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All workers may get wages through banks DOHA: Qatar is taking steps to ensure that low-income workers in the country are paid wages through the banking sys- tem as is the case in the neighbouring UAE. The Ministry of Labour is working closely with employers to expand the sys- tem whereby all workers in the country are paid wages through banking channels. Employers have welcomed the idea. The ministry also hopes to amend some key provisions of the labour law to make stringent provisions for companies that fail to pay their workers wages or dues in time. A draft of the proposed amendments has been forwarded to the State Cabinet for approval, according to a report submitted by the ministry to the Arab League. The ministry has said in the report that it is keen to improve the work environment for expatriates and upgrade legislations that govern the job market. Stringent punitive action has been pro- posed against those employers who delay wages or other dues, the report says. The ministry has also talked about its earlier decision asking private companies to follow new and minimum space require- ments, basic amenities and hygiene for labour camps, according to Al Sharq. Weight 17 die as Egypt Islamists protest coup CAIRO: At least 17 people died across Egypt yesterday as Islamists opposed to the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi took to the streets to vent their fury at what they say was a military coup. Five of the confirmed dead were in Cairo, security sources and state television said, and pro- and anti-Mursi protesters clashed in running street battles after dark. Five police officers were gunned down in separate incidents in the North Sinai town of Trouble El Arish, and while it was not clear whether the attacks were linked to Mursi’s ouster, hardline Islamists there have vowed to take THE ISSUE up arms in protest. In the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, one person was killed in clashes between rival factions, and in the southern city of Assiut at least one person With people’s purchasing power QR3,000 for consultation and supplying diet Some people, while stressed out, eat more died from gunshot wounds. going up in cash-rich Qatar, more food to a customer for a month. and gain weight, which leads to other dis- Ahmed Al Tayeb, Grand Sheikh of Al In addition, a number of restaurants have eases, while there are others who tend to eat Azhar, demanded the release of political and more people are eating out. been springing up to cash in on the emerg- less and suffer from ailments resulting from prisoners on Friday after the arrests of Obesity in the Qatari population is ing trend among people to lose weight. These lack of nutrition. several leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood. already a challenge and the new restaurants also are quite expensive. Some people, according to studies, eat Earlier report on page 8 People have been complaining that not only more just because they feel bored and have trend is aggravating the problem, are the prices of these outlets very high, the nothing else to do. No Iceland citizenship experts say. food they serve also does not help them lose “So it is very important to be watchful weight. while stressed out about not only what you for Snowden These outlets, for their part, reject such are eating but how much you are eating,” ccording to community sources, a claims and say that eating diet food alone says a psychiatrist. REYKJAVIK: A bid by Edward growing number of individuals in cannot help one fight obesity. What is needed According to exercise physiotherapist Snowden for Icelandic citizenship failed the local community, and in some is regular physical exercise and an active Parag Parelkar, stress causes chemical imbal- when the country’s parliament voted not Aexpatriate communities, are aware lifestyle. ances in the body, and the ratio of good and to debate it before the summer recess, of the problem and want to fight it. Even as some people buy diet food from bad hormones changes. lawmakers said yesterday. This has led to a mushrooming of facilities these centres, they continue to eat out. “The problem is, unhealthy hormones have The vote leaves Snowden — believed to that prefer to call themselves diet centres, These centres insist that along with food, a a negative impact and that leads to ailments.” be staying in a transit area at a Moscow which not only conduct tests and prescribe change in lifestyle is a must to fight excess So stress management is as important to airport — with one option fewer as he seeks diet food to customers but also supply them weight and obesity. “People don’t stick to maintaining a healthy body as regular exer- a country to shelter him from US espionage that food. the diet plan prescribed by these centres,” cise and a proper diet, he suggests. charges. All diet centres that claim to employ quali- says an expert. Experts also say one must avoid eating Following the news in Iceland, WikiLeaks fied and experienced dieticians essentially According to experts, stress also causes while watching television or reading a book, announced that Snowden had applied to provide consultation to people about how to a number of diseases and the latest studies for one tends to eat more. Antidepressants another six countries for asylum, adding manage their diet and weight. suggest that it can change people’s eating can also lead to weight gain. to a list of more than a dozen countries These centres charge a minimum of habits, leading to imbalances in food intake. See also page 2 which he has already asked for protec- tion. WikiLeaks said on Twitter it could not reveal the names the countries due to “attempted US interference”. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Does diet food help? Experts say just having diet food is not enough to improve health; an active lifestyle is also needed

BY AZMAT HAROON who came to the gym, especially Qataris, weighed more than 110 ven as the culture of kilos. This was mostly because eating out is flourish- the type of food people ate in ing in Qatar, many Qatar was very high in fat, Epeople are opting for You see people which resulted in high water diet food to fight obesity. and sugar content in their bod- Several dietary centres have driving up to ies, she said. opened in Qatar in recent grocery shops She said most people came to years, apart from restaurants and ordering the gym seeking quick results, that serve diet food. Such food not realising that it took time generally comprises natural items without before bodies adapted to a food products that are low in even stepping out change in lifestyle. “If they calories. don’t start losing weight in a Some diet centres do home of their vehicles. month or so, they lose focus, delivery of low-calorie food — a Losing weight is and eventually give up on exer- service availed by those want- not just about diet cising, which is actually more ing to lose weight. A monthly dangerous. contract with these diet cen- food and going to “Our appetite also tends to tres usually costs QR 3,000 or the gym. You need increase when we start exercis- more, and includes three meals to have an active ing, which is why it is all the a day. more important for people to Many people are criticising lifestyle as well. be careful about what they eat,” these diet centres and restau- she added. rants saying that the meals With the number of eater- they serve do not help one lose ies increasing in the country, weight. Some even allege that but with physical inactivity. the culture of eating out is also these centres and some res- The culture and lifestyle of spreading. taurants are exploiting people a significant number of people Parelkar argues that eat- by charging them much more in Qatar is such that it does ing out is not harmful in itself; than the value of the diet food not promote physical activity, what’s dangerous is the kind of He said cases of obesity, dia- they serve. resulting in serious health prob- food people eat. betes and heart diseases here “Some restaurants are use- lems, argues Parag Parelkar, an A regular steak served with were linked to the lifestyle of less. They serve diet meals exercise physiologist. mashed potatoes and steamed people in Qatar. without any consultation with “Obesity, which is linked to vegetables is a potentially whole- “This is what I call the camel- dieticians. They cheat peo- a number of dangerous health some meal. It becomes unhealthy to-Cadillac generation. You see ple and blatantly rip them off problems, including diabetes only when people do not move people driving up to grocery because the diet meals they and heart diseases, continues their bodies after having such shops and ordering items with- serve are expensive and not to grow exponentially among high-calorie meals, he said. out even stepping out of their even healthy,” said Mohammad Qataris as well as expatriates,” On the other hand, Diet Coke vehicles. Losing weight is not Al Muraikhi. said Parelkar. or Diet Pepsi may be diet bever- just about diet food and going Apart from the high price, He says physical activity, a ages technically, but they con- to the gym. You need to have another common complaint healthy diet and stress man- tain sweeteners and caffeine, an active lifestyle as well,” said about the diet food served at agement are the three core ele- which have no significant nutri- Parelkar. these restaurants is that it is ments of a healthy life. tional value, he pointed out. On the issue of diet centres, unappetising. “Most people, especially Parelkar said he would not he said that if such centres had Some people have called Arabs, just sit at their homes recommend having fast food nutritionists approved by the on the Consumer Protection and eat while watching televi- even once a week. “I am against government, they were likely Department and the Supreme sion. That’s relaxation. People fast food chains because of the helping people. Council of Health to look into do not move, and if they con- unethical treatment of animals “People need to realise that if the kind of food served by diet tinue doing that, the fat gets and also because they pump they do not exercise, and if they centres in the country. deeper in the body,” said a gym animals with many growth sup- are not working their bodies, it Health experts, however, instructor, who did not want to plements. If the animal you have is not going to be helpful.” say the problem does not be identified. is not healthy, it will not be good He said people needed to have necessarily lie with diet food She said many young girls for you.” a balanced diet and exercise not only to lose weight but keep- ing in mind the health benefits derived from exercise. A nutritionist, who did not want her name in print, said diet plans could vary from one person to another because of their body types. “The kind of diet people need to follow varies from person to person because our bod- ies are different. You need to know the blood type and other details before a diet plan can be prescribed to you. It largely depends on the types of food and nutrients your body needs,” she said. Some say people in Qatar are gradually becoming more aware about their health and facilities easier for many people. without identifying the gym. they have started going to gyms. “In recent months, many “Diet food is not necessar- Ahmed Saleh, a local gym Qataris have registered at ily healthy for everyone. People instructor, said that many our gym. This is a new trend with weight issues also need Arabs, particularly Qataris, because we never saw peo- to exercise,” said Abdullah Al were realising the importance ple wanting to go to gyms Shamri, adding that dieticians of exercising. for weight loss before. It was should specify the food people The number of gyms in the mostly men who wanted to should eat and not the restau- Pictures: Kammutty V P country has been increasing, increase their muscle mass rants that serve it. which has made access to these that went to gyms,” Saleh said, THE PENINSULA Home JULY 6, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY

Participants and organisers of iEARN Qatar conference at Qatar National Convention Center, yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL Committed people can make changes: Rota official 20th Annual iEARN conference concludes

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA the first time in a Gulf country. same with Rota, is continuously Citing the waves of change empowering the youth through DOHA: Reach Out To Asia occurring around the world in education. (Rota) Executive Director Essa which youth had a big role to play, “A small group of committed Al Mannai urged youth and he said: “The voice of the youth is people can change the world. It teachers from more than 50 being heard and as citizens they is the commitment of each and countries to continue their com- are becoming more responsible every one of you that can change mitment to learning to make and their actions are yielding the world. Thank you very much a better world for the coming good results.” for your commitment and mak- generations, at the conclusion With all the problems the world ing it here to Qatar,” he told the of the 20th Annual iEARN is currently facing, he encouraged delegates. The closing ceremony, (International Education active participation in finding which also featured performances and Resource Network) ways to solve some of these chal- and videos, culminated with the International Conference and lenges through education. distribution of certificates to the 17th Youth Summit yesterday at “Our world is changing day by participants. the Qatar National Convention day and the challenges are com- The theme of this year’s con- Centre (QNCC). ing. It’s us citizens who should be ference is ‘ICT for Education: “I would like to encourage you proactive in finding solutions and Reaching Out, Building Bridges’, to continue learning about the this would not be possible without and focuses on the use of tech- world, learning from each other our dedication. It’s the classroom nologies in education to reach and also teaching others about where small hopes emerge and out, learn and build a better yourselves, your beliefs, your magic happens, where transfer world together. The conference values and what you stand for of knowledge happens and where program offered eight plenary because if we don’t understand one of us as a teacher or student sessions, two panel discussions, each other we would not be able can inspire the other.” and more than 90 workshops and to create the better world that “The world is becoming smaller presentations. In addition, there we and the generations to come and we are getting closer,” he was an exhibition for students deserve to live in,” he told over said, stressing the significance of and teachers to showcase their 500 participants at the closing taking advantage of technology projects and present about their ceremony. to promote learning and deeper cultures, promoting intercultural Rota hosted the five-day con- understanding of the world. understanding and global citizen- Essa Al Mannai (left), Director of Rota, and Virginia King of iEARN International give speeches during the clos- ference which was organised for He lauded iEarn, which the ship. THE PENINSULA ing ceremony.

Jeem TV’s audience. JeemTV will introduce chil- JeemTV to inspire children with a dren and their families to important figures throughout the history of Islam with a vari- variety of Ramadan programmes ety of series and short movies. The co-produced series Min Qissas Al Saleheen and Olamaa DOHA: Jeem TV is set to Al Muslimin highlight the life and present several special pro- accomplishments of Islam’s hon- grammes to inspire children ourable scientists and righteous and families during Ramadan people. The two-part animation this year. movie Stories form Islam will take Formerly Al Jazeera Children’s the audience on a journey in the Channel (JCC), a child cen- history as it turns the spotlight tric channel, Jeem TV recently on the stories of two outstand- engaged children with the ing women in Great Women in ‘Ramadan Slogan Competition’ Islam, and will follow Salman the to showcase their spirit in the Persian on his remarkable jour- holy month. Ramadan Ghaith Al ney as he escapes from a privi- Quloob (Ramadan, the delight of A scene from the puppetry show Uncle Mosleh Tales. leged yet empty life in Persia in heart) was chosen as the winning his quest for truth. theme and will be featured as an “JCC will also present a capti- mosques around the world. The Baraem TV which targets pre- overreaching message of JeemTV vating and inspiring programme show will also introduce the schoolers between the age of 2 and its identity. for children and their families on ‘Arab Tales’ segment presented and 6 years will air a new sea- The programmes include new both JeemTV and Baraem. Baad by a renowned storyteller. The son of the exceptional and unique seasons of the channel’s most Tijan Al Noor: The Holy Quran Recitation Contest. Al Taraweeh is an interactive and season, the viewers will be puppetry show Uncle Mosleh successful shows such as Tijan Al entertaining programme which introduced to historical figures Tales which will feature capti- Noor (The Holy Quran Recitation during Ramadan in which chil- bonds to the Holy Quran and features a variety of segments through an interactive live daily vating tales from all over the Contest) Baad Al Taraweeh, Noun dren compete by reciting Holy Arabic language. and reports that reflect on the competition with chances to win world in a charming atmosphere and Uncle Mosleh’s Tales. In addi- Quran. This year 1,367 children Saad Al Hudaifi, JCC’s Deputy spirit of the Holy month with the valuable prizes. that widens the children’s hori- tion, two co-produced series aged 9-13 years from 54 coun- Executive General Manager and participation of a special guest. The entertaining and informa- zons and imagination. In every — Min Qissas Al Saleheen and tries will compete in front of a Channels’ Acting Director said: The live show will take view- tive Noun show continues during episode, Uncle Mosleh, the old Olamaa Al Muslimin — a short prestigious panel of judges from “We believe in the imagina- ers on a journey to explore the Ramadan with special segments carpenter, and a group of pup- animation movie Stories of Islam the Arab world. The Holy Quran tion and creativity in our young different cultures and practices for girls and families. The show pets narrate a new story which will also go on air. Recitation Contest is an embodi- audience and we want to inspire of Ramadan in Muslim homes will host the famous chef Manal aims to revive appreciation for Tijan Al Noor is the chan- ment of JCC’s strategic policy them by ensuring opportunities from different countries along Al Alam who will share her deli- the much-loved art of puppetry. nel’s leading annual contest to strengthen Muslim children’s to showcase their great ideas.” with daily reports on important cious and healthy recipes with THE PENINSULA JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Students get a glimpse of life in film industry

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HE global reaction to the coup in Egypt was mixed. Though the West and the rest of the world were seen as hostile to Islamic rule in the country under the A long history of untruthiness TMuslim Brotherhood, not all of them were happy with the way Mohammed Mursi was ousted and many called it an outright coup. And a coup is a coup whatever the garb it is covered in – friendly or military. The reason for the by US intelligence officers indignation is that Mohammed Mursi was an elected leader, though he lacked a huge majority. BY TIM WEINER do the trick. By January 1951, Dulles own price. President Richard Nixon But more notable was the Arab reaction. Leaders from commanded worldwide covert operations nominated him as ambassador to Iran. Saudi Arabia to Syria rushed to welcome Mursi’s expulsion by MERICA’S chief intelligence as deputy director of central intelligence, During the confirmation hearings on his the army, signaling a rare moment of unity in an otherwise officers have a long-standing with thousands of paramilitary troops appointment, Helms was asked, under divided region. This show of support is due to the fact Mursi Ahistory of untruthiness — testi- and a secret budget worth $3.5 billion oath, about the overthrow of President fying falsely and fearlessly. today. Salvador Allende of Chile. Did the CIA had failed to win allies abroad, and also failed to dispel doubts They are caught in a dilemma — sworn Dulles went to a formal White House have anything to do with that? No, sir, in Arab capitals that his government posed no threat to them, to secrecy yet sworn to tell the truth. briefing for President Dwight Eisenhower Helms had answered. He eventually the so-called threat of trying to export the Brotherhood Sometimes they get their facts wrong; on the CIA’s 1954 coup in Guatemala, stood before a federal judge on a charge ideology. While opinions vary, there is a near unanimity in the that’s human error. But sometimes their in which the agency overthrew a freely of a misdemeanor count of failing to tell international community that the new rulers are committing untruths are conscious. Soldiers can die elected president and installed a pliant Congress the whole truth. as a consequence. pro-U.S. colonel named Carlos Castillo William Casey, director of central the same crime which the previous rulers had been accused This practice can slowly corrode a Armas. “How many men did Castillo intelligence from 1981 to 1987, was “guilty of by witch-hunting Brotherhood leaders. While Egyptians cornerstone of democracy, the rule of Armas lose?” Ike asked. Only one, said of contempt of Congress from the day he will have an opportunity to give their verdict on Mursi’s law. The latest episode involves the tes- the CIA’s briefer. “Incredible,” said the was sworn in,” said his deputy, Robert ouster during the next elections, the army must refrain timony of the director of national intel- president. Gates, who later served as the agency’s from punishing the Brotherhood. What the country needs ligence, James Clapper, in March on At least 43 of Castillo Armas’ men director and as secretary of defense. is reconciliation and harmony and the National Security Agency’s eaves- had been killed. Dulles didn’t correct the Adm. Bobby Ray Inman was the direc- dropping on Americans. The question record. This was a turning point. Cover tor of the NSA when President Ronald not humiliation and suppression of to Clapper from the Senate Intelligence stories required for covert action over- Reagan ordered him to serve as Casey’s Egypt’s interim ideologies. Mursi has already been Committee was seas were now part of the CIA’s political No. 2. He resigned after 15 months wronged by throwing him out of power, straightforward: conduct in Washington. because “I caught him lying to me in president must and it will be an aggression to further “Does the NSA “Many of us who joined the CIA did not a number of cases.” The deceit spread collect any type feel bound in the actions we took as staff downward from the director’s office; relinquish persecute him. The country is on the America’s chief brink. Mishandling of the current crisis of data at all on members to observe all the ethical rules,” it led to the tragicomedy in which the power after intelligence officers millions or hun- said Richard Bissell, chief architect of White House and the CIA sold weap- can push it permanently into chaos and dreds of millions the Bay of Pigs invasion and the develop- ons to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and discharging his instability. are caught in a of Americans?” ment of the U-2 spy plane. In theory, only skimmed the profit to finance counter- responsibilities. Adly Mansour, the interim dilemma — sworn Clapper simply the president had the power to order revolutionaries in Central America. president, faces several challenges. to secrecy yet answered: “No.” a U-2 mission. But Bissell ran the pro- George Tenet, director of central First of all, he must choose the path Now, almost gram, and he was petulant about filing intelligence from 1997 to 2004, told the sworn to tell the four months later, flight plans. He argued with the White Senate Intelligence Committee on Sept. of dialogue with Brotherhood, not he concedes: “My House to risk one last spy flight over the 17, 2002: “Iraq provided al-Qaida with humiliation or retaliation. Tens of thousands of Brotherhood truth. Sometimes response was Soviet Union, just days before a planned various kinds of training — combat, supporters were on the streets throughout the country they get their clearly erroneous.” peace conference in Paris between Ike bomb-making, and chemical, biological, yesterday to protest their leader’s ouster and they confronted facts wrong; that’s He corrected the and the Soviet leader. On May Day 1960, radiological and nuclear.” He based that troops. The army must exercise restraint and avoid using record only after as the president had feared, the U-2 was statement on the confessions of a fringe force. Economy and elections should remain Mansour’s other human error. the metadata pro- shot down in central Russia. player in the global jihad who had been gram was revealed Dulles put out the cover story: A beaten, stuffed in a 2-foot-square box for priorities. The economy is in tatters. Nearly a quarter of the But sometimes by the meta- weather plane had been lost in Turkey. 17 hours and threatened with prolonged work force is unemployed, the country owes billions of dollars their untruths leaker Edward Eisenhower was stuck with it. Then torture. in debt, and its foreign currency reserves nearly exhausted. are conscious. Snowden. Moscow revealed that it had captured The prisoner had recanted after the Those who had rebelled against Mursi were demanding bread Clapper joins a the CIA pilot, alive. The peace summit threat of torture receded. Tenet didn’t at fair prices, and a failure to fulfill this demand will bring Soldiers can die as grand tradition. was scuttled; the president was shat- correct the record. them back to the streets. a consequence. Allen Dulles, the tered. Eisenhower walked into the Oval On October 7, 2002, expanding on Cold War com- Office on May 9 and said out loud: “I the CIA’s shaky intelligence, President Most importantly, he must focus on holding elections as mander of the would like to resign.” In retirement, he George W. Bush said that Iraq “possesses early as possible. Power is tempting and intoxicating. After a Central Intelligence Agency, was a cham- said the greatest regret of his presidency and produces chemical and biological few months, he should not develop a special liking for the seat pion at untruthiness. was “the lie we told about the U-2. I weapons.” He went on to warn that “Iraq and manipulate things. Egyptians have proved that they need Dulles described his vision of a small, didn’t realize how high a price we were could decide on any given day to provide democracy and accountability. Mansour doesn’t represent subtle spy service to Congress in 1947. going to pay for that lie.” a biological or chemical weapon to a ter- “The personnel need not be very numer- Richard Helms, director of central rorist group or individual terrorist.” democracy as long as he is not elected. ous,” he said. A few hundred men would intelligence from 1966 to 1973, paid his WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of The duty of visiting elderly the day

ESPITE the vagueness in piety, which they believe is a moral At a time when more and more Civil Affairs, there were 185 million wording, the newly amended imperative. young Chinese people are heading people aged 60 or older in China at Law on the Protection of the Some have also criticized the law to big cities to make a living, leaving the end of 2011, accounting for 13.7 To me Edward Rights and Interests of the because it has no specifics on how their parents behind, cultivating such percent of the population. The number D Snowden is a hero Elderly should be embraced for its often people should visit their par- an awareness is much needed. is expected to exceed 200 million this attempt to address the issue of senior ents, nor the punishments that are The lack of care for the elderly by year. because he revealed citizens neglected by their children. to be meted out to violators. Others their children has become a growing Considering there is no instant way According to the law, which took have said it is necessary to prepare problem. to raise people’s sense of responsibility secrets that we effect on Monday, adult citizens should the country for the ageing society that A survey conducted by China toward elderly citizens, it is perhaps should all know, that visit or keep in touch with elderly family looms ahead. Central Television found that 11.9 not such a bad idea to make it a legal members on a regular basis. Regardless, turning what was a tra- percent of young respondents had obligation. the United States The amendment has raised contro- ditional moral obligation into a legal not visited their parents in years, while The biggest question then, as many versy since it was made public, with obligation will play a positive role in 33.4 percent saw them just once a have observed, is how to make it work. has repeatedly some saying it is inappropriate to use helping people realize that they have year. violated the fourth the law to force people to exercise filial a duty of care to the elderly. And according to the Ministry of China Daily amendment. Oliver Stone Film-maker JULY 6, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Egypt: Army coup or counter-revolution? With all their divisions, Egyptians — young and old — want their voices to be heard. BY SHIBLEY TALHAMI in trouble. They continued to claim until the end that the opposition media and t was not supposed to turn out this the “fuloul” (remnants of the Mubarak way: Only a year after Egyptians regime) were exaggerating the economic freely elected Mohammed Mursi mess — or directly engineering it. as their president for a four-year But in the end, that was probably not term, he was removed by a military the central factor in the picture. It was Idecree. This sets in motion a “road map” that Mursi failed to win anyone outside for a new transitional period leading to his constituency — appearing more and another experiment akin to the period more as an instrument of the Muslim following the fall of president Hosni Brotherhood that fielded him as a last- Mubarak in 2011. minute presidential candidate. The The ambivalence was hard to miss. fear that the Brotherhood was trying The sheikh of Al Azhar Mosque, Egypt’s to remake Egypt in its own image was storied and influential institution, was probably a more powerful energiser of there to lend legitimacy to the military the opposition than a troubled economy. decree. But his words told the story. He Where does this leave Egypt? was compelled by Shariah, he said, to Start with the military. The army is choose the lesser of two evils in support- still a central player. But it knows it has ing early elections. But the ambivalence limits. In contrast to its management of of the thousands of liberals who joined the post-Mubarak transition, the mili- Tahrir Square and other public squares tary started this transition by providing was even greater. an air of broader legitimacy — obtaining Many had chanted only months ago the support (and the presence during the against military rule. Some had even decree) of Al Azhar Sheikh, the Coptic voted for Mursi because they felt that his pope, the head of the Salafi Nour Party opponent Ahmad Shafik was Mubarak’s and Muhammad ElBaradei, the head of Protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo. man. This is not where they wanted to be the Dustour Party, as an emissary of a — but here they were in the millions with broader coalition of opposition parties raided Al Jazeera in Egypt. The transi- One hope is that the Brotherhood may will inevitably be the subject of heated some of Shafik’s supporters. Most are not and representatives of the Tamrrud tion will be tested almost immediately think that they could win again — at least divisions. jubilant; they are relieved but worried. coalition. — even beyond the grave challenges that in parliament. Given the non-Islamist There are more questions than This, in a way, is the story of the entire More important, the military any government, technocratic or not, groups’ continued disarray, they may just answers with the removal of Mursi. And Arab uprisings that started in 2010: They attempted to distance itself from actual will face, particularly in the economy. have a chance. They have generally been Egypt remains a deeply divided society. are at the core manifestation of new pub- government. The transitional presi- The first major issue, however, will be a peaceful movement, but they had in But the military, the Brotherhood, the lic empowerment that’s here to stay in dent was to be the president of Egypt’s the reaction of the Muslim Brotherhood the past given birth to militant offshoots. liberals and everyone else should have the Middle East and North Africa. But Constitutional Court (a civilian); the gov- and its allies. The anger of many of their followers was learned crucial lessons from the events the public was never of the same mind. ernment was to be technocratic, and the Even if Mursi has lost support since he hard to miss, even if their leaders urge of the past three years: With all their In Egypt, for example, the public polari- transition brief. But there is no escap- took office, he still has millions of follow- restraint. divisions, Egyptians, young and old want sation, especially between Islamists and ing the conclusion: The military officers ers. Many packed the streets across the The groups that have opposed Mursi their voices to be heard. secularists, was hard to miss. are the kingmakers, an elected presi- nation. They see in the decree a naked will now have to contend with their own They will no longer accept being Differences in what people want are dent is no more, and the constitution is coup d’état against this legitimately differences and with the military. Some repressed by either left or right. Each now subordinated to more basic ques- suspended. elected president — the first in Egyptian (including the military) are satisfied with sector of society cannot alone dictate tions: What has just happened in Egypt? One immediate consequence was a history. They are unlikely to go down the suspension of the constitution in the politics, and each has to contend with Was this a military coup, counter-revo- decree from the interior minister out- without a fight. transition. But others are not, which opposing voices. lution or a corrective course of the first lawing all “religious” TV channels — obvi- The Brotherhood has waited for this became immediately evident as soon as If someone today hopes to replace revolution? It is hard to tell. In part ously aimed at popular Islamist outlets. moment — and has been largely repressed the media repression started. Mursi and Mubarak by imposing their because it had elements of all, and the But if those angry with Mursi thought — for 80 years. And their allies outside Some, particularly ElBaradei, had own version of authoritarian rule, the opposition forces, united against Mursi the story would end there, they didn’t Egypt fear that the example of failed earlier opposed presidential elections stamina of millions in the streets over had differing aims and aspirations. have to wait beyond the end of the day short rule will taint other Islamists in before writing a new constitution. Others two and a half challenging years must Only Mursi’s most ardent supporters to find out: The clamp down went beyond the region. The question will be if the want an election first. As happened in give any aspiring tyrant pause. doubted the fact that the economy was the religious stations as security forces challenge can remain largely peaceful. the past, the terms of the constitution REUTERS Labour needs unions to survive Snowden: Stateless Trade unions keep in United States Labour rooted in the BY MIKHAIL SEBASTIAN year, a long, expensive process that requires taking time off and dward Snowden’s efforts puts my job at risk. I have sought real world. If their to escape the transit travel documents from Armenia, zone of the Moscow Azerbaijan, Britain, Japan, Russia, affiliations bought Eairport have turned a Switzerland, Turkmenistan and spotlight on the issue of “state- more than a dozen others. None lessness.” Snowden, however, is has accepted me. influence, they would not stateless. He has options, I have no place in the world to regardless of how unappealing go. have a lot more to he may find them. But thousands In December 2011, after years of people in the US are stateless of reporting to the US govern- — and trapped. Congress should ment every few months, I took show for them. take steps to address this issue what I thought would be a short and ensure that what has hap- vacation to American Samoa. BY MARK SEDDON pened to me never happens to Even though I had checked anyone else. with Immigrations and Customs s a veteran who served — and sur- I am an ethnic Armenian. Enforcement and my airline vived — eight years on Labour’s My parents are from Nagorno- before departing, my four-day national executive committee, I have Karabakh, the disputed terri- trip turned into a year-long trap. Awitnessed many controversial par- tory in Azerbaijan. I was born in When I tried to fly home, my liamentary selections. I have also fallen foul Labour MP Tom Watson who has resigned as general election co-ordinator in the shadow cabinet Azerbaijan in 1973, when it was travel documents were rejected. of a few fixed selections, having been kept off over the Falkirk selection row. part of the Soviet Union. My fam- For months, US officials said that shortlists and seen favourites repeatedly para- ily was in Turkmenistan when the by travelling to the US island ter- chuted in by the mother ship. USSR collapsed, and no one would ritory I had self-deported. I was But nothing compares with the sound and of omission at work here, but until we see the to elude most of the commentariat. The give me citizenship. Because I am stuck in American Samoa with fury surrounding the row over the Labour Labour party report into Falkirk published, Labour party is short of members, as it was of Armenian descent, Azerbaijan no legal ability to work and only Falkirk selection, which is turning into a full as Tom Watson called for in his resignation when individuals were signing up for £1 in the said I wasn’t an Azerbaijani. the clothes I had packed. When on anti-trade union foam-flecked tirade from letter, there is also a very palpable sense of Trimdon Labour Club in Blair’s constituency Armenia said that I hadn’t ade- I finally was able to return home the Fleet Street union-bashers. If allowed to injustice. The Guardian has led with much in the early 1990s. The uncomfortable truth is quately proved I belonged there. this year, I no longer had a job. continue, many unionists may conclude that of the coverage and commentary around the that in many parts of the country, often safe After more than three years of My apartment and most of my they are no longer valued by the Labour party, Falkirk row, but has apparently done so with- Labour seats for decades, the membership is discrimination, harassment and things were gone, and I had lost since the political and media establishment out seeing the internal report commissioned small and ageing. fear, I was able to get a travel visa many friends. appears bent on driving them from legitimacy by the Labour party. It devoted an editorial All parties are suffering from the same to the US in 1995. But my peti- I consider myself lucky that and civic society altogether. to the row, which is something I do not recall problem. Trade unions such as shop workers’ tion for asylum was rejected in after 15 months in American I suspect this is what may have partly fuelled happening during the Blair/Brown Labour union Usdaw have for many years sought to 1996, and I was ordered to leave Samoa and advocacy from Tom Watson’s sad and premature resignation years, when parliamentary selection panels get their members to join the party, as have the country. attorneys, friends and even the on Thursday. It is to Ed Miliband’s credit that were routinely gerrymandered and the special the GMB and Unite recently. The need to I prepared to go, but I was UNHCR, US officials recognised he has tried to restore basic and essential selections unit drew up shortlists of centrally do so has become more apparent as work- not able to get a new passport to the injustice of my situation and democratic rules to Britain’s version of the US approved candidates. ing class representation in parliament has travel. The Soviet Union, which allowed me to return home. But I primaries — the parliamentary selections — The situation has been a good deal better as fallen away to the sort of minuscule numbers had issued my passport, no longer remain in legal limbo. I fear being since he became leader. Right now he should of late, and it goes without saying that there that gave birth to the Labour Representation existed, and no country recog- thrown into immigration deten- continue to avoid the trap being set for him by is no command structure of party or unions Committee in the first place. nised me as a citizen. Because tion at any time, even though I the anti-union brigade, who are attempting to which forces candidates on local members. Trade unions keep Labour rooted in the real I stayed beyond the deadline to have broken no laws. pit him against trade unions such as Unite, in They decide for themselves — as should now world. If their affiliations bought influence, leave, the US processed a depor- Congress could allow people some kind of High Chaparral stand-off. be the case in Falkirk. they would have a lot more to show for them. tation order. Immigration officials who have proved that they are The Conservative-supporting media may like Channel 4 chief political correspondent Without union donations, Labour would be detained me in August 2002 and stateless and meet certain crite- to harp on about the backing Miliband received Michael Crick, who has had a glimpse of the forced — in the absence of state funding — to tried for months to deport me. ria, such as not having a criminal from the trade unions in Labour’s leadership report, has revealed that a contender for the rely on the corporate donors who fund other But US officials couldn’t find a record, to apply for a more secure elections. But the same voices had nothing to Falkirk selection, Gregory Poynton, signed a main parties and have increasingly come to country willing to accept me. legal status. This would permit say when Tony Blair was a beneficiary of the cheque for 11 members he recruited last year, call the tune over public policy over the past I was released from detention people like me to live without fear same system that allows parliamentarians, which is against Labour party rules. Poynton two decades. To our detriment and unlike in in February 2003 and was ordered of being arbitrarily detained. members and union affiliates to elect leaders. is the London political director of Blue State the rest of Europe, there is a near uniform to report to the Department of The US has always opened Neither do they have anything to say Digital, which has a contract with the party, hostility towards trades unions by the media Homeland Security every three itself to the world’s suffering and about Lord Sainsbury’s funding of the shad- and is married to Gemma Doyle MP, a mem- and political establishment. The increased months. I was issued a permit oppressed people. A country with owy Progress organisation, which has quietly ber of Jim Murphy’s Labour Commons defence pauperisation and privatisation of Britain to work — and I have held jobs such a tradition of justice ought been involved in a whole sheaf of Labour selec- team. This pertinent fact, actually gleaned would not be happening if the unions were as a travel agent and a barista to address this issue. tions. There is seemingly not only a real bias from the report, has so far strangely managed stronger. They need to be. THE GUARDIAN — but I have to reapply every WP-BLOOMBERG JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Three shot dead at ‘Friday of Rage’ march African Union suspends Egypt; clashes erupt across the country; arrests of Brotherhood leaders alarm UN

CAIRO: At least three pro- on its own citizens, and added: testers were shot dead yes- “Our bare chests are stronger terday outside the Republican than bullets.” Guard barracks in Cairo where Continued violence would alarm deposed President Mohamed the United States. Washington Mursi is being held, security has so far avoided referring to sources said, as angry Islamist the army’s removal of Mursi as a supporters confronted troops “coup”, a word that under US law across the country. would require a halt to its $1.5bn Thousands of people marched in annual aid. Mursi’s opponents across the country in what Mursi’s also say it was not a coup but an Muslim Brotherhood movement intervention to impose the “peo- called a “Friday of Rage” to pro- ple’s will”. test against his ouster and an Meanwhile, the African Union interim government set up to suspended Egypt from the conti- prepare for fresh elections. nental body yesterday after the Egypt’s first freely elected pres- ouster of Mursi, in line with its ident was toppled on Wednesday strict rules against unconstitu- in what his Islamist supporters tional changes of government. call a military coup. The AU’s Peace and Security Mursi supporters in Cairo “council decided to suspend the were hit by shotgun pellets after participation of Egypt in AU a crowd of several hundred peo- activities until the restitution of ple marched towards the bar- constitutional order”, said an offi- racks where Mursi is being held. cial statement. Photographers took pictures of The pan-African bloc met yes- at least one dead young man and terday at AU headquarters in the several severely wounded being Ethiopian capital to discuss the carried from the scene. political crisis in Egypt, following The army denied blame for the Morsi’s removal by the army on shootings. An army spokesman Wednesday. said troops did not open fire on the “The council reiterates the demonstrators and soldiers used AU’s condemnation and rejection only blank rounds and teargas to of any illegal seizure of power,” the control the crowd. It was unclear statement added. whether security forces units other Egypt has been in turmoil since than army troops were also present. the fall of Hosni Mubarak in the Later, tens of thousands of “Arab Spring” revolutions that cheering Islamists gathered swept the region in 2011. near a mosque in a Cairo suburb Several dozen people have been where they were addressed by killed in the last month of unrest, Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood shout slogans while holding a picture of deposed president Mohammed Mursi during a rally outside Brotherhood leader Mohamed during which huge rallies in Cairo Cairo’s Rabaa Al Adawiya mosque yeterday. Badie, free to address them and other cities called for Mursi’s despite reports on Thursday that resignation amid anger over eco- Pillay yesterday expressed alarm targeting women protestors,” she of the Damanhour general hos- reported clashes in the Nile Delta he had been arrested. nomic stagnation and perceptions about reported mass arrests of added. pital, said three people had been towns of Gharbeya and Beheira, In a fiery speech, he vowed to of a Brotherhood power grab. key members of Egypt’s Muslim Clashes were repeated across wounded with live bullets, oth- in Qena south of Cairo and the “complete the revolution”, and His overthrow on Wednesday Brotherhood. the country. Thousands of ers were wounded with birdshot, rural province of Fayoum. No repeatedly referred to Mursi as was greeted with wild scenes of “There should be no more vio- Islamists took to the streets of rocks, or had been hit with rods. casualties were reported. the president. celebration involving millions of lence, no arbitrary detention, no Alexandria and Assiut to join In the Suez city of Ismailia, sol- In the Sinai Peninsula border- “To the great Egyptian army, I people, but also infuriated his illegal acts of retribution,” Pillay protests, and in Damanhour, diers fired into the air as Mursi ing Israel, two police officers were say ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is great) supporters who fear a return to said in a statement. capital of the Beheira province supporters tried to break into the shot dead on Friday by unknown ... I say ... we will sacrifice,” he the suppression of Islamists they “Serious steps should also be in the Nile Delta, 21 people were governor’s office. The Islamists gunmen in El Arish, medical shouted as a military helicopter endured under generations of taken to halt, and investigate, wounded in violence between sup- retreated and there were no casu- sources said in an incident not hovered low overhead. military rule. the appalling—and at times seem- porters and opponents of Mursi. alties, security sources said. believed linked to the protests. He urged the army not to fire UN human rights chief Navi ingly organised — sexual violence Ehab El Ghoneimy, manager State television and radio also AGENCIES

Palestinian Fierce fighting batters Syria’s strategic city of Homs president in BEIRUT: Syrian state forces activists to let himself be filmed the insurgency, and is the focal “extremely concerned” about the Some opposition sources backed by the Lebanese militant and recorded to try to give more point of a new push by Assad’s offensive, launched by Assad’s reported small advances for rare visit to group Hezbollah hammered the credibility to his reports. He had forces. forces on June 28. Assad’s forces, but others said central city of Homs yesterday, suffered previous injuries while Assad is trying to cement con- “The number of civilians cur- the street-by-street battles meant activists said, sparking con- filming rebel operations around trol of a belt of territory between rently trapped due to the heavy the overall balance of power was Lebanon camp cern from United Nations offi- the capital. his seat of power in Damascus fighting in and around Homs is unchanged after more than a cials over thousands of civilians He was eventually identified and his stronghold on Syria’s believed to be between 2,500 and week. BEIRUT: Palestinian presi- trapped in the city. by security forces and they tried Mediterranean coast, a move 4,000 people,” chief spokesman Outside the city, Assad’s forces dent Mahmud Abbas paid President Bashar Al Assad’s to blackmail him into silence by which could sever the north and Rupert Colville said. fired on the nearby town of al- a rare visit yesterday to a forces have been using heavy air kidnapping his father. His father south of the country where rebels “We call upon all parties to Hosn, a hillside rebel stronghold Palestinian refugee camp in raids and artillery strikes to push was let go though he did not back have a foothold. respect their obligations under famous for its ancient crusader Lebanon, placing a wreath at their offensive around the capi- down, but his brother was killed Video uploaded by activist international law, avoid civil- fortress, the Crac des Chevaliers. the cemetery in the Shatila tal and the strategically located last year. groups in Homs showed fires blaz- ian casualties and allow trapped Rebels have been holed up for camp in the capital Beirut. Homs, which spans central Syria’s Syria’s war has killed more ing from destroyed buildings and civilians to leave without fear of months in the massive castle, A small crowd gathered ahead eastern and western international than 100,000 people, the pro- grey smoke rolling down streets persecution or violence.” once a perfectly preserved Unesco of his brief visit to welcome him borders. opposition Syrian Observatory for torn up by the clashes. Fighters Colville also called on fighters World Heritage site. Residents at the Martyrs Cemetery on the Near Damascus, a well-known Human Rights says. The two-year fired rocket-propelled grenades to provide unfettered access to nearby said pro-Assad militias set outskirts of the camp, one of 12 activist known as Mohammed revolt began as peaceful protests and machineguns from battered humanitarian groups in the area. fire to the forests surrounding the housing Palestinian refugees in Moaz died of injuries from shelling but, under a fierce security force apartment blocks. Activists in Homs say there are town, hoping to destroy potential Lebanon. in a rebel-held suburb yesterday. crackdown, it degenerated into The United Nations Office severe shortages of food, water, cover for fighters trying to bring “I’m here to welcome him Moaz, whose real name was civil war. of the High Commissioner medicine, electricity and fuel in in supplies. because he’s our president,” said Fedaa Al Baali, was one of the first Homs city was the epicentre of for Human Rights said it was the besieged areas. REUTERS Fatma Abdul Hadi, an elderly lady in a white headscarf with a black and white Palestinian scarf wrapped around her neck. Five killed in Iraq attacks “What we want and hope for from him is to help us get back Protesters rally for to Palestine, that’s all I want,” she added. Also there to welcome the president were a number of Lebanon cleric Assir youth members of the Fatah party Abbas heads, and a boy SIDON, Lebanon: Several before the Syrian uprising began scout band. hundred people protested in in March 2011, but gained a Jamil Hassan, 36, had also the southern Lebanese city of name for himself with public and turned out to see the president, Sidon yesterday in support of increasingly vitriolic criticism of a year after he fled a Palestinian Ahmed Al Assir, a radical cleric the powerful Lebanese Shia group refugee camp in Syria, escaping on the run since deadly clashes Hezbollah. the violence that has ravaged the between his supporters and the He accuses the group of being a country for more than two years. army. stooge of Iran, a key Hezbollah ally, “We left because it was dan- Marchers set out from the Bilal and has railed against the move- gerous for me, my wife and kids,” bin Rabah mosque in Sidon’s Abra ment’s formidable arsenal and he said. district, which had been Assir’s decision to send fighters to back “But life there before was easy. stronghold before fierce battles the Syrian regime against rebels. The state protected us and with with the army in the area last “We will never accept the qualifications you could do what- month. Iranian occupation in Sidon,” his ever you wanted, become a pilot, At least 18 soldiers and 11 Assir supporters chanted yesterday. become a doctor.” supporters were killed in the After marching for several hun- The approximately 470,000 clashes, which ended with the dred metres, the protesters began Palestinians living in over- cleric declared a fugitive and secu- harassing and hitting journalists crowded camps in Lebanon are rity services launching a nation- before the army intervened and barred from around 70 profes- wide manhunt. told reporters to leave “for their sions and prohibited from own- Some 300 people, mostly youths own safety”. Assir, who has not ing property. and women in full face veils, took been seen since the end of the Their living conditions in to the streets on Friday chanting fighting on June 24, issued a defi- camps in Lebanon have been “God protect Sheikh Assir” and ant audio message on Thursday described as the worst for Iraqis inspect the site of a suicide car bomb attack in the Al Haq square in Samarra, a predominantly Sunni carrying photos of the controver- calling on his supporters to turn Palestinian refugees anywhere town north of Baghdad, yesterday. Attacks killed five people in town squares in Iraq. sial cleric. out to protest. in the region. Assir was a virtual unknown AFP AFP JULY 6, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY

Prosecutor British House seeks six years jail for Russian passes bill on protest leader

KIROV, RUSSIA: Russian prosecutors yesterday sought a six-year jail sentence for EU referendum top opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who vowed to never flee his country in fear and to Six Labour MPs support bill break its “feudal system” of politics. LONDON: Legislation that an individual Conservative MP Judge Sergei Blinov scheduled would guarantee an in-out ref- to push the referendum plan the verdict hearing for July 18. erendum on Britain’s member- through parliament. Observers say that the rushed ship of the European Union There were loud cheers in the embezzlement trial of President by 2017 cleared its first hur- chamber as the vote was read out, Vladimir Putin’s top critic dle in the House of Commons following a high spirited debate in appears to be an attempt to jail yesterday. which the Conservatives showed him before elections in September In a rare unanimous result, law- rare unity in presenting them- in which he is seeking to run for makers in the lower house voted selves as the only party giving Moscow mayor. 304 to zero to send the bill to the British voters a choice on Europe. Tensions in the stuffy courtroom next stage of the parliamentary Cameron, who had ordered all FROM LEFT: Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica, Argentina’s President Cristina in the Kirov region 600km north- process, although there is only a his MPs to vote for the bill, set out Fernandez, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and Suriman’s President Desi east of Moscow escalated when the slim chance it will become law. his support in an email to activists Bouterse in Cochabamba. They gathered to rally behind Morales, whose plane was diverted in Europe. prosecutor said Navalny should be MPs from Prime Minister on Thursday. sent to a prison colony for six years David Cameron’s eurosceptic “For decades, politicians have and pay a fine of one million rubles Conservative Party turned out in denied the British people a voice Spain says it was told Snowden ($30,000) for conspiring with co- force for the first debate in the on Europe. Tomorrow (Friday) defendant Pyotr Ofitserov to steal 650-seat House of Commons on the Conservative Party will fight 10,000 cubic metres of timber the proposal. to give them one. And let us all be worth 16m rubles. The pro-European Liberal proud of that,” he wrote. The bill was aboard Morales’ flight Democrats, the junior partners in was presented by James Wharton, Vatican approves Cameron’s coalition government, the youngest Conservative MP in MADRID: Spain said yester- they tell me — you have to act Snowden, who is seeking to avoid and the opposition Labour Party parliament, after he came out top day it was told fugitive US intel- immediately.” US espionage charges after leak- sainthood for John both oppose the bill and mostly in a ballot of private members’ bills. ligence leaker Edward Snowden Bolivia reacted furiously ing embarrassing details of a vast stayed away. Opening the debate yesterday was aboard Bolivian President after Morales, flying home from US phone and Internet surveil- Paul II, John XXIII Foreign Secretary William morning, he said he believed it Evo Morales’ plane as a diplo- Moscow on Tuesday, had to lance programme. Hague said he was “very happy”. spoke for “many millions” among matic storm brewed over the land in Vienna, accusing several The 30-year-old is believed to VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis Labour had tried to derail the the British people, who have not diverted flight. European nations of denying his be holed up at a Moscow airport gave the go-ahead yesterday for bill using a parliamentary block- had a vote on EU membership Foreign Minister Jose Manuel jet overfly rights. looking for a country that will John Paul II to be made saint ing tactic, he said, which “suggests since 1975. Garcia Margallo said Spain had The plane resumed its journey give him safe haven. and granted a rare exception that they will at later stages try to An ICM poll published last nothing to apologise for, however, on Wednesday and refuelled in “I found the treatment of the for canonisation at the same block this in various ways”. month found 35 percent of peo- denying allegations that Madrid Las Palmas on the Spanish archi- president of Bolivia ridiculous time for John XXIII, who had “But it’s a good start to the bill, ple support an immediate refer- had refused overfly rights for the pelago of the Canary Islands. and completely unacceptable,” the same reformist views and it reinforces our commitment to endum. Some 43 percent said they Bolivian leader’s plane. Margallo denied Spain had the president of the European personal touch as the current a referendum by the end of 2017, would vote to leave the EU, and 40 Margallo did not identify who closed its airspace to the Bolivian parliament, German politician pontiff. in or out of a reformed European percent would vote to stay. provided the apparently faulty leader’s plane, saying that despite Martin Schulz, said during a visit The announcement marked a Union,” he told the BBC. The Lib Dems, led by Deputy intelligence that Snowden was the intelligence he had trusted to Madrid. historic day at the Vatican, which The legislation enshrines in law Prime Minister Nick Clegg, have aboard the presidential jet. Bolivia’s written guarantee that “I think we should check who also issued an unprecedented text Cameron’s promise to renegotiate rejected the bill as a “parliamen- “I work with the information Snowden was not aboard. gave the orders for this,” he told co-written by Francis and his liv- the terms of Britain’s member- tary stunt”. they give me. They told us that “I believe in the word of friendly an economic forum. ing predecessor Benedict XVI in ship and then hold a referendum And Labour has said Cameron it was clear that he was inside,” countries and Bolivia is one,” the Bolivia is one of 21 countries which the two popes said faith after the 2015 general election. is wasting his time within inter- the foreign minister said in an foreign minister said. to which Snowden has asked for was a “common good” and called He made the pledge under nal politics and should get back interview with Spanish public “What Spain said was that in asylum. Morales said earlier this for dialogue with non-believers. pressure from his party’s rebel- to running the country. However, television. no case was it going to restrict its week that his country would be The Vatican said Francis lious right flank, and with an eye six Labour MPs voted for the bill “The reaction of all the airspace and that it would keep willing to study the request. gave his widely expected for- on the electoral threat posed by yesterday. Europe has long been a European countries that took cor- its authorisation in force so the The Bolivian president has mal approval to a second mira- the anti-EU UK Independence toxic issue for the Conservatives, rect or incorrect measures was in plane could land and refuel in Las threatened to close the US cle attributed to John Paul II Party (UKIP). leading to the downfall of line with the information given to Palmas,” Margallo said. “There is embassy in Bolivia over the jet (1978-2005) at a meeting with Lib Dem opposition prevents late prime minister Margaret us that this was going to happen,” no need for any apology to Bolivia.” diversion, which he said was the Cardinal Angelo Amato, head of Cameron from proposing a gov- Thatcher in 1990 and weakening he added. Bolivia accused France, result of Washington putting the Congregation for the Causes ernment bill, so he has instead her successor John Major. “I cannot verify if it is true Portugal, Italy and Spain of pressure on European nations. of Saints. taken the unusual route of backing AFP or not true at the moment denying flyover rights because of AFP AGENCIES

Media scrum EU flexes muscle heading into Washington spy talks grows outside BRUSSELS: European Union The warning over hard-won Homeland Security Secretary accesses the SWIFT global inter- place in Washington next week as officials head into complex secu- agreements to share airline pas- Janet Napolitano. “Mutual trust bank transfer network. the dispute over snooping allega- Kate’s London rity talks in Washington on senger data and SWIFT banking and confidence have been seriously “Should we fail to demonstrate tions rumbles on. Amid the fallout Monday threatening to suspend details as part of the global fight eroded and I expect the US to do the benefits of the TFTP and in the row France called for the sus- key data-swapping deals with against terrorism comes amid all that it can to restore them.” PNR instruments for our citizens pension of anxiously-awaited negoti- hospital the United States amid contin- public outrage over reports that Malmstroem said her staff and the fact that they have been ations on a mega EU-US trade deal. uing anger over reports of US US agencies spied on Europeans would be in Washington next week implemented in full compliance But a delay to what is being LONDON: It could be weeks snooping. as well as on their institutions for the first review of the 2012 with the law, their credibility will described as history’s big- before Prince William’s wife Brussels this week warned and embassies. Passenger Name Record (PNR) be seriously affected and in such a gest trade deal was opposed by Catherine gives birth to Britain’s Washington in a letter that it “We are experiencing a deli- agreement — enabling the trans- case I will be obliged to reconsider Germany and so the US then future monarch — but the world’s was ready “to reconsider” two key cate moment in our relations fer of EU air passenger data to US if the conditions for their imple- offered in compromise to hold media, taking no chances, are anti-terrorist data-sharing deals with the US,” the EU’s Home authorities — as well as a review mentation are still met.” talks in parallel on security issues already firmly camped outside failing US assurances of their “full Affairs Commissioner Cecilia of the older Terrorist Financing The review talks will be one of to assuage concerns. her London hospital. compliance with the law”. Malmstroem said in a letter to Tracking Program (TFTP), which three key EU-US meetings taking AFP A forest of ladders and tripods has sprung up outside the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, where several broadcasters —des- perate not to miss that crucial shot of a royal arrival — have Prince Harry begun a 24-hour vigil. N Irish rivals in talks to “We’ve had a few passers-by qualifies making incredulous comments,” admitted one cameraman for the as chopper avert parade riots US network NBC, sprawled in a camping chair in the sunshine. BELFAST: The two sides of “Every other year we wait “Our network’s been here since commander Northern Ireland’s sectar- until there is trouble and vio- Monday last week, although it’s ian divide are holding talks in lence and we suffer for two days only the last few days that we’ve LONDON: Britain’s Prince advance of the Protestants’ and then we try to get it fixed up, been manning it 24 hours.” Harry has qualified as an annual parades for the first so we are trying to be proactive The air will ring with the fran- Apache helicopter commander, time in an effort to avert riots, this year,” said Alfie McCrory, tic clicking of cameras when Kate the Ministry of Defence officials said yesterday. Chairman of the Twaddell and is finally admitted to the hospital announced yesterday, putting Pro-British Protestants stage Woodvale Residents’ Association, — but with the baby not officially him in charge of the aircraft he marches every summer in the a Protestant group which called due until mid-July, a long wait co-piloted in Afghanistan. British-ruled province, a tradi- for the dialogue. could be ahead. Harry, 28, served as a co- tion seen as provocative by Irish The Orange Order has pre- Until then, the cameramen can pilot gunner in the attack chop- nationalists who want to be part viously always refused to talk only bask in the sunshine with a per during his 20-week tour in of a united Ireland. directly with nationalist resident book or a magazine — hoping, as Afghanistan’s restive Helmand Since a peace agreement was groups over their parades, which long as the good weather contin- Province, which ended in January. signed in 1998, violence between mark the anniversary of the 1690 ues, for a late arrival. Harry passed the commander the province’s Catholics and victory of the Protestant King The birth will be a global news test earlier this week. Protestants — which had raged William of Orange over Roman sensation — especially given the The second son of Prince on and off for three decades — Catholic King James of England popularity of William and Kate, Charles, the Prince of Wales, has largely ended. But much of at the Battle of the Boyne, north whose glittering wedding in 2011 Harry is serving in 3 Regiment Belfast remains divided along of Dublin. was watched by an estimated Army Air Corps. religious lines. Last year there was some two billion people worldwide. The He is known as Captain Wales Members of three Protestant violence during the annual July pavement outside the hospital is within the military. Orange Lodges agreed to hold marches but most of the 500 or covered with tape marking out “This is a tremendous achieve- direct talks with the Catholic so parades across the province, the patches of territory claimed by ment for Captain Wales who Crumlin Ardoyne Residents’ involving hundreds of thou- rival outlets, but the dozens of lad- passed with flying colours,” said Association to try and pre- sands of marchers, bandsmen ders will remain mostly unmanned Lieutenant Colonel Tom de la vent violence during this year’s and watching crowds, passed off until Kate goes into labour. Prince Harry in front of an Apache helicopter at RAF Wattisham, eastern Rue, his commanding officer. marches, many of which are held peacefully. AFP England. AFP in July. REUTERS JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Asia

9,101 Malaysia China, US to discuss cyber security students safe in Beijing under pressure over cyber spying after consultants track hacking attacks Egypt: Official KUALA LUMPUR: The BEIJING: China is ready pressure to crack down on cyber State John F Kerry and Secretary world’s cyber spying, some of tensions over territorial disputes. 9,101 Malaysian students in to discuss strengthening spying after security consult- of the Treasury Jacob J Lew. The which might be carried out by Referring to China’s conflict- Egypt are safe and are not cyber security with United ants tracked a wave of hacking chief Chinese envoys will be State its military. Beijing has rejected ing claims with the Philippines, involved in the turmoil in States officials at a high-level attacks to China. Councillor Yang Jiechi and Vice that, saying China is a victim of Vietnam and other governments that country. A spokesman forum next week and wants “We are ready to work with Premier Wang Yang. They are computer hacking. over the South China Sea, Zheng at the Malaysian embassy in Washington to help settle ter- the United States and engage in to be joined by finance, military, Asked about disclosures by said, “the United States should Cairo said all the students ritorial disputes in East Asia, dialogue and communication and, energy, environmental and other former NSA employee Edward do more to contribute to a were now having their semes- officials said yesterday. on the basis of mutual respect officials. Snowden about United States proper settlement of the issue.” ter examination and staying Next week’s two-day Strategic and mutual trust, enhance The annual talks are aimed government spying and whether As for Beijing’s dispute with near their universities. “At and Economic Dialogue in understanding and consensus at heading off trade and other those would influence the talks, Japan over a group of uninhab- the moment, the situation in Washington will also include and work with the international disputes between the world’s two Zheng said, “The information ited islands in the East China Egypt is under control and so talks on finance and climate community to build a peaceful, largest economies and to promote released by the media shows once Sea, Zheng said Washington far, there has been no report change and the inaugural gather- secure, open and cooperative cooperation on managing the glo- again that China is among the “should send correct instead of of any untoward incident ing of a US-Chinese cyber secu- cyberspace,” said Zheng Zeguang, bal economy, climate change and victims of cyber attacks.” wrong signals and do more to happening to any Malaysian rity group, the officials said at a an assistant foreign minister. other issues. On regional issues, Zheng said contribute to the cooling of the student in Egypt,” he said. government briefing. The US delegation to the dia- Security experts say China is Beijing wants Washington to “do situation.” He said the embassy would Beijing is under United States logue is to be led by Secretary of a base for a large share of the more to contribute” to settling THE PHILIPPINE STAR inform about the latest devel- opments from time to time and take safety measures Naval drills if the political turbulence continued. People-smuggling boat Royal pardon for prisoner in distress off Indonesia BANGKOK: A Thai man who was serving a 13-year SYDNEY: A people-smug- Meanwhile, Prime Minister term for posting online con- gling boat carrying about 80 Kevin Rudd met Indonesia’s tent deemed offensive to the asylum-seekers was in dis- President Susilo Bambang kingdom’s monarchy said tress and reportedly tak- Yudhoyono in Jakarta and both yesterday he had been given ing on water in seas south of backed talks with originating a royal pardon and released Indonesia, Australian officials countries to try to stem a tide of from prison. Thantawut said yesterday. asylum-seeker boats staging per- Thaweewarodomkul, a The Australian Maritime ilous journeys to Australia, an former administrator of the Safety Authority said two mer- issue that looms large at upcom- Nor Por Chor USA website, chant vessels and a navy ship ing elections in Australia. which has links to the “Red were steaming towards the scene, Rudd has already drawn Shirt” protest movement, 42 nautical miles south of the Indonesia into the domestic was convicted under contro- Indonesian island of Java. debate, pouring scorn on con- versial lese majeste and com- It said someone on the ship had servative opposition leader Tony puter crime laws. The royal called rescue authorities to report Abbott and his plan to “turn family is a highly sensitive that they were in trouble. back” the boats, saying this risks a subject in politically turbu- The authority was unable to say diplomatic flare-up with Jakarta. lent Thailand. Chinese navy sailors moor the destroyer Shenyang of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy upon its arrival whether the boat was sinking. AFP in Vladivostok, Russia, yesterday. Seven Chinese naval ships arrived in Vladivostok to take part in joint drills in Seoul N-reactor the Sea of Japan. shuts down SEOUL: A South Korean nuclear reactor shut down Sri Lanka gears up to hold polls in ex-war zone yesterday after a technical malfunction, operators said, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will the West to pull out the army. in the final stages of the war. launch proceedings against them. Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). at a time when the govern- hold provincial elections in the Ariyaratne Athugala, direc- Tens of thousands of civilians, The United Nations Human Successive governments did not ment is already warning former northern war zone in tor general of the Department mostly Tamils, were killed in the Rights Council in March urged hold provincial polls in the north of serious power shortages September for the first time in of Government Information, said final months, according to a UN Sri Lanka to carry out credible because most of the territory was because multiple reactors 25 years, officials said yester- President Mahinda Rajapaksa panel. investigations into killings and under LTTE control. are offline. The state-run day, a move demanded by the had issued the proclamation to A court on Thursday ordered disappearances. The UN High Sri Lanka introduced provin- Korea Hydro and Nuclear United Nations since the end hold northern provincial council that 12 elite police commandos, Commissioner for Human Rights, cial councils in 1987 with a con- Power said an investigation of three decades of conflict in polls. suspects in the killing of five Navi Pillay, is to visit Sri Lanka stitutional amendment aiming to was underway to confirm the 2009. The Elections Commission Tamil students during the war, in August. ensure regional autonomy mainly precise cause but added there But Northern Province, which said they would probably be held be placed again in detention. The government has said a for the island nation’s north and was no immediate safety includes the Jaffna peninsula, has on Sept 21 or 28. Sri Lanka has They had been released in 2007 military presence is necessary in east where the LTTE had fought threat. The incident occurred been under military control since repeatedly rejected calls for an after more than two months in the north to prevent the re-emer- to create an independent state for at the Hanwool Nuclear the end of the war and the gov- independent, international probe detention after legal authorities gence of terrorism three years Tamils. Power Plant in Uljin County ernment had resisted requests by into accusation of rights abuses said there was no evidence to after it crushed the Liberation REUTERS on South Korea’s eastern coast. Bloggers call Security beefed for clarity N Korea refuses to cooperate with probe SINGAPORE: A group of up in Xinjiang on bloggers campaigning to GENEVA: UN experts tasked who heads the newly formed UN since 2010 has been monitoring yesterday his commission also repeal recent licensing regu- riot anniversary with probing human rights vio- commission of inquiry on the North Korea for the UN Human planned to visit a number of other lations for online news sites lations in North Korea said yes- secretive country. Rights Council, nonetheless hopes countries as part of its investiga- called for more clarity and BEIJING: Chinese authorities terday Pyongyang has refused That letter, sent ahead of the it will be allowed into the coun- tion, and would interview some of wider consultation yester- imposed tight control in the to cooperate with the investi- initial meeting of the three com- try, he said. He said the commis- the around 40,000 North Koreans day, pointing to remarks capital of Xinjiang yesterday, gation, but that they still hoped mission members in Geneva this sion hoped to visit North Korea believed to be living abroad. made by a senior civil serv- the fourth anniversary of ethnic to travel to the country next week, received “a polite but nega- between August 11-17. The UN Human Rights Council ant that an aspect of the leg- rioting which killed around 200 month. tive response,” he told reporters North Korea is one of the most set up the commission in May islation was being re-looked. people, state media and exile “A letter was sent under my in the Swiss city. isolated nations on the planet after Darusman presented a Ministry of Communications groups said. hand ... seeking to reach out to The commission, which and has refused to let UN rights report accusing North Korea of and Information Permanent Internet users posted pictures the DPRK, North Korea, in order includes Serbian human rights monitors, including Darusman, a string of violations including Secretary Aubeck Kam had of baton-wielding security per- that we would have cooperation, campaigner Sonja Biserko and visit, forcing them to rely torture, arbitrary detention and said on Thursday at a forum sonnel in Urumqi, the scene of contact and dialogue,” said former former Indonesian attorney gen- largely on testimony from North depriving the population of food. that sites will not be auto- clashes in 2009 between mostly Australian judge Michael Kirby, eral Marzuki Darusman, who Koreans who have fled. Kirby said AFP matically liable for content Muslim Uighurs and members of posted by other parties and China’s Han majority that were which contravene govern- Xinjiang’s worst violence of recent Prayer ment regulations. Such regu- years. lations prohibit content that Last week two incidents in the infringes on public decency region left 35 people dead and Ex-fortune teller jailed and public harmony. officials have vowed to crack down on what they call “terrorists”. 334-crash scam “Wearing helmets, officers patrolled the capital holding over will forgery in HK driver arrested guns and shields,” said the state- run Global Times, describing the HONG KONG: A “charlatan” who claimed to be the lover of a late BEIJING: A man who “heaviest security measures since Hong Kong billionaire was jailed yesterday for 12 years after a court crashed a car on average 2009” in Urumqi. convicted him of forging her will to steal her fortune. every three days for almost There was “a heavy presence of Bartender-turned-feng shui master Tony Chan claimed to be the three years in a Chinese armed police officers and police sole beneficiary of Nina Wang’s $13bn estate she inherited after the insurance scam has been vehicles at all major crossroads kidnapping and disappearance of her property mogul husband. arrested, media reported in Urumqi”, it added. A court ruled in 2010 — three years after Wang’s death — that a yesterday. The 42-year-old China commonly steps up will in Chan’s possession was fake and after more than 20 hours of made 334 insurance claims in patrols for the July 5 anniver- deliberation, a jury on Thursday found him guilty of forging it. the southern city of Shenzhen sary of the riots but the report Sentencing the 53-year-old, judge Andrew Macrae described his between 2010 and May this said: “Last week’s violence in the conduct as “shameless and wicked as well as borne of unparalleled year. He drove up behind region has made authorities par- greed”. “Forgery of a will is particularly nasty and insidious as the other cars during rush hour, ticularly watchful.” deceased can’t answer back”. bumping into them slowly to A user of Sina Weibo, a Twitter- The sensational case has for years gripped the former British avoid being injured and then like microblogging service, who colony and generated blanket media coverage, with Chan often cast bribed mechanics to overesti- was visiting the city, said security as a fraudster who duped Wang by promising to find her kidnapped mate the damage and claimed was tight. “The Urumqi train sta- husband and cure her of cancer. Much of the case revolved around for the inflated invoices, tion feels safe,” posted the user Chan’s claims that he and Wang were lovers and that she promised which totalled 357,000 yuan under the name Zhangxh1970. to leave him everything. During the trial, his lawyers showed a home ($58,000). He covered his “On the square there are only video of the pair in a passionate embrace. But the court heard that vehicles with stickers to hide police. People who came to pick up Earthquake victims pray outside a mosque in Serempah village, central Chan was a grasping chancer who, despite earning HK$3bn ($385m) previous damage. passengers are stopped outside.” Aceh district, Indonesia, yesterday. for his feng shui services from Wang, was not content and wanted AGENCIES AFP to take over her business empire and fortune. AFP JULY 6, 2013 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY Manila invites China FM for talks Philippine foreign minister Del Rosario wants to have constructive discussion on all border issues

MANILA: After the reported hearing him reel off a list of “consultations” rather than Daily said the Philippines had “This is a step in the right “We have used the approach “testy exchanges” during a complaints against Manila in his “negotiations.” committed “seven sins,” including direction,” presidential spokes- that is acceptable to the com- foreign ministers’ meeting speech at the 46th Association of China also called for a meeting “illegal occupation” of the Spratly man Edwin Lacierda said at a munity of nations. We have tried amid tensions over the West Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) with Asean foreign ministers in Islands, inviting foreign capital to press briefing. Lacierda said he not to exacerbate the situation,” Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Foreign Ministers Meeting in August also in China, Del Rosario engage in oil and gas development could not speculate on China’s he said. “What we are doing is Secretary Albert del Rosario Brunei on Sunday. said. Before this, another meeting in the disputed waters and pro- intention to spearhead low-level defending what is rightfully ours.” invited Chinese Foreign Reports quoted the Singapore between Asean and China set by moting the “internationalisation” discussions to resolve the dispute. Meanwhile, diplomatic sources Minister Wang Yi to visit the foreign minister as saying that Thailand will take place. of the waters. “We already drafted the code of said China is deploying at least country. those were “testy exchanges.” Asean and China signed the Del Rosario called China’s conduct and now we have asked four naval assault hovercrafts in “I invited the foreign minis- “I will not deny what has been DOC in 2002, outlining the most statement on a counterstrike them to discuss it with us, and the West Philippine Sea as part of ter to come and visit Manila so reported but I feel there is no important principles in the “irresponsible,” saying the China has already said that they its medium- and long-range naval we can have a full and construc- need to add to it,” Del Rosario management of disputes on the Philippines strongly condemns are discussing with us,” he said. plan in a bid to wrest total control tive discussion on all issues,” Del said in a chance interview. South China Sea. They achieved any threat of use of force. Lacierda said the Philippines of the islets and reefs. Rosario said yesterday. He said three meetings with a consensus recently to push for He said the persistence of has always been for a rules- Each ship assault craft has a “I indicated to him that per- China and Asean over the sea consultations to develop a more destabilising actions in the West based approach to settle territo- lift capability of four amphibious haps it is timely for him to do dispute are underway. detailed Code of Conduct in the Philippine Sea continues to pose rial disputes and had precisely landing tanks and a battalion of this because I have been to Beijing He said China agreed to a South China Sea. serious challenges for the whole gone to the United Nations for Chinese marines, sources said. three times since I became foreign September meeting for official The People’s Daily, the offi- region and a violation of the DOC. arbitration. Unlike its navy’s frigates, minister and all throughout that consultations with Asean on how cial newspaper of the Chinese Malacañang welcomed China’s He said it was the right proc- destroyers and maritime sur- time we have had no visit from a to have a full and effective imple- Communist Party, warned on willingness to host discussions on ess while the government tries veillance vessels that can only Chinese foreign minister,” he said. mentation of the Declaration on Saturday that a “counterstrike” the possible crafting of a code of to find ways to help local fisher- operate in deep waters, China’s He said Wang told him he “will the Conduct (DOC) of Parties in against Manila was inevitable if conduct in the West Philippine men affected by the presence of hovercrafts can mount simultane- consider” the invitation. the South China Sea. it continues to provoke Beijing in Sea with Asean amid continuing Chinese vessels in Panatag Shoal, ous beachhead landings in shallow Del Rosario confirmed reports The discussions, to be held the West Philippine Sea. tensions in the area, saying it is a such as providing alternative fish- waters to unload the marines and that he rebutted Wang after in China, were described as In a commentary, the People’s “step forward.” ing grounds. tanks. THE PHILIPPINE STAR

Rich-poor divide Louis Vuitton to Business groups support buy croc skins DAVAO CITY: The first and only crocodile slaughterhouse constitutional changes in Mindanao finally started operation on Wednesday in MANILA: Once looked upon with distrust or scorned outright, the town of Kapalong, Davao efforts to introduce changes in the Constitution appear to be gain- del Norte, with the skins to ing support, particularly from the business sector. be sold to luxury bag maker At least 13 major business groups are calling on President Aquino Louis Vuitton. Vicente to consider amending the economic provisions of the Constitution and Mercado, Chairman of the reducing the list of industries where foreign participation is limited. board of JK Mercado and Sons In a letter to the President dated June 19, the business groups said Agricultural Enterprises, Inc their request, if granted, would make the country’s economic growth (JKMSAE) that owns the more inclusive. crocodile farm and slaugh- Several attempts to amend the Constitution during the previous terhouse, said that other pre- Arroyo administration were blocked at every turn due to suspicion mium bag makers also buy that they were intended to prolong her stay in power. the skins that they get from “We strongly urge your administration to consider amending the the slaughtered saltwater economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution, which restrict greater crocodiles or the Crocodylus private sector participation,” the letter read. The Constitution sets a porosus species. Quality croc- 40 percent limit on foreign ownership of certain industries. odile skin commands a very “Pending such constitutional amendments, we suggest an initial and high price and is said to be immediate course of action: to revise the Foreign Investment Negative sold per centimetre. List (FINL) by reducing the list of industries where foreign participa- tion is limited,” they also said. Peacekeepers The recommendations, they said, are based on a series of dialogues among business groups and concerned sectors. to stay in Golan The FINL, updated every two years, identifies investment areas or activities reserved to Filipinos. THE PHILIPPINE STAR A general view of a slum area in front of skyscrapers, in a suburb of Manila yesterday. The Philippines said it was MANILA: The Philippine aiming to lift more than 10 million people out of poverty in less than two years, and make an enduring impact on government will continue to lessening one of Asia’s worst rich-poor divides. deploy Filipino peacekeepers to Golan Heights provided that the United Nations will improve the security meas- Stem cell team faces therapy probe Peace talks annex may be ures for them, a senior govern- ment official said yesterday. Foreign Affairs Secretary MANILA: Dangerous Drugs the filing of charges in court,” said Esguerra said the CIDG would signed with Milf next week Albert del Rosario said this Board (DDB) Chairman Antonio Esguerra. first establish the identity of the was the condition set by Villar filed a complaint before Villar’s lawyer Claire Pagayanan Filipino middleman who could MANILA: The Philippine government hoped yesterday to sign at President Benigno S Aquino the Criminal Investigation and told a forum sponsored by PMA help identify the foreigners least one of the three remaining annexes of the framework agree- III after an assessment team, Detection Group (CIDG) yester- that they are looking at the cul- behind the stem cell treatment ment on the Bangsamoro (FAB) when the peace talks with the Moro of which he is a member, sub- day against a medical team that pability of a German and a Thai on the Villars. Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) resume next week in Malaysia. mitted its recommendation performed stem cell therapy on doctor, Thai nurses and a Filipino “After we get the foreigners’ Government chief negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer said that the to him. “Subject to meet- him and his wife last year. agent. identity, we will check with the government is determined to complete the annex on wealth-sharing ing considerations which Senior Superintendent Pagayanan said Villar suffered Bureau of Immigration for their when her panel meets with the Milf counterpart led by Mohagher the Philippines has made to Francisco Esguerra, chief of from prostate enlargement due travel records.” Iqbal starting July 8. enhance the security and the CIDG Anti-Fraud and to the treatment, which cost “Then we will coordinate with She said that the government’s proposal on wealth-sharing provides safety of our peacekeepers, Commercial Crime Division, said him €16,000, at a posh hotel in our counterpart in the Interpol to for a fiscal arrangement that is better than what exists in the current the President has expressed Villar filed his complaint-affi- Mandaluyong on July 9, 2012. check the records in their coun- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. the Philippines is prepared to davit after meeting with CIDG The DDB chair said he was try,” he said. “There will be more taxing powers and a more defined sharing of continue its United Nations officers and the president of the enticed by newspaper advertise- PMA president Leo Olarte government resources on the whole, in keeping with the goal of having Disengagement Observer Philippine Medical Association ments on the benefits of stem cell said it is possible that only water a strong and viable autonomous Bangsamoro governance,” she said. Force participation,” he said. (PMA). treatment. But he said the condi- was injected to Villar, consider- If things go well, Ferrer said that the government and the Milf might He added that the president “We will investigate his com- tion of his wife, who suffers from ing that it did nothing to improve also be able to have a good working draft of the power-sharing annex has agreed to continue with plaint and the outcome of the diabetes, also worsened after the his condition. with only few items left for resolution. the deployment of the 340 investigation will be the basis of treatment. THE PHILIPPINE STAR THE PHILIPPINE STAR contingent until August 11. Councillor shot dead in Abra MANILA: A councillor was Huge hoard of endangered species found in Manila slum killed and robbed after he bought cattle in Abra prov- MANILA: Five dead crocodiles, 14 criti- International Union for the Conservation ince, police said yesterday. cally endangered turtles and a cache of of Nature. Police identified the victim as other rare species have been found in the All the animals, which also included 78 Rogelio Talingdan, 52, a busi- home of a suspected wildlife trader in Palawan hill mynahs and 12 blue-naped nessman of Sitio Naguilian, one of the Philippines’ biggest slums, the parrots, are protected by Philippine law, Brgy San Gregorio, Lapaz, government said yesterday. which prohibits their trade or capture. Abra. Investigation showed The juvenile saltwater crocodiles, as well Paje said an informant tipped off the gov- that a gunman approached as 90 birds, were killed by the trader or ernment that a wildlife trafficker was ship- and shot the victim twice on his aides shortly before police and environ- ping protected animals to Manila from the the head after he negotiated ment officials raided the place Wednesday, western Philippine island of Palawan, one to buy cattle at Brgy Talogtog, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said. of the country’s last wildlife refuges. They Dolores last July 4 at the porch He denounced the unnamed suspects’ were to have been sold in Manila markets of the cattle market office. “cruelty”. known for peddling wild animals as pets, The assailant grabbed the “What’s particularly alarming about Paje said. Police and wildlife officers found victim’s jacket which report- this poaching incident is that there were the dead animals outside the house, which edly contained P500,000 then reports that most of these endangered reeked of a foul odour, he added. ran toward Brgy Kimmalaba animals were intentionally killed to avoid “The... administration is dead serious also in Dolores, police said. detection by authorities,” Paje said in a about stopping not only the destruction of Investigators recovered from statement. our environment but also wildlife crime,” the scene two slugs of still The authorities also found 14 live Paje said. unknown gun calibre. Police Philippine forest and pond turtles in the Last month, the Philippines crushed five also recovered from the vic- address in Manila’s Tondo slum district, tonnes of smuggled elephant tusks, making tim’s pocket a mobile phone, he added. it the first country in Asia to destroy its P27,000, and a certificate of Dead crocodiles (top) and Palawan hill mynah birds (bottom) which were among rare species The turtle species are considered “criti- ivory stockpiles in support of global efforts ownership of large cattle. found in a wildlife trader’s home. cally endangered” according to global to stamp out the illegal wildlife trade. AGENCIES “red list” compiled by the Swiss-based AFP JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan Pakistan-China friendship sweeter than honey: Sharif Deals signed to enhance diplomatic, military and economic cooperation

BEIJING: Pakistan’s Prime than the deepest sea in the world, talks. Among these was a “long to rise to $15 billion in the next Minister Nawaz Sharif yester- and sweeter than honey”. term plan” over the economic cor- two to three years. day told his Chinese counter- Li told him: “I greatly appreci- ridor, and agreements on tech- On Thursday, Sharif held talks part Li Keqiang their countries’ ate your great warmth and deep nology, polio prevention and solar with President Xi Jinping, amid relationship was “sweeter than affection for the people of China.” housing. concerns in his country over weak honey”, during a visit to Beijing The Chinese premier was An agreement was also signed growth, inflation and power cuts with economic ties at the top of the first foreign leader to visit for cooperation between Sharif’s of up to 20 hours a day. the agenda. Pakistan after Sharif’s victory Pakistan Muslim League-N Xi, who referred to Sharif as an Pakistan and China are close at the polls. Beijing has been (PML-N) and the Communist old friend and a good brother, said diplomatic and military allies and involved with the upgrade of the Party of China (CPC). strengthening strategic coopera- Sharif, who is on his first foreign Karakoram Highway as part of The two countries also agreed tion with Islamabad was a priority trip since his May election, is a proposed economic corridor a $440m project to erect a fibre for China’s diplomacy, the state- looking to secure infrastructure between the two countries. optic cable from the China- run broadcaster China Central projects to tackle a chronic energy Earlier this year China took Pakistan border to Rawalpindi, Television reported. crisis and economic malaise in his control of Pakistan’s Gwadar port, which aims to give Pakistan more Sharif said his country wel- country. giving it access to the Arabian Sea connectivity to international comed Chinese investment and At the Great Hall of the People and Strait of Hormuz, a gateway networks, and establishment of would work to create a friendly in the Chinese capital, Sharif said for a third of the world’s traded 2000MW coal power plant and a environment for it. The threat his welcome “reminds me of the oil. A series of agreements were solar power project in Punjab. of terrorism is also expected to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (left) chats with his Chinese saying, our friendship is higher signed by ministers of the two China-Pakistan trade last year figure during Sharif’s discussions. counterpart Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, yesterday. than the Himalayas and deeper countries as Li and Sharif held reached $12 billion and is targeted AFP

US hails ties Taliban vow attacks Suicide bomber kills 12 cops with Islamabad KANDAHAR: A suicide commander. insurgents have accelerated their ISLAMABAD: The US rec- bomber killed 12 policemen in “A suicide bomber wearing a campaign of suicide attacks and ognises the importance of its during Ramadan, Afghanistan yesterday when he vest of explosives crossed the bor- roadside bombs against Afghan relationship with Pakistan blew himself up inside a police der into Kandahar’s Spin Boldak officials and Afghan and US-led and is not seeking to down- station, officials said. district this morning and blew Nato troops. The Ministry of grade ties, says the State Another suicide strike killed himself up,” Javed Faisal, spokes- Interior said that 300 police offic- Department. reject ‘halt’ email two people at a border crossing man for the Kandahar governor, ers were killed in the last month, At a Wednesday afternoon with Pakistan. said. “A top border police com- as Afghan security forces increas- briefing, the department’s KABUL: The Afghan Taliban Afghanistan with an iron fist The 12 officers were killed when mander and a civilian were killed, ingly take on frontline duties spokesperson Jen Psaki rejected vowed yesterday to continue from 1996 to 2001, are seeking the bomber targeted a police sta- and eight others, including two fighting the Taliban. suggestions that a reduction in attacks over Ramadan, reject- to overthrow the US-backed tion used to patrol the main road border police and civilians were On Tuesday, a Taliban suicide the Obama administration’s aid ing as a fake an insurgent email government and end foreign from Uruzgan province to neigh- wounded.” attack killed nine people in Kabul requests for Pakistan indicated promising a ‘halt’ in violence occupation. bouring Kandahar, through one The Spin Boldak-Chaman bor- including four Nepalese, one Washington’s desire to down- over the coming Muslim holy While Ramadan is usually a of Afghanistan’s most volatile der crossing is a key route from Briton and a Romanian. grade its relationship with month and saying it was the relatively quiet month for insur- regions. the Pakistani city of Quetta, which Around 100,000 Nato troops Islamabad. w o rk of go v e r n m e nt i nt e l l i ge n c e . gent attacks marked mainly by “He detonated his explosives in gives its name to the Quetta shura based in Afghanistan are hand- The US aid to Pakistan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah the use of roadside bombs rather a battalion station in Tirin Kot, Taliban council, and Kandahar, ing over security responsibility to “has been very extensive over Mujahid said the message sent in than direct assaults by armed the provincial capital of Uruzgan,” the insurgency’s heartland in Afghan soldiers and police before the course of the last several his name promising a temporary fighters, Zabihullah said the Abdullah Hemat, the Uruzgan southern Afghanistan. the international combat mission years,” Psaki said. cessation of violence with next month also carried extra religious governor’s spokesman, said. Kabul says many suicide attack- ends next year. The Secretary of State, John week’s start of Ramadan was the significance for insurgents. “The bomber, who was on foot ers who strike in Afghanistan A Taliban office that opened in Kerry, was a very big advocate latest incident in a simmering “During the holy month and wearing a suicide vest, blew are trained in Pakistan, where Qatar on June 18 to start peace of this assistance to Pakistan cyber war between intelligence of Ramadan, jihad has major himself up while the policemen the Taliban have rear bases and talks enraged Afghan President when he was in the Senate, agencies and the insurgents. rewards. And mujahideen will were having lunch. As a result, where some of its leaders are Hamid Karzai. He broke off Psaki added. “In that mail the enemy losers continue to employ all their fight- 12 policemen were killed and five based.Islamabad denies allowing bilateral security talks with the have tried to influence attacks by ing techniques to mount attacks others wounded,” he said. the Afghan Taliban to operate Americans and threatened to boy- Peshawar cop mujahideen fighters,” Mujahid on the enemy,” he said. Another bomber detonated from inside Pakistan and says cott any peace process altogether. said. “We strongly reject sending Taliban fighters in 2011 used himself in the southern province it will do everything to facili- The Taliban have consistently shot dead any such email on a stoppage of car bombs to attack a British of Kandahar at a border crossing tate Afghan attempts to broker refused to hold peace talks with operations,” he added. government cultural centre in the with Pakistan, killing two people a peace deal to end the conflict. the Afghan government and label ISLAMABAD: A police- Afghan spy agency the Afghan capital over the Ramadan including a senior Afghan police In recent weeks, Taliban Karzai a US puppet. AGENCIES man was yesterday shot dead National Directorate of Security period, killing almost a dozen by unidentified gunmen in has increasingly targeted the people. This year the militants Peshawar, capital of Khyber Taliban’s sophisticated messaging have stepped up attacks ahead Pakhtunkhwa province in network, which includes websites of the Afghan summer months. Protest against drone strikes northwest Pakistan. The and email accounts, social media Insurgents including a suicide assailants on motorcycles and spokesmen using noms de bomber attacked a foreign logis- opened fire on the policeman guerre. tics and supply company last week deployed outside a church in The Taliban use Afghanistan’s in Kabul, the latest in a string of Ahmedabad area, police said. improving phone network to dis- daring assaults in the capital. The policeman succumbed tribute anti-government mes- Kabul’s police chief General to his wounds at Lady Reading sages and use Twitter to claim Mohammad Ayoub Salangi said Hospital. largely improbable successes as on Friday that security forces had most foreign combat troops look arrested three people in a night Development to leave the country by 2014. raid and seized five suicide bomb The Taliban, who ruled vests. REUTERS plans for Sindh ISLAMABAD: With devel- opment outlay of Rs6.6bn for Sindh’s agricultural sector, the provincial budget 2013- 14 encompasses 37 develop- Indian Hindu-Muslim mental schemes, including 24 ongoing and 13 new ones. Included in the uplift plans romance film banned is Rs300m under foreign- funded schemes. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has banned an Indian film about the Among major schemes, the love affair of a Muslim-Hindu couple on the grounds that it could government has allocated offend viewers in the conservative Islamic republic, officials said Rs1bn for subsidy on tractors yesterday. and another Rs450m for imple- Raanjhanaa was scheduled for release in June, but Pakistan’s Film ments like laser land levellers Censor Board refused to clear it for cinema showings. and thrashers. “The censor board did not clear this movie because of its contro- The on-going scheme on versial story,” Arshad Ali, a senior government official and chairman farm water management for of the board, said. Supporters of Pakistan’s outlawed Islamic hardline group, Jamaat ud Dawa, shout anti-US slogans during a lining of watercourses would “The board recommended that the movie’s storyline could offend protest in Lahore against drone attacks in the tribal areas yesterday. get Rs1,465m whereas Rs1bn the majority Muslim population in the country and a law and order have been earmarked to build situation could arise in response,” he said. food grain storages at district According to press reports the film is the love story of a Hindu man and taluka levels. and a Muslim woman. While a huge array of Western and Bollywood films can be bought Peak closed over the counter on pirated DVD in Pakistan, the censor board rou- UK bank keen in hydro project tinely bans productions deemed too sensitive for cinemas. to trekkers Pakistani movie distributors boycotted Hollywood film Zero Dark ISLAMABAD: A delegation led by Standard of Energy crisis and elimination of Extremism”. Thirty about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US Chartered (UK) Group CEO Peter Sands met He apprised Sands the biggest economic challenge ISLAMABAD: The troops in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, with the country left humiliated. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar yesterday and dis- was circular debt which he took as a challenge. Gondogoro La, a roughly In 2012, Pakistan banned Agent Vinod, India’s answer to James Bond cussed the bank’s proposal to extend facility “Out of total circular debt of Rs503bn, the govern- 6,000 metres high pass, has in which an Indian secret agent thwarts Pakistani spies from detonat- for Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project and oil ment has successfully settled the dues of independ- been closed. Sources said the ing a nuclear bomb in Delhi. financing through the Pakistan State Oil (PSO). ent power producers by paying Rs322bn”, he said. army closed it to all trekking India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Dar said the future of economy was in revenue Praising the new government’s policies, Dar said expeditions last month. British rule in 1947. generation and resource mobilisation. that during the recent business conference in Dubai The peak, offering the fin- In 2010, censors also refused permission for Indian film Tere bin He told Sands the government and the last month, investors showed keen interest in invest- est mountain panorama in the Laden, which poked fun at Bin Laden. The board claimed it would International Monetary Fund (IMF) had reached ing in the country. world, had been shut for natu- incite suicide attacks. an agreement for a three-year programme of at least Sands said that this meeting helped him under- ral reasons such as avalanches Pakistan’s own film industry declined in recent years, finding itself $5.3bn under an extended fund facility. stand the economic policies of the new government and rock falls in the past. unable to compete with the huge popularity of Bollywood productions. He said the government’s priorities were “three and remove misunderstandings. AGENCIES AFP E’s, including improvement in Economy, resolution INTERNEWS JULY 6, 2013 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY President issues food Dalai Lama in Bangalore security ordinance Opposition cries foul; measure needs to be ratified

NEW DELHI: President special focus on the needs fortunes in elections next year. Pranab Mukherjee gave his of the poorest of the poor, The bill had been expected assent yesterday to a landmark women and children,” the to be cleared by lawmak- food welfare programme tar- ministry said in statement. ers in parliament in February, geting the “poorest of the poor”, “Up to 75 percent of the rural but it was never introduced the government announced. population and up to 50 percent due to opposition protests. “The president has signed the of the urban population will have Opposition parties have ordinance,” a senior food minis- uniform entitlement of five kilos attacked the government for try official said, two days after the per month at highly subsidised ramming the measure through by cabinet sent the National Food prices,” it added. decree, saying there has not been Security measure to Mukherjee. The flagship programme has enough discussion of its effect on The must eventually be been pushed by the head of the prices and on farmers who must approved by parliament. ruling Congress party, Sonia produce more food. The multi-billion-dollar popu- Gandhi, who has insisted on hon- Critics of the food programme list programme is the largest in ouring a 2009 election pledge. also say that India can ill-afford the world, offering subsidised The measure would increase such a costly subsidy at a time grains to nearly 70 percent of the the annual food subsidy bill to of slowing economic growth and population, or more than 800 mil- Rs1.2tn, the statement said. when credit ratings agencies are lion people. The measure is considered key eyeing the country’s large deficit. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama distributes bananas to photographers covering his visit to the ISKCON “The food security bill has to the Congress-led coalition’s AFP temple in Bangalore yesterday, on the eve of his 78th birthday. The Tibetan spiritual leader also took part in distributing free lunches to students of government-run schools as part of ISKCON’s mid-day meal scheme. India, China say strategic communication needed for trust NEW DELHI: Defence Minister an official release said here. During the meetings, both sides a solution,” the release said. A K Antony yesterday held talks He later called on Li Keqiang, discussed issues related to bilat- The two sides discussed the with his Chinese counterpart, who told him that the new lead- ‘No hurry to resolve border row’ eral defence relations, exchanges third joint army exercise in China General Chang Wanquan, and ership in China attached great SINGAPORE: India and China will not rush to resolve dif- and interactions between the in October this year. Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing, importance to developing friendly ferences over the disputed border while there has been steady ministries of defence and armed Both sides have also agreed and both sides agreed to the and cooperative relations with progress in the overall relationship, External Affairs Minister forces of the two countries and that there will be enhanced pro- need for “strategic communi- India. Salman Khurshid said yesterday. regional and international secu- fessional exchanges between their cation” for building trust and Antony said India reciprocated “It helps to remain cautious and vigilant and careful because it is rity situation. naval and air forces. understanding. the sentiment and looked forward not a relationship that has finally overcome the difficult issues that “Both sides agreed on the Antony was assisted by The two sides agreed to main- to further building the relation- caused us to actually come into a confrontation,” Khurshid told the need to maintain peace, tran- Ambassador to China S tain peace on the Line of Actual ship on a foundation of mutual Straits Times here. While both countries are determined to resolve quility and stability on the Jaishankar, Defence Secretary R Control (LAC) and strengthen trust and confidence based on these issues, he said, “we are also very clear that it does not help to LAC. It was acknowledged that K Mathur, the army’s Eastern communication and coordination respect for each other’s concerns. hasten resolution if you are not ready”. the border issue is a remnant Command chief Lt-General Dalbir at various levels between their During the meeting with Gen. IANS of history which both sides are Singh, Southern Naval Command forces on the border. Chang, the two sides discussed making efforts to resolve and chief Vice Admiral Satish Soni and Antony, who is on a four-day measures to promote mutual “It was agreed that strategic the release said. However, it it was agreed that the Special other officers of the defence min- official visit to China, held delega- trust and confidence building communication is required for did not elaborate on “strategic Representatives mechanism istry and armed forces. tion-level talks with Gen. Chang, between their armed forces. building trust and understanding,” communication.” should continue to work towards IANS

Political parties should Nawaz Sharif’s envoy meets PM

not promise freebies: SC NEW DELHI: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s spe- NEW DELHI: The Supreme People) Act, the reality cannot cial envoy Shaharyar M Khan Court yesterday asked the poll be ruled out that distribution of yesterday met Prime Minister panel to frame guidelines to dis- freebies of any kind, undoubtedly, Manmohan Singh and delivered courage political parties from influences all people. It shakes a letter conveying Islamabad’s promising freebies in their elec- the root of free and fair elections “sincere desire to move forward tion manifestos as it shakes the to a large degree,” said Justice on improving relations with root of free and fair elections Sathasivam, pronouncing the India”. and disturbs level playing field judgment. Sharif’s letter contained warm for the candidates. Referring to the Election expressions of goodwill and good A bench of Justice P. Satsasivam Commission’s submission that wishes for the Indian prime min- and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the “promise of such freebies at ister and the government and the that such guidelines would be government cost disturbs the people of India, a Pakistan High necessary for holding free and level playing field and vitiates the Commission release said here. fair elections and maintaining a electoral process” and express- The release said the Indian level playing field. The court said ing willingness to “implement prime minister warmly recipro- freebies can influence people and any directions or decision” of the cated the sentiments expressed disturb the level playing field. court, the court noted that there in the letter. Stating that it had limited was no enactment that directly Shaharyar Khan called on powers to issue directions to the governed the contents of election Manmohan Singh at his 7, Race legislature to legislate on a par- manifestos. Course Road residence and deliv- ticular issue, the court favoured The court said that “a separate ered the letter that conveyed a separate law governing political head for guidelines for election Pakistan’s “sincere desire to move parties in a democratic polity. manifesto released by a political forward on improving relations “Although, the law is obvious party can also be included in the with India”. that the promises in the election Model Code of Conduct for the An Indian government spokes- manifesto cannot be construed as Guidance of Political Parties and person said that the special envoy ‘corrupt practice’ under Section Candidates”. also called on External Affairs 123 of RP (Representation of IANS Minister Salman Khurshid and National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon. He also met the prime min- ister’s special envoy, Satinder Lambah, and Foreign Secretary No proof of Bansal’s role Ranjan Mathai. IANS in bribery, says CBI NEW DELHI: The CBI yes- “Mahesh Kumar had only met terday sought to justify its deci- some ministers officially. There IPL scam: Mumbai sion to make Pawan Kumar was no telephonic conversation Bansal a witness in the alleged (between them) and Kumar did cops net bookie Rs100m cash-for-post railway not meet the ministers privately,” bribery scandal by saying that said a CBI official. MUMBAI: Mumbai police have the agency had not found any Mahesh Kumar met ministers nabbed bookie master Shoban evidence of the former railway on his own as he was losing faith Mehta alias Shoban Kalachowki minister’s involvement. in Singla’s ability to fix meetings in connection with the IPL bet- A Central Bureau of with ministers. ting and match fixing scam. Investigation (CBI) official said The probe agency in its charge According to official sources, Bansal was not present when sus- sheet has named 10 people as Kalachowki was picked up from pended Railway Board member accused: Singla, Mahesh Kumar, Goa on Thursday by the Mumbai Mahesh Kumar met his nephew alleged middlemen Sandeep Goyal, Police Crime Branch and brought Vijay Singla. Samir Sandhir, Sushil Daga, Ajay to Mumbai yesterday. He will be The agency, which filed its Garg, Rahul Yadav and business- presented before a magistrate this charge sheet on July 2 in a spe- man Manjunath and his aides P morning for remand. cial CBI court, said it could not V Murali and Venugopal. Kalachowki was among the find a record of any conversation Barring Murali and Venugopal, absconders for whom the Mumbai between Bansal and Singla regard- the CBI has arrested all the and state police were on the look- ing Mahesh Kumar’s appointment accused named in the charge out ever since the IPL scam broke to the post of Railway Board sheet. on May 15. member (electrical). IANS IANS JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business EU, China near solar panel deal Indian rupee Agreement likely before August; German group Conergy files for insolvency BRUSSELS/SHANGHAI: The European Union and China are moving towards a deal to defuse a conflict over alleged dumping of solar panels in Europe, officials from both hits new low sides said yesterday. The European Commission, the EU’s execu- MUMBAI: India’s rupee fell to near its lifetime low yester- tive, accuses China of flooding Europe with bil- day prompting the central bank to intervene in currency lions of euros of cheap solar panels sold at below markets to drag the ailing unit up, dealers said. the cost of production, and has imposed duties The rupee hit an intra-day low of Rs60.59 to the US unit — that will jump up to punitive levels in August. near its record low of 60.76 hit on June 26 — as Indian importers Brussels and Beijing have until then to find bought dollars. a solution in their biggest ever trade dispute. The Indian currency later pared some of its losses, helped Europe’s free trade-advocates Britain and by intervention from the central bank, dealers said, to close at Germany want to avoid angering China and risk Rs60.22 to the dollar. business with Europe’s second largest trading “Possibly there was intervention from the Reserve Bank partner. However, the impact of overcapacity of India around the 60.58/59 level, which helped the rupee to and plunging prices on European solar firms recover,” said Hemal Doshi, a currency strategist at Geojit was underscored as German group Conergy filed Comtrade, according to the Press Trust of India. for insolvency. The central bank does not normally comment on whether it Officials from Europe and China said more has intervened in the market but dealers reported there were than two weeks of negotiations in Beijing were signs of intervention to prop up the rupee. going well and they aimed to agree a minimum The reported intervention came a day after the central price for Chinese importers above their produc- bank’s governor said the Reserve Bank of India did not have an tion costs, although numbers are still fluid. exchange rate target. “We remain highly optimistic about the direc- The rupee has skidded lower as overseas funds pull out of tion we are moving in,” said Sun Guangbin, head emerging markets on investor expectations of a scaling down of a government-industry association author- of the hefty US monetary stimulus and as India’s domestic ised to represent Chinese solar companies in the A technician checking solar panels on the roof of a plant of German solar panel manufacturer Conergy in economic woes mount. talks. The European Commission, which handles Frankfurt. Conergy filed for insolvency yesterday, the latest victim of competition from Asia in the industry. The Reserve Bank of India is believed to have intervened sev- trade cases for EU governments, declined to eral times in the market in recent weeks, but governor Duvvuri comment, but four officials close to the negotia- say that was around $0.59 per watt in 2012, but price for Chinese panels would probably not go Subbarao said the priority was managing volatility. tions said they were also very positive. could go down to as low as $0.48 this year. That far enough to protect European industry and “We employ all instruments available to us to manage volatil- “The architecture of the deal is there,” said compares with about $0.65 per watt in Europe. satisfy EU negotiators. ity, and we do try to manage volatility. But we do not have an one official. “The atmosphere in the talks is very Under the proposal, panels sold in excess of Chinese solar panel production quadrupled exchange rate band,” Subbarao told reporters in the southern business-like, there’s a good chance of a deal the quota would be subject to duties, although between 2009 and 2011 to more than the entire city of Chennai yesterday. before the August deadline.” the final level and the amount are still under global demand. EU producers say Chinese com- The Indian currency, which has fallen more than 10 percent Punitive tariffs have the potential to affect discussion. The agreement could set quotas for panies have captured more than 80 percent of in 2013, is the worst performing currency among major Asian ¤21bn ($27.1bn) of imported Chinese solar pan- two to three years, with a review thereafter. the European market from almost zero a few countries. Analysts believe the central bank lacks the financial els, cells and wafers from manufacturers such as “Figures reported in the media are not the years ago. firepower needed to manage the rupee and prevent it from Trina Solar, Yingli Green Energy and Suntech official numbers,” said one person involved, not- As a result, Chinese-made panels are as much falling further. Power Holdings. ing that the many companies have their own as 45 percent cheaper than those made in Europe, Its tumble raises import prices of everything from oil and fer- The EU accounts for about half of China’s calculations. German and Chinese media have industry executives say. Europe accounted for half tilisers to food staples such as pulses, stoking already high con- solar exports, which have already been affected reported that Beijing has made an offer of a of the global market in 2012, which was worth sumer inflation and causing hardship for India’s poor millions. by the euro zone public debt crisis that forced minimum price of ¤0.50 ($0.65) per watt for $77bn, according to research firm IHS. Business leaders have been hoping that the RBI would cut major European countries such as Germany to an annual volume of panel exports of up to 10 Beijing is deciding whether to levy its own interest rates when it meets on July 30 in an effort to spur slash subsidies for renewable power. gigawatt (GW) of photovoltaic modules. duties on imported European solar-grade growth, which is at a decade low of 5.0 percent, but the falling The proposed deal involves an annual quota But that quota may be too generous in polysilicon, a raw material used in solar panel rupee makes this more difficult. The RBI has lowered rates for Chinese panels that cannot be sold at less European eyes because it is still 80 percent of production. three times this year. AFP than the cost of production in China. Analysts the EU market. Meanwhile the minimum import REUTERS

Peugeot to close French plant Brent crude trading above Lebanon says Israel can tap its $107 a barrel on US data gas resources NEW YORK: Brent crude oil a basket of currencies, which can prices were trading above $107 lead to lower oil prices. BEIRUT: Lebanon’s energy per barrel for the first time in But the crude oil market inter- minister said yesterday that three months yesterday, under- preted the data as a positive, said Israel has the technical ability pinned by political unrest in Matt Smith, commodity analyst to draw from Lebanese under- Egypt that continued to fuel at Schneider Electric in Louisville, water gas fields, and called for concerns of oil supply disrup- Kentucky “because it means we’re an urgent parliamentary ses- tions in the Middle East. going to see a stronger economy”. sion to define gas exploration So far, ports and shipping Still, crude oil in other curren- plans and bloc parameters. through the Suez Canal have been cies is becoming more expensive Lebanon, technically at war operating normally, two shipping and “will provide headwinds at some with Israel, has warned in the sources and a canal official said. point,” Smith added. The positive past that it would “use all means” The Middle East pumps a third of data fuelled investor fear that the to defend its resource rights if the world’s oil and the Suez Canal Federal Reserve may taper its stim- Israel was found to be drilling and Suez-Mediterranean pipeline ulus programme. That coupled with within its borders. were responsible for transiting recent reports of weaker economic Gebran Bassil told reporters some 2.2 million barrels per day data out of China caused other com- at a media conference that Israel of oil into the Mediterranean Sea modities prices to collapse. had discovered an underwater gas in 2011, according to US govern- Brent crude oil for August field in the Mediterranean sea ment data. delivery was last trading $1.80 only 4km away from the border. US crude oil prices maintained per barrel higher at $107.34 by “This means, theoretically, a 14-month high, supported by 11:52am EDT (1552 GMT) after that Israel is now able to reach A general view of an empty car assembly line at the PSA-Peugeot Citroen automobile plant in Aulnay-sous- data showing US employers added hitting a high of $107.40 a bar- Lebanese gas and that is a very Bois, near Paris. Peugeot, which employs 77,000 workers in France, will close its Aulnay plant next year. PSA more jobs than expected in June, rel. Front-month US crude oil grave situation,” he said. is cutting 8,000 jobs nationwide under its restructuring plan as the carmaker seeks to reduce production as other commodity prices sank. futures were up $1.63 per barrel Barak Seri, the spokesman for The news pushed the US dollar to $102.87 a barrel after hitting a Israel’s Energy Ministry declined overcapacity. to a near three-year high against high of $102.92. REUTERS to comment. Israel has made two of the world’s largest offshore finds in the past decade, said to contain more than 800 billion cubic metres of gas. Texas-based Transatlantic monetary divide to accelerate dollar surge Noble Energy is leading sev- eral international energy firms retrieving the new finds. LONDON: US monetary policy struggling European and Japanese against Japan’s yen and emerging were allowed to float in 1973. world commodity prices, and as “We do not want to say a crisis is zigging while the rest of the exporters but would be bad news market currencies all year, but Seismic dollar swings in the 1980s US money returned home to what would happen, but ... Israel would world is zagging, and the world for emerging economies. the latest shift in monetary out- also resulted from mismatched was seen as a relatively safe high- be able to dig horizontally. By doing should brace for a protracted A stronger greenback has a looks within the developed world economic cycles and monetary growth story in Silicon Valley. that, it could reach the proven dollar surge, more strains for depressive impact on dollar- looks likely to push it up against policies either side of the Atlantic This week’s historic decisions by wells in Lebanon,” Bassil said. “So developing economies and vola- priced commodities, raises dollar the euro, sterling and other G7 and were met with bouts of cen- the ECB and Bank of England to if it drilled vertically and there tility in global markets. borrowing costs for companies currencies. tral bank intervention, first to offer “forward guidance” on inter- was overlap between the Israeli After two weeks of signalling and developing countries, and “We’re big proponents of a cap the dollar and then to stall est rates stands in contrast to the and Lebanese fields, Lebanese gas by central banks, investors are may ultimately stem the flow of stronger dollar — it’s the central its subsequent collapse. US Federal Reserve’s timetable could be pulled towards Israel. But betting the Federal Reserve will US investment overseas. investment thesis of this period,” Investors are looking at 1994 for less money printing and higher this is still unproven.” raise US interest rates within 14 Almost half the world’s $80 tril- said Scott Thiel, head of global as a parallel for the present. rates over the next two years. The leader of Hezbollah has also months. No similar move is seen lion of private pension, insurance bonds at the world’s biggest asset Surprise Fed rate rises that And despite attempts by Fed vowed to defend his country’s nat- in the euro zone, Britain or Japan and mutual fund savings originates manager, BlackRock — which has year pushed bond yields higher officials to emphasize condition- ural resources. Bassil said Israel’s before 2016 at the earliest - the in the United States, and long- almost $4 trillion under manage- everywhere, even as Germany’s ality, a hefty 195,000 rise in US new gas exploration should revive first major divergence in rate term shifts in the dollar’s exchange ment. Others say the order in Bundesbank - then Europe’s most non-farm payrolls in June will the urgency of a cabinet meeting expectations for five years. rate can profoundly change their which countries were sucked into powerful central bank - was furi- only reinforce that view. But could required to approve a document Prospects of less Fed money calculation of overseas returns and the global crisis is the main issue. ously easing policy. a dollar rise itself be enough to setting out parameters for 10 printing and the European hence their preference for home or But dollar strength still emerges The interest rate gap peaked make the Fed row back? exploration blocs, ranging from Central Bank’s promise this week foreign markets. under that scenario. in 1995, the trigger for six years Jim O’Neill, former chair- 1,500 to 2,500 sq km. to keep interest rates low have “It’s potentially going to have “There’s potential for the in which the dollar — still the man of Goldman Sachs Asset But that may be difficult given already pushed the gap between a big impact on the dollar and appreciation of the dollar ver- world’s main reserve currency — Management, said that the Lebanon’s political turmoil, after US and German 10-year govern- U.S. fund managers who are the sus the euro and also against appreciated more than 40 percent exchange rate fallout may be criti- Prime Minister Najib Mikati ment bond yields to its widest biggest investors in the global Asian currencies,” said Arnaud on the Fed’s broad trade-weighed cal in shaping “reaction functions” resigned in March amid fierce since 2006. economy,” said UBS strategist de Servigny, chief investment index. While the dollar has been around the world. “The dollar is political squabbling that has The developing policy gap, Manik Narain. “They have been officer at Deutsche Bank Wealth gaining strength, the Fed’s broad likely to rise but the Fed doesn’t stalled most government decisions. and the United States’ stronger orchestrating the big inflows Management. dollar index has risen only 4 per- want to preside over a major tight- Mikati’s caretaker government, economic outlook, means many into emerging markets and now cent so far this year. ening in financial conditions and including Bassil, remains in office investors are starting to assume for the first time in 13 years they HISTORIC SHIFT The late 1990s saw major cri- so a huge dollar rise may itself with limited powers until Prime the dollar is in the foothills of a are seeing real US interest rates Prolonged periods of broad dol- ses in emerging markets as dollar contribute to the Fed toning down Minister designate Tammam mountainous rally. are on the rise.” lar strength have been few and strength tightened global finan- what it said,” said O’Neill. Salam forms a new cabinet. That could provide a fillip for The dollar has risen sharply far between since exchange rates cial conditions and depressed REUTERS REUTERS JULY 6, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY

Banks vie for Lloyds, RBS share sell-off UKFI to shortlist eight banks

LONDON: More than a dozen Rupert Hume-Kendall, one of top banks are finalising plans to the most prolific dealmakers at run a £20bn ($30bn) share sale Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in part-nationalised Lloyds, one who last year advised on a Reckitt of the most prestigious British Benckiser share sale. deals in recent years, but with Heavyweights such as HSBC fees cut to the bone. CEO Stuart Gulliver, Deutsche Banks need to pitch by Monday Bank’s Anshu Jain and UBS’s to handle the sale of the govern- Sergio Ermotti may also enter the ment’s 39 percent share holding fray. Fees could be below the usual in Lloyds and — later — its 81 per- 0.5 percent for a government sale People walk in front of an electronic board showing the closing figure of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average in Tokyo yesterday. Tokyo stocks closed at cent of Royal Bank of Scotland and maybe as low as 0.1-0.2 percent 14,309.97, the highest closing index since May 29, ending the week up 291.04 points, or 2.08 percent, while the US dollar traded in the 100 yen range. (RBS), UK Financial Investments if the government opts to give the (UKFI), which manages the gov- banks advisory roles rather than ernment’s shares, says. the more risky taking on of blocks UKFI will pick a shortlist, pos- of stock to sell on, bankers said. US jobs data spooks European markets sibly about eight banks, which it Finance Minister George can turn to at short notice, and Osborne said in June that the gov- LONDON: European equities companies was down 0.72 per- Index advanced 0.55 percent. In Asia, markets mostly climbed a Lloyds sale may start this year ernment was ready to start selling slumped yesterday, spooked by cent to 6,375.52 points, while On the currency markets, the on the central bank news, while with as much as £5bn worth its its Lloyds shares, which are trad- US jobs data and a day after Frankfurt’s DAX 30 lost 2.36 per- euro and British pound hit multi- concerns over Portugal’s political holding up for sale, industry and ing comfortably above the govern- surging on clear signs that the cent to end trading at 7,806 points month troughs as the prospect of crisis also abated. political sources say. ment’s breakeven price, having hit European Central Bank and the and in Paris the CAC 40 shed 1.17 low interest rates made them less Hong Kong added 1.89, Tokyo Bankers said all the big names a two-year high in June. Bank of England would keep percent to close at 3,753.85 points. attractive for investors to hold. rose 2.08 percent and Sydney from Wall Street and the City The Treasury has not yet said interest rates low for some time. The US Labour Department The euro sank to $1.2806 — won 0.98 percent, while Seoul fell of London will be bidding, even how it will structure the sales. It European markets, which began reported that 195,000 jobs were which was the lowest level since 0.32 percent after South Korean though fees for government work may ask a syndicate of banks to the day quietly, turned sharply added in June, above the 166,000 late May. It recovered slightly to giant Samsung Electronics are far less lucrative than for pri- buy a block of shares and sell them lower after the release of better- analyst estimate. The unem- $1.2833 compared with $1.2914 issued a weaker-than-expected vate firms. “There’s more honour in a traditional accelerated book- than expected jobs data in the ployment rate held steady at 7.6 late in New York on Thursday. earnings forecast. at stake than there is money,” build process, which requires the United States that dealers expect percent. Sterling also slumped to Earlier in the week, global equi- said one senior investment banker banks to take on more risk. will encourage the US Federal Briefing.com analyst Patrick $1.4909, tumbling underneath the ties were hit by a political crisis involved in the process. Alternatively, it may ask banks Reserve to go ahead with scaling O’Hare called the jobs report key $1.5 barrier for the first time in debt-plagued Portugal follow- Bidding for the work will bring to play more of a marketing role back its huge stimulus policy. “stronger than expected, but since mid March. ing the shock resignation of its some of the City’s big names up and run a road-show to assess “It’s a reaction we are start- not undeniably strong.” He cited Major European indices had foreign and finance ministers over against each other: UBS’s Simon demand for shares, without tak- ing to get used to,” said Andrea some less propitious details in soared on Thursday after the ECB austerity policies. However, wor- Lyons and David Soanes, both of ing any risk. That would enable Tueni, analyst at Saxo Bank. “The the report, such as a rise in the and BoE issued unprecedented ries about Portugal’s future have whom are advising Co-op Bank the Treasury to pay lower fees and (US jobs) number is good but the number of discouraged workers advance notice of policy, so-called since receded after the nation’s on its £1.5bn ($2.3bn) rescue plan, vary the amount it sells depending markets are now anticipating” a compared with a year ago. forward guidance, indicating that centre-right coalition said it had Credit Suisse’s Ewen Stevenson on demand. The US government slowdown of the easy money pol- US stocks gained following the easy-money policies to stimulate found a “formula” to avert a break and Sebastian Grigg, a contem- used this method to exit insurer icy at the US Fed, which has said report. In midday trading, the growth would continue for some up of the government. porary at Oxford University AIG, on which it made a $22.7bn it would slow down stimulus if the Dow Jones Industrial Average time. The news lifted share prices Gold slumped to $1,212.75 an of Osborne and British Prime profit after paying underwriting recovery was confirmed. rose 0.57 percent, the broad-based because low borrowing costs help ounce from $1,251.75 late Thursday Minister David Cameron, fees of 0.5 percent, far below usual At close, London’s bench- S&P 500 rose 0.61 percent, while boost lending to companies, deal- on the London Bullion Market. Barclays’s Jim Renwick — who non-state fees of 2-3 percent. mark FTSE 100 index of leading the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite ers said. AFP advised RBS on its bailout, and REUTERS

QATARI MARKET Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P French trade Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 103.31 0.70 % Aa2 AA Egypt’s finances in worse Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 103.75 2.02 % Aa2 AA deficit in Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.50 2.85 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.75 3.08 % Aa2 AA shape than estimated May deepens Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 106.88 3.56 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 157.00 4.80 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 117.00 5.21 % Aa2 AA LONDON: Egypt’s crumbling PARIS: The French trade def- public finances may be in even icit, a critical problem for the Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 108.00 5.21 % Aa2 AA worse shape than previously recession-hit economy, wors- Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.88 1.56 % Aa2 AA estimated. ened sharply in May, official Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 109.75 3.43 % Aa2 AA While stock and bond mar- data showed yesterday. Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.50 1.63 % A1 A- kets have cheered the ouster of Although the data for a single Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 102.00 2.81 % A1 A- unpopular president Mohammed month can vary considerably, the Mursi by the army and Egypt’s overall picture is grim for efforts QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.25 1.92 % NR NR debt insurance costs have tum- by the left-wing government to QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 102.50 2.04 % Aa3 A+ bled, data shows that financial boost industrial competitivity, QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 102.50 2.65 % Aa3 A+ risks are about to escalate. growth and tax revenues. Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 102.50 2.78 % A2 A- The central bank’s net hard The trade balance showed a Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.13 2.06 % A2 A currency reserves, which a coun- deficit of ¤6.01bn ($7.7bn), ris- try needs to pay for imports, are ing above ¤6bn for the first time Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 122.88 3.56 % A2 A in negative territory if upcom- since June 2012. This outcome Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 104.50 4.06 % A2 A ing short-term obligations are was ¤1.5bn worse than the defi- Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 101.50 4.84 % A2 A included, indicating a looming cit of ¤4.5bn in April. Exports fell Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 105.75 0.76 % Aa3 A funding crunch for Egypt unless particularly to areas outside the Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.88 3.56 % Aa3 A it quickly accesses external aid. European Union, notably to Asia, The central bank has run the Middle East and Africa. Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.50 4.09 % Aa3 A through two-thirds of its cash These areas represent emerg- SOVEREIGNS reserves in defending the ing economies which are consid- Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Egyptian pound since early 2011 ered to be of vital importance to as foreign investment dried up exporters in Europe. Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 103.88 0.28 % Aa2 AA and the economy reeled after the reserves are effectively in nega- external funding needs of $19.5bn The figures for May, published Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.75 2.48 % Aa2 AA uprising that toppled former ruler tive territory,” said Jean-Michel in the year through June 2014. by the French customs service, Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.13 2.94 % NR NR Hosni Mubarak. It has been una- Saliba, Middle East economist at The central bank has been were undermined by renewed Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 104.00 3.77 % NR NR ble to replenish them other than BofA-Merrill in London. rationing hard currency access weakness in the export of trans- Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 116.00 5.08 % NR NR with top-ups provided by aid from Pre-determined and contin- via a system of auctions but the portation equipment, and notably Libya and Qatar. gent drains as defined by the pound is at a record low beyond 7 aircraft and aerospace equipment. Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 106.75 5.47 % NR NR Gross international reserves International Monetary Fund per dollar and forward markets are Exports of Airbus aircraft are Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.00 1.37 % Aa2 AA now stand at around $15bn, include scheduled contractual betting the authorities will not be a huge positive factor in the trade Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 111.50 3.88 % NR BBB barely covering three months of obligations in foreign currencies, able to hold the line much longer, balance, and Airbus took firm Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 102.75 5.01 % NR BBB imports, but even that figure is foreign exchange guarantees and pricing a roughly 20 percent depre- orders totalling $39.3bn at the Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 83.00 9.15 % Caa1 CCC+ misleading, data shows. For one, commitments on swaps, options ciation in the coming year. Paris Air Show two weeks ago. it includes illiquid assets such as and futures contracts. On the bright side for Egypt, a But in terms of money earned Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 102.50 4.10 % NR BBB- gold, and second, upcoming con- These stand at over $11bn, significant portion of these obliga- by exports in May, the customs *Periodic Distribution Amount tractual obligations far exceed IMF data shows, compared to tions consist of maturing dollar- service said: “After two months IMPORTANT NOTE: the amount of hard currency the Egypt’s existing gross currency denominated T-bills, which are at a very high level, deliveries of Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which bank holds in its buffers. reserves of around $6.5bn. “In mostly held by local banks and products by the aerospace and is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services According to data from the the absence of fresh Arab aid should be easy to roll over. These ship sectors fell back.” Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data International Monetary Fund and infusion, Egypt has a space of amount to around $5bn by end- Overall exports totalled ¤36.1bn and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, six months to calendar year- 2013, analysts say. from ¤37.7bn in April. Imports the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and reserves held in easily convertible end before the external position Egypt’s increasingly pressing totalled ¤42.1bn. Big factors does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant liquidity currencies are more than $5bn in tightens markedly again and funding crunch, however, sug- were imports of pharmaceutical or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable the red if measured against the the sustainability of the current gests Cairo will be left with little products from Ireland, of mobile indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your central bank’s forward obligations. FX arrangement comes under option but to secure a $4.8bn IMF phones from China and a rise financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. The central bank’s position severe strain,” Saliba said. loan deal — something its post- of the cost of energy imports. turned negative last November Estimates of Egypt’s financ- revolution governments have been A trade deficit can be a drag on and has been steadily worsening ing needs vary. Saliba reckons on trying to avoid, fearing that sub- growth in an economy while a ever since. “When accounting for $33bn over the coming 18 months, sidy cuts demanded by the lender surplus boosts output, and France pre-determined and contingent including $14.7bn by end-2013 while could fuel further social unrest. has been running a huge struc- short-term drains, net currency analysts at VTB Capital estimate REUTERS tural deficit for years. AFP JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business Views

What economists can A case of lobbyists vs learn from science communication small cap investors BY LISE BUYER investors to want to own these stocks, make public companies, many of which will fall BY HENRY SCOWCROFT these better investments and thus will spark into this sub-$500m market cap pool, gen- t’s tick season again: the time of year a return to the “glory days” of initial public erally seek investors who are long-term itochondrial transfer may be a tricky concept to when those small, seemingly unim- offerings, the late 1990s. Huh? shareholders. Increasing the profitability explain, but that didn’t stop the UK’s collective sci- portant beasts emerge and attack the Let’s start with where the proponents of of every trade would press brokers to seek ence correspondent community from giving it a jolly unsuspecting or unaware. This year, larger tick sizes are spot on. Making it more exactly the opposite kind. Mgood go last week. Metaphors such as “miniature they seem to be everywhere and have profitable for brokers to trade small stocks Let’s cut to the chase: The current move batteries” were dotted around yards of column inches, while Ia particularly robust group of carriers. The will, in all likelihood, increase the trading is an effort to tax investors in small stocks. well-trained experts patiently unpicked the perplexing paradox problem with ticks is that, while they seem of those stocks. If it is more profitable for a Period. Proponents of the tax argue that of a baby “with three parents”. The result: A complex IVF proc- benign, they can cause significant harm to salesperson to sell a specific product, odds the receipts can be used to fund research ess entered the public conscious with minimum controversy and, those who are not vigilant. are good he or she will do just that. In retail, on small cap companies, increasing their arguably, maximum comprehension. But this is not about those annoying little it’s called a spiff. The problem is that those desirability. Nonsense. But reading some of the reaction to another development last creatures that hang out in the tall grass and spiffs, or in this case, the increased prof- Unless the government is going to step week, it struck me that some of these experts’ colleagues in eco- spread Lyme disease. We’re talking about its on each trade, do absolutely nothing to in and mandate how private companies nomics clearly have a bit of catching up to do. “Tremors,” we were the kind on Wall Street, transported not by increase the value or desirability of the item internally allocate their investment dol- told, were “spreading through markets”, after officials hinted that deer, but by a loud army of lobbyists. being pushed. While caveat emptor applies, lars between departments, and how they “quantitative easing” might be “wound down” in the future. The Representative David Schweikert the ramifications of encouraging brokers should determine the derivation of each official clarification went thus: “If labour market conditions and (R-Ariz.) and this army of lobbyists, a to push some stocks over others, not based dollar of trading profit, their theory shows the economy’s growth momentum were to be less favourable, I loose-knit association of exchanges, trad- on the underlying fundamentals but rather little understanding of how investment would expect that the asset purchases would continue at a higher ers and others who stand to gain financially, on the profitability of the trade, may not be banks actually work. It is clear who will pace for longer.” Clarity? There’s more clarity in a puddle of mud. are asking the Securities and Exchange a good idea for Mrs and Mr America who win and who, once again, will lose from this And what’s more, these frequently opaque reactions to fun- Commission and Congress to consider leg- tend to expect unbiased advice from brokers. proposed new tick-tax. While larger invest- damental developments in the world economy are a symptom islation that will increase the cost of trading The next question is whether or not ment funds can easily pass along the extra of an outrageous affront to our democracy: the lack of a serious, the stocks of smaller companies — those increasing the profit on each trade actu- costs to clients in the form of increased fees, coherent, well-funded academic and social movement to improve with market capitalisations of less than ally increases liquidity. While it encourages the small investor has no such option. the way we talk about economics. $500m. Those stocks are often less-liquid trading, it also creates a strong incentive to Higher fees on fund investments and This is not to denigrate some noble and heroic efforts. Robert stocks than those of large-cap businesses. churn stocks adding no real liquidity but higher costs on trades will enrich the bro- Peston, Paul Mason, Stephanie Flanders, Aditya Chakrabortty The logic is that if the brokers can cap- generating juicy commissions. This is the kerage industry and compatriots, placing et al, have flown the flag of clarity in recent years, and make the ture more profit on every share they trade, antithesis of convincing brokers to help cli- the costs squarely on the wallets of retail best of the material they’re given. And initiatives such as those they will put more effort into making those ents make studied, longer-term investment investors, with no associated tangible ben- organised by the New Economics Foundation are ploughing a trades and so will increase the liquidity of decisions. efits. So, let’s hope that the SEC withstands worthy, if under-recognised, furrow. these particular securities. This increased While each investor should buy, sell or the industry lobbying pressure and doesn’t But it strikes me as completely unacceptable for interview- liquidity will, they believe, then cause more hold based on his or her own logic, new let the tick carriers bite. REUTERS ees on, say, Newsnight to feel comfortable bandying phrases like “balancing monetary policy versus fiscal policy” without pausing to explain what on earth they mean. You’d almost feel moved to propose, cynically, that there was a vested interest in keeping us all in the dark. But how much better would it be, how richer our democracy, if economists decided they had a duty to communicate with the lay public? And for inspiration, they could do worse than to look at what’s happened in science over the past few decades. In the late 1980s, the seminal Bodmer report gave birth to a “public understanding of science” movement which has evolved, refined, grown, spread into an entire academic discipline and accompanying profession. But it wasn’t a sudden surge of enthusiasm that jumpstarted the sci-comm movement, it was the availability of significant sums of cash, and the resources to set up an array of co-ordinated activi- ties that ultimately snowballed into a noisy and unruly sci-comms community, and to a scientific dialogue that’s growing in maturity. Entire corners of the Internet now explain and demystify dif- ferent facets of scientific endeavour. Research organisations train their grantees to speak to the media and engage with the public. Heated debates ensue about whether earnest attempts to support science journalists constitute “establishment PR”. Whole confer- ences discuss “the science of science communication”. How different might things be if we had something similar for economics? Would the Reinhart/Rogoff debacle have been discov- ered sooner with more eyes on the ball? Indeed, Chakrabortty has likened it to the MMR/autism scandal. So what we need is a movement devoted to public engagement with economics movement, modelled on the scientific community’s journey over the past 30 years. What, for example, would a survey like the Wellcome Trust Monitor reveal about public comprehen- sion of concepts like “hedge funds”, “fiscal stimuli”, “futures” or “stagflation”? What recommendations would a financial version of the Bodmer report make? And, to stretch things further, what strides towards enlightenment would a Robert Peston, professor for the public understanding of economics, take with his post? The next election, we’re told, will hinge largely on the state of the economy. It’s vital that economists raise their collective game in terms of engaging with the wider public. We can’t have another election based on dodgy, unchallenged metaphors such as “maxing out the national credit card”, or “fixing the roof when the sun is Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate shining”. We deserve far better. THE GUARDIAN Negative momentum slowing led by WTI crude olid gains have been seen keep oil prices supported. However, account at all times. 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PUNE, INDIA: Qatar’s the bronze with the third best to Lausanne Mohammad Al Garni clinched time of 10:09.80 seconds. silver with a time of 3:40.75 Wang Zheng of China also set a seconds in the men’s 1,500m new meet record in the women’s 100m victory that was won by Saudi Arabia’s hammer throw with a distance of Emad Hamed Nour at the Asian 72.78 metres, surpassing compa- LAUSANNE: Former world track and field championships triot Zhang Wen Xiu’s effort of champion Tyson Gay cruised in Pune, yesterday. 72.07 metres at the 2009 Asian to victory in the 100m in 9.79 Nour won his first Asian medal championships in Guangzhou. seconds at Thursday’s Diamond when he braved the monsoon rain China’s Liu Tingting collected League meet in Lausanne. to take the gold in the 1,500m the silver with a throw of 67.16m, The 30-year-old American’s with a time of three minutes, while Japan’s Masumi Aya picked win, with Asafa Powell second 39.51 seconds. up the bronze with 63.41m. in 9.88sec, will keep the pressure “It was not easy because the Belayneh Betlhem Desalegn on Usain Bolt, who competes in competition was tough and the brought the United Arab the 200m at the Paris Diamond weather was not good,” said Nour. Emirates its first gold medal in League meet today. “But I had prepared well for the the current meet by winning the Gay has long raced in the race and am really happy to have women’s 1,500m ahead of favour- shadow of Bolt, a two-time won.” ite Mimi Betele of Bahrain. Olympic treble gold medal win- Bilal Mansour Ali of Bahrain Belayneh finished the race in ner, but the American has now finished third in 3:40.96 seconds. four minutes, 3.67 seconds, while set the three fastest times of the Meanwhile, Bahrain teenager Betele took the silver in 4:14.04 Gold medal winner Saudi season ahead of the August 10-18 Ruth Jebet led from start to finish seconds. The bronze went to Arabia’s Emad Hamed World Athletics Championships. to win the women’s 3,000m stee- Japan’s Ayako Jinnouchi in 4:16.73 “I wanted to finish strong and Nour (right) gestures after plechase with a new meet record. seconds. stay healthy,” said Gay, who also crossing the finish line The 16-year-old outpaced home China continued to prosper as set a world-leading 19.74sec when favourite Sudha Singh to win gold Wang Jianan won the men’s long during the men’s 1500 winning the 200m at the US in a time of 9:40.84 seconds, well jump event and team-mate Jiang metres race on the third national championships. ahead of the previous meet mark Fan coasted home in the men’s day of the five-day Asian “I’m feeling good and I think I of 9:52.42 seconds by Japan’s 110m hurdles. Athletics Championship have a good chance against any- Minori Hayakari in the previous The gold medallists at the meet 2013 at the Chatrapati body (in the worlds).” edition in Kobe in 2011. are assured of a direct entry in Shivaji Stadium in Pune, Ukrainian athletes had a night Sudha finished second in next month’s world champion- yesterday. to remember, Mariya Ryemyen 9:56.27 seconds, while Pak Kum- ships in the Russian capital of surprising the field in the wom- Hyang of North Korea claimed Moscow. AFP en’s 200m by winning in 22.61sec ahead of fancied American Carmelita Jeter. But it was in the field where ‘I want to dominate’ through to Rio: Bolt there were fireworks, Bohdan Bondarenko victorious in 2.41m, PARIS: Jamaican sprint sensation Usain to beat me. I remember asking (US track His performance in the Jamaican trials had the best high jump in the world Bolt has a gold medal haul like no other but legend) Michael Johnson the year he retired given him confidence for the remainder of the since 1994. the global superstar says he is far from fin- from sport what he thought of his career. He season in the build-up to the worlds. The 23-year-old Bondarenko ished yet. explained to me his pride at having been able “In the 100, the second part of the race, the even had a shot at a world record Three golds from the London Olympics in to dominate his sport all the way to the end. last 60 metres, was good,” he said. height of 2.46m, 1cm higher than the 100, 200 and 4x100m relay mirrored his My objective is the same.” “I’m feeling better and better with every Cuban Javier Sotomayor’s best set success in the Beijing Games of 2008. Bolt explained that a love of “competition” performance. Competition fires up my moti- back in 1993. In between he nailed a gold treble at the was key to his motivation. vation again and enables me to get into a “Of course I’m very happy 2009 Berlin world championships and also won “I still get just as much of a kick out of it. rhythm.” with my jumps tonight,” said two golds in Daegu in 2011, a false start in the The more I run in competition, the more I Bolt will be up against French hope Bondarenko.”It’s tough to take in 100m putting paid to another clean sweep. want to surpass myself,” he said. Christophe Lemaitre over the 200m, with what I’ve done. He holds the world records in the 100 and “My challenge over the next three years Grenada’s world champion Kirani James rac- “I can’t explain my progression, 200m (9.58 and 19.19sec, both set in Berlin), will be to go right to the end of the Olympiad ing the 400m. it’s simply great for me.” and was part of the record-breaking Jamaican whilst remaining at the top. To achieve that, Other stand-out athletes on show in a stel- But there was a rare off night relay squad (36.84sec in London Olympics). I’m going to have to maintain the same level lar field include 110m hurdles world record for France’s Olympic pole vault But now the 26-year-old, who will race the of performance season after season. I’m ready holder Aries Merritt, world pole vault cham- champion Renaud Lavillenie, who 200m at the Paris leg of the Diamond League for it though. I’m working towards that every pion Renaud Lavillenie, double Olympic failed his three attempts at an at the Stade de France today, has his sights single day.” 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of opening height of 5.62m. set on further “dominating” the sport. Bolt said that with this season’s world Jamaica, and Ethiopia’s multiple medal-win- “Wind is not an excuse. It’s Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt looks “I want to dominate sprinting until the Rio championships being held from August 10-18 ning Tirunesh Dibaba in the 5,000m. frustrating. What’s annoying on during a press conference at Games,” said Bolt. in Moscow, top-class races were essential, “to Returning Croat Blanka Vlasic will is that at no moment did I find the AREVA meeting in Paris on “To dominate the competition, remain find out where I’m at so as I can place myself again lock horns with Russian Ana my recent rhythm and drive, he July 2. the best despite all these young, ambitious in relation to the others and, most impor- Chicherova in the women’s high jump. added to reporters after the race sprinters appearing on the scene, all wanting tantly, in relation to myself”. AFP on Thursday. AFP

Angels rally Baseball Results Washington 8 Milwaukee 5 to defeat Arizona 5 NY Mets 4 Gainey and Wagner share lead Boston 8 San Diego 2 WHITE SULPHUR Cardinals Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 4 SPRINGS, West Virginia: Chicago White Sox 3 Baltimore 2 Tommy Gainey and Johnson Wagner celebrated the US LOS ANGELES: The Los Kansas City 10 Cleveland 7 Independence Day holiday in Phil Mickelson Angeles Angels provided some NY Yankees 9 Minnesota 5 sizzling style yesterday, shar- late Independence Day fire- ing the Greenbrier Classic first- hits his second Tampa Bay 7 Houston 5 works with an explosive three- round lead on eight-under 62. shot on the run ninth inning to complete Oakland 1 Chicago Cubs 0 The top two made the most of sixth hole during round one of the a 6-5 comeback victory over Detroit 11 Toronto 1 the rain-softened Old White TPC the visiting St Louis Cardinals course -- and lift, clean and place Greenbrier Classic yesterday. Miami 4 Atlanta 3 rules in effect -- Gainey hitting at the Old White Slugger Josh Hamilton tied T e x a s 5 S e a t t l e 4 13 of 14 fairways in a round that TPC in White the game with a two-run homer included eight birdies. Sulphur Springs, C o l o r a d o 9 L A D o d g e r s 5 before Erick Aybar ended it with “I missed one fairway today West Virginia, a walk-off single as the Angels LA Angels 6 St Louis 5 with this new driver and that says yesterday. (41-44) rallied from 3-5 down to a lot because if I can hit fairways, record their eighth win in nine Allen Webster secured his first I can score, I can really play this games. major league win in five starts game,” Gainey said. “Today with Cardinals pitcher Adam this season and Brandon Snyder the soft greens, you know, I made Wainwright, seeking his 12th win added a solo home run for Boston some putts.” of the season, started the ninth (53-34) who recorded their fourth Wagner joined Gainey atop the under 100 pitches but was pulled straight victory, and their eighth leaderboard with a round that to me and they’re moving quite said. “The golf course is really after surrendering a broken-bat in nine games. included six birdies and an eagle a bit.” soaked, it’s really soft, and with US PGA Greenbrier leadoff single by Albert Pujols. Jesus Guzman singled in a run at the par-five 12th. It was smooth sailing, in con- the players that we have out here, Classic Scores Closer Edward Mujica (0-1) and Chase Headley added a sac- However Phil Mickelson, trast, for Gainey and Wagner. when you have soft greens and the was brought in and his second rifice fly as San Diego (40-46) making his first start since yet Gainey’s birdies included four rough is not too penal, I mean, you WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia: pitch was unceremoniously dis- slipped to a season-high sixth another US Open near-miss at in a row from the eighth through can really score low.” Leading first-round scores yesterday in the patched over the wall in center successive defeat. Merion, couldn’t take advantage. the 11th, and two sets of back-to- After his eagle at the 12th, $6.3m US PGA Tour Greenbrier Classic field as Hamilton tied the game. In Minnesota, Vernon Wells Mickelson, who endured his backers, at the first and second Wagner was even thinking about (USA unless noted, par-70): Howie Kendrick and Mark drove in three runs while Ichiro sixth US Open runner-up finish, and the 16th and 17th. golf’s magical number of 59, but 62 Tommy Gainey, Johnson Wagner Trumbo followed with singles Suzuki and Travis Hafner each had a triple-bogey eight at the It was a big change of pace for he parred the last six holes. and Mujica retired his next two had three hits and two runs par-five 17th en route to a four- Gainey, who came into the $6.3 “It’s nice to be disappointed 64 Webb Simpson, Jin Park (KOR) batters before Aybar drove in the scored to power the visiting New over 74. million PGA Tour event ranked with a 62,” he said. “I’ve been dis- 65 Daniel Summerhays, Neal Lancaster, winning run with an opposite- York Yankees to a 9-5 victory over “I’m so far back that I just want 150th in driving accuracy on the appointed with 76s and 79s lately. Tag Ridings, Steven Bowditch (AUS) field single to left. the struggling Twins at Target to play a solid round and see what tour. So it’s a welcome sight.” 66 Brendon de Jonge (ZIM), Peter Allen Craig hit a three-run Field. that does,” Mickelson said of his “If you don’t hit it in the fair- Former US Open champion Hanson (SWE), David Mathis, James homer while Daniel Descalso Ichiro’s two-run triple capped a aspirations for today. way, you’re just trying to knock Webb Simpson and South Korean Driscoll, Scott Brown, Ben Crane, added three hits and an RBI for four-run sixth inning and rookie “I’m not having a problem off it on the green and make par Jin Park -- who has only made Jonas Blixt (SWE), Lee Dong-Hwan the Cardinals, who slipped to Zoilo Almonte had two hits and the tee. I hit some poor iron shots because hitting it out of this rough three cuts in 14 US tour starts (KOR), Bill Lunde, Jason Kokrak, 50-34 for the season. drove in a run as the Yankees but I’m hitting good ones, too,” he is no fun,” said Gainey, who cap- this season -- were two strokes Brendan Steele, George McNeill At Boston’s Fenway Park, completed a four-game sweep of said. “I’m hitting every putt really tured his first PGA tour event at back on six-under 64. Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz the Twins, who have lost five in a solid.” the McGladrey Classic last year Simpson had six birdies with- 66 Brendon de Jonge (ZIM), Peter each drove in two runs as the row and 10 of 13. But Mickelson said he was when he fired a final-round 60. out a bogey while Park notched Hanson (SWE), David Mathis, James American League-leading Red Elsewhere, Oakland Athletics struggling to read the greens. This season he has been unable seven birdies and just one bogey. Driscoll, Scott Brown, Ben Crane, Sox combined for 18 hits to beat beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 while The American added: “I really to build much on that success, Steven Bowditch, Daniel Jonas Blixt (SWE), Lee Dong-Hwan the San Diego Padres 8-2 and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat have a hard time with those five-, missing 13 cuts in 22 starts. Summerhays, Neal Lancaster and (KOR), Bill Lunde, Jason Kokrak, complete a three-game sweep. Mets 5-4. REUTERS six-footers. They look so straight “I surprised myself,” Gainey Tag Ridings were tied on 65. AFP Brendan Steele, George McNeill JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

FIFA wants Rooney not for sale: Moyes Argentina, Uruguay to The Scot reveals that Sir Alex told him he would be the next coach co-host 2030 MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: New Manchester Anelka intends World Cup United manager David Moyes insisted that Wayne Rooney to end travels BUENOS AIRES: FIFA wants is not for sale as he faced the the centenary World Cup in world’s media yesterday for the at West Brom 2030 to be jointly staged by first time since his appoint- Uruguay and Argentina, who ment as the successor to Alex met in the final of the inaugu- Manchester Ferguson. LONDON: Nicolas Anelka is ral tournament, Argentine FA United’s Scottish Moyes is adamant that the ready to end his nomadic career (AFA) president Julio Grondona striker, who Ferguson claimed manager David at West Bromwich Albion after said. had requested a transfer before Moyes holds joining the Premier League In 1930, Uruguay, the then the end of last season, will up a club shirt club on an initial one-year con- double Olympic champions, beat not be leaving the club, but he as he poses for tract, the French striker said Argentina 4-2 in the showpiece stopped short of confirming that photographers yesterday. match at the Centenario stadium the England international had at Old Trafford The 34-year-old former France in Montevideo in front of a crowd declared an intention to stay. in Manchester, international numbers Arsenal, of more than 80,000. The Scot said that he had northwest Chelsea, Liverpool, Paris Saint- “FIFA wishes to celebrate spoken to Rooney since he England Germain and Real Madrid among the World Cup’s 100 years in returned for pre-season training yesterday. his previous clubs, but says he Argentina and Uruguay, I can on Wednesday, but he would not is ready to settle down at The confirm that,” said Grondona, reveal what was said during their Hawthorns. the senior vice-president of world conversations. “I think I will finish in England. football’s governing body. “I have had opportunities to I’m happy here. I also hope that it “(An agreement) has been speak to him,” Moyes told report- will be with this club. I think this signed by the two associations ers at Old Trafford. “Wayne is is the right club for me,” he told (AFA and Uruguay’s AUF). What not for sale. He’s a Manchester the club website. will we do?... We’ll see but surely United player and will remain a “I’m 34 years old now and I something of quality,” Grondona Manchester United player. want to enjoy my football. I hope told Argentina’s Radio 10. “He is training really well, he the next United manager, just everything will be perfect. I hope The only co-hosted World Cup is coming back in good shape and a week before the long-serving we will be successful this year and finals so far were organised by I am looking forward to working coach announced he was retiring Ronaldo rebuffs United hopefully we will reach Europe. Japan and South Korea in 2002. with him. from management after 26 and a We will try to do better than last Any future joint bid must “We have spoken several times half record-breaking years at Old season.” have one organising committee, and as far as I’ve seen it, what Trafford. transfer rumours Anelka previously worked with unlike the 2002 Asian World Cup has happened is gone. I’ve seen “I am incredibly privileged to be West Brom coach Steve Clarke which had separate Japanese and a glint in his eye, he looks happy given the opportunity and grateful PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo “Basically it’s (time) to rest at Chelsea and he said their rela- Korean committees. and he looks like he is going to to Alex Ferguson and the board (pictured) has denied spec- (after) 10 months of a hard sea- tionship played an important The 2014 finals are being held knuckle down. for making it happen,” he said. ulation he will return to son. It’s basically to rest, to be role in his decision to come back in Brazil, Russia won the vote for “I do not know what those “It was a strange situation. I Manchester United next sea- with my family, my kid, my girl- to England after a brief stint at the 2018 tournament and Qatar two gentlemen said -- Sir Alex had no idea whatsoever. I knew son, claiming his friend and to rest. Just Juventus. was chosen to stage the 2022 Ferguson and Wayne Rooney. nothing until he gave me a call future lies with Real to rest, do a lot of the “I know the club and I know tournament. That conversation was private and asked me to come to his Madrid. beach, massage, playing the head coach, which was very A joint Argentine-Uruguayan and as far as I am concerned, I house. I was expecting him to tell Speaking at an a little tennis, that’s it.” important for me,” Anelka said. bid for 2030 is backed by the South am looking forward to working me he was coming in for one of event in Monaco he Speculation began at “He knows how to use me on American Football Confederation with Wayne.” my (Everton) players. told reporters that the end of last season the pitch, which is important later (CONMEBOL). Asked if Rooney had categori- “The first thing he said was, rumours of an immi- that Ronaldo wanted on in your career. I know he likes Uruguay’s Tourism and Sports cally committed himself to United, ‘I’m retiring,’ and his next words nent return to Old to move back to United, to play football and that’s why I ministry formally approached Moyes replied: “I can categorically were: ‘You’re the next Manchester Trafford were wide of where he enjoyed six signed here. He knows me and I FIFA president Sepp Blatter at tell you that Wayne Rooney has United manager.’ I did not get a the mark. successful years from know him. I also have friends in the start of the 2010 World Cup trained fantastically well since chance to say yes or no -- I was “It’s a club (United) 2003 to 2009, winning the changing room.” finals in South Africa to propose I’ve been here. Wayne won’t be told I was the next United man- that’s been in my heart the Champions League West Brom finished a credit- the joint bid. sold by Manchester United.” ager and that was enough. since I was there so everyone and three Premier League titles. able eighth in the Premier League Blatter has since said on sev- United captain Nemanja Vidic, “I was incredibly privileged. knows that I have a passion for One Spanish league title and last season and Anelka hopes to eral occasions, especially dur- who was also present, said he had The blood drained from my face, that club but my future now one Spanish Cup success is bring further success. “I’ve always ing visits to Latin America, that not discussed Rooney’s position more from shock about him retir- is at Real Madrid and I want scant reward from four years liked West Brom,” he said. he liked the idea of the cente- with his team-mate.“I did not ing than anything else.” to be there,” said the Portugal in the Spanish capital and with He added yesterday: “I have a nary tournament being held by talk to him about his future. He Moyes added that he hopes forward. Jose Mourinho having walked lot of good memories of playing Uruguay and Argentina. However, is in the best shape of the last five Ferguson will be in attendance at “It’s not the best day to speak away from the Bernabeu to against West Brom, and now I the voting system has changed years,” Vidic said. United’s games and revealed that about my future. I’m going to rejoin Chelsea, many believed have to do my best to score for since controversy surrounded Moyes also spoke about the he has already spoken to him at have time to speak about that Ronaldo would follow him back West Brom. When I was playing the decision to award the finals moment Ferguson revealed to him length since his appointment for at the beginning of the season. to England. AFP for Chelsea, it was always tough to Russia and Gulf tiny country in private that he was to become guidance. AFP to beat Albion.” AFP Qatar. REUTERS

Vettori out for Vaughan wants to ‘punch’ six months but Whatmore expects England chiefs over fixtures won’t quit better Pakistan

LONDON: Michael Vaughan widely condemned as “farcical”, to players would be better suited WELLINGTON: Injury- has slammed English cricket be stripped of its first-class status playing a real competitive county plagued New Zealand spinner chiefs over the mumber of midway through when the county match under pressure than they Daniel Vettori announced yes- show in West Indies domestic Twenty20 matches brought in replacements after would have been playing Essex. terday he will be sidelined for being played ahead of the Ashes, injuries to two of its seamers. “England did the right thing at least six months but refused LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan win-loss ratio,” he said yesterday saying he would “punch them in An angry Vaughan said all because of the scheduling. They to call time on an international cricket coach Dav Whatmore to reporters. the face” if administrators tried this could have been avoided, the thought, ‘We can’t have the lads career stretching back 16 years. yesterday assured fans his team Recalling the January-March to justify their actions. former Yorkshire batsman telling playing Twenty20 cricket leading Vettori said he had informed will put the woeful perform- tour of South Africa where Vaughan, England’s captain a Sports Journalists’ Association into an Ashes series, we’d better New Zealand Cricket he could not ance in the Champions Trophy Pakistan were routed 3-0 in Tests, when they regained the Ashes in brunch: “I get sick and tired of create our own game’, so they had accept a Black Caps’ contract for behind them and will look for he added: “I would be very sur- 2005 in one of the most thrilling talking about scheduling but this to create something. the upcoming season as he knew better results on their tour of prised if you say that we would of all Anglo-Australian series, said is the biggest thing that happens “I would point the finger at the much of the year would be spent the Caribbean. win in South Africa. They are that “every single player in the in this country, the Ashes series. administrators who come up with in rehabilitation after an ankle Pakistan crashed out of ranked world number one and country should be playing four- “How our schedulers have not the system of our scheduling.” operation. Champions Trophy in England had beaten Australia and England day cricket now,” in order to give been able to produce a round of The former England cricket “I feel that with my present last month after losing all three in away series, so I think its unfair Alastair Cook’s men the best pos- four-day championship matches added: “What happens if we get injury situation it would be wrong matches due to sloppy batting. to see at the win loss ratio.” sible chance of retaining the urn. leading into an Ashes series is five injuries in the next week? for me to take a retainer con- “Obviously we need to do bet- “I think you need to look at Instead there have been no beyond me. And we are picking guys that have tract,” he said. ter, the results in England were series in isolation, from time to County Championship fixtures “If I could get any answer from played Twenty20 cricket -- it is “Given the time I’ll need to very painful for everyone and that time, and make an accurate and for a fortnight, with the first-class an administrator telling me it’s ridiculous. spend out of the game with my episode is done to death. We now subjective opinion, so it’s been competition suspended just days worthwhile us playing Twenty20 However, an England and recovery and the level of uncer- look forward for (a) better job in some good times and some not ahead of Wednesday’s opening now, England playing Essex -- and Wales Cricket Board spokesman, tainty about when I may play the West Indies,” Whatmore told very good times.” Ashes Test at Trent Bridge while then I think Sussex play in a four- responding to Vaughan’s com- again, it doesn’t feel right that I reporters. Whatmore denied he had dif- the county Twenty20 tournament day game starting on Monday in ments of the fixtures issue ahead take up a retainer contract this “We can never guarantee to ferences with chief selector Iqbal starts instead. the middle of Twenty20 -- I’d of the Ashes series, told yester- year.” win 5-0 but we will fight very Qasim, who stepped down. As a result, England had to punch them in the face. day’s Daily Telegraph newspaper: He said it would be at least six hard for (a) win,” said Whatmore “I want to say thanks to Qasim take the unusual step when at “Because they are wrong. Every “Scheduling isn’t about one week. months before he knew whether whose team will play five one-day for the services he has rendered. home of scheduling a four-day single county should be playing It’s about the whole series and the he could make a return to full fit- and two Twenty20 matches in the I appreciate that because of the Ashes warm-up against Essex four-day cricket this week.” whole summer and we think we’ve ness and he would make a deci- Caribbean. difficulties that exists with the only for that match, in scenes Vaughan added: “England got that right.” AFP sion on his future then. AFP The first one-day will be played position and I had no problems in Guyana on July 14. with him.” The 59-year-old former Whatmore said he was com- Australian batsman, who took fortable with his coaching tenure Pakistan board endorses Kaneria’s life ban over as Pakistan coach in March despite it ending a year before the last year, said his tenure had both 2015 World Cup. KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board The leg-spinner has repeatedly denied any towards redemption and rehabilitation,” the good and bad times. “Usually coaches go tour by (PCB) endorsed the life ban on Danish involvement in trying to engineer particular statement read. “I rate my performance as one tour. South Africa have a coach Kaneria yesterday, effectively ending the situations in a game but could not overturn A PCB spokesman said Kaneria was sus- that is very difficult to judge in for two years until the World Cup career of the former Test spinner who was the punishment. “The ECB appeals panel has pended for life from any involvement in the win-loss ratio,” said Whatmore, but I am pretty okay with mine banned in England last year for spot-fixing. upheld the life ban on Kaneria and the PCB playing, organisation or administration of under whose coaching Pakistan having worked for 16 months and Kaneria was found guilty of corruption is bound to recognize, respect and enforce the cricket in any form or manner under the have won 12 one-day matches but there is more time to discuss for while playing for county side Essex in 2009 and ban in Pakistan,” the Pakistan board said in jurisdiction of PCB. The spinner, said he had lost 13. extension.” his appeal against a life ban from cricket was a statement. been a “victim of injustice right from the Pakistan have also lost four of Whatmore added he hopes dismissed by an England and Wales Cricket “PCB hopes that Kaneria will reflect on start” and was consulting with his lawyers the six Tests under his guidance. Shahid Afridi will raise his form Board (ECB) disciplinary panel. his past conduct and will now initiate efforts whether to appeal or not. REUTERS “I think that sometimes after being recalled to the one- it is very easy to just look at day team. AFP JULY 6, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

Brazilian Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Ferrari steers his car in front of Mercedes tribune during the second practice session at the Nuerburgring circuit in Nuerburg, Germany, yesterday. No strike over tyres for me, Hamilton and Vettel shine says Raikkonen NURBURGRING: Always a Tyres behave as Formula One drivers enjoy day at German practice maverick, Kimi Raikkonen lived up to expectations yesterday when he said he had no inten- NUERBURGRING, Thursday that they will with- tion of withdrawing from this GERMANY: Lewis Hamilton draw from tomorrow’s race if the weekend’s German Grand Prix and Sebastian Vettel set the multiple tyre blow-outs seen at even if his fellow-drivers did in pace in practice for the German Silverstone occur again but both reaction to a repeat of the tyre Grand Prix yesterday with no practice sessions were free of The steering blowouts seen at last weekend’s sign of the tyre blowouts which incident. wheel of British Grand Prix. marred last weekend’s British After the intervention of British The taciturn Finn, known as race at Silverstone. the governing FIA, Pirelli has Formula One ‘the ice man’, said he will take Hamilton, who won at the brought upgraded rear tyres to driver Lewis race for Lotus in tomorrow’s race Nuerburgring two years ago with the Nuerburgring with an inner Hamilton of whatever happens. McLaren, topped the timesheets belt made of the synthetic fibre Mercedes “I haven’t seen it, I heard,” he for Mercedes in the first session Kevlar rather than steel. AMG is seen said, when asked for his reac- ahead of German team-mate Nico The cooler tyres were expected in the team tion to the overnight statement Rosberg while Red Bull’s cham- to aid Mercedes and Red Bull, garage during made by the Grand Prix Drivers pionship leader Vettel was only based on this season’s analysis, Association (GPDA), in which the second eighth fastest. and practice bore that out. they threatened to pull out if they practice However, the German triple “It was an interesting day for felt the tyres were unsafe to use. world champion, who has never us as we had to adapt to the new session at the “I am sure it is not going to hap- won a Formula One race on home tyres,” Rosberg said in a team Nuerburgring pen anyhow. I was once involved asphalt or in July, sped around the release yesterday. circuit in 2005 and funnily enough there track with the day’s top time of “They are different and require yesterday. were some guys that didn’t stop -- one minute 30.416 in the after- a different set-up, so today was and they drove. So for sure I will noon session. a good opportunity to learn race whatever happens this time.” “Mercedes were very quick something. His reference to 2005 was to this morning. I wasn’t entirely “We want to understand them the US Grand Prix that year in happy with the car this morning. quicker and better than the other Indianapolis where the seven I was quite happy with what we teams,” Rosberg added in the quick again over one lap and the new to the teams as Pirelli offered front row on the grid since the teams running on Michelin tyres had this afternoon,” Vettel told team release. long run was not bad,” Rosberg them for practice in Canada last German Grand Prix at alternate withdrew on safety grounds. reporters afterwards. “Generally it seems that we are said. The tyres are not totally month but bad weather meant host Hockenheim last year. Three other teams, using Rosberg was second fastest teams used them sparingly and Hamilton edged out last Bridgestone tyres, took part to again with a 1:30.651 as Mercedes did not gather much data. Sunday’s Silverstone winner give a huge crowd the spectacle were roared on by small pockets Practice in Germany also Rosberg in early practice with of a six-car Grand Prix. of home fans sprinkled among the began under gloomy skies, which a time of 1:31.754 compared to Raikkonen said he was invited British half empty stands at the rural mirrored the mood of Spaniard 1:31.973 but the Briton’s engineer to the GPDA meeting, but had Formula One western German venue. Fernando Alonso after he ground reported problems with the rear chosen not to attend. “Yes,” he Hamilton, the 2008 champion, driver Lewis to a halt just off the track in his wing DRS system over the radio. said, when asked. “But I am not was only eighth fastest in the first Hamilton of first practice lap. Third practice takes place part of it, sometimes I go - but I session. Mercedes Ferrari said on Twitter that before qualifying today with hear about it as quickly as you.” Red Bull’s Mark Webber, pre- AMG is it was an electrical problem and weather forecasts looking Asked about this weekend, he paring for his final German Grand seen in his the championship contender only brighter. said: “I would race. The problems Prix as he quits for endurance team garage managed one more lap before Marussia’s Venezuelan reserve are not just because of the tyres - racing at the end of the season, during the being recalled to the pits for fur- driver Rodolfo Gonzalez was there can be a lot of influence in was third quickest in both prac- second ther checks. allowed to take Jules Bianchi’s why it has happened. Motor rac- tice runs at the circuit where he practice Alonso, 21 points behind Vettel car for first practice and clocked ing is dangerous anyhow, anything took his first Formula One victory session. after eight of 19 races, was able 1:37.459 as the slowest out on can happen. The reason why they in 2009. to take to the track normally sec- track. Bianchi was back in the exploded was that the teams were The Grand Prix Drivers’ ond time around and was sixth afternoon and was second slowest. using them wrong. I am fine with Association announced on quickest as he targets a first REUTERS it.” REUTERS Teams back F1 drivers after quit threat

NUERBURGRING: Formula One “It’s the drivers’ position at the end of “I have some sympathy with the feelings “We’ve written to Charlie and asked him teams have backed drivers who threat- the day and you’ve got to respect that. They of the drivers,” Marussia sporting director to write to the teams, defining what we ened to boycott this Sunday’s German were concerned about what they saw last Graeme Lowdon said. require because despite last weekend we’ve Grand Prix if there is a repeat of the week - who can blame them at the end of “There is no way we, or any of the other still had some people asking to do things tyre chaos which rocked Silverstone last the day?,” Red Bull boss Christian Horner teams, would put our drivers in a position we didn’t want them to do.” weekend. told Sky Sports television yesterday. that we felt was unsafe.” Hembery said Pirelli made around 1,000 The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, “Hopefully it’s not going to come any- Any boycott would not be the first in the new tyres in 48 hours at their factory in which represents most but not all of those thing near to that, but I just think they’ve sport. The most recent was in 2005 when Turkey to meet the deadline for the race on the grid, announced on Thursday that laid down a marker to say ‘we want this seven teams pulled out of the US Grand in Germany. they will not race if the blow-outs seen in sorted’. We’ve got a different product here Prix because of tyre safety fears. Pirelli Another change is on the way from Britain occur again and endanger lives. this weekend so I’m sure Pirelli are on top motor sport director Paul Hembery told Hungary onwards in three weeks with Tyre supplier Pirelli has brought of it. But nobody wants to be in a position reporters that the teams had been assured Pirelli reverting to the 2012 constructions, upgraded rears to the Nuerburgring with that we were in last Sunday. I think with the new tyres were safe after “underesti- experts say. an inner belt made of the synthetic fibre hindsight (race director) Charlie (Whiting) mating” the situation at Silverstone. A Silverstone test from July 17-19 will let Kevlar rather than steel and teams hope it would even have stopped the race.” “We explained the changes here and the teams readjust to another set of tyres, with solves the problem. Guidance has also been Horner’s comments were echoed across changes going forward, which we believe potential aerodynamic implications given British Formula One Boss Bernie issued to teams about the correct usage of the paddock with the first two practice ses- are in completely the right direction for the 2013 cars are designed differently to Ecclestone seen in the paddock the tyres and pressures required. sions in Germany passing without incident. them,” he said. last year. REUTERS at the Nuerburgring circuit. Lions ‘ready’ for battle, coach Rowntree says

SYDNEY: British and Irish Olympic Stadium provides and beat us by a point We didn’t we’ll leave everything out on the British and Lions forwards coach Graham another opportunity to determine get our game going, we know that, pitch tomorrow,” he said. Irish Lions Rowntree has thrown down the whether the 2013 team goes down and there is a load more to come The Lions shocked the gauntlet to the Wallabies ahead in history or not. from us. rugby world by dropping Brian rugby union of today’s showdown, declaring: Head coach Warren Gatland “The guys are desperate to win O’Driscoll for the first time players “We’re ready for battle.” is looking to end the long wait - this is grand final rugby, the last in his career as they made six attend a The Lions spent five days in for a first success since Martin throw of the dice with everything changes from last week. Although training Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Johnson’s Lions won in South to play for. O’Driscoll is on the sidelines, session licking their wounds after last Africa in 1997. “But this is the biggest one for along with the injured 2009 skip- in Noosa, weekend’s 16-15 defeat in the sec- “Seeing how we’ve trained all us. These players are desperate per Paul O’Connell and current Queensland ond Test. week, crikey we’re ready for this for tomorrow and there is defi- tour skipper Sam Warburton, all yesterday. Now, Rowntree insists they’re battle,” said Rowntree yesterday. nitely one huge performance left three are still making a contribu- The Lions prepared for the final act and “We’ve got to go out and give it in the tank.” tion, Rowntree said. will play the “desperate” to deliver a tour everything because this is the big- Irish winger Tommy Bowe “Brian has been exemplary as Australian defining performance in “the big- gest games of our lives, as players insists the tourists are in no the true professional he is.... we Wallabies in gest game of our lives”. and coaches. mood to let another chance slip move on. He’s been leading the the deciding The Lions blew a chance to “We saw the reaction from through their fingers, saying the group still and helping the lads rugby test clinch their first Test series in 16 Australia after they beat us last past three days’ training have prepare. Paul and Sam have spo- today. years in Melbourne having won weekend. Their captain James been very intense. ken in most meetings and that’s the first Test in Brisbane 23-21. Horwill was crying. “There’s a huge amount of emo- why we wanted them around.” But Sydney’s 84,000-capacity “They threw everything at us tion in the squad at the minute... REUTERS JULY 6, 2013 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Qatar’s Al Garni clinches silver in Pune (see page 19) Djokovic wins thriller, to face Murray in the final

France’s Marion Bartoli and Germany’s Sabine Lisicki during a training Wimbledon: The Olympic champion beats Janowicz session yesterday ahead of today’s Wimbledon final.

LONDON: Novak Djokovic withstood a ferocious onslaught from Juan Martin Del Potro Bartoli, Lisicki bid to subdue the Argentine 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-3 in a titanic Wimbledon semi-final yesterday. to make history The top seed needed all his skill and fighting spirit to tame LONDON: A clash of styles title their respective rankings the eighth-seeded Del Potro who featuring an unorthodox suggest should be beyond them. made light of his knee injury to Frenchwoman and a smooth That, however, would be over- keep the world number one on powerful German will play estimating the strength of the court for four hours 43 minutes, out when Marion Bartoli and women’s game. the longest semi-final ever seen Sabine Lisicki bid to etch their Beneath Williams, who won at Wimbledon. names on to the Wimbledon three of the last four slams, the “It was one of the best matches honours board today. WTA tour is a hotbed of incon- I’ve been a part of, one of the most Emerging unscathed from sistency where any number of exciting. It was so close,” said a the chaos of a women’s draw players could rise from obscu- hugely relieved Djokovic. that scattered the favourites rity to challenge the so-called “I could not separate us, apart and opened the door for a new big names. from when I was 2-1 up and a champion are two players who Lisicki certainly has the tools break up, and I dropped serve. were 1,500-1 outsiders to contest to become a regular feature at That’s why he’s a grand slam the final two weeks ago. the business end of Wimbledon champion. He came up with some Yet the unpredictability of and, at 23, has many years left top shots...credit to him.” either reaching the final at the in her. Djokovic broke in the 12th outset is where any similarity For someone with an allergy game of the first set to win it 7-5 between the two ends. to grass, she has a game that is but former US Open winner Del Lisicki, who has a near-per- perfectly suited to the surface. Potro took the Serbian’s serve manent smile stretched across She has a 19-4 win-loss record at midway through the second set her face, has a gameplan that the All England Club compared and levelled the match on a bak- has become conventional on with 16-15 at the other slams. ing Centre Court. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates beating Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro during their semi-final match on the nippy lawns of the All Nicknamed “Boom Boom Del Potro saved three set points day eleven of Wimbledon at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. RIGHT: Britain’s England Club - a hammerhead Bina”, the girl who overcame a at 5-6 in the third but Djokovic Andy Murray celebrates beating Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz in their semi-final match. serve, backed up by walloping career-threatening ankle injury stepped up his level to romp forehands. in 2010 which forced her off the through the tiebreak 7-2. Bartoli, however, is one of tour for five months, is the first The top seed struck again with his nerve to tame Jerzy Janowicz Murray broke the giant Pole in light left,” Murray said of the roof the most unorthodox players German woman to reach a grand a break in the seventh game of 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to set up a the first game of the second set controversy. on the tour. A whirl of per- slam final since the great Steffi the fourth set but Del Potro Wimbledon final showdown. and he clung on to his own serve “This is an outdoor event and petual motion, she leaps from Graf at Wimbledon in 1999. broke straight back and saved The top two players in the to level the match. I believe you should play as much foot to foot practising air shots Having picked the brains of two match points in an incred- world will meet in the final after Janowicz broke early in the as possible outdoors. and has an odd repertoire of another of Germany’s former ible tiebreak before taking it 8-6. Murray recovered from the dis- third set and led 4-1 but Murray “I had 20 minutes, took a mannerisms. Wimbledon heroes, three-time Djokovic broke again to lead appointment of losing the first drew inspiration from the home shower and got back to work. She is a bundle of nervous men’s champion Boris Becker, 5-3 in the deciding set and he set to beat 24th seed Janowicz crowd and won five games in a He was on his phone to someone. energy that frequently explodes she feels her time has come. recovered from 0-30 down to seal in two hours and 52 minutes on row to take it 6-4. That’s the way he is, he plays loose through her double-fisted fore- “It’s been a great journey and victory with a searing backhand Centre Court. The first set was The roof on Centre Court was on the court as well. hands and backhands. it hasn’t finished yet,” she said. down the line. dominated by serve but Janowicz closed, halting Murray’s momen- “I’m delighted. He’s very tal- While 23rd seed Lisicki has “From the start of the tour- Djokovic will play Olympic was inspired in the tiebreak and tum to his obvious. ented and unpredictable, he’s got captured the hearts of the home nament I had great matches and champion Andy Murray, who held powered through it 7-2. “There was still 45 minutes of a huge serve and he didn’t give me fans, Bartoli is almost surly on good challenges which prepared much rhythm.” court, in contrast to the cheery me for tomorrow. The British player added: “But personality she displays when “I think I’m really ready.” Djokovic, Del Potro after I got back from 1-4 down in the action is done and dusted. Bartoli is five years Lisicki’s the third set I felt the momentum The pair have enjoyed con- senior and is also seeking a first Tweets was with me.” trasting routes to the final. major title. Tweets by sporting personalities during The 26-year-old, who missed The German has had to wield She came close in 2007, again the Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin Del Potro the recent French Open due to the hatchet to arrive at this fighting her way through to the semi-final, which was the longest ever at injury, has now reached the final point, first dethroning favour- Wimbledon final, but was beaten Wimbledon at four hours, 43 minutes. in each of his last four Grand ite Serena Williams in the by Venus Williams and won only Slam appearances. fourth round before upsetting five games. She is predicting Gary Lineker, Former England striker: However, that will mean little last year’s runner-up Agnieszka a closer encounter this time Djokovic has barely got a sweat on. Del to Murray unless he avenges last Radwanska in the last four. around. Potro looks like he’s played 15 sets, but year’s tearful final defeat against The Frenchwoman’s route has “First of all it will be a bat- what a duel. #wimbledon Roger Federer and emulates Fred been smoother with the 15th tle of nerves and who is able to Perry’s 1936 Wimbledon triumph. seed avoiding any player ranked come up with the best game on Jessica Ennis-Hill, current Olympic Murray’s seventh Grand Slam above her. They both prepare that day,” she told a news confer- heptathlon champion: This battle between final tomorrow will be his fourth for battle in very different ways. ence yesterday. Djokovic and Del Potro is incredible! What a meeting with world number one Bartoli enjoys a power “A final of a Grand Slam is semi final! #wimbledon Djokovic with a major title on the nap and slept for 20 minutes always a matter of details. Maybe Paula Radcliffe, Marathon world record- line. before she strode out to beat a point here, a point there will holder: Paula Radcliffe: Theatre, drama, Djokovic defeated Murray in Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 6-2 in her make the difference. Maybe gladiators, amazing. the 2011 and 2013 Australian semi-final. someone who is a bit more gutsy Open finals, while the Scot won a The match has been labelled than the other player, someone Djokovic (left) talks and shakes hands with Del Potro following his Heather Watson, Britain’s Number Two five-set thriller to seal his maiden a once in a lifetime opportunity who is having a better day than victory, yesterday. tennis player: Who’s watching?! #Djokovic Grand Slam title at the US Open for both to claim a grand slam the others.” REUTERS vs. #DelPotro Unbelievable tennis. last year. AGENCIES

Schleck angered by brother’s Sagan stuns sprinters; Impey defends yellow ALBI, FRANCE: Slovakian criticised me and the team on the Blel Kadri (ALM) managed to sacking Peter Sagan dominated a bunch internet. Now the pressure is off.” stay out at the front. sprint to win the seventh stage A day before the eighth They built a maximum lead ALBI, FRANCE: Former of the Tour de France yesterday stage takes the peloton into the of 6min 50sec but as Sagan set Tour de France champion as South African Daryl Impey Pyrenees, a combination of the his sights on the points from the Andy Schleck yesterday hit defended the race leader’s yel- climbs on stage seven and the pace intermediate sprint, and other out at his RadioShack team low jersey. in the peloton proved too much riders came to the front to help after their decision to sack Sagan, last year’s winner of the for sprinters Mark Cavendish and the chase, the pair were eventu- his older brother Frank, race’s green jersey points com- Andre Greipel. ally reeled in just after the 114km days before a ban for using a petition, surged in the final 150 Both were dropped in succes- mark. banned diuretic ends. metres of the 205.5km stage from sion on the second of the day’s Sagan went on to dominate Frank Schleck himself also Montpellier to Albi to claim his four small climbs, and when the the intermediate sprint at the expressed his bewilderment at first win of the 100th edition. news filtered through to Sagan he 135km mark, adding 20 points to being told he has no future at Germany’s John Degenkolb put his troops on the front of the his lead in the green jersey points the Luxembourg based squad. (Argos) and Italian Daniele main bunch and ordered them to competition. RadioShack’s management Bennati (Saxo) finished a bike hit full gas. Cannondale were put to work company Leopard announced length behind in second and third It left Cavendish and Greipel, again. Sitting only 33sec behind that Frank Schleck, who was respectively. who won stages five and six Impey in the general classifica- banned for a year following a It ends a frustrating first week respectively, in a large group of tion, Belgian Jan Bakelants spot- positive test for a banned diuretic for Sagan, who despite wearing delayed riders which flirted with ted a chance to take the yellow at last year’s race, would not ride the green jersey for the race’s missing the time cut-off limit. jersey for the second time in the for them again this season. points competition has narrowly They eventually came over the race and launched an attack that “I can’t really understand missed out on sprint wins on four finish line nearly 15 minutes in was followed by Cyril Gautier and the decision. I’m sad and disap- occasions. arrears. Juan Oroz. pointed but I don’t know what “The team did an incredible job A six-man breakaway had The trio surged ahead of the Stage winner best sprinter’s green jersey, Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, cel- to say. Maybe they will use it and I want to thank them all,” broken free early as the pelo- peloton and Impey, with only ebrates on the podium after winning the 205.5 km seventh stage of the against me and fire me as well,” said Sagan. ton rolled out of Montpellier but Orica-GreenEdge team-mate 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Montpellier said Andy Schleck, 28. AFP “I hope today’s win gives an only German veteran Jens Voigt Michael Albasini to help him, was and Albi, southwestern France, yesterday. answer to all the fans who had (RadioShack) and Frenchman in danger of losing the lead. AFP JULY 6, 2013 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY

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SUN TIDE SEA Cast member Johnny Depp at the world premiere of The Lone Ranger at Disney California Adventure Park in California in this June 22, 2013, file picture. SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND 04:51 18:25 16:45 & 02:00 08:45 & 00:00 05-15 / 18 KT THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW Lone Ranger ambushed at box office HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER

MUSCAT 34/31 Partly cloudy 34/31 Partly cloudy LOS ANGELES: The Lone Fourth holiday weekend, below Armie Hammer plays John Reid, of $370m from foreign, video and KUWAIT 47/33 Clear 48/33 Clear Ranger, Walt Disney Co’s big- industry experts’ initial forecasts the lawman who dons a mask to other sales. Studios and theatres budget western starring Johnny of $60m to $70m over the five days. fight injustice in the Old West. generally share box office receipts. BAHRAIN 40/33 Partly cloudy 40/32 Partly cloudy Depp, performed below expec- “If it does end up grossing This time, though, it is the Lone Disney spent $225m to make SANAA 29/17 Chance of storm 29/19 Partly cloudy tations on Wednesday night, less than $50m over the five-day Ranger’s Native American side- the film and an estimated $100m RIYADH 42/29 Partly cloudy 42/30 Partly cloudy raising the possibility that the stretch, it will most certainly kick Tonto, played by Depp, who to market it. A Disney spokes- DUBAI 40/32 Partly cloudy 42/33 Partly cloudy movie could saddle the media go down as a misfire,” said Jeff takes centre stage. Critics have person was not available for com- BAGHDAD 45/30 Clear 45/29 Clear giant with a loss on the film. Bock, senior box office analyst for not embraced the movie. Among ment on the studio’s outlook for The film, which cost an esti- Exhibitor Relations, which tracks 110 reviews compiled on the the film’s profitability. mated $225m to produce, gen- movie box office prospects. Rotten Tomatoes website, just 25 The Lone Ranger is the lat- THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW erated $9.7m during Wednesday The film’s poor opening is a percent recommended the film. est entry in Disney’s strategy of HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER showings, falling well behind black eye for producer Jerry Gitesh Pandya, editor of the spending more on fewer films to Despicable Me 2 from Comcast’s Bruckheimer, director Gore website Box Office Guru, estimates build franchises from big budget ATHENS 31/23 Clear 31/23 Clear Universal Pictures, which sold Verbinski and star Depp, the trio the film will generate $100m in movies that can generate con- WASHINGTON 33/24 Chance of storm 32/25 Chance of storm $34.3m at the domestic box office, behind Disney’s ultra-successful domestic ticket sales. A $60m tinued revenues from sequels, according to studio estimates. Pirates of the Caribbean series. opening over its first days would merchandise and outlets like its SYDNEY 18/07 Clear 17/08 Clear Both films opened with limited Disney made their prior suc- have generated a modest profit, theme parks and TV properties. LONDON 28/17 Clear 25/14 Clear showings on Tuesday. For the cess a key part of marketing the according to Tony Wible, a manag- The company found such suc- PARIS 29/21 Clear 29/20 Clear two-day period, Despicable Me current film, and Depp’s interna- ing director of Janney Montgomery cess with Marvel superhero films ISTANBUL 26/21 Partly cloudy 26/21 Clear 2 generated $39m and The Lone tional appeal still could help the Scott who follows Disney. The Avengers and Iron Man 3, and MANILA 33/25 Partly cloudy 34/25 Partly cloudy Ranger saw $11.7m. film’s overseas box office. With that opening, he esti- with Pixar’s Monsters University, DHAKA 31/26 Chance of storm 31/26 Chance of storm Disney estimates The Lone The Lone Ranger is an action mated the film would generate but wrote down $200m when sci- DELHI 33/26 Chance of storm 30/25 Rain Ranger will sell $45m for the remake of a 1930s radio show $180m in domestic ticket sales fi epic John Carter flopped last ISLAMABAD 36/25 Partly cloudy 35/25 Partly cloudy Wednesday through Sunday July and television series in the 1950s. and give Disney total revenues year. REUTERS Soap bubble A to Z of British royal baby’s first alphabet

LONDON: From the cannon the severe form of morning sick- brothers, following a change in fire that will mark the arrival of ness that Kate had which led to the law. Prince William and Catherine’s her being hospitalised for several R is for RESPONSIBILITIES. first child, to the doctors over- days in December. The baby will be the future seeing this very special delivery, I is for INTERNET. As the monarch of Britain and 15 here is an A to Z of Britain’s first royal baby of the social net- Commonwealth realms including royal baby. working era, the foetus natu- Canada and Australia. He or she A is for ANNOUNCEMENT. rally had several spoof Twitter can expect a lifetime of duty that After the birth, a proclamation accounts within minutes of the will one day include being head signed by Kate’s doctors will be pregnancy being announced. of the armed forces, signing laws rushed to Buckingham Palace J is for JULY. The palace has and shaking thousands of hands. and displayed on a gilded easel confirmed that the baby is due in S is for SPOTLIGHT. Prince at the gates. July, but is staying tight-lipped on William is fiercely protective of B is for BAPTISM. The baby the exact date. his wife’s privacy and will demand will be christened wearing a K is for KENSINGTON that the media give his offspring replica of a lace and satin gown PALACE. The future home to as close to a normal childhood as that has been used since 1841. the new parents with apartment possible. It is not known where the baby 1A of the palace being lavishly T is for TOYS. Former will be baptised, but William refurbished. The family are set Australian prime minister Julia was christened at Buckingham to move in a few months after Gillard has been knitting a kan- A boy plays with a soap bubble in one of Kiev parks on a hot day in the Ukrainian capital yesterday. Palace by the Archbishop of the birth. garoo for the baby. Canterbury, head of the world’s L is for LAVENDER. The pur- U is for UNCLE HARRY. Anglicans. ple flower is thought to help com- William’s brother will be C is for CANNONS. They will bat morning sickness, and Kate demoted to fourth in line to the echo over London to mark the has reportedly been munching throne after the birth. Fun- Breakthrough technique fine-tunes birth shots from the Tower of on lavender biscuits to keep the loving Harry could prove an London and 41 from Green Park. nausea at bay. interesting baby-sitter, while D is for DELIVERY. The baby M is for MEMORABILIA. Kate’s siblings Pippa and James will be born in the private Lindo Manufacturers have been pump- are also on hand. quest for life on other worlds Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in ing out everything from royal V is for VICTORIA. Britain’s London. Kate is believed to baby mugs to “Prince in Training” longest-reigning monarch also PARIS: European astronomers the specialist Kepler orbital tel- obstruct the signals we are looking prefer a natural birth over a romper suits. grew up in Kensington Palace, said yesterday that they had escope await confirmation. for, so we weren’t sure we would caesarian. N is for NURSERY. Decor but the 19th-century princess had devised a technique to detect So far, no exoplanet spotted find anything,” she said. E is for EDUCATION. The plans for the royal nursery have a much stricter upbringing—she water in the atmosphere of has the potential to be a home “Of course we were delighted royal youngster is set to enjoy not been made public, but interior was not even allowed to climb the planets orbiting other stars. away from home for us humans. when we saw the signal jump out exclusive schooling. Both William designers have rushed forward stairs without supervision. Using a telescope in Chile, It would have to be a rocky planet, at us. It means we can do much and his brother Harry went to the with suggestions — from tradi- W is for WILLIAM. The new they teased out a tell-tale infra- rather than a gas one, orbiting in more with this technique.” elite boarding school Eton. tional frills to super-modern cots father is a search-and-rescue hel- red signature from water in the a balmy zone which would enable Birkby was to present the F is for FASHION. Just as that rock electronically. icopter pilot with the Royal Air atmosphere of a gassy planet water to exist in liquid form and research on Friday at a meeting style gurus have kept an eagle O is for OBSTETRICIANS. Force, but is expected to announce called HD 189733b, which orbits thus nurture life as we know it. of Britain’s Royal Astronomical eye on Kate’s maternity clothes, The baby will be delivered by Alan soon whether he intends to quit its star every two days and is hot The new technique should aid Society in Edinburgh, Scotland, the new royal will be a baby-wear Farthing, gynaecologist to Queen and take up full-time royal duties. enough to melt steel. the search, as it can be used by the RAS said. The team used trendsetter before it can walk and Elizabeth II, and his predecessor X is for XX or XY? The couple The work is another technical big telescopes on the ground as an instrument called the cryo- talk. Marcus Setchell. insist they do not know the sex of breakthrough in the fast-moving well as more expensive ones in genic high-resolution infra-red G is for GRANDPARENTS. P is for PLAYMATES. William their baby. field of exoplanet research, they orbit, said Jayne Birkby who led echelle spectrograph, or CRIRES, Grandpa Prince Charles is heir and Kate have a coterie of aris- Y is for YOGA. Kate has said. A total of 723 planets have a team from Leiden University in mounted on the European Southern to the throne, but the Middletons tocratic and well-to-do pals reportedly taken up yoga and been spotted outside our own the Netherlands. Observatory’s Very Large Telescope started as lowly British Airways with toddlers to join the baby on power-walking to stay healthy Solar System since 1995, accord- “We knew our technique in Chile’s Atacama desert. employees before making millions play-dates. ahead of the birth. ing to the website http://exo- worked for simple molecules at “In the next decade our work from a party supplies business. Q is for QUEEN-TO-BE? If Z is for ZZZZZZ... Like all new planets.org, while NASA (http:// shorter wavelengths, but in order will help astronomers refine their William’s mother Princess Diana the baby is a girl, she will be parents, William and Kate can planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/) puts the to hunt for water, we had to go search for Earth-like planets - died in a car crash in 1997. the first princess in history who expect months of sleepless nights, tally at 879. to longer wavelengths where the and even life - in orbit around H is for HYPEREMESIS cannot be pushed out of the line but there may be nannies on hand Several thousand findings by Earth’s atmosphere really starts to other stars,” said Birkby. AFP GRAVIDARUM. The term for of succession by any younger to share the burden. AFP