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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 UK media report triggers boycott campaign Citizens defend Qatar on social media, call for stopping investments in Britain DOHA: Recent corruption alle- been launched on Twitter, appar- could not even get a visa waiver he said, saying there is no harm far,” read a comment. not be any investigation and none gations made by the British ently by Arabs opposing the for Qataris entering the UK. in investing in private projects. Another said, if at all Qatar will be able to write about that,” newspaper Sunday Times against Qatari stand, questioning the “We still do not get the same Another respondent said the hos- loses the World Cup, it is not read another comment. Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup country’s right and capability to treatment that the British entering tile campaign was meant “to pres- going to have any negative impact There are also people who are bid has prompted some citizens host the World Cup. Qatar have been getting,” he wrote. sure Qatar to follow their demands on its people and its economy. not convinced about the benefits to launch a campaign on social Despite the concerns triggered In his column in a local Arabic and get their agenda implemented”. One commentator alleged that of hosting the World Cup. “I want media urging Qatar to stop by the Sunday Times report and an daily on Friday, Al Marzouqi said Since the Sunday Times report the British media have been paid to know if there is any religious, investments in the UK. ongoing investigation into the alle- that the campaign against Qatar was published, the Qatari social by elements hostile to Qatar. “They cultural, social or economic benefits The campaign in Arabic on gations, most citizens believe that was pre-planned. It comes from networking sites have been abuzz are making a final attempt but the from hosting this event,” wrote one, Twitter titled “No to investment Qatar will not lose the World Cup. the greed of some people to get with comments on the issue. championship will be held in Qatar lamenting that real estate prices in in Britain” has evoked a posi- “I don’t find any sense in a larger share in the billions of Many expressed surprise over despite all that,” read the post. Qatar are going sky high. tive response from a number of investing in this country (Britain). dollars worth projects in the FIFA’s decision to investigate the Another felt that the cam- “The situation could go from citizens. Noted Qatari writers It is only a waste of money and country, he noted. allegations, which they said were paigners are targeting some key bad to worse, if Qatar has to host and columnists as well as popu- support to the British economy,” Another campaigner — Miqdam not with good intentions. officials in FIFA and want to get two million more people,” said lar Qatari social networking wrote prominent Qatari column- Qatar — said the British media is Some suggested that Qatar more projects for their associates. another. Others, however, felt sites have also come out heavily ist Faisal Al Marzouqi, reacting trying to strip Qatar of its right should give up the World Cup on “We want Qatar to take legal that the World Cup is a prestige against the ongoing campaign to the Twitter campaign. to host the World Cup despite the its own as a sign of protest against action against the media because issue and despite some negative against Qatar led by a section of He also pointed out that despite huge Qatari investments in the UK. the move. “None will doubt our they are defaming the country with impacts, it could boost the coun- the British media. the huge Qatari investments in the “It is a big mistake to invest in capability to host the World Cup no solid evidence. If this happens to try’s economy in all sectors. A parallel campaign has also UK- worth about $44bn- Qatar government projects in London,” from what we have achieved so a European country there would THE PENINSULA

Ooredoo targeted in Myanmar Cars to be seized for Military service for Emirati overtaking from right men made DOHA: The Traffic Department needs and wrong overtaking from compulsory has warned of stern action right side in roundabouts and against motorists overtaking intersections are among the most from right side as well as those common violations of the traffic DUBAI: The United Arab parking in slots dedicated for law. Both these violations involve Emirates President H H Sheikh the disabled. preventing others’ rights been Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Vehicles getting involved in clearly mentioned in the traffic yesterday issued a law imple- these two common violations law, he added. menting compulsory military repeatedly will face confisca- “Taking into account the rig- service for Emirati men. tion for a period of one month or orous consequences of these The state WAM news agency more, besides the fines stipulated two violations, the Traffic said the President had issued the by the law, the Department said Department will take strict federal law, which was published yesterday. actions and vehicles (involving in the official gazette. The UAE Brigadier Abdullah bin Nasser in these violations) will be con- had first said in January that it Al Thani, Assistant Director of fiscated for one month or more, would introduce the law. the Traffic Department, said the if repeated, along with imposing “The issuing of the law comes patrolling team has intensified the fine mentioned in the law,” with the goals of affirming the inspections all over the country said the official. instilling of the values of loyalty, to control these and other most Radars have been installed in affiliation and sacrifice in the common traffic violations. many of the roads in the country souls of the sons of homeland,” The department has also that are capable to easily detect WAM said. decided to launch a public aware- vehicles overtaking wrongly The law applies to all males ness campaign focusing on such from right side. This is a com- between the ages of 18 and 30 and issues that will go parallel with mon practice that contributes a A couple walks past an Ooredoo billboard in Yangon, Myanmar, yesterday. Anti-Muslim nationalists led by in good medical health. the inspection drive. lot to traffic jams in many areas, Buddhist monks launched a boycott of Ooredoo that plans to start providing mobile phone services in August. Men who have a high school He said parking at slots said the department. Extremist Buddhist monks launched the so-called 969 movement in 2012 which encourages boycotts of degree or its equivalent will serve reserved for people with special THE PENINSULA nine months, while those who do shops and services owned by Muslims. not have a high school diploma will serve for two years, WAM said. Participation for women, who can only serve for nine months, is optional and will require the Poroshenko vows not to give up Crimea approval of their legal guardians. Iran, US to hold first Military service will include KIEV: The Ukrainian greeted with a standing ovation. step towards full membership. training periods, military exer- President, Petro Poroshenko, He stressed the unity of And the 48-year-old promised cises and lectures on patriotism used his inaugural address to Ukraine, which is fighting a pro- an amnesty “for those who do not direct nuclear talks and security, WAM said, citing stress that the country would Russian separatist uprising in the have blood on their hands” in an the law. not give up Crimea, the Black east, and said it would not become apparent appeal to both separa- TEHRAN: Iran and the United official said the latest developments The London-based Inter- Sea peninsula that Russia a federalised state as advocated tist, pro-Russia insurgents and to States will on Monday and signal that “the talks are intensi- national Institute for Strategic annexed from it in March. by Moscow. the nationalist groups that oppose Tuesday hold their first direct fying”. The meeting is “a timely Studies estimates the size of the In a combative speech yester- Poroshenko also said he them. He said that he wanted nei- talks in decades, in an unprec- opportunity” to make progress, the UAE Armed Forces at 51,000, day following his swearing-in, intended to sign the economic part ther war, nor revenge. edented move toward securing US official said, stressed however with an army of 44,000, Navy Poroshenko said: “Crimea was, is, of an association agreement with THE GUARDIAN a comprehensive nuclear deal that the talks would be “consulta- of 2,500 and Air Force of 4,500. and will be Ukrainian.” He was the European Union, as a first See also page 10 between Tehran and the West. tions” that would feed into the P5+1 REUTERS The discussions will take place process, which resumes between in Geneva, with the US delegation June 16-20 in Vienna. led by Deputy Secretary of State The foreign ministry also said Jordan official Gunmen storm Iraqi university Bill Burns and Undersecretary two days of direct talks with Wendy Sherman, who is respon- Russia in Rome would immedi- proposed as UN sible for Iran negotiations. ately follow the US discussions. Iran will be represented at vice Iran’s meetings with the US rights chief foreign minister level in what is and Russia will be interpreted as the most senior direct bilateral the start of an all-out diplomatic UNITED NATIONS: UN contact on the nuclear issue so push to close glaring gaps that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon far. The talks will be the first officials from both Tehran and on Friday proposed that Jordan’s between Iran and the US to fall major powers nations have said UN ambassador, Prince Zeid outside the P5+1 group — Britain, are blocking a deal. Ra’ad Zeid Al Hussein, replace China, France, Russia, the United Iran is also “working to Navi Pillay as the United States plus Germany — which is arrange” bilateral discussions Nations’ human rights chief pursuing talks in the quest for a with remaining members of the based in Geneva, the world landmark nuclear settlement. P5+1 before the next meeting in body’s press office said. Jake Sullivan, National Security Vienna, the ministry said. The nomination will now go Adviser and Deputy Assistant to The talks are aimed at secur- to the 193-nation UN General US President Barack Obama will ing a final deal ahead of a July Assembly for approval. Several join the US team. 20 deadline imposed under an UN diplomats said there was Helga Schmid, the political interim agreement last November, unlikely to be any resistance to director of the EU which has been under which the US and its part- the appointment given that Prince Students of Anbar University leave the university compound in Ramadi city, west of Iraq, yesterday after gunmen overseeing the nuclear talks with ners released $7bn from frozen Zeid is generally popular and has stormed the building and clashed with Iraqi forces. About 1,300 students were evacuated from the university Iran, will also join, the European funds in return for a slowdown established a solid reputation as building to a safe place. See also page 7 Union said in a statement. in Iran’s controversial uranium a human rights advocate. A senior US administration enrichment programme. AFP REUTERS SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Canadian Embassy opens Youth Minister Doha to host meets Tunisian counterpart DOHA: The Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah bin US-Islamic Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali met yesterday Tunisia’s Minister of Youth, Sports, Women and Family, Saber Bouatay. They discussed aspects of coop- World Forum eration in the fields of youth and sports. The Tunisian minister praised the sports development World leaders to attend three-day event in Qatar and expressed admira- tion for the Aspire Academy and DOHA: The Brookings Aspetar Hospital. Institution’s Project on US Relations with the Islamic Qatar Scientific World in conjunction with the Government of Qatar will host Club to hold the 2014 US-Islamic World Forum from June 9 to June 11 in Doha. The forum includes workshops Keynote speakers at this year’s sessions focusing event include the Prime Minister DOHA: Qatar Scientific Club and Interior Minister H E Sheikh on: The future of the (QSC) will hold today a two- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al United States in the week programme on intellec- Thani, President Ibrahim Boubacar Middle East, defining Canadian Ambassador André, Dubois addressing the guests at the inauguration of the Canadian Embassy in tual property by organising a Keita of Mali, President Bujar Doha on Thursday. The Minister’s Assistant for International Cooperation Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs variety of workshops entitled Nishani of Albania, and US Assistant the future of the H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (left); Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister for ‘intellectual property and pat- Secretary of State for Near Eastern Palestinian people, Europe and Middle East Dan Costello (second left), and Director of Protocol Department Ambassador Ibrahim ents’ at QSC premises. Affairs Anne Patterson. Yousif Abdullah Fakhroo (right) were present at the event at the Tornado Tower, West Bay. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) Held in collaboration with Other speakers and panellists and accommodating Office of Intellectual Property include Phil Gordon, White House religious diversity Rights at the Ministry of Economy Coordinator for the Middle East, in Muslim-majority and Commerce, the first work- North Africa and the Gulf Region, states. shop will focus on intellectual U S National Security Council, Aspetar to hold Beat the Heat drive property and patents, while the Prem Kumar, Senior Director second will address national laws of the Middle East and North and international conventions on Africa, US National Security DOHA: As temperatures Facebook and Instagram and also efforts to further educate people intellectual property between leg- Council; Alia Mansour, Member, “Now in its eleventh year, the increase, Aspetar is re-launch- on Aspetar’s official website. The about using the correct guidelines islation and implementation. The Syrian National Coalition; Rashad Forum had developed from a ing its highly acclaimed Beat advice will include cutting-edge to train and compete in the heat”. third one will tackle the require- Hussain, US Special Envoy to venue singularly focused on dia- the Heat campaign in a bid to techniques for keeping hydrated He adde: “With sport and leisure ments for obtaining and granting the Organization of Islamic logue to a laboratory for crea- keep everyone healthy, happy during exercise and warming activities happening during sum- a patent, while the last workshop Cooperation, and Mehrezia tive problem solving and action,” and active over the summer. up carefully, as well as sensible mer, this initiative shows Aspetar’s will shed light on the importance Labidi-Maiza, Vice-President, said William McCants, fellow Made by a team of experts from clothing suggestions, and encour- determination towards ensuring a of protecting an invention. Tunisian Constituent Assembly. and director of the Project on the leading sports medicine hos- agement for organisations to pro- safety-first culture when it comes The QSC secretary Hassan The forum will include ses- US Relations with the Muslim pital, the four-month initiative is vide air-conditioned meeting and to exercise. In addition, Beat the Abdullah Al Abdullah stressed sions focusing on: The future of World. “We are excited about this aimed at encouraging local com- locker rooms, shaded areas and Heat is a clear demonstration of the need to protect inventors’ the United States in the Middle shift and look forward to this new munities to exercise safely during appropriate emergency plans. our commitment to furthering rights from being abused, with- East, defining the future of the chapter in the Forum’s mission.” the hot weather. The innovative With the Beat the Heat guide- Qatar’s National Vision 2030, by out prior consent, and to subject Palestinian people, and accom- The forum brings together US campaign will provide important lines distributed to youth cen- promoting physical activity to all products to legal accountability in modating religious diversity in and Muslim world government information on how to exercise tres and sporting organisations. members of society, regardless of the event of damage, pointing to Muslim-majority states. Forum officials, religious leaders, business during summer. Aspetar hopes the campaign will age or gender. It is also bringing us the economic significance of this working groups will examine a executives, artists, academics, Demonstrating Aspetar’s com- enhance the knowledge of the closer to fulfilling our overarching important issue to ensure that variety of critical issues, including: journalists, and thought leaders mitment to a safety-first culture, sporting community and help to vision of being a world leader in inventor or owner of a patent and empowering Pakistan’s civil soci- for three days of intensive discus- Beat the Heat will feature com- reverse bad exercising habits. sports medicine by 2015.” trademark or copyright benefit ety to counter violent extremism; sions on the critical issues con- prehensive guidelines for athletes Dr Khalifa Al Kuwari, Director The Beat the Heat campaign from their work and investment. justice in post-conflict settings; fronting their communities today. and non-athletes alike, developed General of Aspetar, said: is the latest in a long list of com- He highlighted the importance the state of Muslim communities The theme of this year’s Forum is using extensive scientific research. “Following the huge success of munity-focused events and pro- of the workshops in discussing in Europe and North America; “Islam and Inclusion,” looking at Top tips from the campaign the 2013 Beat the Heat campaign, grams organised by Aspetar in issues pertaining to intellectual and preserving the cultural her- issues of the incorporation. will be shared widely across social Aspetar will be re-launching the recent times. property and patents. itage of Timbuktu. THE PENINULA media sites including Twitter, initiative this year as part of our THE PENINSULA QNA SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Official hails success of cancer strategy Third anniversary of NCS celebrated

DOHA: Supreme Council of refutation campaign nation-wide. Health (SCH) celebrates imple- In an attempt to raise the pro- menting successful projects and file of the national initiative, the campaigns in efforts to increase programme recruited a number awareness of cancer and build of influential figures in the Qatari a solid medical foundation for society to start a movement cancer, on the third anniver- against cancer. sary of launching the National The International Agency for Cancer Strategy (NCS) in Research in Cancer (IARC), part Qatar. of the WHO, completed a review Dr Faleh Mohamed Hussain of Environmental Carcinogens in Ali, Assistant General Secretary Qatar which was completed with full of Policy Affairs, expressed great engagement of QP and the Ministry pride in the strategy’s accom- of the Environment. Hamad plishments in three years, assert- Medical Corporation and the ing that the National Cancer Primary Health Care Corporation Dr Ahmed Awaisu with participants of the programme. Programme will exhaust all have introduced a communications efforts to continue implementing skills programme for all cancer cli- the recommendations set forth nicians. HMC has introduced the NCCCR, Heart Hospital hold pharmacy training by the strategy through ongo- Clinical Nurse Specialist for most ing cancer awareness campaigns cancer tumour sites and there is a and consistent development of master’s programme which com- DOHA: A pilot pharmacy prac- National Research Strategy and continuing professional develop- to the advancement of pharmacy the medical services across the menced at Qatar University to tice research programme was the National Health Strategy 2011 ment course by the Qatar Council practice and serves as the bedrock nation. further enhance the expertise and conducted by the Pharmacy — 2016. for Health Practitioners, Supreme for evidence-based pharmacy.” NCS launched its new brand, specialisation in cancer treatment Department at the National The programme, sponsored Council of Health (SCH) and He explained that the four- National Cancer Programme, and patient care. The vision of the Centre for Cancer Care and by the Qatar National Research the Accreditation Council for day program was intended to during World Cancer Day on NCS has enabled a multidiscipli- Research (NCCCR) and the Fund, is being provided by prac- Pharmacy Education (ACPE) teach fundamental knowledge February 4. The launch included nary treatment plan for all cancer Heart Hospital in collaboration tice research professors from — USA. and skills on research method- introducing the public to the pro- patients within 14 days after the with Qatar University’s College Qatar University’s College of Participants in the programme ology and biostatistics to novice gramme’s website which encour- initial diagnosis, and the SCH, of Pharmacy. Pharmacy including Dr Ahmed will be awarded 24 Continuing researchers, especially in phar- ages a healthy conversation about HMC and PHCC are developing The four-day ‘Research Awaisu, Dr Mohamed Izham M Education (CE) units by the SCH macy related areas, and to pro- cancer and its related topics. The and implementing a 48 hour can- Training Programme for Building Ibrahim, and Dr Nadir Kheir as and 2.4 CE units by the US-based vide motivation and impetus to programme also developed a cal- cer referral process for suspecting Health-related Research Capacity well as Director of Pharmacy at ACPE. get pharmacists started in plan- endar of cancer awareness events patients. of Pharmacists’ at NCCCR and NCCCR and Heart Hospital, Dr “The role of pharmacists in ning and conducting pharmacy that take place all year round. The strategy has a lot planned Heart Hospital provides compre- Manal Al Zaidan. healthcare is rapidly evolving practice research. Most of them are public engag- for the coming year, including a hensive research training that Undergraduate students from towards patient-centred care, “During the programme, par- ing events intended to promote nationwide recall screening pro- targets pharmacists practising Qatar University’s College of and building capacity among the ticipants are guided to conceive a a healthy lifestyle and awareness gramme for breast and bowel can- at cardiology (heart) and cancer Pharmacy, Hanen Al Rowashdeh, country’s pharmacists is needed. research idea and research ques- of cancer signs and symptoms to cer, further development of the care institutions in Qatar. Soumaya Allouch, and Tesnime Pharmacists provide differ- tions, design a study and develop look out for. Some activities will workforce through training and The prevalence of cancer and Jebara are actively involved in the ent types of cognitive services a research proposal, and imple- target schools and educational ongoing recruitment, and under- heart diseases are on the rise program which as part of their independently and in close col- ment it in real-life (home study). institutions. going continuous evaluation via a in Qatar and the two have been undergraduate research experi- laboration with other healthcare This should be in line with each Looking forward, the National peer review process to measure the identified as significant health- ence program. professionals,” said Dr Ahmed participant’s interest and practice Cancer Programme is determined overall productivity of the strategy. care burdens while also being The training programme has Awaisu adding: “Pharmacy prac- setting,” Dr Awaisu mentioned. to launch a comprehensive myth THE PENINSULA made priorities in the Qatar already been accredited as a tice-based research is essential THE PENINSULA Ooredoo launches lowest calling rate for Hala Smart customers

DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday Key costs QR1 a week, and can prepaid customers more value announced the launch of the be activated by sending the SMS and more data with Hala Smart lowest local calling rates in ‘ISK’ to 121. The key will renew bundles priced at QR10, QR15, Qatar for Hala Smart and automatically every week, so cus- QR25 and QR40. International Saver Key cus- tomers can continue to save. Hala Smart packs are prepaid tomers. Recently the company Among the countries cov- bundles that include a mixture had also announced to reduce ered by the key are popular of local and international min- international calling rates call destinations such as Egypt, utes, SMS and mobile data. With for Hala International Key Pakistan, the United Kingdom, this latest offer, out of bundle customers. the Philippines, Sri Lanka, UAE rates will now be charged at just With the latest pricing, all and Saudi Arabia. Dhs20 per minute to all Ooredoo Hala Smart customers making Ooredoo announced the launch numbers. out of bundle calls and all Hala of Hala Smart in April, offering THE PENINSULA International Saver Key cus- tomers can benefit from local calls to any Ooredoo number at just Dhs20 per minute. In addition, Hala International Saver Key subscribers will also get international call rate of Dhs45 per minute. This launch is the latest in a series of new initia- tives for Ooredoo designed to ensure that customers can enjoy the benefits of the regions most advanced network supported by some of the best value offers. Recently Ooredoo had announced the reduction of International Saver Key local calling and SMS rates to just QR0.35 per minute, and QR0.30 per SMS for a limited time, but has boosted value even further in response to customer demand. Previously, International Saver Key and Hala Smart customers were charged at Ooredoo’s standard local calling rate of QR0.55 per minute, meaning the com- pany has now more than halved the cost of local calls to Ooredoo numbers compared to the standard rate. International rates have dropped from QR0.60 per minute to QR0.45 for International Saver Key customers, offering subscribers more affordable calls to 121 countries around the world. The International Saver SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Researchers share results of projects Innovations in ICT presented at QNRF’s Reasearch Outcomes Seminar

DOHA: Qatar National Research Dr Ali Jaoua, Professor from the Fund (QNRF) hosted the third Computer Science and Engineering in the series of Qatar Foundation Department at Qatar University, Research and Development (QF presented his innovative text mining R&D) Research Outcomes Seminars platform, comprising a set of tools (ROS), which highlighted innova- designed to extract and analyse infor- tive research projects in the field of mation pertaining to online finan- Information and Communications cial data in Arabic and English and Technology (ICT). adaptable to several other languages. The ROS are a QF R&D initiative Decision-makers can then be alerted designed to provide researchers with to any newsworthy developments that a public platform to share the results are identified. of their QNRF-funded cutting-edge Dr Daniele Trinchero, professor and research projects. Director of iXem Labs Foundation at Sharing his thoughts on the event, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and Dr QNRF Executive Director Dr Abdul Abdullah Kadri, Senior R&D Expert Sattar Al Taie said: “Through ROS from Qatar Mobility Innovations we want to spread knowledge about Center (QMIC), presented an innova- the excellent research taking place in tive solution to monitor underground Qatar and demonstrate to stakeholders civil infrastructures for fluid transpor- from various tation and distribution. sectors and The researchers’ technology uses Dr Ali Jaoua presenting the results of his research. the public microwave wireless sensors that can at large how flow inside pipes to determine the team’s research about managing data University, spoke about his team’s research presence of existing or potential leak- in cloud computing to protect the pri- development of energy-efficient wire- funded by ages by monitoring variations in noise vacy of individuals and ensure that less body sensor networks. These QNRF will levels produced by fluid flowing in the sensitive information is known only wireless computing systems based benefit com- pipe. to the user. on wearable sensors can be adapted munities in Director of Kindi Lab for Computing Dr Amr Mohamed, Assistant for use in healthcare and biomedical Qatar and Research at Qatar University, Dr Professor from the Computer Science research. globally.” Qutaibah Malluhi, presented his and Engineering Department at Qatar THE PENINSULA

HMC treats 48 heat exhaustion cases

DOHA: The Emergency Department should drink plenty of water, take regu- who have symptoms of heat exhaustion for at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) lar breaks and try to find shade wherever more than an hour after first aid, or where has treated 48 cases of heat exhaustion, possible. the person has illnesses such as diabetes, according to a senior official. Symptoms of heat exhaustion include hypertension or obesity, should also be taken The cases of heat exhaustion were cramps, fatigue, weakness, headache, dizzi- to the Emergency Department. treated between May 24 and June 1, said Dr ness, nausea, and occasionally vomiting, but HMC has advised people to follow the Dr Warda Al Saad, Chief Consultant, usually consciousness is retained. necessary precautions to ensure they Emergency Department, HMC. A person suffering from heat exhaustion remain unaffected by dust storms during In May 2013 about 40 cases were treated should be immediately moved to a cooler the summer months. for heat exhaustion. area, his clothes should be removed or loos- Infants, children, teenagers, the elderly, Heat exhaustion occurs when the body’s ened and a cool shower should be given, if pregnant women, and those who have to temperature control system fails due to possible. Plenty of cool drinks and some work outdoors, such as construction or exposure to high temperatures (eg above salty snacks, too, should be given. delivery workers, are considered at high risk 35 degrees ) and humidity. People having mild heat exhaustion are of contracting respiratory infection. Earlier, HMC advised residents to take advised to go to a Primary Health Centres, Such people are advised to limit exposure important precautions to avoid heat-related while those with symptoms such as drow- to the dust by using protective covering over illnesses. siness or loss of consciousness need to be the nose and mouth. People, especially those working outside, taken to the Emergency Department. People THE PENINSULA

Two Doha students selected to Vienna Boys Choir

DOHA: Two young school- currently perform as soloists for together ever since the Doha Principal of Qatar Music boys from Qatar have been the Doha Children’s Choir. Children’s Choir’s inaugural Academy, said: “We are chosen to join the prestigious Since arriving in Doha three performance. thrilled that Qatar is getting Vienna Boys Choir after audi- years ago, Emmet has studied Alena Pyne, founder of the recognition as a growing cen- tioning for the highly sought- piano and cello at the highly Doha Children’s Choir, said: tre for the development of after places. regarded Qatar Music Academy “Emmet’s brother Evan was the musical excellence. Emmet Emmet Pyne, a 10-year-old (QMA) and Tarun, also a fine first Irish boy to join the Vienna is a very talented young man Irish boy, from Park House musician who plays guitar, has Boys Choir two years ago, also who should be proud of their English School in Doha and-11- studied at Qatar’s IAID for joining from Doha where he suc- achievement. We wish them year-old Tarun Thomas, origi- many years developing a pas- cessfully auditioned. both the best and look forward nally from Kerala in India, who sion for singing and performing. “Emmet and Tarun will to seeing them return to Doha attends Birla Public school, both The boys have been singing join this great establishment to perform with the Choir.” in June this year and A K Srivastava, Principal of in September will Birla Public School, said: “It is embark on their first indeed a great achievement to choir tour as young be selected to join Vienna Boys choral ambassadors, Choir! Tarun has a very bright starting in China, then future ahead and I am sure he to Malaysia and Korea will make the best of what is finishing in Germany available to him in Vienna. We and Switzerland at Birla Public School wish him before they return every success” to Vienna to knuckle Gerald Wirth, President down to their aca- and Artistic Director from the demic studies for the Vienna Boys Choir said: “We are rest of the year.” very happy to have two more Once they arrive in boys from Qatar. Both Emmet Vienna, the boys will and Tarun come with an excel- continue to prepare lent musical background; and for and perform many we hope they will thrive here.” concerts. Media Doha Children’s Choir is an work will be an inte- audition choir for mixed voices gral part of the expe- that was started in 2013 and rience and every year operates on a voluntary basis. they will participate The 500-year-old choir com- in numerous live TV prises 100 choristers aged 10-14 programmes, press and has worked with great briefings and confer- musicians such as Mozart and ences, audio record- Schubert. The boys are selected ings and film and film mainly from Austria, but also work. from many other countries. Dr Al Heeti, THE PENINSULA

Emmet Pyne (left) and Tarun Thomas SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 QRC organises 12 medical, cultural, spiritual events Experts give lectures on healthy food, first aid at schools

DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent regularly visiting gynaecologist In commemoration of the World (QRC) organised 12 events and clinics; and having medical exami- Red Cross and Red Crescent Day lectures related to medical, nations casually for early diagno- observed by National Societies spiritual and cultural aware- sis of health problems. around the globe, QRC Al Khor ness in different areas of Qatar In addition, a lecture on volun- had its part in this year’s celebra- in last couple of months. teerism was held for Grade-Five tions, in extraordinary partner- A QRC health expert delivered and Grade-Six primary students ship with the National Human a lecture on healthy food, titled of Al Thakhira Independent Boys Rights Committee (NHRC). ‘My Health Is in My Bag’ to 35 School. The branch launched a cam- parents at Al Khor Independent Under the Slogan “My School’s paign in Al Shamal region to Boys Kindergarten. A similar Camp: Towards Distinction and warn workers against sun expo- lecture was given to 60 Grade- Creativity,’ the branch partici- sure and heat exhaustion and Six primary students of Al Khor pated in the exhibition held give them advice regarding how Independent Boys School. at Al Thakhira Primary Girls to preserve their safety, through Students and teachers of School. the distribution of educative fliers, Smeismah Elementary Boys In coordination with Al Khor personal hygiene kits, water and School received a first aid lec- Girls Centre, a religious women- juice bottles, and QRC T-shirts ture, which comprised an intro- only lecture titled ‘Injustice Turns and caps. duction to QRC and its nonprofit into Darknesses on the Day of Officials of the branch held services, as well as an overview Resurrection’ was delivered to the a meeting with the Supreme of first aid basics and how to take members by the Islamic preacher Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Students attending a Qatar Red Crescent demonstration on first aid at one of the schools. care of injuries, fractures, and and family consultant Sheikh responsible for 2022 World Cup, heart failures until the arrival of Ayesh Al Qahtani. to give its members a presenta- discussed with the members types and causes of fear ambulances. A team of QRC staff and vol- tion about QRC’s healthcare and among youngsters, urging them to avoid intimidating The branch held a lecture titled unteers cooperated with Al Khor social projects in Al Khor and their kids, to build up their children’s trust in God ‘Women’s Health’ for nearly 50 Sports Club in organising the Al Shamal region at large and at all times, and to use religious words of Dhikr and teachers and administrative staff- ‘Midar Maritime Festival’ a two- explore potential integration of prayers. An open Q&A session followed. ers of Al Thakhira Primary Girls day fair held at the Al Khor Port, its capabilities and activities into Al Khor Girls Center organized another workshop School. A QRC medical lecturer displaying ancient handcrafts, the national preparations for the titled “Al Baraha Forum,” where attendants were emphasised the importance of the making of ships and differ- international football competition. divided into groups and held separate discussions with paying due attention to women’s ent types of fishnets, some clas- At Al Khor Girls Center, the a QRC social worker about ways to advance women, health after puberty; teaching sic automobiles and rare heritage branch participated in a work- protect their rights, and overcome their daily life girls the habits of good nutrition, masterpieces, and fish species in shop titled “Implanting Fear in stress. personal hygiene, and exercising; Qatar’s marine ecosystem. Children.” A three-speaker board THE PENINSULA

Qatar Solar Energy Comapany QC opens camp for 200 Syrian families to be launched today DOHA: Qatar Solar Energy Company that aims to produce solar energy and will boast the larg- est solar energy technology in the Middle East will have its official launch tomorrow evening. The company is expected to produce and market solar energy at a cheaper rate as compared to conven- tional electricity. THE PENINSULA

Assistant Executive Director for International Development Ebrahim Mousa Zainal opening the camp.

DOHA: Qatar Charity has implemented a project to house over 200 displaced Syrian fami- lies in the province of Idlib at a cost of around QR755,000. The camp was opened by Assistant Executive Director for International Development Ebrahim Mousa Zainal during a visit to the camp. “Qatar Charity has implemented this project in light of the urgent need among displaced people in this area for shelter and decent housing, particu- larly within families where there are children or eld- erly people,” Zainal said. “Qatar Charity worked hard to ensure that the camp was built and equipped at the earliest opportunity,” he added. The beneficiaries of the camp expressed their thanks and praised QC’s efforts on behalf of the Syrians, especially those displaced within the coun- try, where humanitarian organisations find access difficult due to the deterio- rating security conditions. QC provided the cam- pground and the areas adjacent to it, which may be used later due to the expected displacement of neighboring villages. Two hundred and eight tents were fully equipped, pro- viding shelter for around 1,200 people. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Egypt bans sermons by unlicensed preachers Government moves to tighten grip on mosques

CAIRO: Egypt has banned page, referring to the traditional The Muslim Brotherhood, until unauthorised preachers from raised pulpit in a mosque. The last year Egypt’s best-organised giving sermons or teaching decision was taken to “preserve movement, has been driven under- Islam in mosques and other pub- national security,” it said. ground, with most of its leaders lic places, according to a decree The military-backed govern- in jail or in hiding. It denies any yesterday marking a further ment sees mosques as recruiting involvement in lethal attacks step in official efforts to curb grounds for Islamist parties and on security forces since Mursi’s Islamist influence. has moved to bring them under overthrow. The decree issued by interim tighter control since the army top- According to the decree, “only President Adly Mansour’s office pled President Mohamed Mursi of designated specialists at the also threatened fines and jail for the Muslim Brotherhood last July. Ministry of Religious Endowments freelance imams, especially if they It said in April it had licensed and authorised preachers from Al wore clerical garments associ- more than 17,000 state-approved Azhar shall be permitted to prac- ated with the respected Al Azhar clerics to give Friday sermons to tice public preaching and religious center of Sunni learning in Cairo. stop mosques from falling “into lessons in mosques or similar pub- Selected employees of the reli- the hands of extremists.” lic places.” gious endowments ministry will be It also disclosed it had removed Only Al Azhar officials and empowered by the justice ministry 12,000 unapproved preachers. graduates as well preachers from to arrest anyone caught violating Many Egyptians pray at small the ministry or the grand mufti’s Egyptian soldiers on an armoured vehicle keep watch outside the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, where the decree, it added. neighbourhood mosques beyond the office will be allowed to wear the “No preacher will mount a min- control of the state, where outsid- trademark “turban” — a red hat Abdel Fattah Al Sisi will be sworn in as Egypt’s president today. bar next Friday without a permit,” ers can easily move in to take over with a white cloth band — and the ministry said on its Facebook and preach their brand of Islam. robes that designate an Al Azhar cleric, it said. Unauthorised preachers face fines jail terms up to a 10 Brotherhood supporters get death year and fines up to 50,000 Egyptian pounds ($7,000). CAIRO: An Egyptian court hiding amid a state crackdown his opinion and its rulings can be Wearing or denigrating Al sentenced 10 supporters of the on the group since Mursi’s ouster. appealed. Azhar garments in any way outlawed Muslim Brotherhood One of those sentenced was Abdul Judge Hassan Fareed said the will carry similar penalties, to death in absentia yesterday Rahman Al Barr, a member of the verdict for the rest of the defend- it added. but postponed sentencing of its Brotherhood’s Guidance Council, ants would be announced at a Galal Mora, secretary- leader and other senior mem- the movement’s executive board. hearing on July 5. general of the Nour Party, bers tried in the case, judicial Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, a Those 38 defendants include an Islamist group that sources said. well-known Salafi preacher who the Islamist movement’s General backed the army’s removal Those sentenced were con- fled to Qatar after Mursi was Guide Mohamed Badie and sen- of Mursi, said the group victed on charges including toppled, was also sentenced in ior member Mohamed El Beltagy, approved of the law and inciting violence and blocking a absentia. along with former ministers from urged respect for it. major road north of Cairo dur- Death sentence recommenda- Mursi’s government. The religious endow- ing protests after the army top- tions in Egypt are passed on to “Down with the military ments ministry has been pled Islamist President Mohamed the country’s grand mufti, the court!” shouted the defendants keeping a close eye on Mursi last July. highest religious authority, for in the courtroom. authorised imams as well. All 10 were assumed to be in his review. The court can ignore REUTERS The state news agency MENA reported yesterday that it had removed three Accused of mixing reli- giving Friday sermons, it said. on the movement in Egypt, pro- government appointed gion and politics, the men will The Muslim Brotherhood’s tested against the removal of the imams from their positions be switched to administra- worldwide website, which still three imams. in Minya province. tive jobs and be banned from operates despite the clampdown REUTERS

Work on third Istanbul airport launched ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yester- day laid the first stone for Istanbul’s third air- port, a multi-billion-dollar project expected to create one of the world’s busiest air hubs. “Istanbul is marking a historic day. Turkey is marking a historic day. The biggest airport of the world and six continents is going to rise here,” Erdogan told a cheering crowd at the groundbreaking ceremony for the $30bn project. Erdogan said the first stage of the construction is set for completion on October 29, 2017 — the 94th anniversary of the founding of modern Turkey — and the facility is projected to handle 150 million pas- sengers a year when fully operational in 2018. “We are building not just an airport, but actually a monument of victory today,” the premier said. The third airport in Turkey’s largest city aims to rival Dubai’s Al Maktoum International airport, which opened in October last year and is expected eventually to accommodate 160 million passengers a year. A Turkish joint ven- ture won a tender for the project last May, obtaining a 25-year lease to build and operate the planned airport. Plans to build a third air- port had prompted protests by environmentalists, who oppose construction of the facility in a heavily forested area near Terkos Lake, one of metropolitan Istanbul’s six main drinking water reservoirs. The project was announced in May 2013 amid mass protests that started as a local environ- mental campaign to save an Istanbul park from redevelopment. AFP SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Wave of car Palestinian protest bombings kills 60 in Baghdad Militants storm Anbar University BAGHDAD: A wave of car leading to its main gate, police said. bombings in mostly Shia dis- A journalist said special forces tricts of the Iraqi capital killed spearheaded an assault to retake more than 60 people late yes- the campus, sparking clashes terday, while in northern Iraq, involving heavy gunfire and heavy fighting between security rocket-propelled grenades. forces and militants entered a Security forces “liberated second day, killing 59 people. all of the male and female stu- In Anbar province, jihadists dent hostages from the dormi- took hundreds of students and tories in Anbar University” and staff hostage at a university in the regained control of checkpoints city of Ramadi, sparking an assault at its entrances, Deputy Interior led by special forces in which they Minister Adnan Al Assadi said in were freed, officials said. an emailed statement. In Baghdad, there were a dozen And interior ministry spokes- blasts in total, the deadliest of man Brigadier General Saad which occurred in the Bayaa Maan said that all the hostages neighbourhood, where a car bomb had been freed, without giving killed 23 people, many of them casualty figures. young people playing billiards. The journalist saw security Other bombs went off near a forces bring in buses to take weep- Palestinians hold pictures of prisoners during a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank cinema, a popular juice shop and ing hostages away from one of the city of Ramallah yesterday. Some 120 Palestinians jailed without trial have been on an open-ended hunger strike, eating only salt and drinking water, a Shia mosque. women’s dorms, but said fight- since April 24 to demand an end to so-called “administrative detention”. In the northern city of Mosul, ing at the university continued heavy fighting between militants afterwards. and security forces entered its Police officers put the number second day yesterday, killing 21 of hostages at the start of the police and 38 militants, an officer incident at 2,500, though that fig- and mortuary employee said. ure could not be independently 11 sailors held by Somali pirates escape Dr Mohammed Khalaf said the confirmed. morgue where he works in the Before security forces moved in, NAIROBI: Eleven sailors held but sank in rough seas last July. city had received 80 bodies since a student said by telephone from hostage for almost four years Warlord quits Shebab extremists During their captivity, one Friday, and had no space for more. inside the university that she and by Somali pirates escaped their Indian colleague was shot by the Fighting erupted in Mosul on other women were ordered to captors and are safe in Kenya, MOGADISHU: A notorious Somali warlord allied to the Islamist pirates in an argument, and four Friday morning and continued gather in one place, after which mediators who helped secure Shebab and on UN sanction lists has agreed to quit the extremists. others from Sri Lanka drowned. into the night, while twin suicide the militants’ leader addressed their freedom said yesterday. A government statement yesterday quoted powerful arms dealer Seven other Pakistani crew bombings targeted a minority them. The sailors, who had been held Mohamed Said Atom as saying he had left the Shebab, accusing members were released in 2012 group east of the city, and sol- “We will teach you a lesson you in dire conditions and suffered Islamist chief Ahmed Abdi Godane of working for a “foreign agenda.” after a businessman paid their diers shot dead suicide bombers will never forget,” he said, accord- beatings and torture, included “I would like to declare that as of today I have decided to resolve ransom, but those remain- to its south. ing to the student’s account. seven men from Bangladesh, one my religious and political issues through peaceful means and under- ing could not afford the hefty At least 36 people were killed The student said the Islamist Indian, one Iranian, and two from standing,” Atom said, according to the government. demands of the pirates. in Friday’s violence in Mosul militant branded the university Sri Lanka. AFP The United Nations said they and elsewhere in surrounding a “brothel” where women wore John Steed, a former British had been handed over to its care, Nineveh province. make-up, listened to music and army colonel who has spent years been through, they are all in good men were rescued by security and “will be repatriated to their In Ramadi, Islamic State of mixed with men. helping negotiate their release, health,” Steed said after arriving forces from the northern Somali home countries over the coming Iraq and the Levant gunmen infil- Fear of another attack, she said, said the men had “sneaked out a safely in Kenya with the men on a Galmadug region, Steed added. days.” trated Anbar University from the will likely discourage students window” to escape their captors. special flight from Somalia. Their boat, the Malaysian- Thirty-eight other sailors from nearby Al Tasha area, killed its from returning to their studies. “It is great news that they are After escaping through a win- flagged container ship MV Albedo, different boats remain captive. guards and then blew up a bridge AGENCIES at least free... given what they have dow from their pirate prison, the was captured in November 2010 AFP

Kurdish protester killed in clashes with soldiers Ben-Eliezer exits Israel presidential race JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli politician yesterday dropped out of the LICE: A Kurdish protester Another protester and a sol- in Kurdish-majority areas, seen following secret talks with the country’s presidential election days before the vote over a graft probe. has died of gunshot wounds dier were hospitalised after as a threat to a peace process country’s spy agency. But the Labour party candidate Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a former general and sea- sustained during clashes with the demonstrators opened fire, launched in 2012 between the process came to a standstill soned politician, had been questioned by police over illegally accepting funds. Turkish soldiers in the coun- hurled stones and fireworks at government and the outlawed after the PKK announced in Ben-Elieer said he was a victim of a smear campaign, noting that the allega- try’s southeast yesterday. security forces, according to a Kurdistan Workers’ Party September they were suspend- tions against him surfaced ahead of the election. Ramazan Baran, 24, died reporter on the scene. (PKK). ing their retreat from Turkish Ben-Eliezer, 78, insisted he was innocent of the accusations in a statement in hospital after the clashes Witnesses said Turkish sol- Earlier this week, six soldiers soil, accusing the government he posted on Facebook. “With a very heavy heart, I have made the decision between soldiers and Kurdish diers also fired live bullets in the trying to remove protesters of failing to deliver on promised to withdraw from the race,” he wrote. protesters angry at government clashes. blocking the road were wounded reforms. Israel’s presidential election will be held on Tuesday. plans to build military barracks Tensions have been on the rise after coming under fire from The PKK is blacklisted as a AP in the Lice district of Kurdish in Lice since protesters blocked demonstrators. terrorist organisation by much majority Diyarbakir province, a road two weeks ago over the The Kurdish rebels declared of the international community. medics said. construction of new army posts a ceasefire in March last year AFP

‘Iron Lady’ destroying Syria’s chemical arms UNITED NATIONS: The diplomat rid- daughter of a music professor who moved to ding the world of Syria’s chemical weapons Egypt to study at the American University is Sigrid Kaag (pictured), a mother of four in Cairo as an undergraduate. who speaks six languages and is fearless in She has a master’s degree from Oxford a war zone. and worked in the private sector for oil giant For nine months she has led the inter- Shell in London for two years before joining national mission to destroy Damascus’s the Dutch foreign ministry. declared chemical agents, braving mortar Kaag decided to quit the job after meet- fire, jetting between the Middle East, Europe ing her husband in Jerusalem, signing up and New York, and liaising with Moscow, instead to the UN Relief and Works Agency Washington and maritime fleets. which looks after the plight of Palestinian Syria may have missed deadlines but with refugees. 93 percent of its declared chemical arsenal In the last 20 years, she has lived in out of the country, Kaag is responsible for Jerusalem, Jordan, New York, Sudan and the only glimmer of good news to emerge Switzerland, adopting one child and giving from the horror of a war that has killed birth to three more, juggling marriage with more than 160,000. a career. Her star is in the ascendant at UN head- She was previously number three in the quarters, abuzz with praise for the woman UN Development Programme and UNICEF who at UNICEF worked with Jordan’s director in the Middle East and North Queen Rania and once dreamed of becom- Africa, during which she met Syria’s first ing a singer. lady Asma Assad. The 52-year-old Kaag speaks fluent Arabic In her current job she has hardly taken a and diplomats say she has done an excellent with respect and never in a derogatory way. break. Her mother died since she moved to job. She is respected too in Damascus, where Her husband is a Palestinian former dip- Damascus and she admits it is “very difficult” some have dubbed her the “Iron Lady.” lomat and having children who are half Arab to see her children, aged 11 to 19. “She never stops working and practically can also be an asset, she said. Home is currently in east Jerusalem, never sleeps,” one of her local employees “You’re one foot in, one foot out. But I where the family moved last year. Do they confided. think ultimately people judge you on the worry about her living in a war zone? What seems certain is another big job basis of what you bring, if you’re sincere, “They’ve been very impressed by my close after her mission concludes in the coming if you’re committed and if you’re up to the protection, that gave them an immediate months. task,” she added. sense of safety,” she smiled. The media has touted her a possible suc- As head of the joint UN-Organisation for “They cope but they know it’s finite and cessor to Lakhdar Brahimi as mediator on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons mis- I’ve underlined that.” the stalled Syrian peace process although sion, she manages a staff of 110. She describes herself as “results oriented” others tip her for a different post in the In Damascus she said mortars have fallen and with nerves of steel. region. around the hotel where they live and work, “I don’t panic easily,” she said. The rare She quashes any suggestion that a Western and that she sent away some staff who were exception being during a near crash on a tiny woman should find it difficult in the Arab unable to cope. charter plane years ago. world, saying she has always been treated It has been a stratospheric rise for the AFP SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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o one had any doubts about the outcome of the Syrian presidential election in which President Bashar Al Assad got re-elected with a brute Nmajority. It was also an election whose outcome Obamacare is worse than 9/11 nobody was looking forward to – not even Assad. Its only BY JAMELLE BOUIE news value lay in the fact that it was held amid war. It’s country, Republicans and conservatives — since, you know, the only thing worse rarely that elections, in whatever form, are held when a have fallen over themselves to denounce than genocide is new entitlement spend- country is torn by war. e are nine months into Obamacare in the most extreme terms. ing. Take Idaho state Senator Sheryl If Assad chose to conduct the election in these trying the era of Obamacare, Which raises a question: In the fight Nuxoll, who warned that Obama would times, it was to send a message – that he is not going and so far, it looks like for most outlandish comparison, who eventually “pull the trigger” and estab- anywhere. He wants his enemies – both inside and outside a success. Between wins? With slavery and 9/11, Carson is a lish a socialized health care system: the state exchanges, strong contender, but he has a few able The insurance companies are cre- the country – to acknowledge this reality and plan the Whealthcare.gov, and the Medicaid expan- competitors. ating their own tombs. Much like the future accordingly. There is no benefit in denial, no gains in sion, an estimated 17.2 million people Obamacare vs. the Fugitive Slave Act. Jews boarding the trains to concentra- proclamations of success by the rebels, and no meaning in have received health insurance under Who wins? Obamacare. On two occa- tion camps, private insurers are used calls for his removal. Lebanon’s Hezbollah, the chief ally of the law. In turn, according to Gallup, sions, Republicans have denounced the by the feds to put the system in place Assad, said that Assad’s re-election proves any solution to the percentage of Americans without Affordable Care Act as worse than the because the federal government has no health insurance has dipped to 13.4 per- Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which — way to set up the exchange. the country’s conflict “begins and ends” with the embattled cent, down 3.7 percentage points from among other provisions — required law Not to be outdone, a Republican state leader. “Those who want to work for a political solution where it was at the end of last year. enforcement to arrest anyone suspected senator in Tennessee followed suit. must talk to him, negotiate with him and reach a solution Democratic candidates are touting its of being a fugitive slave, and punished “Democrats bragging about the number with him,” Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address. benefits, while a few Republicans have anyone who aided a slave with fines of mandatory sign ups for Obamacare,” Even if the election doesn’t make any difference on shied away from harsh attacks to avoid and imprisonment. The first remark wrote Senator Stacey Campfield in a the ground, it shows that the time has come for the a backlash from voters. comes from New Hampshire state Rep. post titled “Thought for the Day,” “is like But it doesn’t matter that Obamacare Bill O’Brien, who — during a rally last Germans bragging about the number of international community to shed its lethargy. One area is becoming a banal part of the policy August — summed up Obamacare as mandatory sign ups for ‘train rides’ for where a beginning can be made is on the issue of refugees landscape. For some on the right, it’s such: Jews in the 40s.” and by sending aid to Syrians trapped in the conflict. still the worst thing to happen to the And what is Obamacare? It is a law Obamacare vs. war. Who wins for Many among Syria’s 2.8 million United States. In a recent interview as destructive to personal and individ- horribleness? Obamacare. Sure, wars refugees think Assad is here with conservative radio host Armstrong ual liberty as the Fugitive Slave Act of kill people, destroy communities, and to stay and want to go back, Williams and Daily Beast contributor 1850 that allowed slave owners to come ruin entire countries. But they aren’t as It’s time for US Evan Gahr, Ben Carson — the famed to New Hampshire and seize African- bad as Obamacare, explained Texas Sen. and Europe whether they have supported neurosurgeon turned conservative Americans and use the federal courts Ted Cruz in a coloring book for chil- him or not. Their presence celebrity — called the Affordable Care to take them back to federal … to slave dren. To be fair, it wasn’t Cruz himself. to shed their is also a huge burden for the Act a worse event than the terrorist states. Rather, it was the Really Big Coloring countries where they are stuck, attacks on September 11, 2001: A few months later, conservative col- Books publisher, who borrowed from Gahr: lethargy and including Turkey, Lebanon and Who do you think caused fami- umnist George Will borrowed the ref- the senator’s 21-hour anti-Obamacare lies more pain — Obamacare or Osama erence, responding to Democrats who speech, saying that “millions of citizens Jordan. take measures Bin Laden? say “the Affordable Care Act is the law” believe Obama Care is worse than any Delivery of aid needs to be Carson: Let me explain. with a quip: “Well, the Fugitive Slave war.” to help millions another priority. According Williams: Let him answer the Act was the law, separate but equal was Obamacare vs all of the bad things. to reports, the humanitarian question! the law, lots of things are the law and Who wins for depravity? Obamacare. of Syrian crisis in Syria is now as bad as Carson: Things that are isolated then we change them.” In a poorly punctuated tweet, North the one in Bosnia in the 1990s. issues as opposed to things that fun- Obamacare vs Dred Scott. Who Carolina state Senator Bob Bucho refugees. damentally change the United Sates of wins for evil? Obamacare. “Worse than dropped the mic on the Affordable Care Corridors need to be opened up America and shift power from the peo- slavery” seems to be the most popular Act: “Justice Robert’s pen & Obamacare to get aid to areas blockaded by ple to the government. That is a huge right-wing description for a law that has done more damage to the USA then the regime. The West and the shift. subsidizes health insurance for low- the swords of the Nazis, Soviets & ter- United Nations need to take a firm stand at least on this Gahr: Right. But what do you think and middle-income Americans. Take rorists combined.” issue. Stiff sanctions need to be imposed on Assad and his caused specific families more pain — Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who There you have it. Yeah, the Nazis and officials if they try to thwart the supply of humanitarian Obamacare or Osama? attacked the Supreme Court decision the Soviets murdered millions of people. Carson: Will you listen? You have to upholding Obamacare as akin to Dred But still, there’s nothing — nothing — aid. take a long-term look at something that Scott vs Sandford. “The liberal blogo- worse than a universal health insurance Washington and its European allies must realize that fundamentally changes the power struc- sphere apparently thinks the constitu- law. their Syrian policy has been a failure, if at all they can ture of America. You have to be someone tional debate is over,” he wrote in an For as much as it’s fun to mock claim to have a policy. There is a dire need to take a relook who reads. Who is well-read. I want you op-ed for USA Today. “I wonder whether this hyperbole and extremism, it does at the issue and fill the policy vacuum. If they think that a to go back tonight and pull out what they would have had that opinion the pose a problem for more mainstream Saul Alinsky says about health care day after the Dred Scott decision.” Republicans. Obamacare isn’t going solution without Assad is not possible, as Hezbollah claimed, under the control of the government. Obamacare vs. the Holocaust. Who away, and eventually the party will have there is a need to launch negotiations with Assad as a For Carson, this is par for the course. wins for misery? Obamacare. When to reconcile itself to that truth, lest it participant, or if Assad has to be removed to bring peace Last year, in a speech to the Values pressed, most people reach for a hand- misses opportunities for conservative and democracy to the country, efforts must be made to Voter Summit, he called Obamacare ful of historical evils. The Holocaust is change — to move the law to the right achieve this goal. But nothing can be more damaging than “the worst thing that has happened near the top of the list, which is why it’s — or rankles voters who benefit from procrastination. in this nation since slavery.” He’s not not a shock to hear it invoked as a less the very thing they say is synonymous alone in that assessment. Across the evil counterpart to health care reform with evil. WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of The tax dodgers the day US Senate committee last tax cooperation.” For campaigners, For the whole of the developing effective tax rate of about 19 per cent year put several executives however, increasingly the solution is world, Christian Aid estimates the loss instead of the statutory 39 per cent in under the spotlight, seeking to have the public hold these corpo- in revenue at $160 billion, while The the US, while records in the UK showed Aaccountability, and they rations accountable by decrying the Economist says $20 trillion in funds is its tax bill worked out to about 1.5 per mostly responded by saying they were accounting tactics: only when tax parked in tax havens. “Essentially, what cent of revenue. In Australia, Google simple playing by the rules put in front dodging becomes a public relations this means is that the poor are subsidis- paid just $74,000 in taxes. of them. Consequently, organisations problem will they make any effort, they ing the rich. Despite criticism from many quar- such as the OECD have worked on say. Recently, a UN-sponsored group That’s the heart of the injustice,” ters, executive chairman Eric Schmidt The citizens of aligning the world’s tax regulations estimated that Africa was losing $50 a spokesman for global non-profit said during an interview in 2012 about Ukraine will never to close loopholes. This, however, is billion a year from illicit capital outflows, Tax Justice Network told the Sydney the company’s tax payments: “I am very proving to be a gargantuan task. including tax avoidance by multi-nation- Morning Herald. Previous inquiries have proud of the structure that we set up.” feel the blessing of “Profits should be taxed where they als — an amount twice as high as the found egregious examples of compa- Small, honest businesses pay far higher peace and security are earned,” the UN said last week in total foreign aid the continent receives nies exploiting international tax loop- taxes than global corporations armed a report on the key economic issues a year. A global poverty report by Action holes, such as Google funnelling 80 per with lawyers and clever accountants. until we resolve our and developments for 2014. “Further Aid, a UK non-profit, echoed the find- cent of its global pre-tax profits from The unfairness is plain enough. It is up relations with Russia. progress is needed to fight cross-bor- ings, noting it was the world’s weak- international subsidiaries to Bermuda in to individuals to realise they can be the der tax evasion and tax avoidance… est economies being deprived of tax 2011, which has no corporate tax rate. key influencers on this issue. Petro Poroshenko Efforts are needed for international revenue. That year, the company reported an Khaleej Times Ukrainian President SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Seeds of Bergdahl deal were sown early The president apparently hadn’t thought through how he would accomplish the goal and serve the interests he had announced. But he had indeed won.

BY MICHAEL B MUKASEY the Obama administration has apologized only for the least of the president’s trans- he seeds of what blossomed gressions in this sorry affair: his failure grotesquely in the Rose to consult Congress 30 days in advance Garden last weekend — a cel- of freeing any Guantanamo detainees, ebration of the release of five as required by the National Defence senior Taliban military lead- Authorization Act. Ters in exchange for a US sergeant accused At the time the president signed that by some of being a deserter — were sown law, he issued an accompanying signing a long time ago: on the second and third statement that took the position — prob- days of President Barack Obama’s first ably correctly, I believe — that the law is term, to be precise. unconstitutional as a restriction on his On his second day in office, the presi- Article II executive powers. dent signed an executive order direct- However, his own criticism of his pred- ing that the Guantanamo Bay detention ecessor for alleged misuse of executive facility be closed. authority apparently left him diffident You can watch the cringe-induc- about relying on that, so Obama relied ing video of the signing ceremony on instead on two excuses with neither legal YouTube, in which the president stumbles nor factual basis: concern for the rapid through a reading of the order to close deterioration of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl’s the facility “consistent with the national health, which does not explain why no US President Barack Obama (right) watches as Jami Bergdahl (left) and Bob Bergdahl talk about the release of their son, prisoner of war security and foreign policy interests of notice was given to Congress; and sim- US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl during a statement in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 31, 2014. the United States and the interests of ple neglect because of the rush of events, justice,” signs with a flourish and asks which contradicts the first. then-White House counsel Greg Craig It is difficult to believe that the presi- only a senior Taliban official but also these five with the retrieval of Bergdahl The second — closely related to the whether there is a separate executive dent actually understood last weekend someone who has trained with and coor- as a cover makes the goal the president power of the purse — is the oversight order describing what is to be done with the enormity of what he had done. dinated fighting with Al Qaeda before announced on his second day in office authority to look into how government the Guantanamo detainees. All the details of how Bergdahl left 9/11. easier to achieve, although it is hard to resources are being used and whether Craig is heard to reply off-camera that his unit may have to be teased out in Which is to say, at precisely the time think that he would have been so cyni- legislation is necessary. “a process” will be set up, whereupon the the setting of a court-martial, but it has when his administration is trying to cal as to have consummated this ghastly Congressional hearings ordinar- president repeats solemnly into the cam- long been known that he was a malcon- withdraw troops from Afghanistan in transaction with such a thing in mind. ily might be expected to have at least era that “a process” will be set up. tent who had sent his belongings home a way that at least will not threaten Because these five are by far the worst the benign effect of embarrassment, The following day, Obama met with well before the day in June 2009 when the safety of those who remain behind Taliban detainees housed at Guantanamo, but that presupposes the capacity for congressional leaders to discuss his eco- he left his unit in Afghanistan, that he until the end of 2016, if not beyond, the the freeing of the remainder could be embarrassment. nomic stimulus. When Republican House wrote that the army he served in was a president has provided skilled stra- seen as a trifle in comparison. The third is impeachment, which can- Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia offered “joke” and that he was ashamed to be an tegic planners to the Taliban; at the What can be done about all of this? I not be seriously undertaken absent a some suggestions, the president reminded American. time when it is the administration’s think not much. national consensus for it, and none seems him and others of the vanquished who Was the president perhaps not aware announced intention to separate the One of the “consequences” that elec- now to exist. were present that “elections have conse- that desertion is an act viewed with such Taliban from Al Qaeda, the president tions have is that there are now available It looks like all that is left is provi- quences” and “I won.” seriousness under the Uniform Code of has provided the Taliban with military only three ways to deal with executive dence. It’s long been said, although by The president apparently hadn’t Military Justice that in wartime it can leaders who have a history of close ties misuse of authority. One is the power of whom is uncertain, that God protects thought through how he would accom- carry the death penalty? with Al Qaeda. the purse. drunkards, little children and the United plish the goal and serve the interests he Every one of the five detainees released Was Obama aware of that when he However, there is no expenditure that States of America. Let’s pray that who- had announced. But he had indeed won. from Guantanamo, as reported by Tom presided over a Rose Garden celebration? Congress could deny or undo that would ever said it was right. Fast-forward, and characteristically Joscelyn in the Weekly Standard, is not In one respect, however, the freeing of undo the damage that has been wrought. WP-BLOOMBERG

Why UK still wants to fight Europe on beaches The West is not helping Seventy years have Sudan’s Meriam Ibrahim passed, and yet BY NESRINE MALIK udan’s recent history is tainted by the names of women that an event few of us have fallen victim to the country’s arbitrary Shariah and public order laws. Lubna Hussein, sentenced to a lashing for alleg- remember shapes the Sedly dressing indecently in public by wearing trousers; Intisar Sharif, sentenced to death by stoning for adultery; and now Meriam Ibrahim, sentenced to death for reportedly turning her back on Islam way we see the world. – her father’s religion – and converting to Christianity. Of all the throwbacks to medieval religious legacies, this has been the most BY JONATHAN FREEDLAND bizarre, and the most emblematic of religious confusion in the country. But there is a risk that the intense western reaction to Ibrahim’s he beaches are quiet now, every last case might undermine local efforts to secure her release. In the days trace of blood washed away. When I immediately following the sentence, reporters from Sudanese TV chan- covered the 60th anniversary com- nels went out on the streets to gather vox pops asking people what Tmemorations of D-day in 2004, it they thought of the judgment. Many opposed it. was that contrast that struck me most. How Others were incredulous, finding it hard to believe that such a case An exciting D-Day landing reenactment takes place on Southsea Beach as part of Portsmouth’s rapidly the earth had healed, how quickly the could even make it to the courts. People assembled outside the court calm and beauty of Normandy – once noisy D-Day 70th commemoration events on Thursday. buildings chanting support for Ibrahim and calling for religious free- with the clamour of war, the soil once sodden dom. But as international media attention has intensified it has eclipsed with blood – had been restored. European dreamers together. Britons had not This is the gap between us and our European this internal dissent, which arguably has a better shot at securing Today I watched the 70th anniversary seen their land invaded and occupied; indeed, partners. As Rocard wrote, for Britain Europe Ibrahim’s release. Inevitably it has resulted in predictable Sudanese events from afar, on television. I was moved they were proud that the boots of no foreign was always about trade and not much else. preciousness over sovereignty, which risks hijacking the initially healthy once more by the sight of the remaining vet- army had trodden British soil for a thousand But for a continent ravaged by war twice in national deliberation about Shariah law. Indeed, the Sudanese govern- erans, fewer this time, come to say thank years. Though the hunger for a new politi- 30 years, and for centuries before that, the ment was so alarmed by the force of the backlash that it attempted to you, or goodbye, to the comrades who fell at cal settlement was severe in Britain – severe European project was a matter of life and death ban any comment on the case in the media. their sides – friends for ever frozen in youth. enough to sweep away the great war leader – of replacing bloody conflict with co-operation, There is now a risk of the Sudanese losing ownership of their own Watching on a news channel, it meant I also himself in Labour’s 1945 landslide victory – allowing dilution of national sovereignty to be cause, one that goes to the heart of the tension between conservative saw the news ticker crawling along the bottom the country did not see itself as one that had the price. The former Luxembourg PM, who religious values and a lack of appetite for heavy-handed state execution of the screen, bringing word of events else- to be rebuilt from scratch. once talked of his fondness for “secret, dark of religious law. There is an increasing awareness of, and frustration where. The result of the Newark byelection, Put simply, Britons saw “Europe” as the debates”, rails against the Euro-hating British with, the Sudanese authorities’ hypocritical application of Islamic law, won by the Tories but with a majority slashed solution to a problem Britain didn’t have. It press, and while we might accuse him of being one that has been increasingly lax over the past few years. by Ukip; the rumbling row over Jean-Claude was a remedy for others, nations whose pre- over-sensitive, we can hardly say he’s wrong. If you were to visit Khartoum knowing nothing of the country except Juncker’s ambition to be the next president vious order had been utterly discredited, like The British media – and not just the these tales of religious fundamentalism, you would be surprised and of the European commission, escalated by his France, or whose very national identity had spittle-flecked mouth-foamers on the right confused. Men and women mingle freely on public transport and in refusal to get on his knees to secure British to be reconstituted, like Germany. Churchill’s – do indeed reserve a special disdain for the cafes, and dance together at wedding parties. Sudan has historically backing. There was a mention of President call for a United States of Europe sounds like Eurocrats of Brussels. It’s not just Charles practised a softer, Sufi, spiritual form of Islam, one that finds an easy Obama’s announcement of a $1bn fund to federalist fanaticism of a kind that would Moore referring to “a fat Belgian” to describe rhythm with the country’s unique Afro-Arab traditions. boost the US military presence in Europe. see him expelled from today’s Conservative a past European eminence. Take the BBC When the current government came to power in a 1989 coup, it The ticker is usually a distraction from the party, until you read the quotation in full – coverage of the battle to fill the commission brought with it an intense Islamicisation campaign. But this was less main story on the screen. But not this time. and realise that he excluded Britain from this presidency: Jeremy Paxman introduced a an ideological vision and more of shortcut to power. Despite 25 years Because these events are connected. grand design. Britain would stand alongside Newsnight item on the contest this week with of the Islamic experiment, this version of Islam has simply not taken – The extent to which the politics of 2014 is the Commonwealth, the US and the Soviet a sarcasm striking even by his acid standards, even if vestigial anachronisms such as the apostasy law remain. When still shaped by the events of 1944, and attitudes Union as “friends and sponsors of the new while Today delegated the task of assessing the these cases are brought to court, authorities in sudden fits of piety to Europe were formed in the shadow of the Europe” – but would not be in it. candidates to … Terry Wogan. pass the harshest sentences, ones rarely carried out, to prove that the second world war, is most obvious in Britain, Of course, there are other causes for British Seventy years have passed, and yet an event Islamic project still exists. but it is not peculiar to these islands. Both the Euroscepticism, but it is the war that forms its few of us remember shapes the way we see It is no coincidence that the most egregious of these cases feature historical pro-Europeanism of the continent bedrock. Both 1940 and 1944, the twin pillars the world. Apparently age shall not weary our women, and vulnerable women at that. They are low-cost collateral in and the British scepticism that opposes it are, of the creation myth of modern Britain, estab- habit of viewing current threats through a the religious credentials game, and it is easy to mobilise mainstream in part, the consequences of that epic conflict. lished a national narrative of apartness – of the lens formed in 1939, of seeing every menace as opinion against them. It’s true that anti-EU parties fared well in solitary Tommy declaring “Very well, alone” the new Hitler – the way both Prince Charles But fewer and fewer people are buying it. Instead they see a govern- last month’s European elections, but in most before riding to the rescue of continentals who and Hillary Clinton immediately saw Vladimir ment beset with allegations of corruption and a judicial system that cases that success came in nations long com- could not be trusted to defend democracy. Putin’s annexation of Crimea. Barack Obama preys on the weak. mitted to the European project – with the There are few more seasoned observers of may have wanted to pivot to Asia, but here he The problem is that global attention focuses on these cases intensely triumph of Marine Le Pen’s Front National in this complex relationship than Charles Grant, is – back in Europe, re-arming and speaking and then moves on. But this must not become another lost opportunity. France the most obvious example. Ukip’s 27 director of the Centre for European Reform. of America’s unbreakable bonds with its allies Meriam Ibrahim has become a metaphor for Sudan’s predicament, a percent in Britain represented far less radical He’s asked all the time to explain Britons’ from seven decades ago. country shackled to a legal system randomly borrowing from a version of a break, for this country has only ever been tepid attitudes to the EU. Part of it, he says, The heroes of Normandy have a good claim Islamic law around which there is no consensus. She also presents a poten- ambivalent at best about Europe. is that we “had a jolly good war and think all to have saved the world that June day. But tial moment for the Sudanese to come to their own national reckoning, For Britons never felt the urgent need for the others were either on the wrong side or they shaped it too – and shape it even now. and ensure that there will be no more names on a long rollcall of shame. “ever closer union” that brought the first ran away and were defeated”. THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Poroshenko looks to mend Russia ties Chocolate baron sworn in Ukraine president amid looming civil war

KIEV: Western-backed tycoon US promises millions in Petro Poroshenko vowed yes- terday to avert civil war and mend ties with Russia after aid to 3 ex-Soviet states being sworn in as Ukraine’s fifth post-Soviet president with WASHINGTON: in March, after the nation facing disintegration The United States weeks of pro- and economic collapse. pledged mil- tests ousted Poroshenko took the oath lions of dollars in Poroshenko’s of office one day after holding additional aid to pro-Mos- his first meeting with Russian Ukraine, Moldova cow pred- President Vladimir Putin since a and Georgia yes- ecessor Victor May 25 election victory entrusted terday, deepening Yanukovich, has him with stemming a bloody cri- American support provoked the sis that has shaken the post-Cold to the Western- most serious War order and redrawn Europe’s leaning countries crisis in rela- map. on Russia’s border. tions with the The 48-year-old candy mag- Vice President West since the nate — dubbed the “chocolate Joe Biden end of the Cold king” — first asked a packed ses- announced the Wa r. sion of parliament to observe a extra aid, which As with US Vice-President Joe Biden minute of silence for the 100 peo- must be approved Ukraine, there (left) with Ukrainian Prime ple killed in three days of a bru- by Congress, dur- are sharp ten- tal crackdown in Kiev that led to ing a visit to Kiev Minister Arseni Yatsenyuk in sions between the February ouster of Ukraine’s for the inaugura- Kiev yesterday. Moscow and Kremlin-backed regime. tion of Ukrainian Moldova and The self-made billionaire then President Petro Poroshenko. Georgia, where regions have vowed to grant amnesty to any Washington pledged $48m to formed breakaway states in insurgents who had “no blood on Ukraine, $8m to Moldova and reaction to ethnic nationalist their hands” as the first step in a $5m to Georgia after Biden regimes, aligning themselves peace initiative designed to save met the presidents of the three with Russia: Transnistria in the the nation of 46 million — whose countries. case of Moldova, and Abkhazia Crimea peninsula was annexed by Guests and deputies attending the oath-taking ceremony of new Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russia’s annexation of the and South Ossetia in the case of Russia in March — from fractur- parliament hall in Kiev, Ukraine, yesterday. Crimea region from Ukraine Georgia. REUTERS ing further along ethnic lines. “I am assuming the presi- that will reduce the tensions,” held senior cabinet posts under assignment on Friday by shak- Obama added. Western powers a surprisingly upbeat note dency in order to preserve and Kerry told reporters in France. both the Western-leaning gov- ing hands with Putin on the side- have threatened to slap punishing after Friday’s brief chat with strengthen Ukraine’s unity,” “I’m confident there are ways ernment that followed Ukraine’s lines of D-Day commemorations new sanctions on entire sectors of Poroshenko — a meeting that he Poroshenko said in a confident forward,” he added. 2004 Orange Revolution and in Normandy that were haunted Russia’s economy should Putin fail grudgingly accepted after per- address to parliament that sym- US Vice President Joe Biden the Moscow-friendly leader- by the spectre of an outright civil to demonstrate a more cooperative sonal intervention by German bolically alternated between attended Poroshenko’s inaugura- ship of ousted president Viktor war breaking out on the European approach by the end of the month. Chancellor Angela Merkel. Russian and Ukrainian. tion and the White House said Yanukovych. Union’s eastern edge. Moscow And the Kremlin chief “I cannot but welcome the “The citizens of Ukraine will Biden had pledged an additional That pragmatic approach had previously said it was ready appeared to take the first step in position of Poroshenko on the never feel the blessing of peace $48m in assistance aimed at help- has instilled hope among many to work with the new president that direction yesterday by order- necessity to end the bloodlet- and security until we resolve ing the new leader’s team protect Ukrainians that he will be able to but stopped short of explicitly ing the Federal Security Service ting immediately in the east of our relations with Russia,” he Ukraine’s eastern border and resolve an eight-week secession- recognising him as the legitimate (ex-KGB) to reinforce its protec- Ukraine,” he told reporters in added. But Poroshenko also said reduce its costly dependence on ist drive by pro-Russian militants leader of the Ukrainian people. tion of the Ukrainian border to France. But Putin also warned he would never accept Russia’s Russian gas imports. in the eastern rust belt that has US President Barack Obama stem the flow of Russian arms that Russia would have no choice seizure of Crimea or attempts to But separatist commanders claimed 200 lives and grown even — who met Putin for 10 minutes into the separatist east. Militants but to slap trade restrictions on divert Ukraine’s pro-European whom the West accuses Russia more violent since his election. on Friday despite earlier efforts on Friday shot down a Ukrainian Ukraine should it proceed with course. of openly backing dismissed Poroshenko — who has vowed to isolate the hardline Kremlin cargo plane near Slavyansk — an plans to sign a historic eco- US Secretary of State John Poroshenko’s presidency as to give up direct ownership of chief — told NBC Nightly News insurgency stronghold where nomic treaty with the EU in the Kerry voiced hope that Putin’s illegitimate. his holdings to avoid a conflict of that Russia had to recognise many of the 120,000 residents coming weeks. first talks with a Ukrainian leader “He is the president of another interest — must also address a Poroshenko as legitimate if it have been forced to spend nights Poroshenko brushed aside since the Kiev uprising heralded country,” the self-styled prime two-year recession and endemic wanted to resolve the flaring in basements because of the Putin’s pressure yesterday. an easing of the standoff that has minister of the “Donetsk People’s corruption that has turned conflict. ceaseless fighting. “We must sign this agreement also unsettled eastern Europe’s Republic” told Russia’s RIA Ukraine into one of Europe’s Russia also needs “to stop A military spokesman said by June 27 at the latest,” he said ex-Soviet satellite states. Novosti news agency. poorest countries and has fed financing and arming separatists that three servicemen were a reception of foreign dignitaries “I hope that in the next few Poroshenko is one of Ukraine’s broad public discontent. who have been wreaking havoc in killed in the incident and two after delivering his inauguration days we can see some steps taken more experienced politicians who He tackled his most urgent the eastern part of the country,” remained missing. Putin sounded address. AFP

Leaving for Africa South African Nigeria paper says president army blocked sale hospitalised ABUJA: A Nigerian newspa- Abuja, Kano and Maiduguri. per said that it was prevented It comes after the newspaper’s for exhaustion from distributing thousands of daily edition published a story copies of its Saturday edition by on Wednesday in which it was JOHANNESBURG: South soldiers, just days after it ran a alleged that army generals were Africa’s President Jacob Zuma story alleging corruption among using an Abuja barracks for per- was yesterday admitted to a army generals. sonal use. Pretoria hospital for tests fol- Weekly Trust, a national weekly “Even when they finished spin- lowing a bout of exhaustion, his newspaper based in Abuja, said a ning the newspapers without office said. number of its premises were vis- finding any incriminating item “Doctors are satisfied with ited by soldiers, who blocked the the soldiers still prevented our his condition,” his office said papers from leaving the sites. sales personnel from distribut- in a statement without giving “The soldiers, who were fully ing Weekly Trust to thousands of details. armed, insisted on carrying anxious vendors who make a liv- Zuma’s spokesman Mac out the ‘order from above’ to ing from newspaper retailing,” the Maharaj told AFP the president flip through each of the several statement added. has been advised to get some rest, thousand copies of Weekly Trust While admitting that it had but “there is no cause for concern. in search of alleged ‘security risk searched its vehicles, the army Georgia’s President Georgy Margvelashvili speaks with servicemen from the Batumi separate infantry battalion It’s a case of exhaustion.” material’,” the newspaper said in denied improperly targeting the of Georgian Armed Forces during a farewell ceremony at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi. Georgian The presidency on Friday said a statement yesterday. newspaper. soldiers left their country to join European Union military operations in the Central African Republic. Zuma would “take a few days off The raids follow reports of “It is not true. What is true is from public engagements while similar incidents by four news- that we are conducting searches continuing to perform official papers on Friday. Four dailies — on vehicles. We are not prevent- duties from home”. The Nation, the Daily Trust, the ing any newspaper from being He had been “advised to rest Leadership and Punch — all said distributed,” General Olajide Pregnant women among 37 killed in DRC following a demanding elec- soldiers had seized copies of their Laleye, spokesman for the army, tion and transition programme newspapers, with one likening told AFP. SOUTH KIVU: Up to 37 peo- shot, stabbed or burned inside problem is that everyone in this to the new administration,” it the raids to censorship during The Nigerian army is currently ple including women and chil- their homes. A Reuters camera- area carries a weapon.” added in a separate statement military rule. under pressure for its failure to dren were killed in Democratic man on the scene counted 37 bod- He gave a lower estimate of 27 yesterday. At least two of the newspapers contain an insurgency by the Republic of Congo’s eastern ies, some of them lying inside a for the number of dead. South “It’s been a hectic period and had published critical articles extremist Islamist group Boko province of South Kivu yester- village church. Kivu, a mountainous region rich there has been a need for some about the army in recent days. Haram — a fight which has left day morning in an attack that “It is Congolese who have in minerals including gold, is rest,” said Maharaj. The owner of Media Trust Ltd thousands dead over the past five the regional governor blamed on carried out these attacks. It home to members of tribe who Zuma, 72, was sworn in two said the Weekly Trust distribu- years, plus the recent kidnapping a dispute over cattle. was about a dispute over cows,” fled neighbouring Burundi after weeks ago for a second term after tion was blocked at three differ- of more than 200 schoolgirls that The victims, who included sev- South Kivu governor Marcellin the end of a civil war in 2005. his African National Congress ent sites yesterday in the cities of has caused global outrage. AFP eral pregnant women, had been Cishambo told Reuters. “The REUTERS (ANC) party won the May 7 elections with an overwhelming 62 percent of the vote. Zuma was last in hospital in March last year when he visited three hospitals in one day for US-backed TV channel to battle Boko Haram ideology his annual health check-up in Durban. The opposition Democratic WASHINGTON: A new TV and is set to begin broadcasting channel is to be called Arewa24 Pooja Jhunjhunwala, a State complies with Nigerian regula- Alliance (DA) wished Zuma a channel soon to launch with this summer. It is run in Nigeria — “arewa” being the Hausa word Department spokeswoman, told tions and laws,” the organisation speedy recovery. US financial backing in north- by Equal Access International, a for north, the group said. AFP yesterday. said on its web site. “We also await clarity on the ern Nigeria aims to coun- San Francisco-based organisa- “The goal was to support The venture is expected to cost Jhunjhunwala said the State condition of the president and ter the growing influence of tion that has also managed media the efforts of diverse civil soci- about $6m, the New York Times Department’s efforts on the whether the deputy president radical Islamist groups like programmes, partly funded by the ety groups to develop alter- reported. The State Department project recognise “the threat pre- has taken over his official duties,” Boko Haram, the US State State Department, in Yemen and native narratives that would and Equal Access have met with sented to northern Nigerian com- DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Department said yesterday. Pakistan. resonate with the people of the the Nigerian government about munities by violent extremism.” Maimane said in a statement. The project started last year The new television satellite region and promote tolerance,” the television project, which “fully AFP AFP SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Colombia, rebels Clinton says US take responsibility for war victims HAVANA: Colombia’s govern- ment and leftist FARC guer- brass was split rillas both agreed to take responsibility for war victims yesterday, moving forward on peace talks with a week to go on Arab Spring before presidential elections. Peace negotiators meeting in Havana set guidelines for the next round of peace talks, which Book highlights policy challenges is about how to honour and com- pensate the victims of Latin NEW YORK: Distancing her- The book addresses other for- America’s longest running war. self from some of the Obama eign policy challenges during They pressed forward with administration’s handling of the Clinton’s four years as Obama’s eight days to go before the run-off Arab uprisings, Hillary Rodham top diplomat. between President Juan Manuel Clinton says in her upcoming Clinton says the Obama admin- Santos and his challenger Oscar book that she pushed for Hosni istration made a tactical mistake, Ivan Zuluaga, who has threatened Mubarak to transition power to one long argued by the Jewish to shut the peace process down. his successor but was overruled state and its powerful backers in “Each day we feel closer to by President Barack Obama. Washington. the mountaintop, to the Mount In her book Hard Choices, due She said pushing for a freeze on Everest of rights, which is peace. for publication on Tuesday and the building of new Israeli homes Without that no other rights a copy of which was purchased in disputed territories hardened are possible,” rebel leader Ivan by the Associated Press, Clinton Palestinian President Mahmoud Marquez said. For the upcom- describes an administration split Abbas, who didn’t negotiate ing round, some war victims will during the frantic days of Arab directly with Israel for most of Colombian President and re-election candidate Juan Manuel Santos (centre) piggy rides a motorbike during his travel to Cuba to explain to both protests in 2011. She includes a 10-month construction pause electoral campaign tour through several cities of the country yesterday. Santos will face Oscar Ivan Zuluaga in a sides how they have suffered. herself among an old guard of because it didn’t include East second electoral round to be held on June 15. REUTERS cautious realists such as vice- Jerusalem. president Joe Biden, national When Netanyahu let the freeze security adviser Tom Donilon and expire, the talks collapsed, though defence secretary Robert Gates she blames both sides for the fail- who were at odds with a younger ure. Abbas, she notes, ridiculed Angelou hailed at generation of White House aides the Israel concession. But then Arrests likely soon in Madeleine case “swept up in the drama and ideal- the Palestinian demanded its ism of the moment”. extension for a continuation of memorial service Clinton says she didn’t want the negotiations with Netanyahu. LONDON: Portuguese police in the holiday resort and live US to be seen as pushing a long- Clinton does not write about WASHINGTON: US author sources have confirmed to the locally, although the Portuguese time partner out without a clear her hospitalisation that followed and rights activist Maya Observer that a number of sus- would not say whether the men picture of the future for regional the discovery of a blood clot and Angelou was hailed as a teacher, pects identified by Scotland had criminal records. allies such as Israel and Jordan. a concussion caused by a fall in trailblazer and spiritual mother Yard detectives will be arrested The development comes after a For Clinton, highlighting the December 2012. She said in an in eulogies yesterday by First “in the very near future” over cold-case review by British offic- policy differences she had with interview with ABC News, an Lady Michelle Obama, former the disappearance seven years ers and involved the painstaking Obama, however subtle, may excerpt of which aired on Friday, president Bill Clinton and tel- ago of Madeleine McCann examination of hundreds of phone prove crucial if she decides to run that if she seeks the White House evision icon Oprah Winfrey. (pictured). records from the area on the night for president in 2016. Egypt is a again she will release her medi- Angelou, who died last month Police confirmed that “several the toddler vanished from her bed particularly appealing example cal records in the same manner at age 86, was world-renowned people” had been identified by as her parents ate supper with given the turbulent path it has of past presidential candidates. as a poet, actress, singer, dancer, the London Metropolitan police shift to another area. friends at a nearby restaurant. taken since Mubarak stepped “I would do what other candi- author and civil rights activist. (Met), who have had officers and It has been six months since On Friday, officers in Met uni- down amid violent street protests dates have done, absolutely,” she Born Marguerite Annie two sniffer dogs in the Algarve the initial request by the Met form were seen studying a flat more than three years ago. said. Presidential candidates typi- Johnson on April 4, 1928, in Saint all week searching a large area for access to “three prime sus- area of ground at the opposite Since then, a Muslim cally release medical records once Louis, Missouri, she was perhaps of scrubland close to the holiday pects” for questioning, although end of the area. They had previ- Brotherhood-led government it becomes clear they will win best known for the first install- apartment where the McCann it is believed that as many as ously focused on a hole covered in came to power only to be itself their party’s nomination. Clinton’s ment of her memoirs “I Know family were staying when the eight could be on the interview undergrowth. Forensics officers ousted in a military coup, the health was not an issue in her Why the Caged Bird Sings,” the three-year-old disappeared in list. They would be the first sig- sifted through soil in large sieves leader of which recently prevailed 2008 campaign and she did not first non-fiction best-seller by an May 2007. The search of that nificant arrests in the case. The inside a white tent set up to cover in an internationally criticised release medical records during African-American woman. particular area, Portuguese police three are thought to be burglars the void but nothing of interest presidential election. the primaries. THE GUARDIAN AFP source said, would end today and who may have carried out raids has been found. THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Town mayor, two others Three Filipino senators face arrest gunned down Justice Secretary De Lima says there is enough evidence to support their conviction MANILA: Gunmen shot dead a town mayor and two MANILA: The Philippines people would eventually be named other people in a daylight yesterday said it was preparing in the massive corruption scan- roadside ambush in the to arrest three powerful sena- dal that has riveted the nation for Philippines yesterday. tors after an anti-graft court months. Mayor Ernesto Balolong was indicted them in a massive cor- The accusations, which sur- walking in his rural town of ruption scandal that has riveted faced last year, triggered a fire- Urbiztondo, north of Manila, the nation. storm of outrage over the PDAF when armed men opened fire The three, who include a son of system whereby legislators get killing him, his police escort former president Joseph Estrada huge amounts of money which and a bystander, the police and a 90-year political survivor they can use on pet projects. report said in Manila. who enforced martial law under Thousands marched in pro- The gunmen fled in a van dictator Ferdinand Marcos, are tested against the practice, which which was later found aban- accused of channelling millions of the Supreme Court outlawed in doned in a nearby town. dollars of public funds into bogus November. Other officials have Police have yet to establish organisations in return for huge also been named as involved in the motive for the attack on kickbacks. the scandal including those allied the mayor who was a member President Benigno Aquino took with President Aquino. of President Benigno Aquino’s office in 2010 vowing to fight the Spokesmen for the three ruling party. massive corruption that has long senators could not be contacted In other attacks, local offi- weighed down the Southeast for comment but Estrada and cials in the Philippines have Asian archipelago. Revilla were quoted by radio sta- been targeted by political rivals Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, tion DZMM as saying the charges or communist insurgents but whose investigators prepared the were unfair. investigators could not imme- case against the opposition sena- “They want (Aquino) to be able diately say if Balolong had pre- tors, said she was confident they to say that he jailed three sena- viously received any threats to had enough evidence. tors as part of his anti-corruption his life. “We are confident that there drive,” said Estrada. is enough evidence to support Valte told reporters that the Indonesia to conviction and we continue to executive branch, which would strengthen the evidence,” she be in charge of arresting the host UN forum said. three, would respect the Senate The evidence included tes- and would not have the senators JAKARTA: Indonesia’s timony from whistleblowers arrested in the Senate building. leisure island of Bali is involved in the alleged corruption Meanwhile, sources in the scheduled to host the 6th and documents from government (From left) Philippine Senators Ramon Revilla Jr, Jose Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile national police headquarters said United Nations Alliance of agencies showing that funds were that space was being cleared at Civilizations to be attended siphoned off, she added. previous presidents and was chief the court on when to arrest the The three senators with the a special “custodial centre” for by 2,000 participants from A special anti-graft court, enforcer of martial law under three, adding that this could come help of their aides and Napoles high-profile inmates to make 114 countries and 25 inter- the Sandiganbayan, on Friday Marcos in the 1970s. within two weeks. are alleged to have allocated mil- way for several big-name arriv- national organisations, an indicted senators Juan Ponce Estrada, 51, is the son of She denied there were politi- lions of dollars from their official als. The centre currently hosts 72 official of Indonesian Foreign Enrile, Ramon “Bong” Revilla former president and movie star cal overtones in the case, say- Priority Development Allocation inmates including top communist Affairs Ministry said. and Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada on the Joseph Estrada while Revilla, ing the evidence simply pointed Funds (PDAF) to bogus non- insurgents, suspected drug traf- The two-day event will be nonbailable charge of plunder, or 47, is a showbiz star as well to the trio. Five of their staff- government organisations which fickers and police officials linked held in Nusa Dua Bali from massive graft. as the son of another movie ers and a businesswoman, Janet then gave them huge kickbacks. to graft and major human rights August 29 with the confirmed If convicted, the three could star-turned-senator. Lim-Napoles, who allegedly mas- Aquino’s spokeswoman Abigail abuses. However it should ide- presence of UN Secretary face life in prison. De Lima said the executive terminded the scam were also Valte said the indictments were ally hold only 60 inmates, the General Ban Ki Moon and lead- Enrile, 90, has outlasted four branch was awaiting word from indicted. just the start and that more sources said. AFP ers of 11 countries. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to open the forum. “With the nation’s motto that says Bhinneka Tunggal Thai junta relaxes curfew for full moon party World’s oldest Ika (Unity in Diversity), Indonesia was assessed a role trousers found model to the world that with BANGKOK: Ravers will be as one of the biggest beach parties “They came for drugs and elected government, the army has persistence of difference in able to dance until dawn at in the world where merrymaking for bad things,” he said. “I feel banned public protests, censored BEIJING: Two pairs of beliefs, people can live harmo- Thailand’s notorious full moon and drinking are popular. embarrassed. Aren’t you embar- the media and summoned hun- 3,300-year-old trousers found niously in one country,” said party on Phangan island as Army commander-in-chief rassed when they put it in their dreds of politicians, activists and in China’s far western Xinjiang the information and public usual after the junta granted Prayut Chan-ocha said in a foreign films?” academics for questioning. region may be the world’s oldest. diplomacy director-general a curfew exemption, tourism weekly address to the nation on In an attempt to lure back Foreign visitor numbers Archeologists in May found Esti Andayani. authorities said. Friday that tourists were welcome tourists following months of slumped 10.6 percent in May animal-fur menswear on the bod- The event is expected to pro- The curfew will be lifted for to visit the junta-ruled nation fol- political turmoil, the nationwide compared with a year earlier, to ies of two mummies, identified as duce an outcome called Bali five nights from June 9 to 13, the lowing a May 22 coup — but only curfew was relaxed to midnight roughly 1.74 million people, the male shamans in their 40s, the Declaration containing views, Tourism Authority of Thailand if they behave themselves. until 4am late last month. Tourism and Sports Ministry state-run China Daily cited sci- joint commitments and joint said on its website. “They shouldn’t come to It has since been lifted in reported on Friday. entists as saying. steps to the future formulated Phangan, in the Gulf of Thailand to do anything illegal,” most major beach resorts includ- The government has lowered its An international team is work- by participants in the event, Thailand near Koh Samui, draws he said, criticising foreign films ing Pattaya, Koh Samui, Phuket forecast for tourist arrivals this ing together to repair and pre- she said. AGENCIES thousands of backpackers to its for portraying the kingdom in a and Krabi. year to 25.9 million, down from an serve the two pairs, which are hedonistic full moon event, billed sleazy light. Since seizing power from an initial target of 28 million. AFP the oldest yet discovered with a clear resemblance to modern trousers, the report said. “They Aborigine Festival were almost the same shape as today’s trousers,” the report quoted Lu Enguo, a researcher Senator’s bill seeks flood at the Institute of Archaeology in Xinjiang, as saying. Even older apparel resembling relief fund for Philippines trousers have previously been dis- covered in the region, but they MANILA: Senator Miriam form of no-interest loans will were made according to a more Defensor-Santiago has filed a be processed by Flood Recovery simple design and lacked a piece measure calling for the creation Fund action centres under the of fabric covering the crotch, Lu of a flood recovery fund as the supervision of the Department of added. rainy season nears. Social Welfare and Development Archaeologists believe nomads Santiago filed Senate Bill 394 (DSWD). living in the area invented trou- or the Flood Recovery Fund Act, The appropriations required sers for horse riding. The nomads among other bills proposing flood for the fund would be included in “at first wore a kind of trousers prevention reforms to address the the DSWD budget. that only had two legs,” said Xu country’s perennial flooding woes. “As a tropical country, the Dongliang, deputy head of the Santiago’s bill seeks to establish Philippines has always been sub- institute, adding that “crotches a Flood Recovery Fund, which jected to dozens of typhoons per were sewed on to the legs, and will be made available to Filipinos year. Countless lives have been gradually other styles, such as adversely affected by flooding. lost and damages to properties bloomers, appeared.” She said the fund will help flood have accumulated to billions of Previously, the oldest pants victims recover from their losses. pesos as a result of these catas- found with a crotch were just Under the bill, applications trophes,” Santiago said. 2,800 years old, the report said. Malaysian indigenous member of the Mah Meri tribe, Daman, poses for photographs with a Bajus mask as he for financial assistance in the THE PHILIPPINE STAR THE GUARDIAN prepares to perform during Aborigine Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. Mah Meri is one of the aborigine tribes in Malaysia including about 4,200 members living in Carey Island, Selangor. Kidnapped Filipina reunites China to monitor federal policies in states with family in N Cotabato SHANGHAI: The Chinese statement that despite progress The inspectors would also be The central government is government said yesterday in rolling out a string of reform looking for officials who pass the trying to shift away from the NORTH COTABATO: A my return to the Philippines,” it will deploy eight inspec- initiatives under Premier Li buck, cause delays or are lazy, it entrenched development model Filipina overseas worker who Tamalla told reporters. tion teams across the coun- Keqiang in the past year, many said. that drove China’s economy for was kidnapped along with a Tamalla arrived at their house try to investigate how regional had not been carried out fully or “Those who are not willing to the past two decades in which air, Chinese tourist in a resort in in Bual District in Midsayap at governments are implement- delivered the expected results. act for fear of making mistakes water and soil quality were often Sabah last April by Abu Sayyaf about 7.00pm Friday from Manila. ing 19 central policies and will “Responsibility for poor imple- or who put off their work will sacrificed for GDP growth, and gunmen has been reunited with Tamalla said they were kid- hold accountable those found mentation of policy measures will be brought to book,” the official officials were evaluated based on her family in a remote baran- napped by seven heavily-armed wanting. be investigated, accountability Xinhua news agency said. economic indicators. gay in Midsayap town in the Abu Sayyaf bandits, who brought The policies involved range will be serious, and there will be At the top of the list of the The inspectors would also province. them to the island province of widely, from economic devel- verbal admonishments, criticism areas the inspection teams would be checking progress on areas Mercelita Dayawan Tamalla, Sulu, where they were held cap- opment to housing and the or even administrative sanctions be probing was progress in the including construction of major 40, mother of two, said she has no tive for almost two months. environment. according to laws and regula- elimination of administrative water projects, investment poli- intention of returning to Malaysia “They kept telling us all they Policy transmission from tions,” the government said in a approvals, widely seen as neces- cies for nonstate companies, to work again at the Singamata wanted was money in exchange Beijing downward has often directive on its website. sary to streamline business and employment of college graduates, Adventures Reefs and Resort, for our release. I told them I am been a problem in China, with The inspection would run from boost economic activity. construction of affordable hous- from where she and a tourist, Gao just an ordinary resort worker, laws and regulations sometimes June 25 to July 5 and look into Another would be how well ing, and efforts to ensure that the Hua Yuan, were snatched. but they would not listen,” ignored or selectively enforced or the implementation of 19 policies governments were strengthen- financial services industry sup- “I’d like to thank the Malaysian Tamalla said. implemented. launched by the State Council ing ecological and environmental ports the real economy. government for helping facilitate THE PHILIPPINE STAR The State Council said in a since July 2013. protections. REUTERS SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Flash floods kill 50 in north Afghanistan Heavy rains wash away 2,000 homes in Baghlan

KUNDUZ: Flash floods have It was an initial death toll, he mountainous province which killed more than 50 people in said, warning it could rise. borders Tajikistan, China and northern Afghanistan, wash- Guzargah-e-Nur district gover- Pakistan. ing away hundreds of houses nor Noor Mohammad Guzar said A landslide in Baghlan province and forcing thousands to flee, the death toll was 66. in 2012 killed 71 people. provincial authorities said "Yesterday's floods have The floods and landslides follow yesterday. destroyed four villages, and recent severe flooding in other "Heavy torrential rains followed washed away 2,000 residential parts of northern Afghanistan, by flash floods have killed more houses, agricultural fields and with 159 people dead and 71,000 than 50 people in Guzargah-e- also killed thousands of cattle," people affected by floods in Nur district of Baghlan province," Guzar added. Jowzjan, Faryab and Sar-e-Pul Mahmood Haqmal, spokesman Last month a landslide trig- provinces. for the provincial governor said gered by heavy rains buried a vil- Flooding and landslides often yesterday. lage in a remote area of northeast occur during the spring rainy sea- "We have recovered more than Badakhshan province killing at son in northern Afghanistan, with 50 bodies from the rubble, includ- least 300 people. flimsy mud houses offering little ing the bodies of women and chil- The May 2 disaster in left protection against rising water dren, but many others are still hundreds of families home- levels and torrents of mud. Afghan rescuers search for survivors after a landslide in the Baghlan province of Afghanistan yesterday. missing," Haqmal said. less in Argu district of the AFP

Sharif ‘not too happy’ over his Sharif govt performance average: Poll 94 Balochistan students visit to India ISLAMABAD: More than of affairs in their own province, Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif get USAID scholarships ISLAMABAD: Pakistan three quarters of the public 25.24pc Sindh-based respond- to have been the most effec- Prime Minister Nawaz regard the federal government’s ents deem the performance of tive chief executive in the past ISLAMABAD: The United allocated in this regard in the Sharif is “not too happy” with performance so far as no better the Qaim Ali Shah government year, followed by Chief Minister States Agency for International upcoming provincial budget,” she the way India handled his than average, an opinion sur- as also ‘very poor’. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Development (USAID) has said. visit to New Delhi to attend vey conducted by the Herald in The performance of the Punjab Khattak (15.36 percent) and Chief awarded scholarships to 94 stu- The secretary said that major- the swearing-in ceremony partnership with the Islamabad- government is regarded as the Minister Qaim Ali Shah (11.15 dents of Balochistan enrolled ity of government teachers did of Narendra Modi as Prime based Sustainable Development most effective among provincial percent). in the two-year Associated not take classes though they drew Minister, a media report Policy Institute reveals. governments by 65.73 per cent of Only 10.49 percent of respond- Degree in Education (ADE) their salaries regularly. claimed on Friday quoting an The survey, conducted as the all respondents, followed by that ents regard Prime Minister and the four-year BEd Hons Action would be taken against unnamed leader of the ruling Sharif-led government completes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 16.54 Nawaz Sharif to have been the programmes. absentee and ghost teachers if PML(N) party. its first year in power, engaged percent. most effective chief executive in Addressing the scholarship they did not change their attitude, A senior PML(N) member 1,354 respondents from across Only 2.44 percent of all the past year. distribution ceremony yesterday, she warned. told Dawn News that Sharif all four provinces and revealed a respondents regarded the A plurality (45.72 percent) Saira Aata, additional secretary The government is committed felt belittled when there was no public not just disillusioned but Balochistan government’s per- of respondents from across education, said there were 12,500 to improving standard of edu- joint press conference after the also deeply divided on key political formance as the best. the country also believes that government schools in 22,000 cation by ensuring professional one-on-one meeting between issues of the day. Within the province itself, how- the ruling party at the centre settlements across the province, training of teachers, she said. the two prime ministers. Respondents from Sindh ever, the number of respondents has completely failed to fulfil adding that most were function- Irum Ayaz and Aslam Ali of the Short of that, Prime Minister exhibit the greatest antipathy who view their provincial govern- its election promises, with a ing with only a single teacher in USAID project said that schol- Sharif’s delegation was expect- towards the federal government, ment’s performance as being the similar number (42.02 percent) a single room. arships had been awarded to ing a joint communique, but with 26.52 percent terming its best is significantly higher at 15.38 believing the same of the party “We are paying special atten- 94 students belonging to differ- none was issued and instead performance ‘very poor’, the low- percent. at the helm of their respective tion to provide missing facili- ent districts of Balochistan and New Delhi unilaterally released est ranking available. Almost 50 percent of all provinces. ties to government-run schools enrolled in ADE and BEd Hons a press statement which did Equally disdainful of the state respondents regard Chief INTERNEWS and adequate funds have been programmes. INTERNEWS not carry Islamabad’s stance, the report said. “Sharif is not too happy at his reception in India during his visit there to attend the oath- taking ceremony of Narendra Modi,” the report said. London police release Pakistan MQM leader Bomb blasts KARACHI: Thousands of sup- marginalisation of Mohajirs -- kill 2 soldiers porters of the exiled leader of migrants who fled India amid Pakistan's MQM party ended the violence of the sub-continent's ISLAMABAD: Two soldiers a four-day protest yesterday partition. were killed yesterday in sep- after he was bailed by London They are mainly concentrated arate bomb blasts in a restive police following his arrest on in the cities of the southern Sindh Pakistani tribal region near suspicion of money laundering. province, especially Karachi the Afghan border, the mili- Altaf Hussain was arrested at where they form a majority of tary said. his suburban home in the British the city's population of 20 million. The explosions took place in capital on Tuesday, prompt- But he remains a highly influ- Bajaur tribal district, one of the ing street demonstrations in ential figure in Karachi, Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous tribal Karachi -- Pakistan's biggest economic centre and main port, regions, where troops have city and his party's power base. wielding effective control over the been battling Taliban and Al "The 60-year-old man arrested city from his London home and Qaeda-linked militants. on Tuesday on suspicion of money addressing supporters using a loud- “Two soldiers embraced laundering has been released on speaker linked to his telephone. martyrdom in Bajur today in police bail to a date in July pend- Hussain is revered by his two different improvised explo- ing further enquiries," a police fiercely loyal supporters while sive device blasts planted by statement said. A police source his critics accuse him of running terrorists along road side in indicated the man was Hussain. his party as a violent, mafia-like Bara Kamangara area and near More than 2,000 party workers organisation. a Pakistani post on Pak-Afghan and supporters danced, embraced Following his arrest, he was border respectively,” the mili- one another and distributed allowed to attend a prearranged tary said in a statement. sweets in Karachi after hearing medical appointment on Tuesday Nobody has so far claimed the news, a reporter witnessed. Pakistani supporters of MQM political party celebrate the news that MQM leader Altaf Hussain has been released and was kept in hospital until responsibility for the attacks Hussain's arrest had sparked on bail following his arrest, during a protest in Karachi yesterday. Thursday. British police raided but roadside bombs are often major protesters which included his London residence in 2012 used by the Pakistani Taliban, the torching of at least a dozen and 2013 over money-laundering who launched their insurgency vehicles while the Karachi Stock Hussain left Pakistan for complete trust in the British judi- after his office issued a brief claims. in 2007. Exchange plunged three percent Britain in 1992 after a military cial system and vowed to "keep statement following the arrest Two other men were arrested More than 4,000 Pakistani on the back of the news. operation to end ethnic unrest in speaking the truth till my last offering him "all kinds of legal over the allegations in December police, paramilitaries and "I salute those who participated Karachi, going on to gain British breath". and moral support". last year and have been bailed until troops have lost their lives to in the sit-in protest against my citizenship in 2002. Hussain also thanked Pakistani Hussain founded the MQM September pending further inves- Islamist militants since 2002. arrest," Hussain said. He said yesterday that he had Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1984 in response to the tigations. AFP AGENCIES Death toll doubles in attack on Afghan presidential frontrunner

KABUL: The death toll from fractious election season, which The UN Security Council con- No one has thus far claimed Afghanistan is in the middle of government, led by President two explosions targetting has seen an uptick in violence demned the attack strongly, call- responsibility for the assassina- elections to choose a successor to Hamid Karzai, and against the Afghan presidential frontrun- with Taliban militants threaten- ing for an orderly transition to a tion attempt but Taliban mili- President Hamid Karzai, who has US-led International Security ner Abdullah Abdullah doubled ing to disrupt the polls. new government in Afghanistan. tants have vowed to disrupt the ruled since the fall of the 1996- Assistance Force (ISAF). yesterday, with at least 12 peo- “The casualty toll has increased “The members of the Security June 14 run-off election. 2001 Taliban regime. The insurgency has spread to ple confirmed dead in an attack to 12 people, while a further 40 Council underlined their support “The high number of civilians Abdullah fell short of the 50 some degree over the Durand Line that triggered strong interna- people, including one woman, for Afghanistan’s democratic killed and injured further shows percent threshold needed for an border to neighbouring Pakistan, tional condemnation. were wounded,” Sayed Gul Agha processes, and looked forward to a complete disregard for the outright victory in the April first in particular the Waziristan Abdullah survived the assassi- Hashemi, head of Kabul police’s the second round of the presiden- lives of ordinary Afghans,” said round and will face former World region and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. nation attempt on Friday when criminal investigation branch, tial election,” it said in a state- Jan Kubis, head of the United Bank economist Ashraf Ghani in The Taliban conduct low-inten- the blasts, including a suicide said. ment on Friday. The United Nations Assistance Mission in the run-off. sity warfare against civilians, the bombing, targeted his campaign Afghan officials on Friday said States also denounced the attack, Afghanistan. The Taliban insurgency began Afghan National Security Forces motorcade in Kabul ahead of next that six people were killed in the saying that “the Afghan peo- “Such an attack on a busy road shortly after the group’s fall from and their Nato trainers. Pakistan week’s hotly contested run-off attack. Abdullah himself escaped ple deserve democracy — which used by many civilians violates the power following the 2001 war in and Iran are often accused of election. It was the second attack unhurt but said he had lost three they’ll be exercising next week — most basic principles of human- Afghanistan. The Taliban forces funding and supporting the insur- on Abdullah during Afghanistan’s of his campaign workers. not violence”. ity,” he said in a statement. are fighting against the Afghan gent groups. AFP SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Ganga rejuvenation Mumbai Metro roadmap to be ready in one month

NEW DELHI: As part of plans to begin for Ganga’s rejuvenation, trans- port of passengers and goods between Varanasi and Hooghly on the Hindu holy river is being service today contemplated, an official state- ment said yesterday. Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari Chavan angry at fare hike proposal chaired a meeting to lay a road- map for Ganga rejuvenation, the MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s first in the fare hike”. “The BJP must statement said. Metro Rail is scheduled to be make its stand clear on the issue In the meeting, also attended inaugurated here yesterday, of fares and take responsibility by Environment and Forest with its developer, Reliance for any hike in the ticket rates,” Minister Prakash Javadekar Infra (RInfra) announcing a Chavan said. along with Water Resources and one-way promotional fare of He made it clear that any fare Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Rs10 for a month. The state hike would only be after the opin- Uma Bharti, a decision was taken government insisted that the ion of the expert committee on to constitute an inter-minis- company stick to the original fares and the state government terial committee of secretaries fares of Rs9, Rs11 and Rs13 and was opposed to any arbitrary under the chairmanship of water not raise this to Rs10-Rs40 as it increase in the passenger ticket resources secretary for preparing intended to. rates. a plan for Ganga rejuvenation in This is totally unacceptable to Earlier yesterday, Mumbai about a month’s time. us,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Metro One Private Limited Prithviraj Chavan told reporters (MMOPL) — the Metro Railways Lightning kills 10, here yesterday. Administration (MRA) for the Rinfra has built the 11.40km Mumbai Metro Line-1 project A metro train rides through Mumbai, yesterday. Metro Rail running east-west — said in a statement that “the hurts 6 in Bihar between Versova-Andheri- commercial operation of the notwithstanding the initial fare life of Mumbaikasrs and the way of 12 elevated stations en route. Ghatkopar, at a cost of Rs4,300 metro service will start on June fixed and notified separately on they commute every day.” Meanwhile, intense competi- PATNA: At least 10 people crore. 8 at 12 noon. The company has initial opening of the metro rail- The services will start 5.30am tion started among activists of including four women were Chavan hinted that in case now received all requisite govern- way under Central Metro Act,” and continue till midnight with the Nationalist Congress Party killed and six injured yesterday RInfra went ahead with the “arbi- ment approvals for commercial the statement said. a total of 16 rakes deployed on and Bharatiya Janata Party over in three districts of Bihar when trary fare hike”, he would not operations”. MMOPL CEO Abhay Mishra the sector, serving the glamour claiming credit for the Mumai lightning struck them, officials attend the inauguration function “To provide the benefits of said: “The beginning of commer- and IT centres of Versova and Metro. said. today. a new and world class experi- cial operation of Mumbai Metro is the business and manufacturing NCP activists carried out Six people were killed in vil- In fact, he said the inaugura- ence to lakhs of valued citizens a historical moment for the city of areas of Ghatkopar at an 80 kmph a symbolic inauguration with lages near Farbisganj town in tion’s go-ahead was given subject of Mumbai, a concessional and Mumbai. With this first rail con- speed. a small pooja near Ghatkopar Araria district while two each to not hiking the fares and it must promotional fare of Rs 10 only nectivity between east and west, Each of the colourful rakes marking the start of Mumbai were killed in a village in Katihar stick to the agreement. will be charged for the first 30 Mumbaikars can avoid as many as with four coaches will have a Metro while Somaiya and Shetty and Supaul districts. “All of them Referring to the efforts by some days, irrespective of the distance 45 traffic signals and reduce trav- capacity of around 375 commut- staged a road block agitation were killed by bolts of lightning,” Bharatiya Janata Party MPs of travelled on the Versova-Andheri- elling time from 90-120 minutes. ers or around 1,500 commuters near Ghatkopar protesting the said an official of the state disas- Mumbai like Kirit Somaiya and Ghatkopar (VAG) corridor for a These air conditioned services are per service, zooming above the delays in starting the Metro Rail ter management department. Gopal Shetty, Chavan alleged single one way trip between any safe, convenient and cost effec- city between the two points — services. Half a dozen people were that “the BJP is helping RInfra stations. This promotional fare is ctive. This service will change the Versova-Ghatkopar — with a total IANS injured and are currently hos- pitalised, he said. Pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds lashed Araria, Katihar and Supaul early yesterday. Lightning strikes during the No substance in AAP contention on gas prices: Reliance June-September monsoon sea- son are common, with villagers housed in bamboo and grass huts NEW DELHI: As the stage 2014,” a Reliance spokesperson set to notify the revised gas prices earliest we could act upon was for reply: “Every single charge, claim, more at risk. appeared set for a review of said in an e-mail but refrained from April, since the earlier price quarter starting July,” he said. half-truth has been countered in natural gas prices, Reliance from revealing its content. contract had expired on March The Reliance spokesperson the court of the people of India.” IB official’s Delhi Industries has denied receipt of “Propriety demands that details 31. But the Election Commission was asked: “What has been the Gas price revision was a matter any letter from the Narendra of such confidential correspond- had asked it to maintain status further development, if any, in of intense speculation Friday and house burgled Modi government assuring a ence should be accessed from the quo till elections were over. terms of the status quo on gas sent all oil stocks soaring. On the hike in prices of this hydro- sender,” the spokesperson said, A ministry official said on con- pricing called for by the Election Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), NEW DELHI: The house of a carbon as charged by the Aam even as oil ministry officials said dition of anonymity that a clari- Commission, by asking the gov- among all the Sensex stocks, that deputy director of the Intelligence Aadmi Party (AAP). it was a routine clarificatory note fication was issued in view of the ernment to put the proposed noti- of the state-run Oil and Natural Bureau (IB) has been burgled of Even oil ministry officials also to contractors. commission’s order, explaining fication on the decision to hike Gas Corp gained the most, up a cash and jewellery estimated at said no letter of assurance was Making it clear that no com- that the earliest period for which prices on hold?” The reply: “Our whopping 10.5 percent. Rs3.5m, police said yesterday. The issued by it since the new gov- munication was made to Reliance the new gas prices could be noti- contention has always been that Another state-run firm, GAIL incident took place on Wednesday ernment took charge last month, after the Narendra Modi gov- fied by the government was for the reference to EC was wrong India, was next with a gain of in Tughlak Road area. reacting to the AAP’s letter ernment took over last month, the quarter beginning July 1. and the process thereafter served 7.5 percent, while the scrip of Police said the family of Rajesh demanding that the new govern- oil ministry officials said only a “As per our terms, gas prices partisan interests and the com- Reliance Industries moved up by Subarno, an Indian Police Service ment make public “its letter to the clarification was given in April on are notified in advance for each plainant’s political motives.” 2.97 percent. The sector-specific officer of West Bengal cadre who Reliance Industries” on gas prices. the status quo that was ordered quarter. Without that a new price And further asked for the com- oil and gas index of the exchange is currently posted in Manipur, “The last communication by the Election Commission. can’t take effect. Since we were pany’s response to the allegations itself shot up by 5.73 percent on had gone to Imphal to meet him received was on April 21, 2014 in The United Progressive asked to keep the notification levelled by Aam Aadmi Party, the the eventful Friday. when the crime took place. response to our letter of April 3, Alliance (UPA) government was in abeyance, it was natural the spokesperson said in the e-mail IANS AGENCIES

Delhi sizzles Luxury barber Kejriwal to restructure shop Truefitt & Hill opens in Mumbai AAP, rejects Yadav move

MUMBAI: Britain-based NEW DELHI: A day after a could be possible,” Kejriwal said Truefitt & Hill, one the old- deep divide between AAP’s top here. Political Affairs Committee est barber shops in the world, leaders came to the fore, its is AAP’s highest decision-making opened its first door in India chief Arvind Kejriwal yesterday body. here with a promise to intro- admitted it needed “restructur- Besides describing Yadav as a duce a new level of indulgence ing” and said the “differences” “valued colleague,” AAP convener for the metrosexual man. had been resolved. Kejriwal said the party “will try The store’s history began in The party, on the second day of to get Shazia back”. 1805 during the reign of King its national executive meet here, “Yogendra Yadav has raised George III. Its first store in India rejected the resignation of Naveen some important issues. All of us has opened at Khar, Linking Jaihind and Yogendra Yadav who will work on it,” Kejriwal tweeted Road, here. written a letter saying it has after meeting Yadav on the side- Krishna Gupta, Managing “fallen prey to the personality lines of the meet. “Yogendra Director of Lloyds Luxuries, cult”. Yadav is a very dear friend and the company that has acquired The resignation of Shazia Ilmi, a very valued colleague. Had long the master franchise licence for who quit the party last month discussions with him...,” he added. India, Vietnam, Burma, Nepal, over it being run by a “crony Another party leader Manish Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri clique”, was also not accepted. Sisodia said: “This was cleansing Lanka from Truefitt & Hill Ltd, “All things are going smooth process. Discords are bound to will represent the brand here. and differences are resolved. We happen in any party. Everything “I take pride in representing Commuters travel through a mirage on a hot summer day in front of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi are discussing organisational is fine now.” Truefitt & Hill, a barber shop with yesterday. Temperature in New Delhi yesterday reached 45 degrees Celsius according to information posted structure. Expansion of PAC IANS inimitable expertise and legacy of on Meteorology Department’s website. many decades. I am confident of this venture to be a successful one as I see an unexplored territory in men’s grooming,” Gupta said. “Also we are the oldest barber Probiotics prevent deadly complications of liver disease: Study shop, so we do come with some trust and goodwill backing our name,” added Gupta. NEW DELHI: Probiotics are prevent hepatic encephalopathy. When comparing treatment current standard of care, lactu- percent mortality rate at one Apart from London, they also effective in preventing hepatic According to experts, the with probiotics versus placebo, lose, in the prevention of hepatic year, and a 77 percent mortality have shops in Singapore, Chicago, encephalopathy in patients with results offer a safe, well tolerated the researchers found that the encephalopathy, yet they appear rate at three years. Las Vegas, Canada, China and cirrhosis of the liver, according and a cheaper alternative to cur- incidence of hepatic encephalopa- to be much better tolerated,” “These results offer a safe, Malaysia. Truefitt & Hill special- to a study by the Govind Ballabh rent treatments. thy was lower in patients treated researchers added. well tolerated and perhaps ises in men’s grooming services. Its Pant Hospital, New Delhi. The researchers at G B Pant with probiotics. Up to 45 percent of patients cheaper alternative to cur- elite clientele has included Oscar Hepatic encephalopathy is the conducted a single-centre, ran- Probiotic supplementation was with cirrhosis develop hepatic rent treatments,” said David W. Wilde, Charles Dickens, Lord deterioration of brain function domised trial with cirrhosis not associated with any side effects encephalopathy, a loss of brain Victor III, who contributed an Byron, Frank Sinatra, Winston — a serious complication of liver patients who showed risk factors and none of the patients required function that occurs when the editorial in the journal Clinical Churchill, Alfred Hitchcock and disease. for hepatic encephalopathy, but discontinuation of therapy. “These liver is unable to remove toxins Gastroenterology and Hepatology Laurence Olivier. The research shows that probi- had yet to experience an obvious results suggest that probiotics are from the blood. on this research. IANS otics modify the gut microbiota to episode. similar in effectiveness to the Prognosis is poor, with a 58 IANS SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Govt takes stock China minister, of current price situation NEW DELHI: The govern- ment yesterday reviewed its US official preparedness to deal with price rise in case of a probable defi- cient rainfall this year. A committee of secretaries, arrive today headed by the Cabinet Secretary Ajith Seth, reviewed the current price situation and preparedness for a probable impact of a defi- Wang, Biswal to meet ministers cient monsoon on prices of essen- tial commodities. NEW DELHI: China and the with Li. With the Modi govern- “The cabinet secretary took a US would be establishing first ment focussing on the neighbour- meeting of committee of secretar- contact with the new Indian hood, and beginning its bilateral ies to review prices of essential government with the visit of visits with Bhutan and later to commodities,” an official state- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Japan, Beijing would be keen to ment said. Yi, the special envoy of the ramp up relations with New Delhi. It is feared that the onset of Chinese president, here today Modi is visiting Japan next an El Nino factor can lead to a and senior US official Nisha month, accepting an invite from deficient monsoon. The Reserve Biswal’s meeting with Indian Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Bank of India (RBI) in it sec- officials. Abe. Japan and China are not on ond bi-monthly monetary policy Wang, who will meet External the best of terms following their review for this fiscal listed some Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj maritime stand- off in the East upside risks to the economy like today, is to meet President Pranab China Sea. a sub-normal or delayed monsoon Mukherjee and Prime Minister US Assistant Secretary for Finance Minister and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley (centre) stands aboard the aircraft carrier “INS Viraat”, in due to El Nino effect. Narendra Modi tomorrow. South and Central Asian Affairs Mumbai yesterday. Latest data show that con- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Nisha Desai Biswal is likely to sumer price-based inflation rose had spoken to Prime Minister meet Sushma Swaraj and other to a three-month high of 8.59 per- Modi on the phone after he was top officials tomorrow. Maritime security top priority: Jaitley cent in April largely due to higher sworn in on Monday. Biswal would be laying the food prices. This is the first contact between ground to smoothen Indo-US Rising prices and contain- the two governments after the relations which have seen some MUMBAI: Maritime secu- Naval Command headquarters the Coast Guard boost its efforts ing inflation was a major issue Indian general elections. rough patches, especially after the rity was the top priority for here after taking over as defence in securing the coastline and pro- in the general election in which Wang will meet leading Indian Devyani Khobragade incident. the government, Defence minister. tecting India’s territorial waters the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officials and will have in-depth The Modi government’s inten- Minister Arun Jaitley said On the occasion, he also com- to ensure national prosperity, he emerged victorious. exchanges on how to push for- tion to push ahead with bilat- here yesterday, and called for missioned two Indian Coast added. ward bilateral relations, Chinese eral ties is also evident from speeding up delivery of ves- Guard ships — ICGS Achook While visiting INS Viraat, he Minister plans Foreign Ministry spokesman the fact that the prime minister sels to increase surveillance and ICGS Agrim — and also was received by Chief of Naval Hong Lei said at a media briefing has accepted President Barack and secure the country’s long visited the INS Viraat aircraft Staff Admiral Robin Dhowan, restructuring of in Beijing earlier. Obama’s invite for a summit in coastline. carrier. who briefed him on a wide vari- “India has formed a new gov- Washington, which is to be held “I am aware of the challenges Pointing out that the security ety of issues, including the recent Doordarshan ernment and China and India now at the end of September. of the shipbuilding industry in the apparatus along the coastline was salvage of the ill-fated submarine face new opportunities of develop- Minister Sushma Swaraj would country. The quality of standards being strengthened by both the INS Sindhurakshak. NEW DELHI: Information ment,” Hong said. also be meeting her counterpart achieved by the Cochin shipyard Indian Navy and the Indian Coast The submarine, which suffered and Broadcasting Minister The details of President Xi US Secretary of State John Kerry despite the ongoing moderni- Guard, Jaitley said the establish- an explosion followed by a fire, Prakash Javadekar yesterday Jinping’s visit to India later this in the US ahead of the bilateral sation programme is indeed ment of coastal surveillance net- killing 18 naval sailors including said he intends to restructure year are also likely to figure in summit. Biswal is to push ahead commendable. works was in the final stages of three officers Aug 14 last year, Prasar Bharati along the lines talks during Wang’s visit. Prime with “the full scope of bilateral “I expect focus on shortening implementation and would soon was retrieved from its watery of BBC by augmenting its “edi- Minister Modi had extended an and regional issues,” the US State the delivery periods by the ship- afford effective protection of the grave after 10 months, three torial freedom” and its “internal invitation for the Chinese presi- Department said. yards in future,” Jaitley said on coasts. days ago. control over manpower”. dent during his telephone talks IANS his maiden visit to the Western The two new vessels would help IANS “I am considering appointing a professional editor-in-chief to head Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) and the individual will have full freedom to cover the news as he or she thinks fit,” Bing Bang: Indian physicist says he is vindicated Javadekar told Headlines Today television news channel in an interview. BANGALORE: Indian astro- generated in the first instants it was only a “smokescreen and physicist at Princeton. Steinhardt, that the pattern observed by the The 63-year-old Bharatiya physicist Abhas Mitra who rub- after the Big Bang. not a smoking gun”. in a June 3 report in the prestig- BICEP-2 team could be the result Janata Party leader said that “phil- bished the much publicised claim This was claimed to be the “My rejection of the BICEP-2 ious “Nature” journal, has pointed mostly or entirely of foreground osophically” and “ideologically” he by a team of US-led astronomers long-sought “smoking gun” for result was based not on any out “serious flaws in the analy- effects without any contribu- believed that there was no need that they had obtained “direct” the theory that the universe was crackpot bravado but on exact sis” of data by the BICEP-2 team tion from gravitational waves”, for a ministry for information and evidence for the Big Bang origin born in a Big Bang and that its mathematical proof that the and described its claim of having Steinhardt added. broadcasting in a democracy. of the universe now feels vin- volume increased almost imme- Big Bang universe can expand detected the gravitational waves The BICEP-2 instrument “Philosophically and ideologically dicated after receiving support diately by an unimaginable fac- only with a uniform speed and as “premature hype”. detects radiation at only one I believe there is no need for a min- from a top theoretical physicist tor (of ten raised to the power the model simply does not allow The BICEP-2 team identified frequency and so it cannot dis- istry for information and broad- at Princeton University in the 78) in what is known as “cosmic inflationary or cyclic cosmologies,” a “twisty” pattern in its maps tinguish the cosmic contribution casting in a democracy. The prime US. inflation”. Mitra said. His peer-reviewed of the polarization of the cosmic from other sources. Steinhardt minister (Narendra Modi) agrees In March, astronomers work- Even as the world was going paper demolishing the BICEP-2 microwave background and had said that “other effects, includ- with this, and my long term aim is ing with BICEP-2 (Background ga-ga over the BICEP-2 result result was published in the “New concluded that this was a detec- ing light scattering from dust and to work towards making the min- Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic and Nobel prizes were being pre- Astronomy” international journal. tion of primordial gravitational the synchrotron radiation gener- istry redundant,” Javadekar said. Polarisation) radio telescope at dicted for the discovery, Mitra, Now, Mitra says he stands waves, Steinhardt said. But “a ated by electrons moving around He said there will be “no inter- the South Pole created a world- who’s with Mumbai’s Bhabha vindicated as “the BICEP-2 careful re-analysis by scientists galactic magnetic fields within ference of any sort” in the run- wide sensation with their star- Atomic Research Centre (BARC), propaganda balloon has been at Princeton University and the our own galaxy, can also produce ning of Doordarshan and AIR in tling announcement that they was the lone Indian scientist who punctured” by none other than Institute for Advanced Study, these twists.” the next five years. had detected gravitational waves firmly rejected the finding saying Paul Steinhardt, a top theoretical also in Princeton, has concluded IANS IANS BSF trooper, civilian killed in Tripura clash Karnataka plans to generate AGARTALA: A BSF trooper and a 70-year- said. However, it is not clear yet how BSF trooper old man were killed in a clash between the Sandip Kumar, 28, was killed. “After getting the 2,000MW border guards and villagers along the India- inquest report and completion of inquiry, the rea- Bangladesh border in Tripura. The Tripura son will be known. There were many injury marks government yesterday has ordered a magiste- on his (Kumar’s) body,” he said. solar power rial probe into the clash. He said 70-year-old Ismail Mia, who rushed to Eleven people were injured in the incident that the spot from his house upon hearing the noise, BANGALORE: Energy-starved occurred Friday night at Akhaurah on the outskirts was killed in the BSF firing. “The state government Karnataka plans to generate of state capital Agartala. “Some BSF troopers dur- has ordered a magisterial inquiry and directed to 2,000 megawatt of solar power ing routine patrolling on Friday night got into a submit the report within 15 days,” West Tripura over the next seven-eight years quarrel with some youth, sitting along the border District Magistrate and Collector Abhishek Singh through public-private partner- fencing,” Inspector General of Police Nepal Das said. told reporters. The BSF authorities are also con- ship, as the state is blessed with “Subsequently, a scuffle broke out between the ducting a separate investigation into the incident about 300 days of good solar two sides and the BSF opened fire, killing one that created tension among the mixed population. radiation in a year, state Energy person on the spot and injuring 11 others,” Das IANS Minister D K Shivakumar said here yesterday. “We have revised the solar Jumbo ride energy policy recently to give thrust to renewable energy and encourage even farmers to set up small solar power plants in their fields to produce 1-3MW of clean energy and sell it to dis- tribution companies (escoms),” Shivakumar told a conference. In order to tap the huge poten- tial of solar energy, the minister said the state government would facilitate financial support to the private sector to set up solar plants on private lands. “The policy envisages allot- ting farm lands to investors on rental basis or relaxing norms to purchase farm lands for set- ting up solar plants by investors,” Shivakumar said at the Green Summit 2014, organised by the state government in association with the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce & A mahout rides an elephant in the waters of a lake in Jaipur, Rajasthan, yesterday. Industry (FKCCI). IANS SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: New Brunswick, New Turnpike turnpike near in Charlotte, North Carolina. The actor and comedian Jersey, in critical con- Cranberry Township, The comedian spent seven HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Tracy Morgan (pictured) dition, said Gregory Williams said. years on “Saturday Night Live” was seriously injured when Williams, a New Six other people before leaving the cast in 2003. He ATHENS 29/20 Chance of storm 28/20 Partly cloudy his limo bus overturned in a Jersey State Police besides Morgan were went on to star in the sitcom “30 WASHINGTON 29/19 Partly cloudy 28/18 Chance of storm road accident involving mul- spokesman. injured, Williams said. Rock” for seven seasons, playing SYDNEY 18/11 Chance of rain 18/14 Chance of rain tiple vehicles in New Jersey Another passen- Morgan, 45, was on an unhinged, reckless comedian LONDON 23/11 Chance of rain 24/10 Mostly cloudy early yesterday morning, ger on the limo bus the road for his “Turn called Tracy Jordan in the satire PARIS 28/19 Chance of storm 28/15 Chance of storm police said. was killed in the it Funny” stand-up about network television. ISTANBUL 24/18 Fog 25/18 Partly cloudy Morgan, best known for his accident when two comedy tour. He was A hospital spokeswoman roles on “Saturday Night Live” tractor-trailers and booked to perform referred queries about Morgan to MANILA 32/26 Chance of storm 32/26 Chance of storm and “30 Rock,” was taken by heli- three other vehicles at a casino in Dover, the actor’s publicist, who did not DHAKA 38/28 Mostly cloudy 37/29 Chance of storm copter to Robert Wood Johnson crashed at around 1am yester- Delaware, on Friday night and immediately respond to a request DELHI 45/32 Partly cloudy 44/31 Partly cloudy University Hospital Center in day morning on the New Jersey had been due to appear yesterday for comment. REUTERS ISLAMABAD 40/26 Partly cloudy 41/25 Clear Tintin museum draws fans from across the world BRUSSELS: After fantasy for kids, a vision sending Tintin to that seems to be pay- Hollywood and build- ing off. As Tintin’s fame ing a private museum to spreads, Herge’s original the glory of his creator drawings are selling like Herge, the couple over- hotcakes at auction, a seeing the boy hero’s double-page ink by the legacy are plotting their Belgian artist from 1937 next move. going for ¤2.1m in Paris “Our work is to educate late last month. people, inform people,” But with the museum said Nick Rodwell, who housing a mere 10 per- married Herge’s widow cent of their legacy, Fanny Vlamynck around the couple are hoping a decade ago. to organise temporary “We’re creating a shows elsewhere, notably Tintin brand that lies at the Cheverny castle in somewhere between France’s Loire valley that graphic novel and con- An original 1932 cover of the comic “Tintin in America” inspired the Moulinsart temporary art,” Rodwell by late Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi aka Herge is castle in the original added in a rare interview displayed in Paris. work. The fame of the inside the Louvain-la- intrepid boy reporter Neuve museum that he and Fanny built five years with the quiff, a children’s bedside classic in much ago. of Europe, spread when Steven Spielberg rolled a “If I die tomorrow I’ll know the work has found Hollywood blockbuster in 2011 co-produced with its right place.” “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson. Designed by Pritzker prize-winning architect It was “gigantic, the best promotion possible” for Christian de Portzamparc and opened in the leafy new Tintin, Rodwell said, though only a tepid success in university town of Louvain-la-Neuve, some 20 kilome- Hollywood terms, ringing up $374m in contrast with tres outside Brussels, the museum sees some 80,000 a target of $600m. visitors a year. Jackson is planning a sequel, he said, but is cur- “Schools, foreigners from across the world, rently tied up with “The Hobbit” until 2017 and “has Tintinophiles and Tintinologists,” Rodwell said. asked for time.” “It was a huge investment but it’s given us credibil- Should he fail to release a new Tintin movie within ity,” he said of the ¤15m ($20m) project. “Museums five or seven years of the last one, “we will recover don’t make money but we break even.” the rights.” Herge, real name Georges Remi and one The museum is largely dedicated to Herge’s artis- of Belgium’s most beloved sons, died childless in 1983 tic skill, with a restaurant and quality memento at age 75, leaving his estate to Fanny Vlamynck, a shop — more art-house for adults than comic-strip colouring artist 28 years his junior. AFP

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 IMF ready to IMF urges China to help Egypt, says chief focus on reforms WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has personally con- Fund asks Beijing to target 7 percent growth in 2015 gratulated Egypt’s President- elect Abdel Fattah Al Sisi BEIJING: The International sufficient signs that would war- economy got off to a weak start and stressed the global lender Monetary Fund (IMF) rec- rant that.” this year. Business surveys in the remains ready to help the coun- ommended that China adopt Rather, he said the bigger last week signal activity may be try, the IMF said on Friday. an economic growth target of threat to China is its persistent starting to stabilize but a slight “IMF Managing Director about 7 percent for 2015 and reliance on debt and investment pick-up in parts of the economy Christine Lagarde spoke to urged authorities to avoid fur- in areas such as real estate to does not mean a solid, broader Egyptian President-elect Sisi by ther stimulus measures and power its economy, weaknesses recovery is under way. phone yesterday to congratulate concentrate on curtailing finan- that are growing and which will The economy’s lackluster per- him on his election,” a spokes- cial risks instead. hurt it in the long run if they are formance has stirred speculation woman said in an email. In remarks that projected not corrected. that the government may act “The discussion focused on eco- confidence about the near-term So unless China’s economy is at more forcefully to shore up activ- nomic issues, and the managing health of the world’s second- risk of missing the government’s ity, even though Beijing has ruled director reiterated the Fund’s biggest economy, the IMF said growth target of about 7.5 percent out any big policy moves to coun- continued commitment to help Beijing must keep its word on this year by a substantial mar- ter short-term dips in growth. Egypt and its people.” implementing reforms that will gin, Lipton said more stimulus China has vowed to embrace Sisi, who won nearly 97 per- correct imbalances, including a is unwarranted. “Vulnerabilities comprehensive reforms that cent of the vote in last week’s “moderately undervalued” yuan. have risen to the point that con- are likely to stifle activity in the polls, faces a tough task to restore Specifically, the fund said con- taining them should be a prior- near term, in order to re-orient stability and revive a battered ditions are right for China to take ity,” he said, noting that the IMF its economy and let domestic economy amid fears of a return the next step in freeing its inter- believes China can hit its eco- consumption replace exports to autocracy. He is to be sworn est rates market, challenging the nomic growth target for 2014. and investment as the mainstay today. The IMF had been in view among some senior Chinese For next year, the fund rec- sources of growth. talks on a $4.8bn bailout package officials that the country is not ommended that Beijing adopt a Experts say the painful transi- for Egypt, which has been cop- yet ready for such a move. growth target of around 7 per- tion is necessary if China wishes ing with violence and economic “We are not counseling stimu- cent — a level that Lipton said is to break into the ranks of high- woes since the 2011 overthrow of lus at this point,” IMF’s First realistic if China was to carry out income economies. President Hosni Mubarak. Deputy Managing Director David extensive financial reforms as it Of the needed changes, the IMF But the discussions broke off Lipton told reporters in Beijing, has promised. The fund itself has highlighted tax and fiscal reforms, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (right) with IMF last year due to political instabil- when asked if he thought China’s projected growth of 7.3 percent an insurance for deposits and a Managing Director Christine Lagarde in London. Britain’s economic recovery ity after the military overthrew government should do more in 2015. Beijing has announced a removal of state control over the country’s first freely elected is robust and becoming more balanced, but action must be taken to deal to shore up flagging economic series of modest stimulus meas- deposit rates. leader, Mohamed Morsi. with a housing shortage that is causing prices to spiral, the IMF said. growth. “We don’t think there are ures in recent months after the REUTERS On Thursday, an IMF spokes- man said the global lender is providing technical assistance on tax issues and other matters to Egypt, and an IMF techni- IMF may not always be led by European, says Lagarde cal team had been in Cairo from April 27 to May 2. LONDON: The International “I think it’s a good thing that it’s States gives the most money to United States is the only major have a good representation of “Broadly we stand ready to Monetary Fund must not always managed by a woman for the first the global lender, which depends country to not ratify the changes the membership when China has support Egypt and we look for- be led by a European and could time,” she added, according to a on contributions from its 188 due to opposition in Congress. a teeny-tiny share of quota and ward to engaging in a dialogue one day move its headquarters webcast. member countries. “But the way And the reforms of the voting share of voice.” with the authorities on the policy to Beijing from Washington, Since a deal at the time of things are going, I wouldn’t be shares, known as quotas, can- However, she defended the actions and wide ranging struc- the French head of the interna- the founding of the IMF and surprised if one of these days not proceed without the United IMF’s weighted voting system, tural reforms needed to address tional financial institution said the World Bank in 1944, the the IMF was headquartered in States, the only country to hold which gives greater say to coun- the challenges ahead,” spokesman on Friday. Washington-based IMF has Beijing, for instance,” she said. a controlling share of IMF votes. tries with bigger economies, say- Gerry Rice said. “I don’t think it’s ... fate that always been led by someone from Lagarde also sharply criticised “I think that the credibility of ing it prevents the gridlock that He said Egyptian authorities the IMF will be managed by a Europe, while the World Bank is the United States for holding up the institution, its relevance ... is can happen when every country and the IMF agreed in April, to European,” Christine Lagarde, the headed by an American. IMF reforms that would give highly correlated with its good gets an equal voice, as happened hold an IMF review of economy, Fund’s Managing Director, said at Lagarde said the IMF is based greater say to emerging nations representation of the member- with talks at the World Trade after the presidential election. the London School of Economics. in Washington because the United such as China and Brazil. The ship,” she said. “And we cannot Organisation. REUTERS AFP QIIB gets Best Islamic Bank award Ooredoo to unveil new DOHA: International Islamic (QIIB), one of Qatar’s lead- initiatives in Kuwait ing Shariah-compliant lender, has been awarded as the DOHA: Customers in Kuwait “Best Islamic Bank in Qatar are set to benefit from a series in 2014” by Capital Finance of new initiatives following the International (CFI), a London- roll-out of the Ooredoo brand based print journal and online earlier this month. resource reporting on business, Kuwait became the latest mar- economics and finance. ket to adopt the Ooredoo brand, The award was received on following successful launches in behalf of the bank by International Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, and the Islamic Chairman and Managing Maldives. Customers in each of Director Sheikh Dr Khalid bin these markets have seen tangible Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani at improvements in their services a ceremony in London, where his resulting from the arrival of the contributions were also honoured Ooredoo brand. by the CFI. The award jury found The roll-out has brought services, and delivering the full QIIB’s success story as one of Ooredoo customers benefits, benefits of 4G and fibre solutions financial stability, good profitabil- including the ‘My Offer’ service for businesses and consumers. By ity and strong continuous growth for prepaid customers, which rec- bringing our Kuwait team closer over the recent years. ommends specific products based to the whole Ooredoo family of In a press statement yesterday on usage patterns. Ooredoo is also operations, we are able to leverage QIIB said: “International Islamic launching reward-based data significant economies of scale and is for good reason perceived as a packages, pre-paid and other shared resources and ensure that safe bank that is fully responsive smartphone plans to enhance the the benefits are passed on to our to changing needs.” customer experience. customers,” said Sheikh Abdullah. Commenting about the award, Ooredoo held a special cer- “Our customers are already Sheikh Khalid, in a statement, emony which opened by Sheikh beginning to see the results with said: “The award winning shows Abdullah bin Mohammed bin the recognition from independ- we are working in the right direc- QIIB Chairman and Managing Director Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani receiving the award in London. Saud Al Thani (pictured), ent sources that we have the tion and that we have succeeded Chairman of Ooredoo, and was best network in the country. The a great deal in our strategic plan- been possible without the advice, good position being enjoyed by about the financial performance attended by ministers, dignitar- arrival of Ooredoo further enables ning. We are winning the award guidance and strong support from International Islamic in the national and said it remains good overall. ies, key customers and partners us to deliver the digital services at a time when our performance the Emir, H H Sheikh Tamim bin economic arena. “We are also “We are more proud about the “The roll out of Ooredoo in that will transform every aspect is good in all activities. It also Hamad Al Thani.” delighted about the fact that major services that we extend to our Kuwait has been a major suc- of our customer’s daily lives,” shows our successful participation He added: “The award is also international rating agencies have customers and to our community cess. Ooredoo is looking to take said Abdulaziz Fakhroo, General in the development of the Qatari a reflection of the strength of upgraded our ratings this year.” and country at large,” he said. the lead in all our markets, offer- Manager and CEO in Kuwait. economy, which will not have the Qatari economy and the Sheikh Khalid also mentioned THE PENINSULA ing best-in-class data and digital THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

GM recalls Economic pain 106,000 more vehicles in US to hit emerging NEW YORK: General Motors announced four more vehicle recalls, totalling about 106,000 in North America, including markets: QNB one to fix an air-bag system likely tied to one crash involv- ing an injury. GM, which faces tough scru- Growth is slowing sharply in EMs tiny from US regulators and law- makers amid an ignition-recall DOHA: Following the large global exports grew by a mere 1.7 scandal it links to 13 deaths, said outflow of global capital last percent year-on-year in the first the majority of the cars affected year, Emerging Markets (EMs) quarter of 2014, compared with — 89,126 — were in the United are now starting to feel the eco- 4.3 percent in Q4 2013. Most of States. The largest US auto- nomic pain, a weekly report by this slowdown can be attributed maker is recalling 31,520 model QNB Group said yesterday. to lower export demand from year 2012 Buick Verano and EM growth is slowing sharply, EMs. In turn, lower global export Chevrolet Camaro, Cruze and from Brazil to Indonesia, Russia demand has contributed to lower Sonic compact cars to address a and South Africa, partly reflect- Q1 real GDP growth in both the faulty connection within the air- ing the tightening of domestic US (-1 percent) and the euro area Participants at the Joint Fifteenth GCC Exhibition. bag system that can cause the bag policies last year to stabilise EM (0.2 percent). not to deploy in a crash. foreign exchange rates. This slow- Is the EM slowdown therefore GM said it was aware of one down is impacting global export jeopardising the global recovery? QIMC wraps up GCC meet on high note crash with an injury which demand, thus affecting the recov- The short answer is it could, appeared linked to the problem. ery in advanced economies as unless advanced economies pick It said it knew of other crashes well. Overall, the EM slowdown up the slack. So far, the EM DOHA: The Qatar Industrial Exhibition was a valuable and regional markets across all where air bags did not deploy, but could jeopardise the global recov- slowdown has not yet resulted Manufacturing Company opportunity for all investors fields,” said Jassim Alabdulghani, that it did not know if they were ery, unless advanced economies in a contraction in global trade (QIMC) wrapped up its par- and decision-makers in all eco- Marketing & Promotion Specialist related to that problem. pick up the slack. as witnessed during the Great ticipation in the Joint Fifteenth nomic sectors to establish new at QIMC. GM is also recalling 57,512 Since the announcement by the Recession of 2008-09. If advanced GCC Exhibition on high note, partnerships and promote com- Established in 1990, QIMC is a model year 2014 Chevrolet US Federal Reserve (Fed) in May economies continue to recover achieving another significant mercial ties with major compa- public shareholding company and Silverado LD, 2014 GMC Sierra 2013 of its intention to taper its and pick up the slack of the EM landmark in a bid to further nies and potential customers. a pioneer in the field of small and LD and other vehicles in which asset-purchasing programme — slowdown, the global economy consolidate its leading regional QIMC’s participation was based medium scale industries in Qatar. the base radio may not work, pre- the so-called Quantitative Easing should be able to maintain its position. on its renewed commitment to Though its scope of activities venting audible warnings if the (QE) — global capital flew out of growth momentum. The four-day exhibition was be the partner of choice for the spans over a wide spectrum of key is in the ignition when the EMs, forcing EM central banks to The performance of advanced held in Sharjah from May 27 to national economy of Qatar to industrial projects inside and driver’s door is opened. tighten domestic policies to sta- economies critically depends on May 30, under the theme ‘Made achieve success and growth, and outside the country, QIMC con- GM said it did not know of bilize their exchange rates. While the normalisation of US monetary in the GCC’. QIMC’s sister com- reinforce its regional leadership. tinues to explore new areas of any crashes or injuries linked to the tightening has been relatively policy. The Fed seems to be set on panies and subsidiaries across all The Exhibition attracted major innovative work to help building the problem, or to the problems successful in reversing the capi- completing QE tapering in late industrial, commercial, and utility attention from visitors and par- Qatar’s economic and industrial involving the other two recalls, tal outflow in some countries, 2014. If QE tapering results in sectors also participated. ticipants alike, as it enabled them future. each of which involved fewer than the impact on EM growth is just weaker US growth, long-term US “The Joint Fifteenth GCC to identify the needs of the local THE PENINSUALA 100 vehicles. AFP starting to be felt, the report said. interest rates are likely to remain The last few weeks have wit- below 3 percent, thus pushing nessed a series of disappointing global capital out in search for EM data releases. Brazil’s Q1 higher returns in EMs. The result real GDP growth rate slowed could be an uneven global recov- to 0.7 percent (quarter-on- ery in favour of EMs, just like in QDB is Best Development Bank quarter annualised), compared the period 2010-13. On the other QNB wins two awards with 2.3 percent for 2013 as a hand, if the US economy recovers DOHA: Qatar Development Product Awards for Best SME whole. Indonesia’s Q1 growth as expected, long-term US inter- DOHA: QNB was awarded shareholder returns through the Bank (QDB) was recently Finance Scheme in 2013, due rate declined to 3.5 percent (5.8 est rates are likely to go up, mak- ‘The Best Bank in the Middle delivery of sound and progres- named ‘Best Development to its efforts building an ideal percent in 2013). South Africa’s ing EMs less attractive. In turn, East’ and ‘The Best Bank in sive strategic planning,” said Ali Bank’ in the Middle East at environment for the growth of Q1 GDP contracted 0.6 percent, this would imply a further EM Qatar’ awards by pre-emi- Ahmed Al-Kuwari, Acting Group the 2014 Banker Middle East entrepreneurship in the State compared with growth of 1.9 slowdown, while advanced econo- nent international finance Chief Executive Officer, QNB. Industry Awards. of Qatar through its successful percent in 2013. The most dra- mies recover. This may make for magazine Euromoney. The “Recognition of our ongoing per- “We are proud of this honour, Al-Dhameen indirect lending matic fall was in Thailand with an a more balanced and sustainable awards were presented at the formance from an esteemed and which reflects QDB’s contribu- program. annualised Q1 contraction of 8.2 global recovery as advanced econ- 2014 Euromoney Awards for respected publication of the stand- tion to the overall development Garnering an audience of top percent, partly reflecting the cur- omies account for a larger portion Excellence Middle East held ing of Euromoney helps continue journey and our deep commit- bankers and financiers from rent political instability. Against of global trade. recently in Dubai. this momentum and we are espe- ment to offering products that around the region, the annual this trend, India saw a jump in Overall, the global economy ‘The Best Bank in the Middle cially delighted to have received strengthen and grow the private Banker Middle East Industry Q1 GDP growth to an annualised seems once again at a crossroads. East’ award is of special signifi- the prestigious “Best Bank in The sector. I dedicate this award to Awards are the Middle East’s 8.2 percent, partly due to a record With the EM slowdown, global cance, reflecting the continuing Middle East” award,” he said. each member of the QDB family, foremost gathering of key players USD5bn spending on elections, trade is being affected, which in progress being made by the QNB “The regional strength of Qatar who played a major role in propel- within the banking and financial which added an estimated 2 per- turn is having a negative impact Group across the Mena region. National Bank can no longer be ling QDB to this leading and pres- services industries. The annual centage points to growth in the on growth in advanced economies. QNB has also been awarded ‘The ignored. It is by a distance the tigious position,” said Abdulaziz Banker Middle East Industry first quarter. If the normalisation of US mon- Best Bank in Qatar Award’ by biggest house in the region on bin Nasser Al Khalifa, CEO of Awards program is designed to This generalized slowdown in etary policy results in a gradual Euromoney and this marks the every metric: $2.6bn net profit in QDB. “We promise our clients recognize those banks and finan- EM growth is impacting global recovery in the US, advanced eleventh occasion that QNB has 2013, up 14 percent year on year; and partners to continue our mis- cial institutions that are pioneers trade flows. EMs account for economies should be able to make been given this accolade. $125.9bn in assets at the end of sion of being a strategic partner and standard-setters in finance. approximately 40 percent of all up the slack at the expense of a “Our rapid and sustained the first quarter of 2014, $87.1 bn for business development and to Through a combination of analyt- global trade activity and have further EM slowdown. The latest domestic and international of loans and $94.9bn in deposits, accelerate the overall develop- ical assessment and reader feed- been among the largest contrib- growth data from the US, how- growth is underpinned by robust each of them up over 20 percent ment of Qatar’s private sector in back, the winners of the Banker utors to global export growth in ever, suggest a rather different financial performance and we are year on year, and achieved with an line with the diversification needs Middle East Industry Awards recent years. scenario, which may indeed jeop- now operating across 26 coun- NPL of just 1.6 percent,” said Clive of the country,” he added. represent the very pinnacle of According to the World Trade ardise the global recovery. tries and three Continents. Our Horwood, Editor of Euromoney. QDB was previously recog- innovation and growth in the Organisation, the USD value of THE PENINSUALA focus remains to deliver enhanced THE PENINSUALA nised by the Banker Middle East region. THE PENINSUALA Russia crisis boosts EU carbon deal QIB conducts successful BONN: Worries about energy to reduce the EU’s carbon foot- The European Commission, the Some countries baulked at dependence on Russia have print through cleaner energy EU’s executive arm, says the bloc the cost at a time that many EU CFO networking event boosted prospects of EU lead- sources and energy efficiency, has “over-achieved” on its exist- economies are still struggling to ers approving a package of she said. ing goal of cutting emissions by 20 haul themselves out of recession. DOHA: The recently concluded He also highlighted QIB’s team proposals to cut carbon emis- “You cannot think energy secu- percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. In March, EU leaders decided to ‘First CFO Networking Event’ of dedicated Treasury and Capital sions by 2030, European rity for Europe without making it In January, it had proposed a delay a decision on the 2030 pack- organised by Qatar Islamic Markets professionals that are Climate Commissioner Connie go hand-in-hand with the climate further reduction in greenhouse age until October. Bank (QIB), country’s lead- equipped to serve the different Hedegaard said. targets for 2030,” Hedegaard told gases, binding for the EU but not “I would say that there are ing Shariah-compliant lender, corporate needs through a range Speaking to journalists at the a press conference in Bonn. “It’s national governments, of 40 per- good prospects for the European achieved big success with the of customised Shari’a Compliant latest round of UN climate talks, inseparable, it goes together.” cent by 2030 over 1990 levels. Council (comprised of heads of attendance of over 50 financial Products and Services like SPOT Hedegaard said the Ukrainian The EU is one of the big players Renewables should account for state and government of EU mem- experts from Qatar’s top com- FX, Forward FX, Islamic FX crisis has reinforced convictions at the UN climate talks, which at least 27 percent of the total bers) standing by their promise panies, said a press statement Swaps, and Hedging solutions. that the European Union (EU) aim to forge a global pact in 2015 energy mix by 2030, the commis- to agree on this in October,” said yesterday. QIB’s Treasurer also empha- must ease its reliance on Russian to reduce greenhouse gases to sion suggested at the time. But Hedegaard. The one-day networking event, sised on the bank’s commitment gas. This meshed with proposals safer levels. the scheme ran into resistance. AFP aimed at providing a meeting to constantly enhance its spec- ground for prominent executives trum of solutions to meet clients’ from many leading companies, increasingly complex needs with was held here on June 4 under the regards to Mueed Shafiq, Head theme “Islamic Banking: Towards of Transaction Banking, talked Innovative Solutions”. about Cash Management products ViCon to manage BIM on Traffic Control Centre Project The event was aimed at pre- such Cash Pickup and Delivery, senting the significant evolution Dividend Payment Management, DOHA: KCT-Al Khayyat commenced as a Syrian com- of Islamic banking over the past Corporate Internet Banking por- Contracting and Trading has pany in 1983. It is involved in the years and it was an opportunity tal and the upcoming new prod- engaged HOCHTIEF ViCon Middle East as a construction, to discuss areas of common inter- ucts and services that the Bank for BIM management and BIM management, development, archi- est between QIB and the Qatari will be introducing within 2014. services for the Traffic Control tecture and engineering firm. companies for their day to day Shafiq also presented Trade Centre Project – CPC05. The Traffic Control Centre financial needs. Bassel Gamal, Finance products - Import ViCon had already supported project, which has started in QIB’s Group CEO opened the Letter of Credit, Export Letters KCT with a 4D Movie for their May 2014, is part of a 409 hectare event, highlighting the change of Credit, Import and Export successful tender for the project’s development for Qatar’s Internal in people’s perception of Islamic Collections, Letter of Guarantees execution phase. Security Forces (ISF/Lekhwiya), banking with the innovations and and highlighted the advantages ViCon’s scope of work will which requires the construc- initiatives QIB and other Sharia- of all these products. The event include BIM management, 3D tion of a new camp facility at Al complaint institutions have also covered an overview of Global modeling, 3D design coordina- Duhail, on the northern outskirts undertaken in the last few years. Islamic Banking by Deloitte ME’s tion, 3D quantity take-off and 4D of Doha. The ISF project will be Hannah Khoury, AGM and Islamic Finance Group Director, visualiation. large in scale, featuring more Head of Treasury, at QIB, talked Dr Hatim El Tahir, and an over- KCT is a general construction than 330 individual building units about Islamic treasury solutions, view of the Qatari economy pre- company which has prominently made up of several different types giving examples of successful sented by QInvest’s Head of Debt emerged as a key construc- of purpose-built facilities. companies that had made the Capital Market, Hani Ibrahim. tion contractor in Qatar having THE PENINSUALA Image of the Traffic Control Centre project. transition to Islamic banking. THE PENINSUALA SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Censured by US exchanges face suit over HF trading IMF, Argentina In HFT, professional traders are able to put orders into market more quickly than investors improves NEW YORK: The American make quick profits at the expense In an interview in Weekend of all others similarly situated”. like much, because the blink of an lawyer who orchestrated a suc- of savers and investors in pen- magazine, Lewis — who is not “This is a case about broken eye is 300 milliseconds. But that’s economic data cessful class action suit against sion funds. The practice is being related to the author of the same promises,” the 40-page document a long, long time in the world of the tobacco industry 20 years tested in a class action suit filed in name whose book Flash Boys begins. It is signed by eight legal HFT.” WASHINGTON: Argentina ago has turned his sights on the a New York court last month by a exposed high-frequency trad- firms. In the interview, Lewis The case was filed on May 22, has made a step toward repair- stock exchanges caught up in number of US legal firms includ- ing to the public — describes his says that the information being and is one of what is expected to ing its relations with the the controversy over high-fre- ing Michael Lewis, the lawyer who court action as “a small skirmish provided by exchanges “was not be a large number of legal cases International Monetary Fund quency trading. led a class action suit brought by against the larger backdrop of the timely or accurate, and wasn’t related to HFT. The 13 exchanges with its reforms to long-dis- HFT is the process by which the state of Mississippi in 1994. vast accumulation of wealth and fairly distributed”, and alleges that involved are yet to file a formal torted economic data on infla- professional traders are able to The team of lawyers he assem- political power”. they were in breach of contract. response in the court. In April, tion and growth. put orders into the stock market bled at that time led to $368.5bn The case in the Southern “The illusory market — the Providence, the capital of the US More than a year after being more quickly than the major- being paid out by 13 tobacco com- District of New York is filed market that the investor sees state of Rhode Island, filed a case censured by the global crisis ity of investors. Putting in these panies to cover the cost of treat- against 13 stock exchanges and when he looks at his monitor — is targeting a number of exchanges lender — the first time it had earlier bets on the market, it is ing illnesses related to smoking in subsidiaries on behalf of Harold anywhere from 1,500 to 900 mil- charged with fraud. taken such an action against alleged, allows professionals to almost 40 US states. Lanier “individually, and on behalf liseconds old. That doesn’t sound THE GUARDIAN any member — the IMF said that Buenos Aires had taken the required first steps toward rem- edying the problem. Walmart meeting “The executive board recog- nised the implementation of all the specified actions it had called S&P hikes credit for at this juncture,” the IMF said, a reference to the sharp revisions in the consumer price index (CPI) and gross domestic rating of Ireland product (GDP) data in February and March. DUBLIN: Standard & Poor’s 2014,” S&P added. “Full-time The Fund said Argentina still revised up Ireland’s sovereign employment grew by 2.3 percent has to implement other cer- credit rating to ‘A-’ with a posi- from the 2013 March quarter to tain actions — which it did not tive outlook from its previous the 2014 March quarter, with the reveal — by September 2014 and ‘BBB+’ assessment, citing the unemployment rate estimated to February 2015 deadlines. eurozone member’s improved have declined to 11.8 percent in “The Fund welcomes the ongo- domestic prospects. May 2014, the lowest since April ing discussions with the Argentine In contrast, the ratings agency 2009.” authorities to improve the qual- held Italy’s credit rating at ‘BBB’, The move was welcomed by ity of Argentina’s official CPI and which is two notches above junk Irish Finance Minister Michael GDP data and stands ready to level, and maintained its negative Noonan, who said he was “con- continue this dialogue, and, more outlook. fident that we are moving in the generally, to further strengthen “The (Irish) upgrade reflects right direction.” relations with Argentina,” it said. our view of the brightening pros- “This upgrade to A- is a very Argentina had vastly under- pects for Ireland’s domestic econ- positive development (and) will reported inflation and skewed omy, which we expect to underpin further drive down bond yields GDP figures for years, in part for further improvements in the gov- and attract further investment domestic political reasons and ernment’s financial profile, capi- in Ireland,” he added. also because it had some domestic tal markets access, and financial S&P was encouraged by the and foreign debt service payments system asset quality,” S&P said economic and financial progress that were indexed in part to the in a statement. The agency also being made in Ireland, which key figures. ramped up its 2014-2016 aver- exited a tough three-year EU-IMF The IMF had repeatedly age GDP growth projections for bailout programme in December warned the country of the need Ireland to 2.7 percent from 2.0 2013. Ireland’s net general govern- to fall in line with standards for percent previously. ment debt was forecast to peak at members to provide accurate “We believe the domestic recov- 127 percent of GDP in 2013, and Walmart Chairman Rob Walton with Walmart eCommerce employees at the company’s annual share- data, and finally took action in ery is broadening and has gath- to fall to 112 percent by 2017. holders meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. February 2013 to officially censure ered pace in the first quarter of AFP the country. AFP S&P holds debt rating of US unchanged at AA+

WASHINGTON: Standard at the end of this decade. government to a halt, and then and Poor’s held its debt rating At the same time, S&P said the extended through a series of for the United States unchanged current ranking holds up given budget and borrowing crises, at AA+ on Friday, nearly three the resilience of the US economy, including one that partially years after dealing Washington policy flexibility, and the unique shut down the government last a historic cut to its top-flight status of the US dollar as the October. grade. world’s leading reserve currency. Even if the warring Democratic S&P said the country’s “polar- The agency praised US actions and Republican parties finally ised policymaking environment to counter the 2008-2009 reces- bridged some differences last and high general government sion and to rebuild the economy December to approve a budget, debt and budget deficits” prevent and financial system since then. S&P said, “more ambitious steps a return to AAA status. It also said that US economic to stem rising medium-term fiscal “A higher degree of political growth is stronger than its peers, pressures do not appear to be in brinksmanship in recent years forecasting a 2.5-3.5 percent the offing.” — that complicates the policy annual rate for the next several “Although both parties agree decision-making process, result- years. But it sees the net govern- on the need to lower the govern- ing in a somewhat weaker ability ment debt burden, around 80 ment debt burden, the discussions to enact reform ù constrains the percent at the moment, holding about how this might be achieved ratings,” S&P said. It also pointed through 2017 and then worsening, are acrimonious.” to the doubling of government without major economic policy S&P was not optimistic that debt since 2007, and its expecta- initiatives. situation would change much tions that while US borrowing S&P dealt the United States through the November 2014 have slowed significantly with an its first-ever cut to its AAA congressional elections to the improved budget picture, debt rating in August 2011 after a November 2016 presidential vote. growth is likely to pick up again political impasse nearly brought AFP

Indian FM meets RBI chief

India’s new Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (left) with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan during a financial stability development council meeting in Mumbai yesterday. SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Internet firms must US economy back on track meet privacy rules: EU Companies like Google, Facebook under spotlight

BRUSSELS: Companies based operations in Europe currently Angela Merkel’s mobile phone, outside the European Union comply with data protection laws provoked indignation in Europe. must meet Europe’s data pro- in the country in which they are “Now is the day for European tection rules, ministers agreed based, which some say leads to ministers to give a positive answer on Friday, although govern- “jurisdiction shopping” whereby to Edward Snowden’s wake-up ments remain divided over how businesses set up shop in coun- call,” Reding said. to enforce them on companies tries with a more relaxed attitude Commenting on Vodafone’s dis- operating across the bloc. to privacy. closure, she said: “All these kind The agreement to force But under the new rules all EU of things show how important it Internet companies such as countries will have the same data is to have data protection clearly Google and Facebook to abide by protection laws, meaning compa- established.” EU-wide rules is a first step in a nies will no longer be able to chal- The reform package, which wider reform package to tighten lenge which laws apply to them in was approved by the European privacy laws — an issue that has court. Earlier this year a German Parliament in March, has divided gained prominence following rev- court ruled that Facebook was EU governments and still needs elations of US spying in Europe. subject to German data protection work to become law despite Vodafone’s disclosure on Friday law even if its European head- Friday’s progress. of the extent of telephone call sur- quarters are located in Ireland. While ministers also agreed on veillance in European countries Facebook declined to comment provisions allowing companies to showed the practice is not limited the agreement. transfer data to countries outside People attend the NYC Startup Job Fair in New York as US employment returned to its pre-recession peak to the United States. The world’s Germany and the European the European Union, there was no in May, confirming that the economy has snapped back from a winter slump. second-largest mobile phone Commission, the EU execu- decision on how to help companies company, Vodafone is headquar- tive, have been highly critical avoid having to deal separately tered in the United Kingdom. “All of the way the United States with the bloc’s 28 different data companies operating on European accesses data since former US protection authorities. soil have to apply the rules,” EU National Security Agency con- That issue was thrown into Alitalia gives initial nod to Etihad Justice Commissioner Viviane tractor Edward Snowden last stark relief by a ruling from Reding told reporters at a meet- year revealed US surveillance Europe’s top court requir- ing in Luxembourg where minis- programmes. ing Google to remove links to ters agreed on a position also been Disclosures that the United a 16-year-old newspaper arti- buyout plan, to continue talks backed by the Court of Justice of States carried out large-scale cle about a Spanish man’s the European Union (ECJ). electronic espionage in Germany, bankruptcy. ROME: Alitalia will press on the airline’s chairman and chief The banks have already Non-European companies with including bugging Chancellor REUTERS with talks to secure a definite executive to finalise a deal. expressed their basic support to deal with Etihad Airways, the The two carriers have been Etihad’s rescue plan, sources close Italian airline’s board decided in talks since December, but a to the talks have said, although at a meeting on Friday, having deal has so far been elusive due details of the debt restructuring Deutsche Telekom to reveal surveillance welcomed the rescue plan pro- to Italy’s reluctance to bow to still need to be defined. posed by the Gulf carrier. Etihad’s strict demands for heavy Options proposed include the LONDON: Germany’s biggest telecoms company should also use transparency to push back against the Italy’s flagship carrier was job cuts and a tough restructuring banks writing off parts of the debt is to follow Vodafone in disclosing the number of use of their technology for government surveillance. kept afloat by a government- of the Italian airline’s debt. and converting the remainder surveillance requests it receives from governments Mobile companies cannot operate without a gov- engineered €500m rescue pack- However as Alitalia is expected into equity. around the world. ernment licence, and have previously been reluc- age last year but risks having to to run out of cash by August, Unions also need to agree to Deutsche Telekom, which owns half of Britain’s EE tant to discuss the extent of their cooperation with ground its planes unless a deal sources said the company, Italy’s proposed job cuts, which Italy’s mobile network and operates in 14 countries including national security and law enforcement agencies. can be struck with Etihad to give government and unions have lit- labour minister Giuliano Poletti the US, Spain and Poland, has already published sur- But Vodafone broke cover by confirming that it the cash to invest in long-haul tle choice but to accept a deal on said this week could be as high as veillance data for its home nation — one of the coun- in around half a dozen of the markets in which it routes and planes. Etihad’s terms. 2,500, almost a fifth of the total tries that have reacted most angrily to the Edward operates, governments in Europe and outside have Etihad, which already has Etihad still needs to secure an workforce. Part of the cuts would Snowden revelations. In the wake of Vodafone’s dis- installed secret listening equipment on its network stakes in Air Berlin and Aer agreement with Alitalia’s credi- be covered by state-sponsored closures, first published in the Guardian, it announced and those of other operators. Lingus, is looking to invest more tors, mainly Italy’s top two lenders layoff schemes. that it would extend its disclosures to every other Under this direct access, wires suck up traffic, than €500m in exchange for a 49 Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit, Alitalia called a meeting with market where it operates and where it is legal. A allowing unfettered access to the content of phone percent stake in Alitalia, sources on how to restructure around unions for June 12, a union source spokeswoman for Deutsche Telekom, which has 140 conversations and text messages, and in some cases close to the talks have said. €700m of the airline’s debt. said. million customers worldwide, said: “We intend to delivering live data about the location of customers. Alitalia’s board on Friday “The negotiations with While unions have stalled talks publish something similar to Vodafone.” They allow surveillance without the usual war- “expressed appreciation” for the banks are still going on,” with other foreign bidders in the Bosses of the world’s biggest mobile networks, many rants, and it means the phone company cannot know Etihad’s proposals, which govern- Tommaso Di Tanno, a member of past, they have signalled their of which have headquarters in Europe, are gathering how many people are being targeted and what the ment sources say include plans to the board of statutory auditors, willingness to negotiate this time for an industry conference in Shanghai this weekend, justification is for any snooping. make the Italian carrier profitable told reporters outside the Alitalia to avert the risk of Alitalia going and the debate is expected to centre on whether they THE GUARDIAN by 2017. The board then mandated board meeting. bankrupt. REUTERS

UPS CEO plans AA’s private equity owners to exit with sale and IPO expansion LONDON: The private equity remaining stake of the private leaving them struggling for an General and Lansdowne Partners. the market still has some jumbo owners of the AA have struck a equity firms expected to give it a exit from an investment already “The AA is a fundamentally debuts in the pipeline, including deal to sell a 69 percent stake in market value of around £1.39bn. seven years old. Private equity strong business and underpinning that of ING’s insurance arm NN in emerging the British motoring organisa- Permira, Charterhouse and firms generally try to get out of our approach is a clear strategy Group, expected to be one of the tion ahead of a planned flotation CVC faced a string of problems their investments four to six years to invest in systems and new biggest European IPOs of the markets later this month, hoping to side- when they listed sister-company after buying in. technologies to further enhance year. step the problems they had list- Saga in May, including contro- They will sell their stakes to a the service provided to our mem- The AA will offer up to 554 mil- NEW YORK: The incoming ing sister company Saga in May. versy over its classification as a management buy-in team led by bers and customers, to steadily lion new and existing shares in its head of United Parcel Service Permira, Charterhouse and specialist retailer rather than an Bob Mackenzie, a former boss of reduce the AA’s existing debt and flotation, it said, without breaking Inc said the world’s largest par- CVC said a group of investors had insurer. The stock priced at the car insurer Green Flag who is to to develop the growth opportu- out exactly how many of each. cel delivery company will con- committed to buying the stake bottom of its expected range and become AA’s executive chairman, nities that we have identified,” The shares will be sold in a so- tinue investing to build capacity for 250 pence a share, or £930m has since fallen well below its issue backed by institutional investors. Mackenzie said in a statement. called accelerated public offering in emerging markets and to ($1.6bn). price of 185 pence, disappointing Those investors, who will A previously hot market for at the announced price, rather expand its services, especially in The AA, best known for its thousands of Saga customers who take on AA’s roughly £3bn of initial public offerings (IPOs) than through a bookbuilding proc- healthcare, its fastest-growing roadside recovery services, will bought into the listing. debt, include Aviva Investors, has cooled somewhat in recent ess which allows investors to bid segment after e-commerce. float in London in the second half The poor appetite also meant Blackrock, CRMC, GLG Partners, weeks, with fashion chain Fat across a range of prices and can Chief Operating Officer David of June at the same price, with Permira, Charterhouse and CVC Henderson Global, Henderson Face pulling its listing the day take several weeks to complete. Abney, 58, named on Friday to the sale of new shares and the decided not to sell any shares, Volantis, Invesco, Legal and before Saga’s debut. However REUTERS succeed CEO Scott Davis on September 1, also said the company would make acquisitions to build its capabilities overseas, and didn’t New sales pitch rule out large deals. Expansion in emerging markets is “our number Sony at top of console one priority,” Abney said. Trade among emerging markets is growing rapidly and UPS expects that eventually 95 percent of con- sales after eight years sumers will be outside the United States. “We’re going to continue TOKYO: Sony have topped fell some 20 percent for the fis- to focus on making those (emerg- worldwide sales of video game cal year, the report said. ing market) investments,” Abney consoles for the first time Nintendo’s console sales said. “Growing internationally and in eight years, a newspaper slid 31 percent as the portable diversifying our customer base are reported yesterday, pipping Nintendo 3DS system failed to extremely important to us.” struggling rival Nintendo entice gamers while the new Wii Davis and Abney said Davis’s and signalling the Playstation U also fared poorly, the Nikkei retirement and succession plan- manufacturer’s comeback. business daily said. ning had been in the works for Sony Computer Sony last topped the console several years, signaling no abrupt Entertainment (SCE) sold sales list in March 2006 but strategy changes for the Atlanta- 18.7 million PlayStation 4 sales of the PS3 came in below based company, which reported (PS4) systems and other game expectations and struggled $55.4bn in revenue last year. consoles for the fiscal year to against Nintendo’s Wii and DS Even as it builds international March, the Nikkei business daily series, the Nikkei business daily capacity, especially in Asia and said, to Nintendo’s 16.31 million said. Latin America, the company’s units. The Nikkei business daily said international package revenue The release of the PS4 in the Sony was expected to stay at has remained steady at just over United States and other mar- number one for the rest of the $12bn since 2011. Capital expen- kets in November propelled year as Nintendo has few note- ditures were about $2bn last year. Sony’s fortunes after a disap- worthy releases planned. Rising demand for drugs and medi- pointing response to the con- Microsoft’s sales rose 16 per- cal devices will create a large rev- sole’s predecessor, the PS3. cent to 11.6 million thanks to enue opportunity for UPS, as aging Almost seven million PS4’s the rollout of the popular Xbox populations and rising income were sold, but Sony’s overall One towards the end of 2013, fuel demand for home delivery of Mascots from Dunkin Donuts pose for photos in front of the Nasdaq market site in Times Square, New York. sales of hardware, including the the Nikkei business daily report healthcare products. REUTERS portable PlayStation Vita, still added. AFP SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Uber’s $18bn valuation America’s labour market is Silicon Valley’s hype BY JAMES BALL has not yet hit the wall riday’s Uber valuation should mark a nadir in tech insan- BY MOHAMED A EL-ERIAN ity: not only has the last sane person in the Valley left approaching — albeit frustratingly slowly The structural camp will focus on the and switched out the lights, but someone probably paid — the precrisis low of 4.4 percent. Yet econ- persistence of long-term unemployment Fhim at least a billion dollars to do it. riday’s highly anticipated US omists have yet to agree on a threshold (still stuck above 4 million), the failure Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists have collectively decided that jobs report sheds light on a cru- beyond which inflation (outside the asset of the labour-force participation rate to a much-impersonated piece of taxi-despatch software – you might cial question for the economy: markets) might become a problem. Nor rebound from unusually low levels, and the know it as Uber – is worth $18bn. Yep, you read that right: a one, How much more can the Federal have they converged on a narrative about an persistent very high unemployment among an eight, followed by nine whole zeroes. Enough money to build Reserve do to stimulate growth important determinant of job creation — the less educated workers. the new One World Trade Center six times over. Enough to give Fand push down unemployment before it runs level and composition of economic growth. Still, the report does provide some useful every one of the USA’s 21.8m veterans $820 each, with change left into undesirable inflationary consequences? Increasingly, neither policy makers nor insights for the Fed, and for market partici- over. Enough cash to make the person who has it the 21st richest Economists have long been engaged in a markets will have the luxury of pursuing pants who have been trading on the back of person in America, just behind Steve Ballmer. discussion about the nature of unemployment multiple narratives. As more jobs are cre- Fed policy. Once again, and despite the solid In reality, almost no-one will even blink at the number, because in the US: Is it more short-term and cyclical, ated, and particularly if the participation rate job creation, earnings growth remains anae- this sort of fantasy is created (and marketed) every day. So long or is it more structural and long-term? In the remains stuck at its multidecade low, the mic. As such, it is hard to make a strong as there are greater fools down the line – prepared to buy into former case, accelerating growth can bring Federal Reserve and investors will have to case that the labour market is getting too the hype and load up on tech stocks – the train will carry on: the unemployment rate back down to where come to a more definitive view of the relative tight overall. There are more jobs to be founders cash in on the venture capitalists, who in turn get rich it was before the crisis. In the latter case, weight of structural and secular headwinds gained before the natural rate becomes a off the backs of our pension funds and 401ks, who load up on these the “natural rate” of unemployment would to America’s labour market recovery. It’s par- binding constraint, and before the current stocks after buying into the West Coast hype. be higher, impairing the economy’s ability to ticularly important for the Fed in the months monetary policy stance goes from being Here’s how that theory works: sure, companies like Uber aren’t create jobs and grow without stoking inflation to come, given the country’s heavy reliance on economically enabling to disruptive. This making much money now. But they’re growing fast and changing beyond the asset markets. monetary policy. It will be one of the impor- validates the Fed’s pivot from focusing on a the world – so, after they have reach, suddenly it’ll be possibly to Until recently, the debate was largely tant determinants of whether history books single job metric to a more holistic assess- turn one’s investment into huge, world-changing profits. academic: Given the depth of the economic end up characterising the current period as ment of labour market conditions. But when you buy a tech stock at a huge multiple – and Uber’s downturn, everybody recognised that there a hand-off to economic lift-off and durable While the period of easy gains in reducing revenues have been (generously) estimated at around $200m were lots of jobs to recover before unemploy- market prosperity, or the preamble to a policy excessive unemployment is behind us, there a year, which makes $18bn a borderline-insane 90x valuation – ment fell anywhere near its natural rate. mistake and a market accident. is still scope for addressing the cyclical com- you’re making a bet that its profits down the line will be vastly Moreover, with political polarisation on So, what does Friday’s jobs report tell us? ponent of a problem that is central to US larger than they are today. In fact, you’re betting that they will Capitol Hill undermining a comprehensive At first blush, it provides some support for economic prosperity and a less unequal soci- be almost unimaginably larger. policy response, there wasn’t much interest both views. The cyclical camp will take com- ety. In a perfect world, our politicians would There is absolutely no reason to believe this is true. Uber has in figuring out how the natural rate itself fort in the solid pace of monthly job crea- use this window to work on the other, more rivals in every market it’s in – both established players fighting could be improved. tion. At 217,000, May’s increase in nonfarm protracted component of the unemployment off the insurgents, and Uber-like rivals with similar software Now, though, the question is gaining payrolls is above the prior two-month aver- problem — that of long-term unemployment. products. Uber and all its rivals are duelling one another for urgency. The widely followed U-3 unem- age of just under 200,000. It takes the total Unfortunately, there is little to suggest that taxis – lowering fares and their percentage takes, even offering ployment rate has fallen to 6.3 percent, number of employed back above the prior this will happen anytime soon. lunch or $500 bonuses to drivers. down from a 2009 peak of 10 percent and peak of 138 million, attained in January 2009. WP-BLOOMBERG That might prove good news for taxi travellers (it also might not), but it’s hard to see how it’s ever going to turn into reliable monopoly profits to support this kind of valuation. The reason that none of us call out each individual company on this sort of nonsense is that everyone’s doing it and getting away with it – Twitter and Facebook both have valuations way out of line with their profits, and have consistently struggled to show any sign that they’re going to be awesome at monetising their users tomor- row when they’re mediocre at it today. Vice’s boss trolls the world claiming his magazine-and-inter- net-video empire is worth $20bn – in a universe where even the Washington Post barely scrapes $250m. Every day we’re told the world is being disrupted, and maybe it is. But where is all this cash actually going to come from? It’s easy to think that this mad exuberance is victimless idi- ocy. It’s not. In any society, in any economy, there’s only so much investment cash to go around. The cash that’s getting thrown at overinflated companies in sunny California isn’t doing anything in the rest of the economy. More and more faith is being put into the idea that the Silicon Valley’s Potemkin village will be the new powerhouse of the US economy. Were the valuations lower, there’d be more cash for other investments which might deliver equal or better returns, like green energy, modern manufacturing, or even staid-but-solid sectors like retail. If tech is over-invested, the rest of the economy gets comparatively neglected. All of that is before we even start to consider the borderline sociopathic business models of many of the latest wave of tech firms. AirBnB – and its users – are battling with the longer-term difficulties of setting up a system that could be said to encourage thousands of people to break the terms of their leases (and others to potentially break hostelling laws) as regulators catch up, while the company beds in for the long-haul. Uber is learning that licensed taxi drivers are hard to mess with around the world. People might like an insurgent, but vested interests fight back – and some regulations are there for a reason. Aggressively breaking them down, as some companies have done, and then asking permission after the fact, only works for so long. There’s a hell of a lot of talent in the Valley, and companies build- ing some brilliant technology. But between the business models, the attitude and the valuations, there’s a risk that this is turning into the worst kind of party. The frat boys have crashed, they’re talking themselves up, having a great time, and hogging all the beer. But we all know how this story ends: sometime soon, someone else is going to be wiping up their vomit. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Mario Draghi will keep markets waiting for ECB action BY PAUL CARREL indicates QE is on the table. But used all the meaningful meas- first and second scenarios, leaving already caught tight by deflation- bubbles and discourage reform in the ECB first wants to assess how ures it has apart from QE. Draghi only a bleaker inflation outlook as ary forces, even if you don’t yet crisis-hit euro states. uropean Central Bank the new measures work - and made clear that after Thursday’s grounds for action. Draghi said in actually have overall deflation Chancellor Angela Merkel was chief Mario Draghi has they will only dribble out over the cuts in interest rates to record Amsterdam the response for this like that which gripped Japan for noticeable in her absence among whetted markets’ appe- rest of this year. lows “for all the practical pur- scenario would be a broad-based many years. Eurozone inflation those congratulating the ECB on Etite for more ECB policy ECB Vice President Vitor poses” the bank had run out of asset purchase programme. slowed to 0.5 percent in May. Thursday. Draghi will meet Merkel action but investors will have to Constancio, a dove on the room to lower them further. “Their own narrative will now “People ask me: is it possible in Berlin next Wednesday, a wait some time before he uses the Governing Council, said on Friday The new package also included start boxing them in. Draghi’s Europe could turn into Japan? German government spokeswoman only real option he has left - a it would take the ECB until a series of measures to pump speeches were very clear,” said The answer is ‘yeah’,” Krugman said, without providing further major asset-buying plan. December to assess whether these money into the sluggish euro- Barwell. “They cannot risk said in Rotterdam on Thursday. details. Securing Merkel’s support First he will want to assess steps had succeeded. zone economy. “Everything has sounding complacent if the situ- The ECB releases its next staff would help Draghi if he wanted to the effectiveness of the loosening Constancio also stressed just been done now,” said RBS econo- ation deteriorates, or we will be inflation forecasts in September pursue QE but his stiffest opposi- package he presented on Thursday how high the bar is to QE: mist Richard Barwell. “The only right back to square one with an - a potential trigger for any fur- tion would likely come from The - rate cuts and measures to pump “If we see a sort of vicious cir- thing they’ve got left now is a appreciating euro and markets ther policy action, should the out- Bundesbank’s Weidmann, Merkel’s money into the sluggish eurozone cle emerge out of (low)inflation broad-based asset purchase pro- questioning their commitment look deteriorate. The new ECB former economics adviser. economy. Then he will also have and an unanchoring of expecta- gramme.” “If we get bad news, the to price stability.” measures include cuts in interest Weidmann, who spent his form- to overcome German resistance if tions and an outward shock that logical response from the market Despite Thursday’s rate cuts rates to record lows, the injec- ative years at the Bundesbank he wants to do anything further. would create a reverse spiral, that will be: you’ve got nothing else, and the announcement of meas- tion of liquidity into the financial before his time with Merkel, is an Bundesbank chief Jens would require a broad programme you’ve got to do QE now.” But the ures to pump money into the system, a long-term refinancing arch-hawk who was the sole ECB Weidmann has already fired a of asset purchases,” he said in ECB may have boxed itself into a sluggish eurozone economy, the operation (LTRO) to encourage policymaker to oppose Draghi’s shot across Draghi’s bows, saying London. corner should the inflation out- euro ended up rising once mar- banks to lend to firms and work signature policy - the OMT it is “absurd” to talk about further The ECB does not expect look deteriorate further. kets had digested the ECB pack- on the ECB buying asset-backed bond-buy plan launched in 2012 policy action. such a vicious circle but it is fac- In an April 24 speech in age, which, in fairness, had been securities (ABS). to back-up the Italian’s pledge to Except for so-called quanti- ing a morose economic outlook. Amsterdam, Draghi set out three widely expected. The LTRO funding offers do “whatever it takes” to save the tative easing (QE) - or money Updated ECB staff forecasts scenarios that would warrant A stronger euro gives consum- will be made in September and euro. printing to buy assets - there is included a cut in the inflation ECB action: a de facto tightening ers in the currency area more December, while the ECB is still “The ECB has acted with a little left in the ECB armoury forecast for this year to a mid- of the bank’s policy stance due to purchasing power over imported working on the plan to buy ABS very broad set of measures,” after Thursday’s announcement point of 0.7 percent from 1.0 per- market tensions, problems trans- goods, exacerbating the bloc’s - so it will take time for the new Weidmann told Germany’s Bild of new measures to try to steer cent in March. The ECB experts mitting its policy to all parts of weal inflation dynamics. Any package to take effect. newspaper. “Now we have to the eurozone away from the eco- saw inflation averaging just 1.5 the eurozone, and a deteriora- policy inaction that drives up the In Germany, this bid to jump- wait and see how the measures nomic quicksand of deflation. percent in the final quarter of tion of the medium-term infla- currency further will only add to start Europe’s economy has been take effect. It would be absurd to Draghi’s comment after pre- 2016 - still below the ECB’s target tion outlook. the ECB’s policy conundrum. greeted with dismay, Draghi’s already start talking now about a senting the package that “we of just under 2 percent. With Thursday’s announce- For Nobel Prize-winning econo- policy denounced as a “risky ther- further set of measures.” aren’t finished here” clearly What is more, the ECB has ments, the ECB addressed the mist Paul Krugman, the ECB is apy” that could fuel US-style asset REUTERS SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday IMF lowers China’s 2015 UK house price inflation highest growth to 7pc since June 2007: Nationwide BEIJING: The International Monetary South Korea inflation rises LONDON: UK house price inflation is German inflation slumps to Fund (IMF) cut its 2015 economic 1.7pc in May running at levels last seen before the growth forecast for China to about Trade deficit widens to 2-year SEOUL: South Korea’s inflation financial crisis, a survey shows. The four-year low 7 percent, but urged authorities to high; 1Q productivity weakens rate rose at the fastest pace May Nationwide House Price Index MADRID: The German annual avoid further stimulus measures and for more than a year in May, on WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit was up 0.7% on the month and up inflation rate fell to 0.9 percent concentrate on curtailing financial the back of higher utility costs, widened to its highest level in two 11.1% on the year, with the 11.1% in May, down from 1.3 percent risks instead years in April as imports hit a record outturn the highest since the same recorded in the previous month of state data showed Tuesday. The high, suggesting trade could be a figure was recorded in June 2007, April, according to preliminary data consumer price index rose 1.7 released by the country’s statistics drag on second-quarter growth. before the financial crisis kicked-in. percent in May from a year ago The Commerce Department said office, Destatis, on Monday. -- the highest increase for 19 the trade gap increased 6.9 percent months, according to Statistics to $47.2bn as imports hit a record Korea. Month on month, the May high. It was the largest deficit since index was up 0.2 percent. April 2012 and followed a $44.2bn shortfall in March.

India’s growth falls short at 4.7 percent Rand slumps to two-month low MUMBAI: India’s economic growth of 4.7 percent for the Australia’s trade balance JOHANNESBURG: last fiscal year, falling short of swings to deficit in April South Africa’s rand the government’s forecast and Brazil’s annual inflation SYDNEY: The Australian stumbled more than 1 continuing a trend of sluggish slightly up; airfares down percent to its weakest Bureau of Statistics (ABS) expansion that helped sweep a new has released trade data BRASILIA: Brazil’s annual in two months against government to power this month. inflation rate edged up the dollar on Monday, as for the month of April, with Australia recording a slightly in May, but food a recent raft of weak seasonally-adjusted trade and transportation prices data rekindled investor deficit of $122 million. The showed further signs of relief, concerns about the ailing result missed analyst’s supporting the central bank’s economy. expectations, who had strategy to hold interest rates expected a trade surplus of for now. $510 million.

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Jazz appoint James’ cramps become hot Snyder as head coach

NEW YORK: The Utah Jazz have announced former Atlanta Hawks assistant Quin Snyder issue, Gatorade apologises as their new head coach, sign- ing him to a three-year deal to replace Tyrone Corbin. Heat’s star unhappy with conditions in game one, hopes to attain fitness It is the first head coaching job for Snyder in the NBA but he had previously coached Missouri at SAN ANTONIO: For the first college level and was an assistant three rounds of the play-offs, with the Hawks this year. LeBron James ran roughshod LeBron James of the Miami “The opportunity to join the over the competition, barging Heat speaks at the San Antonio Utah Jazz and to be part of such through defences like child’s Spurs’ practice facility in San a highly respected franchise with play and picking up field goals Antonio, Texas after the first an incredibly bright future is a like they were on sale at bargain game. RIGHT: James shows great honor,” Snyder said in a prices. his frustration after receiving statement. So the Miami Heat was shocked medical treatment on the “I approach this opportu- when the two-time reigning NBA nity with gratitude and humil- bench during the opening finals Most Valuable Player was ity and am committed to doing game of the NBA Finals. immobilised by leg cramps and everything I can to help the Jazz unable to even take a baby step become a championship-caliber forward late in the fourth quarter team.” of Thursday’s tightly-contested Snyder is the eighth head coach game one of the finals. intravenous drip and salt tablets. 110-95 on Thursday. But all the game. “It was extreme conditions. out of game one late in the fourth in Jazz history and fifth since the “It felt like a punch in the gut “I am pretty sore right now talk after game one was about I never played an NBA game like quarter. franchise relocated to Utah in when you see your leader limping from the muscle spasms,” said the failed air conditioning sys- that with the heat. I looked in The American sports drink 1979. like that back to the bench,” said James, but insisting he will be fine tem which caused temperatures stands and saw every last fan with company Gatorade mocked him “Quin Snyder combines a Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. for today’s game two. to soar to more than 30 degrees a fan waving it, and I knew this on their twitter feed and then unique skillset with several intan- James was still feeling the “I got two and a half bags of Celsius (90 Fahrenheit) inside the was something different,” James apologised and fans using the gibles that makes him the right effects of the leg cramps when IV last night. So obviously I got AT&T Center. said. hashtag #Lebroning are posting fit for our team and approach to he met with reporters after the no sleep.” That created huge difficulties “I sweat a lot... This used to pictures of themselves on Twitter basketball,” Jazz general manager match, revealing that he got very The top-seeded San Antonio for the players, especially James, happen to me a lot in high school. pretending to have leg cramps. Dennis Lindsey said. little sleep the night before after Spurs took a 1-0 lead in the best- who has had a career-long prob- I (have) been tested for it.” Gatorade is official sports drink “We have taken a significant doctors treated his dehydra- of-seven series by beating the lem with staying hydrated in James has taken some heat in of the NBA, but James endorses step forwardfor this franchise.” tion and leg cramping with an two-time reigning champion Heat sweltering conditions like first social media circles for checking their competitor Powerade. AFP REUTERS Clowney in lucrative MLB: Tigers register welcome deal with Houston

TEXAS: First overall draft around the front seven, Crennel pick Jadeveon Clowney and said. victory with Red Sox scalp the Houston Texans agreed to Clowney is eager to get started terms on a four-year deal worth because he believes he has some- NEW YORK: Ian Kinsler seventh sacrifice fly of the season out of the top of the seventh in Baseball Results $22.72m guaranteed, including thing to prove after being so heav- and Torii Hunter hit back-to- for a 6-2 lead. a 4-4 tie. Chicago Cubs 5 Miami 3 a signing bonus of $14.518m. ily criticized after recording only back home runs with two outs Smyly (3-4) gave up two runs Texas added a run when short- Oakland 4 Baltimore 3 Clowney is expected to become three sacks as a junior at South in the fifth inning and Drew (one unearned), walked one and stop Elvis Andrus scored on an Pittsburgh 15 Milwaukee 5 a key chess piece in the Texans’ Carolina last season. Smyly pitched five-hit ball for struck out four. Adrian Beltre sacrifice fly to 3-4 defense under coordinator “I want to learn,” Clowney said. six innings to help the Detroit Texas ace Yu Darvish didn’t center. Rougned Odor smacked Toronto 3 St Louis 1 Romeo Crennel. “I want to be great. Now that I’m Tigers snap a season-worst five- have his shut-em-down best, but a two-run home as part of the Detroit 6 Boston 2 He will play outside linebacker in the NFL, hopefully, I’ll be a game losing streak with a 6-2 for once the Rangers’ bats picked Rangers’ four-run second inning Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 0 in the base defense, then drop Hall of Famer someday.” victory over the Boston Red him up with designated hitter for a 4-0 lead. Tampa Bay 4 Seattle 0 down and rush with his hand Meawnhile, former New York Sox. Michael Choice belting the go- Anthony Rizzo clubbed a walk- Texas 6 Cleveland 4 in the dirt on obvious passing Giants Will Hill signed with the Tigers designated hitter Victor ahead solo home run in the bot- off home run as the Chicago Cubs NY Yankees 4 Kansas City 2 situations. Arena League’s Arizona Rattlers. Martinez greeted reliever Chris tom of the seventh as the Rangers beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 in 13 Houston 5 Minnesota 4 Clowney has the benefit of Hill was waived by the team on Capuano with his 14th home run snapped Cleveland’s six-game innings at Wrigley Field. Rizzo’s LA Dodgers 7 Colorado 2 facing offensive lines that have Monday after reportedly getting of the season to lead off the eighth winning streak with a 6-4 win. homer to right field, his 12th home Atlanta 5 Arizona 2 focused on containing perennial suspended six games for a viola- inning, making it 5-2. Catcher Darvish struck out eight and run of the season, drove in Junior LA Angels 8 Chicago White Sox 4 defensive player of the year can- tion of the NFL’s substance abuse Bryan Holiday tripled and scored gave up four runs but didn’t Lake and was his second go-ahead Washington 6 San Diego 0 didate JJ Watt, who will rotate policy. AGENCIES on center fielder Austin Jackson’s return to the game after getting blast in two days. REUTERS San Francisco 4 NY Mets 2 NHL: Rangers again look for emotional Cup inspiration

LOS ANGELES: The New he got to know St. Louis. The York Rangers, who can claim Kings had been on the brink of to be this season’s team of des- exiting the play-offs when trailing tiny, will seek further emo- San Jose 0-3 but stunningly fought tional inspiration from Dominic their way through to the finals by Moore and Martin St. Louis as beating the Sharks, the Anaheim they vie with the Los Angeles Ducks and the defending cham- Kings for the Stanley Cup. pion Chicago Blackhawks. Back in the Stanley Cup Finals However, the Rangers have also for the first time in two dec- displayed a great deal of grit and ades after Moore and St. Louis resilience en route to series wins rebounded from personal grief to against the Philadelphia Flyers join their team mates on a cham- and Pittsburgh Penguins, both in pionship crusade, the Rangers seven games, and the Montreal trail the Kings 0-1 in the best- Canadiens, in six. of-seven series. During their march to the final, Los Angeles rallied from two they have developed increasingly goals down to win Wednesday’s tight bonds, much of it following opener 3-2 in overtime and, with the personal tragedies experi- Game Two set for today, cen- enced by Moore and St. Louis. tre Moore is well aware of the Moore is in his first season back remarkable ‘comeback’ threat with the Rangers after a year- posed by New York’s opponents. long leave following the death of “They are incredibly resilient,” his wife, Katie, who succumbed Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers during a practice Moore, 33, told reporters about to liver cancer in January 2013. session at the Staples Center yesterday. the 2012 Stanley Cup champions St. Louis’ mother, France, died who this season became the first suddenly during the Eastern team ever to reach the finals by Conference semi-finals against two ago and I think we have a happy, and that is at the rink winning three best-of-seven the favored Pittsburgh Pirates but pretty strong bond because of with their team mates and on series that went the distance. the Rangers, trailing 1-3 at that that and because of the stuff the ice. They’ve both been very “Some of their comebacks in point, rallied around their mourn- that has happened the last two inspirational leaders through- series this year are self-evident ing team mate before going on to months here.” out the whole thing.” of that,” Moore said before adding win the series. Rangers head coach Alain As for Game Two, Vigneault “They are just a team that knows “You definitely think about Vigneault has been delighted promised that his team would how to find ways to win and we’ve that,” Moore said of New York’s to see Moore and dynamic bring their “best game to the got a lot of respect for that. We ability to gain emotional inspira- right wing St. Louis, who was table” in a bid to level. always expected our toughest tion from personal grief. acquired from Tampa Bay “We’re going to be ready,” challenge yet. “Marty and I obviously were at the trade deadline three he told reporters at Staples “They are seasoned and they close before and we played with months ago, find sanctuary Center in downtown Los have won the Stanley Cup with a each other in Tampa. on the ice and become team Angeles. lot of players on this (2014 Kings) “We have always got along leaders in the process. “Our guys need to man- team,” added Moore, who has really well and we have obviously “They’ve found refuge,” said age the puck better, we can played for nine different teams come closer with the stuff that Vigneault and added: play a faster game and that’s during his NHL career, including has happened to both of us. “They’ve found a way to been one of our strengths.” the Tampa Bay Lightning where “He was there for me a year or find a place where they can be REUTERS SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Febbo clinches Qatar Challenge title, Walker falls at last hurdle Great Britain’s Stevens claims third position; Holroyd wins seventh round at Losail International Circuit

DOHA: American driver, Eric championship for the great job,” In the race of the day, the win- Febbo won the Qatar Challenge Febbo remarked. ner of the seventh round was Championship after finishing David Walker, who was consist- Mark Holroyd, who got the pole in third position in the seventh ent and was leader throughout position and lead the race from round of the Qatar Challenge at the championship, finally ended the start until the checkered the Losail International Circuit. in second position with a total of flag and won with a gap of 22.819 Febbo, who drives under the 117 points. ahead of Peter DeVido. QMMF driving licence, scored 120 Walker couldn’t hide his disap- “I was looking to get a good points in the final standings. pointment after the race, on his start and I managed to get first “It was awesome, third place in failure to win the championship into the first corner ahead of Eric the race and winner of the cham- despite leading it since round one. Feboo and after that I just tried pionship,” Febbo said following A mechanical failure in his car to keep my pace and pretend the the race. made him end the race in eight other drivers to chase me,” said “It was a tough battle through- position. Holroyd after the race. out the race, the track was great, The third position went to Tim DeVido, who was second in the Toyo tyres were also great and Stevens, also from Great Britain race, was very happy with the big thanks to Al Muftah and to with an aggregate of 99 points result taking into account the bad QMMF.” from the event. result in the last round.“It was a He expressed content with his “I am very surprised to come fantastic race, I am very pleased performance this season. third in the championship,” with the result.” “It was a real battle with Peter Stevens said after standing on Rashid Al Sulaiti (QMMF and I had a great season this year, the podium. Public Relations Manager) and definitely exceeding my expecta- “The last couple of races have Omar Zaroud, General Manager tions this season over last sea- been amazing, the track condi- of Royal Automobile Club of son. I think it was great for all tions were great and thanks to Jordan distributed the trophies the participants and I want to the QMMF for organising this among the participants. Drivers finishing on the podium in light mood after the presentation ceremony on Friday night. thank everybody involved in the great event.” THE PENINSULA QMMF marks World Environment Day QSBK Season’s Final Round

Riders, marshalls and volunteers along with the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation and FIM International Mishal Al Naimi in action during the practice session the final round of the Qatar SuperBike season. Al Naimi Environment Commission officials hold a FIM Ride Green banner on the starting grid of the Losail International finished third with a time of 2.03.310 in the last round. Alex Cudlin got the last pole position of the season and Circuit to mark the World Environment Day. Sultan Zaher Al Muraikhi, the FIM International Environment is very close in clinching the title for the fourth time at the Losail International Circuit. Meanwhile, German rider Commission official and Rashid Al Sulaiti, the QMMF Public Relations Manager were also present. Nina Prinz is back to the front row of the grid as she got a lap time of 2.02.825 and will start second.

Sullivan to Martinez defends title versus Cotto Qatar burst miss CWG into last-16 NEW YORK: Miguel Cotto will try to become the first four- due to injury division world champion from of FIBA 3x3 Puerto Rico by taking a middle- MELBOURNE: Eamon weight crown from Argentina MOSCOW: Qatar’s national Sullivan has withdrawn from southpaw Sergio Martinez at basketball team confidently the Australian swimming team Madison Square Garden. booked their place in the 16th for next month’s Commonwealth Martinez, the World Boxing round of the prestigious 2014 Games (CWG) due to an ongo- Council champion in the weight FIBA 3x3 World Championships, ing shoulder injury but has set class, has won seven fights in a following a convincing 14-12 vic- his sights firmly on the 2016 Rio row in improving to 51-2-2 with tory over Argentina in Moscow. Olympics. 28 knockouts. The basketball squad opened The triple Olympian had quali- The 39-year-old South their campaign in the event with fied for the men’s 50 metre free- American won the title from Julio a shock defeat at the hands of style for Glasgow but will now be Cesar Chavez Jnr in September of Romania 15-17. replaced by former training part- 2012 at Las Vegas by unanimous However, they bounced back ner Matthew Abood in the team decision and defended it last year strongly and after a tough fight for the July 23-August 3 event. in Argentina with a unanimous they edged out Venezuela 17-16 “It is very disappointing that I decision over England’s Martin in the second play-off before am having to withdraw from the Murray. defeating Lithuania 15-11 in their Commonwealth Games team,” Cotto, 38-4 with 31 knockouts, third match ahead of a win over said Sullivan, who won silver in comes off a third-round stoppage Argentina. the men’s 100m freestyle in the of Delvin Rodriguez last October The team is scheduled to lock 2008 Beijing Olympics. after having dropped his two prior horns against Estonia in the last “This wasn’t an easy decision fights, to Floyd Mayweather and sixteen round. but it has been made with the Austin Trout in 2012. Impressed with the national longevity of my career in mind, Cotto, 33, has been a world team’s performance, Sheikh and with Rio as my ultimate goal.” champion at light welterweight, Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Sullivan was one of the six welterweight and light middle- the President of Qatar Basketball infamous Australian swimmers weight. His welterweight reign Federation (QBF) lauded the his- who were warned for using the was ended when Filipino star toric achievement to reach the sedative Stilnox and indulging in Manny Pacquiao stopped him in last-16 round at this international pranks at their training camp in the 12th round in 2009. basketball gathering. Manchester before the London “It is not only Austin Trout that “We are pleased with this Games. made it a difficult fight for Cotto, achievement which came as a The 28-year-old overcame but Mayweather and Pacquiao as fruit of tangible effort began two shoulder operations to win well,” said Martinez. two years ago, braced the team the national 50m freestyle title “We’ve looked at all of those to win two GCC titles in United from a field featuring James fights, and picked up on different Arab Emirates and Oman along Magnussen to qualify for his third things that have worked against Boxers Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico (left) and Sergio Martinez of Argentina pose on stage during the weigh-in with a third glorious title of Asian Commonwealth Games team. Cotto. Whatever Cotto will do in preceding their WBC middleweight title bout in New York yesterday. Championship in Doha” said the “Whilst my shoulder opera- the ring doesn’t matter to me. I QBF President. tion went well, and I have done don’t care. This fight is definitely “We are proud of the team’s everything in my control to get not going the distance.” -- Freddie Roach is my Scottie to Roach.“The wear and tear of I don’t know what I could do,” high technical level and dazzling myself training at the level I It will be the second fight for Pippen,” Cotto said, invoking two the Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr fight Martinez said. performance and we hope they know is required to compete at Cotto under trainer Freddie stars from the Chicago Bulls’ run ruined Martinez,” Roach said. e “If the fight would have lasted will do the best in the future,” said the Commonwealth Games, it is Roach, who guided Pacquiao over of six NBA titles in the 1990s. fresher fighter.” another two or three rounds, Sheikh Saoud. simply not race ready and I do not Cotto in 2009 but has inspired the “Our chemistry together has been Martinez, who was knocked Chavez would have run out of gas A total of 24 nations divided feel that I will be in a position to challenger with his advice and great.” down in the 12th round and later and I would have stopped him.” into four groups, took part in compete at my best in Glasgow.” predicts an early Cotto knockout. Hand and shoulder injuries hit the canvas again on what was Martinez suffered his only loss the prestigious FIBA 3x3 World Swimming Australia’s director “A lot of people say Michael have kept Martinez out of the ruled a slip, says he has plenty in since 2000 in a majority deci- Championships that will conclude Michael Scott lauded Sullivan for Jordan wouldn’t be Michael ring for 14 months, a sign the the tank yet. “If winning 11 1/2 sion to Paul Williams in 2009 at here today. his decision. REUTERS Jordan without Scottie Pippen champion’s time is done according rounds out of 12 is not impressive, Atlantic City. AFP AGENCIES SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Formula One may drop Rosberg outwits Hamilton practice session

MONTREAL: Formula One, in another cost cutting move, is looking to drop one practice session and trim Grand Prix to grab Canadian GP pole weekends. While the proposal has yet to be approved, team technical directors said following practice Mercedes take seventh pole in seven races; Vettel takes third on grid at the Canadian Grand Prix that they were aware of the plan. “From a technical point of view MONTREAL: Formula One Hamilton, a three times winner we just have to work out how to championship leader Nico in Montreal including the first Canadian Grand deal with it. Do a little bit bet- Rosberg took pole position for grand prix triumph of his career ter homework, you’ve got one less the Canadian Grand Prix yes- in 2007, told reporters. Prix Starting Grid session,” said Ferrari’s Pat Fry. terday, with Mercedes team- “It just wasn’t the greatest Starting grid from the Formula Currently Grand Prix week- mate and closest rival Lewis qualifying session. Sometimes you One Canadian Grand Prix at ends begin on Thursday with Hamilton beaten into second have good ones, sometimes you Circuit Gilles Villeneuve driver media sessions followed by place at a favourite circuit. have bad ones. But it’s great for two practice sessions on Friday 1. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes The pole was the seventh in the team that we’ve got the one- and qualifying on Saturday. seven races for the sport’s domi- two and a really fantastic per- 2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes The proposal would see media nant team, who have won every formance by the team. Let’s hope 3. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault sessions moved to Friday followed grand prix so far this season and we can make history tomorrow.” 4. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes by a single practice session later finished one-two in the last five. In Monaco, Hamilton suggested 5. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes in the day. After controversy surrounded Rosberg had deliberately brought The changes would reduce 6. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault his pole in Monaco two weeks ago, out yellow warning flags at the travel and hotel costs along Rosberg left no room for argu- end of qualifying in an incident 7. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari with wear and tear on expensive ment on a sunny afternoon at the that forced the Briton to slow and 8. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso engines. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. denied him the chance of going - Renault “I think the rationale is to The German, who is four fastest. 9. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren reduce the workload on the cars points clear of Hamilton but has Red Bull’s quadruple world 10. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari significantly through the week- never finished higher than fifth champion Sebastian Vettel, last end and also reduce the con- 11. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India in Canada, pulled out a stunning year’s race winner, will line up sumption of parts, particularly - Mercedes lap of one minute 14.874 seconds third on the starting grid. the power units which are one of to beat the Briton by 0.079. Mercedes-powered Williams 12. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren the major costs for all the teams,” “I know it’s a track where he’s enjoyed a strong qualifying ses- 13. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India said Mercedes technical director very strong,” said Rosberg. sion, with Finland’s Valtteri - Mercedes Paddy Lowe. “That is the concept. “I’m very happy that it worked Bottas qualifying fourth ahead of 14. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault “It is still to be finalised...but out. It’s been a fantastic day and team mate Felipe Massa in fifth. 15. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault the concept to save money.” just through the weekend, pro- Australian Daniel Ricciardo The proposal has already been 16. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari gressing all the time and getting will start on the third row in the agreed to by Formula One’s stronger and stronger.” other Red Bull while Ferrari’s 17. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus Strategy Group, which includes Rosberg had already thrown Fernando Alonso, the winner in - Renault Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes, down the guantlet to his team Canada in 2006 and runner-up 18. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Ferrari McLaren, Williams and Lotus as mate by going fastest with his last year, will line up seventh. 19. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Ferrari well as Bernie Ecclestone and the first flying lap of the third and Earlier, Hamilton set the pace in 20. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Caterham FIA president Jean Todt, accord- final session on the island layout practice for the Canadian Grand - Renault ing to a report by the BBC. and Hamilton failed to meet the Prix. The Briton lapped the island Mercedes’ Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates after It still requires approval by the 21. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Caterham challenge. track in one minute 16.118 seconds winning the pole position during the qualifying session of the Canadian Formula One Commission and - Renault “Nico did a fantastic job today, on an overcast afternoon. F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal yesterday. ratified by the FIA World Motor so congratulations to him,” REUTERS 22. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari Sport Council. REUTERS

Pietersen flops on return to Crane earns clear lead at St Jude Classic County action MEMPHIS: Ben Crane, seek- finishing an opening-round 65 ing his first US PGA triumph Friday morning. Horschel shot St Jude Classic since 2011, fired a five-under 68 in the second round. LONDON: Kevin Pietersen par 65 yesterday to seize a six- Also on five-under was Scores suffered a disappointing return stroke lead at the storm-hit $5.8 American Peter Malnati, who Scores from the US PGA Tour to action in English cricket m St. Jude Classic. had yet to start his second round. St Jude Classic at the par-70 as he scored just five runs for The 38-year-old American Crane sank a 44-foot birdie course yesterday in Memphis Surrey in their five-wicket made six birdies before closing effort at the first hole, added a -12 Ben Crane (US) 18 63 65 defeat against Essex. with his only bogey of the round 22-foot birdie putt at the sev- -6 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 17 67 Pietersen’s flop came in a to finish 36 holes on 12-under 128. enth hole and put his approach Jason Bohn (US) 16 67 domestic Twenty20 clash at Only 32 players completed at the ninth to three feet to set up -5 Davis Love III (US) 18 65 70 the Oval, where the controver- their second rounds at the TPC another birdie at the turn. Billy Horschel (US) 18 67 68 sial batsman was playing for the Southwind before play was Crane followed with a 14-foot Peter Malnati (US) 65 first time on home soil since his halted for the day after hours of birdie putt at the par-3 11th, a -4 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 66 acrimonious removal from the thunderstorms. 10-foot birdie putt at 13 and an J.J. Henry (US) 18 66 70 England team in the aftermath Organisers of the tournament, eight-foot birdie putt at the par-5 Chesson Hadley (US) 18 67 69 of the dismal Ashes whitewash in which was also delayed by inclem- 16th. Kevin Kisner (US) 13 65 Australia. ent weather in earlier stages , But at 18, Crane found a fair- -3 Cameron Tringale (US) 15 68 To add insult to injury for the hope to resume on schedule. way bunker and missed a seven Tim Wilkinson (New Zealand) 15 68 South Africa-born star, who was Crane’s nearest pursuers foot par putt for his first bogey Ian Poulter (Britain) 17 69 reportedly axed by England due on the course were Sweden’s of the event. Jeff Overton (US) 16 68 to the breakdown of his relation- Carl Pettersson and American “I certainly didn’t expect to Chad Campbell (US) 16 70 ship with several senior players, Jason Bohn, each on six-under. be here,” Crane said of his spot Graeme McDowell (Britain) 18 69 68 he had been teased by former Pettersson had one hole to com- atop the leaderboard. “If someone Matt Every (US) 18 69 68 England team-mate Ravi Bopara plete and Bohn two. would have told me a couple days Hudson Swafford (US) 67 on Twitter earlier on Friday. Ben Crane of the US lines up a putt on the 18th green during the second Davis Love and Billy Horschel, ago I would be standing in front of Troy Merritt (US) 67 The Essex all-rounder telling round of the FedEx St. Jude Classic at the TPC Southwind yesterday in Crane’s closest rivals in the a bunch of cameras, I would have Brooks Koepka (US) 67 him; Memphis. clubhouse, were another stroke asked, ‘What did I do?’” Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 1 67 “Don’t let me get you out”. adrift on 135. Love shot 70 after AFP Phil Mickelson (US) 67 That was exactly what hap- pened as Pietersen tried to smash Bopara over the long-on rope but only found the hands of Ryan ten Doeschate for five. Pietersen walked out to the Gerrard revels in captaincy middle to loud cheers, his sea- sonal debut having been delayed MIAMI: Steven Gerrard will his preferred choice which was Cup. “There are two players push- because of a finger injury suffered captain England at a World Cup totally up to him. But for me now ing in every position to get into playing for Delhi. for the second time but believes I know that I’m Roy’s number one the 11 and I don’t think there’s The experienced batsman was Brazil will be the first tourna- captain which is a big confidence much between those two players soon heading back to the dress- ment he holds the role ‘for real’ boost for me,” he said. in every position, he said. ing room. having not felt that previous While Gerrard enjoys having The seasoned campaigner He nudged his way along to five manager Fabio Capello truly the full backing of his manager added: “I think the manager is before trying to go big to Bopara believed in him as skipper. in his captaincy skills he said the probably capable of picking four and Ten Doeschate took a great Liverpool midfielder Gerrard formal position doesn’t change his or five teams for the Italy game catch on the fly. captained England in South behavior as a senior member of a and you wouldn’t see much differ- Pietersen’s failure left Surrey Africa four years ago but only youthful squad. ence in the standard.” struggling to a total of 151 for six after first choice Rio Ferdinand “I’d have still behaved in the “That’s what gives me hope and and Essex made comfortable work was injured and John Terry was same way four years ago (as now). also to know that whichever 11 of the chase, thanks largely to a stripped of the role due to the If I wanted to go and put my arm he picks we’ve got some fantastic thrilling base laid down by Jesse controversy surrounding him at around a player or show a bit of talent on the bench to come in Ryder. the time. authority I’d do it in front of John. when needed. The New Zealander walloped “Capello didn’t believe in me as I’m sure he respected that. “I think they (the young play- a 16-ball 31 before perishing to his number one captain, Roy does. “Just because I’m the captain ers) have brought their form from Kevin O’Brien. I don’t know what it was, I think with the armband on I still want the individual clubs into the set Ryder hit the first ball for four, he did believe in me as a player the likes of Frank (Lampard) and up. That’s what I’ve noticed in the the second for six and accounted and our relationship was totally Wayne (Rooney) and Phil Jagielka training so far and hopefully they for all of Essex’s first 25 runs. fine, I enjoyed working under to be leaders in there with me continue that. Mark Pettini was a junior part- him, but at the time when he and backing me up and we do it “But these players, you talk ner to Ryder and went not long had to pick a captain we had Rio together. But of course I’d rather about how young they are and after, run out for 12. Ferdinand here and John Terry be captain than vice-captain for how inexperienced they are but However, that just allowed Tom as well,” Gerrard told reporters sure,” he added. all I can say is that they are ready Westley (44) and Ten Doeschate yesterday. The 34-year-old says he is rel- to play. That’s the biggest compli- (43 not out) to get the job done in “Maybe he thought they were ishing being part of a young squad ment I can give them and that’s England’s midfielder Steven Gerrard smiles during a press conference at the match. going to offer something differ- that he believes is better than the because of what I’ve seen in train- Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida, yesterday. AFP ent from me or maybe they were one Capello took to the last World ing.” AFP SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Coach Scolari defends hosts Lacklustre win for Brazil after close win Striker Fred nets winner for hosts in 1-0 victory over Serbia SAO PAULO: Luiz Felipe Scolari defended his team’s World Cup preparations after SAO PAULO: Brazil coach Luiz Uruguay in 1950 - Brazil showed sections of the crowd booed his Felipe Scolari shrugged off com- signs of sluggishness. players during a labored 1-0 win plaints from a restless home Their previous outing had been over Serbia on Friday. crowd as his team wrapped up a 4-0 romp Tuesday over a hap- Scolari had opined after their World Cup preparations less Panama side in the provincial Tuesday’s 4-0 waltz over Panama with a 1-0 win over Serbia on city of Goiania. he saw room for improvement and Friday night. But on Friday, in a city beset by would not let that winning mar- A second-half goal from centre- traffic chaos owing to the second gin pull the wool over his eyes. forward Fred secured an uncon- day of a metro strike, was a taller After Fred’s toepoke winner vincing win for Brazil, who were order against a muscular Serbian just saw off the Serbs, the archi- subjected to boos and catcalls by side, who were little troubled in tect of Brazil’s 2002 triumph in sections of their support as they the opening period. Japan decided this time he would struggled to break down the Scolari has not selected Fabiano revert to playing good cop and Serbians. - Fred is his unquestioned favorite protect his side from the critics Scolari brushed off the restive at centre forward. in the stands and the media. reaction of the Sao Paulo crowd But the coach who led Brazil Scolari had noted before the after the win, saying his team had to the 2002 trophy did not shrink game that the five-time world got used to being booed by fans. from making four changes mid- champions often get a rough ride “There were some (boos) in way through the second half and from fans in Brazil’s business hub Goiania as well,” he said, refer- six in all. and Friday was no exception at ring to Brazil’s friendly win over He hauled off Paulinho, Daniel the Morumbi stadium, which will Panama this week. Alves, Marcelo and even Fred not see World Cup action. “They have appeared elsewhere eventually to give some game time “I think we come into the World too when we have played 10 or 15 to Fernandinho, Maicon, Maxwell Cup in good shape. We are keen minutes below what we are capa- and Jo. for things to get started now,” said ble of. As he had promised before- Scolari after a win six days before “It’s normal and the players hand he gave Neymar, who missed the hosts meet Croatia on the don’t take it to heart. I think at a large chunk of the end of the other side of the city at the brand the end, of the 67,000 fans 65,000 season with Barcelona through new, much-delayed Corinthians will go home satisfied.” injury, the full 90 minutes. Arena. A crowd of 67,042 saw However, the striker appeared “We’ve planned well in Fluminense striker Fred slide preoccupied with not suffering advance,” he insisted, adding he an effort home despite being Brazil’s Fred celebrates after scoring against Serbia during a friendly match in preparation for the 2014 FIFA any pre-Cup knocks and featured would take a win however slen- grounded after a challenge to World Cup Brazil, at Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday. Brazil won 1-0. little. Scolari played Oscar at the der as a morale-booster and a goal end stubborn resistance by the start despite giving him camp however scrappy - Fred produced Serbians, who kept Brazil starlet leave ahead of the birth of his a similar from-the-deck finish Neymar in check throughout. time to find their rhythm. As Serbians, with Manchester City Luis Fabiano, now 33 and not in first child in midweek, meaning in the Confederations Cup final The visitors took to the pitch midfielder Oscar admitted after- star Aleksandr Kolarov getting the squad though he has man- Chelsea teammate Willian had to against Spain last year. wearing shirts bearing the legend wards to Globo TV: “It was tough. the better of Barcelona fullback aged a goal every other game in warm the bench for the opening “Both teams went for it and I “Serbia needs Help” after heaving Serbia played very well and peo- Dani Alves before firing in an 45 appearances. period before entering the fray. was very impressed with Serbia,” flooding in May left some 50 pre- ple will now hope things go better effort just off target. With just six days to go before Dortmund’s Milos Jojic almost said Scolari. When I saw their ople dead. against Croatia. I am sure they Fans swiftly grew impatient they begin their quest for a sixth bagged an equalizer but his header line-up at the start I knew it But it was Brazil who were will.” and some started to demand World Cup title -- but first at 18 minutes from the end struck would be a tough match to win.” floundering early on as they took The first chance fell to the Scolari turn to former striker home after their failure against the woodwork. AFP Scolari brushed off the restive reaction of the Sao Paulo crowd after the win, saying his team had Greece down Bolivia got used to being booed by fans. “There were some (boos) in Goiania as well,” he said, refer- ring to the Panama match. in World Cup tune-up “It’s normal and the players don’t take it to heart. I think at HARRISON, United States: Salpingidis fired a cross into the the end, of the 67,000 fans 65,000 Greece, backed by a partisan area that Kone headed past goal- will go home satisfied.” crowd at Red Bull Arena, scored keeper Romel Quinonez into the Asked to explain his substitu- once in each half to beat Bolivia right corner for a 1-0 lead. tion of Oscar, who enjoyed camp 2-1 on Friday in their final Greece doubled the margin in leave earlier in the week to attend World Cup tune-up match. the 53rd when Katsouranis deliv- the birth of his daughter, to give Panagiotis Kone and Kostas ered a well-judged header off a 45 minutes to Chelsea team-mate Katsouranis scored for Greece - corner kick into the back of the Willian, Scolari said pithily: “I am who open their World Cup cam- net. Bolivia pulled a goal back in the guy who picks the team. I am paign in Brazil on June 16 against the 69th when Greek goalkeeper the guy who is paid for that. Colombia - but a goalkeeping gaffe Orestis Karnezis couldn’t get his He added: “I have good players allowed Bolivia to pull one back hands on a shot by Rudy Cardozo. in Oscar’s position,” to give him a late in the game. Meanwhile, Ten-man Costa range of options in midfield. Greece coach Fernando Santos Rica played to a 1-1 draw with “I have an excellent team,” opted to keep star forward Kostas Ireland on Friday in the Ticos’ Scolari concluded. Mitroglou on the bench and start final friendly before they head to But he warned that everybody his backup, Theofanis Gekas, who the World Cup finals in Brazil. in the squad now had to put their missed three good scoring chances Costa Rica had been hoping for tournament faces on and “that before he was replaced in the 65th a morale-boosting victory after requires a lot of sacrifice,” he minute. falling 3-1 to World Cup-bound stressed. Striker Hulk said it was But the win will no-doubt Japan on Monday. normal the players would not nec- boost the 2004 European cham- Ireland, who didn’t qualify for essarily hit the heights all of the pions’ confidence as they ended a the finals, will test another World time as they look to hone their goal drought that had stretched Cup-bound team on Tuesday when performances for the Cup ahead through three matches. they play Portugal at MetLife of pool matches against Croatia, That included goalless draws Stadium in East Rutherford, New Mexico and Cameroon. against Portugal and Nigeria in Jersey. Costa Rica will open their “This is normal -- we are com- World Cup warm-ups in the past World Cup campaign against Former football star Zico, in blue T-shirt, poses with referees and assistant referees after the last referee train- ing off some very tough training week. Uruguay on June 14 and will also ing seminar prior to the start of the 4 World Cup at the Centro de Futebol Zico (CFZ) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, sessions. We have to make sure The drought ended in the face Italy and England in Group on Friday. everything is right on the nail 20th minute when Dimitrios D. AGENCIES come June 12,” he said. AFP Germany’s Reus out of World Cup, Mustafi called up

BERLIN: Germany’s World the anterior ligament above his had been convincing in our train- opener with the Germans on June Cup hopes suffered a severe left ankle on the eve of the team’s ing camp, he is fit and we have full 16 France and Germany were not blow yesterday when midfielder departure for Brazil. confidence in him the only teams struggling with Marco Reus was ruled out of “Both for him and for us it is Reus joins France star Franck injury concerns. the tournament due to an ankle extremely bitter,” coach Joachim Ribery who was ruled out of the Colombia have already seen tal- injury sustained in their final Loew told reporters. “Marco was World Cup on Friday. ismanic striker Radamel Falcao warm-up game. in top form and both in the train- Ribery’s withdrawal came after ruled out of the tournament after Germany, who take on Ghana, ing camp and in the friendlies the Bayern Munich winger pulled he lost his battle to recover from Portugal and United States in against Cameroon and Armenia up in pain with a back injury at a serious knee injury. Group G, left for Brazil yester- left an outstanding impression. France’s Clairefontaine training Falcao, who has scored 20 goals day with 22-year-old Sampdoria “He had played a central role in camp on the outskirts of Paris. in 51 international appearances, defender Shkodran Mustafi book- our planning for Brazil.” France manager Didier suffered knee ligament damage in ing an unexpected last-minute The lightning-quick Reus, Deschamps confirmed the a French Cup tie in January and ticket following Reus’s injury. who enjoyed a superb season at 31-year-old would miss the tour- has not played since. “I do not have the words to Dortmund, was seen as a key nament along with Lyon mid- Spain too have been waiting on describe what I am feeling at the player in Germany’s quest to fielder Clement Grenier, who had the fitness of champions Atletico moment,” Reus said in a state- claim their first international title been nursing a thigh injury. Madrid’s Brazil-born striker ment issued by his club Borussia in 18 years. “We had stepped up (Ribery’s) Diego Costa, who is battling an Dortmund. Mustafi, who won his only cap level of work this week and it was ongoing hamstring problem that “A dream burst in just one sec- in May against Poland, was sur- in a training session this morn- forced him off in the early stages ond and now I need to look for- prisingly part of the provisional ing, before even he could join of last month’s Champions League ward, be professional about my squad but missed the cut as one team training, which involved final. recovery because I have to keep of three players omitted from the him running and stepping up England meanwhile also going. I will come back stronger final squad earlier this week. his routine that he pulled up have injury concerns, with Alex than before. “It was not about replacing with a sharp pain in his back,” Oxlade-Chamberlain limping out Germany’s Marco Reus (right) lies on the pitch after picking up an injury “My best wishes to the whole Marco Reus in the same posi- Deschamps said. of Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with during the international friendly match against Armenia at the Coface team to achieve our goal without tion,” Loew added. “We have a lot Ribery’s withdrawal deprives Ecuador with a knee ligament Arena in Mainz, Germany, yesterday. Germany are preparing for the 2014 me.” of quality in that position and a France of their prime attack- strain. FIFA World Cup in Brazil from June 12 to July 13. Reus, who scored 16 goals in the lot of options with Lukas Podolski, ing focal point, who a year ago The injury has left the Arsenal Bundesliga last season, most by Andre Schuerrle, Mario Goetze, cemented his position as one of star struggling to be fit for any midfielder, turned his ankle Thomas Mueller, Mesut Ozil, world football’s top talents. England’s June 14 Group D meet- over a shoulder injury suffered by said they expected the forward shortly before the break in their Julian Draxler and Toni Kroos. With Portugal star Cristiano ing with Italy in Manaus. Barcelona’s Alexis Sanchez. to line up for the team’s opening 6-1 victory over Armenia on “That is why we decided for an Ronaldo also struggling to be fit There was better news for Chile Scans revealed only a moderate Group G game on Friday. Friday in Mainz, partially tearing option in defence and Shkodran in time for his country’s Group G however who had been fretting inflammation and Chile officials AGENCIES SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Japan edge Portugal seal late Zambia 4-3 in last warm-up

TAMPA: Yoshito Okubo net- ted the winning goal in stoppage win over Mexico time to give bloodied Japan a 4-3 victory over Zambia on Friday in the Asian champions’ final Alves nets match winner in injury time World Cup warm-up match. AC Milan striker Keisuke Honda scored two goals and FOXBOROUGH, United said Bento. “We still have a few Portuguese were also missing Manchester United forward States: Coach Paulo Bento mistakes that we need to correct through injury key defender Pepe Shinji Kagawa added another, but admitted there was work to do before the World Cup,” he added. and experienced midfielder Raul it took second-half entrant Okubo after his Portugal side missed Mexico, playing their last Meireles. to send Japan to Brazil with a 3-0 the firepower of Cristiano friendly before heading to Brazil, Yet they began to dominate in mark in tune-up friendlies. Ronaldo in snatching a 1-0 have their problems too. front of the 56,000 crowd at the Japan fell behind by two goals friendly win over fellow World They dropped striker Javier impressive Foxborough home of and saw a bloody gash opened Cup qualifiers Mexico on Hernandez after he failed to the NFL’s New England Patriots, over the left eye of striker Shinji Friday. fire in a 1-0 defeat to Bosnia on Eder drawing another save Okazaki in the 18th minute, but Sweating on the fitness of tal- Tuesday, but neither Giovani from Corona with a first-time they rallied behind their star isman Ronaldo with the Brazil Dos Santos nor Oribe Peralta did snapshot. attackers for the victory. showpiece just six days away, enough to suggest they can trou- Meanwhile, Spain manager Honda scored on a penalty Portugal could only draw 0-0 with ble the hosts on June 17. Vicente del Bosque dispelled any kick in the 40th minute, Kagawa Greece last weekend and were Coach Miguel Herrera was lingering doubts about the fitness netted the equalizer in the 73rd hanging on for another goalless upbeat despite a second narrow of Brazil-born Atletico Madrid minute and Honda flicked in a stalemate. defeat on the bounce. striker Diego Costa, saying he centering pass in the 75th minute But deep into injury time, up “Even if you lose this way, it’s would start in the friendly against for a go-ahead goal. popped stand-in skipper Bruno only a friendly,” he said. El Salvador. Zambia answered when Alves with a thumping header “We have a week to analyze Costa has battled an ongoing reserve teen midfielder Lubambo to seal a victory Portugal barely where we failed and where we hamstring problem that limited Musonda scored in the 89th deserved. need to adjust. We need to focus him to just nine minutes in the minute, his outside attempt Manchester United winger on better results but I like what Champions League final defeat to deflecting high and over Japan Nani had been anonymous, while I’m seeing and how the team is city rivals Real. goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa. gangly forward Eder failed to con- functioning. But Del Bosque said his “medi- That set the stage for Okubo’s vince, leaving Bento with plenty “The goalkeeping tonight cal issue is solved” and Costa game winner, as the midfielder to ponder ahead of Tuesday’s from Portugal was amazing will play in Spain’s last warm- took control of a long centering final warm-up match with the and if we could have scored it up match before they depart for pass at the top of the penalty area Republic of Ireland. would have been an almost per- Brazil and the defence of their and blasted in a shot with his left “We struggled, mainly at fect game.” World Cup crown. foot on the next stride. the beginning, with Mexico’s Mexico enjoyed the better of “We’re very happy with how Japan will try to carry that attacks,” said Bento, whose side the openings to both halves and things have gone, and those who momentum when they fly to face Germany in their World Cup had the ball in the net after just had minor injuries -- Juanfran, Brazil on Saturday, a week before opener on June 16, followed by two minutes, but Hector Moreno Costa and (Xabi) Alonso -- are Marseille’s Brazilian forward Fernandao training at La Commanderie, opening World Cup play against USA and Ghana in a very com- was ruled offside after prodding well,” Del Bosque said. Marseille’s training ground in this March 5, 2003 file picture. Fernandao Ivory Coast with later Group C petitive Group G. the ball in. They will open their title died in a helicopter accident on Friday in Brazil, his former club Porto matches scheduled against Greece “It’s going to be a balanced Portugal responded when defence in Salvador on June 13 Alegre announced. The swashbuckling striker led Internacional to Copa and Colombia. group with four strong teams so Vieirinha had their first shot on against the Netherlands -- the Libertadores and World Club Cup triumphs in 2006. He was 36. The heli- Japan, ranked 30 spots above it’s going to be very difficult for target in the 14th minute, Mexico team they beat in the 2010 final in copter crashed with five people on board and none survived, according Zambia by FIFA at 46th in the us, but we will fight to the end keeper Jesus Corona turning the South Africa. They will also face world, fell behind 2-0 before fight- to news reports. Fernandao played 190 times for Porto Alegre club and to achieve our first goal, which ball round his near post. Chile and Australia in Group B. ing back. Kagawa’s pass attempt scored 77 goals. He also managed the side in 2012. is to reach the knockout phase,” As well as Ronaldo, the AGENCIES from the right side of the pen- alty area was deflected by the right arm of Zambian defender Portugal’s forward and Emmanuel Mbola, setting up a captain Cristiano Ronaldo penalty kick that Honda slid to trains in Florham Park, New Jelavic sinks Socceroos, the right and just inside the post. Jersey, yesterday. Kagawa knotted the score when he sent a right-footed cross into the heart of the penalty area aim- ing for Honda, who was delayed Cameroon edge Moldova by a defender and missed the ball. Zambia goalkeeper Toaster SALVADOR, Brazil: Nikica challenge from Australian right- Mark Bresciano came on for Nsabata, who was anticipating Jelavic gave Croatia a 1-0 win back Ivan Franjic and went down Cahill with 24 minutes left and a move from Honda, could only over Australia in a warm-up in pain to be stretchered from the showed his composure and expe- helplessly watch the ball bounced game on Friday ahead of their field and out of the game. rience on the ball which the into the goal to his left. World Cup opener against hosts The 18th-ranked Croatians Australians will need in their Shortly after that, Honda put Brazil next week. took time to settle against the daunting first Group B game Japan in front for the first time, The Hull City striker broke the robust Socceroos but took control against Chile in Cuiaba on June setting up the dramatic finish. deadlock in the 58th minute after of the friendly in the second half, 13. Japan was troubled early by he benefited from a deflected ball dominating possession with their Meanwhile, Midfielder Edgar the 2012 African Cup of Nations and slotted home unmarked in precise intricate passing. Salli scored the only goal as winners. Okazaki collided with the penalty area. The Australians, chasing their Cameroon completed their World Nsabata in the 18th minute, the Jelavic’s goal came after first win in 14 attempts in South Cup warm-up programme with African’s fists opening a bloody delightful interplay between Real America, had their best period of a 1-0 win over Moldova in front gash above the Japan striker’s left International Madrid playmaker Luka Modric the game early on with New York of their home fans in Yaounde on eye as both tried to reach a high Ronaldo returns and Inter Milan’s Mateo Kovacic Red Bulls’ Tim Cahill putting Saturday. ball falling near the top of the Friendly Results on the fringe of the penalty area. himself about. The narrow margin of victory penalty area. to boost Portugal Greece 2 (Kone 20, Katsouranis 53) Bolivia Modric was brought off Skipper Mile Jedinak put in 74 failed to reflect the dominance of Both players stayed on the 1 (Cardozo 69) moments later by manager minutes in his first run since a the home side who also hit the ground for several minutes but World Cup hopes Costa Rica 1 (Borges 64-pen) Ireland 1 Niko Kovac unscathed ahead of groin injury playing for Crystal post in the first half through remained in the game, Nsabata (Doyle 18) Croatia’s opening Group A match Palace in the final day of the Achille Webo. with a bandage over a small cut Japan 4 (Honda 40-pen, 75, Kagawa 73, with Brazil in Sao Paulo on June English Premier League season. Salli’s goal came on the half- and Okazaki after a bandage was FLORHAM PARK, United Okubo 90+1) Zambia 3 (Katongo 9, Sinkala 12. But the 62nd-rated Socceroos, hour mark. It was the second win wrapped around his head. 29, L. Musonda 89) States: Cristiano Ronaldo But Croatia may have lost their the lowest ranked team at the in four preparatory games for the Zambia captain Christopher Brazil 1 (Fred 58) Serbia 0 handed Portugal a huge boost left-back Danijel Pranjic with an World Cup, tailed off in the sec- Indomitable Lions, who depart Katongo opened the scoring in Germany 6 (Schuerrle 52, Podolski 72, yesterday as he returned to Hoewedes 73, Klose 77, Goetze 82, 89) ankle injury midway through the ond half and rarely threatened on Sunday for the tournament in the ninth minute, the midfielder training after leg injuries that Armenia 1 (Mkhitaryan 69-pen) first half. as Croatia began to take charge Brazil, where they will compete in racing past Japan defender Atsuto had threatened to wreck his Russia 2 (Berezutsky 29, Zhirkov 58) The Panathinaikos wide player and got themselves into a passing Group A against the host nation, Uchida to the far post and head- World Cup. Morocco 0 appeared to roll his left ankle in a rhythm. Croatia and Mexico. AGENCIES ing in a deflected ball. AFP The star forward has been struggling for weeks with thigh and knee injuries that forced him out of Portugal’s last two warm- up matches and raised fears he FIFA finds a field of dreams in China might miss the start of the Brazil tournament. ZIBO, China: Images of a World Cup in Brazil later this multi-million dollar museum cuju emerged, including a Greek that they were the originators of Portugal kick off their World beaming FIFA President Sepp month. later this year. Different types of game known as episkyros. football.” British football author Cup campaign against Germany Blatter and a small blue certifi- China has only appeared at one cuju existed in ancient China, but An ancient stone carving Jonathan Wilson agreed, say- on June 16 in Group G, which also cate in the Chinese city of Zibo final tournament, in 2002, when the competitive game still played at the Acropolis Museum in ing that the 1863 rules “were features the USA and Ghana. proclaim it as the birthplace of they lost all three of their group today involves keeping a leather Athens shows a naked Greek then spread across the world by The 29-year-old Ronaldo took football, to the fury of English matches and went out without ball stuffed with feathers off the athlete balancing a ball on his British sailors and traders”. part in training with the rest of experts. even scoring a goal. ground without using arms or thigh, and some say episkyros “At no point did they come the Portugal squad in New Jersey, A map in Zibo’s Qi State But millions of fans will be hands, before heading or kick- evolved into a game played by upon a local form of football that in the United States, and could be History Museum shows a thin watching the tournament and in ing it though a hole above head the Romans, called harpastum, needed to be eradicated before in line for a return to competitive line stretching from China to Zibo - the modern city on the site height. which was then transported to the British game could take root,” action on Tuesday in a friendly Egypt, then to Greece, Rome of the ancient Qi state’s capital A gladiatorial version with Britain. he said. with Ireland. and France, before finishing in Linzi - football is booming. much physical contact emerged There the modern game “Rather foreign cultures took Training was a tepid affair, with England, commonly known as the Statues of cuju players stand in the Warring States period was born when the Football on those laws and interpreted Ronaldo and his teammates doing home of football after the rules on street corners and posters on which unified China almost 2,500 Association rules, drawing on a them in their own way.” stretching and passing drills for were codified there in the 19th bus shelters depict the supposed years ago, and was popular with public school mob game, were Eyebrows were raised when the media. century. forebear of the modern game. soldiers exercising their legs after written by Ebenezer Cobb Morley FIFA came out in support of The Portuguese have toiled in The track represents the path “I really like Sepp Blatter,” days on horseback. in 1863, and have since changed China’s claims. the Real Madrid ace’s absence, of football’s development, accord- beams Zhu Shuju, vice director But experts outside China very little. “Blatter sees his brief to make drawing 0-0 with Brazil-bound ing to the museum, with the at the separate Zibo Football believe there are huge differ- For British historian Tom football the richest sport in his- Greece last weekend and laboring certificate -- signed by Blatter Museum, which pays homage to ences between cuju and modern Holland, football began in the tory and he has already achieved against fellow World Cup qualifi- -- honouring China as “the cradle the sport’s history and gives huge football. 19th century. that,” said Cashmore, whose book ers Mexico Friday before grabbing of the earliest forms of football”. prominence to Blatter and other “I find it absurd to suggest “I’m afraid I don’t know any- “Football’s Dark Side” explores a 1-0 victory in injury time. But international experts are FIFA officials. ancient Chinese had comparable thing about the classical origins corruption in the game. Experienced midfielder Raul sceptical of such claims, pointing “He is very popular here,” she mentalities as football enthu- of football, for the simple reason “But to maintain its commer- Meireles also trained with the to a “tenuous” link between the added, surrounded by images of siasts today,” Ellis Cashmore, they don’t exist,” he said. cial dominance, he needs to keep full squad yesterday, while key ancient Chinese game of cuju and Blatter and with a video of his professor of culture, media and “Kicking something around is conquering new territories. defender Pepe, who missed his the modern sport, and question- speech confirming Zibo’s sta- sport at Britain’s Staffordshire an obvious human activity,” he “China is obvious: huge ter- club Real Madrid’s Champions ing FIFA’s motives. tus continuously looping in the University said. added. “That various peoples, ritory, an economy that’s been League victory because of injury, Despite its long supposed foot- background. “So the link is tenuous.” in various parts of the world, growing like a blur and a popu- stepped up his return but remains balling history, China’s national Zibo has invited Brazilian Historians say other ball sports may or may not have engaged lation that has already shown on a separate rehabilitation pro- team failed to qualify for the superstar Pele to open a new existed around the same time as in such activities, does not prove enthusiasm for the sport.” AFP gram. 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Factbox on Maria Sharapova Born: April 19, 1987 in Nyagan, Russia Grand Slam Titles Five: Wimbledon (2004); US Open (2006); Australian Open (2008); French Open (2012, Maria Sharapova 2014) of Russia (left) Making Her Name receives the championship tro- Born in Siberia, moves to Black Sea coastal resort of Sochi aged two. phy from former champion Chris Moves to Florida in 1996 to train at Nick Evert after defeat- Bollettieri’s Tennis Academy in Bradenton. Sharapova’s father Yuri moves to U.S. with ing Simona Halep her but mother, Yelena, has to stay in Russia of Romania in the due to visa restrictions. women’s final of Turns professional in 2001. the French Open at Roland Garros Tennis Career in Paris, France, Wins first tour title at Tokyo in 2003. Finishes yesterday. RIGHT: inside top-50 for first time. Halep holds Becomes first Russian woman to win the runner’s-up Wimbledon in 2004 aged 17, beating defend- trophy. ing champion Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4 in the final. In August 2005 becomes first Russian woman to reach the top of the world rankings. Wins her second Grand Slam after defeat- ing second seed Justine Henin 6-4 6-4 in the 2006 US Open final. Beats Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-5 6-3 in 2008 to win her third Grand Slam title, and first Australian Open. Regains number one ranking by beating Petra Kvitova in their semi-finals at Roland Garros in 2012 before defeating Sara Errani 6-3 6-2 in the final to complete her collection of Grand Slam trophies. Sharapova reigns supreme Wins a silver medal in her Olympic debut at the 2012 Games in London, losing the gold-medal match against Williams 6-0 6-1. Wins fifth Grand Slam title at 2014 French Russian beats Halep in marathon final to win second French Open title Open.

PARIS: Maria Sharapova won career sweep of all four Grand her second French Open title Slam titles in Paris in 2012 in three years at Roland Garros before losing to Serena Williams yesterday, defeating Romania’s last year, also moved to number Nadal, Djokovic Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 two on the all-time prize money in a gripping final, the first to go earnings, with only the American the full distance in Paris in 13 ahead of her. years and the second longest on But it took all her legendary record. grit and resolve to recover from target history It was the 27-year-old Russian’s the loss of the second set on a tie- fifth Grand Slam title, bringing break after she had stood just two PARIS: Rafael Nadal and take the Spaniard out of his com- her level with Martina Hingis points away from the title at 5/3. Novak Djokovic clash for a 42nd fort zone on the Philippe Chatrier on the all-time list and it came “It’s the toughest Grand Slam time today with the French court where he has only lost once, 10 years after she won her first final I have ever played,” said Open title and a place in the a fourth round exit to Robin major at Wimbledon 2004. Sharapova. record books at stake. Soderling in 2009. Sharapova, who completed a “I can’t believe that at 27 I have World number one Nadal hopes “It’s a very wide and very big won the French Open more times to wrap up a ninth triumph in court. He likes to have that visual Women with most than any other Grand Slam.” nine finals in Paris and take his effect, as well, because it appears The consolation for Halep, record to 66 wins and just one that he gets every ball back,” said Grand Slam singles whose meteoric rise to the top defeat. Djokovic. bracket in women’s tennis over Victory would also make the “He feels more comfortable wins the last 18 months has projected 28-year-old the first man to win when he plays on the bigger court. her as a potential champion, was Roland Garros five years in a row That’s one of the reasons why he’s PARIS: Women’s Grand Slam that she will climb to a career- and give him a 14th Grand Slam so successful here. singles titles winners after high third in the world rankings. title, just three behind the record “But we played some really Maria Sharapova won her The two finalists reached the of 17 held by Roger Federer who close and good matches, good fifth major at the French Open championship match in starkly is nearly five years older. quality matches the last two years yesterday: contrasting styles. Djokovic, who has six majors to here, especially the one last year 22 - Steffi Graf (GER) Fourth-seeded Halep did his name, needs a Roland Garros serving at 4-3 in the fifth set to go 18 - Martina Navratilova (USA), Chris Evert (USA) not drop a single set in her six trophy to become just the eighth 5-3. It was a very close one. 17 - Serena Williams (USA) matches, while seventh-seed man in history to have won all “And knowing that I was that 11 - Margaret Court (AUS) Sharapova needed to battle back four Grand Slam events. close to win against him the past from first set losses in her three He also has the advantage of two years gives me that reason 9 - Monica Seles (USA) previous outings. having defeated Nadal in their to believe that I can make it this 8 - Billie Jean King (USA) But experience was massively last four meetings, including on time. He’s not unbeatable.” 7 - Venus Williams (USA), Evonne Goolagong on the Russian’s side. This was clay in the Rome Masters final The rivalry between the two Cawley (AUS), Justine Henin (BEL) her ninth Grand Slam final dating last month. men stretches back to 2006. 5 - Martina Hingis (SUI), Maria Sharapova (RUS) back 10 years, while Halep was The momentum, however, Their first meeting was in the 4 - Kim Clijsters (BEL), Hana Mandlikova (CZE), playing in her first at the age of appears to be with Nadal who quarter-finals at the French Open Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (ESP) 22. allowed Wimbledon champion when Djokovic retired with back Sharapova also towered over Andy Murray just six games in trouble. Recent French her opponent at 1.88 metres (6 a brutal semi-final demolition on Since then they have fought feet 2 inches) compared to Halep’s Friday. out a series of classic battles, 1.68 metres (5 feet six inches). Sharapova (right) and Halep pose with their trophies. “It’s nothing new for Novak to most notably the 2012 Australian Open Women’s It was yet another shaky start be in the final here. He has the Open final which lasted almost six from Sharapova as the final got motivation to win Roland Garros hours. Champions underway on a sun-splashed and serve once more let her down and double faults to start the next for the first time for sure,” said That match won by Djokovic PARIS: Recent French Open sultry centre court. the Romanian broke back. game had Sharapova looking anx- Nadal who has won their last was played under the Melbourne women’s champions after She dropped serve in the first Halep though was unable to ious, but she compensated with three Grand Slam meetings and floodlights whereas today’s Sharapova won the 2014 title game and was soon 2-0 down, but level the score as she dropped some hefty hitting off both flanks all four of their previous encoun- final is expected to be greeted yesterday: the Russian promptly found her serve for the third time, hand- to regain the lead. ters at Roland Garros. by bright sunshine and tem- 2014 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) range and she was back level after ing Sharapova the set in 57 Three games later the Russian “But at the same time, he has peratures pushing towards the a thrilling fourth game that saw minutes. squandered two break points the pressure to win for the first 30-degree mark. 2013 - Serena Williams (USA) several deuces and some big hit- Sharapova opened the second to serve for the match and she time.” No wonder Nadal was all 2012 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) ting from both ends. set with a confident love game on played a sloppy service game to Djokovic was defeated by Nadal smiles. 2011 - Li Na (CHN) In what was developing into a serve and then came out on top follow allowing Halep to break in the 2012 final but came desper- “For me it is much better when 2010 - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) final of the highest quality, the in another lengthy deuce tussle to from 15-40 down. ately close to beating him in the the weather is like today. My ball 2009 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) first five games all went to deuce, move 2-0 ahead. Halep was twice unable to serve semi-finals in 2013 when he led creates more topspin. The ball 2008 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) but it was Sharapova who was The biggest earner in women’s out for the set, but she stunned 4-2 in the final set. goes quicker in the air, and with gradually gaining the ascendancy. sport and global superstar was Sharapova in the ensuing tie- The 27-year-old Serb, who is my forehand I am able to create 2007 - Justine Henin (BEL) She broke Halep’s serve again, in the driving seat, but her level break, winning four points in a playing in his 13th Grand Slam more with less,” said Nadal who 2006 - Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) this time to 15, to lead 4-2, but unaccountably dipped as Halep row from 5-3 down to level the final compared to Nadal’s 20th, has a career 13-4 winning record 2005 - Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) three games later her suspect broke back to level at 2-2. Two set scores. AFP believes the key to victory is to on clay over Djokovic. AFP