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SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 • 11 SHAWWAL 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6859 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Offloading of Turkey army ‘seizes’ power; Erdogan vows to fight

Agencies short of prevailing.” In an statement sent by email ships speeds and reported on TV channels, the military said it had taken power to ANKARA: Turkey’s military said protect the democratic order and yesterday it had seized power, but maintain human rights. All of Tur- President Tayyip Erdogan said the key’s existing foreign relations would up at Doha Port attempted coup would be put down. be maintained and the rule of law “We will overcome this,” Erdogan would remain the priority, it said. said, speaking by mobile phone to The state-run Anadolu news the Turkish sister station of CNN. He agency said the chief of Turkey’s mil- called on his followers to take to the itary staff was among people taken Qatar’s ports received 361 ships streets to defend his government and “hostage” in capital Ankara. CNN in April this year, with Ras Laffan said the coup plotters would pay a Turk also said hostages were being Hamad Port is port witnessing the highest number heavy price. held at the military headquarters. sharing the burden of ships docked at 189, which was 52 Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Yildirim said a group within the percent of the total. It was followed said the elected government military had attempted to overthrow of Doha Port, by Doha Port with 70 ships (20 per- remained in office. the government and security forces leading to hassle- cent), Al Ruwais port 58 ships (16 Airports were shut, access to have been called in to “do what is free off-loading of percent), Hamad Port 36 ships (10 Internet social media sites was cut Turkish military blocks access to the Bosphorus bridge, which links the necessary”. “Some people illegally percent) and Halul port eight ships off, and troops sealed off the two city’s European and Asian sides, in Istanbul. undertook an illegal action outside consignments. (two percent), according to the fig- bridges over the Bosphorus in Istan- of the chain of command,” he said. ures published on at the ministry’s bul, one of which was still lit up red, “The government will only go when Twitter account. white and blue in solidarity with vic- orders of the military that accused a relatively well-orchestrated coup the people say so.” “We noticed significant changes tims of the Bastille Day truck attack the government of eroding the dem- by a significant body of the mili- Erdogan’s AK Party has long had By Sanaullah Ataullah at Doha Port. There are no more in France a day earlier. ocratic and secular rule of law. tary, not just a few colonels. They’ve a strained relationship with the mil- The Peninsula hassles. Giant vessels have begun Warplanes and helicopters The country would be run by a got control of the airports and are itary and nationalists in a state that to easily dock and offload at Hamad roared over the capital Ankara. “peace council” that would ensure expecting control over the TV sta- was founded on secularist principles Port,” said a clearance agent. Soldiers took control of TRT the safety of the population, the tion imminently. They control several after World War I. The military has a There used to be so severe park- state TV, which announced a coun- statement said and TRT went off strategic points in Istanbul. history of mounting coups to defend DOHA: The newly developed ing problems at Doha Port facility trywide curfew and martial law. An the air. A senior EU source monitor- “Given the scale of the operation, secular principles, but has not seized Hamad Port is helping reduce con- that security officers had stopped announcer read a statement on the ing the situation said: “It looks like it is difficult to imagine they will stop power directly since 1980. tainer ships’ waiting time at Doha distributing entry tokens to the Port, unburdening the customs truckers at peak hours due to rush. clearance system. But now this has become a thing of With the increasing shipments the past, said the source. to the country, Doha Port used to “Giant vessels carrying heavy 84 die as truck ploughs into crowd in France witness a long line of ships wait- equipment and vehicles and open ing for two to three days to dock, ships loaded with pipes and building according to market sources. materials like cement, steel, gabbros Now, with Hamad Port com- and chemicals, among others, head QNA & Agencies mencing operations in December to Hamad Port. Ships carrying gen- last year, it has started sharing the eral goods like foodstuff, garments, Qatar slams burden of Doha Port, leading to footwear, subsidised ration materi- hassle-free off-loading of consign- als and fodders dock at Doha Port.” DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim criminal attack ments, said industry sources. “Earlier, almost all types of ves- bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent Ship movements at Hamad sels used to anchor at Doha Port, a cable of condolences to French DOHA: Qatar expressed strong Port jumped more than four times including those loaded with heavy President Francois Hollande on the condemnation and denunciation in May compared to April this year, equipment causing delay for ships victims of the terrorist attack in the of the heinous criminal act that according to the figures released by during offloading, putting bur- city of Nice. killed over 80 people and injured the Ministry of Transport and Com- den on the port management and The Emir expressed strong con- scores, including women and chil- munications. The number of ships customs and giving a hard time to demnation of the brutal crime that dren, QNA reports. which docked at Hamad Port soared agents running from the pillar to the left dozens of innocents killed and In a statement, the Foreign from 36 in April to 145 in May this post for clearance,” said the source. injured. He said it had nothing to Ministry stressed that the crim- year, an increase of 109 within a do with the Islamic faith and con- inal act which targeted innocent month, the data reveals. → Continued on page 2 tradicted all religions and human civilians is contrary to all human values. The Emir also stressed Qatar’s and ethical values and religions, solidarity with the friendly French reiterating Qatar’s stance rejecting Republic against terrorism and called Police officers, firefighters and rescue workers at the site of the attack violence and terrorism whatever for intensified international efforts to on the Promenade des Anglais yesterday. their motives and causes. The fight and eradicate it. ministry highlighted Qatar’s soli- An attacker ploughed a truck into darity with the friendly Republic of crowds celebrating Bastille Day on a fireworks display marking French tragedy,” Hollande said in a dawn France. It expressed Qatar’s con- the French Riviera in Nice, killing at National Day ended and careered address. “There’s no denying the dolences to the bereaved families least 84 people, including children, into crowds listening to an orchestra terrorist nature of this attack.” and the French Government and and injuring several people. or strolling above the beach. An Early indications were that people and wished the injured a The driver, identified as inactive grenade and several fake the attack was the work of a speedy recovery. Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a rifles were found inside the truck. lone assailant. Tunisian security 31-year-old Tunisian resident in After visiting victims at Nice’s sources said Bouhlel had last or Islamist views. There was claim France, also appeared to open fire Pasteur hospital, Present Francois visited his hometown of Msaken, of responsibility so far. Hollande before officers shot him dead. Hollande said about 50 people about 120km south of Tunis, four declared three days of mourning. The truck zigzagged along the were in a critical condition. “France years ago and was not known by A container ship waits to be offloaded in Doha. seafront Promenade des Anglais as is filled with sadness by this new Tunisian authorities to hold radical → See also page 11

MoI highlights visa rules for domestic helps Hamas to take part in Palestinian elections The Peninsula said the ministry. Visas for sailors will be issued according to the size of a boat and the type of activity such as fishing or picnicking. GAZA CITY: The Palestinian Islam- Gazans have been unable to vote DOHA: The Ministry of Interior has highlighted A letter should be issued by the authorities ist movement Hamas which controls since the Islamists took power in rules and regulations on its Facebook account concerned for specifying the activity of the boat the Gaza Strip yesterday said it will the territory in 2007. “Hamas will for the issuance of visas for domestic workers to enable the ministry to issue a visa. participate in local elections set for work for the success of the elections like drivers and maids. Visas for farmers will be issued based on the October, after boycotting the last and facilitate them in the interest Applications for the recruitment of domes- size of a farm and its activities — whether it is to round four years ago. of the people and the (Palestinian) tic helps should be made when there is a real be used to produce fruits and vegetables, breed Its rival, the West Bank-based cause,” the statement said. need for such services, said the ministry. Visas animals or serve as a picnic place. Palestinian Authority headed by Municipal elections have been for domestic helps will be issued according to An official at the Ministry of Interior The concerned authorities must issue a let- President Mahmoud Abbas, has held regularly in the West Bank the number of the members of the family of a attending to a visa applicant. ter specifying the activity, the ministry added. said local and municipal polls will under the control of Abbas’ Pales- sponsor. Visas for shepherds will be issued only for be held on October 8 throughout the tinian Authority. Hamas and Fatah The ministry said it will ensure that appli- The ministry also said the applicant should those having animal breeding farms. Palestinian territories. agreed a unity deal in April 2014 cants are able to fulfil the financial liabilities such not have been blacklisted by the authorities A certificate from the Ministry of Municipal- Hamas said in a statement that to lead to a technocratic govern- as salaries and perks for the workers before issu- concerned, else his application for a visa for a ity and Environment must be issued, specifying it considered local elections “nec- ment taking over administration of ing a visa. The health condition of an applicant domestic help will be rejected. There are spe- the needs of a farm for shepherds based on the essary and important”, without Gaza and the West Bank. However, and his need for a domestic help will be also be cial rules and regulations for the recruitment of number of animals and the letter should be specifying where it would field Hamas never accepted relinquishing considered by the ministry. sailors, farmers and shepherds from overseas, attached with the application for visa. candidates. Hamas boycotted the its authority in Gaza, and the two last round of elections in 2012 and sides remain at loggerheads. 02 SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 HOME / MIDDLE EAST

Minister visits Farnborough Air Show Deputy Emir US seeks more condoles with French President help from DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences and consolation to French President Francois Hollande on the victims Russia on Syria of the terrorist attack in the city of Nice, reports QNA. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah to do something about it,” he added, bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Kerry says Syria a addressing Lavrov. sent a similar cable to the French Kerry’s meeting with Lavrov President. hotbed and incubator follows what the top US diplomat of terrorists. said were “serious and frank” talks with President Vladimir Putin on Lebanon warns Thursday. But the Kremlin said yesterday cops to stop Syria AFP that direct military cooperation between Moscow and Washington refugee abuse in Syria, a proposal Kerry was set MOSCOW: Top US diplomat John to make, had not been addressed AFP Kerry stressed the urgency of closer in Thursday’s talks. Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah yesterday visited the cooperation in Syria after the Krem- According to a leaked docu- exhibition at Farnborough International Air Show 2016 in London. He toured the pavilions and saw lin said yesterday a US proposal for ment seen by the Washington Post, the latest developments in aviation. BEIRUT: Lebanese Interior Min- direct military cooperation in the Kerry’s key proposal is to offer Rus- ister Nuhad Mashnuq has warned war-torn country had not been sia closer US military cooperation law enforcement agents against addressed in earlier talks with Pres- against the Al Nusra Front jihadist abusing Syrian refugees after ident Vladimir Putin. group. pictures showing some being mis- On the second and final day of In exchange, Moscow would be treated by municipal police were his visit to Moscow, Kerry called for required to pressure its ally Syr- Iraqis rally in Baghdad for reforms posted online. stepping up cooperation between ian strongman Bashar Al Assad Mashnuq said in a letter to the United States and Russia to to ground his own jets and end heads of municipalities that thwart jihadist groups and revive attacks on civilians and the mod- AFP the rally in Tahrir Square, which was Green Zone, a fortified area that is officers would face “disciplinary the stalled Syria peace process, erate opposition. packed with flag-waving protesters. home to key government institutions measures” if they abuse their hours after at least 84 people were Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Protesters fought to get closer for and foreign embassies. power when dealing with citi- killed in an attack in Nice. Peskov said yesterday that the talks BAGHDAD: Thousands of Iraqis a glimpse of the cleric but he quickly Speakers led the protesters in zens and Syrian refugees. “Nowhere is there a greater between Putin and Kerry had not defied warnings from authorities departed, and his remarks were chanting slogans including: “Yes, yes “Lately, there has been a hotbed and incubator for these ter- marked the start of cooperation “to and rallied in the heart of Baghdad instead read out by another speaker. to reform,” “No, no to sectarianism” rise in the abuses committed by rorists than in Syria,” Kerry said significantly improve the effective- yesterday, renewing pressure on the Sadr called for measures and “No, no to corruption.” members of the police in several after observing a minute of silence ness of efforts in the fight against government to carry out reforms tar- including the dismissal and trial The rally went ahead despite a municipalities concerning Syrian in honour of the victims ahead of terrorism.” US officials were care- geting corruption and sectarianism. of corrupt officials, an end to sec- warning from the government that refugees,” Mashnuq wrote. his talks with Russian counterpart ful not to call the talks a last chance Although protests over the past tarian and political party quotas it could distract security forces from He ordered the heads of Sergei Lavrov. for diplomacy to resolve the bloody year have resulted in repeated prom- through which positions are divied the war against the Islamic State municipalities to give “strict “And I think people all over five-year-old conflict, but they ises of reform, little in the way of up, and the formation of a govern- group, and a statement from the instructions” to police officers the world are looking to us and warned time is running out. concrete progress has been made, ment of technocrats, according to Joint Operations Command terming “to respect rules and regulations”. waiting for us to find a faster and Washington blames the fail- as those in a position to effect change the remarks. it “unauthorised” and saying anyone Human rights activists have more tangible way” to fight ter- ure of the peace process on Assad’s benefit from the existing system. He has organised repeated pro- who appeared with arms would be said that policemen in the Amchit rorism, Kerry said. “And you and ceasefire violations and on Al Nus- Populist Shia cleric Moqtada Al tests calling for reforms, during treated as a “terrorist threat.” municipality carried out night- I and your teams are in the envi- ra’s increasing influence among the Sadr, who had called for the demon- which demonstrators have on sev- The Friday demonstration was time raids in several homes, able position of actually being able surviving rebel factions. stration, made a brief appearance at eral occasions breached Baghdad’s the first to take place in weeks. detaining Syrian refugees.

Egypt’s jailed Brotherhood Egypt clerics start delivering scripted Friday sermons AP days earlier on the ministry’s offi- the government have been largely refrain from politics, while thousands for acceptable sermon topics. But the leader in cial website. silenced. of mosques were essentially outside move to literally standardise the ser- Dating back to the days of ousted El Sisi has also launched a public of government control, and delivered mon texts is unprecedented. CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister for Religious autocrat President Hosni Mubarak, campaign to reform and modern- sermons infused with the ideology of “It is the first time in Egypt’s good health Endowments Mokhtar Gomaa gave Egypt has previously tried multiple ise Islamic discourse, weeding out the Muslim Brotherhood. history to read from a paper,” said the first scripted sermon yesterday at times to monitor and influence the religious extremism and separating But the effort to bring the nation’s Deputy Minister of Religious Endow- Anatolia Cairo’s Amr ibn Al As Mosque. Read- content of Friday sermons. But this politics from religion. He has repeat- mosques under control gained new ments Gaber Tayaa, who also said ing from a batch of notecards, Gomaa marks the first time ever that pre- edly called for a “religious revolution” momentum in 2013 after El Sissi, that some of the Gulf countries, recited a sermon against corruption written sermons are being nationally with the Cairo-based Al-Azhar — then defence minister, ousted elected including Saudi Arabia, have been CAIRO: Mohamed Badie, the titled, “Bad money is a lethal poison.” distributed and enforced. the Muslim world’s most prominent President Mohammed Mursi, a senior considering the same step. “The min- jailed head of Egypt’s outlawed Egypt has launched a campaign The move comes in the context of Sunni religious institution — lead- Muslim Brotherhood official whose ister wanted to take the lead.” Muslim Brotherhood group, said to force Muslim clerics to read stand- wide-ranging campaign by President ing the way. However, critics say, his divisive one-year reign produced Tayaa said a ministerial com- Thursday that he was in good ardised government-written sermons Abdel-Fattah El Sisi’s government to autocratic rule has only fuelled mil- mass street protests. mittee that inspects and monitors health but that his family had at Friday prayers. control public expression. All unau- itancy and extremism. Mursi’s ouster prompted a new the mosques would report on the been barred from visiting him in “Our Prophet (PBUH) has con- thorised demonstrations have been Under Mubarak — removed in a effort to regulate the Friday sermons. performance of clerics around prison. demned the person who gives a bribe, criminalised, thousands have been 2011 popular uprising — clerics had Officials suspected of links to Islamist the country. Gomaa, the minister, Badie made the assertions at a who receives a bribe, and mediates jailed, activists and rights lawyers a margin of freedom of speech inside groups were purged from the Minis- defended the move as aimed at fil- criminal court in southern Cairo, between the two,” he said. The same have been prosecuted or banned mosques. Loyalists whose sermons try of Religious Endowments, which tering out extremism and promoting where he — along with 682 others sermon had been posted several from travel and voices critical of were aired live on TV would usually then began distributing guidelines reform. — face charges of having incited and committed “acts of violence” following a 2013 military coup that unseated Mohamed Mursi, Egypt’s first freely-elected pres- Trashing the environment Clearance agents ident and a Muslim Brotherhood leader. It was Badie’s first court appearance since rumours laud govt move emerged several days ago that his health had deteriorated sharply. Continued from page 1 Some Egyptian media outlets had gone so far as to report that While clearance agents the Brotherhood leader had died. have lauded the steps taken by At Thursday’s court session, the government to expedite the two lawyers for Badie, Abdel- system for the clearance of con- Moneim Abdel-Maksoud and signments, they urge authorities Mohamed Toson, asked the court’s to speed up customs perform- permission to meet with the jailed ance at Doha port. leader — a request to which the “The government took presiding judge agreed. two major steps launching Al At their subsequent meeting, Nadeeb, the single window Badie told the lawyers that mem- customs clearance system, and bers of his family had recently Hamad Port to make Qatar’s cus- been barred from visiting him on toms clearance of international standard,” said an agent. five separate occasions. “Now there is no excuse for delaying clearance of containers at Doha Afterwards, Abdel-Maksoud Port. Consignments could be cleared in standard time with a little improve- told Anadolu Agency that his cli- ment in customs performance,” said an agent. ent was rarely allowed out of his The policy of customs to clear all containers of a company at a time The Ministry of Municipality and Environment, represented by the Department of Environment prison cell. should be revised. For example, if 20 containers of a company arrive at “After the recent rumours of Monitoring, recently referred a company to authorities for legal action for violating Environment the port, as per customs policy all trucks loaded with the consignments his illness, the prison authori- Protection law and leaving unused construction materials in an area not designed for waste dumping: should be lined up at a time for clearance, said the agent. ties let him out, telling him, ‘The Pic: Facebook-MME “I think it would be better to let the trucks pass one by one because media says you’re in bad health,’” lining up all containers for clearance at a time causes delay,” he added. the lawyer said. Badie’s family, for their part, said they had no information regarding the state of his health. “The media reports have been Ruined Armenian city in Turkey added to World Heritage list very worrying,” they said in a statement released online. They went on to say that they AFP city inside Turkey’s closed border the capital of an Armenian kingdom an earthquake. In another sensitive claimed by Spain. They joined seven had been barred from visiting with the ex-Soviet state to its World around the end of the first millenium, inscription, Unesco elevated to World other sites including in Iran, India, Badie for the past two weeks, Heritage list. before its conquest in 1064 by Seljuk Heritage status caves once inhabited China, Micronesia and Spain in being holding the Egyptian authorities ISTANBUL: The UN’s cultural agency The site of Ani, which lies out- forces hastened a decline then com- by Neanderthals in Britain’s over- added to the World Heritage list at fully responsible for his health. yesterday added a ruined Armenian side the Turkish city of Kars, was pleted by the Mongol conquest and seas territory of Gibraltar, which is the meeting of Unesco in Istanbul. MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 03 Sudan starts evacuating its nationals from S Sudan

people. South Sudan was rocked 76 Sudanese arrived in Khartoum by fighting again last week when yesterday afternoon. “We stayed At least 300 people fierce battles erupted in the capital inside our house for four or five were killed in four ahead of the country’s independence days,” said Elamin Abdel Ghaffar, a anniversary. businessman who has lived in Juba days of intense gun The United Nations said yester- for 32 years. “We didn’t sleep or step battles in Juba and day that at least 300 people were out as long as there was fighting. We killed in four days of intense gun ate only rice and lentils.” 42,000 have fled the battles in Juba and 42,000 have fled Some Sudanese said they had city: UN the city. suffered heavy losses because of “We were in our house when the fighting. “My husband’s shop was suddenly gunfire erupted. We hid completely looted and destroyed,” under our beds,” said Wisam Ibra- said Buthaina Ahmed. AFP him, who is married to a Sudanese “I even lost my passport and businessman in Juba. “But soon we Sudanese national identity card. I had to leave our house when it was travelled only on a document” sup- hit by a bomb,” she said after arriv- plied by Khartoum’s mission in Juba, KHARTOUM: Dozens of Sudanese ing at Khartoum airport on the first she said. Sudan said it planned to arrived in Khartoum from Juba yes- flight from Juba. evacuate more than 3,000 of its terday as Sudan began evacuating Although a ceasefire has held nationals living across South Sudan. at least 3,000 of its nationals from since late Monday, the UN has “We are focusing on bringing South Sudan, which split from the warned of the possibility of fresh women, children and elderly peo- north five years ago. fighting in the city. ple first,” government official Gamal South Sudanese voted for inde- Specially chartered planes have Ahmed told reporters at Khartoum pendence from Sudan under a peace been flying foreign nationals out of airport. “More than 3,000 peo- agreement in 2011, but the world’s South Sudan since Wednesday. ple have registered so far. We have youngest country fell into a civil war Sudan too began evacuating its made all arrangements for their Sudanese citizens disembark a plane after arriving at the airport in Khartoum from Juba, yesterday. that has killed tens of thousands of citizens, and the first flight carrying evacuation.” US investigations expose fraud in Syrian aid response

Reuters Calvaresi Barr said investigations, cheaper alternatives, resulting in food packages based on weight, not been suspended or disbarred, Barr some ongoing, raised worries about inflated billing. In one case, a Turk- content, only to find some cheaper said, leading to more than $11.5m in USAID’s oversight. The United States ish vendor delivered food ration kits quality food had been substituted. savings. Almost one-fifth of com- Seven loyalist ANKARA: US investigations have has contributed billions of dollars in with salt instead of lentils. Since February 2015, USAID plaints the office of the inspector exposed bribery and fraud in Syrian aid to the Syria crisis. Because of the urgency to has received 116 allegations of pro- general received related to diver- troops dead in aid programmes, the United States The most common fraud involved deliver aid to people in Syria, some curement fraud, theft and bribery, a sions to militant groups. Agency for International Develop- collusion between companies selling of USAID’s partners used “less than significant increase on the number USAID found there had been no Sirte fighting ment (USAID) said, raising concern humanitarian supplies and staff of full and open competition to carry of complaints made the year before. reports of diversion to Islamic State about profiteering in the humanitar- USAID’s local partners who accepted out large-scale procurements of food So far, six USAID programmes this year, from 13 cases last year, TRIPOLI: Seven Libyan ian sector. bribes or kickbacks in exchange for and non-food items”, Barr said. have been suspended, ten people but reports of supplies lost to an Al unity government fight- In a statement to a US House of help in winning a contract, investi- They also failed to properly working for its partners have been Qaeda offshoot, Jabhat Al Nusra, have ers were killed and 49 Representatives committee on Thurs- gations found. There were also cases inspect deliveries, she said, citing fired and 15 people or companies increased to five this year, from three wounded yesterday in day, USAID Inspector General Ann when aid items were substituted for a case where the partner accepted involved in bidding schemes have in 2015. clashes with the Islamic State group in the jihad- ists’ coastal stronghold of Sirte, pro-government forces said. Fighting was fiercest 11 civilians dead in Syria air raids UN: Yemen talks still on around Sirte’s conference centre, which has become a command headquar- AFP Ezzor,” the Britain-based monitor despite boycott threat ters for IS at the heart said. The area is some 30km south- 18 fighters die of the city, a statement east of the provincial capital Deir from forces loyal to the Ezzor city, which has been largely BEIRUT: Russian air strikes AFP government said Ould Cheikh UN-backed Government BEIRUT: Air raids yesterday killed under IS control since 2013. have killed 18 Islamic State Ahmed was to brief Hadi and the of National Accord (GNA) at least 11 civilians in a region of Syria’s state news agency SANA group fighters in central Syria, government delegation on the out- said. eastern Syria controlled by the reported that government aircraft including near the historic city come of his talks with the rebels. “The field hospital jihadist Islamic State group, the Syr- destroyed “two sites containing of Palmyra, over the past 24 KUWAIT CITY: The United Nations Hadi formed a committee of announced that seven ian Observatory for Human Rights weapons and military equipment hours, a monitor said yesterday. said Yemen’s peace talks were advisers and delegates to the talks martyrs perished and 49 reported. of the Daesh (IS) terrorists” south- It had carried out more expected to resume later yesterday to “prepare a document containing were wounded in ongo- “At least 11 civilians -- among east of Deir Ezzor. than 50 raids over two days or today despite a threat by the gov- the government’s view on resuming ing clashes between our them four women and four children IS has been trying to take the targeting IS jihadists near ernment to boycott the negotiations. its participation” in the negotiations, forces and (IS),” it added. -- were killed in Syrian or Russian entire province, where part of the Palmyra, which government The rebel delegation of Shia a government official said. Pro-GNA forces air raids on the Al-Boulil region that capital and the military airport are forces recaptured from the Houthis and representatives of More than two months of launched an operation is controlled by the Islamic State still under the control of government extremist group in March. former president Ali Abdullah negotiations between Hadi’s Saudi- in May to recapture Sirte, group in the eastern province of Deir forces. Saleh’s General People’s Congress backed government and the rebels 450km (280 miles) east of party was on its way to Kuwait City have failed to make any headway. Tripoli, after the jihadists for the talks, a rebel spokesman The government is calling overran the city in June said. UN special envoy to Yemen for implementation of UN Secu- last year. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived rity Council resolution 2216 which Its fall would be a in Riyadh for talks with Yemen’s requires the rebels and their allies major blow to IS, which President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to withdraw from areas they have has faced a series of set- in an apparent last-ditch effort to occupied since 2014, including the backs in Syria and Iraq. convince the government to attend capital Sanaa, and hand over heavy the talks. weapons. Ould Cheikh Ahmed “will leave Hadi on Sunday warned that his to Kuwait along with the govern- government would boycott the talks Netanyahu ment delegation”, a spokesman for if the UN envoy insists on a roadmap the UN envoy said, adding that the stipulating a unity government that ex-aide held talks were scheduled to resume later includes the insurgents. in the day “or today. His government wants to re- over probe The rebel delegation left for establish its authority across the Kuwait after a day-long stop in entire country, much of which is JERUSALEM: A former Oman during which they said they rebel-controlled, and restart a polit- senior aide to Israeli met Foreign Minister Yussef bin ical transition interrupted when the Prime Minister Benjamin Alawi. Huthis seized Sanaa in 2014. Netanyahu was arrested Unlike its Gulf neighbours, More than 6,400 people have in connection with a Oman maintains good ties with been killed in Yemen since a Saudi- fraud inquiry, police said Shia Iran, a key backer of the Houthi led coalition intervened in support yesterday. rebels in Yemen. of Hadi’s government in March last A police statement “We are committed to the time” year. said the aide -- named by for the resumption of talks and “to Another 2.8 million people have media reports as Ari Har- everything we had (previously) been displaced and more than 80 row, Netanyahu’s former agreed on”, media adviser to the percent of the population urgently chief of staff -- was Civil defence workers look for survivors in the rubble following reported air strikes in Aleppo’s rebel-held rebel delegation Ahmad Ghilan said. needs humanitarian aid, according detained and questioned neighbourhood of Tariq Al Bab, yesterday. Sources close to the Yemen to UN figures on Thursday evening “as part of an ongoing investigation”. The daily Haaretz newspaper said Israeli More than 700 Iraqi men and boys missing from Fallujah: UN police launched a probe last week into Harrow’s suspected involvement in the fictitious sale of AFP received credible reports of torture, Mobilisation Forces (PMF) on May 25 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al- that the humanitarian effort from a business supposedly killings and disappearances by the in the Al Sejar area of northeast Fal- Abadi last month announced the the campaign to retake Mosul will worth $3m. militias and Iraqi security forces dur- lujah, Kubis said. An additional 643 creation of a committee to investigate cost up to $1 billion and “will be the The 43-year-old Amer- ing the Fallujah offensive. men and boys remain missing after the allegations of rights violations largest and most sensitive human- ican born businessman UNITED NATIONS: A total of 738 Iraqi forces seized control of Fal- they were picked up by PMF-affili- and serious crimes in Fallujah. itarian crisis in the world in 2016,” was reportedly tasked in men and boys remain missing after lujah, a longtime jihadist bastion, in ated forces on June 5 while leaving The envoy stressed that “these said Kubis. 2002 with raising over- they were detained by militias back- late June, a month after a vast oper- Saqlawiyah, north of Fallujah, he lessons from Fallujah” must be taken The Fallujah operation displaced seas funds for Netanyahu, ing the Iraqi government offensive ation was launched. added. Kubis said Iraqi authorities into account as preparations gather 640,000 people in the Anbar gover- it was learnt. to retake Fallujah from Islamic State UN officials have determined must take swift action to identify the steam to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second norate alone, on top of the 3.4 million Haaretz said Harrow jihadists, a UN envoy said yesterday. that 95 men remain unaccounted whereabouts of these missing men city which has been under IS control Iraqis who have been driven from was also being investi- Jan Kubis told the Security Coun- for after they were detained by the and boys and ensure those respon- since June 2014. their homes since the rise of IS in gated over these funds. cil that the UN mission in Iraq had Shia militias known as the Popular sible for rights violations face justice. The United Nations estimates 2014, according to the United Nations. 04 SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 ASIA / AFRICA

Dutch to remove Sympathy for refugees Kenya station seven ‘essential’ attacker ‘not’ Islamist militant jets from Mali NAIROBI: A rogue officer who “went berserk” was responsible for an more than 11,000 peacekeepers attack on a police sta- there, as well as civilians and Mal- tion in western Kenya on The pullout comes ian government officials. The United Thursday in which seven as insecurity is Nations plans to increase the mis- people died, a police sion by 2,500 peacekeepers. spokesman said. worsening in the Two Dutch peacekeepers were Police had previously country. killed by an accidental mortar blamed the attack on a explosion during a training exer- suspected recruiter for cise last week, the latest casualties Somali militant group Al Reuters in the world’s deadliest place for Shabaab, who they said peacekeepers to serve. grabbed a gun from a There are around 400 Dutch guard while under arrest. UNITED NATIONS/BAMAKO: troops serving in Mali. “The gunman turned Dutch forces are preparing to with- French forces intervened in 2013 out to be a local police draw seven “essential” helicopters to drive back Islamist fighters who officer who for yet from the UN peacekeeping mission had hijacked a Tuareg uprising to Pakistani Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai meets Burundian refugees at the Mahama refugee unknown reasons, went in Mali, with no clarity yet on how seize Mali’s desert north in 2012, but camp, Rwanda on Thursday. berserk and grabbed they will be replaced, the United Islamist attacks continue, including a firearm,” spokesman Nations said on Thursday. one that killed two peacekeepers at George Kinoti said on “The Netherlands has indicated the end of last month. Thursday. its intention to withdraw its attack Besides Islamist attacks, social The officer shot and and military utility helicopter units,” unrest linked to dissatisfaction with killed six policemen UN peacekeeping spokesman Nick a peace deal signed a year ago is Ghana govt criticised over power cuts before taking prisoners Birnback said. also undermining peacekeeping hostage at Kapengu- “The four attack helicopters are efforts. Protests turned violent this ria police station, officials essential for the mission, to deter and week when the military opened fire AFP which has become known locally plan, thus imposing uncertainty on said. to respond to attacks,” he said, add- on a crowd. as “dumsor”. the Ghanaian consumer.” ing that three utility helicopters were Mali’s President Ibrahim Keita “Government will not have a The insufficient power supply also being taken off the mission. “expressed deep regret” in a spe- ACCRA: Ghana’s main opposition schedule published because that will threatens to be a major issue in the China detains He said the UN was consulting cial televised address for the killing party has urged the government amount to an admission of system- presidential election later this year with other countries to determine of three youths by soldiers at that to introduce a timetable for rolling atic load-shedding/dumsor,” said as Mahama seeks to win a second 53 for Shenzhen what options may be available. protest, and for other violence dog- power cuts after weeks of outages NPP spokesman Nana Akomea. term of office. The withdrawal, which officials ging Mali. that have hit homes and businesses “But Ghanaians have been suf- In recent years, electricity has landslide said was owing to their equipment “The incidents are regrettable across the country. fering a patterned load-shedding been cut for 24 hours at a time, being overstretched, comes as inse- and could have been avoided. I call The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on over the last few months. Govern- hitting a stuttering economy seek- BEIJING: China has curity is worsening in northern on all the members of our society to Thursday criticised President John ment’s refusal to acknowledge it ing to recover from a depreciating detained 53 people in Mali. Islamist groups are increas- remain calm and cultivate dialogue Dramani Mahama’s administration and publish a schedule has meant currency, a yawning public sector connection with a land- ingly staging attacks against the as way out of this crisis,” he said. for not admitting to the problem, that consumers and industry cannot deficit and high inflation. slide that killed 73 people last year in the south- ern city of Shenzhen, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday, citing a State Council Hwang hackled at US anti-missile system protest investigation. Investigators found out that the Decem- AFP surrounded a bus that Hwang had say the THAAD deployment will ruin minister with eggs and water bot- Tensions are high since ber 20 disaster, which taken refuge in to escape the projec- the town’s economic mainstay, melon tles, TV footage showed. Pyongyang carried out its fourth was characterised as tile eggs, saying they would not let farming, and cause health and envi- “You bastard,” a protestor nuclear test in January, followed by an “extraordinarily seri- SEOUL: Angry protesters threw eggs him go until he promised to retract ronmental hazards. shouted, according to Yonhap news various missile launches that ana- ous” industrial accident, and water bottles at South Korean the decision. “We apologise for not giving agency. “Why would you bring lysts said showed the North was occurred because too Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn yes- The ongoing standoff lasted sev- you prior notice,” the prime min- THAAD to Seongju?” making progress towards being able much waste construc- terday, demanding the decision to eral hours and it was unclear when ister had earlier told the gathered The prime minister’s visit comes to strike the US mainland. tion material had been deploy a US anti-missile defence sys- -- or how -- a compromise would be protesters -- who held banners that a day after President Park Geun-Hye Pyongyang accused Park of “offer- dumped in a landfill tem in their hometown be scrapped. reached. read “We absolutely oppose THAAD told government officials to address ing the Korean peninsula to foreign (Shenzhen). Hwang was in Seongju to try and The protesters also blocked the deployment”. concerns among Seongju’s 45,000 forces as a theatre of a nuclear war.” Fifty-seven gov- appease residents who are furious entrance to the government com- “The government will do its best residents over THAAD while calling South Korea’s Unification Min- ernment employees, over the joint Seoul-Washington pound where Hwang was trapped so the residents can live their daily for an end to “needless” squabbling istry yesterday rebutted the North’s including two high-rank- decision to install the Terminal with a tractor as security guards lives without any concern,” said within the country over the issue. comments, defending the planned ing Shenzhen municipal High Altitude Area Defence system, struggled to keep the crowd at a Hwang, accompanied by senior gov- Seoul and Washington last week deployment as a “defensive measure”. officials, were also were or THAAD, in their town by the end bay. ernment officials including Defence revealed their decision to deploy the “We strongly condemn the recommended for pun- of next year as a deterrent to repeated It was the third consecutive day Minister Han Min-Koo. THAAD system in SouthKorea in North’s nonsensical slandering aimed ishment, the news agency sabre-rattling by North Korea. of protests in Seongju, about 200km But his speech was cut short as the wake of a series of missile and at dividing our society,” the ministry said. The mob of around 3,000 southeast of Seoul, where residents the mod started to pelt the prime nuclear tests by North Korea. said in a statement. Defence deal ‘tainted’ by corruption: Nigeria

AFP (EFCC), in their criminal investi- gations into corruption in Nigeria. During the raging Boko Haram ABUJA: Military procurement deals insurgency, Nigerian troops during the Boko Haram insurgency reported that they were under- were “tainted” by corruption, a equipped to fight the insurgents, statement from the Nigerian gov- who had captured a chunk of the ernment on its investigation into country’s northeast in their quest misspent security funds said Thurs- to create a hardline Islamic state. day. Buhari said in December last A presidential committee year that the Islamists were “tech- found that defence contracts were nically” defeated, though sporadic Zimbabwean “ThisFlag” activists rip a t-shirt of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party in Pretoria on Thursday during a awarded to companies “who lacked attacks still happen in Nigeria. protest in front of the Zimbabwean embassy. RIGHT: Activists draped in their national flag gather in Pretoria prior to a march to the embassy. the necessary technical compe- The EFCC is investigating and tence”, the seven-page statement has charged some military bigwigs said. -- almost exclusively belonging to Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai backs protest movement There were also outstanding the opposition party -- with corrup- contracts for “armoured vehicles, tion, causing critics to say Buhari is ballistic vests, night vision binoc- using the corruption war as a way AFP loud message that the nation is now “President Mugabe and his gov- A day-long nationwide strike ulars and three unmanned aerial to silence dissent. fed up,” Tsvangirai said. ernment must step down or face last week closed offices, shops, vehicles”. But Buhari has maintained his “I totally applaud what efforts he popular protest,” Tsvangirai said. schools and some government Other armoured vehicles deliv- anti-graft war shows no bias. HARARE: Zimbabwean opposition is making, it is converging with our “I am giving President Mugabe departments. ered in 2007 for peace-keeping “Whoever deter us from fighting leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday national efforts. I am very proud of an opportunity to ‘soft-land’ this Plans for further strikes this operations in Sudan “scandalously corruption will suffer the conse- hailed a pastor who has led recent him.” national crisis. week fell flat after many civil serv- broke down.” quences,” Buhari warned earlier protests that have shaken the gov- “The nation is hurting and life is “He will have only himself to ants were paid their delayed salaries “Many of the contracts were in July. ernment of veteran strongman tough for everyone outside the par- blame if citizens take matters in their and the government vowed a crack- characterised by lack of due Boko Haram, is an Islamic President Robert Mugabe. asitic elite.” own hands.” down on any protests. process, in breach of extant pro- extremist group based in north- Tsvangirai’s Movement for Dem- Mawarire, who was arrested and The MDC has been weakened Tsvangirai was the MDC can- curement regulations and tainted eastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, ocratic Change (MDC) has not been then released this week over his pop- by splits since Tsvangirai joined a didate in the controversial 2002 by corrupt practices,” said the state- Niger and northern Cameroon. The directly involved in the surge of dem- ular ThisFlag internet campaign, has power-sharing government with presidential election, losing to ment, describing the findings of the group’s leader is Abubakar Shekau. onstrations, but the party hopes to steered clear of allying with the MDC Mugabe from 2009 to 2013, but it Mugabe. interim report which audited pro- Since the current insurgency benefit from the growing public crit- or any political party in Zimbabwe. held a large protest in Harare ear- He later contested the first round curement contracts from 2007 until started in 2009, it has killed 20,000 icism of Mugabe, 92. Instead, he has called for national lier this year. of the 2008 presidential election as 2015. and displaced 2.3 million from their “I want congratulate Pastor strikes to protest against state cor- Mugabe, who has been in power the MDC-T candidate, taking 47.8 The presidential report is homes[ and was ranked as the (Evan) Mawarire and other pressure ruption and the country’s economic since 1980, has previously used his percent of the vote according to offi- designed to guide Nigeria’s anti- world’s deadliest terror group by groups and other ordinary citizens of collapse that has left government ruthless security forces to crack cial results, placing him ahead of graft agency, the Economic and the Global Terrorism Index in the this country who continue to send a struggling to pay its workers. down on any public show of dissent. Mugabe, who received 43.2 percent. Financial Crimes Commission year 2015. ASIA / PHILIPPINES SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 05

China blocks Filipinos at Scarborough Shoal

Military officials and fishermen using a megaphone to tell them to in the South China Sea. commander who has previously in northwest province of Pangasi- Abe: International leave. Asked whether China was cur- joined diplomatic missions to China. Philippines won nan said Chinese coastguard vessels The Permanent Court of Arbitra- rently allowing Philippines fishermen He declined to be named because he the legal battle but remained in place at Scarborough- law must be valued tion in The Hague ruled that because to fish around Scarborough Shoal, was not authorised to speak to media. Shoal and were still preventing it has rocks above high tide, Scarbor- Chinese foreign ministry spokesman “It’s best for the government to it doesn't seem to fishermen from entering the shoal’s ough Shoal was entitled to 12 miles Lu Kang said the decision of the court negotiate with China.” matter to Chinese lagoon. Many boats had stayed away Reuters of territorial sea, although it did not would have no effect on China’s South The court made clear that government. until the situation was clearer, offi- say who owns it. China Sea policy. although the shoal was located cials said. They acknowledged that fisher- Yesterday, China’s official air within the exclusive economic zone “The fishermen here have a wait- TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister men from many nations, including force microblog ran a picture of a of the Philippines, it would still have and-see attitude and are feeling their Shinzo Abe told Chinese Premier Li the Philippines and China, have tra- plane flying over a reef. It did not to share it with other countries. Reuters pulse whether it is safe to go to Scar- Keqiang that a rules-based inter- ditionally fished there said China say when or where the picture was But there appeared to be borough,” Luis Madarang, an official national order must be respected, had “unlawfully prevented” Filipino taken, but Chinese media identified confusion among some fishing com- responsible for fishing in Infanta Japan’s Kyodo news agency yes- fishermen from operating their after it as Scarborough Shoal. munities and officials about a ruling MANILA: China’s coastguard has town said. terday quoted a senior Japanese seizing Scarborough in 2012. The Pangasinan fishermen are that was overwhelmingly in the Phil- prevented Filipino boats from fishing “We are not stopping them but official as saying. Since then, Filipino fishermen seen by many Filipinos as victims of ippines’ favour. around the hotly contested Scarbor- cautioned them to stay away from An arbitration court in The have found different jobs, trawled Chinese bullying. “China is ignoring it so we will ough Shoal, Philippine officials said any trouble in the area. It will not Hague ruled China has no historic elsewhere, or played a dangerous Their plight has recently attracted wait for our government to take yesterday, after Beijing kept a prom- help the situation if they will chal- title over the waters of the South game of chicken with Chinese vessels much media attention and the gov- action,” said Madarang. ise to ignore a court ruling voiding its lenge the Chinese who are still there.” China Sea and that it has breached which have been accused of chas- ernment has come under pressure “The shoal is 100 percent vast South China Sea claims. A local television crew joined a the Philippines’ sovereign rights ing, ramming or blasting them with to help them by enforcing the court ours and we cannot share it with A dispute over the shoal, 124 fishing boat to try to reach the Scar- with its actions. water cannon. ruling. How it intends to do that is so China,”he added. nautical miles northwest of the Phil- borough Shoal in what a news anchor China refused to participate in far unclear. “It belongs to us, we should ippines mainland was one of Manila’s said was fishermen testing China’s showed a handful of black-clad the arbitration, saying the case was “China will hold on to that reclaim it and hope the government main reasons for bringing interna- compliance of the ruling. Chinese coastguard on a dinghy illegal, the panel lacked jurisdiction shoal, for sure, and deny our fish- finds a peaceful means to remove the tional legal action against China. Footage from ABS-CBN news approaching the Filipino boat and and that it had 2,000 years of history ermen access,” said a senior navy Chinese ships.”

Australia’s Turnbull Candlelight vigil ‘donated funds’ for Dhaka regulates Friday party election sermons after attacks

AFP AFP run by independent neighbourhood lay committees, would follow the instructions. SYDNEY: Australia’s wealthy DHAKA: Bangladesh yesterday But a senior police official said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull moved to regulate weekly ser- local administrations, police and reportedly made a large personal mons in hundreds of thousands regional Islamic Foundation offi- donation to the conservative of mosques as part of a stepped- cials would “monitor” the sermons. Liberal Party during the recent up campaign to combat Islamist Foundation chief Shamim fiercely fought election in a move extremism, officials said. Mohammad Afzal said that the ser- ridiculed by the Labour opposition. The move comes after the mon had been distributed to more The multi-millionaire, whose deadly attack in an upscale Dhaka than 300,000 mosques. Liberal/National coalition was cafe in which 20 hostages were bru- “It is not mandatory but we hope narrowly re-elected, handed tally shot and hacked to death in the the imams will follow our sermon over Aus$1m of his own money in nation’s worst attack by suspected or take their inspiration from it,” the final weeks of the campaign Islamist militants. he said. with the party “desperate...for Since then, authorities have shut “Our core message is there is finances”, The Australian news- down a television channel run by no place for terrorism in Islam. We paper said yesterday. a controversial Indian preacher, want to make sure our children can- The party did not deny the and decided to monitor the social not be brainwashed to commit an alleged bail-out but said in a Members of the Australian French community stand around candles during a vigil in central Sydney, media and Friday sermons of act of terrorism.” statement that “the claim that the Australia, yesterday, to remember the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, France. local mosques in a bid to prevent Islamic parties, who have Liberal Party is ‘either in debt or radicalisation. strongly denounced the cafe siege broke’ is false”. As part of the drive, the state- and a string of other recent attacks run Islamic Foundation, which on minorities, have criticised the works as a watchdog for mosques sermon regulation as “undesirable”. and religious establishments, has “Long before the Foundation prepared a sermon for the main issued its instructions, our clerics national mosque which it has asked have been vocal against terror- Beijing pledges $600m aid to Cambodia other mosques to follow. ism,” said Mufti Faiz Ullah, secretary The sermon, which was pub- general of Islamic Oikya Jote, a lished by the agency ahead of faith-based party. Anatolia Keqiang on the sidelines of the Appropriations Committee passed a condemnation from not only the Friday’s prayers, invokes Koranic Last month, just ahead of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Ulaan Baa- bill that would withhold $77.8m in country’s main opposition party, verses and traditions of the prophet cafe attack, a pro-government tar, Mongolia, and that the money planned aid if the government did but also UN human rights experts Mohammed to rail against murder- council of clerics issued a fatwa PHNOM PENH: The prime minis- would be used to pay for elections, not “[cease] violence and harassment and the US government, which ous extremism. against violent Jihad, which was ter has announced that China will education and clean water projects. against civil society in Cambodia, have called for serious independent “Whoever kills a person endorsed by more than 100,000 donate around $600m to Cambo- China is already Cambodia’s including the political opposition”. investigations into the circumstances unjustly, it is as though he has killed imams. dia over the course of the next three largest contributor, with Hun Sen The news of the Chinese donation surrounding the killing. all mankind,” it said, citing a verse 1n 1992, the Dhakeshwari tem- years, putting the Southeast Asian repeatedly offering public praise for comes as Cambodia comes under the The donation also comes in the of the Quran. ple was attacked. The Bholanath Giri country closer to what was already the Asian superpower’s “no strings international microscope following wake of the Permanent Court of It also quoted the prophet as Ashram in Dhaka was attacked and its biggest donor. attached” aid policy while blasting May 10 assassination of a prominent Arbitration in The Hague’s decision saying the killing of a human being looted. Hindu owned jewellery shops In a statement posted to his Face- efforts by the US and other West- political analyst, Kem Ley. this week in favor of the Philippines is the biggest sin and urged parents were looted in old Dhaka. Hindu book page yesterday, Hun Sen said ern countries to make donations The murder -- carried out in in a long-simmering dispute over to take good care of their children houses in Rayerbazar were set on fire. the donation had been announced contingent on human rights and broad daylight inside a gas sta- territory in the South China Sea, so they cannot be “brainwashed”. 5,000 Muslims armed with iron rods during a bilateral meeting between development benchmarks. tion convenience store in a busy much of which China claims as its It was not clear how many of and bamboo sticks tried to storm into himself and Chinese Premier Li Earlier this month, the US Senate area of Phnom Penh -- has drawn own. Bangladesh’s mosques, which are the Dhaka National Stadium, Myanmar launches task force to control violent demonstrations

Reuters almost half a century of military after a dispute over the construction rule, before boiling over in 2012 in of a Muslim school. the west of the country into clashes In a separate incident in north- YANGON: Myanmar is cracking between Rohingya Muslims and eth- ern Myanmar in early July, nearly down on Buddhist extremism, aiming nic Rakhine Buddhists. 500 Buddhists burned down a Mus- to curb ethnic and religious tension Violence between Muslims and lim prayer hall. Police arrested five that saw two mosques destroyed and Buddhists in other areas followed in people in connection with the attack, scores of Muslim residents fleeing 2013 and 2014. media said. their villages in recent weeks. President Htin Kyaw said in a In both incidents, Muslim resi- Government leader Aung San Suu statement the taskforce would not dents fled from their homes fearing Kyi has come under criticism from only move against violent protest- more widespread violence. human rights activists and lawyers ers, but also investigate and hold Some 125,000 Rohingya Mus- for not cracking down on the per- accountable anyone inciting violence. lims displaced by the 2012 violence petrators of the attacks aimed at the “We do not want to disturb remain in camps in the west. Muslim minority. peaceful protests, but we do not allow State Counsellor Aung San Suu In an apparent response to the violence while protesting,” said Zaw Kyi is a Burmese social democratic criticism, the government has made Htay, spokesman of the State Coun- stateswoman, politician, diplomat a surprisingly decisive move against cillor’s Office occupied by Suu Kyi. and author who serves as the First an organisation of radical national- A government-appointed body and incumbent State Counsellor and ist monks, known as the Ma Ba Tha, that oversees Myanmar’s Buddhist Leader of the National League for threatening legal action if it spread monkhood, the State Sangha Maha Democracy. A participant displays a placard during a protest against the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, hate speech and incites violence. Nayaka Committee, issued a state- She is also the first female Min- outside the Myanmar embassy in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Yesterday, the government ment this week saying it had never ister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar launched a taskforce to prevent vio- endorsed the nationalist and anti- and the Minister of President’s lent protests as part of a broader push Muslim Ma Ba Tha. Office in President Htin Kyaw’s Aung San Suu Kyi has gained Nobel Peace Prize, Jawaharlal She is an honourary citizen of to stop religious violence. In June, a group of 200 villag- Cabinet, and from 2012 to 2016 was international acclaim, having Nehru Award, Order of Australia, US many countries, including Canada, Religious tension simmered in ers destroyed a mosque and injured a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Kawhmu received many honours, including Congressional Gold Medal, and Pres- and was an honorary member of Nel- Buddhist-majority Myanmar for a Muslim man in central Myanmar Township. the: Rafto Prize, Sakharov Prize, idential Medal of Freedom. son Mandela’s Elders. 06 SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 PAKISTAN Thousands protest in Pakistani Kashmir

Muzaffarabad, some carrying pho- Kashmir has been divided Protesters tell the tos of slain rebel leader Burhan Wani, between rivals India and Paki- whose killing last week sparked stan since their independence from military and political unrest that killed 32 people -- the Britain in 1947, but both claim the leaderships that deadliest clashes in Kashmir since picturesque Himalayan territory in 2010 when massive demonstrations its entirety. Kashmiri mujahideen were held against Indian rule. The two countries agreed a bor- should be allowed to Students, lawyers, traders, politi- der ceasefire agreed in 2003 that has cal activists and members of militant largely held, though there are fears fight against Indian groups gathered at yesterday’s pro- the unrest could lead to a revival of troops. test, where the local head of hardline cross-border militancy. militant group, Jamat-ud-Dawa, “We came here today to show issued a call to arms. solidarity with the oppressed Kash- AFP “India understands the language miris in Indian-held Kashmir. We of bullet and not voice of people. We want to tell the world about the bru- have no other option, just to start an talities against the unarmed civilians Pakistani supporters of banned organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) shout slogans during a protest to MUZAFFARABAD: Thousands of armed struggle,” Maulana Abdul Aziz in Kashmir,” Muhammad Tahir, a denounce recent ‘violence’ by Indian security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, in Peshawar, yesterday. protesters marched in Pakistan- Alvi said. 26-year-old student said. administered Kashmir yesterday “We call on the military and Wani, a 22-year-old poster boy to denounce recent deadly clashes political leaderships that Kashmiri for the region’s biggest rebel group Pakistan’s “serious concern” over the ammunition and tear gas to try to that have for decades been fighting with Indian security forces, with mujahideen (holy warriors) should Hizbul Mujahideen, was killed in a recent violence. enforce a curfew imposed across the around half a million Indian troops some calling for war over the dis- be allowed to go and fight against gun battle with government forces. Indian Police said most of those Kashmir Valley. deployed in the region, calling for puted frontier. the Indian troops and for the free- Islamabad summoned New Del- who died were protesters killed by Hizbul Mujahideen is one of sev- independence or a merger with About 4,000 people gathered in dom movement.” hi’s envoy on Monday and conveyed gunshot wounds as troops fired live eral homegrown militant groups Pakistan.

Pakistan hate Letters show Pakistan supports militants: Ex-Afghan spy head speech falling Reuters Nabil said that he had released could not independently verify their city of Peshawar, is headed “Arrange- Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, after crackdown the letters to provide concrete evi- authenticity. ments of Secure Houses and dated July 2014, is headed “Kabul dence of Pakistan’s collusion with the Since retiring from the intel- Protection to Afghan Taliban and Airport Attacks and Release of KABUL: The former head of Afghan- Taliban and the associated Haqqani ligence service, Nabil has been Their Leadership”. Payments”. istan’s main intelligence agency group, which has been blamed for a strongly critical of Pakistan, which In the letter, dated August 2014, The letter says four members of Reuters released documents on Thursday series of kidnappings and high pro- is routinely accused by Afghanistan an official arranges for safe houses the Haqqani network are to be paid which he said showed that Pakistani file suicide bombings in the capital. of sponsoring the Afghan Taliban, a and vehicles to be provided for $24,000 each for the “successful and intelligence services helped leaders Pakistan’s foreign office and the charge it has consistently denied. Afghan Taliban commanders forced comprehensive execution of assault LAHORE: A crackdown on of the Taliban and the feared Haqqani army’s media wing did notnrespond “For the past 14 years, no one has out of a remote area of northern on KB AP”. Pakistan mosques which use network in 2014 and 2015. to several written and telephoned disclosed documents of this kind. Pakistan while an army operation Taliban spokesman Zabihul- loudspeakers to blare out incen- Rahmatullah Nabil stepped requests for comment in which Reu- Here, I’m proving it,” he told report- is conducted. lah Mujahid dismissed the letters as diary language against minorities down from the National Directorate ters outlined the accusations levelled ers, to whom he released the letters. Another letter, dated March 2015, a “pack of lies” and said the group has cut down hate speech in the of Security (NDS) in December last against Pakistan. “They kill us every day and com- requests an update on Haqqani net- did not need foreign help in the fight largest province of Punjab, the year after opposing Afghan President Neither the NDS nor the Afghan mit all kinds of atrocities, we have work personnel in Nowshera, Mardan against the Afghan government and police chief said. Ashraf Ghani’s efforts to improve government was available for imme- to show them.” and Swabi, in the Pakistani border its Western allies. Punjab, which has a popu- relations with Pakistan and include diate comment on the letters. One letter, addressed from a province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “Anyone can create such docu- lation of about 100 million, has Islamabad in peace talks with the Nabil did not say how the let- section of Pakistan’s military intel- A third letter addressed from ments these days and that’s why we historically struggled to curb sec- Taliban. ters had been obtained. Reuters ligence service in the northwestern the Directorate General Military don’t take it seriously,” he said. tarian violence and hate speech by firebrand Muslim Sunni cler- ics who often refer to minorities such as Shias and Ahmadis as “heretics”. Refreshing! Chinese overseas graft The rise of sectarianism in Pakistan, a mainly Muslim nation of 190 million people, has alarmed suspects return home officials who worry stoking of religious animosity could further destabilise a nation already beset Reuters country to give themselves up”, the by an Islamist insurgency. commission said. The crackdown on hate crime China has vowed to pursue an began in December 2014 after BEIJING: Two Chinese men who fled overseas search dubbed Operation militants from the Pakistani Tal- abroad after being suspected of cor- “Fox Hunt” for corrupt officials iban killed more than 150 people ruption have returned home to face and business executives, and their in a Peshawar school, including charges, the anti-graft watchdog assets. 134 children. said yesterday, the latest suspects It has been pushing for extradi- Critics, however, say much caught up in a sweeping campaign tion treaties with various countries more could be done. by the leadership to tackle graft. but western countries have been Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera, the One of the suspects was iden- reluctant to help, not wanting to police inspector general for Pun- tified as Zhu Haiping, general send people to a country where jab, said about 9,500 cases were manager of Shenzhen Yuwei Indus- rights groups say mistreatment of brought against those spouting try Co.\, who fled to the United suspects is a concern. hate speech via loudspeakers tra- States in 1998 after coming under The CDDI said more than 381 ditionally used by mosques to call suspicion of fraud, the Central Com- corruption suspects had been repat- for prayer. mission for Discipline Inspection riated from more than 40 countries. “The misuse of that sound sys- (CCDI) said on its website. China last year urged the United tem has come to an end,” Sukhera The second suspect, Guo States to start talks on an extradi- said in an interview. “That, to me, Liaowu, a deputy manager of a tion treaty, something the United is a big success.” company called Wuhan Iron and States has been reluctant to do. Sukhera said mosques where Steel Group Mining Company, fled Corruption in China has been hate speech was taking place to Australia in 2010 after being sus- subject to significant media atten- have been put under surveil- A monkey drinks a bottle of soft drink offered by a man on a road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. pected of bribery, the commission tion since Communist Party General lance, while offensive material has said. Secretary Xi Jinping announced his been removed from city walls and Both “chose to return to their Anti-corruption campaign. advertising boards.

US admits complications in Indonesia orders overhaul of drug agency

Sri Lanka war crimes probe Reuters “We can’t be half-hearted with selling medicine without a licence. this vaccine problem, and yesterday The drugs turned out to be fake and Reuters war crimes including mass kill- the president decided to immedi- led to the arrest of more than a dozen ings of civilians, during the JAKARTA: Indonesia yesterday ately restructure the (food and drug distributors and makers of the fake 26-year war, the UN said. ordered an immediate overhaul of agency)” Cabinet Secretary Pramono vaccines. COLOMBO: Implementing a UN Sri Lanka has promised to the food and drug monitoring agency, Anung said in a statement. Investigators said they were also resolution calling for the investi- implement the UN resolution a month after police uncovered a “With this we hope that this kind questioning doctors and hospital gation of alleged war crimes in Sri adopted in October that calls for syndicate selling fake imported child of thing won’t be repeated.” managers in the case. Lanka during a war with separa- a special court with foreign judges vaccines to hospitals, pharmacies The Food and Drugs Agency “In some cases, directors signed tist rebels is complicated and needs to investigate. and clinics over the past decade. (FDA) has come under particular fire the purchases of these vaccines, more consultations to build con- But President Maithripala The scandal sparked a public after officials said they were aware which means we need to evaluate fidence, a senior US official said. Sirisena, who came to power last uproar and exposed major govern- of the fake vaccine problem as early management,” Health Minister Nila The US along with other year, is facing resistance to an ment deficiencies in ensuring drug as 2013. But little was done until a Cabinet Secretary Pramono Moeloek said. “We must be thorough. Western countries have long investigation from political rivals safety amid a boom in Indonesia’s police investigation earlier this year Anung We have to finish this.” demanded an international led by his predecessor, Rajapaksa. health industry. exposed the syndicate, leading to at All Product ranging from Food & investigation into the killing US Assistant Secretary of State Investigators continue to unravel least 18 arrests so far. Health authorities have sought to Beverage, Cosmetics, Supplements of thousands of ethnic minor- for Democracy, Human Rights how widespread the reach of a drug- Under pressure from parliament, reassure parents that the fake vac- whether imported or local must be ity Tamils in the final weeks of and Labour Tom Malinowski said making ring that sold fake booster the health ministry on Thursday pub- cines were not harmful and their registered at the Indonesian Food the war, in 2009, under then international participation in a vaccines for hepatitis B, diphthe- lished the names of 14 more health children could get re-vaccinated and Drug Control Agency. Sri Lankan President Mahinda special court had been empha- ria, tetanus and whooping cough to facilities around Jakarta that admin- under a government programme to For imported products, the reg- Rajapaksa. sised because of “an erosion in the health facilities in Jakarta and the istered the fake vaccines, prompting be launched next week. istration process is completed by the Both the military and Tamil confidence” in Sri Lanka’s courts island of Java. crowds of parents at hospitals Police uncovered the syndicate Indonesian importers on behalf of rebels “most likely” committed over the years. No illnesses or deaths have been demanding information on whether after a pharmacist in Bekasi, near the foreign companies before goods directly linked to the fake vaccines. their children were victims. Jakarta, was arrested in May for are shipped to Indonesia. INDIA SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 07 156 people return from war-hit South Sudan

Among those rescued from the Sudan, since Friday when he heard conflict zone were two Nepalese, gunfire outside. Over 300 Indians seven women and three children. “My neighbours residing there also will continue to stay The evacuated Indians came in faced the same situation and they are an Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 Globe- still stuck inside their homes. I heard in S Sudan for their master heavy-lift aircraft that first news that the Indian government business interests. landed at Thiruvananthapuram air- wanted to evacuate Indians from Juba. port around 5am and then in Delhi at I approached the Indian embassy and About 150 work in 10.45am. Of the 156, 85 deplaned at have come back.” the oil wells, and for Thiruvananthapuram and 71 landed On arrival at Delhi, Singh said: at Delhi. “We’ve brought back 156 Indian them it’s easier to go Prime Minister Narendra Modi nationals, of whom 85 deplaned at towards Sudan where welcomed the evacuated Indians and Thiruvananthapuram airport. I met there are not much congratulated Defence Minister Mano- Foreign Minister (Barnaba Marial har Parrikar, the IAF, and the Railway Benjamin) and Vice President (Riek issues: Singh Ministry for their effort. He also con- Machar) of South Sudan and they gratulated External Affairs Minister assured me of all possible help,” Singh Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State told reporters after landing in the cap- for External Affairs VK Singh, who led ital. “Over 300 Indians will continue IANS the operation. to stay in South Sudan for their busi- “We have been providing free AC ness interests. About 150 Indians work third class tickets to the Indians evac- in the oil wells, and for them it’s easier uated from South Sudan to sent them to go towards Sudan where there are NEW DELHI: A total of 156 Indian their native states,” Deputy General not much issues,” Singh said. nationals, including 46 from Kerala, Manager (IRCTC) Achyut Singh said. “While I was there, I spoke to the were brought back to India from vio- Naveen, 34, one of those who Vice President of South Sudan and lence-hit South Sudan yesterday on returned here said that he could not he told me what they are doing with Evacuated people from South Sudan are welcomed with garlands of marigolds as they disembark from board a special IAF plane as part of come out of his home in Thongpiny regard to the safety of the people ‘Operation Sankat Mochan’. area in Juba, the capital of South there,” added Singh. an aircraft at Air Force station in New Delhi, yesterday. Pakistan’s decisions 2 more die in Kashmir violence

IANS Friday prayer protests. people have been killed and hundreds Chargesheet in on Kashmir rejected Authorities had announced injured in street clashes between pro- curfew in all the 10 districts of the testers and security forces since the chopper deal Kashmir Valley on Friday to pre- July 8 kiling of a top militant, Bur- IANS Sharif on yesterday chaired a cab- SRINAGAR: A civilian protester vent mass protests. More than 35 han Wani. this year: Centre inet meeting on the situation in and a policeman were killed and 10 Kashmir arising out of the killing security personnel were injured in NEW DELHI: The Cen- of Hizbul Mujahideen commander stray violence in the Kashmir Val- tre yesterday told the NEW DELHI: India yesterday “com- Burhan Wani. ley yesterday. Supreme Court that the pletely and unquivoally” rejected Over 35 people have died in An unruly mob pelted stones chargesheet in the Agus- the decisions adopted by the Paki- large-scale violence in Kashmir at security forces in Drugmulla taWestland helicopter stani cabinet earlier in the day following the death of Wani, 22, in in Kupwara district after the Fri- deal will be filed this year on the situation in Jammu and a gunfight on July 8 along with two day prayers. Unable to disperse the and the matter is being Kashmir. “India completely and of his associates. crowds, security forces opened fire, investigated by an SIT. unequivocally rejects in entirety In the meeting in Islamabad, top killing one of the demonstrators. Stating that the the decisions adopted by the cab- government officials condemned In south Kashmir’s Kulgam dis- petition has become inet of Pakistan on the situation the labelling of Wani as a terrorist trict, a mob attacked the Yaripora infructuous in view of the in Jammu and Kashmir,” External by the Indian government. police station with a barrage of steps taken by the gov- Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Federal Minister for Ports and stones. Suddenly, a militant hiding ernment, Solicitor General Swarup said in response to a query Shipping Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo in the mob first hurled a grenade Ranjit Kumar told a bench on the issue. told the media that cabinet mem- and then fired from an AK-47 rifle of Justice Dipak Misra and “We are dismayed at the con- bers agreed that all Pakistani at the policemen. Justice C. Nagappan that tinued attempts by Pakistan to embassies located worldwide as “One policeman was killed an FIR was registered in interfere in our internal matters, well as the Foreign Office should in the firing and 6 others were 2013 and a Special Inves- where, we reiterate, Pakistan or any register a protest against “Indian injured,” a police officer said. tigation Team (SIT) was other external party has no locus atrocities” in Jammu and Kashmir In Nathnusa village in north formed this year. standi,” he said. by submitting resolutions to the UN, Kashmir’s Kupwara district, guer- The court also “Continued glorification of ter- Dawn online reported. rillas hurled a grenade at CRPF expunged the names of rorists belonging to proscribed Members of the cabinet also troopers, injuring four of them. four of the five people terrorist organisations makes it decided to call a joint session of No major incident of violence mentioned in the PIL as amply clear where Pakistan’s sym- parliament to discuss the Kashmir took place on Friday in Srinagar the Solicitor General told A man shows medicine to a policeman after being stopped by police pathies continue to lie.” issue, but a date for the session was where there was heavy deployment the bench that they were Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz not agreed upon, Bizenjo said. of security personnel to thwart post during a curfew in Srinagar, yesterday. occupying constitutional positions. Tuki seeks 10 days to prove Amarnath Yatra Kerala to raise Colachel port issue remains

IANS attend the Inter-State Council meet- of Colachel port would be discussed, majority in Arunachal house suspended ing that has been convened after a sources said. gap of 10 years. The Vijayan government is JAMMU: The annual Amar- Speaking at the Kerala Assem- opposed to the building of Colachel IANS Byaling had also accompanied Tuki nath Yatra was suspended THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala bly yesterday, the Chief Minister said port which is barely 25km from to the meeting. yesterday because of the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will the Centre’s decision to give clear- the Vizhinjam port in Kerala. The On Thursday night, Tuki had prevailing law and order raise the issue of sanctioning Col- ance for the Colachel port was not Vizhinjam port is being constructed GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh also sent a letter to the Governor situation in Kashmir Val- achel port in Tamil Nadu with Prime justified. by the Adani group. Chief Minister Nabam Tuki met saying that he has got only 48 hours ley, officials said. Minister Narendra Modi during the “This is in not acceptable to The Colachel port project was Governor Tathagata Roy yesterday to prove his majority in the house The annual Amar- Inter-State Council meeting today. Kerala and we would tell this to the pending for the last 17 years. The and sought ten days time to prove since his arrival in Itanagar. “Many nath Yatra started on The Chief Minister and his Kerala Prime Minister,” Vijayan said. central government gave the go his majority in the house but a Raj of my MLAs/ colleagues are out of July 2 this year and so far Ports Minister Kadanapally Ram- In Delhi, Vijayan would also ahead to the project earlier this Bhavan statement later made it clear station and I am trying to contact around 1,45,000 pilgrims achandran left for Delhi yesterday to meet MPs from Kerala and the issue month. that the floor test has to be held on them,” he said, noting most were have had ‘Darshan’ inside Saturday only as slated. unaware as he had taken charge of the Cave Shrine situated “I have met the Governor today the office only on Thursday. 3,888 metres above the and appealed to him to give me In his letter, he had also cited sea level. at least 10 days time to prove my the Sarkaria Commission’s rec- Despite heightened Struggle for survival majority in the floor test. Its a land- ommendations on holding floor tensions because of the locked state and its also monsoon test, which held “reasonable time” killing of Hizbul com- season. Most of my MLAs are out of must be given to the Chief Minister mander local Muslims the state and they would not be able to prove his majority, and that it had have been lending a help- to attend the session on Saturday,” mentioned “30 days” as “reasona- ing hand to the pilgrims in he said. ble time” unless there is very urgent performing the yatra. State Home Minister Tanga business to be transacted. Protest against Naik’s ‘persecution’

IANS unacceptable and reeks of a political with Naik, a thousand-odd SDPI conspiracy,” said SDPI state general activists took out the rally in city’s secretary Asfar Ali. Park Circus area and later submitted KOLKATA: Alleging a political “The agencies are investigating a memorandum to the state Home conspiracy behind it, the Social and if anything is found against him, Secretary. Democratic Party of India (SDPI) he should be strongly dealt with. But Naik, 50, is at the centre of a yesterday took out a protest rally in so far nothing has been found. In storm for allegedly inflammatory the city against the “persecution” fact the Maharashtra State Intelli- speeches. of controversial televangelist Zakir gence Department has already given His Peace TV and Peace mobile Naik. him a clean chit. “Despite that, Naik have been banned in Bangladesh fol- “We condemn each and every is being painted as a patron of ter- lowing revelations that two of the act of terror and support the fight ror. This is being done by the saffron young Islamist attackers who killed against it. But in the name of coun- forces - the BJP and the RSS - to cre- 20 hostages, mostly foreigners, dur- A woman pushes her cart through a flooded road after heavy rains in Allahabad, yesterday. tering terrorism, the way Naik is ate communal tensions,” alleged Ali. ing a Dhaka cafe siege on July 1 drew being persecuted is completely Shouting slogans of solidarity “inspiration” from his speeches. 08 SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL An assault on France Why terrorists keep rance again plunged into grief and fear just eight months after gunmen killed 130 people in Paris. A man ploughed a truck into Bastille Day crowds on Thursday night, killing 84 people. Among the dead succeeding in France were ten children, and of the scores of injured, dozens Fwere in critical condition. The terrorist was of Tunisian origin and the intelligence services are still struggling to determine By Leonid Bershidsky prevented nine terror attacks since truck driver from plowing through Bloomberg the motive of the attacker as no organisation has come forward the beginning of 2015, mostly by The French the crowds for as long as he did -- watching known suspects with government realises to the establishment of a stronger to claim responsibility. As usual, the world, including Arab Islamic State sympathies, but prison intelligence service and countries, reacted in horror and offered their condolences and they have missed too many oth- that, and it’s better coordination of anti-ter- sympathies. rance is in the line of fire. Of ers. The French law enforcement getting reasonable rorist activities. Every attack is adding to our collective fear and proving how the 16 terrorist incidents bureaucracy is in a permanent That won’t remove the prob- difficult and even impossible it is becoming to prevent them. The that took place in Western state of reform, but the services advice, but while lems at the root of all the French entry of ‘lone wolves’, whose links with terrorist organisations nations this year, five were still often work in their own silos. the bureaucratic attacks -- the hostility between Fin France, including the deadliest For example, there is a the Muslim community and much cannot be established conclusively, is changing the face of one -- Thursday’s apparent lone cooperation gap between the wheels turn and of the rest of France and the glo- terrorism. No security forces on Earth can foresee and stop a wolf attack in Nice, which killed gendarmerie, which polices rural big structures balization of terror, which makes deranged terrorist, with no visible at least 84 people. France, and domestic intelligence. France a convenient target because links to terror groups, from ploughing A little more than a week Many of the future terrorists are reform themselves, of the linguistic and cultural her- his vehicle into crowds. It can be done before the attack, a commission radicalised in the French prisons, more attackers slip itage it left in its former colonies. anywhere and at anytime, and we can’t set up by the French parliament but only a “prison intelligence” through the net. “We must no longer think in terms Paris must do ban trucks and cars. But at the same gave its version of the reasons force of 114 people is supposed to of French or French-resident peo- everything for France’s endangered state in monitor such developments in a ple, but in terms of francophones,” time, we can’t sit idle until this world is a massive report. Apart from an prison population of 68,000 and Patrick Calvar, head of France’s to win the safe. objective threat the country faces among 235,000 parolees. domestic intelligence, told the war against Amid the shock and horror of Nice thanks to its colonial past and a Reportedly, 60 percent of commission. “Thousands of Tuni- attack, one question has entered many failure to integrate North African French prisoners are Muslims, enforcement missed the 31-year- sians, thousands of Moroccans and terrorism. minds – why France again? Why is immigrants, it also suffers from compared with 8 percent of old Tunisian-born resident of Nice Algerians can be dispatched into this country the target of a wave of inadequate policing. France’s total population. France who drove a rented heavy truck our territory.” “All the French citizens who has a well-known problem with into a crowd of revellers on Nice’s These problems cannot be eas- extremist violence that is more lethal struck within the nation’s terri- integrating its Muslim community: Promenade des Anglais on Thurs- ily fixed, though. They are probably than any other seen in the West? There tory in 2015 were known, in one It is afflicted with high unemploy- day. Like other French terrorists impossible to resolve in our lifetime is no single, convincing answer. Some say it’s because ISIS has a capacity or another, to judicial, ment and concentrated in ghettos before him, he was known to the because they were many decades morbid hatred of France as it’s considered the standard bearer penal or intelligence services,” on the edge of big cities, breeding police for various petty acts of in the making. All France can do in of western secular liberalism. Some say it’s due to its crackdown the report says. “They have all grounds for all kinds of crime, from violence, yet he was never inves- the short term is to improve polic- on hijab, or due to the French military interventions in Islamic been on file, watched, listened petty drug dealing to terrorism. tigated for terrorist leanings or ing, make it smarter and make world like Libya and Mali, or due to the failure of intelligence to or incarcerated along their Youths with a criminal record are connections. sure signals don’t get crossed or path of delinquency toward vio- excellent material for radicaliza- The parliamentary commis- extinguished in the bureaucracy. services or due to the physical and cultural isolation of Muslims lent radicalisation.” tion: It gives them a cause for which sion made 40 proposals aimed The French government real- in France. But none of these seems convincing enough for As in the case of Orlando to fight. And yet the French gov- at boosting France’s capacity to izes that, and it’s getting reasonable targeting a country so frequently with such lethal force. The shooter Omar Mateen, the French ernment barely has a system for fight terrorism. They range from advice, but while the bureaucratic French intelligence services will have to work hard to unearth security services watched several tracking this risk group’s embrace simple measures like more tar- wheels turn and big structures the reasons and find solutions to prevent another attack. of the terrorists who later com- of radical Islam. get practice for cops -- something reform themselves, more attack- While France stands united in defeating terrorism, these mitted the worst attacks of 2015 That’s how French law that might have prevented the Nice ers slip through the net. -- such as the Kouachi brothers, attacks will have a dangerous fallout of strengthening the who massacred the staff of satir- rightwing forces in the country, which are flying high after ical weekly Charlie Hebdo. They previous attacks under the disruptive leadership of Marine failed to put any surveillance on Le Pen. Extremism of one kind can never defeat extremism of Amedy Coulibaly, who took hos- another kind, and will only spawn more hatred, confrontation tages in Paris directly after that and attacks. With its substantial Muslim population, the attack. government of President Francois Hollande has a challenge Samy Amimour, who last November fired into a crowd of of unimaginable proportions – rooting out terrorism without concertgoers in Paris, had trav- further alienating the country’s Muslim community. But this is a elled to Syria, had been questioned battle the government and French people must win. and placed under administra- tive surveillance; but nothing was done after he missed several weekly checks in a row, and a lack of coordination between police and intelligence services made sure he wasn’t tracked. Another shooter from the Bataclan theater, Quote of the day Omar Mostefai, had been identi- fied to the French authorities by On behalf of the American Turkish intelligence as a danger- people, I condemn in the ous radical. He wasn’t watched either. strongest terms what The list goes on. It’s not that the appears to be a horrific French security agencies lacked terrorist attack in Nice, the resources to watch the sus- which killed and wounded pected terrorists: According to the report, in 2015 the French innocent civilians. security services had a quota for 2,700 people whose commu- nications could be intercepted, Barack Obama but actual monitoring never even US President approached that number. French law enforcement agencies have Police officers carry out checks on vehicles in the centre of the French Riviera town of Nice.

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resident Nicolas Maduro’s announcement this week that the military will lead the bat- tle against widespread food shortages overlooks one key Pfact: The armed forces have played a big role in Venezuela’s economic mess. Since Maduro took office in 2013, he has named a number of active and retired generals to run the economy. All five of his food ministers who manage one of the government’s largest budgets have come from the armed forces. And they in turn have placed dozens of their military cohorts to lead everything from a state- run chain of supermarkets to an agency overseeing food imports. None of those moves, however, can match the scope of Maduro’s promotion this week of Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino to head what is called the Great Mission of Sovereign Supply. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (right) speaks next to Defence Minister Padrino Lopez during a ceremony to commemorate the 200th anniversary of The goal is to boost production and guarantee the smooth distribution of food the death of Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary Francisco de Miranda, at the National Pantheon in Caracas yesterday. in the face of what Maduro sees as eco- nomic sabotage by his opponents. As part “We’re going to defeat this economic But leaning on the military is unlikely factors, saying that smuggling and The greater empowerment of mili- of the overhaul, all ministries will take war because there’s political will, from to yield the economic miracle Venezuela speculation in heavily subsidized, price- tary leaders always casts a shadow in a orders from Padrino, and the nation’s the people’s power and the armed forces,” desperately needs — at least judging by controlled essential goods is the main continent scarred by repeated coups, but ports will fall under the “total control” said General Pedro Alvarez while carry- its record so far. reason for the shortages. few experts expect an outright military of the military. ing out the inspection near the capital. A press tour in March of a mili- On Monday, Maduro ordered the takeover, which would draw interna- That has led some to compare the But despite the media blitz, little has tary-run farm near the central city takeover of a plant belonging to the tional sanctions. move to a discreet power grab by the changed for most Venezuelans. of Maracay showed soldiers readying Kimberly-Clark Corporation The US Some believe that Padrino could be a armed forces, the historical arbiter of In several Caracas neighbourhoods, empty chicken pens and tending a small paper products manufacturer closed its pragmatic figure who will work behind Venezuela’s political disputes. the day began as it always does, with plot of tomatoes. But it was nothing close operations in the country, saying it was the scenes to weaken the socialist par- Venezuelans caught their first blocks-long lines of shoppers wait- to the scale of what Venezuela needs to impossible to do business. In addition to ty’s resistance to a recall referendum that, glimpse of the initiative in images broad- ing for hours for the arrival of delivery revive farming and food output, which the military’s inexperience in economic if held this year, could oust Maduro and cast Wednesday on state TV showing trucks and the chance to buy whatever has withered under more than a decade matters, there are also concerns that it is bring new elections. uniformed officers inspecting chicken is unloaded before it hits barren shelves. of price controls that have choked pri- profiting from the mounting problems. When the opposition won control of plants and studying delivery orders for At the entrance to the port of La vate producers. Security forces frequently appear on the legislature in a landslide in December, a large shipment of vegetable oil. Guaira, where most of the food that Ven- With government spending out- state TV seizing warehouses of smuggled Padrino — surrounded by the military ezuelans consume enters the country, stripping revenue, inflation has reached goods. When the cameras are off, how- command — appeared on TV to congrat- there were no signs of an impending mili- triple digits and the bolivar has collapsed ever, troops have been seen taking goods ulate Venezuelans for peacefully fulfilling The goal is to boost production and tary buildup, just a few relaxed, unarmed against the dollar and other foreign for themselves or demanding bribes at their civic duty. For some opponents, that guarantee the smooth distribution civilian police. More worrisome: Not a currencies. military checkpoints that have prolifer- was a cryptic sign that he isn’t wedded single docked ship could be seen. As supply chains broke down in ated across the country in the past year. unconditionally to Maduro’s socialist of food in the face of what Maduro The doubling-down on the armed recent years, foreign imports surged. But One of Maduro’s former food min- project. sees as economic sabotage by his forces would appear to make political now, those are crashing too. The collapse isters is wanted on charges of profiting Some fear the military’s enhanced sense for Maduro, who lacks the military in the price for Venezuela’s oil has forced from overseas purchases. Two others, role will only stain the institution. opponents. As part of the overhaul, background of his predecessor and men- austerity measures, leading officials to including current head General Rodolfo “They’ve given the military total all ministries will take orders from tor, the late Hugo Chavez. With Maduro’s tightly restrict access to the foreign cur- Marco Torres, are being investigated power to fix a problem they helped cre- popularity low amid daily food riots and rency needed by businesses — and many by the opposition-controlled National ate and for which there’s no solution,” Padrino, and the nation’s ports will an opposition push to recall him from state enterprises — to import raw mate- Assembly for allegedly inflating contracts said Fernando Antich, a retired general fall under the “total control” of the office, it’s vital for him to have the loyalty rials. That has led to a fall in domestic and embezzlement. In April, lawmakers and former defense minister in the pre- military. of the armed forces, which put down a production. demanded Torres’ removal for failing to Chavez era. “The only result is they’ll now wave of anti-government protests in 2014. The government plays down those appear before the legislature. share responsibility for the failure.” International law isn’t quite law, but it’s useful

Law of the Sea, functions as a kind argue that it had no authority to The tribunal’s credibility is not as budge. Countries who claim territo- of early warning sign for how other hear the case. When the US lost that high as it would have been had China rial waters that overlap with China’s countries in the world think about argument, it went home without even participated in the case, to be sure. claims will use the tribunal’s judg- China’s militaristic expansion. The mounting a defense. Then it ignored But the tribunal will still get respect ment in pressing the US to defend decision is beneficial not only to the the verdict. insofar as other countries in the them, and in defending their own Philippines, which brought the case, Being ignored by a superpower Pacific region can be expected to cite space. but to all the countries who have didn’t rob the international court its judgment repeatedly and loudly. China can continue to bluster at International law overlapping maritime interests with of its authority. It simply reminded The value of the verdict is to signal an these neighbours. It can even keep is a mechanism for China in the Pacific -- including the observers that the tribunal’s capac- international consensus that China’s building islands, unless someone United States, which provides secu- ities were limited. Nor did the defeat island-building can’t be taken seri- tries to stop the process. communicating rity to most of them. delegitimise the US in international ously as part of its broader claims to But China now knows that there information outside By Noah Feldman Paradoxically, the decision by the proceedings. The US was simply expanded maritime jurisdiction in will be no softening of the response Bloomberg Permanent Court of Arbitration also too important, and the sanctions the South China Sea. from its neighbours - or from the US the use of force. helps China, even though it lost. The for ignoring an international court China has claimed sovereignty All this information could be That’s valuable to all judgment helps the Chinese under- decision were too minimal, to affect over all the seas included within a gotten by a means other than an stand that its efforts to create legal it meaningfully. line that appears on its maps. The international tribunal. But think of parties. As Winston n international court rules that arguments for regional expansion Similarly, ignoring the verdict of a line’s history is telling as an exem- what that alternative mechanism Churchill once China broke the law by build- have failed. That probably won’t con- tribunal created pursuant to the law- plar international claims. It was first would be. It would require a series put it, it’s always Aing islands in the South China vince China to stop expanding. But of-the-sea treaty won’t take China created by the Republic of China in of increasingly belligerent acts by Sea. China doesn’t care. it will give Chinese leaders a clearer out of the broader game of interna- 1947, before China’s nationalists were China and increasingly belligerent better to “jaw, jaw” Does that make international law sense of the resistance they’re going tional law. China participates in a defeated by the Communists. At the responses. That would be costly to all than to “war, war.” a joke? The answer is yes and no. to face if they do so - and more infor- wide variety of international legal time, the claim would not have trou- parties, and could accidentally trig- International law isn’t the com- mation about the costs that resistance institutions, and you can expect that bled the US Now, of course, assertions ger hostilities. International law mand of a sovereign backed by the will impose on them. participation to continue. Although of broader Chinese sovereignty International law is a mechanism isn’t the same thing threat of force. It usually can’t force China isn’t alone in flouting inter- China will face criticism for flout- bring China into conflict with allies for communicating information out- countries to obey its dictates and national tribunals that it doesn’t like. ing international law, no one wants whom the US has treaties promis- side the use of force. That’s valuable as domestic law. decisions. That makes it different In 1986, the US refused to participate China to opt out of the international ing protection. to all parties. As Winston Church- But talking is better from domestic law. in a case brought against it by Nica- law system where its participation The punchline of the tribunal’s ill once put it, it’s always better to than shooting. But international law still mat- ragua in the International Court of is helpful, for example in the World judgment was a frank rejection of “jaw, jaw” than to “war, war.” Inter- ters. The decision against China by a Justice for financing rebel Nicara- Trade Organization. So there will be the legal significance of the line. That national law isn’t the same thing as Hague tribunal for violating a treaty, guan contras. The US first appeared a limit to the degree of criticism that tells China that the rest of the inter- domestic law. But talking is better the United Nations Convention on the before the international court to China faces. national community isn’t going to than shooting.

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Britain’s security May cautious on initiating EU divorce talks chiefs huddle after Nice attack percent to leave, a result which Stur- geon has said made the prospect of May said her decision another vote on Scottish independ- AFP to visit Sturgeon ence “highly likely”. “I have already said that I won’t on her own turf be triggering Article 50 until I think LONDON: British Prime Minister less than 48 hours that we have a UK approach and Theresa May called an emergency after taking office objectives for negotiations - I think national security meeting yester- it is important that we establish that day after the Bastille Day attack in underlined her before we trigger Article 50,” May told the French city of Nice, in which at determination to broadcasters, refering to the proce- least 84 people were killed. dure through which a country would May, before leaving for Scot- keep Scotland in the withdraw from the EU. land, said she had asked her United Kingdom. May said her decision to visit deputy national security adviser Sturgeon on her own turf less than 48 to chair the COBRA emergencies hours after taking office underlined committee, which groups top min- her determination to keep Scotland isters and security chiefs. Reuters in the United Kingdom after the The meeting was aimed at Brexit vote had revived the issue of reviewing “what we know and independence, which Scots rejected what we can do to help”, she said in a 2014 referendum. in a statement, expressing shock EDINBURGH: British Prime Minister Sturgeon has said she will explore over the “horrifying attack”. Theresa May said yesterday that Brit- all options for keeping Scotland in A government spokes- ain would not trigger formal divorce the EU and May, who herself had woman said there had been a talks with the European Union until a backed the campaign to remain in “small number of injured” Brit- “UK approach” had been agreed, bid- the bloc, said she wanted the Scot- ish nationals. ding to appease Scots who strongly tish government to be involved in the Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May (left) is greeted by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at “We must work with France oppose Brexit. Brexit talks. Bute House, in Edinburgh, yesterday. and our partners around the May made the comment after “I will listen to any options they world to stand up for our values meeting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, bring forward. I’ve been very clear and for our freedom,” she said. head of the pro-independence Scottish with the first minister today that I through, both the United Kingdom and the bloc over terms of Britain’s exit. remain an EU member, Sturgeon “If, as we fear, this was a ter- government which says pro-EU Scots want the Scottish government to be the Scottish government said they She has also repeatedly said that argues there should be another ref- rorist attack then we must redouble should not be dragged out against their fully engaged in our discussions,” would abide by that,” May said. Scotland should be able to conduct erendum on the issue. Polls suggest our efforts to defeat these brutal will and has been looking at ways to May said. “I want to get the best pos- Sturgeon said on Wednes- talks directly with EU counterparts, support for independence had risen murderers who want to destroy keep Scotland in the bloc. sible deal for the whole of the United day she wanted May to enable the and met several EU leaders in Brus- since the Brexit vote. our way of life,” she added. Scotland voted by 62-38 percent Kingdom.” Scottish government to explore the sels during a visit there days after the Yesterday, Sturgeon said it would Her assurances of cross- to stay in the European Union in the “As far as I’m concerned the Scot- possibilities for Scotland to remain referendum. be inconceivable for a British prime Channel cooperation echoed June 23 referendum while the United tish people had their vote, they voted in the European Union as a central If independence then turns out minister to block a referendum voted remarks by Foreign Secretary Kingdom as a whole voted 52-48 in 2014 and a very clear message came part of the overall negotiations with to be the best way for Scotland to for by the Scottish parliament. Boris Johnson, who campaigned for Britain to end its 43-year period in the European fold. Voicing shock at the “appall- Russia to deploy ing” assault, Johnson, who was the star guest at the French ambassa- latest air defence Bosnian Serbs unblock EU deal dor to London’s Bastille Day party said terror “represents a continuing threat to us in the whole of Europe systems in Crimea Reuters opposed a deal expanding a favoura- Minister Christian Schmidt promised German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and we must meet it together”. ble trade agreement Bosnia had with help to the country as a whole and Serb who has proved to have a realistic Meanwhile, London Mayor Croatia to cover all members of the Republic in particular to ease effects of view of political relations in Bos- Sadiq Khan said he was reassess- AFP EU, after Croatia joined the bloc - a new trade deal on farmers. nia,” said Serb presidency member ing security levels in the capital. BANJA LUKA, BOSNIA: Bosnia’s arguing it would lead to a flood of Serbian Prime Minister Ale- Mladen Ivanic. “We will be reviewing our Serbs withdrew their objections to cheap food imports. ksandar Vucic, advised its President In late 2014, Germany and Brit- own safety measures in light of MOSCOW: Russia will deploy its a trade agreement with the European Western envoys have warned Milorad Dodik to accept the deal. ain launched a joint initiative to help this attack,” he said. most advanced S-400 air defence Union yesterday, lifting a key block- Bosnia’s leaders that the country “All obstacles for signing the ... Bosnia relaunch its bid to join the EU. Expressing solidarity with the systems to the annexed Crimea age to talks on the whole country risked missing out on closer ties with adjustment have been removed,” But political and ethnic divisions French, he added: “Londoners peninsula in August, a military joining the bloc following interven- the EU and losing €2bn in support Dodik told reporters, adding the have halted key reforms. today stand united with Nice and official said yesterday. tion from Germany. due to an impasse over reforms. decision was reached after an agree- The Serb Republic and the Bos- all of France in our grief. “They Russia is currently using its Bosnia, an ethnically divided Without the prospect of member- ment with Schmidt and talks with niak-Croat Federation, the two will not win. Not in France, not in older S-300 systems on the penin- Balkan nation beset by economic ship, Bosnia risks being left behind Vucic and farmers. regions making up Bosnia under London, not anywhere.” sula it annexed from Ukraine in woes, applied to join the 28-nation by its neighbours who also emerged Bosnia’s three-man inter-ethnic a peace agreement that ended the While Paris and Brussels have March 2014 in a move condemned EU in February and hoped Brussels from break-up of former Yugoslavia presidency held an emergency ses- country’s war in the 1990s, have yet suffered jihadist attacks in the by the West that led to the imposi- would consider its membership bid and who either already belong to the sion and ordered country’s main trade to agree on an effective coordination past year, Britain has been spared tion of US and EU sanctions. at its ministerial council. bloc or are far further down the road negotiator with EU to initial the deal. mechanism with Brussels, another a major assault since the July 2005 “In August 2016 the (S-400) But last month, authorities from to membership. “I think the main role (in EU condition to considering Bosnia’s bombings in London’s public trans- systems are expected to be Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic This week, German Agriculture accepting the deal) was played by application for membership. port system. unloaded in Feodosia where they will be permanently located,” Yevgeny Oleinikov, deputy com- mander of the Russian army’s 18th surface-to-air missile regi- Glued to game ment, told RIA Novosti state news Slain UK lawmaker agency, referring to an eastern Crimean town. The S-400 “Triumph” sys- Jo Cox laid to rest tems are Russia’s most modern anti-aircraft and missile defence systems. They are being deployed in Syria, where Moscow is con- Reuters overshadowed the final days of ref- ducting a bombing campaign in erendum campaigning. support of long-time ally Syrian Cox, who was supporter of President Bashar al-Assad. Britain remaining in Europe, had The system can track some BATLEY, ENGLAND: The funeral campaigned for Syrian refugees 300 targets and shoot down of lawmaker Jo Cox, whose murder and had praised the positive impact around three dozen simulta- shocked Britain in the run-up to last immigration had had on her constit- neously over a range of several month’s EU referendum, was held uency, Batley and Spen, a semi-rural hundred kilometres. yesterday in the northern English area near the city of Leeds. Since Crimea’s annexation constituency she represented. Her husband Brendan Cox said Russia has stepped up its military Cox, a 41-year-old mother of on Twitter before the private serv- presence in the peninsula, which two young children, was shot and ice he was “thinking of all victims is home to its Black Sea fleet. stabbed in the street in the village of hatred today”. The move comes as Nato of Birstall, West Yorkshire, on June “Jo would ask us not to fight hate is rolling out the biggest mili- 16 as she made her way to an advice with hate but draw together to drain tary build-up in eastern Europe session for the people she repre- the swamp that extremism breeds since the end of the Cold War in sented in parliament. in,” he said. response to a resurgent Russia The slaying of the opposition A 52-year-old local man, Tho- and the United States has angered A youth plays a video game in front of a computer in Valencia, Spain, yesterday during the Dreamhack Labour Party lawmaker a little over mas Mair, has been charged with Moscow by installing a missile meeting at Valencia fair where teams compete in various video game events. a year after she was elected, horri- Cox’s murder and will go on trial in defence shield close to its borders. fied politicians and the public, and November. Experts urge action against HIV prison ‘incubators’

AFP of International AIDS Society and between prison and the community million in the United States alone. lead author of a series of papers pub- means that the health of prisoners An estimated 30 million people lished by The Lancet. “The majority should be a major public health con- move in and out of prisons world- of governments continue to ignore the cern,” said Beyrer. wide every year. A major factor in PARIS: Public health experts called strategic importance of prison health- “Yet, screening and treatment for virus and bacteria spread, the experts yesterday for far-reaching measures care to public health,” he added. infectious diseases are rarely made said, was injecting drug use among against prison “incubators” of HIV, The series was published ahead available to inmates.” inmates, who often share needles. tuberculosis and hepatitis. of the 21st International AIDS Confer- The series authors said HIV As the number of injecting drug Inmates are much more likely ence in Durban, South Africa. infection levels were 20 times higher users in prison has soared, partly to carry infectious diseases than It called for improvements in among prisoners than civilians in because of the global “war on drugs”, the general public, they said, and prison sanitation and overcrowding, western Europe, and about three so has infectious disease. will spread deadly germs as soon as sterile needles to drug users, and for times higher in parts of Africa and According to estimates, “up to they are released. inmates to be vaccinated and given North America. TB prevalence was half of all new HIV infections over Yet response to HIV, tubercu- antiretroviral drugs against AIDS. higher in prisons everywhere. next 15 years in eastern Europe will losis and hepatitis epidemics in “Prisons can act as incubators At any given time, there are some stem from increased HIV transmission People line the road to watch funeral cortege of Jo Cox as it passed prisons had been “slow and piece- of tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and 10.2 million people behind bars, both risk among inmates who inject drugs”, through Batlley in northern Britain, yesterday. meal”, said Chris Beyrer, president HIV and the high level of mobility pre- and post-sentence, nearly 2.2 said a statement from The Lancet. EUROPE SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 11 France probes whether truck attacker acted alone

The driver, 31-year-old Mohamed suspect had last visited his hometown Lahouaiej Bouhlel, shot dead by offic- of Msaken four years ago. He had 31-year-old driver ers at the scene, was known to police three children and was not known Mohamed Lahouaiej for petty crimes but was not on a by the Tunisian authorities to hold watch list of suspected militants. He radical or Islamist views. Bouhlel, was known had one criminal conviction for road “France is filled with sadness by to police for petty rage, sentenced to probation three this new tragedy,” President Fran- months ago for throwing a wooden cois Hollande said in a dawn address. crimes but was not pallet at another driver. A state of emergency imposed on a watch list of The investigation “will try to after the November attacks was suspected militants. determine whether he benefited from extended by a further three months. accomplices,” Paris prosecutor Fran- Military and police reservists would cois Molins said. “It will also try to be called up to help enforce it. find out whether Mohamed Laouaiej Nice-Matin journalist Damien Bouhlel had ties to Islamist terrorist Allemand had been watching the Reuters organisations.” “Although yesterday’s firework display when the truck tore attack has not been claimed, this sort by. After taking cover in a cafe, he of thing fits in perfectly with calls for wrote on his paper’s website of what murder from such terrorist organisa- he saw: “Bodies every five metres, NICE: French authorities were try- tions,” he added. limbs ... Blood. Groans.” ing to determine yesterday whether Bouhlel’s ex-wife was in police “The beach attendants were first a Tunisian who killed at least 84 peo- custody, Molins said. Police found one on the scene. They brought water for ple by ploughing a truck into Bastille pistol and various fake weapons in the injured and towels, which they Day crowds had acted alone or with his truck. The truck was still where placed on those for whom there was accomplices, but said the attack bore it had come to rest, its windscreen no more hope.” the hallmarks of Islamist militants. riddled with bullets. Neighbours in the residential The attack in the Riviera city of “I saw this enormous white area in northern Nice where Bouh- Nice plunged France again into grief truck go past at top speed,” said lel lived described him as a handsome French police forces and forensic officers stand next to a truck yesterday, that ran into a crowd celebrating and fear just eight months after gun- Suzy Wargniez, a local woman aged but unsettling man, with a tense men killed 130 people in Paris. Those 65 who had watched from a cafe personality. the Bastille Day national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais killing 84 people in Nice. attacks, and one in Brussels four on the promenade. “It was shoot- “I would say he was someone who months ago, have shocked Western ing, shooting.” was pleasing to women,” said neigh- Europe, already anxious over security At Nice’s Pasteur hospital, medi- bour Hanan, standing in the lobby of found anything incriminating. parliamentary elections less than a Nice lies, had written on the eve of challenges from mass immigration, cal staff were treating large numbers the apartment building where Bouh- Bouhlel’s Tunisian home town year away, French opposition politi- the attack to Hollande to demand open borders and pockets of Islam- of injuries. Waiting for friends who lel lived. “But he was frightening. He Msaken is about 10 km outside the cians seized on what they described more funding for police. ist radicalism. were being operated on was 20-year- didn’t have a frightening face, but ... coastal city of Sousse, where a gun- as security failings that made it pos- “As far as I’m concerned, I Bystander Franck Sidoli said he old Fanny. “The truck pushed me to a look. He would stare at the chil- man killed 38 people, mostly British sible for the truck to career 2 km demand answers, and not the had seen people go down before the the side. When I opened my eyes I dren a lot.” holidaymakers, on a beach a year through large crowds before it was usual stuff,” Estrosi said on BFM truck finally stopped just five metres saw faces I didn’t know and started Police carried out a controlled ago. Many people from the area finally halted. TV yesterday morning hours after away from him. asking for help,” she said. “Some of explosion on a white van near the have moved to France, including Nice Christian Ertosi, a security the attack, questioning whether “A woman was there, she lost her my friends were not so lucky. They home, blowing the doors open and which is home to as many as 130,000 hardliner who was mayor of Nice the government provided enough son. Her son was on the ground, bleed- are having operations as we speak.” leaving shattered glass all around, Tunisians. until last month and is now presi- national police officers for the fire- ing,” he told reporters at the scene. Tunisian security sources said the but it was not clear whether they With presidential and dent of the Riviera region in which works display. World leaders in solidarity with France FSB service to punish

AFP in strong solidarity with people of terrible incident on what was a day in the throat, fingers halt on the key- trainee agents for France, and we say with one voice: we of national celebration.” board. Pain, emotion, solidarity.” will not be intimidated. We will never Canadian Prime Minister Justin Nato: “This attack targeted inno- allow terrorists to undermine demo- Trudeau: “Canadians are shocked cent people and the core values for public celebration PARIS: Politicians and public figures cratic values that underpin our very by tonight’s attack in Nice. Our sym- which Nato stands. But terrorism from around the world reacted with way of life.” pathy is with the victims, and our will never defeat democracy, free- horror and expressions of solidar- German Chancellor Angela solidarity with the French people.” dom and our open societies.” Reuters The FSB is the main successor ity with France on the attack in Nice. Merkel: “Germany stands alongside Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Russian President Vladimir to the KGB, romanticised in Soviet US President Barack Obama: France in the fight against terrorism. offered his “condolences” to the Putin: “Russia stands in solidarity times as the warriors of the invis- “We stand in solidarity and part- Words can barely express the bond victims and said China opposed all with the people of France... we have ible front, but feared by any who nership with France, our oldest ally, between us and our French friends.” forms of terrorism. seen once again that terrorism is MOSCOW: Russia’s FSB security questioned authority. The FSB and as they respond to and recover from Un Secretary-General Ban Ki- UN Security Council: “(A) bar- completely blind to human morality.” service said it would punish doz- the overseas intelligence organisa- this attack. moon, according to a UN statement, baric and cowardly attack... the European Council President ens of new agents who celebrated tion, the SVR, retain great influence “On this Bastille Day, we are “stands firmly behind the French perpetrators of these acts (need to Donald Tusk: “A sad day for France, graduating from the agency’s under President Vladimir Putin, reminded of extraordinary resil- government and people as they con- be brought) to justice”. for Europe... tragic... that the subjects training academy by ostenta- himself a former KGB officer. ience and democratic values that front this threat. Italian Prime Minister Matteo of the attack were people celebrat- tiously driving through Moscow The Kremlin, preparing for Sep- have made France an inspiration to British Prime Minister Theresa Renzi: “Italy and the international ing liberty, equality and fraternity.” in a luxury convoy allowing them- tember parliamentary polls, was the entire world.” May: “We are shocked and concerned community undertake not to leave Brazilian Interim President selves to be photographed. unamused by the FSB graduates’ US presidential hopeful Hillary by the scenes there. Our thoughts the French on their own. The images Michel Temer: “Today, more than Millions of Russians have exuberance. Opinion polls show a Clinton: “Every American stands are with all those affected by this coming out of Nice make words stick ever, we are all French.” watched footage of the incident, yawning gap between rich and poor with many, including veteran spies, is one of Russians’ top worries and branding it a shameful display of there are growing signs the author- wealth and power at a time of eco- ities want to curb overly showy nomic crisis. displays of wealth which might stir Belgium boosts Beating the heat “For four years they were tension. taught conspiracy, corporate eth- The FSB, whose activities national day ics and that one must not reveal include internal and border security, secrets,” retired FSB Major-Gen- counter-terrorism, and surveillance, security after eral Alexander Mikhailov told the said in a statement it had conducted Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid. “So an inquiry into the scandal and had pompous and arrogant. If that’s how decided to take tough action. Nice attack they start their careers, they won’t “For the first time in many years do any good.” of celebratory events outside work, The newly minted agents hired students allowed actions to take AFP dozens of black Mercedes jeeps place which attracted heightened which they drove through the Rus- public scrutiny,” it said. sian capital’s streets last month, “Their indecorous showy per- BRUSSELS: Belgium will beef up blocking traffic, honking their sonal behaviour linked to hiring security for next week’s national horns, and hanging out the win- luxury vehicles rightly caused day celebrations after the truck dows filming each other on their outrage among citizens and was attack in the French city of Nice mobile phones. harshly condemned inside the on Bastille Day, Prime Minister They also organised a group security services who regarded it Charles Michel said yesterday. photograph, which showed some as incompatible with our code of The country is already on high of the young men clutching cham- ethics and service behaviour.” alert after terror attacks in March pagne flutes. The photograph found The FSB said the agents involved claimed by the Islamic State group its way onto the internet along with would be punished by having the on Brussels airport and on the video footage of the convoy. The conditions of their assignments city’s metro system left 32 peo- new agents’ faces are clearly visible, changed, that some of the Acade- ple dead. handing a possible gift to rival for- my’s trainers had been demoted and “We are determined to show eign intelligence agencies, a fact that others would be fired. that democracy is stronger than angered veteran Russian agents, The academy teaches students the terrorists,” Michel told a news A child refreshes himself in a fountain in Kiev during a heatwave. some of whom said it amounted to foreign languages, counter-intelli- briefing in Brussels. treason. gence and investigative skills. “We of course intend to take extra measures for events linked to the national holiday (on July 21),” Michel said. Michel said that despite the Nice attacks Belgium was keep- Brexit sparks surge in European support for EU ing its terror alert level at the second-highest level of three, which means a threat is possible AFP With Britain in post-referendum In France 67 percent of people (55 percent), French (53 percent) and percent of Germans, 52 percent of and likely. crisis, more people polled in six EU agreed, up 19 percent on 2014, in Spanish (51 percent) want the EU to Italians, 67 percent of Spaniards, Belgian authorities had pre- nations by researchers IFOP said it Germany 81 percent (up 18 percent), make “no concessions” in exit talks. 61 percent of Belgians and 84 per- viously anticipated a possible was better to be in the bloc than they Italy 59 percent (up four), Spain 81 In both Italy and Belgium it was cent of Poles). truck-style attack before the Nice BRUSSELS: Support for the EU in did two years ago. percent (up nine) and Belgium 75 per- 47 percent while in Poland just 27 IFOP carried out the survey for carnage, in which at least 84 rev- Europe has surged following Britain’s “Citzens are reacting to both the cent (up 10). percent said there should be no the Jean Jaures Foundation and the ellers were killed, Michel added. shock vote to leave the bloc, accord- perceived impact of Brexit on the In Poland 89 percent said it was concessions. European Doundation for Progres- “Without revealing our plans, ing to a French opinion poll published European project and on the econ- better to be in the EU, but there was All six nationalities said they sive Studies. we were already wary to the idea yesterday. Britain voted 52-48 per- omy of their own country, but also no previous poll in that country. would vote to stay in the European It surveyed 6,000 people online, of this type of scenario,” Michel cent to leave the EU in referendum in terms of their own relationship to Reflecting the growing support Union if their countries held a ref- comprising 1,000 individuals in each told reporters. on June 23. the EU,” IFOP said. for the EU, a majority of Germans erendum (53 percent of French, 65 of the six countries. 12 SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 AMERICAS

Hillary campaign Obama responds to critics on race and police criticises Trump for Pence pick man, angry about killings by police The US President of two black men in Louisiana and Obama & Nieto to Minnesota, shot and killed five police Agencies faced several pointed officers in Dallas at a demonstration. meet on July 22 questions at a Obama, the nation’s first black president, has repeatedly condemned AFP WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton’s town hall exploring violence against police officers. After presidential campaign said Don- emotionally charged the Dallas shootings, he urged the ald Trump has “doubled down” country to come together. WASHINGTON: US President on what the Clinton team calls his issues surrounding Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Barack Obama will host his “disturbing beliefs” by choosing policing and racial Patrick, a Republican who called Mexican counterpart Enrique Indiana Governor Mike Pence as Black Lives Matters protesters “hyp- Pena Nieto at the White House his running mate. discrimination in the ocrites” after the Dallas shooting, next week, the two governments Trump announced his pick in a United States. urged Obama to do more to support announced yesterday. tweet. “I am pleased to announce police, including illuminating the The pair, who will meet on that I have chosen Governor Mike White House with blue lights. July 22, are looking to build on Pence as my Vice Presidential “I would ask you to consider the “significant progress” made running mate,” he wrote, adding Reuters being careful not be too quick to con- at last month’s “Three Amigos” that he would host a press confer- demn the police without due process, summit in Canada with Prime ence today at 11 am (1500 GMT). and until the facts are known,” Minister Justin Trudeau, the Pence’s qualities stand in Patrick said. White House said. contrast to the more unpredict- WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama told Patrick he has been The leaders will discuss US President Barack Obama meets members of the audience at the able personalities of two other Obama responded to critics who “unequivocal” in his support for a “range of issues,” the White televised town hall about trust and safety in our communities, in politicians who were considered charged he has not done enough to police. “I think it’s already been House said. Washington, yesterday. by Trump: New Jersey Governor show support for law enforcement expressed. I’ll be happy to send it to Mexico said they had a com- Chris Christie and former House officers after two years of protests you, in case you missed it,” he said. mon goal of “deepening the speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia. against incidents of violence by But Obama also said that data strategic partnership between injured during riots last summer. situations through the prism of The current House speaker, police against the black community. shows disparities in how African- the countries.” “It just seemed like nobody was race?” Minster asked. Paul Ryan, whose relations with Obama faced several pointed Americans are treated by police. there to protect him,” George said. Obama said it was part of his role Trump are delicate, said he con- questions during a town hall broadcast “We have to address that hon- Diamond Reynolds, whose fiance John Minster, a Republican stu- as president to try to calm the nation siders Pence a friend. on television network ABC explor- estly,” Obama said. “This is not just died in Minnesota. dent at DePaul University, asked after shootings sparked national Clinton campaign chairman ing the emotionally charged issues stuff I make up.” But he also heard from Milwau- Obama why he had commented anger. “I’m not suggesting that I John Podesta said Pence is “an surrounding policing and racial dis- During the town hall, Obama kee Police Chief Edward Flynn, who on the “potential racial aspect” of always get that fine line perfectly - incredibly divisive and unpopu- crimination in the United States. addressed broad questions about expressed frustration with the dis- high-profile police shootings before but if I don’t say anything at a time lar figure.” The divide between police and race relations in questions from trust between the black community waiting for the cases to work their when people feel hurt, angry, there Podesta said Pence is known the black community was brought Cameron Sterling, whose father was and his officers, and Teri George, the way through the legal system. are protests, there are flare-ups, then for supporting what Podesta calls into stark focus last week when a killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and mother of a Baltimore police officer “Why always look at these I wouldn’t be doing my job,” he said. “discriminatory politics and failed economic policies that favor mil- lionaires and corporations over working families.” Clinton’s campaign said Pence Relocating vendors Venezuela to temporarily was an early advocate for tea party in Congress. The Clinton team notes Pence led the fight to defund Planned reopen border crossing Parenthood and restrict abortion rights and has opposed raising the federal minimum wage. AFP that connects Tachira, Venezuela Now that he’s Donald and Cucuta, Colombia. Trump’s running mate, Mike Maduro had ordered the bor- Pence has withdrawn from the der closed last August for security Indiana governor’s race. The CARACAS: Venezuela will tem- reasons. first-term Republican governor porarily reopen its border with He allowed the reopening after was seeking re-election. But Colombia today, a state governor 500 desperate Venezuelans stormed state law bars him from running said, a move that will allow des- the border in search of basic goods. for that office and also appear- perate Venezuelans to stock up on Thanks to the temporary bor- ing on the ballot as a candidate food, medicine and other basics der reopening last week, those who for vice president. sorely lacking in their country. crossed into Colombia were able to The deadline for Pence to exit “We will not put up any obsta- stock up on goods such as flour, oil, the race was yesterday noon. cle... whoever wants to cross can toilet paper and shampoo. One of the governor’s aides cross,” Jose Vielma Mora, gover- Venezuela has suffered crip- filed the paperwork with the nor of border state of Tachira, said. pling shortages for months, a ripple Indiana Secretary of State’s However, he dismissed suggestions effect from the falling price of oil, office a few minutes after Trump that the border opening was tanta- the country’s primary export. Crit- announced that Pence would join mount to a “humanitarian corridor.” ics also blame grave mishandling of him on the Republican ticket. Last Sunday, some 35,000 the state-led economy. Trump had originally planned Venezuelans poured across the Maduro has blamed the short- to make his announcement yes- Members of the national guard relocate street vendors during a routine patrol at the market in Petare border after President Nicolas ages on an “economic war” he says terday, but called off the formal neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. Maduro authorised a 12-hour is being waged by conservative event in the wake of the deadly opening of the pedestrian bridge business elites bent on ousting him. truck attack in France. Man dead after firing Texas woman held in China since 2015 to face security charges

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ONLINE CHART BUST Fathers play Musical world www.thepeninsulaqatar.com key role in child MOST READ development

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Qatar Airways to acquire 49% NEW YORK: Fathers play a surprisingly 2 stake of Italy’s Meridiana fly large role in their child’s development -- from language and cognitive growth in Jordon Ibe: Why Liverpool are right toddlerhood to social skills in fifth grade, 3 to sell their prospect a new study has found. The findings published in two aca- demic journals Early Childhood Research Quarterly and Infant and Child Develop- TWEET OF THE DAY ment, provided evidences of the father’s importance to a child’s outcomes and reinforces the idea that early childhood programmes should focus on the whole family, including mother and father alike. The study found that fathers’ parent- ing-related stress had a harmful effect Les Insus’ band, Jean-Louis Aubert (left), Richard Kolinka and Louis Bertignac perform yesterday in on their child’s cognitive and language development when the children were Carhaix-Plouguer, western of France during the first day of the 25th edition of the Festival des Vieilles two-to-three years old even when the Charrues. mothers’ influences were taken into account. Fathers’ influence also had a larger effect on boys’ language than girls’ language. Parental stress and mental health issues affect how parents interact with their children and subsequently, child- Greatest mammal diversity found hood development, revealed the study. “There’s this whole idea that grew out of past research that dads really IANS 56 species, 28 were discovered in the of scientists from a variety of back- don’t have direct effects on their kids. But course of the team’s research. grounds, the team embarked on an INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY here we show that fathers really do have “It’s become clear that Luzon extensive effort to catalogue the a direct effect on kids, both in the short Island has exceptional diversity numerous species they believed A man passes term and long term,” said Claire Vallot- NEW YORK: The largest island in and the greatest concentration of were on this island. over a bloodstain ton, Associate Professor, Michigan State the Philippines may be home to the mammal diversity, I’d say on the Among the 28 new species dis- on the side- University. greatest concentration of mammal planet,” said one of the researchers covered by the team, there are four walk where two Fathers’ mental health had a long- diversity in the world, say research- Scott Steppan, Professor at Florida species of tiny tree-mice with excep- national police term impact, leading to differences in ers who have been exploring the State University in the US. Luzon is tionally long whiskers, and five officers were child’s social skills (such as self-con- island for the past 15 years. roughly 40,000 square miles and species of mice that look like shrews killed at Catia trol and cooperation) when the children Their research, published in the has never been connected to any and feed on earthworms. neighbourhood reached fifth grade. scientific journal Frontiers of Bio- continental land. “New small mammals are being in Caracas on July In fact, fathers’ depression symptoms geography, showed that 56 species It is tropical, but also very moun- discovered all the time, but finding 13, 2016 AFP / when children were toddlers were more of non-flying mammals are now tainous with lots of volcanic pieces 28 new species on one island -- an FEDERICO PARRA influential on child’s later social skills known to live on the island, 52 of that have come together as the con- island that had been studied pretty than were mothers’ symptoms, suggested which cannot be found anywhere tinental plates have crunched into well before -- was beyond expecta- the research. else in the world. And out of those each other. Combining the expertise tion,” Steppan said.

Dietary restriction Stampede in the air! increases lifespan ‘Warm Jupiters’ have IANS got companions

NEW YORK: Dietary restriction or limited food intake without mal- IANS positions dynamically and that it nutrition has beneficial effects would be a good idea to consider on longevity in species, including more seriously that they formed humans, a new study has found. TORONTO: After analysing Kepler where we find them,” said Chel- The study published in the space telescope data, astronomers sea Huang, a Dunlap Fellow at the journal PLoS Genetics reveals from the University of Toronto, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and understanding on how dietary Canada, have found a clear under- Astrophysics, University of Toronto. restriction leads to increase in standing yet of a class of exoplanets Warm Jupiters are large, gas- lifespan and impacts autophagy called ‘Warm Jupiters’, showing that giant exoplanets -- planets found in the intestine. many have unexpected planetary around stars other than the Sun. Autophagy which plays a role companions. They are comparable in size to in lifespan extension involves The analysis provides strong the gas-giants in our solar system. breaking down of the cell’s parts evidence of the existence of two But unlike the Sun’s family -- its protein-making, power-gen- distinct types of ‘Warm Jupiters’, of giant planets, “Warm Jupiters” erating and transport systems into each with their own formation and orbit their parent stars at roughly small molecules. dynamical history. the same distance that Mercury, “In this study, we used the The two types include those that Venus and the Earth circle the Sun. small roundworm C. elegans as a People swing on a ride in the midway during the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, have companions and thus, likely They take 10 to 200 days to model to show that autophagy in yesterday. formed where we find them today complete a single orbit. the intestine is critical for lifespan and those with no companions Because of their proximity to extension,” said Malene Hansen, that likely migrated to their cur- their parent stars, they are warmer Associate Professor at Sanford rent positions. than our system’s cold gas giants -- Burnham Prebys Medical Dis- “Our findings suggest that a big though not as hot as “Hot Jupiters” covery Institute. The researchers fraction of ‘Warm Jupiters’ can- which are typically closer to their found that the gut of dietary- not have migrated to their current parent stars than Mercury. restricted worms has a higher rate Map reveals 1.2 million galaxies of autophagy, which appears to improve fitness in multiple ways like preserving intestinal integ- IANS billion light years,” said Jeremy measure the expansion rate of the rity and maintaining the animal’s Tinker from New York University, a universe and, thus determine the ability to move around. co-leader of the scientific team car- amount of matter and dark energy “We found that blocking rying out this effort. that make up the present-day uni- autophagy in their intestines WASHINGTON: The largest-ever, “This map has allowed us to verse. The universe is presently 13.8 significantly shortened their three-dimensional map of 1.2 million make the best measurements yet billion years old. lifespans, showing that autophagy distant galaxies has revealed one of of the effects of dark energy in the “We’ve made the largest map in this organ is key for longevity,” the most precise measurements yet expansion of the Universe. We are for studying the 95 percent of the said Sara Gelino, Researcher at of the dark energy, currently driving making our results and map availa- universe that is dark,” noted David Sanford Burnham Prebys Medi- the accelerated expansion of the uni- ble to the world,” Tinker added. Schlegel, astrophysicist at Lawrence cal Discovery Institute. verse, say a team of scientists. The new measurements were Berkeley National Laboratory (Ber- The research team also “We have spent five years col- carried out by the Baryon Oscilla- keley Lab) and principal investigator observed that turning off lecting measurements of 1.2 million tion Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) for BOSS. The map also reveals the An artist’s impression released by the European Southern Observatory autophagy in the intestine made galaxies over one quarter of the sky programme of the Sloan Digital Sky distinctive signature of the coher- the slow-eating, long-lived worms to map out the structure of the Uni- Survey-III. ent movement of galaxies toward shows a hot Jupiter planet orbiting close to one of the stars in the move around less. verse over a volume of 650 cubic The map allows scientists to regions of the universe. rich old star cluster Messier 67. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,428.67 +108.93 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,498.09 -8.32 PTS Fed’s Lockhart: Don’t Brexit won’t slow count on a ‘quick FTSE100 6,669.24 +14.77 PTS US-EU trade talks: return to normal’ BRENT $45.97 +$0.29 Negotiators

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Qatar issues $9bn sovereign bonds in May: S&P

banking sector, were to significantly ratings on the regional net hydro- dependence among GCC sovereigns weaken the country’s external or carbon importers--Jordan, Egypt, on receipts from hydrocarbon exports, S&P says it could raise fiscal positions; for example, if the Morocco, Lebanon, Ras Al Khaimah the consequences of a sharp fall in the ratings on Qatar government’s gross liquid assets fall (RAK), and Sharjah--have remained prices are clearly visible in both fiscal significantly below 100 percent of unchanged, we have revised the out- and external data. While the resulting if it saw domestic GDP, by our estimates”, the ratings look on Jordan and Egypt to negative. imbalances differ in scale and dura- institutions mature agency noted in its’ latest “Middle Our ratings on Lebanon also have a tion, one commonality among GCC East And North Africa Sovereign negative outlook.” sovereigns is the emergence of almost faster than expected. Rating Trends Mid-Year 2016” report. According to the report, the first unprecedented fiscal financing needs. The S&P said it could also half of 2016 saw an intensification of In Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia raise the ratings on Qatar if it saw downward rating pressure on some fiscal deficits are expected to average By Satish Kanady domestic institutions mature faster net-hydrocarbon exporters, with 12 percent of GDP per year in 2016 and The Peninsula than expected, alongside signifi- the downgrades of Saudi Arabia, 2017. Although much lower, fiscal defi- cant improvements in transparency Oman, and Bahrain. The net export- cits for Abu Dhabi and Qatar are above regarding government assets and ers’ average rating was close to ‘A+’ in 5 percent of their GDPs. S&P estimates DOHA: The international ratings external data quality. July 2015, some three notches higher the combined fiscal deficits for GCC agency Standard & Poor’s, which S&P rates eight of the 13 MENA than currently. sovereigns to total over $100bn (9.2 affirmed Qatar’s sovereign ratings sovereigns in the ‘BBB’ rating cate- There is also a notable division percent of GDP) in 2016, similar to 2015. at ‘AA/stable/A-1+’ in March, said on gory or above . The average MENA in ratings within the net exporter “We see two main options for Thursday that Qatar’s economy will sovereign rating is now close to ‘BBB’, grouping, with Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, meeting these funding needs. A gov- remain resilient, supported by solid one notch lower than in mid-2015. and Qatar continuing to be rated at ernment can issue debt to finance its macroeconomic fundamentals. The “When weighted by GDP, the average ‘AA’. Ratings for the net importers fiscal deficit, or, if available, draw sovereign debt issuance had been issued a total of $5bn in two maturi- forecast is despite S&P’s expectation moves closer to ‘BBB+’. This average, have remained static over the same on its assets--which could include relatively sparse prior to 2016, par- ties of equal size in May. Also in May, of continued institutional weaknesses weighted by nominal GDP, has fallen period, as negative factors emanating diverting investment income gener- ticularly in foreign currency, and Qatar issued a total of $9bn in three and a moderate increase in hydrocar- more sharply than the unweighted from fiscal and external pressures, ated by assets. Meeting these larger usually reserved for benchmark- separate series; $3.5bn five-year bon prices over the next two years. average over the past 12 months as well as ongoing regional conflict, funding needs will either entail ing or monetary policy purposes. maturities at 2.375 percent, $3.5bn “We could lower the ratings on mainly because we have lowered have muted the benefit of lower increasing the annual incurrence of So far in 2016, both Abu Dhabi and 10-year maturities at 3.25 percent, Qatar if developments in hydrocar- the rating on the region’s largest import bills. debt and/or reducing asset positions. Qatar have tapped international mar- and $2bn 30-year maturities at 4.625 bon production and prices, or in the economy, Saudi Arabia. While the Given the uniformly high Aside from Bahrain, GCC kets with sizeable issues; Abu Dhabi percent. Govt spending steadies China’s economy G20 summit to focus on green finance: Carney Reuters

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BEIJING: China’s economy grew slightly faster than expected in the second quarter as a government TORONTO: Climate change and the spending spree and housing boom funding of “green” initiatives will boosted industrial activity, but a form a major part of this year’s G20 slump in private investment growth summit in China in September, Bank is pointing to a loss of momentum of England Governor Mark Carney later in the year. (pictured) said, emphasizing China’s The world’s second-largest econ- commitment to environmental issues. omy grew 6.7 percent in the second “If anyone is in any doubt, these quarter from a year earlier, steady issues are of paramount interest push for efforts to encourage green from the first quarter but still the to China and will form a substan- investment through its period of slowest pace since the global finan- tial proportion of the Chinese G20 G20 leadership. Those initiatives cial crisis, data showed yesterday. summit,” Carney told Canada’s could lead to a “green” bond market Analysts had expected it to dip Environment and Climate Change to finance environmentally friendly to 6.6 percent. Minister Catherine McKenna at an projects, China has said. While fears of a hard landing event in Toronto yesterday. The question, Carney said, is the have eased, investors worry a further China, one of the world’s big- level of participation by the private slowdown in China and any major gest emitters of greenhouse gases, sector. “If it’s good,” he said, “there’ll fallout from Brexit would leave the is keen to be seen taking a leader- be demand for take-up by the inves- world more vulnerable to the risk of ship role in global action to combat tor community and by creditors, and a global recession. But signs of stead- climate change and has said it will that will help with the transition.” ier headline growth in China may conceal an economy that is grow- A store attendant waits for customers in a shopping mall in Beijing yesterday. ing increasingly lopsided, as growth becomes ever more reliant on gov- 6.1 percent in the first six months, investment by private firms fell to a of the heavy lifting, adding to wor- ernment spending and debt. lower than 7.0 percent in January- record low in the first half, as busi- ries about reforming the bloated and Oil falls on glut fears An anaemic private sector and May. Therefore, the property-led nesses retrench in the face of the inefficient state sector. signs of fatigue in the property mar- recovery has ended,” ANZ said in a sluggish economic outlook and weak Chinese leaders are trying to sup- ket point to the increasing possibility research note. exports. This slowdown has alarmed port growth to prevent widespread job the government may need to provide Indeed, Zoomlion Heavy Indus- investors and policymakers alike, as losses and debt defaults, but they are Reuters (WTI) futures were down 18 cents at additional stimulus this year to hit try, a major Chinese construction the private sector accounts for over also facing pressure to push through $45.50 a barrel. While the price col- its growth target of 6.5 to 7 percent. equipment maker, warned investors 60 percent of China’s total invest- painful structural reforms such as lapse over the past two years has led “We think GDP growth is likely on Friday that its first-half net loss ment and 80 percent of its jobs. reductions in industrial overcapacity LONDON: Crude futures dipped to a sharp drop in production, stored to slow in Q3 and may rebound in would more than double due to weak “While there was a big pick-up in that would put the economy on a more towards $47 a barrel yesterday on inventories remain at high levels. Q4 driven by post-flood reconstruc- demand for construction machinery. retail sales, the slowdown in fixed- balanced and sustainable footing. concerns that a persistent global US petrol stocks and European tion activity. But the rebound will not There were some bright spots asset investment is a worry. Given While officials insist the risks glut of crude oil and refined prod- diesel inventories have risen despite last long,” said Nomura economist in yesterday’s data, as consumption the slide in fixed-asset investment from higher debt levels are man- ucts will impede any price recovery. entering the peak seasonal summer Wendy Chen. accounted for a greater amount of growth, I’m inclined to keep my ageable, some analysts believe a Losses were capped by slightly demand period as refineries continue Economists at ANZ also believe growth and retail sales and indus- forecast of slowing growth over the massive debt and bank restructur- better-than-expected Chinese eco- to pump out at near maximum levels. the second-quarter’s growth rate is trial output beat expectations. course of the year,” said Tim Con- ing is becoming increasingly likely. nomic data reflecting government “Inventories are high and we are in unlikely to be sustained, pointing to But in a sign that Beijing has dou- don, chief economist for Asia at ING JPMorgan chief China economist efforts to stabilise growth as well as a the withdrawal season. Things could cracks emerging in the property sec- bled down on its stimulus efforts, in Singapore. Zhu Haibin expects continued gov- drop in Chinese domestic production. get worse when we enter late August tor, whose recent revival has spurred first half bank lending hit a record Policymakers have said the econ- ernment fiscal support in the second Brent crude futures were down and September when inventories usu- demand for everything from cement and government spending jumped omy remains largely steady, but half of the year, and another interest 16 cents at $47.21 a barrel at 1140 ally build,” said Hamza Khan, head and steel to appliances and furniture. 20 percent in June. with private investment shrinking rate cut by the central bank, likely in GMT, trimming earlier sharper of commodities strategy at Nether- “Property investment grew At the same time, growth in the government has had to do more the fourth quarter. losses. US West Texas Intermediate lands-based ING Bank. 18 SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 BUSINESS US sales and industrial data buoy economic outlook

up in the second quarter. The Commerce Department percent drop. Manufacturing out- The so-called core CPI, which heels of a surge in job growth in June The upbeat data The outlook was further sup- said retail sales rose 0.6 percent last put rose 0.4 percent amid broad strips out food and energy costs, also and an acceleration in manufacturing ported by other data yesterday month after gaining 0.2 percent in increases in production, including a rose 0.2 percent in June, increasing and services sectors activity. and a rally on Wall showing that industrial produc- May. It was the third straight month 5.9 percent surge in auto assembly. by the same margin for three con- June’s strong rise in core retail Street could allow tion recorded its biggest increase in of increases and lifted sales 2.7 per- Utilities output increased 2.4 percent secutive months. That lifted the sales could prompt economists to 11 months in June on strong manu- cent from a year ago. and mining rose 0.2 percent. year-on-year core CPI gain to 2.3 per- raise their second-quarter GDP the Federal Reserve facturing and utilities output. With Excluding automobiles, gasoline, US stocks rose on the data, which cent from 2.2 percent in May. growth estimates. to raise interest rates domestic demand strengthening, building materials and food services, helped to offset disappointing finan- This increase is higher than the The Atlanta Fed is currently fore- inflation is also steadily rising. The retail sales shot up 0.5 percent after a cial results from big banks. The dollar average annual rate of 1.9 percent casting second-quarter GDP growth later this year. upbeat data and a rally on Wall Street similar gain in May. These so-called gained versus a basket of currencies, over the past 10 years. The Federal at a 2.3 percent annualized rate. The could allow the Federal Reserve to core retail sales correspond most while prices for US government debt Reserve has a 2 percent inflation tar- economy grew at a 1.1 percent pace raise interest rates later this year. closely with the consumer spending fell. get and tracks an inflation measure in the first three months of the year. “The Fed will welcoe the contin- component in the gross domestic Strong domestic demand is being which is currently at 1.6 percent. Retail sales will likely remain Reuters ued strength in consumer spending product report. reflected in steady increases in con- Concerns about persistently supported in the wake of a rally on and the latest positive jobs report, Economists had forecast overall sumer prices. In a third report, the low inflation contributed to the U.S. the U.S. stock market, rising wages but it’s clearly in zero rush to tighten retail sales rising only 0.1 percent Labor Department said its Con- central bank keeping interest rates and higher savings. WASHINGTON: US retail sales rose policy,” said Sal Guatieri, a senior and core sales gaining 0.3 percent sumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent unchanged last month. The Fed Retail sales in June were buoyed more than expected in June as Amer- economist at BMO Capital Markets last month. last month after a similar gain in May. raised its benchmark overnight inter- by purchases of building materi- icans bought motor vehicles and a in Toronto. “These two reports might In a separate report, the Fed said In the 12 months through June, the est rate in December for the first time als and garden equipment, which variety of other goods, reinforcing increase the odds of a September rate industrial output increased 0.6 per- CPI advanced 1.0 percent, matching in nearly a decade. jumped 3.9 percent, the largest views that economic growth picked increase at the margin.” cent last month, reversing May’s 0.3 May’s increase. Friday’s reports came on the increase since April 2010.

World Bank bars four companies Fed’s Lockhart: Don’t from projects count on a ‘quick AFP

WASHINGTON: The World Bank return to normal’ announced yesterday it had barred four companies, includ- ing a former unit of Daewoo, from future contracts after finding seri- Reuters ous misconduct in projects around the world. The development lender said its investigations found VICTOR, IDAHO: Dennis Lockhart fraud and corruption related to (pictured) became president of the projects in Mongolia, Vietnam, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in Peru and Kenya that involved the early 2007, with the economy still companies. enjoying the steady growth and low Daewoo Information Systems, unemployment of the “great mod- a former branch of the sprawling eration” and the U.S. central bank South Korean conglomerate Dae- confident it could keep that rolling. woo, was debarred for engaging Nearly a decade later the Fed in “corrupt misconduct” to win has had to trash its playbook in the a Bank-financed contract in wake of a severe financial crisis, An employee talks to a customer at the Wells Fargo bank in Denver, Colorado, US. Mongolia. rethink how the economy works, The company is frozen out of and come to grips with a world World Bank projects for two and where even the most powerful the world economy; productivity is Wells Fargo Q2 profit drops a half years. central bank does not so much set lagging with no reason to expect it The other three companies policy as get dragged towards it. to surge; demographic change may were put on the black list for If the hope is for a return to be weighing on demand as baby submitting false information in “normal” - the old days when cen- boomers scale back; and political as loan provisions increase bidding for contracts: Thang Loi tral bankers refereed a well-defined risk, from Brexit to the 2016 U.S. Group, over a Vietnam project; trade-off between inflation and presidential election, is just the lat- Consorcio Ocongate, for a Peru unemployment - it is not likely to est in a series of reasons businesses project; and Minimix Agencies, happen soon, Lockhart told Reuters. may hesitate to invest. Reuters remained the most highly valued quality was “solid,” with the excep- related to a project in Kenya. They “We are clearly in a different It would take a much more U.S. bank. tion of its oil and gas portfolio, which were debarred from two to four economic period of history, eco- optimistic outlook for the U.S. and Like JPMorgan Chase & Co on has come under pressure due to the years. nomic environment ... This yearning global economies to break out of Thursday, Wells said it grew its decline in energy prices. “The outcome of our investi- that you so often hear about and that scenario and shift into higher NEW YORK: Wells Fargo & Co loan book significantly during the A sharp drop in interest rates gations during this last quarter read about for a return to normal gear, Lockhart said. Crucially, gov- reported a 3.5 percent fall in quar- second quarter, especially in com- during the second quarter made it speaks to the sustained commit- is probably a really false objective,” ernments have to look beyond the terly profit yesterday as it set aside mercial loans, auto loans and credit difficult for Wells to grow revenue ment of the World Bank Group to the 69-year-old policymaker said. monetary policy crutch that has more money to cover potential losses cards. Residential mortgage loans enough to make up for the cost of respond to allegations of fraud “I can envision for a number of characterized the recovery from on new loans it made. also grew, but revenue from that reserve building. and corruption while working years a lower potential growth rate the 2007-2009 recession. The bank, the biggest US mort- business fell. When rates get too low, the gap closely with member countries ... That means the appropriate inter- “I don’t think that is impossi- gage lender, said its net income Wells Fargo’s $950.8bn worth of between what it costs banks to and companies to strengthen est rate remains in a low range.” ble. But I do believe we have to have applicable to common shareholders average loans during the quarter was obtain funding and what they can governance systems and raise Though Fed officials often well-calibrated, well-designed fell to $5.2bn in the second quarter, 9-percent above the year-ago and 3 earn from investing or lending tends compliance standards,” said speak of headwinds holding back monetary policy, and to the extent from $5.4bn a year earlier. percent higher than the prior period. to narrow. Wells’ net interest margin Leonard McCarthy, a World Bank the economy, Lockhart said he has possible a number of things that Earnings per share slipped to It was the 16th consecutive quarter of - which measures interest income vice president, in the statement. become increasingly worried about you would consider generally on $1.01 from $1.03, matching the aver- loan growth for the San Francisco- as a portion of assets - declined on Under the terms of the sanc- longer-lasting structural problems the fiscal side ... Tax policy, regu- age analyst forecast, according to based bank. But with that growth both an annual and quarterly basis. tions, the companies must that have left the Fed and other latory policy, immigration policy, Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Revenue comes the need to boost reserves Wells Fargo’s mortgage banking adopt and implement Bank- central banks in the position of a whole range of things that would rose 4 percent to $22.2bn. against loan losses that are possi- revenue fell 17 percent even amid a approved integrity compliance “adapting to realities we cannot get the animal spirits moving Although Wells’ results were ble in the future. wave of new business. The decline programmes. influence.” again.” generally in line with expecta- The banking industry had been came from its mortgage-servic- In late 2013, the president of The list of those “realities” has The situation has pulled down tions, Oppenheimer analyst Chris reducing reserves for years as credit ing portfolio, where hedges on the the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, grown long, as Lockhart elaborated the Fed’s interest rate increase Kotowski said they were “an indica- conditions improved following the direction of interest rates were less declared corruption “public in an interview on the sidelines of expectations and economic fore- tion of how difficult revenue growth 2007-2009 crisis, but lenders are effective, and where the bank faced enemy number one” in develop- the Global Interdependence Center’s casts as well as put the central bank is to come by.” now building them again. higher costs. ing countries. Rocky Mountain Economic Summit in a reactive stance. Textbook cen- Wells Fargo shares slipped 0.9 Wells’ provisions for loan losses Unlike some other big banks, The World Bank faces in Victor, Idaho. tral banking, with its hawk-dove percent to $48.52 in premarket of $1.1bn more than tripled from the Wells Fargo may not see some of repeated criticism that it turns a Liberalized capital rules and taxonomy and effort to stay “ahead trading. Up to Thursday’s close, its year-ago quarter, and were 49-per- the benefit from second-quarter low blind eye on abuses committed by investors taking a global “scan” of the curve” on inflation, has given stock had dropped about 10 percent cent higher than the first quarter. interest rates in its mortgage opera- companies working on its devel- mean the fortunes of the U.S. econ- way to an era of shape-shifting and since the start of the year, but Wells The bank said its overall credit tions until the third quarter. opment projects. omy and Fed policy are now tied to adaptation. Singapore govt to buy India’s Infosys shares plunge after cut in sales outlook S$1bn of metro rail assets AFP from between 11.8 percent and 13.8 percent to between 10.8 and 12.3 Reuters including trains, with an estimated percent. total net book value of S$991m Shares fell 9.35 percent to ($737.13m), the rail operator said in BANGALORE: Infosys shares `1065.95 in late morning trade. a separate statement. plunged more than nine percent on “We had unanticipated head- SINGAPORE: The Singapore gov- The LTA will take over the the Bombay Stock Exchange yester- winds in discretionary spending ernment said yesterday that it will responsibility for the addition, day after the Indian software giant in consulting services and package buy almost S$1bn worth of metro replacement and renewal of the cut its earnings outlook for the year. implementations as well as slower train assets from SMRT so that the operating assets for an expanded The Bangalore-based IT services project ramp-ups in large deals country’s main rail operator can network. SMRT will pay a licence exporter reported a 13 percent rise in that we had won in earlier quarters, focus on providing reliable and charge to the LTA. first-quarter net profit year-on-year resulting in a lower than expected well-maintained services for com- The announcement comes a few but revised down its sales forecast, growth in Q1,” Infosys CEO Vishal muters. days after news that Singapore was sparking the share-price fall. Sikka said in a statement. Singapore’s rapidly expanding returning 26 of its metro trains to Net profit for the three months to Revenue for the period was Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines, run Chinese train maker CRRC Corp June 30 came in at 34.36bn rupees `167.8bn, compared with ana- mainly by SMRT Corporation, have for repair just three years after they ($513m) compared with `30.30bn lysts’ projections of 170.3bn rupees, suffered a series of breakdowns in were delivered. for the same period last year, Info- according to Bloomberg News. Info- recent months and left thousands “Rail operators, relieved of sys said. sys is listed on stock exchanges in of commuters stranded each time. heavy capital expenditure, can The performance was weaker Mumbai and New York and was once CEO of Infosys Technologies Ltd Vishal Sikka addresses a press The Land Transport Authority focus on providing reliable and than expected, leading the firm to seen as the bellwether of India’s flag- (LTA), Singapore’s transport regula- well-maintained rail services for reduce its growth projection in US ship outsourcing industry and the conference to announce the first-quarter results at its headquarters tor, will acquire SMRT’s rail system, commuters,” the LTA said. dollar terms for fiscal year 2016-17 country’s equivalent to Microsoft. in Bengaluru yesterday. BUSINESS SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 19

Pay freeze at British travellers London law firm an early sign of hold off as Brexit damage Reuters

LONDON: Business was boom- pound plunges ing for Berwin Leighton Paisner before Brexit. The 84-year-old City of London law firm banked its second-highest ever profit per among the most expensive places equity partner in the financial Holidaymakers wait to buy foreign currency - that put year that ended in April. the pound close to parity with the But in the wake of Britain’s in the hope that the euro, a huge mark-up on the rate vote to leave the European Union, pound’s exchange of around 83 pence at which travel BLP has frozen pay and bonuses money firms can buy euros from until November. In an email to rate will rebound. banks. staff, its managing partner Lisa “These sort of reports have Mayhew said the reason was Reuters probably frightened people off,” “political and financial uncer- says Sandy Perera, who runs a net- tainty in the UK following the work of small foreign exchange recent vote to leave the EU”. BLP booths ranked by comparison sites is particularly exposed because LONDON: British travellers’ appe- as among the cheapest places to buy it specialises in commercial real tite for dollars and euros has sunk in currencies in London. estate, one of the worst-hit sectors. Line Corp CEO Takeshi Idezawa and Tokyo Stock Exchange President Takuo Tsurushima bow at a ceremony the three weeks since Britain voted “This time last year was our In some other areas of the law, to mark the company’s debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. to leave the European Union, as they peak period and we are down at such as insolvency, distressed seemingly wait as long as possible in least 10-12 percent on that. We’ll mergers and acquisitions or finan- the hope that the pound’s exchange probably get a rush of people next cial restructuring, the fallout from rate will rebound. week, which is a big headache for us Line skyrockets in trading debut the Brexit vote is likely to produce Both Thomas Cook and Travelex (because) managing the availability a short-term flurry of activity. said that travel money business had of some currencies is the hard bit.” Bank bosses have warned jumped in the run-up to last month’s The development of electronic that Brexit represents a threat to referendum on EU membership, as payment infrastructure across AFP WhatsApp. But the company, which the United States -- and said it would London’s role as a global finan- those with summer holidays booked Europe has steadily brought down grew out of Japan’s 2011 quake-tsu- exercise an option to sell another cial hub and major trading centre in Europe or the United States wor- the cost of using major cards abroad nami disaster, could face challenges five million, underscoring strong for the euro, and some financial ried the pound might be worth less to as little as 2-3 percent with major TOKYO: Messaging app Line rock- boosting its popularity beyond Asia demand. institutions may reorganise their afterwards. banks and credit card companies. eted in its Tokyo trading debut and some Spanish language markets, Line’s service lets users make business models and move jobs And since Britain voted to leave, But when fees for drawing yesterday after an eye-popping jump analysts said. free calls, send instant messages and from London to Europe. with sterling now down 11 percent money out of foreign cash machines in New York, as investors cheered the “Investors are giving Line high post photos or short videos, along That would generate business against the dollar and 9 percent are added, using a broker to buy cash year’s biggest technology share sale. marks for its growth potential and with a host of other paid services. for lawyers in the capital’s finan- against the euro, orders have dried before travelling can still prove far The new listing burst out of the the IPO should boost its name rec- It combines attributes from cial district, said Simon Gleeson, up, and are well down on the equiv- cheaper. blocks at the start of its first trad- ognition,” said Hideki Yasuda, an Facebook, Skype and WhatsApp a banking and finance partner at alent period in previous years. At the start of this year, when ing day, which was delayed as buy analyst at Ace Research Institute in with games and a mobile payment Clifford Chance, one of five major “After a rush from customers for many people will have paid for pack- orders swamped sell orders, rising Tokyo. service also on offer. But what has London firms often called the foreign currency pre-Brexit, we’ve age holidays, the pound was worth more than 50 percent immediately. “But Line already has a big set it apart so far is a huge assort- “magic circle”. “Brexit disrupts the seen a slowdown,” said Fraser Mil- around $1.50. Yesterday, it was worth By the close the firm was up 32 per- number of users and I think it will ment of cartoon “stickers”, which entire legal basis of the City, and lar, head of financial services at just $1.32. cent at 4,345 yen ($41), valuing it at be tough for them to increase that. some too-busy-to-text fans rely on my God that’s going to require a Thomas Cook. “The pound’s volatility since the around $8.6bn. “What investors are focused on to communicate -- a kind of ani- lot of lawyers to sort out,” he said. “We think customers are Brexit announcement has impacted The surge followed Japan-based now is what Line will do with that mated language. The stickers are Long term, however, Lon- doing their own personal hedg- people’s desire to buy the euro and Line new shares roaring to life in large number of users to expand its hugely popular in Japan, especially don’s legal industry expects any ing, buying a bit now but holding the US dollar,” a spokesman for New York, where they kicked off growth through advertising revenue, among teenagers, and Line has been gains to turn into pain as the vol- off to buy the rest until just before Travelex said. trading Thursday after the $1.3bn for example.” able to make money off them. ume of transactions falls. “There they travel, to see whether the rate “Our rates have had to take the IPO. The sizzling dual-listing sug- Line, which is owned by South “If someone shares some good is clearly a body of work there, but improves.” pound’s volatility into considera- gested investors are betting Line can Korea’s Naver Corp., debuted in news with me, I can send them a in volume terms it wouldn’t equate Some providers said business tion in order to be able to continue hold its own in a field crowded with New York where its stock ended sticker like ‘awesome!’ or alter- with a normal transaction mar- had not been helped by reports to provide our services to those who mobile messaging services such as up 27 percent. Line sold 35 million natively ‘I am depressed’ when ket,” said David Crook, a mergers of rates at airports - normally needed them.” Facebook Messenger, WeChat and shares in all -- about two thirds in something sad happens.” and acquisitions expert. Brexit won’t slow US-EU trade talks: Negotiators Germany signals no

AFP pushover in EU trade

BRUSSELS: The United States and talks with Britain the European Union said they were forging ahead with trade talks on Friday despite the shock setback of Reuters continued freedom for EU citizens Brexit and rising opposition to the to work in Britain. The German deal in France and Germany. finance ministry’s comments sug- Negotiators met this week in gest, as EU leaders have already Brussels for the 14th round of negoti- BERLIN/LONDON: Germany, said, that will not be possible. ations on the proposed Transatlantic just like Britain, will have its own Mark Boleat, policy chief for Trade and Investment Partnership demands when the UK negotiates the City of London financial dis- (TTIP) that would create the world’s its new relations with the European trict, nonetheless said the comments largest free trade area. Union, the Berlin finance ministry from Schaeuble and Hammond US chief negotiator Dan Mullaney said yesterday, seeking to play down were encouraging regarding access said that Britain’s decision to split hopes of an easy deal to keep Lon- to the single market. from the EU raised questions around don’s financial hub intact. A banking industry official the deal as Britain represents 25 per- A ministry spokesman clarified noted that Schaeuble and Ham- cent of US exports to the EU. comments made on Thursday by mond spoke of access to the single “The economic and strategic Finance Minister Wolfgang Schae- market rather than membership of rationales remain strong, but at the uble, who had said it was “very it - the latter usually only possible same time a withdrawal of the UK reasonable” of his British counter- on condition of accepting the unfet- from the EU market would affect the part to want access to the EU single tered freedom of movement, a step value of the EU market,” Mullaney market for financial institutions in too far for many backers of Brexit. US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Chief Negotiator Dan Mullaney speaks at a press said in Brussels. London. Currently banks in Britain com- “The UK is also our largest mar- conference with his EU counterpart after the conclusion of the 14th round of negotiations for the TTIP at “He used the word ‘reasonable’,” ply with EU rules which give them ket globally for services,” he added, the EU Headquarters in Brussels, yesterday. the spokesman said on Friday in a “passport” to offer their services referring in large part to the huge response to a question from Reuters. across the bloc from one base, but presence by US firms in the UK’s City that the objective was to complete “It could be quite a while before largest economy in the world... out “But the sentence then goes on. the chances of preserving this in full of London financial hub. the talks by the close of the Obama you could pick up negotiations of the equation,” Froman said. He said the British would make are slim in practice, analysts and The EU’s chief negotiator Igna- administration at the end of the year. again,” he said. This added to the increasing demands that are reasonable from officials say. cio Garcia Bercero agreed. But top diplomats in the EU Mullaney’s comments reiterated headwinds in major EU powers Ger- their point of view, and from our “We believe that a highly likely “The decision by the British believe that a suspension of talks doubts raised Thursday by the top many and France, where negative point of view it is just as reason- outcome, save for some sort of reg- people in no way delays our deter- until after major elections in the US trade official. Britain “is a very attitudes to globalisation are on the able that we have demands,” the ulatory loophole, is that the UK may mination,” said Bercero. “We are now US, France and Germany will be significant part of what makes TTIP rise. The five days of meetings were spokesman told a government news lose its right to passport financial in an advanced stage of negotiations, required, though refuse to say so attractive,” said US Trade Represent- often met by anti-globalisation trade conference. services into Europe,” Boston Con- but of course a lot of work needs to publicly. ative Michael Froman on Thursday activists who protested outside the “We will see what the result is of sulting said in a study on Friday. be done.” Mullaney strongly warned in Washington. negotiation venue in central Brussels, this negotiating process. An applica- “In the absence of certainty, Both negotiators maintained against a suspension of talks. “You have just taken the fifth drawing a heavy police presence. tion has not even been put forward banks will likely behave as if there yet and so everything we say about is no passport to be counted on.” that is speculation,” he added. Lawyers and bankers are assess- Asked if this meant Schaeuble ing whether a new EU securities did not share the view of Britain’s trading and investment services law China’s Wanda eyes stake in Paramount Pictures new finance minister, Philip Ham- - MiFID II - that comes into force in mond, the spokesman replied: “He January 2018 might give passport-like said he understands that from rights. It allows a “third country” from the viewpoint of the British such outside the EU to serve customers in AFP expand its entertainment empire. worth. The agreement would give struggle that pits controlling share- demands are made, and that the the bloc if that country’s financial Wanda, which in January bought Paramount -- which is behind the holder Sumner Redstone and his British will hopefully understand rules are “equivalent” in strictness production giant Legendary Enter- multi-billion-dollar Star Trek and family against other executives. that we have other demands.” and scope as those in the EU. tainment for $3.5bn, is seeking 49 Indiana Jones franchises -- a crucial In late February, chairman and Hammond said on Thursday “All options outside the EU are SHANGHAI: Chinese conglomer- percent of Paramount from parent foothold in the vast Chinese market, chief executive Philippe Dauman Britain must ensure access to the pretty awful, but the third country ate Wanda is in talks to buy a stake company Viacom, the Wall Street but the Wall Street Journal said hur- said the firm would sell a significant EU’s single market for its financial status is probably the most realistic in US film studio Paramount Pic- Journal quoted “people familiar with dles remain before any deal. minority stake in the movie stu- services industry. one,” said Saima Hanif, a financial tures, according to a report, marking the discussions” as saying. It did not The report comes as Viacom is dio and had received expressions of Some in Britain believe that such services barrister at 39 Essex Cham- the Asian company’s latest move to say how much the deal would be embroiled in a bitter internal power interest. a deal is possible without allowing bers in London. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016

Putting behind UK aerospace puts our inordinate fear of inflation brave face on Brexit

By Noah Smith be more volatile -- high infla- Bloomberg tion equals uncertain inflation. If inflation is predictable, lend- ers and borrowers can build it hy do we care so much into their financing deals; nom- about preventing inal interest rates simply rise to Winflation? take into account the shrink- When I put this query to baby ing value of money. Workers can boomers, they tell me that if I had ask for cost-of-living increases lived through the inflation of the in their paychecks, effectively 1970s and early 1980s, I would indexing wages to inflation. And understand. But this was also a businesses can build inflation into time of slow growth, deep reces- their investment plans. But when sions and terrible asset returns. inflation bounces around from Inflation was hardly the only month to month, it’s harder to plan problem the US economy was fac- for the future. That makes financ- ing. So why does it stand out so ing, investing, hiring and any strongly in our collective memory? decision that involves forward- The harm of inflation cited looking planning much more of a in economics textbooks seems gamble. Naturally, that will tend laughably unimportant. For exam- to hurt economic growth. ple, inflation generates so-called Although the historical cor- shoe-leather costs -- a term for the relation between inflation and hassle of moving money from one’s inflation uncertainty is well-doc- British Astronaut Tim Peake (right) waves to visitors at the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, yesterday. brokerage or savings account to umented, that doesn’t mean the one’s checking account. This has- one causes the other. If the Federal sle is larger when prices change a Reserve had a 4 percent inflation lot, since you have to put spend- target, and managed to hit that By Sarah Young Leonardo Finmeccanica , which makes heli- software to Boeing and Airbus, employs 20 ing cash in your wallet more often. target every year -- thus elimi- Reuters copters in the UK, have both said they planned people including a Spaniard and has just But in the age of digital-account nating uncertainty -- we wouldn’t to increase their British presence. hired a French engineer. management, this cost is nonexist- really be any worse off than if it hit The concern is that the UK’s standing “The government need to reassure us about ent. The same is true of so-called its current 2 percent target. could weaken over time. access to skills in the EU because we can’t get menu costs, a name for the has- So what does this imply about ith UK factories working Although it is the heart of design and pro- the skills in this country of the type that we sle of companies changing their Fed policy? A lot, actually. The at full tilt to meet bumper duction for Airbus passenger jet wings, and need, particularly engineering and mathe- posted prices. In the modern world, Fed’s so-called dual mandate, as demand for aeroplanes, its Broughton plant in Wales is one of the matics,” said Boxarr CEO Alasdair Pettigrew. these things just don’t matter that laid out by Congress, is “to promote aerospace executives have group’s most efficient facilities, some wings Airbus, GKN and Rolls-Royce also said much. A more sophisticated argu- effectively the goals of maximum been quick to brush aside are now equipped in Airbus’s Bremen fac- any change to EU freedom of movement rules ment against inflation is that when employment, stable prices and Wfears of any imminent threat from Britain’s tory in Germany. would be damaging as being able to move companies want to change their moderate long-term interest rates.” exit from the European Union. Industry executives conceded that Brexit teams of engineers easily and quickly around prices but for some reason can’t, But that says nothing about the rel- The industry is locked into production will force them to work harder to win new their facilities in different European coun- inflation distorts prices from what ative weights that the Fed should cycles that can take up to three decades to business, including those crucial new pro- tries was helpful to efficiency. they should be, which decreases put on maximum employment ver- play out, big customers like Boeing have grammes at Airbus which might otherwise Britain’s aerospace industry could also get economic efficiency. sus stable prices. The central bank rallied to support local suppliers and more be awarded to the aerospace giant’s indus- cut out of research and development funding, Economists have tried to meas- is perfectly free to worry more work is coming Britain’s way as the US aer- trial bases in France and Germany. like the EU’s 1.6 billion euro Clean Sky initi- ure these costs, and found that about one than the other. ospace giant and its European rival Airbus “Nothing comes to us naturally, so if the ative to develop new aviation technologies. they’re just as small as we might Many people seem to think ramp up output. UK is going to succeed in the future, it’s got For British aerospace trade body ADS, expect. In 1981, and again in 2000, that inflation and recession are That means it could be years before any to have the best economics and the best the key issue is one of certification, with the University of Chicago economics equal, symmetric dangers. This real impact of the UK’s divorce from the Euro- technology,” said Marcus Bryson, a former industry needing continued access to the professor Robert Lucas -- some- is implicit in the idea of nomi- pean Union becomes clear. For now, many executive at FTSE 100 parts supplier GKN, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), times cited as the father of modern nal GDP (NGDP) targeting, which of those attending the Farnborough Airshow who was last year named as a lead UK gov- the bloc’s body for certifying new parts and macroeconomics -- investigated is promoted by economists like this week said they were drawing up lists of ernment adviser for aerospace. components. the costs of inflation. Lucas’ cho- Scott Sumner at George Mason what was needed as Britain rethinks its trad- Other areas of concern include whether “Delays in certification would be cata- sen model told him that inflation University’s Mercatus Institute. ing relationships. Britain could risk losing its place at the top strophic for UK industry,” said ADS’s Chief doesn’t put much of a dent in Since NGDP growth is just the sum “We will simply get on with it,” War- table on big aerospace projects if it is locked Economist and Director of Policy Jeegar human welfare -- according to his of real GDP growth and inflation, ren East, the chief executive of Britain’s out of vital research funding and that throwing Kakkad. 2000 paper, 10 percentage points Sumner’s policy implies that one biggest aerospace com- up new borders will add costs and complex- Bryson said the government should make of inflation is only about as harm- percentage point of higher infla- pany Rolls-Royce , told ity for companies trying to move goods and capital grants readily accessible to small ful as a 1 percent reduction in gross tion is in some sense just as bad as reporters. people around a global business, making and medium-sized companies to help them domestic product. In other words, a one-point reduction in growth. The UK’s pre-emi- them think twice about new investments cope with the uncertainty caused by Brexit. according to Lucas, even a mild But in reality, a loss of one per- nence in aerospace, as in the UK. “The natural inclination at the moment recession is worse for people than centage point of GDP probably is the biggest player in the “We had probably 60 people from the is to defer (investment), whereas what you the inflation of the 1970s. many times worse than a 1 per- world after the United industry at our breakfast event at Farnbor- want to do is to incentivise a board to say Lucas model didn’t take into cent rise in inflation. States, is driven by know- ough and I think everyone viewed Brexit as actually the government has created such account the menu costs mentioned But economic research says how and a record of pretty disastrous,” said Robert Thomson, an a positive environment, we’d be nuts not to,” above. But economists Ariel Burn- that this probably isn’t the best The British industry industrial efficiency built aerospace specialist at management consul- Bryson said. stein and Christian Hellwig looked approach for the Fed. As long as already trades up over decades. tancy Roland Berger. After Britain leaves the EU, it could strike a at those in 2008, using data on inflation can be kept from fluc- Currently, British Almost a quarter of a million people work new trade deal, or alternatively, World Trade how often companies change their tuating wildly, or from spiraling substantially beyond suppliers are trying to in UK aerospace, in around 3,000 companies. Organisation (WTO) rules could come into prices. They find that, as one might upward into uncontrollable hyper- the EU, with non-EU deal with a surge in busi- France and Germany often get to host final force. WTO rules enforce zero tariffs on aer- expect, inflation has almost no per- inflation, the big worry should be exports accounting ness, with output up 39 assembly of new aircraft, but a big chunk of ospace component makers in contrast to ceptible impact on productivity about real growth. That means percent in the last five the profits come to the UK where many of the finished cars, which are subject to a duty of -- and hence, on human well-being. that the Fed probably shouldn’t for around 69 percent years, much of it driven complex parts are produced, from fuselages nearly 10 percent. So the typical arguments for be afraid of a higher inflation of Britain’s total by exports. and engines to nacelles and landing gear. The British industry already trades sub- why inflation is bad don’t stand target, if that meant getting more aerospace exports last And since the vote to Executives say they are talking to gov- stantially beyond the EU, with non-EU exports up. A better argument is that when people back into the ranks of the leave the EU on June 23, ernment about what will be most important accounting for around 69 percent of Britain’s prices rise fast, they also tend to employed. year. two big aerospace inves- to help secure the industry’s future. total aerospace exports last year, according tors, Boeing and Italy’s Bristol-based Boxarr, a supplier of to official data. Britain’s outlook has changed, but the BoE hasn’t

By Mark Gilbert tables will soon be nothing more than a had already scrapped her predecessor’s $1.50 on the eve of the referendum, as a Bloomberg fond memory. commitment to run a budget surplus by cause for concern: The sharp fall in the But while the slumping GDP outlook 2020. exchange rate will, in the short run, put would clearly justify lower rates, other It’s the third time the Conservative upward pressure on inflation as the prices forces may have prevented the central Party has breached its fiscal promises; of internationally traded commodities he Bank of England left rates bank from cutting for the first time since it previously made a legally binding increase in sterling terms, and as importers on hold Thursday even after its March 2009. commitment to turn a budget deficit of 4 pass on increases in their costs to domestic governor, Mark Carney, said on British banks are already in deep percent of economic output last year into prices. June 30 that the UK decision trouble as near-zero interest rates make a surplus of 0.5 percent by 2020. All in all, the Bank of England was toT quit the European Union meant that it impossible for them, along with their Hammond has already rescinded the probably correct to pause on rates this “some monetary policy easing will likely European peers, to make money. threat made by his predecessor, George week. But it will also probably follow its be needed over the summer.” What’s more, the one-time shock Osborne, to introduce a post-Brexit own prediction -- it said “most members There are good arguments not to that Brexit dealt to the value of the pound emergency budget, though Hammond of the committee expect monetary policy have cut borrowing costs at the first implies inflation may finally stir as declines to comment on Osborne’s to be loosened in August” -- even though There are good arguments available opportunity. But there is one consumers pay more for imported goods. proposed corporate-tax cut. its track record on supplying forward very compelling reason to inject more And the new government line-up following Tempering the Treasury’s enthusiasm guidance isn’t exactly great. not to have cut borrowing adrenaline into the economy as soon as David Cameron’s resignation looks more for austerity is a sensible move as Carney was dubbed an “unreliable costs at the first available possible. likely to approve fiscal measures to avert consumers and businesses adapt to the boyfriend” by UK politician Pat McFadden The case for cutting rests on the a recession, easing some of the burden on post-vote environment. two years ago for giving undependable opportunity. But there outlook for gross domestic product after monetary policy to rescue growth. Taking advantage of 10-year UK guidance on when interest rates might rise. is one very compelling June 23, when Britons voted to leave the Philip Hammond, the newly borrowing costs, which are at the His perceived capriciousness, though, EU. Instead of growth accelerating next appointed chancellor of the exchequer, lowest level ever, to fund much-needed has more to do with just how uncertain reason to inject more year to an annual pace of 2.1 percent or said on Thursday that Brexit had “rattled infrastructure projects would help even the economic backdrop has become adrenaline into the better, which had been the expectation for confidence,” making him willing to take more. than with inconsistency on the part of economy as soon as more than a year, economists now see an “whatever measures” are needed to In explaining today’s monetary-policy the central bank. I, for one, am glad I’m expansion of less than 1 percent. reassure businesses and investors. stasis, the Bank of England specifically not charged with trying to set monetary possible. The UK government’s oft-repeated His boss, Theresa May, the new prime pointed to the pound’s drop against the policy when the global economy rides on claim to top the Group of Seven growth minister, in a June 30 campaign speech US dollar, to about $1.34 from as high as such shifting sands. SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 21

Australian Olympic Neymar in officials ban Brazil squad wrestler over doping AFP

PARIS: Barcelona star Neymar was as AP The AOC said Kumar had expected named in the Brazil squad for been suspended for four years, the Olympics football tournament on but had 30 days to appeal to the Thursday as well Paris Saint Germain Court of Arbitration for Sport. defender Marquinhos. Also selected were SYDNEY: The Australian It also said the interna- Neymar’s club mate Rafinha, Lazio mid- Olympic Committee has asked tional federation, United World fielder Felipe Anderson and rising star Wrestling Australia to withdraw Wrestling, had advised they will Gabriel Barbosa. the nomination of Vinod Kumar reallocate Kumar’s position in Goalkeepers: Fernando Prass (Palmei- for the Rio de Janeiro Games the 66-kilogram Greco-Roman ras), Uilson (Atletico-MG) over a doping violation. weight division to an athlete Defenders: Marquinhos (PSG/FRA), The AOC yesterday Kumar from another country. Rodrigo Caio (Sao Paulo) Luan (Vasco da tested positive in April at the The AOC’s website said Gama), Willian (Internacional), Douglas African/Oceania Olympic qual- Kumar, 31, became an Aus- Santos (Atlético-MG), Zeca (Santos) ifier in Algeria where he won a tralian citizen in 2015. He had Midfielders: Walace (Grêmio), Rod- silver medal, and both his A and been training in Australia since rigo Dourado (Internacional) Thiago Maia B samples were positive. It did he arrived from India as a stu- (Santos), Rafinha (Barcelona/ESP), Ren- not name the drug. dent in 2010. ato Augusto (Beijing Ghouan/CHN), Felipe Anderson (Lazio/ITA) Attackers: Neymar (Barcelona/ESP), Members of the US men’s basketball team pose with their gold medals during the victory ceremony at Gabriel (Santos), Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras), N o Euro stars in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games in this August 11, 2012 file photo. Luan (Grêmio) Portugal squad

AFP A weakened US Defenders: Edgar Ié (Vil- lareal/ESP), Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting Lisbon), Paulo Hen- rique (Paços Ferreira), Tiago Ilori LISBON: Portugal unveiled an (Liverpool/ENG), Tobias Figue- 18-man squad for the Olympics iredo (Nacional Madère) Games football tournament on Midfielders: André Martins Thursday but did not name any (unattached), Bruno Fernandes still team to beat of the players who featured in (Udinese/ITA), Fabio Sturgeon the successful Euro 2016 cam- (Belenenses), Francisco Ramos paign. Andre Martins, with two (FC Porto), Sérgio Oliveira (FC length of the Games, making the Neymar caps, is the only player in the Porto), Tiago Silva (Belenenses), first round of the NBA playoffs squad with senior international Tomas Podstawski (FC Porto) The defending seem speedy. Competition begins experience. Attackers: Carlos Mané champions confident August 6, the day after the open- PORTUGAL SQUAD: (Sporting Lisbon), Gonçalo that they are the best ing ceremony, and the medal games Goalkeepers: Bruno Varela Paciência (FC Porto), Nuno San- are August 21, the day of the clos- (Vitoria Setubal), Joel Pereira tos (Vitoria Setubal), Salvador among 12 competing ing ceremony. A total of 2,488 medals have been (Manchester United/ENG) Agra (Nacional Madère) teams at Rio Games The US has won 63 straight produced according to strict games, 45 in FIBA competitions and sustainability criteria – 812 gold, 18 in exhibition play. 812 silver and 864 bronze Carmelo Anthony will become 1 Following Olympic AP the first US men’s player to appear in tradition, one side four Olympics, and become the most features Nike, Greek decorated men’s basketball Olym- goddess of victory pian ever if the US wins a medal. He with Athens’ NEW YORK: A weakened US bas- has a bronze from 2004 and golds Panathinaiko Stadium ketball team believes it’s still the in Beijing and London. 1 strongest one in the Olympics. Spain sure hopes this is the year and Acropolis LeBron James, Stephen Curry it can break through, after pushing 3 behind and enough stars to fill an All-NBA Toronto’s Kyle Lowry and DeMar the US deep into the final minutes her team passed on playing, leaving the DeRozan; Indiana’s Paul George; of the last two gold-medal games. Americans with a roster that falls Dallas’ Harrison Barnes; Chica- The Americans emerged with a 118- 2 Other short against the Dream Team com- go’s Jimmy Butler; Sacramento’s 107 victory in 2008 and held on to side depicts parisons they always face. DeMarcus Cousins and the Clip- win 107-100 in London. The Span- Rio emblem But the US doesn’t need to beat pers’ DeAndre Jordan. ish bring back veterans such as Pau and laurel the Dream Team, or to be one. It just Each team faces the others in its Gasol, Jose Calderon and Juan Car- leaves – has to be the best in Brazil. pool, and the top four teams in each los Navarro for a final shot. symbol of “I respect the guys that declined advance to the quarterfinals. This certainly seems like the end victory in 2 ancient Greece the opportunity, but I think we still Group A features the US, Ser- for Argentina’s greats, who won gold have a great team here, a lot of tal- bia, France, China, Australia, and in 2004, bronze in 2008 and nar- Weight: 500g ent,” centre DeMarcus Cousins Venezuela. rowly missed another medal when Gold medals 100% free of mercury, said. “We still have the same goal Group B is Spain, Lithuania, Bra- they finished fourth in 2012. Manu silver and bronze medals produced Former South Korean in mind, winning the gold medal.” zil, Argentina, Croatia and Nigeria. Ginobili, Luis Scola and Andres using 30% recycled materials Olympic swimming The Americans remain favored Group A is more top-heavy, with Nocioni are back, with Scola cho- champion Park Tae-hwan 3 50% of plastic in woven ribbons to do that, which would give them the US, Serbia and France finishing sen as Argentina’s flag bearer. comes from recycled plastic bottles three in a row. 1-2-3 in the Basketball World Cup Group B has some intriguing While they’re not the Dream two years ago. But Group B appears games on August 13. Spain meets Source: Rio 2016 © GRAPHIC NEWS Team, the US squad in Rio is still to be deeper, with Spain (No. 2), Lithuania in a rematch of the 2015 an impressive group of players. The Lithuania (3), Argentina (4), Brazil EuroBasket championship game, Park hopes to make a team includes: Golden State’s Kevin (9) and Croatia (12) all among the top and Brazil and Argentina renew a Durant, Klay Thompson and Dray- dozen ranked teams in the world. fierce rivalry that’s seen one knock mond Green; New York’s Carmelo The Olympic basketball tour- the other out of the last three major Anthony; Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving; nament runs nearly the entire international tournaments. The cost of hosting the Summer splash at Rio Games Olympics over the last 20 years (US$, adjusted for 2016 inflation) Final operating budgets Reuters Sport cleared the 26-year-old to Atlanta (1996) compete at the Aug. 5-21 Games $15.3m only last week, upholding his Semenya among South Africa’s $2.8bn profit appeal against the KOC ban. SEOUL: Former Olympic swim- “I know I haven’t had much ming champion Park Tae-hwan time to prepare, but I’ve been Sydney (2000) is confident of winning a medal training really hard over that 137 Rio-bound athletes $2.9bn at next month’s Rio Games short period of time,” Park told $7.5bn loss despite the lack of preparation Yonhap News Agency. time following his qualification “I believe my hard work will AFP The 2012 London Olympics 800m swimming success. The star from Athens (2004) drama. pay off and I will be able to put silver medallist has made a timely Indian Ocean city Durban revealed $19bn Park, the first Korean to win together good performances. The return to form this year after several this week that both his parents are $19bn loss an Olympic swimming medal most important thing will be to injury-plagued seasons. battling cancer, but they plan to cheer when he won gold in the 400 compete with confidence.” JOHANNESBURG: Athletics gold World men’s 400m cham- him on in Brazil. (2008) freestyle gold in Beijing, com- Entangled in legal battles, medal hopefuls Caster Semenya and pion Van Niekerk, whose coach is a Jaco van Zyl and Branden Stone Beijing pleted an 18-month ban imposed Park has been able to compete Wayde van Niekerk were named on grandmother from central city Blo- will represent South Africa in golf $162.9m by world governing body FINA in in only two events this year -- the Thursday in a 137-strong South Africa emfontein, seems the next best South after Major winners Louis Oosthuizen $49.1bn profit March after testing positive for South Korean time-trials in April multi-sport team for the 2016 Rio African prospect for track and field and Charl Schwartzel and Branden testosterone ahead of the 2014 and the Australia Grand Prix ear- Olympics. gold. Grace said they were unavailable. London (2012) Asian Games. lier this month, where he finished Semenya is favourite to win the Three-time African discus cham- All cited Zika, a mosquito-borne Broke However, under a controver- fourth in the 200 metres free- 800 metres women’s gold medal pion Vincent Hogan misses out on Rio, virus which has reportedly infected $10.9bn even sial Korean Olympic Committee style final. in the first Games hosted by South though, having tested positive for about 1.5 million Brazilians since last regulation, he was then hit with “I am worried about it, but I America after clocking the fastest methylhexaneamine at the national year, for withdrawing. (2016) an additional three-year ban don’t want to make it an excuse time this year, 1 minute 56.64 seconds. championships last April. But the men’s sevens rugby squad, Rio de Janeiro from the national team the day for not doing well at the Olym- Having won the 2009 world Chad le Clos, who stunned Amer- who have overlooked veteran Spring- the FINA suspension expired, pics. I know I haven’t had much championship 800m title in Berlin, ican multi-Olympics gold medallist bok winger Bryan Habana, are among $11.6bn effectively ruling him out of con- time to prepare, but I’ve been the South African had to undergo Michael Phelps by winning the Lon- the chief candidates for gold in a tention for the Rio Olympics. training really hard over that gender testing before being permit- don Games 200m butterfly, is 12-team field. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Court of Arbitration for short period of time.” ted to compete as a woman. widely regarded as the best hope for xe.com, wire agencies © GRAPHIC NEWS 22 SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 SPORT Froome extends lead, Dumoulin wins stage

In the end, there was little Tour de France Briton extends overall change, except for Froome gaining time on his main rivals. Results race lead to 1:47 over Yet a visibly emotional Froome 1 Tom Dumoulin (NED/GIA) Mollema as individual could not enjoy the moment and 50mins 15sec refused to answer questions of a 2 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) at time-trial held in a ‘sporting’ nature. 1min 03sec low-key mood after “It’s pretty clear today that every- 3 Nelson Oliveira (POR/MOV) 1:31. one’s thoughts are with those affected 4 Jérôme Coppel (FRA/IAM) 1:35. deadly Nice attack down in Nice,” said the 31-year-old 5 Rohan Dennis (AUS/BMC) 1:41. Briton, who lives in Monaco, close 6 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 1:54. to Nice. 7 Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) AFP “It’s difficult for us to even 2:00. be here talking about the race 8 Ion Izagirre (ESP/MOV) 2:02. when all that happened yester- day evening. 9 Tony Martin (GER/ETI) 2:05. VALLON-PONT-D’ARC, France: “It’s pretty close to home for me, 10 Stephen Cummings (GBR/DDT) Chris Froome extended his Tour I do a lot of training on those roads. 2:2 de France lead in finishing second “To see the Promenade (des 11 Jan Barta (CZE/BOA) 2:31. to Tom Dumoulin on yesterday’s Anglais) the way it was yesterday 12 Maciej Bodnar (POL/TIN) 2:32. mournful 13th stage individual time- evening, with bodies all over the 13 Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/ trial. road... it was horrific scenes. DDT) 2:34. Festivities at the Tour were sus- “My deepest sympathies and 14 Stef Clement (NED/IAM) 2:38. pended and security ramped up for deepest condolences go out to those 15 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) the 37.5km time-trial from Bourg families who lost loved ones yester- 2:48. Saint Andeol to La Caverne du Pont day in Nice.” Overall standings d’Arc. On the course, Dutchman Bauke 1 Chris Froome (GBR/Sky) 58hrs Dumoulin proved a class apart, Mollema resisted the best, losing 02mins 51sec. finishing the course in 50min 15sec, only 50sec to Froome and moving 2 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) at more than a minute clear of Froome. up two places to second overall at From left: Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey, Great Britain’s Christopher Froome, 1min 47sec But the 25-year-old was in little 1min 47sec. wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey and Netherlands’ Tom Dumoulin, all wear black ribbon on their 3 Adam Yates (GBR/ORI) 2:45. mood to celebrate. But it was a darker day for arms in tribute to the victims of yesterday’s attack in Nice at the end of the 37,5 km individual time-trial, “I’m not as satisfied as I normally Froome’s expected toughest chal- 4 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 2:59. would be if it wasn’t for the sad day lenger Nairo Quintana of Colombia the thirteenth stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourg-Saint-Andeol that it is,” said Dumoulin. who lost more than two minutes and and La Caverne du Pont-d’Arc yesterday. 5 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 3:17. “Cycling gets a little bit less now sits fourth at 2:59. important on a day like this, which “I’m quite far back, I hope to 6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) is normal. have good legs as there are still lots “I did a good time-trial for me, the smaller, lighter riders, particu- Australian Richie Porte started 3:19. “I’m happy that I got the win, of mountains left,” said the Movis- everyone knows I’m not good at larly specialist climbers. off quickly and was only 10sec 7 Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) that’s what I came for to this Tour. tar rider. time-trialing,” he said. But standing at 1.86m and down on Dumoulin at the first time 4:04. I’m happy and at the same moment “I hope to get back time, I’ll try “I did the max and I’m happy to weighing 71kg, it wasn’t the case for check following a 7km climb at the 8 Richie Porte (AUS/BMC) 4:27. very sad for everyone involved in the of course (to attack) as I always have stay on the podium.” Dumoulin. start. 9 Daniel Martin (IRL/ETI) 5:03. Nice attacks.” done. The time-trial threatened to Portugal’s Nelson Oliveira was But he faded badly and finished 10 Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) 5:16. With other time-trial special- “I hope to have the legs to try shake up the overall standings the early leader with a time of 51:46, more than three minutes down. 11 Roman Kreuziger (CZE/TIN) ists like four-time world champion everything.” but for some riders, like Vuelta a which proved good enough for third Froome was also in the mix early 5:24. Fabian Cancellara and three-time Perhaps the biggest revelation Espana champion Fabio Aru (4:25 at the end. on, moving up from sixth at the first 12 Louis Meintjes (RSA/LAM) 5:48. laureate Tony Martin off the pace, was diminutive British climber Adam off Dumoulin) of Italy, Spanish vet- But once Dumoulin came through time check to second by the third. 13 Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) Dumoulin was dominant. Yates, 23, who actually beat Quin- eran Joaquim Rodriguez (4:46) and and utterly obliterated Oliveira’s time Yet he was still losing time to 5:54. But behind him, the main battle tana by 6sec. Ireland’s Dan Martin (4:10), it was by more than a minute and a half, Dumoulin at every point. 14 Sergio Henao (COL/SKY) 6:25. was to see how the overall standings He’s third now at 2:45 after what particularly unkind. there was a sense that the stage was More significantly, though, he 15 G Thomas (GBR/SKY) 6:48. would be shaken up. he described as his worst skill. The windy route proved tough for done. was gaining time on his rivals.

Nadal gets green light to play at Vinales fastest in Rio Olympics German GP practice

Reuters AFP 16th and 14th place on the day. “We hope for tomorrow and LONDON: Rafael Nadal has Sunday to have a better temperature been given the green light by and a little bit more sun, that can the International Tennis Fed- PARIS: Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales help us a lot,” said crowd favour- eration (ITF) to compete at next recovered from a spectacular early ite Rossi. month’s Rio Olympics despite fall to lead yesterday’s practice for “We don’t have the feeling or not fulfilling the qualification the German Grand Prix at a cold and enough confidence to push to the criteria. wet Sachsenring. fullest,” said Rossi of today’s soft The 2008 Beijing gold med- Vinales was fastest by 0.2sec front tyre selection. allist’s participation had been in front of Ducati’s Andrea Ian- Lorenzo was equally wary after in doubt as injury had pre- none and 0.6sec on Honda’s Marc a difficult day. vented him from appearing in Marquez, the world championship “All the Yamahas are struggling the minimum number of Davis leader. at the moment in these conditions Cup ties required in a four-year “I pushed a bit too much,” said and I’m the slowest one,” admitted Olympic cycle to qualify for the the Spanish prodigy after a high the world champion. Games. speed 11th corner crash saw him fall “This morning I had a crash Fans of the French Davis Cup team observe a minute of silence for the victims of the terror attack in Nice The Spaniard, who has been off the back of his bike with sparks going downhill. It looks like these out of action since pulling out of during the International Tennis Federation Davis Cup quarter-final opening ceremony in Trinec, Czech flying all around him. are very cold and slippery condi- the French Open following his Republic, yesterday. Marquez is the man to beat at tions and you have to be very careful second round match with a wrist the German circuit having won with the tyres.” injury, won his appeal to com- every year since 2010. Moto2’s Takaaki Nakagami car- pete in the August 5 to 21 Games “It will be an interesting Grand ried on where he left off last time and was named in the final list of Prix because of the weather,” said out when he grabbed a maiden participants issued by the ITF on Czech Republic lead France Marquez. win at the Dutch Grand Prix on his Friday. “The prediction is that on Sun- Kalex by setting the fastest time in The 30-year-old, who missed day we’ll have a situation like today, practice. the 2012 Games through injury, when rain could fall at any time.” Brad Binder, the Moto3 leader, has been named as his country’s Yamaha pair Jorge Lorenzo and was fifth Friday while second placed flag bearer in the opening cer- as Rosol stuns Tsonga Valentino Rossi, second and third Spaniard Jorge Navarro was way emony and will be one of four in the standings behind Marquez, back in 12th as Italy’s Enea Bas- Spaniards competing for the men’s struggled to squeeze top speed out tianini on his Honda was fastest on singles gold medal. of their tyres in the cold, finishing the day. He will also compete in AFP took a 2-1 lead with a break in each For the reverse singles on Sun- the men’s doubles with Marc set. day, Vesely will first face Tsonga and Lopez. Nadal has not travelled Both held on to their serve in set Rosol is due to play against Pouille. with the Spain team to Roma- four, with Rosol taking it in a thrill- The Czech Republic won the nia for the Davis Cup Euro/ PRAGUE: Lukas Rosol handed the ing tie-break after escaping from Davis Cup in 2012 and 2013, while Africa zone playoff as he con- Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over two match points. France last lifted the trophy in 2001. tinues his recovery from the France in their Davis Cup World Rosol and Tsonga traded breaks The winner of the tie will face wrist injury. Group quarter-final tie yesterday in the first two games of set five but either the United States or Croatia after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Czech then added another and in the semi-finals. a five-set thriller. converted his third match point. Meanwhile, former world Hamburg ATP results The 78th-ranked Rosol stunned “I have no words for what hap- number one and two-time Austral- world number 10 Tsonga 6-4, 3-6, pened on the court today,” Rosol told ian Open winner Victoria Azarenka Hamburg: Results from the ATP 4-6, 7-6 (10/8), 6-4 in three hours the Czech Television after the game. announced yesterday that she is Hamburg Open yesterday (x and 52 minutes. “It’s a fantastic feeling to play as pregnant and will miss the rest of denotes seeding): The game started with a minute’s number two against a number one the season. Quarter-finals silence for the victims of Thursday’s and win in five sets.” The 26-year-old from Belarus Renzo Olivo (ARG) bt Philipp terror attack in Nice that left at least “I’m simply in a good shape.” said her baby is due towards the Kohlschreiber (GER x1) 1-6, 6-0, 7-5 84 dead, of which 10 were children The second rubber Friday sees end of the year but that she intends Pablo Cuevas (URU x3) bt Paul- or youths. French young gun Lucas Pouille, to resume her career. Henri Mathieu (FRA) 7-6 (9/7), 6-1 On the hardcourt of the Werk the world number 21, face the Czech “While recovering from the knee Arena in the eastern Czech town of Republic’s Jiri Vesely, ranked 50th. injury I sustained at Roland Garros, Stephane Robert (FRA) bt Guillermo Trinec, the big-serving, 30-year-old In today’s doubles rubber, vet- I received news from my doctors Garcia-Lopez (ESP x8) 7-6 (7/4), Suzuki rider Maverick Vinales of Spain falls during the second Rosol got off to an impressive start, eran Radek Stepanek and Adam that my boyfriend and I are going 4-6, 6-3 taking the first set on a single break. Pavlasek are due to face fresh Wim- to become parents at the end of the training session of the Moto GP of the Grand Prix of Germany at Martin Klizan (SVK x7) bt Daniel But Tsonga, who is 31, regained bledon champions Nicolas Mahut year,” Azarenka said in a statement the Sachsenring Circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, eastern Germany, Gimeno (ESP) 6-4, 6-3 his first serve in the second set and and Pierre-Hugues Herbert. on Twitter. yesterday. SPORT SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 23

PSG appoint Kluivert as director of football

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PARIS: French champions Paris St Germain have appointed former Netherlands international Patrick Kluivert as the club’s director of football, the Ligue 1 side said. The former Ajax Amsterdam and Barcelona striker had a coaching stint as the manager of Curacao and was an assistant coach for Netherlands under man- ager Louis van Gaal. “I am extremely honoured to join such a great club as Paris St Germain and to take on the role of direc- tor of football,” Kluivert told the club’s website(www. psg.fr). “I will conduct my mission with great ambi- tion and rigor. Von “We are all in Paris to reach the very high objec- Miller tives set by the club and meet the expectations of the Barcelonaplayers players and supporters alike.” celebrate with the PSG appointed former Sevilla boss Unai Emery as Broncos Spanish Copa del their manager last month. Rey (King’s Cup) trophy in this file offer $70m photo. FIFA asks for four to Miller year ban for former AP Real Madrid vs Barcelona ExCo member

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado: The Denver Broncos have upped their Reuters offer to Von Miller by offering to guarantee the Super Bowl MVP a ‘El Clasico’ in December record $70 million of the six-year ZURICH: The investigatory chamber of FIFA’s inde- deal, a person with knowledge of pendent ethics committee has asked for former the negotiations told The Associ- Real Madrid’s head coach executive committee member Worawi Makudi to be ated Press. The two giants of Zinedine Zidane holds the banned from soccer for at least four years for allegedly The person spoke to the AP on Champions League trophy breaching the soccer governing body’s code of conduct. condition of anonymity to share Spanish football during the celebrations in Makudi, the former president of the Thailand candid details of the blockbuster set for much Madrid following their victory Football Association, should also pay a fine of at least offer that also was reported by against Atletico Madrid in 25,000 Swiss francs ($25,538.87) for alleged violation ESPN and the NFL Network. anticipated clash of the general rules of conduct, the chamber said in a the UEFA Champions League The sides have until Fri- statement on Friday. as Barca begin Final in this May 28 file day to get a signed deal into NFL The executive is accused of violating general rules photo. headquarters. title defence of conduct relating to loyalty, forgery and falsification Miller’s agent, Joby Branion, and the obligation of the parties to collaborate. and the Broncos agreed to the The investigation has been completed by the chair- parameters of a six-year, $114.5m Reuters man of the investigatory chamber of the independent deal last month but Miller’s camp Ethics Committee, Cornel Borbely, and handed over held out for more guaranteed to the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, money. which will decide what action to take, the investiga- The June offer included BARCELONA: Spanish soccer’s tory chamber of the ethics committee said. $38.5m in guarantees over the ‘El Clasico’ encounters between Until a formal decision is taken by the adjudicatory first two years, another $1.3m in Barcelona and Real Madrid will chamber of the Ethics Committee, Makudi is presumed workout bonuses, plus the chance happen in December and April, innocent, the chamber said. to earn another $19.5m in guaran- two of the most anticipated teed money in 2018. games of the 2016-17 Primera General manager John Elway Division season whose fixtures reignited talks last week when he were announced yesterday. offered to move up guaranteed Defending champions Barca giants take on Sevilla in the Madrid kick off their cam- The first Madrid derby will Problems mount money in Year 3 to next March. host Real on December 4 at the two-legged final of the Span- paign, in what will be Zinedine take place on Nov. 20 at Atletico This week, he upped the over- Camp Nou. The reverse fix- ish Super Cup. That trophy pits Zidane’s first full season in while Real will host their city all guaranteed money. ture will take place on April the league champions against charge, away to Real Sociedad. rivals on April 9. CD Leganes , Elway’s offer now far sur- 23, at the Bernabeu stadium, the King’s Cup winners, or in Deportivo Alaves will mark runners-up to Deportivo Alaves for Ahly before passes the $63m in guarantees the Spanish Football Feder- this case the runners-up, since their return to Spain’s top flight in the Segunda Division, will that Philadelphia’s Fletcher Cox ation (RFEF) confirmed after Barca won that title, too. after a 10-year absence with a play their first ever La Liga received last month and repre- the draw. The opening leg will be clash against Atletico Madrid at game at Celta Vigo on Aug. 21 must-win game sents the most money ever offered As the La Liga season kicks played on August 14 at the the Calderon stadium. while Osasuna, the last team to a non-quarterback in the NFL. off, Barca will begin their title Sanchez Pizjuan stadium while Atletico visit Barcelona be promoted, visit Malaga in the The latest proposal checks off defence at home to Real Betis the return match will happen in round five, on Sept. 21, and opening weekend. AFP all the boxes for Miller — the big- on August 21. three days later in Barcelona. Barca will travel to the Calderon The last round of La Liga gest overall contract for a non-QB Prior to that, the Catalan League runners-up Real stadium on February 26. games will be on May 21, 2016. in league history, most guaranteed JOHANNESBURG: A blunder-prone goalkeeper and money for an NFL defensive player the loss of star attackers have added to the problems and a benchmark deal that raises confronting Al Ahly coach Martin Jol ahead of a must- the bar for the next superstar. Wilmots takes fall win CAF Champions League clash this weekend. Franchise players have to The Egyptian and African giants host Group A sign long-term deals by yester- Payet pledges ‘100%’ for Belgian Euro leaders Wydad Casablanca from Morocco Saturday day. Without a signed contract desperate for maximum points after a disastrous start delivered to NFL headquarters to the mini-league phase. by the deadline, they would only disappointment Pre-season favourites for a record-extending ninth be allowed to play the 2016 sea- title, the Cairo Red Devils fell 3-2 away to Zesco United son for their tender, $14,129,000 for West Ham United of Zambia and 2-1 at home to ASEC Mimosas of the in Miller’s case. AFP Ivory Coast. That’s something Miller has Repeated mistakes by experienced national team insisted he won’t do. Last month, AFP co-chairman David Gold told the BBC that poten- goalkeeper Sherif Ekramy contributed to the defeats, he threatened to sit out the season tial suitors would have to pay at least £50m to BRUSSELS: Belgium have parted with his worst error gifting ASEC victory in Mediter- absent a blockbuster deal. prise Payet away from the club. They will play company with their coach Marc ranean city Alexandria. The star of Super Bowl 50 their first competitive match at the Olympic Sta- Wilmots after a Euro 2016 quar- “Sherif failed to do his job,” was the blunt assess- skipped the Broncos’ offseason LONDON: France playmaker Dimitri Payet dium against Shakhtyor Soligorsk of Belarus or ter-final elimination to Wales fell ment of Jol, a 60-year-old Dutchman who managed program, only joining his team- (pictured) handed West Ham a huge boost Slovenia’s NK Domzale in the third qualifying short of expectations, federation Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League. mates for their White House visit ahead of the new Premierier League season bbyy round of the Europa League. president François De Keesmae- “Goalkeeping is one of the positions that we need and ring ceremony. But Miller telling the club he is “100 perper cent staying” withwith West Ham are ddueue to hhostost tthehe ffirstirst llegeg on cker said yesterday. to reinforce,” he said prophetically. stayed in tip-top shape, in part the Hammers. Payet hadd beenbeen linkedlinked withwith a JulyJuly 28, bbutut tthehe HamHam-- With top quality players True to his word, Jol signed Petrojet shot-stopper by participating in “Dancing With move away from West HamHam afterafter backingbacking up mersmers havehave requestedrequested throughout the side such as Mohamed El Shennawy on a five-year contract after The Stars.” a superb debut season inn EnglandEngland withwith sev- UEFAUEFA reverse thethe goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, demoting Ekramy and promoting understudy Ahmed Miller predicted peaceful con- eral impressive performancesances fforor hhisis country fixturesfixtures witwithh tthehe and midfielders Eden Hazard Adel. tract negotiations 12 hours after as France reached the finalnal ofof Euro 20162016.. groundground hostinghosting and Kevin de Bruyn hopes for Jol, who broke his championship duck as a coach spearheading Denver’s 24-10 win But the 29-year-old,d, whowho ssignedigned a newnew thethe LondonLondon DiaDia-- Europe’s top rated side were by guiding Ahly to the Egyptian Premier League title over Carolina in the Super Bowl long-term contract throughgh untiuntill 2021 in Febru-Febru- mondmond LeaLeaguegue sky high going into the Euros in this month, recently raved about attackers Ramadan when his two sack-strips of Cam ary, insisted he was fully committecommittedd to stayinstayingg athleticsathletics meeting. France. Sobhy and Malick Evouna. Newton led to both of Denver’s at West Ham. “Our target was at least the But neither will face former African champions touchdowns. But things got thorny “I’ve heard about all ththee interest andand semi-finals,” De Keesmaecker Wydad as teenager Sobhy is moving to Stoke City and last month. After details of Den- I’m flattered. But I love West Ham,” said. Gabonese Evouna to Chinese Super League outfit Tian- ver’s June 7 offer became public, Payet told The Sun. “We hadhad a fan-fan- Instead an opening day 2-0 jin Teda. Miller cropped Elway from a photo tastic season and I can’t waitait to pplaylay defeat to Italy and elimination to History is stacked against Ahly securing a top-two on his Instagram account and then in the Olympic Stadium. II’m’m 100 outsiders Wales 3-1 in the quar- finish and a semi-finals place in a competition offer- said there was no way he’d play per cent staying at West HHam,am, ter-finals exposed a collective ing a $1.5 million (1.35 million euros) first prize and a this season on the franchise tag. I love the club. I can tell ththee weakness the federation felt was ticket to the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup. As negotiations reignited, Hammers fans that.” down to the coach. Only one of 120 clubs -- USM Alger of Algeria in Miller’s teammates expressed Payet scored 12 goals “This group should be capa- 2003 -- have reached the semi-finals after losing their confidence things would work out. and provided 13 assists ble of much better results at a first and second mini-league matches. “I think it will happen because and was named the big tournament,” De Keesmae- While Wydad travel to Egypt buoyant after wins me and Elway went down to the club’s player of the year cker told a press conference in away to ASEC and at home to Zesco, captain Brahim wire last year,” said receiver as West Ham finishedd Brussels. “We did not achieve our Nekkach is wary of wounded Ahly. Demaryius Thomas, who signed seventh, the team’s highesthest objectives at this Euro. We need Ahly and Wydad met in the 2011 group stage, draw- a $70m deadline deal (including league finish since the 2001-001- a fresh start.” ing 3-3 in Cairo and 1-1 in Casablanca. The Egyptians $43.5m guaranteed) in 2015 with 02 season. “Our target was at least the failed to reach the semi-finals while the Moroccans only about 30 minutes to spare. On Monday, West HHamam semi-finals,” he addedsaid. went on to finish runners-up. www.thepeninsulaqatar.comm PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 PParkar hopes to make Payet pledges a splash at future ‘100%’ Rio Games to West Ham

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PCB Five-star Yasir rips buys bulletproof through England buses

Reuters Hafeez to drop the routine catch. 124-ball innings featuring 12 Pakistani bowler It was a similar story when fours. Yesterday Bairstow was left-hander Cook, now on 55, deceived into playing back to becomes first again edged Amir but wicket- Shah and bowled by a top-spin- ISLAMABAD: The Paki- leg-spinner to take keeper Sarfraz Ahmed floored ner for 29. stan Cricket Board (PCB) the seemingly simple two- That left England 193 for has bought four bulletproof a five-wicket haul handed chance. Amir screamed six and they were 232 for seven buses as it tries to convince in an innings at in frustration before shar- when, after a prolonged review, other teams to shed their Lord’s in 20 years ing a wry smile with captain Yasir won a tight ‘umpire’s call’ security apprehensions and Misbah-ul-Haq, who gave the decision to have Moeen Ali lbw visit the country. 24-year-old paceman a con- on the sweep for 23. Pakistan has largely been soling pat on the back. After the Even before Ali’s exit had shunned by teams since early loss of opener Alex Hales, finally been confirmed, Shah 2009 when gunmen attacked AFP Cook and new number three Joe had saluted his fifth wicket yes- a bus carrying Sri Lankan Root shared a stand of 110. Cook, terday by kissing the turf. cricketers, injuring six players belying his reputation as a steady It was the fifth time in just 13 and killing six security per- run-maker, struck three fours in Tests that the 30-year-old Shah sonnel and two civilians. LONDON: Yasir Shah became four balls as Rahat Ali strayed had taken five or more wickets The incident has forced the first leg-spinner in 20 years onto the left-hander’s pads. in an innings. Earlier, Woakes Pakistan to play their ‘home’ to take a five-wicket haul in a But Shah turned the tide took a Test-best six for 70 as matches at the United Arab Test innings at Lord’s to leave when he had Root carelessly Pakistan, 282 for six overnight, Emirates and the country has Pakistan well-placed at stumps hole out off a miscued sweep were bowled out for 339. since remained starved of yesterday’s second day of their on 48. James Vince and the Misbah only added four to international cricket at home, series opener with England. recalled Gary Ballance were his overnight 110 not out before barring Zimbabwe’s limited- At the close, England were both lbw as they each failed to he was bowled by Stuart Broad. overs tour in 2015. 253 for seven in reply to Paki- ‘pick’ Shah. Cook’s cut four off Amir inside edged his first “We have bought these stan’s first innings 339 -- a deficit Amir took him to 61 and beyond ball in Test cricket in six years, four Coaster buses as part of 86 runs, with Chris Woakes Gavaskar’s mark of 9,607 runs from Broad, for four and was of our efforts to revive 31 not out. Shah, in his first Test as a Test opener. Amir eventu- hit on the helmet next delivery international cricket in the since serving a three-month ally drew Cook wide and got the when he ducked into another country,” a PCB spokesman drugs ban -- and his first out- left-hander to play on to end a Broad ball. told ESPNcricinfo. side of Asia and the United Arab “There will be high expec- Emirates -- ran through Eng- SCOREBOARD tations from teams willing to land’s middle-order on the way visit Pakistan and we want to five for 64 in 25 overs. Pakistan (I Innings) England (I Innings) to ensure that we provide It was the first time any leg- Mohammad Hafeez c Bairstow b Woakes 40 A Cook b Amir 81 them with the best possible arrangements. spinner had taken five or more Shan Masood c Bairstow b Woakes 7 wickets in a Test innings at Lord’s A Hales c Azhar Ali b Rahat Ali 6 “Having these bullet- Azhar Ali lbw b Ball 7 since his compatriot Mushtaq J Root c Hafeez b Yasir Shah 48 proof vehicles would play Ahmed’s five for 57 in 1996. Younis Khan c Ali b Broad 33 a major part in convinc- Earlier, England captain Misbah-ul-Haq b Broad 114 J Vince lbw b Yasir Shah 16 ing teams (about security Alastair Cook made 81 and in Asad Shafiq c Bairstow b Woakes 73 G Ballance lbw b Yasir Shah 6 arrangements).” the process surpassed India great Rahat Ali b Woakes 0 J Bairstow b Yasir Shah 29 The spokesman said PCB Sunil Gavaskar as the highest wanted to host the final of Sarfraz Ahmed c Vince b Woakes 25 M Ali lbw b Yasir Shah 23 run-scoring opening batsman the Pakistan Super League, Wahab Riaz b Woakes 0 in Test history. C Woakes (batting) 31 the inaugural edition of which Mohammad Amir c Root b Broad 12 But, in sight of a century, he S Broad (batting) 11 was held in UAE earlier this became Mohammad Amir’s first Yasir Shah (not out) 11 year. Pakistan’s Yasir Shah Extras (nb2) 2 bowls during the first Test wicket in six years when the Extras (B4, Lb10, W2, Nb1) 17 “We have to have dis- Test against Englant left-arm quick, who twice had Total (all out) 339 Total (7 wkts) 253 cussions with the (overseas) players about their safety and at Lord’s Cricket Cook dropped, got him to play Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-51, 3-77, 4-134, To bat: S Finn, J Ball on. security and I think this new Ground in London 5-282, 6-282, 7-310, 8-310, 9-316, 10-339 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-118, 3-139, 4-147, Amir should have had Cook addition in our security facil- yesterday. Bowling: Broad 27.2-9-71-3 (1w); Ball 19-5-5-173, 6-193, 7-232 out for 22 when an excellent 51-1 (1w); Woakes 24-7-70-6; Finn 21-2-86-Bowling: Amir 18-2-65-1; Rahat Ali 14-1-68- ities will definitely give us an delivery took the outside edge 0; Ali 7-0-46-0 (1nb); Vince 1-0-1-0 1; Riaz 14-0-56-0 (2nb); Shah 25-5-64-5 edge,” the spokesman said. only for first slip Mohammad “Our ultimate goal is to revive international cricket, and we are doing our best to make sure we can.” Mickelson fighting fit as he flourishes at Troon

AFP but it was still a demonstra- that’s kind of what the game Among those was a said. More seriously, when coped superbly on a filthy tion of how to play the game plan is.” two at the short eighth, the asked about his prospects Friday and believes his in the rain and the wind. Another advantage the Postage Stamp, when his of winning a second Open game is suited to whatever And Mickelson admit- American has is that he tee shot almost spun in for and a sixth major this week- the weather throws his way TROON: At 46, Phil Mick- ted later that being older knows what at takes to win a hole in one, finishing up end, he added: “It’s a little over the weekend. elson belongs to golf’s old and wiser, but also fitter and an Open in Scotland, hav- just a few feet away. too far off. We’ve got a lot “I was actually more guard compared to the healthier than he has been ing triumphed at Muirfield Having cursed the ‘Golf of work to do. worried about yester- game’s so-called ‘Big Four’ in a long time, is allowing in 2013, and is more relaxed Gods’ after his birdie putt at “We’re only halfway day’s round than I was but he is putting them in the him to flourish. as a result. 18 on Thursday lipped out to done with the tournament. about these coming rounds shade at Troon this week. “I understand the age “I don’t feel the pressure deny him the first ever 62 in So it’s too far off to start because I feel very com- Mickelson’s second- thing but the fact is that like probably a lot of players a major, he refused to do the thinking like that, but cer- fortable in the conditions to round 69 on Friday left from 10 years ago when I do to try to win the Claret same this time. tainly there is nothing more be able to shoot a number, US golfer Phil him at 10 under par overall was playing my best golf, Jug because I’ve already “No I just needed a lit- that I would love to add than shoot a good score. at the halfway stage of the I’m 25 pounds (11kg) lighter, won it and that takes a lot tle bit more sauce on it,” he another Claret Jug.” “I was worried about Mickelson watches British Open and left the rest I’m in better shape, I’m of pressure off me,” he said. joked, but he is hoping that Mickelson comes from guys going low on the his approach from of the field, including Dustin physically stronger than I “I would love to add to there will be an American the sun-kissed Californian beautiful day and then not the 6th fairway Johnson, Jason Day, Jordan was, I feel better and I’m it but having already done winner at Troon on Sun- city of San Diego but his keeping pace, so yesterday’s during his second Spieth and Rory McIlroy, starting to play some of my it was big.” day, just as there has been round on Friday proved that round was a big round for round on day two of playing catch-up. best golf again,” Mickelson The left-hander’s round the last six times the Open he need not fear the Scottish me to ultimately set the the 2016 British Open After his stunning said. on Friday featured his first has been staged here. summer weather. pace, and not lose too much Golf Championship record-equalling first round “I don’t see why I can’t two bogeys of the week, at “I think that’s probably Indeed he may have ground, because I felt like at Royal Troon in of 63 on Thursday, Friday’s continue that, not just this 12 and at 15, but there were due to the Gods and I expect particularly flourished on I’d be best prepared for days Scotland yesterday. effort was less spectacular week but for years, and four birdies. them to be consistent,” he a benign Thursday but he like today (yesterday).”