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Weathermen expect another cold spell next month

DOHA: Weather forecasters yesterday said winter wasn’t over yet and a cold spell was expected any time next month. According to a forecaster, weather condi- tions here are largely dependent on wind direction. If the wind blows from the south- ern regions, the mercury rises two to three degrees Celsius, as is happening now. The wind today is blowing from the southeast. However, when the wind changes direction and is north-westerly, it brings along chill and the temperature drops, said the forecaster. “The winter isn’t over yet.” The maximum temperature these days is between 25 and 29 degrees Celsius, depend- ing on the area in the country, while the minimum ranges between 13 and 17 degrees Celsius. In Doha, the maximum today is fore- cast at 27 degrees, and the minimum at 17 degrees. Abu Samra, located near Qatar’s border with Saudi Arabia, and which recently wit- nessed the coldest days and nights during the last chilly spell, will have a maximum temperature of 29 degrees Celsius and a low of 13 degrees today, the forecast said. Al Khor in the north, on the other hand, is expected to have day temperatures run- ning up to 26 degrees Celsius today, while at night the mercury will drop to 14 degrees. The forecast for Al Wakra is a noon tem- perature of 25 degrees Celsius and a mini- mum of 15 degrees. THE PENINSULA Five killed in Egypt protests CAIRO/ISMAILIA: Five people were shot dead in the Egyptian city of Suez during nationwide protests against President Mohammed Mursi yesterday, NOT GROCERIES, the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Full story on page 8 London hotels ranked worst LONDON: Visitors to London have marked its hotels as the worst in a list of 100 cities due to overpriced mini- SERVICE CENTRES bars, lousy breakfasts and slow service, according to a survey released yesterday. London hotels were also criticised for overcrowding at breakfast, long queues at check-in, inability to cope with large groups of people, small rooms and poor views. THE ISSUE See also page 15 AGENCIES

two. The neighbourhood stores and the malls The idea, according to Al Hanzab, is to make

Plans to remove neighbourhood Abraham Augusthy stores from residential areas all and hypermarkets springing up are not rivals. sure that residents of a locality have access to Each has its own role to play,” Al Hanzab told basic services in their neighbourhood and don’t Today’s edition includes a over the country and house them The Peninsula yesterday. have to travel long distances to meet such needs. Design: in a shopping complex in each The neighbourhood stores provide services “The service centre plans are currently with special supplement on such as home delivery which the bigger shop- the private engineering office of the civic min- India’s Republic Day locality have been put off until ping complexes don’t. istry,” said the CMC chief. later this year. Each residential locality in the country will Asked why most malls and hypermarkets have a ‘service centre’, and priority will be given were located along Al Shamal Road and hardly to local neighbourhood stores in allotment of any such shopping facility existed in places like he proposed complexes that are being shops because these stores were given licences Al Wakra in the south, the CMC chairman said planned for each residential area in as Emiri largesse for economically weaker sec- it was the investors’ decision and the govern- the country are to be called ‘service tions of society a long time ago. ment had no role to play in deciding the loca- Tcentres’, according to the Central That is why most neighbourhood stores are tion of these complexes. Municipal Council (CMC). located randomly, and in residential buildings, “The owners built malls and hypermarkets Construction of these ‘service centers’ will he said. “There is, therefore, the need to organ- in places they thought were densely populated, likely start in Umm Salal and Al Khairatiyat, ise and streamline them.” and that made business sense to them.” said the chairman of CMC, Saud Al Hanzab. It is planned that each ‘service centre’, to But now the government seems to have Asked if neighbourhood stores were being be built by the Ministry of Municipality and changed its strategy, and while issuing licences PAGEremoved from residential 6 areas due to the Urban Planning, will have shops providing for new malls and hypermarkets, it might make mushrooming malls and hypermarkets, Al basic goods and services, such as laundries, sure that they are evenly distributed geograph- Hanzab replied in the negative. barber salons, tailoring shops, grocery stores ically, said Al Hanzab. “There is absolutely no linkage between the and eateries. See also page 2

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More malls, more expectations Need for wider geographical distribution of outlets; location and management keys to success

BY FAZEENA SALEEM & Meera’s Deputy Chief Executive were totally different in nature. help you,” said Rajani Ranjoth, a MOHAMMED OSMAN Officer, Dr Mohammed Al “The concept of shopping housewife. Qahtani, while unveiling the com- malls first gained popularity in Aysha Ali, a Qatari youngster, ore than a dozen big pany’s expansion plans recently. the US, and then spread to the argued against opening more shopping malls have “Essentially, the community Far Eastern countries. In some malls with similar goods and sprung up in Doha model can be described as a large- European countries, commercial facilities. Mand its outskirts over scale supermarket that, in addi- streets featuring branded prod- “Shopping malls are the most the past 10 years, and many more tion to traditional groceries, will ucts are more popular than malls. popular places in Doha. It’s good are on their way. include additional services such The extreme weather conditions more of them are coming, so the At least nine new shopping cen- as banks, food court, laundromats in the Gulf is the main factor places will not be too crowded. tres costing a whopping QR20bn and so forth. The neighbourhood behind the popularity of shop- But shopping malls should be are planned in the next three model is a convenience store ping malls in this region, because different from one another not years, according to some reports. catering to the immediate vicinity they can provide all goods under only in facilities like restaurants The UAE-based Al Futtaim with groceries and basic services one roof, along with recreational and play areas, but also in things Group has announced plans to such as dry cleaners and pharma- facilities for children and ample they sell. If the same things are open Doha Festival City, its first cies. Using this model, 2013 will parking space,” said Altaf. going to be sold at the same price shopping mall in Qatar, which is see more Al Meera outlets open- Mohamed Kateeb, Advertising everywhere, it may not make a expected to cost QR6bn. Ezdan is ing throughout the country,” Al and Marketing Manager at big difference,” planning three malls in Gharrafa, Qahtani said. Carrefour, said, “It’s good if more Anna Niclas, a European expa- Al Wakra and Wukair under its Al Meera has community and malls and hypermarkets are com- triate working in Doha for the new arm, Ezdan Mall Company, neighbourhood shopping cen- ing. Of course, there will be more last two years, said, “Here malls which will be launched soon. tres covering more than 60,000 competition, but that challenge are popular because people have The North Gate Mall, a luxury square metres already under is good for business. It would be no other places to go. Malls have shopping facility in Khairtiyat, development and most of them even better if new brands are become places to hang around. Marina Mall, Doha Mall in are expected to open in the next being introduced, so people will Malls are overcrowded during Mesaimeer and Tawar Mall are three years, he added. have a better choice.” weekends. If more malls are com- among the other projects in the The new facilities will be Firoz Mohideen, General ing up, it could ease the crowding. pipeline. located in Al Laqtafia, Al Dakira, Manager of Hyatt Plaza, said good “In other countries, people go Al Meera Consumer Goods, Al Wajba, Jeryan Njema, Muraikh, planning was necessary before to malls to buy things, but here a leading Qatari company that Azizia, Rawdad Al Qadeem, establishing a new mall. it is more to hang out and dine. runs a chain of shopping facilities Muaither, Rawdad Al Hamama, “We could see many malls com- When more malls are built there across the country, has embarked and Al Wakra. ing up. But the authorities should will be more choice, it gives the on an ambitious expansion plan The state-backed Barwa Real ensure that they are properly dis- opportunity to get many things which includes opening of several Estate company has come out tributed according to the popula- under one roof. Now more brands new shopping malls. with an innovative shopping con- tion. At the end of the day, we are being introduced in Qatar, so Many of the existing Al Meera cept that was first introduced in should not be having just many maybe it will be a good oppor- outlets are being expanded with the sprawling Barwa Village in buildings; they should be built tunity for the shoppers to have a modern design. Al Wakra. The Village offers a according to the requirements of better choice.” Over the past decade, the open- modern alternative to the tradi- the country,” said Mohideen. Mohamed Yousef, an Arab ing of several shopping malls and tional souqs and accommodated a Meera to open big shopping malls areas like Al Shamal road while He said there was enough room expatriate living in Doha with hypermarkets has vastly changed number of shops relocated from and hypermarkets instead of com- important locations like Al Wakra for more shopping malls. his family for over five years, the shopping scenario in Qatar. the Meshaireb-Share Kahraba peting with small supermarkets do not have a single shopping mall “They (the existing malls) are said, “It’s true many new malls The traditional souqs and the area where the Msheireb project because they can cater to the or hotel?” Khalaf asked. fully crowded during the week- and hypermarkets have opened, multitude of neighbourhood is under way. low- and middle-income segments He said the location of new ends, and it shows the need for and some are coming up. But not stores that once dominated the The eight-kilometre Barwa with relatively low prices,” lead- shopping malls should be based more malls. But the authorities all of them provide a real shop- market have lost their attraction Commercial Avenue, which is ing Qatari businessman Ahmed on the requirements of various should decide how many malls ping opportunity. There are some with the arrival of big shopping nearing completion on the Abu Khalaf told The Peninsula. localities rather than the inter- and what kind of malls we need. places where only the food court centres that offer customers “eve- Hamour-Industrial Area road, He said he was against clos- est of investors. There is also high demand for and the play area for children are rything under one roof”. is one of the largest and longest ing down stores in residential Mohammed Altaf, regional retail space that is still in short crowded, not the shops.” Following rapid urbanisation, shopping facilities in the world, areas since they were provid- director of Lulu Hypermarket supply,” he added. Despite the popularity of shop- the traditional souqs have become offering a mix of commercial and ing an important service to the Group, said location was a vital Many residents The Peninsula ping malls, a number of citizens near extinct, with the renovated residential space. community. factor in the success of a shop- spoke to said that for a lot of still opt to travel to neighbour- Souq Waqif and some remnants of Looking at the burgeoning “I visit a shopping mall two ping facility but more important people, malls are a place to hang ing countries for shopping on a the old souq being the only survi- shopping malls and commercial or three times a month, but I was how the facility was managed. around rather than do shopping. regular basis. vors. A number of neighbourhood complexes, one would wonder if go to my neighbourhood grocery “Shopping malls will continue “There are not many places to Asked about this, Abdullah Al stores in residential areas are also there was scope for more such many times a day. I can also place to flourish in Qatar and there go to in Doha, so people are forced Jafri, a Qatari consumer activ- being closed down in accordance facilities, especially when many orders to them by telephone and is nothing unusual about it. But to go to malls. But big malls are ist, said, “This is mainly because with a new rule that seeks their of the existing ones have failed to they will be functioning until mid- the success and survival of such not found in all areas. We live of the low prices there and the abolition. attract enough customers and are night, while most shopping malls facilities depends a lot on how in Al Wakra, and there are no availability of some special items “To facilitate our future expan- struggling to make profits. close earlier,” he added. efficiently there are managed and malls there. And if you look at that cannot be found in the local sion plans in the country, we are Businessmen and consumers He said there was scope for operated,” said Altaf. the existing malls, only the very market. Many Qataris travel to going for the shopping mall con- have varying opinions on this more shopping malls in Qatar if He said there was no real com- popular ones are full and have all Ahsa and other border cities in cept, which might be differenti- issue. they were located properly. petition between neighbourhood facilities. There are some with Saudi Arabia to buy wedding ated into two types: community “I am in favour of opening “Why are so many new shop- stores and big shopping malls many closed shops, so just hav- items.” and neighbourhood ones,” said Al more shopping malls. We need Al ping malls concentrated in some because they provide services that ing many malls is not going to THE PENINSULA Home JANUARY 26, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY

Instabeat inventor shares OPINION experience at MIT Forum Brotherhood and Salafists lock horns HE crisis gripping Mali the Economic Community of is nothing but the result West African States in the Tof a struggle for political coming months. Qatar National Business Plan Competition launched influence between France and Earlier, UN special repre- the US. France is doing its best sentative for the Sahel, Romano BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB to maintain domination over a Prodi, said military action in region which is rich in oil, gas, northern Mali would be pos- DOHA: Hind Hobeika, one of and uranium. sible only in September. the youngest women CEOs in France is Mali’s former colo- There is a distinct correla- the Arab world and the inven- nial ruler. Many big French tion between the Arab Spring tor of instabeat — a heartbeat companies prosper on the and political unrest in Mali. monitoring device for swim- African West coast. The Salafist guerrillas, armed mers —was here recently to French nuclear facilities get by Libya, have already seized share her great learning expe- most of their uranium sup- northern Mali. However, the rience, at the MIT Forum with plies from neighbouring Niger. political shots in the African young Qatari entrepreneurs. Therefore, France desperately state are being called by Khalid Al Sayed The Beirut-based entrepre- needs to secure these supplies. Americans from behind. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF neur was the first prize winner of As for the United States, it is The US plan aims at curb- MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) seeking influence in the region ing the political influence of Arab Startup Competition and to establish its military mission Salafists in the Arab Spring country should suffer the same third prize winner of Qatar in Africa, AFRICOM, which it countries by enabling the fate of Iraq” as they put it. They Foundation’s “Stars of Science” has been planning since 2007. Muslim Brotherhood to domi- even demonstrated outside the Competition in 2010. Islamist militants have nate the whole region. French embassy in Cairo this She spoke to The Peninsula taken hold of northern Mali, Perhaps the United Sates is week against the aggression. about her innovative product, her and have threatened to attack taking advantage of Mali’s tur- The region may soon be torn learning experience as a young the country’s capital Bamako moil to influence the situation by a conflict between Salafists entrepreneur with the MITEF on Hind Hobeika speaking about instabeat at a press conference to launch Al in the south. Such a threat has in Arab Spring countries in a and the Muslim Brotherhood. the sidelines of the launch of this Fikra 2013 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel yesterday. (KAMMUTTY VP) raised French concerns that way that would best serve its The US will use the situation year’s ‘Qatar National Business it may lead the United States interests in future. in Mali to support the Muslim Plan Competition, Al Fikra were trained in writing business cannot wear watches, belts and to interfere in this rich region Some Salafist organiza- Brotherhood in Arab countries, 2013’— an initiative of Enterprise plans and making presentations. other cumbersome devices. As com- under the pretext of combating tions in Egypt, like the Salafi especially Egypt, to win the game. Qatar (EQ). Training was provided by petitive swimmers, we were not able terrorism. In a surprise move, Jihadi and Al Nour Party, have The Muslim Brotherhood’s EQ, an arm of the Ministry of high profile professionals who to monitor our heartbeats instantly France sent troops to take called on President Mohamed US-sponsored victory is a Business and Trade, is responsible imparted valuable advice that is with full accuracy while swimming. control of northern Mali. The Morsi to interfere in Mali and reflection of the need to boost for developing a positive ecosys- very useful,” said Hobeika. So I always thought of a device attack was planned to be car- stop the French aggression on moderate Islam and to combat tem for startups and small and She added: “At the end of the which is more practical and sleek ried out in collaboration with Islamists “lest the West African terrorism. medium enterprises (SMEs). This competition, we had the perfect that would help me swim faster,” year, it has entered into a part- elevator pitch to go on to investors she added. nership with MITEF of the Pan in the right way. It helped us achieve Instabeat is an ultra-light Arab Region. the ability to move on from ‘an idea’ device that can be fitted with the The MITEF’s Global Startup to a ‘start-up business.” swimming goggles as an acces- Space available for NSD events at Al Refaa Street Workshop (GSW) on Elevator Asked about the use of the sory. Swimmers can use this to Pitch Training and Competition product, she said: “Instabeat is the get an instant reading of his/her DOHA: As the National Sports for sport activities can be done and public organisations. provides innovators from around first waterproof heads-up monitor heartbeat to optimise the workout Day is approaching, an opportu- through the same page. The day is celebrated every sec- the globe with the opportunity to that tracks, stores, and displays accordingly. nity is being offered to all inter- By filling out the form and ond Tuesday of February and is an sharpen their presentation skills, instantly your heart rate during Asked the present status of ested organisations to be a part indicating their preferred loca- initiative adopted by H H Sheikh build confidence and present ideas swimming to optimise your train- the device, Hobeika said: “Its of this event by booking a place in tion and the list of activities, all Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the in 60 seconds or less to the GSW ing and allow you to achieve your manufacturing has started in dif- the Al Refaa Street for activities. private companies can become Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent. audience and win cash prizes. peak performance.” ferent parts of the world, includ- Private organisations can book part of National Sports Day that Across the country, ministries, “MIT business competition was The idea of the product came to ing the US, the EU and China. spaces at the popular venue by is increasingly attracting large government departments, public very intensive and useful expe- her mind from her need as a com- And instabeat will be available filling out the form available on crowds. and private sector organisations rience for me. It started with a petitive swimmer to keep track within four to six months in the the National Sports Day website, The website also provides details and sports clubs will be organising workshop. The first 50 teams were of her heartbeat while swimming. market.” http://www.sportday.qa. such as individual programmes of sporting activities for all. taken to Abu Dhabi where they “When you are swimming you THE PENINSULA Individual and team registrations local sport clubs, sport federations THE PENINSULA Greek PM to visit Qatar on Jan 29

DOHA: The Greek Prime of Energy, Assimakis Papageorgiou, Greece is implementing a vast Minister, Antonis Samarasis and the Secretary General for privatisation programme that is arriving on a two-day visit to International Economic Relations expected to attract investment Doha from Tuesday, the Greek at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of about $20bn in the next three embassy said. Panagiotis G Mihalos. A group of 65 years. Equity participation in state The premier’s visit was planned top executives from 45 major Greek firms such as the State Lottery and for November 2012 but was post- companies will also accompany them. the State Natural Gas Co, infra- poned due to a summit of the Samaras will hold talks with the structure projects (regional ports European Union. Samaras will be Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa and airports) as well as dozens of accompanied by the Minister of Al Thani and the Prime Minister and real estate deals are part of the pri- Defence, Panos Panagiotopoulos, Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad vatisation programmes. the Minister of Development, Kostas bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani. The A joint Business Council will Hatzidakis, the Deputy Ministers Greek ministers will meet their be established between the Qatar of Development, Notis Mitarachi, Qatari counterparts as well as top Chamber and the Federation of the Minister for Tourism, Olga officials from Qatar Holding, Qatari Greek Enterprises. Kefalogianni, the Deputy Minister Diar and other state entities. THE PENINSULA SDC hosting Mohana Veena expert’s recital today

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DOHA: Skills Development Centre, a centre for learning fine arts and performing arts, is organising a musical extravaganza today. The Maestro commu- nity hall at the centre will host a concert by renowned Hindustani musician and ‘Mohana Veena’ expert Poly Varghese at 7.30pm. Famous Tabala master Santosh Kulkarni will accompany him. The programme is open to the public, organis- ers said in a press release yesterday. THE PENINSULA JANUARY 26, 2013 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home HMC makes strides in oral, cranio-maxielofacial surgeries Trauma-related operations decline, says department chief BY ISABEL OVALLE cranio-maxilofacial area are mostly caused that HMC is now attracting patients from by trauma or tumours. However, the number neighbouring countries. DOHA: The number of cases treated of deformities treated by the department The unit treats various types of cancers at the oral and cranio-maxielofacial caused by trauma has decreased, said Al which cause head and neck deformities. surgery department at Hamad Medical Khalil adding: “Partially because of the For Dr Al Khalil, “prevalence of cancer Corporation (HMC) is around 18,000 a reinforcement of traffic laws, because even has taken second place after cardiovascular year, many of them related to trauma and though there are still accidents, they don’t diseases; given that year after year the per- tumours which cause deformities. cause damage to the head.” centage of tumours is increasing.” Linked to Dr Moustafa Al Khalil, Head of Oral The department is beginning to be inter- this is an increase in deformities which has and Cranio-Maxiolofacial Surgery, told nationally recognised with its profession- also come with the increase of population. The Peninsula that patients choose to be als presenting their works in international To approach this and other issues, HMC www.swiss-belhotel.com treated for different types of facial deformi- conferences. Nevertheless, for Dr Al Khalil, has hosted a workshop for around 300 pro- Tel ties, which can be acquired or hereditary, in “our best advertisement are our patients.” fessionals, giving priority to its staff. The Qatar, instead of doing so abroad. “We are treating different kinds of event was attended by lecturers such as Fax The department was established 10 deformities which were treated abroad Dr Kenneth E Salyer, recognised as a pio- years ago and “is well recognised locally before. Receiving this treatment abroad neer and leader in craniofacial surgery and and regionally”, he said on the sidelines took a long time for preparation, surgery founder of the International Craniofacial of a workshop on Craniofacial Deformity, and recovery, also with higher costs,” he Institute, and Dr Sydney Coleman, “godfa- Tel Harvesting and Fat Grafting at HMC stated. Performing these procedures in ther of cleft surgery”. Fax Education Centre yesterday. Qatar has reduced costs, featuring “hun- THE PENINSULA Surgical cases which affect the oral and dreds of successful cases,” he said, adding

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The exhibition Tel features over 80 works of art in a variety of media by 25 Royal Fax Academicians and 25 prominent artists from across the Middle East. www.doha.hilton.com The Artist Talk will comprise a conversation session between artists featured in the exhibition, Milroy, Qatari artists Ibtisam Tel +974 44233333 Al Safar and Fatima Al Naimi, as well as Curator, Sa’id Costa. The Residency Programme aims to orient and guide Qatari Fax +974 44233000 artists who have the desire to improve their practice and skills. The programme also provides a platform for sharing knowledge between Katara and the Royal Academy. It will start with a public talk where she will present herself to the Qatari audience, providing them with an overview of her work and career to date. “This is an excellent opportunity for young Qatari artists to learn the true fundamentals of art from an award-winning artist. It has been a pleasure to have Lisa Milroy share not only her impressive works in this unique exhibition but also her broad experience. This exhibition contributes to our wider vision of nurturing local talents Tel and providing them with a platform to showcase them,” said Dr Fax Khalid Al Sulaiti, General Manager of Katara. Milroy was born in 1959 in Vancouver, Canada, and gradu- ated from Goldsmiths College of Art, London in 1982. She won the John Moores Prize for Painting in 1989 and was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2006. Residing in London, she Tel has been the head of Graduate Painting at the Slade School of Fax Fine Art, UCL since 2009. In 2001 her work was the subject of a major survey at Tate Liverpool and her paintings are held in many private and public collections in the UK and abroad. THE PENINSULA A c ameraman in action during the Qatar Men’s League Round 2 match Tel at Gharafa Sports Club yesterday. (KAMMUTTY VP) Fax ‘Children getting access to Tel 23 schools take part in Fax age-restricted films’ BQFP library contest DOHA: Local cinemas and commercial complexes do not DOHA: Tel have proper checks in place for films that have age-restricted Twenty three schools have participated in a competition content, many concerned citizens say. organised by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP). Fax Many are complaining that cinemas and commercial centres Students were invited to imagine their dream libraries and submit- are not complying with the Qatari law that prevents children ted ideas and illustrations for the first academic term of 2012. from watching films that are not suitable for their age, a local There were 135 entries that ranged from well-researched pieces Arabic newspaper reported yesterday. about library programmes for the community to promotion of Tel Most children have easy access to watch movies that are meant printed books in a digital age to designs which included virtual Fax for people above 18 because no one at the ticket counter enquires reality reading chairs, robot librarians, reading halls under sea level about their age. This includes films that have violent as well as and coffee reading corners. socially and culturally sensitive content. The contestants also came up with imaginative concepts about One national was particularly angry when he saw many chil- bringing books to life and becoming a character on the pages of dren coming out of the hall after screening of an age-restricted their favourite storybooks, said BQFP. film and took up the issue with the administration of the cinema. The spectrum of ideas addressed library audiences from all age “I was just told that the cinema takes prior approval from the groups and focused on facilities for readers with special needs. Many local board that censors films,” the national was quoted as saying. students spoke of the need to value cultural diversity and called for Abdur Rehman Mohsen El Mokadem, General Manager of books from all languages to be made available. Tel Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution Co, told this newspaper that Twelve students won the contest from grades 3 to 12 and 10 Fax commercial centres or cinemas cannot be blamed if youngsters received honourable mentions. watch specific films. The winners were welcomed to the Doha International Book “Before you buy a ticket, the age specification is given in each Fair where they received their awards and were photographed at film. The distribution company also announces the same through the BQFP booth. Tel newspapers before screening films,” El Mokadem said. Abdullah Khuraisat, Learning Resources Coordinator of Khaled Fax In many cases children go to the cinema with their nannies or Bin Ahmed Independent Prep School, said: “The minute we received housemaids, and in some cases, without any adult supervision. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing’s invitation, we were very Parents simply leave their children in malls while they shop keen to participate under our Principal Khaled Al Suwaidi’s supervi- www.renaissancedoha.com around. “Why do parents give money to their children to watch sion and my coordination; and we are glad that our Grade 8 student films without even checking what it is that they are going to Al Hussein came out on top.” Tel +974 44195000 see?” asked another national. Al Hussein Jaleel Eleiwy said: “I am always passionate about delv- Fax +974 44195100 Another concern of some parents is of previews and adver- ing into both fiction and reality and telling my literary and scientific tisements that are shown in some cinemas that screen films for stories. I am very happy that I participated and won.” children. “I took my children to see an animated film and I was Nadia Al Malki, Learning Resource Coordinator from Al Khansaa surprised when they showed the trailer of a film for adults before Girls’ Primary School, added that this competition has helped her it. There is a need to regulate advertisements and trailers shown motivate her students and work on improving their writing skills during films for children,” said a parent. and choice of reading topics. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA JANUARY 26, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

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ordan has been relatively unscathed by Arab Spring. While some Arab regimes were upended by popular uprisings, and a few others are tottering, on the verge Scottish nationalists don’t have Jof being uprooted, Jordan has remained stable. Not that it was completely unaffected. What it experienced was a breeze compared to what several others had experienced. It’s in this context that the parliament elections held in the a monopoly on Scottishness country this week assume significance. The elections were a modest attempt by the rulers to share power with the people. BY BLAIR MCDOUGALL And observers from the European Union called the election find they must fall back on old arguments They talk about devolution as if it process ‘transparent and credible’. in order to make the case for separation were a bribe to the Scottish people to But the fact that the elections were boycotted by the SKING questions of your govern- in a post-nationalist world. stay in the union rather than a positive Muslim Brotherhood lessens its impact. Party officials said ment is a basic feature of democ- The constant message from the anti- project about improving the governance Aracy. It is also deeply Scottish. UK campaign is that English values are of Scotland. that the King’s plans for a parliamentary government fell Robert Burns himself wondered “If I’m different from Scottish values. This is If it is a bribe, it is strange one. In a far short of true democratic change and demanded that he design’d yon lordling’s slave/By Nature’s not, my opposite number says, a matter recent opinion poll options for further tax should have no say in naming a premier. The boycott meant law design’d/Why was an independent of “right versus left, it is a matter of right raising powers or fiscal autonomy were that a pro-government parliament came to power. Most of wish/E’er planted in my mind?” versus wrong.” The implication is that far less popular than the current devolu- the 150 seats contested in the vote were won by independents We should always ask questions of someone born Dumfries has the right val- tion arrangements. our leaders. This must especially be the ues but someone in Carlisle lacks them. Today they claim the banner of my and candidates with limited political agendas who rely on case when they put a fundamentally Arguments about UK government pol- party, Labour, but it is a flag of conven- family and tribal allegiances rather than party backing. A important issue to us in a referendum. icies are not policy debates but rather ience. Scotland needs independence, we government-friendly parliament will governance and the In Scotland increasingly those who ques- wedges to separate Scots from their UK are told, because we have a Conservative- rulers might consider Brotherhood’s boycott a blessing in tion their government’s plan to dissolve family. Otherwise the nationalists would led government. But throughout all of disguise. the 300-year-old have developed an alternative welfare the last Labour government, the long- But the boycott can cause political, economic policy: they haven’t, instead they have est period of Labour government in our and social only in the last fortnight started work on history, the nationalists demanded inde- problems in future. The union between a project, not to set policy, but to define pendence. They claim Donald Dewar for King Brotherhood has already said that The SNP’s Scotland and “Scottish values” within the welfare state. their own, but of course Alex Salmond it would hold more street protests the rest of the Similarly, there is no substantial policy stood against him demanding independ- Abdullah in the coming days demanding deeply negative UK are under debate to be had between Scotland and ence. They claim the social legacy of reforms. The future of the elected attack. They the UK on the NHS. Whatever happens Clement Attlee. When the ‘45 Labour parliament would depend on to independence stand accused in the NHS in England, it doesn’t affect government were establishing the NHS must launch as being unpat- a devolved Scottish NHS. So why do the and welfare state the nationalists were what extent the protesters will campaign is riotic, anti- nationalists raise it in this campaign demanding independence. more reforms be willing to go. As long as the Scottish, and other than to talk up a divide between Perhaps though, the most negative demonstrations remain peaceful at odds with above all, of Scots and English? thing about the nationalists is their world- to avert and public support limited, the being nega- The narrative of division and differ- view. Some frame this debate as a battle government will face no serious tive. Business ence has no logic but it is the only strat- between Britishness and Scottishness. It protests. the positive, figures com- egy they have. They need to divide Scots isn’t. It is a contest between two different threat to its existence. plain of a cul- from Geordies, Scousers, Brummies, visions of Scottishness. However, the government must outward-looking ture of fear, Mancunians and Liverpudlians. They Scotland’s bard dreamt of a time when launch reforms and invite the Brotherhood for talks. Speaking threats and must make familiar family members into “Man to Man, the world o’er, Shall broth- at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jordan’s King outlook of most boycotts from abnormal strangers. ers be.” This is the Scottishness embraced Abdullah II said he was committed to reforms and promised Scots. nationalists. Devolution is, in the words of John by most Scots: positive, outward-looking, to reach out to groups like Brotherhood that boycotted the A new study, Smith, the settled will of the Scottish confident on any size of stage. Invested published this people. For the negative nationalists it with a compassion that does not stop election. These words need to be translated into action. week, suggests is a “half measure” or “a messy fudge”. at our own borders. It is the confident One reason Jordan hasn’t witnessed the kind of uprising that support for independence is now at Throughout the history of devolution Scottishness that has allowed Scots to seen in other Arab countries is that the protesters have a historic low of 23%. Scots do not react they have stood outside the debate with impact more on the world than any so far focused on reforming government and limiting King well to being told to shut up and to stop nothing positive to contribute. As politi- nation of our size, and many much larger. Abdullah’s powers rather than ousting the US-backed asking questions. cal parties and civil society came together Positive Scottishness contrasts with monarch. That makes King Abdullah’s position more The irony is that the nationalist cam- for the Scottish constitutional conven- the inward looking negative narrative paign is deeply negative. Their campaign tion the nationalists refused to take part of grievance and division. The SNP, on stable. Also, the King has been considerate. At the height exists to break the solidarity and unity because it sought a better Scotland in the ceremonial occasions, wear a white rose of revolutions in other countries, he took several decisions that exists across the United Kingdom. UK. When Labour proposed an extension in reference to a work by nationalist to appease the public. He sacked the cabinet and appointed The very heart of their proposition is of devolution in 2007 and the current UK poet Hugh MacDiarmid. “The rose of new ministers and announced a slew of social benefits to the inherently negative: that the people of government implemented it, the nation- all the world is not for me”, he wrote, people. our island are too different from each alists opposed it. When, this week, the “I want for my part only the little white other to share political institutions. IPPR put forward an important contri- rose of Scotland.” How closed-minded. King Abdullah needs to build on the goodwill he enjoys and To their credit, the modern SNP bution to the devolution debate it was How parochial. How un-Scottish. How speed up the reform process. There is no guarantee that he have shed ethnic nationalism. But today, dismissed by the nationalists in prefer- negative. can ward off protests for ever. But reforms can. encumbered with an outdated logic, they ence to demands for full separation. THE GUARDIAN Letters Quote of Report on Katara concert doesn’t tell the whole story the day

e the undersigned read Raynald Rivera’s the way of the musical enjoyment of the “Europeans is a part. When Palestinians are robbed of their lands article on the recent Daniel Barenboim and Latin Americans” who—according to the and bombed from the sky, Qataris too feel that they Wconcert at Katara, Doha’s cultural quarter. reporter—made up the bulk of the audience. They are a part of the struggle. His previous involvement There has been While those of us—including Qatari and non-Qatari are, rather, the native people of this country, they with Edward Said notwithstanding, it is unfortunate Arabs—whose names appear on this letter certainly have lived here for centuries, and they have their that Barenboim failed to make even a single mention negativity and did voice our opposition to Barenboim’s recital in own musical tradition. For the record, it is a musical of his adoptive country’s crimes during his latest Doha through social media, we do not recognize the tradition which was much enriched by very many appearances in Doha. He cannot assume that the anti-US feelings way we are portrayed in your newspaper’s report- Jewish performers and composers, well into the people of this country would not notice that. We in Pakistan … The ing. The reporter writes about the “Qatari nationals” twentieth century. In no way was our displeasure would also like to insist that our culture, language who “expressed displeasure” at how “a Jew”—his with Barenboim related to his Jewishness; but and music be given the same amount of respect as feeling is that words—would play the piano on 15 and 16 January when the Israeli state, the passport of which Mr a visiting Argentinian pianist. at the Katara Opera House, but this is not in any Barenboim carries, is its own self-perpetuating war Esraa Al-Muftah, Rafia Suleiman, Pakistan has been way the whole story. crime, then Qataris cannot be expected to remain Mohammad Alsaafin, used as a tissue Imran Khan To begin with, the Qatari nationals about whom silent. Qatar, a peninsula though it may be, cannot Maha Al-Ahbabi & Pakistan’s cricketer-turned- your reporter writes are not some minor nuisance in be detached from the wider Arab nation of which it Abdulhadi Ayyad paper by the US ... politician JANUARY 26, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Will US military address sexual assault?

(the women veterans, both survivors of Rape and sexual military sexual assault testified last). The hearing took place just weeks after assault of enlisted the conclusion of the 2012 presidential campaign where American women (and men) endured comments from the stone women and men ages — genital ultrasounds in Virginia, abortion, former Rep Todd Akin’s (R-Mo) during basic training declarations regarding what he referred to as “legitimate rape,” Foster Friess’ reflections on use of aspirin as a means is common and has of birth control, Wisconsin Republican Senator Glenn Grothmann’ s views about gone unreported for Wisconsin’s Equal Pay Act and statement that “one could argue that money is more important for men,” and the furore over years. whether Congress will re-authorise the Violence Against Women Act. BY MICHELLE D. BERNARD If supporting the women and men of the Air Force who are survivors of sexual n Thursday, the Pentagon assault was not enough to get members lifted its ban on women in to the hearing, the results of the election frontline combat roles. The and the gender gap that exists should announcement by Secretary have been. of Defence Leon Panetta One would have thought that survivors Ocomes on the heels of Wednesday’s hear- of the Lackland scandal would have been ing before the House Armed Services permitted to testify. They were not. Committee on the Review of Sexual General Mark A Welsh III, the Air Misconduct by Basic Training Instructors Force’s top commander, and General at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Edward Rice, Jr, the Commander of During Wednesday’s hearing, the pub- Air Education and Training Command, lic learned that at Lackland, rape and testified first. There was one woman in sexual assault of enlisted women and men uniform sitting at the witness table with during basic training is almost common- them. She never uttered a word, and no place. It has gone unreported for years questions were posed to her. because of a fear of retaliation and a Welsh and Rice spent most of their culture and climate that undermine the testimony and time answering questions effective punishment of assailants. related to how the Air Force will change The irony is that while Defence is the culture, climate, instances of failed ready to allow women to serve in combat leadership and the lack of oversight of roles, the Air Force (and probably other Military Training Instructors believed to branches of the military) is still strug- be the root causes of the sexual assaults gling with how to protect the women and at Lackland over the last three years. men in its ranks from sexual assault by The culture and climate at Lackland their peers and commanders during basic was best described by Welsh when he said training. Rape and sexual assault should that one has to ask why it was that on not be “incidental” to military service. the “worst day of a victim’s life,” they In June 2011, one woman filed a rape didn’t go to their Air Force brethren for allegation at Lackland. As reported by assistance. Welsh later testified that a Members of the Female Engagement Team, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, greet The Washington Post, “It has snowballed “battle rythme” was needed in address- children during a patrol in Sangin Valley, Afghanistan. into potentially the worst sex scandal in ing the issues. the military since 1996, when 12 male sol- Through the personal testimony the military. She testified that she “was sexual assault as “an incest level of or female.” diers were charged with abusing female of Air Force Chief Master Sergeant chemically restrained and raped by (her) betrayal.” On Thursday, Rep Jackie Speier, recruits and trainees at the Army’s Cindy McNally, (Ret) and TSgt Jennifer recruiter and sexually assaulted by (her) McNally had proposed a solution to the D-CA, a member of the Armed Services Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.” Norris, the public learned that there are technical school instructor at Keesler Air issue of culture, climate and failed leader- Committee who attended the hearing, To date, 59 survivors of sexual assault women and men who are raped, sexually Force Base.” ship the generals are still grappling with. introduced a bill to create a new office at Lackland have been identified. Thirty- assaulted, or are victims of other sexual Norris said that she didn’t report She stated: “Our job as enlisted lead- for investigating and prosecuting sexual two drill sergeants and training instruc- misconduct repeatedly while in service to either incident because she “watched an ers is to define the standard, and make assaults in the military. tors have been charged with crimes or our nation. In each instance, the enemy airman... get swiftly booted out simply everyone understand that we have abso- According to her office, “This legisla- policy violations that range from rape to combatant was a peer or commanding because she reported that one of her lutely no problem removing violators tion would remove sexual assault crimes inappropriate contact after graduation. officer. instructors made derogatory remarks in the blink of an eye. It is our duty to from the normal military chain of com- There have been eight convictions; McNally enlisted in the Air Force in to her during class.” ensure that standards are met. If that mand and place them in the hands of an nine court martial proceedings are pend- 1975 and was assigned to a Women in the During a recess, one woman veteran is simplistic, I am okay with that. In the autonomous Sexual Assault Oversight ing, and 15 incidents are under further Air Force squadron at Lackland. Early spoke about “the first time” she was trenches where lives are at stake and the and Response Office within the Defence investigation. in her career, she was sexually assaulted raped. Another said that she was “about well-being of our troops is at stake, we Department. The office, which would be One of the most jarring aspects of by two instructors at Chanute Air Force six months pregnant” when she was need to be that simplistic. We do the right made up of military and civilian experts, Wednesday’s hearing before the House Base in Illinois. She reported the incident, assaulted. thing or we suffer the consequences. It is would work with military investigators Armed Services Committee was the sim- and her leaders didn’t “handle” it. She Patricia Lee Stotter of Protect Our called leadership.” and oversee prosecution.” ple optics of the number of members of says that she knew then that she would Defenders, an organisation which seeks She said that the country needed to As Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill, noted, Congress present at any one time (the never report another sexual assault. to “honour, support and give voice to the “remove the combat exclusion policy... “This is not a female problem; it’s a pred- room was almost empty), who testi- At her first assignment, she was brave women and men in uniform who Then we will be a fully integrated force. ator problem.” Panetta must have been fied (three men and two women), and assaulted a second time. She didn’t have been sexually assaulted while serv- Being able to do the job should be the listening. in what order the testimony was given report it. Norris was 24 when she joined ing their country” described military standard — not whether you are male WP-BLOOMBERG Obama should no longer avoid the race issue

in 2008. Then let’s not. He saw firsthand how poverty gets In announcing his “Why We Can’t Wait” initiative in 2011, exacerbated by race and knows the Obama was appropriating King’s urgent call for racial justice. But when it came to actually address- disparate toll it takes on poor black ing the issues that the civil rights leader was talking about — a high children. black unemployment rate, an unfair criminal justice system, and the “mis-education” of black BY COURTLAND MILLOY since 1961, according to a study by children in separate and unequal Daniel Gillion at the University of school systems — wait we did. resident Barack Obama Pennsylvania. And we still are waiting. has something impor- If racism in this country is so How can Obama talk about tant to say about race bad that Obama dares not broach protecting children “from the Pin America. You know the subject, what effect does he streets of Detroit,” as he did in his he does because he has devoted think this backlash is having on inaugural address, when he won’t much of his life to studying its sig- everyday black people? go to such streets — not even the nificance. As a university profes- Does Obama know that he is ones in the District where he sor, he spent more than a decade being used by whites as proof lives? Not out of fear of getting lecturing on race and racism. In that racism in America no longer shot, but more like fear of appear- Chicago, as a community organ- exists? Forget racial discrimina- ing to favour blacks over whites. iser, he saw firsthand how pov- tion in the workplace; it can’t Obama is not clueless, just erty gets exacerbated by race and happen in the country that has a calculating. he knows the disparate toll that black president. His father may have been “dark this problem takes on poor black Obama’s silence makes him as pitch” and his mother “white as children. complicit in this lie. milk,” as Obama described them US President Barack Obama So why does the cat have his I’m not asking Obama to in one of his books, but he did not tongue? whine about racism but to talk grow up to become the nation’s Enough with people making about its corrosive effect on the that belonged to Martin Luther That’s pretty thin gruel for an thinly veiled and sometimes bla- first café au lait president. excuses for his silence on race: country and what can be done King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln. inauguration on Martin Luther tantly racist tactics to try to tear Obama, as his memoir reveals, He’ll just upset the “white man,” to eradicate it. Pretending that But you’d never know from his King Jr. Day. Obama down. learned much about the com- some say. Or he’s not the presi- it does not exist does not make inaugural address that either one For those who say that America But when powerful people plexities of race while stylising dent of black America. it go away. Obama should not be of those men had anything to do is suffering from “race fatigue,” behave as if they would rather his persona as a cool and brainy But there has never been a allowed to get away with thinking with race. it’s not the subject that’s so weari- see the country go bankrupt than black man. Now he needs to tell good reason why the nation’s first that when it comes to making his Of King, he said only this: “... some. It’s the racism itself. have a black man in the White us what he has learned about race black president had to be so reti- mark on the issue of race, all he to hear a preacher say that we What we saw during the past House, Obama can’t just let that and racism during the past four cent about race — having uttered had to do was become the first cannot walk alone; to hear a King presidential campaign was a pass without comment. years as the nation’s first black fewer words on the subject dur- black president. proclaim that our individual free- debilitating throwback to the “Race is an issue that I believe president. ing his first two years in office At both his official and public dom is inextricably bound to the Jim Crow era, with otherwise this nation cannot afford to ignore Or at least tell us why he won’t. than any Democratic president swearing in, Obama used Bibles freedom of every soul on Earth.” respectable white people using right now,” Obama said in speech WP-BLOOMBERG JANUARY 26, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Calls for Syria action as Arab world on Davos centre stage

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: the Syrian conflict through “a real he said. Ghassan Salame, Dean of crisis, and of course the difficulty Arab officials including Jordan’s and inclusive transition plan”. the Paris School of International to reach people in need,” he said. King Abdullah II called on glo- “Anything else invites fragmen- Affairs and a former Lebanese cul- Later the premiers of Egypt, bal leaders yesterday to take tation, extremist power-grabs and ture minister, drew a comparison Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia urgent action over Syria’s civil more conflict and instability, with with his own country’s troubled and the Palestinian Territories war and provide “desperately a disastrous impact on the region history, saying few expected its have discussed the transfor- needed” help to refugees. and the world,” the monarch said. 15-year civil war to last for so long. mations wrought by the Arab At the World Economic Forum Experts and diplomats at Davos “We have something like a military Spring, as the second anniversary in Davos, a senior member of also urged more action, warning stalemate on the ground and this of Egypt’s uprising was marked Saudi Arabia’s royal family also that Syria’s conflict was threaten- can continue for a long time,” he amid unrest. called for Syria’s opposition to ing to settle into a long and bloody said. “Don’t underestimate the pos- Meanwhile, The United States be provided with sophisticated war. “Today there are more than sibility of a protracted war that pledged an extra $10m to help weaponry to help “level the play- 60,000 dead... Can we wait until takes us into years and years.” supply flour to bakeries in north- ing field” in the country’s conflict. it’s double that? Can we wait until Calls were issued for more ern Syria, but said there was not With the UN refugee agency it’s triple that? This is a shame humanitarian assistance both enough humanitarian aid reach- announcing that more than 6,400 on all of us,” said Prince Turki Al inside Syria and in neighbour- ing those affected by the war and Syrian refugees had flooded across Faisal, the former Saudi intelli- ing countries, where more than it would urge other nations to the border into Jordan in the pre- gence chief and ex-envoy to the 650,000 refugees have fled. contribute more. The flour is to vious 24 hours, King Abdullah United States and Britain. International Committee of the go to bakeries in Syria’s northern said the international community He said the global community Red Cross chief Peter Maurer Aleppo province and help provide needed to provide more support. FROM LEFT: The Prime Ministers Hesham Mohamed Qandil (Egypt), Salam needed to support Syria’s oppo- said aid groups were finding it dif- daily bread for around 210,000 “I urge once more a stepped- Fayyad (Palestinian Authority), Abdelilah Benkirane (Morocco), Ali M Z Ben sition against President Bashar ficult to deliver assistance inside people for the next five months. up world response to the Syrian Zedan (Libya) and Najib Mikati (Lebanon) during a panel session at the Al Assad, including by supplying Syria and that there needed to be The UN will convene a pledg- crisis,” said the king, whose coun- 43rd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, them with weapons. “respect for international human- ing conference in Kuwait on try is already hosting more than yesterday. “I assume we are sending weap- itarian laws and principles”. Wednesday to try to secure more 300,000 Syrian refugees. ons, and if we are not sending “We are definitely very much than $1.5bn for people inside Syria “The weakest refugees are international support is desper- Swiss ski resort of Davos. weapons then it would be a ter- concerned by what we witness on who are facing what it has called a struggling now just to survive ately needed,” he told the annual He also urged international rible mistake on our part. In Syria the ground, by the expansion of “rapidly deteriorating humanitar- this year’s harsh winter. More gathering of the global elite in the powers to come together to resolve you have to level the playing field,” the violence... by the depth of the ian situation”. AFP/REUTERS

Army kills six as Violence mars Egypt’s Iraq demos call for PM to quit

FALLUJAH, IRAQ: Six dem- uprising anniversary onstrators were killed and 35 wounded when soldiers opened fire west of Baghdad as tens of thousands rallied in Sunni- 5 killed, over 250 hurt as protesters storm govt buildings majority areas calling for Iraq’s Shia Premier Nouri Al Maliki CAIRO: Egyptian protesters of the ballot box and opponents radio. Protesters set fire to tyres to quit yesterday. stormed a regional government who accuse it of betraying the and blocked traffic in both direc- The deaths were the first at headquarters and clashed with goals of the revolution. tions on the 6 October Bridge, a the hands of the security forces police as mass rallies shook the Egypt is also in the throes of an vital flyover that connects east since massive protests began in country on the second anniver- economic crisis as foreign invest- and west Cairo. Second city mainly Sunni Arab areas of Iraq sary of an uprising that ousted ment and tourism revenues dwin- Alexandria was rocked by simi- more than a month ago, railing Hosni Mubarak and ushered in dle, the Egyptian pound stands at lar violence between demonstra- against alleged targeting of their Islamic rule. its lowest level against the dollar tors and security forces, witnesses minority community by the Shia- Five people were killed during and a budget deficit shows no sign said, reporting clashes in two led authorities. clashes between police and pro- of recovery. neighbourhoods between police The demonstration in Fallujah, testers in the canal city of Suez, Protesters stormed the gover- and protesters who burned tyres. 60km west of Baghdad, was one state television reported. Earlier, norate headquarters in the canal “The smoke is black, there is of several that began after Friday doctors at the Suez Hospital said city of Ismailiya, entering the a lot of gas. There are people on prayers across the country, while that four people had died from building, setting fire to a room the ground because they can’t Shia clerics called on the govern- live bullets during the clashes. used by security services and loot- breathe,” one of the protesters, ment to heed their demands. The health ministry also said ing furniture and equipment. only identified as Rasha, said. Protesters had been moving to that the clashes have left 252 peo- Demonstrators had earlier set The emergency services gave an area in east Fallujah but were ple injured across Egypt. Planned fire to the Brotherhood headquar- an initial toll of 100 injured in the blocked off by soldiers deployed demonstrations turned violent ters in Ismailiya and the apart- violence. Thousands of Egyptians from Baghdad, Fallujah police as protesters attacked a Muslim ment housing the Freedom and marched early yesterday across Captain Nasser Awad said. They Brotherhood headquarters and Justice Party (FJP) offices. the country, notably converging began throwing bottles of water police repelled surging rallies with In the Mediterranean city of on Tahrir Square in Cairo — the at the troops, who then opened tear gas. Damietta, protesters surrounded focal point of the 2011 revolution — fire. Six demonstrators were The security services fired the a governorate building and a day after clashes between police killed, all of them from gunshot gas canisters in various locations blocked traffic in the area while and protesters who attempted to wounds, said Khaled Khalaf Al across Cairo, including outside the in the Nile Delta city of Kafr el- pull down a cement wall blocking Rawi, a doctor at Fallujah hos- presidential palace, at protesters Sheikh they stormed the court- off the square. pital. Rawi said 35 others were who blocked off main roads in yard of the building and clashed In one street off Tahrir dozens wounded, the majority of them their tens of thousands. with police. of youths threw rocks over the as a result of gunfire. Saadun The unrest came on the sec- In Cairo, police fired tear gas at wall erected by security forces as Egyptian protesters run away as security forces use tear gas, near Tahrir Shaalan, a provincial councillor in ond anniversary of a revolution protesters outside the presiden- police responded with tear gas. Square in Cairo, yesterday. Anbar, which surrounds Fallujah, that brought Islamist President tial palace, where violent clashes In the square itself, thou- said the army had been ordered Mohammed Mursi, of the Muslim between Mursi’s allies and foes in sands of protesters chanted want the downfall of the regime!” by launching a charitable and to vacate the town and trans- Brotherhood, to power, and a day December killed several people. slogans against the power- they chanted. “The performance social initiative dubbed “Together fer security responsibility to the after clashes between protest- Protesters outside the state tel- ful Muslim Brotherhood from of Mursi and his government is we will build Egypt.” police. Mosques in Fallujah used ers and police on the eve of the evision building blocked traffic as which President Mohammed not good enough. If we give him Mursi urged Egyptians to loudspeakers to call for calm, and occasion. marches of tens of thousands of Mursi hails. Opponents accuse the opportunity, the country spend the anniversary in a security forces imposed a curfew After the seismic political people swarmed the capital. Mursi, the country’s first freely will face ruin,” said shop assist- “peaceful and civilised way,” in across the town. changes of 2011, the Arab world’s Army and police forces were elected president, of failing to ant Mostafa Abdallah, 23. The a Thursday speech marking most populous nation is struggling deployed to protect the vital build- reform post-revolution Egypt Muslim Brotherhood did not offi- Prophet Muhammed’s (peace be to find a balance between a lead- ing which houses the information while consolidating power in cially call its own rallies, instead upon him) birthday. No troop plans ership that boasts the legitimacy ministry and state television and Brotherhood hands. “The people marking the second anniversary AFP for Mali: Morocco

RABAT: Morocco has no plans Olof Palme Prize to send troops to Mali although the north African kingdom supports France’s interven- Netanyahu offers Lapid tion against Islamist militants there, the Moroccan interior minister said yesterday. “This is not on the agenda,” Mohand Laenser told a press foreign, finance posts conference about the possibility of sending troops, after a meet- JERUSALEM: Prime kingmaker likely to play a central he has the ability to leave Bennett ing with interior ministers from Minister Benjamin Netanyahu role in the next coalition govern- out of government. “However, if France, Spain and Portugal. has offered Yesh Atid leader ment that Netanyahu is expected he prefers to focus on changing “We support all efforts which Yair Lapid, Israel’s newest to form. Quoting sources close to the electoral system, address the help Mali remain united and political star, the post of foreign both men, who held secret talks issue of equal sharing of the mil- protect its institutions. France’s minister or finance minister in at Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home itary-service burden and improve intervention is such a case and a new government, a newspaper on Thursday, the top-selling the situation of the middle class we are not against it.” Morocco reported yesterday. Yediot Aharonot daily said Lapid — he will need Bennett as a part- is a staunch ally of France, the Yesh Atid, a centrist party had been offered the position as ner,” Shavit added. former colonial power, and has formed only nine months ago, Israel’s top diplomat or as head of A central plank of Lapid’s cam- allowed French jets which have stunned the political establish- the Treasury. paign was a more equal “sharing bombed Islamists camps and ment by winning 19 seats in Foreign affairs, the Treasury of the burden,” a euphemism for logistics bases in Azawad to fly Tuesday’s election, taking sec- and defence are the most senior compelling ultra-Orthodox Jews over its territory. Spain’s interior ond place to Netanyahu’s Likud- cabinet positions, although Lapid to serve in the military, which is minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz Beitenu list which suffered a was not thought to be interested anathema to the ultra-Orthodox also expressed his country’s soli- major blow, securing only 31 of in taking the defence job. parties Shas (11 seats) and United darity with France’s actions. “We the 120 seats in parliament. “It is now Lapid who will call Torah Judaism (seven). have allowed overflying by French The far-right Jewish Home, led the shots,” commentator Ari Israel’s next finance minister planes and we have given equip- by Naftali Bennett won 12 seats, Shavit wrote in the left-leaning will have to tackle a major budget ment to transport African troops,” Lisbet Palme (left), presents the Olof Palme Prize to Tunisian lawyer making it also a potential coali- Haaretz daily yesterday. crisis and a rash of harsh auster- he said. But he declined to com- Radhia Nasraoui (centre) and Saudi Arabian lawyer and human rights tion partner. “If he prefers to turn his back ity cuts likely to spark widespread ment on whether Spain would send activist Waleed Abu Al Khair, received by his wife Samar Badawi, at the The result transformed on his campaign promises, take anger among a public already soldiers to Mali. “European defence Swedish parliament in Stockholm, yesterday. Lapid, a polished former TV the foreign affairs portfolio and deeply unhappy over spiralling ministers are in talks,” Fernandez anchor, author and boxer, into a lead Israel into a peace process, living costs. AFP Diaz said. AGENCIES JANUARY 26, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY

Obama, Clinton to give joint TV interview New US senior staff named WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will sit down today for a joint television interview, US broadcaster CBS announced. The inter- view will be aired on Sunday evening on the “60 Minutes” show, Trusted loyalist Denis McDonough picked for White House Chief of Staff the channel said. Clinton, the top US diplomat during Obama’s first term, is soon expected to be replaced by Senator John Kerry WASHINGTON: US President who faces a congressional confirmation vote on Tuesday. Obama Barack Obama yesterday very rarely sits down for joint interviews with anyone other than named longtime foreign policy his wife, Michelle. An exception was one he gave with former aide Denis McDonough as his French president Nicolas Sarkozy in November 2011 on the side- new White House Chief of Staff, lines of a G20 summit in Cannes. tapping a trusted loyalist to help drive his second-term agenda as Russia House backs ‘anti-same sex’ bill he unveiled a major overhaul of senior staff. MOSCOW: Russia’s parliament backed a draft law yester- Obama announced the day banning “homosexual propaganda”, in what critics see as appointment of McDonough, an attempt to shore up support for President Vladimir Putin who had been widely tipped to in the country’s largely conservative society. Only one deputy in fill the vacancy created by Jack the State Duma lower house voted against the bill, but passions Lew’s nomination as Treasury spilled over outside the chamber, where 20 people were detained Secretary, at a ceremony in the after scuffles between Russian Orthodox Christians and gay White House’s ornate East Room. activists who staged a “kiss-in” protest. “We live in Russia, not McDonough, a deputy national Sodom and Gomorrah,” United Russia deputy Dmitry Sablin said security adviser, takes on what before the 388-1 vote in the 450-seat chamber. The law must be is a mostly behind-the-scenes passed in three readings by the lower house, approved by the job but still considered one of upper house and then signed by Putin to go into force. It would Washington’s most influential. ban the promotion of gay events across Russia and impose fines The chief of staff acts as Oval of up 500,000 roubles ($16,600) on organisers. Office gatekeeper and is a coor- dinator of domestic and foreign Man jailed for biting off love rival’s finger policymaking. In more than half a dozen other LONDON: A British man who bit off the tip of a love rival’s fin- high-level staff changes, Obama ger at a school play was yesterday sentenced to 11 months in jail. also moved White House com- Lee Wilkinson, 40, was angry at Michael Dent for having an affair munications director Dan Pfeiffer with his wife while he was away with work, and tensions boiled to the job of senior adviser and over when the pair met while attending their children’s Christmas replaced Pfeiffer with his deputy, nativity play in December 2011. “A scuffle broke out and during the Jennifer Palmieri. A fly lands on the middle of the forehead of US President Barack Obama as he speaks in the State Dining fight Dent put his hand in the defendant’s mouth,” prosecuting law- Another woman named was Room of the White House in Washington. yer Bridie Smurthwaite told Newcastle Crown Court in northeast Assistant Attorney General for England. “The defendant then bit hard on the finger. Dent forcibly National Security Lisa Monaco, pulled his hand away and the injury then occurred.” who was tapped to replace John Brennan as Obama’s chief White Obama the fly swatter strikes again Dancer questioned over Bolshoi attack House counterterrorism adviser, pending his confirmation as CIA WASHINGTON: There was the fly darted around the presi- Obama broke off to swat at MOSCOW: Russian police have questioned a star dancer as a director. a buzz at the White House late dent’s head as he spoke in the the intruder, which flew away. witness over the acid attack against the artistic director of the Rob Nabors, White House on Thursday when President White House’s ornate State “This guy is bothering me here,” Bolshoi ballet that exposed bitter infighting at the company, offi- director of legislative affairs and Barack Obama announced the Dining Room, alighting briefly Obama said, glaring at his staff. cials said yesterday. The attack on Sergei Filin — who risks per- a negotiator in last year’s “fiscal nomination of two top finan- on the middle of his forehead. The insect was luckier than a manent disfigurement and even blindness — came after months cliff” talks with Congress, was cial regulatory officials. “We need cops on the beat fly that harassed Obama in 2009 of squabbling inside what is arguably the world’s best known named deputy White House chief A large fly interrupted the to enforce the law,” the pres- while taping a television inter- ballet troupe. Nikolai Tsiskaridze, 39, one of the Bolshoi’s best of staff for policy. Tony Blinken, president as he presented his ident said, speaking about view. “Get out of here,” he said, known male principals through his extensive television work, Vice President Joe Biden’s national picks to head the Securities SEC nominee Mary Jo White before smacking and killing the was questioned on Wednesday, police said. The Izvestia daily said security adviser, was appointed one and Exchange Commission and Richard Cordray, who fly. “I got the sucker,” he said Tsiskaridze had aroused the attention of investigators with his of Obama’s deputy national secu- and a watchdog for financial he renominated to continue at the time. An animal rights repeated criticism of the Bolshoi management. rity advisers. REUTERS consumer products. as head of the Consumer group protested. Under bright television lights, Financial Protection Bureau. REUTERS Jogger ‘slaughtered’ in southern France

NIMES, FRANCE: Police in southern France yesterday launched a hunt for a killer who “slaughtered” a female jogger Pentagon cutting in the popular tourist town of Nimes. The semi-clothed body of French-backed Crocodile Dundee in S Africa the 34-year-old was found yesterday evening after her children’s jobs, maintenance school alerted her partner that she had failed to pick them up. A Mali forces JOHANNESBURG: A massive the popular 1986 comedy about box cutter-style knife and two blood-stained stones were found operation to round up thousands a crocodile hunter in Australia. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon nearby and are thought to have been the murder weapons. “She of escaped crocodiles intensified Efforts to capture the carni- has begun laying off many of its was slaughtered,” a source close to the investigation said. Police push towards in flood-soaked South Africa yes- vores are taking place mostly at 46,000 temporary and contract could not immediately confirm whether the woman had been terday, as the authorities tried to night, when their red eyes can employees and cutting mainte- raped. The victim, a housewife of Tunisian heritage, regularly rebel-held Gao reassure the public everything be spotted with a light. Farm nance on ships and aircraft in went running in the afternoon on tracks in Courbessac, a peace- was under control. spokesman Zane Langman said an effort to slow spending due ful residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nimes. SEGOU/BAMAKO, MALI: “A thousand have already been that most were small and easy for to fears of new defence budget French-backed government caught,” said police spokesman his team to catch. “The majority cuts, Deputy Defence Secretary Swine flu infected 1 in 5, study shows forces advanced into north- Hangwani Mulaudz. Local media are 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) and less, Ashton Carter said yesterday. ern Mali towards the Islamist said about half of the 15,000 rep- so... we just basically jump on Carter said he had asked the LONDON: At least one in five people worldwide were infected rebel stronghold of Gao yester- tiles at the Rakwena Crocodile their backs and tie them up, load military services to produce with swine flu during the first year of the 2009-2010 H1N1 pan- day, recapturing the town of Farm in the far north of the coun- them up and taking them back to detailed plans by February 1 to demic, an international research group said yesterday, but the Hombori and forcing Al Qaeda- try had escaped on Sunday amid enclosures,” he said. The bigger say what they are doing to reduce death rate was just 0.02 percent. The study, which used data from allied fighters to pull back under torrential downpours. ones were trickier, he admitted. short-term spending before 19 countries, collated results from more than 24 studies involv- relentless French air strikes. The owners were forced to “We tie straps around their roughly $45bn in new cuts are ing some 90,000 blood samples collected before, during and after France sent troops and aircraft open the gates to prevent a storm mouths... then tie the legs behind due to go into effect on March 1. the pandemic. The results, published in the journal Influenza and to its former colony two weeks ago surge. The animals have scat- the back, inject them with a solu- He asked for detailed long- Other Respiratory Viruses, showed 20 to 27 percent of people to block a southward offensive by tered far and wide making the tion that’s basically a muscle- term planning by February 8 on studied were infected during the first year of the pandemic. Islamists occupying Mali’s north. recapture operation more tricky. relaxant.” But experts said at how the services will handle the French and Malian troops have “There was one that was also least some of the crocodiles would $45bn in across-the-board cuts, Tina Turner to become Swiss: Report been pushing forward on either found in town yesterday evening,” escape capture. which will go into effect on March side of the Niger River, securing said Mulaudzi. The croc was spot- “Realistically, the chances of 1 unless Congress agrees on an ZURICH: US pop legend Tina Turner, who has been living in several farming towns recaptured ted next to a shopping mall in the capturing them all are extremely alternative package of spending Switzerland since 1995, will soon receive Swiss citizenship and over the last week. town of Musina, 120km away. slim,” said renowned Australian reductions. will give up her US passport, Swiss media reported yesterday. Leaders gathered at an African Disaster managers brought in zoologist Adam Britton, known The Pentagon currently is “I’m very happy in Switzerland and I feel at home here. I cannot Union summit in Addis Ababa to help the operation stressed for his work with crocodiles on absorbing $487bn in cuts to pro- imagine a better place to live,” Turner told German language appealed for logistical support, there was little risk of crocodile the Discovery Channel series jected defense spending over 10 daily Blick. Turner, 73, who was born Anna Mae Bullock, lives supplies and funding from the attacks, especially with a small Face Off. “If they wanted to, years that were agreed in the in picturesque town of Kuesnacht and has passed a local civics international community to allow army working to round up the these crocodiles could travel tens Budget Control Act of 2011. That test and interview, according to an official announcement pub- a nearly 6,000-strong African rogue reptiles. “It’s not something of kilometres in a day and would law also required the additional lished in the Zuerichsee-Zeitung daily. She will still need a green ground force to deploy fully. we should all worry about,” said be long gone.” The environmen- across-the-board cuts by January light from the canton of Zurich as well was federal authorities Malian officials said government spokeswoman Dieketseng Diale. tal concerns with so many farm- 1, 2013, unless Congress agreed to before she can receive red passport. Turner spokeswoman Karin forces entered Hombori, about “It’s like Crocodile Dundee down raised crocodiles in the wild were an alternative. Rhomberg told the Zuerichsee-Zeitung that the singer wanted to 160km southwest of Gao, late on here,” she added, referring to unclear, he said. AFP REUTERS “clarify her situation”. “Tina Turner will therefore also give back Thursday and said an offensive her US citizenship,” she said. AGENCIES against Gao could take place in the next few days. Gao, with the other Saharan desert towns of Timbuktu and Kidal, has been occupied since last year by an Islamist alli- ance that includes Al Qaeda in Start retirement saving now or the UK govt may make you the Islamic Maghreb, the north African franchise of Al Qaeda. LONDON: Britain may soon have to consultant relations at BlackRock mandatory private pension saving, but it based on the auto-enrolment pension The United States and the force workers to start saving for retire- Investment Management, said. did need to compel millions more people contribution guidelines, according to esti- European Union are helping with ment to cut a soaring pensions bill set to The government’s current pension legis- to save. The DWP said it expected 70 per- mates by fund manager Fidelity Worldwide the airlift of French troops and reach £120bn in 20 years. lation is an attempt to tackle the country’s cent of people would stay in a workplace Investment. Companies with more than equipment to Mali but have ruled The government wants people to pay into ballooning pensions bill, set to hit 8.5 per- scheme and hoped to see 4.3 million savers 120,000 employees were required to start out sending any combat troops. their own pension pots rather than rely on cent of economic output by 2060, from 6.9 in retirement schemes by May 2015 and auto-enrolment in the second half of last An EU mission to help train the state. But many employees, with limited percent now. Less than half of employees between 6-9 million by 2018. year. For small firms employing between the Malian army will start next disposable income, have been reluctant to in Britain are putting money into a work- “One way or another, long-term pension 50-89 staff the deadline is July 2014. month. Britain said it was sending do this. A scheme, introduced last October, place pension scheme, the lowest propor- contributions will increase,” Paul Macro, Eleven big companies, including super- a Sentinel manned surveillance automatically enrolls staff 22 years or older tion since records began in 1997, according defined contribution retirement leader at market chains J Sainsbury and WM aircraft to assist the campaign. into a company or national pension plan, to the Office of National Statistics. Mercer said. “The government are trying Morrison have introduced the scheme. But Malian officials said French but gives them a choice to opt out. Britain lags behind countries including to stop people relying on the state to sup- other large firms have not done so yet. air raids hit rebel positions at So if large numbers of workers pull out Denmark, the Netherlands and Australia port them in retirement.” A spokesman for Morrisons said that Ansongo, 95km south of Gao. But because they don’t want to pay or can’t in global pension rankings. Its pension Under Britain’s current so-called auto- one-fifth of their qualifying workers, many in a sign of Islamist rebel resist- afford the contributions, the government system ranks seventh out of 16 coun- enrolment system, employee and employer within 20 years of retirement, had opted- ance, a Malian officer and resi- may decide to make membership compul- tries in a global comparison of national both contribute 1 percent of pay into a pen- out of the workplace pension scheme. A dents living in the area south of sory in a Pension Review due in 2017. schemes, according to data from consult- sion. But this will gradually increase to 5 manager at fashion retailer Next said: “I Gao reported the militants had “If opt-out rates are 50 percent or ing firm Mercer. Its lowly ranking reflects percent from the employee and 3 percent figured I’m 27 and should start some kind blown up a bridge at Tassiga, more, it is possible the government will an ageing population, low investment from the employer by October 2018. of pension so I haven’t opted out,” she said. south of Ansongo, on the road suggest removing opt-out altogether and returns and large government debt. Someone earning £26,200 ($41,400) a But she also said would pull out if the con- following the Niger River down make pension saving mandatory,” Paul The Department of Work & Pensions year, for example, would generate £4,667 tributions had a big impact on her monthly to Niger. REUTERS Gilbody, head of defined contributions (DWP) said it had no plans to introduce of employer contributions over 10 years, disposable income. REUTERS JANUARY 26, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Philippines US apologises for ship stuck in Tubbataha Salvage ship to bring the 1,300-tonne minesweeper out of Sulu Sea corals; case against Washington urged

MANILA: The US government to be lifted off the rocks using All of its 79 officers and crew yesterday apologised to the cranes, officials said yesterday. were transferred to two US ves- Philippines for the grounding of Before the USS Guardian sels the following day for safety its minesweeper USS Guardian can be removed from the reef, reasons as the 68-metre, 1,300- in Tubbataha Reef in Sulu Sea. about 56,000 litres of fuel will be tonne ship was unable to manoeu- “On behalf of the United States siphoned off to avoid spills, said vre on its own as it was buffeted government, I wish to convey Rear Admiral Thomas Carney, by strong winds and waves. to the Philippine government Commander of the US Navy’s Carney told reporters at and people my profound regret Logistics Group in the Western the site that the ship was hard over the grounding of the USS Pacific. aground about 30 metres from the Guardian in Tubbataha Reef,” Philippine Coastguard spokes- edge of the reef. said Ambassador Harry Thomas man Commander Armand Balilo Militant groups asked the Jr. in a statement issued by the relayed Carney’s announcement department of justice to sue the US embassy in Manila. yesterday and said Task Force US Navy officials and crew of USS “This was an unfortunate acci- Tubbataha and the US Navy have Guardian. dent, and I recognise the legiti- decided to use a salvage ship to Fisherfolk Pamalakaya and the mate concerns over the damage lift the 1,300-tonne ship off the Anakpawis party said that the caused to a unique and precious reef. department should determine the wonder of nature, internationally Department of transpor- criminal liabilities of the US navy recognised for its beauty and bio- tation and communications for the damage caused to the reef, logical diversity,” he added. Undersecretary Eduardo Oban Jr a world heritage site. Thomas assured the Philippine said the USNS Salvor, a large ves- “We hope Secretary (Leila) De government that Washington is sel that will aid in the operations, Lima will rise above the occasion committed to removing the ship will be deployed. It is expected to and pursue legitimate concerns from the area as soon as possible. arrive today. of the Filipino public along the He said Washington will work Balilo said Carney had con- lines of national sovereignty and with the Philippine government tracted the Smit towing com- environmental and social justice,” to assess the damage and take pany in Singapore to lift and put the groups said. steps to address it. the grounded ship on a salvage They also said that the depart- The embassy issued the state- barge and bring it to a shipyard. ment should prepare the charge ment after the Philippine gov- Oban said part of the salvage sheet against those involved in the ernment revealed that 1,000sqm plan is to use a crane to lift the environmental mishap and con- of the 97,030-hactare Tubbataha stranded ship instead of drag- sider the proposal to file a class Reef in Sulu Sea in the south ging it to deeper waters that suit against the US government Anti-riot policemen block protesters during a predawn rally over the US Navy ship which ran aground in Tubbataha were damaged by the USS would cause more damage to before an international body that Reef, in front of the US embassy in Manila, yesterday. Guardian stuck in the area since the corals. addresses such incidents. January 17. USS Guardian, based in Japan, “De Lima must express her The commander of the US crashed into the reef before legal opinion because it is just, The groups said Carney should violation of the country’s national against US Navy officials behind Navy’s 7th Fleet earlier expressed dawn on January 17, on its way to moral, politically correct and be charged along with other US sovereignty. the Tubbataha Reef massacre,” regret for the damage. Indonesia after making a rest and constitutionally appropriate,” military officials and personnel “Let’s get in on De Lima. The they said. The minesweeper will have refuelling stop in the Subic Bay. they noted. for the environmental havoc and department should pursue case THE PHILIPPINE STAR

Filipino death toll President keen Typhoon victims need more aid: UN from Algeria siege MANILA: The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian and some are living on the sides rises to eight launched an appeal yesterday Coordinator Luiza Carvalho said of roads,” she said. for more international aid to in a statement. About 6,000 people have been MANILA: An eighth person help nearly a million people in The UN had appealed for $65m unable to move out from govern- from the Philippines has been to bolster ties the Philippines as they recover shortly after Bopha struck, but ment-run typhoon shelters at all, confirmed killed in last week’s from last year’s deadliest the total amount needed has risen and conditions worsened when siege by Islamic militants of typhoon in the world. to $76m, according to Carvalho. the region endured fresh flooding a remote natural gas plant in The United Nations said it She said the UN had so far raised this week, Carvalho said. Algeria, the government said with Europe needed another $48.6m to give just $27.36m. More than seven Another nine people have died yesterday. “immediate life-saving assistance” weeks after the typhoon smashed in the new floods, according to The eighth Philippine fatality is to survivors of Typhoon Bopha, through mostly farming areas of Philippine authorities. a male, said foreign department MANILA: President Aquino Aquino said he will high- which killed 1,060 people and left Mindanao island, close to 850,000 The extra funds would help spokesman Raul Hernandez, arrived in Davos, Switzerland light the gains of the Philippine more than 800 missing in the people “remain displaced” and liv- build durable shelters, identify without naming the victim. yesterday for the World economy in posting a 7.1 percent south of the country in December. ing typically in flimsy, temporary relocation sites safe from floods “His body was positively identi- Economic Forum (WEF). growth rate during the third “The magnitude of this disaster housing, Carvalho said. and landslides, provide water and fied by our team in Algeria. We He will speak on the Philippines’ quarter of 2012, the strength- demands more, and the funding “In the most affected munici- sanitation services, and help the still have one unaccounted for,” anti-corruption efforts and seek ening of the peso, the lowering and resources we have at present palities, people are residing in mostly rural communities get Hernandez said. better ties with European and of interest rates and the surg- are not commensurate with the spontaneous settlements, on the their farms running again, she The Philippine government other countries. ing Philippine Stock Exchange needs that we must meet,” UN remains of their former homes, said. AFP has said 12 Filipino workers sur- In a statement, Malacañang index. He will exhaust every vived the 72-hour hostage drama, said Aquino arrived around 1pm moment to invite potential inves- including four still recovering on board a chartered Philippine tors to put up businesses in the from their wounds at an Algiers Airlines flight at the Zurich- Philippines and take advantage Philippine poverty hospital. Kloten International Airport with of the industry and brilliance of Dozens of foreigners were killed a 63-member delegation led by Filipinos, he added. during a four-day stand-off that Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Aquino said his trip to ended in a bloody showdown with del Rosario, Finance Secretary Switzerland was timely given the Algerian commandos on Saturday. Cesar Purisima, Socio-economic global economic slowdown and Planning Secretary Arsenio the need for the Philippines to get Former rebel group Balisacan, Trade and Industry’s more investments and tourists. Gregory Domingo, and Budget His attendance at the WEF gives up firearms Secretary Florencio Abad. and the corresponding chances In his departure speech on to meet with heads of state from BAGUIO CITY: The “decom- Wednesday night, Aquino said Europe and the world would allow missioned” paramilitary his attendance at the WEF them to further strengthen rela- Cordillera Peoples Liberation would provide an opportunity to tions, he added. Army (CPLA), a splinter group showcase before European and Aquino said leaders from dif- of the New Peoples Army in international business leaders ferent countries rarely get the 1986, surrendered at least accomplishments of his adminis- chance to be together and should 11 more assault rifles to the tration in implementing meaning- not miss the chance to boost ties government. ful reforms in governance. with each other. He will also meet The firearms raised to 159 “We will give face to the good with the Filipino community in the total number of guns the news that they have been getting Switzerland before returning to CPLA turned in since the start from foreign television channels Manila, Aquino said. of its decommissioning last year and newspapers and explain how An estimated 10,000 Filipinos when it forged a pact with the we managed to push the economy are living and working in government. as a result of good governance,” Switzerland. Army Colonel Loreto he said. THE PHILIPPINE STAR Magundayao, spokesperson of Homeless children carry a mattress on a street in Manila, yesterday. President Aquino signed into law a P2.005trn the 5th Infantry Division of the ($49bn) budget for 2013, vowing to boost programmes to reduce poverty. Philippine Army in Camp Melchor dela Cruz in Upi, Gamu, Isabela, said seven M16 assault rifles, three M14 rifles and one Carbine were turned in to Colonel Roger Commission releases Fair Elections Act guidelines Salvador at the 501st Infantry Brigade headquarters in Tabuk MANILA: The Commission on television and radio station which refer that to the network for their Comelec said candidates may Some media companies City, Kalinga, on Thursday. Elections (Comelec) came out first printed or aired the charges. answer,” Jimenez pointed out. submit a formal, verified claim expressed concern that the new The firearms, he said, will be with a resolution setting the The resolution mandates that Jimenez said that with the new against the media outlet where regulation could lead to the kept at the Camp Dela Cruz in implementing rules and regula- the same prominence or on the rules, the Comelec hopes to ensure they want to invoke their right to company being swamped with Isabela. tions of the Fair Elections Act. same page or section, or in the equal opportunities for all candi- reply to the commission, through demands for replies from vari- The pact between the CPLA and Comelec spokesman James same time slot, as the first state- dates and limit possibilities of bias the Regional Election Directors ous candidates while they are the government was pursuant to Jimenez said the resolution ment shall be given to aggrieved reporting for or against a particu- or the Education and Information constricted by limited space and Administrative Order Number 18 requires media organisations to candidate. Jimenez said the new lar candidate. But Jimenez stressed Department in the main office in amount of airtime. and Executive Order Number 49 give all candidates a chance to rules seek to provide candidates that failure of the media outfit to Manila. GMA Network, Inc has of President Benigno Aquino III, reply to criticisms hurled against who felt they have been aggrieved honour the right to reply will not The claim shall include a expressed reservations on the new which laid down the government’s them during the campaign period by charges published or aired automatically mean sanctions. detailed enumeration of the cir- Comelec campaign regulations. initiatives with “threat groups”. that started on January 13 until against them a chance to gain “It’s more on the let’s talk cumstances and occurrences that In a letter to the Comelec, Other factions of the CPLA, how- June 12. Comelec Resolution No equal access to media. whether or not this thing happen warrant the reply. GMA chairman and CEO Felipe ever, particularly the group of 9615 states that all parties and “A candidate can invoke his and then let’s arrive at a mutually The Comelec in turn shall Gozon asked for the recall of former Bucloc town, Abra Mayor bona fide candidates shall have right to reply anytime and a can- satisfactory solution, considering endorse the claim to the con- Resolution No 9615 that sets the Mailed Molina opposed the peace the right to reply to charges didate who feels that he was not the requirements and the unique cerned media outfit within 24 implementing rules of the Fair pact, saying those factions that against them. The reply shall be given that opportunity can make nature of reporting,” Jimenez hours upon receipt of the candi- Election Act. agreed with the government were given publicity by the newspaper, that known to us and then we will explained. date’s claim. THE PHILIPPINE STAR “counterfeits”. AGENCIES JANUARY 26, 2013 Asia www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY N Korea threatens war with South over UN sanctions US says rhetoric counterproductive as Pyongyang faces aid cut from Beijing over atomic test SEOUL: North Korea threat- said, referring to the South. bank officials and a Hong Kong Pyongyang, but Beijing rejected family.” North Korea is not believed a planned nuclear test, state-run ened to attack rival South Korea In Beijing, US Special trading company that it accused that option. China agreed to UN to have the technology to deliver media said in an unusually frank if Seoul joined a new round of Representative for North Korea of supporting Pyongyang’s pro- sanctions against Pyongyang a nuclear warhead capable of hit- warning yesterday. China is the tightened UN sanctions, as Policy Glyn Davies said he found liferation of weapons of mass after North Korea’s 2006 and ting the continental United States, North’s leading energy supplier Washington unveiled more of North Korea’s rhetoric “troubling destruction. 2009 nuclear tests. although its December launch and trade partner and is seen its own economic restrictions and counterproductive”, and that The company, Leader (Hong North Korea’s rhetoric this showed it had the capacity to as one of the few nations able to following Pyongyang’s rocket he and his Chinese counterparts Kong) International Trading Ltd, week amounted to some of the deliver a rocket that could travel influence Pyongyang’s behaviour, launch last month. had agreed a new nuclear test was separately blacklisted by the angriest outbursts against the 10,000km, potentially putting San with the comments adding a dis- In a third straight day of fiery would be harmful. United Nations on Wednesday. outside world coming under the Francisco in range, according to an tinctive edge to its typical official rhetoric, the North directed its “We will judge North Korea by Seoul has said it will look at leadership of Kim Jong-un, who intelligence assessment by South calls for stability and dialogue. verbal onslaught at its neighbour its actions, not its words. These whether there are any further took over after the death of his Korea. “If North Korea engages in fur- yesterday, saying: “’Sanctions’ types of inflammatory statements sanctions that it can implement father Kim Jong-il in late 2011. South Korea and others who ther nuclear tests, China will not mean a war and a declaration of by North Korea do nothing to alongside the United States, but On Thursday, the North said have been closely observing activi- hesitate to reduce its assistance war against us.” contribute to peace and stability said the focus for now is to follow it would carry out further rocket ties at the North’s known nuclear to North Korea,” the Global Times The reclusive North this week on the peninsula,” he said. Security Council resolutions. launches and a nuclear test, test grounds believe Pyongyang is said in an editorial. “Just let North declared a boycott of all dialogue “What North Korea has done The resolution said the council directing its ire at the United technically ready to go ahead with Korea be ‘angry’. We can’t sit by aimed at ending its nuclear pro- through its actions, in particular “deplores the violations” by North States, a country it called its its third atomic test and awaiting and do nothing just because we gramme and vowed to conduct through the launch on December Korea of its previous resolutions, “sworn enemy”. US Defence the political decision of its leader. are worried it might impact the more rocket and nuclear tests 12 of a rocket in contravention which banned Pyongyang from Secretary Leon Panetta said the The North’s committee also Sino-North Korean relationship.” after the UN Security Council of Security Council resolutions, conducting further ballistic mis- comments were worrying. “We declared yesterday that a land- The paper is owned by the People’s censured it for a December long- is they have made it that much sile and nuclear tests and from are very concerned with North mark agreement it signed with Daily, the official mouthpiece of range missile launch. more difficult to contemplate get- importing materials and tech- Korea’s continuing provocative the South in 1992 on eliminating the ruling party, and normally “If the puppet group of trai- ting back to a diplomatic process.” nology for those programmes. It behavior,” he said at a Pentagon nuclear weapons from the Korean takes a nationalistic tone on for- tors takes a direct part in the The UN Security Council does not impose new sanctions on news conference. peninsula was invalid, repeat- eign relations. The editorial came UN ‘sanctions,’ the DPRK unanimously condemned North Pyongyang. “We are fully prepared... to deal ing its long-standing accusation after Pyongyang reacted furiously (Democratic People’s Republic Korea’s December rocket launch The United States had wanted with any kind of provocation from that Seoul was colluding with to a UN Security Council reso- of Korea) will take strong physi- on Tuesday and expanded existing to punish North Korea for the the North Koreans. But I hope in Washington. lution this week condemning its cal counter-measures against it,” UN sanctions. On Thursday, the rocket launch with a Security the end that they determine that North Korea’s sole major rocket launch last month and the North’s Committee for the United States slapped economic Council resolution that imposed it is better to make a choice to ally China will decrease aid to imposing expanded sanctions. Peaceful Reunification of Korea sanctions on two North Korean entirely new sanctions against become part of the international Pyongyang if it goes ahead with REUTERS /AFP

Bangkok protest Indonesia bid to 10 Chinese officials control rain to fired over sex scandal avert more floods JAKARTA: Indonesian BEIJING: Chinese authorities men under house arrest between authorities will use generators have fired 10 officials caught in 2009 and 2010 — under the watch and cloud-seeding measures to a sex and blackmail scandal in of Wang. It said the then police defuse and push away rain-laden Chongqing, the former fiefdom chief, now serving 15 years for clouds to avoid more flooding of the disgraced politician Bo helping Bo’s wife Gu Kailai con- that has paralysed Jakarta, an Xilai, state media reported. ceal Heywood’s murder, assigned official said yesterday. Developers hired women for the investigation to Guo Weiguo Heavy rain over the mega-city immoral acts, then secretly filmed — another officer jailed for his last week caused 32 deaths and at and used the videos to extort con- role in the coverup. its peak forced nearly 46,000 peo- struction deals from the officials The newspaper said the vid- ple to flee their inundated homes, in the south-western city. The eos were held by police and only Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokes- state news agency Xinhua said resurfaced when a citizen journal- man for the National Disaster police had now broken up the ist, Zhu Ruifeng, uploaded the clip Mitigation Agency, said. criminal ring responsible. of Lei in November. The weather agency has fore- But questions remain about Zhu told the Post he got the cast heavy rain for January 26-28, how and why the videos emerged video from the police investiga- raising concerns that Jakarta — and the links between the case and tion team. “It’s hard to see how which combined with its satellite Wang Lijun, the former police chief it could be purely coincidental,” cities is home to 20 million people who sparked the downfall of Bo, said Steve Tsang, an expert on — may get submerged again. previously his patron. It is the lat- Chinese politics at the University To avoid such flooding a team est in a series of scandals over cor- of Nottingham. Activists burn a mock Thai law book during a protest in front of the Criminal Court in Bangkok, yesterday. led by the artificial rain unit of ruption and other abuses of power If the details of how the video They were protesting against a law which jailed a former Thai magazine editor for 10 years on Wednesday the Agency for the Assessment under Bo and Wang’s watch to be emerged were correct, “the fall for insulting the royal family. and Application of Technology aired in the Chinese media. of Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun will today start deploying 20 The Beijing-backed Hong Kong seem to have something to do ground-based acetone genera- newspaper Ta Kung Pao reported with it”. tors in western Jakarta, in a yesterday that Bo would go on Tsang said it could be that bid to avert condensation in the trial in south-western Guiyang whistleblowers had wanted to Seoul reveals staggering $1bn region that contributes to larger on Monday, but a Guiyang court hold the officials to account but rain clouds. official told Reuters: “The case has had previously been unable to do The artificial rain unit will also not yet even been put forward for so because they were protected, fraud in Iranian fund transfer deploy a Hercules plane to carry prosecution”. or that airing the wrongdoing out cloud seeding measures to China’s foreign ministry was also a way of highlighting the force approaching clouds to rain refused to comment, as did one of problems in Chongqing under Bo, SEOUL: South Korean pros- scale of the withdrawals, indicat- and was suspected of transferring in the ocean before they arrive Bo’s lawyers. The charismatic pol- a highly divisive figure who was ecutors have detained and ing they believed there had to be the money into accounts in third over the capital, unit head Tri itician has been accused of taking feared by many in the city and charged a Korean American more than one person involved. countries, the prosecutor said. Handoko Seto said. “We are try- huge bribes, of abusing power and the party — but remains missed with the illegal transfer of a The prosecutors’ office said those The prosecutors’ office and ing our best to modify the rain of having major responsibility for by others. staggering 1.09 trillion won involved took advantage of a the Industrial Bank of Korea to not fall heavily on Jakarta as his wife’s murder of the British “The two are not necessarily ($1.02bn) in Iranian money fro- banking procedure that was now (IBK) confirmed media reports well as forcing the rainclouds to businessman Neil Heywood. mutually exclusive — it could be zen in South Korea under inter- more tightly supervised. that identified the state-owned rain in the sea, or in areas outside The sex video case first hit the people knew there were problems, national sanctions, the lawyers What was not immediately lender as the financial institu- Jakarta that can still take heavy headlines in November, when a couldn’t do anything about it and said yesterday. clear was whether this was tion that held the Iranian central rains,” Seto said by telephone. clip of a 54-year-old district party now can. But it is also politically The Seoul Central District an attempt to break sanctions bank account. IBK had received a The rainy season is expected to chief went viral. Lei Zhengfu was convenient to clean up after Bo Prosecutors’ Office said a targeting Iran’s controversial payment order from the Iranian last until March, Nugroho said. instantly and widely mocked and Xilai, particularly in the runup to 73-year-old man, identified only nuclear programme, or whether central bank, the bank and pros- was fired within 63 hours of the his trial,” he said. by his family name, Chung, was this was just a criminal scam, ecutors said. It believed the order video’s appearance. Now 10 of his “Having seen China’s new suspected of making fraudulent albeit a very large one. A pros- to be authentic because Chung Nepal police arrest colleagues in the city have been leader Xi Jinping saying he’s going transfers in 2011 from the Iranian ecutor with direct knowledge of had attached authorisation from ousted, Xinhua said. to sort out abuses, what better central bank’s won-denominated the case declined to comment on the Bank of Korea and a govern- anti-rape protesters But the Oriental Morning Post time to make sure that what was account at a South Korean whether the transfers violated the ment agency that tracks exports reported that Chongqing police done wrongly under the Bo Xilai bank by using fake invoices for sanctions. of goods to countries under inter- KATHMANDU: Nepalese were aware of the scheme three regime is used as an example?” payment. Chung had contacts in Iran national sanctions, the prosecu- police made a series of arrests years ago and placed one of the GUARDIAN NEWS Prosecutors marvelled at the and the United Arab Emirates tion said. AFP yesterday after campaigners who have been staging a month- long anti-rape protest defied a ban on entering an area close to Precaution the prime minister’s residence. Police spokesman Keshav By-election shines a light Adhikari said demonstrators had entered the restricted area in the upscale Baluwatar neigh- on discontented Singapore bourhood of Kathmandu, near SINGAPORE: A by-election in Singapore today is putting a spot- the residence of Prime Minister light on strains and discontent in one of Asia’s wealthiest countries Baburam Bhattarai, after being and biggest success stories: The transformation of a post-colonial warned not to do so. backwater into an economic powerhouse. The dominant People’s “We have allowed them to Action Party (PAP) that has ruled Singapore for more than half a stage peaceful protests. But they century faces the risk of a humiliating loss in Punggol East, a rela- entered into this area which was tively young and affluent ward. restricted. Therefore, we arrested It won’t change the balance of power in parliament, where the PAP more than a dozen,” Adhikari holds 81 of 87 elected seats. But a loss — or even a very narrow win — said. Hundreds of demonstrators would send a troubling signal to the PAP, founded by the prime minis- have been taking part in daily ter’s father, Lee Kuan Yew, and winner of every national election since protests in Baluwatar since late independence in 1965. “I feel that our complete trust in the PAP in the December after an outcry over an past is dangerous,” Workers Party chief Low Thia Khiang told a rally, alleged sex attack by police on a exhorting voters to back his candidate, Lee Li Lian, and blaming the young woman returning home to government’s immigration polices for crowding out jobs and straining Nepal from Saudi Arabia. Singapore’s famously efficient infrastructure. Sita Rai says she was robbed of The PAP won Punggol East with 54 percent of the vote in 2011 but her remittances at Kathmandu’s Young children wearing masks in the subway in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Surgical mask-wearing practice is how close today’s by-election will be is hard to predict: election poll- international airport by officials common in Japan at all ages. People mainly wear masks to protect themselves from others’ germs or to avoid ing is illegal in the regimented city-state that is a hub for banks and and then raped by a policeman infecting others. The health ministry says that around 10 million people contract flu every year. multinational companies. who had offered to help her. REUTERS AFP JANUARY 26, 2013 JANUARY 26, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY

Milad-ul-Nabi Aid cut to Pakistan will be a draconian Suicide attack move, says Kerry New Delhi to press for

ISLAMABAD: American Senator John Kerry, President on Nato convoy Barack Obama’s nominee for Headley’s extradition secretary of state, said during his confirmation hearing yes- terday that cutting US aid to US defends 35-year jail term for 26/11 mastermind Pakistan would be a ‘dramatic, kills 5 civilians NEW DELHI: draconian and sledgehammer’ India said yes- accused to be tried in India. But at terrorist, saying it was done in measure. terday that it will continue least a beginning has been made. view of his willingness to cooper- Senator Kerry also said that to press for the extradition of We will continue our efforts to ate with law enforcement authori- ISAF denies Taliban’s casualties claim Pakistan’s role in leading the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) opera- ensure that all such people are ties to help bring the perpetrators United States to Osama bin tive David Headley, sentenced extradited and brought to India to justice and help prevent other KABUL: A suicide car bomber out of the strategic province last Laden in Abbottabad had not by a US court to 35 years in for trial,” Khurshid said. terror strikes. attacked a Nato convoy in year as part of an early with- been sufficiently appreciated. prison for his role in the 26/11 Under a plea deal, US prosecu- Asked about Headley’s accom- Afghanistan’s strategic Kapisa drawal from the country, with all In his first appearance before Mumbai attack, and would have tors “had agreed not to seek the plice Tahawwur Rana, whom province yesterday, killing at Nato combat forces due to leave the Senate Foreign Relations liked harsher punishment. death penalty against him and to India wants to stand trial here, least five civilians and wound- Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Committee in his new role, Ministers, the ruling Congress not extradite him to Pakistan, Khurshid said the government ing 20, an official said. High-profile targets in Kabul Kerry told the senators he fore- as well as the opposition BJP said India or Denmark for the offences was watching his case closely. King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk shakes hands with President Pranab Mukherjee, as Bhutanese The explosion destroyed the have been attacked twice in the saw a ‘more rapid’ transition in the government should keep trying to which Headley pleaded guilty”, “The same thing continues. Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck (left) and Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmisth, look on at the Presidential Palace in wall of a house, killing four civil- past 10 days. Afghanistan, allowing an accel- for the extradition of the Pakistani- it was stated in the Chicago court. There is little difference between New Delhi, yesterday. The King is the chief guest at the 64th Republic Day military parade today. ians inside, while a passerby on a On Monday, a Taliban suicide erated withdrawal of US troops American who played a key role Khurshid said there was a lit- the two cases because in this case motorcycle also died and 15 people squad stormed the traffic police before the 2014 deadline. in the 26/11 attack. A day after a tle disappointment over the quan- Headley had given up his right of were wounded, said the provincial headquarters at dawn, killing People chant as they sit on top of a vehicle during a procession marking the birthday of Prophet Muhammad But the senator, who headed Chicago court’s ruling, External tum of sentence, “but we know appeal. In Rana’s case, the right Pranab issues veiled warning to Pakistan police chief of security, Abdul Jalil three officers and unleashing a (Peace Be Upon Him), in Quetta in northwest Pakistan, yesterday. the committee before his nomi- Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid that the judge has said clearly of appeal has not been given up. Shamal. stand-off that lasted more than nation, assured the Afghans that said: “Had we tried him, we would that the sentence has been given So, we continue to watch these NEW DELHI: In his maiden there may be some reason for con- by Pakistanis. “Neighbours may A spokesman for Taliban insur- eight hours. America’s counterterrorism mis- have sought much more. as there was a provision in their cases very closely, and such legal Republic Day-eve speech, cern but none for despair,” said the have disagreements; tension can be gents, Zabihullah Mujahid, said Less than a week earlier, a squad sion in their country would con- “We are a little disappointed as law that he cannot be extradited”. intervention as we can make at President Pranab Mukherjee veteran politician who became the a subtext of frontiers. But sponsor- in a text message to AFP that 12 of suicide bombers attacked the Army retires official for having beard tinue beyond 2014. we wanted that he should have Headley’s sentence would be fol- any time we will continue to do warned Pakistan not to take head of state in July 2012. “If India ship of terrorism through non-state American troops had been killed Afghan intelligence agency head- It was Senator Rand Paul, a been brought here and tried as lowed by five years of supervised so,” Khurshid said. India’s friendship for granted, has changed more in six decades actors is a matter of deep concern and wounded. The Taliban regu- quarters, killing at least one guard ISLAMABAD: A retired taken on disciplinary grounds and refusal to trim his beard which new Republican face in the com- the real loss has been of India. It release. There is no federal parole Home Secretary R K Singh hailed the spirit of the Indian than six previous centuries, then to the entire nation. “We believe in larly exaggerate their battlefield and wounding dozens of civilians. Major of the Pakistan Army was not at all part of any drive was strictly in accordance with mittee, who suggested cutting would have been appropriate if and defendants must serve at said the plea deal was between youth and said brutalising I promise you that it will change peace on the border and are always actions. Meanwhile, five insurgents were has accused the khaki leader- against those sporting beards. army rules and regulations. US aid to Pakistan ‘if they do not he would have been tried here,” least 85 percent of their sentence. Headley and the US govern- women amounted to wounding more in the next 10 years than in ready to offer a hand in the hope of No Nato troops were killed or killed and five arrested, includ- ship of following in the foot- While seeking justice from the Justice Chaudhary admitted his release Dr Shakil Afridi’ who, he Khurshid told reporters here. The US yesterday said the ment and that India would keep “the soul of our civilisation”. the previous sixty,” he said. “India’s friendship. But this hand should not injured in the attack in a village ing a commander of Haqqani steps of General (Retd) Pervez Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi petition and issued a notice to the said, was imprisoned for helping The minister said there was 35-year sentence without parole pressing for his extradition. “Our In a crisp speech laced with his enduring vitality is at work.” be taken for granted.” in Tagab district in the province, Network, during operations by Musharraf, who had literally bench, led by Justice Chaudhary Ministry of Defence for reply. the CIA in locating Osama bin the law of land in the US. “We imposed on LeT terrorist David request for extradition stands and trademark intellect, the president Without naming Pakistan, the Mukherjee spoke about the northeast of the capital Kabul, ISAF and Afghan forces across launched a campaign against Muhammad Younis, Major However, a senior officer in Laden. The Al Qaeda leader was know that, but we still hope and Headley marks another step in we shall continue pressing for it. referred to the numerous doubts president spoke of “serious atroci- December 16 rape and murder of a spokesman for Nato’s US-led the country in the past 24 hours. beards in the armed forces. Zaheeruddin challenged his for- Rawalpindi refuted that the army killed in a US military raid on his will try that such people should be its efforts to bring to justice those All those people involved in the and problems plaguing the world’s ties” committed on Indian troops a young woman in Delhi, calling International Security Assistance The operations took place in Military circles said the forced cible retirement. leadership has ordered any drive compound in Abbottabad on May brought here and tried,” he said. responsible for the 26/11. It also jus- conspiracy to kill 166 people in largest democracy but predicted on the Jammu and Kashmir bor- the 23-year-old a “symbol of all Force (ISAF) said. Khost, Kandahar, Logar and retirement of Major Zaheeruddin He said the action taken by against those sporting beards in 2, 2011. “We would have liked a severer tified its decision not to seek death Mumbai, all of them deserve a bright future for India. der — an obvious reference to the that new India strives to be”. French combat troops pulled Nangarhar provinces.AGENCIES was an isolated action which was his seniors was all because of his the armed forces. INTERNEWS INTERNEWS sentence. We would have liked the penalty for Pakistani-American death,” Singh said. IANS “On our 64th Republic Day, brutal killing of two Indian soldiers IANS

Scientist Yashpal, Dravid, Mary Kom get Padma honours

NEW DELHI: Noted ours, Padma awards, this Among the Padma poet Nida Fazli, wrestler literature, social work, pub- scientists Yashpal and year. Vibhushan awardees are Yogeshwar Dutt, boxer Dingko lic affairs, medicine, and Roddam Narasimha, crick- According to a release from Yashpal, Roddam Narasimha Singh, filmmaker Ramesh sports. eter Rahul Dravid, actor the home ministry yesterday, and artist S Haider Ali Raza. Sippy, Magsaysay Award win- Padma Vibhushan is given Rajesh Khanna and come- President Pranab Mukherjee Among the Padma Bhushan ner Nileema Mishra, Olympic for exceptional and dis- dian Jaspal Bhatti (both approved the names of the 108 awardees are actors Rajesh medallist Vijay Kumar are tinguished service, Padma posthumous), and boxer awardees, who include four Khanna and Sharmila Tagore, among the Padma Shri Bhushan for distinguished Mary Kom, are among the Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhatti, industrialist Adi awardees. service of high order and 108 eminent and illustri- Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri. Godrej, as well as Dravid and The country’s top civil- Padma Shri for distinguished ous personalities named for As many as 24 of the awardees Mary Kom. ian awards are given under service in any field. India’s highest civilian hon- are women. Actor Nana Patekar, Urdu various disciplines like arts, IANS

Six die as Shah Rukh Khan tops fire ravages Forbes India celebrity list

Mumbai slum MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh MUMBAI: A fire killed Khan (pictured), tops six people when it ripped the first Forbes India through a slum in the heart Celebrity 100 with annual of Mumbai yesterday and estimated earnings last left hundreds more homeless, year of $37.7m, the maga- emergency services said. zine said yesterday. In the Twelve fire engines and 11 list — a ranking of the water tankers rushed to the country’s biggest enter- tightly-packed Nayanagar tainers based on income slum in the Mahim neighbour- and popularity —fellow hood after the blaze broke out actor Salman Khan came shortly before daybreak, the in second with estimated Mumbai fire brigade said. earnings of $30m. In third “Six people were killed and place was India’s cricket three were injured,” assistant captain Mahendra Singh station officer Ishwar Kamble Dhoni with $25m. said. “Both Salman Khan and Dhoni are ahead of SRK Around 150 of the slum (Shah Rukh Khan) in terms of popularity and fame,” dwellings had been destroyed by Firefighters trying to put out the blaze in a gutted building in a slum in Mumbai, the magazine said. “But ‘King Khan’ came out tops the blaze, he added. The cause yesterday. courtesy of his earning power, mainly riding on mas- of the fire was not yet known. sive income from brand endorsements,” the magazine Distraught residents could be charred rubble for their belong- openly. The fire also destroyed sev- said, referring to Shah Rukh Khan. Actor Akshay seen searching through the ings, some of whom were weeping eral vehicles. AFP Kumar came in fourth place while veteran Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan came fifth. The highest- ranked woman on the list was actor Kareena Kapoor in seventh place. “The list is an attempt to rank the most powerful and the most popular of the players who are at the centre of this sector,” Forbes media Jeet wins $50,000 Asian literary prize and entertainment editor Deepak Ajwani said. The Forbes special edition, which ranks celebrities across eight categories including actors, musicians, models JAIPUR: Novelist-poet Jeet English market after the US and and sportspeople, was due to hit newsstands today. Thayil (pictured), whose novel Britain. A BBC report says it is Narcopolis was nominated set to become the largest within for the Man Booker Prize, the next 10 years. 19 injured in Kumbh Mela fire became the first Indian to win An excited Thayil, born in the $50,000 DSC South Asian Kerala and educated in Mumbai, ALLAHABAD: Nineteen people were injured, six Literature Prize 2013 for his said the DSC shortlist was “tre- of them including three women with serious burns, novel about Mumbai’s dark mendously strong this year”. as fire swept through tents at the Kumbh Mela here underside and the forces that “I would like to dedicate the yesterday, officials said. The fire broke out in the make the megapolis tick. award to Jamil Ahmad with Ram Govind Das camp area in sector 11 of the Mela The winner was announced whom I have beome friends. The premises, while the devotees occupying them had at the DSC Jaipur Literature prize matters because it is an gone to hear a ‘katha’ (sermon) nearby. In all, 19 Festival yesterday in a short cer- Indian prize,” he said. pilgrims were injured in the incident, a government emony presided over by Sharmila Muslim, Amitav Ghosh for River “Narcopolis, published by spokesman said. Tagore and compered by Kabir of Smoke, Mohammed Hanif for Faber and Faber, mixes fantasy The state government ordered a probe into the Bedi. The jury of Muneeza Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, and Uday with reality to create a power- fire and announced `50,000 financial aid for each of Shamsee, Rick Simonson, Suvani Prakash for Walls of Delhi. ful story that deals with a lesser the six persons seriously injured. Chief fire officer Singh and Eleanor O’Keefe, led The jury had received 81 entries, known aspect of life in a metropo- Animesh Singh said earlier that there were no casual- by K Satchidanandan, said Thayil including writers and translators lis where episodes collpase into ties. Firemen believe the fire could have been caused was an example of fresh voices across India, Australia, Britain, each other as in the tale of by incense sticks left behind in the tent by devotees. emerging from the region. the US, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vikaramditya telling an intermi- It then found way to a gas cylinder which exploded. Thayil was vying with six writ- reflecting the importance of nable tale about the less fortunate Allahabad Divisional Commissioner Devesh ers that included Jamil Ahmad South Asia’s rapidly expand- and the less visible human beings Chaturvedi said that the fire was brought under con- for The Wandering Falcon, ing book market. India is cur- in the city,” said Satchidanandan. trol in 20 minutes and a major mishap was averted. Tahmina Alam for The Good rently the world’s third largest IANS AFP/IANS JANUARY 26, 2013 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business UK nears ‘triple-dip’ recession A very difficult economic situation ahead, admits Osborne

LONDON: Britain’s economy for National Statistics said, add- contraction in Q1 is quite possi- we can confront them and I am shrank 0.3 percent in the final ing that gross domestic product ble anyway, especially given the determined to confront them so quarter of 2012 and recorded zero growth was flat over the year. snow disruption.” Britain was that we can go on creating jobs growth for the year as a whole, “GDP is estimated to have been hammered in particular by a 1.8 for the people of this country,” official data revealed yesterday, flat between 2011 and 2012,” the percent contraction in its produc- Osborne said. placing the country on the brink ONS said. Should Britain’s econ- tion and manufacturing sector. Britain is not a member of the Samsung Total revives of a “triple dip” recession. omy shrink also in the current Chancellor of the Exchequer eurozone but has been affected by British finance minister first quarter, then the country Osborne said the latest data was the neighbouring bloc’s ongoing George Osborne said he was will enter its third recession since “a reminder today that Britain financial crisis. Activity has been “determined to confront” the the 2008 global financial crisis. faces a very difficult economic hit hard also by deficit-slashing deal to buy Iranian oil economic problems facing the “Given that a technical reces- situation”. He added: “A reminder austerity measures from the country, which he claimed had sion requires two consecutive that last year was particularly dif- nation’s Conservative-Liberal SINGAPORE/SEOUL: Paris if the deal broke interna- been hit hard by the high debt quarters of falling output, this ficult, that we face problems at Democrat coalition government. South Korea’s Samsung Total tional sanctions, French Foreign inherited by the government and is arguably not a true ‘triple- home because of the debts built In recent weeks, major British Petrochemicals Co has revived a Ministry spokesman Philippe owing to eurozone strains. dip’ yet,” noted Vicky Redwood, up over many years and problems retailers have either been forced contract to buy Iranian oil after a Lalliot said: “It is complex and we “After growth of 0.9 percent chief UK economist at the Capital abroad with the eurozone, where to close completely or seek outside year’s hiatus, as thin margins in have to look at the legal side of it in third quarter, the economy Economics research group. we export most of our products, help to remain operational. DVD plastics make the cheap fuel from and see if it’s within the param- contracted by 0.3 percent in the “But there are no hard and in recession. “Now, we can either rental chain Music retailer HMV Iran hard to resist, people famil- eters of the sanctions. What I will fourth quarter of 2012,” the Office fast definitions, and another run away from those problems or became the latest casualties last iar with the deal said yesterday. say is we will respect to the let- week, entering administration in Stringent US and European ter the different sanctions trains, a bid to stay alive. sanctions aimed at reducing Iran’s especially as it is France that Camera chain Jessops shut in oil income and forcing Tehran to pushed for them.” early January after electrical firm curb its nuclear programme have The European Commission had Comet closed its 235 stores just made shipping and paying for no immediate comment on the before Christmas. The IMF’s chief the oil hard, halving the Islamic matter. Samsung Total stopped economist, Olivier Blanchard, Republic’s crude exports. importing oil from Iran last year had urged Britain on Thursday The deal is a rare example of a as the US and European Union to lessen the pace of its austerity buyer returning to the market for imposed sanctions to halt a programme because of the risk Iranian oil despite the obstacles nuclear programme the West sus- that it could fall back into reces- arising from sanctions and efforts pects Iran may be using to develop sion this year. by Western powers to stem the arms. Tehran denies this. To com- Blanchard said Britain’s annual flow. After jarring interruptions ply with US sanctions, importing budget statement due in March in exports from Iran last year that countries are required to reduce would be a good time for finance included a halt in shipments to purchases of Iranian oil. minister George Osborne to “take top consumers Japan and South Co-owner Total also stopped stock” of his programme of deep Korea, importers have found ways buying Iranian oil for its refiner- spending cuts and tax hikes. to keep oil flowing without violat- ies to comply with EU sanctions Britain’s economy contracted in ing sanctions. last year. Replacing the Iranian the fourth quarter after expand- The allure of cheap oil and oil forced up Samsung Total’s ing by 0.9 percent in the third improved margins has made it input costs, contributing to a fall quarter of last year, when the worthwhile for the South Korean in operating profits, sources said. country also exited a double-dip joint venture between two big Those profits fell 90 percent in the recession. However the third- international firms to find ways second-quarter of 2012, according quarter growth was boosted by around difficulties. The deal may to the company’s regulatory filings. one-off factors, including the save Samsung Total as much The company switched to more London 2012 Olympic Games and as $6.7m in costs, according to expensive Australian and Russian rebounding activity after an extra Reuters calculations. condensate last year, sources said. public holiday for Queen Elizabeth “The deal can be easily under- Samsung Total had an annual II’s Diamond Jubilee. stood if you look at Samsung contract to buy about 550,000 bar- Britain sank into the first phase Total’s financial situation,” rels a month of Kangan condensate of a double-dip recession in 2008 according to a government source until June last year, although it is amid the devastating global finan- in Seoul with direct knowledge of unclear if it actually imported the cial crisis that sparked a number the matter. The company is a joint full volume during the first half of vast banking bailouts. The venture between South Korea’s of 2012. The volume of the new economy rebounded in late 2009, Samsung Group and French contract is unclear. Other South but struggled before falling into energy giant Total. Korean refiners will have to import a second downturn in late 2011, Spokespeople at Total, Samsung less to make way for Samsung City workers leave their offices in the City of London. Britain’s economy shrank 0.3 percent in the final quarter of which lasted for three quarters as Total and the Samsung Group Total’s new contract if Seoul is to 2012, a year in which it recorded zero growth, official data revealed yesterday. the eurozone crisis loomed large. declined to comment. comply with US sanctions. AFP Asked during a news briefing in REUTERS

Oil majors face soaring Draghi hails euro ‘relaunch’ at Davos Smartphone DAVOS: The head of the Governments have pushed on the real side of the economy European Central Bank said through structural reforms with and that’s where we will have to sales exploded security bill after attacks yesterday that the embattled “urgency” and these are “now do much more,” he said. euro had been relaunched but bearing fruit,” said the ECB boss. Nevertheless, Draghi hailed in ’12: Surveys DAVOS: Oil executives are of the Algerian gas plant, London- that more had to be done to European leaders had recog- what he called a period of “rela- resigned to a rise in security based BP and Norway’s Statoil, boost the eurozone’s recession- nised structural flaws inher- tive tranquility” on the financial WASHINGTON: Global smart- costs which will be steep even experienced their worst secu- wracked economy. ent in the single currency and markets and said: “All the indices phone sales soared in 2012, for an industry used to work- rity incident in the siege staged Speaking to the world’s top were now pushing for greater point to a substantial improve- taking a huge slice of a mobile ing in dangerous places, as they by jihadists, who said they were business and political leaders at integration. ment of financial conditions.” market that was otherwise flat, strengthen defences against mil- retaliating against France’s inter- the World Economic Forum here, And finally, his own institu- “It is a situation where you surveys revealed yesterday. itants and cyber attacks alike. vention in Mali. Mario Draghi also said that aus- tion had undertaken actions that have what I called once posi- Research firm Strategy Officials at the energy industry’s BP has operated in Algeria for terity measures being taken in broke the monetary policy mould, tive contagion on the financial Analytics said global smartphone biggest gathering believe invest- more than 60 years and the energy crisis-hit countries were “una- including providing ¤1 trillion markets ... but we don’t see this shipments grew 43 percent to 700 ment in some new projects may industry there suffered no major voidable” despite the impact on ($1.33 trillion) in liquidity for being transmitted into the real million units in 2012, with South slow, particularly in North Africa, attacks even during a civil war in growth. “If one has to find a com- banks. The ECB also announced economy yet,” complained the Korea’s Samsung capturing more following last week’s siege at an the 1990s between the secular gov- mon denominator... for defining a programme to buy the bonds central banker. than 30 percent of the market Algerian gas plant and a 2012 cyber ernment and Islamists. But during why 2012 is going to be remem- of debt-wracked countries which He forecast that the euro area and extending its lead over Apple attack on Saudi oil computers. the siege major oil companies had bered, I think one would say it’s had proved “very helpful” in economy would “stablise” at a and others. “Our industry is traditionally to evacuate dozens of expatriate the year of the relaunching of the reducing the perception that the “very low level of activity” this The report showed smart- linked to political risks but last workers and review security across euro,” Draghi said. euro was on the point of collapse, year, and predicted “a recovery phones accounted for close to half week’s events will lead to a major North Africa in Libya and Egypt. Draghi outlined three Draghi said. in the second part of the year.” of the 1.6 billion mobiles sold in review of security spending,” said Those worries are spreading as “extraordinary” steps taken by However, he said it was too The European Central Bank has 2012. With all phones combined, Andrei Kuzayev, who heads over- French forces battle Islamists European leaders and institu- early to declare the battle over. forecast the eurozone economy the market grew just two percent, seas operations at Russia’s Lukoil. across the Sahara in Mali. tions to battle the three-year “Are we satisfied for that? I will contract by 0.3 percent this according to the report highlight- This would inevitably mean a big Nigeria has already faced rebel sovereign debt crisis that has think to say the least, the jury year but rebound to register GDP ing a shift to smartphones. rise in costs, Kuzayev said at the attacks on its oil industry in the pitched the 17-nation bloc into is still out. Because all in all, we growth of 1.2 percent in 2014. The report showed Apple gathering held on the sidelines of south and Islamist violence in the recession. haven’t seen an equal momentum AFP holding 19.4 percent of the glo- the World Economic Forum here. north. President Goodluck Jonathan bal smartphone market, trail- The Algerian siege staged by mili- said in Davos that he feared the ing Samsung at 30.4 percent. tants ended with heavy loss of life attacks in the Sahara could spread “Samsung and Apple together among foreign hostages when gov- through west Africa if the instability accounted for half of all smart- ernment forces stormed the plant in Mali were not contained. phones shipped worldwide in deep in the Sahara desert. BP Chairman Carl-Henric 2012,” said Linda Sui at Strategy Industry officials are usually Svanberg acknowledged the prob- Analytics. reluctant to discuss their security lem but noted Algeria’s tough The survey showed Nokia arrangements in detail. Kuzayev, response when it sent in special retained its position as the third who spends his time between oper- forces to end the siege. “It is clear largest smartphone vendor for ations in countries including Iraq, that with so many weapons around 2012 but that its market share Egypt and Ghana, said security and all sorts of veterans, it will be fell sharply from 16 percent to usually accounted for one to three tough. It is hard to speculate if it can five percent. percent of a project’s overall costs. become the new Afghanistan, but ABI Research said in a separate Although security was not nec- certainly not in Algeria, which made report that 653 million smart- essarily decisive in final investment its response very clear,” he said. phones were shipped during the decisions, costs were already ris- Saudi Arabia said in December year, more than 40 percent of the ing rapidly. Kuzayev cited Egypt, that it had suffered a cyber attack 1.6 billion handsets. where president Hosni Mubarak on 30,000 computers last August, That survey showed Samsung was overthrown in a 2011 upris- aimed at stopping oil and gas out- with 31 percent of total smartphone ing. “We had to evacuate people put of the world’s biggest crude shipments to 21 percent for Apple. from Egypt three times during the exporter. “If you don’t protect your But ABI said Apple appears to be fac- revolution. Basically, the main take computer systems you cannot do ing tougher competition. “It is clear out here is that you cannot relax anything. Same if you don’t pro- that the iPhone’s hyper growth has even for a second,” he said. tect your oil wells. We will have ended, and ABI Research believes Oil firms are experienced in to do our utmost so they don’t that Apple’s market share will peak operating in turbulent countries attack our world,” an emotional IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde appears on screen during a session of the World Economic Forum in 2013 at 22 percent,” said analyst but often the threats are greater Total Chief Executive Christophe Michael Morgan. (WEF) Annual Meeting 2013 at the Swiss resort of Davos, yesterday. The WEF ends tomorrow. than ever before. Two operators de Margerie said. REUTERS AFP JANUARY 26, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY London hotels ranked worst in 100 cities World’s oldest LONDON: Visitors to London have marked its hotels as the worst in a list of 100 cities due to overpriced beverages, lousy breakfasts and slow service, bank faces fury according to a survey released yesterday. A study by travel metasearch website Trivago of hotel reviews from more than 140 accommoda- of shareholders tion booking sites found London came last in a list of 100 cities that had at least 135 hotels and $1bn losses in complex derivatives deals 60 reviews. It did not include TripAdvisor postings. SIENA, ITALY: Enraged share- horse race. Monte Paschi, based in a The German city of Dresden holders of Monte Paschi bank magnificent palazzo, has an art col- came top with its hotels receiv- lashed out at its management yes- lection that spans six centuries. ing the highest ratings and most terday as questions grew about cen- However, there was stinging criti- positive reviews from guests. tral bank oversight of the historic cism from furious shareholders at a “Users praised Dresden hotels lender following the uncovering of special meeting in the picturesque for their value for money, whilst nearly $1bn of losses in complex Tuscan town of Siena, where Monte London hotels were criticised A man looks at a stock index board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, yesterday. Japan’s Nikkei share average derivatives deals. dei Paschi was founded in 1472. for their prices,” said a spokes- rose as a sharp drop in the yen gave a boost to exporters and raised expectations for upbeat earnings The turmoil surrounding Italy’s “It’s as if they were playing poker at woman for Trivago. forecasts for the next fiscal year beginning in April. third-largest bank has rocked the the casino, and the more money they She said London hotels were country’s financial establishment and were losing, the more they kept gam- also criticised for overcrowding at exposed both the government and the bling,” said Pietro Rizzo, a pensioner breakfast, long queues at check-in, Bank of Italy to difficult questions and former employee of the bank, who inability to cope with large groups European stocks, euro rally over how the risky deals could have was awarded shares as part of his sev- of people, small rooms and poor been hidden from regulators. It has erance payment. “They were sinking views. On the other hand, hotels also become a potentially explosive and kept trying to find a way to stay in Dresden were praised for their political issue ahead of national elec- afloat to hide the losses. They should exceptional service, efficiency, help- on strong German data tions on February 24-25. have told the truth,” he said. ful staff, as well as their spacious The Tuscan bank, which is already Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio rooms with excellent views. LONDON: European stock markets advanced On the London Bullion Market meanwhile, seeking a ¤3.9bn ($5.2bn) government Visco rejected criticism of the central Close behind Dresden in the yesterday, with Frankfurt hitting a five-year gold prices eased to $1,660 an ounce from $1,671. bailout, this week revealed loss-mak- bank’s oversight, and said the deals in list of cities with good hotels were high, as the euro rallied against the dollar fol- Germany appears to have put the worst of the ing derivatives and structured finance question, apparently aimed at cover- Hanoi in Vietnam, Tokyo, Chicago, lowing positive German data that helped to region’s debt crisis behind it, data showed yester- trades that could cost it as much as ing up losses, had been deliberately and Krakow in Poland. Joining offset more woe for Britain. day, with business confidence rising to its highest ¤720m. Prime Minister Mario Monti, concealed from authorities. He put London in the bottom five were Frankfurt’s DAX 30 jumped 1.42 percent to level in seven months. appointed in 2011 at the height of the the blame squarely on the Monte dei Rio de Janiero, Copenhagen, Paris 7,857.97 points, its highest level since the 2008 The Ifo institute’s closely watched business euro zone debt crisis, promised “maxi- Paschi management at the time. and Amsterdam. The spokes- global financial crisis, as data showed German climate index for Europe’s top economy rose to mum clarity and transparency” but But Visco said there was no threat woman from Trivago, which is business confidence rising to a seven-month high 104.2 points in January — its highest reading denied his government shared respon- to the stability of Monte dei Paschi, majority owned by Expedia Inc, in January. In the Paris CAC 40 climbed 0.69 since June — from 102.4 points a month earlier. sibility for the crisis at the bank, which which is already under investiga- said the website released its repu- percent to reach 3,778.16 points. bills itself as the world’s oldest. tion for the ¤9bn cash acquisition of tation ranking classifying destina- Meanwhile London’s FTSE 100 index of top NIKKEI, DOW GAIN He said the problems affected only smaller rival Antonveneta in 2007 — tions according to the reputation companies managed a gain of 0.31 percent to In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei surged to close up 2.88 Monte Paschi and expressed “full a deal that stretched its finances to of their hotels twice a year. 6,284.45 points, despite official figures revealing percent at 10,926.65 points, to a near three-year and total confidence” in the Bank of the limit months before the global The 10 best cities for hotel that Britain’s economy is again on the brink of high on the back of a weaker yen, traders said. Italy, which was headed by European financial crisis. “There is no question rooms: 1. Dresden, Germany 2. recession after contracting in the final quarter The yen resumed its downtrend after a brief Central Bank President Mario Draghi that the bank is stable,” he said. Hanoi, Vietnam 3. Portland, US of 2012. If Britain’s economy shrink again in the rally as Japan’s vice finance minister indicated at the time the deals were made. In Siena, where Monte Paschi held 4. Tokyo, Japan 5. Santiago de current first quarter, the country will officially that the country’s new hawkish government “Italian savers should know, and I the special shareholders’ meeting, Compostela, Spain 6. Gdansk, enter its third recession since 2008. would step in to stop the currency from return- think they know, that Italian banks shareholders approved two capital Poland 7. Chicago, US 8. Seattle, In foreign exchange trade, the European single ing to record highs against the dollar. have been among the most solid dur- increases of up to ¤6.5bn to be car- US 9. Krakow, Poland 10. currency surged to an 11-month high of $1.3479. US stocks opened moved higher, helped by ing the crisis,” he said, adding that ried out if needed in the next five Budapest, Hungary. It later eased back to $1.3457, still up compared Procter & Gamble’s 3.8 percent gain after it the problems at Monte Paschi did not years, which was a condition of the The 10 worst: 91. Los Angeles, with $1.3376 late on Thursday in New York. beat quarterly earnings estimates and raised its affect the rest of the Italian banking state bailout. The capital increase US 92. Kiev, Ukraine 93. The euro also spiked after the European outlook for 2013. Positive quarterly reports from sector. Economy Minister Vittorio would allow the bank to issue shares Frankfurt, Germany 94. Panama Central Bank revealed that 278 eurozone banks Oshkosh (+15.2 percent) and Halliburton (+5.0 Grilli is due to appear before the par- to the Treasury if it cannot repay the City, Panama 95. Brussels, will repay early ¤137.16bn of ultra-cheap three- percent) also underpinned the fresh rally. liamentary finance committee next so-called “Monti bonds” it is selling Belgium 96. Amsterdam, year loans made available to them last year The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.26 Tuesday to answer questions on the to the government as part of the plan. Netherlands 97. Paris, France 98. through emergency liquidity measures. percent to 13,860.73 points after five minutes of case and also endorsed the central But the bank’s management faced Copenhagen, Denmark 99. Rio de Elsewhere, the British pound hit 13-month trading. The broad-based S&P 500 added 0.19 per- bank’s supervision. a fiery mood from shareholders Janeiro, Brazil 100. London, UK. lows versus the European single currency fol- cent to 1,497.60 points, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Known as “Daddy Monte” because angered by a scandal that has raised REUTERS lowing the the release of the poor growth data. Composite rose 0.31 percent to 3,140.15 points. AFP of its huge influence and patronage, the spectre of nationalisation and the bank plays a dominant role in recalled some of the darkest finan- Siena, known to countless tourists cial scandals in recent Italian history. QATARI MARKET as the venue for the traditional Palio REUTERS Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 105.25 0.72 % Aa2 AA Brent hits three-month peak Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 106.13 1.53 % Aa2 AA LONDON: Brent crude oil struck a three-month peak Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 126.63 1.97 % Aa2 AA yesterday on the back of the weak dollar, upbeat German Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 120.13 2.13 % Aa2 AA data and growing global economic optimism, but pulled Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 115.50 2.56 % Aa2 AA lower in late afternoon deals as dealers took profits. Brent Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 180.00 3.55 % Aa2 AA North Sea crude for delivery in March hit $113.84 per bar- Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 139.00 4.02 % Aa2 AA rel — the highest level since mid-October. It later stood at $113.17, down 11 cents from Thursday’s closing level. New Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 128.88 4.05 % Aa2 AA York’s main contract, light sweet crude for March or West Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.00 1.45 % Aa2 AA Texas Intermediate (WTI), shed 24 cents to $95.70 a bar- Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 117.00 2.50 % Aa2 AA rel. The greater optimism came as weekly data from the Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 105.75 1.74 % A1 A- US Department of Energy pointed to a larger build of oil Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.25 2.31 % A1 A- stockpiles than expected. The results showed a gain of 2.8 QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.75 2.04 % NR NR million barrels, whereas analysts had predicted an increase QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.50 1.84 % Aa3 A+ of 1.7 million barrels. QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.38 2.24 % Aa3 A+ Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.25 2.41 % A2 A- US new home sales rise to 3-year high Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.38 1.87 % A2 A Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 131.50 2.50 % A2 A WASHINGTON: Sales of new US single-family homes rose Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 112.38 3.01 % A2 A last year to the highest level since 2009, a sign the troubled Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 112.38 3.77 % A2 A US housing market has turned a corner. Americans bought Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 106.63 1.46 % Aa3 A 367,000 new single-family homes in 2012, up 19.9 percent from the prior year, the Commerce Department said yes- Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 109.13 3.18 % Aa3 A terday. Sales hit a nearly three-year high in November, Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 112.88 3.38 % Aa3 A before pulling back somewhat in December, it said. The SOVEREIGNS housing sector has been a point of strength in the economy Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P over the last year, and Friday’s data reinforced expecta- Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 105.88 0.54 % Aa2 AA tions it will help offset the economic damage from tax hikes Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 129.13 1.77 % Aa2 AA enacted this year. Momentum appeared to be growing in Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 111.13 2.41 % NR NR the US economy at the close of 2012, helped by consumer Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 108.00 2.89 % NR NR spending. A measure of future US economic growth from the Economic Cycle Research Institute picked up last week Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 127.63 3.60 % NR NR to its highest level since April 2011. Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 119.75 3.89 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 105.50 1.19 % Aa2 AA Major world tea growers set up forum Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.38 3.17 % NR BBB Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 111.75 3.63 % NR BBB COLOMBO: Six major tea-growing nations have formed Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 101.75 5.45 % B2 /*- B- an international organisation to promote and develop the Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 104.88 3.76 % NR BBB- commodity and ensure its production is sustainable, officials said yesterday. India, Kenya, Indonesia, Malawi, Rwanda *Periodic Distribution Amount IMPORTANT NOTE: and Sri Lanka, which together account for more than Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which 80 percent of black tea output, formed the International is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services Tea Producers Forum (ITPF) at a meeting in Colombo. Commission. 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BY ARMSTRONG VAS to win any tournament on The Commercial Bank European Tour,” he added. Prosports Int DOHA: Chris Wood shot an Wood has recorded three run- Qatar Masters eight-under-par 64 to emerge ner-up finishes since 2011, most extends support as a frontrunner to win the recently at the Sicilian Open last Scores Commercial Bank Qatar April. Scores from the Commercial Bank Qatar to Qatar Masters Masters in Doha. Earlier, compatriot Khan shot Masters at the par-72 course yesterday The 25-year-old opened up 64 to lie 12-under and was joined 201 Chris Wood (Britain) 67 70 64 a three-shot lead over the trio by Campbell (68), the 2005 US 204 Simon Khan (Britain) 67 73 64 DOHA: Prosports International, of compatriot Simon Khan, Open champion, and Noren (66). Alexander Noren (Sweden) 71 67 66 the Exclusive Middle East Alexander Noren of Sweden Khan who was down in 31st Distributor and licensee of Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 68 and Michael Campbell of New place at halfway was happy with Greg Norman Collection, is 68 68 Zealand at the end of the third yesterday’s performance. the Official Apparel for this round at the Doha Golf Club here “It’s been a tough couple years 205 Branden Grace (South Africa) 70 68 67 week’s Commercial Bank Qatar yesterday. since winning Wentworth, so it’s Sergio Garcia (Spain) 69 66 70 Masters tournament at Doha After 19 top-ten finishes, the amazing,” Khan said. 206 Jbe Kruger (South Africa) 70 68 68 Golf Club. Englishman is hoping to claim his Overnight joint leader Sergio Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 68 68 70 Dubai-based Prosports has been first European Tour victory, since Garcia had drawn within two George Coetzee (South Africa) 69 67 70 the tournament’s Official Apparel turning a pro in 2008. shots of Wood with four birdies, Marcus Fraser (Australia) 68 67 71 since 2011 and has marked its Yesterday the six-foot five-inch but two late bogeys in increasingly 207 Steve Webster (Britain) 69 71 67 third successive year of spon- Wood sizzled with five birdies on blustery winds meant the Spanish sorship by outfitting all tourna- Anthony Wall (Britain) 66 71 70 the front nine at the 7,374-yard star finished with a 70 to share ment organisers in Greg Norman championship course. fifth place at 11-under with South Gary Lockerbie (Britain) 67 69 71 Collection sportswear complete Wood dazzling display yester- African Branden Grace (67), a Martin Kaymer (Germany) 68 67 72 with the event’s branding. day included an eagle on the 548- four-time winner on last year’s 208 Jason Dufner (U.S.) 71 70 67 “Prosports is proud to sponsor yard tenth. European Tour. Victor Dubuisson (France) 68 72 68 the 2013 Commercial Bank Qatar Although a bogey at 12 slowed Ryder Cup hero Martin Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 71 69 68 Masters and extend its support of him down, the Bristol-born golfer Kaymer (72), among the second- Louis Oosthuizen (S Africa) 71 69 68 one of the Middle East’s leading bounced back with birdies at 14 round leaders with Garcia, is in sports events,” David Stevenson, Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 70 69 69 and 16 to raise hopes of victory a share of 11th at nine-under, General Manager for Sales and in Qatar. while both World No. 5 Louis Lorenzo Gagli (Italy) 68 71 69 Marketing for Prosports said. “I shot 64, but it could have Oosthuizen (68) and World No. Andreas Harto (Denmark) 68 69 71 “Greg Norman Collection is one been a few better. I felt like I was 11 Jason Dufner (67) are a fur- Garth Mulroy (South Africa) 69 68 71 of the world’s most famous golf- swinging the club well enough ther shot back in a tie for 15th. 209 Richard Green (Australia) 68 73 68 inspired sportswear brands, so it’s to give myself more and more World No. 4 Justin Rose signed Peter Hanson (Sweden) 68 73 68 a fitting match as Official Apparel chances. Certainly the front nine for another 71 and is six-under, Brett Rumford (Australia) 67 73 69 of a prestigious and populartour- was a good scoring opportunity, nine off the pace. Raphael Jacquelin (France) 73 67 69 nament that has long attracted as the wind picked up on the Also losing his grip at the top the best golfers from around the Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 69 70 70 back nine,” said Wood, who won was first day leader Ricardo globe,” he added. his first pro title at the Thailand Santos. The Portuguese had four Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 70 69 70 Established by former world Open last August, on the OneAsia bogeys and two double bogeys and Anders Hansen (Denmark) 68 71 70 number one Greg Norman in 1992 circuit,” Wood said. had a score of 76 to show against Felipe Aguilar (Chile) 69 67 73 and featuring the Australian’s “It’s nice to put a low number his name to lie 10 shots off the 210 Prom Meesawat (Thailand) 71 71 68 distinctive ‘Shark’ logo, Greg on the board for today (Saturday) pace. David Howell (Britain) 69 73 68 Norman Collection is a lead- England’s Chris Wood putts at the 18th green during the third round of and I’m very excited. I thought as With yesterday’s lean show the Damien McGrane (Ireland) 68 72 70 ing worldwide marketer of golf- long as I kept myself in the mix, 2012 Henry Cotton Rookie of the the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club yesterday. inspired sportswear for men and Thomas Aiken (S Africa) 71 68 71 then I was going to be really look- Year seems to have blown away his The 25-year-old heads the leaderboard at end of the third round of the women. Prosports has long sup- Justin Rose (Britain) 68 71 71 ing forward to it but leading gives chances of winning an European European Tour event. Wood enjoys a three-shot advantage over the trio ported international golf, rugby me a bit of a cushion. Obviously Tour for the second time. Paul Casey (Britain) 70 68 72 of compatriot Simon Khan, Swede Alexander Noren and New Zealander and horse racing events. it’s going to be difficult. It’s hard THE PENINSULA Alexandre Kaleka (France) 66 71 73 Michael Campbell into today’s final round. THE PENINSULA LPGA Tour Snedeker and Choi share lead in California to launch LA JOLLA, California: Farmers Insurance the cut after taking a penalty for Defending champion Brandt an improper drop. He started Snedeker fired a seven-under Open scores promisingly with a birdie at the team event par 65 to share the first-round Leading first-round scores yes- first on the South Course, where lead with South Korea’s KJ Choi terday in the US PGA Tour Woods won the most recent of his at the Farmers Insurance Open $6.1m Farmers Insurance Open 14 majors at the 2008 US Open. next year at Torrey Pines yesterday. at Torrey Pines (USA unless But Woods three-putted for Snedeker finished without a noted, par-72): a double-bogey at the par-four bogey on Torrey Pines’ more for- 65 Brandt Snedeker, K.J. Choi (KOR) fourth. He responded with a birdie NEW YORK: The LPGA Tour giving North Course, while Choi 66 Josh Teater, Adam Hadwin (CAN), at the fifth and an eagle at the par- has created an eight-nation had eight birdies and one bogey Luke List, Ross Fisher (ENG), Billy five sixth where he holed out from tournament that will identify on the South Course. Horschel, Charles Howell, Mike Weir a bunker. Woods had four more the best team in the world when Tiger Woods, making his US (CAN), Scott Stallings birdies before he was slowed again it makes its debut in 2014, two PGA Tour season debut in the 67 Tag Ridings, Bo Van Pelt, Jimmy Walker, by bogeys at 15 and 17. years before golf returns to the $6.1m event, emerged from an Jerry Kelly, Justin Hicks, Brendan Snedeker certainly wasn’t Olympic Games. erratic round on the South Course Steele, John Mallinger, David Lynn counting out Woods. In addition The inaugural International three off the lead on 68. (ENG), Peter Tomasulo to his US Open triumph in 2008, Crown, a biennial matchplay Snedeker and Choi were one 68 Steve Marino, Graham DeLaet (CAN), Woods has won the PGA Tour event featuring four-player teams, stroke in front of a group of Ryo Ishikawa (JPN), Vijay Singh (FIJ), event at Torrey Pines six times, will be held at Caves Valley Golf eight players sharing third place Bryce Molder, D.H. Lee (KOR), Brian including four in a row from 2005- Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, on 66. Former Masters champion Stuard, Steve LeBrun, Harris English, 2008. Ishikawa, the 21-year-old outside Baltimore from July 24-27. Mike Weir of Canada headlined Michael Letzig, Cameron Tringale, Japanese star playing his first full “We celebrate great players the group, which also included James Driscoll, Tiger Woods, Justin season as a PGA Tour member, from all over the world on a weekly England’s Ross Fisher and Leonard, Hank Kuehne, Luke Guthrie had five birdies and a bogey on basis, but this is the first time American Charles Howell -- who the North Course. we’ll pit country versus country lost in a playoff on Sunday at the were tied on five-under 67. Woods Snedeker is one of the co-hold- for global bragging rights,” Ladies Humana Challenge. headlined another big group on ers of the North Course record Professional Golf Association Canadian Adam Hadwin, Billy 68 that also included Japan’s Ryo of 61. After teeing off on 10, he Commissioner Michael Whan Horschel, Josh Teater, Luke List Ishikawa, Fiji’s Vijay Singh and birdied 14, then strung together said in a statement. and Scott Stallings were also South Korea’s DH Lee. four birdies in a row from the “Only countries that have Brandt Snedeker hits a tee shot on the eighth hole during the first round in the group at six-under. Nine Woods opened his 2013 sea- 16th through the first, then added produced the best female teams of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines North Course in La Jolla, more players, including Bo Van son at the European Tour event back-to-back birdies at seven and can compete and only four play- California, yesterday. Pelt and England’s David Lynn, at Abu Dhabi last week, missing eight for good measure. AFP ers from any one country will be invited. The International Crown will take women’s golf to the next level and allow fans to rally Fisher a PGA Tour convert with rankings goal behind their homelands.” Players will be selected based on world rankings and teams will SAN DIEGO: With his world ranking gave way to a sunny afternoon at the venue at Lake Nona in Florida and, with that Poults (13th) and Rosie (fourth), are higher be split into two brackets for the having plummeted out of the top 100 which hugs the bluffs above the Pacific now established as his US base, he plans than mine,” Fisher said. $1.6m event. from a career-high 17th, Britain’s Ross Ocean. to divide his time this season between the “They get into all the WGCs (World After three days of fourball Fisher felt the timing was right for him “I played solid. I bogeyed my second hole, PGA Tour and the European circuit. Golf Championships) and majors and that’s matches, the top five teams will to try his hand on the PGA Tour. number 11, and then from then on in it was “I will probably play my minimum what I am going to strive to achieve, to advance to the final round of So far, so good. The tall Englishman pretty steady golf. So, for a first day’s work, number of 15 events over here but it climb up those world rankings so I can get singles matches on the Sunday. secured his playing privileges on the U.S. six under, I am really pleased.” depends how the season goes,” he said. into those tournaments.” Points accumulated over all four circuit for this season by tying for second Fisher, who won his fourth European “Obviously the FedExCup is a big thing Many golf fans know Fisher’s name well days will determine the champion in the tour’s qualifying school and has made Tour title at the 3 Irish Open in 2010 over here so if I start well and get myself from 2009 when he achieved the rare feat team. an encouraging start to his 2013 campaign. to clinch a debut spot on the European right up in the rankings I may decide to of leading in all four of the majors at some “It’s like preparing for the Fisher tied for 56th at last week’s Ryder Cup team, has set his sights on play more. point but he readily accepts he has lost Olympics,” world number one Humana Challenge, rebounding from an returning to the world’s top 50 by the “But at the same time, I want to retain ground since then. Yani Tseng of Taiwan said. “In opening 74 with three successive scores in end of this year. my European status and play all my events “My career has not kicked on as I Taiwan and in Asia, we don’t have the sixties, and surged into contention for “That’s where I feel I belong, and I’ve in Europe as well. It’s going to be tough to would have liked from 2009 but last year a team event like this. This is a the Farmers Insurance Open on Thursday been there before,” said the Englishman play both but I’m certainly going to give it I switched equipment from Titleist to good opportunity for us to play for with a sizzling six-under-par 66. who is now ranked 102nd. “I got to 17 in a go this year and see how I get on.” Nike so I had a bit of adjusting to do,” he our countries. It’s really going to “I’m very happy,” a beaming Fisher said the world so I know I can get there. It’s Fisher has no shortage of players to seek explained. be awesome.” after a seven-birdie display on the North just hard work, dedication and a bit of luck out for scheduling advice, among them “It took me longer than I’d have hoped Based on current world rank- course at Torrey Pines left him just one along the way. compatriots Ian Poulter and Justin Rose but there were some really good signs in ings, South Korea, the United stroke behind co-leaders KJ Choi of South “Hopefully this year I will just go out who were his team mates at the 2010 Ryder the summer months in Europe, having States, Japan, Sweden, Australia, Korea and American Brandt Snedeker. there and do what I have been doing all Cup. four top-10s with a second place and then Spain, Taiwan and England would “We got very lucky with the weather of my career, get out there, play golf and “I’ll definitely be speaking to those guys, I finished off the season really strong. I’m compete for the inaugural title. and I kind of took advantage of that,” he enjoy it.” seeing how they are going to pan their looking forward to big things in 2013.” REUTERS said, after a damp and overcast morning Three years ago, Fisher bought a house schedule out but their world rankings, with REUTERS JANUARY 26, 2013 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Murray reaches Melbourne final The US champ beats Federer in five sets, to face Djokovic for Open title tomorrow

MELBOURNE: Britain’s Andy Federer held in the seventh. Murray faced down his Grand Australian Open Murray went on to take the open- Slam nemesis Roger Federer in ing set in 45 minutes, but Federer an electrifying five-set thriller Results came back in the second. Games to reach the Australian Open Results from day 12 of the Australian Open went with serve to a tiebreaker final yesterday. yesterday: and Federer got the early jump on The US Open champion finally Men’s Singles the back of two forehand errors. ended his run of Grand Slam Semi-Final Murray got back one of the failures against the Swiss world mini-breaks but Federer seized Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Roger Federer (SUI number two, winning their semi- on a mishit smash and rammed x2) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 6-2 final 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), home a forehand winner for set Women’s Doubles 6-2 in exactly four hours. point, and levelled the match on Murray is now into in his Final an overhit forehand. third Australian final and will Sara Errani (ITA)/Roberta Vinci (ITA x1) bt Murray appeared to be having play defending champion Novak Ashleigh Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) calf muscle trouble in the third Djokovic tomorrow, a rematch of 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 set but he broke Federer in the the US Open decider when the Mixed Doubles sixth and went on to take a two Switzerland’s Roger Federer Scot won his first Grand Slam Semi-Finals sets to one lead with an ace. looks on during a press conference after his semi-final title last September. Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/Frantisek Cermak The Scotsman went down on defeat against Britain’s Andy Murray extended his record (CZE) bt Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Marcin the court wincing as he chased over Federer, the 17-time major Matkowski (POL) 3-6, 7-5, (10/7) an early break in the fourth set, Murray yesterday. champion, to 11-9, but it was his but it was Federer who struck. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/Matthew Ebden first victory over Federer in four Murray fought off two break (AUS) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)/Denis Grand Slam matches. points but a wide forehand gave Istomin (UZB) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) It will be Murray’s sixth Grand the Swiss a break. Federer says Slam final and he is the first He got back the break in the Briton to reach three Australian Today’s Schedule eighth and broke Federer a sec- Open finals. ond time to serve for the match, he is still on Rod Laver Arena “It’s always tough against but was broken on a forehand Roger and he’s at his best in the Not before 7:30 pm error. Grand Slams and when his back Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) vs Li Na (CHN Federer played a great tie- the pace is against the wall, and (when) I x6) breaker with three mini-breaks was serving for the match at 6-5 Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA x1) vs to send the match into a fifth set. MELBOURNE: Roger Federer he produced some great shots,” Robin Haase (NED)/Igor Sijsling (NED) But Murray was too strong and dismissed suggestions he was Murray said. took the match and his second slipping off the pace at the top “I kept fighting and he made a committed more errors than win over Federer on the big stage of men’s tennis after his five- few loose shots early in the fifth winners. after last year’s Olympic final in set loss to Andy Murray in the set and I stuck in.” Murray began the better and London. Australian Open semi-finals Murray, who has now extended had five break points in Federer’s “I’ve been known for losing a lot yesterday. his unbeaten run in Grand Slam opening two service games, cul- of tough matches and big matches, Federer, at 31 the senior mem- matches to 13, broke Federer’s minating in breaking the Swiss especially here a few times, and ber of the ‘Big Four’, went down Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after defeating Switzerland’s Roger serve six times, while dropping in the third game. having never beaten Roger in a in a four-hour duel with third Federer in their semi-final match at the Australian Open in Melbourne, his own serve twice, and hit 62 The Scot was keeping on big match until the Olympics,” he seed Murray as he suffered his Australia, yesterday. winners, including 21 aces, to 47 Federer’s backhand and earned said after his hard-fought victory third straight semi-final defeat in unforced errors while Federer two more break points before yesterday. AFP Melbourne. But the world number two, insisted “nothing has changed” in his match-ups against his younger Li Na the crowd favourite after Azarenka drama rivals Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Murray. MELBOURNE: Li Na is a smattering of I’ve put myself into at the French Open in 2011, when “Well, nothing has changed. I’ve expected to receive the lion’s applause. position to give it she became the first Asian player played these guys, what, 60 times, share of crowd support in the And the the best shot there to win a Grand Slam singles title. the three guys around me in the Australian Open final yesterday 23-year-old was is. I’m really look- Azarenka is the defending rankings,” Federer said. after Victoria Azarenka was sternly criticised ing forward to it.” champion at Melbourne Park. Her “So we know each other really accused of stooping to games- in Australian Li declined to victory over Maria Sharapova in well. We play each other very manship to reach the title newspapers cast judgment. last year’s final set her on the path close very often. Keep on trading match. yesterday. “I’m not her, so to becoming the world number wins and losses.” China’s Li has consistently “Let’s hope I don’t know the one. She must defeat Li to retain Federer said Djokovic, bid- stated that Melbourne Park she loses the truth,” she told top spot ahead of America’s ding for his fourth Australian makes her feel at home, but final,” wrote The reporters. “I mean, Serena Williams. title against Murray in Sunday’s world number one Azarenka’s Australian. “Aza I also wasn’t on Li has lost her last four matches final, has taken a step forward but relationship with patrons inside bad call,” was the court to see, against Azarenka. he said he was excited about his Rod Laver Arena has always been the headline in so I couldn’t say “At least this year we didn’t prospects for the year ahead. uneasy. the Herald-Sun. anything. meet,” Li said. “So this is a new “Novak has done probably the She has been jeered in the past “Beyond A Choke,” “She called a start. Last year she was doing best job getting more wins than for her trademark shrieks while was on the front doctor on the well all year. It is not easy. It is a losses. That’s why he’s ranked hitting the ball, and her triumph page of The Age. court. If the doc- tough match. I just have to enjoy where he is,” he said. in the semi-final against Sloane “Azarenka’s cheat- China’s Li Na during a press conference in Melbourne yesterday. RIGHT: tor say she needs to the moment.” “I enjoy the matches with Rafa Stephens was marred by a con- ing ain’t no choke,” Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka reacts during a training session yesterday. go out of the court, Li, who was beaten by Belgium’s (Nadal), Novak and also Andy troversial medical timeout at a said The Daily she should follow Kim Clijsters in the 2011 final in again tonight. It’s nice playing crucial stage. Telegraph. troubles had caused a shortage the doctor, right?” Melbourne, claimed she would be five sets against him. It was tough Azarenka lost five match points Azarenka claimed a misun- of breath and back pain. Both Li and Azarenka are more relaxed today. tennis. I enjoy that. while dropping her serve at 5-3 derstanding during a post-match “Tomorrow (today) is another attempting to shed their tags of “Last time was more exciting, “So I go from here with a good in the second set. When she interview led to the belief she had day,” Azarenka said. one-Slam wonders. I was more nervous,” she said. “It feeling for the year. I didn’t play completed her 6-1, 6-4 win after left the court because she was “I’m really happy to defend my The in-form, super-fit Li is was my first time to be in a final. a tournament leading in, so now extended off-court treatment panicking. title. That’s my goal. Actually, not contesting her first major final This time, I’m more calmed down. obviously I know where my level from the doctor, there was only She was adamant that rib to defend, to win the tournament. since her history-making victory More cool, a little bit.” AFP is at,” he said. REUTERS Russian GP I’ve been privileged, says Rogge to be held in Aussies bring Finch PARIS: International Olympic Rogge, who said he was also 2014, says back for Windies ODIs Committee president Jacques proud of his drive in promoting Rogge (pictured) said he had more women athletes to be repre- SYDNEY: Australia brought was making steady progress been privileged to be in charge sented at the Olympics with coun- Sochi mayor batsman Aaron Finch back with the ankle he twisted last of global sport’s most powerful tries such as Saudi Arabia and into the one-day squad Tuesday in training and should body for the past 12 years. Qatar falling into line, admitted MOSCOW: The Russian unveiled yesterday for the first be fit to play the opening game The 70-year-old Belgian, who the death of Georgian luger Nodar Grand Prix - the country’s first two internationals against the of the series of five on February steps down in September, said Kumaritashvili in Vancouver in Formula One race - will be West Indies next month. 1 at the WACA. being in such a position had given 2010 had been the most painful held in Sochi in November 2014 David Hussey made way for Perth also hosts the second him the power as a sports lover to moment. despite delays in constructing Finch, paying the price for what game two days later. achieve dreams and aspirations “It was a sad moment. It was a the circuit, the city’s mayor said the selectors said were “con- “James Pattinson came under for all sports. shock and a painful issue,” he said. yesterday. cerns” with the batting perform- consideration for this squad The former Olympic yachts- “However, you have to handle “It will be held in November, ance in the ODI series against but, at the time of the selection man, whose understated style it. You have to deal with the ath- after the (2014 Winter) Sri Lanka. meeting, he had not bowled a contrasted with his predecessor and been sufficiently tough lete’s family, and the team. Then Olympics,” Anatoly Pakhomov Australia levelled the series ball in interstate or international Juan Antonio Samaranch who against doping, also for the youth you have to deal with the issue for told reporters in Moscow. 2-2 in Hobart on Wednesday cricket since 24 November,” was responsible for turning the of the world with the introduction the future of the sport and come Last year local media reported, but struggled against Sri Lanka’s Inverarity said. “It is anticipated Games into a huge commercial of the Youth Olympic Games and to the right conclusions.” citing sources within the Russian swing bowlers and looked to have that James will go to Perth to success, admitted when he hands that I have placed the athlete at Rogge said the advice he would Automobile Federation, that work been saved by the rain in Sydney practise with the squad.” over to his successor he will have the centre of attention. give his successor was very simple. on the $200m project had been last Sunday. The West Indies also take achieved his goal of passing on a “All the Olympic Games I have “I will say to my successor: stopped. “A top four of (David) Warner, on Australia at Canberra on healthy legacy. overseen, from Salt Lake City to ‘Know how to listen to others’,” Pakhomov, however, dismissed Finch, (Phillip) Hughes and February 6, at Melbourne two “It is a privilege when you London, have been of the high- he said. any doubts about the construction (Michael) Clarke has good bal- days later and Brisbane on love sport like I do. It gives you est quality but that is down to a Rogge said that despite there being completed on time. ance and the team looks forward February 13. the means to fulfil the dreams team effort. only ever being one non-European “The circuit’s construction is to getting better starts than has Australia ODI squad: and aspirations of sports,” he “I could close the Games -- American white supremacist being closely monitored by the been the case recently,” said Michael Clarke (captain), said in an exclusive interview at and reflect on a very successful Avery Brundage -- as IOC presi- regional government. Everything national selector John Inverarity. George Bailey, Ben Cutting, IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Games. A job well done.” dent it didn’t mean it was time is going according to plan,” he “David Hussey has been Xavier Doherty, Aaron Finch, Switzerland. For Rogge, the best part of the to look outside the continent for said. dropped from the squad as the Moises Henriques, Phillip “I believe I will be regarded as a job was the opening ceremony of his successor. “If we had any problems we NSP (National Selection Panel) Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn president who has done his work. a Games. “It is not a factor in IOC mem- would have asked for help from keeps a constant eye on the Maxwell, Clint McKay, Mitchell My goal was always to transfer “It is the most joyous occasion bers minds. What they consider is other regions,” he added. future.” Starc, Matthew Wade, David to my successor a solid and effec- because you see the dreams and whether the person is capable or Sochi hosts the Winter Inverarity said skipper Clarke Warner. AFP tive IOC. expectations writ on the athletes not,” he said during the interview. Olympics in 2014. REUTERS “I believe I have done enough faces,” he said. AFP JANUARY 26, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY Al Attiyah leads on day one Qatar International Rally: Al Qassimi in second place; Al Kuwari third

DOHA: Nasser Saleh Al after Jordan’s Alaa Rasheed was Attiyah and Italian co-driver forced out in the fifth stage. Giovanni Bernacchini top the Rookie Emirati Mohamed Al leaderboard on the first day of Mutawaa leads the new two- the 2013 Qatar International wheel drive category in his R3 Rally with a margin of 4.8 sec- Citroën DS3 and Qatar’s Abdullah onds after completing six new Al Kuwari held the initiative after timed special stages yesterday. five stages in the hotly contested Driving a Ford Fiesta RRC, Group N section. the Qatari had been involved in Elsewhere, young Abu Dhabi a frantic tussle with Abu Dhabi’s junior driver Mohamed Al Nasser Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi and Sahlawi ran out of spare tyres British navigator Scott Martin on his debut and was forced into ranked 2012 who are second after mere sec- SupeRally as puncture-related onds had separated the pair all incidents decimated the original day. 18-car field. Middle East’s The defending regional cham- Al Attiyah began the day lead- pion, who is bidding for his 10th ing the 17 competitors into the best driver Qatar Rally win, eventually fin- new 21.81km Al Shabhana stage ished the day with three stage for the first time. DOHA: Qatar’s Nasser Saleh wins. Tactics would come into play Al Attiyah (pictured) finished “Today (yesterday) was not a from the outset and all eyes were top of the rankings for rally day to push too much,” said Al on whether the Qatari and his drivers in the Middle East for Attiyah. “The new stages here closest rivals would push hard to Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah in action during the first day of the Qatar International Rally in Doha yesterday. 2012, according to the World were very hard on the cars. try and take the early advantage. The Qatari driver leads by 4.8 seconds. Today is the second day of the rally. Rally Rankings. Tomorrow (today) they are The nine-time rally winner set The top ranking means that smoother and we can go faster. the target time of 10min 48.1secs the Qatari was the best driver But it is not easy,” added the and edged into a 5 1/2 second impressive time of 11min 58.1sec “Yazeed had his problem, Qatar International Rally in the Middle East for 2012. Qatari. advantage over Al Rajhi, with Al in the 24km of the new Umm Khalid damaged the front of his The Qatari, who started his Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al Rajhi Qassimi closely in third position. Wishah stage but he was pegged car. It was a matter of getting Day One Results 2013 season at the Dakar Rally made his traditional flying start, Al Rajhi caught the dust of back by Al Qassimi in the Citroën. through safely,” he added. Positions after the sixth stage: collected 3498 points, a huge but a little over exuberance on the Al Qassimi and was granted a Al Rajhi was even quicker and Cetinkaya who pulled out at the difference to Saudi Arabia’s 1 Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/ crucial third stage cost him the three-minute starting gap for a stunning time by the Saudi service point, said: “I rolled one Yazeed Al Rajhi who had 1629 Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta lead and his place in the rally. the second special stage, despite pushed him into the overall lead. time and landed on the side of the points. 1hr 11min 35.4sec Khalid Al Qassimi and Al puncturing two tyres. Turkey’s Burcu Cetinkaya car in the second stage and car- The third best driver in the Attiyah took up the fight, with Al Kuwari and Al Suwaidi were crashed her Mitsubishi and man- ried on but I should have stopped 2 Khalid Al Qassimi (UAE)/Scott Martin Middle East for 2012 was Yagiz Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al Kuwari and fourth and fifth, but Kuwait’s aged to continue, but rear axle there and gone for SupeRally.” (GBR) Citroën DS3 1hr 11min 40.2sec Avci of Turkey with a total of Khalid Al Suwaidi trailing in their Meshari Al Thefiri dropped six problems accounted for Edith “Instead I did another stage 3 Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (QAT)/Killian Duffy 1601. wake in a pair of Ford Fiestas. minutes behind the leaders and Weiss. and had more problems with tyres (IRL) Ford Fiesta 1hr 14min 12.4sec The Middle East drivers cate- The Qatari duo reached the Jordan’s Zaid Dahshan retired The third stage set at the 25km and lost more time,” she added. 4 Khalid Al Suwaidi (QAT)/Nicola Arena gory consisted of Qatar, Jordan, overnight halt in third and fourth with fuel pump issues at the end Al Karaana proved to be tricky The drivers then repeated the (ITA) Ford Fiesta 1hr 15min 47.8sec Cyprus, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi places. of the stage. for the crews after the recce. same stages in the afternoon ses- Arabia, Turkey and the United 5 Abdullah Al Qassimi (UAE)/Steve Abdullah Al Qassimi is fifth Al Attiyah reached an The last few kilometres were sion which was deteriorating. Arab Emirates. Lancaster (GBR) Ford Fiesta 1hr particularly rocky and few were Al Attiyah attacked and shaved The Middle East countries 22min 31.6sec prepared to risk their cars on this over 16secs off his first run that were not included in the section. through the Al Shabhana stage. 6 Abdullah Al Kuwari (QAT)/Khalid Al World Rally Rankings were Al Rajhi damaged a wheel and He beat Khalid Al Qassimi by Kendi (UAE) Mitsubishi Lancer 1hr Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Oman, the front suspension in the stage 7.2secs and moved into a 2.9-sec- 30min 37.7sec Palestine, Syria and Yemen. and was forced out of the running. ond lead, as Al Kuwari and Al 7 Majed Al Shamsi (UAE)/John Higgins World Rally Rankings is cal- Meanwhile, Khalid Al Qassimi Suwaidi held third and fourth (IRL) Subaru Impreza 1hr 32min culated through a points sys- escaped with a lead of 4.3secs over overall. 07.1sec tem, based on the importance, a more cautious Al Attiyah. Al Qassimi was quickest again 8 Michele de Nora (ITA)/Sergio Secchi the sporting difficulty and the Al Suwaidi completed the third in the Umm Wishah stage by 5.8 (ITA) Subaru Impreza 1hr 35min results obtained by drivers from stage with a broken drive shaft seconds to retake the overall 43.9sec around the world participating sustained at the end of stage two. lead from Al Attiyah by just 2.9 9 Bader Al Jabri (UAE)/Nicolas Klinger only in the rallies included in Punctures were soon dent- seconds. (FRA) Subaru Impreza 1hr 36min the FIA International Sporting ing the drivers chances with Al Al Kuwari also beat Al Attiyah 25.7sec Calendar. Kuwari destroying the right-hand to retain a solid third place but Al Attiyah, who also won rear of his car after a tyre disinte- Rasheed lost fifth position and 10 Mohamed Al Mutawaa (UAE)/Stephen bronze medal in the men’s skeet grated and Alaa Rasheed damag- retired after a series of puncture- McAuley (GBR) Citroën DS3 R3 1hr at the London 2012 Olympic ing several tyres. related incidents. 36min 43.7sec Games, is currently taking part “It was just not worth pushing Rally driver Al Attiyah emerged 11 Meshari Al Thefiri (KWT)/Mubarak in the 2013 Qatar International Qatar’s Abdullah Al Kuwari in action yesterday. hard in there,” said Al Attiyah, to hold an overnight lead. Today is Al-Thefiri (KWT) Mitsubishi Lancer 1hr Rally. THE PENINSULA after the third stage. the final day. THE PENINSULA 45min 59.3sec

NHL: Resurgent Al Rayyan edge closer to title Anthony fires Canadiens Knicks to win thrash Capitals over Celtics

WASHINGTON: The Montreal BOSTON: Carmelo Anthony Canadiens used a four-goal bar- and Kevin Garnett showed no rage to rout Washington 4-1 signs of any lingering bad blood yesterday and leave the Capitals between them as the New York still searching for their first win Knicks snapped their 11-game of the lockout-reduced season. losing streak in Boston with Second period goals from a 89-86 win over the Celtics Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Markov, yesterday. Brian Gionta and Josh Gorges New York’s Anthony and secured back-to-back victories for Boston’s Garnett had jawed at the Canadiens after a lacklustre each other throughout a testy season-opening loss to Toronto. contest earlier this month, “We took advantage of our which continued after the game powerplay, especially in the sec- when Anthony tried to confront ond period,” Montreal coach Garnett at the Boston team bus. Michel Therrien told reporters. Anthony received a one-game “The powerplay gave us a good suspension for his role in the chance to win this hockey game.” incident. Canadiens netminder Carey Yesterday, the pair exchanged Price stopped 30 shots and was a fist bump before the tipoff and rarely tested before a Joey Crabb were all about business. goal with 2:33 remaining ended Anthony led the way with a the veteran goalie’s shutout bid. game-high 28 points while Amar’e “Things haven’t been going our Stoudemire, Jason Kidd and Iman way,” Capitals first-year coach Shumpert all reached double fig- Adam Oates said. ures to help the Knicks (26-14) “The team is probably a little cement their place at the top of fragile and we gave them a five- the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic on-three goal, which right away division. took the wind out of our sails a Garnett was restricted to just little bit,” he added after yester- eight points, but also contributed day’s match. REUTERS 12 rebounds for Boston. Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo added 23 points, 10 NHL Results rebounds and 11 assists, while NY Islanders 7 Toronto 4 Paul Pierce weighed in with 22 Philadelphia 2 NY Rangers 1 Eljaish’s Salah Narwan and Al Rayyan players Suleiman Braimoh points as the home team slipped Montreal 4 Washington 1 (18) and Tanguy Ngombo (8) try to get the ball during their Qatar to 20-22 for the season with their Carolina 6 Buffalo 3 Basketball League match at Al Gharafa Sports Club yesterday. fifth straight defeat. REUTERS Ottawa 3 Florida 1 Defending champions Al Rayyan won 76-65 and are now one St Louis 3 Nashville 0 victory away from clinching the title for the fifth successive NBA Results Chicago 3 Dallas 2 season. Yesterday’s result was Al Rayyan’s sixth victory in seven Toronto 97 Orlando 95 Colorado 4 Columbus 0 outings, their 13th this season. The defending champions have Edmonton 2 Los Angeles 1 only lost two matches this season. PICTURE BY: KAMMUTTY VP Ny Knicks 89 Boston 86 San Jose 5 Phoenix 3 Phoenix 93 LA Clippers 88 JANUARY 26, 2013 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Football Fixtures (All times in GMT) English FA Cup United keen to Today Stoke City vs Manchester City (1245) Bolton Wanderers(II) vs Everton (1500) Brighton and Hove Albion(II) vs Arsenal (1500) bounce back Derby County(II) vs Blackburn Rovers(II) (1500) Huddersfield Town(II) vs EPL giants had four-day camp in Doha Leicester City(II) (1500) Hull City(II) vs Barnsley(II) (1500)

LONDON: Manchester United “It’ll be great to see Berba back Stoke were thrashed 4-0 by Macclesfield Town(V) vs will hope there are no linger- at Old Trafford. Technically he’s a Chelsea in their last home game Wigan Athletic (1500) ing ill-effects from their recent fantastic player,” he said. but they boast an excellent home Middlesbrough(II) vs Premier League setback at “The FA Cup is a great compe- record against City, who have not Aldershot Town(IV) (1500) Tottenham Hotspur when they tition and one we want to win. We won at the Britannia Stadium on Norwich City vs Luton Town(V) (1500) host Fulham in the FA Cup want to go as far as we can. It’s a their last six visits. fourth round today. competition I’ve always admired. Minnows in need of inspira- Queens Park Rangers vs United conceded an injury-time “Hopefully we can get the tion need look no further than Milton Keynes Dons FC(III) (1500) equaliser in a 1-1 draw at a snowy result we want and continue to Bradford City, who overcame Reading vs Sheffield United(III) (1500) White Hart Lane last weekend, progress in the competition.” Aston Villa in the League Cup Manchester United vs Fulham (1730) allowing champions Manchester Arsenal, without a trophy of semi-finals in mid-week to City to breathe new life into the any description since beating become the first English fourth- Tomorrow title race by cutting their rivals’ United on penalties in the 2005 tier side to qualify for a major Brentford(III) vs Chelsea (1200) lead to five points. final, will hope to carry their Wembley final. United have gone nine years mid-week momentum into the Macclesfield Town of the fifth- Leeds United(II) vs without winning the FA Cup, cup when they visit second-tier division Conference National, Tottenham Hotspur (1400) leading manager Alex Ferguson Brighton and Hove Albion. conquerors of Championship Oldham Athletic(III) vs Liverpool (1600) to state that he wants his side “to Brighton knocked out leaders Cardiff City in round try and have a go” at it in the cur- Newcastle United in the third three, host Wigan Athletic, who Scottish Premier League English Premier League team Manchester United’s player Robin van Persie rent campaign. round, but Arsenal go into needed a replay to see off third- Today To that end, he will find lit- the game on the back of a 5-1 tier Bournemouth in the previous is seen during a training session at Aspire Academy on Thursday. Dundee United vs Ross County (1500) tle discouragement in Fulham’s thrashing of West Ham United round. PICTURE BY: SHAIVAL DALAL recent form. on Wednesday that reinvigorated Fellow non-league side Luton Tomorrow Martin Jol’s men, who squeezed their challenge for Champions Town, who slipped out of the Aberdeen vs Hibernian (1230) past Blackpool after a third- League qualification. Football League in 2009 after QSL Standings Qatar Stars League round replay, have collected just “I never felt that the players going into administration, also Team P W L D Pts Week Number 14 Dundee vs Kilmarnock (1500) 12 points from a possible 45 in didn’t know how important it face top-flight opposition in the Al Sadd 13 11 1 1 34 Today’s fixtures Ligue 1 the Premier League; a run that is,” said Arsenal manager Arsene form of Norwich City. Lekhwiya 13 9 3 1 28 Qatar SC vs Al Khor, 4:30pm at Today has seen them slide to 14th in the Wenger. Tomorrow offers up three Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium English top flight. “I was more worried that they evocative cup ties, with third-tier Al Rayyan 13 8 3 2 26 Umm Salal vs Al Sadd, 4:30pm at Stade Rennes vs The United squad have spent are a bit sometimes inhibited in Brentford and Oldham Athletic Eljaish 13 7 5 1 22 Grand Hamad Stadium Olympique Marseille (1600) the week in Qatar for a warm- the recent big games from the gunning for upsets against the Al Gharafa 13 6 4 3 21 AS Nancy vs FC Lorient (1900) weather training camp ahead start. But this team has a fan- respective might of Chelsea and Lekhwiya vs Al Rayyan, 6.30pm at of today’s reunion with former tastic mentality and good quality. Liverpool, while Tottenham travel Umm Salal 13 5 6 2 17 Thani bin Jassim Stadium ES Troyes AC vs Stade Brest (1900) striker Dimitar Berbatov. That’s what we want to show until to Leeds United. Al Wakra 13 4 6 3 15 Tomorrow Evian Thonon Gaillard FC vs Ajaccio (1900) The Bulgarian is expected to the end of the season now.” Chelsea will be eager to return Al Khor 13 3 5 5 14 Al Sailiya vs Eljaish, 4:30 at make his first appearance at Old As in the previous round, the to action after going out of the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Montpellier HSC vs Sochaux (1900) Qatar SC 13 4 7 2 14 Trafford since leaving the club draw for round four was low on League Cup to Swansea City on Al Arabi vs Al Gharafa, 6.30pm at Stade de Reims vs Toulouse (1900) Al Kharaitiyat 13 2 6 5 11 in the close season and United all-Premier League confronta- Wednesday in a game that saw Grand Hamad Stadium Tomorrow defender Phil Jones is looking for- tions, with Manchester City’s trip Eden Hazard sent off for kicking Al Arab 13 2 6 5 11 Al Kharaitiyat vs Al Wakra, 6.30pm at ward to pitting himself against his to Stoke City the only other tie to a ball boy. St Etienne vs Bastia (1300) Al Sailiya 13 1 10 2 5 Al Khor Stadium former team-mate. feature two top-flight clubs. AFP Nice vs Girondins Bordeaux (1600) Paris St Germain v sLille (2000) Four-goal Barcelona Lekhwiya, Al Rayyan clash La Liga Today Celta Vigo vs Real Sociedad (1500) set up Real Cup clash today in Qatar Stars League Levante vs Real Valladolid (1700) MADRID: Barcelona defeated week when pop star girlfriend Real Zaragoza vs Espanyol (1900) Malaga 4-2 yesterday to set-up Shakira gave birth to a son, DOHA: Defending champions Gerets said, while addressing a Hussein Amotta side have a six Deportivo Coruna vs Valencia (2100) a mouthwatering Spanish Cup marked the occasion by volley- Lekhwiya and third-placed Al press breifing on the eve of the point lead over Lekhwiya. Tomorrow semi-final clash against bitter ing in Barcelona’s second. Rayyan will clash in the Qatar match. On the other hand, Al Rayyan rivals Real Madrid. Roque Santa Cruz con- Stars League match here today “We’ve started with two wins, coach Diego Aguirre said today’s Real Madrid vs Getafe (1100) Barcelona, who suffered their troversially equalised in the at Thani bin Jassim Stadium. which is good for the confidence match will be a crucial game for Rayo Vallecano vs Real Betis (1600) first La Liga defeat of the cam- 68th minute after a Malaga The round 14 match of the and for the points. Al Rayyan are the two teams. paign last weekend, saw off a bat- counter-attack. 12-team QSL promises to be a two points behind us and we need “It is our last opportunity in Barcelona vs Osasuna (1800) tling Malaga in their quarter-final But Barcelona were furious cracker of a match. to win this game so they do not order to reach the first place and Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid (2000) second leg tie after the two sides that Cesc Fabregas had not been The Eric Gerets coached side is pass us,” he added fight for the title. This is the main Real Mallorca vs Malaga (2000) had been locked 2-2 from the first awarded a penalty when he was keen to catch up table toppers Al Gerets said the pressure to win idea,” said Aguirre. meeting. stamped on by Wellington. Sadd when they square up against and perform is an integral part of “I am not concentrating on January 28 Defending champions Eight minutes later Andres Al Rayyan. the game. the places or positions. The most Sevilla vs Granada CF (2030) Barcelona went ahead on the Iniesta made it 3-2 after a smart On the other hand, Al Rayyan “The pressure is the same. We important thing is the points. All night after just nine minutes one-two with Fabregas before will be plotting to dethrone the are playing against a opponent I am thinking about is the victory. Serie A when Pedro Rodriguez headed Lionel Messi grabbed Barcelona’s two-time QSL champions from who competing for our place It will not be a good result to draw Today in a cross from Dani Alves after fourth of the night, heading in an the second spot. (on the points table). If we win for either side,” he added. good work by Xavi. 80th-minute cross from Iniesta Lekhwiya coach Gerets said it’s going to be more difficult for In the other matches today, Al Lazio vs Chievo Verona (1700) But Joaquin Sanchez, with for a 6-4 aggregate. they were taking each match of them to catch with us,” added the Sadd who have 32 points from 13 Juventus vs Genoa (1945) a right-foot drive, levelled for In the night’s other tie, Atletico the second leg of the double legged Belgian. matches face sixth placed Umm Tomorrow Malaga three minutes later. Madrid drew 1-1 at Real Betis for QSL as a final Lekhwiya Gerets said has also Salal, who have 17 points, while Four minutes after the inter- a 3-1 aggregate and a semi-final “When we started the second being keeping an eye on the per- ninth-placed Qatar Sports Club Bologna vs AS Roma (1130) val, Gerard Pique, who became clash against Sevilla. round we put in our minds the formance of Al Sadd. seek to get full points against Al Atalanta Bergamo vs AC Milan (1400) a father for the first time this AFP next 11 games were like a final,” Going into today’s match Khor. THE PENINSULA Cagliari vs Palermo (1400) Catania vs Fiorentina (1400) 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Asian Qualifier Parma vs Napoli (1400) Sampdoria vs Pescara (1400) Udinese vs Siena (1400) Inter Milan vs Torino (1945) Bundesliga Today Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Fortuna Duesseldorf (1430) Eintracht Frankfurt vs Hoffenheim (1430) FC Augsburg vs Schalke 04 (1430) Greuther Fuerth vs Mainz (1430) Hanover 96 vs VfL Wolfsburg (1430) Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen (1730) Tomorrow Hamburg SV vs Werder Bremen (1430) VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich (1630) Dutch Championship Today PEC Zwolle vs Heerenveen (1745) ADO Den Haag vs Roda JC Kerkrade (1845) RKC Waalwijk vs NAC Breda (1845) Heracles Almelo vs PSV Eindhoven (1945) Tomorrow Vitesse Arnhem vs Ajax Amsterdam (1130) Utrecht vs Willem II Tilburg (1330) A toddler watches the semi-final match of 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Asian Qualifier between UAE and Iran at the Katara Beach in Doha yesterday. 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II zone: Abbr. 77 78 79 80 81 84 “___ in Calico” (jazz 15 Mist from a mall? standard) 82 83 84 85 86 87 16 Leonard Bernstein called 86 Prefix with copier Yesterday’s answer 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 her “The Bible of opera” 87 River to the Baltic 17 Enlighten How to play Hyper Sudoku: 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 90 Game in which it’s easy to 18 Brazilian mister A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper 102 103 104 105 106 107 make a mess 21 “I ___ ready!” Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all 92 Change tags on 108 109 110 111 22 Things shepherds 93 Mop brand that “makes regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like shepherd 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 your life easier” a normal Sudoku. 27 Miss who parks cars? 120 121 122 94 Whooping 30 Military chaplain 95 Dos Equis competitor 123 124 125 31 Suffix with stink How to play Kakuro: 96 Clears 32 Only thing between you 97 Louse The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any and an open window? 99 Austrian title size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells ACROSS 69 Golfers’ wear 33 In hell? 104 Where hip-hop was born, like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, 1 Grinder toppings 71 N.B.A. All-Star Artest 34 ___ close second (almost with “the” some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some 7 Supreme Court justice nominated by 72 Tractor-trailer won) 106 F.D.R. veep John ___ cells will contain two numbers. Reagan 73 One with a pupil 35 Arterial implant Garner However, in a crossword the numbers reference 13 Real-life actor Joe who is a character 74 Amsterdam air hub 39 “Attack!” in Broadway’s “Jersey Boys” 107 Parkinson’s battler clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! 76 Puppeteer Tony 41 Baking spuds 109 Entertainer born Tracy 18 Bunny’s covering? 77 Company that merged with Sony in They denote the total of the digits in the row or 43 “The scavenger of misery,” Marrow 19 Bent nails 2001 per Shaw column referenced by the number. 110 Cries made in passing? 20 Furniture retailer ___ Allen 80 Brunonian rival 44 Served seconds, say Within each 113 Saint-Martin, e.g. 21 Put a few monarchs on the scale? 81 Compromise of 1877 president 46 Yearbook signers: Abbr. collection of cells 115 Winning Super Bowl XXXVII 23 “Orlando” novelist 82 1996 Grammy winner for the album - called a run - any 49 Cuts up, in a way gridder 24 Sister of Charlotte and Emily “The Road to Ensenada” of the numbers 1 52 Punjabi capital 116 Exist 25 All wrong 83 Camper’s rental to 9 may be used 53 Oil family of TV 117 Surgery sites, for short 26 Huggies rival 85 Alternate road 54 Oil unit 118 20%, maybe but, like sudoku, 28 Gaza Strip org. 88 Robert of “The Sopranos” 55 First player to hit an 119 “I didn’t need to know each number may 29 Wrinkly dog holder? 89 Poll answer choice inside-the-park home run that,” in modern lingo only be used once. 33 Espresso topping 91 Famed Fokker flier during an All-Star Game, 35 Engage in debate 95 Toward the middle 2007 Yesterday’s 36 “I said - ___!” 98 “Why is this happening to me?!” EPP I E AMPS N I GEL PEER answer 37 Firecracker’s trajectory 100 Its cap. is Beirut FREDROGERS OCUL I ALSO 38 Obama whose Secret Service code 101 Prefix with tour FASTOFEDEN NASAL ROPE name is “Rosebud” 102 Mensa and others: Abbr. STOA F I EF TENTPACKI NG 40 Snobbery 103 With honor GRES ATA ASCAP SEASONTOBEL I EVE CLA IM 42 Location for a fall Baby Blues By Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman 105 Floral garland for whoever? TLCUSSRNIBS THATSO 45 Bank claims 108 Kangaroo ___ ATTLEE DREAMOFTHECROP 47 Location for the Fall 109 Character with a prominent back TOFU AS I R SLOE E I NE 48 Helped with the laundry 110 Gillette model IRONMAN LIMO APSE 50 Political appointee 111 Many P.T.A. members CORNONTHEFOURTHOFJULY 51 Cords behind a computer, often AYLA ECTO ANTON I A 112 Duel overseer in “Hamlet” SPCA HEWN LA I T ASSN 54 Word with a German request 114 Indecisive wolf’s question? HOODFORNOTH I NG ATDUSK 57 Blew by a drummer, maybe 120 John Mason ___, English priest who ESCHEW TOON EGGO ROE 59 Played the tourist wrote “Good King Wenceslas” STOOL MOVEMEORLEAVEME 61 Hurting 121 Accustoms MONAD E SC AL T I 62 Smoking character 122 Hair-texturizing tool N I X I NGBOWLS TACO ABEL OMEN AER I E EAT I NGGAME 65 Relative in the barrio 123 Heretofore PANE I LENE I NREGARDTO 66 The golden ratio 124 Overage EXAM OLDER SEAR GAUSS 67 Line score letters 125 Observation 68 Gel ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE