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TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 • 21 SHAWWAL 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6869 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar RAF spent QR376.5m Emir attends Arab Summit in first half of 2016

QR74.9m in the first half of this year. tough financial conditions because Foreign projects cost QR301m, they lost their jobs or other reasons. Expenditures on local up 30 percent. Donations also rose Some QR19m was spent to pro- projects jumped by 17 percent to QR326.6m in the vide help to the poor and needy first six months of this year from families and individuals, including by 74 percent to QR279.9m in the corresponding citizens and expatriates. QR74.9m from period last year. More than QR9m was given to QR43.1m in the first The figures were provided by help poor people — individuals and RAF officials in a ceremony held families — to help them lead a dig- half of 2015 yesterday to release a six-month nity life. The help included monthly report on RAF’s achievements in home expenditures like rent, ration, Qatar and abroad. RAF gave spe- school fees and others. More than cial focus on local projects to help QR7m was spent to provide pre- the needy people. More than half a marital counselling to Qatari youth By Sanaullah Ataullah million (QR660,414) was spent dur- to educate them about social life so The Peninsula ing the first six months of this year they could lead a happy married life. to provide air tickets to low-income Money spent to help in the workers so they could travel to their release of detained loan defaulters countries. Cases included emergency increased from QR1.2m in the first DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdul- situations when they were not enti- half of last year to QR11.6m in the lah Foundation for Humanitarian tled for tickets from their companies. first of this year. Services (RAF) spent QR376.5m on More than QR3.1m was used to pay “RAF is going to complete eight charity projects in Qatar and out- medical bills of those who could not years. During this span of time, it has side during the first half of this year. afford. made remarkable improvements in The expenditures increased 37 RAF also doled out over QR12m the quality and quantity of its serv- percent from QR274.2m in the first this year, up 50 percent compared ices,” said Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin half of 2015. to last year on education projects, Thani Al Thani, Chairman, RAF. The expenditures on local including school and college fees “We expanded our charity activ- projects jumped by 74 percent from on requests of parents of students ities in the country and launched QR43.1m in the first half of 2015 to who could not bear the costs due to projects to benefit a large number of people — citizens and expatriates,” said Ayed Dabsan Al Qahtani, Gen- eral Manager and Chairman, Board of Trustees, RAF. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, along with other Arab leaders, taking part in the opening “RAF will make more part- nerships with public and private session of the 27th session of Arab League Council at the summit level in Nouakchott, Mauritania. institutions and companies to imple- ment community projects, especially those to ensure stability of families QNA The Emir’s delegation and of Foreign Affairs and Coopera- and social lives of citizens,” said those of several other Arab coun- tion Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izidbih, Al Qahtani. “RAF also has inter- tries and guests attended the Interior Minister Ahmedou Ould- national partners working under opening session of the summit held Abdallah, Minister of Energy Salem the United Nations Human Rights NOUAKCHOTT: Emir H H Sheikh under the theme ‘Summit of Hope’. Ould Al Bashir, Qatari Ambassa- Council (UNHRC) to work in sec- Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yester- Earlier, the Emir arrived at dor to Mauritania Abdulrahman tors, including humanitarian aid, day took part, along with leaders Nouakchott International Airport. bin Ali Al Kubaisi, Mauritania’s health, development, education, of Arab countries, in the opening The Emir and his dele- Ambassador to Qatar Sidi Ould family, maternity and childhood to session of the meetings of the 27th gation were welcomed by Mohamed Laghdaf and members Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin Thani Al Thani (centre), Chairman, RAF, and combat poorly worldwide.” session of Arab League Council at Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya of the Qatari Embassy. other officials during RAF press conference at Ezdan Towers yesterday. the summit level, in Nouakchott, Ould Hademine, Minister of Jus- Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula → Continued on page 2 capital of Mauritania. tice Ibrahim Ould Dada, Minister → Continued on page 2

HMC urges people to Window to Qatar’s heritage Emir condoles with Saudi King DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a protect themselves cable of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia follow- ing the death of Princess Noora bint Msa’aed bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani also sent a from summer heat cable of condolences to King Salman. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to King Salman, reports QNA. The Peninsula four years are at a higher risk of heat stroke and exhaustion when they go out in the hot weather as they can- not perspire actively like adults. DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation “If you park your car in the sun Dr. Al Kawari to address (HMC) has reminded people, espe- for around 10 minutes, the tem- cially children, to continue to take perature inside can rise by up to precautions and safeguard them- 10 degrees Celsius. It gets higher as selves against heat exhaustion and time passes by. Berlin symposium today stroke throughout the hottest sum- “If a child is left in a vehicle, he/ mer months. she can easily develop heat exhaus- Dr. Khalid Al Ansari, Director, tion and that can result in heat QNA in supporting Unesco in these criti- Paediatric Emergency Services, stroke, which can be life-threat- cal areas. Ivory Coast is on Unesco’s HMC, advised that since most ening,” Dr. Al Ansari said. 58-member Executive Board and schools are closed and children are “If parents need to do something entitled to vote in Unesco elections. interested in playing outdoors, most outside their vehicles, they should PARIS: H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Dr. Al Kawari will take part of their activities should be limited always take their children with Al Kawari, Cultural Adviser at the today in an international sympo- to air-conditioned or shaded areas. them. If there are adults attending Emiri Diwan and Qatar’s candidate sium on ‘Cultural Diplomacy in the He stressed that children should to children, it’s okay, provided that for the Unesco director-general’s Arab World’ in Berlin, Germany, not be left by themselves in cars the AC is turned on,” he said, add- post, yesterday met Ivory Coast’s and will present a paper entitled ‘A parked in the sun as doing so poses ing “leaving children unattended Minister of Culture and Francoph- Diplomatic Culture in A New Inter- one of the greatest risks of heat with the AC on in the car is equally onie Maurice Bandaman. national Approach’ in the opening stroke. dangerous”. Dr. Al Kawari presented his session of the symposium organised “Some parents tend to leave “Carbon-monoxide from the election programme and vision for by the Institute for Cultural Diplo- their children unattended in vehi- car exhaust can come out through the development of the UN organisa- macy. He has been invited by the cles parked in the sun without the AC vents and whoever is in the The ‘Qatar Heritage and Modernity’ exhibition has opened at tion. The meeting also dealt with the institute within the framework of his realising that the time required for vehicle can suffocate from carbon- Katara Building No. 18. It features historical landmarks and importance of Africa and the need election campaign. During his visit anyone to get heat exhaustion or monoxide poisoning,” Dr. Al Ansari to support programmes relevant to to Germany, Dr. Al Kawari will also heritage sites captured by Qatari photographers on lens. stroke in the car is much lesser than warned. → Report on page 16 Unesco, particularly in the areas of meet high-level personalities from if the person is sitting outside in the education and heritage. many countries taking part in the sun,” he said, adding children under → Continued on page 3 Bandaman praised Qatar’s role symposium and German officials. 02 TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 HOME

Emir stresses joint Arab action to meet people’s aspirations

Continued from page 1 supporting and enhancing joint Arab action to achieve the aspirations of The Emir made the following our peoples. I ask the Almighty Allah statement: “I am pleased upon arrival to help us all for the good of our peo- in Nouakchott to take part in the 27th ples and pride of our nation.” Summit of Arab League, to extend The Emir left Mauritania in the my sincere greetings and the greet- afternoon. ings of the Qatari people to my dear The Emir and his delegation were brother H E President of the Islamic seen off at Nouakchott International Republic of Mauritania, Mohamed Airport by Mauritanian Prime Minis- Ould Abdel Aziz, and the brotherly ter Yahya Ould Hademine and Qatari people of Mauritania, wishing them Ambassador to Mauritania Abdulrah- continuous progress and prosperity. man bin Ali Al Kubaisi. “I would also like to salute my The Emir sent a cable to President brothers the leaders of Arab coun- Abdel Aziz, expressing gratitude and Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, along with other Arab leaders, during the opening session of the meetings of the 27th session of tries participating in the summit appreciation for the warm reception Arab League Council at the summit level in Nouakchott, Mauritania. taking place at a time when our and hospitality H H and his delega- nation is exposed to dramatic chal- tion received during participation the Arab nation and achieve the aspi- and further progress and prosperity visit. The Emir will discuss with enhancing them and issues of com- lenges that require all of us to exert in the summit and said its outcomes rations of our peoples. for the brotherly Mauritanian people. Colombia’s President Juan Manuel mon concern. Several agreements further efforts to meet them. would contribute to enhancing Arab The Emir also expressed best The Emir headed to Colombia Santos and Argentina’s President and memorandums of understand- The Emir hoped that “the sum- solidarity and supporting joint Arab wishes of good health, happiness and on an official three-day visit, before Mauricio Macri relations between ing between Qatar and both countries mit’s outcomes would contribute to action to meet challenges faced by continued success for the President heading to Argentina on an official Qatar and their countries, means of will also be signed.

FM receives message from Russia Over 7 million benefitted from RAF projects

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“More than seven million people have benefitted from the projects executed by RAF abroad at a cost of QR301.5m in the first half of this year,” said Dr Mohammad Salah Ibra- him, Deputy General Manager, RAF. “RAF has emerged No. 1 in the world in terms of supporting Syrian people battling with crises. It has launched several initiatives to provide education and food for the needy people in 97 countries in five continents,” he added. In the first six month of this year, RAF sent 50 delegations to 25 countries to follow up on hundreds of ongoing projects financed by it, he added. “Expenditures reflect the increasing Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al number of projects in Qatar. RAF recorded Thani yesterday received a message from his Russian counterpart Sergey 74 percent increase from QR43m in first half Lavrov on relations between both countries and ways of enhancing of last year to QR75m in the first half of this them. The message was received by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs year,” said Dr Yaha Al Naimi, Head, Local H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi during a meeting with Russian Charge Affairs Department, RAF. RAF plans to open d’Affaires in Doha, Andrey Stolyarov. a big project ‘RAF Centre for Family Develop- Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman, RAF, addressing the event at Ezdan ment’ by next year, he added. Towers yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula QRCS to operate Al Thawra Hospital in Taiz QC builds 25 housing units in Mauritania RIYADH: Qatar Red Crescent Society whose officials affirmed readiness to run (QRCS) pledged to support and operate the hospital for one year and provide it Al Thawra Hospital in Taiz, said Yemeni with all equipment and aid to alleviate The Peninsula Minister for Local Administration and the suffering of the sick people in Taiz. Chairman of Higher Committee for Relief He hailed Qatar’s support to the Yemen Abdalrguib Fath. government during the difficult conditions In a statement to Yemen News Agency, due to the targeting of the health sector DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has established 25 he said the Qatari side has pledged sup- in the besieged province of Taiz by the housing units in Mauritania for of Shariah Sci- port to the health sector through QRCS Houthi and coup militias, reports QNA ences students and imams of mosques. A total of 115 students benefited from the units equipped as’ hostels as well as imams’ homes next to the mosques. The units were established as part of a project that includes 230 housing units. The project was imple- mented by QC and inaugurated by Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser Al Thani, Chairman, QC. Some of the beneficiaries outside their housing units built by Qatar Charity. Many needy families facing tough cir- cumstances and living in dilapidated shelters (rickety shacks) and Shariah students will ben- Mhadra was established in 1880. Many sen- extended gratitude to the philanthropists of efit from the project which aims to improve ior Shariah scientists have graduated from the Qatar and QC for their efforts that will bene- their living conditions. Mhadra after studying the Holy Quran and its fit Shariah sciences students . The units were built in towns and villages, sciences, foundations of religion and jurispru- He stressed that the project has met their including Nouakchott, Rosso, Boutilimit, R’ dence, Hadith and language sciences. needs by providing them with housing units, Kiz, Magta-Lahjar and Ajoueir. Each unit has Mhadra receives Mauritanian and foreign which represent a strong support for this a lounge, a room, a kitchen and a bathroom students living under the least favourable con- group that needs to continue their education. with a total area of 43 square metres. The units ditions due to hardships, lack of funds and The units have been built for Imams of were designed according to specifications tai- adequate houses. The only thing they have is mosques in cities, including Nouakchott, Bou- lored to the lifestyle and architectural style in rickety shacks that do not provide any protec- tilimit and Arkiz. These have been set up next Mauritania as a desert country. tion from hot sun or bitter cold nights. to mosques to enable Imams to attend prayers The project made it possible to accom- The units have provided the Mhadra’s stu- without having to travel long distances. Sheikh modate 115 students in the Mhadra (Place for dents with adequate housing which contribute Mohammed Abdul Rahman, Imam of Huda teaching the Holy Quran and Shariah sciences) to creating an environment suitable for study mosque in Tarheel neighbourhood, praised of the religion scientist (Yahdih Abdul Wadud). and educational achievement. the project that represents a success in Mau- The Mhadra is in Al Maumoun village, The Mhadra’s Imam Sheikh Mohammed ritania for QC that has consistently supported 90km east of Nouakchott. The well-known Salem Ould Tah, son of Yahdih Abdul Wadud, the needy people. English Club TV now on Ooredoo tv and Mozaic TV

The Peninsula channel is placed in the basic tiers of Oore- but also Arabic and educational content. I’m doo tv and Mozaic TV. sure English Club TV will prove valuable for a Andrew Semchenko, CEO, English Club TV host of our customers from across the world, Group, said: “Many people in Qatar are look- wanting to perfect their English or help their DOHA: ECTV Network Limited and Ooredoo ing to develop their language skills. It is an children learn.” yesterday announced the official launch of the important asset and helps people to develop Ooredoo provides a wide range of educa- English Club TV Channel in Qatar on Ooredoo’s their careers and expand their international tional content via its entertainment portfolio, award-winning Ooredoo tv service. horizons. Our channel will provide a signif- as well as through its mobile services on the English Club TV is an educational chan- icant resource for people across Qatar, since Ooredoo Supernet. ECTV Network Limited is nel for people who want to study English. It is learning English with English Club TV is fun, part of the English Club TV Group. The Eng- broadcast in more than 76 countries in Europe, interesting and effective.” lish Club TV Group comprises production, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. English Club Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, Director of Com- education and distribution companies that TV is available now on channels 477 and 170 munity & Public Relations, Ooredoo, said: “We operate worldwide in the field of English lan- on Ooredoo tv and Mozaic TV, respectively. are investing in the very best content for our guage teaching under the brands of English To ensure the educational content is users, and this means not just the latest Holly- Club TV and ECTV. For details, visit our web- available for as many people as possible, the wood blockbusters and family entertainment, site http://english-club.tv/news/. HOME TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 03

Qatar-Italy ties reviewed QRCS serves over 175,000 Somalis

and performed 78 general and ortho- paedic surgeries. Healthcare, food aid QRCS opened the Awdheegle and WASH projects Health Centre after construction, furnishing, equipment, and staff- also cover hundreds ing. During 2015, it received 8,353 of thousands cases, offered maternal & child health services to 700 beneficiar- of beneficiaries ies, held medical training courses indirectly in one year. for staff, and vaccinated children in Awdheegle and neighbouring towns. To reduce morbidity and mor- tality rates in Mareerey and nearby The Peninsula towns, QRCS established and fur- nished a health centre, which Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim Saif Ahmed received over one year 18,829 Al Sulaiti yesterday met Italian Ambassador to Qatar Guido De patients, vaccinated 598 kids, per- Sanctis. Talks dealt with relations between the two friendly DOHA: In one year of the agreement formed 270 natural deliveries, and countries in the field of transportation and information and between Qatar Red Crescent Society hospitalized 125 stays. communication technology and means of further enhancing them. (QRCS) and its Somali counterpart, The Balad Health Centre was numerous relief and development A Qatar Red Crescent Society volunteer examines a baby. rehabilitated for the benefit of 66 projects were implemented for the patients a day, or 22,820 a year. benefit of victims of drought, amid inflammation and malaria, vac- medical and administrative person- Maternal & child health services were deteriorated economic, security, and cinated 104 children against nel were hired to provide 24/7 health provided for 12,726 cases, 7,254 labo- living conditions. communicable diseases, distrib- care for Lower Shebelle and Banaa- ratory examinations were conducted, Al Bashir hails Qatar’s role In total, these projects helped uted supplementary food rations to dir regions. 526 short stays were accommodated, more than 175,000 direct benefici- 632 mothers, and held 10 informa- Receiving 120 patients and 15 and a town garbage collection sys- aries, let alone hundreds of thousands tive courses for 641 women on how emergency cases a day on aver- tem was set up. in achieving peace in Darfur of indirect beneficiaries from local to deal with malnutrition. age, the hospital treated more than QRCS manages two inte- communities. QRCS also rehabilitated and 32,800 patients and 4,498 emergency grated care facilities in Yagoori In the medical arena, QRCS operated the Multi-Drug-Resistant cases over a year. Also, 2,071 children and Kismaayo districts, including QNA projects. With regard to Arab affairs, rehabilitated the medical nutri- Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Centre at For- were vaccinated, 220 surgeries were maintenance, water & power sup- Al Bashir called to regain the Arab tion therapy centre at the Badbaado lanini Hospital, Mogadishu, serving performed, and 16,866 laboratory ply, installation of solar panels, initiative in Syria and not to rely refugee camp and provided it with 74 patients so far, with a target of examinations were conducted. and procurement of an ambulance. on international initiatives which medications, equipment, and staff. 1,640 patients. The hospital contracted three Together, the centres received 9,492 NOUAKCHOTT: Sudan’s President depend on the conflict of stakehold- During 2015, the centre received At Afgooye Hospital, the surgeons from abroad and set up a cases, offered obstetric services to Omar Hasan Al Bashir yesterday ers and their ambitions in the region. 632 malnourished children, treated destroyed building was rebuilt, surgical camp to treat serious cases 4,579 women, and treated 2,676 mal- praised the role being played by He stressed the importance of 715 children with severe respiratory enlarged, and equipped, and 60 for free. They examined 220 patients nourished children. Qatar in achieving peace in Darfur reaching a peaceful solution, which and its support for Sudan in regional takes into account the respect of the and international forums. will of the Syrian people and meet Addressing the 27th session their legitimate aspirations. of the Arab League Council at the He reiterated support for the HMC expert highlights signs of heat illness summit level in Mauritanian cap- legitimate government in Yemen ital Nouakchott, Al Bashir hailed led by President Abdrabuh Mansour the Doha Peace Agreement in Dar- Hadi, its efforts to restore legitimacy, Continued from page 1 fur and said it had a significant security and stability and reach a air-conditioned area. Have them lie “Usually within 30 to 45 min- the patient might start losing con- impact on promoting trust, achieving comprehensive political solution in down, and start providing them with utes the person should feel better. If sciousness, experience fainting, and national unity and launching major accordance with the terms of ref- Dr. Al Ansari explained that the plenty of cold fluids to cool down,” the heat exhaustion continues and seizure activity and can even go into development projects in Darfur. erence agreed upon. He affirmed danger signs of heat illnesses to look he suggested. those symptoms described were a coma. He also praised efforts being his country’s condemnation of acts out for are dizziness, tiredness, mus- He noted that it will be helpful not attended to promptly, the heat “If that continues, the blood exerted by Qatar to support peace of terrorism and violence in all its cles cramps, difficulty in breathing to remove thicker clothes and leave exhaustion will become heat stroke pressure will drop and the person in Darfur, which is witnessing a forms and manifestations expe- and racing heart rate. only light clothing on while also with body temperature reaching can die,” he emphasized while not- remarkable stability and absence rienced by brotherly and friendly “The action to take in this situa- applying cold compresses on the as high as 40 degrees or more,” he ing it is better to dial 999 in cases of rebel movements, while imple- countries and called for concerted tion is to get the affected child out of body as needed in order to bring the warned. of emergency to seek professional menting building and reconstruction Arab efforts to combat terrorism. the hot area. Take him or her to an temperature down gradually. Dr. Al Ansari explained that help,” Dr. Al Ansari added. 04 TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 HOME

Safari donates vehicles to QC Security studies 92 million pages surfed on award launched

islamweb.net in two months DOHA: The Centre for Strategic Studies at the Ministry of Interior has announced the launch of the ministry’s Award 2016 for security The Peninsula studies, under the topic ‘Enhanc- ing the role of social security in Qatari society’. Participants should focus on DOHA: About 92 million e-pages social security in Qatari society, have been surfed on islamweb.net the role of social institutions in run by the Ministry of Awqaf and achieving social security based on Islamic Affairs within two months Qatar National Vision 2030, and from May 22 to July 15. provide a research plan which can The surfing of pages was up two be implemented to enhance the percent this year compared to the role of these institutions. corresponding period last year at The ministry has selected around 91m pages, said Moham- the entities which can partici- mad bin Hamad Al Kuwari, Head, pate in the award, which includes Call and Guidance Department at research and studies centres at the ministry. national universities and other The website and its special page higher education institutions in on Ramadan (Ramadan oasis) have Qatar and the other GCC states. attracted hundreds of thousands of The ministry said the appli- visitors during the past two months. cant must be a Qatari, and the Safari Group has donated two Nissan Patrol to Qatar Charity and The services are available in five lan- video and audio files and others, in a direct way, benefiting from the work should be the first-time plans to have more such events in the coming future. Hamad guages — Arabic, English, French, said Al Kuwari. technology that helps the questioners submission. A participant is only Dafer A A Al Ahbabi, Chairman, Safari Group, said “The Group has Spanish and German). The Islamic opinions (fatwas) who want to seek an Islamic opinion allowed to submit one work. always been ahead of its time in full filling its corporate social The surfed pages increased from office for the website received more or verdict in an easy way and in less The award is worth responsibility through charity programmes to support the needy. 655,000 last year to 963,000, up 47 than 12,000 fatwas, including direct time. During Ramadan, islamweb. QR100,000 and the winners will We always believe in giving something back to society that has percent. fatwas, also through chat fatwas and net witnessed an important devel- also get certificates of appreci- given so much of love and support to us over the years.” Contents include Islamic opin- those through SMS. opment with the launch of a website ation with their names and the ions (fatwas), consulting, articles, The website answers questions for people with hearing disability. names of their research on them. LG brings the future of TV with OLED to Qatar

format) and Dolby Vision, which for rendering vibrant colours with- has been adopted by major studios out light noise interfering with the Qatar becomes the and providers and has received glo- picture. first market in the GCC bal recognition. Beyond compatibility, OLED TVs Yong Geun Choi, President, offer a nuanced HDR experience, for LG OLED TV Series LG Electronics Gulf, said, “LG has rendering deeper, more detailed launch. been constantly focusing on raising darks and brighter highlights. This awareness about OLED TVs, foster- versatility makes OLED HDR expe- ing substantial market potential for rience more complete. the latest TV format. Globally and LG’s Ultra Luminance technol- The Peninsula regionally, this has resulted in a pos- ogy enhances contrast between itive impact on the sales of OLED. dark and bright areas, delivering Qatar is a key market for us as local vivid HDR images while contrast consumers are very tech-savvy and maximiser offers additional depth DOHA: LG Electronics, a global contribute to the evolving market and contrast by separating objects leader and technology innovator landscape. We are proud to mark from their backgrounds. in consumer electronics, has offi- the GCC debut of the latest OLED With 10-bit panels and 10-bit cially launched its premium OLED series in Qatar with Video Home & processing power, OLED TVs can TV series and Super UHD TV range Electronic Centre and drive to make render over 1bn possible colour var- in Qatar. OLED the market standard.” iations — another reason Academy Sajed Jassim Mohammed Sulaiman (seventh right), Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, C V Rappai (sixth The launch in association with According to reports and sci- Award-winning directors are rec- right), Director and CEO, with other L G officials during the LG press meet on 2016 LG TV new product Video Home & Electronic Centre, entific studies, OLED — Organic ognising the power of LG OLED TV, introduction at Sharq Village and Spa Doha yesterday. Pic: Kammutty VP / The Peninsula LG’s local distributor, marks the Light Emitting Diode — delivers the noting that nothing can compare debut of LG’s latest TV range in GCC. best-looking picture of any TV dis- to the technology when it comes to The LG premium TV line-up play. It has the ability to turn each accurately portraying the original “LG’s pioneering spirit in TV is paving the way for a more inno- share in the premium TV market. showcase includes LG E6, EG97, individual pixel on or off, mak- cinematic intent. design can be seen in how thor- vative, immersive and experiential LG plans to triple OLED TV sales UH95, UH85 and UH77 ranging from ing backlighting unnecessary and Along with a wider colour oughly the company has dominated TV viewing experience in the com- while it doubles its UHD TV global 55-inch to 86-inch, known for its allowing TV to display perfect black gamut, LG OLED TVs can display the emerging OLED market. The ing years. We are excited to partner market share. Research firm IHS premium design, and most impor- and an infinite contrast. the finest details of colour and OLED TV line-up delivers stunning with LG and make these latest inno- estimates that the size of the UHD tantly, the support of multi HDR Coined as a revolutionary new gradation. OLED’s incomparable picture quality alongside the com- vations available for consumers in TV market would expand by up to solutions – HDR10 and Dolby Vision. technology, OLED allows for TVs picture quality holds up even from pany’s patented perfect black image Qatar,” said C V Rappai, Director 150 percent by 2016-end, while the LG’s 2016 OLED TVs belong to display true black in a way other wide viewing angles so everyone rendering technology, improved and CEO, Video Home and Elec- OLED TV market volume would tri- to the brand’s exclusive line-up TV technologies today can’t. With can appreciate its colour and clar- brightness and an expanded col- tronic Centre. ple during the year. of TVs that support HDR formats this precision, OLED TVs can render ity from any seat in the house. The our spectrum, all in innovative, slim LG’s technological advance- The latest LG OLED TV mod- classified as industry-standard crisp, nuanced images down to the same cannot be said for most LCD designs. As the only TV manufac- ments in OLED technology is els will be available at all leading – HDR10 backed by Ultra HD Alli- most precise details. OLED’s deep TVs, which suffer from colour wash- turer to meet UHDA’s HDR10 and promising with the potential it has electronic retail stores in Qatar from ance’s (UHDA) (which is an open black serves as the perfect backdrop out and lower contrast off-axis. Dolby Vision HDR standards, LG created by expanding the market next week. QC distributes formula milk in Aleppo

DOHA: Over 6,000 Syrian children have benefited from infant formula milk provided by Qatar Charity (QC) in the besieged Aleppo within its urgent campaign for relief operations in the city. In a statement yesterday, QC said the project was within the framework of its continued relief efforts for residents of Aleppo, suffering due to the siege and humanitarian conditions. QC said it had provided 12,300 packs of milk, benefiting 6150 children for a month. The QR284,830 project implemented in coopera- tion with Turkish IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation aimed at providing milk for children and help mothers secure basic food for their children in the besieged areas. It has allocated a QR10m emergency aid to meet the immediate needs of the city’s population, reports QNA. MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 05 Security Council Turkey launches media clampdown backs call for AFP ANKARA: Turkish authorities yes- terday issued arrest warrants for over 40 journalists in a new phase of a controversial legal crackdown Aleppo truce after the failed coup against Presi- dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan that has alarmed the West. With Erdogan seeking to rally affairs, said food supplies in rebel- national cross-party support for Food running out held eastern Aleppo were expected his rule 10 days after defeating the to run out by the middle of August. attempted putsch, he hosted two top fast after siege, Britain, France and the United opposition leaders for an unprece- say officials. States quickly endorsed the plan, dented meeting at his presidential and Japan’s Ambassador Koro palace. Bessho, who holds the council Over 13,000 people have been presidency, said there was “over- detained so far in a vast sweep in AFP whelming support for the idea” the wake of the July 15 military coup among the 15 council members. bid, which the authorities blame on French Ambassador Francois the reclusive US-based Islamic cleric Delattre compared Aleppo’s plight Fethullah Gulen. UNITED NATIONS: The UN Secu- to that of Sarajevo during the Bos- The crackdown has raised ten- rity Council yesterday backed a nian war and said “the Security sions with the European Union, call by the UN’s top aid official for a Council simply cannot accept such further hampering Ankara’s stalled humanitarian truce in Aleppo after war crimes — yes, war crimes — to membership bid, while a potential four hospitals were bombed and repeat again.” diplomatic crisis with Washington is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (centre) chairs a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Complex in civilians were killed by air strikes Syrian regime forces seized looming if the United States refuses Ankara, yesterday. in the Syrian city. the last remaining supply route to to extradite Gulen to Turkey, a fellow Warning that food will soon run Aleppo this month and all human- Nato member. out in Aleppo, UN aid chief Stephen itarian and commercial movements Istanbul anti-terror prosecu- country, the Dogan news agency said. not compromise the rule of law and detainees but a Turkish official vehe- O’Brien called for 48-hour weekly came to a halt on July 7. tors issued arrest warrants for 42 Other prominent journalists hit fundamental liberties like freedom mently denied the accusations. humanitarian truces to prevent a Syria and its allies are “deter- journalists as part of the coup inves- with warrants include the commen- of the press”. Turkey has undergone a seis- “medieval” siege from taking hold. mined to besiege, starve and tigation, the state-run Anadolu news tator Bulent Mumay and the news In new raids yesterday, police mic shift since the night of violence “The international community bomb Aleppo until they reach agency said. Among those targeted editor of Fox TV in Turkey, Ercan detained some 40 people at the when renegade soldiers sought to simply cannot let eastern Aleppo their military goal: eradicating the were prominent journalist Nazli Gun. army’s military academy in Istanbul. topple Erdogan but were stopped city become yet another — and by opposition. This is what the siege is Ilicak who was fired from the pro- Erdogan’s government had been Meanwhile, 31 academics, includ- by crowds of civilians and loyalist far the largest — besieged area,” all about,” Delattre told reporters government Sabah daily in 2013 for under fire even before the failed ing professors, were detained in an security forces. At least 270 people O’Brien told the council. ahead of the meeting. criticising ministers caught up in a putsch for restricting press freedoms, operation in Istanbul over alleged were killed on both sides. “This is medieval and shameful. Over the weekend, four hos- corruption scandal, it added. accusations the authorities strongly links to Gulen, Dogan said. The authorities have announced We must not allow this to happen.” pitals were bombed in Aleppo, Five people have been detained deny. Amnesty International claimed it they will disband the 2,500-strong O’Brien, the UN’s under-sec- jeopardising medical care for more so far although 11 of the suspects are The French Foreign Ministry said had “credible evidence” of the beat- presidential guard, which has seen retary-general for humanitarian than 200,000 desperate civilians. believed to already be outside the Turkey’s response to the coup “should ing, rape and torture of post-coup almost 300 members detained. Many leaders forgo Arab League summit Five Saudi guards martyred

AP confront Iran’s aspirations — have Palestinian president, Mahmoud Regional events hit on border with Yemen failed to gather steam. Abbas. A spat broke out between stability: Kuwait Emir This year, an Egyptian attempt Lebanon and Mauritania after one CAIRO: Arab officials gathered in a to encourage the region to push Lebanese minister described the host NOUAKCHOTT: Emir of AFP under sporadic attack since Riyadh tent in the Mauritanian capital yes- for Israeli-Palestinian peace country as “miserable.” Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah took the lead in March 2015 in an Arab terday, in the most poorly attended talks has garnered little attention “They don’t have the infrastruc- Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah military coalition battling Shia Houthi Arab League summit in years. — even Egypt’s president, Abdel- ture and it’s miserable,” Lebanese said that ongoing condi- RIYADH: Five Saudi Arabian bor- rebels who control northern Yemen. Just a handful of leaders from Fatah El Sissi, decided to forgo the Health Minister Wael Abu Faour told tions and rapid changes der guards were killed yesterday in A spokesman for the Iran-backed the Arab League’s 22 member states summit. a local TV station. have undermined stabil- clashes with “enemy elements” who Houthis said yesterday the rebels had turned up, pointing to the pan-Arab Among the influential leaders “The summit will be held inside ity of the region and dealt tried to infiltrate the country’s border fired a ballistic missile at a military organisation’s struggles under the who were also absent were: Custo- a tent,” he added, apparently com- a blow to the Arab people’s with war-wracked Yemen, the interior camp in Saudi Arabia’s southern region strain of various regional crises dian of the Two Holy Mosques King paring it to previous summits that aspirations for develop- ministry said. of Jizan, causing casualties and mate- — including the conflicts in Syria, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of were held in five-star hotels or lux- ment. He was speaking at The five were killed in eight hours rial damage. Yemen, Iraq and Libya. Saudi Arabia and his son, Deputy ury conference centres. the opening session of the of fighting when the Saudis confronted Yemeni military sources, mean- Past initiatives — such as last Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sal- In response to his remarks, Leb- Arab League Summit yes- “enemy elements of armed groups who while, reported heavy fighting since year’s plans for a joint Arab military man, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, the anese officials were attacked by terday. tried to infiltrate in several places” in Thursday on the Yemeni side of the bor- force to fight Islamist militancy and leaders of Tunisia, Algeria and the journalists and on social media. the Najran area, the official SPA news der between loyalist forces and rebels. agency quoted a ministry spokesman They said five days of fighting in as saying. northwestern Yemen have killed 82 South Sudan It said the frontier guards backed people, including 48 rebels. by the country’s army thwarted the Around 100 members of the Saudi President Kiir attempts to cross the border which forces and civilians have been killed began at 0300 GMT. in skirmishes, by artillery fire or land- replaces Machar Southern Saudi Arabia, especially mines inside the country’s borders since as vice-president border areas with Yemen, have come the coalition launched its campaign.

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JUBA: South Sudan’s Presi- dent Salva Kiir announced yesterday that former rebel leader Riek Machar had been replaced as vice-president, confirming signs of serious divisions within the opposi- tion. Kiir said he had appointed Taban Deng Gai to the post on the “recommen- dation of the top leadership of the SPLM/A (IO)” — the group Machar heads and which engaged in clashes with government forces in Juba in early July. Last week Machar said he had fired Deng as min- ister of mines — a post that was within Machar’s powers to appoint. Then around 100 SPLM/A (IO) members came out to name Deng as the movement’s leader and by extension the first vice- president, because Machar’s absence from the capital meant the post was effec- tively vacant. Machar has not been seen in Juba since the clashes earlier this month and has accused the president of try- ing to have him killed. Machar and Kiir fell out in 2013, little more than two years after South Sudan became independent, when Kiir accused his vice-presi- dent of plotting against him. 06 TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 ASIA / AFRICA Ex-Niger militants hold peace talks with govt

Emancipation of the Niger Delta Avengers to former commanders in (MEND) wishes to confirm that MEND. Both groups hail from the The group explains indeed it has been in preliminary same area. that the Niger Delta talks with the Federal Government Militants say they want a greater through oil companies and law- share of Nigeria’s oil wealth to go Avengers would enforcement agencies,” the group to the impoverished Delta region. not be part of the said in a statement. Crude sales make up about 70 per- dialogue. MEND is a major former mili- cent of national income and the vast tant group which signed in 2009 an majority of that oil comes from the amnesty in exchange for cash and southern swampland. job training brokered by the previ- Nigeria, an OPEC member, was Officials transporting a victim found at sea after a boat carrying 62 Indonesians thought to be illegal Reuters ous government. Africa’s top oil producer until the It said the Niger Delta Avengers, recent spate of attacks pushed it immigrants capsized due to strong waves at Batu Layar Beach, southern state of Johor. a militant group that has claimed behind Angola. YENAGOA: A Nigerian former mili- responsibility for a series of recent Enforcing any peace deal would tant group said on Sunday it has been attacks, would not be part of the be difficult as the militant scene is Eight die in Malaysia boat accident holding talks with the government to dialogue. divided into small groups where end a wave of attacks on oil and gas “The Federal Government made leaders do not control the unem- facilities in the Niger Delta which it clear during our meetings that a ployed youth they recruit. AFP boat carrying 62 people -- all Indo- lost his pregnant wife was quoted as has crippled the country’s crude negotiation with criminals is out The Niger Delta Avengers have nesians and thought to be illegal saying in The Star. “It all seemed like output. of the question,” MEND said. “The attacked oil producing facilities in immigrants -- capsized due to strong a horrible nightmare.” On Thursday, the office of Pres- Niger Delta Avengers...fall under this the delta, causing the shutdown of KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s coast waves late on Saturday night. Those rescued have been handed ident Muhammadu Buhari said the category.” oil terminals and a fall in Nigeria’s guard said yesterday they had So far, 34 passengers have been over to the state’s immigration government was using oil firms and The Niger Delta Avengers oil production to its lowest level in retrieved eight bodies after a boat rescued and a search was ongoing, department. The English daily cited security agencies to talk to the mil- group had on Thursday said it was twenty years. capsized off the southern state of an coast guard official said. an immigration department official itants “to find a lasting solution to not aware of any talks with the The attacks caused Nigeria to fall Johor at the weekend with another “I could not save her although as saying that the Indonesians were insecurity in the region”. government. behind Angola as Africa’s largest oil 20 people believed to be missing. she was sitting on my lap at the time believed to be making their way back “The Movement for the Security sources have linked the producer. Local media reported that the of the incident,” a rescued man who to their own country. Indonesia’s next executions loom Congo jails AFP Authorities began stepping up opposition leader preparations in recent days. A Paki- stani drug convict was transferred for two years CILACAP: More foreign drug con- Monday to Nusakambangan prison victs could imminently face the firing island off Java, where executions squad in Indonesia after authorities take place, and Indonesian authori- BRAZZAVILLE: A court in said yesterday they were ready to ties have notified Pakistani officials the Republic of Congo has carry out a new round of executions his execution is imminent. jailed an opposition leader following a hiatus. An Indonesian woman sentenced for two years for inciting Nationals from Pakistan, Nigeria to death for drugs was transferred to public disorder, a charge and Zimbabwe are expected to be put the island at the weekend. arising from an unauthor- to death alongside Indonesians soon, Security was tight yesterday ised demonstration he but officials say no Europeans or Aus- around Cilacap, the port city on Java organised in 2015. tralians will face the firing squad in island that serves as a gateway to Paulin Makaya, who heads the small United the third round of executions under Nusakambangan, with many police Indonesian policemen and residents of Nusakambangan take a boat to cross to the island at the Cilacap For Congo party, said he President Joko Widodo. officers deployed and access for visi- port, the only gate to Indonesia's highest security Nusakambangan prison, yesterday. Indonesia sparked international tors closed for the coming week. would appeal his convic- outrage with its last batch of execu- “All the preparations have been tion, which also carries a tions in April 2015 when it put to made,” said Molyanto, prisons head in convicts would face the firing squad Jakarta, Syed Zahid Raza, said his approached all the concerned high fine of $4,200. death seven foreigners, including Central Java province, who like many or who would be put to death. embassy was notified by the Indo- officials to convince them that it was Makaya’s lawyers two Australians, but Widodo has Indonesians goes by one name. The office previously said that nesian foreign ministry on Friday not a fair trial for Mr. Zulfiqar,” he said. called the verdict “unjust insisted Jakarta is fighting a war Neither Molyanto nor the attor- executions would resume after the that the Pakistani man, Zulfiqar Ali, Rights groups have claimed Ali, sen- and illegal.” against drugs and traffickers must ney-general’s office, which oversees Muslim Eid holiday. would be executed in the near future. tenced to death in 2005 for heroin In June, prosecutors be harshly punished. executions, would confirm when the Pakistani deputy ambassador in “The embassy of Pakistan has possession, was beaten into confessing. had urged the court to jail Makaya for five years should he be found guilty. Developing ties Australia moves to indefinite Nigeria police arrest pastor for detention of terror offenders chaining son

AFP laws since 2014, would move to keep high-risk terrorists in deten- LAGOS: A Nigerian pas- tion beyond the completion of their tor has been arrested after SYDNEY: High-risk terror offend- sentences. chaining his nine-year-old ers may be kept in jail after their “This legislation will enable son for several weeks with sentences finish, Australian offi- additional periods of imprison- a padlock and denying him cials said yesterday as they move ment for terrorist offenders who food, police said yesterday. to tighten security laws following have served their sentences but are “We acted on a tip- attacks in the United States and still judged to present an unaccept- off that a boy had been Europe. able risk to the community,” he said locked up in a room near Prime Minister Malcolm Turn- in a statement. a church at Atan. We bull said the proposed changes were The proposal, to be discussed forced the door open and prompted by an increase in the with state and territory officials who rescued him,” state police frequency and severity of attacks must then pass legislation, is similar spokesman Muyiwa Ade- around the world as he noted the to arrangements already in place for jobi said. recent mass shooting in Orlando sex offenders and extremely violent “He was in a very bad and a lorry attack in Nice, France. individuals in some states. shape, greatly emaciated “In the wake of Orlando, Nice, Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is the because of poor feed- and other terrorist incidents, as well 29th and current Prime Minister of ing. The boy told us his as our own experience... we cannot Australia and the Leader of the Lib- father was not giving him afford for a moment to be compla- eral Party. food regularly and that Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari (right) shakes hand with Iran Ambassador to Nigeria Morteza cent,” Turnbull said. Turnbull assumed both offices he had been locked up Rahimi Zarchi, while Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (centre) stands during their visit In response to the evolving after defeating Tony Abbott in a in the room for over one to the presidency in Abuja, yesterday. threat, he said Australia, which leadership election on September month,” Adejobi said. has already ramped up security 14, 2015. South Korea’s THAAD anti-missile system damages trust: China

Reuters Korea and the United States this Russia also opposes the Association of Southeast Asian military, told US National Security North Korea has launched a month that they would deploy a Ter- deployment. Nations conference of foreign min- Adviser Susan Rice that the THAAD series of missiles in recent months, minal High Altitude Area Defence “The recent move by the South isters in Vientiane. deployment would only worsen ten- the latest last week when it fired SEOUL: Chinese Foreign Minister (THAAD) unit has already drawn Korean side has harmed the foun- Yun told Wang that the move was sions on the Korean peninsula. three ballistic missiles that it said Wang Yi has criticised South Korea’s protests from Beijing that it would dation of mutual trust between the aimed at protecting South Korea’s “The United States must stop was a simulated test of preemptive move to deploy an advanced US anti- destabilize regional security. two countries,” Wang was quoted security and that it would not dam- this kind of mistaken action,” Chi- strikes against South Korean ports missile defence system to counter The decision to deploy THAAD by South Korea’s Yonhap news age China’s security interests, Yonhap na’s Defence Ministry paraphrased and airfields used by the US military. threats from North Korea, saying is the latest move to squeeze the agency and KBS television as telling said. Fan as saying. The missiles flew 500-600km it harmed the foundation of their increasingly isolated North Korea, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun At a separate meeting in Bei- South Korea and the United States into the sea off its east coast and mutual trust, news reports said yes- but China worries the system’s Byung-se. jing, Fan Changlong, one of the vice have said THAAD would only be used could have hit anywhere in South terday. radar will be able to track its mili- Wang and Yun met late on Sunday chairmen of the Central Military in defence against North Korean bal- Korea if the North intended, the The announcement by South tary capabilities. on the sidelines of the 10-member Commission that controls China’s listic missiles. South’s military said. ASIA / PHILIPPINES TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 07

Ex-president Arroyo: I was Duterte declares truce with left rebels persecuted

The truce will help AFP the country to stop violence on the MANILA: Former Philippine pres- ground and to restore ident Gloria Arroyo has declared peace. herself a victim of political perse- cution, following her release from nearly five years in detention over a corruption case. AFP In her first public comments since being freed from a mili- tary hospital on Thursday after MANILA: Philippine President Rod- the Supreme Court dismissed rigo Duterte announced yesterday a plunder charges against her, unilateral ceasefire with communist Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stands in between Senate President Aquilino Koko Pimentel (left) and Speaker of the House Pantaleon Arroyo insisted her detention was rebels who are waging one of Asia’s Alvarez before he speaks during his first State of the Nation Address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines, “unjust”. longest insurgencies, and urged them yesterday. RIGHT: Philippine President’s supporters pass riot policemen while marching towards the House of Representatives ahead of his The court found “insufficient to reciprocate. first State of the Nation Address. evidence” to accuse her of stealing Duterte made the announce- $8.8 million in state lottery funds ment in his first “State of the Nation Duterte told lawmakers, as he called gunmen today, down from a peak of Dutere’s predecessor, Benigno to release scores of their jailed com- meant for charity programmes Address” to Congress as he laid the on the rebels to do the same. 26,000 in the 1980s, according to the Aquino, revived negotiations soon rades, whom they described as while she was in office between groundwork for peace talks with the The communist rebellion has military. after taking office in 2010 but shelved “political prisoners”. 2001 and 2010. communists that are due to begin in killed about 30,000 people since But it retains support among the them in 2013, accusing the rebels of President Duterte counts exiled “This whole thing of (using) Norway next month. the 1960s. deeply poor in rural areas, and its being insincere about finding a polit- communist rebel leader Jose Maria political power to persecute politi- “To stop violence on the ground The communists’ armed wing, troops regularly kill security forces ical settlement. Sison as a friend, had previously cal enemies, this must stop. I must (and) restore peace, I am now the New People’s Army (NPA), is while extorting money from local The talks collapsed after his gov- offered to release some political be the last victim,” Arroyo said. announcing a unilateral ceasefire,” believed to have fewer than 4,000 businesses. ernment rejected the rebels’ demand prisoners. “I don’t wish what happened to me on my worst enemies.” Arroyo was jailed in 2011 under the administration of then president Benigno Aquino, who sought to make his predecessor a Australia brushes off FBI high-profile scalp of his anti-cor- ruption campaign. report on MH370 pilot Firebrand leader Rodrigo Duterte succeeded Aquino in June, AFP chart a route similar to the one and offered to pardon Arroyo. believed taken by the doomed Aquino had questioned the plane just weeks before it decision to free Arroyo, saying she SYDNEY: Australia yesterday disappeared. must be held accountable for mis- brushed off a reported FBI probe The revelation reignited spec- using funds intended for the poor. into the pilot of missing flight ulation in the Australian media The daughter of former presi- MH370, saying it was a matter for yesterday that the unsolved mys- dent Diosdado Macapagal, Arroyo Malaysia and did not shed light on tery could have been a murder/ said her family also experienced the plane’s location. suicide. persecution when rivals went The New York magazine Fri- “I’m aware, as is the govern- after her father’s allies. day cited a secret FBI document ment, of the reports about the “I’m not saying that political showing the jet’s captain Zaharie FBI investigation into the MH370 figures should be immune from Ahmad Shah used his elaborate captain’s home simulator,” Prime prosecution. What I’m saying is home-built flight simulator to Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. that the process should be fair and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (second left), Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (second even-handed,” she said. right), Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (left) and Philippines' Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay join hands as they pose for a group photo during the ASEAN-China meeting on the sidelines of the Asean annual ministerial meeting and the Regional Security Forum in Vientiane, yesterday. Asean breaks deadlock on disputed sea

Reuters threw the regional block’s weekend emphatic legal victory over China meeting in the Laos capital of Vien- on the dispute. tiane into disarray. The Philippines and Vietnam VIENTIANE: Southeast Asian Competing claims with China in both wanted the ruling, which nations overcame days of deadlock the vital shipping lane are among the denied China’s sweeping claims in yesterday when the Philippines most contentious issues for the Asso- the strategic seaway that channels dropped a request for their joint ciation of Southeast Asian Nations, more than $5 trillion in global trade statement to mention a landmark with its 10 members pulled between each year, and a call to respect inter- legal ruling on the South China Sea, their desire to assert their sover- national maritime law to feature in officials said, after objections from eignty while finding common ground the communique. Cambodia. and fostering ties with Beijing. Backing China’s call for bilateral China publicly thanked Cam- In a ruling by the UN-backed discussions, Cambodia opposed the bodia for supporting its stance on Permanent Court of Arbitration wording on the ruling, diplomats maritime disputes, a position which on July 12, the Philippines won an said. Dhaka factory official arrested RasGas Company Limited for boy’s death Tender Advertisement AFP

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EDITORIAL Gruesome act What is all the fuss about the our people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh last leadership of Jeremy Corbyn? year for beating to death a 13-year-old boy accused of stealing a bicycle. Samiul Alam Rajon was tied to an electric pole and beaten up by a mob. The autopsy several Shadow Ministers even Local Councillor and member Councillors said, ‘’It would be showed 64 different injuries inflicted on his person. resigned in protest at his leader- of local government put it, ‘Cor- utterly self-defeating for the peo- FRajon was hit repeatedly with an iron rod, while he screamed: ship. What could possibly cause byn was a breath of fresh air and ple we represent if now, less than “Please don’t beat me in this way, I will die.” At one point, the such strong feeling? honesty after the corrupt years a year after Jeremy was elected crowd decided to let him go. When he tried to leave, someone in The reason seems to be that of right-wing rule in the Labour on the single biggest mandate of they questioned his performance party. He is showing that he has any previous leader, he was to be the crowd said his legs were fine. “Break his legs.” And the crowd (ability to persuade the elector- the backbone to defend the left, forced from office’’ (60% of the assaulted him again. ate) during the EU referendum and socialist principles, and is a Labour membership voted for Thieves and burglars are beaten mercilessly in the south and his ability to lead the party great leader for the left’. Another him), and “We will risk losing all Asian country that has a record of violent crimes. However, the into what they believe could be a Labour party member Chris, those new members and enthusi- gruesome assault on Rajon was unprecedented, and the death snap election after the success- 55, from Bournemouth, says he astic campaigners who joined us By Luzita Ball sentences were well deserved. ful Brexit vote. Dave Sparks, a joined “because I was inspired because Jeremy offered a vision Labour councillor in Dudley and by Jeremy Corbyn and the hope of hope for the future.” However, the macabre incident a former chair of the Local Gov- of a new politics that is not in the I am mystified still as to why involving a child yesterday once again eremy Bernard Corbyn is a ernment Association, warned that pockets of the elite bankers and Jeremy Corbyn is even facing a shocked the nation, and the world. Ten- British politician who was if Mr Corbyn stayed, the party was big business.” challenge to his leadership. What year-old Sagar Barman died after eight elected as the Leader of the looking at its support disappear- According to one of the MPs other reasons could be behind Number of workers at the textile factory forced Labour Party on 12 Septem- ing in England as it had melted who has just left the competition this level of dissension in the Jber 2015, with an overwhelming away already in Scotland. to be voted new leader of the shadow cabinet and amongst a compressor nozzle inside his body macabre child vote of 59.5% in the first round This seems to be blatantly Labour party, Angela Eagle, the Labour MPs? Could it be that through the rectum and switched it on. killings in of the ballot. In May 2016, 72 per contradicted by the amount of need for a new leader is to unite Corbyn, awarded for his work as One person has been arrested in the cent of Labour members thought obvious support he is still receiv- the party and ensure it becomes an international human rights Bangladesh case. It is not clear why Barman was he was doing well as leader and ing from the British people. At the electable: ‘We need to have a campaigner, is just too mor- point to an victimised in a senselessly gruesome 27 per cent badly. However at the end of June the general secretar- strong and united Labour Party ally principled, too interested underlying way. The police rescued 27 child beginning of July only 51 percent ies of 10 of Britain’s largest trade so we can be a good opposition, in social justice, too anti-war workers in a raid on the factory. think he is doing well and 48 per unions signed a joint statement take the fight to the Conservative and anti-unregulated free mar- problem. Thousands of children work in cent said badly. Why the big drop? giving their continued support to Government and heal our coun- ket capitalism, and therefore he Astoundingly, during just one Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. try.’ Then one may ask why divide would be unpopular with the perilous conditions in the impoverished week at the end of June, 60,000 Over 240 Labour councillors have it in the first place by challenging banks, and multinational corpo- nation. Child rights activists regularly people joined the Labour party! signed an open letter giving their the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn? rations, now heavily influencing hold protests and urge the government Last week, more than 183,000 continued backing to Jeremy Cor- I find it surprising that his policy in the UK and America? to address the problem. new supporters of Labour regis- byn’s leadership and slammed the MPs would suddenly lose con- Also, could this political ven- The murder of the child by pumping air into his body has tered in just 48 hours, motivated moves against him as “indulgent” fidence in him just because the detta against him be because he happened for the second time. Last year, similar cruelty claimed by wanting to be eligible to vote and “self-defeating. A large rally Labour leader backed the Remain supports Palestinian rights, and in this summer’s leadership con- took place outside the Parliament campaign in a manner that was supports law-abiding Muslims the life of another child. 13-year-old Rakib Hawlader died after test between Jeremy Corbyn and at the end of June, and a News- not clear and whole hearted against the Islamophobia and co-workers forced air into his body with a compressor at a Owen Smith. They surprisingly night survey of 50 Constituency enough. Jeremy Corbyn supported war mongering that a few among vehicle workshop. Two persons were given death for the murder. rushed to pay the one-off fee, at Labour Party (CLP) chairs found the Remain campaign with the Conservative politicians in addi- The latest incident comes even after death sentences have a rate of one per second, despite 90 per cent were still behind him. proviso, in keeping with many of tion to the Murdoch owned media been awarded to the perpetrators of last year’s incidents. This the decision by Labour’s national According to the New Statesman the British people’s sentiments, have been trying to spread? John shows a disregard for law and lack of fear of the criminal justice executive committee to increase magazine, ‘’Local parties — who that the EU needed some reform- Harris, an author and journalist system. the price from £3 to £25- a move are responsible for vetting new ing. The British people showed regularly writing for the Guard- seemingly designed to minimise members in the first instance — themselves to be equally ambiv- ian on politics confirmed as What drives a crowd to kill a child accused of stealing or the number of people voting to report that the bulk of joiners alent about the EU, belonging to much by saying, ’They (the Par- what leads some persons to show their ingenuity in a fatal way support Corbyn. People were who have responded to welcome which seems to have a few ben- liamentary Labour Party) are now on another child’s body? Developing societies are difficult to apparently joining both to vote emails or messages from MPs are efits for Britain, as well as a few using false and ridiculous claims understand. They are a mix of institutions affected by economic for and against Mr Corbyn in strongly opposed to any attempt disadvantages. of antisemitism and misogynist and social stratification in a complex way. any leadership challenge contest. to remove Corbyn.” The number Jeremy Corbyn is probably and homophobic bullying in an Poverty itself cannot drive brutal crime. It could be the The party, by the second week of party members is heading for still the most popular of all the attempt to undermine his constit- of July, had more than 500,000 600 000 — the largest in half a MPs in politics today, so why uency and trade union support…’. result of insensitive personalities formed by poor socialisation. members, the most in modern century! were those in power so willing Despite the attempted ‘coup’ Moreover, inequities of development create a sense of frustration history. So- why has Jeremy Cor- Why the belief in Corbyn? As to risk losing the popularity of against Corbyn, people-power in the individual who could take it out on other members of the byn’s leadership suddenly become Jo Hall, a lifelong active member the Labour Party by substitut- is winning in the UK, as it has in society for the ‘injustices’ he has suffered. such a hot issue?! of the Labour party, previous ing him as leader? As the Labour Turkey. In a recent online poll by The first answer seems to be the Opinium/ Observer to gauge that he supported the Remain in opinion among those who say the EU campaign and, by only they back Labour, an overwhelm- about 2%, the Brexit campaign ing 54% were found to support won the vote. In a knee jerk Corbyn, against just 22% who reaction to this very close vote, would prefer Owen Smith, the Quote of the day Mr Corbyn faced calls to resign only remaining challenger, now at a stormy meeting in the House Angela Eagle has dropped out of We had a common travel area of Commons during which more the leadership contest, due to be between the United Kingdom than 20 members of his shadow voted upon on September 24th and the Republic of Ireland cabinet and a similar number this year. So Jeremy Corbyn is many years before either of junior ministers walked out. likely to remain the Labour leader country was a member of They later conducted a non- for some time to come, thanks to the European Union. Nobody binding vote of no confidence in the renewed political interest and Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader, activism of the British people ral- wants to return to the borders and the result was a 172-40 vote lying around him, wise enough to of the past. against him. Mr Corbyn said the know who is really on their side. ballot had “no constitutional legitimacy” and that he would not The writer is an English Muslim, Protesters hold up placards in support of Leader of the opposition Theresa May “betray” the members who voted with a Masters in Urban Regen- British Prime Minister for him by resigning. Thirteen of Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn outside parliament during a eration. She can be contacted at his Shadow cabinet members and pro-Corbyn demonstration in central London on June 27, 2016. [email protected]

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By Eli Lake Bloomberg

s the Kremlin trying to throw the US presidential election to Donald Trump? It sounds like something out of a spy novel. But many cyber- security experts, as well as the IHillary Clinton campaign, are now say- ing the Russians are responsible for last month’s hack of the Democratic National Committee. That hack has dominated the news cycle on the eve of the Democratic convention, and for good reason. The emails disclosed Friday by WikiLeaks are embarrassing. They show DNC chairwoman, Deb- bie Wasserman Schultz, plotting to undermine the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, confirming the worst suspicions of the left flank of the party. She resigned her post on Sunday. But the bigger issue is who was FROM LEFT: Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Vermont Senator responsible for the hack in the first place. Bernie Sanders. Bob Gourley, a former chief technol- ogy officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency and now the co-founder and Russians. Crowdstrike investigated the that the Russians are behind the hack. don’t believe it — it would mean Putin is another email scandal for the Democratic partner Cognitio, a cybersecurity con- incident for the Democratic party and To start, Vice Magazine’s Motherboard far less intelligent than I thought, and that party,” he said. sultancy, told me Sunday that he thinks concluded it was the same actor that channel got hold of the alleged Romanian would be comforting to me.” There is something to this. Last year the Russians did it. penetrated the State Department, White hacker, Guccifer 2.0, who has claimed Mike Vickers, a former undersec- a group called the Online Trust Alliance “The software code that I have seen House and Pentagon unclassified systems credit for the cyber skullduggery. The retary of defense for Intelligence and a surveyed major presidential campaign from the hack had all the telltale signs of in 2015. hacker was asked to describe his hack Clinton supporter, disagrees. websites and found that only six met basic being Russian, including code re-used Describing the code used for the in Romanian and couldn’t string together “I think all signs point to cyber actors standards for security, privacy and con- from other attacks,” Gourley told me. penetration in a blog post, Crowdstrike a coherent sentence in the language. with ties to Russian Intelligence,” he told sumer data protection. “This is a really big deal. Some people co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch wrote: Then there is the question of who me on Sunday. “What is unprecedented, Part of the problem is that the Federal in the community are saying this is the “Both adversaries engage in extensive benefits. While Clinton implemented a it seems to me, is the use of these tools Election Commission does not impose Russians pretending to be a hacker, then political and economic espionage for the reset in relations with Russia when she for covert political influence against the basic cyber security standards for polit- giving that information to Julian Assange benefit of the government of the Russian was secretary of state, she has since United States during a presidential gen- ical parties and campaigns the way the is all part of an operation.” (Assange Federation and are believed to be closely soured on Moscow. When Russian eral election.” Federal Trade Commission does for US founded WikiLeaks.) linked to the Russian government’s pow- irregulars invaded Ukraine in 2014, she That indeed would be unprecedented. businesses. Gourley is not alone among cyber- erful and highly capable intelligence compared Putin to Hitler. The Russians operate RT, an English- “By not having a regulator that has security experts. When the hack of the services.” Over the weekend, the Trump Trump on the other hand has bucked language television network that gives the authority to investigate the campaigns DNC was first disclosed in June, the secu- and Clinton campaigns traded accusa- his party’s Russia hawks. He has said he airtime to 9/11 conspiracy theorists and and the data security practices of polit- rity firm Crowdstrike also pointed to the tions on the issue. would only aid NATO states if they paid other anti-American views. ical parties, it was only a matter of time Clinton campaign manager Robbie their fair share of the defense burden in If the Russians are behind the DNC before a campaign or national party was Mook told ABC News the experts con- Europe. Until Trump, no Republican pres- hack, it would be a new tactic that hacked,” Chris Soghoian, the chief tech- sulted by the campaign said it was Russia. idential nominee has questioned the US combines the state’s overt influence oper- nologist for the American Civil Liberties Paul Manafort, who runs the Trump cam- mutual-defense commitment enshrined ations with its covert cyber-spying. Union told me. When the hack of the DNC was first paign, responded that this was “pure in NATO. Mike Flynn, who served as Defense In this sense, the problem of Rus- disclosed in June, the security firm obfuscation.” Devin Nunes, the Republican chair- Intelligence Agency director between sian hacking may be bipartisan. In May, The technical case for attributing the man of the House Permanent Select 2012 and 2014 and is an adviser to the Director of National Intelligence James Crowdstrike also pointed to the DNC hack to Russia rests in the similar- Committee on Intelligence, told me that Trump campaign, told me he wouldn’t Clapper said there were indications of Russians. Crowdstrike investigated ity of the code found on the committee’s it was in Russian president Vladimir be surprised if the Russians were behind hacks against both the Trump and Clin- the incident for the Democratic party servers to other hacks believed to have Putin’s interest for “the Democrats to the DNC hack. ton campaigns. This may be true, but originated in Russia. keep power over foreign policy and to “Both China and Russia have the full so far only the Democrats have seen and concluded it was the same actor Gourley acknowledges though this have Hillary Clinton — architect of the capability to do this,” he said. “If someone their pilfered emails made public. In that penetrated the State Department, isn’t foolproof. “It could be some hacker Russia reset policy that opened the door were to find out Russia did this I would that sense it looks like the Russians are in a garage in Florida found this code and for Putin’s aggression throughout the not be surprised at all.” Flynn said, how- playing favorites in American politics, White House and Pentagon re-used it,” he said. “But historically the globe — become president.” ever, that the real problem is that there something the Kremlin has accused unclassified systems in 2015. bad guys re-use their own code a lot.” He added: “That’s why I like this par- is very poor information security for US the US of doing to Russia for the last There is also a circumstantial case ticular conspiracy theory even though I political parties and campaigns. “This is 100 years. A mouth full of crickets? Lobbyists speak up for edible insects

By Bradley Saacks At a conference of bug-eaters held GRAS list. A company can seek GRAS “There’s no such documentation Robert Nathan Allen, one of the Bloomberg in May in Detroit, the North American status, which the FDA will respond for edible insects, and it might help leaders of the coalition, said in an Edible Insect Coalition was organized. to in about 180 days, said Washing- with the general public and manufac- e-mail that the group is hoping for a It plans to announce a lobbying cam- ton-based regulatory lawyer Ricardo turers as far as eating insects,” Nagy public announcement in late August paign in a few months to convince the Carvajal, of Hyman, Phelps and said. When preparing and cooking or early September on their lobby- t the Oyamel Cocina Mexi- US Food and Drug Administration McNamara. bugs to eat, Ramaswamy said bud- ing plans. He declined to elaborate cana in Washington, metal to add mealworms, crickets protein The insect industry could “take ding entomophagists should follow on them sooner. butterfly mobiles hang from powder and other insect products a page out of the seafood industry’s the FDA’s Hazard Analysis and Crit- Jim Richards, of Cornerstone the ceiling and bugs are on to the agency’s database of Gener- book” and grow through globaliza- ical Control Point protocol to prevent Government Affairs, a lobbyist Ram- theA menu. The chapulines tacos are ally Recognized as Safe ingredients, tion channels and more prominent any microbial contaminants by thor- aswamy recommended to the group, jammed with thumb-sized roasted or GRAS. Someday, supporters say, regulation, said Sonny Ramaswamy, oughly cleaning any insects. said he was contacted by a couple of grasshoppers, a delicacy head chef bugs could be listed as their own food director of USDA’s National Insti- “I like to not overcook just like individual edible insect groups ear- Colin King cooks in tequila and group, similar to seafood. tute of Food and Agriculture, who shrimp,” he said in an e-mail. lier in the year, but the coalition has chipotle puree and serves with “One thing that the edible-insect advised the coalition to start a lob- Brothers Lee and Eli Cadesky, co- not reached out to him yet. One thing that shallots. community has really been good at bying group. “Forty, 50 years ago, founders of edible insect companies The coalition is a sign of progress the edible-insect “There’s a lot of instances when is educating people about safety, but not many people that were not liv- C-Fu Foods and One Hop Kitchen, for the maturation of the industry, people try them for the first time it is difficult to do so when the FDA ing on the coast were eating shrimp,” said they have had trouble finding Ramaswamy said. The edible insect community has where, if they can get over the men- doesn’t acknowledge that it is safe to he said. food processors who will work with industry is already so small that “it’s really been good tal aspect of it, then they end up eat,” said Mark Nagy, a member of the “Now, you have people in Iowa them. “They say ‘I don’t know how my not even a rounding error of the food at is educating really liking them,” King said. “I coalition and brand owner of cricket eating Maine lobsters,” he said. “You other customers will react if I’m han- Americans eat,” he said. That makes know I went through that when I first food company Incredible Foods, in have to look at how the seafood dling insects’ or ‘I don’t know what a joint effort critical. “Absent a col- people about safety, tried them.” Connoisseurs of edible Fort Worth, Texas. industry has grown and think of the the FDA will say,’” said Eli Cadesky, lective or collaborative approach, I but it is difficult insects say more and more people As it stands now, the FDA allows possibility.” whose companies make mealworm think the individuals in the indus- are coming to like such dishes, which the sale of bugs if they are raised for The FDA identifies seafood-spe- and cricket Bolognese sauce. try will continue to struggle,” he said. to do so when represent an untapped source of human consumption. Insect parts cific risks and publishes monthly lists At the Detroit conference, a mar- Insects have a place in the Amer- the FDA doesn’t environmentally sustainable protein. or additives can be found at spe- of distributors certified to ship shell- keting research group reported that ican diet, industry advocates believe, And the industry is getting organized cialty shops but technically aren’t fish, which can help those sceptical the two key factors holding people and they hope to learn from the mis- acknowledge that it to push for further consumer — and classified as food-safe ingredients of eating mussels and squid be more back from eating insects were taste takes of companies they plan to is safe to eat. government — acceptance. because of their exclusion from the comfortable. and safety concerns, Nagy said. compete with one day.

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AFP ground combat around heavily pop- “Every single casualty doc- children -- roughly one-third of the their nationwide insurgency and UN reported that ulated areas as the leading cause of umented in this report -- people total -- a figure the UN described as the Islamic State group seeks to casualties. killed while praying, working, stud- “alarming and shameful”. It was the expand their foothold in the east of insurgent groups KABUL: Civilian casualties in Between January and June, 1,601 ying, fetching water, recovering in highest toll ever recorded by the UN the country. were responsible Afghanistan soared to a record high civilians were killed and 3,565 were hospitals -- every civilian casualty over a six-month period. The UN report said insurgent for majority of in the first half of 2016, the UN said wounded -- a four percent increase represents a failure of commitment “These findings are truly shock- groups including the Taliban were yesterday, with children in particu- in casualties compared to the same and should be a call to action for par- ing, and represent a significant responsible for the majority -- 60 civilian casualties lar paying a heavy price for growing period last year, the United Nations ties to the conflict to take meaningful backtrack on progress for Afghan percent -- of civilian casualties. and the other 47% insecurity as the conflict escalates. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan steps to reduce suffering,” UNAMA children,” international charity Save But it also reported a 47 percent The UN report, which comes (UNAMA) said. chief Tadamichi Yamamoto said. the Children said. increase in the number of casualties caused by pro-govt days after the deadliest attack in The casualties have reached their “Platitudes not backed by mean- The overall statistics are a grim caused by pro-government forces, forces. Kabul since the Taliban were ousted highest level since the UN began issu- ingful action ring hollow over time.” indicator of growing insecurity in compared to the same period last from power in 2001, cited increasing ing its authoritative reports in 2009. The casualties include 1,509 Afghanistan as the Taliban step up year.

Afghan teen met Munich Novel protest gunman before attack Rights group asks Reuters Steinkraus-Koch said. Jakarta to pardon The shooting was one of four attacks in Germany - three of them drug convict MUNICH: A 16-year-old Afghan by migrants - since July 18 that have youth who was arrested on Sunday left 10 people dead and 34 injured, ISLAMABAD: A rights had been in contact via WhatsApp a toll that may heighten public group urged Islamabad with an 18-year-old gunman who disquiet over Chancellor Angela yesterday to try to halt killed nine people in Munich two days Merkel’s open-door refugee policy. the execution of a Paki- earlier and also met him just before More than a million migrants stani drug convict in the attack, Bavarian officials said. have entered Germany over the past Indonesia after his fam- The youth, who was questioned year, many fleeing war in Afghani- ily was notified he would after he contacted police following stan, Syria and Iraq. soon face a firing squad. the shooting, is under investigation The WhatsApp chat showed Zulfiqar Ali, 52, was for possibly having failed to report the Afghan knew the German-Ira- transferred to Nusakam- the plans of the gunman. nian gunman was in possession of bangan prison island off Thomas Steinkraus-Koch, sen- a Glock 17 firearm, Steinkraus-Koch Java where executions ior public prosecutor in Munich, said said. “They got to know each other take place, and Indone- yesterday the Afghan had been in last summer, in 2015, in a psychi- sian authorities have told contact with the gunman via What- atric clinic where they underwent Pakistani officials his exe- sApp until shortly before the attack. treatment,” he said. cution is imminent. He wiped the conversation, but offi- “There, it also became appar- Rights groups includ- cials were able to retrieve it. ent to the (Afghan) suspect that the ing Amnesty International “This chat and questioning attacker was interested in Breivik,” have expressed serious of a suspect has shown that the Steinkraus-Koch added, referring to Migrants, mainly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, sit on a field near the Serbian-Hungarian border concerns about Ali’s con- Afghan met the gunman directly Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people fence during a hunger strike near the village of Horgos, Serbia, yesterday. viction, alleging it arose before the gun attack at what in back-to-back attacks in Norway out of beatings and torture was later the scene of the crime,” in 2011. and did not have fair trial.

Urdu’s first ever online thesaurus Pakistan’s PML-N and PPP decide to patch up launched

Internews watered down its stance regarding They said that the PPP is in KARACHI: Urdu’s first the Rangers deployment in Sindh, agreement with the PML-N on the online thesaurus was and it didn’t insist its position as it question of threats for the system due recently launched and in ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan followed on the previous occasion. to the reasons. no time it has attracted Muslim League (PML-N) and oppo- The expiry of Protection of Both the parties smelled a rat in the attention of many sition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Pakistan Act (POPA) is yet another solo flight of the PTI leader Imran who are usually at a loss have decided to mend their fences example of softening of the federal Khan, who has suddenly announced for words while commu- and restore the spirit of the Charter government since it hasn’t been to launch an agitation against the nicating in the language of Democracy (CoD) that was inked revived, and the matter has been government next month by leaving they hold so dear. between Nawaz Sharif and late Bena- handed over to a committee for his opposition’s pals in wilderness. Urdu Thesaurus is the zir Bhutto way back in June 2006 in deliberations. Dr Tahirul Qadri is also expected to brainchild of novelist and London. The sources revealed that join him later in the month. translator Musharraf Ali Highly placed political sources PPP leader Asif Zardari wanted to His role in the previous PTI-PAT Farooqi who has had the revealed the other day that the two thrash out details for further work- agitation is well known and their idea of making one, at the back of his head, for the parties, after their tense relations of ing between the two parties, and he Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and late prime minister Benazir Bhutto links were also later exposed. last eight months on various counts, asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif The PML-N and the PPP have last 10 years. “I collected had established contact with each to dispatch his emissary for the has no plan to meet the PPP leader. made by the leader of the opposition, once again agreed to thwart any dictionaries, chose the other through a mutual a friend of purpose. Dar’s wife had undergone wrist sur- Syed Khursheed Shah in this regard conspiracy against the system. It ones that were reliable, the two leaderships. Federal Minister for Finance Sen- gery recently, and he had gone there is the result f his ignorance. is understood that details for their and began the data entry The PPP is interested in soliciting ator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, who left to inquire after her. Senator Ishaq Dar is returning cooperation would be worked out in a long time ago,” he said. support of the federal government in Karachi Friday evening for Dubai Meanwhile, a Finance Ministry from Dubai today (Monday) and the a couple of days, the sources added. For now the tool is its position on deployment of Rang- where his family is also residing, was spokesman has also clarified that sources didn’t rule out possibility of Nawaz Sharif is the 20th and cur- afforded by Farooqi’s ers in Karachi/Sindh. tipped as go between the two par- Senator Ishaq Dar isn’t running any his meeting with some stalwarts of rent Prime Minister of Pakistan, in own pocket. The federal government had ties, but he has made it clear that he business in Dubai. The statement the PPP before his returning home. office since June 2013.

Battle against polio Honour killing law likely to win Shariah approval

Internews killing be declared a non-compound- proposed law, said that the views used with regards to multiple forms able offence. The CII, however, says of Islamic scholars and clerics have of perceived immoral behaviour. negation of a ‘compromise’ between been accommodated by the parlia- Once a woman is labeled as ISLAMABAD: The constitutional the accused and the victim’s family mentary committee that has drafted a kari, family members consider body that advises the legislature on is un-Islamic because it is permissi- the bill. themselves to be authorised to kill the compatibility of laws with Islamic ble in Shariah. “We have satisfied them her and the co-accused karo in order Shariah is likely to endorse a pro- A CII member, Abdullah, said [Ulema],” he added. to restore family honour. posed law against honour killings in honour killing has been accepted About a proposed 25-year jail In the majority of cases, the vic- the country, it was learnt from a sen- as a compoundable offence in the term in honour killing cases, Sen- tim of the attacks is female with her ior official. proposed law but it will be the pre- ator Babar said the law would not attackers being male members of her A formal announcement will, rogative of the judge hearing the allow any remission to the convict in family or community. however, be made by the Council of case to accept or reject a compro- his/her imprisonment. “The convict In patriarchal cultures, women’s Islamic Ideology (CII) once the draft mise “which is good”. will not be entitled to any remission lives are structured through a strict on the Honour Killing Bill 2016 is Abdullah, who has also served and he/she will have to complete 25 maintenance of an honour code. tabled in parliament, added the as chief secretary of Khyber- years in jail.” In order to preserve woman’s official who works at the council’s Pakhtunkhwa, says the judge should According to some legal experts, chastity, women must abide by secretariat. have the power to determine whether the provincial governments will socially restrictive cultural prac- “Apparently, a parliamentary or not a compromise is acceptable. have to make amendments in their tices pertaining to women’s status panel has already addressed the “The judge will have to make jail manuals to deprive the right of and family izzat, or honour, such as reservations voiced by the CII,” sure the compromise has not been remission to the convicts of honour the practice of purdah. the official said while requesting reached under duress by the accused killing offence. Honour killings are frequently anonymity. “I think the council’s party.” However, Abdullah believes more complex than the stated objections have been taken care of.” While serving as chief secre- there will be no need to amend the excuses of the perpetrators. The CII has already ruled against tary Abdullah had seen several cases jail manual to deny the convicts More often than not, the mur- crimes committed in the name of where the victim’s family was either remissions. “All it needs will be an der relates to inheritance problems, honour. coerced or lured with money into a executive order.” feud-settling, or to get rid of the wife, Nonetheless, it has objected to compromise. And the judges had no In Pakistan, honour killing is for instance in order to remarry. A boy receives polio vaccine drops at Cantonment Railway one of the clauses of the proposed option but to accept it. known locally as karo-kari. Human rights agencies in Paki- Station in Karachi, Pakistan, yesterday. law which, it believes, is repugnant Meanwhile, PPP Sena- Originally, karo and kari were stan have repeatedly emphasised to Islamic injunctions. tor Farhatullah Babar, who has metaphoric terms for adulterer and that victims were often women The clause proposes that honour been instrumental in pushing the adulteress, but it has come to be wanting to marry of their own will. INDIA TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 11

Parliament Hopeful wait SC allows probes video ending 24-week pregnancy NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yesterday permit- footage by MP ted the termination of a 24-week-old pregnancy after medical reports put “security of the Parliament said the foetus has in peril”. Mann has been asked to severe abnormalities and Mann has been asked appear before the panel by 10.30am the same could gravely to appear before the today and make his submission. endanger the “mental and The Speaker said the panel physical health” of the panel by 10.30am should submit its report by August mother. today and make his 3 and till then Mann was “advised” The bench compris- not to attend the session. ing Justice Jagdish Singh submission. “The Committee is requested Khehar and Justice Arun to examine the matter expedi- Mishra, after perusing tiously and is authorized to follow the report of a medical IANS its own procedure. The report of board of KEM Hospi- the Committee will be presented A vendor, selling handkerchiefs, reads a newspaper as he waits for customers at a market in Mumbai, tal-Mumbai, said: “We to the House for its considera- yesterday. direct the liberty to ter- tion,” Mahajan said. “In view of the minate the pregnancy by NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker seriousness of the matter, Mann is the pregnant mother in Sumitra Mahajan yesterday set advised not to attend the sittings of accordance with law.” up a nine-member panel to probe the House until a decision is taken the alleged breach of Parliament in the matter,” she said. security by AAP lawmaker Bhag- Describing Parliament as the Tribute paid to want Mann and “advised” him not “sanctum sanctorum” of democracy, Court acquits Salman Khan to attend the House till the issue is Mahajan recalled that on Decem- Kargil martyrs resolved. ber 13, 2001, security personnel had Addressing the Lok Sabha as sacrificed their lives for protecting IANS verdicts on various grounds. 1998 and the other at Ghoda Farms SRINAGAR: Indian Army soon as it reassembled after the Parliament and after that the entire On Monday, Justice Nirmaljit on September 28, 1998. chief General Dalbir Singh weekend break, Mahajan said tak- security system was reviewed and Kaur while allowing Salman’s Shooting for the film “Hum Saath Suhag yesterday paid rich ing audio video footage of security overhauled. appeal, acquitted him of all charges Saath Hain” was on at the time. tributes to the martyrs of zones in Parliament by Punjab’s Therefore, the “act of the mem- JODHPUR: The Rajasthan High and also dismissed the state gov- Salman was earlier lodged in the the 1999 Kargil War with Sangrur MP Mann on July 21 and ber” of making an audio visual Court yesterday acquitted Bollywood ernment appeal for enhancing the Jodhpur jail over the cases. Pakistan. putting it up on social networking recording of the security checks actor Salman Khan in two 18-year- sentences. The hearing was com- Salman’s sister Alvira was The army chief also sites was improper. inside Parliament and posting it on old chinkara poaching cases. pleted in the last week of May and present in a jam packed court room interacted with the ‘Veer “I have decided to constitute a social media has “put the security Salman had appealed before the order reserved. when the judgment was pronounced. Naris (war widows), awar- nine-member Inquiry Committee of the Parliament in peril”, she said. the Jodhpur bench of the high court “He has been acquitted in both “We will study the judgement in dees and relatives of the to probe this incident and submit Mahajan said she had consulted challenging a lower court verdict in the cases by the high court,” Sal- detail first and then decide on future martyred soldiers. its report. The Inquiry Commit- leaders of all political parties and 2006 handing him a one and five- man’s counsel Hastimal Saraswat course of action,” Rajasthan’s Addi- The army chief tee shall inquire into the serious everyone supported her action on years term in the two separate cases said. Khan was accused of killing tional Advocate General, KL Thakur, expressed his gratitude security implications and related this issue. The panel has also been of poaching. chinkaras in two separate incidents. said. to the martyrs, their next aspects arising out of the conduct asked to “suggest remedial meas- Salman ans the state govern- One animal was said to have Sources in the state government of kin and the Veer Naris, of the audio visual recording,” ures” so that such episodes are not ment had appealed before the high been killed at Bhawad on the out- said the Supreme Court might now informed sources. Mahajan said. She said Mann’s act repeated. court challenging the lower court’s skirts of Jodhpur on September 26, be approached. Dozens injured as police foil Israeli woman abused inside car

AP There were six men in the car despite concerns about the safety of and two of them abused the tourist women. separatist march in Kashmir after stopping at a desolate spot, he Reports of abuses of women said. Two of the men were in police highlight the persistence of such vio- NEW DELHI: Police were question- custody and a search was on for lence in India despite a public outcry IANS ing two men yesterday in the abuse the other four. Chand said the men following the fatal abuse of a young of a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who would be arrested if police found woman in moving bus in New Delhi accepted a car ride while travel- evidence that they were the ones in 2012. ling in the northern Indian state of involved in the abused. Public fury over that case led to SRINAGAR: Dozens were injured in Himachal Pradesh. Manali police were in touch with more stringent laws that doubled fresh protests in the Kashmir Valley The woman, who had been look- officials at the Israeli Embassy in prison terms for abuse to 20 years yesterday as people defied curfew to ing for a taxi, got into the car in the New Delhi. and criminalized voyeurism and march to Anantnag in a more vola- hill resort of Manali before dawn The picturesque hill resorts of stalking. But many women say daily tile region in response to a call by Sunday to travel to a nearby town, Himachal Pradesh are very popu- indignities and abuse continue una- separatists. said Padam Chand, a police super- lar with young Israelis who travel bated and that the new laws have not Police sources said people from intendent in Manali. in India after their military service, made the streets any safer. many places in south Kashmir and parts of old Srinagar city took to the streets despite the strict curfew. The government had tightened security across the valley to thwart BSF trooper stabs colleague Sidhu keeps the Anantnag march, fearing an out- break of violent protests if people came out in large numbers to reach and escapes with weapon mum on south Kashmir - the worst hit in the days of unrest that has left nearly 50 people dead and thousands injured. IANS joining AAP The sources said police and Paramilitary troopers stop a Kashmiri resident riding with his son on paramilitary forces baton charged a bicycle during the 17th day of curfew in Srinagar, yesterday. and fired pellets to chase away the JAMMU: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper yesterday stabbed a col- IANS protesters marching towards Anant- league and escaped with the latter’s light machine gun (LMG) on the border nag town square where separatist around his house. But policemen Jammu and Kashmir Liberation in Jammu and Kashmir. Trooper Rajeev Rajan, a resident of Darbanga in leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and outside stopped him and drove him Front has been lodged in a Srinagar Bihar, stabbed Raghubir Singh at the Beli Azmat post in Kanachak area in NEW DELHI: Former BJP MP Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had planned away in a bullet proof armoured lockup since violent protests erupted Jammu district, a senior police officer said. Navjot Singh Sidhu yesterday said to address public rallies and offer vehicle to the nearby Humhama across the Kashmir Valley following Rajan later escaped with a LMG and 10 magazines. Both the troop- he gave up his Rajya Sabha seat as prayers in absentia for the dead. police station, an officer told IANS. the July 8 killing of Hizbul Muja- ers belonged to the 89th Battalion of BSF. The officer said Rajan had been he was repeatedly asked to stay Both Geelani and the Mirwaiz The Mirwaiz was also detained at hideen commander Burhan Wani. sanctioned leave with effect from July 21. away from Punjab which he was were taken into preventive custody a police station near his house when But police said in a statement “Initial investigations reveal he did not leave for his home on July 21 not prepared to do. as they defied prohibitory orders. he defied restrictions and attempted that the “situation throughout the but was hiding after leaving the post till he managed to return secretly to Addressing a crowded press Geelani, who has been in deten- to march towards Anantnag. Kashmir Valley remained peaceful stab his colleague and decamp with the LMG. conference here, Sidhu, however, tion at his residence in the upscale Other separatist leaders includ- and under control although some “The injured trooper has been shifted to a hospital,” the officer said. declined to spell out his political Hyderpora neighbourhood, came ing Shabir Shah have also been stray stone pelting incidents were A high alert has been sounded to trace the missing trooper. Police in future and ducked questions on out despite a tight security cordon detained while Yaseen Malik of the reported from some places”. neighbouring Punjab have also been alerted. whether he planned to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “I resigned from the Rajya Sabha because I was told to not turn towards Punjab and stay away from Punjab... Why should Unfortunate that missing AN-32 not yet traced: IAF chief I stay away from Punjab and on whose wishes?” a visibly angry Sidhu asked. Saying he believed IANS will be conducted to ascertain exactly aircraft and personnel,” he said. like these are painful reminders of there with the missing personnel in “rashtra dharma”, the crick- what led to the event. The AN-32 aircraft of the Indian the inherent risks which our brave and their families, and no effort will eter-turned-politician said: “How “It is very unfortunate that we Air Force was on a scheduled courier personnel face in the execution of be spared to locate them,” Raha said. could I ignore my roots and betray NEW DELHI: Indian Air force chief, have not been able to trace the sortie from Tambaram in Chennai to our daily missions,” the air force The IAF chief said in the last my homeland? Should I stay away Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha yeste- missing aircraft and the person- Port Blair in the Andamans. The air- chief said. three decades of its operations, the from Punjab just to cater to per- day said it is “unfortunate” that the nel on board. It is a very difficult craft departed Tambaram at 8.30am “A thorough inquiry will be con- IAF has exploited the capabilities of sonal interests of some people?” missing AN-32 aircraft has not been moment for all of us and we share on Friday with six crew and 23 per- ducted to ascertain exactly what led this aircraft as the “workhorse”. Sidhu, who was not allowed traced so far, describing it as a “very the concerns of the distraught family sonnel. It was due to land at Port Blair to this unfortunate event. The IAF “Because of its excellent opera- by the Bharatiya Janata Party to difficult moment”. members,” Raha said in a statement. at 11.30am. remains committed to provide the tional performance, AN-32 has been contest from Amritsar in the 2014 Raha called the event a “painful “IAF authorities are in constant Radar contact with the aircraft best possible equipment and train- landing at Daulat Beg Oldie, which Lok Sabha polls, did not take the reminder” of the inherent risks per- touch with the family members of the was lost when the aircraft was east of ing to our personnel so that they can is the highest landing ground in the name of any political party or sonnel face in the execution of their missing personnel and they are being Chennai at an approximate distance execute their assigned missions pro- world. Needless to say that capable leader in his nearly 10-minute daily missions. regularly updated about the efforts of 270km. Since then there has been fessionally,” he said. aircrew are chosen to fly these air- media address that was punctu- He added that a thorough inquiry being made to trace the missing no contact with the aircraft. “Events “Our prayers and thoughts are craft,” he added. ated by Urdu couplets. 12 TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 EUROPE UK not for return to N Ireland border controls

“What we do want to do is to find a way through this that is going to Cop fines himself British Prime Minister work, deliver a practical solution for after going Theresa May makes everybody to ensure that we come out of this with a deal which is in without lifejacket first visit to Northern the best interests of the whole of the Ireland after United Kingdom.” taking charge. Northern Ireland voted to stay OSLO: No one is above the in the EU, with 56 percent voting law in Norway, it would ‘Remain’, putting it at odds with the seem, after a policeman United Kingdom’s 52-48 percent fined himself for failing to result in favour of leaving. wear a life jacket. Reuters The border issue has arisen Officer Arne Stavnes because those in favour of leaving the was pictured in the pages EU were adamant that Britain must of the Verdens Gang be able to control its borders—and newspaper at the helm of BELFAST: Britain does not want a hence immigration—more closely. his police boat during a return to border controls in North- Any new arrangements must also patrol of Utoya island, 38 ern Ireland, Prime Minister Theresa be agreed by all EU member states. km away from Oslo. May said yesterday on her first visit May was speaking after she The photo prompted to the British province following the met province’s leader, Arlene Fos- several witty comments United Kingdom’s vote to leave the ter, who campaigned for Britain to from readers who noted European Union. leave the EU, and Deputy First Min- that the skipper was flout- The June 23 Brexit vote has raised ister Martin McGuinness, a former ing the law by not wearing a number of questions for Northern Irish Republican Army commander his police-issue lifesaver— Ireland, from its impact on 18 years who campaigned to remain. compulsory in Norway British Prime Minister Theresa May (centre) poses for a picture with Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene of peace, to billions of pounds of EU McGuinness, who has demanded on vessels less than eight funding and the open border with the a referendum to split Northern Ire- Foster (left) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at Stormont Castle in Belfast, yesterday. metres long. Irish Republic, which will be Britain’s land from the United Kingdom so it The honest police- only land frontier with the bloc. can remain in the European Union as McGuinness, who also raised con- Northern Ireland’s largest pro-Brit- and Protestant unionists who wanted man moved to stay one “We had a common travel area part of a united Ireland, said he had a cerns about the future of projects that ish party, said she told May there to keep Northern Ireland British. step ahead and published between the United Kingdom and frank exchange with May emphasis- are funded by the EU. must be no internal borders within Over 3,600 died in the conflict. a photo of his self-issued the Republic of Ireland many years ing wishes of Northern Irish voters. Leaders south of the border have the UK and the Prime Minister had Yesterday, a coalition of North- 500 Norwegian kroner before either country was a mem- “I speak for the people of the been seeking support across EU to responded positively to that. ern Ireland politicians and human ($58, €53) penalty. ber of the European Union. Nobody North, who are Unionist and Nation- preserve freedom of movement and Concerns have also been raised rights activists threatened a legal wants to return to the borders of the alist, and have made it clear that they goods across the island but acknowl- about legal status of the 1998 Good challenge against any British gov- past,” May said, referring to freedom see their future in Europe ... There is edged that controls at Northern Irish Friday Agreement, which ended three ernment move to leave the European Devastating of movement that existed between no good news whatsoever in Brexit ports and airports may be required. decades of fighting between Catholic Union unless the province’s peace the countries since the 1920s. for anybody in the North,” said Foster, who is the leader of nationalists seeking a united Ireland process is protected. wildfires on Chios island

ATHENS: Greece has No Brexit talks for several months: Juncker declared a state of emer- Sturgeon warns gency on the Aegean island of Chios, which has Reuters British government needs several this possibility,” Juncker said. been engulfed by a wild- months to fine-tune its position,” He said the EU would not grant fire raging out of control, against ‘hard’ Brexit authorities said yesterday. Juncker told France 2 television. tariff-free access to the internal New British Prime Minister market for UK goods and services Dozens of firefight- PARIS: Britain will need months of Theresa May told Juncker in mid- if Britain did not accept free move- ers and aircraft were preparation before Brexit talks can July that Britain hoped to hold positive ment of workers from within the EU. AFP deployed to fight the for- start, EU Commission President talks with the EU following the result “There will be no access to the est fire which broke out Jean-Claude Juncker said yesterday, of the June 23 referendum, but needed internal market for those who do not early yesterday, burning chiding the government in London time to prepare for the negotiations. accept the rules — without exception through olive groves and for not preparing better for the pos- Juncker said there was no dead- or nuance — that make up the very LONDON: Scottish First Minister mastic trees, an important sibility of a ‘Leave’ vote. line, since article 50 of the EU treaty, nature of the internal market sys- Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) yester- source of income for the Juncker, who also confirmed which specifies the exit procedures, tem,” Juncker said. day warned Britain was heading island. Britain would lose unrestricted could only be activated by Britain. French President Francois Hol- for a “hard” exit from the Euro- “It is very serious ... access to internal European Union “I would have preferred the UK lande has warned that Britain would pean Union against Scotland’s authorities are doing their market if it did not accept free move- presents us its letter of resignation, lose free EU market access and that wishes, which could pave the way utmost to deal with it ment of workers, said his preference so to speak, as soon as possible, as I the City of London would no longer for independence. with land and air forces,” would have been for Brexit talks to had thought that the British, espe- be able to act as a clearing house in In a speech in Edinburgh, the said Christiana Kalogirou, start as soon as possible. cially those who wanted to leave euros, if the UK stopped free move- Scottish National Party (SNP) leader governor of the North- “(But) this is not the case. The the EU, would have prepared for ment of workers from Europe. cited continuing access to the Euro- ern Aegean Prefecture, to pean Union (EU) single market and which Chios belongs. maintaining freedom of movement with the bloc as two things that were key to Scotland’s economic figuring out what Brexit actually EU orders Spain Professional hazard interests. does mean, while others like Scot- But she said the British gov- land can focus on how to retain ties to recover fast ernment appeared to be “heading and keep open channels that we do towards a ‘hard’ rather than a ‘soft’ not want to close or dismantle”. train test funds Brexit, a future outside the single Despite a lifetime’s commit- market with only limited access ment to Scottish independence, BRUSSELS: The EU and significant restrictions on free which was rejected in a 2014 ref- ordered Spain yester- movement”. erendum, Sturgeon said breaking day to recover €140m British Prime Minister Theresa away from the UK was not her first ($150m) in illegal state aid May has said she will not trigger priority. set aside for a high speed Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, “Protecting Scotland’s interest train test centre that Brus- which starts the two-year count- is my starting point and I am deter- sels said was unnecessary. down to Brexit, before the end of the mined to explore all options to do The commission in year to give time to consult with all that,” she said. 2015 launched a probe nations in the UK. “But if we find our interests into the plans for the Unlike England and Wales, most can’t be protected in a UK context, unique testing site mear voters in Scotland voted in the June independence must be one of those Malaga where, if com- 23 referendum to remain in the options.” pleted, trains could travel EU—and Sturgeon said she would Sturgeon mentioned in pass- as fast as 520 km per fight hard to protect her country’s ing a theory described as “Reverse hour. “There does not interests. Greenland”, that would see England, appear to be any interest As well as economic concerns, Wales and possibly Northern Ire- in the market to develop Scotland also wanted to preserve land leave the EU but Scotland stay, products that run at such EU social protections and inter- taking on Britain’s membership. high speeds,” the commis- national alliances on crime and Greenland, part of the Kingdom sion said in a statement. climate change, she said. of Denmark, left the European Eco- “In fact, the (centre) “At this stage we must keep all nomic Community in 1985 while was expected to gener- of our options open,” Sturgeon told Denmark stayed in. ate losses throughout its a meeting organised by the IPPR “I don’t underestimate the chal- entire period of opera- Spanish matador Pablo Belando is aided after being tossed by a bull during a bullfight at the Ventas think tank. lenge of finding such a solution,” tion,” it added. bullring in Madrid. In the coming months “the (UK) Sturgeon added, but noted: “We live nations that voted to leave can start in unprecedented times.” Thousands of babies may be born with Zika disorders: Study

AFP Eighty percent of people will order of tens of thousands across Mathematical models of disease If so, “over half a million” chil- Olympics host Brazil will suffer more develop mild symptoms or never the whole of Latin America and the progression are notoriously prone dren may ultimately be affected, he than double the impact of any other even be aware they have the virus. Caribbean who could realistically to inaccuracies, as estimates can be said. country, with about 580,000 preg- But for babies in the womb Zika end up developing microcephaly or skewed by such factors as the infec- Whatever the final number, a nant women out of 37.4 million total PARIS: Tens of thousands of babies can be devastating—linked to a a related condition,” said study co- tiousness of the virus, the adaptative support system for affected babies infections. may be born with debilitating brain-damaging disorder called micro- author Alex Perkins of the University response of the immune system and and their families “needs to be put in Other affected countries include Zika-related disorders in course cephaly that can lead to stillbirth or of Notre Dame in Indiana. The pro- social and economic factors that help place as soon as possible,” said Jimmy Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, of outbreak sweeping through severely disabling birth defects. jection was “a worst-case scenario” it to spread. Whitworth of the London School of Haiti, Argentina and the Dominican Latin America and the Caribbean, Among women in a high-risk he said, “but a realistic one”. Experts not involved in the Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Republic. researchers said yesterday. early term of pregnancy, anything The team used data on the usual study said the new estimate may be “Over 1,700 affected babies have Another recent study had put Mathematical projections sug- between one and 13 percent have foe- number of pregnancies, the prev- conservative. been born in Brazil so far, and the the annual number of pregnancies gest about 93.4 million people may tuses develop microcephaly or other alence of the mosquito species Derek Gatherer of Lancaster Uni- numbers are going to continue to in the Zika-affected region at about catch the virus—including some 1.65 Zika-related complications, said the spreading the virus, weather condi- versity noted recent research which increase in the months ahead,” he 5.4 million. million pregnant women—before the research team from the United States, tions and socio-economic conditions found that as many as 29 percent said in comments via the Science But many of those, the new paper epidemic fizzles out, a team reported Britain and Sweden. that make people more vulnerable, of babies of Zika-infected mothers Media Centre. said, would not be affected by Zika, in the journal Nature Microbiology. This meant “somewhere on the and disease spread dynamics. develop problems. The research team predicted due to the effects of “herd immunity”. EUROPE TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 13 Bavarian bomber pledged allegiance to IS: Minister

The 27-year-old Germany warns of arrived in Germany two years ago and anti-migrant backlash sought asylum. AFP Interior Minister Tho- mas de Maiziere also warned against placing refugees “under Reuters general suspicion”, despite ANSBACH: Germany warned “individual cases that are under yesterday of a potential backlash investigation”. against migrants after a Syrian Police said the man intended ANSBACH, GERMANY: The Syrian asylum seeker blew himself up to target the open-air festival but who blew himself up in southern outside a music festival. . was turned away as he did not Germany, wounding 15 people, had Merkel’s deputy spokes- have a ticket, and detonated the pledged allegiance to Islamic State woman Ulrike Demmer expressed device outside a nearby cafe. (IS) on a video found on his mobile government’s “shock” after recent “If he had made it inside, there phone, the Bavarian interior minis- rash of attacks but also warned would certainly have been more ter said yesterday. against branding all refugees a victims,” a police spokesman said. “A provisional translation by an security threat. “Most of the ter- The explosion went off in the interpreter shows that he testifies his rorists who carried out attacks in centre of the city of Ansbach, not allegiance to (IS leader) Abu Bakr al- recent months in Europe were not far from where more than 2,500 Baghdadi ... an act of revenge against refugees,” she said. people had gathered for the con- the Germans because they’re getting “The terrorism threat (among cert, at around 10 pm (2000 GMT). in the way of Islam,” Joachim Her- refugees) is not larger or smaller The perpetrator was killed in rmann told a news conference. than in the population at large.” the blast. Police stand at the scene of a suicide attack in Ansbach, yesterday. “I think that after this video there’s no doubt that the attack was a terrorist attack with an Islamist has a US Army base, was the fourth offences and faced deportation to initiate appropriate amendments if police said. Herrmann said the recent attacks background.” act of violence by men of Middle East- Bulgaria. they are necessary or if I think they The suicide bomber had been raised serious questions about Ger- IS claimed responsibility for the ern or Asian origin against German Federal Interior Minister Thomas are necessary, but only then,” he said. denied entry to the Ansbach Open many’s asylum law and security attack, according to Amaq, a news civilians in a week. de Maiziere said no decision would be Germany’s federal and state music festival shortly before deto- nationwide. He planned to intro- agency that supports Islamic State. The 27-year-old arrived in Ger- made on changing asylum or immi- security authorities have more than nating the bomb outside a restaurant, duce measures at a meeting to be held The attack, outside a music fes- many two years ago and claimed gration rules until investigations into 400 leads on fighters or members of Herrmann said. More than 2,000 today to strengthen police forces, in tival in Ansbach, a town of 40,000 asylum. He was in trouble with police the recent incidents are finished. Islamist organisations among ref- people were evacuated from the fes- part by ensuring they have adequate people southwest of Nuremberg that repeatedly for drug-taking and other “Of course I would and will ugees in the country, BKA federal tival after the explosion, police said. equipment. Italy tightens border French govt raps opponents over Nice security row

Reuters usually unflappable Cazeneuve hit a crowd of revellers on a Nice beach- Europe 1: “To insult elected officials is controls at four points out at right-wing politicians from front boulevard, killing 84 people. in a way to insult memory of victims. Nice, led by regional president The ease with which Mohamed We are not instrumentalising anyone, Christian Estrosi, who he accused of Lahouaiej Bouhlel reached the we are only demanding answers. PARIS: France’s government closed almost daily lies and political broad- pedestrianised Promenade des “The state has to stop obstruct- Reuters Asked about Galzerano’s ranks around Interior Minister Ber- sides in wake of the Nice massacre. Anglais in the 19-tonne truck, has ing the truth.” remarks, a spokesperson from nard Cazeneuve yesterday and “This has to stop, there can become a focus for criticism of secu- Nice, a French Riviera city of Europol said the organisation pro- accused conservative opponents of be no room for doubt in the fight rity arrangements. nearly 350,000 people, is France’s vided “the kind of cooperation fanning allegations that his office against terrorism,” Valls said. “I Ten months ahead of general most heavily policed urban area and MILAN: After the truck attack Europe needs in fight against organ- sought to alter a report into policing don’t have any doubts about Ber- elections, Estrosi and other local has an extensive network of surveil- that killed 84 people in Nice, Italy ised crime and terrorism”. on night of the deadly Nice attack. nard Cazeneuve.” conservatives have aggressively crit- lance cameras. tightened controls at four border Although it is rare for top Ital- Prime Minister Manuel Valls President Francois Hollande, who icised strength of the national police Sandra Bertin, head of the city’s crossings with France over fears an ian security officials to comment said he had full confidence in Caze- has publicly backed Cazeneuve, said force presence on the night of July 14. CCTV camera network, told the assailant could sneak across onto so openly in public, Galzerano’s neuve, who dismissed an assertion there was “no place for controversy Valls accused them of copying Journal Du Dimanche that she had Italian soil. remarks echo those of officials in by head of Nice’s video surveillance or confrontation” and that investiga- the tone of US Republican presi- been harassed by an interior minis- The rapid action reflected grow- other European countries. that ministry staff pressured her to tors would establish the truth. dential nominee Donald Trump, try official who wanted a report that ing Italian concern about weak Concerns have been growing indicate presence of national police Valls’ Socialist government is whose campaign has been marked confirmed national police could be cooperation on security matters in since January last year when 17 peo- force officers at certain sites where under fire for not doing enough by insults and inflammatory rhetoric. seen at two particular sites - a fact the European Union after a spate of ple were killed in Islamist attacks the attack unfurled. to prevent a 31-year-old Tunisian Responding to Cazeneuve’s Sun- she said could not be confirmed by deadly attacks—in France, Belgium on French satirical weekly Charlie In a television interview, the ploughing his rented truck through day night comments, Estrosi told CCTV footage. and now Germany. Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket. Those concerns have become Last November suicide bombings so great that Italian officials have and shootings killed 130 in Paris, started voicing their alarm in public, followed in March by Brussels metro Iraqi charged a rare step for such officials in Italy. and airport attacks which killed 32. Bid to ‘beat’ the record “What happened in Nice, and In February, The Netherlands in a sense also what happened in called for greater sharing of intel- with having trace Munich, only reinforces what I am ligence data. saying: that we need to focus eve- In other signs of concern, a explosives rything on prevention and share all French parliamentary investigation useful information,” said Claudio found multiple intelligence failures in Poland Galzerano, a senior official with before the Paris attacks and called Italian anti-terrorism police in for creation of a counter-terrorism charge of international cooperation. agency to prevent further violence. AFP Even before the July 14 attack in Some of the Paris attackers had Nice, 35 km from the Italian border, been on the radar of authorities in three senior Italian security officials various countries. The Islamic State WARSAW: An Iraqi man has been told a section of media they were suicide bombers who attacked Brus- charged with possessing trace worried about reluctance of some sels airport two months after the amounts of explosive material in national police forces to share infor- Dutch plea were suspected of hav- Poland, officials said yesterday, mation with Europol. ing links to the Paris killings. days ahead of the pope’s visit for “If Europol isn’t fed with more “Often, they (police) show enor- a huge youth festival. data from member countries, it will mous resistance in sharing, for Poland has upped security remain a beautiful but empty box,” investigative purposes, informa- ahead of World Youth Day event Galzerano said, adding information tion and data that is really useful,” that will draw hundreds of thou- on potentially violent, mentally ill said one of Italy’s most prominent sands of pilgrims from around the people should also be shared with counter-terrorism investigators, world to the city of Krakow. and among police forces. Turin-based prosecutor Armando The Iraqi man was charged Since Friday, two assailants with Spataro. in the central city of Lodz and histories of mental illness launched Spataro said bilateral coop- remanded in custody for two separate attacks in Germany. eration worked well with some months, local court spokesman Likening counter-terrorism to countries, such as Germany and Pawel Urbaniak told reporters. the team sport of soccer, Galzerano Spain, but broke down at times with “National prosecutors have said: “If you stretch your defence too other EU partners, such as after the Drummers attempt to beat the Guinness record for ensemble drums playing during the S16 Festival launched an investigation,” he thin, the attacking players can score attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the in Tarnobrzeg, Poland. added. Prosecutor Beata Marczak a goal more easily.” Jewish supermarket. added that the man was detained last week and charged on Sunday with “possessing trace amounts of explosive material,” which could result in up to eight years in jail. Police and cyber firms tackle ‘ransomware’ hacking threat “That does not mean we found enough explosive material to cause an explosion,” she told AFP having to pay ransoms to cyber crim- with malicious software. Grobman from Intel Security, one of websites and infected email attach- reporters, adding that currently inals,” said a combined statement, Kaspersky Lab, one of the tech the other tech firms involved in the ments and uses a strong algorithm “there are no grounds for charging issued from Europol’s Hague-based firms supporting the project, said scheme, said in March the practice is for each encrypted file, encrypting him with participating in terror- headquarters. the number of victims attacked by growing due to several factors—easy not only the file’s content, but the file ist activity.” THE HAGUE: Dutch police, Europol The website www.nomoreran- so-called crypto-ransomware was access to necessary software, crimi- name as well. Private news channel Polsat and a coalition of cyber security som.org offers advice on how to growing by an alarming rate—rising nal networks which offer the service, Kaspersky Lab and Intel Secu- News reported that the explosive firms launched a new website yester- avoid data being taken hostage by from 131,000 in 2014-15 to 718,000 and the difficulty of tracking down rity prevented more than 27,000 traces were found on the man’s day to fight a surge in “ransomware” ransomware, as well as more than in 2015-16. the culprits who are able to hide in attempts since 2014 to attack users luggage and clothes at hotels in which locks users’ data until they pay 160,000 decryption keys in the event “Ransomware is a top threat for anonymous networks. with “Shade” ransomware. Lodz and Krakow. criminals to retrieve it. of a computer being infected. EU law enforcement,” added yester- One of the latest malicious pro- “Most infections occurred in It added that the man had The “No More Ransom” initia- Hackers have been stepping up day’s statement. “Almost two-thirds grammes targetted by the combined Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Austria been detained at the hotel in tive is the new online portal “aimed efforts to turn their exploits into hard of the EU member states are conduct- law enforcement and the coalition of and Kazakhstan. Shade activity was Lodz on Sunday and had been in at informing the public about the cash in recent years by locking ing investigations into this form of tech firms is the so-called “Shade” also registered in France, the Czech possession of notes on prepar- dangers of ransomware and helping unsuspecting computer users’ data attack.” ransomware. Republic, Italy and the United States,” ing terrorist acts against French victims to recover their data without after infecting their computers Chief technical officer Steve “Shade” is spread via malicious the statement added. supermarkets in Poland. 14 TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 AMERICAS Two youth dead in Florida club shooting

in a statement “this incident was not Tatianna Nouhaioi, a neighbour, said. an act of terror.” A “person of inter- “And then there was a little girl who The latest attack est” has been detained and two other also got shot and she was 13. One of came six weeks after individuals were being held for ques- the security guard’s daughter got shot, tioning, police said. so I mean there was kids 13, 14, 15, 16.” a gunman killed 49 It came just six weeks after a Police said at least 14 to 16 people people at a club in gunman killed 49 people at a club in sustained minor to life-threatening Orlando, Florida, the worst massa- wounds during the episode. Orlando. cre on US soil since 9/11. A nearby home and vehicles were Gunfire erupted outside the also shot at, resulting in one minor venue as a party was breaking up, injury, police said. police, witnesses and the club said. Television images of the scene AFP “As the club was closing and par- showed one of the wounded being ents were picking their children up... loaded into an ambulance while that’s when all this happened,” Club police with flashlights scoured the Blu said in a statement. parking lot for evidence, marking FLORIDA: Two youth were killed and “We are deeply sorry for all where shell casings fell. as many as 16 other people injured involved. We tried to give the teens “The investigation is still very early yesterday in a shooting outside WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A SAFE active as is the crime scene,” a police a Florida club as parents were pick- PLACE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME,” it statement said. “Investigators are ing up their children from a “teen said, adding there was armed secu- working very hard to determine a night” event. rity inside and outside the club. motive and answer many of the ques- Police in Fort Myers, Florida iden- Witnesses described people scat- tions. However, at this time questions Police remove a car hit by gunfire outside of Club Blu where two people were killed in Fort Myers, Florida, tified the dead as 14-year-old Sean tering at sound of gunfire, ducking will not and cannot be answered.” Archilles and 18-year-old Stefan and running behind a nearby apart- Earlier, police said they were yesterday. Strawder, described by local media as ment building, with children as young searching for “other persons who a star high school basketball player. as 13 reportedly among the injured. may be involved in this incident.” crime and unfortunately not spared “We have watched events like this After the Orlando massacre, the The motive for the shooting in “It was a young teen event. There Randall Henderson, the mayor acts of violence and shootings as unfold too many times, but when it White House denounced the “cow- the parking lot of Club Blu was not were kids. The kid I was holding in of the city on Florida’s Gulf coast, other cities across the country have occurs in our city, it hits directly to ardice” of US lawmakers who failed immediately known, but police said my lap, he was 14 that got shot,” said Fort Myers is “not immune to experienced.” our hearts,” he said. to pass gun control legislation.

Sanders’ supporters Obama’s brother to vote for Trump in angry over appeal presidential polls

to elect Hillary Reuters

Reuters put the spotlight back on Sanders’ NAIROBI: President Barack Obama’s failed bid to win Democratic nom- half-brother, Malik Obama, said he ination, and in particular on his will vote for Republican nominee complaints during the campaign Donald Trump in the US election in PHILADELPHIA: Bernie Sanders that the party establishment was November because he likes the can- yesterday urged his supporters to working to undermine him. didate and he is unhappy with his back Democratic rival Hillary Clinton Yesterday, Sanders brought the brother’s leadership. in her White House bid, drawing jeers loudest cheers when he noted that Malik, who is in his 50s, speak- and shouts of “We want Bernie” in a Wasserman Schultz, a US sena- ing from Obama’s ancestral home of show of discord as the party kicked tor from Florida, had resigned as Kogelo in western Kenya, said he sup- off its national convention. the Democratic National Com- ports Trump’s policies, especially his The boos underscored the mittee chairman over the email focus on security. deeply felt anger his convention del- controversy. “He appeals to me and also I egates feel at both Clinton’s win and “Her resignation opens up the think that he is down to earth and embarrassing emails leaked sug- possibility of new leadership at the he speaks from the heart and he is gesting the party leadership had top of Democratic Party,” Sanders not trying to be politically correct. worked to sabotage Sanders’ cam- said, adding the leadership should He’s just straight-forward,” he said. paign for the nomination. be made up of “people who want Malik, a US citizen, has lived in Debbie Wasserman Schultz real change.” Washington since 1985 where he Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders arrives at the start of Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo resigned as party chairwoman on Wasserman Schultz’s resigna- worked with various firms before Sunday, a day before the start of the tion is effective at the end of the Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, yesterday. becoming an independent financial Philadelphia convention to formally convention, but yesterday, she told consultant. nominate Clinton for the November Florida’s Sun Sentinel newspaper Trump’s stance against Muslims 8 election, and yesterday she bowed that she would not speak as planned coming in to the United States was to pressure and agreed not to open at the opening of the convention. understandable even to Muslims like the convention. “I have decided in the interest of FBI probes DNC email hack himself, Malik said. Speaking to his supporters, Sand- making sure that we can start the “I’m a Muslim, of course, but you ers savaged Republican presidential Democratic convention on a high can’t have people going around just candidate Donald Trump, calling him note that I am not going to gavel in AFP “The FBI is investigating a cyber be neutral on the candidates, forced shooting people and killing people a danger to future of the country who the convention,” Wasserman Schultz intrusion involving the DNC and are the resignation of the DNC chair- just in the name of Islam,” he said. “must be defeated,” but some in the said. The meeting “needs to be all working to determine the nature and woman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, He criticised President Obama’s room booed when he said “we have about making sure that everyone scope of the matter,” the agency said on Sunday, effective at the end of the record in the White House saying he got to elect Hillary Clinton” and her knows that Hillary Clinton would WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau in a brief statement. convention. had not done much for the Ameri- vice-presidential running mate, US make the best president,” she said. of Investigation (FBI) said yesterday it “A compromise of this nature is Clinton’s campaign, meanwhile, can people and his extended family Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. The controversy over the emails was investigating the “cyber intrusion” something we take very seriously, and was pushing the notion that Rus- despite the high expectations that Sanders tried to calm them has been an embarrassing prelude at Democratic National Committee the FBI will continue to investigate sia was behind the email leaks in an accompanied his election in 2008, down. “Brothers and sisters, this is to the convention, which Democratic after leaked internal emails show party and hold accountable those who pose effort to help Trump win. both in the United States and Kenya. the real world that we live in,” he officials had hoped would convey no- leaders sought to undermine campaign a threat in cyberspace.” “Experts are telling us that Rus- The two men appear to have said, adding, “Trump is a bully and drama competence in contrast to the of Bernie Sanders. Anti-secrecy website WikiLe- sian state actors broke into the DNC, drifted apart but were previously a demagogue.” volatile campaign of Trump. The leaked documents have pro- aks at the weekend released nearly took all these emails, and now are close. Malik has visited the president Members of the crowd started Yesterday morning Wasser- voked an uproar in Philadelphia. 20,000 emails from between Jan- leaking them out through these web- in the Oval office and was also best screaming back: “So is Hillary.” man Schultz struggled to be heard The Clinton campaign has sought uary 2015 and May 2016, gleaned sites,” campaign manager Robby man at Barack’s wedding. “She stole the election!” someone above boos as she spoke to the Dem- to deflect questions about party by hackers who apparently raided Mook told ABC. Obama’s election created much else shouted. ocratic delegation from her home efforts to derail the rival Sanders the accounts of seven Democratic “It’s troubling that some experts excitement in Kenya especially in The leak of more than 19,000 state. Some protesters held up signs bid with suggestions that Russia was National Committee leaders. are now telling us that this was done Kogelo village where their father was Democratic National Committee that read “Bernie” and “E-MAILS” behind the leaks to help Republican The furor over the apparent bias by the Russians for the purpose of born before going to study at the Uni- emails by the WikiLeaks website and shouted “Shame,” as she spoke. candidate Donald Trump. in the party, which is supposed to helping Donald Trump.” versity of Hawaii.

Wildfire threatens 10,000 homes Ancient treasure

Reuters man was found on Saturday evening fine white ash from the fire. in a burned-out car parked in the Fed by dense brush desic- driveway of a home. cated during five years of drought, Plans to begin allowing some flames were initially stoked by tri- LOS ANGELES: A California wild- displaced residents to return to their ple-digit heat and extremely low fire that has destroyed more than a communities were canceled late on humidity. Slightly cooler, moister dozen homes and left one man dead Sunday after a dangerous shift in conditions and diminished winds is forcing thousands of residents to the winds. were expected to help firefighters flee as flames raged for a fourth day By yesterday morning evacua- on Monday. through drought-parched canyons tion orders had been expanded to Nearly 3,000 firefighters and foothills north of Los Angeles, 10,000 homes, or roughly 20,000 were battling to contain the blaze, officials said yesterday. people, Los Angeles County Fire the cause of which was under The so-called Sand Fire has Inspector Joey Marron said, adding investigation. charred at least 130 square km that about 200 commercial buildings 10,000-plus-acre fire was burn- around the rugged northwestern were also in harm’s way. Authori- ing in a coastal area of Monterey fringes of the Angeles National For- ties on Sunday had put the number County, prompting authorities to est since it broke out on Friday, and of people evacuated at 1,500. widen evacuation orders to several remained just 10 percent contained The blaze was threatening a communities there, according to the yesterday, authorities said. cluster of small communities near California Department of Forestry Since Sunday alone the blaze Santa Clarita, about 65 km north and Fire Protection. engulfed an additional 11,000 acres, of Los Angeles, as it cast a pall of One person suffered non- A view of the Temple of the Inscriptions at the archaeological site of Palenque, in the state of Chiapas, according to the latest figures. smoke and soot over a wide area of life-threatening injuries and one Mexico. Archaelogists found a network of water canals beneath the temple which dates from the At least 18 dwellings burned over the region. Much of the Los Angeles structure was destroyed, Cal Fire 7th century. the weekend, and the body of one basin was dusted with a thin layer of spokeswoman Amber Anderson said. BREAK TIME TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 1517

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ONLINE CHART BUST Exhibition captures Qatar’s heritage www.thepeninsulaqatar.com The Peninsula who blended tradition and modernity in their artistic and cre- ative pursuits. “We are pleased with this exhibition, which highlights the MOST READ Qatari Renaissance, evolution and beauty of the past and present, DOHA: Historical landmarks and and reaffirm our support for these young people to motivate Philippine mission to start e-passport heritage sites in Qatar captured by and encourage them to enrich the cultural and artistic scene in 1 appointment system Qatari photographers are featured Qatar,” he added. at the “Qatar Heritage and Moder- Since it was launched last year, the Youth Hobbies Center Collaboration to back Qatar Cyber nity” exhibition which opened on has been committed to the harnessing Qatari youth’s creativity 2 Vision Sunday at Katara Building 18. through their works which reflect the social and economic ren- The photography exhibi- aissance experienced by the State through the lens of the young GCC’s $900m LED market on track tion organised by Youth Hobbies photographers, as a means to record Qatari heritage, history 3 for double-digit growth Centre (YHC) under the Ministry and identity. of Culture and Sports showcases 42 photos by six Qatari photog- raphers including Ahmad Fahed TWEET OF THE DAY Al Khulaifi, Abdullah Abdulha- mid Al Musleh, Saleh Hamad Al Marri, Abdullah Nasser Al Tamimi, Hamad Eid Al Shammari and Abdullah Hussein Al Ansari. The expo provides a pano- rama of images reflecting the rich Qatari history and heritage and the artistry and creativity of the photographers. It was inaugurated by Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti and YHC Deputy Director Issa Al Hor. Dr. Al Sulaiti said that the most important feature of this exhibi- tion is that all artists are some of the best and creative Qatari youths

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A view of West Bay sky- line seen from the Museum of Islamic Art. (Photo: Dheeraj P V)

Duterte’s speech impresses Filipinos in Qatar Doha Municipality closes nine food outlets By Raynald C Rivera to eradicate crimes and drugs have Duterte’s SONA was “one of the to rally behind the new president and The Peninsula been emphasised. His way of doing best honest to goodness speech of highlight issues and demand they things might be unconventional yet the President” and that it struck the want the administration to address. The Peninsula he managed to convey the clear mes- right chord in the hearts of the peo- In particular cutting income and sage of peace and unity among the ple watching. corporate taxes and the war against DOHA: Sincere, hopeful and inspir- Filipino people,” said Mike Saratan, “He speaks to the hearts of Fil- drugs were some of those the Presi- DOHA: The Health Monitoring Section at the Doha Municipality closed ing. That was how Filipinos in Qatar an active member of the community. ipino people. He laid down his dent mentioned in his program that nine food outlets and recorded 68 violations during the inspection con- described the first State of the Nation “I really believe that the long wait program of government yet has Garina lauded. ducted last month. The department conducted a total of 2,084 inspections Address (SONA) delivered by Phil- for a clean government is over. The already started doing what he prom- “For just less than a month as last month. The sole intention behind conducting inspection was to check ippine President Rodrigo R Duterte leader who has been appointed to ised. Among the past presidents he president, I am very much satisfied whether food outlets are working in line with the health specifications yesterday, 25 days after he month unlock the key to a better Philippines is the only one who has a clear pro- of his performance. He has imple- stipulated by the department or not. after he took oath as President. has finally arrived,” Saratan, added. gram for the modern day heroes- the mented a lot of changes in so short In addition to this, the department also aimed to raise aware- Many Filipinos even here in Qatar “He promised free WiFi access OFws,” said Gayatin, a civil engineer a time because the people fear him ness on workers in these facilities about health standards to avoid food were glued to their TV screens as in selected public areas, airports by trade who is active in Filipino as well has respect him,” he added. contamination. Duterte, who won by landslide in and seaports, the speedy process- organisations. “I profoundly felt the goodness of Meanwhile, Health Monitoring Section at Al Shamal Municipality has Qatar, impressed as he spoke with ing of documents and providing a “The President was clear and the heart of President Duterte when renewed six commercial licenses. The Al Shamal abattoir has slaughered such passion and spontaneity. He shopping list of requirements for direct to the point in his pronounce- he delivered his first SONA today 1634 animals. The department will continue its inspection campaigns on stressed his commitment to weed OFWs as well as extend the valid- ments. It was a SONA that people had and I place confidence on his words restaurants and men and women salons, in order to increase awareness out illegal drugs, criminality, and ity of Passports from five to 10 years, been looking forward to,” said Alex that ‘We cannot move forward if we about food safety and standards among workers corruption in the government. even stretch it to 30 years to lessen Garina, who lauded the absence allow the past to pull as back, Finger The Technical Monitoring Section of Al Shamal Municipality also con- “President Duterte’s SONA is so the burden of Filipino people. These of violence in the rallies unlike in pointing is not the way’,” said Mega ducted inspection campaigns on building sites and construction projects straightforward yet inspiring and full will could benefit the OFWs and I’m SONAs of previous presidents. cervantes. Cervantes also expressed and caught two violations related to disposing waste at places not meant for of hope. His message to our kaba- sure that this will come into reality,” It can be noted that thousands of appreciation on the president’s thrust the purpose. Meanwhile, the Public Parks Department last month planted bayans is striking and heartfelt. said Montenegro. members of militant groups took to on bettering the lives of overseas 10,000 Omani lemon trees, which are in high demand in Qatar. His determination and eagerness For Orville Mathew Gayatin, the streets sans burning effigies but Filipinos.

Beating the heat Scattered rain likely today

The Peninsula

DOHA: Rain lashed Abu Samra, the southern part of the country, yester- day night leading to low visibility and dust. Visibility was very low at Abu Samra, Mesaieed and Wakra areas due to dust. Motorists have advised to be cautious, tweeted the Ministry of Interior (MOI). The Qatar Meteorology Department forecast scattered rain today after- noon in places which are closer to the shore. The inshore will be hazy to misty and will be hot in the day. Chances to have local clouds with scat- tered rain afternoon. The speed of northwesterly wind is expected to range between 15kt to 18kt inshore and between eight to 18kt offshore. The visi- bility could be low to 3km or less at places. The highest temperature will be Children swim to beat the heat at Al Wakrah Family Beach in Abu Samra from 34 to 43 Celsius, followed by Dukhan from 33 to 40 Cel- The officials of the Health Monitoring Section of the Doha Municipality yesterday. Pic by: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula. sius. The mercury in Doha will range between 34 to 40 Celsius. Al Ruwais will be less hotter with a temperature of 36 Celsius maximum. inspect a shop in Doha. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,553.83 +68.27 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,472.92 -97.93 PTS Aamal net profit Philips registers 57% rises 23.5% to FTSE100 6,710.13 -20.35 PTS increase in second QR305.5m in H1 BRENT $43.15 -$1.04 quarter net profit

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Qatar to grow 3.9% on buoyant non-oil Verizon to buy Yahoo’s core rating status recently affirmed by rating scaling back non-essential agencies such as Standard & Poor’s and capital spending. According business for $4.83bn The government’s Moody’s”, NBK’s “Mena economic outlook- to NBK report, the govern- $200bn development 3Q 2016” noted yesterday. ment has proceeded to reform in digital ad push The government’s $200bn develop- the state’s finances; introducing plan remains the ment plan remains the lynchpin of Qatar’s a QR600bn ($165bn) spend- lynchpin of Qatar’s economic growth. Investment spending ing cap on new investment on a range of public projects will continue projects for 10 years, creating Reuters economic growth. to facilitate the expansion of the non-oil a macro-fiscal unit and pub- economy and provide employment for lic investment management Qatar’s expanding population. Real non-oil department. growth is forecast to clock in at 6.3 percent With an estimated $36bn in SAN FRANCISCO: Verizon Communications By Satish Kanady and 6.4 percent in 2016 and 2017, respec- international reserves and an Inc said it would buy Yahoo Inc’s core internet The Peninsula tively. This will continue to be supported by estimated $256bn under man- properties for $4.83bn in cash, marking the end gains in the construction, financial serv- agement by the QIA, Qatar’s of the line for a storied Web pioneer and setting ices, manufacturing and tourism sectors. fiscal buffers are sufficient for the stage for a big new internet push by the tel- Qatar’s hydrocarbon sector output, the time being to finance the ecom giant. DOHA: High public investment will con- having plateaued with the attainment deficit. Verizon will combine Yahoo’s search, email tinue to underpin Qatari economic growth of maximum LNG capacity in 2012, is impacted by the collapse in oil and gas Qatari authorities have and messenger assets as well as advertising specially in the non-hydrocarbon sector. expected to receive a boost from the com- prices and elevated capital expenditures, already indicated that any deficits would technology tools with its AOL unit, which it Coupled with output gains in the hydro- missioning of the Barzan gas production Qatar is likely to record its first fiscal def- be financed exclusively through borrowing bought last year for $4.4bn. Verizon, the No. 1 carbon sector related to the launch of the facility this year. Barzan should reach its icit since 1999 this year, equivalent to -2.3 rather than reserve drawdowns. In addi- US wireless operator, has been looking to mobile Barzan gas production facility in 2016, full production capacity of 1.4 billion cubic percent of GDP. Similarly, the current tion to at least $7.5bn in domestic bonds video and advertising for new sources of reve- economic activity is expected to remain feet per day (bcf/d) in 2017. It should also account surplus is forecast to narrow to a and sukuk issued since September 2015 nue outside the oversaturated wireless market. rather buoyant with a projected 3.9 per- supply additional volumes of condensates 16-year low of 3.2 percent of GDP in 2016 and a syndicated loan of $5bn secured The deal came after activist investors led by cent growth in 2016-2017. and natural gas liquids (NGLS) for export before rising next year in line with a fur- earlier in the year, a triple-tranhce US Starboard Value LP lost faith in Yahoo Chief “With strong fiscal and external buff- and to the country’s refineries-including ther recovery in oil prices. dollar-denominated bond sale of around Executive Officer Marissa Mayer, who was hired ers, including its sovereign wealth fund, the upcoming Ras Laffan 2 refinery. The The fiscal deficit expected this year $9bn is expected shortly. This is expected in 2012, and forced what became a protracted Qatar is better placed than most of its peers country’s real hydrocarbon GDP is fore- comes despite a concerted effort by the to raise public debt from a low of 30 per- sale process. to negotiate the current energy downturn- cast to grow by 1.3 percent in 2016. authorities to rationalise expenditures cent of GDP in 2014 to potentially over 50 Yahoo, founded in 1994, was a dominant a fact that was reflected in the AA credit However, with hydrocarbon revenues by restraining current spending and percent of GDP by year’s end. player in the early days of the internet, but has long lost its leadership position in inter- net search and advertising to Google, Facebook and others. Mayer said on a conference call with inves- Qatar’s industrial sector improves by 2.5% in May tors that she planned to stay at Yahoo through the deal’s close. Marni Walden, head of product innovation and new business at Verizon, will head the combined internet unit and said no By Mohammad Shoeb products and its derivatives. May, there has been a significant fall of percent. No change noticed in paper and decisions had yet been made on the manage- The Peninsula The PPI, like other price indices, meas- 36.7 percent. paper products and beverages. ment team. Verizon could combine data from ures the average changes in the prices In the manufacturing sector index, an When compared on year-on-year AOL and Yahoo users in addition to its more than of industrial goods received by domes- increase of 4.6 percent has been observed basis, the manufacturing PPI of May, 100 million wireless customers to help advertis- tic producers for their output. The index in May, when compared with the previ- 2016 showed a sharp decline of 16.6 per- ers target users based on online behaviour and DOHA: The general monthly Producer covers goods relating to mining sector ous month’s index during this year. The cent. The major groups which explain this preferences. “Yahoo gives us scale that is what Price Index (PPI) of Qatar’s Industrial (weight:72.7 percent), electricity and water increasing prices were noticed in “Refined price fall are refined petroleum prod- is most critical here,” said Walden, adding that Sector for May 2016 was estimated at 44.9 (0.5 percent) , and manufacturing sector Petroleum Products” by 7.2 percent, “Rub- ucts by 19.4 percent, basic metals by 20.8 the company’s audience will go from the mil- points, showing an increase of 2.5 per- (weight:26.8 percent). ber and plastics products” by 3 percent, percent, basic chemicals by 13.4 percent, lions to the billions. “We want to compete and cent compared to the PPI index of previous The mining sector PPI of May, showed “Basic chemicals” by 2.4 percent, “Grain ‘other chemical products’ by 5.2 percent, that is the place we need to be.” month, data released by the Ministry of a rise of 1.3 percent compared with PPI mill products” by 0.5 percent, “Cement and dairy products by 1.8 percent. However, Mayer said she still saw a “path to growth” Development Planning and Statistics show. of April, primarily due to the increased other non-metallic products” by 0.4 per- prices rise are also noticed in juices by 9.8 for Yahoo, especially in mobile. “What’s exciting The surge in the index was largely in prices of “Crude petroleum and nat- cent. However, the prices decrease were percent, cement and other non-metallic about the Verizon transaction is that it brings attributed to improvement in the per- ural gas”. seen in ‘other chemical products’ by 7.6 products by 8.1 percent, rubber and plas- us back to growth sooner,” she said. formance of Manufacturing and Mining However, when compared on year- percent, basic metals by 1.7 percent, juices tics products by 3.4 percent, and beverages sectors, particularly refined petroleum on-year basis, the PPI of Mining sector in by 0.4 percent, and dairy products” by 0.2 by 1.7 percent. Vodafone Qatar to set foreign investment threshold at 49%

By Satish Kanady international voice traffic, and sustained for our enterprise customers we brought the The Peninsula price competition, particularly in the pre- power of Vodafone’s international network to paid market, severely impacting our revenue Qatar with the launch of our Global Machine performance. Meanwhile, our cost base has to Machine Platform part of the Internet of increased in line with the growing scale of Things.” DOHA: The extraordinary general assem- our business operations, leading to a reduc- The company can now compete bet- bly meeting of Vodafone Qatar has given tion in our earnings. As a consequence, the ter on quality and services and there have the nod to the board of directors’ decision to Company is not in a position to recommend been early indications of the success of this set the company’s foreign investment a dividend for our shareholders for this fis- approach as the company continued to grow threshold at 49 percent, excluding the GCC cal year.” its postpaid base and gain a higher share of nationals. “Despite the difficult trading conditions higher spending customers in both the con- The ordinary and extraordinary general the Company has faced, Vodafone Qatar has sumer and enterprise segments. assembly of Vodafone Qatar held yesterday taken important steps to strengthen its oper- “The company is focused on its mission also elected three independent members of ations and network infrastructure to adapt to to deliver innovative products and services the Board of Directors. The newly elected the changing market and be better positioned and exceptional customer experience by tak- members are Abdullah Nasser Al Misnad, to deliver long term returns. The Company ing an increasingly segmented approach to Akbar Al Baker and Nasser Jarralla Saeed has now completed its comprehensive net- the market, differentiating itself through its Al Marri. work modernisation program which began international brand and the capability avail- Vodafone Qatar’s Chairman Rashid Al Naimi (centre) along with other officials at the The meetings were chaired by Vodafone last year, spending nearly QR1bn in total,” able through the Global Vodafone Group. We ordinary and extraordinary general assembly of Vodafone Qatar yesterday. Qatar’s Chairman Rashid Al Naimi. he said. now have a superior network, delivered by a Addressing the shareholders, Rashid Al “We look to the future with confidence talented, effective and efficient team. We shall Naimi said: “The past year has been chal- and optimism that the market is showing leadership to deliver value for our sharehold- in the last six months developing a more per- augment our mobile revenue streams with lenging for the Company, with the impact signs of recovery. We believe the Company ers,” the chairman said. sonal and outstanding customer service. We adjacent business opportunities and follow of structural changes in our industry, the now possesses the necessary quality infra- Vodafone Qatar’s CEO Ian Gray said: “Sig- recently launched the My Vodafone smart- a cost-effective approach to giving the coun- increasing use of data at the expense of structure, clear direction and experienced nificant strides have been made in particular phone app for simpler customer self-care, and try choice in fixed services,” he said. 18 TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 BUSINESS Aamal net profit rises GE upgrades two gas 23.5% to QR305.5m in H1 turbines in Egypt to improve efficiency QR1.35bn in H1 of 2015. Earnings per three divisions should not be over- share were up 17.1 per cent to QR0.41 looked. All these businesses occupy Net investment in as compared to QR0.35 during the leading market positions across the capital expenditure corresponding period in 2015. entire Qatari economy. As with our By Mohammad Shoeb powered by two GE 9FA gas turbines Net investment in capital expend- industrial manufacturing activities, The Peninsula and a 3-casing reaction technology rose by QR14.1m to iture rose by QR14.1m to QR60.1m as we will continue to invest to sus- steam turbine from Alstom that gen- QR60.1m, reflecting compared to QR46m earlier, reflect- tain our momentum, either through erates a total of 750 megawatts. It ing fleet expansion at the company’s strengthening our existing operations is worth nothing that GE acquired fleet expansion subsidiary, Aamal Maritime Trans- or pursuing new opportunities after DOHA: GE, one of the world’s leading Alstom Power and these capabilities at the subsidiary, portation Services, and the ongoing careful consideration. Our low level engineering and tech giants, yester- in November 2015. By implement- and the ongoing Phase 2 redevelopment works at the of financial gearing, allied to strong the business’s strong competitive day announced that it has completed ing this upgrade, the efficiency and City Center Doha shopping mall. free cash flow generation, clearly puts position. the upgrade of two GE 9FA gas tur- availability of the combined cycle redevelopment work Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani us in a very advantageous position.” Further upside came from Ci- bines at the Nubaria power plant in has been improved. at the City Center (pictured), Chairman of Aamal Com- Overall revenues grew by 4.6 San Trading, which benefitted from Egypt, the first of its kind upgrade Amir Hafzalla, Managing Direc- pany, said: “The first six months of percent, which together with a signif- its move into the marine transporta- in the Middle East and Africa region, tor, Power Services, GE Power Doha shopping mall. this year have witnessed a tremen- icant improvement in the underlying tion of aggregates in September 2015 and the third time globally. for East Med, Iraq, Pakistan and dous performance with total net margin and a strong net profit con- and expansion of the fleet in the first The initiative will help improve Afghanistan, added: “We are proud profits growing by over 23 percent tribution from Aamal’s joint venture quarter of this year. the power plant’s efficiency and to be partnering with the Middle compared to the corresponding and associate interests, led to over- Sheikh Mohamed bin Faisal Al reduce operational costs as it will Delta Electricity Production Com- By M.V.A.Kumar period in 2015. The majority of all net profit rising by 91.8 percent Thani, Vice-Chairman of Aamal, said: enhance the plant’s output by 6.7 pany to bring the first of its kind The Peninsula this growth is derived from mar- to QR117m. “Aamal Company has performed very percent and decrease its fuel con- upgrade in the region to the Nubaria gin expansion within our Industrial An outstanding performer dur- creditably in the first half of this year, sumption by 3 percent. power plant. We are keen to con- Manufacturing division, which now ing the first half of this year was notching up an impressive rise in total The Nubaria power plant, tinue working together to further makes up over 38 percent of the total Senyar Industries, as two of its oper- profits of over 23 per cent.” located in Beheira (Egypt), is owned support the Government’s goals for DOHA: Aamal Company, one of company profits. As one of the lead- ations (Doha Cables and El Sewedy Tarek M El Sayed, Managing by the Middle Delta Electricity Pro- the energy sector by implementing GCC’s fastest growing diversified ing industrial companies in Qatar, Cables) continued to win profitable Director of Aamal, said: “Aamal duction Company’s (MDEPC). unique and innovative solutions to companies, posted a net profit of Aamal Company is well-positioned contracts, while maintaining a tight Company has many unique quali- The upgrade includes the instal- help meet Egypt’s growing electric- QR305.5m for the first half of 2016 to be a direct beneficiary of the coun- rein on costs. ties that help us to stand out. These lation of GE’s latest combustion ity needs.” (H1, 16), up 23.5 percent, as compared try’s infrastructure-led development Aamal Readymix also performed include our leading market positions solutions for the 9FA gas turbine This upgrade is also expected to QR247.4m recorded at the end of programmes. well, with its operating margin more across the entire Qatari economy, our including Advanced Gas Path (AGP), to improve the GE 9FA’s availabil- the same period in 2015. “Although our industrial focus than doubling due to higher sales proven track record in strategic asset Advanced Extendors Combustion ity by 3.7 percent, allowing the unit During H1, 2016, the company’s has clearly been the company’s pri- prices being charged on new con- allocation coupled with a clear focus and Dry Low NOx (DLN) 2.6+. to operate continuously for four revenue rose marginally by 3 per- mary growth engine, the strong tracts; this degree of pricing power on returns and value creation, and Mohamed El Abd, Chairman years without any shutdowns. Addi- cent to QR1.39bn as compared to contributions made by our other is viewed as being reflective of our balance sheet strength.” of MDEPC, said: “Installing GE’s tionally, the lifecycle of the newly advanced technologies will help us installed parts has doubled from six enhance the operational efficiency years previously to 12 years. and reduce fuel consumption of our GE has been a partner to Egypt existing power plants. This upgrade for more than 40 years; today more Ezdan Mall, ELAN Media sign ad partnership will also help increase the output than 140 GE gas and steam turbines of the Nubaria power plant to be are installed in the country, gener- able to meet peak demand as we ating more than 15.5 gigawatts of approach the summer.” power, enough to meet the electric- The Peninsula and external light boxes. has a long experience in the media society; one of the important goals The Nubaria power plant is ity needs of more than 15 million The advertising assets, which industry and employs state-of-the- for the Group’s new motto: ‘Ezdan is a combined cycle plant that is Egyptian homes. are strategically placed in the mall art communication techniques and the Place’,” Dr. Al Awwad said. to capture large footfall, will further tools that will best serve our goals Jamie Ball, Chief Operating DOHA: Ezdan Holding Group and expand Ezdan’s exposure and mar- to reach out to the largest number Officer at ELAN Media said: “At ELAN ELAN Media, the media arm of ELAN ket as well as ELAN Media’s portfolio of people and expand our presence Media, we aim at continuously cre- Group have recently signed a part- of Out Of Home assets. at local, regional and international ating innovative and engaging nership where ELAN Media will be The two parties have closely col- levels. communication opportunities for the exclusive media representative laborated over the past few months “This step will further pave the our clients. Ezdan Mall provides for Ezdan Mall. to arrange a joint agreement that way for us to promote Ezdan Mall’s numerous exciting communication The announcement was made would enhance the position and standing as the number-one des- opportunities for brands, and we are during an official signing ceremony aims of both companies to begin a tination for families in Qatar that delighted to be the mall’s exclusive attended by senior executives from mutual long-standing relationship fulfills their needs for a broad range advertising partner”. both companies. of cooperation. of products, entertainment activities Ezdan Mall is located in a stra- As part of the 10-year agreement, Commenting on the partner- for their children and edutainment tegic geographic and commercial ELAN Media will bring its solid expe- ship, Dr. Moussa Al Awwad, Chief sessions and workshops that address hotspot in the Gharafa area. It was rience in the advertising industry to Operating Officer of Ezdan Hold- various topics of a great interest officially opened to the public in ensure the promotion and sales of ing Group, said: “We are pleased to them including environment’s 2013, and attracts today thousands of the mall’s indoor and outdoor adver- that we have embarked on this protection, planting, cooking and visitors every month. It is surrounded tising assets, including digital and key partnership with ELAN Media religious awareness with the aim of by other shopping centers, a hyper- static MUPIs, flags, mega-danglers, which is a reputable company that effectively engaging with the Qatari market and several vital facilities. The Nubaria power plant in Egypt.

QNB wins IBQ offers double Consumer Service TPP-IIS deal to deliver health record system thanq rewards on

Innovation Award The Peninsula global purchases

The Peninsula The Peninsula DOHA: TPP Middle East, the inno- vative health software provider, DOHA: QNB has won the Con- has signed a collaboration agree- DOHA: International Bank of sumer Service Innovation Award ment with Integrated Intelligence Qatar (ibq) launched an exciting at the 10th annual Global Tele- Services (IIS) to deliver the inte- summer credit card campaign coms Business Innovation Awards grated electronic records software offering customers double thanq held in London recently. The — SystmOne to the private health- points on all purchases while award distinguishes QNB for its care sector across Qatar. The project, using their credit cards abroad. contribution to mobile financial which is due to roll out over a five This exclusive offer is available services, and creating the Mobile year period, is the first of its kind in to existing ibq Titanium Master- Money Wallet in partnership with the country and is valued at is val- Card, ibq Visa Platinum and ibq Ooredoo, Qatar’s leading telecom ued QR102m. Visa Signature cardholders and firm. In line with Qatar’s vision 2030 will run until the 15th of Septem- Envisioning the need for to establish a more advanced health- ber.The double thanq points will financial inclusion across different care system, the project will see TPP be awarded for foreign currency segments of the society, including Middle East deliver the SystmOne spending overseas. low-income workers, the Mobile clinical system to approximately Hassan Al Mulla, Head of Money service was developed 300 primary care sites across Qatar. Retail Banking at ibq, said: “ibq’s in 2012 alongside Ooredoo and The system will allow for an inte- thanq rewards programme is one MoneyGram, and today works grated electronic medical record of the best in the market and is with multiple partners globally to be shared across the country, highly appreciated by our custom- to support 4 million transactions resulting in the standardisation of ers travelling every summer. We per year . patient’s data,whilst also ensuring warmly encourage our customers The solution provides key all patient information is collected holding credit cards to register to FROM LEFT: Mark Melvin, Director of TPP Middle East, Ajay Sharma, British Ambassador to Qatar, and Sheikh financial services, including more routinely. the programme to benefit from an remittance, payroll, as well as The collaboration comes as the Abdullah bin Ali bin Jabor Al Thani at the TPP and IIS signing event. attractive bonus of extra points to deposits, payment, withdrawal Middle East continues to increase its use on their next holiday.” and transfer functionality. investment in the digital healthcare alongside the region’s embassies, as “The Qatar National Vision clearly agreement. The British Embassy and ibq credit cardholders who Companies, both large corpo- sector. The GCC healthcare market well as Healthcare UK. shows that the future of healthcare UKTI in Qatar are delighted to have are registered for thanq are eli- rates and SMEs, are now using the alone is currently projected to grow Mark Melvin, Director of TPP is those who can provide sustainable, supported TPP Middle East enter this gible. The offer is also valid for ibq Ooredoo Mobile Money Wallet to at an annual rate of 12 percent, with Middle East, said: “Having been high quality and integrated care to dynamic market and create a new credit cardholders not registered distribute salaries electronically Qatar’s spending on healthcare working in the region for sev- patients. In line with our mission to and exciting partnership in the field yet for the programme by signing to their workers in Qatar, due both expected to double to $8.8bn by the eral years, we are very happy to support our partners to achieve this of healthcare. This is a sector where up online at www.thanqrewards. to its convenience, as well as its year 2020. The GCC is a key target announce our first major contract vision, we are confident this agree- I strongly believe both the UK and com.qa. compliance with the recently market for TPP, particularly as the win for TPP’s Middle Eastern offshoot ment will help pave the way for a Qatar can benefit from even greater The rewards programme gives introduced Wage Protection Sys- region is witnessing a rise in lifestyle with IIS in Qatar.” more advanced healthcare system co-operation.’’ customers the possibility to gather tem. This service also includes a illnesses such as diabetes and obes- TPP and IIS will start to work in Qatar.” TPP is a UK based IT company, points across a wide range of ibq special bank card that employees ity, with 42 percent of adults in Qatar with clinics in the private sector over Throughout their work in Qatar, dedicated to delivering innovative products and services and then can use at any ATMs and point-of- being obese — the highest rate in the the next few months, with the first TPP Middle East has received sub- healthcare software through oursuite redeem them by booking flights sale machines. QNB continuously Middle East. clinics due to be using SystmOne by stantial support and assistance of products, SystmOne, SystmOnline, on over 800 airlines and accom- innovates and redefines business The signing is the first major the end of the year, one of the first from the British Embassy in Qatar. SystmInsight and SystmConnect. modation in 160,000 hotels models via strategic alliances with contract win for TPP’s Middle East- clinic’s set to trial the system will be Ajay Sharma, British Ambassador to Qatar-based IIS is a holding company worldwide, car rental services leading organisations across dif- ern offshoot; the company has been the Qatar Medical Centre in Doha. Qatar, said: “I would like to congrat- involved in developing innovative and now for Nojoom Points from ferent industries. working in the region for three years Adnan Jawad, CEO of IIS, said: ulate TTP Middle East and IIS on this businesses in Qatar and beyond. Ooredoo. BUSINESS TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,553.83 0.65 % QE Total Return Index 17,075.4 0.65 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,066.42 0.35 % QE All Share Index 2,921.96 0.45 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,832.3 0.33 % QE All Share Industrials 3,208.75 0.24 % QE All Share Transportation 2,545.63 0.29 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,704.04 1.15 % QE All Share Insurance 4,341.56 0.76 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,162.56 0.60 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,579.22 0.62 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 25-07-2016 Today 24-07-2016 Previous day Index 10,553.83 10,485.56 Change 68.27 48.84 % 0.65 0.46 YTD% 1.19 0.54 Volume 6,458,895 4,522,628 Value (QAR) 245,582,944.81 195,309,775.98 Trades 3,199 2,128 Up 20 | Down 16 | Unchanged 05

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But the Electrosteel-B/D 21.25 0.25 211762 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 417.15 4.35 24959 Tanfac Indust-/D 34.05 0.05 2194 Whitbread/D 3762.6154 28 150590 market’s other major sector, petrochemicals, edged up after Sahara Petrochemical reported that second-quar- ter net profit soared 746 percent to SR96.4m ($25.7m), much higher than NCB Capital’s forecast of SR66.8m. “The variance in estimates is due to lower-than- expected losses at Sahara’s acrylic facility and at its joint venture with Ma’aden, SAMAPCO, and lower oper- Philips posts 57% jump in Q2 net profit ating expenses,” NCB Capital said in a note. Sahara also said profit jumped because some of its plants experi- enced scheduled shut-downs in the year-earlier period. terday on the back of a major DVD players. Both manufac- margins are stronger and less Abu Dhabi’s index climbed 1.0 percent with real Net profit surged arbitration award, as it warned turers then filed for damages vulnerable to competition from estate developer and property rental manager Eshraq of volatile markets ahead for the before the International Court emerging markets. Properties adding 1.4 percent after the company said it from €274m rest of the year. of Arbitration. Philips Lighting successfully had appointed Jassim Alseddiqi as chairman. to €431m after Net profit surged from €274m The Paris-based court in listed on the Amsterdam stock Alseddiqi, also chief executive of Abu Dhabi Finan- ($300m) to €431m after Philips April awarded Philips €135m, exchange at the end of May and cial Group, said he would look to expand Eshraq Philips was was awarded €144m in an inter- which with interest and legal fees Philips currently holds a major- through strategic partnerships. awarded €144m national arbitration following a came to an amount of €144m, ity 71 percent share. However, real estate advisory firm JLL reported botched deal to sell its enter- Philips spokesman Joost Akker- Following Philips Light- that after 18 months of relatively stable conditions, in an international tainment arm to Japan’s Funai mans said. ing’s spinoff, “Philips will now Abu Dhabi’s property market was starting to weaken. arbitration. electronics company. Amsterdam-based Philips fully focus on capturing exciting “During Q2 2016, we have started to see the first Philips in October 2013 said total second quarter sales opportunities in the health tech- signs of a downward trend as the decline in the oil announced it was breaking off dropped by 2 percent from nology space...,” Chief Executive sector, reduced government spending and weak sen- the €150m sale, accusing long- €5.97bn to €5.86bn year-on- Frans van Houten (pictured) said timent continues,” David Dudley, head of JLL’s Abu time business partner Funai of year, but comparable sales was in a statement. Dhabi office, said in a report. AFP breach of contract. up by 5 percent in Philips’ core Van Houten said Philips’ of markets.” This was due to Dubai’s index recovered from its 0.8 percent decline Philips said the Japanese health technology businesses. outlook for 2016 “remains political and microeconomic on Sunday and added 1.1 percent, but trading volume firm refused “to take the neces- Philips in 2014 announced it unchanged as we expect earning issues “in most major region such was below the average of the last 10 days. sary steps to enable completion of was selling off its lighting busi- improvements in the second half as Europe (including Brexit), the In Egypt, the main index added 0.7 percent in THE HAGUE: Electronics giant the transaction and the transfer ness — a mainstay for more of the year.” But he warned: “We United States, China, Russia, the thin trade with about three-fifths of traded stocks Philips posted a 57 percent jump of the business,” whose prod- than a century — to focus more are concerned about increased Middle East and Turkey as well advancing. in second quarter net profit yes- ucts included hi-fi systems and on medical equipment, where risk due to volatility in a number as Latin America,” Philips said. 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China Vanke tussle Bankrupt coal giant turns is big test for new securities regulator to grass to cut liabilities

By Michelle Price and use of AMP investment vehicles. Clare Jim Baoneng has not commented pub- Reuters licly on Vanke’s letter to the CSRC. The CSRC wrote to both com- panies last week saying they had violated disclosure rules, accord- bitter shareholder row at ing to Vanke exchange filings. China’s largest property On Friday, the CSRC told developer is a first big reporters it had launched an test for the country’s new investigation, and criticised both Asecurities chief, appointed earlier Vanke and Baoneng for acting this year to heal the wounds of against the interests of the mar- last year’s stock market meltdown ket and small investors. It said it and restore investor confidence. would punish any violations. A high-profile takeover tussle The CSRC did not respond to at China Vanke Co Ltd has shone Reuters requests for comment. a light on risky shadow lending Chinese regulators, fearing products known as Asset Man- an increase in systemic finan- agement Plans (AMPs) used by cial risk, have begun tightening Vanke’s top investor Baoneng the rules covering AMPs. In May, Group to finance its stakebuild- the CSRC proposed imposing ing — fuelling investor concern capital requirements and lever- over the more widespread use of age restrictions on AMPs issued such products. by asset management companies, Investors and analysts want local media reported. to see how China Securities Liu needs to address the Regulatory Commission (CSRC) increase in the use of leverage in A dragline excavator moves surface dirt into a 240 tonnes haul truck during a tour of Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Chairman Liu Shiyu will handle the market, but if he cracks down the issue, warning that a heavy- too hard on such products he Rochelle coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming, US. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April. handed response similar to last risks more stock market volatility summer’s market interventions as investors liquidate their hold- By Tracy Rucinski a target of emerging from bankruptcy by With roughly half of US coal companies could spark another stock sell-off. ings, investors and analysts say. Reuters next April. in bankruptcy due in part to low natural Liu, who took over in Feb- That could compound a 14 per- “We’re doing everything we can to gas prices and falling demand in China, ruary to restore the regulatory cent fall in Chinese stocks since reduce our liability to a minimum,” said state and federal regulators are ques- agency’s reputation after it came January. “The CSRC is unlikely to Phil Dinsmoor, Peabody director of envi- tioning whether the companies can make under fire for mishandling last rule on general AMPs” as a result squad of about ten Peabody ronmental services in Wyoming’s Powder good on their pledges. Both the US House year’s market crash, is a former of the Baoneng case, said Bai Li Energy Corp miners clad in River Basin, where Rawhide sits. of Representatives and the Senate have central bank deputy governor. Tuan, counsel at DeBund Law steel-toed boots and hard hats Before Peabody can exit bankruptcy, it introduced bills to ban self-bonding, and Some financial industry insiders Offices in Shanghai. “If the CSRC climbed into massive bulldoz- must first overcome a $1bn dispute between uncertainty about whether the programme say he is very wary of any new tightens up further on AMPs, it ers on a recent morning, ready creditors — including some of Wall Street’s will continue has complicated some plans sources of financial market risk. may trigger a next wave of (stock Ato create rolling hills of grass over former most litigious investment funds — over to restructure troubled companies. “The Vanke-Baoneng fight is a market) rout.” pits at the Rawhide coal mine in Wyoming. claims on the coal producer’s assets. There were $3.9bn of self-bonds across big test for the new CSRC chair- The Vanke battle has also fur- In the midst of a deep coal downturn In addition to planting grass, Peabody the United States as of June 1, including man in terms of how he will ther exposed a lack of regulatory and widespread layoffs, the staff that is also accelerating applications to regula- $2.2bn in the hands of bankrupt coal min- address this issue within the coordination between the CSRC remains at Rawhide is spending more time tors seeking approval of the reclamation of ers, according to federal mining regulator parameters of the law and reg- and its insurance and banking in 2016 on landscaping than mining. roughly 8,000 acres of land at its 28,000 Office of Surface Mining and Reclama- ulations without over-reacting,” counterparts, as banks have used “We’re probably going to do four times acre North Antelope Rochelle, a mine adja- tion Enforcement. This month, US coal said Ivan Shi, head of research at products regulated by the CSRC to the amount this year than we would nor- cent to national parkland 50 miles south of miner Alpha Natural Resources agreed consultancy Z-Ben Advisors. skirt around China Banking Reg- mally do,” said Mary DeRudder, a 30-year Rawhide that produces more coal every day to replace its self-bonds in Wyoming with Fearing a hostile takeover by ulatory Commission (CBRC) rules. veteran coal miner at than anywhere else in the world. other guarantees as part of a complex deal Baoneng, a financial conglom- Insurers, regulated separately Rawhide, which saw its If its application is approved, Peabody to exit bankruptcy, though it will continue erate which has built up a 25.4 by the China Insurance Regula- workforce cut by more will be able to remove millions of dollars to cover reclamation at former mine sites percent stake, Vanke announced tory Commission (CIRC), have than half to 95 since of liabilities from its books. The company in West Virginia with self-bonds. a $6.9bn ‘white knight’ share- also used these products. The jobs peaked at 225 in declined to disclose the total amount by Compared to other bankrupt miners, asset swap with the operator of CBRC and CIRC did not respond 2012. which it expects the accelerated cleanup Peabody has the most self-bonds at $1.2bn the Shanghai metro in a bid to to requests for comment. Improving the envi- efforts to reduce liabilities. followed by the second largest US coal pro- dilute Baoneng’s holding. Bao- Z-Ben’s Shi said the questions ronment with acres Whatever the motivation, environ- ducer Arch Coal with $458m. Arch declined neng tried to oust Vanke’s board. raised over Baoneng’s financing of prairie is a plus, mental groups said an expedited plan by to comment on whether it was taking sim- In the latest salvo, Vanke would give further impetus to Improving the but placing greater Peabody to clean up pits and win regu- ilar steps to Peabody. has written to the CSRC asking plans to merge the CSRC, CBRC environment with resources towards latory blessings for the reclamation will In order for land to be certified as the regulator to investigate how and CIRC into a single author- reclaiming stripped bring more transparency to the status of reclaimed, state regulators must sign off Baoneng funded its stakebuild- ity covering banking, insurance, acres of prairie is land is part of an effort the mines, which is good news. on a three-stage cleanup. A percentage of ing, alleging its top shareholder securities and mutual funds. Reu- a plus, but placing by Peabody — the “We’ll finally be able to see whether they reclamation bonds is released after each violated Chinese financial regu- ters first reported on these plans largest US coal miner are meeting environmental standards,” stage and the full amount is returned once lations by using AMPs. in November. China is consider- greater resources — to reduce its $1.2bn said Dan Cohn of the Western Organisa- native grass and waterways have been JP Morgan has recently ing moving to a regulatory system towards reclaiming liability for future envi- tion Resource Councils, a grassroots group restored, a process that takes about 10 years estimated that assets under man- similar to that in the UK, where stripped land is part of ronmental cleanup that watches over coal mining. in Wyoming. agement of AMPs — which use the central bank has ultimate costs. Under US law, mine operators are This year, Peabody expects to recre- share as collateral and are often oversight of all financial system an effort by Peabody The quicker Pea- required to clean up pits and restore vege- ate hills at 400 acres of former coal pits at highly leveraged — reached 32 risks. “Perhaps one of the sys- — the largest US coal body can recreate tation after minerals have been extracted. Rawhide, three times the annual average trillion yuan ($4.8 trillion) in the tematic implications of this will native grass and sage- Like other coal companies, Peabody has between 2013 and 2015, and plant seeds at first quarter of this year. be that the super-regulator, if and miner — to reduce its brush, the sooner it can participated in a federal programme called over a third of that land to return habitats Vanke says Baoneng breached when it comes, may be better able $1.2bn liability for cut costs, free up cash “self-bonding” that exempts healthy com- to the area’s grazing cattle and pronghorn a number of regulations, includ- to address the regulation of such and make its mines panies from posting collateral to cover antelope. ing disclosure rules and privately-owned financial con- future environmental more attractive to environmental liabilities, essentially “When we walk out of here, we don’t restrictions on the structure and glomerates,” said Shi. cleanup costs. potential buyers. It can guaranteeing them with little more than want anyone to know we were here,” said also help Peabody meet a promise. Peabody’s Dinsmoor. G20’s deference for China’s economic policies irks Japan

By Pete Sweeney and southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, add- adopted negative interest rates in its so-far Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague Tetsushi Kajimoto ing Tokyo failed to keep its concerns about futile effort to escape deflation. earlier this month ruled Beijing’s claims to Reuters China’s economic performance - a major Data showed Japan’s quandary, with vast swathes of the South China Sea invalid. risk for Japan — on the table. exports falling 7.4 percent in June from a It also immediately followed the nomi- “China’s growth problems and exchange year earlier, the ninth straight month of nation of Donald Trump as the Republican rate decline have not been much of an issue decline. The rising yen has weakened Japan’s Party candidate in the U.S. presidential elec- hina dodged criticism of its eco- here. Japan with its concerns has been left export engine as China increases its share tion. Trump has said if elected he would nomic management at a G20 a bit alone, no one wanted to join in,” the of global trade. have China declared a currency manipu- meeting it hosted on the week- official said. At the G20 meeting, Japanese Finance lator as one of his first acts in office. end, even winning plaudits for Japan has already failed this year to win Minister Taro Aso said it was closely watch- Sources at the G20 said there was lit- Cyuan transparency, much to the frustra- support from its industrialised peers to cur- ing the impact of a declining yuan, and that tle discussion of China’s new regulations tion of Japanese officials who are calling tail a strengthening yen, which has soared he had agreed with US Treasury Secretary on cybersecurity, seen as regulating for- for more reforms from Beijing. to 2-1/2 year highs against the dollar even Jack Lew on the need for structural reform eign software companies out of the domestic It was a marked contrast to a February as the economy faltered and exports fell. in China and transparency in the forex market. G20 gathering of finance heads in Shang- “Japan remains concerned about Chi- market. There was also little progress in open- hai, when Chinese policymakers were on the na’s economy and we will call on the US In contrast to Japan, the United States, ing protected parts of China’s economy to In contrast to Japan, defensive about the risk of another devalu- and Europe not to shift attention away from a long-time critic of China’s currency poli- foreign investment, sources said, although ation of the yuan. China,” a Japanese official said, but added cies, appeared satisfied with Beijing’s recent the final communique did express concern the United States, a While the world’s second-largest econ- that Tokyo had decided to “be quiet” on cur- handling of the yuan. about protectionism. long-time critic of omy has slowed and the yuan has fallen to rency during the meeting. Lew complimented Beijing’s improved However, the G20 did refer to worries 5-1/2 year lows against the dollar over the The yuan has fallen over 5 percent transparency and said the yuan had been about industrial overcapacity, particularly China’s currency policies, past five months, G20 finance ministers against a basket of currencies tracked by moving in response to market factors. US in the steel sector. appeared satisfied and central bank chiefs appeared more Thomson Reuters since the G20 finance officials even noted China had actually been Many of China’s trading partners with Beijing’s recent concerned about the fallout from Britain’s ministers meeting in February. intervening to prevent the yuan from fall- accuse it of dumping excess steel in over- June vote to leave Europe. The yen, meanwhile, has become both ing too quickly. seas markets to avoid massive layoffs in its handling of the yuan. “We have been very polite with China,” stronger and more volatile this year, surg- The G20 meeting came at a sensi- state-dominated steel sector, in turn erod- said a European official at the meeting in the ing on safe-haven buying even as Japan tive time for China-US relations after the ing steel employment in other countries. TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 21 US legend Phelps eyes grand Olympic farewell

that he could have done more four Phelps voicing absolute trust in Bow- upwards of 14,000 fans per session. years ago, and that “haunted” feeling man’s ability to prepare him for his But his more lasting legacy is TheT 31-year-old holder made it impossible for his post-Lon- last Olympic hurrah. He has a chance found in the swimmers he inspired oof a record 22 Olympic don retirement to stick. to make more history as he seeks a -- some of whom, like le Clos, he will “I never wanted to have that fourth straight gold in the 100m but- race in Rio and some of whom have mmedals keen on ‘what if,’” Phelps said of his decision terfly and 200m individual medley. yet to reach the international stage. ppromoting swimming to mount a fifth Olympic campaign in The only Olympians to win four Once the most intimidating man ttoo the next level Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 31. consecutive titles in the same indi- in the ready-room, Phelps now says “This journey has been incred- vidual event are athletes Al Oerter in he wants to mentor younger swim- ible. Being able to fall in love with the discus (1956-68) and Carl Lewis mers. For the first time he has been the sport again is something that I’ve in the long jump (1984-96). And he selected by his peers to serve as a AFPAF always wanted to do, and I did it on would love to avenge his 2012 loss captain of the US men’s team. my terms.” to South African Chad le Clos in the “I just want to be able to help However, his comeback has been 200m fly -- the first event Phelps some of the younger guys,” he said. far from smooth -- disrupted by a ever swam in the Olympics -- in With swimming heading “in a LOSLO ANGELES: Michael Phelps is drink-driving arrest that sparked a Sydney in 2000. At the peak of his direction I love,” Phelps says there’s ggivingi himself one last chance to painful period of self-examination. career, Phelps said he was out to “still more” for him to do. getge his Olympic farewell right having Phelps has emerged stronger, change his sport. “Do I know what that is right fallenfa in love with swimming again, his renewed relationship with his Despite some run-ins with now? No. But I still feel that we can It seems an odd aim for the estranged father resonating even authority -- he was suspended for do more to promote this sport, even ownerow of a record 22 Olympic med- more after the birth of his own son, six months in 2014 after a drink- to another level than where we are als,al 18 of them gold. Boomer, with fiancee Nicole John- driving case -- Phelps has raising right now.” Four gold medals and two silver son in May. swimming’s profile in America with But Phelps insists he knows what in London in 2012 seemed a fitting “It’s a cool thing for Nicole and I, displays of individual excellence as his future contribution won’t include enoughen finale to a career that peaked for where we are in our lives,” Phelps well as thrilling duels with the likes -- another competitive campaign. Michael Phelps withw Phelps’s stunning eight-gold said. of Ryan Lochte and Milorad Cavic. “This is it. This is it -- no more,” performancepe in Beijing. His relationship with long-time The US Olympic trials are one he vows. “The body is done. This is But Phelps knew deep down coach Bob Bowman endures, with testament to his success, drawing my last one.”

Russian archers Syria’s first table tennis Olympian looks beyond Rio Indian wrestler cleared for says foul play Rio Games Reuters a coach after her brother brought China and would travel abroad reg- her to play at a centre close to their ularly for camps, but she had to stop behind home. two years ago when the cost got too Originally from the province high. failed test Reuters DAMASCUS: Teenager Heba Alle- of Hasaka, she moved to Damas- She said the Syrian authorities jji, Syria’s first Olympic table-tennis cus after conditions became would provide equipment -- which player, says she wants to show that “inappropriate”. has often been hard to come by -- Reuters Russia’s three-member the sport is alive and well in her “The most important thing for ahead of the Games, and a team of archery team for next month’s country despite the civil war that is me is to show a superb level and to seven athletes would compete in Olympic games in Rio de driving many fellow players abroad. represent my country well.” swimming, athletics, weightlifting MUMBAI: India’s Narsingh Yadav Janeiro was cleared to take The 19-year-old, ranked 667 “I want to confirm that we are and judo. has claimed his supplements and part by the World Archery in the world, was awarded a spot still able to play and train in Syria,” Allejji said she was already look- water had been “sabotaged” after Federation (WA) yesterday by the International Olympic com- she said. ing beyond Rio to the 2020 Tokyo the wrestler due to represent his after the IOC opted against a mittee under the tripartite category, “If I face players such as the Leb- Olympics, and having participated country in the 74kg category at blanket ban on the country for which is available to countries that anese player (Mariana Sahakian), in competitions in Hong Kong, Qatar next month’s Rio Games tested state-sponsored doping. had an average of fewer than eight who won the gold in the West Asian and Malaysia, hopes to continue to positive for a banned steroid. WA said Russia’s Tuiana athletes at the past two Games. Championship that qualified her for be in the spotlight beyond this year’s The 26-year-old’s samples Dashidorzhieva, Ksenia Per- “Syria has a lot of people playing the Olympics, I can win ... games. from an out-of-competition test ova and Inna Stepanova, who table tennis ... (but) the number who “It will be difficult when I face “When players from Syria do returned positive and the wrestler formed the women’s recurve stay is so little,” she told Reuters by players from China and South not have a grant or the necessary attended a hearing to present his team that won the world phone yesterday from government- Korea.” attention from the state, they go case before an anti-doping disci- championships last year, met held central Damascus, where she A number of former Syrian Tesnim Nebhen, who is waiting to back home,” she said. plinary panel on Saturday. the requirements set down to trains and pursues her pharmacy table-tennis players have emerged obtain Turkish citizenship, accord- “They receive calls for train- The panel has asked the guarantee their participation studies. among the refugees that have fled ing to Turkish publication Daily ing only one month before any national anti-doping agency at the Rio Games starting on She began playing table tennis the war-torn country. Sabah. tournament.” (NADA) for further details on the August 5. a decade ago and was spotted by They include national player Allejji said she used to train in “I don’t want to face this fate.” case and is expected to return a In the light of the findings verdict within a week. of the McLaren report, the WA Yadav, who secured India a also expressed support for the berth at the Games by winning a International Olympic Com- 345678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 3456 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 bronze medal at last year’s world AUG mittee’s (IOC) “courageous AUG championships which was held in decision” against imposing a Las Vegas, said he had undergone Fort Copacabana and Pontal Riocentro – Pavilion 3 blanket ban on Russia, which around 25-30 drugs tests in his Scoring it felt would have been unfair 10km START / FINISH: London 15-year career as a professional to clean Russian athletes. Fort Copacabana Games played to 11 points. freestyle wrestler. 6 miles COPACABANA Olympics men’s singles Two-point winning margin “I have come out clean every JARDIM Course RIO DE gold medallist required if scores are tied 10-10 time and never have any of my area BOTÂNICO JANEIRO Zhang Jike Matches samples returned positive results,” Vista (CHN) he said in a statement. Egyptian IPANEMA Singles – best of seven games. Chinesa “I have undergone three tests LEBLON Team competition – four singles medal hopeful matches and one doubles, in the last month and a half. Atlantic TIJUCA “I appeared for a dope test on Ocean N each one best of five games FOREST the second of June before leaving banned SÃO CONRADO for a training camp in Bulgaria. I Canoas Table height Road Race (RR) 0.76m was again tested on my return on Reuters Canoas / Men 241.5km JOÁ 1.52m the 25th of June and once again on 3km Vista Chinesa the fifth of July.” Women 141.0km Circuit: 25.7km 2 miles Yadav’s Olympic berth was put Men: 3 laps Time Trial (TT) Service CAIRO: Egypt’s Olympic Women: 1 lap in jeopardy when Sushil Kumar, hopeful Ihab Abdelrahman, Men 54.5km Ball must who won bronze in the 66kg cat- be thrown a silver medallist in the men’s Women 29.8km egory in Beijing in 2008 and silver BARRA DE upwards javelin at last year’s world TIJUCA in London, moved up a weight and championship, has been sus- at least 16cm Height sought a court order for a bout Climb prior to serve. pended for failing a doping of net between the pair to determine Often thrown 15.25cm test. “We received news that Reserva who should go to Rio. RECREIO DOS higher so Ihab has failed a doping test. beach 2.74m Last month, the Delhi High BANDEIRANTES speed of We have asked for sample falling ball Court ruled against Kumar, the B to be tested. We hope the adds spin only Indian athlete to win two START / FINISH: ATLANTIC result is negative,” Egyptian individual Olympic medals, clear- Tim Maia Square OCEAN PADDLE Ball: Diameter 40mm. GRIP Olympic Committee president (Pontal) ing the way for Yadav to compete Hisham Hatab said. Rubber Weight 2.7g Shakehand in Rio. London 2mm thick. (European) “I am a million percent Grota Funda The qualification row divided innocent. I have been taking Olympics men’s Different rubber Enables ease of opinion in the country and Yadav movement on food supplements since 2013 road race can be used for was provided police security, a forehand and forehand and and passed every previous gold medallist rare measure for an Indian ath- Alexander backhand side – backhand test,” Abdelrahman has said. lete, at the Sports Authority of Vinokourov distinguished by shots The 27-year-old secured (KAZ) red / black colours India training centre at Sonepat Egypt’s first medal at a major Grumari Penhold due to possible threats to his life. athletic championship in Bei- Most players use Traditional “I believe that there is foul play Grumari Circuit: 24.8km smooth (inverted) Sponge: Optional layer Asian style allows for jing last year and was the Men: 4 laps (RR), 2 laps (TT) involved in this entire episode,” country’s biggest hope for a rubber for fast, 2mm thick adds speed more wrist movement and said Yadav, who won gold at the Women: 2 laps (RR), 1 lap (TT) attacking topspin play or control to rubber therefore more spin medal in Rio. 2010 Commonwealth Games in Sources: Rio 2016, Olympic.org, UCI Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS Sources: Rio 2016, Olympic.org Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS Delhi. 22 TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 SPORT Qatar Goodwood Festival set QSL: Goumou makes Al Rayyan to kick off in style today return DOHA: Qatar Stars League champions Al Rayyan have been handed a boost ahead of The eagerly-awaited the new season, after the QFA announced that Al Rayyan event comprises midfielder Daniel Goumou is five days of thrilling free to play for the side after action at Sussex serving a two-year suspen- sion. countryside The development means that the defensive midfielder is free to play for Al Rayyan, once his ban expires on The Peninsula August 9. Meanwhile Al Rayyan continued their preseason preparations on Sunday DOHA: With five days of thrilling evening, training under the action set against the magnificent watchful eye of head coach backdrop of the rolling Sussex coun- Jorge Fossati and his staff. tryside, Qatar Goodwood Festival The current QSL champi- – popularly known as Glorious Good- ons are set to head to Murcia, wood – explodes into action today Spain for their preseason with £300,000 Group 2 Qatar Len- training camp . nox stakes on the opening day. Al Rayyan will stay in Traditionally taking place at the Spain till August 20 before end of July, the finest thoroughbreds returning to Qatar to pre- compete in some of the world’s most pare for their title-defense. prestigious races. The Stewards’ Cup was first run in 1840, and it was here that Edward VII caused a sartorial Msakni delighted stir by sporting a panama hat and A combination of pictures shows scenes from the previous Qatar Goodwood Festival. The five-day event will start at Sussex countryside today. lounge suit instead of traditional to extend top hat and tails. The year 2015 saw a new association with Qatar, whose equine athletes in the world accom- races contribute to a supporting card Goodwood grandstands will make Legatissimo, this historic race pro- Lekhwiya stay sponsorship will ensure that Good- panied by the biggest names in the full of quality, providing the perfect the £300,000 Group 2 Qatar King vides racegoers with the opportunity wood continues to attract champion sport. The opening day’s highlight chance to get against the rails for the George Stakes one of the highlights of to see the finest equine athletes doing DOHA: Lekhwiya’s mid- jockeys, trainers and the finest is the Group 2 Qatar Lennox stakes, best racing the sport has to offer. the year. Add in three further Group battle on the immaculate Goodwood field star Yusef Msakni has equine athletes. won in the past by Strong Suit and The following day will be the races and Friday of the Qatar Good- turf. expressed his excitement at The undoubted sporting and Observatory. Ladies’ Day which is the most glam- wood Festival has to be one of the The six furlong cavalry charge of signing a long term deal with social highlight of the season, the The second day will see a Qatar orous one of the meeting. The Group most enthralling day’s racing in the the Qatar Stewards Cup is a sight to the club. Qatar Goodwood Festival will get Sussex Stakes which is one of the 2 Qatar Goodwood Cup is the high- entire calendar. behold, with over 20 sprinters thun- The club revealed the under way with the opening cere- highlights of the flat racing sea- light of the seven race card and now The final day will witness the dering down the Goodwood straight. deal back in June, but Msa- mony today, a celebration of past son, with prize money of £1million worth £300,000. And with two fur- Qatar Nassau Stakes which will be Stand against the rails to feel the rush kni expressed his eagerness winners and the unveiling of spe- attracting a world-class field . This ther Group races, the competition on the most significant mid-summer of air and hear the hooves pound- to stay with the Red Knights in cially commissioned cups for the mile-long Group 1 race has pre- track will be fierce. race for fillies and mares, thanks to ing along the turf, or get among the an interview via the Lekhwiya week’s feature races. viously been won by the peerless On the penultimate day, the sight increased prize money of £600,000. crowd in the stands and enjoy unpar- website. The first day will see a feast of Frankel, and in 2015, the French of a packed field of horses hurtling Won in the past by Ouija Board, alleled views of the action. “I received offers from top quality racing attracting the best sensation Solow. Two further Group at speeds of over 40mph past the Midday and The Fugue, and in 2015 several clubs to move on, but I preferred to stay with Lekhwiya especially when the management showed faith in me with such a contract.” Team Al Shaqab shines in France Msakni was Lekhwiya’s World 9-Ball Pool begins in top scorer last term with four- teen goals, his best return in his fourth season with the Red Doha with qualifying rounds Knights. With the former ES Tunis star tied to a long term con- tract, Lekhwiya will up their The Peninsula training ahead of their second friendly of preseason against Saudi giants Al Hilal.

DOHA: The 25th World 9-Ball Pool Championship got under way yes- terday with several cueists taking El Jaish head for part in the qualifying rounds at the Al Arabi Stadium in Doha. Austrian camp The main round of the global competition tournament proper will DOHA: El Jaish have start on July 30. embarked on their tour to Chinese Taipei’s Ko Pin Yi is Austria for the preseason the defending champion of the training camp in Linz. World Pool-Billiards Association Jaish have taken a del- (WPBA) and Asian Pocket Billiards egation of 31 players to the Union-sanctioned event, which will camp including star players conclude on August 5. Romarinho, Lucas Mendes The Qatar Billiards and Snooker and Sardor Rashiov. Whilst Federation has been hosting the also new summer signings Ko Pin Yi of the Chinese Taipei poses with the trophy after winning the major event since 2010. Hamza Sanhaji, Dame Traoré World 9-Ball Championship in Doha, in this September 2015 file photo. Pin Yi had defeated USA’s Shane and Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud van Boening 13-11 in last year’s final. have also joined the party. Mishel Turkey gave the hosts The tournament will see 128 the winner taking home $40,000 The side will now begin something to cheer as he was the players compete for the most pres- while the runner- up gets $20,000 to work on fitness and endur- only Qatari player out of eight to tigious prize in men’s pool arena. for his effort. ance ahead of taking part in Mohammed Khalifa Al Sowaidi astride Al Shaqab’s young horse reach the round of 64. They will be split into 16 groups The home challenge will be three matches including a Dufawan after winning the silver medal in CEI2* 120-KM Event The best performance till date and play a race-to-9 double elimina- led by stars including Majid. Other friendly against Italian side in Mouzieys Teulet, France this week. The medal adds colours to by a Qatari cueist at the WPBA event tion format. Four players from each Qatari players are Bashar Hussain, Udinese. The squad will Al Shaqab Endurance Team’s successful run in the competition. was Waleed Majed’s pre-quarterfinal group will make it to the round of 64. Ali al Obaidli, Ali Abdulhadi, Anto- return on August 22. appearance in 2014, when Dutchman The tournament carries nio Capica, Francisco, Abdulatif al Niels Feijen emerged as the winner. $200,000 in total prize money with Fawal and Mohammad Saeed. FIFA bans ex-German boss Niersbach over 2006 World Cup bid

AFP German official “failed to report now consider whether to appeal the punishment enough because he 22 targeting six people including findings about possible misconduct decision. was not directly accused of paying Niersbach and Franz Beckenbauer, concerning the awarding of the 2006 “This decision hits me very hard,” bribes or financially benefitting from the German football legend and FIFA World Cup”. Niersbach said. corruption. World Cup organising committee GENEVA: FIFA’s ethics commit- Niersbach served as vice- “I think this sanction is inappro- FIFA prosecutors sought a two- chief, over their roles in the bid- tee yesterday banned Wolfgang president of the 2006 World Cup priate and over the top. I will let my year ban, however, arguing that ding process, amid allegations of Niersbach (pictured), former pres- organising committee. lawyer advise me as to whether I will Niersbach should have spoken up the bribery. ident of the German Football He resigned from the German appeal against the decision. sooner when he learned of possible The FIFA investigation followed Association (DFB), for one year over federation last November amid accu- “After the hearing in Zurich, I was wrongdoing. the release of a report commis- misconduct surrounding the coun- sations the DFB used a slush fund of confident that the Ethics Commis- The ethics committee suspen- sioned by the DFB which found that try’s successful 2006 World Cup bid. 10m Swiss francs (6.7m euros, $8m, sion would impose no sanction. I have sion will force his immediate removal Germany may have bought votes to “Mr. Niersbach has been banned according to the exchange rate at that once again acknowledged and regret- from posts he currently holds on the secure the tournament. for one year from all football-related time) in 2000 to buy the right to host ted my mistakes.” FIFA Council and UEFA executive The report linked Beckenbauer to activities,” a statement from FIFA’s the tournament. Niersbach had insisted that committee. a suspect deal with disgraced former in-house court said, noting that the The 65-year-old has said he will quitting his job should have been FIFA opened a probe on March FIFA bigwig Jack Warner. SPORT TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 23 Ashwin spins India to crushing victory

SCOREBOARD Off spinner India (I innings) 566/8 decl. C Brathwaite (not out) 51 completes a West Indies (I innings) 243 D Bishoo c Pujara b R Ashwin 45 magnificent all-round West Indies (II innings) S Gabriel b R Ashwin 4 K Brathwaite lbw b I Sharma 2 performance picking Extras (NB-5) 5

R Chandrika c Saha b R Ashwin 31 up seven wickets in Da Bravo c Rahane b U Yadav 10 Total (all out) 231 second innings M Samuels b R Ashwin 50 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-21, 3-88, 4-92, 5-101, 6-106, 7-120, 8-132, 9-227, 10-231. J Blackwood c Kohli b R Ashwin 0 Bowling: I Sharma 11 - 2 - 27 - 1(nb-3); M R Chase c sub b R Ashwin 8 NORTH SOUND, ANTIGUA AND Shami 10 - 3 - 26 - 0(nb-1); U Yadav 13 - 4 - 34 Sri Lanka’s captain Angelo Mathews (right) speaks with team-mate Dinesh Chandimal during a practice BARBUDA: Ravichandran Ashwin S Dowrich lbw b Mishra 9 - 1; R Ashwin 25 - 8 - 83 - 7; A Mishra 19 - 3 - 61 session at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele, yesterday. Sri Lanka are due to play completed a magnificent all-round J Holder b R Ashwin 16 - 1(nb-1) performance with seven wickets to three Tests against the visiting Australians, with the first starting in Pallekele today. bowl India to a crushing victory by an innings and 92 runs on the fourth twice. We went with three seamers “I wasn’t getting the right sort of day of the first Test against the West because of the amount of grass on rhythm yesterday but today was very Indies in Antigua on Sunday. the wicket and it worked for us.” different.” His haul of seven for 83 off 25 Wicketless throughout the first Such was the speed of the col- Australia pick spin twins overs followed his third Test hundred innings and for the first nine overs lapse that India looked on course to - 113 - in India’s massive first innings of his second innings effort, Ash- complete the win well before the tea total of 566 for eight declared at the win scythed through the heart of interval. Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. the home side’s batting in the after- However Brathwaite and Bishoo Resuming their second innings noon session, reaping a five-wicket offered resistance that was enter- for Sri Lanka Test opener following on at the overnight posi- haul and then finishing off the match taining for the few home fans in the tion of 21 for one, the West Indies with the last two wickets just after stands and more than a little irri- were dismissed for 231 in another tea to give India a 1-0 lead in the tating for Virat Kohli and his men abject batting display, despite four-match series. who were kept waiting to celebrate AFP of Sri Lanka’s reputation for produc- “It’s our home conditions but, half-centuries by Marlon Samu- He was fortunate to claim his a comprehensive win. ing turning pitches. as I always say, we have to play els and Carlos Brathwaite and a first wicket, opening batsman Rajen- Brathwaite finished unbeaten on Smith said that cracks had our best cricket to win against the ninth-wicket stand of 95 between dra Chandrika adjudged caught at 51, his third half-century in as many already appeared on the Pallekele number one team in the world,” said Brathwaite and Devendra Bishoo the wicket for a painstaking 31 in Tests, but with just one wicket for PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Austral- strip which should also benefit Sri Mathews. (45). over three hours at the crease. 242 runs so far in his young career, ian captain Steve Smith named Lanka’s premier spinner Rangana “They’ve performed in and out of This result was India’s largest But there was no doubt about his value as a frontline bowler spin twins Nathan Lyon and Steve Herath. Australia. They are a very consistent margin of victory in a Test match the demolition effected thereafter, remains highly questionable. O’Keefe in his line-up yesterday for “The wicket will take spin for team and a strong unit.” outside of Asia. including dismissing Samuels for his “We obviously need to bowl a bit the series opener against Sri Lanka sure here. Not sure about the first Although Australia have a clear “We were really eager to get first half-century in 12 Test innings, better,” said a downcast West Indies as the newly-crowned kings of Test innings, but it looks very dry and lots lead over their main challengers, going in this series,” said a delighted as six wickets tumbled for 44 runs. captain Jason Holder in the after- cricket look to cement their suprem- of cracks on it. It certainly will help India, England and Pakistan could Indian captain Virat Kohli after the “Virat told me I needed to put math of the heavy defeat. acy. spin bowlers,” Smith added. all theoretically topple them from match. in a good spell this afternoon and “I’m not sure what we can expect On the day that Australia were “They (Sri Lanka) have some the top spot if Smith’s lose against Sri “Everything came together I’m glad I was able to deliver,” said from the pitch for the next Test in presented with the mace as the quality spinners in their rank led Lanka and other results go against nicely, from the batting perform- Ashwin, reflecting on his superb per- Jamaica. It’s been a bit flat of late but world number one side, Smith took by Rangana Herath. He has done them. ance to dismissing the West Indies formance with the ball. we’ll have to see what our options the unusual move of naming his really well in these conditions. The Mathews held back from nam- are when we get there.” starting XI a day before the start batters need to have some good plans ing his starting XI and was instead Apart from earning the West of the first Test in Pallekele, near against him at what he is going to cursing a new round of injury woes Indies a modicum of respect, the Kandy. bring at us.” to an already depleted squad. ninth-wicket pairing’s defiance also Australia’s rise up the rankings Smith confirmed that vice-cap- Fast bowler Suranga Lakmal embarrassed the frontline batting has been based in large part on the tain David Warner will play after complained of a stiff hamstring which once again failed to cope with performance of their fast bowl- being sidelined for six weeks with after training on Sunday before India’s potent combination of pace ers such as Mitchell Starc and Josh a broken left index finger. the uncapped Dhananjaya de Silva and spin. Hazlewood and they rarely field Before training, Smith was pre- hurt his finger during fielding drills, Umesh Yadav got his team off more than one spinner. sented with the International Cricket Mathews revealed. to the perfect start in the morning, But after taking 10 wickets in Council Test Championship mace Australia XI: the fast bowler claiming the impor- a warm-up last week, O’Keefe has and $1m in prize money after his Steve Smith (Captain), David tant wicket of Darren Bravo without been picked to play only his third team finished at the top of the ICC Warner, Joe Burns, Josh Hazlewood, any addition to the overnight score. Test alongside the more experienced rankings by the April cut-off. Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Samuels then made the most of a Nathan Lyon -- his close friend and “It was great honour to accept Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill, Steve narrow escape when an appeal Sheffield Shield teammate. the Test mace as we are the number O’Keeffe, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges for a catch to the wicketkeeper off “Both our spinners bowled well one team at this stage. Lot of hard Sri Lanka squad: Mohammed Shami was turned down in the practice game. They have work ahead of us,” he said. Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh after consideration of the television played lot of games for New South “We are going to be hunted down Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne, replays. Wales and they are close friends. as we are number one and we need Kaushal Silva, Kusal Janith Per- Amid growing questions about It’s going to be exciting,” Smith told to work hard and stay on top.” era, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de his place in the side following 11 con- reporters in Pallekele, on the out- Sri Lankan captain Angelo Math- Silva, Roshen Silva, Nuwan Pra- secutive Test innings of scores lower skirts of Kandy. ews acknowledged that his new-look deep, Vishwa Fernando, Asitha India’s Ravichandran Ashwin (centre) celebrates during day four of than 20, the elegant right-hander Australia have hired local spin side would have to be at the top of Fernando, Rangana Herath, Dilru- the Test match against West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in stroked 11 fours in an even 50 before legend Muttiah Muralitharan as a their game if they were to cause an wan Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, St John’s, Antigua on Sunday. being bowled by Ashwin. consultant for the series, well aware upset. Suranga Lakmal Spin legend Murali mounts blistering attack on Sri Lanka

AFP complaint by the board that he had Mathews was more conciliatory, bullied groundsmen into letting the acknowledging his former team- Australians practise on the pitch mate’s expertise. which hosts the opening match in a “The Australians obviously COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s record- three-Test series from Tuesday. saw value in his knowledge of Sri breaking spinner Muttiah Cricket Australia confirmed Lankan conditions,” Mathews told Muralitharan launched a blister- they received a complaint about reporters. ing attack yesterday on his former the incident at Pallekele Stadium, During an 18-year Test career, bosses after they complained about on the outskirts of Kandy, but said Muralitharan -- who was born with his behaviour in his new role as a the issue had been resolved “after a partially deformed elbow -- was mentor to Australia. discussions between the two man- twice cited by Australian umpires After his former employers said agement teams”. for a suspect action but was cleared Muralitharan was damaging his leg- In lodging the complaint, board both times by the game’s govern- acy, the 44-year-old accused Sri president Thilanga Sumathipala ing body. Lanka’s board of setting him up as accused Muralitharan of insulting He once refused to tour Aus- a fall guy if the hosts lose a series to Sri Lanka team manager Charith tralia but has been a regular visitor the visiting Australians. Senanayake. in recent years as a star of the Big And Muralitharan, the high- “Muralitharan’s behaviour is Bash Twenty20 league. est wicket-taker in Test history, unacceptable and we have brought In his video statement, Muralith- then accused the board president this to the notice of the Australian aran said he had not received any of knowing nothing about cricket team management,” Sumathipala approach from the Sri Lankan board and angrily denounced any sugges- told reporters. to help the island’s next generation tion of being “a traitor”. “It should not have happened. of spinners and accused it of favour- “If Sri Lanka loses, they (the We are very disappointed.” ing foreign coaches over locals. board) will say it is because of Muralitharan is a hero in Sri “They don’t give an opportunity Murali,” he said in a recorded Lanka after taking 800 Test wick- to talented Sri Lankan coaches and statement. ets before retiring six years ago. prefer to bring white people from “They have no right to accuse me But his decision to impart his Australia’s bowling consultant and Sri Lankan former cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan (right) speaks with abroad,” he said. of being a traitor. Have they done local knowledge to the tourists has Australian cricketer Stephen O’Keefe during a practice session at the Pallekele International Cricket “That affects our economy too one hundredth of what I have con- raised eyebrows, not least because Stadium in Pallekele on Friday. Sri Lanka’s cricket board lodged a complaint yesterday with the visiting because we have to pay them dol- tributed to cricket in Sri Lanka? he was once labelled a “chucker” by Australians after Muralitharan was involved in a bust-up with his former colleagues. lars that leave the country. That is “This is a political game to cover Australia’s then-prime minister John treachery.” their shortcomings,” he added. “I am Howard. Sri Lanka has a history of being used as a pawn to cover their Sumathipala pointed out the “Professionally it is okay for Australia which tried to get him out damage for himself among his fans. employing foreign coaches and re- failings.” irony of Muralitharan coaching Murali to coach any foreign team, of cricket,” Sumathipala said. I feel sad.” hired South Africa’s Graham Ford His outburst was sparked by a Australia. but the irony is that he is supporting “He is creating long-term Sri Lankan skipper Angelo earlier this year for a second stint. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 23 Phelps eyes Ashwin spins grand Olympic India to farewell crushing victory

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Aurier bags England beat brace as PSG Pakistan to down Inter level series 3-1 in friendly AFP

AFP MANCHESTER: England beat Pakistan by 330 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford LOS ANGELES: Serge yesterday and so level the four- Aurier’s two goals lifted match series at 1-1. Paris Saint-Germain to a Pakistan, set a mammoth 3-1 victory over Iter Milan on 565 to win, were bowled out Sunday in an International for 234 in their second innings Champions Cup friendly in with more than a day left in the Eugene, Oregon. match. Layvin Kurzawa also England, who lost the scored for the French cham- first Test at Lord’s by 75 runs, pions, while Stevan Jovetic bounced back with a huge first- Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) Executive Director Saadoun Al Kuwari with Qatar team, winners of the FIBA 3x3 U-18 Asian Champions on converted a penalty for the innings total of 589 for eight Italian outfit in first-half arrival at the Hamad International Airport in Doha yesterday. The Qatari team received a warm welcome by the QBF officials and ll-wishers.we declared. Picture by: Abdul Basit/The Peninsula injury time. Joe Root made a Test-best The International Cham- 254 and England captain Alastair pions Cup is an exhibition Cook 105, his 29th Test century. tournament involving 17 Pakistan managed just 198 clubs playing on four differ- in reply, captain Misbah-ul-Haq ent continents, all tuning up top-scoring with 52 and England for their league seasons. all-rounder Chris Woakes taking Sunday’s match was four for 67. played on a grass pitch laid Victorious Qatar team Despite a first-innings lead of over the artificial turf at Aut- 391, Cook opted against enforc- zen Stadium, home of the ing the follow-on. University of Oregon’s grid- Instead Cook (76 not out) and iron Ducks team. Root (71 not out) inflicted further PSG, under new man- punishment on Pakistan’s attack ager Unai Emery, displayed before the skipper declared Eng- a lively attack and went gets heroes’ welcome land’s second innings at 173 for ahead in the 15th minute one yesterday morning. when Hatem Ben Arfa’s The scale of Pakistan’s task free kick was lost by Inter victorious Qatar team which won the second seeds, 21-9 to emerge the were coming off the World champi- could be seen from the fact that keeper Samir Handanovic the Asian under-18 men’s 3x3 title Al champions. He commented: “This onships victory in Kazakhstan. no side have made more to win and Aurier tapped it in. QBF hails FIBA 3x3 Kuwari said the Marrons having won title means a lot for us. We are able “We believed in the team and we in the fourth innings of a Test Inter pulled level by half- U-18 Asian title win three basketball titles this season will to establish ourselves as a force in the knew if we could stick around, we than the West Indies’ 418 for time thanks to Jovetic’s blast not rest on their laurels but aim to win 3x3 version. We own the senior World could get through this as well. The seven against Australia at St from the spot after a penalty as development more titles next season. title. Our junior players did us proud world championships were of course John’s in 2003. awarded for a handball in the programme in “We had started a development by claiming the GCC crown and it was much harder than this as there were No Pakistan batsman made area. basketball ‘pays off’ programme, devised by QBF Presi- followed by the success in the World strong teams from the Europe and a fifty in their second innings, PSG regained the lead in dent Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Under-18 Championship and now the Americas. But being the world cham- with three England bowlers -- the 61st minute through Kur- Al Thani’s, some time back. Now Asian U18. pions was some advantage for us too. James Anderson, Chris Woakes zawa, and Aurier sealed the we have a strong base. We’ve more “At the QBF, we’re really working We respected our rivals in the Asians and Moeen Ali -- all taking three win when he rose to head Armstrong Vas under-18 players and I’m confident well and hard under our President and just kept playing to our poten- wickets apiece. home a cross from Alec The Peninsula that we can prepare ourselves for Sheikh Saoud vision. As a result, we’ve tial,” he added. The third Test at Edgbaston Georgen in the 87th. the future senior world champion- achieved so much in such a short time. “We were focused and continued starts on August 3. Paris Saint-Germain next ships through this talent bank,” said But let me tell you, there is more to to play tougher as the event progresses. face Real Madrid in Colum- Al Kuwari. come and we will keep working with We won all the seven matches that we bus, Ohio on Wednesday, DOHA: Qatar development pro- A host of officials were on hand at total dedication in pursuit of more played. In the pool phase, we faced SCOREBOARD and Leicester next Saturday gramme in basketball are paying off, the airport to welcome the team with such successes,” said Al Kuwari. some resistance from Japan. We in the Los Angeles suburb of says the Qatar Basketball Federation garlands. The title at Selangor, Malay- Qatar team captain Nedim Muslic were a bit out of our game. However, England (I innings) 589-8 dec Carson. (QBF) Executive Director Saadoun Al sia was the third title for the Qatari was delighted with the win. we found the solutions and won that Pakistan(I innings) 198 Inter play Bayern Munich Kuwari. team having won the GCC crown and “Feeling very good after winning game before topping the pool. In the England (II innings): in North Carolina next Speaking on the sidelines at the World Championships earlier. the Asian under-18 title. We were knock-out, we were however in full A. Cook (not out) 76 Saturday. Hamad International Airport dur- In the final at Selangor, Malay- under intense pressure. It was quite flow and went on to beat the Philip- A. Hales c S Ahmed b Mohd Amir 24 ing the function to welcome the sia, they defeated the Philippines, challenging event as you know we pines in the final to win the title.” J. Root (not out) 71 Extras (LB2) 2 Total (1 wkt dec.) 173 Did not bat: J Vince, G Ballance, C Woakes, B Stokes, J Bairstow, M Ali, S Olympic movement divided as Russia escapes ban Broad, J Anderson Fall of wickets: 1-68 Bowling: Amir 11-2-43-1; Rahat 8-0-54- AFP put in place for Russians proved the at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, just would “inevitably lead to a lack as likely to discourage others from 0; Shah 9-0-53-0; Azhar 2-0-21-0 IOC had gotten tough with a coun- days away”. of harmonization, potential chal- coming forward. Pakistan (II innings): try accused of running a vast doping The Association of National lenges and lesser protection for clean The IOC executive implemented Mohammad Hafeez c Ballance b Ali 42

programme. United States anti-dop- Olympic Committees also backed athletes”. what Bach termed a rigorous set of Shan Masood c Cook b Anderson 1 LAUSANNE: International Olym- ing chief Travis Tygart, one of many the IOC, with ANOC president Sheikh Russia’s entire track and field criteria for each Russian Olympic pic Committee’s decision not to ban who urged a total ban against Rus- Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah saying squad has already been barred from hopeful. Azhar Ali lbw b Anderson 8 Russia from the Rio Games over sia, blasted the IOC for creating “a an all-out ban “would have unfairly Rio following a similar WADA report First, athletes must be individu- Younis Khan c Hales b Ali 28 state-run doping divided interna- confusing mess.” punished many clean athletes”. on “state-supported” doping in that ally cleared by their respective sports Misbah-ul-Haq b Woakes 35 tional sports leaders on Sunday with Drug Free Sport New Zealand The IOC faced global pressure to sport. federation and there should be no Asad Shafiq lbw b Anderson 39 the opening ceremony 12 days away. chief executive Graeme Steel blasted act after a World Anti-Doping Agency Fourteen national anti-doping presumption of innocence. Sarfraz Ahmed c Bairstow b Woakes 7 The decision sparked an imme- the IOC’s decision to “pass the hot report last week detailed a cheating agencies -- including the US, Ger- An expert from the Court of Arbi- Yasir Shah lbw b Ali 10 diate backlash from groups that potato to international federations”. programme directed by the Russian many and Japan -- as well as several tration for Sport must also approve had demanded bold action against But some of those federations sports ministry with help from the national Olympic committees had each individual decision. Wahab Riaz c Cook b Root 19 cheating. and other sports leaders were FSB state intelligence agency. demanded Russia’s exclusion from Additionally, any athlete who has Mohammad Amir c Broad b Woakes 29 But others backed the IOC view, pleased with the decision. The cheating affected 30 sports, Rio. previously tested positive for doping Rahat Ali not out 8 explained by president Thomas Bach, FINA, global governing body for including at the 2014 Sochi Winter Others, especially top political is ineligible, even if they have already Extras (B2, LB4, W1, NB1) 8 that a historic outright ban would swimming spoke out ahead of the Olympics and other major events, leaders in Moscow, insisted collec- served their suspension. Total (all out) 234 trample the rights of clean Russian meeting against blanket ban as did WADA said, in revelations that wid- tive punishment would be unjust. Finally, no athletes named in the athletes hoping to compete. countries like Italy and others closer ened the worst drug scandal in Separately, an IOC ethics com- WADA report put together by Cana- Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-25, 3-83, 4-102, Individual sports federations to Russia. Olympic history. mission ruled that 800m runner dian law professor Richard McLaren 5-145, 6-163, 7-167, 8-190, 9-208, 10-234 will have primary responsibility for Pat Hickey, president of the Euro- WADA officials, who had recom- Yuliya Stepanova, who turned is eligible. But the complex screening Bowling: Anderson 16-2-41-3; Broad determining every Russian athlete’s pean Olympic Committees, said the mended a Russia ban in the wake of whistleblower on doping in Rus- process must be carried out for the 14-3-37-0; Stokes 5.2-0-21-0 (1w); Ali eligibility for Rio, the IOC executive group “completely supports” the IOC the report, said they were “disap- sian athletics, could not go to Rio 387 athletes nominated for Rio by the 18.4-1-88-3 (1nb); Woakes 15.3-2-41-3; said. decision which will “enable the par- pointed” with an IOC decision that even as a neutral -- a decision that Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Root 1-1-0-1 Bach insisted that strict checks ticipation of clean Russian athletes director general Olivier Niggli said both WADA and USADA denounced before the Games start on August 5. Man-of-the-match: Joe Root (ENG)