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WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 • 10 RAMADAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6828 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar

Emir hosts Iftar banquet Obama slams Telecom sector Trump’s remarks against Muslims clocks steady AFP

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama assailed Donald growth in Qatar Trump and the Republican party for “loose talk” and anti-Muslim rhetoric yesterday, warning their populist campaign platform was CRA is developing a quality of dangerous and un-American. Five million fixed service (QoS) framework that will Tearing in to “politicians who make the performance obligations tweet and appear on cable news line and mobile of networks and service providers shows,” a visibly angry Obama subscriptions last clear. It is also focusing on regulation said that right-wing bombast had year: CRA report. in wholesale markets to decrease whipped up anger but done noth- retail regulation, which is expected ing to prevent terrorism. to benefit fixed lines in particular, The death of 49 people at a and to reproduce some of the steady club in Orlando attacked by a growth in mobile. self-described Islamic State sym- The Peninsula The intent is to gradually pathiser has poured kerosene on remove, where possible, intru- an already angry election-year sive regulation at the retail level debate over guns, counterterror- to encourage service providers to Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani hosted yesterday an Iftar banquet at Al Wajba Palace ism, and faith. Obama took specific DOHA: The telecommunications develop better services and inno- in honour of senior officers of the Armed Forces and Interior Ministry. The function was attended by aim at Trump’s controversial pro- market in Qatar is witnessing a vative products, said the report. H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Special Representative of the Emir, and a number of Their posal to ban all Muslims from steady growth with around 5 million “As the report outlines, the Excellencies sons of H H Father Emir. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin entering the United States on coun- fixed line and mobile subscriptions hallmarks of Qatar’s regulatory Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani was also present. → See also page 2 terterrorism grounds. (including broadband) and a mar- framework will remain predictabil- ket revenue of over QR10m last year, ity and clarity, ensuring that Qatar → See also page 17 says the first annual report of the continually enhances its rich land- Communications Regulatory Author- scape of services. We will continue ity (CRA) released yesterday. to analyse the state of competition in Fibre broadband connec- the telecommunications market and tion speeds in Qatar reach up to determine where further measures Govt panel to grade agencies hiring domestic helps 100Mbps. Qatar has one of the high- are needed to develop communi- est mobile SIM penetration rates cations services, including in the in the world, and competition has fixed market,” said Mohammed Ali The Peninsula recruitment process, reduce recruit- bin Mohammed Al Thani and Brigadier The move comes after concerns brought significant uptake in mobile Al Mannai, President of CRA, while ment charges and increase the Mohammed Ahmed Al Atiq, Assistant raised by citizens on social networking data services, says the report. releasing the report. The report probation period for domestic helps. Director General of the Department sites and local media about recruit- The report highlights the indicates that the telecom market DOHA: The government has decided The decision was taken at a meet- of Border, Passport and Expatriates ment delays and increasing fees. The progress CRA has made in promot- is healthy and growing, and invest- to set up a special committee to draft ing held at Qatar Chamber on Monday Affairs at the Ministry of Interior and committee will comprise represent- ing competition and safeguarding ment remains strong, with increased rules for grading manpower agencies attended by the Minister of Admin- operators of manpower agencies. atives from the Ministry of Interior, the interest of consumers, contrib- revenues, new products, and over- recruiting domestic workers, QNA istrative Development, Labour and After a discussion with repre- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of uting to Qatar’s transition to a smart, all net profits. reported yesterday. Social Affairs H E Dr Issa bin Saad sentatives of manpower agencies, the Administrative Development, Labour digitally connected nation with a The committee will also lay Jafali Al Nuaimi, Qatar Chamber meeting decided to set up the com- and Social Affairs, Qatar Chamber and growing, diversified economy. → Continued on page 5 down a mechanism to speed up the Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim mittee, QNA said. manpower agencies.

May goes down When law strikes! as Earth’s hottest Citizens need only on record: Nasa passport for e-gate

AFP The Peninsula services centres for those aged above 16 years. However, those under 18 WASHINGTON: May’s temper- years need approval from their atures broke global records yet DOHA: Qataris can now use their guardians. again, as the northern hemi- passports to avail of the e-gate The service would save the time sphere finishes its hottest spring service at the Hamad International of passengers as they would be able on record, statistics released yes- Airport, without the need to pass to avoid queues at passport counters, terday by Nasa showed. through immigration counters, Qatar said the official. The Arctic in particular expe- News Agency reported yesterday Passengers with access to the rienced abnormal heat, causing quoting a Ministry of Interior official. service don’t require their pass- Arctic sea ice and the Greenland The e-gate service is accessible ports to be stamped for immigration ice sheet to start melting unusu- to those who have subscribed to the clearance. ally early, said Nasa. Qatari smart ID card services. A fee has to be paid for sub- Alaska recorded its warmest Brig Abdullah Saad Al Buain- scription to e-gate service through spring on record by a wide margin, ain, Director of the Nationality and Metrash 2. A written application is and in Finland the average May Travel Document Department at the not required. The applicants only temperature was between three Ministry said that Qatari nationals need to show their smart IDs to the and five degrees warmer than who have access to e-gate services authorities who will register their usual in most regions, according through their smart IDs can also use data and add the services using to data from the Finnish Meteor- their passport to cross the e-gate at their ID or passport. The process ological Institute. The first four Police officers clash with a demonstrator near the Invalides during a protest against proposed labour HIA. The e-gate service can also be will take only one to two minutes, months of 2016 were the warm- reforms in Paris yesterday. Strikes closed the Eiffel Tower and disrupted transport in France as tens of activated at the Ministry of Interior said the official. est globally in 136 years. thousands prepared to march against labour reforms with the Euro 2016 football championship on. → See also page 16 RAMADAN TIMING

Today’s Iftar 6 : 28 pm Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 04 am Oil price rise pushes up Qatar shares TODAY’S Russia vs Slovakia 4pm GROUP Romania vs Switzerland 7pm By Sachin Kumar at multi-year lows. Global oversup- Shares of Qatar Fuel Company STAGE France vs Albania 10pm The Peninsula ply in oil had knocked down crude (woqod) have risen by around 27pc MATCHES prices, from mid-2014 highs of above since January. The company’s shares $100 a barrel, to 12-year lows earlier jumped from QR119.5 on January 20 DOHA: Sharp rebound in oil prices this year. Brent crude had plunged to QR152 on Monday. Similarly, shares has boosted the performance of to around $27 per barrel on Janu- of Nakilat have surged by 18 percent companies in Qatar’s stock mar- ary 20 this year. Now oil prices have in the same duration. The company’s ket. Shares of the companies in oil rebounded sharply by around 76 per- shares have risen from QR19.45 on >PAGE 19 and gas sector have surged by up cent, driven by multiple factors. Brent January 20 to QR22.91 on Monday. to 27 percent since January-end, crude was trading around $49.74 per when crude oil prices were trading barrel yesterday. → Continued on page 4 02 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 HOME

Emir hosts Iftar banquet QDB approves new Al Furjan Market projects

DOHA: Qatar Develop- ment Bank (QDB) has approved the setting up of Al Furjan Markets in Um Lakhba and Duhail, Central Municipal Council Member Hamad Khalid Al Kubaisi said. He also expected the Duhail South Park to open before this year-end after the Public Parks Depart- ment at the Ministry of Municipality and Envi- Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday hosted an Iftar banquet in honour of senior officers of the Armed Forces and Interior Ministry at Al Wajba Palace. ronment signed contract H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Special representative of the Emir, sons of H H the Father Emir, and Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin with a new contrac- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani were present. tor, Al Sharq reports. He said the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has also approved a project to provide lighting on the main Streets in Um HIA honours partners and stakeholders Lakhba and Duhail. 200 building main airports in the region and the Minister of Transport world, and a destination by itself. We permits issued extend special thanks to the Ministry of and Communications Transportation and Communications, DOHA: The Techni- presents certificates partners and stakeholders for present- cal Affairs Section at ing this good image of Qatar, and look Al Rayyan Municipality at appreciation forward to more achievements.” issued over 200 building dinner. Engineer Badr Mohammed Al permits in May. Meer, CEO, HIA, said: “It is our honour These included 70 to work alongside partners who have permits for private vil- made our growth and success possible. las, 16 for government The Peninsula “We would like to take this oppor- buildings, 21 for pub- tunity to thank our stakeholders for lic housing, four for their efforts and constant support. We mosques, and 10 for are proud and grateful for all that we industrial building in DOHA: Hamad International Airport have accomplished together; but this addition to 13 villas for (HIA) hosted an Airport Stakeholders is only the beginning. We will reach senior staff and others, Appreciation Dinner to commemorate greater heights together.” the Ministry of Municipal- its partners and stakeholders who have HIA’s official theme music ‘The ity and Environment said been part of Qatar’s award-winning Beginning’, was revealed to guests. It on its Facebook account airport, which completed two years of Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti with officials and guests at the event. has been composed by Dana Al Fardan, yesterday. The municipal- operations last month. Founder and CEO of DNA Records, an ity also issued more than Minister of Transport and Commu- Civil Aviation Authority, Qatar Tourism Al Sulaiti said: “HIA has achieved have played an integral role in the air- independent music label based in Doha 160 construction comple- nications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti Authority, Qatar Museums, Ministry of tremendous success since its open- port’s success.” and London. The piece was performed tion certificates, including presented stakeholders and partners Interior, Airport Immigration, Gen- ing and made the country proud as Akbar Al Baker, Chief Executive, by Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in 33 for private villas, four with appreciation certificates on behalf eral Authority of Customs, CID, Qatar the gateway to Qatar and the rest of Qatar Airways Group, said: “HIA is front of the iconic Lamp Bear and for mosques and 13 for of HIA. HIA staff and representatives Airways, Qatar Duty Free and Qatar the world. I am happy it has organised a major part of QA Group. In a short beside the runway and guests became villas for senior staff. of stakeholders, the Ministry, Qatar Airways Cargo were present. this event to recognise its partners who time, the QA’s hub became one of the the first to view the new video. HOME WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 03 Ministry names Islamweb.net tube short film competition winners

The Peninsula an Egyptian, for Al Amas Lanyaud the first and second editions of the (Yesterday never comes) contest reached over 600, said Jas- Another Yemeni, Niyazi Moha- sem Al Ali, Head of Islamweb. The mad Al Kashi, received the third prize money in the second edi- DOHA: The Islamweb.net tube of prize for the film Al Jawhar (The tion was raised to QR400,000 the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic essence); Haji Al Najar from Pales- — QR100,000 more compared to Affairs has announced the winners tinian ranked fourth for Fatabayanu the previous edition, he added. of the second edition of a short film (You should clarify). The participants were urged to contest for Islamweb tube. Qatari citizen Hamad Ali Al provide more Islamic contents on The total value of the awards is Hashimi got the fifth prize for social networking sites. more than QR400,000. Lakal Khiyar (You have the choice). The contest financed by the The contest was held under the The first, second and third win- Calls and Guidance Department at theme ‘Social networking sites and ners received $15,000, $13,000 and the Ministry aimed to encourage their impact on social life and spread $11,000, respectively; fourth to 10th people with talents to make video of negative phenomenon in real life’. winners $5,000 each; and 11th to footages, create awareness and Munir Sadiq Al Amiri, a Yemeni 20th winners $3,000 each. A total of spread knowledge and values in Teachers and students from the Swat Valley attending a training session. national got the first prize for his 176 short films were received for the Muslim communities, said Moham- film Hal Sanaltaqi (Will we meet), contest, Qatar News Agency reports. mad Hamad Al Kuwari, Head of the followed by Abdurrahaman Rajab, The number of participants to department. ROTA begins mobile learning QRCS fulfils wishes of 60 services project in Pakistan ailing kids The Peninsula learning intervention and obtain feed- back from students and teachers. Reach Out To Asia, Results showed a marked The Peninsula in collaboration with improvement in academic perform- DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), in ance. There has also been substantial collaboration with Commonwealth of Commonwealth improvement in teaching methodol- DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society Learning (COL), is supporting students of Learning, is ogy, with local teachers delivering (QRCS) yesterday held a ceremony to and teachers in the remote Swat region classroom lessons in a more engag- celebrate its ‘This Is My Wish’ pro- of Pakistan through a mobile learning supporting students ing and innovative way. gramme, which fulfils wishes of ill services project. and teachers in the Essa Al Mannai, Executive Direc- children being treated at hospitals. A Providing access to e-learning Swat region to access tor, ROTA, said: “It is remarkable to large number of families, QRCS part- materials, the Aptus system designed see the educational transformation ners and the media were present. A Qatar Red Crescent Society official presents gifts to children. by COL consists of a server that ena- educational resources of students and teachers who now This year’s celebration presented bles students and teachers to access on chargeable tablet have access to mobile learning aids. gifts to 60 children with various concern of the department, as an Patient Engagement, Hamad General educational resources on chargeable The Aptus system offers students the health problems, in cooperation effective way to help them recover Hospital, said: “We at HMC are open tablet devices, which can be used on devices. opportunity to learn in an innovative with Hamad Medical Corporation and withstand their health chal- to everyone, under our community a local server without having to con- way and improve their technology (HMC), Qatar Institute for Speech lenges,” said Fahad bin Mohammed partnership strategy. We are willing nect to the Internet. literacy by using digital learning and Hearing, and Tamakun Com- Al Naimi, Director-General, QRCS. to work with any partners for the best Since the start of the project, the platforms.” prehensive School, which selected The programme was launched in interest of society.” education initiative has been imple- learning opportunities. Professor Asha Kanwar, President the beneficiaries. 2007 as a psychological support ini- Several mothers were also hon- mented in grades 8, 9, and 10 in the Dr Mohamed Ally, Senior and CEO, COL, said, “The Aptus sys- “QRCS’s Social Development tiative for ill children is held during oured for standing by their ailing Swat region, providing students with a Researcher, Athabasca University in tem is a wonderful example of how Department is working to serve the Ramadan. children despite difficulties. The flexible learning system that includes Canada, and local researcher Raffat innovative ICT combined with strong Qatari society by helping the vulner- Maitha S Al Bouainain, Execu- event also featured fun games for drills and practice exercises, tutorials, Khaqan conducted a study to deter- educational materials can increase able. Supporting patients is a main tive Director, Community Affairs and children. projects and problem-solving based mine the effectiveness of the mobile more equitable access to learning.” 04 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 HOME

Qatar condemns Ministry stops most property Paris suburb attack registration services at its HQ QNA

DOHA: Qatar strongly condemned By Mohammed Osman of transactions had significantly the attack in a Paris suburb, caus- The Peninsula increased, said Salem Rashed Al Mer- ing the death of a police officer and aiki, Assistant Director, Real Estate his wife. Registration for External Centres. The Foreign Ministry said in To expand its services, the minis- a statement yesterday that such DOHA: The Ministry of Justice has try has opened up to date 14 branches these criminal acts contradict announced that it has stopped most and external offices in different parts all human values and principles of real estate registration services at of the country. The step has had a and aim to undermine peace and its headquarters since last Sunday positive impact on the quality of security, stressing the need for and transferred the services to its services and the reduction of crowd concerted international efforts to external branches at services centres. and processing time. face the phenomenon. The state- The Real State Registration People need to process their ment reiterated Qatar’s firm stance Department said some transac- transactions in the nearest centre, rejecting violence and terrorism in tions will be processed only at the in addition to the registration cen- all their manifestations and forms branches and not in the main offices tre opened recently at the services and whatever their source. as before and these services include centre at the Ministry of Municipality sale, gift, transfer of ownership, and Environment to make it easy for inheritance, substitution, ownership the public, Al Meraiki added. Shares gain as certificates (negative), correction of Meanwhile, the registration The Youth Company volunteers preparing Iftar boxes for distribution as part of ‘7asanat Olympics’ initiative. name, lifting of bans and restrictions department said the total value of oil supply drops on buildings. real estate sale contracts registered However, services like identical with it reached QR513.1m during June copy and ownership certificate (pos- 5 to 9. Continued from page 1 itive) and authentication services at According to the weekly bul- TYC begins Ramadan initiative the headquarters will be provided letin issued by the department, MPHC shares traded at QR15.67 on Monday and Wednesday during sales included empty plots, houses, on January 20 while the scrip regular working hours. flats, stores, a residential complex closed at QR18.15 on Monday, The Peninsula team up with Qatar Charity for the With over 250 youth volunteers The aim of this step is to make and a palace in Doha, Umm Salal, showing a rise of around 16 per- ‘#Yestahloon’ initiative to provide dedicating time to collecting and dis- the registration process easier and Al Khor, Al Dhakira, Al Rayyan, Al cent. Showing a similar uptrend, clothes to low-income workers, col- tributing essential items, TYC plans to save time and energy as latest sta- Dhaayen, Al Wakra, Al Shamal and shares of Industries Qatar have lect clothing and household items provide up to 500 volunteering hours tistics showed that the number Al Shahaniya. jumped by around 10 percent since DOHA: The Youth Company (TYC), donated by people. to them. Following collection and dis- the end of January. Shares were Qatar’s social youth enterprise, has The volunteers will also visit tribution of charity items, TYC will trading at QR88.6 on January 20 launched its annual Ramadan volun- children at Hamad Medical Corpo- launch Iftar street campaign, assem- and closed at QR96.8 on Monday. teer programme ‘7asanat Olympics’. ration facilities and the elderly in bling, packing and distributing more Shares of Woqod, Nakilat and The initiative serves as a platform their homes to entertain them and than 3,000 boxes at major intersec- RAF distributes 2,500 MPHC have outpaced QE Index for volunteering and engaging with join them for Iftar meals to be pro- tions in Doha. “We are committed in terms of performance. Shares the community. vided by sponsors. to supporting the community and of these companies have risen by Aya Abu Issa, CEO, TYC, said: Khalid Samir, Director of Oper- focusing on being a caring neighbour food baskets in Gaza 16-27 percent since January 20 “The programme continues to grow ations, Al Jaidah Motors & Trading, through our programme,” said Issa. while QE Index has gained around and add value to the community. It said: “We are delighted to be the title The programme is in third year, 12 percent in the same period. is a platform for youth to channel sponsor of the programme this year, and enjoys support sponsors, includ- The Peninsula basic items such as rice, sugar, flour, The index closed at 9704 points energy towards serving and giving a fantastic initiative led by youth to ing title sponsor Jaidah Automotive; beans, edible oil and lintels among on Monday and at 8689 points on back to the people. We are grate- give back to our communities. Efforts platinum sponsor Vodafone Falla others. The baskets were distributed January 20. ful for support of our sponsors and will go to highlight the spirit of the Club; logistics partner GWC Logis- in North Gaza, Gaza City, the Middle Market capitalisation has risen thankful to the volunteers for donat- Holy Month, providing support to tics; food partner Hilton Doha; water DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdul- Governorate, Khan Yunis and Rafa from QR462.7bn on January 20 to ing time and effort.” the needy. As we continue to grow partner Coca Cola Qatar; charity lah Foundation for Humanitarian because a large number of children QR252bn on Monday, showing a During Ramadan, over 250 vol- our business locally, it’s key for us to partner Qatar Charity; marketing Service (RAF) distributed 2,500 food are suffering due to malnutrition in gain of around 13 percent. unteers will distribute Iftar boxes at invest our time and resources to also partner Commverse; and event part- baskets to poor families in Gaza as these areas. Multiple factors are behind traffic lights before and after Iftar, positively impact our society.” ner 9Series Events. part of its Ramadan project abroad. The unemployment rate is the sharp recovery in the prices More than 18,000 people ben- also high and food items are very of crude oil and the major factor efitted. The food baskets included expensive. was reduction in oil supply that has eased the oil glut in the interna- tional market. Global output was Road mishap mortality rate drops by 22.2% affected by wildfire in Canada and supply disruption in Nigeria due to attack on key pipelines and facilities. The Peninsula percent between 2010 and 2015, and there has been a drop year after year. Production in the US is also the number of vehicles exceeded For example, the centre’s statistics influencing prices. Domestic crude one million, posing a big challenge showed that the rate of traffic accidents production fell by 250,000 bar- for the Traffic Department and con- in Ramadan 2014 had dropped by 42 rels a day in May, according to DOHA: A study by Qatar Transporta- cerned authorities, Al Sharq reports. percent and the accidents average for Energy Information Administra- tion and Traffic Safety Centre at Qatar Despite challenges, Qatar succeeded in the year fell by 7.3 percent compared tion, its biggest one-month decline University showed that the mortality reducing traffic accidents and related to 2013. The study also showed that the in years. Shares of other compa- rate in traffic accidents has dropped economic and social loses. rate of traffic accidents on Fridays in nies have also performed well in by 22.2 percent in the first quarter of Dr Al Khalifa said some motorists Ramadan is less than 40.2 percent the past months. Shares of Salam this year compared to the same period commit violations due to their behav- compared to other days, while it is 38.7 International have jumped by 15 last year. iours in Ramadan, which increase the percent in non-Ramadan days. percent, Qatar Islamic Bank by Dr. Khalifa Al Khalifa, Director possibility of traffic accidents. The centre urged motorists not to A volunteer from Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for 14 percent and Qatar Industrial of the centre, and Dean, College of He said there is no big difference use mobile phone and to give enough Manufacturing by 8 percent since Engineering, Qatar University, said in the rate of traffic accidents in Ram- safety space between them and other Humanitarian Services (RAF) distributing Iftar meals to motorists at January 20. the population increased by seven adan compared to other months, but vehicles. Ramada signal yesterday. Pic: Abdul B / The Peninsula Ramaco wins ISO and OHSAS certificates

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DOHA: After 15 years of operations in Qatar and two years of acquir- ing ISO 9001:2008 Certificate, Ramaco Trading & Contracting has announced that it has acquired ISO 14001:2004 Environment Manage- ment System (EMS) and OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS), after completing stages 1 2 audits for both standards by BSI (British Standards Institution). Ramaco is operating an Inte- grated Management System (IMS) based on the requirements of these three international standards. The announcement was made on Monday during a ceremony at Ramaco Chairman Fahad Al Jaidah and General Manager Ramzi Mazloum cutting a cake after they La Cigale Hotel. received ISO 14001:2004 EMS; and OHSAS 18001:2007 certificates from British Standards Institution Omar Rashid, General Man- (BSI) at a function at La Cigale Hotel in Doha on Monday. The certificates were presented by Omar ager, BSI Qatar, handed over the Rashid, BSI General Manager for Qatar. Pic: Salim M / The Peninsula two certificates to Fahd Al Jaidah, Chairman, Ramaco; and Engi- neer Ramzi S Mazloum, General delighted to be here to help mark the curtains and followed up Jaidah expressed gratitude Manager, Ramaco, in presence of the occasion. I applaud the com- the tiniest details to reach this to the Qatari leadership, espe- Ramaco’s senior staff, clients’ rep- pany for leading by example with achievement.” cially H H Emir Sheikh Tamim bin resentatives, consultants and other its commitment to achieve com- Mazloum underscored Ram- Hamad Al Thani and H H Father guests. pliance with these international aco’s achievements throughout 15 Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al In a speech, Rashid stressed standards. I would like to con- years in Qatar and said: “To have Thani for opening wide the coun- Ramaco’s commitment to imple- gratulate Fahad Al Jaidah, Ramzi future sustainability of business try for investment and prosperity mentation of the three standards Mazloum, the project team, senior and steady growth, Ramaco has in line with Qatar 2030 Vision. he has touched throughout the past management and all staff involved started a strategic plan to expand The chairman and the general years. in the project. to other countries in the region and manager received the certificates “I would like to congratulate “I would like to specially con- later world-wide. Ramaco will use from BSI general manager and cut Ramaco Trading & Contracting gratulate Ramaco’s Management its experience in the Qatari market a cake to mark the achievement. on achieving ISO 14001:2008 & Representative Engineer Joseph H and its human assets to implement All participants also attended OHSAS 18001 Certification. I am Zraibi, who worked hard behind the plan in the very near future.” Suhoor dinner. HOME / MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 05 Libya PM calls CRA provides wide-ranging consumer protection

→ Continued from page 1 the report. A robust regulatory and as key areas for improvement. From Equipment (RTTE), 1,839 frequency for unity behind legal framework that supports the February 2014 to December 2015, assignments, and 1,233 new Import Both Ooredoo and Vodafone development of the sector continues CRA resolved 99 percent complaints Authorization licenses for RTTE, inves- Qatar invested in their networks with to be put in place. and inquires (3,586) that consum- tigated 115 interference cases, and the launch of LTE/LTE+ networks in A recently developed competition ers couldn’t resolve with their service conducted 18 QoS investigations. anti-IS offensive 2014–15. policy framework is aimed at creat- providers. A total of 75,044 customs clearance Competition in mobile has devel- ing a certain and stable environment CRA issued 5,492 spectrum licenses, applications were also processed. The oped, although competition in fixed in which market participants under- 2,278 Type Approvals for Radio number of registered domains in Qatar his Government of National lines has yet to fully emerge, which will stand under what circumstances CRA and Telecommunications Terminal reached 21,113. Accord have been fighting impact the future growth of that sector. will undertake investigations into anti- Pro-government since mid-May to oust IS from Consumers are benefiting from competitive behavior—targeted at forces are fighting Sirte, 450 km east of the cap- wide-ranging consumer protection segments that pose challenges in the to oust the Islamic ital Tripoli. efforts, including a dispute resolution delivery of effective competition and State (IS) group “We bless the victories of mechanism, a new advertising code good outcomes for consumers. our sons on the front lines... in of conduct, the Consumer Protection Terms and conditions for access from Sirte, whose the fight to liberate Sirte and Policy (CPP), and a mobile app—Arsel— to and/or sharing of civil infrastruc- fall would be a cleanse it” of IS, he said in a that allows dissatisfied consumers to ture have been put in place. major setback for televised statement released on send instant comments and feedback A large-scale survey of consumers the extremists. the Facebook page of the GNA. to CRA directly. in 2014 found that while a majority Pro-government troops “While a great deal of work has of telecommunications users in the — a mix of militias and army been done in the area of consumer country are generally satisfied with units — have taken control of rights, CRA is continuing to strengthen the quality of service offered by their Sirte’s port and airport. the codes and frameworks that will service providers, pricing, rate plans, AFP But their advance slowed protect consumers in the future,” said and complaint resolution were cited at the end of last week as they reached central and north- ern parts of the city where IS TRIPOLI: The head of Libya’s fighters are holed up in resi- unity government yesterday dential areas. “This morning at urged Libyans to rally behind dawn our forces repelled a new the battle against militants in attack by Islamic State in which Sirte, as the UN approved an it attempted to capture the port,” operation to stop the flood of Reda Issa, a spokesman for the Job Opportunities in Media weapons into the country. unity government’s forces, said. Pro-government forces Later the GNA forces said A reputed media company in Qatar are fighting to oust the Islamic they lost two fighters and 14 State (IS) group from Sirte, wounded in clashes with IS in is looking to fill in the following vacancies whose fall would be a major Sirte, which they claimed to (Full/Part-Time) : setback for the extremists have advanced on. The fighting who have also lost territory in has left 140 pro-GNA fighters REPORTERS (LOCAL) JOB CODE- LRPT01 Syria and Iraq. The UN Secu- dead and 500 injured, accord- Should have at least 3 years experience. rity Council unanimously ing to medical officials. authorised a European Union Established in Tripoli more naval mission to enforce an than two months ago, Libya’s SUB-EDITORS JOB CODE- SE02 arms embargo on the country unity government has been œźP–²Î¥„ź–s׈źsÉź¥ˆsÃÉźòźÞˆs¿ÃźˆÝ¼ˆ¿˜ˆ¬ˆŜ and expand Operation Sophia struggling to unify violence- which has been combating ridden Libya and exert its œźP–²Î¥„ź–s׈ź£¬²Ø¥ˆ„’ˆź²‘ź¼s’ˆź¥sÞ²ÎÉ migrant-smuggling. control over the entire North s¬„ź&¬ˆÃ˜’¬Ŝ Diplomats hope the move African country. will shore up the UN-backed Its task is complicated Send your CVs to administration led by prime by the presence of a paral- [email protected] minister-designate Fayez Al lel government operating out Sarraj, who said advances by of eastern Libya, backed by within one week from this date of this publication pro-government fighters in local militias and units of the Sirte should be a model for “a national army loyal to a con- national initiative to fight ter- troversial general, Khalifa rorism”. Forces allied with Haftar. 06 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 MIDDLE EAST

Egyptian court Bahrain suspends acquits 52 over islands protests

CAIRO: An Egyptian court acquit- main Shia oppn ted yesterday 52 people who were standing trial for protesting against a government decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to party Al Wefaq Saudi Arabia, judicial sources said. More than 200 people ini- tially faced trial for taking part in several protests in April against Al Wefaq had damaged Bahrain’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s The court set an national security since its inception decision to hand over the islands in 2001 and also included allegations of Tiran and Sanafir. October 6 hearing about it causing unrest during the On April 15, thousands of peo- to decide whether 2011 protests. ple protesting over the islands “It was out of the blue,” Al Sham- called for “the fall of the regime”, to “liquidate” the lawi told The Associated Press. “They a slogan from the 2011 uprisings party — meaning say Al Wefaq is the sole danger to which ended the 30-year-rule of national security.” president Hosni Mubarak. Hun- the island’s biggest He said the court set an Octo- dreds of police were deployed in opposition group ber 6 hearing to decide whether to Cairo to quell further protests on “liquidate” the party — meaning the April 25. Authorities later freed could be entirely island’s biggest opposition group many of those detained without dismantled. could be entirely dismantled. charge, but sent others to trial. He said Al Wefaq “presumably” An Egyptian court sentenced Iraqis, who fled the ongoing fighting between government forces and Islamic State group in Fallujah area, would appeal the court’s ruling, 152 protesters in May to between gather around officials visiting a camp for displaced people in Amriyat Al Fallujah, yesterday. though the order suspending the two and five years in jail in con- AP party would stand unless an appeals nection with the protests. court acts to lift it. Forty-seven of those have By afternoon, police had sur- since had their five-year jail terms rounded Al Wefaq’s headquarters Iraqi forces retake Daesh-held dam cancelled by an appeals court. The DUBAI: Bahrain suspended the and took down its banners and court upheld fines of 100,000 country’s largest Shia opposition posters while carrying away mate- Egyptian pounds ($11,261.39) that group in a surprise court hearing rial inside, witnesses said. each detainee is required to pay. yesterday, intensifying its crack- In May, a Bahraini appeals Anatolia & AFP Iraq has suffered from a dev- group. “Ongoing and recent dis- Earlier this month, another down on dissent five years after court more than doubled a prison astating security vacuum since placement, especially from Fallujah, Egyptian court acquitted 33 of Arab Spring protests rocked the sentence for Al Wefaq’s secretary- mid-2014, when Daesh suddenly requires immediate attention,” IOM the protesters. island kingdom. general, Sheikh Ali Salman. Salman seized Mosul and overran large Iraq chief of mission Thomas Lothar The Al Wefaq opposition group now faces nine years behind bars, ANBAR, IRAQ: Iraqi forces yester- swathes of territory in the northern Weiss was quoted as saying in the has been suspended before amid up from an earlier four, following day captured the Fallujah dam, which and western parts of the country. statement. Preacher held over turmoil over the protests and lin- his conviction last year on charges was overrun by the Daesh terrorist Meanwhile, Iraq’s offensive to “IOM is responding but funds gering unrest. that included incitement and insult- group in early 2014, a high-ranking retake the IS bastion of Fallujah and supplies are insufficient to YouTube video A statement from the Justice and ing the Interior Ministry. Iraqi police official confirmed. has displaced 43,000 people in provide adequate assistance to the Islamic Affairs Ministry carried on Prosecutors meanwhile Federal Police Captain Raed just over three weeks, the Interna- huge numbers of displaced Iraqis,” AMMAN: A preacher who posted the state-run Bahrain News Agency announced yesterday that they’d Shakir Jawdat said that Iraqi army tional Organization for Migration he said. an online video criticising Jordan’s accused Al Wefaq of creating “a new launched investigations into three troops and volunteer fighters had said. Fallujah is one of IS’s most participation in the coalition bat- generation that carries the spirit of Shia organisations and seized their retaken the strategic water facil- The IOM “identified a total of emblematic bastions and lies just 50 tling the Islamic State (IS) group in hatred,” and of having links with assets on money-laundering alle- ity from Daesh militants following 43,470 internally displaced Iraqis kilometres (30 miles) west of Bagh- Iraq and Syria was arrested yes- “sectarian and extremist political gations. The sudden court case and bloody clashes. (7,245 families) from Fallujah dis- dad, in the province of Anbar. terday, a judicial source said. parties that adopt terrorism.” It said investigations came a day after Iraqi forces have also seized trict between 22 May and 13 June,” The latest wave of displacement The source, speaking on con- a court in Manama ordered the party authorities detained Nabeel Rajab, control of several villages on the out- it said in a statement. brings to 3.3 million the number of dition of anonymity, said the state suspended and its funds frozen. a prominent activist and the pres- skirts of Fallujah, the largest city in It said 10,000 people had fled Iraqis made homeless by conflict security court placed Amjad Qur- Abdulla Al Shamlawi, the lawyer ident of the Bahrain Center for Iraq’s western Anbar province, Jaw- between June 11 and 13 alone. across the country since the begin- sha in preventative detention for who represented Al Wefaq in court, Human Rights. dat added. The majority of the displaced ning of 2014. 15 days after the video was posted denied all the allegations. Rajab, whom King previously The Iraqi army operation to “lib- were not from the city itself but lived More than 40 percent of them on YouTube. He said he was served the pardoned over health concerns, erate” Fallujah first began on May 23. in outlying areas. are from Anbar, a vast Sunni prov- In it, Qursha “criticised court papers only last morning for faces a charge of spreading “false Located along the Euphrates Tens of thousands of civilians ince that borders Jordan, Syria and Jordan’s participation in the inter- the hearing and had to argue to be news,” lawyer Mohammed Al Jishi River about 50km west of Iraqi cap- are still believed to be trapped in the Saudi Arabia and was at the heart national coalition against the allowed to offer any sort of rebut- said on Twitter. Al Jishi did not ital Baghdad, Fallujah is believed to centre, some of them being used as of the “caliphate” IS proclaimed two terrorist Daesh (IS) organisation tal. He said the complaint alleged respond to requests for comment. be home to some 90,000 residents. human shields by the Islamic State years ago. in Iraq and Syria”, the source said. The 49-year-old preacher is accused of “having committed unauthorised acts... that could affect the kingdom’s relations with a friendly country”, a reference to Erdogan and Putin in first contact since plane crisis the United States which heads the anti-IS coalition.

AFP of the Russian national day,” the offi- role in the Syrian war. Turkey says authorities have struck a reconcilia- ties to a very advanced level. Our cial said, referring to the Day of Russia the Russian plane strayed into its air- tory tone to restore ties, with Erdogan trade volume with Russia was much 2 dead in UAE marked on June 12. space and ignored repeated warnings, hoping to get back to previous robust more than that with America ... It “I hope our relations will reach but Russia insisted it did not cross relations with Moscow. Before the the is saddening to see such strong ties aircraft crash ANKARA: Turkish President Recep a level they deserve,” Erdogan told the border and accused Ankara of a plane crisis erupted, Turkey and Rus- reach the current state,” he said in Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to his Putin in the letter, according to the “planned provocation.” sia had strong cooperation on many comments published in the Hurriyet ABU DHABI: A United Arab Emir- Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin private NTV television channel. Erdogan wanted to meet with issues, putting disagreements on Syria newspaper Saturday. ates (UAE) military aircraft has marking Russia’s National Day, in The full contents of the letter were Putin for face-to-face talks on the and Russia’s annexation of Crimea “I hope our relations will recover crashed over Yemen, killing two their first contact since Ankara not made public. sidelines of a climate summit in from Ukraine to one side. in a short time and we’ll get back to people on board. downed a Russian warplane in In Moscow, Kremlin spokes- Paris after the plane crisis, which Turkey is largely dependent on our old days again with new vigour.” The General Command of the November, an official said yesterday. man Dmitry Peskov confirmed that was rebuffed by the Russian leader. Russian gas and oil for its energy Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut UAE Armed Forces said in a state- The letter was the most significant Erdogan had sent Putin the message, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim supplies and before the crisis the two Cavusoglu has also suggested to form ment that the pilot and his co-pilot in a series of signals from Ankara in saying it was received “via diplomatic also sent a letter to his Russian counter- sides had been targeting $100bn in a joint working committee between were killed when their military recent weeks that it is keen to repair channels”, the Ria-Novosti news part Dmitry Medvedev on the occasion bilateral trade volume by 2023. the two countries to address prob- helicopter went down on Monday. ties that plunged to historic lows after agency reported. of the Russian national day, the Turkish Erdogan has admitted that lems. However, Turkey has so far The crash came one day a Turkey shot down the Russian war Turkey’s downing of the Russian official said. Turkey did not participate ties with Moscow reached a “rup- shown no sign of meeting Russia’s military aircraft taking part in a plane on November 24. jet on its border with Syria in Novem- at the ministerial level in the national ture point” over the plane crisis but key conditions of an apology and Saudi-led air campaign against “We confirm media reports the ber sparked an unprecedented crisis day reception at the Russian embassy expressed hope they would regain bringing to justice those responsible Yemen’s Shia Houthi group president sent a letter to Russian Pres- in the two nations’ relationship, which in Ankara last Friday. their former strength. for the death of a Russian pilot of the crashed, killing two people on ident Vladimir Putin on the occasion was then exacerbated by Moscow’s In recent months, Turkish “With Putin, we brought bilateral downed plane. board.

16 South Sudan Air strikes continue Khamenei warns US officials get life for corruption candidates over N-deal

Anatolia AFP July last year between Iran and the P5+1 group — the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany —came into force in January. Under it, Iran JUBA: South Sudan’s High Court TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader has limited its nuclear programme in sentenced at least 16 former offi- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned exchange for a lifting of many inter- cials, including top presidential candidates in the US presidential national sanctions. aides, to life in prison for stealing election against questioning the Tehran accuses Washington of over $14m and 30m South Suda- Islamic republic’s nuclear deal with not actively promoting relations nese pounds ($4.93m) from the world powers, his official website between Iran and international busi- fledgling nation. reported yesterday. ness, especially banks. President Salva Kiir in June “We do not violate the nuclear “The other party had to lift 2015 issued an administrative accord... candidates in the American sanctions but has not done so. The order suspending his top aides, presidential election are threaten- question of banking has not been accusing them of corruption, ing to tear up the nuclear deal. If regulated... we are unable to recover including forging his signature, they do so, we will burn it,” he told oil revenues and other capital we and abuse of powers. “According visiting dignitaries. Republican can- have in other countries,” Khame- to the final court hearing today, the didate Donald Trump has called the nei said. officials were found guilty of com- nuclear agreement “catastrophic”. “The Americans are not apply- mitting gross crimes by forging In March, Trump said that if ing a large part of their commitments signatures including that of Pres- elected his first foreign policy pri- as we have done,” he said. Iran com- ident Salva Kiir, the army chief of ority would be to dismantle the deal plains that major international A young Syrian shepherd leads his flock as smoke billows from a farm following a reported air strike staff, and other officials as well and what he said was Tehran’s glo- banks, particularly in Europe, are in Sheifuniya, near the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, yesterday. as stealing $14m,” a defence law- bal “terror” network. reluctant to do business with it for yer said. The nuclear agreement signed in fear of US punitive measures. Ramadan Thoughts

WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 07 Will Allah accept my repentance? Islam: Basic Facts

mid-afternoon (‘Asr), sunset (Magh- BY AHMAD IBN ABDUL RAHMAN in his seat, and that he wanted to keep Belief rib), and early night (Isha’). AL SWIYAAN moving a lot. away from his compan- Then he ions. He asked me with slam is a verb and a noun at the 3. Zakah (Alms Tax for Poor) raised his a serious expression on same time. The first meaning of The third pillar of Islam is the was coming back from a long journey and head and said his face, “Do you think Islam is the verb from the root alms-tax (Zakah). The word in Ara- Allah decreed that my seat in the airplane to me angrily, that Allah will accept aslama (a verb), meaning to: bic implies “purification” and it is should be beside a group of carefree young “Please, stop my repentance?” I said, I“surrender; submit; obey; sincerity understood to mean that a person men whose loud laughter and voices were it, I can’t stand “If you are sincere and and in peace.” The second mean- “purifies” his holdings of wealth excessive, and the air was filled with clouds it!!” Then he serious in your repent- ing of Islam is the noun form from from greed and stinginess. Iof smoke from their cigarettes. By the wisdom of got up from ance, then Allah will the same root, and it describes the Allah, the plane was completely full and I could his seat and forgive all your sins.” last and final form of the way of life 4.Sawm (Fasting the Month of not change my seat. went away for He said, “But I have done as perscribed by the Creator for His Ramadhan) I tried to escape from the problem by sleeping a while, then terrible things, very ter- Creation. This is the name used in The fourth pillar of Islam is fast- but it was impossible. When I got fed up with their he came back, rible.” I said, “Have you the Holy Quran for Muslims to call ing. Allah prescribes daily fasting for noise, I took greeted me not heard what Allah themselves as followers of Islam. all able, adult Muslims during the out my copy with salaams, says: Say: O My serv- This would make them Islam-ers” whole of the month of Ramadan, of the Quran, and apologised. ants! who have acted in English, but of course in Arabic the ninth month of the lunar calen- and started He fell silent extravagantly against the prefix “mu” is added to denote dar, beginning with the sighting of No matter how to read what and I did not their own souls, do not the one preforming the action or the new moon. I could in a know what was despair of the mercy verb and instead it becomes “mu”- great a man’s soft voice. going on. But of Allah; surely Allah “islam” or “Muslim.” Islam can be 5. Haj (Pilgrimage to Makkah) evil and sin, in Soon after after a while he forgives the faults alto- understood in a very general sense The fifth pillar of Islam is to that these turned to me gether; surely He is the to be the true religion of God, as it is make a pilgrimage (Haj) to Makkah, his heart there young men with his eyes Forgiving the Merciful? from Him and according to His com- in Saudi Arabia, at least once in one’s is a seed of started to full of tears and (Azzumar 39: 53) I saw mandments without adding to or lifetime. This pillar is obligatory for become said to me in a whisper. him smiling with joy. His eyes filled with tears taking away from the basic precepts. every Muslim, male or female, pro- goodness. If quiet. Some “For three years or more I have not put my then he bade me farewell and left. No matter how vided that he/she is physically and only we can of them forehead on the ground (sujood or prostration), great a man’s evil and sin, in his heart there is Pillars of Action financially able to do so. started to and I have not read even one ayah (Quranic a seed of goodness. If only we can reach it and reach it and read news- verse)!” For a whole month I have been on this trip, make it grow, it will bear fruit In Shah Allah. This 1. Shahadah (Testimony of Faith) Pillars of Faith make it grow, it papers and and there is no evil action that I did not indulge seed of goodness is always fighting in man’s heart, The first pillar of Islam is to others fell in. Then I saw you reading Quran and my world even when it is covered with layers of whims and believe and declare the faith by The pillars of Iman are those things will bear fruit asleep. turned black and my heart was filled with despair. desires. saying the Shahadah (lit. ‘witness’), that are believed in, Iman means faith. In Shah Allah. Sud- I felt as if someone was strangling me. I felt every When Allah wills good for His slave, He known as the Kalimah. There are six pillars of faith. These pil- denly one of ayah that you read coming down on my body like causes the light of guidance to shine in his heart lars consist of belief in Allah (The One them said in a whip. I said to myself, “For how long will this and guides him to the path of those who are 2. Salah (Daily Ritual Prayers) Almighty God of all), His Angels (made a loud voice, negligence go on? Where will this path lead you? guided. Allah says: Therefore (for) whomsoever Prayer (Salah), in the sense from light), His Books (all revealed even though What will happen after all this foolish play?” Then Allah intends that He would guide him aright, He of worship, is the second pillar scriptures are from Allah) His Proph- he was sit- I went to the washroom, do you know why? expands his breast for Islam, and (for) whomso- of Islam. Prayer is obligatory and ets (messengers of Allah) in the Day ting right next to me, “Enough! Enough!” I thought I had the strong urge to weep and I could not ever He intends that He should cause him to err, must be performed five times a day. of Judgment (everyone will be resur- that I had disturbed him because my voice was find anywhere else to hide from the people’s sight! He makes his breast strait and narrow as though These five times are dawn (Fajr), rected) and in the Predestination (Divine too loud, so I apologised to him and carried on I spoke to him in general terms about repentance he were ascending upwards; thus does Allah lay immediately after noon (Dhuhr), Decree of Allah). reading in a whisper that only I could hear. I saw and turning back to Allah, then he fell silent. When uncleanness on those who do not believe. (6: 125) him holding his head in his hands, then fidgeting the plane landed he stopped me and it seemed www.onislam.net 08 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES Asean expresses ‘concerns’ over S China Sea

mentioning China by name. China UN tribunal on a claim brought by the claims nearly all of the South China Philippines against China. Asean emphasises Sea -- a vast tract of water through China does not recognise the arbi- the importance of which a huge chunk of global ship- tration and has reacted angrily to the ping passes. It has bolstered its claim Philippines’ legal efforts over the Bei- non-militarisation by building artificial islands including jing-controlled Scarborough Shoal, off and self-restraint in airstrips in the area, some of which the main Philippine island of Luzon. the conduct of all are suitable for military use. “We articulated Asean’s commit- The Philippines, Taiwan, Brunei, ment to maintaining and promoting activities, including Malaysia and Vietnam have compet- peace, security and stability in the land reclamation. ing claims to parts of the sea, which region, as well as to the peaceful reso- is believed to harbour significant oil lution of disputes,” the statement said. and gas deposits. The includes “full respect for legal The Asean statement, which and diplomatic processes, without AFP speaks of “a candid exchange with resorting to the threat or use of force, in Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi” accordance with universally recognised -- diplomatic talk for a row -- was principles of international law, includ- forthright on the dangers of this ing the UNCLOS and the UN Charter”. BEIJING: Countries in Southeast Asia island-building programme. China has been roundly criticised have “serious concerns” over recent “We emphasised the impor- in the international community for its events in the disputed South China tance of non-militarisation and strong-arm tactics in both the South Sea, an unusually strongly worded self-restraint in the conduct of all China Sea and the East China Sea. communique issued by their foreign activities, including land reclamation, Washington has repeatedly cau- ministers in China said yesterday. which may raise tensions in the South tioned Beijing to exercise restraint In a rare diplomatic slap in the China Sea,” the communique said. in the region, and has sent warships face for Beijing -- issued on its own “We stressed the importance of through the waters on designated territory -- the Association of South- maintaining peace, security, stability, “Freedom of Navigation” missions. east Asian Nations (Asean) offered a safety and freedom of navigation in It has also chided the Asian giant Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (second left) and foreign ministers from Asean-member nations attend sharp rebuke over China’s actions in and overflight above the South China in recent weeks over what it says are a special Asean-China foreign ministers' meeting in Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province yesterday. the waterway. Sea, in accordance with universally “unsafe” intercepts of US spyplanes “We expressed our serious con- recognised principles of interna- by Chinese fighter jets. diplomat Yang Jiechi said last month, region and extract the South China encouraging sign of consensus and cerns over recent and ongoing tional law including the 1982 United Beijing, which claims almost all insisting his country’s position “will Sea issue from the Asean-China support for the Philippines.” developments, which have eroded Nations Convention on the Law of the of the South China Sea on the basis not change”. agenda hasn’t worked,” said Richard Heydarian predicted a ruling trust and confidence, increased Sea (UNCLOS).” of a “Nine Dash Line” found on Chi- A regional analyst said yesterday’s Javad Heydarian, assistant professor favourable to the Philippines from tensions and which may have the The bloc’s finger-wagging, after nese maps dating to the 1940s, says it statement was a show of support for in international affairs and politi- the tribunal in The Hague, and said it potential to undermine peace, secu- a Special Asean-China Foreign Min- will not budge. Manila. cal science at Manila’s De La Salle would be important for Asean to issue rity and stability in the South China isters’ meeting in Kunming, comes China’s stance on the sea is “in “Clearly, China’s purported University. a supportive statement as soon as the Sea,” its communique said without as the region braces for a ruling by a line with international law”, its top efforts to divide and conquer the “And in this sense it’s an decision was announced. Army confirms execution of Tokyo governor faces no-trust second Canadian hostage motions over lavish expenses Facebook sorry AFP Hall’s, was found near a cathedral AFP His term as governor runs to on Jolo, the main island in the Sulu 2018, but if he chooses to resign a new over Philippine archipelago that is one of the Abu governor would be elected to a fresh MANILA: Philippine authorities Sayyaf’s strongholds. TOKYO: Embattled Tokyo governor four-year term. He could to opt hang flag faux pas yesterday confirmed that Islamist In announcing on Monday night Yoichi Masuzoe faced intensified on by dissolving the assembly, taking extremist guerrillas had beheaded that he feared Hall had been killed, pressure to resign yesterday over his chances with a newly elected one. Manila: Facebook has a second Canadian hostage, as they Canadian Prime Minister Justin a spending scandal that threat- The scandal has not gone down apologised for acci- defended their inability to save him Trudeau expressed outrage while ens to become a campaign issue in well with the general public in Japan dentally declaring the despite months of pursuit. maintaining that ransoms should a national parliamentary election amid stagnant economic growth and Philippines was in a The Abu Sayyaf, a small group not be paid. next month. increasing hardship among lower state of war, in what was of Islamic militants based on “The vicious and brutal actions Masuzoe, 67, has been subject to income people. meant to be an innocuous remote and mountainous southern of the hostage-takers have led to harsh media and legislative grilling A perception of arrogance and flag tribute for Inde- islands that specialises in kidnap- a needless death. Canada holds over lavish outlays on official over- entitlement on the part of the gov- pendence Day. The social pings-for-ransom, killed Robert the terrorist group who took him seas trips, online purchases of art and ernor has also been criticised. media giant greeted Hall after its demands for 300 mil- hostage fully responsible for this accommodation at high-end hotels Yoichi Masuzoe Masuzoe denies wrongdoing but Filipinos a “Happy Inde- lion pesos ($6.5 million) by Monday cold-blooded and senseless mur- and spas, some of which was paid for has repeatedly apologised in an effort pendence Day” on were not met. der,” Trudeau said. using official funds. amid concerns that its support for to weather the political storm, refus- Sunday with a post show- “We strongly condemn the bru- Hall, a retiree, was among four Yesterday, all major parties in Masuzoe, a former party member, ing to resign. ing a Philippine flag, but tal and senseless murder of Mr people abducted last September the Tokyo legislature except Prime could embarrass the party in July 10 Trouble started in late April when it was upside-down with Robert Hall, a Canadian national, from aboard yachts at a tourist resort Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Demo- elections for the upper house of par- reports emerged that he was using his red rather than blue at after being held captive by the Abu on Samal island, about 500 kilome- cratic Party (LDP) -- the biggest force liament, local media said. official car to be driven at the week- the top. In the Philippines Sayyaf group in Sulu for the past tres to the west of Sulu. in the capital’s politics and the main Today, the last day of the current ends to a cottage south of Tokyo. this officially means the nine months,” presidential spokes- Another Canadian kidnapped supporter of Masuzoe -- submitted Tokyo legislative session, is expected Further allegations emerged of nation is at war. man Herminio Coloma said in a with him was beheaded in April no-confidence motions against the to be a key day in the drama. If a vote lavish spending on overseas business “This was uninten- statement. this year after a similar ransom governor. is held on the motions and passes, trips, including first-class air travel, tional, and we’re sorry. A military statement confirmed demand of 300 million pesos was But the LDP is now expected to Masuzoe would have to step down as well as outlays on family outings We care deeply about the that a severed head, believed to be not paid. add its voice to calls for his resignation or dissolve the assembly. and accommodation in Japan. community in thePhilip- pines and in an attempt to connect people on Independence Day, we made a mistake,” Face- Cambodia arrests 27 suspects book said in a statement. in telecoms extortion scam Australia to hold leaders’ online Reuters in a raid at their villa in the capi- tal Phnom Penh on Monday, Heisela debate before poll said. PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has Since 2011, Taiwan and China Melbourne: The leaders arrested 27 Chinese and Taiwanese have cooperated in investigat- of Australia’s two main nationals on suspicion of operating ing telecoms fraud in Indonesia, political parties will hold a telecoms extortion ring to defraud Cambodia, Philippines and other an online debate for the victims in China, officials said yes- countries, arresting more than 7,700 first time in a national terday. suspects, including 4,600 from Tai- election campaign ahead Cambodia has deported more wan, according to China’s official of a July 2 vote, debate than 200 Chinese nationals since news agency, Xinhua. sponsors Facebook and November in a crackdown on inter- “This is happening all over the Rupert Murdoch’s News net and telecoms scams. Beijing is world,” said Khun Sambor, Cambo- Corp said yesterday. battling a fast growing industry in dia’s deputy director of immigration. The ruling Liberal- telecoms fraud that has cost bil- “Cambodia is just a small percent- National coalition and lions of dollars in financial losses age of it.” opposition Labour Party and driven some victims to suicide. Sambor said he was unaware have been running neck- The wreckage of an MI-2 military helicopter at the crash site in a valley in Bago region. Chinese and Cambodian author- why Cambodia had become a base and-neck in recent opinion ities have coordinated to uncover for some of those involved. polls in what had originally scams orchestrated from Cambodia. Chinese authorities say criminal been seen as an unlose- Three die in Myanmar helicopter crash Cambodian police said people in gangs based in diplomatic rival Tai- able election for Prime Cambodia would call up people in wan are behind many of the scams Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s China asking for money to free rel- and according to Xinhua, on average popularity waning. atives allegedly held captive or for more than 10 billion yuan ($1.5 bil- Turnbull’s conservative AFP Bago, according to the statement A senior military officer from other fictitious reasons. lion) is swindled out of the mainland coalition has been focus- released by the office of the army’s the army chief’s office confirmed “We are questioning them and to Taiwan by telephone scammers ing on creating jobs and commander-in-chief. the accident but did not provide any if we find them guilty of the crimes, every year. growth through moves YANGON: Three Myanmar army It was flying south from Meik- further details. we will deport them,” Uk Heisela, Chinese Foreign Ministry such as cutting the cor- officers were killed when their hel- tila to an air base near Yangon, the Myanmar has a busy aviation chief of investigations at Cambo- spokesman Lu Kang said yesterday porate tax rate but his icopter crashed into a hillside and former capital and largest city. sector, partly to compensate for dia’s immigration department said that he did not know the details of personal popularity has burst into flames in the country’s “All three crew members... who the country’s poor road and rail yesterday after the latest arrests. the case. been waning. The cen- central region yesterday, the mili- were on board died on the spot,” the infrastructure. “Their alleged crimes were all Kenya deported 45 Taiwan sus- tre-left Labour opposition tary said in a statement. statement said. In February, all five crew died the same, they extorted money via pects in another telecoms fraud case has been campaigning to The MI-2 helicopter went “Authorities plan to investigate when a Myanmar air force plane phone from victims in China.” to China in April, angering Taipei boost spending on edu- down mid-morning after it hit the cause of helicopter crash,” it crashed in the capital Naypyidaw The 15 Chinese and 12 Taiwan- who accused China of kidnapping cation and health care. poor weather in south central added. soon after take-off. ese men and women were arrested its citizens. ASIA / AFRICA WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 09 Nigerian oil rebels set conditions for talks

AFP a lasting peace, it added. Attacks on alongside those of Nigeria’s state-run will engender genuine dialogue,” it groups, causing the militarisation of oil pipelines and installations in the oil company. said. nearly the entire region by ethnic Militant group appeals southern Niger delta region since Feb- The NDA has said its campaign Nigeria’s government has ordered militia groups as well as Nigerian mil- for ‘independent ruary have severely hit production, was specifically targeting oil facili- military deployments in the swamps itary and police forces. LAGOS: A Nigerian militant group mediators’ to ensure cutting output by up to 800,000 bar- ties but warned “if need be we may and creeks of the delta to be scaled From 2004, violence hit also oil has said it may commit to peace talks rels to 1.6 million barrels per day. review our earlier stance of not tak- back to allow for talks to take place. industry with piracy and kidnappings. with the government over sabotaging ‘genuine dialogue. The NDA wants a fairer distribu- ing lives”. The current conflict in the Niger In 2009, a presidential amnesty pro- oil infrastructure, indicating it could tion of oil revenue for local people in “We are going to redirect and Delta arose in the early 1990s over gram accompanied with support and review its policy of “not taking lives”. the delta, most of whom live in pov- reactivate all our activities if the tensions between foreign oil corpora- training of ex-militants proved to be The Niger Delta Avengers set out it wanted “independent mediators” at erty despite the vast wealth created government, oil companies and their tions and a number of the Niger Delta’s a success. its conditions for dialogue, which was the talks as well as representatives of by crude since the 1950s. services firms don’t heed to these minority ethnic groups who feel they Thus until 2011, victims of crimes first proposed by Nigeria’s govern- oil multi-nationals. It is also demanding the with- modest warnings of not carrying out are being exploited, particularly the were fearful of seeking justice for ment last week and which the group That would be the only way of drawal from the region of oil majors any repair works and suspend the Ogoni and the Ijaw. crimes committed against them immediately rejected. The NDA said ensuring “genuine dialogue” to bring including Shell, Chevron and Eni, buying of crude oil from our region Competition for oil wealth has because of a failure to prosecute those in a post on its website Monday that about a resolution to the dispute and whose facilities have been targeted as we await the right atmosphere that fueled violence between many ethnic responsible for human rights abuses.

Vietnamese Indonesian govt to prioritise No kidding, it’s meditation! fighter jet executions of drug traffickers

goes missing Reuters to pardon the prisoners, despite repeated pleas for mercy, sparked diplomatic tensions, most notably Reuters with Australia, which recalled its JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to exe- ambassador in protest at the exe- cute 16 prisoners after the Muslim cution of two of its citizens last April. HANOI: A Russian-made Viet- Eid al Fitr holidays next month, and Attorney general spokes- namese fighter jet was missing more than double that number next man Rum said drug-related cases yesterday after disappearing off year, a spokesman for the attorney involved “many” foreigners, but the radar during a training flight general’s office said yesterday. declined to comment on whether along the central part of the coun- M Rum said there are 152 people any would face execution this year. try’s South China Sea coastline, a on death row in the country, but that A 59-year-old British women, military official said. drug traffickers would be prioritised. Lindsay Sandiford, was sentenced to The Sukhoi SU-30 MK2 was “In accordance with the budget death after being convicted in 2013 flying 30-40km off the coast of we have, we plan (to execute) 16 this of trying to smuggle cocaine worth Nghe An province next to Chi- year and 30 next year,” Rum said. $2.5 million into the country. na’s Hainan island when it went “President Joko Widodo has A Philippine maid, Mary Jane missing and practice flights by the said the country is facing a narcot- Veloso, got a last-minute reprieve same jet model had since been sus- ics emergency and this is to...save our last year in response to a request pended, said Senior Lieutenant future generations,” he added. from Manila after an employ- General Vo Van Tuan, the deputy He declined to give details on ment recruiter, whom Veloso had armed forces chief of staff. who would face the firing squad next accused of planting drugs in her lug- Asked about the possible rea- month. Indonesia has harsh penalties gage, gave herself up to police in the son for its disappearance, Tuan for drug-related crimes, but tempo- Philippines. said: “We have to find it to know it.” rarily halted executions after facing Unless governments commit sig- The incident follows a series intense international criticism last nificant funding towards protecting Children at Rosewood Primary School take part in a free meditation class, organised by ‘I Meditate of mishaps in the past two years year when it executed 14 people, Australia’s threatened species, “we with its ageing helicopters and at mostly foreign drug traffickers. can expect to see more native critters Africa’ at Rosewood Primary School in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, yesterday. a time when Vietnam recalibrates President Joko Widodo’s refusal go extinct on our watch”, he added. its defence strategy and oversees its biggest military buildup in four decades. The country is seeking to modernise its defence capability, ostensibly as a deterrent against E Guinea urges UN court to South Korean man admits the military rise of Beijing and its growing assertiveness in the South China Sea, over which the two communist neighbours have halt graft trial of leader’s son to Tokyo war shrine blast competing claims. The missing SU-30 MK2 fighter-bomber was one of 30 in AFP pop star Michael Jackson’s famous immunity to which (Obiang) is enti- AFP Jeon is believed to have left use by Vietnam. white glove, private jets and sprawl- tled under international law”. Japan after the blast, but was Fighter jets are on its shopping ing properties in some of the world’s It also argued that Obiang had arrested when he returned in early list and its options are expected to most expensive areas. sold the Foch Avenue mansion to December -- reportedly carrying expand following last month’s lift- THE HAGUE: Equatorial Guinea has In 2012 prosecutors had already the state in September 2011 and since TOKYO: A South Korean man two kilogrammes (4.4 pounds) of ing of a US lethal arms embargo appealed to the United Nations’ high- ordered the seizure of the Obiang then the house “has been used by the admitted yesterday to detonating a gunpowder. Prosecutors and the on a former enemy Washington is est court to order France to stop legal family’s six-storey mansion on diplomatic mission of Equatorial homemade pipe bomb at a contro- court could not be reached for con- eager to turn into its newest Asian proceedings against the president’s Avenue Foch -- one of the poshest Guinea” and should therefore enjoy versial Tokyo war shrine last year, firmation. The Yasukuni shrine ally. Vietnam has been in talks son, claiming they violate inter- addresses in Paris -- as well as sev- “the immunities accorded to official in a case that highlighted lingering honours millions of Japan’s war with Western and US arms man- national treaties, the tribunal said eral luxury cars, famous works and premises by international law.” tensions over Japan’s former rule of dead, including several senior mili- ufacturers towards boosting its yesterday. vintage wines. Now in a twist of the Obiang’s father, President Teo- the Korean peninsula. tary and political figures convicted air force with jets, helicopters and In a filing on Monday to the Inter- long-running legal saga, Equatorial doro Obiang Nguema, who has Jeon Chang-Han, 28, also admit- of war crimes after World War II, and maritime patrol aircraft, although national Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Guinea has taken its case to the ICJ ruled the country with an iron fist ted to illegally entering the shrine in remains a diplomatic flashpoint in experts say it is likely Russia will Hague, the leaders of the oil-rich insisting that despite previous rulings since 1979, is Africa’s longest-serv- the case’s first hearing at the Tokyo Northeast Asia. continue to be its main supplier. African nation also called for Paris by French courts, Obiang enjoys dip- ing leader, and extended his 36-year District Court yesterday, public Visits by senior Japanese pol- China claims most of the to pay as yet unspecified damages for lomatic immunity. rule in April when he was re-elected broadcaster NHK and other media iticians to the Yasukuni shrine energy-rich South China Sea the “prejudice” it has suffered. Equatorial Guinea said the dis- with 93.7 percent of the vote. Equa- reported. No one was hurt in the routinely draw an angry reaction through which about $5 trillion Teodorin Obiang, one of the pute arose out of cases filed before torial Guinea urged the court to explosion that happened in the toi- from China and South Korea. in ship-borne trade passes every country’s vice presidents, is accused French courts since 2007 “by asso- “declare that the French Republic has lets at the Yasukuni shrine, which Issues related to Japan’s 1910- year. Brunei, Malaysia, the Phil- by French prosecutors of loot- ciations and private individuals”. But breached its obligation to respect the has been targeted in the past by 1945 rule of the Korean peninsula ippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also ing state coffers to fund his lavish the proceedings before the French principles of the sovereign equality activists who see it as a symbol of remain a flashpoint in Tokyo’s rela- have claims. tastes, including the purchase of courts “constitute a violation of the of states.” Japan’s militaristic past. tions with South and North Korea. Kenya summons politicians over hate speech charges

Reuters Internet, however, worrying many pro-government bias. At least four who fear renewed violence in the people have been killed in the pro- August 2017 race. tests so far, in which demonstrators Police said in a statement late have often clashed with police. On NAIROBI: Kenya’s police have sum- on Monday they had been alerted to the opposition side, the politicians moned seven pro-government and remarks by three pro-government named included Aisha Jumwa from opposition politicians for investigation politicians and four from the oppo- the coastal region and Timothy Bosire, over alleged “hate speech”, flagging sition “that are said to be laced with a lawmaker from western Kenya, an growing tension more than a year ethnic hatred, vilification and border opposition stronghold. before elections and after weeks of on incitement.” On the pro-government side, pol- deadly protests. “All the said members of parlia- iticians included Ferdinand Waititu, Ethnic loyalties tend to trump ment are required to appear before a lawmaker now challenging for a policy matters in Kenyan politics. the Director, Directorate of Criminal county governorship near Nairobi, and After a disputed election in Decem- Investigations...immediately,” it said. Moses Kuria, a lawmaker who repre- ber 2007, incitement by rival camps The 2017 vote for president, sents a constituency formerly held by was blamed for stoking bloodletting parliament, governors and county Kenyatta. Kuria has been embroiled in between major ethnic groups that assemblies is expected to pit Presi- another “hate speech” case for almost left 1,200 dead and hundred of thou- dent Uhuru Kenyatta, a Kikuyu - the a year. He denies the charges. sands displaced. The 2010 constitution biggest of Kenya’s more than 40 eth- Kenyan newspapers reported that that sought to reshape institutions nic groups, against Raila Odinga - a Waititu and Kuria recorded state- and national politics guarantees free Luo, another major ethnic grouping. ments at the Directorate of Criminal expression but expressly outlaws eth- Odinga disputed the 2007 and Investigations on Monday. The men nic incitement or “hate speech”. 2013 election results, losing the lat- could not immediately be reached for Incidents of politicians drumming ter to Kenyatta. Since late April, he comment. Opposition lawmaker Junet Kenyan politicians Aisha Jumwa, Florence Mutua, Johnstone Muthama, Junet Mohammed, Timothy Bosire, up support or stoking fears based on has led a series of almost weekly Mohamed was detained by police Ferdinand Waititu, Moses Kuria and Kimani Ngunjiri stand in the dock at the Milimani Law Courts over alleged ethnic allegiances continue to pop protests against an electoral over- when leaving a building in Nairobi "hate speech", flagging growing tension in Kenya's capital Nairobi, yesterday. up in recordings or speeches on the sight body his supporters accuse of after giving a television interview. 10 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Stopping North Korea Hope for Iraq — the launch US research institute’s report that North Korea might have made rapid strides in its nuclear weapons production causes concern and exposes of a new unity organisation Athe inability of the international community to thwart the communist state’s nuclear ambitions. The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) estimates that Pyongyang could have added six Following the previous talks revive peace, stability and secu- or more weapons to its arsenal in the last 18 months, while it had and communications among the rity throughout the country beyond various groups, they took time to The Iraqi National violence, terrorism and spiteful 10 to 16 nuclear weapons at the end of 2014. This is in addition to look into and dig deep in the mat- Project was sectarianism. another dangerous, simultaneous move from North Korea -- the ter of Iraq. As a result they moved To tell the truth, the confer- possible increased production of highly enriched uranium at a towards national unity, and called launched as ence organising committee did a second centrifuge plant that exists somewhere in the country. for a conference held in Paris. The a symbol of good job by inviting considerable The latest US report must serve as a warning to the UN conference lasted two days. After democracy and numbers of foreigners and Arabs and the world that Pyongyang will soon reach a point of no heated and long discussions and so that they could see with their arguments, the Iraqi National freedom aiming own eyes that the new organisation return in its nuclear capabilities. Its rulers had announced at Project formation was approved to reject all forms is not like previous organisations a congress of the ruling Workers’ Party last month that the by all the participants. Elections that paved the way for occupation. government of Kim Jong-un would By Dr Mohammad Saleh Al for the leadership of the confer- of terrorism and The purpose of the sectarian bolster its nuclear weapons capability. Misfer ence were also held. A temporary interference by organisations was to take hold of It carried out a fourth nuclear test central committee comprising with foreign forces Iraq, with its all potentials, and As Pyongyang in January and a satellite launch in people from all segments of Iraq connect it with Iran to establish February. Often, there are tall claims recently had the opportunity to was set up. A consultative author- whatever they are. the monopoly of a spiteful sectar- continues attend the inaugural ceremony ity for the project was also formed ianism and school of thought not to make from officials about the progress of thelaunching of a new Iraqi and it is going to work as a pre- only in Iraq but in the Middle East the country is making in its nuclear organisation “Iraqi National paratory committee to organise and the entire Arab region. progress in weapons development, all of which IProject” which comprises differ- the first general conference soon. I would like to ask whether I am one of the Arab citizens its nuclear are not completely true, but there is a ent segments, political factions, Former Prime Minister of there is any Arab country that who have been supporting the unity weapons consensus that Pyongyang is marching and national organisations, and France, Dominique de Villepin could host such a conference to of Iraq and its sovereignty and free- slowly towards its objectives. The their leaders and members who attended the conference. He overthrow the current political dom. I kept calling to make Iraq free capabilities, have not indulged in massacres delivered an impressive speech process in Baghdad? Also-whether of sectarianism and racism, and get latest finding supports this argument. the world of innocent people of Iraq. They highlighting the situation of Iraq all people invited to attend the con- rid of the evil practices and unjust A US State Department official had have nothing to do with political and its problems. “It is time for Iraqi ference would be issued an entry regime based on power sharing. is watching said recently that North Korea had activities carried out by the dou- citizens to come forward to res- visa? Another commentator said I believe that situation of the helplessly. restarted production of plutonium fuel. ble occupation of Iraq by US-Iran. cue their country”, said Villepin. that Americans attended the meet- Arab Gulf can never be stable, as Plutonium can be used to make nuclear Prominent Iraqi figures met on Other respected guests from the ing and that they were leading its long as the brotherly state Iraq in weapons. May 28 and 29, 2016 in Paris to US, UK and Arab countries urged sessions. This is a declaration by their heart is unstable. The innocent International sanctions are already establish the new Iraqi National the Iraqi leaders to not get involved those who surrendered Iraq to the Iraqi citizens are being killed- Iraqi Project as a comprehensive political in the dirty politics of the regime first colonizer, and there are many women left without breadwinners. in place against North Korea and more sanctions are on the way body for all Iraqi national opposi- in Baghdad, which is making Iraqi things to say in this regard but let The spiteful Iran has emerged as a for every violation of international rules. But sanctions haven’t tion forces. The move aims to set up people suffer from horrifying, it be for another time. killing machine, carrying out a gen- been effective in achieving their objectives, though they have a national political process based unprecedented terror too diffi- The participating Arab and ocide of the people in Al Fallujah. We made the lives of ordinary North Koreans miserable. on new rules, required to shun the cult to describe. non-Arab guests applauded the have seen how the respected peo- But amid this gloomy scenario, there comes a positive sectarianism that spread in Iraq and While following up on social newly born National Organisa- ple of Fallujah are being beheaded development. China yesterday released a list of dual-use Arab region following the occu- media, I noticed unnecessary tion and extended their support. and their slaughtered heads are pation of 2003. It also means to attacks on the Paris conference. They were parliamentarians and being presented to spiteful sectar- goods banned for export to North Korea on the ground that establish a new governing coun- There is no reason to oppose or crit- not military servicemen. Some ian leaders. the items could be used to build weapons of mass destruction. cil- replacing the old one founded icise the Paris Conference and its of them expressed their sadness At the end, for an independ- The Chinese action is in line with the UN sanctions imposed in on dirty, retaliatory and spiteful outcome. However, a commenta- about what has happened in Iraq. ent, free Iraq and for the security March in response to a North Korean nuclear test in January. sectarianism resulting in power tor said, “Why was the conference They assured me that they would of the Arab Gulf, the GCC coun- It’s a welcome move and must be followed with tougher actions sharing with thieves. held in Paris why not in Arab coun- explain to the voters about the situ- tries should support the newly born by Beijing against North Korea. China is the only country which The vicious regime looted the tries?”- and this was one of the main ation of Iraq at present, pointing out organisation of the “Iraqi National has a huge influence over North Korea and it has the capability history and heritage of Iraqi civili- reasons that made him oppose the that their hope is that this organ- Project” as much as they can, oth- sation and sold it in the markets of gathering. isation will rescue Iraq and help erwise we will become the losers. to control its ally’s nuclear ambitions. China has been more Western Countries at through away cooperative and responsive in this regard recently because it prices. It sabotaged state institu- realises that Pyongyang’s recklessness can destabilise the region tions and plundered the precious and push it into a war. collections. The infrastructure was destroyed and sectarianism was taken to the streets, villages, and rural areas creating hateful differ- ences between people, etching it in the hearts and minds of the peo- ple of Iraq. Quote of the day The Iraqi National Project was launched as a symbol of democ- racy and freedom aiming to reject all forms of terrorism and interfer- ence by foreign forces whatever they A vote to stay in the are. I can vouch for the fact that the Paris conference was attended EU would protect by the leaders and members of workers’ rights. many active parties in Iraq – non- state players- including Bathists, nationalists, Islamists, moderates, communists with no exception of any Iraqi for religious or sectar- Jeremy Corbyn ian reasons. People belonging to UK Labour Party Leader different races of Iraqis also par- Newly-elected President of the Iraqi National Project, Sheikh Jamal Al Dhari, and the central ticipated in the meeting. 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ccording to Donald Trump, he has been congratulated “for being right on radical Islamic terrorism” after 50 people died by a lone gunman’s hand in an AOrlando, Florida, nightclub. The shooting, however, proves him wrong on several major points that unite his supporters. Even though they will ignore the proof, it’s worth laying out. During the primary campaign, Trump kept using the November terror attacks in Paris to make the point that strict gun regulations increase the casualty count. France, he said over and over, had “the toughest gun laws in the world.” Because of them, only the bad guys had guns. Had it been otherwise, fewer people would have died, Trump told applauding audiences. At the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, 1,500 people were in the audience and, as Trump said, nobody had guns. Three gunmen killed 89 of the concert-goers. But at the Pulse club in Orlando, about — opened fire, and two other officers theory wrong. As someone who carried a had. Homophobia isn’t imported into the murders that year — but there were plenty 320 people were present when Omar who’d been nearby backed him up. Even gun as part of his job, he was confident US by Muslims, whom Trump still wants of violent assaults. Mateen went on the rampage. A secu- so, the lone attacker managed to kill 50 he’d do enough damage even if confronted. to ban from entering the US: Even at its US-born Mateen didn’t have to be a rity guard — a cop working extra duty people, a much bigger proportion of those If the Paris tragedy proved anything, most violent, it’s prevalent in countries Muslim or an Islamic State fighter to make present than in Paris. it’s that the relative looseness or tough- with Christian majorities, too, and in the the leap from gay-bashing to spraying Florida, with a permissive attitude to ness of gun laws is not the deciding factor. US itself. bullets in that nightclub. Whether Trump the National Firearms Act, is ranked 12th Criminals will still be able to get guns even Last year, the United Nations High likes it or not — and, for electoral pur- among the “best states for gun owners” if you limit magazine size or stop gun sales Commissioner for Human Rights issued poses, he does appear to like it at times During the primary campaign, Trump by Guns & Ammo. Last year, the maga- to people who, like Mateen, have been a report on anti-gay discrimination and — hate transcends religions and affilia- zine gushed that: scrutinized by the Federal Bureau of Inves- violence. Global statistics on hate crimes tions. Just ask Dylann Roof, who shot up kept using the November terror “For many years, Florida’s gun tigations for terrorist connections. Stricter against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans- a black congregation in Charleston a year attacks in Paris to make the point laws have been the envy of gun owners French rules didn’t stop the attackers there. gender people are not compiled, but the ago. that strict gun regulations increase nationwide. The Sunshine State places no Nevertheless, Florida’s permissive gun cul- report cited data from the Inter-Ameri- Trump’s recipes for the prevention of restrictions upon modern firearms, mag- ture probably helped Mateen more than it can Commission on Human Rights about further tragedies like the one in Orlando the casualty count. France, he said azines or NFA items, and the state has a hindered him. 594 hate-related killings of LGBT people — branding of terrorism as “Islamic,” over and over, had “the toughest gun healthy competitive shooting network.” The other point Trump is missing in the 25 members of the Organization of restricting entry for Muslims, maintain- I have heard US gun advocates claim is about “radical Islamic terrorism” and American States between January 2013 ing lax gun laws — are at best inefficient. laws in the world.” Because of them, that allowing more “good guys” to be its relationship to bigotry. The Orlando and March 2014. At worst, they lead to more hatred. As it is, only the bad guys had guns. Had it armed serves as a deterrent to criminals, shooter clearly targeted gays. The shoot- In the US, the FBI reported 999 hate in 2014, there were 154 anti-Islamic inci- been otherwise, fewer people would who are looking for victims, not a fight. er’s father has said Mateen had hated gays crimes against LGBT people in 2014, the dents in the US; Muslims are the second The argument has always struck me as for kissing in front of his own kid. latest year for which data are available. most-attacked religious group after Jews. have died, Trump told applauding theoretical: It depends on the criminal and That didn’t necessarily have anything It’s not clear how many of these were Keeping gun laws soft does nothing to audiences. on how angry, skillful and indifferent to his to do with his brand of Islam or whatever murders — probably very few, since the complicate access to the most gruesome survival he may be. Mateen has proved the Islamic State connection he may have FBI only registered four hate-motivated way of venting one’s bigotry. IAMM: Showcasing Southeast Asia’s Muslim heritage

visitors either in Malay or English. by her colleagues, volunteers, school traditions of the Islamic world in gen- Jewellery, Arms and Armour, Coins, Children, wearing different teachers etc. A vibrant Malay lady, eral and the Malay world in particular. Metalwork, Ceramic and Glass and school uniforms, were finding the Rozela briefed the main attractions This museum has collected ceramics, Living with Wood. joy of creating exquisite and intri- of the day: Learn about Geometric textiles, jewellery, architectural mod- On the ground floor, there is a cate arabesque patterns on ceramics, Pattern, Hand Painting, Creative Art els and other artifacts from Spain to beautiful fountain garden courtyard textiles, glass and their own hands. Corner, Qasidah Performance, Arts Southeast Asia. The curatorial depart- and a museum restaurant which Special exhibitions and workshops and Crafts Corner, Storytelling, Ara- ments are keenly conducting different specializes in the West Asian cuisine were available. An otherwise calm bic Calligraphy Demonstration, Meet research projects and the museum – the ambience is stylish and exotic. and quiet Wednesday was fully the Little Artist etc. publishes journals to reach out to The most tempting part would be the charged now, as the museum day Rozela also talked about the reg- the academic community and general museum shop - a colourful, alluring celebrations kept the entire museum ular activities of the museum, which public. We also collaborate with inter- repository of handicrafts from around By Muhammed Noushad staff of all departments very busy included weekend sessions to teach national museums and hold traveling the world – from small size cards and organizing things. In total, a festive calligraphy, percussion, hand paint- exhibitions. We have hosted exhibi- books to charming ceramic works to mood. ing and lot more. Many children and tions in association with the British elaborate and expensive jewellery. In the special gallery on the youngsters are benefitted and given Museum and different universities in Arif Rahidy, an official working et in the middle of a lush ground floor, an ongoing in-house orientation to their own aesthetical the west”, says Zulkifli. at the store explains that they import greenish ambience, a few hun- exhibition set a mystical mood for a and cultural traditions through these One of the most striking galleries articles mainly from Turkey and Egypt Sdred meters away from Kuala visitor interested in Islamic mysticism. programmes, she believes. of IAMM is the architecture section – apart from the artifacts they make Lumpur old railway station and Named after Dalai’l Al Khayrat, a pop- To mark the museum day, IAMM the traditional mosque architecture with the help of the artisans employed very close to the majestic national ular prayer book written by the 15th Children’s Library organized pro- across the Muslim world is enchant- at the Musuem workshop. Many mosque and the Islamic Center, century Moroccan Sufi master Imam grammes with an aim to cultivate ingly recreated here, with particular travelers visiting Malaysia take their the Islamic Arts Museum Malay- Al Jazuli, the exhibition was full of creativity through arts and stories. attention to Malay and Chinese world. souvenirs from here – very unique One of the most sia (IAMM) is a highly engaging and exotic and antique prayer manuscripts Apart from regular weekend work- The traditional mosques of the and exotic. The shop even facilitates striking galleries dynamic place to visit. On May 18th collected from different Muslim lands, shops, this day was special and Malay peninsula have miniatures and international courier service for those 2016, the International Museum across 16th to 19th centuries. All of colourful. replicas in the gallery, with decora- who do not want to carry it home. of IAMM is the Day, when this writer reached the them, in different calligraphic styles A lot of Malay boys and girls were tive elements and functional details It is surprising to know that IAMM, architecture main lobby of IAMM, it was bus- and geographically specific decora- found rejoicing in the halls with given proper attention. Apart from established in 1998, is not an official tling with scores of school children tive patterns, depicted the meticulous their creative potentials being fully the Malay region, mosques as distant governmental venture, but a non- section – the and youngsters, thanks to the varied and meditative perfection of Muslim explored in different arabesque pos- from Cordoba to India are recreated profit organization supported by Al traditional mosque educational activities the museum craftsmen who lived across centuries sibilities on a range of mediums. They here. Quran manuscripts are another Bukhary Foundation. architecture across authority had organized for students. and continents, working on the same made crafts, painted glasses with amazing section where the collection The museum building itself is The admission was free for the text written by a great Sufi. Another beautiful patterns on them, and drew of different styles of writing is vivid a combination of traditional and the Muslim world day and all floors were crowded: example of a text literally transcend- calligraphic sketches. – from the very tiny gift-type locket modern architectural concepts. The is enchantingly mostly Malay school children and ing through time and space, with a lot Zulkifli bin Ishak, a young curator Qurans to huge ones. museum was designed by Uzbek Malaysian Chinese youngsters. of pious veneration and mystical aes- educated from International Islamic The IAAM has classified its collec- architects and the decorative works recreated here, with And a few foreigners, too. Young thetics attached to it. University of Malaysia, says this pri- tion into 12 galleries, some based on were done by Iranian craftsmen. particular attention curators and senior conservation- Rozela Mohamad Dahlan, man- vately owned museum is committed the geographical areas the artifacts ists took visitors for guided tours ager of the education department of to document, preserve and educate came from and some based on the Muhammed Noushad is a writer based to Malay and on different floors. In every gal- the museum, was leading the educa- about the Islamic art tradition of material type. It educates and enlight- in Calicut, India. He also teaches crea- Chinese world. lery and almost all corners you hear tional activities on the workshop hall Southeast Asia and the wider Mus- ens a viewer with its focused concerns tive writing at MBL Media School and curators introducing exhibits to of the museum; she was being helped lim world. “Our focus is on the artistic on India, China, Malay world, Textiles, edits history titles for Other Books.

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Govt to form Troops beefed up at Khyber Pass border 22 new wings of civil armed forces miles) west of Peshawar, over the construction of a new border post on Internews The main gates in the Pakistani side. Pakistan’s army Torkham, the most chief attended funeral prayers yes- terday for Major Jawad Ali Changezi, ISLAMABAD: The Senate of Paki- frequented official who was among nine Pakistani and stan was informed yesterday that border crossing six Afghan troops wounded in the as many as 22 new wings of the fighting, security officials said. civil armed forces would be estab- at the end of the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz lished by the end of the year, Khyber Pass, stayed Sharif’s office and the Pakistani mil- recruiting over 17,000 personnel. itary’s press wing also confirmed State Minister for Interior closed, leaving Changezi’s death. Muhammad BalighurRehman thousands stranded One Afghan soldier was killed, told the House that funds had been on either side. Afghan officials had said on Monday. earmarked for this purpose and Relations between Pakistan and the process would be completed Afghanistan have been strained for in December this year. months. Kabul says Pakistan har- He was responding to a calling bours militants seeking to overthrow attention notice by PML-N’s Abdul Reuters the Afghan government, among them Qayyum regarding the delay in the Haqqani network and the lead- reorganisation and fresh raising of ership of the Afghan Taliban. civil armed forces to enhance their Pakistan denies it supports mil- capacity in order to meet the bor- PESHAWAR: A Pakistani army itants and says it is building the gate der management challenges and officer died yesterday after being to stop militants from crossing the security threats both during war shot by Afghan forces in a bor- border. “This gate (is) considered and peace. der clash, Pakistan’s military said, essential to check and verify doc- The PML-N senator said that a development likely to ratchet up umentation of all border crossers,” the Frontier Corps, the Rang- tension between the neighbours who Asim Bajwa, chief spokesman for ers and Frontier Constabulary Afghan security forces carry the coffin of an Afghan soldier, who was killed during gun fighting between sources said were beefing up troop the Pakistani military, said on social had been laying an important numbers on either side. media website Twitter on Monday. Afghan border forces and Pakistani forces in Torkham, in Nangarhar province, yesterday. part during peace time on border The main gates at Torkham, Afghanistan summoned the management and pressure had the most frequented official border Pakistani ambassador yesterday to army had moved heavy weaponry police commander also confirmed that Angry protesters chanted “Death to mounted on them while managing crossing at the end of the Khyber register its protest at the violence, and additional troops to the Afghan reinforcements had been deployed to Pakistan”. the western border after the 9/11 Pass, stayed closed for a third day, Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said. border on Monday night, said Paki- the Afghan side of the border. Hundreds of demonstrators events. He explained civil armed leaving thousands stranded on either Pakistan had similarly summoned stani security officials, who asked not In Afghanistan’s eastern city of burned Pakistani flags at another forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa side. Firing between Pakistani and the Afghan charge d’affaires in to be identified because they were not Jalalabad, more than a thousand protest in the southern Afghan city of consisted of 80,000 personnel and Afghan forces first broke out on Sun- Islamabad on Monday, the Pakistani authorised to speak to the media. mourners attended funeral prayers on Lashkar Gah. those in Balochistan were 70,000 day at the crossing, about 45km (28 foreign office said. The Pakistani On Monday, an Afghan border Tuesday for the dead Afghan soldier. personnel.

Blood donations Delicious cuisine dry up during Govt may buy Ramadan used 16 F-16 Internews

ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Sham- jets from Jordan raiz, a 14-year-old thalassaemia patient, needs a unit of red blood cells every month and a unit of white blood cells each week but Internews Congress. Secretary Khattak con- it has become difficult to arrange ceded that the used Block-30 F-16s blood for him, and other thalas- being offered by Jordan were not of saemia patients, in Ramadan when the same quality and standard as people are more hesitant to donate ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is consider- the Block-52 that were originally blood. ing a Jordanian offer to buy sixteen intended to be bought from the US. “I am not the only person in my used F-16 jets in lieu of the eight The Jordanian aircraft, which family who has thalassaemia. My advanced fighters it could not buy were manufactured in 1988/90 and six and nine-year-old sisters also from the United States because of upgraded in 2001/02, may have to be have the same disease and they too a financing row, but officials fear upgraded again to meet Pakistan Air need blood each month,” Sham- Washington could still throw a span- Force’s current demands. raiz said at the Pakistan Institute ner in the works. But Pakistan, after losing the of Medical Sciences (Pims) on the The case for the purchase of opportunity to buy new jets from the eve of World Blood Donor Day F-16s from the US is closed, “we are US, may immediately need them to (WBDD) which is observed each now going for a third party trans- replace the Block-15 F-16s currently year on June 14. fer of F-16s and have an offer from in PAF’s inventory, which are due to An Afghan man sells pickles during Ramadan in Kabul, yesterday. “My father used to worry all Jordan”, Defence Secretary retired be retired in the next couple of years. the time about us, and I think that Lt Gen AlamKhattak told a joint sit- Pakistan had earlier in 2014 is what caused his stroke which ting of the Senate committees on bought around a dozen F-16s from has left him disabled,” he said. defence and foreign affairs, which Jordan, which has been modernis- Shamraiz said the Al Aqsa Wel- had been asked by Senate Chairman ing its fleet. fare Trust arranges blood for him, Raza Rabbani to review the current The defence secretary observed his sisters and a number of other Man kills sister in name of ‘honour’ state of Pak-US ties and suggest the that for the state-of-the-art fifth children who suffer from the same way forward. generation fighters Russian and disease. “Two or three weeks after The fiasco over procurement of French markets would have to be a blood transfusion, I start feeling F-16s, which started with Congress explored. Another defence ministry low which is how I know I need AFP Masih, was in her late teens and Hundreds of women are mur- blocking the funding of the sale from official Rear Admiral Mukhtar Khan, more blood,” he said. wanted to marry a Christian neigh- dered by their relatives in Pakistan the US government’s Foreign Mili- however, said the US had so far not A representative of the Al Aqsa bour but the family was against the each year on the pretext of defending tary Financing Programme, brought objected to the deal with Jordan, but Welfare Trust, Babar Hussein, said marriage,” he said. Rana said the what is seen as family honour, and into focus the underlying strains in under the current environment get- 3,000 children were registered LAHORE: A Pakistani girl has been girl was insisting on Saturday that this latest incident follows a spate Washington-Islamabad ties because ting American approval for the sale, with the trust in Islamabad, Pun- killed by her brother for insisting on she would marry the man, infuriat- of recent attacks. Last week sixteen of Pakistan’s alleged inadequate a mandatory requirement, would not jab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir marrying a man of her choice, police ing her sibling. year-old Zeenat Bibi was set on fire action against the Taliban, Haqqani be easy to manage. (AJK). “We try to find donors for said yesterday, marking the country’s The brother has since been in Lahore by her mother for marry- network and Lashkar-i-Taiba and Adviser to the Prime Minister on these children and to convince latest gruesome “honour killing” fol- arrested and charged with mur- ing a man of her own choice. Bibi’s concerns over the scope and pace Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz told the people to donate blood,” he said, lowing a string of incidents that have der after the girl’s father filed a case mother later confessed to the crime. of development of its missile and meeting that the government was adding that because of Ramadan sparked national outrage. against him. Shamoon Gill, a Chris- A Pakistani couple were also nuclear programme. right in not accepting the US con- and summer vacations in universi- Anum Ishaq Masih, in her late tian activist, told AFP that honour murdered in Lahore last week for Pakistani officials contend ditions. “If the conditions affect ties, it is hard to find donors. teens and from a Christian family, killings were very rare among the marrying without their family’s con- that the reasons for which US Con- national interest, it is better not “We try to convince people that was murdered while she slept in the Christian community in Pakistan. sent. “A Girl in the River: The Price of gress withheld the financing were to accept them. It was an issue of they should donate blood after Iftar city of Sialkot, southwest of Lahore, “It has nothing to do with reli- Forgiveness” -- a film telling the story non-negotiable. choices,” he contended while delib- and that this will not create prob- in the early hours of Sunday. gion but is part of a social issue that of a rare survivor of an attempted However, the episode has erating on the reasons that led to the lems for them. The human body “Saqib Ishaq Masih, 23, killed his is deeply rooted in the eastern soci- honour killing -- won an Oscar for forced the government to rethink cancellation of the F-16 deal with the makes excess blood which can be sister by smashing her head with a eties,” he said. best documentary short in February. its strategy of not having lobbyists US. The Haqqani network, he said, donated. The body makes more wooden log while she was sleeping,” “Most of the Christians and even Amid publicity for the film, PM in Washington and a couple of lob- was not a simple issue and could blood once a donation is made Rana Zulfiqar, the officer in-charge of Hindus are converts. They have Nawaz Sharif vowed to eradicate the bying firms are expected to be hired have caused a blowback. Moreover, which is why people should not the police station in Sialkot told AFP. converted but there are still some “evil” of honour killings but as yet no shortly for the country’s image cor- he noted, the matter was linked to hesitate in donating blood.” “The girl, named Anum Ishaq elements of tribal society.” fresh legislation has been tabled. rection and improving relations with the border management. ECP issues schedule for local govt by-polls in KP province

Internews categories of seats in Neighborhood/ authorities in the Federation and 2013. No Transfers and postings of the Nazim and Naib Nazim or any other Minister or any person on their behalf Village Council in the province Khy- in the Provinces shall not use State civil servants shall be made after the holder of public office will not visit the till conclusion of the electoral process. ber Pakhtunkhwa. Resources in Local Government bye- issuance of Schedule of Local Gov- area of any local council to announce Any holder of public office, who is According to notification, nom- elections calculated to influence the ernment By-Elections without prior any development scheme or to can- found to have violated any provision ISLAMABAD: The Election Com- ination papers will be issued by the elections in favour of a particular can- approval of the Commission till the vass or campaign for any candidate of Election Laws or the instructions mission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday Returning Officer on June 16. Objec- didate or a political party. publication of election results. or any political party. issued by the ECP would be proceeded issued schedule for local govern- tions to the nomination papers can be If any person in government serv- After the issuance of Election No Deputy Commissioner shall against as mandated in law. ment (LG) By-Election in Khyber registered by June 20 while scrutiny ice misuses his official position in any Schedule, Prime Minister, Gover- perform protocol duty with the Prime The offices of the EC as well as the Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The election will of nomination papers and publica- manner in order to influence results nor, Chief Minister, Speaker, Deputy Minister, Chief Minister, Speaker, Dep- offices of District Returning Officers be held on vacant General seats in tion of names will be done on June 21 of elections, he/she shall be liable to Speaker, Federal and Provincial Min- uty Speaker, Federal Ministers State and Returning Officers shall remain Territorial Wards of District Coun- and 22. Polling will be held on July 18. be proceeded against under Section isters, Advisors to the Prime Minister Ministers, Provincial Ministers, Advi- open on all public holidays during the cils, Town Council as well as different The ECP directed all executive 100 of the KPK Local Government Act, or Chief Minister, District or Tehsil sors to the Prime Ministers and Chief schedule period. INDIA WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 13 Navy ship with all-women crew docks in Port Louis

IANS the first voyage by an all-women crew During their 10-day long sojourn Aishwarya (naval architect too), Lt. towards the circumnavigation next earlier when Commander Dilip Donde on any Indian Navy vessel. in Mauritius, the Indian woman sail- P. Swathi, Lt. Pratibha Jamwal (both year,” a naval spokesman said. sailed it on a circumnavigation voy- The vessel was welcomed by Mau- ors will call on President Ameenah air traffic control specialists, Lt. Vijaya “The timing of the voyage was age in 2009-2010 while in 2012, Lt. ritian Coast Guard vessel Retriever Gurib, Minister for Gender Equality Devi, and Sub Lt. Payal Gupta (both chosen to expose the crew to rough Cdr. Abhilash Tomy completed a solo, PORT LOUIS: Creating Indian mari- outside Port Louis harbour and and Child Development, and other education officers). weather that they are likely to unassisted non-stop circumnaviga- time history, Indian Navy sailing ship escorted to her berth, where the officials. The ship will be kept open for The Goa-Mauritius voyage in encounter during their attempt to cir- tion under sail, making him the first INSV Mhadei, with a six-women crew, acting Indian High Commissioner, visitors and schoolchildren, undertake the extreme weather conditions is a cumnavigate the Globe in 2017.” Indian, second Asian and 79th person travelled through the stormy mon- Commandant of National Coast Guard local day sorties for select groups of build-up to the planned attempt by The wood-core and fiber- in the world to achieve the feat cover- soon build-up in the Indian Ocean to and other dignitaries and invitees people before embarking on its return the all-women crew to circumnavi- glass sandwich hulled ship has two ing 23,100 nautical miles (42,781 km). reach Mauritius yesterday, naval offi- were present. voyage on June 24 to Goa, where it is gate the globe in 2017. mainsails, two Genoa’s, a stay-sail, The vessel on which the team cials said. Ten Mauritian women police offic- expected to arrive early next month. During its voyage, the 56-feet long one try-sail and two gennakers, is would go around the globe is pres- Covering the 2,100 nautical miles ers embarked on INSV Mhadei around INSV Mhadei is commanded by INSV Mhadei combated winds of upto equipped with satellite communi- ently under-construction in Goa. The voyage from Goa to here, through 10 miles outside the harbor and sailed Lt. Commander Vartika Joshi, a naval 35 knots and waves upto five metres cations and electronic navigation yet-to-be-named boat is expected to rough seas whipped up by the South- into port along with the Indian women architect and its first woman cap- high, providing adequate training to systems. be delivered to the Navy by Febru- west Monsoon, in 20 days, this was crew. tain, and the crew comprises Lt. B. the women crew. “This is a huge step INSV Mhadei also created history ary 2017. Rahul most Congress wants accessible 21 AAP MLAs leader: Jairam IANS

disqualified NEW DELHI: Congress Vice-Pres- ident Rahul Gandhi is the most active and accessible leader, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said disqualify, then all the Parliamen- yesterday. In an interview with tary Secretaries in the country ‘India Today’ channel, Ramesh The BJP and the should be disqualified,” Kejriwal said Gandhi’s sense of values is Congress tried to told the media. far superior to Prime Minister The Aam Aadmi Party leader Narendra Modi. He also hoped corner the AAP, said the reason behind the central that Gandhi’s much-anticipated which trounced government’s move was that Modi elevation as party chief will hap- was scared of the AAP. pen soon. both the parties in The Bharatiya Janata Party and “He is our most active and vis- February 2015 by the Congress tried to corner the AAP, ible leader. I expect his elevation which trounced both the parties in (as Congress President) soon,” said winning 67 of the Right-wing Hindu activists hold a celebration to mark the 70th birthday of US Republican presidential February 2015 by winning 67 of the Ramesh, who has just come out 70 seats in the Delhi 70 seats in the Delhi assembly. candidate Donald Trump in New Delhi, yesterday with his book ‘Old History, New assembly. “This is an open and shut case. Geography: Bifurcating Andhra The Election Commission must take Pradesh’. Ramesh said: “Demo- a final call on the disqualification cratic decision-making, allowing issue at the earliest,” BJP leader and Group celebrates birthday of Trump people to function, empowering IANS MP Meenakshi Lekhi said. different people to express them- Congress leader Ajay Maken said: selves... I have seen him (to be) “We have already demanded the dis- Reuters shooting, perpetrated by a gunman victims of last weekend’s shooting at accessible. He puts people into qualification of the 21 MLAs who claiming allegiance to Islamic State. a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, positions of authority. He believes NEW DELHI: A day after a Delhi were appointed Parliamentary Sec- “Trump has said Muslims should before a large birthday cake was cut in institutional processes.” government bill that sought to retaries bypasing the procedures.” be banned from entering America. to shouts of “Long Live Trump”. “He has an individual style exclude the post of Parliamentary The BJP accused Kejriwal of NEW DELHI: A Hindu fringe group Everyone should support that,” said “Trump is about to become the of decision-making. He is deeply Secretaries from the office of profit “demeaning the President’s office”. celebrated the 70th birthday of Hindu Sena leader Vishnu Gupta, king of the world,” Gupta said. “How committed to India’s secular val- didn’t get presidential nod, Chief Lekhi said: “It is high time the CM Donald Trump in the Indian capital whose group is known more for its will we attack Pakistan without ues. And I don’t think there is Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday also learns the administrative skills yesterday, calling the US presidential publicity stunts than for having any his support?” India accuses Mus- difference between what he says, targeted Prime Minister Narendra of the Prime Minister. They (AAP) contender the “saviour of human- meaningful support. lim Pakistan of responsibility for a what he believes and what he Modi even as the Congress and BJP have been caught on the wrong foot.” ity” who could end the global threat Donning red and blue paper hats, commando-style militant raid on the does,” the Congress leader added. sought the disqualification of 21 AAP President Mukherjee on Monday posed by Islamist militants. activists gathered at a stall on a Delhi financial capital Mumbai in 2008 that Ramesh admitted the present MLAs. declined to sign the Delhi Members About 20 members of the far- road to pledge their allegiance to the killed 166 people, and an attack on times were one of the lowest points “Our Parliamentary Secretar- of Legislative Assembly Act, for- right Hindu Sena, or Hindu Army, presumptive Republican nominee, an air base this year. The nuclear- in the 130-year-old party’s history. ies don’t get a penny, still everyone warded to him by the office of Lt held the festivities as Americans saying they counted on Trump to con- armed neighbours have fought three He said the party took a series of is after them and Modiji wants to Governor Najeeb Jung and the cen- grieved over the deaths of 49 peo- tain India’s neighbour Pakistan. They wars since independence and parti- political decisions, some of which disqualify them. If he wants to tral government. ple in the country’s worst-ever mass observed a minute’s silence for the tion in 1947. worked out and some didn’t.

Carrots stick out Activists petition US on Bhopal tragedy

IANS appear on July 13. Activist Rash- present Union Carbide to face trial. ida Bee said: “One month is not yet “A successful trial can very well over and we have collected more lead to Union Carbide having to than 117,000 signatures on our pay heavy criminal fines in keep- BHOPAL: Activists representing petition. ing with its grave criminal acts and survivors of the 1984 gas disaster “As per the terms of the White its terrible consequences. Hope- yesterday said they had petitioned House web site, the US government fully the fines will be large enough the White House regarding the is obliged to respond to our petition to supplement the meagre compen- criminal case against Union Car- within the next 30 days. sation victims have received so far.” bide and its new owner Dow “We are hopeful the Prime Tonnes of poisonous gas leaked Chemical. Minister will take note of this from the now shut Union Carbide The leaders said they hoped the historic challenge by the Bhopal pesticide plant in the heart of Bho- US Department of Justice will serve survivors and their international pal on the night of December 2-3, the Bhopal District Court’s notice supporters and instruct the CBI 1984. At least 1,700 people died on Dow Chemical so that it appears to seek issuance of non-bailable instantly and thousands have died in the court here on July 13. warrant against Dow Chemical if in later years, reports available The organisations said they it fails to appear in court on July with us said. Many more face life- had sent a letter to Prime Minister 13,” she said. long health issues due to exposure Narendra Modi seeking directions Added Rachna Dhingra of the to the gas. Activists say the com- to the Central Bureau of Investiga- Bhopal Group for Information pensation Carbide paid to survivors A worker sorts out carrots at a wholesale vegetable market in Mumbai, yesterday. tion to call for harsher measures and Action: “Once Dow Chemical and the families of those died was against Dow Chemical if it fails to appears in court, it will have to too meagre. Scientific robots to swim in Bay of Bengal in monsoon study

AP or exacerbate drought. Yet, the rains understood.” One of the biggest mys- they have never thoroughly studied across a 400-kilometer (250-mile) This year’s monsoon arrived at the are hard to predict and depend on the teries is how the water currents work, those temperature changes during stretch of water. The torpedo-shaped southernmost tip of the subcontinent complex interplay between global with colder and fresher water stream- the monsoon season — partly because robots are programed to navigate up on June 8 — a week later than usual atmospheric and oceanic movements ing into the northern part of the bay, working from a ship during severe and down through the water to a — and has been slow in moving north NEW DELHI: To better understand in ways not yet fully understood. They while warmer and saltier water flows weather involves navigating strong depth of 1,000 meters (3,280 feet), and relieving a drought devastating and predict South Asia’s seasonal can be affected by weather phenom- in further south from the Arabian Sea. winds and high waves. measuring the water salinity, temper- wide swathes of central, eastern and monsoon, scientists are getting ready ena such as El Nino, and could become The colder water tends to stay at the “We don’t know what we’re going ature and current and transmitting northern India. to release robots in the Bay of Bengal even more erratic with climate change surface, while warmer saline water to find. There’s been so little observa- the data to a satellite. On Tuesday, Indian Meteorological in a study of how ocean conditions and even air pollution. swirls in below. But as the two masses tion,” Webber said. “We may confirm At the same time, scientists from Department officials advised farm- might affect rainfall patterns. “It’s such a complex system,” mix, the warmer water moves toward what we think theoretically. But we the University of Reading and the ers in Maharashtra to delay planting The monsoon, which hits between said oceanographer Ben Webber at the surface and releases heat and really don’t know. It’s quite exciting.” Indian government in a related study seeds for their next crops until the June and September, delivers more the University of East Anglia’s School moisture, which then powers atmos- Working from an Indian research will take atmospheric measurements. rains reached the parched central than 70 percent of India’s annual rain- of Environmental Sciences, the UK pheric storms. ship departing the southern port city By comparing the two sets of data, state, which they said would likely fall. Its arrival is eagerly awaited by university leading the $11 million While scientists have known that of Chennai later this month, the Brit- scientists hope to better understand happen after Thursday. About 18 per- hundreds of millions of subsistence project. Still, “the processes that small changes in the water’s surface ish scientists will spend a month at how ocean conditions affect monsoon cent of the country’s economy comes farmers, and delays can ruin crops occur in the Bay of Bengal are not well temperatures can have a big impact, sea releasing seven underwater robots patterns. from agriculture. 14 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 INDIA

Sharing grief Court: Mallya Virtually every a ‘proclaimed state supports offender’ IANS

GST: Jaitley MUMBAI: A special court here yesterday declared business tycoon Vijay Mallya as a “pro- suggestions, which have been noted claimed offender” in the ongoing in the committee meeting itself. So, bank loans default and money- One state, that effectively, every state either sup- laundering cases, officials said to is Tamil Nadu, ported, or accepted, the idea of the reporters here. GST,” the minister said. Prevention of Money Laun- said it has some He said that there were several dering Act (PMLA) Special Court reservations. But stages involved, going forward -- Judge P. R. Bhavke issued the proc- an amendment of the constitution, lamation against Mallya, while they have also an approval to it by the states, pas- accepting an application filed by said how to make sage of central and model state laws the Enforcement Directorate (ED). by parliament, and then the states “ED application is allowed.. it implementable: adopting their own GST laws. and proclamation is issued against Finance Minister “We’ll try our best to see the Vijay Mallya,” the court ruled. constitutional amendments are On Monday, the ED lawyer approved in the monsoon session. Nitin Venegaonkar had urged Spe- And therefore, by the end of the year, cial Judge Bhavke to declare Mallya IANS we must have the CGST (central) as a ‘proclaimed offender’ to facil- People in Chennai observe a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to victims, of a massacre at a club in the and the SGST (state) laws in place,” itate his deportation from Britain, he said. “Hopefully, that should be US city of Orlando, yesterday. where he is currently based since the intention,” he said, when asked the past around four months. KOLKATA: Short of committing to if April 1 was the declared target for an April 1, 2017 deadline, Finance what is being described as the most Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday sig- far-reaching reforms in India’s tax nalled much progress in a pan-India administration since 1947 to create goods and service tax regime, thanks one uniform, unfragmented market. to an okay from all states save one, The minister also alluded that Jayalalithaa’s 94-page memorandum to Modi while rejecting demands for spec- the Congress party’s demand for the ifying the tax rate in the bill itself. inclusion of the proposed rate in the After a meeting of the Empow- law itself, was rejected outright. IANS meeting she submitted a 94-page, storage level to 152 feet. Jayalalalith- Citing Taiwanese company Fox- ered Group of Ministers on GST here, “There is complete consensus 29-point memorandum to Modi. aa’s memorandum also demanded conn’s interest in taking over Nokia’s Jaitley said a draft model bill has also that there should be no constitu- The other demands include retri- rerouting the gas pipeline of GAIL, plant near Chennai, Jayalalityaa been put up in the public domain and tional cap on the GST rate, because val of Katchatheevu, an islet ceded expanding metro rail services and urged Modi’s personal intervention so that the panel chairman, West Ben- contingency might arise in the future NEW DELHI: Forming a Cauvery to Sri Lanka, making Tamil an offi- integrating it with the Mass Rapid that Nokia’s assets were de-freezed. gal Finance Minister Amit Mitra, will as far as the quantum of taxation Management Board, stopping Kara- cial language as well as the functional Transport System (MRTS) in Chennai. Jayalalithaa said Tamil Nadu convene a meeting again next month fixed by the GST council is con- nataka from building a new dam language in the Madras High Court. The state wants early com- should be exempted from the com- to suggest the GST rate. cerned. It is best to leave it to the across Cauvery river and accepting The memorandum also sought missioning of the second 1,000 mon medical entrance exams and the “Virtually every state has sup- GST council.” Mitra also spoke about Tamil Nadu’s suggestions on GST fig- protection to Tamil Nadu fishermen MW nuclear power unit set up in ban on Jallikattu or bull taming sport ported the idea of a GST. One state, the “magic rate” -- the revenue-neu- ure in the wishlist submitted by Chief and the release of arrested fishermen Kudankulam. must be lifted. that is Tamil Nadu, said it has some tral rate or what is loosely called the Minister J. Jayalalithaa to Prime Min- and their boats from Sri Lanka. Demanding that petroleum prod- The memorandum demanded reservations... But they have also said GST rate under which the tax will ister Narendra Modi here yesterday. On the issue of river waters, the ucts be exempted from the ambit of adequate supply of kerosene under how to make it implementable,” Jait- be imposed. He said some suggested Jayalalithaa met Modi for the first Tamil Nadu government demanded Goods and Services Tax (GST), Jay- the public distribution system and ley told reporters on the margins of 17 percent and some research insti- time after she won the May assembly linking of river waters, setting up of alalithaa wanted compensation for release of funds to carry out flood the crucial meeting, represented by tutions have recommended 26.5 elections and became Tamil Nadu’s a Cauvery Management Board and adverse treatment of the state by the relief works in Chennai and other 22 states. “They have offered a few percent. Chief Minister again. During the raising the Mullaperiyar Dam water 14th Finance Commission. areas.

3 suicide scares Yoga time Gopal Rai quits as Delhi rock Mantralaya in single day transport minister

IANS IANS activist, said he was set to undergo three months of medical treatment MUMBAI: Accusing officials of at a hospital here for spine and heart failing to redress their grievances, related issues. three desperate persons, includ- NEW DELHI: AAP leader Gopal Rai Rai had said on Monday that he ing a farmer, yesterday threatened said yesterday he had quit as Del- was prepared to go to jail if charges to commit suicide at Mantralaya, hi’s Transport Minister on health of corruption in an app-based pre- in the Maharashtra government grounds but denied it had anything mium bus service scheme were headquarters, sending security to do with corruption charges hurled proved. He also said he would meet personnel in a tizzy. at him. ACB officials on Tuesday. The three - identified as After the transport portfolio was The minister said he did that on Dinesh Padaya from Mumbai, Dilip handed over to Health Minister Saty- Tuesday and quoted ACB chief M.K. More from Aurangabad and farmer endra Jain, Rai met officials of the Meena as saying there was “no cor- Hiralal Dhakane from Jalgaon Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) and ruption charge” against him, only Girls attend a yoga lesson at a school in Ahmedabad, yesterday. - wanted to meet Chief Minister Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung who he “golmol” allegations. Devendra Fadnavis and other offi- said had no case against him. “I told them to furnish proof if I cials to get their work done. “I have only given up the trans- have induldged in corruption. They While Padaya had approached port portfolio because it is a 24-hour were clueless,” he said. the Chief Minister’s Office for some job and gives too much strain which The allegations have been lev- work connected to the Social I am not able to take,” Rai told IANS. elled by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Justice Department, More and DPP allows agents of foreign vendors “I have been telling (Chief Minis- The ACB, which was originally with Dhakane wanted certain financial ter Arvind) Kejriwal for the past one the Delhi government, is now con- assistance from the chief minister. week to relieve me of this portfolio,” trolled by the central government. When Padaya’s plea was the Aam Aadmi Party leader added. Rai, who has been a minister rejected by the department offi- IANS says a foreign vendor may appoint an payment and payments received in “Transport portfolio is one since the AAP took power in Febru- cials, he approached the CMO agent but they are required to dis- the last 12 months. The ‘Integrity Pact’ portfolio which demands 24 hour ary 2015, later went to Lt. Governor for redressal and when he was close this fact. defined in the DPP meanwhile makes attention that someone like me can’t Jung who reportedly told him that he not allowed to meet Fadnavis, he The contract with an agent will it clear that bidders will have to give provide any more.” had received no corruption charge threatened to consume poison to NEW DELHI: The new Defence Pro- not be a conditional contract wherein an undertaking that they will not pay The minister said he would con- against him. kill himself right there. curement Procedure (DPP) allows for payment made or penalty levied is any amount as gifts, rewards, fees, tinue to retain the departments of “The allegations against me are Shocked by the threat, police ‘agents’ of foreign vendors, but with based, directly or indirectly, on the commissions or considerations to Labour, Employment, Develop- politically motivated,” Rai told IANS. noted down his complaint and a rider that these agents cannot get success or failure of the award of the any person, party or firm. The rules ment, Irrigation and Flood Control As transport minister, Rai over- later escorted him to the depart- payments depending on the success contract. say the “agent will not be engaged that he described as relatively “light saw the Delhi government’s two ment officials concerned to get or failure of a contract. A pro forma for such disclo- to manipulate or in any way to rec- portfolios”. rounds of odd-even traffic scheme his work done. Similarly, unable The new DPP, uploaded on the sure has been prescribed scope of ommend to any functionaries of the Rai, who limps because of a gun- aimed at battling pollution in Janu- to meet the CM or the officials con- Defence Ministry’s website last week, work and responsibilities, terms of government of India, shot injury he received as a student ary and April. cerned, More threatened to jump down from the sixth floor where the CMO is located, but was caught on time by the police security and bundled off to the station house. Dhakane, also not permitted Himachal buses off roads as HRTC staff strike to meet Fadnavis, issued a threat to jump off the building, but was escorted away before he carried IANS The employees were demanding the HRTC said the striking employees proceeding with the strike establish a for aggravating the contempt already out his threats. regularisation of the contract staff would resume work from Wednes- blatant defiance and disregard to the committed by them. An official said that Mantra- and pension benefits, among other day midnight. orders passed by this court and, prima After the high court proceedings, laya is a hub of activity where things. Acting tough against the protest- facie, amounts to contempt of court,” a meeting between striking employ- thousands of people from all over SHIMLA: Commuters depend- The strike hit the commuters, ing employees, the high court, which said a division bench of Justices Tarlok ees and the state government was Maharashtra troop down daily ing on buses were left in the lurch especially the tourists, hard with had on Monday declared the strike Singh Chauhan and Sandeep Sharma. held in Shimla and the employees with hopes to get their works yesterday after employees of the connectivity between cities and as illegal and issued a directive for its They directed the employees to decided to continue with the strike done quickly. This could range state-run Himachal Road Transport towns affected. The employees said immediate withdrawal while asking call off the strike latest by 5 p.m. on till Wednesday midnight. from financial help, medical Corp (HRTC) went on a two-day strike no corporation buses were plying in the state to look into their demands, Tuesday or else each one of them indi- “We respect the high court order assistance, jobs, admissions for from midnight and asserted they the state. However, some of the buses on Tuesday said the decision to join vidually and collectively along with but we are forced to continue with children, concessions of various would continue their agitation even of Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand the strike was a contempt of court. all the employees who have pro- the strike,” a leader of the striking types, certificates or testimonials after the high court warned them of state roadways are functional but “The action of the respondents ceeded to go on strike shall be liable employees, who didn’t wish to be from officials and ministers. action for contempt. they were overcrowded. Officials of and other employees of the HRTC in for being prosecuted and punished identified, told reporters. EUROPE WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 15 Labour rallies pro-EU backers as Sun shines on Brexit

and trade union members, said a vote our message across up and down the to stay in the EU would protect work- country,” said a spokesman. “We’re In a campaign ers’ rights - pitching to voters who “In” particularly concentrating on Labour dominated by campaigners fear have been turned voters and demonstrating to them that off by a debate dominated by rival- their party is unequivocally on the concerns over ries in the ruling Conservative Party. side of remain.” immigration and “This is the Labour movement Polls over the last four days have saying we are voting to remain in the suggested that the “Leave” camp is the economy, both European Union next week,” he said gaining, although there are many sides have stepped at the headquarters of Trades Union undecided voters. up their arguments Congress (TUC) which groups 51 unions The pound fell below $1.41 for the representing almost 6 million of United first time in two months and London- before the closely Kingdom’s 65 million people. listed shares fell nearly two percent contested vote. A TNS poll emphasised the battle on Brexit worries. facing Corbyn and other “In” cam- In another, though not unex- paigners. Just nine days before the pected, boost for the “Leave” referendum, it showed the Leave campaign, media tycoon Rupert Mur- Reuters camp holding a lead of seven per- doch’s Sun newspaper called on its centage points, matching a YouGov readers to vote to quit the EU. survey overnight. “The Sun urges everyone to vote Criticised by some campaigners Leave. We must set ourselves free LONDON: The leader of Britain’s for being lukewarm in his support to from dictatorial Brussels,” said the main opposition party urged sup- remain in the EU, Corbyn was clear tabloid, which has a circulation of porters yesterday to vote to remain he was leading his party’s push to stay 1.7 million but may be preaching to in the European Union after opinion but kept his distance from Cameron’s the converted as many of its read- An arrangement of newspapers pictured in London yesterday, shows front page of the Sun daily with a polls showed gains for those wanting mantra that Britain is “stronger, safer ers already back a Brexit according headline urging readers to vote ‘Leave’ in the June 23 EU referendum. to leave and the nation’s biggest-sell- and better off” in the bloc. to polls. ing paper backed Brexit. In a later speech, he attacked the In an article for the London go into Downing Street they do what politicians and in a world of declin- traditional working-class supporters, The “In” camp led by Prime Min- Conservatives for damaging Britain’s Evening Standard in February, vet- I say; when I go to Brussels they take ing sales and growing new media, the some of whom have been won over ister David Cameron, whose own public health service (NHS) - where he eran journalist Anthony Hilton said no notice.’” stance taken by the media may mat- by arguments that Britain needs to Conservatives are deeply split over had represented staff before becom- he once asked Murdoch why he was But at a 2012 public inquiry into ter less than it once did. control immigration to reduce pres- the EU, has recently given the lead ing a lawmaker. But he told voters so opposed to the European Union. the press, Murdoch rejected sugges- The Sun newspaper does, how- sure on the health service, schools role in campaigning to the left-lean- those who wanted to leave would “put “’That’s easy,’ he replied. ‘When I tions he had influence over British ever, reach many of Labour’s and housing. ing Labour Party, whose supporters the NHS in jeopardy”. could decide the June 23 referendum. The general secretary of TUC, In a campaign dominated by Frances O’Grady, and other union concerns over immigration and the leaders published an open letter ear- Betting odds indicate around 62% chance of ‘In’ economy, both sides have stepped lier yesterday underlining their fears up their arguments before the closely that Britain would vote to leave the contested vote that will help deter- EU, something they described as “a Reuters Bookmakers, who up until last stood at 62 percent after earlier fall- campaign would become the favour- mine Britain’s future in trade and world disaster for working people”. week had the “In” camp as the strong ing to as low as 55 percent. ite in EU referendum betting by the affairs but also shape the EU itself. The “Remain” camp played down favourite, have cut the odds on a Brit- As recently as last Thursday, bet- weekend, if the trend continued. Sterling slipped to a two-month any connection between the spotlight ish exit, or Brexit, after polling firms ting odds had indicated a 78 percent “We were forced to shorten our low yesterday and the euro has also on Labour message and slide in opin- LONDON: The implied probability indicated growing momentum for probability of an In vote, according Brexit odds yet again overnight ... lost value on fears a British exit from ion polls— several of which put the of a British vote to stay in European the “Out” camp ahead of the June to Betfair, and markets have taken and it seems inevitable Brexit will Europe, or Brexit, would tip the “Leave” campaign ahead—saying Union fell to 62 percent yesterday 23 membership referendum. fright in recent days. be favourite by weekend if this trend 28-member bloc back into recession. there had been no change in strat- from about 78 percent last week, According to Betfair odds, the Bookmaker William Hill said continues,” said Graham Sharpe, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, egy or message. according to betting odds from Betfair. implied probability of an In vote it was now likely that the “Out” William Hill’s spokesman. flanked by the party’s top lawmakers “We’re concentrating on getting

German man Walking in the rain EU court backs Britain goes on trial for murdering over child benefit rule

two children Reuters European Parliament (MEP) and a proponent of Britain staying in the European Union, called it a “land- AFP mark judgement”. LUXEMBOURG: The European “This ruling is a victory for Union’s top court ruled yesterday Britain, confirming we have a fair BERLIN: A German security guard that Britain could deny child benefit immigration system as well as went on trial yesterday accused of to foreigners who are not economi- having full access to the EU single murdering two children, one of cally active in the country, one of the market,” she said. them a four-year-old Bosnian boy hot-button issues in Britain’s loom- Conservative MEP Anthea McIn- snatched from a crowded migrant ing referendum on EU membership. tyre said the ruling was a victory for registration centre last year. The European Court of Justice Britain and for common sense. The trial of Silvio Schulz, 33, said a rule that makes allowances The ruling follows an opin- started under tight security in a conditional on the right to reside in ion issued in October from a senior court in Potsdam near Berlin after Britain might amount to discrimina- adviser to the court. news of the killings shocked the tion, but could be justified by a need Since then, British Prime Min- country last year. to protect public finances. ister David Cameron secured more Schulz is accused of kidnap- The right to reside applies to for- freedom to curb UK benefits avail- ping the children—four-year-old eigners who work, are looking for able to citizens of the other 27 EU Mohamed from Bosnia, and Ger- work or have been in Britain for at member states in order to bring man boy Elias, aged six—to abuse least five years. down the numbers of people migrat- them, then killing them to avoid The European Commission ing to Britain. being identified and caught. had argued that the British proc- The court stresses its inde- Pedestrians get caught in a heavy downpour as they make their way through the street of London, The hand-cuffed defendant ess of checking whether claimants pendence from politics, though EU wearing a hooded jumper covered yesterday. of child benefit and child tax credit officials say a number of recent deci- his face with a paper folder when are legally resident discriminates sions on benefits for migrants show he entered the courtroom yester- against foreigners because British a sensitivity to concerns in Britain day, as bereaved victims’ relatives citizens are not checked in that way. and other member states that have looked on. He faces life in prison if The court said the condition did sapped popular support for the EU. found guilty. not go beyond what is necessary UK-based think-tank IPPR said Schulz was arrested in late Scientists use climate & population to attain the objective of protect- the judgment could be picked up by October after his mother identified ing its finances. Catherine Bearder, both sides of the June 23 referendum him from security camera images Liberal Democrat member of the campaign. published by police. Police said he admitted to changes to predict diseases abducting and abusing Mohamed before strangling him to death and also confessed to murder of Elias. Reuters who co-led the study at University predicts outbreaks of individual dis- Bear(ing) the heat Prosecutors say Schulz College London’s genetics, evolution eases by pairing the changes in the abducted Elias from a Potsdam and environment department. host’s distribution as the environment playground in July 2015 before The model also has the potential changes with the mechanics of how strangling to death the scream- LONDON: British scientists say they to look at the impact of global change that disease spreads from animals ing child and burying his body in have developed a model that can pre- on many diseases at once, she said. to people,” said David Redding, who a rented garden plot. dict outbreaks of zoonotic diseases Around 60 to 75 percent of co-led the study. In early October, he kidnapped such as Ebola and Zika that jump emerging infectious diseases are “It allows us to calculate how Mohamed from the crowded and from animals to humans —based on so-called “zoonotic events”, where often people are likely to come chaotic area outside Berlin’s changes in climate. animal diseases jump into people. into contact with disease-carrying Lageso registration centre for asy- Describing their model as “a Bats in particular are known to carry animals and their risk of the virus lum seekers. major improvement in understand- many zoonotic viruses. spilling over.” The Lageso office was over- ing of the spread of diseases from The Ebola and Zika viruses, now The team tested their new whelmed by record numbers of animals to people”, the research- well known, both originated in wild model using Lassa fever, a disease migrants as Germany took in more ers said it could help governments animals, as did many others includ- that is endemic across West Africa than one million asylum seekers prepare for and respond to disease ing Rift Valley fever and Lassa fever and is caused by a virus passing to last year. outbreaks, and to factor in their risk that affect thousands already and people from rats. Like Ebola, Lassa As migrant families slept when making policies that might are predicted to spread with chang- causes haemorrhagic fever and can outside Lageso in the dust, and affect the environment. ing environmental factors. be fatal. frustrated refugees sometimes “Our model can help decision- Jones’ team used locations of 408 The study, published in the jour- brawled as they waited for days makers assess the likely impact (on known Lassa fever outbreaks in West nal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, for an appointment, parliamen- zoonotic disease) of any interventions Africa between 1967 and 2012 and the tested the model with Lassa and Buyan, a male Siberian brown bear, cools down under a stream of tary vice president Claudia Roth or change in national or international changes in land use and crop yields, found the number of infected people water sprayed by an employee in its enclosure on a hot summer condemned the conditions there as government policies, such as the con- temperature and rainfall, behaviour will double to 406,000 by 2070 from day, at the Royev Ruchey zoo on the suburbs of Krasnoyarsk, “shocking and unworthy of a dem- version of grasslands to agricultural and access to health care. some 195,000 due to climate change Siberia, yesterday. ocratic society”. lands,” said Kate Jones, a professor “Our approach successfully and a growing human population. 16 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 EUROPE

French cop Paris protests turn violent; 26 injured among two

led away by officers in riot gear with dead in attack Police fired water blood streaming from a wound above his eye, his white T-shirt splattered claimed by IS cannon in southern with blood. The strike is the latest in months Paris to quell rioters of industrial action that has seen air as “several hundred” and rail transport severely disrupted, Reuters masked protesters fuel shortages and rubbish piled up on the streets of Paris. lobbed objects at “I’ve been to all the demos since PARIS/LES MUREAUX: A French- police. March because I want to live in dig- man who pledged allegiance to nity, not just survive,” said Aurelien Islamic State (IS) stabbed a police Boukelmoune, a 26-year-old techni- commander to death outside his cian marching in Paris. home and killed his partner, who AFP “I want the reforms to be with- also worked for the police, in an drawn, pure and simple. Only then attack the government denounced will it stop. For the government’s sake, as “an abject act of terrorism”. they should withdraw the law, other- Larossi Abballa, 25, also took PARIS: Twenty-six people were wise we’ll block the economy.” the couple’s three-year-old son hurt and authorities made 15 arrests With France on high alert over hostage in Monday night’s attack. yesterday as protests in Paris over dis- fears of attacks during Euro 2016, The boy was found unharmed puted labour reforms descended into overstretched security forces had but in a state of shock after police violent clashes between riot police feared the demonstrations could turn commandos stormed the house and masked troublemakers. violent and banned 130 known trou- and killed the attacker. Police fired water cannon in blemakers from taking part. Born in France of Moroccan CGT labour union employees march during a demonstration in Marseille as part of nationwide protests southern Paris to quell rioters as The latest in a wave of protests origin, Abballa was jailed in 2013 “several hundred” masked protest- that began in March coincides with a against plans to reform French labour laws, yesterday. for helping Islamist militants go ers lobbed objects at police. French Senate debate on the reforms, to Pakistan and had been under The clashes erupted as the inter- which are aimed at making the job and an ongoing rail strike, predicted 50,000 demonstrators” in Paris alone numbers to open the monument security service surveillance, national spotlight was on France as market more flexible and reducing a “very strong mobilisation”. yesterday. Two further protest days safely, according to its operator, SETE. including wiretaps, at the time of the host of the Euro 2016 football high unemployment but which crit- The CGT laid on more than 600 are set for later this month. Adding to the climate of discon- the attack, Paris prosecutor Fran- championships, which have also been ics see as too pro-business. buses to transport demonstrators At a time when the French capital tent, rail workers continued strike cois Molins said. marred by violence between fans. President Francois Hollande’s to Paris and said it hoped to attract would normally be reaping the bene- action to protest working conditions. The attacker told police nego- Strikes closed the Eiffel Tower and Socialist government has voiced hope more support than in March, when it fits of high-season tourism boosted by They were joined at the weekend by a tiators during the siege he had disrupted transport links. During the the latest day of protest will be a last claimed 1.2 million people took to the the football, the demonstrations have minority of Air France pilots. answered an appeal by Iraq-based Paris unrest, several demonstrators stand for the movement. streets. Authorities put the March fig- dampened the flow to the world’s The pilots’ strike, which affected IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “to stormed a building site and hurled But Philippe Martinez, head of the ure at 390,000. most-visited city. about one in five flights, was set to kill infidels at home with their wooden palettes at riot police. far-left CGT union that spearheaded Paris police chief Michel Cadot Several staff at the Eiffel Tower end but the rolling strike at national families”, Molins told a news con- Pictures showed one man being last month’s blockades of fuel depots said he expected “maybe more than went on strike, leaving insufficient rail company SNCF was in its 14th day. ference. “The killer said he was a practicing Muslim, was observing Ramadan and, that three weeks ago, he had pledged allegiance to ... Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” Molins said. Rosy path Bulgarian minister resigns Police found a bloodied knife at the scene along with a list of other potential targets including over graft charges rap musicians, journalists and police officers, the prosecutor said. In a video posted on social net- Reuters parliamentary deputy and the works, Abballa linked the attack to money was allocated from the state the soccer championship, saying: railway infrastructure company “The Euros will be a graveyard.” (NRIC) where Ginev was then chief. The video had been removed SOFIA: A Bulgarian government In a statement yesterday, the from Facebook yesterday. deputy minister resigned yesterday Sofia city prosecutor’s office said The attacker knifed after public prosecutors charged him Ginev had been charged after an 42-year-old police commander with involvement in the misuse of investigation into “intentional Jean-Baptiste Salvaing repeatedly more than $530,000 of state rail- mis-management” of 927,000 levs in the stomach on Monday evening. ways money nine years ago. ($531,750.13) in 2007 when he was He then barricaded himself The scandal has further NRIC general director. inside the house in Magnanville, undermined Bulgarians’ trust in The prosecutors’ office said a suburb 60 km west of Paris, tak- public institutions as it comes under Ginev’s actions, which deliberately ing the policeman’s partner Jessica increasing pressure from European benefited a company controlled by Schneider, 36, and their boy hos- Union to crack down further on graft a former lawmaker, amounted to tage. Schneider, a secretary at a by top officials. Prosecutors said the a serious crime which had caused police station in a nearby suburb, charges against Anton Ginev, a dep- huge damage to the NRIC. was killed with a knife, Molins said. uty transport minister, related to Ginev was not immediately IS claimed the attack. “God has urgent rebuilding work carried out available for comment. But the gov- enabled one of the caliphate’s sol- in 2007 at a railway station in the ernment’s press office said shortly diers in city of Les Mureaux near Tourists pose for photographs at the rose tunnel in the park of Schoenbrun palace in Vienna, Austria, Danube town of Ruse. after the prosecutors’ statement that Paris to stab to death the deputy yesterday. The government chose a com- Prime Minister Boiko Borisov had police chief and his wife,” a broad- pany controlled by a former accepted his resignation. cast on its Albayan Radio said. Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners again Nato to send troops

AFP Nadiya Savchenko was traded for two cause and state media reported they “My dear boys—welcome home,” to deter Russia alleged Russian soldiers convicted of had flown to Russia. Poroshenko told the two men after fighting alongside pro-Moscow insur- RIA Novosti news agency said their arrival in hospital. gents during the 26-month war in Glishchinskaya touched down in Mos- “We did it!” he added with a broad Reuters should send a very strong signal of KIEV: Russia and Ukraine swapped Ukraine’s devastated rustbelt. cow with her child. The Kremlin press grin. our determination to defend the Bal- prisoners for the second time in less The Kremlin did not explain office told Russian news agencies The Ukrainians’ cause was tic states and Poland in the face of than a month yesterday as relations Russian President Vladimir Putin’s that their release was “made possi- far less globally known than continued Russian aggression.” between the sworn foes showed rare decision to pardon Yuriy Solosh- ble thanks to the active involvement Savchenko’s—a symbol of resistance BRUSSELS: Britain, Germany and The battalions are part of a signs of calming in the midst of war. enko and Gennady Afanasyev. Both of Viktor Medvedchuk”—a Ukrain- to Russia who was recently ranked as the United States advanced plans wider Nato deterrent to be approved The exchange involved two men were sent to hospital on their arrival ian who has developed a personal the country’s most trusted politicians yesterday to spearhead a new Nato at the Warsaw summit on July 8, that Kiev views as political prisoners in Kiev for treatment for chronic ail- friendship with Putin and helps lead by one Kiev research centre poll. force on Russia’s border from next which will involve troops on rota- and a pair of pro-Russian Ukrainians ments that required immediate care. periodic prisoner exchange talks. But their fate remained a sen- year, but some eastern allies said the tion, warehoused equipment and a who were jailed for allegedly pro- The Kremlin also said that Kiev The release of Soloshenko sitive subject for the pro-Western alliance’s effort must go further to highly mobile force backed by Nato’s moting the former Soviet republic’s in turn had released two Ukrainian and Afanasyev was greeted with leadership whose rise was followed deter Moscow. 40,000-strong rapid reaction unit. eastern separatists’ cause. reporters—Yelena Glishchinskaya and joy in Kiev and the pair were met by Russia’s March 2014 annexation of Three of Nato’s biggest military Nato hopes the complex plan Their release came 19 days after Vitaly Didenko—who were convicted by Ukrainian President Petro Crimea and the outbreak of the east- powers said they would each com- can discourage Russia from orches- Ukraine’s celebrated combat pilot of promoting the pro-Moscow rebels’ Poroshenko. ern revolt. mand a combat battalion across trating the kind of campaign used to the eastern flank to help deter any annex Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula show of force such as that deployed in February 2014. by Moscow in Crimea in 2014. Berlin and Washington also said Swedish SAS pilots “Britain will lead one of the bat- that they would send troops to the talions,” British Defence Secretary new force, which is expected to total agree to end strike Unaccompanied child migrant Michael Fallon said at a meeting about 4,000 soldiers, with contribu- of Nato defence ministers. “That tions from other allies. STOCKHOLM: Swedish pilots for numbers double in Europe: UN Scandinavian airline SAS agreed yesterday to end a strike which has disrupted hundreds of flights involving 100,000 passengers over AFP noting that more than 7,000 of them down with dead bodies and I was five days, management said. had arrived in first five months of the scared,” 17-year-old Nigerian orphan “The parties have agreed on a year. Unaccompanied and separated Peace said in the UNICEF report. new collective bargaining agree- children are at risk of abuse and She had fled Nigeria to escape an ment and all flights in Sweden will GENEVA: The number of unac- exploitation, by the smugglers they arranged marriage to a 40-year-old. resume as soon as possible,” said a companied children making the rely on to get to Europe, UNICEF said. “I wish my friend had told me this statement by the company. dangerous Mediterranean crossing “Just about every child who is how difficult it is. I would have con- Some 400 pilots at Stockholm’s aboard unseaworthy boats has more arrives in Italy has a harrowing story tinued suffering in Nigeria,” she added. Arlanda airport went on strike last than doubled this year, the UN chil- to tell,” the report said. There is concern over a sharp Friday, locked for months in bitter dren’s agency said in a report yesterday. Both boys and girls are subjected increase in Nigerian women and girls pay negotiations with manage- Entitled “Danger every step of the to violence. “During the crossing, leaving Libya for Italy, with the Inter- US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter and Britain’s Defence Secretary ment. The deal to end the strike way”, the UNICEF report said nine several people fell overboard and national Organisation for Migration agrees a 2.2 percent pay increase out of every 10 children arriving in drowned, and others inside the boat (IOM) estimating 80 percent of them Michael Fallon (right) attend a Nato defence ministers meeting in according to SAS. Italy were unaccompanied minors, fainted and died. I was even sitting are victims of trafficking. Brussels, yesterday. AMERICAS WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 17

Hillary & Sanders Obama & Hillary to meet after slam Trump for voting concludes Reuters

anti-Muslim jibe WASHINGTON: Democratic presiden- tial rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are set to meet after voting to respond to Trump’s proposed concludes in Washington, DC’s primary suspension of immigration from nominating contest, marking the end Barack Obama countries with a “history of terror- of a fierce battle for the party’s mantle. and Hillary Clinton ism” in response to the killing of 49 Clinton has all but wrapped up the people early in Orlando, Florida. The Democratic nomination for the White made simultaneous gunman was US-born Omar Mateen, House already after a string of wins speeches responding 29, whose parents immigrated from since February, and is hoping for Sand- Afghanistan. ers’ support as she prepares to take on to Trump’s proposed The president, without mention- Republican Donald Trump in Novem- ban on Muslim ing Trump by name, dismissed the ber’s election. immigrants. Republican’s criticism of Obama for The meeting between Clinton and not using the term “radical Islamic Sanders was planned on June 7 when terrorism” to describe Islamic State the former secretary of state secured militants. Obama called the phrase enough delegates to become the pre- Reuters a political distraction. sumed Democratic nominee, scoring “What exactly would using this victories in heavily populated states Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shakes hands with supporters before speaking at a campaign label accomplish, what exactly California and New Jersey. would it change?” Obama said. rally in Cleveland, Ohio. “Secretary Clinton and Sena- WASHINGTON: US President “Someone seriously thinks we don’t tor Sanders agreed to meet when she Barack Obama lambasted Donald know who we’re fighting? ... There’s to bar all Muslims from immigrating to suggest in a television interview that nominate him. called him last Tuesday night,” a Clin- Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim no magic to the phrase ‘radical to America. We hear language that Obama might have somehow been House Speaker Paul Ryan, who ton campaign official said. “She looks immigrants yesterday in an angry Islam.’ It’s a political talking point.” singles out immigrants and suggests responsible for the deadliest mass was his party’s 2012 vice presiden- forward to the opportunity to discuss denunciation of the Republican pres- Obama, who cancelled a joint entire religious communities are com- shooting in modern US history, a point tial nominee, yesterday distanced how they can advance their shared idential candidate’s response to the appearance with Clinton planned plicit in violence,” Obama said. “Where that Trump said he did not make. himself from the proposed Muslim commitment to a progressive agenda, Orlando club massacre. today in Wisconsin due to the events does this stop?” “I have to ask: Will responsible ban in a further sign of establishment and work together to stop Donald Obama and Hillary Clinton, the in Orlando, appeared to be enjoying Clinton, Obama’s former secre- Republican leaders stand up to their unease with Trump’s agenda. Ryan Trump in the general election,” the Democrat he has endorsed to suc- his role in the campaign to select his tary of state, addressed supporters in presumptive nominee or will they endorsed Trump two weeks ago but official added. ceed him in the November 8 general successor. He tangled with Trump Pittsburgh. The candidate said Trump’s stand by his accusation about our pres- subsequently chided him for calling a Sanders, a senator from Vermont, election, made nearly simultane- in 2011, producing his birth certifi- proposal bolstered her case that he ident?” she said. federal judge biased because of the US- is facing pressure from Democrats to ous speeches responding to Trump, cate to refute Trump’s claim that the was temperamentally unfit to serve The biting criticism was likely born jurist’s Mexican heritage. formally concede in the drawn-out the New York mogul who is soon to president was not born in the United as president, saying the commander to increase discomfort among many “I do not think a Muslim ban is in Democratic primary and begin work- become the Republican Party’s pres- States. in chief “is a job that demands a calm, establishment Republican leaders our country’s interests,” said Ryan, ing with Clinton to unify the party and idential nominee. “We now have proposals from collected and dignified response” to about Trump with little more than who last year criticised Trump’s orig- take on Trump.He promised support- Clearly annoyed, Obama used a the presumptive Republican nomi- events like the Orlando massacre. a month until party figures gather inal proposal for a temporary ban on ers that he would remain in the race speech at the Treasury Department nee for president of the United States Clinton noted that Trump seemed in Cleveland July 18-21 to formally Muslims entering the United States. until every vote was cast. Ex-Argentina official held over cash bags at monastery US seeks motive for

AP Officers arrived and arrested a man arrested and alleged that he tried to “It’s almost out of a movie,” said who turned out to be former Public bribe police. Marcos Pena, President Mauricio Works Secretary Jose Lopez. Police “He later told the nuns that police Macri’s Cabinet chief. “We’re shocked Orlando massacre initially detained him for illegal pos- had tried to steal money that he was because it’s not a minor official ... He BUENOS AIRES: An official in the session of a .22 caliber rifle. trying to donate,” Ritondo said. “There led public works, which were so ques- former government of President They then discovered wads of are dollars, yen and euros. ... It’s a tioned, where we saw so much daily Reuters Mateen’s wife attempted to Cristina Fernandez was arrested yes- cash as well as watches in more than lot of money.” He did not give exact corruption.” talk him out of the attack, NBC terday as he allegedly tried to hide 160 packages inside the bags. Other amount because it was still counted. Since Fernandez ended her term News reported yesterday, citing millions in dollars and other curren- money had been taken to the mon- Dario Kubar, area’s mayor, said in December, Macri’s administration officials familiar with her com- cies at an Argentine monastery. astery kitchen and some was found that authorities had found more than has promised to root out corruption ORLANDO, FLORIDA: US investi- ments to the FBI. A neighbour of the monastery in the trunk of a car. $7m at the monastery that is home that has plagued Argentina. Ana- gators yesterday were digging into The attack on the Pulse club called authorities after seeing a man Security Minister Cristian Ritondo to nuns devoted to Our Lady of the lysts say that has emboldened judges what motivated a Florida man to in the central Florida city was the throwing bags onto the property of Buenos Aires Province said Lopez Rosary of Fatima, which is about 55 who are now freer to pursue sensi- slaughter 49 people at a club, includ- deadliest mass shooting in modern near Buenos Aires early yesterday. was “in a state of shock” when he was km west of the capital, Buenos Aires. tive cases against the former leader. ing evidence that he had become US history. absorbed in militant Islamist ideas. Angel Colon, who was in Pulse Omar Mateen, who was shot with friends at the time of Mateen’s dead by police after a three-hour attack, described hearing gunfire standoff, left behind a tangled trail of and falling to the floor, shot in the Graffiti ‘artist’ A noble cause possible motives. He also called police left leg. during his rampage to voice allegiance “I couldn’t walk at all,” Colon who tagged to various militant Islamist groups. told a news conference at Orlando Federal investigators have said Regional Medical Centre, where he national parks Mateen was likely self-radical- is one of 27 survivors being treated. ised and there is no evidence that “All I could do was lay down. Peo- he received any instruction or aid ple were running over me.” pleads guilty from outside groups such as Islamic Colon said he had a hopeful State. Mateen, 29, was a US citizen, moment when Mateen went into born in New York of Afghan immi- a bathroom—where he later took AFP grant parents. hostages—but the gunman then “We currently do not have any emerged, systematically making information to indicate that a for- his way through the club shooting LOS ANGELES: A California eign terrorist group directed the people who were already down, woman who defaced some of attack in Orlando,” President Barack apparently to ensure they were America’s most iconic landmarks Obama told reporters after a meet- dead. in the name of art pleaded guilty ing of the National Security Council. “I look over and he shoots the girl and was sentenced to two years’ “He appears to have been an angry, next to me and I was just there lay- probation and 200 hours of com- disturbed, unstable young man who ing down and thinking, ‘I’m next, I’m munity work. became radicalised.” dead,” Colon said. Casey Nocket, 23, of San Diego, An official familiar with the Mateen shot him twice more, had documented her exploits on investigation, said investigators one bullet aimed for Colon’s head social media as she travelled the are only beginning to delve into striking his hand, and another hit- country in 2014 and over a 26-day the contents of Mateen’s cellphone ting his hip, Colon recalled. “I had period damaged rock formations and other electronic devices. The no reaction, I was laying down so at seven national parks by drawing source said they believe Mateen he wouldn’t know I was alive,” Colon or painting on them with acrylic browsed militant Islamic mate- said. When police drove Mateen back paint and markers. A paramedic extracts blood from a donor during World Blood Donor Day in Tegucigalpa, yesterday. rial on the internet for two years or into a restroom, an officer dragged “The defendant’s deface- more before the Orlando shootings. Colon to safety, he said. ment of multiple rock formations showed a lack of respect for the law and our shared national treas- ures,” prosecutor Phillip Talbert said in a statement. “The National Park Service has US appeals court upholds ‘Open Internet’ rule worked hard to restore the rock formations to their natural state, completing clean-up efforts in five AFP major broadband firms like Verizon Backers of the rule say it is needed “This is a huge, historic victory for know it today—one that remains open of the seven parks.” and AT&T, which claimed the rules to ensure that Internet service pro- all Internet users,” Black said. to innovation and economic growth, Among the parks targetted by unfairly restrict providers and dis- viders avoid deals that could favour “It means no company can act without service providers serving as Nocket, who went by nickname courage investment. one service with faster access while as a gatekeeper for Internet content. paid gatekeepers,” a White House “Creepytings,” was Death Valley WASHINGTON: A US federal court Judge David Tatel, writing for the throttling or blocking a rival. It ensures that smaller startups and statement said. National Park in California, Rocky ruled yesterday that Internet is effec- majority, said the Federal Commu- Companies such as Netflix, Yelp service providers will be able to com- The new rule also applies the Mountain National Park in Colo- tively a public utility, upholding a nications Commission’s decision last and Twitter, for example, were back- pete on equal terms for Internet traffic concept to mobile Internet carri- rado and Crater Lake National hotly contested regulation requiring year to reclassify Internet firms as ing the FCC rules. with established companies.” ers, preventing them from blocking Park in Oregon. broadband firms to treat all online “common carriers” that can be reg- “Now consumers will be assured Netflix hailed the decision as or throttling content for competitive Authorities said a court hear- traffic equally. ulated like phone companies “is a the right to full access to the Internet “ensuring that providers like Netflix reasons. ing will be held at a later day to The so-called “net neutrality” permissible exercise of its authority.” without interference from gatekeep- will be able to reach consumers with- Two previous FCC rulemaking determine the amount of money principle was upheld in a 2-1 deci- In a 115-page opinion, Tatel wrote ers,” said Gene Kimmelman of the out ISP interference.” efforts were tossed out by the appel- Nocket will be required to pay in sion by the US Appeals Court panel in that “the role of broadband provid- consumer group Public Knowledge. President Barack Obama, who has late court in Washington, but the agency restitution. The graffiti artist was Washington, a major ruling in a dec- ers is analogous to that of telephone Ed Black of the Computer & Com- been a backer of net neutrality, wel- last year tried again with a new twist, nabbed as she had proudly docu- ade-long legal battle and first court companies: they act as neutral, indis- munications Industry Association, comed the ruling. applying the 1934 law that regulates mented her crimes on Instagram, approval after two past efforts failed. criminate platforms for transmission which represents various Internet and “Today’s ruling is a victory for the phone companies to categorize Inter- for all to see. The ruling deals a setback to of speech of any and all users.” tech firms, also welcomed the ruling. open, fair, and free Internet as we net firms as public utility providers. 18 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 AMERICAS

Nasa to set fire Russian hackers breach US party’s computers in space for as quickly as possible to kick out the science & safety intruders and secure our network.” The Russian spies The Washington Post quoted US also targetted officials as saying Russian spies also targeted the networks of Trump and Reuters networks of Democratic presidential candidate Republican candidate Hillary Clinton, as well as computers of some Republican political action CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA: Donald Trump committees. An unmanned cargo ship pulled and Democratic The intrusion is emblematic of away from the International Space candidate Hillary the sophistication of Russian hack- Station yesterday to stage first of ers, who intelligence officials have three planned Nasa experiments Clinton. long viewed as the most talented of on how big fires grow in space, an US adversaries in cyberspace. important test for astronaut safety. Two separate groups were able to Previous experiments in enter the DNC’s system and read email space were limited to incinera- Reuters and chat communications, according tion of samples no bigger than an to the committee and CrowdStrike, index card, said David Urban, lead the cyber firm that helped clean up researcher for the Spacecraft Fire the breach. Experiment, or Saffire. WASHINGTON: Russian government CrowdStrike began assisting the “We tried for years to find a hackers penetrated the computer DNC in May and identified two groups, vehicle and a circumstance where network of the Democratic National said Dmitri Alperovitch, the compa- this would work and initially we’d Committee and gained access to all ny’s co-founder and chief technology get a ‘not on my spacecraft’ reac- opposition research on Republican officer. Both were kicked out this tion,” Urban said during a Nasa TV presidential candidate Donald Trump, weekend, he said. interview. the committee and security research- The first, which CrowdStrike The headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington where Russian government hackers The National Aeronautics ers said yesterday. named Cozy Bear, entered the DNC’s penetrated the computer network. and Space Administration ulti- Representative Debbie Wasser- systems last summer. It primarily mately settled on using an Orbital man Schultz, chairwoman of the monitored email and chat conversa- said. It gained entry in late April and working together. expected to see more as the Novem- ATK Cygnus cargo ship, which Democratic National Committee, tions and may be working for Russia’s “went straight to the oppo research Cyber attacks against political ber presidential election nears. is designed to burn up in the confirmed the breach, first reported Federal Security Service, or FSB, Alp- specifically on Donald Trump and candidates and organizations are The last two US presidential cycles atmosphere after it departs the by the Washington Post. erovitch said. FSB was once run by exfiltrated some of it,” he said. common worldwide. US National in 2008 and 2012 witnessed a bar- space station. The Cygnus, which “When we discovered the intru- Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alperovitch added that both Intelligence Director James Clap- rage of cyber attacks from a range departed the space station yester- sion, we treated this like the serious The second group, nicknamed groups were among “the best threat per said last month he was aware of of adversaries targeting President day , was launched from Earth in incident it is ...,” Wasserman Schultz Fancy Bear, is probably working on actors that we’ve ever encountered” attempted hacks on campaigns and Barack Obama’s campaign and the March with more than 3,200 kg of said in a statement. “Our team moved behalf of Russia’s military, Alperovitch but that they appeared to not be related organisations and that he campaigns of his Republican foes. food, supplies and science exper- iments for the station, a research laboratory that flies about 400 km above the planet. The cargo included Saffire, a Migrant smugglers use module containing a 97 cm by 49 Three inmates escape during cm cotton-and-fiberglass mate- rial sample that will be set on fire tour buses in Mexico after Cygnus reaches a safe dis- tance from the station. riot in prison near Mexico The experiment will begin with AFP The traffickers did not provide hot wires igniting the sample. Air food or water for more than two days flowing through ducts will fan the “to avoid stops and arrive faster and fire, which is expected to last about AFP when they did a roll call at around worry about, (the riot) was controlled without delay to the northern bor- 20 minutes. 4am, Manzur said. with minimal effort,” State of Mexico MEXICO CITY: Migrants smugglers der,” it said. “One of the big questions is “We think that as a result of this security chief Eduardo Valiente said are now using luxury tour buses to The institute said the use of how big will the flame get?”Urban fight in the prison, three people took late Monday after visiting the prison. move Central and South American “luxury” buses from the compa- said.Fire behaves differently out- TLALNEPANTLA, MEXICO: Three advantage of it to escape,” Manzur It is the latest unrest to hit a Mex- migrants from Mexico’s southern nies Turismos Crucero and Tours side of Earth’s atmosphere, so inmates escaped during a riot and told reporters. ican prison. border to the United States, author- Tomaren marked a “new mode of scientists want to test whether fire at a prison outside Mexico City The fugitives include a mur- In February, 49 inmates were ities said, yesterday. operation” for traffickers. microgravity will limit flames and that left 10 prisoners and seven derer, a rapist and a house burglar. killed in a massive brawl at the Topo Two buses carrying 102 migrants Under pressure from the United what materials will burn. police officers injured, authorities Authorities are searching for them Chico prison in the northern city of from Guatemala, Honduras, El Sal- States, Mexico’s government cracked The question is not academic. said yesterday. and offering a $15,000 reward for Monterrey. Three others were mur- vador and Ecuador were intercepted down on illegal migration at its In February 1997, an oxygen- Authorities deployed some 1,000 their capture. dered earlier this month at the same early yesterday in the north-cen- border with Guatemala in 2014 fol- generating canister aboard the police officers to contain the unrest at Officials had initially reported prison. tral state of Zacatecas, the National lowing a crisis of unaccompanied Russian Mir space station erupted the Barrientos prison in the munic- that nobody was hurt, but Manzur A report by the National Human Migration Institute said in a state- children crossing the US border. into a searing flame, blocking ipality of Tlalnepantla, a densely said seven officers and 10 inmates Rights Commission found that ment issued yesterday. Among the operations, author- the crew’s path to an emergency populated suburb. were injured. One prisoner remained inmates govern themselves in 71 state The migrants had paid between ities sought to deter migrants from escape ship. “A fight occurred between several hospitalised while the rest were prisons, which are also overcrowded. $7,000 and $10,000 to be taken from hitching a ride on top of a freight The crew fought the fire with inmates” at around 8 pm and prison- cleared by doctors. The Barrientos prison has 3,000 the state of Chiapas, which borders train known as “The Beast,” which foam extinguishers and water and ers set fire to mattresses and other Some 150 relatives of inmates, inmates, double the normal capac- Guatemala, to the northern border has been a popular way to travel it eventually burned itself out, objects, which were extinguished, some in tears, flocked to the prison ity, Manzur said. city of Reynosa, the statement said. north for years. leaving a thick residue of soot. said Jose Manzur, government sec- overnight to get information. Many Several escapes have also taken retary of the State of Mexico. were still outside the prison yester- place, such as the July 2015 prison- Order was restored within three day morning. break of drug kingpin Joaquin “El hours, but prison officials realised “I want to tell the families of the Chapo” Guzman, who was recap- Former Californian that three inmates were missing inmates that they have nothing to tured in January. senator to plead Lula graft probe returns guilty in graft case to crusading judge

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LOS ANGELES: A former Califor- nia state senator accused of taking cash bribes and gifts from a busi- BRASILIA: The Supreme Court nessman and from undercover FBI decided to return a corruption agents posing as Hollywood film- investigation into former Brazilian makers to steer legislation in their President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva favour has agreed to plead guilty to (pictured) to a crusading anti-cor- mail fraud, prosecutors said. ruption judge who is presiding over Ronald Calderon, 58, a Dem- cases in the sprawling Petrobras ocrat indicted in February 2014 graft scandal. on two dozen counts of bribery, Lula, Brazil’s most influen- fraud, money laundering and other tial politician, who has not ruled charges, will enter his guilty plea this out running again in 2018, is under week, a spokesman for US Attorney’s investigation for allegedly benefiting, Office in Los Angeles said. in the form of payments and a luxury According to the plea agree- apartment, from corruption scheme in August. If she is convicted, ment, prosecutors have agreed uncovered at state-run oil company. interim President Michel Temer, of not to ask for a sentence of more The Supreme Court took over the the PMDB party, will serve out her than 70 months, although the stat- Lula investigation from lower court term through 2018. Relatives of prisoners wait for news outside the Barrientos prison after a riot erupted inside the facility utory maximum for the charge is judge Sergio Moro in March after he Brazil’s largest-ever corrup- in Tlalnepantla. 20 years. released a wiretap of a conversation tion investigation has uncovered a between Lula and then-President massive graft scheme in which local Dilma Rousseff as evidence she construction and engineering firms was appointing him to her Cabinet colluded to overcharge Petrobras for to shield him from prosecution. work and used the excess funds to US backs referendum against Maduro But, Supreme Court Justice Teori bribe executives and provide kick- Zavascki ruled the recording was backs to politicians in Rousseff’s inadmissible as evidence because it governing coalition. was taped after the warrant expired Elected politicians can only Reuters to protests and opposition calls for heirs of Venezuela’s former Presi- assembly, alleviate shortages of food and he sent Lula case back to Moro, be tried by the Supreme Court. To a recall referendum to remove dent Hugo Chavez to respect people’s and medicine, and honor its own con- exposing Lula to possible arrest and date, only one has been put on trial Maduro, a measure allowed under right to constitutional mechanisms to stitutional mechanisms, including a prosecution. If Lula is convicted of there, the suspended speaker of the constitution. express their will, throwing Wash- fair and timely recall referendum,” any crime, he could not run for pres- lower house of Congress, Eduardo SANTO DOMINGO: US Secretary of In his opening speech to a meet- ington’s weight behind OAS chief Luis Kerry said. ident for eight years under Brazil’s Cunha, who is facing investigations State John Kerry called yesterday for a ing of the Organisation of American Almagro’s unvarnished criticism of Venezuela’s opposition accuses clean-slate law. into millions of dollars in bribes referendum that could force Venezue- States (OAS) in the Dominican Repub- Maduro. the elections council of stalling the Rousseff, his successor and pro- and undeclared bank accounts in lan President Nicolas Maduro from lic, Kerry called for dialogue and said “The United States joins with Sec- recall process at the behest of Maduro tégée, was suspended last month Switzerland. office amid the Opec nation’s deep- Washington was strongly committed retary General Almagro and others by arbitrarily changing criteria for when the Senate voted to put her A congressional ethics commit- ening economic and political crisis. to working with members to address in the international community in requesting a recall vote. Maduro has on trial for breaking budget laws, tee will on whether to strip Cunha of Venezuela is suffering economic Venezuela’s “troubling” situation. calling on the Venezuelan govern- said any recall against him would be ousting Lula’s Workers’ Party after his seat and his relative immunity as slowdown, long lines for food and In a reference to the referendum ment to release political prisoners, in 2017 at the earliest, pushing back 13 years in power. The impeach- a lawmaker for lying to the chamber medicines and soaring prices, leading push, Kerry called on the political respect freedom of expression and against opposition pressure. ment trial is expected to conclude about his Swiss accounts.

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Islamic State leader Abu Bakr 1 Al-Baghdadi killed in air strike: Report SINGAPORE: The Italian city of Florence, birthplace of Italian poet Dante Alighieri, Oil prices down with world will stage the world premiere of “Inferno”, 2 markets, stockpiles data eyed the third film to be adapted from the Dan Brown novels about symbologist Robert Pakistan, spurned by US, considers Langdon. 3 offer of Jordanian F-16 jets “I’m happy to say it is in beautiful Flor- ence in Italy,” Ron Howard, director of all the three previous films, said in Singa- pore yesterday, adding that the location TWEET OF THE DAY was appropriate given that the city was the “centrepiece of the movie”. The premiere will be on October 8. “Inferno” sets Harvard symbologist Langdon, played by Tom Hanks, on a man- hunt as he races to stop a plot to control the world’s population by the unleashing of a deadly artificial plague. A male black-naped Monarch, Hypothymis azurea oberholseri, feeding his babies at a nest in a park The film is the latest in line from the in Taipei. The adult male bird is about 16cm long and is mainly pale azure blue apart from a whitish blockbuster book and film franchise lower belly. that began with Brown’s 2003 religious- themed mystery novel “The Da Vinci Code”. Scientists find new planet orbiting two stars

AFP Kepler-1647 b — is the size of Jupiter habitable zone,” a statement from San smaller, according to a research paper INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY and has a wide orbit, revolving around Diego State University (SDSU) said. set to appear in The Astrophysical its two stars in 1,107 days, or around In theory, that would make the Journal. WASHINGTON: Astronomers have three years. planet neither too hot nor too cold for The planet lies some 3,700 light- discovered the largest planet outside The discovery is the eleventh of its human habitation, and water could years from the Earth (a light-year is our solar system orbiting two stars, at kind since 2005. exist in liquid form. the equivalent of around 9.5 billion a distance that would make it poten- Planets that orbit two stars — known However, Kepler-1647 b is gaseous kilomtres). Researchers are able to tially habitable for people, scientists as circumbinary planets — are some- like Jupiter, making the possibility life detect planets outside the solar system announced Monday. times called “Tatooines,” after the could exist there unlikely. — called exoplanets — when they pass Families visiting Ramadan A team of NASA astronomers that similar fictional planet in the movie Still, any large moons orbiting the in front of their stars, causing “slight cannon at masjid al Imam made the discovery using the Kepler Star Wars where Luke Skywalker was planet could possibly host life. dips in brightness,” the researchers said. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab space telescope revealed the findings at raised. Kepler-1647 b is further from its At 4.4 billion years old, Kepler-1647 “But finding circumbinary planets and taking memorable photos. Photo by @baher_amin a meeting of the American Astronom- two stars than any other known circum- b is roughly the same age as the Earth. is much harder than finding planets ical Society in San Diego, California. binary planet, placing it in an orbit that Its stars are also similar to the Sun, one around single stars,” co-author Wil- The gaseous planet — dubbed “puts the planet within the so-called slightly larger and the other slightly liam Welsh, an SDSU astronomer, said.

Pepper the Disney to dazzle with Shanghai park opening today robot greets

AFP competitors, Disney’s position as the visitors to guardian of generations of children’s dreams made it an attractive prospect hospitals SHANGHAI: The Magic Kingdom for Shanghai, whose leaders are hop- comes to the Middle Kingdom this ing a little bit of fairy dust will rub off week when Disney opens its first on the city’s tourism industry. AFP theme park in mainland China, bet- The plan to build the park was ting the growing middle class will floated as early as 1999, but was spend big on leisure despite a slow- shelved to allow Hong Kong — a spe- LIEGE, BELGIUM: His diction is ing economy. cial administrative region of China still a little odd, and his movements The $5.5bn resort, which opens — to get its Disney park up and run- sometimes a bit hesitant, but Pep- today, features the world’s biggest ning in 2005. Hong Kong Disneyland per the robot is all geared up to Disney castle, its blue-topped spires struggled for years to turn a profit help patients at two Belgian hos- rising above land once occupied by after opening, and reportedly plunged pitals. farms and small factories on the out- back into the red last year due to a fall The humanoid assistant, who skirts of commercial hub Shanghai. in mainland Chinese visitors. has a screen on his chest and a Disney is seeking to attract Shanghai has pulled out all the round head, is the first robot in the crowds with a boat ride based on the stops for Disney — whose Chinese world to be used to greet people “Pirates of the Caribbean”, a show partner for the project is state-backed in a medical setting, his software from the mega-hit “Frozen” and a Shanghai Shendi Group — by build- creators said. “Star Wars” attraction populated by ing new infrastructure and cracking Pepper is taking up reception characters from the science-fiction down on violations of the company’s duties at hospitals in Ostend and saga among the draws featuring the intellectual property. Liege, where he was unveiled at company’s beloved movies. Early indications are good. At the Centre Hospitalier Regional La The project broke ground in April least a million people had already vis- Citadelle on Monday. 2011, with Disney chairman and chief ited the resort area — which includes Standing 140 centimetres (4 ft executive Bob Iger telling reporters it a shopping and entertainment zone 7 in) tall and equipped with wheels would be a “significant milestone” in accessible without tickets — before under his white frame, Pepper can the company’s history. opening day, a local official said. recognise the human voice in some But the opening comes as China’s Disney calculates there are 330 20 languages and detect if he is economic growth has dropped to its million people living within a three- talking to a man, woman or child. weakest level in a quarter of a cen- hour journey of Shanghai — many, In Liege the robot helper, who tury, a disappointing end to decades Policemen guard Disney Town of Shanghai Disney Resort, during the first part of the three-day grand opening it reckons, are potential visitors pre- costs about ¤30,000, will for the of double-digit growth spurred by pared to pay either the peak period moment remain in the hospital’s in Shanghai, China, yesterday. government infrastructure spending. entrance fee of 499 yuan ($76), or the reception area. Nevertheless, Disney is hoping 370 yuan ($56) at other times. But at the AZ Damiaan hospi- weak economic indicators will not However, Disney isn’t the only construction, it said. criticised Disney for a cultural “inva- But, say observers, in a country tal in Ostend, he can accompany stop China’s burgeoning middle class company looking to tap into the rising Universal Studios is planning sion” just days before opening his where the average disposable income visitors to the department they are from descending on Shanghai Disney consumer class, who are increasingly a theme park near Beijing, while “Wanda Culture and Tourism City” is just $278 a month, that might prove looking for, said Raphaël Tassart Resort in droves, a bet backed by a spoiled for choice. DreamWorks Animation is cooper- in Nanchang to the south of Shanghai. a little bit rich for some. of Belgian firm Zora Bots which Chinese government push to increase China is building theme parks ating on an entertainment district in “This craze for Mickey Mouse and “Some people with average developed the software inside his domestic consumption. faster than any other country in the Shanghai. Donald Duck is over. The period when incomes may find Disney too expen- robot brain. Robots like Pepper, China is banking that consum- world, with more than 300 projects And it isn’t just the foreign giants we would blindly follow where Dis- sive,” Professor He Jianmin of the whose components come from ers — the same kind willing to spend receiving funding in recent years, who are chasing the Chinese fairy ney led has been gone for years,” said Shanghai University of Finance and Asia but are assembled in France, on food, lodging, and souvenirs in according to the National Business tale. Last month, local tycoon Wang Wang, founder of the Wanda com- Economics told AFP, adding that have already been tested in Japa- Mickey Mouse’s new house — will Daily newspaper. Jianlin, who is building his own pany which bought Hollywood studio Disney needs to attract people with nese shops and a few large French become a powerful growth engine for Last year alone, 21 parks string of theme parks and reportedly Legendary Entertainment for $3.5bn higher earnings living in the coun- malls, generally carrying out retail the world’s second largest economy. opened and another 20 were under has close ties to China’s leadership, in January. Despite tough talk from try’s booming eastern region. functions. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 QE 9,756.38 +52.02 PTS PAGE | 24 DOW 17,648.73 -83.75 PTS IMF: China FTSE100 5,923.53 -121.44 PTS Apple enhances economic outlook Siri but still trails in BRENT $48.27 -$0.61 ‘uncertain’ artificial intelligence

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QA Cargo to become a major player in new markets

“Last year, we succeeded in aircraft by 2017 and from July 1, the our state-of-the-art cargo terminal becoming the world’s third larg- carrier will double its flights into and at Hamad International Airport has In 2017, the airline est international cargo carrier, but out of Luxembourg providing better a fully-equipped live animal facility plans to target areas there are still areas we have not yet connectivity for its customers. and a team of experienced ground targeted to their full potential. In 2017, He also announced that Qatar Air- and animal handling staff to provide such as Transpacific, we will target areas such as Trans- ways Cargo will add Halifax (Canada) round-the-clock care for live animals. Australia and South pacific, Australia and South America and New York (JFK) to its freighter We ensure the animals receive spe- – do not be surprised if you see us network in July 2016. cial care and treatment all the way, America. becoming a strong player in all these “We are glad to be participat- on the ground as well as in the air. markets in the next nine months,” ing yet again at this important event. As a committed member of IATA, we said Ogiermann. “Our expansion into China is a major market for Qatar comply with the Live Animal Regu- these markets has been made possible Airways Cargo where we currently lations, which set out strict guidelines The Peninsula thanks to our continuing fleet growth operate freighters to Guangzhou, regarding the welfare of animals dur- – we will receive three new aircraft Shanghai and Hong Kong as well as ing transportation,” he said. by March 2017 - and by the launch wide-body flights to Beijing, Chengdu, The spacious 4,200 square metre DOHA: Qatar Airways Cargo, the of our new European hub in Luxem- Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, air-conditioned live animal facility at world’s third largest international bourg,” he added. Shanghai and Hong Kong,” he added. Qatar Airways Cargo’s hub in Doha cargo carrier, plans to become a He added this major enhancement Ogiermann officially launched QR is designed with special features major player in three new mar- of the carrier’s network is made possi- Live, a new addition to the cargo car- including: large holding areas for kets - the Transpacific, Australia ble by the constant growth of its fleet, rier’s portfolio of air freight solutions. horses, eight stalls for horses (300cm and South America in the next nine which now includes nine Boeing 777F, “The new solution QR Live pro- x 300cm each), a 24/7 dedicated months, said Ulrich Ogiermann, Chief eight Airbus 3330F and two Boeing vides stress-free and comfortable expert animal health care service, Officer Cargo, Qatar Airways. He was 747F aircraft, as well as the opening of transportation of horses, pets, exotic 300-square metre paddock, rubber Qatar Airways Chief Officer Cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann (right), and Qatar speaking at a press conference on the its new European hub in Luxembourg. animals and livestock from ori- pavers for soft walk area, hydraulic opening day of Air Cargo China 2016 The cargo carrier projects that gin to the final destination. In cases loading and unloading docks as well Airways Cargo Senior Vice-President of Sales and Network Planning, in Shanghai. its pure cargo fleet will grow to 22 where transit in Doha is required, as hydraulic workstations. Peter Penseel, at a press conference at Air Cargo China.

Trade in Islam Siemens HQ Oil drops as Brexit risk forum opens The Peninsula unnerves investors

DOHA: In the presence of Minis- Reuters cents to $49.74 a barrel by 1300 GMT, ter of Economy and Commerce, dropping for a fourth day in a row, H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al while US crude futures lost 38 cents Thani, the third edition of ‘Trade in LONDON: Oil fell for a fourth day to $48.50 a barrel. Islam’ forum opened at the Sheikh yesterday, swept lower by investor “Stock markets are under pres- Eid Charity Foundation theatre in nervousness over next week’s vote sure ... and yields on 10-year German Hazm Al Markhiya. on Britain’s possible European Union government bonds have slipped into The forum is organised by the exit, which overshadowed signs of negative territory today for the first Ministry of Economy and Com- a return to health for crude prices. time,” Commerzbank analysts said in merce in collaboration with Sheikh Safe-haven German Bund yields a note. “Oil prices are unable to ignore Eid Charity Foundation. The Board fell below zero for the first time this negative market sentiment, espe- Chairman of Sheikh Eid Charity while industrial commodities and cially since the majority of speculative Foundation Dr Sheikh Mohammed equity markets, seen as more vul- financial investors are continuing to bin Eid Al Thani and Vice Chair- nerable to economic risk, dropped bet on climbing oil prices.” man of Qatar Chamber Mohammed after polls showed Britain’s “Leave” “The risk-off mood that has been bin Towar Al Kuwari, along with a campaign leading before a refer- pervasive in the markets in the last number of dignitaries and business- endum on EU membership.. This few days has taken hold of oil prices, men attended the opening. overshadowed a more upbeat fore- with weakness in Asian markets and A group of Islamic scholars and cast for oil demand growth from the a strong dollar contributing to Brent think-tank, including Dr Tariq Al The main entrance of the new headquarters of the German engineering giant Siemens in Munich. The International Energy Agency, which crude dripping back below $50,” said Suwaidan, Dr Mohamad Al Awadi new building, built in the past six years and which will provide future jobs for 1,200 employees, will said the oil market is essentially bal- Mihir Kapadia, CEO at Sun Global and Sheikh Ahmad Al Buaynain be officially opened at the end of this month. anced after two years of surpluses. Investments, which has assets under took part in the forum. Brent crude oil futures fell 61 management totalling $500m. They spoke about Islam and trade, rules and regulations for commercial activities, social responsibilities of the traders and personality development of young Philippines targets up to 25% share of $200bn halal market traders.

IMF offers Angola By Mohammad Shoeb Philippines friendly to Muslim tourists. Chamber of Commerce and Indus- was introduced, and the Halal-cer- in terms of economic development of The Peninsula “The best and most important tries of the Philippines, Inc (HICCIP), tified establishments promoted, like Muslim-Filipinos. $4.5bn loan welcome to the visitors is with food. and Crescent Rating, to prepare the The Riyadh Travel Fair in Saudi Ara- “Of the 1.8 billion Muslim popula- And if you are not Halal, then there is kitchens and facilities of 50 hotels, bia, the Arabian Travel Market in tion worldwide, 1.3 billion of them are LUANDA: The International Mon- a very important segment of society resorts, restaurants, and other tour- Dubai, and the 2nd Halal Tourism in this side of the world. If these fig- etary Fund said yesterday it had DOHA: The Philippine govern- in the world that you are not extend- ism-related establishments in Manila, Conference in Konya, Turkey. ures are any indication, the potential offered Angola $4.5bn in loans as ment is determined to get a share of ing a proper welcome to,” noted Baguio, Cebu, Boracay, Davao, Bohol, Secretary Yasmin Lao of the of the Halal industry in the Philip- the country, which was wracked 20 to 25 percent of the $200bn glo- Ramon Jimenez Jr, Secretary at the Palawan, Caraga, Zamboanga City, National Commission on Muslim pines to thrive is certainly endless, by civil war until 2002, has been bal Halal market and the authorities PDOT, during the launch of the Project General Santos City, Koronadal, and Filipinos (NCMF) lauded the PDOT’s more so with an integrated ASEAN badly impacted by falling oil have accelerated efforts to achieve recently. Cotabato City, to be halal-certified. commitment to advancing the Halal economy,” said Jimenez. prices. this target as part of the ‘Halal Tour- Citing a recent Crescent Rating “The PDOT is subsidizing the costs industry, citing that Secretary Jimenez He pointed out that the PDOT “Angola can receive a max- ism Project’ launched recently by the data that sees the 117 million Muslim of Halal certification and accredita- has once again shown political will has identified the Halal industry as imum $4.5bn... the loan can be Philippine Department of Tourism travelers rise to 168 million by 2020, tion for one year; will provide training in efficiently implementing “The a potential growth area for develop- repaid in less than 10 years,” (PDOT). The project aims at attract- Jimenez said, adding “The market on global Halal standards; and include Halal Tourism Project” in less than ment largely due to the increasing IMF official Ricardo Velloso told ing more tourists and visitors from the is already there, with arrivals from the participating Halal establishments 100 days. demand from the huge and growing reporters in Luanda during a two- GCC and other Muslim countries by Malaysia, for one, growing at a dou- in its sales missions and trade exposi- “I strongly believe that ‘The Halal Muslim markets from the Middle East, week visit to the country. promoting the establishment of Halal ble-digit rate. The only thing that is tions abroad,” said Assistant Secretary Tourism Project’ will lead towards a Turkey, Israel, India and the ASEAN Angola’s economy grew rapidly food restaurants across the country. wanting is capacity.” Arturo Boncato, Jr, who oversees the way Muslim-Filipinos feel that they countries for tourism. The estimated after the end of the 27-year war as The PDOT has set its sights on The PDOT has worked with implementation of Halal Tourism are so very much part of this coun- 10 million Muslim Filipinos in the oil production fuelled a boom in seeking a larger slice of the global National Commission on Muslim Fil- Project for the DOT. He cited several try” the NCMF Secretary added, citing country also present new opportu- the capital Luanda. Halal tourism market by making the ipinos (NCMF), Halal International international events where the project that Halal will be a “game changer” nities for Halal domestic tourism. 22 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS Brexit fears drive German bond yields to below zero

a rush to the safety of German debt. Ditching any hope of a return on uncertainty over a possible Brexit, challenges currently facing global Guntermann agreed. The 10-year German While borrowers traditionally pay their investment now seems a rea- which is driving investors into the financial markets,” Kater said. “Risk aversion and scarcity interest on the money they are loaned, sonable price to pay to escape the safe haven of German sovereign “Weak growth is pulling down remain the key driving forces for mar- government bond in the face of heightened political and uncertainties of falling stock mar- bonds,” said DeKaBank economist inflation expectations even further. ket activities and valuations,” he said. is regarded as economic uncertainty, those inter- kets or volatile commodities and Ulrich Kater. Central banks are trying to counter Germany’s own finances have est rates have come down to record currencies. Interest rates on sovereign debt falling inflation expectations using benefitted from its safe-haven status one of the safest lows recently as investors flock to safe The 10-year German govern- have been low for some time as cen- aggressive monetary policy,” he said. in recent years, because with inves- investments. havens to park their cash. ment bond is regarded as one of the tral banks snap up government bonds The European Central Bank has tors favouring German sovereign debt, German government 10-year safest investments and among the fac- from investors in an effort to boost slashed its key interest rates to zero borrowing rates in Europe’s biggest bonds are considered a benchmark tors driving the current rally in Bund economic growth through increased and launched a massive bond-buy- economy have come down. of financial security and strong prices are concerns about the glo- liquidity. ing programme known as quantitative The government has seen its AFP demand for the bonds, known as bal economy, rock-bottom inflation Be it in Japan, the United States, easing (QE) in a bid to get the euro- annual interest payments fall from Bunds, caused prices to peak, in turn expectations in the single currency Switzerland or Britain, the rate of zone economy back on its feet and more than 40 billion euros ($45 bil- pushing their yields into negative ter- area and fears about a possible Brexit return for sovereign bonds of most push inflation higher. lion) per year in 2008 to 21 billion FRANKFURT: Investors yester- ritory for the first time ever. with the British referendum on EU major industrialised nations are “Fears that Britain will quit the EU euros in 2015. day started paying for the privilege In late morning European trad- membership just 10 days away, trad- striking new record lows in day-to- has killed off any willingness to take The reduced debt servicing costs of owning rock-solid German gov- ing yesterday, the Bund yielded minus ers said. day trading. risks in European capital markets,” enabled Germany to balance its ernment bonds as fears of a possible 0.028 percent, an immediate cost to “A huge driving factor behind the “The drop in yields below the zero said LBBW analyst Werner Bader. budget in 2014 for the first time since Brexit and economic worries caused anyone holding the investment. current price trend is the heightened mark once again shows the immense Commerzbank economist Rainer 1969 and a year ahead of target.

Iran: US must IMF: China economic encourage banks outlook ‘uncertain’ to do business Reuters

AFP OSLO: The United States must do more to encourage banks to do business with Iran following the BEIJING: China’s economic outlook lifting of sanctions, Iran’s foreign is uncertain with corporate debt and minister said yesterday. an opaque financial sector contrib- The United States and Europe uting to looming vulnerabilities, an lifted sanctions on Tehran in Jan- International Monetary Fund Offi- uary under a deal which also cial said yesterday. agreed to curbs on Iran’s nuclear David Lipton (pictured), First programme. However some Deputy Managing Director at the restrictions remain, including on IMF, said the near-term growth out- financial transactions, slowing look in the world’s second largest Iranian hopes to reintegrate with economy had become more buoyant world markets. because of recent policy support but a special group to restructure its “I believe the United States on warned of potential pitfalls ahead. hulking state-owned enterprises, paper has removed all the sanc- “The medium-term outlook is which have long suffered from tions,” Mohammad Javad Zarif more uncertain due to rapidly ris- inefficiencies. said, but Washington needs to do ing credit, structural excess capacity, Beijing has long vowed to reform more to removed the “psycholog- and the increasingly large, opaque, the companies, which control criti- ical remnants” of measures which and interconnected financial sector.” cal sectors of the economy ranging had been in place for decades. People are seen in a shopping mall in Beijing. Corporate borrowing has been singled out as a major vulnerability Speaking in Beijing, where he from coal production to telecommu- “On the banks, I believe it is had been meeting senior banking nications, but institutional resistance of Chinese economy by the IMF. important for everybody to realise and government officials among has stymied those efforts. that an agreement will be sustain- others, Lipton said China needed Lipton also singled out corpo- following several rounds of credit loos- predicted the measure could prevent In April, the IMF raised its 2016 able if everybody feels they are to accelerate the pace of economic rate borrowing as a major concern. ening intended to stimulate waning four to five million premature deaths growth forecast for China by 0.2 per- making gains from the agreement,” reforms as it had fewer options for “Corporate debt, though still growth. One state-owned company, by 2030. centage points to 6.5 percent, citing he told a news conference in Nor- dealing with future crises. manageable, is high and rising fast,” the China Railway Corporation, owes His comments come as China announced stimulus plans. It also way with European Union foreign Corporate debt, state-owned Lipton said. “Addressing the corpo- more than $600bn in debt, it revealed struggles with a tough transition away increased its estimate for 2017 by the policy chief Federica Mogherini. company reform and lack of rate debt problem is imperative to in May. from dependence on debt-fuelled same amount, to 6.2 percent. “Its implementation must communication between finan- avoid serious problems down the Aside from financial concerns, the investment and export industries in The figures still represent a sig- also be a win-win implementa- cial regulators were all cited as road.” IMF proposed China institute a carbon an attempt to find a “new normal” of nificant drop from the 6.9 percent tion so that everybody feels there vulnerabilities. Lending obligations in the coun- tax to clean up the country’s heavily economic growth powered by domes- expansion seen in 2015 -- the slow- are benefits, there are dividends,” He suggested China establish try have increased dramatically polluted skies. If implemented, the IMF tic consumption. est in a quarter of a century. Zarif said. US data point to strong domestic demand United Developers elevates Qatar profile in luxury retail Reuters years in May as the drag from a strong increase in July,” said Sal Guatieri, a consumer spending component of dollar and lower oil prices fades. senior economist at BMO Capital Mar- gross domestic product. They were The signs of fairly healthy domestic kets in Toronto. previously reported to have risen 0.9 The Peninsula Luxury Conference was curated demand and rising imported inflation The Commerce Department said percent in April. Economists had fore- by International Vogue Editor Suzy WASHINGTON: US retail sales could attract the attention of officials retail sales increased 0.5 percent cast both overall retail and core sales Menkes and featured talks by lumi- rose more than expected in May as at the Federal Reserve, who were due last month after surging by an unre- gaining 0.3 percent last month. DOHA: For the second consecu- naries from the worlds of fashion, Americans bought automobiles and to gather for two-day meeting yester- vised 1.3 percent in April. The second The dollar pared losses against the tive year, Place Vendôme Qatar, the art, technology, business and a range of other goods, even as they day. While May’s weak employment straight month of gains boosted sales yen and extended gains versus the euro Parisian inspired QR5bn mixed-use social media. Speakers at the event paid more for gasoline, suggesting report has all but ruled out an interest 2.5 percent from a year ago. on the data. Prices for U.S. government development, served as a lead Part- included executives from Giorgio that economic growth was gaining rate increase at this meeting, the steady Excluding automobiles, gasoline, prices were up marginally, while US ner of the Condé Nast International Armani, Balmain, Chanel, Coach, steam despite a sharp slowdown in flow of upbeat economic reports keeps building materials and food services, stock index future pared losses. Luxury Conference which concluded Diesel, Instagram, McKinsey & Co., job creation. a hike in July on the table. retail sales rose a solid 0.4 percent The fairly strong May retail sales recently in Seoul. Samsung C&T, Swarovski, and Ver- Other data on Tuesday hinted at “This won’t spur the Fed to raise last month after an upwardly revised report could see economists lifting The event attracted business sace, as well as leading designers a steady build-up of inflation pres- interest rates tomorrow, but it could 1.0 percent increase in April. their second-quarter GDP growth and creative leaders from across the and representatives from South sures, with import prices recording cast a more positive tone on the These so-called core retail sales estimates, which are currently around globe to discuss the future of luxury Korea’s burgeoning art and fash- their largest increase in just over four statement... setting the stage for an correspond most closely with the a 2.5 percent annualized rate. and its potential in the region. ion scene. “We are delighted to have part- As part of its role as a partner, nered with Condé Nast International Place Vendôme co-hosted a future- to present the CNI Luxury Confer- luxury-themed cocktail evening on Ashtead to buy ence again this year,” said Sean Kelly, the first day of the conference. The Defence expo Project Director of Place Vendôme. event took place at the Dongdaemun back shares “Condé Nast has proven once again Design Plaza, a neo-futuristic devel- that it has a unique understanding of, opment designed by Zaha Hadid and worth $284m and access to the luxury market. This Korean studio Samoo which serves year’s conference gathered some of as the centerpiece of South Korea’s Reuters the brightest minds in fashion and fashion hub. business. It also gave us an unparal- “United Developers and Place leled opportunity to introduce Place Vendôme are honoured to play a LONDON: Ashtead Group Plc Vendôme to a host of premier brands role in elevating Qatar’s profile in announced a share buyback of up and to highlight the potential of the the world luxury market through to $284m for the current financial Qatari market.” such events as the CNI Luxury Con- year, after strong North Ameri- The Condé Nast International ference,” said Kelly. can growth helped the industrial equipment hire group post a rise in full-year profit. The British company, also raised its full-year dividend by 48 percent to 22.5 pence, cit- ing expectations of significant free cash flow generation due to strong margins and lower costs for fleet replacement in the cur- rent year. Ashtead, which hires out dig- gers and tools on short-term contracts, said it expected “good” earnings growth, as seasonally Visitors look at military vehicles displayed during the Eurosatory defence and security international higher demand for fleet on rent exhibition in Villepinte, near Paris. seen during spring had continued Officials at the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference. into the new financial year. BUSINESS WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 23

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 9,756.38 0.54 % QE Total Return Index 15,785.17 0.54 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,785.15 0.15 % QE All Share Index 2,719.42 0.30 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,636.95 0.01 % QE All Share Industrials 2,992.72 0.35 % QE All Share Transportation 2,452.7 0.35 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,448.02 1.62 % QE All Share Insurance 4,032.72 0.38 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,090.36 1.15 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,357.4 0.50 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 14-06-2016 Today 13-06-2016 Previous day Index 9,756.38 9,704.36 Change 52.02 89.66 % 0.54 0.92 YTD% 6.45 6.95 Volume 2,268,593 2,381,737 Value (QAR) 123,557,381.67 87,701,760.86 Trades 1,562 1,402 Up 16 | Down 22 | Unchanged 01

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Dcm Shram Ind-/D169.25 -3.15 43005 Jenson&Nich.-B/D 7.38 0.08 15425 Rallis India-A/D 206.8 -1.7 17209 Standrd Chart /D 498 -2.9 4291869 Inclusion would bring billions of dollars of pas- Dhampur Sugar-/D 119.6 3.2 703422 Jik Indust-B/D 0.64 -0.01 3399 Reliance Indus/D 405 1.1 45465 Tate & Lyle/D 620 -3 273829 sive foreign funds into the market, but fund managers Dr. Reddy-A/D 3095.95 9.75 7768 Jindal Drill-B/D 184.9 -4.7 15853 Ruchi Soya-B/D 20.95 0.35 83274 Tesco/D 149.55 0 8898155 are split on whether Saudi Arabia is likely to be put on E I H-B/D 105.6 -0.45 6570 Jktyre&Ind-A/D 91.15 1.45 171797 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 499.7 -0.6 3995 Unilever/D 3087.0275 -29.5 782201 review this year. Some managers believe the possibility is strong E.I.D Parry-A/D 242.7 -3.15 120293 Kabra Extr-B/D 104.05 2.3 1853 Saur.Cem-B/D 67.35 0.95 48310 United Util Gr/D 931.5 -11 439758 because of an easing of foreign ownership restrictions Eicher Motor-A/D18760.05 343.2 1917 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 460.45 -21.3 108949 Thirumalai-B/D 270.9 -0.5 10717 Vodafone Group/D212.05 0.95 24496282 and reforms to the trading environment announced in Electrosteel-B/D 19.1 0.4 118167 Kalpat Power-B/D 253.2 5.8 8762 Til Ltd.-T/D 268.7 -1.35 1244 Whitbread/D 3968 -41 339852 early May by the regulatory body, but others think inclu- sion will not come before mid-2018. The Saudi index climbed 0.6 percent as Saudi Elec- tricity Co (SEC), the state-controlled utility, jumped its 10 percent daily limit to 20.05 riyals, its highest close Global stocks weak ahead of Fed meeting & Brexit since the end of May 2015. SEC said at the weekend that it was inviting expres- sions of interest from companies to build two solar power plants; the firms would invest in the plants and sell elec- prospect of Britain voting to leave are also piling into the yen and stimulus when it finishes its own against the dollar and was largely tricity to SEC in deals that could become models for the European Union next week gold, or alternative haven invest- gathering tomorrow, while the steady versus the euro after Brit- future infrastructure projects under Saudi Arabia’s eco- Caution across and Fed meeting. ments. The euro hit a 3.5-year low same day the Bank of England is ain’s most-read newspaper The nomic reform plan. markets was Investors, meanwhile, for at 118.52 yen. widely expected to hold rates at Sun urged readers to vote to leave In Dubai the main index added 0.2 percent to 3,330 the first time accepted negative Caution across markets was 0.5 percent. the European Union in an edito- points as Dubai Islamic Bank climbed 2.4 percent and reinforced by policy returns for the privilege of owning reinforced by policy meetings of “Expectations of weak global rial yesterday. Emaar Properties recovered from early losses to close meetings of the US, rock-solid German government the United States, Japanese and growth and ever-enduring easy On Monday, the pound had hit up 0.3 percent. “Dubai’s stock market witnessed selec- bonds as fears of a possible Brexit British central banks taking place monetary policy, likely to be rein- two-month lows against the dol- tive buying, heading higher to retest the 3,380 resistance Japanese and British and economic worries caused a this week. forced at central bank meetings lar and European single currency. level,” said a note by Abu Dhabi’s NBAD Securities. The central banks taking rush to the safety of German debt. The US Federal Reserve will this week, is seeing a mass exit With just over a week to go benchmark tested that barrier late last week but failed Strong demand for German conclude a two-day meeting today from equities and feeding demand until Britain’s referendum, a series to break above it. At current low trading volumes, a place this week. sovereign bonds, known as Bunds, and while it is not expected to hike for bonds, sending yields to record of polls have put the ‘Leave’ camp breakout above the resistance remains unlikely in the caused prices to peak, in turn interest rates for several months, lows,” said Jasper Lawler, analyst in front, raising the possibility that near term, added the note. pushing their yields into negative investors hope it will give some at traders CMC Markets. its four-decade ties to the bloc The two largest listed stocks on Abu Dhabi’s exchange, AFP territory for the first time ever. guidance on monetary policy. Europe’s main stock markets could be cut. Etisalat and First Gulf Bank, helped pull the index up “The nervousness around the Wall Street followed the main were sharply down, with Paris’ The prospect of one of the big- 0.5 percent. Cairo’s main index dropped 1.0 percent as Brexit story increased the vola- indexes in Asia and Europe down- CAC 40 more than two percent gest economies in the EU breaking Orascom Telecom retreated a further 3.1 percent. Shares tility in global bond markets,” ward but gained support from a lower, closely followed by Lon- away has led to warnings of a new in the conglomerate have now fallen 11.4 percent since LONDON: Stock markets said Ipek Ozkardeskaya, market slightly better-than-expected don’s benchmark FTSE 100 index wave of world market turmoil as Sunday after a plan by its unit Beltone to acquire CI extended a global sell-off yes- analyst at traders London Capi- report on US retail sales in May. and the DAX in Frankfurt. they struggle to recover from the Capital from Commercial International Bank (CIB) was terday as traders appeared tal Group. Opinion is divided on whether Elsewhere on currency mar- panic that wiped trillions off valu- called off because it failed to win regulatory approval. increasingly nervous about the In a bid to seek safety, traders the Bank of Japan will add to its kets, the British pound dropped ations at the start of the year. 24 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS

Greek start-ups say Apple enhances Siri but still Tsipras’ taxes are one more reason to leave trails in artificial intelligence

By Paul Tugwell 3 percent of gross domestic product, Bloomberg potentially further damping eco- nomic activity. The measures were needed to complete Greece’s first bail- reek startups have weath- out review and this “will create a ered political turmoil, much more stable macroeconomic violent riots, a withering environment necessary for giving economy and brinkman- impetus to the economy,” George Gship that nearly drove the country Stathakis, Greek economy minis- out of the euro. Now, a new round ter, said June 10. “There will be no of tax increases may be the last other measures,” he said. straw for fledgling companies with Still, for Ardustech, the tax dreams of making it big. hikes come as the company is tar- What startups need is a break, geting its first clients and planning says Vassilis Sioros, chief execu- test production in September for tive officer of Ardustech PC, a small its product, said chief operating company with big plans for the use officer Akis Kapetas. The com- of olive oil in the pharmaceuticals, pany wants to transform traditional food and cosmetics industries. Greek olive oil into powder form “No startup is asking the gov- using micro-encapsulation tech- ernment for money,” he said in an nology for use in food, cosmetics interview from Athens. “The state and pharmaceuticals. can invest without giving money Stivaktakis at OSEVEN — by allowing startups to pay no tax which raised capital a year ago, or social security contributions for signing term sheets with investors one year, or at least reduce them. on June 28 only to see capital con- This can help give at least another trols imposed the next day — says year of life to a startup allowing the government needs to encour- for the creation of one or two more age startups, not drive them away. jobs.” “The government should pro- Craig Federighi, Senior Vice-President of Software Engineering for Apple Inc, announces that the company’s Siri assistant for Startups have become a key vide a five-year plan for startups, piece of any revival for Greece’s at least for ones backed by ven- iOS will be opened for developers at the company’s World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco. economy, which has shrunk by ture capital as their potential has more than a quarter since 2008 been recognized, and that would and where almost 25 percent of help investors look differently at By Julia Love Microsoft’s Cortana and the Google app are access to the service shortly after the the workforce is without a job. The the Greek startup landscape and Reuters already open to developers. acquisition. Apple’s move on Monday number of such firms has almost at the same time contribute to the “Is it too little too late?” asked Oren Etz- brings the assistant closer to the original doubled each year since 2010. With restarting of the Greek economy ioni, who is CEO of the Allen Institute for vision for it, said Morgenthaler. many still struggling to find fund- and the much expected develop- Artificial Intelligence and a professor at the “It’s pretty sad for those of us who were ing, startups see the taxes and ment,” he said. pple unveiled a series of improve- University of Washington. “Siri is five years part of the original team,” he said. “The charges agreed to between Prime An estimated 250,000 quali- ments to its Siri digital assistant old and still trying to learn how to play well rate of innovation has been less than what Minister Alexis Tsipras’s govern- fied professionals have left Greece on Thursday, but the tech giant with others.” we would have imagined.” ment and European creditors as in the past five years, a 300 per- still trails rivals such as Google Artificial intelligence involves giving Technology experts have other con- adding yet another wrinkle to their cent increase on an annual basis and Amazon in the red-hot field computers the ability to perform functions cerns about Apple’s aptitude for artificial already difficult environment. from pre-crisis times, said Haris Aof artificial intelligence, experts say. normally done by people such as speech intelligence: The company was slow to “Greece has competitive advan- Makryniotis, managing director Apple’s biggest move was to open up the recognition. recruit talent relative to peers such as tages for startups, such as excellent of Endeavor Greece, part of a New talking iPhone assistant to third-party devel- Voice-powered digital assistants could Google and Amazon, and its strict pri- and internationally-recognized York-based non-profit organiza- opers for inclusion in their apps, paving the eventually perform many tasks that cur- vacy stance limits data collection, which scientists and engineers, and low tion that backs entrepreneurs in way for users to hail a ride from Uber or rently require a smartphone app or a is critical for making assistants smarter. personnel costs and operating the country. A survey of over 2,000 send a message with Tencent’s WeChat using keyboard and a mouse, and thus they are Monday’s announcement did little to allay expenses,” said Vassilis Stivak- university students by Endeavor voice commands. considered a key strategic battleground for those fears, Etzioni said. takis, chief executive officer and found that while 81 percent had Experts in arti- all the major tech companies. “We see some policy shifts, we see founder of OSEVEN, which pro- a positive view of entrepreneur- ficial intelligence The winner of the assistant wars might some small changes, but there was no vides a smartphone-only solution ship, most were concerned by the Apple’s biggest applauded the able to take a cut of purchases made on its explosive announcement,” he said. for insurers to collect accurate data bureaucracy and constraints in move was to open up move as an impor- platform and also steer users toward its But Apple took other steps to weave on drivers. “However, the overall starting a new business. tant step forward, products and those of its allies. artificial intelligence more tightly into economic picture of Greece weak- A standoff last year between the talking iPhone in part because the “This is a new platform war with huge its operating system. The Photos app will ens these advantages in the eyes of the government and creditors assistant to third-party more people use an stakes,”said Gary Morgenthaler, a venture soon study users’ images to help them investors.” over the terms attached to Greece’s artificial intelligence capitalist who invested in Siri when it was a organize shots of favorite trips and occa- The latest increase in taxes bailout lifeline resulted in the developers for inclusion system, the better it startup. “It ultimately challenges search and sions. The company said it has also made and social charges is part of a imposition of capital controls and in their apps, paving the becomes. the market capitalization of Google.” progress in determining the context of a deal with Greece’s creditors, who restrictions on ATM withdrawals, way for users to hail a But some won- Apple may have squandered some of message, helping it serve up better replies agreed in May to release 10.3 bil- as well as a month-long forced dered why Apple its momentum. The tech giant essentially for users. lion euros ($11.6 billion) in more aid bank holiday in July 2015. ride from Uber or send a had not made Siri created the category by purchasing Siri, “Apple is in the hunt, working hard on and pledged to reduce the coun- OSEVEN was forced to move message with Tencent’s an open platform the startup behind the eponymous digital this,” Morgenthaler said. try’s debt burden down the road. its headquarters overseas amid the much sooner, not- assistant, which quickly became a cultural “They are maybe a step behind Google, In exchange, the government intro- turmoil and registered in London WeChat using voice ing that competing touchstone after its release on the iPhone. but I would say they are close enough that duced austerity measures equal to on July 7. commands. products including As a startup, Siri worked with a variety of Google is not going to leave them in the Amazon.com’s Alexa, popular apps, but Apple cut off third-party dust.” Indian pharma tycoons foray into new drugs to shore up growth

By Ari Altstedter profits overseas, and could drive India’s fam- inhaler, which delivers the drug Advair. Lupin ambitious in other areas as well. Rather Bloomberg ily pharmaceutical businesses for another Ltd, chaired by India’s 12th richest man, Desh than simply copy Glaxo’s migraine medi- generation. Bandhu Gupta, is set to commence clinical cation Imitrex, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, “In order to grow they have to move up, trials on the treatment this year, according to India’s second-largest drugmaker by rev- or else probably stagnate,” said Hemant regulatory filings. Cipla Ltd, whose founder enue, tweaked the formula to make it act ndian drugmakers are embarking on a Bakhru, an analyst with UBS Group’s Indian is also a billionaire, said on a call last year faster at smaller doses. Sun is working on research spending spree to master more unit, who covers the pharmaceutical industry that its own generic version of the device and an innovative drug to treat the skin condi- complex therapies and their billionaire from Mumbai. Indian tycoons want busi- medicine combo could be in the US by 2019. tion psoriasis. founders look willing to absorb the costs. nesses they can “pass on to their kids,” he Meanwhile, a sister company to India’s And the Indians’ investments proved a IThe goal? To reach more people like Ryan said. largest drugmaker, Sun Pharmaceutical drag on quarterly earnings last month, par- Matzner, an asthma patient who lives thou- Such ambitions don’t come cheap. Industries Ltd — both are run by India’s sec- ticularly as many companies face an added sands of miles away in New York. For years, Research and development spending on ond-richest man — is working on a similar headwind: stepped up scrutiny from US reg- the 31-year-old app developer has been a things like drug trials and scientist sala- device, according to presentations from that ulators who in recent years have uncovered regular buyer of a pocket-sized purple disc ries shot up to 8.8 percent of sales from 6.6 company. manufacturing shortfalls at several facto- made by GlaxoSmithKline that helps keep percent on average at India’s three largest For the patients who use the specialty ries in India. his airways from clogging. pharmaceutical firms last fiscal year, accord- drugs, the Indian firms’ entry holds the The combined pressures have rattled The US patent on the The US patent on the device, called the ing to data compiled by Bloomberg. In 2009 promise of lower costs. Matzner credits investors — in the last month Sun’s shares device, called the Diskus Diskus inhaler, expires this year and some of it was 5.6 percent. Advair with cutting his asthma treatments have dropped about 5 percent while Lupin’s India’s leading drug companies want a piece Even if they get the research right, the from 45 minutes a day to a pair of quick have posted a loss of around 9 percent. But inhaler, expires this of the treatment’s $5.6bn in sales. Indian companies’ plans will take some years puffs. But he also remembers having to pay the family-controlled businesses show no year and some of India’s But the puffer is more complex than it to payoff, and when they do they’ll likely as much as $600 for a month’s worth when sign of changing course on their investment looks and their efforts to master it, and other be facing larger global competitors in the he spent a year without health insurance, or plans. Sun will “continue investing in build- leading drug companies tricky technologies, are driving unprece- higher-end markets. International companies else enlist friends in the UK, where the drug ing the specialty pharma business in the US want a piece of the dented investments in advanced research. including Canonsburg, Pennsylvania-based is cheaper, to bring a few puffers back with which may impact short-term profitability,” The companies need to pursue more com- Mylan, are in a race to bring a generic version them on visits. Dilip Shanghvi, Sun Pharma’s billionaire treatment’s $5.6bn in plex targets as prices fall for basic generic of Advair Diskus to the US market. “If it becomes cheaper I think it definitely founder, said on the company’s conference sales. treatments. Success at copying cancer thera- Some of India’s biggest firms are among becomes accessible to more people,” he said. call after reporting fourth-quarter earnings pies or injectable medicines promises greater the companies pursuing Glaxo’s Diskus The Indian firms are growing more that missed analyst estimates. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 27 PAGE | 28 James, Irving explode Albania could feelel to keep Cavaliers the full force of hhosts,osts, alive in NBA Finals warns Giroud

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Iceland’s midfielder Birkir Bjarnason Coach Storck salutes shoots to score the team’s first goal during the Euro 2016 group F record-breaker Kiraly football match against Portugal at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in AFP Saint-Etienne, yesterday.

BORDEAUX: Hungary coach Bernd Storck showered praise on 40-year-old goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly after he became the oldest player in European Championship history in yester- day’s shock 2-0 win over neighbours Austria. Kiraly, famous for his grey tracksuit trou- sers, celebrated the record-breaking occasion by keeping a clean sheet as he eclipsed the old mark set by Germany’s Lothar Matthaus, who was 39 when he played at Euro 2000. “He was chosen in goal because he’s a great player,” said Storck. “I never said I had old players, I have good players. I still think he’s one of the best play- ers in the world. “He contributed to this victory, keeping the clean sheet. He led the team to the win and was rewarded for all his hard work over the years.” Hungary, who are appearing at their first major finals since the 1986 World Cup, will target a place in the last 16 when they take on Minnows Iceland hold Iceland in Marseille on Saturday. Ireland sweating on Portugal to shock draw Walters fitness Reuters

A superb finish by Nani gave Their small band 31 minutes when tournament came when Charlton BORDEAUX: Ireland face an anxious wait over Portugal the lead before Iceland’s of supporters ensured Andre Gomes’s cross Athletic’s Johan Gudmundsson’s the fitness of striker Jon Walters ahead of Sat- Euro debutants industrious midfielder Birkir one corner of the Stade from the right fell towering cross found Bjarnason urday’s Euro 2016 Group E clash with Belgium make their presence Bjarnason levelled for the Scan- Geoffrey Guichard was into Nani’s path and unmarked. in Bordeaux. dinavians in Saint Etienne. a sea of blue shirts and he slotted coolly past The midfielder volleyed his The 32-year-old was forced off with an felt after Bjarnason Ronaldo equalled Luis Figo’s exploded in celebra- Halldorsson at the shot past Portugal goalkeeper Rui Achilles problem in the 64th minute of Mon- scores the equaliser record number of caps with both tion after Bjarnason’s near post to register Patricio to the delight of the Ice- day’s opening 1-1 draw with Sweden at the Stade the Portugal legends now on 127 equaliser. the 600th goal ever land bench. de France. appearances. There was no place scored at the European Ronaldo’s moment looked to “Jon Walters would obviously be the main However, it was a quiet night in the starting line-up championships. have come five moments from time concern and he will be pretty doubtful for the AFP for the Real Madrid forward, who for former Chelsea and It was a bitter pill when he was picked out perfectly second game,” said manager Martin O’Neill. failed to become the first man to Barcelona forward Eidur for Iceland who had by Vierinha’s cross only to head The Belgians slumped to a 2-0 defeat score in four European Champi- Gudjohnsen, 37, who was on the shown plenty of energy with the straight at Halldorsson. against Italy on Monday and O’Neill said his onships, as he was frustrated by bench having come out of interna- flowing locks of FC Basel’s Bjarna- And the three-time World side would have to be wary of the attacking SAINT-ÉTIENNE: Minnows Iceland Iceland’s dogged defence and a tional retirement to play in France. son a menace in midfield. Player of the Year smashed a free- threats posed by the likes of Eden Hazard and earned a 1-1 draw with Cristiano great display from goalkeeper Ronaldo had a few early It stayed 1-0 at the break, but kick from a dangerous position Kevin De Bruyne. Ronaldo-led Portugal on their Hannes Halldorsson. chances, while a bullet-header Iceland pulled themselves level straight into the Iceland wall with European championship debut as Iceland, the tiny North Atlan- from Nani crashed off the boots of within five minutes of the restart the last kick of the game as the ref- the superstar forward failed to score tic island nation of 330,000 people, Iceland shot-stopper Halldorsson. thanks to a superbly worked goal eree’s full-time whistle was met as he equalled his country’s appar- is the smallest country by popula- But the Fenerbahce for- finished off by Bjarnason. with delight by the Iceland play- France demand ence record yesterday. tion ever to feature at a Euro finals. ward was not to be denied on Iceland’s first goal at a major ers and fans alike. more from Pogba, Szalai, Stieber goals earn says Lloris

Hungary historic win AFP against 10-man Austria MARSEILLE: France captain Hugo Lloris said the team wants a better performance from star midfielder Paul Pogba if picked for their sec- Reuters were the better side in the prolific scorer, took a return ond Euro 2016 match against Albania today. first half. pass from Kleinheisler and Juventus star Pogba came under fire for his David Alaba, the country’s slid the ball past previously poor display in France’s opening 2-1 victory over player of the year in 2015 for untroubled goalkeeper Rob- Romania on Friday. BORDEAUX: Austria, who the fifth time in succession, ert Almer. “I don’t have to say if I’ve spoken to Paul were undefeated in their 10 looked as though he could be Austria retaliated almost or not but it’s obvious we’ll be expecting more qualifying games, lost 2-0 to the game’s dominant figure immediately as Hinteregger’s from him,” Lloris told a press conference yes- long-standing rivals Hungary from the first minute when he shot beat Kiraly but the refe- terday ahead of the Group A game in Marseille. in the opening match of Euro burst forward and hit a fierce ree ruled it out for a late tackle “It was our first match. The most impor- 2016 Group F yesterday. drive against the post from by Dragovic who had been yel- tant thing was that we won, and he, just like the The Hungarians, who only 20 metres. Goalkeeper Gabor low-carded in the first half. team, is only going to get better,” added Lloris. reached the finals through the Kiraly, the first 40-year-old Two substitutes combined “I have no doubt he’ll be there for us when playoffs, took the lead with a to play at a European Cham- late in the game to clinch an we need him most.” rare goal by forward Adam pionship, was beaten on that unexpected victory in the 138th Pogba is one of the most watched players Szalai in the 62nd minute -- occasion but made an excellent meeting between the two sides at the Championship final and some observ- his first at international level save from Zlatko Junuzovic 10 dating back to 1902. ers have suggested the pressure has got to him since October 2014. minutes before halftime. Tamas Priskin, who had Friday. Austria thought they had Despite Zoltan Gera’s long replaced scorer Szalai, sent Pogba and striker Antoine Griezmann equalised soon after but Mar- crossfield passes that were Stieber racing through to grab were substituted in the opening match and tin Hinteregger’s effort was opening up play, Hungary the second goal in front of coach Didier Deschamps could replace him disallowed for a foul by Ale- were restricted to shots from thousands of delighted Hun- with Moussa Sissoko for the Albania match. ksandar Dragovic who was distance until Laszlo Klein- garians. Once a sizeable force At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Pogba played sent off after receiving a sec- heisler handed their only real in world football, the team Hungary’s midfielder Zoltan the first game but only came on as a substitute ond yellow card. first-half chance to captain have been in the doldrums for Stieber scores his team’s in France’s second match, a 5-2 victory over Substitute Zoltan Stieber Balazs Dzsudzsak who pulled a long while. second goal during their Switzerland. secured victory three minutes it across goal. Having qualified for the Euro 2016 group F football Deschamps was less than complimentary from the end. The game then turned on first time since reaching the match against Austria at the about Pogba after Friday’s match. In front of two of the nois- two incidents within as many 1972 semi-finals, they are Matmut Atlantique Stadium “I’m not going to be too hard on him but iest sets of supporters yet seen minutes just after the hour. now well placed to reach the in Bordeaux yesterday. clearly his (Pogba’s) potential is such that he at the tournament, Austria Szalai, nobody’s idea of a last 16. can contribute a lot more than he did tonight.” 26 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 SPORT Star Qatari cager Yaseen Ismail retires

It was a tough decision to make but I am happy about this announcement. It is the right time to go, says Al Rayyan veteran

By Rizwan Rehmat The Peninsula

DOHA: Veteran Qatar basketball player Yaseen Ismail has announced retirement from the sport that he played for 23 seasons. The national team star and Al Rayyan stal- wart made the announcement at a packed news conference held inside the Qatar Bas- ketball Federation (QBF) headquarters. “I had been thinking about it for the last two years,” Ismail said. “So it was a tough decision to make but I am happy about this announcement,” the 35-year-old forward said. “It is the right time to go. This is life. You have to make a decision like that if you are a professional sports person. Today or tomor- row, you have to make up your mind. “Twenty three years - it’s a long time. I was the captain of the Qatar national team and my Al Rayyan side. It has been a great show to be part of the national team for 20 years and be part of the Al Rayyan side. “I feel it is the time to leave. That’s why FROM LEFT: Vicken Deyirmenjian, General Manager, GulfCrafts, Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) President Sheikh Saoud bin I took the decision to create room for the younger generation to step forward,” said Abdulrahman Al Thani, Rashid Nasser Al Khalifa, Vice-Chairman of the Board, Al Rayyan Sports Club, Qatar national team player, Ismail who stands 6 feet 8 inches tall. Yaseen Ismail and Ajlan Eid Alenazi, Al Rayyan Club Board Member and Head of basketball, during a press conference at Qatar “Great players are coming up at Al Rayyan Basketball Federation Hall yesterday. Photo: Kammutty VP/The Peninsula and at the national level also. I took the deci- sion after tinkering about the idea to retire for Ismail said he had no regrets. “No. Thank won the Arab Championships two years ago almost two years,” Ismail said. God I have achieved all that I could. What I ISMAIL HAS WON 16 TITLES FOR in Morocco. We are very proud of his role in Ismail said Qatar’s basketball ‘future is have done for the last 20 years has been great,” QATAR, 46 FOR AL RAYYAN our wins,” Sheikh Saoud said. bright’. Ismail said. Rashid Nasser al Khalifa, Vice-Chairman “Of course, Qatar is heading in the right “When we started basketball more than of the Al Rayyan Club Board, said: “There is no direction. The future is bright,” Ismail said. 20 years ago, we almost started from zero. We greater role model in basketball. Yaseen has “The national team and even the clubs are never won titles at any level. Then we started, bin Abdulrehman Al Thani thanked Ismail for been a great professional, who has played the moving in the right direction. A few days ago we started wining. his services. game with a lot of commitment.” the Qatar juniors (U-19) won the 3x3 World “We won the first GCC title for juniors in “What we have seen is a great career. He Ajlan Eid Alenazi, Al Rayyan Club Board title. 1995. Then we went on to build the team that has accomplished a lot with the national team Member and Head of Basketball, said: “We will Yaseen “Al Rayyan have a nice group of players won titles in region and the world. It has been and his Al Rayyan boys,” Sheiikh Saoud said. honour Yaseen’s great career with a send-off Ismail who can take the team forward. For my side, I a great journey. I won 46 titles for Al Rayyan. I “They (Al Rayyan) have won the GCC titles, to remember.” am available to give the young players advice, was part of the national team that won 16 tiles. the Asian trophies and the first one was won “The future generation can look up to him tips. I want to pass on the knowledge that I “Twenty years ... it has been a great jour- in 2002,” he said. and feel proud the way he has represented have gained over the last two decades. ney,” he said. QBF President Sheikh Saoud “That was our first title in Asia. Then we country and club,” he added. Battles intensify QBF plans special send-off for Ismail at AZF Ramadan The Peninsula “This game is a way of QBF saying ‘thank you’ to Sports Festival Yaseen for his great services. Yaseen has been hired as Action from our technical advisor. So he won’t be leaving the game. Al Rayyan has also offered Yaseen some important role a football The Peninsula DOHA: The Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) will invite and he can choose what he wants to do,” he said. game at AZF an array of NBA players besides some of the best names “Somebody like Yaseen is an example and a role model Ramadan in Asia in a special send-off game for national team cap- for the young players. With his positive attitude on and off DOHA: With the finals of the Sports tain Yaseen Ismail. the court is a huge bonus for any player. We don’t want Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) Festival, Ismail announced his retirement from the sport after to lose him,” he said. Ramadan Sports Festival (RSF) under way in 23 years of service with Al Rayyan and the Qatar national “The players all over the country follow his exam- looming large over the coming Doha. side. ple,” he said. At the same press conference, QBF signed a days, participating teams have Ismail won 46 titles with Al Rayyan and 16 trophies sponsorship agreement with GulfCrafts to ‘promote and been battling it out to secure their with the Qatar national side. develop’ the sport in Qatar. places in the final stages of the “We are proud of his Yaseen’s achievements. He has “We would like to thank GulfCrafts for their help for various sports competitions. done wonders for the national side and his Al Rayyan the Yaseen’s retirement game and otherwise also,” Sheikh Teams participating in the club,” Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, QBF Pres- Saoud said. football tournament are battling ident, said. “This is not the first time that QBF and GulfCrafts it out for places in the quarter Doha Ballers currently sit at the top of performances including a 60-55 win “We will stage a special send-off game in October. The have joined hands. They always deliver their best when finals that are due to take place group one following a number of easy against Doha Falcons in the semi- game will be held at Ali bin Hamad Al Attiyah multi-pur- we do projects with them. God Willing we will continue tomorrow. victories including their most recent finals that took place on Monday in pose hall. Players from the Philippines and other Asian our partnership. Elite FC secured an easy 7-0 win, 58-30 against Team Avengers. Aspire Dome. names will join NBA stars at the game,” Sheikh Saoud said. “Hopefully other companies will also come forward win against Atletico in Group D, As a result of these strong per- The first three places in the com- “This is what the plan is. I think our friends at Al and be part of this game so that we honour Yaseen in the while Shabab Al Rayyan in Group formances, Doha Ballers have petition will be determined today. Rayyan have also joined in and they have also formu- best way possible. Yaseen’s achievements didn’t come C triumphed against Al Nasr with booked their place in the final and The Ramadan Sports Festival lated some plans to honour Yaseen. easy. He had to sacrifice a lot on the family front. He is a convincing 6-0 win. will face Team Spears who lead group includes 13 tournaments across 11 dif- “Al Rayyan’s retired football, handball and basket- barely walking (smiles) since had an injury recently,” he In the basketball tournament, two following a number of strong ferent sports. ball players will also attend the game in October,” he said. said.

SCOREBOARD Samuels sparks WI win over Aussies AUSTRALIA WEST INDIES U Khawaja (run out) 98 J Charles lbw Zampa 48 A Finch c Benn b Holder 0 A Fletcher c Bailey b Faulkner 27 AFP ODIs against the most dominant team the three-team standings. West Indies Earlier, Khawaja’s promotion to S Smith c&b Brathwaite 74 D Bravo c Wade by Zampa 39 in this form of the game, the Jamai- next play South Africa today at the open the batting in the absence of the G Bailey c Ramdin b Pollard 55 M Samuels (run out) 92 can right-hander made an important same venue. injured David Warner paid immedi- M Marsh c Holder b Brathwaite 16 D Ramdin b Coulter-Nile 29 deposit on a significant overdraft Samuels had joined Darren Bravo ate dividends. T Head c Ramdin b Pollard 1 K Pollard (not out) 16 BASSETERRE: Marlon Samuels against the World Cup-holders, his at the crease following a rollicking He lost Aaron Finch in the very produced his best batting effort in innings spanning 87 deliveries and opening stand of 74 in ten overs from first over to West Indies captain Jason M Wade b Holder 5 J Holder c Wade b Coulter-Nile 0

One-Day International cricket against decorated with eight fours and four Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher. Holder but then featured in a 170-run J Faulkner (not out) 4 C Brathwaite (not out) 3 Australia to lead the West Indies to a sixes -- the last three of which came Both benefited from dropped chances second-wicket partnership with Smith, N Coulter-Nile (not out) 1 Extras (LB-3, W-9) 12 six-wicket victory in the fifth match of off consecutive balls from leg-spinner by Khawaja before all-rounder James who overcame the nagging discom- Extras (LB-2, W-9) 11 Total (for 6 wkts in 45.4 overs) 266 the Tri-Nation series at Warner Park in Adam Zampa over long-off. Faulker removed Fletcher for 27 while fort of a right leg injury to help put his St Kitts on Monday. In keeping with his mercurial Zampa trapped Charles in front for 48. team in a commanding position by the Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) 265 Fall of wickets: 1-74, 2-85, 3-167, 4-240, Set a challenging target after nature, he was run out off the very Bravo and Samuels then steadied time he departed in the 35th over, the Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-171, 3-196, 4-245, 5-254, 6-254. Usman Khawaja’s 98 and support- next delivery to have the West Indies the West Indies chase, keeping them victim of a clever change of pace from 5-249, 6-257, 7-259. Did not bat: S Benn, S Narine, J Taylor. ing half-centuries from skipper Steve at 240 for four in the 41st over. Two well on course in an 82-run third- all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite. Did not bat: A Zampa, J Hazlewood. Bowling: J Hazlewood 9-0-46-0, N Coulter- Smith (74) and George Bailey (55) lifted more wickets fell to Nathan Coulter- wicket partnership that was broken Khawaja was on the verge of a Bowling: J Holder 10-0-44-2 (1w); J Taylor Nile 9.4-0-67-2 (4w), J Faulkner 6-0-31-1, T the visitors to 265 for seven batting Nile with the score at 254 before Kieron when Zampa was summoned back into maiden ODI hundred but, becalmed Head 6-0-29-0 (1w), M Marsh 8-0-30-0, A first, the enigmatic Samuels stroked 92 Pollard and Carlos Brathwaite formal- the attack and removed Bravo for 39 in the nineties, he took on the chal- 5-0-31-0; S Narine 10-0-44-0; C Brathwaite to ensure that the target was reached ised victory in the 46th over. via at bat-pad catch that lobbed com- lenge of a third run for his third-wicket 10-0-60-2; S Benn 9-0-52-0 (2w); K Pollard Zampa 7-0-60-2. with 20 deliveries to spare. Victory pulled the West Indies fortably to wicketkeeper Matthew partner, Bailey, and was found short of 6-0-32-2 (2w). Result: West Indies won by 4 wickets. With a previous best of 63 from 27 within a point of leaders Australia in Wade. his ground. SPORT WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 27

‘Tecatito’ helps Mexico qualify for James, Irving explode to keep Copa quarters Cavaliers alive in NBA Finals AFP HOUSTON: Porto midfielder Jesus Manuel “Tecatito” Corona scored a superb individual goal as Mexico NBA Finals Result snatched a 1-1 draw with Ven- Cleveland duo Oakland, United States: Result on ezuela to qualify for the Copa Monday from game five of the America Centenario quarter-finals becomes the first best-of-seven NBA Finals: as group winners here on Monday. Mexico appeared to be heading team-mates to score Cleveland Cavaliers 112 Golden for an embarrassing defeat against State Warriors 97 more than 40 points the Venezuelans, who led through in an NBA finals game (Golden State leads series 3-2) a 10th minute overhead kick by defender Jose Manuel Velazquez a Warriors team playing without sus- at Houston’s NRG Stadium. pended defensive stalwart Draymond A risky gamble by Mex- AFP Green. ico manager Juan Carlos Osorio The Cavaliers duo became the looked to have backfired disas- first teammates to score at least 40 trously after he decided to bench points in an NBA Finals game. most of his first-choice side for OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: LeBron “They had two great games, two a game his team only needed to James powered the sharpshooting breakout games. We need those two draw to top Group C. Cleveland Cavaliers to a season-sav- guys to give us confidence early, and However with time running ing 112-97 win over the defending they both did that,” Cavaliers coach out substitute Corona picked up champion Golden State Warriors on Tyronn Lue said about James and the ball from around 40 yards Monday to climb within 3-2 in the Irving. from goal and embarked on a best-of-seven NBA Finals. “But I’m just very excited and mazy dribble that took him past Cleveland, facing elimination at proud of the way we scrapped and five Venezuela players before he the hands of the top-seeded Warri- continued to play hard. That’s how blasted his shot past goalkeeper ors, got 41 points each from James and we’ve got to play. That’s us.” Dani Hernandez. Kyrie Irving and displayed a tenacious The game got off to a wild start The goal gave Mexico a draw defense to set up another do-or-die and produced the best 24 minutes yet which was enough to see them game for the Cavaliers on Thursday of the Finals as the Warriors and Cav- take top spot in Group C on goal in Cleveland. aliers each displayed some incredible difference from Venezuela, who “We are just happy we got another shot-making that left the teams tied were already assured of a place in Golden State Warriors forward Marreese Speights (right) reaches for a loose ball ahead of Cleveland Cavaliers day, that’s all we can ask for. We got 61-61 at halftime. the last eight after a shock win over another day to survive,” James, who It marked the highest-scoring first forward Kevin Love during the second quarter of game 5 of the NBA Finals in Oakland, California on Monday. Uruguay in their second match. also had 16 rebounds and seven half in an NBA Finals game since the More importantly, Mexico’s assists, said after the game. 1987 championship between the Los their home court, where they had lost but it was far from enough on this lineup for Thursday’s pivotal Game Six first place finish means they will “We understand this is a great Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. just three times all season, the War- night. “We had a good offensive first after serving a one-game ban after likely avoid tournament favorites team no matter who is out on the floor But after a tight first half it was riors were unable to find a way back half, made some shots, had 61 points, being assessed his fourth flagrant foul Argentina, who are expected to for those guys. They are the champi- Cleveland who finally pulled ahead into the game as the Cavs stymied any and then kind of got bogged down in from his scuffle with James in the pre- clinch top spot in Group D when ons so we’ve got to be ready.” by 10 points late in the third quarter as bit of momentum Golden State tried the second,” said Warriors head coach vious contest. they play Bolivia. With their season on the line, the Irving carried over the shooting clinic to generate. Steve Kerr. “We tried a lot of different The Cavaliers are trying to Osorio later defended his deci- Cavaliers exploded with their best he put on during the first 24 minutes Klay Thompson had a team-high things, and nothing seemed to work. become the first team to win a cham- sion to pick an untested starting game yet of the NBA Finals as James to keep the home crowd in check. 37 points for the Warriors on 11-of-20 It was one of those nights.” pionship after falling behind 3-1 in the line-up. and Kyrie Irving proved too much for With a chance to clinch the title on shooting, including six three-pointers, Green will be back in the Warriors NBA Finals. “Rotation is part of life when you have a squad of players,” Oso- rio said. “We give opportunities to all Bolt to compete players because we believe that Sharapova files they are all important. We selected a good group to compete against appeal at CAS in London ahead Venezuela,” he said. For long periods, however, it against two-year of Rio Games looked as if Mexico were head- ing for a quarter-final date with doping ban the Argentines as a well organized AFP Venezuela side frustrated ‘El Tri’. Mexico could have few com- AFP plaints after a fired-up Venezuela LONDON: World and Olympic took the lead early on through a sprint king Usain Bolt (pictured) well-worked goal. LAUSANNE: Russian superstar will warm up for his defence of the Alejandro Guerra swung a Maria Sharapova has appealed to 100 metres and 200m Olympic curling free-kick into the box and the Court of Arbitration for Sport titles at the London Anniversary Christian Santos rose at the far against her two-year doping ban, Games in July he confirmed yes- post to head back across the face CAS confirmed yesterday. terday. of goal. The 29-year-old tested posi- The 29-year-old -- who Velazquez was falling away but tive for the controversial banned showed he was in sparkling form twisted his body acrobatically to medication meldonium during Jan- running 9.88sec the second fastest hook in a wonderful volley that uary’s Australian Open. time this year over 100m in King- flew into the roof of the net past The ban, announced by the ston, Jamaica last weekend -- will Mexico goalkeeper Jesus Corona. International Tennis Federation run the 200m on the first day of Mexico dominated for the last week, is backdated to January the two day event, Friday 22 July. remainder of the half, but were Spain’s Fernando Verdasco returns to Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka during his match at the ATP Aegon 26 this year, when she tested pos- “The London Anniversary unable to find a breakthrough as itive for the prohibited substance. Championships tennis tournament at the Queen’s Club in west London, yesterday. Games will be one of my last their makeshift starting line-up “In her appeal to the CAS, Ms races before Rio and running in struggled to generate any fluid- Sharapova seeks the annulment of the 200m will hopefully set me ity in attack. the Tribunal’s decision to sanction up for a Venezuela were lucky to avoid her with a two-year period of inel- successful a penalty decision late in the first igibility further to an anti-doping Verdasco stuns Wawrinka as Olympic half when Wilker Angel looked rule violation,” CAS said in a state- Games,” to have handled in the area after ment, adding that a decision would said Bolt, Hector Moreno’s header. be made by July 18 at the latest. Murray advances at Queens who is Mexico made a spirited start “Ms Sharapova submits that the world to the second half, with Corona the period of ineligibility should record shooting well wide of the post be eliminated, or in the alterna- holder in early on. tive, reduced.” AFP ATP Queen’s Club Murray said. “Ivan doesn’t give any the event Jesus Molina screwed a shot If her appeal is unsuccessful signs during the match. He has a as he is wide on 65 minutes for Mexico and the five-time Grand Slam cham- Results pretty straight face. But it is great to also in the a minute later Venezuela squan- pion will miss the Olympic Games 1st round have him back and, working with 100m. dered a golden chance to go 2-0 in Rio in August while the earliest LONDON: Andy Murray made a suc- Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Stan Jamie Delgado, I think it is a pretty “Great up when substitute Josef Martinez Grand Slam she could next enter is cessful start to his reunion with coach Wawrinka (SUI x2) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) strong team. Britain went clean through only to shoot the French Open in 2018. Ivan Lendl as the defending cham- Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt “Hopefully they can help me win has some tamely at Corona. Sharapova blasted the ban as pion battled to a 7-6 (10/8), 7-6 (7/1) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-4, more big events.” very good young sprinters and I’m Venezuela looked to have fate “unfairly harsh” in a statement on victory over Nicolas Mahut at Queen’s 6-2 Mahut had won just one of his looking forward to running against on their side after an incredible her Facebook page. Club yesterday. Donald Young (USA) bt Vasek previous five meetings with Mur- them and returning to the Olympic double save from Dani Hernan- “While the tribunal concluded Murray is bidding for a record Pospisil (CAN) 6-3, 6-4 ray, but the French world number Stadium,” added Bolt on the Brit- dez in the 74th minute. correctly that I did not intention- fifth title at the Wimbledon warm- Marin Cilic (CRO x5) bt Feliciano 51 had won the grass-court event in ish Athletics website. But six minutes later “Tecatito” ally violate the anti-doping rules, up event and the world number two Lopez (ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Monday and fin- Bolt, who is thought to be set produced his sublime run to save I cannot accept an unfairly harsh ignored the slippery conditions on a Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x6) bt ished as Queen’s runner-up in 2007. to lose one of his six Olympic golds Mexico’s blushes. two-year suspension,” fumed rainy day in west London to advance Sam Querrey (USA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 In contrast, Murray was playing for the 4x100m relay won in Beijing In Monday’s dead rubber in Sharapova. to the second round in one hour and (4/7), 7-6 (7/1) the first time since losing his maiden in 2008 because of a failed dope Group C, Uruguay beat Jamaica “The tribunal, whose members 50 minutes. He will play Britain’s Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Kevin French Open final against Novak test reportedly by team-mate Nesta 3-0 in Santa Clara in a match were selected by the ITF, agreed Aljaz Bedene or France’s Benoit Paire Anderson (RSA 6-3, 6-4 Djokovic nine days ago. Murray felt Carter, will be running in the Lon- between two sides who had that I did not do anything inten- for a place in the quarter-finals. Andy Murray (BRI x1) beat Nicolas so frustrated and run down when he don Diamond League event for the already been eliminated. tionally wrong, yet they seek to Earlier, Stan Wawrinka suf- Mahut (Fra) 7-6(8), 7-6(1) left Paris that he didn’t touch a racket eighth time. keep me from playing tennis for fered more misery on grass despite for the next five days. Bolt, who has four world titles Copa America two years. I will immediately the addition of new coach Richard amount of time they worked together. So inevitably there were a few in the 200m and three in the appeal the suspension portion Krajicek as the Swiss second seed The 29-year-old had hankered signs of rust as Murray acclimatised 100m, first ran at the meeting Centenario Results of this ruling to CAS, the Court of crashed to a 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) first round after a reunion ever since and, to the grass and Mahut landed the aged just 18 and holds the meeting Group C Arbitration for Sport.” defeat against Fernando Verdasco. although there is plenty of room for first blow when he broke for a 3-2 record for the 200m of 19.76sec set At Houston Meldonium was added to the Murray enjoyed a golden two- improvement, he was pleased with lead.Murray broke back in the next in 2008 when it was held at Crys- Mexico 1 (Jesus Manuel Corona 80) world anti-doping WADA list on year period with Lendl that brought the way he subdued the dangerous game and Lendl, hidden behind tal Palace. Venezuela 1 (Velazquez 10) January 1. Sharapova said she’d him the Wimbledon and US Open Mahut in the first match of the sec- sunglasses and a baseball cap, was The meeting will come just At Santa Clara been taking it for 10 years to help titles and an Olympic gold medal ond Lendl era. typically impassive as he watched the weeks ahead of the Olympic treat illnesses, a heart issue and a before they parted in 2014 due to “It was tough. Nico is a very Scot edge a tense first set tie-break Games in Rio de Janeiro, which Uruguay 3 (Hernandez 21, Watson magnesium deficiency. the Czech’s refusal to increase the accomplished grass-court player,” from the courtside seats. run from August 5 to 21. 66-og, Corujo 88) Jamaica 0 28 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016

EURO NEWS Expulsion threat mars Russian Blatter says Euro draws have been fixed build-up to Slovakia clash AFP

BUENOS AIRES: Former FIFA UEFA imposes a fine president Sepp Blatter said he had witnessed rigged draws for as Leonid Slutsky’s European football competitions team’s future at Euro using “hot and cold balls,” in an interview with an Argentine 2016 depends on newspaper published Monday. crowd behaviour Blatter said no draw for a FIFA event had been fixed dur- ing his 18 years at the helm of world football’s governing body, AFP but said he had seen it done for European competitions. “I never touched the balls,” said Blatter, referring to the LILLE, France: Russia’s preparations plastic balls containing the for their second Euro 2016 Group B teams’ names that are used in game against Slovakia in Lille today supposedly random draws for have been overshadowed by UEFA’s events like the World Cup or threat to kick Leonid Slutsky’s team Champions League. out of the competition. “Of course, you can mark UEFA yesterday fined the Russian them (by) heating them or cool- Football Union and said the country ing them,” he told La Nacion. would be sent home from France if “I witnessed draws at the there is a repeat of the crowd distur- European level where that bances that marred their opening French police stand guard near the main train station as Russia football fans and England football fans (both unseen) gather in the city of Lille happened. But never at FIFA. 1-1 draw with England in Marseille Of course it can be done.” at the weekend. There were also ugly yesterday, three days after they clashed in the southern French city of Marseille during the Russia vs England group B Euro 2016 match. Fan Pressed for details by the scenes of violence on the streets of violence has marred the tournament in France and Russia was warned that it faces expulsion from the competition if its supporters are involved interviewer, Blatter elaborated. the southern city and authorities in in a repeat of stadium violence after the team’s 1-1 draw with England in Marseille. “You put the balls in the Lille, at the other end of France, are refrigerator beforehand. Just by hoping there is no repeat ahead of the Meanwhile, coach Slutsky and coach Jan Kozak is hoping for a Berezutski to rescue a point against bench against England, could come comparing one and the other Slovakia game. expressed confidence that his team similar occasion at the Stade Pierre Group B favourites England. into the Russian starting line-up. when you touch them you can Those fears are increased as many would not be sent home early for Mauroy, where the retractable roof is A victory against Slovakia today For Slovakia there is even greater tell the cold balls from the hot. England fans will be gathering in Lille off-field reasons and indicated that set to be closed at kick-off. would therefore all but secure urgency in their search for a first When you touch them, you ahead of their team’s match against it would be unfair if UEFA were to fol- “If there are things I can’t con- progress to the last 16 while also pil- European Championship finals win know what they are.” Wales in nearby Lens tomorrow. low through with their threat. trol then I don’t think too much ing pressure on Roy Hodgson’s men after their defeat to Gareth Bale and “We don’t want to be disqualified “We are sure that we are not going about them but it’s a pity because it’s in particular. co. from the Euros because of this,” said to be kicked out. There is not going a great competition,” he said of the Having seen key midfield duo Igor Kozak will want more from his Russian striker Artem Dzyuba. “Our to be any injustice. We are sure that crowd trouble. Denisov and Alan Dzagoev withdraw star creator, Napoli’s Marek Ham- England fans are no supporters have to focus on just sup- our supporters will not behave in the “The Russian players and coach from their squad before the England sik, and has admitted that changes angels, says Russian porting us and we will try to show our same way again and will not give any would not deserve anything bad game, their only remaining injury to his line-up are a certainty with a best qualities. We want to play this reasons to disqualify our team,” said because it should be all about the concern surrounds back-up goal- full squad to choose from. striker Dzyuba competition. We are happy to be here the coach. football here.” keeper Yuri Lodygin, who has not That means Ondrej Duda of Legia and it will be a big disappointment if In contrast, Slovakia’s opening Hit by injuries to key players trained. Warsaw, who came off the bench to we go out,” added the powerful Zenit 2-1 defeat to Wales in Bordeaux was before the tournament, Russia needed Meanwhile midfielder Denis score against Wales, could be pro- AFP St Petersburg striker. played in a far friendlier atmosphere a stoppage-time goal by captain Vasili Glushakov, who was used from the moted to the starting side.

LILLE: Russia striker Artem Dzyuba yesterday hit out at Romania’s selection dilemma English fans following trouble Albania could feel the full in Marseille, saying that they were being depicted as “angels” for crunch Switzerland game and that there were political motivations for blaming Rus- force of hosts, warns Giroud sian supporters. The Zenit St Petersburg for- Reuters ward spoke after UEFA warned AFP Russia they would be kicked out of Euro 2016 if their fans caused one more incident of stadium PARIS: Romania coach Ang- trouble during the tournament. TOULOUSE: Minnows Alba- hel Iordanescu must decide “I dont really understand nia could feel the full force whether veteran left back Raz- this kind of reaction of the of Euro 2016 hosts France van Rat can repel the danger of British media. We have this as confidence grows ahead Xherdan Shaqiri in what could impression that English sup- of their Group A encounter be the defining confrontation porters are like angels coming in Marseille today, warned of his team’s Euro 2016 clash to this country and behav- striker Olivier Giroud. with Switzerland today. ing themselves,” Dzyuba said, Arsenal striker Giroud The Romanians were angrily refuting claims from put any lingering doubts over crestfallen to lose 2-1 to hosts England that Russian hooli- his goalscoring form behind and favourites France in the gans were to blame. him after 57 minutes at the dying moments of the tourna- Russian fans crossed secu- Stade de France on Friday to ment opener on Friday, Dimitri rity barriers inside the Stade head the opening goal of the Payet’s long-range stunner Romania coach Anghel Iordanescu talks to his team during Velodrome and attacked Eng- tournament. ending their stout resistance. a training session at Parc des Princes in Paris, France land fans. Dozens of English Having begun their cam- Iordanescu’s team, which supporters, including women paign nervously, the weight conceded just two goals in yesterday. and children, had to flee across of expectation on Les Bleus qualifying, were surprisingly security barriers to escape. But was shed in the final minutes enterprising going forward possible shortcomings. Should Torje, but Nicolae Stanciu’s Dzyuba indicated that England when Dimitri Payet’s stunning versus France and should Iordanescu, in his third stint in place seems assured after his fans were equally to blame for strike secured a precious 2-1 pose even more problems to charge of the national team, sparkling creative display. the violence and that there was a win over Romania. the Swiss, who beat Albania in opt to drop Rat, he could select The Swiss, seeking to campaign to take the 2018 World Described as a “relief” by their opening match, in their 22-year-old Steliano Filip. advance to the knock-out Cup away from the country. defender Adil Rami, Giroud France’s forward Dimitri Payet next group A encounter. A downbeat Iordanescu stages of the Euros for the first “I cannot affirm it, but it believes fans can now look (centre) controls the ball between But Rat’s form will surely had warned after the France time, were efficient in defeat- is possible, it is probable. We forward to seeing Didier Des- team-mates Paul Pogba (left) and be a concern. The 35-year- defeat that his players were ing debutants Albania 1-0. see the things that the British champs’ men play to their full Samuel Umtiti during a training old recently returned from a exhausted and it would be Centre back Fabian media are talking about, about potential. session in Marseille yesterday. shoulder injury and struggled difficult to rouse them psycho- Schaer’s early header proved the 2018 World Cup and that Giroud has now scored to cope with the exuberance logically to face Switzerland, decisive, although keeper Yann it should be taken away from eight times in his last eight and trickery of France’s Anto- which suggests he will freshen Sommer also made two out- Russia, so these are thoughts I games for France. their place in the last 16 of to the cause he is now the ine Griezmann in the first up his line-up for the Parc des standing saves to preserve have sometimes. For Albania, the tour- the competition, and allow proud owner of two passports. half, while substitute Kings- Princes encounter. their slender lead. “It is 50-50 and in every nament started in ominous Deschamps to rotate play- But his patriotism wasn’t ley Coman’s pace was equally Other selection dilemmas The Swiss line-up is likely conflict there are two parts. I fashion when captain Lorik ers ahead of their final group enough for their maiden troubling to the Rayo Vallecano include whether to persist with to differ little against Romania, am not saying only Russians Cana was shown the first red game against Switzerland European Championship defender late on. young striker Florin Andone or with coach Vladimir Petko- are at fault,” added Dzyuba, card of the competition in a on June 19 in Lille, it would fixture that also made his- Shaqiri, with 17 interna- instead start with Denis Alibec, vic preferring a settled team. who spoke in Lille, where Rus- 1-0 defeat to Switzerland on spell disaster for the Balkan tory when brothers Granit tional goals in 54 appearances, a substitute at Stade de France. Of the 11 players that started sia face Slovakia in their second Saturday. minnows. and Taulent Xhaka started boasts similar qualities to Likewise, speedy winger against Albania, eight played Group B game today. While a France win today Albania’s Italian coach for Switzerland and Albania both those French attackers, Adrian Popa may give way to in at least eight of Switzerland’s will see the hosts secure Gianni De Biasi is so devoted respectively. and will fancy testing Rat’s the more experienced Gabriel 10 qualifying matches.