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TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 11 DHUL HIJJA 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6918 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Eid: Residents Emir and Father Emir perform Eid prayer

QNA capture joy DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Kha- lifa Al Thani performed the Eid Al Adha prayer along with citizens at across Qatar Al Wajbah praying area. H E Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al interplay of storytelling, thrilling Thani, Personal Representative of acrobatics and cutting edge tech- the Emir; H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Crowds gathered in nology, cementing once again Khalifa Al Thani and a number of cultural and touristic Katara’s status as a hub for world- Their Excellencies sons of Father class spectaculars. Emir took part in the prayer. A spots and malls “As usual, Katara continues to number of Sheikhs, ministers and where shows and offer its local and foreign audiences citizens also attended the prayer. and visitors the best recreational Dr Thaqeel Sayer Al Sham- events kicked off as and cultural programmes and mari, Court of Cassation judge and experiences. The Cultural Village Supreme Judiciary Council member, part of the week- has an established reputation as a who led the prayer, delivered the Eid long Eid Celebrations renowned hub and fun house,” said sermon in which he thanked God for Katara General Manager Dr Khalid his grace on Muslims as they com- organised by Qatar bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti. pleted the fast and for the blessing Tourism Authority A massive screen showing scenes of safety and security. He called on of Sinbad’s voyages and adventures Muslims to stay committed to their (QTA). in the sea served as a perfect back- prayers and follow in the footsteps drop in the telling of the story culled of the Prophet Muhammad (peace from the popular “One Thousand and be upon him). The judge also called One Nights” collection. The ship set on Muslims to make Eid a show of By Raynald C Rivera in the centre of the stage contributed unity and cooperation. The Peninsula to a more realistic simulation of the Meanwhile, Emir in telephone scenes set centuries ago. calls yesterday, exchanged Eid Told in Arabic language, the greetings with Saudi Crown Prince, story is close to the hearts of many Deputy Prime Minister and Minis- DOHA: A festive spirit gripped people here as Qatar had a strong ter of Interior Prince Mohammed the entire nation as it marked the relationship with the sea where bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, first day of Eid Al Adha yesterday people mainly depended their live- King Mohammed VI of Morocco, with lavish spectacles and diverse lihood during the pre-oil era. President Abdrabuh Mansur activities across various locations. People cheered as aerial artistes Hadi of Yemen, President Recep It was hard to ignore the cele- performed stunts and acrobat- Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Pres- bratory mood as crowds gathered ics with much daring during the ident Dr Hassan Rowhani of Iran in cultural and touristic spots and 50-minute play presented three and President Idriss Deby of Chad. malls where the shows and events times concluding with a breathtak- Emir and the Iranian President kicked off as part of the week- ing fireworks display. Katara also exchanged views on regional issues long “Eid Celebrations in Qatar” brought smiles to children as it pre- and challenges facing the region, Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attending the Eid Al Adha prayer at Al Wajbah praying area, programme organised by Qatar sented them ‘Eidyah’, a gift given as particularly the phenomenon of Tourism Authority (QTA). part of Eid tradition. yesterday. → More pictures on page 2 terrorism. Hundreds of families headed to Katara to catch the staging of → Continued on page 3 → See also page 16 “Sinbad, the Sailor” which saw the Pneumonia Qatar, GCC and Arab League diagnosis fuels voice concern over 9/11 bill questions about Hillary’s health QNA Qatar looks for the US administra- Congress adoption of a law referred tion to take the necessary measure to as the “Justice Against Sponsors of WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK: to prevent Congress from passing Terrorism Act.” Hillary Clinton plans to release the bill, in order to maintain joint In a statement, Arab League Sec- additional health records, after DOHA: Qatar expressed yesterday interest of United States and other retary-General Ahmed Aboul Ghait an abrupt departure from a 9/11 its concern regarding the US Senate’s countries. said that the law does not corre- anniversary ceremony on Sun- passing of a bill that allows victims The Gulf Cooperation Council spond with the United Nations’ day raised concerns about her of September 11 to sue governments (GCC) also expressed its concern principles nor the foundations of fitness to serve as commander of foreign countries in US courts. The regarding the bill agreed by the US international laws among nations. in chief. act is called “Justice Against Spon- senate that allows victims of the Sep- He expressed hope that the US The incident — captured on sors of Terrorism.” tember 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia administration would retract this amateur video — gave her rival Head of the media office in the in US courts. ‘shameful’ law which would have Donald Trump, 70, a new open- Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs The GCC said that the bill violates serious repercussions and negative ing to question her fitness for said that the piece of legislation vio- the international law’s principle of impact on the region. the nation’s highest office. The lates international law, particularly sovereign equality between states. Aboul Ghait voiced Arab questions about her health were the principle of sovereign equality GCC Secretary-General Dr Abdul League’s clear and firm position compounded by the nearly eight between states. Latif Al Zayani said that passing that rejects terrorism in all its forms. hours of silence from Clinton and The Qatari official said that the such a flawed bill will have a nega- On Friday, the US House unani- her team about the health scare. passed bill represents a danger- tive impact on relations between gulf mously passed the “Justice Against ous precedent. He added that Qatar states and the US. He added that the Sponsors of Terrorism Act” in a voice → See also page 14 Fireworks at Katara during the Eid Al Adha celebrations, yesterday. warned that such a bill would have piece of legislation could cause some vote. The White House has threat- Pic: Kammutty V P / The Peninsula dangerous implication on relations damage to the global economy also. ened to veto the bill, which also Qatar condemns car between states. He conveyed that Arab League has criticised the US unanimously passed in the Senate. bomb attack in Turkey

DOHA: Qatar has strongly con- Ex-British premier Cameron quits politics demned the bombing that targeted a police station in the southeastern province of Van in Turkey yester- AFP minister in June, hours after Britain’s will thrive under her strong leader- in the centre-right Conservative day, injuring dozens of people. In dramatic vote to leave the European ship,” the 49-year-old added. Party. His resignation from parlia- a statement the Ministry of Foreign Union (EU), handing power to his The former premier was pilloried ment is unusually quick — former Affairs affirmed Qatar’s full solidar- successor Theresa May in July. “The after the shock referendum defeat. prime ministers have typically ity with the Turkish Republic. LONDON: Britain’s former prime circumstances of my resignation as Critics accused him of reckless- retained their seats for a number of A car bomb exploded outside minister David Cameron (pictured), prime minister and the realities of ness in holding the vote in the first years after leaving office. the provincial HQ of the ruling Jus- resigned his seat in the House of modern politics make it very difficult place and mismanaging the Remain Cameron denied it was linked to tice and Development Party (AKP). Commons yesterday, less than three to continue (in parliament)... with- campaign in the face of anti-EU May’s decision last week to let state- Turkish officials blamed the out- months after losing an EU referen- out the risk of becoming a diversion,” populism. funded schools reintroduce selection lawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party dum in which he had campaigned to Cameron said in a statement. His decision to stage the referen- by academic ability, a controversial (PKK), which has waged a three- stay in the bloc. “I fully support Theresa May and dum was seen in Westminster as a move he opposed during his six years decade insurgency against the Cameron stepped down as prime have every confidence that Britain bid to placate eurosceptic opponents in office. Turkish state. 02 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 HOME Emir, Father Emir receive Eid well-wishers

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Khalifa Al Thani, Sheikhs, ministers, Advisory officers of the Armed Forces and police, H E Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Khalifa Al Palace in the afternoon. Al Thani and Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad Council Speaker H E Mohammed bin Mubarak and heads of national institutions and Thani; H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al They expressed sincere greetings and bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday received scores Al Khulaifi and his deputy, ministries’ departments. Thani, Personal Representative of the Emir; best wishes to the Emir, praying for good and of well-wishers on Eid Al-Adha at Al Wajba undersecretaries, Advisory Council members The well-wishers extended greetings to H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani; blessings to the Emir, Qatar, Qatari people Palace. and citizens. the Emir and the Father Emir, praying that and sons of the Father Emir were present. and the Arab and Muslim nations. They received Prime Minister and Interior The Emir also received heads of Eid carries good and blessings to the Qatari The Emir received more well-wishers, Several sons of the Father Emir were also Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin diplomatic missions accredited to Qatar, people and the Arab and Islamic nations. including Sheikhs and citizens, at Al Wajba present, reports QNA. HOME TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 03

Al Bashir praises A feast of flavours for Filipino community Qatar’s role in sustainability of launch. “We started Kulinarya Qatar as a way to promote our country as peace in Sudan ‘Kulinarya Qatar 2016, a tourist and business destination Filipino Community through our cuisine and I’m glad to see that in its second year, it is now QNA Family Day and Food community-driven and largely sup- Festival’ opens to ported by the Filipino community,” promote Filipino he said. DOHA: Sudan’s President Omar “I thank the Kulinarya core team Hassan Al Bashir has praised cuisine and tourism. for their hard work, perseverance Qatar’s role at the local, regional and dedication allowing our Filipino and global levels in favour of families to come together on this very the sustainability of peace in special occasion of Eid Al-Adha,” the his country, adding it “comes as By Raynald C Rivera ambassador added. an extension of the successes The Peninsula Layla Bernal Al Lengawi of achieved by the Qatari leader- United Filipino Entrepreneurs in ship in establishing world peace.” Qatar (UFEQ), who leads the Kuli- In a speech to the Sudanese narya Qatar 2016 core team, stressed people on the occasion of Eid DOHA: It was a feast of flavours for the festival’s role in their continuous Al-Adha yesterday, President hundreds of Filipinos who marked efforts to foster a stronger Filipino Al Bashir said hopes of security the first day of Eid Al-Adha at the community through food and culture. and stability in Darfur have been ‘Kulinarya Qatar 2016, Filipino Com- Highlights on the opening day of achieved through the auspicious munity Family Day and Food Festival’ the festival included the talent com- visit of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim which opened at Westin Doha Hotel petition of Little Mr. & Ms Kulinarya bin Hamad Al Thani to Darfur and Spa yesterday. Qatar 2016, the ‘Pasiklaban fruit to declare the completion of the Fifteen Doha-based Filipino and vegetable carving’ contest and terms of the Doha peace agree- restaurants have set up stalls at the a zumba session. ment enforcement in the region. festival, offering authentic Filipino Twenty companies and Filipino “We on this occasion cuisine catered to the Filipino palate Layla Bernal Al Lengawi (fourth left), Head of Kulinarya Qatar 2016 core team, and Philippine Ambassador entrepreneurs are also showcasing expressed our deepest appreci- longing for a taste of home. Wilfredo C Santos (third left) inaugurate ‘Kulinarya Qatar 2016, Filipino Community Family Day and Food their products at the festival which is ation to brethren in Qatar, which The three-day festival is this Festival’ in the presence of other officials at Westin Doha Hotel and Spa. Pic: Striker Innovation open from 10am to 10pm today and have made significant contribu- year’s major event of Kulinarya Qatar tomorrow. tions to remarkable, fruitful and — a brand and movement initiated by ‘Glow Zumba’ to be led by Filipino constructive efforts that enabled the Philippine Embassy to promote culture, our heritage, our way of life. of the event. It serves as the first of our community and our restaurant actors and dancers Joshua Zamora Sudan to cross to real stability,” Filipino cuisine and tourism. It shows our connectivity with the anniversary celebration of the unique owners who have united to promote and Jopay Paguia will be held at 5pm he added. It is a showcase of the mélange rest of the world through the fusion initiative supported by the Filipino our cuisine in this part of the world,” today. He said all efforts exerted of tastes and varied influences that of Malay, Spanish, American and community. said Santos. The final event and awarding would be reflected in convocation make Filipino food an emerging Chinese flavours in our cuisine,” “I am very glad that Kulinarya He noted how the project had of winners of Little Mr. & Ms. Kuli- of the national dialogue’s general trend in many parts of the world. Philippine Ambassador Wilfredo C Qatar is now in its second year and evolved into a community-driven narya Qatar 2016 will be held at 4pm conference, scheduled for Octo- “Kulinarya Qatar showcases our Santos told the media at the opening its success is largely due to the efforts initiative in a short time since its tomorrow. ber 10.

Qatar’s pilgrims in Slaughterhouses at Central Market receive good health over 5,500 sacrifices on first day of Eid DOHA: Qatar’s pilgrims flocked yes- terday to Jamarat in Mina to throw stones after they stood on Arafat. The pilgrims followed in the exam- ple of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and threw the larg- est Jamara. They spent the three Tashreeq days in Mina praying to Allah and throwing the three Jamara on Dhu Al-Hijjah 11, 12 and 13. They started with the first Jamrah, the middle Jamrah and then the largest Jamrah with seven pebbles. Qatar’s Hajj mission said Qatar pilgrims were in good health, reports QNA Officials of Qatar’s Haj Mission. Residents capture joy of Eid

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People also thronged malls to watch live entertainment shows, People in queue waiting for their turn outside the slaughter house in Livestock Market on the first day of including Tarzan (City Centre), Eid Al-Adha yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula Beauty & The Beast (Dar Al Salam), Flying Superkids (Al Khor Mall), Alvin and the Chipmunks (Ezdan The Peninsula Mall), Pirates from the Caribbean (Lagoona Mall) and Sinbad the Sailor (Hyatt Plaza). They also enjoyed parades which rotated around the DOHA: Slaughterhouses at the cen- six participating malls. tral market received over 5,500 The Pearl-Qatar also saw many sacrifices which represent 25 per- visitors for the Barney, Aladdin and cent of total sacrifices expected Bubble shows as it launched three- “We would also like to extend Theatre in Souq Waqif and tradi- during the Eid days, on the first day day festivities. our gratitude to partners for enrich- tional cultural performances at Dahl of Eid Al-Adha yesterday, said a sen- Families also enjoyed ‘Fafa Saves ing Qatar’s offerings, whether with Al Hammam Park. ior official. the Forest’ children’s show at Qatar shows in malls, outdoor events and People also took advantage of Five of the eight abattoirs are National Convention Centre (QNCC). water sports, or cultural activities. the holiday to visit popular places operating in Doha under strict Mashal Shahbik, Director, Tour- “Thanks to them, visitors and such as Souq Waqif where there are supervision of professional vet- ism Events and Festivals, said, “We residents can enjoy Eid at multiple amusement rides, Aspire Park, the erinarians and health inspectors are delighted to invite our visitors locations, including Sheikh Faisal Corniche and Museum of Islamic who monitor the animals’ health and families returning to Qatar Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum, Al Art . conditions and meat and the before the start of the school year Samariyah Equestrian Centre, Aqua Programmes organised by the ban on butchering outside the to capture joy with us at Eid Al Adha Park, Aspire Zone, the Pearl-Qatar, Public Relations Department at the slaughterhouses. celebrations. Katara Cultural Village, Souq Waqif Ministry of Interior also drew large The ban has been imposed under Australian sheep for distribution at Widam’s automated slaughterhouse “We are excited by our renewed and Al Dossari Zoo & Game Reserve,” audiences who enjoyed perform- the law regulating human food, said yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula partnership with Baraem TV to bring he added. ances by talents from the Indian, Mohammed Al Sayeed, Head, Control ‘Fafa Saves the Forest’ to QNCC’s With the theme ‘Capture Joy’, the Sri Lankan, Indonesian, Pakistani, Department, Ministry of Municipal- veterinarians who also provide con- orders during Eid, Al Kuwari said, main theatre. Over the past few festival offers events and activities Bangladeshi and Nepalese commu- ity and Environment. sumers with advice. pointing out that the aim is to ensure weeks, ticket sales around the region in 18 locations. Among other events nities at Wakra Sports Club, Asian Two abattoirs — one belonging Al Muraikhi pointed out that compliance by these outlets with the have shown it to be a major attrac- that started yesterday were a series Town in Industrial Area and Barwa to Widam Company and the other the public has been advised to keep health law and requirements. tion for families from the GCC. of concerts at Abdualziz bin Nasser Workers Sports Complex in Al Khor. to Baladna Company for Animal away from slaughtering halls to As people are not allowed to have Products — are serving the public maintain hygiene and avoid any pos- their animals slaughtered outside from 5am to 5pm, said Juma Khamis sible spread of infectious diseases or the designated abattoirs across the Al Muraikhi, Director, Al Khor-Al contamination. country, inspectors are also prevent- Dhakira Municipality, yesterday. He said health inspectors are ing butchers from providing services As the vast majority of the sac- monitoring food outlets, public at homes, Al Kuwari said. rifices are sheep and goats, people parks, entertainment places and Widam is operating eight slaugh- used to rush to the slaughterhouses malls and urged the people to keep terhouses, five of which are in Doha, after Eid prayers and so Widam has the environment clean and hygienic. including an automated one with a given priority to these sacrifices, Al Mattar Al Kuwari, Head, Health capacity of over 180 animals per Muraikhi said. Control Department, Al Khor-Al hour. Slaughtering of cows and cam- Dhakira Municipality, urged con- In addition, there are three els is done from noon because bigger sumers to contact the ministry’s call slaughterhouses in Al Khor, Al animals need more time, space and centre, which is working round the Shamal Industrial Area and Al butchers that is why these animals clock to report any violation of the Mazroua. are kept for afternoon, he added. health law. Abattoirs are open during the Sale and slaughtering are Inspectors are targeting tradi- three days of Eid from 5am to 5pm held under the supervision of tional kitchens, which witness more to cope with demand for sacrifices. 04 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 MIDDLE EAST

Pilgrims begin stoning Jamarat

AFP continue until tomorrow — coincided More than 1.8 million faith- with Eid Al Adha, Islam’s feast of sac- ful, most of them from abroad, are rifice which is celebrated by more performing the six-day Haj, which than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide. officially ends on Thursday. MINA: Pilgrims from around the Sheep are slaughtered and the The Haj is one of the five pillars world yesterday performed first day meat distributed to needy Muslims, of Islam and capable Muslims must of the stoning ritual in Mina in the commemorating Prophet Abraham’s perform it at least once. final major rite of the Haj. (peace be upon him) readiness to sac- Faruk Hamloui, an Algerian who Rivers of pilgrims flowed on rifice his son on the orders of God, for years has guided his compatri- multiple ramps towards the Jama- who in the end sent a lamb in the ots at the Haj, said: “People learned rat Bridge where the ‘stoning of the boy’s place. The Jamarat ritual, in and understood that only organisa- devil’ took place under high security Mina at the eastern edge of Makkah, tion and respect for the routes” can and without incident, the interior and emulates Prophet Abraham’s stoning avert tragedy. It is a message empha- Haj Ministry spokesmen said. of the devil in resisting the tempta- sised by officials. A number of safety measures tion to disobey God’s order They “stressed the need to adhere have been taken and pilgrims said Elevated cameras stationed to directives and not take lightly the they were satisfied with this year’s several metres apart filmed the pil- movement of pilgrims towards the organisation. grims, most clad in white and moving Jamarat Bridge,” Mahmoud Daman- “I was awaiting the worst and in behind coloured flags identifying hoori, board member of a local the end everything took place per- their groups. foundation which assists Southeast fectly,” said a French pilgrim who The stoning bridge, which resem- Asian pilgrims, said. gave his name only as Abdullah, 33. bles a large multi-storey car park, Dozens of officers regulated the “The Saudi police managed the was erected in the past decade at a flow of pilgrims at the edge of the situation very well,” he said, after cost of more than $1bn. stoning walls. shaving his head. Saudi pilgrim Ibra- It was designed to prevent over- Three policemen stationed over- him Ayed, 40, who took part in the crowding. Hundreds of police were head on a metal promontory sent Haj and the stoning ritual for the first stationed on each of the Jamarat’s instructions by walkie-talkie to offic- Pilgrims arrive to throw pebbles at the Jamarat in Mina near Makkah, yesterday. Pilgrims pelt pillars time in a decade, agreed. five floors, linked by escalators, from ers on the ground who intervened symbolising the devil with pebbles to show their defiance on the third day of the Haj as Muslims worldwide “There has been a clear improve- where pilgrims tossed gravel-sized when pilgrims lingered too long or marked the Eid Al Adha. ment,” he said. The stoning — to stones against rough stone walls. blocked the way. Syria truce takes effect under US-Russia deal

into force at 7pm local time (1600 the east into government areas just GMT) across Syria except in areas five minutes before 7pm, while rebel The initial 48-hour held by jihadists like the Islamic neighbourhoods had not been hit by truce came into State group. bombardments for about two hours, Syria’s armed forces immediately they said. force at 7pm local announced a seven-day “freeze” on “I was checking the time all time across Syria military operations, lasting to mid- day, waiting for it to turn 7pm,” said night next Sunday. Khaled Al Muraweh, a 38-year-old except in areas held But opposition forces had yet to shopkeeper in the Furqan district of by militants like the formally sign on and the deal’s fragil- western Aleppo. “I hope the ceasefire ity was underscored just hours before holds so I can see my brother who Islamic State group. sundown when President Bashar Al lives in the opposition-held part of Assad vowed to retake the whole the city.” country from “terrorists”. The Syrian Observatory for AFP The agreement, announced Fri- Human Rights said it was “quiet” on day after marathon talks between nearly all fronts across the country. Syrian men carrying babies make their way through the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported Russia and the United States, has But just moments before the been billed as the best chance yet to ceasefire came into force, the mon- air strike on the rebel-held Salihin neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, yesterday. ALEPPO, SYRIA: A ceasefire bro- halt the bloodshed in Syria’s civil war itoring group reported three people kered by Russia and the United States which has raged since March 2011. killed in regime shelling of the rebel- rocked the central town of Talbi- Nuh, referring to the Eid Al Adha holi- Rudskoi said the “cessation of hostil- took effect in Syria at sundown yes- As well as bringing a temporary held town of Douma near Damascus. sseh all day, an activist there said, days which started yesterday. “For the ities is being resumed across all the terday, despite scepticism over how end to the fighting, it aims to provide Thirteen civilians were also finally quieting down as the truce past half hour, we haven’t heard any- territory of Syria”. long the truce in the five-year con- crucial aid to hundreds of thousands killed in unidentified strikes in Idlib came into effect. thing, but we aren’t very hopeful... For But Russia would “continue to flict would hold. of desperate civilians. province Monday afternoon, the “We spent Eid in our bomb shelters Eid, I’m just planning on staying alive.” carry out strikes against terrorist The initial 48-hour truce came A final rocket was fired from Observatory said. Bombardment and basements today,” said Hassan Abu Senior Russian military official Sergei targets”, he said. Ahead of truce, Assad vows to retake Syria from ‘terrorists’

AP and reverted to government control truce was expected before the fol- over the task in one week’s time. Syrian city. Over 2,000 people have could be trusted. Several previous after a four-year siege. lowing afternoon. Under the terms of the agree- been killed in fighting over the past 40 negotiated cease-fires have all even- But in the build-up to the start The cease-fire deal, hammered ment, the rebels and the Syrian days in the city, including 700 civilians tually collapsed. A partial “cessation of the truce at sunset, government out between US Secretary of State government are expected to stop and 160 children, according to a Syr- of hostilities” that brought sorely BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar forces and their allies bombed oppo- John Kerry and Russian Foreign attacking one another. Assad’s key ian human rights group. needed relief to civilians in March Assad vowed yesterday that his gov- sition areas in the country’s north, Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva on allies — Russia, Iran and the Leba- On Saturday, presumed Russian unraveled as the government con- ernment would take back land from while Al Qaeda-linked militants Saturday, was backed by Assad’s gov- nese militant group Hezbollah — have or government airstrikes on rebel- tinued to strike targets in opposition “terrorists” and rebuild the country pushed on with an offensive in south- ernment. But it has received mixed also endorsed the deal. held Idlib and Aleppo provinces areas, including near a hospital and in remarks made just hours before ern Syria. messages of commitment from var- But that scenario is complicated killed over 90 civilians, including school near Damascus and a market- the start of a cease-fire brokered by In Geneva, the UN envoy for Syria ious rebel factions. by the fact that Jabhat Fatah Al Sham 13 children in an attack on a mar- place in Idlib province, killing dozens the United States and Russia. said his office would monitor the start It allows the Syrian government remains intertwined with several ketplace in Idlib, according to the of civilians. Assad spoke during a rare public of the cease-fire “carefully, before to continue to strike at the Islamic other groups fighting on the ground. Britain-based Syrian Observatory Previous cease-fires were also appearance that included attend- making any hurried comments.” State group and Al Qaeda-linked mil- One of the more immediate goals for Human Rights. preceded by soaring violence as par- ing prayers for the Eid Al Adha in Staffan de Mistura said in a text mes- itants with the Jabhat Fatah Al Sham of the Kerry-Lavrov agreement is to In the aftermath, rebels and ties on all sides sought to improve the Damascus suburb of Daraya, sage to The Associated Press that no group, earlier known as the Nusra allow the UN to establish aid corridors opposition activists were asking on their positions in the build-up to the which had surrendered last month statement from his office about the Front, until the US and Russia take into Aleppo, the contested northern Sunday whether the government side start of the truce. 30 dead after air strikes Libya’s unity govt loses third oil port on Yemen water well AFP secure it completely,” a spokesman The unity government called on branches, one allied to the GNA and for the fighters that took the termi- all forces loyal to it to “protect and the other to the administration that AP nals said. defend” the ports against what it Haftar supports. The Lana news agency loyal to called “flagrant aggression” against Oil is Libya’s main natural TRIPOLI: Libya’s UN-backed unity the eastern administration reported Libyan sovereignty. resource with reserves estimated government lost control yesterday of a military source as saying: “The It warned on Sunday night that at 48 billion barrels, the largest in SANA’A: Caolition airstrikes on a water well in northern Yemen have a third oil port seized by rival forces, armed forces are now concentrated the country was at a “critical junc- Africa. But since 2010 the country’s reportedly killed 30 people and wounded 17, a UN official said yester- raising fears of a major outbreak of at the port and have secured it after ture”, adding “the hopes of Libyans production has plummeted from day, making it one of the deadliest attacks since peace talks collapsed fresh violence in the chaos-ridden expelling outlaw militia from it.” for stability in the country have been 1.5 million barrels per day to just a month ago. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Jamie country. The forces are commanded by dashed”. 200,000 bpd. McGoldrick, said in a statement that the casualties in the village of Beit The loss comes after fighters controversial General Khalifa Haftar, The head of the rival government The seizure of the ports deals Saadan included first responders and children. The strikes took place on backing a rival administration in who has refused to back the GNA and in the eastern city of Bayda said it a heavy blow to the unity govern- Saturday, on the eve of Eid Al Adha. east Libya seized two other terminals supports the parallel authority based would work on reopening the ports ment, depriving it of a key source of McGoldrick said he is “deeply disturbed by the unrelenting attacks on from guards loyal to the Tripoli- in eastern Libya near the border with as soon as possible. income. civilians and on civilian infrastructure,” and urges rival parties to resume based Government of National Egypt. “We will work on the oil ports In late July, the GNA agreed to a cease-fire declared by the UN in April. Accord (GNA) on Sunday. Yesterday, they took the Al Sidra resuming work as soon as possible so resume oil exports out of Ras Lanuf Yemen’s official news agency Saba, which is controlled by Houthi rebels, All three Mediterranean ports are and Ras Lanuf ports before attack- as to guarantee all Libyans a decent and Al Sidra — which together have has reported that 100 people were killed or wounded in the airstrikes. in Libya’s “oil crescent”, an area seen ing Zuwaytina to the east. life,” Abdullah Al Thani said. a capacity of 700,000 bpd -- after a Witnesses said an initial airstrike killed 13 people, but then a number of as a vital source of income for the It is the first time that Haftar’s Haftar’s forces said they would months-long closure following jihad- rescuers were killed in subsequent airstrikes. . GNA, which has struggled to assert forces and fighters loyal to the GNA hand over the management of the ist attacks. The coalition made no statement regarding the airstrikes, but its spokes- its authority across the country. have clashed directly since the unity ports to the National Oil Corpora- They shut after attacks in January man, Brig Gen Ahmed Al Asiri, has said before that relief and rights groups “Our armed forces were able to government started working in the tion (NOC) to resume oil exports. by the Islamic State group, who have are biased and give misleading reports. take control of Zuwaytina port and capital in March. The NOC is split into two rival gained a foothold in the country.

06 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 ASIA / AFRICA North Korea ready for new nuclear test: Seoul

missile and ratcheting up a threat “We expect that China, as one of that its rivals and the United Nations the Security Council member states, A Seoul official have been powerless to contain. should take this issue seriously and claimed that “Assessment by South Korean play a very constructive role to come Pyongyang has a and US intelligence is that the North up with a very effective and strong is always ready for an additional sanctions resolution,” a South Korean tunnel where it can nuclear test in the Punggye-ri area,” foreign ministry official said. conduct an additional the site of the North’s five nuclear The Security Council denounced explosions, South Korean Defence the latest test on Friday and said it nuclear test. Ministry spokesman Moon Sang- would begin work immediately on gyun told a news briefing. a resolution. The United States, Brit- “North Korea has a tunnel where ain and France - three of the five AFP it can conduct an additional nuclear veto-wielding permanent members test,” Moon said. - pushed for the 15-member body to South Korea is pushing for more impose new sanctions. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye (second right) talks with the leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party, the sanctions against Pyongyang to close However, China’s foreign min- main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea and the People’s Party — Lee Jung-Hyun (right), Choo Mi-Ae (second SEOUL: North Korea is ready to con- what it says were loopholes left in the istry spokeswoman Hua Chunying left) and Park Jie-Won , during their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, yesterday. Park met duct an additional nuclear test at any last United Nations Security Council said sanctions alone could not solve political party leaders following North Korea’s nuclear test, after the country’s military unveiled plans to hit time, South Korea’s Defence Minis- resolution adopted in March. the North Korean nuclear issue. The back at Pyongyang in case of war. try said yesterday, three days after Both China and Russia backed crux of the issue lay with the United the reclusive North’s fifth test drew sanctions imposed in March follow- States, not China, she added. widespread condemnation. ing the North’s January nuclear test, Speaking to Lavrov yesterday, and not take any new steps to inten- Korea’s latest nuclear test in a phone peninsula in the week of last week’s Pyongyang set off its most pow- but their apparent ambivalence about Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi sify tensions”, China’s Foreign conversation yesterday. Russia and test, South Korea’s President Park erful nuclear blast to date on Friday, fresh sanctions cast doubt on the said China “strongly urged North Ministry said. China are the remaining veto pow- Geun-hye said that North Korea’s saying it had mastered the ability Security Council’s ability to quickly Korea and other relevant parties to Russia’s Foreign Ministry said ers on the Security Council. nuclear weapons and missiles posed to mount a warhead on a ballistic form a consensus. remain calm and exercise restraint, Lavrov and Wang condemned North As tensions rose on the Korean an “imminent threat.

Opposition vows anti-Mugabe mass protest Families allege murder

AFP National Electoral Reform Agenda fighting. This is the language they accused by opponents of silencing as Dhaka fire toll rises recently. understand.” his critics and smothering democ- “This is the demonstration that The planned protests follow a racy, warned at the weekend the AFP more than 1,100 people. The we are doing on the 17th. We are two-week police ban on street pro- protestors were “playing a danger- government has launched an HARARE: Zimbabwean opposition going ahead with or without their tests in the capital which was over ous game”. investigation into what caused parties vowed yesterday to stage blessing or permission. We have the turned by the high court last week. “Let the opposition parties and DHAKA: Relatives of workers the fire, but police in the indus- mass protests to press for electoral law in our favour and we are not Opposition to Mugabe’s rule has all those angling for chaos, may- killed in a fire at a packaging fac- trial town of Tongi, where the reforms, unfazed by veteran Pres- going to negotiate the law with Mr grown in recent months with a surge hem and violent demonstrations be tory in Bangladesh have filed a Tampaco Foils Limited factory ident Robert Mugabe’s threat to Mugabe.” of public demonstrations triggered warned that our patience has run murder case against the owner, was located, said bereaved rel- increase a crackdown on organis- Jacob Ngarivhuma, leader of by an economic crisis that has left out,” Mugabe said in an address to police said yesterday, as the death atives had already filed a private ers of anti-government protests. fringe political outfit Transform banks short of cash and the govern- his party’s central committee. toll from the disaster rose to 31. lawsuit. “We are going ahead with the Zimbabwe, said: “This Saturday we ment struggling to pay its workers. “We also understand that they Another 12 people are “A murder case was filed by demonstrations,” said Movement are organising 210 demonstrations Two weeks ago police made a are planning to terrorise the rural missing after the disaster on relatives of a dead worker against for Democratic Change (MDC) throughout the country to force the series of arrests, including activists areas in the mistaken belief that they Saturday, the worst since the eight people, including the owner spokesman Douglas Mwonzora, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to and bystanders, following violent can intimidate and harass our sup- collapse of the Rana Plaza gar- and his wife,” Tongi police chief speaking on behalf of opposition accept reforms. demonstrations in the capital. porters. Let them be warned. They ment complex in 2013 that killed Firoz Talukdar said. parties under the coalition of the “We are going to continue Mugabe, who has long been cannot win that war.”

Feeding children Activists demand Thailand downplays Zika risk international probe

Reuters It has not changed or updated the virus was not deadly or conta- into Gabon unrest its Zika prevention plan since Sin- gious and ministry epidemiologist gapore, which has a more extensive Anuttarasakdi added that it did not prevention campaign, began report- want to deter tourists. AFP BANGKOK: Health and city officials ing a spike in cases from late August. “The information on Zika is quite in Thailand downplayed risks from Twenty-two new cases were sensitive because if we say which rising infections from the mosquito- confirmed on Sunday in the upmar- province has infections then atten- borne Zika virus, which is linked to ket Sathorn area of Bangkok, part tion will turn on that province, and if LIBREVILLE: African and Euro- serious birth defects, and expressed of the city’s Central Business Dis- that province is popular with tourists pean activist groups called concern that disclosing information trict, including a pregnant woman it will have an impact on tourism,” yesterday for an international would damage its tourism industry. who later gave birth with no he said. inquiry into alleged “massa- On Friday the European Centre complications. “We don’t want people to be too cres” by troops and police after for Disease Prevention and Control “It’s concerning because I live alarmed.” Gabon’s presidential election, (ECDPC) warned of the increasing just around the corner,” said Diet- Health authorities in Thailand narrowly won by incumbent Ali spread in Thailand of Zika, which rich Neu, a Canadian who works in are not treating Zika as seriously Bongo. can cause microcephaly in unborn publishing. as dengue, which is much more “Many families are still children. “It’s different in Canada; the gov- widespread in the country, said looking for members who have Thailand is combating the risk ernment would be all over it. There Assistant Professor Watcharee disappeared since August 31,” by misting and spraying mosquito- would be a centre where people can Chokejindachai from the Faculty Tournons La Page said in its infested areas, said Anuttarasakdi get treated and leaflets about what of Tropical Medicine at Mahidol statement. Children queue for food donated by a company to mark the Eid Ratchatatat, epidemiologist at the the symptoms are.” University in Bangkok, because “Civil society demands an Al Adha in Lagos, yesterday. health ministry’s Bureau of Vector The health ministry yesterday of a perception that Zika is less international inquiry into the Borne Disease. urged Thais not to panic as it said dangerous. massacres of populations by... the forces of repression in the serv- ice of a man, a clan and a family,” Zuma pays $542,000 bill in Congo opposition walks it added. Thai junta to end house improvement scandal out of talks on vote delay trial of civilians Reuters participation ... because the posi- AFP the presidency said in a statement. tions were diametrically opposed,” by military courts It added that the president raised the opposition representative Samy money through a home loan. Badibanga said, but he added that The treasury confirmed sepa- KINSHASA: Opponents of Demo- the delegation could return if Kabi- BANGKOK: Civilians accused JOHANNESBURG: South African rately that the payment had been cratic Republic of Congo President la’s side makes concessions. of royal defamation and other President Jacob Zuma (pictured) has received. Joseph Kabila walked out of talks The opposition had insisted the security offences will no longer paid back $542,000 of public money The Nkandla scandal has dogged aimed at breaking a danger- presidential election be the next poll be tried in military courts, the spent refurbishing his private home, Zuma’s presidency, becoming a sym- ous political impasse yesterday, held, while the government refused junta said yesterday, rolling back his office said yesterday, in a contro- bol of alleged corruption and greed weakening the already tenuous to budge from its position that local a heavily-criticised practice intro- versy that has dominated his second within the ruling African National credibility of the negotiations. elections should take place first, duced after their 2014 coup. term in office. Congress (ANC) party and triggering Most major opposition parties further delaying the presidential Since the coup, breaches of a The country’s highest court several unsuccessful impeachment were already boycotting the talks, vote, Badibanga said. tough royal defamation law and found earlier this year that Zuma had bids by the opposition. which they see as giving a chance The government delegation’s other national security crimes violated the constitution by defying A 2014 report by the public In March, the Constitutional for Kabila to justify what they say spokesman, Leonard She Okitundu, have been punishable in military an order to repay some of the funds ombudswoman, Thuli Madonsela, Court ruled Zuma had “failed to is his plan to stay in power beyond called the walkout “just a negoti- courts, presided over by a bench used to renovate Nkandla, his tradi- found that Zuma and his family had uphold, defend and respect the con- the end of his mandate in Decem- ating tactic” and was confident the of officers. tional homestead. “unduly benefited” from the upgrade stitution as the supreme law of the ber, breaking constitutional term opposition would return. Those courts have imposed It ordered him to pay back funds work -- valued in 2014 at then $24m land”. limits. Congo has never experienced a severe sentences including spent on non-security upgrades -- -- and ordered him to pay back some The ANC suffered historic losses But some opposition leaders peaceful transition of power since record jail terms for civilians of including a chicken coop, swimming of the money. in South Africa’s local elections agreed to the talks on the timing independence from Belgium in up to 30 years for alleged lese pool and amphitheatre -- valued by The president reacted by order- last month, garnering less than 54 of the presidential election which 1960. majeste. the treasury at $542,000. ing two government investigations percent of ballots cast -- an eight- was due to happen in November but Diplomats and observers fear But yesterday, the junta said “President Zuma has paid over that cleared his name, including a point drop from the last local poll which authorities say cannot be held the political crisis could trigger a an August referendum vote the amount... to the South African report by the police minister which in the year 2011 and its worst show- before July as millions of voters still repeat of civil wars that killed mil- endorsing their new constitution Reserve Bank as ordered by the Con- concluded that the swimming pool ing since the fall of white-minority need to be registered. lions of people between 1996 and has allowed them to ease their stitutional Court of South Africa,” was a fire-fighting precaution. rule in 1994. “We have suspended our 2003. grip on the legal system. ASIA / PHILIPPINES TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 07

5.4 magnitude Duterte gave ‘go-signal’ to execute Veloso quake jolts South Korea plight has garnered huge support. suspected of recruiting her was rallies of support and world boxing Philippine foreign The Philippines denied the claim, arrested in the Philippines. superstar Manny Pacquiao pleading saying Duterte had simply pledged Legal proceedings against the for her life to be spared. AFP secretary denied to respect whatever the outcome of alleged recruiter are ongoing in the Her supporters claim she went to that Duterte gave Indonesia’s judicial process. Philippines. The Indonesian govern- Indonesia for a job as a maid and was Duterte -- who is waging a ment, which has some of the world’s duped by an international drug syn- Jokowi the all clear to bloody crackdown on drugs in his toughest anti-narcotics laws, main- dicate into carrying heroin. SEOUL: A powerful 5.4-magni- execute Filipino drug country that has claimed nearly tains Veloso’s death sentence for Duterte took office in June after tude earthquake hit the southern 3,000 lives in just two months -- drugs trafficking still stands. winning elections on a promise to kill region of South Korea yesterday trafficker. apparently gave Widodo the green In a statement, Philippine For- tens of thousands of criminals. evening, the US Geological Survey light during a bilateral meeting last eign Secretary Perfecto Yasay denied Widodo is waging his own war (USGS) said, following an earlier week in Jakarta. Duterte had given Widodo the all against drugs and has ordered the quake of 4.9-magnitude. AFP Widodo said he and Duterte were clear “other than to tell the Indone- execution of eighteen convicted The Korea Meteorological discussing the woman’s case when was arrested in Indonesia in 2009 sian President that he respects their smugglers since taking office in 2014. Administration (KMA) put the sec- the controversial Filipino president carrying a suitcase lined with 2.6 judicial processes and will accept The country’s anti-drugs chief ond tremor higher than USGS, at made the remarks. “I explained about kilogrammes of heroin and was sen- whatever the final decision they will this month voiced support for 5.8-magnitude, describing it as the JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko the delay of execution the other day.” tenced to death. arrive at regarding her case”. implementing a bloody crackdown “biggest ever”. Widodo said yesterday that his Phil- “President Duterte then said The mother of two was moments Veloso’s execution had been on traffickers like that in the Phil- “It was the biggest quake ever ippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, please, go ahead if you want to exe- away from facing the firing squad “indefinitely deferred”, Yasay added. ippines, saying he believed such a to hit the country,” Yoo Yong-Gyu, a gave him the go ahead to execute a cute,” Widodo added. last year when she was granted a Her case attracted huge attention campaign would safeguard “our KMA official said, adding the tremor Filipina maid on death row whose Mary Jane Veloso (pictured) temporary reprieve, after a woman in the Philippines and Indonesia, with beloved country”. was “felt all across the country”. Philippines wants US troops out of Mindanao MH370 ‘alleged’

debris handed to AFP from engaging in combat except in self-defence. Australian agency Previously, about 500-600 US personnel rotated through the Mind- CANBERRA: An Ameri- DAVAO: President Rodrigo Duterte anao region but in 2014, then-defence can amateur investigator (pictured) ratcheted up his feud with secretary Voltaire Gazmin said this handed possible debris the United States yesterday, order- would be cut back to 200. from missing flight ing all American special forces out of Duterte did not specify when MH370 to Australian offi- the southern Philippines where they or how many Americans would be cials yesterday and said have been advising local troops bat- expelled but said the Philippines align- several pieces were black- tling Islamist extremists. ment with the West was at the root of ened by flames, raising Duterte’s order came a week the persistent Muslim insurgency. the prospect of a flash after he insulted US President Barack “These US special forces, they fire onboard. Obama, causing Obama to cancel have to go in Mindanao,” he told a Mystery has sur- their scheduled bilateral meeting at gathering of government employees. rounded the fate of a summit in Laos. “The people will become more Malaysia Airlines flight The Filipino leader, the first to agitated. If they see an American, MH370 since it disap- hail from the south and who claims they will really kill him.” peared in 2014, carrying Muslim ancestry, has been stepping The US embassy could not be 239 passengers and crew up efforts to bring peace to the south- reached for comment. on a routine flight from ern Philippines, where decades-long The United States is Manila’s Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. insurgencies with Islamist and com- main military ally and the Philip- The Australian Trans- munist rebels have claimed more pines’ colonial ruler until 1946. In his port Safety Bureau than 150,000 lives. speech, Duterte showed photographs (ATSB), said Blaine Gibson Last month he restarted peace and cited accounts of how US troops Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds up a photo and cites accounts of US troops who killed Muslims had handed over unspec- talks with the largest separatist killed during America’s occupation of during the US’s occupation of the Philippines in the early-1900s, during his speech at the Malacanang ified debris yesterday. group, the 12,000-strong Moro the Philippines in the early-1900s to Palace in Manila, yesterday. Islamic Liberation Front (Milf), which explain his decision. like others has been fighting since Duterte’s spokesman Ernesto at Obama and UN Secretary-Gen- “This Obama, when you accuse Obama urged the Filipino leader China to tighten the 1970s for an independent Islamic Abella said that “the statement eral Ban Ki-moon for criticising his me of killing... let he who is with- to conduct his crime war “the right state or autonomous rule. reflects new direction towards cours- bloody crackdown on crime that has out sin, cast the first stone,” he said way” and protect human rights, but judicial system US advisors in the area help ing an independent foreign policy”. claimed 3,000 lives in a little over recently. Duterte has dismissed it as being to protect rights train Filipino troops but are barred The Filipino leader also hit out two months. In a brief encounter in Laos, none of America’s business.

BEIJING: China has tight- ened judicial procedures against illegally obtained Vietnam to extradite pirates to Malaysia Backlash over Marcos ‘revisionism’ evidence and upheld the presumption of inno- cence, state media said AFP officials said, and both Jakarta and was commandeered on June 11 last AFP communist insurgency. yesterday, as the country Kuala Lumpur requested to have the year en route from Malaysia’s west- Opponents charge Marcos seeks to combat percep- men extradited. ern coast to the port of Kuantan on declared martial law to keep tions of human rights “The Hanoi people’s court has the east coast. himself in power. They also say violations within Commu- HANOI: A Vietnamese court yester- ruled out a request by the Indonesian The eight suspected pirates MANILA: The Philippine govern- he threw opposition figures in jail nist Party-run courts. day agreed to hand over to Malaysia embassy to bring back the suspects eluded search crews by escaping in ment faced a backlash yesterday and plundered state coffers. Chinese officials eight Indonesians who were arrested to its country for a trial,” state-run a lifeboat under cover of darkness, over claims it was trying to white- The gazette also said he gave acknowledge that while last year on suspicion of hijacking VNExpress news site said. Malaysian authorities said. wash the history of the late up his role in 1986 to “avoid illegally obtained evi- a Malaysian-flagged oil tanker, “The court accepted Malay- The tanker’s 22 crew members dictator Ferdinand Marcos. bloodshed”; historians agree he dence and forced according to reports. sia’s proposal to extradite the men were mostly unscathed except for Critics said a series of edits to reluctantly fled in the face of mas- self-incrimination of The men washed up on Viet- to Malaysia” based on Vietnam’s a slightly injured Indonesian sailor the Facebook page of the country’s sive popular opposition. detainees is banned, it nam’s Tho Chu island on a lifeboat mutual legal support laws with who was treated for a gunshot official government record were “The caption should have still has work to do to elim- claiming to have encountered an Malaysia, the report added. wound to the thigh. an attempt to put a positive gloss been “Ferdinand Marcos stole inate torture. accident at sea in June 2015. Court officials did not respond The vessel was the latest ship on years of authoritarian rule. $10bn worth from Filipinos, had Nonetheless, the gov- They were taken into custody for a request to comment Monday, targeted by increasingly bold pirates Among changes that sparked 34,000 Filipinos tortured, had ernment consistently rejects after officials discovered they were though the report said the suspects behind an upsurge of sea hijack- fury over the weekend was the 3,240 Filipinos murdered, and any criticism of its human carrying large sums of cash, and have 15 days to appeal the ruling. ings in Southeast Asia in recent claim that Marcos imposed was so hungry for power he tried rights record, saying it were accused of hijacking the MT MT Orkim Harmony was carry- years that have typically aimed at martial law in 1972 to deal with to stay dictator for life,” one angry adheres to the rule of law. Orkim Harmony oil tanker. ing around 6,000 tonnes of petrol smaller tankers carrying valuable Muslim secessionists and a commentator posted on Facebook. The group spoke Indonesian, worth an estimated $5.6m when it petrol, diesel or gas oil. Thousands protest in Taipei over slump in China tourist visits

AFP according to Taiwan’s Mainland of the Presidential Office demand- central Taiwan, well known for its Affairs Council. ing Tsai take action. mountainous views and tea farms. While Beijing has not publicly They waved placards with slo- Huang, who is in her forties, said it is seeking to limit tourists to gans such as “No job, no life” and says her shop used to be visited by TAIPEI: Thousands of tourism indus- the island, observers say it is a stealth “Cross-strait is one family” while as many as 30 mainland tour groups try workers took to the streets in pressure tactic on Tsai. chanting “We need to survive.” a day. Yesterday, they had none. Taiwan yesterday, demanding the Those working in the tourism “Tsai Ing-wen should proactively “We don’t care about politics. government address a slump in vis- sector say anti-China rhetoric from reach out to China to negotiate,” said We are just normal citizens trying itors from China as cross-strait ties the Taiwanese public is also turn- 43-year-old tour guide Carol Ku, who to make a living,” she said. deteriorate. ing away visitors who feel they are says she has not worked for a month. Tsai’s government has said it Operators who had previously not welcome. “Going forward, tourism won’t is seeking to attract more tour- benefited from a boom in mainland “In the beginning it may have be the only sector to be affected,” ists from Southeast Asia to make tourists under former President Ma been Beijing interfering,” said Ma she said. up the shortfall, but Huang is not Ying-jeou’s Beijing-friendly gov- Ching-chung, who heads an asso- Chinese visitors accounted for optimistic. ernment are now only getting a ciation of tour bus operators in New about 40 percent of the total 10 “To have to learn totally new lan- fraction of the business as relations Taipei City. million tourists to Taiwan last year, guages, it’s very difficult,” she said. with China grow increasingly frosty “But later on it became the main- according to government figures. The cabinet last week approved under new president Tsai Ing-wen. land tourists themselves who didn’t The biggest slump in visitors a $948m bailout for the tourism sec- The number of visitors from want to come,” he said at yesterday’s from mainland China is those arriv- tor that includes loan extensions and Representatives of Taiwanese tourism industry take part in a march China has dropped almost 24 percent protest in the capital Taipei. ing with tour groups -- a plunge of assistance for the unemployed. calling for the government to tackle the falling number of Chinese in the months since Beijing-sceptic As many as 10,000 people, from 40.6 percent. Taiwan is self-ruling but China tourists visiting the island since Democratic Progressive Party leader Tsai took office in May, compared tour guides to bus drivers and res- That has hit the tea shop where still sees it as part of its territory to Tsai Ing-wen took office, in Taipei, yesterday. with the same period last year, taurant workers, gathered in front Maggie Huang works in Alishan in be reunited. 08 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Unhealthy secrecy Modi targets low-caste votes as wo months ahead of the dramatic US presidential polls in India’s biggest state loom election, the spotlight has shifted to the health of candidates. Probably, hard core and acerbic partition politics was making the campaign overheated and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s ailment proved when it dies — they earn a living Tto be a major distraction. from selling the skin and other Modi’s Hindu- body parts. The attacks prompted The 68-year-old former US secretary of state was on Sunday nationalist taken sick and had to be rushed out of the 9/11 anniversary widespread Dalit protests, lead- ing to the resignation of the state’s Bharatiya Janata commemoration at Ground Zero in New York after a 90 minute BJP chief minister. presence. Her black van pulled up near the site where she stood In the wake of the assaults, Party is seeking to with her aides around her. As the door opened and Hillary tried the BJP has tried to ease ten- woo Dalits in order to step in, she seemed to have stumbled more than once, going by sions. Modi has said: “If you want to win the state’s a video that has gone viral on the Internet. At one point of time, to attack, attack me, not Dalits.” the former first lady almost fell off the sidewalk where she stood. These efforts will be crucial legislative elections, potential second term in 2019. in Uttar Pradesh. Party lead- As Hillary left the 9/11 site for which would By Iain Marlow and While the BJP dominated ers, including president Amit her daughter’s apartment in the Bibhudatta Pradhan Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 national Shah, have sat cross-legged on give him greater vicinity, she gave people and the Bloomberg elections, Modi faces a tough fight the ground and eaten food with momentum to press opportunity to speculate. The for Dalit votes against several Dalit families, considered taboo push his economic The Hillary only thing heard was that she had got caste-based parties — in a state by many upper-caste Hindus. ‘overheated’ and left in a huff. Till 90 where caste is the most impor- BJP leaders have lionised the agenda at the campaign’s n a small village near the tant factor for voters. legacy of former Dalit leader B R minutes, no one knew what was wrong national level. handling of Ganges, deep in the hinter- Singh, who voted for the BJP Ambedkar, the architect of India’s with the woman who was most likely land of Uttar Pradesh, an two years ago, said he will now constitution, and helped Dalits her health going to be in the US Commander-in- attack on a 13 year-old girl support the Bahujan Samaj Party gain access to Hindu temples. scare would Chief’s chair in less than 60 days. She and her father symbolises led by four-time former state In the last national elections, emerged beaming from the building Ithe challenge for Prime Minister chief minister Mayawati, India’s the BJP swept the state of Uttar of 2014 general elections.” affect her after some time, proclaiming, “I feel Narendra Modi ahead of elections most powerful Dalit politician. Pradesh and won 24 percent of In the city of Aligarh, where image great; was just overheated. It’s a in India’s most populous state. Mayawati, who goes by one name, the Dalit vote nationwide, more pot-holed roads are choked with Sudha and her 50 year-old has accused Modi and the BJP of than any other individual party, bullock carts, local BJP leaders beautiful day in New York. among the father Charan Singh, who farms failing Dalits. Singh’s neighbors in according to one analysis. recently led a motorcycle rally. electorate. Trust has been the biggest a one-acre sugarcane plot, occupy their village say they too have lost It’s unclear if Modi can repeat Carrying Indian and BJP flags on casualty of Hillary’s campaign. From the lowest rung of the country’s faith in Modi and will vote for the that outcome at a state level. A bamboo poles, supporters gath- the use of private email for official caste system: they are Dalits, once BSP. “When the whole world was recent poll by the Delhi-based ered around a local BJP leader and correspondence to the Clinton known as “Untouchables.” There saying ‘Modi, Modi,’ we could not Centre for the Study of Develop- showered him with rose petals. Foundation’s funding, the former New are more than 41 million Dalits in be left behind. We wanted devel- ing Societies showed the ruling BJP organiser Jai Thakur York Senator have had fingers pointed Uttar Pradesh, roughly one-fifth opment,” Singh said. “But nothing Samajwadi Party is ahead of the said the party is trying to win of the northern state’s population. changed. We are disappointed.” BJP. The survey, conducted in July Dalit support, insisting Maya- at her several times during the campaign and hasn’t emerged One afternoon in August, The BJP is regarded as a party and August, suggests no one party wati’s party has been unable to unscathed from the controversies. when Sudha went to drink from of upper-castes and the urban will win a clear majority, accord- stop attacks against them and Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has taken a water pump at a local Hindu business elite. It is also the natural ing to Saurabh Mukherjea, Ambit had done nothing over its four advantage of the Hillary campaign’s opacity about her health to temple, she said the priest yelled political home for Hindu hardliners Capital Pvt. Ltd.’s chief executive terms to improve the state’s claim that she lacks the “physical and mental stamina to be the that she was polluting the water who have caused image problems officer of institutional equities. infrastructure. US president. Though Trump has been controversial to the hilt and slapped her face. As she ran for Modi by attacking Muslims and “Dalits who had rallied He said Uttar Pradesh’s pre- to her father, the priest followed other lower-caste Hindus. behind the Bharatiya Janata dominant Yadav caste — one of and has fallen out with several segments of American society with a five-and-a-half foot tri- In Modi’s home state of Party during the general elec- the so-called “other backward due to his brazen comments, transparency — including that for dent, a symbol of the Hindu Gujarat, so-called “cow vigi- tions of 2014 seem to be reverting classes” who account for roughly his health — has never been his campaign’s weakness. In fact, deity Shiva. With an accomplice, lantes” posted a video of them to Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj half of the state’s population — yesterday Trump declared that he is going to declare the full the priest repeatedly stabbed the beating Dalits who had skinned Party,” Mukherjea wrote in a and Muslims, which have both details of his health soon. Dalit farmer and beat him uncon- a dead cow. Hindus consider cows research note on August 25. “With tended to vote for the Samajwadi Hillary was diagnosed with pneumonia two days ahead of scious, Singh said, showing the holy and BJP politicians have the absence of a chief ministerial Party, are also fed up. “While the her ‘overheating’ episode on Sunday. However, her campaign did scars on his back. urged people to treat cows as they candidate also hurting the BJP, it other parties are using Dalits as Local police, who confirmed would their mothers. appears unlikely that the BJP will vote banks, their condition is not not come out with the details until long after her health condition the events, charged and jailed the Dalits dispose of a cow’s body be able to repeat the success story improving,” Thakur said. became a public spectacle. Though her aides have admitted that two men under a law that covers Diwakar Shukla, a 29-year- the health scare could have been better dealt with, the damage crimes against underprivileged old at the rally, said Modi’s efforts has already been done. groups, and said the pair con- appealed to rural youth. “These fessed. They are awaiting trial. small regional parties who have It’s just one incident in a recent ruled the state for decades, they surge in attacks. have not provided roads, electric- Modi’s Hindu-nationalist ity, jobs or anything to youths.” Bharatiya Janata Party is seeking Above a demolished shop in to woo Dalits in order to win the a small town in Uttar Pradesh’s Quote of the day state’s legislative elections, which rural Sambhal district, Maya- would give him greater momen- wati’s BSP party is working to I am proud of the tum to push his economic agenda foil Modi’s plans to win the state. contribution British Muslims at the national level. Despite not winning a single The vote in Uttar Pradesh, seat in the last federal election, make to this country and scheduled for early next year, the BSP received nearly 20 per- proud that Britain is home is the most important among a cent of the vote in the state and to people from vibrant raft of state elections in 2017. It local BSP leader Pratap Singh said and diverse backgrounds. would give Modi a friendly gov- his party plans to win over Dalits ernment in the state and boost in Uttar Pradesh by promising to the BJP’s strength in the opposi- shower them with benefits. tion-dominated national upper “Only the corporate houses Theresa May house of parliament, where some get benefits from Modi’s poli- British Prime Minister key legislation has been stuck. A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP President cies, not the poor,” Singh said. A win would also help propel Amit Shah at an election rally in Bihar. “His efforts to woo Dalits are not the prime minister towards a there on the ground.”

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By Eli Lake Bloomberg

ive years after gaining its independence, South Sudan is a basket case. It is wracked by civil war. Its leaders have looted the treasury. Many of Fits people are on the brink of starvation. Now some of the most high-pro- file champions of the young nation’s independence are calling on the US gov- ernment and international banks to treat its leaders the same way Washington treats terror networks and drug cartels. The recommendation is found in a devastating report released today from the Sentry, a new organization founded by the actor George Clooney and a human rights advocate, John Prendergast, to track the illicit financing of African wars. Clooney and Prendergast were some of the most persistent advocates for the 2011 referendum that resulted in South Sudan gaining independence from Sudan. Today both men are advocating for the exposure of that country’s govern- ment. In a forward to the report, the two Actors George Clooney (left), Don Cheadle (centre) and The Sentry co-founder John Prendergast discuss The Sentry’s investigation into the ongoing humanitarian write: “South Sudan’s top officials have crisis in South Sudan during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC, yesterday. benefited both financially and politically from the continuing war and atrocities committed within their country.” The president’s 12-year old son owns people since independence, some crit- He has a point. Between 2010 was largely divided between the war- The details uncovered by the Sen- a 25 percent stake in a profitable holding ics have concluded that, in retrospect, the and 2015, the US Agency for Inter- lords. For a while, Kiir and Machar were try’s researchers are damning. While company, while Kiir’s other children and push for the referendum that created the national Development poured nearly able to share the wealth. But after South their armies rip the country apart, Presi- wife own pieces of several major busi- country was not worth it. But that’s the $3bn into South Sudan. Since 2011, Sudan briefly cut off oil to the north and dent Salva Kiir Mayardit and former vice nesses in the country. the wrong lesson. the UN Office for the Coordination then the global price of oil dropped in president Riek Machar Teny have set their This corruption, which is standard Before independence, when the South of Humanitarian Affairs has granted 2013, the alliance between the two rivals families up in lavish estates in Nairobi, for many third-world nations, also con- Sudan region was ruled by the regime more than $6bn in aid. fell apart, and that December civil war Kenya and Kampala, Uganda. tributes directly to the suffering of South of Omar Al Bashir in Khartoum, the Prendergast said all of this money broke out. Sudan’s people. One striking example is largely Christian and animist peoples was supposed to build the insti- It’s a conflict that continues to the case of General Paul Malong Awan, were treated as second-class citizens. The tutions that would make for good destroy the country. The Sentry recom- South Sudan saw its fortunes rise who recruited a militia responsible for north and south fought horrific civil wars government and stamp out graft. But mends that for now, the US should lead mass killings in Juba, the capital, in 2013. between 1955 and 1972, and then again instead, it was like “spending money an effort to make the ill-gotten money exponentially after the 2005 peace deal In 2015, the US drafted a UN res- between 1983 and 2005. on a house being eaten by state-spon- the country’s warlords are fighting over that gave the area semi-autonomy and olution to place Malong on a list of The second Sudanese civil war, which sored termites.” as toxic as possible. promised the referendum. By 2006, sanctioned individuals who had vio- claimed at least 2 million lives, was ended Indeed, Prendergast said, from the This means pushing for multi- lated the cease-fire in South Sudan, only after the Sudan People’s Liberation very outset, the courts, police and other national targeted sanctions on these the government’s budget was at $1.7bn but that measure was blocked by Rus- Army was promised the 2011 referendum checks on power that foreign aid was kleptocrats and tracking their wealth and growing. This windfall was largely sia and Angola. on independence. supposed to be building up were “delib- the way the US government and banks divided between the warlords. For a The report says Malong has taken In an interview Sunday, Prender- erately disempowered” by the political in the past have hunted down the ter- more than 80 wives and has fathered gast told me the mistake the US, the and military leaders. ror leaders and drug kingpins. while, Kiir and Machar were able to more than 100 children. Many of those World Bank and other Western insti- The roots of this problem go back a It’s a bold proposal, particularly com- share the wealth. But after South Sudan children have been entrusted with tutions made in South Sudan was not decade. South Sudan saw its fortunes rise ing from Clooney and Prendergast, who briefly cut off oil to the north and then stakes in major businesses, particu- the push for independence, but rather exponentially after the 2005 peace deal did so much to awaken the world to the larly in the Northern Bahr El Ghazal the failure to check the rampant cor- that gave the area semi-autonomy and cause of South Sudan’s independence. the global price of oil dropped in 2013, province, where he is governor. The ruption of South Sudan’s political and promised the referendum. Overnight, a Now they now must rally the world again the alliance between the two rivals report found that Malong or his family military leaders. proto-state that had had just a six-figure — to the cause of saving South Sudan owned two palatial estates in Uganda “The US invested tremendously in the annual budget gained control over valu- from the men who liberated it. fell apart, and that December civil war and a mansion valued at $2 million in capacity-building of the state, without able oil resources. broke out. a gated Nairobi community. dealing with the root cause of the con- By 2006, the government’s budget The writer is a Bloomberg View columnist Given the misery of South Sudan’s flict,” he said. “This horrific corruption.” was at $1.7bn and growing. This windfall writing about politics and foreign affairs. September 11 and the long-lost joys of flight

plans or swappable-SIM cards, and policy and culture, many of which violence, even to the extent of train- turn, routinely provided less person- I was traveling abroad alone for the we’re still entangled in. And while ing pilots to land in Cuba, a popular nel than promised, or hired screeners first time. Anxious about how I’d let the attacks were unprecedented in destination for skyjackers, or to whose only training consisted of my friend and his family know that I their violence and the holes they explain in Spanish that they couldn’t watching twenty-minute instruc- might not arrive for hours, I paged a left in American cities, these four make it all the way there. But, as tional videos. By 2000 the average flight attendant, who went to inquire hijackings were the fatal endpoint Koerner writes, “By the end of 1972, salary of an airport security officer about our schedule. On her return, of a slow-growing decay in the trust the skyjackers had become so reck- was just $ 12,000.” she asked me to leave my seat and and glamour that defined American less, so dismissive of human life, that I recently found myself revisit- follow her - to the cockpit, where air travel in an earlier era. the airlines and the federal govern- ing “The Skies Belong to Us” not to she buckled me in and left me to Despite the scale and lethality of ment had no choice but to turn every blame airlines, airports or even fed- chat with the pilot and co-pilot, all the 9/11 attacks, they represented the airport into a miniature police state.” eral regulators for the 9/11 attacks. the way through our eventual take- return of skyjackings in a new, more Congressional legislation and The hijackers, after all, used knives, By Alyssa Rosenberg off and landing in Manchester. deadly form, rather than an entirely executive action by President Nixon box cutters and pepper spray, which The Washington Post Nine months later, the events of new form of violent crime. brought metal detectors to US air- weren’t yet banned on airlines. Sept. 11, 2001, turned that experience As Brendan Koerner explained in ports. And for a time, deterrence Koerner’s book is a powerful testa- into an immediate relic. Nine days his wonderful 2013 book, “The Skies worked — so well, in fact, that sky- ment to the idea that, at least when it Despite the scale after the attacks, I flew again out of Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the jackings came to been as a relic of comes to air travel, 9/11 exacerbated and lethality of hen I was 16, I got on a plane Logan, from which American Airlines Golden Age of Hijacking,” skyjack- the past. Koerner writes: a decline already in progress in the departing from Boston’s Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight ings raged like an epidemic during “After 1991 skyjacking disap- belief that flying was safe and that the 9/11 attacks, WLogan International Air- 175, had been hijacked. The troops the 1960s and ‘70s, an era when “a peared entirely from America’s our fellow passengers were trust- they represented port, bound for England. I was on providing security insisted that my more pervasive sense of hopeless- aviation landscape: over the next worthy. In retrospect, those nine my way to visit my pen pal, which in pediatrician fax the prescription for ness, a feeling that no amount of civic nine years, not a single commer- years free of skyjackings feel like the return of retrospect is not the most anachro- my EpiPens to the airport to prove engagement could ever salvage a sys- cial flight was seized in American the exception, rather than a perma- skyjackings in a nistic part of this story. That began the injectors weren’t intended to be tem that had been rigged to serve a airspace. As the skyjacking threat nent rule. when a heavy snowstorm diverted used as weapons. selfish elite,” spread among many grew more remote with each passing The hassles and suspicions of fly- new, more deadly the flight from Manchester to Nor- I tell these stories not out of any Americans. year, airlines came to view secu- ing today are a small part of what 9/11 form, rather than an wich, on the other side of the country. lingering sense of trauma, but from a Airlines initially responded by rity as an expensive nuisance ripe has cost us. But the wonders of a view entirely new form of I took the trip at a time when cell- place of wistfulness. The 9/11 attacks, making it policy that pilots and air- for trimming. They doled out con- from the cockpit, or the joy of meet- phones were not yet universal, much which happened 15 years ago, had line crews should cooperate with tracts to private firms that submitted ing someone you love right at the violent crime. less cellphones with international wide-ranging impacts on American hijackers in hopes of avoiding absurdly low bids; those firms, in gate, are still losses worth mourning.

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Striking when iron is hot Senior Afghan Ghani hopes police officer dead in roadside for peace with bomb attack major warlord Reuters JALALABAD: A senior com- mander in one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous provinces was prominent Pashtun warlord into the killed by a Taliban bomb on Sun- Negotiations with political fold and civil rights activ- day, adding to a heavy toll of ists concerned about longstanding senior officers killed in recent Hizb-i-Islami’s accusations of human rights abuses days. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar against him. Zelawar Zahid, police com- Hekmatyar has been allied at mander in the eastern province have been going various times with Pakistan, the of Nangarhar, was killed by a on since May. Washington-backed anti-Soviet roadside explosive device near mujahideen in the 1980s and the a checkpoint in Hesarak district, Taliban, who are seeking to force a spokesman for the local gover- the NATO-led coalition out of nor said. Reuters Afghanistan and bring in Islamic His death follows last week’s law. suicide attack on the defence min- “Some issues are left and those istry in Kabul, in which an army are issues that would be very impor- general and two senior police KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf tant for implementing peace,” Ghani commanders died. Ghani (pictured) said yesterday a said at the start of the three-day In a tweet posted by the move- peace agreement with one of the Eid holiday. “These issues should ment’s spokesman Zabihullah country’s most notorious Islamist be solved within a limited period Mujahid, the Taliban claimed warlords is close to being concluded, of time.” Men prepare a butcher’s knife used for animal sacrifice ahead of the Eid Al Adha festival at a workshop responsibility for the attack. offering hope of progress towards He thanked both Hizb-i-Islami in Karachi, Pakistan, yesterday. Nangarhar has been the focus ending decades of conflict. and the High Peace Council for their of repeated security operations in Negotiations with Hizb-i-Islami, efforts to negotiate a deal. “There is recent months. a militant group of several hundred hope that, God willing, the agree- fighters led by Gulbuddin Hekmat- ment will be finalised soon and we yar, a veteran of almost 40 years of will witness a major step toward the fighting in Afghanistan, have been creation of peace environment and going on since May, when a draft end of fighting,” he said. accord was signed. Hekmatyar, who was included Afghans mark Eid with prayers for peace But a final agreement has been on the US State Department’s Spe- held up with many on the govern- cially Designated Global Terrorist ment side suspicious of bringing the list in 2003, has played relatively lit- AFP Taliban insurgents but also Islamic morning Eid prayers. stormed into the city. tle direct part in the insurgency in State fighters — reach record lev- US Brigadier General Charles Afghan President Ashraf Ghani recent years. But an accord would els this year following the 2014 Cleveland in August said Afghan meanwhile offered Eid greetings offer some encouragement that the KABUL: Millions of war-weary withdrawal of US-led foreign com- security forces were on track for to the nation and said that a peace Kabul government can persuade Afghans yesterday marked the bat troops. their bloodiest year to date, surpass- deal with Hezb-e-Islami, the coun- militant groups to move away from Islamic festival of Eid Al Adha with “Our country has been at war for ing the roughly 5,000 deaths of local try’s second-biggest Islamist group the battlefield and into the political prayers and feasting, hopeful of a nearly four decades, but the three police and troops and around 15,000 that has been dormant for a number process after failed efforts to start brief respite from fighting that has days of Eid are the happiest days wounded in 2015. of years, was imminent. peace talks with the Taliban. seen record-breaking losses this of our life because this is an occa- He did not offer figures but said “Peace is the desire of Afghan During the bloody civil war year. sion where families come together there was an increase of about 20 nation, and the Afghan nation has of the 1990s, Hekmatyar’s forces Fellow Muslims across Asia spent and enjoy and celebrate this festi- percent over the corresponding consensus for peace. The peace were accused of killing thousands the day slaughtering livestock, giv- val,” Kabul resident Nasratullah period last year. agreement will be finalised very of civilians in heavy bombardments ing charity to the poor and visiting Wafa said. Afghan forces backed by US air soon,” he said. of the Afghan capital and more relatives on Islam’s second-holiest The roads of the capital were strikes have mounted a new offen- Pakistan, the world’s second recently, they were linked with sev- holiday. mostly empty and many were sive to flush out Taliban insurgents most populous Muslim nation, will eral al Qaeda and Taliban attacks on Afghanistan has seen fight- blocked by military to safeguard encircling the capital of south- celebrate Eid Al Adha today because international forces in Afghanistan ing between government forces against possible attacks, while police ern Uruzgan province, officials of differences in interpretation of the and the Kabul government. and Islamist militants — mainly stood guard over mosques during the said Sunday, days after militants lunar date.

Around 0.8m Messengers of peace Musharraf defends backing refugees in Pakistan under US-led Afghanistan war

18: Unicef Anatolia decision, keeping the post-9/11 cir- cumstances in view”, Musharraf Internews said rebutting an oft-cited notion that he had surrendered to a US KARACHI: Pakistan’s former mil- threat of sending Pakistan to the ISLAMABAD: One in six Asian itary ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf stone age. migrants is a child, with Paki- has given a passionate defence of “This is absolutely wrong to stan ranking among the top 10 his decision to join the US-led war say that I had surrendered to a tel- countries hosting child refugees on terror, saying his country was left ephone call made by Colin Powell in Asia, according to a United with no other option. [US secretary of state at the time]. Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) “The whole world had supported We simply joined the war against report. the US invasion of Afghanistan after terrorism as it was in our own inter- The report titled ‘Uprooted: the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Paki- est,” said Musharraf who was forced The grooming crisis for refugee stan alone could not oppose that,” to resign in 2008 amid an impeach- and migrant children’ revealed Musharraf, who had toppled the ment threat by parliament. that Asia is home to two in five of previous government of Prime Min- He also claimed that rival India the world’s child migrants, nine ister Nawaz Sharif in 1999 , said in was ready to provide bases to US out of 10 refugees from Asia find an interview with local Dunya TV forces for the Afghan war. refuge within Asia. Pakistan is on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 “The US would have invaded closely followed by Afghanistan, terrorist attacks in New York and Afghanistan from India even if Turkey, Myanmar, India, Azerba- Washington, which killed around Pakistan had refused to do that ijan and Bangladesh. 3,000 people. [provide bases to the US]. But [then] More than 19 million people The attacks led to the war in we would have been completely iso- have been internally displaced by Afghanistan to oust the Taliban lated,” he added. The 72-year-old conflict in Asia. A total of 1.5 mil- government, which was protecting former army chief is currently living lion were displaced in Pakistan since-slain Al Qaeda chief Osama in London, and has recently been An Afghan boy feeds pigeons at the Hazrat-i-Ali shrine in Mazar-i-Sharif yesterday. as of last year. bin Laden. declared an absconder in a string There were close to 300, 000 “We had taken the right of cases against him. refugees originating from Paki- stan in 2015. Children accounted for 58 percent of all Pakistani- origin refugees, the highest proportion in the region. Snow leopards’ return brings hope to remote Afghan region “Many of the youngest refu- gees have known only conflict and deprivation in their short lives,” AP programme and a newly declared than 8,000 in just 44 percent of the leopard project over the next two unlike their distant relatives, they states Unicef executive director national park. Scientists who have animal’s known range. The World years. don’t mind getting wet. Anthony Lake in the report. been tracking the shy leopards esti- Wildlife Fund lists the species as Ostrowski and the other for- “These cats can cross big rivers “If we fail to provide them mate there are up to 140 cats in the “endangered.” eign and Afghan scientists camp in and swim in extremely cold water,” — and all child refugees and WAKHAN, AFGHANISTAN: In a Wakhan National Park, established His findings are the result of yellow tents in the Sarkand Valley Ostrowski said. One female crossed migrants — with opportunities picturesque corner of Afghanistan, two years ago across 1 million square research carried out in one of the for months on end, monitoring and the Amu Darya river into Tajikistan, for education and a more nor- a unique conservation effort has hectares. Stephane Ostrowski, a spe- most hard-to-reach places on earth. maintaining a far-flung network of stayed a couple of weeks and then mal childhood, how will they helped bring the elusive snow leop- cialist with the New York-based The Wakhan corridor is nestled high cameras and traps. In just one year, returned. be able to contribute positively ard back from the brink and given Wildlife Conservation Society, says in the Hindu Kush mountain range they collected around 5,000 images The snow leopards have bene- to their societies? What price hope to one of the poorest and most that’s a healthy and sustainable and cut off by snow for most of the of 38 individual cats. They managed fited from conservation programmes will we collectively pay for that isolated communities on earth. number, and indicates that other spe- year. The 15-year-old war with the to capture four leopards — one of going back to 2009, when the WCS failure?” The leopards range across the cies like the Siberian ibex and golden Taliban rages 30 kilometres (18 miles) them twice — and were able to fit began building enclosed corrals with Among the top 10 countries snowy mountains of a dozen coun- marmot — the leopards’ main prey — to the south, and the nearby borders them with collars and track them mesh roofs to protect the sheep, goats hosting the largest number of tries in Central and South Asia, but are also doing well. with Tajikistan, Pakistan and China with GPS. They hope to catch another and cows that are the backbone of international migrants under 18 their numbers had declined in recent The WCS believes global leopard are usually closed. two by the end of the year. the local economy. It was the first years, Pakistan ranks fifth with decades as hunters sought their spot- numbers could be much higher than The United Nations Develop- They’ve learned that snow leop- step toward bringing modern conser- around 0.8 million international ted pelts and farmers killed them to a previous upper estimate of 7,500, ment Program funds and oversees ards range widely. Like house cats, vation techniques to Wakhan, where migrants under the age of 18 years protect livestock. Now they appear to after data gathered by Ostrowski and all the WCS activities in the Wakhan, they mark their territory by spray- the population of around 17,000 lives and some 1.6 million in total. be thriving, thanks to a seven-year others showed there could be more and will provide $3m for the snow ing and scratching the ground, but off of subsistence farming. INDIA TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 11 Violence & arson in Karnataka over Cauvery water

preventive measure in the evening. water daily until September 20, pro- About 10 platoons of Rapid testers took to streets and targeted The Supreme Court Action Force and Central Reserve initially trucks bearing Tamil Nadu modified earlier order Police Force were deployed in sen- registration numbers and attacked sitive areas across the city to prevent hotels and shops in localities where and asked Karnataka protesters from damaging public more Tamils reside across the city. to release 12,000 property, including vehicles bear- As per the 2011 census, around cubic feet of water ing Tamil Nadu registration numbers. 2.5 million of the 10 million people “We have taken about 200 pro- in the city are Tamils, constituting per second daily from testers into custody on the charges the second largest community after the river to Tamil of rioting, arson and resorting to Kannadigas. violence to damage public property Vehicular traffic on the busy Nadu until September and causing unrest in the city,” State 150km Bengaluru-Mysuru state high- 20. Home Minister G. Paramehswar said. way came to a standstill as hundreds Karnataka Chief Minister Sid- of protesters staged demonstrations daramaiah has called an emergency at Ramanagaram, Kengeri, Mandya Cabinet meeting today morning to and Srirangapatna against the apex IANS discuss the Cauvery issue. court’s order. Union Home Minister Rajnath In Tamil Nadu, security was Singh spoke to Siddaramaiah and beefed up for business establishments BENGALURU: Widespread violence Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayala- owned by Kannadigas and outside broke out in southern Karnataka yes- lithaa about the tense situation, over the homes of noted Kannada person- terday over the Supreme Court order phone. alities, police said. to release Cauvery river water to Siddaramaiah said he has A group of unidentified assailants Tamil Nadu, with angry Kannadiga requested the Centre for additional attacked the New Woodlands Hotel, protesters torching over 30 buses of a security forces. owned by a Kannadiga, in Mylapore Tamil-owned bus depot in Bengaluru. Pro-Kannada protesters also and police said action had been taken People watching a truck from neighbouring Tamil Nadu state burns after it was set alight by pro-Karnataka The KPN bus depot at the Kengeri pelted stones at lorries bearing Tamil against the assailants. activists in Bengaluru yesterday. yard glowed orange as flames leapt Nadu registration numbers near A hotel employee confirmed the up and smoke engulfed the sky as Hubli Bypass and vandalised many incident, adding that no one was the buses were gutted. A few hun- vehicles. injured. dred protesters entered the bus depot Hundreds of pro-Kannada activ- A bench of Justice Dipak Misra Panel fails to reach deal on water-sharing and reportedly manhandled the driv- ists demonstrated in many areas of and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit gave ers and other employees. the city, protesting against attacks the direction for 12,000 cusecs of Rajesh Natarajan, Managing on Kannadigas and Karnataka-reg- Cauvery water release, modifying its IANS Cauvery water to be released to Tamil Nadu and other Director of Salem-headquartered istered buses in Chennai and some September 5 order by which it had states. The committee took a detailed presentation from KPN Tours and Travels Limited parts of Tamil Nadu. asked Karnataka to release 15,000 the chief secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puduch- claimed that 40 buses were set on In view of the brewing tension, cusecs of water every day for the next erry and the representative from Kerala. fire. inter-state buses with Tamil Nadu 10 days. It also rejected Karnataka’s NEW DELHI: No agreement could be reached between “It tried to reach to a conclusion but Tamil Nadu A dozen trucks bearing Tamil registration suspended services to plea to keep the September 5 order Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on water-sharing at a meet- and Karnataka did not agree to a particular figure of Nadu registration were smashed and the neighbouring state. Trucks and in abeyance. ing of the Cauvery Supervisory Committee yesterday. release of water which was based on scientific facts,” their goods thrown on the streets. other vehicles also withdrew oper- The court directed the next hear- It was decided that the Central Water Commission the statement said. It said during discussions, it was A woman TV journalist and her ating in the city. ing of the matter on September 20. will draw up a new protocol for online collection of data found that information related to unauthorised with- cameraman were also beaten up by Offices and eateries were shut Expressing disappointment over related to rainfall and flow of water on real time basis drawal of water at a time when it is not permitted was protesters in the tech city. as panic spread after the Supreme the order, Parameshwar said the gov- in the river, which may be shared simultaneously with not available and that the committee did not wish to Bengaluru City Police clamped Court order. ernment would again approach it to all the states concerned, said a statement. pass an order not backed by data. prohibitory orders under Section 144 Within hours of the court order modify the latest order due to water The panel had met to decide on the quantum of The panel will met again on Monday. of the Criminal Procedure Code as a to release 12,000 cusecs of the river shortage in the reservoirs.

Kashmir Valley to be under curfew on UK website’s claims on Eid; mobile and Netaji’s death rejected President removes Net services barred Governor of IANS “When Justice Mukherjee wrote to Taiwan asking for information Arunachal Pradesh SRINAGAR: Curfew will be imposed about the air crash, the Taiwan across Kashmir Valley on Eid today authorities wrote back saying there NEW DELHI: President while all mobile phone services, KOLKATA: Nixing the “disclosures” were no reports of any air crash on Pranab Mukherjee yester- save BSNL post-paid connections, of a Britain-based website that had August 18, 1945, or seven days before day removed Arunachal and Internet services have been sus- quoted an “ad interim report” sent or after that date,” said Ghosh. Governor Jyoti Prasad pended, officials said. by Japan confirming the “death” of Ghosh said it was significant Rajkhowa from his post, a Curfew will be in place in all 10 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in a that there were no photos of Neta- Rashtrapati Bhavan com- districts of the valley. 1945 plane crash in Taiwan, a sec- ji’s last hours. “Normally, when a munique said. All phone services were sus- tion of the revolutionary leader’s great man passes away, we usually Meghalaya Gover- pended yesterday evening even as family, researchers and admir- have at least one photo of his death. nor V. Shanmuganathan the shutdown continued for the 66th A man in a balaclava jumps over burning debris during a protest ers yesterday said the report had But that’s not the case with Netaji.” has been given addi- day and later broadband Internet against the recent killings in Kashmir, in Srinagar, yesterday. been placed before the Justice M. Ghosh said with the Narendra tional charge of the state, facility on fixed landlines was also K. Mukherjee Commission prob- Modi government starting the proc- it added. “The Presi- stopped. ing his disappearance. ess of declassifying the secret files dent has directed that Internet facilities on mobile Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in Sonwar September 16. Security personnel The “much-hyped discovery” on Netaji, albeit “very slowly”, “we J. P. Rajkhowa shall phones and other appliances have area of Srinagar. have been deployed in Srinagar and of Bosefiles.Info “had found its way have to wait until all files are clas- cease to hold the office been suspended since the current Though some areas on Srina- other places in the valley. into the public domain in 2002. The sified. Then we will get replies to a of the Governor of Aru- spell of violence broke out in July. gar’s outskirts had some shops Restrictions have been imposed Commission had numbered it as lot of questions”. nachal Pradesh and has Separatists have appealed to selling essentials ahead of the fes- in Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian JMCI exhibit No. 227 series in 2004”, Netaji researcher Purabi Roy said appointed V. Shanmu- locals to celebrate Eid with aus- tival, mutton and breads remained and Pulwama districts, Khanyar, said Chitra Ghosh, Netaji’s nice and the leader had not died in the crash, ganathan, Governor of terity as a mark of respect for the largely unavailable to the people. Nowhatta and M R Gunj police sta- deponent in the Commission. and it was stage-managed to enable Meghalaya, to discharge victims of ongoing unrest, sparked The authorities’ decision to tion areas of Srinagar city. The Commission, contradicting him to escape to Russia. Members the functions of the by the July 8 killing of Hizbul Muja- impose curfew aims at prevent- Meanwhile, one person was two earlier panels that looked into of the Netaji Bhabna Manch, which Governor of Arunachal hideen commander Burhan Wani. ing the march. Shops, businesses, killed and 17, including seven police- Netaji’s disappearance, for the first ordered the media meet, sought to Pradesh, in addition to They have also called for march schools, colleges, petrol bunks and men, injured as militants lobbed a time debunked the air crash the- know the fate of the Indian National his own duties, until reg- to the office of United Nations Mil- offices remained shut on a call grenade at Sherbagh Police Station ory, affirming the ashes at the Tokyo Army treasury, including gold Netaji ular arrangements for itary Observers Group in India and by separatists, now extended to in Anantnag town. temple are not his. carried with him. the office of the Gover- nor of Arunachal Pradesh are made,” said the communique. Deal on 36 Rafale Boat race ahead of Onam Extradition deal jets in final stage with Afghanistan NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet yesterday approved the inking of IANS sticking point. While the final price an Extradition Treaty after the negotiations has not been between India and announced, India has bargained for Afghanistan. bringing the price close to $8bn. A Cabinet meeting NEW DELHI: The deal for buying In April this year, the ruling chaired by Prime Minis- 36 Rafale jets from France is in final Bharatiya Janata Party claimed in ter Narendra Modi, has stage, with some “finetuning” going a post on social media that the deal approved the signing and on, Defence Ministry sources said has been finalised at $8.8bn. ratification of the treaty, yesterday. However, Defence Minister said an official statement. The deal for combat jets in fly- Manohar Parrikar later clarified According to the gov- away condition was inked during that it was not an official figure. ernment, the treaty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s In 2012, India decided to ink would provide a legal visit to France in April 2015. a deal for 126 jets. As it could not framework for seeking Sources said some points are be worked out, the deal for 36 jets extradition of terrorists, being worked upon with regard to came last year. economic offenders and the agreement. Both sides also agreed to con- other criminals from and A team from France is in the clude an Inter-Governmental to Afghanistan. The cab- national capital, and both sides are Agreement (IGA) for supply of the inet nod comes ahead keen to conclude the deal soon. aircraft after which a negotiating of Afghanistan President The Prime Minister’s Office has team was constituted. In May, Par- Ashraf Ghani’s two- pushed for concluding the deal soon, rikar had said the deal is in the final Oarsmen row a serpentine boat in unison as they compete in the Mahatma Boat Race at Pamba River day visit to India from after over a year’s negotiations, stage and would be concluded in “a ahead of Onam celebrations, at Chengannur, near Allepey district in southern Kerala, yesterday. tomorrow. in which price had been a major couple of months”. 12 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 EUROPE

The Human Hand Italian quake town Austria delays may sue Charlie Hebdo over presidential ‘lasagne’ cartoon Reuters

ROME: An Italian town is pursu- election re-run ing legal action against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for a cartoon showing victims of polarised opinion at home and an earthquake there as types of across a continent where the impact pasta, and another suggesting the The postponement, of mass immigration driven by war mafia was to blame for the death to December 4, and poverty in the Middle East and toll of almost 300. Africa is starting to dominate the One cartoon, entitled “Earth- drew swift criticism, debate. quake Italian Style”, captioned with the FPO calling Hofer’s near-victory in a country drawings of a bloodied and the government at the sharp end of the immigra- bandaged man “Penne in tomato tion crisis reflected a rising tide of sauce”, a scratched and swol- incapable of holding populism in Europe that spread to len woman “Penne au gratin”, a vote. Britain with June’s vote to quit the and a collapsed building with European Union - an outcome some blood and feet emerging from it believe will buoy support for him. “Lasagne”. Opinion polls have given him After Italians responded French fashion designer and sculptor Nicole Farhi poses with ‘Last Chord’ during a photocall to promote Reuters the edge in the ballot for a role that angrily, the magazine, famed is largely ceremonial. A win for the her new sculpture exhibition ‘The Human Hand’ in London yesterday. for its provocative, taboo-bust- FPO would be of huge symbolic sig- ing cartoons, published a second nificance in an anti-establishment one, showing a person half-bur- VIENNA: Austria yesterday delayed political climate and with parlia- ied under rubble saying: “Italians a re-run of a presidential election as mentary elections due in 2018. ... it’s not Charlie Hebdo who built faulty glue on postal ballots scup- Asked at a news conference if your homes, it’s the mafia!” pered its second attempt to organise the double setback might damage Opposition wins parliament seat in Amatrice, the home of “ama- a ballot that could give the European Austria’s reputation, Sobotka said: triciana” pasta sauce, was Union its first far-right head of state. “The laugh is always on the loser.” flattened by the quake on August The result of the first election Van der Bellen, a former Green 24. The local government called in May, which Norbert Hofer of the Party leader, won May’s vote by less Belarus for first time since 1996 the cartoons “a macabre, sense- anti-migrant Freedom Party (FPO) than 1 percentage point from Hofer. less and absurd insult to the came within 31,000 votes of win- The FPO then successfully victims,” Mario Cicchetti, a law- ning, had already been scrapped challenged the result in the con- Reuters annexation of Crimea from Ukraine The release of political prison- yer for Amatrice city hall, said. due to irregularities in counting stitutional court, citing procedural in 2014 and since then Minsk has ers and Lukashenko’s role in hosting It has asked a local prosecu- the postal ballots — heightening irregularities, forcing the re-run. made overtures to the West. Ukraine-Russia peace talks also tor to investigate Charlie Hebdo the embarrassment. The delay was “unfortunate Anna Konopatskaya, a mem- eased international criticism of for “aggravated defamation”, a The postal votes, which but correct”, van der Bellen told a MINSK: Lawmakers loyal to ber of opposition party United Civil the veteran leader, who the United crime for which the town would accounted for around 16 percent news conference, urging support- hardline Belarussian President Party, won a place in parliament, States once said ran Europe’s last seek civil damages. of the total votes, were the crucial ers to “move on and win together on Alexander Lukashenko retained election results showed. Independ- dictatorship. Even though the cartoons factor for Alexander Van der Bel- December 4”. For some, however, the power in an election on Sunday, ent candidate Elena Anisim, who has The European Union ended five were published in France, Cic- len, an independent, to win in May. prospect of another delay or contested but the opposition’s win of a seat links to the opposition, was also years of sanctions against Belarus chetti said the legal case could The postponement, to December 4, result was too much. “It’s terrible. I for the first time in 20 years could elected. in February. The United States has be brought in Italy because they drew swift criticism, with the FPO really wonder if it’s worth bother- help the ex-Soviet nation further The presence of the opposition also relaxed some of its restrictions had been widely seen and shared calling the government incapable ing to vote again, if we even need a improve ties with the West. in parliament will not change the on Minsk and said the authorities’ there. of holding a vote and a commen- president,” 50-year-old office worker The opposition, which has not political landscape, but it shows the handling of Sunday’s vote would be The construction sector in tator saying it had made Austria a Margit Freudenthaler said. been represented in the 110-seat authorities are willing to make some a factor in an upcoming review of Italy has long been plagued by subject of mockery. Independent political consultant parliament since 1996, had not adjustments in the interests of boost- sanctions. inattention to regulations, and In delaying the election from Thomas Hofer said: “A democracy been expected to gain any seats, ing Western ties. “For the Belarussian authori- both regular building work and Oct. 2, Interior Minister Wolfgang that had been portrayed as stable but in a concession to Western calls “We’ve done everything so that ties, this election is more an issue of post-disaster reconstruction has Sobotka said yesterday that there and a bulwark against crisis now for greater transparency its can- there aren’t complaints from the foreign than domestic policy,” said at times been infiltrated by organ- was a risk votes could be tampered shows itself not even able to organ- didates were able to register more Western side. We accommodated Denis Melyantsov, senior analyst at ised crime. with due to the faulty glue on a ise elections properly. “Once again, easily. External monitors were also their requests,” Lukashenko told the Belarusian Institute for Strate- It is now up to the magistrates “defective envelope”. The FPO’s sec- Austria is a laughing stock.” However, given access to the vote count. journalists after casting his vote gic Studies. in Rieti, near Amatrice, to decide retary, Herbert Kickl, said it showed political analyst Peter Filzmaier said Lukashenko, in power since in Minsk. Opposition groups did not stage whether to take up the investiga- the government was “incapable of that, while the postponement was 1994, has kept Belarus in a close Relations between Minsk and a mass boycott or protests like those tion against the cartoonists and ensuring a proper election”. an embarrassment, discovery of the strategic alliance with Moscow. the West have warmed since reces- held over previous elections. Instead the magazine’s director, Cicchetti The delay also put atten- faulty ballot forms had left the gov- However, some cracks appeared in sion-hit Belarus held a peaceful they decided to take part in the hope said. Charlie Hebdo declined to tion back on an election that has ernment with no other option. the relationship following Russia’s presidential election last October. of boosting their support. comment.

Oxford English Eid prayer in Moscow Croatia coalition Dictionary gets an update wrangling starts

Reuters Reuters appointments with its coalition partner. The HDZ beat the Social LONDON: You know, some Democrat-led alliance, which won yogalates could tackle those 54 seats. “We are the party that will splendiferous moobs. Confused? ZAGREB: Croatia was preparing for have the privilege of forming a sta- Then turn to the Oxford English tense coalition talks yesterday after ble government,” Plenkovic said as Dictionary which has included weekend elections put the conserv- he claimed victory early yesterday. the words among more than 1,000 atives unexpectedly ahead, but short SDP leader Zoran Milanovic, revisions and updates for its lat- of the seats needed to form a gov- a former Prime Minister, said he est update. ernment. would not stand as leader in the Splendiferous, meaning full of A surge in support for leftist next party election which will take or abounding in splendour, joins populists saw the Social Democrats, place in the coming months, but did yogalates, a fitness routine com- who were widely expected to come not resign with immediate effect as bining pilates exercises with the out with the largest number of seats, some had expected after the result. techniques of yoga, and moobs, lose ground in a poll where the turn- Plenkovic’s more moderate Muslims attend Eid Al Adha mass prayer near Moscow’s grand mosque, in Russia yesterday. unusually prominent breasts out was a fifth lower than in the last tone might make for a more sta- on a man, as new entries to the one just 10 months ago. ble coalition, although the Most 150-year-old dictionary’s collec- This reflected popular anger (“Bridge”) party, the likely king- tion of 600,000 words. at politicians who are seen to have maker with 13 seats, showed little Other words and phrases exploited nationalist rhetoric rather sign of compromising. in the latest edition include the than tackle the country’s economic Among Most’s initial demands “Westminster Bubble” of suppos- German govt says still able to woes, with the populist left Zivi were changes to the financing of edly insular British politicians Zid (Human Shield) alliance rising political parties, lower taxes for busi- and civil servants, “gender- from one to eight seats on promises nesses and an Adriatic economic zone fluid”, meaning a person with to be tough on banks and corrupt - a bold proposal that would likely a fluid or unfixed gender iden- act despite row over migrants politicians. Most opinion polls had require extensive consultation with tity, and “YOLO” - an acronym suggested the Social Democrats Croatia’s European Union partners. for “you only live once”. would win around 60 seats, and the “The SDP is realistically too far The Oxford English Dic- Reuters But he brushed aside a chorus the divisions in Merkel’s conserva- Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) behind to be in the race to form a tionary is updated every three of complaints from the opposition tive bloc. “We’re in the middle of would be behind. This was actually future cabinet and if Plenkovic months, and September’s Greens and Left parties that the gov- an arduous and formidable proc- the reverse in the election. manages to establish a reasonably revamp marks the centenary ernment was rudderless because they ess,” he said. “We accomplished a Led by former diplomat Andrej good cooperation with Most, the of the birth of children’s book BERLIN: The German government were unable to find common ground lot but have a lot of work to do.” The Plenkovic, the HDZ won 61 seats in government could be stable,” said author Roald Dahl. dismissed charges yesterday that it on the explosive issue that has hurt the CSU has long criticised Merkel’s lib- Zagreb’s 151-seat parliament and political analyst Ivan Rimac. It is littered with vocabulary has become “incapacitated” because conservatives at the polls. eral refugee policy and on Saturday will now need to move quickly to But any government will strug- described by newly added word: of its failure to agree on a strategy on Seehofer wants a law limiting the Seehofer said the two conservative avoid further anger from a disillu- gle to deliver reforms being urged “Dahlesque”. the refugee question that has sent number of refugees coming to Ger- parties face election defeats if they sioned public. Unemployment is by the EU, which is monitoring Besides “splendiferous”, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s approval many each year to 200,000. Merkel remain at odds over migration. at 13 percent and European Union Croatia’s debt-burdened economy Dahl-inspired vocabulary in the ratings falling to five-year lows. refuses any limits. Their dispute has In a regional vote on September authorities are urging Croatia to and an investment environment it new edition includes an updated Merkel’s spokesman Steffen festered for nearly a year in which 4, Merkel’s CDU came in third place, address public debts that eat up 3.5 sees as business-unfriendly. “(HDZ) entry for the word “gremlins”, Seibert acknowledged she and her more than a million refugees fleeing behind the anti-immigrant Alter- percent of economic output in inter- would need to strike an agreement the meddlesome imps that sab- conservative ally Horst Seehofer, war and poverty arrived in Germany. native for Germany (AfD) - a shock est payments alone. with a diminished Most and at least otaged aaroplanes in Dahl’s first leader of the Christian Social Union “The government was always result that Merkel has acknowledged Plenkovic helped the HDZ win one more small party,” said Otilia children’s book in 1943, and (CSU) sister party, had not bridged fully capable of acting on this issue was a result of her party’s pro-refu- back ground it lost to rivals after Dhand, an analyst at risk consul- “human bean” - a humorous their differences at a two-hour and it is still capable of acting,” Seib- gee stance. The AfD is also expected its previous government collapsed tancy Teneo, highlighting the risk alteration or mispronunciation meeting on Sunday over his demand ert told a regular government news to perform well in a regional vote in in June after only five months in that the new cabinet could be as of human being. for refugee limits. conference after being grilled about Berlin next Sunday. power amid rows over political fractious as the old one. EUROPE TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 13 3 French women Dutch police unveil latest recruits against drones

AFP survived,” said Janus, brushing aside concerns from animal rights groups. & youth in court “The eagles see the drones as prey and intercept them as they are OSSENDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: flying, before landing where they Dutch police are adopting a cen- feel safe with the drone still in their turies-old pursuit to resolve the claws.” over terror plots modern-day problem of increas- Dutch police have now purchased ing numbers of drones in the skies, their own birds, which have reached becoming the world’s first force to five months old, and will be deployed messaging app widely used by employ eagles as winged warriors. as needed alongside more traditional jihadists in France — of his plans “It’s a low-tech solution to a high- four-footed recruits, dogs and horses. The women are to carry out a knife attack, sources tech problem,” police spokesman About 100 police officers will be suspected of having said. France is on heightened alert Dennis Janus said as officers and trained in working with the eagles, after two grisly attacks in July—one their feathered friends gave their and the Dutch “flying squad” with planned to strike in the Riviera resort of Nice, where first public demonstration of their its own birds of prey could go into a train station in a truck driver crushed 86 people to birds’ prowess. action next summer. death and another in Normandy, A series of tests have been organ- In the meantime, the police will the Paris area or to where two men slit the throat of an ised since early 2015, and the Dutch be using birds supplied by a specialist target police. elderly priest. forces announced Monday that the company Guard From Above. Prime Minister Manuel Valls results had been good. As in other countries, increas- on Sunday said the terror threat The eagles will now be launched ing numbers of drones are invading was at a “maximum” and that the whenever drones are believed to be Dutch skies raising concerns in AFP authorities were foiling attacks and posing a danger to the public, such as places like airports and restricted, smashing jihadist networks “every during sensitive state visits or if the sensitive areas. day”. The three women in court remote-controlled tiny craft are fly- “We haven’t found any other Monday were arrested last week ing too close to airports. The aim of method to intercept the drones, but we A young eagle trained to catch drones displays its skills during a PARIS: Three French female rad- as part of an investigation into an the tests was to determine the best are continuing to explore other pos- icals arrested on suspicion of alleged plot to blow up a car found way to bring down the drones. sibilities,” Janus said, pointing to such demonstration organised by the Dutch police as part of a programme planning further attacks after a abandoned near Notre Dame cathe- “None of the eagles were hurt, things as nets or finding ways to elec- to train birds of prey to catch drones flying over sensitive or restricted failed bid to blow up a car in Paris dral on September 4. but as for the drones, none of them tronically take the drones over. areas, at the Dutch Police Academy in Ossendrecht, yesterday. were taken to court yesterday to be They have been named as Ines charged, prosecutors said. Madani, 19, Sarah H, 23 and Amel S, The women, who are believed to 39. The two younger women were have been spurred by repeated calls known to police for their links to by the Islamic State group for attacks Islamist radicals. Sarah H’s current Hairdresser in France, are suspected of having boyfriend, 22-year-old Mohamed ‘Fictional’ domestic abuse planned to strike a train station in Lamine A., was also arrested and the Paris area or to target police. brought before judges to be charged fined for The three were brought before on Monday. anti-terrorism judges. They face Police alerted last week to the case hits home in Britain turning away charges of involvement in a ter- Peugeot 607 found in the mid- rorist conspiracy and attempted dle of one of Paris’s busiest tourist murder. Sources close to the inves- spots found five gas cylinders, three client in hijab tigation said they had discussed bottles of diesel and a half-smoked AFP of a nationwide debate on domestic makers on Twitter for their “brilliant obtaining suicide belts or ram- cigarette inside. violence, with Titchener found not scripted/acted” story of domestic vio- ming cars filled with explosives A fourth woman, Ornella G, who guilty of attempted murder after lence and women in prison. AFP into buildings. has been charged with terrorism stabbing her abusive husband Rob. A fundraising page titled “The One of the women was found in over the find, told police she and LONDON: The verdict in a Brit- “Archers fans weep tears of joy Helen Titchener (nee Archer) Res- possession of a letter professing her Madani had tried to set the vehicle ish domestic abuse case on Sunday as Helen is found NOT GUILTY,” read cue Fund” has raised over £150,000 OSLO: Norway hit a hairdresser allegiance to IS, which ordered or alight but fled when they saw a man prompted a flurry of charity dona- the Daily Mail front page, while the ($199,000) for the Refuge charity with a roughly ¤1,000 fine yes- claimed several attacks in France they believed to be a police officer tions and captured front pages Guardian wrote: “Helen not guilty in which helps victims of domestic vio- terday after she was convicted of over the past year, including the approach. Investigators moved — despite being fictional. Archers drama that gripped listeners”. lence. More than 7,600 people have discrimination for turning away carnage in Paris in November that quickly to arrest her suspected The character of Helen Titchener The storyline, in which Titch- donated to the JustGiving page, with a Muslim client wearing a head- left 130 people dead. accomplices, believing them to be reached beyond the realm of radio ener was emotionally abused by her many sharing their personal experi- scarf. A 15-year-old boy arrested in on the cusp of staging an attack. this week, as the fictional domestic husband, sparked fervent discussion ences. “Because I was lucky and got Merete Hodne had risked up to eastern Paris at the weekend was During their arrest in the south- abuse victim, played by Louiza Pati- under the Twitter hashtags #FreeHe- away,” wrote one anonymous donor six months in prison for religious also brought before investigating ern Paris suburb of Essonne, Sarah kas, went on trial in “The Archers” len and #TheArchers, and highlighted of their reasons for giving, while discrimination for turning Malika magistrates Monday to be charged H stabbed a policeman, injuring him programme on BBC Radio 4. British courts’ approach to controlling many others described childhood Bayan away from her hair salon in with conspiring to commit attacks. in the shoulder. Madani was shot in The long-running series usu- or coercive behaviour in relationships. experiences. “Because my mum was Bryne, a small town in southwest- The youth had written to con- the leg after she also charged at an ally depicts life in rural Britain but Jo Stevens, Britain’s shadow jus- Helen and I couldn’t do anything,” ern Norway, in October last year. tacts on Telegram—the encrypted officer armed with a knife. on Sunday found itself at the centre tice minister, praised the programme’s another wrote. “The court... has no doubt that the defendant acted intentionally, that she deliberately discrimi- nated against Bayan by expelling her from the salon because she is UK Labour leader set to Muslim,” the court ruled. It imposed a fine of 10,000 kroner ($1,200) and also ordered her to pay 5,000 kroner in court win despite dire polls costs. Hodne intends to appeal the decision, her lawyer told news agency NTB. The 47-year-old hair- AFP new leader since modern polling dresser had told the court she saw began in the 1950s, according to a the headscarf as a political sym- Press Association analysis. A poll at bol representing an ideology that the end of August found only 19 per- frightens her, rather than as a reli- LONDON: Britain’s Labour leader cent of Britons thought Corbyn was gious symbol. Jeremy Corbyn may be crashing in the right person to lead the govern- “I see it as a totalitarian sym- opinion polls one year after taking ment, compared to 51 percent for May. bol. When I see a hijab, I don’t charge yesterday — but still looks Over a summer of strife, around think of religion, but of totalitar- set to sweep to victory in a leader- 20 members of his shadow cabinet ian ideologies and regimes,” she ship contest. resigned and 172 out of the party’s told the judges, cited by daily Ver- Corbyn, a 67-year-old socialist 230 MPs voted that they had no con- dens Gang. According to the charge known for his anti-war, anti-aus- fidence in his leadership. sheet, Hodne told Bayan “she would terity campaigning and opposition Many were disillusioned with have to find someplace else because to the party’s former centrist leader what they considered a lacklustre she didn’t accept (clients) like her.” Tony Blair, won a crushing leadership performance by Corbyn in trying to The hairdresser initially victory exactly 12 months ago. While persuade voters to stay in the Euro- refused to pay a fine of 8,000 Refugees and migrants make their way at the Souda municipality-run camp, on the island of Chios, Greece. his left-wing policies are popular with pean Union in June’s referendum. A kroner for religious discrimina- many grassroots supporters, they do wave of Labour-dominated areas tion, and the case therefore went not impress most of the party’s more were among those to back Brexit. before the Jaeren district court on Long wait for asylum is ‘like moderate lawmakers, who say such He has also faced claims of anti- Thursday. While Hodne acknowl- views cannot win general elections. Semitism in the party. An internal edged that she could have turned The rebel lawmakers are sup- inquiry in June found Labour was Bayan, 24, away more courteously, porting a leadership challenge by not overrun by anti-Semitism but she denied the charge of religious death’ for refugees in Greece MP Owen Smith and the result will reported an “occasionally toxic discrimination. be announced at the party’s annual atmosphere”. Labour’s most senior conference on September 24. Corbyn elected figure, London Mayor Sadiq Lagarde to go on Reuters not qualify for asylum sent back to Applicants can appeal a negative is tipped to win big again due to sup- Khan, is among those opposed to Turkey, from where they arrived. decision, prolonging the procedure. port from activists and trade unions. Corbyn’s leadership. “Jeremy’s per- trial in December They are among thousands in the In nearly six months since the But critics fear that this could sonal ratings are the worst of any same predicament. Conditions at the EU-Turkey accord was agreed, just extend Labour’s period in the opposition leader on record and the CHIOS: Life in Greece has become so Souda camp, as well as on other two over 500 people have been fer- electoral wilderness as new Con- Labour party is suffering badly as a PARIS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde difficult for Amir and Walaa, teach- sites on the island, deteriorated over ried back to Turkey. Each day, servative Prime Minister Theresa result,” Khan wrote in The Observer will go on trial in France on Decem- ers from Syria, that they sometimes the summer as the migrant popu- she checks a board for when their May consolidates her grip on power. newspaper last month. ber 12 over a massive state payout to think about returning to the home lation swelled to three times the number — 10,624 — will be called. “Mr Corbyn has tapped a huge well “He has lost the confidence of tycoon Bernard Tapie when she was they risked everything to flee. capacity. A fire tore through tents But they are not called in any of political energy and dissatisfac- more than 80 percent of Labour’s finance minister, the court hearing “I know in Syria we have war and during a protest in June, and brawls particular order, so it’s anyone’s tion,” the Guardian, a broadsheet MPs in parliament—and I am afraid the case said yesterday. Lagarde, 60, bombs every day,” says Amir, visibly are frequent at night. guess when that may be - “maybe popular with Labour voters, said in we simply cannot afford to go on like will be tried for negligency by the exhausted. But there, “every Syrian The couple fled the wrecked city tomorrow, maybe after one week,” an editorial last month. this,” he added. However, Corbyn’s Court of Justice of the Republic— dies once. Here we die every day. of Homs for Europe and arrived in authorities say. “But he also has some of the position remains solid thanks to the a tribunal that hears cases against Every day is bad.” Greece on March 19 — a day before For everyone in the camp, the most dismal ratings among Labour backing of powerful trade unions and ministers accused of wrongdoing For the past six months, home is the EU-Turkey deal was imple- days are long. “Five months and voters and the general public of any his vociferous grassroots supporters. in the discharge of their duties. The a bleak tent on the Aegean island of mented — but were barred from 11 days,” says Daud, a 45-year-old Labour leader ever, and these rat- Labour’s membership has topped a trial could last until December 20. Chios, pitched in a dusty medieval leaving the island. Since then, they Syrian, when asked how long he has ings are in decline.” record 500,000 under him. The IMF boss, who has repeat- castle moat, where they wait with- have been interviewed twice, but been in Greece. “Every day there is The party of Blair and Gordon According to a YouGov poll, he edly protested her innocence, out work or money for a verdict on have yet to be given any informa- a fight,” he says. After three inter- Brown, which lost power in 2010, is is expected to win a crushing vic- risks up to a year in prison and their asylum claims. tion on their fate, they said. views, he has yet to be told what will trailing May’s ruling Conservatives tory against Smith of 62 percent to a fine of €15,000 ($16,850) if Until then, they are prevented The process — which includes become of him and his wife. by an average of 11 points, accord- 38 percent. This would put mean found guilty. The case stems from from going beyond Greece, or even thorough identity checks, inter- Asked what will happen if they ing to the Nuffield series of British Corbyn would win by an even big- Lagarde’s handling of a dispute Chios, under a deal agreed in March views and an assessment of whether are ordered back to Turkey, he General Election studies. ger margin than in last year’s vote, with Tapie who claimed he was between the European Union and Turkey is safe or not for a particu- replies without hesitation: “No. I will No Labour party has faced such which he took with 59.5 percent defrauded by a state bank in its Ankara that will see those who do lar individual - can take weeks. go to Syria and die in Syria.” a deficit 12 months after electing a support. sale of sportswear giant Adidas. 14 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 AMERICAS Hillary diagnosed with pneumonia What happens if a poll candidate drops out? Both candidates have now pledged AFP criteria to serve in the nation’s high- est office. to release additional “It would certainly would be details on their health uncharted territory,” he said, adding WASHINGTON: What happens if that in his opinion, the most logi- in the coming days, as a candidate for the White House is cal choice would be Kaine, followed the race for the White forced to quit the race? Who steps by Sanders and the popular Biden. House heats up with up to fill their shoes? Jeanne Zaino, a professor of It’s a question suddenly under political science at Iona College eight weeks to go the spotlight yesterday as Dem- in New York, said the parties have until Election Day. ocratic nominee Hillary Clinton kept the process “purposely vague battles a case of pneumonia that left because it gives them the oppor- her feeling so poorly she abruptly tunity to make the best decision, left a high-profile 9/11 memorial rather than tie their hands with AFP ceremony a day earlier. some kind of process that would The former secretary of state, give them a nominee they will not 68, was resting at home in Chap- be comfortable with.” paqua, New York and cancelled Both experts were doubtful that WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton’s appearances at events scheduled for Clinton would exit the race over campaign sought to draw a line Mon- yesterday and today in California. health concerns. “I don’t expect day under her health scare, stating “(Clinton) continues to feel bet- Clinton to step down. She has an she has no medical ailments other ter, but intends to remain at home illness that is treatable,” Lublin said. than pneumonia and that the Dem- today, following her doctor’s rec- Added Zaino: “This has been ocratic presidential nominee will ommendation to rest,” campaign such a crazy election season, I return to campaigning as early as spokesman Nick Merrill said. The wouldn’t been surprised if anything mid-week. US Constitution gives no guidance happened, but that is something I The statements came one day on instances when a candidate is am not expecting at all unless her after Clinton, 68, fell ill at a 9/11 US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton waves to the press as she leaves her daughter’s apartment unable to finish a political race. health is far worse than we have memorial event in New York and was The procedures are found by been led to believe.” building after resting in New York. seen stumbling as she was helped into delving into the internal regula- Clinton’s departure from the 9/11 her vehicle, forcing her campaign to tions of the political parties. ceremony at New York’s Ground disclose she had been diagnosed with But he also suggested that the HRC than any nominee in history.” Trump has repeatedly raised doubts Article two, section seven of the Zero on Sunday, captured on ama- the acute respiratory infection. former secretary of state’s health The episode has fuelled fresh about Clinton’s stamina and physical Democratic Party bylaws states that teur video, showed her wobbling The incident — captured on ama- issues were of longer standing than speculation and conspiracy theo- strength, and yesterday questioned “a special meeting to fill a vacancy and being held up by members of her teur video — gave her rival Donald admitted. “Something is going on but ries on the internet, already awash her campaign’s account of the current on the National ticket shall be held entourage as she got into a vehicle. Trump, 70, a new opening to ques- I just hope she gets well and gets back with unsubstantiated rumors Clinton episode. “They say pneumonia on Fri- on the call of the Chairperson.” The episode has fueled fresh tion her fitness for the nation’s highest on the trail, and we’ll be seeing her at may have a brain tumor, Parkinson’s day, but she was coughing very, very Republican Party regulations speculation and conspiracy theories office. Both candidates have now the debate” in two weeks, the Repub- or dementia. #HillarysBodyDouble badly a week ago and even before that describe a similar procedure. on the internet, already awash with pledged to release additional details lican candidate told Fox News. was trending on Twitter Monday. if you remember, and this was not the At the Democratic Party gath- unsubstantiated rumors Clinton on their health in the coming days, as The unexpected turn of events The root of persistent claims about first time,” he told CNBC. ering, the decision would be based may have a brain tumor, Parkinson’s the race for the White House heats up has turned a conservative angle of Clinton’s health lies in 2012, towards Drawing a contrast, Trump told on a majority vote by those present. or dementia. The root of the persist- with eight weeks to go until Election attack into a serious line of question- the end of her tenure as secretary of Fox he had a physical last week and But there’s little precedence to ent claims about Clinton’s health lies Day. “There’s no other undisclosed ing about Clinton’s health and why it state. A stomach virus and dehydra- would release the details once test guide their choices. in 2012, towards the end of her ten- condition. The pneumonia is the took two days to reveal the pneumo- tion prompted her to faint, causing results are back. Although Clinton is expected ure as secretary of state. extent of it,” Clinton spokesman Brian nia diagnosis. what her doctor said was a con- “I think they are going to be to make a full recovery from what A stomach virus and dehydra- Fallon told MSNBC. “Antibiotics can take care of cussion. Doctors said they found a good. I feel great but when the num- appears to be a routine illness, ana- tion prompted her to faint, causing “I expect that by the middle to pneumonia. What’s the cure for an blood clot on the brain. Clinton later bers come in, I’ll be releasing very, lysts have floated names of those what her doctor said was a con- the late of the week she’ll be back unhealthy penchant for privacy that received the all-clear. very specific numbers,” said the real who could take on the party man- cussion. Doctors said they found a out there on the campaign trail,” fol- repeatedly creates unnecessary prob- Fallon assured that “there was estate mogul, who was in Washing- tle should she be forced to drop out. blood clot on the brain. lowing a scrapping of her California lems?” asked David Axelrod, a former nothing here in terms of anything that ton on Monday for the soft opening of They are: Clinton running mate Clinton later received the all- fundraising trip Monday and Tues- White House aide to Barack Obama, was caused by what happened in 2012.” his new hotel. Tim Kaine, grassroots darling and clear. In recent US presidential day, he said. “If it was up to her, she on Twitter. Fallon admitted: “”I think He also said Clinton’s team would be Forced to cancel a California fun- Clinton’s primary challenger Bernie history, there’s been only one case of a would be out there today.” in retrospect we could have handled releasing medical records “in the next draising trip, Clinton was recovering Sanders, and current Vice President candidate dropping out. Senator Tho- In his first public comments since it better in terms of providing more few days” in order to “further put to rest at her home in Chappaqua, New York. Joe Biden. mas Eagleton, who was the running Clinton abruptly left Sunday’s cere- information more quickly.” any lingering concerns about what you She “continues to feel better, but David Lublin, a professor of mate of Democratic nominee George mony at Ground Zero, an unusually But Clinton’s communications saw yesterday.” intends to remain at home today, fol- government at American Univer- McGovern in the 1972 race, was forced subdued Trump offered her his wishes director Jennifer Palmieri noted: “It The former first lady has dis- lowing her doctor’s recommendation sity, said Democratic party officials to quit after it was revealed that he for a rapid recovery. is a fact that public knows more about missed rumors about her health, but to rest,” said spokesman Nick Merrill. could choose anyone who meets the suffered from depression.

Top black writer blasts US Chile unrest ‘Third World’ police

AFP horrifies people like me and my by it. We are naive in that we never friends from Kenya or Nigeria. pay attention to violence until it “The whole idea that you are affects us. beyond the law you are serving and “And that is a problem because PARIS: The United States is cursed protecting, and that killing peo- when it finally does come to us with “Third World police” which has ple will not have consequences, is nobody is going to be protecting led to “almost state-sanctioned” kill- something that we who migrated to us. It will end up endlessly repeat- ings of people from minority groups, America thought we had got away ing itself unless we stop it at some one of the country’s leading black from,” he told an audience at Festi- point,” he warned. writers said Sunday. val America. James’ virtuoso Man Booker- Marlon James, who won the “This sort of unquestioned winning novel follows a group of prestigious Man Booker Prize last authority, straight up killing people people involved in the attempted year for his epic novel “A Brief His- is why Black Lives Matter happened,” assassination of the reggae legend tory of Seven Killings”, told a literary he added, referring to the protest Bob Marley in Kingston just before festival in Paris that some officers movement that sprung up out of a he was to appear at a political rally. thought themselves above the law, series of high-profile police killings The ironically-titled “A Brief His- comparing them to death squads of black men. “The way that kind of tory of Seven Killings” runs to nearly during the “dirty war” run by Argen- violence is protected... means it is 700 pages, with the New York Times tina’s military rulers in the 1970s. state-sanctioned violence and that calling it “epic in every sense of Demonstrators clash with police as human rights activists march in Santiago, Chile, commemorating “What people like me find is no different to Argentina during that word: sweeping, mythic, over- the 43rd anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet that deposed President alarming is there is almost state- the dirty war.” the-top, colossal and dizzyingly Salvador Allende. sanctioned violence in America, James, 45, whose parents were complex”. particularly with the police,” said both police officers in Jamaica, said The writer, who teaches litera- the Jamaican-born novelist, who Americans had to look hard at them- ture at Macalester College in Saint has lived in the US for more than selves as well as at their police. Paul, Minnesota, was the first Carib- two decades. “I don’t think it is something bean writer to win one of literature’s “America has developed a weird that Americans realise because it is most prized awards since V S Nai- Leader of Rousseff impeachment drive kind of Third World police, which mostly a minority that is victimised paul in 1971. Cunha could lose own Brazil seat

AFP lawmaker allied with Congress’s by her center-right vice president Miss Arkansas is Miss America 2017 Evangelical Christian wing resigned Michel Temer. from his position as speaker in July Cunha has used a variety of stall- Reuters such as immigration and Clinton rival, amid swirling accusations of cor- ing tactics to slow the proceedings Donald Trump. Asked what her take BRASÍLIA: Eduardo Cunha, Brazil’s ruption linked to the huge state oil that could lead to his ouster from was on Clinton, Shields offered that scandal-plagued former congres- company Petrobras. Congress. Analysts say he will play NEW YORK: Savvy Shields (pic- “if you’re trying to be leader of the sional speaker who spearheaded Cunha is being prosecuted for his final card Monday by asking his tured), a college student from free world, everything you say and the drive to remove president allegedly taking millions of dollars peers to delay a vote on his fate until Arkansas, won the annual Miss do matters.” Dilma Rousseff from office, could in bribes. He will face the music in after October municipal elections. America pageant on Sunday after She noted that the media has be stripped of his seat if his peers Congress for having “lied” to other He may also argue for a simple impressing judges with a jazz dance sensationalised the campaign so vote him out. lawmakers about his possession of suspension, rather than the loss of routine and her answer to a question that it was “hard to tell what is truth Cunha, who is often compared to secret Swiss bank accounts. Cunha his seat. about her take on presidential can- and scandal,” then added that “both the dark, manipulative hero Frank denies all wrongdoing. As a last resort, he could also ask didate Hillary Clinton. these candidates have done a great Underwood of the hit Netflix series Cunha was first suspended in that lawmakers allow him to keep Shields, a native of Fayetteville and job, but they also need to watch what “House of Cards,” used his position May, less than a month after law- the right to hold public office — a student at the University of Arkansas, they’re doing.” Shields, who adopted as speaker of the lower house to put makers voted to open impeachment right Rousseff also kept after being was one of seven finalists given 20 “eat better, live better” as her plat- Rousseff on an unstoppable path to proceedings against Rousseff. Rous- stripped of her job, despite the coun- seconds to answer highly topical ques- form for the competition, earlier impeachment. seff was definitively removed from try’s constitution calling for lengthy tions on some controversial issues, performed a jazz dance. But the 58-year-old conservative office on August 31, and replaced bans. BREAK TIME TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 1517

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ONLINE CHART BUST Pakistani community marks Eid with concert www.thepeninsulaqatar.com The Peninsula MOST READ DOHA: Lights, colours, music and zealous partic- Arsenal: 5 major talking points from ipation of the crowd through dancing to the beats 1 the club’s win over Southampton constituted the Eid gala of Pakistani community at Al Wakrah Stadium yesterday. Oil prices suffer fresh losses On the first day of Eid Al-Adha, the community 2 in Asian trade celebrated the festival with a concert organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior. BMW wheelchairs, high-tech bikes: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Qatar Shahzad 3 life in the Paralympic fast lane Ahmad and Col Abdullah Khalifa Al Muftah, Director, Public Relations at the ministry, were present, along with a large number of commu- nity members. TWEET OF THE DAY Artistes from Pakistan with their marvellous performance enthralled the fans who celebrated the festival away from their kith and kin. More than 3,000 people attended the event and hundreds were waiting outside the auditorium. All participants celebrating Eid were appar- ently immersed in happiness and joy but in the back of their minds rested homesickness. “Definitely nothing can beat the Eid one spends with his family and kids… but this event has somewhat made us forget our pain and home- sickness,” said Zamurd Khan from Peshawar who Pakistan’s Ambassador to is a cab driver in Qatar. Qatar Shahzad Ahmad (left) Singer Maria was visiting Qatar for the first with other officials at the time. “I have performed in Bahrain but it is my event. (RIGHT) Artistes from first live concert in Qatar,” she told The Peninsula. Pakistan performing at the With a six-year singing background, Maria concert at Al Wakrah Stadium performs in Urdu and Pashto. In the past, she also yesterday. tested her mettle in acting. “I started my showbiz Pics: Abdul Basit / The career with Pakistan Television as an actress and Peninsula INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY then switched to singing,” she said. The concert was an open feast for all and present were nationals from other Asian countries. Haseebur Rehman from Bangladesh was at thrilled the audience, prompt- the event with a friend from Pakistan. “I cannot ing them to dance in traditional The Alaadin understand Pashto, but I am enjoying the con- Pashto style. “I have composed show as part cert,” he said. Another singer Rizwana Khan was some new songs for this event. of the Eid Al from Islamabad. With a masters’ degree in politi- I am performing for the second Adha cele- cal science, she selected the career of singing and time in Qatar… the love I get from bration at the sings very well and that too in languages, includ- this crowd is matchless,” he said. Pearl-Qatar. ing Pasthto, Urdu, Seraiki, Punjabi and Potohari, Janan Bngash, leader of Paki- Photo: Kam- among others. Rizwana trained under Ustab Fateh stani community and the man mutty VP Ali Khan. behind the show, said he was happy with organ- permission and allocating space,” he said, add- Waheed Achakzai, a prominent Pashto singer ising such a splendid concert. ing he would continue organising such functions from Pakistan also performed. His performance “We are thankful to the ministry for granting in future.

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Mideast oil supply to increase this year: Opec

storage tanks around the world. The partial re-start of In Saudi Arabia, despite increas- ing transportation fuel requirements, Opec points to larger 2017 oil production in Yemen total product consumption declined is the main factor in July for the fourth consecutive month. Oil demand contracted by surplus as rivals keep pumping behind the upward 87,000 b/d, with total product con- adjustment. sumption at 2.66 mb/d. Oil demand in Saudi Arabia follows a cer- Reuters of mid-2014, as a supply glut that tain pattern, which tends to push Opec hoped cheap oil would ban- oil demand higher in the summer ish sticks around. due to additional air conditioning Opec revised up its 2016 and By Satish Kanady usage, however, the substitution LONDON: Opec raised its forecast 2017 non-Opec supply forecasts, The Peninsula with natural gas, particularly after of oil supplies from non-member citing factors including the start demand balance and US dollar weak- tighten in H2, 16, amid an expected the commencement of the Wasit gas countries in 2017 as new fields up of Kazakhstan’s Kashagan oil- ness, although a surprise build in US healthy draw in global oil stocks and plant, caused direct crude for burn- come online and US shale drillers field and a lower-than-expected crude stocks, increasing supplies and a more balanced market in the next ing to drop sharply by more than 0.15 prove more resilient than expected decline in US shale output, and DOHA: Opec has revised the supply worries about Chinese demand pres- few months, thereby helping to ease mb/d, or about 17.8 percent, y-o-y, to cheap crude, pointing to a larger said the immediate outlook of non-Opec countries up 0.35 mil- sured prices at the end of the month. excess supply. pressuring the overall consumption surplus in the market next year. was for more production. “It is lion barrels per day (mb/d) to show Middle East oil supply is esti- The short-lived rally was further figures of the country. Total demand Demand for crude from the expected that there will be higher growth of 0.20 mb/d to average of mated to increase by 10,000 b/d in driven by short covering by specula- of direct crude for the purpose of Organization of the Petroleum non-Opec production in the sec- 56.52 mb/d in 2017. The projected 2016 over the previous year to aver- tors, including hedge funds and other burning was at 0.70 mb/d in July. Exporting Countries will aver- ond half of 2016 compared to the growth is mainly due to new pro- age 1.28 mb/d, revised up by 20,000 money managers, who had amassed In 2017, oil demand growth is age 32.48 million barrels per first half,” Opec said in the report. duction from Kashagan field in b/d from Opec’s August report. The record short positions. In addition, a foreseen to rise over the levels see day (bpd) in 2017, Opec said in a Opec expects non-Opec sup- Kazakhstan — and a lower-than- partial re-start of production in weak dollar provided support to oil. this year as economic momentum monthly report yesterday. That ply to rise by 200,000 bpd in expected decline in US shale output. Yemen is the main factor behind the Nevertheless, the ORB value is still gains pace. Saudi Arabia is expected is down 530,000 bpd from the 2017, versus a previously forecast According to Opec’s September upward adjustment. some 9 percent below its last peak in to be the oil demand growth driver in previous forecast. The prospect 150,000 bpd decline. The revision report released yesterday, the Opec The ORB recovery in August as June, as full storage tanks and pro- the region with transportation fuels of a larger surplus than expected is mostly due to Kashagan, Opec Reference Basket or ORB rose 42 cent supported by a brief rebound in the duction that exceeds consumption and petrochemical feedstocks pro- adds to the challenge of Opec and said, as the long-delayed giant to $43.10/b in August. ICE Brent ended oil market, which was triggered by weigh on markets. Poor refining mar- jected to be contributing to product non-members such as Russia, who field finally starts up. up 62 cent at $47.16/b, while NYMEX speculation that oil producers might gins, despite relatively cheap crude growth. However, subsidy reductions, are making a renewed attempt On top of that, the forecast WTI was unchanged at $44.80/b. The agree to curb output at an upcom- feedstock prices, also pressured the substitution towards natural gas and to restrain supplies. Oil LCOc1 is for this year was revised up by Brent/WTI spread widened further to ing September meeting in Algeria. oil market as refiners continued to geopolitical concerns are expected trading at $47 a barrel, half its level 180,000 bpd. $2.36/b in August. Crude price rose Oil prices were also supported by pump more fuel than the market to weigh on product demand growth on signs of an improving supply/ forecasts that the oil market would could absorb, resulting in overflowing in 2017. QP may join ExxonMobil’s Son on board as Note 7 crisis deepens Mozambique plan Bloomberg

Reuters The sources cautioned no deci- sion had as yet been taken by the Qatari company. SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co nom- QP did not respond to requests inated Lee Jae-yong (pictured) to its LONDON/DOHA: Qatar Petroleum for comment and Exxon and Eni board in a move that allows the son is interested in the Mozambique gas declined to comment. of its ailing chairman to take a more business of Italian energy group Saad Al Kaabi, Qatar Petroleum active role just as Korea’s largest com- Eni and could opt to join ExxonMo- CEO, recently confirmed the group pany faces its deepest crisis in years. bil in buying a multibillion-dollar was looking at assets in Africa. Samsung has lost $22bn in market stake, sources familiar with the Located in Mozambique’s value over two days as the fallout wid- matter said. Rovuma Basin, Eni’s Area 4 is one ens over faulty batteries in its Note 7 State-controlled Eni is looking of the biggest discoveries of recent smartphone. Regulators, airlines remaining before Lee Jae-yong is to to reduce a 50 percent stake in its times, holding about 85 trillion and the company itself have warned be given the title of chairman.” giant Mozambique gas acreage as cubic feet of gas. customers to stop using the devices Samsung shares have plunged part of plans to sell €5bn of assets Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, who immediately, while Samsung races to 11 percent since Friday, the biggest over the next two years. has spoken of selling a stake of up to procure replacements. Lee, now co- two-day decline since 2008, after Last month sources said Exxon 25 percent, said earlier this month vice chairman, would be formally US regulators joined the company had reached a deal that could give a detailed agreement had been elevated to the nine-person board in cautioning users to power down it an operating stake in the onshore reached with a partner. after a shareholder vote in October. their Note 7s and refrain from charg- liquefied natural gas (LNG) export In 2013 Eni sold 20 percent of The stock drop suggests the dam- ing them. The company has said plant, while leaving Eni in control Area 4 to China’s CNPC for $4.2bn age to Samsung’s brand could go well about 2.5 million had been shipped of the Area 4 gas fields feeding it. but since then oil and gas prices beyond the early analyst estimates before the recall, including those in QP is in talks with Exxon and have dropped by more than half. of $1bn for a single product’s recall. the hands of consumers and carriers. Eni on some kind of involvement in A banker with knowledge of the The company has spent heavily on Note 7s with new batteries are due to Mozambique which could involve a matter said a 25 percent stake in the marketing its name in past years, become available on September 19. joint investment with the US major, field could be worth in the region and had hoped to get a head start on Before the problems with the one senior QP source said, adding of €2bn. Apple by unveiling the device weeks Note 7, Samsung had been expe- the deal was not a classic joint ven- Exxon and QP are already close before the new iPhone emerged. That riencing a recovery in sales and ture structure. business partners in Qatar. Both advantage has now disappeared. earnings that had driven its shares A second Doha-based source, companies have jointly moved to “This is a signal that Samsung to a record. The recall came just days who declined to be named as not exploit international LNG growth needs strong leadership in the midst A woman walks past billboards of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 at a mobile before new iPhones were unveiled authorised to speak publicly, said opportunities, including plans to of risk and uncertainty,” said Park Ju- phone shop in Seoul yesterday. and opens more of the field to Apple QP had been looking at Eni’s Area build the Golden Pass liquefac- gun, president of corporate watchdog in the market for high-end devices. 4 field as well as adjoining acreage tion plant in the United States and CEOSCORE in Seoul. “By show- in 2014 after a heart attack. While mergers and acquisitions, the Suwon, The Lee family controls the of Anadarko Petroleum Corp but bidding for exploration acreage in ing the markets that he’s assuming he has taken on more responsibil- South Korea-based company said in company and about 60 affiliates added the focus was on Eni. “The Cyprus. responsibility, Lee Jae-yong may be ities, South Korean cultural norms the statement yesterday. “This is a through a raft of cross-sharehold- expectation is that Qatar Petro- “The (Mozambique) gas will go seeking to take a step forward in the dictate that he doesn’t succeed his highlight of Samsung Group’s suc- ings. Samsung is the largest of the leum and Exxon will go in on this east and so having Qatar on board succession.” father while the 74-year-old is alive. cession process,” said Chung Sun family-controlled conglomerates, together,” the source said, adding with all its experience makes a lot The 48-year-old known as Jay Y With the board nomination, he Sup, CEO of Chaebul.com, which commonly known as chaebols, that a QP delegation planned to visit of sense,” a banker with knowledge has been taking a larger role since his will become more involved in stra- researches Korea’s family-run dominate South Korea’s business Mozambique before the year end. of the matter said. father Lee Kun-hee was hospitalised tegic decision making, including conglomerates. “And one last step landscape. 18 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 BUSINESS

IMF weighs Creditors back lifting funding freeze on in Greece as Guinea-Bissau reforms delayed Reuters

ABIDJAN: The International Mon- etary Fund could lift a suspension on payments aimed at helping IMF and EU creditors Guinea-Bissau emerge from years resumes audit of the of political turmoil following an country’s finances. evaluation mission this week, the institution’s country representa- tive said yesterday. The IMF agreed a programme with Guinea-Bissau last year after AFP 2014 elections drew a line under Pedestrians walk past an electric quotation board displaying the Nikkei key index of the Tokyo Stock a coup two years earlier —one of Exchange yesterday. a succession that have spawned chronic instability and helped ATHENS: Greece’s creditors yester- make the West African country a day resumed an audit of the stricken haven for South American cocaine country’s finances, a day after Prime World stocks spooked by US traffickers. Minister Alexis Tsipras (pictured) Disbursements were sus- said an EU-IMF rift was delaying pended in June, however, after progress. the government took on 34bn CFA Greece’s finance ministry said interest rate hike prospects francs ($58.3m) in bad loans from the meetings, interrupted by the two private banks. Donors fol- summer break, would begin with “The IMF has set a deadline lowed suit and suspended budget talks on a revamped privatisation for the end of this year... A country AFP Reserve Bank of Boston President Dow Jones Industrial Average stood support for 2016 equal to around fund which will be outside Greek that has gone through such a harsh Eric Rosengren renewed speculation at 18,092.47, up less than 0.1 percent. 2.1 percent of GDP. state control. adjustment can’t wait any longer. of a hike when he said in a speech The broad-based S&P 500 rose IMF representative Oscar Leftist-led Greece must deliver Its people are entitled to a fair solu- that higher rates were needed to pre- 0.2 percent to 2,131.11, while the Melhado said that the Fund wel- fresh reforms to unlock $3bn in tion of the debt issue,” Tsipras said. LONDON: European stock markets vent the economy from overheating. tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index comed a government decision to pending bailout loans and, more The Greek premier added that slumped yesterday, spooked by the “While this doesn’t necessarily gained 0.3 percent to 5,140.85. cancel the bailouts, whose value crucially, launch negotiations on Greece should have already been prospect of a US interest rate hike as mean that rates will go up in Sep- In London, the banking sector amounted to around 5.5 percent of debt relief later in the year. included in the European Central early as this month, and mirroring tember it still causes uncertainty led the way down on the prospect GDP. “The only remaining obsta- Tsipras has made debt solution Bank’s quantitative easing pro- earlier falls in Asia. Speculation that which historically stocks rather dis- of higher rates, with Royal Bank cle is the refusal of the banks to a top priority, and on Sunday he gramme — a monetary policy used the Fed may tighten rates in Septem- like,” said Markus Huber, a trader for of Scotland losing 3.4 percent and accept the bad portfolio back into complained that European Union- by central banks to stimulate the ber also weighed on New York, but City of London Markets. Lloyd’s just under four percent. their books,” he said. International Monetary Fund economy when standard mone- bargain-hunting lifted Wall Street In addition to the comments Mining stocks also dropped as The IMF had argued the bail- disagreement over Greek fiscal tar- tary policy has become ineffective. into mildly positive territory after a by Rosengren, a usually dovish commodities prices fell, with BHP outs benefited the wealthiest gets was holding up the talks. Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijssel- weaker start. Fed Governor, Daniel Tarullo, also and Rio Tinto both shedding over citizens and foreign investors. “We are closer than ever before bloem warned Athens on Friday to This, in turn, helped European signalled his openness to a 2016 two percent. Authorities had said they were to a solution to this crisis. What is swiftly deliver as its programme markets also bounce off early lows. increase in a television interview. In Frankfurt, Linde shares fell needed to shield the private sector delaying the effort of regaining the shows signs of lagging behind again. Eurozone markets in particular “There is a consistent undertone seven percent after the German gas from bankruptcy. Yesterday was trust of the markets is the constant “The pressure is back on. were also worried by signs that the building among the Fed Board that giant and US peer Praxair ended a public holiday and the banks, disagreement between the Euro- We really need some progress. European Central Bank has become delaying rate hikes will hinder rather merger talks, leaving intact the Banco da Africa Ocidental and pean institutions and the IMF,” The summer is over, pack up the less aggressive in its support for the than assist the economic recovery,” number one spot in industrial gases Banco da União, were not avail- Tsipras told a news conference at camping gear, get back to work,” economy, including with its huge said Stephen Innes, senior trader at for France’s Air Liquide, which fell able for comment. the Thessaloniki international fair. Dijsselbloem told reporters. quantitative easing programme. OANDA. one percent in Paris. Melhado said the govern- The Washington-based IMF, a Athens has committed to “The market is continuing the Leading markets in Europe and FTSE 100 closed down 1.1 percent ment should also commit to key player in Greece’s three bail- deliver on the reforms by the end trend seen at the end of last week Asia fell more than one percent after at 6,700.90, while Frankfurt DAX 30 implementing prudent macroeco- outs, has said it won’t give a penny of the month. They include the long after the ECB met. It believes that two Fed officials on Friday suggested closed 1.3 percent down at 10,431.77 nomic policies and key structural to the latest one until it sees a con- delayed launch of the new privatisa- the bank does not want to go fur- the US central bank could lift rates and Paris CAC 40 lost 1.2 percent at reforms during the visit due to crete plan from the Europeans to tion fund and reforms in the highly ther with its accommodating policy,” as soon as this month. 4,439.80. begin today, which constitutes substantially cut Greece’s massive sensitive energy sector. IG France analyst Alexandre Bara- US stocks also opened lower, but In Asia, Tokyo Nikkei 225 idex the first and second reviews of debt burden. The EU’s Economic Affairs com- dez told AFP. soon went positive, suggesting some closed down 1.7 percent at 16,672.92 the IMF programme. The IMF and EU creditors dis- missioner Pierre Moscovici said A September rate rise in the US investors seized a buying opportu- and Shanghai Composite lost 1.9 Disbursements worth 4.1bn agree on how much Athens can Greece must deliver on 15 reforms, had appeared to be off the table fol- nity after Wall Street equities shed percent to close at 3,021.98The CFA could still be made this year improve its finances through ongo- with only two of those achieved lowing a string of weak data. more than two percent on Friday. Hang Seng index lost 3.4 percent at if the reviews are approved by the ing reforms. so far. But on Friday, US Federal About 35 minutes into trade, the 23,290.60. IMF’s board in December. Total donor contributions, including direct budget support and financing for targeted sectors and projects, typically make up Swiss bourse looks for alternative EU gateway after Brexit around 80 percent of Guinea-Bis- sau’s budget. After the IMF freeze, Finance Minister Henrique Horta described the economic situation, Reuters uses the British capital as a base for Britain’s exit from the EU, known including a budget deficit amount- business across the European Union, as Brexit, is forcing many finan- ing to about 3.5 percent of GDP, as given that Switzerland is not a mem- cial companies that use London as “catastrophic”. ber of the 28-nation bloc. a springboard to the EU market to The government of Guinea, ZURICH: Switzerland’s stock “We are in discussions with a rethink their business models. which is helping to mediate in exchange is in talks with financial number of regulators in order to help London-based Bats Europe, the its smaller Portuguese-speaking regulators in a number of European us to continue to access markets in biggest stock exchange in Europe, has neighbour, said earlier this month countries about opening a new gate- Europe and the UK,” a spokesman said it may open a base in Dublin to that Guinea-Bissau would not be way to the EU’s single market once for the Zurich-based bourse said have guaranteed access to the bloc’s able to pay the salaries of civil Britain leaves the bloc, it said yes- yesterday. single market. servants and the security forces terday. “Both markets are key for SIX To get access to another EU coun- from October. The talks highlight how the in both the trading and the clearing try, the Swiss exchange will have to “We hope that donors will City of London’s role as the region’s business. Over half of our members show a regulator within the bloc that resume support following the IMF. leading financial hub is likely to be come from outside of Switzerland,” Zurich’s share trading regulations are It would depend on each donor’s eroded to some extent as companies he said. similar, or “equivalent” to EU rules. policy,” Melhado said. seek alternative centres to guarantee The Financial Times reported The equivalency regime is an The IMF visit comes days after access to the European Union come earlier on Monday that the Swiss open-ended process financial firms an agreement to form a new gov- what may. A general view shows the Swiss stock exchange, operated by SIX exchange was in talks with Germa- in Britain can also try to exploit if ernment, ending a year-long Like many foreign financial firms Group in Zurich. ny’s BaFin markets watchdog about country’s membership of the single political crisis that has paralysed in London, the SIX Swiss Exchange access to the EU market. market ends following Brexit. state institutions. Tesla driverless car to use ‘Asset management’ is essential: Deutsche Bank CEO updated radar technology Bloomberg eliminating thousands of jobs as “The business environment is part of a plan unveiled last year. “It challenging, with persistent low AFP system — took place after Autopi- would be a clear sign of weakness interest rates and ever increasing lot failed to detect the truck due to if they’d sold asset management,” regulatory requirements,” Cryan poor weather and low luminosity. LONDON: Deutsche Bank AG Chief said Andreas Plaesier, an analyst at wrote. “Within the bank, we are not The radar technology — which Executive Officer John Cryan (pic- Warburg Research with a hold rec- yet where we want to be. We there- WASHINGTON: Electric carmaker will now be used as a primary con- tured) said the asset-management ommendation on the shares. “It has fore have no time to waste.” Tesla announced it was upgrading trol sensor, rather than relying on business will remain an “essential a relatively good reputation and this Cryan has already said that 2016 its Autopilot software to use more the standard camera system —easily part” of the company, responding could prove to be a good asset in a will be the peak restructuring year advanced radar technology. In a tel- sees through fog, dust rain or snow. to media reports that the German world with growing wealth.” and that he aims to settle major econference, Tesla founder and CEO “It should work for something like lender is considering selling the divi- The shares fell about 4 percent to outstanding legal issues. Deutsche Elon Musk said the update, which a moose, because a moose is quite sion to shore up its capital. €13.11 at 11:01 am in Frankfurt. They Bank had €5.5bn set aside for set- should be downloadable in two a big mass, but it may not work for “Do not allow yourself to become have dropped about 41 percent this tlements and fines at the end of June, weeks for models delivered after something like a small deer,” Musk distracted by speculation about year, making the lender the fourth- with Chief Financial Officer Marcus October 2014, “very likely” would said. alleged mergers or sales plans,” worst performer on the Bloomberg Schenck saying that the lender will have saved the life of a Florida Tesla explained that “the net Cryan said in a letter to employees Europe Banks and Financial Serv- probably face “material” litigation driver who died in May after col- effect of this, combined with the on Monday. “There is one rumour in investor confidence as mounting ices Index, which slipped 22 percent. charges in the second half. liding with a truck. fact that radar sees through most particular that I would like to dispel legal costs and restructuring charges The asset-management divi- Germany’s biggest bank is near- With the latest update, the sys- visual obscuration, is that the car by making it unambiguously clear undermine earnings and capital. sion reported a 35 percent drop in ing a settlement with US authorities tem would have identified a “large should almost always hit the brakes that Deutsche Asset Management is, The CEO said last month that he’s pretax profit to €171m in the second on an investigation into the sale of metal object across the road,” Musk correctly even if a UFO were to land and will remain, an essential part of not looking for a tie-up with Ger- quarter from a year earlier. The com- residential mortgage-backed secu- said. The Florida tragedy — the on the freeway in zero visibility our business model.” man rival Commerzbank AG and pany’s profit was almost wiped out rities, Manager Magazin reported on first deadly crash with a driverless conditions.” Cryan, 55, is seeking to restore is instead shrinking the company, by a slump in trading in the period. Friday. BUSINESS TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 19 Potash Corp & Agrium to merge to create $36bn firm

Potash Corp, the world’s biggest AG, and ChemChina and Syngenta. US-listed shares, which closed at Magro will lead the combined com- transaction, the new company will crop nutrient company by capacity Fertiliser companies have suf- $95.21 on Friday, were untraded pany. Potash Corp CEO Jochen Tilk be headquartered in Saskatoon, with The combined entity and Agrium, North America’s larg- fered lower profits as crop nutrient Potash Corp shareholders will own will be its executive chairman. Canadian corporate offices in both would be largest crop est farm retailer, said the combined prices have tumbled due to excessive about 52 percent of the new company, “Other than the trotting out the usual Calgary and Saskatoon. nutrient company in entity would be largest crop nutrient supply and weak demand. with Agrium shareholders owning banalities of ‘pre-eminent low-cost Barclays Capital Inc and CIBC company in the world. Crop prices have also been hurt, the rest after the deal closes, which producer,’ there is little to substanti- Capital Markets are Agrium’s finan- the world. Potash and Agrium said last with corn and wheat at seven-year is in mid-2017. ate how $500m in synergies will be cial advisers, while BofA Merrill month they were in talks to merge. and 10-year lows respectively, giving The combined company would achieved,” said independent analyst Lynch and RBC Capital Markets are The merger will create a company farmers less incentive to maximise have had 2015 net revenue of about and investor Chris Damas, noting that Potash Corp’s financial advisers. dominant in North America, con- production with fertiliser. $20.6bn and earnings before interest, Russian rival Uralkali has a lower Morgan Stanley & Co LLC is Reuters trolling nearly two-thirds of potash Potash Corp shareholders will get taxes, depreciation and amortisation cost of potash production than even serving as joint financial adviser to capacity, 30 percent of phosphate 0.400 common shares of the com- (EBITDA) of $4.7bn before synergies, that of Potash Corp’s largest mine. Agrium and Potash Corp. production capability and 29 per- bined company for each share they on a proforma basis, the companies “This is more Agrium buying Pot- Stikeman Elliott LLP and Jones cent of nitrogen capacity, National hold and Agrium shareholders will said. The companies expect annual ash Corp than vice versa,” he added Day are serving as legal advisers to NEW YORK: Canada’s Agrium Inc Bank analyst Greg Colman had said get 2.230 common shares for each operating synergies of up to $500m in a note, pointing out that Magro —a Potash Corp. Agrium’s legal advis- and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan at the time. share they own, the companies said from the merger, primarily from protégé of the Agrium’s long-time ers are Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Inc agreed to combine in a deal that The deal would be the latest in a yesterday. distribution and retail integration, former CEO Mike Wilson — will be Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, would create a fertiliser giant with an string of agriculture merger attempts, Potash Corp’s US-listed shares production and SG&A optimisation, calling the shots at the combined and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton enterprise value of about $36bn but including potential combinations of were up 2.2 percent at $17.35 in and procurement. entity. & Garrison LLP, and Latham & Wat- also draw scrutiny from US regulators. seed giants Monsanto Co and Bayer light premarket trading. Agrium’s Agrium Chief Executive Chuck Following the close of the kins LLP. ABN Amro announces up to 1,375 job cuts

AFP digital and clients demand greater speed in handling their financial affairs, he added. “We want less bureaucracy, less THE HAGUE: The Netherlands’ third doubling up of jobs, more digitali- largest bank ABN Amro yesterday it sation with investment in IT and a will slash up to 1,375 jobs over the number of growth initiatives in the next three years partly for cost- bank in energy, transport and com- cutting and to move more towards modities,” Van Maarschalkerweerd digitalisation of banking services. said. “In order to save costs some 650 Seven years after it was national- to 975 full-time jobs will be cut in ised in the wake of the 2008 banking 2017, running to between 975 to 1,375 crisis, ABN Amro made a record jobs by 2020,” ABN Amro said in return to the Amsterdam bourse in statement to employees, which was December in what has been regarded also released to the press. as one of the largest IPOs by a Euro- The Amsterdam-listed ABN Amro pean lender since the crisis. announced in August it wanted to With the IPO, the Dutch govern- shave some €200m annually off its ment, which bailed out the bank at The headquarters of EON in Essen, Germany. €800m budget set aside for non-core the time, is now hoping to recover The ABN Amro logo outside its office in London. support services, a spokesman said. some of the 22 billion euros spent Around a quarter will be slashed propping up the bank. from funds for so-called “out-of- This will come from the bank’s “It will now be up to the differ- The announcement was criti- pocket” services such as external own support service depart- ent departments to come up with cised by Dutch employers’ unions EON’s spin-off Uniper employees and hiring outside consul- ments such as risk, finance, human where exactly the cuts will be made,” who said although the cuts did not tancy and communications firms, the resources, legal and communica- he said. come as a surprise, clarity over bank added. “The rest will come from tions, ABN Amro spokesman Jeroen ABN Amro is also simplifying its exactly where they will fall showed downsizing regular jobs,” it said. van Maarschalkerweerd said. systems as banking becomes more “lack of vision” from management. makes market debut

AFP euro depreciation of EON’s remain- Tata Steel posts third straight ing 46.65-percent stake in Uniper,” DZ Bank said in a research note. EON created Uniper to take quarterly loss on UK unit FRANKFURT: German energy giant over its fossil fuel operations so it EON’s non-renewables spinoff Uni- could focus on renewable energy per made its debut on the Frankfurt and nuclear power as part of Ger- stock exchange yesterday, with trad- many’s transition to cleaner forms Bloomberg quarter slipped to Rs264.1bn, missing analysts’ ers putting its worth at around four of electricity generation. estimates. billion euros, far below the value The spin-off also comes at a China, maker of half the world’s steel, has estimated by the parent company. time when the gas and coal indus- flooded markets from Europe to India with cheaper Uniper began trading with an try is suffering heavily from low MUMBAI: Tata Steel Ltd posted a third straight supplies, forcing competitors to lower prices and opening price of 10.02 euros that wholesale electricity prices and quarterly loss on account of a global supply glut eroding their profits. While India’s government climbed to 10.58 by 1430 GMT, competition from government-sub- that pressured prices and discontinued operations has imposed import curbs, Steel Authority of India Koushik Chatterjee, Group Executive Director putting the company’s market value sidised renewables. at its long product business in the UK. Ltd., the nation’s biggest mill, still reported a fifth of Tata Steel, at a news conference in Mumbai at just under $4.4bn. The division’s First-half results published The Mumbai-based company’s net loss wid- consecutive quarterly loss last week, even as it yesterday. first day of trading was in line with by Uniper last month as if it had ened to Rs31.8bn ($475m) in the three months increases capacity to meet government infrastruc- analyst expectations, although EON already been operating as a sep- through June from a restated Rs3.17bn loss a year ture spending plans. decision to quit the European Union. It discontin- itself has valued Uniper’s assets at arate entity showed it would have ago. This includes net loss from discontinued oper- Tata Steel put the for-sale sign on its UK ued operations of its long product business in the around €12bn. “We are not foresee- booked a loss of €3.9bn, in part due ations of Rs33.6bn in the latest quarter, according business in March, after years of losses, before UK and completed its sale to Greybull Capital on ing any huge jump in Uniper stock to big writedowns on the value of its to a company statement yesterday. Sales for the suspending the process in the wake of Britain’s May 31, it said in the statement. and therefore expect a multi-billion fossil-fuel plants. Samsung sells printing Linde and Praxair halt merger plans unit to HP for $1.05bn AFP

AFP units in recent years as Lee prepares to hand over the reins to his son and FRANKFURT: German industrial gas supplier company Vice-Chairman J Y Lee. Linde and US competitor Praxair said they had Recent health problems con- abandoned plans for a merger that would have SEOUL: Samsung Electronics will cerning the senior Lee, currently created the world’s biggest firm in the sector. sell its printer business to US com- bedridden after suffering a heart “Shareholder representatives in the supervi- puter maker HP, the companies said attack in 2014, have prompted the sory board of Linde AG recommend... to terminate yesterday, as the South Korean giant business to step up these efforts. the preliminary talks with Praxair, Inc about a accelerates restructuring efforts “More than two years after the potential merger,” the company said in a statement. amid a generational power trans- hospitalization of Chairman Lee... Chief executive Wolfgang Buechele and the rest fer in the founding Lee family. the board of Samsung... believes that of the supervisory board agreed with the decision, HP said it will buy the unit for the time is now right to nominate the statement said. “While the strategic rationale of $1.05bn and that the deal will boost Jay Y Lee as a member of the board a merger has been principally confirmed, discus- growth opportunities in the cop- to allow him to take a more active sions about details, specifically about governance ier segment, while Samsung made role in the Company’s strategic deci- aspects, did not result in a mutual understand- clear the transaction was “part of sion-making,” the statement said. ing,” it added. the company’s efforts to concentrate The sale of the printing busi- Praxair confirmed the halt to the talks in a on its core business areas”. ness and Lee’s nomination were one-line statement of its own. Logo of German industrial gas maker Linde in Munich, southern Germany. Samsung’s printing unit has approved by the board Monday Shares in Linde took a tumble as the Frankfurt 6,000 employees and posted total but remain subject to shareholder stock market opened on Monday, losing 7.8 per- revenue of 2 trillion won ($1.8bn) in approval in October. cent, while the DAX index of 30 leading companies decentralised structure and for the merged group Air Liquide inked a deal to take over US-based 2015, the company said in its state- Despite effectively controlling fell 2.0 percent by just after 1000 GMT. to have dual headquarters — including its tra- Airgas in May, boosting its revenues to more than ment yesterday. the Samsung Group in recent years, The statements by the two companies came ditional home in Munich — Praxair insisted on $22.4bn a year and overtaking Linde’s 18 billion Samsung Electronics — the the younger Lee has so far not taken just one month after they were forced to confirm central management and a US base, the person turnover. But a Linde-Praxair tie-up would also world’s largest smartphone maker any official board seat, maintain- they were in merger talks following leaks in the said. The end to the talks is likely final for the fore- have been subject to close regulatory scrutiny, as that also produces home appliances ing a relatively low profile. The press. Major stumbling blocks in the talks included seeable future, they added. the number of large players in the market would and memory chips — is a flagship group, comprised of dozens of units the questions of where the merged group should A merger between Linde and Praxair could have shrunk to three. unit of the Samsung Group. ranging from electronics to hotels, be based and how management should be struc- have allowed the German firm to overtake his- “There is no need for a merger at this scale in The group, currently chaired by posted total revenue of $287.8bn in tured, a person familiar with the discussions said toric French rival Air Liquide as the world’s biggest our view,” analyst Peter Spengler of DZ bank said. Lee Kun-Hee, has merged, broken 2014, making it South Korea’s larg- on condition of anonymity. industrial gas supplier, with estimated annual rev- “We were not convinced that the merger would out or newly listed some of its key est business group. Where Linde hoped to maintain its enues of more than $30bn. be beneficial for Linde shareholders.” BUSINESS VIEWS 20 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016

Myanmar bets on Global bonds and stocks hydropower in new energy plan lashed by policy rethink

By Shwe Yee Saw Myint prioritized. She (Suu Kyi) allowed and Antoni Slodkowski us to talk with potential inter- Reuters national lending facilities like the ADB,” a senior official at the department of hydropower implementation of the Ministry of lectricity-starved Electricity and Energy said, refer- Myanmar is looking to ring to the Japan and US-led Asia overhaul its long-term Development Bank. power strategy, aim- Several dams and power Eing to hike the planned share of plants in Myanmar have until hydropower in its energy mix 2011 been financed by China and, at the cost of polluting coal as it while the West has since shown tries to attract foreign investment. eagerness to provide financ- The new democratically- ing for electricity projects in elected government of Aung San the country in a bid to increase Suu Kyi has made job creation its influence there, experts say one of its top priorities in what shifting away from Beijing will is Asia’s sixth-poorest country. not be easy. However, with half of its people Of the projects under review, Various banknotes at a currency exchange counter. without access to electricity and some 31 include Chinese invest- major cities experiencing black- ment and involve 11 Chinese outs, finding investors is tough. companies. It lists names such Even tougher is getting them to as Beijing-based conglomerate Ayai Tomisawa, Saikat Chatterjee Mizuho strategist Pater Chatwell. with Hong Kong .HSI sliding 3.4 percent in back coal-fired plants given envi- Hanergy Holding Group Ltd and and Dhara Ranasinghe The idea of a policy turning point, fos- its biggest one-day drop in 7 months. “Today ronmental concerns. state-owned CPI Yunnan Inter- Reuters tered by signs of hesitation at European and has become a bit of a perfect storm for sell- Myanmar’s initial plan was national Power Investment Co Japanese central banks and warnings by the ing,” said Gavin Parry, Hong Kong-based to boost coal’s share to a third by that is behind the controver- US Federal Reserve of the need to nudge managing director at brokerage Parry the end of the next decade from sial $3.6bn Myitsone megadam interest rates higher for the second time International Trading Ltd. just 3 percent now and to slash project. sudden surge in government in 12 months, has unnerved financial mar- One trigger for last week’s selloff is hard the contribution of hydro to 38 The 2011 cancellation of the borrowing rates across the kets that have long been priced for many to pinpoint. percent from 63 percent, accord- Myitsone remains a sore point world has jarred global markets, more years of paltry growth and inflation The European Central Bank’s policy ing to the plan shown to Reuters between the two countries. reflecting mounting investor but relentless central bank support. review last Thursday failed to hold out any by officials at the Ministry of Myanmar suspended the project anxiety that central banks have Deutsche Bank’s annual report on extension of its bond buying program after Electricity and Energy. citing environmental worries, but Arun out of both tools and ideas to stimulate world asset returns last week said the cur- next March. Hawkish comments from Fed But most people are “reluc- the decision was also seen as an economies on their own. rent constellation of economics, policy and officials kept the outside chance of a rate tant to implement coal-fired attempt to distance itself from Eight years after the credit bust and markets marked an inflection point. “We’re hike next week on the table when many power plants, that’s why we won’t Beijing, an uncertainty that has banking crash forced them to flood the about to see a reshaping of the world order had assumed it was on hold until after be able to implement the planned stymied subsequent investment world with cheap cash to refloat the global that has dictated economics, politics, policy the US election. And reports the Bank of coal power plant projects,” said decisions. economy, central bank success in prevent- and asset prices from around 1980 to the Japan was about to take action to steepen Aung Ko Ko, director of hydro China has been asking to ing a protracted recession has been soured present day,” said the report. “Extrapola- its yield curve fueled a rethink of Tokyo’s and renewable energy planning restart Myitsone, and finding a by a failure to get growth and inflation back tion of the last 35 years could be the most policy direction. branch at the ministry. solution is crucial for Suu Kyi as to pre-crisis levels. dangerous mistake made by investors, pol- All played into the idea that the days of “Hopefully hydropower will she needs China’s help in talks A slow-growth world of flat wages, iticians and central bankers.” ever-easier monetary policy may be over be the majority in the new plan,” with ethnic minority armed over-inflated asset prices and falling pro- According to Deutsche, the common shortly after last week’s G20 summit spoke he said, estimating its share groups, many of whom operate jected returns has since become entrenched, themes over the next 35 years will include: of better use of government fiscal policies at 50-55 percent by 2030-31. on the border between the two and electoral protests from angry citizens lower real growth, higher inflation, less where possible. Euro group finance min- Imports of LNG could make up countries. A resolution could also quizzing the benefits international trade, more controlled migra- isters also discussed various aspects of for some of the drop in coal use, help unlock more Chinese funds. of globalisation and tion, lower corporate profits as a share of collective and national spending on infra- Aung Ko Ko added. “In my opinion, the developers capitalism are rife. gross domestic product and negative real structure and other projects, while even Nine key ministries, includ- of these projects (on the list) can- Britain’s June vote to returns in bonds. Germany flagged tax cuts next year. ing energy, industry and mining, not get loans from Chinese banks leave the European In just three days of trading, near Some investors see the thinking at the have met in the capital of Naypy- because of the problems with Union is a prime exam- record-low, or in some cases negative, long- Bank of Japan, one of the earliest adop- itaw to coordinate their energy Myitsone,” said the energy min- ple, but so is support term interest rates in Europe, Japan and the ters of unorthodox monetary policy, as a strategy with the aim to have a istry official at the department for populist policies United States rose between a quarter and a bellwether for other central banks. The draft master plan ready by the of hydropower implementation. and parties across third of a percentage point. practical limits Tokyo faces in buying end of the month, and under Five projects on the list that Eight years after Europe and in the Long-term Japanese bond yields hit government bonds and stocks and driv- scrutiny are 49 hydropower are sponsored from Myanmar’s the credit bust and US presidential elec- their highest levels in six months on Mon- ing interest rates into negative territory are projects approved by the previ- budget have faced delays because banking crash forced tion. Investors sense a day, while equivalents in the United States, seen as a warning for policymakers and ous government. the country does not have enough rethink of macroeco- Britain, Germany, France and Italy spiked to investors alike. Myanmar is reviewing these money to finance them, the offi- them to flood the nomic policymaking some of their highest levels since the ‘Brexit’ “It’s a natural situation when we don’t to see how quickly - if at all -they cial said. Seven others are being world with cheap cash will result from the vote. With equities increasingly priced to know what central banks will do,” said the can be completed, how many built by local firms. The rest will political quakes, and reflect superior yields versus bonds and chief portfolio manager of a Tokyo-based more would be needed and how need to be financed by coopera- to refloat the global this may put hopes of drawing investment flows to keep them fixed-income fund. to secure funds, as it seeks to tion with foreign investors. economy, central bank ever-easier central near record highs, ructions in the bond BoJ sources have said the central bank boost its power capacity to make For some of the long-stalled bank credit policies market have a ripple effect. The world’s is thinking up ways to steepen the yield the most of an unprecedented hydropower projects, Myanmar success in preventing on hold while govern- most-watched stock volatility index .VIX, curve as a means to reduce short-term economic revival after 49 years may open fresh tenders and seek a protracted recession ments consider possible reflecting options taken out on Wall St’s costs for businesses while protecting Jap- of military rule that ended in loans from international lending solutions from adjust- S&P500 index of blue-chip stocks, topped anese banks. “We have been here before, 2011 and to sustain an economic facilities, the official said, add- has been soured by a ments to spending and 20 percent for the first time since late June. though markets are increasingly looking growth rate of about 8 percent - ing that the World Bank and ADB, failure to get growth taxation. “There is an The S&P500 index .SPX lost 2.5 percent at the probability that central banks may one of the world’s fastest. among others, were interested in and inflation back to injection of uncertainty on Friday — its biggest fall in nearly three be running out of ammunition to help the “The new government real- supporting electricity and energy over whether mone- months. Europe’s STOXX 600 was down global economy,” said Nicholas Yeo, head ises these projects should be projects in the country. pre-crisis levels. tary policymakers are 1.8 percent in a broad-based selloff while of Chinese equities at Aberdeen Asset Man- at a turning point,” said Asia bourses fell more than 2 percent earlier, agement in Hong Kong. Google car project loses advantage as rivals gain

By Alistair Barr associate director of Strategy Analytics’ Glo- other connected devices. “How exactly would vehicles, Morgan Stanley analysts said in a Bloomberg bal Automotive Practice. they have shipped something by now?” recent research note. “Uber logs as many Google’s project started in 2009, long This is part of a broader challenge Google miles in 24 minutes as Google’s autono- before carmakers and most other compa- parent Alphabet Inc faces turning research mous cars have logged in their existence,” nies seriously considered the technology. But projects into profitable businesses. The com- they wrote. “While none of these miles are hris Urmson, the mild-mannered when Singapore unveiled the first autono- pany is more cautious about rolling out new fully autonomous today, we just point out the robotics expert who ran Google’s mous taxi service in August, Google wasn’t technology early, after its Glass internet-con- scale of experience that can accelerate the self-driving car project, used to say involved. Instead, a small startup called nected eye wear flopped, according to one development of the AI, mapping and learn- that when his son reached driving nuTonomy provided the technology. Uber of the people. There’s also a higher bar now ing for autonomous cars.” Cage in 2019 the technology would be avail- Technologies Inc, founded in 2009, will soon for projects as Chief Financial Officer Ruth Tesla, with thousands of internet-con- able so the teenager wouldn’t have to take let users of its popular ride-sharing app hail Porat has said she requires clearer paths to nected cars on the road, has a similar data a driving test. autonomous Volvo SUVs in Pittsburgh. profitability before approving more fund- advantage, one former member of the Google In August, less than a year after auto Google has driven more than 1.8 million ing or expansion. car project said. industry veteran John Krafcik took the miles in tests on public roads in a bid to per- Possibly the biggest drag on program is The two main ways for Google to com- helm of the project, Urmson left with much fect its software to handle difficult situations, the sheer scope of Google’s ambitions. Its aim mercialize the technology are by including work remaining: Google has yet to launch an such as driving in snow. Tesla Motors already is to revolutionise transportation through Chauffeur, the name for its self-driving Once considered a autonomous vehicle service for the public. offers partially autonomous features in more full autonomy. The software must be trained software, in cars made in high volume by leader in the field, Other top technologists have also than 70,000 of its electric cars, and Otto, thoroughly to handle all eventualities. Mean- existing auto manufacturers, or through departed and progress has been slow. Once a startup run by former Google car project while, there are already methods to make a popular ride-sharing service that could Google has lost its considered a leader in the field, Google members, is developing a self-driving system self-driving cars good, rather than perfect. slowly replace a human-driven fleet with first-mover advantage has lost its first-mover advantage to other for trucks on highways, an easier techno- That has helped companies including Uber, automated vehicles, industry experts said. companies pursuing more practical, less- logical challenge than the one Google faces. Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz, Tesla and Volvo Google has neither of these yet. It struck a to other companies ambitious self-driving car services, said Uber acquired Otto in July. Car Group catch up with Google, Juneja said. deal in May with Fiat Chrysler, but only to pursuing more practical, former members of the project and other “Google still has an imperfect system Uber’s service, which is tied to the smart- put its software in 100 minivans. Talks with people familiar with the situation. They and no clear path to go to market,” said Ajay phones of drivers and passengers, can other car companies, such as Ford, have yet less-ambitious self- asked not to be identified because details of Juneja, chief executive officer of Speak With generate a lot more driving data, an essential to produce high-volume deals. And many driving car services. the effort are private. “They need a partner, Me Inc, which offers voice recognition and ingredient to quickly train the artificial intel- car companies are pursuing their own self- a sales force, a strategy,” said Roger Lanctot, related technology for cars, watches and ligence software needed to guide self-driving driving strategies. TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 21 India retain Rohit and Dhawan for New Zealand Test series Eoin Morgan

KANPUR TO HOST FIRST Morgan and All-rounder Binny, TEST seamer Thakur Hales pull out dropped, series right-hander scored two hundreds begins in Kanpur on and a fifty in four innings against of Bangladesh September 22 West Indies in Tests and a Twenty20 international. tour Off-spinner Ravichandran Ash- win, who also scored two centuries against West Indies after being pro- Reuters Reuters moted in the batting order, will lead India’s slow-bowling attack, aided by leggie Amit Mishra and left-arm LONDON: England’s one-day spinner Ravindra Jadeja. international captain Eoin Morgan MUMBAI: India retained opener Mohammed Shami, Ishant and batsman Alex Hales will not Shikhar Dhawan and middle order Sharma and Umesh Yadav were the tour Bangladesh due to security batsman Rohit Sharma yesterday for three pacemen in India’s squad. concerns, the England and Wales their three-Test home series against “India had a good series in West Cricket board (ECB) announced New Zealand beginning in Kanpur Indies and it’s not that we have not yesterday. later this month. discussed the other names,” Patil A recent risk assessment by The selection committee reposed said. “But we have stuck to the com- ECB’s security delegation deemed faith in 15 of the 17 players picked bination which has done very well that the South Asian country was for the tour of West Indies with all- abroad. safe for the five-week tour to pro- rounder Stuart Binny and seamer “Not many times we see the ceed, after concerns were raised Shardul Thakur being the players to Indian team doing well when we following an attack by gunmen on miss out. tour... we were of the opinion that a cafe in Dhaka which killed 22 The 29-year-old Rohit is an auto- this is the best combination against people in July. matic choice in India’s limited-overs New Zealand.” England are due to arrive in sides but has failed to replicate that India’s Ravichandran Ashwin (centre) celebrates during day four of the Test match against West Indies at The series will mark the start of a Bangladesh on September 30 for form in the five-day format, aver- bumper home season for India dur- three-one day internationals and Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St John’s, Antigua, in this July 2016 file photo. Ashwin will lead India’s spin aging 32.62 with the bat in 18 Tests. ing which they will play a total of 13 two Tests. attack in New Zealand series. Test matches. “Whilst we understand and The second-ranked Test side in respect Eoin and Alex’s deci- SQUAD “Rohit is a fabulous player and has only Rohit, will be picked will be was also under scrutiny after he was the world will next host England for sion, we are disappointed that Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh got immense talent but he hasn’t got given a fair amount of chances here dropped for the fourth Test against five tests before Australia tour the they have made themselves una- Rahul, Virat Kohli (captain), Cheteshwar a longer run in test cricket,” chair- onwards.” Rohit scored nine and 41 West Indies following scores of 27, 26 country for four test matches. Bang- vailable for selection for the Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, man of selectors Sandeep Patil told in the third Test in West Indies at and one in his three previous innings ladesh will also play their maiden test Bangladesh tour,” director of Eng- Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Ravi- reporters. Gros Islet and did not get a chance in the Caribbean. The emergence of in India next year. land cricket Andrew Strauss said chandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra “He is picked for one test match to bat in the final match of the series Lokesh Rahul, who was named in Kanpur hosts the first match from in a statement. Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed then rested for say entire sea- at Port of Spain, which was washed the 15-member squad, as an opener September 22, followed by Tests in “We have had open and honest Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar son and then picked again. “So we out with the visitors winning 2-0. has put further pressure on Dha- Kolkata (from September 30) and conversations with all the players Kumar. feel that whoever, I am not saying Left-handed opener Dhawan’s place wan to perform after the 24-year-old Indore (from October 8). about the security arrangements in Bangladesh and at this stage we are not expecting any other indi- viduals to withdraw from the tour. “Final selection for the Bang- ladesh tour will now take place Amir relieved on clearing England tour on Friday.” Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler will lead the ODI side in Morgan’s absence, the statement added. AFP support of my team and fans,” Amir Pakistan won the only T20 also eased the pressure. “Most of After the Bangladesh series, said. game, while England were victo- the British fans were welcoming England travel to India in early The ban had derailed the fast- rious in the five-match ODI series, and whenever I had the chance of November for a five-test series. rising careers of all three players with a 4-1 win. going out they took pictures with Fast bowler Stuart Broad also KARACHI: Pakistan fast bowler who were jailed by a UK court in Amir said the crowd at the me. One father and son came to committed to touring Bangladesh. Mohammad Amir breathed a sigh 2011, though Amir’s guilty plea Lord’s -- the same place he bowled the team hotel in Leeds and when “It has been a really diffi- of relief yesterday after clearing a helped him gain public sympathy. deliberate no-balls in the 2010 Test they met me they described it as a cult decision about whether to “tough England cricket tour” with- He was allowed to feature in return for money -- were sup- ‘lifetime opportunity and best day tour Bangladesh but on balance out any major problems, saying fans in domestic matches six months portive of his return. of their lives’”. I believe it’s the right thing to do were welcoming and players were before his ban was lifted after the “I was ready for anything Despite the hype Amir’s per- and I have told the ECB that I am supportive. International Cricket Council (ICC) including rants but when I went formance was below expectations ready to go,” he said in his column It was a complete contrast from relaxed certain conditions of his ban out to bat at the Lord’s the crowd on the field, with him taking just 12 in the Daily Mail. his tour of England six years ago, through an amendment to its code clapped for me and it helped me wickets in the Test series. “It’s been on all of our minds which ended in a spot-fixing case of conduct. relax. He also had seven dropped since July when the attack hap- resulting in five-year bans on him Amir was also the only one “None of the England play- catches off his bowling. pened in Dhaka and none of us and fellow players Salman Butt and of the three players selected for ers said anything untoward and I “It could have been a different have taken our decisions lightly.” Mohammad Amir Mohammad Asif. Pakistan’s tour of New Zealand in thank them for that. Moeen Ali was scenario... but drop catches are part Last year, Australia pulled out “There was a huge media hype January this year. the best, he advised me to forget the and parcel of the game. My captain of their tour to Bangladesh over around me, fears in my mind and But the latest tour saw him play past and concentrate on the future.” and coach were both satisfied.” Tests in the United Arab Emirates start- security concerns and did not the pressure of doing well, but I his first Test match since the ban, Amir said good team manage- Amir said he will improve ing later this month. compete in the under-19 World am relieved on clearing one of the with the teams drawing the four- ment, as well as support from Test gradually, with a series of three “The best part was that I didn’t have Cup hosted in the South Asian toughest exams of my life with the match series 2-2. skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and fans Twenty20 and as many ODIs and any fitness issues,” he said. country for the same reasons. Quiet please, that’s Paralympic football going on!

AFP But front row spectators Wagner test for Katia Brum, 38. She watched debut at the Athens 2004 Games Goulart, 30, and Luciana Vargas, 34 Brazil’s star, Ricardinho, move from and Brazil has cleaned up on the gold -- decked out in full Brazil fandom the left corner to shoot and felt her- medals ever since. gear and armed with a trumpet and self tense up. She put her hand to her As on the regular football pitch, RIO DE JANEIRO: Bite your nails, a maraca -- promised to behave. mouth, desperately restraining the Brazil’s big rivals are Argentina, bury your face in your hands -- do “We only get going when the urge to yell and encourage and advise which lost to Brazil in 2004 and won anything but react as the excitement game stops or when there’s a goal, the player. bronze in 2008. This year they are heats up. of course,” Goulart said. “It’s too hard. It’s the first time favorites to reach the final for another Crowds at the Rio Paralympics And when the whistle blew, the we’ve come to see a game with the showdown. delight in making noise but when it only sound coming from the crowd blind and emotions run high. I could Argentina’s captain Silvio Velo, comes to blind five-a-side football, was a group “shhh.” never bring my dad -- he’d have a known as the Messi of 5-a-side, the whole point is to stay silent so that Paralympic 5-a-side is a version heart attack,” she said. “We’re used sympathizes with the crowd’s noise- players can track the ball by sound. of the world’s most popular sport for to helping, shouting, being that 12th control issue. That can be hard, especially the blind or visually impaired. man. I’m going to crack up.” “It’s wonderful to play with fans, when it’s Brazil playing on home soil To even things, all the players For the players, the struggle in although sometimes it can work and in front of crowds more used to wear eye shades so that none can see the stands has mixed blessings. They against us, because we know that the usual 11-a-side, able-bodied vari- anything. It’s the sound of the ball, require silence, but love the energy. football brings out a lot of emotion. ety of football -- and its screaming which contains bells, that they fol- “It’s very important. People get But how are you meant to control fans. low, as if seeing via their ears. motivated. It gives us extra gas. It may that?” he asked after another game “Brazil, Brazil!” they chanted For 50 minutes the battle rages, disturb us but we know it’s impor- Sunday. “When you’re in a game and around the packed arena just before a with only the two goalkeepers tant,” said striker Nonato. people start making noise, this could game started against Turkey on Sun- allowed to see and to act as a guide. “I hope it continues like that,” lose you the match. At the same time day. From the noise and the blaze Clearly any noise from the crowd Ricardinho said. “I hope it’s packed it could be your motivation,” he said. of yellow Brazilian team shirts, it could ruin a play or even the match. and that the fans can celebrate Expect some quiet -- and very Action from the 5-a-side Preliminaries Pool B match between China and seemed unlikely these fans would But Brazil’s 2-0 win, securing a another title with us.” nervous -- Brazilians if that final Mexico at 2016 Rio Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. be the quiet types. place in the semi-finals, was a tough Paralympic 5-a-side made its against Argentina takes place. 22 TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 SPORT In-form Johnson clinches BMW title

Reuters than that played really solid all Koepka and Swede Henrik Sten- WORLD RANKINGS week,” Johnson, 32, said in a son. Fowler, who finished 59th in 1. (1) Jason Day (Australia) 14.18 greenside interview. the 69-man field on Sunday, is 2. (2) Dustin Johnson (US) 11.87 “I got a lot of confidence in among those hoping to be named NEW YORK: Dustin Johnson 3. (3) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 10.32 every part of my game, espe- on Monday among US Ryder Cup joined elite company with his cially all the work I’ve put in on captain Davis Love’s three wild- 4. (4) Jordan Spieth (US) 10.00 three-stroke victory over Paul my wedges has really paid off this card picks for this month’s event Casey at the BMW Champion- 5. (5) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 9.03 year, and this week I (used a) new against Europe. ship in Indiana on Sunday. 6. (6) Adam Scott (Australia) 7.41 putter and it really worked.” Love will make his fourth Johnson collected his 12th 7. (7) Bubba Watson (US) 6.51 Englishman Casey also shot and final pick after the Tour PGA Tour title since joining the 8. (8) Patrick Reed (US) 6.29 67 for second place on 20 under, Championship. tour in 2008, a record bettered his second consecutive runner- Johnson said he was “frus- 9. (9) Rickie Fowler (US) 6.06 only by Tiger Woods. up finish, with American Roberto trated” by his poor start to the Woods has 18 victories in that 10. (10) Justin Rose (Britain) 5.74 Castro (67) another three shots final round -- bogeying the sec- period, while Rory McIlroy also 11. (11) Danny Willett (Britain) 5.60 back in third place. Johnson fin- ond and third holes -- but was has 12. 12. (12) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 5.36 ished 11 strokes clear of fourth confident he was playing well Not that Johnson was thinking 13. (13) Branden Grace (South Africa) place. enough to turn it around in his about his place among the elite 5.24 With his third win of the year, 200th start on tour. as he recovered from a faltering 14. (14) Phil Mickelson (US) 5.15 Johnson jumped to top spot on a “I hit a couple of squirrelly start in the final round at Crooked FedEx Cup points list as the top shots there,” he said. “It was nice Stick in Carmel. 15. (15) Jimmy Walker (US) 4.89 30 players advance to the sea- to make a birdie on four ... and It took him only three holes son finale Tour Championship then hit some really nice wedge to give up his three-shot lead in Atlanta in two weeks. shots after the first few holes.” to Casey but four birdies in the continued the best year of his Among notables to fall out- World number one Jason Day next five holes re-established career, carding 67 to finish at side the top 30 and miss out on a withdrew on the ninth hole with his advantage and he was never 23-under-par 265. chance at the $10m jackpot were what his agent described as “a Dustin Johnson poses with the Western Golf Association Trophy after winning the headed again. “I hit a lot of good shots, a American Rickie Fowler, Spaniard pinched joint in his lower back The U.S. Open champion couple of bad misses but other Sergio Garcia, American Brooks capsule with muscle spasm.” BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in Carmel on Sunday.

Man United earn more Man United than £500m in a year write off £6.7m Barcelona’s coach Schweinsteiger Luis Enrique attends a news AFP AFP saw Dutch manager Louis van Gaal conference sacked and replaced by former Real in Barcelona, Madrid and Chelsea boss Mourinho. yesterday. LONDON: Manchester United United’s revenue is forecast to have written off Bastian Sch- LONDON: Manchester United rise to between £530 to £540m at weinsteiger as an “exceptional” became the first British football the end of the next financial year multi-million item in their lat- club to earn more than half a bil- and executive vice-chairman Ed est published accounts, even lion pounds in a single year after Woodward said: “Our record fiscal though the Germany interna- announcing yesterday total revenue 2016 financial performance reflects tional has been sidelined by of £515.3m ($683.5m, 608.9m euros) the continued underlying strength manager Jose Mourinho. for the year ending June 30, 2016. of the business and the club is on The 32-year-old joined The Premier League giants also target to achieve record revenues United from Bayern Munich declared a record operating profit in 2017, even without a contribution before the start of last season of £68.9m. from the Champions League. when former manager Louis Their figures also saw United “This strong financial perform- van Gaal was still in charge at return to the black, following a net ance has enabled us to invest in our Old Trafford. annual loss of £900,000, with a net squad, team management and facil- Enrique plays down But he has fallen out of profit of £36.4m. ities to position us to challenge for, favour under new boss Mour- However, United’s annual reve- and win, trophies in the coming inho and his chances of making nue figure was still shy of the 679m years.” a comeback under the Portu- euros (£570m, $762m) declared by Retail, merchandising, apparel guese coach looked even less Barcelona in July. and Product licensing revenue was likely after the club published United’s continuing financial £97.3m, an increase of £65.7m, or talk of Barcelona rift its annual accounts on Monday. success, despite not winning the 207.9 percent, over the previous Under the “exceptional Premier League last season and fail- year, mainly as a result of the start items” section of the annual ing to qualify for Europe’s lucrative of a new kit agreement with Adidas report, it listed a sum of £6.7m Champions League, allowed new that guaranteed United more money “We have the shortest turn- ($8.9m, 7.9m euros) “related THE CATALANS MEET manager Jose Mourinho to splash than their previous deal with rival Coach hopeful his CELTIC TODAY around you can have between to a registrations’ impairment out a world record £89m on signing sportswear giants Nike. games. The players are ... desperate charge regarding a reduction in midfielder Paul Pogba from Ital- Broadcasting revenue, boosted team will bounce to compete and play again at the Nou the carrying value of a player ian side Juventus during the recent by a new Premier League deal, rose back from Alaves Camp.” no longer considered to be a transfer window. more than 30 percent to £140.4m, aspects but what happens in those Barca beat Celtic 3-1 in a pre- member of the first team play- Although United won the FA with matchday revenues at Old Traf- upset in Champions meetings is only important for the season friendly in July and are facing ing squad”. Cup, a fifth-place finish in the ford totalling £106.6m – an increase League opener players and staff,” he told a news them for the third time in four years. It is widely understood 2015/16 Premier League season of over 17 percent. conference yesterday. Brendan Rodgers has reinvigor- Schweinsteiger is that individ- “We always talk with the play- ated the Glasgow club since taking ual and could not be included ers to try and put them on the right over from Ronny Deila in the close as an asset as it may give an Reuters track to win the game but it is not an season, qualifying for the group unfair impression to investors. exact science.” stages after a two-year absence and The former Germany cap- The Catalans’ defeat was their overseeing a 5-1 thumping of fierce tain was omitted from United’s BARCELONA: Barcelona coach Luis first in 12 competitive matches and local rivals Rangers on Saturday. Europa League squad but Enrique has played down talk of a Luis Enrique said it was good for the “There were a lot easier teams included in the equivalent Pre- rift with his squad after their sur- players to be back in action so soon than Celtic but we welcome the chal- mier League group, although prise home defeat by Alaves and is after losing to La Liga newcomers lenge of playing against a historic that was compulsory under hoping to put things right in their Alaves. club,” said Luis Enrique as he spoke league guidelines. Champions League opener against “This team has a great recent of his admiration for former Liver- United’s figures also indi- Celtic today. history, two great years with us in pool coach Rodgers. cated that van Gaal and his Spanish sports website Diario Gol charge, and it appears we can’t fail “He loves good football, he likes coaching staff were paid £8.4m reported yesterday that some players but it happens,” he added in refer- to play on the front foot, take the in compensation after leaving responded to a telling off following ence to their treble success in his game to the opposition and you can the club in May. the 2-1 La Liga reverse on Saturday debut campaign and La Liga-King’s see that already in his short time at The Dutch manager’s time by questioning Luis Enrique’s deci- Cup double last season. Celtic. at Old Trafford ended with the sion to make eight changes to the “The team has reacted well. They “He has made good signings, club lifting the FA Cup, but he team. are annoyed obviously because they players that will cause us problems. was replaced by Mourinho just Manchester United become the first British football club to earn more “We talk after every game to cor- don’t like losing and are not used to I like Rodgers and his idea of how to days later. than half a billion pounds in a single year. rect things and to reinforce other losing at home. play football.” FIFA gives Platini green light to attend key UEFA meeting

AFP in a statement. “A request for Mr. Platini’s Platini was on the receiving end of a sus- attendance had been recently made by UEFA pect two-million-Swiss-franc ($2m, 1.8m and we welcome this decision.” euros) payment that Blatter authorised in The decision did not sit well with Rein- 2011. PARIS: World football’s governing body FIFA hard Grindel, president of the German FIFA has said the payment amounted to has given the green light for disgraced former football federation. an ethics violation and has suspended both UEFA President Michel Platini to address “The UEFA Congress should showcase men for six years. tomorrow’s UEFA Congress in Athens, trig- the programme of its new president and not Blatter and Platini insist it was a legit- gering anger in Germany. the mistakes of his predecessor,” Grindel told imate payment for an unpaid balance that A source close to Platini, currently serv- German news agency DPA. FIFA owed the then-UEFA boss for consult- ing a four-year ban, said last week he would “I would have preferred Michel Platini ing work done a decade earlier. attend the meeting of European football’s not to have put in an appearance. This Con- Platini lost his CAS appeal against his FIFA governing body, when the UEFA executive gress must focus on the future, not the past,” ban earlier this year, but the court cut his sus- committee will vote on his successor. he added. pension to four years. “The FIFA Ethics Committee has informed The former French international, a three- In Athens, the 55 UEFA member feder- Former UEFA President Michel Platini gets UEFA that Michel Platini will be allowed to time European footballer of the year, is a key ations will vote between two candidates to FIFA’s go ahead to address tomorrow’s UEFA address the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Con- figure in the scandal that brought down FIFA succeed Platini: Aleksander Ceferin of Slov- Congress in Athens. gress in Athens on 14 September,” UEFA said president Sepp Blatter. enia and Dutchman Michael van Praag. SPORT TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 23

There’s no ‘Big Brilliant Wawrinka stuns World Five’, says Wawrinka No.1 Djokovic to win US Open

AFP Third seeded Swiss star bags third Grand Slam title with a 6-7 NEW YORK: Stan Wawrinka has won as many Grand Slam (1/7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 titles as Andy Murray, but win in the final even after capturing the US Open the 31-year-old insists his record does not bear comparison with tennis’ ‘Big Four’. AFP That exclusive club of Novak Djokovic, Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have won 42 of the last NEW YORK: Stan Wawrinka 47 Grand Slams. became the oldest US Open men’s The only men to break champion in 46 years when he that stranglehold are Juan defeated world number one Novak Martin del Potro and Marin Djokovic to claim a third Grand Slam Cilic at the 2009 and 2014 US title on Sunday. Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland Open tournaments respec- The oldest winner of the men’s poses with the championship tively...and Wawrinka. tournament since 35-year-old Ken trophy after defeating Novak The unassuming Swiss Rosewall in 1970 said a taste for pain Djokovic of Serbia in their has won all three major finals helped him to victory and admitted 2016 US Open Men’s Singles in which he has appeared -- he was shaking and at one point final match at the USTA Billie the 2014 Australian Open, the burst into tears before the match. Jean King National Tennis 2015 French Open and now “You have to accept to suffer and Center in New York on Sunday. the 2016 US Open, secured you have almost to enjoy to suffer. with a four-set win over Because I think this Grand Slam Djokovic on Sunday. was the most painful, physically and final, saved two set points. Djokovic believes world mentally, that I ever played,” said the The Serb was made to pay for his number three Wawrinka 31-year-old from Switzerland. wastefulness as the Swiss suddenly My nerve failed me, says Djokovic should be treated as a genu- Wawrinka, seeded third, tri- found his range, breaking back in ine heavyweight of the men’s umphed 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 after the ninth game off a Djokovic dou- game. almost four hours of high intensity ble fault. “He deserves to be in the tennis. But Djokovic glided untroubled AFP mix, no doubt about it. Stan “I was feeling cramp coming in through the tie-break as Wawrin- has won three Grand Slams the third set. In the fourth set I had ka’s serve fell apart. now and three different some pain, but the most important Wawrinka is used to chasing ones; Olympic medal,” said thing was not to show anything.” lost causes against Djokovic, com- NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic admit- the Serb. “I’m not that young anymore,” ing back from losing the first set ted on Sunday that his nerve failed “Been around for so many he added. to win their 2014 Australian Open him as he slipped to a 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, years, and he plays best in It was Wawrinka’s first New York quarter-final and again at Roland 7-5, 6-3 defeat to Stan Wawrinka in the big matches. I mean, he title, following his breakthrough Garros last year. the US Open final. definitely deserves to be 2014 Australian Open triumph and Calling on that expertise, he The 29-year-old world number mentioned in the mix of top 2015 Roland Garros crown. broke for 3-1 in the second set, one, who was chasing a third New players.” On both those occasions, Djok- recovered from handing the advan- York title and 13th career major, suf- But Wawrinka says he’s ovic had been the fall-guy, losing in tage back in the seventh to level the fered his ninth loss in 21 Grand Slam happy with his status in the Melbourne in the quarter-finals and final when Djokovic unleashed a finals. sport and that talk of a ‘Big ending as runner-up in Paris. wild forehand on set point in the In a final which lasted almost Five’ does not stack up. “If you want to beat the No. 1 10th. four hours, Djokovic converted just “Novak is always so nice player in the world, you have to give Frustrated, Djokovic demolished three of 17 break points. with me. I love him. He’s a everything,” said Wawrinka who has his racquet, collecting a code viola- “I lost my nerve in the important good friend. He always say won his last 11 finals. tion from umpire Ali Nili. moments. He kept his cool,” said the a lot of nice thing about me,” “I was shaking in the locker Wawrinka saved three break 2011 and 2015 champion. said Wawrinka. room,” he said, adding that during his points in the opening game of the “I think that’s what decided the “The Big Four, I’m really last minute discussions with coach third set, which featured a 28-shot match. I guess sometimes it happens, far from them. Just look at the Magnus Norman, “I started to cry”. exchange, broke in the second and even though you have the experience tournaments they have won, Djokovic, the 2011 and 2015 saved another break point in the and know what to do. Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts against Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland how many years they’ve been champion, had been seeking a third next for a 3-0 lead. “Just the heat of the moment and during their Men’s Singles Final Match of the 2016 US Open at the USTA there. Slam of the year and 13th major of But at the sixth time of asking importance of the match, I guess, “If you look, yes, I have his career. in the set, Djokovic clawed his way you know, was too strong for me at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Sunday. three Grand Slams. How But the 29-year-old Serb fin- back with a break for 2-3. certain periods of the match. Just if many Masters 1000 has Mur- ished runner-up in New York for Wawrinka, however, kept up you lose your cool, the match can go ray? They have been there the fourth time after paying a heavy the attack and on set point in the away.” Australian Open and a maiden forcing Wawrinka to wait to serve at since ten years. price for converting just three of 17 12th game slotted a backhand deep The Serb star also admitted that Roland Garros. a crucial part of the final. “They have not only been break points. and into the corner which Djokovic he came close to skipping the tour- Djokovic caused controversy “Why would I be surprised if winning, but being in semi- Wawrinka, who had to save a could only push wide. nament as a serious wrist injury at 1-3 and 2-5 down in the fourth I was allowed?,” he snapped at a finals, final every time. That’s match point to beat unheralded The world number one looked threatened to compromise his set when he was allowed a medi- reporter, adding that it was medi- why I’m not there. I don’t Dan Evans in the third round, spent. He appeared to start cramping assault on a third major title of the cal timeout for treatment on his feet. cal necessity.” want to be there. For me, committed 51 unforced errors but in the fourth set as he quickly slipped year. Physical problems plagued the Wawrinka was angry that Djok- “I made a lot of double faults there is no question about crucially smashed 46 winners past 0-3 down. world number one throughout the ovic had been granted permission to throughout this tournament. I was that.” his opponent. Much to Wawrinka’s irritation, at two weeks, a right shoulder injury call the trainer and doctor while he struggling with the motion, with the Wawrinka may be right Djokovic, playing in his 21st 1-3 Djokovic called the trainer and giving way to problems with his was about to serve. movement and on the serve, with the to be reluctant to class him- Grand Slam final and seventh in New took a medical timeout for treatment toes as his hopes of a third US Open Djokovic apologised to his oppo- technique. self in the elite if the cold facts York, was quickest out of the blocks. for blisters. slipped away. nent as he sat courtside, claiming he “I was working a lot on it and and figures are any guide at He broke for 2-0 having won Djokovic apologised, claiming “Some other injury was very couldn’t stand as a consequence. trying to find that rhythm, but my all. the first point of the game with two he needed attention as he couldn’t serious at the time. I really didn’t “It was just the toenails were body has kind of compensated and He has three majors but extreme, against-the-odds retriev- stand. At 2-5, the trainer reappeared know whether or not I’m going off and bleeding. Yeah, it was quite made some different things to pro- only one Masters amongst his als. Trailing 2-5, Wawrinka, who but Wawrinka saw the job through to come, to be honest,” said the painful to move around,” he said tect the problem I had with the arm. 15 career tiles. had spent the best part of nine hours leaving Djokovic to finish a Slam 29-year-old Djokovic who ended later. But he insisted that he was “Unfortunately the serve wasn’t more than Djokovic getting to the runner-up for the ninth time. the Grand Slam season with a sixth not trying to gain an advantage by there when it was needed.” Vuelta winner Quintana targets Tour de France

AFP For now he has the satisfaction of Froome will be stronger come the childhood illness and at 15 he was in a finally getting one over on Froome and Tour next year, not least because he will coma for five days after being hit by a taxi the confidence that will bring for a fas- have a far better Sky team around him in a training incident. However, his father, cinating showdown between the two at than the one that accompanied him in Luis, spotted his potential at a young age, MADRID: After five Grand Tours and the Tour in 2017. Spain. stretching the family funds to buy a rac- much Tour de France heartache, Nairo “It signifies the growth of Nairo Quin- Quintana’s decisive early attack on ing bike for his young protege. Quintana finally looked down on Chris tana and the ability to compete with stage 15 left Froome isolated without a “I was in a coma in the hospital for Froome from the top of the podium in the best riders in the world,” added the single teammate for company for most five days. I was very lucky to survive,” Madrid on Sunday, having claimed his Colombian. of the day in which he lost 2min 37secs. he told Cycling Weekly in 2014. first Vuelta a Espana. Froome’s respect was also won as Yet, Quintana’s rising star, backed by “Thinking about the past helps me to Quintana’s win was his second Grand Quintana got the better of their personal one of the few teams that can compete realise how hard everybody worked in Tour title following the Giro d’Italia in duel in a gruelling three-week slog that with Sky when it comes to resources in my home so I can be where I am now.” 2014, but his ultimate dream of becoming included 10 summit finishes in searing Movistar, could be hard to stop. His Giro and Vuelta wins mean Quin- the first South American to win the Tour Spanish summer heat. Formed in the Colombian Andes, tana can become just the seventh rider in de France has been denied by Froome. The Brit sportingly applauded as Quintana’s penchant for the mountains history to win all three Grand Tours if he Three times Quintana has made the Quintana crossed the line on the penul- was developed by cycling 16 kilometres succeeds in his Tour de France dream. podium of La Grande Boucle, in the three timate stage two seconds ahead of him a day to and from school and to help sell “Nairo, despite his airs and graces and years when Froome has kept the yellow on Saturday to extend his overall advan- fruit and vegetables in local villages to apparent calm, is a unique predator,” said Winner of La Vuelta 2016, Movistar’s Colombian cyclist jersey to himself in 2013, 2015 and 2016. tage to 1min 23sec. keep his family afloat. Movistar team director Eusebio Unzue. Nairo Quintana raises is trophy as he celebrates on “It is a dream I have that continues in “He is the greatest rival there is at His determination has been hardened A victory passage down the Champs- the podium of the last stage of the 71st edition of “La my mind and I hope one day will come the moment,” continued Quintana. “He by that difficult upbringing and even near Elysees in July remains the goal for Vuelta” Tour of Spain on Sunday. true,” said Quintana of his Tour de France made me suffer at the Tour and here I disaster. Quintana to write his legend into cycling ambitions. have won.” Quintana suffered from a mysterious history. www.thepeninsulaqatar.comw PAGE | 21 PAGE | 22 Amir relieved on FIFA gives Platinini clearing green light to attendtend EnglandEn tour key UEFA meetingng

TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 11 DHUL HIJJA 1437 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar PSG, Arsenal eye elusive Champions League title

for its trip to Paris with striker Olivier The Qatari-owned club Giroud pushing for his first start of the season. face Arsenal while Benfica and Besiktas meet for the first time in European competition five-time winners El Jaish players in action during a practice session in this file photo. with the group looking wide open. Barcelona host Celtic Benfica lost to Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals last season and Besiktas is looking to make it to the knockout Al Nasr forfeit puts round for the first time. AP Hosting Napoli in the group’s other match, Dynamo Kiev has a poor record against Italian sides, having won just El Jaish in box seat twice in 20 matches with Italian PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain coach opposition. Unai Emery and Arsenal manager Barcelona and Manchester City, Agencies Arsene Wenger are on opposite tra- two of the top candidates for the ASIAN CHAMPIONS jectories when the Champions League European Cup, start their respective LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL resumes for their teams today at the campaigns against more accessible DOHA: A controversy related Parc des Princes. opponents before their highly antic- to United Arab Emirates’ Al FIXTURES It will be Emery’s first Champions ipated clash in the group stage. Nasr’s striker Wanderley’s QUARTER-FINALS - SECOND LEG MATCHES League game as the Qatari-owned Barcelona hosts Celtic, passport has put Qatar’s El (ALL TIMES IN GMT) club’s coach, while Wenger is starting a while City welcomes Borussia Jaish in the box seat in tomor- TODAY: 19th consecutive campaign in Europe’s Moenchengladbach. row’s return leg of the Asian most prestigious competition. The good news for Celtic is that, Football Confederation (AFC) Chonbuk (Korea) v Shanghai SIPG (China) On the Champions League opening despite its star power, Barcelona is Champions League Quarter- (1000) day, five-time winners Barcelona hosts beatable, as seen when recently pro- finals. Lokomotiv Tashkent (Uzbekistan) v Al Ain Paris Saint Germain’s players Serge Aurierand and Blaise Matuid in action Celtic — a team it inflicted six goals on moted Alaves pulled off a 2-1 shocker “The AFC disciplinary (United Arab Emirates) (1400) with team-mates during a practice session at the Ooredoo Training Centre the last time they played in the group at Camp Nou on Saturday. committee has ordered the QUARTER-FINALS, SECOND LEG MATCHES stage — and Bayern Munich takes on The bad news is that Barcelona was in Saint Germain-en-Laye, France yesterday. Champions League quarter- TOMORROW Russian newcomers Rostov. playing without Lionel Messi, Andres final first-leg match El Jaish Shandong Luneng (China) v FC Seoul Unlike his former great rival Alex Iniesta and Luis Suarez until the last vs Al Nasr forfeited,” an AFC (Korea) (1130) Ferguson, who turned Manchester half hour. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE FIXTURES statement said. Al Nasr (United Arab Emirates) v Al Jaish United into a European powerhouse, After a 5-1 win over fierce rival Deliberating the case , the (Qatar) (1645) Wenger has not tasted Champions Rangers on Saturday, Celtic can look MAIN TOURNAMENT - GROUP STAGE - (GMT) Group E Committee determined that Al League success since he was appointed back to its win over Barcelona in the Group A Tomorrow Nasr (UAE) violated Article 57.1 Arsenal’s manager 20 years ago. 2012 group stage. Today Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) v CSKA Moscow of the AFC Disciplinary Code by fielding an ineligible player, San- Despite qualifying for the lucra- Pep Guardiola goes into his first FC Basel (Switzerland) v Ludogorets (Bulgaria) (Russia) (1845) tos Monteiro Junior Wanderley, during the match, AFC reported. tive tournament for an English record Champions League campaign as City (1845) Tottenham Hotspur (England) v Monaco (France) Article 24.6.3 of the competition regulations provides that a 19 consecutive seasons, Arsenal has manager having won all six of his Paris St Germain (France) v Arsenal (England) (1845) player is deemed ineligible if the AFC determines that any docu- never won Europe’s biggest prize, los- games in charge. (1845) Group F ment submitted during registration is false. The Committee held, ing to Barcelona in the 2006 final. The Five-time champion Bayern Group B Tomorrow on the basis of information received from various state authori- Gunners, who have won their last seven Munich survived a scare on Friday to Today Legia Warsaw (Poland) v Borussia Dortmund ties and after analysing the case file, that the Indonesian passport Champions League games in France, maintain coach Carlo Ancelotti’s per- Benfica (Portugal) v Besiktas (Turkey) (1845) (Germany) (1845) submitted to register Wanderley was false. are looking to get beyond the last 16 fect start before turning attention to Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) v Napoli (Italy) (1845) Real Madrid (Spain) v Sporting (Portugal) (1845) Wanderley was provisionally suspended by the Chairman of for the first time since 2010. Champions League debutant Rostov. the AFC Disciplinary Committee on September 2, 2016, for a pur- Group C Group G Emery’s record in the Champions The Champions League is ported violation of Article 62 (forgery and falsification) of the AFC Today Tomorrow League is quite disappointing com- uncharted territory for Russian run- Disciplinary Code. Barcelona (Spain) v Celtic (Scotland) (1845) Club Bruges (Belgium) v Leicester City (England) pared to what he achieved with Sevilla ner-up Rostov, which has never before The investigation into the parties responsible for the forgery in the Europa League. Emery, who played in the group stage of a UEFA Manchester City (England) v Borussia (1845) or falsification of the passport is continuing. Further information replaced Laurent Blanc this summer, competition. Moenchengladbach (Germany) (1845) Porto (Portugal) v FC Copenhagen (Denmark) shall be provided in due course. Al Nasr were also ordered to pay guided Sevilla to a third consecutive In the group’s other game, 2015 Group D (1845) a fine of USD1,000. Europa League title last season but led runners-up Atletico Madrid and PSV Today Group H Wanderley scored Al Nasr’s opener in their 3-0 win over El his various teams to just eight Champi- Eindhoven are no strangers. Atletico Bayern Munich (Germany) v Rostov (Russia) Tomorrow Jaish, but the Asian Football Confederation named him as an ineli- ons League wins in 25 games. needed to a penalty shootout to elim- (1845) Juventus (Italy) v Sevilla (Spain) (1845) gible player and effectively reversed the result. The decision came Arsenal, a team that has long had inate PSV from the round of 16 last PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) v Atletico Madrid Olympique Lyon (France) v Dinamo Zagreb ahead of today’s encounter which will be played at the Al Mak- a heavy French influence, could be season after both legs ended in a 0-0 (Spain) (1845) (Croatia) (1845) toum Stadium in Dubai, UAE, with a semi-final awaiting against spearheaded by a France international stalemate. either UAE’s Al Ain or Uzbek side Lokomotiv. Al Shaqab Racing’s Al Mourtajez wins Qatar Cup in Chantilly

The Peninsula during the race. Last year, he was ill, and horse like him. He could run the Qatar two weeks after. If we see she needs more we have looked after him this year, so Prix Chaudenay or the Prix du Conseil de time to recover, we will have this option.” that we don’t make the same mistakes. Paris. He is not entered in the Arc. We will The haras de Saint Pair bred and He is fit and in form, and we just need see with his trainer and the team what owned colt, Vadamos, imposes himself DOHA/CHANTILLY: The Al Shaqab to keep him there. He has a green light.” we will do next.” with class in the Qatar Prix du Mou- Racing owned Al Mourtajez cruised to The two Umm Qarn owned horses The Qatar Prix Vermeille (Gr1) was lin de Longchamp (Gr1). After following victory in the Qatar Cup - Prix Dragon complete the podium, Majeed and TM won by the three year old Left Hand. Zarak who took the lead at first, Vadamos (Gr1 PA), at Chantilly, France on Sun- Thunder Struck, respectively finished After travelling in the middle of the lot, switched places with him in the middle day. Always in front, the Thomas Fourcy second and third. the Wertheimer and Frère owned filly of the race. In the final phase, he easily trained horse, ridden by jockey Julien The Arc Trials day at Chantilly was managed to come back up on the out- accelerated and was only pushed forward Augé, easily outplayed others to closs opened with the Qatar Prix du Petit Cou- side of the lot. by his rivals. the finish line first, creating a seven vert (Gr3), a race for sprinters in which the She fought with her two closest The Hspirit representative, Silver- length gap. Robert and Nina Bailey owned horse, Just rivals Endless Time and The Juliet Rose wave, imposed himself easily in the His trainer, Thomas Fourcy said: Glamorous imposed himself very easily to impose herself. Qatar Prix Foy (Gr2). The Aga Khan “I’m not sure he has three or four gears from pillar to post. Trainer Carlos Laffon-Parias, owned horse Vazirabad did not disap- more than the others but he is above the The first preparatory race to the explained about Left Hand’s perform- point in the Qatar Prix Gladiateur (Gr3). norm. I am not the right person to say Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe was the ance: “We weren’t worried about the Ridden by Christophe Soumillon, he trav- who could beat him in the Qatar Ara- Qatar Prix Niel (Gr2) and it was taken distance, I always knew she would be elled at the back of the field, hidden. The bian World Cup. But the way that he is home by the Japanese horse Makahiki. better over 2,400 metres. In the morning, race was animated by Nahual, who was running at the moment, I don’t see how Al Shaqab Racing’s Doha Dream fin- she has a hard time passing her leader! very courageous in the final phase, fight- he can be beaten, unless the race has no ished third, very close to the first ones. It is why we put sheep pieces and is bet- ing against the winner for victory. It is Jockey Julien Augé astride Al Shaqab Racing owned Al pace like last year. The horse is a lot more Rupert Pritchard-Gordon explained: ter coming up on her rivals. Sure enough, finally the Alain de Royer Dupré trained relaxed this year, as he had a tendency “Doha Dream runs very well. He is when you win like that, you want to go on Vazirabad who took the advantage at the Mourtajez, winning the Qatar Cup - Prix Dragon (Gr1 PA) at to be very keen and use up a lot of gas improving. It is nice to have a very regular the Arc! But she is also entered at Ascot, very end. Chantilly racecourse in Chantilly, France on Sunday.