, romped through the Switzerland’s won the US Open to end 2014 on deciding set to clinch the title a high and is heavy favourite to Belinda with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 victory which continue that dominant run by Bencic further underlined her good form taking the Wimbledon title for on grass ahead of Wimbledon celebrates the sixth time in her illustrious which starts tomorrow. with the career. Bencic, ranked 31st in the trophy after Her march to a momentous world, reached the final of the Den winning milestone has captured the pub- Bosch event in the Netherlands the final of lic’s attention and Serena knows Serena Williams (left) of the US after a training session at the All England at the start of the month. She Eastbourne the eyes of the sporting world will Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, on Friday. will begin her Wimbledon cam- Open against be on her over the next fortnight. paign against Bulgarian Tsvetana Agnieszka But she insists she will have no Pironkova. Radwanska, problems with the extra attention fast on Margaret Court’s record less pressure because I haven’t Radwanska, a former champion yesterday in and expectation because her men- of 24, with the possibility of equal- done well here in the past two at Eastbourne and Wimbledon Eastbourne. tal toughness is a bigger strength ling second-placed Graf’s tally of years,” said Williams, who faces runner-up in 2012, collapsed in than even her booming serve and 22 by the end of the year. Russian qualifier Margarita the final set having clawed her over-powering ground-strokes. Yet, while Williams comes Gasparyan in the Wimbledon way back into the contest as her “Personally it doesn’t make to the All England Club as the first round. opponent played near flawless it feel any different, which I woman to beat, she knows her Given her antipathy to the sur- tennis. think is a good thing because I early exits from the tournament face, Serena could have got extra “This is one of the biggest days don’t feel any pressure to win all over the last two years prove preparation time at one of the of my life, it’s a dream come true,” four,” Williams told reporters at nothing can be taken for granted, Wimbledon warm-up events, yet Bencic said. Wimbledon yesterday. especially given her discomfort on instead she and her sister Venus “I am so happy. It’s incredible. “I really don’t feel that pres- the fast grasscourts. have been honing their grass game I will never forget this.” sure. Maybe if I would happen Last year she crashed out with the help of golf legend Jack At 18 years and 109 days, Bencic to win here, then maybe I might against unheralded Alize Cornet Nicklaus, who has three courts is the youngest player to win a ATP title by beating Sam Querrey Istomin was broken twice while start feeling it after that. in the third round and in 2013 she at his plush home near her base premier-level title since Caroline of the United States 7-6(1), 7-6(6). serving for the match at 5-2 and “Being the youngest of five chil- was dumped out by Sabine Lisicki in Florida. Wozniacki won in New Haven Istomin, ranked 92nd in the 5-4 and then lost five of the first dren really made me have to scrap in the last 16. “That’s where we’ve been train- almost seven years ago. world, survived a second-set rally six points in the tiebreak. and be tougher. “I think the fact that I lost so ing. Me and Venus were at Jack In the men’s grasscourt event from Querrey who came back The Uzbek, however, won seven With 20 Grand Slam titles to early the past couple years defi- Nicklaus’ place. He’s so nice to let in Nottingham, Uzbekistan’s from 5-2 down to force a second of the last eight points to take the her name, Williams also sits third nitely makes me motivated. But us use his courts. Very good courts Denis Istomin claimed his first tiebreak. trophy. REUTERS on the all-time list and is closing I think that also gives me a little as well,” she said. AFP Sharapova upbeat after Federer confident of Wimbledon overcoming illness LONDON: Maria Sharapova every symptom that I had for a title after ‘best preparation’ (pictured) claims she is back week or so during the French to full fitness just in time for Open, and a few days before. Wimbledon after suffering a “I’m much better now, thank- LONDON: Roger Federer has co-coach, six-times Grand Slam health scare in the build-up to fully. It was great to be able to not won a Grand Slam title since champion Stefan Edberg, was also the Grand Slam. be on the court and not have to 2012, he is at that age when he in its infancy but after working Sharapova flew home to cough or blow my nose a hundred keeps getting asked about his together for 18 months, Federer California for tests on the ‘flu times and all those things. retirement plans, and he is feels he is on the verge of reaping that proved impossible to shake “That’s kind of annoying when about to bid farewell to another the rewards of that union. off during the French Open and you’re just trying to become a one of his contemporaries. “This year I feel my game is ruined her defence of the Roland great tennis player.” Rather than looking back on a better,” said Federer, who also Garros crown. Although her faltering health stellar career that has earned him switched to a bigger-framed The 28-year-old Russian stopped the world number four a record 17 Grand Slam titles, the Switzerland’s racquet. crashed out in the from playing in 33-year-old Swiss declared yes- Roger Federer “I’ve gotten used to the racquet. fourth round in a Wimbledon terday he has never felt better (left) poses for This is not the first time I’m at Paris as she bat- warm-up event, coming into Wimbledon. a photograph Wimbledon with Stefan Edberg. tled an illness that Sharapova is still “It’s probably been the best following The work I’ve put in ... I feel I left her struggling confident of mak- preparation I’ve ever had for a practice could really aim for Wimbledon to catch her breath ing a run at her Wimbledon because we have a session ahead this year. Whereas last year, it between coughing first All England week more on the grass,” Federer of the 2015 was all about getting back,” he fits. Club title since told reporters about the extended Wimbledon added. On numerous winning there as three-week grasscourt swing Championships This year’s event will also occasions dur- a teenager in 2004. ahead of Wimbledon. at the All mark the final hurrah for 2002 ing her 7-6, 6-4 “It took a lit- “Winning Halle has given me champion Lleyton Hewitt, the England defeat against tle while for me the extra confidence I guess it’s last man to win here before the Tennis Club in Lucie Safarova, to really refresh going to take me to win this title sport’s Big Four of Federer, Rafa Sharapova was and recover and here.” Wimbledon, Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy seen blowing her give myself just a Twelve months ago his hopes southwest Murray began their Wimbledon nose on court and, chance to feel good of hoisting the gilded Challenge London on dictatorship. when the heavy again and get back Cup for a record eighth time were Friday. While Hewitt is the latest of his cold still hadn’t cleared after her to work,” added Sharapova, who dashed in a heartbreaking five-set grand slam final victims to hang exit, she decided to get checked last made the Wimbledon final in loss to world number one Novak up their rackets, following in the out before being given the all- 2011 and opens her latest chal- Djokovic. footsteps of Mark Philippoussis, clear by doctors. lenge against British wildcard Rather than dwelling on what Marat Safin, Andy Roddick and “Due to the circumstances, the Johanna Konta. he failed to achieve as a result of Andre Agassi, Federer is in no way I was feeling, actually I had to “I planned on going to Florida. that defeat, Federer was more hurry to slip on the slippers just go back home and do some tests, But then I needed to do a few focused on what the run to the yet. run through all that,” the five- things back in California for my final 12 months ago taught him. “I don’t want to go there with time Grand Slam champion told health. Then I just came here “Last year’s final ... if it does my thoughts because the more I reporters at the All England Club as soon as I got the green light something, it goes to show that think about it, the closer I am to yesterday. to start the training. It’s been a I was playing well. I wasn’t play- winning his eighth title in Halle. way back (after injury niggles in retirement,” he said. “I think you guys saw how I was really good 10 days. To finally have ing great and I (still) made the “I didn’t expect myself to right 2013). But things went faster than “Clearly I need to think about (in Paris). I was going through it that energy, I think that’s quite finals,” said the second seed, away make the finals. To be hon- I thought they would.” it eventually, but not for the and I was trying to kind of battle important as an athlete. AFP who tuned up for Wimbledon by est, I was still somewhat on the His relationship with his moment.” REUTERS Raja advances at Radisson Blu squash DOHA: Imran Ali Raja eased in Doha. This year’s championship past Mohamed Kalesh in is the 15th edition of the profes- Radisson Blu Results straight games to move into the sional and amateur squash cham- Russel Frame bt Jonathan Rison, w.o; Abdulla Almass bt Paul second round of the Radisson pionship held under the guidance Mckeowan, (3-0) w.o; Imran Ali Raja bt Mohamed Kalesh, (3-0) Blu-Olympic Sports Squash of Qatar Squash Federation 11-3/11-0/11-0; Gullume Durance bt Iven Farles, (3-0) w.o; Osama tournament. (QSF) and is held in ten differ- Mohamed bt Ibrahim Aljindi, (3-1) 11-3/7-11/11-3/11-6; Mohamed In the Men’s Level B category ent categories. Mazen bt Taha Khalid Arif, (3-2) 11-9/8-11/11-9/6-11/11-7; Shehab played at Radisson Blu Squash The competition is open for Saher bt Hazem Nayel, (3-0) 11-7/11-6/11-5; Mohamed Nayal bt Karim court, Raja eased to a 11-3, 11-0, both professionals and amateur Ehoneim, (3-0) 11-3/11-4/11-5; Mohamed Bilal bt Hassan Omar, 11-0 win. players. (3-0) 11-4/11-4/11-3; Mohamed Galal bt Ludovic Farach, (3-0) w.o; Around 100 players are taking Players are competing in the Mohamed Faiz bt Srikanth Murth, (3-0) w.o; Amin Mohamed bt part in the championship heald over-45 years, Under-9, Under- Russel Frame, (3-2) 11-9/4-11/13-11/9-11/11-7; A. Wahab Al Ishaq bt at the Khalifa International 11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 Matt Pearson, (3-0) w.o; Sadam Mehawesh bt Imraan Peerllai, (3-0) Tennis and Squash Complex at and Under-19 besides men’s level w.o; Omar Ashraf bt Mohamed Belal, (3-0) 11-2/11-5/11-7; Ziad Rahim Action from the Radisson Blu Squash tournament which kicked off in bt Srikanth Murth, (3-0) w.o; Fahad Zaman bt Haytham Gouda, the Radisson Blu Hotel, which A, men’s level B and ladies event. Doha on Friday. kicked off on Friday at two venues THE PENINSULA (3-0) 14-12/13-11/11-9. SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Fraser-Pryce sets mark as Powell

Tyson Gay (left) crosses storms to 100m win the finish line ahead KINGSTON: Former world of Trayvon record holder Asafa Powell Bromell to surged to the 100 metres title win the men’s at the Jamaican national trials 100m final on Friday in a time of 9.84 sec- during day two onds, while 2011 world cham- of the 2015 pion Yohan Blake failed to USA Outdoor make it out of his semi-final. In the women’s final, double Track and Field Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Championships Fraser-Pryce scorched home at Hayward in 10.79 seconds, the best in the Field in world this year, to lay down a Eugene, marker ahead of her 100m title Oregon, on defence at August’s world cham- Friday. pionships in Beijing. In the absence of Usain Bolt, whose decision not to run in raised fresh concerns about his fitness, Powell pulled away from the field in the last 20m to equal his season best. Jamaica’s Asafa Powell “I’m still in hard training acknowledges the crowd after as we’re really focusing on the winning the 100m during the world championships, so this was just me coming off some hard national trials at the National work and running very fast so Stadium in Kingston. I’m feeling very confident,” he told Reuters. Fraser-Pryce said, noting that Nickel Ashmeade leaned at she will now turn her attention Gay powers past Bromell the tape to take second in 9.91 to the 200m. while Commonwealth champion “Physically I’m good ... I’m just Kemar Bailey-Cole was third in looking forward to the rest of the 9.97. championship and also just try to Nesta Carter, who won bronze execute some races and get my in Moscow, also dipped below 10 fitness going,” she added. as Bowie tops women seconds with 9.98 but will have to With Elaine Thompson opt- settle for relay duties in Beijing. ing to compete only in the 200m, Blake, the 2012 Olympic 100 Fraser-Pryce’s other training and 200m silver medallist, placed partner Natasha Morrison took McCorory, Hardee and Nelvis set year’s best figures sixth in Powell’s semi-final in a second in 11.03 ahead 2007 world time of 10.36. champion Veronica Campbell- EUGENE, Oregon: Tyson Gay in the event and failed to make Ashton Eaton, who had a bye. Fraser-Pryce executed Brown in 11.06. is back on top as America’s 100 will compete the US team in Hardee piled up 8,725 points her trademark rocket start Annsert Whyte captured the metres champion, but he had only in the 200m an individual to second placed Jeremy Taiwo’s before powering away to win 400m men’s hurdles title, taking to run down teen-ager Trayvon at the trials. His event. 8,264. Collegian Zach Ziemek also the women’s final by 24 hun- control with 100m to go and pull- Bromell for the honour at the first race is on London made the team. dredths of a second and told ing away to win in 48.90 ahead of US world championships trials Saturday. Olympic gold Sharika Nelvis produced the Reuters that the way she ran Roxroy Cato (49.09) and Leford on Friday. Tori Bowie medalist Sanya year’s best in the women’s 100 was more important than actu- Green (49.91). The victory, in 9.87 seconds, won the wom- Richards-Ross meters hurdles preliminaries, ally winning. Commonwealth Games bronze returned the 32-year-old Gay en’s final in 10.81 was another pacing a high quality women’s “It was more about execut- medallist Janieve Russell pro- to the world championships for with English casualty. She field. She ran 12.34 seconds in a ing a very good race and the duced a late burst over the last the first time since 2009 and fans Gardner the came fifth in first round race. The trials con- fact that I missed a couple races two flights to win the women’s lauded him with a teddy bear, a runner-up at her 400m semi clude on Sunday. REUTERS because of my hamstring niggles, race in 55.10 ahead of Shevon book and some high fives during 10.86. in 50.95, miss- I just wanted to come out here Stoddart (55.29) and Ristananna a victory lap. Gardner ing the final by and put a solid race together,” Tracey (55.45). REUTERS Bromell, just 19, clearly had the had equaled one spot. She US Championships jump on Gay early in the race but the year’s fast- could still make could not retain the advantage as est time in the the team in the Results Jamaican National Trials Results the 2007 world champion powered semi-finals, 4x400m relay. Men’s Decathlon Selected results on Friday at the Jamaican national trials: to the lead and won by almost a 10.79, but she Francena Tori Bowie takes a victory lap after 1. Trey Hardee 8725; 2. Jeremy Taiwo 8264; 3. tenth of a second. could not hold McCorory ran Men’s 100M winning the women’s 100m race Zach Ziemek 8107. “That kid — he’s tough,” Gay off Bowie when the year’s fast- 1. Asafa Powell 9.84, 2. Nickel Ashmeade 9.91, 3. Kemar Bailey-Cole 9.97 during the 2015 USA Championships said of Bromell. “He got out good, it counted. est women’s Men’s 100m Final Men’s 400M at Hayward Field in Eugene on it was just one of those 10 years of The third 400m, 49.85 1. Tyson Gay 9.87; 2. Trayvon Bromell 9.96; 3. 1. Annsert Whyte 48.90, 2. Roxroy Cato 49.09, 3. Leford Green 49.41 Friday. Mike Rodgers 9.97. experience, dig-down moments I spot for Beijing seconds, to lead Men’s 1500M had to get him. It felt good though. went to colle- the advance- Men’s High Jump 1. Oraine Wint 3:54.90, 2. Nicholas Reid 3:55.59 “This win right here may be gian Jasmine Todd in 10.92. ment to Saturday’s final. 1. Erik Kynard 2.37; 2. JaCorian Duffield 2.34; Men’s 5,000M (my) most important win. I feel “I for sure think we made a Olympic 200m champion 3. Jesse Williams 2.31. like it was the toughest.” statement (to the world) today,” Allyson Felix also advanced, run- Women’s 100m Final 1. Kemoy Campbell 13:51.34, 2. Obrien Frith 15:22.86, 3. Dwayen Graham 15:23.95 Women’s 100M Bromell clocked 9.96 to become Bowie said. “But I am sure the ning 50.62. 1. Tori Bowie 10.81; 2. English Gardner 10.86; the first teen-ager to the make a other ladies are going to be just American athletes also pro- 3. Jasmine Todd 10.92. 1. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10.79, 2. Natasha Morrison 11.03, 3. Veronica Campbell-Brown US world championship team in as prepared.” duced the best performances of Women’s Triple Jump 11.06, 4. Sherone Simpson 11.14 the 100m. The US had previously never the year in the decathlon and Women’s 400M 1. Christina Epps 14.09; 2. April Sinkler 13.83; Mike Rodgers claimed third had six women under 11 seconds women’s 100m hurdles. 1. Janive Russell 55.10, 2. Shevon Stoddart 55.29, 3. Ristananna Tracey 55.45 in 9.97 seconds as he also won a in a 100m final. Trey Hardee, the Olympic 3. Keturah Orji 13.81. Women’s 1,500M ticket to Beijing. Olympic silver medalist silver medallist, scored a mas- Women’s Javelin Throw Justin Gatlin, the year’s fast- Carmelita Jeter just missed mak- sive victory in a decathlon that 1. Kara Winger 64.94; 2. Brittany Borman 1. Alisha Praught 4:15.92, 2. Melinda Renaurt 4:33.80 est at 100m, has a bye for Beijing ing it seven. She clocked 11.01 and was minus world record holder 61.80; 3. Hannah Carson 59.57. Istomin wins maiden ATP title Feminine touch pays off for Murray

LONDON: Former Wimbledon warm-up event has raised hopes champion Andy Murray admits Murray can emulate his historic the influence of two of the most 2013 triumph at the grass-court important women in his life has Grand Slam and he has been played a major role in his renais- boosted by the heavily preg- sance this year. nant Mauresmo’s return to his Just eight months ago, Murray’s coaching team this week after morale was at an all-time low she briefly handed the reigns to after a troubled campaign ended deputy Jonas Bjorkman. with a humiliating 6-0, 6-1 defeat If Murray, who was coached against Roger Federer in the ATP by his mother Judy early in his World Tour Finals. career, can reclaim the trophy it It had already been a stress- would be more evidence he was ful year for the 28-year-old Scot, right to hire Mauresmo, whose who had endured the frustra- appointment raised eyebrows tions of an unexpected split with across the sport given the scar- coach Ivan Lendl, a longer than Britain’s Andy Murray (right) practises serving as his coaches Jonas city of top male players coached expected recovery from back sur- Bjorkman (left) and Amelie Mauresmo look on during a practice session by women. gery and his failure to successfully at the All England Tennis Club in London on Friday. “I think there’s a lot of things defend the Wimbledon title. that go into kind of self confidence But rather than let those trou- moments,” Murray told reporters “Also, me and Kim have been or self esteem, whatever you want bles affect his preparations for at Wimbledon yesterday. together like 10 years now. to call it,” said Murray, who begins 2015, Murray was able to draw “Last year there were a lot “She’s always been a huge sup- his Wimbledon challenge against strength from French coach of people doubting me. I had an port to me, especially when I’ve Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin. Amelie Mauresmo and his wife extremely tough loss at the end gone through tough, tough times “Amelie’s obviously clearly Kim. of last year and she was one of as well. She’s always been there had an influence on that. Other The more compassionate and the people that stuck by me and for me.” members of my team have also understanding approach taken supported me. Since marrying Kim in April, influenced that. Winning tennis by Mauresmo has been especially “I’m glad that I’ve been able to Murray has been in the form of matches always helps. important for the world number repay her faith in me with some his life — winning his first ever I think in any sport, winning Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin won his maiden ATP tour title as he defeated four, who sometimes found it hard good tennis this year. clay-court titles in Madrid and gives you confidence. You know, Sam Querrey in two tie-break sets in the final of the Nottingham Open to express his inner feelings to the “Obviously she’s a very dif- Munich, then following a run this year I’ve won a lot of matches yesterday. Istomin prevailed 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (8/6) to triumph in the Wimbledon notoriously stern Lendl. ferent character to some of the to the French Open semi-finals — more than I ever have in my warm-up event and in the process beat Querrey, ranked 48 places above “In the 12 months that I’ve coaches that I’ve had in the past. by claiming a record-equalling career to this point in a season. him, having lost four of his last five matches against the American. been with Amelie, I feel like I’ve really enjoyed working with fourth crown at Queen’s Club. “It’s been a good start this year. I’ve come through some difficult her. That success at the Wimbledon I hope I can keep it up.” AFP SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Lankan great Sangakkara to quit during India series

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan great made his international debut in Kumar Sangakkara will quit 2000 and is currently playing Factbox international cricket during his 132nd Test against Pakistan, Factbox on Sri Lanka’s Kumar the Test series against India in having amassed 12,305 runs at an Sangakkara, who announcedye- August, the island nation’s most average of over 58 and including sterday that he will quit inter- prolific batsman said yesterday. 38 centuries. national cricket during the “I have decided to call it a Sangakkara is the fifth highest home test series against India day...(after) the second Test of Test scorer of all time and is one in August. the India series,” the 37-year-old short of Australian great Donald % Born on October. 27, 1977, in Matale. told reporters on the sidelines of Bradman’s record of 12 double % Sri Lanka’s Played 404 one-day internationals the ongoing second Test against centuries in Tests. Kumar since his 2000 debut, scoring 14,234 Pakistan of his decision to end a Before giving up keeping, runs with a highest score of 169. Only Sangakkara 15-yer-old illustrious career. Sangakkara made 20 stumpings Sachin Tendulkar of India (18,426) has Sangakkara said he wanted to to go with his 179 catches in Tests. plays a shot scored more runs in 50-over cricket. during the quit all formats of the game after His ODI record is no less % Currently playing his 132nd test, second day of Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign impressive, having totalled 14,234 Sangakkara has amassed 12,305 runs this year but promised to be avail- runs in 404 matches, averaging their second at a 58-plus average, which makes him able for the back-to-back home nearly 42 and including 25 centu- Test against Sri Lanka’s most prolific batsman and series against Pakistan and India. ries. He took 402 catches in ODIs Pakistan in fifth on the list of highest scorers of all “But at the same time I said and has 99 stumpings against his Colombo on time in test cricket. that I would be unable to play six name. Friday. % Sangakkara has registered 38 Test hun- Test matches. I could do four and Adjudged ICC Cricketer of dreds and is one short of Australian great if that was okay, I will give my 100 the Year in 2012, the former Donald Bradman’s record 12 double percent commitment to these four Sri Lanka captain was part of centuries. Test matches,” said Sangakkara the 2014 Twenty20 World Cup- % He won two 50-over World Cup runners- who will skip the third and final winning squad. up medals, in 2007 and 2011. Test against Pakistan. He was also a member of the % India arrive in early August to teams which reached the 50-over He was part of the 2014 Twenty20 World play three Tests in Sri Lanka but World Cup finals in 2007 and 2011. Cup-winning squad. the dates and the venues have not Sangakkara’s retirement, fol- % Sangakkara made 1,382 runs from 56 been finalised. lowing that of his former team Twenty20 Internationals at an average of “I wish I could keep on playing mate Mahela Jayawardene, cre- 31.40. but I know when the time comes ates a big void for Sri Lanka but “Angelo is a fantastic captain, of youngsters,” Sangakkara said. culture of fearless cricket, positive % He was a member of the Sri Lanka tour- you have to go and I know this is the he has no doubt the team a fantastic cricketer. I think he is “They are into the future and cricket where they are unafraid to ing team in Pakistan that was attacked my time,” he added. Sangakkara under Angelo Mathews will cope. the ideal man to lead this team I just wish that there’ll be a real make mistakes.” REUTERS by gunmen in 2009. Respite for Shehzad, Ali lead Pakistan’s bowlers as ICC scraps batting powerplays fightback against Sri Lanka MELBOURNE: Batting pow- erplays have been scrapped from One Day International cricket and field restrictions Duo hits half centuries to reduce deficit to six runs on third day relaxed to provide some relief to bowlers who were set upon mercilessly at the World Cup. COLOMBO: Pakistan’s bats- on 42 for the unbroken third Scoreboard At its annual conference in men bounced back after the wicket. Barbados, the International first innings debacle to throw Azhar was unbeaten on 64 and Pakistan (I innings): ...... 138 Cricket Council (ICC) ratified a open the second Test against Younis, determined to make his Sri Lanka (I innings): number of proposed changes to Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval in 100th match special after fall- Pakistan’s D Karunaratne c Sarfraz b Junaid ...... 28 the 50-over format, which come Colombo yesterday. ing for six in the first innings, Azhar Ali K Silva (run out) ...... 80 into effect from July 5. The tourists, who conceded a closed the day on a watchful 23. (centre) K Sangakkara c Shafiq b Babar ...... 34 Among them, the require- lead of 177 runs after being dis- Sri Lanka, who began at their and Ahmed L Thirimanne c Azhar b Yasir ...... 7 ment to post catching field- missed for 138 in the first innings, overnight score of 304-9 after a ers within the 30-yard circle Shehzad A Mathews lbw Yasir ...... 77 closed the third day’s play at 171 delayed start due to bad weather, in the first 10 overs has been (left) run D Chandimal b Yasir ...... 1 for two in their second knock. were dismissed for 315 in their K Vithanage b Yasir ...... 3 dropped and five fielders will When bad light halted play an first innings in reply to Pakistan’s between be allowed outside of it in the wickets as D Prasad lbw Hafeez ...... 35 hour early, Pakistan trailed by 138. R Herath (not out) ...... 18 last 10 overs, rather than the Sri Lanka’s just six runs with eight wickets Leg-spinner Yasir Shah fin- T Kaushal c Misbah b Yasir ...... 18 previous maximum of four. “We Dushmantha in hand, promising a keen tussle ished with figures of six for 96 D Chameera c Younis b Yasir ...... 2 have thoroughly reviewed the between bat and ball over the next after last man Dushmantha Chameera Extras (B-6, LB-4, NB-1, W-1) ...... 12 ODI format after a very suc- two days. Chameera was caught superbly looks on Total (all out) ...... 315 cessful ICC Cricket World Cup,” Sri Lanka, looking for a by Younis running back from the during the Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-98, 3-119, 4-191, ICC Chief Executive David series-levelling win after losing slips, leaving Rangana Herath third day of 5-194, 6-202, 7-275, 8-275, 9-303. Richardson said in a statement. the first Test in Galle, removed unbeaten on 18. the second Bowling: Wahab 9-2-19-0 (nb1); Junaid “There was no need to make Mohammad Hafeez cheaply for Yasir had claimed seven wick- Test at the 29-5-89-1 (w1); Babar 32-8-82-1; Yasir any radical changes to what has eight before lunch, caught in the ets in Sri Lanka’s second innings P Sara Oval 41.3-5-96-6; Hafeez 10-2-19-1. proved to be a vibrant and pop- slips by Kumar Sangakkara off in Galle to fashion Pakistan’s Stadium in Pakistan (II innings): ular format but we wanted to Angelo Mathews. 10-wicket victory. Colombo, Mohd Hafeez c Sangakkara b Mathews ...... 8 take this opportunity to make Opener Ahmed Shehzad hit Sri Lanka were dealt a scare yesterday. Ahmed Shehzad c Chandimal b Prasad ....69 the format simpler and easier to 69 during a second-wicket stand in the field when Chameera, the Azhar Ali (batting) ...... 64 follow for the public as well as of 120 with Azhar Ali, the pair debutant seamer, went off the Younis Khan (batting) ...... 23 maintaining a balance between batting through the post-lunch field in the morning session after Extras (B-2, LB-1, W-2, NB-2) ...... 7 bat and ball.” session to defy the Sri Lankan sending down just nine deliveries. Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 171 In another notable change, all bowlers. But he returned after lunch Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-129. no-balls by bowlers will hand a Shehzad was dismissed off the to bowl seven more overs and Bowling: Prasad 13.3-0-46-1 (w1); Math- free hit to batters, as opposed first ball after tea, top-edging a conceded 28 runs without any Rangana Herath was also wick- 13.3 overs. The third and final ews 5-3-5-1; Herath 14-3-33-0; Chameera to just foot-faults. hook off Dhammika Prasad, but success. etless in 14 overs, while Prasad Test starts in Pallekele on July 3 8.3-1-28-0 (w1); Kaushal 18-2-56-0 (nb2). Though Australia’s Mitchell Younis Khan joined Azhar to put Veteran left-arm spinner returned with one for 46 from as Pakistan leads series 1-0. AFP Starc was named the best player of the World Cup, bats- men reigned supreme in most ICC suspends US matches where innings scores regularly breached 350 runs and national body’s Clarke opts against enforcing occasionally surpassed 400. The ICC are looking at the size and build of bats which membership have sometimes compounded bowlers’ misery by sending mis- DUBAI: The USA Cricket follow-on for batting practice hits sailing over boundary ropes Association’s (USACA) mem- for six. bership of the International CANTERBURY: Australia 84 in the first innings, had got to “There is a view if we sanc- Cricket Council (ICC) has captain Michael Clarke gave 45 when, advancing to drive Riley, tion or look at some change to been suspended with immedi- an entertaining batting ‘clinic’ he got an outside edge and was the thickness or the depth of ate effect, the sport’s governing after deciding against enforc- caught at point. seam it might actually be what body said on Friday. ing the follow-on in the Ashes Clarke was in sight of his sec- we are looking forward to give The decision to suspend tour opener against Kent at ond fifty in this match when, on the seam bowlers a little bit USACA was made after findings Canterbury yesterday. 47, he lofted Riley straight to more help, also aid swing and to set out in an ICC review group At tea on the third day of four, Ben Harmison, younger brother enable the spinners to get more report expressed “significant Australia were 132 for two in of former Ashes-winner Stephen, grip and to spin the ball more concerns about the governance, their second innings – a lead of at long-on. if we tamper with the seam,” finance, reputation and cricketing 359 runs. The Aussie skipper batted for Richardson said in comments activities of USACA. Shane Watson was 27 not out 98 minutes and faced 60 balls posted on espncricinfo.com. “The ICC Board has made this and Mitchell Marsh eight not out. including eight fours. REUTERS difficult decision in the best inter- Earlier, Kent were dismissed Kent, bottom of the Second est of the game and all cricket- for 280 in reply to Australia’s first Division of the County ers in the USA,” ICC chairman innings 507 for eight declared – a Championship, resumed yester- Narayanaswami Srinivasan said deficit of 227 runs. day on 203 for five. in a statement. Left-arm fast bowler Johnson, Johnson had been the pick of “The country has tremendous who took three wickets on Friday, Australia’s attack in taking three potential but because of govern- finished with figures of four for 56 wickets that belied the docile ance, financial and cricketing in 18 lively overs. nature of the pitch. challenges, the opportunity to Clarke then opted for more But it was fellow paceman Ryan grow the game is not being prop- batting practice, promoting him- Harris, bidding to force his way erly nurtured.” self to open the tourists’ second into Ashes-holders Australia’s The suspension means USACA innings alongside opener Chris Australian captain Michael Clarke in action against Kent on the third day attack for the first Test against will not get ICC funding but the Rogers. of four-day practice match at Canterbury yesterday. England in Cardiff from July sport’s governing body said the On a sun-drenched day, in front 8, who struck the first blow US will be able to play in ICC of a near-capacity crowd, Rogers Saturday when he had Billings World T20 qualifiers in Ireland and Clarke were largely untrou- of 91 on a still good pitch before twice to remove both batsmen. caught behind without adding to David Richardson and Scotland. REUTERS bled during a first-wicket stand off-spinner Adam Riley struck Left-hander Rogers, who made his overnight score. AFP SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Germany and USA to clash in semis of Women’s World Cup France lose in a penalty shootout to top-ranked Germany, US too strong for China

OTTAWA: Germany and the United States, the top two teams Women’s World Stajcic wants in the FIFA rankings, set up a semi-final clash in the Women’s Cup Results more recognition World Cup yesterday by beating VA NCOU V ER: Results from France and China respectively. quarter-final matches yester- for Matildas Top-ranked Germany, winners day in the Women’s World Cup in 2003 and 2007, won a dramatic in Canada (all times GMT): penalty shoot-out 5-4 to break EDMONTON, Canada: At Montreal French hearts after the tie ended Australia coach Alen Stajcic said Germany 1 (Sasic 84-pen) France 1 (Necib 1-1 after 120 minutes in Montreal. he wanted more recognition for 64) aet. Germany win 5-4 on penalties And the second-ranked the Matildas as they prepare to Americans, champions in 1991 At Ottawa topple reigning champions Japan and 1999, overpowered China China 0 United States 1 (Lloyd 51) at the Women’s World Cup. on front of a crowd of just over women’s game, could only rue The Matildas became the first 24,000 in Ottawa’s Lansdowne a missed chance to score after Australian team -- men’s or wom- Stadium 1-0 thanks to a second just 49 seconds, before she finally en’s -- to advance beyond the first half goal from captain Carli Lloyd. nailed the opener on 64 minutes. knockout round of a World Cup “The confidence was slowly “We were better, we domi- when they beat Brazil 1-0 last building and I would say that nated and they’re going to play weekend in the round of 16. after this game it really really the semi-final,” said Necib. They next play Japan in the helped us,” said Lloyd. “It’s always the same feeling quarter-finals today in Edmonton. “It was just great, the more when you lose - disappointment.” But the Matildas will each pressure we put China under the Celia Sasic levelled for Germany receive just $581 for the Japan more they coughed up the ball up. with a penalty six minutes from game while the Socceroos are paid “We just kept our foot down on time, and in extra-time substitute Aus$8,500 each when they play in the pedal and that was just what Gaetane Thiney wasted a late the quarter-finals of a comparable we needed chance to put France into the last tournament, excluding bonuses. “It’s what we needed and we’re four for the second straight time. “Having been involved for quite going to be flying in the next Germany captain Nadine Julie Johnston (left) of the USA kicks the ball in front of the net against China’s defenders during the FIFA Women’s a number of years, it’s always a game.” Angerer was the player of the day World Cup 2015 quarter-final match at Lansdowne Stadium in Ottawa, Canada, yesterday. struggle to get recognition for the The ease with which the as the goalkeeper saved 20-year- players and the work they do and Americans won was in contrast old substitute Claire Lavogez’s the amount of sacrifices they give to Germany. final penalty in the shoot-out. admitted it was a tough game. who can hold those penalties.” takes the 2011 runners-up into to the sport and their country,” The world’s top team struggled “We’re extremely elated, full “We had to run after it and Germany, who were shocked in their seventh straight semi-final said Stajcic. against third-ranked France and of adrenaline right now,” said the France were really ahead of us in the quarter-finals of their home in as many editions of the tourna- “We’re really focused on the played 30 minutes extra time 36-year-old former world player the first half. But in the second tournament in 2011, live to fight ment. Champions Japan, who beat tournament, we know if we do our and a tense penalty shoot-out on of the year, who has won titles half we really fought hard. for a place in their fifth final next the US in a penalty shoot-out to job all those other things will look front of an enthusiastic crowd of with Germany in 2003 and 2007. “Our team has proven their Tuesday in Montreal. take the title four years ago, play after themselves,” he continued. just under 25,000 in the largely “It was hard work. We had to character, they managed to flick It was the United States’ 25 10th-ranked Australia in their “We’ve heard reports about French-speaking city of Montreal. fight really hard and we were that switch in the second half consecutive victory over China, quarter-final in Edmonton, while how much Australia is getting Louisa Necib, dubbed the rewarded.” and then to get a penalty shoot- in a repeat of the 1999 final which England tackle hosts Canada in on board and getting behind the “Female Zidane” of the French Germany coach Silvia Neid out where you have the goalie the US won on penalties, and Vancouver. AFP players which is really pleasing, but we’re still only half way there, we really want to finish the job off.” England ready to take on ‘aggressive’ Canada Midfielder Katrina Gorry, the reigning Asian women’s footballer VA NCOU V ER: England coach clash against hosts Canada in the Canada has been called for 47 Canada did not lose a game but of the year, said the match and Mark Sampson expects his play- Women’s World Cup. fouls and five yellow cards in its did not win any style points either. not money was on their minds. ers to bring their best to their “It’s going to be difficult for four matches compared to the 55 The Canadian defence has “It’s definitely something we’re Women’s World Cup quarter- the officials in a very intimidat- fouls and four yellows awarded to been air-tight in conceding just not really focused on,” she said. final against Canada and chal- ing environment,” said Sampson the opposition. one goal in four contests, but “We’ve come to the World lenged officials to do the same ahead of a game which could book But Sampson told the Guardian their play on the attack has been Cup to compete against the best yesterday. England a spot in their first semi- newspaper that according to an uninspiring, scoring just twice in teams in the world and to show With a raucous capacity crowd finals at a World Cup. official the England team have on regulation time. the world what we’re capable of.” of close to 55,000 expected to The Welshman said Olympic staff, Canada could have had four Instead Canada has relied on And in a slip of the tongue she fill BC Place fortoday’s clash, bronze medallists’ Canada had times as many fouls. its grit and home support to already had Australia as winners. Sampson put down an early been at the receiving end of Canadian coach John Herdman help make up for some glaring “We’re really excited about marker urging the game officials too many questionable deci- was not making any apologies for shortcomings. defeating Japan, oh sorry, Brazil not to swayed or intimidated. He sions throughout their home his squad’s rough-and-tumble Sampson described Canada as 1-0 and we have tried to build on also said that Canada had already tournament. style which at times has been the most aggressive side in the that,” she said. benefited from some home cook- “It’s a tough job being an official compared to the grinding, hard- tournament but made it clear Japan are unbeaten against ing so far in the tournament. and when there’s that pressure of hitting approach Canada employs England was prepared to give as the Matildas in five years and the “The facts are that in the group home nation expectancy. It’s very on the ice hockey rinks. good as it gets. Nadeshiko have won four straight stage Canada have been awarded difficult to remain calm and make “We will be going out there “We’re aware of what type of games in Canada, compared with more fouls than their opponents the right call. as physical as we can and just team we are going to face, we’re two wins, one draw and one loss in every game,” Sampson told “Fact is that in the group stage doing what Canadians do, see- aware of the potential circum- for the Matildas. reporters. Canada were awarded more fouls ing that Canadian grit,” said stances, whatever cards we’ve But Stajcic said they would not Carli Lloyd of the USA celebrates “It is going to be difficult for than their opponents in every Herdman. been dealt we have to play our be doffing their hats to the world after scoring a goal during the the officials, a very intimidating game. “We will be the typical Canadian best,” said Sampson. champions like other teams. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 environment.” “We’ll have to see how it goes. team you’ve seen over the last few “Canada are an aggressive team “They’ve played four opponents quarter-final match against Sampson is hoping the referee We’re aware of what team we’re years. We know that Canada is but so is my England team. We who dropped off and gave them a China at Lansdowne Stadium in and not the 55,000-plus fans at going to face, we’re aware of the known for its grit and its aggres- are certainly willing to put our lot of respect, as they deserve,” BC Place Stadium will call the potential circumstances,” he sive DNA.” foot in when we need to.” he said. Ottawa, Canada, yesterday. shots in Saturday’s quarter-final warned. In getting to the last eight AGENCIES “But that’s not the sort of game they’re going to see against us and they’re well aware of that. “Brazil strolled through their Portugal thrash Germany to group phase and played us and they could barely string four or five passes together and had to resort to long-range shooting. reach Euro Under-21 final “Japan are going to have to deal with us as well.” OLOMOUC, Czech Republic: box and fired in. Ricardo doubled announced Saturday. Stajcic was unworried by Favourites Portugal demol- their lead 11 minutes later, turn- The 52-year-old, who has been weather forecasts of 31 degrees ished Germany 5-0 yesterday ing the ball in at the far post as working as a television pundit Celsius temperatures, given con- with three goals in a 20-minute the powerful William Carvalho, and part-time coach, is expected ditions at the Asian Cup last May spell to reach the Under-21 on the transfer wish list of sev- to develop young talent and cre- in Vietnam. European Championship final in eral top European clubs, control- ate a uniform playing style for “The last time we played Japan an impressive show of strength. led the midfield. national teams. it was 37 degrees and a lot more Rui Jorge’s team, who had It did not take long for the National football association humid,” he said. scored just two goals in three Portuguese to score again, with official Natasha Tsichlas said: “I’d say we were the fittest group matches, were in control Ivan Cavaleiro firing into the top “Neil understands the South team in the tournament at the from the start of the game in corner on the stroke of halftime African football culture and has moment. Japan are going to the Czech town of Olomouc and as the Germans granted their a successful track record.” have to deal with a fit and fast will now face either Sweden or opponents far too much space to Tovey skippered Bafana Bafana Australia.” Denmark in the final. operate. (The Boys) to a 2-0 triumph Norio Sasaki’s Japan have had It was the worst ever defeat for Portugal again caught the over Tunisia in the 1996 Cup of two days less than the Matildas Germany’s Under-21 team. Germans by surprise a minute Nations final in Soweto, watched to recover and prepare but the The Germans, with World after the restart when a deflected by a capacity 80,000 crowd that coach was more concerned about Cup winner Matthias Ginter effort from Joao Mario sent Ter included then President Nelson the strong Australian support in and Champions League-winning Stegen the wrong way after good Mandela. His 52-cap interna- Edmonton. keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen early work from Bernardo Silva. tional career ended a year later “There’s too much yellow and in their lineup, failed to mount Ricardo Horta completed the after a poor performance in a green colours, we feel that this is a serious challenge at any point. rout in the 71st minute tapping World Cup qualifying defeat away our away game, but we will fight A terrible result was capped in undisturbed from close range to Congo in Brazzaville. Pretoria- hard,” he said before highlighting off by a red card for Germany’s as the Germans were caught nap- born Tovey spent 10 years playing his side’s mental strength. Leonardo Bittencourt in the 75th ping. Denmark face Sweden in the for Kaizer Chiefs, the most popu- “We both know each other minute for a second bookable other semi-final. lar and successful football club in very well, the weaknesses and offence. Meanwhile, Africa Cup of the republic. the strong points and we will have Portugal captain Sergio Oliveira Nations-winning captain Neil The highlight of his coaching Portugal’s Ricardo Horta (left) in action with Germany’s Felix Klaus dur- to bring that knowledge to the hit the post after 15 minutes but Tovey has been appointed South career was guiding Mamelodi ing the UEFA European Under 21 Championship semi-final match at the match. My players are very strong Bernardo Silva did better in the Africa technical director, the Sundowns to the South African Ander Stadium, Olomouc, Czech Republic, yesterday. mentally, so I’m counting on that.” 24th when he charged into the national football association Premiership title. AGENCIES AFP Sunday 28 June 2015 11 Ramadan 1436 Volume 20 Number 6475 Sport Price: QR2 Rossi holds off Bencic wins Marquez to win Eastbourne Dutch MotoGP trophy

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Argentina’s Carlos Tevez (top), Colombia’s Cristian Zapata (right) and Colombia’s goalie David Ospina crash into each other during their Copa America 2015 quarter-final match at Estadio Sausalito in Vina del Mar, Chile, yester- day. RIGHT: A woman observes the Copa America 2015 match between Argentina and Colombia from a square in Cali, Colombia, yesterday. Colombia lost to Argentina in the penalties stage in their game of the Copa America 2015 yesterday. Blatter tells Argentina reach Copa America Swiss paper ‘not a candidate for FIFA presidency’

last four after tense stalemate ZURICH: FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in a newspa- per interview yesterday that he Striker Tevez nets decisive penalty in 5-4 victory over Colombia will not stand as a candidate to remain the head of world soc- cer’s governing body at a spe- VINA DEL MAR, Chile: Four cial elective congress of member years after his miss in a penalty Copa America Dunga in race associations which he called for shootout sent Argentina spin- VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile: earlier this month. ning out of the Copa America, Result of Copa America quar- storm ahead of “I am not a candidate, I am Carlos Tevez slammed home ter-final result here yesterday: the president. And I want to the winning spot kick against hand over FIFA in good con- Argentina 0 Colombia 0 Copa clash Colombia yesterday to book his dition,” the 79-year-old told (Argentina win penalty shoot-out 5-4) country’s place in this year’s Walliser Bote, a Swiss newspa- semi-finals. when his miss saw Argentina lose CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE: per in the Valais region where After a goalless draw in which to Uruguay in the quarter-finals Brazil coach Dunga was at the Blatter is from. Argentina did everything but by the same shootout scoreline. centre of a racism storm at the The comments come a day after score against a Colombian side While Tevez sealed the win, Copa America here on Friday Blatter told Swiss daily newspa- inspired by one of the tourna- Colombian goalkeeper David after remarks in which he lik- per Blick that he had not resigned, ment’s great goalkeeping per- Ospina was man of the match, ened criticism he has faced to attempting to distinguish between formances, Tevez stepped up to making some remarkable stops discrimination suffered by peo- stepping down and giving up his beat David Ospina and seal the to keep his side in the game. ple of African descent. mandate at the as yet unsched- shootout 5-4. Argentina will play The Arsenal goalie made a sensa- In a bizarre outburst on the uled special congress. either Brazil or Paraguay in next tional double save in the 25th minute eve of Brazil’s Copa America A FIFA source later told week’s semi-finals. Tevez, who when he dived to keep out a point- quarter-final against Paraguay, Reuters that meant that Blatter finished the job after team mates blank shot from Sergio Aguero with the 1994 World Cup-winning still intends to stand down as Lucas Biglia and Marcos Rojo had his legs and then got up to parry captain invoked the issue of rac- FIFA president. failed to deliver from the spot, Lionel Messi’s header from the ism as he hit out at his critics. In yesterday’s interview, Blatter chose to share the glory. rebound. He also did just enough to The 51-year-old contrasted the played down his lame-duck status “What’s done is done, today tip a shot from Nicolas Otamendi current criticism to the pressure and highlighted the reforms that is a victory for my team mates onto the post with 10 minutes left. he faced during his playing days, he hopes to push through. because we played a fantastic Jeison Murillo scooped the ball when Brazil went several decades “I will use all my strength and game and I am very proud to be a off the line with seconds to go as without winning either a World inspiration until my last working member of this team,” Tevez told Argentina piled on the pressure. Cup or a Copa America. day to bring this ship back into television cameras moments after Argentina, who have not won “I had the pressure of 40 years safe harbour,” Blatter is quoted grabbing the winner. the Copa America since 1993, Paraguay’s forward Nelson Valdez (right) takes a selfie with team-mates without winning a Copa America, by Walliser Bote as saying. “Being here means we are now face the winner of Saturday’s during the field recognition at Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo Stadium in 24 years without winning the A spokeswoman for FIFA said doing things very well.” Brazil-Paraguay match. The other Concepcion, Chile yesterday on the eve of their Copa America quarter- World Cup,” Dunga said. the quotes were accurate. Yesterday’s feeling was very dif- semi-final will be between hosts final match against Brazil. “Everything was going badly. I Although Blatter has said on ferent from that four years ago, Chile and Peru. REUTERS even think I might have African several occasions that he will roots, because of all the blows I’ve not stand again for president been dealt. his comments about his inten- “It’s as if people saw me and tion to step down in the wake said, ‘That one there,’ and started of the corruption scandal have Tevez to join Boca Juniors from Juve hitting me.” been treated with scepticism by Dunga’s choice of words swiftly his critics. BUENOS AIRES: Argentina their careers, Tevez’s move is us, the directors, coaching staff, speed, quick thinking and instinct drew an avalanche of criticism on “While I have a mandate from forward Carlos Tevez is to leave unusual in that he is returning players and fans, we will build for goal made him a nightmare Twitter, with several voicing dis- the membership of FIFA, I do not Juventus after two seasons in at the peak of his form rather the sporting success that Boca for opposing defenders. gust at the remarks. feel I have a mandate from the which he has revived his career than waiting until his mid-30s. deserves.” When Tevez joined Juventus, “Outrageous Dunga compares entire world of football - the fans, and will rejoin Boca Juniors, the Boca Juniors president Daniel Tevez spent three years at he was worn out after four criticism he deserves to the suffering the players, the clubs, the people club where he started out and Angelici said Juventus and Boca Boca from 2001 and 2004, and eventful seasons at City where of African-Brazilians,” prominent who live, breathe and love football remains a cult figure. had agreed terms and would went on to play for Corinthians, he infamously refused to warm Brazilian football writer Mauricio as much as we all do at FIFA,” The 31-year-old will cut short finalise the transfer “in the next West Ham United, Manchester up during a Champions League Savarese wrote on Twitter, before Blatter told a news conference on his three-year contract with few hours.” United, Manchester City and match at Bayern Munich. adding: “I say fire him.” June 2. Juventus despite an outstanding “It’s a happy and very sat- Juventus, where he has spent the He was also shunned by then Dunga later apologized for “This is why I will call an last season in which he helped isfying day,” Angelici said in a last two seasons. Argentina coach Alejandro in a statement released on extraordinary congress to be them win Serie A and the Coppa statement. Tevez arrived at Juventus with Sabella, who never once selected the Confederation of Brazilian held as soon as possible, for a new Italia and reach the Champions “The return of Carlos Tevez, at a reputation as a troublemaker him during three years in charge Football’s website later Friday. president to be elected to follow League final, scoring 29 goals in an extraordinary moment in his who had fallen out of favour both amid speculation that he was “I apologize to everyone who me,” he said. all competitions. career, is fantastic news for all at his former club Manchester considered too much of a disrup- might feel offended by my state- Before starting his fourth man- Boca Juniors announced the the members and fans of Boca, City and with Argentina. tive influence. After missing the ment about people of African date in 2011 Blatter said it would move on their website. Although and also for Argentine football.” But two years in Turin turned 2014 World Cup, Tevez has since descent,” Dunga said. be his last term in office, but later South American players com- “Carlos’s presence will give the Tevez back into what he was ear- been recalled by Sabella’s succes- “The way I expressed myself changed his mind, saying that monly return home to play out squad added quality. Between lier in his career, a forward whose sor Gerardo Martino.REUTERS does not reflect my feelings or my numerous federations had asked opinions.” AFP him to stand. REUTERS